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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12
MINERS ARE PROSPEROUS.
An Example of the benefits of q Pro-
tectiye Tariff TO Work.
inEmen.


| No better illustration of the benefi-
cial effects of the Dingley tariff could
be desired than may be had by COM
parison of the financial and industrial
condition of the southeast Missouri
lead district now and two years ago
AS is generally known, lead is the lead
ing product of this section, and the
price of this staple is sort of barome-
ter governing the price of all other
products. AS the price of lead goes up
or down, the price of labor, farm prod
ucts, ETC., advance or decline.
Under the operation of the Wilson
tariff law the price of lead was steadily
hammered down until at the time OF
the presidential election of 1896 it was
only worth about 2M cents per pound.
At this price it was only the largest
and best equipped plants that, by rea-
son of great output, were able to con-
tinue operations without actual loss.
| And even this was only made possible
| by q system of cconomizing that, while
| cutting expenses in every other direc-
ton also, necessarily reduced the price
of labor to the lowest living rate, while
the amount of labor that could find en-
ployment even at these reduced rates
was greatly restricted.
Lead being the basis on which every
other industry rested, and from which,
directly or indirectly, all others OBJ
tanned the means of continuing their
existence, it naturally followed that,
owing to the small amount of money
disbursed by the lead interest, the de-
mand for all other products was greatly
reduced, enterprise of every kind was
completely paralyzed, and condition
of business stagnation that amounted
to absolute financial distress existed
in the lead district of southeast Mis-
souri, less than two years ago.
To realize the change that has been
wrought under n republican admins
tration in the short time it has been at
the helm, one has only to open his eyes
and look about him. An advance Of
about 30 per cent. in the price of lead
has restored. wages, inspired new min
ing enterprises, giving employment to
additional labor, while the old plants
are all operating to their full capacities.
Large accessions have been made both
to the population and permanent
wealth of the district, while feeling of
security and confidence in the sound
ness and permanence of our present
financial system pervades the whole
community.
During the past eight months there
have been more substantial improve
ments made in this place (among which
may mention a S25, 200 public school
house, than during any previous five
years in its history. Republicans do
not now have to offer arguments in
vindication of their policy, it being
only necessary to refer to their record
and point to facts already accom-
plishcd.
In the meantime those who two years
ago were near going into commissions in
contemplation of the dire calamitcs
that they assured us would follow q re-
publican victory are now too busy gath
ering in all they can of republican pros
perity to say word in vindication of
their now defunct theories.-St. Louis
| Globe Democrat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12
LIES OF sILvERITEs.
The Panic Makers Are Again ut Their
Old Tricks-Their Flop ON
the War.

A local democratic silverite paper
prints some cartoons representing the
republican party as disclaiming the
war at its approach and claiming 1t
after 1t was over. The falsity of such
assertions will be apparent to every
thinking man. When the proposition
of war with Spain first began to be
preached the great majority of the
''peace at any price" men were sixteen
to one bad money democrats, headed by
} Bryan and fanlied by mugwumps. And
now a sixteen to one organ has the I'M
! utterable effrontery to label its own
party's unpatriotic bellowings as re-
publican.
The Notwithstanding, panic-making
free silver democrats ut the head OF the
party never wanted to see Cuba freed,
first, last or at any time, But the young
men among the democrats, in spite of
their unpatriotic leaders, joined the
young republicans in insisting that
Spain should be punished for its horri-
Bile perfdy in destroying the Maine,
and that the Cubans should be rescued
from its tyrannical, robber grasp The
whole republican party, with the presi-
dent at its head, came marching rapid
ly up to this patriotic position, not only
remaining there but progressing rs
events progressed.
What have the democratic leaders
done in the meantime? At first they
pretended to support the president in
his war measures, because they were
afraid of the resentment of the young
democrats. But they soon saw that the
war was going to table or kill their
darling sixteen to one, panic-making
scheme, so they ceased to support the
war. Since then they have been fight
ing it and its supporters and bowling
for nothing but the bad money plank of
Bryan's Chicago platform. That was
the cause of their backward flop. That
is where they stand.
This prating about n republican
war" is all in the talk of the partisan
sixteen to one democrats. Why are
they all nti-expansionists, Col" Dry
an at their head? Why are they maxi
ing war on the president? Why are the
bad money schemers steering n and
deriding republican craftsmanship"
and Offering nothing themselves but
hostility and abuse? They hated the
war from the word go, and they hate it
row, with all its glorious results, be-
cause these things only show up the
contemplate littleness of their pratt
cal designs upon the credits and the
prosperity of the nation. That is the
real animus of all the democratic jcal-
ousy of the recent war.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12
COMMENT AND OPINION.

