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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-02
HUMOROUS.

We wish the fellow who always
asks YOU: What do you know" would
be made minister to South Africa for
life.
There are people who are SO par
ticular about their work that they
never got anything done.-Washington
Qa.) Democrat
-Shc-"Why, you foolish boy, II l
married you, you wouldn't be able even
10 dress me-" He-"Wcil-er-couldnt
I learn ?"-Drooklyn Life.
-Critic-"Where did you etthe idea
for that picturc?" Painter-"out OF
nv head" Critic--"You must he glad
that II is out."-Flicgende Blaetter.
-"We've got to admit that the BIZ
cycle has come to stay; that's GER
tain" swell. that depends on whether
Won ret it for cash or on installments.
-Roxbury Gazette.
There is poetry in everything
unused the editor; ROW there is yonder
vaste-baslet." And he laughed. a. he
sometimes did when he was all alone
Detroit Tribune.
MIR. Barclay is so wcll-read; he
repeated an exquisite quotation last
night" "What was it?" ! can't give
YOU the exact words, but he said he'd
rather be something in n something
than something else in something
else Chicago Record.
"A Rernindcr.-B Bluff frequently
have something flash upon my memory
that had forgotten for years" Bragg
did one OF your flashes ever happen
to recall that ton you borrowed of me IN
! 'Sop"-Detroit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-02
BARRELEO FLIES.
Prepared Insect Food for Birds and Other
Pets.

Pets.
If YOU are the owner of hooking
bird or gold fish or chameleon, which
YOU wear chained to your manly or
womanly. but erratic, bosom, much Ia
the CONSERVATION Of your nerve-racked
friends. you have probably had occa-
sion to call on j. H. Wehrmann, 1.-The old
bird man." on South Sixth street, for
the purpose of buying food for your
pet.
When you got there he probably Of
fcred you your choice of either dried
flies or ants eggs. in quantities TO suit
the size Of your purse or the stomachic
capacity of the said pet,
You may have been startled the first
time at these efforts. but IL you were
curious enough TO inquire you learned
that both are very common articles of
diet for imprisoned birds and reptiles,
and that they are imported to this coun-
try blythe barrel.
The flies are obtained from Mexico.
They live in the swamps in various see
tons of the country and the individual
insect is called the moscos. 1t is small
and delicate-ruch more delicate than
the omnivorouc ccavenger, the common
house fy-and It's whole body has the
appearance of having been Silded. In
life II must be beautiful. II Is perfect
~ harmless. The flies swarm by the
thousands and millions and are cap
turcd in silken nets by men who make
it their business. Great quantities OF
them are cured" or dried in the City
of Mexico and other towns further
east. Most OF them that are Slipped
to the United States come through La
redo, Tex. They are packed and sold
by the barrel.
Mr.. Wehrmann usually buys them in
ten-barrel lots and retuils them in small
quantities. You can get large en-
velope about half full for ten cents, and
from this you can judge that a barrel
full OF them must cost q pretty penny.
The ants eggs are brought from Ger
many. mainly from o point near Ham
burg. In the Black forest lives mon
ster ant, and the eggs are Deposited In
the ground in such numbers that when
a nest is uncovered 1t Is just like dig
cling into a wheat bin where the egg
hunters commence work with their
sho~els.
After being dried they are packed in
barrels and shipped to the different
parts of the world by the firms engaged
in the business. The supply for this
country is distributed through New
York.
Now, II somebody will only start q
fca-catching industry or bed bug
brigade we will not only be wiser. but
happfeY.-Philadelph Times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-02
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Proceedings OF tho Second Session.
In the senate on the 2lst Senator Cameron
presented the report OF the committc" on
foreign relations favorable TO his resolu-
ton recognizing the independence OF Cuba
and Il went over until after the holidays
A resolution was also presented declaring
that the power TO recognize the inde-
pendence OF foreign people struggling TO
establish a government Is vested In con-
gress, and not In the president. LIN the
house the senate amendments to the immi-
grafton bill were nonconcurred In and con-
ference agreed to. The consideration or
tho legislative. executive and judicial cp-
preparation bill was completed.
A dozen private pension bills were passed
In the senate on the 22d. one or them for
the 90-year-old daughter OF revolutionary
soldier The urgent deficiency bill SSS4.
sSC) was also passed, and resolution was
adopted asking the secretary OF state for
information relative to the killing OF
Charles Gavin. an American citizen. by the
Spanish forces In Cuba. Adjournd to jan
uary g.. In the house the Legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial bill, which carries a
total Appropriation OF s2l .G6s,TO and pro-
yids for 1906 salaries. was passed. Ad-
tourned to January 8.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-02
FOREIGN.

