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The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-03-14
BRANh0ME CHOICE
NEsRAskA PLEDoEs PREsIDEN-
TIAL ALLEGIANCE.
DEMOCRATS IN SESSION
All Sorts Of Warm Greetings Thrown
At Man Whom Party Leaders
Term the "IdeaI
American"

Omaha, Neb.-Friday was Bryan
Day" In Omaha For that matter 1t
was Bryan Day" throughout Nebras-
ka. With the Democratic state con-
vention az q nucleus, party leaders
from everycounty and practically every
primary district in the commonwealth
pledged allegiance to the presidential
aspirations Of Mr.. Bryan and to con-
slider means for furthering his inter-
ests before the Democratic national
convention at Denver next July. En-
thusiasm was prevalent throughout
Thursday. It broke loose early in the
afternoon session of the convention
and gradually gathering volume broke
out in tumultuous vociferations when
at the beginning of the evening -ses-
sion the platform committee presented
a resolution. The resolution: Tho
Democratic party of Nebraska again
declares coincidence In, and admira-
ton for William jennings Bryan In
him we behold the ideal American citi-
xen-the ideal Democrat We rejoice
that the principles which he has 80
ably advocated have been gladly re-
ceived and as now generally accepted
by the American people. Resolved.
That, the delegates by this convention
chosen, be and are hereby instructed
to vote as unit for the nomination
of Mr.. Bryan for the presidency"
Brief as this oficial Endorsement Of
Mr.. Bryan's candidacy, 1t met in full
the approval Of the delegates. The
ironclad instructions to the 16 men
selected during the afternoon to repre-
sent the state at Denver will, it was
thought, leave no doubt as to where
Bryan's home state stands.
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KING LEOPOLD GIVES UP.
Consideration for surrenderlng DO.
main 10 $21 900 900.

Brussels.-The text of the new
Congo annexation treaty was submit
ted to parliament Thursday by Pre-
mier Schollaert and, on his motion.
was sent to committee without debate.
According to the terms of the new
treaty. King Leopold agrees to aban-
don the crown domain and the crown
foundation to Belgium. Belgium, on its
part, shall not only assume all the
Congo obligations. amounting to $21,-
100000. but undertake also to con-
tinue the kings part in the Congo
revenues during his lifetime. Belgium
10 specifically required to respect the
concessions granted to two American
companies in 1906. in which Thomas
F. Ryan III interested.
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s.IIvhooIey "Lemonade.v

A joke was played on Arthur Balfour
on the first st. Patrick's day Of his
tenure of the Irish chief secretary
ship. A cigar box, delivered to him
at the house of commons, contained q
bunch Of shamrocks. From a sincere
Irish admirer." But. to the terror Of
his secretaries, the box was also
found to contain a wickedlooking steel
spring. covered with a queer white
compound. A chemical expert was
called and he examined the internal
machine" momentarily ex-
pecting an explosion. The puzzled
chemist. venturing to put particle Of
the compound on his tongue, found
that It was simply sugar impregnated
with lemon. He then turned the box
upside down and out rolled rusty
corkscrew. a spiral spring and an old
nutmeg crater. Tn, was also q
scrap Of paper inscribed: Buy the
whisky yourself; you can then con-
coct the famous lemonade Of Bally-
hooley and drink to ould Ireland"
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The old man will not march to-day He
meant to be In line;
You mind last year he stepped along 20
1aunty and 20 nne
His hat atilt 90 boyish. his shoulders
straight and square,
And him near eighty but ~ young A. any
marching there7
Twas yesterday his shamrock come.
Twas Clancy sent II him:
And whom he saw the little leaves his eyes
grew soft and dim
And he sat down and patted II like twas
baby's hair
The little bit Of green that came from far
on County Clare.
Twas like q man that had q spell, the
way he'd sit and look
And sigh about the way It grows along
the little brook
That runs into the Shannon "'Twas the
song It sang" said he.
That led me to the Shannon and from
there across the sea.
But sure this ID the voice of home, grown
up so sweet and clean;
And like the love bear for II. still tender,
young and green.
1t paints q thousand things for mel wish
that I was there;
! wish that / was where they find the
green in County Clare"
And long into the night he sat adream Of
other days,
He whispered Of the boyhood paths. az
one whose fancy strays
Back over long forgotten fields-and then
with eyes afiame
He looked and looked into the past and
whispered mothers name!
''Acushla! Norahi"
Sure twas JOY that held him when
he sighed,
He dropped his head upon his arms. and.
dreaming so. he died.
And in his hand. pressed close against his
locks of silver hair
Was crushed the little bit of green from
far of County Clare.
Chicago Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-03-14
WORTHY OF HIGHEST HONOR.
All the Christian World 10 Indebted to
st. Patrick.

