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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
USING CONVICT LABOR.
How to Solve vexed Problem 10
Everybody Advantage.

How to Solve N texed Problem 10
Everybody's Advantage.
Between that sickly sentimentality
which makes him an object of such ten
der solicitude as to restrain him from
proper physical exercise, and that
brutality which drives him to despair,
the present-day convict has hard time
of it. Much as we may deprecate the
latter, it is fair question if the former
be not the more demoralizing in ulti-
mate consequences.
These reflections are suggested by the
interesting letter on Convict Labor
and Good Roads," from the pen of p. j.
Edwards, of Hillsboro, Ill. His sugges-
ton that convict labor may be employed
in the preparation of road metal will
surely meet with the approval of every
citizen who understands the meaning
Of true philanthropy. We say this be-
cause we desire for the moment to re-
move from the discussion the economic
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
Give the children n Drink

called Grain-O. II is delicious, appetizng,
nourshing food drink to take the place Of
coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all
who have used it, because when properly
prepared it tastes like the finest coffee but
is free from all its injurious properties.
Grain-O aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves. 1t is not a stimulant but a health
builder, and children, as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit. Costs about as
much as coffee. Is and 25c.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

Tenpenny--lIere is an account in the
paper of a man who was shipwrecked in
mid.oc and cast away on desert island
with another mans wife.
Mrs. Tupenny-The wretch! / hope his
wife got divorce from him!-Town Topics.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

Pale People and since then have been free
from all pain, headache and dyspepsia. l eat
heartily and have no appetite for strong
drink or tea or coffee, and feel twenty years
younger.
''My weight has increased 4S pounds. I
cannot say too much for Dr. Williams Pink
Pills and claim that they have cured me.
JOHN b. COOK"
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
sixteenth day of February, 1897.
A. p. BARKER, Notary Public.
To people run down in health from what
ever cause-drink or disease-the above in.
terview will be of interest The truth of it
is undoubted as the statement is sworn to,
and we reproduce the oath here. For any
further facts concerning this medicine write
to DR.. Williams Medicine Company, Sche-
nectady, n. Y.
The name and address of the subject of
above interview is John B. Cook, of 20S South
9th Street, Lyon, Iowa
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
II Takes n WOmnn.

The average man doesn't know that he
has distinguished ancestors until he mar
res and his wife makes the discovery At
Gibson Globe.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DIR. Kline, 933 Arch ST.. Ph!a., Pa.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
Poor Judgment.

Obslow-What do you think of Smuggin's
views on the great questions of the day?
Debbits-Not much. Why, he didn't
like this necktie I'm wearing at all.-Rox-
bury Gazette.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

Our idea of being just rich enough is TO
be in such circumstances that one can send
kilograms instead Of having to write letters.
-Atchison Globe.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

Every man remembers having been re.
jected as juror in some lawsuit. Washing,
ton Democrat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

It's about as hard for man to keep q
diary as for woman to keep a sharp lead
Daily News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

Burning, itching frost.bite. Use st. ia
cobs Oil-cures promptly. Cools the fever.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
Sold by Druggists. 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.

The earth goes round but it would not
so round if divided up among all the parties
who want it.--Puck.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
Gained Forty-eight Pounds.

'T had a strong appetite for liquor which
was the beginning Of the breaking down OF
coffee drinking. ! took the gold cure, but it
did not help me-"
This is a portion of an interview clipped
from the Daily Herald, of Clinton, Iowa.
1t might well be taken for the subject of
temperance lecture, but that is not our OBJ.
ject in publishing it. 1t is to show how sys-
TEN, run down by drink and disease, may be
restored. We cannot do better than quote
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

To Cure n Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets AL
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

further from the sam
"For years l was
unable to do my
work. l could not
sleep nights or rest
days on account of
continuous pains in
my stomach and
back. / was unable
to digest my food.
Headaches and pain
full urination were
frequent, and my
hearts action be-
came increased. ]
left my farm and re-
tired to city life, for
i was q confirmed
invalid, and the doc.
tors said / would
never be well again.
"Soon after l hap.
pened to use four
boxes of DIR. Will
llama, Dinl, Dilla Cor
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

Dark stables are promoters of dis
case and impure milk.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

OX&H HANUO3S
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effcctually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and Observation-Disclosures, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it Oh hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not acceptany
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FlC SKRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. VIEW Y0RK, MI
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-28
FRITZ BEHAVES WELL.
Philadelphia Dog, Born ia a Gene
terry, Has Attended More Than
Two Thousand Funerals.

