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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-21
SPENDS TWO YEARS AS TRAMP
e5'flf STUDYING WORTHY
BY EDWIN a BROWN.

need of clearinghouse for the city's
poor and reminded him that the law
provided for the erection of some sort
Of shelter for the homeless. He ad-
mitted q knowledge of the law, but
said he thought such place would
only encourage idleness. 4
told him / did not think that
all the homeless human beings walk-
ing the streets OF Denver were Inn
posters. at sg.fSs LII q
To carry out my plans 'obtained
an outfit iof shabby clothing, includ-
ing overalls, with the idea Of appear.
ing, az a man out Of work for sorne
time. Then went into the lower
end of the city and began scraping
acquaintances. My shabby clothinx
was the badge that brought confidence
and I began to get facts. Every uf-
fortunate that met asked. "WheTe
do you sleepr What learned wrl
be convincing argument for tn
erection IN every city Of . nfunicipQ
iodsine-houss. y
one night, askipg = passing hQbo
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-21

ing about 10:30 AS I assembled the
stairs q young girl. maybe. 10 years
old. was in advance Of me. The great
portal opened, one Of the matrons
embraced that girl, clasping her in an
affectionate motherly hug. ~ ff si
They have = wonderful system In
New York. After registering I was
taken downstairs, stripped and given
a bath. My clothes were placed In q
bag and, taken to the fumigating
room. After the bath got clean
under clothing. AS I stood with the
oth6rs who had sntereds with me. 4
man entered with 4 bucket and Z pad
dle. sticking the paddle n the
bucket he then gave me swat on the
head. What II that, asked, taken
somewhat BY surprise 'Germfcide,s
he replied. 'thatn kill 'em ALL He
was going to swipe me again when
demonstrated. One paddfeful 10
enough. Better kill 'em ALL he en-
claimed, laconically. The muni6ipal
lodging house at New York accommo-
dates 1000 men and nifty women. It
is an excellent place and q splendid
example to every city IN the country.
How different IL this sort Of treat
mont than that found meted out
70 the unfortunates at the Helping
Hand mission N Kansn1 City. There
I remember . poor Lad suffering from
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-21
UNEMPLOYED

where he slept. he directed me to
the brickyards on the edge of the
city. Arriving there, / found 1t to be
also tile making plant, with many
fiery kilns in operation. The en-
ployes were cleaning out the fire for
the evening. 4 Appf6x6nsd sona Of
them and asked where q feliow could
ind place to sleep. He led me
to kiln. the IRE Of which had been
raked out . short time before. I'm
there" he replied. grumy, yet kindly
enough, pointing to the interior Of
the kiln, which was still warm.
looked in. There on the floor Of the
kiln were at least nifty men. sprawled
out. entered. Some Of them were
asleep. No one spoke to me. / tried
to sleep. but could not because Of the
heat Every little while I crawled
to the opening for air. was deter
mined to stick II out
That experience was one Of ny
hrst and strongest arguments for Z
municipal lodging-house. In the
morning We were aroussd early by
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-21

3 aai ID 4 & y III .
infiammatory rheumatism In bad form.
The first cry Of the city authorities
against these lodging-houses IL the
great expense. yet they think nothing
of adding hundreds Of THOUSANDS Of
dollars to the cost sof constructing
other municipal buildings for no other
purpose than making them ornamen-
tai. k,
Is It not strange how We human
beings would prefer to pay taxes for
the support Of criminals In the pSnf.
tentiaries rather than take cheapsf
'rneans to- prevent the making Of
crfmiuafgf -s-ssas.ss'as 's'.sr .s,.'.s
= Every man VINO warRs me streets
unemployed ID looked upon q .
vagrant or suspicious character q
some sort. tell you that 90 psr cont
Of those unemployed men are honest
l know II from experience. DO not
take the estimate Of the police depart
nent. The police department u look.
ing for criminals. with the police
every beggar ID suspect. - "
Twice have been arrested while
wearing my disguise and Was throws
In jAils do not know whether yov
understand what : buIlpen iss They
are dungeons located generally IN the
middle Of the jail building. Into these
they herd the Migrants. the criminslo
and the suspects Of both rexee
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-21
A CAR THAT CARRIES iTs OWN
TRACK.

