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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30

opened at Rome, on the esd day of De-
cember, Mt 1850, and closed at 17:40
That is to say, in terms of the ordi-
nary dial, the session opened at ten
minutes before four in the afternoon,
or $3.50 p. m, and closed at twenty
minutes of six, or $40.
The railway train indicators now
mark the arrival and departure of
trains from o'clock to "a o'clock. A
train starts from Rome, for instance, at
$40, passes Genoa ut 1S:4S, Vintimiglia
23:35, and reaches Nice at 0:52-that is
TO say, ut $40 n. m, 6:4S p. m, 1885 p.
IN. and 1889 u. m.
The watchmakers and jewellers are
everywhere selling clocks and watches,
and refitting old timepicccs, with dials
which mark the hours for the first half
of the day with the old Roman numerals
from to XII, and the second half of
the day with the figures from IL to "a,
directly under the Roman numerals.
This system obviates the necessity Of
changing the works of the timepieces.
The person who uses one of these
watches or clocks is supposed to know
which half of the day he is in. Both
watches and clocks are being prepared,
however, which are provided with dhls
divided into twcnty-four equal parts,
and works adapted to this system.
Although this system in Italy marks
an official change, it is by no means
new system in that country, but rather
return to an old one. 1t was the GUS
tom in Italy, up to period about one
hundred years ago, to divide the day in
| to twcnty-four successive hours. In
many parts of the country the peasants
tell the traveller that they sup at
eighteen, nineteen or twenty o'clock,
as the case may be.
| Italian letters of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries always speak OF
fourteen o'clock" for two in the after
noon, or "twcnty-four and half for
half-past twelve in the morning. A
familiar Italian proverb speaks of him
who is looking for noon at fourteen
o'clock" and by this is meant the per-
son who is always behind time-the
hopelessly lazy one. = Youths Com
,,,t,t,
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and stick things into myself and play
l am hypnotized can have it DONE"
Then Mr.. Wigglesworth noticed the
skinned body of the rabbit which he
unconsciously held in his hand.
Here he Isl" he yelled, holding it up
at arms length, 1.-The great North
American rabbit skinner and he
smote the side of the shed with it; I'm
the man that goes around getting up
rabbit pies for the poorr' and he
whanged the body against the wood
pile; nov is your time to have your
game pies. Rabbits treated while you
wait. All kinds of rabbits skun at
short notice and no questions asked!
People having rabbits on hand
should come to me before going else
where" and with one concluding shrek
of wrath Mr.. Wigglesworth dashed the
pale blue remains through the shed
window and struck man who was
coming up the walk to solicit SUBJ
scription for large square book con-
tanning one thousand receipts for doing
all kinds of things about the home
Rockland Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
MUST LEARN TO KNEEL.
How tn" Arab Children Help to Tamc tn
Little Cambls.

How tn" Arab Children Help to Tame the
Little Camels.
In Arabia the camel is the "beast of
burden" But this useful animal is
known by another name as well. Can
you tell me what it is? The camel is
''thc ship of the desert"
Arabia is about onc-third the size OF
the United States, and about one-third
of Arabin is covered by deserts.
This broad belt of deserts surrounds
the valleys that are part of the great
plateau which occupies the interior OF
the country. And across these go "the
ships of the desert"
These ''ships of the desert carry the
goods of merchants from one city to
another. There is no water on the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
Assisting the Boy.

The landlady's small boy was play
ing ball around the dining-room with
a wad of dough, while the boarder was
engaged on his matutinal beefsteak.
81 say, Johnnie, remarked the board
er, "do you want real nice bouncy
ball?"
You bet do" replied Johnnie, sus-
pending operations and coming over to
the table.
''TIave you any yarn to make it
with?"
"Yes, sir; mamma gave me an old
stocking this morning and 1 have it
upstairs now"
Johnnie's mother frowned at him,
but he was intent upon the boarder
and the new ball.
''All right" said the boardcr, cheer
fully, you just take this piece of steak
and wrap the yarn around it, and when
you have it done you'd better tie long
string to it, or it will bounce clear over
the house and you'll never find it
again. Detroit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
HUMOROUS.
"A designing man Ihate!" cried Nell,
With scornful head erect.
And yet within u year she loved
poets.
N. o. imes-Democra

