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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20

Versailles mobi Sugar-plume u
placate them, Sugar-plums." he re
peated; and. impatlenfiy turning away
walked to the window. There To-
some time he stood peering out, when
the current Of his thoughts slowl.
changing. he took from his pocket q
watch. and examined the 5ewelef
face. Time they were backi" Abou
TO return to his table and task, a lout
knocking arrested the impulse, ant
testify the Governor caiied out;
glanced toward the threshold and sur
yeyed the intruder.
"A message from the commandment
your Excellencyi" said the man, 1
trooper of the Mount. with a respect
full, though nervous salute.
Why" returned the Governor in {
dry tone. didn't he bring 1t himselfT
Because" the trooper shifted
looked away; because Monsieur h
Commandant is engaged in securing
the country for miscreants. your Elk
celiency."
"Miscreants!" sharply. What mis-
creants?"
Monsieur lie Commandment hopes tt
overtake those who have carried of
the Lady Elise" said the messenger
hurriedly. in the tone OF one anxious
to be done with his task.
Carried on" The thin figure wa
vered as if struck by a cold breath
Carried OIL" he repeated, laying bit
hand on the back Of the chair.
by band OF the Black Seigneuri
meni His lordship, the Marquis. they
left behind bound and secured, but tht
Lady Elise they took with them
For some time his Excellency safe
nothing; like a ghost of himself
leaned hard against his support ant
looked at the trooper.
But how could it have happened?
at length in a voice, low, intense. he
inquired. Monsieur lie Commandment
The guard you--all are aliye?"
Stumblingly as best he could. the
soldier explained, and when he hal
done, his Excellency made no sigr
thar he had heard.
Monsieur lie Commandant further
ordered me to say he had no doubt he
would return with the Lady Elise.
added the messenger hastily.
Monsieur le Commandment" The
Governors eyes suddenly blazed !;
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20
CHAPTER xxx.
The Marquis lntervsnes.

The evening Of the same day. his
Excellency. in the seclusion OF a small
private chamber adjoining the sale du
gouvernement, stood looking down at
his desk on which were strewn papers
and messages containing the latest
news from Parts ana received at the
Mount but a few hours before. That
the character of this Information, pc.
litical and social. was little TO his lik.
ing, seemed manifest from his man
ner; he stared az the missives resent
fully; then frowned and threw down
the pen he had been using to mark. or
make note OF, their contents.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20

through rift in the forest. But few
hundred yards distant. the black
crumbling walls bristIed with rough,
Jagged edges-big, broken teeth that
snarled at the rim OF the ever-young
wood. The very brightness OF the day
seemed only TO emphasize the omin-
GUS aspect OF the place. 20 reveal more
plainly the solitary character Of its
wildness
The monastery, I SUPPOSE" fol-
loving the direction OF her gaze. the
Marquis. after > pause. grudgingly
youchsafed.
Yes" said the girl in a low tone;
"yesl"
Shall We go on?"
Her eyes, passing over tangle OF
shrubs, bushes and thick, natural
screens, slowly settled on a spot, not
far away, where wild bird, about to
alight. fed on with scream.
Shall We go on"
With start the girl turned; the
clear-cut features were very grave; in
her gaze shone sudden compunction.
She raised her hand. MY veil!" she
said quickly. dropped it. Do you
mind? You-you will find II on this
side Of the stream-a little way down. .
"Mind?" He regarded her doubt
fully moment; then moved by the ir-
resistible appeal in her eyes, rather
abruptly he wheeled, and as he did so,
she gathered up the reins. Ere pro-
ceeding farther upon this errand Of
gallantry, my lord looked around.
You seem to set great store on this
veil, he observed suspiciously. And
| believe you were about to ride OFF,
he added, noting her expression. when,
before she had time for pretext or an
swer, heavy body stirred IL the
bushes. near at hand, and gruff voice
called out.
Stand where you arei"
The nobleman's face changed; his
gaze. as II fascinated, now rested on a
score OF rough figures VINO, following
the order, so unexpected and startling,
sprang simultaneously from neighbor-
ing thicket or covert. and advanced
to surround them. Held by their grim
aspect-the desperate determined Wis
ages; the black, threatening looks-in
the surprise Of the moment, too late
my lords hand sought the sword at
his side. Roughly plucked from his
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20
Esi1e &oodsn,an Tells OF SEEING
Greyhound Left Behind ~
Herd Of Four.

