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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17
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God calls prepared men Int
his service. Joshua had long
been serving m apprenticeship
under the great leader, Moses,
and II may be assumed that he
had been studious and faithful.
A new epoch In . mans ca
reer 10 but the unfolding and
developing Of the years which
have preceded.. The living Of
the present determines the
character Of the future.
As one follows the fragment
airy history Of Joshua up to the
time he was chosen and anoint-
ed as the successor Of Moses,
his loyalty to God and faithful.
ness to present duty are strik-
ingly apparent, In fact the first
implies, or rather, involves, the
second. One cannot be loyal to
God and live careIessiy and
negligently.
"a man In whom Is the Spir-
Il" was the testimony Of God
as to the character Of Joshua,
and In those few words Is
crowded a whole biography.
More Spirit-filIed men are
needed In the world to-day to
lead Gods people through the
pilgrimage Of life.
To be Spirlt-fiIled does not
mean fanaticisnn, but means the
wisdom and power, and love Of
God flowing through a human
channel. Joshua could fight like
n general, could rule like a
statesman and could live like
a true son Of God.
The solemn service which
marked the setting apart Of
Joshua to the high office to
which God had called him Is
suggestive Of the modern or
dination Of our ministers to the
Gospel ministry. But note that
the man was first chosen Of God.
All the ordinations In the world
cannot create a leader for Gods
people II the Lord has not first
called him to that service.
We do not find any false mod
esty keeping Joshua from ac-
cepting the high office, as Is so
often the case with those called
} into active service In the church.
So many workers needed, and
, yet how often we find the one
called holds back and pleads all
) manner of excuses. II II is
Gods call, and It generally Is,
the soul dare not refuse.
"And thou shalt put some Of
thine honor upon him." was the
charge Of God to Moses, as he
! instructed him concerning tho
ordination Of Joshua. What a
privilege was this Of Moses, to
impart to his SUCCESSOR some
thing Of the dignity, something
!. Of the power and authority,
. which had been his. Here Is q
. beautiful thought. The perpet-
! uation Of ones self In someone
else. A beautiful thought, " II
Is the best self which is I'M
!, pressed upon the other life. A
solemn and awful thought II the
/ impress Of our life upon some
!. one else's life Is for evil. Seek
!, day by day to "put some oil
4 thine honor" upon some ons
( else.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17
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The apple that is to go into cold
storage can't be placed there too soon.
High and dry land is best for grapes,
and fall is good time to plant them
Horse sense Is as much a virtue
for humans as for the horse himself.
Have you figured up yet whether
the summer boarder paid?
The peach borer Is known by his
gum! Have you looked him up yet
and dug him out?
The mean man and the mean hog
make combination that is hard to
beat.
Don't forget the old saying:
Crowd your work; don't let 1t crowd
YOU"
Grape juice bottled hot will not fer.
ment, and is one Of the finest tonics
and health drinks to be found.
The future Of American farming Is
less question of more land than of
better tillage and fertilizing.
Balsam pillows made now will ex-
hale the fresh fragrant breath of the
forest In your home all winter.
The colts first year determines his
future. Give him a regular grain ra-
ton. Keep him growing.
Good farming Is not a mattcr of
thumb rulo, but of good judgment
based on correct principles and in
formation as to matters Of fact.
The gentle sheep like gentle care
takers. Any loud sudden noise is sure
to brighten them and they are slow to
forget
Exercise is needful for the farm
stock Il they are to be kept healthy.
Idlene5s and full feed are the stepping
stones for many ills.
II Is said that new method of max
/ ing paper out of cotton stalks offers
I big opportunity to the southern farm
| er Of increasing his profits.
A grain growers grain company,
with capital of s250,00O, has been
organized among Canadian farmers,
with headquarters at Winnipeg.
i The opening-of the Manitoba Agri-
cultural college near Winnipeg. on the
Assiniboine river, marks a new era
in agricultural education in western
Canada.
Here is hint for the housewife.
Coffee grounds. thoroughly dried,
make excellent filling for pincushions
and will not call the mice or moths as
when filled with bran or wool
Tho CHEEKY farmer creates an at
mosphero on the farm which makes
for better stock and better crops. HUI
man sunshine is great asset in the
farmers account.
A Virginia hen Is making a strong
play for the championship record, lay
ing an egg every 20 hours, exclusive
Of the moulting season. She is expect
ed to cross the 600 mark before the
end OF the year.
Probably the largest corn crop ever
grown was produced few years ago
by Capt z. j. Drake, of South Caro-
lima. He produced 255 bushels on one
acres In one season.
In building wire fence do not drive
the staples In too far. Leave them
out far enough SO there will be play
for the wire and the expansion and
contraction of the wire may be even
all along the line.
The two great,obstacles to the prog
ress Of the good roads movement are,
frst, lack of appreciation of the bene-
dts of good roads. and second. the nat
ural disinclination Of people to be
taxed, which results in their refusing
to vote for a liberal road tax
Chickens to be killed for shipment
should be starved "a hours before kill
, Ing SO that the crop and intestines
> will not be clogged with food which
) quickly decays and spoils the flavor OF
the meat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

