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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-16
MIDsH1pMAN COMMENDED.

Secretary Morton has commended Mid
shipman j. Reidy. a member OF the
third class at Annapolis, for the brav-
cry he displayed ia jumping overheard
and resculng G. l. Holman. a seaman
who was drowning. The Secretary OF
the Navy viii also write letters of com
menda ton TO Midshipman John Rogers.
who rescued a seaman from drowning at
Chemulpo. and Ensign J. NJ. Enochs.
who did valiant service in leaping into
boat.
Moses 10th Annual Sept. Furniture
Sale and clearance Of carpets and rugs,
18th and +
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-16
Philadelphia wind-swept.

In Philadelphia the tempest was no
less severe. Sweeping down on the city
with startling suddenness shortly after
1 O'Clock, the gale was soon raging with
unprecedented intensity.
The wind blew at times with a velocity
Of sixty miles an hour. uprooting trees.
breaking windows. and wreclCng avn
ings and fences, while torrents of rain
deluged the streets, burst sewers, and
caused the rivers TO overflow their
banks.
One man, a llncman. who was repair
ing broken wires, was killed as an indi-
rect result Of the galsS and several per
sons were injured, one man seriously. by
being blown Of roof. Two horses were
electrocuted by a dangling Eye wire. -
Destruction Of property was wide
spread. In the park and city squares
the damage 10 trees by the wind and
walks by the rain cannot be estimated
The SchUylkill rose over the West River
drive and washed sections away. while
the entire lower section Of the Wissa-
hicSon drive was flooded
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-16
At Gravesend Bay.

Damage OF a similar sort was done I'm
Gravesend Bay, where score OF big
sailing craft. belonging TO members OF
the Atlantic Yacht Club were casa on
the beach
At Newport fifteen saiIboats were
driven ashore, while many Of the larger
craft and the steam yachts lying in the
their anchors
The storm reached its height in Bos-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-16

ton just before daylight. The wind blew
at the rate of thirty-eight miles an hour
inland and between seventy and eighty
miles off shore. Between 9 o'clock at
night and 10 am. the next day three and
a half inches Of rain fell Much damage
was done 10 fruit trees In southern New
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-16
TENLEYToWN wEDDINC.

Daniel p. Wells and Elizabeth T.
Dean. of T,enleytown, were married last
night at the parsonage OF St AIMS
Catholic Church. on Wisconsin Avenue
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-16
MUCH DAMAGE
ALONG THE COAST

NEW YORK, Sept. 1s.-The tale Of
havoc wrought by Wednesday nights
storm is not yet complete. Even this
morning the details OF disaster are be-
ing received.
In this city the downpour Of rain was
Ike a delGge, and the wind blew at
furious rate. The front of the FIatiron
Building was blown in and glass an
inch thick was shiyered to atoms. Great
trees in the parks were uprooted. houses
were unroofed and otherwise damaged.
Shipping was injured In the harbor and
at sea. the losses along the shore from
! North Carolina to Nova Scotia being
Unprecedented.
New York was caught in the clutch
Of two storms which united their forces
and swept with terrific power through
the entire city.
Score of Lives Lost.
So far as can be learned. at least
twenty lives were lost at sea and several
hundred boats were converted into
dTiftWOOd or driven far out 10 sea At
Delaware BreakWater eight lives were
lost when the Israel w. Durham sank.
and one man went down with the z. c
Allen at the same place. A part OF
the fishing feet at Charleston, s. c.. was
swept out 10 sea ana eleNen men are
said 70 have been lost.
on Block Island the gale roared over
the water at a rate of eighty-four miles
an hour. velocity almost unprecedent-
ed, except IN cyclones. At the Blue Hill
observatory, near Boston. there was a
maximum velocity Of siXty-six miles an
hour; OF shore, at Boston, eighty miles
an hour. and at almost every point
along the cost a gale OF at least sixty
miles an hour was reported
Ships were dashed against the beach
by scores. while the shattered frag-
T-cnts of small boats lined the coast
from Charleston to the northern part OF
Massachusetts. IN Oyster fav ten
yachts belonging TO members Of the Sea-
wanhaka Yacht Club were dashed
against the beach and wrecked beyond
chance Of repair.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-09

