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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16
Death Of DR.. Beardshear.

Ames, Ia, Aug. 6.-Dr. William NJ.
Beardshear, president of the Iowa
state college of agriculture and me-
arts, died as the result of an
attack of nervous prostration incurred
while attending the meeting Of the
National Educational association, Of
which he was president, at Minneapo-
lis, a month ago. DIR. Beardshear had
been connected with educational move
ments in Iowa for more than 20 years.
He was SO wears of age.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16
Wa. Holding to Il.

wantanno-Why in the world have
you been holding your right fist SO
tightly clenched all day?
Duzno-I consulted a palmist late
last night, and he told me i showed
lot of money in the lines of that hand.
I'm simply hanging to 1t until can
feel it.-Los Angeles Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16
TO BE ARCHBISHOPS.
spaIding, II II Said, Will Head the
Chicago Diocese, While Farley
Will Succeed Corrigan.

New York, Aug. 9.-The World says:
'Informa ton has been received in this
city that the authorities in Rome have
confirmed the nomination of Right
Rev. John NJ Farley to the archbishop
ric of New York, made vacant by the
death of Archbishop Michael Angus
tine Corrigan. It was further stated
that the appointment will be formally
announced on August is. Through the
same source comes the information
that Right Rev. ]. Lancaster Spalding,
bishop of Peoria, will be the successor
of the late Archbishop Feehan, of Chi
cago."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16

Chicago, Aug. s.-Alleging that his
liabilities are over 5000, - and his as
sets not more than $4,000, petition
was filed yesterday TO have Frank r.
Chandler declared bankrupt. Ac-
cording to the petition, Mr.. Chandler
has been trading under the firm name
of Chandler & Co. and as the Chandler
Mortgage company, with Offices in the
Reaper block, Clark and Washington
streets. The petitioners, John s.
Wallace, Oscar Olson and Lillian +.
smythe. declare in the petition that
Frank r. Chandler is insolvent and
that while insolvent he has committed
certain acts of bankruptcy.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16
CUBA INCREASES TARIFF.
Senate Authorizes the Executive to
Raise the Import Duties on
Many Articles.

Washington, Aug. S.-The state de-
partment Is advised by Minister
Sauiers that the Cuban senate has au-
thorized the executive to increase inn
port duties to the following maxi
NUNS:
Shoes and boots. from 10 to II per cent.
Coal, rs cents per thousand kilos.
Pine lumber. 40 per cent.
Stelrine beef In cans. fresh beef, fresh
mutton, salt beef. jerk meat, hams. her
rings coffee. cider, beer. SO per cent. !;
hats 60 per cent: butter. liquors. wine. ~
per cent
Poultry fresh pork. salt pork. bacon.
lard, cheese. condensed milk. wheat Hour.
goldfish. rice. alimentary preserves. eggs.
beans and peas. onions. potatoes. olive oil.
100 per cent.
Common soap, 150 per cent.
Corn. 1888 per cent.
New York, Aug. 0.-The Cuban
American league has issued state
ment concerning the Cuban loan,
which states if the planters are to
be aided, the Cuban soldiers paid and
the Cuban bonds honored, the help
must come Immediately, in order that
Cuba may command future credit.
The loan required, $33,0OO,000, 1t is
said, was not not too large. Before
the war Spain sold bonds based on
her Cuban revenues for $6O0,000,0OO
from which liability the United States
relieved Cuba. The league suggests
that Cuba authorize her banks to cir
culate a national currency based
! upon their holdings Of Cuban nation
al bonds, which bonds the United
States should guarantee. These
bonds should be issued so that Il
Cuba ever became part of this coun
try they would become solely
United States debt.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16
Boon In shipbuilding.

Duluth, Mimi, Aug. SIT Is ex-
pscted that $10,0OO.O0O worth of steel
steamships will be built on the Amer
lean side of the Great Lakes for serv-
ice in 1908. Twenty-four freight ships
are under contract and every berth
At the lake yards is filled for the en-
tire winter. No more can be taken to
be done before late in the summer OF
1908. The present season will be the
most active in the history OF ship
building and transportation ever
known on the American lakes.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16
strike Called on.

Fall River, Mass, Aug. TAT a meet
ing of the national council of the Unit
ed Textile Workers Of America, held
here Wednesday afternoon, 1t was
voted to call off the strike of the cot
ton operatives at Augusta, Ga. The
strikers are directed to return to
work
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16
Two Young LndIe. KnIeA.

