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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
HIS POROUS PLASTER ROOF.
This Saving West Nirgininn shinEied
His House with odd Material.

This Saving West NirEininn ShinEIed
Ills House with odd Material.
Pompey was a soldier in the confcder-
ate army and was wounded at the bat
lie of Gettysburg. After the war he set
tied down on little farm near Moores-
field, w. Va, and has lived there ever
since. The farm is small and Pompey
is not prosperous. The only thing that
has fourished with him of late years
has been the pains caused by his old
wounds, and for those nothing afforded
relief except porous plasters.
He had a contract with the village
druggist to supply him with porous
plasters by the gross, ard the tax on his
resources became so great on account
of being addicted to the porous plaster
habit that he became penurious, and
demanded that old tin cans and
broken forks and every other odd and
end should be saved. And especially he
charged'his wife to save the old porous
plasters. The plasters had stuck to him
and he would stick to the plasters. lie
was as proud Of his cabinet of old plas-
tiers as man given to the bric-abrac
Cul ~ hhbit 10 Va hib' NciiN
declared that sometime they would
come in mighty handy. ~
Now there were three buildings on
Pompey's farfn-his house, his barn
and dilapidHted building where he
kept his farming tools and his collec-
ton of old tomato cans and his porous
plasters. One night the house burned
down, and the family moved into the
Toulouse. 1t was good enough except
that the sun and the stars shone through
thereof. Then came che triumph OF
the porous plasters.
Pompey got out his collection and
shingled the whole blessed roof with
old plasters, and as they were thick
with burgundy pitch they served well
the purpose and made the roof wnter
tight. Now people come miles to see
the house shingled with porous plas-
tiers, and Pompey says they draw bet
ter than they did when they were on his
back.--N. Y. Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

TIA year hence the democrats may
be bowling against the surplus, as they
were eight or ten years ago. The repub-
lican tariff law of 1897 promises to bring
eventually a considerable excess in rev.
enue, and TO thus disturb the demo-
Gratis as the republican tariff act Of 1883
did. At all events, the deficits days are
numbered. There will be no bond sales
to piece out the revenues while the re-
publicans are in power. = st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

r1Hon. William Jennings Bryan is
now happily engaged in giving his i'm
pressions of Mexico. and no doubt they
will be found amiable. Mr.. Bryan is an
exceedingly impressionable young man,
but his heart remains true to silver
wherever he roams. Still, a new subject
for lecture must be pleasant TO him
and to his hearers. There are moments
in almost every day when the ordinary
mind forgets the sublime doctrine OF
sixteen TO one.-N. Y. Sun.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

x - As to Taking Things.
"The easiest way to get along in this
world is to take things as you find
them"
THAT'S all right until you get
cnught."--Chicago Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

Ex-senator Hanna has demonstrated
once more that good business man IL
not necessarily a poor polltician,-Cbi-
cago Inter Ocean.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
BUSINESS IMPROVING.
The Republican Tariff Is Making n
- Good Showing.

The closing half of December has
been remarkable for the volume of it's
business and the comparative paucity
Of failures. Both of the leading trade
agencies. one of which is tinctured with
republican and the other with demo-
cratic sympathies, agree in the state
nent that times are materially better
Speaking of the holiday business, which
is a pretty fair index of the public feel
ing, Dun reports an unusual briskness,
At many points the largest trade for five
years. Bradstreet's, never enthusiastic
over the fulillment OF republican
economic prophecies, gives the holiday
trade credit for notable activity" I'M
der an upward trend of prices. 1t also
says that commercial failures remain
about nominal"
There is no disposition on any side TO
take lugubrious view of the failure
of the Singerly banks in Philadelphia.
The circumstances under which they
fell are radically different from those
which brought so many financial insti-
tutions to grief here and elsewhere
during the panic Of 1893. Mr.. Singerly
was doing good business both in bank
ing and publication, but he burdened
himself with the obligations of great
paper mill at time when the price of
paper ruled low. Even in the flushcst
times men fail when they get too many
irons in the fire, or invest heavily in
enterprises which are under the scyercr
tests of competition.
The items upon which it is most reas-
surfing TO dwell in the latest trade re-
ports are, aside from those already
named, vigorous export trade, an adj
vance in wheat and corn, heavy pur-
chases of domestic wool, stronger de-
mand for iron and its products and for
cars, an increase in the number of build
ing contracts. The sole point of appre-
hension is the cotton goods market.
Only three-fourths of the year have
seen republican administration, and
less than six months a republican
tariff. During all this time manufac-
turers have had TO meet the competition
Of the extra stocks ofNgoods brought
into the country during the closing
months Of the low tariff. That so much
prosperity could be gained so soon and
sustained so well is as complete justi-
fication Of the promises made in behalf
of the republican party in the last cam
paign as the supporters Of Mckinley
and protection could desire.--San Fran
cisco Chronicle
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

