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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-20

candy and popcorn balls He even
fell to stoning raisins for the plum
pudding and was rewarded by q
piece of Nancys sample pie"
"You haven't asked for anything
for yourself. chick" he said to his
niece.
Tears came to the young girls
eyes. at is enough to have such .
kind. generous uncle" she answered.
"And, uncle. don't believe people
understand how noble-hearted you
are"
Evidently not. for that evening
the banker had overheard one Of his
clerks say. This Is the irstftime we
have gotten what we did not slave
for. Is he going crazy?" and Nancy
had remarked to Jake. in tones over
heard in the next room: "He won't
be long with us. Folks often change
in nature fore they're struck with
| death"
In the morning Uncle John found
a pair of mittens at his plate from
Nancy and several pretty but useful
things, the handiwork of his niece.
Nancy was radiant over the new
wool dress and Jake grinning over a
two-dollar bill. while Jessie danced
with joy over pretty gold pin set
in pearls, having few ornaments dear
to girls heart.
The dinner was a great success and
the little widow and her children
thought they were in paradise. The
third minister's wife forgot her wor-
ries and let Jessie fill her children
with cake and candy almost beyond
the rescuing power of any remedy.
After dinner the banker called
Nancy aside and asked if the widow
and her children could stay until she
could find work, if extra help were
hired, and Nancy, overshadowed by
Christmas angels, consented.
If you have never devoured a mans
best Yiands in powerful frame of
mind you do not know how the min
lister felt. He had for q long time
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

OThe populist yell captured the
democratic party in 1896. Look out
for the socialist shout of short d.
vision in 1904.-St. Louis lobe-Demo-
crat.
0There is some comment because
the president failed to put bear story
into his message. He had trust
story, however, and that is more i'm
portant.-Cleveland Leader.
DPresident Roosevelt makes It
clear that he does not agree with those
political doctors who prescribed tar
iff smas hing as the exclusive nostrum
for trust evils.-OmahaB Bee.
DThe expression of leading repub-
hcan senator's in Washington is unan-
imous in favor Of some legislation to
strengthen the antitrust laws--to reg
ulate commerce, not to destroy it.
indianapolis Journal.
DBoston's antiimperialist league
has not yet given up the fight against
the republican party. Even those who
may be unfriendly to the league must
admit that it can stand some terrific
jars.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
0Thc president has done his whole
duty. He has riddled the armor Of
those who for months have been en-
deavoring to lead him into the pitfall
that they term greatness. 1t was said
of one president that he was greater
than his party. 1t provoked his ruin.
There is no man In the republican
party that is greater than the record
which it has given the people Of the
United States since the day that the
Pathfinder unfurled its banner to lib
erty and intellisence. Albany Jour
nal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-20
"REvISIONISTS" OF TARIFF.
Where the Demand for n Ripping Tn
of the whole Tariff System
Comes From.

The "tariff revisionists" are simply
free-trade democrats, except as they
are reinforced by few selfish manu-
facturers who have hitherto called
themselves republicans because. they
desired protection for their products
but now hope for still further profit
to themselves by conspiring with the
free traders to take away the protec-
tion which others enjoy. says the San
Francisco Chronicle. We do not hest.
tate to declare that there are not now,
and have not been since 1897, thou
sand real republicans in the United
States who desire any change what
ever in the schedules of the Dingley
tariff, except as they have secret hopes
of some special profit to themselves at
the expense of other Americans. The
persistent democratic story that the
republicans of "the west" demand a
revision of the tariff is persistent
democratic lie. The voters of Iowa,
who thought they wanted "tariff re-
vision" voted for the democratic candi-
date who was sure to help them get it.
He was buried under 10000 majority.
We deny that there is or has been any
republican demand for tariff tinkering
in any part of the middle west. The
vote of the Mississippi states shows an
increased determination to uphold re.
publican doctrines. If any republican
leader processes to desire tariff re-
vision he does SO not because he be-
lieves it would be good for the country,
but because he has been scared by the
shouting of the democrats.
There is conclusive evidence that re-
publicans desire no change in the fact
that there has not been named on any
republican platform or in any republic
can journal single articles on whicha
reduction of duty is demanded. II re-
publican protectionists desired any
change it would be in respect to some
particular article or some particular
schedule. They would state their spe-
ciAc demand and give their specific rea-
ION. A vague demand for "tariff re-
vision" is simply demand for ripping
up the whole system. The term was
invented by democrats as more allur-
ing than the 'free trade" for which II
stands.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-20
HOME COMMERCE pRoDIcIous.
States Built Up ~ the ReDsb-
lican Pref ective Policy.

