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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14
CHATTER Y

Although Rachel had not been many
hours in btd. she was UP betimes in the
morning. anu certainly when she went
down into the coffee room 10 take her
breakfast. and vas given comfortable
table near the FIRE and quite close TO q
window which looked up the busy
Strand, she looked IS fair and wiasom,
a damsel as ever ca~3e home to be the
Joy and delig Of al offended grandfath.
er's heart. presently the head waiter
came to see Il there was anything else
that he could get for h.r
Nothing else. she said; '+hut can you
tell me how far Portland place is from
heret'
"ph. yes, madame; It IS not more than
mile or So" he replied
Just az half past ! O'Clock she came
down from her rooIl. Dir, Ssed for walking
and asked them 90 get her a cab. She
stopped en- the way at furrier's, wher,
sde bought a cape and muG. and then
was driven so Portland place Sac was
there in a few minutes: the broad hand
some street impressed her and she began
TO feel awed. However she got out ol
the cab aud paid the man. and then sht
wenr up the steps Of No. 2U0 with al
her heart in her mouth
She pulled the handle ~ the bell which
was marked visitors, but there was n,
answer 10 the summons She waited ,
good bit and wondered { thu bell hal
rUng She thought she would try again
AID did-aul waited again. and all thi,
time the heart In her mouth got bigger
and bigger until it was l.ke 10 burst
Then just as she was beginning to thinl
taat she would have 10 make a third az
tempt. the door was opened abruptly an.
flung back wide. and she found hersel
confronted Icy an awful parsonage IL
peppcr-aud salt clothes and "a black coat
who stood awaiting her pleasure.
y Ter. Naudeleur az homeE she ass
ed. shrinking De aind her furs and feeliR
very weak ant shaky about the knees
and very lDnch more Inclined % cry thai
anything else
seen. Naade,ear is out riding, ma am,
lie answered. very much as IL she oush
20 have known of it and nos have com
there botherlng him for nothing.
Ion. really Rachel fairly rasprd og
the two words, the relief of not seclu
him was SO great What time Will b
bc 10, Dc you think =
well. ma'am," the butler said Quit
kindly, "the general always rides in tn
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14
Apn1es for Export.

Growers of high-grade apples should
look into the prospects of the foreign
markets. Correspondents in the large
cities who ship apples to Europe adj
wise us that the demand is promising
and that prices VIII rule quite high.
They say, however, that only the fin
est fruit should be sent, then 1t must
be properly wrapped in white or
manila tissue paper and advocate the
use of the box, rather than the bar
rel Prices are such on the other side
that more fruit will be sold if packed
In boxes than if packed in barrels.
Crisp apples are those preferred, and
such varieties as Wealthy. Snow,
Grayenstein and Alexander are al
ways salahle. Growers are advised
to communicate with some reliable
commission man and get in touch with
those who export apples, but only if
the quality Is high for it viii not pay
to export poor fruit
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14
Charm of Circus Lie.

There is charm, fascination
about circus life that is hard to ex-
plain" said a veteran Snowman yes
terday 1T is surely tough exist
ence, being buffeted about from place
to place, often without Il bed to sleep
In, and the wages, outside of the sal
aries paid to few stars, are amazing
ly small. Yet when man once gets
taste of circus lie it's all up with
him. He's never good Ger anything
else and never wants to be. There
must be a germ. bred Of the sawdust
that gets into his blood Take the
canvasser. for instance. They get 500
a month and their board, which usual
ly consists of the bad grub and an i'm
promrtu bed In n wagon. Often they
don't take their clothes off for weeks
at Il time There's one fellow I know
who possesses more than the average
intelligence. He has a trade and dur
ing the winter he makes. on an aver
age. 500 a week. And yet. just as soon
us the circus season opens. he throws
up his job and goes out on the road
with a show for 500 month. In al
most every town the management IS
besiegcd by men and boys who want
to go along. and many of them offer
their services for their board It's a
queer state of affairs. Philadelphia
Record
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannos
reach the seat of the disease. CataTrh Is blood
or constitutional disease. and in order to crIre II
YOU must take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls CataTTh cure
one of the best physicians In this country for
years, and is a regular prescription. 1t IS COM
nosed of the best tOnics known, combined with
the best blood purifiers. acting directly on the
Mucous surfaces. The perfect combination o.
the two ingredients is what produces such Won
derfuI results In curing Catarrb. Send Tor tes-
hmonlalS, free. 49, -
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo. o.
salu by Druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14
MYSTERIOUS FOE OF WHALE.
Many Marine Battles Seen OFF the
Coast of Alaska.

