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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-09
Boston Store.

Three women out of five
are engaged on some piece OF
fancy work that must be fin
ished in about two weeks.
Time and trouble will be
saved if you remember that
we keep
QUILTED SATIN.
For lining handkerchief bags,
glove boxes, ETC., etc. Colors
Blue, Garnet,
Pink, Yellow,
Scarlet, Grey,
APRON MATERIALS.
Hemstitched Swiss EN-
broidery, 40 inches, latest
designs, made especially for
aprons.
FANCY WORK.
TRIMMINGS.
Silk Cords, Tassels, Balls
and Fringes for Fancy Work.
Great variety. Bring your
ribbons to be matched.
FANCY WORK.
MATERIALS.
A full assortment of ma
terials for all kinds of fancy
work.
Stamping Outfits, compris-
ing twenty-five new patterns,
two boxes of powder and
poncet for $I.oo.
Calender, MCAusIan & Troup
Company.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-09
Business Dress Suits

We have every desirable
kind for business or dress, $40
to $50. Handsome fabrics,
newest styles and lowest prices
you're always sure of with us.
HATS and FURNISH
INGS for man or boy. We
are the leaders in these de-
partments.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-09
FANCY WORK.
TRIMMINGS.

Silk Cords, Tassels, Balls
and Fringes for Fancy Work.
Great variety. Bring your
ribbons to be matched.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09
Edible Earth.

Much has been written about the
earth-eating tribes OF various countries,
but it is not generally known that the
inhabitants of Penacova, q village in
Portugal, have for generations eaten a
variety of earth found in the neighbor-
hood. 1t Is said that any of them
leaving home is afflicted with a singu-
lar malady with gastric symptoms UNI
less provided with supply of the
earth. The reason of this Is probably
the presence OF arsenic in the earth
which is known to produce these sin
gular effects upon It's habitual con-
sumers. The fact that DIR. Vogel has
found none in it by cursory examin-
alton. but on the, contrary, has de-
tected that it contains about double the
quantity OF nitrogen found in similar
soils from the adjacent fields. lends
plausibility to the view that the active
substance may be an alkaloid. The
whole question could be easily settled
by competent chemist, and 1t is to be
hoped that some one will undertake
its investigation.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09
Corn smut.

The Ohio experiment station has
been examining subject OF great in
terest to the farmers OF this locality,
viz. smut in Indian corn. The ex-
.perimenters have found that no appli-
cations Of liquors or powders will do
the least good after the fungus Is once
in this plant. 1t says unprincipled
makers of nostrums advertise prepara-
tions warranted to prevent or cure all
manner of insect or fungus injuries.
The station men are of the opinion
that the claim is false. There Is no
chance save in prevention. Smut may
be distributed by domestic animals, by
yard manure, etc. Infested stalks
should be cut out, gathered and care
fully destroyed. In no other way can the
ground be kept free from the smut and
in no other way can smut be prevented
than by keeping the ground clear. Seed
corn that is absolutely clean is another
necessity for smutless crop.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09
sailing vessel. OF tho Future.

The era OF the wooden sailing ves-
sci, according to the captain OF an
American ship, is passing away. He
predicts that in fifty years the wooden
deep-sea ship will be as rare as the
wooden steamship is now. lie says
the steel ship is lighter. cheaper, and
in proportion to the size of hill. has
greater carrying capacity than the
wooden craft. Freight rates are eight
times rs low as they were when tho
''Dreadnaught" made her famous run
to Liverpool, and to carry freight
profitably the hold Of the modern ship
must be capacious, and her crew must
work cheaply. Machinery for hosting
sail has lightened the work OF the sail
or-man and cheapened his labor. The
British shipyards are turning out big
steel sailing craft with rapidity that
indicates that they have come to stay.
Within the past few years feet Of
about twenty monster four-masters. all
measuring more than 1000 tons have
been launched. New York Sun.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09
Cattle Grown at = Profit.