One reason why man hates TO change
clothes is because he always forgets to get a
handkerchief.-Wa Democrat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-07-21
THOUGHTOGRAPHS.
Woman is nearest perfect when ,

Woman is nearest perfect when most
Wpmanly. { -
. 1T is a wise man that doesn't repeat
his own wisdom.
No, politician eve poses as a reform
.er while in office.
A folding bed must be pulled down
before 1t al be done up.
The man that makes the least noise
is often the most dangerous,
The man who kicks for justice some
times gets more of it than he wants.
Married men always have more but
tons off their clothes than bachelors.
Whatever Noah's shortcomings were
he knew enough to go in when it rain
ed.
A COW may have many good qualities,
but she is too modest to blow her own
horn. II :. :. J.
The wise father always tries to bring
up his children in the way he should
have gone. . -.
A woman can get q s6aftaess husband
In about five minutes, bat 1t sometimes
takes a lifetime to get rid Of him.
The man who goes fishing and sits
in a cramped, uninviting position all
day and icallss 1t fun is the chap who
never goes to church because the pewa
are uncomfortable.
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ferring to trust to their powers as
swimmers, rather than suffer the fate
Of their companions of the Don. Juan.
Several other shots struck her, but the
Americans, seeing that it would be a
waste.of powder, turned their attention
to the other boats.
The Maria Christina began to sink
rapidly and Admiral Montejo and a
few officers had barely time to untangle
a boat and pull off in it before his flag
ship, the finest Spanish boat in Asiatic
waters, sank in the bay. He tried to
reach the Reina Mercedes, but she was
in so. hot a corner that he hadIto go on
board the nearest boat, which proved to
be the Isla de Cuba, a small and in
ferior cruiser. 1t is said that a ma
jority of the Reina Christmas crew
were killed or. drowned, but some of
the men were picked up by the Spanish
fleet and the ships. exact loss in men
cannot now be ascertained. The flag
ship burned fiercely during the rest of
the fight, but sank before any explosion
could occur. She is a total wreck. All
this had taken place within sixty min
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vite peninsula, and commanded a wide
sweep of Manila bay itself. He did
not know the strength of those. batter
les, but he had the, seaman's caution Of
risking a fight with a land fertilization.
He had at the same time to beware Of
the still stronger Notifications farther
up the shore, the particular d~efenses Of
Manila. The Baltimore and Concord
stood down the bay for a mile or two
and began a heavy cannonading upon
the Cavite batteries, lasting twenty
seven minutes.
Their work was effective from the
start and the Spanish reply was short
and ineffective. The cruisers ran in
quite close to the shore and the work
of their gunners dismounted several
Spanish cannon and killed a large num-
Der of men. The position of the Amer
lean ships prevented the forts on the
hills behind Bakor bay from keeping
up anything but a desultory fire, and
even some of this was SO badly man.
aged that 1t dropped into the Cavite
battery. From the very first shot of
the battle Manila was in a panic.
The stream of people who began to
leave last week turned into a river and
that river into a flood, and when the
foreign Office here last heard all was
confusion in the city and its suburbs.
Also there vas word that the insur-
gents had moved up to within fifteen
miles of the western gates. ..
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-07-21
ONE CENTS r

