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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16

borhood in the old days. Sarah is a
hne-lookin' woman even now, and when
she was girl she was about the best
looliin' of the hull lot. No; she wasn't
slender and willowy nor anything like
that but she was tall and healthy and
red-eheeked and bright-cyed, and she
held her head up and looked as though
she was glad to be alive all the time.
AS l said before, Jim was good talker
only when he was lookin girl in the
face. Then he was about the bashfulest
critter you ever seen, and he used to
set and say nothing at all, meal times.
at old man Thompson's, where his chair
stood just across the table from
Sarah's. Thompson and his wife, they
used to joke Jim good deal about
Sarah and so did the other hired men.
No; they didn't all feed at Thompson's
table, but they all knew how bashfu!
Jim was. There was hull lot of 'em
and some of 'em was married men and
lived in the tenant houses that are
scattered over the place, and them that
wasn't married-all but Jim-boarded
Thompson because he was n kind of
head man. OF course, Jim had to talk
with Sarah a good deal, in the natural
course of things, for they was together
a lot every day, but, so far ms anybody
knows, he never said any more than he
was obliged to. But every day he
thought she was little nicer than he
did the day before. l s'pose il l was
writin n novel about it I'd say he was
in love with her, and my wife-she was
a girl then, and was engaged to marry
me-used to tell me that she thought
Sarah was in love with dim. She said
no girl would speak so short about a
Teller as Sarah did about jim, unless
she liked him well enough to marry
him. l used to think that was kind
of curious, and think so yet.
Well, Sarah and Jim had been work
in for old man Thompson about
year before Jim ever said anything par
ticular to her. How he finally come to
speak out was about this way:
There was professor of vocal
music"-a Teller that parted his hair in
the middle and put beeswax on his
mustache-come to the Corners and
held singin' school all winter. He got
five dollars a night once week, besides
half of what they should take in at the
door Mt a concert at the end of the
singin' school. Jim didn't go to singin'
school, mostly cause he was so BASH
full. Sarah didn't go neither, for some
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16

reason or other. But the morning before
the concert he up and asked Sarah if
she'd go to it with him. She told my
wife afterward that she was so frustrated
she hadn't hardly breath to,tell him
she would. But she didn't let on she
was s'prised. She only said: "Why, GER
tainly, JIM" and when candle-light
come on they started away from
Thompson's house afoot together. 1t
was about a mile from there to the
meetin' house where the concert was
held, but Jim never said word all the
way down. Sarah tried to talk 10 him,
but it want no use. When they got
to the steps there was quite lot Of the
boys standin' outside the meetin' house
door and one of them said, out loud, SO
that Jim heard it:
Say, boys, here comes Jim Wright
and Sarah Anderson"
Jim flushed all up; then he turned to
Sarah and said: Excuse me min
ute;" then he took quarter out of his
pocket and he walked up to Hold Smith
and said:
Here, Hod; you take Miss Anderson
into the meetin' house; I've got some
thin else to tend to-"
Sarah was so dazed that she said
never a word and went into the church
with Hod. Then Jim he started to go
away, as il he was afraid of his
shadow. But he hadn't gone ten steps
before he turned round and lambaste1
that Teller till he squealed for mercy.
Then Jim he went home and clum up
in the haymow and lay there and
hated himself all night. How do
know what he done that night? Well,
he told Sarah about 1t good while
afterward, and she told my wife. As
for Sarah, well, she was madden than
anything, and twas about two months
before she'd speak to Jim agin. No;
there didn't any of the boys give Jim
any sass about it. They didn't want
any lambastin' in theirn. II was
mighty uncomfortable around old man
Thompson's for spell after that.
Thompson said he'd have fired Jim for
treatin' Sarah that way only Jim was
too good man to let go.
1t was along in June some time, just
about the beginnin' of haydn, that Jim
made his second break for Sarah. He'd
got it in his head, from the way she
looked at him once in awhile, that she
kind of liked him after all. Everybody
else knew she did, for once, when some
body made fun of Jim when she was
by, for bein' so bashful, she turned
round and gave them q piece of her
mind that they didn't forget right
away, tell you.
Well, as said, wns in early haydn
that Jim took courage agin. He had
got the mornin' chores ell tended to
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
STILL IN FAVOR.
A Protective Tariff tho Best Revenue
Producer.

