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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-25
Guessing and knowing.

thousands of farmers have guessed
II did not pay to feed, and so have let
their cows dry up nearly. destroying all
proht in milk for the entire year. In e
who read. think and don't guess any
more than they can help have kept
their herds up to the usual standard.
Their verdict is that it has paid a good
profit to do this. The others are look
ing ahead with gloomy eyes. o, no! It
don't pay to be a reading farmer In
connection with the foregoing the
.<airyman quotes the following as illus
trating that knowledge is better than
guessing at things: '',rhe Kansas exper-
iment station at a recent test found
that counting wheat Z 81 per 100
pounds, cottonseed meel at $1.J0, and
rating butter at II cents per pound, and
placing the value of skim milk against
the hauling, there would be a very
handsome profit in the transaction;
therefore. that it would pay farmers a
great deal better 10 purchase cott~n.
seed meal and increase the amount
both of wheat straw and ground wheat
and thus keep their cows in milk. avoid
Ing the shutting of the creamery with
all the evil results which follow
Hoard's Dairyman.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-25
Eron, Ear md Near.

The strike of bakers in Denver. Colo,
has been settled by the bosses grating
the demands Of the men.
Abont 800 men, women and children
wrecked three meat shops in Boston on
account of the nigh price Of meat
Five thousand union men employed in
the building trades Of Denver. Colo.
went on strike, causing practically a total
stoppage OF building operations in thar
city. Ii is a sympathy strike To aid the
woodworkers to win their battle against
their employers
The Comptroller Of the Currency has
authorized the Tootle-Lemon National
Bank of st. Joseph. no, 20 begin bus
ness with capital OF $500. 900.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Eron Priuz Wilhelm, New York from
Bremen. lost two seamen overheard On
the voyage and four others had a narrow
escape from a similar fate w X Van
ier5ilt was among the Ptassengers-
The Presbyterian general ASSEMBLY has
started movement for the enactment 81
setter and uniform divorce laws through
eut the country by the appointment 81
committee TO act with similar committee
that may be appointed ~ otheT general
edEioUs hodie
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-25
Farm Notes.

Bordeaux mixture controls iowny
mildew on lima beans.
The Iron Mountain is a rich peach
and almost melts in the mouth.
A haphazard. go-easy way in farm
ing is not going to bring big profit
this year.
Make the boys interest in the farm
so profitable that he win be anxious to
make farming his life work
Chicpry culture was started 10y Long
Island farmers several years ago, but
it did not pay and has been abandoned.
The farmer as well as the business
man who is going to forge to the front
these times is the one who thinks and
plans.
Broom corn should have frequent
cultivation till the plants are two feet
high. Then the cultivation may be
stopped unless needed to retain moist
ure.
1t has been demonstrated that in the
sections where thorough drainage is
DIdCLlNtu AAA SCI NANES tAlN IN bduAEtl,
and at less cost than wher drainage is
neglected.
The currant worm is ready to begin
work on the first approach Of warm
weather. Powdered hellebare is the
remedy. which may be used with
water or applied in the dry condition.
Willie the leaves are Damp from rain
or dew.
String beans can be obtained during
the entire summer by planting once a
month for successive supplies. The
seed terminates quickly in warm
weather. and the plants grow rapidly.
They can also he extensively grown
for picking.
When the old strawberry beds are
out of use plow them under for late
cabbage or turnips. II preferred the
land may remain for a garden plot
next slsrilg, atft e ssiSh IS preferred
the bed must ba seed Late in the
fan cover the bs.s with manure and
pillow the plot next spring.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-25
FIVE INSTRUMENTS

