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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-08

Arch1tect Parhtt then said tina
since filing the petition he had found
that inches would not be enough for
two columns, such as were proposed
he said that he had originally intend
ed to place two finch columns on tn,
extension, but that he could reduc,
their size to 6-inch columns. Tbi
would make total width of IL inche
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04

this advertisement. to the end that he
might engage and amuse these people
of restless spirit. Others affirm that
the giants arose spontaneously out OF
the soul of the people. They are the
heroic warriors who have saved the
city, and of whom the remembrance is
perpetuated under this symbolical as
pect.
However that may be, for the most
part the towns of Flanders, Belgium,
have their giant. For instance, there is
Grandfather Giant at Malines, Druon
Antignon at Anvers, who came TO take
part in the fetes of Van Dyck; Hercules
at Louvaine, Ommegan at Brussels,
Lideric and Phinart at Lille, Goliath
at Ath, Longcman ut Hasselt, The Drag
on at Mons, and, finally, Gayant and
Reuse at Dunkrk. Each one has local
history. The date of birth of others is
unknown and uncertain. They are due
probably to the desire each village had
to make the most droll. most amusing
and most eccentric display, in the words
of the learned M. Theophile Denis, to
amuse big children with playthings.
The willow mannikin, which repre-
sents Gayant of Douai, was constructed
in the year 1880, to figure in n religious
procession. Gayant has been repaired
very often since that time, and il is be-
! lieved that there exists little of the
original carcass. His wife dates only
since 1864. The children followed
Jacquot, Filian and Binbn. Gayant is
over seven yards high, Nine. Gayant
six, Jacquot four, Filan 3.5 and Binbn
between 2,5 and three. Gayant, the
most beautiful of the giants, who has
figured at Cambria in the procession
of the 18th of August, is costumed as
n soldier of the sixteenth century,
| st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04
HELEN'S GRASS PLOT.
II Was Quite Pretty Until Her Pet
Worms Intcrfercd with Her Sue
cess ms n Gardener.

Helen loved to play on the grass, and
it troubled her greatly when ii became
hard and dry and brown in winter.
How unpleasant it looked! In some
places it was "frost-bitten," in Others
il looked as if "the moths had been AT
it," Helen said. There were great bare
places, sometimes as big as your hand,
sometimes "a foot square, all over the
grass that used to be so pretty last
June. Somebody suggested: why
not have grass plot in the house"'
That was a fine idea! Auntie had
her flowers, mamma had her birds. a
little girl surely could take care Of a
grass plot!
A box was procured, about four by
three feet, and in it the earth was care
fully prepared and grass seed planted.
After some days the tiny green spears
began to appear, until, before long
oh, JOY in the house and in Hclen's
window!-there was a lovely green
grass plot. a charming expanse of col
ors, and Helen kept it there in good
condition all winter.
She watered ii regularly, kept it in
plenty of sun to "help the water to
make it grow" She cut it at certain
intervals all over with auntie's scis'
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04
DRIFT OF OPINION.

DBryan has nothing TO offer Ne
is nonsense to ask the vote of the state
as personal favor.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
GyThe, free silver plank has been
dropped from the platform of the Hi
nois State Federation of Labor. Work
ingmen are up with the times.-Cleve-
land Leader.
DThe anti-imperialists have formed
national league. The articles of or
ganization do not tell what nation is
responsible for their existence.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
OIt is always the way with the dem
ocratic party never to get on the right
side of n question until three or four
years after it has been settled.-Ne-
braska State Journal.
ryMr. Bryan has been travelling
through Ohio in Candidate McLean's
private car, telling the people what a
wicked thing it is to have money
Chicago Times-Herald.
uyPerhaps the most difficult task in
political lovemakiDg ever attempted is
the effort of the Louisville Courier
Journal to cuddle up to Hon. William
Jennings Bryan.-N. Y. Sun.
ryChairman Jones is disposed TO take
up right where he left off in 1896. The
gentleman from Arkansas overlooks a
little progress the country has made
during his absence. -Washington Post.
ryMr. Bryan told the Ohio farmers
that they cannot afford to belong to
the republican party, but they don't
seem to think he knows as much about
their business as they do.-Chicago
Times-IIerald.
rTThe democratic party ought to
know from its performance, in Hawaii
that the American flag doesn't stay
hauled down. The recreant party goes
out and the flag goes up against.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
DThe silver people owe Col. Bryan
an enormous debt OF gratitude. IL is
were not for him, the phrase sixteen
TO one" would probably be as far out
ofdate as ''where did you get that hat?"
and some other playful products of the
Washington Star.
u1By an act of the republican legisla-
ture of Nebraska voters, II they choose,
can give the name of the party whose
ticket they propose to vote. In Lincoln
and Omaha such registration the first
day showed large republican gains,
which so alarmed the Bryanites that
they have considered the advisability
of securing an injunction to prevent
the question of party preference being
asked. Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04
FAILURES ARE DECREASING.
Facts Which Are Destructive to The
cries md Plans of the
Silverites.

