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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-02

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the door and in the bright moonlight the
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two men who Approached earefy n b as he made way for
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-02

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back "Atieah patiently
slowly nrS WITHOUT ] m SIN quality Which, by the way of all
The qucEved who dealings with
Quereno mue such
through two may repu
carried mails chaotic miles
heavy rain in the mountains the delay
he his mails through sleeping
stupid enough fellow the democratic
carried unie6ted in
Shy shnRng steady black ees
@Bu{ replied:
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elbows his and dusty was tanned
spiritual hand which is Something ia
ter and mosened his lips
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afraid his life please Of itte
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The sohQassr looked goats poised
upon the broken ground
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he replied and d Gd th Mule dTgD deep breath honest
good ones except r Conn tb deep and honest
b a E' TaeR the mGent c0meshe
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colon 5 n5 4 9 d smiled thinking perhaps
- does ghe think a on f?
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affair Of Canes t mar I 1T was on the other hand distinctly
m ah T Tm fh b were none better in the
eon with I no match SO good all the certainly
69 aptd tb never spoke Of the village
ton had never For exHn @
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for in e forf n On 6 now such as his
men6er being man is not only equal but
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hd @ to moFs0yer he was assud
not 6e Of sf STRONG p a6 hardy s ns s9sso
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@ Business ne o a4 id the 2 ps n business sine
Gae had to have ngna bi things that
as TO this one cannot always be history was all @
ope Andagsn he Wanted 1f Tas &
day without that which as the eaG DAY to
work. Than naey to- T other and
SLOW if the knives suppose that you ST d are
and sudden grnf laugh woman would have nm
ing five beasts and the NO 9ta And the schooms
slowly sank d The ht that he had G face
Yes" said the slowly, at length ' only
y g 6 read and Ere? inquired the education
3 n tbs for e Mule T ~ s s%na
sDq 1 fE n ert Ge9yed what he read ~
ai T & was long one That is long time
gray while the a5oG shadow eaGs th n
e answered them in onosylables perhaps after hs
the hardest entalng as it did
mountains lie mad nothing
maps sucf serious matter
indeed the schoomaster
a
Mule who had
- - PeNeiNe "hen con-
'Nederemos' he said, judically, shallse
that heayine
follow he
a
remembered democrat oe
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that which
grit OF the IS the dangerous
IN Ceon TO listen to him.
We're free he Malaga where as
suredly he could a nal eN ""'o as
SO the schoomaser
the Auehat the
Tor moment and her
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-30
CURRENT COMMENT.

DMr. Bryan evidently has new CHI. :.
cago platform up his sleeve Chicago
Record Qnd.).
GIThe ants say the flag must be
kept clean. Then let them keep their
hands off it.-Duluth News-Tribune.
Ex-senator Hanna is back in the
United States, and the democrats will
be on the anxious seat once more
Cleveland Leader.
DCol. Bryan's oratory trots at such
n tremendous pace that his political
convictions occasionally interfere
Chicago Tribune.
0In catchy comparisons Mr.. Bryan
is without n peer, but in argument
with strong men he is weak as reed.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
UTrust conferences serve to empha-
size the fact that IL the trusts want the
backing of n party they will have 10
start one of their own.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
DIt is interesting to note that the
American Bar association papers on the
Philippine question pretty generally
take the Mckinley end On the argument.
And the representative lawyers there
are popularity supposed to know a thing
or two about law and justice.-Louis-
vile Times. sie..
OWithin two weeks Dewey will be on
American soil. Every democrat or
mugwump who believes 1t was n mistake
for Dewey to whip the Spaniards at
Manila and hold his position there un-
Ill the American army arrived will
please stand up and be counted now
wkile there is chance. = Cleveland
Leader.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-30
A DEMOCRATIC DUET. WHICH SOUNDED LIKE DIscoRD

