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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28
CHAPTER VII.
Close to the White posts:


On Saturday evening the 12Sth regi-
ment of the Grays was mustered In
field accoutrements and full supply
of cartridges. In the darknesS the
first battalion marched out az right
angles to the main road that ran
through La Tir and South La Tir. At
length Company B. deployed in lire
of skirmishers. lay down to sleep on
its arms
We wait here for the word" Fra
casse, the captain. whispered to his
senior lieutenant. IF it comes, our
objective is the house and the old
castle on the hill above the town"
The tower OF the church showed
cimIy when a pale moon broke
through a cloud. By it's light Hugo
Mallin saw on his left the pinched
and characterless features of Peter
kin. A few yards ahead was white
stone post.
That's their side over there!" whis-
pered the bankers son, who was next
to Peterkin
when we cross war begins" said
the manufacturers son.
"Iwonder if they are expecting us!"
said the judges son trifie huskily,
In an attempt at humor, though he
was not given to humor.
Just waiting to throw bouquets!"
whispered the laborer's son. He, too,
was not given to humor and he. too,
spoke a trifle huskily.
And Wen fix bayonets when we
start and they will run at the sight
of our STEEL" said Eugene Aronson.
He and Hugo alone, not excepting Pill
ger. the butchers son. spoke in their
natural voices. The others were try
ing TO make their voices sound natu-
raj, while Pliers voice had devel-
oped certain ferocity, and the liver
patch on his cheek twitched more fire.
quently. Why, Company B is in
front! We have the post of honor, and
maybe our company viii win the most
glory of any in the regiment! Eu-
gene added. "Oh, wen beat them!
The bullet is not made that will get
mel"
Your service will be over in time
for you to help with the spring plant
ing, Eugene whispered Hugo, who
was apparently preoccupied with many
detached thoughts.
And you to be at home sucking
lollipops!" Pilzer growled to Hugo.
That would be better than murder
ing my fellowman to get his property"
Hugo answered, so socerly that 1t did
not seem to his comrades that he was
joking this time. Pliers snarling ex-
clamation OF White feather" came in
the midst CT chorus OF indignation.
Captain Fracasse. who had heard
only the disturbance without knowing
the cause. ihterfered in low, sharp
tone:
silence, AS | have told you be-
fore, silence We don't want them to
know that we are here. Go TO sleep
You may get no rest tomorrow night"
But little Peterkin, the question in
his mind breaking free of his lips. I'M
Willingly asked:
"Shall-shan We fight in the morn
ing?"
Il don't know, Nobody knows!" an
swered Fracasse We wait on orders.
ready to do our duty There may be
no war. Don't let me hear another
peep from you!'
of them was vast silence which
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28
unsanItary Country.

According to the National Council of
Education and the American Medical
association, country school children
are from 10 to 20 per cent less healthy
than city school children. Some of the
reasons are that tightly closed doors
and windows and poor lighting are
more usual in the country than In
cities; that country children's teeth
are not properly cared for; they often
do not get suitable luncheons, and
country sanitation is VIGOROUSLY prim-
tive.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28
Found Her Interesting Man

TO be our paper boy. He Is now trying
for Job on the police force"
The girl was surprised into admit.
ting that he was the interesting man"
and what followed indicated it would
be many days before she heard the
last of it-Worcester Post
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28
Pork Apple Pie.

Line your platter with rich piecrus.
and put layer of apple, then one
of all fat pork shaved as thin as you
can possibly shave it, then repeat till
plate is full enough, then sprinkle a
little salt over top of apples, large
half cupful sugar, pinch of cinnamon
or use nutmeg to taste. Cover with
top crust. brush over with milk and
bake
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28
Rraised cucumhers.

Cut cueumbers into halves, peel, lie
move pulp and mix it with minced
meat OF any kind, which has been
seasoned with salt, pepper and catch
up. Press some of this mixture into
each cucumber shell. add little stock,
cover closely and braise in the oven
until tender.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28
TO Wash Greasy Tins and Irons.

Pour a few drops OF ammonia into
every greasy roasting pan after filling
the pan with hot water. If the pots
and pans are treated in this way i'm
mediately after using and left to stand
until it is time TO wash them the work
of cleaning them will be found half
done.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28
poeket EIectric Heater.

