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, 1904-12-21
Almost a Hint.

eyes" said the sweet young girl, Il
fatter myself that | am something OF Il
mind reader. Although | am not the
seventh daughter CT a seventh daugh-
ter. it comes natural for me to tell
what a person is thinking by looking
at him."
"Now, that is interesting" said
young Mr.. Latestayer, who was max
ing a friendly call. Suppose you
prove it by telling me what l am think
ing about"
I'VE must use tact in practicing
these mystic arts" she replied, land
really | would hate to hurt your feel
ings.'
"Oh, go ahead. | don't care who
knows my thoughts"
s"Well, if you insist" she said sweet
", you are thinking that you really
must take your hat and go home
The young mar laughed uproarious-
ly at the guess. but he did not linger
around many hours longer.
, 1904-12-21
Busted.

The dollars from my jeans have fled,
The gladness from my heart is gone.
And everything looks pale and wan
That erstwhile blossomed rosy red.
I search my pockets through and
through
Tobacco, jack knife, two key rings.
A corkscrew and some other things
But l can find a single sou.
l take my sad plight much to heart,
And, oh, for me there is no peace!
From sorrow can / hope release
When l and my last dollar part?
Oh, woe is me, and me is woei
My landlord now aff1rms that he.
Though hating much to trouble me,
Must see the color of my dough.
And so to chase his gloom away,
Alas, to work I have to go
And dub around till l can show
A bunch of coin wherewith to pay.
, 1904-12-21
~ LAYTON

till morning. She placed 1t ON a chair
before the fire where he could see it
till he should go to sleep and the first
thing on awakening in the morning.
When the children were all asleep
the doll looked up from the chair at
the images on the mantel. She was
too happy to go to sleep.
"What a lovely day l have had" she
said.
"Just wait" replied the boy image,
"till you have been knocked about the
world awhile and you'll see." He look
ed as wise as an owl.
81 think it very NICE" said the girl
image, 80 long as you are young and
pretty, but l don't like the idea of get
ting old and cracked, perhaps having
my arms or legs broken off,"
The wind was rising without, and
suddenly the fire blazed with a cheer.
full warmth. 1t was very pleasant for
awhile, but presently it seemed to be
too hot. The doll thought she began to
feel a softening in her feet. She didn't
know what it meant, but it frightened
her. 1t extended to her legs; then she
felt it In her arms and at last in her
face and neck. A log of wood fell
down on the Goals, and the fire blazed
higher, hotter than ever. The doll felt
herself melting away.
"You're going" said the boy figure
on the mantel. ats just as well; the
world isn't all like this household"
'It's just as WELL" echoed the girl
image. "Your beauty will not have to
fade"
81 don't want to 60" cried the doll
m%ournfully. 81 want to stay with my
blue eyed boy. The world may be full
of sadness, but there must be pleasure
as well, for 1t is here"
There was something 20 plaintive in
her voice that even the images refrain
ed from any further remarks. The fire
blazed hotter, and the wax, which had
as yet only softened, began to melt.
Something spattered on the floor. 1t
was a drop of melted wax.
Oh, that her little boy would get up
and move her back from the fire! But
he slept on peacefully, and as she had
no voice for real children she couldn't
call to him.
So the doll felt that she was melting
| away. Drop by drop she fell on the
floor. The room, with it's rich hang
ings, the children sleeping, the freight
Pickering, the shadows and, above all,
the memory of her brief e~xistence-for,
after all, a doll can only exist-seemed
to be gradually fading away. She sigh
ed to think that she couldn't have been
born with a soul, to be loved and go
on loving forever; that she could not
grow up like a real child to see the I'M
folding of all the wonderful things in
the world, passing from one existence
gether. Then she thought that she
might never have been born at all,
never have had the one glimpse of the
happy household, the one Christmas,
the blue eyed boy and her single day
of love. So she said: 81 can't UNDER
stand it. | will try not to murmur, but
trust that 1t is all for the best"
y
And then-and then she awoke! The
horror of melting had only been a
dream. She had fallen asleep before
the hot fire, but some kind hand had
drawn the chair back, and in a few
moments she was again clasped in the
fond arms of her blue eyed boy.
, 1904-12-21

The new Russian railroad around
Lake Baikal is a triumph Of engineer
ing. The section along the lake is
mountainous, the rocks in some places
extending into the lake. On this strip
OF fifty miles there are thirty-two tun-
nels and 210 bridges and yiaducts.
The construction of this line was the
most expensive bit of railroad work
ever undertaken in Russia.
, 1904-12-21
CHRISTMAS IN MEXICO.
How the Day Is Celebrated In the
Land of DinZ.

