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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-09
GAVE SOME POKER ADVICE.
How Comedian DAILY "Laid Down" 20
His Tailor by Tele-
phone.

There probably have been times when
Dan DAILY was a few cents ahead in a quiet
game of draw, but nobody in the alley
seems to be able to locate them. His hands
never yet have become calloused dragging
celluloid buttons across green cloth. He
has got so used to quietly laying down.
that any other turn of affairs, his friends are
afraid, would bring about heart failure.
The other day his tailor called him up by
telephone, says the Chicago Chronicle.
"IIello," says the tailor.
"Hello," says the telephone girl, soft and
mellow. Number, please"
"Umpteen hundred and 'steen," says the
tailor.
"Wel, hello" says DAILY.
as Mr.; DAILY there?" asks the tailor.
Eyes. This is he!"
ooh, is that you, Mr.. DAILY? didn't rec
ognize your voice"
'Yes, Yes"
keep away there, central! Hello there!
Hello, there! Hello, Mr.. Daly!"
"Wel, well, what is it," says Daily.
"This is Mr.. Taylor" says the tailor.
"Well, what do you want?"
''Hello! Is that Mr. Daly?" shrieks the
tailor.
"Yes, yes, yes. What are you trying to
do!"
1--WE got two pairs of trousers here" be.
gins the tailor.
"Speak louder" says DAILY.
1--WE got" begins the tailor again.
you're too near the phone" says DAILY.
Then the tailor roars:
i've got two pairs"
They're good" says DAILY, and he rings
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-09
Gin Sling for Ginger,

Some Americans not over familiar with
frehcn' WINE IN rarls not long ago. entered
for some ginger. What they wanted was the
candled variety, Of course, common enough
in confectionery shops in New York But at
the first syllable of the word the Paris shop.
men looked at each other in amazement and
then at the women asking for it. After some
parley it was made known to the Americans
would be sent for-evidently most unusual
procedure, judging from the gestures and ex.
Carnations and significant g,ances upon the
part Of all connected with the establishment.
The Americans waited and waited; still the
ginger was not forthcoming They were
just about to depart when what they were
waiting for arrived. 1t was served in liqueur
glasses with crushed ice, and it was GIN
n. Y. Evening Sun.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-09
WAITED FOR ONE CENT.
Embarrassment of an Absent-Minded
Purchaser at n Ninety-Ninc
Cent Store.

81 never felt so cheap in all my life," said
Short, relates the Pittsburgh News, ''as
did one day in a department store. |
bought book for 80 cents and while was
waiting for it a young woman, whose good
opinion valued, came up and we began
TO talk. The book was wrapped up and
handed me by the girl at the counter and
after short while the young woman asked:
Are you waiting for your change"
II replied that was, but, in fact, | hadn I
been thinking Of it. | wanted 10 talk to her
and made that an excuse for staying After
the usual delay, when il had passed entirely
out of my mind, the girl at the book counter
stepped up and said:
"'llere's your change. sir
and she held bright new cent in her
open hand so that the other girl saw it.
felt chill at once and just because it APP
waiting all that time for cent. | got a
reputation for closetistedness that is still
sticking to me-"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-09

Twelve persons were shot, three ia
tally, during riots on st. Louis street
car lines as result OF the strike.
Samuel Cupples and Robert Brook
ings, of st. Louis, donated S5.000,O00 to
Washington university.
Near Montgomery, w. Va, 12 men
died from eating poisoned provisions.
Memorial day was generally OBJ
served throughout the country.
Fire destroyed large portion of the
town of Phoebe, Neb.
The forty-fourth anniversary of the
first republican state convention held
in Illinois was celebrated in Bloom
ington.
A senate committee has begun in
vestigating the postal frauds in Cuba.
Harry +. Miles, % years old, was
killed and William +. Stafford was ia
tally injured in a bicycle race at Wal
than, Mass.
A bench warrant was issued in Frank
fort, Ky, for the arrest of ex-Gov. Tay-
Tor as an accessory before the fact TO
the Goebel murder.
The school census of Indiana shows n
population of 2,G3S,4s3, decrease of
5,497 in a year.
John w. Hinton and wife celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary in
Milwaukee by sending a check for $780,
600 TO the Protestant home for the
aged.
The enumeration for the twelfth cen
60, = 10. 49, . % -,
30 days. The cost will be over Sl5, o0O,-
600.
Engineer John Hines and Fireman
Womble We're killed in the wreck of
train 30 miles south of Waco, Tex.
Carl Raub, a newspaper man. aged
80, killed his niece, Miss Bertha Ilck-
er, aged 20, in Cleveland, O.. and then
killed himself No cause is known for
the deed.
Gen Elwell S, Otis is slated for COM
mand of the department of the lakes.
with headquarters in Chicago.
Congress has appropriated $4,000
for geological surveys in Alaska this
year.
Railroad crop reports point to n
heavy harvest in Iowa, Nebraska,
northern Missouri and northern Kan
sas.
William Broehm and his wife and
three children and William Stevens,
brother of Mrs. Broehm, were in
stantly killed at Brillion, Wis, by an
explosion of dynamite.
Capt. Arlie Morrison, Frank Camp.
bell and William Medlar were killed by
lightning at st. Clair, Mich.
At Miles City, Mont, the Northern
Pacific express Office was robbed Of
5000 package.
The bank of w G, Shields at Mulberry
Grove, Ill.,, closed its doors and it is
alleged that Shields went TO ST. Louis.
taking with him between $4,000 and
$4,000 in deposits.
a union motorman in st. Louis shot
and fatally wounded n policeman, and
was then killed by another officer.
The premature explosion of nitro
glyccrin ut a well near Whipplc. o..
killed four iacn and injured seven. four
fatally.
The Hawaiian authorities have de-
clarcd the Hawaiian islarGs free from
infection by the bubon.c plague.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-09
DOMESTIC.

