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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

Eisenach and though greatly pleased with all that I saw there associated with Luth- CT I took time to run over to Horselberg that mountain so strangely fashioned like huge sarcophagus and in the depths or which Venus for seven years enthralled the great minnesinger. Tanhauser.
 to be sure did not find the cave. but a untitled roar as the flowing of subterran- can waters over churning mill wheels was distinctly perceptible and l could well perceive how they might be converted into dulcet strains of fairy music. The Thur ingian Chronicles, however, fashioned from the noise of this unseen torrent blt- ter cries and long drawn moans, shrieks of terror and bursts of diabolical laughter From this fact the native peasants say the mountain derived its name which they declare is a corruption of Hore, die Seele-Hark, the Souls. This is all very pretty and decidedly romantic, but it does not do to rely too implicitly upon the manner in which the peasantry account for local names. Tn England Is a castle called Chateau Vert, but the neighboring folks, who know nothing of French, pro- nounce it shot over. and declare that the castle was so named because many cen turies ago a famous strong bowman per- formed most remarkable deed for standing under a beech tree he ''shot over" the hill with his far reaching ar row. In the southern portion of my own state. Maryland, I once had a native tell
 me how his home town received the name of St. Inigo. He averred that in the early days of the colony an Indian chief resided there and instead of occupying a wigwam indulged in the strange habit of inhabting a cave and his nightly salutation to his tribe was Tn I go' Hence the name of the town. With equal seriousness I was once informed that Mattiponi also derived its name from an Indian chief, who night ly slept under a mat of woven leaves and his pre-slumber injunction to his attend ants was to place the mat upon T.' A brave warrior, perhaps. but miserable grammarian. Both of these explanations
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-06-27

done by substituting water gracually.
Calves should have fresh. clean water
to drink from babyhood to maturity.
Do not forget the supply OF salt for
the calves. Occasionally put lump Of
fresh sod in the calf pen. The calves
seem to ENJOY taste OF earth.
1t is always we'll to substitute some
thing to replace the fat taken from
skimmilk fed to calves. When making
the change from whole milk table
spoonful of ground oilcake may be
added to the milk II tiaxseed IL used.
and there is nothing better. it should b''
well boiled and from half cupfu, to
cupful of the jelly added to the
warm milk. To make the jelly take
one pint of whole tiaxseed to four
quarts Of water. add little salt. soak
overnight and boil for an hour next
morning. Some put into the milk lit
tie .! .he oatmeal porridge made for
breakfast.
Good calves have been reared on hay
tea. Good. bright clover hay Is put
three pounds per day allowed for
six-weeks-old calf 1t is then well
boiled. strained and quarter OF
pound each of ground tlaxsead and
wheat middlings added for each calf
1t is again boiled and fed at a temper-
ature of 80 degrees. This makes =
nourishing. easily digested food The
older cattle relish the STEPPED hay.
A successful dairyman. who sends
his milk all off the farm. uses the fol-
lowing mixture to make Il thin Cruel. Q
substitute for mix: One hundred
pounds ground oiicake. loo poandS low
grade -four. twenty five pounds ground
faxseed
In raising calves il is very Inwise to
pour the milk into a trough and let
them all drink together.
Calves should not be exposed to ex
tremes in weather and are better t.
be housed most OF the time for at leas'
the first six months of their lives.
The calf's skin is tender and ma!
blister and become very sore II ex
posed to the hot sun. A nice cleaI
grass paddock develops the muscle:
and keeps them in general go'sd health
When calves sweat badly there is prob
ably bad ventilation in the stable. Civ,
them plenty OF fresh mir. even tllnuS
il be cold
The pen must be frequently clean"'
out be kept dry and have plenty Q
litter or the calves will not thrive an
are sure to get some Of the man
troubles whicn attack young stock
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-06-27
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1912

TIT is matter of sound business
policy to require that all road
taxes I've paid in cash In the
past the collection OF labor for
road building has been compulsory
and the collection of money voluntary.
but experience has shown that this
system must be reversed. A tax which
is levied for the purpose of developing
resources hitherto undeveloped. which
dev velopment would add to the peoples
wealth. cannot be considered burden
in any respect 1t is an investment.
As to the methods of raising money
for road building purposes. there are
two systems which have been employ
ed in different parts of the country,
both with considerable success. One
plan may be called the ''pay as you go
system. Under this plan small an
nual tax is levied. the proceeds OF
which may he used partly for the pur-
chase of equipment and partly for ac-
tual work on the roads. This tax may
be increased slightly at intervals. but
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-06-27

