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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
COLONEL GRUMPY.

He was a darling little boy,
With sunny eyes of blue,
And happy as the day was long
Unless he had to do
Some task that did not please him much,
And then he was so cross,
His mother thought her boy was gone,
And grieved so for his loss,
And said: 1T was dreadful case.
That here In her own dear boys place
Was surly Colonel Grumpy"
Her boy. she said. was good and sweet
The pearl of little boys!
But Colonel Grumpy was most rude.
And broke up all his toys.
He tore his picture-books to bits,
Cracked his slate. lost his hat.
Pulled his little sisters hair,
And leased the pussy
She wished he'd go away and then
Shed have her own sweet boy again
Instead of Colonel Grumpy.
THAT Colonel Grumpy's not my boy
I'm sure Is very plain.
And so I'd better send him off
To-day In all the rain.
So, Colonel Grumpy, so away
In spite Of WIND and wet!
want my boy. who does not sulk,
Nor does he scold or fretv'
A little sob, two pleading eyes,
Then clasped tight In her arms, he cries:
''Good-by, cross Colonel Grumpy"
Jane Campbell. in st. nicholas.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13
top stills Of the windows and'from IN.
caves of the log house.

top stills of the windows and'fro IN.
caves of the log house.
Ifetro has grown thinner. He does
not seem to care so much for Diada-
mics stories now. He sits for hours
quietly looking at the snowy scene; yet
he seems contented. He has a habit
OF smiling to himself-a little, slow
smile that plays around his baby lips,
then steals into his clear blue eyes, to
fade away with serious wonderment
The cold air affects Tietro badly; he
breaths in short, painful gasps, and
eats but little.
All day Saturday the snow has been
falling Sunday morning Diadamie
arose early, and built fire in the fire.
place which blazed and cracked cheer
fully. Then she carried in more logs,
swept the snow from them, and built
<he1n up close to the fireplace
enough to last all day, so that she
might not have to bring in snowy wood
to chill the air for the suffering child.
The day dragged by. Diadamie felt a
weight upon her heart from which
there was 10 relief, for it was plain
that Tietro was not SO we'll The still
ness of that snow-entombed mountain
was awful. She could not interest
TietrQ in any way. Before it was quite
dark he wished to go to bed; Diadamie
laid him down tenderly, tucked him in
and kissed him many times, but he only
smiled in answer to her goodnight and
soon fell asleep. Diadamie piled the
logs on the fire and the blaze filled the
room with a bright glow. Tietro slept
on and breathed more easily now; and
after one more look at his wasted face,
she threw herself down on rude couch
a the foot of his bed and fell asleep.
When She awakened the fire was low,
and she seemed to have been dreaming,
She surely heard Tietro laugh. she
opened her eyes slowly, and when con-
sciousness had fully returned she was
too terrified to move; for the room was
filled with light--a moving, billowy,
cloudy light, Opaque like a mist, yet
brilliant. This only for minute-ther
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13

A writer reports diplomat as say
ing that he has amused himself with
asking members of the great army OF
travellers what object they have in view
in their endless peregrination? Nat
urally the replies to this question are
various. OF all reasons Boston lady
gave me the strangest. When met her
she had finished her sixth year OF
travel. She had made three tours round
the world, and seen about everything
that could be seen. | ventured to ask
her which of all the cities she had Wis
tied she found most interesting. After
considering the question awhile, she
answered Rome. / asked her why she
preferred that to any other city, sup
posing it might be for religious rea-
son, but soon found that religion was
not her stronghold. II like Rome best,
she said. because they cook and serve
calf's brains so nicely. In no other
place in the world can one get calfs
brains in the various ways they COOK
them in Rome."-Washington Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13
NIX. WlNGLEBYS IDEA.
He Tells How We Come to Have DIFF
fcrcnt Kinds Of weather.

