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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-05
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An odd circumstance In connection with this
phase Of the crusade for better methods of
handling the corn crop was the discovery by
Uncle Sans Investigators that corn growers
as class are very conservative, altogether
too conservative, indeed. for their own good.
The implements and methods employed In
Iowa are entirely different from those Of Con-
necticut and the latter. In turn. are dissimilar
TO those in use In Georgia No section has
monopoly of all the good things In methods
and machinery and in many instances a prac-
tice in vogue In one locality could be profit
ab,y used in another district which had remained
IN ignorance of II. All this bids fair to be
changed. however under the present awaken
ing. Wide-awake corn growers are paying
visits to other corn-producing states than their
own and the result is likely to be q general
discarding Of poor and adopting OF improved
methods.
The depth Of planting, the distances be-
tween rows and hills and the depth and fire.
ouency of cultivation are all corn problems
that are being solved along dependable scien-
tifc lines after century or more OF discus
sion and dispute. Meanwhile the Improvement
of corn cultivatipg and harvesting machinery
has worked wonders In bringing about the
new era in the corn fields. Mechanical corn
harvesters have developed more slowly than
the machines for wheat and other cereals, at
tempts to solve the problem of mechanically
handling the corn crop dating from 1920.
whereas It was not until 1881 that Cyrus Nc
Cormick made the FIRST reaping machine
Despite the fact that there was almost con.
tinuous experiment in the sphere Of corn har-
vesting machinery from the date above men,
toned It was not until 1892 that success crowned
the efforts of the inventors. The principle in
corn harvesters and binders which was destined
to prevail appeared In the year mentioned the
invention of an Illinois man. In its element
airy form II consisted OF a corn harvester with
the two dividers passing one on each side Of
a row of corn. which was cut and carried back
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-05
Nervousness--A Lack of Control

shaped the original thoughtless sem
tence into an ugly sting.
These nervous women are the ones
who are continually tormented with
the demon of jealousy. II one Of them
should suddenly meet her husband on
the street walking with another wo-
man. what a curtain lecture he re-
ceives that evening: or II not that, he
finds his wife wearing the air Of one
who considers herself much abused.
The real facts Of the case may be
that her husband met the other wo-
man quite accidently and. as they
were going In the same direction, he
could not avoid walking with her with
out being positively rude. In this age
men must OF necessity have business
transactions with women. It II a
common occurrence for two men to
lunch together in order to have a
chance to talk over some important
business matter without fear Of inter
ruption. There ID no reason why q
man and woman might not do the
same, and yet how impossible II would
b. to convince the Jealous woman that
this was the case. To BE- jealous h
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-05
MORE EXCELLENT
REPORTS FROM
WESTERN CANADA
Grains Are Heading Out
Rapidly and Harvest Is
Now Approaching With
a Great Demand for
Harvest Help.

