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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

go. I've been catching occasional pat
straights and drawing to 'em all my
life, and l think the straight is one of
the prettiest plays in poker. In playing
straights, if the chap across the table
draws one card, you've got the fun of
trying to figure out whether he's draw
ing to couple of pairs or bobbing to Il
straight or flush, and it's interesting
work. If he stands pat, it's up TO you
to determine by the mindreading proc
-ss whether he's simply blufling or ac-
tually has a pat straight or full hand
or flush in his paws.
swell, out on the coast they've
heard occasional rumors of such things
as straights being played somewhere
you won't meet one coast man in hun
dred that knows precisely what the
straight consists of and what the
chances are of n mans getting pat
straight or of filing one-ended or
double-ended straight. AS for playing
straights, they've never even dreamed
of such an absurdity. found that out
III tic ScSohu SdilIC VI uIuN l. SOl lHlO
out there.
ut was in Portland, and another four
handed game, the otherthree fellows be-
ing business men also. We played along
for awhile without my running into
any snags sticking out of the coast
game, and then l got on the deal four
cards that had in them the markings of
corking good straight, capable of be-
ing filed at either end, from n nine up
TO queen, so that either an eight or
king on the draw would have fixed me
all right. / decided to draw to it just
for luck, although all three. of the fell
lows were in and had stood a raise be-
fore the draw. When caught my king
I was glad had decided to draw to my
straight. A king-high straight is pref
ty good mess of cards in any mans
game of draw as we know it back in
these parts.
"There was heap of betting on that
round, and, of course, with that clipper
built straight of mine, Itwasn't going
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
THE LEMON PIG COMPLETED.

Piggy is eyeless and tailGcss now, but
we will soon fix him SO that he can al
most squeak. Get a couple of black
pins from your mamma, and stick them
in at or about the places where the
eyes are. \ little piece of soft wire, or
even gray yarn, can be used To make
his tail, only it must be rigid enough
to stand little curling when it has
been put on with pin. For his ears
little pieces of wood or flannel can be
used and put on with pins that do not
show. OF course, you can follow the
patterns here given, or you can suit
your own fancy. You will not miss
matters very seriously even at the
worst. Now the pig is lemon-colorcd,
and there are not many pigs of that
kind. To correct this, take little ink,
or even n charcoal crayon, and smear
the little fellow in odd ways, and you
viii have a dirty piggy, with some yell
low blotchcs, where the lemon skin
shows through. Then he will lock more
natural, for piggics that are too clean
don't look like piggics at all.
In the whiting and localities where
the legs ought to he you may have 20
get papa or an old brother to help you,
but even if they are not willing, go
along by yourself, and when you arc
through the older ones in the family
will think you have pretty good kind
Of pig after all. When you are tired
of him he will make good lemonade,
and that is more than can he said of a
real live pig.-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
HUMOROUS

-"What makes you think that Spaldy
would make a hustling politician%
Because he isn't good for anything
else."-Detroit Free Press.
-Johnny--"Does your pa ever take
you to circuses?" Tommy-"No; he's
so near-sighted he says it'd be just like
THROWN money away."-Chicago News.
An Irish tenant observed that it was
u 'hard thing for man to be turned
out of the house which his father built
and his grandfather was born INIT
Bits.
These Boyish Fathers.-"Henry had
TO buy little Henry another mechanical
toy steamboat" "Why?" "He broke
the first one playing with it."-Detroit
Free Press.
-"This talk about free alcohol for
use in the arts" began Gaswell. 'Well?"
asked Gasbill. IIasthatanything to do
with painting the town red?'-Pitts-
burgh hronicle-Telegraph.
beginning bridegroom
"Where shall we go, dearest; Niagara
Falls or Washington" Bride-"We
might go to both places and sec which
we like best.".-Brooklyn Life.
AS Defined in New York.-"What is
n cosmopolitan" "A cosmopolitan is
a New Yorker who has been convinced
that there is something going on out
side of his own town."-Chicago Rec
ord.
--Mamma-"E thel, what do you mean
by shouting in that disgraceful fash
ion? See how quiet Willie isl" Ethe!
-"Ofcourse he's quiet; that's our game.
Hes papa coming home late, and I'm
you."-Tit-Bits.
Mature never makes mistake in
giving the animals on the globe their
appropriate location" remarked Uncle
Allen Sparks. IF the Asiatic elephant,
for instance, had been placed in the
north fricid zone, think what it would
cost the poor creature for ear mutfs."-
Chicago Tribune.
AT country fetc coniurer was
performing the old trick of producing
eggs from pocket handkerchief. when
he remarked to a boy in front, 81 say,
my boy, your mother can't get eggs
without hens, can shc?" "Of course,
she can" was the reply. "Why. how's
that?' asked the conjurer. SHE keeps
ducks" replied the boy, amid roars of
applause. -Tit-Bits. -
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
CURIOUS CRABS IN FLORIDA
They Fave Peculiar shells and Feed
on Birds and Insects.

