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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
Nervous Spells
Near Heart Failure
EatOnic Stopped 1t

Mr.. C. B. Loats, writing from bis
home at Lay, Nd. says, II had been
taking medicine from four specialists,
but believe me, friends, one box OF
eatonic has done me more good than
all the remedies 1 have ever tried.
was In awfully bad shape. About
half an hour before meals, got nerv-
Gus, trembling and heart pressure SO
bad I could hardly walk or talk. One
box of eatonic stopped It."
Eatonic quickly produces these tru-
~ marvellous results. because it takes
up the poisons and gases and car.
ries them right out OF the body.
OF course, when the cause Is removed,
the sufferer gets well.
Everyone that wants better health Ia
told to have Just little faith-enough
to try one box of eatonic from your
own druggist. The cost is a trife,
which he will hand back to you If you
are not pleased. Why should you suf-
fer another day. when quick. sure re.
lief, is waiting for you? Adv.
The most of the slips occur after the
cup has been to the lip.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
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he saw on the glass over a doorway
General Delivery"
lie came to dead halt. A hot
blush Of shame pricked him. He felt
suddenly mean. contemplate He en-
tered the room and asked il there were
any mail for Daniel Fitzhugh. The
clerk handed him a half-dozen letters
postmarked from small town in Rus
STA
He opened and read them one by
one, standing near the window. In all
Of them Esther breathed her love for
him, yet there was difference as the
letters progressed. In the first two
she wrote chiefly OF him and secondly
Of the work she was doing for the
Cause. The next one was solely about
him and there was more Insistent
note in her passionate declarations.
In the third was a tone of despair.
hint OF fond hopes fast slipping away /;
and the last two we're filed with BIT
ter repro8ches. piteOus pleadings-
Jealousy
From a word she let drop In one of
the earlier missiyes he OWNED she
was in dire need Of money. Even at
that moment she might be suffering
from lack of necessities.
He stuffed the letters in a coat
pocket, went to his bank and procured
a bill of exchange to her order for
thousand dollars.
AT one of the public desks he wrote
on the back of a deposit-slip: "Tle
goal is not yet In sight. but I'm run
ming fast"
This he attached to the draft and
sealed In an envelope. which he all
dressed and mailed to her while re-
morse was hot upon him.
From the post office he went to
hotel in Randolph street, asked for
stationery and wrote the following:
Dear Hunt
have just received bad news My
brother IL at the point of death. Must
hurry to his bedside. May see you In
couple OF weeks. Meanwhile. good luck!
Yours. f.
He directed this to Hunts home ad-
dress, took 1t to the district messenger
office in the hotel and left orders for
it's delivery at nine o'clock.
Had anyone looked for Fitzhugh
that night In his apartment, or in the
theaters or hotel Hobbies. or in any OF
the other places where he usually
spent his evenings. It would have been
in vain, He would not have been
found
But in a vile saloon in lower Clark
street tall. rampish-looking man
with a pointed beard. attlred in ragged
habiIlments and wearing low upon his
brow an old SLOUGH hat fully half
size too large, was carouslng delrious-
ly with the muddled denlzens. leading
them in maudlin song, and melting
them to. drunken ribaldry.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
COMMUNITY LIFE IN BoRNEo
Sometimes as Many as Four Hundred
Persons viii Be Found Dwelling
Under One Roof.

IAfe Dyak women are chiefly occu.
pied with weaving, dyeing cooking.
planting the seed and taking care of
the children and the house. SAYS Ger
trude Emerson, writing in Asia.
housekeeping In Borneo has it's own
complications. AS a rule a large num-
Der Of families live under one roof.
On an average there may be 40. but
Instances have been known in which
as many as 400 persons were living to-
gether In single community house.
The houses are constructed on piles.
with ladders leading to the outer I'M.
covered veranda which runs. the en-.
tire length of the house. This veranda
Is used more or less as a public high
way. Any one passing through the
village may climb up the ladder at
one end, walk along 1t and climb down
the other end in the most casual man
ner. Just behind 1t lies a covered
portion of the house and here most Of
the work is carried on. The men may
be seen building a small boat or MAX
ing brass jewelry the women weaving
or dyeing or pounding rice into flour
for baking.
Opening from the veranda is a Sc
ries of doors leading into separate
rooms, one belonging to each family.
Here the Dyaks do their cooking, eat
ing and sleeping. except that unmar-
ried girls usually sleep In a loft
reached from the rooms, while the
boys occupy the inner veranda. A
Dyak has but one wife. and either
husband or wife, If found guilty
of improper conduct, is subject to Sc
we're punishment by the community.
A pleasant trait among the Dyaks
is their fondness for their children,
whom they have been seldom known
to treat with anything but kindness
and indulgence. They are also kind
to old people-unlike other tribes in
Borneo, who formerly followed the
custom Of killing or burning alive
those whose usefulness to the commu-
nifty has been exhausted.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
PREPARE LAND FOR ALFALFA
One of the Best Ways to Get Moisture
and WeII-Packed Soil Is by
Disking and Rolling.

