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BABY MARKET IN LONDON.
An English Reformer's Plan to Provide
Homes for Little Ones.

An English Reformer's Plan to Provide
Homes for Little Ones.
William T. Stead, reformer, agitat0~
and philanthropist, has furnished the
world a new sensation by establish
ing in London baby market. The
baby market, or, as some term it, baby
exchange, is a prettily-furnished suite
of apartments in one OF the eminently
respectable portions of the English me
tropolis. The object of attempting this
experiment was to create an institu-
ton that would provide children for
married couples entirely without fam
lily, but who felt the desire to fill up
the jblank in their hearts and homes
by adopting as their own some of the
homeless among the little ones. 1t is
this want that the baby market fills.
To the, comfortably-furnished rooms
where the babies who may be adopted,
together with absolutely correct in
formation concerning them, are to be.
found, many women, young and old,
charming and ugly, wend their way
every day to see what specimens Of
juvenile beauty are candidates for home
honors. Of course, the babies are like
I'll other humanity, both bad and good.
But the well-treated, well-fed and we'll
washed baby is not inclined to be i'll
natured, and so all look their prettiest
and smile their sweetest at the tender
hearted women who come to view them
On adoption bent. The babies vary in
age from. six months to three years,
but the tender age predominates.
Sometimes it happens that children
beyond the customary, age seek pa
rents and hope for would-be parents to
seek them. For instance, the mother
of two little boys, eight and five years
old, respectively, recently wrote to Mr..
Stead asking him to find a home for her
children. The death of her husband
had left her almost destitute. These
two little fellows are grandsons of one
of the best known judges of India. As
rule, the antecedents of a child
are not revealed. owing to the fact that
innocence would frequently be forced
to suffer for the guilt of others. Such
instances as the one quoted are by no
means rare, for in England, as in no
other country, it is the case that good
blood and poverty often dwell together.
While it is not always the case, and,
perhaps not in the majority of i'll
stances, that baby is sold as if it were
an infantile specimen of the pug dog,
it is true that it not infrequently hap
pens that mother receives a cash con-
sideration for parting with her little
one. Generally it occurs that persons
who are desirous of procuring ready
made children are plentifully supplied
with this worlds goods. Therefore, il
is quite natural that they should offer
no objection to, and generally prefer,
giving a reasonable compensation to
the lorn mother.
1t sometimes happens, however, that
the foster parents reverse this order
of things, and, after selecting a desir-
able youngster, inquire how much they
are to be paid for taking it. This class
of persons are frowned upon by Mr..
Stead, and he has formally notified
them that their presence at the baby
market is not desired, and will be
promptly dispensed with, if avoidable
in no other fashion.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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"Freedom from
oscillation"

In its issue of Febr'y 18th
the Railway Age" of Chi
cago gives a very interesting
account of some record
breaking runs on the Bur.
lington Route between Ga
lesburg and Chicago. The
article says in conclusion:
"The BurIing,on's main
line track allows the high
est speed to be made with
remarkable freedom from
oscillation. The train 'purrs'
over the joints with a de-
lightful rythm and the pas
senger seldom realizes that
he is riding at an extra Or
binary gait"
Freedom from oscillation
is something the Burlington
is famous for all over the
country. No matter how
great the speed, the train is
as steady as any moving
object can be.
How could it be otherwise
with such a track. such roll.
ing stock, such engines as
the Burlington's?
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Death warrants In England.

When a criminal is sentenced to
death in England, the judge writes OPP
posite the name in the calendar: Left
for execution" Fourteen clear days
must elapse, and then it remains for
the sheriff or sheriffs to appoint a
day for execution. No warrant is is
sued from the home Office, except for a
respite or reprieve. The queen does
not sign a death warrant.,Chicago
Chronicle.
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HOLIDAY TIMES.
Preparations for the Midwinter Season OF
Festivity.