on Birds and Insects.
Haunting the rookeries Of the birds in
the southern part of the peninsula is
large blue crab. lie makes hole in
the ground, usually under q log, and
when he hears 4 noise clevates his head
and protrudcs his eyes with startling
self, for his pincers are powerful and
his shell is hard. lie is often as large
as a saucer.
There is perpetual war between him
and the birds. lie wanders among the
nests at night and appropriates the bits
of fish left by the nestlings, and the
young themselves, if he can find a moth
err off her guard. But he has to be sly
or he is killed by the stroke of bayonct
bill and eaten in his turn. When the
plume hunters have driven Off or de-
stroyed the parents of a rookery, these
crabs swarm out and devour the orphan
young in short order. But while the
mothers are allowed to do their duty
the crabs are ideal scavengcrs and de-
YOUR the refuse as well as the insects
that infest the bird cities. Their bright
colors, like those OF the tiger, make
them less dangerous than their appe-
ttes would otherwise be.
There is a little purple crab along the
coast of southern Florida which seems
TO feed almost entirely upon the fruit
of the cactus. This it so much rcsem-
bles that you are suddenly surprised to
see one of the succuent little balls move
away from your fingers before you arc
aware that it is alive. Step back and
the crab will resume its place and seem
20 be as curious about you as you are
about him.
One of the most beautiful shells
found along our coast is that Of large
snail which climbs certain trees and
grows Gelcately fat on the young birds.
The shell is as thin as tissue paper, odd
~ curved and almost as transparent ne
the finest glass. 1t belongs to the fam
lily of edible snals so priced rs del
icncy on the coast OF France, and If
properly prepared makes n delicious
dish. 1t is most abundant about New
river inlet, where the slight shake of Il
free about sunset will bring shower
OF them to the ground. The breakage
OF shell seems to be Of little trouble
20 the snail-he repairs the damage and
moves on.--JacksonviIle (FlaO Citizen,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
A WINTER SCENE.

Hurrah! hurrah! the children cry
The echoes linger long;
The fire of youth In every eye,
Upon each lip song.
The frost lies glistening on the snow,
And ice In every stream;
On each dear face rudy glow,
Bright as an artists dream.
No thought of winters bitter cold,
Winds whistllng In the trees,
Could daunt a spirit half as bold,
Or check such hearts as these.
Some speed away on skates of steel.
The CLASSY banks descend;
With forward stride and graceful wheel
hear their laughter blend
And others, coasting down the hill.
A bounding sled astride,
DO quaff their cup of JOY and fill
Their merry hearts with pride.
Let those who sigh for warmer days,
And say that winters drear.
Their voices join with ours in praise
And welcome winter here.
Charles II. Conner. in Golden Days.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
u,,c, R.bu,.e. Her Aunt,c.

Little Mabel, aged five, who was Wis
ting her aunt in the country, had de-
veloped great fondness for milk, One
day, having drank as much as her aunt
thought good for her, she was told that
she could not have any more.
81 don't see what you want to be so
stingy with your old milk for" she ex-
claimed. There's two whole cowfuls
out in the barn.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
Irish Town I'm Nnine.

