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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A TROUBLESOME CALL.


We were going. on Saturday. ever so far
My mamma and Ito the Dollies' bazaar.
Where nifty wax dollies-the loveiiest
show
Went walking about when they wound 'em
you know.
You wouldn't believe half the things they
Why. one said: Good morning." as plain
ly as you.
One played the plano, and one, dressed In
lace,
Walked up to mirror and powdered her
face.
Well. when we were ready we stepped in
the hall.
And there was lady a-coming to call
She said she just CHANGED to be passing
that way.
And she really had only minute to stay.
We waited and waited. and hoped she would
TIL saw 1t was almost the time for the
show,
For heard the clocks striking all over the
town.
And I knew that the >dolies would all be
run down.
And so just said: II should s'pose. Mrs.
Your little girl wonders why don't you come
That's all that spoke. every IDENTICAL
word:
But she said: Little girls should be seen
and not heard"
guess that's proverb so maybe tits true;
But. II people won't see, what can little
girls do?
My mamma looked queer. but that ended
the call,
And we went to the Dollies' Bazaar, after
all.
Emily Huntington Miller, In Our Little
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24
CRUISING ON A WHALE.
How IN Old Sailor Man Explored tn,
Arctic Regions.

How an Old Sailor Man Explored the
Arctic REGIONS.
People do not have to be of any par
ticular age to appreciate w. J. Hender-
sons "Sea Yarns for Boys" Take, for
instance, the Old Sailors straightfor-
ward, honest account of his cruise to
the arctic regions on the back of n
whale. After describing exactly how
he came to harpoon the animal and to
be towed off at the end of the harpoon
line, and how he climbed on the whales
back after it was dead, and rugged a
sail with himself for mast, he pro-
ceeds:
II bent my sail on to the harpoon,
an then l made parral round my
neck, by means o. which l slung my
yard. / made the sheets fast to my
feet, an l were ready to get under
way. How did 1 steer? wy, 1 just
rugged lines on to his tail an pulled
his tail fur rudded.
"Waal, carc'lated 1 were maxim
about two knots an hour, an were con-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24
THE MESSENGER BOY STRIKING
THE BELL

souvenir of her existence and achieve
ments. On man of war the bell is
usually inscribed with her name and
the date of her launching; and as it is
probable that it may some day become
memento of glorious history, the
bell is often the subject of special care
in casting or selection. Sometimes the
hundreds of workmen who have built
the great ship contribute each silver
coin to be melted and nodded into q
bell which shall be the token of their
love for the object of their creation and
their interest in her future career.
Often the people of the city or state
after which man of war is named
may present to her magnificent belt
appropriately ornamented and in
scribed with words of good will and
good wishes. Such bell is usually
presented with ceremony after the ship
goes into commission.
Ships bells in general are made of
bronze, like other bells. The addition
of silver in their composition gives
them peculiarly clear and musical
tone. They are placed in such posi-
ton on the upper deck that they may
be heard from one end of the ship to
the other; and are usually near the
mainmast or at the break of the fore
castle. One popularity exists in a
ships bell which is necessary on ac-
count of her motion ut sea. The tongue
is hung so that it can swing in only one
direction. If it were not so the bell
would be continually ringing as the
ship rolled and pitched. The direction
in which the tongue can swing is an
other important point. If it were
athwartships the bell would ring at
every heavy roll of the ship; and if it
were fore and aft the bell would ring
at every deep pitch; so the direction in
which the tongue can swing is nearly
half way around between these two.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24

