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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
PerpIexinu Problem,

There are two dusky housemaids in
the service of Washington family
whose thoughts, as is the case with
many of their race, turn greatly to
dress.
On one occasion Hattie became smit-
ten with hat she had seen on her
afternoon off. AS she had her weeks
wages in her pocket, 1t was not long
before the coveted headgear was hers.
1t was wonderful creation of black
the pink roses; and to Hattie 1t was
the last word In hats.
When she got home she spent much
time at the mirror, but the hat did
not seem to look so well on her as 1t
had in the shop window.
"Doggone it" she muttered, ut looks
like de very dickens, don't 1t? An il
look so fine in dat window"
"Yo' must remember, Hattie" said
the other housemaid. malevolentiy.
dat de situation is different now
Yo' has, got 1t on, and youse got 20
face to contend with"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
THOMAS BOwATER, LORD MAYOR OF LONDON

tanned in Londop and King George and
Queen Mary (then prince and princess
Of Wales) were received and wei
coined on their return from India. The
lord mayor and the sheriffs paid state
visits to Rome and Milan, and had an
audience OF the king Of Italy. In 1907,
on the death OF Sir David Evans Sir
vansi.tart Bowater, defeating two 9TH
er candidates, was elected alderman Of
Castle Baynard ward.
Every lord mayor must have served
as alderman and sheriff. and usually
an alderman must wait some years be-
fore being elected sheriff. Election to
the mayoralty is usually In the order
OF seniority as alderman.
Sir Thomas Is the first Lancastrian
to attain this high position. After
him, however, there win be, barring
accidents, a succession OF LAncastrian
lord mayors, for Sir Charles Johnson.
who will succeed him. was born In
Liverpool and Sir Charles Cheers
Wakefield and Sir william Dunn. who
are next in rotation. are natives re.
spectively OF Liverpool and Clitheree
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20

or In a field while cattle on an ad-
joining farm or In an adjacent field
may be free from the affection.
Various investigators In the past
have attempted to discover some
germ or organism or some toxic
substance which might be determined
as the cause OF this condition. but
thus far the cause of the disease has
not been established.
AS death of stock from this affec-
tion is generally sudden. and there is
little opportunity for treatment, ami
mails should not be turned into field
with standing stalks.
AS matter of fact the disease
may be actually prevented by cutting
the stalks early and only feeding
them after they have been carefully
cured and removed from the field.
Losses from feeding on standing corn.
stalks emphasize the economic value
of cutting the corn and feeding the
stalks in the barnyard or corral, or,
better still, shredding the dry stalks,
under which condition they may be
fed with the least possible waste.
The so-called cornstalk disease
should not be confused with poisoning
from eating sorghum. Deaths among
stock from eating sorghum have been
traced to prussic acid poisoning, which
poison the sorghum under certain con.
ditions Of growth has been found to
contain In combination.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
HELEN HUNTINGTON TO WE'D VINCENT ASTOR

diffident debutante. And now that he
has laid his millions and himself at
the feet OF Miss Huntington. and been
accepted, many hearts will ache, and
many OF them will ache as keenly over
the loss OF the man himself as OF his
enormous wealth.
Mr.. Astor will be twenty-five years
old next Saturday. Miss Huntington
is twenty Ever since they were small
children they have played together.
for the Aston country estate at Rhine
beck, the wonderful place known as
Ferncliffe. adjoins the Huntington
acres.
the young people have been seen in
one of Mr.. Astor's big motors, accom-
panied by Mrs. Huntington, and on
several occasions, after touring over
large part of the countryside, the
party has motored in to the Ritz
Carlton or the st. Regis to luncheon.
Vincent Aston will have as one OF
his ushers George G. Douglas of Min.
neapolis, Mimi, whose father, Walter
ID. Douglas. also was victim OF the
Titanic. Mr.. Douglas met Vincent AS
tor for the first time when he came
east to await the arrival of his fathers
body at Halifax. and together they
went through days of anxiety and men
tai suffering. During this time the
two young men became close friends
and when Vincent Aston announced his
approaching marriage Friday he lost
no time in wiring Mr.. Douglas an in
vitation to act as usher. The Doug
lases are prominent in Minneapolis
society.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
AMERICAN GIRL MARRIES INTO ROYAL FAMILY