How a Dozen Boys and En-
joyed That Much Electricity.
A cents worth of electricity can be
made to go a very long way sometimes.
This fact has. been discovered by a
crowd of small boys in the western
section of this city, who frequent the
neighborhood Of the union depot. On
1.-The pavement, just outside a cigar
store in that vicinity, is a penny-in-
the-slot machine, which, upon being
FED with "a copper cent, dispenses
enough electricity to make your blood
tingle pleasantlNle to make you jump
about in a hysterical frenzy, says the
Kansas CITY Times.
Yesterday a dozen or, more young
STEERS Headed by a boy, of about 10
ageaTsSayho was the proud possessor of
acents swept, whooping and shouting,
around the.;eorner of Mulberry street
and bareydoRn upon the electrical ma
chine Thenestheys lined up in a half
circle: 5ThesboY who was Supplying the
capital Erasp@ .oae,of the handles with
his right }handan gave his left to
THE next boy. Thus they all Joined
ahands, the last Boy grasplns the other
handle of ~the:.machine. The keeper OF
1.-THE cigar store, who had%been ~intrusted
with the care of the penny cried care
you ready?" The boys yelled Let 'er
co." In chorus. ThelBwo end boys be-
gan slowly to pull out.the handles and
the whole line began a wild dance,
which developed into a veritable In
dian ballet as the power increased. It
lasted for about a minute and then pc
tered out. Talk erbout,de Spaniards,'
shouted the leader, as they trooped
down the street, IVY, dey amt in it.
: Wait IL w takes de 'tricity to dem.
Won't dey cut shines? Well. I guess
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-07-21

The reformation Of the fleet took
some little time, but so SCOT as this
was accomplished the flotilla proceed
ed with full steam on as though il were
sailing in broad daylight in American
waters. 1t was still dark at this time.
but presently the dawn began to break,
and the sur arose in all its oriental
splendor. 49,.
The weather was calm and sultry and
over the waters of Manila bay a thick
haze, 30 common to early morning in
those parts, hung like a curtain,
through which the rays of the coming
day penetrated with dull but beautiful
hues. Gradually, however, this lifted,
and the dim outlines Of the hills in the
neighborhood of Cavite were discern
ible. Nothing whatever could be seen
Of the Spanish fleet, but the Americans
knew they were but a few minutes
away from the greatest naval battle Of
modern times. The nerves Of the off,
GERS and men on Dewey's feet were
keyed up to the strongest tension. Ev-
cry officer was at his post and every
gunner behind his weapon, which he
had watched for hours. The word had
gone around, not by word of mouth,
but by some subtle psychology:
Remember the Maine! Remember
the Maine and into drawn faces there
came that look which one sees only
when man, stirred by strong and prim-
tive emotions, determines to meet and
fight his enemy to the death.
The breeze freshened up from off
Cavite and at 4:3O, the enemy was in
sight. ships as we'll as land batteries.
AS near as could be. determined at that
time eight Spanish ships were in full
view, but their identity was not Of
course known to the Yankee fleet. 1t
was soon apparent, however, that two
more Spanish cruisers were close at
hand and there was other shipping, not
clearly distinguished, near by.
1t was plain that the Spanish ad-
miral was taken entirely by surprise.
His fleet was ready, but he did not ex-
pect the Americans to enter the bay.
Admiral Montejo had fully expected
the American feet to remain in the
vicinity of Subig bay and that he would
have to go out to the open water to
meet it. He thought Commodore Dew
ey would try to force an entrance past
the batteries of Subig bay and make a
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-07-21

nonading upon the American fleet, but
many. of it's shots fell short and some
came nearer to the Spanish boats than
to the. Americans. After the battle
had ragged for an hour the American.
fleet retired by twos to the Nashan and
Zafiro, where they ~recoaled, the re-
mainder>of' the fleet keeping up the
fight. None of Commodore Dewey's
fleet showed any apparent injury to the
Spanish fleet. They Unanswered with
as much ease as though they were
merely going through a squadron evo-
luton in calm waters. Nearly all the
Spanish fleet showed bad injuries, and
the loss of life among their sailors was
so great that the commanders moved
the ships with difficulty. The transfer
of Montejo's flag to the Isla de Cuba
was not noticed for some time, in the
confusion and wreck of the Spanish
fleet, and it was nearly fifteen minutes
before he made his boats understand
where their admiral was and what he
wanted them to do. Then there was "a
cessation of really hard fighting for
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-07-21

