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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08
. Ginning Soil.

IL we thought we had soil that needed
more lime in it to sweeten it, we would
prefer the phosphate IF lime either as
an acid phosphate or i'll the very fine
ground phosphate rock, or basic Stag,
such as are usually called floats. In
any strong soil, rich in humus or decay
ing vegetable matter, or where a green
crop had been plowed under, we think
either of these would dissolve quickly,
while the cost is not much greater than
that of sulphate of lime or common
land PLASTER. Then we should get the
benefit of the phosphoric acid as well
as OF the lime. Put to get the full ad-
vantage of the lime we would put the
field In cabbages, cauliflowers, turnips,
wheat or other small grains, or in
grass. Lime is of little advantage for
corn. and on potatoes 1t is said to in-
crease the scab and decrease the value
of the crops If not the quantity. With
a strip of litmus paper it is easy to as
certain if the soil needs lime, as the pa.
per put in wet soil will turn red if there
is too much acid, but If it is still blue
the soil is sweet or has lime enough.
Wood ashes also contain lime, mixed
with potash In some soils this is the
best form to apply lime, as potash is
often needed. but it is not easy here to
buy good wood ashes.-American Guilt
yator.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08
Harvest nr katir-cor,,.

harvest AaHiF- ORR.
In the recent quarterly report of the
Kansas Department of Agriculture is
a most excellent article on kaffir corn,
prepared by ]. G. Haney of the State
Agricultural College. upon request of
Secretary Coburn. Concerning the har-
Festing of the crop he says: Ksdir corn
remains green until frost and the seed
does not shatter; so, if grain is the only
consideration, there is no great hurry
to harvest; it can stand until after
frost and the stalk is dry. But gener-
ally the fodder is a consideration. as
We'll as the grain, and then the problem
is to cut when the best results from
both may be obtained. The longer the
fodder stands the harder and less pal
atable it becomes, while If cut too early
the best yield of grain Is not secured
After the grain is hardened so that ii
is difficult to mash between the II smb
and finger, and there is little m .sture
apparently in the seed there will be
very little shrinkage in the rain. This
would perhaps be called :" dst past the
hard dough stage" If cut earlier the
fodder will be better feed, but there
win be considerable shrinkage in the
grain.
One thing that has kept this cror
from being mora generally raised is
the problem of harvesting. There are
number Of methods and they all
have their merits. If the fodder is de
sired for feed it is perhaps best to cut
stalk and all and leave in the shock
until dry. The best machine for ac.
complishing this is the corn binder
which leaves 1t in bundles of conven.
lent size for handling, and the fodder
is held together. The common method
however, is to cut with mower. and
the crop should be left to cure well
before raking. Ordinarily it Is put into
large shocks or small ricks containing
from ton to three tons each. This is
done with hay gatherer, buck rake"
or goodwill" and saves a great deal
of handling. 1t keeps in excellent con
dition when treated this way and can
be hauled when needed. 1t is ready &c
harvest in about 105 days after plant
ing, and this should be before frost. as
freezing while green is detrimental,
besides. the hay will not cure as well
in cool weather and it is essential that
it be as perfectly cured as possible.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

Pruning, the oFGhdE0
Besides ii le thinning out and shorten
ing of fresh growth in summer, such as
has been n, eferred to several times in
these colum MS, it would often be work
well done TO thin out branches which
are too close : together, branches which
should have been cut out in winter, but
which Were tInegiected. 1t is often a
good deal eaAsier TO see when to cut in
summer than 1t is in winter, as the re-
quirements of the tree can be better
understood 4 But few fruit growers
keep their trt PES open enough. The
trees are so ildense that the branches
cannot perfect themselves and neither
flowers nor f ruit can be looked for.
When branches are but small one is apt
to forget the future and permit too
many of them to form. 1t IS '.ell TO
keep in minIi that a lot of inside
branches to W hich the sun never gets
will not bear Rruit They are useless
and should conSne out, that the sun may
reach what aree left. In summer time
1t is easy to seEe at once when enodgh
has been thinnefd out. Besides this adj
vantage. there another, viz, the scars
quickly heal wfuen cut while the sap is
active, BESIDES the thinning out and
sharpening of tbse tree, summer pruning
of cherries. plu1ens, pears and like fruits
has the effect Sof making them fruit
bearing in shout time. A young shoot
of cherry cut Back within few eyes
of its base. will form fruit buds on the
spur left. A pear shoot shortened in
one-half will often form a fruit bud at
the point where e,rt off. Very often a
tree which has no fruited will be made
to do so for TIE first time by these
means There is always much pleasure
in having a tree o { good outline, and
for this and the reiason already given,
pay attention to the pruning.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08


