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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02
SOME VALUABLE HINTS.
How to Raise Peach and Plum Trees
from the Pits.

from the Pits.
A. j. Keller, Crawford county, o.,
writes to the National Stockman:
Please inform me through the columns
of your valuable paper how to raise
plum and peach trees from the pits;
how to treat the pits and when TO plant
them; and when to transplant the trees,
and how to treat them to make them
bear fruit.
Reply: The pits do better not to dry
out. AS soon as possible after they
are taken from the fruit they should
be put In damp earth or sand and kept
moderately damp-not water-soaked
until planted. They are less trouble
when planted in the fall as soon as the
| ground can be got ready. Covered with
about two inches of soil, the exposure
to the frost will crack the shells and
| the kernels will be ready to grow with
the approach of spring.
If not convenient to plant in the fall,
they can be kept covered with few
inches of soil in n corner of the gar
den where water will not stand per-
manently. But they must be looked
after very early in. spring in order to
pick out the ones that have opened and
plant them.
This tendency to start early before
the ground is ready to receive them
has induced some to bury them below
the action of frost-two or two and a
half feet-and when ready for them in
| spring, take them up and crack by hand,
a somewhat tedious process.
In planting the seeds, in either case
they should be pretty thick in the rows,
as they Will not all grow. The rows
may be about four feet apart, and with
cultivation every ten days or so during
the growing season they will make nice
trees by fall.
| 1t will be understood, of course, that
all these will vary more or less from
the present varieties, and that their
sole value-except where seedlings of
n certain sort are specially desired by
way of experiment-will be as stocks
on which to bud the choice varieties.
When the budding has been success
full the buds treated according to in
structions will have grown to be four
or more feet high by the end of the Sec
ond summer and may be set out in the
orchard. But peach, plum and cherry
do better transplanted in the spring.
AS to the bearing, much depends on
the varieties, some being more certain
than others; and all must take the
chances of unfavorable seasons.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02
Autumn Work in the Garden.

A garden cannot be had without
extra effort. Cover it with manure
this fall and work the manure into the
soil. No value can be placed on gar
den because it provides something
which money cannot always secure
fresh fruits and vegetables for the
family. No doubt, one can buy all the
small fruits and vegetables required,
but they cannot be had in the fresh
condition as when they are transferred
from the garden to the table in q few
minutes. Prepare for the garden by
the use of plenty of manure now, so as
to have it thoroughly decomposed by
spring.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02
Can't Afford Poor Mixers.

Every COW of a dairy herd should be
examined through Babcock tester
The milk should be weighed and tested
so that the Improbable COW should be
known and weeded out from the herd
Farmers can't afford to keep cows for
dairy purposes which do not yield
quantities of butter or cheese pretty
well up to standard record. Both la
Dor and feed must be wasted II the
cows which give less than average
quantity of butter fat or casein arenot
turned over to the butcher.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02
AtInntn and tho South.

The Chicago and Eastern Illinois II. II. will
during the timeof the Exposition at Atlanta
Sept Is, TO Dec. 81, 1875, offer exceptionally
fine service between Chicago aud the South.
A low rate ticket will be sold, and through
cars run TO all southern points. This is 81
miles the shortest route to Atlanta, Chhtta-
nooga and the South.
For guido to Atlanta and the Exposition
address c. w. Humphrey, Northwestern
Passenger Agent. St Paul, Mimi, or City
Ticket Ofilce, 23O Clark St, Chicago Charles
l.. Stone, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

cool. 1t supports four pals which can
be raised and lowered by means of one
small windlass. l have used this for
several years and find it quite satisfac-
tory. Stock is watered from this well.
A pump is placed close to the wall, and
as the well is a large one does not inter
fere with the raising or lowering of the
milk pails.-M. III. Whitney, in Amer
lean Agriculturist.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02
rrlns Itndcrtnl,cn FOR Menlth.s sake

VIII be rendered more beneficial, and the
fatigues of travel counteracted, II the voy-
ager will take along with him Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, and use that protective
and enabling tonic, nerve invigorant ana
appetizer regularly, Impurities IN ar ana
water arc neutralized by it, and its a match
less tranqullizer and regulator Of the stom-
ach. liver and bowels. IL counteracts mala-
ria, rheumatism, and q tendency to kidney
and bladder ailments.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

