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The Mena star., 1898-03-23

People who think they are misunder- stood are really understood too well.-Chi- cago Record.
The Mena star., 1898-03-23
A Strained Issue.

Cholly Ahtless-I nevah change my mind.
 His Uncle-For the same reason, l pre- suine, that you never change a seven-dollar bill.-Ainslee's Magazine.
The Mena star., 1898-03-23

The man who regulates his wife generally has one daughter who can regulate him Chicago Record
The Mena star., 1898-03-23
Their Enrx Time.

"No wonder" said the Cornfed Philoso- pher, "that people lived so long in tfse old Biblical days. They didn't know anything about bacteria a-"-Indianapolis Journal.
The Mena star., 1898-03-23

How many women do $40 worth of wor at missionary dinner for about 75 cent profit!-Washington Democrat.
The Mena star., 1898-03-23
Pie Takes His Eve.

nns ,oi 1to boy)-Is your stomach il rapa-That boys stomach is
 Al apple-pie -Up-to-Date.
The Mena star., 1898-03-23

There Is a politeness of the heart, and ss able politeness of demeanor-Goethe-
The Mena star., 1898-03-23

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar r lieves whooping cough. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minut
The Mena star., 1898-03-23

After six years suffering, was cured h, Piso's Cure. Mary Thomson, 291 Ohi' Ave, Allegheny, Pa, March l9, '94.
The Mena star., 1898-03-23

from his mistakes turns the best school master out of his life.--Henry Ward Beeches
The Mena star., 1898-03-23

There is no rhyme for silver, but it jingles with gold very nicely.-Chicago Daily News.
The Mena star., 1898-03-23

The mind requires not, like an earthet vessel. to be kept full; convenient food ane ailment only will flame 1t with desire of knowledge, and an ardent love ot truth Plutareh.
The Mena star., 1898-03-23

The speculators who bull the market often have to bear the losses.-Chicsgo Daily News
The Mena star., 1898-03-23

Cold? Stiff as poker. Use St. Jacobs Oil. Timber as whiplash. Cured.
The Mena star., 1898-03-23

With cold Neuralgia increases With Sf Jacobs Oil it decreases and IS cured
The Mena star., 1898-03-23

Don't bend. Wait little. St.
 Jacobs Oil will cure your lame back.
The Mena star., 1898-03-23

Rupture. Surecure. Book free. Write for se to S.J. Sherman. Specialist, Nit. Vernon, N. k
The Mena star., 1898-03-23

Even baby was cured of burn By St. Jacobs Oil Read directions
The Mena star., 1898-03-23
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c
The Mena star., 1898-03-23

If he was cripple from rheumatism, he Isn't now. St. Jacobs Oil cured him.
The Mena star., 1898-03-23
BEETs AS LARGE AS YOUR ARM.

The editor o [ t h e .."BrownCity M ic higanl
 B a n n e r'' recently paid a is t to " e S t e r n c a n a q a, and r.,..l..
The Mena star., 1898-03-23
AN ovERwoRksD BRAIN.
From the Baoons

determined to rise in b;s l' obon, ma
 p;a f1on as an educator, Ernest sem Kemda proiesl and aedIeeton Ind, overtaxed himself pl anu na pnysleay. He was ambitions hei.all h;s ,,1,l nt maS dWays on his work. From es,lv iI,s nnlu over bis is'e s at night he continually bored pore
 Few Fnurned ne the candle at both ends
 stit,,t; ;op persons, even with the strongest con.
 Tn Od,i' add!'4 can Keep up under such strain was teacb;nnh tb,snoh to his studies, Mir. Kemper th HIS home Finally, his excessive ai,eS stnd rom a slI e eAposure of going to and from school diu iu "'i u hlnus ot weather undermined his beeith I,' and de was taken to his bed with pnenmon;a mo ,i, Fn,, Fau ms overworked brain almost collanSnd
 c CafeveL several weeks he was seriously iii '7eN bis ,a,ln rs;nJ mad taken root in his system and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-03-12
Religion. Compromise.

A certain governor of Rhode Island
who lived in Newport and was a mem
Der of the Congregational church, mar
ried a woman who was a Baptist, with
out any understanding as to the ar
rangement of religious matters. The
first Sunday morning after the mar
riage the pair started out at church
time together. They walked side by
side us far as the corner of Church and
Spring streets, where their accustomed
ways to church diverged, and there
they stopped. He stood with a little
logged leaning toward his church, she
with the same leaning toward hers.
"Well, wife," said the governor, (which
way shall we go?" She made no an
swer, nor did she make any sign of go
ing his way. The governor looked up
at the beautiful spire and CHEEKY door
of Trinity church, under the shadow of
which they stood. Hal" said the gov
ernor, 'let's throw up both our
churches and go in here!" And into
Trinity they went, and were devout
Episcopalianse ever after.-Boston Tran
script.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-03-12
J,mm,e,. E..ny ON Hearts.