In Mexico Christmas V is observed,
as in Spain, with the Noche Buena.
The streets and plaZas are thronsed
with people. OF all the shop windows SO
gay and brilliant in their holiday at
tire none is so bright as the confection-
er's. Nowhere is the confectioner's art
carried to a greater perfection. At
midnight of the Noche Buena all Mex
leo forsakes it's pleasures and repairs
to the Misa del Gallo, or mass of the
cock, a high mass of the most impos-
ing character, which, in every Q of
the magnificent temples reared by the
Catholic church in the City of Mexico,
is celebrated exactly at midnight ON
Christmas eve or morning to commem-
crate the Saviour's birth. All the
churches have an augmented choir and
a large orchestra specially engaged for
the occasion. The mass is celebrated
with every concomitant that can
heighten it's effect and grandeur.
, 1904-12-21

If you want to
tickle a man and
make him feel that
he is a sly dog, tell
him that an old
sweetheart of his
| n q d - after
him.
, 1904-12-21

The average boy does not care who
Is elected so he a get in the parade
and work his squawker and his lungs.
, 1904-12-21

1t adds much to the pleasures of a
dinner if the fresh country butter has
had a shave before it is placed on the
table.
, 1904-12-21

And then-and then she awoke! The
horror of melting had only been a
dream. She had fallen asleep before
the hot fire, but some kind hand had
drawn the chair back, and in a few
moments she was again clasped in the
fond arms of her blue eyed boy.
, 1904-12-21

The person who is always giving
good advice is kept too busy to take
any of it himself.
, 1904-12-21

If you happen to be OF when the col
lector calls, it isn't necessary to cal
him up and apologize.
, 1904-12-21

The homelier a girl is the more she
requires beautiful clothes, and the pref
tier she is the more she desires beauti
full clothes.
, 1904-12-21

If a man just sets willingly about it
he can find many things that drive him
to drink.
, 1904-12-21

The man who has money to buln
doesn't have tc. He can afford coal
, 1904-12-21
Humor ana Philosophy
By DUNCAN N. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Copyright, 1904, by Duncan NJ. Smith.
, 1904-12-21

In Manchuria war appears to be liv-
ing up to General Sherman's descrip-
ton with high water added.
, 1904-12-21

When a a has tried for half an
hour to call up some one ON the tele-
phone on important business he thinks
If there is no future punishment there
should be for the man who invented
the busy signal.
1t is much easier to predict weather
than it is to have the weather live up
to the predictions.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01
FOREIGN.

Joseph Nucci, aged 60, shot and killed
Daisy Cappello, aged 16, at Vancouver,
b. c., because she would not marry him.
He then turned the revolver on himself
and fell dead beside her.
The Russian answer to the American
notes in regard to contraband of war
has been delivered. 1t follows generally
the lines OF the reply to Great Britain.
Emil Thomas, formerly one Of the
most artistic comedians on the German
stage, is dead He was Go years Of age
A strong Russian force made a sortie
from Port Arthur in an attempt to re-
take Itzeshan and was beaten back with
heavy loss.
The Japanese have renewed their as
saults on Port Arthur, resulting in the
capture Of two more forts.
Russia declares England has broken
faith by the Thibetan treaty, and formal
protests are to be made by the cars
minister.
Kuroki deceived the Russian generals
and by swift march crossed the Hun
river without opposition. He is now ad-
vancing on Mukden.
More than 1000 Jews In London en-
gagged in fierce riots brought about by
the action of socialist Jews fouting
orthodox Hebrews on their feast day.
The Cuban senate ratified a treaty
OF friendship and commerce with Italy,
the first entered into by Cuba with an
European nation.
China objects to the Anglo-Thibetan
treaty on the ground that II infringes
Chinese sovereign rights.
Peter Karageorgevitch was crowned
king Of Servia at Belgrade. There
were no hostile demonstrations and no
attempt to carry out the numerous
threats against the new kings life.
The crews of the Russian dismantled
warships at Shanghai must remain on
board their vessels, going ashore only
on permit.
The Russian war Office blames Viceroy
Alexieff for the defeat at Liaoyang.
A Russian detachment under Gen.
Rennenkampff. while reconnoitering
near Mukden lost two officers and nine
men killed and had three officers and %
men wounded
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01
Kuropatkin reports that the Japanese

