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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-02-20

There being a contest for the
prizes given on account of equal
number Of games won, which
was decided by the highest card
drawn. Mr.. A. Girard and Mrs.
Geo. Theobold drew the highest
cards, and received the prizes
awarded to the best players. The
next and last meeting of the season
will be held next Thursday evening
pt the usual place.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-02-20
supper. Ten" Pedro Club.

Another enjoyable party was
given Thursday evening by the
Imembers of Baraga Fire Company
supper Ten" Pedro club. Follow
ing is the score:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-02-20

Judge Steere will leave Monday
for Bessemer whcnthe trial of Dun
can Beveridge, for the murder of
Mollie Beveridge, the details of
which are well known to the people
of the upper peninsula, will be held
before him. JAS Redpath, an al
legged accomplish of the prisoner, and
the man who was recently liberated
through the eloluence of his at
torney, H. O. Fairchild, will be in
attendance at the trial. Attorney
Fairchild has been engaged to de-
fend Bcveridgs and the assistant
attorney general will prosecute. -
500 Democrat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-02-20
Social Pedro Club.

The Social Pedro Club was very
pleasantly entertained at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Nesbitt
Wednesday evening. Following
il the score:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-02-20
NAMES.
soMEraING TO DEPEND on.

Next week the club will be enter
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs. Z. Ncster.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-02-20

Mr.. James Jones. OF the dug firm Of
Jones IL Son. Cowden. H., in speaking
OF DR.. Kings New Discovery. says that
last winter his wife was attacked With
La Grippe. aud her case grew So serious
that phy sicians at Cowden and Pana
could d. noLhiug for her. IL seemed 10
develop INFO Hh,ty Consumption. Hsv-
ing DR.. Kiug's New Discovery in store,
aud selling lots OF it, he took bottle
home, and 10 the surprise OF all, she be-
gan te get better from first dose. and
half dozen dollar bottles cured her sound
and well DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds Is
guaranteed 10 do this good work. Try
it, Free trial bottles at ). L. Harris
Drug Store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-22
OLD PAPER.
Facsimile OF the New York Herald
Saturday, April Is. 1866.


We are Indebted to Mrs. Morse for souve-
mir edition OF the New York Herald.
An enterprising patent medicine man has
reproduced what purports TO be part OF the
New York Herald OF April is. 1855, In which
the assassination OF Lincoln is announced,
and the surrender of Lee is told.
The procIama alton OF Jefferson Davis In ref
erence to the evacuation OF Richmond and
the reasons therefor, with patriotic appeal,
Is published. ...
Items Of interest. .-
The Raleigh Confederate is quoted as say.
| Ing on A pril Tth: "Our market on the arrival
OF the Weldon train on yesterday became
overlooked with shad. They went off slow.
| ly at $50 per pair"
New Orleans, via Cairo, April Il, 1855. The
| New Orleans markets are at q staDdstill. Low
middling cotton Is quoted at AZ cents pei
pound, and good superfine flour at 50 per bar.
rel" ..es
There is much In that paper that would be
interesting, and as time goes by 1t will be
more interesting than 1t is now, but the pa
tent medicine man made himself very mani
fest, and his certificates as to the efficacy o.
his medicines were Of date 1895 and.lS96. b..
| When the farmers of today note that cotton
was selling at 42 cents In 1866. they will nc
doubt be sorry that they have held their cot
| ton for cents. .. ..-..
Think OF shad at $50 per pair, and cotton
bales $40 piece.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-22

And now merry Christmas to all that may
call,
The editor, the printer, the devil, and all,
Keep the wolf from the door, our next years
request,
And We will greet you next Christmas with
all that is best.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-22
AN OLD WILL.
Thomas Elgin's Will ts Found II
May Interest You.

