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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28

one-inch boards placed an inch apart
These pine butts, thus placed, fairly
represent the resistance of the human
body. Firing into moist sand at so feet
the bullet penetrated 10 feet inches,
while at 500 yards the missile pene-
trgted Is inches. At so feet the bullet
went through a low steel plate one
third of an inch thick, and at 200
yards it went through a high steel
plate one-fifth of an inch thick.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28
Rradstreet,s report Q
| New York



Crop and industrial conditions are
mainly fwyorable, and with seasonable
activity in retail and holiday distri
button in most sections the year is
drawing to its close with decidedly
cheerful tone in most lines of business
Cold weather has stimulated heavy
dry goods. clothing and footwear and
helped recorder business with johbcrs
Railway earnings for November show
gains in gross exceeding . per cent
following an increase Of 4 per cent ia
1908, and rendering certain the pros
pect that the early small decrease
shown in gross receipts for the calen-
dar year will he turned into an i'll
crease
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending Dec. II
number 239, against 231 last week, .,,39
in the like week in 1908, 225 in 1902
2G2 in 1901. and 262 in 1900. In Can
ada failures for the week number 2T
against % last week and % in this
week year ago.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28
CHICAGO.

| LUlRdl0 lineage trade. published
- ! by II. q. Dun x Co. says:
Business conditions exhibit steady
progress toward greater activity
SnowstOrms early in the week inter
effect and was quickly overcome cs-
pecially in holiday merchandising.
sales within a." last few days having
attained unusually large proportions.
Other branches exhibit increased dis
tribution. and in some lines extra eff
fort in production is necessary to meet
growing demands.
Larger deliveries appear in grain.
and railroad earnings reflect further
gain in operations. Bank clearings
maintain high average, money is in
more extended use and mercantile set
Elements remain satisfactory, while
commercial defaults again make IA
vorable comparison with those year
ago.
Current buying is most active in
heavy wear goods. boots and shoes
and Christmas novelties. Late requests
indicate that there has been gratifying
reduction of both country and city re-
tail stocks, and ii is notable of present
buying that diScounting of bills is OF
frequent recurrence Western adviccs
generally report favorable prospects
for the jobbing interests. factories
being steadily employed, and the farm.
ing classes able to spend freely for
their needs.
Breadstuffs closed under revived de-
Inand. although export buying was
very moderate. Wheat advanced cent
bushel. but corn declined ~ cents.
Provisions were in lessened foreign
need. aud values suffered a slight de-
cline. Live stock were in ample sup
ply. and reached the highest average
values this season.
Bank clearings. S200,9S5,634, are
1913 per cent over those OF same week
last year. Failures reported in the
Chicago district numbered 26. against
% last week and 81 a year ago.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28
ARMYs NEW MAGAZINE RIFLE.
Lighter i'm Weight, but More Deadly
than the krag- JorRensen.

Lighter i'm Weight, but More Deadly
than the Krag-J orgenseno
The new magazine rifle now placed
in the hands of every soldier in the
United States army, says Washing
ton correspondent of the New York
Sun, is believed to be the most efficient
weapon yet evolved by modern ord
nance experts 1t is a composite inven-
ton, the result of study and expert
nent by Colonel Frank II. Phipps of
the Ordnance Department, assisted by
officers and employees at the Springfield
armory, Massachusetts.
The new rifle disposes of all of the
objections made against the rifles here
tofore used by the army, and possesses
several new and interesting points of
superiority over foreign models.
The Krag- Jorgensen rifle. first adopt
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28
READY TO WRECK THE FAIR.
Contract for Exposition Property Is
Signed by Chicago Concern.

contract for Exposition Property Is
Signed by Chicago Concern.
The contract for the sale of the prop
erty offered by the st. Louis Worlds
Fair Company 10 a Chicago wrecking
company for $450000 was signed the 9TH
er day and the first payment of 100000
made. The remaining S350,000 is to be
paid in installments. The wrecking Of
the buildings will begin Immediately. The
horticultural palace will ne the first.
A few of the statistics of what the
wreckage contains will give an idea of
what the ruins are, reduced to details
Here are some samples:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28

The wreckage also includes $i,O0o,000
worth of electrical apparatus, $4,000
worth of copper wire, the $150000 Ferris
wheel, three complete greenhouses, a
complete street railway system fire de-
partment, two hospitals, State buildings
and furnishings, while the equipment of
the jefferson guards is complete enough
to fit cut n South American revolution.
1t viii take uany years to scatter this
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28
A Wedding Warming

