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The L'Anse sentinel., 1900-12-29
BoLDEsT INCIDENT OF WAR
Details Of Gen. De Vets Escape from
the british Who Had Sur
rounded Him.

Bloemfontein. Dec. 20.-The details
of Gen. De Vets escape from the en-
circling British columns show that
1t was one of the holdest incidents of
the war. When aasbroek's COM
mand joined De Wet December IL.
some Is miles east of Thabanchu. Gen.
Knox was only about an hour distant
and the Boer situation appeared des-
perate. But De Wet was equal to the
occasion. Dispatching Haasbroek
westward, to make feint at Victoria
mex, De Wet prepared to break
through the British columns at
Springhau Mex pass, about four miles
of broad, fiat, unbroken ground. At
the entrance were two fortified posts,
while artillery was posted on
hill eastward, watching the
Beers. Suddenly magnificent
spectacle was presented The
whole Boer army, of 2,5OO men, start
ed at gallop in open order through
the mex. President Steyn and Peit
Fourie led the charge and De Wet
brought up the rear. The British
guns and rifles ratified incessantly
The Beers first tried the eastward
route; but, encountering artillery,
they diverged and galloped to the
front of the hill to the westward,
where the fire of only a single post
was effective.
The whole maneuver was piece OF
magnificent daring and it's success
was complete, in spite of the loss of
a 15-pounder and 25 prisoners.
The British force detached after
Haasbroek came in contact with his
commando at nightfall. The burgh-
ers were scattered and Welsh yeo-
manry galloped among the retreating
Beers, using their revolvers and the
butt ends of their rifles with great
effect.
An incident of the fight was the
gallop of a British ammunition wagon
right through the scattered Beers,
the gunners using their revolvers
freely
London. Dec. 22.-The war office
made the following announcement Fri
day evening: In view of the general
position in South Africa. the following
reenforcements of mounted troops
have been arranged. Eight hundred
will start next week Two cavalry
regiments have been ordered to leave
as soon as the transports are ready
The colonial police will be increased to
10000. Detachments will leave as fast
as they are formed. Further drafts of
cavalry will be despatched at once
Australia and New Zealand have been
invited to send further contingents
Three thousand extra horses beyond
the usual monthly supply, have been
contracted for.
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SCRAPS.

In Virginia $50 years ago tobacco
was used in lieu of money.
The idea of india rubber-soled boots
for policemen originated in Belgium.
where the force was supplied with
them over ten years ago.
A London paper, commenting on the
fact that upward of 100000 horses had
perished in the South African war up
to date. sees in tiis condition of af-
fairs a potent reason for the success
of the motor vehicle as a military ad-
junct.
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old days. And the more he thought
OF them the stronger became the
yearning for his old associates and
surroundings.
| He felt like a social outcdst. He
had never before quite comprehended
how good IL Is to be free. True, he
was still the ''autocrat of his own
breakfest-table," but not quite "mon-
arch OF all he surveyed" and, be It
said to his disgrace, il he hadn't found
himself so near his own door he might
have wandered back among the boys.
Suddenly, pausing in his medita-
tions and glancing at his surround
ings, he saw that he was within a
block of his little home. His con-
science smote him; he felt as il he
had brought unhallowed thoughts on
hallowed ground. He looked sheep
ish for moment, then tried to
change the current of his thoughts
by whistling love-song that he knew
his wife admired. He was still
whistling when he turned the night
latch and entered the door, to be
greeted with kiss from the little
woman he had sworn to "love, honor
and protect"
She was one of the dearest, sweet
est little. creatures in all the wide
world--a woman must necessarily and
naturally be very uear and very
sweet when she is able to capture a
clubman-and her first thought was
for Johns health and well-being.
After the kiss of greeting the first
thing she did was to eXclaim, not in
a tone of reproof, but of solicitude:>
"Oh, John. dear, you will catch your
death with your overcoat unbuttoned
in the cold night air-and did you
walk homer" Now that alone was
enough to make John feel like cul-
prit, but he smiled and said some
thing about needing exercise" and
mot feeling the cold" which was all
probably very true, and together they
walked, arm in arm, back to the cozy
little dining-room, which a,so served
as sitting-room for the little fami y.
Another reproof smote Johns con-
science the moment he entered the
room. In front of the cheerful little
hearthstone, where bright fire was
burning, stood his easy chair Across
the back hung his smoking jacket. by
one side were his slippers, and blythe
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protest, even If he had possessed the

