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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02

the Burr place, and il he did that
he would likely do something nice for
their town If the women did not make
It too uncomfortable for his family.
"What il we write an anonymous let
ter to Mrs. Sloane and tell her we have
some sense and don't need to be invited
to see her in bloomers?" said one Of the
afternoon visitors.
Grandma Somers, a lady of the old
school, sat In her corner mending, and
calm as n June day. Nobody remem-
bered to have ever seen her stirred up.
In the civil war days, when there were
war meetings and people were excited,
she would say: "Oh, this is nothing
like the time of the great alarm!" Her
memory went back to that time. She
seldom Joined in the conversation when
the neighbors gathered in, but now she
raised her head from her work and
said:
"You better go to Mrs. Sloane's to-
night, and decide afterward about your
letters. Long ago as when I was girl,
an anonymous letter was considered u
mark of ill-breeding. 1 don't know
what people think about them nova
days; did not know but they were a
lost art"
Evening came, and they did all go tn
Mrs. Sloane's, and she had beautiful
"night-blooming cereus" to show them.
1t seemed that in the morning she felt
sure that the plant would blossom that
night, and she told her coachman to
get word around to have anyone come
to see it who wished to do so. The
coachman saw Martha Shafer, and
thought II would save him all the both
er IL he told her to tell the people.
Nobody could ever make out how
'night-blooming cereus" could sound
like dressed in boomers to-night;"
but the party concluded to be friends
with Mrs. Sloane, IL she would let them,
from that time forth.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02
NEW OUTDOOR GAME.
English Children Like to Play II In the
Days of Early spring.


Days OF Early spring.
Tip and run is a game our English
cousins are just learning-both boys
one says, as n caricature resembles it's
original.
1t is a game to play early in the
spring, before cricket or tennis can be
thought of, and it has this advantage
over golf, that 1t can be played on
lawns or garden plots without damage
to the turf.
Tip and run involves much exercise
of q rather severe kind.
This is the manner Of it: The fair
guardian of the wicket, armed with q
bat or even racket, takes her stand,
and as soon as she has hit the
bowler's ball, Is bound to run as fast as
she can between the wickets, as failure
to hit or to run involves discontinue
and an immediate successor ut the bat.
The score mounts up rapidly, as an
expert batswoman hits each time and
flies to and fro like ball herself, until
she can be dislodged by three successive
failures to hit her ball. The other
PayCiS hCio out, Win u SuCCCoo kCHCI-
ally less than more. Bowling usually
taxes the skill of fair players more than
batting. They do not, as rule, bowl
with the mechanical skill which marks
the masculine player.
Eleven Is the proper number for each
team to tip and run; when men are per-
mitted to reinforce the eleven, they play
left-handed or bat with broomsticks.
But, even thus handicapped, they often
seem to be more than n match for their
fair antagonists, though there be
elevens, and there are those, who can
well hold their own upon the level
green, and are afraid of no mans Prov
ess and understand all the intricacies
Of the game.
The maiden possessed of Atalanta's
speed and grace will doubtless prove the
prize player Mt tip and run, but every
girl who INDUCES in the game will find
herself the better and the roster for the
fresh air, sunshine and exercise it gives
her.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02
MRS. SLOANE'S PARTY.
BY MARY JOsLYN SMITH.