And wed an architect!
IN. o. Timcs-Democrat.
"A Great Risk. -Hc-"Alittle knowl.
edge, don't you know, is Il dangerous
thing" She-"Yes, know. Have you
had your life nsured?'-Dctroit Free
Press.
-"Ef women" said Uncle Eben, lam
ez contrary cz some folks 'clah's dey is,
de bes' way ter git em out of wantin'
suffrage am ter tell 'em dey gotter
vote. Washington Star.
-Wife-''I am afraid You are not en-
joying my dinner. What are you think
ing off" IIusband-"I was thinking
that there must be misprints in your
cook book. "-Flieg Blatter.
Its all nonsense dear, about we'd
ding cake. | put an enormous piece
under my pillow and dreamed of no.
body" "Well?" "And the next night
ate it and dreamed of every body
Life.
1T is astonishing what poor
memory have" complained the sad.
faced man with the yellow goatee.
"Why, can't even remember n smok-
ing-room funny story. indianapolis
journal.
-Green-"I'm dreadfully troubled
with insomnia. / simply can't go to
sleep at night" Brown-"Why don't
you make up your mind that you have
to catch midnight train and resolve
to stay awake?"-N. Y. Herald.
-Meekly-'I think we will have
rain, my dear" Mrs. Meekly very
strong .minded) Icy on presume beyond
Your province When did I authorize
you to use the plural. am going to
have some n."-Philadelphia In
quirer
"Scribbleton Rimes has the Du
Maurier craze the worst of anybody
I've yet SEEM" said young man.
"What has lie been doing?" "He asked
me yesterday if didn't think the feet
in his poetry reminded one of Trilby's"
Washington Star.
"A barber, after applying some
sticking-plaster to n cash made with
the razor, prepared, nothing daunted,
to continue the operation. Customer
~ only fight up to first blood. The
duel is at an end; let us shake hands"
III Motto per Riders.
Gentlemen, can't lie about the
horse; he is blind in one eye" said the
nuctioneer. Tho horse was soon
knocked down to n citizen who had
been greatly struck by the auctioneer's
honcsty's. and after paying for the
horse, he said: you were honest
enough TO tell me that this animal was
blind in one eye. Is there any other
defect? Eyes, sir, there Is. He Is also
blind in the other eye." was the promph
repiy."-TitBits
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Preston +. Egleston, colored, took
the first prize in an oratorical contest
recently held at the University of In
diana, his subject being Abraham
Lincoln" He is the son of a barber,
and one of two colored men in the uni
versity.
Henry NJ. Stanley is about to pub.
lish new book, my Early Travels
and Adventures" in which he will give
the story of the campaign against the
Indians in 1867; his travels through
Turkey, Armenia and Persia, and the
opening of the Suez canal.
-Babu Pratap Chandler Roy, who
translated the Mahabharata into En-
glish, died recently in Calcutta. Nine
| ty-two parts of his translation have
| already appeared, and only eight re-
main to be published. The work is
eight times as long as the "Iliad" and
odyssey" combined.
Norman Mcleod, Of Mcleod for
sixty years chief of the clan, died re-
Gently in Paris, aged 49, He was TWEEN
ty-second in regular male descent from
Olaf Olors, king of Man and the Isles in
1897. Though Highland chief, he was
for many years director OF the science
and art department of the South Ken
sington museum.
"A copy of Dickens "a Tale of Two
Cities" in the original parts brought
500 at a late London sale. "PiclSwick"
in the original wrappers fetched S5l; a
first edition of Robinson Crusoe" $2l5,
and Tales and Quick Answers"
(Shakespeare's jest book), the copy be-
longing to Thackeray, with original
drawings by him on the margins, Ss7.
-Abdurrahman, ameer of Afghanis-
tan, is one of the most interesting
despots in the world He is over fifty
years of age, man of great stature
and colossal strength, with a broad,
massive countenance and brilliant
black eyes. He is n man of great in
tellectual power and of wide range
of information. He is feared by his
enemies aud adored by his friends.
-Du Maurier is writing another
novel, but he frankly acknowledges
that it will not make the hit achieved
by s'Trilby." Those who know some
UnlnH III ueCdll dDOuJ JDc WOTk upon
which he is now engaged speak of it
as much more artistic story than
either of his former novels, hut fear
that the tremendous popularity Of
''Trilby" will operate to hurt the sale
of the new book.
Miss Julie Cooper, n niece of Peter
Cooper, is the one of the family on
whom the great philanthropist's man
tie has fallen, though the public knows
but little of her wide charities. She is
a handsome woman of the world who
conceals as far as possible her constant
good works. She supports kinder
garten entirely at cost of $500 u
month, and that is only one item in n
long list.
"A manuscript volume of five hun
dred folio pages, written in the seven
teenth century, full Of poetry hitherto
unpublished, was recently discovered
in the library of Trinity college, Dub
lin, by DIR. A. b. Grosart. 1t contains
Farewell to Fortune" written by
Bacon after his fall, New Years
greeting to the countess of Chester
fold by Massinger, an Epithalamium
in the handwriting of Thomas Ran
dolph, poems by beaumont and Cyril
Tourneur, and great many minor
poets.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
A UNIQUE SPECIMEN.
The Magistrate Doubted II the Lawyer
Could Renew His Patent.

