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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
CORN FOR POULTRY.
By All odds the Best Grain Food for
Laying Hens.


Samuel Cushman, who is authority on
matters pertaining to poultry, said at
recent farmers meeting held in Boston
If he was confined to one kind of grain
he would take corn. With this he would
feed, clover, fodder, corn, meat and 9TH
er like food. Upon being asked if wheat
does not stimulate laying, Mr.. Cushman
replied that he would not think of Civ
ing up wheat, but wanted to impress his
hearers that too much stress is put on
fecdingwheatandto too much said against
feeding corn by poultry writers.
This agrees with our experience ex-
actly. We believe that corn is the best
single grain for poultry and feed it
every day. Do not underrate wheat,
for ii is good feed to stimulate egg
production, but il is not indispensable to
the poultry keeper.
The great trouble with farm poul-
try is, usually, that it gets corn every
day and all the time. If the hens run
at large they have free access to the
yard where the hogs are fed, and good
many times the corn crib is open to
them at any time. Under these cir
cumstances the hens fill themselves
with corn and do not eat enough other
food to keep them in laying condition.
Corn is essentially fattening grain,
and when we remember that the yolk of
an egg contains large proportion of
pure fat we see how necessary good
supply of fat-forming food is to the
production of eggs. No single food
provides this so plentifully as corn does,
and the poultry keepr who does not use
it will not have the greatest possible
success.
III laying hens are given a light feed
OF corn in the morning they will hunt
insects and eat grass enough to satisfy
their appetites and maintain the bal
ance of the nutritive element in the
food they eat.
Grass is perfectly balanced food for
live stock and poultry, and to one who
never gave the matter attention ii is a
source of establishment to learn how
much of it poultry will eat. In the nor
NAL condition of things a hen will live
OH grass, but if she is laying she must
have something in addition to furnish
the egg material, and this can be sup
piled by giving her corn more cheaply
than in any other way.
Long observation convinces us that
corn fed to laying hens makes the yolks
a richer yellow and gives consistency to
the whites Of eggs. Eggs laid by half
fed hen have whites that are thin and
watery and the yolks are often pale and
thin, falling fiat when the egg is broken
instead of standing up in the shape of a
half globe.
Corn is the best grain food for laying
hens, but too much of it checks egg pro-
duction. 1t is hard to convince people
sometimes that if little is good IA great
deal is better, but in the case Of feeding
corn to laying hens it is almost safe to
say that too much is worse than none
Farmers Voice.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
EXCELLENT HAY RACK.

main frame of rack, and correspond
with holes in cross-benches b b, where
a one-half-inch bolt inches in length
fastens them together and is itself held
in place with key through it. This
makes u combination rack which, by
attaching endgates and tight board
floor, can be used to haul hogs, tile,
pumpkins, etc, and by placing a few
boards on side wings large load of
corn in the ear can be hauled. AS
have always hauled great deal of feed
each winter detach the sides, place
it on a sled and make very good feed
rack of 1t, upon which to haul feed from
the field to the barn.
My rack is all made of red elm and
painted with two coats of oil and Nene-
tian red, which makes quite durable
paint for farm tools, and better by add
ing few pounds of white lead. a rack
of this kind will be found very con-
venient upon the farm, and l assure
you l would not trade it and go back to
the old platform rack.-George W..
Brown, in Ohio Farmer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
New Potato Industry.

The opening up of demand for po-
tatoes peeled, sliced and dried like APP
pies promises to give fresh impetus to
potato cultivation, us decay will be pre-
vented and freight cost lessened. The
potatoes are peeled and sliced by ma
chinery. soaked two minutes in strong
brine, drained and dried at tempera-
ture of about 104 degrees. Before using
the slices are soaked from ~ to Is
hours, and then have all the freshness
and flavor of new potatoes.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
His Aftcr-Dinncr spcech.

