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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19
HOME or CASHMERE sHAwls.
Not Enough Demand for the Industry
to Keep Workers Employed.


Not Enough Demand for the Industry
to Keep Workers Employed.
A New-Yorker who is now living in
Shadipore, India in the vale of Cash
mere. the home ot the beautiful Cash
mere shawl, gives a melancholy ac-
count of the decline of a great and ia
nous industry. These rare and costly
shawls, which were so much priced in
the days of our grandmothers and
handed down as heirlooms from moth
er to daughter, are stiil made in Cash
mere, but their glory has departed.
and the cheap arr seductive aniline
dye has displaced the soft and beauti-
full eolorings i'll the old tire vegetable
dyes.
The men who understand their ma
nipulation have gone to more lucra-
tive fields, on else they lie In humble
graveyards hard by the struggling viii
lage streets. and the wild iris clothes
their resting places with eolors far
more delicate than any they ever
mixed.
The Cashmere shawl industry re-
ceiyed its death blow during the
Franco-Prussian war, at the breaking
UP OF the French court. The shawls
were brought 10 France for the great
Napoleon. and fashion Immediately set
her seal upon them. But when the
court of Napoleon III. crumbled in the
dust the vogue of the Cashmere shawl
fen with il, and famine and distress
invaded the far-away valleys Of Cash
mere.
Shadipore, which was once n of
the centers OF the Cashmere shawl ill
dustry, is beautifully located in d val
ley at the junction of the Sind and
Jlielum Rivers. Numerous herds of
cattle find rich pasturage ON the sur
rounding hills, and the giant chenar.
the glory of Cashmere, makes the val
ley look like a park. But The village
has shrunk to a mere hamlet of rickety
houses, and the luxuriant vegetation
fails to Y its baroness and poverty.
What is left of the shawl industry -
carried on by boys and men, who arm
from 2 TO 2 annas a day. OF from 4 to
y cents in American coinage. For this
beggarly sum they sit all day long ut
the looms. which are almost as forlorn
as themselves in appearance. for they
date back to the days of prosperity and
are held together by a generous use of
string.
There is just enough demand for the
shawls to keep the industry alive. Rich
Cashmerians like to wear Cashmere
shawls, and also employ them as dra-
peries, and a few find their way TO
Central Asia and Tibet.-New York
Tribune.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19

Twenty-Five persons were killed and
about fifty injured in a wreck on the
Grand Trunk road half a mile from
Durand, Mich. Friday. One section Of
Wallace Brothers circus train crashed
into the other. The dead were men con-
nected with the show and employees of
the Grand Trunk Railroad, on which the
terrible wreck occurred. Failure of the
air brakes on the rear train to work
caused the collision.
The scene in the Grand Trunk yards
after the collision was appalling. The
wreekage of the engine and four cars
was strewn about and piled high, wlile
the shrieks of the injured victims and
the believing of the frightened animals
could be heard above the hiss Of escap-
ing steam and the excited shouts of the
rescuers. Ii was some hours before all
the injured were rescued from the wreck
ed cars Some of them were In terri
bic agony. Some of the bodies were
crushed and mangled SO that Identified
ton was difHcult.
1t is customary to send a number of
special men with circuses and that ae-
cunts for the presence of the road off,
GERS who were killed.
Air Brakes Cause Crash.
One elephant, two camels and a $1,000
bloodhound were killed in their g
and many of the other animals were in
jured.
The cause of the collision was the air
brake on the second train getting out of
order and failing to work when the en-
g:neer saw the red light of the first train
which had come to a standstill.
The Wallace circus travels on two
trans. In each train there are about
~thirty-hve cars. The circus Thursday
exhibited at Charlotte. Friday it was
to have given an exhibition at Lapeer.
The route the circus was travelling was
the Grand Trunk main line.
The two trains left Charlotte about
mi6uight. or perhaps a little later. Ac-
ieording to the rules of the railroad the
second train kept half an hour behind
the first train. When the first train
reached the Durand yards, half n mile
from the depot, it stopped. As the rules
require a red lantern was promptly hung
on the rear end or the hast car.
When the second train came along, in
half an hour, the first train was still on
the main track in the yard. The red
danger signal on the last car was burn
ing Clearly. The engineer on the sec
ond section admits that he saw the red
light in time to have stopped his train
before it reached the first train if the air
brakes had worked all right. But the
air brakes refused to respond.
The engineer could do nothing to check
his train and it crashed without any
check into the first train. and seven cars
rear cars of the first train and forward
cars of the second train. in which many
people were sleeping-were totally
wrecked.
The scene after the first crash was ter
rible. Nearly every one in the train was
asleep and the cries of the wounded and
dying as they awoke from their sleep
were horrifying. In the cars just ahead
We're the animals and their keepers. Some
Of the cars were partially demolished, set
ting loose the animals.
People killed in the passenger coach
consisted mainly Of the show drivers and
a few performers. They were all men.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19