The curious automobile shown In
the photograph, which carries with 1t
its own track, is designed for use In
the rougher parts Of the United States
where roads are either altogether miss
ing or are practically impossible dur
ing large part Of each year, The
track consists of a number Of heavy
feet, linked together to form an endless
chain. This chain is revolved by the
sprocket wheel shown near the rear
of the photograph. With this machine
great weights can be carried over the
toughest ground 1t will even go up
and down the sides Of an extremely
steep ravine and makes nothing of or
binary ruts and mud holes. A number
of these strange automobiles are In
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-21
ENGLISH AUTOMOBILE HOUSE.

The latest development in automo-
billing for pleasure is the construction
Of real house on wheels. The ma
chine shown In the photograph con-
tains comfortable sleeping accommo-
dations for four people. a kitchen with
. small coal range, and q combined din.
ing and living room. On the top are
plenty of seats for lounging in pleas
ant weather. Mr.. Charles Fletcher Of
London, England. and his family lived
in this machine last spring and sum-
mer. during a tour which covered a
large part of the continent Of Europe.
Touring In this way. one is quite indie
pendent Of hotels and may live with
more than gypsy freedom, going wher-
ever the condition of the roads will
permit.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-21
Sending Photographs bu
Wireless

Not content with sending wireless
messages for hundreds of miles
through the ether. Mr. Hans Knudson,
. Danish engineer. has recently per-
fected an electrical appliance by means
OF which actual photographs may be
sent through the air without wires and
reproduced with great fidelity at re-
ceiving station hundreds or even thou
sands of miles away. The photograph
shown at the. left is the small piece Of
apparatus which sends the photograph,
and on the right, is reproduced a pho
togrsphl Of King Edward VII. Of Eng
land, which was actually sent by Knud-
sons apparatus. and reproduced 100
miles away, the whole process occu-
pying only IL minutes.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-21
Basket WILLOWS THE NEW
FARM CROP.


Willows for use In making baskets
are new farm crop which the depart
ment Of agriculture is doing Its best
to introduce in this country. At pres
ent vast quantities of basket willows
are imported from France and Ger
many. but already large plantations
have been established in western New
York, Indiana and the vicinity Of Balti-
more. On single acre Of rich, we'll
drained bottom land. as many as $4,000
plants may be set out. and II tended
with the same care given to other
crops, the net result may well exceed
that OF any other acre of the farm.
Cuttings of the variety Of willow
which has proved most successful may
be obtained from the department Of ag-
riculture in Washington.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-21
suRsANK's sPiNELsss CACTUS.

The spineless cactus is one Of the
Wizard Burbank's recent productions
which holds out promise OF great fu-
ture usefulness. It can be grown, of
course, in the most arid deserts. and,
the spines eliminated. 1t will furnish,
when properly prepared, very nourish-
ing forage for cattle and horses. Fur
ther experiments are now under way
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-21
Burbank's Spineless Cactus
for Desert Crops
TO SAVE TEN THOUSAND LIVES.

Two million men and women en-
ployed in various Industrial pursuits
met with more or less severe accidents
last year. During the same time the
number of male workmen Is years of
age or over killed by accident was be-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-21
Car that Carries Its Own Track

the extra profits which their discov-
cries may bring to the manufacturers
who adopt them. In many cases, also.
they will step directly from the univer-
sity into extremely responsible and
we'll paid positions.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-21
To Save Ten thousand Lives

on the Burbank farms, in the direction
Of producing a cactus which will fur.
pish an appetizing addition to the list
Of vegetables edible by man.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-21

EsCENDING to the level of
the humblest member OF the
great army Of unemployed
that I might keenly suffer
the deprivations of the
,r,c~thw. homaloaa and gain
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-08-21

