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The Glenwood post., 1916-12-09
Erench Reana.

String and cut them into long strips.
Place them in pan with plenty Of boil
Ing water and little salt. Boil till
tender (15 to 20 minutes), and when
done, drain and shake them In the pan
till dry. Add little pepper and a
small piece Of dripping. Serve very
hot. Any cold French beans left over
can be served as a salad, dressed with
oil and vinegar. ... '
The Glenwood post., 1916-12-09

second joints. Rub stock and onions
through sieve and thicken with 2h
teaspoorfuls each of butter and flour
cooked together. Season with salt and
pepper and add one-third cupful of
cream. Pour the sauce over the meat
and garnish with bananas cut in slices,
dipped in -four and sauted in butter
and parsley.
The Glenwood post., 1916-12-09
IT'S NOTE OF PROTEST

$50 Miss Bangor played for youf
She claims that she can make the piaro o
speak"
"Well, I'll bet il it spoke it would
say: Woman, you have played mo
false. '''-Boston Transcript. $50
The Glenwood post., 1916-12-09
NO PEACE THERE

Villa and his bandits are at it agaia.
This time it is at Chihuahua City,
where he looted stores and private res
licences and killed all Chinese and for
eigners on sight. Poor Mexicol Will
she ever know peacei
The Glenwood post., 1916-12-09
Costly Remark.

"What do you think, Miss Chenille,
friend Of mine got three-karat dia-
nond ring for only twenty dollarsl"
""Why don't you look out for a bar.
gain like that, Mr.. Slowguy7"
And presently 1t dawned upon him
that the remark was going to cost him
money.
The Glenwood post., 1916-12-09
70 Keep Bsets From Bleeding.

An easy way to akin beet without
bleeding It and causing 1t to lose color
Is to put 1t in cold water as soon as 1t
Is cooked. Then draw the hand gently
down; Ne beeteaad the skin viii drop
Of without troublA
The Glenwood post., 1916-12-09
HIS PEG LEG

villa is stepping It OF somewhat
lively for man with q wooden leg.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11
ONE BEETLE A GAS FIGHTER
II Seems Mature Discovered Value Of
Poison Fumes in War Before the
Soldiers In Europe Did.

London.--TSe discovery Of poisonous
gas seems TO lave been anticipated in
natures laboratory. A little British
beetle has been employing poison gas
TO defend itself for untold ages. One
of the strongholds of the Bombardier
beetle (Brachlnus crepltans) Is along
the shores Of the Thames In the
GrayesenG district. Here II finds
home under the fat stones that are
scattered by the rivers bank.
The Bcmbardier beetle is very liable
10 be attacked by some of the fierce
ground beetles, or Carabidae, as they
are properly called. AS soon as the
pursue. draws close a very remarkable
thing happens. First Of all the Bonn
barber beetle elects a peculiar liquid
which. when 1t comes into contact with
the atmosphere bursts into a sort OF
a pale blue-green fame, followed by q
kind of smoke"
This is seen 10 ave an astonishing
effect upon the pus ng beetle. In
stantly II seems TO be overwhelmed
and quite stupefied by the suddenness
Of the attack. The smoke appears to-
have a binding and suffocating ten
dency, and the effect lasts for minute
or so. During this time the Bombar-
dier beetle is able to make good its
escape.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11
When First introduced Into England
Workmen Complained of the
Hardness Of the Wood.

Like the use of great many of the
factors connected with the arts and
the sciences, the discovery of the beau
ty of the grain of mahogany for furni-
ture was accidental. says a London
contemporary. The story goes that a
certain West Indian captain who had
brought back TO England some planks
of mahogany as ballast, decided to
give the wood to his brother. Doc
tor Gibbons. then building a house OF
King street, COvent Garden. But the
planks were so hard that the carpen-
tiers objected. and the plan for using
them fell through.
Some time later Mrs. Gibbons want
ed a small box made, and the doctor
sent the mahogany to a cabinetmaker.
In his turn the cabinetmaker objected
to the hardness of the wood, but the
doctor persisted so much In his re-
quest that the order was lnal!y exc
cuted.
The finished box polished 20 nicely
that the doctor ordered bureau made
of the same wood. The cabinettaaSs--
displayed that in his shop window be
fore delivering it. The duchess OF
Buckingham saw 1t and begged enough
wood from the doctor to have 1t dupli-
Gated aud mahogany furniture soon
after came into favOr.-Bullding Age.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11
EIeetrIeIty We. courtshIp.