In the first nine months of the pres
emit year the business failures in the
United States, as reported to Brad
streets, numbered 1915. In the cor
responding part of 1898 there were S,s55
commercial wrecks. The rate of de-
crease was about 20 per cent. In the
first nine months of 1897 the failures
numbered 1888. In 1896, up to the first
of October, there were 1,2S0. AS COM
pared with that year of doubt and de-
preston, the decrease this year has
been at the rate of 81 per cent.
1t is necessary TO go back to 1882. to
find so small n list of failures in the
first nine months of any year as have
been reported in 1899. Even then the
total liabilities were greater than they
have been so far in the present year.
In 1898 the failures of the first nine
months showed total liabilities five
times as great as those of the wrecked
business concerns of 1890.
TO understand the full importance of
such figures it is necessary to bear in
mind the great growth of the cor
In 1882 it had only about 54,000,000 in
habitants. Now there are nearly or
quite 74,000,O00. In 1896 the failures
ought to have been fewer by at least
six per cent. than in 1899, to keep the
same proportion to the population. On
the contrary there were over 1000 more
in the earlier year than in the later.
Such facts are utterly destructive TO
the theories and plans of the silverites.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04
THE PEOPLE ARE WITH HIM.
President Mckinley Returns to
Washington Convinced OF
Popular Approval.

President Mckinley and party re-
turned to Washington from their west
ern trip few days ago. They had trav-
eled 5000 miles and the president made
more than hundred speeches in nine
states. The president shows no signs
of wear or WEAKNESS and DIR. Rixey re-
ported Mrs. Mckinley as having gained
in strength and spirits in spite of the
fatigue incident to so long and exciting
journey.
The remarkably full and exact pro-
Gus hitch or break, and members of the
cabinet say the president returns to
his duties greatly fortified by the knowl-
edge that he has the sympathy and
support of the plain people in his i'm
portant policies.
President McKinley's western trip
was planned primarily to honor Chi
cago with his presence ut its notable
fall festival. When it was proposed to
have the Minnesota and Dakota volun-
teers back from the Philippines about
the same time he promptly acceded to
the request that he extend his journey
to take in those states. The president
has high regard for all the men who
offered their lives for their country,
but he has a particularly warm spot
in his heart for the soldiers who Loyalty
remained in the Philippines after they
were legally entitled to discharge.
Overwhelmed with petitions to visit
cities and towns en- route, he gracious
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04
MY DAYS.

Good days and bad days; glad days and
sad days;
Days when all is mournful. and days
when all is bright;
Days / have a happy heart, and dance
and go a-singing,
And days I've naught but trouble from
the morning till the night.
Up days and down days; wise days and
silly days:
Days | lose my playthlngs, and days |
bump my head
Days / know my lessons. and jolly times
are Plentiful.
And days | cry for nothing. and get sent
up TO bed.
Big days ana little days: young days and
old days,
Days that come and days that go, a long
and passing train;
And days when / am grown up, like days
when l am little,
viii still be sad or happy, full OF SUM
shine or of rain.
Days. days, and more days; my lifetime
will be full of them
And to make the sunshine brighter, and
the darkness seem less drear;
To make more brightCthan dark days, more
glad days than sorry days,
I've a stout heart TO welcome them. and q
hearty voice to cheer.
Eva Lovett, in Youths Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04
"HELEN'S GRASS PLOT"

