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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
WOMAN Is ABDUCTED.
WIFE or WEALTHY IOWA FARM
Err KIDNAPPED.
Ransom OF $4,000 Is Demanded
Victim Is Imprisoned in Cellar on
Deserted House, but Manages to
Eseape-Made Insane by Fright.

A most daring kidnapping took place
near Sunbury, Iowa, late Sunday night,
when Ms. John Hiisrow, the wife of a
wealth f2rmer living near Bennett, Iowa,
was abducted, imprisoned in the cellar
Of a deserted farm house and a ransom
of $4,000 demanded for her release.
Sunday evening an unknown stranger
called at the home aud told Mr.. and
Mrs. HilTow that their son. living at
Walcotty Iowa, where he has been work
ing on a farm, was very sick and that
they we're wanted at the bedside at once.
They Immediately drove off with the
stranger. When Tiny arrived within WI
miles Of the village of SHnbury, Iowa,
seven miles from Bennett, the husband
was thrown out of the buggy and told
that he should bring $4,000 to a seclud-
ed spot near Bennett. He was also told
that Il he told any Of the officers be
would be killed.
The man then drove on with Mrs. Hills
row for several miles until they had ar
rived opposite a corner school house.
Here the kidnaper tied his horse and
dragged the woman trough a corn field
TO a deserted house, where she was inn
prisoned in the cellar. The man then
left and has not yet been found.
Some time during the night Mrs. His
row escaped and was found in the morn
ing in the farm yard of Henry Hueser, a
farmer near Sunbury. insane and very
III. She was recognized by the wife Of
Mr.. Rueser, and the news of her discov-
cry was at once t~elephoned to the Ben
nett police. The case was then investi-
gated, and after considerable difficulty,
SO great was the old mans fear of the
k~idnaper, the facts were brought out.
Mr.. Hilsrow offered the police $1,000 re-
ward for the capture of the men, and
the sheriff Immediately collected a posse
and started pursuit.
Late in the afternoon a grip with
mems clothing was found near the house
and a little later a cane was found in
the road. The cane was recognized as
belonging TO another ~well-known farmer
named John Lee. When confronted with
this evidence he stated that the zane
had been stolen from him several days
ago. He is not suspected of the crime.
Mrs. Hilsrow has been under the care
of a doctor, and at times her life is de-
SPARED of. At no time has her mind
been clear, and until she is revived an
accurate description of the man will not
be secured, as Mr.. Hilsrow did not SEQ
the man in the light.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
HAND Workshop Tool.

! have Il chap force feed drill press
that is very useful my farm A
timber a. 4x6x6 feet. is supported by
legs g. like a trestle. The uprights b
and d should be longer than shown.
that they may be tied together at the
top. as the outward strain Is eonsid-
cradle; both center uprights are xxx
II inches. All uprights are braced as
shown at ( t f. The bit stock . is
made by bending a u or l in round
rod into shape as shown, or may be
purchased at a hardware store. A
feed screw is shown at d. which may
screw into the wood, or a nut may be
attached to the front side Of rear up
right. A tool chuck z is screwed to
the end of the bit stock. Loose blocks
of wood are placed between the bit
and the front post b as needed. By
using twist drills, either wood or iron
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

