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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-23

showed back from the breakfast table
on Thanksgiving morning and wiped
his mouth on the nearest piece OF table
cloth he could get hold of, this is reg
lar old-fashioned Thanksgivin' wealth
err"
EYES," replied Aunt Martha, as she
hcraped the butter off her plate back on
the butter dish.
six inches of snow and cold huff to
freeze dog"
Eyes"
81 hain't got much to do this mornin',
and i guess I'll run down to Widder
Hacks and see what l can do for 'em.
It's n tarnal shame, the luck that wom-
an has had"
"Some of us git along and Some of us
don't" drawled Aunt Martha, as she
Put the meat scraps on plate for the
dog.
burned IL we don't!"
"Benjanin don't cuss. A cussin'
man'il never come to any good"
"Who's a-cussin'? l said it was n
tarnal shame, and so it is. Jim Black
was a-gittin' along as well as any of us
when that well caved in on him and
made his wife wilder. Itwasn't huff
that she was hard-worlkin' an econo-
Min, but she must go m fall down
and break her leg, and her baby hain't
over q year old. Who's takin' keer of
her?"
Hammer Bebee. / meant to hev gone
down Yesterday, but them pigs feet had
to be taken keer of. Iguess I'll make
up basket of stuff to send along. Ham
ncr Bebee is a purity good gal on pork
and beans and SIGH, but she amt no
hand to git up dainties. You give her
my luv and tell her she's got to be right
ZIP and down with Hammer to git q full
days work out o. her."
When Uncle Ben set out he carried q
basket which contained jelly cake, tea,
q pumpkin pie and other articles, and rs
he pursued his way along the frozen
road he drew his old fur cap down over
his ears and soliloquized:
"Yaas, darn my buttons, but I'm sor-
~ fur Nancy Black. On top Of all the
other hard luck comes that four-hun-
dred-dollar mortgage on the farm, and
it's my solemn opinion she'll never be
able to raise 1t. If was able I'd buy
and hold IL, but hain't I've got to
see Squar' Potter, the old slxinflint and
tell him he must give the wilder and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-23
What it Is For.

whats Thanksgiving for?" asked
teacher Of primary grade of her
class the other morning as the subject
was mentioned. But the cries of
"Football!" and Turkey" were so
mingled that the teacher hadn't the
heart to disabasc the little ones. So
she let it go at that.-Indianuf,olis
Sentinel.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-23
Athletic Exercise.

Perley-IIullo, Jinx! going to take
Thanksgiving day off?
Jinz-Yes. Going to devote it to ath-
letics.
Perley-Good. What kind? Golf.or
football?
Jinx-Neither. I'm going to carve a
turkey raised myself, for ten people.
There's exercise for you! = Harper's
Bazaar.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-23
Give Thanks for It.

Give Thanks for 1t.
If life Is worth livin'
Jest go ahead an strive:
Each day a big Thanksgivin'
That Teller Is alive!
Alive to feel tho sunshine
Alive to breathe the air:
AS man an boy, to feel the JOY
OF simply bein' here!
The day In darkness closes,
But the stars begin to glow;
The world Is full of roses,
In spite O. all the snow!
Washington Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-23

