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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-11-19

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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-11-19

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One of the dallies remarks that the
reputation Of Joseph w. Folk OF 81.
Louis rests wholly upon h j success In
W nding Doodlcrs To the penitentiary.
That paper Is sadly mistaken. MIR.
Folk has been successful In getting
boodlers convicted In the district
courts. but he has never yet got one
OF them into the penltentiary. The
supreme court OF Missouri, the same
cue that fined the editor for contempt
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24

ONLY A HOuSEKEEPER.
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with the freedom Of youth the girls
were discussing their elders. 1t was
not gossip, exactly, for the Sunshine
Club was preparing to- give an enter
tainment, and found It needful to
weigh the accomplishments of friends
in order to decide who should be asked
to aid. But the comments were frank,
IL friendly, and Aunt Eleanor, at work
In the pantry, found occasion 20 smile
sometimes as the gay voices ratified on.
Mrs Marston to play our accom-
pauiments, Mrs. White to sing and
Mrs. Lee to read" finally summed up
one Of the girls, a comparative stran-
ger In the town. How about that
charming Mrs. Webb? She's so sweet
I'm sure she'd do anything we asked
her. What can she do?'
Tnere was Il moment of silence.
Then, 81 don't believe she has any
what you may call public gifts" one
of the girls answered. she's a heaven
born creature, as you say, but she isn't
a bit conspicuous outside her family,
and we think of her just as a perfect
housekeeper-only housekeeper.'
Only housekeeper-as if housekeep-
ing were as simple task as digging
a ditch! Aunt Eleanors smile was
tinged with bitterness now, as she
thought of the things a perfect house
keeper had to be and do.
Caterer. cook, Iaundress, dressmaker,
nurse, chambermaid. teacher, milliner,
waitress-these were only a ew of the
trades that the housekeeper was ex-
pected to master, pursue or direct-and
she must pursue them all at once. She
might have faculty for nursing or
taste for millinery, yet she must not
crafty either at the expense of the
cooking and scrubblng. She must plan
largely to have a well-ordered home,
yet II she had not a genius for details,
too. everything would soon 80 awry.
Only housekeeper-oEly a Napol-
con, carrying In one small head that
countless things to be attended to- in
order that her house may be neat, her
children tidy, her husband comfort
able, and the bills kept down. Credit
for successful generalship IS all too sell
dom accorded her. Yet such qualities
as she displays would win her distinc.
ton In any public field.
These girls will learn better by and
by. But the men. these men who take
ftheir comforts as matter of course.
and never give their wives a word Of
praise. Oh" sighed Aunt Eleanor, IF
such men could he condemned to keep
! house for month or two, how the pro-
| fession Of housekeeper would advance
In estcem.'- Youths Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24
Feeding the eras. Crop.

One of the most successful growers
of hay in the country ascribed his sue
cess TO the proper preparation of his
fields in the beginning and the proper
culture afterward, as well as the
proper manuring at the time Of seed
ing. During the two months proceed
ing seeding the soil is plowed and har-
rowed so frequently that he claims it
is gone over at least fifty times. This
process makes fine all the vegetation
that Is available as plant food and let's
in sIs.shine to the soil. Before seeding,
stable manure is used In as large guam
titles as he can afford, but after seed
ing only bone. muriate of potash and
nitrate Of soda are used, and this Is
used on every crop: that is, he is not
satisfied to let the fertilizer used In
preparing the seed bed answer for all
time. but prepares and applies the
commercial fertilizers named each sea-
son or twice each season. if, as in his
case, two crops are taken from the
MEADOW each season. This sort of
treatment is expensive, to an extent,
but IL pays TO apply 1t in any section
where the hay crop is a paying one.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24
Profit in snm mer Eggs.

