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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-06-10
BibIe ChaiYs.

The Ann Arbor Bible chairs were es-
tablished in 1893. The purpose of the
chairs is to provide Biblical instruction
for students of the university and for
others who may desire to study the
Bible according to university methods.
At present there are two instructors
in this work, 4. T.. Coler and w. NJ. For
rest. During the college year just
drawing to close nine courses were
given. In one course, 1.-THE Life and
Writings of Paul." there were three
classes, with eotal enrolment of 60.
The enrolment for the nine courses
was 1873. OF these 100 were students.
The Supporters.
Prof. Coler, in answer to the ques-
ton: "Who supported the Bible
chairs7 2" said:
1.-THE Christian Woman's Board OF Mis-
sions with headquarters at Indianapolis.
The idea has occasionally got abroad that
the Bible chairs were part OF the uni
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16
The Trekking Wagon.

The South African wagon is long,
heavy cart mounted ON four high wheels,
as a rule, with Fort of canvas tent over
the back half, leaving the Front clear 10
carry the miscellaneous furniture Of Its
owner, drawn by sixteen, eighteen OF
twenty oxen, curiously ficrce-looking
with their immense spread of horn, SOME
times as much as eight feet from lip to
tip, and rarely less than six, but in
reality as patient and handwriting
beasts as one could wish to find. This
mode Of progression is certainly slow,
but there is strnngencss and fascina-
ton about II which may draw men to II
almost as the Alps draw their devoiccs.
In front there marches the ''voor-looper, -
generally small boy, leading the two
foremost oxen by rein or rope passed
through their nostrils.
The driver walks alongside with the
long and terrible whip he uses so unspar-
ingly, or else sits on the front Of the
wagon and gets of occasionally to lash
up the whole team with unfailing impair
TALLY. The travelling is all done at
night, starting little before sunset. and
marching till perhaps eleven or twelve
O'Clock; then there is halt till little
before the first signs of dawn, when they
60 on till the sun begins to get hot over
head, and then they lie by for the day.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16
The Rushlight.

Home manufactured flashlights and
candles were in constant use by the
Scotch peasantry. Boiled animal fat
gave the required tallow, and the same
green rushes as were used for cruisie wick
supplied 1t also in this case.
In making flashlights all the green
eoating of these rushes were stripped off,
but for candle wick thin strip was left
on either side of the pith to strengthen
and support it. Otherwise the manufac-
ture of these two lights were very SINH
lar. This substance from the rushes when
dried was tied to rod, then dipped into
the boiling fat and allowed to cool, and
this process was repeated until the rush
light, or candle had become the desired
thickness. In later years candles were
made in molds. The tape was passed
through hole in the centre Of the mold
and knotted to prevent it slipping. The
fat was then poured in and allowed to
cool.
These molds, during the days of the
candle tax, were jealousy guarded by
the owners and hidden in the most secret
corner from the prying eyes of the ex-
ciseman. The candles were usually
made at night in some clubhouse, and
watchers were posted at convenient cor
ners to give timely warning of any APP
preach of the ubiquitous officer,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16

