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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-01
HONOR THE SOLDIER DEAD
PATRIJTIc DECORATION DAY SERVICES IN
ViR0QUA ON MONDAY.
Nature Smiled on the Occasion and Citizens Tened
Out From Town and county-A Fine Procession
Patriotic Address Memorial Sunday Observance

As the years pass interest intensifies in
the matter and manner of observing
Decoration day and paying tribute to
the sacred memory of the brave men who
sacrificed life and health to the preser-
walton of the country's honor and integ.
rlty in the trying days of war in the
sixties. Formerly it was day nartici-
patel IT by survivors Of the great strug.
gle 1nI their families; now it ia the dsy
of all occasions of the year when busi.
ness cares are laid aside, every home
decorated with the emblems of our
country and every member of the home
joins in paying tribute to the memory of
the defenders of the country. This ia
proper. The primary children of TODAY
will not live to see the annual memorial
day program obliterated from the holi
days of the year
No where in the state il Decoration
day observed with greater veneration
than in Viroqua, and the year 1904 was
not an exception. The assembling of
blue coats. the imposing procession of
soldiers, Relief Corps ladies, school
children, public officials and citizens,
vending their way to the city of the
dead, all speak the lofty patriotism and
patriotic sympathy of our people of town
and surrounding country. Monday was
an ideal day, and nature smiled on the
occasion. With General Rogers as chief
marshal tne procession formed and mov-
ed to the cemetery in the following
order:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-01
PROM ANp TO THE FAraERLANp.

Lovass correspondence of Westby
Times: Sunday last Osten Rutland
departed for Gulbrandsdalcn, Norway,
after an absence of 35 years. 1t will be
pleasant for Mr.. Rutland to once more
enter the old weather beaten house TO
meet the friends and companions of his
boyhood days, and to visit the lovely
groves and glens where he as mere
youth spent his happiest hours We
wish him pleasant trip. He will be
gone about four months.
.
Miss Caroline Hagen departed Friday
for Norway, where she expects to spend
the summer with her parents She
came to this country seven years ago
and has made her home in this village
the greater part of the time She ex-
poets to return 10 this country after a
time -Cashton Record.
Twelve people arrived in this village
from Norway. They were Mr. and
Mrs. Hans Haugerud, and three IN
married children and grandchildren
Mr. Haugerud went to Norway short
time ago to visit his fatherland and TO
bring back with him the remainder of
his family. They were the guests of
Mr. o. P. Dunnum a ! family and
other friends. On ST w evening 80
took supper with NJ. L mum. Sunday
afternoon Mr.. Haugeruu met his brother
Matt Jackson, in this village, for the
first time in 80 years and they did not
know each other when they first met.
Cashton Record.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-01
Worst of All Experiences

Can anything be worse than TO fee
that every minute will be your last
Such was the experience Of ldrs. ). II
Newson. Decatur, Ala. For thret
years" she writes, ~ endared insuffera
BILE pain from indigestion, stomach anc
bowel trouble. Death seemed inevlta
BILE when doctors and all remedies fail
cd. At length / was induced TO try
Electric Bitters and the result was mir
acuio6a. improved at once and nov
I'm completely recovered" For Liver
kidney. Stomach and Bowel troubles
Electric Bltters is the only medicine
Only SOC. It's guaranteed by A. j
Johnson. Druggist.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-01

You can tell the time of day by the
sun, and you can tell the time of night,
also, by the son
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-01

Chronic bronchial troubles ard sum
mer coughs can be quickly relieved and
cured by Foley's Honey and Tar.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-01

During the summer kidney irregnlari-
ties are often caused by excessive drink-
ing or being overheated. Attend 70 the
kidneys at once by using foley's Honey
and Tar A J. johnson.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-01


