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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

Our contemporaries have discowsed
very ably concerning the ourages per-
petrated by the boy bandits In CHI
cago and have drawn wholesome NOR
ais from the retribution which always
overtakes the guilty, but 1t seems 10
us that they have glided over one I'M
portant fact, and that Is the causes
which led up to the spasm Of crime In
Juvenile circles. One Of the band OF
young rufians recently apprehended
confesses that he was fred to acts OF
robbery and murder by reading the
long accounts of the misdeeds or the
Medermeyer gang, and he adds that
ne and his companions kept scrap
books. allied with newspaper pictures
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

OF the bandits, their wicked deeds.
their arsenal of destruction and all
other features Of their worthless lives.
In short, the presumption is that II
the first gang of cutthroats had not
been SO glorified by the newspapers in
their thirst for sensation, the incen-
i've for other weak-minded and un.
trained boys would be lacking. In the
exercise OF our noble profession let us
regulate ourselves as well as our read.
ers.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

A college graduate writes a com.
plaint of the public taste and bewails
mis- rate because of it. He says he has
spent eight years In preparation since
he left the public schools but no one
Is seeking his services. His only chance
Is to begin as day laborer or as a
clerk. AT the same time he knows a
young man who quit the common
schools in the sixth grade who makes
$40 day by diving twice daily from
the top of sixty foot ladder into a
tank. Sure. The public is not inter
ested in the collegian's plant. A por.
hon Of tits quite willing to pay its mon
ey to see a high diver risk his neck.
1t seeks to be thrilled and pays accord.
ingly. The college man ought to learn
from the diver this lesson: The world
or to-day Is asking young men not,
what do you know? but, what can you
do? The diver can do something He
does his stunt and gets his $40. The
collegtan cannot do it and therefore
cannot get the $40 Moreover. this
diver can do his Job better than any
one else. And the world requires that
OF the successful man. And just here
Is where the college training comes in.
Presumably 1t sharpens a mans mind
SO that he can do things better than the
man whose mind is not sharpened. Let
this college graduate begin at the bot
tom where all must begin-day labor
or clerking, or what not His $40 a
day will come to him when he can do
something better than any other. When
he learns to manage better or write
better or speak better than his fellows
he will get his price. But If he scorns
to begin at the bottom he will never
catch up with the diver and his $40 a
day.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17
ROSE LORE

Now since it knows
My heart SO well,
Would that this rose
Might speak and tell
You could not scorn
Its winsome grace,
The blush Of morn
Upon its face.
Unto your own
You needs must press
The sweet mouth prone
To tenderness;
Then, lip to lip,
With rapture stirred,
You might let slip
The secret word,
With fragrant kiss
Interpreting
The dream of bliss
The rose would bring.
Then to your breast
Take it to be
Your own hearts best
Love-augury---
a welcome guest
To gladden. me.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

of navigation of
the United States
Navy and com.
mander OF the bat.
leship Indiana in
the naval fight of
Santiago, has re-
moved a capable
and most efficient
officer. Admiral
Taylor had reach
ed Sudbury on n
visit m hia anp
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17
Habit.

This talk of us bein' creatures OF
habit Is all bOsh," declared Uncle Eli,
with whom his rich son-in-law from
the city was spending the summer.
Possibly" laughed the younger
man, "but why is 1t that you always
will carry an OK CAD when take you
for a ride In the autoP-Detroit Free
Press,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

The New York Suns direction for
discovering yachtsman displays q
knowledge Of human nature that Is
useful in other walks Of life. The ad-
vice is, Look for a man without a
yachting cap or a uniform"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

When the first through train for Vic
torla Falls, on the Zambesi River, left
Cape Town, Cecil Rhodes dream of a
Cape to Cairo railroad was SO nearly
fulfilled that no one longer doubts the
realization of that dream in the near
future.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

That Is beautiful romance Of true
love revealed through the marriage Of
one Of the richest men in the world
a United States Senator, and the pen
niless girl who caught his eye while
she was impersonating the Goddess Of
Liberty. What pity it is he wears red
whiskers!!
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17
Mechanical Cooks on Steamships.

