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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-19
TO THE DEAD IN CUBA.

Now rest we safe, and sleep we fair,
My weared soldiers In the South;
No more the brazen trumpets blare
Nor cannon below at the mouth:
NO more the angry flags are tossed
Where trench and sullen fort defy;
Where Death is bred, and Life is lost
So sleep ye. sleep ye tenderly.
The nations wonder at your deeds:
The Poets sing them-crown you great
The Kings cry wait" to him who heeds
And stand like beggars at my gate.
No more the yellow flag Is flown
Like sickly tester on the sky,
The crop OF grape and shell is sown-
So rest ye. rest we tenderly.
Now rest ye safe, and sleep we fair,
My wearied soldiers, done with war
Those strange hills hold our glory there
So sleep ye. and forget the scar
Gods peace Is where the swords were
crossed
And white stars swing above the sea,
And rest Is found where life was lost
So sleep we, sleep we tenderly.
Theodore Roberts. in n. Y. Independent.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-19
WHAT SQUARED
TOMS ACCOUNT
BY GRACE DUFFIELp GOODWIN

TON sat by the library table work
ing over his arithmetic lesson. He
was trying to find out how much seven
yards of calico would cost if one yard
cost IL cents, and his paper was covered
with figures. Finally he took new
piece and began again:
TO Z yds calico ut II cts. 49,. S IT
And as he finished the last seven his
father looked over his shoulder.
bills, Tom?" he asked. That's right.
] only hope you will never get as many
as | have" And he dropped into the
armchair by the fire, tired with the
days work and glad to be at home
ngain.
Tom came over and leaned against his
fathers knee for few minutes talk
before dinner that they always had to-
gether.
Papa" he asked, when n man does
any work, oughtn't he to be paid for
it?"
Certainly" was papa's reply, if
he asks fair price"
Then they began to talk of something
else, and papa forgot the question and
4''' N"' NY DNiciS tiihNA ""o
ready.
The next day was Saturday, but Tom
stayed in the house, working busily at
his arithmetic. Mamma told Kate that
she was afraid Tom was not WELL and
she really looked relieved to see him
flying down the hill in the afternoon.
Wonder of wonders. he was not late to
dinner, but came in early. and slipped
into the dining-room before anyone
else had come down. He looked u little
conscious when note dropped out of
each napkin. and waited impaticntiy
to see them unfolded. Kate opened
hers first and glanced through it, break
ing out into a merry laughter. Tom
looked cross. Kate always laughed at
him. He wished he was 16 and she was
AZ he would laugh at her all the time
'Why, Tom" she was saying, what
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-19
ART IN AMERICA.
From Present Indications This Coun-
try Promises to BECOME the
Louvre of Nations.

II does not seem TO be commonly
realized that America that is, the
United States--is on the way to be-
come the Louvre OF the nations. From
year to year its public galleries have
been enriched with masterpieces Of all
the modern schools, and by purchase,
/ bequest or gift many valuable and
some great pictures by the older Ital
! ian, Flemish and Spanish masters have
( been added 10 the already imposing
store of national art wealth.
| In New York prominently, but also
in Boston, Washington, Philadelphia,
and in other large cities from New Or.
leans in the south to Chicago in the
north, and from Baltimore in the east
TO San Francisco in the west, there il
how so numerous, and, in the main, so
distinguished n congregation of pic
lures, of all schools and periods, that
the day is not only at hand, but has
arrived, when the native student of nrt
no longer needs to go abroad in order
TO learn the tidal reach and highwater
mark in this or that nations achieve
mcnt, in this or that schools accom-
plishment, in this or that individual
painters work. In time, and probably
before long, the great dcsideratum
will be attained - the atmosphere
wherein the creative Imagination is
sustained and nourishcd. At present
the most brilliant American painters
must follow the trade flag OF art, and
! that banner flaunts nowhere steadily
but in Paris and London.
There are now in America moro
training schools, more opportunities
for instruction, more chances for the
individual young painter to arrive at
selfknowledgc than were enjoyed of
old by the eager youth Of Flanders, of
France, of Spain, even of Italy. But
the essential is still wanting without
which all these advantages are merely
as stars among the branches. There
is no atmosphere of art in America at
large.
In the great majority of towns
throughout the states there Is no at
uosphere at all. But every few years
the radical influences at work are
transmitting these conditions, and
though neither Boston, nor Washing
ton, nor even New York, is yet an art
center in any way comparable to Lon
don, or Paris, or Munich, the time Is
not far distant when the inevitable
must happen.
In actual respect of art treasures
the great cities of the states are al.
ready beyond our own provincial citiea
and towns, among which only Liver
pool and Glasgow stand out preemi-
nent.
New York, naturally, has become
the art metropolis of the states. Al
ready the art wealth of this great city
is almost incalculable. Boston comes
next, then Washington. But notwith-
standing the general idea to the con-
trary, the finest private collections are
not In New, York. There is no private
collection in New York or Boston or
Washington to compare with that of
Mr.. w. L. Walters at Baltimore. OF all
the "homes of art" to be seen in Amer
lea, Mr.. Walters is prominently "the
house beautiful
Within the last ten years the Metro
politan Museum of Art In New York
has become one Of the most interest
Ing of all national art collections
Nineteenth Century.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-19