Last week It was pointed out IN
these columns that there would be Q
yield Of about 200,000.000 bushels of
wheat throughout Western Canada, IN
increase Of about 00,000.0 over the
previous year, and that the demand
for farm help was very great. Con-
firmation Of this news 10 to hand and
the cry still rs for more help. The
Canadian authorities are hopeful that
the friends Of the 100000 or 100000
Americans who have gone to Canada
during the last few years will come to
the help of these people and induce
as many able-bodied men as they pos
sibly can to take advantage Of the
i low rate which Ia being offered from
all points on the Canadian Boundary,
and particulars Of which can be had
from any of the following Agents Of
the Canadian Government: M. v. Nc
lines. 176 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit,
Mich; G. A. Laurier, Marquette.
Mich; J. 8. Crawford. Syracuse, N.
r.; Thos. Hetherington, Room 202, 70
fremont Street, Boston, Mass; H. M.
Williams. 413 Gardner Bldg, Toledo,
Ohio; Geo. Arid, 216 Traction ermin-
al Bldg. Indianapolis, Indiana; G. J.
Broughton, Room 412, M. L. & T. Bldg.
Chicago. H.; Geo. A. Hall, End Floor.
1876 Second Street, Milwaukee. Wis;
q. T. Holmes, 316 Jackson Street, st.
Paul, Mimi; Chas. Pilling. Clifford
Block. Grand Forks. N. D.; J. B. Car
bonneau. Jr., PIT Main Street, Bidde-
ford, Me-; ]. M. MacLachlan. Box
1877, Watertown. 8. D.; w. v. Bennett.
Room 4, Bee Bldg, Omaha, Neb.;
w. H. Rogers, 1875 West 9th Street,
Kansas City, Mo-; Benz. Davies, Room
8. Dunn Block, Great Falls. Montana;
J. N. Grieve, Auditorium Building,
Spokane, Wash.
Of the right stamp to secure advantage
of these low rates. To those who pro-
pose to go, 1t may be said that they
will have this splendid opportunity Of
securing first hand information as to
the excellent producing character Of
the lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta. They will have the op-
portunity of seeing some of the great
est wheat fields In the world and prob
ably the largest yield Of wheat, oats
and barley that has ever been grown
on the Continent And all this on
land some Of which cost the settler
only the $1,000 necessary to enter for
his homestead, or, II he purchased,
in some cases. costing him from $7.0C
to $1,000 per acre, but which Is now
worth from $500 to $4,000 per acre.
Even at these prices the land Is re-
markedly cheap as will be realized
when the statement IL made that from
20 to 25 bushels per acre and over
of wheat are grown, netting the farm
er from $500 to $1,000 per acre; and
this on land that he got for nothing
or paid merely nominal price. In
fact the production shows that $500
to $4,000 per acre would be nominal
price for land that would produce a.
these lands produce.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-05

How often We meet women who
complain Of being nervous. What they
really mean II that they have not con-
troll Of their nerves. but let them run
away. A woman may be Of q nervous
temperament and yet have such good
control Of her nerves that she never
complains Of being nervous
This lack Of nerve control mani
tests itself IN various ways. Sometimes
Il 10 only tendency to CRY ct trivial
things or an inclination to dependency
Ito have the blues" or to worry
over real or fancied sights. Many
women weste 90 much time thinking
over things that are past and gone. A
visit with : friend loses tn 10y IN the
afterthought for this victim Of the
nerves lives over again every moment
Of the visit. She recalls everything
that has been said and wonders II .
different meaning was meant. Things
that we're said al Z joke and original
~ taken that way are now brought up
Tor criticism and pondsred over until
The woman convinces hersslf Of the
preeenoe - o6hidden meaning. She y
not satisfied until she has bent and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-05
To Raize Old Paris Fortress

sian. M. Ivanoff. had gone for q drive
IN q taxicab. The motor broke down
near the fortificatious, and while It
was being put right M. Ivanoff went
for stroll. He was not more than
couple>of hundred yards away from
his cab when two men and two women
attacked him. stabbed him in seven
places, robbed him Of all his money
and his watch and chain and q val
liable scarfpin, and left him for dead.
The two women have been arrested.
but their companions are still at
large. The incident Il being used a.
another argument for the leveling Of
the fortincations. Another argument
still 10. OF course. the great value a
the land for building purposes.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-05

