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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06

the dark. Tie his rect with It. AND
maize sure his hands are good and
fast"
He was being pushed forward
again. He stumbled against the bot.
tom step. was rudely jerked to his
feet, and then propelled upward
There Is no use being so rough,
he heard tho sweeter-voiced girl cry.
with a note OF Indignation. Mr.. Cal
Ifs, tell those men TO be more gentle. "
After this the ascent of the stairs
was made easier. Up two flights went
captive and eaptors. Presently a
door was opened, and under the i'm
petus of violent shove Tom went
sprawling to the floor. The bandage
Was whipped from his eyes. and his
ankle deity bound.
The rough tumble hurt and dazed
him. Dimly he heard the door s,i..<>.
and the click of bolt dropping into
its socket.
Then-stiilness and darkness of the
tomb.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06

One reason for the great number
of divorces is that women now go in
for piano lessons and voice culture,
but scorn plain sewing and cooking. :"
sand the Rev. G. II Seers. OF this city,
the first priest 10 be called to testify
IN divorce proceedings in this coun-
ty
If our girls new how to cook
meals and how 10 darn and mend their
husbands would be more oontented.
But not all the blame lies on the wom-
ans shoulders TIE small incomes of
our workiugmea aad the high cost OF
living do much to swell the percent
age Of diyorses Father Seers de-
eiared,-Cineinuat Ohio Dispatch TO
New York Tribune
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06
BROTHER TELLS
ABOUT FLETCHER
Career of the Rear Admiral Who
Took Vera Cruz.
fEARNED FOR SEA WHEN BOY
Forced to Remain at an Executive
Desk During the Spanish War, He
Became an Expert on
Ordnance.

Chicago.-M nile Admiral Fletcher,
Who captured the city of Vera Cruz
Tuesday, has never resided in Chi
eago, he has been a frequent visitor
here at the home of his brother, Thorn
as j. Fletcher, 5237 Cornell avenue.
The latter is treasurer of the Coop
erative League of Chicago. J. Fetch
er. a son of the Chicago Fletcher, is a
lieutenant on Admiral Fletcher's flag
ship.
I'VE Fletchers do not come of sea-
faring breed" said the civilian Fetch
er at his home. "On the contrary, we
rights have lived and died landlub-
bers My brother is an admiral now
because our representative In con-
gross in Marshalltown. Iowa, decided
he would fill vacancy at Annapolis
by holding a competitive examination.
Tom, said my brother when he
So " the notice of the examination,
I'm going to be sailor. That's the
life for me- l never thought of 1t be-
fore. but see now that i was meant
to be a hero of the deep"
leads In Examination.
He entered the examination, Just as
he said he would. and took first place
over 25 other boys. That was in 1870
and he has been in the nav service
since.
According to the Chicago Fletcher,
It was one of the bitterest disaproint-
ments OF the admirals career when
he was compelled to remain at an exec
utive desk.in Washington during the
Spanish war. But the admiral, as the
result OF that experience. became an
expert on ordnance.
Secretary Long promised him that
If he would remain as assistant chief
of the ordnance department until he
could get things in order, he could
have anything he wished. But be
fore his work was done there the war
was over. You see. the country was
totally unprepared for war and the
ordnance department was placed un-
der a terrific strain"
lnverts Reeoll Apparatus.
Admiral Fletcher had been in the
service but a short time when he in
vented a recoil apparatus for quick
f1rers, which has been in use ever
since. He also improved the Farcot
breech mechanism. thereby insuring
the success of the system. Whereas
TO open the breech of the big guns it
had been necessary before to depend
upon power from the engine-room,
the admiral's Improvement made It
possible to move the huge blocks
with one hand AS commander
of the torpedo boat Gushing the ad-
miral. then Lieutenant Commander
Fletcher. conducted an investigation
of the behavior of toTpedoes and dis
covered many errors in range and in
almost every instance the correctness
of his deductions vas proved. He is
regarded as one Of the first ordnance
experts of the navy
Born in osksIooss.
Admiral Fletcher" said his hns.
man in Chicago. was born In oska.
loosa. Nov. 20. 1855. He was only
fifteen years old when he took the
examination and entered Annapolis.
"My brother was graduated in June
1875, one Of the honor men of his
class. He served as midshiDman for
one year and then was pcoT oted to
the rank of an ensign. On April l.
1882, he became a junior lieutenant
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06
BOOSTED UP THE PRICE
When You Come TO Think Of It the
Article Was Worth the In
creased Amount.

