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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
ARE HUMAN FIENDS.
CHINESE PRACTICE DEVILiSH
FORMS OF TORTURE.
OF All Peoples on Earth They Are the
Most Cruel ami Leiighr in Long
Drawn Dat Punishment Some OF
Their Systems.

OF all races On tie face OF the earth
The Cuinese are the most cruel the
Host devoted 10 fearful torture OF those
Ia thelr power ana me most ADEPT III
dey sing vTer new forms oil marsyruom
Tor the objects OF their hatred. IN them
almost slnple cruelty they are lower
than the ANIMALS Ii they merely de
lighted in torturlng, one might say t
was perversion. But they do not
merely delight IN it. They torture dY-
ing creatures from rats 10 man, as a
simple natter of course. and the native
victims accept it equally as matter
of course. There is something supreme
~ terrible in the matter-of-fact, st0lid
way in which they subject prisoner
To demoniac pain with as much readi-
ness as magistrate would sentence II
man TO spend ten days in jail
To begin with. there is the whipping
and scourging with bamboo rods. This
Is 50 common method of preparing"
victim for trial that it is hardly con
sldered punishment much less torture.
Yet the bamboo is lalL on hard enough
10 bring blood at each stroke, and, es-
pecially when it Is applied TO the soles
OF the feet, the victim often faints
from pain ard loss of blood combined
One hardly can enter a Chinese court
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
LIVING BEYOND ONES MEANS.
Leads, Through the Credit System, to
Loss of Nj oney and of Hope.


Or. George c. Lorimer, IA an article
on Living Beyond Ones Means"
says: Some one has said hat our
children desire to begin where we
leave off. Consequently, if they can
procure the elegancies of life in no
other way they will secure them on
the credit system and pay interest on
a cut-throat chattcl mortgage, form
of finance that would bankrupt the
Rothschilds and lead To panic on
every exchange In the world. For II is
a fact that the poor pay far higher for
the accommodations they receive than
do the rich for theirs. The not usual
outcome Of this kind Of hous keeping
is that the debtor falls behind in his
payments. is annoyed by duns. Dor
rows n trine from "A friend to ward off
the evil day. ard q last abandons hope,
losing furniture and all that hae been
paid as interest aud principal.
IA happy contrast was the course
adopted by Il bright-eyed wife In Chi
cago. Calling al tie house. | remark
ed. Your home looks very pretty She
replied emphatieally. 1T is pretty. for
we have paid for everything in it.
Then she told me that before her mar
rlage her intended requested her 10 Sc
lect a carpet and be would bay ii on
trust; but that she stoutly refused. and
assured him that the bare floor was
good enough for her until he could af-
ford to pay for what be purchased I
exclaimed, Bravo and am persuaded
the little woman has made a good busI
ness man Of her husband by this time"
Evangelical Messenger.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25

little murmur Of appreciation, for his
record Is as well kept In mind as is the
record of an athlete In America or Eng
land He bows to the high dignitaries
and then takes one OF his swords from
the sword-c;frier who has followed
him. They are wonderful swords that
are used by The ling-chee executioners.
Sometimes they are hundreds of years
old and have records so long and bloody
that q person with nerves might well
shudder TO touch them. The eXecu-
toner docs not shudder. He knows
what depends on his dcIicacy of touch.
Swiftly he swings the great weapon
around his head Til ID whistles. Salts
fed that it is ready for business. he ap-
proaches the victim slowly. First lie
feints at him and withdraws. Then he
makes believe again. Suddenly the
sword shoots In wickedly, and one OF
the victims eyebrows is sliced off 50
neatly that It scarcely draws blood.
Now begins wonderful work--wonder-
FIJI and devilish. It may be that the
condemned man has been the subject
of great imperial mercy. In that case
he may have been blessed beyond com
pare BY having his sentence committed
so that he is to be killed in only twenty
sliclngs, whereas hardened Offenders
might have been sentenced 10 die only
after seventy Eve cut, or even more. II
the victim is very lucky. the sword win
beat him 50 swiftly that the eye scarce
~ can follow it. At each stroke some
part Of the poor bound body VIII fall to
the ground. Now II may be "a shoulder,
now a piece Of the breast, now al arm.
Suddenly the last cut IS made. II is
straight at the heart, and the weapon
cats it out and ends the sufferings Of
the wre.ched man But the spectacle Is
not ended The executiOneF now bas 10
dismember the corpse, and this he does
with passes OF the SWORD, each careful
~ studied and done accordingly TO reg
ularly laid-out rules, tin there is abso-
lutely nothing left on the cross and
only a pile Of terrible fragments lies at
It's base.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25

