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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
ABelated Opportunity.

~ 81 ARCH was coming in like a be
lkvHI draggled lion. when Alonzo
So6SJackson, the stage driver, drew
nm in front of Miss Jane Parmelce S
gate and sat patiently waiting until she
should make her appearances. The wind
roared through the leafiess trees, and
Alonzos rubber coat resounded with
the beating of the heavy rain.
shouldn't wonder If she backed out
after all" he unused, STOPPING to let
his hat brim discharge its pent-up
food. "Afnt many women who would
start out in a storm like this, just to
go a-visitin'. if they had made all their
arrangements and wrote they was
comm"
But all doubts as to Miss Jane Par
meIee's strength OF will to carry out
what she had determined to do were
presently dispelled by the appearance
of that spinster at the door of her cot.
tage. with a large glazed travelling bag
in one hand and I'm umbrella In the
other. She set the bag down on the
stone doorstep, spread the expansive
folds of the umbrella over her head
took the key from her pocket, and care.
fully locked the door. The stage driver
got down from his wagon. opened the
gate. and came rustIing mp the gravel
walk In his rubber coat.
No need Of your comm for that
satchel. Ionic" cried Miss Parmelee
through tie roaring wind, rs she turn
ed and put the key in her pocket. after
a final test of the locked door 1--WE
got free hand, and reckon could
carry it all right"
.'Mebbe you could. replied Aionzo,
cheerfully. "of course you could, Jane,
but t amt my way 10 let lady pas
sengers tote their own baggage"
The quiet familiarity with which
Alonzo Jackson addressed Miss Par
melee az Jane and her quiet. unsur-
prised acceptance Of it bespoke q close
ness Of friendship which was well I'M
derstood in the community. and which
had lasted for twenty years or more
ever since they were young folks aud
Alonzo had been said 70 be waiting
on" pretty Jane Parmelee.
Everybody supposed that they would
get engaged and married in due time.
like other young couples. with a marx
ed preference for one another But
years passed, and for some reason
Alonzo failed to get TO the point"
Some said it was because the awk-
ward, bashful boy could not summon
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
WISCONSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
Defective Revolver Prevents Murder
Tramp Attempts to Rob Hotel Safe
| POSTMASTER Pays Fine = kickapoo
Valley Mining Fever-Bis Land Deal.

: Henry Van Deter of Little Chute went
to Neenah and got very drunk He went
to the restaurant kept by his divorced
wife on Wisconsin avenue and mounted
guard at the door When his wife came
out the old man grabbed hold OF her and,
pressing revolver to her temple, at
tempted to fire The weapon. cheap at
fair of 3s-ealiber, missed fire. He next
tried to shoot her in. the side, but the
revolver again :ansht, thus saving Mrs.
Van Deter from possible death. Mrs.
Van Dei.cr broke from the old mans
grasp, and be was soon captured and
locked up. Later he was taken before a
justice and was fined $40 and costs or
thirty days in the workhouse. At the end
Of his sentence he will be arrested on a
charge of attempting murder
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
Fined for Violating Game Law.

After making every effort possible q
prevent public trial jackson /. Case,
postmaster of Racine, went to Kenosha
and surrendered himself to the authorities
to answer to charge of violating the
State game laws by killing twelve jack
snipe on the morning of April 81, The
farmer who had made the complaint ae-
eompanied Mr.. Case to the city and Of
fered to withdraw the complaint. but
Justice Slater and District Attorney
Buckmaster declared that the prosecution
must go on. and then the well-known poll
tician entered a plea of guilty and was
fined $50 and costs The fine was p,id.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
Wanted TO Kill Wife and Himself.

DR.. Leo Breitzmann, well-known ply
stefan of Grafton, caused considerable
excitement at Neenah by brandishing a
large butcher knife and threatening to kill
his wife and himself He had been drink
ing heavily and was placed under arrest
charged with being drunk and disorderly
DR.. Breitzmann and his wife, from whom
he has separated. quarreled over the pos
session of their 9-year-old daughter. and
this trouble caused the doctor to drink
heavily
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
TowNE IS eGREeo UPON.
Minnesota Man. Tie said, VIII he Bry
an's Hu"niup Mate.

