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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24


Postmaster General Smiths long de-
ferred executive order, intended to abol-
ish the abuses of the second-class mail
matter system, has at last been issued,
and it undoubtedly makes sweeping
changes in the entire system. Summed
up. the order of the Postmaster General
bars from the mails at the pound rate
paper backed novels and similar publ
cations; secondly, it depriyes of the
pound rates newspapers and periodicals
which have no bona fide subscription lists,
but which are merely thrown in to the
purchaser of some more or less attrac-
tive premium. Finally, the order pre-
scribes that unSold copies Of newspapers
cannot be returned at the pound rate,
either to the publishers or to central news
agencies. The order is believed to be
sufficiently sweeping to effect a saving
of many millions of dollars in the expen-
ditures of the Postoffice Department,
while at the same time it is claimed that
it will not do any injustice to legitimate
newspapers and periodicals, for whose
benefit alone the law was passed orig
inally. With the large increase in the
postal revenues. which will come as the
result of the execution of this order, it is
believed that the first step will be taken
toward the establishment of penny post
age.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

F. f. MORLEY. NJ. D., PHYSICIAN
and Surgeon v4roqua. wis. Office over
Craig & Cos drug store. on west side Of
hall. All calls attended day or night
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24


During the fiscal year just ended the
foreign trade Of the United States aggre-
gated in value S2,310.413,077, being an
increase of SG5, 9SS,S11, compared with
that Of the previous year. Of this the ex
ports amounted to 81, 4S1 .65G,544, which
exceeded those of the previous year by
.$93, - .462, and the imports aggregated
$500, 1856, ;133, being ST, 1S4. G31 less than
those for the fiscal year 1900. The bal.
ance of trade in favor of the United
States for that period reached total Of
SGG4 ,900,0l1, being ain increase of $40
$40, 113 over the balance for the pre-
vious year. OF the principal articles of
domestic export hreadstuffs showed in
increase of S14,032 $50, provisions an
increase of $1S,4S7, 45S. and cotton, Sill
G1T,413, while mineral oils fell off 81
44S,971 The imports Of gold during the
year aggregated $64 81, 653, an increase
of $19,99s,66S, and the exports, S13,23a,-
$50, an increase Of S4,962,TGl, leaving a
balance in favor of the United States Of
$11 ,342, 3t32 For the month Of JuHe the
imports, with total Of S6T,9s7 800,
showed an increase OF S5.996,5S8, COM
pared with the same month last year,
and the exports. which aggregated S1o2,
664 ,357, showed falling off Of $685.
GOO
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH SERVT-
ces at 1890 a. III. and 80 r. m. each Sab
bath. Sunday school at - m.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

FfR0QUA ENCAMpMENT, i. @. D. f.,
No 80. Meets every Monday evening.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

CHURCH OF CHRIST = PREACHING
every Sunday at 1880 a. M. and In the even
ing Sunday school at $50 a. M
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

NfROQUA LODGE, /. O. o. F.--AfFETS
every Saturday night in williams block.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

NJ. Surenson. Chas. H. Tr0wbridge
SuRENSOS & TR0WBRIDGE, PHISl-
clans and Surgeons Viroqua, Wis. Calls Ia
city or country promptly attended. Office
over Craig a. Cos drug store.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

METHODIST EPIsCoPAL.-SERytC ES
at 1890 A. m. and T:30 p. m. each sabbath.
Sunday school Mt II M. Prayer meetings on
Thursday evenings.
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7 CITY OFFICERS
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

La BELLE LODGE A. r. e A. NJ So.s4.
= Meets the First and Third Wednesdays Of
ea9l month Hall = Williams block.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

The United States and Italy again have
become seriously involved over an inei-
dent somewhat similar to the lynching
of the Malta assassins at New Orleans
during President Harrison's administra-
ton, which resulted in the withdrawal
of Baron Faya. the Italian minister, from
Washington The Italian embassy. for
its government. has fled with the State
Department a formal protest against the
lynching Of two Italians and the serious
wounding Of another By a mob at Erwin,
Miss. recently. and asked for redress.
The State Department has communicate
ed with the Governor Of Mississippi on
the subject. asking him ~ .>no-t The
facts and take measures 70 punish tAe
lynchers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

