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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-01-14

Attention is called to the benefits en-
joyed by subscribers to the PALAMA CO
OPERATIVE GROCERY CO., LID. has
cisco prices, credit to subscribers to the
amount of shares held, profit Of the bust
ness retnrned to subscribers every months
probable increase III value of shares, with
a liberal discount off monthly bills. And
now what are the risks. We answer none,
because subscribers can either sell their
shares or take groceries to their amount,
II yon want to withdraw or 20 away.
Please consider the above and call or
address, Palama Cooperative Grocery Co.,
Lid, for a share or for further information,
Par valne of shares $25, or $3.50 only
being required to become subscriber.
Telephone 755. 920 II
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oamarinos' Refrigerator.

Per AUSTRALIA-Plums, Peaches,
Celery, Cauli6ower, Fresh Salmon,
Crabs, Founders, Frozen Oyster,
(tin and SHELLY, Apples, Grapes, Or
anges, Figs, Lemons, Turkeys and
game in season, Cranherries, Bur
bank Potatoes, Fine Olive Oil, New
Crop of Dry Fruit, Nuts, Raisins,
etc, etc.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT MARKET
Telephone 1873.
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ToNaAN STAMPS.

rrHE MOST BEAUTIFUL EVER IS
Il sued So for full set, cancelled or I'M
cancelled, including several odd South Sea
Islands. Also few large official envelopes
with Royai crest, out Of date now, at VI
apiece. Address,
X. McLENNAN,
Tonga, Friendly Islands
T. o. Box 80. 1066-6m
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RIsDON IRON g. LOCOMOTIVE
WORKS.
5s2-tf San Francisco. Cal
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Ring up Telehone lib if any one
desires a good rubber tired hack
with careful drivers. j. S. Andrade
Manager City Carriage Co.
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BISHOP e co.
Savings Bank

On October LIST, 1898, and
continuing until further no
tice, Savings deposits will be
received, and interest allowed
by this Bank, at four and
one-half per cent. per annum.
The terms, rules and reg
ulations of the Hawaiian Pos
tai Savings Bank will be
adopted as far as it is practic-
able to apply them. and the
CASH RESERVE of $4,000
required under the Postal Act
will be maintained.
Printed copies of the Rules
and Regulations may be oh.
tanned on the first of October
on application.
BISHOP & co.
Honolulu, Sept. Z, 1898.
99O-tf
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29
The Advantage of One Eye.

During the late Spanish-An4 sTican
war certain old colonel who had lost
an eye at the battle Of Gettysburg was
very indignant because he was put
aside as physically incapacitated, when
he applied for admission to one of the
New York volunteer regiments.
Filled with wrath and chagrin, the
Colonel journeyed to Washington, bent
on having personal interview with
the President. He succeeded in gaining
an audience, and the President, after
listening to his plea, said kindly:
But, my good Colonel j., You have
only one eyer
.Just so, sir, was the prompt re-
joinder; shut can't you see the great
advantage of my having only one eye?
When / aim my gun | sha'n't have to
close the otherv'
He fought at Santiago.-Youth's
Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29
DEADLY SNAKES.
Various Signs by Which Their Char
acter Nav Be Recognized.