tory Katia's mother finishes" at home
articles known to trade as boys pants"
at three cents pair, whereby she con-
triyes, heaven and her fellow toilers
only know how, TO lodge, feed and
clothe herself and her little daughter.
AS need scarce be mentioned, they
do not fare sumptuously every day."
nor any day. For well-nigh week just
previous to the time of Halls beefsteak
been BUTTERFLIES bread, potatoes and a
muddy, lack-favor beverage euphemis-
tically termed coffee. No wonder that,
after trudging two miles under her
pack, little Katia was fain TO rest a
bit before setting out upon the two
mile trudge homeward.
1t was mellow, quiet-colored Indian
summer day; even in town one seemed
to catch whiffs from Already, faint
echoes of the pipings of Pan; such day
as lures the free country lover to the
open and brings before the inward
eve" of the city-bound visions of wide,
warm landscapes lying stepped in violet
haze.
Something of the charm Of the wealth
er, penetrating even the murk and hub
bub Of the sordid street, declared itself
to the droll scrap of "superfuous popu-
lation" sitting there with her feet in
the gutter; for the little Polish maid,
born and bred deep in the dingy town.
having hardly so much as heard of
woods and fields, is yet, herself all un-
aware, native of Already.
An exquisite sense of well-being
gradually possessed her; she felt as one
fancies n violin must feel under the
touch of master who plays upon 1t
some lovely andante. Into her day
dream, like stone pumped into quiet
little pool, dropped voice:
"Little girl, would you like thick,
tender, juicy beefsteak-rare?"
The child, coming out of her reverie
with a twitch, looked up in speeches.
amaze at the tall stranger holding a
newspaper parcel.
Would you like" repeated Hal, sol
emily, "a thick, tender, juicy beef
Heak-rare?" Katia continued to stare
upon him in silent stupefaction.
"would you2"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24

THOUGHT THE WHALE WAS DEAD
siderable worried about the wind hold.
In, or whether ia git ashore afore
starved to death. Howsumever, to
make the story short, sailed all night,
and us soon rs daylight come I sees
land dead ahead, about four miles
away.
"Now, wished knowed how much
water that whale drawed, SOS I could
tell what kind o. harbor to make fur.
looked mighty close at the land which
1 were approachin', but couldn't see
no inlet. But putty soon l did see
somethin' wot pleased me heap more,
an that were an Esquimau a-comin'
off in his dak. He'd seed me a-comin',
and was bound to find out wot kind o.
craft 1 were. He pulled up about so
yards away an aXed me wot l were.
told him as quick as could, an says
to him, says 1, to please take me off.
'Waal, young gentlemen, before he
could make n stroke, I felt sudden
earthquake under me. The whale give
a great big SILVER, bumped his back,
threw up his fukes, sent me a-fyin'
into the air, an disappeared.
Luckily for me, I'd already taken
off my harpoon yard, so, after sinkin'
pretty deep, / came up agin, an the
Esquimau, who had made good guess,
were right there an grabbed me. He
pulled me into his boat, where 1 sat
puflickly dumb fur a few minutes.
Wen I looked up the Esquinnu were
a-laflin' at me. Putty good joke, l
s'pose,' says 1, but l don't see it,
Why says he, you ort to be satisfied.
That whale saved your life 1 says to
him, says l, That's all VERY well, but
that whale were dead, an hadn't no
business to come to life agin like that.
dead? Nonsense!' says the Es-
quimau, paddlin' me toward the land.
He were asleep.
ASLEEP" says L; with a harpoon
in him?'
EYES says he to me, says he, latin
still more; you hit him on the funny
bone with it wen you struck him, an
Jest put him to sleep arter the first
shock were over. 1t always does. We
Esquimau often harpoon whales on
the funny bone just fur the fun O. the
thing"
The Old Sailor looked gravely around
the horizon for moment, and then
concluded thus:
II got home agin all right in the
course o. time, or wouldn't be here;
but I amt never believed that that
Esquimau told the truth"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24
A Merchant. co.tly Joke.

