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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15
Proud of His Plaid.

Prof. Blackie frequently staid at my
house when lecturing in Glasgow. He
was always at his best when one had
him alone. One night when we were
sitting up together he said in his
brusque way: Whatever other
faults have / am free from vanity" An
incredulous smile on my face reused
him. you don't believe that; give me
an instance" Being thus challenged,
said: "Why do you walk about flour
ishing plaid contiuually?" "I'll give
you the history of that, sir. When I
was poor man, and when my wife
and had our difficulties, she one day
drew my attention to the threadbare
character of my surtout, and asked me
to order n new one. told her could
not afford 1t just then; when she went,
like noble woman, and put her own
plaid shawl on my shoulders, and I
have worn plaid ever since In mem
DRY of her loving deed!"-Good Words.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15

we are just that much better off. The
accompanying plan shows my method
of setting an orchard which will in
crease the number of trees one-third
and still give ample room Tor hauling
and gathering until the orchard is II
or IS years old. If they then interlap,
remove every other one, and you will
still have rs many as by planting As feet
apart in squares, and besides you will
have had ~ years use OF the trees
removed. have given much observa-
tion to and had some experience In
this matter, so IL l were to plant so
orchards l would follow the scheme
above outlined. My advice to every
young man is, plant In this manner,
cultivate well for five or six years,
branch the trees low, give them an an
nual topdressing and the orchard will
pay, other things being equal P
Polk, in Orange Judd Farmer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15


taken them because better ones were
too high, and in the days of the boom
one had to own some real estate.
Those were palmy days, Barnabee.
town was rebuilding. Men were wild
then. They bought and sold ground
that was not on the map, just as they
buy grain that has never been grown.
They owned lots and additions which
they did not take time to locate. twas
not worth while to look for them, for
they were often ten miles out and
overgrown with mountain shrubbery
While the buying, selling and rebuild
ing was going on, went on the market
one morning to find that around my
lots a new business district was about
to spring up. OF course it was wild
speculation, but IL gave that portion of
the city an opportunity to force the
market The value of those lots start
ed upward. could see her and me In
our happiness, with money to buy
more, every time the prices moved. /
forgot the fire and the distress 1t had
brought me. The northwest would re-
pay me and add to It, and would go
back to her. That time would not be
long, because men were alive In their
buying and selling. A thousand happy
dreams could / see coming true every
time the real estate quotations
changed. saw those lots growing In
value until 1t seemed as II they were
worth their weight In northwestern
gold. They were quoted higher and
higher. refused Si50,000 for them
They would 90 70 100000. Then !
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15
To rattsn Cattle Quickly.

To fatten cattle most rapidly at this
season of the year provide a pasture
with at least one acre Of grass for each
COW or steer. Begin with five pounds
Of cornmeal and one pound of crushed
oil cake for each animal. Increase the
feed by adding one pound of cornmeal
and one-half pound of oil cake daily
for two weeks. II corn is ground with
out the cob make mixture of three
parts meal and one part bran or mill
feed by weight A ration of twenty
pounds meal and bran, eight pounds
oil cake, with grass, water and salt,
will fatten the animals as rapidly az
heavier feeding. Iwould use nothing
but old process oilmeal.-D. W. Mott,
In American Agriculturist
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15
THE OYSTER is CLEANLY.
hut It Keeps It's House Tidy by Very Pc-
caliar System.

