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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-11
The spacious Firmament on High.

nc spacious FtEmalnGuI on tIGns
The spacious ornament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame.
Their great Original procla i'm.
The unwearied sun, from day to day.
Does his Creators power display
And publishes to every land
The work of an Almighty hand.
Soon as the evening shades prevail,
The moon takes uD the wondrous tie,
And nightly to the listening earth
Repeats the story of her birth;
Whilst all the stars that round her tlrn,
And all the pl nets in their turn
Confirm the tidings as they roll.
Aud spread the truth froIu pole to pole.
What though in solemn silence all
Move round this dark terrestrial ball;
What though no real voice nor sound
Amidst their radiant orbs be found;
In reasons ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice;
Forever singing. as they shine.
The hand that made US is divine"
Joseph Addison.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-11

Gle made by the short end of the
sweep. With an arrangement of this
kind it is apparent how one man can
easily do his own butchering.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-11
10 Prcye, / Shrinc.

A plan for preventing a horse from
shyin- consists of nose piece passing
over the horses nose, as shown in the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-11

Ii is wise man who knows his own
business; and it is wiser man who
thoroughly attends TO it---Wayland.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
REAL WAR NEWS.

The observing reader of the daily
paper cannot but have been impressed
with the intelligent, conservative yet
graphic accounts of the progress of
events in the far East reported by the
special correspondents of this paper
and the New York Herald. A COM
parison with the raw, immature, even
unreliable reports printed in other
papers claiming to be specially repre-
scented in the Orient has already dem
onstrated to the people Of the North
west that The Globe accounts may
be relied on for accuracy and freedom
from sensationalism, characteristics
that have so far distinguished them.
During all of last week there was
disposition on the part of those news
papers which were badly served in the
matter of news to agitate a worldwide
war. At no time was there anything
to warrant the publication Of such
news by a newspaper that was served
intelligently by foreign correspond
ents. The only evidence there has
been recently tending to the theory
that the countries of Europe were pre-
pairing for war was the showing made
that the governments were making
ready to look after their mercantile
interests and preserve strict neutrality.
Sunday morning many of our con-
temporaries printed in the most con-
spicuous manner the report of the
opening Of actual hostilities in Bull
garia. Yesterday morning this report
was authoritatively denied. The same
rumors came to T h e Globe, were
Investigated and found to be baseless.
1t is not a new disorder, this war
it's" 1t may be provided against, and
again we warn the friends of T h e
Globe to beware of these alarmist
and yellow reports. When actual war
news fails to materialize there will be
nothing printed in T h e GIL b e. When
there is anything doing abroad T h e
Clio b will most assuredly give it
first to the Northwest public and it
will be accurately told.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
THE CARS WISDOM.

Nicholas Of Russia having married
into foreign family is deprived of the
grim pleasure enjoyed by the Amer.
lean patriot who sent his wife's rela-
tons to the war. but he has done in
reality the next best thing by sending.
his own relatives to the front.
In the train Of Gen. Kuropatkin who
has been appointed to the chief mill
itary command in the East, the car
has sent away from his court three
grand dukes. He would hardly miss
the three from out Of his collection of
grand ducaI relatives if it were not for
the fact that he will be the happier for
having them out of the way.
The grand ducal representatives Of
the royal house of Russia have always
been something of a handicap to the
autocrat, when they did not constitute
an actual menace to his life and crown.
To them, rather than to the car HIM
self, may be traced most of the ills Of
Russia. Representing the crown in the
administration of the government, they,
chiefly, have been responsible for the
maintenance of the despotism. They
stand in the reflected glory of the
throne, but they are hand in glove
with the bureaucracy that really gov
erns the country. Their greed of place
and pelf has kept the people of the
soil in serfdom in spite of imperial
ukase. The car knows of the condi-
ton of the country only through them
or the men they raise to power. They
are generally strong and brutal men
and sometimes capable. The Grand
Dukes Alexis, Nicholas and Michael
Nikolavitch, who have been sent to the
far East, had much to do with the
making Of the present war, which the
car certainly -did not anticipate as
imminent. Their present mission is
very like exile in the case of the two
last mentioned and. the world should
be the better off for their removal
from power in st. Petersburg.
Whatever the grand dukes may or
may not accomplish in the East their
active participation in hostilities at the
seat of war is going to make for peace.
for their absence from the. court will
permit the car to come more into
contact with public sentiment.
/ It would be the part of wisdom for
Nicholas to pick cut few more grand
dukes and give them commands in the
Orient
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
THE FARMERS INNINGS.

