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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07

to myself, Eff I we're really frightened
should close that door. I'm half a
coward"
The hero himself had strung his Vic
toria Cross upon a riband which
wore about my neck. Could l wear
the cross and set an example Of COW
ardice to these poor creatures who
crouched in the corners of the Toom2
to show fear IL a privilege OF the I'M
derbred But | did long for Jesse.
Through the murmurs Of the nearer
rain, felt throb in the ground. then
heard sound grow, OF horse gal
Looping. The swift soft rhythm, now
loud, now very faint. then very near
echoed against the barns. Numbered
across the bridge. splashed through
the flooded yard, and ceased abruptly.
Billy had come home from the Falls,
he was stabling his roam, he was cross
ing the yard in haste, his spurs clank-
ed at the doorstep and. dreading his
news, a sudden panic seized me. l
fed behind the bar.
He entered, astream with rain. shad-
ing his eyes against the candle-light;
then as | moved he called out, as
though l were at distance, begging
me for brandy. His face was haggard.
his hand as he drank was covered
with dried blood, he slammed the
glass on the counter so that it broke.
you heard the shots7" he said.
AT Spite House?" ! whispered.
He nodded.
You were there?" | asked.
Half a mile beyond. When | got
there Il vas all dark. Looked in
through the end window, but the rain
got down my neck, so / went round.
The front door was standing open. I
listened a while No need to get shot
myself Thought the place was
derelict. Then heard groans
Struck a bunch of matches then.
found the hall lamp, and got Il alight.
Wished I'D got gun, but there wasn't
nothing handy except the poker, so 1
took that and the light-just followed
the groans He was lying on the bar
room floor"
"Brooke?"
les, Snot through the thrOdt,
blood squirting down the side Of his
neck, making a big pool on the oil
cloth. You know the thing you make
with stick and a scarf to twist up?
tourniquet, yes, Well, 1t choked the
swine, SO quit. He whispered some
thing about my thumb hurting the
wound. so told him my fathers neck
hurt worse.
up TO that | thought he was just
acting, playing pathetic to touch my
feelings. Once he muttered your
name, and then he was dead"
Brooke dead"
Yes, he'd been shooting Polly, too.
traced her blood tracks all the way
to the front door. Hello, what's that
thought | heard"
listened and there was only the
sound of the rain.
Il suppose it's all right" said Billy,
wed better close that door, though. >
But before he could reach the door,
Nurse Panton called him away IL her
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07
TELEPHONE" FOR THE DEAF
Letters and Numbers to Be Flashed
on Buttons by an Elee.5'c Key
beard, is the idea.

An optical telegraph intended to fill
the place OF the telephone for talking
with a leaf person has recently been
invented by deaf and dumb married
couple of Berlin, Germany. 1t, consists
essentially OF a keyboard. as in type
writer. through whose keys single cleo
trio currents pass. In each circuit Is
included an incandescent lamp with q
fat surface. bearing letter of the
alphabet or Roman mineral Press
ing any key causes the corresponding
lamp to glow thus words and sen
fences are spelled out and numbers are
formed
The keyboard ean be operated as fast
as thet OF an ordinary typewriter. so
that -Slth practice communication be
CONS very smooth and rapid. Each
station. OF course. must contain both q
sender and receiver and these may
be in different rooms OF in houses q
long distance apart
The instrument can be Conveniently
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07
TYPICAL DINNER IN FRANCE
Its Service In the Land Of
True Epleures.

A typical French dinner--not an
exceptional one, mark you. but such
dinner as a small tradesman's fam
lily would have-is incomparably SD.
perior to the plain roast dinner
There would be. first of all, few
relishes, according to the season OF
the year, RadIshes. ice cold, ssrdines,
olives caviar. Just little of each
with which to awaken the appetite.
then the soup to excite gently the
liquids OF the throat aDd stomach.
then a little entree-usually a bit of
fish with its appropriate vegetable.
or a handful Of vegetables favored
with meat sauce. Then. and not till
then, does the chief course appear.
II may be a roast. or game. or
chicken. or chops, but in no case will
1t be anything which is not in har-
monv with the previous courses and 1t
XII 10 eaten in moderation. for the
The diners appetite win have
ID by the lighter foods which
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07
FOR RENEWING A
STRAWBERRY PATCH
Too Late Now to Reset Plants,
So Thing to Do Is to Prepare
for Spring Work.
By ANNA GALIGHER.)

