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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12
THE sICk-RooM.
Provisions for the Comfort OF the
Occupant.

Occupuns.
In caring for the sick, attention
should be given to their surroundings,
for upon those depead. in great meas
ure, the comfort and often the recovery
of the patient.
First of all, the sicl<room should be
carefully selected, with a view to its
location and size. These points become
especially important, of course, if the
sickness is serious or is likely to be of
long duration.
The location of the room should de-
pend somewhat upon the nature of
the sickness. If the disease is con-
tagious, the patient should be removed
as far as possible from the other mem
bers of the family, and no one save the
nurse and the physician should be per-
mitted to attend upon or visit him. In
such an event room at the top of the
house is best selected.
Whatever the nature of the illness,
however, the sick-room should be on
the sunny side of the house, quiet and
easily ventilated.
1t is Of the very first importance that
the air should be kept pure and free
from unwholesome odors, and to ac-
complish this an unlimited supply of
fresh, outdoor air is indispensable.
If the room is small, the opening of a
window is almost sure to create n
draught which will be felt by the pa
tient or his attendant; but in a room of
even moderate size one of the windows
can be kept open at the top without
causing discomfort or harm. This is
one of the chief objections to small
sick-room; it cannot be properly ven
tilated, and the patient is compelled to
breathe air which greatly hinders his
recovery.
Another important matter in connec-
ton with the sick-room is its temporal
ture. This should be subject to but lit
tie variation. There must, therefore,
be some means of comfortably heating
the room, in case it should be neces-
sary, and the temperature should be
regulated by controlling the heat sup
ply rather than by closing the win
dows.
An open fireplace may be made to
serve double purpose; it can be
utilized both as means of heating and
for ventilation. A fire in the CRATE heats
the air in the fue and creates strong
draught, which draws the impure air of
the room up the chimney.
II fire is not needed, the fireplace
can be made to serve simply as means
OF ventilation by substituting for the
fire lighted lamp or gas-logs.
All unnecessary articles of furniture
or ornament, which are likely to col
lect dust, are best removed from the
sick-room, and care should be taken to
keep it clean, orderly and cheerful
Youths Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12
THE CLEVER CHICkADEs.
Called Very often the ''Bird of the
Merry Heart"

One of the most interesting and one
of the most useful of our common birds
is the sprightly titmouse, otherwise
known under the popular name of
chickadee. so called because of its pc
culiar chat: Observation-Disclosures"
In appearance the black-capped
(crested) titmouse has the most jaunty
air conceivable; the neck and head of
II glossy black, the balance of the upper
part of the body being of n peculiar
drab, while underneath it is a creamy
white or fawn. The habits of this rest
less, nervous, active little creature
make it general favorite with all those
who have come to know it well.
The disposition of this brave little
fellow is no less remarkable than it's
habits, for it seems to be cheerful I'M
der the most adverse circumstances.
No cold is so intense as to chill it's en-
thusiasm, no storm so severe as to
brighten the chickadee. Let the gale
roar never so fiercely, the chickadee still
voices it's cheerful call, and continues
its work in spite of wind or weather.
LET tomorrow take care of ITSELF"
seems TO be its motto. Emerson refers
to its splendid courage in midwinter
when he writes:
"Here was this atom in full breath,
Hurting defiance at vast death;
This scrap of valor. just for play
Fronts the north wind In waistcoat gray,
AS II to shame our weak behavior"
You may learn few lessons from
the chickadee. First, never allow sur
roundings or circumstances to dampen
your ardor. If the sky is dark to-day
it may be brighter tomorrow. II dis
couragements exist, never relax your
efforts, but keep right on Saving
wood"
AS an insect destroyer, the chicadee
is invaluable to our agricultural inter-
ests, and for this reason if for no
other) ii should never be killed or its
eggs destroyed. The chickadee is very
confiding. can be easily tanned, and
seems to be one of mans best friends.
II Fl WATERS
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12
SONG OF YEARS.