ment in North America during the past
City years. but also 10 represent means
used, and the varied character and quail
ity of work done in the principal lines
Of activity in the different kinds OF assoc
Citations.
As result of the combined labors of
the Boston association, the international
committee and it's secretaries during the
past fifty yet ;, 6,l92 branches have been
established with 521 200 members, among
fifty nations, speaking thirty-fiye differ
ent languages. Fourteen hundred secre-
taries are employed, two schools for
training officers conducted and $4,000
per year contributed for association work
in foreign lands, where twenty secre-
taries are stationed. A building has been
erected every nine days for the past year
and the total valuation of property ex-
ceeds sd, 100000.
The First Y. NJ. c. A.
The first Young Mems Christian Assoc
citation in the world was organized in
London in 1914, mainly through the in
strumentality of Mr. George Williams,
Christian young man from the country,
who had procured situation in the large
dry goods house Of George Hitchcock Il
Co, located in st. Paul's Church yard,
in which many young men had their
sleeping rooms.
Mr., Williams had small room to him
self in this establishment and, finding
that there was great want of religion
among the young men of this and similar
establishments. he invited few Chris
tian young men TO NEE: IN his Room for
prayer. That was tho birthplace In -
ality OF the Y. NJ. C. A. From this other
meetings grew and other establishments
became interested and finally confer
ence was held which resulted i'm the or
ganization of the London Young Mems
Christian Association.
The FIRST association organized in North
America was formed in Montreal In No
vember, 1851, the first one in the Unit
ed States in December. 1851 The Bos-
ton Young Mems Christian Asso cation
owes its origin TO a deep conviction in
the minds Of the religious community of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

diseased Democracy. From this point
of view-and we are persuaded it is
the correct one-Mr Bryan's domineer.
ing attitude toward Democrats esha
have not been able To agree with him
is readily explained and may he more
readil. excused He is n man OF parts
and OF most engaging and agreeable
personality, and though his ascendency
In the Democratic party has cost it
dear ard has proved a profound miSfor-
tune TO the country he Is not too old
TO learn. Other defeated candidates for
the Presidency have lived to ser,e their
fellow citizens with great usefulness.
Mr.. Bryan is a comparatively young
man, When he shall no longer under
take TO spread himself over too much
surface he viii be all right -Philadel-
phia Record (Dem}
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

These Democratic and so-called indie
pendent newspapers who are diligently
seeking to extract few grains Of com
fort out Of the spring elections IN the
Western cities are invited to take a
look at the State election which occur
red in Michigan Monday. The returns
from the State are not all in yet, al
though it Is certain that the total vote
will be much below that cast last No
velnber, probably not two-thirds as
large. But even on this diminished
vote the Republican majority viii be
over 70.O00, or about three fourths as
large as 1t was on full vote in the
Presidential election. This does not
look much Ike Democratic. revival.
Ii has more tire appearance of the stay
ing power Of Republican principles as
exhibited In the only election this
spring In which politicians played any
conspicuous part.-Phlladelpbia Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08
DOUBLE sILo.

built of 2 by 6 Norway bill stuff dressed
on a bevel to fit - foot radius. 1t
takes so pieces of 2 by 6, II feet long,
and so 2 by 6, IS feet long, a total OF
2,400 feet of Norway bill stuff, to build
one of these silos. 1t also takes about
100 pounds of No. steel wire, which
will make about 80 hoops, put on in
groups; shingled roof; the silos painted
three coats or outside and a coat of
raw linseed oil ON the inside.-Ohio
Farmer
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