The visible supply Of grain in the
United States ON the 9th was: Wheat,
4i,755,0OO bushels; corn, 12,G57.000
bushels; oats, 6,7sG,oOO bushels; rye.
100000 bushels; barley, $4,000
bushels.
In the belt Of totality, a strip rum
ming from Norfolk to New Orleans. q
clear sky gave the observers of the
eclipse of the sun every opportunity
to carry out TIE work for which they
had so extensively prepared.
Seymour, johnson & company, stock
and cotton brokers in New York, failed
with liabilities Of $500,000
While William 1Ictzcll and George
Detchon were trying TO rescue a COW
from an abandoned well at Alliance, o.,
they were suffocatcd by gas.
Upon her wedding in New York to
DR.. Lewis Il. Morris w. 4. Clark. of
Montana, gave his daughter Catherine
$i.000,O0O in stock and $lO,O00,000 in
cash.
The Methodist general conference in
Chicago voted to take no action on The
amusement question and after n live
~ debate opposed the sale OF liquor to
soldiers.
Some one unknown fired into the
house Of William Wise near Anoka,
Mimi, fatally wounding him and his
wife and killing a son aged seven
years
Strikers wrecked street railway car
in St. Louis with dynamite. but no
one was fatally injured.
Auditors Investigating TIC Cuban
treasury and customs department.
found no trace Of fraud.
\ cyclone strucl; the western part
OF Scbewa township, Mich. and dill
great DANCE to farm property.
The general conference OF The Meth
odist church, which has been in SEES
sion in Chicago STAGE May .. has adj
journcd.
There is very iit;,a chang, in the
street railway strike situation in St.
Louis.
The last DAY was one Of The most
intcrcstin" or The niao lays rcssions
of the BAPTIST anniversaries in De.
troit. Mich.
rive li&ft .:'..N GvStrCNCd TIE paper
mills Ct tAc No'l; haven Paper co,a-
r"ny at York Haven, Pa Loss. @.,2.-
UCG.
President Mckinley and party
reached Washington on the Dolphin
from Chesapeake bay, where they
viewed the eclipse OF the sun.
\ passenger train en- thc Green Fay
& ""....l road was wrecked near Ec-
vance. WIS. hy w&shout. and Fire
IRAN Ersu'H was killed and Engineer
Ei""Gau fatally injured.
The annual session of The National
Association VI Railroad Commission
cra began in Milwaukee.
Hope Of an early settlement Of the
labor troubles in Chicago have van
ishcd.
\ monument 70 ltAion and coaf'd-
crate aa!G'crs was dedicated 1T .la;ic-
tam President Mckinley delivering
TIC principal address.
jay SEQ: =, Leo E5bidcau% and Roy
Nal;aaI, aGsd - 70 Is years, were
drowacd IN pond at Esn!:cl;aea,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-09
1T MADE A DIFFERENCE.
One Instance In Which Society and
Dramatic Critics Did Not
Agree.