4 Chicago diygatch says, Silver Demo
Gratis. T0pulists and Lincoln Republicans
have practically agreed on ex-CougreSs
man Charles 4 Towne Of Minnesota as
e running maze for William Jennings
Bryau, AT q difference iecd.ng repre-
sentatives Of these three parties delved
into the yice-presldentiAi question and
ell Of them agreed that air. Towue was
the one man hest fitted 20 run as Mr..
Bryan's partner.
The Democratic Representatives ar the
conference were Niee-C hartman J. g..
Johnson Of the national committee and
Daniel ] CauDau Of Detroit national
committeeman from Michigan The Pop
Mist leaders ia Attendance were Senator
Marion Butter of South Carolina. chair
mas % the Populjs' NATIONAL committee,
md Gen. j. l. Weaver Of iowa Sena
tor Pet;igrew % south DAKOTA and ex-
Senator George Dubois OF Idaho were
present in behalf Of the silver Repubi
cans. Congressman Towne was IN
the city. bar both he and Col. Bryan re
manned away frau she csnference.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
Mining Fever in Kickapoo Valley.

The mining excitement in and about
La Crosse and on down through the
Kickapoo valley is constantly on the in
crease. Companies are being formed to
develop the several properties on which
mineral has already been discovered.
Thefe is on exhibition in La Crosse a
quantity of ore taken from the mine of
Dillon Bros, Just mile and half from
Avalanche, in Vernon County. The stuff
was sent to a Denver assayist, who found
the sample to contain minerals as fol-
lows: Gold. IS per ton; silver, so cents;
copper S135.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
Thief Captured by a Woman.

A tramp Vas caught while robbing the
safe in the Junction Hotel at Watertown.
The safe had been left open a few mo-
ments and the thief entered the building
and was abstracting the cash, about $500,
when he was discovered by Mrs. Bathorn.
wife of the proprietor. She caught the
man and held him until her husband ar
rived. The fellow was taken to the jail.
He is evidently a tramp. He hac part
ner watching on the outside
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
C1oses $50, 900 Lane Deal.

The Chippewa Copper 4 M Conn
pany has just closed $4,000 deal at
West Superior. The company has pur-
chased for that price 1.2SO acres of land
on the copper range in Douglas County,
the land adjoining the 100 acres upon
which the present 200-foot shaft has been
dug. Ordinarily the land there would not
be worth over one-twentieth of the
amount paid, hat the fine copper showing
there raised he price.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
Marvellous Mark,ma,,sI,in.

The accompanying illustration is a
scene which goes to show just what an
expert sharpshooter the average Roer
still is. This scene represents the Boer
method of killing cattle for food. The
Boer does not poleax his beef, but has
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
Fou1-Srnel1ing
Catarrh.

Catarrh is one Of the most obstinate
diseases, and hence the most difficult
90 get rid of.
There is but one way to cure it.
The disease is in the blood, and all the
sprays, washes and inhaling mixtures
in the world can have no permanent
effect whatever upon it. Swift's SPEC
cific cures Catarrh permanently, forit is
the only remedy which can reach the
disease and force it from the blood.
Mr. b. P. McAllister, of Harrodsburg,
KY, had Catarrh for years. He writes |:
81 could see no improvement whatever,
though was constantly treateI with sprays
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

S. s. s., and after a few bottles were used, no.
ticed perceptible Improvement Continuing
the remedy, the disease was forced out OF my
system, and a complete cure was the result.
advise all who have this dreadful disease to
abandon theirlocal treatment, which has never
done them any good, and take s. s. s., q REM
edy that can reach tho 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
Uatarr1, and never fails to cure even the
rrsp~f. aguravarpG nnuaS
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

itig tIcAtSl Win sprays
and washes, and differ
ent ttlhaling remedies
in fact, I co aid feel that
each winter ! was worse
than the year previous.
"Fina ally 1t was
brought TO my motto e
that Gate rrh was a blood
disease, and after think
ing over the matter, I
saw it wasunreasonable
to expect to be cured by
remedies viii c h only
reached the surface. r
a g..
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
ItMahc a DInerencn

