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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-17
frank Il. Stanton.
The Best World Still.

The Best World Still.
It's a sad old world when the sun don't
shine.
+ But there amt no use repinin';
There's a bright, sweet spot where the
roses Irvine,
| And Love when the sun amt shinin.
And the winds may blow,
And the frosts may kill
It's the best old world
In the country STILL
| It's a cold, cold world when the silver's
gone.
But there amt no use bewailln
The seas run high, but the ships sail on
And the sailors sing with the sailin.
And the winds may blow,
And the lightnin' kill
It's the best old world
In the country still
Nuggets from Georgia.
Amt it funny dat when man strikes
prosperity he fergits all about how pc ne
wuz TO he got dar?
De trouble bout some mems In dis
worr is--dey too much lax balloons: Dey
knows how ter fly, but dey dunno no"
ter light in de right place.
Riches takes wings sometimes, but
poverty Is with us always, kaze it can't
git ter whar de wings is, en- IS most
inginrully laid up wild de rheumatism
A Chorus.
Cotton fleecin' all the fields
All hands for Georgia,
See! the wealth the harvest yields
All hands for Georgia.
Golden leaves will shew the plain
Mills will grind the sugar cane;
Honey for your lips to drain.
All hands for Georgia!
The Music Of Earth.
Pears like heaven comes so night to
earth
We hear some whispered words;
Angels in competition
With sweetest mockingbirds!
But still our birds outsing them All,
And won't be soon forgiven
F.r sending OF them angels,
In sorrow. back to heavenl
A Rose from Marcelle.
Life has its sorrow and sighing-ah, well!
For the tears of the years here's rose
from Marcelle!
A rose from a garden where few of EN-
grow
And l reaped but the red thorns the rose
leaves below
In a sweet land of Mem'ry moment 1
dwell
With the dreams that 1t brings me-a
rose from Marcelle!
And the dark heaven lightens-a rain
bow appears
And a star seems to shine through
tempest Of tears
And I say: There is hope DER the hills
Of the dark,
And shore-lights TO welcome the ocean
tossed barque!"
And with radiant dreams for a moment
/ dwell
The dreams that It brings me-a rose !
from Marcellei
Brother cooley's Sayings.
De man what th'ows his money away |
terday will have ter work fer de man !
Dey ain~t no use Ter ,rx ter Nv high
onless you knows exactly des whar. en-
when. en- how you gwine ter light.
Wen l sees a po man tryin' ter plav
'ich man fer des one day. takes my
mbrella, en- goes home Ell nravs 10
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-17
Some Georgia Philosophy.

De Lawd make us thankful fer all de
weather We receive. fer ef we melt In
summer, We sholy won't freeze next
fall.
In dis WORT whar we Twin at we ween
over de sorrow. but never shout hallellIia
w en- de good times come
You can't ride ter heaven on a ratIro.a
en- even eff you could. ten ter one but
you'd git ter de station two hours aftsr
de train had done pulled out.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-17
Brother cooley's Sayings.

De man what th'ows his money away
terday will have ter work fer de man
Dey ain~ no use Ter try ter fly high.
onless you knows exactly des whar. en-
when. en- how you gwine ter light
Wen L sees po' man tryin' ter play
rich man fer des one day. 1 takes my
umbrella. en- goes home, Ell prays dc
Lawd: Have mercy on dat foolr
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-17
Down!

Eff you wants ter git ter glory
Whar de saints is loafin' roun'
You mus keep yo' lamps Albumin
Wen de
Sun
Goes
Down!
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-17
Sarge PunAeM.

TWENTY-FIVE thousand a month
paid out for laborers In the grants
~ industry of DeKalb county.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-29
Points About SiIage.

Novices in silage making frequently
have what they call "sour silage.
This silage is not equal in feeding
value to silage that is slightly acid.
The reason for this is that the corn
from which the sour silage was made
was cut at too early a stage-while
the plant was still full of sugar, says
the Farmers Review. Later this
sugar would be turned into starch by
the operations of nature. In the form
of sugar the heating changes that
element into acid. II thus loses its
value as a heat and energy producer.
If the corn be allowed TO mature suf-
fciently to develop the starch, the
acidifying process cannot take place.
For this reason the growing of the big
southern silage corn had to be aban-
doned in the north. 1t took such a
long season TO mature that the frost
came and caught il while it was still
in the sugar stage. Such corn had
less value as silage than it had as
green feed, which is not the case with
silage made from corn at a proper
stage of maturity. Such silage is SUI
perior to green corn. being more d.
gestible The right time TO cut corn
for silage is after the ears have fully
developed and the kernels on the ears
have attained their full size and are
we'll glazed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-29
Josh Billings on Hens.