Fest1V1ty.
With the passing of All Saints day
and Halloween the holiday season draws
near. 1t has been the fashion of recent
years ITO begin the season weeks be-
fore Christmas actually arrives. Christ
mas green's decorate the shops and are
displayed with holly and mistletoe
from Thanksgiving until the high tide
of the holidays sets in with Christmas
week All this time the holiday feeling
takes hold of all of us, and for the time
at least the golden rule becomes living
principle. Every one feels the new i'm
pulse which binds US closer to our fell
low men. The young, who are forever
| hopeful, are filed with bright anticipa-
tions of the season. The middle-aged
forget their sordid cares-forget, al
most, their struggle to keep the wolf
| from the door-and Join in the holiday
gladness.
The blessing of the holidays is seen
abroad in the cheerfulness and self
sacrifice with which home people bur-
den themselves down with bundles, all
to give pleasure to loved ones. Men
who superbly order all their packages
home their Christmas bundles, all for
the pleasure of introducing them Sc
cretlv, to hide them away until the day
arrives.
There are those among us to whom
Christmas brings sad memories, to
whom Thanksgiving recalls a scattered
household, but we cover our cares and
sorrows for this beatific season and re-
ioice with those who rejoice. Such sac
rifice of self will be a power which shall
let the despondent into an atmosphere
of courage and hope. A large portion
of these blessed weeks before Christ
mas is spent in preparation of holiday
gifts and holiday feasts for poor chill
dren. There are a. myriad of missions
going forth on errands of mercy at this
season.
Thanksgiving day, the first festival
of the holiday season, is peculiarly an
American feast day. Though it par
takes something of the nature of the
Jewish feast of the ingathering, it is not,
like that, a purely religious festival. 1t
is a season when families that are sep
arated meetagain under the old parental
roof Like all festivals of Puritan origin,
it is celebrated with religious observ-
ances in New England. The Thanks
giving sermon was formerly as much
a part of the celebration of the day as
the dinner that followed. This day has
been compared to the Harvest Home
days of the English farmer or the "Kirn'
| If Scotland. Both these days were plb-
lie rejoicings of the entire community
in the completion of harvest, and were
celebrated with considerable rout and
rabble. These were seasons of pictur-
esque procession and merry drinking
bout, and not of religious and home OBJ
servance.
Let us all remember the holiday sea-
son in the holy spirit of good will to
men. 1t matters little what our ex-
ternal giving may be, if we give to
Heaven a grateful heart for the blessings
that are showered upon us. Let us not
profane this season by vulgar ostenta-
tious gifts, which are beyond our means,
and serve only to crafty our own self
esteem and pride. Let us meet the sea-
son in the spirit of Tiny Tim, .svith the
prayer: God bless us every one!'-,
IN. Y. Tribune.
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Sure OF That.

Facetious CuStomer-Walter, suffer
from sharp teeth and sharp appetite.
What would you recommend as rem
edy for the complaint?
Waiter (under notice to leave)-Well,
sir, you might try steak.
Facetious Customer-Do you think
that would take the edge off my appe-
tite?
Waiter-I dar-say it would, sir. Any
way, it would take the edge off your
teeth.-Fun.
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Shocking Ignorance.

'Pa, who was Shylock?"
Paterfamilias with look of sur
prise and horror) = Great goodness.
boy, you attend church and Sunday
school every week and don't know who
Shylock was? Go and read your Bible,
sir-N. Y. Tribune.
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A Word Painter.

He = The architecture of Europe
would interest me most.
She Dakota belle, eXpatiating on her
travels)--Yes, everything is SO quaint.
He-How did the cathedral of Col
ogne impress you?
She-Oh, of course, that was too
sweet for nything.-Bay City Chat.
Daily camera., 1897-01-07
Women station Agents.

In Victoria, n S. W., women have now
been substituted for men at no fewer
ths,. 200 railway stations. The result
has been saving of e3o, 900 per year in
salaries. The average wage paid to a
station mistress is 20 per year. where
as men used to receive R15o.-Cinc;
natl Enquirer.
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THE DAILY CAMERA.
Strategic Movements.

First Boy-See here! Didn't l see
you running down street yesterday
with Bill Bounce after you, wantin' to
lick you?
Second Boy-Y-e-s.
What did you run for?"
Il was only running so as to get
him away from home, so his mother
couldn't see him fightin'; but by the
time we was out of sight of his house
we got in sight of our house; and then,
as my mother would see me if stopped
to hit him, went in, so as to be out O.
temptation. IN. Y. Weekly.
Daily camera., 1897-01-07
Had .-eeu CIeaned Alreadv,

Husband Ito wife)-I cannot conceive
what is the matter with my watch; l
think it must want cleaning.
Spoilt Child (brealling in)-Oh, ia
ther, l don't think it needs cleaning.
for ever so long this morning.-Tit-
Bits.
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A Friends Opinion.

