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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-17

For SALE-My S6-acre tobacco and
high-elass dairy farm; new brick house.
two silos, room for 30 cows. city water
and schools. Terms. w. P. Gorsline,
Virouua.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-17

STRAYED To my farm in town Of
Harmony, OFF or about Nov 5, five
yearling calves, three, red spotted; two,
black Owner may have critters, by
proving property and paying for this
notice. VIM. Miller, Chaseburg, Wis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-17

Lost Between Westby and Viroqua,
night of Nov. %, an automobile chain.
Finder please leave at CENSOR office
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-17

FOR SALE One full blood Shorthorn
Durham bull, years old; one grade
bull months old Address Louis Sob
berg. Viroqua, R. 2
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-17

For SALE-The old Thos. Taylor
homestead in same black with Viroqua
hotel. Two lots. sold house. Apply to R.
H. Drake or Elmer Davis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-17

For SALE The Joseph Harris farm
of 200 acres, about 100 under cultiva-
tion, balance pasture and young timber;
located p miles north of Readstown, in
Harrison valley; has good soil, is well
watered and has choice tobacco land,
good 2-story house, practically new
large basement barn, good granary, 2
tobacco sheds. good stripping house and
chicken house Distance to school house
about 60 rods, 80 rods to cheese factory,
I mile to Congregational church, and 2
miles to Lutheran church. For terms
address 0. II. Larson, Readstown, Wis
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-17

For SALE AS am going to stop
farming, desire to sell my 100 acre
farm in Jefferson, six miles west of
Viroqua, 40 acres under cultivation, can
get more, balance pasture and timber
Running water on all three forties.
Good buildings, tobacco sired and fine
tobacco ground. Will also. sell all stock
and machinery Inquire of Ed Even
sen, Virouua. r 8.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-17

For SALE 500 bushels of corn, and
few boar pigs. Inquire of Ole Sol
verson, Viroqua, r 5.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-17
WAN1 AID. COLUMN


For SALE Or will exchange, I,l80
acres of good northern Wisconsin cut
over lasds. near a city of about 1000
people Will accept one-half of pur-
chase price in good income or farm pro-
perty. See or address Thos. Pierce,
Westby, Wis
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-17

For SALE of the best houses
in Viroqua. one brand new and the other
practically as good as new. Will sell
on good terms. Inquire of N. d. Nc
Lees, ViroGua.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-17

For SALE "A practically new Metz
special runabout automobile, only run
l. 200 miles. Will sell cheap if taken
NOW; | am going south. Oscar Sum-
merfeld, Viroqua, R6.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-17

For SALE-A number of choice fresh
COWS and spriHgers. Make your wants
known early. Ttos. Pierce, Westby,
Wis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-17

For SALS-Will sell my 7.room house
and 4 lots near the Milwaukee depot,
or BIZ acres with good building in west
part of town, on reasonable price and
terms. Ole. 0. Tnhus. Viroqua.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-17

For oALE-Cheap "A light wagon.
Inquire of Mrs. Daniel Wise.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-10-27
RICH SUFFRAGETS KNOW NOTHING OF MINERS
WIVES SUFFERINGrSAYS MOTHER JONES

trinidad, COL, OCT. ZI.-Motner
Jones, 81, here fresh from the West
Virginia prisons to help Colorado coal
strikers, recently gave me her opin-
ion on women's suffrage.
From what see of conditions in
this corrupted state Of Colorado,
where they have had women's suf-
frage for IA years, it seems to me
that the influence of women has been
utterly useless. l wish Mrs. Pank-
hurst would frame me statement
as to why women's suffrage has fail
ed so utterly in Colorado. Conditions
of women and children in mining dis
tricts are worse than in any other
part of the United States.
'This state is owned by corpora
TONS Votes of the women of Colo
RADIO have never helped Colorado wo-
men and children, made their lives
easier or lessened their toll or gained
for them any additional human
rights.
"The rights of lower classes are
less respected in this great woman
suffrage state than in West Virginia,
where women don't vote. It is like
prescribing cough medicine to cure
consumption for Mrs. Pankhurst to
suggest votes for women as a cure
for economical slavery.
Mrs. Pankhurst doesn't under
stand problems of the lower classes;
she belongs to the upper classes.
What does Mrs. Belmont or Mrs.
Mackay or other rich women who
surround Mrs. PankhHrst know
about suffering of miners wives and
infants? Mrs. Pankhurst travels with
women who are opposed to what
laboring classes of America stand
for. They demand to know what |
right Mrs. Pankhurst has to associate
with such women at the same time |
she talks about uplifting the world. |
The consumptive, economical Amer
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-10-27
MEXICAN SITUATION

