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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-06-17
Divine Prescription.


While ali Of a sermon may not be
helpful alike to all, if it be a Christian
sermon, preached by Christian man,
there will lie help for every one some
where. We go into an apothecary's
store. We see others being waited ON.
We do not complain because we do not
Immediately get the medicine. We know
our turn will come after awhile And
so while all parts Of sermon may not
be appropriate to our case, II we walt
prayerfully before the sermon Is
through we shall have the divine pre-
scription. | say to young men who are
going to preach the gospel, we want IN
our sermons not more metaphysics, nor
more Imagination, nor more logic, nor
more profundity. What we want In
our sermons and Christian exhortations
is more sympathy. When Father Iay-
lor preached i'll the Sailors Bethel at
Boston. the Jack Tars felt they had help
for their duties among the ratlines and
the forecastles. When Richard Weaver
preached to the operatives in Oldham,
England, all the worlSmen felt they had
more grace for the spindles. When DIR.
South preached to kings and princes
and princesses, all the mighty men and
women who heard him felt preparation
for their high station
People will not go to church merely
as matter of duty. There will not
next Sabbath be 100 people in this city
who will get up in the morning and
say: THE Bible says | must go to
church. 1t is my duty TO go to church,
therefore will go to church. The vast
multitude Of people who go to church,
90 to church because they like 1t, and
the multitude of people who stay away
from church stay away because they do
not like it. am not speaking about the
way the world ought to be. | am speak
ing about the way the world is Taking
things as they are, we must make the
centripetal force Of the church mightier
than the centrifugal We must make
our churches magnets to draw the peo-
nile thereunto, so that a man will feel
uneasy if he does not go to church, say
ing: Il wish l had gone this morning
wonder if can't dress yet and get
there in time. It is II o'clock; now they
are singing. 1t is half past IL; now
they are preaching wonder when the
folks will be home to tell us what was
said, what has been going on" When
the impression is confirmed that our
churches, by architecture, by music, by
sociality and by sermon. shall be made
the most attractive places on earth, then
we will want twice as many churches
as we have now, twice as large, and
then they will not half accommodate
the people
Forceful Religion.
say to the young men who are en-
tering the ministry we must put on
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-06-17
ForcefuI Religion

l say to the young men who are en-
tering the ministry we must put ON
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
Told In "a Few L.fuoe.

At Marysville, Mo-, a man recently sold
hog for $37 and with SIT bought good
horse.
Many people at Pine Bluff, Ark, were
driven from their homes by the breaking
OF the levees.
Many stowaways are coming to this
country, under the impression that the
war will boom work.
Japanese naval officers have arrived in
San Francisco to command the two cruls-
ers being built there for Japan.
The States Of Pennsylvania, New York,
Illinois and Alabama have more popula-
ton than Spain, and vastly more wealth.
Three hundred persons have been exc
cuted in Porto Rico on charge Of treason.
Many families are fleeing 10 the interior.
The restoration Of Independence Hall,
Philadelphia, has progressed so rapidly
that 1t Is expected the formal opening Of
the historic structure can be held on the
Fourth of July.
The Queen Of Greece has the unusual
distinction Of being the only woman ad-
miraI in the world. She holds this rank
in the Russian navy The appointment
was conferred upon her by the late Gar,
because her father held the rank Of high
admiral.
At Sailors Rest, Tenn, Jane Allen,
e3ed IS, jumped from a fast travelling
passenger train and was instantly killed.
Ii was her first ride on a train, anc, when
the brakeman called the station, she left
her seat, and, not knowing that the train
would stop or realizing the danger, leaped
10 her death.
The Painton electric boat, 1t is claimed,
will accomplish the feat Of crossing the
Atlantic in three days. The speed claim
ed is forty knots an hour. The rioise Incl
dent TO steamship machinery will, IT Is
said. be done away with, and the saving
in coal be half. The ten propellers
viii be screws driven by dynamos.
Charles Boone of Dayton, Ohio, who
was recently appointed as a cadet to Ann
apolis Naval Academy, was the only one
of fifty applicants who did not have rec
concentrations from wealthy men. For
years he supported himself and his moth
er. and at the same time gained a good
education by selling newspapers on the
streets of his home town.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
DEATH IN A STORM.
Life and Property Lost by Tornado In
Iowa. Illinois and wiscousiu