Good farming Is not a mattcr of
thumb rulo, but of good judgment
based on correct principles and in.
formation as to matters Of fact
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

While
70 desire his message congress out Of the
The president unuesonab deeply interested the welfare Of Can
ddae He
attempt to disguise his interest the and he to do all he
promote Republican ticket
election
day characteristic letter the president commencing
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17
From Nation s Capital
Washington News Related BY Our Correspondent Prob
lens and Campaign Keep President Bny-Navys Gunney
Surprises Army Officers.
wAsHrNGTO,

WASHINGTON.-Grea activity prevails at the
White House. The president II holding long con-
ferences day and night with members Of his cabi-
net. He Is at work on his annual message to
congress which he hopes to have completed with
the exception of the parts referring to Cuba and
Panama, before he starts for the isthmus. Most
OF the conferences relate to Panama. The specin-
cations for the work and the general construction
scheme Is receiving the closest scrutiny.
When the president reaches the canal zone
early IN November he will be an expert on canal
matters. and as he crosses the isthmus, examin-
ing the work on the ditch, the sanitary arrange
ments. the Quartermaster's depot, the housing OF
the workmen and all other essentials that enter
into making the construction work success, the
president will be able at glance to take In the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

The colts first year determines hi
future. Give him a regular grain "a
ton. Keep him growing.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

Dr. Harvey w. Wiley. chief chemist of the de-
partment of agriculture, Is receiving letters from
people all over the country who want to join his
alcohol class. communication from man In
Boston, who styles himself leading expert on
BOOZE" is gem. He impatently declares his
fitness to fill the position of testing kill me
quick for the government and wants to know
when he shall show up to begin the merry occu-
lions for places on the official board of Uncle
Sans spirit testers that his hair Is growing gray.
Since the white light OF publicity was shed
upon the Wiley scheme to determine whether
alcoholic drinks deleterious to the human stom.
ach, the learned doctor has been besieged with
plantive walls from lovers OF mixed and un
mixed drinks. All are anxious to help.
Experiments with saltpeter to determine
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

The gentle sheep like gentle care
takers. Any loud sudden noise is sure
to brighten them and they are slow to
forget
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17
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Scripture Authority: Numbers ~:
1873; Deut 31:7. ..
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

Balsam pillows made now will ex-
hale the fresh fragrant breath of the
forest In your home all winter.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

A Virginia hen is making a strong
play for the championship record, lay
ing an egg every 20 hours, exclusive
Of the moulting season. She is expect
ed to cross the 600 mark before the
end Of the year.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

Horse sense" is as much a virtue
for humans as for the horse himself
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

Tho CHEEKY farmer creates an at.
mosphero on the farm which makes
for better stock and better crops. HUI
man sunshine is a great asset in the
farmers account.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

