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Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-21
Judeed by Condition of Streets.

In his annual message to the council of Leavenworth. Kan. the mayor of that city said that a town is largely Judged by the condition of its streets. and he further stated that nothing i'm presses a stranger so much as well paved and well kept streets. and noth- Ing contributes more to the comfort f the residents of the streets than such thoroughfares, Provided the streets are. paved and curbed, Leavenworth can be made. in his opinion, the most attractive city in Kansas. He ther% fore recommended that street improvp ments be vigorously prosecuted where needed.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-21
A TOWNS SCHOOLS.
They Should Re Perfectly Sanitary,
 Clean, Light and Wholesome.

Clean, Light and Wholesome.
 While public schools cannot be made palatiaf there ought to be no reason why sufficient money cannot be secured to make them wholesome and free from defects likely to affect the health of the scholars. The health of the chil- dren is 2 matter that should never be overlooked. If necessary to this end the school board would better curtail expenses for studies of questionable utility and apply money thus saved to the more urgent purpose of making the schoolhouses perfectly sanitary. well lighted and clean.
 At the close of each days session each class room should be thoroughly swept, dusted and aired that each morning may find it clean and free from dust, and the floors should re- ceive frequent scrubbing with soap and water. During the winter the rooms may be kept at an even temperature with but slight care on the part of the person whose duty it is to attend to this important matter. Too much heat Is nearly as injurious as too little, and Q varying temperature is more dan- gerous than either.
 Economy in this matter is criminal and unpardonable injustice to the com. Ing men and women, and every town should see that its schools are clean, comfortable and well lighted.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-21
China Lore For Amateurs.

O4lna Lore FOH AmQtGuTS.
 The amateur china collector is often confused by the terms "hard paste'' and ''soft paste" The Ladies' World explains them thus: The paste is the clay of which the article is made.
 Hard paste is made of natural clays. and when broken shows bright and sparkling. In hard paste articles the rim on which they rest is left without a glaze, which is an easy method of distinguishing. them. These hard paste porcelains were made at Plymouth. Bristol and Liverpool. Oriental china is also hard paste.
 Soft paste is more porous and dull, very often creamy in tint. Soft paste wares were made in many places in England. such as Bow. Chelsea, Worces- ter, Derby. Staffordshire, etc.
 The glaze must be distinguished from the paste. It is the giassy cover ing of the paste. It may be hard or soft. the hard paste feeling cold and glassy to the touch, the soft paste rather soft and gummy.
 ~ yvu trust the rerormeo canm- bals?' asked the newly arrived mis- slonary.
 "I try to trust them" answered the resident missionary, but it is very difficult not to be suspicious when sit down to one of their meals and am of fered mock turtle soup."-Judge.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-21
Wonderful Financing

How to pay the $J0.GJ0.0O0 for the right to build the Panama canal wits- out drawing on the government Ge9oS- its in the national banks is a problem for the administration to unravcI. To: the secretary of the treasury to cal upon the banks to disgoree would lead nary condition of the government being unable to use its own cash to pay. for the canal route. The other alternative. issuing bonds, is not an unlikely coa- tingency. Wonderful financing. lending money without interest and at the sams tme paying interest on bonds.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-21
CALLING CARDS.

We wish to inform our many friends and patrons that We make speciality Of engraved business and calling cards. We can furnish you with 100 calling cards, with plate, your name engraved in script, for $175.
 BISBEE DAILY REVIEW.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-21
Notice of Annual Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the an- nual meeting of the stockholders of the Copper Glance Mining company will he held at their office in Bisbee. Arizona, March IA, 1904, for the cleo ton of directors for the coming year and such other business as may come before the meeting.
 2-13-3Od A. s. BARKER, Secretary
Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-21
Reversed.

"The average man out of work al ways declares he would have been all right if he had only had a good show in the last place."
 Unless he's an actor; then his cry h. If he had only had good place in the last show. w."-Philadelphia Press.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-21
BceOLlyn Girls.

