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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

runs its course, and after much fatality
becomes more or less extinct, especially
where serious attempts are made to
stamp out the disease. Thus far no
certain remedy, based on IN extended
trial. has been brought out The In
diana experiment station viii lndorse
no hog ,ehoiera remedy now on the mar
ket. and the most we can recommend
is absolute cleanliness about the pig
yards and lots and the liberal use of
disinfectaJns.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
ueafness canno, H. nn..a

fy local applications. as they cannot reach tbs
diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one
WAY 20 cure Deafness. and that Is by constitu-
tioual remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
named condition Of the mucous lining OF tina
Eiistachian Tube. When this tube gets infiamed
you haze a ruInbling sound or Imperfect hear
ing. and when 1t Is entirely closed Deafness Is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored 10 its normal
nine cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh.
which is nothing but an infiamed Condition. al
the mucous surfaces.
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrhl that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send Tor cir.
euiars free.
FL. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo. O.
SEE Sold by Druggists. TIC.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

BY the general laws of England oak,
ash and elm are timber il not young
err than twenty years or so old that a
good post cannot be cut from them.
What constitutes timber" varies
slightly according to locality. But
when tree is proved to be timber"
a person who has only life interest
i'll the land it grows upon cannot cut it
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

The Hessian fly problem has been
solved, according 20 newspaper re-
ports. a farmer in the central part of
Missouri thinks he has discovered how
to keep the hy out Of his wheat at
moderate expense, Just as wheat was
coming up last fall he scattered COM
mon salt over half fitld, leaving the
other half without any lie used about
a hushel of salt 10 the acre lie says it
worked like a charm. The part of the
field sailed has good stand Of wheat,
entirely free from lily. while the other
half is badly damaged. Another man
says be prevented damage from fly by
sowing barrel of air Stacked lime oH
fifteen acres as soon as the wheat came
up. repeating the process at intervals
of a few days.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26


wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney. bladder. uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease. which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilpier's Swa;np-Root is not rec
ommendedfor everything butif you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
just the remedy you need. lthas been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice among the helpless too poor TO pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have
sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out ifyou have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and fcctT
send your address to fF-H=ssys<4 "a
Dr. Kilmer 8. Co., Bing- N Ell q
hamton, NJ. Y. The isssss Eslss s;.sII I'D
regular fifty cent and Home of swamp-Isoos
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

meat from the kitchen, with soft bones
broken In a steel mill. The bones were
soft and we"e chopped wits the meat
A small stream ran through the plot
The hens were early chicks Of the pre-
vious year. aud laid few eggs In No.
vember Of that year. They have never
mixed with the other fowls and hare
been confined to their yard the Whole
time. The three hens weigh TWEEN y
eight and half pounds
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

Didn't you hear sbout it," No
why. the thing happened right down
in your own neisbborhood-' i know:
but my wife's away for tse summer"
PHILADELPHIA Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-R Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
Il is the great medi-
caltriurnph of the nine
tenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
L
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

Waen girl finally lands d promising
young man. she is as proud as pea
cock.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

1t is becoming harder every day to
work scheme on a farmer
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

ly under the throat to prevent too free
flow of grain. The inclined walls of
the hopper should be supported at in
tervals with by pieces extending
from trough TO rafters.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

were precious metal. At the gate open
ing into these rooms is government
Office which keeps track of everything
that goes into or out of these frigid
apartments. Foreign regulations have
been SO rigid in relation to admission of
American pork that these extremely
strict and iron-clad regulations have be
come absolutely necessary
Accept Beef Inspection.
The requireme nts in regard to Ameri-
can beef maintained by foreign coun-
tries are by no means as heavy as those
on pork. and the United States inspec-
ton given for interstate trade is ac-
cepted as ample by all othe. coun-
tries. Cattle are not nearly SO liable to
disease as hogs aud on day when tif-
teen or twenty hogs might be thrown
out in a single packing house there
might be only one, two or three cattle.
Diseased steers are often among the
very finest appearing and heaviest that
are purchased. That they are worth
less is only discovered after they have
been killed and opened. tuberculosis
is the disease with which the cattle are
most often found to be afflicted. 1t is
also often found among diseased hogs,
but cholera Is most common with the
latter. The men who inspect hogs can
just as we'll as not sit down while per-
forming most of the work so they re-
main on duty a half day at time.
but those performing work over cattle
must constantly walk about, SO they
are kept on duty only two hours at a
time, the men laboring in two alternat-
ing shifts. In the cattle slaughtering de-
partment one man does all of the actual
inspecting, but a second official puts the
purple stamps on the beeves.
The layman would at once vote the
job of the cattle inspector most I'M
pleasant. In long, yellow, oil coat the
inspector tramps about in blood an
inch or two deep, up and down the long
line of men who are doing various feat
ures in the dressing of the cattle. He
can't sit down or stand still as can the
inspectors in the hog departments. Too
many important things are done or ex-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