Ia Maine 1t IS conte1deG tina: the
raribou can outrun any other anlmal
According 10 the testimony OF one
Soodsman caribou left behind a grey
lound that had been matched against
hem
A guide succeeded In starting the
log after some caribou herd OF
our standing like statues on the ice OF
que of the big ponds in the region
dong the vest branch OF the penob-
SCOT
Now. the caribou tro,s Instead OF
aanius. gilee most other wild animals
In be present case there had been a
pleaasli TAN OF snow rain Wh,ch
AGA termed a thick crust and shea aa-
es laa 81 snow all OF which const
etaa tbc very Finest surface where0a
l0'1 a race OF this dcsrripi,op
NA. tsc greyhound vas loosed IT.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20
tTo BE CONTINUED.
Their Consolation.

Quartermaster General Edwin A
Taylor of the United Sons of Confed.
crate Veterans told at Memorial
day banquet in Memphis this story.
"A southerner," he said. sat in the
lobby of a New York hotel. discus
sing certain campaigns with north
eruer
We'll the northerner ended. with
a laugh. well. we licked you. anyhow
Yes, you did the southerner ad'
mitted; but, by crinusl it's plain
from the size Of your pension list
that before we gave in we crippled
every blessed one of you!'"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20

'er aud. openiug the bit OF paper, once
taore she scTurinized II swiftly. in.
teutlY
Tomorrow Monastery st Ranu-"
she read Yes. Il must mean ST. Ran.
alphs where we are going And
where Beppo knew We were going'
}eppO, she went down on the beach
with" Again she studied the frag.
ment, striving 70 make out a word that
had been blotted and Was almost Il.
legible She irowned as she endeav.
nged % decipher IL. Lady r." She
gave an exclamation. THAT refers. of
curse. io--But Why" She kept ask.
ing herself the question Why 81" she
repeated. when suddenly the brown
eyes aldened changed new light
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20
nad 10 Rename rs vIlla.

The residents OF certain suburb
OF Chicago we're for a time governed
by a passion cor giving sweet, poetieal
names to their ESTATES" There was
one such man who bdilt a handsome
villa, calling II The Nutshell" Thus
Was the home ictrodueed 10 his
friends. and it became widely known.
10 the surprise Of ALL therefore. the
name was one day suddenly changed
To sylvan Nook, and hood Of in-
quiries soon began to pour in
Why have you given Your home
new nance a friend asked What
was the matter with The Nutshelis !"
4 sickened OF being ioshed about
IL. said the owner, with sigh
There isn't boy within two miles
hereabouts who hasn't stopped and
rang the doorhell 70 ask II tae colo
mel vas in Lippiacott's Magazine
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20
Caribou Is Fastest Runner

owner confidently expected that Il
would uutrun the caribou
When the caribou woke up and. his
their pace It was sight 10 see them
They did not appear TO be proceeding
with much speed but as the hound
drew up on them they increased their
pace. The hound was doing his very
best, bug made no Roadway against
the caribou AZ all The dog stuck TO II
With courage. but before IL was halt
way across the pond the caribou had
reached the other side and disappear
ed in the woods
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20

When we take into consideration on
the one hand that in many states there
is an enormous expense for CONNER
cial fertilizer and in others a terrific
cost for irrigation, while in still others
distance to the market destroys all
profits in crops. and on the other hand
there are many special crops common
to upper Wisconsin, and not included
in the above, that yield handsome re-
turns. when these facts are taken I'M
der consideration. we begin to realize
what we have In the undeveloped land
of Wisconsin.
A few years ago the undeveloped
lands of upper Wisconsin were gener-
ally deemed worthless. They were so
treated by the eastern press, espe.
cially the magazines that then were
looking for the material upon which
to base their lurid articles Nowhere
in the Federal agricultural department
could there be found a man who would
say a good word for this great region.
/ am glad to have had part in chang
ting good words from the eastern pub
locations. recent publication under
the authorship of a member of the
Federal agricultural department gives
a description of the opportunities in
all the .ates and Wisconsin leads all
the rest. Everywhere people are look
ing to Wisconsin as the place for agri-
cultural extension.
But this is a time of commercialism,
and land settlement is no exception
Concerns in all parts of the country
are appealing for patronage. Great
railroads are making their greatest en-
deayor to settle the vacant lands along
their lines in the west and south. Many
states are making large appropriations
many times larger than Wisconsin
so that many homeseekers go to other
regions who would have done much
better to have come to Wisconsin. If
we are to get the people we should
have for the more complete develop
ment of the state, we must enter the
competition aggressiyely.
AS the Wisconsin Advancement as
sociation is engaged in a campaign for
development rather than for the mere
sale of laud, it is essential that set
tiers shall not be disappointed when
they come to. the state. My conception
land in this ! am supported by my SUI
peYior officers) is that we must con-
vince. not merely influence, the people
VINO are to be the farmers of upper
Wisconsin. We must provoke inquiry
on the substantial phases of the stu
alton. and to do so, we put forth the
following questions:
Why does Wisconsin grow larger
crops on the average than ether
states?
Why does Wisconsin sell more high
priced seed grains than all other states
combined?
Why has Wisconsin more dairy cows
than any otaer state?
Why is the dairy industry increas-
ing in Wisconsin faster than in any
other state?
Why does Wisconsin capture more
prizes in national contest than any
other state?
Why did upper Wisconsin take the
worlds championship award in alfalfa
at the last worldwide contest?
Why are the pea canning concerns
placing nearly all the new factories in
upper wisconsin,
Why are the beet sugar factories
looking to upper Wisconsin for in
creased product?
Why does the best clover seed
come from upper Wisconsin?
Why are the pastures good in upper
Wisconsin when dried out elsewhere?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20
Mans own Horn.

