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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20

Mondovi Herald: Whether MI. La
Toilette is a candidate forgovernor next
year or not, his friends are pretty GER
tain to dominate the convention. The
things that Mr.. LaFollette has fought
for are popular in this state, popular
because right and they will find ex-
preston through the representatives of
the republicans of the state gathered at
the state convention. Whoever the
nominee may be he will have to sub
scribe to the principles for which men
who have rallied to the support of Mr..
LaFollette have fought these many
years, IS Governor Scofield did last year.
Equitable taxation is the greatest of
these issues and it must be brought
about.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20
Newly Fitted PROMPT Work.

The Sin Kee hand Laundry, in the
basement of Proctor's block, has been
fitted out with new machinery, ironing
boards and the proprietors are prepared
to do the best of work, guarantee salts
faction and deliver work promptly.
Washing days, Mondays, Wednesdays,
Fridays; ironing days, Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays. You can now get
laundry work when you like. Don't
send your work out of town.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20
IS THE CHANGE q

The calamity howlers still insist that.
under republican rule the farmers have
not been benefited. Has the farmer
been injured by the election of McKin-
ieyf To be sure he is paying for barbed
wire twice as much as he did in the dull
times. Nails cost him So. 40 per key
as against 81. - under Cleveland, when
he was too poor to buy lumber and had
but little use for nails. Lumber is high
er, too, but he is buying lumber, wire
and nails freely now, and making i'm
provements long deferred. Why? Three
years ago the farmer was selling good
COWS at from $12 to $50 per head, now
the same grades will bring $25 to $50.
Horses have nearly doubled in price
with a brisk demand. Wool has ad-
vanced from six and ten to nineteen
cents per pound. Eggs have gone up
from D and & to 10 cents per dozen dur
ing the summer months. Growers ara
selling their tobacco for just about dou-
BILE what they received during Cleve-
land times. Does this look like the
farmer has made no advance in the
matter of increase in price fog his pro-
ducts2
Skilled and unskilled labor is en-
plOyed all over the coumsry at higher
prices, and it is with tae. greatest diff
Guilty that manufacturers, farmers and
machinists get susscient help to effectu-
ally move their business In fact the
construction Of several large enterprises
and lines Of railroad have been aban-
doned because of the continued scarcity
of labor. Money, too, has become
abundant, and is offered mt lower rates
TO move the western and southern crops
than ever known before. Everywhere
capital is anxious to renew loans at a
lower rate of laberest. and actually
hunt up men Go, secure these loans at a
lower ratio and more liberal terms of
payment. The farmers product COM
mandiRg a higher price and money 60
ing lower than ever, anxious for invest
menb. In the face of these well known
facts is it not worse than pnerile for any
n TO assert that the very opposite con-
ditions prevailf Does not the logic of
events show that the people are indebt-
ed to the republican legislation for this
wonderful increase in the demand for
the products of the farm and the work
shop at higher prices thar those of four
years ago, this enormous demand for
both skilled and unskilled labor at high
er wages? Most certainly it does sand
the people are too wise to change this
certain result for anything doubtful or
problematical which the democratic
party may offer. They have prosperity
and by their votes will keep it,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20

In reply to a circular letter sent out
by one inquisitive member of the state
democracy concerning the ACCESSIBILITY
of dropping 10 to /" as an issue in the
next campaign, Chairman Coffiand of
Vernon county, replies that to re-af-
firm the Bryan platform of 1896 will be
to invite sure defeat. a large per cent
of the county chairmen declare for IS
to 1 or bust. 1t will certainly be the
latter.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20

Oshkosh Northwestern; A jury in an
Ashland cas acquitted a defendant
charged with assault with intent to do
grert bodily harm, on the ground that
the man was too drunk to have an in
tent. If this philosophy is to obtain in
cur criminal practice, the way for
to do who has a grudge against an en-
envy is to get g~loriously drunk and then
pound him to his hearts content, not
from any intent but for the mere
amusement of the thing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20
rha, Throbbing Headache.

