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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29
HOPE TO INVADE ENGLAND.
The French Expect Some Day 10 Land
ConuucrinE Army on
british Soil.

Since Napoleon's day the idea of in
vading England has never left the
French mind. Weary of war and arma-
mcnts, exhausted by the terrific strug-
sic in which she had so nearly sue
turned to the arts OF peace. a like
lasstude had seized the continent after
u generation of bloodShcd, SO that at
first this neglect brought no evil re-
suit except Il general lowering of the
national tone and spirit. Cobden's de-
light fui idea that the French, being
the most domcsticated and affectionate
people on the face of the earth, would
never dream of war was given q trial.
We who have seen the downfall of Cob
den's foreign policy and the complete
discontinue of his economic prophecies
know that lie was Il faddist wandering
in Utopia. But the instructive fact that
the Golden policy was tried remains.
What, then, was the attitude of the
lamblikc, ''domesticated," affection
ate" French nation? From the Access
sion of Louis Philippe in 1880 dates the
lightning of what has been, no doubt.
dale between England and France, but
what might with more accuracy he de-
scribed as period of secret hostility on
Frances part and blind friendliness al
ternating with fronzied alarm on Eng
lands.
Talleyraud came to England with the
full intention OF maintaining Il closc-al-
lance with England, and returned to
France proclaiming that the English
were arrogant and detestable, and that
friendship between the two powers was
impossible. Theirs in 1910 attempted
to get hold of Egypt; secret informa-
ton was given the British government
of plot to burn our ships in the dock
yards, and next day two ships at Devon
port took fire. the French admiral in
the East Indies, Lelande, was in favor
Of attacking our feet without a dec
laration of war, and it was certain that
he could have destroyed it. A squadron
was assembled. at Toulon to seize the
l}alearics, but Louis Philippe had not
the requisite courage, and Theirs fell
and was replaced by Guizot. In 1912
came the Tahiti affair, when France
openly threatened war and England did
not venture to insist upon full satisfac-
tion.
All through 1912 and 1S43 war be-
tween France and England-these two
cordial friends-seemed imminent.
Even the quietest and most peaceful
among us are beginning TO look for
ward to war with France as an event
which no prudence on our part can
long prevent" wrote Palmerston in Au-
gust, 1874. In 1916 came the breach of
faith on Louis Philippe's part in the
matter of the Spanish marriages, and
profound uneasiness throughout this
country. The duke of Wellington in
1S47 startled England by his letters,
pointing out, in the then decrepit state
of the feet, the extreme danger of in
vasion by the French.-National Re-
view
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29
Summer Costuming.

81 don't believe in girls a-dressin' in
stiff clothes durin' the hot weather."
said the adipose elderly lady with the
large diamond earrings and finger
rings at the clearinghouse breakfast
table the other morning. II make my
two daughters dress in negligent cos
tunes all summer, no matter where
they're a-goin2
"Mhw!" said her daughters, warn
ingly from the other side of the table;
and the fox terrier pup turned fit out
in the basement Washing
ton Post.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29
Do Not BE shortsishtcd.

Sharpen your wits, Increase your appetite,
and tone up your system 10y spending a
week or two at one OF the many beautiful
lake resorts reached via Wisconsin Central
Lines. '99 summer booklet tells you how
to do it. It's yours for the asking. Jas. e.
Pond, Gen. Pass. Agt., Milwaukce, Wis.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29
Test of Bcnuty.

Gladys-I am afraid you aren't as
pretty as nurse.
Mamma-What makes you think SOP
We've been walking in the park
whole hour and not a single policeman
has kissed you.-Boston Traveller.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29
Summer Costuming.

az don't believe in girls a.dressin' in stiff
clothes Idurin' the hot weather" said the
adpose elderly lady with the large diamond
earrings and finger rings at the boarding
house breakfast table the other morning.
81 make my two daughters dress in negli-
gent costumes all summer, no matter where
they're a-goin'" "Maw!" said her daugh-
tiers, warningly, from the other side of the
table, and the fox terrier pup turned III
out in the basement Notwithstanding
ton Post
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29
SIN More CONTRIBUTING.