The best beef has usually sold at a
profit through oil the seasons OF de-
preston. The exception may be ac-
counted for in the improper methods
Of feeding. and neglect to improve the
best time for marketing. Every gen.
eral farmer should grow good grade
cattle-every animal the progeny Of a
good pure-bred sire OF any recognized
beef breed, and the dam should be of
the best type of cows, herself the get
of choice sire with as much good
blood back OF him as is obtainable.
The cows should be trained to milk
well; and If their capacity after full
test, when three years old, 1oes not
reach an average of four gallons per
day during at least $50 days in the
year, greater effort should be made to
breed them 80 that their progeny will
be more surely in the milking strains.
Half of such cows milk should 60 to
the calf until six months old, the bal
ance to good use for butter or cheese,
and the dross to the pigs. A three
year-old COW whose average milk pro-
duction is less than three gallons daily
for two-thirds Of year has no profta-
BILE place on the average farm.
There is right principle to follow
in the successful production OF beef and
butter. The above outline applies to
the general farmer who lives five miles
or more from village Of 1000 OF
more population or q railway station
his farm land being worth $50 to $10C
per acre. The special dairyman who
sells milk in town by retail, or ships tc
the city Wholesale trade may P)
ignore the calf and beef question. The
large farms where help Is scarce and
high-priced and the land worth less
than $50 per acre, may dispense with
great mixers by careful management
grazing the cows principally, and the
steers after twelve months old, putting
the latter on the markets at thirty
months OF age instead Of twenty
months. But the prosperous cattle
man must be business man-one o
natural ability; and the more he know
of the world OF business the bette
chance for profit from his calling
Orange Judd Farmer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09
livestock ana Farm Notes.

Dry ground and dry weather suit
sheep best.
An excessively fat animal often
proves barren.
The more an animal is exposed the
less it will produce. @
On majority OF western farms
clover should be grown more than it is.
Hogs will pull farmer out OF a
financial holo quicker than any other
stock.
Meat, meal and milk make sub
stantial hen ration, while green vegeta-
bles furnish the appetizers.
Poor feed makes poor dams, poor
dams, poor lambs, poor lambs make
but little meat and poor wool.
One of tho principal items in plow-
ing is to produce loose earth. in which
seed may be conveniently planted.
A pig narrowed in April has nine
months to grow, and should, IL well
fed, be fully ready for market by that
time.
In feeding grain of any kind to hogs,
care should be taken to have the feed
ing place clean, or they will eat too
much dirt.
In feeding for meat a good strong
growth from birth to maturity is the
most profitable, whether the animals
are cattle, sheep or hogs.
Don't let the goodness" OF tho
manure be washed into runs or bitches
where it will be of no value to anybody.
If the manure pile must be exposed let
fertilizer juice"go where it will dc
some good,
A hog or any other animal can be
hurt by overlooking. Even when fat
tening only what will be eaten up
clean should be given; more than this
is a waste OF material without an
adequate return.
When by careful test COW cannot
be made to give a profitable flow OF
milk, the sooner she Is fattened for
market the better. There is no adj
vantage in keeping cow that does
not pay fair profit.
Well cared for scrubs can be made
to pay more profitable return than
the best thoroughbreds II they are
neglected. With all classes OF stock
the most profitable results are only
secured by good treatment.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09

Il bog your pardon, uncle" said o
gentleman who, while rushing from
horse car, had accidently run against
an old negro standing on the platform.
and had knocked the old fellow to the
ground, whore he lay sprawling on his
back.
Scrambling to his feet by the assist
ance OF the gentleman who had been the
cause of the accident the old fellow
slapped the dirt from his clothes, saying.
rs he did SO:
Hits no mattah. sab; no mattah In
de least. was gwlne ter git of ut de
next conan, anyhow, sab, an might
ez. well git off heah ez dab, Hits ali
de same ter me, sah!' -
The fact that he had been knocked
of did not seem TO figure in the case ut
all, as far as he was concsrned.-Light.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
HINTS ABOUT KAFFIR CORN
CULTURE.
A Kanssn Who Has Had Success With
Cattle for Professionalism for
Feed-Ensilags Talk Over
doneI-Farm Notes.
Kamr Corn Culture.