Il can't quite make your change"
said the country storekeeper. painfully
recounting the pile of pennies in his
hand. IT'S a cent out of the way"
"Oh. never mind" returned the munih-
cent summer boarder. But it's my
cent" was the moving rejoinder.
Sometimes 1t does happen TO make
a difference Il we know VINO owns the
cent The New York Press tells this
story of man who. early On Monday
morning, came to the assistant treas
urer of a church.
Il attended service Yesterday said
he. and made a mistake when you
took up the collection. l had penny
and a five-dollar gold piece in my
pocket think"
Here he stopped to take breath, and
the other man interrupted him with
some impaticnce He had heard Just
that complaint before Somebody's
was always hunting a tivedollar gold
piece.
u Think you were mistaken" said
he. I'VE had no tive-dollar gold piece
In Sundays collection"
That's just what | am trying TO
get at" said the old gentleman. "YoI
ought to have had one. l meant 20
put mine In the basket but l made a
mistake and dropped in the penny in
stead. Here is the gold piece. -
YOUTHS Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-09

Thrown from His Horse and Lies. Cn-
conscious in the Road.

President Roosevelt had narrow es-
cape from death by being thrown from
his horse while riding through the coun-
try near Washington on Il recent Sunday
afternoon.
The President was approaching a high
fence at top speed when his horse Stun
bled and fell, throwing Mr.. Roosevelt off
forward. He struck squarely on his
head and was so severely stunned that he
was unconscious for some time, just how
long he does not know, as he was riding
entirely alone. When lie regained his
senses he found his horse standing near
him.
The President tried to mount, but was
so dizzy from the shock that lie could not
stand, and it was some time before he
regained full control of his legs and arms.
He then remounted and rode at a slow
pace to the point where Ills orderly wait
ed.
BY that time there was a great lump
on the right side of tile Presidents head,
and blood was trucking from II long,
shallow wound above the right ear,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-09
Plea for denomination.

There seems to be no good reason
why an organization among farmers
for mutual benefit should not be as
successful as similar organizations in
other lines. 1t is not intended that
such organization should increase the
&C of farm produce to the consumer,
for his is unnecessary. But there is
certainly room for a plan which will
enable the producer to market his
crops at price which will give him
fair return for his labor.
The subject is too large to treat ex-
haustfvely in one item, for there are
many essential things to do to make
such an organization a success. The
idea Is worth serious consideration,
but it must be based on business prin-
cfpEes, the lack of which mas caused
the failure of nearly every attempt at
organization among soil workers. Here
are a few OF the things which must
be done to win success: Every mem
Der should bear proportion of tho
expense in accordance with the pro-
portion OF his crop to that of other
members. Crops of Unequal quality
should be marketed ON their merits.
In other words. the grower of infe.
rior fruit OF any other crop. must not
expect to share equally with the man
whose shipment is of the first grade
The manager should be selected with
care and then be given proper control.
Ii these few essentials seem too for
midable, work up to them by combin-
ing with one or two growers whose
crops are of the same quality as your
own and select a. good commission
man and all work together. 4 year
or two in. ttiiss line will give you faith
in the larger organization plan-In-
dianapolis News.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-09
Lightingtse Barn safely.

One cannot be 100 careful using
lights of any kind in barns, Dut there
is little danger if Lantern is used ana
some way provided so that it may be
securely hung beyond the reach OF
danger. The illustration shows sim
pie way of doing this. If there are
several places in the barn where light
is likely to b. needed stretch a strand
of smoo.G fence wire so that it will
hang taut over these places first slid
ing on another strip of wire with a
ring and with a snap at the other end.
When the lantern is to be put in place
simply snap over the bale of the Ian
tern as shown in the illustration
II the lantern is 10 be placed where
there is little chance Of any one run
ming against it, long hoop may be
made of one end of tire wire, instead
Of the snap, and the bale of the Ian
tern slipped over il. BY making the
hook long and pinching the upper end
so that there will he just room enough
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-09

Bulletin No. 253 of the New York
Agricultural Experiment Station Gen
eva gives the results of analy ses OF
commercial fertilizers for the spring
1904. There were collected 400 SAM
pies representing 81 different brands.
While eighty-one of these brands fell
short of their guarantees in nitrogen,
twenty-nine brands in available phos-
phoric acid and seventy-fve brands in
potash, general average of all shows
that the guarantee was exceeded in
these ingredients. Farmers who are
purchasing commercial fertilizers
should send for this bulletin in order
to ascertain the standing of the. goods
they are using.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-09
DANGER IN VIOLENT EXERCISE.
Timely Caution to Participants in
Fierce AthIetic Games.