Joshua Ady K Minshall
K Alden ii Moody
VIM Ackles Eli Mason
n Allison Ase Morris
tE Il Barstow John Myres
Amen Biddeson SJ Newell
Buxton NJ + Ogden
X Bouker - Il Palmer
] Buckley Ohas Pemberton
J X Casson John penne
II A Chase "Wm pidcock
Chas Oonklln CS Rogers
X Cory II NJ Rayner
Il G Deayer GA Roberts
James Foster 5 Robertson
cd Frohock w kusk
Joshua $ Groves Nj Rusk
John S Grove, Allan Rusk
81 I Gates Uhas Stebbins
q w Hazen tJustus Smith
Frank Haskell II Stricker
J w Hoyt Sylfest Thompson
VIM Jonas Jerome Tinker
George Latta FIX Van Wagner
J. X. Lake sB 4 Wells
Alex Lowrie IN Wolfe
VIM Lowrie VIM Wright
- Marshall +Wm Lyons
In old cemetery.
( Naval service.
Hpaufsh war soId.er
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-05-16

the current flowed. However. when
the electrodes are placed OH the fore
head and neck and the current sent
from back to front. the effects are
innocuous so long as mild current is
used and In some cases may be bene-
fetal. According TO NJ. Leduc. the
most satisfactory current is one uf
four miliamperes at thirty volts. which
Is broken or interrupted 100 times a
second for ninetcnths of the period OF
the interruption. The first effect noted
was the disappearance Of the faculty
of speech. after which followed ih.,
loss of the motor faculties Under or
binary conditions there is no affection
of the respiration or pulse unless the
current is increased. and then II NAV
cease. The patient is said to awaken
instantaneously from the electric sleep
and to experience a feeling OF refresh.
mPnt
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-05-16

"'Sec los. 1t shall be the duty or
the conductors of ears moving with
less speed upon the railways upon no
ticc by ringing Il bell. blowing a horn
or otherwise. of the approach OF Il loco
motive engine or other ears moving in
the same direction at a greater speed.
to proceed with all possible dispatch
to the first switch in the course of their
passage. and pass off said track until
said locomotive engine or other ears
moving at greater speed can pass by.
The conductors of the slower cars are
directed to open and close the switches
so rs to leave them in proper order.
ANY person who shall refuse or neglect
to comply with the provisions of this
regulation shall. for every offense. FOR
felt and pay the sum of SO
''li must have been very interest
ing and novel sight. indeed, when the
horse and the locomotive weer used in
discriminatory on the same track ana
were struggling for supremacy as the
future motive power of our railroads.
and the approach of a locomotive was
hernlded by the footing of horn. Even
at that time the right Of way was Civ
en- to the fast horse
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-05-16
EXPERIMENTS ON THE BRAIN
Electric Current Uscd to Induce Sleep
-ScusatiOu Felt.

Experiments on the brain Of q living
subject with electric currents have been
comparatively rare. as there has pre-
vailed among physicians and physlolo-
gists the idea that such a course of
experimentation was extremely dan
gerous. says Harper's Weekly. There
have recently been published how
ever, records of some experiments car
ried on by NJ. s. Leduc. with the Oh
ject of using the electric current to
produce sleep and of studying its eff
fects on the brain generally.
In early experiments it was shown
that the brain Is the best conductor of
electricity In the human body, being
about 5000 times more conducting
tEan muscle 1t was also observed
that when continuous current was
passed through the head from one ear
to the other the sensation Of giddiness
was produced. and that objects appear
ed to revOlye in the same direction as
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-05-16

Mrs. Colis-And when you told MIN
was married did he seem to he sor-
~? Friend-Oh, yes; he said 50 quito
frankly! Mrs Colls-Did he really
Friend-Yes, indeed-he said he was
extremely sorry. although he didn't
know the man personally!
mo, thank you" said Miss De Mure
II don't care to meet any new young
men," "My" exclaimed Miss Gaddie.
you are select all of a sudden"' NO."
replied Miss De Mure. glancing dream
lily at her new ring. 1--WE merely been
selected all Of a sudden Philadelphia
Press
Another brute: Mrs. Pretty-Isn't Il
strange? Mrs. Beauti has not put on
mourning for her husband. Mr.. Pref
ty-I understand that her late hus-
band particularly requested that she
should not. Mrs. Pretty-The brute!
suppose he knew how lovely she would
look in it.-Pick Me-Up.
You ought to have place in grand
opera" remarked the sarcastic passen-
StT WIZ was tIS luS " icdu WI, I
don't know replied the fat party
across the aisle, who was giving an
imitation of song I've got pace
In Grand Rapids that's good enough
for me.-Detroit Journal.
Yes, SIR" said the Denver hotel
clerk to the new arrival. that white
capped mountain away off there is in
the Rockies, and it is a hundred and
fifty miles from here WHO would
have imagined il was so far" COM
mented the guest. oh was the airy
response from the clerk III the atmos-
phere was only n little clearer it would
be three hundred miles away
Judge.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-05-16
SOME ODD RAILROAD RULES.
Curious Early Experiences In Trans
portation in PENNSYLVANIA.

