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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
THIS PARROT HAS A BANK ACCOUNT,

Mcdonald, sister of the Mrs. Bradford
with whom he finally lived, and whose
heir he now is
In the Bradford family he became a
very great pet. He was especially the
favorite of Mr.. Bradford, upon whose
shoulder he would sit for hours in deep
thought. His conversation was never
of the flippant, chattering sort. lie
would always speak when spoken to or
when occasion seemed TO make it neces-
sary, but he never talked, as most par
rots do, simply to hear his own voice.
He seemed very fond of Mr.. bradford,
and for weeks after that gertleman's
death he mourned
But after awhile he came to look upon
his sorrow philosophically and began
to show as much attention to Mrs. Brad
ford as he had to her husband.
That Mrs. Bradford was extremely
fond of Polly is shown by the provision
she made for him in her WILL The $4,000
Is to be invested in mortgages by Mr..
George II. Pierce, who is made trustee
by the will lie is to support the parrot
through the rest of his life. lie is
groomed, fed and bathed with all the
care of the most priced pet in the world.
He has all the palatable viands in the
market, such rs polls eat. For instance,
he has n select assortment of crackers,
well picked nuts, seedless rasins and
cakc.-N. Y, World
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
A NEGRO CAMP MEETING.
The Typical Thing ms It Is Seen In
the South.

There is perhaps no more favorable
place in which to study negro charac-
ter and manners than the camp-meet-
ing. This time-honored institution is
no less social than religious in its
nature. 1t is usually held in a partly
cleared grove under the auspices of the
local clergy. Hither the colored pop
ulation of the surrounding region flock,
coming on foot, in carriages and wag-
one, in ox-carts and mule-carts, on
horseback and muleback-in short, by
every conceivable mode Of locomotion.
Their dress is as varied as their vehicles.
Indeed, the negroes of the south are OF
all people the most cosmopolitan in the
matter of dress. Clothes of every imag-
Unable style. color and previous con-
dition Of servitude" are pressed into
use, so that in this particular they pre-
sent as great variety as the beggar in
the nursery rhyme.
AS we approach the grove, what n
medley of sound breaks upon our hear
ing!-the neighing of horses, the bel
lowing of cattle, the scesaw braying of
mules, the laughter and screams of chill
dren, and joined with these a perfect
babble of human voices, the whole
forming discordant din, such as no hui
man ear never heard elsewhere. En-
tering the grounds, we pass bands of
children, climbing. tumbling, romping,
like so many troops of Monkeys,
gawky young fellows awkwardly MAX
ing love to dusky beauties; groups OF
brawny men discussing abstruse points
of theology with as much zeal and more
harmony, perhaps, than body OF
learned divinity dectors.0 Here and
there gossiping company Of old
"uncles" and "aunties" may be-sAHsre-
yiving the memories Of bygone days.
Nv! It. Hewetson, in Chautauquan.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
CAPE GOD SANDSTORMS.
Far More Dreaded Than Arc the
western Dlizznrds.

! The blizzard is an unknown quantity
! in Massachusetts, but in the vicinity of
Cape Cod they have a substitute which
| is nearly as bad--in fact, the inhabi.
tants dread it more than, the people Of
! the west fear the blizzard. These are
the sanGst0rms which blow over that
| remarkable arm of lands. When the
wind blows in n gale from the north
east the soft, light sand drifts in inn
mense clouds, completely obscuring all
objects around further than ten feet
away. 1t is worse than snow in many
respects. 1t not only covers up the road
or trail in short time, but it changes
the general features of the landscape
permanently. People get lost in the
sandstorms, and often, when the storm
subsidies, the landscape is so altered
that they are bewildered and puzzled in
trying to locate their homes.
The sand may not be as freezing cold
rs the snow, but il is far more injurious.
1t cuts and grinds the face as it strikes
it, and performs about the same opera
tion ms sandblast. Men who have been
lost out in the furious sandstorms and
members of the life-saving patrol have
returned home at night with their faces
lacerated and discolored so that they
resembled raw beef. Even the glass
windows of the houses are so ground by
the flying sand that they have to be re-
placed often by new ores. After one
heavy storm it is almost impossible to
see through the glass. People now shut
the blinds of the houses facing the
wind during sandstorms in order to
save the glass. No man can face the
sand clouds and endure the pain long.
As the prevailing sea winds are from
the northeast on the cape. the sand
dunes are drifting steadily and persist
emily toward Provincetown, Province
town owns its existence to-day 10 wise
laws which empowered "beach grass
committee" to enter any MINIS Enclosed
garden or field and plant MARIAN grass
II the sand was uncovered or movable.
Chicago Chronicle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
HUMOROUS.