Among the marvellous plants that tho
last century has made known none Is
more remarkable than the huge parasite
Railcsia. 1t derives its name from Sir
Stamford Rifles, who, in 1918, was gov
enor Of BcncoIeen, in Samaira: He
was me time on tour Of the island, nc
cumpanled by Lady RafiIes, DIR. Arnold
and quite a party Of Europeans and ma
tivcs. Suddenly they alighted upon a
flower Of prodigious size and rePulsiye
oder more than a yard across, and weigh.
ing fifteen pounds. Its color was light
orange, notified with yclowish white, the
Whole thing livid and visited by carbon
insects. Later investigation showed the
plant to consist Of flower alone, directly
parasitic on a species Of discus 1t never
had stem Or leaves of its own, The fam
BUS Robert Brown bestowed the name on
the plant, Enthusiastically commence
rating thus the title Of both discoveries.
Several species are now known, differing
much in size, but little in essentials.
Their entire growth occupies but lew
months. They first appear as knob-like
protuberances from the bark of various
species Of cissus The flowers remain
expanded only few days, then become
a disgusting mass of putreseence. AS IN
the similar cases of one welliknown car
rion flower, the insects, attracted by the
odor, also assist in the pollination- These
parasites flower at different time i'Jm
the host plants, thus making their own
blossoms more prominent. They have
been cultivated in various botanic gar
dens, especially In the east.
This plant is among the ';iant flowers
ranking in size with the great water my
Of the Amazon, and with some OF th'
huge tropical aroids. A peaaower il
Trinidad Is said to be several feet II
length Its banner or upper petal being
alonc one foot long. The range iron
these titans to the almost invisible flower
Of wafer starwort is tremendous, but thu
little is fashioned as carefully as thu
great. Nature leaves no corner unhn'
ishcd for the reason that it is minute.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16

There is u story told Of very talka
tive lady who Ihct with well-deserved
rebukcai Il social gathering not long ago
Her husband is a man of high standing
in the world of science, but the lady re-
CARDS him as a dreamer of impossible
dreams "Do you know, she remarked
'that genius and imbecility nre twin
brothersG The world regards John as d
genius. Now there are times when be-
licvc him TO he an idiot"
A painful silence followed, broken by
a blunt old doctor who had overheard the
remark.
Are We 10 understand, madam" he
said, "that Prof. T., though your hus
band, is so slightly esteemed by your
II say what think she retorted
AT times John is Enthusiastically at
IDIOT
Merely because he is your husbandH'
"Sir!"
"Oh, very WE'LL" was the grim re-
ioinder. ave will put it in another
WY. He is your husband because he i:
an idiot. VIII that do2n
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16
Tactics ofr.ursued Deer.

An Oxford county sportsman who is
much interested in the habits of wild
game reports seeing three deer chased by
dogs in the deep snow. 1t was impossi-
Bile for them to run fast, and they adopt
ed tactics that were at once novel and
practical. They were running single
file. The first thing that attracted at
tention as unusual was the action Of the
leader, which stopped suddenly, jumped
to one side, and let the other two deer
run by in the path he had made. Very
soon the new leader jumped out and let
his followers run ahead as long as the
leader could stand il TO make the path in
the deep snow. This was kept up until
they went out of sight, and the sports
man had learned something new.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16

A gruesome story is told to prove that
human beings should sleep with their
heads TO the north. The French affirm
that each human system Is In itself an
electric battery, the head being one of
the electrodes. the feet the other. Their
proof was discovered from experiments
which Tia Academy of Sciences was al
lowed 10 make on the body Of man who
was guillotined. This was taken the in
slant it fell, and placed upon a pivot,
free to move as it might. The head part,
after little vaeillation, turned to the
north, and the body then remained sta.
tionary. 1t was turned half way round
by one of the professors, and again the
head end of the body moved slowly to the
cardinal point due north, the same re-
suits being repeated until the final ar
restation of organic movement.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16
LIKE WASHINGTON.
a o=eat King who would Not Tell
Lie.


Lie.
There was once little baby boy
born In Persia. who was called Cyrus.
HIS grandfather, who was king.
thought that when the boy grew up he
would want to be a king himself. so
he had the poor little baby carried out
into the forest and left there to be eat
en- by the wild beasts. But a kind
hearted woman was looking after her
sheep that day and she found the little
baby. which she took home with her
As Cyrus grew into boyhood he seemed
in some way different from the other
boys around him; and so, whenever
they played at soldiers, it was always
Cyrus who was general, and whenever
they played at kings. 1t was always
Cyrus who was king, and they were his
subjects. One Cay. when he was play
ing king, he led the other boys out on
what we should call an apple-stealing
expedition; only, instead Of apples. they
we're pomegranates. They went into
the grounds belonging to a poor man.
picked great many pomegranates ana
ran away before the owner could catch
them. But the next morning the man
went 10 their schoolmaster and told
him how much fruit he had lost, beg
ging him to find out which Of the boys
had stolen 1t and to punish them Sc
yerely. One by one the boys we're call
ed before the master, but each OF them
said he knew nothing about the pom
egranates Al last Cyrus appeared.
and was asl,ed whether he knew any
thing OF the robbery. Il did IT," he
said at once. Let me be punished
was the leader. can break into an
orchard and steal a pomegranatc. but
cannot tell lie. 1t was all my fault
and am ready to bear the punishment
which deserve for being thief As
for the others, you must not ask me
to name then. was their king, and
am responsible for Them
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16