Curious Early Experiences in Trans
portation in PENNSYLVANIA.
Some of the regulations In force on
the earliest railroads built in Pennsyl-
vania read very queerly in these days
of ''lmiteds' and flyers" says the
Boston Transcript A number of them
are quoted In brief paper read before
the Engineers Society of Western
Pennsylvania on early experiences in
transportation by Antes Snyder. and
abstracted in part in the Scientific
American supplement. Says this paper:
when the commonwealth opened
the Philadelphia and Columbia Rail
way the theory was that the State fur
nsh the roadway and that any one
who pleased could furnish his own We
hclc and motive power and use the
railway whenever lie wished by paying
the state tolls for its use. Just as the
turnpikeS of the day were used. But
II was soon discovered that a certain
character of vehicles was needed and
that rules and regulations as to times
and manner of using the railways We're
absolutely necessary to effect their sue
cessful operation. The ordinary ship
pers found it TOO expensive to fit them
selves with the necessary plant and
! that they could get this transportation
done by large and well-equipped ship
perS much more cheaply thnn they
could do it themselves. so that in prac
tice the business drifted into the hands
of a few individuals and companies
who did this service for the many
The railway as constructed was intend
ed for the horse as motive power
though the locomotive was being intro
duced as an experiment shortly after
the railway was completed. The fol
lowing among the rules and regula-
tons adopted by the canal commission
for the regulation Of the railway may
| be of interest.
| Sec D. No car shall carry y great
or load than three tons on the Colum-
bia and Philadelphia Railway. nor
more than three and half tons on the
Portage Railway. nor shall any burden
car travel at greater speed than five
miles per hour, unless the car body
and load shall be supported on good
steel springs
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-05-16
WAR MAPS IN DEMAND.
Trouble in the Far East Proving
isonauZa to Mapmakers.

isOnauZa to Mapmakers.
10 the inaplnakcrs in the United
States the Japanese war in
the East is proving il bonanza The
principal home of the industry in this
country is Chicago. and one firm in
that city Is now turning out +.o0O.W0
maps a week. These figures seem i'll
credible. yet the books of the firm
show that the statement is true. Til"
United States aud Canada absorb most
Of This supply. but Europe and Asia
also take their share of it.
War is a great Stmulator Cf the map
business. Since the trouble began
craftsmen, engineers aud electrotypers
have been busy night and day in turn
ing out diagrams of the scene of the
Russian-Iapanese conflict. Korea,
Manchuria. Siberia and the islands of
Japan have been the subject of maps
of all sizes and colorS. War aliases
have been complied containing prints
of all the Russian possessions and of
every hit of territory that is in any
way likely To be affected by the naval
and military campaigns. Advertisers
seize upon these booklets with avidity,
knowing that the average man likes
nothing better than to spread one open
in front of his admiring family and eX-
pound to them the meaning of the
lueager and contradictory cablegrams
from the seat Of war. England's tight
with the stubborn Bocr republics
opened up strong demand for geo
graphical information regarding South
Africa but the SpaniShAmerican con
hict was the prize winner from q map
makers point Of view.
when Dewey opened fire on the
Spanish SHIPS on May |. 1895" said a
man who has spent thirty years in fos-
tering the map Industry in Chicago
mot one man in hundred knew
where the Philippine Islands were.
happened to be aware Of that fact, and
our craftsmen were at work upon far
eastern geography before the people
walked up to their desire for knowl
edge of the subject. 1t was the most
strenuous six weeks we have ever had
cuba and Porto Rico did their share
and we mad to turn out new maps OF
the United States showing all our isl
and possessions"
The Alaskan gold furore and the
Pauaina Canal discussion made people
world plated out for them. but the de
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-05-16
SOME SWEARING oeFeNsleLE
Many Great and Good Men Have Used
an Occasional Oath.

