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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18

nave its best variety. The English
choose the Aylesbury, the French the
Rouen, but on this continent. having
no special national bird, we choose
that which makes the most money,
And by the general verdict of those
who keep ducks for profit in large
quantities, the Pekin is the best of all
breeds for money making. Experience
has shown that this ddck makes ten to
twelve pounds the pair al the same
age at which the Rouen duck weighs
eight pounds to the pair, which under
the best management is when ten to
twelve weeks old, and with precisely
the same consumption of food. This
duck is sufficiently strong skinned to
dress without tearing. and hqs no dark
pinfeathers to blemish its appearance
at the market age as the Rouen has.
On every large duck farm where thou
sands are reared every year for mar
ket, the Pekin is universally the kind
kept
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
RULES in FAVOR OF esckHAm.
Kentucky Court of Appeals Decides
the Goveruorship Case.

Kentucky Court of Appeals Decides
the Governorship Case.
With a full bench sitting, the Court OF
Appeals Of kentucky Friday handed
down a decision in the goyernorship case.
BY vote of to / the ruling of Circuit
Judge Emmett Field of Louisville, in
favor OF Beckham is sustained. The dis
sentng vote was east by Judge Durelle.
one Of the three Republican judges, who
wrote separate opinion. The principal
opinion was written by Judge Hobson.
Judges Guify and Burnham, Republic
cans, presented shorter coueurrlng opln-
ions.
Judge Hobson's opinion reeites that the
action OF the Legislature was finals that
the courts have no authority to reverse
this action; that the Gossrnor exceeded
his authority in adjourning the Iegisla-
ture in Frankfort TO London, and that
the journals Of the two houses of the
General Assembly being regular, cannot
be impeached Judge Durelles dissent
ing opinion was based on the fact that
the Legislature at the time it assumed To
act on the gubernatorial case was mere
contest board, and under the notice OF
the contestants had no jurisdiction to act
in judicial capacity at that particular
time. He therefore holds the action OF
the Legislature to be null aud void and
subject TO reversal in courts of law. The
separate asserting opinions of Judges
| Guffy and Burnham practically agree in
| all vital points with the decision Of Judge
| Hobson But while asserting as 60 the
| main issues, Judges Guify and Burnham
strongly condemn the Goebel election
! law
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
ANOTHER British REVERSE.
Surrounded Near Reddersburg and
Forced to Surrender.

Surrounded Near Reddersburg anC
Forced to Surrender.
The reports of the recent operations In
South Africa are full OF suggestion as to
the nature of the difficulties with which
Lord Roberts is now eonteDding and the
renewed vigor OF the resistance offered
by the Beers. Instead OF falling back to
strongholds farther north and waiting In
their intrenchments the burghers evident
lily are acting on the aggressive on all
sides of Bloemfontein. Within a week
here have been engagements to the
southeast, to the south and to the north
west of the Free State capital 1t would
appear that so far from having accepted
Lord Roberts proffered terms OF pacitica-
ton, the Beers are determined to make
his present position very difficult, even
il they do not undertake > hem him in,
According TO Fridays dispatches an en-
ragement at BoshOf, town TO the north
and west OF Bloemfontein, resulted in a
Boer loss of fifty men and the death Of
Gen. Nilicbois de Mareuil, the weil-knowu
French strategist. But simultaneously
came the report of the capture of hive
companies of British infantry to the
south of Bloemfontein at town named
Reddersburg. The sudden appearance
upon Lord Roberts rear and near his
main line OF communication of a force
large enough to carry off half British
regiment is suggestive, and the news Of
the reverse cannot fail to create eonsid-
cradle uneasiness in London. Ii is true
| that Lord Roberts was able TO eommu-
nicate with Gen. Gatacre at Springfon-
tein, ordering him TO advance upon Red
dersbnrg, and presumably the main Brit
sh army is by no means cut off from its
base. But why Roberts should have call
ed troops from Springfonten instead OF
detaehing soiae of his own men at Bloom
fontein, and how the Beers come to be
operating in such force near the British
line of communication, are puzzles which
cannot be solved in the light of the dis
patches.
The death OF Gen. Villebois de MareuI
will he a serious loss to the Beers, but II
is more than offset by the British loss at
Reddersburg. The moral effect of the
Boer success in trapping tive British COM
panies win be reflected both in the activ-
ity of the encouraged burghers and in
the ehagrin and disappointment shown in
England
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
cost of Fattening CattIe.

