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"Hues," cried Murrell in astonish.
ment, for the man confronting him
was the Clans messenger who should
have been speeding across the state.
Toss up your hands. Murreli." said
Hues quietly.
One of the other men spoke.
you are under arrest"
Arrest"
You are wanted for nigger.steal-
ing" said the man. Still Murrell die
not seem to comprehend He looked
at Hues In duh wonder.
What are you doing here?' ne
asked
Waiting to arrest you-aint that
plaln?" said Hues. with grim smile.
The outlaws hands dropped at his
side. limp and helpless With some
idea that he might attempt to draw
a weapon one of the men took hold
of him, but Murrell was nerveless to
his touch his face had gone ghast-
ly white and was streaked with the
markings Of terror
well. by thunder" cried the man
in utter amRZement
Murrell looked into Hues face.
''You~-you-" and the words thick.
ened on his tongue. becoming an in.
articulate murmur.
ITS all up, John" said Hues.
mol" said Murrell. recovering him.
self, You may rs well turn me loose
you can't arrest met"
i've done It" answered Hues. i've
been on your track for six months"
How about this fellow ?" asked the
man whose pistol still covered Ware.
Hues glanced toward the planter and
shook his head.
Where are you going TO take me -
asked Murrel quickly. Again Hues
laughed,
You'll find that out in plenty OF
time. and then your friends can pass
the word around IL they like; now
you'll come with me-"
Ware neither moved nor smoke as
Hues and his prisoner passed back
along the path. Hues with his hand
on Murrell's shoulder. and one of his
companions close at his heels, while
the third man led or the outlaw $
horse
Presently the distant clatter OF
hoofs was borne to Wares ears-only
that. the miracle OF courage and dar.
ing he had half expected had not hap
pened. Murren for all his Wild boast.
ing. was like other men. ike himself
Hts bloodshot eyes slid around in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-08-07
Mongols Live in Saddle

OF one people and have always ex-
tended from the Yalu 10 the volga-
They are. and ALWAYS have been. no
mads. Grass and water are their only
property" and absolute need. for
they are. tribe for tribe. Invariably &C
companied on the move after pasture
by thousands OF horses. cattle. goats
sheep. camels--never pigs
Thus from ancient times they have
always been in position 10 send 200.
600 to 100000 horseuen rapidly to
any point: mountains and big rivers
are the only serious obstacles; at a
pinch raw meat enough for ten days
campaign can be cooked" ON the
rapid march by placing It between the
saddle and the sweating horse. II
this vast movable force should be
viriliEed again under Russian suprem.
acy there are those who say that
nothing In Asia can resist It.
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CROSSED WIRES.

They stroll toward the shady bower
and the young man observes:
did you know tina l am a mind
reader?"
Indeed" asks the coy young thing.
Il am; and l know what you are
thinking Of right now"
"ReallyT" she asks, with blush
yes; you are thinking about get
ting kissed under the shade of those
vine canopled trees"
She bushes even more vividly, and
the astute youth is greatly encour-
aged until she says:
How did you know that Mr.. Rye
vail proposed to me in that shaded
walk yesterday"
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themselves. same as me re1olned
Hicks
You can stop there as you go by
No" said Hicks. 4 never did be-
lieve in this Damn roolishness about
the girl. and J won't go near Georges
49,"
Il don't ask You to go there. you
can give them the signal from the
head of the bayou. All want is for
you to stop and light fire on the
shore. They'll know what that means.
I'll give you a horse and fifty dol
lars. for the job
Hicks eyes spanked. but he only
said:
Make 1t twice that and maybe we
can DEAL
Racked and tortured, Ware hest
tated; but the sun was slipping into
the west; his windows blazed With
the hot light
CrO BE CoNTINUED)
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I OF his men across the bayou. who must
learn of Murrelrs arrest. escape. aight
for I. Wares mind these three
events were indissoIubIy associated.
The planters teeth knocked together.
he was having a terrible acquaint-
ance with fear. its very depths had
swallowed him up; It was a black pit
In which he sank from horror TO hor-
ror lie had lost ali faith in the Clan
which had terrorized half a dozen
states, which had robbed and muir
dered with apparent impunity. which
had marketed its hundreds OF stolen
slaves. He had utter.y collapsed at
the first blow dealt the organization
but he was still seeing Murrell. pailid
and shaken.
A step sounded in the hall and an
instant later Hicks entered the room
without the formality Of knocking
Ware recognized his presence with a
glance OF indifference, but did not
speak. Hicks sIouched to his employ
er's side and handed him a note which
proved to be from Fentress Ware
read and tossed it aside.
IF he wants to see me why don't
he come here?" he growled.
Il reckon that old fellow they call
Judge Price has sprung something
sudden on the colonel" said Hicks
He was out here the first thing this
morning; you'd have thought he
owned Belle Plain There was
couple Of strangers with him, and he
had me in and fired questions at me
for half an hour; then he mixed of
up TO The Oaks"
"Murreli's been arrested" said Ware
IA dull level voice Hicks gave him
glance OF unmixed establishment.
Mo-"
Yes. by Godr'
Who'd risk it?"
Risk it? Man, he almost tainted
dead away--a damned coward. He'll.
How do you know this2@ asked
Hicks, appalled,.
Il was with him when he was TAX
emit was Hues-the man he trusted
more than any otherl" Ware gave
the overseer CHASTITY grin and was
silent, but in that silence he heard
the drumming Of his own heart. lie
went on. Il tell you. TO save him.
self. John Murrell will impiicate the
rest Of US: we've got to get him free.
and then. by heil-we ought to knock
him In the head; he isn't fit to live!"
THE Jail amt built thatll hold
hint" muttered Hicks,
"Of course. he cant be held"
agreed Ware. And nell never be
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Russla's New Proteges Are Likely I,
Become Nation Of Legless
Peopis.