Sumter, 8. c., 18th December, 1897.
Editor Abbeville Press and Banner:
Dear Sir-I have in my possession the tes.
lament of the late Thomas Egin, who
died at WarrentOn, Va, from wounds received
at Second Mapasses August -, 1852. He for.
merly lived at Level Land postoff1ce In your
county. If any OF his family will write me I
will take pleasure In sending 1t to them.
Yours truly, II. L. B. Wells,
Lawyer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-22
DENTAL NOTICE
Dr.. S. q. Thomson I''|s B!
OFFICE UPSTAIRS ON NGitWAI16
Corner, Abbeville, 8. O. " 81

Mr.. .Bernau, the Jeweier, while sin Mr.
York had plenty OF time to hunt for barn igsf
watches % and tewelry p goods. M W. Wsscf Err
pecial bargain advertisments u. w s:i3
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-22
Surveying and Plating.

- AND and Town Lots. Also Terracing, Lew
II eiine and Grading. Accurate work done
where local attraction makes g Compass un-
reliable. i. Z. ANDE5nssoSS,c n
March 10, 1ST.-i2m
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-22

Cure all bad blood diseases with Africana
For sale at Speeds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-12-22

| Cure that cold with Laxative Bromomo
Quinine In one day: For sale ny 2. B. Speed.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
Easily Prevented.

Very few people are wholly at ease during a violent thunderstorm. Light ming generally strikes somewhere, and no one feels absolutely safe from it. There is a simple way of insuring ones self against danger, however. If you put on pair of rubbers when the light ming begins to flash and the thunder to roar, and stand on the floor so that you touch nothing else, you will be as safe as if you were sealed in a glass cage. Rubber is a non-conductor of electricity, and if the lightning has to go through a piece of rubber to get at you it will leave you alone and take something else. In other words, when you have on pair of rubbers and are not in contact with anything, you are perfectly insulated. This is not the ory merely. It is a fact proved by in numerable experiences. A pair of rub bers has saved many life in a thun- derstorm. But they must be sound and whole. Do not don an old pair with a crack in the toe, because electricity will get out of a very small hole when it is cornered, and pair of defective rub. bers will do you no good.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
How Work Alters Features

Every occupation more or less leaves It's imprint on the face of the work CTS, and in the student, too, we hear of the "pale cast of thought" But some work positively disfgures the workers, and alters the features so much as to render them unrecognizable in many cases. The whitehead workers are singuIarly disfgured, but they do not satisfy the inquiry so much as the glassblowers. The eXertion of blowing glass by the bottle makers is attended with lamentable results to the workers. The task of blowing often results, not merely in distending checks, causing them to become baggy, and when at rest to hang down loosely, but also in eases the cheeks have been known to give way under the continuous strain, and positively break into unsightly gashes, which become life-disfgure- mentS
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25

given his time for the remainder of his days and be a pensioner on the city.
 The horse and his mate were purchased
 by the city in the days of the volunteer
 fire department to draw ladder truck
 No. 1, and for several years they did this work, which Is now considered a pretty heavy job for the three horses attached to the truck. When the paid department was organized Jerry be came member of it, and he has dis, charged his duties faithfully ever since He Is now entitled to be considered aged" having served longer than the usual span of life allotted to horses, and the commissioners do not feel in- clined to sell him for a trifie to some one who will perhaps starve and abuse him and render the rest of his life un- comfortable; so they have decided that he is to have free hay and oats at the of the city as long as he lives. Oregonian.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
Facts About Postage Stamps.

