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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

then matched as no American
will ever thatch. Under our 6on-
| ditions hay can be put in large
barns of almost any size, al
though it is dangerous to put clover
hay in barns over twenty feet high
Ito the square) on account of spontan-
eous combustion. AS ordinarily
stacked and especially in the prairie
country, the stacks suffer first from
the damage by the deposit of moist
ure on the outside during the heated
period, damage which has been esti-
mated by scientists of not less than IL
per cent. 1t suffers from insufficient
rakipg, from leaning to one side or
the other on account OF unskillful
building, from blowing off of the tops
during severe wind storms and from
waste that comes from handling these
stacks in the winter, many farmers
having from one TO five stack buttons
covered with snow or wet with rain
during the latter part Of the winter
season. The remedy for all this is the
hay shed. A hay shed 2GxIO will hold
from IS to 40 tons Of nay, depending
on the care with which it is filed. 1t
can be made cheap or expensive
structure, as suits the taste of the
builders. Whichever it may be it
will insure the crop going to mar
ket in good condition instead of at q
discount of several dollars per ton,
caused by exposure.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28
Butter and Cheese Exports.

A writer in New World says: A
large increase in the Canadian exports
of cheese during the past year was so
confidently expected that the increase
of only 100, 900 boxes is a great disap-
pointment. The explanation is that
owing to the prevailing hard times the
consumption of cheese has been much
smaller than in ordinary years, and
certainly the Canadians have no rea-
son for disappointment If they con-
trast their increase OF 100000 boxes
with our decrease of nearly 100000
during the same period. This same
450,o decrease tells it's own tale.
Foreigners will not have our SKINNED
milk and FILLED" cheese, and we are
rapidly losing our export trade. The
fault lies with ourselves, and il we do
not speedily correct it we can not ex-
pect to supply foreign markets. We
are making the same mistake with
butter The export demand is steadily
diminishing, and there is only sale
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28
Texas Fever and Anthrax.

Farmers will do we'll to heed the adj
vice given in recent bulletin from
the Delaware experiment station. II
says:
If it is customary for drovers to
use the public highways, farmers
should satisfy themselves at the un-
loading station on the railroad that
strange herds have not come from ter.
ritory prescribed by the secretary OF
agriculture. If live stock dies under
suspicious circumstances, notify your
experiment station, detailing symp-
toms. In Texas fever, all Of the indi-
cations of an ordinary fever will be-
come visible. The sick animal will
leave the herd; II in milk, the flow
will cease; IL water is accessible, IL
will be sought as standing place.
At times steers and cows affected with
this trouble, show tendency to
charge upon men who enter the field.
The animal becomes constipatcd, the
urine in many cases is high colored,
almost black, but II it is voided into
water, its true color will be found to
be that of blood. II slight cuts are
made into the skin, little blood will
Cow. and It will be noticeably thin,
tight colored and watery. Ticks will
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28
Grandpa Knew How.

Bess is one of those astutc juvenile
autocrats who are strangely gifted
in analysing the secret and extent
OF their dominion over adoring rela-
tives. "Oh, no." she was one day
overheard to conGde to another
small girl. grandma can't make me
mind at all--she can't do q thing
with me, but grandpa knows how TO
manage me-" ''How does he do it,,
Bess?" asked the impatient malo
cousin who was eavesdropping in a
hammock on the piazza. "Why, he
waits till he sees what I'm going to
do. and then he tells me to do it. -
New York Tribunc.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

be found on the udder. on the
.sctcheon and oftentimes along
the milk veins. The custom
of opening bodies of animals
which die under suspicious circum-
stances is one which should not be en-
couraged among farmers, unless
proper precautions are observed. If,
however. this post mortem work is at
tempted on Texas fever carcasses, the
color of the blood, the enlarged and
yellowish liver, the enormously en-
larged AMI congested spleen or milt
will attract attention. AS aptrax has
occurred in two rections Of Delaware
during the past two years, it is neces-
sary to state that danger of confusing
1t with Texas fever exists. II the
blood of victim is found to be thick
and black instead of thin and light
red, go no further with the examina-
ton, and telegraph at once to an ex-
pertinent station for assistance.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28
Hay Sheds.

