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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
Gar FAMlNE sEEMs NEAR.
loads Unable to Cope With Demand
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Roads Unable to Cope with Demands
for Freight transportation.
The railroads to-day are face 10 face
with the greatest car aud power. or en-
CINE, shortage in their history. II Is cs-
timated hy conservative and expert traile
men that the demand FOR cars TO move
the traffic of the country which is now
being offered for transportation is fully
10000 in excess of the supply. AS the
9.eeks 90 By the shortage will undoubted-
ly Increase rather than decrease until
it reaches point where every freight
yard and every freight house in the com
try is blockaded with traffic awaiting
transportation facilities.
So bad has the situation become that
sudden period of cold weather Woull
almost paralyze the transportation facfli.
ties OF the entire country. Realizing the
danger of this. traffic and operating men
are using almost superhuman efforts to
relieve the situation and are hoping
against hope. The facts with respect to
the transportation faei,:ties of the coun-
try and the amount of traffic of every de
scription and class that is being offered
to public carriers are startling in their
significance for in the traffic of the conn
try is mirrored prosperity that is nm
precedented.
The statistics regarding the movement
# freight during the last two years ere
Almost inconceivable and show as does
nothing else the increasing prosperity in
every branch of industry commercial,
industrial and manufacturing acti 'ity
that is becoming the wonder of all ma
tions. When the average man is told
that during 1901 the railroads of the
country transported or moved total of
over 1,000,000,000 tons Of freight. for
which they received over $1,0000oh 900,
and that they carried over 600000,000
passengers. for which they received over
S360, 100000 his mental faculties are
stunned at the magnitude of these trans
actions and he begins to realize that the
United States is now the most prosper
Gus country in the world. These figures,
large as they are, viii be greatly exceed
ed for 1902, and those whose business it
is to keep a finger on the commercial and
industrial pulse of the country do not
hesitate to say that the increases in traffic
Of the last three years will be surpassed
for several years to come, provided ma
ture does her part and there are conse-
quently no crop failures.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
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tie, bat that It might stand over"
But whyf" said his son, curiously:
you never injured her beyond opposing
her marriage, and she succeeded in spite
OF your opposition"
"It was not so much that" said Ned,
looking on the ground; there was more.
/ behaved stupidity and revengefully,
fear. ought to have let it alone when
the mischief was done. 1t was malig-
nant of me, | own it,"
But what do you mean, father? Let
us know the worst. You never told us
this before"
Because foolishly believed in all
those speeches. that bygones were to be
bygones. Remember, tell you, that this
is but the beginning, and only part of a
scheme and she has delayed it the longer
to make us feel it more bitterly. never
told you, even" he said, turning to his
wife; "but listen to what happened then,
and you viii judge her as | do" The
major then gave a short account Of what
took place at the time of his brothers
marriage, and Of which what follows is
an abstract.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
BIG BRIDGE IN FLAMES.
New Structure Over the East River
Damaged SBOO,OO0.

New Structure Over the East River
Damaged S5Oo,OOo.
Fire which caused an estimated dam
age of 100000 attacked the new East
river bridge between New York City and
Brooklyn at dusk Monday night ard
burned over three hours in a spectacular
manner.
The fire was at the top of skeleton
steel structure 333 feet in the air. 1t
was fed by twenty or more barrels of lu-
bricating oil, thousands of feet of lum-
Der and a lot of inflammable material for
wrapping the big cables. The firemen
faced almost insurmountable difficulties
in attempting to stop it.
A torrent of sparks, blazing oil and
timbers and of white hot iron and steel
fell for an hour or more down through
the structure. What made a spectacle
of imposing grandeur for everybody in
sight of the great structure in Brooklyn
and Manhattan along the East river wat
er front was constant menace of horri-
BILE death to the men who were trying to
save the bridge from total destruction.
Every bolt and iron beam and girder
that fell from tile top of the tower drop
ped through the network of steel below
with reverbeFating thunder like that Of
batteries of artillery. When the fire was
at its worst these noises were so loud and
so constant that men block away could
not hear each other.
The falling missiles struck Orders at
every angle and glanced off in all direc
tions, landing in the streets near by, on
the piers, and far out in the river.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19