A great many people believe that
in order to have plenty of stFawber-
ries it is necessary to set a new patch
every year or two. This is a mistaken
idea. If good plants are used to start
with, the patch can be kept in bearing
condition for a number of years.
We can always tell an old plant by
the appearance of the roots. The old
err a strawberry is the more dead roots
it will have. When planting. be care
full to select those with good roots.
The roots should always be pruned,
but not too closely, unless they are
being set late in the fall, in which
case very little pruning is necessary,
because the plants should be very
carefully taken up and transferred
with as much soil as possible clinging
to the roots.
It is too late row to reset strawber-
ry plants so the thing to do is to get
ready for the spring work. If the
old patch Is to be renewed, pillow or
dig out the old rows, leaving at least
q SPACE of IS inches between those
left.
If one does not care to save any Of
the plants removed, it is not neces-
sary to uproot them. They can easily
be destroyed with the hoe. When the
crowns are destroyed the roots win
die.
The remaining plants should stand
several inches apart in the row. This
will give the berries a chance to
ripen. The straw which was used
to cover the plants should be placed
in the spaces between the rows to
walk upon while gathering the crop.
We renovated" the old strawberry
patch in the above manner last spring,
and as a result harvested the best
crop of berries ever seen in this part
OF the country.
The berries were large and fine, in
spite of the fact that the drought. was
very severe just before they beg,n to
ripen, and this should convince any
one that a new patch is not a neCes-
sity, provided one takes care of the
old one
But after all this is merely one way
of starting new patch. For. when
the old rows are removed, 1t is the
young plants that produce the ber-
ries, and everyone who has grown
berries will tell you that a plant
which has never been disturbed viii
produce more and finer berries than
one which has been transpIanted.
That is, under the ordinary conditions
While on the subject we would urge
every one to set, at least. a small
patch as soon as the soil is ready to
work. You viii never regret 1t. There
is nothing more delicious than fresh.
ripe strawberries and nothing in the
way of fruit 80 easily grown. But be
sure to get good plants. Sometimes it
is almost impossible to procure good
plants without paying the very high
prices, but this win pay one more
than using inferior ones. or the IN
known varieties.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07
Tanhark.

Perhaps the most important of waste
fuels in the United States has been
spent tanbark. A rough estimate
world indicate that this material gen
Grated a few years ago an amount OF
steam that would have otherwise re-
CURED the yearly consumption Of
about two million tons of highgrade
coal Yet this valuable fuel was At
one time regarded as a mere det~i.
ment and an expense to the leather
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07

be larger n circumference than the
ordinary saucer
He also beheads his cabbage, leaY-
ing the stalk TO grow He cuts slight
hicks or gashes in the growing stalk,
which, watered and tended, produces
a second growth that are in appear
ance fair limitations of brussels
sprouts and quite as good to eat.
His faith in the forcing powers of
warm water is sublime. have known
him to heat water for his radishes in
the chill days of spring, testing its
temperature as carefully as If prepar-
ing baby's bath, with incredible pa
thence and perseverance. AS soon as
his radishes were well above ground.
he covered the bed with a layer of
sawdust perhaps an inch in depth.
He bakes the soil in which he in
tends sowing his cabbage and tomato
seeds sometime before using, then
patiently breaks up and crumbles the
dried. hardened mass before wetting
it.
For his late cabbage and tomatoes
he plants the seed out in the open
soil of the garden, leaving one plant
standing in the hill and transplanting
the others. which. under his per-
suasive SKILL usually grow.
While some of his stunts seem
perfectly useless and absurd, yet there
must be some method in his madness,
for his vegetable crop, with its at
tendant crop of dollars. are not the
result of chance.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with Jesse Smith re-
hting the story Of his birth. early life In
Labrador and Of the death OF his father.
Jesse becomes a sailor. His mother mar
Ffes the master Of the ship and both are
lost in the wreck Of the vessel Jesse
becomes a cowboy IN Texas. He marries
Polly, singer of questionable morals,
who later Is reported to have committed
suicide Jesse becomes a rancher and
moves 20 British Columbia Kate Trevor
takes up the narrative. Unhappily mar
ried, she contempiates suicide. but changes
her mind after meeting Jesse Jesse res
rues Kate from her drink maddened hns-
band who attempts to kill her. Trevor
loses his life In the Rapids. Kate rejects
offers of grand opera managers to return
to the stage and marries Jesse. Their
married life starts out happily. Kate sue
rrunhs 10 the pleadt2gs of 3 composer 70
return TO the stage and runs away Win
him. She rescues Widow O'Flynn from
her burning house, is badly burned her
self and returns home, where Jesse re-
cefves her with open arms. Jesse calls
on neighbors and plans 20 capture cattle
thieves. Kate is rescued from the hands
OF the bandits. Jesse is captured by the
robbers, but by "a clever ruse makes pris-
oners OF the robbers They are turned
over 20 a United States marshal. who has
arrived with extradition papers. Jesse
takes charge Of the outlaw chiefs son:
Billy OFlynn, having promised the chief
90 keep him out OF his fathers profession.
He takes Billy TO Vancouver and the
tad is shanghaled. A son Is bstn TO Kate
ceives letter from Ills nrst wife. Polly,
In which she tells him she deceived MIN
into thinking she hal killed herself Cor
the honor OF Kate and their son, father
and mother sparete. Kate and David GO
40 England 10 live. -Four years later billy
D'Flynn arrives and tells Kate how ! 'sse
mas been ruined and ostfacistd through
she vindt tiveness OF Polly. Kate arrives
IN British Columbia. Laws plans TO help
old friends Apd defea. the plots OF Polly
Provisions and help arrive in time TO
save Jesse's life. He hears Of Kate's ar
rival and OF her plans. Brooke, a former
bandit and intimate OF Polly's, calls on
Kate 10 interest her IN a scheme TO be-
tray Polly 10 his own financial advantage
She refuses. Brooke's despicable plans
are defeated.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07