BUILDING ROADS UNDER CASH SYSTEM
OF TAXATION.
extract is taken from letter written
by Hon. John L. Young. county judge
of Dallas county, Tex. on June Il.
1911:
There is one very important item IN
connection with this county that | would
call your attention to. and that is the re-
duction Of taxes for the past FIVE years.
or rather since the building of good
| roads in this county. The value OF prop
! erty has increased to such an extent that
| the rate has been reduced from 81 cents IN
| 1905 to CO cents in 1910. or a reduction In
/ taxes of 80 per cent. although we nave
issued bonds in the sum OF 81 100000 In the
meantime.
There is one thing certain. and that
, is that we must have money for road
building and that this money must be
raised by taxation Whether we adopt
the pay as you 60" policy and build
the roads only as fast as the money
can be raised by taxation or issue
bonds and thus borrow money In large
quantities and build the roads now Is
question for each state. county OF
township to decide for itself. In max
ing this decision that method should
be adopted which will give the quick
est and best results with the least bur
den upon the individual taxpayer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-06-27

is a good plan to sprinkle the door
with land plaster and occasionali,
spray the pen with good disinfett
ant.
Scours-or Diarrhea.
The most frequent trouble in raising
a calf on ski.nmik is sccIrin. The
reason Of this in nearly all eases Is ~
digestion. due to one or more Of th+
following preventative causes: 10"
much milk: sour milk when the cali
has been used to sweet: changing from
whole to skilnmik too suGCen'y: IT
regular hours of fpedin. dirty feed
in. pals and dirty wet bedilin. The
disease frequently begins with consii
patton. which soon gives way IL '!lar
rhea
any time give il just about hAii IT,
usual ration fer feed or tx" anC
two tabespoonfsiis Of raw iinSeea q
or castor OF! Some add fwent. drops
| of laudanum When the securing has
stopped. gradually increase the 'eed
until the calf is getting its regular a
| lowance.
There are severa remedies for scours
recommended by different authorities
/ OF these the most popular seem to bt
raw eggs, -four limewater. black TEL;
/ and blood meal The latter is highly
recommended as calf feed. About
teaspoonful in the milk is said TO be
a cure for scours aud il fed regulari!
is a preventive.
The first year when she is calf Il
the most important in 81 cows life
stunt the calf and it can never Geveiol
into the profitable COW which go"'
care and thrifty growth would nav
PRODUCED. II is true that the COW
partly born and partly made Our air
should be to train the calf To make US
OF coarse foods.
Dehorning.
Where a large number Of cows ru
together it is probably the safest an
best plan to have them dehorneo
though it certainly detracts from the
appearance The best time to dehor
is in calfhocd Calves may he easl
dehorpe,! wte., few days Old 81
the hair where the rudir.entary horl
appear and with mo:steneh stick
caustir potash rub the little buttons
horn unit! the skin becomes lhham'
: md tender to the touch One app'lr
. ton ~ usually sufficienl Is caus'
. potash burns. he careful not 7" get
J bn the hands or on the calf's head
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-06-27