PLATE IS SELDOM STOLEN.
Table ware Made Of Platiaum i. Val

Table ware Made of Platinum IL Val
liable, but Difficult to Dispose of.
One Aud Of valuable plate quite
abundant in New York Is seldom
stolen by burglars. though the metal
Of which ii Is made far exceeds silver
In cost. Every college chemical lab
oratory and scores OF factory labora-
tories have costly vessels made Of
platinum. The plain metal is usually
worth about It's weight In gold and
made up into cruclbles and other YES
sells used In laboratories II Is much
more valuable than In its ordinary
form. Tile makers of such ware. in
fact, must earn large profits, for their
charges are high, although the metal
is made into the simplest forms. with
out decoration Of any sort. A tiny
crucible holding perhaps Only a gill is
worth So or $10A and some OF the
larger vessels used by chemists are
worth several hundred dollars each.
The value Of these vessels is * great
that they are locked up every night
in a safe In any well-cofriucted chem
ical laboratory and frequently counted.
Damaged vessels and even the small
est scraps of platinum wire are care
fully treasured and sent to the factory
from time to time In order TO be made
over into new vessels. A chemist has
somewhat the same feeling toward his
platinum plate that a housekeeper has
toward her solid silver, but the chem
lists plate is worth far more than any
but the most deliberately wrought sill
verware. 1t Is also much more liable
to damage.
The presence OF II small quantity of
lead in a hot erucible of platinum is
likely to bring about a puncture Of the
crucible. A punctured crucible must
go 10 the factory, and repairs are very
costly. Much of such ware used here
is made In a little Pennsylvania town
by a single firm. AID there are few
workmen who understand the art OF
handling platinum.
Treated with care. platinum vessels
are almost inde> ~uctible. They seem
to suffer nothing from the high tenn
peratures to which they are exposed
in the laboratory, and however long
In use a brisk rubbing renders them as
beautifully bright as on the day when
they came from the factory. They are
ordinarily cleaned, however, by the ap-
plication OF hot water and acid solu.
tons, as they gradually lose In weight
by rubbing.
One reaGon why platinum nipple
ments are seldom stolen by burglars
lies In the fact that they are not easily
disposed of. The metal is hard TO
melt and a large vessel is not easily
hammered out OF recognition. Pawn
brokers are shy of accepting articles
OF platinum, because such articles,
having a comparatively narrow use.
are not hard to trace. Small crucibles
and platinum wire and rods do occa-
s~ionally disappear from laboratories.
but the larger articles are rarely sto-
Ter When a man pr, sents himself in
a shop with a meta worth in the
nelghborhood of $3.50 n pound for sale
he is naturally expected to tell how It
came into his possession.-New York
Times.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
|PUlpET aNs,.
YREAkAGR

The Most Rev. j. j. Harry, recently
appointed archbishop of Manila, will be
consecrated at Rome.
Evangelist d. W. Potter was re-elect-
ed president Of the board of trustees of
the Desplaines Camp Meeting Associa-
ton.
About 300 Baptists in Los Angeles,
Cal. have formed a new church. Many
of the members corSe from the First
Church.
Prof. A. W. Berg, organist of "The
Little Church Around the Corner" New
York, and his wife celebrated their gold
en- wedding recently.
The Rev. Benjamin II. Davis of Wey-
mouth, Mass, one of the oldest clergy
men in the Universalist denomination in
the country, is dead.
A Christian Endeavor Society with
thirty members has been organized ut
Salonika, the ancient Thessaloniea, where
Paul taught the Thessalonians.
The Rev. T. j. Bassett, president of
the Upper Iowa University, has been
honored with the degree of doctor of
divinity by Cornell University.
Dean Samuel Cox of Garden City Ca
thedrNl. Hampstead. n. Y. narrowly es-
capped being killed recently while al
tempting to get ON a train at Hollis.
Elizabeth Lyons the Oldest nun in
the diocese of Connecticut, died recently
In St. Patrick's convent, New Haven.
She was a nun for hfty-one years.
Bishop IIartzell has been decorated a
knight commander of the Order of the
Redemption of Africa. The honor was
conferred by the republic of Liberia.
The late Bishop Thomas A. Starkey
bequeathed his library to the trustees Of
the episcopal fund of the diocese of New
ark for the use of his successor and the
Gle =.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
lair way of getting n m~uch-desired
building for its use. Mr". Mary Judge
has given $4,000 for the building fund
others. among whom Mr.. H. ii. Walker
is prominent, nave subscribed $4,000
additional, aud only $4,000 more is
needed &c secure a gift of $4,000 prom
ised when $4,000 has been raised
Vacancies in the eniscopate IN the do
ceses Of Newark and Quincy in the Epis.
eopal Church will be filed shortly, The
~biShops-eiect in each case having accept
Ell.
The Rev. 4. r. Shields. rector of the
Church Of the Redeemer. Boston, is an
artist as well as a priest. He earned
enough money paiatips the last winter 20
afford a summer IN -le galleries Of the
old wsrd.
The Rev. winfred Chesney Rhoade.
pSstcr Of the Eliot Congregational
Church. Boston. and DIR. Melville s
PAGE 81 Mount Vernon. n. Y, are max
ing a o of England. Scotland. Ireland
Belgium and Holland
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
CHINA. WILL OPEN TWO PORTS.
Demands Mado by the United States
Are Complied With.

