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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
HOMEMADE HOPPER DozIER.

n niece of canvas was stretched. This
frame served the important office of
throwing back all those grasshoppers
that otherwise would jump clean over
the pan and throw them into the oil.
The runners on which the pan stood
were usually made of saplings or small
pieces of board having an upward curve
in front to prevent them from catching
in the ground. The front ends Of the
runners were all fastened by screws to
a cross-piece, which was, in turn, draw
by two ropes, one at each end. These
ropes were joined in front and fastened
10 a single-tree. Sometimes two hop
per-doziers were fastened to long pole
by means of short ropes; this was very
easily drawn by one horse. Just in
front of the pan was fastened n piece of
rope which swept the ground few
inches in advance, and served to sir up
the hoppers and make them jump into
The pans. In the pan was laid piece of
cloth which was first saturated with
water. About q pint of kerosene was
then thrown in and the upright sheet
or sail of canvas moistened with oil.
The machine was then drawn over the
pasture, or wherever the hoppcrs were
thickest. In short time il was usually
seen TO be partially filed with dead and
dying insects.
The slightest touch of kerosene,
either from the pau or from the canvas
sheet. means death to the hopper, fer
the oil spreads over its body in the
same way that a single drop will spread
over a large surface Of water. 1t seems
10 produce paralysis. which is first
shown by the stiffening of the legs. a
very large proportion of the hoppers
that came in contact with the oil IN
the pan. Immediately jumped out again,
but they invariably died in the course
OF few seconds or minutes.
Hundreds Of these machines were
made and drawn over the meadows and
pastures. with the result that millions
Of the "hoppers" were killed, and this
work. added to the fact that the season
was unfavorable to the insects, saved
many crops. Last year we had several
requests from readers in the eastern
states as TO how these "hopper-doziers"
are made, and so we print this iniorma-
ton early in the season.-Rural New
Yorker
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
Effective Cure for Roup.

One of the best, cheapest and most
Clearly cures for roup in fowls is said
to be sulphur, alum and magnesia, equal
parts, in the form of a powder. We
have had no experience with it, but
give it as it was tried by poultry
raiser and found to be very effective.
de got sort of dry powder sprayer,
such as is used in applying insect pow
der, and applied the mixture to hen
having the roup. The effect was a cure,
and he has since recommended his rem
edy. The powder should be blown over
The head of the fowl, and into the eyes,
throat and nostrils. When there is
canker in the fowl, the cankerouG
growth should be removed with blunt
suck and the powder applied over the
sifected parts thoroughly. This will
effect cure.-Dakota Field and Farm.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
WE'RE THEY MARRIED?
A Young Couple Duly Dissected and
Talked Over.

They were coming away from the
theater and they fell to discussing the
young couple who sat in front of them.
"They are evidently married." said
the girl in the Persian waist; II no.
ticed that they didn't exchange word
while the curtain was down."
Nonsense; they are merely en-
gagged" said the girl in the black
gown: II heard him tell her that he
did not consider the leading lady even
pretty"
perhaps they are merely brother
and sister suggested the young man
of the party.
"No. they weren't" said the girl in
the Persian waist; ''he'd have gone out
between the acts if he was only her
brother, while an engaged man
wouldn't want to leave her, and
"a newly-married man would not
dare to- broke in the girl in the black
gown.
"She TOOK off her hat as soon as she
came in" remarked the young man.
"That looks as if she was married and
In the habit of consulting the feelings
of some one else"
"Or that they were not really engaged
yet and she wanted to show him how
considerate she could be-" said the girl
in the black gown.
''Or that she was merely conscious Of
having pretty hair" said the girl in
the Persian waist. Evil you wager q
box of chocolates that they are not MAJ
redo"
)"I-Td rather you ladies would settle
il between vou,' said the young man,
lGstily. you have so much more I'm
sight in such matters. you know"
"There they come now said the girl
in the Persian waist. Let US notice
what they do and perhaps we can de-
eide. If they are merely friends they
will stop for cream. soda and
IF they are engaged she will tell
him how hungry she is, and they will
stop for supper" said the young man,
bitterly.
"While if they are married." went on
the girl in the Persian waist, ''he--there,
what did l tell you?"
The couple paused before cigar
shop and he went in, while she waited
ut the door.
"You were right" said the girl in
the black gown, they are married.
Chicago Times-IIerald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
NOT AFTEa JIMMY.
This Settled, the Traveller Was Made
Welcome