tween 10000 and $4,000. In other
words. one out OF every so people In
the United States-counting men, wom-
en- and children-was killed or injured
by accident. In addition to this great
economic loss hundreds of thousands
of people suffered from illness directly
due to the conditions under which they
work. In Europe much more progress
has been made in the direction of SAFE
guarding the lives and the health Of
employees In Industrial institutions.
The photograph shows an air strainer
which Is used in Germany by workmen
employed in polishing brass and In 9th
er pursuits where the air Is filed with
flying metallic fragments. The glasses
shown serve to protect the eyes from
the same danger. 48
THE TRAVELLING RooTLEss GAG
Tus.
The curious round object shown In
the photograph is a rootless cactus.
native of the great California des-
ert. For eight or nine months In the
year, In the shape OF a fattened globe,
the plant Is blown about the fat sandy
floor of the desert by the winds which
sweep fiercely in from the ocean.
When the first cloudburst breaka over
the desert in the spring, the dried-up
cactus sends out perfect network Of
thread-like roots, often spreading over
a circle whose radius is ten feet. From
these roots spring small shoots each
of which becames a cactus like the
mother plant. The young plants suck
the life out of the parent. When the
few weeks Of the rainy season are
over the roots dry up and In the place
of one there are perhaps 100 little balls
left to be tossed about over the desert
floor, some Of them travelling 40 or
80 miles from the spot where they first
appeared. IS,
s Copyright 1909. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-07-15
Wood Choppers of Australia.

The Australian choppers are slender
men, and might be taken for anything
rather than lumbermen. "Oh. We are
fairly strong" said Mr.. MacLaren,
but, you know. it does not require
strength to chop. 1t is a knack. A
ten.year-old boy, II he cuts clean, will
outchop a grown man. Much depends,
OF course, upon the axe used. We
use American tools entirely-in fact
nothing but American tools is used in
the Australian bush. Axes for use in
competitions are kept in prime condt
ton; even the handles are given spe
cial treatment of rosin rubbing, OF
We bone them as baseball players
bone the handles of their bats In
London we shaved a man on the
stage with ono of our axes. Razor
steel? Yes; all good tools are OF razor
steel. Almost anybody can sharpen
an axe, but when 1t comes to saw,
there Is as much skill required to do
good Job as in drawing a picture,
For instance. l have lived in camp
all my life, yet cannot sharpen q
saw properly. 1t takes Jackson to do
that. and you should see him every
morning bevelling the edges OF each
tooth of the crosscut We use."-Les.
lies Weekly.
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CHARTER NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that an applca-
tion will be made to the Governor of the
state of Pennsylvania on Monday the
26th day of July, A. D., 1909, by Lewis
S. Clewell. Adam Hummel, Christian A.
Small, A. J. Hummell, and William b.
Ferguson, and others, under the Act of
Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania
entitled "an act to provide for the incor-
poration and regulation of certain corpo-
rations," approved the 2oth of April
1874, and supplements thereto for the
charter of an intended corporation to be
called Bloomsbury Brick Manufacturing
aud Construction Company, the charac-
ter and object of which is the manufac-
turing of brick and construction of build
ings and for these purposes to have and
enjoy all the rights. benefits and privi-
leges of the said Act of Assembly and
supplements thereto.
CHRISTIAN A. SMALL,
7-S-3t, Solicitor
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FEEDING STUFFS LAW.

A new feeding stuf1s law was ell
acted by the last Legislature 10
take effect the first day of August
next. This new law limits the
amount of ground corn cobs and
oat hull that can be used in mixed
feeds; prohibits the use of rice
hulls, peanut hulls and weed seeds
as adulterants in concentrated COM
mercial feeding stuffs, and SO makes
it possible to free the markets Of
Pennsylvania from undesirable
feeds.
The co operation of all manu-
facturers of and dealers in feed
stuffs, as we'll as the public press,
is solicited in the effort to carry out
the provisions Of this new law.
Copies of the law will be sent to
any person making application TO
the Department of Agriculture,
Harrisburg, Pa, for the same.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-07-15

keos Closing the Circuit with Their
Bodies and Routing Out
a.. Eirar,.n
TIE Firenen.