HopkinsviIle, KY, Aug. An excur-
sion train on the Illinois Central caught
five young ladies on trestle at Daw-
son Springs Wednesday afternoon.
Two were crushed to death and the
Others, jumping, we're probably fatal.
ly injured.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16

Ottumwa, Ia, Aug. s.-Because a
term in the penitentiary apparently
awaited him on the charge of grand
larceny, and because the girl to whom
he was engaged deserted him, b. g..
Chidester, aged %, the son of respect
ed parents at Bushnell, Ill, committed
suicide in Jail at Bloomfield by taking
x,ofcpu
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16

Brussels, Aug. 9.-The Petit Bleu
announces the sudden death of Gen.
Lucas Meyer of heart disease. Gen.
Meyer was attacked several times
with this illness during the war in
South Africa.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16
n.voIutioni.t. Def..tea.

Panama, Aug. IA message has
been received from Telegraph In
spector Gomez at San Carlos confirm
ing the news of the defeat of Aqua
Dulce, Of the revolutionary forces, un-
der Gen. Herrera. The liberal generals
Bustamente and Sotomayor are re-
-ported to have been killed.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16
MI.s clara Barton Returns.

New York, Aug. Miss Clara Bar
ton, president of the American Red
Cross, who attended the International
Red Cross at st. Petersburg, last May,
was passenger on the steamship
Pennsylvania which arrived Wednes-
day from Hamburg.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16
Netting for HimseIf.

Customer want is yards of net
ting.
Cierk-For mosquitoes?
"Naw, " idiot! FIR myself. Tn
mosquitoes have got enough comforts
already. baltimore News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16
Good Imitation OF Success.

Frederick-Poor Felix, he is a sad
dening failure.
Eugene-Failure? He has got pear-
ly through life without ever doing .
days work.-Detroit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16
German Statesman Dead.

Hanover, Aug. 9.-Rudolf Won Ben
nigsen, the national liberal statesman
and former chief administrator of
Hanover, is dead. He was SO yeara
old,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16
Praxided for Them.

Mr.. Hauskeep (at dinner)-This is
a particularly delicious meal, my
dear.
Mrs. Hauskeep-Yes; the cook ex-
poets some of her friends. to visit her
this evening.--Philadelp Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16

st. Petersburg, Aug. 7.-Choiera Is
spreading in Manchuria with alarming
rapidity. The deaths at Hardin on
the eastern China railway number be-
tween 100 and 100 daily, chiefly Chi
nese. 1t is feared the epidemic may
reach Irkutsk and Vladivostock. Tn.
Russian sanitary precautions are
wholly inadequate.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-16
VIII Close ON Coronation Day.

New York, Aug. 6.-The governing
committee IF the stock exchange de-
cided to close the exchange next Sat
urday, IN honor of the coronation of
King Edward.
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would go in after him.. but he quickly
stopped her.
mo, 20, widow, for Gods sake, go
back. You'll mire yourself an both of
us'll be lost"
Il have it." said the widow, quickly
taking in all the surroundings. Have
patience, Mr.. Jimson, and do not
struggle, or you will sink faster" then
adding under her breath: II must do
1t; there's no time to get help; be-
sides, nobody can see me-
The big lower limb Of a sycamore
tree stretched out over and beyond
him, but out of his reach, and her
thought was, that if she could elm
out on the limb, her weight would
pend it down so that he could seize
hold OF it, and either draw himself
OUT or hold on to it until she could
procure other aid.
she climbed the tree and reached
the big limb after encountering numer
Gus bruises and scratches, which, how
ever, she did not heed. Then resting
moment, she stretched her body out
along the branch and began to crawl
slowly toward Jimson, who soon I'M
derstood what she intended to do.
Widow" he cried imploringly,
you'll fall off an be lost Never
mind me, widow, amt of no account:
I'm in my last hole, an it's jest as
WELL For Gods sake, widow, go
back; don't resk your life for mel"
BE still, poor man." said the wom-
an, crawling slowly along, her arms
and legs clasped around the limb. 1t
began to bend with her weight at
last, but she still kept on, almost fall.
ing off, for the limb was growing
smaller and she could not grip it tight.
She 1iattened her body down upon it
like worm crawling on a quivering
twlg, all the time telling Unison to
cheer up and she would save him. The
limb bent lower and lower still, until
Unison had a tiny branch in his grasp
Now, hold on tight" the widow
commanded, "and keep still. 1 am go
ing back, and when my weight is off
the limb it will spring up and pull you
out"
So saying, she began to crawl back
Wdiu CAUTIOUSLY, leSL a single Slip
should throw her off her balance and
her efforts prove in vain. The broken,
jagged twigs and branches caught her
dress and, pierced her flesh, but with
resistless force she bore her whole
weight backward against them and
tore herself free, reaching the trunk
In safety, whence she dropped painting
to the ground.
Unison worked the, sticky earth and
sand Into the consistency Of Cruel, by
turning and twist sting. until finally the
downward suction ceased and the up.
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a House- Nar,n!ntnS