hung in snakes. was streaked with
dirty gray.
"Ye took Jesse she sad in weary
scorn. $50 ruined him. Then this
Brooke, he fell IN love with yer. SO
murdered him. Take everything. give
nothin'; that's you. Carrots. give
nothin' That's you. Carrots, give
nothin away. not even a drink. And
gave everything.
80 you're good, and I'm bad you're
heightened society. and I'm a poor
sporting lady. Oh. saw We lift yer
skirt away when ye passed-calling
yerself a Christian, when just one
word Of Christian kindness would
have saved the likes OF me.
Eye needn't look over my head as If
I wasn't there. I'm no fairy, / amt
no dream. I'm facts, and ye'd better
face em. Sisters of Sorrow they
calls US. who gave everything. who
gave ourselves.
And you good women pride yer
selves in virtue. which amt been
tempted. Your virtue never been out
uOOIS III the ram EtlliH wet. IOuA
virtue never been starved and froze.
or fooled and betrayed. Your eolors
amt run, cause they've never been
to the wash. You don't know good
from evil, and you set thar judgin' me-
Tears running down yer face, Ell?
You think YEA struck it rough when
you came dp agin me. Poor Carrots
playin' Christian martyr l done you
good II you lnow'd t. I'm all the
schoolin' you got in real life. l walked
ye from dreams to Twin. And you an
me is women. sisters in pain. | wish'd
I'd auburn hair like your'n, Kate, and
baby David to favor me with hair an
eyes. And If I'd had home! But
didn't get fair show ever. and every
time done good, got it in the necA.
Well. what's the odds?
1T wasn't you brung me down, Kate
Don't cry like that, dear. 1t don't
matter. Nothing matters. 1t was this
Brooke which done for me, not you
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07
nv N. z. RITTENHousE.,


We number a Chinese market
gardener among the residents of our
little town, and although until three
years ago he was teacher in his ma
tive land, he has, because of his finan-
cial success in his new occupation,
converted the scoffers at his unique
methods into humble imitators of the
same
We have never ascertained the
source of his agricultural lore, but
content ourselves by observing his
methods of procedure, then we go and
do likewise. and for the benefit of
fellow truck-patchers / will tell of
some of the tricks OF this Heather
Chinese"
He saves his squash and pumpkin
seeds for the next years planting by
the simple process of keeping the
squash or pumpkin that especially
strikes his fancy in cool, dry place
until the next planting season. Then
he plents them with pieces of the pulp
adhering, and they appear above
ground with mushroom-like prompt
ness.
His muskmelon seed he ties up in
bag of coarse burlap, and covers
this loosely with rich soil, allowing
the seeds to sprout before planting
them
He also preserves his cucumber
seeds in the cucumber, which he coats
carefully with paraffine as soon as
pulled from the vine.
Once, contrary to his advice, l set
out some choice tomato plants in a
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07

industry. 1t WAS disposed OF BY
dumping it into rivers. filling in waste
ground. and by making roads with ii.
often making necessary the paying out
of large sums for its disposition. This
strikingly illustrates case OF how
the improvement of furnace convert
ed q hitherto supposed combustible
into a valuable waste fuel of the auto
eombustihle class. and shows how an
enormous waste was converted into
an equally great economy Engineer
ing Magazine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07
cHAPrER vl,-con,lnued.