down unless 1t be on an estate culti-
waited solely for the production of saIa-
Die timber or unless be. has a special
agreement giving him power 10 do so.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK I?
kidney Trouble Makes You miserable.

Almost everybody who eads the news
papers is sure 10 know of the wonderful
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-29
They Abandon One Position After
Another When Approached.
FRENCH AND HAMILTON ENGAGED
Firing Heard About Ten Miles to Left
Of British Supposed. to be From
Their Forccs-RundIe Occupied
Sene kal on ay 9th.
Farmers Along March
Are SurrcnderinG.

LONDON, May 5S.-Midnight-The War
Office Just before midnight published the
following dispatch from Lord Roberts:
kip River. Transvaal, May $50
M.-We marched twenty miles to-day ana
are now eighteen miles from Johannes
burg The enemy had prepared several
positions where they intended to oppose
US, but they abandoned one after the
other as we neared them.
I'VE pressed them SO hard that they mad
only Just time TO get their five guns into
train and to leave this station as some OF
the West Australian mounted infantry
dashed into it.
..F'rench's and Ian Hanlitton's forces are
apparently engaged with the enemy about
ten miles to our left, firing has been
heard since noon
The farmers near our line of advance
are surrendering witt. their arms ana
horses.
..Run,le occupied Senekal on May 24th
No report of what took place has reached
me yet.
III. j. Wigham has just returned to
Lorenzo Marques from Pretoria. where
he went disguised. He wires that Kruger
has all the arrangements made for flight,
presumably to Holland. a special train,
provisioned. is always ready with steam
up The train waits some distance from
Pretoria -
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-29
ALL READY FOR
RIDDICK TRIAL
The Prisoners Family Visit Him in
Jai|-Mrs. Riddick There Ready
to Testify-The Counsel.

LAwRENCEVILLE, VA, May IS
Special.-The trial of Rev. j. E. r. Rid
dick for the murder of DIR. Temple Will
commence in the County Court of Bruins
wick tomorrow. This trial has been
called twice before this time, once at the
April Court, and the next time May Sd,
and each time was postponed on account
of the sickness OF Mrs Riddick, who is
claimed by the defence 20 be a material
witness.
Mrs. Riddick and mother, Rev. ]. H.
Riddck, father Of the prisoner. and Mrs.
Poage, sister Of the prisoner, arrived here
on the midday train. All the counsel for
defence have also arrived.
Hon. E. w Saunders, who will assist
Hon. e. p. Buford in the prosecution, will
arrive tonight and it seems likely that
the trial will go on without further delay.
The prisoners family visited him in jail
this afternoon and remained for about
one and a half hours, after Which they
returned 10 the hotel, and Mrs. Riddick
has not since left her room.
A barber visited Mr.. Riddick in jail this
afternoon and shaved him. The prisoner
is reported to be in good health, and there
is no excuse for the trial not to COM
mence.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-29
AFTER DEATH-WHAT
Learned TheoIoSians Debate on Fu-
ture State OF the Soul.

