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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11

William Thanking, a Racine contractor,
was run over by horse and wagon, sus-
tanning a fracture of his left arm.
Arthur Van Dussen, employed at the
Bowen factory in Fond du Lac. was In
stantly killed at Oak Center while step
ping off a freight train.
1t is reported that Mrs. Guschlanchski
of Pine Grove, whose son died last April
in terrible agony as the result of an at
tack Of hydrophobia, is down with The
disease herself. She now plans to go 10
Chicago to take the Pasteur treatment.
It is feared the woman cannot recover.
Appleton paper manufacturers have all
the water they need and some of them
complain of having too much. 1t reach
ed such a high state at Combined LOCKS
the other night that the pulp mill was
compelled to shut down. Low lands along
the river are overlooked.
w. B. Murphy. Dan 0Conneil and NJ.
C. Beneteau narrowly escaped being kill
ed at the Riverside Fiber Company's
plant in Appleton. while putting N d.
rester. A two-toD weight that was heih-
used dropped eight feet on OConneIl and
Peneteau, who were in the digester. PIN
ming them in a small cavity. Neither was
badly hurt.
Chippewa Falls a. rites are looking
for Peter Nielsen. & farmers son living
In the Tilden township. Nielsen eloped
with a young lady Of that town and TO
obtain money endeavored to take a mort
gage of $50 on his unele's farm. The
scheme was discovered and prevented and
Ne;sen left town The girls father found
her in Eau Claire aud took her home.
James Dougherty, employed as brake
man on the Milwaukee road, n 81 with a
serious accident at Racine. Both Of bis
legs were badly crushed by being caught
between two ears 1t is feared his IN
jurics viii prove fatal.
The crop prospects for Dunn County
arr the best that have existed Tor many
years. The hay crop, which ltas been
cut short for several years. bids fair 10
be enormous There Will b the largest
acreage Of Tobacco ever grown In Dunn
County and farmers are Spending large
sums Of money for dry saeds Toe, curing
the crop.
Oshkosh Elks are beginning 10 prepare
for the first snnaai State convention 10
be held in that city June -, p and n.
1t Is expected that over 1000 visitors viii
be brought % tho eity By the convention.
The Prairie du CHEN Button Company
voluntarily made raise Of half cent
per gross on all lines Of buttons cut ir
their factory. The factory IL the largesl
on the upper river aHt The raise Will
affect sixty men.
Miss Kittie Herman. member Of
the graduating class Of the New London
high .seho0l. while rehearsing her ora
ton at the opera house tainted and, fall
ing Oh wire by the footlights, cut TIVE
large gashes IN her face.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
JEWEL OF A DOMESTIC.
She Did Not Stay Long, but Did Not
Steal Anything.

She Did Not Stay Long, but Did Not
Steal Anything.
Il imagine people must get tired of
hearing their neighbors complain about
the question of domestic help remark
ed woman in the government service
to a friend.
Il guess they do" acquiesced the
friend, but then you know We all have
such troubles, and when we hear 9TH
ers relate their experiences we can
say, L have troubles of my own 3"
The woman who started the CONVEX
sation told how many domestics she
had employed during a short period of
time, and how they had not given sat
isfaction.
FINALLY" she said, 81 sought relief
by doing what | thought was an act
of charity. and at the time getting
womaL who | thought would be a jew
ell She was white woman, the first
woman of my own color had ever
employed"
This woman, she explained, was tax
EN- from an institution where great
amount of charity is done. She was
given the best room in the house. and
in the morning when breakfast was
over she bundled up the dishes in
hurry and gave the appearance of be-
ing a willing and rapid worker In the
afternoon when her employer returned
home the dishes were still piled where
she had seen them in the morning.
The washtub, boiler and irons had been
used by the woman, who had evidently
washed and iron her own garments and
departed On the table was note
which read: MY dear Mrs. -,
found the work was too hard for me-"
But she was jewel, after ALL con
cluded the woman who had been her
employer, for so short a time. according
to the Washington Star, for she did
not steal anything
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
Storm nexastates Wide Area.