~
Minister Conger, at Pekin, has secured
a written promise from Prince Ching to
sign on Oct. s {. treaty with the United
States which Will include a guaranty that
Mukden and Tatungtao shall be open
ports. The arrangement for the signing
of the treaty ends the stubborn resist
ance by the Chinese, which Cor some time
promised to be successful.
Prince Ching made ore defense after
another until all were exhausted. He
first argued Russian opposition to the
opening of these ports. He then said
that he was not informed that Russia
had consented to the opening. Finally
he refused on the ground that China was
unable to open towns which were held
by another power.
When the present settlement was pro-
posed with the explanation that China
must presume that Russia intended to
fulfill her evacuation agreement Prince
Ching reluctantly gave in.
Mukden is an important port. Ia
tungtao is a small port which does not
promise much business to attract for
eigners in the near future. Its opening
is mainly important as a victory for the
o%pen-door principle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
may be bored.-Georgc T. Price. In
Farm and Home.


A farmer should know enough about
law to keep out of it. e
No one can be found now who OBJ
jects.to d.horning cattla..'
In butter making. next to controlling
the temperature is to churn often while
the cream is in good condition.
lows are given access to their mother,
but as they soon find but little to sup
ply their needs they become disguised
and readily adopt the idea of padding
their own canoe.
A stall for q horse should be five
feet wide. If wider the horse will
turn over and get east, If narrower he
can't rest. The fioor should be wen
and level il the horse gets the rest he
should have.
Many a runaway has resulted Just
beca ase too much confidence has been
placed in Il team. There is always a
feeling that they'll stand 1t pays to
make teams secure before leaving
them.
The first rainy day thai pass
a copy Of this paper to our neighbor
anu ask him to look Il over and tell
you how he likes It. There Il no bet
ter wayf one can befriend Il neighbor
than TO hand him "A good paper. He
will appreciate the paper and your
kindness.
Some men folks on farms never
think of helping make or cultivate the
garden. This is considered too small
a job for them, and yet they never
object to partaking of what ONE
from IL. 1t is my wife's garden
when the garden is put in and when
the crops are reaped it is u garden"
OF Uncle Sans domain of over two
billion acres only 50o,000.oO 0 are left
for settlement. Under the present
system of land laws ii will only last
i've years. During the first ninety
DAYS of this fiscal year 6.0o0,000 acres
were fled upon. Uncle Sam intends
that everybody shah have a farm as
long as they last. His farms are go
ing fast
Whenever one reads OF a combine
where farmers are going to control
prices of farm products, one should
rest assured that somebody else is go-
ing 10 be enriched by the scheme. 1t
Is not among the possibilities to con-
troll the prices of staple farm prod
ucts. All attempts TO do so will prove
failures. When approached to lend aid
10 any scheme II this character it win
be well to look for the African in the
fuel: he's there.
An agricultural college professor
I who has had a great deal of actual
experience in growing corn has re
ported the result of a corn experiment
to show the yield after certain kinds
Of cultivation. In a plat where the
weeds were permitted to grow the
Yield was IS bushels: weeds cut ont
with q hoe and loose mulch made and
frequent working with the hoe
as bushels. cult, alton two inches
deep with small c%uitivator shoyels, a.;
four inches aeep. 81; six inches deep,
81: six inches deep. large shOyels. 81
blaze cultivation, s.: deep early and
shallow late. So; shallow early and
deem late. -; nulcs with grass. 81
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
Nature Sculpture.

One of the most remarkable pieces
of nature sculpture in California is
the George Washington rock. about
thirty-five miles northwest of Los An
geles, in the Santa susanna Mountains.
a V the Sunset Magazine. Near this
rock a two-mile tunnel is being bored
through the Santa susanna Mountains
Just outside Chatsworth Park. A chs
eled monument could hardly bear truer
likeness to George Washington than
this chance picture in the ragged
contour Of n huge bowlder. Viewed
from one point and only one. it stands
out sharp and distinct against the
sky. From all other points the rock
is a shapeless mass. The image meas
ures .ull % feet from chin to brow
and is close TO the top of the hill. N
the vicinity have been found Indian
relics: ovens. stones containing Indian
writings. arrow heads, mortars aud
many traces of a settlement of abor-
igines.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
Rood Groom for Stock.