The Mongols. Russia's new proteges
and subjects TO be. are quite a differ
ent race OF mankind from the Chi.
nese, Manchus. Russians or Japan.
ese. says the Manchester (EnglandD
Guardian.
Every Mongol (even the women.
who all ride astridel is q horseman.
and so used is he to spending his
whole active life on horseback that
practically he has lost the use OF his
legs for walking purposes. and shut.
hes along only few yards at a time,
encountered by his heavy skin cloth.
ing. on limbs shri relied by dlsuse and
by grasping the horse and crooked
from the habit OF riding extremely
high in very short stirrups
The Chinese have always applied
the graphic terms horseback states
TO the Huns. Turks. Avars end Mon
gols who are practically all varietie:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-08-07

The very seedy looking young man
made his way with difficulty down the
corridor on the ninth door of one OF
New Yorks best hotels. says the Pop
ular Magazine. and knocked loudly At
his friends door. Anguish was writ
ten on his face and wrinkles on his
clothes. He was a walking sign OF
what 1t meant to spend a hard night
Whats tie matter9" called out the
sleepy friend
Matter? It's a tragedy. a death.
the end OF all things ruination aud
griefi"
Well. what It isf" lazIly inquired
the drowsy man. without opening the
door.
Whereupoa the seedy-looking young
man. leaning against the door and lift.
ing his voice to howl replied:
Il called up my wife on the long-dis-
lance telephone last night and told
her why / had not returned ! gave
her a perfectly good excuse. And now
can't remember what It was"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-08-07

We had Sane FOURTH was not
Allowed to fire a single shot;
II I'd "a made a cracker pop
Ia a been hauled in by tn cop.
II me or any OF tn boys
Had dared 60 make a bit o. noise
They would a slapped us all I'm fail
An held us there till we gave bail.
An so our Fourth, I will explain
Was absolutely safe an sane.
Pas feelin' better-'t least no worse.
l heard him tell tn new trained nurse.
He played golf nearly all tn day
With Mister Jones and Mister Shea.
Until bout half past three O'Clock
An then he had an awful shock
TIL sun was boilin' hot. an he
Was playin' hard as hard could be.
An he got sunstruck. but he'll be
Up In two weeks, or mebbe three.
Mas conshuS now They think her arm
Amt reilly suffered serious harm,
Except it's broke. An where her faca
Got cut will heal without a trace.
Ma went out rtdin' with tn Greens
ITO view tn restful country scenes"
A tire blew up an they upset
They didn't have no londin' net!
TIL doctor says that leep an rest
For her will prob'ly tn best.
My sisters better. too. although
They had to work an hour or so
To bring her to-she purt' near drowned,
An looked like dead when she was found
She went 10 row with Mr. Groke
An he-he says twas for joke
He rocked tn boat. an they fell out.
An people run from miles about
To save their lives. She was a sight
When they brought her back home last
night.
1 wasn't hurt, though, III explain.
because my Fourth was Safe an Sane
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Uplifting.