II was on the morning of the 18th OF
August that there was n great chatter
inc in the Somers' kitchen-all about
the city folks that had taken the Burr
Mace for the summer. The Somers'
kitchen was a wonderful place. Mr..
and Mrs. Somers always called each
other pa and ma.
This particular morning pa did not
feel very well, was threatened with
apue and ,hills, and sat in the kitchen
as near the stove as ma would let him,
considering it was one of her bake days.
They did their own work, but then
there was regular slew Of women
folks in the house.
Mrs. Somers made the fried cakes, for
in that house they had fried cakes sum
mer and winter. Then she made apple
pies and Lawton blackberry pies that
morning, getting the fruit all from
their own place. Cousin Liza was max
ing her sumner visit there, and when
che came she made soft ginger cake.
They had her recipe written in book,
with all the particulars, but no one
could make cake with just the tremble
and the shake that Cousin Liza could.
The recipe was plain:
Two eggs; butter the size of an egg;
tablespoon of ginger; cloves; CHINA
mon; nutmeg to taste; cup of dark
molasses; cup of brown sugar; a good
bowl of sour milk, with dessertspoon
OF soda and flour to make n thin dough.
Cousin Liza said maybe the -four
business made the trouble; some peo-
pie put so much in that it made stiff
cake, or so little that II would fall flat
as pancake in the big dripping pan in
which it was to be baked. Or it might
be the oven, for it needed good deal
OF judgment about the oven.
The pitcher of saltrising emptings
was in pail of warm water upon the
high oven. and soon after dinner that
would huff up and be made into loaves,
and what white bread il was! Pa had
dyspepsia. and thought he could eat
no other bread.
Aunt Lois lived there, too, and she
was n martyr to the dishwashing on
those important days.
one stdTtcu III piolhPtiy ui"' oicaN-
fast to wash dishes, and there would be
an additional pyramid from the bak.
ing department every now and then,
until at half-past IL she sometimes saw
the thickest of them cleared away.
Mrs. Somers' daughter Jane was put
ting the house to rights, and after lit
tie would come to iron with the baking
fire, for firewood was never wasted in
that house.
The three sosfs were up on the farm.
mile away, tending to the hay and
mending the fence, and Mt noon would
come down, hungry as sharks, In view
of which big kettle of boiled victuals
was being prepared; but with all the
work, there was babel of talking.
Cousin Liza did not know anything
about the newcomers from the city, so
everything had to be explained to her.
PA, how many calves did you say had
to be killed by the butchers in the two
villages when the Sloanes were getting
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02
why He I. Careful with C.nt..

A gentleman standing in n hotel lob
by, while taking n match safe from his
pocket, accidentally dropped cent on
the floor. He picked it up carefully,
and as he did so said: 81 have only
lately realized the value of cent.
have small account with trust COM
pany, and the other day received my
book, with interest computed at 1890.
worked ut the figures quite awhils.
and found that the exact amount was
s13.0o1a. Then 1 argued with the Sec
rotary that it ought to be $14, but he
would not consent to the increase. So
/ came TO the conclusion that IL a con,-
pany with capital of S1,Ooo,00o can
figure on half cents ought to be care
full with cents"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02
HE COULD FIGHT.
Ono Blow Secured school for the Pale,
Thin Young Man.


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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02
DoRE's GREEN CHICKEN.
A Story of the Great French Artists First
BOx of Paint.


Box OF Paint.
The following little story was told
by the famous painter, Gustave Dore,
whose illustrious Dante, Milton, Rabe-
lais and Don Quixote will probably
never be surpassed. At an early age
Dore showed wonderful talent for
drawing, and in all his life he never cop
led from models, but painted from
memory and the fullness Of his mind.
This describes his experience with
his first box of metal tubes: "One
day." he says, when 1 was to spend II
week with friend of my fathers, there
was brought to re the well-known
oaken box, with brass handle and tube
and brushes complete. l was wild with
delight. l had never thought half as
much of any present. wanted to un-
cork all the paints there and then and
cover my palette with pretty daubs of
color, but they would not let me. The
carriage was waiting. / had to jump in.
OF course, took my box with me under
my arm, or rather next to my heart,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02