A Spanish Governor General would
have shot Agninaldo On the luneta at
Manila in forty eight hours. A French
Colonial Governor would have sent his
prisoner home for long term of con-
tinement in Il French fortress, as was
done with Abdel kader. An English
General would have placed Aguinaldo
on n man of war aud the rest of his life
would have been passed as Arabi's has
been, in some place like Ceylon.
The proposal of an oath of allegiance
would have occurred to none of these
men because no one of them represents
a government moderate. merciful, bent
only ON bringing the Philippines to an
autonomous government at the ear
lest possible moment. With every
possible temptation to severity the
American authorities Ia nearly three
years have executed no one. 4 war
which long since sank, SO far as the
Filipinos are concerned. TO the assassi-
nation of sentries. the torture of strag-
glers and the perpetual rising of ami
goes" who easily passed from peasants
to soldiers and back. has been waged
by us without cruelty, reprisals or vim
dictive butchery. When self govern
ment, once organized. collapsed in
treachery the American authorities or
ganized local rule again. When this
collapsed, third local administration
was organized. With patience, Nljn
persistence, with a resolute confidence
that in the end men in the Philippines
could be taught TO manage their own
affairs, each failure and collapse has
been succeeded by another attempt as
persistent and patient to organize local
self-rule anew.
Such policy has been slow. 1t was
not at first understood by the Tagals
and other tribes. They undoubtedly
despised this course and practice. They
regarded it as weak. Relentless, sweep
ing severity would have brought peace
earlier; but 1t would have postponed
self-goyernment and rendered it inn
possible for generation longer. The
earlier success by such policy would
have meant lasting failure of the real
purpose of the United States in the ar,
chipelago. -Philadelphia Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08
Mr.. Bryan Has Yet tn Learn.

1t is apparently William Jennings
Bryan's incurable delusion that after
he had succeeded in inoculating the
body Of the Democracy with the poison
Gus virus Of PopuIism the resulting pos
tule was the whole fhing. Defeat has
not cured him Of bis Illusion; he still
insists that there Is no Democracy but
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

These silos are IL feet in diameter by
80 feet high and are Asset 6 feet apart
and inclosed as shown. The doors of
the silos face each other in the inclosed
alley. They are filleN from the win
dows shown in the gafples. They are.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08
Auuiuaido a Dismal Failure.

The auutles had hoped to make
great deal more use Of Aguinaldo. He
isn't half improving his chances for
posing ir attitudes becoming martyr.
Just Think Of his telling people that he's
treated, by those minions Of imperial
ism az Manila. not Ike prisoner but
like guestg'-st Paul Pioneer Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

OF this cow and hen product we ex-
port about / per cent, consuming 30
per cent ourselves. Here again Is an
illustration Of our enormous home mar
ket. Add 10 the above product fruits
and nuts. and we have total of $780,
100000 practically all sold in the home
market. Could our laborlng classes
use the eggs, the butter, the milk, the
poultry, and the fruit which they do,
If they were idle or their wages We're
reduced to foreign levels? That's the
whole story.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08
Fasy-Runuiur Pfows.

We are not sure but that a pillow
would be better if it had one handle in
stead of two. The pillow which requires
man 30 exert both hands to use ii
is tiresome to both man and the team
Even in stony ground we have guided
the pillow with one hand and not put
out as much strength on it as we did on
the reins that guided the pair Of horses
that were not used to working together.
But to do this one must know how to
attach the tear to have the line Of
draft just ligln We remember seeing
a farmer using n new plow, which he
condemned as being the meanest that
he ever saw. Yet little tnange in the
hitch from plow cleyjs to whidIetree.
and little adjustment Of the harness,
proved 1t to be good blow, while the
horses We're doing better work and not
expanding one-haif as much strength
Yet he had probably ploved more acres
In his time than we have square rods.
and with his old plow could have turn
ed as good a furrow as any man in
town.-American Cultivator>
Experiments made some time ago At
the Michigan Agricultural College
showed that the bees were altogether
the earliest insects out; that at the time
the average fruit tree IS In bIoem IT is
too early IN the spring for other insects
TO be of any value for fruit polIIRstion
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

country is to be
held. 1t will ceie-
brate the tiftieth
anniversary of the
org auiaatio u
in North America
and the United
States Of the Young
NJ e MS Christian
Association. The
object of this CON
vention is not only
to iittingly show
the evolution of the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08
the Cow and the Hen.

