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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-13
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When q
Baby.

If parents realized the fact that COT.
fee contains rug-caffeine-which
Is especially harmful to children, they
would doubtless hesitate before CIV
ing the babies coffee to drink.
when / was child in my mothers
arms and first began to nibble things
at the table, mother used to give me
sips Of coffee. AS my parents used
coffee exclusively at meals I never
knew there was anything to drink but
coffee and water.
And so / contracted the coffee habit
early. remember when quite young.
the continual use of coffee so affected
my parents that they tried roasting
wheat and barley, then ground It In the
coffee-mill, as substitute for coffee.
"But 1t did not taste right and they
went back to coffee again. That was
long before Postum was ever heard of.
continued to use coffee until was a.
and when got into once work, be-
gan to have nervous spells. Especially
after breakfast was SO nervous
could scarcely attend to my CORE
spondence.
AT night, after having coffee for
supper, could hardly sleep, and on
rising in the morning would feel weak
and nervous. ~ ~ W
"A friend persuaded me to try Post
um. My wife and did not like It
at FIRST, but later when boiled good
and strong twas Ane. Now we
would not give UP Postum for the
best coffee we ever tasted.
y 4 can now set good sleep, am free
from nervousness and headaches. I
recommend Postum to all, coffee drink
ers..
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read THE Road lowell
Vile" in spkgs. s~f
Ever read tho abovs letter. a new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full u human
Interest.
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THE COOLING MOTH HELD
in CHECK BY SPRAYING
Result Of a Seasons Ohio-By Prof II. A.
EntomoIoSist.

An orchard, located near Amherst,
o.. was selected for the experiment.
the part of 1t used consisting Of about
s25 trees set on about IL acres Of
ground. These trees average 20 feet
or more In height and have an equal
spread Of top. Some sections of the
orchard were slightly infested with
San Jose scale, and, late last winter,
1t was carefully sprayed by the own
ers with lime-sulphur wash. Hence,
no spraying with Bordeaux mixture
before blooming was deemed neces-
sary. Regular Bordeaux treatments
had been given for several summers
prior to the present one, therefore the
orchard was quite free from scab. The
sod-mulch system of culture has been
followed and wormy apples were said
to have been quite numerous the pre-
ceding year. the owners estimating
that fully 40 or 80 per cent. of the
crop would have been wormy at har-
vest IL the trees had been left un-
sprayed.
The spraying outfit consisted Of a
gasoline power pump and a $50 gal
Ion tank mounted on trucks. A suit
able tower, built on the trucks and
carrying an elevated platform from
which the tallest trees could be cas-
lily reached, added to the convenience
and efaciency of the apparatus. BAN
boo extension rods ten feet long were
used. Each rod was terminated by a
cluster of four vermorel nozzles. To
compare the value of the coarse driv.
ing sprays with those ordinarily used,
set of worn vermorel caps were
drilled out until the orifices were yet
further enlarged and these were used
in comparison with new medium caps.
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handled money at all. He was q
millionaire, too, but he did all his
business with checks, and seldom had
more than $40 on his person, and he
was miserable and dyspeptic.
Now, of course, there are persons
of imagination who go through life
using checks and feeling rich, but 1t
takes good deal Of Imagination to do
80, and for me the pretty green ten
dollar bill means ten times as much
as the check for ten dollars.
OF course, checks have their uses,
and use them myself. When a
bill for some prosaic thing, like re-
pairs to the coal chute, comes In,
send out check in payment, but II
I am buying a book that have long
coveted, you may be sure that hand
out real money for It. The book rep
resents something tangible, and
will not insult the book dealer by send
ing him cold, unfeeling check.
II I wanted to bring happiness to
widow, whose husband had died leav-
ing her destitute, do you think that ]
would send her a check for a thou
sand dollarsf II you do, you don't
know me.
II were going to do the thing at all
I would 60 to her house with one
thousand crisp dollar bills. and would
eeceivs her thanks for each one. But
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For each one of the rods a crook was
made from one-fourth inch gas pipe.
When attached to the extension
rod, the bent end makes an an
gle of about 25 degrees with the pole.
Each end of the crook Is threaded,
one end to connect with the rod by
means of a gas coupling, the other to
screw into the head of the nozzle clus-
ter. This device enables the operator
to better direct the spray into the cal
ices of the blossoms and also to more
readily reach the undersides of the
lower branches by turning the rod so
that the spray is thrown upward. Fig
ure 2 shows cluster Of nozzles on a
ring which is set at about the correct
angle by the manufacturers, II the
angle Is made greater than 80 degrees
the work cannot be done very salts
factorily. Some nozzles are so made
that they can be turned on their
shanks to about the right angle.
Since the owners of the experiment
al orchard keep bees we could not be-
gin spraying until all the petals were
down, making us three or four days
later in commencing than would have
been the case under other circum-
stances. The first spraying was begun
May 30 and, because of interfering
rains, was not finished until June 7.
In cold, wet springs, II sprayed with
Bordeaux mixture or arsenical COM
pounds, young apples are apt to be-
come more or less russeted, owing to
the excessive development Of cork
cells in the skin. This experimental
orchard exhibited conspicuous
amount Of russeting. The trees earli-
est sprayed russeted most, those
sprayed ten days later possessing
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-13