AiGh@AS NhhAAOi W III
Fierce Athletic Games.
Now that students all over the coun-
try are in the midst of hard training
for athletic games. some of the ut
most violence, the opinion of medical
experts upon the effect of violent
exercise ON growing persons is espe-
cially timely. The opinion of the doc
tors upon this point was emphasized
at the recent meeting of the American
Medical Association at Atlantic City.
Doctors are pretty generally agreed
that violent exercise seriously affect
the health of growing persons. 1t is
notorious fact that great athletes as
il rule are NOT long-lived AS they ar
rive at full age with especially vigOr-
Gus constitutions they might be ex-
pected to live 10 be much older than
the average healthy person. But such
is not the case. They S crifice Iongev-
ity by the effort required in their con-
tests and in the training preparatory
thereto,
1t is medical maxim that men are
as Old as their arteries. If ones
arteries show degeneration, however
few ones years, he is becoming an cid
mun On the other hand. l'hile his
arteries retain their original elasticity
and health, the man is still young. no
matter how many years he may have
counted. He las an expectancy OF
many years of life. Physicians gener-
ally agree that the great cause Of ar
;oT f1GeF0rNnra &c hnr.. NhVSfG.l
labor This is especially true of labor
among growing children. If the boy
be ween u and 20 is obliged to exert
lis physical powers to the utmost he is.
pretty sure to initiate arteriaI degen-
Grafton When that boy is 40 or Is
his arteries begin to thicken, become
rigid and tortuous. They fail to per-
form their function in the circulation
OF the blood and cause an undue tax
on TIE. neart. with the result of heart
disease or senility. The initiatory i'm
pulse in this case has probably been
given in youth by violent exercise.
Great feats of strength or wearing
physical labor forces the blood into.
the arteries until it distends them.
Sometimes it means lesion and sud-
den breakdown through aneurism or
heart trouble. If this effect does not
follow it starts the deterioration of the
arteries. which finally ends in degen-
Grafton Thousands of young boys
who are obliged TO engage in severe
physical labor for n living must pay
the penalty by premature old age.
There is no help for them. But with
college athletes it is optional whether
they shall shorten their lives. for a
little brief prowess on the field. II
medical men are right they will surely
do so by hard training and violent
physical exercisp.-Baltimore News.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-09

In feeding ground bone TO young
fowls, be SURE. TO have it fresh.
Young chickens may be fed almost
anything that is clean and wholesome.
The dust heap is absolutely neces-
Sary for fowls.
Feather pulling is a vice that comes
from confinement and idleness.
Allow no filth of any/kind to accu-
mulate within reach of the fowls.
Thoroughness in detail in poultry
raising is the great secret of success.
Common fowls do not possess the
characteristic qualities of thorough
breds.
When fowls are permitted to roost
in foul. damp houses it causes droop-
ishness.
Caponi1ing should be performed
when the cockerels are three or four
months old.
After the fowls begin to moult they
should be given Il little ground bone
once every day.
Exercise is cheaper than medicine.
The brood still under the mothers
care should be literally fed.
BY giving young fowls a free range
it will aid materially to develop &
strong. healthy constitution.
Fowls will eat great deal of granu
lated charcoal. AS preventive OF
disease it is invaluable
| Poultry should always have access
to green food when possible, and wheI
| they cannot it should be supplied.
1t is easier to keep fowls in Z" good
/ condition now than to allow them tt
run down and then build up again
Corn. when fed to the hens by it
self. has tendency to fatten rather
than produce the most profitable egs
laying.
Tarred paper is better than almost
any other material for lining the in
side of coops and houses. 1t is a!st
excellent for driving away lice.
The only sure and safe way to keel
large fiocks. whether young or old, il
to separate them into small lots. eacl
one to occupy a place for itself
The distinguishing characteristics o
the SALISBURY breed of ducks are thei
fecundity and early maturity, com
bined with their great aptitude to fat
ten.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-09