The product of the dairy and the hen
in the United States in the year 1900
amounted to S675,000,e00 1t will be
interesting to compare this with the
value of some other principal products:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

low the hen mother. Young turkeys
that run with old ones will grow faster
and are far less trouble. but they are
likely to wander away and get lost.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08
A GREAT CONVENTION.
CELEBRATION OF THE SoTH AN.
NlvERSARY OF Y. M. c. a.
To Be Held at Observation-Disclosures Show
ing the Growth of the Organization
and the Work 1t Is Accom- piishing
in the United States.

In the Mechanics building Boston.
from June IL 10 June IT, one OF the
greatest conventions in the history of this
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

Aug. @, 1898.
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAa: II have
suffered since the age of sixteen with
painful menstruation. ] have been
treated for months, and was told that
the womb had fallen a little. The
doctor says tha. is now in place again,
but | still have .s1s ss.1ue pain. Please
tell me whYe to do MRS. EMMA
KuEHL, liz Trautman ST., Brooklyn,
f. d NJ.
Jan 10, 1899
DEAR MRS, PTNKHAM - After re-
ceiv:ng your reply to my letter Of
Avg. ! followed your kind ad vice.
aud am glad to tell you that ] have
been cured of the severe pain a. time
II reconstruction through the use Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. | have taken six bottles e.
II, felt better after the first Sottle,
and after while had no more pain
or womb trouble.
had doctored from the age of six
ten To twenty-six, and had lost all
hope, but your medicine has made
me well
" would like to have you use my
testimonial, so that Others may see,
and be inspired with hope, and take
your medicine, ~ Mrs. EMMA KuEnr,
liz Trautman st. Brooklyn, e. d. NY.
Feb 20, 1900.
saw your medicine SO highly
recommended thought would write
to you for advice.
My menstruation occurs every two
weeks, lasts week, and is painful. /
have been troubled in this way for
some time. | suffer from sick head
ache and backache all the time, appe-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

Since rece,ging your answer to-
my letter ] have been taking your
Vegetable Compound, and il has done
me more good than any medicine L
have ever taken. My menses are all
right now, and appear once a rn1nth,
and feel so much stronger. / shall
always praise your medicine. ~ MISC
MAGGIE POLLARD, 319 So. 4th ST..
Richmond, Va.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

q wac ttoupiSI
ness, irregular and
painful menstrual
n tito n, and leu
corrh oea. The
doctors medicine
did me no good.
j have taken one
bottle and q half
Of your Vegetable
Gem pour d, and
t j a n X S to your
Iredicine, my pains
are gone | advise
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

American Farmer-Yes; protection is
all right. All my crops sold, all my
mortgages paid off, and everything |
can raise this year sold ahead.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

anything
No
back is
You are foolish If do ndinvtati
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

mn REWARD
r.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

While
Pinkhams Vegetable
much discomfort and menstruation of its
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-08

title poor, sick at
s to m a ch every
morning, ev ry-s
thing | eat hurts
me, am very weak.
thin, and sallow.
| have tried m
doctor, but he did
not seem TO do me-
any good. - Miss
MAGGIE POLLARD.
a19 So, 4th St.s
Richmond, Va.
April % loon
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-13

Wheeling Mold and Foundry Company,
and the other the Canning Company.
the former on the Peninsula and the
latter in the South End Of the city. He
then proceeded to outline other things
accomplished, making a very earnest
and interesting address. pointing out,
on the way, the establishment OF a
clearing house. after the effort had been
a failure as a result OF years of effort.
The Baltimore & Ohio depot was an
other fact, train services had been
improved, and one new train put on.
from Cambridge. o.. ana another be-
tween Wheeling and Pittsburg. There
was a direct connection with the Du-
Quense limited and a better service TO
the interior OF the State. Secretary
Thompson proceeded TO outline the
work done, much of IL not appreciated
because not understood. and was list
ened to with great attention. lie con-
Guided by saying that IL Wheeling
could have a few judicious funerals and
a few we~ll-located fires,' there would
be a future for the old town.
Mr.. Thompson's remarks were sup
plemented by President Laughlin, who
outlined the work in the particularly
of new industries. saying that no effort
had been spared in the past, and none
would be in the future.
Mr.. G. o. Smith offered some sugges-
tons, to which President L%aughlin re-
piled, and this was followed by some
delicate and heavily-veiled criticisms by
Mr.. Brady. causing the President to
look a trile embarrassed for a moment.
DR.. Hildreth thought the officers de-
served we'll OF the body. and after some
further discussion the Board adjourned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-13
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD

Excur.fons to Atlantic City, Cape
May, Sea Isle City, ccenn
city, n. j., Ocean City, Md, and
Reboboth Beach, Del, at Very
Low Rates, Thursdays, June Ii
and "a. July II and 20, August
q and ~, and September 2.
The Baltimore G. Ohio II. X. have ar
ranged a series of Popular Seasore Ex-
cursIons. to be run on Thursdays, June
IA and q, July IL and rs, August 8 and
% and September s. to Atlantic City.
Cane May. Sea Isle City and Ocean City.
N. J.. ocean City. Md, and Rehoboth
Reach. Del. Tickets will be good six
teen (l6) days, including date OF sale.
Stop-overs will be allowed on the re-
turn trip al Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington on tickets sold to New Jer-
sew resorts, and at Baltimore and Wash
ington on tickets sold to Ocean City,
Md. and Rehoboth Beach, Del.
For tickets. time of trains. sleeping
and parlor car accommodations. call on
or address nearest Ticket Agent Balti-
more G. Ohio r. r. for full informa-
ton.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-13
SPARROWS PROTEST
Against Chautauqua Assembly Con-
Quoting Services in the Big Hall.

Special to the Register.
MT. LAKE PARK, Md, August H.
Nearly 1000 persons listened to DR.. P.
S. Henson's sermon at 100 a. m. A
splendid musical service preceded 1t,
consisting of a concert solo by Anna
Teresa Berger, a baritone solo by Ed
win Rowdon, an anthem by the full
chorus. led by Prof. Pontine. musical
director of the ~Chautauqua, and sever
al numbers beautifully rendered by the
Royal Hungarian Gypsy Band.
A. decided drawback to the pleasure
of persons at the C%hautauqua this sea-
son are the flocks of impudent English
sparrows that have built their nests
high up amid the rafters of the vast
dome overhead, where they scold and
chatter and enter vigorous protest
against the intrusions of the public.
The burning of sulphur and other
means have been tried to drive them
out, but so far without avail.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-13
BOTH DISCHARGED.
Rogers and Kline Did Not Abduct
Myrtle YOst-End of the Famous

Rogers and Kline Did Not Abduct
Myrtle Yost-End of the Famous
Case.
Yesterday afternoon In Squire Harry
Smiths court In Benwood John Cline
and Clayton Rogers were given a hear
ing on the charge of abducting Myrtle
Yost, the seventeen-year-old girl OF
North Benwood, whose adventures have
been fully narrated in the local press.
The hearing consumed nearly the en-
tire afternoon. The two defendants
were discharged by the justice.
The girls evidence was somewhat
different from the story told to Marshal
Furbee when he returned from Pitts
burg with her. She said that Cline took
her by force, and she was afraid to cry
out at any time because hehad told
her not to do so She went with him TO
Bellaire, where he bought a hat for her,
and then brought her to Wheeling by
way of Martins Ferry. She spent Sat
urday night at the home Of Cline's
mother at Elm Grove. She sept in the
kitchen. Sunday morning she was sent
on to Pittsburg.
Other evidence tended to. prove that
she had been working several parties
for money to take her to Pittsburg.
Rogers denied having any connection
with the case, and Cline said but little
about the case. except that he did not
use any force.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-13
DROWNED IN ST. LAWRENCE.
Private Yacht sunk In the
Near Oedensburg.

OGDENSBURG. N. Y, August IL
Charles White, James Whitney and
Edgar Lane were drowned in the
Galoup Rapids this afternoon by the
sinking of the private yacht Rhea.
Whitney, who was the owner or the
yacht, had as guests on board the o
Lam and White, Hugh Raney, the
Misses. Whitney and the Misses. Nc
Pherson. The four ladies and Mr..
Raney got out at the head OF h LOCK
to walk to the foot Of the rapids. The
other three men remained on board the
yacht which, after passing the hrst
swell of the rapids, entered what Is
known as "The Cellar and disappear
ed, carrying the three men down with
her. The bodies have not been recov-
cred. All Of the parties resided at
Prescott.