Various Signs by Which Their Char
acter Nav Be Recognized.
| TO distinguish between venomous and
harmless snakes is easy in practice, bnt
| it is difficult to explain in words alone,
as there is noone external characters
| tic which distinguishes them. Itisrather
q peculiar varying union of many sep
arate marks that brands the dangerous
reptile.
Generally speaking, all snakes may
be divided into two great classes
those whicl navethe head covered with
numerous small scales and those which
have it covered with large, regularly
fitted plates. Leaving out the elipidae
| and poisonous sea snakes, with which
the hunter win have nothing to do, all
snakes with small head scales move
about by night, and those with large
plates on the head by day. This may be
known by their eyes, for the first have
vertical pupils like the cats while those
of the latter are generally circular in
form. The long, active day snake,
gliding about from Dusk to bush, or
hurriedly taking refuge beneath some
protruding rock or tree stump, is harm
les,. Even should he lie coiled in the
sunshine he will flee from approaching
danger But serpent nicely coiled in
some secluded nook, which, instead of
fleeing, gathers himself closer together,
is most probably dangerous, particular
ly if he be more or less marked with n
suggestion of irregular crossbars or
whitish or dirty yellow and darker
brown or blackish. This is tie char
acteristic coloring of our most danger
Gus snakes, the RATHER, the eopperhead,
and the moccasin.
The following points embrace ali
the peculiarities of our American vi
pers, and the last two are especially
noteworthy as the browning proofs of
venom:
% Moving about at dusk or by
night, generally on the ground, and
very rarely ascending trees or bushes.
(2) Seldom fiviug in alarm, but rather
coiling fer defense. 90 Colors gener-
ally subdued in tint. with semblance
of irregular crossbars Of lighter and
darker shades. a. Tail short. body
stout, neck thin, head fiat and very
broad, especially behind. 90 Scales
keeled, |. e., each scale has ridge
down the middle, which gives the skin
rough appearance like a rasp. 90
Head covered with small scales, some
times larger over the eyes or nose. 10
Eyes with vertical pupils like cats
Isl Two pits or holes between the eyes
and nose, suggesting four nostrils. t9l
Two long, curved, perforated fangs In
the upper jaw just in front OF the eye,
one on either side, and SO hinged that
they lie backward, hidden from view
in membranous sheath. but erectile
at will.
Some Of the first seven peculiarities
may be found in harmless snakes, but
it is only in the yipers that they are
united. Outing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29
The Present Day Pic.

The pig of to-day is infinitely supe-
rior to that which was generally found
in this country. say. quarter of a
century since. OF this there appears
to be little doubt, and. further. the
breeders of pure bred pigs would APP
pear TO be well within their right when
claiming that this marked improve
ment was mainly owing TO the pigs
which had been distributed from thelS
herds, principally for crossing In the
more ordinary farm pigs. But do the
pure bred pigs of to-day possess any
thing approaching as many of those
commercial points as they should pos
sess or are they so much in advance of
the common country pigs as they We're
two or three decades since? We fear
not And yet the difficulty of improv-
ing the pig stock of the country is
now far greater than 1t was In years
gone by, owing to the difference in
form and quality between the two
classes of pig having become less PRO-
nounced.
Another difficulty presents itself to
the breeders Of pure bred pigs of to-
day-the public taste, or fashion, de-
mands a pig Of the form and substance
which Is somewhat contrary to the
form Of the original pig, which car
ried the greater part of its weight in
the fore quarters, whereas now the
pig of to-day must furnish the greater
portion of its meat from the ribs and
hind quarters. Thus the pig of to-day
must be a manufactured article. since
the wild hog, from which all our do
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29
Profit in souab..

Make each pair of birds take GER
tain box. For instance. If the birds
seem TO prefer high box, give it to
them; IL low one, choose one nearer
the floor. One can always judge by
their actions. All the empty boxes
must be kept closed. 1t is surprising
how quickly they will learn their own
boxes, and once settled the male bird
deies all intrusion. BY so doing you
learn all your birds by sight, and If
there are odd or strayed ones in the
flock they may be removed. AT night
is the best time to look them over.
Feed little besides corn and wheat,
with a box of oyster shells and grit.
To avoid disease clean the boxes from
which the squads have been taken to
kill and scrape the floor once week
or every two weeks. Keep air-slacked
lime and carbolic acid scattered about
profusely and the disease will soon de-
part This must be done frequently
the year round. as perseverance and
constant attention are the only way
to success.--Farmers' Voice.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29
Great Yield of Wheat.

In Belgium they SOW small piece
Of few square rods with wheat, sow
ing seed broadcast and rather thickty,
usually In September. They then pre-
pare a field by blowing deeply In mar
row burrows, putting on edge several
times, and then narrowing with fine
harrow to kill any weeds that may
come 1t is. however, left in the rough
furrow after the last blowing. which
gives a chance for the frost to pull
verize the soil, and kill insect eggs or
pupa. In the spring this field is heav-
lily MANFRED, plowed, narrowed, and
finally raked with an iron-toothed rake.
A marker then marks rows ten inches
apart, and burrows two or three inches
deep are made along the mark. Anoth-
er takes up the plants from the bed
where the wheat was sown in the fall.
separating them to single plants and
rejecting any poor ones. These plants
are put in the burrows about four
inches apart, the roots well covered
with soil, and then patted down solid
with the back of the shovel. At times
the soil is stirred with hoe and all
weeds killed. Where four or five work
together, each doing his or her own
part of the work, for women and chill
dren assist at 1t, the transplanting ia
done very rapidly. The plants being
strong stool out to 20 or 40 stems each,
the ground is well covered, and it is
said 100 bushels per acre is a-commoD
yield, and from that to $50 bushels. a
three-acre field is large one there, but
it yields as much as many 2G-acre
fields In this country. Labor is more
abundant than land, but little seed
on a little land produces large crop
American Cultivator.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29
and they threw them back into the
sea.-Atlanta Journal.