Combined in This Big Organ, Which
Was Ten Years Building.
1t was In 1868 that President Young
first spoke of building . big organ, one
that would be in harmony with the
mammoth tabernacle. Great difficult
ties were encountered in the building
of the instrument, particularly in Sc
curing suitable wood for the gigantic
pipes with which 1t was equipped.
Some of these pipes took as much as
800 feet of lumber
The mountains far and near were
fairly secured for the proper kind of
pine, hundreds of loads of which were
hauled by teams from point nearly 300
miles south of Salt Lake. 1t required
two months to make a round trip.
The workmen were all pioneer set
tiers. The method of unieing the wood
was unique, the closest joining being
done by means of home -made glue, the
making of which consumed hundreds
of cattle hides. while numberless calf
skins were used in making the bel
lows
Altogether ten years were consumed
In the building. Since the time that it
was first given to the public there have
been numerous additions and changes,
until to-day it is recognized as one OF
the very best organs in the world if,
indeed, not the best and the grand
est.
year ago a great many of the old
pipes were taken out and thoroughly
overhauled. and more than 1000 new
ones were added. The instruments
action is marvellous and more respons-
i've than q grand piano, as it has no
inertia" to overcome. The repeating
power of each key Is 726 times to the
minute. All of the latest mechanical
devices have been Incorporated In the
instrument. and any combination of
tone desired can be distinctly brought
out. Especially fine are the string"
tones. the violin. viola gambia, cello
and bass; the clarinet, two oboes. bas-
soon, eight varieties of the flute tones
leach one true to its name). four pic
colo stops, four trumpets, tube from
bone, saxaphone, clarion and the vox
huaana, which Is the pet of the organ
and makes human" tones that deceive
even the trained musician.
In ALL the organ contains los stops
and accessories-five complete organs
viz: solo, swell great, choir and pedal
The speaking length of the pipes varies
from quarter of an inch to 81 feet.
In full organ" passages the immense
bellows displace 5000 cubic feet of air
per minute-Deseret Utah) News.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-25
DEATH OF ARCTIC EXPLORER.
The Pioneer of Balloons in Polar
Research.

The Pioneer of Balloons in Polar
Research.
The death of Commander John Pow
els Cheyne, Il. ", removes an old arc
tic explorer who must always be re-
membered as having been the first to
seriously suggest the use of balloon,
in the navigation of which he was an
expert, in the search for the north
pole, a suggestion which the Inflated
Andree accepted and--as is less usual
nowadays-ac acknowledged. Command
er Cheyne served in Nc fewer than
three arctic expeditions I search Of
Sir John Franklin, his first voyage be-
ing in the Enterprise qS4S-99, under
the cou mand of Sir James Clarke
Ross. His next arctic voyage was as
mate In the Resolute, under Capt. Aus
tin tlS50-J1l, and his third was In the
Assistance, led by Capt. Sir Edward
Belcher.
Commander Cheyne retired ia 1870
In 1880 his scheme for exploring the
Arctic ocean and penetrating to the
north pole was brought before the
MY at Out WIFI
out result. The commanders plan was
to winter between St Patrick's bay
and Discovery bay, near an exposed
seam of coal, which he relied on for
the manufacture of hydrogen for his
two balloons. A steam launch. boats
and sledges toget. er with natives and
dogs from West G eenland, comprised
the main features o. his plan. The IA
nous marches of St ,watka. who dur
ing a years absence from his base
travelled 1921 miles, inspired Cheyne,
who, In his turn, encouraged Andree
to make his hapless attempt from Spit
zenbergen
Commander Cheyne wrote the only
history published of the Enterprise ex-
petition, says the London Mail and
Cheyne islands and Cheyne point re-
main in the far north to testify this
officers connection with the ever-al-
Turing arctic regions
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-25
The Grains Pea.

Those who ind the best profit i'll rails
ing the wrinkled varieties of peas will
be glad to have the Gradus, shown in
the illustration. Not only is the quality
of this variety equal to that of any
wrinkled sort, but it is better than any
of the smooth sorts that are early in
season. The Gradus combines quality
with extra earliness and extreme pro
ductiveness. Most of the wrinkled sorts
are rather tender, but this variety may
be planted as early as any of The
smooth sorts without injury and IS
said to be the only wrfnkled variety
with which this can be done. The
growth of the vine is strong and
healthy, and the bearing qualities are
Of the best. The pods are large. hold
ing from eight to ten peas. While the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-25

dens have been watered by pumping
from streams. This mode of irrigation
must necessarily be limited, as the
amount of water in streams is very
small during a dry time. In fact, l
have seen it almost dry.
The water is usually run between
the rows of the various crops, some
times between every row, or at most
every third or fourth row. The plan
proposed is to have main bitches, with
several sets of laterals dividing the
fields into squares, varying in size ac-
cording to the slope of the land In
stead Of bitches for the second act of
laterals, back burrows may have TO be
substituted If the fields have much
slope, for the water is too valuable to
permit of waste. The illustration
shows how a few ''catch' the water
from artesian wells. K may be dis
tributed as best suits the gardener or
farmer-L G. Hendricks, in Farm and
Home
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-25
sorghum for stock Feeding.

