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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-04-22
L'Ansc school Board Proceedings

lofrtcIAL
At y meeting Of the board of
education, of the township Of
L'Anse, held in the clerk S Office,
Monday morning, April lTth,
1899, there were present President
p. Brennan, Inspector p. Il. Me-
Herman, Trustees Wm. *. HaYiland
and Robert b. Reynolds and Clerk
Martin Voetsch.
The minutes of the meeting held
March 2Sth, 1899, were read and
approved.
Ga motion Inspector u. r. Nc
Herman was elected treasurer OF the
board by the following vote: Yeas,
Brennan, tlaviand, Reynolds and
Voctsch; nays, none.
On motion Trustee Robert B.
Reynolds was elected purchasing
agent for the schools in Election
Precinct No. by the following vote:
Yeas, Brennan, McKcrnan, Havi-
land and NoctSch; nays, none.
On motion Trustee VIM *, Havi-
land was elected purchasing agent
for the schools in Precinct No. by
Jnc lOliOWlnR NO'c, cas-, DTcnhdu,
McKernan, Reynolds aud Voctsch;
nays, none.
On motion the following bills
were allowed:
Geo. G. Jackman--
90 note heads ds,.'.,,,,,..,..,...........f 20
oOO envelopes s,..,.,..,..,......,. ..,.., : 90
Am Book CO., books and school registers u
A. T. Robbins Co school supplies ,........ 81
II \esbitt a
u ligNtS glass .....'..................H ~ s.
smoke stack k...,....!...............,.b b 90
- o Is
Yeas, Brennan, McKernan, Havi-
land, Reynolds and Voetsch nays,
none.
On motion the clerk was ordered
to publish the proceedings OF the
board for the ensuing year in TIE
L'ANsE SENTINEL, aud that Geo. G..
Jackman be paid quarterly at the
rate Of $25 per annum for publish
| ing the same.
Yeas, Brennan, McKernan, Havi-
land, Reynolds and Voetsch; nays.
! none
On motion the official bond Of the
! treasurer was fixed at the sum of
| so, 600 with two suretics.
On motion the meeting adjourned
until Tuesday morning, April %,
| 1899, at 1890 o'clock.
MARTIN VoETsCH, Clerk.
| Il. brennan, President.
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Now is the time to purchase over
coats cheap for next winter. Jacob
son & Levitan are Offering them at
their closing out sale for less than
cost.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-04-22

For Sale-An AL new milch COW.
Inquire of John II. Edgerton, L 'Anse,
Mich. (325tD
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-23