It is a queer thing about gratitude.
Her thanks for the first bill would be
heartfelt, but by the time had reached
the first hundred she would have
grown tired Of thanking me, and I
verify believe that before I had hand
ed in the last bill she would have
asked me II couldn't be little more
expedient Thus usage dulls the
senses.
On the other hand, do you suppose
that II were sued for a thousand dol.
lars would pay the complainant In
good green money? No, a thousand
times. no. I would purposely buy the
smallest blank check that could find.
and In my most minute chirography,
and with an autograph that was bare
ly good, would sign 1t, and thus
would feel that I was getting on
cheap.
In some things most Of US are in
tensely mean, and among the expendi-
lures that offend mems souls are those
paid into railroad company's grasp
ing NAV. i hold myself no better
than the rest, and, II possible, al
ways travel in company with another,
and before we start out give him
money to cover the expenses, and he
buys the tickets and feel that have
not spent 50 much.
One objection have to royalties is
that they always come In the form Of
a check-when they come at all. One
time. though, my publisher varied It;
instead of sending check he sent
bill. You see, had given at least
ten copies of the book at Christmas
time, and, of course, the balance was
In his favor. Do you know, I really
enjoyed the thing for a change.
BY the way, that receiving of royal
ties, even II they are paid in check
form, is good game. You sell your
stories for so much, and then, when
they are all printed, you are induced
to make a book of them. Well. you
have already been paid for them, SO
that you stand to gain, whatever hap
pens. It may be only ten dollars
that viii come to you, but It may be
$4,000. and the Joy of looking
forward to royalty day Is one
that cannot be expressed in words.
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him that II he'd show me q horse that
want goin' to die I'd give him my
farm. / felt that he had the worst of
It and 1 would have evened It up the
best way could, but before I got
through havin' fun with him he got
mad and went away and hired q law
yer to prove that was liar and al
together the worst man in the COM
munity.
II never got such a scorin' In my
life. felt sorry for my wife and chill
dren. I didn't think that anybody
would ever speak to me again, and
told the lawyer that would make 1t
personal matter between me and him.
1 expected the justice to decide dead
against me, but he didn't. He had
been a horse trader himself.
"Well, after the thing was over with
I took the horse got from the Teller
and went over to his house about ten
miles away and turned the nag loose
in his lot. did it not because I was
sorry for him, but because was
afraid OF myself-afraid that couldn't
sleep, and was workin' hard and
needed rest. Well, sir, that night
the nag that I'd turned into the lot
ups and dies, and the Teller swore that
had hauled him there after he was
dead, and hanged II he didn't sue me
again. He got the same lawyer and
he made me out worse man than
was before. Made 1t appear that I had
poisoned the horse and dragged him
over there. Then I swore that the
whole county couldn't hold me back
from takin' 1t out Of his hide.
80 the first chance / got went to
town to see the lawyer. went over
to the courthouse and he was maxim
a speech, and I wish may die dead II
the Teller he was a skinnin' this time
want the very man that had sued me.
I never hearn anything like 1t. Tip
toed and called him all sorts of a
scoundrel; said that he had defrauded
me, as honest a man as lived in the
state. / couldn't stand that, walked
along and held out his hand and called
me Uncle Linz just as IL was his
mothers brother. Then he clapped
me on the shoulder and you could
have heard him laugh more than a
mile. He said he was comm out to
go fishin' with me.
well, let him off, and after we
had got to be right good friends,
asked him how he happened to be en-
gagged against my enemy, and this is
what he said: oh, / wasn't. Some
OF the boys told me you were comm
into the house and I knew that you
were troublesome when you set your
head to it, so as court wasn't in ses-
sion / started in to maxim speech
against the fellow so you could hear
me- and he clapped me on the shout
der and you could have hearn him
laugh more than two miles this time.
Get a lawyer with fun in him and
he's all right. Once had some bust.
ness on hand-the settlement Of my
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-13