The Secret Service has just unearthed an.
other band OF counterfeiters, and secured a
large quantity of bogus bills, which are so
cleverly executed that the average person
would never suspect them OF being spurious.
Things of great value are always selected for
imitation, notably Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters which has many imitators but no equals
for disorders like indigestion, dyspepsia, con-
stipation. nervousness and general debility.
Always go to reliable druggists who have the
reputation Of giving what you ask for.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29
Indie. Cnn Yyenr Shoes

Ono size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet 1t makes tight
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot.
sweating, aching feet. ingrowing nails, corns
and bunions At all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package FREE by mail.
Address Allen S. Olmstod, Lo Roy, n. Y.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29
A Dash OF Gaycty.

The doomed man feared the people who
waited along the way to the scaffold.
"See how they stare at me-" he cried,
ago.izingy.
Eyes, that's what you might call rubber
ing it in" observed the executioner, play
fully. deeming it not amiss to inject an e!e-
ment Of gayety into this otherwise sombcr
affair--Detroit Journal
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29
Homo Run Strikes.

Dggs-So your daughter is married, eh?"
Biggs-Ges.
And how does your new sonin.law strike
you
"For W or an * usually. Chicago
Evening News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29

Every woman believes that her husband
is a child in some respects, and that she
must be on the alert to keep things out Of
his grasp that he wants, but which are not
good for him.-Atchison Globe.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29
A Glenn Record.

Il wouldn't associate with her. Why, one
of her ancestors was charwoman."
''Well, then, she's sure that one Of them,
at least, had clean record, Philadelphia
Rnlletin
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29
lanes Family siecicire.

Moves the bowels each day In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head
ache Price 25 and Soc.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me
many doctors bills. i. Hardy, Hop
kins Place, Baltimore, Md, Dee. =, 81.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29

1t is the agents business to sell things;
it is your business not to buy unless you
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29

Days when the business man has had an
unsatisfactory breakfast the office boy has
to earn his salary journal
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29
The Conclusion,

"And you say the idiot of a teacher told
you that you had an extravagant fool of a
father?"
"That's what he meantY
"But what did he say?'
Gle said it was criminal folly to waste
money on the education of such a chump
as | am. '-Indanapolis journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29

Pope says. "The minds the measure of
the man. Perhaps that is why some men
are so hard to fnd.-Ram's Horn.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is q Constitutional Cure. Price, 75c.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29
To Cure n Cold I'm One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quininc Tablets. Al
druggists refund money lift fails to cure. DC
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-04

last effort and threw it far out of tho
window into the river. 1t crashed
through the thin ice and imm ediately
sank.
In those days the fire department
was different from what it now is. The
company reaching the scene first re-
ceived bonus from the Insurance.
companies, consequently there was a
great rivalry between the various sta.
tions. The man who brought the
alarm to the station received shilling.
When the first hose company arrived
at the fire, the house was almost de-
stroyed, and all that could be done
was to save neighboring property.
Next morning, the ruins were diligent-
ly searched by Hanson and others, but
although Goodwin's remains were
found, no trace OF the iron box was
discovered. Goodwin s death was put
down to accident. Hanson was killed
soon after in a drunken brawl.
Now let us skip forty one years. All
this time the iron box had lain on the
bottom of the st. Lawrence covered
with an ever-increasing layer of mud.
In 1892 dredge Number Four of the
Montreal harbor commissioners, was
dredging the channel opposite Jacques
Cartier square. The depth of the
channel was being increased from
twenty to thirty-two feet. Suddenly
one of the men on the mud ow on
to which the earth, ct cetera, taken
up by the dredge was dumped, noticed
rusty iron box. Nobody was look
ing, so, securing it, he slowed it away
inside the locker where he kept his
clothes. That night he took it hcm,.
we'll wrapped up. There, the OK was
opened, and on top lay the packas
with stamp on it, such as he La
never seen before.
This man was honest he was not
going to keep the money and papers if
the heirs of the rightful owner could
be found after these ma ny years. He
went to his lawyer, who after long
search, found the heirs. In his graft
tude at recovering the papers, which
really were valuable title deeds, he
presented the man with the package
on which was this rare twelve pence,
and with handsome cheque besides.
Through his lawyer, the man sold the
twelve pence t, Montreal philatelist,
for three hundred and fifty dollars.
and it now rests as the gem 'par ex-
cellence" in superb b. N. A. collec-
ton. And its present owner has good
reason to be proud of it, for few
stamps have such history
Waverley Magazine.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-04
The Marechal Mel Rose.