merry Christmas, mamma. ana
many of them! Thank you for your
| books; we read some already, and
mean to read more after breakfast"
cried 10, Amy and Meg as they came
trooping into the room here thel
mamma was that Christmas morning.
Merry Christmas. little daughters!
I'm glad you began at once. n hope
| you will keep on. But 1 want to say a
| word before we sit down. Not far away
from here lies a poor woman, with a
little newborn babe. Six children are
huddled into one bed to- keep from
freezing, for they have no fire. There
is nothing to eat over there. The eld-
est boy came to tell me they were suf-
fering hunger and cold. My girls, Will
you give them your" breakfast as a
Christmas present."
They were all unusually hungry,
having waited nearly an hour, and 1or
a minute no one spoke; only a minute,
for 10 exclaimed im%petuously:
I'm so glad you came before we
began!"
MAY 1 go and help carry the things
to the poor little children?" asked
Beth, eagerly.
81 shall take the cream and the muir
fms" said Amy, heroically giving up
the articles she liked.
Meg was already covering the buck
wheats and piling the bread into n
big plate.
II thought you would do it," said
Mrs. March, smiling as II satisfied.
"You shall all go and help me, and
when we come back we will have
bread and milk for breakfast, and
make it up at dinner time"
They were soon ready and the pro-
cession set out. Fortunately 1t was
early, and they went through back
streets. so few people saw them, and
no n laughed at the queer party.
A poor, bare, miserable room it was.
with broken windows, no fire, ragged
bed-clothes. a sick mother, wailing
baby and a group of pale. hungry chill
dren cuddled under N old quilt, try
ing to keep warm.
How the big eyes stared and the blue
lips smiled as the girls went In.
Zach, mefn Colt! 1t is good angels
come to us!" said the poor woman.
crying for Joy.
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The next morning we all arose at s
o'clock, and after the %jolliest kind of a
breakfast. we hauled in great punches
of evergreen, reels of crow-foot moss,
and pile after pile of holly and mistle-
toe. We spent most of the day on step
ladders or tables, hammering and tack
ing the Christmas decorations in place.
And in the evening my uncle had a big
pine tree brought in and set up in the
parlor. We had each brought scores
of little packages from town to present
on Christmas morning, and these
were suspended from the branches of
the tree. Mistletoe was everywhere,
and so were the girls. The conse-
quence will be readily understood-the
men were not of the variety known as
shy.
1T was long past midnight when we
trooped Off to orr rooms and 2 o'clock
struck before the last good night rang
down the darkened hallway. AS O
as all was quiet, l stole from my room,
and tip-toed down the corridor to my
cousin Stella's door. 1t was locked,
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years. Her eyes dilated. She was
silent for one moment, then she cried
out in a voice that thrilled the nurse
and caused every head in the ward to
be lifted from its pillow.
cit is he!" she cried. "It Is he. I
must go at once"
They demonstrated with her, but the
that pale couch with sudden vigor-
her eyes were bright-every trace OF
Illness left her. II must go to him."
she repeated, time and again. The doc
tors came and looked at her and then
conferred in a low tone with the nurse.
"She may CO." they said.
So she took her roses and walked
down the street.
She walked some distance and then
she neared a church. On it's steps, just
stepping out to go down the avenue,
was a man. His restless agony had
driven him forth to try to exercise
the demon that would not let him rest.
He had passed the church and, drawn
by an impulse he could neither define
nor resist, he had entered. With the
strains Of GLORIA in Excelsis" ring
ing in his ears he went out. As he
stood on the steps Of the cathedral and
looked casually down the street he
saw what made his heart stand still.
He caught at the air with lips that
were pale with emotion. Great God!
could it be she? A mist swan before
his eyes-his knees shook under him.
He fastened toward her.
''Mirabel!" he gasped.
She looked up at him with a smile.
"I was going to see you," she said
simply.
The morning sunshine made a halo
about her head. Her eyes were filled
with a dewy sweetness. The purple
shadows Of the aftermath of pain
were slipping away on the horizon
before the glory Of dawning joy. He
felt dazzled. His heart leaped, then
burned within him. He drew her arm
within his own, and they turned down
. quiet side street.
81 knew you would find me some
time" she said, with an infinitely gen.
tie air. when they brought me your
roses in the hospital this morning and
l saw your dear name once more I
knew that my trouble and separation
were over forever. I could not wait
for you to come to me, and so l start
ed to come to you. Sweetheart, how
good it is to see you once more"
Listen he said, his throat quiver-
ing. Listen to the bells. They are
ringing Peace on earth, good will to
men, Come, come with me, darling.
No birthday of any pagan god eve
brought such happiness as this"
The lesson taught by their long sep
aration and the meeting that Christ
mas morn vas one which the pair
never forget.
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tai physicians, and insisted that she
would soon be strong and we'll and
would leave the hospital. There were
no marks of violence on her-there
was absolutely nothing to point to her
ldentity-only the sinister fact that
she had fallen in a faint on her way
to the river gave the officials a hint
of What might be concealed. The we'd
ding ring shone on her hand, yet she
steadfastly refused to let her husband
be notified. The hospital physicians
shook their wise heads and turned her
over to the tender mercies of the nurse,
saying that she would be all right
when she recovered her full senses.
Shortly after noon the nurse ap-
preached her. She bore a large box.
Here is something for you,'' she
said.
1t was a large white box; around it
were wide, pale blue ribbons. A spray
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-23
THOSE CHRISTMAS CHILDREN