rTEvery man advocating the free
coinage of silver Mt sixteen to one Is an
attorney for the degradation of Amer
lean wage-carners.-J. Sterling Morton.
ryLet the fear which the Bryanites
brought to the country in July, 1896, be
brought to it to-day and factories
would begin to close down tomorrow.
indianapolis journal.
DThe American dollar is received
with full honors in our new posses
sions. 1t needs no apology, standing
good everywhere for 100 cents. - st.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
GyThe New York Sun remarks that
the Iowa democracy determined to
stand by Bryan and not by American
Ism, and concludes: christening never
teaches the Iowa democrats anything"
Iowa State Register.
DAbundant crops and good prices
have done much to win back the
Nebraska farmers from the support OF
popocratic heresies. No wonder Col
Bryan wishes to get home and attend
to his fences. With Nebraska republic.
an in 1898, Bryan's prestige ut the ma,
tional convention would be feeble in
deed.-Troy TimeA
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12
DRESS OF A DIVER.
IL weighs Nearly Two Hundred
Pounds and In Described ms De-
Ing Very Complicated.

"Under the Sea" Is an article about
divers in st. Nicholas. 1t is written
by James Cassidy, who says: The
dress Of fully-equipped diver weighs,
in round numbers, ITO pounds. Taking
off his everyday garb, the diver pulls
on his thick underclothing-a white
knitted sweater and trousers, and n
pair Of ribbed stockings, also white.
Should he intend TO work in unusually
deep water, he puts on two. sometimes
three, sets OF underclothing. to relieve
the pressure of the water.
The wooden clothing donned, the
next garment Is the diving-dress,
measuring for a man Of average
height, five feet five inches from the
| collar to the sole of the foot. This
dress is made of solid sheet India-rub-
Der. covered on both sides with tanned
twill. 1t has n double collar, the in
ner one to pull up round the neck, and
the outer one, of red india-rubber, to
go over the breastplate and form
water-tight joint. The cuffs also are
of red india-rubber and I'll tightly
round the wrists, making. when Sc
cured by the vulcanized india-rubber
rings, water-tight joints, at the same
time leaving the divers hands free.
In the outer collar IL holes are bored
for securing the breastplate. This is
made OF timed copper. The outer
edge is of brass, and has IL screws
firmly fitted to it at intervals, and
projecting upward. These projections
pass through the corresponding holes
in the outer collar IF the dress.
The band OF the brcastplate in
four sections. and the holes in the sec
tons pass over the projecting screws,
and are secured in place by wing-nuts
or thumb-screws, us the illustration
shows. \ little careful consideration
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12

middle of this room, trying to make out
objects, of Just what sort / was not
quite certain, but firmly convinced that
there was some person in the room be-
side myself. could not see them, or
him, l could hear no one breathe; ]
just felt that there was another living
being in that room and the feeling was
not one conducive ID entire equanim-
ity on my part, either.
But I continued to whistle, oh, dear,
yes; and think went through that
silly ballad tune twice while l stood
and like Micawber waited for some
thing to turn up. Nothing turned, and
my hair finally regained its normal
position on my head.
Then, walking boldly through the
room, stepped out at the front door,
unlocked it and down the steps to the
sidewalk, winding up the chorus OF
Maggie with flourish.
"And then, and then only, did
realize that / had been whistling the
tune at all.
tion of my car l thought over the af-
fair and the more / thought the more
convinced was l that somebody was
hidden away in that Sunday-school
room.
"'If it is a tramp and he stays there
all night and sets the church on fire,
my conscience will prick me forever
afterward,' was my final conclusion.
Clearly it was my duty to find the po-
liceman on this beat and GO back to the
church.
'But, concluding to find policeman
and then finding him are two totally diff
ferent propositions, as you may have
heard before. After hunting about ten
minutes or soft was raining, too, by
this time, coming down hard-I gave
UP the struggle, and resolved TO go
back alone.
"If there is no one there, then I'll
just prove to myself that I've been inn
aginative and nervous, and that's what
I'm beginning to think, anyhow &c.
back went.
"Unlocking the church door I
stepped in, and on to the Sunday
school room. 1t was-darker than ever.
I literally could not see rod ahead
of me, coming in and out of the
street light, and, as you know, / had
not n single match.
II walked across the room to the
piano, where had left roll of music
that was my excuse to myself for
going back, you know-and as turned
to leave by the same route, made out
the form of man leaning against the
wall with q club raised in his right
hand. lie was about dozen yards
ahead of me, on my way to the door.
"And this is the point where l found
that / could not whistle. ! was still
thinking of Maggie and my brain
was forming the tune all right, but, by
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12
81 CAN'T

