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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05
TALK FROM CANNON.
CAuSTic COMMENT, ON Ti4E
BRYAN CAMPAIGN.
After Advising the Adoption of the
Spanish Treaty, Candidate Bryan
Criticizes the Policy of Retaining
the Philippine Islands.

Uncle Joe Cannon of Danyille. chair
man Of the House committee on appro-
priations has made hot iupromptu
speech in Cuicago on the issues q the
campaign. He diaa't start out TO make
speech but was drawn into it before
he kaew il. Congressman Cannon was
at Republican congress l0nal headquarters
TO see Chairman Babe lck. when i news
paper han caIue. in ami asked him for an
interview on tire political situation.
Mr.. Cannon seldom talks politics for
publication. Fe Is willing enough 10 be
interviewed ON congressional matters but
as rule is loath 10 discuss campaign
affairs. A few gruff remarks about a
party victory" usually IS the extent OF
his replies. At first he warded off the
Interview in his customary manner. while
Congressman Babcock of Wisconsin,
Hull of Iowa and Sherman Of New York
stood BY and smiled. Then somebody re-
marked that the Democrats charged the
Republicans with being afraid 10 discuss
anti-inperialisin. aud "Uncle Joe" shook
of his cloak of reticence and gave his
small but select audience an old school
political speech The Congressman list.
ened with interest
Il have made two speeches and in
tend 10 make some more" said Congress
man Cannon: and from this on | intend
to discuss this so-eallcd Imperialism bust
ness Why, il was Bryan who made the
ratification Of the treaty possible. That
treaty became the law of the land as soon
rs Bryan got the Democratic Senators to
vote for it. and now he is abusing the
Republican administration for carrying
out its provisions. Bryan's friends claim
he is patriotic and sincere l deny that
the facts-the plain cold facts-show him
to be sincere and patriotic. On the con
trary, they prove him to be Il demagogue.
insincere and guilty of rank treason"
The Republican Congressman looked
the applause they dared not express au-
dibly as Mr.. Cannon warmed to his sut-
ject Sc Bryan calls the doctrine Of in,-
perialism the doctrine of bnllies and cove
ards. does he: Well, as every sensible
thinking man knows, imperialism is IA
myth-a straw man which Bryan knocks
down with great display. Bus the so
called Imperialism cry was made posi-
bic only by Bryan's action in supporting
the adoption of the treaty. The Senate
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05

When we were young ii was found
that the pianks in the stable floor were
so damaged that il was desirable to
take them no and teplace them. They
had probably not been taken up for
many years, and the amount of fertil
izing material that was dug out there
and thrown into the baruyard was Il
revelation TO rs. We think we dug at
least four feet deep. and doubt if we
got the whole of the valuable material.
and perhaps much less than half of il.
Certainly it was well saturated or had
been with the liquids from the ST ibles.
and il was richer than the ordinary
BARNARD manure, as we found when
we put ii on the land, or when the
crops grew upon which we put it. The
hole we made was filed up with dry
sand. and If it has not been cleaned cut
since we would warrant that there are
several loads of good fertilizer there
nC-x. This taught Us 20 appreciate the
value of barn cellar in which tie ma
pure. both liquid and solid. could be
saved. and although we now would not
keep cows in a stable with cellar I'M
der il. or al least would never plan to
have manure cellar under the COWS, we
stil think that large share OF the fer
tiiizng value of the manure is lost
when there is not some arrangement
for saving the liquid as well as the
solid And for this we would have
cement floor, with movable plank
floor over ii. We would not have the
fumes of the manure coming up
through the floor into the room where
we had to do the milking. American
CHltivator.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05

erybody who wants TO work. Our folks
have just been getting their church
painted They put me on the commit
tee to attend to the matter, and the
hardest thing had to do was TO find a
painter Every painter to whom
went had work engaged ahead for the
season. At last | found a boy who
knew little about painting and gave
him the job, and be did very well Not
only has there been plenty of work, but
wages have been good and would buy
far more of the necessities and com
forts of life than the wages of the la
borer in the days of deprecated cur
rency after the civil war.
Meanwhile. everybody knows that
this prosperity has come about ~gsler
the Dingley tariff, under gold stand
ard. and under Republican admins.
tration. They also know that the Dem
ocratic platform dictated by Mr.. Bryan
denounces the plngley tariff and the
gold standard.
Ny boy. IT IS simply astounding to me
that any workingman, or farmer, or
business man should think seriously Of
voting the Democratic ticket this year
Leaving out the requirements of pat
riotlsm, self-lntfrest ought 10 make
every man a, Republican this year. a
supposition that tie nation will vote 70
tear down our protective system ana
precipitatc a financial revolution is 81
insult TO the intelligence Of the Amer
can people YOUR FATHER
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05

We advise those who have grown
peas and lost their crop this year by
reason of the pea louise on the vines not
to become discouraged and cease rlant-
iag them. Unless they differ very much
from other plant lice, year that sees
them most abundant may be followed
by many years before they are trouble
some again. TO cease planting peas
vii not exterminate them. rs they live
also upon clover and other plants. II
they make the pea crop less profitable a
few years. enough may stop planting
peas to make them good crop for
those who have them with no lice on
them.-A merican Cultivator.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05
Canninv Corn.

