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The Lamar register., 1907-01-02
German Fashion Of Roasting Duck.

German Fashion Of Roasting Duck.
Pick and clean and SINCE a duck
Rub we'll with salt. Make dressing
OF bread crumbs. apple sauce and Sui
tana raisins. Be careful to use enough
bread crumbs to thicken the apple
sauce thoroughly. Then raisins in
quantity to taste.
FIJI the duck. after mixing the
dressing thoroughly. Roast in the
oven to good brown color Basic
often. Make a sauce of chopped
livers. pour over the duck and serve
hot.
The Lamar register., 1907-01-02
REVOLUTION I'm RUSSIA

Jan. Moscow rev.
olutiOn crushed
insurrectio n | s I $
surrendering.
i-Terrorists began
war. Insurgents
seize factory In
Riga; troops bat.
ter down doors.
killing many and
capturing 1000.
6-Cne I h o U 5 a n q
killed and 3,ue
wounded in Mos
cow riots.
0-Near Hazenpot,
Dragons surround
revolutionists. kill
ing entire band.
i2-Cossacks blow up
Armenian s 8 IN =
nary In Tifiis kill
Ing SO and wound
ma
The Lamar register., 1907-01-02
Carpet Renovator.

For carpets infested with moths or
carpet bugs try spreading wet sheet
on the carpet. then running hot aat-
iron quickly over 1t. The steam will
Destroy both worms and eggs.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23
MARRIED AT rAMARAcK.


Miss Beatrice Been, daughter oi
Captain and Mrs Walfred Been. ol
Skanee, was united in marriage to
Frederick Won Keller, at the resi-
dence OF her brother, ]. L. Been.
of Tamarack. at noon Monday last.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Forsberg, OF the Swedish
Lutheran church.
The bride was given away by her
father. She wore beautiful gown
OF white silk batiste. The residence
was tastily decorated for the oc-
casion. Following the ceremony a
luncheon was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Won Keller left iu
the afternoon for New York, where
they will reside. Mr.. Won Keller is
an electrical engineer in the employ
OF the Westinghouse Co. His bride
was in Europe for the past four
years. studying art. She was ad.
mitted to the royal academy OF arr
10 Stockholm. Sweden. and was con.
pleting her studies in Paris, when
she met Mr.. Won Keller.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23
cHINAMAN NEEDED THE RICE.
Sing Had Found a Whole Tribe Of His
Lost Cousins.

A Chinese cook in one OF the homes
across the bay from San Francisco
was terribly worried about his cousins
who were In the burning town. Sing
knew that Chinatown had been de.
stroyed. He had tried to go across to
rescue his realtives, but nobody was
allowed to land.
He went about his duties with lag.
ging footsteps and mournful face. For
two days he ate nothing. and the
sympathy OF the entire family was ex.
tended to him in his trouble. At last
he appeared one morning at breakfast
time with face wreathed in smiles.
me found cousins" he announced
joyfully.
On being questioned he said that
they were lodged in the two rooms
which he rented for his own use In
the lower part OF the town. They
were all well and he was "velly hap
py" He took 40 pounds of rice to
them that they might not be hungry.
But. Sing, how many cousins have
you? Forty pounds seems a great
deal"
He smiled his charming oriental
smile and spread his hands, me
80 cousins.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23
~soNE AGE" ON THE PRAiRIEs.
How Many Settlers Lived While Get.
ting Their Claims.

The pioneers of Kansas will never
forget the buffalo bone age" When
central and southwestern Kansas were
settled the prairie was strewn with
buffalo bones. Those were hard times
In Kansas and the gathering Of these
bones enabled the early settlers to
live while they were getting their
claims broken out for the producing
OF crops.
Nine-tenths of the pioneers Of that
section of Kansas-and there weren't
very many at that-had literally moth.
ing but a team and few household
goods that they had hauled from the
east in single wagon, says the Kan.
sas City Star. or course there were
no buffalo. fOr this was In the late
'70s, but their bones strewed the
plains, and these bones were the only
thing that had a commercial value
and they were utilized. They were
hauled in great wagonloads to the
nearest railway. often from 60 to 100
miles away, and sold.
The horns were the more valuable
and they went first, but the rest OF
the skeleton soon followed. There
we're no fortunes made by these early
bone hunters, for a large load Of buf-
falo bones brought only from FIVE dol
lars to eight dollars at the railroad
towns. but the proceeds from a load
enabled the settler to buy little -four.
coffee and occasionally meat and lum-
ber.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23