From the Daily Grind, May s, 1899, re-
lated by the indianapolis Press: Miss
Violet Florida Waters, in the amateur per
Torrance by the Histrion club of Camille
last night displayed an ability and a marvel
Gus command of stage technique that many
a professional might envy 1t is safe to pre-
diet for this gifted youpng lady that if she
ever choose TO adopt the stage as career
her name will become on. of the famous
ones in dramatic history"
From the Daily Grind, May IL, 1900:
"The Plugalong repertoire company opened
at the opera house last night in Camille
Seldom has the dear old chestnut been SO
badly done-the worst offender being Violet
Florida Waters, who punched holes in the
title role and frazzled its edges in a manner
that plainly showed her to need years and
years of training before she will be fit to be
anything better than q back row ornament
in an amateur show--let alone scale the
proud heights of the drama at ten-twent-
thirt. Miss Waters is frost"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-09

A clothing merchant in lower Broadway
had big lot Of clothes that he had bought
at bargain, and by putting price of SIS
on each he thought they would sell rapidly,
for they were 0! exceptionally good value
for that money. He put one Of the suits on a
form and set in front of his store with a
sign about It's neck which ore OF his smart
clerks had painted on piece of cardboard.
This announced the price Then he and his
clerks prepared to do rushing business.
The hours passed and no one came in to buy
the suits. This caused the merchant to Won
der, and at length he determined to 60 out
and take look at the sample suit and sign.
This is what he found on the sign: These
an, passing by saw the sign and smiled at its
frankness. The merchant tore down the
sign from the suit, and the clerk who had de-.
signed it started out TO look for another job.
N Y Herald
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-09
.'Oi..siCS.

TWO comraaics Of Eilipiros surrcr.
Gcrcd to the Americans. one NJ Quay
apo and ,hc other mt rarlac G"n
Macarthur reports that The situation
in The philippines is Improving.
thiGcsc "Do&crs" were saiu 90 be
i."=chia~ toward pChiag and burning
railway bridges cn route.
Lord Roberts a@Hcuncrd to his
troops The anGc%a;ian Of TIE Free
State, wife, hereafter wi.l b. ca.!cd
Ihc Orange Evers;atc. TWAS rumorcd
that Gen. Fgcrsh had cuttEc Eocr com
ru"icaticas between Heidelberg and
EoEsburg, within few E!ilcs OF Jo-
harrisburg.
The Huszian minister at pching has
;clesraphcd aahn% that al The avail.
able gunboats be- sent to Taliu.
Cen. Jose ". Hernandez. the rcvcn-
;ionavy lcaGc? in Ncac2ucla. has been
captured by government troops.
.tG:aira, ScAicy's Gcct wEl remain IN
cou;h american waters for the nest
six ncntha.
I,cv. DR.. JcAn ScuGGcr. ctthc Butch
Reformed churcA's hrcct "..2sian in
India. died ct Kodai Eanai, aged ca
years.
-Four thoueaad Moorish cavalry have
left Fcz for ;hr OASIS or TaGlcY TO re-
sist ;hc french advance.
The l'ilipinos attacked Americans ut
San Miguel dc Mayu2o and Killed five,
Cho,cra is spreading rapidly in In
d.a. killing hundreds OF lamiue-s;rick-
CT natives.
Millions CT dol'ars' worth OF i..lber
were destroyed by forest fires in the
Rainy river districts in Ontario.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-09
A Submerged PresbyteriaD.

The Scottish American tells a story Of 3
minister who, after the service, greeted q
stranger and asked him what denomination
he belonged to. ~ suppose" responded
the other p. really what yO s might call &
Presbyterisn!" exclaimed the minister. 1
should be glad if you'd explain" "Well, I
was brought up Presbyterian, my wife is a
Methodist, my eldest daughter is a Bapti&,
my son is the organist at Unitarian
church, my second daughter sings in q
Church of England choir, and my youngest
"But," said the minister aghast, "you con-
tribute, doubtless, to some church" Yes;
contribute to all of them" was the an
swer. That's what submerges me-"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-09

Tic ofTort made by male students at
Syracuse university to have women stu
dCris cYc,udcd from oratorical contests
hayc failed, rs the faculty decided that
women have as much need Of oratorical
accomplishments as men.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-09
JAPS AND CHINAMEN.

IN Japan it is the custom to set food
before guests at whatever time of day
they call.
or the total area of the Japanese en-
pirc--li7,0Go square miles hardly 10
per cent. Is cultivable.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-09
The Mnn Dcttcr RcfOrm.