anu W &sNOtsAns
Storms of wind. hail and rain ravsged
widespread sections o1 the Northwest. In
Eastern Iowa cyclones brought death and
disaster to scattered communities, and in
Illinois, Wisconsin and in Southern Ka4-
sas cyclones and high winds leyeled frame
buildings, killed some stock and damaged
crops. IN all the afflicted sections wires
were blown down and early details of the
disaster were meager. Almost all the vast
territory mentioned was rain soaked and
wind blown The cyclones moved the
usual narrow paths of from eighty rods
TO eighty feet in width, and swept for a
distance OF twenty miles or less.
The cyclone passed north of Clinton,
Iowa, between the towns of Charlotte
and Riggs, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
doing an immense amount of damage and
killing ten people, as far as reported. The
storm, after leaving Upton, passed be-
tween Clarence and Stanwood, swept
south through Lost Nation and Elwood,
running north near Delmar, touched the
lower end of jackson County, and, cross
ing the Mississippi at South Sabula, Iowa,
struck Illinois between Savanna and
Thompson. Trees were uprootnd and
buildings wiped out The storm passed
two miles southeast of Riggs. on the Mil
waukee Railway, and ruined everything
III it's path from southwest 10 northeast.
In the vicinity of Cedar Rapids the cy-
clone FIRST appeared one nile south OF
Stanwood at 8 80 o'clock in he afternoon.
Great damage was done TO property in
the vicinity of Tiptof', Charlotte, Quig-
ley, Clarence, Elk River. IN rth of Wheat
land, and near Maquoket,t. 1t is est-
mated that not less than twenty-five peo-
pie have been killed, while the number of
injured will not be less than fifty. Many
saved their lives by fleeing to cellars.
The cyclone which struck Preston,
Iowa, destroyed most of the buildings in
the town and killed Charles Floy, his
wife and three children. The bodies of
two of the children have not been found.
In Ringgold County. southwest of Des
Moines, the buildings of J. A. Miller, east
of Blockton, were swept away, and Miller
and his daughter We're injured. The lat
ter had both legs broken At Maloy the
schoolhouse and Chicago Great Western
depot were wrecked.
Two cyclones from southwest struck
the village of Stillman Valley, ILL.,, the
larger going north, doing but little dam
age. The smaller one struck the south
west side, passing across the town, level
ing ten houses. one church and several
barns and damaging dozen houses. one
church. creamery and the Great West
ern depot. N. Nelson, his wife and two
children, and one johnson are reported
killed, and about twenty persons are
more or less injured, none fatally.
In Joliet the wind and rain storm
swept through the city and blc' down
the big tabernacle where Evangelist Will
Jams has been holding revival meetings.
A cyclone passed seven miles north of
Sheffield, H., going in northeastern di-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
yr SAFE AT LAST
SECRETARY LONG MAKES THE
WELCOME ANNOUNCEMENT.
Battlesliip Left San Francisco About
Seven Weeks AGO and Has Travelled
Over $4,000 Miles Spanish Fleet to
Go to thc Philippines.
Dons Didn't Get Her.

washington special:
Secretary Long g~ye out the welcome
information Wednesday that the battle
ship Oregon, the second largest craft In
the American navy, had successfully com
pleted her long trip from San Francisco
making the entire circuit of South Ameri-
ca, and was safe. The rigid secrecy of
the navy department was relaxed only
enough to make known the best news the
navy department had received since the
battle of Manila, as it meant not only
the Oregon was out Of harms way from,
a concerted attack on this one ship by The
whole Spanish squadron in southern
waters, but also that her great fighting
strength would be added to Admiral
SIMPSONS force.
Tne Oregon left San Francisc5 before
the war had opened, and at that time il
was not admitted that she was to join the
ships in Atlantic waters. She stopped at
Callao for dispatches and then went
round the Horn and up the east coast
of South America. In all the trip COW
cred $4,000 miles. The last stretch, from
Bahia to the Windward islands, was fol
lowed with anxiety by naval officers, for,
by strange coincidence, the formidable
Spanish squadron of armored cruisers and
torpedo boats approached the Windward
islands at the very time when the Oregon
was due there. 1t had been suspected that
the Spanish admiral would try to inter
cept the battleship with his superior force
and before leaving Bahia Capt Clark OF
the Oregon was warned to keep close
lookout for the Spanish fieat. In reI,l
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
FROM THE FRONT.

