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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
CnrI,I, and Intinrnra.

II Is interesting to discover IN the
letters OF Thomas Caylye a reference
TO Influenza. ii would he difficult to
ind more vivid picture Of an epidemic
in 80 few lines Is THAI which Carlyle
sent 10 his sister Janet Writing FROM
London. he said. An people here have
got thing they call influenza. a dirty.
feverish kind of cold. very miserable,
and SO general as was hardly ever seen.
Printing offices. manufactures. tailor.
shops and such like are struck silent.
every second man lying suffering in
his respective place of abode. He at.
tributed the scourgc To the miserable
temneratup"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

being filled with hay TO keep the pump
from freezing This is not a difficult
great deal during II single winter even
The pump can he lowered again for
summer use If desired. setting the ele-
waited platform away for use again the
following winter. Where water can be
run into the barn in the way suggested
t. VIII. on standing while, acquire the
temperate e Of the barn being then
much more suitable for COWS to drink.
while the latter win also he saved the
exposure TO cold winds.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
To ne.tros Bcetic- and norer..

Scrape on the rough bark of apple
trees. thus you destroy The chance OF
the beetles or hat-hcaded borers lind
igg aIodging in ~ lich .ater To lay eggs
and trouble You can destroy POO or
more tent calerpiltars on apple trees
now about as easy as Won can kin a
single worm ia June. Their nests en-
circle the twigs near the ends, aud on u
sunny day they es.u easily be seen. Clip
ana burn Wick Magazine
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
400 Reward. m1on

The readers of this paper win be pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
IS the only positive cure known to the medical
lIateInlsyi NataIrn nelng eoilsututlonal a,s-
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting iTaetly
on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation . .he dis
ease, and giving the patient strengt Building
up the constitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The propriet6fs have so rluc'l faith in
Its curative mowers that ther after One Hundred
Dollar for any ease that it falls 10 cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address. F.. j. CHENEY 3 Co, Toledo, o.
w-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are .eS ooss.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
Pruning small Fruits.

find the reason why we have such
poor crops of berries il that we allow
the bushes to grow too nigh before we
trim in the spring. Some do not trim
al all, allowing the canes to grow six
or eight feet high, which gives the
wind a great hold ON the bushes aud
also lets the growth remain green much
longer, not giving the wood time to
ripen before the hard freezing weather.
which freezes the bushes about half
way down 10 the ground, and Injuries
the entire plant. Raspberries. other
than the tip kinds. should be cut about
three feet from the ground; bIackber-
ries 2la TO four feet H. G. Dutfin
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

Experiments at thc Indiana station
for six years in succession ind cate that
corn planted the first week in May
gives the heaviest yield During the
same series OF tests il was she Nn that
three inches is as deep as the cult
vator should he run In corn fields nj any
liHe Tile Yields on plats cultivated
two inches deep We're about as heavy
rs on any Of the others There seems
to bc but little difference between hil
aud drill planting
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
FIERCE BATTLE WITH REBELS
Insurgents Killed at san Jacinto and
Other Lnzon Towns.


Manila adyices say that force of 800
insurgents attacked Twenty-Five scouts OF
the Forty eighth regiment near San ia
cinto, province of Pangasinan, on Mon
day. but were routed by the scouts, ten
of their number being killed. The Amer
icars lost two killed. On April 20 the
rebets burned and sacked the town Of
Trecin, near Bulan. numbering natives
who were friendly to the Americans and
two Spaniards. The Americans killed
thirty of the insurgents On the
same date Mai. Andrews, with two COM
panies Of troops. attacked Gen. Mojicas'
stronghold. near Ormuc. Leyte island
Notices had brass cannon and plenty of
ammunition, but after three hours Of
fighting the insurgents fed Their loss
is not known. The Americans lost two
killed and eleven wounded They de
stroyed the enemy's rifles. powder and
stores
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
WINTER CROPS LOOK WELL.
Wheat Acreage Three and Half Mil
lions Less than in 1899.