A bill 10 restrict the immigration of
the colored races has passed the Ieglsla-
tive council OF South Australia
While temporarily insane Joseph At
kinson shot aud killed his wife ut In
wood, Ont, and then killed himself.
An explosion in confectionery man
ufuctory at Casino, Italy, killed seven
persons.
Capt. Gen. Weyler left Havana for
Pinur del Rio to continue his campaign
in the field.
In the Italian chamber OF deputies
a motion was introduced expressing the
sympathy of the chamber with the
Cuban insurgents.
An trade has been issued at Constanti-
nople granting amnesty to all Armeni-
an prisoners except those sentenced to
death for murder.
Advices say that the Mohammedan
rebellion in the northern part of China
is at an end
Sixteen young men were drowned in
river at Fuji, Japan, by the upsettiny
of a boat.
Great floods in northern Greece caused
an overflow Of the Salambria river and
enormous damage was done, villages be-
ing inundated and number of persons
drowned.
Fire in the fashionable residence part
of Montreal, Que, caused loss of $780,
900.
The Yaqui Indians are again on the
warpath in Mexico and number Of
settlers in the Yaqui river valley have
been murdered and their property de-
stroyed.
The French government in Madagas-
car has issued decree abolishing
slavery.
The bark Jamaica was lost off Dos
Rosas Tabasco and 16 persons were
drowned.
1t is said that the European powers
are with Spain and that they will toll
crate no aid TO the cause of Cuban in
surgents.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-02
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Charles T. McClennchan, who was the
best-known authority in America on
masonic rituals. died in New York. aged
81 years.
Gen. William Cullom. for years repre-
sentative of the Carthage (Tenn.) dis
trct in congress, died at his home at
Clinton. aged 80 years.
William Henry Hatch, ex-congress-
man and author of the famous Hatch"
or "anti-option bill" died at his home
near Hannibal, Mo-, aged 90 years. He
was member of congress from 1878 to
1894.
Mrs. Anna Hanson Dorsey, the pioneer
OF Catholic literature in this country,
died in Washington, aged 90 years.
Peter Cannon, the oldest person in
New York state, died at Belfast, aged
lis years.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-02
LAT Err.

| A train on the Birmingham Mineral
railroad went through the iron bridge
over the Cahaba river about 81 miiec
from birmingham, Ala, ana was pre-
cipitated into an abyss 40 feet deep.
and % of the passengers were mangled
and burned to death. The accident was
charged to train wreckers,
A large part of the business portion
Of Potsdnm, \. Y, was burned, the
loss being 100000.
AS a result of gas explosion in the
mine Of the Maule Coal company at
Princeton. Ind, six men were killed
and eight badly injured.
During a drunken quarrel at Hinton,
W. Va. John Legg and his brother Rich
ard were killed by William Moore.
Alfred Holt (colored). the murderer
of Police Officer \. White, was taken
from Jail by mob at Greensboro. Ky.
and hanged to a tree in the courthouse
yard.
Fire destroyed most of the business
portion of the town of Miami. Fla.
Otto Wasmansdorff, senior partner
IN the collapsed bank of Wasmansdorir
q Henemann, of Chicago, killed him
self by shooting.
The Atlas national bank of Chicago
has gone into voluntary liquidation.
All depositors will be paid in full.
There is no truth in the story that
European governments are preparing
TO help Spain as against the United
States.
Norton & CO., for 40 years millers and
grain dealers in Chicago, failed for
100000.
Upon the death of his wife DR.. pitzcr
set fire to his house at Orlando, Fla,
and then shot himself. and both bodies
were cremated.
Joseph D. Weeks, editor of the Ameri-
can Manufacturer. died at his home in
Pittsburgh. Pa. from stroke of paraly-
sis.
The remains of Kate Field were Gre
mated in San Francisco and the ashes
sent east for interment.
+. l.. Rogers. his son, Frank. nine
years old, ard Minerva Robbins. hired
girl. were drowned near Clayton, y. T..
by the cnpsizing Of boat.
The Security Mortgage and Trust
company. finarcial concern ut Dallas,
Ten. failed for SO 100000.
Gen. John Meredith Read, Of Albany.
n. T.. the well-known diplomatist. died
in Paris, aged 80 years. He was the
first United States consul-general for
France and Algeria in 1s60-73. and IN
November. 1879, was appointed United
States minister resident in Greece.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-02
THE cooUETTE A BsNaFAcToR.
Why She Is a True rhile.thropiss In
Society.