Hearts is located in yure insides re-
Jun of yure stummicks. The theology
says they works like pumps, which is
the milkman's best friend. The heart
is a very important organ, but it don't
make no musick.
My brother, which Is n poick, says:
"What harmny when two hearts beets
like l." / wish pa wood take lessing
from 2 hearts. He beats like GO.
Pa tole me once his heart was back
in the old viligge where he was born;
but 1 am afraide he is Tyre, becos
when Kate was married he said: my
heart is 3 full much" and he didn't
get no tlegraft from his birthplace.
Bymeby he fell under the tabul, and
sum wun enthusiastically remarked that
it was very full.
King Richard had a lying heart; but
have got broked heart, which is
worse. Dere reader, amt girl heart
less to give me the cold stare becos my
hare is red? Can I avert the dekrees
of the Fates, which has got hold on
mortals?
am n cynick row. which meanes
everyone Is foole butt me.--Jimmie.--
London Answers.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-03-12
GROWTH OF MORAL CHARACTER
The Habit of Doing Right should lie
Cultivated.

The child, when he comes into the
world, has everything to learn. His
nervous system is charged with tenden-
cies to reaction and impulses to mo-
ton, which have their survivals from
ancestral experience. Exact knowledge,
by which his own actions can be made
exact, must come through his own ex-
perience. The experience OF others
must be expressed in terms of his own
before il becomes wisdom. Wisdom, as
l have elsewhere said, is knowing what
it is best to do next. Virtue is doing
1t. Doing right becomes habit If ii is
pursued long enough. 1t becomes
second nature" or, we may say, a
higher heredity The formation of a
higher heredity of wisdom and virtue,
of knowing right and doing right, is
the basis OF Misunderstanding.
The moral character is based on
knowing the best, choosing the best
and doing the best. 1t cannot be built
up on imitation. BY imitation, sug-
gestion and conventionality the masses
are formed and controlled. To build up
man is n nobler process, demanding
I0dteTldlS anu InetHOdS VI d uCl VI
der. The growth of man is the as
sertion of individuality. Only robust
men can make history. Others may
adorn it, disfgure it, or vulgarize it.
The first relation of the child to ex-
ternal things is expressed in this: What
can do with it? What is its relation to
me? The sensation goes over into
thought, the thought into action. Thus
the impression of the object is built
into the little universe Of his mind.
The object and the action it implies are
closely associated. AS more objects are
apprehended, more complex relations
arise, but the primal condition re-
mains-What can 1 do with 1t? Sen
sation, thought, action-this is the nat
ural sequence Of each completed mental
| process. AS volition passes over into
action, 80 does science into art, knowl-
edge into power, wisdom into virtue
David Starr Jordan, in Appletons' Pop
ular Science Monthly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-03-12
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

New Orleans has always been the
most typical French city Of the United
States and the center OF musical and
The Royal opera of Berlin employs
33 solo singers. The Berlin opera and
operatta theaters together give employ
ment to 443 male and 1888 female singers.
Last year $50, 0S6 persons visited the
National gallery in London, a daily
average of 2,343; 29,607 persons saw the
pictures on the 20 Sundays which the
gallery was kept open.
France has appropriated 100000
francs for commencing new war ships,
expediting the construction of the navy,
and establishing a naval base at
Bizeerta, fortified seaport of Tunis.
Mrs. Amelia f. Barr, the authoress,
is quoted as saying: "There is going to
be reaction from the aggressive, ath-
letic, sporty woman to the old-fashioned
woman, and when the old-fashioned
woman comes in again she will stay
in"
Give man musical education, or
at the least, an appreciation of good
music and you have given him an in
centive to a higher and purer existence.
No other accomplishment will give him
higher ideals or a keener perception Of
the better and brighter side of life.
Mr.. C. II. Mitchell, of Toronto, sug-
gests the use of scrap or refuse mica
in making coverings for boilers and
steam-pipes, where it's properties us
a non-conductor of heat will be valu-
able. Another use is as packing or
protection to walls or roofs exposed to
heat, or in other locations as fire.
proof material.
There are 0o7,743 pensioners on the
rolls of the federal government. The
total expenditure for pensions last year
was $13s,214,761. Officers and employees,
exclusive of local pension examining
boards, numbered 1896. During the
year 1,029,506 letters were received by
the pension department and 1898, 400
letters and cards were sent out.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-03-12
THE wREsTLERs AT WORK.