II you would see the latest cleo
trical novelties, you must board an
ocean greyhound. The automatic egg
boilers, like those on the Oceanic, are
designed to cook 200 eggs at once, a
clock arrangement causing the bas-
ket containing the eggs to hop out of
the water at any half minute up TO
six minutes. Another novelty is a
self-dumping oyster cooker for stews
At the termination of given time the
cooker pours It's contents into a soup
plate and automatically shuts on the
Observation-Disclosures
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

twenty-five cents is the cost Of an
oath in New Jersey, a man who swore
four times having been fined a dollar
at Red Bank. Even at this cut rate,
a number of people would soon be
bankrupts.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17
Too Much Happiness.

How'd you like ter be sleepin' Ia q
cool fence co'ner, wild big watermil-
lion fer yo' piller?"
go long, man! You well knows
heaven can't come down to earthP'--
Atlanta Constitution.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

Mrs. Maybrick refuses to lecture or
write magazine articles. She must
really be innocent.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

The wall comes from Manila that
resident Americans won't go to
church. Evidently the travelled Amer
leans can't shake off home habits
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

There is a boy in Boston who has
mastered nine Of the dead languages,
but he can't look at a statue Of Venus
without swooning
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

Alfred Austin has written a play.
The fact Is likely to interest the pert
paragraphers more than the theatrical
managers
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

The trouble is, If a girl waits until
she is "a to get married, she is alto
cether too particular.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

Set the news about the boy bandit
type of desperate In agate, unless it
comes to capital punishment.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

Hetty Green says she would rather
have a donkey than an automobile.
The taxes on donkey amount to very
little
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

A fair share of the frictions Of do.
nestle life comes from the effort to
make over temperamental peculiarI.
Ties. The tortoise instructs the hare
In persistence, the hare lectures the
tortoise on speed, and each irritates
the other without good result. The
mother wisher her daughter to love
reading; the daughter prefers sewing
lhe father urges his son to follow the
law; the son is more interested in the
chemistry Of soils than In writs and
torts. Family heartaches and disap-
polntments ensue from mere honest
dlHerence In taste Ben Jonson found
fault with Shakespeare because it was
said of him that in his writing, what
soeVer he penned, he never blotted out
Ilne Said JOnsOn, would he had
plotted thousandw But Shakspeare
lives very prosperously without the
Dlots, and the world cares little for
Jonson's devout wish, and has forgot
ten much of his work. On the other
hand, to have hindered Pope from his
palnstaking correction and revision
would have been to cheat the world Of
many of its household words. So 1t is
the wise mother and the patient
daughter who accept the great funda-
mental fact that in character and abil.
ity there are diversitles of gifts. The
hen, the song-sparrow and the eagle
each has its place in the economy Of
nature, but any one of them would be
sad failure In the role Of the others.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

Carrie Nation is going to Europe to
console them for the lass Of the Bar
mum & Bailey show.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

Somebody has discovered that there
are no red-headed dolls, Like the taste
for olives, the admira ton for red hair
seems to be the result of cultivation.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

When you meet two boys and one is
bauI,np the other In a wagon, you can
depend upon it that the owner OF the
WAGON IL riding.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17
ONE OF SANTlAGO'S HEROES.
Death of Admiral Taylor, Who Conn
manded the Battleship Indiana.

The death recently at Cooper Cliff,
near Sudbury, Ont, of Rear Admiral
Henry G. Taylor, chief Of the bureau
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17
TIMELY TOPICS

man may mind his own business
and still be narrow-minded.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

as it true, pa, that storks can hy
100 miles an hourP
swell, not in Utah; they have too
many stops to make."-Town TopicA-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

Love not only laughs at locksmiths,
mt siggles at any old thing.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

Rowland.
not kiss a
nbly salut.
q woman
K that the
s favorits
inject ot
cause she
lcyl Yes
} who the
men after
Re, besides,
Pss to man,
some qual.
which be
1t must
ould neve
rhood that
her excIu.
she holds
II persona
of woman.
er beauty
bee Of dig.
: dignlhe
: than This
Oh to wish
lists q soV.
ade things
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