We come upon the man with the far
away look in his eyes and the long
hair. He is gazing across a stretch
OF meadow land and making notes
from time to time upon a morocco
bound book
Drinking in the scene?" we ask
believing that he is a poet
20. Just sizing it up" he responds
Going to write something based
on it?'
Yes"
"It certainly ought to suggest a
good piece of work-something uplift-
ing
1T does. I'm surveying for
branch OF the elevated railway"
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Inequalities of Life.

1T doesn't seem altogether fair. =
observes the man with the introspec-
tive eyes.
What doesnt?" asks the man with
the discouraged whiskers.
There's old Meddergrass' son Lem
uel Wouldn't stay on the farm and
become a tiller OF the soil like his IA
tLer. Ran away from home and stud
led art. then came back and painted
some views Of the old farm And he
got 81, 500 for picture OF field that
his father would be glad to sen FOR
$50 spot cash"
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suceess

Is attained by doing the right thing
again and again. until 1t becomes a
hGbit. One Of the best habits sou can
form is 10 read the advertisements
that appear in this paper. Nov is the
time TO begin
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-08-07
Precautions

And yol say Brown is a cautious
uaan?" We smile. Why. he is always
making mistakes"
Yes" Acknowledged Browns
friend. but have you ever noticed
that he always makes an excuse be-
fore he makes the mistaken"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-08-07
.rault - = areat Mnnr.

The chief Of ali abuses is to imagine
that We are the center Of the universe
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-08-07
August z. 1862.

At Blackburn. England large pub
lie meeting was held to consider the
advisability of recognizing the South
ern States of America, with a view to
bringing about an early termination
of hostilities. resolution was pre-
sented before the meeting asking the
Queen to Join vita other European
resolution was finally adopted urging
the British government to join with
other European powers in urging the
contending sections of the United
States TO sHbmit their differences to
arbitration
The Confederate expedition to New
Mexico, under Col. Sibley, was met
near Fort fillmore by a body of Cali
fornia troops commanded by Colonel
Candy The Confederates were de-
feated. Colonel Sibley was assassi-
mated by his own men. who accused
him of drunkenness and inefficiency.
Captain Faulkner's command of
Confederate cavalry. encamped in
swamp near Trenton. Tenn. was sur
prised by detachment of the Second
Illinois cavalry and lost 80 killed and
20 wounded
Colonel Mcneil. with a force of
1000 National troops. defeated the
Confederate partisan Porter at Kinks
Vile sIo
Major Montgomery, with body of
Union troops, detected the Confeder-
ate partisan Coffin in Dodd county.
Missouri
A skirmish took place between a
small force OF Confederate cavalry
and body OF Union infantry near
Wolftown, a few miles from Madison
court house. Virginia. resulting in the
defeat OF the Confederates, who we're
driven beyond the Rapidan river.
Malvern Hin was abandoned by the
Union troops under General Hooker.
information having been received
that an overwhelming force of Con-
federates under Gen, A. p. Hin was
advancing toward that place
August s, 1852
Genera. Rousseau OF the Union
army issi ed the following order st
HuatsvIIlo. Alabama: Almost every
day murders are committed by law
lass e41ds OF robbers and marauders
firing into railroad trains To pre-
vent this or TO let the guilty suffer
with the innocent. Il is ordered that
the preachers and leading men OF the
churches mot exceeding twelve in
number) in and about Huntsville. who
have been active secessionists. be ar
rested and kept in custody, and thar
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-08-07

Some word painters seem TO forget
that they ought to have good canvas
as a foundation for their pictures.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-08-07
lioM shs eet Eresh Enna.

young lady living In a s.nall city
bad impaired her health by to conan
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-08-07
DE
CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
August 5, 1852.