Two regiments were stationed On on
posite sides Of the river. A chap,ain
went to work on the men composlry
the regiment stationed on the nortS
side of tne river with good success. A
number OF the men were converted and
ne lott that regiment and went to con-
tinue his missionary work in the regi-
ment on the south side of the river.
After laboring sosae time, Il longer
time than he hid done with the other
regiment, he found that he would not
be 50 successful. Only about d dozen
men We're baptized from the last regI-
ment The chaplain had a talk with
the colonel and mentioned the fact that
SO few OF the men had been baptized.
How many men did you say were
baptized In the other regimentg the
colonel asked the chaplain sharply.
Twenty -four. was the reply from
the chaplain.
The colonel turned quickly around
to his orderly with the quick ccm.
mand: Detail thirty-fiye men at once
TO be baptized Immediately by the chap
lain. | don't propose to let any one
horse regiment get ahead Of us In any
way. We've got reputation to sus-
tain
1t is needless to say the order was
carried out, and by the baptizing of the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29

WILDCAT SMITH. valor. Few people
would discover In his face or manner
any of those traits that distinguish a
duelist. but he has demonstrated that
he possesses them all in an eminent de-
gree by ordering pistols and coffee
for two" more than once. Upon one
occasion he had the audacity to invite
General Houston, who was at that
period president of the republic, to
come out and exchange shots" with
him. He says that the old warrior
"foored" him by coolly making note
on q slip of paper and putting 1t In his
desk. In answer to the enraged chal-
lenger's inquiry, the General simply
said: Mr.. Smith, you are the for
tieth; when have killed these other
thirty-nine damned scoundrels who
have challenged me will accommo-
date you. Be patient, SIR
Smith came to Texas In 1886, and
served in the Texan army through all
the long wars with Mexico. He was
also soldier In the great civil war,
and when that ended he enlisted to
fight Indians and remained on the bor-
der until there were no more Co
manches to shoot.
On one occasion Smith was captured
by a rowing band of Comanches, many
Of whom were well known to him,
They frankly told him that they In
tended to make him run the gauntlet
and burn him at the stake when they
reached their village on Devil River.
The captive had flask of whisky,
which the chief took away from him.
After taking several drinks the old
warrior asked Smith IL he could play
"seSen up. Smith proudly boosted
that he could beat any man living play
ing that particular game. This an
swer appeared to put the Indian on his
mettle, and he at once proposed that
they should halt by The side of the war
path and play for the highest stakes
that mortal men ever waged on game
of chance-life. Smith eagerly agreed
to the proposal, and they sat down I'M
der a tree and dealt the cards on a
blanket. The other warriors dismount-
GA anu uAAAOu5iy WdtCnc0 Lie 6hluc.
The chiefs name was Big Laugh, So
called on account Of a natural grin that
marked his features. After a short
time they stood to 6, and 1t was
Smiths deal. He ran the card off
and turned jack from the bottom.
Smith had won his liberty and Big
Laugh told him that he might go; but
the Texan had something else In view
He might have walked away, but he
determined upon another act which
marks him as generous soul possessed
of the highest courage. There was a
young white girl tied on one of the
ponies who was weeping in the most
piteous agony. Smith coolly proposed
to play another game, stalking his life
against the liberty of this young girl.
Big Laugh was evidently pleased with
the white mans courage, and after tax
Ing another drink he began to shuttle
the cards. The girl was cut loose from
the pony and made to stand on the
blanket, while the thongs for binding
Smith in case he lost were thrown at
her feet. Again they played a close
game, and at the end of a short time
| stood 6 to 9; but it was Big Laughs
deal. With what awful interest that
poor girl must have watched the turn
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29