was riding along a country road in
the vicinity of Memphis, when / came
to q newly-painted frame house which
gave such shining evidence of prosper
ity that 1t was an attraction to the
barren landscape around it. A long,
lean man, stoop~shouldered and un-
calmly, sat on a post in front of the
spic-and-span doorstep, and held an old
rifle across his knees, at the same time
that he peered from under his shaggy
brows in all directions, as If he were in
ambush and expected to be surprised.
! wanted several favors at this mans
hands, If possible, one of them being
supper, another an invigorating
draught of moonshine whisky, and
finally, and the only demand was GER
tain of, route to Memphis by that
particular road
Evening" i said in as jocular tone
as could assume. Guarding the new
paint?"
"Evenin', stranger" he answered, as
short as pie crust.
''Could you tell me how to reach Mem
phis tonight" asked.
"Foller yer nose!"
''Then am on the right road?"
"Git!"
horse SHE'D at the sudden movement
At the same time l heard a cackling
laugh through the half-open front door
/ was disconnected, but hardly
alarmed, rs it was evident that the man
was nothing worse than a crank, so
assumed an air of injured innocence
and asked:
"Do you take me for sheriff or rev.
enue officer, because am neither one
nor the other?"
'No, young Teller, take you for one
Of them silly gentry as want ter come
courtin' my gal jimmy, since they heerd
tell that her mothers stepuncle, job
Morrill,, left her hunderd dollars in his
wilt"
At this moment the door opened wide,
and the homeliest girl ever saw in my
life filed the space with her ample cir
conference. She smiled at me so sweet
ly that felt il imperative to hasten on
my journey or let the old man shoot me
on the spot.
Pop. you needn't be afeard of that
un; he's sassy enough to look out fer
hisself." she chirped.
$50 be. mister, eff jimmy favors yer,
and CT amt her money you be arter,
come rite in and take suthin',"
Again my intelligent horse SHE'D, and
before / could control him was half
way to Memphis, and out of reach of
the old mans gun and the inhospitable
imputation of wanting "Jinny's" mon
ey.-M. Quad. in Detroit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

In farming il is better TO raise thing
or an animal than to buy it.
Usually the farmer that drives his
cows with dogs saves time, but loses
butter.
Fertility in an available form is the
basis of all successful production iAs-
the soil
Generally It takes longer to develop
a heavy built animal than it does a
light built one.
The most profitable pig is the one that
makes the fastest growth from birth TO
maturity.
There is no economy in investing
money i'll good blood unless it can be fol-
lowed up by good attention.
il will aid materially in maintaining
good health with the stock if care is
taken to provide them with plenty of
pure, fresh water daily. = Farmers
Union.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
SOFT-ShEllED EGGS.
An Explanation of n Number of Theories
ON This Subject.


ON This Subject.
There are various theories on this sub
iect, and the cause can only be guessed
at. Lewis Wright says that soft-shslied
eggs ere caused by overlooking, or want
of lime which is best supplied by cal
cined and pounded oyster shells. Some
times, he says. il is occasioned by fright,
in whic, case the hens will be all right
in day or two. Filthy nests and YER
min, he thinks, may have something TO
do with the fault. We believe that when
fowl habitlally lays soft-shelled eggs,
as some do, that some functional dis
order is the cause, and not lack of lime,
which has become u stereotyped phrase
in this connection. Such hens should
be put in coop by themselves and en-
perlmented with. We have never seen
soft-shelled egg here in Georgia,
where there is no limestone, and where
car water is free-stone. But we have
had soft-shelled eggs in Tennessee,
where the water is all limestone, except
the mineral springs. When hen lays
soft-shelied eggs occasionally, she is
simply out of condition some way, and
lack of lime may have nothing to do
with the trouble. If the lime theory is
worth anything, rot only one hen, but
the entire flock would lay soft-shellcd
eggs when lime was lacking. Yet such
thing never happens. Fowls get lime
for egg shells from the food they eat-
And that is The only way they do get it.
Southern Fancier.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
One Way to Save Moisture.