There Is not a farmer in business
but who can readily spare an acre or
two Of ground on which TO grow root
crops. II he has any number of heads
Of stock he will find that he can not
grow anything on the farm to greater
profit than the small area named put
into root crops. Mangel wurzels are
among the easiest of the root crops
to grow and they will grow on any
soil il the soil is properly prepared.
The seed bed should be 1eep and har-
rowed several times after thorough
blowing. Seeds should be drilled in
and from two to four pounds of seed
an acre viii be required. The space
between rows should be kept free from
weeds and when the planus are three
or four inches high they should be
thinned out so that they will stand
dfteen inches apart.
1t will be necessary to keep the field
hoed or cultivated until the plants get
strong enough to overcome any weed
growth. After this no care is neces-
sary until fall harvest. Under this
sort of cultivation it is possible to grow
from GOO to 1000 bushels on an acre,
according TO the condition of the soil.
Carrots and turnips ear be easily rails
ed on the same plan. although for gen
eral feeding the maLgels are, perhaps,
more desirable.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

or barrel to which this fountain is
attached it is claimed that there is
no way by which the animal that is
drinking can make it foul. The wa
terer consists OK q double drinking
bowl. made of cast iron. which is at
tached to the outside of a tank OF
barrel. On the inside is another
chamber, inclosed In which is "A brass
float and lever controlling the flow
Of the water TO the outside bowl The
fountain is automatic in its action, as
the float rises with the water in the
bowl and cuts of the supply when
the proper height has been reached.
As the valve is always closed except
when water is flowing from the tank
to the drinking bowl. there is no OPP
p~ortunity for foreign matter to find
its way to the interior of the storage
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Field and Farm.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
MASTER OF THE NINE
BY Robert Buchanan.
By b Buchanan.
0Go-

| looked around the Kitchen for another
Ggure-that Of my aunt, She was not
there. l FASTENED back TO the wagon,
lifted out Annie, more dead than alive,
poor child; and half led, half carried her
to the kitchen door.
go in, Annie / whispered, your
father IL there Then / opened the
door. and, leaving her on the Threshold.
returned to my post Of observation at the
window to see what took place.
For a moment, Annie sweryed and
half TURNED, as IL about to fy, then she
laid her hand upon the door and sobbed,
Father
/ saw my uncle start neryously and
drop the book upon his knee; then he
rose. and, with a piercing cry OF JOY, held
forth his arms.
What followed / don't know. | rushed
to the kitchen door. and when | reached
it / saw poor Annie lying half fainting
upon her fathers breast.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
For Watering stock.

No matter how pure a source OF sup
ply may be az hand for watering stock,
If it is pumped into an open trough
and left exposed for any length OF
time it soon becomes polluted and I'm.
ft for the animals to drink. This viii
not be the case. according to the in
%yentor, II the stock watering appara-
tus here shown is put into use. If
pure water is furnished to the tank
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

The italian government has just
erected a fortress on the great Chaber-
ton summit. opposite Brincan. for the
defense OF the Simplon tunnel This
fort is 10000 feet high and Is believed
TO be the most elevated fortified point
in the world.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
u.,fn... cannot Be Cured

ey local applications. as they cann0f reach the
diseased pcrtlon OF the ear. There Is only one
rsv III cnre Deafness. and that Is by c~onstitn-
tioual remedies. Deafness Is caused by an In
fsaIned condition Of the mucous lining Of the
Ff,Starhlap Tule. When this tube gets inflamed
Won have a rusnbling sound Or imperfect hear
IN. and when Il Is entirely closed Deafness Ia
ira result, and unless the Inflammation car be
taken cut and this tube restored 10 It's norma
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever.
nine eases out Of ten are caused by caiaFrh,
which is nothing bus an in8amed condition o.
tha mucous surfaces.
We win give one Hundred Dollars for any
ease Of Dcs4zess fcsnsed By catarghA thst cannot
Be- cured by Halls Cstarrh Cure. Send for cir.
sulsrs, tree.
- Sold By Druggists. T5c-
Halle Eam1Ir pills are the best.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
Tk.mp. in Pigs.