Fritz is not prepossessiug dog by
any means. lie is not thoroughbred,
and he is not wen groomed, but ia his
own line there is not dog in the whole
country like him. That line is gra. e
yards, and Fritz is a graveyard" dog
lie has been to over 1900 funerals. and
will probably see as many again before
he himself joins the great majority Of
dead CANNES.
Six years ago Fritz was born in the
American Mechanics cemetery at
Twenty second and Diamond streets.
The exact place Of his birth was under
the little chapel where the last prayers
are said over the dead, and in this mel
ancholy atmosphere Fritz grew up. His
brothers and sisters, three in number,
We're not so fortunate. One died; the
other two were either stolen, or, unable
to stand the depressing influence, ran
away. Fritz mother also disappeared,
and he was left alone. Since then his
disposition has been melancholy.
Perhaps from disappointment, per-
haps from a morbid taste imbued by
his solitary life, Fritz at two years old
btSdii W dAttiiu iuHtTdlS. No enc OD-
jected, his behavior was above reproach,
and gradually the picture of the little
black and white dog walking mournful-
~ along in his fayorite position just be-
hind the coffin grew familiar. Now it
has come 10 pass that no funeral is
complete without Fritz. Just as soon
as the chapel bell rings, no matter
where Fritz is, he rushes to the spot
from where he knows the coffin will
be taken. However excited he is, he
never banks, and, except when he is
outside the cemetery, he never banks
at all.
Usually, also, he lies down by the
grayedigger when grave is being
opened, and story is told Of him by
one Of superintendent Reels men that
during one rainy night Fritz loud
yelping, not barking, but wailing, was
heard continually. No one paid am
attention 10 it, but next morning Fritz
was found beside grave which had
been made the afternoon before and
which had caved in during the night
on account of the rain.
The best thing about Fritz is that no
matter whether IT is S25 funeral. with
jnst a hearse and no carriages, or a
$3.50 funeral, with 30 carriages, he shows
just as much respect for the dead in
either case. He is not a snob, by any
means.-PhiladeiDh Times
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-28

dren of the rich have frames made like
the legs Of a chair with rounds. This
is sunk in the ground and the board
placed on the top rungs. Some children
use ordinary carpenters horses.
The board is very springy and chill
dren Will sit on il by the hour Jog
Cling" away contentedly when nothing
else will keep them quiet. \ traveller
through the south said he had not seen
a swing or 'teeter' in his whole jour
ney, bat that every child was provided
with more or less satisfactory jog
Cling board"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-28
INDOOR BUTTERFLIES.
How Little SturEis. a COnvnlescent
YOunRster. Was Entertained
Royalty by His Mother.

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-28
l.i...,....tiam curet!na E.t

N -tsc Cure" Tor rheumatism and
hrer aat~. ~ action upn The .ys-
EN- T. remarkable and mysterious.
X remove. at once the cause sa4 the
disease Immediately di-apnear- The
first dose greatly benefits = cents
Sold By J. I. Bennett aud >tene X
Hasseil. druggists, Lancaster Wis
L. +. Anthony, EX-po,tmaster OF
Promise City. ia. seys, Il bought one
bottle If -ME-in Cure" for Rheuma-
ti~n, and two dosps Of il ne M re good
than any medicine ever to K Sold
by jos Bennett and Stone & Has>elI,
druggists. Lancaster, 46usf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-28
THE JOGGING BOARD.
4 PIRything Which Affords Lots of
Amusement to the Boys and
Girls of the SOuth.

Through the south, and particularly
in Louisiana, the children have play
thing known as the logging board. 3"
One sees it under the big oak trees and
about great houses, and on the hard
beaten earth in front of the negro cab
ms. 1t is piece Of plank an inch
thick and II or II feet long. Poor chill
dren place il between rails in fence cor
ners or between two stumPs; the chill
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-28

balanced the pencil on tall glass vase
Gig. 81. There were two lifeiess but
tertiies swinging in the air.
"l'ou said they would fly" said Stur-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-28
"A Good Time

To buy Wall Paper is right now ......
| have the mostextensive lines ever shown
in Lancaster. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
All grades, styles, colorings and prices
If You have any thoughts Of Papering,
come and look at my samples ............
JOS. =. 9EHTNETT
DRUGGIST, LANCASTER
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-28