Society.
From an ethical standpoint, at the
risk of appearing paradoxical, will go
so far as to assert that the coquette Ia
your true philanthropist. To begin
with, she is generally mems woman.
That term Immediately generates n
prejudice in oil well-regulated minds.
and yet why should It? Charles Dud-
ley Warner says of her: "She is a happy
combination Of qualities somewhat DIFF
ficult to describe" Mrs. Racket says:
"A creature for whom education has
done much and nature more. She has
taste, elegance, spirit and understand
Ing" Warner says: "She Is all this
ana more. To begin with, she is old
enough to know her world thoroughly,
yet, though she need never have been
beautiful, she must have kept her
youth. She is In no sense a light won-
an, neither Is she over-intellectual; she
would not speak Greek, even If she
could. She Is a creature of infinite
tact, whom every outward semblanco
OF man interests profoundly. With
him she Is always Mt her best, and she
contrives TO get out of him the best
there is. She listens well and grows
sympathetic as she listens. Has he q
special weakness? She half-tempts him
TO believe it Is n virtue. An adept In
the subtlest forms Of fattery, she would
force the meanest of us to shine, even
when he IL i'll at case. And yet, above
all, she remains sincere. Her interest
IN him is real and survives the fleeing
moment. He is map-that is to saw.
the brightest page in natures book.
ohe respects convention, knowing well
when she may venture to be uncon-
ventional, yet she is unapproachnble
and irreproachable. In return he
adores her." George Eliot says: Zones
self-satisfactlon is kind of untaxed
property, which 1t is very unpleasant to
find deprecated" The mems woman
with a word or gesture or look con.
veys to her companion the conviction
You interest me, not so much fol-
the sake of pleasing as because II is
true. Can such comfort be actuatcd by
any other motives than those of the
purcst and truest philanthropy?-Jean
Wright, in Lippincott's.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-02
HOUSEHOLD MEMORANDA

\ French cook says that when y
potatoes are TO be cut into long ,try
TO be fried in boiling fat. II the pota's
are cut a quarter of an inch in tb1
ness and slantwise, they will cook y
ter and he more puffy.
If metal tcapots are not used for scs
time they acquire a peculiar, unpleaSS,
odor, frequently giving a disagreed
taste TO the tea made in them. Il
said that this may be obviated by dH.
ping lump of sugar into the pot VT
IL is put away.
When making down pillows wax7
inner covering, and then the DOWN.
not be able to work through the =
covers. To do this iron the wrong 8
of the tick with hot ilatiron rubs
with beeswax, rubbing the iron oye'a
wax each time before putting IT onH
cloth.
Old black thread or French laces U
have become rusty and need to be iri
ened may be renovated by dippingth
into weak green tea and pressing I'd
between newspapers on fiat SURF
Pick out each little scallop or pointv
the fingers before covering the lacew
the top paper.
a beautiful and unusual table dec'
ton at n recent dinner was unique
yer candelabra resting upon large n
made of heliotrope satin covered
waves of tulle. Bunchcs of English
let's nestled here and there in the I
and the edges OF the satin were hid
with wreath Of violets and their g
leaves.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-02
Queer Astronom,cnl F,ncts.