Possibly three hundred were gathered
last night at the Auditorium to hear the
Biblical debate between Mr.. Alex. Packie,
of Louisa. and Rev. j. Z. Smith. of
philadelphia. Hon. S. S. p Patteson
presided over the meeting. DR. p =.
Starke. of this city, acked as moderator
for Rev. Mr.. Smith, and Mr.. James L
Shelton. of Louisa, acted for Mr. Packie.
The subject for the evening was the
future state of the soul and in what form
ii would exist throughout eternity.
The speeches of both men showed
familiarity and knowledge of the Scrip
ture. They spoke for an hour in thirty
ninut periods At the close of the first
hour Mr.. Packie had finished his reply to
Mr. Smiths first speech. Mr.. Smith
rose and asked the chairman if he was
not entitled to the closing argument, he
being on the affirmative. Mr.. Patterson
informed him that according to the agree
1nent which both speakers had signed he
was not to close the debate.
Mr.. Smith said he had certaiEsZS been
misinformed and if he tnAd known such
to have been the arrangement he would
never have come upon the platform. The
question was discussed on the stage by
the moderators, who decided against Mr..
Smith, and the debate went on, though
the affair detracted from the enjoyment
of the discourse
The second debate will be held tonight
at O'Clock.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-29
NEWS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Miss Parker Eesi..ns rs Teacher and
is Succee;lc,i by Miss II. .eud.

The regular meeting of the scacoI Board
was held yesterday evening. Taose present
were Messrs james II. S>aaers tvtcc-t'.i:-ir-
NAM. Charles HuJzier. +. Edgar SaIue.
William " Turpia. soi t.statf.as, W. -
Fox sstyerinteaeteaty, ara e. 2. Waltort
Cleric.
Tae srsgerintenderrrs report for thu
north shows: Total enrolment. Ii.4k3;
monthly enrolment. 1890; average e.aiiy
attendance. 9,9l6; per cent OF attendance,
Miss Margie ". Parker. Of soringa.d
school. resigned. aud Miss F.. Gordon
Friend was ,9lgsceI on tne reg5tfr list OK
teachers t.. b1ard. az the sas1ffs tion OF
the principals. vino we-e represented by a
committee. decided 10 send SuPerintendant
w. r Fox a It's representative To t.is
National EducatDna! Association. which
meets in Czll-Iest5n. s. G.. July i--i;1
next. Reports were received from .ae
various committees os visitation. which
showed the schools 20 be ir Il good contsi-
ton. after the transaction OF routina
business tne Board adJoE5rree.
Ar- Joseph G. Dic5Sers5a wzs absent or
ae,oant of Deing cut o. the c.ty-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-29
MINISTERS TO DEDICATE 1T.
Missionary Boat Samuel n. Iiapsiey to
Go 20 south .africa-Sh:pyard News,

Rev. DR.. Robert Z. Kerr. pastor OF the
First Prpsb,-t terrain tsaureI u isiiS e1tS,
has written the William Z. Tfisg Ship
butiiffrI.5 tuIn2lliiy Jsss31g4s pt'r1slssi'IL 70
tIcdicate instead of Christening the congo
missionary boat Samuel n. Lapsiey,
which will soon be completed.
Instead of christening the boat. il Will
be. dedicated like d church
Rev. DR.. Chester of NASHVILLE. Tenn,
secretary of the Foreign Mission Board.
will be here TO attend the exercises,
There will also be here a large number or
welI-known Presbyterian ministers from
throughout the South whose efforts have
helped to raise the funds to build the
boat Ministers CT other denominations
viii also be present.
The dedication exercises viii take pace
about June 18TH after which the boat
will be taken apart. packed up, and
shipped TO New York. from which place
it will be sent TO Liverpool. From there
it will be shipped to Matadi. in South
Africa, where ii is to ply along The Congo
river. carrying missionary workers. re-
lgiors literature and supplies for the
heather in the junsies and uneEiiSAtaned
regions of that counJsy.
1t will only be q month or 50 more
before. the first torpado-bodt destroyer
the Dale-to be built in this city will
be launched Both tha DHe and toe
Decatur are up-to-CIate~ war-ve7sels. and
they present a picturesque sight ut their
present mornings
The trial trip of the Stockton will take
place next month. This boat may so 70
New York or some other point on this
trip.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-29

a moment of sombre pail one more, then
sdav swept over the land and claimed It's
As the shadow swept on towards the
Atlantic. the dispatch boat Dolphin, with
President Mckinney and party aboard,
crept across the Roads, and while the
SIM was yet crescent. the kearsarse
was firing the salute OF twenty-one guns
in honor of the nations executive. who,
presently, was on his way back to the
Capital having never stopped al Old Point
during his stay III this vicinity. He
watched the eclipse from Lambert's Point,
near Norfolk
A few moments before the sun passed
into absolute obscurity, While the shadows
were gathering thick upon the white sands.
a corpse was thrown upon the beach in
front of one of the big hotels by an in
coming billow. The ghastly object
splashed directly under the eyes Of e
group of observers. 1t proved to be the
cornse of William McGlone. who was
drowned in the Bay last Thursday while
fishing.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-29
PRICE TWO CENTS.