through the hole where the hands of
the figure are supposed to be, as shown
in Fig. 2; then, if II couple of boys have
hold of the two ends of the thread, it
will be found that the figures can be
made to struggle and push each other
about in most comical manner. They
should be placed on dark tablecloth,
so that the black thread will not be
noticed. If bent pin is fastened to one
end of the thread so as to be hooked into
the cloth at one side of the table, one
person placed ut the other side of the
table can work the figures without any
help.-Golden Days.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-03-12

while the lower part is used for making
his legs. The legs are joined to the
body by "A piece of wire, such as half OF
II hairpin, which must be twisted up at
the ends to keep things in their place.
To bore the holes through the legs
and body, u wire skewer made red-hot
will answer very well. The thin ends
of the pieces that form the legs must
be attached to the body. so that the
thicker ends hang downward and make
the legs move loosely.
For the arms, two pieces of thin, Hat
wood are required, each 2a4 inches long
and three-eighths inches broad. Holes
are bored ut each end of these, and also
in the middle, and, with penknife, 10
is well to shape the middle part little
SO as to roughly represent the joined
hands of the two figures. These arms
are secured to the figures in the same
way as the legs-that is, by wire
passing through the body; and when
this is done the figures are complete.
To work them, a piece of black
thread, a yard and a half long, is passed
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-03-12
HOW HE KNEW 1T.
The Witness Was Compelled to Con-
TESS His own Guilt.

In the days when the old Sunday
School board" of police commissioners
was determined to break up gambling
in this town poker game was raided.
Among the witnesses Tor the state was
a man, who is now a casual figure on the
st. Louis turf. After the oath had been
administered to him and he had an
swered the usual preliminary questions
he was told to tell his story.
A game had been going on all after
noon when the eX-gambler joined a
half dozen men who were comparative
strangers to him. For awhile things
ran on evenly, then the proprietor of
the room began to win heavily.
81 watched him." deposed the wit
ness, land became convinced that he
was cheating. 1t did not take me long
to feel sure of it, and / drew out of the
game. l sat back and watched him, and
saw him deal big hands to the man he
wanted to beat, but lie always dealt
himself bigger ones. 1 tell you, judge,
it was scandalous. He stacked the
cards and held them out and did lots
of disreputable things. Now, l saw this
with my own eyes, and, while like to
sit in game Of poker now and then,
l detest cheating above all things"
wait moment" said the prosecut-
ing attorney. what made you first
think that cheating was going on?"
The witness fidgeted bit in his chair,
then said: "Why, was in a pot with
this man, and when it came to a show
down he held four kings"
"And why did that convince you that
he was cheating?"
"Because-because," stammered the
witness, getting red in the face and
short of breath.
ANSWER the question, sir!" thun-
dered the judge.
Another wave of scarlet swept over
the doughfaccd countenance of the
chief witness. Because" he finally
mumbled, 81 knew he was cheating, be-
cause he showed four kings, and at the
same time was holding out two kings
for the next hand!"-St. Louis Re-
public.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-03-12

THAT'S THE TOOTH" SAID MIKE.
ten inches, of corresponding breadth
and thickness. 1t had a cavity equal to
12 cubic inches.
THAT'S the TOOTH" said Mike.
This is one on me, boys" said the
dentist; "come over to the Cayuse."
Fill the tooth first" suggested Tuss-
Ter.
EYES," said the boys, in chorus.
The dentist looked at the tooth, he
looked at the nine impassive faces
along the wall. "Why, certainly" he
said.
1t took all the alloy, amalgam, ce-
ment, concrete and gutta-percha in the
laboratory; but 1t was done to the sat
isfaction of Mike and his friends, who
assured the dentist of their future pat
ronage and filed out as solemnly as they
had come.
"How did you make the big hole in
it?" asked one.
"The blacksmith did it," replied Tuss-
Ter.
Prof. March, of Hale college, has long
mourned the loss of magnificent speci-
men of the mammoth tooth-one of
three secured on his last fossil-hunting
expedition to the bad lands. 1t disap-
peared upon the return trip and has
never been accounted for.
Should these lines meet the profess
sor's eyes, he is advised to seek his prop
erty in dentists window in certain
small town on the overland railway
San Francisco Argonaut.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-03-12
SMILES AND TEARS.

