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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17
UP PEOPLE.

Margie's mother was sowing some
seeds and explaining how they would
come up plants.
"Oh, yes!" exclaimed Margie, they
go to bed babies and get up grown
people. ."-Philadelphia Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

An international weather code will
soon be in use the world over.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17
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A Welsh firm is exporting to Brazil
briquets made from waste coal and
coal tar pitch, moulded under pres
sure and heat.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17
FORTHCOMING CLASSICS.

Hes starting out in the literary
field very confidently"
Yes; he expects to make 'em elon-
gate that five-foot shelf by at least
eighteen inches. Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

Paul BeeaVrel has exposed seeds
of lucerne mustard and wheat to the
temperature sp'f liquid air for three
weeks, and subsequently for hours,
to the temperature of boiling hydro
gen, 25S degrees centigrade, and yet
all of the .ueerne and mustard seeds,
and, sevRhrfof the wheat seeds, ger
minated Nor; ;nally when planted.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

Canadian doctors haXihg@ reported
freauent gases of sli&ht.:. IIliIiry pr, pr
strain to. o.passengers alighting from
eMctric cars, the Totonto'' Railway
Company at. the 'rcquestFof the. Rail-,
way and Municipal Board has made,
some experiments with both twQ~and
three steps. below the car platfoe4qnI' -
laysl. The latter wtfe ,fouhdto2,T,q:
-.I;ct too fv >tfer sAe siaetof &hs>eas,'
but the: two step pattern has ,heen
adopted. y I; ~
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17
ADRIFT IN SOUTH SEAS.

A walk of 230 miles, the weather.
ing of a cyclone on bamboo raft and
an existence of three weeks on turtle
eggs and iguanas are some of the ex-
periences which recently befel Cap
tain Williams, in charge of the lug
ger Nebraska, which was lost on
Green Hill Island, 100 miles or there
abouts from Port Darwin, in the
northern territory of Australia.
When the lugger broke up Captain
Williams swan to Green Hill Island
and then tried to make the mainland
in a dingy which he was able to make
seaworthy. He was caught in a squall
and after drifting for three days was
carried was carried into the gulf and
eventually landed on Field Island, off
the mouth of the Alligator River.
This island is destitute of water,
but some rain fell, and he eked out
an existence for twelve days on the
small supplies thus obtained and tur-,
tie eggs. Both turtles and alligators
were numerous. He then re-embarked
in the dingy and made his way into
CuG mOuIu VI LlS w WGSI AlllSdCOt N.Y.
er, but could find no fresh water. He
obtained from the bark of trees suffi-
cient liquid to sustain life until rain
fell.
Abandoning the dingy he made his
way up the east bank of the Wildman
River, living on sweet potatoes and
iguanas. His matches having been
exhausted, he carried fire sticks with
him. He eventually crossed Wildman
River and came out on what he thinks
was Lake Finnis, where he found
plenty of swamp turtles, iguanas and
other native food.
On striking the Adelaide River jun
gle Williams saw plenty of buffalo,
but his only weapon being a revolver
he did not shoot any. He got down to
the Adelaide River near what is
known as Lawrie's landing, where he
built himself a raft of bamboo and
crossed. He had not long gone south
when cyclone squall came on and
blew the timber down all around him.
He narrowly escaped death but pluck
lily resumed his 230 mile walk till he
reached Darwin.-London Standard.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

+ Bees were unknown TO the Indians,
but they were brought over from Eng
land only Few years after the land
ing of the pilgrim fathers. 1t was
more than two centuries after the
first white invasion Of New England.
however, before modern beekeeping
began. The industry of the present
day dates from the invention of the
movable frame hive. by +: :Langstreth,
in 1882 -. ~
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30
IMPORTANT NEWS
NOTES OF A week
LATEST HAPPENINGS THE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN ITEMlzED
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
Condensed Into . Few Lines for the
Pcrusai Of the Busy Man.
Latest Personal infor-
nation.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The house Of representatives de-
clared vacant the seat OF George l..
Lilley. now governor Of Connecticut.
Gov Patterson of Tennessee vetoed
the statewide prohibition bill passed
by the legislature.
1t was semi-ofiicially announced that
Robert Bacon will succeed Elihu Root
as secretary of state and he In turn
will be succeeded as assistant secre-
tary by John c. OLaughlin.
The senate did its part toward rais-
ing the salary of the president OF the
United States to 100000 and those OF
the vice-president and speaker OF the
house to $4,000 year each.
President Roosevelt sent to the gov
ernor of California a telegram and
letter urging the California legislature
not to pass anti-Japanese measures.
Congressman Willett of New York
made an attack on President Roose-
welt so full of villifcation that the
house compelled him to take his seat.
Elihu Root was chosen for senator
by caucus of New York Republican
legislators, and Senator Reed Smoot
was named for reelection by Repub-
lican members Of the Utah legislature.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30
Brown Bread Pudding.