Would quickly leave you, If you used
DIR. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
of sufferers have proved their matcnIess
merit for sick and nervous
They make pure blood and strong Nerves
and build up your health Easy TO 5ake.
Try them. Only 20 cents. Non DacA
If not cured. Sold by A. ]. Johnson q
Co., druggists.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20

The present crop does not come up to
the high water mark of tobacco grown
In Wisconsin in '85, which was 80, 900
acres, though the yield of 80 will come
very close to that year. The assessors
reports show a yield of about 33 million
pounds In 9S, equivalent to about 10O,-
900 cases.
A sort of explanation of why buyers
are dipping into the new crop before the
harvest is yet secured has reached us,
and 1t is said 20 be am effort to secure
crops i'll certain choice growing sections
or from growers whose reputation for
handling is established AS is usually
the case when n dealer jumps into the
field, others follow, precipitating a chase,
and this has brought about Mt
not intended to open the market or to
set the pace for prices of the present
crop. No dealer likes to sit quietly by
and see his competitor scoop in all the
cream, and this influences him to take a
hand. Thus it is that it is always easier
to start a prairie fire than to stop it. One
thing at least is certain, these hurries in
the tobacco market always work to the
advantage of the farmer. The good
hard which prompts him to take
IN the situation and profit thereby, is
c~ommendable.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20

l, H.. Lindemann, cashier of the above
named bank, Bank of Viroqua, do so}emly
swear that the foregoing statement is true to
the best of my knowledge and belief.
III. LINDEMANN, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before mt thiS76 10th
day of September, 1899.
JACKSON SILBAUGH, Notary fablic.
Vernon County. Wis.
Attest: W. E. LINDEN ANN. Director.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20
Wanted at Westhv.

The Alliance and other stores in West
by will pay rs cents per hundred for
mixed rags, 4 cents for old rubber, 8 cts.
for copper, mixed scrap iron % cents per
hundred. S. HEgSH, Buyer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20
e Great Lines of Goods When You Come 10 The Fair.
Clothing Dept.

We have received u fall stock of
clothing, which is the largest we ever
put in u store, and we guarantee to
give you old prices, which is a great adj
vantage, because prices are rapidly adj
vancing.
COME AND SEE OUR BOYS CLOTH
ING.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20

You'll never get tired, tagged out
disappointed, unhappy, or make mistakes
IN marriage If you use Rocky Mountain
Tea, johnson q Co., druggists
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20
BANK STATEMENTS.

ID EPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDI~
III tion of the Bank of Viroqua, located ass
VIroqua, state of Wisconsin, at the close Of
business on the 9TH day of Sept, 1899.
RECpIrRCES
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20

i, Il. Z. Packard, cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the foregoing state
ment is true to the best of my knowledge a nd be
lief. II E. PACKARD, Cashier.
Subscribed aud sworn to before me this 14th
day of September. 1899.
l.. s. GRIFFIN, Notary Public.
Attest: II. p. PROCTOR, Directe r.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20

STATE OF WISCONSIN, !,

IUONI4 OI FhhNUNf
/, Carl o. Brye of the above named bank,
Bank of Westby. do solemnly swear that the
knowledge and belief.
CARL o. BRYE, Cashier.
Subscribed aud sworn to before me this 18th
day OF Sept, 1899. Fl. e. PACKARD,
Notary Public.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20
SILKSAND DRESS TRIMMINGS.

Exclusive designs in the very latest silks
and dress trimmings is what this de-
partment offers; something you can
not find everywhere, and something
strikingly new is what you want. We
have it:
Fancy corded Taffetta Silks, 4 O0pr
all colors, nice for a waist. f.UUyd
Persian figures with stripe, very , On
latest in silks, at 81. 80 o.. k.UU
Black satin Duchess, one dollar o.
quality at OJS
Black satin Duchess, dollar and IN
a quarter quality at. ......... i.UU
Black satin Duchess, dollar and 1 IN
a half quality t............. I.kU
A full line of plain imported tatfettes.
If you are contemplating purchasing,
1t will pay you well to visit this depart
ment.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20

