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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-19
SERVED WITH RENO
Death of Will II. Davenport, Former
Regular and Vaudeville Artist,

Missoula, Mont, Dec. 19.-Will H.
Davenport, an old-time vaudeville artist
and ex-regular in the United States
army, is dead here Of apoplexy. He
was attached to the famous Seventh
cavalry, and was with Reno at the time
Of the Custer. massacre. Fol-. bravery
in that campaign he was appointed to
ieutenancy, but resigned after holding
his commission for ten years to take up
the theatrical profession. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-19
$4,000 SHOVEL GOTHAM SNOW.

New York, Dec. 19.-With eight inches
of snow covering the city, $4,000 men
were yesterday put to work sfoveling the
business streets clear. AS there was COM
practically little traffic they were able to
work rapidly and accomplish almost a
third more than they could on a week
day. The snow is all removed by contrac-
tors and by the railroad companies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-19

The demands of business and social
life sometimes force us to strain the
limit of the laws of nature. We usually
pay the penalty, but the regular use Of
DR.. Lauritzen's Malt Tonic gives re-
serve energy to meet these demands.
It builds UP the whole system. For sale
by druggists. Lauritzen Malt Tonic
Co., 1900 Third street NE, Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-19
Our Finest Lace Curtains and Rugs
Reduced for this Christmas Sale

$3.50 pair of Empire Art embroid-
cred curtains, for ....... S24.OO
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$500 pair of Empire Art embroid-
cred curtains, for -. -. $4,000
$1,000 pair Of real Brussels net lace
curtains, for $50. .s,..s..... $3.50
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curta1ns,; fOf ..{..s.s.... S1A.40
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curtains, for ....2..... SAG.S3
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curtains, for $1,000
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curtains, for. S24. As
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curtains. for ............ S31.5O
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curtains, for ..........., $4,000
$3.50 pair Of real Brussels net lace
curtains, for ............ $4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17

they will be able to converse huently
without an interpreter. Apart from this,
the young women, particularly Anna,
who is only twenty-six inches tall and
is approaching her twenty second year,
is a great needIewoman, and with the
assistance of her mother, who travels
with her, makes all her dainty little
gowns. Anna is very much in :ove with
a certain little midget. only an inch or
two taller than herself, and marriage
in Lilliput may be looked for before
long.
what a monstrous man that giant is?
Would you call him a freak"
The eyes of the armless wonder flash
ed a little.
Madam" he asid, there are no
freaks with the Barnum e. Bailey
Greatest Show on Earth. This was de-
cided at a meeting held in Olympia,
berforce named us 'prodigies' ana
'prodigies' we will remain until the end
of time. The use of the word freaks on
the signs in Madison Square Garden
ity. Of that we were assured
by the management. On the
road we are 'prodigies.' George
Anger, the Cardiff giant, is simply an
Naturally he cannot associate with the
rest of mankind. No one would care TO
walk along the street with man tow
ering nearly eight feet into the atmos-
pnere. 1t would create a liot in five
minutes. But Anger finds employment
and enjoyment during his off hours
nevertheless. He is a great reader. He
is studying English. He means to fol-
low the custom set by so many and re-
cord his impressions of America Some
day they will De probably issued IN
book form. Such a man will never
fret for amusement.
so it is through the curio hall. Every
one has some popularity or fad, some
useful or pleasurab BILE enjoyment to keep
mind and fingers busy. 1 have been
before the public as prodigy, for
thirty years, and have always found 1t
so. Even the life of human rrod'gy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17
Shrewd Druggists.

1.-THE cocaine fiend is more of a
nuisance than the man who wants to
be Strengthened up after a jag
That was the remark of my friend.
the druggist, when the papers an
nounced that some of his brethren had
been hailed to court on a charge of SELL
ing dope" Any downtown druggist
will tell you that he could make for
tune dealing in this prescribed concoc-
ton if he cared to develop a trade
and take chances with the law and
his conscience. A Cooke fiend" would
barter his shoes and his shirt for a
bit of the memory killer. And he
works all sorts of schemes to get the
stuff
Not long ago a chap entered the
store while was busy" said my friend
the druggist, land asked me for
bunch of prescription blanks for DR..
Blank, whose Office is only a square
away. 1t was moment of preoccupa-
ton on my part, and handed out a
the same chap returned with a pre-
scription for cocaine, signed by this
same physician. He didn't get it. I
happened to know the signature of the
and it was not done we'll
on this particular prescription.
More than a prescription is neces-
sary to fool a druggist. 1t looks easy
to copy a form from one piece of
paper to another. but not one person
in ten who does not know medicine
can do it successfully. We can spot
a forger more easily than a bank
cashier There's always something
when an amateur writes a
"-Pittsburg Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17
A sixth Sense for style.