caliar System.
The oyster is particularly clearly
creature so far as his own person is
concerned. His notions of housekeep-
ing, however, are not such rs would
be likely to commend him to the favor
of New England housewife. He does
not like dirt, but his way of cleaning
house is to paint the dirt over instead
of sweeping it out. However, he is
not to blame for that. He does the
best he can to keep clean with the re-
sources at command.
An illustration of this method, which
is rather remarkable, may be seen at
some of the oyster counters just now.
1t is found particularly in Roclkaway
oysters. In the hollow of the shells
in many instances are dark blotches
the size of a finger nail, which look
not unlike blood blister. These
spots seem to be discolora-
ton In the shell. The nacreous
surface is unbroken over them,
though the black or dark blue places
bulge slightly above the surrounding
white shell. Touch these spots with
fork and they are easily broken into,
showing layer of shell of tissue paper
thinness covering small masses of mud,
which may be scraped away until, be-
meath, the ordinary white oyster-shell
is reached.
The explanation Of this phenomenon
is found in the weather of last winter.
There was a great storm off the south
shore of Long Island, which destroyed
many of the Rockaway oyster-beds by
filling them in with mud till the oys-
tiers were smothered and by tearing
the creatures from their fastenings.
Many other beds which were not de.
stroyed were somewhat disturbed by
the waves. That is the trouble with
some of the Rockaways seen new in
the market. The mud forced itself in
to their mouths and between the shell
and their delicate membranes. If
there is anything an oyster dis
likes it is sand and grit, irritating his
tender skin. It makes him feel as
badly as n man does with cinder un.
der his eyelid. He Is utterly unable to
eject the troublesome substance, so he
builds over 1t smooth layer of shell
and IL he is left long enough undis-
turbed he will have buried It beyond
sight In the wall of his house. The
mishap Of last season is too recent for
him to have done. that, 80 he Is found
with mud just covered with coating
of nacreous paint.
His method in this case Is exactly
the same as that followed by him in
making pearl. A bit of sand gets In
the folds OF his body where he can
not get 1t out, and he covers 1t with q
never-thickening layer of nscre that
It may not cut and annoy him. II It
Is not in contact with the shell II Is
found spherical body; II It touches
the shell 1t is gradually covered In
with Its growth, and 70 20 rendered
harmless. Y. Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15
Car. Of M,lh In summer.

Cleanliness in oil dairy operations n
of first Importance. Milk with dry
hands Keep the atmosphere in which
the milk must stand free from bod
doors Preserve the desirable fiavors IN
the cream. II the milk is wanted sweet,
lower the temperature as soon a. the
milk Is drawn from the COW TO jusA
above freezing II possible. Neglect Of
proper care of milk by patrons Is the
cause OF much trouble at the factosy
and results in like reduction In nst
proftA II pays 70 be honest
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15
p,rect Ios. from Poor Roads.

Although the methods of attaining
the result afford discrepant indications
as to the amount Of loss due to ill-kept
highways in Massachusetts,, they alike
clearly indicate that the direct loss 10
very great; probably amounts to somc-
where between five and ten million
dollars per snnum. Report Mass. Com
Highways
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15
THE HuMMlNG TOP.


The top It hummeth sweet. sweet song
To my dear little boy at play
Mcrrily singeth all day long.
As It spinneth and spinneth away.
And my dear little boy
He laughed with Joy
When he heard the monotone
or that busy thing
That lovcth to sing
The song that Ia all its own.
Hold fas. the string and wind 1t tight,
That the song be loud and clear;
Now hurl the top with all your might
Upon the banqucttc here;
And straight from the string
The joyous thing
Boundeth and spinneth along.
And 1t whirs and 1t chirrs.
And 1t birrs and IL purrs
Ever its pretty song
Will ever my dear little boy grow OLD,
As some have grown beforeg
VIII ever his heart feel faint and cold
When he heareth the songs Of yore?
VIII ever this toy
or my dear little boy,
When the years have worn away.
Sing sad and low
OF the long ago.
As It singeth to me to-day?
Eugene Field. IN Scr'bner.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15

ssttiuG Trees Close Together II aaid -
Hnve Some Advantages rs

1Anvo oomo advantages M
Some time since writer In your pa-
per advised planting apple trees - to
As feet apart, as this will prevent RI,
permit the apples to color up better,
etc. In part he was right, but In my
opinion he was on the whole wrong
In order to make an orchard profitable,
It is necessary TO have more trees ON ..
given amounted land than when placed
IS to As feet apart. II we can do this
and not injure the land, trees or fruit,
think we have made fair start to-
ward profitable commercial orchard
ing. While tree is young we get tho
best crops. The fruit is larger, moro
perfect, and less liable to rot. In thia
locality tree begins to fruit at tho
age of five or six years from planting.
The next 10 or ~ years the orchard In
in its prime, and II during this time
we can get one-th.rd more trees and
have one-third more fruit to market.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15

"Arey you having any moro trouble
with your corns. EmilyT' meekly In
quired Mr.. Winterbottom.
mo. they haven't hurt me any for tho
last day or So" replied his good WIFE,
With patient sigh Mr.. winterbot-
tom put his best razor back In its case
and tried another. 1t was as he had
suspected. Chicago Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
GOOD COUNTRY ROADS.