plaid skirting, wor tn on the marke
Si, yard i0me'hins novel per STAT.
JVAN" .'''.s 4tst Q
AZ inch wool crepons, should retail for
Sl.O0. Our special price, per E7c
JoN0 : : E : = = 3. d. . 9. . . . . . . = . . . = . = 80.
46 inch Poplins, all %colors, regular 81, 80
qu Tard' put on the table per Q0C
40 in. all wool, imported plaid skirting
good value at 81. 90, Il special 7r.
............ - ~
40 in. all wool plaid skirting, which
others charge IS cents for, our e.
PIASS q.
You should see the elegant line of
black a.-d colored crepons.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20
DRESS GOODS.

This department
is alive with new
strictly up-to-date
cloths, demonstrate
ing to all that we
arr headquarters
in Vernon county
for dress goods.
SO inch plaid skirt
ing, copied from
very fine imported
styles, a spec DC
fall. per I'd.
ild inch bamaSDuu
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20

DEPORT OF Fl FINANCIAL CONDITION
IL Of The Vernon County Baak. located at vi
roqus, state Of Wisconsin, at the close of bust
ness on the 7h day of September, 1899.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20
CARPET Department.

Just received a full line of all grades
of carpets, in Moquettes, Administers,
Brussels, and all grades of ingrains.
TIC close, 8 pieces of heavy super, Nc
Atwood ingrains, regular 30, at III
3 pieces heavy, strictly all-wool AOr
ingram, newest of patterns. =. ~
10 pieces heavy uper one-half ihc
wool ingram, at ............ 1UN
5 pieces union heavy wool in 33H..
grain, at ID ~
10 pieces fancy hemp carpet 1Sr
at. W.
20 pieces straw mating, 11HT30r
in all grades, FROM. IL OJUS
Is pieces ingram and Brussels, stair
carpets AT ALL PRICES.
Full line Rugs: and also a complete 4
of samples of high grade carpets. You
can order carpets at Chicago prices,
all cut and made ready for your
Come and see them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20

~ The state fair, held in Milwaukee last
week, was a great success. Inc society
netts upwards of one thousand dollars.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20
Drapery Department.

We have just imported. through u
agents in New York, a full line of new
est novelties in Lace curtains, in Bruss-
els nets, in Irish points, Battenbergs and
R4 f9o1 Cords in prices S4.OO5SiOPpFF
No. 1920, % pair domestic lace ur- Ia
tains. regular price 80 cents, at 4JA
No. 1902, 10 pair domestic lace cur o.
tains, regular price 81. %, at. -. ~
No. 1899, IS pair domestic lace CT 1s
curtains at DI.kJ
No. 1894, 10 pair domestic lace CT on
curtains, regular price So, at 0I.O1
No. S597, 10 pair domestic lace c. s0
curtains at ............. S|sUU
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20

Ill Case lObS, dAu we CldlLu w
give you better value for the money
than you can get elsewhere.
Ladies extra heavy, fleece lined, ~
ribbed underwear, same grade ~
we sold last year for 40c, at. ~
Ladies half-wool ribbed vests and 100
pants, regular Coo, at. ........ 4ON
Ladies half-wool flats, vests and TIC
pants, at. lJ~
Ladies all-wool, ribbed pants and 0Qr
vests, at wv
Men heavy ribbed fall under 1Er
wear, regular price SOC, at. 80. LJI
Men wool feeced at..............47 cts
Men wool feeced fronts, reg CT IN
ular 81. rs, at. communion. pIsoI
Childrens heavy cotton. size 49, and o.
4 cts additional for each adtl size "
Childrens extra fine ribbed, heec- f0C
ed, size 16, extra value, at...... lUN
Boys extra heavy wool fleece at. &c
Boys fine ribbed, t.............. LU~
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20
Underwear Dept.

We call your attention to the fact that
our full line of underwear is made at
the factory expressly for us, and are
purchased in case lots, and we claim to
give you better value for the money
than you can get elsewhere.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20
HANDK ERCHIEFS.