Around the table were gathered many
men. The dinner was almost over, and now
in the interval of service general converse.
tion had ceased, and they were all looking
at him and waiting for him to speak. He
was handsome man; clean shaven and
commanding looking, in rreproachable
evening dress. He stood, his left arm
hanging at his side, his right hand resting
him as he began to speak. And this is what
he said:
Sorry, gents, but de plum puddin' is all
out. Dere's rice an tapioca, an dere's
plumpeachanapple creamorrhubarb an
mincerlemon pie. Whachergo nterhave?"-
n. Y. Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
A TEXAS COMEDY.
rs,ch Has Some Indications OF .
Tragedy.

...n Has Some Indications Oh
Tragedy.
-, Tabitha Jones lifted high her
.nnecticut nose, breathed deeply the
,n,v mir of south Texas, and listened.
I'M the kitchen region, through the
rsn window, came distinctly these
"rds.' "Now git down dar on dem
.o,s YOU debble, an stay dar."
Mrs Tabitha's Puritan blood was
-s,sed. Hits all erlong OBJ you eff
mas late, but 1 speck don fix you
ow YOU raskil." Had the black wom-
in n fit of passion and carried away
otoyistic savagery and cannibalism,
.orificet her own offspring? And Mrs.
rsh;tba's mind reverted to Aunt Gym
Mas small woolly prototype, which
NO days before he'd arrived along with
Ant Cynthia's clothes and other eff
sots Her sympathies had halted at
nc little creature when she saw it
asnosited on her kitchen floor, but now
NJ humanity called to her.
With trembling courage she stepped
,n;cLly and softly to the kitchen and
rIowlv advanced her head beyond the
.dce of the open door. The smell Of
hurning flesh filed her nostrils. At
,hs front of the stove stood Aunt
cvntbia: in her hand, lifted threatening
Il was large flesh fork; OH her lips this
snail taunt: "Now / 'speck you gwine
!. behave yo'sef!" and she jabbed Wig
orously at something hidden from Mrs.
Tabtha by the stove.
Looking up, the negress caught sight
Of the pale, rigid face projected just
beyond the jam of the door. She ut
tered loud scream, dropped the fork,
and half fell against the kitchen table.
An ashen hue settled over her dark face
as she gazed at the apparently dissev-
cred head. and it was not until Mrs.
Tabitha finally presented her full figure
at the doorway that Aunt Cynthia was
able to speak.
what done happen in de house, Miss
Bthy? Is you seen ghostie?" she
easped. Making great effort to eff
GENTLY oppose her civilization TO the
barbarism confronting her, Mrs. Ia
bitha said, in quavering voice: Gym
thia. know what you have done, and
you'd ought not to done it."
Aunt Cynthia began to recover.
"Lo'd Gowd. Miss Bithy, what's l
done?"
where is your baby?" solemnly.
"Pomp? He's asleep-dey amt nuf-
fin hut him, his it?" and with sudden
fright the negress hurried to an adj
joining room, almost Immediately re-
turning with small bundle of black
and whitehall asleep, but intact
"How you done skeer me, Miss Bithy."
A faint color began to show on Mrs.
Tabitha's cheeks. Crossing the kitchen,
she walked around to the front of the
stove. "Where'd you get that chicken p"
she asked, severely, pointing to the
half-cooked fowl OH the broiler.
seen dat chicken walkin' roun' like
he's los, Miss Bithy, so i dess ketch
him an cook him fur dinna," and she
continued to apostrophize the guilty
bird while she shook down fresh Goals.
With her other arm she tenderly sup
ported the baby against her shoulder
y. y. Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03

be thoroughly stretched. To do this,
the plan showed in the sketch may be
used to advantage. A strip of board
has four or more hooks arranged on one
side to hold the roll firmly and to
stretch each section as 1t is unrolled. A
pulley attached to the following post
draws the netting tightly past the pre-
ceding post, when il is secured firmly
with staples and the work advanced to
the next post. A fence thus put up will
look neat and will be more serviceable
in retaining fowls, as a sagging top
wire invites attempts at flight.-Amer-
lean Agriculturist.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
NOW Down the weeds.

II you have any land that cannot be
cultivated to corn or potatoes do not
allow II to remain for the weeds to ex-
haust it. but NOW down the weeds
when they are young and in August
sow the land to crimson clover, to be
plowed under next spring. 1t is good
plan to sow crimson clover on every va
can't spot and thus improve the soil by
taking advantage of its capacity for
gathering nitrogen
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
New Food for Cattle.

