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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13
PLAN FoR WAGON SEAT.

the strips, are on the under side OF
the plank. The lower portion of the
Illustration shows how the plank as
arranged is fitted over the uprights
of the bolster, resting on the rings.
This seat is readily constructed, is
easy to attach and when detached
takes up little room.-Indianapolis
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13
Caring for the Dairy Cow.

Narfu q Tor the parry Cow.
No ohe will question the statement
that any animal that is well treated
will do its best for its owner; the troa-
BILE is differer. people have different
ideas of what constitutes good treat
ment. The average man feels that
plenty Of good food is all an animal
should expect, while other men en-
deayor to make kind words and an oc-
casional pat take the place of proper
feeding. A veteran dairyman. Ger
man, showed the writer his stables
made OF rough lumber and crudely
built, but well lined inside with build
ing paper. so that they were warm.
Each stall was arranged so that the
animal had perfect freedom in the in
closure. and yet could rot turn suffi
GENTLY to soil the bedding. Every stall
was thoroughly cleaned each morning
and night. all straw removed and a
moderately strong solution of carbolic
acid sprinkled over the floor. A light
layer of straw was placed on the floor
during the day, and at night a heavy
bed was made. Eve day, usually
just after milking, and while the cows
were eating, they were groomed with
brush and comb just as the horses
We're cared for. In the morning each
COW was wiped off with large cloth
TO remove any dusf that might be on
its coat from the straw. This was
done before milking, the udder being
also cleaned with cloth. sOf course,
these cows are well and properl. fed,
but our friend has figured that the
treatment referred TO has considera-
BILE TO do with the milk result, and he is
right.-St. Paul Dispat III.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13
The sunken Rock.

Il positively decline 10 have THAI
young Clippercut in m. house again.
His influence on my son is most dan
gerous."
why. my friend. he IS Ear frpm be
ing bad fellow. lie has his follieS, l
adlalt. but how unlike such really vi
cious men as Grogster. Carddip and
Ponyhackr'
Sir the only danger Of a slmken
rock is that Il is not sunk deep enough -
Century
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13
rAa OF ONO. CRY OF TOLEDO,

LUCAS COUNTY
FRAi.K J. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the
senior PARTNER of the firm of +. J. CHENEY * Co,
doing business in the City of Toledo, County ana
State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the
sim of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of CATARRH that cannot bs
cured by the use Of HALLS CATARRH GRE
FRANK j. Oh ENEY.
Sworn a. before me and subscribed In ms pres
enee this 9Th Gay OF December, A ID. 1856.
A. W. GLEASON.
SEAL Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and aets
directly ga the blood ana mucoHS surfaces o. the
system. Sena " testimonials. free.
+. J. CHENEY s Co. Toledo, o.
sold by Druggists. 75e
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13
Proverbs

"When the butter won't
come put a penny in the
churn," is an old time dairy
proverb. 1t often seems to
work though no one has ever
told why
When mothers are worried
because the children do not
gain strength and flesh we
say give them SCOTS Emul-
sion.
1t is like the penny in the
milk because it works and
because there is something
astonishing about it.
SCOTS Emulsion is simply
a milk of pure cod liver oil
with some hypophosphites
especially prepared for delicate
stomachs.
Children take to it naturally
because they like the taste
and the remedy takes just as
naturally to the children be
cause it is SO perfectly adapted
to their wants.
For all weak and pale and
thin children SCOTS Emulsion
is the most satisfactory treat
ment.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13

safe minimum; consequently no
creamery should be put into operation
unless having control or a promise OF
about 800 cows.-Oscar Err, University
of Illinois.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13

At an experiment station 1t was
demonstrated that 1t requires forty per
cent more power TO draw load on &
wagon with 11a-inch tires than on one
With q three inch tire. With dynamo
meter careful tests were ma3s with
loaded wagons drawn over bluegrass
sward. In wagon weighing one
thousand pounds it was found that a
ioad weighing SPAS pounds could be
irawn on wide tires with the same
force required TO move two thousand
pounds on narrow tires. Moreover. the
wide tires did not injure the turf.
while the narrow ones cut through it.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13

In an article on The Age Of the
World" Sir Edward Fry. the famous
English geologist, declares that AGO.
100000 years must have elapsed since
the existence OF life on the globe.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13
Coat of Runninr a Creamery.