Many Marine Battles Seen OFF the
Coast of Alaska.
While operating a fishery on Admir-
atty Island, southeastern Alaska. last
summer my attention and the atten-
ton of the fishing crew Were almost
daily directed to large marine crea-
ture that would appear in the main
channel of Seymour canal and in our
immediate vicinity, says a writer in
Forest and Stream.
There are large numbers of whales
of the species rorquai there and the
monster seemed to be their natural
enemy. The whales generally travel
in schools of two or more, and while
at the surface to blow one would be
singled out and attacked by the fish
and battle royal was soon in order.
1t is the nature of the rorqual to
make three blows at intervals of from
two to three minutes each and then
sound deep and stay beneath the sur
face for thirty or forty minutes.
As a whale would come to the sur
face there would appear, always at the
whales right side and just about
where his head would connect with the
body, great, long tail OF fin, Judged
by five fishermen and a number of In
dams after seeing it about fifteen times
at various distances" to be about
twenty-four feet long, two and one
half feet wide at the end and taper
ing down to the water, where it
seemed to be about eighteen inches in
diameter, looking very much like the
blade or fan of an old-fashioned
Dutch windmill. This great club was
used on the back of the unfortunate
whale in such Il manner that it was
wonder to me that every whale at
tackled was not Instantly killed. Its
operator seemed to have perfect con-
troll of its movements and would bend
it back till the end would touch the
water, forming horseshoe loop, then
with a sweep it would be Strengthened
and brought over and down on the
back of the whale with a whack that
could be heard for several miles. If
the whale was fortunate enough to
submerge his body before the blows
came the spray would fly for a dis
lance of 100 feet from the effect of
the strike, making a report as loud as
yachts signal gun.
What seemed most remarkable to me
was that no matter which way the
attacked whale went or how fast (the
usual speed is about fourteen knotsl,
that great club would follow right
along by its side and deliver those ire
mendous blows at intervals of about
four or five seconds. 1t would always
get in from three to five blows at each
of the three times the whale would
come to the surface to blow. The
whale would generally rid itself of the
enemy when it took its deep sound,
especially if the water was forty faith
oms or more deep.
During the day the attack was al
ways off shore, but at night the whales
would be attacked in the bay and
within 400 yards of the fishery.
do not know of any whales being
killed, but there were several that had
great holes and sores in their backs.
Questioning the Indians about it,
was told that there was only one, that
it had been there for many years; and
that it once attacked an Indian canoe,
and with one stroke of the great club
mashed the canoe into splihters, killing
and drowning several of its occupants.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14

Rachel Power was so taken mp with
her own t0a|rs as TO be quite incapable
af thinking ~ sHch ordinary and every
day matters .,> Tossing roads vita safe
Is, or % knowing where sbe was going
Happily, g v51wanS c8hw5n. au the look
cut { fare happened O. attract her
attention, and rA.s somewhat brought her
10 herself
Il must go fer a drive unal time 80 ~
back she Thought. I musy nor }et Val
see how this hiss hurt rse. Then aloud
abe said 90 the cabnaG. Il 'yaus 10 X
for s. drive Tor an hour or So"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14
wheat CHAT.

No better use can I've made Of wheat
chaff than to use it as litter, in which
the hens can scratch and exercise. 1t
should be stored away in a dry place
FOR winter. If a gill Of milet seed
be scattered in the chaff the hens
win work and hunt for the small
seeds industriodsly until every one IS
found, and rs the seeds are so very
small. the hens will be more earnest
and diligent. the seeds also being
somewhat of luxury. The chat will
also assist in keeping the floor dry,
thus adding to the warmth and com
fort of the poultry house during
periods of cold or damp weather.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14
Vast okIahoma Farm.