st. Patrick's day brings out In bold
relief the fact that one of the most
warlike nations the world has ever
known cherishes as It's patron saint .
missionary of the Prince Of Peace.
st. Patrick gained undying renown as
the personification of Irish ideals and
Irish national spirit because he won
Ireland for Christianity.
II the banishing of the snakes from
Erin is fable It is fact that Patrick
expelled gross superstitions and gave
Ireland a new bond Of unity and ma
tional feeling In the form of far
higher religion than the Emerald Isle
had ever known. II much that is myth
ical and Of no Importance has been
told Of his life and deeds there is no
room for doubt that he transformed an
entire country and uplifted nation.
It appears to have been a compare
lively easy task for the ardent and
gifted missionary of the church. Ire
land responded to his appeals with
one of those great waves Of swift en-
thusiasm which have always been
POoolOiO W thO W 81 anu
quick-thinking Celts. The emotion and
the thought of a race moved In unison,
and paganism was swept away as q
great wind might Danish fog.
It is a fine analogy with Irish serv-
Ices to the world many times since
Patrick's day. 1t harmonizes perfectly
with the hopes which may well be
cherished for the Ireland of the future
and for the children of Erin and their
descendants in all parts of the world.
Where Is there not great need Of
high enthusiasm? Where is there not
much to do for humanity that will
never be done unless by the help Of
such fervor and such devotion to
ideals as the Irish have always been
quick to show when reused to their
full capacity for work which counts
in the progress of the world?
Ireland may well celebrate st. Pat
rick, for the Irish race, guided and in
spired by such ideals and such deeds
as his, must always be great power
for good-the wide and eternal good
of mankind.
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forty feet an broke my neck certain.
The saplin' O. course had gone with
the dead limb. an thar / wuz forty
at the rate o. six hundred stingers q
second"
"Well, Bob, he jist nacherly gifts
the rope united from the saplin' an
soon as he kin, an. quoils her up an
sends II across the limb SOS ketch
II the first sling. But by that time
I'm one big bunch o. pizen from them
stings, an partickler my head and
neck. Pears like they mostly settled
on my back, an the back O. my neck,
an when got the rope, they sort O.
shifted an commenced to sting my
hands,"
"WeIl, sir, didn't lose any time
gittin' a hitch to the limb with that
rope an when slid down her I cert'ny
perty near set fire to II went down
30 tarnation quick"
Talk about PAIN! Why was fist
the paInfullest feller in the woods.
Bob grabbed me the minute lit, an
he had big COB O. honey in his
hands. He rubbed that honey into the
stings. an want to say right here
that in two hours wuz all right.
though I wux some sore. But the
honey took the pizen out. an after .
couple o. days wouldn't . knowed
I'd a-been stung at all But lawx-a-
me, I'll never furgit settin' MP thar
q hundred feet from the ground, or
say forty feet. an gettin' peppered BY
them bees"
"An' 30 you see ef II hadn't a-been
fer the rope we had along. I'd . had
to Jump an break my neck or stuck
thar tell them bees had list nachsrly
stung me plumb ofrn the limb"
AFTER I'd got shet little o. the
pain, BY Bob rubin In the honsy. he
seq to me. What do you think Of =
rope in raidin' bee treer"
"And what did you say to that J0s.
DadY' was my inquiry.
II ses the next time goes amer .
bee tree. lowed I'd pack . lndAss.
II they wuzn't no objes tsoDs."
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written when he was an old man, and
the other his Letter to Coroticus."
written against British chieftain
who had carried on some Irish con-
verts as slaves Scholars who former
ly doubted the genuineness Of the con-
fession have since admitted its au-
thenticity, and Prof Bury demon
strates that 1t could hardly be forgery
because the text. on critical examina-
tion by the most searching modern
methods, is consistent In every detail,
while the strong personal feeling dis
played IL the highest proof of all that
Il is a genuine document. And the
letter is identical in style. There are