ID. P. Norton in the Council Grove,
Kansas, Republican: have received
so many inquiries about Kaffir corn,
its growth, method OF planting, Gull
tivation, harvestino, ETC., that would
like space to answer all at once through
your columns and save time.
When planted for grain, we use the
lister, and make rows about three feet
wide. The plates for planting corn
will not do. Get blank plate and
have small holes drilled in it, same as
for sorghum, Us the seed is about the
same size. One bushel will seed
twenty acres. 1t grows much like
sorghum ana needs the same cultiva-
walton as it and corn. The seed should
be covered two or three inches deep
The foliage is simply immense, three
times as much as sorghum or corn. 1t
heads out like sorghum, but the heads
are much more compact and the crop
Of seed very much greater, 1t should
be planted as early as corn and not
later than May /. There are two
methods OF harvesting; first cut up
when seed Is ripe, with sled, and shock
same as corn. 1t has to be cut very
low to get all the fodder. Then we
throw down the shocks and even up the
heads in armfuls, hold them on block
and chop the heads off with an axe and
re-shock the fodder. The seed is
threshed like any other grain. Some
cut the heads off with knife before cut
ting up, and then cut and shock after
wards, or turn in the cattle, same as
corn fodder.
may say that harvesting Kaffir
corn is a very slow and tedious process,
but the crop-a good one, too-is GER
tain to be there. wet or dry, and If the
harvesting is tedious, the crop will be
a bonanza, If your corn is failure; and
it beats paying so cents a bushel for
corn, or going without feed, II you
have no money to buy. am confident
the harvesting may be done with a
header, same as wheat, by charging
the wheels Of the header SO as to get
the sickle high enough. When this Is
done there will be more Kaffir corn
than oats raised in Kansas. But If q
crop OF Kaffir seed is good thing to
have at the end of a drouth, when
your corn is failure, a crop Of Kaffir
corn is no less bonanza when millet
is killed by drouth, and prairie grass
not high enough to cut. Sow a bushel
to the acre, broadcast or drill it in
with wheat drill, get it well covered
80 as to insure good stand, and you
are as certain to have good crop OF
the best feed that grows as that your
taxes or mortgages will some time be
due. The writer thereof has made
arrangements to put in 100 acres of
.Kaffir for hay and grain the coming
season, and he does not expect to buy
any feed of any kind TO winter thirty
head of horses and colts and seventy
five head OF Shorthorn cattle. Sow
Kaffir corn on the highest, driest
thinnest soil you have; the crop will DO
there all the same. ~
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09

centage Of the green tomatoes had
ripened and the tomato leaves had
cured. The cows could not be kept
away from these tomato piles. They
rooted them over with noses and horns
and cleaned up everything but the bare
vines, and at nights as long as the
tomatoes lasted they would come into
the barn painfully full and their udders
distended. ! leave IL with scientists
to say whether the milk producing
element was in the tomato itself or
whether it supplemented some other
feed to make well balanced milk
ration.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09
THE MANIN the MOON.
Does 10 or Doc, He Not influence Ter
restrial Affairs?

Does 10 or Doc. Hs Not nGaence Ter
restrial Afairs:
A great many people, particularly
farmers and villagers. believe that
everything. from wedding to a husk-
ing should be timed according to GER
tain phases Of the moon. The 'man
in the moon" must be consulted when
1t comes to planting potatoes, setting
fence-posts or building a chicken-coop.
The family bible will last for genera
tions, in some farming localities, but
when the 31st OF December comes the
years almanac always looks as If it
had accidentally been run through the
threshing machine.
Still, there is not nearly so much
belief now In the moons potency in
human affairs as there was in the days
OF our grandfathcrs. A hundred years
ago the majority OF people in England,
Germany. and in our own country con-
suited the moon not only in matters
pertaining to farming but also in
respect to business enterprises, taking
medicines to prevent diseases, and so
on.
Well, is their any substantial ground
for the belief that the moon is really q
factor In the concerns Of the human
racer To start with we know that the
moons attraction causes the tides and
that these tides are sometimes very
destructive to property. 1t is admitted
by scientists, also, that the earth's at
mosphere is to some extent affected by
tbs force OF the moon. and also of the
sun. We know, too that decomposi-
ton OF animal matter goes on more
rapidly in the moonlight than in the
dark, and there are authenticated cases
of cerebral injury to persons Us con-
sequence of sleeping in the moonlight.
Our word lunacy, or moon-craze, came
from the belief that the moon exerts an
influence on the human mind.
But science gives us very little help
in the effort to solve the problem.
Some scientists have tried to Demon
, strate that the moon exerts unmarked
Influence upon the meteorology of the
earth, and there is probably ground for
belief that this Is in measure true.
But the fact that as compared with the
fiction, in regard TO lunar Influence on
mankind. is in about the proportion OF
one grain of wheat to bushel of chat.
1t is not strange that these traditions
should still find many believers, for
they date back to the beginning of
written history, and much of the nom
sense was Endorsed by writers of repute
in tho last century.
The idea that our dead satellite has
anything to do with the so-called
'.luck" in business enterprises and
other affairs Of. individual life is too
preposterous to be tolerated by intelli-
gent people in our day. 1t may do
among people that have not yet fully
felt the awakening of this age Of en-
lightenment. InIndia, for instance, the
Hindoos imagine that they see hare
in the moon instead Of the imam in the
moon eating soup with spoon" that
adorns our almanacs. therefore, the
hare Is q sacred animal in India and
there are heavy penalties for killing it.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09