The Magistrate Doubted If the Lawyer
Could Renew His Patent.
A lawyer who makes speciality of
patent business, no matter just where
his office is located, was called to the
further west in a case involving mort
gage on farm. The preliminary hear
ing was before an oldfashioned justice
of the peace, who had no high regard
for the ways of men from the city. At
some point in the case the magistrate
put in few remarks and the visiting
lawyer collided with him. The dis
cussion grew warm, and at last the
magistrate, forgetting his dignity and
his position, became personal.
"Who are you, anyway" he blurted
out.
well" replied the lawyer, I'm an
attorney"
"P'raps you are, but l never heard
one talk like you do. What kind of
one are you?"
I'm patent attorney"
The magistrate rubbed his chin for
thought.
"Well, all I've got to say is" he said,
slowly, that when the patent expires
l don't believe you can ever get it re-
newed again."-N. Y. Advertiser.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
She Did Not Think SO.

Nora was in her little night dress.
Mrs. Strong, having given her good
night kiss, reminded her gently, as
usual, not to forget her prayer to God
that she be made good little girl.
''Must 1 ask Him that every night,
mamma?" Nora asked, gravely.
Eyes, little one" her mother replied.
Nora was thoughtful for n moment
Mamma" she said, in an injured tone,
sis such dreffully bad little girl as
I'll that?"-Judgc.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30

worth, as his wife bore the CONCEALED
animal into the room, its legs standing
stiffly out toward three o'clock.
Its rabbit" Mrs. Wigglesworth
made answer, obviously; but l don't
know what to do with it,
Why" her husband retorted, smart
ly, the way man speaks to his wife,
dress it, and make a rabbit pie.
That's the stuff. Mother used to make
'em every week when was boy"
When Mr. Wigglesworth was start
ing for the Office he looked into the
kitchen. His wife had the frozen rab-
bit stretched out on the ironing board,
and was lowering over it with a silver
plated caseknife. There was a look of
sickness on her face that defies de-
scription.
what ails YEP" said Mr.. Wiggles-
worth. why don't We take hold and
skin the thing and have it done with
and not be teetering around on one
foot all day?'
IL don't just understand how"
his wife stammered, helplcssly. "And
besides, it seems so cruel. l wish Mr..
Bimley had cleaned it himself"
'Ain't that like a woman?' snortcd
Mr.. Wigglesworth, apostrophizing the
ceiling and noticing as he did so
that it needed kalsomining. MAN
gives you a pair of driving gloves and
you wonder why he didn't throw in n
horse and sleigh. Wish he'd sent a
rabbit pie, don't ye? Might have
thrown in barrel Of flour, if he'd
known what brand you(wnnted."
"Cant-can't you get ft.feady?" fall
tered Mrs. Wigglesworth, timidly.
Cant H." said her husband, loftily,
sid like to know if can't t. He
grabbed the rabbit and sailed out into
the shed.
Mr.. Wigglesworth laid the cold re-
mains down on the chopping-block and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. oIALs.
In italy All Kinds OF Timcpieces Are Sup
piled with Them.

In italy All Kinds OF Timcpicces Are Sup
piled with Them.
A movement was started In this
country several years ago to substitute
a 24-hour dial for the one at present in
use that is, dial in which the hours
should run from 1 up to "a, instead OF
from midnight up to ~ noon, and then,
beginning again, up to IL midnight.
The idea did not meet with much favor.
A few clocks were made on this plan,
but they were regarded merely as curl
osities. In the Dominion of Canada
they were taken up by one or two rail-
ways, and are still used.
In Italy this dial has been adopted by
law of parliament as the official way OF
marking time in that kingdom. A
session of parliament is reported to have
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
Rather Ambiguous.