democrats will derive no advantage
from making this political issue, for
the republicans will take an advanced
and aggressive position in favor of the
regulation of these combines. The SEN
ator is also of the opinion that "the Phil
ippine question will be closed in six
months" and it will then be difficult
to create any great amount of enthusi-
asm over such false issue as Imperial
ism"
The strongest reasons given for the
senator's confidence in the determine
ton of the people to continue the pres
ent national administration are the
sound commercial condition of the
country, its revived industrial activity
and the restored public confidence in
the stability of the national finances.
These are the considerations that will
have greater weight with the people
than any demagogical appeals against
trusts" and "imperialism."- Chicago
Times-Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-30
DISORDERLY BUT MEMORABLE
A Dinner Party of Geniuses Where
Good Form Was BADLY
Lacking.

There probably never was n table at
which the standard of talk was higher
than that around which sat Burke, DR..
johnson, Goldsmith, Garrick and
other men of genius and learning. The
host, Sir Joshua Reynolds, the artist,
cared little for the cookery or the dishes
or the service.
There was, to quote the account of
one who was often a guest, "a coarse,
inelegant plenty, without any regard
to order and arrangement. "A table pre-
pared for seven or eight was often COM
PEELED to have about it Is or 16 guests.
When this pressing difficulty was over
come, a deficiency of knives and forks,
plates and glasses succeeded. The at
tendance was in the same style"
Sir Joshua never minded what he ate
or drank, and never recommended the
fish or venison. He left every guest to
scramble for himself. But he was at
tentive to what was said by any one of
the motley group, composed of peers,
bishops, physicians, lawyers, actors,
musicians, men of letters and members
of parliament. The singularity of the
service and the disorderly arrangement
of the table served to enhance the hilar-
ity of the guests. Even DR.. Johnson,
who appreciated a good dinner,
came there for good talk rather than
for what he might eat and drink.
At four o'clock precisely dinner was
served, whether two or three lords had
arrived or not. But during those fes-
tive hours all the guests were all peers,
and were as disputatious and vehement
in argument us lawyers in trial.
An anecdote, related by Northcote,
the artist, who was pupil of Sir Joshua.
shows how turbulent the guests often
were. Dunning, the eloquent and witty
lawyer, happened one day to be the
first guest to arrive.
swell, Sir joshua" he asked, "and
whom have you got to dine with you to-
day? The last time 1 dined at your
house the assembly was of such sort
that believe all the rest of the world
were at peace for that afternoon
Youths Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-30

prosperity depends upon genuine
money. The increase has been $780,
100000 in gold. 1t is not the product
nor the accompaniment of debased
and deprecated currency.
But, to waive argument, and accept
conditions instead of temporizing over
theories, is it not good, sensible,
sound business principle to, having now
an abundance both of good money and
stable prosperity, view the situation
with satisfaction and eschew expert
ments?
The positive state of Mckinley and
prosperity is certainly far preferable
to the possibility of Bryan and adver-
sity. 1t is not to be expected that an
intelligent people will contemplate in
any measure of complacency the eX-
change of the one for the other. Ohio,
of n surety, has no such intention. For
that reason, even though she had not
others of import, she will ratify her
republicanism in November and reaf-
firm it year hence.-Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-30
HUMOROUS.