Jacob Kolf, an elderly man employed
by the city Of Oshkosh in the department
OF public works was Instantly killed
while walking on the tracks OF the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railroad He was
going to his home from work and ear
ried shovel and hoe on his shoulder. \
switch engine approached from behind
and he stepped to another track to avoid
the approaching engine. He did not OBJ
serve that the engine had just made a
flying switch" and a box car was ar
preaching him on the track on which ne
was walking. Before he was aware of
his danger the car struck him, killing him
instantly. Ie was thrown a distarce of
about thirty feet. His daughter, Barbara
Kolf, witnessed her fathers terrible
death
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
ho.c Cl,niero .

/ have been raising hogs for eight
years, and have never lost one from
cholera, although the cholera has been
in my neighborhood several times dur
ing that time. Two years ago the chol-
era attacked my nearest neighbours
hogs. | advised him to give them equal
parts of wood ashes, salt, charcoal. sui
phur and soda, in one tablespoonful
doses for each hog, twice day. He
did so, and of five sick hogs which re-
ceived the treatment two died and
three got we'll About the same time a
very fine pig of mine became sick and
| gave him the same treatment, He
recovered in two or three days. gave
the same remedy 10 my other hogs. and
none of them were sick.-A. ]. Legg, in
Epitomist.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25

r. w. Clark of Colby was fined $50
and costs for conducting a drug store
with no registered pharmacist in charge
The work Of prospecting for iron ora
near North Freedom has been completed
and the machinery removed. The result
has not been made public
Isaac Stephcnson's yacht Bonita made
the trip from Green Bay 70 Marinctte
with n pleasure party aboard, In three
hours and ten minutes The distance is
between fifty and sixty miles This is
the fastest trip ever made between these
two cities
A burglar who bad been discovered in
the act Of robbh.L Thorn Bros saloon in
Oshkosh took a desperate chance for his
life With a revolver pointed at his
bead and no means Of escape except
through Il plate glass window, the burg
lar took the chance and plunged through
the window The patrol wagon was cali
ed to the scene. but the burglar had made
good his escape.
The tuIdiug owned by Alex. McCaulry
at Rockbridgc was destroyed by fire II
was the work Of an iuceularF Nc
Caulcy was awakened by the smoke and
attempted to climb out Of the windo.
when keg Of powder exploded. knocking
him to the floor He was badly burned.
but managed to escape from the building,
and when found by neighhors was uncon-
gciOus Mr.. McCauley was the town
treasurer oi Rockbridgc and over 500 II
The town money WAS destroyed, il being
all in bills. The building aud contents
nre n total loss. An adjoining blacksmith
shop was also burned. The total loss
viii be- $1,000
Work has been commenced on the na,l-
Of the Wisconsin Central ear shops st
North Fond du Lac.
John Arndt. who killed Charles Fehr-
ing at Amigo. was arraigned before the
municipal judge on the charge Of wlllful-
~ killing the boy He pleaded not guilty
bat admitted that he accidentally killed
him.
John Holberg, an employc Of the vii
low River Lumber Company at $ew
Richmond, was struck by lightning while
loading lumber near the mill lie was
iusensible for half an hour but was re-
y.vcd. lie viii recover.
In Ashland Matt Vackls. Il driver FOR
Haulcy's commission house. fcll from his
wagon seat while his horses were running
away. He fell beneath the wheels. re-
cpiv.ng injuries from which he died
Ole Gunderson. who formerly lived in
Sbcboygan, was killed in tie Philippines
sgbere be was serving in the United
States signal corps. He WIS shot from
ambush while climbing a telegraph pole
Anien Schieker. while carrying the
United States mail between Kiel and 81.
Nazianz. sought shelter in John Holzer's
barn near Stienthal The barn was swept
away by the storm. Mr.. Sehieker was
found in the ruins dead with his back
broken.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25