The little folks at our house-they tall
like anything
Bout Santa Claus comm, an what he'
goin' to bring;
An mother never has to scold, or tel
EN- bout the noise
They're just the sweetest little girls
the best of little boys!
Cause why? They know that Santa
Claus knows everything they do
An while he's loadin' up his sleigh
he's watchin' of 'em, too!
An them that minds their mother
they gets the most O. toys
They're just the sweetest little girls
the best o. little boys!
They've just been writin' letters tc
Santa Claus each day,
An tellin' him just what they want
an showin' him the way
To where our house is. SOS he'll know
just where to leave the toys
Fer just the sweetest little girls-the
best O. little boys!
They're longin', longin', longin' fer the
days and night to go,
An all O. them are happy, an they
make their mother SO!
She never has to scold 'em, Or tell EN-
bout the noise
Cause they're the sweetest little girls
the best o. little boys!
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Funny angels in hoods and nit
tens" said 10, and set them laughing.
In a few minutes it really did seem
as if kind spirits had been at work
there. Hannah, who had carried wood,
made a fire, and stopped up the brok-
en- panes with old hats and her own
cloak. Mrs. March gave the mother
tea and cruel, and comforted her with
promises of help, while she dressed the
little baby as tenderly as if it had been
her own. The girls meantime spread
the table, set the children round the
fire, and fed them like so many hum
cry birds-laughing, talking and try
ing to understand. the funny, broken
English.
"Das list gut! Die Engel-kinder!"
cried the poor things as they ate, and
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signal for a grand rush to the parlor
And 10! the big Christmas tree had
flown. My uncle was enraged, the
guests much excited, and the young
lawyer from New York looked very
much amused. a search was prompt
ly instituted, and of course the tree
was found in the library, standing in
stately solitude.
WHO on earth could have put, 1t
there? No one knew-and no one
could guess-Stella ana I were particu-
larry obtuse. And after awhile the
presents were distributed. The young
married woman's card was Enclosed in
a bundle OF embroidered flannel petit
coats to my darling husband and
darling husband presented his little
love- with a volume of Mother Goose
tales. and a red bathing suit; my old
maid cousin received a Dutch pipe and
a pair of hunting trousers; my uncle
got a half dozen tulle wells and a pair
of gold garter clasps"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-23

A western lady who formerly lived at
Cambridge, Mass, writes entertaining
ly of what she declares was the hap
piest Christmas of her life. The climax
Of this merry occasion was a house
party given at the home of her uncle
not many miles from Cambridge. The
lady writes:
my uncle owned a big place about
twenty miles from town, and every
year he invited all his relatives to
spend the Christmas holidays with
him. He was a widower with two chi.-
dren--a sor 26 years old and a daugh-
ter of II. This girl, my cousin, Stella,
was one of the brightest and most
fun-loving girls l have ever known. 1
was just two years her senior, and be-
tween us we managed to stir up that
house party to a degree nothing short
of startling! Twenty people beside
our family were invited, there being
altogether about thirty guests in the
house. Among them were a young law
yer from New York (for whom | i'm
mediately conceived a violent admira-
tion), a naval officer, three Yale men
from New Haven, my two brothers, an
antique female cousin of ours Gage I'M
known, some girls from New York
and a young ma ed couple from St.
Louis. Before the end of 9 week Stel-
la and I had almost originated a di-
vorce case, where the young St. Louis
couple were concerned. Of course.
there were some other people, but they
were sort of chaperones, old fogies who
didn't count much. Well, that year
the 25th Of December fell on Wednes-
day, and the guests were invited from
Dec. % to Jan. 2, and l can tell O
we made Rome howl. My brothers
and I, with our parents, arrived at our
uncle's late Monday morning. The
snow had tcen falling steadily for
thirty-six hours. and was many inches
deep.
1--WE drove from the little rickety
station three miles cross country to
the farm. We were the first arrivals,
and we made good use of the advan-
tage over the other invited guests. The
next train, at 4 o'clock, brought them
all, and at S they came shouting and
singing up to the house, an sleighs,
wagons and carriages, borrowed from
the farmers all over that part of the
country. Well, the first evening was
passed in the big dining room, all of
us crowded about the roaring log fire.
That is, all Of us, excepting the young
lawyer from New York and-myself.
We were seated on a chintz-covered
soap-box, off in a dim corner of the
room, discussing-er-the possibilities
Of effect Of mistletoe on--ah-mankind.
Before the candles were brought in to
announce the time for Disappearing
we two had begun to understand each
other. 1t was our first meeting, but in
the country, and at Christmastide, peo-
pie become acquainted very quickly.
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ARE YOU CHOOSING MY GIFT?
tlewoman; she had all the marks of
refinement, albeit with certain signs of
toll, but every mark that could iden-
tify her had been carefully clipped
from her garments. All night silva
the Destroyer mad lowered near her.
Yet he passed her by, and in the early
hours Of the morning she revived and
murmured words they could but indis-
tinctly understand. Toward noon she
revived 80 that her conversation be-
came ineligible. But with the return
Of consciousness she seemed to guard
her secret more closely. She refused
to answer the questions Of the hospl-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-23
Use Plenty of Paper and Cards,

