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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-21
QUIZ BOYS AND GIRLS.
AMUSEMENT AND INFORMA-
TON FOR YOUNG FOLKS.

Betsy bakers birthday Picnic and How
Uncle Jim's Collie Became u Hcro--A
Pretty Needle Cs.so to he Made without
sowing-why She Cried.
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why she Cried.

Mother-What have you dons to
your little sister?
Boy-Nothing.
Then what is she crying for?"
''She's cryin' because she can't
think of anything to cry for."~-Pear-
sons Weekly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-21

e The rock of Gibraltar is an exact
representation Of lion lying in rest
ing position
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-21
WOMAN AND HOME.
CURRENT HINTS AND SUCCESS
TIONs FOR HOUSEWIVES.

Some New Designs In woman's Wear
Ing Apparel Small Giris-soms
Recipes for the Culinary Department
Notes of Fashion.
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matches to perfection. An oblong-
shaped tab of the holland is fastened
back, near the waist line, by unusu-
ally large pearl buttons. The gown is
exceedingly chic.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-08
TWO DAYS.

BY KATE W. HAMILTON.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-08
STOCK.

Corn stalks and straw in their original
state are not readily and completely
eaten by animals. There is a minimum
waste when cut, and the finer portions
mixed with feeds of a known relish.
This adds to the palatability and diges-
tibility of the food, and palatability is
an essential item in feeding. When fed
whole. one-half the food in them is
wasted. 1t may not pay farmer to in
vest in machinery for cutting them up.
but two or three in a neighborhood
might do so; there is no question but
that an increase Of food equal to two or
three tons of hay would soon pay for the
machine.
All stock like some green food in win
ter. and it pays to SOW rye for pasture,
especially this year. when all stock food
will be dear. In open winters it fur.
nishes food nearly all the time; it is
hardy, growing wherever the surface Of
the ground is not frozen, and in the
spring makes q large amount Of feed
before the other grasses have started.
About II pounds Of pork will be OBJ
tanned from feeding a Dushel Of wheat
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-08
TRIBUTE TO ROBBERS.

Collectors OF old coins and people who
are over three-score years old may re-
mem her the old United States one-cent
piece bearing the motto: millions for
Defense; Not Penny for Tribute"
which was extensively circulated early
in the present century. One of the
principal incidents that led to the adop
ton of this legend-which seems singu-
larly out of place on an American coin,
especially just after the United States
had achieved it's independence of Great
Britain-occurred one hundred and nine
years ago. when the United States mer-
chant ship Dauphin. of Philadelphia,
was seized near the straits of Gibraltar
by warship of Algiers, and her crew
and passengers we're thrown into Muss
ulman bondage to await an exorbitant
ransom. About the same time the
American trading vessels Maria. of Bos-
ton, and Minerva, of New York, also were
seized in the Mediterranean. and their
people met similar fate, making total
of 112 American citizens in danger of
being sold into the slave marte Of the
east. At that time the United States
was without a single ship of war or naval
officers or navy yards. The cause of
this unprotected condition of the coun.
try was the strong opposition to per-
manent navy as we'll as to standing
army, and congress resorted to the plan
of paying an annual tribute to the semi
barbarous powers of North Africa, 30
there would be no further molestation of
our commerce in the Mediterranean
twenty-five of the prisoners we're ran
somed by the government for about
sixty thousand dollars, while the others
died in captivity or were ransomed by
their friends. In short time the annual
tribute from the United States amount
ed to over one million dollars, when the
Economists" in congress realized that
the tribute was far exceeding the cost of
maintaining a navy. Then the cry
millions for Defense; Not Penny for
Tribute" was raised and did not a little
toward securing the appropriation for
the first group of war vessels that made
the United States navy famous. These
we're the Constitution, United States,
President. Constellation. Congress and
Chesapeake.-N y. Tribune.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-08
THE GLOOMY THANKSGIVING.