.'DIp you enjoy tho concert, Mrs. Barbcrl"
'They wasn't any. A man came out and
banged u pianner, while his wife stood be-
side him shrickin' ut him all the time.
the woman for interfcrin'." Harper's
Dazar
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

seems to have benefited you" Bilkns-
at has made different man of me-" Soft
ly--' Ia that sol Then what has become Of
tho man loaned ten dollars to when you
left the cityf'
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02
Mcy,cker,s Theater, Chicago.

November the 'Twcntieth Century Girl"
will commence an engagement. A spec
tacuar farce which contains some OF tho
best vaudeville people on the stage.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

Hu,yp-.I wonder why Mrs. Longtonc
dismissed her old family physician and
called in DR. Sugarpill." falset-"Old br
Barnes advised her 10 take two.nile walk
every day, and keep her lips tightly closed"
-Pittsbulgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

BEEcuAM's PILLS for constipation 10c and
25c. Get the book (freel atyour druggists
and 60 by it. Annual sales 100000 boxes.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

"DID Your father get away to the country
this summer, Harry!' "No, sir He was
too busy to take q vaccination this year."
said Harry. Harpcr's Bazaar.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

ALL science rests on basis Of faith, for
1t assumes the permanence and uniformity
of natural laws.-Tryon Edwards.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

"Do You remember, Julian, why they shot
poor Saint Sebastian so full OF arroWsW
tCauso they hadn't any gun."-Life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02
FOR COOLING MILK.

A Simple Continuance Suitable for Use on
Small Dairy Farms.
The accompanying illustration repre-
sents device by which vessels contain
ing milk can be hung in well and kept
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

SYMPATHY sometimes grows tired, but
never gets crippled in both feet.-Young
Mems Era.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

TEAcuER-"Danny, define the word max
imnm'' Danny--"It's-its de limit
indianapolis Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

II might control the literature of the
household, would guarantee the well-being
of tho church and state. Bacon.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02
GREENHOUSE MELONS.

How They Are Grown at the Cornell Ex-
pertinent Station.
A recent bulletin issued by the Cor
nell University Experiment station
treats on the subject of growing winter
melons. Prof. Bailey thinks that while
the melon is admittedly the most diff
cult vegetable crop to mature in the
winter months, it can no doubt often be
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

'WUAT is that place down therep asked
she OF one of the officers. "Why, that Is
the stceragc,n answered he. "And does it
take all those people to make the boat go
straiphtli- Iit-Bits
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

The acme of politeness was reached by Q
mining superintendent who posted placard
reading: ''Plcase do not tumble down the
shaft, n-Tit-Bits,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02
scb,IIer Theater. Chicnro.

Beginning Oct. 2S, Minnie Maddcrn Fiske
IN new play by Alphonse Daudet and Leon
Henrique, entitled 'Thc Queen Of Liars"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

CIvILITY costs nothing, but buys every
thing.-Lady Nj. W. Montague.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02
Now.

Kisses set not upon my frigid brow,
Nor on my mouth too cold and dumb to
speak,
Nor wash with sorrows tears my marble
cheek
But II such love abide express II now,
That may each with answering love endow.
In life long to feel sweet kiss breath,
But worthless such expressions when In
death.
Like flowers dropped upon the ice or snow,
A wasted gift that had the power TO bless.
Oh. IL you'd kiss me. do 1t here and nowl
If kind, slumbcrlng thought OF me doth
bow
press
For utterance. listen TO that pleading voice
Aud bid n living. waiting heart roiolce
Rev L. c. Littell I'm Chicago Record.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

HousEEEErER -"Your milk IL ~ thin rs
water to-dny.n Millanan well, mum, 1t
was foggy this morning when we MIXED"
PUCK.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
az n Cough medicine u NJ. ADRoTF, 8eS
Seneca ST., Buffalo, N. r., Mny 8, 1884.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-02