Dye think we're going to let you live
in q hencoop?"
At town meeting, called for the
purpose, 1t was resolved to have the
widows house rebuilt ready for occu.
patton on Thanksgiving day. Some
furnished money, others contributed
materials, and others still volunteered
to do the work.
There were delays and setbacks.
however, as is usual whenever any
work is promised at certain, fixed
time, so that when Thanksgiving
morning arrived the problem of COM
pieting the job became knotty, but
having been promised and undertaken,
it had to be finished. By hard think
ing Squire Hobbs conceived the idea,
and to carry it into effect, he sum-
moned his fellow townsmen and laid
the matter before them,
"You women folks" said he by way
of consulting them, you women folks
go home and cook up what you've got
in the house just the same as if you
were going to get dinner-Turkey
chickens, geese, ducks, anything, and
cranberry sauce. The pumpkin and
mince pies are already ripe on the
pantry shelves. Then bring every
thing here by o'clock. We men will
finish sis house for the widow by
that time, and We'll all eat our
Thanksgiving dinner on the spot. It
will be house warming Thanksgiving
dinner and an old-fashioned barn-rais-
ing combined. There'll be board ia
bles laid outside for those who can't
get inside the house. You boys and
girls, get all the boxes and barrels
you can find-there's lot of cord
wood in my back yard that won't be
missed-and if we don't finish eating
by dark, We'll have bonfires to see by
and warm up up. Widow, you just sit
or stand around and boss things, it
being your house. No remarks, please!
Scatter!
The house was on hand at the hour
named, SO were the women and the
combined Thanksgiving dinners.
Of course, the house was not big
enough to accommodate all the merry
crowd that wanted to get into it, but
those who could not squeeze in gath.
cred around it as close as they could
to eat and hear the speeches of the no.
tables, who practiced oratory until
the small boys notified them that the
fuel had given out. Then they all
went home tired, but full and happy.
Was the widow happy? Not a bit
more than the others.
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Morton's sweet voice was trembling.
Billy Dick could not stand it-he and
Flopsy had to go out on the piazza to
think it over.
20, Flopsy, Flopsy," said Billy Dick,
burying his head in Flopsy's ears. I'm
glad you don't know what Thanksgiv-
ing is like, and visit to pops at the
yard. for you can't be disappointed.
feel-Jiminy Ann, there's something
the matter with my eyes, and I've got
kind of a pain somewhere in my
stomach, / guess, and
The door opened and Mrs. Morton
came briskly cut. II have it, Billy
Dick, l have another plan. We mustn't
disappoint your father entirely. You
and the goodies shall go to Norfolk,
while Rosy Posy and I stay at home
and receive Uncle Jack and Aunt Dot
Could you go alone?"
Billy Dick began to grow tall. He
felt on level with his pretty moth
er's shoulder as he answered:
why, of course. That would be
jolly, except for you and Rosy Posy."
So Billy Dick started that afternoon,
with a dollar in his pocket, and his
ticket carefully slowed away in an in
side pocket. 1t was three hours
journey, and he had to change cars
twice.
!. AS he stepped of the train little
old man with white hair and a jolly
smile came up to him.
swell, well, WE'LL" he said, "how you
have grown! This is Billy, isn't it?
Yes? Well, declare come right
along with me. The trainis late. and
we'd better get some supper here"
Billy Dick wasn't quite sure who
the old gentleman was, but as he
seemed familiar with him, why Of
course It was all right 1t would not
be polite to ask him who he was, and
Morton Is always polite. you know.
Probably it was great-uncle Howell,
whom he had seen years ago. Yes, 1t
must be. thought Billy Dick. though he
did not know that he lived in Rich
mond. a>
So.the two went of together across
the street and round the corner to a
hotel. III
Billy Dick had never been in ho-
tel before and before he was half
through supper he made up his mind
that as soon as he was big enough he
would persuade the family to come
there-it was 80 nice to have hundreds
Of things to eat all written out so
you might choose as many as you
wanted. 4 & 7 rs Ga
The two sat there, the very old man
and the little boy having the best q
times. Billy Dick told the new-founi
great-uncle all about home and Rosy
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shs did 800 was the town; 8 essepse i.