No child Of today would consider a
present half a present-except. OF
course. those that Santa Claus with
his own hands hangs upon a tree OF
thrusts into a stocking-ualess it were
hidden in manifold paper wrappings at
the bottom of a box with a bright col
ored Christmas card lying on top Of 1t.
Anyone accustomed to being with chill
dren will appreciate the pleasure that
the accessories of their Christmas gifts
give them. Every scrap of ribbon, the
tiniest card, the very scraps Of bright
wrapping paper, are. all boarded, and
used somewhere for decoration. The
little girl makes sashes Of the ribbons
and dresses for her paper dolls Of the
tissue wrappings, while the cards serve
as priceless works of art on the walls
of ner playhouse.
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but I tapped gently, and was soon adj
mitted. We two girls slipped down
stairs, where l had told the butler ian
old servant of my u~ncle's) to wait for
us. And the1 we put our three heads
together and concocted a grand
scheme, for the undoing of everybody
in the house. We tugged and hauled
that big overloaded Christmas tree
from the parlor, through the hall into
the library, and then We exchanged
the names on all the presents. 1t was
almost daylight before we finished, but
We were amply repaid for u trouble.
by 9 o'clock everybody was dressed
and down stairs, exchanging greetings
and gifts. Stella and l were the last
to arrive. and our entrance was the
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VI AASAAy Aoy VA S"N w. oAS INV -
1t ~listlessly.
"Shall 1 open it for you?" said the
nurse pleasantly. cit was sent espe-
cially for you by a friend"
The pale patient almost smiled. The
nurses kindness was almost pathetic.
There is no one to send me flow
ers," she said: but you may open it
for me-"
The nurse did so. A rush of frag-
rance filled the air. The roses burst
upon the vision Of the pale woman
with the glory Of midsummer, dazzling
in their brightness. They lay in their
satin-padded home like fragrant jew
els.
ooh, how beautiful" she cried. LET
me have them"
AS she took them a card fell out.
She looked at it as IL might look at
a dear face that had been hidden for
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-23

warmed their purple hands at tho
comfortable blaze. s''
The girls had never been called angel,
children before, and thought it very
agreeable. especially 10, who had been
considered a "Sancho" ever since she
was born. That was a very happy
breakfast, though they did not get any
of it, and when they went away, leav-
ing comfort behind, I think there was
not in all the city four merrier people
than the hungry little GIRLS Who gave
away their breakfast and contentsd
themselves on bread aud milk On
Christmas morning.
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Couldn't Help.

81 have called" announced the
mendicsnt, tearfully,. Ito ask you to
help me in my extremity" "Impossi-
ble," returned the business man,
promptly; I'm not u chiropodist."-
Philadelphia Record. ,..
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-23

The lucky man is the man who see,
and grasps his opportunity.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1899-01-31
THE sAwDusT MAR.