How to save as much of the moisture
as possible is a matter which has re-
ceived the consideration of scientists
and farmers. There are methods by
which water may be stored for future
USE but such are not practicable on
all farms. There is one way to par
ually prevent loss. which is ia
miiiar to all farmers, and that is to
keep the surface of the ground which
Is occupied by a crop always loose II
shower comes much of the water will
now Off the hard ground, but If the soil
Is loose the water will more easily GO
uown. Constant stirring of the soil
also prevents loss of large portion OF
zoe moisture already in the soil.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
COMBINATION HOUSE.

yard, or one may be kept for laying
room and the other for the rossting-
room.
The upper story is intended for pig
cons, and has an entrance for the at
tendant opening from the shed below.
II would be better to have q small room
in the upper story reserved for the
storage of feed.
The dimensions of this house are not
stated, but the principle may be adapted
to any size and to the requirements of
the builder. In any case the corner
posts should not be less than IL feet
Farm Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
BUTTER IN PLASTER OF PARIS.
A New Method of Transportation Used in
Australasia.

A New Method or transportation Used In
s- Australasia.
There seems to be no limit TO the in
genuity bestowed upon the devising of
means for accomplishing the transport
of the pcrishable produce of distant
clmes to the English market. A new
method, described in the Australasian.
is that of packing butter in box made
of six sheets of ordinary glass, all the
edges being covered over with gummed
paper. The glass box is enveloped in
n layer of plaster of Paris, quarter of
an inch thick, and this is covered with
specially prepared paper. The plaster
being bad conductor of heat, the tenn
perature inside the herme tically sealed
receptacle remains constant, being I'M
affected by external changes. The cost
OF packing is about Id. per pound. But
ter packed in the way described at
Melbourne has been sent across the
sea to South Africa, and when the
case was opened at Kimberley, ZOO miles
from Cape Town, the butter was found
to be as sound as when it left the fac
tory in Victoria. Cases are now made
to hold as much as two cwt. of but
ter. and 40 hands, mostly boys and
girls, are occupied in making the
glass receptacles and covering them
with plaster. The top, or lid, how
ever, is put on by simple mechanical
arrangement, and is removed by the
purchaser equally easily. A saving
of 50 per cent. on freight and packing
is claimed in comparison with the cost
of frozen butter carried in the usual
way.-Scientific American.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
Pineapple Pancakes.

The Germans make these by adding
stewed pineapple to plain pancake
batter of eggs, flour, and milk. Pour
out the batter into buttered frying
pan that is large enough to cook il all
The pan should be not less than IL
inches in diameter, and the batter thin.
When the batter has been poured into
the pan, cover il at once with stewed
pineapples and dredge them with
powdered sugar. Put the pan in u
quick oven and bake seven minutes;
cut the cake into triangular pieces, like
pie, when served.-Good Housekeeping.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
AGRICULTURALHINTS.
CHRISTOPHER TRAP.
a pevice That Saved Many Crops In the
state OF Minnesota

a peyice That Saved Many Crops In tho
state of Minnesota
We told our readers last fall about
tbe serious outbreak of grasshoprers in
minnesota, and the efforts made 20 de-
stroy them. Among other devices en-
Moved was the hopper-dozier, picture
Of which is shown. A bulletin of the
Minnesota Experiment station gives
the following account of the making of
hopper-dozier:
sheet of ordinary sheet-iron, such
ms is used for making stovepipes, was
turned up ~ inch around the edges,
and riveted at the corners. This made a
shallow pan about S feet long, feet
broad and 1h inch deep. To the bottom
of this were riveted the six small strips
which could be fastened to the three
runners on which the pan rested. To
the rear side of the pan vas screwed
a light, wooden frame, as long az the
pan and ~ foot high. Over this frame
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
The Angel of the War.

The Cuban patriots met with great
loss in the death of their Joan of Arc.
The soldiers of Gomez and Maceo called
her "the angel of the war;" Her name
was Angela de la Guerra. She was as
beautiful as she was brave. Around
their campfires they speak of her in
whispers now, and with tears. For in
a lonely grave among the hills she loved
so well, grave dug with the machetes
of her fellow soldiers, lies her fair
young form, wrapped in the flag of free
dom for which she fell, with IL Spanish
bullets in her bosom.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
That Terrible scourge.

