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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-12-23
TOY FLYING MACHINE.
Can De Made by Any bright Young
ster from nm Empty spool and
IN Old Tin Can.

Get an old tin can, and by setting It
on the fire melt cff the ends, first one
then the other. Then cut the cylinder
apart and fatten it out SO that you will
have perfectly fiat piece of tin. From
this cut piece the shape shown in the
picture (a), five inches long and one and
half inches wide in the widest part.
This work can easily be done by pair
of old shears.
Now procure an empty spool, one
with large body If you can get it, and
in the top drive two wire nails (b), and
with file cut off the heads of each. In
the narrow part of the strip of tin make
three smooth holes Is, 6 and y, two of
which Is and 81 will fit snugly over the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-12-23
roid of a Littie poetes..

Dorothy, aged five, is much given to
rhyming. Her mother, coming into the
room not long since, found her seated
on the floor with book of child verse
on her lap and her three-year-old BROTH
err at her side. Upon being asked what
she was doing, she replied: liam read.
ing to little brother. make the pieces
up myself and they, are just a. poemy
as they can be-"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-12-23

San Diego. CAL, has lemon grove
covering 1000 acres. 1t Is said to be the
largest in the world. II was begun In
1890, with ITO acres.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-12-23
Cannot he Accused.

In discussing those combinations
popular;y known as trusts" President
Mckinley points out that it is the re-
publican party which, through repub-
lican presidents, has advocated the Re,
straint of all organizations designed by
crushing natural competition to mo-
nopolize markets and to enhance prices
and that 1t was a republican administra.
ton which enacted the antitrust" law
that has already broken up some of the
largest combinations ever formed. The
president advises congress to act at
once in adopting such further means as
may be necessary to protect the peo-
pies rights against undue encroach-
,ment OF corporate greed. The president
and his party are beyond accusation on
the question of "trusts."-Troy Times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-12-23

DThe surplus and gold reserve in the
United States treasury are both in
creasing, and It will soon be in order
for the democrats to begin another
crusade against prosperity Cleveland
Leader.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-12-23

The area Of the worlds coal fields n
471, 800 square miles. :
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
UNDUE HASTE.

A group of after-dinner lawyers in the
hotel corridors were discussing the recent
tragedy at the Windsor hotel. ut is only
from actual experience" said one of the
party, that any idea can be formed of the
frightful rapidity with which such a fire
advances. 1 was in the old Southern at ST.
Louis when it burned a hole in the night of
1883, and l happen to know what | am talk
ing about. ! was sleeping in my room on
the third floor when the alarm was given.
and in 10 seconds / was out in the hall. 7
had supposed vaguely that there would he
plenty of time to escape by the stairs, but
glancing dow the corridors I saw the
flames closing in on me in all directions.
There were pillows of fire that rushed for
ward exactly like big waves rushing in on a
beach. l was so ~astounded and fascinated
by the sight that for a moment l stood
, there transfiXed, and when I leaped back
into my room the little tongues of fire that
ran ahead were licking the carpet right be-
hind my heels. And now let me tell you
something else: 1t is easy enough to talk
about making ropes of sheets and all that
kind of thing, but ! wouldn't advise you to
try it when the floors are crashing all
, around you. There's no time for anything
except to get out, and get out quick. I
made a lightning search for the fire escape
1 and had given myself up for lost when I
found it under the mantel. I don't think it
took me more than two seconds to hitch it
to the window hook, and as 7 went over
the sill l heard the flames roaring through
my door. My trousers, with a gold watch
and 5000 in money, We're not 10 feet away,
but l left them and went down in my night
gown: Before I reached the ground the
rope burned through and let me drop. but
only fell a yard or SO, and was more
scared than hurt. That was my experience
with a hotel fire, and l am not in the least
surprised that people We're cut off from the
stairs in the Windsor. The wonder to me
is that more weren't burned to DEATH
New Orleans Tilnes-DemOcrat
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

