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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05
RELlelon IN
1t Is Sometimes shown Even When
1t Causes Loss.

1t Is Sometimes shown Even When
1t Causes Loss.
Francis w. Crossley, the English
evangelist and crusader among the
slums of London, was in his early life
an inventor and manufacturer of gas
engines. His biographer tells a story
of him that shows, in spite of all mod
ern sophisms about the hostility of
business and charity, that a good bust
ness man may be a generous Christian
even to the sacrifice of profit.
Two brothers. starting in business.
bought a factory and installed one
of the Crossley ~gas7engines to supply
the power. After the engine was set
up, the brothers found that it was
too small to do the amount of work
necessary to make the business pay.
They began to lose money.
Things got worse, until one of them
said. 1T is no use carrying on any
longer; we are bankrupt. Let us sign
u petition in bankruptcy and get
matters settled"
"But think what a disgrace it will
BS. Sdiu liz 0tlitLs We &tC Both
church-members and Sunday-school
teachers. / will consult the Crossley
firm about it,
His brother replied. what is the
use of that? 1t is not Crossley's fault
that the engine las failed. We should
have got a larger engine
The other went to the firm, how
ever, and asked for Mr.. Crossley. He
was not there. and the man saw oily
an under-manager. who CAV him no
hope. He was turning away when
Crossley came in and heard the story.
Il am very sorry for you, my lad,
and will do whatFI can to help YOU.
Co back and tell your brother that /
will put in a larger engine and take
back the old one, and it shall not cost
YOU a penny to effect the change. Ask
your brother to find put how much
YOU have lost since you started bust
ness. and | will send you a check for
the amount
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05
value of Dry Earth.

Il is well known that fine, dry dirt
is n of the best absorbents and dis
infectants known. 1t Is also plentiful
and costs nothing but the labor of
handling. 1t makes excellent bedding
If covered over with a few inches OF
straw, and it really keeps he COWS
clean, even when used in the stalls
without straw, as 1t is easily removed
from the hair with a brush. A stall
bedded with dry earth can be cleaned
OUT In a much shorter time, and, as it
abscrbs the liquids and gases. quite a
saving is effected in that manner. Its
use goes beyond the stall. AS the
stable should be cleaned daily, quite a
large quantity of dry earth will be
used In the course of a year, and will
necessarily be added to the manur
heap. Although 1t adds nothing to the
heap itself, yet It's presence therein
viii double the value of the manure
by preventing loss of fertilizlng ma
terial. 1t is a better absorbent than
straw or cornstalks, and is easily ham
died when the manure is hauled to
the fields.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05
Poultry Mites.

stone drinking vessels are cooler
than tin mes.
A quart Of feed for twelve hens is a
good measurement.
T~incture of iron is a good tonic to
give during the hot weather.
Air-slaked lime busted over the
yards is a good preventive OF gapes.
When the egg shells are thin Il is an
indication that the hens need lime.
Don't forget 10 chop up dandelions
for the little ducks If kept where they
cannot get grass.
Boiling the milk fed 10 Poultry viii
check looseness of tha bowCls, 1 COM
mon trouble in hot weather.
Market all the early chicks not want
ed for next years breeding. e you
eaponize any, let It be the later
matches.
If done Matching seDd the useless
roosters to market or to the pot IN
stanter oveTfat and hrokeniowE
hens. ditto.
Neves give crushed oats 70 Young
chicks without ast sitting out the
hulls. The huIls. either on or OF tbs
kernel. are liable to produce a stop
page In the crop.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05
Anawer Hls own Prarcrs.

Or. Ernest NJ. Stlrcs, rector of st.
Thomas Church. tells a story of a
rich but parsimonioas man who was
praying %feryently, and in his prayer
mentioned by name several good works
In which he took special interest. His
little son listened with much atten-
tlon and seemed moved. When the
prayer was finished the boy said:
Father, l wish | was you"
And why. ny SOM" asked the good
man. busting his h%roadcloth knees.
Because" answered the little son.
"if | had your money I'd answer your
prayers for you" New York Times.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05
MASTER OF THE NINE
BY Robert Buchanan. !
COCO
ployment as quickly as possible

