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The Alaska prospector., 1904-04-14
Married.

Ralph Kyburg, formerly of Val dez, a grand son of Dan Osgood, was married to Miss Mary Alice Wilson, at her home, in San Fran cisco, on March 9th.
 Ralph has now settled down as a resident of San Francisco.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-04-14

Souvenirs of all kinds for the folks at home. Kern.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-04-14

Parker Bunk House on Keystone avenue. Bunk, stove and wood, all comforts, D cents Ter day.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-04-14
Beef, Mutton, Pork Poultry and Game.
Solomon Culch.

Geo. Barrack, who has been stop ping in Juneau, received a tele- gram from his company asking him to come on to Valdez, and be prepared to receive the machinery that is being shipped here for oper- ating in Solomon's basin. George arrived on the Excelsior and ex- poets the machinery on the next boat.
 J. w. Palmer, of Republic, Wn., and J. H. McCourt, of Forty Mile arrived on the Excelsior, and will go into the Shushitna country to prospect during the season.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30

for ready use a large boiler OF some
Kind 50 that Il quantity of water may
be heated at one tiIAe; tools such as
knives. saws and other things used
should be kept in proper shape and ey.
cry thing be in rea diness SO that the
hard and disagreeable work may be
over with as soon as possible
The Illustration shows wck for
hanging the carcass OF an animal,
which should he on every farm where
is done. 1t needs but little
description. A post eight or ten inches
through and five or six feet high ia set
firmly in the ground. and cross-pieces.
two inches or more thick and eight feet
long spiked to the pole in the positions
shown So that they will project three
feet on either side. They are notched
near the ends as shown and braced I'M
derneath. These racks viii save one
much strength for when the hogs are
hung on them they are easily cut.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30

: IL 0 man has no use for the calf, or
has use for the calf and none for the
nil. he has no use for the dual pur
pose COW.
In the former case he needs the Jer-
sey or Ayrshire, in the latter Polled
Angus or Hereford. Here we need the
calves to condense feed and titus helr
get it TO market by condenslng the
freight on it. A dual purpose cow =
one that with paying quantity of
milk and a calf that will about top the
market when fed out 1t is not poss'
BILE 60 get the best dairying qualities
and best beef qualities in the same
hide. but it is possible to get more
money out of a dual purpose COW than
can be done with a special purpose
COW. l. e., milk or beef.
There is no breed OF dual purpose
pose cows common 10 all breeds. The
Herefortis and PoIled Angus breeds
have few dual purpose cows. but
the short Horns have larger number
than any other breed. Whenever beef
bred cows have been MIXED for some
time they are on dual purpose quail,
ties. Tie Short Horns. originally a
beef bree !, have been used as mixers
for year, and this Is why there are
more DIAL purpose cows in this breed
than other breeds. Ii starting a herd
OF dual purpose dairy cows. would
buy yearling heifers and use bull
from dual purpose stock. When these
heifers have their first calves they
would feed strong, and would then get
rid of those that fattened and keep
those that increased in flow of milk
but must not forget that to produce
milk, cow should be fed a balanced
ration,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30
Chean Poultry House.

The illustration will show that even
piano boxes may be utilized f'r poui-
ny house where only limited num-
Der of fowls or chicks are to he ac-
lommodated; or with a number OF
houses thus built it may be possible
TO furnish comfortable quarters for
the usual number of birds kept on an
average farm L. r. Fishel of Indiana
tells Poultry News of his twenty col
ony house constructed Of piano boxes.
He says:
we take two upright piano boxes
and four pieces Of timber 2x4 and 10
feet long; we take the piano boxes
apart-keeplng the fronts, backs, ends
and bottoms all together. We place
three of the 2x4s on the ground and
lay on these 2x4s, mailing them solid
making the bottom of the house tsome
will have to be sawed OF of the 2x4sl.
The four ends of the two boxes will
make the entire back of the house.
while tt fronts wis make each end
Of the house and the remaining lum-
Der will be used in the front of the
house. The three remaining pieces of
2x4 are used as rafters TO nail roofing
TO. New ship lap lumber will have
TO he bought for the roof. after which
the same is covered with Neponset
Red Rope roofing paper. Two pairs
of 5-inch strap hinges. one hasp and 4
piece Of 1-inch netting TO cove opening
of door above window aud one pane
of Sxl0 light sash completes YOUR
building. making a poultry house SXlo
feet, ali complete. for the low price
OF s. II you can DO the carpenter
work yourself the house will not cost
you over So This house viii accom-
n6'late fifty growing chicks, or fifteen
to twenty capons. and the claim is
made that no bird kept in it and prop
efly taken care of. ever had its comb
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30
Hnrne Notcs to Rememher.

