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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
His Flowers.

81 heard in my youth" says Sir
Charles Murray, zone of many curious
stories of this Sir John Shaw. He was
most eccentric in his appearance and
dress and cared nothing for tidiness in
the grounds Immediately surrounding
his house. One day he invited two gem
tlemen from Edinburgh to dine with
him at Carnock. AS was the custom OF
the time, they appeared before dinner
in knee breeches, silk stockings and
thin shoes. The weather being fine,
Sir John invited them to take a turn
in the garden. Civilly and thoughtless-
ly they followed their host and soon
found themselves skipping among net.
ties and thistles, to the great discom-
fort of their unfortunate calves. Sir
John, who was clad, as usual, in cor
duroy breeches and top boots, said to
them. with polite gravity: Step DOT.
step DOT, gentlemen; yen no hurt my
flowers!' "-Cornhill Magazine.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
HOMEMADE CORN CUTTER.

will cut; eight-inch plank should do.
Mortise three crosspieces of two by
four into top Of runners. Nail boards
on cross ties to make platform 80
inches wide and nearly six feet long.
Get a good steel knife and make it very
sharp, say % inches long and five inches
wide. Bevel the edge from the bot
tom or underside. Have rod made
with an eye in the center and curved.
in order to fasten either end to run
ner and hitch horse in the center.
This rod should be of one-half inch
round iron, and long enough to work
nicely. as shown at a. Bore hole in
platform or runner, and put in stake
about six inches high (b) even across
with the base of rod (c). Another stake
of the same size, but 20 inches high,
on the right side of platform near the
edge, and 81 inches from the front of
platform (d). Take rod of five-eighth-
inch iron 67 inches long and weld
piece of fiat iron one-half inch thick
and eight inches long to the end of it,
bolt the fiat piece to platform (13 inches
from center to back of platform), and
bend the rod forward II inches above
the platform, as in e. Bend the rod so
ms to have it extend out over the edge
of the platform, over and back of the
knife (h), then bend the rod in so as
10 extend about two inches over the
platform at the center two by four
cross brace (f). From there bend the
rod out to &. Be sure to have 1t carry
the same height all the time.
The bends in the rod are made in
order to bring in the corn and lay it
across the platform without the help
of man. In this way the danger OF
standing over the knife Is averted.
Nail small stick something like
lath from top of stake d to the out
side runner few inches ahead Of the
knife. Bolt the knife to platform
about 26 inches from back part of plat
form with two bolts, and have the knife
slant back considerably. put scrap
piece of two-inch plank under the plat
form at and h, to make the platform
more solid where the large rod and
knife were bolted fast. The large rod
from g to should be with bends so
inches long. Directly across it is 4s
inches, thus using two inches for bends.
The large rod is outside of stake d
about five inches. Hitch on quiet horse,
hang the lines on d and ride on rear
of platform, and when large pile of
corn is cut and laid across the sled,
stop and shock it up.-Farm and Home.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14

home-a great roll of white flannel.
Then it had to be carried to Haverhill
TO be fulled and colored. 1t was about
80 miles to Haverhill, and the only way
to go was on horseback. Job, who was
one OF the hired men, packed il onto a
horse and started with it.
Meantime, mother had been coloring
yarn-red, yellow, green and blue. She
had to make all her dyes herself, but
she had some bright, handsome colors.
remember how pretty it looked hang
ing out on the line drying.
After awhile, the cloth came home
three great rolls of dark-brown, heavy
cloth. Then it was cut into breadths,
the length of the room, and mother
and Aunt Betsey marked them off into
squares, about foot each way, so they
would match when it was sewed to-
gether.
I'm each square was large star. 1t
was worked in what you call 'Kensing-
ton stitch That's nothing but just
the old-fashioned marking stitch. The
squares were worked in green, the stars
in yellow, and in each point of the stars
were little stars worked in different
colors; and so the whole carpet was
made by hand. 1t was real handsome
around to see it,"
How / wish l could have seen il,
grandma! Think of working a whole
carpet by hand! l have been nearly
all winter doing n tablespread. But
how did they get the furniture for the
rooms?"
Father started for Portland on horse
back-that was the nearest place where
furniture could be bought"
How far was it, grandma?"
"A hundred miles, and the most of
the way through the woods. But there
was a good road, and teams always go
ing and coming.
Father told mother to send Job
along with the oX-team after he had
gone two days. Father got home several
days before job, but at last he came
with big load of things.
There were two high-posted bed
steads, looking-glasses, tables and
chairs, but what / thought was the
incest of all were two great bell-rnetal
basins"
What were they for?"
"They were to fill the places of the
earthen washbowls and pitchers we
have nowadays. None were to be had
then. Bell-metal and puter basins We're
used instead.
well, the rooms looked very Eicely
when they were done. Mother put up
some green and white checked bed cur
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
HINTS FOR BEEKEEpERS.