II anything you asked OF Tom
He always said ~ can'tv'
And one fine day there came to him
A present from his aunt.
1t was parrot, gayly clad
In white and red and green,
Tom said so fine bird as his
Had never yet been seen.
He bought cage, n splendid cage.
And placed the bird within;
He tried to make his parrot talk.
But not word could win.
All sulky there the bird did sit: q,
A week passed by, AMI more; ~
But not a single word he said
OF all he learned before.
20 Polly. speak," cried Tom one day.
His boon the bird did grant;
And opening wide his mouth, he cried
81 can't! / can't! | can't"
Christian Work.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12
MARE AND PANTHER.
Description of n Desperate Battle he
tween Animals Recently Wit
messed In Maine.

A writer in the Youths Companion
tells of a desperate battle which he
witnessed in Maine between mare
and panther. The mare and her colt
were in an inclosure when the hungry
panther made its appearance at the
fence. Vixen, the mare, watched the
lank, tawny creature stcalthily APP
proach, evidently with the object of
dining off the colt. The little animal
had run under its mothers neck and
stood there trembling. The marauder
leaped for his prey, but quick as n
flash the mare turned and met him in
the chest with her heels. The panther
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12

turned complete somersault and
slighted on the fence, from which he
made another>spring in few mo-
ments. Again the ready heels of the
mare riet him, this time still more eff
fectively, and he lay half stunned. Be-
fore he could recover Vixen was tear
ing him to pieces with her teeth,
though the bloodthristy brute was
able to tear her neck and shoulders Sc
verely. The panther was soon over.
come and fell to the ground, where
he was furiously trampled by the mare
being finally dispatched by long knife
in the hands of an observer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12
IF


II. sitting with his little. worn-out shoe
And scarlet stocking lying on my knee.
I knew the little feet had pqttered through
The pearl-set gates thatlit5twixt heaven
and me.
I could be reconciled. and happy; too.
And look with glad eyes toward the
jasper sea. Pn
II. in the morning. when the song OF birds
Reminds me OF music far fpore sweet.
I listen for his pretty brokeI words
And for the music of his dimpled feet,
I could be almost happy, though heard
No answer and but saw his vacant seat.
j could be glad IT, when the day is done
And all it's cares and heart-aches laid
away.
] could look westward to the hidden sun
And with a heart full of sweet yearning
say:
-"To-night I'm nearer to my little one
BY just the travel of single day."
If could know those little feet were shod
In sandals wrought of light In better
lands.
And that the footprints of n tender God
Ran side by side with his In golden sands,
I could bow cheerfuly and kiss the rod,
Since Bonnie was in wiser. safer hands.
If he were dead would not sit to-day
And stain with tears the wee SOCK on my
knee;
would not kiss the tiny shoe and say:
Bring back again my little boy to mel
i would be patient, knowing twas GODS
way,
And that He'd lead me to him DER deaths
silent sea.
But. oh. to know the feet once pure and
white
The haunts of vice have boldly ventured
The hands that should have battled for the
right
Have been wrung crimson in the clasp of
sin
And should he knock at Heavens gate to-
night
fear my boy could hardly enter in.
-oshawa (Ont) Nindicator.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12
A PREVENTIVE OF Fire.