Any farmer who cav grow corn sue
eessfully can succeed with sorghum,
and will find it decided addition to
the winter supply of stock food, al
though those without great deal of
experience with 1t seem to think it
can be used to advantage only as a
supplement to the pasture. To geow
sorghum successfully the soil must be
PAT in good condition, broken up deep
and well prepared. Make the seed bed
fine and sow the seed any time this
month. Grown for hay, the seed is
sown broadcast at the rate of two
bushels per acre and narrowed in. but
it is better to grow it in rows two or
three feet apart, the latter distance
being pI eferable. enabling one to cult
vate with the horse. When grown in
rows the culture should be the same
as with corn, and the plot should be
kept free from weeds, Stock of all
kinds eat sorghum readily and it will
pay to experiment with small plot
of 1t this season. In feeding it, as
with all foods that are new to the ami
mails. it should be given in small guam
titles at first until the animals get
used to it,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-25
THE
Standard Sewing Mach. Co.
81 LAKE ST., CHICAGO, Ill.
SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING
There is Remedy That is Equally GoulE
For Man. Woman, Child and Horse--It
Should BE Kept in Every House,
hold and Stable in tho World.
c. G. BROWN MUSIC co,
Yiroqua, Wis.

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in the satisfactory treatment of sprains. strains.
cuts bruises. sca!ds, burns, sores, open wounds,
inflammatlons syellngs, scratches; chaps, gals,
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rheumatism. IL ne backs, stiff necks, etc, In man
or beast. 1t is an honest medicine made to sell
on its real merits to give such satisfaction as to
make friends and keep them. Let those who
use 1t tell its story:
as superintendent Of the Fort Dearborn
| Gymnasium, have on an average thirty men
rubbed dow. daily. Greene's Liniment is en-
dorsed by myself and attendants as the best
we have ever used" Louis Zimmerman.
81 am satisfied that Directly, 2:031a, would
never have been able to start in 80 IL L hadn't
used Greenes Eminent. 1t kept his legs sound
and clean all season. also used it on Tommy
Britton, 2:OS; Giles Noyes, 2 .05;4; Sherman Clay
7;O5sl; Lord Roseberry, 2;l0A; 1 am certain
great deal of the success of these horses was
due to Greene's Linment." Geo. West.
II have used Greene's Liniment for some time
on my driving horses and saddle horses at home,
of which have eight, and have also used Is
with great success on running horses owned by
me, particularly, however, on Judge Denny. and
have found it of great service. have high
opinion of your goods and shall never be without
same in my stables Wrl.A. Pinkerton.
Greene's Infalble Lin ment is equally good
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household remedy for aches, pains and injuries
incidental to every day life In the home it Is in
Valuable As an emergency remedy for the hurts
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ed into the home the stable, the gymnasium or
the training quarters. IL is ever after kept on
hand. A bottle of It is rs own best advertisement
and all the proof of its utility and merits required
Druggists keep it or viii get it for you II you
ask them to. Accept no substitute. There Is no
IMMINENT that viii take It's place and do its work.
no other like it or lust as good" The makers
J. W. Greene & Co.. IL Van Buren, St., Chicago'
HIS to prove its worth viii send a large fires
sample In return for this advertisement and lOc.
10 cover cost of mailing. The regular price Is
25ets. scots. and S1.00 a bottle.
For Sale by
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ARNOLD & DAVIS.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-25
CHAPTER xxi

