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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19
Light sum mer Wraps.

Little capes for visiting are made in
fancy colors, such as sapphire silk
trimmed with fine black lace, etc.
Small waterproof. capes with Jokes
are useful for showery weather, and no
hindrance to fast walking.
A novel travelling cape for n bride is
made with contrasting vest fronts, and
is cut gradually longer behind, so as to
fall in deep fluting. The material is
sand-colored cloth set on yoke of the
same, the trimming being crosswise
stripes of the cloth sewed on in waves
all around. The plated white silk vest
is trimmed with crosswise stripes of
blue and yellow plaid silk, and is joined
to the cape under the high, broad revers.
A cloth-winged Elton jacket gives a
cape effect. One in chocolate-colored
velvet, braided with fine black and gold
braid, and with cloth wings, is d most
ladylike wrap.-Housewife.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19

been the sacrifices in it's defense on land
and sea; and as the lad looked and
listened. he felt as if he were standing
on holy ground.
There" she said, gravely, when the
mittens were done, when you wear
these you will show your colors. You
must always show them"
So the little boy wore the patriotic
mittens; for the first time to church,
and after that to school and to play.
He was proud of them and he never for
got their pictured lesson. Enthusiasm
for freedom and country, fidelity to
truth and duty, love of honor and right
had all been knit into his young life
by his good mothers teachings, as her
needles had knit the flag into his nit
tens.
Years after the war was overland
the little worn-out pair of mittens had
been laid away-the faithful mother
died; but the boy had become man.
The time came, as it happens to every
man of affairs, with the temptations OF
the world around him, when it seemed
more profitable to he 7shrewd and un-
scrupulous than to be strictly upright.
In his office hung strange little pic
ture. There, mounted in neat frame,
behind protecting glass, were the iden-
teal mittens his mother had knit for
him so long ago; the very pair, with the
Stars and Stripes on their backs, that
he had worn in the old days when she
told him he must show his colors.
In the mans heart the boys reverence
for all that was true and noble came up
permost, when he looked on his early
lesson. He was ashamed to do ques-
tionable thing. The little frayed nit
tens wrought by the fingers of dead
mother were monitor to him.
A little while ago he sent the writer
a photograph of them. They are wor-
thy of place in the paper, for they tell
the story of childhood influence that
became the Inspiration Of an honorable
and manly life.
In spite of our worst selves, most of
us find our best selves bound to God by
some one strong cord of holy prayers.
1t may be a dying sisters last word.
Such memories are more precious than
life. The heart holds them, and they
knit honor into our very being.-Youth's
Communion
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A CURIOUS THING.

Sunbeam came to my house one day
rs there any place here for shadows to
hide?
They tell me that shadows are cold and
gray:
But before can catch them they run away
II find one. I'll cheer him up" he cried.
He searched about through the great
big house.
A dear little fellow, warm and bright.
In closets. In corners, In mammals hair,
In grandpa's face. and oh, everywhere
But wherever he went II was only light.
Now Love looked into my house that day
Gould Hate In here be hiding his head?
They tell me that Hate is ugly and bad
Perhaps. II we found him, we'd make him
glad.
Oh. please may look and try?" he said
Love met Sunbeam hunting about
Have you found your shadows. friend
Sunbeam? "-"Nay.
Not l." said Sunbeam; "they don't live
here"
"Nor Hate" said Love; "for this house is
Let's look for a place to abide alway!"
Sweetheart Lucy came running In,
Bright as q robin just out of bed.
Sunbeam sprang to her eyes so brown;
Love in her warm heart nestled down.
4 We've the incest place in the world!"
\ they said.
Now the curious thing. which haven't
Is something 1 never could quite make
out
For never a shadow can show his head.
And Hate. think must be really dead.
When my little Lucy Is playing about.
William ]. Long. in Youths Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19
HUMOROUS.