ague before night II you want the honor
of paying a visit"
what now?" asked pa.
martha Shafer stopped here going to
her work in the tailor shop, and said
that she had been directed to ask all the
neighbors to go to Mrs. Sloane's to-
night; we should call round any time
convenient; that we were to see Mrs.
Sloane in bloomer Dress"
Aunt Lois explained to Cousin Liza
that Mrs. Sloane was big, Aeshy wom-
an, and would look about as graceful ms
COW in boomers.
PITY, isn't 1t, such people don't have
some work to do, so they wouldn't make
themselves SO ridiculous getting up
tbings!" was another of Ma Somers'
wise sayings, as she added more and
more to her store of baking.
In the afternoon the neighbors
dropped in to Mrs. Somers' as sort Of
headquarters, and talked over the whole
question of dress, and of city people
thinking country people did not know
anything.
They decided they would not go near
the house.
"Did you hear the joke on Mrs.
Sloane" asked one of the neighbors.
mo, what was it?" all exclaimed.
swell, she was at the Corners, and
asked II there was library here. Joe
Green, of course, was on hand, and he
said yes. he believed there was, and that
1t was in charge of the cobbler, over the
way"
Mr.. Forbes, the cobbler, told the rest
of the story the other day. He said she
came and asked him, and he said he
reckoned there were some books in the
cellar. Seems the old library that was
started and failed was moved around
to get it out of the way, until 1t was
put in the cellar there of the old house
where he has his shop. He got candle
and told her to come on in the cellar
and not fall over the old stairs, and then
he put his hand into an old cheese safe
and hauled out two musty books-the
Life of Washington and Life Among
the Mormons.' And will you believe it I!
she took home Life Among the Nor
mons What did she want of that, do
you Think"
Mrs. Somers suggested that Mrs.
Sloane just wanted to see what they had
there, and by and by would make out
they were sort of heather.
Pa Somers tried to quiet the jargon
by saying that the city lady seemed
very kind and nice to him.
But he was silenced by volley Of
words from his wife, who said that
Martha Shafer and pa seemed to be
champions of the new people. and must
be expected to pay for their trouble.
However, pa ventured once more to
say that Mr.. Sloane talked of buying
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02

firmly resolved to set to work as soon
as we had reached the journeys end.
| "The was was longer than had ex-
| pected; we did not arrive. was strict
! ly forbidden to touch the paints and
was ordered off to bed. Fires and lights
were put out, but 1 could not sleep a
wink. AS soon as the first gray streak
of daylight appeared l jumped out Of
bed and went downstairs and out into
the yard. But alas! There was no can
vas, no cardboard, no panel. All had
been taken from me the night before.
felt mad, irresistible desire to paint.
Wondering on what should make my
first attempt set about uncorking my
bottles and spreading patches of color
all over my palette. The brilliancy,
freshness and cheerfulness of those
colors made me quite drunk with de-
light. Nothing goes to the head SO
much as your first palette. There was
green shade especially that could not
take my eyes off. What lovely green!
Veronese green in all it's glory.
"But what was l to paint, and on
what? AS l was still asking myself
this question, my eyes fell on n poor
little hen, rather prettily shaped, but
with feathers of dirty white, that
was picking up crumbs two PAGES from
where stood. The fowl was fright
fully deficient in tone. I decided 10
remedy the fault without further de-
lay. The hen objected; the creature
failed to see that was laboring for it's
own good. However, persisted in my
efforts, and Mt last succeeded. To be
sure, it took every particle of Veronese
green; but then, what beautiful hen
had turned out!
1.-TWO or three hours aftcrward was
reused out of sleep by an unusual noise
of shouting and grooming. What could
1t be? A number of men and women
had gathered in crowd in frcnt of the
house. Some of them had their arms
uplifted toward the sky; others were
weeping; others again by their frantic
gestures manifested the widest despair
and terror; and in the midst of them
stood the fowl, to which they were
pointing with their fingers, and when
1t went toward them they drew back
III uHT1Hnt. men Il unueTSUOOu IL I'll.
1 remembered n legend of the country
in which green fowl plays terrible
part. Whenever it appears all kinds
Of woes threaten the villagc-failure Of
crops, plague among the cattle, disease
in the home. That accounted for the
village being in arms. Under my very
eyes a woman fell to the ground in
Mysteries. Then hesitated no longer.
ran to the master of the house, and
told him everything. 1t took longer
than an hour and n half to convince the
superstitious folk at Tosserand that the
,sTdant creature had not been sent by
their evil genius, and that IL was my
first effort in painting
"At last their fears gradually subsid-
ed, and ventured to show myself. An
old woman, still laboring. under the ex-
element she had just gone through,
said to me, in prophetic tones: You
have made our people shed bitter tears;
you, too, will weep before you have
done with your painting! Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02