Cider turns TO vinegar. first. ny the
sugar being converted into alcohol, and
next by taking mosv oxygen. when 1t
becomes vinegar. Inc process Is a
chemical one aud cannot be prevented,
rs long as the least quantity OF oXy-
gen lin the air. reaches the cider. Bac-
terial agents, however. have something
to do with the changes that occur.
Salcylic acid Is used for keeping vine
gar. but il does harm. Boiling the eli
der also retards changes. \ method
used in Canada with good results is
to filter the cider, put 1t in clean new
tub and expose it to the dense fumes
Of burning sulphur in Il box having a
iii. closing the lid for half an hour
ard repeating the process two or three
times. The sulpburous acid gas is alb
sorhed by the cider (which should be
cold. ana prevents fermentation with
out injuving the cider.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-09

More and more people who love flow
ers are getting into the way of grow
ing the old-fashioned flowers such as
the sweet william. hollyhock. larkspur
and Others familiar to most people who
have reached middle life This class
Of plants are among the easiest to
grow and are particularly useful on
the farm grounds where it is not al
ways easiest TO care for tender plants
over winter. The one complaint about
hardy percunials is that they are not
80 profuse in blooming the second sea
son of Towering. Win many of the
classes this may be remedied by plant
| ing the seeds as soon as they ripen. in
the late summer, in the places where
you want the plants to grow and
! bloom
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-09
0~~~~~N~~~~~

John r, Trowbridge, author and poet,
is "A years of age.
Abel Putnam. third cousin OF "Old
Put" Is, dead. He was born in 1919
Goodwin Smith, the historian and pub
lcist. was 50 years old a few days ago
Mrs. Raden-Powell, mother of the de-
fender of Mafeking, is nearly 50 years
old.
Jacob Songer. aged sc, or Rising Sun,
Ind. is the oldest mail carrier in the
Tilted States.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker said to be
tho greatest living botanist. has passed
his eighty-,eventh birthday.
NJ. Van Dusen, 81 years old, Manches-
ter, iowa. claims to be the first creamery
butter maker in the world.
George X. Perrin. first cousin of Ad-
nliral Dewey. is dead He was one of
the oldest lawyers in Indiana.
Patriarch Fish, n Seminole, aged 40.
is said to be the oldest Union soldier He
served with the Indian home guards.
Austin X. Jones. the bell ringer at
Harvard. is - years of age. and has
rung Harvards bell for forty-seven
years.
The late DR. Moritz Lazarus. who died
at Meran. aged 70. left manuscript Of
"reminiscences in twenty chapters. 1t will
he printed
Senator Depew says the best after din
ner speaker he ever knew was Gladstone
at So and the next best was .,imon Cam
eron at so.
! The Earl Of WemysS. now 81. sat in
| the House of Commons forty-two years.
| and has been member Of the house Of
! peers since 1888.
Saikah Imamudla. regimental chapla'h
/ of the Eighteenth native Bengal infan-
trv. stationed at Fort st. George, Cal
cutta. India, is 100 years old, aud reads
| without spectacleS.
The Rev. H. 5. BrunsOn of Lafayette.
/ Iowa has been preaching for sixty-6ve
| gears. He is hale and hearty, although
ever 90 years of age, and continues to
! greach long and vigorous sermons.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-09
When we arrive there it

there at once. When we arrive there it
would be a he7p OF cinders."
Montgomery shuddered as he listened
to the diabolical ingenuity of this horri-
Bile plot.
But how would you account for the
girls disappearance-for your meeting
with her?'' he asked.
In a hundred ways!" was the reply.
Before she ran away from home, she
betrayed symptoms Of incipient insan-
ity. The actions and adventures of such
people canno lie measured by the stand
ard Of everyday life"
What part do yOu want me to play
In the tragedy" asked Montgomery.
~ sl0u;d have to go over to my uncle.
You would do the rest"'
We'll give me little time to think
over it"
Il will give you half an hour" said
RodweH. looking Mt his watch. He was
perfectly calm and self-possessed. His
ace was stern and resolved. He left
the room, and Montgomery heard the
key turn in the lock
fIO he continued.i
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-09
SHIPS QUILT BY sAvAoEs.
South Sea Islanders Are Expert in Ma
rine Tchitecture.

