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Her oIc JAPANESE TROOPS.
Laid Down Their Lives for Sic of
Military Experiment.


Laid Down Their Lives for S-Ie of
Military Experiment
In order to acquaint themselves with
every means of defending their island
empire, a detachment Of Japanese sol
diers was sent across the mountain
passes of Northern HOndo in midwfn-
ter to demonstrate the possibility OF
seizing or safeguarding the railway
lines. Both officers and men knew its
perils, but if Japan should some day be
invaded it might be necessary to throw
force across the snow-enveloped
mountains, and these nardy explorers
were sent out to show how. if it were
possible, the feat could be done.
And so 210 of the picked infantry SOL
diers of Japan were ordered to make
that dreadful march. These men mad
already shown, in their fine rivalry in
China with the best troops Of America,
Europe and Asia. that they were the
most thoroughly disciplined, the most
enterprising, interchangeable, and conrag-
eous soldiers IN the world. Now they
were to give to the world a new and
immortal example of splendid martyr
DOR.
They marched into the mountain
passes. fighting their way through the
rauks of a more terrible enemy than
they had ever yet confronted. They
soon saw that the odds against them
were too great. They had been asked
to do the impossible. But they did not
falter or look back. kept their faces to
the goal and pressed and fought on
through snowdrifts twenty feet deep.
To keep from freezing they made
fires of their haversacks and rifle
stocks But men froze ; If as they
toiled, and fell dead in the snow waste.
More than half the little band persisted
thus as it struggled onward toward its
destination beyond the mountain
passes. Discipline and heroism knit
them together like a Spartan phalanX.
They did not break their ranks; no pol
troon fell back to seek safety in the
comfortable valleys thev had left. The
baud OF heroes marched on. as one by
one tOttered from the ranks and sank
silently Into the drifts of snow and ice
to mis- last sleep. The ranks We're
closed 10, and the death march contin.
ued
Some days later corporal, demented
by his sufferings, was found by a rel e:
party; and still later four officers and
seven men We're rescued. Twelve on.y
had come back alive from that Tor
lorn hope" that heroic but futile as.
sault upon nature in her ice-fortress
and in her most terrible mood. 1t was
learned that seven or more Of the gal
liant fellows persisted while trying &c
! carry their commander in their arms to
| place of safety.
| These men did not perish in vain
/ They We're defending the empire as
| truly as If arrayc1 al oatLe against an
invader. The sacrifice may not have
boon inevitable, bur 1t was surely not
in vain. They have left an everlasting
monument to heroiSm that viii create
more heroes and patriots in the hour OF
| their country's ueed.-Japan and Amer
] len
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11

word. He glanced over their contents
Their opened drawer in his writing table
and placed them within. and locked the
drawer again.
''Now, madam" he said, dehantly. ''you
have given me your views of the case.
listen TO me. The moment Grantham
Court becomes ours-you need not start;
| am quite justified in using that pro-
noun-the moment we are entitled to take
possession. you will be prepared to ac-
company me thither. Considering you
are the daughter OF a clergyman. and
have always set up for being a religious
woman, your views as regards wifely
duty seem rather lax. But that duty
shall be enforced to the uttermost so
swear. ] am not used to being thwarted
or contradicted, either by man or wom-
an, and I'm not likely TO submit to il
from you The matrimonial knot is not
an easy one to slip out of, and / intend
II shall be firm enough to hold you,
whether you desire it or not Now,
have said all that is necessary. You
may return to Vaux Abbey il you choose;
but hold yourself in readiness TO obey
me, whenever you hear that matters are
settled and that am going to take pos
session of the Court"
you fool!' The exclamation was so
unexpected--so full of scorn and con-
tempt. that Beryl Marsden was no less
startled than her husband, as she, too
faced the doorway and saw from whom
the interruption had proceeded
so, Count. you are at your old work
she said, with cutting emphasis. "Do you
still find it remunerative|
The pale face flushed ever so slightly
but he advanced a few PAGES and adj
dressed John Marsden with a cool dis
regard Of Beryrs presence that was in
itself an insult.
you should never trample on a fallen
foe. my good john" he said, calmly:
'and you should never lose your temper
with a woman. Mrs. Marsden has be-
come sensible, | presume, or she would
not be here. For the rest, it will surely
be to her own interest to look after her
own property. if only to save it from the
desecrating touch of alteration and-im-
provement. The Court is quite open to
BOTH"
She turned on him like tigress.
IF you dare" she cried-'if you dare
to touch a stone. or alter a room, to"
His knocking laugh cut short her words.
(To be ccntinued.)
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11

