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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-05-04

THE Alabama Democratic conven
tion finished its work yesterday
The Platform declares for CONNER
cial expansion, for the constr uction
of the Nicaragua canal, favors a
Constitutional Convention, indorse
Senator Morgan and declares for
BRYAN and the Chicago platform.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-05-04

AT Secretary Hays request, the
Sultan has renewed his note for the
American damages. adding that
when the paper is worn he will be
pleased to renew it once more.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-05-04

THE Government is sending
canned beef to the Philippines
Seriously, we object to this. 1t Is all
right to shoot the Filipinos, OF
course, but to poison them by let
ting them capture that canned beef
is little too Spanish to suit us.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-05-04

IN counting up his supporters, Ad'
miral Dewey should remember that
mighty few bull frogs in a pond can
make noise enough for a regiment.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-05-04
New steamship Line Proposed.

Berlin. May 1.-The North German
Lloyd Steamship Co. will soon es-
tablish a line OF steamers from Shang-
hai TO IIan-Kow. its steamers in the
Asiatic service being thus increased
TO forty.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-05-04

THE Treasury Department has de
cided that Porto Rico Is not foreign
country and that draw back OF duties
cannot be allowed on articles sent
.here. In the same decision, 1t holds
that drawback will be allowed on
exports to Cuba and the Philippines.
This is certainly bewildering. What
is the difference in status between
Porto Rico and the Philippines
Both were acquired under the iden-
tIcal treaty provisions.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-05-04

Gov. PINGREE. of Michigan, here
tofore an independent Republican,
when asked in an interview Sunday
il he was preparing to announce hi'
withdrawal from the Republican
party, stated: There is no an
nouncement about 1t. 1 only say
what have said all the while. You
haven't heard me say anything
against the Democrats for some
time. / believe that the hope Of the
people Is in the Democratic party
This fAll.n
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-05-04
NEWS AND COMMENT.
THE rel ort OF Richard Cookers
death was greatly exaF Grated.

THE Weakley ounty Dem' cratic
Convention Saturday wae over.
whelming in sentiment for Carmack
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-05-04

ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. 100 WILLIAM ST, NEW YORK
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03

him in he lost his wits and never tried
to push it up. He tried to get out by
tearing the box to pieces, but he did
not succeed. When we knew just what
we had caught we tied rope to the
cover and ran it over log in the barn,
and rs stood there and pulled at the
rope the bear popped his head out, of
the box. Father was ready with his
rifle, and as the head came up bull
let was sent into it, and Bruin sank
down dead. lie was so big and fot
that we had to tip the box over to get
him out, and from his pelt mother had
a fur cape made which she wore for
many years after. - Chicago Inter
Ocean,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03
BEAR CAUGHT HIMSELF.
Climbed Into nm Empty Dry Goods
Box and Was Nailed Down by
Michigan Farmer.

just outside our log barn, in the
woods of Michigan, we had big dry
goods box with hinged cover on it.
We used to keep corn for the horses
In this box. One winters evening, aft
er getting out the corn as usual, l for
got to drop and fasten the cover. Per-
haps l had done 80 many times before
and nothing had come of it, but at
about midnight on this night the FAM
lily were awakened by a great row at
the barn. The horse was snorting and
stamping, the pig in the pen was
squealing, and the hens in the shed
were cackling in alright. Father
lighted the lantern and took his gun
and went out, but for some time he
could not make out what all the row
was about. Then certain queer noises
attracted his attention to the corn
box, and he very soon discovered that
some wild beast was inside. The cover
was down, and as he lifted it he found
full-grown black bear inside. Be-
fore the bear could get out the cover
was slammed down and made fast.
1t had been an easy matter for the
bear to get into the box, and it would
have been just as easy for him to get
out again if he hadn't got scared.
When the cover fell down and shut
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03
NY LITTLE NEiGHBOR.