The battleship Oregon is the first war
ship that ever rounded Cape Horn.
The Queen Regent of Spain has asked
the Pope to bless the Spanish arms.
The harbor of San Francisco has been
thoroughly mined during the past few
weeks.
The railroad men in California have
started fund to build battieship for the
Government.
A heavy rainfall at Key West has filled
the eisterns and averted a water famine
among the troops.
Y In Havana meat is 81 pound and cof.
fee 25c a cup. First-class restaurants
are guarded by troops.
Food is getting scarcer every day in
Havana and the insurgents threaten to
cut off the water supply.
Weyler and the Carlists and Republi-
can leaders are deliberately planning to
bring on a revolt in Spain.
The Spanish defenses at Caimanera,
Cuba, consist of an ironclad wooden shan
ty and an ancient cannon.
The recruits for Secretary Roosevelt's
rough riders include football players,
steeplechasers, clubmen and policemen.
The Minneapolis lodge of a Jewish or.
der, in memory of the expulsion of the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
CYCLONES KILL SEVENTY.
Devastation Wrought i'm Illinois, iowa
and Wiscousiu.

Cyclones which whirled over vast tracts
in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin early
Monday evening killed, it rs now reported,
about seventy persons. 1Ihe names Of all
of them could not be ascertained, as in
every instance the damage was wrought
in farming OIL village districts and teNe-
phone and telegraph connection in the
afflicted sections was badly broken. The
list Of those injHred will never be com
plete. only few of the more serious cases
being reported by name. A careful esti-
mate fixes the number injured at about
450.
Such havoc was wrought upon farm
buildings. out Of door stocks ard orchards
and upon live stock that the money loss,
in wide belts of territory, in several cases
clear across counties, will reach hundreds
of thousands of dollars. The damage was
so great and widespread and means of
communication so interrupted that 1t will
be some time before accurate estimates
can be made.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
12s,OOO MEN READY.
Great Volunteer Army Mustered in
for the Cuban War.


Washington special:
Nearly the whole Of the $4,000 volun
teers have now been mustered in. There
will yet be slight delay in filling out some
of the quotas, but the great volunteer
army is substantially complete.
The army is not yet in condition for al
immediate forward movement, however
Not all of the volunteers intended for the
invading army have gotten as far as
Chickamauga, and fewer have arrived al
Tarpa. The war managers have found
the national guards woefully deficient il
arms, ammunition, uniforms and other
equipments, and artillery batteries are
reported without guns, carriages, horses
or harness. The war department is bend
Ing all it's energies to remedying these de
ficiencies, but 1t takes time. 1t has es
tttblish a supply depot at Chickamau-
ga, and will probably have another at
Washington.
The war depa ttment finds the c0untrs
is short ON the modern arms adopted by
the regular army. It finds difficulty also
in getting ratioms promptly because OF
the unexpected emergency. Some OF the
FUCKERS even went SO luT dS u
reimport eargoes of provisions that had
been sent to England. In foreign eoun-
tries, where large standing armies are to
be counted ON all the time, there is am.
pie provision for meeting the demands ot
the soldiers.
There is a tendency to criticize the
President and the war department for the
slowness with which the volunteer army
is being organized, but neither of them is
to blame. The President will insist on
having the raw recruits properly equip
ped organized into brigades, divisions and
corps before ordering d movement on
Cuba. Military men say this may take
two or three weeks, but the governments
is applying Yankee energy to push the
work as rapidly as possible. This frank
statement of the unsatisfactory condi
tion in which the national guard has been
found must not be taken as a reflection
on the patriotic militiamen. They have
given their time and money to the ser
vice and are now offering their lives, and
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
|GLADSTONE Is DEAD.
'ENGL AND'S "GRAND OLD MAN
PASSES AWAY.
His Demise Had Been Long Expected,
Owing to His Years and Suffering
Death Was Faced with Fortitude and
welcomed as Friend.
Nation Mourna Him.