To what extent has the cost of living
. increased in the United States of late
years: That ii has increased there seems
no doubt. Throughout the length and
breadth of the land the people are talk
ing about it. The housewives have taken
up the subject, and it is entering the 20
litieal field. When housewives 90 to
market to buy food for the family table,
or to the stores for dress goods and house
furnishings, or the head of the house to
the shops for tools, implements, cutlery,
supplies. etc, they gain the general idea
that dollar does not go as far now as it
did few years ago. They appear 10 be
right about it, They are not Geluding
themselves. Their claims are supported
py statistics, by the most elaborate and
accurate compilation of figures ever made
bearing on this subject.
Fortunately we have at hand in tho
latest report of the department of labor,
compiled under the direction of Col. Car
roll ID. Wright, a clear presentation OF
the facts. Just now, when the cost of
living, the value of wages, what you can
buy with a dollar are under such seri-
Gus discussion throughout the country,
these facts are both interesting and i'm
portant.
In working out his figures Col Wright
has used at he calls base price. This
price is t. average wholesale price Of
an article throughout a certain period.
He has taken the ten years from 1890
to 1899, both inclusive, and called the
average price for that period 100. All
his comparisons are made through the
well recognized method of index numbers
compared with this base. Thus the rang
of prices is brought out in a way which
enables everyone to see 1t at a glance.
The reader should bear in mind that
these are all wholesale prices, and that
they are relative on this percentage pa
sis, not absolute.
The following table shows a summary
of the relative prices of POI commodi-
ties, by groups, 100 representing the av-
erage price for 1S90-1S99:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
CHAPTER XIX

1t was four days after that interview
in John Marsden's rooms. The winter
night had closed in darkly. with stormy
gusts of wind and rain. and the occupant
Of those gloomy chambers sat by the FIRE,
shivering at every blast, aud srumhling.
mot ,oud hut deep" At the abominatio
of the English climate.
The t.Dle beside him was Uttered with
law books aud law papers. and mystic
rious documents bound in red tape and
looking horribly uninteresting. though one
and all these things represented the ma
chnery OF that mighty engine which
chance had set at work in his favor. and
whose isbored beats bore for him the
musical sounds of fortune.
just as one Of the noisiest and STORM
est blasts WAS shaking the windows an.
rafting against the doors knock came
to the door Of his own room. He did
not hear it, and. without waiting 10 re
peat the summons. the visitor turned ths
handle and entered
John Marsden started 10 his feet viii
low cry Of terror as a cold hand touch
ed his shoulder, and be saw behind hin
8 cloaktd and shrouded fgure--the bgur,
Of a woman.
Have l startled you? | knocked, bui
% one answered" She said, speaking low
and hurriedly, as if eager to get rid Of
che words
"Good heavens. Beryl! You. Whatever
brings you hereT'
IL have come" she said in merry
Gus. hurried way, TO bring yau the pa
pers."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11

He was tiny little fellow, surely not
more than j years old. and as he called
for his afternoon papers ut the corner
of 18th and Market streets many people
gazeti Mt him with mingled amusement
and pity. He had long brown curls.
wet with the drenchlnG rain, aud his
shrHl little voice had n baby lisp. A
very stout. elderly woman apparently
weighing close 10 300 pounds paused
at the south side of Market street and
looked askance at the miniature river
of slush and water and at the passing
procession II wagons and trolley cars.
The little neWsboy W. 5 quick TO size up
the situation. Running up TO her he
exclaimei Don't be afraid. lady. I'll
help you across" Reaching up his tiny
little hand he clutched her by the arm.
aud together the ridiculous pair thread
cd their way to the opposite curb Then
the stout woman opened her purse,
grayely handed the little fellow a coin
and disappeared into the Reading Ter
minal.- Philadelphia Record.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11