also many other documents OF Pat
rick's time or later, from which a
compact body Of genuine information
has been sifted.
The legends that have grown up
around him are much more beautiful
than ascertained fact surviving in the
old manuscripts. Under a heathen re-
ligion, Ireland's priests were the pow
erful Druids, priests and magicians
who had supernatural lore and inno-
cent secular learning, together with
skill In poetry and knowledge of the
laws and history of the island. They
were naturally opposed to a new creed
that would abolish their power. Yet
1t is conjectured that their opposition
to Patrick was not great, because
they had little organization. And Pat
rick very wisely engrafted Christian
ity onto old pagan beliefs. The Irish
believed In demons. So did the Chris
tian church of that day, and, Patrick
carried with him exorcists whose spe-
cial function was to deal with demons
Patrick believed as firmly in the evil
powers the Druids fought as they
themselves. SO both met on common
grounds. His aim was to show, not
that they were wrong, but that his be-
lief and his God we're more potent
than theirs.
This is the fact Of the matter. But
the legends tell more interesting
story, and myths though they are,
their beauty is compelling.
Two maidens, daughters of the high
king, lived at Crochan to be educated
by the Druids. They went one day to
fountain to draw water and found
Patrick and his companions sitting
there. They questioned him.. thinking
him supernatural. and he converted
and baptized them In the fountain.
They Immediately fell asleep in death
and were buried near the fountain.
In these poetic old stories. woven
around the saint by an imaginative
people, and polished by centuries of
telling, there are grains of historical
fact, such a. names of persons and
places, records Of ancient customs and
other hints, that throw light on Pat
rick's real work. He lived 81 years In
ireland and founded many churches.
made the nation Christian a. = whole
and brought Ireland into connection
with the Roman empire. making It .
part of Christendom and civilization.
There were Christian communities
before he came, but without him these
might have died out He brought ma
ter1ai benefits as we'll ~ spiritual,
fbr he diffused knowledge OF Latin
and thus put ireland in touch With re
worlds letters and arts.
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in' that I'd never been huntin' fer
bee trees more'n four or five times"
$50 one night over comes Bob Early
to the cabin. an he's got bee tree
sighted that's plumb full O. honey to
hear him tell 1t, an nothinll do but
fer him an pap to git out after 1t
next mornin.' But the old mans got
line o. traps he's got to run an
he says fer me to go long 18th Bob
30 bright an soon the next mornin'
Bob an mes pinted fer this here bee
tree. Bob's got an ak, I've got an az.
an Bob's carryin' long rope.'
Whats the rope fer, Bob" sez |.
"Jist to hang ourselves ef we miss
findin' that bee tree" says Bob.
IL didn't say nothin' to that fer l
knew Bob Early was raised on bees,
an that he wasn't packin' that quoil
o. rope fer fun"
"An' 30 perty soon we got to q clear
in down in the timber, an Bob took
. squint through the bresh, an at last
he ser, straight ont from this here
log lords the river So we starts to
pIOu8u tnIOukH tuo owluucbI SohbAo
you ever seen. Buck-bresh. black
berry briers. pieces o. swamp. old logs
an the devils own mix-up o. wood an
water. Finally old Bob halts clost
to the river. an lootin' up at the edge
NV an openin' in the woods he ses
We've hit fer. here she is"
"Then I squinted up. an there was
the biggest and slickest sycamore l
bout ever seen, no branches low down.
but up about forty feet or 20 there
wux turrible big dead limb stickin'
out from the main trunk. An from
that dead limb you could see the bees
goin' In an comm out. an says Bob,
'Thar's our honey"
There wuz another good-sized limb
stickin' out from the tree clost to the
dead one. an nnerly seq, How're We
goin' to Git all this here honeyf That
sycamore would tough . grey squirrel
to climb It. Es fer man. he couldn't
climb II no more'n he could climb =
sain-bow."
"Bsb never said nothin' but fist KEEP
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puma Wants Bio Loan.