edge of the collar cuts deeply into the
flesh of his neck, and all his muscles
are drawn more and more tense, pain
begins to conquer him, and in n week
the torturers have the felicity of see
ing maddened wretch stumble and
fall around blindly, weeping and yell
ing with anguish.
The bamboo furnishes favorite i'm
PIGMENTS for Chinese legal torturers.
Sharpened slivers of bamboo are used
for countless purposes in countless
ways Indeed, if the reader will i'm
agine just what he would hate most
to have done to him with a bamboo
silver, he will hit something that the
Chinese are sure to do, The most sim
pie aud merciful deeds are to stick tiny
slivers all over their victims and TO
leave them there to tester. Worse still
is the cheerful practice Of driving
wedge shaped pieces OF bamboo under
the finger or toe nails of accused per.
sons. This is done slowly with a mallct.
How They Cruelty.
Crucifxion is a common form of pun
ishment, but usually it is only mere
accompaniment of other horrors. OF
all punishments involving crucifixion,
the one that delights the official Chi
nese heart the most is Ling Chez.
Ling Chez is such a brilliant result of
ingenious thought that the execution
ers rarely nail the man who is to suffer
this form of punishment to the cross.
They fear that the pain from that
might interfere with his enjoyment of
the real performance, which is moth
ing less than slicing him to death with
dabolical skill. Therefore the man
who is 10 suffer ligp-chee generally is
bound to the cross. Then there arrives
the executioner. An executioner skill
full at ling-chee is viewed with high re-
spect in the empire much as a success
full bull-fghter is viewed in Spain. To
bungle in ling-chee and to slice so much
from the victim early in the game that
he faints. or, worse still, dies before
he has suffered all The slicing that has
been decreed, would bIacken the execu-
toner's name forever. and might even
make him the next subject for ling-chee.
The eXecutioner is received with a
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
ALL OVER THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER
DOM.
Robbed and Thrown Into a Refrigerator
Cara Daughter Witnesses Fathers
Terrible Dca@ Boy Shot by Young
Companion SawmiII Boiler Bursts.

Detectives of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railroad We're hurried away
to investigate the robbery of Z. IL. Hart
wick, the station agent 1T Lone Rock.
Hartwick was sitting ia his office, which
is in the passenger station, located at an
isolated point, when two masked men
entered. They bound him. placed 4 gag
in his mouth and Tansackea he office for
money and valuables and carried the
agent TO a refrigerator car and left him.
bound and helpless. The agent remained
there an hour and a half, unable to free
himself from his bonds until a passenger
train arrived.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
Enrrer Is Cool.

a stranger giving his name as G. VIII
son of Chicago attempted to pass a check
for $50, purporting to be signed by DR..
j. T. Reeve. on the First National Bank
at Appleton. Upon being questioned he
coolly offered to take the check and get
DIR. Reeves Endorsement TO him personal
ly upon it, He took the check, left the
bank and disappeared. Telephone In
auiry within a few minutes developed the
fact that the check was a forgery. but
the fellow could not be found.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
Curing Clover TIny.

Alvah Agee tells in the National
Stockman how he cured five acres of
clover hay this year, in which he goes
farther than we have advised in the
way of curing it in the heap. and we
have been accused of being very radi-
cal on that subject. He followed the
advice of r. \. Ralston, as given at the
Farmers Institute in Armstrong Coun-
~. Pennsylvania. The clover was cut
from June l. and June Is, in cloudy
weather, and light rains followed near
ly every day until June IS. Most of it
was put in the heaps after about two
hours willing One lot was left an hour
longer. and this came out dark. One lot
was rackpd and punched before mu, !.
wilted. and some of this was moldy.
The punches were opened out and aired
on the following Monday not more
than Is usually thought necessary in
ordinary handling, and then drawn to
the barn. With the exceptions above
noted. where the clover was wilted not
enough or too much before heaping, the
hay was quite green in color. with all
heads ard leaves on and no waste. He
considers the experiment success.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25

1t merely is a large frame Of wood,
with a collar in the middle II weighs
about fifty pounds, and is SO made that
it can BE- locked around a mans neck.
When it IS 30 locked il rests directly on
the muscles Of TIE neck and on the
bones Of tile shoulder, and it Is 50 con
structed that it cannot be shifted even
tenth Of an inch. nor can the weight
be relieved with tie hands. In addi-
ton, the collar las q sharp rim under
meath. At first tie victim does not
suffer much. except from iBconyeal-
ence. He IS turned loose as soon as the
eangue is locked on him. and for an
hour or two be waddfes around IN fair
comfort But gradually, as the sharp
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
Care of Greenhouscs.