sors. And one day when the door was
shut she INDUCED long-cherished
wish.
She planted her small feet carefully
up and down on the soft grass, walking
on grass us tender and yielding as if
the month were May and not January!
She was very careful when she did
this, because, to Helen's delight, two
lovely brown worms had come to live
in her grass plot. Where they came
from nobody knew, but they were
there! And Helen sometimes consider
ately dropped few crumbs for them
among the grass, where no doubt the
worms discovered them.
There is some reason to think that
the worms believed that the grass plot
and the sun and the water and Helen
bread crumbs were all intended for
their sole benefit, and that to make
them a comfortable home was Helen's
only duty. This was Helen's idea, for
the worms grew quite fat and bold !;
and finally Helen was quite willing to
have them put out into the garden to
hide themselves as best they could in a
corner. They were too conceited and
needed punishment. But that is the
way with worms!-Brooklyn Eagle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04
A WEATHER PROPHET.
The Tortoise Knows when II Is Going
to Rain and Always Makes
for shelter.

The tortoise is not an animal one
would naturally fix upon as likely to be
afraid of rain, but it is singularly so.
Twenty-four hours or more before rain
falls the Galapagos tortoise makes for
some convenient shelter. On bright,
clear morning, when not n cloud is to be
seen, the deniZens of tortoise farm
on the African coast may sometimes be
seen heading for the nearest overhang-
ing rocks. When that happens the pro-
prietor knows that rain will come down
during the day, and as rule it comes
down in torrents. The sign never fails.
This presentation, or whatever you
may call it, which exists in many birds
and beasts may be explained partly
from the increasing weight of the at
mosphere when rain is forming, part
ly by habits of living and partly from
the need of moisture which is shared by
all
III we want to find n country where
nature has turned things topsy-turvy-
that is, according to our notion we
must go to Australia. Many things are
reversed in that country. II is summer
there while it is winter in America.
Trees shed their bark instead of their
leaves; fruit has the stone or kernel
outside; swans are black; there is
species of fly that kills and eats the
spider, and fish, called the climbing
perch, that walks deliberately out of
the water, and, with the aid of its fins,
climbs the adjacent trees after the in
sects that infest them.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04

ly taxed his strength and robbed him
self of sleep in an endeavor to meet the
expectations of the people. This
brought him into close contact with
the people of the great northwest, and
friends who saw him this afternoon re-
port him as exceedingly happy over the
reception given him everywhere he
went. He is an adept at sounding the
sentiment of the masses from such
touch-and-go contact, and he comes
back to Washington assured chat the
people are with him heart and soul
in his programme to conquer peace
in the Philippines.
When he made similar journey to
Omaha a year ago the president was
in some doubt as to the wisdom of
claiming all the Philippine archipelago,
but he came back an expansionist.
When he started on his recent trip
he had no doubt as to the policy to be
pursued in the Philippines. His duty
became clearer and memorable from
his viewpoint the moment the treaty of
peace was ratified by the senate. He
took the position that he was bound
under his oath to establish the sover-
eighty of the United States over those
islands, and he determined to use the
army and navy to uphold the honor of
the flag. No matter how much mist
and uncertainty others dwelt in, to his
mind his course was fixed and unalter-
able, and for as many months he has
been as true to it as the needle to the
polar star. The enthusiastic approval
of the populace has been highly graf
flying to him.
Political opponents prophesied that
the presidents trip was an election
eering jaunt, but they can point to moth.
ing of partisan character in his speech
or conduct. The president spoke to all
conditions of men on the highest plane
of patriotism, and there was no discor-
dant ring in the responsive demonstra'
tions. Everywhere he spoke ii was ap-
parent the president but gave voice
to the patriotic fervor of the people.
So convincing were the demonstra'
tons of popular approval that the pres.
ident, according to his friends, is not
merely willing to go to the country or
the expansion issue, but is eager to have
1t pushed to the front in the coming
campaign. Their conclusions may bt
inferential, but there is no doubt ad
ministration officials are now con
| vinced there is no danger to be appre
hended from what they term the "littlt
Observation-Disclosures Special, in
Chicago Times-Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04
puII Dcae.