The best time tew set a hen .
when she is ready. kant tel you VIVA
the best breed il, but the Shanghig
il the meanest. II kost az much {
board one az it duz a stage boss, an
YOU might az well undertake to fat
tanning mill running cats thru
There amt no profit in keeping a he
for his eggs if he laze less than one
day. Hens are long lived if they don
contract the throat disease; there is
great menny goes to pot every year b
this melonkolly disease. kant te
eggsactly how to pick out a good hel
but as a general thing the long-eare
ones, l kno, are the least apt to skratc
up the garden. Egss packed in equf
parts of lime water, with the otht
end down, will keep from 80 to 4
years if they are not disturbed. FIRES
beeksteak is good for hens. l suppos
four or five pounds a day would b
awl hen would need at fust along.
shall be happee TO advise with you {
any time On the hen question and TAX
pay for my advice IN eggs.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-29
wxndottes as Market Fowls.

The Silver Wyandotte male with
Brahma or Cochin hens is one of the
best that can be made for crossing on
large breeds, with a view Of retaining
the size as well as TO improve the
marketable appearance. 1t is, per-
haps, better to keep all the breeds
pure, where it is possible to do so, but
there are some farmers who have
large hens, probably crosses from
Brahmas or Cochins, and who wish TO
preserve the yellow legs and skin, as
well as to have the body compact and
readily salable, says the Mirror and
Farmer. For that reason the use Of
the Wyandotte male Is suggested. II
lis a cross that is excellent for produc-
ing market fowls. If pullets for next
years laying are required the use of a
.Leghorn male will probable give more
satisfactory results, although the pull
lets from the Wyandotte cross will be
found not deficient as layers or
mothers. The Wyandotte is a medium
sized fowl, but has golden-yellow legs
and skin, and it is also very attractive
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-29
NOTES.

Corn is a poor food for brood sows
1t makes little milk. Wheat middling
are much better.
The Maryland agricultural static,
has issued an interesting and e,
haustive bulletin on the periodics
cicada, or 17-year locust. The repOT
contains a number Of good pictures.
The Iowa agricultural college an
nounces an extension of its veterinaT.
course from three to four years, in OF
der to embrace certain branches
animal husbandry essential to broade
training.
A large draft horse in idleness may
have 20 pounds of good hay and wheI
working needs but u to Il pounds
when oats are fed in abundance to fur
nish the required heterogeneous matters
to repair waste of tissue.
Berkshires seem to be booming, the
records of sales in February filed with
the American Berkshire association,
in 80 states and Canada, amounting to
425 animals, Illinois and Indiana lead
ing with So and 43.
Fowl meadow grass is recommended
by the Vermont experiment station for
sowing in mixtures on wet soils. The
mixture should include red-top tim
othy and alsike. Sowing in midsum-
mer without nurse crop is recon-
mended.
Henry Stevens & Son, well-known
New York breeders OF Holstein cattle,
have recently paid $4,000 for the nine
weeks-old bull calf out of Sadie Vale
Concordia, the COW that established
new records for z and so days pro-
duction Of milk and butter fat.
The Iowa cattle station is engaged
in gigantic cattle feeding experiment.
in which 500 cattle are being used,
and are divided into 10 classes of so
each. The majority of the patent cat
lie food men are fighting shy of this,
and do not care to submit their goods.
The annual report of the field opera
tons of the United States bureau Of
soils for 1902 has been completed, and
will soon be ready to be given out. 1t
will be issued in two parts, and will
contain A Autograph soil maps and re-
ports of various assistants of the
bureau.
The novice is continually advised,
when planting garden crops, to press
the soil down firmly over the seed
after covering. This, which is good
rule in most cases, is not without its
exceptions. The imparting of some
kinds of soils, especially of clayey
soils when damp, will prove a barrier
that small and delicate seeds may be
unable to break through. Planting
too deeply and pressing the soil too
firmly above the seeds are frequent
causes Of failure which the gardener
cannot otherwise explain.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-29
Horse Feeding Experiments.