He Tells How We Come to Have DIFF
fcrcnt Kinds of weather.
"You see, Georgia" said Mr.. Wiggle-
by whose youthful son had asked hiIE
how we come to have different kinds of
weather, 1.-THE weather is put up in
tin cans, Il days weather to q can. and
usually they put up a--year's supply
ahead, enough, to last through spring,
summer, autumn and Winter. In fill
ing the cans they sort il all out as well
as possible. Sometimes when they get
q can full there may be little left over,
and whatever remains in this way they
throw into the lot. When they've got
pretty nearly all the cans full, and
the regular stock Of weather has run
out, they fill up from that lot of odds
and ends. The cans so flied contain
what is called variable weather, be-
cause it's mixed; but most of the
weather they get pretty well sorted out
according to the season.
when they've got all the cans filled
they stack EN- up where they'll be
handy to get at, and there's man that
does nothing but open them. Every
day he cuts the can and pours out the
weather for that day, and of course a
great deal depends upon MIN. Some
times this man gets careless and pulls
down Il lot of the wrong cans, getting
them, say from the July shelf in the
Month of April, and likely as not get
ting down a weeks supply at once. so
as TO have them handy on the opening
table. OF course he discovers his mis-
take the first can he opens, but he is
too lazy to put the rest back, and so
he keeps them until he has opened
them all; and that's how ii comes about,
rs it sometimes does, that we get a
hot spell at Il season when we ought TO
| have nothing but cool weather.
But, of course, those April cans are
not lost; they must be around some
where, and we get 'em later. Maybe the
man will sprinkle them along with the
hope that we won't notice them much !;
but as likely as not he opens them one
after another, maybe after some ter
rible hot spell in July or August. when
they are sure to be blessed relief; and
if he does this we are pretty apt to
| forgive him for his mistake in April"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13

could persuade him 10 tell her was:
"She came and stood in the door" Dia-
damie was sure that the child had
dreamed, and finding himself alone for
the first time in the growing darkness
lie became frightened ut the shadows.
However, it was a long time before
Diadamie could persuade Tietro to let
her 90 TO the village, but finally after
promises of "caudy" and extra re-
wards, he consented, and Diadanhe set
out with her usual stock of berries.
She felt the load to be heavy, some
how, and the way long. The day was
hot. Many in the village were i'll with
fever, and it was harder than II had
ever been TO sell her berries. When
the last measure was sold and Diadamie
had started home, the sun was low
down in the west. 1t was Impossible
now to walk fast up the steep noun
tain path. The day had been hard
But how was it with Tietro? What
was il to be in the long years to come
What was the end to be? What If she
herself was to have the fever?
1t was fast growing dark. She must
hurry on. Tietro would be frightened,
poor little lamb" But Dadamie could
not hurry; something clogged her
weary feet and held them back. NJ
last she reached the top, and now the
way was short; but It was dark, quite
dark. Yet as she approached the house
she surely saw light. Diadamies
heart stood still, but she tried to call
&c Tietro that she was coming. YES
a clear white light shone from the WIN
dow. Then she ran-ran with the
swiftness that love and terror lend
crying aloud: ''Tietro!" She rushed
breathlessly into the room, to ma, TO
her utter bewilderment, 1fetro sitting
quietly in his chair, as she had left
him-except that there was strange
light in his eyes, and smile OF deep con-
tent upon his little white face. Diadamie
almost doubted her reason for a min
ute: then she said: ''Tietro, tell Nanan
what IL is?" But she never could coax
any explanation from Tietro. only
once he said: "Nanan, dear Nanan, L
am not afraid now"
Autumn comes soonest in the noun
tains. While the village still dreams
of summer, the mountain trees have
changed their tints from red to gold
and from gold to brown. The WIND
has scattered the leaves over the green
moss stones and blown them over Dia-
damie's beaten pathway, entirely OBJ
scuring 1t. The rain has packed them
down, and everywhere they lie sodden
and dead. The snow falls early in No
vember; then comes a rain and washes
It partly away, but the wind rises from
the north and slowly freezes the rain,
and the icicles hang from the great
broad branches of the trees, from the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13
HAS TUSKS LIKE A BOAR.

ing upward to fully twice the length
of the head. The rat is not more than n
week old. Its parents are the ordinary
white rats, beloved of the small boy,
as also are it's brothers and sisters. Be-
ing in cage somewhat removed from
view, no one paid particular attention
4, the white rat family. When the
the little monstrosity was discovered
he was nearly a week old. The keeper
promptly removed him from the rest
OF the family and is bringing him up
most carefully. When molested the
little thing grunts like pig instead Of
making the noise common to its kind.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13
c,JRE FOR THE BLUES.