While a gang of workmen were re-
pairing the track on the main line of
the Pennsylvania railroad, n large Dull
made its appearance and scattered
them in every direction. For about half
an hour there was a running fight be-
tween the men and the bull. He was inn
pervious to showers of rocks and an
occasional crack from n shovel, and
finally the men were forced to retreat
up an embankment. Just then heavy
freight train hove in sight, and the
bull stationed himself in the middle of
the track. The engineer blew a warning
blast; the bull, accepting this as chal-
lenge, sent back defiant below. Then
there was collision. The train went
on serenely, while the bull-where was
that misguided animal? Then the men
came down the embankment and re-
sumed work.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04
Pretty Rattle for Dolly.

Crack an English walnut in halves.
and having first teSen out the kernel
and put in either bell or one or two
small pebbles, paste the two shells to-
gether again. Lay it to dry for a quar-
ter of an hour. When dry 1t will be
found that there is small opening
near one eud. In this opening insert n
match (from which the sulphSs has
been broken Off and glue 1t in. When
this is dry gid the rattle. II may then
be tied around the dolls neck with rib
bon, or II may be fastened to necklace
OF beads. This may be improved upon
in various ways, and makes quite an at
tractive little rattle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04
GIANTS AT CAMBRIA.
Survival OF n Peculiar Custom which
Has Obtained I'm FLANDERS for
Hundreds Of Years.

Eacn year in the middle of August
the parish feasts at Cambria, in France,
are concluded with the march of the
giants. The cortege was particularly
fine this year, the Gayant family OF
Douai and Reuse of Dunl<irk having
responded to the invitation of the Cam
brians.
The various programmes published at
Cambria have taken care to recall to
mind the origin of the institution OF
the popular giants of Flanders. 1t was
Charles ", said some of these, who en-
dowed the subjects of the north with
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04
Defined.

Bobby-Pop, what is domestic econ
omy?
Papa-It Is the fine art of reducing
the grocer's bills and smoking ten-cent
cigars ut the same time, my SOM.
Y. World.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04

They make the arguments of the Bryan
campaign ridiculous. They will abso-
lutely forbid the pushing forward OF
the silver issue by any sane body of
inflationists in the great struggle OF
next year.-Cleveland Leader.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04

UAmericans wh6Ihave become un-
duly embittered by discussion of the
policy of expansion into the old world
should get new grip on their patriot
ism. As yet there has been no Ameri-
can movement in the Philippines de-
handing American condemnation. The
American flag raised in the suppression
OF the Aguinaldo outbreak must re-
ceive earnest and unanimous American
support.-St. Louis Republic (Dem.l.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04
RiynI Fnncffona.

my daughter is about to give phan-
tom party" said Mr.. Gildersleeve.
"My baby gave n cbolera-infantum
party last night" cut in Mr.. Sterling.
Worth.-.Indrc.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-11-04

Paris Ten Thousand Beagars.
Paris contains 10000 individuals whs
live by begging.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-17
SUIT AGAINST THE REGENTS
FEDERATED TRADES WILL ASK
FOR AN INJUNCTION.
Want the University Building Con-
tracts Let to Lowest Bidders On
Each Building.