eff there is another town in this coun-
try with record like Benedicta, Me-,
am unable to locate It," writes Prof.
Bateman from the woodstock village
to the Lewiston Journal. "The pc
culiarity of the place is the fact that
the population is composed exclusively
of Irishmen. There is not family in
the entire township through whose
veins courses any other blood than that
Of the Emerald ISLE"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

which you probably haven't, for the
percentage is plumb against you-you
certainly haven't got aces on top Now,
that was good poker reasoning, the kind
of reasoning that has kept me necktie
and peanut money ahead of the game
anyway for 20 years or so, and gave
him the raise-back just as often as he
threw it at me,
"Finally said he: we are getting out
of our depth and beyond the breaker
line, amt we? I've got you man
handled, but you jumpers from the east
never can feel the bunch when you're
licked, and so I'll skate in my little five
and call YOU
"We each had about $50 in the pot
then.
~ spread out my three royal gentle
men topping the pair of tens, and was
about to make some good-natured crack
about getting hoe to scoop in my win
nings on the first hand when he spread
out his hand and raked in the pot with
aces up on a pair of skies and the
joker.
"'What the dickens are you doing
there?' l asked him when he raked in
the pot. Cant you see it's misdeal?
I forgot to take the joker out of the
deck
'Misdeal nothing, he said, still
smiling. You had a good hand all
right, but aces beat kings, you know,
anywhere from Tuolume to Tucson
eyes said /, but you've only got
aces up, and I've got a full hand, kings
up, and it's a misdeal, anyhow
well, they all looked at me like they
thought l ought to be in a lunatic asy
lum.
'Misdeql?' said my friend, who had
swiped in the pot. What the deuce are
you giving us, anyhow? ] caught the
joker on the draw, and it just filled my
hand-three aces and pair of skies.
Don't an ace-full beat king-full in
that desolate Atlantic coast region you
hail from?'
"'You mean to call the joker an ace?'
said l, the thing beginning to dawn
upon me.
THE three fellows gazed at me as if
they were trying to find out if / was
drunk or not.
why, do you mean to say said the
man | had played with, that you don't
know that in poker the joker is any old
thing YOU choose TO make it--that when
you get it either on the deal or on the
draw, you can call it anything you
want to call it TO exc out pair, flush,
full house or anything else? Tell you
what, old man, you need sleep. You've
been working too hard. Turn in and
have long night of it,
II couldn't help but laugh.
"Well, said |, you people may call
this joker-jigging poker, but somehow
or another it suggests tag and I-spy
and little girls singing London bridge
is falling down to me. Why don't you
play poker with pinochle deck and
be done with it? Come on, and well
build card houses, or what's the matter
with playing casino for chalk or pin
wheels?'
why don't you benighted people
back east use the joker
"'Yes,' said |, we do. We always give
the joker in a new deck to babies in
arms( to cut their teeth on
Another queer kink in the slope
game of draw is that straights don't
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
PIG AND THE LEMON.
A Cute Piaything That Any BOY or
Girl Can Make.

Cute Piaything That Any 10y or
Girl Can Make.
If some one of humorous mind were
to ask why pig is, like lemon, you
would be apt to>thipk that he was Civ
ing you one of the most foolish conun-
drums, with the answer that fits all OF
them: cBecausc he isn't" Bat a lem
on is like a pig, and the boy and girl
find it out for themselves if they will
take the trouble to follow the lnstruc-
tions here given.
First pick Il lemon from the few you
may find at home that looks like this:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
TAR.

"But hold il n moment while | put
another head on it. Where is it? Did
anyone else see it fly away? ! can see
away. No one in the world can touch
it, but everybody can look at it. How
small it looks, yet it is the largest thing
YOU ever saw. 1t shines like diamond
and winl<s and blinks as much as to say:
You can't catch me now But l can,
being "a verbal necromancer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
MAKES Lovs OF MONEY.

True story of "a Chicago boy with =
business hump.
Robert Stuart is Hyde Park boy.
Last summer he very much wanted to
earn some money of his own. He
thought of all the schemes that he ever
had heard of and then he started an
entirely new one. lie went to Mr..
O'Marrow, who had just opened n bak-
cry in Fifty-fifth street, and said that
If he was supplied with horse and
wagon he thought he could get up
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
Friendly Criticism.

Miss Reed-Oh, Mr.. Wright, am de-
lighted with your new novel. 1t pos
sesses some admirable qualities.
Mr.. Wright (pleaseO glad to
hear you say so. What particular quail
ty do you admire most?
1.-THE cover; I think it's Just too love
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

London has cat whose partially for
nap in q warm spot is so marked that
she has selected the top of dynamo in
a power station. She sleeps there calm
~ and peacefully, while the machinery
around and within six inches of her H.
running at the rate of 1900 revolutions
per minute.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
Wisdom vs.. Honesty.

The man who carries on umbrella on
a pleasant day may be wisr one. IT'S
the honest man who, on rainy day,
leaves his neighbours In TIE rack and
goes without one.--Judge.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
IlT'.