Shade the hives when the weather Is
warm.
Put starters of thin foundation in the
section boxes.
Look out for robbers when the har-
vest becomes scarce.
Eastwood is the greatest honey pro-
Queer while in bloom.
Remove all frames filled with brood
from the brood chamber.
Put the honey in the driest, warmest
room about the house.
If exposed to cold or dampness honey
will granulate in the cells.
Strong colonies at the proper time in
sure a good honey harvest.
If you work for extracted be care
full not to extract too close.
A little pine tar smeared on a board
will drive ants from the hive.
A weak solution of carbolic acid and
salt is n good remedy for bee stings.
Where the honey is extracted large
number of extra combs are necessary,
The only way to keep drones for any
length of time Is to keep hem In
queenless colonies.-St. Louis Republic.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
Maintaining the standard.

One of the causes of the deterioration
of fiocks OF poultry is the practice of
selling of the cid hens and using pull
let's. Pullets will probably lay more
eggs team will hens the first year, blu.
chicks Matched from eggs laid by pull
lets are not as strong and vigorous as
those produced from eggs laid by hens.
1t is also less expensive to retain the
hens than to feed the pullets whole
year before they are old enough to lay.
Hens are serviceable until five years
old, and sometimes longer, the stock
being less liable to disease and loss of
vigor IL cocks IS months old and hens
over two years old are used for breed
ing purposes instead of pullets that are
mated with cockerels.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14

tains, homemade out of flax and wool,
and trimmed with yellow fringe.
when court set in November, the
judges came to our house, and always
after, for every term of court, for many
years.
"Now, all that you have TO do when
you want carpet, is to go to the store
and select it; but l am sure you can
never have one you will feel half so
proud of as mother did of hers"
'Come, Annie said Mrs. Belmont,
entering the room, with her bonnet on,
II am ready to go now
Thank you, grandma, for your story.
l am afraid have lost some u! my in
terest in buying the new carpets. l
wish we could make some, as my great
grandma did."-Golden Days.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
WOMEN AS FARMERS.
Peculiar scheme to He Inaugurated
by Nebraska Woman.


by n Nebraska Woman.
Mrs. Hattie N Bemis, of Arabia,
Neb., does not see why women should
not be successful as farmers, and an
nounces that she is going to try the
experiment If she can get dozen
women to assist her. She owns large
tract of land in northwestern Nebraska
which she says she intends to give to
IL deserving widows of northwestern
farmers. In return she will require
them to cultivate it without mans as
sistance. She says she will start them
out with all the machinery they need,
a sufficient supply of cattle, horses,
swine and poultry to serve as nest
egg, and money to last them until the
first harvest can be disposed of. She
admits that the climate is dry, but pro-
poses to instruct her wards in the OPP
Grafton of a system of soil culture by
which method experiments have proved
the rainfall of the section is sufficient
to insure bountiful crops. The near
est the women will be allowed to come
to dealings with men is to sell the crops
to them. II Mrs. Bemis ever learns
that man has been employed about
the premises the farms will revert to
her. Any member of the community
who marries will also forfeit her title
to n share in the property.-Chicag
Chronicle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
HIGH.CLAss POULTRY.
Why the Progressive Farmer Will
Raise No other Kind.


No man has a better chance to keep
high-class poultry than the farmer. He
has unlimited range for them, and this
is conducive to health and best results
in rearing the young. He produces at
first cost every necessary food product
that goes to keep a flock during the
year, and no one who desires to pur-
chase eggs for Matching would ever buy
of breeder who keeps his fowls penned
up II he knew where he could get eggs
from farm-kept fowls.
There is just as good market for
high-class poultry as there Is for
poultry for market, and the demand is
always good for good stock. The farmer
who keeps this kind of poultry has two
chances to make money. His flock will
be profitable as an investment at mar
ket prices, and he will make many sales
without effort at much above market
prices.
1t is no trouble at all, as the writer
knows from experience, to get from so
cents to one dollar dozen for eggs
from high-class hens during the hatch
ing season, and even at the smaller price
there is an immense profit in the bust
ness.
With the better care that Is always
given to good stock comes a greater re-
turn in eggs and meat for the feed used
and here is an additional profit on the
transaction.
There is no excuse in these days that
justifies any farmer In allowing his
flock of hens to remain mongrels. The
man who does this is standing in his
own light and does not live up to his
opportunities. 1t docs not need fancy
houses, elaborate systems of yards nor
extraordinary skill in breeding to make
success with fine poultry. Plain, hard
common sense, such as is needed to
raise good crops and conduct any farm
successfully, is better than any number
of nice theories which are of no practic-
al value.-Farmers' Voice.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
COOKING THE BOYS TO SLEEP.