The Breton peasant does lot beliey.
in any such new-fangled doctrine as
that of the equality of the sexes. ana
he makes that clear when he takes
unto himself wife. Then. according
to ancient custom. directly the fatal
knot is tied the bridegroom gives the
bride smart box on the ear. saving
This Is how it feels when you dis.
please me- After this uugallant pro
ceeding he draws her tenderly toward
him and kisses her saying. And this
is how it feels when you treat me
we'll
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28
LYING ABED IN THE MORNING.
BY 6eIett Burgess


- There is old story about hard working
I M man who wished to be rich that he could af-
W ford to have negro servant call him every
WI morning and say, Seven O'clock massa; it's all
| M right, don't get up unless you want to-"
| " There to be discovered for
| Il lying abed in the morning than care to tabu-
~ late. spend the first third of my tryst with a
zMAA cOoquy between two of my selves, who consume
their energy in argument sem unconscious
My health says one requires that should sleep for
bed ate and he with fatuous zeal of the
necessity for rest The other describes the early
ing freshness the joys OF mutnal splendor and points
out the fact that bathed will forget this criminal
stlessness And back and forth the shuttle Of thought
seemingly logical fabric while that delicious in
ert something which is my body TRANQUILITY awaits the final
arbitration.
pledge myself TO arise as shall have counted
ten and proceed with mechanical precision beat the
time One two, three allow myself in this last moment
of grace TO close condemned criminal is
lnitted his choice of foodfour FIVE six sevenI try to
forget what happen the victim browns his despair
in drink--eght nne-I brace myself for the ordea-it is
the adjustment of the moose.
Ten-I spring from bed with gladneSs have suffered
resurrection, the joy of living foods my soul
the sinner repentance the butterfly that has
just crawled from its chrysas 1t is over, and alive
againl
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28

This incident only jues the assumption known
of dogs that there exist marked degrees of intelligence
among individuals of the breed If could
select" and produce of, say dogs whose members
would be by inheritance well provided with brain power
some interesting results might be forthcoming
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28

Out In this country. a man means
his Sunday clothes when he speaks Of
his '-glad rags but when he speaks
Of ''two-time behavior" he means at.
tendance on an affair requiring a swal-
low-tailed coat.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28

y man occasionally gets into a mix
mp where there is only one thing to
do: skip out
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28

afford pay more, he called together again OF
always agreed to the increase little
y than the But the point is this-therr
trouble in that shop during the nine there
When the labor unions and employers come to-
gether they surely and WILL and their
of opinion by arbitration instead attempting to
force each other into line step in advance will
have been taken.
Divorce the other great threat against society perpetu
ally undermines the sanctty of the home shall
to find way to some solution of the problem.
not long ago and wanted t. marry him. l
began ask questions and found he had Obta
from his wife the day before said, Il will not marry
YOU, and did not In many cases divorce is simply
counenanced evil Of the most debasng kind shall
have meet the situation and handle it without gloves
How to do this do not know. One thing do know
the ministers must be more careful That is what
trying TO do do not refuse marry all people who
been divorced. do however look very carefully
their papers and find all l If the explana lions
given TO seem good marry the couple. If re-,
fuse. l hold the option think l have that right
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28
TWO MENACES TO SOCIETY.
BY Rev. Robert 4. collier.

l worked nine years at the anvil in Pennsylva-
mia. We made hammers hatchets and axes by
the dozen. When my employer Mr.. Hammond,
found he must cut down wages a little he always
called us into counsel. explained the necessities
of the situation and asked us if we were willlps
to have the schedule reduced We invarlGb oily
agreed together upon what could be done When
the times We're better and Mr. Hammond could
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28

result the English language is spoken by people
today than is any other civilized tongue
The recent action of Germany in giving the English
language preference above all other foreign tongues
recognition of the not the mere arbitrary
expression of a choice.
Twothrds of the people who speak English live
side of the Atlantic and their industrial
conquests making the tongue familiar every q -er
of the habitable globe French is still regarded the
diplomatic and polite" language of the world but English
expanded and rejuvenated by American transportation
is becoming the universal business tongue
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28
THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF THE FUTURE.
BY HarrIs A. HarrIurfon.