st. Petersburg.-The Russian Duma
has adopted unanimously an interpret
lation asking M. Kokovsoff, the
finance minister, to explain his rea-
sons for inducing the emperor to issue
a ukase about,th end of January au.
thorizing an international loan of
$83.00O.000 in violation Of provision
Of the fundamental law requiring the
sanction OF the Duma in all budget
operations.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-03-14
INDIcT Ex-sANkER; GONE.
William Adler Of New Orleans 10 40
cused In Bill.

New Orleans.-William Adler, for
merly president Of the State National
bank Of New Orleans, was indicted by
the United States grand jury Thurs
day. charged with misapplying nation
al bank funds and with other illegal
transactions. Two months ago Adler
loaded the steamer Alps and sailed
from New Orleans. The steamer was
wrecked on the coast OF Spanish Hon.
duras. after which Adler and his son
made their way to British Honduras,
and later into other parts Of Central
America.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-03-14
italian Is slain.

Moosup, Conn.-By the finding of
the dismembered body of an Italian
believed to have been Dino Pietro of
New York in the Moosup river Thurs
day afternoon. brutal murder was
discovered. Salvatore Capagello, also
italian, 20 years old, accused by his
wife Of connection with the murder, il
under arrest.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-03-14

The shamrock. the small white clo-
yer Of Ireland. ID associated with st.
Patrick from the. day on which he
used the trefoil to illustrate the doc
trine OF the Trinity. 1t 10 interesting
to know that the Arabic name for the
trefoil 10 ''shamrakh.". and that It is
held sacred in Iran AZ emblematical Of
the Persian triads. Pliny comments
found near the trefoil leaf.
The course Of st. Patrick through
ireland. England. Scotland and Wales
may be traced by the existence OF
plaees named after him. Legends
abound without number. each adding
70 the love and veneration investins
this saint. who was in truth IN apostle
Of good works and 3oy.
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Two Negroes Lynched.

Hawkinsville, Ga.--Two negroes.
Curry Robertson and John Henry.
were lynched Thursday near here and
their bodies burned. They were
charged with the murder Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Hart. One OF the me-
groes confessed to the crime and said
the motive was robbery. .Ms
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Baltimore. Md.-B. +. Bush was ap-
pointed late Thursday receiver for the
Western Maryland railroad. Mr.. Bush
10 president Of the road.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)

In my brief stay in the little mining
camp Of Talbot, Friskiyou county,
California, it was my fortune to make
the acquaintance Of Mr.. Peter Walker,
guide, prospector, hunter and racon-
tsur. "Grizzly Pete" as he was called,
told ME several stories of his expert
ences, after I had won his confidence
by disposition to distribute, as re-
garded tobacco, and a willingness 10
tmbibe. as regarded certain intoxi-
cants. Mr.. Walkers stories, some of
them, seemed to me to be q trifle open
to criticism, as far as veracity is
concerned, so in selecting the tale
Of his adventure with 'old Subj DOT, {"
I am simply taking what appears to be
a very credible narrative, and leaving
1t to the judgment of possible read
ers as to their opinion of it's literal
truthfulness.
Mr.. Peter Walker. Mr.. Pete Walker,
Mr.. Walker, Pete Walker, or Grizzly
Pete" as he was better known, stood
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

he lived up so high in the ranges that
the miners there used to put the ore
out on the mountains and let the
spring avalanches take 1t down to the
smelters in the valley; no railroad er
pack train bein' able to git in to
where they wuz; an they got their
provisions and stuff in by way Of
trained eagles, same as these here
carrier pigeons is learned to carry
mail.
$50 one day we got to where old
'Stub-foot' ranged. and I. sort O. got
his bearings. SO De Pyster he prac-
ticed little with his gun one mornin'.
It was the most powerful shootin' iron
1 ever seen, an he was knockin' on
the peaks from along the mountain
ranges inside the first few miles
till l stopped him from spilin' so much
scenery. So he quit that an begins to
pillow up few new canyons with his
steel-p'inted bullets fer a change. It
was a master powerful shootin' gun,
that there rife Of his wuz. Well, that
evening he blots out the front part Of
a bull elk, as easy as new blotter
would lap up a blot of ink as my law
yer said, and we planted the carcass
out where old 'Stub-foot' would be
sure to see It 1t daybreak.
There was few scrubby pines
around, and when we got out at day.
break the next day De Pyster had his
rifle, this here shorthand man had his
note book, the picture man had his
machine all fixed, and my lawyer had
all sorts of afidavids ready, and a
dyin' declaration fer the bear to sign,
purvidin De Pyster didn't blow his
head OF the arst shot. want to say
right here that this here lawyer of
mine was certainly the most thought.
full cuss I ever did see. 49, Il
well. sig. We wasn't more'n Is
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27
More Marriages in England.