Fall seeding of alfalfa requires
moisture and soil which is well pack
ed. One of the best ways of getting
such condition is to disk the ground
as soon as oats or small grain is taken
off, then pillow it and pack it thorough
ly by narrowing it or rolling. Soil
which has been in a cultivated crop
and removed early, such as early pO-
tatoes, makes good ground for fall
seeding. On ground of this kind
thorough disking and narrowing VIII
often put 1t in good shape for alfalfa.
On many of our types of soil alfalfa
will do better If limestone is applied.
This limestone should be applied after
the ground has been plowed and then
narrowed in to give best results.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
PASTURINC HOGS
MOST ESSENTIAL
interesting and instructive Ex-
perlments Made With SoWs
at Illinois Station.
SIZE OF LITTER INCREASED
Popular Belief substantiated That
Young Mothers Produce Smaller
Pigs-variation in Length
of termination Period.

A careful study of records relating
to the birth Of 720 filters of pigs at
the University Of Illinois reveals many
sidelights for those interested in hog
raising. The 100 Iitters contained
$50 pigs Of seven distinct breeds.
The following conclusions are drawn
in bulletin No. 226 of the University
OF Illinois agricultural experiment sta
ton.
On the whole, the belief that young
sows produce smaller pigs than do
older sows Is substantiated. Likewise
the data suDstantiated popular belief
that up 70 certain age, about three
years. there is an Increase In the
size Of litter as sows grow older.
The older sows narrowed 1913 per
cent of dead or immature pigs as COM
pared to 81 per cent by the younger
gows.
1t is doubtful whether there are any
variations In farrow attributable 30
the season at which pigs are narrowed.
Increase In Litter.
In succeeding filters from the same
sow there was an increase In number
Of pigs per litter and in the weight of
Individual pigs until the fourth litter,
at which time the sOws were three
and one-hclf years old.
The records obtained from $40 lit
tiers showed wide range, 90 TO 124
days, in the length Of CESSATION period,
with an average Of 1145S days. How
ever. 93.6 per cent of the filters were
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
lndlan Lumbermsn Of Northwest

The mills of one Indian reservation
alone employ forty Indians and cut
10000 900 feet Of lumber annually,
the product going to the market of
MANY states and some Of 1t TO England.
IN the last decade this single plant
has solS S1.5o0O0O worth of lumber.
There are seventy-three sawmills on
the various reservations. and the Tim
Der. estimated at sS,0oo.oooooo feet, Is
worth Ss4. 100000. During the last SIX
wears approximately $2S,Ooooo0 In
royalties have been paid to the II''-..s@:ls
on oil. gas. coal and Cther minerals.
as against less than half that sum for
double the same period preceding.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
The only girl!
CTO BE CoNTINUEDJ
MORE THAN GREAT PAINTER
Gustave Dore Is Declared to Have
Been an Accomplished Player
on the Violin.

Gustave Dore (the painter) was said
to be famous on the violin. and his
claims TO consideration were far from
ineonslderable. He had acquired a val
liable instrument. on which he used TO
play Berlioz's concertos with a really
extraordinary facility and spirit. These
superficial works were enough for his
musical powers. The surprising thing
about his execution was that he never
worked at It. II he could not get
thing at once. he gave 1t up for good
and ali.
We lived IN the same quarter and
visited each other frequently. AS we
almost never were Of the same opinion
about anything. we had interminsble
arguments. entirely free from rancor,
which we thoroughly enjoyed. have
seen him painting away on thirty can
vases at the same time in his immense
studio. Three seriously studied pic
lures would have been worth more.
At heart this great. overgrown. jovial
boy was melancholy and sensitive. He
died young OF heart disease aggra-
waited by grief over the death of his
mother. from whom he had never been
separated. l dedicated a slight piece
written for the violin TO Dore. It
would be entirely unknown had MT
Johannes Wolf. the viOlinist OF queens
and expresses. done me the favor OF
placing 1t in his repertory and bringing
his fine talent to Its aId.-"Anecdotes,
by Saint-Saens.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
INTO THE DEPTHS.