choice, for which Americans will give
him due credit.
The duke Of Croy, who Is twenty
four years old. Is a sovereign duke and
IL related to most OF the royal houses
OF Europe. He 10 an officer In the Ger
man army. but will soon resign his CON-
mission to devote himself to the man.
agement OF his estates In Westphalia.
His income Is estimated at 100000 a
year. 30 that he cannot be called q
fortune hunter. The house to which
he belongs Ia the equal of any of the
reigning houses Of Europe and belong
ed to the Holy Roman empire before
the principally was destroyed by Ma
poleon. It has branches In Belgium.
France and Hungary and the mar
riage was opposed by all OF them. the
position being assumed that the mar
riage could not be anything but NOR
ganatic.
Miss Leishman, now the duchess OF
Croy, has spent many Of her years In
Europe, where her father. formerly
president of the Carnegie Steel COM
pany. was minister to Switzerland and
ambassador to Russia, Italy and Ger
many. She is typical American girl.
fond of outdoor sports and with a
sturdy independence which may upset
some of the staid traditions and Gus
toms of the house of Croy In West
phalia.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20

since young Vincent Aston came
into absolute control OF his $685.
100000 share of the estate left by
his father, John Jacob Aston, who. died
as one of the heroes of the Titanic.
match making mothers in New York.
Newport and the other resorts of the
very rich have had their heaviest ar
tillery trained on him.
And in young Mr. Astors case there
has been more cooperation between
mothers and daughters than often is
seen when the former have sought to
engage their children to men of mil
lions. For Vincent Aston, entirely
apart from his millions. is figure to
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
BREEZY WESTERNER WHO LIKES ROUGH LIFE

clothes and overalls, she entered right
into the spirit of the expedition. En-
Joy it," laughed the breezy western
lady. We'll, rather.
1T was wonderful a, night under
the open sky. shall never forget the
glorious stars. We always slept out
on the ground on blankets. 1t was
hard to have to come back home and
live in closed-up rooms. For the long.
est time after my hunting trips /
would be unable to sleep at all in the
city"
1t was impossible for the inter.
viewer, woman, to understand how
any other woman would be happy
sleeping out on a desert with rattlers
and tarantulas and bugs and big
horned sheep and things curled up In
their beds or walking in their sleep
In the same neighborhood. Even Mrs.
Humphreys assurance that these
creatures never troubled her could
not quite make II clear how anyone
was able to even think Of stars and the
heavens in such surroundings.
The journey that Mrs. Humphrey re-
members with the greatest pleasure
was the 60-day stay in the north Of
Alaska. Many times she got farther
into the various frigid locations than
a white woman had ever been before.
Never during the whole two months OF
that trip did the ground thaw. The
season was midsummer. June and
July. II ever warm spell comes In
the Arctics it is during these two
months.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
CATTLE AND coRNsTALKs.

Farmers In the corn belt, especially
In the middle and upper Mississippi
valley, have. at various periods expe-
rienced loss Of cattle pastured on
standing cornstaiks after the corn has
been harvested in the autumn.
An element Of mystery has sur
rounded the death Of cattle In these
instances The disease Is character
lied by a very rapid course; in fact,
very commonly there are no premon-
itory symptoms, and 1t is not unusual
for the owner upon visiting the field
in the morning to find one or more
fat cattle dead which on the previous
Nevening were apparently in excellent
health.
Another peculiarly of the disease
Is that losses may occur on one farm
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
From a School Teacher, To

From a School Teacher, Too.
This is silly stuff from a school
teacher:
How do the little birds stick their
nests together asked the inquisitive
pupil.
rs It possible that you don't know p
exclaimed the teacher, using well
known bluff for the purpose Of gain
ing time.
Il don't know. an ! want to-" was
the incorporating statement of the
pupil. The teacher thought rapidly.
and then came out with the triumph
ant counter query:
did you ever hear Of bird liner"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20

aided as tine luck
lest girl in the
world"
For not only
have Miss Hunt.
ington's parents
announced her en-
gagement to Vim
cent Aston, Ameri-
cas- richest and in
many other ways
most eligible bach
elor, but friends
Of the young cou-
pie agree heartily
with the declara-
ton that both of
them have made
that it is "a love
match. pure and
simple" Ev e r
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20

with her husband into all sorts OF
wild, out-of-the-way places that Mrs.
Humphrey is at her best Her eyes
kindly. twinkling eyes-light up and
her gestures become animated. 1t is
then that one fully appreciates the
charm of her low voice and the sudden
flashes of keen wit for which she Is
famed.
During recent interview the con-
versation naturally drifted to Mrs.
Humphreys hunting adventures. Four
years ago with her husband and a
guide she spent several weeks in the
desert land Of Mexico. Wearing mems
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
SENATORIAL COURTESY.

