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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26
PORTO RICO CASE UP.
Arguments Begun in the United State,
Supreme Court.

Arguments Begun in the United States
Supreme Court.
Monday morning in the Supreme Court
of the United States began one of the
most interesting and important debates
that has been held before that tribunal
for years, and the principle involved is
whether the constitution of the United
STATES follows the flag; or, in other
words, whether the Filipinos and Porto
Ricans are citizens of the United States,
or, of not, what their relation is to this
government. Attorney General Griggs
argued the negative. Ex-Secretary Car
Isle, Charles Ii. Aldrich of Chicago, Will
liam Edmund Curtis of New York and
other famous lawyers spoke in the af-
firmative. The question comes before the
court on a remonstrance against the pay
ment of duties upon goods imported from
Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands
and involves the constitutionality of the
Porto Rican law that was passed last
session. 1t will be remembered that the
committee of ways and means submitted
to the House of Representatives a report
declaring that neither Porto Rico nor Ha-
waii nor the Philippines nor Alaska nor
Arizona nor any of the other territories
were part of the United States, and that
Congress had the right to establish GUS
tom houses on their borders, notwith-
standing that clause in the constitution
that forbids embargoes upon the COM
meree between the States.
This is one of the greatest cases that
the nations highest tribunal has ever
considered; greater than the bred Scott
case, greater than the legal te der case,
greater than the income tax case. Those
cases respectively involved TIE question
of the extension of slavery, the power of
the government to issue paper money
and force its acceptance, and the power
of the government TO tax incomes, but
this case involves the very structure Of
the government itself
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26
The Iaziess Man.

nhc LATEST man in North America
discovered himself the other evening in
the swell bachelor apartments not far
from Lafayette square, New York City,
wbAre he lives. He was lying on a
couch in his lounging room, smoking a
cigar, when the cigar Went out-that is
to say. the fire at the end of the cigar
departed. The man raised himself on
one arm with great effort, and snapped
the messenger bel that was installed
over the couch. Then he reclincd and
waited. After about ten minutes there
was a knock at the door. and a messen-
ger boy entered.
"Djou ring sirE' asked the boy.
Yes. son. said the LATEST man in the
western hemisphere. Just gimme a
match off that table there. will your"
The boy handed the man on the couch
a match aud waited. The man relighted
his cigar and smoked on.
"Djou want me to go somewhere,
sir?" asked the hoy, fidgeting.
NO. that's all, said the man. Take
that halfdollar on the table"
Then the boy went out. grinning.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26
Hard RInw To Silver.

About the hardest blow given to the
cause of free silver comes from the
fact just proven. that had Bryan been
elected in 1896 and run all of the mints
of our country night and day and all of
the silver dollars turned out were worth
par with gold. the circulating medium
could not have been half so greatly in
creased as it has been during the past
three years by our great balance of
trade. which has brought us the gold of
Europe, and the increase of circulation
given us through the new national
bank law. This prosperity of our coun-
try is smashing the free silver doctrine
like a sledge hammer drives down a
carpet tack.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26

SHE KNEW GAMBLING ETHICS.
Ore Woman Who Cautioned Her Hus-
band Against Violating Ihem.

Ore Woman Who Cautioned Her Hus-
band Against Violating Ihem.
Woman" remarked Mr. Goosellng,
OF Georgetown. lis heavens best gift
to man, but whether it means a mar
ried woman or not, am not so certain.
Now, there's my wife; I've known a
good many women In my time, and l
don't think I'd be willing TO change her
for any woman | ever met, saw or
heard of. We've been married twenty
years, and in all that time we've never
had cross word that we didn't get
disposed of somehow before we had
many more. It's the only way TO get
along with woman. I'd rather yield
a dozen times a day than to eat the
kind of meal my wife can have brought
to the table when she's a mind to I'm
willing 10 make as many concessions
as the next man, but | really think
there IS q limit that any reasonable
woman ought TO observe. Not til It my
wife Is not as reasonable as any other
married woman. mind you, for she is.
But there are times when she makes
me doubt the strict accuracy Of the
time-honored maxim / have quoted.
Now, for instance, the other day I was
doing something or other around the
house like a man has right to do on
his own premises, and, just as men
sometimes do, put my finger where /
had no business to put it, and hit il a
lick with the hammer.
Well said | to myself, though my
wife was sewing by the window on the
other side of the room, III bet I'm the
biggest darn fool in ten States
All of which 1 had perfect right to
say, but my wife looks up from her
work, and says she:
William says she, don't you
know enough about the ethics of gam
bling to know that you have no right
to bet on a certainty
That's what she said. and under the
circumstances. what on earth could l
say but nothing, and that's what said.
But hit that nail lick with the ham,
mer that drove it clear in over its head
and broke pane of glass that cost a
dollar to replace. Washington Star.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26
eoERs INVADE CAPE COLONY.
A Force of 700 Burgher= Crosses Near
Arrival North.