pioyment as quickly as possible
1T win be a good riddance!p muttered
johnson, breaking in for the first time,
"Trelawney has always been a croaker."
I'M croak to some tune" ! cried. fac
ing him, 'if you presume TO talk to me-"
Presume. indeedfp he repeated. turn
ing white with fear or malice. "'Tain't
must presumption, / guess, to take down
a young cock-o' the-walk who puts on
airs MS if he was a gentleman. If Mr..
George had listened IL my advice, he'd
have got rid of y0u long agop'
Come along. Johnson said Redruth;
"he's not worth talking to-
But | clenched my fists and blocked
the way. | suppose there was something
in my face which looked ugly, for the
two men recoiled before me. Several Of
the miners, attracted by our high words,
had now gathered, and we're looking on
in establishment.
Il know well an honest man Is not
wanted here" / said. I've known that
for many a long day. Like master, like
man. You, sir, want a scoundrel to do
your dirty work; and here he Is, ready
made, to your hand-as mean and cow
aFdly a scoundrel as ever drew BREATH
out OF the way, yoI rufian!" cried
Redruth, lifting his cane.
But he knew better han to strike me;
he knew that. if he had done so, / would
have thrashed him within an inch of his
life; and he knew, too, that not one man
there would have raised a finger to pro-
tect him, though he was the master Of
the mine.
But the presencs Il the onlookers. |
suppose, made his companion foolhardy;
for. stepping forward, livid with passion,
he shook his fist in my face.
"Who are you calling a scoundrelT'
be cried. do you know who | am? I'm
overseer of this here mine, and you,
you're a beggar. that's what you are.
He had proceeded thus far when. with
out more parley, unable to resist the
proyocation of his close proximity, /
quietly knocked him dovn.
AS he fell, George Redruth ,prang tor
ward me. and str,1ck at me with his cane:
but | tore he cam from his nand broke
1t into pieces. and flung it away.
Take care. sir" | said. 81 may hurt
you. to. If you 20 too far"
He drew back, trembling. II was not
for hours afterwards that / realized what
| had dopt; and even then | am afraid
| did not regret my hasty conduct. Young
and rash, | old not fear to face the world,
though the mine was my bread, and |
had no Other means of maintenance.
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| have for several years been rails
ing sweet corn under contract, and the
accompanying Illus ration will convey
some idea OF my drying house. 1t Is
also my granary, the upper floor con-
tanning grain bins On one side. The
lower floor and south side of the up
per floor are ARRANGED for sweet corn.
The most essential part Of drying
sweet corn Is TO have a free circulation
of air. Therefore ] cut doors through
as shown. These doors are On both
sides and on the back. They are hung
on hinges and car be opened and shut
when needed. The sweet corn should
be spread In layers; therefore we use
racks made Of i by 3 inch ST. placed
twenty inches to two feet apart, one
above the 1fher. If the corn Is green
and milky when husked 1t should be
put on The racks very thin, not more
than two or three ears in depth, and
turned frequently, but IL it is more
matured and the kernels are glazed it
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05
ITO be continued,
us CHECK was No eooo.
A Place Whore a Dollar in the Hand
Was Worth Two in the Bnnk.

A Place Where a Dollar In the Hand
Was Worth Two in the Bank.
4 check for S., signed by a man
who could well be rated as one OF
the captains Of industry" proved to
be an almost worthless piece Of paper
In the hands of its recipient a few
days ago. 1t served to illustrate the
difficulty which people have in han
ding such pieces Of financial paper.
providing they have neither bank ac-
u nor commercial rating.
The So check came from a Con-
necticut manufacturing town. II raj
drawn on a local bank and signed by
a merchant credited with millions.
The mar who received 1t is fairly well
known about New York City. He has
always been on a salary, and he does
not happen to have a bank account.
1t also happened that he needed the
cash Mt once. so he first took the
check to an acquaintance in n of The
city offices.
Can you cash this for meT" he
asked.
Sorry, old man. but we have made
our deposits for the day and there is
no cash on hand"
Then the check holder tried his
tailor. who explained: "sCan't do it
to-day. I'm short"
"WiH you indorse this for me and
help me to get the money!" said the
seeker for cash to another friend who
was well acquainted at a bank al
by.
Against my rules" was the en-
phatic answer.
Take 1t to a saloonkeeper." sug-
gested another man. The advice was
accepted. but the proprietor. after
listening to the request, silently point
ed to a sign v the bar, which read:
"No checks cashed here"
Other tribulatIons followed the pos
SCISSOR OF the check, until finally he
found a good Samaritan. who kindly
consented to deposit 1t In his own
bank for collection and turn over the
money when IL was reported as paid.
1t was ten days before the needy one
obtained his money, says the Kansas
City Journal, and he concluded that
be would rather have small. sums sent
ln letters, without even the %prccaution
OF registration, as long as he was I'm.
able to have a bank ccoun or 4
rating.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05
IMPRESSIONS IN VENICE.