VERSE sweetens toll, however rude tho
sound. clifford.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-02-22
Encouraging, Yes, But

Press dispatches announced the re.
opening of the Champion iron mine in
Michigan. Resumption of operations
in this mine, which has been inactive
for the last two years, is pointed to by
the free traders as an encouraging sign
for the iron industry of the country.
This mine was closed two years ago
because of the pending tariff changes
which the free trade party assured the
working people of the country would
be in their interest. Those changes
have been enacted into law, but in
stead of benefits the very gravest evils
have resulted.
The Champion mine resumes work,
but with very substantial reduction
of wages. 1t is time that the iron in
dustry of the country, SO long pros
trate, should begin to hold its head
up, even under an enforced lower
scale of prices and wages, but it is in
order also for every miner in the land
to point to his lower place in the pict-
ure as condition into which he was
treacherously enticed by "the party of
perfidy and dishoner, and to resolve
that he shall never again trust his in
terests with the unfaithful and ire
sponsible free traders.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-02-22
FREE TRADE TRICKS.
CRAFTY ATTEMPTS TO CREATE
REPUBLICAN DISCORD.

Trying to Mako Protection Leaders
Show Their Hands in Advance
A Vast Improvement Upon the
German Bill Will BE Made When
the Party Of Protection Again
Grasps the Reins Of Government.
1t is very shrewd game that the
free traders have been playing since
the November elections in calling upon
protectionist leaders to outline some
specific bill that will be passed in
place of the German bill. 1t is sort
of ''heads win tails you lose" game.
Whatever the answer on the part Of
protectionists, the free traders hope
to score point.
If protectionist leaders should be
beguiled into suggesting possible de.
tails, the free traders would at once
seize upon these suggested possibili-
ties as pledge of party action. If,
as would undoubtedly be the case,
protectionist leaders should disagree
in regard to some of the details, the
Iree traders would cry out that the
party was disunited and the leaders at
odds with one another. If, on the
other hand, the protectionists should
refuse to enter into details, the free
traders would be ready with a plausl-
BILE Interpretation Of such refusal.
For such Interpretation there has
been abundant opportunity. Protec-
ZIONIST leaders have in almost every
case refused to enter upon question
of details. They have deemed it quite
sufficient to state that, whatever the
details of new bill that should be
passed, it should be bill which
should have for its fundamental prin-
ciple the protection of American in
dustries.
HiBut the free traders have professed
to see, in this refusal Of protection
lists to give details, confession on
their part that they have nothing bet.
ter than the German bill to offer.
Absurd as such claim is, since there
would be difficulty in passing worse
bill, it is we'll. nevertheless, for pro-
tectionists to permit not the slightest
chance for doubt in regard to their
position. II the recent elections
meant anything, they meant denun-
citation of the German bill and disgust
with the whole free trade administra.
tion.
1t is we'll, then, for protectionists
to make it very clear that they will
have something better than the Cor.
man bill to offer, and that they intend
to enact bill which shall protect
American industries as soon as they
possibly can. Lot them, too, not
cease to emphasize the fact that the
present disaster and depression nre
due to the banesul effects of tariff re.
form, and that they have no intention
of '1etting the country rest" in the
midst of such evils, but that they mean
to place it again in the midst of such
prosperity as it enjoyed under the Mo
Kinley tariff. Let them, above all,
beware of all overtures and oil pro-
posals coming from the free trade
enemy's camp.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-02-22
Free Ships OF War.

It is reported from Washington that
Congress will probably pass an appro-
priation authorizing the construction
of three new ships of war for the
American navy. This viii! be inter-
estlng news to the owners of foreign
shipyards because. should the Fithian
bill become law, there will be nothing
to prevent the construction of vessels
for the American navy in any other
country. The United States Treasury
may thus be enabled to save o little
money, which it sorely needs just now,
by placing these contracts abroad
where labor is 80 much cheaper than
in the United States. Any question
Of protection to American labor, or
to the American shipbuilding indus
try, will not be considered by the
present Administration, which Is de.
void even of American pride.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-02-22