The Oklahomans claim to have the
largest farm in the southwest. 1t is
the 1O1 ranch in the Ponca reserva-
ton, and is so big that it is necessary
to plant several varieties of wheat
in 1t, one of which ripens several days
later than the other. in order that all
of them may be harvested at their
prime. On this farm the wheat fields
are of 1000 acres each, the cattle
pastures are 1000 TO 1900 acres each
and pasture 5000 head annually, the
corn rows are one and n half miles
long. requiring 500 mules and 800 men
to handle the crop, and it takes 50
self-binGers three weeks to cut the
wheat crop aISS. dozen or more steam
threshers a ito thresh it. There
are $4,000 in the ranch.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14

Askltt-By the way, what became Of
young ChIllington. who graduated with
our class in '9S? Cold, calculating sort
OF fellow. you remember.
Enowitt-Yes, I remember; and he's
the same cold, calculating chap nov
that he was then He's got a job as
bill clerk with an ice company.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14

In few other parts OF New England
can so large per cent of thrifty look
ing. well-kept. cosey farm homes be
found as in Vermont. Business and
professional men in the large cites are
beginning 70 appreciate this fact, ard
are buying country homes and bring
Ing their families TO grow up under
the healthful. inYigorating influences
OF country life at its best. The value
Of farm property has steadily in
creased for several years. and there
are 10 day comparativ few unoccu-
MED farm homes in Vermont-New
England Homestead.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14

De remembered that sulphate of lime
IS the same as gypsum, which may
be bought for about one-half the price
asked for the new 60 product. II
lime is needed on the farm. buy un-
slaked lime and use it properly. If
fertilizers are needed. buy fertilizers,
but don't believe that any process APP
piled TO lime win make it a valuable
fertilizer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14
Cheese confiscated.

The Minnesota dairy and food de-
partment recently eonhseated about
10000 pounds of skim cheese in st.
Paul. This seizure was found in one
of the commission houses. The com
missiea merchant pleaded guilty and
paid fine of $50. losing the cheese as
we'll
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14
Potato 20. and Tiue of Digging

Potato EoS and TIVE OF DigEfng
Thee~Question os how soon blighted
potatoes should be dug has been fire.
quently asked the authors, and Sc
ries Of Investigations has been under
taken at the Vermont station to aseer-
tain the proper time Of digging The
size Of the plats and the extent Of the
experiment are considered too limited
to admit Of CONGRATULATIONS, but it APP
pears that there was usually u greater
loss from the earlier digging. So far
as the investiga tons 60 they seem to
show that where tEere is danger of po-
tato rot 1t is best to delay the digging
for ten days or more after the tops
have died. EXCHANGE
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14

with conspiracy to
bride. Miller was
employed as second
assistant to AttOr-
ney General Tyner
of the Postomce De
partment. Joseph
Johns was an attor-
ney at Rockville,
Ind, where he was
arrested May 81.
Miller was arrested
the same day in his,
offices at w ASKING
49, G.l
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14
SCOT T. S
EMULSION

SCOTS Emulsion is the
means of life and of the en-
joyment of life of thousands of
men, women and children.
To the men SCOTS Emul-
sion gives the flesh and
strength SO necessary for the
cure of consumption and the
repairing of body losses from
any wasting disease.
For women Scots Emul-
sion does this and more. 1t is
a most sustaining food and
tonic for the special trials that
women have to bear.
To children SCOTS Emul-
sion gives food and strength
for growth of flesh and bone
and blood. For pale girls,
for thin and sickly boys SCOTS
Emulsion is a great help.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT g. BOVINE. Chemists.
4o9-415 Pearl Street. New York.
SOC. and $1.oO; all druggists.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14

Reports from various sections tell Of
men who are Offering a So-called high
crade lime which they claim contains
nanurlal value. usually sulphste Of
lime. The product may bear out the
cls'- lie FOR It, although it should
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14
Farm Notes,

