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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10
Do Not Force the bullets

1t is a mistake to force the pulle.s
TO lay before they have reached a fair
degree of maturity. This may be dorc
by feeding heavily of egg-formine
food, but it will result in small eggs
and fewer of them than would other
wise be the case, while the Dullaf7s
vitality will be seriously impaired
The few weeks gained are not worth
the risk, says the Massachusetts
Ploughman. The best plan is to feel
the pullets an abudance of sound whole
grain and very little mash until they
are well grown. Get them into the
best possible physical condition in
preparation for the sever strain OF
winter laying. Then, when the time
comes, rapidly, but gradually change
the feeding system to that best adapt.
ed to egg forcing. Feed a warm,
crumbly mash (never a wet one) once
day, and supply meat and green food
in liberal quantities. The pullets as a
rule will respond to this treatment
with surprising promptness.
Give them an abundance of vege
tables, not too much corn. and a cor
slant supply of fresh air, and they will
go through the winter in good physical
trim. The necessity for fresh air Is
too often overlooked. The hens are
coddled too much. The house should
nor be closed tightly either day or
night until severe weather makes it
absolutely necessary, Keep a litter AT
least loot deep on the floor OF the
poultry house and throw a little grain
into it at night after the fowls go to
roost. They will then begin scratching
the first thing in the morning and nor
stand around waiting for you to bring
ont their breakfast. They come Off the,
roost pretty warm, if they are maze
to roost close together, as they ought
to be, and if they stand around idly
for half an hour in the bitter cold
they are likely to become thoroughly
chilled
In feeding, little is gained by cook-
ing the rations, except in the case oil
starchy foods like potatoes ana tur
nips. Beets and cabbages are better
If fed raw. can see no increased
benefit from cooking the grain. Pour
hot water upon it when making the
mash, and feed before the pleasant
aroma has disappeared Mix the
cooked vegetables and cooked meat
with the mash. have found it a good
plan to keep a hopper of dry bran al
ways before the laying hens They
not eat it greedily. but are constantly
picking at it and deyour considerable
of it during a day. It is rich in egg
forming material and contains a fair
percentage of line Sometimes MIR
beef scraps with The bran. When
oyster shells are provided | find thai
there is no need of any other form u
grit. An abundance of water is neces-
sary in winter as well as in summer.
When stimulating rations are being
fed the hens require an extra amount
of water
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10
Importing Draft Mares.

Many farmers are constantly asking
the importer for pure-bred draft and
coach mares, but the price most
farmers want to pay will not justly
tho importers in importing draft mares
of any breed. II would be folly TO i'm
port cheap small draft mares and TIE
big heavy draft mares and young
FLIES that will breed cost more in
England, France and Belgium than our
farmers want TO pay, hence the farm
ers must do without imported draft
mares or buy home-bred Just as goo1,
but these are now much higher IN
price than last year, and but few to
be had at any price. says the Live
Stock Journal. The farmers have
blindly looked for cheap draft mares
and have cheated themselves every
year out of colt worth the price of o
good mare rather than pay what they
are worth for breeding. A few farmers
have had the courage to pay $1,000
apiece for pure-bred draft mares, and
every colt is worth that much as soon
as it is three years old and two or
three pairs Of colts soon start a good
breeding stud that breeds rapidly
into money on a large scale
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10