~ Jordan.
are past
Others, b.
PIC. Denoc.
that Of all
Of its ind,
1t realize,
Ia A man
injuries Of
fair chanc.
Fhls is the
pOnnp and
must grow.
[tesmen in.
| more the
n who can
ise action.
to the ma.
\ men who
Down. The
; away BY
ladon can
poor, and
e men that
F be baked
Equity and
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

road has
Phari. Its
the ways
depot for
and 1t b
lre 1t may
ly greater
| nnerce Of
Utmost en-
| lamas Of
enue from
1 customs
y opposed
with The
0 ColOnel
as so far
"a govern
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

NNn HEN Lloyd's father told him
VW that he had sold the farm, and
that they were going TO spend
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-17

boots Cd
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of them,
for Dick
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was set
spool tied
i'm. Dick
and was
liked to
|e belieFs
or WOr
to catch
boots Cd
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did not
Each f@t |
left poor
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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-11

cry train arriving all day brought addt-
tional crowds. Uniforms in countless
variety and national costumes Of bust
ness lent color to the thoroughfares as
well as the worlds fair grounds and
the Pike. The arrival of Secretary
Taft, who represented President Roose-
welt. and the congressional delegation
at night formed the climax of a busy
day for the worlds fair officials.
At 8 O'Clock in the morning all the
high dignitaries of the exposition met
at the administration building and,
headed by band, marched to the
plaza of St Louis, in the center of the
exposition grounds.
After the gathering had been for
mally called to order by President
Francis, Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus of
Chicago delivered the invocation. At
the conclusion of the prayer Director
of Works Isaac S. Taylor delivered
the keys of the buildings TO President
Francis, who transferred the buildings
to Frederick J. V. Skiff, the director of
exhibits.
The chorus, flynn Of the West"
the words by Edmund ClaIence Sted-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-11
as Z 10 s.,ie SIDE
(. :lG@gyS Is
The News ~

St Lonis evidently is trying 10 keep it's
promise to have a cool summer.
What Russia needs is a Gen. Wood to
clean up its camps in Mancburia.
Alexief's plight should assure him the
sympathy of Gen. Butler, at all events.
Perhaps by good conduct Senator Bur
ton may get ont in time TO help move the
crops
Perhaps Kuropatkin intends that his
mastery retreat shall go down ia his
tory.
Already Kansas has raised n maSnifi-
cent crop OF asprants for Senator Bur
ton seat.
Grover does not care for the job him
self. Int he knows a good man whom he
can recommend.
Clearly no mistake was made which
one Brigham Roberts was put out Of the
House Of Representatives,.
Now that the opening ceremony is ont
Of the way. 81. Louis is able to 20 10
work and build its fair,
One can hardly sec how the war in
the far East can be waged much longer
without resulting ia fighting.
1t will be delightful weather to sleep
ont o. vacant lots IL the ST Louis hotel
keepers raise the prices too high.
Nobody need be surprised II Manchura
proves to be the graveyard Of other rep
utations besides that Of Alexien.
Kansas will be 80 years old May 30
Would you think that State could
crowd so much history into df;y years?
Cossacks were great fighting men once
upon a time. but against machine guns
their advances may have little impress
sion.
While rent is cheap in Yladiyostok.
he price Of groceries is 50 high that it
more than offsets the saving that comes
out Of the landlord.
4 Boston dog was sold the other day
for 500 This is the Boston method Of
relaxing once IN awhile from the severe
strain Of is culture.
s.. Louis wonId be happy il It could
get the Secretary Of the Treasury 70
push but4on on closing day that would
pas oil the debts.
Considering that Admiral Stark. the
original commander at Port Arthur, had
reiiuquishel his command, the Gar
thought he deserved a decoration.
Every attempt TO Dust the Washington
baseball club from It's securely intrench-
cd position at the bottom Of tile percent
age column meets with ignoininious fall
NE.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-11