He's as jolly a tsllow and merry O
AS any small boy in the town;
He's gay and good-spirited, very
You never catch him with a frown.
He's out when the weather is muddy.
And he's out when the weather Is fine;
And he's strong and he's plump and he's
ruddy,
Is this little neighbor OF mine.
At tag there's nobody can match him,
So swift does he scamper and fit;
But he isn't put out when they catch him,
Nor cross when he has to be sit"
And II he's called In, why, he never
Hangs back with pout or a whine
He trots away cheerful as ever,
Does this little neighbor of mine.
He'll run on an errand as gayly
AS he'll join in game OF hi-spy;
He totes his wee brother out daily,
To crow at the folks that pass by;
He makes all the people about him
(Though he's only eight, going on nine'')
Wonder how they could get on without
Does this little neighbor OF mine.
I wonderful I could this minute
Just empty the county straight through
or all the small boys that are in It,
And bring them right out in plain view,
And look them alkcarefully over
wonder, in all that long line.
How many small boys I'd discover
Like this little neighbor of mine!
Emma A. Opper, in Golden Days.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03
! Peppered the Bandit.


IT'S queer" said man from Col
orado, what different ideas men
have rs to how they'll act in case they
ever get involved in train or stage
'stick-up' or hold up, as you call it back
this way. Myself, I've been stuck-up
at the point of one or more guns on
three different occasions, and on each
occasion I've pointed my mitts heaven
ward without any fuss or feathers
whatsoever, and delivered the goods
with nary whimper. But never fig
ured on doing anything else. Before
ever got held up at all always said to
myself that when the time arrived for
some fellow to poke a gun into my face
and request me to elevate my arms, I'd
do what he asked me to do without any
questions at all, and let him have all
he could find on me without any side
stepping or murmuring. l considered
that that was the only sensible thing
to do, and l consider so yet. So, while
it cost me heap more than | really
could afford to fork over my little val
uables on the three occasions the boys
of the road have nailed me, l always
patted myself on the back and told
myself that, while l mayn't have been
very heroic or dare-devilish, did the
wise thing in getting away with a com
plete and unpunctured hide.
But I've often met chaps who were
simply going To cut dog in two in case
anybody ever tried to stick them up at
the end of gun. They were GO
ing TO decline to be held up,
and teach the bandit or bandits
lesson. 1t is remarkable, the
braverNsSome of these fellows were GO
ing to exhibit whenever any bold, bad
proposition with mask tried TO CO.
cree them into handing over the stuff
they had on them. In nine cases out of
ten these large and ample takers are
the very first TO east up their paws
when the command rings through the
car or coach: Hands up and the last
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03
WAYS OF THE COYOTE.
and His Speed Exceeds Even
That of the For.

| One of the interesting and typical
| animals of the far west is the American
wild dog, lowland wolf or coyote, CAMS
latrans, it being known under these
| and other titles. While very common
animal, it is rarely well figured in tho
books, and is made to look more fox
like than wolfish. A wolf the coyote
is, a lowland form, and every traveller
through the west who has wandered
from the beaten paths or visited small
places knows it well.
don Coyote" is essentially night
animal, and my observations of the
living animal were made chiefly in the
saddle in full chase after him in the
dull early morning, and can commend
his speed, which is greater than that
of the fox. When the sun goes down
Don Coyote comes out of his haunts
in the foothills and wanders down
around or into the settlements. He
lies in the spurs of the hills and noun
tains in southern California, as in the
San Gabriel valley, in some safe and
inaccessible point, and surveys the
country, his vision perhaps directed
to some henroost or the home OF
some fat turkey. At such times have
occasionally seen him, his fur IN al
most perfect protection in its resem-
blance to the rocks that surrounded
him; and that he recognizes this was
shown in one instance when l rode
within 80 feet of one, pretending to
look directly ahead, but watching him
out of one corner of my eye. He
crouched as I approached and seemed
confident that l did not see him i'm
perceptibly moving, ever keeping his
head pointed toward me; and few
would have recognized in the gray rock
coyote.
While the coyote hunts singly in
towns or villages, he runs in packs in
the open, and it is here that he demon
strates his skill and cunning. A friend
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03

the conspicuous place assigned to
them by the Bryan fiat. They were
closely inspected and weighed and
found wanting. In plain and COLO
quail English, they have petered out.
And what will the new keynote, or the
dominant chord, be? The loyal Bryan
ties will be sorely disappointed if their
leader shall fail to furnish something
novel, fresh, inspiriting. But mag
netic" and resourceful as William Jen-
nings is, he is not performer of po-
litical miracles. What is the use of
crying for new issues where none can
be found? Issues, like poets, are born,
not made.
We understand the expectancy, hush
and avidity, but we fear disappoint-
ment. Silver, imperialism, trusts,
where are these once much-heralded
issues? There is the new financial bill,
but how can that be attacked without
regalvanizing free silver as an alterna-
tive? And that even Bryan himself
must shrink from. What will the key
note be?-Chicago Post.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