A prominent resident at East Main
street in A1Deie was much vexed by
the repeated thefts of electric light
bulbs from his porch. One night he
kept watch and caught well-known
young man unscrewing the bulb from
its socket.
The young man begged for lenity.
and said the light interfered with his
courtship Of a young woman across
the street. The prominent resident
thereafter did not turn on the veranda
light. and he was rewarded soon by
the announcement Of an engagement
followed by a June weddlng.-IndiaR
apolis News.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11
CROCODlLES FOE,
after GERMANS
Irish Aviator, Shot Down in
Africa, Tells Of Remarkable
Adventures.
THREE DAYS IN THE JUNGLE
Escapes From a Lion by Climbing a
Tree-Three of His Ribs Broken
When Machine Is Brought
Down.

London.-Tales of adventure from
the jungles of South Africa, where
General SHUTS is operating against
the Germans, are not uncommon. but
Ii Is seldom that the wild events en-
countered by Capt. A. T. OBrien OF
the Royal Flying corps. told here, have
been equaled.
The details of his adventures were
contained In a letter from his wife to
relatives In England and have just be
come public. 1t is probable that
0'Brien will be decorated for his serv-
ices 10 the British government and in
recogniti N of his hardness In surviv-
ing an o.,1eal that would have meant
death to the average soldier.
He reported TO General SHUTS last
April far down in German Africa be-
low Konnoa Irangi. His work as an
aerial scout ahead of the British
troops operating against the Germans
won him fame. Flying over the jun
giles and tangled brush country during
the rainy season is difficult. When an
army of vigilant enemies Is added. the
task becomes more than dangerous.
The intrepid Irlshman finally engaged
on the losing side of an argument with
enemy anti-aircraft guns.
His Machine Brought Down.
He was flying over jungle country
when German guns located him. One
of his wings collapsed and the machine
side slipped into the trees, which par
tally broke the fall, then crashed to
the ground. Had 1t not been for the
trees both driver and machine would
have been smashed 10 bits. AS It was,
three of O'Brien's ribs were crushed
and for several hours he lay In a
swamp unconscious.
Slowly he recovered his senses and
took an inventory Of his injuries. He
could walk without difficulty, but when
he swung his arms. the broken ribs
hurt cruelty. Holding his arms tight
to his sides. he secuted through the
neighboring jungles. where he discov-
cred unmistakable signs of the enemy.
Later. he heard a column of infantry
approaching. and fearing capture he
set fire to the aerOplane and dashed
off through the underbrush.
Hour after hour he maintained a
fast pace with the pain I'm his side In
creasing with every step. When night
fell he crawled high into a vine-cov-
cred tree. Sound sleep was impossi-
BILE. but at intervals between fighting
insects and making way for jungle
creepers he managed TO rest and in
rough way bandage up his Injured
side.
with dawn he started out again.
and before noon had forded two rivers
and swan a third. Toward nightfall
Of the second day he came to river
OF considerable width, with swift
current and signs Of crocodiles. BY
this time HIS hunger and thirst were
beginning to sap his strength. but with
ont thought of his condition or the
danger he faced. he plunged into the
braekish water.
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, Brenlg addressed himself to Larry
Redmond, who all this time had been
silent onlooker to the proceedings,
"Ah! You must be Captain Karl"
he said
Yes, Herr Major" Larry answered.
Il was told that you had only just
reported-your papers said on some
special mission. Can l be of assist
ance?"
Il thank You, major. but at the mo-
ment there is nothing" Larry told
him.
Perhaps you will dine with met"
| Major Won Brenig said lie was a hos
pitabIe man. And he understood that
Captain Karl was held in high esteem
by his superiors.
81 thank you, Herr Major. Auf vie
dersehenw Larry replied. And ne
walked 10 the door. He was not kee-
to dine with the German officer, and
face his frankly serutinizlng eyes, and
perhaps have embarrassing questions
fired at him. But he saw no decent
way of declining. And there was al
ways the chance that such mingling
with enemy officers might yield valu-
able information. II be should be
caught-welI! that was G." ~ the game.
Lieutenant Baum. returning from
/ the wine cellar. announced that he had
discovered no opening other than the
one furnished by the trapdoor in the
floor.
"Goodr" the older officer said. Now
| shall go TO my room and change my
boots. / have not had them Off for
over a week"
You have not questioned the French
lady or the American" the lieutenant
reminded him.
II shall leave that TO you and Ser
geant Schmidt" Che major replied.
1t was only a few minutes before
Lieutenant Baum had summoned Ethel
before him. He asked her name.
~ am Madame de Lorde," she told
him.
"A Frenchwoman? he inquired.
Yes. m'sieu."
He regarded her narrowly.
you are perhaps a woman spy
they say the French have many spies
must search you" he announced. to
her CONSERVATION.
ooh. monsieur. may speak private
ly with your" she begged him.
"Well. what is it?''
"Only / wish to show you some
| thing"
what trick is this?" he asked with
asperity.
But Ethel only smiled at his gruff-
ness. Lieutenant Baum was a good
looking chap.
Surely you are not afraid Of me-
| one little woman she said archly
And very pretty woman" His
| hand sought his mustache again.
'Well, what is IL, madame?"
Ethel drew him slightly to one side
All but three of the infantrymen bill
leted upon Henri Christophe had with
drawn. But the remaining guard was
all eyes and ears for this cross-exami-
nation of a possible spy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11