Hard coal ashes make good mulch
for current bushes.
The ounce can be grown from cut
tings made in the fall or spring.
Potatoes keep better if dug during
q Try spell, when they come up dry
and clean.
Strong I've made of hardwood ashes
Will cure ivy poisoning. Better if put
on hot.
Keep the colts growing. If the pas
ture gets poor, give them bran and
oats in the field.
Those who contemplate putting out
an orchard next spring should manure
the ground this fall.
! All wire fences are made visible to
stock by attaching scrap tin to the
top wire A good use for waste pro-
duct.
Pack the grapes for keeping in we'll
baked sawdust. To keep them q
short time. lay them on Shelf in a
dry, cool place,
Keep down the raspberry canes; four
or five good canes to every four feet
of row viii give a better quality Of
fruit than If thicker.
Try dropping powdered caustic
potash in the mole runs and see if
ii does not drive the rooters away
to more agreeable forage grounds.
Some townsfolk sIur people by call
ing them "old farmer" or ''hayseed. i"
This iufers ignorance when farmers
are not ignorant nor uniformed. II
takes the smartest kind of people now
a-days to become farmers. The farm
er not being accustomed to town ways
sometimes appears green when in
town. but the city man is far more
verdant when he is in the country.
In digging potatoes known to be
pure seed ard of the same variety fire.
0uent variations may often be noticed.
Some of these are due only to differ
ences of soil. but others are true
sports" and viii reproduce their
kind IL planted another year Ii these
sports are unusually productive and
valuable they should be carefully
saved for planting. In this way some
of the best varieties Of potatoes have
been originated. one or two kinds OF
Late Rose being prominent instances.
Better butter can be made on the
farm than at the creamery if the same
care is given. The managers OF
creaneries secure the best assistance
10 be had. and they aim To put good
butter On =, market The advantages
possessed ( 3 the farmer who makes
dairy butter are that he can feed his
cows on the best foods. use more care
ana work with cleaner surroundings
[ A large proportion Of creamery butter
* not Uniform. as the milk comes
IRON many sources. hut dairy butter
( Is injured IN the churning and manipp-
lation Of The product by inexperienced
persons.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14
TWO MORE MAIL INDICTMENTS.
True Bills Against Attorneys Miller
and Johns of Cincinnati.

Daniel V. Miller and Joseph Johns,
attorneys, We're indicted by the United
States grand jury at Cincinnati, charged
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14

Friend-Still keeping bachelors hall?
Jiuks-N-o. Facl IS times got so hard
that | could no longer aHoIS T. smash
mp the dirty dishes and buy new ones.
So got married,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14

kind words prevent a good deal D.
that perversedness which rough and
imperious usage often produce in ges
erus minds Locke,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14
Poultry Notes.

Use carbohc acid occasionally to de-
stroy lice.
Give poultry variety of both dry
and cooked food.
Scatter the food so that the fowls
will not eat too fast.
Filth, the accumulation of dropping,
is a prolific cause of disease.
I, Glover helps to keep the hens in good
laying condition.
Mix all soft foods given fowls with
milk instead of water.
When hens lay thin shelled eggs it
shows they need lime.
Ground bone is one of the best ways
of supplying lime to poultry.
Secure good ventilation without ex-
posure to drafts Immediately upon the
fowls.
A table fowl should be fat, as a
preponderance of fat indicates excel
lent condition and health.
One advantage with ducks is that
they grow so rapidly that money can
be made quickly.
The object of caponizing is to i'm
prove the quality and increase the
weight of the fowls.
Old newspapers can often be used
TO good advantage in making the poul-
try house warm.
Sifted coal ashes and dry wood dust
makes one of the best mixtures for
the dust baths,
Lice do not attack fowls that are in
a good condition as soon as they do
those in an impoverished state.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14

The chief statlsticlau Of the depart
ment Of agriculture says this county
will produce 2o,ooo,oo1 bales Of cot
ton annually II the cotton holl wee ii
can ZEE kept down. This insect. dis
covered in 1894. is reported to have
caused loss of Sta0OO.O00 in Texas
last year
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-14

Iron tobacco pipes are popular u
Central Asia.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-12-02
sRingRV AEAR.Ae.
GONE Rapids Ssir~ra To BY tn. Ser
sssisuai Asssst 81 the cs.,

