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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04
QUEER COUP or GAMBLERS.

Shooting of Roach in New York Sug-
gests Interesting Reflect ons.
That gambler who has been shot
and MORALLY wounded by another
gambler should doggedly refuse to
identify and accuse his assailant, and
that the assailant. on his part. when
brought TO the bedside Of his dying
victim, should refuse to take his hand
these things seem to ordinary men
and women almost incredible. But
ordinary men and women must bear
in mind the fact that gamblers are
not of their kind; that they have altJ-
gether different ideas of conduct: that
their emotions and passions are diff
ferent and their conceptions of honor
something cute out Of the ordinary.
OF these two gamblers it might
without any risk whatever be assum-
ed that all their lives it has bee1
their highest desire to feel themselves
to be and TO be generally looked upon
as "dead-game sports" The Obliga-
ton not 10 peach" which notorious
~ inheres in the quality OF dead
gameness,' was recognized as binding
by the gambler who in peril of imme-
date dissolution would not identify
and accuse the man who was known
by the police and the bystanders to
have shot him.
He was able to take care of him
self, he said; that is, he asked no
favors of the law, not even the post
humors favor Of doing his murdered
to death in the electric chair, There
are hundreds, maybe thousands, Of
tough youngsters in this city now rip
enlng for lives of crime whose highest
ambition it is to be considered dead
game sports None Of the hon0rs and
rewards of life commonly priced by
men and women would he held by
these youngsters n any such esteem.
The murderer's refusal to take the
preferred hand of his victim is readily
| accounted for on grounds of tempera-
ment and moral organization. The
man who shot Roche seems to be n
wholly immoral being. a man with the
| low nervous organization Of the brute
and with only the rudiments Of the
| higher faculties.
There are many such men walking
the streets Of New York, or of any
! other of the worlds great cities, men
to whom the forgiveness of an enemy
even upon the enemy's dcathbed would
seem a weakness Equally with his
| victim this gambler would be incap-
able OF invoking the aid of the law
to redress u private grievance,
| Professional gambling breeds men
| Of this type-New York Times.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04

The garden should hold a very i'm
portant place on every we'll regulated
farm Not only are good fresh fruit
and vegetables desirable from a health
standpoint. but they are more econo-
mIcal than meat and canned goods.
City people pay ont large sums of
money for fruit and garden truck and
then cannot secure it so nice and fresh
as the farmer can have it if he will.
At the Epitomist Experiment Station
we have planted at intervals lettuce,
radishes. onions, peas, beans, corn,
cucumbers. cabbage. etc. and we are
now using fresh peas. lettuce and rad
ishes, just as nice as those grown ear
lier In the season. Late paintings OF
all these are now coming on, that are
looking fine. assuring a liberal supply
OF vegetables until frost or later. 1t
is not yes too late for planting peas,
radishes, lettuce, turuips. and in case
you have good strong plants. cabbage
may be transplanted. Try crop OF
fall vegetables once and you will likely
follow 1t up in the future.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04

Whenever the grass seeding fails,
the blame is usually laid upon the
weather, but this is not always correct.
even in pant. Grass belongs to the
same botanical family as wheat, only
the grain has had greater develop
ment of its seed.
All farmers understand that the
wheat crop needs phosphate to be
grown successfully year after year, on
the same land To be sure, the soil is
cultivated. and there is a new seeding
with some manure each year for the
grain crop.
Yet farmers think that grass, with
our reseeding. and without new sup
plies of mineral matter, will continue
TO grow. The result is that the grass
gradually dies out and is replaced by
MOSES or other weeds of low organiZa-
ton that can live without mineral
plant food
Not only is the amount of grass less
ened. but its quality IS also impaired
by lack of the mil ca II. On land that
has long been without phosphate cat
tie will not thrive, and cows which
give milk will take TO the eating of old
bones to secure the mineral nutrition
they require.
Farmers who have learned that
ground bone is good to make hens lay
are apt to forget that the raore bulky
COW has an equally wonderful opera
ton to perform. That is, to take from
her grass feed the nutrition required
TO make milk, which is less concen-
trated than the egg, but contains very
nearly the same kind OF .sdtfitiOn.
when we began to use mineral ma
pures on grain, we found that the Sec
ond and third crops of grass seeded
with the grain did not pan out as they
used to do. il is far better to apply
the pltosphat win the grain. The
grass seeded Will il VIII set the ef'
! fects OF the mineral fertilizing for ~
/ least two years thereafter.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04
wounds in Horses, llect.