Insects and fungoUs diseases are bad
enough IN the open field but much
worse when they get into the green
house An occasional scalding of the
benches and shelves. and washing
them down with a solution Of carbolc
acid or sulphuric acid, will help much
to keep them out. but il this fails it
may be necessary to clean them out
removing the earth and putting in a
new supply then close and fumigate
with burnin., charcoal and sulphur.
taking care not TO inhale the fumes. or
let them get into another house where
the plants are. Remove earth from all
DotS. wash them with carbolic acid so
luton. wash of in clear water the
earth from roots Of plants, and repot in
fresh earth. Much work it is, but what
is the use of Il greenhouse when plants
will not grow
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
TRIAL OF a CHINESE BoxER.

cd its elimination Of pain quickly His
victim must suffer little more. and il
little more, and then little more, each
hour In that way he makes his de
light last long and can keep a whole
string of wretches to charm him by
their slow dying for months, If he
killed them at once his fun would be
over too soon.
The cangue, then. is formed to keep
the agony Of the penitent up for
months. till madness or death end his
sunerings 1t is a delightfully."- simple
thlng--so simple that there is nothing
at all terrifying about it AZ first sight
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
Folding Hay Door.

1t has ALWAYS been good deal of
trouble to close the end door TO a barn
where hay is taken in With horse hay
fork. We prefer TO. drive in the barn
TO unload the hay, but will admit that
a barn will hold more when ii is taken
in at the end. The cut explains itself.
The upper part of the door is hung to
the lower part and folds in when open
and will open clear back under the cor
nice and can be easily closed by closing
the lower part first and raising the up
per part from the inside This closes
the opening sufficient to keep out all
storms provided the barn has a hood
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
Dairy Dots.

The feed does not affect the richness
of the milk. You cannot tell by the
looks of milk how rich it is.
You cannot afford to run cows on half
time.
TO get high grade milk brush the
cows before milking, and it is advised
by many that the udders be clipped.
Manage to have the cows come fresh,
so as TO maintain uniform supply
throughout the year.
1t is claimed that summer silase will
stop summer Shrinkage.
Don't make a strainer do too much
work. Have a fresh one for every ten
or a dozen cows.
Cool the milk and keep it at a given
temperature.
Care, cleanliness and cold are the
three ''c's" of milk pro1Gytion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25

work remains that still has awful life
in it. And at this terrible Spectacle the
Chinese gaze stolidly, without an ex-
preston either of pleasure or loathing.
Another ingenious torture that is
much used is to suspend The condemn
ed man with his head down In a pit, At
the bottom are snakes. toads and all
kinds of loathsome reptiles, which
writhe within a few inches of the vie
TINS face. Here he Is left until the
torture of the position. hunger thirst
and reptile bites kill him.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
Losses from Grain Rusts.

The aggregate loss from rusts in
grain is estimated by the Department
of Agriculture to be over $40,000,0O0
annually. The only method of CON
trolling rusts appears to be in the direc-
ton of obtaining resistent varieties by
crossing and breeding, The loss from
smuts of grain is annually reduced
through the applications of hot water and
other methods of treating the seed to
age yield of gram says the department
report, win be largely Increased when
the smut diseases are conquered.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25

Christian Opstedahl, 14year-old
adopted son of MIR. and Mrs. T. j. Opste-
dahl, was shot and killed by Carl Olson,
youth OF about the same age. who
came to De Forest from Chicago TO visit
with friends. The two lads went berry
picking, and Carl, who had just received
a rifle from his father, took it With aim.
Christian was picking berries and Carl
was busy shooting Olson, who was
watching something moving about in the
bushes and thinking il was game, fired.
The unfortunate boy was carried into a
farm house nee" by. He died within a
few minutes.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25

Some of the insects brought 10 this
country from abroad do more damage
to crops than in their native countries.
They are the more destructive here be
cause their natural enemies (such as
parasites were left behind; hence the
localities and have greater opportuni-
ties to multiply in America. The cab
hage worm, so destructive here. has a
parasite in Europe which prevents it
from doing great damage. The Hessian
fly parasite. however, has been import
ed to this country, and has done much
to keep the fly in check.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
Pennsylysnin oieo Inv.