The L. gest and
best assorted line
that we have ever
offered. By pur-
chasing direct we
are enabled to of
fer you values
which others who
purchase through
jobbers cannot give
1t will pay you to
see what an elegant
line we have.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20
SHOE DEPT.

Don't overlook this department. if you
want up-to-date shoes and good values.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-24
THE ROBERTS CASE.
A Simple Question Of Fact, Not of
Sentiment.
Washington Post.

Washington Post.
There seems to us to be but one ques-
ton of serious consequences in this yocifer-
Gus controversy over the Roberts case,
and that is whether he has violated the
law. He is a Mormon. He does not deny
il. Moreover, it is established beyond the
reach of doubt or challenge that he was
dwelling. in polygamy when the Edmunds
bill became a law. All that may be con-
coded and set aside as having nothing to
do with the discussion. AS We say, the
question is whether he is a criminal.
He was not a lawbreaker originally. He
might have had a thousand wives. but he
was not a malefactor so long as there was
no statute to condemn him. Neither could
he be successfully arraigned even after the
promulgation of the Edmund law for any
act committed previously. There was
nothing in nts that hats law sna r cSiIdrnns a ar% he be
would have been less than human had ne
committed such an infamy. The whole
not Violated the law-and he can have
lone so only since its enactment-there
is no case against him. If he has violated
the law, of course, he is a felon, and,
therefore, cannot be seated in Congress.
There is nothing else in it. Roberts was
duly elected by an unquestioned majority,
and, according TO the spirit as Well as the
letter of our institutions. he must be re-
garded as the lawful representative OF the
people of that district. HE cannot be kept
out Of Congress because he is a member or
the Mormon Church. This government was
not founded for the purpose OF promoting
any one religious creed at the expense OF
another. 1t was created, on the contrary,
in order that men might be free TO wor-
ship God according TO their ideas and
preferences, and its honor and perpetuity
depend upon the preservation of that ar
rangement. If there be against Roberts
nothing more than the fact that he was
an adherent of pclygamy before the en-
action of a law prohibiting polygamy, the
House cannot, IN dccency or justice, de-
prive him of his scar. If, however, he has
violated that law; IL he has taken another
wife since the advent of a legal prohibit
ton, then he is a criminal, and it will be
not only the right, but the solemn duty or
the House to repulia.e him.
The question, in a wo-i, IL one Of fact
not of sentiment or ;heolosy. No individual
or combination Of individuals ran set up a
moral or religious standard for Congress.
1t makes not the slightest difference that
somebody in New York or Boston objects
to a representative elected by the people
of a certain district OF Utah. They have
no business to NEEDLE in the matter. 1t is
no concern of theirs. The one considera-
ton of weight and import is that OF Rob-
erts's standing before the law. II he be a
felon, a malefactor, then he should not
be permitted to sit in Congress. The House,
therefore, has but one obligation to dis
c~harge-that of determining the fact Of
RobertS's guilt or innocence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-24
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Hiram Maxim first turned his attention
to gunmaking in a very small way so late
as 1884, yet to-day his firm employs over
fourteen thousand men.
Mrs. Gully. wife of the speaker of the
House of has. the invidious task
of dispensing tickets for seats in the select
portion of the ladies' gallery in the House.
Gen. William B. HaZen. the first husband
of Admiral Dewey's wife, was. like Dewey,
a native of Vermont. He was a graduate of
West Point and was considered one of the
ablest officers in Sherman'S army.
On a wreath placed on the coffin of Grant
Allen by Mr.. LIE Gallienne and his wife was
this inscription:
"Perchance a little light will come with
Perchance / Shall but sleep"
1t Is related by a Kansas boy that recent
ly when his regiment entered one of Aguin-
aldo's capitals a huge pile of short ropes
was found. Inquiry revealed that they were
intended TO tie the Americans with when
they should be taken prisoners.
Prof. Archibald Coolidge, of Harvard, and
his father, j. Randolph Coolidge, have CIV
en- TO the university fifteen thousand books
from the library of the late Count Paul
Rant, mostly. works on the crusades and
the history of the Latin East. More than
one hundred Of the books were printed be-
fore 800.
Gen. Sir William Penn Symons. who died
in the hands of the Beers at Dundee, owed
his second name to the circumstance that
his grandmother was one Agnes Penn, who,
according to her memorial tablet, was "a
lineal descendant of the excellent William
Penn, and inherited many Of his pious and
amiable qualities
Maitre Labori. in spite Of his continued
Ill health, is still hard at work upon his
book treating the whole of the Dreyfus
case. In an interview. last week. the author
said that he hoped France would benefit by
its publication and that he could show that
"a few ScoundrelS do not represent a ma
ton nor a dozen demoralized officers an
army"
The University of Chicago has adopted a
system OF concessions calculated to draw
students from foreign countries. So far it
has been applied only to Japan. On the
as another. the university will accept a
unit Of study in japanese for the same
amount OF work In English. Chinese. the
classic for the japanese, will be accepted
In lieu of Greek.
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Catholic Standard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-24
GIVE US A MIGHTY A V
Americas Danger and Defense Nat
uralIy Are on the Sea.