Synopsis. Typical tramp in APP
pearance. Daniel Randolph Fitz-
hugh, while crossing Chicago
street, causes the wreck of an auto,
whose chauffeur disables it trying
TO avoid running him down. In
pity the occupant Of the auto. a
young girl, saves him from arrest
and gives him a dollar. telling MIN
TO buy soap, and wash. His sense
OF shame is touched. and ne I'M
proves his appearance. That night,
he meets Esther Strom. Russian
anarchist. who induces fttzhugh
To address a meeting. Fftzhugh
visits Symington Otis. prominent
q aEcier, and displaying a pack
age which Ae says contains dyna-
mite. demands $1,000. Otis gives
him a check. At the house he
meets the girl who had given him
the dollar. and learns she is Kath-
ieen Otis. She recognizes him.
Ashamed, he tears up the check
and escapes. but Is arrested. Es-
Their visits F'itzhugh In jail and
makes arrangements for procuring
legal advice, His trial Is speedily
completed and he is found insane
and committed TO an asylum. from
which he easily makes his escape.
Fitzhugh takes refuge IN Chicago.
with Esther, who has become in
fatuated with him. His one icea is
10 become rich and win Kathleen.
an a fight with Nikolay. Jealous ad-
mirer OF Esther, titzhugh worBts
him. Securing mental employment
he learns that Nikolay has been
found dead In Esther's house. and
in a letter to him she admits the
killing. telling him shs did 1t for
his sake and that she has gone
away He sees Kathleen from a
distance, and 10 strengthened In
his determination TO win her. Fitz-
h0gh attracts the attention OF
Quigg, dealer in bogus stocks. Fitz-
hugh acts as a decoy for gullible
investors. Staked by his employer
In poker game for high stakes he
meets a wheat pit Spectator. Hen
~ Hunt. who believes him to be
New York man OF wealth. With
bis poker winnings he joins Hunt
In a wheat deal. Through Hunts
operations Fitzhugh nets nearly
10000
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25

papers secured by thick elastic bands.
These papers contained mass OF
data covering the past seven weeks.
consisting of crop reports. statistics
from raany different sources. newspa-
per clippings and kilograms and cable
grams that had exhausted his ready
money to the last cent He walked to
switched on the light that was u mini
allure Of the gorgeous one on the table.
and spread the papers on the fiat top
OF the desk. And while Hunt sat OPP
posite. following him with coneen-
trated attention, be went over them
point by point. dwelling fully on every
detail. explaining clearly the reasons
for his belief. So lucidly did ne do
this that a child might have followed
him.
My deductions are substantiated."
ne summed up, "by the fact that Otis
and his following are not bulling the
market as you supposed they would.
What's more, they're not going to bull
II. I've put myself In their'place. Otis
and company Will make their attack
when the enemy is in its most vulner-
able state. and that's just the condi-
ton the enemy's in now"
There was conversational pause,
while Hunt reperused some of the pa
pers scattered about the desk.
80 you think we'd better unload2"
he said finally. sitting back and mo-
ttoning to Haki to oil his champagne
goblet.
"As though our lives depended on
IT,"
Hunt watched the servant all his
glass, then lifted It and surveyed his
host solemnly across Its rim.
$50 be It." he rumbled In a sepul-
chral voice. "The blame be upon your
head II we lose"
Fitzhugh's prediction was bountl-
fully fulfilled next day. December
wheat went tumbllng and crumbIng.
Hunt. thanks TO Fitzhugh. managed
TO squrm from under with a whole
skin and a few thousands profit. Hur-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
EIorlda,s Cypress Supply.