The current range of prices for farm
products renders it imperative that
the farmer should use economies such
as he has never practiced before, says
Hay Trade Journal. In fact, in this
enforced economy lies one of the
sweetest uses Of adversely. Men and
nations that have been compelled to
use economy before they were too old
to learn are uniformly prosperous
while those who have developed with
out such lessons usually have q rough
road before them. One of the great
est wastes on the farm is that of hay
after it'has been cut and stacked. The
waste is in many directions The
waste in stacking is reduced to the
minimum where farmers stack as they
do in the older countries, where the
climate is such as to render large
barns or hay sheds impracticable.
Under these circumstances the stack
is built with skill such as few
Americans possess, raked as no Ameri-
can will take the time to rake it, and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28
Ra.pberrIe. and BIackberrles.


The Cornell University agricultural
experiment station has been carrying
on some experiments with raspberries
and blackberries and has arrived at
the following conclusions:
/. Black raspberries can be made a
profitable farm crop when grown for
evaporating purposes, and gathered
by the aid of the berry harvester, re-
CARELESS Of proximity to markets. An
average yield with good culture is
about rs to 80 bushels per acre.
2. An average yield Of red raspber-
ries is about 20 bushels per acre. An
average yield of blackberries is about
100 bushels per acre.
8. A majority of growers find low
summer pinching of black berries best
for most varieties.
4. Growers are about equally di-
vided in opinion as to whether red
raspberries should be pinched back at
all in summer. If pinched, it should
be done low and early. The canes
should be made to branch low.
5. Evaporating red raspberrles has
not yet proved profitable.
6. There seems to be no immediate
prospect that blackberries can be
profitably grown for evaporating
purposes.
:. Berry canes which made their en-
tire growth after July 6 stood the
winter as well or better than those
which grew during the whole season.
5. Removing all young canes from a
plantation bearing its last crop Of
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

dustries are now requiring the use OF
wool, glove:1akers, hatmakers, shoe
makers, ETC., besides clothes for mems
wear, dress goods for ladies, hosiery,
upholstery, etc. Some minds are sadly
impressed by the stocks of the sales to
term in Europe, but it does not amount
to even 100000 bales, while the con-
sumption of the world is monthly OF
800, 600 bales In favor of rise In
prices is the actual cheapness, making
the use of wool attainable for many
lines. Spectators will get on to it
as soon as confidence is restored, and
fabrics have been lowered from 25 to
20 per cent, and in certain lines even
more. The actual effects of this legis-
lation on German trade, am not pre-
pared to state, but l know that the
step is hailed with JOY by the British
manufacturer who is Germany's only
serious rival"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28
Potato Plums.