A severe wind and rain storm, proceed
ed by a hot wave, was general within a
radius of 100 miles OF Milwaukee the
other day. At La Crosse it reached the
proportions OF tornado. Several build
ings were unroofed, and for two blocks
on Main street every sign, street show
case and many awnings were torn off.
IL southern La Crosse small buildings
were unroofed and large trees uprootea
and several streets were SO filled with
debris as TO be impossible. A number
of persons were hurt, but none, it is
thought, fatally. At Fox Lake a tornado
swept a 100-yar1 swath through the
town. unroofing Fred Wisher's house and
blowing down sheds. windmills and trees.
The wind picked Henry Mathews off his
feet and carried him rod through the
air. Racine reports a deluge of rain and
the destruction Of hundred trees.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
Chinese ,tarriape Custon,s.

Love is not an important factor in
bringing about marriages in China. The
contracting parties seldom have any
voice in the matter. 1'he youth who
will not marry is guilty of the grossest
iilial impiety. rs every father considers
it sacred duty to provide a wife for
his son. Bachelors are therefore scarce
and spinsters unknown. The Chinese
youth is usually married before he is
20 aud the maiden seldom passes Is
without becoming wife. BY the help
of matrimonial agents, who are ma
tlonal institution. partners of either
sex are always to be had. When details
are arranged the parents of the bride
groom send sum of money TO the
parents of the intended bride, which is
:. uSliy spent on her outfit This is the
whole formality. When girl is told
she is hetrothed. it is the proper thing
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
WISCONSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
Cuts OFF Son with One Dollar-Fire in
Milwaukee = Steamer Finds Bottom
of Mississippi-A Lamp Explosion
Threatens Destruction.

The matter Of the contested will of the
late John u. James Of Waukesha has at
asst been settled by a compromise. The
division of property by the deceased was
a most peculiar one. and his four sons all
received different amounts which We're
so proportional as to need a mathcma-
tician TO find the real value of them. One
thing was discovered after some exam
nation OF the document, however. and
this was that one of the sons. Samuel
James. received only 81 according TO the
terms of the will, and be Immediately
commenced an action contesting the pro-
batting OF it on the ground thar the pro-
bate court had no jurisdiction inasmuch
as John James died in Wales, Il. II.
The case was brought into court. the ar
guments were heard, and the judge took
it under a1lisement. Before he had an
opportunity to render decision, how
ever, the plaintiff filed stipulations asking
to have the case withdrawn. and this
was done. The defendants had agreed to
allow their brother $500 of the estate.
and Samuel James considered that this
was worth rs much as his chances to
win the case. Mrs. John James, the
widow. is allowed 5000 annually, accord
ing to her husbands will.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
FORTUNES WASTED I'M RICE.
Vast Possible Wealth Thrown Away ii
"a Matrimonial Custom.

Vast Possible Wealth Thrown Away in
a Matrimonial Custom.
If. a fellow throws an old shoe filed
with rice after you when you get mar
ried, young man, go and pick every
grain of it up, said a rice enthusiast,
for there is a fortune in it. l was
just thinking to-day about the vast
amount of wealth that has been wasted
in this way, and it is simply alarming
when you come to think of it. | went
to the convention of rice men at Grow
ley recently and l learned a few things
about rice that | never knew before.
Why, the possibilities of a grain of rice
will actually make a fellows head
swim
Here is a grain which / have been
carrying in my pocket since the con-
vention. purely for illustrative pur-
poses. l was reading in the Plaque
mines Protector that one grain of rice
would bring in the first year sixty
lunches of rice, and that each bunch
contained go grains. which would give
y
first year. Now, this j., no small thing.
when you come to think of it. Suppose
we plant the $1,000 grains the second
year, OH the same basis We would nave
yield of 225,000,000 grains, which is
$4,000 times $4,000. Now, the yield dur
ing the third year would amount to
$4,000 times 225,0o0,000, on the same
basis of computation. which would be
1915, 900 600 grains of rice.
Il was reading in another paper pub
lished in the rice section that there are
probably 10000 grIins of rice to the
pound. but this is an approximation.
Adopting it as correct, at the end of the
third year one grain of rice win produce
331, 500, 900 pounds of rice, and the rice
mathematician, allowing 162 pounds
for a barrel of rice, figures that this
will amount to 2,0S3, 1888 barrels.
$50 you can see that l am actually
carrying a fortune around here in my
vest pocket. and there is plenty of room
left. too, for such other things as may
wa,a to put into my pocket. In these
figure have made no allowances for
those things which sometimes happen
to any kind of seed that may be sown,
but there is a good lesson in this cal
culation at that. When we come TO
think about the number of grains of
rice that have been wasted in the hap
by practice of tossing an old shoe after
the newly married couple" says a
writer in the New Orleans Times Dem
ocrat, 1--WE are almost shocked at the
extravaganza of the world.
The rice thrown away in this way
since the custom was first launched
would have saved the lives of all the
people who have ever starved to death
since the world began If it had been al
lowed to reach its full multiplying pos
sibilities. So l say, young man, when
the old shoe is thrown after you go pick
every grain of rice up, settle down
where rice will grow and get rich
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
so5.ooo Fire at Milwaukee.