A fat steer of 1000 pounds weight is
said to have in it 500 pounds of water,
about twenty-five pounds of nitrogen,
eighteen pounds of phosphoric acid and
two pounds of potash. To buy this
nitrogen TO return to the soil it would
cost about $3.50. and the phosphoric
acid would cost gDout 81. In selling
such an animal raised on the farm and
farm products about $3.50 worth of fer
tilizing material is taken. If bran, lin
seed meal or other grain is bought to
feed it, more than this would probably
be added to the farm, and it would be
growing richer, while if the hay and
grain it consumed had been sold off the
farm, it would have been robbed of
much ore-American Cultiyator
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
Early Plants Cor the Garden.

Those who have an incubator brooder
may have a green house on small but
effective scale. Dig hole in the ground
large enough TO admit the brooder in
some sunny sheltered spot, bank pit
on north side eighteen inches high and
have a tight wood or canvas cover for
use at night and stormy weather. The
brooder is placed in this pit and the
opening to the sun is closed. Three
inches of good garden soil is placed in
the brooder. The seeds are planted
in this soil and the proper temperature
maintained by means of the boiler
heated by lamp. A thermometer viii
be used to test the heat. One can raise
their early garden plants in this way
with but little expense and less labor
than the old-fashioned method of
planting seeds in boxes placed in the
kitchen.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
Drained Soil.

Even as spring water seems warm
in the winter and delightfully."- cool in
summer, although it IL at practically
the same temperature the season
through, so. also, land that is well
drained will be warm enough for the
termination of the seed earlier in the
spring than undrained soil, and in the
hot days of summer it will not get as
undrained land would. so hot as to
parch and dry up the roots of tender
plants. The spring water is hot or
cold by comparison with the atmos-
phere. but the ground is made warm
and dry in the spring by its porous con
dition, which allows cold water to
drain away and the warmer air to pen
citrate into If. and that same porous
ness in summer enables cool water to
be drawn up from below when hot
winds blow overit. These are among
the advantages VI well-drained soil.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18

ton of TIE charges Of bribery and cor
ruptiVl preferred against the Montana
Senator oy mis- enemy. Marcus DAILY.
The committee report embraces the salt
emf charges Of corruption brought out
during the Investigation. 1t declares that
Senator Clalk himself admitted spending
a lump sum Of money to obtain his cleo
ton. justifying himself on the ground
that this money was employed to defeat
the schemes of the political tyrant" Of
Montana. Marcus DAILY. The report goes
into the incident relating to the attempt
to bribe the Montana Legislature and
State Supreme Court.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
DECISION is AGAINST CLARK.
Senate Committee Favors Unseating
of the Montana Member.
Senator Clark of Montana was de

Senator Clark of Montana was declar-
ed Illegally seated in unanimous report
agreed upon by the Senate committee on
privileges and elections Tuesday. The
report is understood to recommend that
the seat of the Montana millionaire be
declared vacant, owing to the testimony
submitted before the committee, showing
that corruption money was employed in
securing his election. The unanimous
report adverse to Senator Clark, a Wash
ington correspondent says. was a sur
prise. inasmuch as It was generally be-
lieyed that a minority report would be
delivered by Chairman Chandler and Mr..
McComas of the committee. which has
devoted several months 10 an investiga-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
MANY ILLEGALLY MARRIED.
The New License Law in South Dakota
Leads to Com Iicatious.