A horse that is well trained is worth
half a dozen that are but half broken
and are therefore unsafe and undesir-
able.
Never buy a horse with narrow or
sallow chest. or whose foreiegs are
very close together. lie has not suftl-
cient room tor a set of strong lungs.
and will not be long winded.
In the treatment of distemper an
English veterinary advises the bepyi-
cial effect of biniodide of mercury as
an antlseptic. Its good effects are due
more to its absorption than to its bis
tering action. as it IS the most power
full of all auuseptics tmicrobe killers.
1t was used successfully in scores of
cases as a blister applied TO the swell
ing under the jaws, Distemper is an
iufective disease which usually confers
subsequent immunity on the patient
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30

4 rich deep sandy loan is best for
potatoes. but fresh strong manure
should not be used. as conditions are
created that are very favorable for the
propagation of scah- Better use com
mercial fertilizers than TO risk using a
fresh stable manure. IL care Is TAX
en- well rotted manure may be used II
thoroughly mixed with the soil
with all potatoes. whether planted
eariy or late deeply stirred soil is
the best, and in addition to deep stir
ring the soil should be worked into a
inc condition. When early potatoes
are desired, select one of the best early
varieties. Piow deep burrows, and
where each hill is to be planted. drop
small amount Of well rotted manure.
Put over this about three inches of
loauy soil OH this plant a medium slz-
ed potato with four or five inches of
soil pressed down firmly.
The manure viii add materially in
supplying warmth and drainage Hnd
forces quick termination. When the
plants show above ground. thin, " O
not over three stalks in each hill. cul-
tiyate sufficiently to keep the soil loose
and the weeds down II the proper
caf'a is taken rapid growth can be Sc
cured, and the potatoes will be ready
for the table sooner than by any other
TIau
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30
All Over the state.

Employees Of the Postal Telegraph
Company are in Manitowoc TO survey a
route for the company's wire there
George Schrenkenthales Of Milwaukee
fell FROM bridge being built across the
Chippewa river, above Chippewa Falls,
a distance Of IL feet, striking on his
back on the ice below. His spine was
fractured and he died. He was -
years old.
J, r. Fisk. an old vet ,ran, walking on
the Wisconsin Central tracks in Neenah,
was struck by switch engine. receiving
injuries which viii cripple him for life
The power house OF the Lady smith
Light and Power Company was destroy
ed by tire, The loss is estimated at ST..
GOO, while the insuranse amounts To
SO. 400
y. NJ Madison. n lumberman. aged ~,
was found dead on the Milwaukee road
tracks at Anderson's Spur. He was bad
Iy mangled, having been struck by a
freight. His wife and eight children re-
side at Calumet
Engine 10. on which two men met
their death in the Marshfield wreck, has
hecn taken to North Fond IN I.ac shops
II is in such dilapidated shape that rata
er than overhaul it. il will be consigned
10 what raisroadrrs term the ~boneyard .
Owing b. the epidemic Of scarlet fever
now prevailing in Dclavan Dr G.. C.
Blanchard local health officer. close.
the aity Schools and prohibited the hold
+. jny church services Sunday schools or
aty fuSiie gatherings until the epidemic
sEbsi,es.
A. getting Of the Republican State
committee & was decided 70 hold but one
Stare convention for the purpose of elect
iAg delegates - she national convention
az Chicago and for making nominations
Cor State ticket Madison was chosen
as she place Tor holding the convention,
SheboyEan is 10 have another new in
dusiry this spring. Il will be shoe
findings factory. 10 be heated on the
north side The contracts have already
been closed Tor the erection OF the new
I building. The concern will employ about
100 hands.
The story that mnn named Lyman
/ WAS killed in Jahesville by Gustav Marx
I one If the convicted Chicago car barn
/ bandits, eight years ago, was a canar3
( Lyman died seven years age. No inquest
{ was held, as there y as 10 thought OF
/ murder al thai time. Marx vas then l.
( years old
/ c. l. Burns. a Civil War veteran. wins
has been on trial in Nenominee on &
( charge OF having murdered Ambrose Tur
ner Feb, 70. by shooting was acquitted
/ c, c, Rice. J. w. DeKeySer aud II. J
J 81 na-bF
( have been working on the books and sc
counts cf the town Of Pound since Feb
/ 8. brought in their report About S1,0[t
4 in over runs on tax rolls was found.
train wreck al Beulsb resulted IL
I dangerously injuring three men and pill
ing up n large number OF freight cars
\ freight train al full speed ran int,
a passenger t-lin Eoing in the same di
rectior The accident happened On
: steep curve,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30
Short Meter Sern,oE,s.