boy in ragged brooches. who held q
most disreputable-loolfing envelope in
his hand. Nothing was added TO the
letter. but the boy said 1t came from
"Miss Vern."
And 30. when a tall, eager figure
came stalking UP toward the house
Of the pilasters' 1t was met by white
rose that was white rose no longer.
but pink one, and that looked up
with willing eyes In which was every
charming remorse and every exquisite
promise.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09
Hints to Housekeepers.

To prevent layer cake from sticking,
grease. the tins and dust in a little
-four.
Hot milk Is simple means OF COM
fort, and is most reviving to one who
is fatigued by over-exertion.
The best thing to clean tinware is
common soda; rub on briskly with q
damp cloth, after which wipe dry.
Disinfectants are useful possessions
in all households. Even the most
sanitary plumbing may need the oc-
casional publication OF disinfectants.
A German prescription for prevent
ing cold-sores and boils from coming
to a head is to paint them five or ten
times daily with equal parts Of boracic
acid and water.
Sponge carpets occasionally with
hot water in which either common salt
or powdered alum has been dissolved.
This not only brightens the carpet but
prevents moths.
To keep glassware bright wipe di-
rectly from the hot suds. Tumblers
used for milk should be thoroughly
rinsed In cold water before being inn
morsed in hot suds, as hot water seems
to drive the milk into the glass and
give them dingy appearance.
By applying little Of the best car
rage oil varnish carefully with cam
els hair brush to the edges Of broken
china, the parts being neatly joined
| together, the fracture viii, when
thoroughly dry. be hardly perceptible
and the china will stand fire and water.
To preserve the rich fruity flavor, do
not boil the prunes. Allow them to
soak over night in cold water, enough
| to cover the prunes. Then take the
prunes out and boil the water in which
they have soaked; add sugar to taste
and boil fifteen minutes. Then add
the prunei and set of on the range and
allow them to simmer thirty minutes,
then set Of to cool.
II you feel q little debilitated take the
coca tonic; eat plenty Of fresh. ripe
fruit and vegetables, especially oranges.
drink lemonade, and when unusually
fatigued, and Just before retiring, drink
O glass Of milk a. hot as can be taken
in large sips Walk reasonably, and
sleep In pure air. II few days Of
4 this sort Of homo treatment fail tt
bring up the body and mind TO theil
proper tone oall in your doctor and
follow his advice.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09
romatoes For stook.

A correspondent Of the Rural Cam
sdian. last foil had thousand bushels
OF tomatoes left after his market and
tried the experiment OF feeding them
70 his cows with such an increased
milk flow that he planted tomatoes for
the purpose of feeding them to the
COWS. He says: After the FIRST frost
last fall we pulled tomato vines and
collected them In piles, with the green
tomatoes adhering, where they re-
mained couple OF weeks before we
could let tina cows into the field. BY
that time we found that . large per-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09
The Usual Way.

Mrs. Greathead kept you so
late at that meetingp
Mr.. Greathead-I had to draw up q
long set OF resolutions for publication,
complimenting Mr.. Bullhead's great eff
fciency rs q member Of the board, and
expressing our heartfelt regret at losing
his invaluable aid and counsel.
OF all things! Why, you and the
rest have been fighting for three
months to get him out Of the board. 4
Yes; but tonight he resigned volun-
tarily. New York Weekly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09
A MELODY.