-Yabsiey-"Think you'll get chain
less wheel?" Mudge-"If do it will
be at the cost of wearing watchless
chain."-Indianapolis Journal.
What do you think of your mother
in-law?" asked Gains wife's sister of
Gains wife. "She's n very original
woman" replied Mrs. Cain.-Puck.
-Unchanged.-"Wey seems to re-
tain his military tastes" "What do you
mean?" This paper says that he de-
sires nothing more than quiet re-
II eat."-Puck.
Put in Circulation.-"Miss Tiker
wouldn't have me, but she evidently APP
preciated my proposal" "Why do you
think SOP" "She told IS different girls
about it."-Chicago Record.
--"They say Dumley's wife rules him
with rod of iron" "Oh, no; that's an
eXageration. Why, she can make him
jump by merely crooking her little fin
ger at him. Words.
In the Front Row.-"Your husband
seems to be much balder than he was
last year." Eyes, he's pretty close TO
Tic Indl SLuRe. ne uIdl
"Yes, the vaudeville stage."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
-"Ionest?" he exclaimed. Honest?
Well, rather. lie not only wouldn't
steal from an individual, but he actually
refused to steal from the government
once when he had the opportunity
Chicago Evening Post.
"A schoolboy was asked to explain
the formation of dew. His answer was:
"The earth revolves on an axis every "a
hours, and in consequence of the tre-
mendous pace at which it travels it per
spires freely."-Tit-Bits.
The Pleasant Part.-Teller-"Co
Gassaway, the politician, 1latters him
self that he is following in the foot
steps Of Thomas Jefferson" Grim
shaw-"Yes; he Ratters himself; but,
after all, it is just as well--it makes
Gassaway feel good, and Jefferson
doesn't mind."-Puck.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08

winter afternoon for a game of whist
in fact, no one ever seems to go there
except on AT Home days. when there
your hotel would be very popular,
Celia"
Perhaps" said Martin, "thcre are
faults on both sides. If hotels are not
built for women, perhaps women are
not built for hotels"
''What do you mean?" asked Celia.
81 mean," said Martin, "that perhaps
women in hotel are little-well, out
of place"
THANK you," said Celia.
"Or, rather, out of their element. You
see, If L want a game of billiards just
go into the billiard-room and ask the
first likely man / find If he will have q
game. And then the winner stands the
loser a drink. 1t doesn't matter in the
least to me il he has-well, run away
from his wife,"
81 don't see what that has to do with
it," said Celia.
SITS the very kernel of the whole mat
of hotel life is that people should take
each other at their face value. Now,
women are always fidgeting lest the
other womaa-sheuld be forgeries. Look
here, Celia; supposing there were
ladies' billiard-room here, do you think
II would be more cheerful than the
drawing-room?
"Of course it would" said Celia;
"there would be something to do"
But would anyone do it?" 1 asked.
would you, Celia, walk up to the first
casual stranger you found and invite
her to a game?"
Celia looked thoughtfully at the book
in her hand, opening ii and shutting it
and said nothing.
"Then it won't be any good altering
hotels" l said, "unless we alter women
at the same time"
"For my own part" said Martin, 81
find them both very pleasant as they
are"
Celia gave little laugh. "Well," she
said, II suppose had better go and
read in bed. 1t seems the only thing to
do. Don't be too late, George."-Black
and White.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
ShUI-EYE TOWN.