Americans are accustomed to seeing
big figures, for this 10 big country
and the figures which tell of it's de-
velopment are necessarily in keeping
with 1t. But familiar as most Of us
may be with the magnitude of the ex-
hibits made from time TO time, there
is little doubt that many will be sur
prised and impressed by the state
ments made by o. p. Austin, chief of
the bureau of statistics of the United
States treasury department-and who,
by the way, was formerly the Wash
ington correspondent Of the Troy
Times. Mr.. Austin has been deliver
ing a series of lectures at the Column
bian university in Washington on the
subject of "The Growth of the Inter
nal Commerce of the United States"
and has presented in compact form a
great deal of very valuable informa-
ton on this point, says the Troy Times.
Mr.. Austin has shown that the COM
merce between the nations of the
world has grown from 81 500 OO0, 900
in 1900 to $4,000, 100000 in 1890, or
from about Sc for each individual in
the world in 1900 to $13 for each indi-
vidual in 1890, and that the foreign
commerce of the United States has
made even more rapid gains, our ex-
ports of domestic mercha ndise having
grown from $32, 900 900 in 1880 to ST.
400, 000, 900 in 1900, or 46 times as much
at the close of the century as at its
beginning.
Dealing especially with internal
commerce, Mr.. Austin said it aggre-
gates as much as the total foreign
commerce of all the nations of the
world, and has grown from a compar-
atively insignificant sum at the begin
ming of the last century to fully $20,-
600, 00O,O 900 at the present time This
growth has been mainly due to the
transportation facilities, which opened
up the interior of this highly produc-
tite country, whose variety of produc-
ton and great area make the inter
change between it's various sections
very large and also easy.
The result of this great activity in
our internal as well as foreign COM
merce is that the United States has
become the most prosperous and the
wealthiest nation of the world. It's ex-
ports of domestic merchandise are
greater than those of any other ma
ton, the money in circulation and
stock of gold exceed those of any
other country, and its national wealth
is also the largest in the world and
is rapidly growing. The wealth in
the United States has increased from
1000, 900 900 in 1850 to $50 900, 00O,0 900
in 1870, $65, 900, 900, 900 in 1890 and $780,
600, 100000 in 1902, and the per capita
wealth from 1907 in 1850 to $1,265 in
1902.
All this has been brought about
practically within a century-hardly
a span in the life of old nations, some
of which were enjoying wealth and
prosperity for hundreds of years be-
fore the United States came into ex
istence. And most of it has been
gained, notwithstanding the enormous
drainage caused by the bloody and
costly civil war, within the last 40
years, under progressive republican
control and the wise and beneficent
republican policy of protection.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-20