Hot and stufTy was the auction.
room. and packed too-yes even
packed to It's utmost capacity
Suddenly through the crowd pressed
large mportant-looking person and
held converse with the auctioneer-
converse, low. deep and awe,inspir
ing
Then up spake the auctioneer to the
multitude assembled
Gentlemen he said. 4 am inform
ed that pocf41oo2k has been lost
ia this hall tonight c' ntaining zoo
in hank notes
a great hush fell upon the assembly
Yes continued the custodian of
/ the hammer and owing to other val
liable documents il contains, the gen.
tleman viii offer { 80 to anyone vino
returns It. while no questions viii be
asked
Again a silence. deep and unbroken.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06
BOOK l..
CHAPTER M.-contInusd.

CHAP TEX Nls-ConrtnlSo.
There were five men and three
women. The latter were half-hidden
in their wraps and kept their faces
ayerted. but the men all turned and
stared at him with a fixedness that
surprised Tom considerably and made
him not little curious. So he re-
turned the scrutiny with an interest
which normally he would not have
felt.
His own regard sharpened. And
then his Jaw dropped. and his pipe
clattered upon the grating at his
feet.
He recognized one of the men-the
aged. white-haired servant whom he
had seen once or twice emerge from
Number 1913. Quickly he darted a
glance at each OF the others In turn;
but he had never seen them before.
In a flash they we're gone, and II
was not until a vagrant pun heeled
him perilously astarboard that he
recovered his wits and brought his
boat round again into the wind BY
then the rlotor-boat had been all but
swallowed in the gloom.
However, Tom reflected, they we're
heading straight for Rocky Cove: II
the breeze held he would have hts
own craft tied up al his friends pier
within the half-hour; then a quick
change OF attire in the boathouse, and
DE could put in the evening reconnoi.
tsrlng. II would be queer II no failed
20 turn up something In little place
IKE Rocky Cove.
But after he had dIned at the one
hotel where he felt free to 60 at this
ecason without evening clothes, he
was put out to observe that storm
vas brewing. The sky was already
thiokly overcast, the night suffocat.
flgly close. and of TO the west light
ming was flickering and approaching
with rapdity that promised squall
While he stood undecided as to
what course to pursue, the matter was
taken Unexpectedly cut OF his hands
A man, walking rapidly. came alb
ruptly out of the darR1ess and en-
tered the glare OF light IRON the hos
telry's open door and windows He Il
was who had been controlling the
motorb bout
Tom now had an opportunity to OBJ
serve several particulars aboat him
that he had previously missed, or
failed 20 note-that he was tall.
loose jointed. muscular. youngish
man. OF sandy complexion and se-
,ious, not to say sullen. cast of coun.
tenance. Moreover. his lean. sharp
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06

They believe that such an OK has
exceptional properties, Every fighting
nan should have his kamar; those
who do NOT possess one are objects OF
deHsion. When they prepare to start
on raiding expedition. the men gath
er the kamars together. bedeck then
with ostrich-feathers. and lead therl
10 the river There the warriors IRE
assembled; they dance round the sR.
cred oxen, Gap their hands st them,
and kneel on one knee; they hold up
their shields In attitudes Of defense
aud brandish their spears, while they
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06
SYNOPSIS.

Rudolph Van vechten, a young man of
leisure, Is astonished 10 see a man enter
NO. 1913. house across the street from
the Powhatan club. long unoccupied and
spoken OF as the House of Mystery. Sew
eraf persons at regular intervals enter
NO. 1913 Van Vechten expresses concern
30 his friend. Tom Pii1ney. regarding the
whereabouts OF hts cousin and nancees
Paige Carew. A fashionaby attired wo-
man Is seen 10 enter the House OF Mys-
terry. A man Is forcibiy elected from the
house. Van Vechten and Tom follow the
man and find him dead IN the street.
Van Necbten Is attracted by the face OF
girl IN the crowd OF Onlookers sur
rounding the body. Later he discovers
the girl gazing at him with look OF
scorn from the windows OF the mysteri-
Gus house. Detective Flint calls on van
Vechten TO get his version OF the trag-
edy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06

featured face bore a number OF marks
and abrasions. as If he had quite re-
Gently met with an accident Tom 8
own good-humored pBysiognomy
more than once had acquired similar
high lights and shadows, resultant on
tumbles from sundry poloponies
The man proceeded upon his way.
looking neither to the left nor the
right. lie carried large laden bas.
ket--which he bore lightly-and in a
second or two had passed into The
darkness again.
The night, though. was now so pune
tuated by lightning flashes, that Tom
found no difficulty in marking his
progress along the road that led in.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06
BOOK II.
The carew Case.
CHAPTER |.
The Man of Iron.