about twenty minutes, wh&n,the Amer
lean fleet reformed it's line and began
once more.i;,::1Fhis time the Isla de Min
danao, a converted cruiseb and the
Don Antonio, de Ulloa were SO badly:
disabled that they retired slowly and
took no further paft:in the, fight. ,
Again the guns'at Cavite rearedaout
a steady bass chorusto the water fight,
and the gunners appeared to have sse-
cured better range upon the American
fleet, for Dewey ordered a general
change of base and the fighting was
forced in the direction Of Manila. Mon
tejo had by this time recovered his
presence of mind and reassembled his
shattered Zine, presenting a bold but
battered front to the enemy. He en4
deavored to put heart into his men,
but the fight had been taken out of the
Spaniards and they seemed to feel that
there was not the slightest chance of
their winning. Montejo's officers and
most of his men behaved splendidfy for
the first hour, and stood by their guns
with desperate bravery, but it, was clear
to the foreign warships in Manila har-
Dor that they were outclassed as gun
F'ners as their commanders were as sea-
men. The last half our of fighting
had no heart in 1t so far as the Span
fards were CONCERNED, and the Luzon,
Velasco and Cuba were the only ships
which really made any -shoM Of stand
ing up to the Americans. At II O'clock
the work of the American feet was
shown to be more effective than was at
first supposed, for in the bay toward
Manila three other sunken Spanish
ships were seen. The names could not
be ascertained. , The Spanish govern
ment officials claimed that these YES
sells were sunk by Admiral Montejo to
keep them from falling into the enc
my's hands, but the Americans deny
this and say that they were sunk by
shots from Dewey's fleet. The Cebu, q
Spanish transport loaded with coal and
ammunition,s was.set on fire by Ameri-
can shells and sank:off Cavite. The
| Cavite batteries continued the fight for
some time after the fire of the Spanish
ships slackeneds But they, toe, became
| silent about $50. A Spanish lieuten-
ant, who was badly wounded. on the
| Reina Mercedes and was landed5n near
IsCavite with a load of other victims,
many of them dead or dying, said:
'The greatest naval battle Of the world
f~occurred today we'were defeated. but
no wonder when~one s%considers the
heavy armament of the Yankee ships,
The Spanish navy was ignorant of the
power of the feet against which 1t was
pitted. Our boats, many as they were,
were no match for the enemy, but the
honor of Spain is intact"
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1t was 4:25 p. m. Saturday, April 30,
when the American fleet passed Subig
bay, which is on the China sea, and
around Mariveles peninsula from Ma
Mia and Manila bay, and steered d.
rectly for the entrance to the mouth
of the latter.
AS it drew near the entrance the
fleet slackened speed, for. it was then
near shutdown. All the ships were
dark, the decks cleared for action and
the sharpest outlook kept in all direc-
tions. The entrance to the harbor was
thought by the Spaniards to be we'll
defended and it would be so considered
against anything but a fleet such as
came there from Hongkong. On the
left-hand side entering there are two
batteries, one on Point Mariveles and
a smaller one further up the bay. On
the right hand side there are also two
batteries, n at Limbones point and
another at Restingo. These last are
on the Cavite side of the bay. In the
middle of the entrance are three is
lands, the largest of which is Carre-
quideo, which was to have been forti-
fed, but the Spaniards did not have
land armament to spare. 1t was I'M
derstood that the entrance to the bay,
as we'll as the bay itself, was loaded
with electric mines and torpedoes, but
II this was the case, they did not ex-
plode, for the American fleet sailed
over and through them unframed. AS
the fleet approached the entrance in the
dark the progress became slower, and
one officer Of the Olympia suggested to
Commodore Dewey the danger of be-
ing blown up. To this Dewey is said
to have replied grimly: Its a case of
Mobile Bay now" which was interpret
ed to mean, in Farragut's words:
"D-n the to%rpedoes! Go ahead"
All this time the vessels proceeded
almost noiselessly on their way. When
the fleet had rejoined, inside Of the
bay. Commodore Dewey reformed his
line in the following order:
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opportunity to take note of an engage
ment~ which must mark an epoch in
naval warfare" AS a matter of fact.
the Raleigh, Boston and Baltimore
were reported to have been struck by
Spanish shells and seFeral men Killed
and wounded, but thesyictims, having
been landed at a distant point upon
the shore, the names could not be as
certained at the time the. Spanish, .au-
thorities cut the cable or at least stop
ped its use at Manila.
When the Don Juan blew up a cheer
arose from each of the American fleet
and again~the cry went up, "Remem-
Der the Maine. The. Maine is avenged
From his post Commodore Dewey gave
out his orders. and these commands
were to keep m~aneuvering. 1t was this
order which rendered the shots from
the Spanish gunners =. SO = ineffective.
They and their commanding officers
seemed unable to locate any of the
American ships in time to deliver the
brGadsides where they intended. No
sooner would a gun be sighted than
.luC WhOiO AAtCi lSdh No4uddI III = WOulu
have seemed to change position, and
the Spanish shots simply churned the
water in the bay. Those shells which
did take effect did SO almost. without
exception merely by chance, and it is
quite likely that some of them came
from the land batteries. =. When~the
Spaniards heard the explosion of the
nar T,ar thaxy ooxo cHo, 49,
thinking it was one of the American
feet, but when the dull yellow smoke
lifted and they saw their cruiser a total
wreck and the bay in it's vicinity full
of dead and wounded Spanish officers
they shrieked with agony and Montejo
is said to have lost his head and to
have run up and down the deck al
ternately cursing the Yankees and the
Don Juan's captain for his reckless
ness.
The explosion unnerved the Whole
Spanish fleet, and it may be said ITO
have determined the whole battle, for
it proved the turning point. Montejo
had no time for vain regrets for his
W flagship was soon struck twice by
shells. The attack of the American
feet was recommended almost imme-
diately after the explosion, and some
of the hardest knocks were directed at
h Reina Maria Christina. Her cap
tain, 'Cardozo, and eight gunners were
killed by a shell, and almost in the
same instant a full broadside from two
American ships struck the Spanish
boat. killing two officers and a large
number of men. lust then the Maria
Christina was discovered to be ON fire
and sinking. The crew broke from all
discipline and rushed to-, the sides,
jumping over, officers and men, pre-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-07-21