Finding a purse containing 80 cents
on the sidewalk in front of store In a
Maine town, an honest woman picked
II up and took II to the storekeeper.
He was "a funny man, SO he hung up
the purse in the window above sign.
reading: "Found-this purse, con-
tanning a large sum of money" When
he came to open the store next morn
ing, the purse was gone, and there was
a big hole in the plate glass window.
The robbers made IL n rather costly
Joke for the merchant.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24

ger to the waiter, lowering discreetly
In the background, and murmured q
direction.
The man, nonplussed, gazed from
cashier to customer. Hal, his eyes upon
space, was deliberately fitting on a
glove.
Hurry, please" said he.
Il thought the dude was jollyin', for
sure" the waiter would afterward OBJ
serve in telling the story, as he long
continued to do. "But blamed il he
was! Blamed il didn't have t. chase
back after that beefsteak!"
Precisely what had prompted Halls
freak, he himself could not have told.
Probably the chief elements in his mo-
tive were sense that, payment for the
half-pound of flesh being exacted, it
would be POLITICALLY just for him to
insist upon the letter of the law; an
obscure notion of making it impossible
for the establishment to profit further
from that particular ORDER" and more
than all else, youthful prediction
for prank.
The much-enduring steak = or its
counterpart-was at length produced.
Our absurd young man gravely thrust
fork into it, held it, dripping, aloft
for few seconds, then drew news
paper from his pocket, wrapped up his
property, grasped the remarkable par
eel in gloved hand, and pausing by the
way to pay his scot and to make the
waiter his friend for life, strobe out Of
the place.
Now shortly after Halls going into
the restaurant, a grotesque little figure
had come along and seated itself on the
curbstone just without. 1t was that of
slip Of girl, perhaps ten years old.
She wore woman's jacket, the sleeves
whereof had been cut off at her wrists
that is, at about their elbows-but
which had had no further remodeling.
Being of stiff material, it kept some
thing like its pristine shape, with gen.
erous, feminine curves, well-marked
waist line and modish, fluted back. The
waist line came only bit above the
knees of its child wearcr, and the skirt
hung well-nigh to her shoetops.
Over the small maidens head and
pinned beneath her chin was a woollen
kerchief whose original colors, what
ever these may have been, were mel
lowed by time and CRIME TO soft,
| Witty maroon, like ashes of damask
roses, and in the lowered border To
lovely, subtle pinks and greens and yell
lows.
This delectable headgear framed n
sallow, wizened, but not unhappy, little
face, lighted, paradoxical though the
assertion sound, by pair of dark eyes.
The child's name, and it please you.
was, and is, Katarzyna Radzcswski!
Only Slav can pronounce that, though
any person in the article of sneezing
violently may come very near it. We,
however, like the most of her acquaint-
ances, will call her "Katia."
Across Katia's lap, as she sat there,
lay some folded pieces of dingy cotton
print. the previous wrapping of big
bundle she had just left at a clothing
factory round the corner. For this fac
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24
Rather Disseminating.

Mr. Slim (hunting for new board
ing house)-Is the lady Of the house
In?
Servant-No; she's gone for police
man.
"What are the terms for board here?''
"Cash."
81 mean how much week?"
"Ten an fifteen n week, 'cortling TO
ROOM
"I presume she makes n reduction for
people who stay month or two"
Ell don't know. No one ever stays
that long."-N. Y. Weekly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24
THE SHIPS BELL.
II II Closely Identified with the Whold
Career of the YcaaeI.

Lieut.. John NJ. Ellicott, U. s. NJ
writes an article for st. Nicholas on
"What is Told by the Bell" in which
he says:
Nothing in u ship becomes so closely
identified with her throughout her
whole career as the ships bell. Officers
and crew come and go; masts, decks.
engines and boilers become old, and are
replaced by new ones; but from the day
that she first glides into the water the
same ships bell remains always part
of her, marking her progress all over
the world, and finally going down with
her to lonely grave at the bottom of
the sea, or surviving her as cherished
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24
Cur,ou. French Epitaph.