To examine 1t Mt this stage of it's exist
ence one can scarcely imagine that
some day it may become a huge oak.
Any boy or girl can sprout an oak tree
in tumbler without much difficulty.
needle very carefully little way under
the shell on one side, draw the thread
through and suspend the acorn SO that
it is partly submerged in the water of a
tumbler, as shown in the cut. Keep in
a warm place, and before long the oak
tree will sprout, sending n tender stem
upward and a root downward.-Chica-
go Record.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02
THE ALPINE vULTURE.
Bird That Has Decided Preference for
Human Prey.

Bird That Has Decided Preference for
Human Prey.
In the canton of Ural woman was liv-
ing in 1854 who had been carried off by
Il lammergeier, or Alpine vulture, when
IL baby. At Hupdwcl in the canton of
Appenzell, child was carried of in
sight of parents. On the Silberalp q
vulture attacked little boy who was
watching sheep, seated on a rock, AMI
lad time to knock him over the edge of
the cliff before the shepherds could
drive the bird away. At Murren, above
the valley of Lauterbrunnen, vulturc
carried an infant to an inaccessible rock
opposite the village and devoured it
But the most striking instance of tile
child-devouring tendency of these birds
occurred in the Bernese Overland. A
child three years old, called Anne Eur
buchen, was taken up to the high Alp
at hay-making time and left asleep
while the father fetched load of hay.
He returned to find the child gone. At
the same time another peasant, called
Henri Michel, was coming up the noun
tain by rough path when he heard n
child cry. At the same time he saw
q lammergeier raise and sail away.
Running up to the place he found the
little girl, unhurt except for wounds
in the arm and left hand, where the
bird had clutched her. She had lost
her socks, shoes and cap while being
transported by the bird, the distance
traversed being about $50 yards. The
facts were all entered in the parish
archives of the village of Hakeren, and
the girl, who lived to be an old woman,
was always known as "Geier-Anni."-
London Spectator
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02
Their ADVANTAGE.

There are some things in which our
English cousins have the advantage of
us. An American millionaire, accus-
toned to purchase anything he wanted,
tried to obtain from an Oxford garden
CT the secret of the beautiful lawns
which make the pride of England-or
a portion of it. Tell me, my good
man, how you manage it." he said, con-
descendingly, putting his hand sig
nificantly into his pocket. ut Is VERY
simple, sir" replied the gardener,
quantity. "You cuts it as close as ever
YOU can cut, and you rolls it and cuts
it for GOO years."-Youth's Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02


ready for the tally-ho party from the
city?" called out Mrs. Somers. 'They
must have had calves'-head jelly, you
Know, and, positively, they expect that
cream flows almost in the streets here.
1t is all right to sell to them, but you
can't sell what you want yourself, at
least I'm not going to-" ratified on Mrs.
somers, never waiting for any answer to
questions.
Mr.. Somers reused himself, and spoke
up:
What are you women always bother
Ing your heads about those people for
why don't you let them alone? What
has started you now?"
why, pa, don't you know about our
invitation? You must get over your
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02
Predictions FulnIled.

Mr.. Nuitt--This letter informs me
that our former neighbor, Judge Still
well, has just lost his wife at the ad.
vanccd age of "a years.
Mrs. Nuitt-At las.! always said
they never could live together. = To
Date.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02
TWO PERSONAL SONGS.

SYMPATHY.
=, YOU but touch my hand. ever. ever 20
lightly!
Or speak kindly word. or on me fondly
smile.
Full lighter grows the burden that bear Of
sorrow.
And in life's sunshine. happy. stand ! a
little while.
some gift Of yours-perhaps tits but a frag-
lie flower
Or your dear presence for moment at my
side,
urll make my dreary pathway bloom with
sudden blossoms.
And the shut gates Of Paradise open to
me wide.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02
HOPE

there's never a day SO dark and drear
put that It's close may shine
In rose, and gold. and amethyst.
And tints Of ruby wine.
There's never q night so wrapt about
With mist and slanting rain,
nut that the clouds may roll away
And stars shine out again.
Grace Hubbard. In Springfield (Aiass.) Re-
publican.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02
Calls of Coincidence.