Il is well understood that the eggs
laid during the winter are. to Il certain
extent at least, a forced production.
This being the case. it is hardly fair
to expect that the fowl who has turn
ed out a goodly supply of eggs during
the winter can keep it up during the
summer 1t is questionable if it would
be advisable to force the winter lay.
ing fowl To continue during the sum-
mer. If the bird is TO be counted as
among the layers the following win
ter she sh0sild be allowed the period OF
rest during most of the summer; that
is, she should not be fed SO as TO force
egg production, but her food should be
sufficiently liberal and sufficiently va
ried 10 keep her in good shape to go
into winter quarters prepared to lay.
The poultryman who has not received
from his fowls tire number Of eggs he
should have had during the winter
ought to make an effort to get even
during the summer, the natural sea son
for the hen to lay. This cannot be
done by simply turning the hens out on
the range, for they must be grain-fed
and properly cared for, Handle them
as YOU would the fowls for winter egg
production. Ie will not be expensive.
for most OF their living will be obtain
ell on tho range and. unless eggs are
very low in price. you will receive
enough from the supply To pay well
for the extra food and care.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24

with lid. clamped securely in place
by simply raising the handle to lift the
bucket. All that is needed to make
connection is the mere hanging of the
bucket on the pipe above the cow by
a hook attached to the milk pail for
that purpose, as shown in the cut.
This is an ordinary pail with a tight
lid and glass peepholes down the sides
so that the milk can be seen. A rubber
tube suns to the cups attached TO the
cows teats. Between the cups is a
valve and chamber about the size of a
hens egg which really constitutes the
effective part of the machine.
The machine is set to work by a sim
pie turn of the valve and the suction
holds 1t In place until the milking is
finished. 1t requires from two and one
half TO ten minutes to milk cow.
With proper equipment one man can
readily handle ffty.-0range Judd
Farmer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24
FLANNEL SHOULD BE WORN.
This Fabric Is Much More HeaIthfuI
Than other Wooieus

EdDFlE As more he1lfntul
Than Other wooiens
In England one sees much uf the hy-
gienic underwear which is so strongly
urged for general adoption, but in this
country it is less common. From Il
sanitary point of view, this is a pity.
since physicians regard it as a preyen-
tive of many forms of disease. 1t af-
fords the body the greatest protection
against cold, heat and dampness with
the least obstruction to the body's eX
halation. These conditions are instinc-
lively felt TO be better fulfilled by
wooden than by linen or cotton fabrics.
Hence the very general use of flannel
garments by athletes and by members
of cricket. boating and other sporting
clubs, who are called upon to engage
In vigorous physical exercise likely to
cause profuse perspiration.
AS formerly woven, wooden fabrics
were Objectionable to many, because
they irritated the skin and caused dis
comfort by preventing the proper es-
cape of its eXudations. Moreoy er, they
were as rule so heavy as to be :ntol-
cradle for summeg wear. These obiec-
tionable features have. now been re-
moved, and TO make wooden clothing
truly sanitary and suitable for all sea-
sons the usual process of weaving
wooden fabrics has been materially
modified by adopting a method which
produces much less closely woven
texture than the ordinary flannel
The feeling is instructive, too, that
wooden clothing is hot in warm
weather; that if we wear wool in win
ter to keep us warm we must wear
something different in summer to keep
us cool, or be inconsistent n theory
and practice. But this is a mistake.
1t is obvious TO all how non-con-
ductor of heat-a wooden garment, for
instance-preyents the escape of the
heat of the body to colder atmos-
phere, or the ingress of heat to the
body from warmer atmosphere; Il
familiar Illustration of which is found
in the practice of wrapping ourselves
In blankets to keep us warm and of
wrapping ice In a blanket to keep it
and not in the other. 1t may not be
SO easy to understand why we should
clothe warm body in a blanket to
cool it off or keep it cool when the
temperature of the surrounding air is
in or near equilibrium with it.
The explanation lies in the nature
and condition of the body, the wooden
fabrics two-fold property of non-con-
duetivity to heat and permeability to
moisture and the evaporation of the
moisture at the fabrics outer surface.
This evaporation disperses the heat,
thus lowering the temperature. This is
the reason the soldier keeps his wool
uncovered canteen wet in hot weather.
A wet wooden garment disposes of the
surplus heat and leaves the body cool.
Hartford Times.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24
sal.non.Catching Centers.