Kuropatkin reports that the japanese
made an attack on Da Pass, south OF
Mukden, and were repulsed.
The body of Charles b. Spahr, OF New
York, formerly editor Of Current Lit
erature, was washed ashore near Broad
stairs, Kent, England. The remains
were fully identified.
II Is officially announced that Emperor
William has conferred on President
Harper, of the Chicago university, the
order of the Red Eagle Of the second
class
Count Tisza, the Hungarian minister
of the interior. has rendered decision
prohibiting Mormon propaganda with
in Hungary, upon the ground that such
a movement Is undesirable, both from
the standpoints Of state policy and re-
ligion.
The Japanese movement on Mukden
is developing rapidly, according to the
reports of Kuropatkin, and the coal
mines at Fushun will be the first point
of attack on the Russian position. The
Japanese are believed to be greatly su-
perior in supplies and men and a Rus
sian retreat is expected
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

In the republican convention for the
Second New Hampshire congressional
district Congressman Frank D. Currier
was renominated by acclamation for a
third term.
In their state convention the republic
cans of New Jersey nominated former
State Senator Edward c. Stokes, Of
Cumberland county, for the governor
ship
Alva A. Adams, of Pueblo, was for
the third time nominated for governor
by the Colorado state democratic con-
vention.
Thomas e. Watson, populist candi-
date for president, will open his cam
paign in Illinois October 10, with a
speech in Chicago.
For the sixth term Cyrus A. Sullo-
way was unanimously renominated
for congress by the republicans of the
First New Hampshire congressional
district
Judge D. Cady Herrick, Of Albany
was nominated by the democratic state
convention for governor of New York.
Senator Charles w Fairbanks, in his
letter accepting the republican nomina-
tion for vice president, discusses his
party's record and lauds President
Roosevelt's administration.
The Michigan republican state central
committee on Thursday chose John f.
Bird, of Adrian, as the republican candi-
date for attorney general. This action
was made necessary by the recent
nomination of Charles A. Blair. Of jack
son, for supreme justice, as Mr.. Blair
was the party's candidate for attorney
general.
Justice d. Cady Herrick, democratic
candidate for governor of New York, will
resign from the supreme court bench
as soon as he can finish the legal work
now before him.
The democrats Of the Eighteenth I'LL
nois congressional district nominated
Colson " McClenathar, OF Danville, to
oppose Speaker ]. G. Cannon in the COM
ing election.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01

Upon the opening of the academic
year at Brown university, Providence.
r. l., President Faunce announced q
gift OF $1,000 from John d. Rockefei-
Ter, Jr, 81.
The town Of Oakley, Kan. on the
Union Pacific railroad. has been en-
tirely destroyed by fire. Sixteen busi-
ness buildings were burned. only one
store being left standing. Loss. $75.-
600.
A Touring mill at Portland, Ore, has
received an order for ten carloads OF
flour. to be shipped overland to Bos-
ton, Mass. This is the first order OF
the kind. so far as known, for the
shipment Of -four east.
Timbermen who have visited Colum-
bia county, Ore, report that recent for
est fires have destroyed timber to the
value of $S,000000
The French steamer Admiral Fouri-
chon arrived at New Orleansfrom Santos,
via Rio de Janiero, with 81 ,597 bags Of
coffee valued at $1,000,000.
| A fatal accident occurred near Grove,
/. T., in which three men were killed
outright, three fatally and five seri-
ously injured by the falling Of scaffold
work on a bridge.
The sovereign grand lodge Of odd fel-
lows has decided to meet next year at
Philadelphia instead OF Washington.
Mistaking him for a chicken thief.
Mrs. Peter Lewis, of Blockley, Ia, fatal
ly shot her husband at their farmhouse.
He died few hours later.
J. Pierpont Morgan will relinquish
active management Of his vast business
to his son, who assumes control the
beginning OF the year.
II. NJ. Magill. of Cincinnati, o., for
mer president of the Western Union Of
Underwriters. dropped dead at the con-
clusion Of his toast at banquet at
Frontenac, N. Y.
President Roosevelt and his family
are returned to Washington, D. c.,
from Oyster Bay. A short delay on the
way was caused by an accident to the
| locomotive.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01
COLLIDE ON A CURVE.
Trains Come Together Near Knoxville,
Tenn, and Sixty-six Persons
Are Killed.

