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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08
100000 FIRE.
Recurrence of the Terrible Hoh0ken
Holocaust Narrowly Averted.

Holocaust Narrowly Averted.
A duplicate of the famous Hoboken
pier fire. in which scores of lives were
lost and many valuable vessels were de-
stroyed. struck terror to the water front
residents of New York Sunday, when
seven freight and coal piers of the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western Rail-
road in Jersey City were destroyed, en-
failing loss of $5,000.000. 1t seemed
for a time as if the flames would get
beyond control and sweep from dock to
dock. 1t was only by the most superhu-
man work of the fremen and the fire.
LJats that a terrible holocaust was avert
ed
Many thought that the valuable ship
ping section of Jersey City was doomed.
and the harbor presented an animated
scene as tugs hurried to draw the big
vessels into midstleam. The screech Of
myriads of whistles made the air reso-
nant with caIliopean discord.
The fire started about ) o'clock in
the afternoon in pier y, on which i lot
Of barrels of oil was stored. The flames
spread rapidly. Pier II was 800 feet
long and was soon ablaze its entire
length, and the fremen who were trying
TO fight the fire from the shore, were
able to accomplish but little. The flames
swept across to pier II and beyond,
being finally checked at pier ), which Is
a new coal trestle steel framed and
ironclad. Here the firemen and fireboats
made 81 desperate stand and stayed the
advance of the fire until the burning
piers crumbled and fell into the water.
Although there was but little wind,
sparks fell all along the water front for
the better part of a mile. endangering
the Lackawanna depot and even the
Hamburg American and Bremen line
piers, where the firemen were kept busy
playing streams Of water upon the build
ings and over the ships Mt their docks.
The building of the Hoboken Coke
Company, FIVE blocks from the main
fire, was set ablaze by burning brands,
but the fremen responded quickly and
the building was only slightly damaged.
A number of eanaIboats and several
tugs we're burned, the loss of small boats
being variously estimated at from thirty
to 200.
The number of freight cars burned Is
not known but on this class of rolling
stock and on coal cars the loss will be
heavy.
During the fire the Lackawanna moved
its passenger coaches from it's yards out
to the Meadows. and one train of
dozen box cars were hauled ont of
burning pier and saved.
Piers II and II we're full of general
merchandise. piers Z. 8 8 and 10 were
used for coal, and pier 6 was a grain
loading pipF
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08

three feet nine inches long Of some
tough wood. Shave these sticks to nit
tightly into a three-quarter inch hole.
Now take two blocks of hard wood
fou, and one-half inches long like 4
in Illustration. These circular pieces
should be one inch thick each way
and they should have about three small
Iath nails sticking out one-quarter of
an inch to keep the bag from slipping
of. 1t is the spring Of the two long
sticks that holds the bag tight. The
blocks can be slipped up or down on
the side strips 10 suit the length of the
bags.-F. a. franklin in Iowa Home
stead.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08

The readers Of this paper will he pleased 10
learn that there is at least one dreaded dise.ss
that science has been able 10 cure in al -
stages and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh thrs
is lie only positive cure l0w known TO the ned
leaf fraternity Catarrh being constitutional
disease. requires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. actng
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces ot
the system thereby destroying the foundation q
the disease. and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting liaItl!
in doing its work. The prpPrietors have -
much faith in its curative powers that they oiieT
One Hundred Dollars for any case that Il falls %
cure send for list Of Testimonials
Address. L. J. CHENEY i CO. Toledo, %.
sold by Druggists. 75e.
Hairs Family Pills are the best.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08
The Boy on the Farm.