, s,t me down in the twilight cool
OF a busy summers day,
And close my eyes. and live again
The time soNar away,
here;
And the tears to my eyes will creep.
FOR / seem to sit In the old brown chair,
A-rockin' the boys to sleep.
hiring John back from a home of wealth,
where fame and honor dwell,
And sing and rock him to sleep once more,
More happy than tongue can tell.
brave the storms on a shoreless sea
Where tempest and surges sweep,
And James Is here and rock again
my wandering boy" to sleep.
build stair to the heavens tall,
And reach In its sweet domain
For little Eddie and bring him back
To my lonely home again.
NV throbbing heart is heavy now
With a yearning strong and deep.
AS smooth the curls OF my only babe
And rock him once more to sleep
They say the old chair is useless now.
IT'S creaking and dull with age,
And must be forever put aside,
Like a well-learned, worn-out page.
But the old brown chair sings a song to me,
AS 1t whispers OF other years.
And 1t tells of the roughened places
smoothed.
And murmurs Of childish tears
Yes. the old chair tells in an undertone.
In a voice so creaking and old.
OF the comfort It gave through summers
heat,
AS well as in winters cold;
How those little dependent lives were
soothed
Through their childish sorrows deep,
As II did its best to ease each pain,
While rocking the boys to sleep.
Gertrude NJ. Hoag. In Telescope.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
THE CORN HARVEST.
Labor-savinE Devices Have Made Its
Gathering Easy.

UutherihE Easy.
Harvesting the corn crop is being
made easier every year by improve
ments in labor-saving machinery and
devices. Large commercial crops are
cut, tied and left in straight rows by
the improved corn harvester, while the
bundles placed in shocks or stocks of
IL to 20 bundles to cure are then drawn
to the barn and run through the shred
der. Farmers who cannot afford the
latest and improved machinery, or who
have small areas of corn, cut by sled
as illustrated below, or by hand cutter.
The armfuls thus cut have to be tied
In bundles, various materials being
used for this purpose, some using two
or three cornstalks, others small
handful of long, strong straw, swamp
grass or willows. But whether cut by
improved machinery or by hand cut
ter, the large bundles, shocks or stocks
have to be securely fastened to with
stand the fall wind and storms.
To make a corn cutter, as portrayed
herewith, make a platform with run
ners six feet long and two inches thick;
the higher the runners the higher it
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
An AbominabIe Legacy.

A tendency to rheumatism is undoubted-
ly inherited. Unlike many other legacies, IL
remains in the family. The most effectual
means of checking this tendency, or Of re-
moving incipient rheumatism, whether pre-
existent in the blood or not, is to resort to
Eostetter's Stomach Bitters as soon as the
premontory twinges are felt. Nullifying
the influences of cold, exposure and fatigue,
the Bitters not only fortifies the system
against their hurtful consequences, but sub.
jugates malaria, liver and kidney complaint,
dyspepsia and nerve disquietude.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14

Visitors to Lincoln Park I'm Chicago
will be delighted with the souvenir book Of
this beautiful spot now being distributed by
the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 st. Paul Railway
Company. II is a magnificent publication OF
96 pages full to Overlooking with delicious.
half tone pictures of one of Creations most
charming places of resort for citizens Of the
Great Republic.
No stranger visiting Chicago should be-
without a copy of the Souvenir of Lincoln
Park" 1t can only be procured by enclos-
ing twenty-five (25) cents, in coin or postage
stamps, to Geo. II. Heafford, general passen-
ger agent, 4l0 Old Colony Building, Chicago.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
MisIed by the Papers.

"Now, Henry" said the dear old lady,
81 do hope you will never play BASEBALL"
"Why not, grandma" asked Henry, with
natural surprise.
Because It is so very dangerous"
"Dangerous Why, grandma, it isn't any
more dangerous than any other game"
1T is exceedingly dangerous" said the old
lady, in tone of deep conviction.
but, grandma, you never saw game,
and don't know anything about it."
Perhaps l don't, but / know it is highly
dangerous. Almost every day the papers
tell about men who have died ON the bases. "
baltimore American.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
Good Now. from Mi..ourl.

Robert Cornwell, a Barton county
(Mo.) farmer, living near Golden City,
after numerous experiments, thinks he
has succeeded in developing a potato
that will grow without vines. They
grow entirely under ground, and will
do away with the fear of potato bugs,
which cost so much to destroy each sea-
son, not to mention the damage they
do. A field planted with the vineless
potato may be worked with the ordi-
nary harrow. Should the new potato
prove to be good producer, as Mr..
Cornwell hopes, 1t is likely to super
sede the present variety.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
THE STING OF A BEE.
1t Is Very Complicated and Deli
cate Structure.