>. little window over the way,
|fnere he sun is shining all the day
Nn1 hs yellow head Of baby at play
% w Not little one. understand!
.sis baby is just turned two" and 80
FOR .nddle little. to and fro,
can I'LL I'LL a little, and. don't you know?
can she's the brightest In the land.
der the sun smiles broadly down,
10 WIS never a scowla and never frown
FOR u ~ sweetest baby in the town
From. be is never sulky or sad;
,%s her daddy" always nigh,
~, ,vo strong arms to toss her high,
WIN re almost reaches the sunny sky?
Tn ~ II suppose he is her dad
man am feeling sad or blue,
Ana m" nv window, and. looking thu trough,
~ NV hand, and she waves hers, too
l"a,W, hiie the kisses fly on wings:
ne shows me her ragged dolly dear,
In ns her her woolly dog without an ear.
~ snS ali the rest of her very queer
AD' And very precious things.
che sets them up in her baby style
Ihsn 49, smile is so sweet that must smile
n s s nv my worries for awhile;
~ Ga here is a recipe:
very good cure for feeling blue,
~ wish with all my heart that you
SSa asi stand at my window and try 1t. too.
FOR II has never failed with me!
baltimore American.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13
snake. That Like Thunder.

One of the wonders of the bare, sandy
plains of New Mexico is the thunder
snakes. They are by no means common,
yet they are often encountered by prai-
ric travellers, especially before and after
thunderstorms. Flashes of lightning
and claps of thunder, which are so ter
rifying to bipeds and quadrupeds, seem
to have the greatest charm and delight
for those members of the serpent fam
ily. Whenever thunderstorm comes
up they have a regular picnic. They
come crawling out of holes, from be-
hind rocks and rotten stumps, and en-
10Y the fun whileit lasts. Their ma
ture is quarrelsome, their character
fierce, and they are aggressive in high
degree, although their markings arc
very beautiful. They are not poisonous,
however; their bark is worse than their
bite.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13

cred in full about his slender little neck
so that the folds would fall over his
poor shapeless body and cover his de-
formity. Likewise she had let his vel
low hair grow long, and trained it to
fall in soft, loose eurls over his shout
ders, reaching far down below where
he should have had waist. Tietro's
face was always white, and his eyes
were as large and blue as the speedwell
flower.
Diadamie had returned from her first
trip to the village. She stopped down
and kissed Tietro's cheek, then stepped
back and with her hands behind her
babe him guess what she had brought
him.
Candy" exclaimed the little boy.
How well he knew.
YES" laughed Diadamie.
Tietro unrolled the little package
with shining eyes. How beautiful i.
looked to the little creature-those two
twisted sticks of red and white sugar.
The berries were now ripening fast,
and Diadamie, anxious to increase her
store as much as possible, had re-
manned out longer than usual. 1t was
fast approaching, twilight when she
climbed up the mountain side and
struck the little path leading to her
house. Once she thought she heard a
cry like child-but no, that could not
he; yet she quickened her steps. Again
ii came, and this time clearer. She
stopped to listen a moment, then hur-
ried on. Within few rods of the door
she heard Tietro call: "Nanan, Nanan."
Diadamie answered the call with a
clear, reassuring tone: ''IIere, Tietro,
here is Nanan;" and in a moment she
had her arms around the frightened
childy-so6thing and caressing him.
What has frightened Nanan's little
boy 'Ffftro's face was blanched; his
eyes were staring, but he was too ter
ritied to speak intelligibly; he only
pointed to the door, then hid his face
in Diadamie's dress. 1t was long
time before he was sufficiently quiet
To talk, and then all that Diadamie
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13
She Sald IL.

The difficulties which people who are
unaccustomed to contact with titled
persons have in using the handles"
to the names of lords and dukes are
immense. An English paper tells OF the
way in which one young woman solved
n problem of the sort. She was an un-
sophisticated country girl, and had
been engaged as housemaid in the sery-
ice of the duke of Rutland at Belvoir.
When she came she was thus instructed
by the housekeeper: Whenever you
meet the duke, Alice, be sure to say:
Your grace" The very next day, as
the maid was going down the pas
sage, the duke CHANGED to meet her.
Immediately the girl drew herself close
TO the wall, closed her eyes and, as
suminp a reverential attitude, said:
Lord, supply the wants of others and
make us thankful. Amen!"-Youth's
Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13
SUSPENDED IN MlDAlR.
Juvenile Kite Flyer I'm Florida Has .
Thrilling Experience.

