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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
state Iteu,a of Intere.t.

Safe blowers wrecked the bank at Mai
den Rock, but got little booty, overlook
| ing a package containing $4,000 in their
| haste TO escape.
w. B. Glow of Chicago is superin-
tending the advance work on the open
ing of the large kaolin beds near Glen
! wood
Ellen Marie Youngquist, aged Ii years,
died 10 Kcnosha as the result of vaeci-
nation. II illness finally terminated in
rheumatism of the heart.
The strike of the linemen and trmmers
of the Oshkosh Electric Light and Power
Company has been settled. Three of Che
old rlen have been taken back.
August Wendt one of the oldest and
earliest settlers near Athens, was kick
cd by a horse and trampled on and so
seriously injured that be is not expected
to live.
One Of the largest clam beds ever found
on the upper Mississippi river was locat-
ed a mile north OF La Crosse. Matthias
Seavorson, an old river man. made the
discovery.
La Crosse is to pattern after Racine
and Waukesha in the matter of paying
the Mayor and each member Of the Com
mon Council a salary. La Crosse will
however. 20 them one better in the
amount to be paid. The proposition there
is to allow the Mayor $500 and the COun-
cilmen $3.50 each
Four-year-old Dell Gurlcy Of La Crosse
may die as result of poisoning from
smoking cigarettes. Several young boys
gave the cigarette to the little tot and
Mr.. Gurley will prosecute them.
Chenoweth Sander. prisoner in the
Kenosha county Jail. who became VIC
lently insane, was adjudged insane by
examining physicians. His form Of ma
MIA is known as grandeur insanity He
imagines himself the richest man in the
world aud wrote an order for 100000
marks for DIR. J. y. Spaulding, the sup
posed order being collectable through the
Bank of Germany.
The store and elevator Of L. d. MUIR
ply. located at Bear Creek. was destroy
ed by FIRE \ wind storm was raging At
the time and it was feared at one time
that the entire village would be wiped
out.
Mrs John Hart Of Steuben. the woman
who took sugar Of lead and a package Of
needles in attempting to commit suicide
and still lives has been taken to the Men
dota asylum. She first took the lead and
the physician used stomach pump and
saved her life. That vas In the morn
ing. In the afternoon she swallowed
package Of ordinary sized needles and
one large tape needle. She 80 far has
shown NJ bad effects Of her experience.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Fight Over a Rich Boy.

A warrant has been issued for the ar,
rest of j. Duprey of Coleman on the
charge of kidnapping. The latter is chang.
ed with having spirited away Henry Du.
prey, a minor, aud the latter's guardian,
Frank Duprey, has preferred the com
PLANT. \ deputy sheriff found the boy
living with an aunt. Mrs. O'Donnel. in
Gseer Bay, who refused to give up the
lad. The alleged kidnaper has disap-
peared and cannot be found. Mrs
ODonnel has retained attorneys and will
try 20 maintain possession of the little
boz, who said TO have quite an inher-
itence coming TO him. His guardian win
make a fight TOR him and very inter
esting suit is expected.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Good strawberry Crop.

Berry growers in the vicinity of Sparta
(the greaioet berry growing center in
the Northwest are in the midst of I'M
covering strawberry beds and taking up
and wiring the bushberry cane. Bushes
and vines Of all kinds wintered well and
are in good shape. The spring thus far
has been cold and dry. but with good
weather from now on good crop can be
confidently predicted. Hundreds of car
loads of berries are shipped from Sparta
each year. This industry gives employ
ment for many hundred pickers from
June to September.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Sees Her Child Burn.

Wrapped in flames from head TO foot
and writing upon the ground in agony,
Mamie, the 2-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Nicholas Klein, was burned at
Appleton until unrecognizaDle Death
relieved her two hours later. In an at
tempt to save the life of her child the
mother terribly burned her hands and
risked her life. The little tot had been
playing with her sisters and little friends
about bonfire In some way unknown
her clothes caught fire.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Held as counterfeiters.