Whenever a horse goes lame make a
close examination of the foot the very
first thing, as more than three-fourths
of all lameness in horses has it's source
below the pastern joint Clean the
hoof ont wen, then wa sh the sole to
soften it and scrape it all over to see
if the horse has picked up a nail or
punctured the sole with a sharp stone.
If any wound is found, pare down the
sole about it and make n free opening
down to the ''quick" to allow the es-
cape of any pus that may form.
The next thing TO do is TO render the
wound thoroughly aseptic, and the
usual agent is carbolic acid. While q
> per cent solution is strong enough to
Use as a lotion, we use a 10 per cent
solution on hoof wounds. as this
strength slightly cauterizes the sore
and is sure to kill all germs of disease.
Alter the application of the 10 per
cent solution, wash the wound with
hot water and apply the usual 5 per
cent solution of carbolic acid three
times a day. Never plug up a nail
wound with tar, but keep it open and
use the carbolic acid solution as di-
rected
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04
SILVER SPUR

her. Crouch down, or They'll spy you
through the window. From the crypt a
passage takes you TO the governors
house. How to escape men, heaven
knows! TITS the best can think on"
l thank'd her, and began to step down
the ladder. She stood for moment to
watch, leaving the trap open for better
light. Between the avenue of casks and
bins / stumbled toward the door and Ian
tern that were just to be diseernd at the
far end of the cellar. As | struck steel
on flint, heard the trap close; and since
then have never set eyes on that kind
hearted girl.
The lantern lit, / followed her direc-
tons and succeeded in gaining nnobsery-
ed the entrance hall Of the governor $
house. An oak door, very massive, front
ed me, to left and right were two smaller
doors. that plainly led into apartments
of the house.
While l stood bordering which door to
take. the doubt was answered for me.
From behind the right hand door came a
burst Of laughter. on top OF which
mans voise-the voice Of Colonel Els
sex-call'd ont.
took a step to the door on the left
9aus'd for a second OF two with my
hand on the latch, and then cautiously
push'd it open. The chamber was empty
Twas a long room, with a light burn
ing on square center table; and around
it a mass Of books, loose papers and doe
uments strewn. Clearly this was the
Colonels Office.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04

waiting, the porter standing beside thu
door; and here also, to my dismay, was
torch light, and under it half dozen
soldiers chatting. A whisper passd on
my approach-"The colonel.' and they
hurried into the guard room.
Good evening G. lonelw The porter
how'd low. holding tie door wide.
pass'd him rapidly, climbd into the
shadow of the coach and drew a long
breath. Then ensued a hateful pause as
the great gates were unbarrd | gripp'd
my knees for Impotence. The driver
spoke a word to the porter, who came
round to the coach door again.
ITO Mistress Finch's. is it not?"
"Ay," | muttered; aid quickly"
The coachman touched up his pair.
The wheels mov'd went quicker. We
were outside the castle. After a short
drive the coach came to a halt l looked
out.
racing me was a narrow gateway
leading to a house that stood somewhat
back from the street. Over the grill G
link was burning. l stepp'd from tho
coach. open'd the gate. anu crossing the
small court, rang the house bell
AT first there was no answer. l rang
again; and now had the satisfaction to
hear a light football coming. 4 bolt IS
pulpd and girl appeard holding a can
die high in her hand. Quick as thought,
! stepp'd past her into the passage
Della"
Jack"
Hist! Close the door Where is Mis-.
tress Finch?"
Upstairs, expecting Colonel Essex.
Oh, the happy day. Come She
led me into narrow back room and set
ting down the light regarded me. Jack,
my eyes are red for theer
Il see they are. Tomorrow I was to
be hang'd."
She put her hands together. catching
her breath; and very lovely l thought
her, in her straight gray gown and Puri-
tan cap.
They have been questioning me. Didst
get my letter.
The answer was on my lip when there
came a sound that made us ,oth start.
Twas the duh echo of a gun firing. up
at the Castle.
Della. what lies at the back here?"
"A garden and garden door: after
these lane leading to Redcliff street"
Il must CO. this moment"
"And II"
Sbo did not wait my answer. but. run
ming out into the passage, she cane
swiftly back with a heavy key. l opsn'd
the window.
Della De-liaw Twas woman's
voice calling her, at the head OF the
stairs.
AYE. Mistress Finch
who was that at the door,"
l sprang into the garden and held forth
a hand to Della. In one moment, mis-
tress" call'd she, and in che moment was
hurrying with me across the dark garden
beds. As she fitted the key to the gar
den gate l heard the voice again.
Della
Twas drown'd in wild rat-a-tat on
the street door and the shouts of many
Toices. We were close press'd.
Now, Jack-to the right for our
lives. All, these clumsy skirts
CTo be conrinuedl
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04
How An Plants Breathe.