Teacher (angrily)-"Why don't you
answer my question, Bobby?" His
Brother Tommy answering for him)
PLEASE, sir, he's got peppermint in
his speech."-Tt-Bits.
--Fuddy-"You call money stamps
don't you?" Duddy-"And money is
currency. So suppose that when you
speak of an elastic currency, you re-
fer to rubber stamps. Boston Tran
script.
French Waiter lin London restau-
rant, to Yabsley. who has been trying
to make himself understood in bill-of-
fare French -"If &c gentleman will talk
re Language vot he was born in, will
very mooch better understood."-
Bits.
AT the Intelligence OfIlce.-"IIave
you any cooks that weigh 200 poundsw
Goodness! What do you want with
such n big one?" "Well, we would like
one that won't always be trying TO ride
my wife's wheel on the sly."-Detroit
Free Press.
Ibid that lawyer get clear view
of the case?" inquired the litigant's
friend. mo, I'm afraid he didn't. l
told him that my trouble was about
money, and he seemed to be proceed
ing on the theory that by relieving me
OF my money he would cause the
trouble to disappear" = Washington
Star.
An Interpretation.-"I wonder"
said Mrs. Cumrox. thoughtfully, what
that nice, old-fashioned lady means by
putting p. p. c. on her card?" THAT
means she is going away" replied her
daughter. "Oh, see, and she wants
us to know that she is going to travel
in a Pullman palace car."-Washington
Sfpr
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19
DOGGIE'S COSTLY MEAL.
1t Costs It's Owner One Hundred
Francs and q Lawsuit.

1t Costs It's Owner One Hundred
Francs and a Lawsuit.
The complainant in recent law suit
at Narbonne, France, made oath that he
was one day dining on the terrace" or
open air space fronting on the sidewalk,
where French people are wont to take
their meals in summer. He had just be-
gun to eat his soup when it occurred
to him to count some money that he
had a short time before received. In
counting it he accidentally let fall a
100-franc bank note into his soup.
Instantly he fished it out of the plate
with his fork and sent the soup away;
but the bank note was saturated and
he laid it down on the tablecloth to dry.
He was going on with his meal when
a little gust of wind blew the bill off
the table. It's owner jumped after it,
but a wandering dog which had been
hungrily watching the meal was quick
err than he, and seized 1t. The taste of
the soup on the paper made it an edible
thing to the animal, and it was swal-
lowed in an instant.
And then the man who owned the bill
was, though bursting with rage, re-
duced to the humiliation and insin-
certify of saying: Good doggie! Come
here, nice doggie," and to the employ
ment of smiles and wheedling ways, in
order to get near enough to the animal
to read the name engraved on his col
lar. But he succeeded, and when he
had made note of the name, he as
sisted the good doggie's" rapid de-
parture.
Next he brought suit against the
man who owned the dog for the resti-
tuition of the 100 francs; and the court
at Narbonne, after hearing the evil
dence and the pleas at great length, de-
cided that the owner of the dog must
pay the other man the money.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19
WHEN TAPE WAS HANDMADE.
Women of Colonial Times Had to
Know How to spin Thread.

" omen Oh AA.o ~
Know How to Spin Thread.
Among the many household industries
of colonial housewives, which include
spinning, pen, ink, wine, glove, shoe
and lace manufacture, was the making
of tape, though this was considered OF
minor Importance. The preparation for
weaving tape on the small hand loom
was the same as for making yards OF
linen cloth OF the great looms that stood
In the weaving room attached to the
kitchens of colonial farmhouses.
The fax when harvested was rip
pied" on the field, the rippler being a
large comb fastened on plank. The
flax was beaten on the comb to remove
the capsules containing the seeds. Then
it was "rotted" to make the fiber soft
and flexible. This was generally accom-
plished by laying it beneath the waters
of the meadow brook or pond. Some
colonial farmers laid it on the ground
for the winters snow to render it fit
for the scutcher, the machine that
whipped out all the particles of bark
and stalk adhering to the fiber.
The next and last process before it
was ready for the spinning wheel was
backing to straighten the flax, free it
from tangles and bring it to the requi-
site fineness. This was done by n very
primitive machine called the "hatchel,"
an immense comb, whose long iron
teeth were set perpedicularly in q
board.
The operation of hacking requires
much skill. and this part of the long
preparation was particularly womcn's
work, as it needed delicacy of touch.
After the flax was hacked it was care
fully sorted, according to the degree of
fineness. This process was called
spreading and drawing" Then it was
ready to be wrapped in its soft, fluffy
fineness, about the spindle.
The spinner seated herself at the
machine and soon the Emusic of the
Wheel and the deft fingers of the colo
NAL housewife brought the fiber into
long, even thread. ready for the small
loom and shuttle. to be converted into
tape.
The shopper of to-day little realizes
the long and tedious processes practiced
by the woman of colonial times before
she could wind her linen tape into
neat roll for the workbasket's uses.-
n. Y. Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19
PATRIOTIC MITTENS.
How They became the Inspiration OF
nm Honorable Life.

