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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23
TheI.ast Shot
FRED ERICK PALMER
(copynght. 1914. By Charles SerbneTs Sons)

him directed in professional channels
free OF al. personal relations, beat
ing as a strong light on her bare state
ments. How could a woman ever
| have learned two such vital secretsg
| How could it happen that two such
critical points as Bordir and Engadir
should go undefended? No tactician,
no engineer but would have realized
their strategic Importance Did she
know what she was saying: How did
she get her knowledge? These, she
understood. were the real questions
that underlay Westerling's polite in
, direction.
But have not told you the sources
OF my information! lent that like a
womanl" she exclaimed. you see,
IL did not concern me at all at the
time / heard it. didn't even realize
its Importance and / didn't hear
much" she proceeded. her introduce
ton giving time for Improvisation.
you see, Partow was inspecting the
premises with Colonel Lanstron. My
mother had known Partow In her
younger days when my grandfather
was premier. We had them both to
luncheon"
"Yes?" put In Westerling, betraying
his eagerness. Partow and Lanstron!
Then her source was one of authority,
not the gossip OF eubalterns
And it occurs TO me now that, even
while he was our guest" she inter
jected in sudden lndignation-"th
even while he was our guest Partow
was planning to make our grounds
redoubtl"
After luncheon remember Partow
saying. We are going to have a look
at the crops" and they went for a
walk out to the knoll where the fight
Ing began"
"Yesl When was this?" Westerling
asked keenly.
"only about six weeks ago." an
swered Marta.
Later. came upon them unexpect-
eddy after they had returned" she
went on. They were sitting there on
that seat concealed by the shrubbery.
| was on the terrace steps unobserved
and ! couldn't help overhearing them.
Their voices grew louder with the In
terest of their discussion. / caught
something about appropriations and
aeroplanes and Bordir and Engadlr.
and saw that Lanstron was pleading
with his chief. He wanted a sum APP
proprlated for Notifications TO be APP
piled TO building planes and dirigibles.
Finally. Partow consented, and | re-
call his exact words: They're shock
ingly archaically defended, especially
Engadlr. he said. but they can wait
until we get further appropriations in
the falll'" She was so far under the
spell of her own invention that she
believed the reality OF her words. re-
Elected in her wide-open eyes which
seemed to have nothing to hide.
THAT is ALL" she exclaimed with a
shudder-"all my eavesdropping, all
my breach OF confidencel Tiff IT,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23
WEEDS USEFUL I'M
MAKING A COMPOST
Pile Them in Garden Between
Layers of SoiI-Add Poultry
Manure and Soapsuds.

The best way to care for the weeds,
crabgrass and purslane is to pile them
in some out of the way spot in the gar
den between layers of soil. The poul-
try manure may be spread over the
weeds. Make a square. compact heap.
Tramp the weeds down. Spread on
the hen droppings and then a four-inch
layer of earth. The soapsuds from the
family wash and the dish water are
valuable, as they contain considerable
potash and soda The weeds should be
composted when green. The wood and
coal ashes and the sweepings from the
walks may be added to the heap. The
refuse from an acre arden, if proper
ly composted, will make several loads
OF rich compost to spread over the
vegetables and to spread around the
fruit trees and bushes. II the weeds
are allowed to remain in the rows after
being cut up with the hoe, many of
them will root and start to grow after
the first warm rain. Plantains, crab
grass and purslane are hard to kill; un-
less dug up by the roots and compost
ed or fed to the pigs, they will ripen
seed. These seeds have an oily skin,
are not injured by wet weather nor by
freezing and thawing during the win.
ter. Crabgrass and pigeon weeds are
two pests in the onion and strawber. y
beds, and purslane among the celery
plants and in the kale and spinach
beds. If the weeds get a fair start
and there comes week or so of hot
moist weather, they will make an as
eonishing growth and soon completely
cover the small plants. BY thorough
culture and careful wedding and the use
of well-rotted manure, the larger por-
ton of these weeds may be held in
check and no ground should be left to
grow up in weeds. as soon as one
crop is gathered. plow up the ground
and plant a second crop or SOW in mil
let or Amler sugar cane.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23
FIRST USED FOR AMUSEMENT
Inventors Of Gunpowder Apparently
Had No Idea of Its De-
structive Qualities.