While in other countries, such as Ger
many, France, etc, where there are var
ious dialects, those who speak these dia-
lects can understand each other as soon
as they drop their dialectic peculiarities
and make use of the common literary
language of the land, this is not at all the
case in China, for ihe simple reason,
says NJ. Lcisering that such common
literary language of the land does hot
exist. The various Chinese dialects
have accordingly developed such peeu-
liarities that they have practically be-
come Independent tongues. Thus the
average Chinaman from Picking cannot
understand his compatriot from Canton.
Although both employ the same sign for
the same idea, each pronounces it in his
own way, and he cannot be understood
by the other unless he reduces what he
desires to say to a written form.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16
How Bees ven,ilate Their Homes

Tho buzzing sound that bees make in
their hives, and which can be often heard
by those standing outside, is not pro-
duced for the sake of the music. It is
to expel the bad air; and row or file Of
them may often be found near the en-
trance, engaged in that health-giying
operation.
Meanwhile, there is another little com
pany standing just outside, "huttering
the fresh air in All this time, the little
messengers between hive and flower go,
come and go, and brush past the yentilat-
ing corps, with their little loads of
honey.
As high as twenty bees may be en-
gagged at once in this praiscworthy pro
cess of giving fresh air to their homes.
When they get tired, their place is taken
by others, and the good work of aeration
still goes ON.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16

The funny man who is always with u:
undertook 10 have some fun with the train
boy and offered To buy a oneicent iiewsi
paper If the boy could change a twenty
dollar bill. The boy was about 10 reject
the offer, when another passenger handed
him lafgp and heavy canvas bag.
Take your change DIT Of that" he
whispered. The boy opened the bag and
found it full of pennies. He counted
out nineteen hundred and ninety-nine
coins to the faeetious passenger, who was
man enough to keep to his bargain. II
was afterwards learned that the accom-
modating passenger was connected with
a pcnny-in-the-slot company, and had
been making collecting tour.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16
Making it worth while.

An Irishman walking overa plank side
walk, in counting some money accident.
ally dropped a nickel, which rolled down
Il crack between the boards.
The Irishman was much put out by his
loss, trifling though it was. Early the
next day friend, while walking by the
spot, discovered the man dropping a dol
lar down the same crack.
at was this way explained Pat, 81
reasoned thot it wasn't worth me while
to pull up thot sidewalk for nickel, SO
Pm dropping down dollar to make il
worth me while"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16
A Story Of Sterility,
SUFFERING AND RELIEF.


"DEAR Mrs PINKHAM-Two years
ngo / began having such dull, heavy
dragging pains in my back, menses
were profuse and painful, and was
troubled was leucorrhea- l took
patent medicines and consulted a ply
stefan, but received no benefit and
could not become pregnant. Seeing
one of your books, wrote to you tell
ing you my troubles and asking for
advice. You answered my letter
promptly and followed the directions
faithfully, and derived so much benefit
that l cannot praise Lydia L. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound enough.
now find myself pregnant and have
begun its use again. l cannot praise
1t enough. "-MRs. CORA gibson, YATES,
MANIsTEE, Mich.
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Aner the Ceremony.