Gig. b.. There were two lifeleSs but
tertiies swinging in the air.
"l'ou said they would fly" said Stur-
gis.
They WILL" said mamma. I'VE must
wake them up. Run and get a warm.
dry lamp chimney and silk handker-
chief and viii get my fountain pen Or
stick Of sealing wax, or q rubber
handled knife"
Mamma looked and found some seal
ing wax. She made sure that this also
was warm and dry.
II am glad have this, She said, lit is
really the best thing. Now you rub
the glass with the silk and / will rub
the sealing wax with my WOODEN dress
skirt. Now hold your chimney about
an inch from the butterflies. See them
fly to ~" Then Mamma Leavitt held
the scaling wax almost two inches from
the butterflies. and To Sturgs' aston
ishment they flew to the wax.
They've gone TO eat sealing wax" he
cried in surprise. But almost before he
has said it they ileW back to the glass.
Then back to the waSfhey went. Three
or four times they flew. then they
seemed tired and settled down to rest,
hanging under the pencil.
Let Us give them some more life, !"
said mamma.
So they rubbed the wax and the
chimney and sure enough the butter
flies we've just as lively as ever.
What makes them fly, mammal"
1t is electricity" answered mamma.
I'VE make it when We rub the wax and
the glass"
what is electricity" asked sturgis.
Now you have asked me something
l can; answer" said Mamma Leavitt.
Il don't know, nobody knows. Perhaps
some time wise men viii find out. but
Until then the best thing for US is to
find ont what it viii 10. Orange Judd
Farmer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-28
Cirllr.. nright Little Joke.

Grille The other day asked her big
sister 70 give her an example. 50 her
SISTER sail, in fun. "Nea. II one family
has three children, how many children
have two families?" "Niuc. was the
prompt reply WHY. how's that ~
ouericd her sister. oh, said She.
rogulShly. the other family had six
,l}f,. 3r,,.t, &c., Youths Compaulan
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-28

that she IS a sufferer
There is a wonderful medicine for troub-
les Of this description, that has stood the
test for thirty years, and has been used sue
cessfuliy by many thousands of women. 1t
is Or Pierces Favorite Prescription. 1t
acts directly on the delicate and important
organs concerned and makes them strong,
healthy and vigorous. II allays inhamma-
ton heals liberation and soothes pain. 1t
tones and builds up the nerves 1t IS the
discovery of DR.. X. " Pierce, an eminent
and skillful specialist for thirty years chief
consulting physician to the Invalids Hotel
and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, n. Y.
This is one of tine greatest medical institu-
tons in the whole world During the thirty
years that DR.. Pierce has been at its head
he has gained the unbouuded respect of
his fellow citizens at Buffalo, and they
showed it by making him their representa-
tive in the National Congress, from which
position he resigned to give the remainder
Of his life to the practice of his chosen
profession. He will cheerfully answer, free
of charge, any letters written to him by
suffering women. Address, as above.
"A few years ago writes Mrs W. R. Bates.
of Diiworth Trumbull Co. Ohio " took Doctor
Pierces Favorite Prescription. which has been
great benefit to me. l am in excellent health
now. : hope that every woman, who IS troubled
with Ngoruen's Ills will try the Prescription
and be benefited as have been"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-28
J.. l.. !. | 4APEST
IS WELL AS BEST.
TWO POUNDS or CREAM OF WHEAT

"ost:aa e trqaartets Of cup CREAM or Wut 1r ia
" Wer (Which IS the recipe for Breakfast porrdge shown
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-28
One of a healthy

SfAA1 "a q AANlAA -
woman : princi-
pal charms is her
vivacity of car
riage-the dainty,
springy steps with
which she walks.
The woman who
suffers from weak
ness and disease
of the distinctly
feminine organ
ism, who is troub-
led with b a c K
aches, stitches in
the sides, drag
giug down or
burning sensa-
tons, sick head
a he $ and the
multitude of other
\ ills that accom-
: pariy these disor-
'ders, cannot have
the dainty, bound
ing carriage of a
healthy woman.
She will show in
every movement
The times., 1898-08-07