was more widespread miscorception regarding
the needs Of corn than about any other leading
farm commodity.
For the purpose Of putting our farmers on
the right track In their corn growing Uncle
Sam during the past few years had field agents
or demonstrators travelling about the country
all the while to give advice and assistance to
the corn growers who do not appear to be
doing the thing the best way At first there
was disposition to regard with distrust II not
with suspicion the advice Of these book farm.
ers." but gradually as they proved that they
could double and triple corn yields with scarcely
q cent OF extra expense. they won over to
their side considerabl, portion of the farm
ing community and this missionary work" is
now being extended until in time II will EN-.
brace the corn belt" where strange as it may
seem the farmers are not getting nearly all
that they should out OF the .and-that is II
you let these government sharps tell II.
The nrst boost that was given to the Amer.
lean corn crop came through Improvement by
seed selection. The experts have induced the
farmers to select their seed corn with great
care in the field instead Of merely making use
Of what happens to remain In the crib at plant
Ing time and the Improvement from this cause
alone has Appropriated at LEAST twenty per
cent. Most of the progressive corn growers
have also awakened TO the wisdom Of properly
preserving seed corn BY keeping II dry during
the winter In q special seed house instead Of
merely entrusting It to the corn crib in the old
haphaxard way. II has now come to the pass
where the best quality Of corn Is worth SIS per
bushel more for seed purposes than unsolicited
corn.
second elective method of improving our
corn crop has - it, purpose the Improvement
of the condition Of the soil In accordance with
the studied requirements of corn cultivation.
Modern science IL teaching the farmer that It
simply will not pay to attempt corn growing
on poor land until II II brought into fertile
condition by the growing and blowing under OF
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-05

to acknowledge the superior charms Of
the other woman. IF cannot hold
you against all women. then do not
want you" Is the right thought. II
you think some other woman IL at
tracing your husband, wake up and
beat her at her own game. Do not cit
idly in the corner and complain.
A woman who is nervous does not
usually realize what II the cause Of
her condition. When excitable and IT.
ritable and suffering from a nervous
headache. she takes various remedies
to deaden the symptoms instead Of
looking the matter squarely in the
face and going after the cause. Many
women need hobby 10 take up their
spare time. n their minds were oc-
cupied and their bodies kept In good
condition by proper care. they would
soon gain control OF their nerves.
Copyright, 1910. by w. q. -Chapman-)
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-05
And Then He Escaped.

William" said Mrs. Peckem, stern
ly, did you ever stop to think that
some one might steal me when You
are awayf"
Well" responded the poor husband.
with far-away look. II was a little
alarmed when horse thief was prowl.
Ing these parts last week."
Mrs. Peckem stiffened up haughtily.
"A horse thief, ehf"
yes. heard that he carried OF
two or three nags from this district"
And then Peckem made Decline for
the door.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-05
waking Il Legal.

I'VE don't know what to do about
Pluto Pete" said the Crimson Gulch
citizen. He was real good teller.
but he would be careless about shoot
In up the populace."
did you straighten out the mat
terri
ITO some extent; we elected him
sheriff. thereby maxim II look q little
more legal"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-05

III the sea had MILKY way a. wer
% the sky wouldn't II b convenient
for tho sailorsf"
IN what wayf"
"Thsy could have floating diaries
when thsir boats skimmsd ~ wavss.'
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-05

Poet--My epic on the coming cor
onation has been taken.
wife-Oh. darling. I'm 30 gladi
Who's taken II?
Poet Mary took It this morning to
light the study fire withl-Lcndcn
Opinion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-05

The Rstort Courteous
Manager-You prima donnas want
20 much for your services.
Prima Donnar-And you managers
want our services for song.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-05

The advance which has been made concerns
not only the methods employed in nurturing
and handling the corn crop but also the means
employed, that IL the machinery which is do
ing SO much to aid human Drawn In caring for
the golden kernels.
Whereas progressive farmers have in man.
instances worked out their own salvation as
regards the improved methods of corn cultiva-
ton, 1t Is perhaps only fair to give the major
portion Of the credit to the United States
department of agriculture, which has worked
In cooperation with the State Agricultural col
leges and experiment stations to bring about a
better understanding of the requirements Of
the corn crop. Many an oldfashioned farmer
has been wont to assume that every tiller Of
the soil knew from his boyhood apprenticeship
on the farm all that there Is to know about
growing corn and yet the experts Of the agri
culture department found that in reality there
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-05
afon fha Palm,

The hurt Of burn or cut stops when
Cole'q Carbolisalve n applied. Il heals
druRgists. For free sample wr1te 70
J. w Cole = Co.. Black River Falls. Wis.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-05