/ as in the year 1921. just a century
ate. The first New England Thanksgiv
ing, that the people of "old Boston town
celebrated what has gone into history as
the GLOOMY Thanksgiving" the saddest
day they have ever had.
AT this time the Governor of the prov
ince of Massachusetts Bay was the Hon.
Samuel Shute. man hated and de-
spised by the people. for even as early as
1921 the New Englanders we're stirred by
the wrongs they suffered under the
King, George l., and the royal governors,
who were only too glad to carry out his
oppressive measures. Samuel Shute
was high Tory, while the legislature of
the colony, chosen by the people, was in
direct opposition to him, and this diff
ference in principles led to constant con-
fiicts. The Governor, on coming into
power, devoted himself to enforcing the
arbitrary acts of the English Parliament,
in breaking up the profitable commerce
in lumber, on the ground that all the
fine trees must be saved for the Kings
navy. So. to day, in some of the oldest
forests in Massachusetts, trees can be
found marked with the broad arrow that
denoted royal ownership.
So matters went from bad to worse.
the council at last refusing to vote more
than mere pittance for the Governor's
salary. But better things were in store
for them. for the new King soon came to
the throne Of England and new Gov.
eFnOr to Massachusetts, Bay, who proved
far more acceptable than Samuel Shute
had been, and this Governor now set to
work to help the people, while Samuel
Shute returned glOomny to England.
missed and respected by none.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-08
FARMING IN CHINA.

Apart from the yellow Lands of the
Hoang-h which need no manure. the
arabic regions of China seem to have
maintained their fecundity for over four
thousand years, entirely through the
thoughtful care of the peasantry in re-
storing to the soil. under another form.
all that the crops have taken from it.
The blowing of the Chinese is very poor.
They scarcely do more than scratch the
surface of the ground with their bent
stick plows. wooden tooth drills and
wicker-work harrows; and instead Of
straight lines, so dear to the eye of the
western farmer, the ridges and burrows
are as crooked as serpents. The real
secret of their success seems to lie in
the care they take to replenish the SOIL
All the sewage of the towns is carried
out every morning at daybreak by
special coolies, to be preserved for man.
ure; while the dry herbs, straw, roots
and other vegetable refuse, are econo-
mixed with the greatest care for fuel.
The Chinese peasant offsets the rude
ness Of his implements with manual
skill. He weeds the ground so carefully
that there is scarcely leaf above the
ground that does not appertain to the
crop. All kinds of pumps by hydraulic
wheels are worked, either by the hand,
animals, or the wind. The system Of
tillage. therefore. resembles market
gardening rather than the broad method
Of cultivation common in Europe and
America The land is too valuable tC
be devoted to pasture, and the forests
nearly ev erywhere have been sacrificed
to tillage to such an extent that the ma
terial for the enormously thick native
collins has now to be imported from
abroad.-The Century.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-08
NAPOLEON AT BRIENNE.

On New Years day. ITS. the Bona
parties arrived at Autun. For three
months the young Napoleon was trained
in the use of French. Prodigy as he was,
the difficulties Of that elegant and pol
ished tongue were ecarcely reached. II
was with a most imperfect knowledge
Of their language and sadly defective
pronunciation that he made his appear
ance among his future schoolmates at
Brienne. There were $50 of them, al
though the arrangement and theory Of
the institution had contemplated only
100. Of whom half were to be founda.
TONERS. The instructors were Minim
priests. and the life was as severe as il
could be made with such a clientage IN
der half educated ard inexperienced
monks. In spite Of all efforts to tho
contrary, however, the place had an air
Of elegance. There was a certain
schoolboy display proportionate to the
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pocket money of the young mobiles and a
very keen discrimination among them
selves as to rank, social quality and rela-
tive Importance. Those familiar with
the ruthlessness OF boys in their treat
ment Of one another can easily conceive
what was the reception of the new
conner, whose nobility was unknown and
unrecognized in France, and whose
means were of the scantiest
1t appears that the journey from Cor
sica through Florence and Marseilles
had already wrought marvellous change
in the boy. Napoleon's teacher at Au-
tun described his pupil as having
brought with him sober. thoughtful
character. He PLAYED with no one and
took his walks alone. But he was apt
and vain of his aptitude. In three
months he learned the rudiments OF
French, to use common phrases with
some fuency. and to write easy exer-
cises.
The boys of Autun, says Able Char
don, on one occasion brought the sweep.
ing charge of cowardice against all in
habitants of Corsica in order to exasper-
ate him. "If they had been but four to
one" was the calm. phlegmatic answer
OF the ten year old boy, "they would new
er have taken Corsica, but when they
we're 10 to 1"-"But you had fine gen.
eral-Paoli," interrupted the narrator.
Eyes, SIRE" was the reply. uttered with
an air of discomfort and in the very en-
bodiment of ambition: II would much
like to emulate him." The description
of the untamed faun as he then appeared
is not fattering-his complexion sallow,
his hair stiff, his figure slight. his ex-
preston lusterless. his manner insignifi-
can't Moreover he spoke broken French
with an italian accent.
During his sons preparatory studies
at Autun the father had been busy at
Versailles with further "supplications,"
among them one for supplement from
the royal purse to his scanty pay as del
egate; the other for the speedy settle
ment of his now notorious claim. The
former of the two was granted not mere
ly to NJ de Bonaparte, but to his two
colleagues, in view of the excellent be-
havior"- otherwise subserviency- the
Corsican delegation at Versailles. When
in addition the certificate of Napoleon's
appointment finally arrived, and the
father set out to place his son with
proper outfit in his new school. he had
no difficulty in securing sufficient money
to meet his immediate and pressing
necessities, but more was not forthcom.
ing.-Professor Sloane's life of Ma
poleon." in Century
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-08
The Tyrant Potato.

