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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-03

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intereSredlv and effectively their friend
AND WITH NEW FOUNDLAND.
A convention with Great Britain has
been concluded. which will be at once
laid before the Senate for ratification,
providing for reciprocal trade arrange
ments between the United States and
Newfoundland on substantially the lines
of the convention formerly negotiated by
the Secretary of State, Mr.. Blaine I
believe reciprocal trade relations will be
greatly to the advantage of both coun-
tries
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30

Secure a good substantial spraying
outfit this spring and spray thoroughly
Spraying half done is labor lost. The
other half means possibly a little more
invested in the outfit, and no more la
Dor A force pump in a barrel, which
should be mounted on a truck or car
ried in a wagon, is sufficient for small
orchard. The cost viii be about S. to
So, without the truck. For large or
chards wagon sprayers are made,
where the wheels pump air to force the
stream. Also steam outfits that elm
mate the manual labor of pumping.
These cost from $50 upward. If you
have only a few trees a brass bucket
sprayer will be sufficient, cost about So.
For a few bushes there is nothing bet
ter than the small hand sprayer or
atomizers, costi2g so cents to 81, or on
a larger scale the compressed air hand
sprayers costing from $4.25 to 1928
each. These sprayers can usually be
obtained from dealers in hardware,
agricultural implements. seedsmen,
etc.-up-to-Date Farming.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Home. Made c1nrer c,ntter.

A simple device is here shown for
cutting green food for poultry that are
confined. The idea is clearly shown
IN the Illustration, and little explana-
tion is necessary.
An old table that, is strong and firm
on its feet, is fitted with square
trough with Slot cut In it. as shown
at figure 3, which guides the knife
blade. Figure i shows how the end
of the knife is hung to an upright
piece so fitted that the end OF the
knife works in the slot as shown. Fig
ure is handy little tool made of a
block of wood six inches square with a
handle of convenient length, the tool
being used to push clover or other
green food to- be cut under the knife.
and thus avoid any possibility of in
jury to the operator.
The knife is fashioned from a piece
of an old seytEe blade ground sharp,
and Is fitted into a hsadle of conve-
nient size and shape Figure in the
illustration shows the manner in which
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30

runs from I've last binding cord. to .le
end of the great toe, forming pocket
in which the toe is concealed. The heel
support is made Of heavy leather.
The bottom of the sandal is per
fectly fiat, and allows all of the foot to
touch the ground. The sandals are in
tended principally for house wear, but
they could be worn on the street If a
woman could be found with nerve
enough to introduce the innovation.
Rest of all. the sandal appeals to
children who esehew shoes and stock
ings in the summer, yet whose feet are
tender and liable to painful and lasting
injury OF course the sandal can as
well be worn with stockings, and that
is why they are likely to become popu-
lar among women, who try to be as coo!
as possible during the summer
The modern sandal craze caught Lon
don society last year and during the
summer the skeleton shoes were worn
by scores of prominent women. They
also were popular In this country along
the seashore, where protection for the
feet and comfort form a combination
that is rather hard to meet.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
a Feeders Practica1 w.


In general, early feeding is the mosi
profitable. The quicker you can mature
an animal the more money it viii
make. 1t is not profitable to feed after
cattle are ripe and ready for market. |
have made cattle gain five and one halt
pounds per day for sixty days, but af-
ter that not nearly that average |
have had much more success in feed
ing ground feed than ! ever h, in any
other way, and have tried almost ev-
cry way and have come to the conclu.
sion that to grind corn and cob to,
gether, rather fine, is much better than
to feed clear meal
| have never had SO good results as
when | have fed five times dry. but
| never feed SO the cattle leave the
least bit in their boxes. Cattle will not
eat any more when fed five times q
day than when fed all they viii cal
three times. but the advantage is that
you do not overload their stomachs
and therefore the food is more easily
dgested and they fatten faster on the
same food. l have had better success
in feeding cattle kept in their stalls
than in any other way of keeping them
l am a great advocate of feeding bran
and middlings and think they are near
ly or quite as good as the same weight
of corn. am greatly in favor of de-
horning cattle, as you can feed them in
much smaller space and they will dc
much better.-Farm and Home.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
GREEK SANDALS.

How the Ancient Footwear Have Been
Modernized for Twentieth Century.
English shoe manufacturers have
gone back several centuries for their
latest novelty, and have sprung san
dal patterned after the footgear of the
Greeks. The Sandal has met with such
a welcome in England that it has been
introduced in this country, and may
u found in the spring stocks of the big
Philadelphia, New York AM Chicago
shoe stores.
About the only difference between
the old sandal and the new is that in
the modern production buckles are used
instead of knots and the great toe is
incased in a leather shield in ace Of
being separated from the second toe by
a narrow strap. The sandals are made
OF heavy sole leather and are held in
place by three straps. One passes
across the top of the foot at the base
OF the toes, the other crosses the ankle
just above the instep. while the third
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Lice on Cattle.