to Wellington Hall, where they made
night of it with the gen iul proprie'
tor. Before morning they had dis
posed Of the entire crop of barley.
Charley Washington died in 1855
and the neglected farm passed into
other hands. Wellington Hall is 9
frame dwelling, painted white, and
with the outbuildings is in good re.
pair. A lane, lined with poplars,
which the railroad crosses. connects
it with the Richmond turnpike. From
Wellington to Mount Vernon the dis.
tance is five miles, the last station
being Riverside Park, at Little Hunt
ing Greek, which stream divided the
old River Farm of Washington's map
from the Mansion House Farm. A
mile beyond this creek the car stops
at the gates of Mount Vernon. By
this route there is no more climbing
the steep hill from the wharf, but the
visitor enters the grounds at the foot
of the western lawn and walks up o
long tagged path through the trees to
the near side of the old mansion.
MOUNT VERNON.
1t is not given to the average visitor
to the home of Washington to see all
the beauties of the place. Much less
can he know the details of the home
life of the great proprietor, or under
stand the splendor of his former en-
vironment. The visitor goes through
the old mansion. He looks into the
little, stuffy rooms with their odd and
incongruous mixture of old and up-to-
date furniture. He gazes at the
elegant and extremely modern tinted
and gold frescoes, at the rich and
brilliant Persian rugs with which the
ladies of the association have covered
the floors, and he finds it difficult to
imagine this the homo of the i'm
mortal Washington. To most visitors
it seems a great pity that there has
been such an effort made to impress
the public with the fact that Wash
ington led q luxurious life by means OF
the rich and modern trappings they
have smuggled into the old mansion.
The splendor Of Washington's life at
Mount Vernon was reflected by his
broad acres. by his great farming
operations, by his hundreds of slaves,
including artisans and mechanics OF
all kinds, by the wealth of his
hospitality and the magnificence Of
his military and official career. There
were no frescoes of gilt and tints il
Washington's day-no wall paper,
even. There was nothing but white.
washed walls and ceilings. Nor were
there any Darghestan rugs or AK
minister carpets.
There is an outbuilding on the
grounds, which should have given the
well-meaning ladies hint as to what
the Father OF His Country useo to GOV
er his floors. The building is called
the "spinning-room," and in it is 9
great loom for weaving the good old
fashioned rag carpets Of our fore faith
ers.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-02-22
A Home Market for the South.

We are glad to see some faint glim.
meriEg comprehension in the young
but thoughtful editor OF the Colum.
bia Is. C.) Register as to the benefit
of the homo market to those who have
things to sell. He said, in very in
teresting editorial on the progress Of
manufactures in his State:
"The mills of Spartanburg County
are fourishing and are being steadily
added to. They furnish home mar
ket for the cotton raised by Spartan.
burg farmers, and everybody knows
the home market ia the best market
for cotton"
We would suggest \that this editor
philosophize a little. Let him ask
himself whether, the home market be-
ing best for cotton, is not probably
best for the products Of cotton. And
if for cotton and its products why not
for all the products Of our American
industries?
We are glad to see further tnat ben
efits from manufactures are general,
even to free traders apprehension.
Speaking of what the mills are doing
in their neighborhood our friend
said:
'They create good market for the
small products, the chickens. butter,
eggs, wood, meat and vegetables of
the Spartanburg farms. They set
afoat every week thousands of dollars,
in the way of wages, which flow in
arteries of trade and bring prosperity
to business"
The experience OF the East is fast
finding it's way South and we may yet
see that section of our country favor
able to the enactment of laws which
tend to promote those conditions
which in the main every intelligent
man desires.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-02-22
MOUNT VERNON.