Accustomed as we are to read warn,
ings and hear Of the destruction of the
timber of the country. 1t is something
out of the usual when a claimant APP
pears who is fairly well satisfied with
the situation and believes that there is
little danger of exhausting the supply
of at least one valuable source. Flor
ida cypress. The wholesale and in
discriminate cutting of pine timber is
very well known to have very seIf-
ously shortened the supply and the
hardwoods are steadily becoming less
in the northwest. But lately, In Flor
ida. the statement has been made that
there is stu splendid supply Of cy-
press. Times Union.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25

to His Rooms, unobserVed, and let
Himself In Without Awakening His
Valet
rying through the outer office OF Bur
ton & Burton, he sped Fitzhugh and
fell upon him with open arms. pressing
into his hand check for thirty thou
sand dollars.
what had we better do now, Dan7"
"Sell December wheat. It's going to
zero, This slump will keep up indefi-
nitely."
"Right-op Hunt was fairly burning
with excltement-the gamblers ex-
element. than which there is none
more feverish.
''You may sell half a million for me.
You'd better sell an equal amount
yourself" Ftzhugh produced a slen-
der check-book and started TO fiU out
a check. Abruptly he paused. bit his
lip, made as II to return his fountain
pen TO his pocket. Il forgot some
thing" he said slowly.
whats wrong, Dan?" Hunt looked
properly solicitOus.
"My--a draft Should have been
sent from New York day before yes
terday. My brother has 1t, but he's sud
denly fallen IN. Probably forgot all
about 1t. That's all. I'm sorry. Hunt
but ! can offer you nothing except my
personal check, and that'll be only for
few thousands"
In a flash all of Hunts reverence
for wealth and his desire to toady to
Il were TO the front What an onpor,
tunity to be Of service TO this man of
millionsi He could have wished for
nothing better. Don't worry about
that for minute Dan" He spoke
with the utmost friendliness. "In at.
tend to your margins for you. Five
hundred thousand. believe you saidT'
"Yes" Fitzhugh rapidly filled out a
check for twenty thousand dollars.
take this. anyhow. Hunt" He tore
the check from the book. "Just as an
evidence of good faith" he laughed.
The courtier took the check In the
same jocular spirit in which It was
SNHANNtE EtbANAA% a. AtS
After little they parted. Hunt hasten
ing TO the private office OF Burton,
senior.
Fitzhugh went straight TO his bank
and deposited the thirty thousand dol
lars. Immediately afterwards he
started back to the Board of Trade.
When nearly there, however, be
stopped. paused irresolute. then turned
and walked slowly in another direc-
ton. For over an hour he roamed
restlessly about the loop. He seemed
infrm of purpose. aimless Of destina-
ton.
Once. without exactly knowing why.
he entered the post Office and Strolled
absently about the dark corridors. He
was leaving by the western entrance.
when happening 70 glance to his left,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
The Travelling Preacher.

Eight-year-old Charles always at
tended the devotional and prayer
services with his parents, and showed
great interest in them. He always
made his own little testimony. A
friend once told him that he should
be a minister.
Charles pondered over this advice
long, but never said word to any
body concerning it until he surprised
his audience at a recent meeting by
arising the second time and delivering
the following:
"rve. been thinking that I never
could write any more sermons than
would do me for three weeks, so I've
decided that I'll have to be travel
ing preacher"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
SWINE FOR WINTER MARKETS
Temptation to Fatten Quickly on
Corn Alone 'ls Liable TO Cause
Loss of Animals.

Hogs for the early winter markets
should be carefully fed. The tempta-
ton to fatten quickly on corn alone
Is liable to cause the careless farmer
the loss Of one or more animals. A
better and a safer feed Is wheat mid
dlings and wheat bran made into a
thick slop. Give ii feed Of this just
what the hogs will eat up clean twice
day, then give a moderate feed OF
corn.
Keep a plentiful supply Of fresh.
clean water in the pens. See that the
trough is clean. Have clean, dry pens
and yards. Dust the pens once week
with air-slacked lime.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
BIG CROPS ASSURED
IN WESTERN CANADA
Need of Farm Labor Urgently
Required for Harvest.