About half of the foregoing classes
of working people were legal voters in
1890 The wage-workers of this year,
1898, must number over one-siXth more
than in 1890, or total exceeding H.
000,000-half of whom are voters.
Now ali this mighty mass of people
are working for wages, paid in gold
standard money, and have received no
other kind of money since gold rcsump-
ton in 1S7S-for the greenbacks
reached with gold that year. and they
were getting three dollars in gold
(and all had work when President Ilar-
rison's administration closed in 1899
to two dollars in gold in 1878. when
specie payments were resumed on the
gold standard. 49,
Resumption took place on the gold
standard and the wage-worlling masses
of the working people, women as well
as men, have been paid in gold or
money as good ever since 1873. And the
official Investigations Of congress,
made in 1890 and 1893, show that there
was a gradual advance or increase in
wages in gold of just about three per
cent n year from 1873 to the panic of
1893.
Now, assuming that the average
wages in gold of adult wage-workers
of all classes, trades and occupations
was $500 per annum in fS17-'7S. the fol
lowing has been the result since then
10 tho workers.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-19
WAGES AND GOLD.
Facts and Figures which Homes,
Democrats Would DO Well
TO Digest.

We desire honestly-inclined demo-
Gratis who can think u little and at least
have been instructed in the three FRS"
to read the following facts and figures
and inwardly digest them. If they do
they will be prepared 10 vote correctly
hereafter, and be less under the in
fluence of prejudice, error and control
of oflice-seel<ing bosses.
The census of 1890 gives statistics
of the occupations of the population of
the United States over 12 years of age,
and among them are the following
numbers who then toiled for wages:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-19

When a man is introduced to lady
the exceptions in favor or shaking
hands come in as against not doing
so; for instance. II the man introduced
is the husband or brother of the lady
making the introduction, it would be
very natural to shake hands with him,
almost imperativcly so; but were he a
mere acquaintance ii would he most uu-
usual to shake hands with him on first
introduction.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-19

"She didn't say anything about maxi
ing candy for the fellows yesterday, or
coming to school with my slate when l
forgot it, or showing me how to do that
ninth example"
Very quietly Tom sat for little
while, and as he sat there he thought it
all over; he remembered ever so many
things that papa and mamma hadn't
put in their bills. Then he took his
slate and pencil to count up all he
owed.
1t was not vey hard to do, and soon
the answer-$1 .60-stared in his face.
Slowly he got up from his chair, slow
" went over to the closet, and brought
ont his red bank in which he kept the
money he was saving for his share in
the dig bob" that the boys were hav-
ing made There wasn't any way out
of it. If papa and mamma and Kate
asked fair price for what they
had done for him, he surely ought to
pay their bills as they had paid his.
He wouldn't have cried for the world
but his throat fel. very lumpy when
the bank was opened, and all the pre-
cious dimes and ElckelS and pennies
were in his hand S2.03.
Then he took his slate again and did
an example in subtraction-$1.6 60 from
1908 leaves 43 cents. Back in the bank
went 43 cents, and then, dividing the
rest according to the bills, he took the
money and went upstairs and paid his
debts. Kate was going 10 say: Keep
it, Tom, dear; ! don't want your
money" but look ut mammals face
warned her. She receipted her bill.
mamma and papa signed theirs, and
Tom with a very sober face, kissed the
family all good night.
But the little mothers heart went ont
after the boy, and when he was safely
in bed she came in and knelt down with
her arms around him.
Tom" she whispered in his ear,
mothers and little boys don't ever do
things for each other for money, or
fathers or sisters, either, Tom. What
do they do them foT, dear?'
And Tom rcrl lied steadily and slowly:
"Never for anything but love, mother,
dcar."-S S. Times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-19

ryOut west the people are under the
impression that President Mckinley
conducted the war in n proper manner
They are not looking at the matter
through the wrong end of the telc-
scope.-Cincinnati Commercial Trib
une.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-19