various pilgrimages to attend sessions
of Congress in Philadelphia .or take
the oath of office as President. This
highway, too, used to resound the
hoof-beats of his thoroughbreds when
he made his tri-weekly visits to Alex
andria to attend church or look after
his business affairs. In later years
the old road resounded the tramp of
other hoofs, for it was over this thor
oughfare that the panic-stricken SOL
diery fled from Bull Run in 1861, and
rushed pell-mell, horse, foot, dragons
and unmounted across Long Bridge
into Washington. The last great
spectacle the old turnpike ever saw
was the march of Sherman's army,
which followed it on the march from
the South to Washington for the re-
view in 1865. Since that day the old
turnpike has borne nothing more ex-
citing or sensational than the farm
wagons and hayricks of old Virginia.
To the right, as the ''trolley"
crosses the bridge over Great Hunting
Creek, is Fort Lyons, the strongest of
all that great Gordon which protected
Washington in the war days. Near
Fort Lyons is the old home, still stand
ing, of the seventh Lord Fairfax
Rev. Brian Fairfax, who in Washing
toms day was rector OF Christ Church
OF Alexandria, of which Washington
was vestryman. The old church is
still one of the cherished landmarks in
Alexandria, and the edifice with Wash
ington's big square pew is carefully
preserved intact. Lord Fairfax's home
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-02-22
MOUNT VERNON.
WHERE GEORGE WASHINGTON
LIVED AND DIED.
Hundreds Visit the Historic Home.
stead Daily-The First President
Was an Extensive Farmer
Relics of the Rev olution.
YHE new and popular way of
making the great American

: making the great American
pilgrimage to the home and
G tomb of Washington is by
way of the ancient and quaint old town
of Alexandria, Va. For more than a
century the only means of communi-
cation with Mount Vernon by public
conveyance has been by the river.
Steamboats, have carried their hun
dreds of thousands of pilgrims to the
sacred spot, and though that route was
pleasant enough, it was slow, and up
to recent date expensive.
The new route is by way of Alexan-
dria and the new electric railway which
lands passengers in twenty minutes at
the very gates of Mount Vernon. And
it is beautiful and novel ride from
the quaint old town. The line leads
out of Alexandria on Fairfax street
and follows closely the river bank un-
til it crosses Hunting Creek, at one
time the northern boundary of the
vast Mount Vernon estate. Then it
cuts across the broad acres which
Washington cultivated before the Revo-
luton, and here and there crosses and
recrosses the old Richmond turnpike,
which in Colonial and Revolutionary
days was the main artery of travel be-
tween the North and South. From
the electric Car windows the eye can
ollow the old road for miles by the
rows of ancient poplars planted on
either side.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-02-22

many that are, strictly speaking, rel
les Of Washington. There is plenty
Of Colonial furniture, but Washing
ton never saw it. There are portraits,
engravlngs, etc., and valuable COL
lection of Washington's autograph
letters, which are mounted in the for
mer state dining-room. There are
two or three swords, suits of military
clothing, articles of camp eqlipage
q nd brown suit of clothes, the cloth
of which was woven on the place which
the General wore at his first inaugu-
ration as President.
After the death of Washington in
1899, followed two years later by the
death of his widow, the estate began
to go down. Washington had already
given 1000 acres to his adopted daugh.
ter, Nellie Custis, upon which she and
her husband, Lawrence Lewis, after
ward built the beautiful Woodlawn
mansion, located three miles below the
mansion at Mount Vernon. By his
will Washington left other large por-
tions of his estate to other relatives,
the homestead proper falling to the
share of Bushrod Washington, his
nephew, who afterward became an AS.
sociated Justice of the Supreme Court.
From Bushrod Washington it de-
scended to his grandson, John Angus.
tine Washington, who, in July, 1859.
sold the mansion and grounds to-
gether with 200 acres of land for the
rather munifcent sum of 5000, 900. II
was pretty hard bargain that Colonel
Washington drove, but he got away
with it. At the time the sale was
made the mansion and outbuildings
we're sadly run down. There was evil
dence of neglect on every side. The
broad acreage had diminished and
passed into other hands. The remain
der was largely given over to weeds
and underbrush. The soil was worn
out and no effort made to reclaim it.
Verify, the glory of Mount Vernon
had departed. About 1854 several
colonies of thrifty farmers from New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and
the New England States were formed to
buy and reclaim these wornout lands.
They bought tracts of from forty to
three hundred acres to each family
and by very much the same methods
that Washington used they have re-
habilitated the land so that now, out
of the original acreage of Mount YER
non, there is very little that is not
highly improved and worth $50 to
$500 per acre.