The six chief salmon-catehlng cen
ters on the Pacific coast in the order
of the quantity of nsh packed lin
1901. are Alask, Puget Sound Brit.
lsh Columbia. fhe Columbia River
the Oregon coast. the Washington
coast and the California rivers About
four-hfths OF the entire catch was in
American waters, oue-nfth In Cana.
dian, For their extent and Importance
the annual product now being worth
over $2oeO0,O00, employing an ARM
ot men and millions Of capital the
Pacific salmon fisheries are of surpris-
ingly recent development Like every
Industry IN the Northwest they have
seemingly sprung in.o Importance
overnight yesterday nothing. to-day a
business Of worldwide recognition. Gee
Century.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24
For LeveIing the Soil.

This land leyeler is tool that viii
pay for itself many times over and
ought to be found on every farm. The
Illustration shows clearly how it is
made. A heavy plank eight or ten
feet long and two feet wide. set on
edge. Is used for the leveler AID the
wings at the side keep it In an up
right position at all times. These
wings should be securely fastened by
iron straps. Strips of strong board
one and one-half inches thick by three
inches wide are fastened at each upper
corner of the plank and a small cross
piece at the end is provided with a
ring, to which the team is hitched. A
small iron rod from the center of cross
piece to the center Of the top of the
plank gives additional strength. A and
A indicate large screw eyes, TO which
a light rope is attached to enable the
driver to raise the leveler IL need be
and TO enable him to turn corners cas-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24
A Mechanical Mixer.

The latest milking machine Is here
pictured In outline 1t requb es an en-
CINE or other power to drive it in or
der TO work the vacuum all pump To-
Gated at some convenient point. From
this line of iron gas pipe is run
above the stalls In the milking shed.
This pipe is used onls 10 exhaust the
air in the milk buckets. No liquid
passes through it. A small branch pipe
terminating In a hook is fitted to the
main pipe and hangs over the stall
about two feet above the cows back.
The bucket Is shown in the figure
and is air tight, the top being closed
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24
Produce ONLY cboics Butter.

Dairymen should ever bear in mind
that their only hope of competing with
spurious butter, melted lard and cot
tonseed oil is TO produce only the choic-
est dairy butter. Educate the tastes
of the people up to the use of the high
est standard and then honestly supply
the demand. Oleomargarine can never
supplant what is known as gilt-edge
butter, but it revels in the competition
with the low grade butter made by the
careless, shiftless farmer. Those dairy
men who do not observe the handwrit-
ing on the wall and who continue the
production of inferior parcels, will be
driven from the business under cloud
q loss and disappointment. The con-
sumner who has had an opportunity of
spreading his bread with choice, fresh,
highly favored, aromatic dairy butter
will never become willing purchaser
of butterine or oleomargarine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24

found Il contained n brightly colored
shawl and sheet of foolscap. on which
some lines were penned Knowing Mr..
read the lines:
ITO Annie Pendragon. who charms all
beholders,
Johz Rudd, Of st. Gurlott's. sends this
for her shoulders;
That she'll always be happy, in sunshine
and in food.
IT'S the wish % her friend and sdnirer,
j. Rudd."
Having read the verses, Annie fell TO
yolubly admiring them and the shawl;
but Mr.. Rudd, feeling the praise too
much for him, gleefuIly took bis depart
ure. He paused at the door, however,
TO give me last look, and to express a
wish that we should become better ae-
quainted.
The moment be was gone. attention
was again concentrated upon me. My
aunt took a good look at me, trying to
find traces Of my mother and father in
my face. My uncle discovered / was
both wet and cold; while Annie said:
why don't you give him his supper,
mother? I'm sure he must be hungry
after that long ride wi Mr.. Rudd."
Annie's suggestion was adopted, and
we all sat down to supper. While
ate, | had leisure to look about me. The
kitchen was large and homely in the ex-
treme, with a clean stone paved floor be-
meath the great black rafteFs a boye. from
which hung fitches of bacon, bundles of
tallow candies. aud divers articles Of at
tire. The ingle was great and broad.
with seats within it. formed Of polished
black oak. and the fire burned on the
open hearth. In one corner was n recess,
with curtains, containing a bed. which
afterward discovered was TO be mine
for the night.
Very little was said or done that even
ing. If | was astohished at the sight of
my relatives. they were equally so at the
- ;ht Of me. A sort Of constraint came
upon US all. was not sorry 10 find that
they were very early people. aud that at
ten o'clock they retired, and left me to
make myself as comfortable as | could
in the presided in the kitchen.
Ito be coutlnuedl
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24
Science and Farming.