Tn this day and age we mOisten a stamp and affix It to our letters and give 1t no further thought, accepting the stamp as q matter of-course con- venienco. and many persons would be wondrousIy surprised if they were to be told that their grandparents never saw postage stamp.
 Henry Shaw, the father of "Josh Bill lings," purchased the first two stamps ever sold in the United States on Aug. 6, 1S47. He bought one each of the these two denominations being the only ones put out at that time. The ten-cent stamp he gave to Governor Briggs and kept the five-cent one for Himself.
 Of the first stamps ever issued Wash ington's portrait was on the ten-cent and Franklin's on the other. Since that time the various issues of the Uni ted States stamps would furnish a unique portrait gallery, showing the faces of forty-eight noted Americans. Washington appears on twenty-five is- sues, while LincOln's picture Is on ev- cry issue since 1866, except the Colum- bian series.
 In 1875 a law was passed prohibiting the use of the portraits of living men on the United States stamps, thus plac- Ing living men in the same position that women occupied, whether dead or alive, for no woman's portrait has ever graced a stamp belonging to the Unl- ted States, postal or revenue.
 Of the two hundred and fifty stamps which have been issued the values have ranged from one cent to five thousand dollars. Five dollars Is the highest value among postage stamps, but newspaper stamps reach the hun dred-dollar mark, while a revenue stamp may represent five thousand dol lars.
 Stamps were put on the market In August, 1S47, but were so little used that the government had to pass a law enforcing prepayment of postage. which went into effect in 1855. Before this action was taken scarcely one let ter in a dozen was found with a stamp affixed. To-day the postof1ces of the country sell four billion stamps (count- ing postal cards, stamped envelopes and stamps of all kinds), valued at seventy-flve million dollars, during single year.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
One in a Hundred Million.

Travelling on American railways Is attended with little risk, according to the tables compiled by the Railroad Ga zette One passenger was killed in 1896 for every hundred million miles travelled, and but for two or three se- rious accidents the showing would have been more favorable. The passenger fatalities of 1896 were greatly in ex- cess of those In 1895. Last year there were one hundred and twenty-eigh deaths, largely due to negligence in op- erating, while in 1895 only thirty-eight lives of passengers were lost. There was an increase in the number of fla talities among employees. Three hun dred and eighteen were killed in 1896 and three hundred and two in 1895, but as the train mileage went up from 834, 100000 to 84O,OO0,O00 in 1896 the death rate was practically unchanged. The tables prove that, notwithstanding the killing of passengers in carload lots, it is safer to ride on trains than to handle them.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
Character in Hats.

Notice how a man wears his head gear, and you can make a pretty sErewd guess as tO his character. Ii t.e hat Is perfectly straight and nicely adjusted to his head, you are safe in believing that he has a corresponding straightforwardness of character. If hat slopes at the back, its wearer has good brain power; tilted habitually for ward, 1t indicates preponderance of the material nature. The man who places his hat on one side is self-asser- tive, and has his vices. Men who wear hats too large for them are of a philo- sophie turn of mind, and wrapped up in their own thoughts. Men who go to the opposite extreme are mincing, af- fected individuals with, as a rule, an inordinate love of dress and any amount of self-esteem. The man who throws his hat on his head any how is careless, happy -go-lucky, indolent character. He generally has his hands in his pockets, and you can see any number of his genus lounging at the street corners.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
Explained His Success.

Henry Miller, the well-known ranch CT, was busily engaged in counting a big herd of cattle as they were driven by him, when an acquaintance ap- preached him with the greeting:
 Hello, Henry"
 Miller kept on counting, nor daring to even turn his head for fear of losing his count
 Hello, Henry" repeated his ac- quaintance, thinking he had not been heard
 Still Millst kept on with his count.
 "Say, Miller, you needn't be so stuck up because you are worth a few dol- lars" remarked his friend, angrlly. 'T knew you when you were peddling sausages on the street"
 The rancher had just completed his count, and, turning 10 his acquaint- ance, said:
 ''Yes, by tam, und if I don't have got any more sense as you I be selling sausages yet."-San Francisco Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
Some Royal Titles.

The kings and queens of England were not always styled 'his" or "her" majesty or after the pattern of that bestowed upon Victoria -''her most gracious majesty. Henry " was styled .'his grace;'' Henry VI "his most ex- cellent grace;' Edward ", thigh and mighty prince;;" Henry VII, "his grace and his majesty" Henry VIII, ''his highness'' and afterward ''his majes- ty-" Subsequently the English kings were styled ''his sacred majesty" While on the subject it may not be un- interesting to give the meaning of some royal titles-thus: King means father; kaiser and czar. Caesar, or autocrat, a contraction of Samoderebeta duke means leader; emperor, commander; hospcdar, master of the house; khan, provincial chief; landgrave, land reeve; margrave, border reeve; nizam, ruler; pharaoh, iig't f .hs world; shah, pro tectOri sheik elder; sultan, ruler
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
BABIES IN INcUsArORS.
How the Youngsters Are Made
 Grow by Science.