VERNON COUNTY CoURT-REGULAR
terms on the first Tuesday of each nonth,
at the Court House from 8 to l. a. IN.
and / 80 to 6 p. III. d. o. MAHONEY,
County Judge.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORK
MEN-First and Third Tuesdays OF each
month.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

vIRoQUA CHAPTER, o. f. s.. MEETS
second Tuesday Of each month In Masonic
Hall.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

yIRoQUA CHAPTER, r. A. NJ. MEETS
svery Second and Fourth wednesday OF
each month.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

WOMANtS RELIEF CORPS MEETS
on alternate Saturday afternoons.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA,
No. 1901. meets Friday night of each week.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

VIROQUA K o. r. NJ. - MEETS ON
every Monday evening In Alliance Hall, sc
1880. p. IN.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

w. C. T.U.-MEETs ALTERNATE TUES
days at p M.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

REGINA LODGE, DAUGHTERS OF RE.
bekah, No. IS, meets First and Third Mon
day of each month In l. o. O. 4. Hall.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

Secretary Long admitted he did not be-
Iieve Admiral Schley issued the order for
the loon executed by the Brooklyn at the
battle Of Santiago. While the Secretary
i not willing to give Admiral Schley
cre1it for the victory, he does him the
Justice 10 exonerate tae naval officer from
the charge OF cowardiee which has hung
over him for three years. On aecoant oE
being accused by Simpsons friends 81
issuing the order for the loop 10 AVOID
being run dewn l5y one Of t'crvera ships.
The Commissioner ot Internal Reyefiue
hes prepared a statement showing the to-
tal receipts under the war revenue act
from the date X went into effect. hume
IA 1895. untl Nav 81. 1901 The total
= s91o 053 5sss. The table includes these
items: Beer, SgT.Ti7,9T1; tobacco. SAL
274.Tse: snuff. S2,697.SiS: cigars. So.
$50 or: cigarettes, S3.S1S91l: additional
taxes on tobacco and beer. Ss's2,5S
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

ALEX. LoWRIE POST, 6. A. R.-MEETS
6rst Monday evening Of each month in w.
r. C. Hall.
Daily camera., 1901-12-09
NEW THEORY OF SLEEP.
Narcotic Secretion in the system
Thrown Into the Circulation
Causes the Phenomenon.

What causes sleep?
Very likely there is not scientist
Of your acquaintance who will be able
to tell you. As for the poets they
have been offering explanations ever
since time began. but, unfortunately,
none of them is reasonable, says a
scientific exchange.
4 rather startling theory lately
p,t forward by a young Psychologist
is attracting considerable attention.
This student believes that gland or
certain glands in the system secrete
a narcotic substance; that tins SUB
stance is stored in the gland or
glands until at definite times main
" influenced by habit and "tiredness'
of the individual--it is thrown into
the circulation. and thereby causes
the phenomenon of sleep.
There is no direct evidence of the
correctness of this theory. but he re-
fers to lately discovered fact that
the urine of health secreted in wax
ing hours always contains a narcotic
substance, and he urges this point in
support of his theory. The existence
of such glands is difficult to deny.
Sir T. Lauder Brunton has pointed
out that opium will keep person
awake il he wishes to be wakeful.
and, conversely. will make him sleep
II he wishes sleep-which would seem
to show that sleep is in some meas
ure under the control Of the will.
Daily camera., 1901-12-09
"A TONGAN PRAYER.
Dying SupplieatiOn Of an Old Native
Was That OF Our Late
President.

In connection with the dying praye.
uttered by Mr.. Mckinley, corre-
spondent is reminded of story once
told him by Rev. Dr. Moulton, who was
for over 30 years a missionary in the
Tongan islands, says the London
Chronicle. On one OF his periodicn!
visits to the smaller islands he landed
at one rarely visited even by the mis-
sionaries, and there heard that an old
Tongan, who had some years before
been converted to Christianity, was
dying. The doctor FASTENED to the hut
Of the sufferer. and there curious
sight met his view. The old man had
been propped up by his friends SO that
he clung by his two arms to beam
stretching across the room. There he
half hung, half stood, and with closed
eyes and a face drawn with agony he
remained constantly murmuring some
words The doctor drew silently near
10 listen, thinking that the dying man
was making some la ast request. Judge
of my astonis hment," he said, in relat-
ing the incident, when | heard these
words uttered over and over again-in
Tongan. of course: Nearer, . God, to
Thee! Nearer TO Thee In those days.
almost 10 years ago" added the doe
tor. the hymn of the cultured, sanity
English woman had not reached the
Tougan natives. but the same spirit
that inspired the thought in her doubt
less inspired it in the heart of that
poor. uRtutored Christian IOngan."
Daily camera., 1901-12-09
GERMAN STUDENTS COMPLAIN.
inG TAsa Out Of Dsriin Tssh-
Aisal College.