Many cows come out of winter quar-
tiers infested with lice. There is no
excuse for this state of affairs which
is largely due to carelessness on the
part of the owner of the cattle. If the
poultry are allowed to roost in the
barns the cattle are sure to become
infested with poultry lice and even
when poultry are not permitted in the
barns unless the stalls are kept clean
and ventilation is supplied there is al
most always a plague of cattle lice.
Before the cattle are turned out to
pasture they ought to be put in good
condition, especially if their owner is
inclined to cut off the grain ration as
soon as spring comes. If the cattle
are afflicted with lice try the old-time
remedy of washing the back and sides
of the animals with strong detection
of white oak bark. The bark is boiled
in water until the decoction is of the
desired strength. After supplying this
remedy clean up the stables and give
the cows a chance to regain theiI
vigor.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30

that last change which oYertakes all hu-
mainly soon or late For this Ivor sits
watching, hopelessly stupefedly, as the
dreary hours go on and on, to make up
the sum Of the dreary day.
His eyes turn to the stricken figure, the
CHASTITY semblance OF the proud, stately
woman who had 50 loved and idolized
himself. Remembering the painful. sud
den change in her, and dating back that
change to the ill-omened visit of the mai
who had become so hateful he felt his
whole soul rise in wrath and bitterness
against the coward who had traded on
woman's weakness for some base pur-
pose Of his own
AS | live | will find it outr' he NUT
tered. He win have a man to deal with
from this hour. Let him look to himself
theny'
As the wrathful vow was registered in
his mind there came a faint movement
in the helpless form beside him. A
change ike huttering shadow stole over
the distorted face. the heavy breathing
ceased. The pale, cold stars seemed to
reflect themselves on that paleness of the
features that slowly froze into calm i'm
mobility.
No need to watch now-no need for the
burdened heart to mourn its fatal secret.
The cold. relaxing hand that Ivor clasps,
opens-not with answering pressure or
comprehension, but only to leave in his
the mystic numbers that were the las
thing her eyes had gazed upon with any
sort of consciousness.
ITO be eontiuuedl
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Dairy Notes.


Cheap salt in butter is an expensive
economy.
A COW that will not eat abundantly
will not produce literally.
Bucter is bitter because of impure
foods or from holding the cream too
long.
Cows will give more milk and of
better quality if fed and MIXED regu-
larly.
One important item In building up n
reputation for butter is uniformity in
the quality.
Butter underworked will be striped
overworked, it will have the appear
ance of lard.
loss of appetite and dropping
head are among the first symptoms of
COW sickness.
With the dairy COW there should al
ways be a due proportion of concen-
trated and bulky food.
Do not put the calves on Sim milk
too soon Give them the rick milk
for ten days or two weeks.
The heifer calf does not need fa.tep-
ing food, but plenty of bone and mus
Gle forming food should be supplied.
The advantage in using the separa-
tor is that the butter fat is all pro-
cured. the cream churns better and
gives a greater percentage of burter
the product is better ana more uni-
form and sells for better price in
market. while the skinned milk can
be used to a much better adyapta We
in almost every way.
A COW is machine for reducing
feed to milk. She consumes the raw
material eliminates the waste matter
and furnishes finished nrof.@et. Cows
differ in their capacity to consume food
aud In their power to produce milk.
both as regards quality aIzl quantity
To be profitable dairy COW she must
convert her surplus f,-,d into rich milk
rather than fat or flesh. A good dairy
cow rarely gets fat while producing
milk, no matter how well fed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
THE FIGHTING MATE.
Force Was Most Decisively Used at the
Opportune Time.