The skies cannot always be clear.
My dear,
The merries eye must still have its tear.
Ny dear;
The clouds that are frowning above us
to-day
VIII presently break and go floating away,
And the skies will be blue that are sullen
and gray.
My dear!
We can't have just happiness here.
My dear.
You would never be glad II you ne'er shed
tear
Ny dear;
The sorrow that turks In your bosom
to-day,
Like the clouds, when you've wept, VIII
go floating away,
And the skies will be blue that are sullen
and gray,
My dear!
II it's going to rain, 1t will rain,
My dear,
No matter how bitterly we may complain,
My dear;
There are sorrows that every good wom-
an must bear;
There are griefs in which every good man
has a share,
1t Is only the fool who has never care,
My dear!
The skies cannot always be clear,
My dear,
Sweets wouldn't be sweet were no bitter
ness here,
My dear;
There could never be Joy II there never
were sorrow.
The sobs of to-day may be laughter to-
morrow,
And there's gladness as well as vain
trouble to borrow,
My dear!
IS. E. Kiser, in Cleveland Leader.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-03-12
Chinese mt Play.

The solemnity of face worn by the
average Chinaman deccives westerners
into the belief that he and his fellows
never amuse themselves. In reality,
their amusements are divided into
feasts, festivals, ceremonials, recrea-
tions and entertainments, and in all of
these noise forms a prominent part.
Music, as 1t is known in China, is an in
dispensable adjunct to every entertain
ment. When Chinese gentlemen feast
they are soothed by the queer tinkle OF
stringed instruments played by girl
musicians. Yet occasionally q Chinese
band of men musicians will play some
melody which is soft and pleasing to oc-
cidental ears, some lullaby or love song
droned out on their queer instruments
with grace and art.-Chicago Evening
News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-03-12
FAMOUS FIRE HORSES.
The Quickest Ones In the World Arc
I'm Kansas City.

I'm Kansas City.
+. S. Dellenbaugh writes of "The
Quick Horse" in st. Nicholas, his ar
ticle telling of the training of horses
for the fire department. Mr.. Dellen-
baugh says:
The quickest horses in the world were
at one time in Kansas City, at the head
quarters of its fire department; directly
under the Office of the chief, Mr.. George
c. Hale. TO Mr.. Hale's genius, more
than to any other factor, the quick
horse owned his first development; for
Mr.. Hale Is the inventor of the earliest
swinging harness-which made the
quick horse possible. When Mr.. Henry
NJ. Stanley and his wife were in this
country, they witnessed an exhibition
drill of the Kansas City fire department.
The drill so impressed the visitors that
an account of it was published in a Lon
don journal, and this English article
brought an invitation to Mr.. Hale to
visit England as the representative of
the American fire service at the interna-
tional fire tournament.
Mr.. Hale and picked corps went to
iShb iahu, eahihS WIN 'hS" thc iS-
markably quick horses Joe" and
Dan" and they became world ia
nous. As the quickest harness.
ing time of the London fire brigade is
1 minute 17H seconds, and the Kansas
City horses were harnessed in ~ Sec
onds, and were out of the engine house
in less than eight seconds, there could
be no competition. In Kansas City, four
fine bays were harnessed to the hook
and-ladder truck almost as quickly as
even Joe and Dan could jump into their
harnesses. 1t was pretty sight TO see
these four well-kept horses spring to
their places ut the stroke of the gong,
and in two or three seconds stand ready
to run with the apparatus. Joe was
killed by an accident; but Dan, with
new mate, is still in service, and as
quick as ever.
The record for quickest time from the
engine house to the throwing Of water
on the fire is held by Kansas City COM
pany. In this instance the horses were
harnessed, a run of 2,104 feet Ia little
less than half mile) was made, and
water thrown from the hose in the
wonderfully brief time of minute 31H
seconds
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-03-12
WONDERFULLY SMART.
A Horse That Can Write It's Name on
Blackboard.

Jim Key is the Solomon among
horses. And he is not only wise, but
clever and gentle. He can write his
own name on n blackboard, he can ring
up sales on cash register, and he
knows the different coins from one cent
up to one dollar. Just after the recent
election in New York he learned to
spell Greater New York" and to pick
out the name of its new mayor from
among n large number of other names.
Jim Keys best friend, companion and
trainer is white-haired old darby
named Key, who brought Jim up from
childhood. In training the noble an
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-03-12
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.
Various Items of Informal ton for the
HOusekeeper.