To prevent fires where fues and
chimneys pass through infiammable
partitions water jackets Of tin or light
metal are placed around the openings,
the solder of the pockets melting in
the heat and discharging the fluid on
the fire.-Cincinnau Enquirer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12
Ring. on Their Toes.

People in India wear rings on their
toes as well as upon their fingers, and
take much pride in so doing. They look
queer to travellers, but no more so
than do some Of the travellers attach,
ments to the natives.--Every Where.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12
A TARIFF FOR THE PEOPLE.
The DinEley LAW Has Put Money In
the Pockets of Our
Laborers.

A census of leading industries in AZ
states and territories shows that under
the Dingley law there is a great in
crease in wages paid to labor. The
amount of wages for 1898 is A per cent,
or $1,000, 615,272 greater than in 1895.
This comes home to all who were out
of employment or were employed at
low wages in 1895 and 1896. There was
improvement as soon as ii was known
that Mr.. Mckinley was elected, and
there was still greater improvement as
soon as the Dingley bill became law
A billion dollars more went into the
pockets of workingmen in the last
year than in 1895. If the amount paid
| to agricultural laborers, miners and
miscellaneous workers is added. the la
borers of the United States will be
found to have received $2,O00,0OO,0 900
more in 1898 than in 1895.
The value of the home market in the
United States is 20 times the aggregate
value of all our foreign markets. The
Dingley law gave the Americans The
advantage in the home market, yet at
the same time it enabled our manufac-
turers to enter foreign markets 70 n
larger extent than ever before. The
exports of merchandise from the Unit
ed States increased from $703, 1902 200
under the Wilson tariff in 1895 to ST.
21O, 201,01 under the Dingley tariff in
1898.
When President Harrison sent his
last message to congress in December,
1892, the country was at the high-water
mark of prosperity. The national debt
had been decreased, there was surplus
in the treasury and there was activity
in every branch of industry. Under
Cleveland and the Wilson tariff the ma
tional debt was increased. the treasury
was depleted and industries were pros
trated. Under the Dingley tariff law
the surplus in the treasury incre ased,
md when war came upon the country
the money for war expenses was ready.
In spite of war we continued to send
American goods abroad and to receive
gold in return. The Dingley law has
increased our producing capacity. has
put more money in the pockets OF our
laborers and has built up great enter
prises that have given employment to
thousands who, under the Wilson law,
were idle. What more can the Amer
lean people ask?-Chicago Inter Ocean.
UMark Hanna is about the cleverest
Dolitico1 0enerol the renublican mn RI "
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12
Exceis That Of q woman.

Wife (reading the paper)-The a.
raffe has tongue IS inches long.
Husband-Aren't you jealousy NY.
World.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12

UMark Hanna is about the cleverest
political general the republican party
ever had. He is generally admired by
republicans. He has proved himself to
be wise, sagacious, honest and incor-
ruptible. The public has confidence In
his integrity.-Detroit Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-11-12

An English peer cannot resign N
peerage.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
orn, III, 900 bushels; oats. 1000 bush-

corn, III 900 bushels; oats, 1000 BUSH
els.
shipments-Wheat, 5000 bushels;
corn, Io3, OOU busnels; oals, 5,UUU Dus4i-
els.
Baltimore, November 19.-Flour, dull
and unchanged; receipts, 6,997 barrels;
exports, 22,0S2 barrels.
Wheat, dull and steady; spot and
month 71A@71Rc; receipts, 1864
bushels; exports, p, 633 bushels; south
ern wheat by sample 66@72c.
Corn, strong; spot and month 37A@
3Sc; steamer mixed 35A @351sc; re-
ceipts, 192,074 bushels; exports, 1871, 142
bushels.
Southern white corn 32@37c; do. yell
low 34@36c.
Oats, firm; No. white 311a@32c; re-
ceipts, 45,150 bushels; exports, none.
Rye, firm; No. western 5IAc; re-
ceipts, 6,637 bushels.
Butter, steady, unchanged.
Eggs, firm; fresh 231ac dozen.
Cincinnati, November 19.-Flour,
steady.
Wheat, firm; No. red roc.
Corn steady; No. mixed 35c.
Oats, firm; No. mixed 271a@2Sc.
Rye, easy; No. 2, soc.
Lard, firm at $3.50.
Bulk meats, easy at $3.50.
Bacon, easy at S625.
Whisky, firm at S1.25.
Butter, dull.
Sugar, steady, higher; hard refined
S447@579.
Eggs, steady at 1Sc.
Cheese, firm.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
LIVE STOCK.