Bst yoc must have noticed that he hkcs yov"
 Well. yes; I suspected something when all the girls began to tell me low disagreeeable he Brooklyn Life
Little Falls herald., 1904-12-16
ST. CLOUD SENSATION
Deputy County Treasurer
BerniCk Short a Large
Amount

The following, from the st. Cloud
Journal Press Of Saturday, will be a
painful surprise to Mr.. Rernick's
friends in this city:
A big shortage in the funds Of the
county treasurer 8 Office has come TO
light through the recent visit Of the
deputy state examiner to this city.
Charles A. Bernick, who for some
years past has been deputy county
! treasurer, is said to be short in his
accounts at least 81, 600.
How long this has been going on or
how much the county is loser can
not be determined until a complete
examination Of the books of the county
treasurer has been made. 1t is esti-
mated that the city Twill also suffer q
loss as the result Of the last ,.settle-
ment.
When the deputy state examiner was
in the city-~ssthe day after the last SIX
months settlement he discovered de-
fcit of 81, 400 in the accounts of the
county treasurer.
.. Bernick, it is said,"n went to local
bank, where he had some money on
deposit, and drew out 81, 600 and cred
tied it to the county funds. He tber
desired to borrow $400 on his note bu>
the bank refused to loan it to him.
He then asked if the note would b'
accepted if Father Herman Of ST.
Johns were to endorse it. He said th'
college owed him considerable mone,
for wood, and the cashier of the banl
telephoned the college, and found thi
WAS true.
The cashier then accepted the note
and Bernick turned the $400 over t.
the credit of the county.
The attention of Treasurer Schmit
was called TO the date of the deposi
and he went to the bank believing
The cashier said no mistake had bee
made and then tolG Schmitt the Who'll
story.
Schmitt returned at once to hi
Office and confronted Bernick with tn
facts, and it is said that Bernie
broke down and confessed that he ha
made that deal, and it is said cor
fessed to reveral other deals of
similar nature.
As near rs can be learned the metE
cd # procedure was to alter the Or
plicate receipt issued in receipt fe
the payment Of taxes, a0proprjate II
difference and by making false e1
Little Falls herald., 1904-12-16

tries in the book Of the Office was
able to maintain his balance.
A thorough investigation OF the
affairs of the Office will be made and
then the exact amount of the shortage
can be termined. Chris Schmitt, the
county treasurer, has known of the
shortage for some days, and it is un-
derstood is getting the books in shape
for the investigation
It was learned late this afternoon
that the shortage so far discovered is
$3 600. This extends over the period
of the last settlement and was made,
as before stated, through the altera-
tion of the duplicate receipts.
Mr. Bernick has about nine hundred
acres of land, free from membranes,
and now settlement is under way.
1t is understood that the shortage will
be made good Monday or Tuesday at
the latest.
The next move will probably be an
investigation from the public examin-
er's Office, and the matter left in the
hands of that department.
Bernick invested the money in farm
lands.
County Attorney Donahue has been
placed in possession of the facts in the
case and this afternoon prepared the
COMPLAINT and turned it over to city
justice.
While Bernick is in a position to
settle all the claims, no far as If
known, that the county has against
him he will undoubtedly have to face
the criminal side of the case. The
offense is a serious one and there Is nc
alternative for the county officials but
ito push the prosecution.
D The committee from the Improved
Order of Red Men which has beer
( looking after Mr.. Bernick's financial
J relation with the lodge finds that hi
total shortage with them reaches t(
r$2, 100 Mr. Bernick, while not trea
, surer OF the lodge, had assigned tt
him the duty of having certificate
t cf 50. 600 made from two 81, 600 certi
6cates which were in his possession
A he whole to be deposited to the credit
. of the local lodge. 1t develops tina
q the money was deposited to Mr. Ber
9 nick's credit instead.
The shortage with the Catholi
Order of Foresters, is about as 5rs
a stated $500.
k St. GATHERINGS society has electe'
d officers as follows:
: president-Catkerine Medved:
q Vice President-Elizabeth klimek.
Secretary-Mary Kuborn.
l. Treasurer-Mary Valentine.
: Marshal-Emma Meyer.
r Trustess-Agnes Brick, Mary Trettel
g Sick Committee-Naggie Merten
j. Mrs. Miller.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-07