IrO0uCcr.
It is evident from a published inter-
view with Congressman Dingley, chair
man of the ways and means committee,
that one result Of the recent election
will never be forgotten nor apologized
for. b..
Mai. Mckinley is the most distdn-
guished exponent of the principle OF
protection of home industries by the i'm
position of duties upon competing goods
from foreign countries. The platform
upon which he was nominated, his letter
of acceptance, the trend of popular
favor to him before and after his nomi-
nation, all emphasize his election as the
choice for the highest executive Office of
the author of the Mckinley bill. This
was q bill that established system OF
governmental procedure that provided
10th treasury SURPRISES and large pay
rolls in the mills.
The tariff policy of the government
was q distinct issue of the campaign.
The protective idea was inseparable
from the name of Mckinley. 1t is graft
flying, therefore, to know that the re-
firing president and secretary of the
treasury, with their loftily delivered add
vice, and the retired free-trade advo-
Gates with their pro-foreign chatter will
not be allowed to block the wheels of
Industrial and financial progress. For
the triumphal procession is expected TO
move March 4, and the mill whistles will
celebrate with the steam surplus.-Troy
Times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
One on Boston.

She was from Boston and was on her
way to the geysers. She had rendered
the stage driver thoroughly uncom-
Portable by throwing great chunks of
botanical and geological information
at his head and he had about reached
the determination to brighten her with
stories about highwaymen till she
" ould get inside the coach, when some
gnarled and twisted oaks attracted her
attention.
DO you know how old those trees
are?" she asked and was preparing to
launch whole row of figures at him
when he surprised her by answering,
very promptly:
"Yes'm."
'How old are they?"
"Three thousand and six years."
"How did you arrive at such accurate
results?"
well, smart young woman from
Boston what knows all about It told me
they were 5000 years old, an that was
six years ago, so they must be 3,oO6
now-goin' on 3,O07."-San Francisco
Post.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
BABY BELLE.

n'll come into our cottage, VIII show
you something rare,
doubt If eyes have ever seen sight
more sweet and fair;
than all the dainty working hands OF
man have done or do,
the Masters work is falrest. as His
Skill is greatest. too;
of all the things of teauty which upon
[thc world have smiled,
can touch the heart so deeply as tho
<<beauty of child.
3 H|e love her! Yes, we love her. more
&<<thHn words can ever tell
weesome, winsome darling! Bright
eyed, blue-eyed Baby Belief
"a on the cottage floor. pulling off her
@/finy shoes,
bare foot, white and dimpled-arms
lind shoulders dimpled, too
as blue as summer blossoms, tender
<skin as pure as pearl,
= tho sunlight dropping golden or each
,{<{Bhining little curl.
rs pencil, e'er so cunning, fairer
.XHhing could never trace;
XIV feature perfect beauty, every mo-
l<Ftion perfect grace.
b you wonder that we love her more than
words can ever tell
tide winsome. weesome darling! Airy.
fairy, Baby Belle!
in9s may have their crowns and dia-
monds and their robes of purple hue,
ave their works OF art and beauty-keep
their wealth, and welcome, too
Ell not envy all their splendors while we
have this single gem,
NJ more precious to our bosoms than theii
riches are to them.
eve no store OF worldly treasure. Meth
or lands nor gold. and yet
q are rich beyond all measure In our
fpriceless household pet,
nd We love her-yes, we love her, more
han words can ever tell
tile winsome. weesome darling! Dainty,
darling Baby Belle!
~ written of our Saviour, when He
n lived and walked on earth,
others brought their treasures to Him
N Tor a blessing on their birth: %
ID when others would have chided: go.
n and let the Master be-"
BntIy lie rebuked them, saying: Suffer
them to come to me-
,ok the little ones and blessed them, in
His arms and on His knees,
Lying: who would enter Heaven must
Become like one of these"
} you wonder that we love her more thar
V words can ever tell?
suD left n blessing for her-weesome,
winsome Baby Belle!
Matte Dyer Britts, in Golden Days.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16

zThe number of Bryan organs that
are berating the republican party be-
cause "the promised prosperity has not
come" are about as smart as the wolf
in the fable that accused "the lamb
that stood below him in the stream of
muddying the water" which his wolf
ship was drinking. The republicans
will assume the responsibility when
they get there, and not before. Things
are still democratic. = Chicago Inter
O1ean.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
wanted-An Instance.