To man who never can make his salary
stretch from one payday to the next a
learned financial article on The Elasticity
of Our Currency" must seem bitter sarcasm.
N. Y. Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-09
Hon. w. V. Sullivan, U. s. Senator from
mi

Hon. w. V. Sullivan, U. s. Senator from
Mississippi.
Hon. w. V. Sullivan, United States Sem
ator from Mississippi, in letter recently
written to DR.. Hartman from Oxford, Miss,
says the following:
"For some time l have been sufferer
from catarrh in its most incipient stage, so
general health. But, hearing OF Pe-ru.na as
a good remedy, gave it a fair trial and soon
began to improve. Its effects were dis
tincty beneficial, removing the annoying
symptoms, and was particularly good as
tonic.
81 take pleasure in recommending your
great national catarrh cure, Pe-ru-na, as the,
best l have ever tried"
"W. V. Sullivan"
Peruna cures catarrh wherever located.
Peruna has no substitutes-no rivals. Insist
upon having Peruna. Address The Peruna
Medicine Co, Columbus, o., for free book
on catarrh.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21
Old Home Week

A preliminary meeting of citizens to
take into consideration the observance OF
Old Home Week was held at the office of
Walton & Walton, Monday evening.
The meeting was an informal one and
not large number were present. Plans
we're discussed and a program proposed
but no definite action was taken. The
second meeting will be held Saturday
evening next, the 23d instant, at s
O'Clock in the evening, at the same place,
and it is expected good number of our
citizens will be present and that a day
may be fixed upon in Old Home Week IS
Skowhegan's day of observance and
arrangements advanced for fitting ex
ercises. Other towns and cities are
moving in this matter and Skowhegan
should be on time with other progressive
municipalities of Maine. Remember the
time, Saturday evening next, the place,
Walton & Walton's office. Arrange
ments are made for adjournment to a
hall IL the number attending shall be too
large for these offices. Therefore, don't
be afraid of being in the way or that you
will be crowded.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21
Carnival of Opera.

The Carnival of Opera which will be
given in Coburn hall for four nights
commencing June " will be a CRANE
affair in every sense of the word. Re
hearsals are now being held daily
There will be beautiful tableaux, catchy
music, intricate dances and marches
strong choruses and gems from popular
operas. The costumes of the affair will
be great feature being secured in New
York of Madame Seheiber, the cele
brated costumer.
The spectacle will be given in -four
parts called Fairyland, Patriotism, Rom
any Reyelries and Oriental Splendor. Ii
the first part will be introduced tho
pretty dances Of the children, also
refined specialties and one or two gems
from opera.
Part second is purely a military scene
called "A Night in Camp" or "After the
day is Done" bringing out the joys anC
beauties of the camp life of the soldier
The stage settings Of this act are re-
makable and appropriate.
Part third, the Romany Revelries is &
gypsy camp and the home Of the Queer
of the Gypsies. The music 10 this scene
is taken from the Bohemian girl. Many
specislties are introduced, of refined
character and the act is wound up by
the Dance of the Gypsies.
Part four, the interior of a Moorish
Palace and Is one of the strongest of the
evening. 1t opens with the Corsicans Ii
strong chorus. In this act Is intro
duced the stately court minuet. Many
comedy drills including the Manhatter
policeman and cake walk. Gems from
the popular operas to conclude with /
March by the hussar drill with a CRANE
chorus and pictures Of America witt
her arts, sciences and strong military
arts.
The sale of tickets will open mex
Monday, and everything points to s
great success from financial Ms wei
as artistic point OF view. Prices will bt
popular %, 35 and 30 cents. No ont
can afford to miss the attraction.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21
Business Situation.

In his review of last week Bradstrept
says: Judged by such indicators as
railroad earnings aud the statistics of
foreign trade, the volume of business
doing is considerably larger than a
year ago. Lower prices for iron and
steel have not met expectations OF
causing reduction in output, and tie
latest furnace report indicates an
actually larger output and increased
stocks, Copper is firmer in European
markets, but unchanged here. The
industrial situation is irregular, but on
the whole better. Foreign trade figures
for May and the eleven months point
TO the heaviest export trade for the fis-
cal year iD our history, .aggregating
about 81, 400, 000,00 sum vastly in
excess of imports. The price situation
has furnished few new features. The
active demand for canning purposes
has resulted in another increase in the
price of refined sugar, and cotton Is
higher. Flour has also strengthened
in price, but provisions are lower. 1t
is usually understood that presidential
years are not so favorable for trade as
others, but there is not much to indicate
that the general situation Is much
affected by this consideration this year.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21
The National Convention.