There is plenty Of indication that the
era of high prices has come to stay
for farm products and the farmer is
bound to realize on the market in spite
of the conplainings of the pessimistic
writer for the country press who in
vents statistics to show that the prod
of the husbandman.
A very considerable proportion Of
the crop Of wheat produced in the
Northwest--Iast year is still in the
hands of the farmer or under his con-
troll The Northwestern farmer no
longer finds it necessary to rush his
grain from the thresher to the elevator.
He has found it possible to maintain
himself and keep out of debt by rails
ing. cattle and hogs-unless he is so
hopelessly imbecile as to have lived
without prof1ting by the lessons taught
by successful mixed farming. We are
no longer dependent on our grain crops,
and for that reason there is many a
well-filled granary in the hard wheat
states that will be emptied now at
long prices.
And there is reason to believe that
the limit has by no means been reached
in the price of grain. The war has
not only caused already certainty of
decrease in the wheat crop abroad dur
ing the coming year but it has brought
a new factor to be reckoned with in
the matter of consumption. The Jap
anese soldier will most assuredIy be
given a ration of wheat bread. 1t has
been claimed for him that he can sub
sist on handful of rice a day. Per-
haps he can, but he is working for g
paternal government that is not going
to take any chances. His rations will
not be quite as varied as those fur
nished the United States army man,
but that he will be fed bread and meat
is certain and this country will most
assuredly supply the raw material
That increases the market. On the
other hand Russia will withdraw hun
dreds Of thousands of men from its
farms and thereby reduce the produc-
ing capacity Of the agricultural dis
tricts. Immense ornaments are very
sure to be maintained by the countries
of Europe and the. food producing ca
pacity of these countries proportion
ately reduced.
The "hold-your-wheat" circular
would be a little superfIuous now. The
man who has bread or beef to sell at
any time during the next year may
depend on good market, even if hos
tilities should be suspended in the far
East before spring. Dollar wheat is
no longer a dream of the market ma
nipulator
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
Contemporary Comment
RoogeMlt's FaiIinas.

Theodore Roosevelt is very re-
spectacle gem Enan and a man of abiI-
ity. But he is not of the stuff of which
heroes are made. He has lowered the
flag too often6to- entitIe him to a place
in the noble army of martyrs. Never
in the whole history of the country has
there been arman, not even excepting
the late James G. Blaine, who sought
the presidency with such feverish anx-
iety. aSTt
AS Far as We recall, Mr. Roosevelt has
never shown the least sign of indie
pendence when the question was one
between loyalty to party and loyalty
to conscience. He has uniformly acted
on the theory that party regularity
ought to be maintained at all hazards,
theory which would have made it
necessary for the gold Democrats to
vote for Bryan in 1895 and 1900. Yet,
to read. the touching sketch of him
written by Mr.. Riis, one would think
that Mr.. Roosevelt had never quailed in
the face of opposition and never pal
tered with duty.
We admire enthusiasm greatly. We
admire innocence and guileIessness
even more, and there is nothing that is
more engaging than that trait which
leads man to worship idols. So we
would not judge Mr.. Riis harshly. All
we say is that we do not recognize the
picture ne draWs.-Indianapol News.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23