How the Youngsters Are Made tc
 Grow by Science.
 The Victorian Era Exhibition. now
 open in London, does not possess an
 exhibit of greater scientific interest
 than that Of the infant incubator, and,
 rom popular point of view, judged
 merely as a sideshow, this invention
 has proved immensely attractive-in fact, 1t is one of the most paying con- cerns at EarPs Court, medical men w. ing with the general public in their l. mlrat1on for this Few contrivance for saving life. The necessity for such a tnlng Is shown by the fact that where as In 18S6 the number of deaths regis tered in Great Britain as being due to premature birth amounted to 1880, the figure rose for last year to 2,534. It is also we'll known that large numb-r of deaths which are attributed to various diseases are due, indirectly, to prema- ture birth,
 The two most important considera- tons in saving the lives of prematurely born or very weakly infants are, of course, warmth and air, and these fac tors are amply provided for in the neat white metal contrivances which are now to be seen. Somewhat similar in- ventonS have been in use for some time at the Charity Hospital, Berlin, and the Paris Maternity Hospital and the Post-Graduate Hospital, New York. ncft Gr, IOo- -fS, gr1 1880 were q great improvement upon the old fashioned style ot wrapping tue tAl4Ats l. wuddlng or in a sheepskin with the wool adherlng: but they still left much to be desired, inasmuch as they had to be freshly warmed three or four times 8 day, and consequently re Quired unceasing and vigilant attend ance.
 The latest Incubator is the invention of Paul Altmann, and Is now being ex- plotted in England for the first time. It's great merit Is that it works auto matically, thus dispensing with the ne cessity for incessant watchfulness; in- deed, the machines themselves need no watching, and the infants have only to be moved in order to be fed, circum- stance which they generally announce in the customary manner, and washed. i The temperature Is maintained by | means of a thermostat, which works automatically. By an ingenious sys- tenn of levers communication Is at once | established between the inside of the | incubator and the boiler outside, which | is heated by an oil lamp, gas or cleo trtcity, so that should the temperature vary ever so slightly, 1t is increased or decreased as occasion may require. Next to the warmth for the little pa tient comes the question of air, and this Is provided from the outside through pipe which conducts 1t to the incubator, where 1t passes through a washing, fil tering and warming process before passing inside. On the top of the incu- bator there is chimney so constructed that 1t can only form an outlet for i'm pure air. AS a means of providing warmth of the necessary degree and absolutely pure air, this invention Is perfect, and to make all things equal there is a staff of experienced nurses who sleep on the premises.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an infamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets intiamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the re- suit, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to it's nor maj condition, hearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an infiamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
 F.J. CHENEY 6 CO.,. Toledo o.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
Facing the Music.

The spirit of this simile is used by John Bunyan in the meditation "Of the Horse and Drum, ill his Book For Bows and Girls; or, Country Rhymes For Children, published in l686 Of the genuine Christian he says, inter alia: Let drummcrs beat the charge or what they
 will,
 They Il nose them. face them, keep their placns
 still
 Notes and Queries
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

We are asserting in the courts our right to the
 exclusive use of the word CASTORIA," and
 "PIrcHER'S CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark. I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis. Massachusetts, was the originator of |" PITCHERS CAsroRIA," the same that has borne and does now bear the fac-simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the original PITCHERS ~ESTORIA" which bas been used in the homes Of the mothers of Ameuca for over thirty years. Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is f6s kfnd son ka5e aEs,GJs 50Hghk, and has the signature or CHAS. IT. FLETCHER on the wrapper. No one has authority from me to use gnv. name except The Centaur Company Of which Chss. Y. Fletcher is President.
 Il1G,ch 6, ISS7. sAMUEL PTTCFJRR, MD.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
NO DIFFERENCE.

