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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
The Culture of Ferns.

II is better to begin with the young
Plants. Be careful not to over-pot
them; wash the inside of the pots clean,
and give especially good drainage; use
open, rich, fibrous. soil, light rather
than heavy, and instead of filling the
pot with soil to the brim leave plenty
OF room to hold water. Ferns should
Fever get quite dry at the root, yet 1t
Will not do to keep them soaking wet.
Many of them, especially the maiden
hair and gold and silver ferns, dislike
being splashed overhead, and hot sun
Slime must never fall directly upon
these delicate kinds. Ferns are sure to
be killed by little dribblings of water
given every day. The same rule that
applies to watering other plants is
good with ferns: When the top Of the
soil looks dry fill the pot with water
10 the brim, so that the ball of soil
may have thorough soaking.-Vick's
Magazine.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
PLANTING AN ORCHARD.
An Improvement Upon the Method
Now I'm Vogue Suggested.


Now I'm Vogue Suggested.
1t is common observation that the
outrows of trees in established or
chards are finer and more productive
than the trees in the interior planta-
ton. This superiority Is all the more
conspicuous If the orchard is bordered
by cultivated fields, and it is fair to
presume the extra luxuriance is owing
to the trees having a greater extent OF
unoccupied soil for the ramification of
their roots. Something is also UNI
doubtedly due to the greater space
available for the expansion and spread
of the branches; but 1t is in accordance
with all experience in the cultivation of
plants that n rotation of crops is alb
solutely essential toward securing the
best results of the fertility of the soil.
Keeping these facts in view, it is sug-
gested that an improvement upon the
present method of planting orchards
would be gained by planting TWO rows
of trees from IS to 25 or more feet apart,
depending upon the nature of the
trees, and alternating the plants in the
rows. Then allow a space, varying in
extent from 300 feet to any greater dis
lance, before planting another series
of rows, and so increase the plantation
as may be desired. The intervening
spaces between these double rows of
trees would be available for the cult
vation of the ordinary crops of the
farm. The roots of the trees would not
only participate in the benefits of Gull
tivation, but would have practically
unlimited room for extension before
meeting other roots of their kind. I'm
mediately under the trees and for dis
lance on each side Of the rows as far as
the branches spread the surface could
be kept in grass. If not sown down inn
mediately after planting, which might
not be desirable in all cases. it should
be done after the trees attain fruit
bearing size, or from five to seven years
after setting out. The shelter which
will be afforded to other crops by these
orchards will be found valuable as
protection from winds as well as in for
warding early crops. This method is
particularly applicable to apple and
pear trees.-Dakota Field and Farm.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
FARMER JONES. EXAMPLE.

eel was only list a-thinkin'," said Farmer
Jones. one day,
"A-goin' long a-ridin' to the city on my
hay.
A-turnin' out fer mud-holes an a-sinkin'
In the road,
Always geein' an a-hawin'. fer fear to
spill the load,
Why can't we farmers have a road. like
city folks you see,
Where all fine rigs. an things like that,
can be kept as cleans can be?
An no turnin' out fer mud-holes. nor wor-
rim your horse to death,
Nor hangin' round about some place It'll
the critters found its breath.
BY gosh! seq I, III fix my read along my
farm an see
If all the neighbors take the hint an Go the
same as me-
Well. then, 1 begin a-workin', an first II
seems like play.
But had my men a-helpin' till the closin'
OF the day
An every day that could spare was grad
in that ere road,
An fixin' things SO that horse could easy
pull load.
At last the job was finished, but 1t didn't
seem to pay,
AS the neighbors wuz only thinkin' an a
wonderin' what to say.
But they kinder got ashamed OF theirs and
seemed to take the hint:
So they begun a-worlsin' too, to make their
road like flint
At last the roads wuz all alike so you
- couldn't tell their linkin',
An am powerful glad" said Jones, that
l begun a-thinkin'."
L. A. W. Bulletin,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
WOMAN AND HOME.
!. .. called Character Quotations and
II Entertaining.
NEW GAME OF WITS.