Somebody in authority in the army depart
ment conceived the idea Of sending representa-
tives Of the coast defense to sea with Rear Ad.
miral Evans battleship fleet. to study the sharp
gunnery of the Deep The innovation was. to be
kept secret, but the particulars of the trip are
related by mariner.
The army officers selected for the mission were
Maj G. ]. Bailey, OF the Artillery Corps, and Maj.
l.. NJ Fuller, of the Ordnance Corps. They went
aboard the Maine, the flagship Of the North Allan
tic fleet.
When the vessels reached the Massachusetts,
bay target grounds several of them including the
Name began preliminary practice. The two
army officers came on deck to witness the warm
ing-up" trials, and the wardroom brigade of the
Maine noticed that each major had wads Of cot
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

Probably the largest corn crop ever
grown was produced few years ago
by Capt. z. ]. Drake, of South Caro-
lima. He produced 255 bushels on one
acres In one season.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

The future of American farming is
less question of more land than of
better tillage and fertilizing.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

In building wire fence do not drive
the staples in too far. Leave them
out far enough SO there will be play
for the wire and the expansion and
contraction of the wire may be even
all along the line.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

Exercise is needful for the farm
stock II they are to be kept healthy.
IdleneSs and full feed are the stepping
stones for many ills.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

Have you figured up yet whether
the summer boarder paid?
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

Here Is hint for the housewife.
Coffee grounds, thoroughly dried,
make excellent filling for pincushions
and will not call the mice or moths as
when filled with bran or wool
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

Grape juice bottled hot will not fer
ment, and is one Of the finest tonic,
and health drinks to be found.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

The two great,obstacles to the prog
ress Of the good roads movement are
arst, lack of appreciation of the bene
dts of good roads, and second, the nat
ural Discrimination of people to be
taxed, which results In their refusing
to vote for liberal road tax.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

Chickens to be killed for shipment
should be starved "a hours before kill
Ing SO that the crop and intestinef
will not be clogged with food which
quickly decays and spoils the flavor Of
the meat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

High and dry land is best for grapes,
and fall is good time to plant them
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

There are numerous ways of -stor-
ing cabbage for the winter. Farm
Journal declares that no better way
can be devised than to lay down two
scantlings or rails. two or three feet
apart and between these place the
ears closely together, roots up; after
ward cover them with soil about four
inches deep, but no more. The cover
Ing Is better deferred until cold
weather. -.
Az to whether the farm shall be
large or small. Prof. J. w. Sanborn
formerly president Of Utah Agricul
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-11-17

The services which the agricultural
department at Washington Is render
ing the country is inestimable, and far
too little realized by even the farm
err himself. The world is being lit
orally ransacked for new plant life
which will be better adapted to spe-
cial and peculiar conditions in va
rious parts OF the country. When
the long kerneled rice Of Louisiana
proved unsatisfactory, owing to IT.
breaking In milling, short kerneleu
Japanese rice was found. When, the
arid region needed an alfalfa which
required less water. It was found In
Turkestan. When the wheat grower
Of the northwest was discouraged BY
the immense losses through rust. the
department introduced the durum
wheat from Russia, and 80 1t has gone
on. Date palms from the Sahara
and the Tigris valley for Arizona, FIN
nish oats and turnips that mature IN
Alaska's brief summers. cherries ano
peaches from Siberia that ripen ar
north of where It formerly wa
deemed possible for such fruits Jap.
anese mating PUSHES for the ebens
doned rice fields Of the CaroIinon, ard
the Mexican sisil, OF eo'daes eras1
J for Hawaii. s. \, -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08