A band of counterfeiters, consisting of
FIVE men and two women, was rounded
mp by United States secret service men
in Menasha. The members were taken
before the United States commissioner
and held to the federal court. Counter
felt silver dollars and half-dollars were
circulated in Appleton, Neenah, Mena-
sha and Kankanna.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
CAUSES OF UNHAPPY HOMES.

ny Ncfs ~ y. EOA.
What makes unhappy homes? The
most vitality important relation on earth
is not that of the President to his coun-
try, nor the statesman to his constitu-
ency, nor the soldier to his flag. 1t is the
relation between husband and wife. Fire
side affection turns the house into a
home, makes the halls resound with glad
shouts, fills the days with sunshine and
the years with victory The home is more
important than church or state. 1t is the
foundation of the republic The country
is no better than its domestic life 1t
should be the happiest place on earth.
Among the most fruitful sources of un-
happiness in the hoaef are extravaganza
people haven't the courage TO live with
in their incomes; ill-temper-pover and
sickness do not do SO much harm: the
absence of common courtesy-the golden
rule is unknown; intemperance, jea lousy
and suspicion. These are the passions
which directly influence the lives of men
and women. They invade the home rend
asunder the family, break the domestic
circle. and threaten the life of the nation.
But the real tragedy of the home often
begins at the marriage altar. 1t is here
the first fatal mistake is made. People
write capital in large letters. Character
in small. Mothers are willing to marry
off their daughters to men of known inn
morality and to men so old that there
cannot possibly be a mutual interest in
the concerns of life. These marriages
would not be tolerated or considered for
a moment if it were moi for the bank
account that came along with them.
Then, too, our papers TEEN with the re-
ports of truant marriages, escapades and
elopements. We are living in days Of
much disobedience. Who 0beys father
mother, man, or God?
What are the results? Much of the
so-called marrying is not mating Of
souls. 1t is legalized immortality Cur
rents of misery are sent eoursing down
TO the end of time. carrying death aud
destruction with them. What the coun-
try needs is the home life. the fatherhood.
motherhood. the love, the religion Of do
nestle peace and happiness.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
ALL OVER THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER.
DOM.
Discharged Man Tries to KiILHis Em
pIoyer Charged with Kidnapping a
Wealthy Lad-A Little Girl Burns to
Death-P Prospects fore God Berry, Crop.

An attempt 10 kill the Mayor-elect.
Frank Mcclure, Of Hudson was made
on recent night. The assailant. Ed
Huffe. lag in wait in a secluded spot,
and as Mr.. Mcclure came along opened
fire on him with a revolver. Mr. Me
CURE started to run and was pursued
by Huffe, who kept on firing, but With
out effect, until the St. Croix Hotel was
reached. Huffe has been employed as
engineer on a ferryboat owned and OPP
Grated by Mr.. Mcclure on the st. Croix
river. but was recently discharged The
assailant was captured in the woods a
few miles irons the city.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Divorce After Fifty Years.

After nearly half a century of welded
life Villa ID Lanfare of Milford and
Catherine, his wife. appeared in the
County Court at Jefferson and We're
granted decree Of divorce. The appli-
cation was made after a mutual decision
to part. &C man who became tired of
married life after so many years is 81
years of age and the woman GO.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Want Another Railroad,

The cities of northern Wisconsin have
united in movement to get the Illinois
Central Railroad Company to extend its
road northeast from Madison TO Green
Bay by way of Oshkosh. The cities tax
ing most active part in the project are
Green Bay, Oshkosh, Neenah, Menasha,
Beaver Dam. Wanpun and Columbus.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Farmer Killed Near sheboygan.

A coroner's jury found that Johannes
Mindeshaut, farmer. living about ten
miles south of Sheboygan, came to his
death by being struck by train on the
Northwestern Railway, while walking
alon he track. Mindeshaut had spent
the afternoon at Oostburg and started
to walk home.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Struggle in Water.