A dispatch from Cape Town says 700
Beers have crossed from Orange River
Colony into Cape Colony, near Aliwal
North, and have reached KaapdaI The
object for which the Beers have been
striving for weeks is thus accomplished,
and it is feared that the embers of dis
affection which have been snoIdering in
Cape Col,ny will be famed into open
hostility and a general rising throughout
the colony is not impossible.
Tie inability of the British army to
trap De Wet and the disaster at the
Magaliesberg, together with the capture
of a part of Brabant's horse, have thrown
the British war office into a condition
bordering on panic. The entrance of tbs
Beers into Cape Colony comes as thu
browning blow of all. The dispatch gives
no details, but it is possible that De Wet
himself may be in command.
A dispatch from Maseru, Baustoland,
dated Sunday, says Gen. DE Wet attack
ed Lapberg and Warringham's store. He
made three determined assaults on tbs
British positions and oiled the third at
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26

| in this country, Of which her uncle Walls.
worth gave her deed her last birthday
II confess that you are good inter
prefer. The truth is, my father was such
| a flaming royalist that, in looking after
the fortunes of the king, he forgot to look
after his own; the upshot of which Is that
his only son and heir viii soon be very
little better than a beggar, unless these
same broken fortunes can be repaired"
And a rich heiress isn't found every
turn"
Not in these days--at least not in Eng
land, nor among those of English de-
scent; for, Jealous and reckless Of any
injury to himself as my fether was in the
cause of Charles H., there were enough
to keep him company"
IAN We nave to do, then, is to assist
each other
And the isSt step?"
ut must be one that will cause jealousy
and distrust between Harleigh and
Alice"
True but how to take thjt rst step"
said Falkland.
II will help you. You have noticed
that she often wears a blue ribbon round
her neckp'
Yes"
But you may never have seen the
Jewel which is appended TO it."
NO, / never have"
1T would not be likely to happen, for
hse keeps 1t scrupuously concealed be-
meath the folds of her neckerchief''
Il suspect it is love token from Har-
leigh"
1T is, and this first step we've been
speaking Of is to obtain possess ION Of it."
Which will be no easy matter"
Perhaps not. but leave that to me.
And now, if you know. tell me when Har-
leigh is going TO embark for EnglandP'
In the first vessel that sails from the
port of Boston"
That will be in a week or ten days"
Yes, somewhere thereabOuts"
And you?"
Il shall remain here several weeks
longer, it may be months"
Il thought of trying to obtain possess
sion of this love token we have been
speaking about, tonight. On reflection,
however think il will be better to do
nothing about it till after Harleigh is
gone. If Alice should miss it while he is
here, an explanation will be sure to take
place between them, which may thwart
my { IGningly devised plan"
Ito be continued)
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26

tack in person. With few of his men
he charged through while the rest of his
force followed.
Another dispatch says commando
which has been endeavoring TO capture
Thaba NChu Mex has been repulsed.
Commandant Haasbroek, with COM
mando and two guns, tried to force
Springkaut's Mex, near Thaba N'Chu,
but was repulsed, with loss Of forty
men.
As an offset . the repeated British re-
verses is an unconfrmed rumor of a Sc
we're battle Resulting in a victory for the
English. According to the story the
fighting began at daybreak Sunday and
lasted for several hours. The Beers, who
numbered from 1900 to 1000 men, were
surrounded at the Orange river and to-
tally defeated. with heavy losses in killed
and wounded.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26
Explicit.

This is an old one, but it goes. as ii
has never been printed.
A few years back when Robson and
Crane were playing together. their
names were seldom mentioned separ-
ately. 1t would he Robson and Cranes
Il is, that or the other Once Mr.. Rob
sons daughter was obliged to travel
unacconspaEie1 from New York to
some western point and was carefully
placed by each conductor in the pro-
tectinS care of each succeeding one.
At Buffalo careful knight of the rail-
road in giving his charge over 10 the
next conductor, said:
Nov take very good care Of this
young lady she is Robson and Cranes
daughter New York Clipper.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26