. should think some OF these
speechpakers would get tired cf hear.
ing themselves said the proprietor OF
he village store Human natures he
.,pe IN politics as tbs anywhere
eise. replied old Joe Stu hers 4
man don't mind Nsteuin to the worst
noise eornet can make. provided hes
Re tslies thats 3oiU tho praeticiu.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20
hlnts to Lovelorn eents.

II she makes practice of eating
oniohs for supper every time you call
it is a sign that she is Indifferent to
ward your suit.
II you spend lot of money sending
flowers to her every day il may make
hit with her. but she win marry
somebody who has more sense.
Don't talk to her about love in cot
tage. Talk about a brownstone bunga
low and spring the cottage on her after
you set her.
II she is handsome. tell her about il
and Il she isn't. tell her anyway.
Have an automobile catalogue In
your coat pocket where she can catch
n glimpse Of Il
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20
Bruin Obtains His Supper

over gave it a quick slap, seized it IN
his Jaws and leaped ashore The whole
performance tickled me so that | le,
him go Of "a, salmon dangling in his
mouth, Nleaon even taking shot al
him.-Charles Stuart Moody in the
Outing Magazine
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20
n. Cannot Sc Found

n have known MANY cautious and
uerseveriuS uen said he Office Gym.
lc but have never known enc y hC
was So cautious ard perSeysriAS that
ne took HE ;ime 10 read ali the ane
print In 4 lease
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20
Hard to Understand.

81 don't see what makes my wife
play solitaire" 1T does seem rather
trivial amusement" Not only that
but it affords her no possible excuse
to stop the game and ask What's
trumpsgr
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20
SYNOPSIS.

Comtesse Elise. daughter OF the govern
or or the Mount. has chance encounter
with peasant boy. The Mount. a smaii
rock-bOund island. stood in vast bag on
the northwestern coast OF France. and
during the time OF Louis XVI. was a gov
eminent stronghold Develops that IRE
peasant boy was the son Of Seigneur u =
saurae. nobleman. Young Desaurae deter
lnines to secure an education and become
a gentleman; sees the governors daugh-
ter depart for Paris. Lady Elise TetiiH%
after seven years schooling and enter
tains many mobiles. Her Ladysfiip canoes
with strange fisherman. and call 10
arms is made in tort TO capture
mysterious Le Self Noir lie escapes.
The Black Seigneur rescues and taxes
her 20 his retreat Elise discovers that
her savior was the hoy with the hsH-
Sanchez tho SeiEneurs servant. - ar
rested and brought before The governor.
Lady Elise mas Sanchez set free. 5eW-
neur and priest al the "Cockies -
chez tells Daa0urac that Lady Elise ne
iraYed hint but Is not believed. fhe
Seigneur plans 80 release prisoners az the
Mount LAZY Elise pleads with heI fatn-
er 20 spare the lives Of condemned pfl.-
Elise mingles With the people and hears
some starting facts mysteriorH
Mpuntebank starts a riot, He ~ arrested
and locked 10 after making close obser-
vati0nR af Tho citadel and Is afterwards
summoned before the governors dauEb~
ter Tho governor enters the room during
the interview with the mOunte hank. ~
miserable b9ff0ou. the M0untebank is re
leased by order Of the governor, i'e-
snarnc ovcrpnwers guard and dons sol
fier's uniform The SeiEneur successfully
passes guards and finds The Great
wheel =" Jacques. the taller. forced TO
read the wheel and bring up enemies OF
lte governor. The Black seieneur liner
ites the prisoners The Scigueur again
made prisoner The MARQUIS De Beau
piiiers visits tho Mount The ladies' and
mobiles inspect the dungeons. Elise visits
the Seignear adv Elise engages Ma
nette daughter Pierre Larnche. friend Of
the Biack 3eigneur, as maid Nanette
plans the release Of the Black scigneur
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20
cHAPTER KxVIlI.-fcontInued.l