Physical troubles of like nature com ing form different causes are often pug zle to those who suffer pain as to their reatment and cure, as in the case of lum- bago from cold or strain in some way to the same muscles. The treatment of such need not differ one with the other. Both are bad enough and should have prompt attention, as nothing disables so much as lame back. The use of St. Jacobs Oil will settle the question. Its efficacy is so sure in either case there is no difference in the treatment and no doubt of the cure.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
MISERY BY THE wHOIEsAIE

Is what chronic inactivity of the liver gives rise to. Bile gets into the blood and imparts a yellow tint the tongue fouls and so does the breath, sick headaches pain beneath the right ribs and shoulder blade are felt the bowels dered. The proven remedy for this catalogue of evils in HOstetters Stomach Bitters a medi- cine long and professionally recommended and sovereign also for chills and fever, nervous ness and rheumatism.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25

This IS due to the fact that the company con trols some inventions and discoveries which have 10 equal in he whole realm of medical science.
 So much deception has been practiced in ad- VeruSing that this grand old company now makes a startling offer
 They will send their magically effective ap- nl1ance and months COTrse Of restorative remedies positively CT. tCiHI, without expense, to any reliable man.
 Not dollar need be paid until results are known to and acknowledged by the patient.
 The Erie Medical COmpany's Appliance and Remedies have been talked of and written about till every man has heard of them.
 The highest medical authorities in the world have lately commended them.
 They possess marvellous power to yitalize, develop, restore and sustain.
 They create vigor healthy tissue, new life.
 They stop drains that sap the energy.
 They cure all effects of evil habits. excesses overwOrk.
 They give full strength, deyelopment and tone 10 every portion and organ of the body.
 Failure impossible, age no barrier.
 This "Trial Without Expense" offer is limi- ted to short time, and application must be made at once.
 No C. O. D. scheme, nor deception; no expo sure-a clean business proposition by con- pany of high financial and professional stand ing.
 Write to the ERIE MEDICAL COMPANY. Buffalo, N. Y., and refer to their offer in this paper
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
Candid.

Lady Qnterviewing housemaid)- did you leave your last place?
 ousemaid-Because the master kiss ed me, mum.
 Lady-And you didn't Ike It, eh?
 Housemaid-Oh, I didn't mind 1t, mum, but the mistress didn't like It!
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
Where All Are Interested.

4 significant evidence of Scotch good sense is afforded by the signs on the chairs and benches in the Glasgow parks, Protect your property" thus reminding each citizen that he is part owner and has interests which he must Care for
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
SrarcitY of Material.

1.-The Rev Mir Jingle is running his mission in regular vaudeville style Had a pie eating match there on Mon day. and last night he offered prize to the mother who would wash the great est number c: boys faces ill the shcrt est time |: was dead failure '
 What was the trouble!"
 "Couldn get the boys Cleveland Plain Dealer
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
Patience.

Patience is a most necessary qualif- cation for business. Many man would rather you heard his story than granted his request. You must seem to hear the unreasonable demands of the petu- lant unmoved and the tedious details of the dull untired. That is the least price that a man must pay for high station New York Ledger
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
Oh, Charity.

"But, my dear" gently remonstrated her husband, q thought gave you five dollars to buy a sofa cushion for your fancy table at the fair yesterday"
 "Why, but, John, dear, this five dol lars is to buy it back."-Judge.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
Importaut News.

Mrs. Gadabout-What was the news 1t the sewing circle to-day, my dear?
 Mrs. Onthego-Mrs. Buddins has a new cook and Mrs. Remnant has the same one she got two days ago.-Up-tO- Date
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25

Negotiations extending over three years were necessary before Michigan man could buy two islands, comprising five acres, from the government. The price paid was S5. 50.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
DirectorY "Too Common"

"No. we don permit our names to go in the directory. don you know" "
 And why uot:'
 ''So deuccd common, don t you know Why, last yeah my name was sand wiched in between a garbage collectah and an alderman 1t $ fact, pon hon. ah. ''-Clcveland PlaIn Dealer.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-25
C0miu0.

Think you not" said the soph to the
 maiden fair, 'My moustache is becomingW The maiden answered, as his eye she met, Tt may be coming, but it isn't here
 yet!' -Judge