called Character uotations and
Is Entertaining.
The game of character quotations"
= new-fashioned way of holding the
Error up to nature and of seeing our
',res as others see us. 1t also fur
s;sbes an excellent method of passing
nleasant evening, for when are peo-
Ia so interested as in talking about
themselves!
Long slips of paper are handed to
.,cb participant in the game, who
obligingly aflixes his signature to the
Sottom and passes it on to his neighbor
IN the right. Beginning at the top of
,he paper, the neighbor writes his inn
1ression of the character and personal
Nv OF its owner in an appropriate verse
II noetry selected at random from some
rsmembered author. If the stanza is
comic, so much the more fun; if it is full
come or sentimental, so much the more
.onfusion for the recipient when it is
read to the jeering assembly.
When the first neighbor has written
his impression he in turn sends ii
around the circle, after having folded
down his own poetical estimate. If his
memory fails him altogether, or no
suitable rhyme comes to mind appli-
cable to special individual, he is
forced by the laws of character quota
tions" TO compose a stanZa himself. AT
the conclusion of the game, when the
papers are covered with scribbling, the
man on the right of the lady reads her
nraises aloud, after which she retail
iates with his. Then the real object OF
tbe play is seen--to fit each estimate to
The proper writer and to proportion
future punishment to the nature of the
crime.--Chicago Chronicle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02

COVER FOR TOMATO VINES.

vas or old blanket. Between the rows
of tomatoes drive sticks about four feet
apart and nail strips of boards on the
top at the height of the tomato vines.
Place the covers over these, letting the
edges extend to the ground, where they
must be fastened so that the wind will
not blow them off. Leave no opening
or the frost will get in. l prefer a
heavy cover made of blankets, as this
will often protect the vines when light
canvas will fail. If the work is care
fully done the tomatoes will stand a
great deal of cold weather. - Lewis
O'Fallow. in American Agricultarist.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02

complete the outside row. AS this will
interfere ve:y little with the planting
of fruit trees over the whole interior
surface of the two acres, it Will be seen
that on n given amount of ground one
cam raise much more fruit 10y using
this outside hedgerow method. 1t is
possible to crowd the little trees in a
hedgerow, because they will be on the
outside, and can thus have plenty of air
and sunshine, though very close in the
row; and though the row of dwarf pear
trees may be quite close to the inside,
larger fruit trees, the latter, are not
crowded by the former, since they stand
up above them. This sort of work is
not advisable, on large commercial or
chards, but on the home acre in the vii
lage lot, one wishes to make the most
of every foot of ground.
Planting so many of these little pear
trees, selected winter sorts, and chose
that king among pears, the Anjou, and
the scarcely less inferior Lawrence.
Both these pears do finely on the ounce
stock, and both are winter varieties.
With such fruit one can store in a cool
cellar and unload upon the market
when the market is most in need of win
ter pears. With fall fruit one is very
nearly at the mercy of the market, for
he cannot hold the fruit for any length
of time.
My own trees are set about four feet
apart. In future paintings | shall in
crease the distance somewhat. In set
ting the trees be careful to get the point
where the pear stock and ounce root
join several inches below the surface,
and for the first winter, at least, give
the roots a mulch for protection
American Gardening.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
Protecting women's Feet.

Now a woman has invented a means
OF protecting the feet of her sex from
the trampling of men as they go out
and in between the acts at theater.
II consists of an iron case, lined with
ielt, to be clamped to the floor in front
OF the seats. The top of the case is
rounded, so that nobody can be tripped
up by it. When a man rises to leave
the theater the women in his row have
SIMPLY to slip their feet in these cases,
and they are safe. The man can work
mis- way back and forth without hurt
ing them in the least.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Don't set strawberries in weedy
ground.
Don't waste the ashes. Apply them
to the fruit trees.
Large, heavy peas will produce bet
ter and earlier crop.
The autumn is good time to apply
potash fertilizers.
Are your sweet peas dead? You did
not give them enough water.
Cucumbers can be grown on trellis.
but we do not approve of the plan.
Large, heavy seed Is always the best
Experiment has demonstrated that.
A correspondent writes that he has
kept his garden mulched oil summer.
Result, splendid crops and few weeds
Western Plowman.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
To Make Caramel Cu.tard.