corn and bushel or so more. If Han
ncr Debee had bin the right sort of gal
she'd hev-"
"Durn my hind buttons and gosh-all-
fish-hooks! Hammer, whar be ye!
Struck my hide If l hain't broke every
bone in my body and busted myself
all to tlinders Hammer! Hanncr!"
whats happened?'' shouted Han
nah from the foot of the kitchen stairs.
This blamed old chist has went and
gone and knocked me head over heels
down them attic stairs and killed me
as dead as door nail. Hurry up and
git the burned thing off'n mel"
"Why, Uncle Benz" exclaimed Han
nah, as she reached the chamber floor
and found the old farmer doubled up ut
the foot of the attic ladder and the old
blue chest holding him fast.
"Git it Off mel" he shouted. That's
Jest like a Debce The time your ia
TIERS COW fell in the well he took two
hours to think of it and let her die!
Hang it, do We want to break my back"
you'll soon be q pirate if you keep
on cussin'," said Hannah, as she pulled
the chest away and helped him up.
I'm pirate now, and dog-gone me
IL l don't cuss all the rest of the day!"
shouted Uncle Ben. /''Thar, durn We,
take that-and that-V!J Why, I'll bust
ye' all to smash and throw the pieces
into the firc!"
1t is needless to explain that he
kicked the chest instead of Hannah,
and that the busting and smashing
also referred to the ancient-looking re-
ceptacle. The bottom was turned to-
ward him, and the third kick from his
heavy cow-hide portion of it gave way
and Hannah uttered shrek of sur
prise. Z
"Lemme ut it! Lemme bust 1t all
to kindlin's," shouted Uncle Ben, as he
danced around.
Look, Uncle Ben-see there!"
"Money-gold and silver-dog-gone
my steers!"
Yes, it was money-gold and silver
coins of Holland and Germany. There
was false bottom to the chest, and
they had been hidden under it for n
uoZen yours OF I1OTc. IL was the CneSJ
of a Holland immigrant, but how it
had gone astray and finally been sold
rs unclaimed no one could have found
out, had they wanted to. There was
just seven hundred and fifty dollars in
the find" and Uncle Ben carried it
downstairs in his old fur cap and
poured 1t out on the bed before the eyes
of the wondering and astonished Grip
pie, and said:
Nancy Black, it's all yours-every
dollar of 1t, and thar's huff to pay the
mortgage and the doctor and leave yc
sumthin' to boot"
"And you found il in the old chest ?"
That's whar' IL was, but IL the
blamed thing hadn't fell on me nobody
would hcv knowed about It. Nancy,
I'm doggoned glad!"
"Oh, Uncle Ben, the Lord has not de-
serted me, after ALI" she sobbed.
'No, guess not, but II hadn't got
NAL and cussed and kicked you'd never
hev got IL. The Lord sorter helped,
/ s'pose, but cussin' did the most of II,
and from this time on Martha may
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-23

Briggs-This is probably the last
Thanksgiving Bickerly will celebrate.
Griggs-IIo~,stfnt?
Briggs-It's the day he's going to bs
married on.-Brooklyn Life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-23
An Error Somewhere.

My pa says II don't keep still
Some time. won't get strong;
But when 1 watch the moving sea,
And think how strong the waters be,
l sort OF think hos wrong.
-Harper's Young People.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-23

blow all she's mind to, but I'm goin'
to say all the gosh-all-fish-hooks
wanter."-Detroit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-23

Tie driver of the first railway engine
In England, "Thc Rocker" has just
died at the age of 81.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-23
Little Things.

Had Large Family of Wives.
An old African chief who followed
Livingstone has just died. He leaves -
widows.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-11-23
busted it off with bunch of herbs and

busted it off with bunch of herbs and
muttered:
"Whew! but how the dust does git
into house! Ya-as, that's the same
old chist, and LATED at Jim all the way
home for buyin' it. Come outer here
and downstairs and be sum good fur
sumthin'! Guess you'll hold all that
corn and bushel or so more. If Han
ncr Debee had bin the right sort of gal
she'd hev-"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-24
BARRACKS CHATTER.

APPLICANTS for Enlistment h the
United States army arc subjected 70 .
riRid examination. and only sbsut sns
In twenty-five b accepted.
TIE mother Of vsuben. tho French
military engineer. was very skillful IN
mathematical, and gave her son taste
Tor the same line Of studies.
Boo, the exclamation used to fright
N children, Is . corruption Of Bah. the
name Of . famous Gothic general It
has been used - terror word tor cen
turtles.
Dun government has had fourteen
great Indian wars, which arc estimated
to have cost It not less than $50. &c.,
600, and n much moro In private loss
was sustained BY individuals
Two sergeents Of tho Halifax gaz1-
con have Just besn arrested in London
for desertion. They say they went on
board . steamer to sec . friend Oh.
fell asleep. and were out ct go before
they woke.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-24
me Pur.uit Of Happiness

Jackson's Indian Eye Salve never fails e.
Go It's; sc at all drug stores.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-24
FARM AND GARDEN.
PoRCuPlNE GRASS.