IT is the fashion to laugh gently at
anv claim of a special sense for style.
Most people really believe that Mr..
Brown and Mr.. Johnson will order a
carload of poeatotS in substantially the
same words and that Lord Bacon and
Master Shakespeare wrote enough
alike to deceive their dearest friends.
But occasionally one comes upon an
illustration that goes to prove style IN
writing is as distinctive to the trained
eye as color is.
Many years ago James I. Fields was
making a collection of the writings
OF De Quincy. The essays were wide
Nv scattered in various periodicals, and
were often hard to identify Mr.. Fields
knew Rufus Choate as a devoted stu
dent of De Quincy, and wrote him one
day. asking his opinion as to certain
article. Was it by De Quincy or not
Mr.. Choate replied that 1T certainly
was. There could be no mistaking the
style of the piece. A few weeks later
Mr.. Choate received, through Mr..
Fields. a. letter from De Quincy, de-
nying absolutely and somewhat 1nd1g-
nantly the authorship of the article.
But Choate was not OF the stun TO
yield his opinion for tribe ike that-
He wrote to Mr.. Fields:
IT still believe that De Quincy
wrote the essay, De Quincy to the
contrary notwithstanding"
Doubtless Mr.. Fields read the note
with a smiling comment, That's just
like Choate's confidence in his own
Judgment"
Months elapsed. One day there
came a letter from De Quincy con-
tanning a humble apalogy for his pre-
vious blunder. BY chance he had
found in his desk the manuscript of
the very article in question. Written
as it had been years before. it had
passed from his mind. land you may
tell your young Boston lawyer" he
concluded, that he knows my style
better than L know it myself!"-
Youths COMPANION.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17
he blacklist by the railroad

be put on the blacklist by the railroad
corporations.
The reason given for the present
action of the railroads is that the
commission has been too active in
listening to the complaints of shippers
and too prompt in the prosecution of
the railways when the charges against
them were found to be true.
The railroads will find they have no
easy task in accomplishing their pur-
pose, as the Interstate Commerce Law
convention, an organization composed
of more than 800 boards of trade
throughout the United States, will
make determined stand against the
railroads
The alarm against the corporations
has been sounded by E. P. Bacon of
Los Angeles, president of the executive
committee of the interstate commerce
law convention, and the matter will be
taken up by the Denver chamber of
commerce.
Mr.. Bacon says a committee from
the interstate commerce law conVen-
ton tried to get the Republican party
in its national convention to incorpor-
ate a plank in its platform declaring
in favor of the interstate commerce
commission, but without result. The
Republicans did not want to antagon-
ize the railroads at the opening of the
campaign, so the proposition of the
committee was turned down.
During a hearing at Washington last
winter before the interstate commerce
commission w. +. Herrin, chief attorney
of the Southern Pacific is reported to
have declared that If the commission
tempered with the existing freight rates
or routing rules for freight from Califor-
mia to the east the commission would be
abolished. The commission made charges
against the Santa Fe and the Southern
Pacific in the United States court, and in
a recent decision handed down by the
roads were classed as outlaw corpora
lions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17
MANY INJURED.
In a College Class pleasantly" at
Lafayette.

Lafayette. Ind, Sept. 17.-After one
OF the toughest tank scraps ever
held in Perdue. the sophomores danced
about group of about 400 freshmen
bound hand and foot and fastened to
a long chain. The annual clash be-
tween the freshmen and sophomore
classes resulted in thirty injured, some
said to be serious:
Seriously Injured:
Fred Haas of West Lafayette, a
sophomore, collar bone broken.
Mcneil, freshman, kicked in
stomach.
Jacobs, freshman, kicked in
head.
- TrunbuIl, sophomore, wrench
ed spine.
Earl Chandler, freshman, injured
about chest
d. Mccoy. sophomore, internally in
jured.
A complete list of injured is difficult
to obtain as the information is with
held by their friends.
The faculty is much disturbed and
the leaders will be arraigned by Presi-
detn Stone on Monday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17
Lives in Exact Center.