could feel quiet. But it was too firm in the
sand for my hands to get it up; so in my
rage l set out quite briskly with the pick
to break up that stone. If it took all my
strength. 1t was pretty deep-set in the
ground. l assure you, ma'am: but at last l
got 1t up, and here it is-solid gold and
nearly as big as a baby's head. Now.
ma'am, l ask you, did l deserve this?"
He almost banged the rather dirty-look-
Ing lump down on the table before me as
he spoke and 1t certainly was a wonderful
sight, and a still more wonderful weight.
He told me he had searched about the
neighborhood of that nugget all day, but
there was not the faintest trace of any
more gold. So, as he had no time to lose
on account of the shortness of the food
and water supply. he just started back to
the coast, which he reached quite safely,
and came straight down to Perth in the
first steamer The principal bank had adj
vanced him ESQ OF his nugget, but it
would probably prove to be worth twice as
much. I asked him what he was going to
do, and was sorry to hear that he intended
to go back to England at once and set up
a shop or a farm-I forget which-among
his W people. OF course, it was not for
me to dissuade him., but l felt it was a pity
to lose such a good sort of man out of the
colony. for he was not spending his money
in champagne and card-playing. as all the
very few successful gold-inders did in
those first days-Lady Broome in the Corn
hill Magazine.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

race follower to remember scores OF
these bettors who have stood ready to
lose or win a fortune with a smile. They
have lasted a day, a week or perhaps
a season, and then they ave gone away
and the track has known them no more.
With Mike Dwyer it was different. He
was the greatest plunger of them all but
he stayed on and on. He stands alone as
one unique figure in turf history. He
would play any sort of odds when he
thought that there was a possibility
that he had a shade the best of the bar
gain. Some of his exploits will be re-
membered as long as there are horses
to run in races and men to bet on them.
Once Joe Cotton was a l to 10 shot.
The odds were considered as almost pro.
hibitive, but Dwyer put $50, 900 on him
to win $4,000 and he won his money.
Hanover was one of his favorites and he
would have risked his all on him.. One
and the grand old horse brought the
money home. Again Mike picked Ire
| mont as a sure winner as the track was
muddy n he knew that mud was the
black coult's long suit. He played $685.
600 on him to win 1000 and fremont
did not disappoint him. Such feats as
these are enough to make any man ia
NOUS.
When fortune turned Mike Dwyer was
| still game and he was game up to the
very last moment. Then came the in
evitable balancing Of the sheets. His
campaign in England had been a disas-
trous one for him. He has plunged as
he plunged in America but the book
makers took the money and at last he
withdrew from the betting ring and it
is doubtful if the tracks ever 10Y him
Intimately again. TIL day of Mike
Dwyer, the cool, courageous plunger has
passed. His brother, the conservative
Phil is still a millionaire. The latter Is
still a figure on the turf, but the formers
has preached his sermon on the futility
of fighting the ring. In this comparison
there is a lesson for those who are back.
ing the horses. !.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
CHINESE

The Chinese almanac is the most largely
circulated publication in the world, the
number of copies printed and sold yearly
reaching several millions. 1t is printed at
Picking, and is a monopoly of the emperor
no other almanac being permitted to be
sold in that country. Although containing
reliable astronomical information, it's chief
mission is to give full and accurate infor-
nation for selecting lucky palace for per-
forming all the acts, great and small, OF
everyday life. And as every act OF life in
China, however trivial, depends for its sue
cess on the time in which. and the dircc-
ton point Of compass) toward which, 1t is
done, it is of the utmost Importance that
every one should have correct
at all times available to enable him so to
order his life as to avoid bad luck and Ca
lamity, and secure good luck and prosper
ity. So great is the native faith in it's in
falibility, hat not long since the Chinese
minister to Germany refused to sail on a
day which had been appointed because it
was declared in the almanac to be unlucky.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
PLUNCER'S DOOM

