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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07
The Last of the Hard Times.

We have about seen the last Of the
hard tunes and the movement has begun
toward the prosperity that seems SO long
coming. 1t cannot, in the nature Of things,
be rapid, because the American market
is crowded with foreign importations,
which plust be consumed before our own
manufacturers can enjoy that which they
have been cheated out of by low tariff,
and our own wage workers receive the
earnings that are going into the pockets
of European producers.-Wheeling lntelli-
gencer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07

operative concerns, owned entirely by the
farmers, who share the profits among
themselves. In this manner they have al
ways enough money to buy their groceries,
clothing, and such necessary commodities
of life. while on the farm they produce
their own -four, vegetables and meats.
The result is that from the sale of their
wheat, oats. corn. pork and beef they
realize net profit. and it is this money
that has been used to pay off the mort
cages.
Little Rock, Ark.-Although the crops
in part OF Arkansas were cut short by
drought last year. the people by economy
are getting out of debt. The people look
forward TO an era of railroad building in
the near future unparalleled In the history
of the State, from which they confidently
expect good results. The State debt is
not large and will be considerably reduced
nv the acts of the special session of the
Legislature. Gov. Jones thinks very little
of il will remain at the end Of his admin
istration. The loan companies are doing
very little business in the State. Many
Of them have withdrawn recently.
Lincoln, Neb.-The report Of the State
Banking Board just issued contains much
announcement for business men. 1t
shows the condition of the State and pri-
yate banks at the close of business on
May 20. 1897. as compared with that at
the close on Dec. 81. 1896. At present
there are 400 BANKS. as compared with
Ala on Dec. 81. During the interval %
banks have closed, 3 have reorganzed and
| o new banks have opened. Under the
head of liabilities there is a general fall
ing off in the amounts, with n notable
exception in the item Of deposits. which
| shows IN increase OF S1.00S. G2S.90. In
resources there is an increase Of 81. 221,-
123.4O. These latter two items, resources
and deposits, are regarded as especially
encouraging by business men.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07
Calamity screamcr. in rrouh,e.

There is nothing in this world that will
start the Bryanite to yelling calamity
Calamity! Calamity! more quickly than
the word prosperity. II he sees II or
hears 1t anywhere he Mt once proceeds TO
tear his hair and to rush around ms aim.
lessly as flies in midsummer. His eyes
start from their sockets, he foams Mt the
mouth md has all the symptoms of yio-
lent Observation-Disclosures Times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07
Cooperate with Repub,,c,,,

1t will he great disappointment to the
people who had hoped that the tariff issue
would embitter the gold Democrats
against the Republicans to find members
Of that party cooperating with the Re
publicans for the defeat Of the silver
Democrats everywhere this fall, but II IL
quite apparent that the Democrats who
opposed the election of Bryan last fall
will be MS earnestly against the silver can
didnte this year.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07
VIII, silence the croaker..

Like the rising tide 1t will not ill nll
the little hooks and channels Mt once: and
40. many may feel skeptical about It. But
this will make no special difference with
the fact except 10 retnrd 1t. The more
hope AM confidence the quicker and more
complete the revival 1t will not be long
before this confidence will be general
business will be brisker. Merchants will
fool II and begin to solicit trade and to
odvertisc IA OF yore. Traffic and travel
will increase. More and more, manufac-
turers will increase their purchases and
products. Building and real estate will
show signs Of II. Once Congress- nd
journs with the tariff settled In favor Of
American industry, and American indus
try will ma certainly take advantage of It
as morning follows night. Before the cleo
lions In November there IL every reason
to believe that the croakIne of the calsm-
ity howieru and the nostrums Of the Bryl
antics will seem rs ridiculous ms do the
predictions Of the last-day prophets when
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07
Other Evidence. of IMPROVEMENT.