Secretary Wilson's annual report
gives some curious figures in an ef-
fort to bring within average compre-
henslon the magnitude and value Of
the farm products Of this nation The
farmers of the United States are now
producing yearly commodities worth
nearly $4,000 600, )00. To most Of us
such figures really mean little our
mip' cannot grasp what they stand
for. Only 10y comparisons can we get
any definite idea of their meaning The
farm products of the last two years
III the United States exceeded in value
the output of all the gold mines Of the
world since Columbus discovered
America. American farm products of
the last year were worth four times
the value of all the minerals produced
in this country; three times the gross
receipts of all the railways: six times
the combined capital of all our nation
al banks. With their corn crop alone
American favme' could at once pay
off the entire national debt, principal
aud accrued interest, and have nearly
enough left to pay national expenses
for another year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-07

There has been serious earthquake
at Formosa.
The French government will probably
rehabilitate DreyfuS.
\ returned missionary thanks Boxer
uprising is imminent.
That Emperor Wilt 81 I'd the Car
are to meet in Poland T. d"a ed.
Conscript riots in Russ are growing
alarming. Papers say rodka.
The feeling against the .,ted States
in Panama is said to be dying out.
Ambassador Choatc presented at Lon
don The Hague conference invitation.
King Edward instruc ed for salutes on
the arrival of Kruger's remains at Pre-
toria.
The Bishop Of Ascot has asked the
Pope 10 help make ] r. Morgan give mp
the stolen cope.
San Domingo will pay the $500, 900
claims Of the San Domingo Improve
nient Company
The Chinese outbreak at Shantung in
wolves about 1000 Chinese, and mission
aries aie feeing.
Inc ZEN 2tT0s throughout Russia are
acclaiming the program announced by
Minister Mirsky.
Deputy Syveton was arrested in Parig
when about 10 fight duel with Gen.
Andres representative.
Rats give trouble in the London un-
derground railway. 10y eating the rubber
insulation off the wires
The government at Tangier has stop
ped shipments from port TO port, aud a
revolution 81 reported likely.
At least fifteen men were killed and
forty injured by the collapse Of new
building at Santiago. Chill.
An American caravan was looted near
Aleppo, and satisfaction has been de-
manded o. ConstantinOpe.
Republicans and Socialists will run
separate tickets 10 the Italian elections,
thns helping the liberal and constitution
al o,ements.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-07

where Fre:achwoman had a caneen This woman. with
children her PUSHES forth. sits with the
most sangfod the bombshe, puts the match and
thus extcates from danger all that around her
bers witnesses of this incident and his hiGhness
granted her pension of three francs day promised
10 promote her husband after the siege. The Duke de
Crllon initiated the Princes generosity and insured her
payment OF five francs a day"
Herr from contemporary Journal an account of an
act Of similar ntrepdty giving the of the heroes:
After royal salute the principal fort Heere,
in TIE island of Jersey the matches the occasion
were lodged in the magazine without being properly
tngufshed On the evening of the day smoke
perceived to issue from air hole in end of the
zine and the alarm spread. Three yolun-
tered their services and bold enough
and break oper the magazine where they found Gals
of wood. filed with ammunition FIRE which
stood open barrel of gunpowder. A flannel cartridge
almost burned through and of the beams that
supported the fire. BY their exertions the
fire extingulshed The magazine contained 200 barrels
Of gunpOwder. besides charged bombs
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-07
cMLlztD MEN SHOULD Be ABOVE WAR.
BY Merry Lanoucherr


- prefer teaching children that is
IN of The direst curses that afiict this earth. and
III that while all should be prepared if needs be- TO
WI defend independence, persistent aim
| III | should be to avoid all wars and-as well
" said by Lord Percy-"natons should consider
| IL not how little they concede to another
IN tbut how far they meet each others views"
EAAA This is the spirit that animates the work
ing France of Germany and of Italy Their lead
deprecatng recrudescence Of the military
spirit eondueed often in the past 1t is
the spirit that animates woringmen If we we're
attacked they would no military tomfooleres in ma
schools induce them fight for their country
But they know that peace is She best OF policies for them
has there been which has not been harm
full to tAose engaged in industry Napoleon infused mill
tary spirit into Frenchmen. What did the workingmen
France gain by his conquests What do British work
gain by Uganda of the Soudan and
of tie empire Sokoto? What have they gained by our
in South Africa except having to pay more for some
of theE necessares and the knowledge that has paved
the the introduction of Chinese chates to work in
Trasvaa mines benefit of cosmopolitan mill
lonaics:
tribe sayaGes is always curating military spirit
sole occupation war and the of peace de-
spsed as contemplate to of spirit Among civilized
men there ought be higher ideal and there would be
were it that there are usually many missionaries of
strife among them appealing to the baser passions
and trying persuade their feowcountrymen that there
something noble and eeyating in and that soldier
IS the nobest human beings. Armies necessary
evils but for my part prefer procession of tradeunon
marching by armed regiments and the simple
and homey garb of worker to the tawdry rappings of
men of war respect who honorahly fulflls his
calling soldier but better in my eyes than the
man who honestly abors other and peaceful
tons
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-07