saia e Give Coed YlslAs Of Hay -
Fair Quality.
Latin name, Stips Spartea. Stems
stout, erect. smooth, moro o. less
punched, one and one-han to three
feet high, from tough perennial roots:
leaves more or less involute, thick and
hard, rough ON the margins, usually .
foot Or two long, root leaves numer-
ous, and long; panicle about sir inches
long, contracted; spikelets IN inch or
more long, borne 1t the end Of the
slender branches of the panicle; empty
glumes lanceolate. with long srm-like
points, one to one and one-half inches
in length, the upper one longest;
Towering glume very hard and sharp
pointed 1t maturity, thicl<ly hairy
above tho point; avn rough. sti6. four
to six inches long. twisted and bent
A bulletin of the South Dakota ex-
pertinent station says: This grass Il
found throughout the state, but is
most common in the eastern part II
is largely replaced in the western part
of the state by needle grass (stips COM
ata), which may be distinguished from
either porcupine grass or feather bunch
grass by its shorter leaves and loose.
open panicle, the lower part Of which
is more or less included in the upper
most sheath. Both porcupine grass and
needle grass give good yields of hay Of
. fair quality. Al tho spear-like fruits
of these grasses sometimes injure
stock, the.y should not be cut until
after the fruits have fallen. which
usually occurs in time for haymaking.
When these grasses occur in pastures
or ranges in sufficient quantities to be
dangerous, they should be kept from
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-24
BREATHING APPARATUS.

A lnvsatSsa which Nay Rrovo . Faaoe
80 - F1rs0en.
President Goets, Of the Cincinnati
board of fro commissioners, has 10.
ceived from New York = most ingen.
ious apparatus which, II It win 20.
complish all that Is claimed for It, viii
prove . panaces to flremen.
The device Is patented by an eastern
inventor. and may rightly be termed .
breathing apparatus With It Aremen
can enter burning buildings filed with
densest smoke and death-dealing gases
with perfect impunity. At m exhibi.
ton recently made a room was filed
with smoke produced from . fire fed
with shavings, tar, sulphur and cayenne
pepper, making the apartment abso.
lutely untenantsble.
The inventor attached the respirator
to his back and taking the end OF tho
breathing tube in his mouth entered
the room with an assistant, who was
likewise equipped. Both men remained
in the room for over . quarter Of an
hour and could have remained longer.
Then the respirator was removed and
the altering material inserted in the
tube was taken out. The material
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-24
DRIVING AWAY FLtks.
OIL Of Lsvesder 10 Far Moro eRCViesah
Than Screens.

OIL Of Lavesder 10 Far Moro sseViesablo
Than Screens.
II never use window screens" said .
wise housekeeper the other dky. ''be-
cause have a fancy that they shut out
all the air in hot weather, and besides,
they serve to keep the flies in the house
equally as well rs to keep them out"
But never see fly in your house, .
said her friend. ''How do you manage
It? For my part, must confess that,
screens or no screens. my summes
means one long battle with tho littls
pests"
my remedy Is . very simple one,'
said the good housekeeper. land !
learned it years ago from my grand.
mother, when used to watch her put.
ting punches Of lavender flowers around
to keep the flies away. My method is
simpler. buy five cents wcsth Of oil
of lavender at the drugstore and mix it
with the same quantity Of water. Then
put it in q common glass atomizer
aud spray it around the rooms wherever
flies are apt to congregate, especially in
the dining room, where sprinkle IL
over the table linen. The
odor is especially disagreeable to dies,
and they will never venture In its
though to most people IL
has o peculiarly fresh and grateful
smell"
~ shall certainly give it q trial" said
the other woman.-Philadelphia Press
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-24

doilies is to make a large leaf or flow
er, a psnsy, for instance, and draw the
pattern on linen. Then buttonhole
stitch around the edges, and cut out
close to stitching. This leaves q per-
feet pansy shape, stitched in pansy coll
ors, and = dolly large enough for pep
per and salt cellars. A lovely one seen
recently was an oak leaf worked in the
shades Of an autumn leaf. One fourth
yard of satin damask (cost twenty-five
cents will make four Of these.
A hemstitched lunch cloth with pink
roses embroidered around inside Of
stitching is very dainty. A large hem
stitched tray cloth had marguerites
embroidered in opposite corners which
looked almost rs natural as their living
sisters.
There is no check to the imagination
In doing this dainty fancy work. but
the variety now shown by the large
stores would almost lead one to think
that there was nothing left to be
thought of.-Prairie Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-24
ABOUT BAD TEMPER.
Very Often It Il Accompanied by MAJ
Sterling Qualities.