That gunpowder was we'll known for
century or so before it was used in
guns appears probable from .nvestiga-
tions in connection with celebration
at Oxford of the anniversary of the
birth OF Roger Bacon, the Literary Dr.
gest states. Bacons claims to the In
vention of gunpowder are often pressed
by English writers in opposition to
those of Berthold Schwartz. who is
generally said to have invented 1t
about 1344-a century after Bacon's
time. 1t seems certain from the lat
ters writings that he was familiar
with the composition. not as its inven-
tor, but because of its use IN various
countries of the world Apparently,
however. 1t was regarded merely as a
firework, a means of producing sud
den and brilliant flame, and its users
were far from suspecting that in a
confined space the expansive power
of its gases could be put to use in
hurting proiectiles. Says an editorial
writer in the Revue des Questions
Scientifique: "The text that we have
studied allows no further doubt that
Bacon knew OF gunpowder. On page
2tS, under the title OF the Power OF
the Lombards, he restates what he
has already said in bis Opus Majus'
of the explosive properties OF this
powder, but he also informs us that
it is known In various parts OF the
world, and that it is composed OF
saltpeter. sulphur and willow char
coal"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23
HOLDING AMMONIA
IN STABLE MANURE
Bulk of Value of Fertilizer win Be
Maintained If Stored in
Cement-Bottom Pits.

Land plaster or gypsum has I'M
doubted value in holding the ammonia
or nitrogen in stable manure, al
though some scientists dispute this.
Still kainit is SO much better for this
purpose than the gypsum that it is a
wonder any of the latter is used. It
is true kainit is more expensive in
first cost. but then 1t not only holds
the ammonia better than the gypsum,
but it adds to It a desirable plant food
which gypsum does not.
If one must, for any reason, store
the stable manure for some portion
Of the winter, the bulk of its value
viii be maintained if stored in pits
with cement bottoms. so that the
liquid portions are retained, and the
mass treated with kainit occasionally
during the winter. The cost is small
compared with the increased value of
the manure. Try It this winter and
you viii become convert to the prac-
tice.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23
MUST LOOK INTO THE FUTURE
Doing That. the Voter VIII Be
Brought to Comprehension of
His Full Duty.

We, the people, need to have eyes
of imagination in order that we may
be good citizens. A voter with suf-
ficient ability to see the rest of man
kind and the generations yet unborn
will sacrifice his convenience, and
even much more, to go to the polls.
The better we come to know man
kind-the actual character and lives
of people whom perhaps we have
never seen or never will see-the
stronger grows our altruism, which is
a normal quality of human nature.
The literature of the magazines is
rendering an invaluable service. 1t
is forwarding a gradual reconcilia-
ton of classes and races by its vivid
portrayal of what people really are.
1t is bringing our conception of "the
rest of humanity" nearer to the hu-
man reality.
The psychology that tells US clear
~ how we are separated by time.
rather than space, from those who
win be affected by our acts, is i'm.
portant in the development of civic
imagination. For every ton OF coal
that We mine, for every beautiful hill
side that we rob of it's forests. for
every law put on the statute books
by the legislators that We elect. for
every vote that is cast at the polls.
we are answerable to future genera.
lions.
Without Imagination it is impossible
to comprehend our civic responsible
ties Philadelphia Evening Ledger
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23
Activities Of Women.

Fifteen women are seeking seats in
the Washington legislature.
The former sultan of Zanzibar is
stranded in Paris with his is wives.
Baku. Caucasus. has a population
OF 217,S53, OF whom 93.9S2 are women.
Under the provisions of the viii OF
Mrs. Emily Zoller of New York city.
her pet dog is left $500 for his keep
during the rest of his life.
Textile workers In Japan threaten
to so on strike unless the 81 women
who were discharged from one OF the
mills are reinstated.
TO avoid the use Of the name OF q
German town Paris magazine has
opened q competition asking French
girls TO ind new name for Cologne
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23