a few shots at the American warships.
This was very properly regarded as an
overt act by the officers commanding
the warships and they ordered few
shells tossed into the midst of the in
surgents, and further showed their al
most Japanese activity by landing
some boatloads of marines and chasing
the Dominicans into the woods.
We came off honorably enough, and
as the parties who started the row are,
for the nonce, out of Office and there
fore insurgents, the incident may be
regarded as closed so far as interna-
tional complications are concerned.
1t might be wished that the Smelling
of the refractory colored persons had
been more effective than appears from
the reports. While it is incumbent
upon us to treat the Dominicans-who
may be presented to us by President
Roosevelt one of these days as brothers
under the hag-with consideration,
there comes a time when forbearance
ceases to be a virtue. While they re-
main content to shoot at each other
we should be content to look on and
await the moment when the spirit Of
benevolent assimilation settles upon
the president of the United States.
But when they shoot at our warships
with weapons of such ancient con-
struction and ineffective capacity as
they are armed with their joking war
fare becomes insulting.
The matter may be forgotten as soon
as board of survey can cast up the
loss inflicted on our arms by the ex-
plosion of BugIer Painters firing piece.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
Things are not as quiet on the Yalu
as they are on the Potomac these days.
THE AFFAIR an PAJARIro.

The timorous citizen who fears for
eign complications need be under no
alarm because of the rather rough in
reference of the American navy in the
merry war in San Domingo. 1t ap-
pears from the dispatches that we sus-
tanned no further losses than fell upon
one Painter, "a bugler who was wound
ed by the accidental explosion of his
firing piece" as we are gravely in
formed by the official account.
The San Dominicans, not content
with shooting each other for the honor
and glory of their beloved but war
worn country, thought to contribute
to the gayety of nations by taking
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
PreventIna NaturaIIzation Frauds.

WASHINGTON. d. c., Feb. 22.-Repre-
sentative Goulden, of New York, intro
duced a bill today amending the natural
ization laws by requiring court records to
be produced and Identification made abso-
lutte before the issuance of final papers
to an alien. A penalty of $500 fine or not
less than six months Imprisonment, or
both is provided for persons selling nat
uralization papers.
Mr.. Goulden's bill was prepared at the
instance Of the United States district
grand jury Of New York and has re-
ceived. he says, the approval Of Attorney
General Knox Mr.. Gouiden said District
Attorney Burnett, of New York, says that
one agency in that city sold 1000 and
another 1000 naturalization papers last
year. and that there is no question that
tens of thousands of Illegal naturaliza-
tons are issued each year in all sections
of the country.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
TODAY.S WEATHER

Minnesota-Snow Tuesday. Wednesday
fair; fresh north Winds
Upper Michigan-Snow Tuesday and
probably Wednesday; fresh to brisk north
winds
Wisconsin-Snow in north, rain or snow
in south portion Tuesday. Wednesday
fair; colder IN east portion; variable winds,
becoming northerly and brisk.
IoWa-Rafm or snow Tuesday: colder in
west portion. Wednesday fair.
Montana-SnoW Tuesday; colder in
south and west portions. Wednesday
probably fair.
\ North Daketa-Fair; continued cold
Tuesday. Wednesday fair.
( St. Paul - Yesterdays observations,
taken by the Uniteds States weather bu-.
-reau, st. Paul. w. E. Oliver, observer for
the twenty-four- hours ended at o'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation Highest tempera-
ture, 16; lowest Temperature, g; average
Temperature Il daily range, Is; barome-
ter, 1888; humidity, s76; precipitation.
trace; p. M temperature, z; Z D. m.
wind. east; weather cloudy.
Yesterdays Temperatures:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23

Tokyo two weeks ago yesterday. The
feat of the Dispatch nightly impressed
those who did not recognize the photo
graph as one printed in the Chicago
Tribune some days ago labeled "A
Street Scene in Tokyo
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
Bryan and Hearst.