Mexico City, Oct. 27.-Returns
from Mexican election showed that
only 5000 votes were cast in federal
district where there are sc, 900 voters.
Believed congressional candidates,
with approval of General Huerta, will
declare themselves elected. J
Mexico.-ResuIt of election ac-
cording to Mexican constitution
merely makes it mo election" at all,
no candidate receiving a majority of
the votes cast, therefore Huerta is
still provisional president, but he will
now have a congress that will do his
will He has issued a decree raising
the federal army from 80, 900 to 15O,-
600, which may necessitate conscrip-
ton. -
Vera cruz-GeneraI Felix Diaz'
telegraphed Huerta his resignation
from the army.
Celery stimulates the nerves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-11

Willard turned around and saw the
snorting brute charging angrily In his
direction.
MY jersey!" he thought. "Well,
I've got head start at any rate"
and he proceeded to run for the near
est fence.
But by the time he had hit his
stride" the bull was so close he could
hear its breathing. Then came a tight
race between the maddened animal
and the boy. 1t happened that the
fence for which Willard headed was
good 200 yards distant, and as he was
already tired from his run, he felt
panicstricken. Surely he could not hold
out that long.
Had it not been that Willard was
dressed In a light running suit and in
good training, he probably would never
have had show with his angered pur-
suer. He did not dare look around,
but when he was a hundred yards
away he felt the bull was only length
or two behind. Would that give him
time to crawl under the barbed-wire
fence when he reached it? No, he de-
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gymnasium suit set the pace-a slow
jog across the springy, green turf of
the pastures. The only stops were
to crawl beneath the strands of a
barbed-wire fence or to slow down for
a short breathing spell. AS they were
ready to make the return trip the
coach said:
We'll stop and rest bit Then I'm
going to set a pretty stiff pace back
to the gym. We don't stop on the
way. If any of you can't keep up
the pace, you needn't try to run your
selves to pieces. Just drop out and
walk In"
As the squad trailed behind their
leader, Willard Tracy strove hard to
keep up with the foremost runners
but his eagerness to keep we'll up in
front and his inexperience, as a high
jumper, in running proved sufficient to
exhaust him so that he was soon far
In the rear of the now struggling pro-
cession of Tapping white track suits.
Completely out of breath, Willard
sat down on a rock and held his sides.
"Guess-I tried-to keep-too far
up front" he painted as he watched
the disappearing lipe of runners.
He fell to thinking of the chances
of beating Brunswick. Surely, he re-
f1ected, things looked darker than ever
before for Haley
We'll take the mile easily" he spec
ulateG. I'VE ought to get both places
in the half and first In the hundred
and shot-put. But Brunswick will
take the pole vault, the hurdles. the
discus, quarter and relay Unless we
win the high jump I don't see how
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~ sONALDl" cried Nurse in that
tone she used only when Donald
really deserved to be scolded.
~ Just look at your shoes! Didn't
you see that mud2 Lands sakesl
believe you walked in It on purposei
Here, sit down on this bench and
let nne try to clean some of it off
And you looked so nice, too. with
kourS new Peter Thompson suit and
your sailor hat. And just look at
you now I think you'd be ashamed
pf yourself the minute you look down
IT your feetl Mercy me. whar trial
you arei"
Donald and Nurse were taking
IN afternoon walk in the beautiful
grounds of the city's Geological Park
.-as they did almost every bright,
sunny afternoon, for Donald's home
was but two blocks from the en-
trance to the Zoo.
Now, II the truth be told, perhaps
Il was partly Nurses fault that the
little fellow had stepped off the path
and into the muddy road, for she
was looking for the handsome Keeper
who somehow always happened along
wat way Juot dpOAl lhio blHlo cNOls
afternoon to pass the time of day
with her.
But even at that, Donald should
have known better than to walk In
The road, especially since he felt SO
proud and important in his new spring
rlothes. Yet little boys, you know,
never can see the necessity OF keep
ing their shoes clean and polished even
though they may be careful about
the rest of their apparel Shoes,
somehow, don't seem to count
Nurse gathered a handful or two
bf green leaves and finally succeeded
In scraping most of the mud off Don
AIDS feet, but anyone could plainly
see that they had been muddied.
Then--this time keeping hold of his
hand - they continued their walk
along the path that led to the out
bf-door cages for the birds.
And presently the smiling. red
faced Keeper hove in sight tipped
his hat to Nurse and lifted Donald
up on his broad shoulder for ride.
After while they came to a bench,
not far from the enclosure for the
peacooks. Nurse and the Keeper sat
down and Donald toddled off to gaze
In awe at the lordly birds strutting
around behind the wire screen.
"IIello-hello, Donaldi" The voice
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II tudcl WAS Trying Out HIS
n high-Jump candidates for the
high school team. 1t was evil
- dent to an observer that he was
discouraged.
Il never saw such a lack of ma
terial in my life," he remarked to
Professor Barrett as he watched the
high jumpers vainly trying to do"
feet II.
What's the matter with Willard
Tracy?% asked the professor. He
seems to be built like a high jumper"
Tracy seems to be the best of the
lot" replied the coach. He has
good spring in his legs, but for some
reason he can't get his feet over the
bar.
Here. Tracy" he called, "try that
over and raise your feet higher Just
as you reach the bar"
He watched the youth hopefully
Tracy approached the jumping stand
ards from the side, gave quick, sharp
spring and bent double In an effort to
clear the bar. But alas! his toe caught
under the piece of fishing rod and it
fell to the ground with a disheartening
clatter Both Tracy and the coach
were evidently discouraged.
mo use, COACH" said the boy, as
he picked up the bar and brushed the
sawdust from his Jersey. IT just can't
make ALL. My toe always catches"
Eyes. you can," spoke the coach, en-
couragingly, striving not to show his
Iimpatience. Keep practicing"
Tomorrow" he announced. IT
want the whole squad to meet in the
gymnasium at three o'clock and take
a cross-country run. 1t will do us all
good. Now jog around the track and
into the gymnasium to take a shower
AS the coach walked toward the
gym with Professor Barrett he re-
marked:
I'm not worrying about my sprint
ers, runners or weight men. I'm sure
we can hold our own With Brunswick
in most of the running events, but
the high jump and hurdles bother me-
Brunswick high school was the long
standing rival of Haley high school,
and the outdoor meet was only eight
days away. The coach had never felt
so uncertain as now and he occasion
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championship