another form OF anpItas- aspea
I that there was more than the cause
tisat led you TO trust me. hoped"
Was he testing her? Was he play-
ing part Of his own to make certain
that she was not playing one? She
looked up swiftly for answer. There
was no gainsaying what she saw in
his eyes. II was beating into hers
with the power of an overwhelming
masculine passion and a maturity of
ir.siIeef az his egoism admitted a com
Fade TO its throne. Such is ever the
way Of man ia the forties when the
clock strikes for him. But who could
know better the craft OF courtship
than one of westerling's experienceg
He was fighting for victory; to crafty
desire.
Il did not expect this-I-" the
words escaped tumultuousIy and ehok-
ingIy.
He was bending so close to her that
she felt his breath on her cheek burn.
ing hot. and she was sickeningly con-
scious that ne was looking her over
IN that point-by-point manner which
she had felt across the tea-table at
the hotel. This horrible thing in his
glance she had sometimes seen In
strangers on her travels. and it had
made her think that she was wise to
carry little revolver. She wanted
to strike him.
Confess! Contest" called all her
own self-respect. Make an end to
your abasementl"
Confession, after the Browns have
given up BordirI Confession that
makes Lanny, not Westerling, your
dupe!" came the reply, which might
have been telegraphed into her mind
from the high, white forehead of Par.
tow bending over his maps. "Confes.
sion, betraying the cause Of the right
against the wrong; the three to the
conquering five! MOI You are in
the thing. You may not retreat now"
For a few seconds only the duel
OF argument Numbered in her TEMPLES
seconds in which her lips were part
ed and quivering and her eyes dilated
with an agitation which the man at
her side could interpret as he pleased.
prompting devil--a devil reused by
that thing in his eyes-urging a
tnesse in double-dealing which only
devils understand, made her lips hyp-
notically turn in a smile, her eyes
soften. and sent her hand out to Wes-
terling in trancelike gesture. For an
instant 1t rested on his arm with tell
ing pressure, though she felt it burn
with shame at the point of contact
I'VE must not think of that now"
she said. 1--WE must think of nothing
personal; of nothing but your work
until your work is donei"
The prompting devil had not permit
ted a false note in her voice. Her
very pallor, in fixity of idea, served
her purpose. Westerling drew a deep
breath that seemed to expand his
whole being with greater appreciation
OF her. Yet that harried hunger, the
hunger Of beast, was still in his
glance.
eTO BE CONTINUED
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23
YOUNG HOGS BEST
FOR MAKING PORK
Dean Henry of Wisconsin Gath
ers Considerable Data on
This Interesting Question.

Young animals make more pounds
of gain from their food than when
older. Dean Henry of Wisconsin
gathered a lot If data on this and
found that 3S-pound pigs required 2e3
pounds of feed to make 100 pounds of
gain, 78-pound pigs required 400
pounds of feed; 12s-pound pigs. 437
pounds of feed; 174-pound pigs, 4S2
pounds; 226-pound pigs, 49S pounds:
271-pound pigs, 511 pounds, and for
the SS0-pound hogs it took 5S5 pounds
OF food to make the 100 pounds OF
gain, or nearly twice as much as for
the SS-pcund pig. This emphasizes
the importance of pushing the hogs
from the start in order to make the
most economical gains. 1t has heen
found at the North Dakota eA peri
ment station that April pigs can be
made to weigh 200 to ESQ pounds by
November 1.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23

that ! astered men and armies now
warm and appealing in the full tide Of
another purpose.
The victory that was thinking of
last night was not the taking of Bor-
dir. IL was finer than any victory in
war. 1t was selfish--not for army
and country. but born OF a human
weakness triumphant; a human weak
ness of which my career had robbed
me-" he continued. at gave me a
joy that even the occupation of the
Browns capital could not give. l had
come as an invader and / had won
your confidence"
I'm causel" she interrupted hur-
rfedly, wildly, to stop him from going
further, only TO find that her intona-
ton was such that 1t was drawing him
on.
THAT fatality seemed to be working
itself out to the soldier so much older
than yourself in renewed youth, in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23