HOusekeeper.
In buying q roast of beef for small
family do not try to buy too large one,
as the family will tire of 1t before II is
eaten. one-rib roast of the second or
third cut will usually be quite sufficient.
Have the ribs removed, skewer or tie in
round shape, season with salt and
pepper, dredge with -four; brown quick
ly on each side on the stove or in hot
oven and finish the process in cool
oven. Forty minutes will suffice for the
whole operation. If Drowned potatoes
are to accompany the roast, cut in
halves, cook in boiling, salted water
until nearly done, then lay in the drip
ping pan with the roast and finish
there, basting frequently with the drip
pings.
An excellent white cake which keeps
well is the "Catskill." Rub to cream
one cup of butter and two of sugar.
Sift into four cups of flour one small
teaspoonful of soda and two of cream
tartar, add one cupful of sweet milk
and the creamed butter and sugar, and
beat all together until smooth and
light. Flavor with one teaspoonful va
nilla, or half teaspoonful almond.
Beat the whites of six eggs to stiff
froth and fold into the cake mixture.
Do not stir at the end, merely lift the
batter with the spoon, folding the
whites in without breaking the meshes
which have the air entangled. Bake In
a moderate oven.
A prominent educator, talking to
mothers, says that with all children
there are nascent perods-that is, there
are certain times when child can learn
to do things easier and better than at
others. The growth of the brain is
not generally understood. There is,
however, an ebb and flow of interest.
The children apply themselves assidu-
ously for time, then comes arrest, and
educators are now disputing whether
to urge the child along or after the
ebb wait for the certain return of in
terest in their work.
Although court plaster is useful in
protecting small scratches or abra-
sions of the skin from harm, it should
not be used over any considerable cut
or wound in process of healing. These
will heal much faster if simply COW
cred with a bit of soft linen held in
place at the ends with strips of sur
| geon's plaster
A teacher of laundry work tells her
class that "if in ironing a shirt bosom
you find little dirt, don't stop to wipe
| IT off until the whole shirt is finished
Then it will come off easily. The damp
cloth, not wet. is your best friend when
doing fine ironing"
| When silver is badly furnished rul
with paste made of silicon and alcohol
So cleansing is this that it is used in
hospitals for the cleaning of surgical
Washington Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-03-12

imal his master has never struck him n
blow, nor has Jim ever offered to bite
or kick. Indeed, he is as gentle and
playful as kitten. BY birth jim is
half Arabian and half Kentucky Ham
bletonian. He is big brown horse
with smooth coat, tapering legs and
neck that arches beautifully. His
eyes have half-shrewd, half-humor-
Gus twinkle. Jim will be exhibited in
New York under the auspices Of the
Humane society as an object lesson
showing what kindness will do for an
animal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-03-12
CAUGHT BY A BUTTON.
The story of Little Hoy Who Frose
to the Ice.

The story of n Little Hoy Who Froxe
to the Ice.
Recently a small boy who wore
coat with large brass buttons went
down to the pond with his older sister
and her cousin, who were going to
skate.
The small boy felt very much injured
because he could not skate, too. So he
lay down fiat on his face, on the ice, and
began to cry. His sister FASTENED to
him, and tried to make him stand, but
he refused to do SO, being of an OBJ
stinate disposition. Finding that her
cntreaties were of no avail, she left
him for a moment, and when she re-
turned he was trying to get up, but
could not-one of his brass buttons was
frozen in the ice!
A crowd of curious skaters collected
around the small boy, whose position
was now pitiable indeed. "Unfasten his
coat" said one, land take il off,"
"That's sensible!" said another, "don't
you see it's buttoned?' "Well, let's give
him pull and see il it won't come
out" But it was no use. The button
was sewed so firmly that 1T would not
pull off.
well have to rip up the back" said
his cousin.
mo, not that" said his sister, "can't
some one get pick, or hatchet"'
Some one said he would try, and skated
off. Meanwhile the salt tears from the
small boys eyes were making inroads
on the ice under his face. He felt very
damp and uncomfortable, and wished
very heartily that he had not been so
naughty. His sister was afraid that he
would catch pneumonia, or at least a
heavy cold.
"Oh, say" said the cousin after they
had waited a short time; "why won't a
skate do for pick?" So saying he
took off one of his, and tried to pick at
the button by pushing back the child S
fat little body. At last he succeeded in
chopping the ice away so that the but
ton was freed, and the small boy was
able to stand once more. He now rec
ognizes the advantages of an erect pos
ture.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.