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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-04-26

sleeping for week in New forK anu
appears healthy.
senator Chiffon Of Texas Withdrew
from the race, leaving Congressman
Bailey a clear field
Illinois mine operators must sign
the managers scale or every mine IN
the state will close.
One man was killed and four were
injured by natural gas explosion
near Logansport Ind.
Teller J. c. Farrar, missing officer OF
the Waterbury Conn, National BANK
Il under arrest in Boston
| Rev. Francis Brown Of Union Tneo-
logical seminary may be tried Ior
alleged unsound doctrine.
Miss Columbia, doll owned by a
Boston woman, reached Chicago on d
tr,p around the world alone.
Extensive preparations are Delns
made for National Congress Of Moth
ers IN Des MoInes May ~
A fire which broke out IN the busi-
ness section of Burlington, VT, Mon
day. caused a loss Of $4,000.
After an existence Of forty years
! the firm Of Armour & Co. was dls-
solved and became a corporation
Henson Robinson, a leading citizen
or Springfield, ILL., dropped dead in the
| rotunda of the Leland hotel there
Chairman Cooper Of the insular al
, fairs committee iB at work on Dill
| 10 regulate the granting OF franchises.
Carpenters in Rock Island, Ill, Day-
enport, Iowa, Kansas City and staten
Island. \. Y. struck for higher wages.
Al Kansas city over 400 union car
penters went on a strike for an IN
crease of wages to 37M cents an hour
At New York fire caused loss or
about SIS. 900 in the mattress and iron
bed factory Of Charles II, Rogers x
Co
The New York republican eonyen-
ton lndorsed the administration OF
President Mckinley and Coy. Roose-
welt,
The supreme court Of the United
states decided that the shippers must
pay the war tax on packages sent by
| express.
( James Murray, a Montana mining
man and nnancier, is said to be slated
for the seat of Senator Clark in con
gress
The opponents OF Congressman J. A.
n. Hun of Iowa have Withdrawn, thus
assuring his denomination without OPP
position.
stephen Grimm. chief Of the census
staff OF the board of education, says
Chicago has a population Of at least
| .. 100000
The North Carolina democratic state
convention indorsed Bryan and de-
nounced the gold standard and i'm
perlalism
The Illinois supreme court has de
cided Unconstitutional the law forbid
ding the use Of the flag for adyertis-
/ ing purposes.
snow drifts prevented any trains be-
ing run between Denver and Colorado
I Springs Some of the drifts are six
teen feet high.
Rev Or. Charles " parkhurst Yigor-
ously attacked the Presbyterian con
fesslon OF faith and demanded an en-
/ tire new creed.
Secretary Long implied willingness
70 accept the Vice presidential nomi-
nation upsets the plans Of some repu0-
/ Icau slatemakegs
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12
Drying of Cow ;.

There is q well-founded belief that
ahe COW who Is persistent mixer does
not produce the best calves. While this
is 50, the methods generally employed
10 overcome tits trouble are far from
the best The usual plan is to cut off
the feed, oftentimes to the point of
starvation; surely most unwlse move
and in nine cases out of ten results in
Injury to the COW. The period OF lacta-
ton depends more largely on the sys-
TEN of feeding than farmers are willing
TO admit. though ancestry must be
back of ii Il. for the most intelligent
feeding in The world will not make a
long milker Of COW whose ancestors
We're in the habit of going dry for three
or four months. Naturally, it the breed
Is a good one. the desire is to keep up
the period of lactation as long as posi-
bile, and vet have good calves. particu-
larry is this desirable if the calves are
70 be raised The best plan for accom-
plishlng this is to feed the COW the nee
essary food to keep up a fair flow Of
milk, and with this food that will ben
eft the unborn If While doing this
Keep milking the COW until she natural
iy falls off in supply With heifer
having the first calf, milking should be
kept up as long as possible before the
next calf is born. In order TO establish
the long period Of lactation. for if the
heifer COW goes dry early after the first
calf 1t viii be extremely difficult to
carry her beyond that period afterward.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12
Straw Horseslines.