1t Is n Very Complicated and Deli
cate Structure.
The organ of defense which worker
bees possess is very complicated
structure. The sting is composed Of
two highly polished, sharp hollow
spears or lancets, B b, and an awl, A, as
portrayed in the cut, held firmly to-
gether by projections L on the central
one, which fit into grooves T on the
sides of the other two. These lancets
lying together form a tube between
them. The central lance A, sometimes
called the sheath, is larger than the
others and has cylindrical reservoir S
at its base which connects with the
poison sac c, by the tube NJ, and below
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
Try AIlen,n Foot-Ense.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet feel swollen and hot,
and get tired easily. If you have smarting
1t cools the feet and makes walking easy.
Cures and prevents swollen and sweating
feet, bisters and callous spots. Relieves
corns and bunions of all pain and gives rest
and comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted,
LIE Roy, N. Y
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
A Widows Way.

He-They say that wedding rings are 60
ing out of fashion.
She-Oh, don't care If you wish to dis.
pense with the ring, dear, it will make no diff
ference to me. But why didn't you give me
some warning of what you were about to
say This is so sudden"
Then he thought of home and mother,
but it was too late.-Cleveland Leader.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
Try Grnin-OI Try Grain-Oi

package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The children
may drink it without injury as well as the
adult All who try it like it. GRAIN-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java
but it is made from pure grains, and the
most delicate stomachs receive it without
IS cts. per package Sold by ali srocers.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
kfckers.

Haskins--I didn't like the meals we got
at the mountain house. There was not
enough warm food. Everything that was
served was cold
Perkins-Yes, everything but the ice wa
ter.-Up-to-Date.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
Half Rates to indianapolis and Re-

tickets will be sold August IL and 49, with
extended limit to September IL. at one
fare for the round trip, on account of y.
=. c. Union, Apply to agents Chicago &.
North.W Western R'Y.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14

The old maids soliloquy: "At II years
of age inquired which is he? At 20, who is
he? At Is, what has he? And now, where
is he?"-Fliegende Blaetter.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
STRUCTURE OF A BEES STING.


by slit with the tube made by the join
ing of the three lancets. The smaller
lancets, b b, have at their bases peculiar
valves, L f. Their points are barbed,
U U, in the sectional drawing, which
also shows the tube in the lancet, and
the openings, o o, connecting the tube
with the exterior. These barhs catch
and hold, causing the sting to be left
in when it is used. The poison is driven
through the openings and through the
tube formed by the lance, into the OBJ
iect stung. This poison is an acid fluid
which the bee secrets and stores in the
sac C. Being acid an alkali, as am
monia or soda, will neutralize it and
help to allay the pain and swelling
Farm and Home.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14

There is probably something in love in
winter, when people can keep warm by sit
ting close together, but there is absolutely
nothing in it in summer.-Atchison Globe
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
Dear Old Boston Again.

Visitor-I hear there is sickness next
door. Is it contagious?
Phillps-Oh, not at all, madam; merely
contiguous.-N. Y. Truth
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
The Bicycle Girl.

"I'm sure I'll never be able to walk up,
the aisle with papa
why not, my child"
Papa is SO ridiculously low-geared." -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14

:, All you guess about difficulty in selling
Stark Trees may be wrong. If you wish to-
know the truth, drop postal to Stark Nurs-
cry, Louisiana, Mo-, or Rockport, Ill. Name
references. Cash pay to statesmen each
WEEK the year round Outfit free-takes
no money to TRY the work. Also want
CLUB MAKERS-get their trees free
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14

Most men have something the matter with
them from some accident that occurred years
go.-Washington Democrat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14

/ could not get along without Piso's Cure
for Consumption. 1t always cures.-Mrs.
Z. c. Moulton, Needham, Mass, Oct. %, "a.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kine'si
Great Nerve Restorer. Free So trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch ST., Phila., Pa
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14

Claude-"Do you think your father would
offer me personal violence if were to ask
him for you?" Mabel-"No;. but think he
will if you don't pretty soon. "-Tit.Bits.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14

The only worthy end of all learning, of
all science, of all life, in fact, is that human
beings should love one another better
George Eliot,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14

The worst trouble with loafer seems to
be that he doesn't know what a bore he is.
Washington Democrat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14

He-"Would you scream if I should kiss
you? She-"And il were to allow you to.
would you squeal!'-Indanapol Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
Haw tn Ger WELL

Send for free pamphlet. Garfield Park San
itarium, l176 Washington boulv d, Chicago
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14

Cold weather lasts the longest when you
are out of coal.-Wnshington Democrat
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14

There are people who think that if girl
has studied in Europe she can sing.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-14
EDUCATIONAL,

lpAuYl IN mi roe New Athens, o. 0so year. Cats
IhANALIN UullLul log free with plan to earn funds