How They Became the Inspiration OF
nm Honorable Life.
During the civil war the martial feel
ing of the time excited American chill
dren as well as American men. But in
a country home in the state of Maine
lived little boy who neither owed his
interest in the great conflict to the ex-
ample of soldier father nor showed it
in military play. The boy was not yet
ten years of age; old enough to thrill
at the beat of drums and the marshall
ing of departing troops, but not old
enough fully to understand the mean
ing of all the commotion.
His father was ineligible for service.
His mother was not strong. but she had
the heart of patriot, and she was de-
voted to the cause of freedom. Love Of
country was to her next to the love of
God. Her loyalty to it's flag was as true
ms her faith in her Bible.
Through all those troubled years, this
woman was constant and unwearied in.
her efforts to help the union cause. She
picked lint, and her boy helped her.
wondering. She made jellies, and her
boy stirred the kettle while she an
swered childish questions about the
terrible times. She talked to him daily
about the honor of the old flag, and
told him that every one in those days
must show his colors or be branded as
a traitor.
"What is showing colors.' mother?"
he asked, much awed by her manner.
81 will show you, my son." she said.
Thereupon she began to knit pair
of white mittens, and upon the back
OF each one she fashioned the stars and
stripes, knitting them in, as she went
along, so that they were part of the
wool of the mittens. 80
Standing by her side the boy watched
her shining needles. She gave him the
history of the flag as she threaded the
rcd, white and blue into her work. She
told him how many and how great had
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19

never lived. Often it takes less than
so steps day, and it will be month or
more in going mile. 1t is not neces-
sary for it to go any faster, because it
lives in the trees and it's food of leaves
and soft twigs Is always within easy
reach. Sloths have three toes on each
foot, and each toe bears strong hooked
claw. When the sloth moves he sim
ply hooks the claws over n limb and
crawls about from tree to tree. In this
position he can sleep hours at a time.
When little sloth is born it uses it's
mother for n hammock until ii is big
enough to climb itself.
The sloth grows to be about two feet
long. It's hair is wiry and coarse and
1t has no tail to speak of. The natives
say that it cannot feel pain, and they
prove what they say by showing how
the sloth will roll itself up and deliber-
ately fall out of tall tree in order to
save climbing down. Pretty lazy, isn't
1t? An uglier, more useless animal
could not well be imagined.-Chicago
Record
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19
Fighting Fire. In winter.

To stand upon the peak of u ladder at
perhaps the third or fourth story Of u
building, directing the stream of water
at the blazing interior, while the Their
mometer is ut about it's lowest point, is
not comfortable task. Perhaps an
other stream is playing over your head.
and you stand in an icy spray. Icicles
hang from every point Of your fire.
hat, and the rubber coat is frozen to
your back; and the water that is fall
ing about you freezes as fast as it falls.
Every movement upon the ladder is
fraught with danger; for it is SO en-
crusted with ice that II is almost i'm
possible to get n solid foothold, and a
misstep would hurl you to the ground,
40 feet below.-Charles 7. Hill, in st.
Nicholas.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19
THE AFRICAN PIANO.
Playing the Madimba Is a N Art Prac-
fIcad hv u Iaxu GnanIaIIuA.

tfced by n Few Specialists.
Among the musical instruments used
en- the Congo we notice the long and
short drum. Some drums are used to
beat the time of the dance. Some other
drums are used as telephones for the
transmission of messages to neighbor-
ing villages. The string instruments
represent the African harp. The
ivory horns are used for the convoca-
ton of popular assemblies. The
double bell is used to call the attention
Of the people to some proclamation of
the chief. The Africans everywhere
nre very musical, but their music does
not always suit European taste.
The African dance is not always in
dulged in for amusement alone. Dane
ing enters into some of the most
solemn ceremonies-as, for instance,
the Inauguration OF n new king. Then
the chief-elect of tho tribe dances very
gravely before the assembled elders
md the people.
The madimba has been called the
African piano. 1t is made of Gala
bashes of graded sizes, which are sur
mounted by boards. Of graded size, all
being attached to scmicircular frame,
Each board represents note and emits
its appointed sound when struck by
one Of the two rubber balls at the end
of the two sticks which are cleverly
handled by the musician. While al
most every native can beat the drum or
play some Of the minor musical instru-
ments. the playing of the mndimba is
an art which only a few specialists
learn. They must be paid for playing
ut festivals or ceremonies and their art
supports them. either partly or entire
ly.-Journal of American Folk Lore.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19
Cream Cookies.