For the next hour | was busy rem
the lamp had most peculiar smell.
took 1t away and lighted candles, but
IL was not the lamp. Spreading the
Union Jack upon the bed. bolted
from that room. For a time | sat In
the dining hall but could not stay
there. Even in the bartoom | still had
TO fight OF something intangible. a
sense of being watched. a PRESENT..
ment Of evil coming swiftly nearer.
Closing the door which led into the
house, opened that which gave
upon the yard, then placed a flickering
candle on the counter, and my chair
in front of II facing the darkness.
In the presence of the dead which
makes their resting places serene with
quiet beauty, instinct with tenderness
toward all living hearts. That pres
enee had entered the good log house. a
home OF human warmth. OF kindly
comfort, made holy. consecrate. where
people would hush their voices. con.
strained to reverence.
And in the gracious monotone of
the rain, compound of voices joined In
requiem. felt a soothing melancholy
beauty, knowing well how peace not
of this world had come into the home.
stead
But outside that. beyond, in the
dread forest, 6 threat. menace filled
the outer darkness. Fear clutched 81
49,, hco-t "a proen,tts,a,a .otJ 80 ~
evil. of instant danger. Then. as
though the horror Ia the night moved
other hearts as we'll as mine, the
Chinese cook came grCping his way
through the dining-hall and humbly
scratched at the door let him ir
and he crept TO a stool in the near
corner. / whispered to him.
Are you frightened. Sam?"
''Too plenty much" he quavered
me flitened bad"
He lighted his pipe and seemed
like me. to be eased by human com
pany Once only he moved, and In
the queerasS way came with his Ions
yellow Hngers TO touch me. then timid
but reassured. crept back TO his stoo
I'm toe corner
Soon Nurse Panton Joined us. hei
hair in corkscrews. looking very
plain, peevish because she had not
been called at midnight What's the
matter" she asked GROSSLY. and for
answer / pulled down the blinds. She
shivered as she passed the open door
90 take chair behind Il. She begged
me TO close the door. but the night was
warm. and besides dared not. Nurse
and Chinaman each had glass oil
port, and so did /. feeling much bet
ter afterward.
An hour passed. the Chinaman nod
ding like those ridiculous mandarin
figures with loose heads, the nurse
pallid against the gloom. staring until
she got on my nerves alive dis
liked that woman with her precise
routine and large fat feet.
Far OF | heard the thud OF gun,
shot, then three shots all together. and
afterward a fifth The evil In the
night was coming nearer. and l said
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07

have preceded It. With 1t comes the
salad-varied throughout the year by
all the possible changes OF the sea
son, and never, never by any possi-
bility will II be such dreadful green
hybrid as the romaIne. strawberry
and green pepper thing. After the
salad there win be fruit or mellow
cheese. and then coffee. 1t WIFI take
two hours to eat such dinner. but it
win take only half what the typical
American dinner costs to pay for 1t,
and there win be no indigestion aft
erward, no matter OF what the din
ner is composed Princess Hassan In
an Interview By Louise Rice In the
Delineator
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07
n was sun Hard

Bridget, g green maid. was told BY
her mistress to cook a soft-boiled egg
for her mistress breakfast.
Five minutes later she rang for the
maid. and. asking if the egg was done
yet. received an answer in the mega
tive.
Thinking Bridget had not boiled the
egg Immediately. she waited q few
minutes longer, and again asked IL the
egg was ready.
NO. ma'am." replied Bridget
Why not ?" asked her mistress.
"To be sure, ma'aHl, an the egg is
still hard, Tor didn't just feel Of il. -
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07
Feedlna pry COWS.