Fbe bright hours pass like birds on pinions
.rd leave their empty nests in Memory's
halls;
nd in the past. with all it's mysteries
olden,
oblivion. like q twilight. Ger them falls.
rsev have sweet songs TO cheer. they have
Their flashing wings like flaming sun
beams burn;
pu, ali cen while the listening ear re-
joices
rhey speed away. and never more re-
turn! tt
cos rains the moments down like golden
We gather them. and 10! they are but
dew!
rhey melt like fiakes of snow. they fade
like flowers,
OR Offering stars on mornings brighten
ing blue.
NAV is rainbow arched from morn to
even:
Tis lost when night breathes darkness
on the air.
ye with the dawn It smiles again In
So life, when death has kissed away our
care.
An. me. the golden fancies that have per-
ished,
And left behind but footprints of their
cheer!
Some autumn falls on every summer cher
ished:
Each laughing day ends with dewy
tear!
| We, will not for years departed sorrow
The gentle lesson of the bright to-day
Shall be my key to ope the fair to-mor-
row,
When nights cold tear in smiles Is
charmed away.
Re glad. o soul! sing not mournful story!
Hope, like a sun. awakes the futures
dawn.
The past shall live again, where. bathed
in glory.
Through deaths hushed hall Gods angel
becks us on.
Ernest w. shurtleff. In Christian Work.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12

tens, often going considerable dis
tances with them to get them to safe
place.
More than one boy has climbed n
tree thinking that he could knock off
the squirrel when he had cornered
him at the top where there was no es-
cape. But the squirrel skips from limb
to limb and chatters wildly, and when
he has reached the very top and sees
the boy coming he will jump for his
life from tree 80 or 40 feet high to
the ground-landing dead or crippled?
Oh, no, he spreads out his legs
and tail, and with jump slides
through the air like a thrown shingle
and alights safely, to scamper joyfully
away. And the boy comes down with
his labor for his pains.
There is a perpetual battle between
the squirrels and the birds. Nothing
suits q red squirrel better than a plump
young robin or sparrow or bluebird for
breakfast, and he will resort to almost
any trick to get the mother bird off it's
nest long enough for him to commit
the theft.
The hapless and featherless bird strug-
giles family for few moments, but
its captor soon puts it beyond suffering,
and then eats it with as much relish as
schoolgirl shows for pickle or an
olive. These little lunches, however,
often are rudely broken in upon by the
wrathful parents of the unhappy bird
lings, and then follows scene which
is worth seeing. The squirrel has need
of all his agility to dodge the blows
aimed Mt him from all directions by the
outraged birds. Not infrequently sew
eral pairs of birds, and even several spe-
eies, unite in the attack on the common
enemy. but after many narrow escapes
--tail-breadth escapes, perhaps-and
perilous leaps and cunning subterfuges.
the assassin usually reaches some hol-
low tree or other safe refuge where he
may dress his ruffled coat and reflect on
the uncertainties of life.-Chicago Rec
ord
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12
Army F.n1i1e. A. ARM Posts.

II the Fort Mcpherson court-martial
proceedings will help do away with the
obsolete system Of enforcing residence
at army posts OF the families of officers,
It will serve ut least one useful pur-
pose. So long as the army was sta
toned in the wild West" 1t was Of
course necessary for the government to
provide facilities in the way of resi-
dence, ETC., but wherever, as is now gen.
orally the case, the vicinity of post af-
fords such facilities, officers and their
families ought to be permitted to dwell
wherever it suits their means or con-
yenience, as is done in all civilized. Eu-
ropean countries. The enforced resi-
dence, in close juxtaposition, of FAM
lilies who might find themselves placed
in an uncongenial position, can only
tend to discord and make trouble. An
other disagreeable feature, that of fire.
quently shifting of quarters by the mr.
rival of an officer claiming assignment
according to his rank, could only be
done away with II there were no quar-
tiers to be assigned. There would seem
to be no more necessity for an officers
family living at n military post than
for policeman's family living In the
station house. The women and chill
dren are not needed there, and their
absence would DO In many respects =
benefit to the service.-Army and Navy
Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12
HUMOROUS