A City Which is Yet Beautiful, But
Suggests Decay.
Under every Elood In which saw
the city there was a deeper mood
which was hard to define to myself.
but which seemed curiously com
pounded out of its pathos and its
squalor. Venice is beautiful and yet
so pitiful. A city where the peoples
of the world have hustle and traf-
licked, that has been a gre mart and
~cosmopolis and now is neither, is more
pathetic in its decay than any other;
it is like the lonely and desolate old
age of a woman In whose salon the
wits and beaux of a vanished time had
paid their court, says a correspondent
of the New York Mail and Express.
1t Is unreasonable that any senti-
ment of disrespect at its plight should
arise, and vet sometimes | felt it. To
vary the figure a little, the spectacle
of the fallen bride had in ii something
tragic vet squalid, like the fate of a
beautiful and high born woman whom
passion or ~mischance had dragged
down to the life of the streets. | can
understand the wish which Howells
had expressed somewhere that the
dead cities of Italy might all be wall
ed up and left slowly TO fall into ruins
by themselves; their present estate is
not dignified and the quest that brings
the tourist to them comes near illus
trating the indecency of curiosity.
The worst of it all, so far as Venice
Is concerned, is the feeling that the
cup of its humiliation is not yet full.
Thos leaning church towers, those
walls that totter out of plumb, prom
Use other chapters III the story that be-
gan with the fall of the Campanile The
sea which Graded Venice may some
time be its grave. Little by little.
you cannot but feel, these monuments
will crumble and disappear as the rot
ten piles sag and snap under thcn;
you shrink from ~presaging the Gala
mitous and bitter day when every edi-
ice shall have melted away into n
molderlng heap, and the tides of the
Adriatic, as they sweep back and
forth, will roll across the slime that
was enlce.
Something of this thought came to
he, on my last morning there. when |
climbed a tower only second in height
to that or ST. Marks, and looked down
on the city and the lagoons that en-
circled it. 1t lay there in the sunlight,
beautiful vet r~uincus, smaller than |
had imagined-indetd, about the size
and shape of Manhattan island be-
low Canal street. From other towers
the chimes were ringing, and the bells
seemed to proclaim how completely
the past was gone; how far removed
the city from the tack of modern ON
merce; how useless now the vantage
that had made it great.
! am ashamed to say it, but the same
sensation came to me that | remember
when 1 spent an hour in Coney is
land after the summer was gone and
the concert halls were boarded up and
the Bowery lights had beet<darkened
Ia desolate feeling quite divorced
from dignity. 1t was depressing. and,
believe me, l was glad to leave Ven
ice.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05

While in many sections grain feed
ing must be done this summer, the or
binary practice is not TO feed grain to
cows that are ON pasture. This Is ac-
knowledged to be a mistake by those
who have tried botl methods. provid-
ed their cows were grade or thorough
hreds, IN some sections the belief In
graia has been carried TO the extent
that the cows IRE bRrn~fed the year
through. That this results in a good
milk icT cannot be denied. but there
Is some question as TO the ACCESSIBILITY
of deprlving cows Of grass entirely.
on the other hand, there can be no
question about the vgIue of granting
20 a moderate extent in connection
with pasturing. To commence with,
the supply Of grain should be small.
say a pint a day. increasing the guam
tity ms the value Of the grass de-
creases The expense of this plan Is
certainly small compared with the re-
suits. and during this month and Au-
gust is a good time TO test it.-St.
Paul Dispatch.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05