passed over the smooth end of the
shaft. BY giving the handle few
turns the compass of the shock will
be so drawn that it can be easily tied.
Shocks tied in this manner seldom get
twisted or out OF condition.
For hauling in fodder we have two
designs. one of theme is an ordinary
sled-likc device that is easily Construct
cd and will be found very handysfor
hauling fodder. 1t will be found espe-
eially handy in loading fodder. Some
use this sled for hauling and the
shocks are not torn apart in hauling,
but are simply tipped over on the sled
and hauled away in this manner. The
other device consists in a peculiarly
constructed rack to be placed on low
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
TEACHING TARs TO SWIM
French Sailors Are Poor swin.rr ler.
How They Are Instructed.

French Sailors Are Poor Swim. n1ers-
How They Are Instructed.
The tars Of the French navy are
learning TO swim.
Moreover, they are learning on land.
or rather on board ship, and Wien they
first hit water are supposed to have
the elements of natation down put
enough TO keep them ahoat and moy-
ing.
The methods of the naval officers are
scientific and the innovation in itself is
unique. IncomprehensibIe as If may
seem, all sailors are not swimmers. In
fact, it is absolutely known that there
are fewer good swimmers, in proper
tion on board ship than on land. Why
this is so it is almost impossible to say.
Just as it is equally difficult to account
for the fact that sailors are usually
poor swimmers as compared with
landsmen But the French navy is
intent on having its fighting men seien-
tiftc swimmers, and to make them SO
they teach by scientific methods. The
best thing to be taught in is in what
is called swing" but, when there
are not enough swings to go round, the
French sailor uses a chair. In this
swing or on the chair. they lie as
though they were in the water Then.
under the eye of the swimming master,
they go through their maneuyers
1t is popularity supposed that
swimmer propels himself with his
hands and arms or the feet, but he
doesn't. This is the first thing taught.
scientific swimmer uses his hands
and feet to ballast himself as it were.
He keeps ahoat with them. The mo-
tive power is created by the way he
uses his legs. First the tar is taught
to draw his legs up as far as he can,
Ike frog. which leaves diamond
shaped opening between them. All this
time he is keeping himself afloat with
his bands and feet. Then he is taught
to shoot his legs back together. exactly
as a frog does in swimming. BY this
maneuver the wedge" of water be-
tween his legs is forced out and the
swimmer springs ahead 1t is the same
motive force that sends one over the
ice when "sculling" on skates.
Then the French swimming master
and couple of assistants, says the
Detroit News-Tribune. hitch a rope
around the beginners waist and pitch
him overheard
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
Winter Spraying of Fruit Trees.


The spraying of fruit trees during the
winter should not be neglected. Before
the leaves start the trunk and every
branch of the tree should be we'll spray
ed with solution of one pound of cop
per sulphate in twenty-five gallons of
water to check scab, codling moth, bird
moth, tent caterpillar, canker worm.
plum curculio and San jose scale on
apple trees, to be followed up after the
blossoms fall by the regular bordeaux
mixture of four pounds each of sui
phate of copper and lime to fifty gallons
sulphate of copper instead Of four
pounds, but we are not sure that this is
any better than the other. while for
peach trees that have put out their
leaves the use of three pounds of sui
phGte of copper to six or nine pounds
fifty gallons of water. But we are now
speaking Of a winter spray before the
leaves come out. The mixture of fifty
pounds each of lime, salt and flowers
of sulphur is used on the Pacific coast
for the San Jose scale, but in our East
ern climate ii does not seem to be as
effectual, as the frequent rains wash ii
Off. y mixture of pure lime made as Il
thin whitewash and used on peach trees
two or three times in the winter has
been recommended as spray that will
keep the leaves and buds from starting
early enough TO be killed by the spring
frosts.-American Cultivator.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
Kcening Late Cnbbage.