A long-continued diet of molasses has
been found injurious to cattle, but Lou
isiana sugar planters have discovered
that "black strap" mixed in proper pro-
portions with corn, hay or oats forms a
good food for fattening cattle. There is
already great demand for It in Texas,
and it is expected that the western
states will soon consume quantities of
what has been considered the nearly
useless portion of the sugar-cane prod
rcf
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
HOW NOT TO NURSE.
The Vigorous Outburst of a Victims
lied Patient.

The Vigorous Outburst of a Victim
lied Patient.
helen Hunt Jackson, in n letter to
her physician, destribes stupid nurse
as follows:
Can | endure the presence of this
surly. aimless COW another day? MOL
Why?
She has less faculty than any human
being | ever undertook to direct in
small matters.
When | ask her to bring me anything,
she rises slowly with n movement like
nothing ever saw in my life, unless it
be derrick.
She signs and drops her under jaw
after every exertion. %
She sets with ponderous inertia
which produces on me the most remark
able effect. / have n morbid impulse
to fling my shoes at her head and see
what would come of it.
She asks me in dismal tones il l am
well in other ways besides my throat,
conveying the impression by her slow.
rolling eyes that 1 look to her like a
bundle of unfathonable diseases.
She takes the tray out of trunk to
get some article ut the bottom (where
articles always arc), and having given
me the article asks helplessly IL she
Shall put the tray back again. (Happy
thought) Next time I'll tell her: NO.
we keep the trays in piles on the floor"
Is this Christian? No. for she is
wel-meaning and wishes to do Alright,
and don't doubt every glance of my
eye sends a thrill of inexplainable dis
comfort through her.
But as professional nurse she is the
biggest joke ever saw.-Every Where.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
Two Mighty Continent..

North and South America, beside Guate-
mala, the West Indies, Australia, and even
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has demon.
strated its value as an antdote to malaria,
and as a remedy fol- dyspepsia, constipation,
rheumatism, neuralgia, biliousness, nervous.
ness, and loss of appetite and sleep. Tho
inhabitants, the medical men of these coun.
tries. have spoken in no uncertain tones
concerning the efficacy of the great house
hold remedy
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
A Deep Impression,

Pat returned from London after a holiday,
and meeting his priest one day stopped to
tell his adventures.
"Now, of all the sights you saw, what OBJ
ject struck you most-in fact, left the deep
est impression on you?" asked the priest.
Faith, it was brick from scaffold as
struck me most and left its deep impression
on me- said Pat, showing cut on his fore
hetd.-Spare Moments.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet.
It cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery
of the age Aliens Foot Ease makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain cure for
sweating, callous, hot, tired, aching feet.
Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
There Ia a GLASS of People

Who are injured by the use of coffee. Re
Gently there has been placed in all the
grocery stores a new preparation called
GRAINO, made of pure grains, that takes
the place of coffee. The most delicate stom-
ach receives it without distress, and but
over as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. Is cts and 25 cts. per pack
age. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.
The less energy a man has, the easier he
drifts into neutrality-suspicious. Globe.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
NcGrOca LOainR Value.

Northerner-If the negroes do not
prosper in freedom, how do you explain
,ne TACT that their average wealth now
is $500 apiece?
ooutherner-Three hundred dollahs!
WHAT'S that? Why, befoh the wah they
couldn't have been bought fob 5000
'piece. No, sahl-N. Y. Weekly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
Fourth of July Rates.

On July 3, 4 and the North Western
Line will sell excursion tickets at low rates
to points on the Northwestern System
within 200 miles OF selling station, good re-
turning until July 9th, inclusive Apply to
agents Chicago & Northwestern Railway.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
Not Her Wont.

'Listen" he Kissed.
NO" she answered, and turning upon
her heel brusquey, she left him there alone.
For she was a telephone girl by profession,
unless she was sure it was none of her bust
ness-Detroit journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
OutIOnc.

Prof. Braintank-Newton was great
philosopher. BY observing the mere fall of
an apple he discovered the law of gravity.
Smithers That's nothing. BY simply
biting an apple Eve discovered the gravity
of lawn. Y. Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
wheel Accidents.