Fire in the Miller block, corner of
Broadway and Wisconsin streets, Mil
waukee, caused a loss Of about $4,000,
The building is in the inter- of the re-
tail district, and CHEZ Foley sent in
three alarms irlanick succession. The
new Wells building, adjoining, assisted
the firernen materially, because of the
two stand pipes above the roof os the
Miller building, the flames not reaching
the portions of the building below the
third story. The Spencerian Business
College and the Wright Drug Company
will be the heaviest losers, the former by
FIRE and the latter by water.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11

to eyince great grief and express all
her feelings in poetical language, and
the girl who does this most artistically
is the joy of her friends. She keeps up
this appearance of grief till the mar
riage day, leaving her fathers house in
the scarletdraped matrimonial chair.
bathed in tears and wailing doloriously.
The feast is held at the bridegroom's
house, and is an occasion of great mer-
riment
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
stenmer nives 10 Rotto1n.

= The steamer Zalus Davis, bow boat for
the steamer Chauncey Lamb, sung near
Bad Axe, while being towed up the river
by the latter boat. Three men who were
asleep on the boat were rescued with
great difficulty. The boat was tied to the
other steamer with her fires banked and
was coming up river at the average rate
of speed when suddenly without warning
IL took dive to the bottom.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11

fte readers Of this paper viii be pleased 70
that science has been able 10 cure In all its
stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being constit ltional dis
ease. requires a constitutional treatment Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly
OF the bloOd and mucous surfaces Of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation OF the DIS
ease, and s3ying the patient strength by Quilting
up the constitution and assisting nature In DONG
its work. TIE proprietor have so much faith Ii
Its curative powers that theg after One Hundred
Dollars for any case that ii falls TO cure. send
for { Of testimonials.
Addiess, F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o
ET-SOld by Druggists, TIC.
Halls Family Pills are shs best.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
Village Threatened.

A kerosene lamp exploded at Downing
and the fire which followed destroyed
the store of A. IL. MeCabe and the ice
house Of the Hull meat market and also
a livery stable adjoining. Other business
houses in the village had close call
from destruction. The loss is estimated
at $1,000, with insurance of $4,000.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
Body Badly MangIed.

While attempting TO board the west
bound midnight freight train at knapp
Fred Walstrum Of Wilson was killed.
He was about Is years old and with 9TH
ers was in the habit of stealing rides
from Wilson to Knapp and return. The
body was badly mangled.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11

Il has been decided to send all Boel
prisoners who are sentenced TO terms
If penal servitude OUT of South Afica
To the Seychelles Islands. A new CON
Wet prison is 10 be constructed there
for the purpose. Accommodation for
/ 300 prisoners Of war IS ready in An
rfrrn7
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
British ComnerciaI gJities.