Late cabbage laid in shallow trenches
roots up viii keep well If not placed
too close together in the trench. Dig a
trench about eight or ten inches deep
ana two and a half to three feet wide,
putting some cross-pieces of wood in
the bottom of the trench for some odd
and end boards to rest upon. making q
rough kind of platform, leaving space
of two or three inches beneath. \ little
straw is spread over the boards and the
cabbages are packed In head down in
two layers. the upper layer being placed
between the angles formed by the cab
bages of the lower one. A coping is
placed over to keep them dry and atten-
ton paid that they do not get frozen
American Gardening.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
Z. xes in Crimson Gulch

'Tou say that the taxes are light in
Crimson Gulch?i said the stranger.
Practically nothin' at all" answered
Three Finger Sam.
But what do you do for public i'm
provements?"
Faro Bill tends to en-. He did hint
that the boys ought to chip in and buy
a new roulette wheel, but they stood
firm on the proposition that if Bill
wanted any public improvements he'd
have to make 'em himself. Washing
ton Star.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
The Infant Bee.

When one thinks that any bee that
walks out of its cradle, pale, perhaps,
but perfect, knows at once all that is
to be known of the life and duties of a
be-, complicated as they are, and COM
prising the knowledge of an architect,
a wax-modeler, a nurse, a lady's maid,
a housekeeper. a tourist agency and a
field marshal. and then compares that
vast knowledge with the human baby.
who is looked upon as a genius If 1t
gurgles "Goo-goo," and tries to gouge
its mothers eyes out with its fingers,
one realizes that the boosted superior
ity of the human brain depends large
ly upon vanity World
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
Artificial Ice Ponds.

There are few better sources for get
ting good ice than from properly con-
structed artificial pond, because they
can be placed on a stream of pure rum
ming water, which can be let off during
the summer months, and allowed to til
up before freezing weather. The bot
tom can be cleaned befo the water Is
let in, and If there is ne iinpurity above,
the ice will be much purer than from
the ordinary pond. 4 pond containing
one hundred square rods should cut
about twenty thousand square feet, or
FIVE hundred tons, when the ice will
average nine inches thick, and this
would be enough for several families
or dalries. For a single family with
small dairy, even six square rods would
fill an icehouse ten feet square, twelve
feet deep, or about thirty tons, more
than many use for dairy. If the ice
was thicker or was cut more than once
In year, the amount would be largely
increased. Both these might happen in
ordinary winters in this climate. The
ideal pond should be about 31a feet
deep, and with gravelly or sandy bot
tom. Water in the shallow pond
freezes more quickly than in larger
pond or running stream, and where
it is filled quickly the ice is clearer. a
elass bottom is allowable. If 1t be
eleansed by moving and raking before
the water is let in. The shallow depth
prevents danger from drowning unless
one goes in head foremost. For the
smaller houses one needs no expensive
outfit of ice tools. A straight-edged
board to mark Off the squares, cross
cut saw, and an ice chisel, few pixies,
runway, with blocks and ropes to
draw the ice up the run, are all that re
absolutely necessary. Two men to cut
two to run it into the house and one to
pack it inside viii make good gang for
a small pond.-New England Farmer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19


) or 6 feet in length; under it, in the
center, is a block which rests upon a
round follower the exact size of the
cheese to be pressed. The power is fur
nished by the ecccntrics, or arms, which
are merely levers with unequal circular
ends; these work on a bolt which
pierces the circle near the top; to the
ends of the arms fasten strings, which
are tied to the side of the table to main
tain the pressure. When the cheese is
placed in the hoop the follower and
block adjusted, by pulling down on the
eccentrics a pressure of any required
degree is applied upon the cheese. Both
the board and strip being elastic, the
pressure is maintained as long as re-
quired Jacob Harper. in the Epitom-
list
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19

wheeled wagon. By the aid of sim
pie derrick-like contrivance on the rear
end of the wagon the shocks are easily
lifted on the wagon and placed in a
position on the load. We know of sew
eral farmers who have used this de-
vice, and they pronounce it good.
Many ways can be provided for max
ing racks that will BE convenient for
hauling fodder, and these are only Civ
en- as starters along this line.-Iowa
Homestead.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
The aIilkhouse.