Louise, did sing Home, Sweet
Home with the necessary Repression? p
''Yes, indeed, Isabel; the way you
sang it made everybody in the room
feel like going nome. Chicago Record.
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Too Much to Ask at the Start.

She-Now that we are engaged, dear,
I shall expect you TO kiss mother when
you see her.
do you think that is fair?"
'What is?"
"ro test my love SO soon?"-N. Y.
World.
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Very Pathetic,

ado you cell this an emotional
drama?"
Yes; the attempt Of the tas leading lady
to play comedy is very pathetic, In
deed. "-Bay City Chat.
Daily camera., 1897-01-07

"He's small man-eyerything about
him is SMALL
"You never took him out to lunch OF
you would except his appetite. Bay
City Chat.
Daily camera., 1897-01-07
Had a General Idea.

English Visitor (ia Washington)-
1t is customary, is it not, to refurnish
the white house entirely whenever a
new president goes into it?
Native-Yes.
English Visitor-I have observed
that there is always great deal in
your papers about his selection of a
cabinet. Is that what he keeps his state
papers in?-Chicago Tribune.
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Stroke of Enterprise.

"God helps those
The prudent business man carefully
emptied two packages OF tacks over
a large area of asphalt -''who help
themselves"
He strewed the fragments of a beer
bottle along the roadway and then re-
tired to his bicycle repair shop to wait
for custom.--N. Y. Journal.
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The Rising Kind.

OF all the batters of sporty might,
That never fails to rise for glory's sake
Give us the kind that waits on appetite
The mix that makes the luscious buck
wheat cake.
! fol In
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Domestic Bliss.

She-Do you get on better with your
wife nowadays?
He-O, yes; we have arranged that
one of US shall always be out when the
other is at home. We are very happy.
Vogue.
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To Sharpen Him.

"Why is it that all the boys seem so
anxious to get a grind on poor Rob
SOM"
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No Reason.

When you ask fowl what season
Does his fancy most engage,
Though a wise bird, It's no reason
That his answer should be sage"
Detroit Free Press
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Always Greaz.

Uh, hes SO uuII, you KNOW. -Cnl-
cago Journal.
Daily camera., 1897-01-07

J. S. Turner & Co., the
Boulder leaders in Second
Hand Goods of every de-
scription, will hereafter
conduct a Generalization,
Commission and Intelli-
gence Business. People
in want of employment
and others that want help
would do we'll to call on us.
Our terms are reasonable.
Respectfully,
J.. S. TURNER & co.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24
PENINSULA POINTERS.

A dispatch from Negaunee to the
Detroit Journal states that the blue
berry crop promises to be an excel
lent one this season, and the first
berries are already on the market.
The season will be at its hight in
about two weeks, and from now UNI
til then the number OF pickers en-
gagged in gathering the berries in
Marquette, Delta, Alger and Luce
counties will increase daily until
perhaps, . 600 persons will be en-
gagged in the work. The BURBERRY
crop of Marquette and adjacent coun-
ties will be worth from $50, 600 to
$50, 600 this year.
The following dispatch from
Marquette, under recent date,
will be of considerable interest to a
number of homesteaders in this
vicinity: The court Of appeals at
Cincinnati has affirmed the judg
ment of the lower court, and eX-
Receiver of Public Land Moneys
Mead, at the general land Office at
Marquette, and his bondsmen, will
nave TO make good some 50. 500 which
Mr.. Mead received from persons for
land grants which they never ac-
cepted or utilized. These persons
were entitled to the return OF their
money, but Mead refused either to
refund it to them or turn it over to
the government.
The ceremony of laying the corner
stone of the Sacred Heart church, the
finest Catholic church in Houghton
county, took place Sunday afternoon.
Besides the hundreds present from
Calumet, great numbers came by
rain from Hancock, Houghton and
Lake Linden, who were met by the
Hibernian Rifles. The Fifth Infantry,
Laurium, Austrian, Red Jacket,
quincy Excelsior and Lake Linden
Dands were in the procession and the
GLOWING societies, marshalled by
George Labby and aides on horse
back: Co. b, Hibernian Rifles, Han
cock Division, A. O. H., Lake Lin
len Division. A. o. H., st. John S
Society, st. Sodality, Garibaldi So
ciety, San Martina Society, st. Jean
Baptiste Society, Calumet Division,
a. o. H., Austrian Society, Christie
pher Columbus band, Italian Bene-
VIOLENT Society, POLISH Hussars, st.
Stanislan Koski, Young Men S So
ciety. All the clergy of the Cath
Ole denomination of the copper
country were present at the laying
and blessing Of the corner. Father
Raphael, of Cincinnati, officiated and
preached an eloquent sermon. There
was great multitude present
Calumet News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24
ASSININS NEWS.