For the convenience OF travellers
there has been invented pocket cleo
trio heater. taking current from light
socket. which viii boil quart OF Wa
ter in three minutes.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28
Money for Christmas.

Selling guaranteed wear-proof hosi-
cry to friends & neighbors. Big Xmas
business. Wear-Proof Mills, 1900
Chestnut ST., Philadelphia, Pa.-Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28

WAS the car crowded you came
In on"
Not very. l had a strap ali to
myself"-Boston Evening Transcript
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL You
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak. Watery
ayes and Granulated Eyellds; No Smarting-
lust Eye Comfort. Write for Book of the Eve
~ mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put up
10 years ago. They regulate and ilvigorate
stomach, liver and bowels. Suear-coated
tiny granules. Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28
convlncinu.

How did you find that Blowley was
great and famous MANI"
by reading his lecture circular"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28

Mighty few mems trousers get baggy
at the knees from pocketing their
pride.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28
His Title.

Mark has a mania for giving girls
presents of handsome umbrellas"
Yes, they call him their rain beau"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28

Style is one of the principal ingre-
dents in a dressmaker's bill.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28

Partow was a great brain set on an
enormous body Partov's eyes had
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-17
OLDEST SETTLER
OF Stanley County Is Hale and Hearty
at 80 Years.

Pierre, Aug. 17.-There was an
immense attendance at the Stanley
county old settlers meeting, which
was designated as Pierre day, and
Pierre went over in force to help
make the day a success. Probably
the Oldest settler was Louis IaPlant,
yet hale and vigorous at over 80
years of age. He made several trips
up the Missouri into this country and
into Canada before 1850, and came
up as a representative of the Ameri-
can Fur company in 1855, since
which time he has made his home in
the Dakotas, most of the time about
Fort Pierre up to several years ago.
when he went into the Cheyenne
river section, where he is now operat-
ing an irrigated farm. The eelebra-
ton was to celebrate the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the organization OF
Fort Pierre as an organized town,
and one OF the features was that OF
Martin Kennedy. acting on the police
force, and the fact that he was the
whole police force" of Fort Pierre
at the time of it's organization.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-17

was broken into early in the morning
by prying open a rear window. The
slot machine was taken to a nearby
vacant lot and emptied of its CON
tents.
Webster - Confinement is -four
jails in three days is the record es-
tablished by Henry James, an itine-
rant iaborer and petty thief. who was
lodged in the city Jail here by Mar
shall Chaddock on a charge of steal
ing shoes and an overeoat from a
merchant at Waubay. James claims
that this constant change of environ
ment is a routine matter with him,
but that as winter approaches he will
prefer to establish a more permanent
domicile. He was discharged from
jail at Milbank early in the week,
but followed up his arrival at Wau-
bay with a theft that landed him in
the cage there. Pleading guilty to the
indictment here, he was transferred
to the county jail for thirty days.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-17
NOTICE FOR BIDS.

Notice is hereby given that the
board of county commissioners OF
Lake county will receive bids at the
office of the county auditor for the
construction of two concrete bridges,
located as follows: In the township
of Chester, one bridge. 80 foot span
in Orland township, n bridge. IL
foot span, these bridges TO be built
according to plans and specification
now on file in the office of county
auditor. A certified check in the sun
of 500 must accompany each bid
Bids will be opened Thursday. Sep
TENDER 10, at 10 o'clock a. m. The
board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
M. D.. McGillivray,
County Auditor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-17
TWENTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
Items Taken from The Daily
Leader Files
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Thos. Fitzgerald, a railroad con-
ductor of Minneapolis, is visiting his
brother, j.. j. Fitzgerald of this city.
Miss Ethel, daughter of Gov. Shell
don, arrived on the noon train and
will spend a week at the lake with
Mrs. j. w. Golf.
Dan O'Connell was down from Ra-
mona and asked what they were pay
ing for wheat said: IA cents for
No. /, northern"
r. Kramer of the One Price Cloth
ing store departed for Chicago and
expects TO be gone several weeks, as
he will devote some time to starting
new stores at points in Minnesota and
Iowa.
ole Moger of Summit. DR.. o. S.
MeTager or wentworth and Hans
HOLE of this city went to Canton to-
day to stay v Sunday. The first
of next week the two former will pro-
coed to Yankton as delegates to the
state convention.
Mackay & DAILY today bought at a
premium the $500 school bonds of
Winfred Independent school district,
which insures the improvement of the
schoolhouse in our neighboring vii
lage.
County Commissioner NJ. L. Clark
this morning brought to The Daily
Leader office a fine specimen of the
Russian thistle plant which was con
siderably larger than a bushel bas-
ket. Mr.. Clark plucked the plant
near the grain elevators and without
leaving the sidewalk. The Russian
thistle plant is said to be becoming
somewhat in this vicinity
being especially plentiful along the
railroad right of way and upon the
highways, also specimens are begin
ming to be found in the fields. They
are a prolific grower. and it is said a
we'll developed plant produces several
thousand seeds which are sown
broadcast by the weed rolling before
the wind when il becomes ripe and
Is detached from the ground.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-17