Very Often II Il Accompanied BY Many
Sterling Qualities.
It may sound poradoxical to say 3D.,
but 1t is true, that the best people
sometimes have the worst tempers. In
the same way, saints are often those
who have overcome the most sin. Per
sons who feel deeply. whose sensibn-
tiles are keen and strong, rarely find Il
easy to maintain q uniform placid ex-
terror, and the struggle between their
passions and their calmer wisdom Is
often q terrific one. There are others
who never seem to be troubled-who
are amiable with an amiability that
it seems impossible to ruffie-who
never show any signs Of irritation. but
are always equable and cheerful. Such
persons are doubtless much to be ad-
mired, but their society becomes in
time not only exceedingly monotonous,
but even exceedingly aggravating. Try
as we will, we cannot get them to show
fire. They are devoid of enthusiasm, Is
they are incapable Of anger. Moth.
ing disturbs that serene stiffness,
which is certainly not the still
uCSS VI ucdtu. "A ucdEty 4u0EICA
is an impossibility. Whatever We
may do or say. they never get cross
with us, or call us objectionable names.
All this is undeniably irritating. 1t Is
quite refreshing to pass from the COM
pany of one of these to a warm, full.
blooded individual of susceptible pas
sions. It is . treat to feel that the hand
which grasps ours could, If need DO.
strike hard. It may sound very pagan
ish to say so, but we do love . little
spice of human nature. Sturdy truth
and faithfulness generally lie behind
some capability Of honest anger. We
know that those friends who often
seem most cross and irritable arc really
our stanchest and most reliable. Not
that bad temper in itself can ever be
an admirable thing, but that it is often
by very sterling qualities.
It generally coexists with strength OF
character and independence OF spirit.
Mean and treacherous persons are fire.
quently amiablc; butter Will not melt
In their mouths, nor at their hearts.-
Household Words.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-24
TO USE THE KNIFE

AnA Submit % P.iaf1l OpsfatIoo-1haD
the Doctors Advised - the Oaly Hope
tAs Case Being Critical Ons-rAe Hap
Py Termination Of . Dssp-8ooesa RrejG-
dice.
Mr. Lincoln Nelson, Of Hartville, No..
had IN interesting experience with The doc
tors recently, and was ON the verge OF 9
painful surgical operation. He writes: II
hereby add my unqualified endorsement Of
your excellent remedy. 8. g. 8. For six
years have been sufferer from Scrofu-
lous affection OF the glands Of my neck. and
all efforts of physicians In Washington,
D. c., Springfield, ILL.,, and st. Louis failed
70 reduce the enlargement After Dix
months constant treatment here my phygt-
clan urged me to submit to removal OF the
gland. Al this critical moment . friend
recommended 8. 8. g., and laying aside
deep-rooted prejudice against al patent
medicines, 1 began its use. Before I had
used one bottle the enlargement began to
disappear, and now il il entirely gone, and
/ am almost cured. I am not through with
my second bottle yet Had only used your
b. s. 8. years ago, could have escaped
years Of misery and saved over sliO. II
this endorsement will serve you In any way,
use il"
This experience II Hike that Of an who
suffer with deep-seatod blood treubleA Tho
doctors can do no good, and even their 10
sorts to the knife prove either fruitless or
fatal. b. S. 8. il the only real blood rem
edy. 1t gets at the root Of the disease, and
forces i out permanently.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-24
re.-l.eh v.r.,sern Append,x.

The vermiform appendix, or cul de
sac. the death-trap attached to the
large intestines in the human and
allied species, and which of late has re-
ceived much attention. has been be-
lieved by some to be an organ just de-
veloping. It has even been argued
that the babies Of three or four
centuries hence will all have to be OPP
Grated on for the purpose Of removing
that useless sppendage. Recent de-
velopments, however, lin dissectinR .
gorillal. proved that the animals ap.
pendix vermiformis was ten inches in
length. whereas in the human being it
seldom exceeds three inches. From
this it is argued that the appendix is
really breeding out, and that the
future man, instead of having that
organ developed to the size of 4 ten.
pound sugar sack, will really have mono
at all
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-24

small English cottages for the Phila.
delphia settlers, but the thrifty Ger
mans of the interior of Pennsylvania
were long content with houses OF
hewed logs and barns Of vast capacity
The Swedes of New Jersey built houses
with palisade sidings Of split timber
set upright. The Dutch Of New York
and the Hudson river region closely
initiated the dwellings Of their ances-
tors.
But the finest colonial houses, such
rs were built BY the governors and
divines of New England, the landed
gentry of New York and the great pro.
prietors of the south, were copied from
English country houses and halls. An
example of this style. modified to meet
the requirements Of modern life, illus
trates this article.
This style is essentially . costly one.
The structure must be of ample size to
give it dignity. md = good deal OF
carving and other hand work are neces-
sary. Pleasing and appropriate col
ors for the exterior are almost as essen.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-24