That there Is good profit in raising
poultry In connection with small fruits
has been repeatedly proved; on the
other hand. many failures have result
ed solely because provision has not
been made to keep the fowls from the
fruit plots. If this is done there will
be no trouble IN working both indus
tries TO advantage, for the time when
the fruit needs the most attention Is
the period when the fowls need least
In working this combination Il is a
good plan TO raise poultry largely tor
the sale Of the carcass In the fall and
winter production Of eggs; then, IL the
young chicks are Matched early in the
spring. the work of the poultry viii
Interfere but little with the necessary
attention which must be given the
small fruits. BY proper arrangement
OF poultry yards AMI runs ana the
small fruit plots there should be no
trouble in keeping them apart. For a
man who mus handle a small farm
alone there is no better combination
than that OF poultry and suaall fruits.
Indianapolis News.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19
The Busiaess side.

So much stress Is placed on science
In agriculture OF late years. that a
young man might almost suppose the
books, bulletins and wise addresses tell
the whole story about farming. The
reason so much is constantly being said
and written about the how and why
of the latest methods and newest
ideas in farming is because these are
all that can easily be taught.
Fondness for hard work and a level
head. full of business sense, cannot be
acquired from bulletins or gathered
from expert advisers. The new ideas
help the brain and spare the hands,
but farming is still much more a BUSH
ness than a science. Now, as always,
hustle and good Judgment are better
than a head full of new notions with
out these qualities. System, order,
.promptness, honesty, shrewdness. econ
omy, ~self-control, tact to manage work
men, all such are strictly business
qualities, and are likewise the foun-
dation of any great success in farm
ing. Only nature and experience can
impart most Of these essentials. hence
the experiment stations say nothing
about them. But they are as import
ant as ever. An engineer without a
locomotive and steam will not get on
very fast, neither will expert agricul-
turaI knowledge succeed without bust
ness qualities.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19
HEAVY WEIGHT SOCKS DOOMED.
Lightweight Paper lie Now Coming
Into General Popularity.

AatA III we ~ ~ ~ - ~
Into Genera Popularity
The heavy. arm-breaking, temper
destroying volume Of the past Is doom
ed. Book buyers cannot have failed
to notice n marked improvement In the
makeup of the new books OF certain
publishers increased lightness Of
weight. Until recently the English
book manufacturers have been far
ahead of the American in this respect,
and most lightweight paper used by
publishers had t be imported frorI
England. But about five years age
American publishers began the aglta-
uon in this country for a homemade
lightweight paper. The model to be
Initiated here was the English esparto
paper. made from esparto grass, a
rush.like grass growing only in north
err 1.-frica and southern Spain. This
paper is made In limited quantities
even in England, because OF the
scarcity OF this grass. vt the repcst
ed lnstigation Of publishers. several
American manufacturers commenced
experiments IN II hEhI paper, Al
first little progress was made. The
American product. though light. lack
ed the necessary cohesiveness-a fatal
defect. The work was persisted in,
however, until success was achieved
in the last year or 50, AID the Amer
lean lightweight papec z nov coming
into general use, says the Kansas City
Journal. Made of II a book weighs
between 80 and 40 per cent less than
one Of equal size made Of the old
smooth. beavy paper, The light
weight paIsr not smooth. and Il the
uniformed II appears { be rongher.
and supposedly cheaper. than the old
smooth paper 10 which leaders are ac.
cnstomed. pai. a. a matter Of fact.
the light, rough paper Is decidedly
more expensive to make.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19
Told IN a Few Lines.