The story that Hearst is angry with
the tone of Bryan's speeches may be
repeated to the marines; there is no
use in telling it to others. In every
state where the Hearst men are NOV
ing they are identical with the Bryan
men. This is shown to be the case
In Iowa by a dispatch from Des Moines,
and there is other evidence of the fact
there and elsewhere-in Massachu-
sets, for example. 1t may be that Mr..
Bryan is in no haste to experience po-
htical dissolution, or, rather, that he
has not yet realized that he is a disem-
bodied political ghost already, but the
Hearst men are everywhere admins
tertng on his political estates.-Phila-
delphia Record
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23

The esteemed New York Sun quotes
the Hon. Leslie NJ Shaw. secretary of
the treasury, as describing the Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt as "a prince among
Americans" and inquiries what is a
prince among Americans?" Why, a
man possessing the superIative merit
deserted in the Hon. Theodore Roose-
welt by the keen eye and fine sense of
appreciation Of the Hon, Leslie M.
Shaw.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23

The st. Paul Dispatch yesterday per-
formed an astonishing feat in printing
an Illustration incident to the war in
the far East that exemplifies it's desire
to give the news promptly. The pic
ture, Photographic reproduction. DOR
trayed' according to the caption, a
street scene in Tokyo when the news
from Port Arthur was posted. Hitherto
photographs have been transmitted as
mall matter from the Orient at an ex-
pense in time of something like three
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
Our South. American Trade.

What is the, matter with our COM
merce with South America? Why is it
that our trade with the different coun-
tries Of the great continent south of
us, a field which in all logic ought TO
be controlled by American merchants,
shows so little progress? There must
be some reason for this failure
to progress in this direction as we
have in all others. If Secretary Cor
telyou is able, by means of the ma
chinery in his. control. to find that rea-
son, he will have done great things for
American ommerce-Atlanta Consti-
tUtioR
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
The Sunday, Dinner.

1t is true that Sunday afternoon the
average American family has the vi
vacity of boa constructor that Is med:
ftatfng overpits assimilation Of an an,
telope. The intellectual loss which the
day of leisure to the process of recov-
ering from a sacred act Of gluttony
would make q good subject for some
professor Of the new science of physi-
illogical observation-disclosures Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
TUESDAY, FEB. %, 1904.
IGNORANCE OR pIsREsPEcT?

Has the national house of repre-
restatives confused the Farewell Ad-
dress with the Cherry Tree story or
does it really believe that time con-
sumed in reading the former would be
time wasted? The nation would like
to know. Just recently the information
leaked out that the senate is not able
to repeat correctly the Lords Prayer.
Are we to infer that the ignorance Of
the house is equally dense and that
neither Washington nor Washington's
Farewell Address means anything to
it? The mere thought is humiliating,
yet better ignorance than disrespect.
We think we do not exaggerate when
we say that this nation would rather
that two thirds of the members of the
house of representatives should be
densely ignorant of Washington than
that one member should be disrespect-
full to his memory.
Yet the more closely we study the
Farewell Address the less are we in
clined to believe in the ignorance of
the house and the more are we in
clined to believe in it's intentional dis
respect. For there are several para
graphs in that address which would
not sound pleasant in the ears Of the
Republican majority in the house.
There is that bit, for instance, which
states that good faith and credit
should be observed toward all nations.
1t is impossible to read that without
recalling the episode of the isthmus,
and of course the recollection would
make the Republican members squirrn.
And there's that other bit which saws
that in regard to foreign nations, the
great rule should be in extending our
commercial relations to have with
them as little political connection as
possible. That, too, would make UNI
comfortable reading, for we have only
to glance back over the past four
years to realize how natural It is that
the Republican majority should wish
to avoid hearing this very wise advice
of the first president repeated. But it
is unnecessary to make further quota
tons. Many people who are not mem
bers of the house of representatives
read the Farewell Address Yesterday
and it's text Is familiar to them. These
are the ones that will not believe in the
ignorance theory.
Mr.. Williams, the Democratic leader.
who asked for the reading of the adj
dress and an adjournment, did the
best he could and is deserving of
credit If the-R Republican majority is
really ignorant, he has introduced it to
George Washington and the Farewell
Address. If it is disrespectful, he has
proved to 1t that the minority In the
house believes that the Father of his
Country is worthy Of imitation and
that the Farewell Address contains
advice for the present as well as for
the past. 1t was all he could do under
the circumstances, and now it is up to
the nation to place in the house men
who are familiar with the Farewell
Address and who have no reason to
feel ashamed when it is read.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
pipIomatfc Courtesy.