GTIn calling for free wool Mr.. Bry-
an is casting sleeps eyes at the farm
or vote.-Baltimore American.
GJBryan once got his fingers
jlmmed in the Goebel door, and APP
EGrently doesn't want to repeat the
sNpcrience.-N. Y. Tribunte.
GyCol. Bryan has sure thing on
Publicity. lie eXcites even more won
der when he does not make speeches
than when he does.-Washington Star.
GTSilver republicans show q DISPOSE
ton to be republicans hereafter, with
cut the prefix. The lesson of repub-
lican success is national prosperity
and progress.-St. Louis Globe Demo
crat.
GTA series of banquets has been ar
ranged for Mr.. Bryan, and from this
time on his campaign for the presi-
dency will be pushed. He will let
soIrcbody else do the Chasing of the
almighty dollar."-Cleveland Leader.
ryCoin Harvey's new book makes
the principal discussion on imperial
ism" the terrible octopus" as well as
free silver, are in the background. 1t
seems hard to find out just where de-
nocracy is going to stand this year.
Iowa State Register.
uTCol. Henry Wattcrson explains
the gloom of the democratic outlook
by remarking that "the country is in
a state of hopeless prosperity" Those
are the exact dimensions of the situa-
ton. There isn't enough calamity in
stock to support n populist campaign
in a single township.-N. Y. Mail and
Express.
UGrover Cleveland says: ct seems
t. me that the Inconsistency of I'M
reasoning and false party leadership
is impressively exhibited when the
claim is made that Jacksonian democ-
racy sanctions the degradation of the
peoples currency and reckless dsre-
gard of the restraint of law and or
der" There, Col. Bryan, put that
in your pipe and smoke 't."-Iowa
State Register. -
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03
No ISc for nrYnn.

William j. Bryan will not get n
chance to talk free silver on the cam
pus of Brown university. When the
university debating union proposed Il
few days ago TO get him TO address the
student body while visiting Providence
the proposition met with favor among
collegians. When Dean Winslow Upton
checked the scheme by refusing to give
permission for such a meeting and re-
ferred the matter to the executive COM
mittee of the corporation for final ac-
ton the officers OF the union began to
be afraid OF the plan. When three days
had passed with no reply from the ex-
ecutive powers of the university the
students who had been working for the
Bryan meeting found that they dared
not venture farther. Therefore they
dropped the matter. Fear that Brown
would lose prospective financial sup
port If Bryan should be allowed to
speak under the sanction of the univer-
sity authorities is the reason given why
The plan has fallen through. Enemies
of former President Il. Benjamin An
drews asserted that money sufficient
to run the college comfortably did not
come because of his free silver VIEWS
Chicago Chronicle Dem.).
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03

Of mine observed pack of coyotes on
the edge of the desert manipulating
jack rabbit. They swept across the
country in line, soon starting hare,
then formed in two parallel lines about
200 feet apart. There was regular
plan of action, and none of the coyotes
seemed overexcited, but when the hare
was started they wheeled into columns
like soldiers, the leading coyote run
ming at the top of his speed. After a
few moments he dropped to the rear
and a fresh coyote took the lead; and
this was kept up until the hare was
run down. The chase was silent one.
This method recalls the wild dogs of
Australia. or dingo.
While the coyote is invariably writ.
ten down as coward, and il is true that
either singly or in packs he will not
attack man or beast larger than him
self, when cornered he is vicious
fighter. / have seen one fight off
pack of grayhounds, wounding them
so that to save the dogs the hunter was
obliged to finish the animal. The coy
ote in this case had run at least two
miles at race horse speed and when
reached by the hunters was backed up
against rock, swapping his jaws at
his crazed antagonist, his teeth sound
ing like steel trap as they came to-
gether, and taking n piece of flesh
whenever they hit the mark.
Don Coyote can be tanned, and knew
of one instance where herder kept one
that was apparently rs tame rs a dog.
The near allies of the coyote are the
maikongs or crab-eating dogs of South
America, that hunt in packs and re-
scmble the coyote in appearance.
There are several species in South
America that call TO mind the coyote,
as the Guara CAMS iubatus, large,
powerful, ferocious dogwolf five feet
in length. Like the coyote, it frequents
the lowland countries, especially in
Paraguay.-Prof. G. L. Holder, In Sci
entific American.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03
Iscd in Pincr of Coins