IL Takes . Great Deal Moro Than Talk 70
Secure Thorn.
know well enough. the kind of plan
the country is waiting for; 1t wants a
plan that will give 1t roads for moth
ing. No revolution of that kind Is
likely to occur. But IL does seem to
me, and has always seemed, that
settled and united policy Of employing
public prisoners ON the roads might
easily improve the trunk lines to be-
gin with for a minimum of cost
have urged this before often, for I
had seen how we'll 1t could be done.
Every county gaol should work in
unison on a trunk road through n
state. Very often one or more of the
county farms will own crushcr, but
If not good deal may be me in
breaking by using proper long-handled
hammers. AL the stone for the crack
British roads was so broken, and may
be Is yet, but then there was con-
tinuous system about 1t, while here
there is mono. There the stone heaps
are deposited along the roadsides
about 30 yards apart, and broken dur
ing December, to be laid on during fall
and winter.
They don't try to build road in n
few days that will last forty years
without attention.! They don't ballast
country roads from gutter to gutter 6
inches deep rs our splendid new road
architects do! They don't send two
horse teams along to pick up the stones
first. and then throw them off again
into the bitches as have seen done In
this very state! They don't let water
or even mud stay in rut, for they aim
to keep their roads without ruts! Ev-
cry drop of standing water is let out
of such little dcpressions as exist.
Some old fellow who does not want
to go to the poorhouse is given work
on each section (abont miles, OF road.
He does all the work except hauling.
A good road is first properly rounded
up, that is, sufficiently to throw the
water to the bitches and cutters.
Generally British roads are narrower
than here. perhaps 80 feet or so; in
such case in the country road gets
about an inch of stone in the fall, and
then the attendant with his wheel
STONE
a WALK 1vTTrUHTT osA,
~ s,.~ S W,
. 80 abaI-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15

barrow and hoe scraper does the rest,
keeping the gutter open and breaking
the stone piles, Il ought to say that
the stone piles are never more than Is
inches high and fat on top, so that
runaway team would pull over them,
and not knock their brains OUT in the
summer with long handled hammer,
and n piece Of netting over his face!
Practically this is the system all over
the British empire, and some parts of
Canada-which is in North America.
There is a section of British road
on the Lincolnshire marshes-which
were once far softer than the prairies.
The bitches are kept in order by adj
joining owners. The stuff from the
bitches built up the road. The bitches
are kept distiuct.-James Mcpherson,
in Landscape Architect.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-15
A NORTHWESTERN STORY
by LANNEs M'PHETRIDGE.

II Ely were In a
downtown restau-
rant having a din
ner and furnishing
up old times-were
Uste Barnabee and
Rich Hollan. A
high screen shell
tered them from
other diners, who
drifted in to the
tables and on t
again, and from
the ir w | n d o W S
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-05-08
Real Estate and Loans

The enlargement Of the LOAN Market
so as to cover the wants and necessities OF
the large number OF honorable people who
are not owners Of unincumbered Real
Estate was one OF the most necessary inno-
vations Of recent years. To many II has
meant relief from pressing claims at the
properly and honorably conducted this
business Is Of equally great importance
and value to the community as Building
and Loan Associations have proved them
selves to be.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-05-08
LADIES COLUMN.

Did you notice that we
made no mention of the ar
rival of the goods purchased
for us by Mrs. FIREMAN.
while OH her recent trip East?
There was a reason for it
and a simple enough one too,
if you will only stop to think.
You knew and everybody
else knew that we were going
to bring something into this
market that was new and
catchy. There was no H. ed
to advertise it, the judicious
buyers of Honolulu watch the
arrival of our goods, they
know that if there is anything
nice to be had We get it, in
fact that we set the pace on
New Goods, Stylish Goods,
at prices that are just right.
This week, in addition to
the regular run, we are going
to make a hole in our pile of
CoMFoRTERs!
CoMFoRTERs!!
While the counters loaded up
with
CoLoRED CoTroN Ducks,
CoLoRED CoTTON Ducks,
and
PIoUE, PIoUE, PIoUE,
will also be an attractive
feature.
B. r. EHLERS q co.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-05-08