Take about half loaf Of bread and
cut into slices, or use leftover pieces;
spread each piece with butter and lay
in pan. Pour over this enough cold
water to cover well and let soak about
Ave minutes. In the meantime break
one egg into your pudding pan and
beat it we'll; add one-half cup brown
sugar, one-half corn strip, one-third
teaspoon each of cinnamon, allspice
and nutmeg, powdered; then lightly
squeeze out the water from the bread
by handfuls, crumbling it into the
other mixture. Be careful to get all the
butter that may come off into the wa
ter. Mix we'll and bake one hour.
Sauce: One quart water, butter size
of a walnut, half cup vinegar, three
fourths cup sugar; let boil few min
utes and thicken with two tablespoons
-four rubbed smooth in little cold va
ter. Take from stove and add one tea
spoonful vanilla
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30
ns Cage and Manner Of ncOsns Alfalfa Plant for Hand ponation

our alfalfa crops. Especially Is this
true for the states of the middle west,
notably Utah, Colorado, Kansas and
Nebraska. These states are the home
of the American type of alfalfa, aud In
them no other alfalfa has been able to
compete with 1t. When, therefore, the
breeder has found that strain or type
Of alfalfa which is most suited to the
locality within which he must work,
It is from this strain that he should
look to draw his materials for further
selection and Improvement. He must
first study the needs of his locality
and determine what lines of improve
ment are most necessary in order to
increase the yield or feeding value.
When this is done he may intelligently
seek out and select for breeding pur-
poses those individual plants which
seem most likely to possess valuable
characteristics.
For what points should we breed? In
the first place, hardness and vigor are
indispensable, in order that the plant
may not be driven out by weeds or
killed by severe weather conditions.
Moreover, hardy, vigorous plants will
live longer, be more productive, and
the expense of reseeding will not be so
frequent.
Another aim of the breeder of alfalfa
Is to secure plants Of greater drought
resistance, in order that the area over
which this valuable plant can be
grown with profit may be further ex-
tended into the semi-arid regions and
that better crops may be secured in
the drier sections in which it is al
ready grown. Drought-resistance in a
plant depends either upon its effect
iveness in gathering water from the
soil or its ability to retain it when
gathered, or upon both. Obviously the
best way to determine the drought
resisting qualities of plants is by
means of comparative tests In dry sec
tons, but where this is impracticable
preliminary test may be made by
measuring the quantity of water trans
| pired by given amount of leaf surface
| In given time. The Importance OF
| such tests Is suggested by the fact that
Of two plants, growing side by side In
the breeding plots OF the botanical de-
partment OF the Kansas station, one
showed an average Transportation rate
for equal areas Of leaf surface nearly
twice as great as the o,her. 1t is but
natural to suppose thai, other charac-
| teristics being equal, the plant show
ing the least loss of water would be
most suited for dry region. Close
pollinated seeds VI the above-men-
toned plants have been secured and
II II proposed to test BY similar meth
DDS the Transportation rates OF the on
spring Of each In order to determine
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30
POSSIBILITIES Of
ALFALFA BREEDING
Work beginning Receive the Serious Attention OF
Experiment Stations