A simple sawdust man was he,
A clown with a scarlet vest.
With n story and song and n merry laugh,
With never thought for the sober half
OF life, you said, when he sang and sent
The long applause through the great white
tent.
Only sawdust man-ah, mel
Only sawdust man was he.
Only a sawdust man, know,
But fathers heart beat warm,
And his cheeks were flushed with deeper red
When forth from the dressing room was led
beautiful child with golden hair,
Who kissed her hand to the great throng there.
The child of sawdust man-ah, mel
But sawdust man can love, maybe.
Only a sawdust man stood by
And saw with throbbing heart
A slender form drawn high above
The human sea, but fathers love
Must wear the mask of u merry air,
But his eyes ne'er left the golden hairI
And his heart stood still when she missed
-ah, mel
But only a sawdust man was he.
With tender hands they bore her out,
And gently laid her down,
So white wGs the brow meath the golden hair,
But the sawdust man must stay out there,
For a merry song must yet be sung,
Though the heart be crushed and the harp un-
strung.
He was only sawdust man-ah. mel
But sawdust man can love, maybe.
-Hnrvey NJ. Barr in Nashville Banner.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1899-01-31
AIedlcInaI virtues of Coli.

Golf can be played all the year, inde-
pendently of atmospheric vioissitudes,
during all the seven ages of man, by
delicate young girls as we'll as by strong
athletes, and even by decrepit old men
whose declining powers do not admit Of
severe exertion. It combines. exercise,
pleasure and fresh mir without risk
of injury to heart, lungs or nervous sys-
tenn, as is the case in certain other exer-.
discs in which there is high blood pres
sure and arterial tension. There is abso-
lutely no danger attached to the garne
and consequently no accidents ensue.
s The. obesity and degeneration Of mid
die age, when the bioeps have DIMINISHED
and one's energy is failing, may be help
ed by devotion to golf. It is pre-emi-
nently in functional nervous disease
that our great Anglo Saxon game is to
be recommended. No exercise recrea-
ton is better fitted for the muntalIy
CVerworked, the hysterical, the melan-
cholic. None SO helps to preserve the
concerted action Of eye, brain and mus
Gle known as the psychological moment.
None, perhaps with the exceptions 6f
swimming, gives one 80 good an apps+
tite. There is not a more sovereign rem
edy for dyspepsia, and as to insOmnis,
such thing scarcely exists amoug the
devotees of golf.-Internationa Medical
Magazine.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1899-01-31
yellow Jaundlee cured.

Suffering humanity should be supplied
with every means possible for its relief.
1t is with pleasure we publish the follow
ing This is to certify that was q
terrible sufferer from Yellow Jaundice
for over six months, and was treated by
some of the best physicians in our city,
and all to no avail. DR.. Bell, our drug
gist, recommended Electric Bitters: and
after taking two bottles was entirely
cured. / now take great pleasure in re-
commencing them to any person suffering
from this terrible malady, l am CRATE
fully yours, NJ. A. Hogarty, Lexington,
KY" Sold by Geo. T. Light, druggist
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1899-01-31
.'Racing, EnsInea.


To prevent the engines of vessel
from racing" when the screw rises
above the water, Signor E. PutaIo has
invented an electrical regulators The
contriyance, according to Industries
and Iron, consists of two vessels of mer-
curry, connected at the bottom by a tube
and mounted fore and aft in the ship.
The vessels are about half full at nor
NAL depth. When the ship pushes for
ward SO as to raise the screw, the rods
connected with the resistance are sub
merged one after the other, Sc that an
electro magnet is brought into play, the
whole resistance being short circuited
when the screw is quite out of the wa
ter. The electro magnet operates throt-
tie valve in the main steampipe, which
is thrown open by another magnet. By
this arrangement the steam is turned
off and on. From experiments it has
been shown that the mercury vessels
need not be more than 81 inches apart
on ship 800 feet long.