Brown before he arrived at the Lion
dor. On the contrary, he looked fit
as a prizefghter, trained to the min
ute. And behind him rode another as
like him as a second pea out of the
same pod
Charlie Brown gazed at them breath
lessly. He was conscious Of mighty
admiration for those two infinitesimal
cogs in the great German military ma
chine. And he said to Christophe in
an awed whisper:
Gosh! They're not afraid, are they
Anyone might pot them from a win
dow" The thing might. happen any
moment
Perhaps they are not afraid because
they know If they are killed they will
be well avenged" Christophe an
swered And then he said, Really,
msieu. do not speak English. ask
you to go. 1t may be easier for me.
Please, m'sieu. quicklyl"
The American reluctantly left the
window. He did not want to miss a
single detail Of that amazing spectacle.
But he had no wish TO involve the wor-
thy innkeeper In any needless trouble.
So he started for the stairway.
well. you know where TO find me"
he said A band was playing outside.
Every moment the strains were grow
ing more distinct. And Mr.. Brown had
hardly disappeared to regions above
when a German corporal led squad
of eight men bodily into the Lion dor.
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CHAPTER xIII.-contlnuea.


A peasant, hsIf-mad, has stopped at
the inn to warn Its people that the
enemy Is approaching.
"Hurt?' he cried. Hurt? You
don't know 'em. They came
into my house and, nasty as you
please. wanted food. My old woman
started to argue with 'em. She wasn't
scared then, and one of 'em took hold
OF her by the arm. Maybe he didn't
mean anything: but she didn't under
stand. and she threw dipper of cold
water in his face like any decent wom-
an woodland they shot her. They
shot her for that Civilian assaulting
an officer. they called it. was
out in the fields. The neighbors came
and told me. And I hurried home to
find her dead-her that hadn't done
nOtlIing-dead! And / leaned
out of the window-and shot two of
'em-and then ran. How I ran!
And they didn't get me-and they
won't get mew The half-crazed peas
ant rushed off then, shouting to right
and left, wherever be saw a head stuck
out of window, or a figure in a door
way, THE Germans are comingl The
Germans are comingr' And after
him poured the scurrying mob, all cry
ing tie same dread warning.
Charlie Brown was getting all the
color the most ambitious reporter
could have coveted. He turned a So
Der face to old Christophe.
This is going to be bad. old manr'
he said.
-It's like some hideous nightmare. I"
Ethel exclaimed.
ayes. madame-and this is but the
beginning" Christophe informed her
grayeIy.
Charlie Brown remembered then
that Madame de Lorde, as she wished
to be known, still fingered there. And
he did not like the thought of her fac
ing that oncoming German horde.
IF you'll go to your room, I'll come
to you If you want me-if there's any
need" he said.
''Yes-yes! And obi these poor, poor
peopler' she cried.
Hadn't you better close the doors?"
Charlie asked the innkeeper.
"Why, m'sieu, I shall only have to
open them,' Christophe replied. 81 am
not afraide m'sieu."
II wish l had your nerve" Charlie
told him. "All this has certainly got
my goit. It's the limit"
Christophe. by a quick, sibilant
sound. eajoined caution.
"M'sieu, they are herer' he warned
him.
He had scarcely spoken when the
first of the gray-clad invaders was mo-
mentarily framed II the open window
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11

improves; the patient with stiff knee
is put To exercise on : stationary BIZ
cycle; others. according TO the nature
and situation of the defect. practice
rowing. climbing ladders, pulling on
weighted ropes; and with these eura-
tive exercises is combined massage.
with electric treatment, and other
remedies.
In the laboratories OF the Royal
Army medical college vaccines are
made TO secure the men against ty-
phoid fever, which used to be more
fatal In war than the bayonet and the
bullet combined: paratyphoid fever. so
rare formerly. so common now in
France; the cholera of Saloniki and
Egypt; and pneumonia, one of the sol
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11