During the eight or ten weeks that
cows 90 dry their food should be
chiefly roughage. A daily allowance
of two pounds of bran or oats. or
mixture of two parts each of bran and
oats and one part Of linseed meal or
corn oil meal makes proper feed for
a COW near caIving. Some roots. cab
bage, pumpkins or sQuashes are also
very good. Highly carbonaceous
roughage, such as straw and corn
stalks is not good at this particular
time. Such feeds, with cold water,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07

used for conversation between deaf
person and normal person who Is ig-
norant OF the finger language. The
silence with which the device is opan
ated is a very important point in its
faScr. This feature might make it
et rscially useful where quiet or Sc
crecy in transmitting information is
desirable, as in sending war news or
secret instructions in business houses.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07

corner. where she spoke in a whis''er
so that / should not hear. sending
him. perhaps. for her cloak. Mean
while came from behind the counter
to my former seat before the open
doorway. where sat staring into the
darkness. unable to feel any more, but
just benumbed Across my WEAKNESS
flickered the mournful soliloquy of a
poor barn.door fowl-"Yesterday an
egg. tomorrow a feather buster,
What's the good of anytin', why.
nothin'"
Then /, too, heard sound in the
night. and because BILLY and the nurse
were muttering | stood up with the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07
EPILoGUE.

Once more with Jesse in Cathedral
Grove! The breath of evening stirred
it's tangled coral. the long needles
clustered in globes were swaying as
censors sway, with heavy incense.
Beyond the purple night swept up
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07
Enen,l,e Dec 4nrIzer

A very effective 5sodorizer for the
hog house is made by putting a Ia
blespoonful OF caTbolic acid in a buck
er of water. Sprinkle over the floor.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07

cold drafts, or lying out at night on
damp or frozen grolLd are the chief
causes of caked udder VI garget.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-01-07
Cases In Chickens

Gapes come from polluted ground.
Never run the chickens on ground
where chickens have besn infested
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-07-10
Wash Skirts

One lot of Pecay Skirts, long TUNES
$1.50 value, at ..............98 c
One lot of Rice Cloth Skirts, long
TUNES, $500 values, at. SIPS
800 pairs Short Silk Gloves, double
tips, every pair guaranteed, SOC
quafIty, at o9c
125 pairs long Silk Gloves, double
tips, SOC quality, at. .39c
100 pairs 16-button, long Silk Gloves
double tips, regular S1.oo quality,
dI wv
158 pairs 16-button long Silk Gloves
double tips, regular SIPS quality
4e pairs 16-button, iongSilk Gloves
double tips, regular $500 quality,
at ............ ............. $l.4o
NO GOODS CHARGED D URING
THIS SALE-THESE PRICES ARE
FOR CASH ONLY.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-07-10
Sheets

355 Seamless Sheets, regular 75c
quality, at ......... $50
225 Seamless Sheets, regular s5c
quality, at soc
800 Pillow Cases, 15c quality, at. Tic
100 Pillow Gases, Csc quality, at. 19c
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-07-10
Skirts

rs Tailored Skirts, regular $500
Skirts, at ............. .1.98
IS Tailored Skirts, regular $3.50
and $500 values, at. 1898
4S Tailored Skirts, $1,000 Values,
at .......... .ss.ss
81 Tailored Skirts, $500 values
at ................... -. $3.50
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-07-10

HERE is A CHANCE TO REPLEN-
ISH THE LINEN CLOSET IN EVERY
HOME IN PARIS AND PAY VERY
LITTLE FOR DOING SO-IN FACT,
IN EVERY INSTANCE THE SELL
ING PRICE HERE is LESS THAN
THE COST OF IMPORTATION.
The Holbrook news., 1914-08-07
State Insane Asylum
 Fund is Much Richer

The State Insane Asylum fund IS richer by 36. 989. AS acres. the State loan commission having yesterday received from the General Land Office approvals concerning that amount of selec tions. This makes a total of 42, O7O.6O acres for which patents have been received to date. The land lies in the following dis tricts: Williamson and Big Chino valleys. Il, ,47147 acres; Queen Creek district, 6.393. 15 acres; Lower Santa Cruz valley. Tn the vicinity of Picacho and Red Rock, 12, 765. 98 acrer; Santa Cruz valley above Tucson, 1860 acres; Lower Sulphur Springs Valley, near Douglas. 5,O8O acres. It is all choice land, and is estimated by the State Land Commission to have an average value of not less than $5 per acre.