Use two eggs, two cupfuls of sugar,
one cupful of butter, one cupful of sour
cream, one teaspoonful of soda, a pinch
of salt and nutmeg fiavoring. Sift some
-four into the mixing pan; make hole
in the center, add soda and salt and stir
well into the -four; add sugar and stir
again; then butter, eggs and cream.
Beat hard and mix with as small an
amount Of -four as will make the dough
roll out. Roll to one-half inch thick
ness, cut out, lay cookies in pan not
touching each other, and bake in a
quick oven. II you fail, 1t will be be-
cause the dough is made too stiff. 1
have used the recipe successfully for
81 years.-Housekeepe
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19
A Pnrli.mentnry H,nt.

It was getting late, and still the VEN
cradle ex-United States senator lin
gercd in the pnrlor with the young peo-
pie. Evidently something had to be
Done.
81 hope, papa" said his daughter,
gently but resolutely, that you will
not be offended II now move close
'.all of the house, during which all per-
sons not entitled to the floor will please
retire, while Charlie and 1 discuss a
question of personal privilege!"-N. Y.
Truth.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19

Noemi Saumon, middle-aged woman
arrested for shopliftiug In Paris, went
off in a At when she arrived at the
station, and an inspector tried to re-
vive her by applying smelling salts to-
her nose. The woman remained in n
state of coma, and showed no signs
of returning to consciousness. Then
the inspector tweaked her by the nose,
and, to his horror, that organ came on
In his hand, being made Of papier
mache.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19
THE LATEST ANIMAL.

1t Takes the Al "a Month or More to
Go n Single Mile.
In the deep forests along the Amazon
river in South America there dwells
ono of the oldest and LATEST creatures
in the world. 1t walks upside down;
it rarely, if ever, drinks, and it is said
to feel no pain. The animal is known
as the al, from its peculiar piping cry,
or the three-toed sloth. The last name
is very appropriate, for lazier animal
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19
Couid Not Go That Far.

"You wait till come out" said the
farmers wife. "I've got big dog IN
here"
Thanks" returned Rural Raggs.
pleasantly. "But amt hungry enough
to eat dawg."-Brooklyn Life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-19

When you see a girl reading book
on etiquette you may know she is very
bashful and is trying to find a cure for
.-Washington Democrat.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-09-11

con que mantiene 50 tests y por ell corte
de las clausulas, en- que no tacharfa un
vocablo la crftica menos suave.
Hombre instrufdo, ocupa de igual
manera la tribuna del Ateneo-quc pre-
side-o Ia catedra de un institut o; la
curul de la defensa, en- los estrados, 6
la tarima de la propaganda, EN- los
meetings.
sSu porvenir? No-somos astrologos
| nj nos arriesgamos la profecfa, pero
Hernandez Lopez, 81 persiste, ST Sc es
fuerza, ST qxiere, llegara lejos y subira
10 alto; porque no todos los dfas,
aquf nj en- Madrid, Sc encuentra un lu-
chadors ssimpatico, elocuente, lleno de
vigor y de juventud, recto en- 50 inten-
clon, grave en- sus actos, severe en- su
conducta; digno, en- fin, del exito y de
la fortuna.
Hernandez Lopez forma en- la extre-
ma dereGha liberal, con Aponte, Pala-
clos Y Coll; como Munoz Rivera for
ma en- ell centro con Matienzo, Carbo-
nell Acuna; como forma en- la liz
quierda Ramon Quinones, con Mater,
Font Guillot Masferrer.
ALI Sc estab.ece Sc forma el eqpi-
lipilo, J, coL "l lueai cohiuh, SC sii'e
a la justicia y al derecho.
No espereis de Hernandez Lopez
arranques jacobinos; esperar podeis
discretion, sensatez Y lealtad.
Nota tene: Hernandez Lopez, iuris-
consutto notable, orador de fama, po-
lftico de empuje, dirige el C7,4b ciclis-
ta de San Juan Y monta en- bicieleta.
DocroR MIRABFI..
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-09-11
La Oen6ocraci4