AT the first splash score of huge
"crocs" on point of land down stream
made for him. There followed a race
between the maneaters and the quarry
that nearly ended disastrously for the
freshman. The last few yards were
hearfbreaking. for as he glanced back
ovef his shoulder he could see the
yawning mouths and ridges OF jagged
teeth straining to reach him. AS he
scrambled up the muddy bank he heard
dozen vicious snaps.
Almost exhausted, he trudged
through the tangled brush near the
river. Gaining point on some high
er ground, he looked back at the scene
of his escape. To his horror, he saw
the shaggy name Of lion, which was
coming toward him with nose glued 70
his trail. The nearest place Of safety
was a tall tree. which he climbed.
monkey fashion. The king of the for
est nosed about the tree for some time,
whining In disappointment over his lost
meal. but eventually he went his way.
BY this time O'Brien was well-nigh
exhausted. His clothes were torn and
his flesh Iacerated by the brush. The
/ pain of his wounds produced high
fever. and the brackish water which
he was forced to drink made him III.
All night long he staggered on. but he
remembers little after shutdown of the
second day.
Toward noon Of the third day after
his disappearance a sentry far out
ahead of the British lines saw
movement in the brush and thought an
animal had strayed near. He raised
his gun 10 fire, when a human hand
was raised above cluster of brush.
Amazed, the sentry went forward, and
there found 0'Brien half crazed with
thirst, soaked with mud and covered
with blood from scores Of slight cuts.
His wife, to whom he had been
married but a few weeks before he left
for South Africa. had left England to
join him before he was reported miss
ing. When he recovered from the
fever and opened his eyes for his first
conscious look at his surroundings his
wife was sitting by his side, having ar
rived In the meantime, and nut ed him
through the critical Illness.
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SYNOPSIS.
10

The chief characters are Ethel VII
ioughby, Henry Streetman and Capt
Larry Redmond. The minor characters
are Sir George Wagstaff of the British
York newspaper correspondent Ethel.
g resident OF Sir Georges household,
secretly married to Streetman. German
spy, though she did not know him as
such. Captain Redmond, her old lover.
returns to England after long absence.
From him she learns the truth about
Streetnan: furthermore. that he has
betrayed her simply to learn naval Sc.
crets. The European war breaks out.
Ethel prepares to accompany Streetman
TO Brussels as a German spy in order to
get revenge and serve England. Captain
Redmond, Ethel and Charlie Brown turn
up at a Belgian inn as the German army
comes She is Madame De Lorde. She
begins to work with a French spy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11
GRIZZLY KILLS MAN IN PARK
Yellowstone Freighter, Asleep, Partly
Eaten Before Hungry Bear Could
Be Driven From Victim.

Cody, Wgo.-Detalls Of the killing
Of Jack WEIGH, freighter. by a bear
in Yellowstone park several days ago
have been brought here by arrivals
from the park. WEIGH and another
man were sleeping beneath a wagon
epd a third man was asleep on top Of
the wagon when a grizzly bear seized
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11

diers worst trench enemies in cold
weather.
About ten million doses of these
vaccines have been sent out from Mill
wall since the war began. Among
them is a most valuable mixed vac
cine which gives protection from both
typhoid and the two forms of paraty-
phoid fever. This has been in use
since January last. Quite new, since.
tie war began, are the measures TAX
en- for discovering whether anyone
who comes in contact with soldiers is
carrying the infection Of spotted fever
at the back of his nose. for. although
himself quite free from the disease,
such carrier might create an cpl
demic in a camp.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11

WEIGH. dragged him from beneath the
wagon and began TO eat him alive.
WEIGHS screams awakened the
other men, one Of whom promptly led
The second man, although without
arms, in accordance with the PARK
regulations, went 10 the rescue OF
Welch. distracting the bears attention
by throwing It chunks Of bacon. The
bear abandoned WEIGH for the bacon
and while 1t devoured the meat
Weich's companion dragged him away.
Shortly after the attack and while
the bear still was engaged with the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11
In a Sure Place.

First Undergraduate-Have you tels-
graphed to the old man for uoaeys
Second Uneergraduate-Yes
Got an answer"
Yes. I telegraphed the governor:
Where IS that money I wrote forT and
his answer reads. In my pocket"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11
eehead Woman IN Berlin.