sis, leprosy and probably other dis
eases also.
The cockroach carries typhoid
fever, bubonic plague and possibly
cancer. Typhus is spread by body
lice; Rocky Mountain spotted fever,
by infected ticks; bubonic plague, by
the flea; the sleeping sickness of
Africa, by the tsetse fly. Sambon
asserts that in Egypt pellagra Is
transmitted by sand-1ies; surra, a
cattle disease of the far east, comes
through the stable-fy; Texas cattle
fever is transmitted by infected ticks
while the nagana of the Pampas and
doUrine Of Mediterranean coasts are
carried by varieties of the glossina,
of which the tsetse is one.
Ants are sometimes venemous and
some varieties destructive to wood
work. The potato tuber moth has
Joined the potato bug in assaulting
Paddy's standby. The timber beetle
destroys as much timber as forest
fires burn. The green wheat fly, al
falfa weevil, locust leaf blight, fruit
fly, browntail moth, gadfy, current
and mustard mites, gypsy moth, oil
fly, wasp, caterpillar and innumerable
other insects take heavy tolls from
civilization. The codling moth and
San Jose scale are to be repealed only
when the different states join forces
for organized warfare against them.
Added to all of this hawks and
coyotes take our chickens and render
it impossible to raise geese, ducks or
turkeys in some sections. Ground
squirrels go along the rows of corn
and dig up every grain. Rabbits de
bark and kill the fruit trees.
And of all the forms of animal life
that prey on man, from the tiger TO
the cobra and on down to the tiniest
p%rotozoon and bacillus, the common
housefy is most deadly.
We are literally eaten up by flies.
Swat the fly! Set traps outside for
him; feed him to the chickens;
screen your house. Cover up all
in which the shelly breeds
Again | say-Swat Tor otherwise
eliminate) the fly!
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-17
THE DEADLY FLY
OF ALL THE FORMS OF ANIMAL,
LIFE THAT PREYs ON MAN 1T
is THE MOST FATAL.