You do not hear much about the
sale Of your book; your friends say
nothing about It, but perhaps they
are keeping its phenomenal success q
secret from you. You live in the
country, and you never see the Book
man, SO you do not know what the
six best sellers are. but you have
your suspicious. At last the fate
full day arrives, the familiar envelope
of your publisher comes to you by
mail, and as you open 1t check fut-
teYs out. You remember the stories
of du Maurier and "Trilby," and how
his publishers sent him several thou
sands over and above the contract
agreement.
To be sure, It is only check. and
not money, but, after all, any bank
will convert check into money II
you are known, and your book has
doubtless made you known through
the wide world.
You pick up the check and close
your eyes until you are holding It
right in front of them. 1.-THE Second
National bank of New York. Pay to
the order Of yourself 347.60. Harp.
Serb. & Co."
It isn't quite what you thought II
would be. The book Is not one of
the six-yet. Still. after the first dis
appointment Is over, you reflect that
II is all clear gain, and you 90 to
the bank and have It converted into
new dollar bills, and then you go down
town to the bookstore and you buy
thirty odd books that you have wanted
for years.
No, you don't You know very we'll
you don't for the same mail that
brought the check brought its antith-
esis in the form Of a bill from the
gentleman who raised the price of
beef on you, and the other gentleman
who charged you eight dollars ton
for coal, and like good little man
you sit down and you write out two
checks which take up AZ Of the dollars.
But take my advice and get the bet
ter Of fortune by taking the five-fifty
that is left--and your wife-and going
into town for a small jamboree. Re
member that jamboree, small though
II be, remains In the memory long
after the memory of paid bill has
left you.
Pay the bills. but save enough out
Of the cost Of your clothes for little
,jamboree. Clothes warm the body,
but jamborees warm the cookies Of
the heart and man who neglects the
cookies Of the heart to put Jaeger
underwear on his lusty limbs has
failed in his duty toward himself
and his better half.
Copyright. By James Pott q Cob
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-13

bined spray bordeaux mixture and
arsenate Of lead) within week or
ten days after the blossoms fall will
do much to give a high percentage
Of sound fruit, but in cold wet seasons,
and we may discover In all seasons, 1t
russets the fruit, diminishing It's value
for fancy markets.
3. By emitting Bordeaux from the
first treatment after bloom and using
only heavy spray Of arsenate of
lead, 1t may be possible to secure a
high percentage of sound fruit reason
ably free from russell This procedure
Is worthy of experimental trial.
4. II Bordeaux Is omitted from the
treatment just after bloom as sug-
gested in 3, 1t would probably be best
to use 1t before the bloom after the
leaves are expanded, and again In
the second spraying after bloom. OBJ
servationC alone can determine
whether 1t should be used In the July
spraying. II the leaves are yellow and
falling at this time leave out the Bor-
deaux.
5. The third spraying should be CIV
en- by July Is or earlier.
s. Trees should be sprayed at least
two or three times to secure best re-
suits. Some growers make five appli-
cations or more.
7. The net profit from spraying an
average sized tree from IL to 20 years
old throughout one season at a total
cost Of from 30 to so cents is from
SO to 81 or more, when apples are
worth 81 per bushel.
8. The essentials for success are a
good spraying outfit, making the ap-
plications at the right time, and thor
ough work.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-13