The affidavits made by Walker
and Richard were as follows:
! hereby declare upon oath that
in order to obtain greater facilities
Tor employment, l did, at the sug-
gestion OF the late King Kalakaua,
sign a document which ! under
stood from the king would ensure to
me greater privileges as resident
in Honolulu and as the husband OF
a Hawaiian wife; but which he told
me would in no way affect my posi-
ton and rights as British subject,
had no knowledge whatever that
said document was the oath OF ALE
glance, l simply signed my name
in book before clerk in the De-
partment OF the Interior, and not in
the presence Of a magistrate OF
member OF the government.
(Signed) T. B. WALKER.
Signed and sworn to the 18th day
OF February, 1895, before me,
(Signed)
THOMAS RAIN WALKER,
British Vice. Consul,
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-05-08
MEETING OF THE COUNCILS.
Important Communication from the
British Commissioner.

Important Communication from the
British Commissioner.
The Executive aud Advisory Coun-
ellis held special session yesterday
afternoon. In the absence OF Mr..
Allen Councilman Tenney took the
chair
The Attorney 6 eneral introduced
a petition for the restoration OF
civil rights to j. NJ. Kamakina, con-
victed OF forgery in 1881, who has
since served his time. President
Dole stated that the Executive Couu-
Gil had considered the case and re-
commended that the petition be
granted and it was so ordered
President Dole submitted petit
ton from the liquor dealers Of the
city calling attention to the loss
they had experienced on account OF
martial law and asking Tor remun-
GRAFTON. Referred to the judiciary
committee.
This was all preliminary to the
real object OF the session which was
TO hear aud take action on an i'm
portant communication presented
to the Government by British Com
missioner Halves. This was present
cd by the Minister OF Foreign Al
fairs and was as follows:
Honolulu, 4th May, 1895.
Sir:-With reference to my dis
patch to you Of the 23d OF February
last on the subject OF the nationality
Of Messrs. Richard, Walker and
Hewett, in which l informed you
that / had decided to submit the
whole question to my government
aud await their decision, | have the
honor now to inform you that Lord
Kimberly has had under his careful
consideration the question OF the
nationality OF the above named men
aud has come to the conclusion that
ia the case Of Mr.. Hewett there is
no ground on which to support a
claim to British nationality, as he
appears to have made the proper
application, given the requisite
proof and obtained a certificate Of
Hawaiian nationality. The case Of
the other two men has, however,
been viewed differently.
His lordship states that they do
not appear to have voluntarily and
knowingly become naturalized.
They are only shown to have taken
the oath Of allegiance to King Kala-
kaua and his successor, and they as.
sert that they took that oath on the
express assurance that it would not
affect their nationality and there is
no proof that certificates OF natural
ization we're issued to them. | am,
therefore, instructed to represent to
your government that Her Majesty's
government cannot admit that the
Hawaiian nationality Of Messrs
Richard and Walker has been est alb.
lished.
! have the honor to be, with the
highest consideration, sir, your most
obedient, humble servant,
fSionedI A. a. 6 HAYES.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-05-08

hereby declare upon oath that
during the reign OF the late King
Kalakaua | made a declaration OF
allegiance before a clerk in the Inte-
rior Department; that, to the best Of
my recollection | was not sworn
upon this occasion; that / did not
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-05-08
LOSSES

are paid promptly and without nm.
necessary DELAYS. The assets OF q
company Is the best proof Of its So
lidity and ability to paw losses. The
list given will satisfy even THE One
Hundredth MAN."
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-05-08
The Hawaiian Investment Co