When Senator Clarke of Arkansas
was making IAN address on the tariff
bill in the senate the other day, Sena-
tor Ben Tillman of South Carolina,
sitting beside him. unfolded letter.
The rafting Of the paper disturbed
the Arkansas senator and he loudly
snapped his fingers under Mr.. TIL.
mans nose.
Senator Tillman glared at his col.
league over his spectacles for few
moments. then arose and walked
away.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
BOYS. PIa cluba.

The department Of agriculture haA
its Boys Corn cub and its Girls Can.
ming club and now comes the Boys
Pig club, being organized in the south
for the purpose of increasing the sup.
ply of pork and encouraging good
breeding of hogs. Already clubs have
been organized in Alabama and Lou.
isiana, and a club organization has
been started in Georgia. II Is the pur
pose of the officials Of the department
to organize clubs In every southern
state.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
Should PLAY Football.

Il don't understand what makes yor
bow so politely to Ethel's father" re
marked the substitute guard, "espe
cially after the treatment he gave yor
the other night when he elected YOU
from the premises"
"Enthusiastic?" replied the captain
Of the football team. Il should say
vast Why, that old duffer has the
most wonderfully developed KICKING
toe ever encountered"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20

from this country
TO Berlin. has
come nearer mar
rying into a real
royal family than
any other Ameri.
can girl. A few
days ago she be-
came the bride 81
the duke OF Croy,
who owns i'm
mense estates In
Westphalia and
who married In
spite Of the oppo-
sition Of his fam
lily and without
the permission of
the kaiser. II
was said after the
@ n Y a z @ ment OF
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20

OF Seattle, WASH,
which gives the
impression t b a t
she is quite out of
her proper ele-
ment in her Wash
ington apartment.
Her large, we'll
formed figure, her
10 g, swinging
stride, her clear
pink and white
complexion, best
described by the
plebeian W or d
clean, all suggest
I h g out-of-doors
and the fresh air
of the mountains.
1t is when she is
telling of her trips
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20

the couple last April that the duke
would have to obtain the permission of
the kaiser to wed, in order that his
wife might be admitted to membership
in the high German nobility and her
children, II she had any. might be able
to bear the title of the house of Croy.
But the young duke snapped his fin
gers at the kaiser, his family traditions
and presidents of a long life of noble
ancestors and married the girl of his
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
FILLED WITH BIRDS
Tennessee Preserve Is Home Of
Feathered Songsters.
Owner Tells Of Warfare He Has
Waged to Keep Out the English
sparro~s, q Pest, and Employ
or Of Child Labor.