Those who were left on the boat and
we're still alive then jumped into Ihe
safer, Joining their struggling fellows
who at the first alarm had. sought there
refuge from the flames.
Screams and pitiful appeals for helI
were heard OF every hand as those of the
unfortunates who could not swim felt in
their lessening strength a warning Oi
their fate.
Many passengers chung by finger tips
to the burning boat with bodies suhmerg
ed until, overcome by fire or water, they
sank to DEATH Wesley Medley. a fisher
mal rescued two from the wheelhouse
One was a man and the other a woman
The latter chung to the boat until hel
hands were burned
The boat was insured for $4,000. mos
of the policies being held by Pittsburs
agents.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
OF cARDUL


There are now in Europe forty sta.
tions equipped for wireless telegraphy
and five In America. Each of Lloyd
stations throughout the world will sc an
have plant. About sixty vessels have
put in the necessary apparatus.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
Atilla's Nose.

Attila the Hun had a nose SO short
that from the front it presented the
appearance of two holes IN the middle
Of his countenance, surmounted by a
small wart.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30

The New Thought. We are all strlv-
ing for the same goal by didereenr
paths. All roads lead to truth as they
do to Rome. We must not merely prac-
tice what we preach. We must preach
what we practice. The new thought is
only a way Of looking at an old thought
The new thought has come as re-
action against materialism We can
really have not only faith. but kn0wl-
edge. The kingdom Of heaven is not in
this church or that It is within u.s.
Professor Nesbitt, Kansas City, No.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
OHIO RIVER HORROR.
SCORES LOSE LIFE IN FIRE or
WATER.
Between Fifty and Seventy five Per-
sons Are Killed In Steamboat Disas-
ter-Panic Increases che Horror-De-
struction of the City of Pittsburg.

Suffocated as they slept, entrapped in
their berths and burned or forced panic
stricken into the river .acd drowned, over
three score persons lost their lives Sun.
day morning in the destruction by fire OF
the steamer City of Pittsburg, near Tur-
ner's Landing. not far from Cairo. III.
Those on board the steamer numbered
about $50 and the death list may reach
seventy-fye. Captain Phillips estimates
the loss of life at between fifty and six.
ty. Accurate information probably new.
or can be secured. for the steamers pas
senger list. the only record of the human
lives she carried, was destroyed.
Large Crew and Many Passengers.
The steamer, big side-wheeler plying
between Cincinnati and Memphis, left
the former city Wednesday night with
thirty-one passengers and took on many
others on the voyage down the river. She
carried a crew Of seventy, So far only
a few bodies have been recovered.
The work of death in this disaster, one
of the most shocking in the history OF
river navigation, was a matter Of but a
few minutes. The fire was discovered a
few minutes after o'clock in the for
ward hold of the steamer. All the pas
sengers We're sleeping, as were all the
members Of the crew except few
watehmen and the men at the engines.
As quickly as possible runners were
sent through the narrow passages in the
cabin shouting an alarm to the endan-
gered sleepers. Within a few seconds
the whole steamer was alive with fright
ened passengers in the midst of a rush
for life which began in panic and ended
in horror.
None took time to put on more than
night clothes or to save any valuables
from their staterooms. The supply OF
scenes Of awful struggling, and there
was a rush for windows and ratings in
the hope that a leap into the water
might avert death In the flames.
Meanwhile the members of the crew
had launched one boat, and into this
were put the " '-aen and children who
had been able 70 reach the deck before
the burning of the stairways cut off that
means of escape Force was necessary
to check the rush for the yawl, and in
spite of heroism shown by the officers
their work might have gone for naught
if the ropes that bound the yawl to the
steamer had not been severed by the
flames just as the small craft was filed
to the danger point About twenty or
thirty persons were taken off in this
way.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-25
Eggs by the Pound.

There has been much talk about sell
ing eggs by the pound. In and around
some of our larger cities there are
many sold in that way, but they are not
sold in the shell. Cracked eggs and the
larger ones among the dirty eggs, if
fresh, are broken out, and the white
and yolk well beaten together. Some
packers use churn to thoroughly mix
them, which is important, as if they are
put UP just as they come from the shell
the yolk becomes dry and mealy. They
are then frozen solid and kept in cold
storage until wanted, They are packed
In tins of from ten to forty pounds each,
and of course the demand for them
comes principally from the bakers, for
cakes and similar uses It Is said that
a pound Of the frozen egg is equal to
ten eggs of the average size. They will
not keep sweet long after they are
thawed out, so that it is important that
the user knows how many pounds he
needs at one time, and opens no more
than that. Packers who are careful to
avoid putting in any tainted or spotted
eggs get about II to Is cents a pound,
while other grades not as carefully Sc
lected have to be sold at 10 cents. We
are wondering whether this plan could
be used successfully in putting up
smaller cans for family USE If it can
We expect some one will try it.-Massa-
chuSettS Ploughman.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-25