One Of the most troublesome plants
in the pastures of eastern New York
ana western Vermont and Connecticut
is the shrubby cinquefoil, or Goshen
bareback (Potentilla frutic0sal. The
plant is said TO have been brought to
Goshen, Ct, from New York state
and its dissemination is sometimes
ascribed 10 artificial means. Whether
this be true or not matter little, lor
the natural methods of seed dissemina
ton are OF much greater Importance.
It's. spread has been steady through
quite an extent of territory, and there
must be some general method by
which this Is brought about, says n
correspondent of the Country Gentle.
man. Probably the most common
method is by the seed being blowG
about by the wind on the surface o.
the snow. The area infested increases
gradually within a limited distance OF
old infested fields, but there are sci
dom great jumps made to new ter
ritory. If this be the common method
of seed dissemination, it is one difficult
to control.
Methods of eradication thus far
tried are either expensive OF met
ficient. Cutting has little effect OK,
cept 10 increaes the vigor of growth.
Even blowing or digging seems to have
little tendency to check it, unless the
operation is repeated annually for
several years. 1t is beginning to be
observed by botantist that certain
species Of plants seem to be associated
and that certain other species do lot
grow readily In proximity to one an
other Prof. Jones Of the Vermont eX
pertinent station has been making
observations, covering quite ter
ritory In western Vermont, regarding
the effect Of butternut trees on tbs
grUWtb Of the bareback near it, ana
that the area over which the bareback
is destroyed is greater than would be
influenced by the shade OF the tree.
So confident Is the professor of the
power Of the butternut to kin out the
bareback that he has recommended the
planting of the buternut in pastures as
a means Of destroying this pest
During the past summer the writer
has had good opportunity 10 observe
the effect of butternut trees on he
growth Of this shrub and, finds that
his observations correspond closely
with those Of Prof Jones In a pasture
generally infested with bareback WA
found a group Of butternut trees cover.
ing an area Of perhaps half an acre,
the trees being about two rods from
one another On this area was none
Of the bareback, and the pasturage
was vigorous. But more interesting
case was that Of a thrifty young butter
nut tree around which The shrub was
very dense beyond the distance Of q
feet from the base Of the tree but for
T distance Of about is feet from the
trunk no bareback whatever was
found, and for the next 10 feet 1t was
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10

the market was already crowded VII h
young men talking excitedly. There
was no shouting, no noise, only agitat-
ed conversation. What did we want
there? This probably no one knew.
But since the French had driven away
Lol Philippe and proclaimed the re
pui C, something, Of course, must
hal I here. too. Some of tie stu
den lad brought their rapiefs along,
as if it were necessary at once to
make an attack or to defend ourselves.
We were dominated by a vague feeling
that a great outbreak of elementai
forces had begun, as if an earthquake
was impending of which we had felt
the first shock, and we instirctiveiy
crowded together. Thus we wandered
about in numerous bands TO the
"Kneipe,' where our restlessness, how
ever, would not suffer us long tn
stay: then TO other pleasure resorts.
where we fell into conversation with
all manner of strangers, to find in
them the same confused, astonishcd
and expectant state of mind then
back TO the market square to see
what might be going on there; then
again somewhere else, and so on with
out aim and end, until finally late in
the night fatigue compelled us to find
the way home.-Carl Schurz in Nc
Cures.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10
Electricity by Direct Process.

Mr. Edison looks confidently into
the near future and sees the time
when coal will no longer be hauled
over the earth 70 be used in the gen.
Grafton of power. Tie secret of cleo
tricity by direct process may at any
moment be discovered by some of the
100000 scientists in all parts of the
world who are investigating electrical
phenomena. TIE power houses will
be built at the mouths of mines. and
instead of coal being transported TO
places where power is needed power
will be created where coal is found
and conveyed wherever it is required
however, distant, by wire. Power
generated by falling water WIN be
transmitted to the points where it is
to be applied in the same way as that
generated by the combustion of coal
All this will involve an immense saw
ing 1t viii cost a third less TO send
power by wire than it does to trans
port coal by rail.
Like all great scientists the wizard
of Menlo park" is a dreamer. Many
of his dreams come true. In view of
the remarkable developments in the
application of electricity within the
last quarter century it does not seem
improbable that his latest dream will
be frozen in fact.
The gigantic improvement he pre-
diets would more or less directly
affect every industry and individual
Railroads would be at once hurt and
helped. The loss of their present
large receipts Tor the transportation
OF coal would make big hole in
their revenues, but they could par
TALLY or wholly Offset the loss by cleo
trifying their lines and thus reducing
the cost of their power While the
effects upon the transportation bust
ness would be mixed the results so
far as other industries were concerned
would be wholly advantageous A
reduction of one-third in the cost OF
power would enable manufacturers to
make their goods more Cheaply. Di,
minished cost of production would
mean higher profits for the capitalist,
higher wages for the workers, or low
er prices for consumers. Probably it
would mean all three, the benefits be-
ing divided between the classes. The
aggregate gain to society as a whole
would be something enormous
1t is to be hoped that when the sc,
cret of electricity by direct process
is revealed the discovery will be made
by an American. This would add
great achievement to the already long
list of the triumphs of American
genius in the field of applied science
and would give Anne ican manufac-
lures an immense advantage over
their foreign competitors. Getting
their power third cheaper than tn
rivals they could easily hold the
home market against them and at
the same time drive them out of the
markets of the world 1t could not
then be pretended that either pro
festive tariffs or any other forms of
government aid were necessary to
promote the development of American
industry.
Mr.. Edison holds out pleasing
prospect. He and other American
scientists should make haste TO turn
it into a pleasing reality.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10