Benjamin l.. Dulaney owns a forest
and bird preserve within the limits of
Bristol, Tenn, which Is said to con.
tain more song birds than any othes
space OF woodland Of the asme siss
on the American continent. There are
100 acres in the reservation. and car
Ing for the feathered songsters. and
studying them, is Mr.. Dulaney's hob
by. In an idle moment the other day
the big Tennesseean consented to give
some results of his recent observa-
lions.
Il have come to the conclusion.
said Mr.. Dulaney, that the disappear
ance of certain Of our trees, notably
the chestnut. Is due to the neglect to
preserve one species OF birds. tho
woodpecker. understand there arc
few woodpeckers left in this part OF
the country. and that the chestnut tree
is almost extinct. Owing to this
dearth OF their enemies the borers, ON
which woodpeckers prey, and other
destructive insects have come In
force.
There are many varieties OF the
woodpecker, each of which takes care
OF particular form of the pest. Az
for the harm the bird does to a tree,
that is nil. He simply digs out hole
for the family nest in the spring. When
you hear him tapping the tree at other
times he has only located borer and
Is going after It, and he has a way OF
finding It. I am positive that IL We
protected our birds we would have
saved many of our forest trees.
II am keeping my forest wild be
cause love song birds. They have
come to know that they are safe. The
boys Of the neighborhood have been
taught to become friends of the birds
Why, in my own yard have seen an
many as thirty or thirty-five nests nj
one time.
"As the English sparrow Is pest,
! have naturally been at some pains to
prevent my woods from being tenant
ed by these birds. During the summer
l have been studying these sparrows.
and do you know they have the child
labor problem worked out to fine
point | am speaking now of particu-
lar group Of sparrows which had I'M
der observation
II watched a nest for six weeks. Tho
sparrows had not built II. Robins put
1t up last year, and in the spring the
sparrows moved in and took posses
sion The mother bird laid only one
egg at time, and the first egg was the
only one she herself actually Matched
AS soon as one egg cracked the mother
bird would lay another, until finally
there were in the nest young In all
stages. from a fiedgling to bird new
ly Matched. The actual Matching of the
last five eggs was done by the warmth
of the eldest, and those that came in
succession. If this isn't an instance OF,
child labor, don't know what is,
II had small shotgun for killing
English sparrowsy and l wanted to kill
the parent birds. | discovered that
among the sparrows on the place there
was something communistic, because
no sooner had | killed couple OF
what | thought were parents than
other sparrows would come and bring
food to the young. In all, had To
shoot 10 birds before cut off the food
suppfy)of the occupants Of the nest"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20
His Modest Wants.

Il don't want to be very rich
THAT sol"
mo. have no desire to have |.
great fortune" n
Then what do you wantf" -
I'D be perfectly happy II wers
rich enough to give my wife an allow
ance every week. instead OF having 10
take my pay envelope home intact and
receiving an allowance from my wife,
Detroit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20

enter on his duties
November 1.
Sir Thomas was
born In 1862 at
Manchester. and
g d u ate d at
Broughton college
In that city. He
ia the head of the
gre at firm OF
M e 9 srs. w. v.
Bowater q Sons,
D ap erm a kers'
agents and mer-
chants.
He entered the
London corpora
tion as a common
CO u n c ilman In
1899. and served
the Office OF sher-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20

in In the mayoralty Of Sir Walter
vaughan-Morgan in 1905-o6, when he
was knighted. During his Shrievalty
he late king OF Greece was enter
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20

Miss Helen Dinsmore Huntington, a
debutante Of two seasons ago. Is her.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20

There is much about the wife of
Representative William E. Humphrey
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20

Nancy Leishman, daughter OF John
q. A. Leishman. former ambassador
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-12-20

He was elected several weeks ago
to succeed Sir David Burnett and will
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-05-22
1000

sos so
OUT NJ POWHATAN DISTRICT
ROAD FUND
To r. L. Lakewood. for cut
ting out trees and work
on automobile road. &c. q rs
w. s. Kitchens. for work on
road from Deep Creek
to Piney Grove. filling
holes, ETC.. .......... IL 90
Andrew Jones. for cutting
tree out of road. .... so
SIT Is
OUT OF STONEHOUSE DIS
TRICT ROAD FUND
To w. r. Bangs. for running
road drag over road. Is
hours at IS cts. .... S Is
c. c. Cowles. work on road
near Toano ... q 90
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-05-22
WILLIAMSBURG BOY
TAKES STEP UP

Williamsburg people are always
delighted 10 hear Of the success Of
one OF her sons. and the latest to &c
called 20 a higher position is Mr.
HIGH Mercer. who FOR some time
mas held a responsible place with
the Southern Railway az Richmond.
Recognizing his worth and ability
as a railroad man. Mr.. Mercer has
been appointed travelling freight
agent with headquarters az Dallas.
Texas. for the Southern. a position
Of trust and responsibility. The
friends here or Hugh feel ina, he
will make good Ia bis rev position
just as ne has in others. and Wish
MIN the success that he so well de-
serves.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-05-22
KNITTING MILL NOT
SOLD LAST SATURDAY