The Westminster Gazette says that
an epitaph as curious in its way as any
of the quaint and ingenious gravestone
inscriptions recorded of late occurs on
a tombstone In the cemetery of sub
urb of Paris. The husband died first,
and beneath the record Of his name was
placed Mt lis request the line: II am
anxiously awaiting you, July 30, 1927"
When his widow died, 40 years after,
the following line completed her in
scripuon; Here I am. September 0,
1867"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24
.Hn. to- and .L,ke To.y

"Has to" and "liSe to-" you see, ara
not the same by any means. Although
even II they were, perhaps we wouldn't
like IL any better. Some of us don't
like to be "made" to do thing. even
when we really want to do II. For in
stance, heard n boy say once: II did
want to go to that circus until 1 heard
father say that 1 must go with the
others, and after that wanted to stay
ut homei"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-24

The Oregon board of agriculture
IL offering premiums for flax culture.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-23
Is lT a rItlr.E1
Now Recognized M Cause of Serious
Disease

Acid dyspepsia, commonly called heart
burn or sour stomach IL form OF lndl.
goation resulting from fermentation OF
tho food Tho stomach being too weak 10
promptly digest H. the food rbmalns until
fermentation begins, nlling tho stomach
win sns. and n btttcr. sour. burning
taHto IA tho mouth n often present. This
condition soon becomes chronic and being
an overy day occurrence ia given but little
attention. Because dyspepsia ia not i'm
meilatey fatal. many people do nothing
fur taia trouble
within roccnt period a remedy has
been discovered prepared solely 10 cure
dyspepsia and stomach troubles II r.
known m stuarts pyspeI~ia Tablets and
r. now h's'ptnins rapidly used ~ IA radical
eure Tor ovory form of .iyairp-ia
SluArt's Dyspepsia Tablets have been
placed before the punlio ami aro sold by
druggists everywhere at % cents per pack
egc I, IN prepared by rhs Stuart CO..
Marshall. Mich. and whho Il promptly
and cfrn-ttnlly restores IL vigorous digos-
ton. az tho Hame time n perfectly harm
iras and will not injurc tho mos, delicate
stomach. but on tho contrary BY giving
pcrrcc, digestion Strengthens the stomach
improves tho aprplitc apd maker life
" nrth living.
Send for FREQ book on Stomach Diseases
hy Addressing stuart CO. Marshall Mich
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-23
HOW RUIZ DIED
NOW EXPLAINED
Sent to His Death BY liluncO and
Composite.
THEY KNEW OF CrBAN LAW
Which forbade Any 0ae Coming TO Them
Ini,s, with u,tflufe, ot l'cagc
based M laban lBdeptaJrnee.

New York Doc a='r. lgnIrada palma.
Of tho Cuban ,unla, made mo ro'iowlng
statement last night
''1'he death ~ Colonel nuiE ala not 60
our an tho Spanish have put It. while
hu was negotiating ~ a peace messenger
under a nag of truce Again and again
have tho cubsru promulgated a Law mat
an Nho como TO thom with pvaru prop
usitlonn not based on the lndsp ntrnce
~ Cuba, should DO treated ~ spies and
dealt Win ar ,ordlngly cmon"l itniF
knew u this law. bul according 10 the
Spanish accounts was personally warned
az 10 his fate
General nlanco ana Secretary General
Conguatn 700 wcrr ven aware of tho
existence ~ this do,'frr Nov 'riholeHs
these latter took aivaatlso of Tho un.
fortunate Qulsp1sm ~ Colonel Kuis ana
sent him Into thr cuban ,inrs. Tho blood
of Colonel ituis W not on the hands ~ the
cuhans bat upon the hattie pt nouco
ana cons,oto. who sont him td hiz fate
n tho penalty ~ ,ho law had not been
carried into ofr-rt. doubtless Spain would
have taken advantage of tho fari 20
show that tho CubaH- wrfa ipnt IN oar.
nent In their rcicction " auiannmy Ah.
aolutrly hu' were willing "a listen -
arguments This decree Wna not promul-
gated because The cuhan- are afraid Of
tho dininccllon IN their ranks but he
oasieo li IN knoSn hat inn'nnorablo com
mlsaionofu would otherwise be rent. ana
on 'heir rv'urn make fails" statements
encouraging rho belief that peace might
%" ""iahiiH1ol pn f, bAsis othvr than IN.
'ricnp"nrc Sn"h wat"m m'nts woli only
servo The n'or-alH Of Spain IN gaining
ims with na rrsultlnr death nf thoua.
Ands OWING :" 'hc useless prolongaiion
~ m" w'r
"Hrsiios The "ubana arc adyia-i that
tho Spanish arr a~"kius 70 eulrr tho In.
rurr~'t linrH with tlc purpose ~ pnsas-
7inatlns 'ho m"r0 important leaders poe-
um0n'ary pronf u thls fact rs in eur
hands and Nc are The moro cautious.
when w, r~.n".n'rr that IN i''a Grr~fai
iilHhro authorized General pnlayi.ia ia
S'n'iheu ir cuba 'o execute 10 man, un-
armed Cuban a. .hr aI'-r -napFrf nee
v7earr as an example" u ~ -otncwh~
f'mHfh 'hi" mt' Nir ,he nrri nrwz ~
me death NJ nnir cnm" th" annIuucor mt
"i 'N" Nlling II over % lnsurvcnts found
IN O. hospital iri NOT q Nul,r waz raised
e" nro'H7, 'her-,t Tho shooting af ca
ban prisoners by NE score passed almost
without .''nm'nE N" thousands ~
""undc1 'uhan- slain IN hospitals at
tract bm little notice According 20 all
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-23
Our Company
Is Composed of Men of Tried
Business Regulations