The food which the plant receives
from the atmosphere through its leaves
is accomplished by means of minute
openings called stomata, or mouths,
which may be seen only by the aid oe
the microscope. These openings are
exceedingly numerous. 1t has been
computed that as many as 100000 are
found on the lower surface of an aver
age apple leaf These openings are
also formed on the stems of young
growing plants. Plants differ as to the
number and size of these openings
These mouths, or valves, as they may
be called, not only serve as inlets for
food but outlets for gases and mols-
ture, acting as breathing pores for the
plant. Through them into the plant
comes the carbon in union with oxy-
gen, making a compound known as
carbonie acid gas.-National Fruit
Grower
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04
PLACES for a I.ittrs Manure.

Thos, who grow vegetables in large
or small quantities may not know
that the soil devoted to them manurei
and rough plowed this fall will do bet
ter work than If all the preparation
is done in the spring. There will lie
enough OF the fine work to do in the
spring. so why not do some OF the
coarse preparation now? Many things,
such as rhubarb and asparagus, for
example, are much helped by Pro
terdou of manure put on IN the fall
These are good places to put some OF
the coarse manure. the fine portions Of
which will permeate the sell and be
OF benefit TO the plants in the spring
Then there are the hardy perennial
plants and the shrubs. all OF which
will be benefited By manure as soon
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04
LIFE ON THE "DOGGER.
Perils of Trawling in the North Sea
Boats BuiIt for Work.

Perils of Trawling in the North Sea
Boats BuiIt for Work.
The lives of the fishermen of the
North Sea are full of hardship and
peril, says London Answers They
have always dangers enough to face
without the added terror of lombard
ment from panic-stricken Russian cow
ards.
For years past the ever-hungry sea
has taken on an average one British
fisherman each working day. The an
nual toll of lives is close upon 300, and
sometimes in great gale hundreds
will be drowned in few hours.
But when one remembers that
through all the terrible storms that
sweep our coasts these brave men are
out in their small vessels, it becomes
obvious that but for their marvellous
skill and hardihood the loss of lives
would be even greater.
There are only three fleets of Eng
fish trawlers-the "Gamecock" fleet,
which was fired upon by the Russians !:
the Great Northern fleet and the
Red Cross" Each fleet is composed
of 80 steam trawlers-boats 105 feet
long manned by nine hands and cost
ing $4,000. All these boats hail from
Hull. and work on the Dogger Bank, in
the middle of the North Sea.
There are, of course, hundreds more
English trawlers. and our men SCOUT
the seas from the Spanish coast tG
Iceland in search of fish; but all tho
other boats work single handed. and
bring home their own catches. These
three fleets work together, each under
an admiral. who orders where and how
they shall fish, ana they are attended
by steam carriers. who bring Their
catches back to the ports every day.
These trawlers are built for work
not for comfort, and l have seen great
seas sweeping over them in the most
bitter weather" says DIR. Willway. tho
superintendent of the Mission to DeeIi
Sea Fishermen
'The great beam of their TRAVELLING
net is nearly half "a long as the boat
and when they haul it up in rough
weather, with tons of fish in the great
net attached TO it, their boats are alb.
soluIely at the mercy of the waves
The men work for hours waist deep III
water, their hands are numbed and cut
handling the FISH. and he1ving boats
throw them down, and our doctors
have many cases of broken limbs t.
attend to. They work, with hardly any
intermission, through snow and sleet,
through frost and sto m
One of the most dangerous duties of
the trawlers is the carrying of their
fish. in boxes containing about eighty
pounds. from their own vessels to the
carriers With the sea running NOUN
tains high. their small rowing boats
carry heavy cargoes, and transferring
these heavy boxes from the tossing
boats to the carriers is terrible work.
Should wet box slip from the hands
of man on the carrier it may fall
on the boa tmen below with disastrous
results. There is mission ship, with
doctor on board, attached to each
fleet, and the doctors are always busy.
4 few months ag. one of them. while
getting out of a small boat into n
trawler. where there was a man whose
broken thigh wanted setting. hal his
finger nipped off between the boat and
the side of the trawler.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04