Ny corn kept finely this year, canned
Ia the following manner. Cut the corn
from the cob and pack ia jars as tight
as possible; take cob or small potato
masher and mash corn until milk coy
ers il. Success lies IN getting II packed
in tight cans Put on rubber and top
and fasten up cans. Put IN boiler, with
water sufficient to cover, and boil for
three hours and screw up tighter il
possible The year before last opened
my cans after boiling and filled them
with boiling water, and my corn all
spoiled Even if the corn docs look
dry, d. not open the cans Mrs. Earle
Kennedy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05
sherman as an Ear Fuller.

General Sherman was very impul-
sive at times" says veteran. II saw
him IN n great act down at Big Shanty
i'll June, 1864. The army was working
its way toward Atlanta, and it was
raining as only Southern clouds can
rain on Uncle Sans soldiers when
wagons We're behind and there was no
shelter. General Sherman's tent had
been pitched near the road, and the
General had just taken OFF bis heavy
boots and put on pair of snow White
stockings and loose slippers aud other
wise made himself comfortable, when
there was an upr0Gr on the road near
his headquarters.
"A teamster who had been whipping
the mules of his team TO make them
pull became exasperated beyond endur-
ance, and, using the butt end of his
heavy whip, began to club the mules
over the head. He was so brutal that
some of the soldiers passing protested,
and this increased bis rage The
screams of the belabored mules. the
curses of the enraged teamster, aud the
shouts of the soldiers made a din like a
riot, but the brutal beating went on
suddenly the flap of General Sher-
mans tent was thrown aside and the
figure of a tall, hare-headed officer. In
fatigue dress. white stockings and slip
pers, was projected through the .afn
into the center of the melee. This was
General sherman, and without a word
he seized the irate teamster. by the ear
and fairly lifted him from his feet.
There was an instant quiet. The mules
down In the mud waited for the next
blow. The teamster, recognizing the
| ear puller, was limp rs rag. The boys
in the road stopped to see what Uncle
Billy would do next.
For a minute you could hear moth
ing but the patter Of the rain. Then
sherman, still holding the transfers
ear in way T. make the fellow stand
on his toes, turned and marched the
prisoner to the rear, called the officer
in charge of the guard, and ordered
| that the beaten of mules be properly
| punished and never be given charge OF
another team. AS the General turned
| toward his tent after this exploit. the
| passing regiment gave him cheer and
the philosopher of our company re
marked: That's better than any cuss-
in | ever heard. Uncle Billy is a mas
| ter hand at ear pullin'.'"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05


Tie belief seems to prevail generally
that the rearing and feeding OF poultry
Is lot really special farm industry,
but that ii is one OF tie byways as
may be said, TO gather in odds and enas
OF profit by using gp some wastes OF
the farm that would otherwise be lost
We have al times mentioned some facts
which go TO slow that expensive podi-
try keeping may be made greatly more
profitable than some other DraLches OF
farm work and that the demand for
this kind of farm produce is increasing
SO rapidly and continuously that there
is no risk that it may be easily over
done.
Let us make a comparison. A COW
is worth as much as thirty bens any
where. 1t needs an average Of FIVE
acres of land to support cow. and TWO
under the most intensive system of
soii.ng and The silo. 1t requires the
time Of one person to attend TO ten
COWS as IL should be done. Thirty hens
may be kept on oae-foufh of an acre
OF land with ease, and one one-fourth
as much food as a COW must have, and
one person can attend to 800 hens with
ease. suppose we then take this COM
parison, thirty hens equal one cow as
10 cost; then how is the income IN COM
paidson? The figures given by a uoted
creamery as TO a herd of fourteen cows
kept by the leading patron show that
the average income, over and above
pnSf nf faaAinu Of fhQSQ
$1S,67. Ia truth the actual average of
all the cows existing is estimated at
about half as much as this. and thus
not more than the average net income
from four average hens making $3.50
each. This fact should go far TO raise
this useful farm ANNA, in the esti-
nation of those persons who are seek
ing profit-making from rural pursuits.
And if there We're no other items to so
TO the credit of the industrious and tire
less hen, this one should be sufficient
TO give her prominence as one of the
means of making rural life and indus
try profitable, and indeed alluriug
The business of rearing poultry is
simple and already well understood en-
'"iiiHS ~ eASessNe lhpoi' put slhipls
calling for atteLtion at intervals
through the day. The work required,
of course, is precise. and needs atten-
ton, but it is in no sense laborious and
is not without attractive conditions.
The result of certain investigations is
shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton which represents hen, a
bushel of corn she consumes in the
year. or the equivalent Of the mixed
rations required and the peck basket of
eggs numbering 100 Or the average
yield per hen of fairly good flock, but
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05
The Woman with the Broom.