You should call in person, or at least
leave card after an acquaintance has
lost relative. Very probably you will
not see any of the family, but it assures
them of your sympathy and remem-
brance of their sorrow. If you should
be the afflicted one for whom the card
of coincidence is left, when the year of
mourning has passed. or whenever you
feel to go into society again, inclose
mourning card in an envelope and send
to all whom you wish to number among
your friends.-Gocd Housekeeping.
The Dear Girl.-"How beautifully
Miss De Pompon's dresses fiji" Eyes.
] am told they are all homemade. De
troit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02
INSTRUCTIVE PASTIME.

How an Oak Tree May BE Grown In .
Tumbler of Water.
An oak tree has e very humble begin
ming. When it first sprouts from the
acorn it has fragile green stem and
looks something like young pea plant.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02

Lord Burleigh was minister in
parliament before he was 20.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02

"A dream about peacock betokens
that you will marry q very handsome
person.
Warren sheaf., 1896-01-16
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.
thirst publicotion j,n,,,ru ,c ,ooc

nEFADLT having been nude In the payment
- 0i the sum OF One Hundred Sixty and 3l-lOd
Doiiars, when ia taimed to be due and is due
at the date OF this tiotiee upon II certuin mort.
gage, duly executed md delivered by Toilet
Eaarsen and Julia Bnarscn. his wife, as mort
EnEnrs. TO Herman Hanson. as morgagee
VIII power 0i sale therein cont, ned duly
rrc0rued ~ The Office oi the Rceistcr OF i;ecs il,
ana ai Tor the couhis Of Marshall. ana stare OF
m':".nesota. on the 2sti day Of December, 1SS1
ut $40 ociIck. p. ,n., in book .D'' OF norteaees
on lpnge bJ!,
Which said mortgage together with the debt
secured thereby. was f',ly assigned by said
lfsr111an Hanson. mortgagee to Cbristi;n En-
gelsrud. by ~rlpU.n assignment dated lie goth
dny OF November. 1891 ,,ccd rccorde in the Office
q said Register Of Deeds. o.. the .5th day OF
!Sf,., Nf0yemher. 1891, ut $50 O'Clock ~, III book
-, ~ mortgages. on paige 3i7. and no action
or proceeding ihFiflg been Instituted. at law or
otherwise. to fecOrer tic debt secured by suid
mortgage, or any part thereof
Now Therefore, Notice is Etereiy Given, That
ny virtue OF the power Of sale contained il sniJ
mortgage, and pursuant to the ST atu,c Id such
case made and provided. the said mortgage viii
De forecioaed by snlr Of the promises described
in ana conveyed by snid mortgage, viz:
Al OF Lot Three t3) IN Block Fourteen IA, In
NelHson,s addition to the village NOW city, OF
warren, according to the plat thereof on file
ana OF record III Ire Office oi the Register O.
Deeds in and for said Marshall county in Mar
snail county and state OF Minnesota. with the
hereditaments and apnurtcnauces: " l,;ri1 safe
VIII he made by the sheriff OF said Marshall
county. at the front door OF the Court House,
III the cltT OF Warren. In said county and state
on the 2ath day OF February, 1896 at ten O'Clock
a. N : or That day. at public ve,!due. to the high
est bidder for cash. to pay snid debt OF one
Hundred Sixty anI 9l-l00 Dollars, and interest
and the tnxes. II any, on said rrrniars and
twenty five dollars, at ttOrney's fees ny stipuiat-
ed In aud BY said mortgage in case OF forec,os-
ltre anu the disbursements allowed by law; sub
1ert to rt'dempt n any time within one year
IRON the day OF sale. rs provided by law.
Dated January Gth A. D. 1886
CHRISTIAN EHGELSNUD.
Assignee OF MortgaGee
). COOKE, attorney