forty-six rifles, surrendered uncondi,ionatiy
at Cuyape yesterday Three ofhcers ana
forty-six men. with ffty-tive rifles, suf
rendered unconditonaily to-day at iss't'e'
These spontaneous surrenders are very en-
couragins.'
General Corbin said that General Mac
Arthur's dispatch showed that the sltua-
ton in the Philippines IS improving Inc
present polcyo OF the army, ne said. Is 70
disarm and not to kill the Filipino lnsur-
gents and that object is being facilitated
by the action of the Filipino captains III
getting their men together and surrender
ing In body. In such cases the man get
receipts for their arms and ammunition
There is no longer any organized resist
ance, he says, and the only trouble comes
from bands of guarillas. The r1araudefs
receive no mercy from the troaps-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-29
A FOUL MURDER
IS SUSPECTED
John W. Perdue MYster-
lously Missing
BLOODY HAT FOUND
And Trail Leading From His Buggy
to the River.
DRAGGING FOR HIS B0OYs
aIr. Per.Iue was ON the May from His
Home to Sewalrs Point. Ills Place
of Business, a.I IT Is Thought
Hc was lGus.:erei and
Thrown iaso ttts River.
Y Negro Killed.
DRAGGING FOR HIS 8oOYs

NORFOLK. VA. May @-soeciaI,-
John w. Perdue, of Ailantic City, who
left home yesterday for his place OF ousi-
ness, at Sewalrs E'oint. is missing Foul
play IS suspected. as ON the road MS
buggy was found and n i5 atS nas.
stained with blood. y trail leading %
the rivcr-siets causes the beG@C thsst ne
was murdered and his body thrown in
the river. Men are dragging ior the body
Tessie Btacsbcrn. : young woman.
took poison aad d.sd ,oday. She ieft
letter in wlsica She admitted ner design
to die by her own hand diapos.rs 2f ler
little effects. ami asked t-@tr sh, be hurled
al Baltimore. her hcne. She Was of re-
Specialize family and signed ne. istler
with her reat name, Helen Enscilie
Frank Alien. coloEeG, !oHg1horenan.
aged forty years, dropped dead upon tho
street to-day.
George Douglas. colored. was murdered
tonight by a companion, who, with a
knife, pierced his hSart
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-29
ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL.
Four Prisoners Damage the Steel Cell
in Earnyi!ie.

FARMVILLE, VA, May 2s-Special.-
The four negroes sentenced at the last
term of Prince Edward County Court for
robbery have been taken to the penitenti-
airy to serve their term of four years
imprisonment
When the officers removed them from
the steel cell in the new county Jail, 1t
was discovered that an attempt had been
made to escape The lock of the cell
was so badly damaged that the officers
were compelled to use cold steel dhisels
to open the door.
Professor Cridlin's music class gave a
concert at the Opera House Friday night.
There was a large audience present. The
programme was well rendered and en-
joyed. Z
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-29
THE MAYOR ATTACKED.
His Honor Mayor G. w. Smith. of
INchburr Has an Alteration.

LYNCHBURG, VA, May 2S.-Special--
Mr. G. w. Smith, Mayor of the city, and
Mr. Zack Blaine, a timer, had a personal
difficulty on Main Street to-day. Last
week the Mayor admitted to bail in the
small sum of ten dollars young white
man who had been arrested on the charge
of assauiting a young white girl. ana MS
action has been severely criticised
When Blaine met the Mayor to-day on
the street he began offering some critl-
cism, when the Mayor spoke TO him sharp
ly, strongly resenting his conduct. Words
led to blows, and several ltcks were
exchanged. a policeman iRterfered. and
Blaine was placed under arrest.
The case of assault, which has excited
the entire community, has been set Tor
trial next Monday, at which time its
details will, in all probability, be fully
developed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-29
EsOnuy Bon Air.