The total cost OF running a creamery
and marketing the product, Including
interest on the investment and proyis-
ION for a sinking fund, ought not TO
exceed So cents for every pound OF
butter made Under favorable con-
5itions this cost ought TO be reduced to
3 or even as low as Ia cents. The
smallest practical erea merry cannot be
operated for less than 81 or S. per day.
It becomes evident, then, that the daily
product should be oser 15c .v1pds a.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-13
BY MATTE DYER BRlT7rS.

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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06
Fire at BiItnore.

Asheville Spucial-A disastrous fire
occurred Oh teh Biltmore estate Tues
day morning about $50 o'clock, when
the mule stables and the residence OF
gert Halybnrton were completely de-
stroyed, enlailing q loss of from $lO,'
GOO to s2o,J1O. Tie origin Of the fire
is unknown. The fire was first dis.
covered shortly after three o'clock,
and the stables were then ablaze. BY
hard work Mi tn stock In the barns
was gotten out with the exception OF
two horses. which were burned to
death. 4 large number OF farming
Implements we're housed in the build
iilgs and these, together with COM
siderable amount OF feed. were also
saved The residence. Of Mr. Haly'
burton was situated about three hum
dred yards from the stables, and the
high winds carried the blaze ito this
Was-soon -ignitedi.. and
was completely destroyed. The house
of the keeper Of the stables is located
on the opposite side Of the barn from
where M. tIalyburton's residence
stood. and as the wind was blowing
in the opposite direction this building
was damaged. The stables and the
residence that were destroyed this
morning wer,. comparatively new.
they having beeu built only about two
years ago. and were splendid struc-
lures. The mule barn was large
and modern structure and had a ca
pacitiy for The stablnig of from GO to
IS head Of mules or horses. The loss
TO the estate is covered by insurance.
and the buildings will probably be re-
placed In tho near future.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06
Confirmed B.istow.

Washington. Special.-The state-
msnts made tn the Mccall investigat-
ing c:m,uittec by Chiet Inspector
Cochran ot the postoftice Department
were made public wednesday. MIR.
Cochran confirmed the testimony Of
Mr.. Waters before the committee. that
the orisina, list OF clerk hire cases
was prepared by Mr.. Waters in No
cember after the original Bristow re.
port was written and before II was
printed. M. Cochran had ordered Wa
ters 10 prepare this list on an order
f.on Bristow fer the purpose OF sub
stimulating a statement Mr.. BristoW
bad made in his report that there were
& hundred other such cases involving
Congressmen" other than the few he
had referred to in his report.
air. Cochran identified this original
LIST. which Mr.. Bartlett. OF the COM
mittee produced, having retained 1t
VIXEN Il was presented by Mr.. Waters
Mr.. Cochran confirmed Mr.. BrisIow's
testimony that he (Bristow) had not
seen the list of clerk hire and lease
cases that was prepared for the House
committee on postotficas and poSt
rncdc
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06
LABOR WORLD.

In Austria system OF factory IN
years ago. in 1888.
4 dcputation of The Canadian. Or.
der of Railway Clerks has petitioaed
for an Increase in wages,
A strike 1f cigarmakers in fcEice
threatens 10 develop into Il general
strife IN tlis trade throughout Italy.
Elscincal workers of Wilkcsbarrc.
PA. have decided 10 ask for an eight
hour work day. beginning April l.
Wages OF wnlnen workers in Canada
have Increased in recent wears from
twenty-five Ia fifty pnr cent more tiian
man.
Mig. s nf coal miners in Canada arc
three TO faur times as high as in Bel.
giuin. where not more than 81 a day is
paid.
Steps have been taken looking to
the formation Of Il strol" -anizatlon
of stationary engineers Montreal,
Canada.
Chinese lal;orers in British Colum.
biz cifNeripS maze iDflncN u''OH
and demand $4J and so and board in
stead of $40.
The Oakland Cali Butchers Uniop
cuntenplates going into The wholesale
business. IL locked-oul members are
not reinstaied.
William S. Wandhy, Of Rochester,
\. T., is backed Ivy 2.n@l,000 wage
workers fW United States Commits.
S:oner Of Labor.
In the cal mining industry in Eng.
Land the average time worked in 1903
was 800 days per week, the lowest
proportion since 1906.
Galleries IN Lancashire. England
arc still OIL short time, most of them
not running more than four and Il
halt to five days week.
Miners in South Wales have re.
solved to contribute one penny per
membcr Per lunar month toward 4
parliamentary Representations fund.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06
LOST IN LAND Fight
Engagement Said to fiave Occurred
rlonday Disastrous to Russians.