81 am afraid the photographer has
been trying to make me beautiful in
that picture" said the girl, archly, as
she passed the photograph over to
young Phathead.
"Nonsense" said young Phathead
with an effect of great gallantry.
mo photographer would ever attempt
such thing after seeing you. "-Chica-
go Record.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
LittIe rhllanthropia,.

"why, Robbie, where are your rub
bcrs? Didn't you wear them to-day?'
"Ycssum; but comm homo met
poor man who hadn't had anything TO
cat for two days, and as | hadn't any
money, gave him my rubbers. liar
pcr's Young People.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
Solonesses.

"Havc you been able to catch the
speakers eye?" asked the first lady
legislator.
"Have ~" rejoined the second legis-
lator. swell, rather. / wore my navy
blue bengaline with the heliotrope
sleeves, and the speaker couldn't keep
his eyes off me-"
Upon the call of the house they seps-
rated.-Dctroit Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
Harvest.

The bride invites on nuptial tribute bout.
All her old friends, and those acquired but
ncwly;
And cares not II their presence they present,
So long as they present their presents duly.
Puck.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
Little tilri.s Rcnson.

Sim glad don't own all the dolls in
The world" said Mabel; because, you
know, II l couldn't possibly have
another. "-IIarper's Young People.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
WIGGLESWORTH'S RABBIT.
BY w. o. FULLER, JR.

NE OF Mr.. Wig
81 e S W ort h S
friends, n man
who goes out in
t h g w o o d S
when snow lies
on the ground
a N d h Il n t S ,
using a dog and
a gun for that
p u L p o S c
brought n rab-
bit around t o
the house t h e
other morning,
a n d l c T I i t,
with his COM
pliments.
/" w h n t > S
I h a t?' shifted
Nj L. Wiggles-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30

~ am afraid" said the lsnguishing
sentimentalist, that your being is not
attuned to welcome sweet spring once
more" "Yes, 1t is" replied the prac-
tical man. II took fifteen grains Of
quinine this morning." - Washington
Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
CortItude,

al know that this cornstarch is frozen"
And as Tommy this speech delivers.
'Ohi how do you know" asks his mother.
"why, because, mamma see how II shivcrsis
-Hnrpor's Young People
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
A Home vvisb.

McSwattcrs-I hear that Skiply is go
ing to settle in New York?
Skiplys Tailor-I wish he had set
tied here first.-Syracusc Post.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-30
'DoN'T you KNOW WHERE TO BEeIN?'

looked at them reproachfully. He had
a vague recollection of seeing his
father dress rabbit years ago. Mrs.
Wigglesworth got up on box and
drew her skirts daintily in.
That's right" cried Mr.. Wiggles-
worth, don't get too near or the ami
NAL might kick you. Probably he's in
a trance, and when 1 put the knife
into him he's going to rare up and
break q window"
Don't you know where to begin?'
chirped Mrs. Wigglesworth.
"Begin?" echoed her husband, with
intense sarcasm. "Why, I've got to
begin at chapter one, first verse, Of
course. Got to start in with a few
preliminary toots on the clarinet
Whad we suppose? Gimme that
knifer'
Mrs. Wigglesworth came down from
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-21
REMOVING THE HAY.

To remove the hay as desired for feed
ing, it is taken first from the lower floors
and then from those above, until the top
is reached. The cover being the last re-
moved, protects the hay until all of it
has been taken out Beginning on one
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-21
Curing Oowpea Hay.