Summit, n J.-There is a red ant
colony in this city that has been send
ing in false alarms over the fire alarm
telegraph system and getting the fire
men out OF bed two and three times
at night right along. City Electrician
Walter +. Shapter stood watching
their researches the other night while
tue firemen were jumping in and out
of bed as the whistle blew, and stop.
ped for nearly an hour
Shapter had been searching for the
cause of the pranks of the fire alarm
and had no success. But finally he
opened up box 3s, at Waldron avenue
and Whittridge place, which is in the
locality where the trouble seemed to
exist. and there the whole secret was
revealed to him.
There must have been about a
thousand ants in that little box" said
Shapter. They almost filled II. Most
of them were scurrying around seem.
ingly with no object. but when ] look.
ed closer | found they were carrying
the dead away. Forming long lines,
they would run up to the bottom Of
the box where there was a heap Of
dead ants, each one would pick up one
Of them and struggle out of a crevice
down the pole to the ground At first
! could not imagine what had killed
them, but as ! watched ] saw the
whole thing.
while one detachment of the army
was carrying away the dead another
detachment was lining up for another
sacrifice. First a group would form
on the metal plate at the bottom of
the box. Others would take positions
ahead of them, and as the line
stretched out saw they were heading
for an exposed part OF the circuit just
above. AS soon as the line was com.
pleted and the last little red ant took
his position, tail in the grip of his fol.
lower and fore feet at the exposed
part, the circuit would be shorted and
the whole of it would be going through
their little bodies. There was flash
and a sort of click. The whistle
blew in the distance and there was
heap of dead ants at the bottom Of
the box on which the carriers at once
began to busy themselves.
Fascinated, / watched it for near
ly an hour and couldn't tell you how
many ants I saw 90 to their death.
marvelled at it and tried to guess
what their object was. I'm sorry the
men were bothered by the whistle, but
| am glad / saw that wonderful sight"
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CHARTER APPLICATION
II st
Notice Of Application for Charter.

Notice is hereby given that application
will be made by E. r. Sponsler, M. l.
Low, A. w. Duy, c. M. Creveling and
w. F. Lowry to the Governor of Penn
sylvania on the 10th day of July A. d.
1909, at 10 a. m. under the provisions
of an Act of Assembly entitled AN Act
to provide for the incorporation and reg
ulation of certain corporations" approx
ed the 29th day of April, A. D., 1874,
and the supplements thereto, for chart
er tor an intended corporation to be
called "Mifflin Township Electric Com
pany', the character and object of which
is to supply light, heat and power, or any
of them, by electricity to the township
of Mifflin, County of Columbia, State Of
Pennsylvania, and to such persons, part
nerships and corporations residing there.
in or adjacent thereto. as may desire the
same, and for these purposes to have,
possess and enjoy all rights, benefits and
privileges of said Act of Assembly and
the supplements thereto, conferred.
A. w. DUY.
w. II: SPoNsLFR,
IL st Solicitors.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-07-15

A Curious Find.

A curious find was made a few
days ago in the wood tract back of
Shohola, Pike county, Pa, which
is being cut off and converted into
lumber by the Pennsylvania Lum-
Der Company. A huge pine tree
was cut down, but the butt was de-
fective and in order to secure a
sound end to the log, the diseased
portion was cut off. In doing so it
was found that this portion of the
tree was hollow and the aperture
had grown over SO that it was not
observable to the wood-chopper. In
the hollow was an fashioned
flint-lock musket, such as was in
use by the pioneers of that region.
AS the spot where the musket was
revealed is in the neighborhood of
the bloody battles of Minisink,
which occurred between the whites
and Indians on July 22, 1870, in
which the former were defeated, it
is supposable that the gun may have
belonged to one of the wounded
stragglers of the defeated patriots,
who had wandered off and died in
the woods.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-07-15
CHARTER APPLICATION