to what extent these characters may
be inherited, and whether by this meth
cd there may not be isolated and prop.
agated. at once. extremely drought-re-
sistant strains.
Alfalfa is susceptible to several dis
eases. All Of these are capable of do
ing more or less serious, damage, and
there is as yet no practicable method
Of controlling them known. 1t would
seem, moreover. that the only method
in which there. is offered any large do
gree OF hope for success lies in the
possibility of securing more disease-re.
sistant strains by selection and breed
ing.
An ideal alfalfa plant should be very
leafy. This is so for two reasons. In
the first place, the greater the leaf sur
face spread out to the light the greater
the assimilating power of the plant,
and hence the more rapid and vigor-
Gus growth. In the second place. the
leaf forms more palatable and diges-
tible food than do the stems. Hence
more productive crops and better
quality Of hay would be secured from
plants having high percentage Of leaf
to the total weight.
In selecting plants for breeding.
habit of growth must be considered.
This should be as nearly upright as
possible in order that all Of the stems
may be cut by the mower.
While relatively small number Of
alfalfa growers produce this plant for
the purpose of harvesting the seed.
still the question Of seed production is
one Of prime importance. No better
emphasis on this point could be made
than to call attention to the present
high price Of alfalfa seed. The high
probability Of easy improvement along
this line is suggested by extreme vari-
atoms with respect to the seeding abil.
ity Of different individuals found in
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30

The great Elasticity of the genus of
plants to which alfalfa belongs In its
adaptability to soil and climate Is
strongly emphasized when we compare
the extremes OF the types. The wiry
stems. the low-spreading, much
branched habit and extreme hardness
of Turkestan alfalfa present such q
contrast to the large, rather stiff. tall,
upright and little-branched stems Of
the sub-tropical Peruvian alfalfa, that
one would little suspect that he was
dealing with plants of the same origin.
This adaptability. or in other words
ability to become acclimatized, has al
ready been explained by the fact that
within any one Of the given types
or, drought and cold-resistance occur
which need only to be selected by soil
and climatic factors killing out the less
suited individuals in order that type
may be established. What, therefore.
has been done by the slow process Of
natural selection may be FASTENED and
emphasized by the conscious selection
and propagation of the best plants.
There is thus opened, in this wonder
fully plastic and variable group, field
for the breeder, pregnant with the
probability of the most profound sue
cess.
The breeding Of this forage plant is
just beginning to receive the serious at
tention of the experiment stations and
the United States department of agri-
culture in the alfalfa-growing states of
the west and southwest. BY compar-
alive study Of the adaptability Of re-
gional varieties it is clear that the
work Of the agricultural explorer must
now give place largely to that Of the
plant-breeder, and that we must in the
future look to the improvement Of our
own rather than the introduction Of
new varieties for the amelioration Of
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30
PERSONAL.

p. J. Kieran, former president of the
Fidelity Funding Company Of New
York. who is held responsible by many
Catholic churches and societies all
over the country for the loss Of funds,
and whose whereabouts have been
unknown to the public for several
months, went to Pittsburg. surren-
dered himself to the authorities and
gave bond In two cases.
Charles s. Deneen was inaugurated
governor Of Illinois for the second
time.
Clara Morris. the actress, who has
been Ill long time, is in serious
condition and her family and friends
are very anxious about the outcome.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30
GEN ERAL NEWS.

The number of dead in the crib fire
horror at Chicago was estimated at
20. 1t was believed the disaster was
caused by a workman dropping a
torch on dynamite.
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison
published a statement declaring they
would not ask for clemency in the con-
tempt of court matter and severely de.
nouncing Justice Wright and his de-
cision against them.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the mems building of the Mahoning
county infirmary at Garfield, O., and
Is Of the aged inmates received burns
more or less serious.
The prohibition forces of Tennessee
scored another victory when the house
passed the bill prohibiting the manu-
facture Of intoxicating liquors In this
state after January 1, 1910.
Alvin Boline of Ottawa, ILL.,, shot his
wife and fatally wounded her mother
in the latter's home at Galva, ILL.,, and
then committed suicide.
An alleged conspiracy Of stockmen
to Grive a stock company from South
Dakota was revealed by the confess
sions OF men under arrest.
Mrs. Susie M. Burdette, widow of
the late Joshua Burdette, a wealthy
pioneer merchant of Creek county, Ok
lahoma, who was the victim of mys-
FERROUS assassination at Eufala, Okla,
in 1906, filed suit for the recovery OF
100000 insurance upon Burdette's
life.
The Union Tobacco society after
months of preparation and preliminary
meetings received the final touches of
the promoters at Louisville and as a
result the tobacco growers of Ken
lucky, Indiana and Wisconsin are
welded into one body with q central
administration.
Prof. T. A. Jaggar, Jr., Of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology, an
authority on volcanoes, predicts a ter
rible eruption of Mount Etna within
Is months.
The members of the Union of Ame-
lean Hebrew Congregations united in
the dedication of a memorial window
to Rabbi Isaac M. Wise at Temple
Keneseth Israel in Philadelphia.
The business portion OF McCracken,
Kan. including the Jesse hotel, was
destroyed by fire.
Eight persons we're killed by a
sharp earthquake which occurred at
Phocaea, Is miles northwest OF Smyr-
ma. Turkey. and at other neighboring
towns. ls
Fire in the business district Of To
ledo. o., destroyed property valued at
4250.000.
The centenary OF the birth OF Edgar
Allan Poe was celebrated in New
York, where q monument was I'M
yelled. and by meetings in other
cities.
Robert q. Lees birthday was appro-
priately observed in many southern
cities.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30