Whoever 1t was that dubbed Theo-
| dore Van Vechten the Man of Iron, !"
he displayed a pretty wit. For the
phrase was descriptive Of the man,
both fguratively and literally.
His offices were in New Street, Just
on of Wall, and quite close to the
Stock Exchange; a location unrivaled
for his purposes, which were both
tremendous and infinitely various. He
has also been likened to a fat spider
lurking in the midst of his web, the
filaments Of which radiate in all d.
rections throughout the contiguous
territory. and every one of them
guiding a steady stream of gold into
the Van Vechten Golfers.
Theodore Van Vechten typifed
Power.
There was. first OF all. the prestige
of the enormous Van Vechten for
tune; and then the regulation and SUI
peryision of all the money. stocks and
bonds within rifle shot of his office;
which is to say. the entire country,
for even the United States sub-treas-
ury-its parent also for that mat
ter--is not excluded from this sweep
ing statement
AS head of the Consolidated Metals
Company, he was a shining target for
the United States Accomplishment
and. 1t is no doubt needless to add,
an invulnerable target. There was not
a metal article manufactured and
marketed. from a pin or a wire
clothesline to a locomotive, motor-car
or battleship. that did not contribute
along one or another OF the webs fla
ments to the aforementioned Van
Vechten fortune. Hence. literally, he
was the Man Of Iron
He was a big man physically as
well as mentally. which was as It
should have been. His activity de-
manded prodigious physical strength
and vitality, and these two factors In
his makeup, together with an infiex-
IDLE will, showed never so advanta-
geously as in his habitual reserve, his
steady, answering self-assurance,
which made obstacles OF no more inn
portance than so many sheets of pa
per opposed to a. speeding bullet
As for his personal appearance, its
general effect was one of iron gray
ness: the smooth-shaven lips were a
straight. thin. Incorporating line
that scarcely moved even when he
spoke; the bare chin was square. mas
sive. iron-like, and the closely
trimmed gray 'sideboards' we're we'll
nigh eclipsed by these more salient
features. His eyes, under thatch of
gray brows, were simply a metallic
glitter beyond whose surface no man
had ever seen. His moments of weak
ness, il he had any. would have been
another mans strength.
There was only one person who had
ever been wholly at ease in this mans
presence-his nephew, Rudolph Van
Vechten. OF the hundreds who came
into and went out or the New Street
Offices. this young man alone seemed
wholly oblivious OF the fact, or indif-
ferent to it, that Theodore Van Vech-
ten had but to utter the word, and
he would be extinguished.
Rudolph paid his uncle a visit on
the Monday afternoon that Tom Phin-
ney was cruising around Long Island
Sound in his friends catboat He
entered the inner shrine, and OF
course found his uncle busy. The cir
cumstance was pointed out to him
Rudolph ignored the other two men
present
GRO BE CoNTINuEDD
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06

which are characterized as OF mo
fighting value +"
Eighteen OF he American naval yes
sells are on The Atlantic coast and
seven IN the Pacific They include
nine batiieships. FIVE cruisers. three
gunboats, three fuel ships. two trans
ports. one supply ship, one hospital
ship. and one mine depot ship.
Mexico has FIVE vessels on the At
lantic coast and six on the Pacific
or those on the Atlantic two IRE gun
boats, one a transport. one training
ship. and the other IS characterized
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06
MEXICAN wARsAlPs FEEsLE.