Henry MARI, a farmer who lives near
Columbus, Bartholomew county. Indf-
ana, is the center man of the popula-
ton of the whole United States. The
census bureau has found that the ex-
act center of population at the census
of 1900 was in latitude SO degrees 9
minutes and 36 seconds north, longi-
tude IS degrees 48 minutes and 81
seconds west. If a person is DESTROYS
of visiting the spot better idea of its
location can be had by asking most
any resident of Columbus. Almost in
variably the answer to such a question
will be: Five miles southwest of
Columbus, in Hen Mars barn lot"
The center was recently marked by q
monument.-Kansas City Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17
LOCAL MENTION.

The OHIO club will meet at A. o. u.
w. hall, III West Sixth avenue, Mon
day evening. At that meeting final ar
engagements will be made for the annual
picnic to be held at Garfield park next
in full force, returning the visit of the
Topeka club to Ottawa last year.
c. E. Foote has taken out a permit
for the erection of a $1,000 addition to
his house at SIS Buchanan street. The
addition will be Is by % feet, two
stories high and will be completed about
November Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Egbert L. Whitney of
616 West Sixth street are the parents
of a son. born Friday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17
Went Against Odds.

A well known Barber county politician
got very much interested in a county cleo
ton some years ago. The contest was so
close that every vote counted big. The
politician was anxious to get the vote of
a certain man whom he did not know
personally Calling one of his lieutenants,
he asked him how the man stood.
Against u.s." replied the Lieutenant
Now, here. Tom" said the politician,
we've Just got to have him. You take
this pint, get him out by himself and
work him over"
In about two hours Tom came back.
well, did you work himT' impatientiy
demanded the politician.
Work HIP said Tom He had n
quart and worked meI''-Medicine Lodge
(Ado) Crescent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17
Long Drive for One Team.

7. Seymour Smith, of Franklin, Ky,
is probably the only man in the world
who can boast of having driven the
same team of horses $4,000 miles. Mr..
Smith was in business for seven years.
and was required to drive over the en-
tire United States. He figures that
every day he worked he drove the
team 20 miles, making a total in seven
years of $4,000 miles. He started at
Boston and drove through New Eng
land, the middle and southern states
and the west. When he completed his
seven years trip he got 1858 for the
team, which he says was better than
the day he started.-Louisville Courier
journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17
Mrs. RarkIev Is Worse.

Frank Barley received a telegram at
noon today from Honnelsville, N. Y,
stating that Mrs. ]. T. Barley, his moth
er, is very much worse and that little
hope is held out for her recovery. J. 7.
Barley and Miss Mary Barley are at
the bedside. Frank Barley Just returne ed
from HOnn elsNille on Friday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17
wheat Market Went TO Pieces

New York, Sept. 1.-THE wheat
market literally went to pieces today
In little more than an hours time
it lost fully three cents a bushel, max
ing seven cents decline from the high
est point of the week. Bears predict
hetvier receipts and cast doubts on the
recent crop damage reports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17
BIoodhounds After Bandits.

Winfield, Ia, Sept 17.-Blood-
hounds have traced supposed Rock
Island bandits in a zig-zag course two
and a half miles from the hay stack
in which they were sleeping to a point
south of the town and are still on
the trail. The town and adjoining
country are joining the detectives in
the nhaSn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs. Lois Robinson, aged % years,
the wife of Isaac Robinson OF Shorey,
died Saturday of consumption. The
funeral will be held on Sunday after
noon at o'clock. Interment in Ro-
chester cemetery.
The funeral of George B. Payne was
held this afternoon at 4 O'Clock from the
residence of Mrs. Anna Payne, at 522 To-
nel1a avenue The interment was in To-
peka cemetery. The funeral was private.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. E. Dietrich, the latter
Louis, and John Payne Of Louisville, KY.
were present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17
las it's compensations."

has It's cOmpenSat1OnS.
Most of the prodigies with the Bar
mum & Bailey circus are exhibited in
the menagerie department, and they
will be seen here during the engage
ment of the show, without any extra
charge on Wednesday of next week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17
Bank Clearings.