More cases OF thumps among pigs
are reported this year than in some
time before, owing. doubtless, to the
rainy weather, which prevented the
pigs from getting the sunshine they so
much needed. IL there is anything
farmers need to learn about the
handling of young pigs it is that they
need sun and exercise, both in con
siderable quantities. An ideal passlre
for young pigs is a place that may be
fenced off from the main pasture
where there is one or more trees
which will provide shade. but where
there will also be a large space of
comparatively dry ground, in grass, on
which the pigs may run, Ii there is
white clover in the grass. 5 o much the
better for the pigs, aud they will need
less corn. Sun and exercise viii pre-
vent thumps. which disease usually
means death.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

would attain the
high office which
he fills to-day.
None of us dream
ed, said an old as
sociate OF his in
1886, that he would
ever become a sue
cessful politician.
let alone a great
states III q n. As
president of the To-
government
board and secre
tary for Scotland
he had managed to
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

Malt sprouts are = reside Of the
brewing Industry. Barrie; srains are
speouted in the process of saaltics and
in due course are rubbed OF and sold
either wet or dry. rs a cattle food
They enter the general market solely
IN the klln-lried form. They are
small. eomula-shaped. Light yellow
brown Particles Of an agreeable nutty
oslor aud crisp texture. When fed dry
they are frequently refused by cows.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

ARlHUH j. BALFOuR. miss all MS
chances of doing anything remarkable.
He was clever enough. but he simply
couldn't take the trouble to work. 1t
seemed TO be almost too much bother
to him to live. He seldom got ont of
bed before the afternoon. and often he
four days ut Il time. Dispatches bored
him, Parliament was a nuisance, and
the officials of his department tore
their hair over his neglect to keep APP
pointments and sign important docu-
ments. They never expected him to
read them; if they could get him to
sign them a week late they thought
themselves lucky.
Well, this was the man whom Lord
Salisbury appointed chief secretary for
ireland in 1SS4-one of the stormiest
periods in the modern history Oh that
country. OF course, everybody ragged
and said that Salisbury IA appointed
the most unfit man he could have
found in a days march, simply because
that man happened 70 be his own
nephew. The Irish members were de-
lighted. They thought they had got
Il mar of straw for their chief oppo-
nent. parnell alone saw the truth.
Don't deceive yourselves" he told
his colleagues. Salisbury knows what
he is doing. There's a great deal more
in Balfour than heahas shown us yet.
He will turn ont to be the strongest
chief secretary for generations past"
And so it proved. Faced at last with
an immensely difficult and important
task, Balfour altered his habits com
pletely. There was no more lying abed
until noon, no more neglect OF business,
no more scorn for petty details. He
rose with the larlSeyen after a hard
nights session in file House Of Com
mons and worked hard all day and ey-
cry day at his office. When be became
chief secretary he knew no more about
Irish affairs than the average man in
the street, but in less than Il month he
surprised the permanent officials by his
thorough knowledge of every branch
of Irish government.
And as he worked and learned his
character and will grew stronger. The
lazy, vacillating philosopher who
couldn't make up his mind abont any
thing became in a few short weeks the
stern administrator.
Strange to say. this man who has
risen t. the top of the tree IN British
politics IN no lover Of politics. He is a
politician. Nv family influence and
chance, not by choice. The nephew of
Lord Salisbury, Arthur ]. Balfour was
horn to the purple and destined for
Parliament from his Elton days. But
his tastes are literary and academic,
not political and practical He cares
more for the honors which have been
showered upon him by all the British
universities in recognition OF his
achievements in philosophy than he
does for his political fame.
Give me my books, my golf clubs
and leisure" he once said to a friend.
and | would ask for nothing more.
Ny ideal in life is to read a lot, write
a little, play pleltty of golf and bave
nothing to worry about. IL / could
give up politics and retire tomorrow
without d%isorganizing things and neg
lecting my duty I would gladly 10 So"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
A loLER.

Wonderful Change in the Life IF Lord
Raifour, highlands Premier.
Those who twenty years & knew
Arthur j. Balfour, the present English
premier. ven never expected that he
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

In 1892 New York was the best to-
hacco revenue State. paying $S.S74-
T62 into the National Treasury on this
score.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

The largest national dtot In the
world is that OF France, which Is near
" six billion dollars. or nine times the
annual rcyenu of the government.