The formidabieness OF the American
feet of American naval vessels com
pared with those OF Mexico now IN
Mexican waters is strikingly brought
out in statistics made public by the
navy department.
There are at present twenty-five
sbips OF the United States navy scat
ts-ed along the Mexican coasts, q
majority Of which are Of the latest
nrhting type. Opposed to these are
eleven Mexican naval vessels. four OF
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06

utter weird war-cries, which are sup
posed TO excite in the fainthearted the
desire for battle A captured kamar
is coveted prize. and the Suks
slaughte and eat it With much cere-
mouy.
The Suks were originally an Sgricul.
toral people In every plantation they
build little shelters ON piles. whereon
sit the women and children whose
duty it IS to give warning OF the ap-
preach Of elephants. and to scare
away birds. OF the members OF the
tribe who do other than agriculs lral
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06
HORNS OF FANTASTIC SHAPE
East African Tribe Have Peculiar
Method OF Dealing With
Their Oxen.

A tribe o. East Africa. called the
suks, hammer and twist the horns
OF their cattle into all kinds OF fantas'
tic shapes. An OK with one horn that
points forward and the other back
ward. writes NJ w. H. Beech in The
suk," is an object Of envy and sduai-
ration to all; it Is called karlar.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06
Impesslbl. "a rrIl All.

Wil Yea solemaly swear that the
testimony you shall give shall be the
truth, the whole ruth. and nothing
out the truth No: I won't swear
to anything Of the kind" answered
me man who had been q witness in
several bis cases. THE lawyers
won let me tell half the truth. -
Legal Journal
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06
Accidents WIN Hapuep.

VISITOR want to see the aatomo-
bile editor.
Office Boy-He's tired.
Visitor-What's he been doing en-
tra7
once Boyle ran over = galley
and the managing editors been crank
him up.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06

as a hulk Of DO fighting value
Those on the Pacific coast consist OF
two gunboats, a transport and three
''hulks OF no fighting value"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06
IRE wv Of n

Why does lightning surn milk sour?
Because il doesa know how to con
duct itself.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06

work there is a lying. God gave
them no sheep. Sc ne gave them elev-
Tness instead - outh's Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06

Then fellow at the rear of the
hall spoke up:
I bid e51. he said.--Answers
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-11-21
Tonic Of the Open Air.

There Is no better. more invigorat-
ing tonic to the man who is compelled
to labor within doors than sunlight
and the open air This Is particularly
true Of the green fields and the wood
ed districts of the country where the
air, waited across great open
stretches, Is particularly pure and
bracing.
Therefore. the men who labor with
brain or hands, or both, In cities,
should avail themselves of every op.
portunity to HE themselves to the
country. or II they cannot do that. to
the breathing places OF the city where
the air is better than along the crowd
ed thoroushfares and where the sun
shine meets with fewer distinctions.
Most men, these days. when COM
petition In all liues Of industry and
trade Is keen. daily are living stren-
uous life. putting forth their best
energy, straining such talent a. they
possess to accomplish results. When
they feel the strain is too great and
near the breaking point, they should
seek the tonic which instinct pre-
scribes.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-11-21

Sam had worked on the farm for
nine years, and until his master took
up poultE farming was quite salts,
fled with life. But this poultry bus
mess was bitt too much lie had
to take the eggs as they We're laid
and write the date on them wtth an
indelible pencil, And, worse than
that he had also to write on the eggs
the breed Of the hen that laid them
So one day he marched up to The
farmer. I'm about fed up" he said
"and I'm going to leave"
Surely, Sam said the farmer
you're not going to leave me after
all these years?"
Yes, but | am" retorted Sam.
'I've done every kind OF rotten iot
on this here farm, but I'd rather
starve than go on being private sec
rotary TO your old hens. PEARSON
| Weekly.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-11-21
JUST A RACIAL REGULARITY
Theory That Lsft.handed People Are
Mentally Inferior Has Been
Proved to Be Wronn.

For ages the belief has prevailed
that left-handed persons are physical
ly and mentally inferior. This belief
has persisted in face OF the fact that
not few great men, including among
others Leonardo da Vinci, have been
left-handed.
German scientists, however, declare
there is absolutely no evidence to sup
port the theory that some relation
exists between left-handedness and
mental or physical defects. 1t is q
racial or family popularity which Is
found among animals as we'll as hui
man beings.
Left-handedness Is often leftsided-
ness. the entire side Of the body show.
ing evidences Of a greater develop
ment on that side. In the brutes the
preponderance Of one or the other
half Of the body may vary according
10 race. Thus the gibbon and ourans.
outang are as a rule right.handed;
the gorilla and chimpanzee left
handed
In every hundred are left-handed;
among the school children the per.
centage Is slightly higher. These fig.
ures, however. are very deceptive, for
many persons who are born left.
handed later become right-handed
The number so born In Germany ID
estimated at 26 per cent.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-11-21
ONLY THE CAPTAINS BOOTS
Burglar Came to an End in
Fit Of Laughter.