Many interesting details as to the
marriages which took place in Eng.
land and Wales during 1906 are given
in the registrar-general's detailed re-
port for that year. There were more
of them than in the previous year,
but the increase was not conspicuous
in the case Of widowers. while there
was no increase at all in that of wild.
ows. AS already recorded, the birth
rate was abnormally low, while the
death rate was higher for the year.
The marriage rate shows an in
crease Of 0.3 over 1905, but was OF be-
low the average for the ten years.
1896-19O5.
The birth rate was the lowest ever
recorded, being OIL less than in 1905
and 1.6 lower than the decennial
average.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

he gifts OF and asks, fer me. Some O.
the boys hunts me up, and we git to
talktn' bear right away. And he tells
me ef I can git him where he can
kill old "Stub-foot,' and prove be.
yond any doubt that he was the Teller
that done it, he will pay me $4,000 In.
gold. Yes, sir, he has . bet on with
some fellers on east that stands him
to win $4,000 II he gifts 'stub-foot,'
and he's willin' to put up half of his
prospective winnin's to git the bear.
SO agrees to be ready to start at
noon the next day and he turns in, to
the little shack they calls q hotel, and
/ come back to my shanty to lay my
plans. Now knowed where to- find
this here old 'Stub-foot,' and If my
man has got gun that can kill him,
and can shoot straight enough, there
won't be any trouble about gettin'
him. But about provin' that he did
1t, that was what got me. So I comes
down town, and goes to a littsp dried.
up Teller they was in camp named
Gregg, lawyer, most powerful cute
critter he was, and he agreed to fur
nfsh ever thing SOS to prove that my
man kills old 'Stub-foot,' eff he does
kill him, beyond all reasonable doubt,
as my lawyer puts it. He says I'll
need him, and shorthand reporter,
the one he has in his Office, and pic
ture gallery Teller "a photograph
mani, and me, to do the job. He
agreed to take the case on what he
called an astringent fee.
$50 the next day takes my outfit
over to De Pyster, and says, Here's
my lawyer, and here's my shorthand
reporter, and here's my photograph
Teller, and here's three burros to pack
the camp outfit and grub. When'll
you be ready?' And this. here Teller
he sort o. takes reel long breath,
and he says. All these fer bear
hunt?' And / says. On the advice Of
my lawyer An he says, You're
the doctor, Mr.. Walker, I'm here to
obey orders
$50 we gets out in the mountains
and begins to climb. Old 'Stub.foot'
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

six feet tive and nine-eighths inches in
his boots; he seldom wore socks, and
never stockings-and possessed a
growth of whiskers rarely equaled and
never surpassed. He was about 40
years ofiage. and the. iron-gray cast to
his hair and beard, the numerous CON
Quits, gullies, burrows, Sits, creases.
tndentations. etc. that had been be-
slowed upon him by the playful wag-
geries Of Father Time, fully. justified
his favorite appellation of Grizzly. g
"And 80" said Grizzly Pete to me
one windy autumn day, and so you'd
like to- hear about old .stub-foot?' :"
acQuiesced. - $500, 49,. s.s,.s;,
Got any chewin' ~ inquired ePete. %
I silently shunted him a plug Of
navy. Biting of in the neighborhood
of three and one-half inches of this,
he said: "Well, reckon there never
was sech bear hunt before nur after
wards. This here Teller that went
out with me after 'Stub.foot.. had
heard of this bear there hack east,
and he'd made up his mind Ter to
kill him er git killed hisself. His
name, the feller's, not the bears. was
De Pyster, rhymes with oyster, don't
1t, Reginald De Pyster, and allow
he was dead game, even If he did
carry his name In sections like these
canoes the fishermen pack over the
trails with one Teller carryin' the
front and t'other the back of it. I for.
got to say that his reel name was
Reginald. De. .Pyste r;:Qe Pyster. but I
got him to leave half Of it when I
told him the cook might object to it
all when it came to calm us to
meals. Z He was; q Reasonable Teller,
this Reginald De double Pyster, and
l liked him.
'.Well. sir, he showed up here one
afternoon In the Mariposa stage. and
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27
He Told the Truth.

Judge-You have been sworn, sir. IL
behooves you to tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the
truth.
Lawyer Ito client who has seated
himself in the witness chair)-Did you
present your bill to the defendant for
payment?
Client did
Lawyer-And what did the defend.
ant say?
Clientele told me to go to the
devil!
Lawyer-Then what did you do?
Client went to you!-Judge.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

Hides and Furs Tanned for Robes,
Goats or. Rugs. Send for Price List to
Taubert Tannery, Minneapolis, MINI.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

PILES CURED IN TO Il DAYS.
PAzO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case
Of Itching Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles In
6tO IL days or money refunded. 60c.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

Success seldom comes to man who
isn't expecting it.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

ONLY ONE sBROMO QUININE"
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUINlNE. Look 70
the signature Of =. ". GROv6. Used the Work
over to Cure Cold in One Day. 80.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

Many man is buried in oblivion
long before he is dead.