Returns to the statistican Of the De-
partment of Agriculture made up TO May
show the area under winter wheat in
cultivation on that date to have been
about 26,3S5,0 600 acres, or 1868, 900
acres, Or lis per cent, less than the area
estimated to have been sown last fall.
The reduction in acreage in the principal
States, owing to winter killing and the
ravages of the Hessan fly, is as follows:
Indiana, ,G0S.000; Ohio, 800 600; Mich
igan, 31T 900; Pennsylvania. 10000, and
Illinois, 1877 ,000 acres For the area re-
naming under cultivation the average
condition on May / was $50.
The high averages of condition report
ed last month fer Kansas, Missouri Tex
as and other more or less important
wheat-producing States that have escap-
ed the ravages of the lily have been fully
maintained, and on May / nearly one
half of the entire winter wheat acreage
remaining under cultivation reported a
full normal or still higher condition.
lhe average condition Of winter rye on
May 1 was $50, as compared with 81 .
ON May l. 1899; $40 on May / 1885 and
S97, the mean of the May averages for
tue last ten years. he average cOHUl-
ton of meadow moving lands on May 1
was 90.S, against $40 on May /, 1899;
92.9 on May l, 1898, and 9l.3 the mean
of the May averages of the last ten years.
The average condition Of spring pasture
was 91.3, against $50 on Mas /, 1899;
91.2 on May 1, 1898. and 900 the mean
Of the May averages of the last ten years.
Spring blowing is more or less late in
almost every State in which It's condition
is a matter Of any especial significance.
The only notable exceptions are Pennsyl-
yania, Kentucky. Illinois, Kansas, Mis-
souri, and Arkansas. In South Carolina,
Alabama Mississippi and Texas the work
is later than in any year for which rec
OrdS are available
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
WHARTON BARKER.

Wharton Barker, named for President
by the Cincinnati Populist convention,
was born at Philadelphia, Pa. May /,
1916. He is the grandson Of Jacob Bar
ker, who was relative Of Benjamin
Franklin. He was graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania in 1856, and
since 1880 has been a trustee of that in
stitutioD In 1850 he entered the bank
ing firm II Barker Bros. & Co. Of Phil
adelphia' which was carried down by the
failure Of Barring Bros. of London. Since
1890 Mr.. Barker has devoted most Of his
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
CHARLES y. TowNE.

Charles A. Towue. nominated by the
Fopulists at Sioux Falls for Vice presi-
dent on the ticket with w J Bryan, was
born 10 Ingbam Ceanty. Michigan. near
the city Of Lansing. forty -one years ago
last October. He graduated in both the
academic and law courses at the Uuiver-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
Fish with a Royal Name

There is fish in Japanese water
called tthe emperor of Japan" 1t is
curiously angular in form, being almost
Il true reetangle. 1t is igsplendent in
color, with odd brownie-like face, and
it is notable for its savory flesh.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

Some pumps need only little eleya-
ton to make 1t possible to run the
water by Il spout right into the barn.
whore the cattle can drink without
being exposed 10 cold or storms The
cut shows pump raised and the ele-
waited platform boxed In. the interior
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
TOaieial Publication

STATEMENT of the condition of the
EMPIRE CITY FIRE Insurance Com
pany, of New York City, in the State
of New York. for the year ending De
cember 31st, 1899, made to the Com
missioner of Insurance of the State of
Wisconsin, pursuant to the laws of said
State.
First-C apital maid IN in cash 5000 600 90
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

INV 10 MINI q FIHWF@WEIEN Inv
Lawn, making is not so difficult as
most persons seem 20 think You mist
begin right If 5u would attain sat
islac;ory degree OF success. The first
thing to do is 10 grade the ground
evenly Most persons prefer a lawn
that slopes away from house to road in
On almost imperceptible incline OF sur
face Such a lawn is easier to make
than level one. because any little de
parture from perfectly even surface
viii he far less noticeable To secure
the necessary slope, earth viii have to
be filed u near the house if the lot is a
comparatively level one. Wherever
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

of harrington 10Th, 653J6. He was bred
and exhibited by Mr.. II. II, Dyke, Ban
bury, Oxfordshire, England. He won
the first prize of TOO in his class at the
recent Birmingham Shorthorn Show,
and was sold for $40 guineas, or nearly
81. 700.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

When a man is on his honeymoon trip
other men are puzzled as to what he
would appreciate in their efforts to give
him a good time.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
shorthorn Bull.