If you tell the average Missouri
farmer that he ought 10 use a little
more science in his business he will
reply II at the advocates of scientific
methods are mere theorists, that they
do very well in their way, but they
can't teach a practical agriculturist
anything in his line. Robert FL. Kern,
st. Louis lawyer, has lately given the
conservative farmers of Macon County
lesson in scientific agriculture that
has opened their eyes. In settling an
estate he came into possession Of some
almost worthless city property. This
he traded for some land in Macon
County which seemed almost equally
yalueless. The larger part of it was
under water most of the time, and Il
good crop never had been raised on 1t.
Mr.. Kern called in an engineer and
had him make plans for a drainag e
system Then he called in a farmer
who understood the science OF agricul-
ture and put him to work. The land
was drained perfectly, bog became a
fine meadow. and where swamp had
been from time immemorial bumper
corn crop was raised. Now that farm,
which, when Mr.. Kern got it, would
hardly have brought s. per acre, is
worth $50 per acre. Ten thousand dol
lars worth of corn was ri ed on it
last year. 1t is said half the dwellers
in the Charlton bottoms are now talk
ing about hiring scientific engineers as
farm hands.-Kansas City Journal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24
Earn otcs.

To use more ma>~inery and cony on
fences of every kind. or to cut down
your acreage, appears the only rem
edy in sight for lack of farm help.
Give the young pigs low trough
and chance to feed separate from the
SOW. Add to ground oats or barley or
wheat middlings some warm skim
milk or water.
The predict Of the stolen nest will
be lively as crickets- The brood is
usually small, and the mother will take
care of them. Throw them food when
they are present at feeding line. 5rt
let them rustic.
There is no better eg9, producing food
than combination of oats, bran, corn,
green stuff and insects. with the aver
age waste of the average kitchen or
dairy. and you don't have TO pay 8
cents per pound for any of these.
In Denmark they have farmers CO.
operative dairy associations of twelve
farmers ca On. who for five years weigh
the feed OF each Of their cows and also
the milk. and thus make a record OF
the returns from each COW.
String beans can be grown as long
as the weather IS warm. The practice
of growing tht earlier kinds alone is
too general. for a ready sale awaits
them whenever they reach the mar
kets. Try some OF the late varieties.
and keep up 4 succession as long as
the opportunity permits.
on rhe thirty seven acres Of groun,
devoted to the livestock department ~
the worlds fair. at St Louis. are being
built 2.So0 stalls. Two thousand four
hundred OF these are open stalls, 5x10
feet. The remaining 400 are box stalgT
1oxiO feet. In addition four oetagon~
dairy barns win provide 14o open stalls
and twenty sight box stalls.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24
CHATTER ~.

journeyed by a small steamer ms far
as Falmouth, and thence by road 20 st,
tsu-lstt' s-ou-Sea. was conducted 10
she boat by Mrs. Munster. oa arriving
AT Falmouth | was met on board by a
rough looking person, who informed NE
chat be had been deputed by "Missus
pendragon" to convey me and my be
longiugs To st. Gurlott's.
What manner Of man he was l could
scarcely tell. beyond realizing the fact
that he was Of tremendous heigEt, that
he wore q white beaver hat. aud that
his figure was wrapped in an enormous
Triexe coat. He gave a glance at me.
and then said nj a peculiar pipy voice
-vI5oine. lad. GIGS the tip about your
boxes. and we'li move on; the mares got
a Journey afore 'un, and VEIN best sawt
he late"
{ moved aft and pointed out to him
.fur little trunk. lie looked at II in much
fhe same way IS giant might look
nj a pebble. put il quietly under his arm,
and moved off gain. inviting me to fol-
low. We crossed the gangway. and came
on to the quay. The wagon was rooted
svith black tsrpaulin. AZ on the side
sras painted, 10 large white tiers, John
Rndd. Carrier, ST Gnrlott :.
on coming up 10 the vehicle. my con
9ncfnr paused and disposed Of my trunk.
aheu. turning 10 me with Come, yOuag
master. jump in" he gave rae a lift
which summarily placed me inside and
On the top Of my box; then. before |
had time to recover myself, I felt that
cbe wagon was iolting along
We soon left Falmouth behind as. and
urere moving cumbrously along the high
road Looking TO the right and to the
left ] could sec nothing but undulating
sweeps Of land. Aeak and barren. with
tss ste0y highway stretching before US.
We N~re travelling westward. evidently.
and, as far as prospect went, We might
D. going forward into the Desert. There
tgas not a cart or horse OF human being
- be seen anywhere.
l. was past midday. and the sun was
a. bot as Il had been any day that sum
Fanr. AS felt 1t searching my face and
Asad looked at nv companion, aud
nsaryeied again. His huge ulster coat
vas buttoned up 10 his chin. and his
great round face was shaded By his
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24