The changes in methods of operation
and operating staff on the Chicago Great
Western Railway, which have been fore
casted in these columns, became effective
on May 9th. The official" circulars issued
by Mr.. Raymond Du Puy, General Super
intendent, announce the adjustment of
the office Of Superintendent of
Transportation and the appointment
of Mr.. J. Berlingett, who has
held that position: as Superintendent of
the Southwest Division. extending from
Kansas City, Mo-, to Oelwein, Iowa, with
headquarters at Des Moines, Iowa. Mr..
J. A.. Kelley is appointed Superintendent
of the Northwest Division, including main
line Oelwein- to Minneapolis, and the Lyle
and Hampton branches, and is located at
St. Paul, MINI. Mr.. o. Corneilisen is APP
pointed acting superintendent of the
Eastern Division, Chicago to Oelwein,
headquarters at Dubuque, Iowa..
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W. 8. Gilbert wanted five thousand
dollars as damages because a London
paper said he was given to pomposity,
envy and ingratitude, and the jury
disagreed. Mr.. Gilbert satirizes men,
women and ideas rather more than any
other man, and 1t is not reasonable
that he should be sensitive to that sort
of thing as applied to himself. 1t re-
minds one of the generous lad who
said to his companion, LET us play
I will hit you with a club and you will
back up against the fence and cry
The suggestion that those who give
should be willing to take would evil
IDENTIFY come to Mr.. Gilbert as a new
proposition.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-07-21

We are asserting In the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word '~CASTORIA," and
"PITCHER'S CASTORIA, as our Trade Mark.
I, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massa-
chusetts, was the originator of PITCHERS
CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does
now bear the facsimile signature of CHAS. H.
FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the
original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA" which has
been used in the homes of The mothers of
America for over thirty years. Look carefully
at the wrapper and see that it is 1.-THE kind you
have always bought" and has the signature Of
CHAS. H.. FLETCHER on the Wrapper. No
one has authority from me to use my name ex-
cept The Centaur Company of which Chas II.
Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, M. y.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-07-21

A man in New York gave his girl
two brand new front teeth as a we'd
ding gift, ito fill up the gap as he
expressed it. Directly the two separ-
ated, and then, on the highway, he
tried to pluck the teeth from the gap.
and the magistrate before whom he
was taken fined him ten dollars for it,
The proprieties of life ought to be re-
spected. Only a stingy mar would
have limited his generosity to two
teeth. He should have given her a fui,
set, a wig, and a cork leg.