VeAk Christmas pres
emit" and the ,all man found himself
imprisoned by pair of warm arms,
while sweet young face was held
upto his own.
"Glad to see you, Puss. You look
as your ma did at your age. 1t was
kind Of you to give up city holidays
and come into a country village in
the dead of winter"
"Oh, l came to visit you, and you
are not dead nor cold" laughed Jes-
sic, merriy.
A thrill of new life went through
the old bachelors heart. Then his
sister had not let her children know
what a selfish old fellow he was.
The large Kingsley family had
scattered east and west. all except
took in the old homestead he was
able to start bank in the village.
The more he enlarged in his worldly
possessions the more contracted be-
came his heart. He lived in the old
brick homestead alone, except for
the presence of faithful old do
mestic and the hired man. He did
not often visit his relatives or ask
them to visit him, but Mary was a
minister's wife and her husband had
lately been sent to one of the small
churches in the large city near, and
the sister determined to try to win
the lonely man back to himself.
~ am AFRAID you will find this
dark house very STILL" said the uncle.
"Oh, well throw up the shades and
let in all the light, and Wisconsin has
the brightest winter sunshine in the
world. While l I'm here we will have
in all of your old friends. My head
IL tired from studying, but my hands
are all right, and I'll help cook and
work."
"Nancy is a Tartar; you had bet
ter keep out of her kitchen" warned
the uncle. 81 do not dare give too
many orders" But Jessie went in
and conquered at once. She always
expected the very best of everyone,
and in hunting for the rose side Of
every nature she, some way, got
around the thorns without bringing
them to the surface.
Uncle John could hardly believe he
was in his own house when he saw
It all open. warm and light. with
flowers in tn. windows. and Nancy
looking kind instead OF naughty and
severe. He heard such merry peals
of laughter from the kitchen he VEN
tured into those sacred precincts to
help pop corn and crack hickory
nuts. Man IL domestic animal. and
the odor of frying doughnuts and
the sight of the raisins being stoned
and eggs growing into snow white
foam, bring up pleasant sensations.
Jessie had a pleasant way of going
20 meet her uncle. and It quickened
his old heart to see tie bright face
under the red cap coming his way.
After supper she brought his slip
pers and put the table near the glow
ing CRATE, for she insisted that there
WAS nothing poetical in heat coming
out of the for. and then would sit
down and talk. One evening she
aid:
IL hope you haven't made all Of
your Christmas plans. 1t would be
such fun TO help you make out your
Hist"
my whAt9" asked the uncle. In
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-20

OEx-President Cleveland has again
been lecturing the democratic party
on its duty. He says 1t must not imi-
tate the example of the man who sat
down between two chairs and conse-
quently fell with ssdull, .sickening
thud, but IL must return to its old seat
and adopt its old principles, which are
summed up in "a tariff for revenue
only" better known a. freetrade. And
Henry Watterson. who has charge Of
the star-eyed goddess, says Grover
Cleveland IL the man who betrayed
the sacred cause Of tssiR reformi--
Troy Times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-20
Toy Trust Planned.

South Bend, Ind, Dec. l2.-Plans for
a combination of the larger toy fac
tories of the country are about COM
plete, and the South Bend toy works,
employing 400 people, is included in the
list. The combination will have about
$1,000, 900 capital. The local factory
will not take stock in the trust, but
will sell its plant outright. The effect
the sale will have on the future of the
plant here Is not known.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-20

Ign The church ben.
Their notes proclaaming. far and near.
The birthday OF our King.
A King. in6eed. the Son of Heaven,
Whose coming down to earth
Placed upon man the signet true
or his immortal birth.
The starlit heavens in beauty shone
AS Christ. tho child. appeared;
And shepherds. gazing on the scene.
Beheld. adore0 and feared.
Brightest among the starry orbs.
The star Of Bethlehem
Shot forth Its fairest. purest rays,
As II to beckon them
To tarry not. but seek the spot
Where In the Manager Lay
The heavenly babe, the one foretold.
To be King Away.
Aye. Sovereign of a world redeemed,
OF man from sin made free,
Though humble. lowly as a babe.
Yet still Prince was He.
One universal song should rise
This Christmastide on high,
Earth's millions sing as angels sang
When Christ to earth drew nigh.
ooou VIII 10 men, ano Feace on Eartn,
Sang the angelic choir,
And through the centuries these words
Have failed not to inspire.
Their meaning sinking deep within
The hearts Of all mankind.
From thence producing granG results
Which souls together bind.
Good will to men the infant Christ
Brought from His home above:
Ard this rich gift He freely gives
Is filled with purest love.
The Christ-child and the risen Christ
Should claim our thoughts to-day
Through them there came the blessed hops
OF Immortality.
Ring loudly, then, We Christmas bells.
Urtil the charmed air
Shall vibrate with melody
Whose music all may share.
u. NJ. Thompson. In Boston Budget.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-20
Little one Dies Of Rabies.