Truth abhors tricks.
Love needs no label.
The upright 20 ZIP.
Helpfulness is happiness.
Strength has little need of style.
Information precedes reformation.
He makes no mark who has no aim.
Sorrow is othy our side of their joy.
Circpmstan ,es cannot stunt the soul.
Misery is not synonym for moral
ity.
Love is always door into larger
life.
Lofty souls never despise lowly ser
vice.
4 little vim in religion is worth LOT
of vision.
There are solemn sinners as well as
solemn saints.
A mans prospects, depend on the
things he respects.
Keartkeepins is the secret Of happy
housekeeping.
The self-conceiteI are bound TO suf-
fer from solitude.
He who rebels aseinst conscience
ruins character.
Lessons are for our learning rather
than orr liking.
There is good in al to the man who
is altogether good.
The square man is never looking for
q crooked opening.
suffering should leave a legacy OF
ability 10 symrathizP.
It tak,s many rev besirtIags TO
make n glorious ending.
Goods are among the least OF tie
rewards Of goodness
Men of Shiftless habits are never Of
im;novabIe character.
It Is no use singing sunshine Il
your life Is all meonshiue.
Tae Only effective criticism Of a POOR
rel;gL n Is TIE creation Of q better enc
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30
nlent
FISHING IN FORMOSA.
Their Rods Superb, but Their Hooks
Are Without Barbs.

Their Rods Superb but Their Hooks
Are Without Barbs.
Three of US, two Americans and one
Japanese started out in jinrikishas
from Taipeh. the modern capital of
of a wealthy gentleman about eight
miles up the river which runs through
the Valley of Taipeh. The way led
through a beautiful and fertile coun-
try, the valley covered with the sec
ond crop of rice and the hills with the
famous Formosa tea shrub. After
luncheon and after photographing
some head-hunting savages we found
there, we proposed to fish for salmon
trout at an altitude less than $50 feet
above sen level and in latitude about
n degrees 40 minutes north, practical
~ in the tropics. The temperature Of
the stream was about 20 or higher, and
the water was well aerated This
stream, from sixty TO 100 yards wide.
is clear and full of rapids and rifles.
We used Japo qese tackle horsehair
line and horsehair leader Che latter
consisting of one strand only, bam-
boo rod and most delicate palmer
tied on small barbless hook. The
rod is decidedly good. and, weight for
weight. is stronger and better caster
than our jednted rod. 1t rarely weighs
over four ounces-mina weighed about
two-but the line is practically worth
less for casting as we understand the
term. The fly is perfect. but the hook
lacks strength, and the fish when
hooked may easily detach himself in
Il current or an eddy or by fouiing the
line. We all know how ii is done
from our experience with pinhook and
thread in the brooks at home.
The Japanese. however, have anoth-
er method OF fishing which may be
as new to some of our readers as it
was to me. At is quite successful.
They catch one fish in any way they
can, and then fasten the line secure
Iy through its upper jaw, passing it
through the roof of the mouth and out
at the top of the upper jaw. well in
front of the eyes. and then attach
through the body of the fish. not ia in
iioa' VI 'hc All, Aoi oeh'its W Nhich
is tied a three-prOnged barbless hook.
which trails in line with the fish and
a few inches behind, while If is slowly
worked up the stream by the fisher
man. The theory is that other fishes.
seeing the captive moving along as
though feeding. or :. haps spawning.
will pursue it and become impaied on
lie hooks. IN point Of fact. that does
bappen. as | saw Chinaman take
two fine trout in this manner
Our success with the flies was moor
We got thirteen or fourteen fingerlings.
but we saw the fish we wished to iden-
tify caught in fairly good numbers by
the Chinese fishing with decoys.-For-
est and Stream
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30
Don't BE a Kicker.