"Flora had a dreadful time last evening.
She didn't come in town until after dark."
what was the matter?"
"She lost her powder.rag somewhere out
On the road, and couldn't fix up fit to be
seen. Detroit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
Between seed Time ana Harvest

Is a good opportunity to enquire about
farming lands in South Dakota, only one
days ride from Chicago. Bountiful crops Of
Wheat, Corn, Barley and Flax reward the
tiller of the soil As a stock and dairy coun.
class farm lands with nearby markets can
now be bought for from $40, sl2, SIS, and
upwards, per acre, and this is the time to
invest. For further particulars write TO
Geo. II. Heafford, General Passenger Agent,
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway,
Old Colony Building, Chicago, Ill.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
PUTTING UP FENCING.

How to Make the Poultry Yard Look
Neat and Attractive.
Wire netting is so commonly used
now for the yarding of fowls that some
plan for properly putting up the fence
is important. Ordinarily this fencing
is slack and very untidy. 1t needs to
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03

Mrs. Isaacstein (engaging servant) II
-"Oh, no, mum; he's nearly 5O!"--Tit. Bits.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
"Star Tobacco"

AS you chew tobacco for pleasure, uss
Star. 1t is not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03

"Your husband seems to be victim of the
tobacco habit. No; I'm the victim. He
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03

A man PHILOSOPHERS better than a woman
on the human heart, but she reads the
hearts of men better than he.-Rousseau.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03

Another proof that life is conundrum is
that everybody eventually gives it up.-N-
Y. Weekly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03

Attempt to make reform a paying bust
ness, and it ceases to be reform. -Atchison
Globe.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03

I can recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
Townsend, TT. Howard, Wis, May 4, '94.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.

Some men think they are good to their
wives if they build the fires in the morning.
Washington Democrat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03

The difficulty with the man who knows
too much is that he always will tell tn.
Y. Weekly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03

To live is to have justice, truth, reason,
devotion, probty, sincerity, common sense,
right and duty welded into the heart. To
live is to know what one is worth-what one
can do, and should do. Life is conscience
Victor Hugo.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-18
CABINET MAKING.

Cabinet making still continues to en-
gage the attention of the President
elect, who, il current accounts are to
be trusted, has made comparatively lit.
tie progress in his task. Senator Sher-
man has declined either to confirm OF
to deny the rumors which connect bis
name with the succession to Mr.. Olney
In the state department, but the belief
seems now to be general that he will a.
sume that place in the new administra-
ton. One factor in determing his de-
cision is doubtless the fact that Mr..
Hanna, the manager OF the late cam.
paign, is thought to be anxious to be-
come senstor from Ohio. Regarding
the other men mentioned for cabinet
places, nothing definite has been made
known during the week beyond the
fact that Mr.. Bliss of New York has
declined to become member of Mr..
McKinley's official family.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-18

Record OF Conductor Sherwood Stretches
126 Times Around the World.