Mercy sakesi" she cried as she
grabbed him by the arm and jerked
him to his feet. Cant l take my
eyes off you a minute but what you
flop down and go to sleep"
Mr.. Old Man-was lido peacocks
ever get-their shoes muddy"
mumbled Donald as he rubbed his
eyes and tried to remember where he
was.
Lands sakes!" exclaimed Nurse.
What in the world are you talking
about-peacocks getting their shoes
muddyl Goodness, you not only go
to sleep, but you dream, too-and
right out of doors on the damp
ground! Here, come on, and stop
looking down at your shoes. They're
muddy and-and-I hope you're
ashamed of how they look!"
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the railing against which he was
leaning, then on the ground and even
on the wire screen; but the Old Man
was no where to be seen, though
Donald could plainly hear him chuck
ling in high glee.
"Here-here l am, Donald" he
called presently, right here on the
back of this vain peacock"
And, sure enough, there he was,
his funny, bald little head, with its
two queer horns sticking up. just Wis
ible among the gay plumage of the
strutting bird.
"Oh-o-o-o." laughed Donald, 81
never thought of looking for you
there! qood-afternoon. I'm very
glad to see you"
Thank you. Donald" replied the
Old Man. And, with that, he hoped
off the peacock's back, jumped clear
over the wire screen at single bound
and landed on the railing right by
Donald's elbow.
He was a very queer little man
indeed, no bigger than a minute. His
cloak was of humming- birds wings,
trimmed with ermine; and his funny
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Jungle laughed at him and held him
up to ridicule.
Now, the peacock, as you can well
imagine, did not like this at all. He
was continually bemoaning the fact
that he was not beautiful and resplen-
dent In plumage.
"'Oh, he walled, If 1 could only
be gorgeous and radiant, how I would
make all those other birds feel
ashamed of themselves'
"Over and over again he would re-
peat that wish. And he thought of
it day and night and wept real bird
tears about 1t.
Then, one day, he came to me and
told me what was troubling him.
But L said to him, don't you see
that your very ugliness is a protection
to you? The other birds have to be con-
tinually alert to see that their enemies
do not catch and kill them; whereas
everyone passes you by. Why, Pea
cock you can just squat down on the
ground and no bird or animal can
possibly tell you from a lump of dirt.
Really, you are better off than any of
the other birds. even if YOU aren't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-11
A Few Facts
About Coffee
I AVE you ever thought, when you
n saw Father drinking his cup of