roof. The columns are futed, with finely
cut Corinthian capitals and are thirty
FIVE feet high. At the base Of the monu
mhent on the southern side bronze door,
surmounted by a large eagle in marble
gives access to the interior chamber OF
the temple with its lofty, domed ceiling
The chamber is surrounded by inches
suitable for stands Of colors or trophies
or other nlemeutoes Of war. 1t IS lighted
by an aperture in the dome. the light
entering through s window with bronze
grills II the upper part Of the cellar wall
The interior is entirely Of marble VIA
mosaic pavement. The cost OF che mon
ument. including the approaches, is about
1 S26O.O 900
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
New York City's Monument Dedicated
on Memorial Day.


on Memorial Day.
New York City's memorial to the Union
Sc ldiers and sailors who lost their lives
in the Civil War occupies commanding
site on the Riverside drive at Eighty
ninth street, and nothing could be more
superb than the view from its base. Tha
formal dedication was on Decoration d.
The corner stone was laid on Dec. ID,
1900, by Gov. Roosevelt.
The monument is in the form of a Gre
clan temple and faces the south. 1t is of
Corinthian architecture treated in mod
ern style and is 100 feet high. The tenn
pie proper is built of white Dorset mar
bic, and it rests upon base of pink
granite. The peristyle Of twelve CORN
THAN columns stands on a high circular
base and supports an entablature with
rich cresting, surmounted by a conica!
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11

plckie-Cholly Hardupe has hit on
great scheme
Arehie-What is it,
pickie-He puts gasoline on his hand
kerchief. ruhS spot or two of axle
grease ON his hands. and everybody
thinks he owns an automobIe--f fudge.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11

Blanche-Did she give Cholly any en-
courag cement?
May-Yes: she said she might not OBJ
iect to man with more money than
brains.-Puck.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
Unintentionag Aid.

They asked Essie to sing n the
benefit concert. but she refused.
Which win benefit them all the
more, I'll buy some tickets now
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11

ROOSEVELT STATES PHILIPPINE POLICY
Chief Executive Addresses War Veterans at
Arlington and Defines Attitude of Govern
ment Regarding New Possessions.
00]7 HEN the FllipInos have

. 00n HEN the Filipinos have
VNW shown their capacity
for real freedom by :
. their power of self government,
then, and not until then. win it
. be possible TO decide whether .
they are to exist Independently
; of us or be knit to US by ties of .
common friendship and interest.
When that day win come 1t is !
. not in human wisdom nov to .
foretell.-President Roosevelt at
. Arlington.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
PRICES ARE SOARING.
COST or LIVING Has HAD a BIG
INCREASE.

All Commodities Higher statistics
Prepared by Carroll ID. Wright Show
ing the Range from 1890 to 1901
Consumer Is the Sufferer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11

"Wha ser is best administered is
best" for the cue who administers
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
Greene's EnfalyIbEe Eminent

has often proved "a friend indeed" to
the boys in blue. For Sprained Joints
or Sore Muscles and every description
of Cuts, Wounds, Burns, Scalds, Sore
Feet or Strained Tendons it is just
what its name implies -infallible.
In cases of Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Sciatlea and Lumbago it affords instant
relief As an emergency remedy for all
the hurts of childhood and daily life it
is unequalled, and all prudent mothers
and housewives keep it handy. 1t is
powerful antiseptic and blood poison
ing is impossible under its use.
Mr.. Judd E. Bisbey, Chicago, says:
Il have kept your liniment in my
house. 1t has in all instances proven
satisfactory to my family and myself"
Price 25c., SOC. and S100 per bottle.
If your druggist cannot supply you.
the makers, J. w. Greene & Co, Chicago,
will, to prove its worth, send a large free
sample in return for. this -
Ad. and 10c. to cover cost ~
of mailing. There is \N6&A
no substitute. Look AS&NA
for this trade mark. xATs. 6NA
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11