New York. Sept. 1.-THE following table
compiled by Bradstreet shows the bank
clearings at the principal cities for the
week ended September 10. with the per-
centage of increase and decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding week last
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

AVOID tan, sunburn, smarting skin, APP
plying Satin Skin Cream and Satin Skin
Powder, before exposure. Csc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-17

Totals in U. s. 80, 15O. So. 81 Isl &c..
Outside n. Y. :. s16,215.7 100 8 -.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-10

Periey ]. Brye, Meliette South In
kosa 7 have located hers. and ask 60
have my CENSOR sent 70 this address
Crops are good 10 this eoun.fy, but there
are two hundred men 70 every Job
Mra. Daniel Aiken, Purcell Indian
Territory II am seventy three gear9
Of age. and want my old aeighbors in
Wisconsin 10 lrnow that I DO al ? y
household WORK an. nave woven 100
YARD Of carpet since last March, on an
OH. Iashioned shuttle loom.
Captain r 8. McMichael WHO just
returned rom Missouri i speng an
enjoyable winter with my daughter and
family at Tarzio not great distance
from where the Siibaughs Melv.ns
klAs.sf4 and 5sslser fsz,ner Vernon eennf-g
citizens reside. met G. " Dyson a
Sc. Joseph, where ne IL engaged in ousi
ness ana doing we'll There was not
much snow in Missouri, nut tie mer
curry went A. low a. eighteen degrees
. s0ne 1avs
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-10
DEATH OF DAVID A. BARNARD

on Monday H c, CrosIing received a
dispatch from Macon, Missouri an
nouacing the sudden Death of David A
Barnard the day previous, stating that
the remain would arrive ere on
Wednesday Mr. Barnard sud wife re-
moved from, this city 30 the s0uth about
a dozen years ago He was born IN
Ohio s. years since, settled in Dane
county in 1874, where he was prominent
in town and county affairs Ir history
it Is recorded that be was u canditsata
AGAINST former Governor F2rwell for
supervision IN the town Of Madison, the
iasue being drainage Of the marshes
Mr. Barnard settlen as Liberty Pole in
.5st buying toe claim Of Mr.. Ne Gull
lough the first piece Of government
land entered iG Vernon eoun5g Es was
prominent in the GevelopmsaS 0t hia
chosen location. BE removed so Viro-
qua in 1871. where he held the Offices oe
president Of che village treasurer, al
darman, county supervisor supsrintsu-
dent Of the poor. In public aud private
business Mr. Barnard was a thorough
and methodjcal man 8egieetinp notn-
ing and DOING well t6st assigned 70 Bis
charge IN II asst dags be carried taia
out plahning ss ne dad every detail 20
be followed after death in disp0siHg 8f
his RENAME FOR the Journey - the cid
nome etc.
The rs.nains arrived here this morn.
il z accompanied 0T Mrs barnard
Thev were takeu 70 the Methods,
church and st swo clock Rev Nuzum
offered prayes and sDaGe briefly Of tie
EEe Of the deceased gftsr which the
body was der 7sised n the cemetery be
side the frs wife # the Geceas ed. The
pail bearers gvera selected 8y Mr Bar
aard gro4u h.= old acquaintance ss. all oi
whom served
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-10

There passed through Yiro4aa on
Friday afternoon iast, a party Of three.
s. r. Ksnned 0f South Hampton. L. T..
Phil Brooks Of Minneapolis. and G W.
FarT Of Chicago. ont for a trip from
New Yorl, City 70 San Francisco in .
magnificent automobils touring car
weighing 3, 100 pounds, propelled by =
30.horse gasoline engine They had
made The distance Il 9Tn New York City
to Viroqua in nine days They run
from s. 70 40 miles an hour, and where
the roads are good make 50 60 60 miles
They left here between four and FIVE
O'Clock expecting 30 arrive in Ia Crosse
in season for supper. A large crowd
gathered about the automobile while in
the city, anil the gentlemen we're free
in explaining its intricaeies and telling
Of their trio
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-10
Tragedy at Lancaster.