TfAVE you ever thought, when you
n saw Father drinking his cup of
coffee at the breakfast table-or
maybe when you drank your own, If
you are old enough to be permitted to
drink it-what wonderful process
the coffee bean goes through from the
time it grows in the coffee fields until
it comes to the breakfast table? Well,
1t is most interesting story.
To begin with, our coffee comes
principally from Brazil, though good
bit is also obtained from Porto Rico,
other parts of Central America and
from Java. Coffee trees grow in long
straight rows about twelve feet apart
and live to be from forty to one hum
dred years old. As rule, on plan
tation, they are about fifteen feet high
and their branches hang down to the
ground bearing berries about as large
as an acorn stripped of its little cup.
Inside this berry, or shell, are two
little beans, packed close together and
almost oval in shape. 1t is from these
beans, after proper curing, that coffee
for the table is made.
When the berries are ripe they are
bright red in color and are then
picked by hand by the native labor
ers with the help of their wives and
children. The brown hands of the
pickers shake the berries to the
ground to be gathered later, and freed
of dirt by tossing them to windward
with shovels. Then they are packed
in bags.
These sacks are taken to the drying
grounds and their contents dumped
into running water which washes the
berries free of dirt. Then they are
passed through sorting and shelllng
machines, after which they are spread
out on large, fiat terraces built OF
cement, to dry in the sun. During
this drying process, men with rakes
move about among the beans turning
them over and over that the rays or
the sun may dry them the more
quickly. 1t takes an average of two
weeks to dry them properly.
After the drying. tho beans are
passed through machines that free
them of husks and skin that may still
cling to them, and then follows an
other asserting and grading. After
that they are packed in sacks and
sent away to be roasted--ready for
table use.
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were going to take the meet and I'm
sure l can never win the high Jump
II don't make better than All. If
could only get my feet over the bari"
Disguised at the thought of his own
inability and conscious of the respon-
sibility resting upon him, he stood up
and stretched his tired limbs. Absent
mindedly. he began hopping up and
down in his tracks to straighten out
the kinks in his legs as Is customary
with jumpers
He did not see huge bull separate
himself from a herd of cattle in a
corner of the pasture and approach.
with evident displeasure. The bull was
only twenty-five feet IN his rear when
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cided. He must jump over 1t.
AS it happened, the fence toward
which he was running was just barely
over FIVE feet high. Since he had never
leaped more than 4:10 in his life. Will
lard felt that the fence was higher
than he could do" But he deter
mined to try, at all costs.
"If only I can get my feet high
enough!" he thought.
When he was within about ten yards
of the fence he lodged to one side,
took the "take-off as he would have
done in track meet, approached ttA
fence in. even, springing strides. gave
a mighty leap and-cleared the fence!
Not so much as shoestring touched
the topmost wire. Willard fell to the
ground and sat. painting.
That's one time--I fooled you--old
fellow he laughed. But Tm-not
mad at you---I'm much obliged to you
MIR. Bull"
When the coach measured the fence
next day he found 1t exactly feet
inches. There wasn't happier man
in town than the coach, unless 1t was
Willard himself.
And that's how, when HALEY high
school met Brunswick and the score
stood 40 to 38 in Brunswick's favor
willard Tracy won the contest with
neat, clean jump OF feet D..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-11
H01u Willard Learned To Jump

ally wanted to give up the meet with
out a struggle. That would never do,
however, for HALEY always fought
hardest in face of overwhelming odds.
The next day, Saturday, found the
boys assembled in front OF the gym
nasium in their running suits, anxious
for n ramble across the adjoining pas
lures. The spring air was sxhilarat-
ing. The warm sun and breeze ap-
pealed to them and made them feel
as IL they could run to Brunswick and
back as easily as not Willard Tracy
was there in his short running pants
and fiery red Jersey, which lent a touch
OF color to the fine squad of athletes
The coach himself. attired in gray
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-11