Tine 4 rchitecture.
In the Marshall group of islands in
the south seas is little atoH of coral
known as Likipb atOll. Ii is hundreds
Of miles away from any other island,
and the natives 20 half naked like the
other dwellers of the south seas. But
they have learned one great civilized
art. just the same, and that is the art
of building ships.
About forty years ago Portuguese
sailor was landed there from a whar-
ing ship When his vessel sailed away
he remained behind, for the lazy
charm of the Pacific island life mad
tempted him and he had decided to
leave the restless sea and live the rest
of his days on the warm, sleepy
beaches, where no one worked.
Soon he married the daughter Of
chief and became trader. After
many years an American coptain Wis
Hed the islands during a trading voy-
age in the south seas and when his
vessel shortly afterward became I'M
seawerthy he set to work on the beach
to build new enc.
The Portuguese whaler's two. sons
helped him and learned a great deal
about the operation. The island had
fine hard wood on it, just the kind Of
Der that shipbuilders value because.
it will not rot or waterlog readily. The
captain at last succeeded in finishing a
good 4O-ton schooner and sailed away
in her.
Before long the two boys had begun
to teach the natives something Of what
they had picked up and soon, instead
of the primitive canoes and dugouts
that the Marshall islanders have been
using for centuries, the folk of the
Likieb atolI began to build canoes
made of carefully fashioned lumber
and pinned together with riyets.
Now there is a real shipyard on this,
little speck lost in the wide Pacific.
4 high roof under the palms on the
beach greets the mariner and when he
lands he sees vessels, modern tools
lying around and everything looking
| Just as it does in a shipyard anywhere
on the American coast, only instead Of
workmen in over is he sees dark ma
| tives with hardly any clothing.
The wood from which the knees and
timbers are cut comes from an island
| on the western side of the lagoon. 1t
/ is called kauoe and Is extremely hand
some, looking much like black walnut
| 1t has the valuable property Of grow
| ing harder as it grows older and makes
| fine vessels.
Tools-all of them of the best kind
wood for spars, etc, are shipped to
IIkieb atoll now from New Zealand
| and the boats that are turned out in
the savage island have been compared
I with American and English built ves-
sells that have touched at the place and
| found to. be excellent in every respect
The savage shipbuilders have a
/ queer scale of prices, If a chief wants
a schooner of, say, L tons, built for
him, they charge him $1,000 for it, but
| if poorer person wants the same
| kind of a vessel they will charge many
| hundred dollars less. They do this
| quite openly and explain it ~ saying
that the chief being rich can afford to
| pay more than poor person for the
same thing. Washington Post.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-11-09
FARMING BY ELECTRICITY.
In JIlsneis They Expect TO Use the Chr.
rent for Flowing.

rent for Flowing.
Kane sounty, Illinois, has sSken the
lead in utilizing electricity as a power
for farms. The current that is used by
the electric railroad lines is being switch
ed to the farms through which the roads
run for the purpose of running feed
choppers. pumping water, saving wood,
operating creameries and for many other
purposes.
During the first part of the present
year number of experiments were made
by progressive farmers whose land is
worth from 500 to $125 an acre. The
best parts of the county of Kane are
reached by the third rail electric systems,
and Ii has been the current that has been
generated by one or the other of these
extensive lines that has furnished the
power for some severe tests.
During the first six months of 1904
George p. Lord by the use of an cleo
tr5c moxor Installed on his farm thrash
e9 corn, cut feed, ground grain, separat-
ed milk, pumped water, and sawed wood
at an average monthly expense of $445.
This work WAS done in 60 per cent less
time than il it had been done by hand
power.
'NttAG NVuHty Is IUe UTSl COulllultt9
OF farmers and dairymen in this country
to make an extensive practical use of
electricity on the farm, and it is claimed
the power will be made use of to plow
the fields and to cultivate crops. Many
farms employ electricity TO illuminate
farm homes and buildings At the Kane
county farm new barn has recently
been completed, and in it has been in.
stalled n powerful motor that cuts all
of the feed required for the big institu-
ton and in doing a great variety of other
work
When one stops to consider the Won
derful spread of the electric rail lines
which are the means of supplying cheap
power to the farms, some idea of the pos
sibilities in this line may be had. IL the
farmers take to the use of electricity us
farm power they will have abundant
opportunity to contract for a supply of
the current thRt the rail lines are wiring
across the fields from one end of the
State co tile other.