ton. Il is from twelve to sixteen feet
long and consists of two parallel run
ners, on which are dashed crosspieces
OF wood. The runners are usually
shOd with mud, which is put on soft
and allowed to freeze, when it be-
comes as hard as stone. Water is
then thrown over the mud, which gives
an ice surface on the bottom of the
runner and reduces the friction to
minimum. To guide the dogs, cf
which there are from five to ft.een,
the driver is provided with a long
whip, which he uses with great dey
terity. The handle of the whip is very
short, but the lash is twenty-five or
thirty feet long. The driver becomes
so expert with the whip that he can
strike any dog on any portion of its
body without getting from the sled.
An article, which IS indispensable to
the traveller who visits the Eskimo in
their native haunts is the sleeping bag.
The shinigbee, as it is called, is made
of deerskins, the inner portion being
nned with some soft fur The traveller
who is provided with a sleeping bag
makes no provision for protection dur
ing tue night; he crawls into the open.
ing and buttons it up on the windward
side, and then sleeps comfortably,
even though the thermometer is sixty
or seventy degrees below zero.
The animal on which the Eskimo de-
ponds chiefly for food is not the seal,
as is commonly supposed, but the rein,
deer. In some portions of the north
the seal is an important factor in the
food line, but it is not the chief one.
In addition to the difficulty on account
of the scarcity of firearms in those
regions, the hunter has to seek his
prey on the open plain. The skill of
the deer hunter of the far north is
seen when he gets close enough to
deer to Stay it with bow and arrow
At times an effort is made to drive a
herd toward a concealed bowman, who
sheets them down as they pass.
When great herds are met with, as
occasionally occurs, the hunter is able
to select his deer and kill as many
as he likes with a spear. The deer,
when travelling in large numbers, be-
come devoid of fear, and allow the
hunters to enter the herd
The people of the north do not make
any kind of liquor, and drunkenness is
unknown to them. There are no
classes or social sets among them,
and no single cases of poverty; either
the whole community is starving or is
rejoicing in abundance. Among sports
a species of football is especially pop
ular, 1t is not played under any par
tiular rules, and men, women, and
children run about, side by side, kick
ing a piece of inflated walrus bladder
in any direction.
The region inhabited by the Eskimo
is so far north and in country so n
productive that it seems probable that
they will continue to live in the fut Ire
as they have in the past for many
centuries-unaffecte by the progress
of civilization in the country t. the
south of them. The race appear happy
and contented, but when removed to
the south at once become miserable
and homesick until they return to the
land of Ice and snow, where the sun
is not seen for three months Of the
year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10
T acts for Our Farmers.