Ivor was still weak and Ill, but the
purpose to which he now devoted him
self seemed TO give him a new. strange,
feverish strength.
He sought ont the detective and had a
long interview with him. The astute
Brough, however, seemed to consider his
proffered evidence as a little undesirable
You see, sir" he said, you take an
uncommon interest in the lady That's
only natural; but IL the other side gets a
hint from this foreigner. it viii consid
erably damage her case, What he told
you about her hushan three years ago
he is sure to der: no It's proof we
want of John Marsden's doings. not hear
say accounts Of them. Some one ought
TO go out to India and get all the evil
denee possible, but that's matter Of
months, aud in all prohahility-at the
rate she's fretting herself Mrs Mars
den would be dead Of grief and shame
long before we'd get it together. She's
got lots of money. there's no difficulty
on that score. but the question is, will she
hold out?'
81 fear not" said lvor. sadly. remem,
bering that pale. altered face and wasted
form of the beautiful woman from whom
he had parted but three years before.
That's what | think. too" said the
detective gravely. There's another way
out of it, he added, looking at Ivor.
WHAT was the eager query.
ITO make that foreigner confess. He
knows Il good deal more than he pre-
tends. But he's uncommon artfuL I've
had him watched. but uothing's come of
it yet. It's my belief, though, that he
not only knows who did the crime. but
has got the criminal in hiding"
What makes you think 500" asked
Ivor. eagerly.
We'll, sir" answered the man. III
wouldn't do if we was to let all our
secrets out. and | don't as rule say
much on suspicion. Is this Count a
! coward|' nc added. suddenly. IF so
! you might brighten him into speaking
You don't know anything about his oW0
| affairs, ! suppose Anything that would
/ give US 4 handle over him?"
/ NO said Iyor; he's always been q
mystery to me"
/ The detective took out his pockcthook
ard added some more notes to its already
v5luminous contents.
iyor went back to that 37eary lodging
where Tom had first taken him. He en-
tered his room and shut himself in with
his sgd aud anxious thoughts, and pom
dered slowly over everything that hat
happened since FIRST that cruel foe mas
slipped across the threshold of his home
He thought OF their last parting. an,
the defiance he had hurled NJ him. ant
how he had hidden him expect no mere,
at his hands when the time came.
HE 4hnrtrhfs had ub sbrf.,sl him g., I'm.
taat he never noticed how dark the room
had become or how late the hour. Quit
suddenly the door was flung open and
hearty voice cried out;
why, sir, bless me If you amt sittin
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-25
Deep Flowing.


We used to believe in what we read
when young about the value of plOw
ing deep to bring up the fertility that
had leached down through the surface
soil into the subsoil. Our opinion was
changed when we tested the deep
blowing upon field with a clay sub
soil that we planted with corn. Later
experiments have more thoroughly con-
WINGED us that deep blowing by which
We mean depth of more than four to
six inches. is seldom beneficial Ia this
climate. whatever it may be in other
sections Of the country. The crops like
corn that like 10 spread their roots
near the surface where the soil is
warmed by the sun, certainly do not
need to have the earth stirred very
deeply for them. while those that send
their roots down into the subsoii, as
onions. clover. beets, etc, can do 50
almost through The hardest subsoil or
anything eN1epdng gravel in which
there is no Observation-Disclosures Guilt
vator.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-25
Close Friendship Urged.

1.-THE events following the war with
Spain, and the prospective building of
the isthmian canal, render it certain that
we must take in the future a far greater
interest than hitherto in what happens
throughout the West Indies, Central
America, and the adjacent coasts and
waters. We expect Cuba to treat US on
an exceptional footing politically, and we
should put her in the same exceptional
position economically.
THE proposed action is in line with
the course we have pursued as regards
all the islands with which we have been
brought into relations OF varying iati-
macy by the Spanish war. Porto Rico
and Hawaii have been included within
our tariff lines, to their great benefit as
well as ours, and without any of the
feared detriment to our own industries.
Cuba is an Independent republic. bu;
republic which has assumed certain
special obligations as regards her inter
national position in compliance with oGr
request. / ask for her certain special
economic concessions in return these
economic concessions 10 benefit US as
well as her. There are few brighter
pages in American history than the page
HBlcH tells OF our dealings Win NuDd
during the past four years. On her be
half we waged war of which the main
spring was generous Indignation against
oppression, and we have kept faith alb
solutely.
ut is earnestly to be hoped that we
will complete in, the same sp rit the rec
ord 50 well begun, and show in our deal
ings with Cuba that steady continuity
of policy which it is essential for onr
nation to establish in foreign affairs if
We desire to play well our part as a
world power.
We are a wealthy and powerful ma
ton Cuba is a young republic, still
weak, who owes to us her birth, whose
whole future, whose very life, m de-
pend on our attitude toward her. l ask
that we help her as she struggles upward
along the painful and difficult road of
self-governing independence. | ask this
aid for he. because she is weak. because
she needs it, because we have already
aided her.
Il ask that open-handed help. of a
kind which seif-respecting people can
accept. be given to Cuba, for the very
reason that we have given her sach aeip
in the past.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-25
CHAPTER XXI