Important 70 Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, Q safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and see that II
Bears the ~ ~-
slsn.tar. q ZrzMz<s<
In Use For Over % Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-05

HERE IL no branch Of agricultural
activity In the United States
where the past few years has
witnessed greater Improvement
in methods of cultivation and har-
vesting than in the sphere Of corn
growing. This Is as 1t should be
for corn Is easily one of our
most important crops. Indeed.
although the fact is not generally
recognized. It is a greater wealth
producer considered in the broad
sense-than Is the wheat crop.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
RELICS OF INDIANS

death by shooting for the third offense.
Prisoners were frequently whipped
under this tree, but the death penalty
for stealing, more niggardly crime
than murder, was inflicted at another
spot in the council house yard.
The dome of the building is sur
mounted by large gilt eagle. In one
Of the wings is a hole. Wesley Bar
nett, one of the romantic killers and
desperadoes of the Creek country,
lifted his Winchester in the streets of
Okmulgee one day and said he be-
lieved he would wing the eagle, just
for luck, and he did, hitting the left
wing.
The old building and its shady
grounds have been the favorite meet
ing place of the Creeks upon national
occasions, from payment days to coun-
ell gatherings. The old-time Creek
still loves to come to Okmulgee and
sit with old friends on the grassy
lawns and tell stories of other days
s. L. Johnson, though not a Creek
citizen, is seeking to induce some So
ciety or organization of patriotic per
sons to acquire the building, If the
state should not. and preserve 1t for
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
Not Necessary to Spend Hard-Earned
Money at Summer Resort-Drug.
gist Will Sell Chemicals.

Chicago.-"Wake me L. minutes
earlier than usual in the morning,
mother DEAR"
"Why?"
Il want to get tanned before take
the elevated"
Such dialogues as this are now car
r1ed on by people who wish to be
tanned, but in the olden days they
talked this way:
Well, next Monday 1 leave for the
lake. I'm going to sit in the boat each
day and In week I'll return with a
tan that will put my pale-faced friends
to shame"
What's the use in these enlightened
days of spending your hard.earned
money and your time at summer re-
sort when the main object of your
vacation is merely to put on good
brown summer color?
In the first place, to go to sum-
mer resort costs $40 week and up
mostly up, and to get thoroughly tan
ned outdoors is more or less danger
Gus, for you may not be able to lie
down for several nights If you expose
your arms too long to the hot sun.
The invention of an astute chemist
has made 1t folly for one to take a
trip and running chances of getting a
cinder In his eye Moreover, this in
vention has made 1t possible for the
hard-working ballroom boy to make
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03
PR|SONEROF WEALTH
Her Fortune a Burden to Mrs.
Russell Sage.
Beggars Force Her Into Retirement
and Change Her From Sweet,
Kindly Woman to One OF
Suspicion.

New York.-One of the most pathet-
lc figures in the world today Is Mrs.
Russell Sage, upon whom the fortune
left her by her husband imposes
fearful burden. There is scarcely
day that she does not weep, one OF
her intimate friends tells us. She
sits and cries at the intolerable bur-
den of having 65,000,O0O on her
shoulders, at the task of distributing
that huge fortune in the way that will
do the most good. She is so years
old and has a New England con-
science. She wants to do just the
right thing with it all, and it requires
an amount of thought and study and
imposes a feeling of responsibility
that is hard on an old woman who
only wants quiet corner to spend
her few remaining years in.
Mrs. Sage has aged very mucn
since her husbands death. She has
grown thin, pale, bent and wrinkled.
Aside from the natural grief over Mr..
Sage's death, Mrs. Sage was plunged
almost instantly into storm of ap-
ton. Her mail for some years before
Mr.. Sage's death had amounted to be-
tween 40 and so letters day. 1t
leaped instantly to 900 day, and the
entire surplus was appeals for money.
Within two months after Mr.. Sage's
death 1000 letters were carted away
from her house unopened. Two secre-
taries work night and day almost to
handle Mrs. Sage's private mail. II
she attempted to read 10 per cent of
1t personally she would be able to do
nothing else.
AT first she tried conscientiously to
look 1t over herself She was aston
ished and Disguised at some of 1t.
Before Mr.. Sage's body was cold in
its coffin she received letter from
a New York man whom she never had
seen asking her to send him check
Tor 1000 by return mail, and he was
kind enough to inclose stamped en-
velope for reply. She never asked
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