The New York Daily Bond Buyer has
an article going to show an improvement.
in the business situation. 1t takes rs ~
text the quotations of municipal bonus'
which nre not so subject to the specals-
tive irregularities as many other securs
ties. The PAPER states that within tnree
weeks following the defeat Of free silVe.
at the polls last November S33. 10o. rs 9,
municipal securities were sold, which ne rsu
been held up awaiting that result. luz
restoration of confidence has proceeoeu
since that time with gratifying effect on
these investments. Since Jan. OF tns
present year municipals Of the value :.
$84, S60.373 have been sold, an averase
of $14. .895 per month. rs against :
total of S52. 713. 727 and monthly aver
age of $s,TQ0. 228 for the same perioo "
1906.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07

year ended last month. The total value
of the merchandise exports for the fiscal
year was 81 ,0o1 ,9S7 ,091; the largest pre-
vious total was $1,030,2TS, 14S, in 1892.
The imports for the fiscal year were $764,-
3I3.9O5: and in spite of the big increase
under the tariff stimulus in recent months
the year's aggregate was smaller than
that of 1896 and has been FIVE times ex-
ceeded since 1S00.-Philadelphi Record
Dem.).
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07

would not have been considered during
the depressed times. The financial re-
ports now show that money can be secur-
ed for any reasonable enterprise at rates
from 5h per Get down. showing that con-
fdence has returned and that capitalists
desire to have their money bringing In
even small rates rather than having 1t lie
idle.-St. Louis Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07
the sun rises ut the usual hour upon an
earth still turning on its axis.
P.yin. or the Mortrare..

An in'incible and positive proof that
local affairs are becoming more encourag-
ing and that Williams County. at least. Is
nished In the following figures, given out
by Mr.. EVAN. the recorder OF this county;
Since Jan. last the number Of mort
cages flied for record In this county Is l66.
while the number released Is 2T9. SO that
to-day there are 113 fewer mortgages on
Williams County land than there were on
Jan. ], 1897. The record by months Is
as follows:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07

These quotations show that everything
except COTE is higher than year ago, and
the decline in corn (only 3 cents) is due
to the fact that last years crop was the
greatest ever known. while the crop of
the year before was almost n failure.
Moreover. so far is 1t from being true
that cora ia now selling Flower than ever
before" 1t is shown that even corn is high
er now than on many occasions in former
years, and higher than it was last Sep
TENDER. which was before the last cleo
ton" So the Register demands with
some pcrtinency: "Why did this conven-
ton lie even about cornw
But the comparison does not stop with
grain. Here is an exhibit Of prices of
livestock Mt Chicago now and one year
ago, like grades being stated in both
years:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07
Naturc La Hclninc.

Nature is preparing bountiful harvests
that will greatly facilitite the recovery of
business during the coming fall season.
Indications point to continued activity in
the export trade, the volume Of which
exceeded all previous records in the fiscal
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07
Interest Rates end Prosperity.

No better indication Of returning pros
perity Is to be found than in the decreas sc
In interest rates. 1t shows not only that
there is IN abundance of money In the
country, but that the money Ii seeking
investment. When times are hard. money
scarce and there Is little confidence, inter
est rates always 90 up. Capitalists will
not risk their money unless given an over
abundance or security and promised a
high rate of interest. But the minute bus
mess conditions begin to improve every
one Is any icus to invest. even though the
investment will bring but small returns.
and money IL put Into enterprises which
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07

Iowa, Ohio and Indiana farmers are
not going to be as easy meat" for the
calamity howlers this year rs they were
last, owing to the fact that they are get
ting n trine Of FIVE million dollars more
for their wheat crop this year than they
did In 1896
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07
New York Time. Admit, II

The New York Times Democratic)
takes hopeful view of the business out
look AMI believes that the tide has turn
ed for the better. While the Times is
opposed to the Republican tariff policy.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07
Living Waees..

The purchasing ability of the great
masses is what decides good times or bad
times, and that ability comes of Living
wages -Globe. Boston, Mass.
And the Giving wages" come only un-
der protective tariff.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07
Recorded.