"How do they grow potato 'plums'?"
was the question recently asked the
writer by a young farmer, and one
that, Of course, could not be satisfac-
torily answered. We know that every
year new varieties of potatoes are Of
fered in sediments catalogues and are
aware that these could only have been
produced from seed taken from potato
''plums" or "apples," as they are often
called, but how the said necessary
plums are produced we fail to under.
stand. Years ago the writer remem-
bers fields of Victoria potatoes that
produced fruit upon almost every
haulm; now this variety has
about died out in Great Britain and
with it the then common plum"
We have not seen single potato plum
in this country, yet have each year
grown and inspected considerable
areas in potatoes; there must, however,
have been many plums in the fields
referred to If one had made a careful
search for them. After all, the APP
pearance of plums is not, perhaps, q
good sign, nor one to be desired; and
one thing certain is that few arc re-
quired for the purposes of the potato
grower, for one plum will often fur
nish sufficient new varieties (mostly
trash) to employ and annoy the raiser
for years. The would-be inventor of
perpetual motion and the grower of
new varieties Of potatoes from seed
must have about equal patience; the
latter, however, may possibly produce
Freeman" or some such new favorite
that may last but time then succumb
to the fresher charms of some newer
discovery. The potato soon runs
OUT" this we see from the way hun
dreds OF old varieties have been aban-
doned for newer ones and each in it's
place seems destined to give place to
later riyals, until to-day we have but
few of the old favorites left and even
those-such as Early Ohio, Early Rose,
etc.-are less grown than formerly.
Potatoes run out and the appearance
OF plums is, in our opinion, natures
signal Of distress, so to speak The
wild plant produced plums abund-
antly and our idea is that
rs the cultivated plant degenerates,
its artificial propensity for tuber pro-
duction merges into it's natural pro-
pensity for plum production, SO the
appearance of great show of blossom
on potato field is not proof positive
of correspondingly abundant crop of
tubers but rather the reverse-indeed
we have seen magnificent crops of po-
tatoes dug from fields that showed
remar kable absence of blossoms All
things considered, 1t matters not show
they grow potato plums." so long as
they thoroughly understand the pro-
duction of maximum crops of market
able tubers. The plum" will appear
in sufficient numbers to keep up the
stock of new varieties, and while the
latter are plentiful and pure, fresh
and abundant, the oldfashioned bunch
Of plnms on every vine will fail to APP
pear IN these modern times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28
THE. coLLEolAN,s STORY.
Ills Nurse Goes Insane and Kills Her
baby and Ucrscif.


Ills Nurse Goes Insane and Kills Her
baby and ucrscif.
''Lifc. is full OF tragedy" said a
middle aged man. IL am movee to
make this remark by the recollec-
tion OF story told me BY my son
when he was home from college on
his vacation. He is at one of tho
Eastern colleges, which one does not
matter. and he is living at hotel
last fall an epidemic OF measles
swept over the town Nearly every
body had them, he among the mum
Der. He is % years old. and ha
them bad.
X Gone OF the women who worked in
the dining room cared for him. She
was what you would call grass
widow. | suppose. Her hus band had
left her for some reason or another.
She had child, weak, puny, mis-
cradle boy, AMI he was great caro-
TO her. She was quiet woman,
who always seemed bowed down by
the weight OF her woe and was never
known to smile. The doctors told
her not to nurse my son for fear that
she would either get the measles
herself or give them 20 the child.
However the boy had been kind to
her and she said she would look
after him. Things turned out Just
as the doctor, had expected. She did
carry the measles to the child. He
was taken i'll one afternoon and by
the next morning was suffering tor
rlbly. The doctor came to SEQ the
child and told her that she must
keep him we'll away from cold and
draughts OF any kind. She took the
child to her room and, after looking
after my boy, went up stairs.
''She locked the door and deliber-
atcly opened the window. Then she
placed the child in his night clothes
in the draught and let him stay
there for two hours, The result
was, of course, that he caught cold
and died within two days. After the
child was buried she came back to
the house and began taking care of
tho other measles patients. She
camc down with it herself one day.
i ilS upNboIo, VIII ulu lOb KNOW HOW
it was the child caught such cold,
gave her the same instructions
They told her to protect herself from
cold. She was left alone in her
room and she locked the door again.
Then she threw open both windows
and sat down beside one with but
very few clothes on In two or
three hours some one thought to go
up and see her. The door was still
locked. They broke it in and found
her sitting near the wiudow with her
breast barred to the cold, raw wind, a
raving maniac. She was put to bed,
but she had calculated wisely. She
was so thoroughly chilled that tho
disease took fatal turn. and she,
too. died.
1.-The woman, continued the mid
dle-aged man, 'didn't have nerve
enough to kill herself or the child in
an orthodox manner. Tho instruc-
tions OF the doctors gave her u hint,
however, and she followed it out.
She killed herself and her child as
surely as if she had used poison or
pistol, but it wasn't so hard to do"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