II a nan has boy he should give
him such treatment as will keep him
on the farm. When a boy does a good
days work at anything he should have
some recognition in some way. Ii is
not always a good plan to enforce legal
claims on A boys services as we do
the horse or as our southern neighbors
once did the slaves they owned. II
will not do 10 deny the boy an oppor-
tnnity Of an education for the sake of
advancing the farm work. The ignor-
ant man Is going to be placed at a dis
advantage in the next generation. One
reason why some boys leave the farm
is because they are not fully appre-
ciated by selfish and ayaricious pa
rents.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08

because coming before meadow pas.
cures are ready. Tie crop Yields well
on medium soils. though it responds
probably to good treatment. 1t Is rec
commended that it be seeded tlfcker
than when the crop is used for grain
From two to two and one-half bushels
OF seed may be used with advantage
On good soils, The fertilizers should
be rich in available phosphoric acid.
A fertilizer containing nitrogen per
cent, phosphoric acid s per cent, pot
ash 8 per cent may be applied at time
OF seeding at the rate of 200 to 700
pounds per acre. A top dressing of
nitrate of soda in the spring at The
rate of 100 to 100 pounds per acre is
excellent.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08
Enlidrr RNe.

The first crop TO be of service in the
spring is rye, which is sometimes ready
for feeding the last week in April
and may be continued through the
first half of May. IL natures very
rapidly after the heads appear. and
can be successfully used for period
of from ten 10 fourteen days IL seeded
al different times. and cutting is begun
before it comes in head. Where It Is
not practicable to practice soiling the
crops may be pastured. This method
" hiie more wasteful. is less expensive
than soiling. 1t is very important TO
have a pasture crop at that season,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08
M a G G / e S H e a t
CHATTER XXI.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER XXI.-(Continued
SO it was the very last night--a tran
gull. beautiful, starlight highland to-
marrow Mrs. Cholmondely is to leave the
city. She has not packed up quite eY-
STything for She is looking, with angry
tears yelling up into her eyes. at pic
ture, and murmuring, las ever, Joce-
lynl Girl aud boy, man and woman,
dead and liying-it is all my sacrifice for
your sake"
Maggie is looking up az the sky, not
fearing. but with a gentle, loving glance
,at the bright stars this last night in her
new home. +,
Mrs. Cholmondely had filed her httle
puFse with money. mad had said to her.
''Ie you really intend getting another
situation. you had better stay at Mrs.
Atkins, who is a decent. good creature.
I have written TO her, and she can take
you: or, if you choose OF course. you can
20 10 your aunts at Burnham."
81 shall not do that Maggie said,
gather proudly.
"Well, that is as you please When
you require money, or wish to write TO
me, write TO this address" And she
hands Maggie card. with the name of
a firm of solicitors on it.
So silence falls upon the grand house
this last night; and the next morning,
after breakfast, a cab is called, aid Mag
gle ready to depart. She has something
in her hand she had almost forgotten--a
shell that Maud had given her IN happy
days gone by.
Maggie goes through the servants in
the hall. followed by many an honest,
outspoken blessing; and David-honest
David-shuts the door, looking IN upon
her with admiration. And a. they 60
through the noisy streets she shu,s ;ser
eyes, and puts the shell to her ear. and
Is lost in dreamland. and is very happy.
And so the curtain falls upon the sec
ond act OF the drama Of Maggie's life
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08
SENATOR QUAY DEAD.
Long Career of Veteran Pennsylvania
Politician Is Ended,

Matthew Stanley Quay. United States
Senator for Pennsylvania and for years
one OF the foremost men in the Repub-
Ecan party, died at his home in Beaver,
Pa, Saturday afternoon. Early in the
day he fell into stupor from which he
could not be aroused and while in this
condition the end came. In his last mo-
menps he was surrounded by members
OF his family and many personal and po-
litical friends. including his colleague in
the United States Senate. Boies Pen
rose of Philadelphia.
Senator Quay had been unconscious
since s o'clock in the morning. Oxygen
was administered several times in the
hope of reviving him. but the physicians
long before the moment of death came
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08
Rar Holder.