New York Journal.
II the naval programme adopted at the
last session of Congress were well under
way, the increase just proposed by the
board of construction would give an assur-
ance Of satisfactory progress. Congress last
winter authorized the construction of three
frst-class battleships, three armored cruis-
ers of 1900 tons each, and six protected
cruisers of about 5000 tons. The new prof.
ect Is for three armored cruisers Of 1880
tons-the largest craft Of any class ever
built for our ~navy-three protected cruisers
of 5000 tons, and twelve 500 and ~1,000-ton
gunboats. These two lots together would
give us nine ships of 1900 tons and up
ward-all equivalent to battleships in fight
ing power-nine formidable cruisers and
twelve gunboats-thirty modern Ships in all.
This force would be more than a match for
the entire navy with which we thrashed
Spain. But unhappily it is still on paper.
Not one single ship of the lot has been be-
gun-not even a contract has been let. The
excuse is that nothing could be done for
the battleShips and armored cruisers be-
cause Congress fixed the price of arInOr so
low. But that does not explain why 1t has
taken so long to begin the small protected
cruisers. which require no armor. Appar-
emily we should have been no further adj
vanced, even If the armor squabble had
never come up.
1t is to be hoped that the new Congress
will make a suitable provision for all the
proposed ships. including a settlement of
the armor question, and that the Navy De-
partment will push the actual work of con-
struction as vigorously as If there were a
war in sight. The navy we used in last
years war was one that we had built in
peace-we got no service from ships that
were unfinished when war broke out. The
American people are ready now to pay for
the navy that their position requires, and
that means at least the second, if not the
first. navy in the world. Germany, France
and Russia must defend themselves on land.
danger and our safety are by sea, and
any of them. Let Congress see that we
get IL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-24

paraded before the public as one who is to
bring a suit. There is not a word of truth
in the Islander and no incident which could
have suggested such a relation between the
parties. Who started this story and what
could have been the object of the person
doing IL? Has it become the part of the
professional reporter o. correspondent to
invent ISLANDERS for which there Is no basis?
The scavenger in newspaper work is bad
enough. but this making Of such ISLANDERS
as that published about Admiral Dewey and
the protesting woman is an infamy which
should cause the man who gave it to the
papers TO be blacklisted as something more
detestable than the common sneak.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-24

rms renee Is a high iron structure which
MAS quilt around the grounds more than
nIty years ago. Every year il receives the
preservation The process of grooming in
tnis case consists of scraping and the ap-
pncation, OF a coat of paint. The laborers
are employed by the day, and, as is Gus
tomary in such cases, they TAX a stroke,
stop and answer questions. look up and
Gown the street TO see whether there Is a
car coming or going, and so pass away
the time. In this way the process OF paint
ing the fence becomes a lengthy one. 1t is
that il costs the government $40
lining over a mile around the White House
!fSt, and as this same process has been gone
tnSough with year after year for half a
century this simple-looking fence repre-
sentv a great many good American dollars.