Chocolate is still used as money in
certain parts of the interior Of South
America, as are also cocoanuts and
eggs. According to Prescott the mon.
ey Of the Aztecs consisted OF quilts full
Of gold dust and bags of chocolate
grains. Before the introduction of
coined money into Greece, skewers or
spikes of iron and copper were used, six
being drachm or handful. The small,
hard shell known as the cowrie is still
used in parts of India and Africa in
place of coin. Whales teeth are used
by the Fijians, red feathers by some Of
the South Sea islanders and salt in
parts of Abyssinia. In parts Of India
cakes of tea and in China pieces O. silk
pass as currency. Oxen still form the
circulating medium among many Of
the Zulus and Knffirs.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03
Floating Chips.

No truth was ever converted into q
truism without its martyrs.
No craven image ever worshiped has
done so much harm as false Ideals of
duty.
No one can forgive seven times who
has not needed forgiveness 20 times
seven.
We say we have outgrown our illu-
sions, but is not that the greatest one
oil all?
The woman who has not learned to
wear a smile over an aching heart has
not attained her majority.
We would stand more chance of be-
ing happy II there were fewer people
to insist on our being so in their way.
Cynicism is called cheap, but those
who have bought IL in the mart of ex-
perience have paid dear enough
price.-MeTgaret Wentworth, In Judge,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03
INSECT CALCULATOR.
lie IN Found In New Caledonia and
Can Count Correctly Up to
the Number six.

There is little insect found in New
Caledonia called the "insect which
counts," and which seems capable of
counting to at least six. 1t is found
on the leaves of the banana tree, and
when the moment is favorable it may
be seen to turn around, with its head
as center, in describing rapid cir
cles. At first it executes six of them,
nor one more nor one less, then 1t
roverses the movement and makes the
same number in an opposite direction.
It stops n moment and begins again,
but only makes five this time, always
alternately in opposite directions. An
other stop, then double rotation in al
tentative ways, the turns this time
only being four, and so on, diminish
ing constantly in such a way as sue
cessively three, then two and ut last
one single turn.
After these gymnastic exercises,
which are at the same time mathemat-
zeal, the insect remains absolutely mo-
tionicss until its agitation again takes
possession of it and it gives itself up
10 its complicated calculations with an
.xactitude which many people might
rnvy.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03
IGNORES THE LESSON.
Defeat Seems TO Have HID No
Disciplinary Effect Upon Wng-
Jaw Bryan.

William ]. Bryan lately made at
Omaha, Neb., the speech which, 1t was
announced, opens the Bryan campaign
for another nomination for the presi-
dency. Just as if he did not begin his
campaign for denomination as soon as
he was defeated in 1896. Since that time
Bryan has done nothing but declaim
against the gold standard in speeches
paid for at gold standard rates, al
though this has compelled some mat
tention to his former practice as a
lawyer and newspaper reporter.
Mr.. Bryan's latest salutatory reads
very much like continuance of his
campaign speeches of 1so6A He\still
sees nothing but ruin ahead \ofJ his
country because it prefers dollar dol
lars to Accent dollars. He has changed
his figure of speech. That is all. AS Mr..
Bryan has large stock of figures OF
speech, it is not difficult for him to
make that change. Labor hanging to
"the cross of gold" at Chicago, and clip
ping off large sections of that cross
for the weekly pay-envelope, has be-
come at Omaha "a captive to Europe's
golden chariot" but is still on the trail
of gold, just as much as If he were a
lecturer or a book writer. From the
cross to the chariot is getting little
nearer to earth, but Bryan has not
got rid of his wheels yet. a
Bryan sprang into notoriety with
one song, and he cannot refrain from
singing it. This is unfortunate for his
prospects, for it recalls his predictions.
The election of Mckinley was to mean
adversely; it has meant unexampled
prosperity. The farmer was to lose his
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03