The Empress Eugene gave the
name "Marechal Niel' to the lovely
rose which is so called. When Gen
eral Mel returned from the field of
Solferino, where he had signally dis
tinguished himself, a poor man pre-
sented him with a basket of lovely
yellow roses. To perpetuate their
beauty the General had cutting
struck from one of the blooms, and
when rose tree had grown from this
he presented it to the Empress Eu
genie. She was delighted with the
dainty gift, but was much surprised
to know that the roses was known by
no distinctive name. "Ah! she said,
81 will give it name; and it shall
be the Marechal Neil" Thus the
Empress achieved two ends-name6
the flower and acquainted the Genera,
with the fact that he had been raised
to the coveted office of Marshal OF
France.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-04
The Kind He Wanted.

''Everybody's been taking fall out
O. my Chickens" he said, ''and want
an injunction.
''You do?" asked the lawyer,
though; fully.
eyes, sir, 1 do" answered the
caller.
''8een troubling you for some time,
eh?" asked the lawyer.
''Pretty reglar for nigh onto a
year." was the reply, can everybody
seem to be able to stop everything with
injunctions, so l thought I'd have to
git one.
''But don't believe deal in the
kind you want" returned the law
yer.
"What kind do 1 want?" asked the
caller.
"You want double barreled in
junction loaded with birdshot or salt,
replied the lawyer. "You ought to be
able to get it at any gun store
''By guml 1 guess you're right"
returned the old man. as his face
lighted up. eve heard tell that
these here injunctions were mighty
effective weapons in the hands OF men
vino knew how to handle them, but
didn's quite get onto what they were
before. Chicago Post.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-04
THE CAROL
Islands That DO Spain No Good-Germany
Likely to Buy Them.

Islands That DO Spain No GOod-Germany
Likely to Buy Them.
If the Germans succeed the Span.
iards as possessors of the Caroline
Islands, they will then control new
stretch of Pacific waters extending
over 1900 miles, from Yap in the west
to kusaie in the east, with $50 islets
and islands spriukled over the expanse.
Most OF these little lands are low coral
atolls, but some of them are islands
whose abounding basalt shows their
volcanic origin. The basalt islands
are inclosed by barrier reefs. 1t would
not be difficult for vessel to sail
among these little islands from one
end of the 15)O-mile stretch to the
other without sighting land.
Most of the islands are sparsely
inhabited, and probably not over 50,-
00O people, whom Mr.. +. w. Chris
tian calls an ''odd medley of black,
brown and yellow races" inhabit
them. The western islands have the
darker peoples and they speak the
more barbarous languages, though
they are much nearer India and the
Malay archipelago than their eastern
neighbors. The largest island is
Ponape, near the eastern end of the
Carolines. The next largest and the
busiest is Yap, near the western end.
The chief trade is in copra, the dried
meat OF the cocoanut, of which about
1000, 900 pounds are produced an
nually, Yap contributing nearly half
of it. The other exports are beche-
de-mer, vegetable ivory, nuts, turtle
she'll and pearl shell.
Spain may haggle little over the
price, bat the probability is that she
really wishes to get rid OF the islands.
They have been troublesome acqui-
sition. They have cost many Spanish
lives during the native risings. They
have made it necessary to maintain
two expensive military establishments.
Yap in the west and Ponape in the east,
and Spain has really got nothing for
it all except the empty honor of fly
ing her flag over these little groups.
She has no tade there and has re-
ceived no revenue from the natives,
and the taxes collected from the few
German, American and Japanese trad
ers, who are doing very we'll, is mere
bagatelle in comparison with the cost
of the Carclines to Spain. Anew York
Sun.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-04
WHERE TURQUOISE is FOUND.
The Demand Is Much Larger Than TIL
Supply.