"Be careful boy, or you will spoil
it. Pshaw, you have broken of its
tall, and nobody in the world can eat
it now II is black and sticky and how
itsmells 1t is smeared over your hands
and you must get some oil TO remove it.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
STARE.

81 pull this tail off and stick on the
one that careless boy broke off. See?
And now it is what you will all have
to do before you go home. Nobody can
go anywhere or do anything before he
does this:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
Truthful Tommy.

Gmndmamma.-- What are you doing
In the pantry, Tommy?
Tommy-Oh, I'm just putting few
things away, gran ma.--Tit- Bits.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
STA r.


II reach out my long arm and hook
n new tail to IL, and it has become the
very thing you all do at this moment
with those widc-opcn eyes Of yours.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22

................-......................

"Are you hungry? Oh, yes, you boys
are, of course. will new head on
it, then, and positively il is good to
eat. 1t is best for dessert, but you can
take a good bite of it if you want to.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
SOME VERBAL MAGIC.
1t shows what Can he Done with
Five Little Letters.

Five Little Letters.
Look at this rat" says the professor.
"You don't like it, do you? If should
set it free, every girl in the room would
climb on chair. Well, will make you
like it. | double it over so, and put
its head near its tail, with its bosom in
front, and, presto, it can sing and play
the violin, and paint and carve, and do
thousand things, and all the world
delights in it, instead of hunting it
TO death.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-01-22
START.

"And now for the closing act. turn
il end for end, and wiring off it's head
with one hand and pinch off its tail with
the other and we have left what we
started with"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23
CLOSE OF THE CONTEST

Matters hall was crowded last night
by the representative people of the
West Side, North End and this side,
in attendance at the ice cream social
of the Ladies' circle of the Century
Hose company. Incident to the affair
the contests for the ladies' diamond
ring. in which Miss Annie Weisman,
of this side, and Miss Meder, of the
West Side. were the competitors, and
the fireman's trumpet battled for by
Foreman Reilly, of the Excelsior Hose
company. and Foreman Price, of the
Columbia Chemical company. under
the auspices Of the Century Hose COM
pany, came to close at midnight.
The affair was huge success, far be-
yond the expectations of the ladies'
circle and the hose company.
Ice cream, coffee and cake We're serv-
.eC in the dining room in the basement
from $50 to II o'clock. Dancing was
commenced at 9 o'clock, preceded by a
grand march in which over one hun
dred couples participated. Intermis-
sion began when luncheon was all
served, and the announcement was
made that the contestants had one
hour to close their books and turn in
the money collected.
Miss Weisman won the ring contest,
turning in Sl0315 to $S2.01 collected by
Miss Meder. In the trumpet contest,
Mr.. Reilly collected sl47.56 and Mr..
Price, S37.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23
MINOR NEWS NOTES.

The Sherman avenue mission held 4
largely attended picnic at Nay AUX
park yesterday.
The Epworth League of the Hamp-
ton street Methodist Episcopal church
will hold picinc at Nay Aug Park to-
day. Cars will leave the Bellevue
church at 9. m. sharp. In case of rain
the picnic will be postponed until notice
is given.
NJ. ]. Larkin, of Clarke Bros store
Y.
leaves this morning for stay at Lake
Winola
Go with the r. Y. P. u. to Glen
Onoko, Aug. "a. Trains leave Delaware
and Hudson station at a. m. Fare
Adults, s1.25; children, rs cents. Tick
cts for sale at Grand Union Tea Co..
South Main avenue.
Clarence Davis, of North Sumner
avenue. and Harry Singer, of Eighth
street, have returned from New York
Will Keegan, of Seventh street, has
returned from visit to Binghamton
John. the 3-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Roberts, of AT Decker's
court, died Sunday evening after an
illness of only five days duration. The
funeral will be held at the home to-
morrow afternoon.
The Sons of st. George will run a
joint excursion to Lake Ariel tomor-
row.
The HAMPTON Street Methodist Epis-
copal Sabbath school will picnic at
Nay Aug park today.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23
NORTH SCRANTON.