and her voice trembled with the in
tensity Of the one purpose that was
shining with the light OF truth through
the murk Of her deception-"it will
only help to end the slaughter" She
held out her hand conyulsively in
parting as II she would leave the rest
with him.
II think 1t will" he said soberly.
Il think II win prove that you have
done great service" he repeated as
he caught both her hands, which we're
cold from her ordeal His own we're
warm with the strong beating OF his
heart stirred by the promise OF what
he had just heard. But he did not
prolong the grasp He was as eager
TO be away to his work as she TO be
alone. 81 think II will. You will know
In the morning" he added
His steps were sturdier than ever
In the power OF I'VE against three as
he started back to the house. When
he reached the veranda. Bouchard, the
saturnine chief OF intelligence. ap
peared In the doorway OF the dining
room; or, rather, reappeared, for he
had been standing there throughout
the interview OF westerling and Marta
whose heads wera just visible. above
the terrace wall. to bis hawk eyes.
"A little promenade In the open and
my mind made up" said westerling
clapping Bouchard on the shoulder.
Something about an attack to
night?" asked Bouchard.
You guess right Call the others"
Eve minutes later he was seated
at the head Of the dinlng.room table
J with his chiefs around him waiting FOL
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23

/ half unexplored, IN which the farmer
delves, and the luore industriously aud
intelligently, the more to the benefit OF
his fellow men. Many a humble tiller
of the soil has left behind him infor-
nation of untold value, sometimes dis
covered largely as the result of mere
accident.
How much, after all, do we know
about the elements which go to make
up the soil as yet? The geologist, for
instance, has been able to tell us much,
and yet is there not as much that he
can in no way explain? Hugh Miller
observes that the richest corn lands of
England, those at Strathmore, and the
poorest, those at Milbury, are both
underlaid by the same rock, the old
red sandstone. Yet many man will
stoutly affirm that the character Of
the underlying rock determines in a
great measure the character of the
soil above.
Some say that certain soils are abso-
lutely essential for certain crops, yet
a learned scientist utterly disproved
the statement by growing grapevines
upon as many different varieties of
soil as he could obtain, and drying and
burning their leaves and submitting
their ashes to chemical analysis; so
demonstrating that they contained the
same substances in almost precisely
the same proportions, no matter what
the circumstances under which they
had been grown. Is the composition
of the soil in reality vastly more COM
pick than we realize?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23

Little Marion and Agnes we're play
ing in the yard one morning as the
mail man passed.
"Oh, Agnes, look" cried Marion. Il
think he is going into your house"
Eyes, he u.s." replied Agnes. I'VE get
lots OF letters. Why. sometimes we
get as many as three o. four at a
time
That's nothing" calculated Marion.
scornfully. you ought to see the let
tiers my father gets at the first of
every month"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23

There is no occasion for being en-.
vious OF others, no matter what our
station in life and circumstances may
be. The best joys are in reach of us
all; study, and the reading of good
and useful books, and inquiry into the
wonders of nature all about us, are
among the chief OF these, and no one
holds a monopoly OF them. They
have their practical, even cash value,
too, and may prove Of much benefit to
our fellows.
1t is related of certain wellintend-
ing but poorly informed Englishman,
q great many years ago, that he de-
termined to set to digging for coal in
the vicinity of the hamlet where he
lived. His judgment was poor, of
course, for no traces of coal had ever
been found in that locality; but his
courage was good, and he continued to
bore with will, until at last he start
ed an artesian well, which has contin-
ued to run to this day, and which has
proved Of great value to the neighbor-
hood ever since.
was II not so, too, with that foolish
old Spaniard, De Soto, who set out to
find the fountain of perpetual youth?
His first purpose failed, but he never
theless discovered to the world Flori-
da, the land of sunshine and of flowers,
still in its youth, with a magnificent
future yet before it. Who can say
what good shall not come of any ear
nest effort, no matter how mistakenly
directed?
The soil is vast storehouse, as yet
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23
Salt for MIX Cows.