We have been feeding oats to pigs
for the past few winters and consider
it the best feed we have ever used. 1t
is II of the best bone and muscle
builders that | know of. says a CORE
spondent in Successful Farming. I'm
like corn, it does not tend to produce
%fattening. AS a food for brood sows
it is hard to beat. We plan to grind
our oats with one-third cornmeal.
Where possible we add to this skim
med milk, making a slop which is
ideal ia the production of growth.
Those farmers who have plenty Of
oats will find that they can be used
al a hog food to an excellent adyan-
tage.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05

it seemed to fade. and there arose with
in me all that was worst in my soul. He
paused, blocking my WHY. and sheer
ingIy addressed me:
Il guess, young man." he said, you'll
get into worse trouble before you're
done. Jest you let the governor zee you
as | saw you with Miss Graham to-
night"
"You scoulsirel.' I cried. mention
that lady's name again and By heaven,
III strike you dead where you stand"
"Oh." he sneered, killings your game.
Is il? Repeat that tomorrow before wit
nesses. young man. and your doom Is
sealed"
He passed me by. and walked on to-
ward the mine. while I, glad at heart to
be safely away from him, walked with
some speed toward home. I found my
aunt alone; | asked for my uncle.
He be gone back to the mine, Hugh"
she returned. "But dawn't ZEE sit up for
'un, Ind. | daresay Jim RiyersTl bring
mn hame."
As I knew I should rave to be ready
to join John Rudd at five o'clock in the
morning, | took my aunt's advice and
went to bed. When | awoke it was still
pitch dark. / struck a light, and found
that it was four O'Clock. / therefore got
up and began to prepare for my jour
ney.
| went about my work as quietly as
possible. hoping to disturb no one: but
shortly after | entered the kitchen my
uncle appeared fully dressed for the day.
He looked 50 white and strange that, for
a moment, l was startled into the belief
that something was the matter. As moth
Ing seemed to have t%ranspired, however,
] concluded it vas sorrow at parting with
me.
How the memory of that white, wen
face came back to me in after daysl 1t
was the memory Of II, and Of the patient,
pitiiul eyes, which sealed my lips when
u word might have proved my saliva
ton.
When John Rudd made his appearance
and my aunt came out of the bedroom,
and began crying on my shoulder, / saw
the wan, sad eyes Of my uncle still fixed
upon me. As | left the cottage. | looked
back and found them gazing after me
still.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05

If you bave old trees that have fall
ed TO give profitable crops of fruit, dig
the soil up thoroughly and then apply
a goe1 dressing of well-rotted stable
n and work thoroughly into the
soil. Then. If you have them. apply a
dressing of wood ashes. If these fail
to revive the tree after giving a good
pruning 1t is past redemption and
should give way to something better.
Good rich soil for three or four years
can be p%rofitably planted to some crop
while the trees in the orchard are
growing. but after that the best plan
is either to seed down to clover, and
use as a hog pasture. or to cultivate
without allowing any crop to grow.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05
Roen Orerlnnkeh.

You are from Boomtown. are your
said the passenger In the skull cap.
well, your town Is 10 be congratulate
ed. There doesn't seem to have been
any distress caused there by the
floods"
Doesn't. heys" retorted the paSsen-
ger In the sweater. our baseball
ground has been under water for
more'n a week. b'goshs'
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05
TO Renovate Old Farms.

The best mode of renovating old
WORKOUT farms is to raise sheep on
them. But in raising sheep the land
should be divided into fields and some
thing grown thereon, the crop only
reaching a height sufficient for the use
of the sheep. The animals should new
err be compelled to hunt for their food.
No profit can be made on sheep, unless
they receive care and assistance, With
the production Of wool, mutton and
lamb, and the gradual enriching Of the
soil, the profit is sure in the end. Do
not expect too much in one year, but
keep on, and good results will surely
follow.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05

Sometimes the fruit on n single tree
is worth more than two or three acres
Of wheat. There IS a tree in northern
Delaware. seventy or eighty years old.
That has produced an average of $50
worth Of fruit annually Tor nearly
twenty years. One year the cherries
sold for $50. Six years ago this old
patriarch bore nfty-fou- ceach baskets
u delicious fruit. or about eleven hun
dred pounds. And al OF this fruit has
been a free gift from nature, as the
old tree has stood in a dooryard all
these years unattended and uncared
for except in cherry time,-Country
Life IN America.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05
neafn,s. cannot Be Cursa

hy local applications. as they canno reach the
diseased portion OF the ear There Is only one
ttonai remesiseS. Deafness Is caused by an 10,
famed condition Of the mucous lining Of tte
hastaenlA1 Anor elen VI lie go A.anlta
Ing. and when Il Is entirely closed Deafnes y
the result. and unless tie Inflammation can Re
taken out ard this tub restored 10 Its normal
condition. hearing VII be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten are caused by catsrrh,
which Is nothing but an tnfzned condition Of
the mEcofts surfaces.
We win give One Hundred Dollars for any
e2se Of Deafness susef by cztzrTh1 that eaunof
be cured b. Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for ctr.
I'd CHENEY 6 Co, Tolsdo, O
~ Sid By Druggists. &c.
Halls Family Pills are the hest
rs there no cure for kleptoxsania
no. the more You take the worse
you are. -Phnadelphia Bulletin.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05
For Cnnkerworms.