st, Petersburg, BY tabie.--General
Kuropatkin, in his first dispatch to the
Emperor from the scene Of war, an
nounced that offensive land operations
had taken place against the Japanese
upon the sixth anniversary Of the oc-
cupation of Port Arthur by the Rus
SLAMS. There operations took the form
Bf a cavalry attack Tuesday by six
companies of Cossacks. led personally
hy General Mishtchenko against four
sonadrons Of Japanese cavalry which
the general believed TO be beyond
Chong Ju, but which he found to be in
occupation Of that town.
Despite cross fire which General
Mishtchenko cle.eriy directed against
The enemy. he pays tribute to their te-
nacity and bravery. the japanese only
ceaslng to fire after combat which
lasted for half an hour. Before the
Russians could follow up their advance
three sauadrons galloned toward the
town, Of when two succeeded in en-
tering, while the third was driven back
IL disorder, men aud horses falling.
The Cussacks have been endeavoring
ior some days to core in contact with
the Japanese patrols. but the latter re-
fused to combat. This sktrmish will
have the effect uf encouraging the Rus
Slams to letard as much as possible the
advance OF the Japanese army.
General kuropatkin's dispatch. re-
porting General Aishtchenko's opera
tions. as published, does not give the
place nf its origin. hut 1t is presumed
that the commander.in-chiefi is either
at Lao Yang or enIoute to New
ChwaNg,
Gen. Kuropatkin's report is as fol-
lows: Il have the honor to respectful
ly communicate TO Your Majesty the
report Of Gen. Mishtchenko. dated
Ma.cll %, at 10 p. M. which SAYS
".For three consecutive days small
outposts attempted to draw the JAPAN
esq cavalry into action, but their pa
troll after contact was established, re-
tired beyond .Chong Iu (about fifty
niles northwest of Ping Tang).
Having learned that four squad
rots OF the enemy were posted five
vcrsts beyond Chong Ju, on March q
six companies marched toward Kasan.
and on March IS reached Chong Ju at
1880 q. N. As soon as our scouts ap-
preached the town the enemy opened
fire from behind the wall. Two squad
rons promptly dismouted and occupied
the heights 600 yards distant. An en-
gagement ensuad
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06
COMMERCIAL LATIN.
volapuk and Esperanto Already Dead
lanauaaes-Wonderfu Discovery.

The necessity for universal Ian
guage has now passed beyond the
realm OF discussion. With the rail-
roads, the high speed steamers, the
telegraph and the telephone bringing
human beings closer together every
day, It Is outrageous that speech
should still continue to separte them;
Let us, therefore, unity all languages.
But what language will the trust OF
mankind speak? A living language
is not to be considered; the national
pride of too many nations would have
to be encountered. Artificial Ian;
guages have no prospect Of success;
they are too arbitrary. Under the
plea Of progress. Esperanto, which
superseded Volapuk. is already op-
posed by the Neutral Language" and
by the Common Tongue"
DR.. Colombo asserts that only d
dead language has any chance of sue
cess, and that Latin is the most avail
able. To begin with, 1t is not lam
guage that is to be made; it is already
constituted; it Is taught in all coun-
tries. Ten million persons can speak
it, and, being more synthetic than
any other, it is eminently the Ian
guage of the telegraph.
But it Is said that Latin Is diff
cult language. Yes, II literary Latin
Is meant: and that is why the periodl-
Gals printed in that language IN Leip-
sic, in Berlin and in Rome have their
subscribers only among the learned;
no, if commercial Latin Is meant. The
latter Is as simple as anything can
be. The sailors, the soldiers, and the
merchants Of Rome, taught it without
difficulty to the barbarians who dwelt
along the Seine, the Thames, the
Rhine. the Nile and the Euphrates.
Ic. Colombo declares that ne has
rediscovered commercial Latin in the
ruins of Pompeii. 1t has no deponent
verbs: the passive is formed in all
cases by means Of the auxiliary
SUM-" 1t employs the shortest words;
its grammar is reduced to a minimum,
and 1t has no amphibologles. This
kind of Latin Is clearness itself. and
can be mastered In few lessons by
schoolboy.
II 1t should be adopted as the uni
yersal language. the weary years
wasted over 1t by so many mediocre
students in the higher educational In
stitations will Immediately become
time usefully employed.
under tine auspices of the Iinguis-
Tic Union of the Cote d'Azur. DR.. Co
lombo, in furtherance Of this now i'm.
portant movement, has already pub
lished Manual OF Commercial
fatin."-Courrier das Etats Unis
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06
THE JURORS BRIBED
Startling Revelations in a Western
Court of Justice
FOUR MEMBERS FACED THE CHARGE
Judge Orders Entire Panel III inpor.s
tant Case Into the Custody Of the
Sheriff.