Especial correspondence to THE SENTINEL
Nice, rains this week for gardens.
Haymakers made hay at full speed
this week.
Mrs. John MCGUIRE, of Baraga,
was in town Thursday.
The Loonsfoot brothers returned
from Keweenaw Point this week.
Mrs. Chas. Magnant. of the Bay
Shore, moved to this place this week.
A number of men from here went
to Lake Linden this week to load
boats.
One thousand pounds of fish were
caught in S. Denomie's nets this
week.
Mrs. Thos. Shelefo and Mrs. Louis
Crow left for Odanah, Wis, Thurs
day.
Edward Morley fish commissioner
OF Duluth, was in town Thursday on
business.
A. Chosa bought one of the cele
brated Mccormick moving machines
this week. ... ..
II. W. Robinson, of Baraga, de-
livered a quantity of salt to 5.
Denomie this week. .
Mother Cassilda. sister Philips
and Mrs. Garfield, of Hancock, were
guests at the convent this week.
The Misses Ella and Ollie Corri-
gan, Of Hancock, spent part of the
week with the sisters al the convent.
Mrs. S. Draomie and Mrs. VIM.
Cardnell visited their sister. Mrs. A.
ChOsa, at the Sturgeon this week.
Mother Julia and Mother Theresa.
OF ST. Louis, Mo, arrived here
Wednesday and are guests Of the
sisters at the convent.
Henry Chosa, who has been aS-
sent from here for the past eight !
years. has been visiting his parents !
for few days and left for his home :
at Lac Detlambue, Wis. Wednesday.
The Mission base ball nine played
a game with the Swede Settlement
club at that place last Sunday which
resulted in score Of : to IL in ia
vor Of the Missions. !,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24
FLIES AND WASpS.
Hundreds of the Pests Killed by the
.--~- Hawk Insects.

>Hundreds OF the rests Killed by the
-~, Hawk Insects.
BY common agreement the wasp is
accepted as enablematical OF irritability
and petty malignity; but even this
much-abused hymenopterous insect
plays a beneficial part in the work of
nature.
A number of wasps were seen by Mr..
Il. M. Darlington, an Irish naturalist,
buZZing about his cows. Closer inspec-
ton revealed that they were all busy
catching flies, and bouncing with the
rapidity of hawks after biiVls on the
flies us they tried to settle or rest on
some fayorite part of the cows. One
white COW drew more wasps than any OF
the others, because the, moment fly
aiighted it was seen at once against the
skin. When wasp catches fly it inn
nnediately bites off both wings, some
Ihnes leg CT two, occasionally the
head. - So ,, 49,.
Mr.. harrington saw some Of the
wasps when laden with one fly catch
another, without letting go the first.
and then fly away with both. There was
a constant stream of wasps carrying
away flies, probably to feed the larvae
in their nests, and returning again to
the cows to catch more. In about 20
minutes Mr.. harrington estimated that
between 300 and 400 flies were caught
on two cows lying close to where he
stood.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24
SUES WANDERING JEW"
It 30 Fascinated Missouri Man That He
Hardly Took Time to Eat.