wrappers. and an empty box. An ap-
pie was taken from the full box. a
wrapper put around it, and it was put
In the other box. 1t is not an easy
thing to pick up a wrapper of thin
paper from pile without missing one
occasionally, and in doing this the men
adopted different schemes. A new
hand wet his thumb on his tongue for
every wrapper. One who had been
longer in the business and found that
1t was unwholesome to be wetting his
thumb on his tongue, had a slice Of
lemon beside his pile of wrappers and
moistened his thumb in the lemon be-
fore picking up wrapper. The scheme
worked well, but he did not know
whether the acid of the lemon would
make his thumb sore or not. A third
man had thin rubber thump stall on
his thumb and could pick up wrappers
all day long and never make miss.
He was an old hand at the business
New England Farmer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-25
Using Mineral Fertilizers.

When liberal applications of potash
and phosphoric acid are to be used, it
is better to put them on as early in
the spring as possible, and work it well
into the soil, even two or three weeks
before the seed is put in. Upon a
heavy clay soil it would probably be
even better to put it on in the fall.
By the early application it becomes
partially dissolved in the soil and bet
ter distributed through it, and there is
no danger Of it's injuring the germina-
ton of the seed as it might do if it was
put on when the seed was put in, and
they came in contact, When tankage
is used for nitrogen this may be put on
at the same time as the other fertiliz-
ers, as in the cold ground it will take
some time for it to decay enough to
make its nitrogen available. There
would be very little if any loss Of nitro
gen. But in using nitrate of soda wait
until the seed is put in, or even until
the plants are up, and then scatter 1t
around them, not getting it on them
when they are wet lest it should burn.
For a crop that needs the whole sea-
son to grow 1t is often better to make
two light applications of nitrate Of
soda, the last when the plans are
about half grown, than one heavy one.
American Cultivator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-25
Feeding Sheep Probably.

After several years Of experience in
the use of corn fodder for sheep it has
been found profitable when made a
small part Of the ration and fed after
shredding. Fed without cutting Or
shredding it is simply wasted. In
some sections sheep men have
used shredded corn stover entirely as
roughage, but this plan has not al
ways worked we'll. BY using good hay,
clover or timothy, every alternate day,
with the shredded corn stover the re-
suits have been satisfactory, especial
ly when the sheep had roots once a
day and were on a varied ration Of
grain, oats, bran and cornmeal. 1t is
not intended that the corn slower, even
If shredded, shall supply more than
the roughage, for the grain and root
feed must be liberal to carry the sheep
through the winter in good shape. The
cost in money or labor in shredding
the corn slower for any stock is con-
sidered offset by the added value in
manure
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-25
Have Taken Their Stand.

The Republican party and the country
at large are not in state of mind re-
ceptive to free-trade interpretations of
tariff utterances by Mckinley and
Roosevelt, nor are they cordially dis
posed toward any scheme which would
use reciprocity as club with which to
demolish the entire structure of protec-
ton. They have taken their stand, end
will maintain it, against any such per-
version of the propositions of Mckinley
and Observation-Disclosures Democrat
and Chronicle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-25
Housing Farm Implements.

The good farmer is supposed to clean
and house all farm implements as soon
as he has finished using them each day,
but many do not do this. They should
devote at least one day to the work Of
collecting them, rubbing the rust off,
oiling the iron work, and putting In
good order for another years work.
When we'll housed it will pay to go over
the wood work with coat of paint.
When the tools are wanted for use
again and they are found all ready and
in good condition, this will prove one
Of the best days work done this year,
as it will save several days time and
bother with them in the busy season,
save strength of men and teams, and
prevent many Of the accidents that I'M
lucky men are so apt to have, in break
ing down. just when most in a hurry.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-25
Protection with Reciprocity.