protest, even II he had possessed the
courage to try, she was down on the
floor untying his shoestrings.
Johns face, IL it were possible. turned
a shade redder, and he squirmed uneas-
lily in his chair. All married men have
occupied the same position, have ex-
perienced the same feelings that John
Kimball occupied and felt when his wife
kneeled by his side and assisted him
in removing his shoes, and for their
sakes / will refrain from elucidation.
For the benefit of unmarried men,
will say that John felt like young
fellow who had just been requested to
purchase marriage license for his best
girl and another fellow; think they
will understand. And for the benefit
Of the fair sex, will say that John felt
like n girl who has proposed 70 a
young man during leap year, and been
rejected; / know they will understand.
small" l think, defines Johns feel
ings about as well and about as thors
oughly as any word in the English Ian
guage.
John has never been able to quite rec
ollect just when his shoes came off, and
just when his slippers went on. He
was in the act of lighting his pipe
his wife had taken her seat on the
other side of the fireplace, and was
turning the leaves of her book in such
an abstracted manner that he felt en-
couraged to hope that she had forgot
ten something-when she suddenly
asked: "How do some fellows spend
New Years night, John?"
J John forgot to light his pipe; he held
the lighted match between his fingers
until it burned their tips, and then
he blurted out: "Why, my dear, these
fellows was thinking of assemble in
n large room, drink cigars--I mean,
drink wine, smoke cigars, tell vulgar
tales, make ridiculous resolutions. and
tack home at three a. m" When John
finished, he looked as if he had been
invited to attend his own funeral, and
had accepted the invitation, under pro-
test.
His wife laid aside her book, and
coming over she seated herself on the
arm of his chair, and, throwing her
arms around his neck. she asked; "Why
should my John think Of such things?
You never spent New Years ni9ht in
that manner, did you, JohnT"
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Little Left for Creditors.

indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 22.-Receiver
Clark. of the Chosen Friends, says
creditors have little prospect of real
izing much if anything from their
claims. The utmost that the creditors
can hope for is the realization of ten
cents on the dollar. With liabilities
Of $5OO,000 the order viii be able only
with the greatest difficulty to raise
$4,000 to adjust the claims of cred
ltois.
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Hanged.

st. Louis, Dec. ga special to the
Post-Dispatch from Paris, ILL.,. says:
Preserving to the last the silence with
which he has shrouded his identity,
John Owens, alias Radcliffe, went
bravely to an ignominious death on
the gallows Friday for the brutal MUIR
der of James f. Hogue, of this city, on
September 22. About 200 persons wit
messed the execution.
Some hours after the execution of J.
Owens, card was found in his cell
stating that his fathers name is T. H.
Wolsam. and that he-resides six miles
south of Middleboro, Ky.
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Sentence COMMITTED.

Washington, Dec. 21.-Corp. Samuel
\. Nelson, company +, Twenty-fifth
infantry, was convicted by court-mar-
tal of murder committed in the Phil
ippine islands and was sentenced TO be
executed by hanging. The president
has commuted the sentence to impris-
onment for life at hard labor in the
United States penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan.
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GasoIine's Deadly Work.

Cannonball, N. d., Dec. 22.-Eight
Indians are dead as the result Of
last weeks gasoline explosion and one
more, the last OF two families, is dy-
ing. Maggie Goodwood, an educated
half-breed woman, was outside the
house when the explosion occurred.
Her infant child was indoors and she
dashed into the roaring flames to
save the little one. She and her
husband and the child perished. All
knives were taken away from rela-
tives of the dead that they might MOI.
mutilate themselves according to cas
tom to show their grief.
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IncomprehensibIe.

Cobwigger-Women are incompre.
hensiblc.
Merritt-What put that into youl
head?
Cobwigger-My wife spent SIS for g
smoking jacket for my Christmas pres
ent, and on New Years she was crying
her eyes out because dida't swear Of
smoking.-N. Y. Truth.
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sfruck by n TraIn.

Cedar Rapids. Ia, Dec. 21.-A Bur-
lington, Cedar Rapids e. Northern pas
senger train struck buggy contain
ing three young men, named Reinsell,
near Shell Rock, Thursday evening.
Two were instantly killed and the third
fatally injured.
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PardnneI.