1t continues to be paid as an annual
tax, the proceeds Of which are an,
nually expended for road building pur
poses This system has certain ad.
yantages, for example. in connection
with this expenditure OF the annual
tax. While only a limited amount OF
work can be done each year, there IS
no opportunity for wasting large sums
The people of the county gradually
adapt themselves to the changed con
ditions, and the persons placed III
charge of the road work have all op-
portunity of becoming efficient by their
own experience before they come to
handle larger sums of money. and an
other thing which has considerable
weight with large class Of people is
that the county is kept out of debt.
Another advantage of this system is
that when county has large taxable
wealth a small annual levy will yie:d
as large a sum as can be wisely ex
pended.
The more enlightened and the more
commercial a people are the larger is
the application of the credit system in
their business. In the early settle
ment Of this country the money for
DEVELOPMENT and business enterprises
was borrowed from Europe. Grad
ually the eastern states increased in
wealth to such an extent that they
not only paid their European debts.
but had money to loan for the up
building Of their sister states in the
west. At the present time some OF
the western states are joining with
those in the east in lending money to
Europe. During the past leo years
on the system of "gOing into debt for
public improvements this country
has risen from a small dependent III;
ton to the head of the list
The disadvantages Of tue pay as
you go" system are that the work OF
road building proceeds too slowly. III
a county which has 500 miles Of road
100 miles Of which should be consid
cred it's main thoroughfares. If il
raises a tax sufficient to build five
miles of good road each year twenty
years will be required to improve tht
100 miles, and many Of the citizen:
of the county would continue to pa!
taxes for years before they would re-
ceive any benefit therefrom.
: The system Of raising money fo
road building by issuing bonds is gen
orally unpopular. because people drea'
the idea OF debt.
The great advantage in the system
of borrowing money for .'oad building
is that by securing the larger sums 0
money for immediate expenditure IN
. work can be pushed more rapidly. AM
the roads which would otherwise re
quire twenty or thirty years for thel
Improvement can. under this system
be finished In four or five years Tn
people Of the county begin to receiv
benefits from the work more quick!'
and the benefits are sufficiently g"e:
to enable them to pay the interest {"
: the borrowed money and to provide
!. sinking fund to pay back that H.n"i'
with more ease than they could III
the annual taxes in advance OF Il
completion Of the road,
y Under the 'nay as yon 60 rlan q
|. present generation builds the reads al
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Nothino to Wear.

The fact is that women are uncOm-
Portable II they are not faShionably
dressed No nan understands the sub
tie and complex significance Of the
phrase nothing to wear. Witness
the distressed but utterly puzzled ex-
preston that overspreads mans face
ut the words He knows that his wife
or his sister looks charming in 1.-The
blue one" or 1.-The lace one or ''the
one with the jet" She has looked
charming In 1t often enough for him at
last to identify 1t. and that. unless he
IL an exception to bis sex. Is very ~
ten He Is cheerfnIly gettin. int" his
evening coat for the tifiie'h time No
wonder he does not realize that some
frck which the first time It Is worn
made for triumph should the tenth
time make for humiliation Rut the
most strong minded womnn the wO-
man who will, II nereSsary. 20 ~ the
opera on n gala night In il coat and
skirt mt heart exnnerates the woman
who so fOoishly. fot the reason men,
| toned. stays at home Atlantic Month
~.
Experienced.
THAT trained nurse is quite reiiiark-
able She made q man ! know rough
III a brass tack ut The hospital.
| That's nothing 10 what She can 90
She made the young doctor shes en-
gagged to cough up Il dihmond ring.
/ Baltimore American
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-06-27

There is no real need of anyone being
troubled with constipation. Chamber
lain's Tablets will cause an agreeable
movement of the bowels without any
unpleasant effect. Give them q trlal.
For sale by all dealers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-06-27
Powder Mill Precsutiods.

The one thing 10 guard against IN
powder mill is a spark OF tire. To
avoid that the utmost precautions are
taken. In the first place. TIL i'anl il
iOcaied 81 far from ii rallroad track
that Il spark from IL ruS>ir. ,oroIn"-
tive can never reach It. The grhSS
and weeds are not permitted /" grow
high enough around 1t 81 tha, when
they become dry fire coni' rea' II the
plant by that means. Strangers are
kept of the grounds. Smoking !" not
permitted IN or near the plant. Tue
wurkmen are not permitted 10 carry
matrhes. They are not allowed to
Wear shoes with pegs or nails III them.
They wear powder boots. made with
soft sules that have no pegs or nails
in them An iron nail in Il boot sole
might strike spark on the floor.
Iron Is not permitted to touch sren on
the. plant. This IL one inexih!e law
Of all powder mills. Thr hammers
that art, ,l<,.i are all OF wood OF BRASS
or copper. which cannot strike II spark.
The ,Ugwhepis that run together ARE
OF brass or copper for the same rta-
son The Journals OF the wheels are
Of copper or hrass Kansas City Star.
Famous Snuff Takers.
The eighteenth century was the age
| OF snutf taking t'#r eXceilrnf'e ne
| custom Was general Among all ctnSses
| OF ueOplp II was IN act OF roliteneSs
| 70, well bred men III offer ih"i sn;lff
boxes to weti ir"a Mumen. Women
themselves carried their OWN hoxes
| and inIprchnn.eti i,inct"> with the gen
| tlempn At tasi,ionahi. dinner parties
after the cloth was ren"'rsi Snn!1
boxes were passed nrOui:,i i'ore ana
tulinyhrOke. Swift ana nngreve. Al.
Olson and Steele. all inunigtd IN the
pleasures ut snuff Or Johnson ear
ripd his snuff III the rapncI'u> pockets
OF his waistcOnt and womb convey It
to his nose without stint Hr could
not abide the narrow confines OF il box
Frederick the Great rrspIibIed him in
this respect Both Napoleon and Wet
IinEtun were rrHiigl",is snnf takers.
but Washington lniu!=ed ont, ni'H!er
ately jefferson WAS Tend OF snni rs
his waisttuni and fritz often shaved
Henry Clay was another famous Snun
takpr and often needed the >tiInniu> nl
a pinch when making "A speech Pear
| sons
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-04-15
ANTS.