What will be the world language of the fu-
ture? That 1t will be English is the prediction of
many scholarly observers. The probabilities are
that it will partake of the best features of all
modern tongues. 1t is safe proposition to as
sumo that the race which dominates the com
merce Of the world will impress its language
upon the world. The English-speaking people
are to-day the leaders in the world activity. AS
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28

in other words storage of experience If teach my dog
to beg for his biscuit he must accumulate ideas which
founded definitely upon the association between his
attitude and the reward for his performance.
The young ant bee emerging from its chysals state
requires training in respect of the often intricate duties
performs nherts the whole antecedent experience of
its certain environment excites certain acts and
there the matter might to end But against this
view or least increasing difficulties,
by the that ants differ materially in respect OF their
life. There species whose existence is
aged relatively simple lines; other species have learned
servitors of other kinds; others utilize
the aphdes insects and milk them of the sugary
fluid they produce while species, at least actually
employs certain caterpillar living sewing machine
together the leaves of which the ant abode is made
Darwin makes the remark that man who trained mon
keys and who used TO make purchases at the London
offered pay higher prices he could be allowed to return
those found nsusceptble of being educated
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28
THE KNOWLEDGE POWERS OF ANIMALS.
BY DR.. Andrew wilson

Lately a writer has been discussing anew that
highly interesting question. WHAT Animals
know" There seems to be no doubt possible
that in the case of higher animals, their educG
ton, and their ability to perform acts allied to
those which the outcome of reason itself,
must be regarded as the result of the gradual ac-
quirement and remembrance of definite impress
sions With them, as with man, there must be,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28

The weekly review Of
Chicago trade. published
by II. q. Dun x Co. says:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-23
LAKE is MISSING

LOS ANGELES, April 22.-The only
natural lake in Los Angeles county, Mud
lake, has disappeared. 1t went in a night,
to the establishment of a party of duck
hunters encamped upon its banks.
The lake is small one, about half mile
in diameter, situated in basin in the San
Gabriel mountains, north of Pasadena.
Whether the basin is in the crater Of an
aneinet volcano has not been determined,
but without warning, and with no percep-
tible disturbance, the bottom of the lake
has fallen out and the water has disap.
peared into the depths of the earth.
The basin contains now but the sedi-
ment, soft and yielding, which has been
deposited by the waters which have 30
long occupied the territory. Out in the
center of the lake there seems to be a
yawning ehasm, but the muddy silt which
Is left behind by the receding waters makes
1t impossible to go. as yet, to investigate
the hole through which the waters escaped.
As soon as the sun has dried the mud an
investigation will be made.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-23
MIDNIGHT MARRIAGE

\ midnight marriage ceremony was per.
formed by Rev ABB. l.. Gellerman at
the Second Methodist church, in Old
Town. last night. The occasion was the
marriage of w. f. Pohlman to Miss Pearl
Speeman of Iowa. Miss Speelman was
expected to arrive early in the evening,
but the train was late and she did reach
here until nearly IL o'clock last night
The party in waiting at the depot took
the car for Old Town and Rev. Gellerman
was notified to be ready to marry the
couple They reached the church in due
time and the preacher was on hand. When
the ceremony was ended the clock was
striking -
Mr.. Pohlman is a Tacoma man and is
employed as a shipwright by Crawford &
Reid
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-23

dry.
The chances of any possible gain in such
an enterprise could not compensate for
the risk involved. either to his feet or to
his government.
Whether his retreat was so rapid that
proper care was not taken in finding the
narrow channel and avoiding the torpedoes,
or whether the torpedoes had become dis
engaged by the powerful surf from their or
iginal moorings and had drifted into the
pathway of the ships, is a matter on which
dispatches from the seat of war do not
give sufficient confirmation.
However the loss is a serious one to the
Russian feet, but not decisive
While the loss of that number of brave
men is appalling. yet the number of lives
lost is not great i'll comparison with some
of the disasters that occur in times of
peace, and Incompatible to the great sacri
flee OF life that occurs in battles on land.
The loss of the Congress and Cumber-
land and the Merrimac in Chesapeake bay
did not retard our great civil war Vessels
were lost on both sides. and yet they were
regarded as a fatal disaster to our naval
forces.
If the entire Russian feet now on the
coast of Siberia and Manchuria were de-
stroyed the Russian navy would still be
more powerful and stronger, ton for ton,
than the japanese navy, SO that the naval
problem is yet far from being solved.
The result of the last weeks experience
will have the effect of making the Russian
commanders more cautious and iudicious.
and it would also have the effect of i'm
pressing the Japanese commanders with
the danger of encroaching upon the mine
fields of the Russian coast
1t illustrates the strength of defense in
submarine mines, and how easily the great
floating batteries and the. most powerful
battleships of the world are DESTROYED in
coming counter to either movable or
anchored torpedo charged with the most
destructive high explosive.
This war may also demonstrate the re1a-
tive value of battleships, torpedo boats,
submarine vessels and mines.
H<Ao,>e~ q M4Ae-
Lieutenant General U. S. A., Retired.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-23
PANCS OF HUNGER DROVE YOUNG
men TO TURN HIGHWAY ROBBERS