The United States department of
agriculture has just issued a bulletin
entitled "A digest of recent expert
ments on horse feeding" by c. F.
Langworthy. This bulletin is COM
pilation which summarizes and dis
cusses recent experimental work with
horses, especially that carried on at
the agricultural experiment stations
in the United States. The principles
of nutrition with reference to horse
feeding are discussed and figures are
given showing the composition and
digestibility of the coarse and con-
centrated folders commonly fed to
horses. Experiments are summarized
which discuss the comparative value
of the different feeding stuffs and
special attention is paid to some, like
molasses, which are becoming more
important than formerly. The COM
parative merits of different ways of
preparing feed are also treated, as well
as the proper time of watering and
the amount of water required. Some
thing is also said of the energy ex-
pended for different kinds of external
work and its measurement, the energy
required for chewing and digesting
food and other forms of internal mus
cular work, and similar topics. Data
are summarized in the form of table,
which shows the nutrients and energy
furnished 1000 pounds, live weight,
by the rations fed to American and
foreign army horses, cab and bus
horses, ETC., as well as those supplied
to the horses Of express companies,
fire companies, packing houses,
breweries, ETC., and the farm horses
employed at the different experiment
stations, such data having been espe-
cially compiled for Ibis bulletin. Aver
age values were calculated, showing
the amount of nutrients furnished to
horses performing different amounts of
work, which it is believed may serve
as a guide in fixing upon suitable ra-
tions.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-29
Facts for Our Farmers.


Rural New Yorker. / studied the re
port of the department of agriculture
in the yearbook of 1897, and envied
our western brother farmer who could
grow immense crops of rich feed year
after year without reseeding or cuti-
walton. / talked alfalfa, only to be
laughed at. until a friend from Win
"Trip, Wash, while looking over my
hill lot of 10 acres, said: This land
would grow alfalfa just as well as my
own; try it." But so little faith had
that l did not SOW any until about the
middle of May, 1902. We plowed under
a very light crop of winter rye on land
not fortified for eight years, fitting
it the same as for oats, using no fer
tilizer of any kind. l did not expect
it to grow more than three inches
in height the first year. / used 10
pounds of seed to the acre, in fact,
had so little faith that we planted
the piece to yellow-eye beans, using
no fertilizer, expecting to top-dress
them with ashes.
BY the middle of July the field was
red with the blossoms of the smart
weed, seeded by the wash from field
above badly infested the year before,
l divided the field off for treatment,
moving the first close to the sod,
beans, weeds and alfalfa. Part No 2
we moved high between the rows Of
beans by hand. The third was left to
grow until September 10, then cut
weeds, beans and all, hayed and put
in the barn with the rest after pulling
the beans on second plot, leaving the
entire field as clean as possible. After
picking the apples we turned in lot
of cattle, feeding until snow came.
tried ashes, grass fertilizer, barnyard
manure and lime on all plots. We
think so bushels unleached hardwood
ashes as good as anything to put on
when seeding. This spring We tested
all plots and think the part left I'M
cut until September much the best. l
shall do the same by six acres more
this year, except the beans, which /
shall put by themselves. We should
say lime in some form is needed in
our eastern soils, also potash and
phosphoric acid. Now for a few
don'ts, such as don't cut it until bloom.
Mine was in fact two feet high and
very heavy, parts of it over ton to
the acre. Don't drive over it in the
fall; it will freeze and heave up the
roots. Don't feed it in the fall Of
first year. Don't let the cut grass
stay in cock long; hay it and put it in
the barn. I think too much is said
about losing the leaves; they are not
lost if they fall on the ground, but help
the next crop. Don't be afraid of
water so much, think most eastern
hill land we'll drained enough to grow
it
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-29
Alfalfa IN New Hampshire.