lhe did 800 was the town messenger.
waving q telegram. Z r. ss
4 ''E,or mes'' asked Billy expectantly.s.
Nav! cried the boy. Its Ter yer
mother. Sign fer IT,. 4 t51lss
Billy Dick slaborio usly signed hiss full.
name on the blank. and he and Flopsy
ran in with the telegram. hrs. Nor:
ton was; busy in the dining DOM care
fully packing q vaiise with srhanksgiv-
Ing goodies, pies and cake and 1ellies.
"a telegram, mother cried Billy
Dick, '.for you. = & 8;.5
.'Oh, Billy Dick! !" was all she could
say, for kilograms came so seldom that
they always frightened her. sS5
It SITS probably from Mrs. Walk
er," suggested Billy Dick in his reas-
surfing manner. "OpenSit and see.n &.
Mrs. Walker is In Turkey, !" laughed
Mrs. Norton at his comfort.
Billy Dick tore the envelope open
and Mrs. Morton read the telegram
aloud: # t.t.ssi n
ION way East. Arrive Thanksgiv.
ing 10 q. m. John and Dorothy
"Goodness!" criedS Billy Dick.
Uncle Jack and Aunt Dot to visit us!"
and he capered around the table.
Yes, it is NICE" said Mrs. Morton.
"but. Billy Dick. they're to arrive
Thanksgiving day, and that means our
other plans are spoiled
Billy Dick hadn't thought Of that,
that certainly wasn't pleasant, for the
expedition they had planned was to go
down to Norfolk, for the father, who
was in the navy, was unable to leave
the yard to come home for the holiday.
And such cooking time as they had
had. Capt. Morton had written that the
food there was poor, and If they came
down to bring some "frills," and it was
the "frills" that Mrs. Morton was now
packing in the bag.
"And-it busts our plans?" echoed
Billy Dick. 20 mother!"
2 1--WE must stay at home, Billy Dick,
and disappoint your father, too" Mrs.
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but spend the night in Richmond with
the new-found uncle, and such fun It
was to stay at a hotel!
Early in the morning Billy Dick
and his great-uncle took the train for
Norfolk, and soon the engine was
putting into the station.
And-O, joy! there was Dad anx.
iously peering through the window for
his boy. He had jumped on the train
before it stopped and had Billy Dick
in his arms.
In fact, Billy Dick forgot all about
his new-found uncle. for his father
was SO glad to see him safe and sound.
Il must telegraph your mother at
once, Billy Dick" said his father. "She
has been almost worried to death
about you when I could not telegraph
her that you had arrived"
But great uncle Howell telegraphed
didn't you?" asked Billy Dick, turn
ing to the old gentleman, who was
greeting some friends. -.
"Who?" asked Capt. Morton.
why" began Billy Dick, and as he
noticed that his father didn't shake
hands with the old gentleman, and
that the old gentleman apparently
didn't know his father, he introduced
them.
''This is my father; don't you re-
member him." he said.
"Your father"' exclaimed the old
gentleman. your father is my
nephew, William Walters"
There surely was some mistake
somewhere, or was he dreaming?
Aren't you Billy Waters, William
Walton Waters?" asked the old gen.
tleman.
q am Milton Montgomery Morton.
sir" said Billy Dick.
"You said your name was Billy"
said the old man.
Billy Dick" explained Capt Nor.
ton. Hes always been called that
Then the old gentleman began to
laugh. and Billy Dick laughed, too. 40
did Captain Morton and the other
friends that came up. And the whole
thing was explained when one lady
said: Why, Billy Waters mother tsfe-
graphed that he was sick and couldn't
come" jSg
"And-and the telegram =, gasped
Billy Dick. .s,' -s3 4s3
Went to Billy Waters mother
with your love in it, laughed the oM
gentleman. She must have been sur.
prised to get it with her own BiIN
right at home!" "a 81 81 q a 5
Billy Dicks own mother twss noti.
fed at once, and hin u great ;unels
howell" helped him ana his father Is
.sat J; the goodies sha hsd as,ksd rs ~
bag B.
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with even simple furnishings, took all
her avails and compelled her to look
around for the wherewith to satisfy
the cravings and clamors of her phys
teal nature, for She was a jolly and
we1ghty specimen of widowkind. AS
the doctor frequently said of her:
The widow Amesy is a good-sized
chunk of a woman; able to take care
of herself and stand on her rights"