There is ample room for reciprocity
alongside of protection, but the latter
cannot and must not be supplanted.
The American producer needs markets
for his surplus products, but he is not
ready to surrender the matchless home
field in order to get them. Nor need he.
The United States, with its industries
developed under the fostering care Of
protection, has so much to sell and Is
in a position to buy in such large guam
titles that it can command favorable
terms without sacrificing domestic in
terests. 1t was Lord Salisbury, the
British Premier who once lamented the
fact that free trade had left England
economically defenseless. He said in
substance that his country could exact
nothing from other nations in return
for trade concessions, because 1t had
already given up everything and there
was no opportunity for quid pro quo.
The United States, on the other hand,
is economically impregnable. Protec-
ton has aided it in perfecting won-
derful industrial system, and it is in a
position to sell to all the world. 1t has
almost illimitab BILE resources in the form
of products which the world needs. It
is able to buy vast amounts Of goods
which other parts of the world supply.
1t holds a masterful place, and can
make reciprocity minister to it's own in
terests as well as to those Of its custom
ers.
This is the principle contemplated by
the statesmen who have favored reel
procity. The benefits are not to be one
sided. IF the United States yields some
thing in the way of trade advantages
the reciprocating nations must be
equally obliging. Reciprocity will not
be used to destroy what protection has
built up. When we have reciprocity 1t
must be with protection. That is sound
Americanism and the true Republican
policy.-Troy Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-25

any manufacturing trust is phiians
thropic institution, and 1t is difficult
to believe that anybody in Louisiana
outside Of the trust wants to put
money into the Golfers Of that power
full and greedy concern at the expense
of the home-sugar producers"
This Is the right sort of talk, and
there is going to be more of it. 1t is
an edifying spectacle to see Southern
Democrats arguing with each other on
the tariff question. In such agitation
and diversity of opinion lies the South's
best hope of reaching sound, COM
mon sense, level-headed conclusion in
favor of protection and prosperity
American Economist
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-25

A correspondent Of the American
Agriculturist describes very cheap
and entirely satisfactory fodder rack.
The basis for this rack is two ks inch
boards, each ten feet long These are
rounded at the ends like sled runners.
Five 2x4 inch boards, each 5 feet
inches long, are bolted to these boards,
as shown in the illustration, every four
feet. There are several 2x4 inch boards,
each four or five feet long, spiked to
the bridge boards i'll an upright posi-
ton. These complete the frame A tight
hoor Is placed on the crosspiece, and
boards are nailed to the sides and ends
up to height Of eighteen inches. A
space Of sixteen inches is then left
without covering. The sides and ends
can be boarded up the remainder Of the
distance. These upper boards can be
placed together or space can be left be-
tween them as seems best. Hay, straw
OR fodder thrown into this rack cannot
be trampled and lost because Of the
tight bottom and sides up to a height
Of eighteen inches. There is no loss of
food. Grain feed can be put into this
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-25
Value of Corn Stalks.

The corn shredder is learning the
farmers to save all the corn fodder they
have. One farmer refused to buy a
corn reaper because it did not cut close
enough to the ground. The Maine
Farmer says that in well-grown corn
the lower six inches Of the stalk repre-
sents a ton of fodder to the acre, which
may be one-tenth Of the crop. Chemists
have told us that the stalk below the
ear is much more valuable in food ele-
ments per ton than that above the ear,
and when reduced by shredding it will
be all eaten.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-25
Protect the Young Orchard.

1t will pay to do some work to protect
the young orchard from the attacks of
rabbits and field mice. Take supply
of long, coarse straw, or better, bur
lap, to the orchard and place a ban
dage around the tree, reaching up from
the earth for foot or more. Before
doing this, rake off all the leaves or
other trash around the tree for dis
lance Of two or three feet from It, Ii
the ground is covered with snow it
will pay to go through the orchard and
tramp the snow down firmly about
the base of each tree. Mice work I'M
der the snow when it is soft, but Will
not burrow through hard, packed
snow. If any of the trees have been
gnawed by rabbits or mice, they should
be bandaged with thin cloth, over
which is tied another bandage of the
burlap.