This note might have been intend
ed for sume admirer'" said. at length.
the Governors daughter slowly
Gle looked more like an old priva-
Nteersmaul" murmured the woman.
And there may be some plot some
plnni"
'Pnyateersman! The girls man
uer underwent change; she shrugged
her shoulders what could they hope
"a do At The Mount You are imagina-
tive, Marie," lightly "Nanette is
goodlooking. and what little is here
would .seem to signify q rendezvous.
There may De no great harm in that. 4"
y am sorry, my Lady. TO seem to
think 10 Of my own kin. muttered the
woman deiectediy. but
Think no more Of 81 You have
d0He your duty. Now leave The mat.
Ter 10 me. and thank you, Marie!"
Wien. however the old nurse had
gone all pretense OF lightness faded
from the face Of the Governors daugh.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20
Coed Reason, TOO.

Miss Mary" inquired the clergy
man, have you seriously considered
the great question OF lifeT' Wen. you
see, sir" Mary replied, blushing,
none of the ysung men has asked
me yet"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20
Md.

And how issRogers getting on He
always declared that he would leave
footprints in the sands o. tine
.Yes. but unfortunately he got stuck
ia the mud
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20
Nothing Necessary.

What did your cousin put into the
capital stock Of his new firm Moth
ing Nothing Didn't have to.
It's a vacuum business - Baltimore
American
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20

swiftly he put question after question,
and, having probed to the core the con
sistency OF the tale, with gesture,
brusk and contemptuous. dismissed
he bearer.
(To BE CONTINUED
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-20

An acre of each. 240.2
Average per acre 400
The Parker post., 1913-02-01
WATER MEASUREMENTS.

One second foot of water equals
$50 gallons per minute, therefore
pump delivering 450 gallons per min
ute should be purchased When we
come to figure horse power neces-
sary to raise this amount of water
twenty feet high we go back to the
physics we studied when we were
boys. If you will think back over
those times, you will remember that
when one pound is raised one foot
high, one 'foot-pound of work has
been done; if that pound is raised
twenty feet high, twenty foot-pounds
of work have been done A good
sized horse, weighing from 400 to
1900 pounds, can do sufficient work
to raise 550-pound weight one foot
high each second and keep it up all
day and day after day, consequently
We have a unit for the rate of doing
work which is called the "horse pow
err and it is equal to $50 foct
pounds per second Our engines are
all rated in horse power. When one
The Parker post., 1913-02-01

cubic foot of water, or $50 gallons,
lis delivered each second the weight
OF this water lis siXty-two and one
half pounds. If this lis raised twenty
feet high We would be doing twenty
times sixty-two and one-half or 1850
foOt-pounds of work each second. Di-
'ly). This is the theoretical horse
power required to raise one second
foot of water twenty feet high. Our
machinery, however, lis not perfect,
for there is work lost in friction, fric-
tion of the water in the pipe and al
so in the turns and elbows, hence it
will take more than 2.3 horse pow
er engine to do the work desired.
The efficiency of an ordinary plant
will not usually run more than fifty
per cent, perhaps forty per cent
would be a better figure, so the 2.3
horse power represents just forty
per cent of the power necessary or
the sized engine to order would be
100 times one forteith of 2.3, which
is practically six horse power.
Another thing that every farmer
should remember, and that is, when
water lis forced through a pipe, the
faster it travels the greater the loss
in friction. This loss is equivalent to
increasing the pumping head, hence
it lis better to use large pipes in
stead of small ones; it is also best
to have as few turns or elbows as
which must be decided for each n
dividual plant as to what size pipe
will be the most economical The
larger the pipe the more it costs, and
yet with larger pipe the engine may
be smaller and less fuel required to
pump the required amount of water.
Irrigation by pumping is growing
all over the country We have now
hundreds of pumping plants where
We had none a few years ago. 1t has
it's advantages and its disadvantages;
it usually costs more than gravity ir-
rigation, but it is available at any
time and is a paying proposition on
any of our farms. India irrigates
over 5000, 900 acres from wells, and
the time will come when America
will surpass that figure,-Californi
Cultivator
The Parker post., 1913-02-01
GOOD HAY YIELD.