bnerWOOQ 6Ir0ICnGn
l2S Times Around the World.
There is dining cur conductor on the
Northern Pacific road, running out OF
Minneapolis every week or two for the
coast, who keeps chalk mark record OF
his trips from the Atlantic to the Pacific
coast, just as the Arizona Kid used to keep
tally OF tho men he had killed by cutting
notch on his gun butt. There are $50
chalk marks down now and 1873 little cir.
sles, representing the equivalent of jour
neys around the globe.
The conductor Is w. S. Sherwood, and
he has had 23 years,~continuous service.
For ten years he was Running for the Pull
mans from New York to Chicago and from
Chicago to ST. Paul He made these trips
$40 times. Then, as soon as the Northern
Pacific was completed from the Mississip-
pi to the western ocean, in 1883, he started
In its dining service, and he has gone from
here to Tacoma more than 500 times In
all, In his 23 years of service, he has run
3,212, 900 miles, or 1873 times around the
world, and he thinks he carries the record
as traveller. He has never been hurt In q
wreck-in fact, has never been In but one,
and that was mere bluff at wreck He
Is the only man yet on the road who has
been with 1t since it was first put through
to the coast.
He had charge of the famous Henry VII
lard party that went through on the North
ern Pacific In triumphal procession-the
party that left st. Paul under arches of
roses after unlimited champagne and came
back week later, Wizards power gone,
with beer the only drink and abuse in the
place of arches Nearly all of the oriental
magnates who have crossed on the road
Sherwood has dined and wined. He had
Kipling under his charge In 1850 when
that writer, then unknown to fame, took
the passage from west to east on the long
journey from India to Egypt, and that he
has never retraced. He took Rufus Hatch
and party of 10 New York brokers on
their famous free excursion from Chicago
to the Yellowstone in 1888, when, 1t Is Of
record, more wine was consumed than dur
ing any transcontinental route before or
since. Possible investors in western rail-
road stocks and bonds, mines, towns, syn
dicates, etc.. for whom II was desired to
make a most favorable introduction into
the promised land, have been piloted west
ward and back by Sherwood, and many
times.
Mr.. Sherwood expects to pass Is or 90
more years In transcontinental service, and
he has an ambition to cover 5000, 900
miles before he starts out to see the rest Of
the world on his own account. -Minneapo-
lis Letter In New York Sun.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-18
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING PLANT.

II is evident that another effort will
be made by lome of the members of
the Providence Common Council to
carry into effect the recommendation
contained in the Mayors message rela-
tive to the municipal ownership of an
electric lighting plant for street light
ing. The committee on lamps will sub
NIT report tonight, accompanied by q
resolution creating q joint special COM
mittee to consider the legal status Of
the relations now existing between the
city of Providence and the Narragan-
sett Electric Lighting Company.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-18
TOUR ABOUT TOWN

An old inhabitant told me today that
yesterday was the thirtieth anniversary
of the great snow storm of Jan. II, 1867,
which blockaded highways and railroads
all over New England for over a week.
Even London, Eng, wss under the
mantle, and enormous drifts made travel
in the great metropolis burden.
Says the Triangle, the official organ
Of the Providence Athletic Association !:
I'VE very much regret the loss Of the
Pawtucket Boat Clubs long established
home on the Seekonk. II always was
pleasant to stop at it's hospitable float
and rest an oar in our summer spins.
We hope our up the-river friends will
emulate the example Of the Narragan-
setts, and give good, strong pull for q
fine, new boathouse."
##
/ have found out that it is good
plan to never let woman tell you q
secret. If you keep it she will think
you are not interested and be mad; If
you repeat it, she will be still madder.
So there you are.
An East Side young lady was asked
the other day by her father to make
some purchases for him, of which he
gave her written list. The FIRST item
was "Scott's Emulsion" and after
glancing at it the intelligent young
lady made straight for a bookstore.
where she was received by an equally
intelligent salesman. 81 want copy
of Scott's Emulsion, said she, casually.
SCOTS what ?" asked the clerk.
Scott's Emulsion, }" replied the maiden.
Oh, yes" was the answer. Well,
you see We don't sell Scotts works ex-
cept in complete SETS"
xx
The following is reported to me az
having taken place in q school in
Central Falls:
Teacher-Can any little boy in the
class toll me the name of the greatest
sheet of water in the world2
Little Johnny(who loves skating)-
Yes'm. Scotts pond.
A contemporary asserts that paten,
medicines have become demoralized
and prices have gone to pieces. Wha,
else could logically be expectedp A
patent medicine is always drug on the
market, anyway.
~~
A bicycle man said the other day thai
the coming season bicycles would moi
be sold 30 extensively on the install
ment plan. In other words it will bs
go as you pay" venture to remark
that there will be some slow riders il
this city.
Henry b. Metcalf says: 1T is easy te
make mistakes. made . corteoul
proposition to the editor OF the Nor
wien Index, supposing that was deal
lug with gentleman. / admit tn,
possibility OF mistake, and 90 Withdraw
my proposition. where ignorance Il
bliss TO any man) Z were folly to CTR,
70 make that man to) be wise.' wher
1 encounter man who dares not know
the truth assume that he may hav,
been born q coward, and, therefore
that 1 ought not TO disturb him.,
The TOURIST.