McLubbcrty-+oi s'pose dthe twins
kape yes awake good dale wild dheir
croyin'?
CEaggarty--No; yen see, aitch ~
'em yells so loud .hot yes can't heal
dthe other at ahi; an dthe result II
dead soilence all ncight lsng.-Pnoh.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-19

AT its annual meeting in 1874 the
Football association had credit bal
ance of f2 It's. 3d.; on April 30 last that
balance had grown to s,l53 IS. 10d.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-19

~'CERTA1NLY," WAS PAPA'S REPLY.
perfect nonsense! Mother, did you
ever see anything like this? Tom has
sent me bill for helping me yester-
day."
In the meantime papa and mamma
had opened their notes, and had dis
covered that they, too, had received
bills from Tom. Papa's ran this way:
Mr.. Z. w. Ellis.
In account with Tom Ellis:
To two trimmings upstairs at one cent. s OF
To three bringings of paper at two
To one finding slippers at five cents. o5
Sum total ..............$ 10
Received payment
Mammals was little different, but
these were the items:
To one going to tell Bridget something OF
To three hurryings UP when l didn't
To two brands at Jones store at ten
cents..... ...,.. northumberland. ~
Total..... .................... ~
Kate had the worst of all. This is the
way hers read:
To four going to Mollie Browns at five
To one taking note to professor at ten
TO one holding worsted cause 1 hate III :.
To two taking books to Liberty at four
cents..... ..... go. -. .................. W
Total. :. 49,. ..................s 60
Papa put his down without saying
anything, and mamma looked at Tom
with a queer little smile, remarking
swell, Tom, it seems that the family
owes you more than n dollar"
"Yes, ma'am," said Tom, cheerfully;
sand papa said if n man asked a fair
price for his work he ought to get it.
And II you could pay up tonight 1 could
get that dandy big jackknife on Mon
day--the one like Ned's, you know"
The family didn't say whether it in
tended to pay up" at once or not and
Tom felt n little doubtful, when he
found papa and mamma talking in the
study together afterward, just how his
plan would succeed.
However, at breakfast, he found be-
side his plate a dollar bill, ten cent
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-19
Nile Hn. Few Tr,butarie..

For over 1900 miles the Nile does
not receive single tributary stream.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-19

piece and three pennies, and the three
bills waiting to be receipted. He
signed tom Ellis" in big letters to
each one, and pocketed his money,
thinking of the big knife that he was
going to have.
The first thing he did when he came
home from school in the afternoon was
TO run to mamma and show her the
four blades-two big ones and two lit
tie ones-and she was almost as much
pleased as he. At dinner time he was
quite surprised to find in his napkin,
ms time, three little notes jus, like
the ones he had sent to papa and NAM
ma and Kate the night before. He
didn't open them until after dinner,
because the little doubtful feeling had
come back, and he thought he would
rather be by himself When, finally, he
md look at them, this is what he found:
Tom Ellis,
In account with Mr. L. w. Ellis:
10 one pair skates mended. .........$ Is
10 Two pencils sharpened. ..,..,. OF
10 one 81. Nicholas bought. ........ 20
~, AZ
The second one was mammals:
To one pair of trousers mended. ......$ 20
To ten buttons sewed on............. 10
To one pair mittens mended. ........... 10
To one geography covered............. 10
To help with lessons. ............... 20
Is
The third was Hates. "Shc's forgot
some things" Tom murmured to him
self, as he read it over:
To one skate bag made. .........,.......$ 10
To one splinter taken from hand...... 0j
To three buttons sewed on shoes. 03
To finding cap and mittens... $3.50. 10
To picking up school books. ............ 10
A3
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-29