From the diary kept by one of the
surveyors It appears that the first uso
of petroleum as remedy in this coun-
try occurred in the neighborhood oe
the head waters of the Allegheny, in
the western part Of New York, about
the beginning of the nineteenth CEN
fury. AS the oil flowed from spring
low pools, and its medicinal properties
were first recognized by the Indians in
that section of the country. This oil.
which was then known as Seneca
oil" was collected and dried in the
sun, and in addition TO its medicinal
use 1t was also employed for mixing
the war paint for the tribe.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04
Rringincin Weeds.


One of the commonest ways of
to import them in screenings from
-four mills or from other nils that
clean grains and sell the screenings.
Probably none of our States have a
law like that in the Northwest terri
tories Of Canada, which prohibits the
sale of screenings except to feeders Of
sheep and then under certain restric-
lions.
Screenings contain almost all kinds
Of weed seeds, and from. these they get
into the manure pile and are carried
onto the land and are placed in the
soil in the very best shape for grow
ing Frequently the farmer produces
the weeds on one part of his farm, has
them screened out when the wheat is
thrashed and shovels the refuse into
from which it reaches the manure pile,
and is thence sent to all parts of The
farm.
There is yet another way by which
q little clump of weeds in the hay field
ruay get to all parts of the farm. The
weeds are cut with the hay and fed
at a time the weed seeds are enough
matured TO resist the digestive efforts
Of the bovine stomach. They pass
through and out into the manure and
the next year start new centers Of in
fluence in all parts of the farm. \
good deal of care needs to be exerted
in this case. The greatest trouble is
that the farmer does not know the new
weeds till they have been thus sue
cessiyeIy sown and resown.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04

We offer One Hundred Dollars Rewardfor any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured n Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO. T,ledo. o.
We the undersigned have known F. :. Cheney
for the last II years, and believe hiiITartertly
honorable ia al business transactions al fnan-
eialiy able TO carry out any obligations made hy
their arm.
WEST & TRUkx. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. q.
WAi-nISG. hINNAN & MARyIS. Wholesale
Druggists Toledo O..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken fnternafy. acting
directly upon The blood and muC8as slrfaces 81
the system frlee &c. per bottle. sold by al
Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the hest.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04
Cause Tor Esar.

I'm so afraid Of lightning" saul
the pretty girl. who was Il borne tiirt.
And well YOU may be-" rejOlned
one of her masculine victims. "YoI
have heart of steeL"-Pmladelphia
Inquirer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04

as the ground is frozen some and there
is no danger of warm spell and the
manure melting the twigs to new
growth. In such places. however. the
fine, half-rotted manure should be
used, not the coarse stuff which will
attract mice and result in the shrubs
being gnawed. Carry out these sug-
gestions about using a little manure
this fall and notice the improvement
in the plants next summer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04

A laugh. to be 5oyous, must low
from a Joyous heart, for without kind
ness there can be no true joy.-Carlyle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04

An Atchison man is 50 Susceptible
to outside Influences that i is said
his mind hasn't been right. since he
slept under his wife's crazy quilt
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04

More than 100000 names are now
on the pension roll Of the United
States. the exact number being 1000
ISL, an increase of 3.TS1 since June 30.
From present indications it will be en-
larged further as a result of the opera
tions of order No. rs which is adding
thousands of veterans who previously
were Ineligible. One marked effect of
the rule providing for old age pensions
Is the decrease In the work of the pen
sion bureau. 1t is estimated that about
200 clerks soon Will be dismissed by
the Pension Commissioner.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04

rive pensioners are on the roll on
account of the revolution, L116 on ae-
count of the war of 1912, 4.734 on ac-
count of the Indian wars. and 1854
on account of the Mexican war. The
great bulk Of the roll is as follows;
Civil war. invalids 703, 45d widows,
24S.390: Spanish war. invalids. 5000:
widows. 1902; regular establishment
invalids. clio: widows, 2.93S.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04