Ho! no! there-all aboard for "Shut-Eye-
TOWN."
The brakes are all up. the signals pulled
down.
How silvery and soft the conductors last
note,
AS over the ear the sweet syllables float:
Bye-lo, bye-lo to "Shut-Eye-Town."
oh! wonderful city is shut Eye-Town"
Then haste in your dainty white travelling
gown:
No baskets OF luncheon or wraps will you
need,
For this trains going through with light
ning-llke speed.
Bye-lo. bye-lo to Shut Eye-Town."
Fairies and brownies are waiting us there.
Jewels and rainbows. and blossoms so rare,
Soft summer breezes, and bright singing
birds.
Friends with caresses and sweet, loving
words
Bye-lo, bye-lo to Shut Eye-Town."
Clara J. Denton. In Our Little ones.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08

as his sturdy little legs could push the
pedals, and with one thought upper
most in his mind-to reach his father
before he had served a single customer.
Johnny had often been over the route
with Barker, ST., so he knew just which
customer would be served first.
How the people paused on their way
to work that morning to see the hatless
little chap pound madly over the rough
cobblestones! But Johnny saw none
of their amazcment, did not even see
the big policeman who shouted to him
to stop-a mist swan before his eyes
and his heart beat so loud he could hear
nothing else. With his eyes glued to
the front wheel, he tore fiercely around
the corners, regardless of the danger he
exposed himself to by collision.
The sweat poured from every portion
of his small anatomy, and his face was
red as flannel, as he madly rode into the
street where lived the first customer to
be served. At brcakneck speed he tore
up that narrow thoroughfare and al
most shouted aloud with joy, exhaust
ed as he was. when he saw his fathers
wagon standing in front of the house.
The customer was about to take the
milk in the house, when Johnny dashed
up and haf fell, half staggered off the
wheel.
After IL was all over, and Johnny had
recovered from his fearful strain, the
first words he said were these: "Say,
papa, I'd been too late II she hadn't
been n good one and geared to ~, and
oh, pop. it's dandy, and I'd like to have
one like it. Can't /, pop?"
As you may suppose, Barker. ST., came
to the conclusion that Johnny had we'll
earned bicycle, and II wasn't many
days before ne bSd one--a nice, new
up-to-date racer; and his father was on
day heard to proudly remark that
Johnny was the best rider in oil
country round. IL / were to
Johnny's real name, some of you
and girls would be surprised, I'd
day he Is one of the best-known
/ distance riders in America.---A. n
! terthwaite, in Chicago Inter 0ceal
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
lifts, electric lights, electric bells, bath

lifts, electric lights, electric bells, bath
rooms, all the latest sanitary"
"Pomf!" said Celia. III suppose you
suggest that should go up and down
in the lift by way Of amusement and
ring the electric bell for a chamber
maid to talk to me by way of converse,
ton, while you and Mr.. Howard are
playing billiards or drinking whisky
and soda in the smolSing-room
Il think see your point" said Mar
tin. There is clearly q deficiency
somewhere. What about u ladies'
smoking-room, and ladies' billiard
room?"
swell, why not?" said Celia, after a
moments reflection. ''Two women out
of every three smoke, and there's moth
ing absolutely immoral about billiards,
is there? You see, women want ra-
tional enjoyment as well as men, where
as"
Naturally" said Martin.
"But why ladies' smoking-room ?"
said Celia. "Why not have the same
smoking-room for" Celia contem-
plated the point of her shoe. caught
Martins eye.
mo, suppose not" said Celia. "But
then"
There's the drawing-room,' l said.
"a noble apartment"
"rve just come from there" said
Celia. 1T contains three dowdy old
ladies and that poor girl who is so sat
upon by her mother. For ten min
utes no one spoke. And then had to
come away-or scream. What would
you have done If / had screamed,
George?"
Now that's very curious" l said. II
should have thought you would have
done much as we do in the smoking
room, told one another stories and stood
one another-coffee; and so on"
"But l had never spoken to them; 1
didn't even know their Names" said
Celia.
"All the more reason
George, you don't understand wom-
en- one little bit'
1T seems clear" said Martin, that
hotels were not built for women. I
hadn't thought Of it in that light be-
fore, but now that you point it out,
Mrs. Matthews"
81 should really like" said Celia, rto
build hotel on my own lines, and man
age it so that women had an equal
chance of enjoying it with men. You.
see, hotels are built by men for men,
and the consequence is that women are
expected to content themselves with
drawing-room where there is no one to
speak to-and back number of the
Queen"
81 seem to remember" said, "a place
that is run by women for women, and
it didn't appear to be uncommonly live
ly or sociable."
"Where?" asked Celia.
you took me there" replied.
20, the club" said Celia, looking
thoughtful.
There is no billiard-room," contin-
ued, land you can't get anything decent
to eat or drink; you never drop in on
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
PARROT CAPITALIST.
This BIRD Has Four Thousand Dol
lars In u Boston Bank.