mately provide high speed motive pow
or for railroad traffic. 1t is expected
to develop speed of 100 miles an
hour
The Official tests of the big. 9o-ton
electric locomotive took place on a
stretch of four miles of especially pre-
pared track near Schenectady, and in
the presence of many leading railroad
officials and hundreds of deeply inter
ested spectators. This extraordinary
locomotive the most powerful trans
portatfon engine in the world, pulled
train Of four heavy coaches at the
rate of - miles all hour, and only
the shortncss of the track prevented it
from attaining an even higher velocity
In the cab Of the locomotive when it
left its shed for the trial was W. X.
Vanderbilt, Jr.. who worked the con-
troller. The engine was pronounced
a great success and all who watched
the tests were strong in the belief
that it will be a great feature in rail
reading in the future.
This locomotive is the first built of
40 ordered by the New York Central
for its New York terminal 1t mad had
several preliminary trials. but this was
the official test for speed, drawing ca
pacity and acceleration. Prominent
electrical engineers and railroad men
from all over the country were pres
ent. There is little doubt in the minds
of the officials who witnessed the tests
that a speed of 90 to 100 miles an hour
can be- made.
There was no heat in the cab, no
noise save the whirring of the air com
pressors for the brakes and no smoke
to pollute the clear country air, yet
this huge machine with its 5000 horse
power pulled train of ten cars,
weighing 600 tons. at the rate of 50
miles an hour and actually beat an ex-
press .rain which passed on anothe.
track. 1t also pulled 4O0-ton train of
FIVE cars at 4 speed OF % miles an
hour.
TIE locomotive is one Of q number
that will be used by the Central for
hauling through passenger treins
though the Park avenue tunnel In the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-07
WE'RE FARM soYs TOGETHER.
Now Five Men W VI Meet in Indian
apolis as High State Officials.

When the Indiana Legislature CON
venes. Jan. ), 1905. re men who. as
boys. lived on adjoining farms in War
len county will meet for the first time
in many years. Warren is the smallest
county in the State. Each of the men
who were chums in their boyhood days
down on the farm will represent the
State in an official capacity. One of these
meA is Gov. Hanly; two others. William
/. Wood Of Lafayette. and law partner
of the Governor. and Fremont Goodwin.
who lives in distant county. are Sena-
tors. while Ele Stransbury Of Williams
port and A. b. McAdamS Of Boswell are
members of the lower house of the
Legislature. There is not four years
difference in the ages Of the oldest aud
youngest.
-'The FIVE Of Us have not been to-
gcther" said GOV Hanly, since we sep
arated over twenty years ago Little did
we think when We were small boys, run
ming away from school to go fishing or
spend the afternoon at the old swim
ming hole about mile from the school
house, that we would some day be a part
Of the government Of the State"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-07
RECORDS OF wrR OF 1912.
Found Among Waste Paper Sent from
England to This Country.