The fortune Of a plunger who makes
it a business to play the races, and who
takes a pleasure in startling the sport
ing world by his unique betting methods
is fully as uncertain as the summer wind.
Today he has wealth at his command, to-
morrow dire poverty stares him in the
face. Today he is admired and courted
by the scores of followers, who hope to
participate in his good fortune, tomor-
row he is deserted and cast aside like a
race horse that has had it's day.
The history of the turf is filled by ex-
amples that illustrate the truth of this
assertion. There have been Walton days
and Grammar days but thay have passed
and now poor Mike Dwyer has disap-
peared from the track, another instance
to prove the folly of attempting to fight
the bookies. When the crash came and
it vas announced that Dwyer had gone
the way of the many who had tempted
fortune in this hard game, the one-time
plunger said:
From my oWn bitter experience after
more than twenty years of racing ] say
that it is beyond human power to beat
the ring. Betting is after all. a question
of figures, or rather of mathematical
proportion. On a moderate estimate !
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

Dwyer was Know and respected. There
was blu II Mike Dwyer. the "Silent
Magician,' and his name was one to con-
jure with. In the betting ring his foot
steps were followed by eager crowds for
all were anxious to follow him in his
selection of the probable winner Sud-
denly the star of his fortune fell and with
the few dollars that We're left he went to
Florida to spend the remainder of his
days in ~cultivating oranges and keeping
a hotel. For a time things went COM
paratively smoothly, but last winter the
frosts touched his trees. How much he
lost during the cold weather no one
knows, but if all the stories that nave
been published about him are true, he
has not enough of his fortune left to
bother him much with the counting.
Mike Dwyer and his brother Phil were
butchers in Brooklyn once. They made
money at the business and as they loved
horses they had some good flesh in their
stables. Mike always had a speculative
turn and he continued his efforts to i'm
prove the character of their animals I'M
til at last they found Rhadamanthus.
The story of how the Dwyer brothers
came to buy Rhadamanthus has never
been told. but buy him they did. way
back in 1876. and from that day until 1892,
when Mike parted company with Phil,
because he would insist on being a
plunger, while Phil was willing to let
his horses run for stakes and let other
people do the betting, the brothers were
the dominating figures of track history
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
Rhad entered their stable they were re-

Rhad entered their stable they were re-
garded as m~illionaires.
TO enumerate tho horses that the
Dryers have wned reads like a list of
the years champions during the twenty
seasons that the brothers were together.
There was Rhadamanthus and Bramble,
Luke Blackburn, Hindoo. Onondaga,
Dewdrop, Miss Woodford, fremont,
Hanover, Inspector B., Longstreet,
George Kinney, Kingston, Raceland and
all the rest of that brilliant array of
stars that are so familiar to racegoers,
and that won races until the expression
"Dwyer luck" became one of the say
ings of the turf.
Another ten-strike that the brothers
made was when they took Jimmy Nc
Laughlin as their star rider. He was a
success from the start, and season after
season, he DESTROYED the Dwyer mounts
and rode them to victory. Sometimes
the victory was easy, and sometimes the
struggle was a desperate one, but it was
all the same to Mclaughlin. He rode to
win and win he did until at last some
of the good men We're ready to back his
mounts without taking the trouble to in
quire the name of the horse on which
he sat. Those We're the good old days
of the turf, the days when a hundred
bookmakers We're lined up in the ring,
and when the crowd that gathered be-
fore them held million of dollars that
it was ready to risk upon the horses.
There have been many plungers in
America. 1t woul not require an old
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
AN AUSTRALIAN MINERS LUCK.