Knoxville, Tenn, Sept. 26.-Sixty-six
persons were killed and 125 injured
(many Of whom will die) in head on
collision on the Southern railway 10
miles east of this city at 1918 Saturday
morning. The engineer of the west
bound train, so investigation shows, was
directly responsible for the disaster. He
| deliberately disobeyed orders
The crash came on a sharp curve, be-
| tween high banks. The west-bound
| train was a heavy one, it carrying the
sleepers from the east for Knoxville,
| Chattanooga and other southern cities.
The east-bound train was lighter, con-
sisting of day coaches and chair cars. 1t
was going 30 miles an hour, the other
40. The heavy train crashed into the
lighter one with the force of a giant mis-
sile hurled from a catapult.
When the first impact came the pas
sengers on the east-bound train were
hurled from their seats and thrown to-
ward the front end of the cars. Then, in
an instant, before they could regain their
feet. the cars commenced to telescope
and close up as hatrack is compressed.
AS the jaws of wood and iron came to-
gether they killed and MANNED the help
less. huddled masses of humanity.
Dozens of bodies were simply crushed
out of all semblanee to human form,
limbs were torn off, and bones broken by
the hundred. When the doctors got to
work 1t seemed as if hardly victim had
escaped without at least one fracture,
and scores had half a dozen.
In one car but two persons escaped
alive. Congressman Henry r. Gibson
| from the Second congressional district
| of Tennessee and one other man,
| whose name is not known, were the
| fortunates. The congressman was en-
route to Russellville, Tenn, to deliver
political address and was reading his
address when the collision occurred.
When he realized what had happened
he found his legs pinioned fast, but
managed to extricate himself.
A large number of people were going
from Knoxville to Newmarket to at
tend the funeral of W. r. King. a
prominent citizen of that place, who
died Friday. James King. one of the
dead was brother of w. r. King, and
five members of the King family in
all were killed, while several relatives,
though not of the same name, were in
jured.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01
EQUAL TO THE EMERGENCY
Colored Preacher Who Was Right at
Home on Any Text Sug-
gested.

As an old colored preacher who had been
conducting q revival meeting was reach
ing the end Of his series, relates the Indian
apolis News, he appeared before the con-
gregation one night and spoke thus:
Brethren and sistren, / come befo, you
all wholly unprepared with my text. hab
been ppeachin' all so'ts of things, and to
show the brethren and sistren that have
not said all that | know, l will ask that
some membah of this congregation suggest
a subject and l will preach about 1T to
you."
For several minutes there was an embar,
RAISING silence while the minister scowled
over the top of his glasses, waiting for
some one to propose topic. No one seemed
anxious to take advantage OF the oppor-
tunity, until finally little. fellow in the
back part of the church yelled out: pills, |,
There was snicker as the preacher cleared
his voice and said:
"Pills. / hab been requested by some
membah of dis congregation to discourse
befo' you all on pills Now, brethren and
sistren, am not familiar wild the ways OF
medicine for am preacher, man, but as
] said would talk on any subject that was
proposed, pills will be my text. Now, to
begin with, there are quinine pills, calomel
pills, big pills and little pills, and a thou
sand kind of other pills what the doctor do
prescribe when the flesh am sick. But !
propose to talk to you about de kind OF
medicine what de soul needs when 1t am
sick-'gospills.'
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01
NINE MEET AWFUL DEATH
Schoolchildren Into
Filthy Vault