A lawsuit had been tried on the
vSranda of the crossroads store, and
when 1t had been settled Limuel Juck-
lin. who had watched the proceedings,
took the homemade chair, vacated by
the justice, leaned back against the
wall and rermkaed: Rather bad, this
thing Of goin' to law. And amt 1t
peculiar state of society that educates
men to stimulate quarrels? We may
say that they amt trained for that
purpose, but unless there are misun-
derstandin's the lawyers work is cut
Oh, and he's got little too much Of
Old Adam in him not to look out for
his own interest"
you take wrong view Of the mat
ter" replied young lawyer.
"That Is just about what expected
you to say. But grantin' to the lawyer
all he can claim for himself, 1t must
after all be allowed that the bickerin's
and shortsightedness Of the human
family give him the most of his excuse
for Nvin'. A perfect state Of civiliza-
ton would argue perfect honesty, and
II such were the case the lawyers
would be powerful scarce. There is
no denyin' of the fact that some OF the
greatest men have been lawyers and
practiced law. And so have some Of
the immortal geniuses been soldiers,
but II man had been just and peace
able there never would have been
any need for the soldier"
According to your view, then" said
the lawyer, ''there is no real need for
anybody that"
THAT doesn't build up" Limuel
broke In, winking at his former
friends. Every man ought to produce
somethin'. II he don't he's livin' on
somebody that does. The only real
occupation is the one that makes the
world better. Understand, now, l
have nothin' against anybody's calm.
I'm Just expressin' my opinion and 1t
must be taken for what 1t is worth.
But the lawyer shows us one thing If
nothin' more-how keen mans mind
may be whetted. l recollect once that
a fellow sued me. We had snapped
horses"
"And you had got the better of him,
eh?" said the lawyer.
well, that's the way it looked to
him. The horse let him have died
that night. He asked me II the horse
was sound and said never had
heard any complaint, and hadn't. He
had never been under the care of a
doctor so far as knew. His appetite
was good and he'd bat his eye when
you motioned at him. might have
seen him fall down-have seen men
fall, but didn't think that they were
goin' to die. told him a child could
drive him. A child did drive him out
of the garden that day. Well, we
snapped. and, as say, his horse was
taken sick In the night and died be-
fore day. He came back to me and
swore that had swopped him horse
that know'd was goin' to die. told
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-13

brothers estate-and ] went TO OLD
Tom Cantwell and asked him how
much he would charge me, and he al
mosttook my breath with the amount
he named. knew he was man Of q
good deal of ability-liked fun, and
says to him like this: Tell you what
arrangement to make. colonel. I've
got mighty fine chicken out at my
house and II you can fetch out one to
whip him I'll engage you and pay your
price, but II my chicken whips yourn,
why you do the work for nothin: He
was a man Of ability and he agreed.
All, me. there amt such lawyers about
here these days. I recollect once
he"
"But did the fight come off?" some.
one inquired.
ooh, that fight? Yes, held tallow
candles for 1t one night, and you'd
have thought 1t was snowin'. the
air was so full of feathers. My wife
kept on calm out: Limuel. what
are you a doin' there in the smoke.
house. and I always answered.: I'm
diggin' up a rat. Go on to. bed. rye
most got him now
II don't know how long they At
other ROSTERS were CROWN all around
the neighborhood when they got
through. But my chicken crowed last,
and the colonel gave me his hand with
feathers stickin' to it, and says. says
he: Lin, you've got me and I'll take
care of your business
BEST settlement I ever made. He
took care of the business right up to
the handle, and when he had got
through he lowed, he did, that he could
find a bird that could whip mine for
the estate-said he'd put up his law
books and his house and lot against it,
but 1t looked too much like gamblin,
so backed down. oh, he would have
done it. Ablest lawyer in the county
It's pity all lawsuits couldn't be set
tied somewhat in that way-as fairly
I mean.
~ was just a thinkin'," he added aft
er few moments of silence, "how
much trouble the old world has been
put to tryin' to govern man. Every
year or so the legislatures meet and
make laws and unmake them, always
experimental with man. The trouble
with him is he don't know what he
wants and don't know what to do with
1t after he gets it. And the lawyer is
the outgrowth of his restlessness and
his ignorance"
Think there will ever come time
wien there are no lawyers?" the young
advocate inquired, and the old man
scratched his head.
"Oh, yes, that time will come, but
1t will be the time when there ISM
anything. The lawyer has come to sta,
as long as the rest of us do. He's Z
smart man and good Teller for tn,
most part, and is nearly always willin
| to forgive you when he has done 20,
wrong, and want to remark RICH
here that this argues the EXTREMIST o
liberality."
(COpyright by Opie Ready
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-13
Triumph Of Mind.