Contrary 10 expectations. the VIII
liamSburg knitting mill was moi sold
at public auction last Saturday. It
will be recalled that il was to have
been sold under foreclosure OF a
SIS 600 deed of trust and Trustee
n. L. Henley was ready for the sale
when It was stopped by order of
Judge Edmund Wsddill. of the Fed
eral court, bankruptcy proceedings
having been instituted.
An officer Of the United States
court served a restraining order that
stopped the sale for the present at
least. Receivers have been sp-
pointed. one OF whom is Mr.. J. B.
c. Spencer. of Williamsburg. the
other being a Norfolk lawyer 1t is
understood that the mill was thrown
into bankruptcy by c. c. Grost.
the owner. through a Washington
insurance company. Just what the
fate OF the plant will be is not
known. 1t will probably 60 through
bankruptcy proceedings and sold &C
the highest bidder at some futur;
date.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-05-22
CONGRESSMAN MONTAGUE
ENJOYS FISHING

For the first time since be was
elected 70 Congress. the Hon. An.
drew Jackson Montague got a day
off. the House being in recess. and
came to williamsburg last Friday TO
spend il fishing. sport of which he
is psssiooately fond. lie was met
at the depot by DR.. J. NJ. Hender-
son and Mr.. Archie Brooks and
proceeded to Tuttle's Neck pond in
the formers machine where a most
successful days fishing was had.
Congressman Moutsguelcarried back
TO Richmond with him fine bunch
OF fish.
The Governor shows the effect OF
the stTenuousness OF the past few
weeks and perhaps somebody in
Williamsburg is partly responsible
for the strain he has undergone.
However. ne looked IN the pink OF
condition and perfectly able TO take
care of himself for some time tc
come. Being here for recreation,
be had nothing to say about the
political outlook. Since he went tc
Congress, Governor Montague ha:
teen the recipient of more tnan one
distinguished honor. chief Of which,
perhaps. was being called to preside
over the House. a singularly dis,
tinguished mark of respect for ;
new member.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-05-22

To SAMUEL YUELL.
If be be living or ii he be dead. mis-
personal representatives. assigns.
heirs at law or devisees, whose names.
ages and residences are unknown; In
whose name certain real estate, de-
scribed on the land books of York coun-
~, Virginia. as one acre located In
Grafton magisterial district. in said
county; stood on the 4th day of Jan
uary 1909, IN the name of Samuel
Iueu.
Take notice, that whereas. /. +. s.
| Harris, did on the 4th dan of January
/ 1900, purchase from George - Smith.
treasurer of York county. Nirg mia. s
certain piece or parcel OF land charged
on the land books Of said county a.
one acre, and being sold by the said
treasurer for delinquent taxes thereon
I for the year of 1901. and the same be-
ing held by me under my said purchase
for the period Of two years from ths
date thereof, and having paid all taxes
and levies accruing thereon since thai
day. / shall move the Circuit Court OF
York county. Virginia, on the first day
Of the October term 1913, being the
first Tuesday IN October 1913. 20 gran
20 me a deed for the said land. as pur
chased as aforesaid from the sal,
George l., Smith, treasurer. for delin
quent taxes as aforesaid. and YOU at,
therefore hereby notified and requires
20 come into the clerk office of tn,
said circuit court for the said counts
within four months from due publica
tiOn hereof, or service of a copy Of thi
notice upon you, and do what may b
necessary 10 protect your interest,
| Given under my hand this 18th day o
April. 1913. I. 5. HARRIS.
A copy -Teste:
T. 7. HUDGINS, Clerk.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-05-22
TOANO NEWS NOTES

Toano. Va. May 2l-The Ladies
Aid Society met Yesterday at Mrs.
Haley's. Quite a number were pres
emit.
Miss Mary Wilson leaves today
for her home in Cheriton. Va. after
spending some time with her sister.
Mrs. J. <. White. here.
Mrs. Pierce. Of Richmond. is
spending this week at the Feli,
Hotel with her daughter. Miss Pau
line Pierce.
Mrs. A. w. jennings is visiting
friends in Richmond this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Almond Edwards
spent the week end with theformer' s
brother in Richmond.
Children's Day will be at Mt.
Vernon M. Z. church on the thirc
Sunday afternoon in June. A pic
mic for the children viii be given
on the following week. as usual.
The farmers have bright prospect.
for good potato crop this season
The rams of the last week did then
lots OF good.
MIR. Preston Jennings returns hons
this week. after having attended III,
Medical College of Virginia for II,
past session.