This shows beyond dispute that Will
liams County debtors are paying their
debts, and no condition of affairs could
be more promising than just this.-Ohio
State Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07

From nll of which It appears that ca
lnmity bowling for politics may easily
overshoot the mark.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07
Grain Price. Show II.

Here are the results in the grain mar
kets, the prices being those quoted in
Chicago:
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13

Should this country ever get into
war again, all its warships and cruis-
ers will be ut once painted olive green.
1t has been found that this color is the
least easily seen in a greater proper
ton of conditions than is any other.
In daytime it harmonizes so well with
the grayish color of the atmosphere
near the oceans surface that the ves-
sci is much less liable to be seen than
black. Drab is also hard to distin-
guish by day, but with searchlight ii
can easily be seen at great distance
at night. White is easily seen with a
searchlight at night. The experiments
which have resulted in deciding what
is to be Uncle Sans fighting colors
for the navy were made on the torpedo
boat Gushing and the Ammen ram Ka.
tahdin. 1t is of some Importance that
this country has made these investi-
cations first, and is therefore entitled
to first choice of colors for war vessels.
1t makes much difference to the safety
both of vessels and seamen that they
be able to get as close as possible to
their enemy before being fired upon.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13

Fanatical zeal often overreaches
itself, muses. the New York Observer.
The vandalism of the Mohmund tribes
men who the other day on the taking
of Fort Shabkadr burned the sacred
books of the Sikh temple there, may
prove to be worth hundred regi-
ments to the English arms. A coali-
ton of Moslems and Hindus, which
short time ago seemed not improba-
BILE, would have made the Indian
situation extremely difficult for the
British. But that single act of intol-
Grant seal at Shabkadr may serve to
confirm the loyalty of the whole Hindu
population of India, on the principle
not that they love England so much as
that they hate the Moslem more.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13
THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE"
II lies In the distance dim and sweet,
~. Az. hordaea 1.f Io.a.x Aasn

II lies In the distance dim and sweet,
On the borders OF Long Ago.
And the road Is worn by the little feet
That have journeyed there to and fro;
And though you may seek 1t by night or day
The task you will never achieve,
For only the little ones know the way
10 the land of Make Believe"
Clad In their armor of Faith they ride
On the wings of their fancy fleet,
And we hear, rs we listen and wait outside,
The echo OF laughter sweet,
IL lightens the burdens OF toll we bear,
1t brightens the hearts that grieve;
Till we wish we could follow and enter there
In the land of MAKE Believe"
And oh. the wonderful tales that are told
OF the marvellous sights they see!
For the weak grow strong and the young
grow old.
And are each what they wish to he,
Too bold for mind to conceive!
But these are everyday happenings
In the land OF Make Believe"
Would you follow the print OF the tiny feet2
You must walk as they, undehled.
Would you join In their faucles pure and
sweet
You must be as little child.
But In vain should we seek II by night or
day.
The task we should never achieve;
For only the little ones know the way
To the land OF make Believe"
Ida q. Morris, in Youths Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13
Chang's Female Physician.

The first Chinese lady to practice
medicine in her own land is DIR.
Rachel @. Benn, of Tien-Tsin, who
was appointed physician to the women
in the household of Ii Hung Chang
after his recent trip around the world,
says the Independent. There are two
other Chinese women who stand pre-
eminent as leaders in this new revolt
against the subsection of women,
Miss Wang and DIR. Eng, who have
just been appointed delegates to the
women's congress to be held in Lon
don in 1898. The latter was born of
an aristocratic family in Fuchau, her
father being a mandarin. He became
converted to Christianity, and with
him his two sons, who for the past
thirty years have been Methodist
preachers and presiding elders. When
child Miss Eng was placed in a girls
boarding school, where she evinced
such marked ability that in her fif-
teenth year she was sent across the
seas and entered Ohio Wesleyan uni
versity, being graduated four years
later. Three years more of study and
the degree of doctor of medicine was
conferred on her by the Woman's
Medical college of Philadelphia, and
also, after brief graduate course,
by the Philadelphia Polytechnic. When
she returned home the mandarins and
coolies, high and low, met the ship,
eager to pay their respects, for her
fame had travelled before her. One
instance is related of coolie wheel
ing her blind old mother in wheel
barrow 100 miles to consult her. She
performed such remarkable cures in
the eyes of her countrymen that she
is now known as the "Miracle Lady"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13
what Women Buy Hair Dyes.