Since graduation from the New
Hampshire college of agriculture in
1894, have been studying the feed
question in the hope of finding some
thing in the great family of legumes
that would stay on our old hillside
farms and yield year after year heavy
crops Of rich fodder without reseeding
or cultivating, says a writer in the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-29

when dressed for market. On th
range IL is an active fOrager, and keep
busily at work seeking insects an
other food.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-29

She-I wonder why so few women
stUtter?
He-They haven't time TO.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28
BELLS IMPROVEMENTS.

The improvements we mentioned
some time ago that are to be made In
the Bells hotel, were commenced last
week, under the supervision OF Jos.
Hildensperger, who has the contract.
The ladies' entrance is the first to re-
ceive attention, and Judging from the
work that has already been done, this
will be "A model of neatness and ele-
ganeo. The wainscoting is of highly
polished antique oak, and workmen are
now laying mosaic pattern of tile
floor, the octagon pieces being of many
colors and not larger than a half dollar
coin. The ladies' parlor. which will be
located to the north of this in that part
of the house now occupied as sample
rooms, will next receive attention, and
the walls to the rear of the clerks desk
have been torn out to make room for
the extension of lobby and stairway.
The changes contemplated in the old
building will in all probability be made
first, so as to interfere as little as possl-
Bile with the accommodations of the
hotel, after which the work on the new
building or addition will be begun. 1t
is quite likely that the work of altera-
tions and building will not be com.
pleted before fall, but when this is done
Wausau will possess a hotel that its
citizens can point to with pride. By
the changes thus to be made accom- o.
dations will be afforded great many
more Notwithstanding that has
been sorely needed in Wausau for many
years In fact affairs were in such a
state that something had to be done.
The opportunities were most favorable
and the time ripe for the building of 4
new hotel in Wausau, and a year ago a
movement was on foot for the con-
struction of such a building, but it was
''called off, by the announcement of
the enlargement of the Bells. At pres
ent travelling men often find difficulty
in securing a room, and the only way
to ensure themselves of accommoda-
tions is to telegraph or write for room
a few days in advance of their coming
plan which many have adopted
When large theatrical troupe or other
organization comes to town the man
ager often finds it next to impossible to
secure rooms 1t was but a week ago
when one of these troupes arrived in
town in the middle of the night and its
members spent the balance of the night
in walking about ia search of a lodging
place Sousa's band had to leave town
and go to Portage because the hotels
were crowded, and we might enumer-
ate many other instances of complaints.
1t is hoped the additional rooms to be
furnish d by the Bells improvements
will eliminate or at least mitigate the
difficulty mentioned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28
TRIANGULAR FIELD MEET.

The triangular field meet to be held
next Saturday, May End, between Grand
Rapids, Stevens Point and Wausau.
seems TO give more and more promise
of being of unusual interest as each
successive day brings us nearer TO the
appointed time. Every little while new
point winners seems to spring up on
each side and thus increasing antagon-
ism
The teams are very evenly matched,
all having trained energetically and
with enthusiasm ever since the dis
appearance of the snow.
Grand Rapids is remembered from
last year as having the three following
good point winners: Brennan, who is
entered in weights and dashes; Wood in
quarter mile and jumps and Crawford
in hurdles Our own school possesses
several very good men. Boelter and
Speer are entered in the weights and
are doing excellent work; Veile and
Burek in distance runs; Silverthorn and
Benson in dashes; Williams and Wilson
in quarter; Spring and Mumm in
hurdles and Sexmith and OBrien in
high jump.
This is the first triangular meet ever
held in our city, and the boys, realizing
that their expenses are gong to be
unusually heavy, are wondering
whether they can be met. AS this is
simply an experiment from a financial
point of view, If they are not successful
in selling enough tickets it will I'M
doubtedly never be tried again. They
therefore look forward to the people
for their support and cooperation in
advertising If one of the boys taps
you on the shoulder and asks you To
buy ticket just buy one or more with
a beaming smile and show that you
are interested in their general welfare
The prices are 25 cents for adults and
l5cents for children and all students of
Business college, university, training,
agricultural and public schools.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28
TAX DELINQUENTS.