William Ewart Gladstone, EngIand's
greatest statesman of this century, died
at Hawarden castle at o'clock Thurs
day morning.
/. 1t is simple story, this record of the
closing hours of life which, more than
any other, perhaps, has influenced the
lives of his fellow countrymen during
two generations. The pain, which, though
intermittent, was most cruell! severe for
the last nine months, had gradually sub
sided for three or four weeks past. This
was due, not so much to the use of NOR
phine, which was employed more or less
since January, as to the fact that the
nerves themselves had mercifully ex-
hausted their capacity for suffering,
Drugs were used sparingly during the
last ten days, the result being that Mr.
Gladstone was conscious and clear iT
mind, except for brief spells of deliriumt
due chiefly to weakness.
Gladstone well knew on Tuesday that
his hour had come, and plainly the
thought brought him sweet content. He
was conscious most of the time, but al
most beyond the power of speech or mo
ton. His great mind was still active, ana
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
Notes of Current Events.
The effort to make sugar from beet
dates back to 1747.

The effort to make sugar from beets
dates back to 1147.
Hawaii begs to remind the President
that it is stu there and is still willing.
At Chicago, John Asquith, 7j years old,
and his wife, Margaret. 40 years old, we're
found dead in bed at their home. They
had evidently committed suicide by as
phyxiation.
Arbor day was widely observed
throughout Pennsylvania in accordance
with the Governors proclamation. That
State was the irst to take up the question
Of tree protec rion, since which over i,5c0,
600 trees pave been planted
Papago Indians made a feint to attack
Fl PIomo mining camp, in Arizona, and
under cover of the excitement smuggled
into the United States 900 head Of cat
tie, which they had stolen in Mexico.
American meats are TO be excluded
from Germany. It is declared BY the
government officials that the American
meat inspection is a hoax; that the meats
arr affected with trichinae and preserved
IN acids which are ruinous 10 health.
4 New York dispatch says that in con-
sequence Of the lack OF greenbacks, treas
ury notes and silver certificates the Unit
ed States is paying out gold over the
counter as well as settling its debit bal.
anee A. the clearing house Ia aold'
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
PANIC REIGNED IN ciENFUEGos
Bonn bardment by the American Ships
Terrified the People.

Information has been received at Key
West from Cenfuegcs giving graphic ac-
count of the exciten eIst in that city when
the encounter occurred between Spanish
soldiers on shore and the cable-cutting
expedition which resulted in the death of
two and the wounding of five Americans.
The Cuban city was panic stricken, the
! church bells were rung and the alarms
were sounded on all sides. at the Hotel
Siervo. de Orc there was a riot and fight
between Spanish volunteers, who refused
to serve on patrol duty for the defense of
!! the city, and the Spanish authorities,
who were trying to force them to serve.
When the Marblehead began shooting and
knocked the lighthouse to splinters men,
women and chif.fen' fled to the country.
many families leaving their houses open
and abandoned in the haste of their flight
Since ii en- many families have moved to
Santo Quintera and Rodas, small towns
near Cienfuegos. The Spanish govern
ment is unable to control the exodus.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
800 Reward, 500.

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Address, f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o,
~Sold by Druggists, r6c.
Halls Fsm1y Pills are the best
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
BEGINS TO YIELD.
War Fever in Spain Rapidly Assumes
Less Acute Phase.