This man had reached the very last of
his resources without finding a speck of
gold, and although men in such extremity
are always kind and helpful to each other
he could not expect any one to share such
discriminating stores with him. There was
nothing for it, therefore, but to turn back
on the morrow, while a mouthful of food
was still left, and to retrace his steps as
best he might to the nearest port. He
dwelt will agood deal of rough pathos on
the despair of that last days f~ruitless
work, which left him too weak and ex-
hausted to carry his heavy tools back to
the spot they called ''camp." So he Just
flung them down, and, as he said, Stag
gercd" over the two or three miles of scrub
covered desert, guided by the smoke of the
campfire. Next morning early, after a
great deal of sleep and very little food. he
braced himself up to go back and fetch his
tools, though he carefully explained that
he would not have taken the trouble to do
this if he had not felt that his pick and
barrow were about his only possessions,
and might fetch the price of a meal or two
when it came to the last.
I have often wondered since if the impress
sion of the divine mercy and goodness
which was so strong in that mans mind
just then has ever worn off. He dwelt with
self-accusing horror on how he had rallied
at MS luck, at rate, at eFerytnlns, as ne
stumbled back that hot morning over his
tracks of the day before. The way seemed
twice as long, for, as he said, his "heart
was too heavy to carry" At last he saw
his barrow and pick standing up on the
fiat plain a little way off, and was YEARLY
dragging on toward them, when he caught
his toe against a stone deeply imbedded in
the sand. and fell down. His voice sank to
a sort of awestruck whisper, as if he We're
almost at confession, as he said, "Well
ma'am, if you'd believe me, I cursed aw-
full. ! felt as if it was too hard altogether
to bear. To think that 1 should go and
nearly break my toe against the only stone
in the district, and with all those miles to
travel back. So l lay Their like Jobs friend
and cursed God and wanted to die. After
a bit I felt like a passionate child who
kicks and breaks the thing which has hurt
him, and I had to beat that stone before ]
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

Hotel Inglaterra, the Waldorf-Astoria of
Havana, was ordered closed by General
Ludlow because a waiter, installing the
red epaulets for a mark of authority, had
served a b~andmaster, ranking as a pri-
vate with a glass of liquor.
OF course, the matter was soon AMIGA
bly, adjusted. but the example Of closing
the finest cafe in the city had a good eff
feet upon the smaller liquor sellers.
Drinks are still sold to the soldiers, of
course, but the violations of the law are
concealed SO carefully, that i%ntoxication
among the men is almost entirely I'M
known. To the Cuban, whose idea of
military discipline has heretofore been
gained from his acquaintance with the
Spanish soldiers, this achievement is
most remarkable, and it has given him a
most exalted opinion of the moral stand
ing of Uncle Sans troops.
Every day Havana is becoming more
and more like an American city. Even
the fear Of yellow fever does not seem
to deter the rush of people from the
United States on every steamer, and the
hotels are filled with representatives of
capitalists looking for favorable avenues
of investment. To a man Of limited
means Havana has little to offer, but for
the capitalists, the opportunities are
many. Already several lines of railroad
have been contracted for and arrange
ments are being made to introduce cleo
trlclty as. the motive power for the street
cars. More than 1000, 900 is to be ex-
pended in this improvement alone.
The golden opportunities that await
the wide-awake Yankee who has a little
money are not restricted to such gigantic
investment schemes. Everywhere there
are unheeded channels of wealth, in man.
ufacturing, agricultural or commercial
lines, for the country has been one Of
practical desolation for so long that it's
needs are many. To discover these needs
would be no difficult matter, and to sup
ply them would mean success, while the
opportunities to cultivate the land for
the export trade are boundless.
So far as I have been able to learn,
however, the poor man had better re-
main in the United States for the pres
ent. Capital is needed far more than
labor. and the American who came to
Havana with a limited capital would
have to contend against great odds. Liv-
ing is expensive and things are still in
too uncertain a condition to make it pos
sible for him to obtain desirable en-
ployment. 1t will not be long, however,
IT the AmericaniZatlOn of the city con-
tinues. before Havana will be an ideal
spot for the fortune seeker. Nature has
been so bountiful in her favors that all
it needs is a season of peace and a good
thorough cleaning to make the spot a
heaven upon earth. While this result
has not yet been obtained, and it will be
some time before Havana is a safe or an
entirely pleasant place to live in.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