For some inscrutable reason the
widow had set herself up as the cham
pion of the weak-men, women or
children, there was no difference to
her-even in the case of helpless
bird or dog, she would rufle up as if
she had the feathers of motherly
hen guarding her brood from the at
lacks of ravenous hawk, and stay
the injurious hand. To the sick and
suffering she was kindness personi-
fled. and her gentle disposition COM
bined with her physical strength and
the knowledge of how to use it
brought her into constant demand as
q ssfliful nurse. Everybody knew her,
respected her and had reason to be
grateful to her for services performed
ut some period or other, and was
ready to fight for her if the occasion
required war on her behalf.
There was once faint breath of
scandal, but the doctor dissipated it in
the most startlingly vigorous manner,
and after that, neither it nor any
other ill-wind blew in her direction.
II that woman isn't saint, she's
next door to being one" was his
wfnd-up when he told the story.
Mr.. Adoniram Unison was the in
divfdual in question. A meier do WE'LL"
but he took care of the widows COW
and calf, looked after her chickens
and drcks as. a labor of love, and to
reciprocate many Of her little surrep-
tttasxs acts of kindness in the shape
of fresh baked bread, an occasional
roast chicken or luxuriant pie, that
tfoaad fits way into his scant pantry.
He accepted and ate everything he
found there in a perfunctory manner,
-somewhat after the style of the raven
.fed prophet, or rather like the hog
under the oak, that roots up and de.
vo0sS the succulent nuts without ever
looking up to see whence they come.
It 70 happened, late one evening,
that Mr. Unison started after the
-wfdswS cow and calf that had been
-WaaAering among the brush all day
Tor pastnrs, and had apparently for
4 osn the way home. It had been
~ steadily for forty-eight hours,
IL
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ward spring of the tree branch began
to draw him up and out. Then, climb.
ing hand over hand along the limb as
1t bent back to its normal position,
the woman encouraging him all the
way, he finally reached safety, and,
dropping from the limb to the ground,
broke his leg and fell unconscious.
When he recovered his senses he
was lying on a couch in the widows
little parlor, the widow herself bend
ing over him with bowl of steaming
tea which she made him drink.
II must go home, widow" said jim
son trying to stand up and walk, but
falling to the. floor. grooming with
pain. Lifting him back upon the
couch, the widow babe him lie still
while she went for the doctor.
Hmm, very bad case" re-
marked the doctor after an examina-
ton of the fractured member.
Crushed, twisted and broken. How
did it happen?"
When put in possession of the facts,
the doctor burst out into roar of
laughter. what sight! What a
sight" he exclaimed as soon as he
recovered his breath.
What do you mean?" demanded the
widow, bridling up.
why, your crawling out on that
limb and crawfishing back again" The
imaginative doctor again broke out
into fit of laughter, which was sud-
denly checked by sound box on the
ear administered by the angry wom
an.
You're here to fix this poor mans
leg, not to insult a woman!" she
snapped out with fire in her eyes.
Widow, beg your pardon" said
the doctor humbly as he turned to his
patient.
1T will be six weeks before he can
crawl about on crutches, and two
months before he can attempt to
walk" was the fiat when the opera
ton had been completed.
Six weeks? Two months?"
groaned Unison. "Le'me go home. I
must go home," and he attempted to
rise, compelling the doctor to hold
him down on his back.
But the cow, widow, must git the
cow" said he plaintively.
Never mind the cow, Mr.. Jimson,"
said the widow; let it go to Halifax.
You've got to lie still for six weeks or
two months. I'll take care of you"
And she did take care of him, pull
ing him through until he was able to
walk.
Not long afterward, about ten days
before Thanksgiving day, the widows
little house was burned to the ground,
all she had in the world being con-
sumed with it. When the bucket bri-
gade finished fighting the fiery demon,
the latter had the best of it-there was
nothing left but the widow-yes, there
was the hencoop, but that was not a