Because Of an apparently innocent
newspaper item, the matrimonial affairs
Of a large number of newly welded South
Dakota couples have been badly mixed
To straighten out matter. many puppies
have been remarked Others are to-day
unaware Of the fact that the ceremonies
which were supposed TO have tied them
together for life are. in fact, Illegal This
unfortunate condition IS due TO the pub
LEGATION by many OF the South Dakota
newspapers Of an item to tne effect that
under the new marriage license law cou-
pies who obtained licenses 10 one county
could proceed to another county and be
married there.
The desire Of many couples eontem-
plating matrimony 10 conceal their APP
preaching marriages from their friends
and other residents Of their immediate
localities contributed TO complicate the
situation. as many Of them quietly OBJ
tanned their license ia one county and
proceeded to another county, where they
were not 50 well known for the purpose
Of having the ceremony performed.
short time age however, II was diseov'
cred that licenses obi ned in one county
were void in other counties. and then
there was CONSERVATION u the ranks Of
the Dcwly married
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18

what has ben for many years d profit
able business. These concerns have
for year or more been making large
additions to the capacity of their poul-
try packing plants, and, further than
this. they are represented to be now
reaching ont for mastery over the
chicken producing territories of Kan
sas, Missouri, Illinois and the North
west. The margin of profits in the poul-
try-packing business ha been good for
those who operate on a comparatively
small scale, and it is no wonder that
these two big packing firms should un-
dertake to monopolize a field for which
they have exceptional facilities liz mat
tiers of transportation, storing and mar
ket-reaching
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
The independent Farmer.

Some of the Western farmers who
make a speeia4ty of one crop, whether
it is grain, beef, cattle or hogs, or ex-
tensive orchards, are inclined to sneer
at the small farms and garden patches
Of the Eastern States, and often the
Eastern farmer enyies the man who
can sell thousands Of dollars worth at
one time, but it is the small farmer
with a few acres and diversified farm
ing who is really the Independent
farmer. He. grows vegetables ard
fruits for his own use, has milk and
butter in plenty, fattens his beef AMI
pork, and perhaps mutton, and abun
dance of poultry and eggs, and if every
railroad in the country is blockaded he
is in no danger of starvation.-Arneri-
can Cultiyator.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
Mnterinr stock.

If one figursd up the time spent ev-
cry year or every winter in driving
cattle quarter of a mile to the brook
and back again, twice or even once a
day, and conn uted it a fair price for
labor, and thell added to it the value of
the milk lost and the extra food con-
sumed to keep up the system to its
normal temperature, he would find
that from even a few cows it would
not take long to reach the cost of a
good cistern. or some other method of
having the water right in the yard. or
even in the stalls so that the cattle
could drink without man or beast 60
ing ont of doors.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18

WILL g. A BIG SURPLUS.
Secretary Gage Sends Financial State
rueut TO CONGRESS-

Secretary Gage Sends Financial State
ment TO Congress.
Secretary Of the Treasury Gage sent
to the House financial statement Tues
day in reply to the resolution asking for
the estimated receipts and expenditures
Of the treasury in ali departments, and
the estimated surplus for the years end
ing June 30, 1900 and 1901. For the
current year the estimated receipts are:
Customs. S2223. DOC. 900; internal revenue,
$292, 100000: miscellaneous. S35,00O,OOO;
total. $3.50. 100000 Expenditures: Civil,
S104. 100000; war. Si35. 900 900; navy,
500, 900 900; Indians, S11 100000; pen
sions, Sf43.000,0 600: interest, $42,0OO000;
total, $500. 100000. Estimated surplus.
$70.000000. For the year ending june
l. 1901. the total revenues are estin1af-
ed at S577, 100000 and the expenditures
at &495, 000, 600, leaving surplus of So.
600 600.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
sLooDsHEo IN PORTO RICO.
Trouble with English Speaking Ne
groes eliminates in Violence.