Force Was Most DecisiveIy Used at the
Opportune Time.
A ship at sea is an isolated world.
Not only does the little floating village
depend on the stoutness of the planks
beneath it, but the safety and comfort
of those On board depend on obedience
to intelligent orders. The man who
rules must rule often. as does a chief
tain of a half-savage tribe. by physical
force. Frank I. Bullen. author of
THE Men of the Merchant Service"
is no advocate of violence on the part
of officers, but, as he explains, If there
Is no weight of force behind an order,
men will always be found who will dis
obey. One of Mr.. Bullen's earliest rec
elections of sailor life is of an incident
on board the East Lothian.
The men had been demoralized by a
cowardly second mate. who was finally
discharged at Bombay. His successor
was a splendid specimen Of a seaman,
not too tall, finely proportional, and Of
very pleasant face.
The first morning he was on board
we were washing decks. Mr.. Eaton,
the new second mate. was having look
around the ship. and stayed forward,
where two men were passing water
out of the big wash-deck tub. AS Mr..
Eaton passed, one of them, carelessly
singing a bucket toward the other,
dropped it and cut the deck badly with
its edge. With a glance at the new Of
ficer. he burst out into furious cursing
at the other man for not catching it.
Mr. Eaton turned quietly to him and
said:
IF you don't shut that foul head up
I'll shut it for your
The man, huge New York monde
script. deceived by Mr.. Eaton's pleas
ant look. strobe up to hill, swearing
horribly and threatening to kill him.
For answer the second mate leaped at
him and seized him by the throat and
waistband, and the next minute he was
flying over the rail into the sea.
Mr. Eaton turned swiftly. and was
just in time 70 catch the other man in
mid-rush at him with a squarely plant
ed blow on the chin which landed him
a clucking heap in the scuppers.
BY this time the other men had seen
the fray and rushed forward. shouting,
XIII himw Presently Eaton was the
center of a bowling gang threatening
his life. But he armed himself with a
norman" handy iron bar from the
windlass, and none of them dared face
him with that terrible weapon. The
skipper and the first mate came rush
ing forward. and ranged themselves by
the side OF the second mate. In two
minutes the whole tone of the ship was
altered 1t was never again necessary
to resort to violence.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30

40. see!' he wrote, ''Fhe cat-kins long
Are dangling from the trees;
The cat-nip sprouts, and in the swamp,
The cat-tails greet the breeze.
The lockwood blooms. the dog-bans
starts;
The dog-rose is well met;
And in the woods. one now may see
The dog-toothed violet.
The eat-bird calls. the cattle range
Upon the Cat-skills high;
The cat-amount doth watch for prey
In yon cat-alpa nigh.
THE dog-star shines once more in
heav'n--
Come, yet us all be merry!
'Tis time to cease dog-matic themes,
And seek ripe dog berry.
The caterpillar feeds upon
Cat ,wba vines beside
The rearing cataract that falls
Into the river wide."
Twas after dog-days, that this bard
His dog-eared manuscript
Put mp forever. Dog-gSdiy,
He crept into his crypt.
This cat-acomh catastrophe
Was caused by grim cat-arrh.
And cat-alepsy stopped the thoughts
Not cat-aogued thus far.
And So the strangest form of verse
That ever I've heard tell
Is this the poet mad composed
The cat-and dog gerel!
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
You Can
Lead aHDssSe

to water but you can't
make him drink.
You can't make him eat
either. You can stuff food in
to a thin mans stomach but
that doesn't make him use it.
Scots Emulsion can make
him use it. How? BY max
ing him hungry, of course.
SCOTS Emulsion makes a thin
bodyhungryallover Thought
a thin body was naturally hun
CRY didn't your Well it isn't.
A thin body is asleep-not
working-gone on a strike.
1t doesn't try to use it's food.
SCOTS Emulsion wakes ii
up-puts it to work again
making new flesh, That's the
way to get fat.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, 900 Pearl St, N. v
soc and sf.ooi all druggists.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Profits in Strawberry Growing.

Quite in line with the more approved
get the best results from the straw;
berry plantation some care must be
given to the preparation of the ground
long before the plants are to be set The
old plan is to set the plants on any
land they happen to have 10 immediate
use for, and pick the fruit the first
season. The best land for ssrawb berries
is TINT which has been in sod, and to
prepare such land 1t SHOULD be planted
to some hoed crop like corn for two
years before strawberry plants are SET
This is necessary in order to rid the sol
of the white grub, the greatest enemy
of the strawberry plant.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30

As a rule it Is the better plan TO keep
the small fruit plantation free from
other crops. although, if one has fer
tilted the soil reasonably heavy, hOed
crops may be grown between the rows
of raspberry and blackberry. plants the
first season after the plants are ser.
Beans. potatoes or peas may be thus
grown to advantage but. as stated
only when the soil has been fertilized
Sc that she boed crop viii not use the
plant food that should so to sustain
the small fruit plants. The plan. SO
common in sections where these two
small fruits are grown with the great
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Alfalfa In Favor.

Montana has the alfalfa fever. The
Northwest Live Stock and Wool Grow
ers' Journal says: The large number
of prizes carried home from the inter
national live stock show at Chicago
by Minnesota is proof that stock can be
grown and fatted at 81 profit outside
the corn belt. 1t has been contended for
years that this was impracticable, and
that the corn belt had a monopoly or
the feeding business. However. States
outside the corn belt have found other
feeds that are quite as cheaply grown
aud are quite as efficient in beefmak-
ing as corn. We are doing well here
with alfalfa, and ought to do much bet
ter. Utah is making rapid progress
with luceru. and Minnesota of late
years. after being told by the railroads
what to do. is now carrying the war
right into the cornfield and wins hon
ors that are entirely convincing that
Oregon. Utah. Colorado Wyoming,
Washington, Montana. the Dakotas
and Minnesota may all prove feeding
profitable business.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Fortunate Animals.