The complaint calling for an in
junction against the board of regents
of the state university, in behalf of the
Federated Trades people, is in the
hands of Attorney James H. Moyle,
who will have it fled in the district
court within the next few days. The
action is the outgrowth of the award
ing of bids to contractors for the new
university buildings. When bids were
called for both residents and non-resi-
dents responded, and the complainant
in the suit represents the interests of
the former.
The complaint in Mr.. Moyle's hands
alleges that Grundfor & Atkinson of
this city submitted a bid for the physi-
cal building of the institution that was
$500 lower than amy other, and that
in spite Of this the board of regents
propose letting the contract to a Chi
cage firm, their justification being that
the latter firms, aggregate bid on all
three buildings Is lower than the local
firms.
The complaint alleges that separate
bids were called for and that the bids
of ,Grundfor & Atkinson were regularly
submitted, in accordance with that
call. No objection is made. so far as
the contracts for the other buildings
are concerned, to their being awarded
to outside parties whose bids were
lower, but in the instance covered by
the complaint. the allegation is that an
injustice and unusual procedure is con-
templated by the board The trades
people being taxpayers, it is their de-
sire and right. they claim. to keep as
much of the work at home as possible.
Hence their interest in the local firm
of contractors.
If is understood that the board of
regents will meet Saturday next and
formally award the contracts. This
would have been done sooner but for
the threatened Injunction suit.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-17
UTAH SOLDIERS FROM MANILA
INFANTRYMAN AND TROOPERS
HOME FROM THE WAR.
Corporal Pratt Tells of Some Recent
Occurrences In the Philippines
Ali Saw Hard Service.

Within the past couple of days sew
eral Utah boys who Joined the regular
army and went to the Philippines have
Francisco ON the transport Tartar last
week.
One of the boys who received an hon
orable discharge and reached home
Sunday night was Parker B. Pratt, d
member of company G. Fourteenth in
fantry. His company was in Major
Grants expedition across Laguna de
Bay. when the batteries and the infan-
try did such effective work before
Santa Cruz.
Since the Utah volunteers returned
home Corporal Pratt has been into the
mountainous country east of Manila,
and from one of the eTninenceS he 2=.3
his companions got a view of the ocean
on this side of Luzon island. The high
lands he believes are healthful, but at
any rate the rivulets of cool, clear
water were a decided luxury.
Corporal Pratt has high opinion OF
General Lawton. who Is usually out on
the firing line with the soldiers.
Ike Russell. formerly with the Utah
batteries, he reports doing well in Man
lila. His cousin is cashier for T. IL.
Evans & Co, commission merchants,
and also secretary of g rntEing COM
pany backed by Spreckles and banks
in the Orient. He says Spreckles will
soon extend his San Francfsco-HOmo-
lulu steamer line to Manila.
The hard service Pratt has gone
through has impaired his health and
made him a shadow of his former self.
William Lister, Ambreg Newell and
Frank Hyde, three of the sixty cad
brave Utah boys who enlisted in troop
E. Fourth United States cavalry, have
returned home TO Salt Lake after re-
cefving honorable discharges. They
went through a hard service as did
any Utah volunteers in the Philippines,
but they look only slightly the worse
for fine eypnrienee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-17
ADVENTURES OF DUCK HUNTERS
SALT LAKE MEN NARROWLY Es-
CAPPED DROWNING.
Bear River Ferry Boat Went to
Pieces Twice and the Hunters Got
a Ducking.

l.. w. Dittman, Jack Hooper and Lee
Rinzerhoff have returned from Bear
river, where they have been hunting
ducks, and they tell furid stories of
many ducks and hairbreadth escapes.
AS they have regulations as truthful
men, they are believed by those to
whom they talked.
Mr.. Dittman said last night that
about 400 ducks had been killed, 500 of
which were brought down. They came
very near losing their wagon and horses
and might have been drowned while
crossing Bear river on a very small and
wornout ferry boat. The horses were
taken over first, but In midstream the
planking of the boat gave way and the
animals fioundeFed about in water to
their knees. with the boards striking
and bruising their legs.
On the next trip the wagon came
over. Just as the ferry reached the
shore the stern end sank down be-
Meath the water. Had this occurred in
the stream some Of the party might
have been drowned. To save the wa
gon the three men waded in the ice
cold water UP to their waists and
dragged it ashore.
In Ogden Rinzerhoff had more expert
ence- He was walking up Twenty
fifth street. besmeared with mud and
dirt Hooper, who was ahead. was APP
preached by tramp for money with
which to buy square meal.
Don't you see that this fellow be-
hind me is working this side of the
street." said he. The tramp looked at.
Rinzarhoff, and judging from his APP
pearance that he would work anything
or anybody, crossed over.