"what are they taking O'Houlihan
away in an ambulance for?" Fer
batin' his wolfe. Life.
"Yes, my foot caught Gs jumped
from the car, and made u San Domin-
60" whats that?" "a revolution"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Jack-"Why do you always refer to
your watch as the dear girl"" DE Witt
because its dainty little hands COM
mand 80 much of my attention.
jewelers. Weekly.
"Your meter in this poem limps a lit
tle," said the editor. "Ah!" replied the
poet. but please observe that 1t Is
about the wooden-legged hero of the
street-cleaning gang" Philadelphia
North American.
Doctor, what do you think is the mat
ter with my husband?" well, from the
indications, should say that il was an
unmistakable case of gastritis.' Il
knowed it; / told him he'd get sick
fooln' with that gas meter."-Rich-
mond Dispatch.
Foozle-"What Is the difference be-
tween an elephant and a man who has
to leave his hotel for not paying his
board?" Bunker -" II don't know.
Spring it," Foozle-"An elephant al
ways carries his trunk before him; in
the case of the man he has to leave his
trunk behind him."-Boston Tran
script. ~
Mrs. Gushwell-"Then you have seen
Mr.. Weaver, the poet of soulful emo
ton. Does not he look as though he
was inspired?" Mr.. Squelcher-"Yes,
think he does. He shows, all the marks
of an inspired writer-shiny clothes,
shoes down at the heel and hirsute in
dicatons of GOODNESS between himself
ana the barber."-Boston Transcript.
"Have you heard the news? Mr.. Won
Meyer, of the stock exchange, is bank
rupt!" 'Indeed That's too bad! 1t
was only yesterday that / went to ask
a favor, and he promised just what |
wanted. But now ! can't, with clear
conscience, hold him to his promise"
"Very generous of you, I'm sure! What
was to" His daughters hand. Der
Floh.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-30
REAL BRAVERY.

You may talk of the heroes who fight with
the foe.
You may brag Of the weed-hghting men
with the hoe.
But drawer than all-for she isn't a man
Is small washerwoman called Mrs. Nc
Cam.
Six days in the week she stands over the
tubs,
Wearing out her frail knuckles with hard
est Of rubs,
And ere she begins and long after she's
through
She's toiling at home-as poor mothers
must do.
Six children-the smallest babe in the
arms
And good for-naught husband who often
alarms
Depend on her earnings that. however
Must do for the house rent. food. clothing
Brave Mrs. Mccain! She gets tired, OF
course;
Not as hard. but much harder she works
than a horse.
But she never complains, and with cheer
fulness tries
To hide what she suffers from everyone's
eyes.
Her CHEEKY good morning" and pleasant
FEgood night"
Sound always as II her whole life was de-
light,
But II you could hear her alone on her
knees
Your tears would join hers-hold them
back as you please.
with fond mothers love and true moth
er's pride
She keeps her six children-so sadly de-
The pleasures of childhood-so tidy and
clean
That ne'er are they shamed to go out and
be seen.
And her husband, cross. lazy and loving his
beer,
Who fills her with dread and too often with
fear,
From knowing that father" is baselS de-
PRAYED.
Brave Mrs. Mccain! While she stands
at the tubs
Awearnig her knuckles with hardest of
Six days in the week with no moments for
She sings-for she knows she is doing her
best.
She thinks of her children, and then
through the steam
Bright hopes for their future loom up, and
her dream
or making them grow to be honest and true
Inspires her courage and efforts anew.
In spite of her mental employment; in spite
OF heartaches and backaches she keeps up
the fight
And never comprehension she isn't a man.
But only poor, humble, brave Mrs. Mccain.
When you brag of the heroes who shoot off
the gun,
When you shout for the man with the hoe
in the sun,
Just think of the woman who stands at the
tubs
And never complains of her hardest Of rubs.
III. c. Dodge. in Chicago Daily SUM-,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-30
EYES TAXED IN VACATION.
Many Feel the Effects of Their Outing
In Impaired yision-Thc
Causes.