There is but little doubt that
grave frauds have been perpetrated
in the taking OF western coal and
grazing lands and it was to prevent
a repetition of this that President
Roosevelt issued his order.
But it's provisions were too gen
eral and made the innocent suffer
with the guilty. The northwest was
particularly hard hit by the order
and the United States land COM
missIoners 10 this region say tba,
there is less than per cent Of fraud
10 the total cases that pass throug b
their hands in the northw
When this was brought to the al
tention Of the president by the north
western congressman and the land
commissioners themselves he had
the good sense to reissue his order
as to leave loop-hole OF escape for
bonifide settlers. D
The clause 10 bis new order stat.
ing that no titles shall be issued un-
ill a special officer has made a per
sonal examination ''or obtained in
formation Of equivalent value" will
probably mean that the land
officers will proceed much / he same
as they have been doing heretofore
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23
LOCAL ITEMS.

Thomas Brennan went to Ishpem
ing Friday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Menard. Wednesday, q son.
Noise Deschaine transacted bust.
ness in Ishpeming this week.
Mrs. E v. McGregor, OF Munising,
is spending several days in L'Anse.
Arthur Williams, OF Calumet,
visited his parents in this village
Friday.
Miss Hazel Harris, OF Marquette,
is visiting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs, w. L. Mason
J. b. Smith left Friday evening
for Oshkosh, Wis, on q brief bust
ness trip.
George P. Cummings, OF Mar
quette, was a guest OF r. r. Viii
liams Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin VOetsch and
the Misses Stewart and Justema at
tended the ski tournament at Ish
peming Friday.
DR.. ]. H. Anderson and M. c.
Yokum, OF Pequaming. attended the
ski tournament at Ishpeming Fri
day.
Appropriate exercises we're held
in L'Anse High School Thursday
afternoon 10 commoration of Wash
ington' birthday. The program
was rendered by pupils from al
departments and was greatly en-
joyed by those in attendance.
The moving picture entertain
ment given in the Opera House
Thursday afternoon and evening,
under the management OF Robin.
& Wallin, was fairly well patron.
ICED. The matinee for children drew
large crowd. The exhibition is o
a high order.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23
INCREASED PENSIONS FOR VETERAN.
Old Soldiers are Pleased With Bill
Which Passed Through Congress
a Few Days Ago.

Civil war veterans who are draw
ing pensions from the government
are pleased with the new pension
bill passed few days ago by con-
gress. The bill provides for an in
crease OF from two to four dollars u
month
According to the records OF the
United States pension Office there
are nearly twenty thousand PEN
sioners in Michigan. OF which there
are several thousand located 10 vari-
Gus parts of the upper peninsula.
There are 1883 pensioners In the
state who now receive 80 per month.
and 3. 800 receiving $40 per month.
All of these will under the new bill
have their pay checks increased to
sl2.
o. the pensioners now receiving
$l2 per month the records show
there are 10, 800. Under the new
law all OF these latter who have
reached the age of seventy FIVE will
receive 500. There is no record
kept to show the ages OF these pen
sioners SO it will be some time be-
fore it will be known just how many
are entitled to the extra compensa-
tion.
There are twelve veterans OF the
Mexican war who now reside in
Michigan, each receiving monthly
stipend OF $12. 1t is certain they
will have an increase because OF age
under the new law. Some OF the
Houghton county veterans have
passed the seventy year limit and
they will from now on enjoy the
benefits Of congress recent action in
increasing the monthly pensions of
all ex soldiers. '
The highest pension paid by the
United States government to -the
ordinary soldier is 500 per month.
This sum Is paid for the loss Of both
eyes, the loss OF both arms or the
loss of both legs. The records show
that thirty four OF such pensions are
now paid to veterans residing in
Michigan.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23
Very Thin Critter.