Many Great aud Good Men Have Used
an Occasional Oath.
According to the Ant1-Profanity
League the swearing habit Is ''the ma
ti0naI evil" Undoubtedly the use Of
profanity is extremely prevalent;
person needs merely to keep his ears
open on the street to learn this. says
the Boston Transcript. But whether It
is 40 general as to Justify one in term
ing it the national evil is matter Of
opinion. Not all swearing moreover,
Is wholly indefensibe. There are vari-
Gus kinds of swearers and II will not
do TO lump them in one class with a
single label Besides the habitual and
commonplace swearers whose profan-
ity IL mere redundant and coloress
verbiage. and the vulgar and diffuse
swearers. whose Oaths are rank and
noisome. one must recognize also as
distinct category the discreet and mod
crate swearers who employ an occa-
sional oath with fine emphasis and ar
tistic effect
Many great and good men belong to
country is said to have sworn vigor
ously when the emergency seemed to
| require departure from his customary
rule Of unvarnished speech. This sort
Of discrimina ting profanity is vastly
different from the causeless and gra-
tutous swearing Of habitual and vul-
gar oathmOngers. Indeed. the man
who now and then vents his emotions
in an oath Is rather preferabl to the
one who always bottles up his feelings,
however strong the prOvOcation to
break forth. A robust ebullition is bet
ter than ingrowing profanity. Silence
may be as profane as words under GER
tain circumstances. A saying of Jo-
seph Choate occurs to the settler in
this connection. A noted prelate was
| once playing golf with Mr.. Choate. and
after foOZling a tee shot egregiously.
stood looking at the ball for several
moments. After waiting for the bishop
to say something, Mr.. Choate remark
ed Bishop, that was the profanest 81
lence l ever heard
AS for the Anti-PrOfanity League.
| the purpose Of the organization is Ger.
| tainly worthy. but somehow the settler
cannot develop high degree of en-.
| thusiasm in such a cause. He is a bit
| weary of anti crusades of all sorts
| Movements for the suppression OF this
and that and what not fail to interest
| him profoundly. 1t seems to him that
what is needed in the field of social re-
| form Is not so much the suppression
of bad things as the promotion of good
| things. RefOrmers should concentrate
| their energies on positive and construc-
| tive work. rather than purely negative
and restrictive undertakings.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-05-16
Old
FAVORlTES