Hardly Took Time to Eat.
II remember what a wonderful fas-
cination Eugene Sues Wandering jew
had for me when as boy | got bold
of the coveted work | had heard so
much about" said l.. NJ. Vincent, of
st. Louis, TO a Washington Post repre-.
sentative.
Il would scarcely take time to eat, so
tremendously was / excited over the
for .unes of Rose and Blanche, Djalma
and Ad!tenne, and all my studies were
neglected till the last page of the har-
rowing story had been perused. The
other day by accident d copy of thai
long-spuh-out romance fell into my
hands while travelling, and I thought
Nd beguile an hour VI so in reading
a chapter here and there.
"But less than an hogr was sufficient
&c Excite such profound disgust at the
hook that caught my youthful fancy,
that tossed it aside with contempt.
How grown-up person with any lit
erary taste could read such utter rot
is past my comprehension. il is vile
story, vilely told. In contrast to this
could not help but think Of my read
ing of The Antiquary' for the second
time after the lapse of 80 years. The
grace of its telling and the charm of it's
characters were even stronger than in
those early days. The product of tie
master appeals to all generations, and
the time will never come when such
beautiful stories as The Antiquary'
will not count their readers by the tens
Of thousands"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24
AN AWFUL. BREAK.
he Said His Mother Was - Widow
Woman"

He Said His Mother Was - Widow
Woman"
| The fair girl from Boston gazed upon
| Harold Bentley's face and new feeling
took possession of her, says the Cleve-
! land Leader. He was one of Cleyeland's
| most aristocratic young men and as
handsome as Greek god.
| After they had been introduced they
strolled away from the crowd and he
told her about his sisters and his
mother, who were in Europe, and
Beatrice Montgomery suddenly real
lied that the flame of love was Begin
ming to flicker in her breast.
She talked vivaciously of her days
at Wellesley and OF her explorations in
the rich mines of Sanskrit and of her
Investigations of the mahatmas and
the occult fiap-doodles of the far east.
Then he told her about his horses and
his rubber-tired traps, and they gazed
into each others eyes and sighed lot
Of lcng-drawnsi signs andwere beginning
to feel that they had passed through the
petrly gates and were strollng through
streets that were paved with gold.
At last Beatrice Montgomery said:
"You have told me about your mother
and your sisters being in Europe, but
you have said nothing about your ia
Their. Is he with them?"
NO." the handsome young man re-
piled, after painful pause; "he is not
with them. My mother is widow
woman"
When the doctors had finally succeed
ed in bringing the fair Boston girl out
Harold Bentley and wildly cried:
"rcke that man away!"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24
The sultan and III. cn,,aren.

According to the "Diary of an Idle
Woman in Constantinople." the sultan
of Turkey is domestic man, intensely
fond Of his children, for whom he has a
tiny theater, wherein they play small
parts for the delectation Of their papa.
The principal bette noir Of his majesty
the sultan is the bicycle, which he de-
clares immoral and dangerous to the
state.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-10
Bids for victs.
Office of Inspector of Convicts,
 Montgomery, Ala, May 29, 1897.

Sealed proposals will be received at this office unt,l the 1st day of July, 1897, for the hire of male state convicts to be worked outside of the walls of the penitentiary The number subject to hire is about l0tD to be delivered Jan. l, lo9S No bid will be con Sidered for less than 50 convicIs nor for a shorter period than three years All of said conVicts, who are physically able to do SO may be worked in mines, and the proposals shall state the number of conVictS wanted the labor to be performed, and the par- ticular locality of the sane and no bid will be considered that does not expressly state the particular place, designating the same by name. Conyicts hired to work in mines and able to do so, will be classed into first second and third class, and the proposa s shall state the amount offered for each class respectively per month. Convicts capable of performing manual labor but unable to work in mines will be hired per capita. and proposals in that way are iu- yited for them. No male convicts under six teen years of age are offered for hire. The hire for said convicts shall be due and pay able on the 10th day of each month for the preceding month. The hirer shali be re- quired to give bond for the faithful per- formance of his contract in such sum as may be required by the governor, and with security to be approved by him. The hirer shall conform to all the conditions of law for the hiring of convicts and their man agement and treatment, and also to all the rules of the board of inspectors of convicts now in existence or that may hereafter be adopted, and to provide suitable rooms furniture and accommodations for the schools required to be established by the in- spectors. Copies of the contract reulired to be signed may be obtained by application to this office.
 Proposals shall be written or printed and shall be enclosed in an envelope and secure ly sealed, with no inscription or superscrip- tion on the outside of said envelope except my name and address. and across the left hand end of the envelope the following words: Proposals for Convicts." The pro- posals will be opened and the bids accepted or rejected at the executive office in the state capitol the first day of July, 1897 The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.
 s. B. TRAPP, President Roard of Jnsnectors of Convicfs