Common ants are becoming a Serious
pest, both indoors and out doors, in
many parts of this state. The ento-
mologist of the State Experiment
Station at Pullman gives the follow
ing advice as to methods of control
ling, or combating, them:
The surest way of preventing injury
by ants is to destroy their nests.
Usually the nests can be readily found
but if there is any difficulty little
watching Of where the ants travel will
show where the nest is located Ii
the nests are out in the field, punch
few holes with stick in the nests
and place couple of tablespoons OF
carbon disulphide in each hole, cover
ing up immediately~wfth the foot so
as to throw Gaping of dirt into the
hole. The fumes Of carbon disulphide
are very heavy and will rapidly pass
through the nests, filling all the
cham bers and suffocating the ants.
This liquid can be purchased at the
drug store. Care must be taken In
using it as it is extremely intiammable
like gasoline.
This method answers much better
than using ashes or boiling water,
which are usually unsuccessful in ex-
terminating the ants.
Ants in houses can be trapped to
sponge moistened with sweetened
water. When many ants congregate
on the sponge they can be destroyed
by little boiling water from the
teakettle.
If ants crawl up fruit trees and
destroy the blossoms or young shoots
they can be kept from doing this by
tying fluffy band of cotton around
the trunks. Ants will not walk over
fluffy cotton unless they are very
much excited.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-04-15

fall and bought the heifer calf to mate
the bull already at his farm. This
calf is fine individual, we'll marked
and Of good dairy type. Its sire is
a son of one of the most noted bulls
of the breed Hengerveld De Kol.
G. r. Lewis of Seattle bought the
bull "MiIk and Butter Prince 3rd' to
grade up his herd of grade Holsteins.
S. e. Grimm of Centralia Wash.
bought the bull "Aaggie Cornucopia
Waldorf This bull is of an extra
fine dairy type and is we'll bred his
dam has an official record made under
every day conditions of 1872 pounds
of milk and 1925 pounds of butter in
7 days. His sire is son of Aaggle
Cornucopia Johanna Lad Jr. He is
a sire of over 80 A. r. o. daughters
and is little over six years Of age,
and has one that holds the worlds
record for age. He is also the great
est show bull and the sire of more
show stock than any bull on earth.
Carl T. Engle who has farm on
WILDLY Island purchased a young
bull and heifer for the foundation
herd of Holsteins. The bull is an ex
ira fine individual is sired by the
same bull as the one Mr.. Grimm
bought and it's dam has never calved
when we was official testing but has
produced at an average of 76 pounds
of milk day on grass. The heifer
Lassie Colantha, is fine dairy type
and we'll marked and sired by grand
son of Colantha 4th Johanna l247
pounds of butter in II months.
James A. Mckay of Seattle bought
the bull Aaggie Korndyke Beets.
This ibull is fine we'll built and very
stylish animal and is sired by the
same. bull as Mr.. Grimm's bull and
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-04-15
Bishops Sales for Jan. and Feb.