San Francisco. Spec!al.-Late We'd
nesday afternoon Superior Court Judge
Cook announced from the bench that
an attempt had been made to tamper
with the Jurors in the Botkiu case. He
declared that he would discharge the
jury tomorrow and begin the trial Of
the case anew.
Acting Nn0ti information that four
jurors had been bribed to favor the
prisoner. Mrs Cordelia Botkin. Judge
Cook ordered the jury into the custody
OF the sheriff until tomorrow morning
when he will formally dismiss the
jury and begin the impanelling of a
new one. It is alleged that beside four
jurors who are said to have been in
fluenced. an attempt WAS made To bribe
q fifth one. Mrs. Botkin's attorney
made Il passionate speech, discla!nling
that Mrs Botkin. or any one connected
With her case. was implicated. He al
so said that he would not continue
with the present jury. The States at
torney concurred in motion to dis
charge the jury. A brief investigation
was held by Judge Cook after the jury
left the room.
Chief of, Police Whitman testified
that one of the jurors had followed him
to bis Office after the noon adjourn
ment Yesterday and said that on the
previous evening stranger had calla;l
en- him anu said;
WE have secured four jurors foi
the defense and want fifth. We will
give you $50"
The Juror told tho chief that lie turn.
el down the offer. asserting that VI
am no such dirty man. would rot
take sEi0 nor $4,000
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06
lives and Property Lost.

Detroit Spcial-Five lives have
Been loet--aHd upwards s3 AA0 Quo
damage has been done To property
by the floods during the past FIVE
days. Tuesday night the indications
are that the Gu d Is in sight, though
conditions are stu very bad at Grand
Rapids aud also Along The course ct
the Saginaw river. At Grand Rap
ids the river has fallen two feet to.
day, and at Saginaw and Bay City.
while no such marked improvement
is to be noted, the fact that much OF
the ice that blocked the mouth OF
the river has gone out is taken as a
favorable indication. Tonight the
ice gorge went out and the river he,
gan falling.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06
In the House.

Substantial progress Was made
"Wednesday by the House, In the con-
sideration CT tie sundry civil bill,
fiftv.onc pages being disposed of. leav'
ing only twenty.one to be read. NO
amendments CT genera! importance
were read.
Mr.. Bartlett. Of Georgia. briefly re.
rlied TO the statements CT &tr. Gillett,
of Massachusetts, made last MONDAY
on the negro question. He said Mr
Gllett had lectured the South for aef'
tain alleged outrages and violations
OF the law. lie declared that Massa-
chusetts was not free from the charge
Of disregard Of the Law, even thong;
that State may claim to he moro re-
fined than others. He cited an IN
stance where mob in Marion, Mass,
in 1902. had tarred and feathered a
man and woman, and he said Inc
perpetrators Of the outrage had been
acquitted and marched through the
streets is heroes. He read from sta
tlstias of Massachusetts showing the
number of the "disgracaful" marri-
ages of whites with negroes IN the
CITY of Boston. II these facts are
true. Mr.. Bartlett said, 1.-The teachers
Of the gentleman from Massachusetts
and those who believe as he does, are
comm like chickens, home to roost.
He did not believe, he declared, that
the people Of Massachusetts enter
tanned nor re-echoed the sentiments
Of Mr.. Gillett. While the people OF
Massachusetts may have peculiar no.
lions as to some things, and may be
stern in their convictions. they at
least have awakened to believe that
the people Of the South are entitled
TO wor this problem In their own
way. "as God shall will It," He add,
ed these people would work 1t out
with the help Of our brethren OF the
North. IL we ca nhave it, but II net,
we will work it out without their
!lelp. To such as Mr.. Gillett, con
tinued Mr.. Bartlett. I'VE will say that
four opinion and criticism meet with
The calm Indifference OF our coll
tempt"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06
THESE BIRDS ARE INGENIOUS.
Use Spectacle Framea and Clock