SAGINAW, Mich, Dec. 12.-Frances
Wirth.three years old, one of the five.
children bitten by mad dog Novem-
Der 10, died Of hydrophobia Thursday
night in terrible agony. Business men
have raised subscription of $1,000
to send the other four children to Chi
caRo to take the Pasteur treatment.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-20
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FATE OF MAD MULLAH.
Rumor Reaches Alden, Arabia, of vio-
lent Death of the Relentless
Foe Of the British.

Alden, Arabia, Dec. IA rumor has
reached here of the assassination OF
the Mad Mullah in Somaliland. The
report was brought to the coast by q
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-20
Montana Pioneer Dead.

st. Paul, Mimi. Dec. ia Helena
MONTY special to the Dispatch says:
william w. Martin, a well-known Mon
tana pioneer. is dead here, aged 70
years. He built Fort Logan under gov
ernmenta contract in 1866 and was
large land holder in this vicinity.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-20

Mrs. Jiggs-1'm sorry, my man, bu
I can't give you anything to-day.
Drowsy Dunton-Dat amt wat ]
want, Teddy. 1 jes called & see coult
youse darn me stockin' so cud hang
It up for Christmas.--Chicag DAILY
News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-20

native runner from Garrereo, via Ber-
bera. The Mullah is said to have been
killed by spear thrust in the stom-
ach, inflicted while he was praying.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-20
UEEeSsJjosH;3
CHRISTMAS.
&BH rhRA6ooowln PlANTz. K
III. II I e: = g::. e. =: .: :? J; !:
A Christmas mr.
sbY rhRA6ooowlN RANTz. K

ERE l am, Uncle
John, for your
Christmas pres
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
HIS FAVoRITE DRINK.
The Reporter Put His Friends On
and He Was Well Supplied.

tNew Orleans Times DemocratD
One day Sam Jones found himself in
possession OF a bottle of good old wine
which had been sent to him as an owl
dence Of good faith in a profession made
~ some man who hHd decided to quit
the rum habit sam Jones had no use Tor
the Wine In a loCUlar way he presented
the wine 10 The newspaper crowd telling
the BOYS they might manage to get A lit
tic inspiration out Of it. One OF the bows
IN writing a little skit about the thing.
said Mr. ZONES had given the wine To
the boys Of the press. and had incident
ally mentioned the fact that buttermitE<
Was his faVorite drink. The little town
WAS the hub of the buttermiik belt.
Enough milk was produced in that part
Of Texas 10 float the American navy.
The newspaper notice had a marvellous
and 1t came in.all sorts oftquantities to
The hotel where the evangelist Was stop
ping. Buckets. BOTTLES and cans and uten-
Sis of almost every kind were left at the
eating place for the Georgian. Milk, bells,
were ringing and milk wagons were roll
ing up to the place during all the day 1
never saw 50 much buttermilk in my life.
Sam Jones. If ne had lived to be as old
as Methuselan. could not have consumed
the quantity OF milk which had been
hauled. carried and "toted' 10 the hotel
by Texans who read the little sauib IN
the newspa per about buttermilk being the
favorite drink OF Lhe evangelist. Sam
Jones was somewhat annoyed by the
thing at first. but the funny part of the
situation dawned on him and. appreciate
ing tho good spirit of the offering. he
got a good deal of fun out Of II all.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
GOOD HEALTH OF
ROMAN P0NTIFF
Many Visitors Present at the
Name Day Reception.
POPE WAS NOT FATIGUED
ONLY AMERICAN IN THE ROOM
IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED.
POPE WAS NOT FATIGUEo