"fsno Esp'es. AIgh. DEF s-wnh
Ia. -Dtif- ctts STIRRED -. never h-to-.
IN ~. history BY the recitation Of .r-
C''t Attorney salisbury 10 his t-su-
n'oH' OF the bribery hearing o. state
Ssustsr EuraIs the -xs uririatiOn 81 an.
e'aer % the m-n arrested as IN. ~,
suit Of S=lssary's csufrSxler. Alder
n'-n pep-Eter ~as begun Ia police
'"uft D.ssEt~r Is charged With nav
isE received $3.50 brlb- frou, S,Iyhurv
10 support he Lake Michigan water
ae~i ~ The council S-'sburs wss tn.
mist Niin~u re tesJiHed that he xsxA
Drn@xter 1859 at sbeat The same tim.
ne d'u The Others he lad bribel
! told him Ne aoriid have 81 zee milf.
mAi~'y. said salisbury. "sad .x-
planned ho~ wanted him 10 supporf
our proposition Ne agreed and later
Ne entered Int an sgr~~m-at nv which
he "~> I" receive froH 81 oss 70 s. aas
in water bonds
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-12-02
WRAPPED REAGAN Up
Pathetic Incident rnring Convention
at Bayou City
DEVOTED DAUGHTERS.
Ihey RnFelop the Last Survivor Of
the Confederate Cabinet a. He
Started to speak With the
Loot Carse Banner.

Houaon. Dec. THE Daughters OF
the Coafstsvscy were welcomed 10
this city for their annual gathering by
City Secretary Bryan Several reports
were read The convention was call
ed 70 order by Mrs l. N r. Biandin.
president of Orau NJ Roberts chap
ter
When Judge Reagan came on the
stage TO deliver an address the ladies'
rushed from the sides OF The stage.
seized a long Confederate aag and
wrapped Il around him. covering him
from head 10 foot Hurrahs were
heard Tor a moment then -obs such
sc come from the overful heart. were
heard and tears youFsed down every
ches4S. The scene melted the strongest
heart and handkerchief we're seen in
every h.nd - The entire audience
ir~'nbIed With emotion Il was a mo-
ment that viii never be forgotten and
a scene that ~ enacted In few
The presence or the flower 81 Texas
vouIs uhool at such gatherings ~ this
meant NOR than airy mere so,ia' end,
~ declared u waS the same spirit
OF sowing adsHty which marked the
portion in lhe great conflict taken by
southern women II deslares their
d"trrinina ton To rescue the names ~
the soosh's heroes from th~ raiumny
into which partial historians and th~
enemies ~ the south had disbo'iCsilv
attempted 20 plunge ,heEu
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-12-02
ZION CRY
p~sSs'ty, ct RssVsst - crssitsra
Places In Ns1as - I've Rsxsssr.

chi sEo. D-o. (. tsus nrta' dfT1e7H-
tee ~hich erxss during ts. ,.r rssd. -,
Josg Alerand-r Do~i. th- -f,-sIsled
FiUah III and ~, restsrsy,,H Hest 20
N.~ YORK MOI a. ago. and -htes
have been rapidis isrr~zslnx since
Do~.s'- return home culmirst-d t..
ilss fs7ier~i courts liking possession, sr
all the property certrsn.i nv Tsert- T.,
Slen cay. IA
This ts~u whieh Vas feuad~s two
ye-fs sEo by DeAi- has population
of over iesee. ~ the general h-.dauar-
tsrs fsT pcNis's church and - .ald
TO represent an -xp~ aditur. Of So sse
zee
Frederick N, Hiount cashier 81 the
Chicago National bank and Albert ID
Currton. q law partner Of Conxr~~xn.n
bouteiie, Ncfe appointed receivers Of
the property. Their bonds y ere ax~d
AZ 100000 hy Judge kohisaat 81 the
United States district court. Who made
the appointment ~ tho petition ~ sew
sTsl creditors
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-12-02
rERRisLE EXPLOSION
Tive Men Lest Their Live. ard g..
srsl Others Are Injured

birmingham Ala. Der.-Ap .v,l,
sion At Fiat Top mine. worked by stat.
oonN'ets. about twenty Ave mile. from.
ms city resulted ia the death OF two
men and The injury or eight ON. nj,
VOC INJURED may die. The cause or the
NI'os'oh - unknown Mine Inspector
Su''e' hoyss says the explosion was due
20 '"e SateiessnesS OF the powder imam
"h" was placing powder shots for tb..
n'Sh' shht ia the storehouse. The f,rt
'h@' the powder Was stored In
worked out heading avected 4 NOR.
dreadful catastrophe