Some men would rather kick against
some treatment they are having or
ind fault with the admlnIstrat ion than
to talk about their business and how
TO make IL more of a success. Most
people talk over their business at any
and ali opportunities, but have seen
farmers In crowd that would talk
about everything else Finding fault
with the weather, the railroads or
wrcaking vengeance on the road super
visor or some such thing does not as
siss one particle in making a better
farmer out % a man. The successful!
nan advertises ais business and has
In crest enough In II to talk about Il
to his neighbors and others n whom
he comes in contact. Cor iowa Home
stead.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS CT THE WEEK cONCloELy
CONDENSED.
Murder Mystery in SPONTANEOUSLY 5iail
Clerk confesses Theft Of Mail Pouch
Bad Fire in milwaukee, Cashier De-
cIared Innocent Hanged by Friends.

The dead body OF Andrew Swanson
Of Elgin, Ill. who formerly resided in
kenosha Co0nty, was found. buried in a
snow drift west Of kenosha. 4 piece
OF an old slspender was found about his
neck, while another piece was hanging
from n tree near by. The body had
wound on the face and he evidently had
been dead for four or five days. Swan
son sold a large piece of property ten
days ago aud q that time a woman from
Chicago came 10 Kenosha and imperson-
ated his wife and gave deed TO the
property. Before the deed WIS recorded
the real wife o. Swenson came 10 Ke-
nosha aud managed TO break the trausac-
ton and secured portion OF the money.
II that time Swanson claimed that he
had been forced TO attempt to defra':d
his wife by real estate spectators IN
Chicago. The identity Of the fictitious
wife Of Swanson has not been discovered.
Swanson had several hundred dollars
when list seen iii kenosha.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30
Ek.Mail clerk Admits Theft.

PJstotiice Inspector f. F. Maher Of
Chicago arrived in La Crosse. having in
custody an ex-mail clerk. who is charged
with having stolen the registered mail
sack which disappeared mysteriously
from the Milwaukee train at New Lis
bon the other night The prisoner was
arraigned before United States Court
Commissioner g. {. prentiss and waiv-
ed examination. lie has admitted the
theft. The postoffce authorities refuse
to give his name, but it is understood he
was discharged from the mail service
after working year on probation. He
was making preparations ~ leave his
home near New Lisbon when arrested.
The prisoner was taken to the federal
prison mt Madison
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30

not make the chancel the forum for
personal attacks upon the character of
men In official positions. He must be
fearless in discussing principles bear
ing upon the general welfare of the
people, mad must so present them that
it will be distinctly understood that he
is not dealing with the ancient Jews,
but with modern Scribes and Phari-
sees and hypocrites. Preaching is good
for nothing If it does not go to the
heart of the practical life of the indi-
vidual and the community. 1t is
preaching the religion both of the Old
and New Testaments to urge upon the
civic authorities the passage and en-
forcement of ordinances which affect
the vital interests of the city, for the
kingdom of God cannot be established
on the earth unless righteous laws are
enacted and obeyed
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30
TREAD POWER AND cHURS.

frame is easily made, and if some
what larger than a wagon wheei-say
q feet or feet in diameter-the circle
viii be larger and the animal will find
the walking more direct. The under
wheel may be or inches in diane
ter The power Is increased by giving
the large wheel more pitch, nd dimin-
ishcd by setting it more nearly level.
f G. Bennett in St Louis Repub-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30
HeIns Coz nntcherlng Time.