Since all town, city and village treas
urers OF the county have made their re-
turns to the county treasurer the fol-
lowing facts are obtainable The town
which has the greatest tax delinquency
is Pike Lake with S556 l6 while the
smallest is Rib Falls which only has
Sl5 81. OF the villages and cities Wau-
sau has the greatest amouRt, 5000 10
while Mosinee's delinquency is only
81 76. The total tor the whole county
is SO, 527.37. This compares favorably
with last year when the total was
Sl2, 974.06 The taxes turned in as de-
linquent is each year growing less as
the county is being settled up and in
but few years we can make as good a
showing in this respect as the older
counties of the state. While the state
of affairs existing in the town of Pike
Lake is attributed to the fact that horse
traders have secured nearly all the ..be-
lOngings of great many farmers of
that town so they are unable to pay
taxes, yet great part of the county's
delinquent taxes are due to the fact
that foreign investors have purchased
what they supposed were rich timber
lands and later finding their mistake
have let the taxes on them lapse
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

By unanimous vote the clerk was n
structed to cast the ballot of the council
for the reelection of the present elect
i've officers, whose terms had expired.
Fred Sell was elected street commits
sioner to serve from May lst to Novem-
ber 1st
After great deal of discussion the
matter of taking action in forcing the
opening of Kickb street across the
right of way of the St. Paul R'v. Co
was deferred until the next meeting
At that time it is expected that repre-
sentative of the railway company will
be present.
The vexatious question Of straighten
ing out the report of the spec al COM
mittee that had been appointed to in
vestigate the affairs of the last admins
tration was again taken up. After an
almost endless discussion, during which
time several motions were made but
not put to the house, it was finally
voted to accept as a report the report of
the expert to the committee the sub
stance of which is that the accounts of
the bills allowed and paid in the differ
ent departments of the city government
for the years 1902 are correct. Thus
long controversy is settled.
The board of public works asked that
conveyance be provided for its use,
inasmuch as the work in moving about
the city on foot is slow. Aldermen,
Schmidt, Genrich and Steltz were de
tailed to ascertain conditions and re-
port to the council.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28
CHANGE OF BASE.

George Morisette has been very busy
of late making a change of the Alex
ander Stewart Lumber company's
camps and outfit from Cassel to a
point on the Bradley r r., in town 81.
range Z, about eleven miles from Toma-
hawk. The company has,-the camp
being under the management of Mr..
Morisette-cut in the neighborhood of
Cassel, 75,000,000 feet of timber, all of
which has been hauled to Wausau by
rail. during the past five years. There
IS about $4,000, 900 feet of timber in the
vicinity of where the camps will how be
located, all of which will be cut and
shipped to the Stewart mill in Wausau.
1000, 600 feet of the timber viii be cut
this season
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

EDGAR.
Miss Tubbs spent Saturday in Wau-
sau.
Spring seems to be unusually shy this
year.
l.. D. Goldberg went to Marshfield on
business Thursday.
Mr. VIM Whitney is visiting in Mil
waukee this week.
w. H. Bissell, of Wausau, spent Sat
urday in the village.
c. w. Young, the genial station
agent, has been given a helper al the
station.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w Puchner went te
Wausau Friday evening to see the
Strollers
Mr. Smalrs daughter and her nus
band, of Amigo, have been visiting
with him this week.
c. C. Barrett, the Edgar real estate
man, has been suffering from an attack
OF the grippe this week.
Bert Best, who has been at the Italian
mill for the Wausau Lumber Co., is
now working at the yard here.
Mesdames j. P Briggs and G. D
Zones, of Wausau, visited with Mrs. l..
A. Drown on Thursday of this week.
Miss Grace Book, who has been teach
ing school in the town of Cassell, Tin
iShed her year and left for her home in
Wausau Friday afternoon.
w. A. Ladwig. NJ ID. and G. w.
Dudley and Frank Bissell aud Misses
Fair aud Decker went to Wausau 10
take in the Stroilers.
Mrs. Herman Frenzel aud family left
MONDAY for Wausau to join Mr. Frenzel
who is working there. They will re-
side there in the future Their many
friends will be sorry to have them
leave Us.
Won Ogden Vogt, of Beloit, recently
elected secretary of the national organ.
izauon of the Y p s c f., visited bis
friend. G. w Dudley. Thursday of this
week and gave a talk in the chapel on
| Thursday evening which was very
much enjoyed.