There has been bad blood between the
foreign colored wor men in Porto Tiera,
Porto Rico, and tn natives for some
time The natives were particularly in
censed against the English-speaking ne
groes from st. Thomas and st. kits.
Thursday afternoon an immense mob Of
Infatuated Porto Ricans attacked the for
egners with the greitest violence. Re
volycrs, clubs. stones and any weapons
at hand were used.
The negroes res sted stubborn and
killed one Of their assailants. Several OF
the foreigners we're seriously dubbed or
stabbed. a recent strike caused the trou.
bic, the 1atiyes declaring the foreigners
were :rying 80 take their places, and that
every one would be driy N into the sea.
One hundred American soldiers We're sent
to the scene, and took charge Of the docks
where the trouble occurred
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18

shown, with theirADJusTABLE eALKs
ends bent up into hooks so as to engage
with the shoe. As both bars are of
shorter length than the largest diam
eter of the shoe, it is evident that they
bolt and nut in the manner shown.
Wedge-shaped calks are fastened in
tapering holes formed in the bars, the
location of the holes being directly
over the iron snoe, so that they cannot
accidentally be driven through into the
hoof.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
Raising Melons.

Last April selected one-fourth of an
acre of sandy slope that would make
about eight bushels of wheat to the
acre. broke we'll and narrowed twice
before planting the melon seed. Plant
ed in bills twelve feet apart each way,
with four heaping shovelfuls Of we'll
rotted manure under each hill Plowed
four times with a one-horse cultivator
and went over twice with a garden
rake. Sold S24.50 worth of melons,
besides having plenty to eat AIany Of
them weighed over forty pounds each.
w Q. Crnok
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
Lime on Onions.

Lime is excellent on the onion bed
as it assists in destroying worms. 1t
viii also serve TO make the manure
more available. The onion seems 10
grow on the top Of the ground entirely
but it sends out roots far and deep, aud
is one Of the heaviest feeders Of the
SOL known The land can not be too
rich for onions
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
DEWEY STILL a CANDIDATE.
Denies Withdrawing Ds Presidential
Aspirant.

Admiral Dewey denies the published
report that he had Withdrawn from his
candidacy for President. When seen by
a reporter III Bcanvoir. his country place,
in the suburbs Of Washington he said:
1T is entirely without foundation. Why,
I hae,. scarcely entered the race. and
why should / Withdraw at This time? /
have moi been nominated There Is moth
ing for me "a Withdraw from ~ present.
You can state most positively thar ! have
said nothing which would give the i'm
preston that | have withdrawn.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18

dam is by President. Her list of hon
ors won in the show ring is long one
and includes first prize and gold medal
at the Royal Show held at Birming-
ham. She was brough; out in great
bloom the day she was sold and elected
the keenest competition.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18

1t pays better to keep a flock Of sheep
with the wool as near o2e kind Of
grade as possible-tba IS Shrop-
shire ram should not be used one year,
q Lincoln the next. a Leicester the
next. and 50 on until the iock is mixed
ND with a little Of everything John
lAcklnn.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
Shire Mare.

The Shire mare Hendre Crown Prin-
cess was sold by Lord Vantage, few
weeks ago. at public auction in Eng
land for $500, phenomenal price for
a draft mare. She was get by Prince
Harole one of the most promising
breed.ng horses in England. and her
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18

ere d and slippery
governments has Civ
en- inventors an at
tractive problem. One
solution offered is an
adjustable calk that
can be fastened to
the shoe temporarily
and which can read.
lily be resharpened al
will. 1t consists OF
two bars, b g mt a
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
POOR WHEAT THREE STATES.
Half Crop Expected i'm Ohio, Michi-
gan and Indiana.