Marie = Proposals should never be
made by letter, anyhow.
Nettie-Did you ever hear of one THAI
was declined simply on that account
n. Y. Truth.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
Imposs,bis 10 Accent.

"Will you be my wife, Frnulein Paula,
and make me happy?" II am sorry,
doctor, but 1 should like to be happy
myself."-Humoristische Blaetter.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
I-s,Ic,. NJ Home.

'what WINS all that rumpus in the
next fiat?"
at was that football rusher's vito
trying to get him TO walk the baby to
sleep"-Detroit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
All on.

Miss Summit-Why. 1 thought you
were surely going to marry the duke.
deari
Miss Palisade-I was. but he has just
cabled popn canceling the order.-N. Y.
Truth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
A DOUBT AS TO BREAD.
In 1t the STAFF of Life or the Promote,
of Death.

~ AZ tMt StaH Oh AL1fC or the Promoter
of Death.
The subject of bread as the cause of dis
ease and death is just now engaging the at
tent1on of European scientists. 1t is even
alleged by some of the writers, that bread
Is the most prolific cause of disease and
death to be found in the catalogue of
foods If this be true then the "staff of
life Is In reality the staff of DEATH If
this be true then the less bread we eat the
longer will we live. But is it true?
Ihere Is reason in part of the deduc-
tons drawn by some of these calamity
writer's: said DR.: Hayes of the medical
porter. but like all fads. this one about
the danger in the use of bread in our diet
airy will have it's day and then give way to
some other sensational idea about the food
we eat one writer on the subject states:
Since wheaton bread contains from S5 to
40 per cent of starch. and it is acknowledge
ed that starchy food is unhealthy, there
fore the use of such bread is unheaIthv,
The reason given for this unhealthfuIness
is that starchy food is not digested in the
stomach, but in the fntostines or second
stomach of the body, and therein lies the
di1ncufty OF digestion of wheaton bread
1.-The truth is that the stomach is only a
fractional part of the digestive tract and
the second stomach or intestinal tract is
called on to aid the digestion of nearly all
varieties of foods. So the argument that
starchy food, like bread, is hard of diges-
ton falls to the ground. One objector to
the use OF bread says bread from wn.aten
flour when considered In reference to the
amount of nutritious matter it contains
may with justice be called the staff of life
hut In regard to the amount of earthly mat
ter 1t contains with equal justice we can
say that 1t is the staff of deathv
There is some sense and reason in this
argument especially with the aged or those
past middle life. The young in growing
and the adult in the vigor of life need the
earthly matters in bread as the carbon
ates- the phosphates and sulphates of lime
and magnes1a. the basis of bone structure
and with these the use of the staff OF life
or its equivalent is Indispensable When
the time Of life is reached when these
earthly matters in bread are no longer need
ed, any excess of bread eating will produce
ossifcation of muscles, especially of the
muscular valves of the heart-rigidity of
joints and tendons-in short, rheumatism
OF greater or less severity is established
In fact, the rheumatism of those past mid
die life comes from excuses in eating
bread and meat both of these articles Of
diet being rich in earthly matters. In ad-
dition to rheumatism, locomotor ataxia,
paralysis asthma and diseases of the brain
may be induced by excuses In eating
bread and meat after person has reached
the climacterfc or past middle life. So with
the aged the use of wheaton bread NAV
become the stair of DEATH"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27