Who e most TO the hearts desire,
Woman, or man, or evening skies
Where tho moon goes sailing alongl
These, or the flying Of wrong
From the light of sorrowful eyesl
Not these; but the seed Of fire,
That, sown In the soul,
When curfews toll,
Flames suddenly out into song
Sad, or merry, is all the same, =
80 II scatters the night Of shame
And erects a name
On the pillar of jubilant Songi
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09

The Woman who Looks for Burglar
Rawnrdad ~ lat

Rewarded 1T Last.
you've heard Of that burglar under
the bed" said Mrs. Westside. We'll
I've just had the greatest scare Of my
life. I've been looking for that burg
lar under the bed ever since was
school girl. and my grown children
long ago joined In the hunt"
"And you found him at lastp"
"Wait-Tll tell you. The other
day went to visit some friends In
Washington. / stopped at the house
of couple of old maids--the nicess
people in the world. you know--who
had been recently bereft OF loved
relative. He had died In the house.
During the evening the conversation
naturally turned upon the character
and last illness OF this man. It was
only casual conversation. Nothing
was remarkable about it and the sub
ject was quickly lost in tho flood OF
other talk. We sat up late and when
we arose to retire one of the girls
laughingly inquired whether / was
afraid to sleep alone.
" Because, she said, we have no
man about the house now. II you are
the least bit timid you can sleep here,
though the best room is ready for you.'
" Dear me- said !, I'm not q child
and. l was shown up to q handsome bed
room.
''You know, I'm not bit afraid OF
a man. I'm more afraid without one.
I'm not at all superstitious-wo
be afraid to raise an umbrella in my
room, to walk under a ladder or through
a graveyard. began to disrobe with
out ceremony as soon as my friend babe
me good night. Her last remark re-
called the conversation about the man
who died there probably in this very
ROOM l thought looking around
perhaps in this bed.' But even III I
had been certain OF that the fact
wouldn't have disturbed my rest. So
/ went on with my preparations. Be-
fore jumped into bed and turned out
the gas l did just what had done from
girlhood-threw up the overhangirg
coverlet and looked under the bel for
that burglar.
Heavens! The sight that mot my
eyes fairly froze my blood! l was
rooted to the spot with horror!
THE long expected burglar? No. At
that moment I would have welcomed
the most desperate burglar that ever
lived. l would have embraced him.
saw long. cloth-covered box, with
brass drop handles on the side and
studded with brass headed tacks along
the edges.
III was so frightened, so utterly
astounded i couldn't scream, or I
should have yelled loud enough to
raise the neighborhood. Fortunately.
l heard footstep at tina. moment and
a tap at the door. 1t was the other
sister come to bid me good night
.''Good gracious!' she exclaimed.
seeing my white face. What in tie
world
I-I-oh. dearr As soon as /
could find my tongue. Why do you
k-k-keep that co-cof-fln under
the beds?
She burst into hearty laugh Run
ming quickly to the bed she pulled the
thing out. 1t was dress box. We
sat down on the floor and laughed to-
gether. think cried. don't care.
1t would have scared a mule! Even
after l knew what it was I couldn't
sleep soundly single night while
there for dreaming it was cofiin!"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09
They stick.

One American manufacturer ships
1000 lumber wagons to South America
every year, and yet the natives come
into cities like Buenos Ayres with carts
Of the same style and make as were
used 1000 years ago. 1t takes ono
yoke OF oxen to draw even an empty
cart. but the people don't care to eK :
pertinent.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09
- Sad Case.

Detected tramp-"Yes'm, I've had G.
sad history. I've travelled this country
for years and years, homeless and
hopeless. In search Of something i fear
1t would break my heart to find"
Kind-hearted lady--"And what is that
my poor manp" Detected tramp
Work ma'am."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-09

A lady Is civil. puts the awkward man
at his ease, turns away the wrath Of
an angry one, does not run over you in
the street. or soold In q loud voice, or
descend to angry repartbe or turn
people out of her pew IN church
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