Found Among Waste Paper Sent from
England to This Country
What seem to be the original English
records of the American naval prison
ers of war taken in the war of 1872
have come into the possession of F. W
HARDWOOD of Springfield, Mass, says
the New York Tribune. The records,
which are in three books, contain the
names of hundreds of prisoners and
the names of the ships from which
they were taken. The handwriting is
old-fashioned in style, although clear
and the books have been kept with the
utmost accuracy.
Mr.. Harwood is a gold be2ter and
uses handmade paper in a certain part
of the process to protect the molds
Such paper is very scarce in this coun-
try and gold beaters have been send
ing abroad for it for some time Re
Gently Mr.. HARDWOOD has been getting
his paper from an old book store in
England in the shape of old ledgers
and blank books of various kinds and
old legal documents. For business rea-
sons he does not care to reveal the
name of the book store. but says he
cannot imagine how such important
records should have come into the pos
session of the store.
The books are hand-ruled with ink
and one is headed General Entry
Book of American Prisoners of War.
at Barbados, Lieutenant John Barker,
r. n. and another is similarly headed
with the word Jamaica substituted for
Barbados. Then follows careful
tabulation of the name of the ship
making the capture, the time of the
capture. the place of capture, the name
of the ship taken, the character of the
boat taken and list of the prisoners
the quality of each prisoner and. final
ly. when discharged, IL discharged at
all.
The names of such well-known boats
as Defiance. Decatur, President, Vixen,
Loyalist. Enterprise and Yankee are
among the prizes taken, and of these
| the Decatur and the Loyalist have the
| longest lists Of p 'soners Something
| of the fate of these prisoners is learned
from a few remarks in the records
Most of them are discharged or ex-
changed, but occasionally there is a
note that such a prisoner died from
fever, another was shot by the guard
and still another was shot while trying
TO make his escape by cutting a hole
through the boat Some are dubbed
riotous characters, others notorious and
still others desperate. Often there is a
record of the discharge of a prisoner
because of his being of other national
/ ity than American, as Spanish, French
or Russian.
The documents contain no accounts
of battles, but are merely dry records
I of the prisoners taken and their final
disposition. Such good names as Mad
| ison. buchanan, Andrews, Stone. Har-
rison, Williams. Lee. Morris and Rams
! dell are found in the list Of prisoners.
Whether these records have been
carelessly sold by the British govern
ment for waste paper or have fallen
into me hands Of the booksellers by
some other meaxs Mr.. Harwood has ne
waS OF knowing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-07
coEN our GREATEST CROP.
Last Year Its Direct Value Nearly
Total ID 81 ,OOo, 900.

On corn the prosperity OF the United
States depends in larger measure than
il docs upon any other single article.
The State of Illinois--the greatest corn
producing State in the Union--alone pro.
duced during 1902 great deal more than
half as much corn as the whole of Eu
rope-namely. 2G4,0S7 ,43l bushels as
compared with 422 ,526. 600 bushels. The
total production Of South America, AT
rica and Australasia was not much more
than half of that of Illinois,
The value Of the 1903 crop was esti-
mated by the Department of Agriculture
Mt close on Il billion, dollars. ! 4 that was
only the direct value of the crop when
harvested and sold or awaiting sale in
the farmers hands, II took no account
OF the many other uses 20 which cora
is put For example. the live stock in
dustry of the United States, which, with
all its countless ramitic8tionS. is by far
,he greatest Industry Of its kind in the
wur,d. is very largely dependent on the
cora crop. 1t has been estimated that
over 5.000,0oo sheep and l2.009,OO0 beef
steers are fattened in the great com belt
which has Springfield. H., for its cen
ter. And then there are chickens. hogs
and dairy cows innumerablt.
Illinois cora last year was worth more
thun $4,000. 900 --about onc-tenth the
yalae Of the crop. and about $50 for
every man, woman and child in the State.
Iowa came next with crop WORTH over
$S7 .O00,000, That is more Chan The ma
tianaf revenue of either AuStria, Hun
gary China. Canada Belgium, on the
VI hole British colonies, excluding Can
ada, India aud Australia. 1t far exceeds
the combined reYenue of Sweden, Swift
zerland and Norway.
The State of Illinois gets far more
money for its corn crop than the com
biaed revenue Of all the Latin-Ameriean
governments except the four most impor-
tent oncs-Mex;co. Chill. Argentine and
Brazil Take the sixteen sovereign re-
publics of Huyti, Sdnto Domingo. Sal
yador, Costa Riea. Honduras. Guate-
nala, Nicaragua. Colombia, Venezuela,
Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bo-
| lvia Cuba and Panama, and you wifi
| End that their national revenues do not
exceed ST0.000.o00 annually. Illinois
gets $25,00O.000 more for her corn crop.