4 poll parrot with bank account of
$4,000 lives in luxury at the Hotel Glad
stone, Roxbury, Boston. The $4,000 is a
legacy left him by Mrs. Mary ID. Brad
ford, his late mistress. The income is
to give him all the health, comfort and
delicacies pretty poll might wish.
He is very interesting bird, with all
the education and refinement that a
long life in Boston can give. He came
from Brazil some 25 years ago, an ig-
norant though beautiful, fellow. and
since then he, has never been outside of
the Hub His first home was with Mrs.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
1 RESCUED DEER,
Twenty-Four of the Animals Hem
med In by the Ice.

Twcnty-FOur of the Animals Hem
med In by the Ice.
Mans relation to the wild creatures
of the world is in the present day so
commonly that of destroyer that it is
pleasant to read of n case in which men
assumed the character of rescucrs, and
in which the rescued were not unappre-
ciative of the Kindness shown them.
An April of the present year two gen
tlemen of bismarck, n. d., discovered
"a deer hemmed in by the ice and wa
ter above Bismarck. They were in
clump of bushes, shut in by the ice,
ncck-deep in water, and had become so
thoroughly chilled that they had no
power to save themselves.
The two men went to the spot in
skiff and cut passage through the
ice, but even then they had to drive
the deer along and compel them to
swim ashore. The poor creatures were
nearly chilled to death, and two of
them were quite helpless on reaching
land. These two were taken to barn
and thawed. They made no resistance
when carried in, and submitted to hav-
ing their legs rubbed to restore the cir
crlation.
Even when they could walk again
they seemed in no hurry to depart,
probably finding their warm quarters
more desirable than the icy water in
which they had so long stood. They
showed no distrust of their rcscucrs,
and were manifestly grateful for the
help they had received.
Twelve other deer were found on
cake of ice, and II was necessary to
splash water on them to get them to
swim ashore. In all probability both
parties of deer would have persisted but
for the humane exertions of the two
gentlemen COMPANION.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
TO REACH THE POLE,
Attempts Made in the Prc-IIistoric
Ares.

ages.
At the close of the middle ages, when
the deficiency of knowledge of the
earth was great, avarice and the quest
for the goods of the south led men into
the northern ice; they sought to reach
India by the shortest possible routes,
where they would not meet rivals and
enemies. This was the object of Ma
gellan's circumnavigation. The Cete.
rum Censeo of James Lancaster assert
ed that the way to India was north,
around America. India was the OBJ
ject of the polar navigators, Cabot in
the fifteenth, Frobsher and Davis in
the sixteenth, and Hudson and Baffin in
the seventeenth centuries, to name only
a few of the most famous. 1t is aston
ishing what these daring British and
Dutch sailors risked, suffered and
gained.
They did not, indeed, reach India, but
we all know of Hudson bay, Davis
strait and Lancaster sound. AS we
owe to the men of the stone age, who
lived before all history, one of the most
important possessions Of man, the great
paths they marked out upon the earth
across streams, over mountains and
through wilderness and plain. which
are still the routes of to-day's highways,
so these older arctic navigators marked
out the courses of their successors. The
ships of the whalers and seal hunters
followed them, discovering one bay,
island and channel after another, nam
ing them and marking them on maps.
George Gerland, in Appletons' Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08

-Dunstable, England, has two
legged shepherds dog that is still able
to attend to his duties. The legs on the
right side were cut Off by a reaping
machine, but the dog manages to bal
nnce himself on the other two and runs
two miles on them to the farm where
the sheep are kept. :.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
TIT for Tat.

$50 you want my daughter?"
81 do"
slave you any money!"
IA little. How high do you quote
her?"
Then they glared at each other In ST.
lcnce for minute, and as II by mutual
consent, all reference to financial mat
tiers was eliminated from their con-
versation after tbat,-Chicago Post.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-08
Eve In the Gnrdcr

Mr.. Nailor-why was Adam given a
wife?
Mrs. Nailor--To perfect him In hus.
bandry, OF course.-Harlem Life.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-06-03
Where Women Excel.