Yuma farmers are making large
shipments of hay to Southern Cali
fornia points and now every day huge
wage IL loads drawn by four to six
animals are rolling in to the team
tracks of the railroad. Hay is now
bringing SIS to SIG f. o. b. Yuma, a
price lhs, is stimulating the clearing
and seeding of alfalfa at a rapid rate.
If the price keeps UP tC this figure
for any length of time there should
be steps taken to promote rail
road from Yuma to the line. Haul
ing Lay by wagon from the lower
bottom to Yulua is a great expense
and the traffic will very soon be
big enough to make a branch line
pay.-Yuma Sun.
The Parker post., 1913-02-01
Progress On High Line Canal.

Ell CENTRIC, Jan. 27.-Between
five and six miles of the East High
Line canal have been completed by
the Walker Construction Company
under contract with Water Company
No and about two miles have been
built by ranchers, who are paying for
water stock with work.
The rate paid to ranchers is $3.50
per day for each four horse team and
fresno, and $3.50 for two-horse teams
and fresno ---
The Parker post., 1913-02-01
Lowest Stage Of Colorado.

The Colorado river reached its low
when it registered $500 feet at Yuma
This is probably the lowest stage
since 1889 although the discharge in
January, 1900, was 2,779 Irrigation
projects along the river have not
suffered any as yet from lack OF
water and it is anticipated that
there will be a raise in the river
within few days.
The Parker post., 1913-02-01
Working For Bridge.

Representative Carl Hayden OF
Arizona has introduced a bill in the
national house of representatives pro-
viding for an appropriation OF $25,-
900 for a wagon bridge at Yuma. 1t
is planned by those who are boost
ing this bridge to have the states of
Arizona and California each cOntri-
butte $25,0O0. The bridge when COM
pleted will cost 5000. The National
The Parker post., 1913-02-01
NEWS OF THE
SOUTHWEST
EGYPTIAN Cotton Gin At Bard.

The United States experiment sta
ton near Bard, Imperial county, has
installed a gin for the handling of
Egyptian coon. The product of the
station this past year will not be in
excess OF twenty bales. Next year S
acreage will be larger
The Parker post., 1913-02-01
Indians Growing Cotton.

Of the total acreage of Egyptian
long fibered cotton that will be
grown under the Roosevelt project,
nearly a thousand acres are to be
cultivated by the Indians of the Gila
Indian reservation in the neighbor-
hood of Sacaton next season. Cotton
is one of the three staple crops of
that section can be raised at a
large profit and experiments conduct
ed by the Indians themselves ON the
reservation have so far shown most
excellent results One Indian farmer
last year off a patch of slightly more
than an acre and half in extent re-
ceived $208 for the cotton. On his
own estimate this is slightly better
than $3.50 per acre net.
The Parker post., 1913-02-01
CHICKEN DINNER.

The ladies of Parker will serve
chicken dinner at the old restaurant
building near the M. E. church, Sat
urday, February Sth, from 5 till 8
for the benefit of the church.
A bountiful dinner for 50c.-Adv.
The Parker post., 1913-02-01
Editors Mean Revenge.

An editor who was counting WOm-
an Of uncertain age, but positive bank
account, was cut out by gentleman
from neighboring town, who married
her and took her home Whereupon the
editor sought mean revenge by head
ing account of her wedding: Another
Old Resident Gone"
The Parker post., 1913-02-01
Quarantine Cotton Seed.

At the meeting OF the board of SUI
pervisors of Imperial county, re-
quest by the Imperial Valley Cotton
Exchange was adopted, asking a
state quarantine against sotton seed
except for experimental purposes
under the care of the authorities.
The object of this precautionary
measure is the fear through the cot
ton seed the boil weevil may be in
troduced
1--WE have plenty of seed i'm this
county for all uses" said HOrticul-
tural Commissioners W. E. Wilse
Monday, ''and by this quarantine we
can keep the boil weevil out
The Parker post., 1913-02-01

Ocean-to-O ocean highway association
is active i'm pushing the proposition
through its auxiliary associations in
the southwest.