Some of the, correspondents at Wash
ington seem to have been surprised by
the fact that the Russian ambassador
and the Japanese minister bowed when
they met at the state department. Did
they expect Count Cassini to land
heavily on Mr., Takahira's jaw with his
left, while Mr.. Takahfra cross-coun-
tered with his right detroit Free
Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
Hay and japan.

Secretary Hay must be allowed, of
course, to make hay while the sun
shines but it is to be hoped that ne will
not offend Japan. It would be exceed
ingly awkward for this country to send
it's navy to the far East to fight the
Japanese. Therefore, when the time to
divide the spells comes it might be well
for Mr.. Hay to let Japan have her
own way without comment.-Chicag
Chronicle
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
Securing Reciprocity With France.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 22.-Rep-
resentative Williams, of Mississippi, IN
troduced a bill to enforce by legislative
act the provisions of the reciprocity treaty
between France and the United States
which failed Of ratification in the United
States senate. The bill provides that the
tariff schedules for each country agreed
on in this treaty shall be made effective
through the proclamation of the respective
presidents Of the two republics.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23

Those other gentlemen who have
been keeping covetous eye on the
contents of the Republican treasure
box may now take advantage of the
retirement of Mr.. Perry s. Heath to
indulge in nap.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
Among the Merrymakers
First Joke on Record

Eve having finished her ball gown Of
fig leaves, went out in the fruit grove
and plucked two bananas. After eating
the fruit she sent the skins to Adam.
What are these, my dear?" asked
Adam in surprise.
''The pair of slippers I promised you,'
replied Eve, sweetly, and then she went
over and dressed Abel and Cain and
started them off to the kindergarten
Chicago News
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23

There are some morning papers that
are not satisfied with having all the
natural advantages that they retain n.
the transmission of news from the
Orient as compared to the evening
papers-but they wiz get over the
Mysteries presently.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
Extending coastwise Laws.

WASHINGTON D. c., Feb. a.
Representative Tawney today intro
duced a a joint resolution extending
from July I. 1904, to July 1, 1906. the
operation of the coastwise laws of the
United States between this country
and the Philippines and in the coast
wise trade of those islands.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
Wedding Anniversaries.

Hicks-So you're going to celebrate
your wooden wedding, are you?
Wicks-YeS.
Hicks-Weil. I guess I'll celebrate my
wouldn't wedding. 1t was just five years
ago that that girl from Chicago said she
wouldn't marry me.-SomerviIle Journal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
What WIN He Do With Il?

The burning Question in Republican
ranks just now is, ''Can Mr.. Roosevelt
carry Wall -str6et?" But before Wall
street answers that question it wishes
to be certain where Mr. Roosevelt in
tends carrying ft.-Atlanta Journal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
The swiftest Of All.

I'll news travels fast to the point
where 1T will hurt worst. The first
news Of Japanese victory was received
from st. Petersburg; and, as many will
remember, the first news Of Dewey's
victory at Manila came from Madrid
Indianapolis Journal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
nMeII Paid.

The distribution of $35 100000 in cash
among the Cuban soldiers, with a prob
ability of further demands, is an in
teresting spectacle to the American SOL
diers who performed the job. st. Louis
e-Democrat
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
For Number TWO.

Jack-My sister was telling me the Wild
COW Youngley is in second mourning -
What does that mean, anyway?
Ned think it means that she modified
her mourning just enough to let the men
know she's ready for the second.-PhiIa-
delphia Press.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
EXPOSING Business.

When the funny mans copy is due,
And Jokes seem remarkably few,
He will jump to his chair,
Take pull at his hair,
Then grind out a limerick or two.
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-23
Nothing. Slow About Them.

| The car makes an old-fashioned ap-
peal to ''Thei 9Gcd of Battles" Japan
put her trust In torpedo boats and
| wfde-awake commanders, as Napoleon
did in the heaviest battaIfons
York World