Washington, Dec. .21.-The president
has pardoned William H. Huntley,
postmaster at Pomeroy, o., who was
convicted and sentenced in June last
to eight months in the county Jail for
embezzling money order funds. The
pardon will take effect December "a.
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Col. Whiteman = Well, Uncle Dan,
what are you to. have for your New
Years dinner-chicken or turkeyP
Uncle Dan-Chicken, sab. Kase none
OBJ NAH neighbors don raise turkeys.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-23

ExerciseNThe Turkey Drill .fred Brown
Recitation. "Boys Of Eighth grade
Exercise-Thanksgiving Recitation'oe' earns
.."Pupils of Fourth grade
oons''''''.''''...... school
The second and third grades
Will have some exercises, but the
program is not obtainable.
In the first grade under the
charge of Miss Jameson no,at-
tempt has been made at an elabo-
rate program, because of the fire.
quent absences in stormy weather.
The children, however, are thor
oughly imbued with the Thanks
giving spirit,through theliterature,
nature and drawing lessons for the
month Of November The stories
OF the Pilgrims and. their first
Thanksgiving are as interesting to
the little ones as the most thrilling
fairy tale. A short program has
been arranged and an opportunity
will also be given the parents who
visit the school to examine the
work Of the grade.
The program is as follows:
Song-The First Observation-Disclosures. School
Welcome :".""".".."..Howard Huesby
Concert Recitation
Minnie Stone, Edna Hanson, Hazel McKay.
Tressa Chisholm, Annie Sorensen. VaIIie
........"...". ThOrsen
pumpkin
Frank Palmer, Arthur Serumgard, Arthur
Rrainard, Esther Larson, Vivian Walker,
Recitation-The Jack o Lantern... "aannauo
...."."...." CoWan
Chorus. school,
Selma Bowman, Marion Nimmo, Leone
SSnoius::... A.. schoO!
declCaClOn. -. SOransar
fOp Corn SOng....... -
Lucille Cogelow, Ada Ford, Sven Evans
Song-Thanksgiving voices".............Schoo
hecltatiOn Wagnes!
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ... .......Schoo
..Melvin Overmt
Physical Culture ........ ........".....Schoo
Lewii
Edith TompkinI
song-0, Happy, Happy Children. Scboo
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Church of The Advent.

Thanksgiving Day-The annual
Service, as set forth in the Book
of Common Prayer, will be held
at 1870 a. m. The Service con
sists of shortened Morning Prayer,
Sermon, and Holy Communion.
Offerings will be in aid of the sick
and needy.
Friday, the 30th Of Nov, being
st. Andrews Day, there will be
Litany, with Holy Communion, al
1880 p. m. Rev. 9. TURNER,
Rector.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-23
Strayed.

From John Kain's farm in Web
ster towns hip, about the 18th Of
November, one bay gelding, weight
about l,05O pounds, quarter crack
on left front foot and wire cut
mark on right front foot and both
hind feet. Please furnish infor-
nation concerning the where
abouts of the animal to
y A. SwENsCN,
37-39 DeGroat, P. O., N. OAK.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-23
A NEW FUEL.
1t Will Prove A Great Boon to Treeless
North Dakota.

It Will Prove A Great Boon to Treeless
North Dakota.
s.. Ogden Edison, an uncle of
the late Tom Edison. Of Larimore,
and also of the great inventor T..
Edison, Of New York; is erecting
a plant at McCanna, in Grand.
Forks county, for the purpose Of
making bricks out Of straw for
fuel. s. Ogden Edison is an eld-
erly gentleman Of considerable
financial means and comes of a
family noted for it's inventive
genius. He lives at Crookston,
and several, years ago, while on a
visit to his nephew's farm at Lari-
more. he remarked that if it were
possible to convert the refuse straw
into compressed cakes it would
make a great fuel. His nephew
advised him to go to New York
and consult his relative, the in
ventor. which he lost no time in
doing. The inventor listened to
his uncle's plan to revolutionize.
the fuel Of the world and remarked:
ut seems to be a good thing,bu I
am too busy to help you; go work
it out yourself. You can have the
use Of my laboratory, and the ser
vices Of my chief chemist are at
your command" The old gentle
man threw off his coat, as he ex-
presses it, and went to work. He
began experimenting and after
several months of diligent labor he
had all the details arranged for the
successful manufacture of the new
fuel.
In conversation with a repre-
sentative of the Inter- Ocean the
other day, Mr.. Edison said he ex-
pected to be ready to place the
new fuel on the market about the
first Of January. He wasn't max
ing any promises other than that
he would supply the people of this
state with a better and a cheaper
fuel than can now be obtained.
The plant will cost in the neigh
borhood of $4,000 and will turn
out about SO tons Of fuel per day.
Mr.. Edison says he can use weeds,
all kinds Of straw or corn stalks
for fuel. When it is ready for the
market the fuel will be in bricks
from 9 to II inches in diameter
and in 2, 4 and 6 feet lengths, that
it will be as hard as wood and will
last longer and make more heat
than wood or soft coal. The ca
.pacity of one plant will utilize the
product of ten miles square, and
he expects to be able to secure
sufficient capital to put in plants in
several towns throughout the state.
He says with this cheap fuel small
manufactures can be successfully
operated in the smaller towns in
N orth Dakota.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-23
Thanksgiving Exercises.