u ONE. Aug. 1.-THE POPE is IN
II such good health that it is
thought not necessary to suspend
the Sunday audiences, as has hither-
TO been the custom. in order TO give
the pontim strength for a fatiguing
ceremony, such as the great name dav
reception of today. Dr. Lapponi. the
pope physician, insisted. however
upon limiting the number of guests to
zoo instead of the usual 500. The efforts
TO obtain invitations to the name dav
reception were so persistent and came
from such high quarters that the pom
I'M hearing of them. overruIed his
puysiclans advice and had an addi-
tonal 100 guests included.
The innumerable letters and teIe-
grams of felicitation received by the
pontln included communications from
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
and King Alfonso of Spain. The com
munication from the king of Spain was
the first missive sent to his godfather
Dy King Alfonso since his coronation
The pope held the receptions in his
private library. He showed no signs of
fatigue. He appeared to be unusual
~ animated and recognized the Ri.
Key. Benjamin J. Kelley. bishop of
Savannah, Ga. who was the only
American present. Immediately he per-
ceived him. The pope said to Bishop
Kelley:
Il am glad to see you again before
you leave"
Bishop Kelley told a representative
OF the Associated Press that he was
astonished at the pontiff's vitality and
brightness of mind.
Upon re-entering his private apa TT
ments the pope said: 1T does not mat
ter what DR.. Lapponi says, L feel bet
ter after each occasion of this kind. -
The reception lasted for one hour.
His holiness talked about the colIapse
OF the ca mpanile of St Marks at
Venice and expressed wish to see
the restoration of the roof of the
Latersn palace before he died.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18
MORSE CODE IN A FLAT.
Telegraph Operator and His Wife
Worked a Unique System
NChiCaEo Inter Ocean.

1
81 suppose" said Mr.. Flatdweiler.
that there are plenty of people liv-
| ing in flats who have a signal system
by which they communicate from the
vestibule to the fiat itself ANNOUNCE
ing their arrival, and some other points
of information, as, for instance.
whether they have visitors with them.
''All there is to this. you know. is
that each member of the household has
ring of his own; say one has one
short ring; another has one short
and one long touch on the bell and
so on; while some general ring of any
member of the household means that
visitor is coming also.
THAT system of fat signaling,
guess is now prefix common. But it
has never occurred to me that il might
be greatly extended until one day
when / came into the vestibuIe of our
house and found our new tenant one
fat higher up on the other side of the
hall, standing there with an inter-
ested look on his face, and apparently
listening TO something.
The latch OF the street door was
clicking away. with somebody up
stairs pressing the button to let him
in. but he didn't go in. he Just stood
there, and in a minute when the click
ing stopped. he turned with a smile
on his face to the letter box and be-
gan pressing the button under it.
A minute later the door began 10
click again. and he began to listen
once more; and pretty soon he says,
TIE clicking still going on. this as
though he were talking to somebody:
% 'Sho! Go way. You don't mean ~
But very good uaturedly. you know:
smiling all the time. and when the
clicking stopped again he pressed the
letter box button couple of times and
the door clicked a couple OF times and
then he turned and went out
Well. all there was to that, you
know, WAS that our new tenant was a
telegraph operator. and his pushing in
of the letter box button and the click
ing OF the dOor-Opener simply were he
and his wife telegraphing to one an
other over the bell wire and the door.
opener wire. With the push button
in the vestibule for one key, and the
button in the fiat working the door
opener for the other, the bell and door
opener for saunders. they could talk as
| freely as two operators could talk over
| telegraph wire.
"Of course this. you know made the
old fiat signaling system as followed
| by the rest of us. and which We bad al
ways thought was pretty good. look
like child's work. and now everybody
in our house is studying Morse
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-18

and consisted of simple slit in a soek.
closed up by nicely fitting stone.
When any letters arrived at Drim-
min for the district OF Barr they were
conveyed 10 the rock by the first shep-
herd or crofter going so far. Having
been dropped in and the slit reclosed,
they We're left until a shepherd or
crofter from the other side happened to
come along. when they were taken up
and delivered at their destination. No
letters were ever known to be lost at
this primitive postofflce.
At Burra, Scotland, an old tin can
lister. made watertight with newspa-
pers and pitch, was onSe picked up on
the shore. 1t contained ten letters,
with the correct cash for postage.
With these was also a letter for the
finder. urgently requesting the posting
of the accompanying misSives, as they
were important business communica.-
tions. After the letters had been care
fully dried they were at once posted to
their destinations. which they reached
without further adventure.