BON AIR, May 2S.-Srecial.-The Rev.
DR.. Tudor preached here Sunday evening
The conference collections for the year
were taken, and the neat sum of $40 %as
raised. this being the largest collection of
the kind ever taken here. and probably the
largest, considering the membership, ever
taken at any one charge in the district
AL of the vacant cottages have been
taken for the summer, and the community
is rapidly filing up with resorters. Seve-
raj guests are already at Hotel Noel and
others are expected soon
Bon Air never was more beautiful and
attractive than now. Crop prospects are
good and the fruit crop will be abundant.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-29
stormy Session of Deputies.

PARIS. May 2S-There was a stormy
session in the Chamber of Deputies to-
day The Premier provoked dreadful
uproar by declaring. in repudiating the
charge that he had attempted to revive
the Dreytus case, that the spying was
done at the Second Bureau of the War
Office Pandemonium followed, and the
session was adjourned
Subsequently the session was resumed.
Premier Waldeck-Rousseau toned down
his ailusion to the War Office, and the
Government was sustained by a vote OF
2SS against 2ii.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-29
AS SEEN IN RALEIGH. /
lieutenant Geo. G. Round Makes Il
Signal Station of the State Capitol.


RALEIGH, N. c., May 2S.-Special.-
EVERYWHERE on the street to-day from the
early hour of crowds of people with
smoked glass watched for the least begin
ming of the total eclipse. At 1880 the
faintest tip of blackness appeared on the
rim of the, sun. Gradually the disk was
covered and hung as a black ball in the
heavens.
Parties from Detroit, Chicago. Boston
Milwaukee, New York and many other
distant places came here to view the
eclipse.
Lieutenant George c, Round, one of Cen
Schofield's signal officers, who established
a signal station on the State Capitol April
49, 1865. is at the Marlborough Hotel. Some
time since he obtained permission to oc-
cupv his old station during the solar
eclipse. He has resided in Virginia since
the war, and Governor Tyler, of that
State, has written Governor Russell asking
that the above privilege be granted him.
The superintendent and janitor at the
Capitol assisted Mr.. Round on Saturday
in preparing station for observation on
the dome. on which the Lieutenant mount
ed the same United States signal tele-
SCOPE which he used in 1865. He also has
in his possession one of his old signal flags,
and after the period of totality passed on
Monday at 9 A. NJ. the Lieutenant used the
signal flag to repeat the same message
he sent out from that done April 26, 1866
..Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-29
WEIRD SCENE AT SUFFOLK.
Business Suspcntied-People Watched
tho Phenomenon With Awe,

Business Suspcntfed-People Watched
the Phenomenon With Awe.
SUFFOLK, VA, May 2S.-Special.-
After a generation of waiting the solar
eclipse came to-day, and came on time.
The heavens We're bright and cloudless.
and all nature pervaded by a, calm nat
was grave like in its intensity.
During the period of totality the hush
vas disturbed only by the aimless f1utter-
ing of birds as their wings beat among
telegraph wires and the quiet sobs OF a
few tirnid women who were overcome by
the scene of awful grandeur There we're
some unsaid prayers. The solemnlty was
too nearly allied to the sacred to be lightly
disturbed by vocal sounds.
Hundred of persons stood on places OF
prominence and viewed the phenomenon
through telescopes and broken window
panes swoked with lghtwood. Photo
graphs were made: business was suspend
ed: lights were made in stores, and few
stars peeped out and were absorbed in the
daylight. AT some of the factories women
enp!oyed became scared and shouted, and
quit work. In country districts laboreIs
left their fields, amid cries of anguish
They uttered incoherent petitions and
wrung their hands. At one point Nearer,
My God, to Thee, was sung Impressive
ly.
Fowls f11ddled together helplessly, and
some took their midnight perches. Dogs
looked heaven-w-ard and wagged their
tails in mute appeal. A cushion of cool.
dark and cheerless air seemed settling
about the earth, and men grew chill. 1t
looked a fitting time for tragedy.
AS the arc Of sunshine sped around the
surface of the lunar sphere the dismal
sight was dissipated, great cries Of glad
ness went uo, and there was JOY again
upon the earth; the eclipse was passing.