Straw is put to strange uses IN Japan.
Most of the horses are siiod with straw.
Even the clumsiest of cart horses wear
straw shoes. In their case the shoes
are tied around the ankles with straw
rope and are mace of the ordinary rice
straw, brli6uu so that they form sole
for the foot about half an inch thick
These soles cost about a half penny per
pair, and when they are worn out they
are thrown away. Every cart has a
stock of fresh new shoes tied to the
horse or to the front of the cart, and in
Japan it was formerly the custom to
measure distance largely by the num-
Der of horseshoes it took to cover the
distance. So many horseshoes made a
days journey. and the average shoe
lasted for about eight miles Of travel.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12
HORRIBLE SCENES IN PEklN.
Newspaper Correspondent Tells of
Chinese BrutaIities.

lhiuese BrutaiitieS.
The Chicago Record prints the follow
ing copyright cable from Robert Coltman,
Jr., its staff correspondent in Pekin:
Pekin, Aug. q (via Shanghai, Aug. 3Ol.
Il visited to-day the hole in the street
from which the body OF the late German
minister, Baron Won Ketteler, was recov-
cred. and in which it had lain half buried
ever since the murder, being incIosed in
huge. clumsy Chinese coffin. Corpses
lie unburied in every street, making a
sickening sight
All during tAs siege both the Boxers
and the regular Chinese troops wantonly
looted the official residences and shot
women and children. The terrorized pop
ulace fed on u arrival OF the foreign
troops only tn verty stricken remain
ing behind. T. thieving. however. has
not come to an end with the capture Of
the city. Looting parties are seen every
where laden with silks. silver and bull
lion. The Japanese have got hold Of tons
and tons of silver and have deposited 1t
in the Japanese legation.
The Chinese troops have either all, fed
or have discarded their uniforms and
mixed with the populace, The japanese
entered the forbidden city last night, af.
ter helping the French troops to relieve
the Pei-tang cathedral north Of the cap
ital.
When almost exhausted, after the hot
test night Of rifle fire during the siege,
we heard early ON the mornii Of the
14th the distant cannon announcing the
coming of relief. The treachero'ls Tsnng-
li-Yamen informed us on the 18th that
we would not again be attacked. Then.
When it was expected that we would be
off guard, we were attacked from all
sides, and the onslaught was continued
until the relieving column was actually
in Legation street.
The allied forces emndnred tremendous
heat en- route. but courageously pressed
forward and defeated the majority Of the
Chinese army at Yang-tsun, twenty miles
north Of Tien-tsin. Thereafter they en-.
gagged only in skirmishes. The Chinese,
fleeing before them. entered Pekin and
once more attacked us, 1t was marvel.
Gus how our 600 men withstood the thou-
sands of Chinese and Kansu ruffians.
During the eight weeks siege our loss
was sixty-fv killed and 40 wounded.
and only the arrival Of the relief column
on the afternoon Of the 14th prevented
our massacre that night.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12
Saving straw.

A Kansas correspondent Of the Farm
er's Tribune calls attention to the great
waste of many farms by the careless
way in which the straw is put up, not
in stacks, but in piles, usually by a
gang Of boys who think they are doing
all that is expected of them if they can
keep it out of the way Of the carrier or
the elevator. We think there are farm
ers nearer than Kansas who have the
same fault, and lose money by it. Straw
is too valuable as rough fodder in
sections where hay is high priced to be
wasted as it often Is And even where
hay is cheap there are uses for straw as
mulch, as matching and bedding. for
which 1t is worth more than hay Put
a good man at the straw stack, or build
a good stack of the straw after the
threshing is over. and then try to learn
how 10 save money by making a
profitable use of that which is now
going to waste.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12
DIE IN A WRECK.
Thirteen Killed and Forty-five In
jured on an Excursion.

Jureu ON an ExcursiOn.
Thirteen persons were crushed to death
and forty-five others were injured, some
fatally, in a rear-end collision on the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway at
Hatfield, PA. The first section of an it-
lantic City excursion train, on which
there are supposed to have been in the
neighborhood Of 500 persons, plowed its
way through a milk train which was be-
ing loaded for Philadelphia.
OF the five cars on, the latter train
three were reduced to kindling FOOD and
bent iron. The next car was smashed
beyond repair, while the forward ear and
the engine practically escaped injury
The engine on the Atlantic City excur-
sion section was totally wrecked, thrown
across the north-hound track, with the
pilot pointing In the direction from which
II had come.
The first two cars of eleven composing
the excursion train were splintered and
several following were wrecked. The
track wes torn up for quarter OF O
mile and the wreckage was piled up by
the force of the collision TO a height OF
twenty feet and extended for several
hundred yards south Of the station.
The wreck is one Of the worst with
which the railroad has had to contend
with in years. Instructions disobeyed
seem to have caused fhe disaster.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12
overworkinn chil,,rerl.