Big sister shouting TO BobbieJ-Bab-
bee! You're wanted 10 do an egrand.
Bobby shouting hackJ-Tell mother /
can't do it now. I'm busy
Big sister It's not mother who wants
you; it's father.
Bob3y (hastily)-AlI right. Tell him
I'm coming.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

Insurance Department. Madison. Wis.
hereby certify that the foregoing y an an
Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company.
fled with the Insurance Department of Wis
consin, this 18th day Of January. lsU0
EMIL GILJOHASS.
Commissioner Of Insurance.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

The helm Is but a little tling. yet II
governs the course Of the ship.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
Advertise?


IVIIIFT9ITI 7 .IFIEItFEtINEIsf
STATEMENT of the condition OF the
CENTRAL MANUFACTURERS
MUTUAL Insurance Company, Of Van
Writ. IL the State of Ohio. for the year
ending December 31st, 1899, made to the
Commissioner Of Insurance Of the State
of Wisconsin, pursuant to the laws of
said State
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
How
Many
People

Will discover the adj
vantage Of trading
with you If you don't
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

The sea Of matrimony swamps many
a cOurtship
Cochise review., 1900-11-07
EARNINGS VERY LARo4.
SlAa0AA6 cAss Fay fer TASsAssa~aa h -. CoAalA0Rahly Le6a T1AM rs'
 XAAR.

The well-patronized 1seping car pays for itself in considerably less than . year. Take the run from New York to Chicago, 1000 milea Every road in the United States Pays,three cents a mile for the privilege cf hauling a sleeper and contracts to return said ear in;es' good shape as 1t is Sreceiyed and to pay, for all damages The journey on the limited expresses to Chicago is made. in 24 hours, therefore the car earns $3o day for travel X, g
 If 1t is full, which is generally the. cass, receipts from berths, sections and. staterooms amount to Sls5, making a total revenue of $2l5 day. Out ofthis must come the wages of the porter and conductor--ths latter, however, usually, having charge of several carsI-the
 towels. sheets, soap, ice. etc.. the whole, amounting to but small sum. :,
 Then there are the wear and tear and general depreciation, the daily, cleaning, the annual refitting and, re- painting. Set these charges down at ten per cent. and give the car three trips week of 1000 miles each, and we have its earnings at over s6o, 900 an. uuAlly. Sona asn earn . great deal moro.
Cochise review., 1900-11-07
HOW PLANTS GAIN WEIGHT.
Their Growth in AvOrdupois Comes Wholly from Gas in
 the Air.

Az far as is known the first botanical experiment ever performed was con- ducted by Dutchman He placed in a pot 200 pounds of dried earth, and in it he planted willow branch which weighed five pounds. He kept the whole covered up and daily watered the earth with rain water, After five years growth the willow was again weighed and was found to have gained l64 pounds. The earth in the pot was cried and weighed and had lost only two ounces
 Theexperimentalist. therefore, looked upon this experiment as supporting the theory that plants required no food but water. But he was wrong Later it was discovered that much of the in- crease in weight of plants was derived from carbonic acid gas in the air Vegetable cells contain a liquid known as ''cell sap" which is water holding in solution various materials which have been taken up from with out by the roots and leaves. Thus it is in the living cells of the plant that those digestive" processes are carried on which were once believed to occur in the soil
Cochise review., 1900-11-07
MORAL SUASIoN ON A DOG
Row . Ainistsf Easily ovsreams the A1imosity of BslltEersns
 Canine.