Berlin.-The headman's ak was used
here recently In the execution of Jo-
hanna Ullmann, one of the two partiei-
pants In a shocking murder last March.
Her female accompliee in the crime,
in which a girl friend Of the two was
ehoked. robbed and cut up. is awaiting
execution by the same method.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11

bacon a tourist arrived in an automo-
bile. WEIGH was loaded into the ma
chine and hurried to the Muse Tourist
camp. He died later.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11

In this InstaIIment you get an
unusually vivid picture Of how
the German troops took posses
sion Of BeIpiun,--of her homes
and farms and industries. II is
a picture TO make you hate war
and it's perpetrators--one to win
your finest sympathy. And the
picture 10 movins--the plot ac-
tion goes forward with speed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11

He rode bicycle-that forerunner OF
destruction. And a fine, olean-looking
youDgster he was, one OF the pick OF
the kaiser's hrst-line troops. Cool,
alert, 5usinesslike. he pedaled deliber-
eteIy on as II unconscious of the black
looks that met his coming. And as he
passed the inn he turned his sunburned
face 50 that be might seize quick
but comprehensive glance at its int
nor Cumbered with full fighting kit
as be was, he showed none Of the IA
tigEe that had all but overcome Charlie
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11

Alabama ranks first among the
southern states as producer of min
erals.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11

Does it seem possible that
Madame DE- Lorde can "put il
over" on the German officers
and get an opportunity to give
the precious Information she
seeks to the French?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-11
HAD NO USE FOR MAHOGANY

CTo BE CONTINUED
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-11-25

a.. tua .ru. o1 o.rk % ,ouIuu
w.. gpr'
90 ... I'D, .u, tI.iY I,u 600 tu1w
'thut THE uuOn pruet, uI. 'c"n
mtd, lI'nouar r doubtful ' the
ptopu.,d p'pr wiI prove entirely
I,,s.fuI villa power boz r.slh'rn Mon
i.u .r,u. Goo ar W the lsU,ud1t.'
ilc .,,ms Co. ui,, been d,iIt 3D. rather
l.,t,r uIoV o.I.us VA. recent tttl.t on
DhIuu. hul ,Itl liIt oven e%fHut.us
ltnI. much Doe au. lu uu|fortuult, h,u-
DO .i ..N..r- up pl1Iu Boo du, tn'
with sufficient iulloV!ur tu ,iH.'
To, cid. .t.t1 troops uo ,ul of ,ruuHI,.
! Apput,rtl. crushed ana trIpp,I sd
lar hJ. power eight months iru. dritpu
lto th, HII. wounded lud scarcely ahI.
60 Jr.r um-.ii lronud n, has -u..
o.,J,i n r.,rlIt.ug "a respectable iul-
IloVIus ltiir aud i- NOT afraid GO enter
into combat with tho .u-.JlI,d p,..
iud flower of the de n.tu soldiers
~Frrthcrmui, whatc 81 our p.r-Nu.
80 opinions may n, REGARDING villa. d
mus, uo admitted that iu many way.
lh, Oh. . genius tie seems to have Do,
IuauHic uo'tiuE 1Il the arms ana 'ut.
muuttiou uc wants aud tho pcons 40
%parcuuy Flock to hm n mrrc mum.
beers IL, b. stan 20 factor To- u" reckon
led with and 30 b.. doubtful 10 ,trrtrE
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Tt,NpI pINIIDi"NI NJ ~ IHi
~. vi

Julian Arnold United S,.Ic- '"-
.,r.,f attach, GO CHINA 1Hd J'l'"
l..,nug ,altca 81. the member 'l t'"i
FOREIGN Trad, Commit''' = th'i
cleveland Chamu,r "l DUww,t ""
,., subject 81 American Trad" '"
.u ia, Var El.' lu cone
.ul,riup the subject Of trade N''',
CHINA. MI Arnold ,.'l his hoar'i
ir,, on, must roratd The rutrn'''u'
az the ,oun,ry and moi, its apparent
conditions oul,. There D. o '-'
amount OF concealed wealth 80 'huN'
Dr.. said and. m any event a .t'1' .'
i.au Ike tins. with three ur tuut nIu-
ar,d million people Just aN1k'nln- ~.
.,w needs and .spiratuns rr'r'ni'
possibilities TAR be,uud auythiu. one
IAN easily imagine The standard u'I
.ompauy is selling millions 81 duUI~
worth uI ui Iu Dhlua Il" a pc"p." VITO
never knew the u~, ui Kerosene '.'
tor, Chinese women and Euls arc
using American sewing machine, VIA"
mover heard ut such iu arti'l' ' TO-"
cans ago When you consider china
l,n thousand miles ~ ittlro7d. "'
must NOT consider railroad. alou,
,u the equipment and |cueino,rin
vurI Chat goes with thu railroad
,.pitiI and material must q" toe,'H
$500 -l-.. .-Ht.. .L