should say that there are thirty-two
chances against the hacker in every race
that is run. 1t is not to be supposed
that | am advising young men to stay
away from the races or not to bet. | am
in no mood for giving advice and don't
suppose anybody would take it if I
did. If there are fools, young or old,
who believe that they have a Irvine
mission to break the ring let them go
ahead and take their chances as | have
DONE
1t was less than a decade ago that
Dwyer was regarded as one of the mill
ionaires of the turf. Wherever in this
broad land there was n horseman of run
ming or trotting proclivities the name of
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

season after season. No single partner
ship has ever been more successful, not
w~itllstanding the fact that the brothers
were SO dissimilar in their makeup.
Rhadamanthus was the lucky piece
for them and the first time that the
stranger with blue sash passed under
the wire an easy winner of a great race
to make them feel happy for many a day.
Their success encouraged them and
other good horses were found. With
such animals TO run and such a plunger
as Mike Dwyer to back them the max
ing of money was a necessity of fact
not the vagaries of fortune, and within
three years from the time when OLD
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
rHE BURLINGTON ROUTE

Will on June 9Th and 9Th sell round trip
tickets to Sioux City, Omaha. st. Joseph
and Kansas City at $4,000; to st. Louis
and return at $3.50: to Chicago and re-
turn at $3.50. .
Tickets will be good returning until
September 4th. We offer you the choice
of three routes east: Via Billings; via
st. Paul; via Salt Lake City and Denver.
Through Pullman sleeper from Butte and
Anaconda to st. Louis via Billings,
Omaha and St. Joseph. For full particu-
lars call on
PHIL DANIELS,
IS East Broadway.
Vapor baths, Gramling's, Al N. Main.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
b.. A.. & p. RY.

One dollar to Gregson Springs and re-
turn. Tickets good going On any train
leaving Butte between 4:5 p. m. Satur@
day and 4:45 p. m. Sunday. Returning
leave Gregson between 7:40 p. m. SAtur-
day and ~ o'clock Sunday night. =
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

Latest improvements for Turkish bathekl,
Il N. Main.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

vapor baths, Gramling's, Al N. Main.
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SuDdH kllcneH, anu 1 sincerely trust ludI
they will be encouraged to continue their
good work, but for the man who is COM
PEELED by circumstances to put up with
life in a boarding house existence soon
becomes a hollow mockery.
The milk problem is another matter
that should receive the immediate atten-
ton of those who are attempting to make
Havana an inhabitable city. Condensed
milk is generally used and in many re-
spects it is preferable to the real article
for when one realizes that the cows that
furnish this article live and sleep in the
same room with the dairyman and his
family, he is apt to feel that milk is no
longer a necessity of life. Cuban butter
is so strong that it is almost impossible
to eat it and so one is glad to fall back
upon condensed milk, evaporated cream
and butter canned in the states.
If there is any one thing that Havana
has reason to be proud of, however, 1t IS
its water supply. The first step IN its
construction We're taken more than fifty
years ago., and when it was completed
in 1898, nearly $40, 600, 900 had been ex-
pended. The result was all that could
have been desired. The water comes
from the heart of the mountains through
hundreds of springs and it is so clear
that one may easily look to the bottom of
a spring that is ten Or fifteen feet deep.
The reservoir in which this water is
gathered is one of the cleanest spots
around Havana, and there are few of the
American cities tina can boast of a water
supply equal to it.
This is very fortunate as water is al
most the only beverage that the Ameri-
can soldiers are permitted to drink. In
every saloon and hotel a notice has been
posted announcing that it is illegal to
sell liquor Of any kind to the private SOL
der, and this regulation is SO rigidly en-
forced that, not long ago. the cafe OF the
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$40 p. NJ.
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