The Berlin correspondent Of the
New York Times says that, according
10 the Beriiner Tagsbiatt, the minis
ter of education has issued new regu-
lations in regard 70 the admission Of
foreign students at the Berlin tech
nical college. The Germans complain
that the foreigners crowd them out
of the laboratories and lecture rooms,
and ,ha, the foreigners are admitted
without any documentary evidence Of
previous education. The chief offend
er. are Russians.
1t is now reported that the minis
ter directs that Russians are only to
be admitted II they car prove previous
attendance or matriculation at Rus
sian technical college. Other foreign
ers must produce a certificate of gen
sral education as well as proof that
they have attended technical col
.ege
1t has also been decided. according
10 the Berliner Taceblatt, that q small
class OF students called "hospitante,"
now admitted TO the lectures at Ger
man universities as guests, without
the right of obtaining certificates or
degrees, shall be abolished in the ma
chine engineering department Of the
college, and only allowed in other de-
pAr,ments under exceptional circum
stances.
Daily camera., 1901-12-09
BARBER'S FASHION PLATES.
There Are Styles in Hair Cuttlns Just
a. There Are in the Cut
ting of Clothes.

BARRIERS, like tailors, have fashion
plates, and in various suburban shops
the latest plates upon the ways to
wear the hair are now pasted up, says
the Philadelphia Record. The plate
devotes itself to six styles. the legal"
the medical" the French" the PRO
fe.sor," the student" and the "busi-
ness man" The pictures areinterest
ing. The legal" style shows smooth.
shaven young man with his hair cut
very short and parted and brushed up
in a smooth. lustrous wing over either
temple. The medical" picture is of a
foolish-looking person with an i'm
mense nose and with light hair parted
on the side and brushed back far off
the brow. The French" showp youth
with his hair mass of small cork
screw curls. The student has long
hair, parted in the middle and smoothed
down almost to his eyebrows. The
"professor' has what is called round
cut; his locks, that is to say, end at
q certain point on his neck in round
ed mass. and beneath this mass the
shaven neck Of tn. professor looks very
white and clean. The "business man."
according to the fashion plate, wears
his hair short at the back and sides
and long on the top of his head, and
his parting is in the middle, this ar
rangement making kind Of scallop,
or double semi-circle, Of hair upon his
forehead. What kind Of q cut will
you have, sir?" the suburban BARRIERS
now say. Shall it be medical, legal,
student, French or what?" And they
point with their combs at the fashion
plate and wait blandly for the custom
er's reDly
Daily camera., 1901-12-09
PLANS OF MEDICAL INSTITUTE
d. Rockefeller Adopts . scheme
of Work.

A tentative working plan has been
adopted by the officers of the Institute
for Medical Research. founded by John
D. Rockefeller, by whom it was en-
dowed with $500, 900. 1t follows: To
e1pend 10000 year, divided 80 a. to
provide for 40 scholarships. To make
appointments for one year. To have
candidates recommended by heads Of
various laboratories to the board of
directors. To choose only persons
pursuing or about to pursue, investi-
cations on some important subject In
pathology, bacteriology or hygiene.
At the time the announcement was
made that Rockefeller had given $780,
900 to found the institute, it was said
that one of the first things the insti-
ute would do would be to investigate
the milk supply of the city, in cooper
alton with the board Of health. This
task was completed some time ago.
It is said now that work Of a more
ambitious nature, involving original
research, and an effort to throw new
light on problems which are a. yet un-
solved by medical science will bs taken
up in the autumn.
Daily camera., 1901-12-09
VALUABLE P1ND OF FOSSILS.
of the sAAthss.ian IAstitation
n Indian Territory.