for advice as to the disposal Of this
fortune, yet within the first two
months Of her widowhood she receiv-
ed letters from more than 1000 diff.
ferent men, instructing her how to
give away her money so as to do the
most good
The letters that really affected Mrs.
Sage at this time were pathetic ap-
peals for help from individuals. Many
Of these were to all appearances gen.
uine, the appeals Of poor and igno-
rant persons, suffering in want and
hardship, and pathetically confident,
that the kind-hearted woman who had
more money than she knew what to
do with would give them the little
that would make them happy. Some
of these letters distressed Mrs. Sage
greatly; but they came not only from
every state in the Union, but from
foreign countries. Had she respond
ed to them she would have dissipated
her entire fortune in small checks to
individuals all over the world. So
finally Mrs. Sage gave up her mail.
Now letter which is manifestly from
a personal friend is given her. but
nothing else reaches her eye.
It Is not only impossible to reach
Mrs. Sage by letter--it has become
one Of the impossible things to see
her. Mrs. Sage formerly was one of
the most approachable of women
Not trace Of snobbery or purse
pride is to be found in her makeup.
A plain, old-fashioned village woman
she started her career, and that she
remains to this day. She never cared
anything about fine clothes or society.
and her friends were chosen by pref
erence from among the people who
are doing the work of the world
With professional women she was par
ticularly friendly. That period of her
own life between 1847, when she was
graduated, and 1869, when she mar
r1ed Mr.. Sage, was spent in teaching
school whenever her health would
permit. and she never felt above any
one who earned his or her living. Any
one who had ever been introduced to
Mrs. Sage could see her as easily as
her own home as IF she had been the
wife OF clerk instead Of a multi.
millionaire.
Some one wrote a book once on
Prisoners Of Poverty. Mrs. Sage is q
Prisoner Of Wealth. Behind this hu-
man rampant she sits, afraid that
some one may reach to torment her.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-08-03

Later on in his address Rev. Mr..
Eaton announced that the ghosts he
had seen were in his minds eye, that
they were "subjectively" but not "ob-
jectively" real.
1--WE can generally trust our five
Senses" declared the pastor, follow
ing his astounding introduction, but
not always. There are moments when
we cannot tell whether what we expe-
rience has its origin within the soul
or whether It comes to the soul
through the senses from without The
apostle Paul could not always tell
concerning himself. He said that he
was once caught up to paradise, to
the third heaven, and he couldn't tell
whether he was In the body or out of
the body.
Ghosts are in the minds eye. They
are subjectively real, but effectively
they are not real at all. But whether
real or nat skey exert a mighty infiu-
ence over the yeinds of some people.
THE study of ghosts is study Of
the science of mind. 1t Is pursued In
our day under the terms Of psychol-
ogy, mental phenomena, suSconscious-
ness, automatic expression, psyche
therapy and other similar terms.
There is a vast amount Of thinking
and of real investigation in recent
years upon the mysterious thing we
call the soul.
"The growth of language is sign
of mental activity. The many and
differing terms used in describing
mental processes show the activity Of
thought.
Suppose some one who had been
dead for 100 years should suddenly
come to earth and with only the
knowledge of terms that were familiar
to him when he was formerly on the
earth and some one would try to talk
to him in the terms familiar with us
today-X-ray, ether, an airline road,
phone, wire, cable, wireless, liquid air,
trolley, biplane, monorail-what con-
fusion would result.
1.-THE new terms imply growth in
idea. So in the realm of the spirit
the new terms mean that the world is
thinking and discovering as 1t Is in
the world of science and mechanics