When Col Dunbar comes to town in
obedience to summons from Beryl
Marsden, he is Mortified to learn the
course events have taker-horrified at
the charge against Beryl-horritied at the
stupidity of juries, detectives and the
police force in general.
When they meet it is terrible ordeal
ITO both of them, though she is the calmer
of the two
IL want you - do something FOR
me-" says Beryl, flushing and paling rs
she takes slip of paper from her dress.
If you will 20 to this address you will
find someone there who is in greas aeed
and danger--some one you used to know
In other days. You will understand when
you see the-the person, what is to be
done. Promise that YOU vii, go straight
there when you leave me-"
Certainly. if you wish it," he answers,
turning the paper over in his hand in a
puzzled way. "It-it has reference to
this | suppose"
''Some slight refer, ice she says. hesi-
tatingly; 81 don't think it IS Of any inn
porfance. II there is any mention If
my name" she went on. don't let this
disgrace be known II il becomes public
Il can't help it, but at present. while there
is any chance OF concealing it, let il be
concealed: that is all have TO say"
II will come again soon,' SAYS Col.
Dunbar eagerly Every day six times
a dav il they will let ne. s. keen M a
good heart. my dear. Wen see YOU
through this safe enough in spite of
juries and lawyers and witnesses and
Foreigners. l should like to see that in
fernal Count strung UP to d <aIlows him
self" he adds with unwonted savage
ness; "and | dare say he viii be some
day. nice, scheming, fraudulent brute
he seems. And how nice he took us all
fnr'
HE has been a bitter foe 70 me- she
saws with a nervous SILVER that she can
not repress. ''I--I cau't help saying /
am afraid of him"
.'N6nsenser' says Col. Dunbar heart
lily. "Afraid-you afraid! Don't let me
hear such a thing, Now I'm off TO see
Brough. He's hard at work for you.
Then I'll so to this address, and see
what's up with your friend there. You
you're sure you won't ike to see
MadgeT7
"No-nor she cries. almost wildly. Il
told you | could not bear itF'
After hearing the evidence against
Berry, Marsden, the case had been re
manied for a week. At the expiration Of
that time she is again brought forward,
and again has to 20 through the shame
and horror vi he5ttiitz- ays 5ya ssecs.sa-
ton. and stands appalled,, too, at the
amount of damaging evidence brought
against her.
Her counsel APPLIED for further e
4mand in order to procure mrNe evidence
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-25

there all along of yourself in the dark!
Seems to me no one does think o looking
arter you when I'm out Of the way!"
rs that you. Tom?' asked Iyor wear
lily.
'It is, sir; and / ought to be asking
your pardon for absenting myself with
out leave. But when you hears what
I've been and done, sir you'll forgive
me soon enough, no fear"
(To be continued.)
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-25
Irrigating a Farm Garden.


Many farmers feel so sure Of success
with artificial watering that they are
putting down artesian wells and in
tend to build reservoirs as soon as pos;
sible, the past dry seasons causing
them to realize the necessity Of most
constant supply of moisture. Nearly
all the wells are inches in diameter
and cost from 80 to so cents per foot.
The flow amounts to from Is to 80
gallons per minute. One 3lH-inch well
that cost $500 and is 295 feet deep
flows about 1900 gallons per minute.
though the amount has never been ac-
curately measured. L. is thought the
flow of some wells near this large one
has diminished and it is possible that
the artesian water supply may be linn
tied.
A few fields Lave been flooded or
''wet up" direct from these wells dur
ing the fall ard winter and have pro-
duced the following season % to 30
bushels OF wheat to the acre, and other
crops in prop 1rtion, while fields not so
treated produced less than half this
amount. Irrigation here is largely CON
fined to gardens. the water in most
cases being used direct from the wells,
but a few farmers have reservoirs
which aid in the economical use of the
voter, thus giving much better results.
one garden has been irrigated five
years and is producing all kinds of
vegetables in abundance and of fine
quality. A few gardens have been
watered by wind-pumps. This method
gives excellent results. especially where
a small reseryoir is used. Other gar