Two miles north ofAfton, I. T. there
isa spring known as White Sulphur
springs, which is proving a reritable
gold mine for the scientific world. 1t
9 located on a nat prairie. 1t never
,oex dry, but it is just now in the low
est stage ever known. It thus affords
IN excellent opportunity for the In
,estigauon conducted by Prof. W. II.
Holmes, head Of the bureau Of ethnol-
ogy the Smithsonian in stitution, who,
accompanied by N. A. Gill, government
photographer, and an assistant, has
thoroughly explored the bog surround
ing the spring They have accumulated
,ne Of tho most wonderful collections
Of prehistoric remains ever brought to
he light of science in any locality.
Prof. Holmes has filled numerous
boxes with teeth and bones of mas
odons, bears, wolf, deer and buffalo.
There Is also = box filled with val
lable stone relics Of Indian tribes and
other races. Prof. Holmes only par
;inlly examined a space not over 10 by
5 feet and 10 feet deep. He thinks
he whole bog Is filled with those de-
2okit. Of prehistoric times.
Daily camera., 1901-12-09
COAL WASTED IN MINING.
twenty-five Per Cent. of the Total
Output of English Mines
Annually Lost.

1T has been recently computed
that more than 5O,oO0,O00 tons of coal
are wasted every year in the mine"
So said j. Stephen Jeans in address,
ing the South Wales Institute of En-
gineers, reports the London Tele-
graph. This waste is that mainly Of
small coal, and is, of course, quite in
dependent of the reckless and useless
consumption that goes OF in nearly
every domestic CRATE and at every
furnace. Even this huge figure Is
less than it used to be, for, with tho
general adoption of coal washing
plants, the introduction of producers
capable Of using small coal in the
making Of gas and the manufacture
OF briquettes, the loss has been re-
duced. 1t forms still 90 per cent. Of
the total output, and represents
money sacrifice of G20,OOO,00O. Al
lowing 100000 homes in the United
Kingdom, these 5o,OO0,o0o tons would
allow five tons per annum for every
family. A high authority (Forstcr
Brown) reckons that at the existing
rate OF consumption land waste)
within 40 years from the present
time an increase in the cost Of coal
will begin to be felt as new element
In the commercial position of the ma
ton" Mr.. Jeans thinks this esti-
mate too pessimistic, but if we allow
twice 40 years it is a terribly short
time in the life of a nation. Most
people ignore the fact that the ex-
haustion has begun. In the North
cumberland coal field most of the
thick seams are worked out, and j,
has now become necessary to work
seams from two feet to two feet six
inches thick, which is reducing the
output per man by from Is to 20 per
capf
Daily camera., 1901-12-09
A Far-Traveled Loco motive.

The English papers record the recent
completion by express locomotive No.
l of the Great Northern railway Of its
four-millionth mile of travel. The en-
zine was built at DoDcaster more than
30 wears ago, and is still in active serv-
ice. 1t has single driving wheels, and
was one of the first to be fitted with
outside cylinders. Four million miles
is more than 16h times the distance
between the earth and the moon, and
100 times the circumference of the
earth. But the veteran locomotive
would have to continue the same aver
age rate of travel for about 700 years
in order to traverse distance equal
to that of the sun from the earth.
Daily camera., 1901-12-09
RISKS HER LIFE DAILY.
stantly t. Guard . valu-
able Secret

BraHng death every minute Of the
day, handling compounds that might
send her to eternity at any moment,
Miss Aline II. Coston, 21 years old,
works for humanity in a little fac
tory at Bulls Head. Staten Island,
turning out the material for the
night signals which are used at sea,
says the New York World.
Her father lost his life at the same
occupation, the laboratory in which
he kept the secret of the famous sig
nails having been blown to atoms.
Miss Castor, her mother, who is the
inventor Of the light, and J. w. Bech-
erer alone share the formulae Of the
invention. 1t is not patented.
There are 50 different kinds Of sig
mails in the list. and all Of these are
prepared In the little laboratory by
the girl chemist. The secret must be
kept intact and she risks her fathers
fate to guard It.
Eighteen hands pack the product,
but mono OF those has any idea Of the
preparation.
Miss Coston has formed stock
company. the only members Of which
are herself, her mother and Mr..
Beohsrer.
Daily camera., 1901-12-09
BROKE THE SABBATH
Missouri Man Fined for Working
on the Lords Day.
Jury at Mexico Finds . TasHer
Guilty of ScaldinG Hogs anA
Whitewaskinx Trees On sunday
and Fines HIN $40 aAd Oosts.