Mary is the most common name In
England, and William ranks second in
popularity.
Some one cnce asked the late DIR.
John Hall II he objected TO smoking
81 always reply 10 that question in one
way" replied the clergyman, with a
little grimace. IF you can stand it,
can"
Senator cockrell never carries an
umbrella. Senator Vest gave him one
once. II wonder why Vest gave me
that thing" the other Missouri senator
remarked contemptuously. SIS he
afraid ! am going 10 spoil?r
Some time after the congress OF Ber-
lin, deputy ~ one Of the ehancellor's
parliamentary soirees asked bismarck
which of the European plenlpoten-
tiaries who had attenard the historic
congress he regarded as the first dip
lomat. "Ah, that | cannot tell you
answered the prince, with a smile;
but certainly the second was Lord
Beaconsfeld."
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-29
NOW PUERTO RICO, U. 5. A
Insular Cabinet swears Allegiance
20 the United states-Last Span
ish Troops Depart.

Washington, Oct. rs. - The navy de-
partment Monday received the follow
Ing:
"san Juan. Oct 2s-Secretary of the
Navy: Evacuation OF Puerto Rico COM
pleted by sailing OF last detachment Of
Spanish troops to-day
(Signed) ''ScHLEY.'
San Juan de Puerto Rico, Oct. 25.--
The members OF the insular cabinet
took the oath of allegiance TO the
United States Sunday with befitting
solemnity. They will issue manifesto
announcing their resolution TO avoid
partisan politics and end party strife.
About $4,000 have been collected as
customs duties since October IS, the
day the United States formally took
possession of Puerto Rico.
The efficient work of the United
States commission has won popularity
with it's members among the people OF
San Juan. and there have been num-
Der of graceful fareweIls exchanged.
a movement has been started to
send Puerto Rican commission to
Washington in order TO represent 10
the authorities there the needs of the
people of this island.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-29
Deed of a Demented Mother,

Toronto, Ont, Oct. ga dreadful
tragedy was enacted in the east end OF
the city Friday night when Eliza Bur.
rill, wife of well-to-do mechanic, be.
came dementcd and strangled her
three children, Ethel, aged eight; Stan.
ley, aged three. and Harold, aged II
years. The husband of the woman
found oil of them on their mothers
bed dead when he came home from
work. The woman is evidently de-
mented. She says her reason for the
terrible deed was that she did not
want them TO grow up wicked.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-29
FLOUR GOES UP.
Advance of 81 Per barrel In the Chi
cago Mnrkct-IIigher Price for
wheat In New York.

Chicago, Oct. 25.-Flour is making
another record for itself in the rapid
fly with which IL is going up in price.
To-day mill men will ask $3.50 a bar
rel, an increase of ten cents over the
price of Monday and 80 cents more
than was asked two weeks ago. The
commodity is following the wheat
market, and every cent rise in wheat
adds five cents . barrel TO the price of
-four. Wheat went up three cents
Monday The increase in price has not
affected sales 10 any extent as deal
ers are buying freely. Cold weather
Is the time chosen TO stock up, as flour
keeps better in winter than in summer,
and the price is liable to many fuctua-
lions.
New York, Oct. 25.-The highest
prices of the season were reached in
the wheat pit Monday. December sold
up TO 77sl cents during the regular
session and reached 7S cents on the
late curb. The advance followed a
weak opening and was based on a
sharp drop in consols and late adj
vance in Liverpool cables resulting
from a war scare.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-29
BACK IN WASHINGTON.
Presidential Party Arrives In WASH
ington-wOrk To negin on Mes
sage az Once.

Washington. Oct. 24.--President Nc-
kinley and his party arrived here at
2:25 Saturday afternoon, after an alb
sence of two weeks, The train made
no long stops between Pittsburgh and
Washington. and the schedule was mr.
ranged TO anticipate the gathering Of
no large crowds, so that the ride
through Pennsylvania and Maryland
was really n rest for the president
after his hard work In the west. Pres
ident Mckinley has been seeing
crowds, speaking, shaking hands and
receiving congratulations every day
from soon after daylight until nearly
midnight, and yet his marvellous phys
ical endurance has left him looking
even better than when he left the
white house. II is all the vacation he
will have. in spite of the nervous strain
during the war. and to-day he will be-
gin work on the annual message to
congress, which will necessarily be one
Of the most important state papers OF
this generation.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-29
Failure of the Apple Crop.