This should no more he a party question
than the war Of the Union should have been
= party question. At this moment the man
In highest office In the Philippine Islands Is
rs vice governor, General i~kc Wright OF
Tennessee. who calamity wore the gray in
The G. I'll War and who is new working hand
In hand with the head of orr army In the
Philippines. Adua Cha.Ier. who in the civil
and rho rnpr under them, from the North
apd frn.n the South ia civil life and In mill
tqrv Ike as teachers. as administrators. IS
soldiers are laborins nightly for rs WI
lIve AZ home Here ana there black sheep
an, 10 ", found among them. but taken as )
whole they represent as nigh a standard 81
public service as this country has ever seen
They are doing great work for civilization
= great work for t1le honor and the interest
~ this nation. and above all for the welfare
~ the inhabitants ~ the Philippine Islands
All honor 20 them, and shame. thrice saalae'
10 rs II we fall o uuhn-a -lelE AaA1s.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-04-23

Life in the arctic is serious matter,
and one not to be lightly undertaken.
Never to sleep In bed for three years. or
even In bnnk-such as our prisoners en-
py-is merely a bsgateiie, as the floor and
areindeer skin made capital substitute
Looking back ON the experience OF thou
sand days spent in the most northerly in
habited hut In the world-for our quar-
lers were on the so degree n. lat i GER
Ainly think our greatest enemies were
perpetual darkness and want of compan-
ionsnip.
for six men to be toxed up three years
10 hut twenty feet Icing by twenty feet
Vide and only seven feet high, never see
ing any other being nor hearing a scrap
Oh news, is trying existence, yet | can
n!nhesitatingly say no jollier or happier lit
y ~ party ever lived in northern attitudes.
souf months OF solid mia ht every year
nas, however, depressing effect, not only
"a the spirits, but on the appetite, and II
aso destroys sleep. Morning, noon and
asht become unreeogniza bic, merged
.nso one endless gloom, and but for the
Nsieome advent OF the moon cnce a
slohth, when the sky was sufficiently clear
Us 10 enjoy her rays, We lived in
scribable.
A. a. The sehoolboy counts the days to the
.oiiuays, so we counted the hours till the
,ssufn OF the sun, and even as the first
s,y s became visible our spirits rose, and
s1slenee together wore different COM
R,saion Then exercise became enjoyable,
Asveaa OF that dreary daily trudge round
tpssn sven circle In the dark, with the re,
s nan OF the light we felt new life and
ana yet the climate OF Franz-Josef
ias anu, even In spring, would not SUIT all
$3.50 Tor example, out of fifty-five days
Angling, ending in May, 1897, Albert
Image .ee and enjoyed only thirteen and
sn aah tolerably clear daysi Driving
t tno% wind, and bitter cold were general; ;
vss , DC II understood, in all these three
ihsa the thermometer never rose higher
ana anu eleven degrees above freezing point,
poin seventy to eighty degrees below that
Josl was quite ommon.-Fredertck O..
son, IN Harper's Magazine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-04-23
STATE OF MAINE.