ing of April T.
Young Lowing was accompanied on his
desperate undertaking by his elder
brother, Martin, aged IS, who shot him
self when he saw that his pursuers were
about to capture him.
A loaf of bread was given to young John
Lowing after he had been arrested He
seized it like wild beast and ate it raven.
ously.
The boys are the sons of Anton Lowin,
of Chicago. They left home few weeks
ago to earn their own living, as their
home associations were not pleasant. Ar
irving in Council Bluffs, they found them
selves without money. The day before
the robbery they spent their last dime for
dozen rolls.
The next morning they set out to get
their breakfast 1t was $3.50 o'clock when
they entered Oleson & Mortenson's saloon.
Walking up to Mortenson, the younger OF
the lads put a revolver at the saloonkeep-
er's head while the other bandit rihed the
cash register.
The two boys then fed down the street
with a large crowd in hot pursuit. John
was quickly captured, but Martin took
refuge in an old threshing machine
Knowing that he had a revolver, the
! crowd was not eager to approach his hid
, ing place. Suddenly a shot was heard
from the threshing machine. A few Of
| the drawer spirits advanced and found the
youthful bandit had sent a bullet through
his brain.
John is now in the county jail, awaiting
trial for robbery. His only expl@iaatiNn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-23
GENERAL MILES WRITES ON
RUSSIA'S NAVAL DISASTERS

A little more than year ago | arrived at
Port Arthur from Nagasaki Japan. | was
very cordially received by Viceroy AleXieff,
commanding the naval and military forces
of Russia in the Atlantic waters and that
portion of Siberia and Manchuria.
The harbor of Port Arthur is small
land-locked harbor. hardly capable of ac-
commodating a small fleet. The bluffs on
each side of the entrance are high and
PERCEPTIONS, affording excellent natural
features for land defense,
The admiral very kindly furnished me a
strong. stanch steamer to convey me across
to the coast of China. As we passed out
OF the harbor at Port Arthur we immedi-
ately encountered a rough sea and severe
northwest winds, blowing almost gale
directly toward the coast making it very
difficult for our steamer to make head
way, and for two hours some of our party
were much concerned for fear the severe
winds might force us back upon the coast.
As we passed out | observed three of the
Russian ships lying at anchor well covered
with ice, and exposed to the severe De
cember weather of that northern coast.
The narrow channel and the severity of
the winter climate have contributed to the
stIItS VI llilSlOI buIlCb Ludl nave COIllC w Juc
Russian forces, as well as the embarrass-
ments that have resulted from causes other
than climatic.
The first dash of the japanese gave
them some success, and was a severe warn
ing to the Russians to be more watchful
against the enterprise of the japanese.
The change of commanders and the
substitution of the unfortunate Admiral
Makarof not only added activity and vigil
ance to the Russian forces, but possibly his
desire to inspire confidence in the Russian
forces led to the present disaster and the
loss of his valuable life.
He was regarded as one of the ablest
and boldest of the high officers of the Rus
sian empire, but the boldness of the act
resulted in the misfortune to the fleet.
The ships with which he moved out from
Port Arthur were not strong enough to
destroy the japanese fleet and the uncer-
tainties of any encounter between any war
forces are so hazardous that the success
of an inferior force against one much more
powerful is very unusual and extraordin-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-23
LATE TELEGRAPH

CoNsTANTINOPLE, April 2S.-No
mails have arrived here since last Thurs
day on account of the Hungarian railway
strike.
PARIS, April 23.-Resolutions ratifying
the sale of the Panama canal were adopted
at meeting of the French Panama Canal
company today.
SAN JUAN, April 22-Fred V Martin,
commissioner of immigration of Porto
Rico, committed suicide today on account
Of ill7health.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 23-The
house today adopted the conference report
on the naval appropriation bill.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-23
INSPECTOR NOT
YET APPOINTED

Mayor Wright will probably not name
any more of his appointees until the end
of the month. There are several good POI
sitions now waiting for some one to take.
AT first it was believed that Scott Snyder
would be the next building inspector, but.
judging from the way things are now
shaped, Ed Newton win be the lucky man
for that position and Scott Snyder will be
the foreman of streets, William Welsh.
commissioner Of public works. favors Owen
Woods for foreman Of streets. but since in.
dications do not point towards raise of
the salary, it will probably fall to Mr..
Snyder.