Chicago, November 19-The small
supply of cattle to-day was easily dis
posed Of at former prices, choice steers
S. 300s5 rs; medium, 81 1904 50;
beef steers, S4 O004 20; stockers and
feeders, SO 00@S4 50; bulls. 81 21@
81 10; cows and heifers, SO 30@$4 90;
calves, So 50@$7 90; Western rangers,
So 65Q$4 So; Western fed steers 81 90
Q$5 Is; Texas grass steers, So 300
81 10.
The demand or hogs was brisk at
yesterdays range of prices. Sales
were at SO 1908 So as an extreme
range for hogs, with the greater part
changing hands at So 35@S3 so. Pigs
sold at 81 4O0S3 So, largely at 81 900
So 20. Hogs sold 71a@10c lower than
a week ago, and sc lower than year
ago.
A remarkably unsatisfactory week
for sheep closed quietly there being no
improvement in the demand. Feeders,
SO 500S3 rs; yearlings, 81 90; West
ern sheep, 50 1884 10; lambs, SO 500
s. 90
Receipts-Cattle, zoo head; hogs,
$4,000 head; sheep, 1000 head.
East Liberty, Pa, November 10
Cattle, steady; extra, S. 1905 80;
rrime, 81 90@s5 10; common, So 200
SO 60.
Hogs, shade stronger; prime heavy
and best mediums, SO 1898 so; best
Workers, SO 350$3 40; common to fair
Workers, SO 30@$3 So; coarse hogs,
So 2O0$3 80; pigs, So 300$3 40; skips,
and common pigs, 50 50@S3 10;
roughs, So 25G$3 90.
Sheep, slow; choice wethers, 81 300
81 40; common, 81 506s3 so; choice
lambs, IS 20G So 80; common to good,
SO 5oG$5 90; veal calves, ST 00Qs7 So.
Cincinnati, November 19.-Hogs,
steady, IS GO@s3 45.
Cattle, dull, 81 500S4 Is.
Sheep, dull, 50 250S4 90.
Lambs, dull, 81 00Q$5 IS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
ARRIVE.
TRANs-oHIO DIVISION.

TRANS-OHlO DIVISION.
For Columbus and Chicago. 7:35 a. m.
and 315 p m, daily.
Columbus and Cincinnati Express, 1880
a. m, daily, and 11:40 p. m, daily except
Saturday. and 2:40 a. m, sunday only.
st. Clairsville Accommodation. 1880 a.
m, and 3:15 p. m, daily except Sunday.
ARRIVE.
Chicago Express, Ills a. m. and n;4o a.
m, daily.
m. daily
Sandusky Mail, SIS p m, daily.
St. ClairsVille Accommodation, IL 40 a
m and 5:1J p. m, daily, except Sunday.
WHEELING AND PITTSBURG DIV.
For Pittsburg 5:25 and 7:15 a. m. and
$50 p. m. and 2:40 y. m, daily.
For Pittsourg and the East, 90 a. m,
2:40 p. II. and go p. m. daily
ARRIVE.
From Pittsburg 1925 a. m. 6:25 p. M,
11:lO a. m daily. and 1:30 p. m, daily.
except Saturday, and 2;30 a. m, Sunday
only. .
PASSENGER and Ticket Agent Wheel
ing, w. Va. -
w. NJ GREENE,
General Manager.
d Il MARTIN,
Manager Passenger Tranic, Baltimore,
Md.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
METAL.

New York, November 19.-Pig iron
quiet; southern 50 1911 25; north
ern $11 00011 rs. Copper firm; lake
brokers' $12 rs. Lead quiet; brokers'
So 50. Tin steady. Spelter steady.
The metal market of to-day was very
small affair. The Metal Exchange is
sued no report. The firm naming the
settling price for miners and smelters
at the west quotes lead at S. 80; cop
Der at S12 Is, and casting copper at
$11 IS.