Raleigh, N. G.. has the largest pair
of oak trees in the United States, when
perfect symmetry of trunk and top Is
taken into consideration. They stand
300 yards north of the capitol. There
is practically no difference IN their d.
mansions. The diameter of trunk at
the ground level is 9 feet. and six feet
higher up Is ia feet. 1t is thirty feet
from the ground to the first limb. The
branches radiate in the most symmet-
rical manner, and cover space of 10
feet in diameter. Under one tree the
entire Episcopal diocesan convention
once met. The height of the oaks is
9S feet. Their trunks are not irregu-
lar or roughly buttressed. They are
red oaks, and their age is estimated at
GOO years Their vitality is perfect.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29

ing of that trump. The Indian slowly
dealt the cards, and, peeping at the
trump, hideous grin spread over his
face.
81 was sure that all was lost, and
was just in the act of springing at his
throat" says Smith, when he turned
the queen of hearts for trump. He
could not give me, of course, and held
botn the ace and deuce Of hearts"
Big Laugh was by this time hilari-
ously drunk and in a most excellent
good humor. He not only kept his
word and gave Smith and the young
girl their liberty, but he furnished them
two ponies and allowed Smith to take
his gun. The liberated captiyes reach,
ed the settlements In safety.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29
Potash for Clover.


A crop of clover reduirc, great deal
of potassium round numbers about
forty-fve pounds to the ton of hay
not counting that taken by the roots
which is returned TO the soil as they de
cay. Naturally potash would be one Of
the best fertilizers to buy to grow clio
YER, if there were NO potash in the soil.
Most soil has a good supply of potash
The trouble is that it is not in form
that can be dissolved and taken up by
the plant, or at least disso.ves but slow
~ as the sand disintegrates. To assist
IN this work, of which Nature does a
little each year by decaying vegetable
matter, the farmer needs to plow in
. more vegetable matter, green crops OF
almost any kind, heavy sods, clover be
ing the best, and stable manure. 1t has
been estimated that load of stable
manure liberates more potash from the
soil than it furnishes
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29
Flies and Mosquitoes.

At meeting Of entomologlsts at Co
lumbus, Ohio, last summer, paper
was read in which an expert connected
with the Russian Government reported
that the gadfiies, sometimes known as
horseflies or deerllies In different Sec
tions, would be destroyed by covering
the surface of the pools of water from
which they drink with thin film of
Kerosene oil. Sometimes covering one
such pool win destroy them over large
section of country. Some time ago
Prof. l.. o. Howard of the Agricultural
Department, reported that the use of a
small quantity of Kerosene in this way
on ponds and other pools of stagnant
water would destroy the larva Of the
mosquitoes that bred there, and IL 1t
Win also destroy gadflies 1t would be
W ell worth making use of 1t in sections
where these insects are continual tor
ment to man and beast and more es.
pecially to the poor beasts that must
stay all day in the pastures near these
pouds and swamps.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29
Zebra Culture.

On several South African farms ex-
periments have been tried with Bur
chelrs zebra. The zebras become as
tame as ponies. and are readily broken
In for draft work The object If theia
tanners has been to breed mule which,
like the zebra, Is proof against the
tsetse fiy. The zebras themselves run
well enough In mule team. though
they cannot stand over-drivfng.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29
First Bank Run in London.

The first run" upon the banking in
situations in London of which any rec
ord exists took place In 1867, in which
several Lombard stree bankers and
goldsmitEs who had loaned out the
money intrusted to them found them
selves unable to meet demands for i'm
mediate payment. Many creditors as
sembled and riots ensued. Four bank
ers were hanged at then own doors
before order could be restored and the
creditors persuaded that they were not
being swindled.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29

All Hands Wanted.

a novel poster was seen by a recent
soiourner in Nova Scotia. 1t was
printed on rough paper with red paint.
in a childish hand. and was tackled to
d telegraph pole in a conspicuous posi-
ton.
There win be concert and fair in
Mrs. Parsons sitting room to-day, July
twenty. at two o'clock sharp Admir-
sion-Adults, i've cents, children, two
cents. babies. two for cent"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29
Here's a Water Heater.