/: con sonrisa exceptica las grandes In
chas de la humana especie por la con-
secucion de ideales nunca logrados.
Alrededor de las dos fguras del 81
niestro cuadro, Angiolillo y Canovas,
icuantas lagrimas tristezas La Sc
nora de Canovas, culpable de haber
;. amado mucho a un gran hombre, ha
atravesado un triste camino, adhirien-
dose como la fiel companera de Felipe
ell Hermoso, al feretro que guarda log
restos querides; la senora de Tarrida
del Marmol que, despues de larga y
penosa separation, preparabase reu-
nirse su marido, recibio un telegra-
ma con estas lac6nicas palabras: 4Ex-
pulsado. No vengas., lie Figaro re
cuerda la entranable amistad que uni6
en- Ell colegio de Pau al espulsado Ta-
rrida al expulsador Barthou, minis
tro del Interior.
eLa policfa, escribiole aquel cuando
llego Paris, te contara que soy un pc
| igroso No 10 creas. Soy el mismo
Tarrida que conocistes, incapaz de ha-
Ger NAL a nadie y deseando solo traba
jar en- paz.o
Y 70 tengo la seguridad de que GUAM
do Mr.. Barthon, cumpliendo deberes
de gobierno, puso la frma al pic del
deoreto de expulsion, recordo con pesa-
dumbre ell companerismo de coleglo,
las quisicosas de la adoles cencia, Y lue-
90 Ia subida del compai1ero a una guar
dilla de Paris mientras subfa el al mi
nisterio del Interior. 7 NJ. Barthon, que
tiene talento y corazon, quizas recordo
tambien la terrible escena yictorhugui-
ma en- la que ell jefe de IN navfo, ,obllga-
do a premiar una accion plausible a
castigar en- el mismo hombre una acoi6n
censurable, por rebeldfa, lie pone al pc
cho una insignia de honor, en- presencia
de los tripulantes, Y luego dice:
-Ahora. -. que Sc fusile este
hombre.
LUIS BONAFOUX.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-09-11
DE Paris
q Ponce

N o soy amigo del senor Tarrida del
Marmol-expulsado recientemente del
territorio frances, como 10 habfa sido
del territorio espanol, despues de una
permanencia en- Mont uich-y en- YER
dad que en- esta oportunidad siento no
ser amigo suyo, porque prlva la cobar-
de costumbre de negar en- 6pocas de
repression las amist ades peligrosas ma
da me humillarfa tanto como Ell que Sc
sospechase de mi que negaba un hecho
de mi vida. Admire de todo corazon
a los carlistas, que mantienen su in
transigencia, hermosamente feroz, an
tie ell feretro del senior Canoyas del
Cattillo. Me repugnan atrozmente los
|republicanos que lloran, ante ell mismo
feretro, lagrimas de cocodrllo. Debe
sentirse siempre la muerte de un hom-
bre. Nadie esta obligado a lamentar
la desaparicion de un polftico que COM
batio nuestras ideas. Ell sefior Cano-
vas del Castillo hubiera lamentado,
como hombre, que Sc matase al senior
ri y Margall; pero ell senior Canovas
del Castillo, que era un caracter, no
hubiera dorado, en- la muerte del seflor
Pf, la desaparicion de un gran republi-
CO. Y Ell senior Canovas del Castillo
hubiera estado en- su derecho.
No, no soy amigo del senor Tarrida
del Marmol, porque no gusta el de ha-
Ger nuevas amistades, y no gusto yo de
hacerlas, siendo asf que me sobran casi
todas las que tengo Ingeniero, mate
matico, escritor laborioso orador de
meetings, ell cubano Tarrida del Mar
II l. ~
vive para su nombre y para su labor de
polftico. Me consta, ST, que desciende
de familia distinguida, que 10 es el
personalmente y que recibio selecta
instruction en- varios colegios de Fran
cia.
Els anarquista? Ell senor Tarrida
del Marmol MEGA que 10 sea, 81 min
tiese seria en- verdad ell primer anar-
quista que ocultaba sus ideas. Pre-
guntad a Juan Grave, 4 Eliseo Reclus,
a Sebastian Faare, preguntadles ST son
anarquistas y Sc daran por ofendidos
de que no Sc sepa en- el mundo. Al ser
Ell senor Tarrida del Mar
mol Sc ofendio de que lie creyesen anar-
4uista. Soy, dijo, repu6licano i,edepen-
zieaate.
Pero ell senior Tarrida del Marmol es,
Al mismo tempo, un agitador en- ell Ii
oro, agitador en- ell periodico, agitador
IN la tribuna. Los gobiernos, con
del ingles, cuya pollcfa de
Scotland Yard acaba de autorizar un
>eettng de espanoles en- Zro1uIgar
q,tare, entienden que Sc debe expuisar
! los agitadores. Fl senior Tarrida del
narmol no podra segulr habIando Ell
oarfs. Hablara en- Londres. |
En- esa tragedia que empezo en- San !
a Agueda, y 10 Sc sabe dondc conclui- |
a, hay muchas cosas amargamente ,
Iolorosas para ell observador impartial,
ara ell hombre que pueda eontemplar