The speculative astronomers have
given us some queer calculations and
odd comparisons. One of the most curl
Gus OF these is one in which the relative
size of the sun and some Of the planets
IS shown. They tell us that II the sun
could be represented by globe two
feet in diameter the earth would be rep
resented, proportionately, by pea,
Mars by pinhead and Mercury by a
mustard seed.-Chicago Chronicle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-02

L think" said the center rush. "a
ne looked up from the stretcher upon
which his mangled limbs were ex.
tended, IT think"
ihey bent with plying chances to
catch his last words: Il think that In
that last scrimmage they got on to me-"
IN. Y. Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-02
No Amateur.

Am l the first girl you ever loved r.
she asked, coyly.
NO, indeed!" replied the up-to-datc
youth. Il can bring you recommends,
tions from at least five girls who have
promised to be sisters to me-
Wrinkles
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-02

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by continual pain. and physical ws
edness.
The special weaknesses peculiar to-
feminine organism are comparatively |;
to overcome II the earlier symptom
given proper attention. But IL allovel
go unchecked, they are liable to dew
into serious, chronic complications. u
Any woman afflicted with these dep11
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a perfect and unfailing specific for all
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vised for this one purpose, and ace acc,
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For nearly 20 years DR.. Pierce has Y
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Of associate specialists, he has successr
treated many thousand cases OF
complaint" :.
No physician living has had . NOR
tended opportunity to study this ca, N,
diseases In actual practice. No meus
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-20

mind if this be religion, give me heathen-
| ism; there the mother loves her children,
| il she does bow down to stocks and
stones.
The doctrine of the band is that "the
righteous shall marry their own nation"
and / was informed that three couples
had been married since they got on de
ark" and that the marriage ceremony
was performed by Sister Collins"
license being secured. They say they
don't believe in free love" or polygamy.
On the question of doctrine they say
that none are saved unless sanctiied-
none sanctified without knowing it; none
know it without telling it. The moment
man is sanctifed it is a personal ex-
perience and he knows it. The difference
between a "sanctified" and justified
man, is that the unsanctihed man has
nature that leads him to evil, and the
sanctifed nature freed from any 'in-
clination'' to sin. Sanctifcation is two
separate acts: 1st. Justification, or par
don for past sins; End. Application of
the blood of Christ which eradicates
natural inclination to SIM"
They denounce an ''ungodly pulpit"
that breaches a doctrine that imam can
not help SHINING and they quote BE
We perfect" with considerable relish.
"We are the people" is a favorite ex-
preston with them, and they appear to
look down on the rest of the world as
from a high eminence, with a sort OF
contemptuous pity.
On Sunday evening / went to one Of
their public meetings in grove. A
stand had been erected on which stood
% or 80 of the "band" and one of the
sisters first addressed the audience, and
she spoke as one carried away with her
understanding almost the point of
hysteria. We are the people who have
found holiness and are beyond the power
Of SIM" was the burden OF her exhorta-
ton. When she ceased talking the
band" struck up an old shioned camp
meeting song and every muscle in the
body of every member of the band be-
came alive with action. They slapped
their hands, jumped in the air, kicked
their feet, and swayed from side to side
all the time they sang The music was
of the wiered order; the faces of the
participants drawn and the lines on
some OF the faces deeply marked. They
moved in perfect concert. ! never saw
ballet dancers keep better time or move
in more perfect accord. Excitement was
intense and interest great.
There was something pathetic about
the meeting. 1t reminded me of n negro
revival where the amount Of religion was
measured by the excitement engendered
and the skill of the leader 10 ar0using
the fear and bringing into play the
imagination of his hearers.
There is a feeling among the best peo
pie Of Beaufort that the presence Of the
"Sanctiied Band could be very well
dispensed with and that they would try
and worry along as they have in tn"
years that have passed into history If
they would move on to other quarters
and enlighten other people.
G. g. DANIELS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-20
9AN@770[FD@A17lWGN BAND
AT BEAUFORT .