PRINCIPLE OF THE TEST The time is
soon coming when no farmer who n
dcrstands his business will take milk
to creamery which does not use the
Babcock tester, and thus ac-
curately regulate the value for butter
production. Neither guessing nor
measuring the cream will truly show
the fat Some cream, free from milk,
is richer than other cream which has
also had its milk excluded from the
test. Besides, unless milk is tested,
those who breed and feed to make
richer milk lose part of what rightly
belongs to them. Cooperation of this
kind can not be tolerated by the
shrewd calculator.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

SUB-IRRIGATIoN IN Hor HOUSES
Ordinary "a or 3-inch drain tile is used
for irrigating. These tile are laid on
a level crosswise or lengthwise the
beds, the rows being about two feet
apart. At the end of each row of tile
an opening is made in which to intro
duce the water for irrigating. The
tile are covered with the ordinary
depth Of soil, which is commonly about
six inches. When the beds are to be
irrigated, water is poured quickly into
the ends of the rows OF drain tile
SO that 1t will run the entire length of
each row ut once, and soak out slowly
and uniformly through the adjacent
soil. Watering is to be done as often
rs the plants require 1t, and their
needs are learned in the same manner
as by surface watering. but the appli-
cations need not be so frequent as by
the old plan. Ohio Bulletin.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28
Didn't Want to Re yoo,.1.

IF you are willing to take this
woman for your wife say yes in u
loud and distinct voice. " said Texas
justice to Jim Webster
"l'se wiling, Cod knows, boss.
Use been willin' for de last six
mumfs, but"
''But WHAT"
Muffin. boss, 1cept | want you to
ask her first and see i she says yes.
| don't wanter git fooled De VIM
min folks am mighty tricky nova.
days. Texas Siftings.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28
Eoqnefort Cheese.


RoQUEFoRr cheese is by many con-
sidered the ne plus ultra of dairy pro-
ducts Being made from sheep milk,
1t presents elements that render it
unique. Its manufacture was for
many years confined to the plateau of
Larzac--about twenty miles square
situated in the mountainous district of
Southwestern France, and having an
elevation OF over 900 feet The in
creased demand for the cheese during
the last half century has given a ire
mendous impulse to the industry,
which now extends many miles over
the surrounding mountainous district.
The native sparse vegetation of the
hillsides being supplemented by cul-
tivnted nutritious grasses and clovers.
Las increased both the quality and
quantity OF the cheese produced. The
evenings milk is placed in tin-lined
copper pots and kept warm until
morning, when the cream is removed.
The SKINNED milk is added to the
fresh mornings supply, both are
heated and the rennet stirred in.
When the curd forms it is cut in all
directions with wooden knife, the
whey being drawn off during the cut
ting. The curd is then lightly
squeezed and worked with the hands
until no whey appears.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28
A Ringing Address.

What | want from you said tho
indignant statesman, lis ringing
address. u
ooh" sighed the great man wear
lily. as he scrubbed something on
card. Take this"
"What is it?"
"a memorandum OF tho shop of
the best bell hanger in the city,"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28
Preferred Cheap Things.

Little Dot wish you'd buy mo
bargain counter stockin's stead OF
such expensive ones Mother-You
do? WhyP Little Dot--'Cause wen
my stockin's get holes in them you
always say they cost too much to
throw away, and then / has to help
mend them. Good News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

In times of scarcity the South Afri-
can natives sometimes rob the nests of
the termites, and as much as five
bushels of grain have been taken from
q single nest.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28
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When Skilifuily Done.

Sympathizing Fricnd-It must give
one queer feeling to have ones
pocket picked.
Victim-You don't feel It at all.
That's the misery OF IL.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28
When Travelling,

Whether on pleasure bent OF business, take
on every trip bottle of Syrup of Figs, as
II acts most pleasantly and effectually on the
kidneys, liverand bowels, preventing fevers,
headaches and other forms of sickness.
For sale in soc. and 81 bottles by all leading
druggists. Manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28
The only Honest nutter.