The MOneyiess Man.
Is there no secret place on the face Of
the earth
Where charity dwelleth, whore virtue
hath birth.
Where bosoms in mercy and kindness
will heave.
And the poor and the wretched shall ask
and receive?
Is there no place ut all where knock
from the poor
Will bring kind angel to open the door?
Oh search the wide world. wherever YOU
There is no open door for moneyless
Go look in yon hall where the chande
lier's light
Drives off with its splendor the darkness
of night;
Where the rich hanging velvet. in shad-
owy fold.
Sweeps gracefully down with it's trim
mings OF gold:
And the mirrors OF silver take up and
renew
In long lighted vistas tho 'wildcring
view:
Go there at the banquet and find il you
A welcoming smile for the moneyless
man.
Go look in yon church of the cloud reach
ing spire,
Which gives back TO the sun his same
look of fire
Where the arches aud columns are gor-
geOus within.
And the walls seem as pure as soul
Walk down the long aisle-sre the rich
and the great.
In the pomp and the pride Of their world
~ estate:
Walk down in your patches and find il
You can.
Who opens a pew for a moneylcss man.
Go look to your Judge in his dark flowing
gown.
With the scales wherein law wegheth
equity down:
Where he frowns on the weak and smiles
on the strong,
And Furnishes right while he justifies
wrong:
Where jurors their lips TO the Bible have
To render verdict they've already
made;
Go there in the court room and find If
you can
ANY law for the cause OF a money less
man.
Go. look in the banks. where Mammon
has told
His hundreds aud thousands Of silver and
gold
Where. safe from the hands Of the starv
ing and poor
Lies pile upon pile Of the glitt erng ore
Walk up TO their counters-ah, there
you may stay
Till your limbs shall grow old and your
hair shall turn gray.
And you'll find at the bank not one of
the clan
With money to lend to a moneyless man.
Then go to your hovel-nO raven has fed
The wife who has suffered too long for
her bread:
Kneel down by her pallet and kiss the
death frost
From the lips of the angel your poverty
lost:
Then turn in your agony upward to God
And bless while it smitc> YOU the chaSt-
ening rod:
And you'll find at the end Of your life's
little span
There's a welcome above for a moneyless
man
Henry Thompson Stanton.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-05-16
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and hotels The sick is never welcome passen-
railroad train. and he is not received with glad
at hotel On the day expresses running from New
York in all directions the who suffers from III
injury has hard time OF it II he is trying to
reach his home In the country. satarium.
in the mountains which he has been ordered by his
doctor There place In the for bed place for
his medicines. and he have to ride for two three
hundred miles sitting in chair racked by the motion
of the train and hardly able from weakness hold him
self erect. The sleeping Is an Improvement but there
just objection the part of the other passengers
sharing the confined space with consumptive and it Is
certainly disquieng to think of occupying berth that
only few hours before taken patient suffering
from contagious disease
Hence it il in the right direction that has been
made by the Pullman company in building for the
accommodation of nyads 1t will probably have
larger beds than the ordinary sleeping top berths
and better ventaon it should have the easiest OF springs
and be clear of carpets curtains plush and the usual
textiles that catch and hold microbes should have hot
water we'll cold. tap should have cupboards
for drugs and instruments. where they would be In no
danger of breakage and. especially. it should be
struced that 1t could he cleaned with hose after every
trip after the of operating In hospitals. If
this switched from road road and its depart
advertised there ia hardly doubt that merely
business proposition. 1t would be made to pay. In the
better there is doubt that pOint-Brooklyn
Eagle
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-05-16
WAYS OF GEORGE GOULD.
He Keeps Himself In Good Health by
Athletic Exercise.

Athletic Exercise.
George J. Gould, physically. is in
striking contrast to not a few Of the
directors of the Gould companies who
were so actively identified with the
late Jay Gould. George Gould's fond
ness for sports and athletic games
keeps him In excellent physical condl-
ton, says the New York Mail. He al
most invariably arrives at his office in
the Western Union building. l.iI
Broadway. a little before 10 II. m. His
pace il swift and only a good walker
can keep up with him. Often in the
coolest weather he comes with his
oN crcoat on his arm.
immediately upon reaching his desk
he throws off not only his undercoat.
but his waistcoat as well. and pitches
into a vast amount Of work Frequent
~ during the day Mr.. Gould may he
seen passing rapidly through the CORR
doris of the Western Union building in
this same negligee attire.
Not long ago Il midday meeting of
Rilroad was called. and Russell Sage.
John r. Terry and sam Slonn. all ac-
tive associates of the late Jay Could
came down the corridor from George
Gould's Office. all wearing winter over
coats. although the weather WAS
abominahly mild. Mr.. Gould appeared
u few minutes later minus his under
coat and waistcoat. and In this atti %
presided at the meeting. while his aged
confrpres. in conventional dress and
holding high silk hats with great
deal of dignity, unanimously ratified
his propositions.
Mr.. Gould rarely gets further down
town than the Hartman Offices at nc
broadway. He could easily pass
through Wall street without being gen.
orally recognized. Even some of tn,
Wall street reporters do not know hin
10y sight.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-05-16
NHzFDII ORIALS


to-day. The who long since added three
his house because he fond of
pany and stay. Is mild eyes
of his less hospitable neghbors.
Less hurry and less worry seeing ones congenia
friends often would the salvation Of many a
work ridden careworn OF to-day. and architects
should discover what the art in the old houses tina
made them attractive that friends could not stay
away from such comfortable places if they tried