For six ordinary sized custards melt
six tablespoonfuls of sugar, stirring
carefully to prevent burning. Pour
into the bottom of the custard cups,
give each sort of whirl that the
sugar may also line the sides. Beat
three eggs without separating;. add
three taIblespoonfuls of sugar, half a
teaspoonful of vanilla, and cup and a
half of milk. Stir until the sugar II
dissolved; pour the mixture into the
cups on top of the caramel. Stand In
a baking pan half filed with water,
and cook in the oven Is minutes. Turn
while hot from the cups. Serve cold.
Mrs. s. T. Rorer, in Ladies' Home
Journal
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
BICYCLE AND GOLF JEwELRY.

yer horn lined with scarlet enamel.
The ring has little attachment, so it
can be made big enough TO slip over the
hunting glove.
\ gold bracelet is a wonderful thing.
1t consists of a big silver golf stick that
Is ourled to fit the wrist. The handle is
twist of silver. One end is flattened
exactly like Il golf stick, and a bigpearl
is set in il for the golf ball.
These little articles come in imitation
jewelry, which is just as satisfactory
If the articles are desired for the novel
~ only. They are the fancyof the hour
and the outdoor sporting girl likes to
make herself attractive in them.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
He Re.embled the Cake.

The landlady smiled sweetly on all
assembled ut the table, and announced
That she had a conundrum.
. What resemblance Is there between
MT. Binks and the cake that is being
served to-night?"
Mr.. Binks got red in the face, and
they all gave it up.
II regret to say" said the landlady,
with the same sweet smile, "that the
cake is little short tonight"
Mr. Binks thereupon made up his
mind that 1t was time for him to move.
Chicago Post.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
A THOROUGH Canvass.

Returned Westerner-Yes, sir, those cy-
clones out west usually make a clean sweep.
lost everything had in one. 1t came along
about noon, and took house, furniture and
everything in sight. And then. III be
blamed il the villainous thing didn't come
back in half an hour.
Eastern Man-Why, how does that
come?
"Wny, you see, there was chattel
mortgage in the house on some cattle be-
longing to neighbor l had lent some
money to, and, you may not believe it, but
that cussed, grasping cyclone. came back and
took every head of those cattle. Puck.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
FOOD AND BEAUTY.
Good Compile Nion Depends AItoEethc
ON Healthy Digestion.


| The seeker after rosy cheeks may
fill whole cupboard with lotions, and
! spend half of her time in the beautify-
| ing bathtub, but success will not crown
| her efforts after beauty unless she turns
her attention also to her diet list.
Clear compilations do not wait on the
tickle, nor rosy cheeks on the morning
griddlc cake.
The woman who intends TO have 4
good complexion must make careful
study of the food question. Itgoes with
out saying that sugary substances must
| largely be banshed from the bill of
| fare. Candies are, of course, excluded.
Cakes follow in their wake. AS for
pies and all other compounds of flour
and grease, they are fatal TO clear skins.
Bread that is doughty or starchy should
rank almost as low as pastry in the
estimation of the seeker after good
looks.
Alcoholic drinks are banished al
most entirely, their effect even in small
quantities being mild form of con-
gestion of blood in the face, which
eventually coarsens the texture as well
as ruins the color of the skin. For
somewhat similar reasons all sorts OF
narcotics and stimulants are to be
avoided, for whatever eXcites the
nerves or ovcrheats the blood tends to-
ward the final destruction of the
smooth peachy texture which is the
chief of every womau's ambition to at
tain.
Whatever has the effect of produc-
ing healthy action of the digestive or
gans is good for the complexion. Acid
and laxative fruits especially, if taken
at breakfast, are good. Entire wheat
bread and toast rank high among the
bread beautifers. Red and juicy
meats, green vegetables. milk and eggs
are all conducive TO the attaining of
i brilliant compassionate. II. DER
hold, in Ladies' World.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02

This is a synonym for that gloomy, har.
assed condition of the mind which has ito
origin in dyspepsia. All the ugly spirits that,
under the name of the "blues, 'blue dew
lis" "megrims" and "mulligrubs" torment
the dyspeptic almost ceaselessly, vanish
when attacked with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, that, moreover, annihilates bilious
ness constipation, chills and fever, kidney
complaints and nervousness.
There is probably nothing in this world
as variable as the stories of quarrel told
by each Washington Democrat.
Halls Catnrrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet.
1t cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery
of the age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain cure for
sweating, callous, hot, tired, aching feet.
Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
HOUSEHOLD TELEPHONE.
IL Saves Lots of Stair Climbing and
Loss of Temper.