1.-THE Man with the Hoe let others sing,
And to him ready tribute bring;
Tell Of his labor and unrest,
The sense Of wrong that riyes his breast;
How on his Atlas back he bears
The world, with al its tolls and cares,
His broken spirit wrapped in gloom
sing "The Woman with the Broom"
Smiling, within the door she stands,
Her busy broom in willing hands;
She makes the household wheels go
round
Without jar, with scarce a soIind;
To her the skies are always clear,
And, moving with q breath Of cheer,
She sweeps away the dust of gloom
This happy Woman with the Broom.
And while she works she sings song,
While all life's joys together throng,
That rings a call from roof 70 dome
Throughout her realm OF Home Sweet
Home;
Loves garden ncsiles round the door,
Where flowers OF fond affection bloom
And bow their rainbow heads before
The radiant Woman with the Broom.
Queen DER the home her seepter sways;
Her subjects walk In pleasant ways;
They love her rule. protect her right
Enjoy her sweetness, stren"'h and light.
And when, at last, she's called to rest.
Her children rise and call her blessed;
By cradle, altar and the tomb,
The faithful Woman with the Broom
George Birdseye, in Leslie's Weekly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05
Rand Clothes Spriukler.

Frank w Merritt, of New Bruins
wick, n. j., has patented the clothes
sprinkler shown in the illustration, the
objec; being TO provide an exceedingly
cheap and simple device which can be
rapidly filed with later and easily
operated to sprinkle the water over the
Clothes 10 be ironed, With this object
IN view the invention consists OF two
sections of tin. which fit tightly to-
gether, handle being attached to one
Of the sections The top portion of the
sprinkler has central perforation,
while the under part has a series Of
smaller perforatioBs through which the
water drops. When in use the nipple
ment is placed in bowl of water and
fills itself almost Immediately. After
each garment is dampened the sprln-
kler is returned to the bowl while the
garment is folded and the next one
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05
The Cow Puucher,

\ former cowboy says: When |
used to be COW puncher. the one thing
| dreaded was thunderstorm, for
lightning usually seeks out and strikes
the highest thing in the place where ii
hits, and out on the plains the mar on
horseback is the tallest thing out.
When a storm comes up you have con.
stantly TO ride hard. for the cattle get
restless and need close watching to
prevent them from stampeding. and |
can tell you it tries mans nerve when
you can see the lightning striking all
about you and know that it Is an al.
most even chance that il will ultimate.
~ seek you ont and STAY YOU
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05

The heated term AZ n trying season
for the stay-athome housekeeper.
Household duties, always bnrdensome,
become more so during the summer
time, aud yet few women understand
the art of lessening their responsible
ties. Wise honsekeepers discard the
heavy draperies, carpets and eumber-
some furniture, aad choose instead a
furnishing that is more suitable for the
heated season. What boon TO the
housekeeper TO be able TO dispense even
temporarily with the dust-collectIng
materall One can hardly realize how
refreshing barely furnished room Is
on a hot, dusty day.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05

Some people have good deal Of
trouble with brooder chickens in teach
ing them to eat. When they have a
len with them the work is easy, but
without a hen the task appears to be
difficult But really there will he no
trouble if the owner has few chicks
that have been taught ny the old hens
or have learned themselves. Simply
put some of these young chickens with
the others aud the lesson viii soon be
taught-Myron Jones. in Farmers Re
view
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05
Handling Annie :.

The time seems 10 be at hand when
colo storage must come in general use
for all late varieties. as the fruit comes
out so much brighter. Apples keep
letter when barreleu tight as soon as
picked. And here in New Jersey we
are il the habit of gathering too late
for best results DIR. Hoskins rule that
when the seeds color is the proper time
10 store may in the near future be
adopted BY all apple growers. says a
New Jersey orchardist.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05
Care of Farm Wax Horses.