In discussing the attempted Pilgrim
age of the Canadian Doukhobors, who
set out through the snow ito find
Jesus" the London Spectator says that
this is only another instance of the
length 10 which the credulous eastern
mind can be carried. 1t gives par
allel case of wild belief among the
Muruts, a race of squalid savages liv-
ing in Borne0.
One day, a year or two ago there APP
peared among them a Murut, naked
like themselves, and apparently differ
ing in no way from his fellows. Yet
in a short time he was able to make
the members of the tribe surrender to
him their wives, their cattle aud other
possessions simply ON the strength of
his own declaration as to his powers.
He asserted that he could confer
on deyout disciples the power of fly
ing. No ole asked him to fly himself;
it seemed never TO occur to them. Yet
a number of men climbed to the tops
of the highest coconut-trees in the viii
lage. and leaped into the air.
When Jney were found to be dead
It is only reasonable to suppose that
the survivors set upon the false pro-
phet and killed him. Nothing of the
sort! On the contrary, he explained
that the dead men had not been suffi-
GENTLY devout and he found no diff
Guilty in inducing others to follow their
example. ga 80
At last, after he had Initiated over
twenty men into the process of flying
from the tops of trees to the ground.
he was arrested through foreign
agency, and thrown into prison. But
even then the natives believed in him
to such an extent that they resented
any interference in the matter.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24

tie readers Of this paper win be pleased %
learn that there Is at least one dreaded alSSsss
stages. ana that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure known % tne medF ..1
fraternity tatarrh being a constitutional g. y
ssct, rangilres constitutional treatment Ha Q
Catarrh cure IS taken internally, acting directly
On the blood and mucous surfaces OF the system.
fharshy deStroying ths foundation of the dis
saSe and giving the patent strength by building
m me constitution and assisting nature In doing
IL work The proprietor haze so much faith In
Dollsrs for any case that 1t fails 70 cure. Send
for list OF testimonials.
~ address. T. ]. CHENEY 6 CO.. Toledo, o.
rw-Sold BY Druggists. 75c.
HsIs Family Pills are tbs best
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24
A Milderness. Forsootr,

II might be thought that the day had
gone by wheI TO the English mind
America appeared as a land Of waste
places and wildernesses unredeemed.
But story which a recent visitor to
England br,ugs home shows that there
are stil honest BritOns who do not
understand our ways Of life.
At a dinner table the American hap
pened TO remark that there was cur
few in Cambridge. Massachusetts,. and
some ether towns
= curfew:" askedsan English lady.
YES. a bell that rings at half past
nine to cali the children of the street .
oh. / see said t'-e English lady.
afabIy. Il suppose sitter DARK there Is
danger from wolves"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24

Horses fed literally, If not well ex.
errised, viii often get or their feed
The skill Of the feeder q Ist remedy
this. Every one having the care OF
stock Of any kind should bear in mind
that all troubles of appetite and of
the digestive organs are generally
chargeable to the feeier rather than
the animal Regularity. keen judy
meut and strict attention are the med
seine" the feeder OF stock needs to i'd
minister.