The Shorthorn bull Duke of Barring
ton sd 1880 is red, calved October,
1895, got by Western Lad 1876 dam
Duchess of harrington 10th by Duke
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

EMBDEN GOOSE. rCccSSarS in G,rS".
The Chinese are pretty" perhaps in
popt of feather, bat as table bird
they dG not compare with either Of
those named above
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

The div on of customs and iusular
affairs of ne War Department has given
out a ~ arative statement of receipts
at the en-, oms port of Manila during the
years 1898 to 1897, inclusive, with the re-
ceipts Of the port in 1899 Also receipts
named comprised tonnage, taxes, import
duties, export duties, fines, seizures, etc.
The receipts ny years wee; In 1913 81,
100. $40; 1894. 50. 49,. 269. 1895. s., 2GS.-
234; 1896 s.. 42l .532: 1897. S2.916,ST0;
1879. So. S25.150
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

Magistrates are said to impose fines
aud the defendants usually regard Il as
an imposition.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

energies toward building mp his Peoples
party weekly paper. the American. His
residence is at Wyncote. twelve miles
from Philadelphia Alexander H. Of Rus
STA decorated him in 1875 with the Order
Of Stanislaus.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16
Ponular Rrse,ls I'D Geo..

The most popular breeds of geese are
the Toulouse Embden aud Chinese,
The first named are gray. of excellent
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

pruporriehI in breast
ana body generally.
TIE Eubden re
" hjte. somewhat
longer in the leg but
T. SScsSi n z NJ a II y
, n aFacte ris ties
worthy of attention
10th OF these breeds
cWmbiue all that IS
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

Ii is stated thar in three months un-
der the American plan the school attend
ance in Cuba has been raised from 4.UUO
to $4,000 pupils with " 200 teachers. Al
though English is taught. the teachers
employed are Cubans. No local school
taxes are raised The school expenses
which il Is expected viii this year reach
81. 100000. are paid from the island
treasury The teachers wages are high
or than those paid in the United States.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

A correspondent asserts that as place
for a permanent Investment Guam has
possibilities aside from that of cable
station. aud is unrivaled, Its soil is rich,
we'll watered. and is abundant in tropical
products. Guam has other advantages
q delightful climate a good-natured pop
nlation. and an American flag.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

Plague returns from Manila Ger Jan
uary. February and March show taas 10
tsH houses were examined during the
tlir,, months. Az disinfecte,i, and S,46b
drains cieansed The deaths from the
disease in January were 80. in February
-. and in March 20,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

Porto Rico is one vast poorhouse and
there are opportunities for charity at ev-
cry step. Were $40, 300 to be expended
Immediately for medicine and medical aid
it would possibly save the lives of 3,ooO
people. At one time the Government con
sidered the feasibility of assigning ply
stefan 70 each town at an aggregate cost
OF $4,000 per year, but the funds for
such an outlay are not available.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

The North American Trust Company
has purchased nearly Sl0o00oo Of Ha-
wanna first mortgage bonds.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

\ shipment Of 81. $50 1850 fer the pay
meut If soldiers IN the Philippines left
the New York subtreasury the other day
Thcre was $500. 900 in gold coin. packed
IA. wooden boxes. each containing so.
NNa and a number OF cases containing
bills
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10

There Is no better medicine for the
babies than Cham berlain's Cough
Remedy. Its pleasant taste and
prompt and effectual cures make it a
favorite with mothers and small chill
dren. 1t quickly cures their coughs
aud colds, preventing pneumonia or
other serious consequences. 1t also
cures Group and has been used 10 tens
of thousands of cases without a single
failure so far as we have been able to
learn. 1t not only cures Group, but
when given as soon as the croupy
cough appears, will prevent the attack
In cases of whooping cough it Hquefies
the tough mucus, making it easier to
expectOrate, and lessons the severity
aud frequency of the proxysms of
thus depriving that disease
of all dangerous consequences. For
sale BY al druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10
Soap BiIin'. -