A Washington man who prides himself
upon his family connections Is just recov-
erfng from attack of nervous prostra-
ton. This man lately became possessed of
the idea of constructing family tree, feel
ing assured he could produce growth that
would dwarf the giants of the California
forests into insignificance. He began on
one branch of his family, and soon struck
Miles Standish, from whom he ran various
shoots and offshoots. with many a feeling
Of pride. With renewed interest, he went
to work on another branch of his growing
tree. and had gone back but four genera
lions. when he was amazed to strike
great-grandfather who had died from
strangulation brought on by a rope en-
clrcling his throat, his death occurring In
the presence of a large gathering of Gu
rious people, who had taken a day off dur
ing harvest time in order to see the hang
Ing. BY this time the man of family pride
had become intensely Disguised with ge-
theological investigations, but all that his
friends knew of his disappointment was
the fact that he remained away from the
busy haunts of his fellows for several
weeks. and the family physician gave ont
the information that he was the victim, Of
severe case of nervous prostration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
Curiosity Nearly Satisfied.


1t was a third-class compartment Of one
of the expresses running from London to
the north. A long-nosed, thin-lpped man.
with pointed chin, a SLOUGH hat, and a
hungry expression of countenance, was
resting his feet On the opposite seat of the
carriage. which seat was partly occupied
by a passenger in a gray check suit
Coin far, mister?' asked the long-nosed
man Of the other.
The passenger addressed turned slightly
around and took a long look at the ques-
toner.
Yes. I'm going to crewe," he replied.
My business there Is to sell four shares of
bank stock, dispose of my interest In
farm of eighty acres ten miles from the
town, and invest the proceeds In a clothing
establishment. l am from st. Adams. in
at 9:S5 this morning. 1t was forty-five
minutes behind time. My ticket from Eus-
ton cost me 13s. I'd. Had my breakfast
about an hour ago. Paid Is Cd. for it,
This cigar cost me 3d., or five Is. My name
Is William Page. am thirty-nine years
old. have wife and four children, and
am member OF the Congregational Chuch.
1 was formerly a chemist, but sold out to a
man named Morris. and am not in any
business now. am worth. perhaps, f2O, 600
My father was a cooper, and my grand
father was a sea captain. My wife's name
was Nash before 1 married her. When
reach Crewe l expect to stop at an hotel"
He stopped. The long-nosed man regard
ed him for a moment with interest, and
then asked in a dissatisfied way, What did
your great-grandfather do for a hvin'?''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
DIDN'T KNOW TWAS MONEY

Ex-Treasurer Jordan frequently amuses
his friends by telling of an exciting expert
ence he had white treasurer 81 the United
States. Mr.. Jordan occasionally INDUCES
in joking remarks, uttered with serious
countenance. It was the Indulgence of this
prociivity while connected with the Treas
ury Department that came near resulting
in his introduction to pair of handouts
and Incarceration in a dingy cell. Mr.. Jor-
dan had occasion to make a trip to New
York just at time when a new S. bill was
issued by the bureau of engraving and
printing. 1t happened that the treasurer
on the day of starting on his trip drew
portion of his salary, and the cashier hand
ed him bunch of the new S. bills, which
mad reached the Office within an hour.
When he arrived in New York Mr.. Jordan
proceeded to purchase some needed articles
ana handed the clerk one of the new bills
The clerk had never seen money that
looked like that BILL which was spotless
and uncrumpled by handling. He examined
the alleged money and the man who gave
1t to him with equal care. Mr.. Jordan
watched him with suppressed amusement,
ana remarked In matter-of-fact way:
Its good money. l made 1t myself"
That was enough for the clerk, who went
to the cashiers desk with the bill. There
was hurried conference and a message
telephone. In short time a couple Of de-
tectives In citizens attire were standing on
either side of the treasurer of the United
states. They waited there to watch devel-
opments. fumbling their handouts in their
pockets. In the meantime the cashier
studied the new bill further, looked careful
ly over his counterfeit detector and rum
mayed through treasury circulars relating
to the issuance of money. Finally he came
across a description of the new s. bill which
was to be issued by the Treasury Depart
ment. His message had not yet reached
the clerk, who was exchanging significant
glances with the detectives and watching
Mr.. Jordan. when the latter, getting tired
waiting for his change and realizing that
his new money was probably puzzling the
cashier, produced his card. At the same
moment the cashiers message that the
rioney was not counterfeit reached the
clerk. the detectives wandered off with
crestfallen countenances and the treasurer
proceeded to the nearest bank, where ne
exchanged his new bills for money that had
passed through a thousand hands and was
far from being sanitary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
Valencia Oranges.