American Journal of Clinical Med
icine; l detest a fly. | abominate a
roach, and / loathe a bug. A few
years ago a ~jocular friend, observing
the assiduity with which | welded
that my epitaph should be: HE flew
high, and swatted the fly"
Well, as usual, the world is trail
ing along about twenty years after
us, and the dangers of insect infec-
tion are beginning to be appreciated
Now comes DR.. Nelson Du Val Brecht,
late of the United States Public
Health service, with a heavy indict-
ment of the bug.
Sixteen orders of insects, DR.
Breeht writes in The Washington
Star, contribute TO torment mankind
in addition to the vermin, which in
clude rats, mice, bats, ticks, spiders
and so on. One of the most vita
problems today Is, how to deal with
these pests. 1t is estimated hat thu
fly costs the United States annually
| $3.50, 000, 900 and 10000, 900 years
of human life! The annual loss
from tuberculosis is 10000 900.
4 t9phold iNFCip t~UpVUWtOOV
from intestinal diseases, SGT 900, 900
The yellow fever epidemic of 1878
cost the Mississippi valley $4,000,
600; but each year the cottonbal
weevil takes 5000. 600 from tn
pockets of Alabama, Georgia, Ten
nessee and Florida. Fifty-one coun
ties in the south contributed $500,
900 worth of cattle to feed ticks. Il
1874. locusts grated 100000, 90
from Wyoming, Montana and the Da
kotas. The ox-warble fly takes $40,
100000 a year. Summing up, w
Americans lose on our crops $500,
000. 000 a year through insect pest.
The female bedbug transmits t
her victims relapsing fever. buboni
plague, ~kala-azar, smallpox, typhoi
fever, infantile paralysis, tuberculs
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-17
JACKET MILK CANS
DAIRY DIVISION OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
MAKES TESTS.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE dairy
division of the department OF agrlcul-
ture has just completed a series OF
tests on the change in temperature OF
milk in cans during transportation
from the farm to the consumer. These
tests established the Importance OF
iacketing cans of milk with some APP
propriate insulating material.
1t has been found that milk that
has 20 be sent only short distances or
preserved for only a few hours should
maintain a temperature OF less than
so degrees. Even at these tempera-
lures. some bacteria will multiply
and cause the souring of the milk,
but the increase is slow and during
a few hours no SERIOUS results will
occur. A temperature well below so
degrees fahrenheit, however, mate
rally decreases the rate of bacterial
growth.
On the other hand where milk is to
be shipped long distances, the initial
temperature must be lower, assum-
ing that no provision is made for
maintaining the original temperature
during transportation. Where mix
is in transit for several hours 1T is
necessary to cool it down to near the
freezing point. So soon as the milk
can, however is exposed to air tempe
nature, and especially to the sun, the
temperature of the milk begins to
rise very rapidly and every precau
ton should be taken to keep 1t from
being raised to the outside heat.
A series of experiments was re-
Gently made in shipping milk cooled
to so degrees. In these cases the cans
were set in an open truck, with no
covering to shield them from the di-
rect rays of the sun. The milk was
hauled a distance of 13 miles and the
average air temperature during the
trip was S2.65 degrees. The expert
ment showed that the cans that were
hair-quilt jacketed showed a raise OF
only 5h degrees in three hours In
| the temperature of the milk. Inc
cans that were wrapped with wet bur
lap showed a milk temperature oil
5Sb degrees in the same period or a
| raise of So degrees. The milk In
| the unjacketed rose in three hours to
1871 degrees or a rise OF 20
degrees.
1t is obvious from these figures
| hat 1t pays to jacket the cans, In
order to maintain a low temperature
| during transportation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-17
STATE NEWS

Pierre-Chairman ]. l.. Lockhart
of the republican state committee,
has called a meeting of the members
of the state committee and the party
candidates at Pierre for Tuesday,
August 20, at 2 p. m, to discuss the
coming campaign.
Manchester-An attempt to ro3
the State bank here failed through
the timely discovery by citizens that
the highwaymen were trying to gain
an entrance 10 the building through
a rear door. A posse OF citizens gave
chase. but the robbers halted them
with a display of guns and escaped.
Flandreau-James Davidson fell
about twenty feet from a ~scaffolding
to a cement walk, striking on his
head, and was killed. A rope which
held the scaffolding broke and let the
platform drop. Davidson recently
came here from Regina, Canada. He
was % years old.
Karinen-Friday afternoon an old
timer at this place. performed the
feat of killing thirty-six rattlesnakes
in place at the same time. There
were four old snakes and thirty-two
young ones in the den, which Mr..
Karinen found in his pasture. He
claims the amateur record for killing
rattlers.
Redfield-Dick Fausel, weight 2SS
pounds. was recently showed clear
through a barbed wire fence by hi
own auto when the machine slipped
into gear when he was cranking ii.
AS the car with its steering knuckle
jammed, a In circles, on his second
attempt, successfully boarded il and
shut off the power. He received sew.
eral deep scratches from the barbs or
the fence, but was otherwise upin
jured. A week before the accidenI
Fausel weighed $40 pounds. but hat
started a thirty days fast, losins
twenty-five pounds at the time of hi
experience, which probably explains
his speed as a Splinter.
Clark-After a week of liberty
during which deputies under the di
rection of Sheriff Dunlop, made
thorough search of the country an,
towns around Raymond. a man VIII
gave his name as Ben Smith wa
caught at Ferney, where he confesse'
to the robbery committed at Ray
m0nd, August 3, when $50 in nickel
was taken from a slot machine in
pool hall there. He Is now confine
in jail here. Smith duplicates an
other man, who is being sought a
poland. Ths pool hall at Raymon
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-17
GOOD CIRCUS MAN
How Fred Buchanan Entertained
Crippled Boy at Litchfield, MINI.

Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Those
in Sioux Falls who know Fred Blu
chanan. and there are hundreds who
do, will not be surprised to read the
following clipping from a Minnesota
paper:
Circus people are not a bad lot.
Up at Litchfield. Mimi, the other day
Yankee Robinson circus was billed to
appear, which fact brought no COM
fort to one little lad who had had an
operation performed for tuberculosis
of the hip and had received assurance
that he could never walk again. As
he lay on his cot in his o he
thought bitterly of the big parade to
be given that day, and he knew that
1t would not come by his house which
was on a side street far from the GEN.
ter of the city. But even as he turn
ed his face sobbing to the wall. he
heard the blare OF trumpets and look.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-17
A HEALTHY, HAPPY WIFE

is the greatest inspiration a man can
have and the life of the family, yet
how many homes in this fair land are
blighted by the i'll health of wife and
mother.
1t may be backache, headaches, the
t~ortures of a displacement or some
ailment peculiar to her sex which
makes life a burden. Every women
in this condition should rely upon
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound made from roots and herbs, tC
restore her to health and happiness
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-17
HnCH DEF kAISERl

Rear Admiral Coughlah of the
United States havy, who recently re-
tired, will be chiefly remembered be-
cause he recited "Hoch Der Kaiser"
at a dinner of the Union League club
a couple of years ago, and almost ere
ated international complications by
doing so. The verses are as follows:
Der Kaiser Won das Fatherland
Und Colt and ! all dings command;
We two Zach, don't you understand?
Meinself-und Gotti
Vile some men sing der bower divine,
Mein soldiers sing Die Wacht am
Rhien,
Und drink der health in Rhienish
wine
OF me-und Colt!
Dere's France she swaggers all
around,
She's ausgespieldt-she's no aggound
To much we think she don't amound.
Meinself-und Colt!
She will not dare to fight again;
But If she should. I'll show her blain
Dot Elsass and Gin French) Lorraine,
Are mein--by Colt!
Dere s ulnhS she 5 HlcHt
schmall beer,
Midi Beers and such she interfere;
learn none own dis hemisphere
But me-und Colt!
She drinks good Frau, from ships
she's got,
Und soldiers midi der scarlet coat,
Ach! We could knock dem, Pouf,
like dot!
Meinself-midt Gott!
In dimes of peace brebare for wars,
bear der helm und spear of Mars.
ind care not for den thousand czars,
Meinself-midt Gotti
In fact, / humor efry within,
Nit aspect dark and visage grim;
Iott pulls nit me and l NIT Him,
Meinself-und Colt!
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-17

Disease Around Oacoma Is Under
Control.

Oacoma, Aug. 17.-After several
outbreaks in this vicinity. it is be-
lieved that the epidemic of anthrax
among cattle has been stopped, One
OF the heavy sufferers near Oacoma
has been the firm of Hickey Bros.
whose cattle have had the disease.
Every carcass has been burned, the
grass burned off in the pastures
where the cattle have been and all of
the animals in the infected district
have been vaccinated. 1t is expected
that within thirty days every vestige
of the disease will be stamped out.
Feed is excellent in the neighboring
country and by the middle of October
this locality will have the best cattle
Ii has seen in years.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-17

ing out of the window he saw the
vanguard of the circus parade, Won@
der of wonders it was passing his
house and the clowns were perform
ing their funniest antics for him
alone, the prettily dressed ladies on
horseback waved kisses TO him and
the parade moved extra slowly past
his windows that he might feast his
Eyes on every part of it. The circus
manager had been informed Of the
case and had ordered the parade to
go three blocks out of its course that
one little sick boy might be made
happy"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-17

There is more Catarrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable. For
O great many years doctors pronounced
it a local disease and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to
lit incurable. Science has proven Ca.
tarrh to be a constitutional disease. and
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufac-
tured by +. J.. Cheney & Co, Toledo. o.,
Is the only Constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally. 1t acts
directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case 1t fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address: II. j.. Cheney x Co,
Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take
Adv.