Experiments have proved the aver
age mich COW requires about an
ounce of salt per day. Heavy mixers
should have more. Keeping salt where
the dairy cows can reach it at all
times maintains their good health and
encourages heavy milk yield by pro
noting thorough digestion and assimi-
lation and having a cooling effect on
the whole system Of the animals, at
the same time making it easier to
bring butter of a superior favor and
color at churning time.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23

together maze me look you up In tne
capital Now II brings US together
here on this berch after all that has
passed in the LAST twenty-four hours"
She realized that be had drawn per-
eeptibly nearer. She wanted 10 rise
and cry out: Don't do this. Be the
chief Of STAFF. the conqueror. crushing
the earth with the tread of five against
three!" Il was the conqueror whom
she wanted to trick. not a man whose
earnestness was painting her deceit
blacker Far from rising. she made no
movement at ALI only looked at her
hands and allowed him to go on, con-
scious of tie force of a personality
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23
Displaying Vegetables.

When displaying vegetables at the
county fair or elsewhere it is impor-
tant that the various classes be ar.
ranged by themselves. otherwise moth.
ing shows of to advantage. Some
Of the horticultural exhibits at county
fairs have absolutely no system or
order. There is really no excuse for
such haphazard arrangements. This
matter should have serious eonsidera.
ton by boards of management
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23

Dad tfrom the halD-"Why. Mar
jorie, how dim the lights in here!"
Freddy (the fiance. not college
graduate in vain)-"Yes, sir. Profess
sor Munsterberg has a theory that
brilliant light benumbs the intellect.
We are experimenting to find the de-
gree Of illumination by which the at
tention is kept vivid and the mental
functions active. Judge.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23
Aelnlno thn ,saunasters.

One of the Chicago municipal court
judges has established a library for
foreign boys in the boys court. Ar
rangements have been made by him
with the public library to furnish
books written in the native Tongues
OF the nationalities most frequently
represented in the court. The Living
Church.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23
nso,ec. the Birds.

Protect and shelter the birds as
much as possible. A few wind breaks
or thickets of brush on the farm give
the birds a nesting place, and they
pay for it by catching many injurious
insects.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23

= It does not pay to let the weeds get
Z start in the asparagus plantation.
Use the hoe and cultivator as much
as may be necessary 10 control the
weeds. Thorough tiIlage is one Of the
essentials OF success.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23
Cow Holds Her Our,

The pros and cons Of the dairy bust.
ness win probably be threshed out for
a long time. Meantime the COW Ia
more than holding her own and gain
ing In popularity where she has NOT
been highly esteemed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23
Mutton Material.

Nothing need be wasted on the farm
where sheep are kept-tuFts of grass.
weeds and aftermaths and odd bits OF
feed can all be utilized and converted
into wo1l and mutton.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23
lnterrunted communlcatlon,

you don't mean 70 say that this
Il the first you've heard o. it9r
Absolutely.
awhy. it's the talk Of the neighbor
aood.-
EYES, but my wife is away On =
visit
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23

However. the city chap who mag
ines he could set rich raising chick
ems on two acre farm may be per
tectly sane on all other subjects.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23
Take car. q stnok.

The man who has the most money
tied up in his stock is the man who
ought to take the best care Of it
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-12-23

Red beets are excellent for poultry
and can be fed either cooked or raw.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-18
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PROSPECTIVE MEETINGS
FOR FEBRUARY AND MARCH

Feb. 19-Waimanalo Plantation,
Brewer building, 10 a. m.
Feb. 1s-olowalu, Brewer building,
III a. m.
Feb. woodlawn, Brewer build
ing. p. m
Feb, !. is-waiohinu, Brewer build
Feb. 1s-Honuapo. Brewer building.
3 D. m.
Feb. 19-Kau. Brewer building, $50
|p. m.
Feb. ls-Koloa Sugar Co, Hackfeld
building. IL a. N. !
Feb. 2O-Weha. Brewer building, 10
"a. m.
Feb. 2o-Kalopa, brewer building,
1890 a. m.
Feb. 2O-Kahaupu, Brewer build
ing. IL a. m.
Feb. Waikiki. Brewer building,
10 a. m.
Feb. 24-onomea, Brewer building,
IL a. m.
Feb. 24-Kohala Sugar Co.. Castle
& Cooke, 10 a. m.
Feb. 24-Pioneer Mill Co, Hackfeld,
building, 10 a. m.