August ), 1852.
Recruiting for the old and new regi.
ments under the call of President Lin
coin for 100000 men was carried on
with great Yigor throughout the north.
citizens Of every state making extreme
efforts to bring their states enlistment
up to the full quota.
The war department of the United
States issued an order exempting from
the recent order for a. draft all men
who had actually been employed In
constructing or operating telegraph
lines at the time the draft order was
issued. The exemption was made on
the basis that the telegraph lines, be-
ing used for military purposes. were
In way part Of the military serv-
ice.
The battle of Baton Rouge, La, was
fought between force of Confeder-
ates under General Breckenridge and
Nationals under Gen Thomas VII
hams. The Confederates, attacking at
daylight, precipitated a savage con-
1ict in which the National troops were
driv : from their position in consider
able confusion. Later they rallied
and returned to the attack. finally sue
ceeding in dislodging the Confeder-
ates from the camp they had lately
captured.
A accommodating force OF Union
troops under General Hooker encoun-
tered body OF Confederates stationed
on Malvern Hill, Virginia After a
tight lasting two hours, the Confeder-
ates withdrew in good order, leaving
Hooker on the hill.
August 8, 1862.
Citizens of Point Pleasant, Mo, came
into conflict with the state militia
through resisting the draft.
Major Montgomery, at the head Of
small force of Union troops, fell in
with band of Confederate partisans
near Montevallo. Mo, and succeeded in
driving them of, after a sharp skir-
mish
W. ID. Porter, commanding a division
of the Mississippi gunboat feet, at
tackled and destroyed the Confederate
ram Arkansas few miles above Baton
Rouge.
The editors and publishers of the Pa
triot and Union of Harrisburg. Pa,
were arrested charged with issuing
reasonable posters calculated to re-
tard recruiting.
Brig. Gen. Robert L. McCook died as
the result of wounds received from a
band Of Confederate guerrliias that at
tackled the ambulance in which he was
riding from Athens to Dechard, Tenn
Two accommodating forces left Gen.
eral Burnside's army to cut the rail.
road communication with Richmond
One. under Gen Gibbon, after driving
General Stuarts Confederate cavalry
front from in front of it near the Met
tapony river, turned back without ac-
complishing anything on the report
that large force was on it's right
threatening to cut it of. The other
force succeeded in tearing up strips OF
road near F'rederickshall Station. Va.
and destroyed one bridge.
Skirmishes lasting two days near
Tazewell. Tenn, were terminated on
the 9Th by the withdrawal of the Con
federates.
Col. Thomas C. johnson. aid to the
Confederate General Price. issued the
following call to the citizens of Mis-
sissippi: Il am In your midst for the
purpose of procuring shoes and yarn
sock for General Prices arroy. Some
Of his veterans-men who have been in
six or eight pitched battles and TWEEN
y skirmishes-ar today destitute of
these articles"
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lue urdfI, some Dy having their TlSuI
fore.finger cut off, and others by hav.
ing all their teeth extracted.
August 10, 1862.
Edwin NJ Stanton, secretary of war
of the United States, issued the fol-
lowing order: "The temporary re-
strictions upon travel, deemed neces-
sary to prevent evasions Of liability
to be drafted into the militia, we're
not intended to apply TO couriers with
dispatches to and from the legations
Of friendly powers In the United
States. All authorities, civil and mill
tary. are consequently required to al
low such couriers to pass freely, with
out let or investigation"
The national steamer Freeborn ar
rived at Washington, d. c., bringing
twenty-five prisoners, Ave sailboats, a
number OF canoes, and a lot of mer-
chandise which was captured on Fri
day and Saturday nights previous
near Blackinston Islands. The pris-
oners had been engaged in regular
commerce between Maryland and Vir-
ginia, taking over salt, etc. and bring
ing back wheat.
Commander Richard Wainwright, u.
s. N, died at New Orleans.
A Confederate steamer was cap
tured at the mouth of the Savannah
river, Georgia, by a Union tugboat,
and towed under the guns of Fort
Pulaski
The town of Donaldsville, Louisiana.
was partially destroyed by a party Of
men from the United States sloop Of
war Brooklyn.
August II, 1862.
number of citizens of Baton
Rouge who had been permitted to re-
tain their arms, having been found
dead on the battlefield near that place,
General Butler, commanding the
Union occupation of louisiana, issued
an order depriving all citizens of their
arms
General Grant. commanding the de-
partment of West Tennessee, Issued
an order that all negroes coming
within the lines should be employed
in the quartermasters'. subsistence,
and engineers departments; and as
teamsters, cooks, hospital attendants
and nurses when their services would