Chicago, Oct. 25. ~ The Orange Judd
Farmer says that the apple crop OF
the United States Is smaller than II
has been since reliable statistics have
been collected. The total supply from
the 1898 crop Of the United States is
2T,T0O.00O barrels. compared with
something over 100000 barrels last
year and 70,0000o0 In the record break
ing crop Of 1896. The failure is wide
spread, reaching from the Pacific
coast TO Maine, and in none of the
states does the output of the fruit APP
proach an average.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-29

10 Assume the Cuban Oh
legation.

Paris, Oct. z5.--The meeting of the
Joint commission Monday was the
longest yet held, and IL is learned
on direct authority that the Gu
ban debt was the sole question
under consideration. The Amer
lean commissioners returned q
resolute and final refusal TO
assume any obligations in Cuba aris-
Ing out of contracts made by Spain or
on her guarantee. The American re-
ply trasersed all the arguments put
forward in the memoranda handed in
at the last meeting by Spain, and its
preparation in both languages occu-
pied considerable time. The American
commission demanded that the pro-
ceedings should be accelerated, The
next meeting Is fixed for Wednesday.
1t is fully expected the Spaniards will
now accept the inevitable on the Gu
ban debt, rs they will do on all other
points when IL comes TO the scratch.
The notion that Spain has any idea of
breaking Off negotiations and resum-
ing war is regarded as sheer craziness,
as she has neither money, men, arms
nor ships 10 defend her shores.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-29
Peace Cross Unveiled.

Washington, Oct. PA most i'm
pressive ceremony in this city Sunday
was the unwilling of the peace cross
on the summit of Mount ST. Adams,
the site for the new Episcopal ca
tbedral. The ceremony was in lieu
of laying the corner stone of the edi-
Gee. which will be known as the Ca
thedral OF SIS. Peter and Paul. Presi-
dent Mckinley attended and delivered
a brief address. Many other distin-
guished men were present. besides
300 bishops and other high dignitaries
of the church. which has been holding
it's convention in Washington.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-29
slain Defore the Camera.

Omaha, Neb.. Oct. PA lovers
quarrel ended in murder and suicide in
the parlors OF downtown photog-
rapher at noon Sunday. John Mel
ebert blew out the brains OF Lillian
Morris and then his own. They were
standing before the camera at the
time preparing TO have their pictures
taken. She desired TO have their atti-
tude one indicative OF love when the
picture was made and was posing with
her arms around her lovers neck when
he suddenly drew pistol and slew her.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-29
KILLED nj. wife.

Austin, Mimi. Oct. 25.-Sheriff John
son brought in John Il. Anderson, aged
90. Swede living on n farm in Mar
shall township. who murdered his wife
Sunday. They had quarreled repeat
cdly for several years, and he wished
90 get n divorce. He pounded her head
10 jelly and gashed and cut her ter.
iibly. lie has served in Jail before for
abusing his wife. Six children sur
vive. The coroncr's inquest resulted
in verdict of murder.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-29
May Marry Again.

Vienna, Oct. 24.--Eforts are being
made by influential members of the
court 20 persuade Emperor Francis
Joseph to marry again. The heir ap-
parent. Archduke Francis Ferdinand,
IL so unpopular that grave trouble is
feared when he ascends the throne.
For that reason the birth of new
successor 10 the aged emperor would
cause rejoicing throughout the king
dom.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-29

Kingston. Ont, Oct. 24.--The Mont
real transportation company's tug
James a. Walker and two barges. the
Hector and Kildonan, from Charlotte,
n. Y, for Kingston, with coal. sank
during n gale on Lake Ontario Satur-
day night. One man named Laduke
was drowned. Loss. 500, 900.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-29
word from Dewey.

Washington. Oct. ga telegram
was received by the secretary OF the
Navy Friday from Admiral Dewey al
Manila. in which he said nothing with
regard 10 the political situation In the
Philippines or the capture OF any more
ships belonging either to the Span.
iards or TO the insurgents, or at least,
II he did. the officials of the depart
ment will not admit IL.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-10-29
Gen. Merritt Privately Married

London. Oct. 2.-Maj. Gen. Wesley
Merritt, who was recently in command
Of the United States troops at Manila,
was married privately late Monday
afternoon TO Miss Laura Williams, OF
Chicago, who recently arrived here
from New York. The greatest secrecy
Is maintained regarding the ceremony.