spindle legs were all encased in fur
that looked as though it might have
come from a black bear or even a seal.
Donald had seen him many times be-
fore, of course, so he was in no wise
startled. But he noticed that the
old Man carried a new hat in his
hand.
"Oh. what a beautiful new hat you
have, Mr.. Old Man of the Forest" he
said.
"Y Yes-yes-it is quite pretty, isn't
it?" The Old Man smiled but shook
his head slowly from side to side.
u suppose it Is very vain of me to
wear 1t and very wrong; but I simply
couldn't resist it, now that spring is
here and everything Is verdant and
beautiful. See, Donald, it is made of
daisy petals and rose-leaves, with a
tiny peacock feather standing up in
the front just to give 1t color.
But I don't know don't know
Its not right to be vain about your
dress and-and-oh, Donald, did /
ever tell you about why the peacock
is as vain as he Is and how, all of a
sudden. he looks down at his feet,
remembers something and instantly
his spread-out, fan-like tail droops
and closes up and-well, then he
ceases to be vain at ALL No? Well,
now you lean down on this railing so
l won't have to screech my lungs out
and I'll tell you.
I'm the beginning-a long, long
time ago-way over in India. where
the peacock comes from. he wasn't
the lordly, strutting, resplendent bird
he now is. In fact, he was just a
plain. black, fuzzy, rolly- polly shaped
creature, with but a short stub of a
tail, big, thick, scaly feet and a round,
ugly-looking head Indeed, he was so
hideous that all the other birds in the
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~A.LEGAEGc

PRINTERS PI-SNAKES.
When printer drops his type and
gets it mixed, he calls 1t pi. Each
Of the following words has been pied
and none of the letters are in their
correct place. If you arrange them
in the proper manner, each one will
spell the name Of snake. No. 1,
for instance, is rattlesnake Can YOU
guess the balance?
1. Ttlerasnkea. 2. Opprhcdeae. z.
Lbacknakes. a. Dab -onstrtrcoci. &.
Pervi. g. Derad. Z. Obrac. 8.
Artregksnae. o. Lube-rcaer. 10.
Ythpon. IL. Occanism.
BEHEADINGS.
1. Behead to sketch with "a pencil
and get the state of uncooked food.
2. Behead a spherical body and get
a part of the human ear.
3. Doubly behead a word meaning
of late origin and get coin of small
denomination.
Additions.
1. Add the letter w to small
Egyptian serpent and get a singing
insect.
2. Add the letter g to being sick
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-11
A DIFFERENCE.

IA ISIS PRIM was in the parlor
J" waiting for Mamma to come
III down.. Just then little Sarah
wiggled into the room, al children
will when there's caller, and stared
at the visitor from the lf-conceal-
ment OF the big portiere$. In one
hand she held huge SLICE Of bread,
nicely covered with jam.
MY, Sarah," exclaimed Miss Prim
In kindly mood. haven't you a nice
mother to spread such a big piece Of
bread and jam for you!"
Sarah wiggled until the other leg
was wrapped round the fportisr and
replied. as she bit into the choice
morsel
Els, nam but Gwandlma Is nicer.
She let's me spread 1t myselfl'' 81
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was piping and thin. yet as gay and
Jolly as any you ever heard.
Now Donald wasn't in the least
frightened, for he knew it must be
his queer friend, the Old Man of
the Forest, with whom he held such
Wonderful talks every now and then
when he came to the Zoo. So, his
eyes sparkling and his face all smiles,
he looked around for him-frst on
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and get the fourth of pint.
3. Add the letter H to the act of
devouring food and get extreme
warmth.
ANSWERS
PRINTER'S PI: II. Rdttlesndke. q
Copperhedd 3. Bldcksnalce. 4. Boa
constructor. s. Viper. s. Adder. 7.
Cobra. g. GortersndEe. 9. BIue-rdcer.
10. Python. II. M0ccGsin.
BEHEADINGS: Il. Drato-ratC. O.
GIobe-lobe. 8. Recent-cent.
ADDITIONS: L. Asp-Wdsp. 2. III.
Gill. 3. Edt-HeGt.
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M Y papa knows most everything.

M Y papa knows most everything.
Iva The names of trees, the birds that sing
The time for flowers to come out
And lots that can't tell about;
And once when we went for walk,
Fie cut long green willow stalk.
And with his knife he made mark
All round at two points on the bark
Then rubbed the piece hard as he could
Till it was loose upon the wood.
Then slipped it off and made top
Just like the whistles in the shop,
And stopped the other end up tight
And it just whistled "out of sight"
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. HE coach was trying out his
high-Jump candidates for the
| high school team. 1t was evil
- dent to an observer that he was
Bisbee daily review., 1913-08-29

for shipment to Canada was an. nounced.
 The bond market was active and firm. Total sales, par value. was slls0,O0o. T. s. bonds unchanged on call.