Mir. Lowery, who built 1t, Is an inven- tor and what Is more, he is a success ful inventor. The invention of the round bale press Is only one of a num- Der of successful inventions he has thought out, built and placed upon the market. One of his most remuaerative inventions is the machine which makes the will advertised crex grass cloth.
 Built New Machine.
 Mir. Lowery has spent the past two The machine, which is at work on the plantation of Jack Taylor six miles from. Montgomery, Is the sixth cotton picker he has built. Since he has been In Montgomery this fall, he has thrown away and abandoned, one whole ma- chine because he did not think it sat- isfactory and has built a new one from the ground up. 4 year ago, while many of the planters who watched his cotton picker at work, were convinced of its practical uses and were willing to buy one and put 1t into operation. But in n year MT, Lowery has made
 He announces the machine as com pleted. The experimenting days are over. The machine is ready for the market and for the fields. It has met all the rigid tests to which he has sub- Jected 1t, and he has been the machines unsparing taskmaster and merciless critic. But he believes that 1t is now, perfected and Will do that work in the cotton fields which has never yet been done by a machine.
 Since summer Mr. Lowery and 8 corps of assistants. which included a trained and expert machinist, and an expert draughtsman, both of whom draw splendid salaries. have been at work perfecting the wachine. The work has been done on the plantations of Jack Taylor and Nose McLemore. six miles from the city OF the Mount Meigs Road typical Montgomery Coun- ty plantations. All Mir .Lowery's ex- periments towards the building of cotton picker have been given their practical tests in Montgomery County. Since he conceived the idea of ma. chine which would pick cotton and which. in doing this, would solve one Of the pressing questions which confront the South. Mir. Lowery has spent a con siderable portion of each year in Mont- gomery. Each winter and spring he worked upon the idea in his Boston
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08
MACHINE THAT PICKS AND
 CHOPS COTTON IS A SUCCESS

and govern the machine without as- sistance. They start it. stop 1t and turn 1t around when the end of the row is reached. They are able to put the machine through all it's paces
 These niggers are tickled to death to run the machine. They think it a whole lot of fun to run it. They work harder at it, too. and more regularly than if they were at work picking cotkon." said Mir. Lowery.
 }, On each trip across the field the ma chine covers and picks three rows Of cotton. This is a row for each two front seat ordinarily picks half of a row. Or the boy In front picks with the machine all that he can, while the boy in the rear makes a clean sweep of what cotton remains in the bolls on the ground.
 Gasoline Motive Power.
 The motive power is furnished by an eight horse power gasoline engine. which not only drives the machine slowly down the cotton row, but which turns as well the wheels. the fans and the belting of the picker. The speed of the machine can be easily regulated cotton is thin it can be run faster, and where the open cotton is thick 1t can be run slower
 The men who have worked to invent cotton pickers have Worked out two ideas. first, the suction idea, which em- braces long pIIable arms, not unlike hose. through which the cotton Is snatched from the bolls, drown up- wards through tho arms and deposited In tbe receptacle above. The second idea embraces the b4t with countless
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08
Did You?

lot of trash with it's cotton. MT. Low cry contends that 1t does not. He con- tends that 1t picks cgeaner sample than the average negro picker. He . shows A pile of picked cotton nearby, picked by hand and one picked by the machine The machine picked cotton ss much cleaner. Still the average vis- itor is not ready to believe that the ma chine can do It's work and have as lit- tie trash in the cotton as In the cot- ton picked by hand.
 The Cleansing Process.
 Tn its progress through the machine from the stalk to the big canvas the cotton Is subjected to three cleansing processes. Where the brass teeth picked up there are three parallel rods almost sweeping the teeth studded belt. This permits the passage of cot ton but stops the progress sso Of o any 1oI 9oIis when the teeth seized the cotton Caught by these rods the boil is held until the teeth robs 1t of It's cotton, when # drops to the ground; bsn rne ,bs seeoaa ct ton is thrown from the belt into the first tube. In this process 1t Is whirled rapidly around. This process with It's small bits of trash out an aperture put there for the purpose.
 Further up along the tube where 1t is fitted Into the fixed arm the Tan or blower that throws the cotton into the big canvass basket, again attacks the dirt and trash.
 A practical farmer standing by was well satisfied with the cleanliness of the sample:
 Tt is in my opinion, as clean as the average nd-picked sample" he said. You know 1t Is not the trash or the loose dirt in seed cotton that lowers It's grade It is the stain left by rain. the stain gotten from the ground. If the sample had a whole lot more trash h could clean it. But the sample Is av- craze clean---as clean as a crowd of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08