Half a Crop Expected in Ohio, Michi-
gan and Indiana.
The April report of the statistician Of
the Department of Agriculture shows the
average condition Of winter wheat on
April / to have been 81 j. against 11.1
on April /. 1890, S6,7 on April /, 1S9s.
and a ten-year average of S2.S. While
the ravages OF the Hessian fly in Ohio,
Michigan and Indiana win probably re-
suit in not one of these three States pro-
ducing more than half q crop. nm excep-
tionally high condition is reported from
The winter wheat States west of the Mis-
sissippi river and from the Pacific coast.
The PRINCIPAL Averages are as follows:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18

Senator over TWEEN
" years; the other
is serving his first
term. barring a few
weeks of service as
G on K lin g's col
league just prior to
the dramatic resig-
nation of Conkling
aud himself in May,
1891. Aside from
4eir names, the
two platts have
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
go. III ronItrr Rusines..

The poultry trade views with alarm
the giant strides made by the big pack
ing firms. meaning the Swift and Ar.
mour companies, toward control Of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
Keeps Horse from slipping.

The necessity of keeping horses
shoes sharpened in winter weather to
enable him to keep his feet ON ice-cov-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
$. Fl, Blood

as it is the only remedy which goes
to the very bottom of the blood and
forces out every trace of the disease.
s. S. S. is guaranteed purely vegetable,
and contains no potash, mercury, or
other mineral.
Books on Cancer win be mailed free
to any address by the Swift Specific
Co., Atlanta. Ga.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18

Some lhonghtless person once remark
ed that republics are ungrateful." The
phrase is attractive and well worn, ex-
pressing IN brief pointed way the feel
ings of the fellow who comes In second
best in a race for office. AS a national
indictment II would be thrown GU, Of any
court. Only few days ago the attcn-
ton of the authorities in Washington
was drawn to the unfortunate condition
Of Mrs. "Bill" Anthony, widow Of one Of
the heroes of the Maine, and 4 place was
promptly made for her IN the census bu.
reau at a salary Of 5000 a year Ser.
geant Anthony, il will b. recalled, com.
mitted suicide IN New York City few
months ago. The republic, however,
gratefully remembers his service for the
flag, and has shown its appreciation 70
his widow
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18

There are two PlattS in the Senate,
one from Connecticut. the other from
S,~v York Que of them has been a
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18
TOnicial publicat on. !

STATEMENT of the condition of the
CENTRAL MANUFACTURERS
MUTUAL Insurance Company of Van
Writ. in the State Of Ohio. for the year
ending December 3lst, 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, 1900-04-18

President Mckinley differs FROM some
of his predecessors in Washington in the
democratic frequency of his moving
about, tie does not immune himself in
the White House. lie seems TO enjoy
seeing and being seen Almost every
pleasant day the President takes walk
lusi as he used TO when he was "A member
Of ihn House. His Sd llders thrown back
50 that he can freely breathe the mir,
his head high and his arms swinging, he
strides along ms Il he enjoyed the exer
else and as il he were bound to get every
physical benefit from every movement.
Sometimes he drives with Mrs. Mckinley
for companion, sometimes with a mem-
her of the cabinet, or a personal friend.
Frequently he has his favorite saddle
horse taken out into the country, and
driving out in the White Honse carriage
with Gen. Corbin, the two mount for "a
vigorous canter along the pleasant sub.
urban roads.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-18

hardly anything in con mon. The New
York Senator is a great roitical leader
one OF the most astute politicians Of
whom American history has carried amy
record. The Connecticut man is about
as Indifferent to the machinery of politics
as any man can be who figures in public
life at all. The Connecticut Plat is less
widely known than the other; but with
IN the narrower bounds Of his reputation
he ranks high, If the selection of Presi-
deht of the United States devolved upon
the Senate. the first choice would prob
ably be Allison of Iowa. The second
would be 0yille II. Plat. He is noted
among hi associates for soundness of
judgment, thmness of opinion, canserYa-
tism and high integrity. Physically, he
is the type tf New England native.
talk angular. a little ungainly, and with
a face thai makes no pretensions to
beauty.