In planning house for handling the
milk .Ne main points are ventilation,
sunshine. drainage and TO have II handy
to an abundant supply of cold water.
The location should be where the air IS
pure. as milk absorbs odors and is cas-
lily tainted and spoiled for butter-mak-
ing or any family purpose. The build
ing should have ar least one window
on the south side SO as 70 allow the sun
to shine in when desired, yet so ar
ranged as TO exclude the direct sunshine
when necessary.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19

We're not for this one item of labor the
help question would not take on such a
serious aspect as it does at the present
time. 1t is suggested that laundry for
rural communities would give great
satisfaction If not run on the co-opera-
tive plan, but simply placed on BUSH
ness basis Ike any other private con-
Germ. If women simply demanded that
laundry should be done away from
home there is no question but what
their demand would be satlsfied-Iowa
Homestead.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19

Here is sketch of a cheese press that
we have found to be very useful; it
can be made at a trifing cos'. The up
rights are 2x4 inch scantling, or 5
feet long, with pieces of the same fast
ened to the bottom for bases; 80 inches
from the floor stout cleats are nailed
firmly to the uprights. upon which
rests a Pinch plank. which serves as
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19

which to shock the corn. Herewith is
shown a de'sice sent by a contributor
for tying shocks that is very neces-
sary. After the shock is made as large
as desired, the shaft of this device is
thrust through the shock little above
the half way distance from the bottom
to the top, the end Of the rope is
brought around the shock and the end
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
Feeding pigs.

An experiment made by the editor of
Hoards Dalryman showed that pigs
weighing one hundred pounds each, fed
for eight weeks on skimmilk alone and
sold at the same price paid for them,
had gained enough to make the value OF
skimmilk 22ts cents a hundred pounds.
Another lot fed on skimmilk and corn
meal for the same length of time made
ten pounds of pork, and one hundred
hounds of skimmilk and cOrnmeaf
mixed and fed together made eighteen
pounds Of pork. Combining them In
creased their value twenty per cent
II all the land planted in corn IN the
United States this year were massed
the area would exceed the British Isles,
Holland and Belgium combined. or
four.ffths OF tue area OF France or
Germany
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19

a table; upon this
plank is a cheese
hoop with a cheese
inside to depressed;
above this k a stout
strip (2x4) with ends
resting in mortises
cut in the uprights;
this Strin should hn
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
no soto StatIon.

Leave st. ?. Exp: except sunday: 1908 m
Going3 La Crosse Exp. ex. Sunday, 4 IA D m
North Accommodation Tex. Sun $3.50 10
Leave (Ch 81 st. Louis Exp.t SUM- l:06 D n
SoinS D1onqae Ex f1 1e 5 SdaJ o oSo
sY For tickets, rates, MAPS etc. apply to
Local agents at above stations.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
c B. q o. R.R. TIMH CARD.
stoddard station.

Leave St. P. Exp. Except Sunday,) 7:4I a m
Going = La Crosse Exp. lex Sunday 6:12 y m
North Accommodation lex. SUM- S;l2 , N
Leave Chi. & st. Louis Exp.(ex SUM 1881 D m
Going Dubuque EXP. lex. Sunday TOO D m
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
The Cooperative Laundry.

The cooperative laundry should be
just as practical as the cooperative
creamery. There is no labor that is 50
dreaded by those who have the house
hold duties to perform as is the work Of
the laundry, and it Is asserted that il it
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
Canna Statinn.

Leave1 St P. Exp except Sunday 7:29 a m
Going La Crosse Exp. lex. Sunday 50i D m
North Accommodation(ex. Sunday 4:40 y m
Leave Chi & st Louis Exptsx. SUM- I2:47 y m
Going Dubuque Exp. except SUM- 7:l2p NJ
South observation-disclosures. Sunday s:23 . N
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
Victory Station.

Leave st. P. EXP. Except Sunday 7;15 q m
Going La Crosse Exp. Tex. Sunday $50 . NJ
North Accommodation lex. Sunday 4l6 y m
Leave Chi. & st. Louis Exptex. SUM- 1888 M
GoingI Dubuque EXP. (excepG SUM- 7:22 . N
South Accommod 2tion lex. Sunday s;4s \ N
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19

and they should
be well tied with
binder Irvine. AL
most any device
will answer for a
h Ors e arc u D q
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
RandIinr earn Fodder.