II hear the horse you bet on was
the worst that ever happened" Worse
than that. He didn't even take place"
Truth.
AT public house the landlord has
painted up outside his door: Good
beer sold here, but don't take my word
for it."-Tit-Bits.
-ASimple Safeguard.-"Greece leaves
everything in the hands of the powers.
"She'd better be sure and get n check
for the stuff."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"A Theory.--She-"I wonder why
in the world Mr.. Jones left church be-
fore the end OF. the services?" He
"Don't know. Perhaps Jones is SOM
nambulist!"-Puck.
Spiritual Helps.-"You have taken
all the cushions out of your church ?"
"Yes, we thought if we could mako the
pews seem like baseball bleachers, the
attendance might increase. "-Indian-
apolis Jodrnal
Telescope Foprietor-"Step up,
Mars. One penny, num-" Old Lady
"Oh, law!- Hain't it round and SMOOTH"
Telescope Proprietor-"Will the bald
headed gent please step away from the
front of the !"-Tit-Bits.
"A poor Irishman on his DEATH bed
was consoled by friend by the COM
monplace reflection that 1--WE must all
die once" why, dear now!" cried the
sick man, land isn't it that what vexes
me? II l could die half-a-dozen times,
would not mind it for this wunst."-
Household Words.
Nothing to Steal.-New Father-in-
Law-"Well, sir, the ceremony is over.
and now that you are the husband of my
daughter, ] want to give you little adj
vice. What would you do if you should
wake up some night and find burglars
in the house?" Groom-"I should tell
them that my father-in-law forgot to
give my wife wedding dowry, and
they'd go away."-N. Y. Weekly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12

There is SO very little apparent diff
ference between straw hats and bon
nets of last season and those that are
prepared for the coming summer that
those that were in use last year might
well be utilized again IL they were re-
stored to freshness by little atten-
ton. A white straw, for instances
should be well brushed and the stiffen-
ing wire removed. Then wash II over
with white soap and cold water, dip
in more clear water and allow 1t to dry
In the air. When dry it should be
sponged over with the white of an egg
well beaten up; this will make the straw
taut, and also complete the cleansing
process. A large-brimmed hat should
be left to'dry upon fiat surface, 9TH
erwise the brim Is liable to be bent out
of its right shape. To bleach straw.
wash and scrub IL in soft water, and
then put the article in q box together
with receptacle containing burning
sulphur. The box must be covered to
localize the fumes of the sulphur, which
Will be found successful bleaching
agentr---N. Y. Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12
THE BEGGARS OF ITALY.
Physical Defornity IL ArtiAciaIIy
Produced.

bicycling Through the Dolomites" is
an account Of Col. George +. Warnings
European trip of last summer. Con-
corning mendicancy in Italy, Col. War
ing writes: Perhaps there is no better
index to the good or bad condition Of
the working-people of a country than IL
afforded by the number of beggars one
meets on the roads. The poles set up
at the border of Austria, with their
spiral stripes Of yellow and black. do
not mark the line between it and Italy
much more clearly than does the advent
of the beggar the moment the line is
crossed. In Austrian Tyrol there are
virtually no beggars. On the italian
side, even well-dressed people in the
fields will leave their work to beg cop
pers from the passing travellers. One
day, in the upper Innthal. couple Of
bright-looking, rosy-faced children ran
after us, asking for kreutzers. "Mawk-
nix" upbraided them for such a shame
full act, and they skunk away. He spoke
Of this with much indignation to q
neighbor, who said their whole family
were away in the fields at work, or they
would not have dared to beg, and that
he would see that they were well
spanked when their mother came home
at night. Nuns and few favored Grip
pies sometimes ask aims ut the doors
Of the churches in the larger towns,
and the poor box" is always found in
side; but the peasantry and the
churches take care of their own poor,
so that the vice of beggary is unknown
among them. In Italy, on the other
hand, 1t is obvious that special condi-
tions of deformity are artifcially pro-
duced. Both legs broken and badly
reset in childhood constitute good
source Of income for life; and anything
that appeals to sympathy is made the
occasion for cultivating very mis-
taken and mischievous charity.-Cen-
fury.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
SLIGHT OF HAND.
just a turn and a twist;