Binks was hurrying across the sta
ton yard wrapped in thought and a
heavy overcoat when his contempla-
tive mood was brought to sudden
termination by cab almost running
over him. Cabby pulled his horse up
with a jerk and gave his opinion In
plain English about absent-minded
people.
Couldn't you see the blOomfn'
'oss?" he asked, with a withering
glance.
See III" gasped Binks, looking con-
temptuously at the specimen between
the shafts. Then he stepped on to the
curb. II didn't see your horse when
] stood in front Of him." said Binks,
"but can see something when I look
at him sideways."-TitBits.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23
Poultry Show Ends.

Friday evening witnessed the
closing of copperdom g first poultry
show and the event will 20 down as
being a successful undertaking.
Already plans have been formulated
FOR next year and the exhibit will
be bigger and better than eyer. AT
a meeting of the association mem.
bers the officers and directors were
reelected, and three new directors
were also chosen. They are DR.. p.
H. Wilson, Of Chassell, Dr.. J. o.
Zellen. OF L'Anse and Daniel Sulli-
van, OF Marquette.
The plan Is to make the next event
cover the entire week. 1t will be
held the first week in February, Il
possible.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23
Proved Her q Elirt.

Senator Penrose, at the dedication
Of Pennsylvania splendid capitol at
Harrisburg, said Of certain speech
that had been made-a private din.
ner before the dedicatory ceremonies:
THAT speech was pregnant with
meaning. 1t revealed in every sen.
tence its authors character. Brief
and full and Illuminating, 1t reminded
me OF the beautiful young lady who
murmured to herself one afternoon,
as she paused uncertainty on a street
corner:
what bore! For the life of me
l can't remember whether I'm to meet
Morris on Tasker street or Tasker on
Morris street
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23
"BIo Tim In a Baedecker.

No sane man enjoys keeping diary
and no modern man writes voluminoua
enough letters to cover all the items
of a foreign tour. But there is way
of having an indelible record of the
journeyings, day by day.
In your guide book. the faithful
Baedecker or whatever, underline the
hotel you decide on. with the com
ment, good" or bad" or fair" I'm
derline each castle. mansion, gallery
with the date, and short comment II
desired.
AS for instance, Blenheim Castle
Then in writing, August 6, 1905. Met
Big Tim Sullivan in front of Velas
quez."-Alfred Henry Goodwin in the
Travel Magazine.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23
Social This Evenin6.

The ladies OF the M. E. church. al
the Mission, will give a social at that
place this Saturday evening, the
proceeds from which will be used
for church purposes
Supper will be served from 6 to
9 clock. All are cordially invited.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23
PENINSULA NEWS.
Items of Interest Taken From Our
Exchanges and Condensed.

Ali train employees OF the South
Shore railroad are to be given in
creased wages. Officials of the com
pany and representatives OF the vari-
Gus unions will meet shortly to fix
the new scale.
The Ontonagon Hearld has been
purchased by james Mercer, Andrew
Halter. G. Meilleur, Edward Berg
iron. DR.. A. L. Swin,on and z. G.
KlmbalI and will be published under
he name of the Herald company.
Mr.. Halter is president; DR.. Swim
Ton, vice pres. Mr.. Meilleur, sec'y
and treas, and Mr.. Kimball, editor
and manager. Fred j. DIR severed
his connection with the Herald on
account of failing health He was
for a score Of years the publisher and
manager.
Believing that he was suffering
from rheumatism, and that this was
the cause of his lameness, Hugh
Campbell, st. Ignace man. con-
suited u physician and was greatly
amazed to learn that a sewing
needle was responsible for the
trouble. The slender bit of steel
bad buried itself completely in tho
flesby part of the leg. with the point
penetrating the periostem Of the
bone. The operation was one Of
delicate care In view of the danger
OF the needle breaking, but it was
successfully performed. A small
piece of thread was still in tho
needle, this attracting the doctors
notice. the end of the thread just
showing outside the skin. How the
needle became imbeded in the leg
rs mystery that is mol explained.
John Johnson, a young man who
had been employed at the Imperial
mine, near Michigamme, about one
month, met death under the wheels
of u South Shore freight at an early
hour last Saturday morning. John
son had received his pay that day
and was drinkingS He went down
the depot about midnight and re-
,nained there in company with
others for two or three hours. When
he west bound freight train, which
arrived shortly after midnight. had
finished switching and was pulling
out, Johnson attempted to board it
by climbing between two OF the
cars. He fell beneath the wheels,
his body being horribly mutilated.
1t .is said that young man who
was with johnson at the e>station ad-
vised him not 20 attempt to get on
the train and .he tried to hold him
when be started to run toward it.
1t appears, however, that johnson
intended to leave town and had made
up his mind to steal ride on the
freight. He was about twenty -four
years Of age and it is reported that
he had lived for q short>time at
Champion before taking q position
at the Imperial.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23
In No Danger.