A convenient bag holder is made as
follows: Procure a piece of two-inch
plank thirty inches long and as wide
as you can get. Bore two one AMI a
quarter inch holes in the plank twenty
four inches apart Then get two sticks
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08
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} Family Pills are the best.
"Heathen Chinee. y

After ALL remarked the great oo-
server. Il believe the Cinnamon are
our friends
Well responded the man with the
glossy shirt bosom. ''they must be our
bosom friends. Chicago News.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08
Gas for Incnhators.

An extensive chicken raiser at Ro-
chel!e. ILL.,. operates fifty large incu-
bators with heat from natural gas. He
has three thousand chicks out and has
about fifteen thousand eggs under
way.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08

Almost every kind of animal seems
TO have what may he called a weather
instinct. II, approach of rain is indl-
Gated by the flight of cranes and swal-
lows. by the cries Of water fowl, by
the actions of cows and pigs.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08
There never wa

There never was a person who did
anything worth doing that did not re-
ceiye Gore than he gave.-H. w,
BetCher.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08

The average whale is from 80 To G5
feet in length and S. feet in circum-
ference. The jawbones are 20 to p
feet long, and tongue has been
known to yield almost a ton Of OH.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08

He that swells in prosperity will BE-
sure to shrink In adversity.-Colton.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08

don't think this is bad showing
for a place that some of the neighbors
said. four years ago, when we came
here, you can't raise anything on that
old place. f. Ringer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08

Having seen several records of
dairy farming by some of your read
ers. / will let YOU know what we have
done the past year. from January J.,
1903, to January 1. 1904. We started
with four cows the first six months,
and five cows the balance of the year
one a heifer coming fresh last of June.
Delivered at creamery IS. 100 pounds
Of milk which made l,225 pounds OF
butter Total sales for the year as
follows.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-30
WAITS IN AUSTRALIA.
The State Finds Them Good Homes
and Has No OrphRnuge.

The State Finds Them Good Homes
and Has No OrphRnn9e.
Australia is continent without an
orphanage. a country without an or
phan. Each waif is taken to q receiv.
ing house where 1t is cared for till
country home is found. The local vol
unteer societies canvass their neigh
borhoods and send to the children's
committee of the destitute board the
names of any families they have
found where children may be placed.
The children's committee selects the
home which it judges is best adapted
to the development Of the child In
question.
No child is placed in family so
poor that the child might suffer. The
foster parent receives u sum averaging
Sips per week for the care of the
child and for proper clothing, When OF
school age the child must be sent to
school. The local volunteer committee
looks after its care and culture, and
Jealous neighbors often assist in watch
ing the growth and education Of these
happy children. -,
When the child is fourteen years old
he begins to work. His earnings are
placed in the Postal Savings bank, and
at the age of seventeen or eighteen he
goes out into the world an Independent
man. The state. at an expense of less
than $40 year, has raised man or
woman to contribute to its wealth and
prevented the manufacture of crimi-
nal and the expense of courts, prisons
and reformatories.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-30

Many people when away from home
find it difficult to sleep well in
strange bed and arise in the morning
with sense of having passed decid-
edly unsatisfactory night. An old rail
way official, who ought to know, says
the trouble is all in the pillow. It's
the pillow first, last and always, He
has slept in many lands and under all
imaginable conditions and years ago
came to the conclusion that with ones
own pillow at hand 1t mattered little
about the bed On an extended tour he
always takes his pillow with him.
slowing it carefully at the bottom OF
the trunk for future reference. IF /
could start life over again" he says, Il
would learn to sleep without pillow
tthe only proper way but the art must
be acquired during childhood. the
next best thing is your own pillow
wherever possible. Try it and be con
WINGED. philadelphia Record.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-30
Crescent City News