The early days, when all the re-
fuse of the house and farm was con-
verified into thick, repulsive substance
termed ''soap," is we'll remem bered by
many people of the present day. So is
the character of the sO-cslled soap.
Such persons will appreciate the diff
ference between the crude soap of the
early days, and the poor, worthless
often impure and unhealthy, soaps of
the present time.
Williams Shaving Soaps are pure
and healthy article. made from the
best materials, finely prepared and
delicately perfumed. A trial of the
soaps will prove their superior merit.
Write for samples and particulars to
the j. B. Williams Co., Glastonbury
Conn
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10
The house has been wrestling with

The house has been wrestling with
the constitutions of the southern states.
1t seems there are tricks, even in the
politicians trade lat least down south),
and some of the northern representatives
feel virtuously indignant therest. Ooe
ingenious scheme, invented L think IN
Mississippi, received some attention.
This is to make one of the qualitca-
tions for voting, ability in the voter to
read and construe section of the
United States constitution. An eligi-
BILE white voter is asked how old man
must be to vote, while an ineligible
citizen of Senegam bisn antecedents is
required to explain the method of elect
ing the president. AS there are not
hundred men in this country who can ex-
plain off-hand just how the president is
chosen, the latter question is a sticker.
incidentally, Linney of North Caro-
lima said that North Carolina and
Texas had the purest ballot in the
south. Which is ''swap" for Texas.
The indications are that slight
duty on United States products will be
collected in Porto Rico; just enough to
avoid the precedent of free trade be-
tween us and the island. The house
bill provides that against foreign
nations the Dingley tariff shall apply
to Porto Rico and twenty-five per cent
of the same rates shall be applied TO
Yankee merchandise. AS q rider the |
majority report of the house commit,
tee states that the uniformity clause of |
Iy to the states and ''does not; also
cover the territories belonging to the |
United States" The minority dem
ocratic report) declares that the cons
titution applies to call the territory
belonging to the United States"
Porto Rico is also the focus of an
branch of the government and the le-
gislative. Theformer is endeavoring to
make the spelling "Puerto Rico" pre-
vail while senate and house will have
none of it.
The senate committee on elections
which is considering the case of
Clarke of Montana is running across
some peculiar testimony regarding the
naive manners and ways of thought of
the Montsnan. One member of the
state legislature who experienced q
sudden expansion of his bank roll tes-
LIES that one day on going to his room
1t the hotel he found an addressed
snvelop containing ST 100 and that he
lad no idea where 1t came from. Nor
lid he seem to have any curiosity up
IN the point. He noticed, however as
phenomenon that his luck at faro and (
,oker increased after he went to the
legislature, but was inclined to think !
t an accident. ,
Roberts of Montana is trying to col !
ect his mileage as sort of consolation t
riZe and has entered suit against the {
for that purpose. .
The Sull treaty has been confirm ed 9
18th a reservation against slavery.
We are in a rather queer position re- +
arding the sultan. He is titular a
overeign of territory under our flag II
nd gets a salary from US in that capa- |
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10

II think [ would go crazy with pain
were it not for Chamberlain's Pain
Balm" writes Mr.. W.. II. Stapleton,
aerminie, Pa. 81 have been afflicted
with rheumatism for several years and
have tried remedies without mum ber
but Pain Balm is the best medicine I
have got hold of" One application
relieves the pain. For sale by all drug
gists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10

city, residing in our territory. He /!
Borneo now under English dominion
and gets salary from the British &C
cordingly. So we have as one of our
subjects the titular and recognized
overload of portion of Great Britain =
dominions. The Sultan in one Of the
retainers: "If you love yourselves or
your country avoid coming to blows
with the Americans, because they are
like match box-yOu strike one and
they all go OFF,
Senator Chandler occupies an IN
ique position in the senate, being treat
ed with the careful respect usually &C
corded to a boy with a pot of paint and
Is bright and perpetually breaking out
in unexpected places; fact long since
learned by his colleagues, at the ex-
pense of some injured feelings. Where
fore, when he innocently asked Senator
Money the other day whether or not
there had been an election in MISSISSIPPI
pi recently, Money evaded the ques-
ton. Says Chandler thereupon: 81
wish the senator would examine his
mind and tell me whether he thinks
there was an election Money res
pended to this: "Oh, yes: there was
a. election, but didn't know wbas to
say about it. I am as afraid of Senator
as 1 would be of monkey in
q powder magazine. l have been a
victim too often" Which put it up to
Chandler. D. OF.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10
WASHINGTON