We are sorry to see it stated in a
Maine paper that a girl Is years old aud
weighing lis pounds has done the full
work of man during the haying sea-
son in one of the towns OF mat State.
We have no special objection foshaving
young ladies or older ones work OUT of
doors on farm If they wish to and
have the strength, and we think many
of them would be in better health for
such chance to take exercise in the
open air, but we want all good things
in moderation. and we would not like
to see either girl or boy of that age and
slight physical build allowed to do a
full days work for man in the haylng
field. Even If much of 1t was on the
moving machine, hay rake or tedder.
we know from experience that they are
not easy riding vehicles. and while
there Is much work that girl or a boy
can do In the haying t!eld. we do not
believe ii right to work them beyond
their strength at such an age. Many a
boy and girl too has received lasting
dislike to farm life because of over
work American Cultiyator.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12

/ raise five crops instead of one on the
same ground, and on the same vines
with hardly any extra work. Plant in
the usual way. When a cucumber is
knife. leaving about an eighth of an
inch Of the cucumber on the stem.
Then slit the stem with a knife from its
end to the vine twice, leaving a small
portion of the cucumber on each divis-
ion. On each separate slit there will
be a cucumber as large as the first BY
this method you will only need one-fifth
the ground that you would need il
growing cucumbers in the old way
Walter Strosnider, in Epitomist.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12
- ~ o. ~ - "a ~ ~ 10 n. 90 20 - . - .
Z CHURCH AND CLERGY. (
4 a. e,ss o., " AZ y o. y. o. = "

Lord LeYen, Governor Of the Bank Of
England. has been appointed Lord High
Commissioner 10 the General Assembly
Of the Church Of Scotland for the fourth
time.
Lord Salisbury said recently "a London
in an address before the Society TO-. the
Propagation Of the GOSPEL that mission
aries are not popular at the British for
eign office.
Three Of the bishops Of the Methoaist
Episcopal Church are natives OF the same
town-Athens. Ohio. They are Bishops
McCabe. Cranst9n and Moore. Bishop
Ames was also born near the town
AdmIral Sampson paid visit to Hyde
Park. Mass, the other day and n6dressed
the 7 ~ c. A. meeting, there. saying
be would Ike to see branches Of the assoc
citation established in all our new posses
sions.
IN a recent sermon 10 London the Rev
Lord William Cecil rector OF Hatfield
and son Of the premier Of Great Britain,
said that sordid commerciaIism had not
only conquered the British empire, but
the whole Of Western civilization with it.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12
Abandoned Farms.

We have seldom seen a better excuse
for the abandoned farms in New En-
gland than we find in the Farming
World of Toronto. in an article from a
Canadian correspondent. who tells why
many of the early settlers in Canada
had not met with the success which
they deserved by their courage, their
vicor and their hard work He says;
"ATany of rs settled on land which never
should have been settled on. that should
have been kept in woods, in which con-
dition it would have been worth a hun
dred times more than if has been in n
cleared condition" He also says lin
many cases those looking for locations
were not qualified to judge for them
selves as to the fitness of the land they
were looking at. particularly when COW
cred with unbroken wood, and their
eagerness to locate on land Of their own
prevented them giving the timeand care
10 the subject that such an important
subiect deserved" We can give no bet
ter reason why many farms in New
England. which are abandoned or
should be. ever became settled and we
rejoice whenever we hear of their being
returned 10 the growing Of forests, from
which they never should have been di-
verted. Farms which were settled in
this way should have been abandoned
years ago, and left to the renovating
process of a wood growth to bring them
TO a fertile condition again.-American
Cultivator
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12

ties In which hog cholera exists and
having experts there to note the mortal
ity in the entire county and to aid the
officials Of the country in Graduating
the disease, both by sanitary and popu-
lar methods. and by the use of serum.
1t is hoped that if certain counties win
take up this idea of assisting this diyi-
sion great deal of good can be done,
both in ascertalning how virulent the
disease has been in the county and by
reducing the per cent Of mortality. in
the county. In other words. IL is akiaa
of quarantine system, or stamping out
process. and it is hoped by this method
that farmers can guard against this dis
ease to large extent. TIE plans are
not as YET fully matnred, but will be.
perfected before the work is begun.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12
Duty of American Government.