The Jury of 12 Audrain county citi-
xens in the circuit court at Mexlco'
Mo-, the other day found Godfrey
Winner, a German farmer, guilty OF
working on the Sabbath. commonly
called Sunday. He was found guilty
on two different charges and was
fined ten dollars and costa in each
case.
The law under which the indict-
ments were found is as follows:
Every person who shall either Ia
Dor himself or compel his apprentice
or servant or any other person un-
der his charge or control to labor
or perform any work other than the
household offices OF daily necessity
or other works of necessity or chari-
ty, or who shall be guilty Of hunting
game or shooting on the first day of
the week, commonly called Sunday,
shall be deemed guilty Of a misde-
meanor, and shall be fined not ex-
ceeding $50"
Winzer resides in . Christian com
munity, near the Littleby Methodist
Episcopal church. south. His house
IL in proximity to the church. his
nearest neighbors, who were the wit
nesses against him in the case, testi-
fed that they had seen Winner de-
flying the Sabbath law BY scalding
hogs, whitewashing trees, stacking
oats and straw and rendering lard
on Sunday.
These witnesses appeared before
the grand jury. and Win.er was in
dicted on i've different counts.
The case was called IN the morh-
ing, and after = hard fight II went
to the jury in the evening. Court
was held open till nearly ten o'clock
at night waiting for the verdict. Just
before adjourning for the evening the
jury returned a verdict Of not guilty
on the charges OF stacking oats and
straw and rendering lard.
The jury was sent back by Judge
Hughes and requested to report in
the morning on the other two counts.
After few hours consideration they
returned verdict Of guilty on the
counts of scalding hogs and white
washing trees. 1t is estimated that
the case will cost the Saba tn break
sr 500.
The attorneys state that a new
trial will be asked, and that they ex-
pect to take the case to the supreme
court il necessary. They admit. how
ever. that the law on the queA tion has
been decided constitutional. but they
claim Wipzer n not guilty of violat
ing it.
Daily camera., 1901-12-09
A TorIottsn Craft,

1t WAS probably known to nearly
avery Roman citizen how the mortar
which cemented the stones of their
buildings was made-just as it is
snown to the majority Of people that
the principal ingredient of English
mortar is street scrapings, says Lon
don newspaper. But. the knowledge
Being general. nobody wrote it down,
and in time, as the Romans shifted
their building upon slaves and foreign
ers, the recipe Of their mortar was lost
so far 1t has not been discovered,
though the secret Of It would be i'm
menSely valua BILE, for the cement out
lasts the very stones which it joins.
Daily camera., 1901-12-09
RIro1n of thu Eve.

The average woman cannot judge
how much foot is within several
inches, but she can estimate a yard
very closely, while with the average
man the case il reversed. II some one
asked you which was the longer, q
horses head from the tip of his ears to
the end of his nose, or an ordinary
-four barrel, you would naturally say
the barrel, though the horses head is
the longer, says st. Nicholas. The eye
is very easily deceived II it is called on
to pass judgment on something that
has not been brought home to it by
experience.
Daily camera., 1901-12-09
DELIGHTFUL WINTER TRIPS

to all resort points in the south and
southeast at attractively low rates via
the Colorado & Southern railway.
Here are few OF the many resorts to
which round trip tickets are now on sale
TEXAS-Galveston, Houston, Austin,
San Antonio. Rockpor., e. Paso.
LOUISIANA-New Orleans, Lake
CHARLES.
MEXICO-Cny of Mexico, Monterey,
Guadalsjara.
FLORIDA--Jacksonville. St. Angus.
tine, Key West.
CUBA-Havana.
NEW PROVIDENCE-N
Ours is many miles and many hours
the shortest line between Colorado and
the south. Our through trains carry
handsome Pullman sleepers and elegant
cafe cars. Meals la carte.
T. E. FISHER,
General Passenger Agent,
Denver, Colo.
Daily camera., 1901-12-09
Rxpcnsfye Australian Pasts.

New South Wales paid R743, 900 in
IS years for the destruction of over
$4,000, 900 noxious animals-kangaroos,
wa!la bies, dingoes and others.
Daily camera., 1901-12-09
Soap .s Sacks.

Travellers in eastern Siberia carry
soups in sacks. Trey are frozen solid
as stone, and keep indefinitely. Milk
also is frozen and sold by the pound
Daily camera., 1901-12-09
A, ola Petr.I.vu s,ri..,

In Zante, one Of the 1onian islands.
there is a petroleum spring which
has been known for nearly 5000
years. 1t is mentioned by Hsrod-