The children of the Presbyterian
Sunday school had Christmas en-
tertalnment and tree at V. I. A. hall
last Saturday night. Many of the
bright little people took part in the
exercises with singing and speaking
of pieces, and all the children were
remembered with presents from the
tree.
Clark Stephens, one of the pioneers
of the peninsula, died at the home OF
his daughter, Mrs. II. H. Bryant of
Welaka, on Monday, Dec. 18th, after
a short illness. Mr. Stephens was
one of the best known men in this
section of the county, and was held
in the highest esteem by all old citi-
Gems. He was once member of the
board of county commissioners. His
funeral occurred on Tuesday and the
interment was in the family lot at
Welaka.
Hon. ]. H. Harp of this place and
Miss Fannie Loyless of Dawson, Ga,
were married at the home of Mr.. B.
L. KimbrOugh in the latter place on
Tuesday, Dec. Goth. The happy
couple arrived here the following
day and are at the beautiful home of
Mr.. Harp in Grovesdale. The Daw-
son News says that 1.-THE bride is
very popular lady i'll Dawson, where
her beautiful disposition and many
attractive traits have drawn around
her Il large circle of admiring
friends ~
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. Pratt of Yer
mont are expecting to return home
in about two weeks. They combined
o farewell and Christmas dinner
at the Burton House, where they
entertained the following guests:
MIR. and Mrs. Ira G. Pratt of Cropsey,
Ill.,, Mrs. Ada Landon, Miss Mamie
Page, Miss Effie Gordon and Miss
Nettie Gordon of Vermont. The
Misses Turner furnished an inviting
and abundant repast. Boquets of
red and pink roses graced the table.
The rooms presented festive APP
pearance with decorations of holly
and evergreen, A pretty Christmas
tree, which on Saturday evening
shed its fruit of friendly gifts, still
reminded all of the days import.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-30
POMONA.

Miss Mamie Morrison and Miss
Dora Webb of Palatka are spending
the holidays at home.
Miss Margaret Bradt of Hunting
ton is with A. G. Smith for the win
ter.
G. w. Shinn of Quincy, ILL.,, is with
his family for few weeks.
Arthur Smith from Green Cove
Springs and Miss Ethel Smith from
McMeekin, are at home for the va
cation.
Rev. F.. G. Wicks is spending the
week with friends in Jacksonville.
Prof, H. f. Wakefield arrived Sat
urday from Cocoa, Fla, to pass the
holidays with his parents.
CORTLAND Middleton spent Christ
mas in town at w. S. Middleton's.
Chas. Cook AMI daughter, Miss
Edith, arrived last week fromQuincy,
Ill. They were accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Sweet, who are their
guests.
Miss Emma Olmstead is at home
from Rollins College, Winter Park,
for a two weeks vacation.
Miss Harriet Jeffries spent Christ
mas with Georgetown relatives.
Mrs. A. C. Smith has for her guests
Misses Carrie Greene and Aida Gar
diner of Palatka.
The entertainment Christmas Eve
was great success and especially
enjoyed by the children.
Middleton Bros. have purchased
all of the improved and unimproved
land belonging to the estate of the
late VIM. Hotford. This includes
some 400 acres of timber as well as
many acres of bearing orange grove
property and the Pomona store, 1t
is also stated that w. S. Middleton
will form partnership with G. A
Knowlton in the general merchan--
disc business, and that they will
keep stock second to none on the
peninsula.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-30
CRESCENT CITY.

Is one of the most beautiful
locations in Florida Tourists
Will lind 1t an ideal spot to
spend the winter, or pass a few
days of keen delight.
The town is on Crescent Lake
ian arm Of the st. Johns River
and is 100 miles by water, and
n miles by rail from Jackson
Vile.
The all day river ride on the
steamer Crescent, from Jack
sonvllle to Crescent City, is one
of the delightful experiences of
Florida travel. The steamer
leaves Jacksonville at 8 q. m.
every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, reaching Crescent
City at 6p. m. This trip is the
only daylight ride up the broad
and picturesque st. Johns.
The steamer has pretty cabins
and offers a delightful outlook
even in stormy weather.
Crescent City is the center of
the orange growing industry in
middle Florida, and beautiful
groves surround the place.
The fruit ls at it's best now.
Good boating, hunting and
fishing will afford amusement
for sportsmen.
Naptha launches can be Sc
cured cheaply for water trips.
Crescent City has good hotels
and boarding houses at mode
rate rates.
Beautiful shaded walks and
bicycle paths.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-30
A Poor Recipe.