Just turn and twist;
Just trick OF the wrist;
The plates and the cups are washed and
dried,
The knives and forks lie side by si6e,
And with apron white and with step SO
light.
She is Off to school in the morning bright
Just turn and twist;
Just a trick of the wrist:
The problems are proved beyond doubt
The exercises are written out.
In the work of the class the hours pass,
And she walks with the girls through the
growing grass.
Just a turn and twist;
Just a trick of the wrist;
She makes a ball for the baby's play,
She brings the eggs that were hid in the
hay.
And the plaided brown for her dolly's gown,
She will cut and seam as the sun goes down.
Just a turn and twist;
Just a trick of the wrist:
The little performer masters her task,
And the praise OF the audience does not ask.
In her daily drill she shows her skill.
And the trick Of the wrist is the bent of the
will.
Mary Elizabeth Stone. in Youths Com
panion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12

used to represent the three dogs, while
similar article of different color or
smaller size can take the place of the
cat.
The game is for two to play. First
place the dogs on the board diagonally,
two at opposite corners, and the third
in the middle. Place the cat at one of
the other corners. The two players al
ternate in moving, one taking the
three dogs and the other the cat. Only
one dog may be moved at a time, but
the player may move that one which
best serves his purpose. The object of
the game is to surround the cat so that
she cannot move further. The cat is to
avoid this unpleasant contingency as
long as possible. No two pieces can
occupy the same point at the same
time, nor can one piece displacc an
other. There Is no question Of beat
ing" in this game; 1t is a question Of
how long the cat can battle the dogs
Orange Judd Farmer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12
GATOR GIFTS LOOSE.

Starts = Kindling Wood Factory BE-
fore Deins Captured.
eve were located once for quito a
spell in one place." said the old circus
man, land we had things fitted up per-
manently. The seats around the cir
Gus ring were OH tcrraced platform,
built up like steps. The seats them
selves were not benches, but separate
chairs ranged along in rows on these
wide rising steps. We had in the me-
nagerie an alligator, q big alligator,
about IL feet long. The alligator got
out of its tank one night and worked it's
way over to, the circus arena and
crawled up on the lowest step of the
seats, between the front row of chairs
and the railing around the ring.
"Of course, it's about as important to
keep away from an alligator's tail as IL
10 to keep away from its jaws, because
the alligator is q sort of double-ender;
Il knocks n man down with one end
and swallows him with the other. Asa
matter of fact, a good-sized alligator
can smash almost anything Il can bring
its tail to bear on. OF course we knew
that well enough, and what we set out
to do was to lasso him. Easy enough
to do II wns, too. Some of US stood in
the ring. and some on the seats In back
Of him, and we drew the moose over his
head without any trouble at all. and
then we dragged him out and back to
the tank. He topped his tail just once,
a. we started with him, that's all, but
when he brought II down he smashed
the four end chairs in that row into
small pieces.
1T made nice kindling wood, but that
kind would have been rather costly for
everyday use. and - We put up an
ether rail around TIE tank. IN. Y. sunp
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12
HAS PECULIAR HABITS.
The Red Squirrel Is Almost as Mis-
chicyous a hoy.

The Red Squirrel II Almost as Mis-
chicyous as N hoy.
A red squirrel is almost as ,nischiev-
Gus and cunning as u boy. A few days
ago lady who lives in little Michigan
town hung up pair of short sash cur
tains to dry after washing. When she
came back to get them the line was emp
ty; the curtains had disappeared. At
first she thought some mischievous boy
was playing joke on her. Then quite
suddenly she saw something white
glimmering among the sweeping
branches of an old spruce tree. She en-
amined it more closely. 1t was one of
her sash curtains, and it seemed to be
jigging about as if it had life. AS she
ran to the rescue funny little red head
popped up from the folds of the curtain
and jetty eye sparkled mischievously.
When the squirrel found that he had
been caught in his thievery he dropped
the curtain, scampered up the tree and
ran out on limb. Then he scolded and
chartered in the most excited manner,
as If he was trying to explain his ac-
tions. At the same time he seemed
greatly disappointed in not having cap
tured the prize.
After the lady had recovered one Of
her curtains she began search for the
other. At last she was rewarded by
seeing it lodged high pp1in crotch of a
tree, where Mrs. Squirrel was busily ar
ranging it for her summer home.
y Mother squirrels carry their children
about very much as cat carries her kit
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12
rhe ~Ethnike Hetairia.,

The "Ethnike Hetairia," or National
league, which sent into Maccdonia&he
irregular forces whose operations gave
Turkey O prctcxt for war, Is secret
Greek society which seeks the liberia
ton of all Greeks still under Turkish
rule. It collects funds, provides arms
and carries on an incessant agitation
for the freedom Of Greece. It includes
In it's membership q large number OF
influential and wealthy men, and IL sup
posed to have been the agent in the at
tempted insurrection In Macedonia last
year.-N. Y. Sun.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12
WY Cat. Play Win Mice.