Thanksgiving exercises will be
held at the city school Wednesday
afternoon next commencing at
3 o'clock. Following is the pro-
gram to be given by the High
school to the fourth grade:
Song-With Joy and Gladness......By Schools
Essay The First Thanksgiving. .""w:".
.... ".......Len Wilkinson
Recitation-The Festival Month";. Rosa Ruger
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-23
Recitation-The School Boys yision..

Recitation-The School Boys yision..
....... go. -" ....Howard Mckee
Recitation-The Origin of Hail Columbia.
! ................" -"-.--.....-.Orville Duell
Song-Hail Columbia. ... Pupils of Eighth grade
Dialogue-Colonial Days ...........
...Pupils of Fifth grade
Recitation-Our First Thanksgiving.........
Song Landing of The Pilgrims--..By Schools
Recitation ....... ......... Sherman McClory
Exercise--Thanksgiving Day..........
.".:.. ."""."......Pupil of Fourth grade
Connolly
MISREPRESENTATION Humbugery.. .. ............
of High School
Exercise-Three Little House Keepers......
....".."". ...."."-."".Girls of Fourth grad
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-23
.My Condition Could ,
Have Been No Worse,


I decided to try S. S. S,
but must confess I had
little faith left in any
medicine. After taking
the third bottle I noticed
a change in my condi-
ton. This was truly en-
c%ouraging, and I deter
mined to give S. S. S. a
thorough trial. From
that time onthe improve
ment was rapid S. S. S.
seemed to have the dis
ease completely under
control the sores and
ulcers healed and / was
soon free from all signs
of the disorder I have
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-23
When the
Hair Falls

Amt swollen glands, aching muscles
and bones, the disease is making
rapid Roadway, and far worse
symptoms will follow unless the blood is
promptly and effectually cleansed of this
violent destructive poison.
S. S. S. is the only safe and infallible
cure for this disease, the only antidote
for this specific poison. 1t cures the
worst cases thoroughly and permanently.
Nh Condition Gould a In ths ts1l S 81 ,ssz
Have Been No Worse. ts9ss doctors; s sat
did me no good I was getting worse all the
time my hair came out, ulcers appeared in my
throat and mouth, my body was almost covered
sores. I suffered severely from rheumatic pains
in my shoulders and arms, My condition gould
have been no worse only those afflicted as I was
lost all hope of ever being we'll again when
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-23

ice m anied BY
patches In
the mouth, erup-
tons on the skin,
sore throat, copper
colored splotches,
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WELSH SPELLING.