Bombay ranks third in the British
empire in the value of its annual ex-
port and import trade London tad
Liverpool being first and second re-
spectively.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11

Ever notice that the men who are
robbed of all their money when in
strange town, never have their wives
with them?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
|l71LfsI5f I POPULAR
\ y PULPIT |

the tolls and troubles of tbs life how to
become good sweet and obsdient chill
dren.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11

Hope is a good thing said Unele
Eben, ceptln' when you sits down
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-11
MA ID ~ % 0H q An
@w@AAw -%ah hR%w invisible
air. whether it Enemy ia Health
Means bad air, and whether it
nes from the low lands and

country pipes
and its effect the human system Is the
poison breahed into and taken
facilitating
chi and fever chronic dyspepsia torpid and enlarged liver kidney
troubles aund busaess frequently due that invisible
Malaria NoSous and matter collect the system because
the liver kidneys fail poured into the blood until
becomes polluted sluggish that the poison literally break through
the skin and abun bo and eupons
indoe appear depicting system threatening life ITSELF
germs poons that oopps and the body destroy
of the system before the patient hope
rid of Malaria and its effects
SIS S. this and quickly produces an entire
change the blood reaching stimu-
~ ~ lating them vigorous healthy action S.. IS. S.
not only purifying tonic properties,
49, the general health improves, and the appetite
from the first dose There Mercury Potash Arsenic
is strictly entirely vegetable
Write and physicians will gladly help
health blood
free. SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta. Ca.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-30
DOOLEY ON THE NEWS OF THE DAY

"Th' King iv England is betther.
He's off in his yacht (says F. Peter
DUNES Mr.. Dooley). TIL Hon'ra BILE
Joseph Choate is raycoverin more
slowly. He still sobs occas'n ally in mis-
sleep an has ordhered all tn undher
sicreties to have their vermyform APP
plndixes raymoved as a token iv ray
spect FIR tn sthricken nation. TIL
Hon'rable Whitelaw Reid is havin' a
cast Nv his knee-breeches made, which
will be exhibited in New York durin'
tn comm winter.
Me frind, ]. Pierpont Morgan, has
been takin' dinner with tn Impror Will
lum. 1t is undhersthud he will presint
him to tn Metropolitan Museem iv
Art. There are said to be worse there.
Lord Salisbury has thrun up his job.
Lord Salisbury was wan iv tn grand
est an mos successful statesmen iv
modhren times. He niver did amy
thing. He is succeeded be his nevvew,
Misther Balfour, who has done less
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-30

lady down East woke her husband
up TO tell him there was a burglar in
tn house. Tn foolish woman They's
always burglars in tn house. That's
what burglars are for, an houses. In
stead iv argyin' tn pint in a loud
voice, coughin an givin' tn burglar a
chance to lave with dignity, this man
got UP an was kilt.
Willum Jennings Bryan is readin
me frind Grover Cleveland out iv tn
party He's usin' tn Commoner to read
him out. That's a sure way.
'Gov'nor Taft has been in Rome
shown tn wurruld how SUCCESSFUL,
straightforward, downright, outspok-
en-, manly. frank, fourteen ounces to
tn pound American business daIings
can be again tn worn-out diplomacy
iv tn Papal court. Whin last heerd
fr m, this astoot an able man, backed
up be tn advice iv Elihoo Root. iv
York State, was maxim his way toward
Manila on foot."-Copyrigh 1902. by
Robert Howard Russell
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-30

The 16-inch breech-Ioading rife lust
built at the Watervliet arsenal for the
defense of New York Harbor marks an
epoch in the whole history of artillery
warfare. The great cannon is half
again more powerful than its nearest
rival-an English gun Of 1s.25-fncb
bore 1t is one OF a series OF coast-da-
Tense guns provided by the Endicott
Board appointed during CIeveland,s
'lrs' administration. Eighteen such
fiiies are TO be mounted for the defense
OF New York City. ten for San Fran
cisco. eight for Boston and four for
Hampton Roads.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-30

lleu about twelve and one-half
miles The new American rife viii
nave theoretically. the amazing range
VI '"Fhty-one miles. In other words. a
"arsaip carrying such rife could an
cnor IN New York Harbor and throw
proJectiies into New Rochelle. or Pater-
son or Hastings. In the course Of it's
night the shell would rise about six
miles above the ground.
Inc monster gun is 20 feet 80 inches
long the projectile is feet 4 inches
4ohg' with steel penetration of 42.3
inches. The cost of firing one. shot is
about $1,000 and the weight Of the rifle
without the carriage is les tons.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-30

Guns OF larger caliber are in use in
other countries; there is an Italian
I'.'o-lnch rife. French gun of 16.5-
men caliber and the Armstrong sun
on the British battIeships measures,
100 inches. But the maximum energy
OF the new American gun is $1,000 foot
tons as against As per cent. Al per
cent and 20 per cent of this energy for
the Italian French and English giants.
Inc most dramatic feature Of the
american rifle is its range. The great
est actual performance in Iong-range
shooting is that Of the Krupp gun. fred
before the Kaiser in April. 1892 which
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lode TO THE LAUREATE.