The rambling old house where Cap.
tain Fields and his unmarried daugh.
ter, Martha, lived stood back from
the road half a mile, hanked on every
side by the captains broad acres.
It happened one morning In early
spring when the captain had mar.
shaled all available help from the
neishborhood and had two hired men
besides to help get his corn ground
ready and the seed planted early.
Martha had been busy since morn.
Ing arranging for big dinner in the
old southern fashion. About ten
O'Clock she left the dinner cooking
on the big range and went upstairs to
make the beds, but came flying down
with pallid face and called in stage
whispers to the girl, go ring the big
dinner bell for the men. There IL q
burglar upstairs under daddy's bed.
Be quick and then come to me.
, The girl did as she was hidden ana
Martha stood at the exit to the stair
way, ready to defend with her life II
need be, but prevent his escape she
must.
The men from the fields came
mounted on the horses with harness
jingling, supposing that the house
must be on fire or some such dire
disaster threatened. When told that
a man was under the bed upstairs
they determined to make short work
Of him and marched up. throwing mis-.
siles and shouting, Come out" but
the burglar refused to oudge.
Then some one moved the comforter
back and exposed aSpair Of the cap
tain's Sunday boots.-Chicago Trib-
Une.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-11-21
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

Notice is hereby given that spe-
cial meeting OF the stockholders Of
the Lewiston Sugar Company will be
held at the ONCE Of the company at
its factory in Lewiston, Utah, on
Saturday, the 10th day Of December,
1914, at 2 O'Clock p. m.
The purposes Of said meeting are
to vote on a proposition to consoli-
date the Lewiston Sugar Company
and the Amalgamated Sugar Com
pany into one corporation, and to do
whatever may be necessary to per-
feet such consolidation and incorpor.
alton, and to transact such other
business as may properly come be-
fore the said meeting.
Dated November 16, 1914.
JOSEPH SCOWCROFT,
President.
FRED G. TAYLOR,
Secretary.
ADV. dl3
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-11-21
CONTROL Of
SUEz CANAL

There Is a vague idea abroad that
Great Britain controls the Suez can
al. In point of fact the canal Is
owned and controlled BY an Egyptian
company under French company law.
Great Britain II only q shareholder
to the extent of 176.602 shares out OF
a total of 100000. In the administra
tive council intrusted with Its man.
agement British interests are repre-
scented by only ten out Of thirty-two
members, and of these ten only three
are appointed by the British govern
ment, the other seven representing
British ship owning interests. The
mere statement of these facts Is suf-
ficient to sho wthat the Turkish gov
ernment, II it attacks the canal will
find itself up against varied and I'M
portant interests, including the Egyp-
tian government, which Is a very
large holder of enormously appreciat-
ed stock. The shares purchased by
the British government from the khe-
dive forty years ago for twenty mil
lion dollars are now valued at close
to two hundred millions.
Great Britain, Russia and France
will have the entire sympathy Of the
civilized world in putting up siren
uous defense of the Suez canal as a
world waterway. Tolls are charged
in order to keep the canal efficient,
but they are levied on all users OF
the canal alike. and the waterway Is
open to the ships Of all nations on
precisely the same footing. whether
they are war vessels or merchant
ships. Seeing that Lord Kitchener,
in addition to his Soudanese and
Hindustanee experiences was for two
years the financial adviser OF the
khedive'-one Of the peculiarities OF
that Office being that without the
concurrence of the incumbent no Il,
nancial decision can be adopted or
carried QUIT may be assumed that
he thoroughly understands every as.
pect of the situation and is making
his preparations accordingly Tor.
onto Globe.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-11-21
Scene Before the Mirror.

What these jungle ladies lack in
clothing they make up in hair adorn-
ment. Some styles are pleasing while
others are very grotesque. Their hair
and they need to be tough. for one Of
the feminine customs Is to put gum
all through their hair to keep 1t in
place. A very strong comb is needed
TO get It apart, but the women con-
trive somehow to do It; and as time 10
not money In Africa, they are never
in hurry. One is not surprised to
learn that sometimes 1t takes wom-
an a week to have her hair properly
arranged, The Christian Herald.