Don't talk to me about the recipes
in that magazine" said Mrs. Lane,
with great energy. Wasn't that the
very magazine that advised me to put
on that sody solution and leave the Ia
blecloth out overnight to take off those
yellow stalnsT'
"Pm inclined to think 1t may have
been" said Mrs. Lanes sister, with
due meekness. II sent you a number
of them In the spring, I remember"
swell, and what happenedT asked
Mrs. Lane, with rising wrath.
Didn't the stains disappear asked
her sister.
Disappear said Mrs. Lane In a
whitening tone. at was the tablecloth
that disappeared. l don't know any
thing about the stains"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-30

81 was much afflicted with sriatica,
writes Ed q. Mud, Iowavllle. Sedgwick
Co., Kan, "going about on crutches and
suffering deal of pain. l was induced
to try Ballards Snow Liniment. which
relieved me. | used three SOC bottles
1t is the greatest liniment ever used
have recommended it to a number OF
persons; all express themselves as be-
ing benefited by 1t. l now walk with
out crutches, able to perform a great
deal of light labor on the farm. " 25c, SOC
100. Sid by Alderman q Steward s
Palatka, and Lounds' Drug store, Ores
cent City.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-30
French COnceit.

Etienne Dumont, writing in the early
part of the last century, said: "The
prevailing character of the French is
that of conceit. Every member of the
assembly considered himself capable
of undertaking everything. often
said that If you proposed to the first
hundred men you met in the streets of
Paris and to the same number in the
streets of London to undertake the
charge of the government ninety-nine
of them would accept In Paris and
ninety-nine would refuse In London
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-30
COUGHING SPELL CAUSED DEATH

Harry Duckwell, aged % years,
ehoked to death early yesterday morn
ing at his home, in the presence OF his
wife and child. He contracted slight
cold a few days ago and paid but little
attention to it. Yesterday morning he
was seized with fit of coughing which
continued for some time. His wife sent
for physician but before he could ar
rive. another coughing spell came on
and Duckwell died from suffoeation.-
sc. Louis Globe Democrat, Dec. !,
1901" Billiards. Horehound Syrup
would have saved him. 25c, soc. and
100. Sold by Alderman 4 Stewards.
PaIatka and Lounds' Drug store, Cres-
cent City.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-30
OLIVER CROMWELL.
The Greatest Error of His Career
WINS Charley EXECUTION.


Was Charles Execution.
The greatest error of Cromwell's life
was the execution of the king Not
that in this he showed himself man
of blood. There was In him not a
particle of the terrorist or of the pas.
sion for regicide which slew the help
less king of France. He had been pro-
vOked no doubt by Charles double deal
ing, but he did not hate him; on tbs
contrary he was inclined to him and
had wished to come to terms with him.
Himself brimming with family atfec'
ton, he had been touched by the sight
of Charles with his children. He was
impelled to the fatal act by what seem
ed to him fell necessity and by the I'm.
controllable wrath of the army against
the king, whose pertidious machina-
items, whit" he was treating with the
parliament for a settlemeSt, had kin
: died the second civil war, with the
Scotch invasion, and brought them and
their cause once more into the eXtrem-
ity of peril. 1t was at the prayer meet
ing Of the soldiers at Windsor, before
they marched against Hamilton, that
the kings doom was really pronounced.
The secret treaty with the Scotch for
the invasion of England brought
Charles to the block, and his offense
surely was capital, though its punish
ment was most i'll advised. The death
of the captive king set the king free
and absolved the monarchy; it put i'll
expiable blood between the regicides
and great part Of the nation, and
unkyism, far from being sickened, as
Carlyle says it was, flourished on the
martyrdom and has continued to -four
ish on it ever since. The success of
Ikon Busilike was the proof. -Goldwin
Smith in Atlantic.