The London Punch pays its respect
to the Laureate Of England by the fol
lowing
CORONATION ODE.
Welcome, thrice happy morning. Non,
too soon
Certain preliminary days are past;
The veritable Twenty-sixth of June
Is here at last!
lift your voices in united strain
To welcome Him-and exc to welcome
Her
Who take their place within the ancient
fame
OF Westminster
First listen TO the immemorial vows
Phrased with BETTING dignity of
speech;
Next, place Two Crowns upon Two
Royal Brows,
Zone upon each).
And then keep silence, while in rounde-
lays
Which, / opine may soothe some
sufferers lot''
When new and noisier notes" (namely
r. ks
Are clean forgot.
1 bid the Lion of the Land arise,
Grasping that Flag of Freedom in his
paw,
Which in such various localities
The Ophir saw.
Dread Destiny withal L charge to fill
With devastating dIaught her cruel
cup,
Which having drunk, our envious rivals |
will
Simply curl up.
/ bid the Lion-cubs to gather fast,
Flying, as swallows fly, across the
waves,
Adding that Britons never will be
classed
Withal as slaves.
sing of Realms imperishably set
Above the sands of time, of Empires
fixed
Upon 1.-The wave-tide track; in fact, 1
get
A trifie mixed.
And, as 1 MARBLE to each hemisphere, !
Comes the responsive cry from West
and East
oh make the Bard. if possible, Peer ,
A Knight at least. {
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-30

IN no position to prosecute: $50
SiIiIth ueclnes to prosecute those bur-
night Yes. understand Sn,itF
oldnt have on his pajamas that night.
ana lie fears the disclosures of a public
trlaI might imperil his social status -
Detroit Journal
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-30

Appropriate text: Hit surtinly do
NIL dis ole heart oh mine wifi joy" be-
gan the Rev. Flatfoot, as the last wall
from the wheezy organ ESCAPED
through an open window ter see so
Inenny strangers present dis glorious
Sanoath mawnin- De Good Book hit
say he war er stranger an All took
him in De deacons will now perceed
ter take up de collecshion. Chicago
News
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-30
PICTURING ETERNITY.

The lola Register has discovered an
oid-fashioned preacher down in South
ern Kansas who recently gave this pic
turesque description of eternity: eff
little sparrow was to dip its bill in the
Atlantic ocean and take one drop of
water and then take one hop a day
across the country and put that drop
IN the Pacific ocean and then hop back
TO the Atlantic, one hop a day, until
the Atlantic was ory as a bone. IT
wouldn't be sun-up in hell"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-30

Queer: Yes. I still have the first
uo!iar ever made" said the gray
haired passenger. The idea" excIair,-
ed the travelling acquaintance. "and
now did you keep it so Iong?" TT was
very imperfect being my first. and Ia
have had trouble in passing it.''-Phn-
adelphia Press
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-30
HUMOROUS.

CONDITIONAL: Aunt-''Do you like ice
cream, Willie?" Willie-If you've got
it already made, l do; but if you want
me to turn the freezer, 1 don't."-New
York Sun.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-30

II can safely say that no man ever
attempted to bride me- gentlemen"
Voice in the crowd-"Don't be down.
hearted, old chap; your luck may
change Tit Bits
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-30

She-"1ts awfully hot. isn't it?
wish we could find big bowlder where
we could rest awhile" He-'I would
be only too glad to be little bolder if
I Were not afraid of being sat on
Life.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-30

Not much in this life" complained
the chronic kicker. mot much for me.
Everybody else 1 know seems to get
along, but I'm left out in the cold"
We'll, that won't happen to you in the
life to come" remarked the sly Mr..
Pepprey.-Philadelphi Press.