~
he has done so it will be worth millions,
annually, to the South. The method
adopted by him is described in the fol-
lowing extract from Bulletin No. 81:
Notwithstanding recognized value of
the cowpea for hay, the difficulty of cur
ing the vines has prevented somewhat
it's extensive cultivation for that pur-
pose. Pea vines cured for hay in the
field require several days of sunlight to
cure them sufficiently to keep when
stored, and the length of the exposure
in the field frequently subjects the hay
to rains, which is very damaging. as the
vines will not turn water, even when
raked into piles. The sun hardens the
vines, and the mature pods dry and fall
off in handling. Dews damage the hay
also, but the most important loss in the
field curing occurs IN the leaves. They
are the best part of the hay, except the
peas, and as soon as dry, which is long
before the vines are dry, greater part
drop off. The hay when cured, after
long exposure to the sun and dews, is not
SO palatable to live stock as it is when
cured in the shade.
1t is apparent to everyone that if some
method was provided that would be in
expe nsive and effectual in avoiding these
difficulties and losses a great advantage
would be gained. A method for curing
after storing would suggest itself as be-
ing the most desira BILE and, if efficient,
it would avoid all losses from field cur
ing. Last season we undertook to de-
wise a stackframe that would be mex
pensive, permanent and efficient in cur
ing and preserving the vines, when
stored in it in green state.
The frame is simple of construction,
is built of round poles, rails, planks for
horizontal supports and strips for braces.
The hay stored in it cured and preserved
perfectly and retained a greenish color
and was eaten greedily by cattle and
horses.
The frame was rected at the time
that the peas were ready to cut for hay.
The vines were cut in the mornin after
the dew was off, and allowed to remain
on the ground to wilt until the next
morning, when they were raked with a
horse rake and hauled ON a two-horse
wagon to the stack frame. Straw was
Their thrown smoothly over the top to
turn off the rain.
No leaves or pods were lost during
handling, as the vines and leaves were
only slightly-wllted, and if a rain had
fallen on the hay before it was stacked
no damage would have been done to 1T.
The hay was cured entirely in the shade
and retained bright, greenish color, a
quality that is desired in hay. 1t re-
manned in the stack until January, when
it was removed and found to be in per-
feet condition.
CONSTRUCTION OF STACK FRAME.
The plan of constructio is q series of
open shelves arranged one above the
other. The shelves are made with rails
placed twelve inches apart, with their
ends resting on horizontal supports The
supports are nailed two feet apart to up-
right posts, but with one end securely
In the ground. Strips one by four, with
81 =
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straw or grass hay should be used for
covering and 1T must be made to pro-
ject over the edges of the first wide top
shelf so as to turn all water off the sides
of the frame.
The dimensions are as follows: Width
ten feet, made so because the plank
used was already cut that length.
Length: three fence rails, each fence
rail eleven feet. Shelves or floors two
| feet apart.
Rails placed twelve inches apart on
the horizontal supports. Capacity four
tons dry hay, five tons if covered with
tarpaulin.
The width of the stack can be in
creased but if made very much wider
| the straw cover would not be sufficient
to turn rains. The height Can be in
creased until inconvenient to put hay
on the top floor. 1t would doubtless be
cheaper and better to use stou t,dry poles
of greater length than rails, the frame
would be sufficiently strong and less
number of cross frames would be re-
quired. Small rails or poles would be
better to use than large ones, as they
would occupy less space. 1t should be
observed that free ventilation is allowed
in all directions.
The cost is very small-two ordinary
farm hands can get the material and
erect in two days, and it will last for
use many years, as no part is exposed to
decay except the ends of the posts in the
ground and the outside of the two ends.
If tarpaulin be used to cover with. a ton
or more Of hay can be stacked and
saved where the straw cover is lost
More storage space would be made as
less pitch would be required for the roof
and the frame itself could be made
wider. Tarpaulin would be more than
paid for the first year in the hay saved.
and it would last many years. Duck
weighing ten ounces and forty inches
wide will cost about 20 cents per yard. |
A permanent roof of boards could be |
used to cover the frame and in that case |
instead of using the diagonal braces
posts similar to the middle posts could |
be used and the ends of the horizontal |
supports nailed to them. The middle |
line of posts could be taller than those |
on the sides to support the comb of the |
roof while the caves would be supported |
by the lower outside posts.
STACKING HAY.
To put the hay in the frame, all the |
rails or shelves are out, leaving standing
simply the cross frames. The first floor
OF rails at the ground are put about
twelve inches apart on the horizontal
supports. The wagon of hay is then
driven alongside and one man unloads
the hay on the floor while another places
it. When the hay has been put evenly
on until it is a few inches above the place
for The next floor, the rails or poles of the
second floor are put in place. They
press down the hay beneath, but as it
dries it settles, leaving space above.
| Hay is then put on this floor as on the
| first, and so on with each floor, until the
| top is reached;t hen the cover of straw or
tarpaulln is put on. If covered with
boards, hay can be put on the last shelf
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-12-20

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