Thrilling Experience.
Kite flying has been the ideal sport
of the small boys at Charlotte Harbor,
Fla, lately and some of the older ones,
too, have taken a shy at ii. The broad
expanse of beach, with its good winds,
has made IL fine sport. Another ele-
ment of excitement has entered 1t that
has added to it's attractiveness and that
is the enmity of the big fish hawks, or
eagles, to the kites. They attack them,
pecking at them, and breaking them to
pieces. When the kite falls the big
birds seem to be in great glee over it
and utter triumphant cries. Willie
Jones, ten-year-old lad, had several
torn this way and so he determined to
make one that the hawks could not
break up. He made n huge affair of
silk, some ten feet long, and broad in
proportion.
The other day he started out with it,
with many of his admiring friends to
aid him. There was strong southerly
wind blowing and the kite, when ready,
stpftled Willie. He>partially fell over
the small rope that held ii and in
jiffy was caught in its coils and being
carried skyward. For seconds his
alarmed companions could not do any
thing. Then they tried to pull him
down, but the big kite was too strong.
The eagles, on the alert for their enc
my, came swooping down on the kite
and two started for Willie. AS they APP
preached and circled around him he
waved his arms at them9 and scared
them off. One came near to him and
Willie seized it by its feet
1t struggled to get loose and some
way the rope around Willie got un-
,'ound and he was free, hanging to the
big birds feet 100 feet in the air. The
eagle struggled frantcally to get free,
but began falling. Its companion, not
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13

darkness. Diadamie sprang to Tietro's
bedside. Tietro lay quite still. There
was Il smile upon his little white face
that was not born of mystery, but of
frution. Tietro was dead.
One day a traveller, tramping over
the mountains, came upon deserted
log hut; and near by, under the wide
spread branches of beech tree, was a
little grave. At the head was a rude
wooden slab. with this inscription, evil
IDENTITY burned in with Il hot iron:
"Tietro, aged six years.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13
some yyonderfuIEchoe,

In cave in the Pantheon, mt Rome.
the guide, by striking the flap of his
coat, makes noise equal to a 12-pound
lannon's report. The singularity is
noticed, in lesser degree, in the Mann
moth cave in Kentucky. In the cave of
Smellin, near viborg, In Finland, a cat
or dog thrown in will make scream
ing echo, lasting some minutes. Fin
gals cave, on the isle of Staffa,'has also
an abnormally developed echo.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13
A Kind Husbnn Il /.

Mrs. Kwiver-John, I hear baby cry
ing.
Mr.. Kwiver (who is not inclined to
take the Individuality glad. Mary,
that your hearing is not becoming de-
fective. In fact, I'd rather be little
hard of hearing myself than that you
should become deaf.-St. Louis Repub-
lie.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13
A RAT WITH TuSKS.
Queer Creature Recently Born Mt the
.. .A Cincinnati Too.

The Cincinnati ZOO boasts of q Curl
osity in the shape of white rat. 1t
closely resembles n miniature white
boar, and has two long tusks growing
out of the side of the mouth and cury-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13
Reaected Glory.

yisitor-And who are you, my little
man? -,
Cuthbert with conscious pride)-
I'm the baby's brother.-Tit-Bits.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13

The faculty of Buda-Pesth university
has voted to confer on the queen of Rou-
mania the degree Of doctor Of philos-
ophy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-11
WARMING,
A TORNADO Is COMING.


A large black flag. like the one used
by the weather bureau. was represented
on the card. conveying the idea that IN
pasteboard< were used officially. Tho
condition OF weather was threatening
and when the people saw these advertis-
ing cards they became very much alarm
81. Soon the police. the weather bureau
and the newspaper Offices were flooded
with telephone and private u1esssses
asking II a tornado was really predict
ed People IN the residence portion q
the city gathered their families together
and prepared for trouble Many % TIE
scnoois OF the south side and IN the
IVES. md closed az soon as word was re-
celvsd % tae supposedly approaching
storm and the frightened children cams
home trembling and n tears 70 tel TIE
bad nsEs 70 their parents.
All through the beatty Eissre ne fss-
~ tornado % last May s2rsat - much
death TIE terror Of the women especially
was pgtiable. Many families took refuge
a the cellars and q was noc unis re
n1urky clouds began % dzsppesg thzi
they could b. persuaded 20 leave II
the r1eznt,rra. the police we're busy ,ezr-
ing % the sEe-inspir.ng pizcsris snt
assuring ire p-opie mat there vas 10
DANCE. A cid reception awaits che
TORNADO cxnpsny and So zsvzzce aga:
has sgt5e1ly s.Ezppssrs5
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-11
KANSAS Is PAYING OUT FAST
According to Recently Collected Figures
Published at Topeka.