Mrs. Rorer evidently indorses Marion
Harland's view Of the "tyrant potato"
Says the former: Life is too short to be
spent in digesting potatoes. never eat
them in any form. You might as we'll
put pieces of mica into your stomach as
fill it with Saratoga chips" 1t is I'M
doubtedly true that In many households
nowadays the potato habit is much les
sened. Time was when potatoes fried
for breakfast. baked for luncheon and
mashed or plain boiled for dinner was
the logical course of table events in al
most every we'll regulated family The
breakfast cereal has practically banished
it from the FIRST meal OF the day, it is
often absent frem the luncheon board,
and it is really only at dinner that it is
apt 10 be in perennial evidence. A dish
Of boiled rice or samp or baked hominy
will be found an excellent substitute for
the berated Irish tubeT. which. while
not perhaps guilty Of all the indictments
against il, might well be relegated to an
occasional rather than an everlasting
appearanee.-Nel0 York Times.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-08
THE SOULS RICHES.
BY ALEXANDER SMITH.
We must reverse

We must reverse
The plans of ages. Let the body sweat;
So that the soul be calm, why should 1t work;
Say. had 1 spent the pith of halt my life,
And made me master of our English law,
What gain had on resurrection morn
But such as hath the body of clown.
That 1t could turn somerset on earth?
single soul is richer than all worlds
Its acts are only shadows of itself,
And of its wondrous wealth is all unknown:
IT'S like mountain range, whose rugged sides
Feed starve cling fiocks of sheep-pierce the bare
sides
And they ooze plenteous gold. We must go
down,
And work our souls like Mines make b, oks
our lamps,
Not shrines to worship it; nor heed the world
Let 1t 60 roaring past You sigh for Fame
Wouldst serve as long as Jacob for his love,
So you might win her2 Spirits calm and still
Are high above your order, as the stars,
Sit large and tranquil DER the restless clouds
That weep and tighten. pelt the earth with hail,
And fret themselves away. The truly great
Rest in the knowledge of their own deserts,
Nor seek the confirmation of the world.
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scription. They were on the water,
winding in and out around the fairy
like island with its rose gardens and
nodding lily-bells, when strains soft
and sweet announced the beginning
of another concert at the Music Hall,
and called them back to spend the
last hour there. Many with limitless
time and money to expend upon the
Fair did not gain half the pleasure
that those two crowded into their
brief stay.
81 didn't want to stay any longer.
Seems as if l couldn'tho any more"
the old man said as they journeyed
homeward. He was so still all the
evening after reaching the farm house,
that some remorseful twinges began
to mar Milly's satisfaction.
"You have given me the happiest
time / ever had in all my life, Uncle
Pete," she said with her hand on his
shoulder. 81 only hope it hasn't cost
you too much"
He aroused at that.
mo, no, child! Never think such
thing! You needn't think l want
any of the things 1 was saving for.
I've got little idea now what I'm
going forward to-"
Aunt Susan, upon her return, heart
lily sanctioned the expedition.
"I'm glad you had the chance,
Milly. felt sort of mean about
your missing it, that's a fact. but l
didn't see any way to manage" she
said. But when she learned for what
Uncle Pete's savings had been in
tended, her approval deepened to
pleasure.
Another fiddle? Dolet's be thank
full he spent it! That old ones been
about all / could put up with and l
don't know how I'll ever stand an
other"
But new one never came, and the
old one was not touched again. All
the farther past faded away, and
Uncle Pete lived only in the memory
of those late hours of delight. The
few fragile earthroots were loosened,
and he fancied the music that had
so thrilled him was a call from the
higher country. He lay quietly in
his room one sunny morning-so
quietly that they thought he had
slept himself away-but at the last
his eyes flashed wide open upon
Milly.
Don't you ever be sorry we went.
Twas most like heaven-those two
days-only missed Hannah. But l
know I'll have her now in the other
White City."-AdUance.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-08
POULTRY.