Il. ' FL BODl IL EM - QOlNh!
to take them down when the robber
has fred his little parting volley and
taken to the tall cactus. But you can
never tell how mans going to act in a
stick-up.
about six years ago / was riding
through southeastern Colorado on a
west-bound train. ! was only making
siN-hour journey of it, and so | took
the smoker and stayed there. There
were about % or 80 men in the smoker,
all pretty comfortable looking chaps.
A dyspeptic-lookin little man, about 40
years old, with Il Bostonese dialect, sat
in the seat ahead Of me- and an hour or
SO after boarded the train he engaged
me in conversation.
"'Belong out this way?' he asked me,
in characteristic New England drawl.
yep said j.
"'Reason / ask you that said he, lis
that I've heard there have been lot of
hold-ups on the railroads out this way
lately. That right"
pretty near said /.
"'Ever find yourself mixed up in one
of those affairs?' he asked me.
".Couple times, / told him.
"'Did you let 'em go through you?
he asked me, with searching look.
Don't you think otherwise for a
holy minute said l. 4 am my sole re-
manning support, and, in general, 1
find life pretty good game. It's the
best / know anything about, anyhow.
"'Well,' said the dyspeptic-looking
little chap, in his piping drawl. I'd
Just like to see the loafers get any of
my money, that's all! I'd just like to
catch them at It'll
81 couldn't help smiling amusedly.
"'Why, what would you dO?' ! asked
him, grinning right in his teeth-I
couldn't have helped IL to save me.
"'Never you mind, sir, what I'd dol
said the little man, choppily. I'D
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03
A NEW NOTE FROM BRYAN.
The Nebraska Popophone In Now
rai slsN GfvTnE Forth n Different
Sound.

Washington correspondents tell us
that democratic senators and represent
atives are totally at sea with regard
to the dominant issues of their party,
and they are impatiently awaiting w.
j. Bryan's appearance at the capital.
Time was when these influential gentle
men rather resented the candidates
advice and direction, and if they are
now eager for his counsel and guidance,
their perplexity must be extreme in
deed. When they had issues, or thought
they had them-which is the same
thing, according to so good an author
ity as old Shakespeare-they expert
enced no difficulty in determining
which of them was preeminent and
overshadowing and which were second
airy. Now that they have a sickly and
wretched collection of "back num-
bers" to choose from, they are anxious
for Bryan's support and leadership.
But the democratic politicians at
Washington will not have to remain in
suspense very long. The keynote-the
one hundredth. we BELIEVES to be
sounded tonight at the Jackson day
banquet of the Bryan league. The Ne
braska candidate will be the guest of
honor, and he is to have carte blanche,
oratorically speaking. He will have
unlimited time and free choice as to sub
ject. AS this is presidential year, ex-
ceptional interest is taken in the ex-
pected address.
Last year at the local Jackson ban
quet w. j. Bryan pushed the trust and
anti-imperialism issues to the fore
front. History tells US what their fate
has heen They have not remained in
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03

all; he has paid every mortgage. This
country was to become the slave of
London and Berlin, but both are max
ing TO us profound obeisauce.
Bryan has learned nothing from de-
feat. But he will find, as he sings his
old song over again, that what he has
mistaken for an encore was the APP
plause of the people for the next act.
The "boy orator is overgrown as n
boy, but Is still undergrown as a states
man.-Troy Times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-02-03
Pussy Adopted a Rabbit.

A curious instance of maternal in
stinct was exhibited ,ho other day by
a cat. Some of the officials of the Nor
folk county asylum caught a young
rabbit, which they gave to the cat,
thinking that she would kill and eat IL.
To their astonishment puss did moth
ing Of the kind; she adopted IL and
sucked It with her own offspring. Both
the rabbit and Its foster mother seemed
to be perfectly happy together.