an additional s1T5,00o000 to fore-sn
ships. even If the refusal of Congress to
consider the bill al this session, insures
its passage az, the next session. But,
more likely, it means at least two years
of further discussion. and, cons >auent-
ly, S350,000,000 more of the American
peoples money paid into the pockets of
foreign shipowners for doing tie car
rying of our imports and exports that
the American people desire to see car
ried in Am Jean ships.
When Cor gress meets after the holt
days ne'S century will have dawned
Marvellous as has been the growth of
the United States during the century
now closing-a growth without parallel
in history more marvellous
viii be its development during the COM
ing century. With nearly S0000,000 of
the most intelligent people in the world
composing the American nation, with
resources unequaled elsewhere. with
the intelligence and skill required for
their exploitation, and with an over
flowing abundance of capital with
which TO exploit our resources, to what
heights may we not aspire. and to what
commanding position and influence
in the world may we not attain, before
the close of the next century.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26
Army Reorpanizotion.

The Army Reorganization bin, which
is certain TO become Il law before the
18th Of March, makes provision for the
appointment to positions in the regular
faithfully served in the provisional
army Many of our distinguished Off
GERS in our old regular army Were APP
pointed to their positions on account of
their faithful and brilliant service in
the Civil War
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
Said to Have Been Decided Upon by
the President.

President Mckinley has decided to call
an extra session Of Congress in March,
says Republican Congressman who is
usually correct in his forecasts. Satur-
day President Mckinney announced to a
committee from the Illinois State Manu-
facturers' Association as 8 reason foT
declining an invitation TO their Chicago
dinner. March 2G. that he will call an
extra session III the Senate 10 consider
nominations.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26

The Latin American Congress at Mad
rid voted in favor of compulsory arbiua-
ton Chill being the only country 10 OPP
pose the plan. In this connection the
neighborhinS republics are alarmed a;
the wariike preparations OF Chilli. which
has adopted the compulsory military sys-
tenn
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26
RniIronds Enior Prosneritx

1t Is said that more miles of railroads
have been contracted since the Presi-
dental clecdon of 1900 than were con
structed during the entire four years of
President CIeyeland'S last term. And
the more railroads there are built, the
greater the demand seems to be for the
construction of others.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26

The Kentucky Adjutant General hiss is
sued an order mastering the Louisville
Legion. the crack military regiment OF
&he State, out Of service The alleged
ground for this step is that the regiment
was formed without the consent Of the
sOunty judge. as the law requires.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26
Reduction in wnr Taxes.

The reduction in the war tax provid-
ed by the bill recently reported in the
House from the Committee on Ways
and Means will relieve the people of
quite all of the irkSome features of war
taxation, Only those who can best az
lord to pay a war tax viii be required
TO pay anything after June next.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26
Snoiliur a Kid

"rhey ARE Just running that boy OF
mine at the Kindergarten. said the
worried father.
What IS the matJerE' asked the
friend. glad 10 hear one Earring note in
the usual song of praise about me
boy"
lie calls his chums William and
Henry instead Of BIZ and Hank.
Wouldn't that jar youT'-lndianapoli,
Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26
New York Tenement Houses.

The law in New York allows tene-
neut houses a height Of eighty-fiye
feet-seven stories and basement
when the first two floors are fi-eproof
and $50 feet-twelve Stories-when fire
proof throughout.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26
ESTIMATES OF EXPENSES.
Government Will Cost $743 374, SO4
in the Next FiscaI year.

The annual estimates of the ne 1essary
expenses of the government, as pI epared
by the clerks of the Senate and House
committees on appropriations, jhow a
total for the fiscal year 1902 o, $743,-
B74,S04. compared with actual appropria-
tions for 1901, less miscellaneous and de-
fciency appropriations, of $500 eco, 30
The estimate by bills fer the next year
is as follows:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26
Womb Nnt submit.

The whole secret OF the late Bepub-
lican success lies in the fact that the
country would not submit to a treat
ment of dwarfing.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26


The details of the vote in Nebraska,
as reported in dispatches from Lincoln,
present some interesting features. In
one precinct in Antelope County, TOR
instance, where in 1896 Bryan got 10
votes and Mckinley got only >. in 1900
Mckinley got 40 votes and Bryan got
none. 1t looks as though they must
Lave been having some Mckinley pros
perity in that vicinity during the last
-four years.
In Bryan's home county the farming
districts gave him in 1896 majority of
nearly 300, while this year Mckinley
carried them by a majority of 244 Per-
haps some of those Nebraska mort
cages which have been paid off since
President McKinley's election in 1896
belonged up that way. And when it
comes TO choice between voting for
"favorite son" or even for neigh
Dor and voting for ones own individual
prosperity and for the prosperity of the
whole country, the ''favorite SON. has
to take second place. 1t is hard on Mr..
Bryan, but a calamity candidate usual
iy hasn't very good time in this coun-
try, where the people have so often
had an opportunity to see that it lies
entirely with themselves whether they
will have prosperity or not. The pros
perity argument was. as Mr.. Bryan has
said, the most potent element in his
defeat, and nowhere was it more po-
tent than in Mr.. Bryaa's own State and
county.-American Economist
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-26
Took Effect Automatically.