Our duty is to establish a stable gov,
ernmeut which will secure order and
yet give to the Inhabitants an increas,
ing share in that government and pro-
tect them In their liberties. What that
government shall be, its precise form,
and the mode in which its power shall
be distributed. are questions TO be de.
cided by the wisest craftsmanship,
And this is precisely what we are do,
Ing. Mr.. Bryan's declarations will pro.
long the era Of violence, will add to the
expense, aud therefore to the burdens
upon taxpayers, viii animate the forces
of AguinaIdo to continued hostillties,
resulting in the death and wounding Of
more American soldiers, but will not
stop the progress If that transforma-
ten which has begun in those islands
q transformation hy one Bible by free
church, free schools. impartial courts.
speedy and just administration Of the
law and firm rnie by which the law
less are restrained and the frugal and
laboring are proteeted.-W. G. p. Breck.
inridge
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12

Japan has placed heavy orders IN San
Francisco for salmon, to feed tn army
In recent floods in the vicinity Of Yo-
kohainu. Japan, 200 persons we're drown
ed
Six hundred prospectors returned from
Cape Nome with stories Of restitution
and illness there.
Two Kentucky train robbers were SEN
fenced, one to four, the other to ten
years. Imprisonment.
Poison was found in the stomach Of
Edward p. Herrict. the aged Chicago
merchant, who died suddenly
The japanese Government has given
permission 70 the United States TO es-
:ablish hospital on japanese territory.
On the eve Of his wedding Michael
Homyak accidentally shot and killed him
self al Wallingford. Conn.
Michael Drumm Of Oswego, y. y, was
reported dead. Later he appeared and
threatened to sue the newspapers.
T.. J. Fee, an electrician, Omaha, Neb.,
was killed by three iaborers in row
oyer who should pay for a can OF beer
PuLhc land in northern Sew Mexico
srvc tbt Tiff dwellings from destruction,
A Chicago wall paper man committed
uicidc in order that his wife and chill
dsen might receive his $1,000 insurance.
In jealous rage e S. Reighard a coal
wagon driver, shot and killed bis wife
Mt Toledo, Olfo, and then killed him
self
Declaring that ghosts moved the furni-
tire about. the family and boarders Of
Joseph Smith deserted his house at Ear
rAgt0n, Mass
After family quarrel A. B. Bigamon
SHOT and killed mis- son-iu-law, James
Bradley, at jamestown, Ohio, and then
committed suicide.
Alter legally surrenderiug her little
son Mrs Augusta We4lman kidnapped thu
boy from Mr.. and Mrs John Motif. at
Chicago, and has disappeared.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12
eryan Aiding the Enemy.

Vb2k Mr.. Bryan should do in justice
to our soldiers in the field, over whom
he expects to be elected ccmmanderin-
chief, Is to issue an appeal to the Fill
pinos urging them to refrain from am
bushing and shooting our soldiers until
after the November election. If he is
elected President the Filipinos will
know that he is going TO give them
their independence in some way or 9th
er, and they will only have to wait Il
few months for that desired result to
come around. For Bryan is not only
going to thrust independence on the
Filipiros, but he is going to act as
guardian over them and prevent all
other nations from interfering with
them. Then they can have their own
Kilkenny time of 1t among themselves.
This eught to be large inducement to
the F'ilipinos to stop them from shoot
ing our soldiers from behind rocks and
trees.
If 1t should happen that the American
people refuse to ind0rse the Bryan pro-
gram and prefer to retain that states
man In the privacy of his Lincoln Neb.,
home, the Fillpinos viii lose very little.
They can recommence shooting the
Americans Nov. +.
Mr.. Bryan should certainly issre n
Filipino proclamation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12
Pig Notes.