The Maine delegation held a meeting
Monday, The organization was perfect,
Sidney NJ. Bird being elected chairman.
Joseph II. Marley was unanimously
re elected national committeeman. The
delegation decided to vote as a unit for
Secretary Long as long as he is can.
didate before the convention. A COM
mittee of five was appointed to act in
conjunction with the Massacb usetts
delegation in booming the candidacy of
Long.
The convention assembled Tuesday
Senator Walcott was chosen temporary
chairman.
Roosevelt is the favorite for vice pres.
ident. Secretary Long is unanimously
supported by New England.
1t was expected that the nomination
of William Mckinley by reclamation
would have been reached yesterday, but
it was not.
The permanent organization with
Senator Lodge as chairman was effected
Wednesday. The ohairman's speech,
occupying so minutes, was delivered
and the platform adopted as presented
by the committee. The members of the
National committee from each State was
reported and at $40 p. m. the oonyen-
ton adjourned to 10 o'clock today.
The latest indications of Wednesday
were that Roosevelt would be nominal
ed for Vice President by reclamation.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21
At Washington.

An important capture of Filipino
insurgents was reported to the war
department Thursday morning by Gen.
Macarthur in the following cable:
AN anila, June Gen. MacA bous, with
eight officers and 124 enlisted men and
124 rifles surrendered to Col. +. H..
Liscnm OF the ninth infantry at Tarlac,
this morning hlacAbuos is the most
important and last insurgent leader in
Tarlac and Pangasenan.
(>igued) Mac Arthur"
sunday was the third day passed at
Washington without a single line of
news from any official source respecting
the critical situation in China. All day
the telegraph offices at the White House
and in the state, War and Navy Depart
ments were manned, but no word came.
Inquiries of the cable companies showed
that not only the communications by
wire with Pekin, Taku, Tien Tsin and
all northern I hina suspended, but the
notices conveyed little encouragement
for the hope that they would be soon re-
opened. The Navy Department has
made every effort to communicate with
Rear Admiral Kempff at raku in vain.
Ambassador Tower at st. Petersburg,
has cabled the state Department that
he has succeeded in arranging with the
Russian government the basis of the
arbitration which will adjust the claims
of United States sealers against the
Russian government for illegal seizure
off the siberian coast These claims
aggregate about 100000 and DR.. Asser,
removed Dutch publicst has been
selected as the arbitrator. The next
step in order is the reduction of the
agreement reached by Nr Towne to the
form of protocol, after which the case
will be submitted to the arbitrator
The war department confirms the
report that the 9th Infantry has been
ordered from Manila 10 China. Col.
Liscomh commands the regiment which
has had it's headquarters at Tarlac, a
few hours distant by rail from Manila
War department officials say that the
regiment probably is all ready aboard
the transport and ready to sail for China.
BY direction of the President, Gen
JOS Wheeler has been assigned to the
command of the department of the
Lakes with headquarters at Chicago.
He relieves Brig Gen James f. Wade,
who has held that command temporarily
in conjunction with his regular com
mand, the department of the Dakotas.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21

C. w. Morse. president Of the Ameri-
can Ice Co. don't have very good
opinion of the newspapers OF that city.
The troubles encountered by his big
trust, he is reported as stating, were
mostly the result of newspaper talk.
The consumers Of ice in greater New
York will look with greater compacen-
cy upon this work of the newspapers
than Mr.. Morse and Mayor Van Wyke.
They will not have to submit to the ex-
tortion of go cents per 100 pounds for ice
as the Trust planned and expected. A
new company has come into the field
and agrees to furnish ice for 10 cents
per 100 pounds.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21
North Arson.

The bell purchased for the Congre-
gational church was raised to the steeple
o 30 Monday morning. The pastor of
the church gave 1t it's hist ring and the
ten strokes for a donor in New Jersey,
who wished them for ten shares he had
taken in it
large crew of men are grading for
the new depots. he passenger is to be
20 As feet and he freight of sufficient
dimensions to accommodate the traffic
conveniently. Side tracks are to be
laid. turn table set up and the road
Strengthened south of the bridge A
steam shovel is in operation for the
work.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21

A large surplus is piling up in the L.
S. treasury. Secretary Gage estimates
the surplus for the year ending June
30 at forty millions dollars, but this
has already been greatly surpassed.
The surplus thus far has passed sixty
eight millions dollars and will be close
to seventy-flve millions at the end of
the month. 1t is = good thing for the
government to have reasonable sur
plus but in good time some of the taxes
imposed upon business to provide .
revenue for war purposes, should be
removed.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-21

Every thing is reported to be quiet
in lumber circles in New England
markets. The high prices of building
materials have had a tendency to dis
courage small builders and this has
had depressing effect upon lumber.
The great activity of last season also
has an effect not favorable to extreme
prices in building materials and there
IS gradual settling all around. The
skyward tendency of prices last year
was not healthy.