Heavy rains have flooded streams in
southern England. Many Easements in
London are submerged
James j. Hill and f. II. Hartman, 1t
is said. are trying to corner the iun-
Der lands of W -shington and Oregon.
The Secretary Of War has directed
that all officers who have been on de-
tached duty for a period of four years
must return to Their regiments or con-
panies-
George X. Mccain. Philadelphia news
paper man, has bought the Colorado
Springs Gazette and viii change its poll
ties from Democratic to Republican.
At the annual meeting in Detroit,
Mich. Of the Society of .he Army of San
tiago de Cuba all the old officers were
reelected. Maj. Gen. William II. Shat
ter is president.
Calvin Price and Jerry Graves were
hanged at Marion, ILL.,. for the heartless
murder last February Of Mrs. Nellie
Rlchelderfer, a popular teacher. Both
men before the crop fell made confes
sions.
Mrs. Matte u. Rich. the Chicago
wonan sentenced to fifteen years In
prison kr the Mexican courts IN 1S9b Tor
the lurder Of her husband. has been re-
leased.
In the hRbeas corpus proceeding fled
BY Oscar Lewis. the Kansas supreme
Court held thst 4 E subsequent marriage
Of a defendant TO ST injured female is
not a bar to prosecution under che laws
relating 70 assault.
Mrs. Minnie Cummings has been found
guilty Of murder IL tie secons3 degree
il St LOUIS for killing Der husband,
Au-il IS. 1903. She IS sko 20 be tried
for the Killing OF her third husband. Ed
xxr II. Hsr-s n October. 1902
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19
HOW WORDS ARE COINED.
English Language Has Been q Grad
nal Growth for Centuries.

English Language Has Been q Grad
nal Growth for Centuries.
1t was estimated about the year
1880 that the, p~casantry Of a certain
district in England used only 500
words to express all the needs Of their
rural life. says Current Literature.
The total vocabulary Of the bible Is
only 6.0O0 words. that Of MiiroD's
poems aboue 500 and Shakespeare,
dealing with % vast a range Of human
action, thought, passion and emotion,
only used sonie 1909, A modern die
tionary contains some 10000. The
mind Is bewildered at the great growth
Of the English language in three en-
turtles. 1t is quite rue that a large
number Of the words catalogued to-
day consists Of technical terms only
used III the sciences to which they
belong and that some are slang" with
which the English language could dis
pense without any great loss, but
there still remains a vast number
available, for the speaker and writer.
Language, like every other product Of
life, must grow. Bentley showed but
little Of his usual ucumen when he
wrote: 1T were no difficult contrl-
vance, II the public had any regard 10
IL, TO make the English language I'm
mutable, unless hereafter some for
eign nation shall invade and overrun
u.s. The moment a language ceases
10 require new words there is an indi-
ton that thought is standing still and
decadenee must at once ensue.
The introduction OF new words. how
ever. must be governed BY some sound
principle. Ii would be n strange thing
II, In a republic Of men, a new coin
might be foisted upon the citizens at
the wilt Of any single individual.
Even so In the republic Of language.
whatever Is introduced must be coined
under the authority u the law. SO
long as tFere IS Il sufficient expression
Tor any thing or idea, so long is there
no need f0 a new name. When
Huxley coined the word ~'agnostic,"
fashioning il according to the laws OF
the English tongue, there was me-
cessity for n name for a mar who
simply put revelation among the things
which were unknowable, 'Skeptic"
would not serve. for the skeptie claims
the right 10 reason about revelation.
No such good reason had Browning
for importing ''banality Already We
had several expressions for the com
monplaee Consequently. for every
one who nses 'banality" a thousand
use 'agnosticl7 One Is useful. the
other useless.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19
DEFENSE or LyNcHING.
Sam Jones Compares Negro Criminals
with Wild Beasts.