Notice is hereby given that application
will be made by E. r. Sponsler, NJ. l,
Low, A. w. Duy, c. NJ. Creveling, and
w. F. Lowry to the Governor of Penn:
sylvania on the 10TH day of July A d,
1909 at 10 a, m under the provisions of
an Act of Assembly, entitled "An Act
to provide for the incorporation and
regulation of certain corporations, "
approved the 2oth day of April, A D.,
1874, and the supplements thereto, for
a Charter for an intended corporation to
be called "Catawissa Electric Company,
the character and object of which is ia
supply light, heat and power, or any of
them, by electricity to the Borough of
Catawissa, County of Columbia, and State
of Pennsylvania, and to such persons,
partnerships and corporations residing
therein or odjacent thereto, as may
desire the same, and for these purposes
to have. possess and enjoy all the rights,
benefits and privileges of said Act of
Assembly and the supplements thereto,
conferred,
A. w. DUY,
w. H. SPoNsLER,
IL st Solicitors.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate or UHliam II. Lara, deceased, tate oJth
7o'cn Of Bloomsbury, Pa
Notice is hereby givcn that letters of
administration on the estate of William
H. Lord, late Of the Town of blooms.
burg. Pa, deceased have been granted
to the undersigned, administrator, to
whom all persons indebted TO said estate
are requested to make payments, and
those having claims or demands will
make known the same without DELAY 10
FRED E. LORD,
Administrator, Espy, Pa.
J. G. FREEZE, Atty. 6-Io.6t.
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HOW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
ward for any case of Catarrh that
mot be cured by Halls Catarrh
ure.
j. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
:. J. Cheney for the last Is years,
nd believe him perfectly honora-
lie in all business transactions and
nanciai.y able to carry out any OBJ
cations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
;rnally, acting directly upon The
Iood and mucous surfaces of the
ystem. Testimonials sent free.
rice IS cents per bottle. Sold by
/ Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con
tipation.
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by the horses. In going through
the orchard rub off all unnecessary
sprouts.
GETTING RID OF ANTS ON LAWN.
A letter addressed to the Penna
Department Of Agriculture was re.
ferred to State Zoologist Surface,
in which the writer asked for in
formation as to how to get rid OF
ants on his lawn, and stated that a
certain fluid had been recommended
to him by the Department, the
name of which he had forgotten.
Prof. Surface replied that the
material which he recommended,
TO which the writer had reference,
for destroying ants on lawns, is
carbon bisulfde, and then contin-
ued as follows: This is foul
smelling liquid which volatilizes,
and the fumes Of which at once de-
,troy the pests. Make holes in the
ground near their nests. Make
these to depth of foot or more,
and from one to two or three feet
apart, according to the porocity of
he soil. Pour into each hole from
one-third to one-half teacupful of
oisulfide of carbon, and close it
with earth by tramping it in. 1t
may possibly increase the efficiency
by covering the holes with wet
blankets, or something to hold the
tunes down for a while. Keep
ire away from the liquid and its
gas. 1t will not I'M jnre vegetation" "
SHOT HOLE BORERS ARE SERIOUS
PESTS.
One of many letters recently re-
eived by the Division of Zoology
# the Penna Department of Agri-
:ulture. Harrisburg, in reference to
he inroads of insect pests was
vorded as follows:
Enclosed find a small collection
( insects. They attacked an APP
lie tree and killed it in four days
they bore small hole through the
ark. Please let me know the
anne of the insects and how to kill
hem."
Prof H. A. Surface, the State
>oologist, replied to this letter as
ollows: The pests you sent us,
nd which are boring in your ap-
le trees, are shot-ho borers, or
ark borers, sometimes called Sco-
ytids. They are serious enemies
t fruit trees, as you have seen.
'ou should cut and burn all trees
branches infested by them, in
rder to keep them from spreading
other trees. They attack only
-ees that are declining, and there
no real remedy for them, because
iey work beneath the bark.
towever, you may possibly aid the
ees to overcome their effects by
igging about them, cultivating
lem, mulching them, fertilizing
hem and watering them; water
requently Notwithstanding the
lins, using one teaspoonful of nj
rate of soda in each gallon of wa,
n. Whatever you can do to make
ne tree gain vigor or growth will
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Painted Husbands Nose.

Indianapolis, Ind.-In the trial of a
divorce suit Mrs. Dora Rost, who was
the defendant. testified that for years
she had been compelled to paint her
husbands nose before he went to
work. The presiding Judge was
greatly surprised, and asked the wit.
ness to explain. "Mr. Rost drank SO
hard that his nose got red, and / was
afraid he would lose his position be,
cause his employers would know he
was drinking" said the woman.
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"OccuItos" Is a Mystery.

Notwithstanding really myster.
GUS, something to arouse the curiosity
and the interest of everybody, is being
exhibited at the Coliseum. 1t is g
full-sized figure of an old gentleman,
and is called "Occultos." You can
take his head from his body and re.
move his legs. and you see nothing
beyond few springs. and yet this
model when put together will give
long verbal answers to questions, and
will move his head and his legs.