The Demand Is Much Larger Than TIL.
Supply.
The demand for fine turquoise il
largely in excess of the supply, owing
to the fact that only few perfecl
specimens are at present produced
where they were once abundant. Some
OF the best turquoise are found ir
the Los Cerillos and Grant county
mines in New Mexico, but the finest
gems come from the Niskapur mines
in northern Persia. There are five OF
six of these mines, but the most pro
ductive of all is the Rush mine, which
is situated at the top of mountair
that rises to an altitude of 5000 feet
above the sea level. The turquoise
are found at depth of from 70 to sc
feet below the surface, and the miners
descend first by means of diagona
tunnel and then by ladders fastened
to the side of the shaft.
At the mouth of the mine, which is
on precipitous hillside, half dozer
men stand on ledge and with small.
hammers break up the rock that is
wound up to them with windlass
When turquoise is discovered it is
placed on one side in the rough state.
incased in stone and sent to market al
n Nesked. There the precious stones
are separated from the fragments OF
rock, and the good specimens are
sorted from the poor ones. Although
inferior stones gre plentiful, turquoise
of fair size and good color are seldom
found. Many of them look excellent
when taken from the mine, but the
color soon fades, or a green tinge is
developed, or white spots appear on
them. Some of these white spots are
so small that they can only be detected
with the aid of a strong glass, and even
then they appear as mere specks, but
in time these specks increase and may
spread right across the stone. These
defects spoil the stone for the Euro
pean and American markets, and they
are sold to Orientals, who are less par.
ticular about such flaws. Turquoisee
are worth from 81 to $50 and sell &C,
cording to the size and quality of the
stone. Washington Star.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-04
MY MOcsEHEAD CANOE.

On ore men have been drowned in Moose
head than in any other lake in New Eng
)and.)
Keenly purrs the wind past the spruces Of
Soc-at-e-an.
Swift ride the waves In the gloom of Kin
neho;
White fiaunt the flags Of the foam a-aashing
giddily,
-Fleetng off beyond me like the tahs OF
deer arrow.
Dip down deep!
Eh, Wy beauty, you're a-leap.
And calmly front the danger OF tho lake,
my love with you.
Wary, scary though you be,
See, loose you wild and free,
In tho welter of the waters for trust you,
my canoe.
White are the bones in the waters tossing
under me;
Palid are the skeletons of hunters sucked
below,
fear, from the waves bubble chokingly and
gruesomely
The bitter, bitter murmurings of those
who call you foe.
Dare think |
That you brought them here to die?
That you drowned them in your malice
when they s:ska,; their souls with you?
That you wantoned with the wave,
Fled and mocked, and would
not save?
All, It's false; I'll not believe it, for l trust
you, my canoe.
Shrek. then, ye gale from the scrap Of
rugged Kinneho.
Nothing am L daunted as l stroke this
glossy side.
Thin is the shell, and clamorous the buffet
ing.
But bold is the breast of the gull on which
l ride.
Staunch my blade!
Riven ash. No knight arrayed
In the panoplr of conquest ever better
weapons bore.
Thrust and parry right and left
Lo, the vast gray ranks are cleft,
And we scatheless surge to heaven on the
far Tom-he-gan shore.
Holman +. Day, in Lewiston Journal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-04
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