Malarial disease Is invariably supple
mented by disturbance Of the liver, the
bowels, the stomach and the nerves. To
the removal Of both the cause and its eff
fects, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is fully
adequate. 1t fills the bill" as no other
remedy does It's WORK VOs thor
some, and 1t admirably serves to build up a
system broken by i'll health and shorn of
strength. Constipation, liver and kidney
complaint and nervousness are conquered
by 1t.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
Low Rate Excursions south.

On the first and third Tuesday of each
month till October about half-rates for
round trip will be made to points
in the South by the Louisville & Nash
about it, and II he cannot sell you excur-
sion tickets write to G. P. Atmore. Gen.
eral Passenger Agent Louisville, KY. or
]. X. Ridgely, N. w. p. A., Chicago, Ill.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
Hopeless.

Dayton is completely out of his
head"
what is his hallucination?"
"He thinks he has invented an alarm
clock that will wake a servant girl
Brooklyn Life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
STEPS IN BEEkesp,Nc.
How 30 Avoid the Rocks on Which Begin
ners Usually Split.

how 20 AVOID the ROCKS on Which Begin
ness Usually Split.
The first step is to get a good text
book on Bookkeeping and study it
thoroughly. Then get another one ard
study that. Perhaps a third could he
probably added to the list. If q bee
keepers convention should he held near
by, attend that; If not, visit neighboring
beekeepers and "talk bees" with them
perhaps this would be better than the
ordinary bee conventions, though both
are good. After this. If it is the inten-
ton to make of beekeeping a special
business, much time may be saved by
spending at least one season with some
professional apiarist. II this cannot be
done, the best way will be to begin at
home with few colonies, and allow the
bees and the knowledge to keep pace
one with the other. The beginner is
quite likely to make some mistakes, and
IL is better to make them with small
number of colonies. Perhaps ten col
onies would be sufficient to begin with.
Many recommend buying cheap colonies
of blacks in box hives, transferring
them to movable frames, and Italian
iZing them; but transferring as usually
done is very disagreeable job, requir-
ing some nerve, patience and skill, and
seems scarcely the proper work at
which to set Il novice. In ItalianiZing
there is also a risk of losing queens,
particularly II the work is done by an
inexperienced person. Still, if one has
plenty of determination and little
money this course may be advisable. 1t
is much more pleasant, however, for the
beginner to begin with Italians in NOV
able comb hives.
| Spring is the best time to buy bees,
and il is better to get them as near
| home as possible, as express charges
are very heavy, and long journeys are
| likely TO injure the colonies.s would
advise even beginner to buy black
bees III box hives near home. and then
transfer and Italianize. rather than have
bees shipped many hundreds of miles. =
The cost of beginning in Bookkeeping
might be estimated something as fol-
| lows:
! Bee-smoker and ven. ltD
Ten colonies of bees at S................ 81 go
| New hives for swarms. ................ IL. 90
Sections and comb foundations........ 1000
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80
| 1t might be we'll for the beginner to
produce extracted honey al first, in
which case an extractor would be need
ed. This costs about ten dollars, but no
sections would be needed, nor so much
| foundations, though there would be
needed some vessels in which TO store
the honey. The one thing that the be-
ginner needs TO avoid in producing ex-
tracted honey is extracting too closely,
taking away too much honey and leav-
ing the bees short of stores. No honey
should be taken from the brood nest.
Another rock upon which the begin
ner is likely to split, is dividing colonies
too early, too frequently or too late.
To allow each colony to swarm once. if
it will. and prevent after-swarming,
| would be safe plan for n beginner to
follow.-Country Gentleman.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
COMBINATION HOUSE.
A Convenient building Suitable for Poui-
try and Pigeons.

try and Pigeons.
\ correspondent furnishes us with the
drawing of building suitable for poul-
try and pigeons. The lower story af-
fords two rooms and n scratching shed
for poultry. Each room may be used
for separate flock. having its own
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01

FRS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use OF DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Resorer. Free SO trial bottle
q treatise. DR. KLINE, 1888 Arch st. Phila Pa.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01

Honey just after being taken from
the hives should be put into open ves-
cells, and allowed to ripen before stor'
ing away.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01