Mrs. Minks (severely)- George.
there is an account in the paper about
Q business man leaving his wife and
running on with pretty typewriter
girl.
Mr.. Minks-Indeed.
yes, and it's the third account Of
the kind I've seen this week"
THAT doesn't interest me-"
1T does me. You have pretty
typewriter girl In your Sfiice."
mo, we haven't. My partner eloped
with her last week."--N. Y. Weekly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23
Monument 10 Jules Verne.

A monument to Jules Verne Is tc
be erected at Amiens. The work will
be executed by Albert Roze. When
asked II such monument was to be
erected to the famous author of books
for boys a member Of the municipal
council replied:
Surely he Is no longer
here to be angry about It. So now
We are able."-St. Louis Republic.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23

A big deal in timber land is shown
by deed recently fled for record
in Marquette county. The Srauld-
ing Lumber Co., transfers to the
Cedar Land Company valuable tim
Der lands 10 the upper peninsula.
The consideration involved $129, 900,
the Spaulding Company retaining in
part the mineral rights Of lands
transferred.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23
Notice..

Notice.
Logging, tote sleighs and carry
alls made to order.
CORNELIUS STErNxETz,
12-8.tf. L'Anse, Mich.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-23

Be pleasant until 10 o'clock In the
morning and the rest Of the day win
lake care of itself.-Fra Elbertus.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-11
9ksa HOUSEHOLD. kgAssQ NJ
3AK flAI1Ep5 3Ng
How to Utilize Broken China.

oV ~ OtAAAAC DTOken OQlUas
When the next breakage takes
place in the house / would suggest
that my readers collect all the pieces,
great and small, and carefully put
them on one side. I have no doubt
Dy the time the long winter evenings
are here the collection will have
grown rather formidable. want
TO tell you how to make them into "a
thing Of beauty"
a large pudding dish makes very
handsome fiower-bowl when decorat-
ed in the following manner: Procure
some putty, and spread on the bowl
with palette knife. Take your
pieces OF china and press them into
the putty; put them as close together
as possible, but do not let them over
lap each other; no piece of china
should be large. Before the putty is
put on the dish the pieces of china
should be arranged on a piece of
paper as they are intended to be
placed on the bowl, so that ali the
pieces may be quickly laid on the
putty before it hardens. Florida
Agriculturist. IN
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-11
COULDN'T KEEP TT
Kept it Hid From the Children.

I'VE cannot keep Grape Nuts food
IN the house. 1t goes so fast l have
to hide it, because the children love
1t so. 1t is just the food have been
looking for ever so long; something
that do not have to stop to prepare
and still is nourishing.
Grape-Nuts is the mos. scientific
ally made food on the market. 1t is
perfectly and completely cooked at
the factory and can be served at an
instant's notice, either with rich cold
cream, or with hot milk If hot dish
is desired. When milk or water is
used, little sugar should be added.
but when cold cream is used alone
the natural grape-sugar, which can
be seen glistening on the granules.
Is sufficiently sweet to satisfy the pal
ate. This grape-sugar is not poured
over the granuIes, as some people
think, but exudes from the granules
in the process Of manufacture. when
the starch Of the grains Is changed
from starch to grape-sugar by the
process OF manufacture. This, in eff
feet. Is the first act of digestion;
therefore. Grape-Nuts food is pre-
digested and Is most perfectly as
simulated BY the very weakest stom-
ach. There's Reason"
Made ct the pure food factories OF
the Postum Co, Battle Greek, Mich.
Read the little health classic, The
Road to Wellville." In pkgs.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-11
Child Offenders in France.