A clergyman who went up into the country to preach and lived there a considerable time had occasion in his ministrations to drive regularly over 8 certain road At a house on that road lived a big bulldog which always came out and attacked him viciously
 The minister stood this for a good while, until finally, as he drove past one winter night in a low sleigh, B means of correcting the dog by moral suasion occurred to him, He stopped his horse in the road before the house. The dog rushed out madly, barking and threatening to jump into the sleigh. The minister sat in his sleigh and paid no attention. The dog re- tired, returned to the assault, retired again, and third time rushed out to the attack, but did not touch the man. Then he returned to the door itep and laid down, apparently utter ly crestfallen and disgusted with such man; and, as he paid no further at tention, the minister drove of After this the minister drove many times past the house, but the dog paid no attention to him, and never seemed to see him at all. He was cured.
Cochise review., 1900-11-07

for thousands of sparrowx. 4 cat had noticed the birds, and no doubt con ceived the unreasonable idea that here she might possibly find nest with a toothsomc young bird in it. So pussy climbed the ivy and reached point whore she had seen one of the birds disappear amid the thick leaves. Stretching out its paws where it sup posed nest would be loud chattering ensued and myriad of sparrows dart ed out and attacked the cat with fury.
 It was indeed a vicious onslaught. They pecked and chattered and fut- tered at . great rate and the cat was bewildered. To free itself from the assault the cat spit and fought and howled, but it was of no use, the birds kept st it unti! their enemy fell to the ground. This did not stop the com. bat of the birds. They kept pecking away until they were tired. The eat did not move and occasionally a spar row would drop to the ground a safe distance from it's enemy, as if to see if it was dead. Some little time after ward witness of this strange strug- gle went to the spot andfound that the cat .waA dead. Its eyes had been ht- srafly dug out and its head was mass of bleeding wounds.
Cochise review., 1900-11-07
DOES NOT COME WITH AGE.
wisdoM Is Not Always Oas sR tAa Aa0onDaaimsnHa o6
 Yeara.

A medical man has discovered that neither in youth nor old age is 8 man likely to make the biggest fool of him self, remarks the New York Press. Extreme youth usually is consid- cred not to have arrived at the dignity of years of discretion, yet a homely proverb would have us believe that there is no fool like an old fool" This medical observer has preached the theory that there is an "aberration period of middle fife" between the ages of 57 and 62. 'It," he says, "a careful examination be made of the preventable disasters of the last 20 years and of the ages of those who were held responsible by the verdict of mankind for such lamentable issues there will be found strange coinci-' dence in the range of their ages"
 Here is an interesting and practic- ally inexhaustible field for investigat ton. Politicians who are "ag'in' the government" may trace the blunders of an administration to the sinister influence of some boss who was pass ing through the fatal period At the time, and "regrettable incidents". of all kinds, in war or peace, may be traced to their true origin. In time nc doubt, we shall appreciate the pe- cessiry of requiring all public men, on entering the fatal period, to take B i've years holiday and to resume work only when they have passed ths age of alteration.
Cochise review., 1900-11-07
CHOICE IN COLOR OF MEAT.
is Is . Fallaoy to Suppose That White
 Ia Moke Desirable Than Dark.

In recent series of articles pub lished in German medical journal, Drs. Offer and Roseenquist deal with the opinion that has been accepted by many that white meats are more suit able for the sick, owing to greater di- gestibility and the presence of less uric acid and nitrogenous extractive.
 This belief is shaken by the analyses made by the medical men referred to, which show that while white meats. such as poultry and fish, do in certain cases, as fish and fresh venison, con tain less extractive and nitrogenous derivatives, the average amount does not appreciab.y differ in dark and white meats such as poultry, veal beef, pork, mutton, etc, to make either pref eraoie.
 They point out that the only way of limiting the ingestion of these dele terious eNtractive and nitrogenous sub- stances is by diminishing the amount ofmeat taken. rather than by forbidding dark meats. They also assert that among the extractive present in meat the most important ones are by no means harmful if taken in small quan- titles, as is ordinarily done The same holds good as regards the other or ganic extractives which are nitrogen OuS
Cochise review., 1900-11-07
TRIED BY HIS PEERS.
Siin11ng Rebuks to . Jusy That nad Reached an 0aSraee01Ss
 Verdict.