Il has been claimed that cholera in
fantum is unknown where the knitted
band is used.
The construction is quite simple. An
idea Of the shape may be formed from
the accompanying drawing. The tabs,
back and front, are pinned to the cloth
ing with safety pins, and the band il
kept id place. Cast on sixty stitches
and knit . strip in ribbed stitch, join
ing the ends, when the strip is large
enough, and knitting the tabs on after
ward. The first bands are quite small,
but larger ones can be made a. the
child increases in size. They can and
have been worn up to two years of age.
A. Olivia Longacrc Wertman. In
Home Queen.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-24
WOMAN AND HOME.
FANCY TABLE LINENS.

Every Article Needed II AGeAe . Wsek -
Art Nowaaays.
A woman dues not realize what lasci-
nation there Is in fancy work until she
begins to make It. Tho particular
branch oft included in linens has been
improved until every little article need
ed in the home may become . work Of
art Not only dolies. tray cloths, CEN
ter-pieccs, etc, but tablecloths and nap
kins arc among the things that are
beautified by needlework. But this
article will relate only to fancy work
Of the dolly type.
Embroidery is the proper thing now
for such articles. The designs are How
ers, fruit, vines, leaves. or, il quite ad-
vanced in the art, classic designs. But
the simpler ideas are more practical for
our purpose.
The woman in the country has great
advantage over her city sister in the way
Of getting beautiful and 1T the same
time natural patterns from which to
work. And with . pattern from which
to draw. she may make designs on the
linen which will be more satisfactory
than those purchased ready stamped.
As to the kind Of linen to use, for .
piece that Is to be hemstitched get
butchers linen. For center-pieces and
doiles satin damask is best. The linen
may be purchased by the yard. After
making the articles the size wanted, al
lowing for the hemstitch, it is ready for
the design. Take the picture of the
flower, leaf, or whatever it is desired to
draw; then place q sheet Of transfer
paper on the linen, lay the pattern
over that, and with pencil or crochet
hook trace around pattern. Upon lift
ing the paper from linen the design will
be there, clearly stamped in delicate
lines. ready for the needle. An ingeni.
GUS woman will evolve many original
designs from her patterns by using
them In combination.
The latest idea for square pieces is to
buttonhole stitch the goods about one
inch from the edge all the way around,
and then to fringe out the edge to tho
stitching. A pretty centerpiece Of that
style Is shown in cut. Other pieces arc
buttonhole stitched around scalloped
edge. A pretty idea for making small
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-24

The age at which trees should be
bought must be governed by circum-
stances and by variety. There il .
general tendency to buy trees too old
rather than too young. When vari-
cites are new and scarce. it may Be
economy to buy young stock. Some Of
the freer-growing apples and pears are
large enough when two years old il
grown from buds; but these fruits are
usually set ut three years from the
bud or graft Dwarf pears may be set
At two or three years. preferably, /
think, the former age. Ounces are
set at two and three years. Peaches
are always set at one year from the
bud.-Prof. l. II. Bailey, in Bulle.
lin 50.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-24

loaded upon trusting oriental palace
officials by some ingenious Introduces
of civilization.
1t is a pity to SO spoil the really
charming personality of the empress,
who used to be bewitching in the pref.
ty clothes Of her own land. This draw.
ing represents the sovereign snd her
ladies engaged In preparing lint for the
japanese wounded-a most woinanly
OccnnafiOn
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-08-24
aGs.nt.,n Gsass Are Stupid.

Although the mountain goat is . very
sure-footed and level-headed animal,
he Is said by those who have hunted
him (of whom confess am not one)
to be very stupid animal and easily
killed when once the hunter reaches
his haunts. In actual weight he II
about the size Of the Virginia deer, but
n bulk he seems to be larger because
Of his shaggy fleece of wool and hair.
The horns are small, smooth and jet
black, and the hoof 10 strange COM
bination Of rubber pad on the inside
and knife edge On the outside, to hold
the owner ON snow, ice, OF bare rock
without slipping.--W. 7. Hornaday, n
o. Nicholas