and a tangle Of growth, with meager
fruitage of inferior grapes, may be
renewed by digging it up. cutting OFF
the big roots within a foot Of the stem,
at the same time cutting the stem off
a foot above the roots ana planting in
a rich bed of earth, the illingin
material being mixed with stable
manure. Such a vine, thus treated,
will send out long stem, -, Is. 20
1t will take on new life. Many an
old scraggly vine that. now sprawis
over a ,trellis or arbor and bears a
few little lunches of inferior grapes
might be wonderfully renewed by such
heroic treatment. 1t is about the only
kind of treatment tina will enectualIy
AMI quickly renovate it.
And yet reliance must not be placer
on stable manure for fruit. 1t will
give vigor to an old decrepit vine il
the long roots are cut off so that
mass of rootlets may form at the cut,
but when yigor has been established
bone-meal and wCca ashes should be
fed TO it. One secret of fine fruitage
Is abundance of roots. Whether the
root is the stomach of the vine the.
arms by which it gathers its food, or
its mouth, it is fact that it must have.
a great root growth to bear heavily
and of good quality, 1t Is for the pur
pose of attracting the attention OF
farmers and home owners to the re
Of he
gestions are made. There are 50
many Of them who would succeed So
much better when planting tine vine 20
do il as Indicated herein and SO many
OF them who now have old and almost
worthless vines that might easily be
renewed, that a word on the subjcc,
should be valuable to them.
In the case of old vines that bear
poor crops of small punches Of grapes.
if there are new shoots from the roor
the way of renewal is clear and easy.
1t is merely TO lay this shoot down in
a trench for two feet parallel with
the trels and fiji in with rich earth In,
which bone meal and wood ashes are
mixed at the same time cutting off the
long, big roots at distance OF 20 in.
ches from the stem and heading the
ola vine down to the ground. II there
are no young shoots from the root
trim the roots cut them off withou,
fear, but cut them clean with an ak.
not hack them with a blunt spade and
head the old vine back TO within SIX
inches of the root. After trimming taa
root loosen up the earth entirely
around the yienand dig a trench out
side Of where the roots are cut anu
I'LL it with rich soil as recommended.
Do not throw old vines away if they
are good varieties. such as Coac0re,
Wordon, Brighton, Niagara, OF if as
far south as New Jersey. the Isabella
and Catawha. They can be renewed
in the way indicated and they Wall
bear fruit much sooner aud more
abundantly than new vines of one or
two years old. The old vines if treat
ed as indicated, will grow amazingly
They viii need pruning as they grow
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10
Effect Of Louis PhIIlppe,s Fall.

One morning toward the end or
February, 184S sat quietly in my
attic chamber working hard at my
tragedy of Ulrich Won Hutton when
suddenly friend rushed breathlesely
into the room exclaiming: What, you
sitting here! Do you not know what
has happened?"
NO, what?"
The French have driven away
Louis Philippe and proclaimed the re-
public"
threw down my pen-and that wae
the end Of my Ulrich Won Hutton. :
never touched the manuscript agalu.
We tore down the stairs into the
street 10 the market square, the &C.
customed meeting place for all stu
dent societies after their midday
dinner. Although IL was still forelooL,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10
How to Take Care Of Motor Car.

The felloes Of the wheels may be
blamed for most tire trouble, aside
from puncture. 1t is a simple matter
10 take care Of the felloes. DO not
allow them to rust. Keep plenty Of
paint upon them. If they get sharp
file them down. When you find a
worn tire on the back wheels put Il
on the front where the weight is less
and il viii likely carry you home.
Outing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10

dead or dying. This seemed to be a
case where, as the roots of the butter.
nut extended in the'n1uual growth or
the tree, it gradually killed he cInque
foil around it. Farmers would do we:l
to make observations along this line.
and even TO set QUE small areas, now
badly infested by bareback. With but
ternut trees. The treatment seems to
favor the growth Of the grass, besides
Killing the pest.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10

We orsr One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
ease Of Catarrh that cannot be cured bY HAlIT
Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We the undersigned have known r. j. Cheney
Tor the last is years, and believe him perfectly
honorable In all business transactions and fnsr-
clally able TO carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
WEST B TRUAx. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
MALDING, KINGAE & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, o.
HANS Cstarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Oh
me systom. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10
un to Date.