The very great change which has
taken place in recent years in the ma
tionalities which predominant in immi-
grafton to this country is well shown
in some figures recently compiled by
the Department of Commerce and
Labor. 1t appears that in the period
between 1921 and 1902 Germany and
the United States sent us 12,170, T27
immigrants, while Italy. Austria Hun
gary and Russia contributed only
3,7S1 ,ST3. In the fiscal year 1903, on
the other hand the first group Of coun-
tries sent us but 1O1,G05 immigrants,
while the second group sent 572,726.
Making the comparison by percentages
between the total immigration from
1921 TO 1903 and that for 1908 alone,
we find that in the first case the Ger
any-United Kingdom group contrib
uted sc per cent of the immigration
and the ian-Italian-Russian group
81 per cent. while in the second case
1903 alone-the first group furnished
but IL per cent and the second 6S per
cent. There are few facts about the
America of to-day more significant
for the future of the country than
these.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-11
THE FARMERS TELEPHONE.
What 1t Has Accomplished i'm Parts
of the West.

1t is estimated that nearly n million
farms have telephone service supplied to
them, either by companies or private
wires. In parts of the West. where the
telephone systems were first installed by
the farmers, it is not unusual to have a
complete service supplied for SO, 81 or
s. year. The independent telephone
systems operated by the mutual process
range in different parts of the country
from S. to SIS month. and much more.
The farmers telephone makes him
Independent Of the rural free mail de-
livery and the railroad and telegraph
companies. Market quotations are re-
ceived in tens of thousands of country
homes only few minutes after they are
sent over the ticker TO the Offices Of
commission men. No bull or bear move
on the market can be made by operators
in grain, provisions or dairy products
without instantly being communicated to
the producers. The farm service at
tempts to spread the news Of the market
each day, 50 that the farmers can draw
their OWE conclusions respecting any vio~
lent break or advance in prices.
To make the service more complete
the rural companies have arranged for
sending a complete gist Of the days news
happenings 10 their customers. Thus a
farmer after tie days work can sit in
his own home and listen to m intelligent
description OF the chief events that have
happened in the world
A further step in bringing the farms
into closer communication with the town
has been agitated by Congress. This is
facetiousIy called the telephone mail,
and is intended 10 make rural free de-
livery antiquated and slow in COMPARE
son. When a farmer expects a telephone
letter he directs the postmaster at the
nearest o. &c TO open il Immediately up
on recei * it and telephone the contents
to him. Telephone letters con be sent
with a special delivery stamp attached.
This indicates that the postmaster Is
to open the letter and telephone It's news
to the farmer situated anywhere from
a mile 10 fifteen or twenty miles away.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-11
Blows that Have Staggered Russin.

Blows that Have staggered Russla.
The naval losses Of Russia since the
outbreak of the war in hattieships. cIuis-
ers and torpedo craft destroyed or dam
aged are as follows:
Retyi2an, torpedoed and beached at
Port Arthur. Feb. $. Repaired and used
as q floating fort; l2.T00 tons.
Czarewitch, battlcship. torpcdoed and
heached at Port Arthur, Feb. I; 1910
tons.
Poltaya. hattlcship. disabled by Japan
csc at Port Arthur: hole below water
line; Feb. .: 1906 tons.
Petropaylovsk, hattleship. blown np by
mine at Port Arthur, April 10; 1o,3G0
tens.
pobieda, battlesbip. damaged by mine
al Port Arthur April 13; 12.G51 tons.
Boyarin cruiser, disabled by Japanese
ut Port Arthur ar.l bcached. Feb. S;
sunk on Feb. -; 300 tons.
Pallada, cruiser. torpedoed at Port Ar
thur and beachcd. Feb. S; repaired;
8 200 tons.
Askold. cruiser. disabled by Japanese
at Port Arthur: hole below water line;
Feb. O.; repaired; 3.l00 tons.
Diana. cruiser. disabled by japanese ut
Port Arthur; hole below water line; Feb
.; repaired; G.G30 tons
Varag, cruiser. destroyed by Japal csc
M Chenulpo. Feb. 9: 6.500 tons
Torpedo boats and gunboats:
korietz. destroyed by japanese at
Chenulpo Fob .
Manju said to have been seized by
japanese at Nagasaki Fob. ..
Skori. torpedo boat sunk by Russian
mine. March 49,
Yenesei, torpedo destroyer. blown up
by Russian mine. Feb. II.
Bez Shumi torpedo destroyer. sunk by
japanese. April Is.
f;ezStrashni. torpedo destroyer, sunk
by japanese, April 3D.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-11
eArTl- WAS cLoopY.
Nearly 1000 Men Are Said 10 Have
Fallen ia Yalu Fight.