inclination to sin, that they soon counted
their adherents by the hundreds. In
April, 1895, they constructed floats
or .arks" in which to live and by means
of which to travel from place to place
along the coast and disseminate their
gospel There are FIVE of these arks at
Beaufort now. A few days since L
went down to see three of them 1.-THE other
two having arrived since) and to inter
view these people with relation to their
mode of life and their religious belief.
The "arks" are built like houses
on large boats and are divided ito separ-
ate apartments, which are used, / was
informed, by the separate families resid-
ing thereon. There were ON the three
arks visited by me, sixty-fOur people,
twenty-five of whom were children. The
little fellows looked happy-full of life,
and about as the children of other peo-
pie living along the coast. The grown
people appeared to be of about the aver
age intelligence of other fishermen. They
were full Of their religion-seem to have
the words Of the Bible at their tongues
end and to delight in answering ques-
tons in biblical language. As one would
answer the various questions / asked,
the others would say "that's so; that's
the truth" They live by catching fish
and oysters and are therefore perfectly
Independent OF the people among whom
they preach.
These people are reported to regard
lightly the marriage vow and when
asked them how they looked upon mar
riage, they quoted LIST Corinthians, 7th
chapter, 18th and 18th verses.
There was one woman present who
had left her husband and three children
to be with the ''holy" people. In reply
to my questions, she stated that, after
she became ''holy" she could not live
with her husband; he was not holy"
and was not willing for her to preach
shout and be "holy," and forced her to
leave him or give up her religion. She
did not appear to think that it was her
duty to stay with her husband and chill
dren, even at the expense Of giving up
preaching and shouting. The "band"
appeared to look upon her as an especial
ly shining light and one that would get
an extra jewel or two in her crown
Being OF the old-fashioned sort, / could
not help thinking of the little motherless
children, growing up without a mothers
care and love. The thought came in my
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-20

Beaufort, n. c., June 19.-(Special
Correspondence lit is told Of the veneer
able Rev. DIR. Gloss that he was attend
ing a session of the North Carolina
Methodist Conference once and there
were two Of his ministerial brethren who
professed "Sanctifcation," but both lost
their temper during debate on some
question. DIR. Gloss arose, and, in that
inimitable way Of his, thanked the Lord
that there was only two sanctified men
In the conference.
l was told OF man living down in
Mississippi, who professed sanctification
and in an unguarded moment killed a
negro. When questioned about it he
cody stated that while it might look
like sin to do such thing, that there
was no sin in this particular killing, be-
canse he was sanctifed and, therefore,
could not sin, consequently there was
no sin connected with the Staying Of this
descendant Of Ham.
In the same State there was a woman
who professed to be sanctifed and in
relating her experience she said that she
felt that she was las good as God and
getting better every day."
To an ordinary every day mortal who
recognizes the conditions that surround
him, these ''holy people," removed from
the least tendency" Of inclination" to
do anything except praise the Lord, and
who are elevated so high that they never
feel the least temptation to think, say
or do anything except good, the "sancti-
fed band" now sojourning at Beaufort
will attract his interest.
About thirty members of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, South, on Chin
cateange Island, Va, became ''holy" and
in the year 1887, they demanded Of the
church that ''holy" man be sent to
preach the gospel to them, and refused
10 contribute to the support Of any other.
A simple, earnest, sincere, everyday sort
Of Methodist preacher was assigned to
that work, greatly to the disgust Of the
"sanctifed' and the holy peaple" there
upon became separate people," having
a corner" so to speak, on Gods mercy.
The holy" ones marched out Of the
church in body, headed by Joseph b.
Lynch, an old class leader. He and
Sarah X. Collins then became the lead
ers OF the new order Of religionists.
They organized the ''holy" people into the
''Sanctifed Band" and proceeded to
spread the new gospel among the simple
hearted fishermen Of the coast OF Vir-
ginia, Delaware, Maryland and North
Carolina. There appears to be something
in the nature of humanity that makes
1T so easy to spread any religious ideas
and secure adherents. / do not believe
any one could devise any new religion
but that he would find a few sincere,
good people who would take hold Of it
and become enthusiastic advocates.
So well did the "Sanctifed Band"
succeed in spreading their gospel Of alb
solute freedom from even the tendency or
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-20
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