An unmarried woman In Holland al
ways takes the right arm of her escort.
while the married one selects the left side
of her husband. 10 deeply has this GUS
tom entered into the life Of the Holland
ers that at u church wedding the bride
enters the cditicc on the right side of the
groom, the young wife returning oil the
left side of her husband when the cere-
mony has been performed.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16

1t has been said that to the pure all
things are pure. Just as thoroughly has
it been proved that to the vile, all yile-
ness is of the vilest, and what is pure is
considered only grade of vilenoss all
the more reprehensible, because it is oh.
viously impossible of comprehension by
minds attuned TO less harmonious chords.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16
.Your Medicine Worked wonaers.-

81 had been sick ever since my mar
riage, seven years ago; have given
birth to four children, and had two
miscarriages. j had falling of womb,
leucorrhea, pains in back and legs;
dyspepsia and Q nervous trembling Of
the stomach. Nov have none of these
troubles and can enjoy my life. Your
medicine has worked wonders foT
me."-MRs. $. BAssHAHr, NEW CASTLE,
PA.
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J. S. Parker Fredonia. n. Y. says; "Shall
not call on you for the 500 rewar |, for he.
lieye Hall,s Catarrh Cure ", Il epre any case o.
Catarrh. Was very bad Write him for par
tculars. Sold hy Druggists. &c.
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A life merely of pleasure or chiefly of
pleasure is always poor and worthless
life, not worth the living; always unsat-
isfactory in its course; always miserable
in its end.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16

Was troubled with painful skin eruption,
and after ali other remedies failed. the father
wrttess stSend me four more foxes Of fettcrfne
for my little d lighter II does her moe gos .
than anything we ever tried. Yours etc JAS ;.
Porter tynchburr. 3 G . At druggists Boo. box.
or postpaid ny J r. shuptrine. Savannah, Ga.
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A powder to shake into your shoes; rests
the feet, Cures Corns, Bunions. swollen
Sore. Hot, Gallons, Aching, Sweating Feet
and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. At all drug
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Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without Il. Cascarets, Candy Cathar.
tic clean your blood and keep II clean, BY
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm.
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In President Elect Hadley Yale athletics
will probably find good friend, for he has al
ways been devoted to such sports.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16

Gerald Du Maurier who is now playing in
THE Musketeers" in London, is the son Of
the late George Du Maurier.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16

DR.. George W. Chittenden. who has Just
died at Janesville, Wis, at the age Of a. was
the Oldest prarticing physician in Wisconsin
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To quilt tobacco easily and forever. be mag
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Stephen Crane has bought country house
N Surrey, England.
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General Wesley Merritt brought back With
him from the Pacific large parrot which
had been the property Of a Spanish sailor.
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Rudyard Kipling is said to be patronizin
two clipping bureaus.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16

Director Of the Census William Il. Merriem
was educated at Racine school modelled on
English lines
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0ne Of Governor Roosevelt's admirers has
presented him with rare old Damascus
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No o. BAG for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure. makes weak
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Krupp. the gunmaker. has the largest in
come of any manufacturer in Europe and is
constantly enlarging his works.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1899-06-16

A great character, founded on the liy-
ing rock of principle, is. in fact, not q
solitary phenomenon, to be at once per-
ceiyed, limited and described. 1t is u
dispcnsaion of Providence, designed to
have not merely an immediate, but n
continuous, progressive and never-end-
ing agency. II survives the man who
possessed it; survives his age-perhaps
his country, his language.
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DENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
l. BALTIMORE a POTOMAC X. r.

The following is the Time Table OF the
passenger trains on the Pope's Greek Branch
Of the baltimore and Potomac r. r., which
went Into effect November 2lst, 1898
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Educate Your Bowels with Csscarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
toc, Csc. II C. G. O. fail, druggists refund money.
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USE CERTAIN CHILL CURE,

Admiral Dewey says that after his arrival
hume he VIII never q ,ain 60 . sea.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-12
The Career OF Rhodes.