Soak wheat twelve hours before feed
ing to hogs.
When the pig is grown he should be
ready for market.
Early maturity is one way of lessen
ing cost.
There is no benefit in keeping a SOW
that is vicious and troublesome.
DO not arrange the pig pen so as to
shut out the sunshine and pure air.
A hog with a fair proportion of lean
meat is the best hog to send to market.
No farmer who keeps three or four
sows can afford to do without a pure
bred boar.
If a sow is not permitted to breed
until she is eighteen months old, the
pigs win be found much better than if
she is bred younger, and this will be
found true Of her future filters.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12
The nrca,,i. Of Women.

According to the latest studies of
Professor De sauetls. Of Turin, children
began to dream before their fourth
year but are unable to recall dreams
before the age Of >. This age, he con
cindes. II that NJ which 4 ehild first
becomes instlnetivslg eonscious Of self.
Aged people dream. less frequently aud
less wildly than tho young Women's
dreams are more frequent more vivid
and better remembered than those Of
men.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12
4 Valuable Cow.
Travelling Instructors.

The Wisconsin Daifymen's Associa-
ton, in lew Of the great success which
has blended its system of travelling
cheese inspectors. has arranged to put
q creamery butter inspector in the field
the current season. To this end 1t has
employed Mr. De Witt Goodrich, who
was the expert butter-maker at the
Worlds Fair in Chicago. and has since
had full experience in creamery man
agement and as Instructor in butter
making At the Wisconsin Dairy School.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-12
TRUCKING UP PRICE LISTS.
Democratic COMMITTEE, 5 Resort to an
Old Rinse Which Fools Nobody.

Old RINSE which Fools Nobody.
Many Democratic Congressional
COMMITTEES are putting forth a list of
comparative prices in .S96 ai.,l 1900
on few selected prod lets, such as
rope, wire, copper kettles. tools, and
certain kinds Of farm machinery. TAX
ing the lowest level amid the depression
and uncertainty of 1896. ana comparing
it with the highest Point reached early
in the pres mt year, ii Is of course easy
to show an advance, If one will pick
out. say dozen articles from several
thousand Undoubtedly the list of the
Democratic committees could be made
larger than 1t il. but hardly more de
eeptive
In the hard times of 1896. with free
silver and so-called ''tarlff reform
menaeing them, our manufacturers,
jobbers and merchants had quantities
of unstable goods and wares on hand.
Prices were in many instances abnor-
mally low. Consumers had been econ
omizing throughout four long" hard
years of Democratic administration.
When Mckinley was elected and
sound money and protection rem
dered certain for the next four
years, the wheels began to move again.
Peopls began to buy freely instead of
making shift to get along with old
wares and goods. Stocks on hand Were
exhausted, and i'll some quarters the re-
viving demand,quickly outran the sup
ply, and of course led TO higher prices.
IN increase of prices above the alb
normally low Level of the hard times
was a necessity IN many industries il
wages We're TO be put back and employ
ment opened up as before. Prof jerks
in his report to the Industrial Commits
sion. as an expert on prices, said over
year ago that the better returns in
the manufacturing industries in recent
years were divided between employers
and workmen' That was just what
the Republican party promised-that
the wcrkmen should have better wages
and be able to bGy a full dinner pail
from the farmer.
After the long depression, the de-
mand on some industries resulted in
prices that were Increased Temporal lily
beyond what was necessary 10 open
the factories and render good wages
possible. Where than has happened a
reaction has already set in, and dat-
ural and proper lowering of prices is
| now in progress, and bound to continue
1t win not be of character to cut
wages or impair the ability of the work
men to buy OF the farmer, but viii re-
| suit from that cheapening of production
which is now the order of the day N
! all but the most exceptional industries.
! Let the Democratic committee ex-
! plain that their low prices meant fac
tories closed or running on half time,
poor wages and the slaughtering of
/ bankrupt stocks, while the other side
of the list speaks of establishments
running full time, wages restored or
advanced, and the farmers selling stuff
! for the full dinner bucket to the city
| workmen. Prices advanced to insure
such results are a blessing to all, not
an injury.