Peter Henkel shot and killed Rudolph
Wieland and himself on Wednesday Of
last week. The men were farmers liv-
ing about six miles from town, They
met in q bar room, After killing his
neixiloor Henkel 8ed. The citizens
pursued hiE and in half an hour over
took him, wfereupon Henkel shot him
self Henkel's wife left him some time
ago and during the pursuit Henkel call
sd cut 70 bis pursuers that Wieland was
tae cause Of the trouble and had ruined
mia home
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-10
UlearthInp y q 0Ia R,apop.

Recently, while on the Battle Island
assembly grounds mostly buried in tbs
sand, Arne Arneaon unearthed an old
gun ancient 10 looks and pattern, a
smooth-bore rife. The wool portion Of
the gunds o. OAK, we'll preserved. The
brass trimmings bear date Of 1884, and
number of the piece ia lt3 2e6. supposed
~ be R government gun. The fact that
ths celebrated last battle Of the Black
bawk war was fought two years before
the manufacture Of the gun precludes
the surInise that the weapon il 8 relic
Of that great strife Mr.. Arneson pre-
sented bhe gun to 8. r. Pollard. who
will likely send the same to the state
historical society.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-10
THE BIG TABERNACLE TENT MEETING
Annual Methodist Encsmpnent Opens In virequa
Next wednesday for Tea Days Session

Thursday evening of next week the
camp meeting viii open to continue
over two Sundays, to August %, The
presiding elder and many preachers
from charges in the district will take
part The we'll known revivalist, E j.
Baskerville, and Singer Frank Bell, will
conduct these services. The daily pro-
gran is somewhat similar, although it
will be varied as the occasion warrants.
Prayer meeting at $50 a. IN, social SER
vice and Bible reading at 1890; preach
ing at so; childrens meeting at 400;
song service at 7;85; preaching at SEQ.
Parties desiring tent space should
notify Secretary Nuzum or meet him on
the grounds August i6.
A meeting Of directors will be held
next Saturday. the 18th, to make prep
aration for the coming encampment.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-10
Irag. 90, FInds for aask astate.

In the case tried at La Crosse, where
ia The heirs Of the late General Rusk
sned the estate of the late W. F. Llnde.
ulann for eauity in closing mp the aitsirs
Of the old Bank Of VirOgua, Judge Fruit
2ave a Judgment Of $l6 600 to toe heirs
of the former holding that the good
a,ill Of the old bank WAS Of that value.
While she CENsoR is not authorized to
say ~ much, il is very probable that
the case will be appealed to supreme
court and the final outcome Of the mat
ter will not be known for months
Whichever way the case is determined
the affairs Of the bank win in uowise be
disturbed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-10
CvcIose Kllled Thrse h One Family

Mrs J. f. Pritsch of this city. recent.
Iy received the sad intelligence Of the
desth Of three relatives in Nebraska
caused by a cyclone that swept over the
possessions OF her people, killing two
children, her cousins. and grandmother
The great Siack funnei-shaped monster
passed them by, changing it's course and
returning and before they mad time to
all fnd safety in the cella 1t wss upon
them, destroying the lives Of the three
az stated. and iDiuring others Of the
family.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-10
Library Bids asisctsd

Four bids were received for erecting
the public library building all Of which
we're rejected because they ggre above
the amount the board expected and
wonld leave no surplus for furnishing
the place and construction Of walza
For this reason the architect win he
asked 70 modify bis plans when new
bids viii be asked for This probably
means that the building viii not be
ready for occupancy the present season.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-10
Death pram csrsoIle AGA.

On Monday morning Justice Williams,
through his officer, r. T.. Tongue. en-
paneled a jury and won't out to the home
Of Jacob Smith in fiillsboro township
and held an inquest over the body Of the
little son Of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shaker.
vino met bic Ieath by poisoning. Wit
nesses stated that the little boy, who is
only one year and seven months Of age,
took bottle Of earbolic acid from q
cupboard and drank the contents, death
resulting Sunday morning ~-H!llsboro
Sentry
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-10
aoLps gATcH IS RRARlEG APpARRL.

A few days since at la Crosse. County
Judge Brindley held that q watch was
not wearing apparel, and was therefore
subject 70 attachment tot debt Circult
Judge Fruit reviews t1s case and re-
verses the lower court, no-cing that the
watch ~ an ornament il wearing sp-
parel and not atlschable. Who has the
next guess