One day, as a certain schoolmaster.
with aspect fierce and cane appraised.
was about 10 punish one of his pupils,
the little fellow said, quite innocent
~, and doubtless with some vague
recollection Of visit to the dentist:
Please, sir may-may take gas ?"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10

Sportsman displaying trophies of
hunt Yes, l shot this crocodile, this
tiger and this polar bear-all within
three days.-Fliegende Blaetter.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

La BELLE LODGE. A. r. q A. N. No.eA
-Aests the First and Third Wednesdays ee
each month. Hall In Williams block.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10

VIRQQUA LODGE, |. o. o. F.-MEETa
sv1ry Saturday night in Wllliams' block.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-sERvl
PCS at 1890 a. N. and 80 p. ID. each Sse
bath. Sunday school at Il IN.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10
INNU|T LIVE IN
THE ARCTIC REGION
WHAT THEY EAT AND WHERE
THEY GETIT.
MEAT IN THE RAW STATE

Fat Poured Down the Throat Without
Attempt at Mastication-Winter
and Summer Residences Of the
Eskimo-Their Wonderful Frail but
SeaWorthy Canoes.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10

W. C. T. U.-MEETs FIRST THURSDAY
Of ea'h month at 8 p. N.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-10

wOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS MEETS
on alternate Saturday afternoons.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03

farmer of Cataldo, to demor,.
that as fine fruit and vegetables caD
lie grown here as in any placo ~
America. 0 ~
Inc hre which broke out recert,.
In camp No. 3 of the PotIatch -
company, three miles from Harvara
the end of the Washington. Id,bo
Montana. and 20 miles east of palouso
has been brought under control
One and one-half million foot
skldded logs was burned, together with
considerable standing timber. camn
No. 1, three miles from the n1oap
where the fire started, was total,v ~
stroyed and much of the track Nv th.
branch logging road. which runs from
Harvard to camp 3 is a total wroc.,
The loss is estimated at from ak nm
to $4,000. ''0V0
With the opening of the harvest
ing and threshing season there h..
developed a strong and growing asit..
ton among farmers to pool tbo;,
wheat and hold it for 70 cents
bushel.
George F. Cotterill of Seattle VIZ.
reelected National Grand Chief Tenn.
plar at the last session Of the Nationo,
Grand Lodge Of the United States In.
dependent Order of Good Templars
Seattle was selected as the place for
holding the convention Of 1907
While wading into the waters of tho
Snake river, Frank Cope, the 7 wear
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Cone
of Charleston, slipped into deep water
and was soon carried by the swift
current to his death.
Because they had allowed a prisoner
to escape and yet had checked him
present time after time during the
night, four employees Of the state peni.
Tertiary have been notified that their
services would not longer be required.
The four men, Turnkey John E. Rob.
inson, and Guards Joseph Brill, W. A
Dewitt and William H. Rogers, were
finally allowed to resign, their resig-
nations being promptly accepted BY
Warden Whitney when rendered. The
man who escaped is A. E. Love, alias
Portland Whitley" who burglarized
pOstoffice in Shoshone county a few
months ago and was sentenced to
serve Is years.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-08-03
LATE. NEWS NOTES.

Lying at the morgue at Occur d.
ed off and bodies and faces burned to
an unrecognizable crisp, are the re-
mains of Earnest Miles, aged "a, and
j. B. Straup, aged "a years, and mar.
ried.
Mrs. William Ellis Corey, wife of
the president of the United States Steel
corporation, has been awarded di-
vorce in the district court of Nevada,
sitting at Reno. The case was submit
ted without argument and the jury took
but one ballot. 1t was out but few
moments. Mrs. Cory was in tears when
told that she had been given a decree
and the custody Of her l6 year old son,
Allan Corey. She says she will reside
at Reno. No evidence was submitted
by the defense and there was no argu.
ment.
A rumor current some time ago that
George Won L. Meyer, ambassador to
Russia, would quit his post at st Pet
ersburg and become at member of Pres
ident Roosevelt's cabinet is now fully
confirmed. Secreatry Bonaparte is
slated to succeed Attorney General
Moody and Ambassador Meyer is slated
to succeed Bonabarte as head of the
navy department.
Attorney Tyson S. Dimes has been
bound over to the criminal court at
Denver, to answer charge of assault
with intent to kill ubon John K Null.
len wealthy flour manufacturer,
whom he beat with dog whip on Sun.
day. Mr.. Mullen instructed his lawyer
to draw papers in $50, 900 damages
suit against Dimes. Mr.. Dimes admits
that he assaulted Mr.. Mullen, but
claims justification. The trouble arose
over the use of two party telephone
line.