There are said to be $50 glaciers in
the Alps over five miles in length.
The highest point to which man
can ascend without his health being
very seriously affected is Is, 500 feet.
The moon, according to the theorie,
OF astronomers, is not inhabited by
living organisms similar to those OF
the earth.
Mr.. II. Holswaldt has devised ar
improved mercury interrupter. l.
consists of three -rayed star whee'
made of silver. The arms are narrow
and fattened so they enter and leave
the mercury without noise.
The most active volcano in the worlc
Mount Sangay, II, ,19O feet high
situated on the eastern chain of the
Andes, South America. 1t has beer
in constant eruption since 1928.
French naturalists are trying tt
preserve the beavers of the Rhon.
from extinction. 1t is not unlikel,
that their efforts will produce an in
crease OF these animals, and the farm
ing of them for the sake of the ful
and castoreum.
The blonde type will have disap
peared from Europe in two centuries,
according to an English physician
who declares that of 100 blondes only
55 marry, while of 100 brunettes Il
marry. In Germany and Scandinavia
also the blonde type is much less pre-
dominant than it used to be.
At Cape Grisnez, on the Frencl
coast of the British channel, a new
lighthouse has been erected. The
light is of 1900, 900 candle power a.
ordinary times, but of 3, 900, 600 can
die power in thick weather, and car
be seen forty eight miles off on clea,
night. 1t sends five successive white
flashes instead of the three white fol
lowed by red of the old light.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-04
Birds That Dance

There is no longer any doubt that
birds are addicted to the dance. The
bower-bird and the prairie fowl are
,depts in the art, while the American
grouse is a veritable master of cere.
monies. 1t is the custom OF these
birds to prepare their ballroons by
beating down the grass with theii
wings, and then to dance something
suspiciously like the lancers. By
twos and fours they advance, bowling
their heads and dropping their wings;
then they recede and then advance
again, and turn on their toes, swelling
their feathers and cluck;ng gently.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-04
The Law of Appetite.

A healthy appetite Graves and di
gests the food material which the sys.
tenn requires. If we know that in in.
fancy milk is essential to the human
organism, because before the age oi
six months, or thereabouts, the "phy-
siological machinery" is not prepared
for the digestion of starchy foods; that
in childhood sugar and starch and fat
are required to supply the elements
especially needed for growth; that in
youth bread and meat in abundance
are necessary to meet the increasing
demands which development imposes
on the constitution; that in mature
life, when the brain is most exercised,
ligestible phosphate salts are needed
to repair wasted tissue; that in old age
less food is required, and bread, as
the nonogenarian Sir Isaac Holden
asserted, renders the arteries 'like
furred boilers''-if we find, in brief,
that every period and condition of life
has certain exigencies in which reason
must take instinct for her guide = we
should listen to the voice of instinct,
-ealizing that the appetite is subject
to claw of its own." This law does
not involve the fallacy that instinct is
not to be trained or disciplined; it
,nly requires that the function of in
stinct be given due recognition. In
.he words of Shakespeare we should
let ''good digestion wait on appetite,
and health on both. Harper Ba-
Ear.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-04
A Gorgeous Carriage.

The most magnificent carriage in
the Nice battle of flowers was in the
form of Russian sleigh, with the
servants in Russian costume. The
whole equipage was covered with pink
and white camellias. In front of the
sleigh was the head of large polar
bear and overhead hung a huge eagle
perched on snowy branch. Behind
walked servants carrying silver axes.
This sight carried ones mind back to
the old stories of sleigh driving, pur-
sued by wolves, over the snowy plains
of Russia, the ominous eagle of des-
tiny lowering overhead. Another
competitor who favored the weird
style of decoration was one whose car
riage displayed serpent made of
pansies, with jaws wide open and red
fangs flashing in the sunlight. This
ferocious reptile was coiled round q
tree and its head stretched forward as
to strike.-Chicago Record.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-04
The Age of olive Trees.

The age of the oldest olive trees in
California runs back over ninety years.
They are six in number, and stand
about the San Gabriel Mission, still
bearing fruit, and living monuments
to the wisdom of the FRANCISCAN friars.
The oldest olive tree in the country is
that at the Capistrano Mission, thirty
miles south of Los Angeles. Its seed
came from Corsica in 1859, and the
purpose was to provide food from the
trees for the monks, who came from
,live-growing regions in the same lati-
sudes as Southern California, in Spain
and the south of France. The old
monarch has been photographed hun
lreds of times by tourists. 1t is fully
ffty feet high and has trunk five
ieet in diameter.