The proper spelling of Welsh names Is a
matter known only 10 experts. and II gives
much trouble to English post office officials,
who are able in many cases to make only
a guess, so TO speak. at the spelling OF place
names. Sir Herbert Maxwell. In an article
in an English magazine, gives an amusing
example of this.
On March 2. 1855, the following telegram
was handed In for delivery at the post office
of Chepstow:
Going 10 ILanfairpwllgwngwligog
ciydligosC goch. Shall be at home by 40"
The Postmaster, thinking that there was
more than a fair penn'orth' of consonsnts
i'm the name referred 1t 10 his surveyor, who
wrote back:
1T Is an attemptag of October 49,. ,llaee.
in ArS,lesry tpped into the breach. bun
b resigned on May 5. 1889. NJ. Krantx. wh
| had been Minister of Public Works, ws
then transferred to the War once. wher
| he remained until the Dupuy Cabinet re
tired. on June Il. The Waldeck- Rousnea
Cabinet was forn.ed on June q. with %
eral de Galliffet as Minister of Wa
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wrote Superintendent Plummer in 1856 whea
he made his annual report. and up to the
year 1892 II seemed as II there was really no
limit to the silver lining Of that marvellous
mine.
Millions Paid In Divsdends.
The first dividend. declared In SIS. vas 10
cents a share. This amount was paid for
several months. and then increased TO p
cents n share. This continued for a year
or two perhaps and then 30 cents a share
was paid every month for a number Of
years. Thus a man holding 5000 shares
and there were such--received szs.0oe
month in dividends. once or twice the divi-
dend was 80 cents share.
This condition of affairs made Monte
Cristos of men who had been comparatively
poor Dividend paying continued till 1892.
when the last report Of the mine was made.
At that time the mine had yielded in the
neighborhood OF $2ooO1.0o. out Of which
dividends Of about 100000 had been paid.
Each share had earned for itself at this
point SCI in the aggregate in dividends.
From 10 cents a share at the outset. the
stock was sold in the market in 1850 and
1859 at $50. This was the high-water mark
reached just before the drop in silver
bullion which made silver mining so I'M
profitable. especially in l>9l ana lSsZ-
With one or two exceptions the stock Of
the Granite Mountain Mining Company.
which consolidated in 1898 with the Bi-Me-
tallic. and is now held among ,o79 stock
holders remained in the hands Of st. Louis
men and its proceeds were spent and in
vested right here. Granite Mountain sill
yer was the foundation for the first real
estate boom in this city. With but one
p,oyed to foster the interests of st. Louis.
In that solitary case the investment was
made in United States bonds.
The Merchants Bridge and the Terminal
Railroad are lifting monuments of Granite
Mountain enterprise. Into the Planters
Hotel went considerable of the wealth Of
Granite Mountain holders
Several original directors built magni1-
cent homes In Vardeventer place and other
West End thoroughfares. adding vastly 10
the beauty of .he city and its taxable val
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LETTERS TO WRITER'S.

From, the Youths Companion
Probably most writer's OF serial stories
are familiar with the sensation OF receiving
letters Of communication or dfsapprovai
from interested readers who are following
up the stories they appear in their regu-
lar weekly or monthly instruments. Occa-
sionally some curious person asks for pri-
vate information TO what the outcome
Is to be. while others offer suggestions as
to the disposition to be made Of the villain.
or express a fear that the author intends TO
marry the hero to the wrong woman
The writer of serial story in one Of ths
popular magazines a few years ago received
the following letter from an indignant read
sr The names are changed for obvious
reasons:
Dear Sir: l take the liberty o: telling
you that l regard your Simeon Stacy now
running through the Blank Magazine. as a
little the ihinnest novel have ever read.
Furthermore. the principal character in the
story. to whom you give the title role. so
TO speak. il so thoroughly detestable a man
that l have taken the most effective means
I'm my power to show my contempt for him
by changing my nams-whch happened to
be the same as his-t0 something as unlike
IL as possible.
Yours truly.
ANDREW JACOBSON,
''tFormerly Simeon Stacy.'O
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british OBJECT LESSON IN NAVAL WARFARE

For the benefit OF the English Navy in
general. and the Lords Of the Admiralty and
the Gunnery Experimental STAFF In partic-
ular. the interesting and previously sched-
uied gunnery experiment on the Old Belle
isle, after unavoidable postponement, has
taken place off Medmery Bank. The spot
on which the doomed battleship was moored
lies southwest by west Of Selsey Bill Some
what less than two miles off, in Brackle-
sham Bay, lay the Channel Squadron, in
Guiding the Majestic. which vessel had been
commissioned with the work of destruction
In order that the Belleisle might represent
as accurately as possible a battleship In &C.
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by the stern. traversed the ship and
emerged at the bows. Then the twelve
inch guns of the Majestic. working with
extraordinary rapidly. poured In their
heavy shell. while the six-inch guns and
the three FOUNDER military guns in the tops
rained an even hotter fire upon the Belle
isle. 1t was observed however. that the
boilers and the machinery were stilf intact.
During the nine and quarter minutes that
the action lasted, the Beleisle. which was
tcwed to her mooring place in as good fight
ing trim as the day when she was first
commissioned. was tremendously hammered.
Strangely enough. however. she did not