"The idea that cats, out of cruelty,
play with. mouse before killing IL is
mistake" said a cat fancier. Notice
what happens when cat catches q
sparrow. The bird Is not played with,
but slain at once. If the cat tried any
game with it, the sparrow, though
wounded, could easily fly out ofreach.
A mouse cannot escape in that way, so
the cat practices upon the unfortunate
animal variety of experiments, in
order to keep its powers as hunter up
TO the mark. That Is why IL gives the
mouse chances OF getting away, and the
harder the task he sets himself, the
more will his skill be improved. If he
did not take such lessons. he would
soon become a second-rnte mouser."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12

getting much the best of the other. l
thought I'd watch the game awhile and
/ sat down behind Jim Weeks, a big
stock dealer, who lived in Burlington
county. He's dead now. The cards
were dealt around half dozen times
and nobody got hand thst was worth
betting much on.
Finally Weeks called for new pack
of cards. They were brought and care
fully shuffied. The cards were dealt
and everybody bet q dollar. a fellow
named Haines was dealing, and when
he asked how many cards were wanted
every one of the players stood pat and
we all noticed that he laid the pack
down without taking cards himself.
Weeks bet ten dollars, and the fellow
next to him raised him ten dollars.
Everybody stayed, and when the bet
got back to Weeks he raised IL $40; but
Haines wasn't feazed by that, and he
promptly raised Weeks $50. After some
hesitation the other two players
dropped out, and the fight was be-
tween Weeks and Haines, who raised
back and forth until there was about
$1,000 in the pot. Finally Haines got
slsittish and called Weeks.
"Tve got club fush--deuce, tray,
four. I'VE and SIX he said, spreading out
his cards.
"'rve got heart flush with the same
cards. said Haines.
swell, I'll be whaled,' said one of the
fellows who had drawn out, II didn't
have the same kind of q diamond
fush.'
eyes, and laid down spade hush
TO match It, said the other fellow.
'Haines and Weeks divided the pot,
while the other two chaps won't into the,
barroom and ordered cocl<tsils. Four
pat hands were dealt and one was -
gocd AZ the other. never knew Of IL
happening before or since."--N. X. Sur
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12
DON'T EAT WHEN NOT HUNGRY.
A Practice That In sure to Bring Had
Results.

There is a good old maxim which
runs as follows: 'In time of peace
prepare for war;" and this is as true in
connection with the question of diet
in health as in other things. Too many
people assume that because they enjoy
fairly good health no improvement need
be effected in their diet, but that this
position is eminently untenable none
who carefully consider the subject will
deny. Those whose practice brings
them into contact with the weather.
classes have frequently an opportunity
of estimating the bad effects of inn
proper diet. AS regards the poor, they
are unable to procure meat on account
of their poverty, and, as a result, their
diet is composed largely of carbo-
hydrates. In the case of general sick
ness, or even without unfavorable eli
matte conditions, both classes seem to
be unable to resist attacks of disease.
1t is for the most part the apparently
healthy people who are so quickly
stricken down by disease, while the
chronic invalid may pass through un-
scathed, and yet no one seems to un-
derstand that conditions were present
which predisposed the healthy man or
woman to disease, and that the pre-
existing conditions were largely due
to want of attention to diet. Itwould
be well for those who feel so sure that
they are in perfect health to consult a
doctor for instructions how to avoid
disease. One very common mistake is
to eat when not hungry, simply because
it is meal time," an act not one whit
less stupid than that of replenishing
ones fire because one hears ones neigh
boris coal scuttle rafting, regardless of
the fact that there Us plenty of coal al
ready on, and that any addition thereto
would be mischievous.-N. Y. Ledger.