III OhC NUN u
with Wild Beasts.
Rev. Sam Jones, the Georgia orator
who was one of the speakers at the
Bloomington Qll.) Chautauqua. was ask
ed what, in his opinion, YVES responsible
for the race wars in the North, particu-
larly the Danville and Evansville riots.
He said in response:
Il have lived among the negroes all
my life and know them pretty well, and
in my mind there is not much in this ex-
citement about them. Now this lynching
business is not anarchy. If a mad dog or
q wild beast runs through the streets
and bites some one the thing to do is to
kill il, and kill it before it does any more
harm. There is not much difference be-
tween a wild beast and q negro who viii
attack white women. Why, in the South
the respectable blacks help the whites
lynch the brutes. OF the 100000 ne
groes in the South the great mass are
peaeeable, laws biding citizens. Since
we have got rid Of the Yankee scala
ways who were stirring them up we
don't have much trouble with them. They
know their place and they keep it.
There may be a thousand bad negroes
in the South. and they are the ones who
make the trouble. 1t was the enfran-
chisement of the negro THAT made the
trouble at first. In Georgia W have not
disfranchisej them. They can vote at
the general election, but they nno vote
ut the primary. We hay a white pri-
mary, and as nomination is equivalent
10 election the black vote does not inter
fere. Education is doing a rreat deal for
the blacks. The only education that /
think is useful to them is manual tram
ing. Booker I. Washington is doing the
most for them. He is Identifying labor
and teaching them 10 work"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19
Japan a curious Land.

There is no land that | have ever
seen so curious as Japan. said Rob-
ert W. Brnkley. of Yokohama, TO Il
Washington reporter. Il have lived Ia
Japan for tue past twenty-five years
and It Is to me still a Spr Of wonders
land.
"Onc OF tile strangE features of tie
country Is that all crops aud fruits
are almost certain 70 deteriorate, 1
have seen beautiful peaches grown the
first year from stock Imported from the
United States. The s.rond year they
were stlll fairly good; the third season
poor aud after that unit % eat. Moth.
Ing in the vegetable world would seem
to retain Its excellence for any length
OF time It Is a bamboo country and
everything reyerts to the bamboo.
Beautiful lush grass covered many a
plain and vet 1t gives no nutriment
to cattle. Garden vegetables look as
tine as any grown IN the United States,
but when cooked they have no taste.
The flowers are Of gorgeous hueS, but
they are without perfume,
"Rut even with these lInperfections
Il Is a very interesting coruer Of the
earth and many tn IS recommend It,
Its inhabitants are in their way a
iae people. In the rural districts par
~flenlarly the nativcs are the most hon
orablc beiag | ever met. In the cities
they are sharper mentality, Eat not
,.~f,r s. ea-ruahaas
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19

years. How IS it with the hen? Three
weeks from the setting Of the hen you
have a hatch of chickens; from four
TO four and a half months from hatch
ing the eockerels are ready for the
market. and in FIVE to FIVE and a half
months the pullets viii begin TO lay"
oIeomarZarine still FIourishes.
During the past seTeral months the
editor of this department has received
many communications from dairymen
saying. IN substance, that the oleo law.
is in force, did not seem to improve
matters much. 50 far as dairy iTterests
were concerned. investigation shows
that this is true and also discloses
the reasons why. The law as 1t now
appears on the statutes provides that
If cleo is artificially colored so as TO
represent butter the manufacturer
shall pay a tax OF 10 cents a pound
on his output. Ii not eolored artif-
cially mote the word artIficiallyl, then
the tax shall be n OF a cent a pound.
Manufacturers have shrewdly found
a way around the law by using in
gradients which give the product a
cream color sufficiently like butter.
especially during the winter. to pasx
readily for the genuine article. 1t is
IN open question whether or no the
ingredients used TO obtain this color
make the product more desirable as a
food. The main fact is that no arti
fetal coloring is used and hence the
spirit of the law is nullifed. The only
apparent way out of the difficulty
would seem TO be TO amend the law
so that 1t would be a mitdemeanor Fsr
oleo to be colored in any way so that
1t approached the color of butter. 1t is
to be regretted thai the amendment
proposed when the bill was under dis
cussion, namely. that cleo be colored
soIne shade that would absolutely
Identify it, could not have been passed.
rhe matter as it now stands Is a ser
GUS one for dairymen and they should
get IN communication with their Con
gressmen so that some way may be
found of properly and thoroughly pro-
tectihg dairy interests.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19
Farm, Notes.