Rains Of the past week which hive
been general throughout al portions
Of Western Canada, covering MANI
TOBA, SASKATCHEWAN. and AL
BERTA. have placed beyond all man
ner of doubt the certainty of vast
grain crops throughout the entire dis
trict
Reports from all points Indicate
marvellous and rapid growth. The
conditions of a week or so back. which
were decidedly less promising and led
many to think that there might be
partial failure, have disappeared al
together and now there is a wave OF
optimism circulating throughout the
entire country.
In 1915 there were enormous yields
reported from all parts. ind It would
appear now as if in many places the
yields Of 1918 would be equaled IL
not beaten.
What might appear to be a draw
back. is the apparent shortage of farm
help. The Province of Manitoba
through its Employment Bureau in
Winnipeg. is asking for 10000 harvest
hands and over, offering from So to
So per day. The Province of Sas-
katchewan is asking for $4,000 extra
hands to take care of the immense
harvest that is certidn to be reaped
In that Province. In Alberta the crop
area Is somewhat less, the labor con-
ditions somewhat better, and is maxi
ing a request for 5000 extra farm
hands.
interviewing the officials of the diff.
ferent Governments, they are inclined
to the opinion that as the crops in
KANSAS Nebraska. South Dakota, Ulli-
nois and other Central States are har-
vested there will be a movement north
ward that will materially help to take
care Of the labor situation. With the
low railroad rates that may be secured
on application to the Employment OF.
fees ct Winnipeg and at boundary
points. or which may be secured
through the Canadian Government Of
fees at Chicago. Ill.,; Detroit. Mich;
Milwaukee, Wis; Kansas City, No.:
Omaha, Neb.; Des Moines, Ia; Water
town, S. D.; st. Paul, Mimi, and
Grand Forks, ~ D., will give to those
seeking employment the opportunity
to reach the harvest fields at a low
cost.-Advertisemen
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
POTATO DISEASE EXPLAINED
so-caiIed Blight Due TO Tip-5urn or
Small Insect Known as the
Leaf-Hopper.

Much of tire so-calied potato blight
which is to be found is due to what is
really dp-burn. or it may be due to a
smell insect known as the leaf-hopper.
The tp-burn is caused by the dry
weather and extreme heat as the sun
and wind draw the water from the
plant faster than the roots can supply
it from the ground. The leaf-hopper Is
a small. greenist~like insect, which
viii be found jumping from one plant
to another as the plants are moved.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25

narrowed between the one hundred
and eleventh and one hundred and
seventeenth days. The general belief
that old sows have a CESSATION period
one to three days longer than young
er sows seems to have no very good
basis.
Neither Sex Predor1inates.
There was little. if any, correlation
between the length Of CESSATION period
and the birth weight of pigs, and the
sex OF pigs In relation to the length
Of CESSATION shows no tendency FOR
either sex 70 predominant more than
normal.
The average size of filters was 81
pigs. The average weight of litter
was about 20 pounds. The average
weight of pigs in filters with fewer
pigs than the average was 2.67 pounds.
and In filters with more pigs it was
2.57 pounds. The grand average Of
all pigs was 255 pounds.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
CAUSE OF ovERGRoWE WINGS
Result From Defective Breeding Con-
ditions or Lack Of Vitality
Clip Them OF.

overgrown wings in brooder chicks
result from defective brooding condi-
tions or lack OF vitality. Often the
wings really are not overgrown but
only appear so because the chicks, be-
ing weakly. let them hang down II
they develop to the point where they
are burden to the chick they should
be clipped of.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect 1t
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions The mild and healing
influence Of DR.. Kilmsr's Swamp Root 10
soon realized. II stands the highest for
its remarkable record OF success.
An examining physician for one Of tia
prominent Life Insurance Companies, IN
an interview on the subject, made the as
tonisning statement that one reason why
so many applicants for insurance are re-
iected Is because kidney trouble il 30
common to the American people, and the
large majority Of those whose spplica-
tons are declined do not even sHspecs
that they have the disease Il Is on ssle
at all drug stores in bottles Of two DIES,
medium and large.
However, Il you wish first 70 test this
great PREPARATION send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co. Binghamton. n. Z. for .
sample bottle Whe1 writing be sure ard
nsntion this psoer.-AdF.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
PROVIDE GOOD GREEN FEED
unoccupied Space in. Garden Should
BE Seeded to Rapid Growing
Crop Of Some Kind.

The average poultry keeper is al
ways short of succulent green feed
during the late summer and early fall,
and provision should be made for
supply. Every bit of ground in the
garden from which early crops have
been harvested should be seeded to
chard. rape, lettuce. kale or whatever
makes the most rapid growth in your
locality.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-08-25
TUKEYS EAT MANY INSECTS
From Early June Until Late In Fall
Fowls Take Bulk of Their
Feed From Fields

Turkeys range far afleld and pres
upon insect forms that escape hens.
From the time the young are old
enough to begin foraging for them
selves. perhaps early in June until
late fall. turkeys take the bulk OF
their food from field insects, devouring
millions Of grasshoppers and other in
furious forms