Victim of Delusion-Doctor, I'm
Awfully afraid I'm going to have brain
fever.
Doctor-Pooh, pooh, my dear friendI
That's all an illusion of the senses.
There Is no such thing as fever. You
have no fever, you have no br-h'm-
40 material substance upon which
such wholly imaginary and suppo-
sitious thing as a fever could find
any base Of operation.
Victim-Oh. doctor. what a load you
6ave taken from my-from MY
aave q mind. haven't I. doctorf
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-13

ONCE knew q
millionaire W b o
always carried his
m o ey around
with him In bills,
There were some
one dollar bills,
m ore ten-dollar
bills, and many
hundred and thou
sand dollar bills.
He always car
ried them In a
suit case with an
ordinary lock and
key, and he told
me that he was
happy just be-
cause he had the
actual money.
His brot h Q r
b a rdly ev 9 r
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-13

was In misery, and had despaired OF
ever getting cured when decided to
try Doan's Kidney Pills One box helped
me SO much that kept on until en-
tirely cured"
Sold by all dealers, so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-13
ARNEHN \.

to remember that shade is one Of the
essentials to be supplied II We are
to get good birds. OF course trees
are preferable, but In many cases
when the yards and houses are new
and situated on virgin soil, tree growth
Is only available number of years
after planting. In such emergencies
a simple contrivance like the one
herein illustrated will b. found gen.
orally serviceable. The boards can
be OF any size convenient for han
ding. and the whole cost need not Be
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-13

over 80 cents. The frame can be
covered with burlap or tar paper,
whichever is the more convenient and
available. Leave both ends open. This
shelter can be moved wherever
needed.
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Too Much for Pa.

The visitor to the home Of we'll
Known Hoosier state author found his
three youngsters romping in the hall
way.
what are you playing. boysT he
Inquired.
"We are playing pirates" elucidated
the smallest.
Pirates? Why. how can you play
pirates in Indiana? There are no seas
bordering on this state"
"Oh, we don't need any sea. We
are literary pirates like pa"
And five minutes later chorus OF
yells from behind the barn told that
the hand that Yields the pen can also
WELD the shingle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-13

ago ] began to notice
sharp pain in the
kidneys and a bear
ing down sensation
through the hips,
dull headache and
dizzy spells. Dropsy
appeared, and my
feet an d ankles
swelled 80 ] could
not get my shoes on.
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Self-DenIaI.

Margie is six years old and her fam
family are Presbyterians. Some OF
Margie's little friends are Episco-
palians, and Margie was much. I'M
pressed with their Lenten sacrifices.
On Ash Wednesday she announced
that she would eat no candy for 40
days. A few hours later saw Margie
with large peppermint stick.
why, Margie," said her friend, x
thought you had given up candy for
Lent"
II did mean to-" admitted Margie.
"but I've changed my mind. I'm CIV
ing up profane language."-Montreal
Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-13
BRACE UP THERE
THE GATE NEEDS IT

Gates that are not supported at
both ends have tendency to sag
after a time. To prevent this and to
increase the strength of the gate an
range braces as shown in the illustra.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-13
CHEAP SHADE
FOR CHICKS

With the approach Of summer
weather and the growing fiocks Of
youngsters. 1t will be Of importance
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-13

rhat VIII Interest All Suffering
Women.

Mrs. Della Meanes. s2s Il. Front
st.. Maysville, KY, says: Seven years