Outside of Paul Kruger the Rt. Hon.
Cecil j. Rhodes is the greatest character
in Africa. His achievements have been
wonderful When a young man the ply
sicians told his father, who was an Epis-
copal Clergyman that Cecil had better go
to Madeira, as he was dying of consUmp
ton, one lung being entirely gone. 1t was
at this stage that the boy asserted him
self, saying that if he had to die he would
sooner go to his brother in Natal Before
young Rhodes had reached Cape Town his
consumption was better, and two years
with his brother entirely cured him. He
returned to England and entered college
at Oxford, but did not graduate, as his old
consumptive complaint began to return.
He again returned to South Africa, land
ing at Cape Town, and went with the
diamond seekers TO the Kimberley fields.
When he arrived there he had only $50 in
his possession, but this sum proved the
foundation of his great fortune and great
power. He under ook to keep the various
claims of the mines clear of water for q
given sum monthly. He soon had 1000
Kaftirs working for him. When the min
ers were unable TO pay him he got them
to deed him their claims. Within two years
Rhodes found that he possessed the ma
jority of diamond Gains, with no capital
to work them; but he was equal to the oc-
casion, and he managed to interest Eng
fish capitalists, and formed the great De
Beers Company with himself as the pres
ident. In 1892 he cast his eyes on Mata-
beleland and Mashonaland. with soldiers
of his own making he conquered Old Lo-
bengula, and added the vast territory of
Rhodesia to Englands realm. AS a re-
ward for his work in Africa he was made
a member of the Privy Council of Eng
land in 1894. He has been the Premier of
Cape Colony for number of years. Such
Is the man that is bitterly hated by the
Beers, and who hates them in return with
| equal fervor. 1t may be truthfully said
that he is more responsible than any 9TH
| er person for the present war in South
| Africa.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-12

ering had ever aroused such enthusiasm
as this BY now he had come to
Pull for the shore. sailor,
Pull for the shore,
Heed not the raging waves
Though loudly they roar.
And after this, without moments hes
itation, he dashed into
I am so glad that Jesus loves me.
When that was done he dug his fingers
into the celulOid keys again, kneading
them with all the strength Of his two
arms, swaying from side to side. and
while his feet threshed out the rhythm
upon the pedals played
Hallelujah lis done
! believe in the Son.
Suddenly the Matabele began to sing
catching up the tunes with the quicKness
and facility Of savages, singing to the
airs Of these Gospel hymns the words OF
the war-sOng OF 'Aloseleka tse," the chant
of the Black Bull:
Yaing-g'labi
Lego u kunze
Yai ukufa.
Then at last the tension broke. Tho
thing was more than Mr.. Otto Marks OF
Toledo. o., was made to bear All a,
once his nerves cripsed and recoiled like
the broken ends Of an overstrained harp
string, and he leaped into the air, sud
denly seized with hysteria, shrieking ana
laughing and banging his fists upon the
keys
With the cessation of the music tile
spell was broken, the droning chant stop
ped in a medley of discords, and the dane
ing feet grew still
go on, go onW screamed West go
on playing" But Otto neither needed nor
heard, for he was out of his head win
terror and excitement, and was dancing
upon the wagon Sticking out snatches OF
gospel hymns. He was waving his fists
above his head. His eyes We're as the
eyes Of fish, and he was bleeding al the
nose.
An assegai struck him all az once fun on
the face and he spun about twice, grip
ping at the air and then went over side
ways upon the keyboard Of the organ, his
blood splashing the dazzling white of tho
celluloid keys.
They ran in then and overwhelmed the
wagon like an ocean bursting a dyke, ana
the little voorlooper found his death
amidst the panic-stricken oxen.
West tried to- shoot himself underneath
the wagon, but was dragged out by one
arm and leg, with his chin shot away.
And what was done with Mr.. West?
"Maghwheenar' exclaimed Ingodusi, as
he finished the tale He was an UNI
tagati, a crawling snake Him we cruel
fed upon a telegraph pole-by the arms
only"