Use Spectacle Frames and Clock
Springs fer Their Nests.
The crows Of the orient are said 10
be far advanced III the art Of stealing
beyond the crows OF this country. The
story is told oil pair OF crows at Bonn
bay that robbed al optician Of spec
raclo frames, entering mis- room re.
peatedly for that purpose! These birds
carried off eighty-four spectacle frames
Of gold, silver and steel, which were
SO ingeniously woven together in their
nest that it was veritable work OK
art.
In the Swiss Museum of Natural His
tory at Soleure is wagtail's nest built
entirely of clock springs. Several
clockmakers' shops were near. where
the waste lay scattered about the
doors. THIS the Dirts had woven = SPsI PFSi
much ingenuity into nest more than
for four inches across and entirely
comfortable for the little family.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06
Race Trouble Quiet.

Houston. Special.--The manager OF
the lumber mill at Silsbee Tuesday
night stated that the rare trouble at
that point had quieted down, NEST OF
the negroes having fed when was-i!ke
demonstrations were made. They had
considerable friction at that point, sew
eral white men baing robbed end the
humes OF the negroes fired. The man,
Bullock. who was ambushed and shot
by negro footpads. died this afternoon
of his wounds. The other two wounded
lnen arc getting along well. While
search MAS made for the negroes who
had done the shooting. there was no
attempt to mo:est the other negroes
outside us closing up blind tiger,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06
. EorHHyEinsS x

"a heavy sediment. Doctors treated me
for rheumatism. but failed to help me.
I lost all confidence in medicine, and
began to feel as if life were not worth
living. Doan's Kidney Pills, however.
relieved me so quickly and so thorough
5ly that gladly made statement to
that effect for publication. This was
in 1898, and during the six years which
have elapsed ] have never known
Doan's Kidney Pills to fail. They
cured my wife of severe case Of back
ache in the same thorough manner"
A free trial Of this great kidney med
scine which cured Mr.. Bierbach will be
mailed on application to any part Of
the United States. Address Foster.
AIilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all druggists; price so cents per box,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06
woman,s Work In Korea.

AS there are nu labor saving ma.
chimes in Korea, women's work is done
by the crudest methods possible, from
hullng rice with a heavy wood or
stone pestle to washing clothes by
beating them in the streams and iron
ing them with sticks. In order to iron
the clothes must be always ripped
apart and wrapped around wooden
roller while damp; they are then
beaten by either one or two women.
1t is surprising to see the gloss On
the white calico and the sheen upon
the linen produced by this method
of ironing; 1t surpasses the dressing
one sees in this country on newly
bought linen. Since the people dress
exclusively in white, the woman's day
and often much of the night, too
= spent in washing, ironing. and sew
ing-St. Jsmee' Gazette,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06
-Four Dry~:ttd

Chieago. Spenial.-Eour men were
drowned in Lake Calumet by tine cap
sizing OF their boats while hunting
ducks. The dead: Tunis Slingerland
Abraham Slingcrland. Peter Pie'sns
and John Brandt. The men were i'll two
row boats. two men being in each boat
A very high wind was blowing over tnt
lake today. and tie water %Gs Eer!
r0ugii. The men were seen from the
shore 10 rise in their boats and fire al
q flock of ducks that passed over them
Just as they fred their boats went over
and all four men were thrown into the
water
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06
cnrresnondcn!s Held Up.

ST. Petersburg. BY Cable.-The cor
respondent of The Russky Niodomosti,
writing from Harhin. Manchurla. says
he has uut been permitted to proceed
to Port .Arthnr. and adds that hc vii!
not lie allowed 10 go to the front from
l.arbin until .lpril ,. AL The ccrre'
suondents have heen expelled from
Port Arthur because one cf them men
toned in MS dispatch important in
formation regarding the movements
Of Russian troops.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-04-06


Cocoanut Layer Cake-One cup Of
sugar, one cup Of flour, one teaspoon
full of baking powder, one tablespoon.
full of boiling water, three eggs, one
tablespoonful of butter. Beat the
yolks of the eggs; cream the butter
and sugar; stir in the yolks of the
eggs; then the whites. which have
been beaten stiff. Add the boiling
water, stirring quickly, then add the
flour in which the baking powder has
been mixed. Bake in layers in quick
oven. For the icing use the whites OF
two eggs and enough pulverized sugar
to spread nicely. Soak the cocoanut
in little milk before using. Spread
the layers with the icing and then
the cocoanut.
l.