On March 4th a President in the
White House will go to the capitol for
ais first Inaugural tion-something that
has never yet happened Occupants of
the White House have gone to the cap
itcl for their second inaugurations; this
has naturally been the case with every
two-term President since Washington
became the seat of government. But
no man already in that Office has ever
gone through the ceremonial for the
first time. This peculiar situation arises
from the fact that no one of the other
Vice Presidents who has succeeded to
the Presidency-Tyler, Fillmore, john
son or Arthur-Tas elected for a Sec
ond term. When Mckinley followed
Cleveland in 1897. the incoming and the
outgoing Presidents were, according
to custom, almost inseparable compan-
ions on the inaugural journey. -Four
years ago, when Mr.. Mckinley was for
second time inaugurated. there was
no outgoing President to ride through
the avenue with him. This year there
will be none. 1t has never before hap
pened twice in succession that there
was no retiring President to accom-
pany the President-elect. The second
Inauguration of a President already in
office has always seemed somewhat
anomalous, since the ceremonial signi-
fes no real change of administration
or of policy. This will explain why,
in spite of all efforts, second inaugu-
rails seldom excite the interest. or at
tract the crowds, of an original Undue
ton into office. This time however,
as Mr.. Roosevelt has not before been
honored in this way, the celebration
promises to be unusually brilliant
Preparations on an extensive scale are
already under way.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04

Whenever q farmer admits that he
is too old to learn he is entirely too
old to farm To know what is right
and not do it is as bad as to know
what is wrong and to do it.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04

The next Congress, according to
complete Bat unofficial returns, will
have in the House of Representatives
only 1874 Democrats in a total Of 1856
members. This gives the Republicans
a majority of 11S. All but &c of the
Democratic members are from the
Southern States. Three States-Louis-
lana, Mississippi and Texas-send
solid Democratic delegations. Ten
Slates-California Colorado, Kansas,
Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon, South
Dakota, Vermont Washington and
West virginia-have solid Republican
delegations.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04

AS much Importance should be at
tached to the shape and quality of the
udder of the dairy COW rs to its size.
a cow may have a large udder, yet
give a small quantity of milk. 4 COW
with a deep, narrow udder ending in
large teats is seldom a good mixer.
A heavy mixer must have a large I'D
der, but it is rather broad than long,
and to carry it well without bruisiE-;
or chatting the hind feet should be well
apart. Such an udder should have
short hair, and when MIXED should
be shrunk in size and the skin should
hang loosely over its surface. The
shape and set of the teats is an i'm
portant consideration in buying a cow.
An ideal-shaped teat is long and rather
slim.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-04
Consumption

Salt pork is a famous old
fashioned remedy for con-
sumption. Eat plenty of
pork" was the advice to the
consumptive 50 and 100
years ago.
Salt pork is good if a man
can stomach it. The idea
behind it is that fat is the
food the consumptive needs
most.
Scotc's Emulsionisthemod
ern method of feeding fat to
the conSumptive. Pork is too
rough for sensitive stomachs.
SCOTS Emulsion is the most
refined Of fats, especially
prepared Tor easy digestion.
Feeding him fat in this
way, which is often the only
way, is half the battle, but
SCOTS Emulsion does more
than that. There is some
thing about the combination
of cod liver oil and hypophos-
phiteS in SCOTS Emulsion
that puts new life into the
weak parts and has a special
action on the diseased lungs.
ICA@ A sample will be
:: ]: 4. Is !. !. + !: !:
"a - sentfree upon request.
l=zMS% SSSA Be sure that this picture in
| HEAM HSA the form of label is on the
| MEgf4&&sFYNH wrapper OF every bottle of
TEL Emulsion you buy.
SCOTT s
W e BOVINE,
sssH CHEMISTS,
3aag9 400 Pearl ST., N. Y.
EiaEsssssEs< sssi1s-As SOC. and 81; all druggists