w. w. Wright was arraigned before
Alderman Roberts last evening charg-
cd with larceny by baiIee, preferred by
Joseph Dinner, son of II. Dinner, the
butcher. The youth swore that he
bought a plate of cream at Wright's
store and rendered dollar in payment.
Wright. he said, refused him any
change. At the hearing 1t turned out
that he had treated several of his
young companions and had either
spent or lost the money. This ac-
knowledgement cleared the accused
and the case was dismissed.
Steps were taken by the police last
night toward breaking up gang Of
toughs who congregate on the corner
of Bloom avenue and West Market
street and commit serious offenses.
They are accused of throwing rotten
eggs, stones and dirt at persons pass
ing in vehicles. Persons travelling
afoot are subjected to insults and in
some instances been harmed bodily.
The language used is vulgar and inde-
cent and the feminine sex are the OBJ
ject OF special attack. Complaints last
n:eht led to the arrest of young man
named Walsh. He was held for hear
ing. The police intend to prosecute
their search for the offenders until the
gang is entirely wiped out.
Arthur Hobbs. a young man residing
on Rockwell street, sustained a dan
gerous wound over the left eye by
being kicked by a mule in the Storrs'
mine yesterday afternoon. Hobbs Is
employed as a runner in the mines.
He had occasion to pass the mule when
1t kicked him. The blow rendered him
unconscious. The wound, which was
diagonal shape, extends close to the
eye and may prove serious. 1t took
four stitches to close the wound.
Joseph O'Donnell, employed as util-
ity man at the Leggetts Creek mine,
received broken arm while at work
yesterday. He tripped and fell over a
piece of timber, fracturing his right
arm below the elbow. A physician
dressed the member and reduced the
fracture at his home on Green street.
Another large audience filled the gos-
pei tent last evening. The service was
led by Rev. Mr.. Wilson. Rev. II. 1.
Higgins, well known for, his services in
connection with the gospel wagons
delivered a forceful sermon which
deeply interested the assemblage. The
meetings arc DSIOIillHS very popular
| and attracting universal interest
among the church going people in this
end for large audiences have attended
| the three services already held.
Miss Emma Burns has returned from
a long visit with relatives in Homes
dale.
Rev. William Edgar and family have
returned from a three weeks sojourn
at Ocean Grove.
Misses Sadie and Molle Holmes, of
Simpson. are the guests of Miss Jennie
White, of William street.
Miss Libbie Neary and brother,
John, are visiting relatives in New
York city.
Mrs. John Cusick and daughter, An
ma, are visiting relatives in Port Jer-
Wis
Mrs. John Lockett and two daugh-
tiers, of Sayre, Pa, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. James Saltry, of West Mar
ket street.
| Thomas Williams, of Warren street,
is enjoying his vacation in New York
| city.
Armit Thomas and Valentine Brit
ley have returned from the Lebanon
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-23

DR.. Joseph Parry, the distinguished
composer of Cardiff, Wales. who is now
visiting in this city, is engaged in COM
piling a book of hymns, which prom
ises to be a most interesting and valu-
allie work. In speaking about 1t to a
Tribune reporter Dr. Parry said:
have been at work on my book of
hymns for the past sixteen years. 1t will
consist of 800 tunes in one hundred differ
ent metres with forty chants in forty
meters. Forty-five of the chants are in
English. 1t will be composed of new con-
tributions to Welsh hymnology. The book
will have two chief characteristics.
First both notations, with hymns and
metrical chants will be in one book; Sec
ond, 1t will be unique in its being the
largest collection of hymn tunes ever
published from one pen. The immediate
publication of the book will entirely de-
pend upon the acceptance of the denomi-
national book by those who have been
approached. If favorable II may be is
sued in the course of the coming year.
The tunes will mainly be full of Welsh
characteristics expressive of that re-
ligious fervor which characteriZes Welsh
congregational singing. The aim of tho
book is not 10 dethrone any other denom-
national book. but simply aims to be a
national suppleu ent book.
In order to make this book as truly ma
tional as possible. consistent with the
title. 1.-THE National Hymn Tunes of
Wales I have been fortunate in secur-
ing original hymns as well as translations
from all the best hymnologists of Wales
OF all denominations, the Episcopal,
Methodist. Wesleyans, Baptist and Con-
gregationalist. Another feature aimed at
in the book is a greater variety of SUBJ
jects for hymns many of which are not
found in previous hymn books.
The greatest hymn writer of the past
was the late Rev. DR.. Dykes. who wrote
about $50 hymn tures. DR.. Parry is the
greatest of the present. lie has written
between 800 and 400 hymns.