Richard lie Gallienne has blossomed
forth again. The efflore scence of this
distinguished and love-locked individ-
uaI is something to gaze upon with
awe, wonder and Slight degree of in
credulity 1t seems as if it were i'm
possible for anyone to feel quite as
Mr. LIE Gallienne talks.
1t suited his fancy. some time ago,
to write a poem on Peary's departure
for the North Pole. The poem was
read at Peary's farewell dinner in
Brooklyn. It is not recorded what
Peary did with himself while the
lines were being read. The occasion
must have been somewhat curious and
abnormal.
For the sake of convenience. and be-
cause the thing is the work of Mr.. LIE
Gallienne we call it a poem. If we had
found it in the street, we should not
have known what to call it. 1t m ght
have been a Botrychium, an Erythro-
MUM. an Ornithorhynchus or some 9TH
er botanical or geological specimen, for
all that anyone could know. 1t is
amenable to no.laws of rhyme, rhythm,
grammar, rhetoric or psychology.
Who asks his trivial why?" inquiries
Mr. LIE Gallienne soulfully. We don't
know So far as we are concerned
it would be just as pertinent to inquire
how asks their trivial what?" Es
pecially is it matter of dusky and
mystic uncertainty who should ask a
trivial why regarding Mr.. Peary and
his Polar expedition. One more strophe
of this inspiration will serve to show
what sort of goods it is:
So that the Pole make Peary,
As all such dreams
Have power 10 make man,
| care not much that Peary finds the Pole;
This may be poetry. But if if is, the
average American will be willing to
admit that he doesn't know poetry
from pumpkin pie.
The times., 1898-08-07
Snain,s Yellow Ally.

Around the comfortable quarters per-
yaded by our war authorities some mild
astonishment and annoyance is ex-
pressed because the Spanish transports
contracted for to convey ToraPs army
home have not begun to appear and
get down to business.
On general principles, it would be
rather amusing if our magnates were
to find much fault with delay on the
part of the Spaniards, remembering
how wickedly they have sinned in the
s3me direction. But, when we pause TO
consider the tactical value to the enemy
of inertia in the matter, there is moth
ing at all laughable in sight.
The fever-stricken condition of our
troops at Santiago is as well known in
Madrid as it is at the White House 1t
did not require the round robin" to
sing that note across the Atlantic The
assumption in Spain is that, while the
prisoners remain in Cuba, the Ameri-
can troops will be kept there, and the
fever will exert its influence for Span.
ish revenge and to frighten the United
States into better terms of peace.
We are satisfied that every obstacle
to the prompt deportation Of the sur
rendered forces at Santiago that Spain
can think Of will be thrown in the way,
The times., 1898-08-07
EFFECTS oF EXPLODING SHELLS
How n Spanish Projeetiie Acted on
the Texas

The opportunities of our navy TO study
the effects of exploding sheels have not
been great as was expected at the be-
ginning of this war. They have been able
to judge of the execution of these shells
at long range, on the ships of the enemy.
but not on their own vessels. One of the
few Spanish shells that did strike an
American ship. however. struck the Tex
as, and its course is described by cor
| respondent of the London Telegraph, who
says:
Although the shell was only small
one, six inches in diameter, and. there
fore. not weighing more than about sew
enty pounds, it practically wrecked the
big compartment in which it burst, while
the smoke from it forced itself down the
ammunition hoists and into the forward
compartments of the ship, so that for
few minutes the crew were almost suffo-
Gated. The stanchion was shivered into
atoms for two feet of Its length, and the
fragments of the burst she'll flying for
ward against the starboard side. bulged
the stout steel plates outward to depth
of three inches. Just at this point one of
the big double-headed angle-irons of the
ships frame was situated. This great rib
of steel, nearly twice as thick and heavy
as railroad rail, was cut through in
two pieces as If 1t had been made of
cheese, and nearly two feet of 1t was car
ried away bodily in minute pieces. The
base of the shell plowed a furrow down
the steel deck, just as plow would cut
through the soft soil of a faliow field.
1T hit and broke another rib OF the
ship, and, breaking itself in two, both
pieces lodged in a cable-reei standing
close to the starboard side. The core of
this reel was a prism of oak over two
feet in circumference and there was
wound on it at the time coil of hemp
hawser that made a cylinder about four
feet in diameter. The hemp rope was cut
through to the wood and the stout oak
prism was shivered to spiinters. This one
fact alone would be sufficient to give an
idea of the appalling energy of modern
projectiles.
Every man in its path was wounded.
One gunner was hit with no fewer than
fifteen pieces of steel, each about the
size of a hazel nut. AT the moment the
shell exploded one man was standing
right in its path. He9was literally blown
to fragments. He was talking to a com
rade. and. strange as it may seem, the
latter, although lesse than arms-length
away, was unhurt. save for being knocked
down by the shockTof the explosion.
Others of the men, thirty feet from the
fatal shot, had dozen pieces of the steIl
plunged into their bodies
"a remarkable feature Of the explosion
was the smallness of the pieces into which
the shell burst. 1t shivered into f,ag-
ments Weighing about an ounce. The
only piece of any size picked up was
rather less than half the base, just
enough to enable it be ascertained that
| it had been a six-ineh shell, fired from
| a high-power, breech-loading gum