Topeka, Kan, March 1O.-The Topeka
Capital tomorrow morning will publish
an elaborate statement Of the reduction
in mortgage indebtedness in Kansas dur
ing the past seven years, showing a de-
crease OF 10 per cent, or over hundred
and five million dollars since January /,
1890. The comparison is drawn between
the figures of the federal census OF 1890
and reports TO the Capital from registers
OF deeds OF thirty-eight counties showing
the recorded mortgage indebtedness on
January !, 1897. In 1890 these counties
had a mortgage Indebtedness OF s63,1oS,-
SCI. and in 1897 on the same basis sS4,-
$40, 13s, or net reduction in the seven
years OF SIS, 53S, 493-over As per cent. II
the same per centage holds good in the
entire state. which the Capitals figures
show 10 be true the total reduction n
Kansas for the seven years amounts TO
sos. 9ss 2ss. This reduction is very much
greater il settlements by deed and fore
closure in the western third Of the state
be considered.
Careful estimates OF the same figures
show that only s40.o00.oo0 Of Kansas
mortgage debt + held by persons outside
the state OF this. $4,000, 900 Is held by
insurance companies doing business in
Kansas and therefore but $25.0oo.00o by
individual foreign creditors, as compared
with SIS. 00o. 900 in 1890
In 1890 the total mortgage debt Of the
state on farms and lots was reported by
the census TO be q per cent OF the actual
value OF all taxed real estate. Today II
does not exceed i per cent
The statement shows that Kansas mas
been diligently and successfully paying
out and Is today probably freer o. debt
than any other western state. 1t could
pay its present foreign obligations Of
SIS. 900 90 from the proceeds OF a single
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-11
HUNTER, BOYLE AND DEBOE
Triangular Fight for kentucky's Vacant
Senatorial Chair.

louisville. KY, March 1o.-The contes.
for the seat in the United States senate
which is to be filled by the special ses-
sion OF the legislature called by Governor
Bradley to meet at Frankfort next week,
is narrowing down to a fight between
DR.. G. w. Hunter, st. John Boyle, last
sessions caucus nominee of the Republi-
cans, and w. J. Deboe, party leader in
this state. DR.. Hunter. who came from
Washington soon after the Inauguration
Of President Mckinley, has since been
industrously at work with his friends.
They now claim with confidence, and
some show of justification. that the doc
tor will receive the Republican caucus
nomination on the first ballot; that he
has fifty-on. out of the seventy Repub-
lican votes pledged TO his support in eau
Gus, and that, in addition to the full
strength, he will receive in the joint
session the votes of at least five gold
standard Democrats. The friends of ST.
John Boyle are vigorously urging his
c.aimas as the Republican nominee. The
numerous other candidates are by no
;nears Idle
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-11
CHlNATOWN'S TRIBULATIONS
Fung YunE Heng Steals n March on Mr.
Attorney Campbell of San Francisco

san Francisco. March 1o.-While At
toraey j. G Campbell was talking OF
his intended visit % Washington on be-
half OF his See Yup clients, Fung Yung
fIeng. the local Chinese consul general.
silently folded his tent and will be il the
capital three days before Campbell can
possibly get there
Campbell, with ten prominent mani
5e-s of the See YJp society lett the city
f9- Washington. Monday night Their
purpose = 10 interest this government in
en- effort 70 secure the release OF rsls-
tives OF See Yaps now imprisoned in
China.
Their mission vas - have been kept
secret, but ire consul general learned Of
i and lsft for the cas- n advance ot The
attorney and his clients last Friday. i.
ca.nezay alta Vice Ccasal on Na1s
King aa5 ,.e ssc.eiA-y ;: tie ccssS.ais.