The amazing thing about the indus
trial revival after McKinley's election
was its suddenness. 1t seemed to take
effect automatically, almost Instantly.
without a decent natural interval for
the mere routine details of business.
The explanation of this, obviously, is
the preparation of the business mind
for tie event and the great number of
contingent contracts. These took effect
on the day after election witt out even
The formality. of a contirma cory tele-
gram, and industrial establishments
could order work on them to begin at
once. Besides these actual contracts
contingent on the election, there seem
to have been great number of orders
ready to send out in the first mail after
news Uf it was had on which work
could begil almost as soon. The sud
denness of the industrial movement dis
tinguishes it from four years ago more
than its volume. The notion that in
dustrial energy vas at such high pitch
already that there could be no parallel
of the increase of 1897 begins TO be
held with less confidence. But there
was less certainty of the event in adj
vance in 1896, and the machinery of in
dustry was idle and rusty. 1t took
some time for it to get in motion after
feeling the new impulse. This year 1t
took the impulse like a powder fuse
and leaped ahead under it with almost
explosive force New York CONNER
cial Advertiser.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-20
Wide Open.
Making Caricatures,

The way in which some artists can
distort features without making them
unrecognizable is certainly very re-
markable. Thomas Mast possessed
this faculty TO an extraordinary degree
and he had very peculiar way Of
adding new faces TO his mental pho
tograph gallery. When a fresh SUBJ
Ject would arise In politics, for in-
stance, he would invent some pretext
to call upon him at his Office or house.
and hold him in conversation as long
as possible. studying his features.
When he took his departure he would
purposely leave his cane. Once outside
Mast would make a hasty pencil sketch
ON card and would usually find that
his memory was deficient as to some
detail. He would then return, ostensi-
bly, for the cane. and another. look at
the victim would enable him to per-
feet his sketch. After that he had the
man forever.
When Joe Keppler was alive he used
to make frequent trips to Washington
for the purpose of seeing statesmen
whom he wanted to draw. He was
very clever at catching likenesses and
scarcely ever referred to photograph.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-20

and rs he did so he remarked ''Do you
not find the heat oppressive here?''
After saying this, he laid aside his
hat, revealing welldeveloped but
Ialnost universally bald head.
While the minister was writing, an
other visitor came to the office. He
wae one of those big, bustling fellows,
who talks loud, and never stops to in
vestignte surroundings. He was also
of the force or he would have known
better than to say what he did.
"Whew! It's ALFRED hot up here"
And then he caught sight of the
bald headed minister at the desk
Gee! No wonder you unholy duff
fers get bald headed in place like
this. l. don't believe that it's any
warmer down in the place that the
preachers are always harping about"
But the minister never looked up,
until after the man had gone. Then
he said quietly:
Young man, guess the drin'-
and then he stopped suddenly.
But he completed the sentence:
Were | worldly man, l would
say, the soda's on me-"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-20
Oysters.
We have opened the season, they are
| fine. The Edison Fish Market.
An UnexpIainabIc Fact.

"The old superstition" said leading
physician. that when death lays his
hand on us our bodily health is made
perfect has now been substantlated by
the most advanced medical science
People dying of paralysis and bodily
ailments which have kept them con.
fined to their coucrcs for years and
pasird their limbs so that movement
was impossible regain all their physic'
al strength just as they cross the bor
lerland. No; we can't explain why,
Ali we know Is such IL the case"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-20
DEATH
OF Life Long Resident Of Bettes
Corners.

VIM. Bettes, aged 40, son of the late
Wellington Bettes, died at his home
at Rettes' Corners, Saturday. He was
born at Bettes' Corners and had lived
there all his life. A brother and two
sisters survive him. Mrs. Fannie
Smith of Kansas, Henry Bettes. of
Boston, Mass, and Miss Mary Bettes,
of Bcttes' Corners, at whose home the
deceased had lived. Death was due
to complication Of diseases. The
funeral will be held from the Broad
st. Church of Christ, Cuyahoga Falls,
at o'clock Tuesday afternoon.