Few people are probably aware that 1t
takes over 5O,0OO.OOO boxes of oranges to
supply the annual demand for this fruit in
the United States,'' said a wholesale fruit
merchant in New York to writer for The
Star recently. about ninety per cent of
the fruit is grown in California and Florida,
and the rest comes principally from valen-
cia- The domestic fruit is now selling at
from 2.75 to 81 a box, while the foreign
article is worth from SIS to 81 per crate
Zone reason why we import so many
Spanish oranges is owing to the large
yearly exports of our own luscious product to
London, where our fruit finds ready mar
ket and is considered a great luxury. Be
sides there are many Americans who have
cultivated a taste for the fine Valencia
fruit and they will apparently have nothing
else. So to please both English and Ameri-
can consumers We export and import large
qL antilles of oranges.
Valencia exports more oranges than any
ether city in the world. 1t largely supplies
100000 in boxes holding 500 each. The
country in the neighborhood of the city Is
fiat and has something Of the aspect of a
market garden. All semi-tropical fruits
grow there, and raisin and wine grapes,
rice and mulberry trees flourish especially.
But the growing of oranges for expectation
Is the chief industry. So great is the
foreign demand for the fruit that when
was In Valencia in the harvest season of
1895 found it next to impossible to buy q
first rate orange. the best being packed for
shipment. Those commonly eaten by the
Inhabitants are the small Mandarins, Last
year some 100000 boxes Of "Valencias''
came to America, and the call for them
was brisk. This year at least $50. 600 boxes
are expected to arrive In New York and the
demand for the fruit In most Of the big
cities will doubtless be very active during
the holidays"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27

in the less cultured circles of society One
night we were playing Richard I'LL" I
played Richmond. All. me boy. you ought
to have seen me play Richmond In those
days! You would have understood how
impossible it is to overshadow true great
ness; and / do not exaggerate when 1 say
that l was great in that part. 1t was after
this performance / met the critic to whom
1 refer. He was standing in front of the
hotel"
what did he say?"
81 shall quote him in his own vernacular.
For simple directness of style, have never
met his equal. Grasping me by the hand,
he exclaimed:
'Pardner, it served him right, and
you've got the town with you IL YOU
hadn't killed that low-down coyote I'm the
last act, there'd have been q lynchin' party
waitin' to take him in tow this minute."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-27
LoNG-D1srANCE TELEPHONES.
Freely Used by Members of the
Cabinet for business PurpOsen.

Freely Used by Members of the
Cabinet for Business Purposes.
The necessity for the material presence
of cabinet officers and other government
officials occupying important posts in the
capital appears to be diminishing as time
and the march Of invention go on. When
the application of the telegraph caused a
spreading of wires over the country it was
a great relief to public officials who wished
to absent themselves from Washington oc-
casionally with a feeling of safety In case
they were needed in an emergency. They
felt that If they were called upon to act
in any important case they would be in
formed of that fact with little delay and
could at once return to their posts. When
the telephone was introduced into business
life 1t was boon to officials who wished to
attend to affairs in the quiet of their
homes while they could be placed In com
nunicatlon with any employe of their de-
partments at a moments notice. But 1t
was reserved to the long distance tele-
phone to absolutely annihilate space. No
invention has ever been a greater boon for
the government official in place of great
responsibility, and week seldom passes
without this invention being freely used
by one or more cabinet officers in the trans
action of public business while they are
hundreds Of miles from Washington. Many
questions are referred to cabinet officers
over long distance phones. Secretary Bliss
not infrequently holds conversation while
he Is in New York with officials of his
department, and while here he has inter-
views with his business managers in New
York. Postmaster General Gary when in
Baltimore utilizes the same means in look
ing after his department, and while here in
supervising his private business Nearly
all the cabinet officers do the same thing,
and it is understood more than one MEM
Der Of the cabinet would probably not be
in such position were it not for the con-
veniepce of modern means of communica-
ton. which has no longer made it necessary
for an official to be tied to his desk in the
department over which he presides.