1t is not generally known, but is an
unquestioned fact, that the vacation
season is the worst in the year for the
visual organs of many people. There
are several reasons for this. The prin-
cipal of these were referred to by a
leading specialist the other day. Per
sons going away for their summers
rest or coming back to work" he said.
"almost invariably use their eyes while
on the train. If they do not read they
watch the scenery. You seldom see
person reclining comfortably-even on
high back'-paying no attention
either to a book or the fence posts just
outside the window. The worst of it is
that the books that are sold on the trains
are usually in the poorest of print. The
paper is cheap and thin and of n duh
color-drab or gray rather than white.
The type does notx show up nearly as
distinctly as it should.
"When travelling by train and reading
youtry to hold the book or paper steady,
but the types juggle irregularly back
and forth as the result Of the motion OF
the car and the shakiness of your hand.
Your eyes also do great deal of dam
cling, not only in pursuit Of the bobbing
letters, but in addition because you are
also shaken about more or less by the
motion of the train. Imagine the effect
on the muscles of the eye! First, mind
you, the eye itself has an unsteady rest;
second, it is trying to fasten itself on
that which is more unsteady still. L
wonder more people are not bothered
with defective sight.
'But.reading is not the only i'll. Fix
your eye on things close to the car-on
flowers, fence posts, culverts, tree-and
the effect is as bad as would be brought
on by reading. Why will people persist
in injuring themselves? You don't
have to have the toothache long before
learning its cause and attempting
cure, but people go on running their eyes
right along for the sake either of kill
ing or economizing trifle of time. a
headache Is the first warning, but that
becomes common after awhile and is
not needed, any more than headache
that follows unwise eating. There is
closer connection with the stomach on
the one side and n headache on the other
than most people imagine, but perhaps
the public some day will be willing to
watch out for its eyes as well as with
them, just as it is being taught to take
care of its teeth."-Chicago Chronicle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-30

"Then it must be Culverson's got
her." said Billings. "That's just Gull
VERSIONS luck. He'd go up against a
church fair and come out ahead of the
game, that boy would"
They waited until past nine o'clock
and Culverson didn't appear. Hallet
suggested that he might have persuade
ed the niece to elope with him and Bill
lings seemed to think that there was
something in the suggestion. Culver
son was undoubtedly the best-looking
man in the party.
Five minutes later the telephone bell
began to ring violently and Billings
went upstairs three steps at a(time to
answer il. When he came down he an
nounced that Culverson was in cell
at the Harrison street police station
and wanted bail.
81 don't know anything about the
circumstances" answered Billings, in
reply to the chorus of inquiries. "They
say that he is charged with assault and
battery, that's all. I'll be back with
him in the course of an hour and he can
tell you all about it. You people might
as well go in to supper"
There was a long rip in Culverson's
dress coat when Billings brought him
and bore the dark imprint of fingers.
There was bright red patch under one
eye and the knuckles of his good right
hand were skinned. Billings piled the
damaged young man with oysters and
Roman punch and chicken mayonnaise
and things for some time before he
would permit the young man to answer
single question. Billings, stood over
Culverson and patted hisIback while he
ate and drank in manner that was
highly provoking to his CHESTS.
AT last he was filed and refreshed
and Billings told him he might tell his
story.
"There isn't much to it, said Culver
son. 'She was about the first to get
| out of the first sleeper, but there was
quite little crowd by the time ! got up.
She wore some kind of china-blue
| figured dress of some kind of stuff. l
don't know what ii was. but it looked
all right-strictly-so much so that |
noticed it before l got to look at her
| face. The face was the one you showed
us, Billings. Large, violet eyes, straight
nose and delicately chiseled lips, straw
| berry and cream complexion and hair
rather inclined to red and lots of it,
| piled up under one of the SWEETEST hats
| you ever saw. She was leading some
kind of little dog. You didn't say any
thing about dog, but l didn't think
that cut any ice. Well, sir, I'd just said
L beg your PARDON when somebody
said: You scoundrel!' and grabbed me
by the collar and nearly jerked me off
my feet. He was good husky fellow
about my own weight, 1 should guess;
but he didn't have good staying quail
ties. tried to explain, but he wouldn't
have it. He wanted to do all the talk
ing and wasn't going to confine himself
to language, so had to let him have it
Then when the police came up he had
the gall to say that / had insulted his
wife. Well, that's all there is to it, Only
I'm going to have some warm, rich
blood for this, and don't you over
look it,"
1t was the next morning-Sunday
morning-that Billings received sec
ond telegram from his niece. 1t simply
said: Missed train. VIII arrive to-
night. Daily Record.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-30
Meeting His Niece
Ely Kenneth F. Harris.
NSaSa7SzS az M M m ~ az ~