No member of the MassGahu- setts bar stood higher than the 1ats Harry w. Paine. He was absolutely fearless, and occasionally trsmpled upon the traditions of the courts with the utmost recklessnees. On one oc- casion he was defending a charity case in which boy of IS was charged with arson. He made a strong cas-. 10 prove the defendant an, idiot. After a charge from the judge, which was practically an order for aequittsl the jury brought in a verdict of guilty. The judge asked Paine if he would move for a new trial. T thank you for your suggestion" was the an swer, "but l am oppressed with the gravest doubts whether I have the right to move for a new trial. Your honor, have already asked for and received for my idiot client the most precious heritage of our English and American common law--a trial by a jury of his peers"
 Paine had an old quarrel with the supreme court, and never lost an op. portunity of showing his contempt for that body Once, riding from BSston to Cambridge with load of law books, he was accosted by young Harvard man with the remark; "You have quite load, Mir. Paine. Law books, I supposeP" ''oh, mo-" was the answer, "only supreme court reports"
Cochise review., 1900-11-07
SNAKES ON PICNIC GROUND.
PleAsurs Resort Was LAi4 Ou1 As Great Expense Over . Den of
 Reptiles.

"A few years ago." said MT. Kepp, of Punxsutawney, Pa, to Chicago Inter Ocean reporter, "a friend of mine, Maj Powell, who was superin- tendent of little railroad, built at considerable expense fine picnic. ground out among the rocks and trees of Bradford county. He thought 1t would help the road to have a fine rustic and romantic resort, where peo. pie could go to hold picnics, and an, ticipated that there would be one or two excursions every week to this cool sylvan retreat. And it was mighty pretty place. When it was ali fixed up and about 300 people, the majority of, them children, went there to have their first picnic, Maj. Powell was there in all his glory to witness the, opening of what was to be the most popular resort in Bradford county. Presently somebody saw big rattle snake. which was duly dispatched.
 Mir Powell looked at it, and not wish" ing to injure the reputation of his. sylvan paradise, said: Yes, that is a
 pretty fair sized milk snake and or dered it buried. r .. e,
 "But that snake had scarcely been, buried when man came in with six more big rattlers that had just bcep, killed. And that was only the be- ginning. In few moments, it was discovered that the place was literally. alive with rattlesnakes, Most every-- where you turned there was a. a..big rat. tier, and you can guess that the wom-. en and children weren't long in get, ting out of that. The fact was that, the picnic grounds were constructed. right over den of rattlesnakes. The: major had spent nearly $500 in fixing, up the grounds, and had named the. place Paradise Glen, but the people, summed 1t as pestilence after that and changed the name to 'Rattlesnake Gulch,'" H .
Cochise review., 1900-11-07
THIS BIRD CAME BACK.
= 1As Home Aa Ro1sas
 RaRlk, III. "

A story Illustrating the remarkable instinct sometimes displayed by birds is todd by . Rogers Park man, says the Chicago Chronicle. He had a pet oriole to which friend visiting him from California took great fancy: Al. though the bird had been in the family. since the day it was picked up as . tiedglins by the head of the household, the Californian was made its owner, The gift was % appreciated that the oriole became the Galifornian'S com panion on the return journey to the Pacific coast, Of course the bird was caged during the trip, but il was al- lowed degree of domestic freedom on its arrival near the Golden Gate. Soon the Rogers Park man heard that the pet had disappeared Fancy his sur priSe when he awoke one morning ao, find the bird scratching at one ofathe summer screens of his bedroom win dow. The exiled oriole had returned, but 1t will always be mystery to the owner how the long journey asmade whether the homewar6 flight of the little pet waa across the greatsdivide of the Rocky mountains or by way of the no lesp trying route of the ArisonA deserts. .
Cochise review., 1900-11-07
HUMBERT's pEcULIAR1T1Es.
Didn't Care for His Army and Dis- MksA sntionalttiss-.What
 He Enjoysd.

'Did the Italians like Humbert prst- fy wsll?" was asked of a well-known Amsricani.ed Italian the other day after the receipt of the news of the assassination of the king of Italy.
 T see by the newspaper dispatches that hs was extremely beloved" re- sponded the Italian.
 "Well, what are the facts in the case; was he really popular?"
 "Not at all. He took little interest in anything or anybody. He cared so nt- tie for his big army that to my personal knowledge he was never inside the bar racks of his own Kings guards"
 "Whst did he care for? He must have been interested In something"
 "All he cared for was to go shooting or get out to some country.house, whore he could yawn without covering his mouth with his hand"