Sociologists in France are begin
ming somewhat late in the day to in
terest themselves in the question of
child delinquence. There is a child
prisoners paternal society, which
owes its origin to the humanity of an
inspector-general of prisons, but its
effectiveness is limited by many cir
cumstances, and at last the organized
society for the promotion of prison
reform has put forward strongly a
demand for radical changes in the
treatment of juvenile offenders. They
do not quite go the length Of calling
for special tribunals, but, short OF
that, special sessions for dealing with
such cases and stringent precautions
for guarding the young prisoner from
contamination, especially by adults
are claimed. London Globe.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-11

Again the man snarled ana again
the firm hand Of the ofiicer was on
him.
'oh. this is too good!" the latter
gasped, as he glanced at the PEN
ciled line. but, come, there's this
fellow to get rid Of, and there's raid
to make. Is your time your own, my
lad?"
YES" the boy replied.
Then come with me to headquar-
tiers. The chief will have something
very nice to say to you, and il I'm not
mistaken there will be reward on
top OF that. Will you Gomez"
Yes said the boy.
Two days later the storekeepr re-
ceived letter. He carefully wiped
his spectacles and as carefully adj
justed them. It was the only letter
he had received for years.
Dear friend, Abb he slowly read
aloud, I send you a good ten in place
of the bad one. It was so little trou-
bic making the change that I'm not
going to charge you anything for it.
Besides, I've picked up some friends
here, who seem to want to help me
along-and fancy / won't be back
for quite a spell. Yours truly, Jim.
p. S. That chap won't bother
you again for several years. He'll be
in the penitentiary
The storekeeper dropped the letter.
well, I'll be blamed!" he said,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-11
Florida's Cold Geyser.

Mr.. w. T. Chastain has drainas
well on his place at Seffner which is
quite curiosity for Florida. At in
tervals it throws streams of water ten
to twenty feet In the air; subsiding.
spouts again.
The natives say that the we'll hap
pens to be directly over the devils
furnace, aud whenever the devil
builds his fires to do his cooking the
water in the we'll begins to boil and
spout. This theory is exploded by
the fact that the water Is not hot, but
cold, but the natives explain this by
saying that the distance Il 50 great
that the water has ample time to cool
before reaching this surface Of the
earth Ocala Banner.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-11
1855, $50 WOMEN WORK.
They Have Invaded All But Nine
Occupations.

Occupations.
Women at work in the United
States is the subject of a report Is
sued by the Census Bureau based on
the returns in 1900. In that year in
continental United States the total
number of women 16 years of age
and over was 23,4S5,559, while those
at work numbered 4,S33,C30 Most
of the women at work were young,
6S.4 per cent. being under 35 years
OF age; 442 per cent under %, and
ESQ per cent. had not reached the
age of 81; 1853 per cent. were mar
ried, IT. per cent. were widows, and
13 per cent. were divorced
The number of divorced women re.
turned by the census, the report says.
is probably deficient, because the fact
of divorce is not always admitted. OF
the number reported divorced, $50
per cent. were supporting themselves
wholly or in part. The total number
OF women at work included LII, 966
native white women, whose parents
also were natives; 1,099,744 native
white women, one or both of whose
parents were immigrants; S40,011
white women, who were themselves
immigrants; 1,119,621 negro women,
and 1928 Indian and Monaghan wo.
men,
The number of women at work more
-,
from 1880 to 1900, and there was
noticeable increase OF bread winners
among married women in 1900 as COM
pared with 1890. Women were rep
resented in all but nine of the 30S
occupations in which bread winners
Of the country were engaged.
The returns showed, among other
things, that five females were en-
ployed as pilots; on steam railroads
10 were employed as baggagemen, 81
as brakemen, as conductors, As as
engineers and firemen, and 26 as
switchmen, yardmen and f1agmen; 43
were carriage and hack drivers, 6
ship carpenters, roofers and slat-
ers, 1876 blacksmiths, sos machinists.
8 boilermakers, 81 charcoal, coke and
limeburners and IL were borers. Two
women were reported as "motormen."
Almost one-fourth of the tital nun.
Der of women at work were servants,
ass, 405 were farm laborers, 96S per
cent.of whom were from the Southern
States, and 361,S04 were negroes.
There were 338,144 dressmakers, 327,.
2O6 teachers. 32S,933 laundresses, 307,
TOO farmers, 231.458 textile mill op-
sratiyes and 146,929 housekeepers and
stewardesses.