MIR. WILLIAM A. PRESSER, 1729
1vx Third Ave-, Moline, ILL.,, writes:
shave been suffering from catarrh
In the head for the past two months
and tried innumerable so-called RENE
dies without avail. No one knows how
1 have suffered not only from the dis
ease itself, but from modification when
in company of friends or strangers.
II have used two bottles of your med
icine for q short time only, and IL
effected complete medical cure, and
what is better yet. the disease has not
returned.
81 can most emphatically recommend
Peruna to all sufferers from this dis
ease"
Read This Experience.
Mr.. A. Thompson, Box 65, r. r. I,
Martel, Ohio, writes: "When / began
your treatment my eyes were infamed,
nose was stopped up half of the time,
and was sore and scabby. ! could not
rest at night on account of continual
hawking and splitting.
81 had tried several remedies and was
about to give up, but thought would
try Peruna.
sAfter had taken bout one-third Of
a bottle noticed a difference. am
now completely cured, after suffering
with catarrh for eighteen years.
~ think II those who are afflicted
with catarrh would try Peruna they
would never regret It."
Peruna Is manufactured by the
Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Ask your Druggist for . Free Pergns
Almanac for 1909.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30
Ham Eritters.

Heat to boiling point one cupful OF
stock Thicker with tablespoonful
each Of -four and butter cooked to-
gether, and add to it one cupful Of cold
cooked chopped ham, one egg well
beaten, and dry mustard and Worces-
tershire sauce to season.
Heat thoroughly. take from fire and
cool. Make a fritter batter Of one
cupful of sifted floor, two teaspoon
fuls of melted butter, scant cupful of
hot water, the beaten white of an egg,
and pinch of salt. Shape the ham
mixture into small balls, dip in frittcr
batter and fry in deep fat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30
oMsLsr WIN colp HAM.
Makes One o. the pslntlest Of Al
breakfast Dishes.

An omeiet. made with finely
chopped cold ham and chopped pars-
ley, forms dainty breakfast dish.
Chop finely some pieces of cold ham
and add teaspoonful OF chopped pars-
ley and seasoning Of salt and pepper.
Well whisk the whites and yolks Of
two eggs separately, add the beaten
yolks to the chopped ham and Just be-
fore cooking the omelet. quickly stir
In the whites previously beaten to q
stiff broth. Put a good sized piece Of
butter into the omelet pan and when
the butter has melted. pour in the
omelet. Stir the omelet with q
spoon or fork one way till 1t begins to
thicken and when the under part Is
nicely Drowned. turn the omelet over
In oval-shape and serve Immediately.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30
COOKING Potatoes.

Place potatoes in a skillet, iron
saucepan, or upon an asbestos circle;
cover tightly with a turned over sauce
pan, plate or lid. Set on the back OF
the stove. When done, the effect will
DO the same as that of baking. Instead
OF pairing, boiling and MASKING pota-
toes, bake them this way or in an
oven, remove from skins, season, and
mash, and the flavor Is delicious, much
better than that of ordinary mashed
potatoes, especially If, in removing the
skins, care is taken to get all the con-
tents out
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30
Scotch Broth.