Mr.. I'll. l.. Hansen OF Port Townsend
who is in the HoIstein breed in a
small scale had two registered COWS
and purchased the fine COW Shadeland
Dione I'd No. 776606. She has an
official record made with three quarter
udder of 1888 pounds milk and IL. IL
pounds butter in seven days.
James Crook of Roche Harbor,
Wash. purchased a young bull last
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-04-15

has for a dam granddaughter of the
noted COW Belle Korndyke which was
the first cow in the world to make
over 25 pounds of butter in days.
G.. A. Jackson OF Dupont, WASH,
got the bull Aaggle Cornucopia Grown
De Kol 4th. This fellow is year old
is also half brother to the above
described ones and has for dam a
heifer who at the age of three years
produced 10 pounds Of butter in 7
days.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-04-15
RHUBARB CULTURE

Western Washington Experiment
Station, Puyallup, Wash.
Rhubarb likes best a good, deep,
well drained sandy loan. For early
market warm southern exposure
should be given the plants. The
earlier the crop the greater the re-
turns, as the price is usually high in
winter and early spring. II the land
is not in good filth it is best to grow
potatoes or some root crop before
planting to rhubarb.
The plants are propagated either by
seed or by division of the root 1t
grown from seed, SOW in drills early
in the spring, twelve to eighteen in
ches apart and one-half to one inch
deep. About one ounce of seed will
be required for one hundred feet of
drill or one pound per acre. Thin
the young plants to six or eight in
ches apart in the row. When one
year old set them in their permanent
location three or four feet apart each
way.
If propagated by division of the
root, one year can be gained with the
crop. The root can be cut into as
many pieces as there are strong eyes,
leaving as much as possible of the
root with each eye. Plant these pieces
three or four feet apart each way just
as the year old seedlings are planted.
When set into the field the crown
of the plant should be covered with
about three inches of soil.
Plants from root cuttings should
grow two years before many stalks
are pulled, and plants from seeds
three years.
Clean cultivation should always be
practiced to conserve the moisture
and keep down the weeds. There is
little danger of adding too much
manure to the soil. 1t should be APP
piled during the late fall or early
winter and we'll worked into the soil
the following spring. Some growers
make small applications of nitrate of
soda around each plant.
Plantations of rhubarb, we'll handled
will last long time and bear large
yields. However it is always we'll to
have young plantation coming on to
replace the old one at some future
time.
This can be done in a shed or cellar
where the temperature can be con-
trolled. Dig the roots in the fall and
cover the clumps with three or four
inches of sandy loan. Keep the
plants moist and allow only a little
light into the forcing house.
Strong, vigorous roots should pro-
duce stalks fit for cutting in thirty
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-04-15

to forty days and continue to bear for
several weeks. From ten to fifteen
cents per pound can sometimes be
secured for forced rhubarb during
winter.
The more popular varieties are
Victoria, Linnaeus and Mammoth
Red.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16
HAIG AND NnA1do BEGIN OPERA.
T1ONs TODAY AT T. A.
HASIaAM STAND.

Messrs. A. V. Haig and William
Nimmo make their bow to the public
t day rs proprietors of the T. A. Has
lam grocer and bakery establishment
which they have purchased. The abil-
ity and qualifications of the two
young men who have seen fit to cast
their lot in Devils Lake should mean
success for the enterprise and Mes.
SIS. Haig and Nimmo should with the
energy which they possess make vel
como addition to the business frater-
nifty Of Devils Lake. It is indeed with
regret that a parting word is neces-
sary to T. A. Haslam who makes his
departure from the business field. Mr..
Haslam has always been strong con-
tender for right, a good competitor,
honest and reliable in all his dealings.
He has done much for the success Of
Devils Lake in a business way and
great credit is due him for the excel
lent business enterprise he has main
tanned. He has established large fol.
lowing in Devils Lake who regret to
see him leave the business field but
wish him every success in his under
takings in the future.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

sumner naturally pays more for what
he eats. In 1890 the average wages
were $1.6S a day, and since then it has
increased to more than to Offset the
cost Of living. The average man now
spends more in week than his faith.
er did in a month. We want our au.
tomobiles, fine carriages, good clothes
telephone, ETC., and the increased cost
Of living is met by increased pay.
Then the average wage Of working
man was 81 cents a day or SIS q week,
now it is from SIS to 800 week.
The speaker said he had never been
an advocate of the primary election
but that now it was on the statute
book he would fight to have it stay,
and advocated remedial legislation
The primary election does not now eli,
inmate the boss, but increases his pow.
er. To illustrate, he asked "how many
of you had helped to name candidates
at recent primary electionf" Was
not the slate fixed up in either Fargo
or Grand Forks by few mens II
the boss is to be effectually eliminated
the plain people must take hand,
which they are not doing now as less
than so per cent of the vote in this
state was cast at the last primary
election.-North Dakota Independent.