To the Honorable, the Judge OF the Probate
Court IN and for the county OF Hancock.
PEsPECTFULLY represents Edward A:
III Phelps and Maria B. Perry executors OF
the last will and testament of Lucy r. Phelps,
late of Ellsworth, Hancock county, Maine. de-
ceased, that at probate court held on the first
day of April, a. d. 1902, at Ellsworth, in said
county, they settled their account execu-
tors aforesaid That according to said account
is bequeathed and disposed OF under said will.
That your petitioners are informed and be-
lieve that certain of said property of said
decedent hereinafter mentioned passing by
her said will or some portion thereof or some
interest therein, is subject to the payment of
the tax imposed by chapter 146 Of the public
laws Of 1893 and acts amendatory thereof and
additional thereto.
That the names of all the persons who are
interested in the succession to said property.
and the share OF each are as stated in Schedule
A, hereunto annexed.
Wherefore your petitioners pray that the
actual market value of said property, the per-
the amount of the tax thereon may be deter
Dated this first day oil April, a. d. 1902
EDWARD A. PHELPS.
MARIA B. PERRY.
STATE. OF MAINE.
Subscribed and sworn toZbefore me, this
FIRST day of April a. d. 1902
ARNo w. KING,
Justice OF the Peace.
SCHEDULE A.
Name. Residence. Share or interest.
Maine Missionary Society, Bangor, Maine,
one fifth.
Maine Bible Society, ss Exchange ST., Port
land, Me-, one. fifth.
American Missionary Society, Bible House,
New York, one fifth. ssss.s sSs-,r. -
American Board of Commissioners for For
eign Missions, IA Beacon st., Boston, Mass.
one fifth.
American McAl Association, so2 w. Up'sal
St., Germantown, Philadelphia, ne-ffth.
STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK ss.:-At a probate court held at
Ellsworth, within and for said county on the
first Tuesday in April. a. d. 1902.
Upon the foregoing petition, ordered: That
notice be given to all persons interested, by
causing copy of said petition and this order
| thereon to be published three weeks success
sively in the Ellsworth American, a newspa.
| per published at Ellsworth, in said county Of
| Hancock, that they may appear at probate
court to be held at the probate court room in
| Bucksport, in and for said county, on the frst
Tuesday of May. a. d. 1902, at ten O'Clock in
| the forenoon, and be heard thereon il they
| see cause.
| o. P. CUNNINGHAM. Judge of Probate
| A true copy, Attest:-CHAs. 2. DoRR, Register
! rJ>HE subscriber hereby gives notice that
| l. he has been duly appointed admins
OF Bluehill, in the county of Hancock, de
4 ceased, and given bonds the law directs
| All persons having demands against the es
tate of said deceased are desired to preseni
| the same for settlement, and all indebtec
| thereto are requested to make payment i'm
| mediately. EDWARD E. CHASE.
| March 4. 1902.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-04-23
legal Notices.

STATE OF MAINE.
Hancock ss.--At n probate court held at
Ellsworth, in and for said county OF Hancock,
on the FIRST day of April, in the year OF our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.
A CERTAIN instrument purporting to be
"A copy OF the last will and testament Of
Mary q. Dorr, late of Boston. in the county
OF suffolk, and Commonwealth of Massachu-
sets, deceased. and of the probate thereof in
said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, duly
authenticated, having been presented to the
judge Of probate for our said county of Han
COCK for the purpose of being allowed, filed
and recorded In the probate court OF our said
eouhty OF Hancock.
Ordered, That notice thereof be given to
all persons interested therein, by publishing
a copy of this order three weeks successfully
In the Ellsworth American, n newspaper
printed at Ellsworth, In said county OF Han
cock, prior TO the sixth day of May, a. d
1909, that they may appear at probate
court then TO be held at bueksport, in and for
said county OF Hancock. at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon, and show cause, IL any they have
against the same.
o. p. CUNNINGHAM, Judge of Probate
A true copy. Attest:-CHAs. p. DoKR. Register
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-04-23
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

WHEREAS Bertha r. Darby. of Brooks
w Vile, Hancock county, Maine, by her
mortgage DEF dated the first day of April,
a. d. 1893, and recorded in the Hancock regis.
try OF deeds, book 49, page 10, conveyed to
Mary Z. Warren, of Castine. Hancock county,
Maine, certain parcel of real estate stu ated
in Brooksyille aforesaid. and bounded and
described as follows: s~4-
ION the south by the road leading from
Wasson's Wharf to No. Brooksville, on the
west and north by land of jerome Tapley and
on the east by land of Sewall Tapley, being
same premises sold and conveyed to said
grantor by said Mary E. Warren OF even date
herewith containing three-fourths Of an
acre"
And whereas the said Mary e. Warren by
her assignment dated the eighteenth day OF
April, a. d. 1898, and recorded in the Hancock
registry OF deeds, book ga, page $50. assigned
the said mortgage to the undersigned, and
whereas the condition of said mortgage has
been broken, now therefore claim a fore
closure Of said mortgage.
- 49, GEORGE f. CROSBY.
Grinnell, Iowa, March 81, 1902
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-04-23
The Atmosphere Of Books.

our homes were furnished with more
h'aeser- building books and less bric-a-
ahd costly furniture, cur children
MN get much better start In life.
ho 10 bring child up in an atmos phere of
Of o., 20 surround him with the works
hin 'sst minds from his infancy and lead
gorLss atenally to an appreciation OF the
rsee /. VI the intellectual giants Of the
cess eqnai toa liberal edncation.-Snc-