Some OF whom are the following:
Hon. W. E Mason. U. s. Senator from
Illinois.
Albert c. Blatz, president va Blatz
Brewing company Milwaukee
W c. Rlnearson. general passenger
agent c. n. o. & T. P. R. r, Cincinnati:
r W Griffith, president First National
J. 3. Legnard. capitalist Legnard
Bank. vicksburg, Miss.
building. Chicago.
Frank H. Hecht, Of Charles Kaestner
& Co. Chicago.
n. C. Edwards passenger traffic mana
ger. c. II. & d. r. r. Cincinnati.
Charles Fl. Rockwell. trafic manager.
c. I. & L. r. r. CAIonon Routel. Chicago
II H. Foster Fostoria and vicksburg,
Miss.
]. NJ phillips. cashier First National
Bank vicksburg. Miss.
For information address and make all
money payable to W. L. DUDLEY, gen.
eral agent, Halter building. Seattle.
Wash.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-23

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Our
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offer

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MRS mKrNLEY BBsTows FAvoRs.

The wife OF the president has given
special permission 10 John Philip Sousa,
"the March King" Ito dedicate to her
mis- new eomposltlon. just finished. and
which viii be called THE Lady Of the
White House" Mrs. Mckinley forwarded
her permission last week to the editor Of
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in It's next issue. This magazine has
also rcreivcd for the same number a new
and laFgn portrait OF Mrs Mckinley.
taken n few days ago In me White House
conservatory. This is the second photo
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tho first portrait taken OF her since 1887
having also gous 30 the Ladies' Home
Journal. which published 1t In its last
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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-23
ANOTHER nANr

Honolulu p,r l5 via san Francis -.
pcc. % The announcement has becn
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llsh"i In this city shortly after the nrst
or the year, The concora II 20 be a
bran,h or thc big pelSIng Banking COM
pnny This company started In Tlcn
1rin ana has brnncA's established IN Hong
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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-23
WHEAT

On June ~ wheat sold a, es7.c II has
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our information IL OF such character
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MILLS APPOINTED.

Now York, Doe ~ According TO the
Washington correspondent of mo World,
Il has been decided that W. ]. Mills. Of
New Haven. Conn VIII bo mado ohsuf
justice of Tho supreme court OF New
Moxloo. Ills nomination viii be sent In
after the holidays
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Our Passenger
and Freight Service on the
Yukon River

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The gold Is there
You stand fully az much chance as any
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our first? II 30. write at once. securing
passage and berth
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puRRANT CASE AGAIN

san Francisco, Dec 22-Thc attorneys
Tor Theodore Duran have filed notice
that thcy viii ask ior "a change OF
venue from the recent order Of sentence
10y Judge Bahrs on the ground that the