One who has waste pasture, swamp or
bog land, which will grow grasses or
clover, pond or running water where
aquatic vegetation fourishes, might do
we'll to try flock of geese. A stream is
not necessary. as they will do quite as
we'll upon dry pasture if clean drinking
water is furnished them, but in the
former case they will procure much of
their sustenance from the water.
Market gardeners and dairymen are
particularly well suited for the handling
of poultry with profit. The former have
much spare time in winter; the latter go
among this best customers in the town
every day. Keep strict account of re-
ceipts and expenditures. The droppings
at rs cents barrel, will go long way
toward paying for the feed.
There is no better way of disposing
of the small potatoes than to feed them
to the chickens. Do not overfeed. and
do not feed them alone, nor oftener than
every second day. If fed too many their
eggs will have light colored yolks, which
feed of corn, corn meal or clover hay
will remedy. Food which makes yellow
butter will make yellow yolks.
The refuse screenings from the wheat
bin or the corn crib will not do to de.
pend upon; might as well expect COW
to do we'll and make good butter when
fed on mouldy hay. The chickens should
have a good meal now and then Of
ground wheat. barley meal. or other va
riety that we know will supply the sus-
tenance and materials they need for do
ing good work.
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landscape long before it had passed
down the lane and turned into the
road. There was such choking in
her throat that she could not answer
the good byes cheerilly called back
to her, and as soon as the great
syringa bush hid her from sight, she
dropped down on the step and let her
tears have their way.
II did so want to go It's the one
chance of lifetime, and | must miss
it'll" she sobbed when there was no
one but the great Maltese cat to hear,
Folks coming from all over the
world to see the Fair, and l, only
fifty miles away, can't go"
The rest of the family had gone.
"There were reasons that made it
more convenient for them to CO." as
Aunt Susan truthfully said. Sophie
and George had an invitation of six
months standing to spend fortnight
at cousin Caroline's during the Elk
position. Aunt Susan and Uncle
Nathan had been urged to visit the
formers brother and view the sights
with his family, and where they went
little Lizzie must go, of course. But
there was no invitation for Milly; the
uncles and cousins were not hers, and
could not be expected to include her.
She was only distant relative of
Uncle Nathan's, and indebted to his
kindness for home. She had said
little of her great desire because
she had felt from the first that
it would be useless The comforta-
BILE old farmhouse was not the abode
of wealth, and it had taken careful
planning to provide for the outfit and
expenses of the others.
But it's always the way" said
Milly dolefullY. "There's enough of
everything nice to go most round,
but it always gives out before it gets
to me-alwaysl / don't mean they're
cross and selfish" with little spasm
of compunction at her honest young
heart, "but-oh, DEAR l wish wasn't
just 1ean-to'9"
Uncle Pete was responsible for that
expression. Often when MiIly came
to him with some girlish grief he
would reply: "That's so, little girl,
that's so; things amt jest the way
we'd like them, but then they're pref
ty good to us-considering you see,
you and ] aren't exactly part of the
building; we'er only lean-to"
Uncle Pete was not going to the
Fair. No one had thought of such a
thing, least of all himself; and when
he had driven the merry wagon-load
to the village where they were to take
the train, he turned the horses home
ward with no sense Of deprivation. 1t
was only when he saw Milly's heavy
eyes and flushed cheeks that he grew
regretful.
Its too bad Milly; but you see
we can't all have everything" he re-
marked by way of consolation.
"But, Uncle Pete, l did want this
so much" she answered with the.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-08
AOIN' WIMMEN'S vOTIN'
BY HOSEA BIGELow REDIvIvUs.