The Superior Court of Pennsylv ania
decided rhat what is known as the
color clause of the cleo law is sound.
This means that oleo cannot legally be
ST.. Yellow is the standard color of
butter and it is Illegal to counterfei:
other fats by coloring them yellow In
stead of grievlng over this the oleo men
ought TO rejoice, for it gives them
grand chance to prove that people are
eager to buy cleo. Let them put it on
the market for just what it is, uncol-
ored and with no attempt to call it
butter-Rural New Yorker.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
Tnl,arrn Insects.

The tobacco crop mast contend with
the bluck cutw9rm in the ground and
the large green worm on the leaf. The
former viii sometimes DO great dam
age. attacking the plants as soon As
they are pat in the ground. often neces-
stating frequent renewals Of plants.
They must lie hunted AMI destroyed
whenever a plant is cut down until they
disappear. which they dc as the sea
soa advances. The green worm APP
PEER; about The first Of July. and mus.
be haadpicked OF the plants. going
ofer tie plot frequently.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
Poultry Specializing.

There is much said about the neces-
sity of specializing in the poultry bust
ness, but the fact remains that nearly
all the successful poultryInen are unit
ing the egg and market poultry
branches. The necessity for keeping
up the plant the year around and en-
p wing all the time and facilities
seems to make it necessary to raise
broilers and market chickens as we'll
as layers. Besides, the broiler men
who depend upon others to furnish sat
isfactory eggs for Matching are likely
to be disappointed.-Farm and Home.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25

When ling-chee is to be long opera
ton, and the victim is to die only after
long torture. the slic1ng sometimes is
done so slowly that half day elapses
before the condemned man dies. The
executioner knows just what to cut
without killing and he goes to work as
carefully as would surgeon. Muscles
and tendons and flesh are stripped
from the body with the razor blade of
the sword. until Only dreadful frame
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
The Tone OF neIIs.

Many persons suppose that the vary
ing tones of the bells IN cathedral
chime depeud chiefly upoa the size and
thickness Of the different bells But n
writer In the Scientific American says
that the tone is governed by the pro
tuberaut ring Of metal on the nange Of
the bell a little back from the edge.
The bell-founder who desires to i'm
part a particular tone 70 bell is very
careful about the thickness which he
gives to this ring, aud its dimensions
are calculated in advance.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25
snwmiII Boiler Bursts.

The sawmill plant belonging to Joseph
Applebaker of Pittsville was entirely de-
molished by the explosion Of the boiler.
The boiler was blown about 100 feet from
its position. About ten men are employ
ed, all of whom escaped injury except
the owner, Joseph Applebaker. who had
three ribs broken and hip,bones crushed,
and Head Sawyer Frank Murray, who
was severely cut In the face and other
wise iniured
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25

phasis the enormous magnitude of the
poultry business. 1t becomes startling
when ii IS remembered that we are still
importers of eggs. for we should sup
ply every home demand and be able to
export besides. England imports 1885,
450,111 dozens OF eggs at a cost of 500
3GJ,326, and we furnish AT, of the
amount, or did in 1897.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25

Those who make their pin money by
raising chickens or turkeys would like
to know how to cure cholera. This is
the way / cured mine: Took about 4
quart of wheat flour, mixed it very thin
with water and gave every morning. II
fowls are too sick 10 eat, pour it down
their throats. Give poultry plenty OF
buttermilk. and cholera win not bother
them. I have not lost any since / gave
this to them-MFs. c. Frank.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-07-25

Of Justice" without witnessing a fog
ging.
The punishment that is known
to the simple and kindly official Chi
nese soul is the cage or cangue. Its
principle is that OF all Chinese punish
ments-slOw tortul A Chinaman
would take no artistic pleasure IN any
thing that killed quickly or that reach