Where shocks are made of unbound
fodder it win be necessary TO employ
the aid of horse for building them
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
WIS. K,cKAPoo LINE.

q. P. PROCTOR, q. f. PACKARD,
President Cashier
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-15
ressman Smith from Illinois

Congressman Smith from Illinois
Hon. George w. Smith, member
OF Congress, in a recent letter to
the Peruna Medicine Co., says the
TO lowing in regard to Peruna for
catarrh
House of Representatives, US,
Washington, D. G.
To the Peruna Medicine Co., Co
lumbus, 0.
Gentlemen-I take pleasure in testifying
to the merits of Peruna. | have taken one
bottle for my catarrh and | feel very
much benefited. To those who are afflicted
with catarrh and in need of good tonic /
take pleasure in recommending Peruna.
Respectfully, GEO. w. SMITH.
Congressms Smiths home address is
Murphysboro, Ill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-15
Hon. w. V. Sullivan.
Congressman BOtkin
from Kansas.

In a recent letter to DR.. Hartman,
Congressman Botkin, of Kansas. whose
fame is a national one, says of Peruna:
ure to certify to the excellent curative
qualities of your medicines, Peruna and
Manalin. 1 have been afflicted more or
less for a quarter of a century with ca
tarrh of the stomach and constipation.
A residence in Washington has increas-
ed these troubles. A few bottles of your
medicine has given me almost complete
relief and am sure that a continue
ton of them viii effect a permanent
cure Peruna is surely a wonderful
remedy for catarrhal affections" y. D.
Botkin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-15
SO Members OF Congress Send Letters of Endorsement
To the Inventor of the Great Catarrh Remedy, Peru
Congressman Powers of YER
mont.

Congressman Powers of YER
mont.
Congressman FL. Henry Powers,
of Vermont, writes from Morris
vile, Vermont:
"Peruna [ have used in my
family with success. [ can rec
ommend it as an excellent family
remedy and a very good for coughs,
colds and catarrhal affections.
Catarrh in its various forms is
rapidly becoming a national curse.
An undoubted remedy has been
discovered by DR.. Hartman. This
remedy has been thoroughly test
ed during the past forty years.
Peruna cures catarrh in all phases
and stages. There is no remedy
that can be substituted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-15
Congressman Meekison from
Ohio.

Hon. David Meekison is we'll known, not
only in his own State, but throughout
America. He began his political career by
serving Hfcur consecutive terms as mayor
of the town in which he lives, Napoleon,
o. He was elected to the Fifty fifth
Congress by a very large majority,
and is the acknowledged leader of his party
in his section of the State. In a recent
letter he says
81 have used several bottles of Peruna
and feel greatly benefited thereby from
my catarrh OF the head. | feel encour-
aged to believe that if use it Al short time
longer will be able to fully eradicate the
disease of thirty years. standing"
Yours truly, DAVID MEEKISON.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-15
Congressman BrOWnlOW
of Tennessee.

Congressman Brownlow writes from
Washington, D. c., the following:
I have suffered with catarrh of the
stomach for several years and for the
past twelve months was in an exceed
ingIy critical condition. My attention
was called to your Peruna and 1 began
to use it, and my Improvement was no.
ticeable after the first three DAYS 1
have taken three bottles of the medicine
and I feel satisfied that I am now al
most, if not permanently cured. In con-
nection with the Pe-una l have used
your Manalin for biliousness and tor
pid liver. I regard it as the best modi-
cine for this purpose that I have ever
used. Having been benefited so much
myself, 1 give you this statement that
others may be likewise benefited
w. P. BROWNLOW, NJ. c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-15
Congressman Doviner of Congressman Brewer of
West Virginia. Alabama.
Alabama.

Hon. Willis Brewer, Representative
in Congress from Alabama, writes the
following letter to DR.. Hartman:
House of Representatives,
Washington, ID. G.
The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus,
Ohio:
Gentlemen have used one bottle of
Peruna for lassitude. and l take pleas
uPe in recommending it to these who
need a good remedy. AS tonic it is
excellent. In the short time 1 have
used it it has done me a great deal of
good" Very respectfully,
WILLIS BREWER.