THERE is something mysterious and
awe-inspiring about a telegram to
the average woman who has chosen a
domestic career. She can adapt herself
to the telephone easily enough, and
after n few weeks of use can call up the
butcher and order n small sirloin of
beef with entire unconcern and answer
a call with as little emotion as she would
go to the door in response to book
agents summons. But telegram re-
mains to her u dreadful, bilious-hued
messenger of accident and sudden
death, to be received with fear and
trembling and sent only as last re-
sort at the suggestion of some reckless
man.
When, therefore, the boy handed one
to Mrs. Billings she at once began to
consider disastrous possibilities. 1t did
not lessen her anxiety that the message
was addressed to her husband or that
his English niece had said in her letter
from New York that she would tele-
graph when she started for Chicago.
Billings knocked the ash off his cigar
as he took the telegram and opened the
envelope almost indifferently. II sup
pose it's from Alice" he said. After a
glance he added: "Well, Tll-be-
darned! Look here, Ella, this is what
she says: will arrive Saturday
night"
Mrs. Billings looked puzzled. 81 don't
see how that Matters" she said. We've
got her room all ready for her and there
isn't solitary thing to do. wouldn't
care IL she came tonight"
"But where's she coming to? She
doesn't say word about it, and she'll
have seventeen different kinds of fits il
we're not there to meet her. Not a
word about the road she's coming over.
There's AZ different depots and 500
chances that I'd pick the wrong one.
Wouldn't that chill the marrow in your
bones!"
81 don't suppose there's time to
write?"
81 hardly think there is. You see,
this is Thursday now, and letter
wouldn't get to New York before Sat-
urday, so that it would be likely to
miss her. OF course the letter would be
forwarded, but even then she would
probably get it too late to allow her to
notify us in time"
81 wish you wouldn't be so absurd, v
said Mrs. Billings, severely.
al could wire," resumed Billings. III
she hadn't forgotten to say what her
address was when she wrote. Isuppose
she thought that Tom being forty
second cousin of mine, would be sure
TO know II. She must have wanted to
economic on that telegram"
"You always tell me to leave out any
unnecessary words" said Mrs. Billings
s'Be terse. Condense. Say what
you've got to say and then STOP Wasn''
that what you told me when i tele'
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-30
A Reliable Coyycntcher.

This whimsical incident reminds us
that in real life. as well as in the die
tionary, words have more than one
meaning.
Pardon me-" said the tourist, as he
gazed at the country's first locomotive,
"but why is that lasso hanging under
the smoke-stack?
That" responded Amber Pete, act
ing engineer, sis the cowcatcher. Thar
was an iron concern that came with the
engine, but tho boys didn't exactly un-
derstand how IL could catch COW, SO
they unscrewed IL, and put on one that
they knew something about. It's the
best cowcatcher this side Of Denver,
too."-Youth's Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-30
THEORIES AND CONDITIONS
Wind Out of the Calamity
HowIer's Sack.

After inexcusable delay and with un-
graceful reluctance Hon. William Jen-
nings Bryan and his cohort of calamity
howlers admit the presence of prosper
ity, but, true to their instincts of mis-
representation and evasion, they tenn
porize with the inevitable.
Their fallacious fiatism met face to
fece with an actual increase upon
gold standard basis of $500, 200, 900 in the
money supply within the space of three
Mckinley years, they double on their
tracks with the plea that this but JUS
titles their contention that an increase
in the money supply was a necessary
precedent to prosperity. They have
band of elastic logic easily adaptable
to any given condition, only they fool
no one but themselves, and themselves
not overmuch. There does not appear
to have occurred to these wise political
economists the rare possibility that
prosperity due to restored commercial
confidence, good crops, and a foreign
trade largely increased under the i'm
petus of a revived industry, may have
created new and profitable use for
money, and SO held at home the gold
that democratic hard times from lack
of confidence in home enterprises had
driven abroad. 1t has been suggested by
some discerning student of finance that
prosperity may be a necessary prece-
dent to an increase in the money sup
ply. 1t is thought worth the atten-
ton of these special pleaders from
specious premise.
Another thought in this connection
worth careful coming is that genuine