There is more or less work in the
killing of small animals during the
winter on many farms, and always the
annual butchering; although it Is get
ting TO be quite the fashion in the
more thicl;Iy settled portions of the
country to sell the hogs in the fall and
buy the meat back from the town
butcher at double price during the
winter. Where there is more or less
butcherng to be done one should have
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30
Might Cashier brown Ipuocent,

Former Night Cashier Charles W
Brown of the Racine office Of the Mil
waukee Street Railway Company. who
was ordered arrested by officials of the
company, who alleged that he had con
fessed to having embezzled $500 was
acquitted by jury in the municipal
court after five ballots When the YER
dict was rendered til people cheered
and applanded Brown thanked the jur-
ors and wps congratulated on all sides.
Brown was arrested Feb and. il is
sa!3, vas compelled to pay to representa-
Gives of the company $1,000. In the trial
it was proven that figures placed on the
earning sheets by Brown had been eras-
Ell and others substituted. The jurors
condemned the company for arresting
Brown and prosecuting him without
proof of guilt
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30


no greater demands in many respects
than the facts of science. There are
facts in the physical universe relative
to space. time, matter, motion and
light that finite minds cannot conceive.
Marvellous beyond expression are the
statements of science, ara vet they are
not too great for the faith of men. But
do You not think it marvel that men
can accept these things without ques-
ton, and on the other hand their atti-
tude toward God or Christianity is
that of wayering skeptieism?
But we brush aside all these cues
hons and make inquiry, not as TO the
existence or power of God, out low is
he related to me? How is he affected
toward me? To Christians there is
one word that answers the questions,
and that is father. God is our father
This word of profound significance and
Of surprising tenderness belongs to
man alone. When we have said that
God created the heavens. the earth and
all material things we have given most
of which the subject admits. But it
is not simply true that he created spir
its. but he is the father of them. And
this is most sure, God loves infinitely
more bis offspring.
Paternal love is the e .en1ent in which
God lives and reigIs. Recognizing
this fact we must be awakened to the
correlated truth with all its reciprocal
obligations. and that is. we are chill
dren of the heavenly Father. We are
made paltakers of the divine nature.
The subject opens large field for in
vestigation. The dewdrop on the rose
reflects perfectly the whole sky above,
If we are partakers of the divine ma
ture, there will be something about our
spirit, speech, walk and life which
will reflect the divine. AS children we
have faculties by which our service
may be most natural and blessed.
These faculties are the highest proof
that God is our father Nature does
not perpetuate faculties that have no
work to do. They are gradually en-
feebled and finally taken away. / our
faculties for recognizing and commun-
ing with God were needless. they
would soon disappear There is
passage of scripture of special tender
ness upon this point. You have been
heart-broken. it may be. through the
exercise of pity upon your c,ild. God
speaks to you in all the tenderness of
his nature: Like as a father pideth
his children, so the Lord pitieth them
that fear him. What would we do If
we did not know that the Affections of
this life Were working for the peaceful
fruit of eternal righteousness? All,
my soul. thou needest the divine Faith
er. Thou modest to feel that the Issue
OF every dark thing is going to ne for
his glory and for thy perfection
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30
Homemade Trund Power.

A light tread power for churnfng.
turning grindstone, etc, is made by
mounting a disk wheel nearly horizon
tally. the axle being inclined so ons
portion will be higher than the other
The dog. sheep or calf used for motive
power is tied at one side. headed to-
ward the higher part. AS the animal
walks, the wheel turns because of the
animals weight, and communicates
motion to the pulley or small friction
wheel beneath. There are no belts. no
cogs. The weight of the animal bears
the part of the large inclined whee.
upon the smaller wheel beneath and
causes il 10 revolve.
\ discarded wagon wheel might be
used as the framework Of the large
wheel, mailing boards on the upper
surface for the animal to walk on. or
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-03-30
Trn Yenr or On g 60.

Two-year-old trees are larger than
l-year-oids, and generally VIII bear .
year sooner. But 1.yeav old trees give
a smaller per cent Of failures 70 I've.
Generally the older Sree Is the great
or care IS necessary f1 trausplanting
when n large number OF trees are TO
be planted tt is safer TO Use young
ones II few only are 10 be planted
II IS quite easy TO give each one all
the care necessary TO insure growth.