Cincinnati, Sept. 24.-School closed
Friday at Pleasant Ridge, seven miles
north of Cincinnati, with the first
quarter of the session, when nine, pos
sibly ten, schoolgirls were suffocated
in vault during the forenoon recess
and score of others narrowly escaped
the same horrible death. During the
rest of the day/this suburb was wild
with mingled excitement, sorrow and in
dignation, and those openly charging
the calamity to official negligence are
making serious threats. among them
being many women. The large build
ing is used for high school as well
as for all lower departments. All of
the victims were from the primary
grades.
On opposite sides of the spacious
ground in the rear of the school build
ing are two outhouses. When recess
was given about 80 of the smaller girls
were in the clubhouse assigned to them,
when suddenly the floor gave way,
precipitating them into vault of filth.
The girls fell eight feet from the
flooring before striking the filth and
the struggles of those who were on
top kept at least nine underneath un-
til they were dead
Those engaged in the rescue WORK
recite the most CHASTITY experiences.
Even those rescued alive presented
such an appearance as to make many
in the crowd of spectators faint. but
the sight within the vault beggared all
description. The children who were
on top of the writhing heap were res
cued first. While they were getting out
of the vault their feet crowded relent-
lessly down on others who were meet
ing with most agonizing death. 1t
was noticed that the older ones we're
on top and rescued.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01
ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS.
Present Agitation of Volcano the Mos
Violent in Thirty-Two
Years.

Naples, Sept 26.-The eruption OF
Mount Vesuvius continues to increase
in force, and Is now more violent than
at any time since 1872. Red-hot stones
are hurled to a height of 1,600 feet,
falling down the flanks Of the mountain
with a deafening sound. The director
Of the observatory says that between
five o'clock Sunday morning and six
o'clock in the afternoon his instruments
registered 1874 violent explosions, and
that one stone thrown out weighed
about two tons. Lava flowing from the
crater has melted the metal of the
Funicular railway, destroyed the up
per station and burned the wooden huts
in which guides live. All vegetation
within a radius of one mile of the
crater has disappeared. Severl earth
quake shocks we're felt Sunday.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01
Declined the Honor.

Albion, Mich, Sept. 22.-The demo7
Gratis OF the Third district on Wednesday
nominated William @. Howard, of Kala-
mazoo, for congressman. Mr.. Howard
declined the nomination and the die
trict committee will select another can
didate Friday.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01
Closed with a Bannnet

indianapolis, Sept. 22.-The Soci-
ETY. of the Army of the Cumberland
closed its thirty-second annual re-
union in this city Wednesday night
with banquet attended by more than
100 veterans and their ladies.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01

ney Pills have lifted SIX hundred
pounds and felt no bad effects. I have
not felt the trouble come back since,
although had suffered for five or six
wears, and other remedies had not
helped me at ALL"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01

A sea captain stilled revolution in Baga
ocefaocaballeriquita for $50 in gold. Tn
pied dictionary was cheaply bought.-Syra
cuse Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01
Evasion.

"You said you were going to see that !
was we'll taken care Of"
ibid II" rejoined Senator Sorghum.
"Yes. sir. And now j want to know
whether you are going to keep your prom
ise."
"My dear sir, that was not a promise.
That was prophecy. cy."-Washington Star.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01

The cars new baby has heaps of trou'
BILE before him. incidentally, he has got to
learn to talk Russan-Boston Globe.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01
Ransas City Southern Ry. Special
Excursion

Sept. Is, 20 and 27, Oct. 4 and Is, 1904,
to Arkansas, Indian Territory, Louisiana
and Texas, very low one way and round
trip rates.
Warner, G. P. & T. A., X. c. S. Ry., Kansas
City, Mo.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
as a cough cure.-J. w. O'Brien, 322 Third
Ave, N, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 8. 1900.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 50 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline. 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01

Pllls ala me q great
lot of good, and If
1t were not true I
would not recon-
mend them. Itwas
the strain of lift
ing that brought
on kidney trouble
and weakened my
back, but since
using Doan's Kid
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01
THE STRAIN OF WORK.
Best of Backs Give Out Under the Burden
of Daily Toll.

Lieut.. George G. Warren, of No. 8
Chemical, Washington, d. c., says;
"It's an honest fact that Doan's Kidney
The L'Anse sentinel., 1904-10-01

How About an Americana
A London traveller finds that the Eng.
lish telephone girl is slow and. indifferent;
the French, intractable and impertinent;
the Italian, lazy.-Indianapolis News.