Makes a speciality Of Negotiating and Pro-
curing Loans for Borrowers who are I'M
able to discount their Notes at the Banks
and who do not care to obligate them
selves TO some friend or acquaintance by
asking his endorsements to their Note.
This Company will make Loans upon
Household Furniture, Pianos, Organs,
Horses, Mules, Wagons, Carriages and
Personal Property without removing the
Property from the borrowers possession,
and all business will be conducted on q
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BASIS.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-09
the little cemetery that Leg

buried in the little cemetery that Ley
over the hill.
BE still! Be still" sharply
answered the father, the words Of the
child bringing up a gush Of grief and
q How of remembrance over the boy he
had just lost.
The youngster looked up wonder
inely ct the agitated man. Il assure
YOU, papa, that I have just seen him,
and if you will follow me I will show
him to you; he is in the bedroom .
Wondering, hesitating and half
frightened OF the calm assurance Of
the child and his strange words, con
yince6 that there was some ghostly
visltant aLout the hvuse. IN lyes alto-
getber disbelieving this, the mag put
his tand into that Of the child and
went with HIM. The boy pushed
open the door of the small darkened
sleeping room wherein the dead son
had so recently lain. 1t was no ghost,
but what he saw The father could
scarcely believe, and he had to go
over to The bed himself before the
evidence Of his eyes would convince
him. There on the bed lay the body
exactly as it had been placed some
honrs before. In the excitement of
the funeral ceremony they had for
gotten to place it in the colin.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-09
4 Submerged Flor n CITY.

Curious and puzzling as anything
brought to light in recent years was
some ancient haadiwork found not
long ago in making excavations for n
canal connecting Lakes Eustis end
Dora, in Southern Florida. The frs
excavations revealed the existence o.
clearly defined wall lying in q line
tending toward the southwest from
where it was first struck. The wall
was composed Of dark brown sand.
stone. very much crunbled in places,
but more distinct, more clearly de-
fined and the stone more solid as the
digging increased in depth. The wall
was evidently the eastern side Of an
ancient home or fortiication. This
sand mound was dug into only few
inches, but enough was discovered to
warrant the belief that here on the
northwestern shore of Lake Dora is
submerged g city or town or fortitica
tion older by centuries than anything
yet discovered in this portion ofFlori-
da. Small curiously shaped blocks OF
sandstone, some Of them showing
traces of fire, pieces of pottery aud
utensils made of mottled flint were
thrown out by the men while working
waist deep IN water. One spear head
of mottled flint, five and half inches
long by one and quarter inches
wide, nicely finished, was taken from
the top of the sand mound and about
four feet below the water level of the
lake.-Atlarta Constitution.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-09

where were buried the charred por-
tions OF humanity which were gathered
from the ruins Of that terrible disas'
ter of December 90, 1876, when the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad bridge, just east Of the sta
ton in Ashtabula, sank beneath q
heavily-laden passenger train and car
ried hundreds of persons to death IN
the abyss, eighty-seven feet below the
track level. The idea Of erecting q
monument to the memory OF those who
died on that awful night originated in
the Knights of Pythias Lodge IN Ashta-
bula, and committee Of the members
brought it out before the people. It
took three years to raise the amount
of money needed. The Lake Shore
road gave 5000. The monument is of
New Hampshire granite and built IN
obelisk style. It is thirty-two feet in
height and occupies conspicuous
location in the cemetery, where it can
be seen miles away. On one side of
the base appear the names Of twenty
five persons who we're known to have
perlshed in the wreck and whose re-
mains we're presumably picked up, but
could not possibly be identified. On
another side appear the names of the
members OF the committee. The front
inscription reads: ''To the memory OF
the unrecognized dead Of the Ashta-
bula bridge disaster, whose remains
are buried here" On the fourth side
are the dates of the disaster and the
unvei1inr
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-09
a Coffin, But No Corpse.

There could hardly be q more
unique burial story than the account
of an incident at Capdenac, France,
recently. A boy ten years of age had
lied in that little village, and ate,
the services at the house the cofiu
was taken in solemn state to the church
where further religious ceremony
was held. After this the procession
OF mourners wendell their way to the
cemetery where the interment took
place with due forms.
AS the parents of the child returned
TO their home, where, all this time,
the other chil5ren had been left in
charge of an elderly relative, the
Youngest came running out Of the
house, and, without trace Of excite
ment in his tone, in his natural con.
versatioDal voice, said:
"Papa, I have just seen Felix. J"
Felix was the name OF the boy who
had died, and who had just been