CHARLTON have you heard about Corr
Garrett She is going to marry u ricf
widower with six children" Dora-"Sh,
always was greedy thing. "-Tit-Bits.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01

The standard dollar was authorized
by act of congress, February %, 1878,
and coinage was begun in the same
year. --'-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01

The fatter the pig, the better it likes the
mud.-Ram's Horn.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01

SEA air roughens the skin. Use Glenn
Sulphur Soap
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01

We all live on far lower levels of Vi
tally and of JOY than we need to do
Fsrrar;
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01

THE world needs not more men, but more
| man.--Rev. G. w. Guillette.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01

capital of Great Britain, Thomasi' Thomas
"Most Of it's In this uptry."-Chicago
Record
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01
The Frances simmer Academy OF the Uni-
versity Of Chicago

versity Of Chicago
Which for more than forty years has beer
known as Mt. Carroll Seminary has, by thu
wish of It's founder, become an afiliatec
school Of The University OF Chicago. The
relation Of the Frances Sinner Academy "
The University Of Chicago Is double one: Il
and as such the work of instruction Is un
der the direct oversight Of the University;
eight Of Its fifteen trustees are trustees Of
the University.
The local and internal administration OF
the Academy will be In charge Of the Dean
Schools both East and West. The course
Of study, with slight changes, win be identi
cal with that OF Morgan Park Academy, and
viii fit pupils for any College In the country
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-01

"Do rou believe that Adam gave name
him for his selections. He did his work
most creditably. '.Whyf'' swell, because
there wasn't o Rover or a Fido in the whole
lot. o-Bazar
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-23
cARLlsI.E's CANDIDACY

Austin Texas. May 22.-superintendcu,
'"r.'s'e' speaking of his candidacy for re.
election had this TO say today:
several friends have recently written
10 asosr'ain how the vote so far s,anas
Wsh You would say FOR me that have In.
iurhuton' which deem reliable. show In,
Tor me. Anderson. Angelina. Rrewster
,omanche. Crockett. Hardin, Henderson,
'oil' MONTGOMERY. l'ok. Roberts Trinity,
" n'Mer ana Niilianson Two or three
primaries. but their county conven-
uons tuNc not YET been held. In other
you'iNrs n'so'utions have been adopted IN
doisinf the entire administrations inns IN.
ulcating the sentiment of the counties.
winch IT viii, of course he the pleasure o.
vcniion
SO far as | have been able 20 learn. no
other cand ME for state superintendent, ha
received instructions from single coun-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-23
A NOVEL STRUCTURE.


The pl,tsburg ana Gulfs Bridge Across
Arkansas River
Robert Gillian. chief engineer OF 'h'
,ansas Ci,y, Pu,sburg and CUT mas
comnleted a bridge over the Arkansas
river without stone or IRON piors, which
is certainly a novelty IN me way Of ,t a.,
cheering work. m,onere'e VA us, ,,,. IA.
iiIiidine Golfer dams IN the. stream and i
pumping out the water lns int'', "a, ,,a
he he concrcte put in nloce fr m bed rock
M TO the cap. fven the ahulmenia q,
.teh end Of the bridge were iasni"nea on
concreic' The new bridge has Two Epan pms
Of tn fect each, four spans Of ~ rex , ,"us
snans Of li7 feet and one sran pi ~ ~ ~
There are l.siS~0 pounds, q steel ~ ~ i,,
structure. The spans are known n as, ,rh ,s
af.ans." except the elp-iooi orc, WI. ~
n through span. Tao total leneth ~ IN.
i,rdgc Is 1850 feet Tho 'lfisni o, ~" IN
above the water level il 80 fee N"ns IN,
less remarkable WIS the iaiHh N"' - ~
Construction. Thirty days after ,ls ~, -.
terial was On ~ grounds u" structure
,,.ns rDrlpictcl.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-23
A yn1lNG MAN sII1cIpIGs

Bryan, Texas. May 22,--Sidncy Beard a
young man % years old. committed suicide
nj his boarding house IN this city Inst night
nv taking chloroform Win suicidal intent.
iio was =, faddlor 10y i"adc nnd had a good
fob. md wis apparently happy. lie wns
faiscd here and his relatives are all living
in this city.