Man has done wonders since he
came before the public. He has navi-
gated the ocean, he has penetrated the
mysteries of the starry heavens, he has
harnessed the lightning, and made it
light the great cities of the world; but
he can't find a spool of thread in his
wife's work basket; he can't discover
her pocket in dress hanging in a
closet; he cannot hang out clothes
and get them on the line the right
end up and he cannot hold clothes
pins in his mouth while he is doing it,
either; nor can he be polite to some-
body he hates. In short, he cannot do
a hundred things that women do al
most instinctively. For instance: A
woman will broil steak and at the
same time see that the coffee does not
boil over, and watch that the cat does
not steal the remnant of the meat on
the kitchen table, and dress the young
est boy, and set the table. and see to
the toast, and stir the oatmeal, and
give the orders to the butcher, and
she can do it all at once, and not half
trv
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-06-03
TOUGH GOOSE.
The Cruel Joke Played Upon an
Old Negro TaAilcrmist.
Washington Star.

Every day for thc past half decade
an old gray haired negro has passed
through the grounds "i the national
museum on the way to the northwest,
where h. makes a living lay doing easy
tasks Tor his old mistress The work
shop of the taxidermi>ts has ever been
Il place OF great interest to the old
man and he never passes their door
without CHEEKY good morning greet
ing or visit OF uncertain duration.
The scientists. too, have grown fond
OF their duSky friend, and Nose is the
first one for whom they inquire when
returning from the long journeys and
the last person for whom good
natured message is left as they leave.
Bul the scientists cannot resist an
occasional joke at the expense of the
Old man.
Nose happened into their workshop
the day before Christmas, just after
one of the scientists had been skin
ming Il large bald eagle. AS the old
negro wandered aimlessly about the
room, airing his unfailing wealth of
interrogatives one of the taxidcrmists
called to him.
Nose, would you like to have a
nice goose for your Christmas dinnerT'
Deed I would. Pze 'bliged to you
a t'ousand times if you GIBBS me de
goose" exclaimed Nose enthusiastic
ally.
When he left the shop the lifeless
body of the eagle protruded conspic.
uously from the newspaper bundle
under his arm, the old man still ex-
pressing his gratitude volubly as long
as he remained in sight.
Monday Nose again wandered into
the shop. "How did you like that
goose, Mose?" asked the chief.
"Dat goose" said Nose ruefully,
"was just de toughest goose eber see.
Golly, he must hab been de fader tall
de ganders. billed dat goose, and l
parbiled i'm, den 1 billed i'm gen, but
shuts you bohn Diet ar wuz de chew
ines behrd me an de old woomun cher
seed"
"Oh, you didn't cook it right" said
the chief, with q smile at the others.
Come in tomorrow, and we will give
you another"
The next day, when Nose came hob.
bling in, large snowy owl lay on the
bench, with its skin drawn over its
head.
"There is your goose, Mose," said
the chief in as nonchalant q manner
as possible.
The old negro looked suspiciously
from the scientists to the bird, scratch
ing his woolly head meditatively.
"See here, boss" he said finally,
"ef faint no trouble I'ze like t'see de
feet on dat goose afore carries i'm to
de old woomun."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-06-03
Clever Advertising.
Youths.

Youths.
At certain large public library
there is rule, which ought not to be
necessary, that men and boys must
remove their hats on entering. One
Saturday afternoon, when the room
devoted to the circulating department
was crowded, a man of middle age
came in and took his place in line.
He had book or two under his arm,
as if for the purpose of making an
exchange, but he did not remove his
hat. On the contrary, he had it
jammed down we'll on his head, and
there was determined expression on
his face that seemed to betoken a firm
purpose not to take it off.
An attendant stepped up to him
and quietly asked him to remove his
headgear.
"No, sir" he responded in loud
voice. "You have no right to make a
man take his hat off. This is free
country"
Certainly it u.s." rejoined the at
tendant, "but you can't get books at
this library ifyou don't observe the
rules"
"I'd like to know why not"
because its the rule. That is suf-
ficient."
"You insist on my taking off this
HAITI" asked the man in a still louder
voice.
"Yes, sir. do"
BY this time the attention of every
body in the room had been drawn to
the obstinate visitor.
"Well," he Moderated, III take it
off if you insist, but want you to
understand I do it under protest"
He removed the offending hat, dis
closing q head as bald as a billiard
ball, with this inscription painted
upon it in black letters that could be
read 20 feet away, "Use Smithby's
shaving SOAP"
And he was the observed of all OBJ.
servers for the next half hour.