The war fever is decidedly abating in
Spain. according to reliable reports, and
the long -winded debates in the cortes, re-
veqlling the helplessness of the country,
has contributed thereto almost as much
as the defeat at Cavite. a distinctive
feature of the present crisis is that there
Is not a single public man who inspires
the smallest confidence, and the proposed
tinkering in the ministry is simply viewed
by the masses with despairing indiffcr~
ence. This circumsta nee and the opinion
daily growing among thinking men that
Spain is drifting toward defeat may at
any moment determine th., formation of
peace party But it is still premature to
speak of peace. The subject can only be
whispered in Spain The memory of
Cavite, calling for vengeance, is too fresh
for peace yet. Peace, if Spain is to ini-
tiate proposals for it, can only be had
after more fighting, The Atlantic fleet
must either be knocked to pieces or gain
a partial victory as a set-off against Ca
vite before the idea of peace with honor
can really take root in the land OF Don
Ouixote.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

Capt. Clark expressed his confidence in
being able to hold his own single-handed
with the Oregon against all the Spanish
cruisers The only apprehension he felt
was. as to the torpedo boats under the
Spanish admiral's command. Notwith-
standing Capt. Clark's assurances, the
navy department continued to feel that a
meeting between the Spanish squadron and
the American battleship on such unequal
terms was far from desirable, and might
bring most serious results For this rea-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
RAN THE SPANISH GANTLET.
Uncle Sam Will Make Gunpowder
from Captain Fu1chcr's Sulphur.

Uncle Sam Will Make Gunpowder
from Captain Fulcher's Sulphur.
The British steamship City of Truro,
Captain Fulcher, which sailed from Lica-
Ia, Sicily, the day war was declared by
Spain, with cargo of 2, 300 tons of sui
phur for the United States, las arrived
safely in port at New York. Sulphur, be-
cause OF it's use in the manufacture of
explosives, is one of the articles declared
by Spain to be contra band of war, and
the Truro's cargo was liable to seizure
by any Spanish cruiser or privateer hover
ing about Gibraltar Captain Fulcher
was warned to keep weather eye out for
misunderstanding craft and get out of
the Mediterranean as quickly as he coulcd.
The only armed vessel he sighted was an
American cruiser playing a searchlight
off Shinnecock, Long Island.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

still versatile. He surprised the watch
ers at midday by muimuring a prayer in
the French language, with which he was
perfectly familiar, but seldom used in the
ordinary affairs of life. His vital force
continued to diminish, and during the df-
ternoon his pulse became almost imper-
ceptible. His breathing was but of the
faintest, and his extremities became cold
through the feeble action of the heart,
yet there was slight rally about sun
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

Jews from Spain, has offered a bounty Of
$25 and remission of lodge dues to all
members who enlist for war against
Spain.
Great Britain has as many war vessels
in Asiatic waters as France. Russia and
Germany combined, and they are far
more modern and powerful.
Many wealthy Philippine families are
going back to the islands ON Hong
Kong and are taking the oa,h Of ale
glance to the United States.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
SPAIN Is ANGERED.
Doesn't Like the Speech Made by JOS
enh Cha erIain.

eph Chamberlain.
The speech made by Mr.. Joseph Cham
berlain, the British colonial minister, al
Birmingham Friday night, has produced
very unfavorable comment in Madrid
His references to Spain have created a
bad impression. Prime Minister Sagasta
and Senior Gullon, minister of foreign af-
fairs, held a conference on the subject,
after which Sepor Sagasta said: "If we
had said what Mr.. Chamberlain said Eu-
rome would have regarded US as reckless. y
Both the prime minister and Senior Gullon
believe the speech indicates that wal
is being prepared for with an Anglo-Ame
ican alliance.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
TRAcK or THE TORNADO IN ILLINOIS IOWA AND WISCONSIN

rection. 1t first struck the earth near f
w. Marrassy's farm, and destroyed ev-
erytling in its path for miles. Several
persons are reported killed. Paw Paw
ILL.,, reports that a cyclone passed -four
miles north of the town. Several people
were injured, and Mrs. Frank Chichester
was killed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
Polo Secures coaIing Station.

A dispatch from Montreal says Senor
Polo Y Bernabe has secured. by cable, a
coal depot near St. Pierre Miquelon, the
French colony off the south coast of New
foundland, at which the Catiiz squadron
will coal previous to attacking the At
lantic seacoast of the United States,
while the Cape Verde squadron, com
manded by Admiral Cervera, draws off
the squadrons commanded by Rear Ad-
miral Sampson and Commodore Schley.