Customer--Now tell me the truth
young man; have You any honest
butter?
Now Clerk--Nonc except the goat
out in tho back yard. He is the only
honest butter around here. = Texas
Siftings.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

The starfsh has no nose, but the
whole of its undcrsidc is endowed
with tho sense of smell.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

An old boiler, which the owner
claims belonged to the first boat pro-
PEELED by steam in the world, is relic
at Frederick, Md.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

A humming bird is said to have been
stung to death by bee at Columbia,
Wis, recently.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

for the finest table butter and the
cheapest grades. The latter means
oleomargarine. To make butter ex.
portation pay, only strictly prime
quality in perfectly fresh condition
should be sent, otherwise disaster is
certain. Canada, Australia and New
Zealand, our competitors, not merely
make good butter, but are shipping it
10000 miles, part Of the way in the
tropics, yet manage to place their
product in London, Liverpool and
Glasgow in as fresh condition as when
IL starts
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28
FARM DEPARTMENT.
USEFUL INFORMATION FOR
AMERICAN FARMERS

Scientific Methods of Managing the
Modern Farm and Garden-Live
Stock. Poultry. Dairy, Apiary and
Orchard.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

A sooty chimney can be cleaned by
firing gun or pistol up the flue. Tho
concussion dislodges the SCOT and it
tumbles down.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

"Hanson's Magic Corn saIve.~
Warranted to cure or money refunded AK ycur
druggist for It, Price Is cents.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

Karl's Clover Root Tea,
The great Blood purifier gives freshness and ccarness
10 the Complexion aud CO. tpntion 25c., 81.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

Goes Cough BnIsam
II the oldest and best IL VIII break up Cold quch
or than an y.hug else. II Is always reliable. Try IL
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

AN ounce Of prevention is worth all
the chicken-cholera cures in existence.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28
a Gentle Hint.

He-If j could say as mean, sar-
castle things as you can, do you know
what | would do9
She. expecting compliment-No.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-28

"rd ask tho Lord to give mo
strength not to-"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-08-01
A Tariff on MatrimOny.

A young lady who goes TO Concordia,
Kan, to teach school will find q very
exacting rule, which was recently
adopted by the board of education. 1t
seems that several lady teachers have
married in the midst of the term when
it was impossible to fill their places.
This the Concordia school board pro-
poses to regulate, and it did 30 recently
by the adoption Of the following reso-
lutions:
lnasmuch as it seems to be the Gus
tom of lady teachers of the public
schools of Concordia, Kan, to contract
marriage without the knowledge or
consent Of said board, therefore be it
Resolved, by said board of education
that should any of the lady teachers of
the Concordia schools hereafter com.
NIT matrimony during the term for
which they have been elected they
shall forfeit a sum of money equal to
one half months salary, provided they
take a home man, and a sum equal to
one months salary in case the groom
is imported from some other county or
State; in either case the lady shall
cause a card of invitation to be sent TO
each Of the members of the board of
education Chicago Inter Ocean.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-08-01
She Didn't Take with the Gentlemen,

She was refined, intelligent, and not
bad looking, but somehow she never
seemed to take with the gentlemen.
They didn't like her ~listless ways; they
said she hadn't any "snap" about her.
Poor girl! she was suffering functiona al
Irregularities, and it was actually i'm
possible for her to take much interest
in anything. But a change came. One
day she heard Of DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. She procured a bottle,
and she not taken half it contents when
she felt like another woman. Now she
is in the enjoyment of perfect health,
and has suitors by the score. No woman
need suffer from functional Irregular.
ties and weaknesses. The "Favorite
Prescription'is a safe and certain cure
for all the weaknesses to which women
are peculiarly subject.