I'm for lettin' wimmen vote,
If they'll allus vote as do;
And not swamp our party boat
Cuttin' up some plaguy dido.
But it's Jest as like as not,
When the spiles were fairly bilin'
They would overset the pot,
All the party porridge spilin'.
They would vote themselves more pay
Vote agin' the social evil.
Allus vote In their own way,
Vote agin' the very Devil.
They would vote for better schools,
They would vote agin' free liquor,
They would vote us down as fools,
And at poor rummies smoker.
So let's keep 'em where they are.
plague take them. Mrs. LeasesD
II you wouldn't have 'em tear
All our sacred rights to pieces.
N. Y. Voice
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LILY stood on the porch
and made a pretense of
watching the wagon roll
away, but her eyes were
SO dim with tears that
she could scarcely see it,
and it had become only
a moving blur on the
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-13
Market,ng small Load..

The waste OF time in marketing
small loads OF p oduce is enormous
with many farme s, They often act
as if their time had no. app eciable
value, hitching up a single horse and
light wagon To draw 10 market what
sometimes little more than pays
their expenses while away from
home. 1t is often common for farm
ers who have business in the city or
village to put up some kind OF a pro-
duce TO sell for the purpose Of pay
ing expenses This may be a ne
cessity occasionally, but the ten
den y is TO make the pract &C OF go
ing 90 market with a light load a
habit. IL is one that few farmers
can afford to acquire. The time
spent on the road is lost 40 far as
farm improvement goes. There is no
farmer who cannot If he will ind
profitable employment on his farm at
nearly all seasons OF the year.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-13
AGulterations in = eds.

To detect authorizations in seeds
we must use the sieve, water and
microscope, says Professor Blount OF
Colorado. Hot water dissolyes pow.
der and dirt aud washes off the
cOloring matter. The sieve makes
the separation Of the true seed from
the impurities, ard tie microscope
discovers the shape, natural indenta-
tiOns, prOtuberan cs and d~iscolora-
tions. TO determine the vitality Of
the seed put 10 or 100 inside OF three
or tour sheets Of blotting paper,
which wet and keep where it will be
warm all the time. and in the dark.
In ten hours radish will terminate,
cabbage in eighteen, wheat in
twcnty-six and corn in thlrty-two
hours. Thes" rules are simple and
will cost nothing. They may save
YOU much.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-13
Arsenic In Wall Paper.

= II is generally known that arsenic
enters into the colOring Of many kinds
of cheap wall papers, and some OF the
better grades also, writes w. L. Pond
In the Ladies' Home Journal. These
are generally, but not always, OF hues
in which green predOminates, and are
very injurious to health. The first
symptoms Of arsenical poisoning are
headache pains in the eyes at the
back Of the pupil, itching, and gener-
ally nausea OF the stomach, all OF
which are liable to be the result Of
living in a room with wall paper on
the walls which is im%pregnated with
arsenic 4 simple but etlectual test
will immediately 10 ate the presence
of the mineral, aud every housewife
should have the necessary knowledge.
Take a small piece OF the suspected
paper and lay it In "A watch glass, or
10 a porcelain spoon, pour over II
enough solution OF the household am
monia 10 cover it. let it stand a few
minutes, and then drop in a piece OF
nitrate OF silver lunar or stick caus'
tic and if a yellow precipitate form,
as il disSolyes there is arsenic pres.
ent, and the paper should be re
jected If the n trate OF silver diS
solves without yellow appearing there
il no arsenic, and nc trouble need bt
apprehended.
The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-13

good molasses. This was a time
when American commerce was cut
of by the British, and New England
farmers were dependent upon their
own for sweets. 1t IS pos
sible that a considerable part OF the
molasses in those days was for dis.
tilling into rum Mrs. Adams writes
that very good syrup was made for
this purpose by boiling the Juice
from ground cornstalks. The stalks
were stripped and II, en- TO the cattle,
the old fashioned idea being elidently
that they made "a better feed than
the cOarser stalks.