relieve soldier from such duty.
Bayou Sara was occupied by the ma
tional forces. who seized all the sugar
and molasses in the place.
A body of irregulars under Colonel
Hughes defeated the Seventh Missouri
Union cavalry and captured the town
Of independence. Mo.
A party of JEFF. Thompson's irregi-
lar Confederate cavalry surprised
body of Union troops near Helena,
Arkansas, but were driven of.
A detachment OF the 18th Illinois
cavalry attacked and dispersed body
OF Confederate partisans at Salisbury.
Tennessee, near Grand Junction.
series OF skirmishes occurred
near williamsport Tennessee. be-
tween a body OF Union troops under
Major Kennedy and Confederate ir-
regulars.
Union cavalry under Colonel Guitar
defeated force OF Confederate part'-
sans unaer Colonel Poindexter neas
Compton's Ferry. on Grand River, Mis-
souri,
There was a skirmish between
Union troops under Colonel Smart and
Captain Cobb's Confederate irregulars
near Reelsville. Galloway county, Mis-
souri,.
General Butler confiscated all the
property in New Orleans OF John Sir
dell, an officer In the Confederate gov
eminent
Colonel MCGOWAN. with Union
force, defeated guerriilas near Kinder
hook, Tenn.
copyright. 1919. By w G CAapnaA1
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!
placed on board the train on the road
running by way OF Athens and taken
TO Elk river and back, and that a de
tail be made and taken to Stevenson
and back. Each detail shall be In TIE
charge of a trusty soldier, who shall
be armed. and not allowed to com,
municate with any person"
Certain memberships" OF Rich.
mond. Va, through their counsel, re
specially presented to the Confed.
crate congress remonstrance
against the CONSUMPTION law Of the
Confederate government.
Lord Palmerston, referring to the
war in America in speech at a ban.
quet given by the mayor Of Shelf
field. said that the government had
thought It their duty to advise their
sovereign to preserve a strict and
rigid neutrality. He was con.
WINGED that the course which the
British government had pursued was
the only course which became that
country, and that it had received. and
would continue to receive. the ap.
proyal and sanction OF the British
people
August 9, 1862.
An order issued from the war de.
partment of the United States to pre-
vent the evasion of military duty and
suppress disloyal practices, and auth.
orizing the arrest of persons discour.
aging enlistments.
At Macon City, NO. twenty-six Con
federate prisoners were shot for vic.
lating their paroles.
Hundreds of citizens OF the west
and other portions of the loyal states
were reported to have fed into
Canada to escape the draft Several
persons were arrested at Baltimore
while attempting to escape.
Colonel Mcneil with Union force
overlook Porter's irregulars at Stock
ton, in the western part of Macon
county. Missouri, and defeated them,
capturing a number OF prisoners,
among whom were many who had
taken the oath of allegiance and given
bonds.
The National forces under General
Banks engaged the Confederates I'M
der General Jackson at Cedar noun
tain. eight miles from Culpepper Court
House. Virginia. The battle lasted two
hours. The Confederates withdrew
from the field at the end of that time.
The Nationals lost 1900 men In killed,
wounded and missing.
The secretary of war issued an or
der directing the governors of the
loyal states to proceed forthwith 90
furnish their quota of the 100000 m(sn
asked by President Lincoln. He also
ordered an enrolment of all able
bodied citizens between the ages OF
eighteen and forty-flve.
At New Fairfield. Conn, five per-
sons mutilated themselves to escape
the draft, some by having their right
fore-finger cut of. and others by hav.
ing all their teeth extracted
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Wkz--G3a&>GI'
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-09-20
THE MELIORIST.

Which are you-an optimist, a pes
simist or meIiorist?
The optimist believes in the ultimate
outcome Of good. Which i'd reason
able and satisfying belief. But
Many optimists go further and try.
to make themselves and their fellows
believe that: all is right with the world.
This sort. of opdnifst asks you to smile
because there is rtothing anywhere to
be miserable about Ss
Which i'd mere soothing strip. 4
And the pessimist1 The pessimist
sees only the seamy side. He refuses
to- smile at all. He. is like the old wo.
man who always felt bad when she
felt good for fear she might feel bad.
In his view everything is going to the
eternal bOwwows.
Now t .
There is sort Of honest pessimisIn
that is more or less worthy of praise.
1t is the pessiniiSrn that is deeply con-
cerned about this real evil that is in the
world and cries out against it. He who
notes the wrong conditions and tries I'd
wake up his fellows to a realization of
these conditions is-if may. use the
term-a good kind Of pessimist.
However ss4ysI-s 1ssss.g. s5s.1a..
As between the tptimist who bids