"Who are the people who chiefly
buy hair dyes?" asks the Hospital.
",Most people will answer, Fading
beauties, who see in their gray hairs
the threatening termination of their
empire; women of fashion who insist
on their gowns being of the tint that
is in the latest vogue, and must, there
fore, color their hair and complexion
to harmonize with it if they are to
present spleasing appearance; ac-
tresses whose counterfeit presentment
of the part they play must be complete
in every detail So far as the widely
advertised 'restorers' go this. surmise
would be correct, but the chemists in
the poorer quarters of London could
tell another tale. There the chief pur-
chasers of hair dye are not women, but
men, and it is not vanity that prompts
them to hide the signs of age. In the
incessant competition that goes on
among the unskilled, the younger
claimants, who are presumably the
stronger, are preferred, and gray hairs
may mean starvation. 1t is pitiful
that such dread of old age should
hang over many. But, as the body
ages sooner than the mind, it is inevi-
table that this should be so wherever
man contributes more of brute
strength than of intelligence to the
performance of his task. The clever
man has become an overseer by the
age his fellow is dismissed, and looks
forward to years of usefulness. There.
fore, let us pray that men may more
and more come to contribute the in.
telligent and not the mechanical force
to our industries"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13
EnsIllOn Notes.

"Feather plush" garments are
heralded by noted New York firm.
A handsome costume for a young
lady is made of crepez-surfaced goods.
The skirt is trimmed with seven bands
of bias velvet.
There is bolero jacket of velvet,
and the shoulders are covered by
little velvet cape with silk ruffies.
Ruffles lined with crinoline are set up
around the back of the neck around
the outside of the dress.
Fancy bonnets are composed almost
entirely of flowers. These are ar
ranged in little clusters. Almost all
of these bonnets have knots and loops
of ribbon either at the sides or the
back of the crown. Some of them have
lace flowers and ribbon with wire
loops.
Among the new autumn ribbons are
fine and beautiful qualities in taffetas,
gros grains, velvets, high class fancies,
satin plaids, Pompadour patterns, tri-
colored satin stripes on plain repped
grounds, and every width from the
bebe weave "No. l" to ribbons from
one-half to tive-eighths of a yard.
A dress for young girl is plain
skirt and waist made with blouse
front which falls over girdle of silk.
The upper part of the waist is in ronnd
yoke shape, and is made up entirely
Of lace insertion and tucks. From the
lower edge of this yoke, deep wide
lapets of silk fall over the front of the
tops of the sleeves. These lapets are
trimmed with lace set on very full;
the sleeves have wide tops and fit the
arms closely below the elbows.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13
COlors of Plants.

Miss Esther Thompson in the Asa
Gray Bulletin, disputes the dogma
that color in flowers is solely the prod
uct of light; and also the dogma that
color is given to flowers for the pur-
pose of attracting insects, and thus aid
ing in cross-fertilization.
In defense of her view, she points
out that there is as much variation in
color in roots in the darkness of un-
derground life, as in the flowers ex-
posed to the full light above.
She refers to white and yellow car
rots, purple beets, red onions, the
golden fibres of the Coptis, commonly
called gold-thread; and she gives
numerous other instances. In the
black, upturned mud of a swamp, she
collected among the network of roots,
ivory white, brown, black and yellow
tinted fbres, belonging to various
species of plants.
She further contends that so great
is the difference in the color of roots
that species and even varieties can
often be readily distinguished by the
shades OF color alone. She sums up
by objecting to the general theory that
color in flowers and foliage is devel-
opment to serve some special purpose
in the individuals $ !"struggle for life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13