Farm Notes.
Where's the harvester or other val
liable tool? sh
The e are now thought to be about
1S,00o,oo0 dairy cattle in this country.
which allows one COW for about every
four persons.
A writer on the subjeo. of hogology,
In speaking Of the chief points of the
modern hog. says that he has no
points. but is round like a sausage.
Let the middlemen understand that
the fruit of your labor is yours. not
theirs. and If they will not deal justly
with you, cut them out. and go straight
to the consumer.
The farm implement or machine
which viii carr % per cent. OF = cost
yearly, as very many will, is a far
safer investment than bank stocks
OH deposits. We must learn tC do bust
ness with tie farm.
The next time you purchase bran ex-
anime it carefully to see whether it
contains whole weed seeds. There was
sent to Wisconsin last year a car of
bran that contained $1,000 seeds TO
the pound. a Y an exchange. Think
of putting the manure from ten tons
OF that bran on a field.
The young man in the country of
frugal habits can have a larger bank
account at the end of the year on a
wage of $500. with board and laundry
thrown ii. than can the city fellow
who gets a wage of 5000 per annum.
| Nor will It be necessary for the young
man In the country to deny himself
any OF the genuine pleasures of life
In order 10 do this.
There Is less demand every year
| for the extra large overfatted hogs
that have taken two years to reach
maturity. What is wanted for pro-
ftable feeding Is a thrifty pig. that In
six or seven or eight months growth
will average a pound of pork a day.
This can Usually be made at a profit.
| The heavier hogs cost more t keep.
and the pork is neither so good. nor
will it now sell so well, as pork that
weighs 200 pounds or less per car
cass.
A good way to get rid OF potato bugs
is TO poison them by the use Of paris
green ard water at the rate Of enc
pound of the poison TO n hundred
gallons OF Sater, AnSSber way is
to use the paris green with cheap flour
or plaster. using about one pound Of
green TO one barrel OF either OF the
latter. This should be busted on the
leaves early In the morning when they
are moist London purple may be
used in the place Of paris green. but
as II Is more liable Is burn the leayss
when used IN water. u pound OF
quicklin4e should be put in the vafet
for each pound Of london purple used;
but the london purple. In such a case,
/ should BE used at the rate OF enc
pound 70 seventy gallons OF water
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19
cUApTE X

Tie Assixes came on some ak weeks
after the date Of the inquest. aud in the
4utertm | found that my darling did not
fall 10 keep her word. A frm Of solicit
-ofs. Instructed BY her. undertook my de.
Tense. and though | at 6rSt. out Of me-
tlses OF prize. declined their good Offices,
! was finally persuaded 20 accept them.
THE DAY of the trial, on entering the
dock. | saw her sitting BY George Red
ruth's side in the crowded court.
Early ia she course Of the proceedings,
I heard whispers among the crowd ssr-
rounding me, They were looking AZ
Madeline. and SOMEONE was asking who
she might be. A voice replied that she
was the prisoners sweetheart . Far
away as / knew that idea TO be from the
simple truth, / looked al my darling with
new feelings Of love and gratitude.
Ny aunt next described my doings on
the night Of my departure from ST Cur
1d; Then my uncle entered the box,
,ssl4stly All " ,e-beg0ne. he stood like
= man dared; not once turning his eyes
Il my direction, His eyi'snce only cor
rsborated that Of my auat.
Al that could be said was said in my
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19

inch hole Is bored through the top for
the bolt to go through. The inside
part of the leg where the hole Is bored
should be made like a wedge, 50 as 70
H. closely against the scantlings. The
pnlleys are u inches in diameter, and
are made of wood. The rope should be
put over the top pulley and under the
bottom pulley. The legs should be
sunk In the ground so that they will
slide and let the derrick fail. A
good strong hook should be securely
fastened on the rope. A steady horse
can operate this all right. once it is
uaderstood-Harry II. Postle in Ohio
Farmer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19

making several of these drags OF posts
of different weights. may have a
drag for almost any use. The 5
pieces are spiked on so that the posts
are about a foot apart and. as will
be noticed from the Illustration, the
posts are placed so that the rather
sharp edges are forward, which pre-
vents ciogging. AS viii be readily
SEEM, the cost Of such a drag Is very
small, and there is nothing in It's CON
s~truction but whar may be done on the
farm where the ordinary tools may be
found.-St. Paul Dispatch.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-19
An Aid in Cleaning weIls.

Every farmer should have his well
good and clean for the winter months.
Here Is o design for a handy well der
rick. The seantlings are II feet long
2x4 inches thick, made Of elm. The
three pieces at each end and the mid
die are AKA riches. also Of hardwood,
spiked to ire scantling, A ia inch
hole IS beled at the top about IA
inches from the end. Another hole.
the same size, is bored at the bottom
about Ia feet from the end.
The cut shows the derrick set up for
use. The legs are II feet long, 4 inches
thick. and OF good solid timber. A IL