Buy two pounds of mutton from the
neck and add to 1t two quarts Of
water. Let 1t stand for an hour. Heat
slowly and add half cup of barley,
let 1t boil and skim again, then SIM
mer for an hour, Add to 1t half cup
OF chopped onion. half cup of
chopped carrot, half cup of chopped
turnips and half cup Of celery which
have been fried for Ave minutes in
clean drippings. Then let the entire
soup simmer for three hours. Season
highly, thicken with little -four and
serve with chopped parsley on the
top.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30
Cut Fresh Ronss for Poultry

Cut Fresh Bones for Poultry
Probably no other fool that hens can
have does more to assist In the pro
duction of eggs in winter than cut or
ground fresh bones from the butcher
shop. Bones may be obtained usually
Cor from half cent to a cent and a
half a pound and machines for cut
ting them may be purchased at vari-
GUS prices. About half an ounce to
each fowl per day is the right amount
to feed or 1t may be fed every other
day about an ounce to each fowl
Sometimes flock of hens which have
been fed nothing but grain will be.
gin laying within short time after
the owner begins to feed cut bone reg
ularly. This is because the elements
which the bone contains we're lacking
or did not exist in sufficient quantity
in the grain ration ana as soon a.
those elements we're furnished the
hens we're able to make eggs and the
eggs we're laid.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30
BREAKFAST OR LUNCH DISH.
Stuffed Kidneys a Welcome Addition
to the Menu.

Four or six small kidneys, two table
spoonfuls of butter, two ounces OF
bread crumbs. one teaspoonful chopped
parsley. pepper and salt and little
lemon Juice. Skin the kidneys and
split them lengthwise, but not quite
through. Leave enough to act as a
sort of hinge. Rub them inside with
melted butter. and broil them over a
clear fire for ten minutes.
Have ready the stufing of crumbs,
parsley and butter, well seasoned with
salt and pepper. Heat in a small
saucepan and add the lemon juice.
Dish the kidneys and put some Of
this mixture inside each. Fold them
over, sprinkle with salt and pepper
and serve very hot.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30

any ordinary alfalfa field. For instance,
in one experiment at the Kansas ex-
pertinent station bulletin 1917 some
plants produced only 0.4 seeds per ten
gram weight of stem and leaf, whereas
from other plants in the same field as
high as 1877 seeds per ten-gram weight
were harvested. That these charac-
tiers are strongly heritable is shown by
the following, quoted from Bulletin 101
of the South Dakota experiment sta
ton:
In the pedigree rows of 1906 a gen.
eral tendency toward uniformity was
observed in the plants from the same
selection. For example, all the plants
in pedigree row No. 1928 exhibited
exceptional forage qualities as COM
pared with the plants of other rows
grown, whatever the source, and all
the plants of pedigree row No. 65-74
bore heavily Of seed pods, while others
from the same original source were
light bearers of the pods"
However, in the breeding of alfalfa,
the fact must not be lost sight of that
1t must be prominently a forage plant.
and that If the productivity Of seed be
increased 1t must not be done at the
expense of the forage value. =
Productivity is, of course, the most
important Of the qualities to be sought
in the Improvement Of alfalfa, and may
be said to include all the others de-
scribed. Thus, in order to be produc-
tive of the largest quantity of the best
quality of hay, the plant must be
hardy, vigorous, disease and drought
resistant, very leafy, and of such habit
Of growth as to be harvested with
ease and without great loss from low
lying and PROSTATE stems.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30
EscaIIoped Cabbage.

Cut half-boiled cabbage in pieces,
put in buttered baking dish, sprinkle
with salt and pepper and add one cup
white sauce. Lift cabbage with fork
that it may be veil mixed with sauce.
cover with half-cup buttered crumbs.
bake until crumbs are brown. White
sauce is made Of four tablespoons but
ter, four tablespoons flour, quarter tea
spoon salt, little pepper, one cup milk.
Melt butter, add -four and seasoning,
stir in milk slowly, cook until thick
and smooth
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-30
New Dress for Hash.

Heat pint of gravy left from a pot
roast to make real brown gravy, add
q cupful each Of boiled spinach, chest
nuts and French mushrooms, chopped,
and teaspoonful each Of currant jelly
and sherry, and thin, large slices OF
cold meat; warm thoroughly and serve
with pieces of toast, sliced lemon and
watercress.