Secretary Goodman of the Missouri
Horticultural Society has advised for
cankerworms to spray the trees well
with a paris green mixture of one
pound to 100 gallons of water to insure
quick results. 1t Is well to add four
pounds OF lime well slaked and thor
oughly mixed to each fifty gallons of
water. In spraying do it thoroughly,
and usually one application Will suf
flee. If not, make another as neces-
sary.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05
Fit for shat on,x.

81 Slocem-Josh MedderS is back
from New York an, b'gosh. hes got
money tew burn,
III korntop-Goshl Dew teit.
81 Slocum-IaaSs he bought 5000
worth o The stun for $t50-Philadel.
phia Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05

Burchard Berry be-
ing killed by Mill
ionaire Chauncey
Dewey. Clyde Will
son and VIM. J. Nc
Bride. is a romantic
love affair. 1t is
claimed that Dewey
aud Bessie Berry
were s~weethearts,
and that they would
have been married
had it not been for
opposition by the
fathe-. The story
is that the father
c o m PEELED his
dauvbtar to marry
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05

First Mcth-1'm feeling pretty mean
this morning.
Second Moth-What seems to be the
trouble2
First Moth-wen I'll. 10 tel the truth,
that new dress suit IN the clothes press
q so temptlnS last night that l am
afraid | ate more than was really good
for me,-Somsrvllle Journal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05

Roosevelt viii NOM
mate to that exalted
position William H.
Taft, who has been
governor of the
Philippines. If this
program is carried
out Gov. Taft viii
be succeeded by
G. e n. Luke E.
Wright. who is at
present v~ice-goyern-
or. Gen. Wright,
before his appoint
mani RI fha philin-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05

protests OF epre-
sentatiyes of the
buginess interests of
the State, President
Roosevelt has given
additional evidence
Of his ~friendIiness
for the negro race,
which he made so
c~onspicuously mani
fest when he inter
tanned Booker T.
Washing on at the
White House. In
fba .,a1f instance
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05

becomes chief of
a to the Presi-
dent and adviser to
the Secretary of
War. The general
is also the chief ex-
ecutiye of the re-
Gently created war
college. He has an
excellent record,
served during two
wars aad did duty
in the Philippines
for nearly three
a after the
close of the strug-
ole with Snain.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05

RIGGS y alto n a
Bank of Washing
ton. will. in the
opinion of many
inanciers, act as the
representative in
Washington of the
National City Bank
of New York, the
Standard Oil bank.
which owAs a large
interest in the Riggs
institution. Mr..
Allies is an Ohio
man and was born
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05


OF Englewood.' The
tie b e at the
school are trying 20
have him deposed
because Of the gloom
he causes by his
s~epnlehral appesr-
D c Prof. W. W.
Black. the alleged
smileless man. re-
plies that there IS
nothing in either his
surroundings OF as
sociations TO make
him smile
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05

soul had
become a fad, and
was mixed with so
much gush and
drivel that it had
become offensive" is
pastor of Memorial
Baptist Church, and
is also connected
with the divinity
school and with uni
versitJ extension
work of the Univer-
sity of Chicago. He
had held pastorates
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05

Mamma, said Beanie. as there
cane Il bs.ef pause IN the conversation
ar the part OF the callers, "isn't it time
for you to ask me what | learned at
the kindergarten today II yon don't
do If pretty soon IN forget what you
told me to say"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-05

ultHl ~ the LhIlp
pine Commission, was a lawyer of almost
national repute whose home was in Mem
phis, Tenn. His work in the Philippines
has proved him to be a mar of the sound
est judgment and of the most excellent
executive ability. He will make an able
and acceptable successor to Judge Taft.
49,
BY virtue of his Office as head of the
new general staff of the United States
army, Maj. Gen. Samuel b. NJ. Young