Isn't ten hours Of labor III tie field
enough for man or beast: II so. you
should come in from the field al in
the evening. we ind thai we 60 as
much work in ten hours as the fur
teen-Eour men, and our horses don't
come in all tagged out either From
spring until fan when we come in from
the field AZ night we unbarEess tie
horses and turn them our. They fol-
and drink; then away they scaEpsr to
grass. Our pasture isn't q b"rel Ted.
but it IS nice and green with "a good
growth Of six or seven different grass
Is. Their feed is placed Ia 5Lgir man
gers. and just before dark the doors
are opened aud the horses called They
come readily. for they ELow that q
good feed is awaiting thenE A. grass
is digestec in about half the time dry
feed is il woGld seem IS though it
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05

should be the first feed instead OF the
last. Our horse barn is 20 by 40, with
east and west doors and window In
front OF each team: TO bad light or
ventilation here. There is plenty Of
good straw given for bedding and the
horses lock well, are never sick aud
do as much work rs tle average horse.
Homestead.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05

For this trouble spray thoroughly
with Bordeaux mixture. beginning soon
after The plants are set and spray
every month throughout the season
ID beds should be plowed under OF
moved of after bearing and then
@prayed once or twice. Some varieties
are more susceptible TO rust than
others. Borax IS not used for spray.
ing.-New England Homestead.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05
Lest We Forget.

There Is talk about Mckinley Pros-
perity" Is it truef Are the farmers of
Kansas so busy thy are likely 10 forget
what has happened who predicted Il. ana
Wht said II could not COME TO pass IL Nc
Kinley were elected President?
The following prices 90 farm producfa
are taken from the market reports pub
lished In the daily papers Of the date
named:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05

headquarters. No money WIS lost in
transit. except when trains were cap
rured by Gen. Joe Wheeler, General
Forrest or General Morgan. When
there was lndisputable proof of the cap
ture of such letters, the government
made the loss good. No other army in
the world has record like that
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05

not counting the brood she will rear
in addition, and which is estimated at
ten; thus leaving for profit, if there
be no other. ten times her original
value. But the eggs will pay twice over
for the cost of keeping, including all
expenses incurred, and the proportion
ate time employed by the attendant
estimated at two dollars a day.-Mon-
lwenl Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05

spread out, being thus always ready
for use, With this device the cloths
can be sprinkled much more evenly
than by the old method, and the hands
can be KEEP. ntirely dry
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05

STA for kic,. me- Kcrec,.
A correspondent Of the Michigan
Farmer submits n diagram OF stall
that be used for ten years. "Fasten
the chain about 81 feet above door and
$ feet back from manger," says he
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05
At the Banauet.

First Microbe--Are you going 10 tie
banquet this evening?
Second Dor course ! am, and SO
must you. They are going to pass a low
ing-eup and it will be the chance of our
Ives.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05

Have hook at one end. SO you can
open easily. Wire the other fast, that
you may always have chain AZ hand.
never have had carpenter work TO do
behind horse TIED in tbs stall"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-05

Salt aud vinegar viii remove stains
from dIscolored teacups.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-13
Union Trust Company,
1873 Weybosset Street.


The congress OF the Cherokee nation,
in appearance, is an Improvement over
the councils of other tribes, but It Is by
no means a body of very great dignity.
1t probably consumes more chewing
tobacco per capita than any other body
of lawmakers i'm the world. The lower
house of the Cherokee congress has
forty members, and IL is presided over
by J. $. Davenport. white man, who
is a member Of the bar at vinita. The
president OF the senate is John l.. Gun
ter. the quarter blood son OF one OF the
Oldest of the Cherokee families. The
forty councilmen of the lower house,
when In session. occupy a room similar
TO the senate chamber, ana the body
is not impressive Of dignity. although
its sessions are frequently very earnest,
and some OF the laws IL has enacted are
indeed credtabIe.
The sessions Of the council OF the
Cherokees and the other nations are
always attended by swarm OF lobby
lists. The little hotels in the capitol
towns present a busy scene on these
occasions. The lobbyists never tire OF
drafting bills for claims against the
United States. and Offering IN collect
these claims for a contingent fee. The
Indian however. Ia usually az quick TO
discern an opportunity for claim as
the shrewdest lobbyist. Politicians
who are familiar with the politics Of
the Five Nations declare that no per-
sons of the United States are more
closely posted on the doings and affairs
of the congress OF the United States
and the departments at Washington
than some OF the full-blood Indians Of
the Cherokee tribe. Shrewd old Wolf
Coon boasts that he is familiar with
every bill that the United States has
adopted with relation 20 Indian matters
in the last twenty-five years.
The indians are very sagac ous lobby
lists themselves. and they understand
dealing with lobbyists fully as well as
the legislature OF some OF the states
An instance OF this was shown during
the term OF Samuel Houstan Mayes,
as chief Of the Cherokees. Chief Mayes.
submitted TO the council an application
from railroad companySfor the right
OF way through the nations lands. The
council took no notice of the document
and the chief adjourned the session.
When he had done this some OF the
full blood senator's and councilmen
went 10 him and asked:
why did YOU not give us time to
pass the franchise bill?"
"you had plenty OF time" the chief
replied.
"But we Mere waiting for the railroad
company's lobbyists 10 see u.s." said
the senators in chorus.