Three of the seats are in front and three in the rear of the machine. The boy on tke middle seat of the front row guides the machine.
 On the Taylor place. the boys guide teeth, set line a gin saw, but fixed in a revolving belt These teetch seize the cotton, whisk 1t upwards, and turn 1t into a tube, where it IS grasped by the suction of fun and blown into the seed cotton receptacle.
 MT Lowery has developed the fixed teeth and endless chain idea Six arms project from the body or the machine. one for each human assistant to the machine Above the boys head the arms divides into two other arms, which are not unlike the claws of crab. The boy holds and guides one of these low er arms in his hands. Right here Is one of the principal features of the Lowery machine one which deserves special consideration; these arms are 50 evenly balanced that of their own rows. So evenly balanced are they that 1t requires no muscular effort to hold them or move in and out among the cotton stalks.
 Operation of Machine.
 The lower portion of the arms Is fitted with the endless belt, studded with countless brass teeth. These teeth are bent upwards at consider able angle The belt in which they are set is partially concealed and pro~ tected, so that the teeth will not be carelessly at work away from the de rection of the operator. It Is the op- srstor's business to move the teeth where they are exposed to the open cotton. These teeth, when they come into the neighborhood of open cotton seem to have human intelligence lt would seem too. that they draw cot- ion as a magnet draws steel filings
 The cotton Is whisked rapidly upsfor nerhaps a couple of feet by the endless belt. It is then given sudden and quick whirl when it IS sucked Into the tube. This tube ends in an elbow. where a fan is at work. This fan takes charge of 1t and whhis 1t into the big canvas basket for picked cotton.
 In studying this process one possi. ble obpection to the complete success of the machine was explained away Tine frst doubt of the machines sue. cess. the first objection the visitor if does not pick a clean sample of cot, ion, He will want to know right away II the machine does not pick whole
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08

usual cotton pickers would turn in.
 "stil, if it was an unclean sample and the muller gin was not sufficient to clean 1t as 1t really is, the gin manufacturers could well afford to im- prove their gins 10 meet the picker brought out for the cotton industry since the cotton gin was invented.
 Machinery Is simple.
 The second possible objection to the machine was put to MT. Lowery. Is the machinery of the cotton gin so com plicated that 1t might not be success fully operated on a plantation{ itatiOn. 'The force of hands l have heer operating 1t is six negro boys all of whom are between 14 and Y years stop it. They can run the machine alone. They prove that cornheld ne- Proes can operate it, It IS not q com com plicated machine. Its operation IS quite simple. Any plantation, believe, has negroes on 1t with enough intelligence to know that when you turn one lever turn another ono way or another you 1t starts the machine and when you guide 1t. It's simpler than running a gin andN gins are run by negroes all over the South" CT on the market, MT. towery an nounees that it will sell for $1.0OO. # was only within the past week that he cOnEluefSu the HdHhlllo NpAhRArNW enough to meet his satisfaction. But ar arrangements have been made to sell the machine throughout the South; They will probably be manutactured m North Carolina Arrangements to that end have been made and only the formal signing of the contracts remains to be done for their completion.
 MT Lowery says he has spent Sl9S., 900 in the experiments that resulted in the finished machine that Is seen upon the place of MT. Taylor For more than two years the costly exper- iments have been going steadily on, either in the South or in Boston. Mir. Lowery has gone to and from Boston maintained during all that time a force of experts in mechanics and in draught- ing.
 picker A J. Taylor and Nose MeLe- more bear testimony. Mir. Taylor says
 "The I.owery cotton picker has beei, in operation on my place for several days. It picks about two bales in