The Philippine Commission Report
Boiled DoWn-Effort To Boil
pettigreW Down In A HdWley
Blast FurnaCe-TrinCs Actual
Iy Discovered Among 6uiIeless
Southern poIitiCians-The Ways
Of Northumberland And
His Pot Of paint-Sulu, Porto
Rico And Other Notes.
Special Correspondence of the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 1900.-The
Philippine commission has turned in
it's report. Boiled down it amounts to
q recommendation that the FilipinOs
be given every Office in the islands
which they are capable of filling,
coupled with statements That they are
unfit for self-government. 10 my ua-
tutored mind the two statements clash
a bit. 1t is further recommended that
toe Spanish provinces be made coun-
ties and the various municipalities be
given the same status as towns in q
territory. Lastly, a tariff la Nell
can man Is recommended, up against
us as well as others. The Islands are
to be made self-supporting. This is on
the lines of the British colonies. H.
dia, for instance, pays all her own ex-
penses OF administration and the cost
of every regiment garrisoned there,
the latter being counted against her as
soon as the regiment sails east of
given point.
The bolo men in the senate are at it
again regarding the poor prosecuted
Beer and the ditto ditto Filipino. They
have raised an issue of veracity be-
tween Dewey aud Aguinaldo. Dewey
said the Kskyak gentleman's state
1nent $50 far as IT relates to me Is
tissue of falsehoods.'' This is en-
phstic enough but it doesn't convince
Pettigrew. Indeed when it comes to
question of relative truthfulness be-
tween a mere admiral of the United
States navy and the 'Filipino wash
ington," it does seem odd to hesitate.
Tue senator from South Dakota wants
to print Aguinaldo's statement as a
government document and has pre-
cipitased warm fight over the ques-
ton.
Pettigrew thinks that all we have to
do to stop bloodshed in the Philip |
pines is to withdraw our troops and let
Bre'r Aguinaldo teach the other !
islanders to dance to the 1ascivious
soothing of his golden whistle. This
is eautifully simple. solution, but it
doesn't seem to appeal to the other
senators. Indeed Teller went go far as
to think '!we would deserve the con-
tempt of mankind if we were to with
draw our army before esta blishipg
peace and order" Hawley further
lacerated the boloman's feelings by
declaring that "the friend of the
Be nator from South Dakota is a liar, an
and thoroughgoing ,
Which is warm language.
However, Pettigrew has received one
slight token of appreciation in his up
hill struggle with the eleven obstinate
jurymen. A Washin pton plum Der has {
named a. new hot-air furnace "The :
Pettigrew." &
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10

Shady Grove Butter is now
being sold 2 pounds for 55 cents
at the Ell Paso Grocery. This butter
is fully worth cents per pound more
than any other brand sold in FL Psso.
A trial will convince you of it.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10

Lewis Dennis. Salem, Ind, says
"Kodol Dyspepsia Cure did me more
good than anything I ever took" It
digests what you eat and can not help
but cure dyspepsia and stomach
troubles. Fred Schaefer, druggist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10
TOILET REQUISITES

OF ell kinds we have in exquisite per-
fumes, cosmetics, fine soaps, combs,
brushes, scissors, and manicure files
and medicinal essentials which you
will always find here of the purest and
best manufacture. We have made q
study OF keeping in stock q particular
ly fine line OF preparations for the
toilet, as we'll as high grade stock of
proprietary medicines, rubber goods
and sundries OF all kinds. Our pres
crtption department Ia unrivalled.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10

Payne-Badger Goal company. Nc
Alester, Cerillos and anthraite coal,
cord and stove wood. Yard Second and
chihuahua streets. Telephone No. II
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10
To Cure q Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Ia.
blets. ALI druggists refund money If it
fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has
B. Q. L. on each tablet.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10
Money To Loan.

Money loaned on all kinds of collat-
eral security, at low rate of interest, at
Sambrano's, 4O1-403 Ell Paso street.