There is no question about the advis-
ability of taking the chill off the water
that is given 10 cattle in the winter.
The problem is to secure a practical.
cheap way of warming the water The
illustration shows how this may be
done. The trough Is raised as. shown.
and circular opening cut in the bot
tom. A thick body Of white lead is
spread about this opening and sheet
of galvanized iron is then tackled firm
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29

When | went to haul In my shocked
corn. says q correspondent, having no
Iow-wheeled wagon and no one to help
me, found it would be poor business
loading by myself from the ground.
took good inch plank about eight feet
long: bored hole near one end. tied
to rod at back end OF wagon bed, close
up. so one end would rest on end eff
bed floor and other end on the ground;
nailed several cieats on top side to
walk up on. put all on bed from ground
l could, after standing two pieces In
front end between endgate and rod;
then take up armful, walk up on plank
and load to front end and walk down
Let plank drag. Always ready when
you stop. Commence unloading from
the hack end. Unloaded under shed
all nv myself.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29

mesticated pigs are descended, was so
formed for defense and for the search
for roots, bulbs, etc, that the major
portion of its weight was in the fore
quarters. We not only have to attempt
ITO. produce pigs totally dissimilar in
form and character to the original
9dation stock, but we have to be
7 particular in mating animals
IN as similar a source as possible,
We inevitably produce pig with
many of the undesirable points of the
parents, and with few of those quail
ties which we are anxious to see ex.
emplified in the pig of to-day.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29
cure for Gancs for chickens.

Here Is sure cure. Have tried 4
more than fifteen wears. lust take .
feather--one out Of the wing is best
and dip 1t in any Kind Of grease and pu-
Ii in the hens or chickens mouth and
chnrn 1t up and down the windplpe two
or three times. II dissodges the worm
Ia the throat and sends Il oats r. Nlets
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29
silnge for Fattening Cattle.

At the Ontario Agricultural College
they fed three lots of two steers each as
follows: Lot had 81 pounds OF en-
silage each. lot 2, 81 pounds of sllage
and.9 pounds Of hay, lot 3, 43 pounds of
roots and IL pounds OF hay. Each had
about Il pounds day of grain. consist
ing of ground peas, barley and oats.
Lot weighed 2,7S9 pounds at the begin
ming, and in 146 days gained 555 pounds
or 10 pounds each per day. Lot
weighed 2,T35 pounds at first aud
gained in same time AS pounds, or 1.53
pounds each per day. Lot 3 weighed
2.672 pounds, and in the time gained 537
pounds, or 1.S4 pounds day. The gain
by feeding only ensllage and grain was
not much larger than tina. on roots and
hay with grain, but all estimates indi-
cate that the sllage is much more easily
and cheaply produced, the 81 pounds
requiring less land and less labor than
the 43 pounds of roots. to say nothing
of cost Of the hay.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29

s. s. s., and after o few bottles were used, no.
ticed perceptible improvement. Con inuing
the remedy, the disease was forced out of my
system, and q complete cure was the result.
Iadvise all who have this dreadful disease to
Gbandon their local treatment, which has never
done them any good, and take s. s. s., a REM
edy that can reach the disease and cure IT."
To continue the wrong treatment for
Catarrh is TO continue to suffer. Swift's
Specific is a real blood remedy, and
cures obstinate, deep-seated diseases,
which other remedies have no effect
whatever upon. 1t promptly reaches
Catarrh, and never fails to cure even the
u,ocf aUgravsfpd caaoa
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29

well, Texas. He
does not look like d
lawyer, but he has
nevertheless. 3 a t
upon a camp stool
and decided cases
Of the greatest Inn
portance. He does
not bear any very
m ar k e q i'esem-
blance to a general,
but he has com
manded a consider
acie FORCE IN battle,
and while military
critics might have
complained that be
was deficient in
strategic ability,
none ever charged
him with a lack of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-11-29

>
and washes, and differ
emit inhaling remedies
In facs, 1 sva.d feel that
each winter / was worse
than the year previous.
"F in lily 1t wa o
brought to my motto 9
that Ca tarrh was q blood
disease, and after think
ing over the matter, /
saw 1t wasunreasonable
to expect to be cured by
remedies wifi III only
reached the surface. I
then decided to try