Loss of Temper.
A Berlin firm of electricians has re-
Gently placed on the market combina-
ton telephone and electric bell for
short distances. The illustration shows
its parts and its installation between a
kitchen and dining-room. The sim
plicity of the apparatus is one of it's
principal points of advantage and its
usefulness is evident. The one shown
in the dining-room is of an ordinary
egg, which at the pointed end has a
small push-button for bell.
The egg-shaped fixture can be taken
apart, the short end being the trans
mitter, the longer end the receiver Of
this diminutive telephone. The fixture
in the kitchen is of the ordinary tele-
phone type and has bell which rings
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
DWARF PEAR-HEDGE.
1t Is a Source OF Profit rs Well as a
Thing of Beauty.

1t Is a Source OF Profit as Well as a
Thing of Bcauty.
There are numerous shrubs that are
suitable for making hedges about ones
lawn, whether one prefers evergreens
| or deciduous shrubs, but the number is
limited that can be used in hedgerows
that are of both use and beauty. The
barberry is one of the latter, these
bushes making very graceful but not
densely leayed, growth; but the bar
berry's fruit is not desired in large
quantities, nor is it desirable plant
to have near wheat fields, as it harbors
one stage of the rust fungus of the
wheat.
On my place am planting hedgerows
of dwarf pear trees, using winter vari-
cites of the fruit almost exclusively.
Such hedgerow is, of course, hardly
suitable for the front of ones lawn, but
for side rows, and for use in the rear of
ones house, the dwarf pear is quite I'M
Objectionable. AS for beauty-well,
anyone who has seen a long row of
these little trees in full blossom will not
soon forget the sight. They are very
attractive little trees, also, when in
full leaf, without the bloom, as they
should be kept well trimmed back to
secure good fruiting, as well as a good
hedge. 1t is surprising, too, what an
amount of fruit one can thus raise upon
even a small place. In my own case,
am running pear hedge around two
acre lot, and am now using also some
cross hedges in the rear of the build
ings. II viii take at least 800 trees to
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
rhere l. a Cla.. OF people

Who are injured by the use of coffee, Re
grocery stores a new preparation called
GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes
the place of coffee. The most delicate stom.
ach receives it without distress, and but
few can tell it from coffee. 1t does not cost
over as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. 10 cts. and rs cts. per pack
age. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
He Didn't "Tnkc."

"I went in for amateur photography
during my vacation" said the sum
mer man. "There was no end of girls for
subjects"
"But how did you make out among the
girls?
ooh, got lot of negatives. "-Philadel-
pha North American.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
COVER FOR TOMATOES.

PrOIOnEs the season Tor Several
Weeks Beyond the Usual Time.
BY exercising little extra care, the
season for ripe tomatoes may be pro-
longed for two or three weeks beyond
the usual period. AS soon as there are
indications of frost, cover the tomatoes
in the evening with some kind of can
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
SPORTING JEWELRY.
Novelties for the Girls Who Cycle, or
Hunt, or Golf.

So great is the love of outdoor sports
that all sorts of pretty trinkets come in
gold and silver for sporting jewelry.
The girl who cycles is wearing tiny
silver bicycle brooch with the tires set
in semi-precious gems and the handle
bars inscribed with her name and the
name of her wheel. The pedals of the
bicycle are of a very pretty open filigree
work, and the saddle is little enamel
affair, as pretty as it is delicate.
The hunting horn ring has a fox"s
head curled down over big open sill
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
Star Plug Combines All Good Quail.