What are marsupials?' asked the
teacher. Animals that have pouches, -
replied the boy readily. And for what
are these pouches used;' asked the
teacher. Ignoring the slight inGecuracy
Of the answer. I'm sure that you know
that too "Yes'm. The pouches are for
them to crawl into and conceal them
selves when pursued.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30

to run very evenly Our sketch shows
a cast-off, heavy farm cartwheel,
mounted and ready for business. Small
strips of lard wood screwed TO the
rim keep the band from coming Off.
The plan of setting up the wheel is
plainly shown. Where the rim of the
wheel used is of sufficient thickness,
the old iron tire can be removed and
a very thick. but narrow. tire put upon
both edges of the rim, leaving a
chance for the band to run between
them. In the case of cast-off cart
wheel this plan would answer admira-
bly.-C. G. Hill, In Farm and Home.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
zs- So d BY Druggists, 75c,
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Poverty Luncheon'' Is Popull

The Poverty Luncheon" Is Popular.
Poverty Luneheons' offer a good
way of combining pleasure and phllau-
thropy. Half a dozen girls agree 70
meet at the home Of each. in turn. once
week, or once a fortnight. for lunch
con. At every needing each guest
brings atty cents. which is given to
some charits. and each hostess pledges
herself not to exceed three dollars IN
preparing her entertainment. These
prices and contributions may, OF
course. be varied Mt pleasure. Al the
close Of the meal the hostess must tell
the price paid for each article of food
which the guests note upon their menu
cards A sample menu would be: Can
ned bouillon Q3 cent?; creamed cod
fish. served in green peppers GO cents;
two pounds of chops go centsl; with
PURGE Of French chesnuts 10 cents
salad OF chopped apple and celery with
lnsyonnaise. served in red apples 3-
cents): pineapple ice served in tn,
whole rind as cents); coffee IS cents
bread and butter (15 cents. Total
81 a3.-I.adies' Home Journal
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30

KITTY" said a ulvther 70 her 4year-
old, -take this top-el into the kitchen.
and hold il in front of the fire until it
is Try" About ten minutes afterwards
KITTY WAS hoard calling from tae Atch-
On: Mother mothee, is this towel done
when its brown =
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30

regular motion, or
the hand separator,
or the grlndstone,
where one must
grind by using a
treadle for foot
power. In the lat
ter case, a fly wheel
will cause the stone
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Feed for Dairy Animals.

Never feed fattening foods to dairy
animals. The tendency to lay on flesh
should be discouraged. Feed peas, oats,
clover hay, pea hay, bran and the like
and avoid so far as possible corn. bar
ley ard other highly carbonaceous
foods.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30

There Is horror aad Consideration at
the Court when the next morning brings
with it the discovery Of that suil sid
stricken form Hours pass by. Thcs, 3
no change. There viii be none now, save
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30

est profit, Of blowing the space between
the rows, throwing a furrow toward
the rows of plants, is an excellent one.
provided the blowing - not top deep.
After pruning the plants properly and
doing the blowing suggested, If a
heavy mulch of coarse manure is placed
around the plants the yield will be very
much increased and the berries be
larger.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30

ihe shot, should be cut in the board,
and through which the knife is to
work. This device may be readily
fashioned at home by sny ons who is
e. all handy with tools. and by cut
ting the roots and clover for fowls
the greatest feeding value is obtained.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30

Moscow has the .argest hospital n
Europe. with 1000 beds There are
nInety-six physicians and go nurses,
and ahou, $4,000 patients are cared Ter
annually.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
For Chicken Cholera.

A correspondent in the Ohio Farmer
claims that grated calamus root mixed
with bread crumbs and made into small
boluses is a sure cure for chicken chol-
era. Force the boluses down the throat
of the sick fowl.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

hy local applications. as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear, There Is only one
way 10 cure Deafness and that Is by cOnstltu-
tional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an In,
famed condition Of the mucous lining of thu
Eustaohan Tube When this tube gets inii3med
you have q rumbing sound or imperfect hear
Ing, and when It is entirely closed Deafness Is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored TO its normal
condition, hearing win be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an iniamed condition OF
iSa mucous surfaces.
We win give One Hundred Dollars for any
ease II Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls CatarTh Cure. Send for cir.
cuisFs free.
CHENEY 8 CO., Toledo, o
Ms- So BY Druggists. 75c
IInII,s Enrnilr pills arn the hnsr
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Convenient Fly Wheel.

A fly wheel on the farm is a great
convenience at times for such pur-
poses as helping keep the churn in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
A Cat and DoggereI.

40. seer' he wrote, ''The cat-kins long
Are dangling from the trees;
The cat-nip sprouts, and in the swamp,
The cat-tails greet the breeze.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-01-24
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