II the last session of the New Zea-
land parliament an act was passed
giving to certain municipalities the
power to adopt what has come to be
called by single takers in this country
local option in taxation, under which
a majority of electors of the munlci-
pality may by popular vote determine
whether or not they will exempt per-
sonal property and improvements
from taxation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13

Long before can run to the house, he
will be swallowed up"
Give feet, you say' cried the girl.
Here, herel" and with gesture she
unbound her magnificent hair and cast
the glistening rope over the wall.
"Catch hold Catch hold, Cousin
Roger!'
The sunny coil fell within the reach
of the imperilled man, who clutched
it with the grasp of desperation.
Slowly he was drawn out of the fright
full sands, until his feet were free, and
he could meet the clasp of the hands
extended to him with the friendly grip
which had forgotten the touch OF
anger in the JOY of rescue.
AS Roger stood upright and shook
the sand from his feet, he extended
both hands toward Geoffrey, who took
them heartily
"Geoffrey," said Roger, 'T have
been very near death in a most terrible
form, and it has taught me n lesson.
Forgive me and be happy"
"And you, cousin, replied Geoffrey
''if you are ever disposed to envy our
happiness remember that you were
saved by Berenice's hair. New
York Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-10-13
CURES FOR INSOMNIA.
"Don't Keep Yourself Awake In Tryi ng I
Go Asleep" Is One.

Go Asleep Is One.
One of the 'gastronomic magazines
has an article giving some comprehen-
sive directions regarding the cure Of
sleeplessness. 1t is sensible in admit
ting the complexity of case of in
somnia and of the doubts often con-
nected with its origin. A man may
apply all his own knowledge and that
of his medical adviser and yet be un-
able for time to overcome the
tendency of the mind to drift along in
helpless consciousness through the
long hours of the night. But there
must be cause for this perverseness
and remedy for it, though the cure
may not be found without persever-
ing quest. The American needs a full
share of sleep. He works hard with
brain and nerves, and is apt to play
rs hard as he works. To lie in bed
with the wheels of thought running
on waste material is a sort of torture
rs well as a danger to health. Napo-
Icons faculty of going to sleep on the
instant was one of the greatest adj
vantages he had over the commanders
on the other side.
According to the magazine authority
the worst enemies of sleep are worry
ing, overwork, overeating, indigestible
suppers, and the habitual use of stimu-
lants and drugs. The cure includes
strict attention to diet, we'll
ventilated sleeping room, some light
exercise, like n walk, an hour after
the evening meal, and freedom, of
course, from worry. Napoleon had as
many cares. and perplexities as the
next man, but arbitrarily shut them
off. 1t is not we'll to go to bed hungry.
A cup of hot milk or light sandwich
is advised when that sensation is felt.
Yet it is necessary to remember that
insomnia and an overloaded stomach
are closely acquainted. Stimulants
and narcotics in the end are sleep des-
troyers. The condition they induce
is not refreshing sleep. Sleepiness is
an indication of the need of sleep and
must not be combated too far. People
who sleep but little should not be
permitted to disturb those who are
differently constituted.
When the whole subject is weighed
the main remedy is seen to be good
habits and tranquil mind. Some
who resolve to discard worry continue
the habit over insomnia. They must
be philosophical over that as well as
all else. ''Don't keep yourself awake
in trying to get to sleep" is the in
junction. 1t would be far better to
revert to some mild abstraction, such,
for instance, as the many fine things
that have been said of sleep. Think
of Leigh Hunts definition of it as
the time when the mysterious spirit
goes to take its airy round; of Words
worth calling it captive never wish
ing to be free; of Scott's advice to
sleep inpeace and wake in Joy, which
necessarily involves good health and a
good conscience; of Bulwer's tribute
to "the happiest of earthly boons;' of
Milton nodding under the timely dew
of sleep, and of Emerson's thought
that "Sleep fingers all our lifetime
about our eyes, as night hovers all
day in the boughs of the fir tree. 4"
The right frame of mind and body is
the cure for insomnia. st. Louis
Globe Democrat.