All the desirable qualities you want in
tobacco are found in Star plug to a special
degree. Its constant use produces no evil
effects
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02
Urterpr,se IN indiana

The citizens of Orleans, Ind, have
Just voted $4,000 for the construction
Of 30 miles Of gravel roads.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-02

We often wonder why so many people
tell the same story so many times.-Wash-
ington Democrat.
The Southern herald., 1897-10-29
NuRSERYNILIE

fhs little town OF Nurseryvfle lies near
distant day,
Across the waves Of feeting Years which
bore our past away.
shoula you take your memory ferry TO pass
this river Ger,
IN wealth OF golden sunshine You will fnd
Its dazzling shore.
"here nature uweils il beauty, and each
enchanted street
Is bordered by gay flowers which WELD a
fragrance sweet.
mere fairies live and care is not. and every
dream comes true.
For all the while the earth's a smile be.
meath sky Of blue
The dwellers here are thy folk with naught
TO do but play,
Yet every household has its queen who
holds monarch sway
FOR mothers arms are needed f aught
should go amIss.
And every wrong in Nurseryvile is righted
by kiss,
You will not find this gladsome spot on any
map Of land.
But in each heart its place is marked so all
may understand
That DER the past Of years and tears and in
the long ago,
There lies the home Of pure content which
childhood's hours know.
All, days are fair in Nurseryville, and when
their course is run.
The wind sings low a lullaby to rest each
weary one.
Then God blows out the sunlight and puts
candles in the sky,
That none may fear the nighttime, but
may know that He is nigh.
Marjorie March, in Ladies' World
The Southern herald., 1897-10-29

as if a ehisel were being slipped under
a shutter to force 1.-THE sash gives way
"A window is broken-oh, ! am ter
rifed"
| shook the telephone box in my
agony. Telephone to Marseilles,"
cried, "to warn the police!"
How can l?-the city is three leagues
away-they would come too late-and
| cannot-Oh, | am going mad
call for help! or hide yourselves,
that's it. Take the little one and hide!"
Il cannot, have no strength left
they are coming, the stairs creak-they
are in the hall-they are feeling along
the wall, they try the door-Marcell
Ny God-help, he'll"
There were two muffled cries Of ter
ror. Then a vague confused noise.
Then a tumble of indefnable sounds,
then silence. Something seemed to
crack my brain, and fell unconscious.
Gasping as if be had lived through
this terrible scene again, NJ. Maroux
concluded: From the Gazette Ju-
diciaire you can learn the details Of the
crime. 1t is known as The Morande
Atrocity.' BY it lost my wife, my
child, and my two servants. But no re-
mort can describe, no mere words can
ever express, the hideous nightmare
that modern science brought me, the
frightful torture of man who, at dis
tance of a hundred leagues, hears the
despairing cries of his wife and son,
who are being strangled while he is
powerlcfs to do more than batter i'm
potently on a wooden telephone box"
From the French, In San francisco
ATgopaah
The Southern herald., 1897-10-29
HERE AND THERE.

No farm, county or state is proc
ing poultry to its full extent, and the
is no good reason why we may
make the supply equal to the demr
and keep our money at home.
Small focks Of fowls in smai
do best A city resident can
better results from a small foe
back yard than can farmer
same flock on his unlimited rt
III the garden were always
as soon as the main crops were
sowed with rye as winter
one-half the difficulty in fight.
the following season would
vented.
The best market for corn,
many other feed stuffs, is the nav ..
the COW and the stomach OF the hog.
Feed will bring more in milk and meat
than in money, and the milk and meat
will sell for more than the feed will.
"A farmer figured out one day that
he had walked 300 miles In cultivating
an orchard. He thereupon sold his place
and moved To town, where he walked
800 miles to find something to do.
Texas is a great cattle state, but il
is not dairy state. Instead of pro-
ducing butter and cheese sufficient for
its own wants it proeures supplies of
dairy products from Wisconsin. Kansas
and other states where the dairy in
dustry is highly developed.
From the beginning a practical
man may have his living from the
farm, and this is quite an item. 1t is
not long until the money reward for
his labor begins. After that industry
and economy makes success pretty cer-
tain.
Population in the old countries Is
increasing, and food products remain
practically stationary. In usually IA
vorable seasons they make nearly
enough TO feed their people. In uAfa-
vorable seasons they must buy largely
from the western hemisphere.
The maturing Of so many seeds ID
what robs tree Of its vitality, and is
the cause Of alternate of years" A
full peach tree which is thoroughly
thinned will fill as many baskets al
maturity as when left alone, and tha
product will be better and more valua-
BILE.