The official reports of Gen. Kuropat-
kin and Gen ZaSsniitch on the battle OF
the YaIu have been received by the Car
and made public The reports show that
from 3,0J0 10 1000 men were killed and
that the artillery fire on both sides was
fierce in the extreme.
Ii is nov plain thar no more than
5000 Russians were actually engaged in
the fighting al the Yalu against the Jap
anese army, Of total strength of be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 The losses on
both sides. which are expected to reach
1000 and possibly 200 in the Russian
force and twice that number for the
japanese. make it one OF the aoofliest
fights IN history.
At the river crossing the Japanese
dead lay piled up literally in heaps and
Gen. kuroki's success was purchased at
such Il heavy cost that the Russians are
disposed to regard it rs rather 4 defeat
than victory for him.
A story is circulated In st. Petersburg
of a striking episode during the fighting
on the Yalu river and the desperate
bravery OF n Russian regimen; which
without artillery attacked two and one
half divisions of japanese. The Rus
slams, headed by a chaplain beaI rg n
cross, fought like lions. but were crush
ed and almost annihilated by oyerwhelm-
ing numbers. the scene after the tight
resembling Il shamblcs.
Gen. Kuropatkin's dispatch sEows
that the Russians fought with such bull
dog tenacity and bravery against the
overwhelming superiority Of the enemy
that the nominal victory OF the Japulese
was eelipsed by the prowess of the
Cars soldiers. Gen nuropatkin's re
port also served to restore Gen. Iassa-
Itch to public favor
The Russian noopIe are especially i'm
pressed with the desperate bayonet
charge Of the Eleventh regiment. The
mental picture Of the regiment alvanc-
ing against the enemy with bands and
bueles hlaring and the priest with cross
aloft at the bead appealed to the Ora
matte sense OF the Russian population as
nothing else could. The survivors of this
heroic regiment which cut its way out
declare that tiie i,o> ton was surrpuad-
&c by more than 1000 dead Japanese.
The loss of the guns which. according
to the best information obtainahle, con
sisted Of twenty-five field pieces and
eight machine guns. is considered rar
tiCulary unfortunate, even though they
win he Of no service To the enemy on
account OF the removal Of their breech
locks
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-11

All the main exposition buildings were
finished in detail and with exhibits 90
per cent installed. Half of the con-
cessionaires were open for business
also. The landscape gardening effect
was entire in its beauty. Not more
than half a dozen State buildings re-
manned unfinished, and those Of the
foreign governments were complete, or
very nearly so.
With the arrival Friday of two war
ships, Secretary of War Taft, an i'm
posing delegation of Senators and Rep
resentatives, the Governors of several
States ara great crowd of people, all
was In readiness for the ceremonies of
the morrow when the Louisiana pur-
chase Exposition would be formally
opened. The army of 10000 men.
which for several days had been work
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-11

What is baby's name:' asked the
graciously condescending young WON
an.
His name is FLYNN Machine Jack
SON" was the colored mothers reply.
How did you come to give him such
an extrs binary name?"
Well. you see dat chile takes after
his father an l wanted to give him a
name dat We're gwine TO be appropr;-
ate. An every time anybody mentions
flynn machine dey say it's sunlpin'
dat positively refuses TO work.
Washington Str.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-11

Representatives OF foreign govern
ments net at the hall of congresses
and paraded TO the plaza, so as to 6r-
rive at the same moment the exposition
officials marched in from the opposite
direction. at the same time represen-
tatives of State and territorial govern
ments entered the plaza from third
avenue, having previously formed at
the United States building,
The parade on the Pike was an at
traction of the day after the machinery
of the fair had been started by the
touch of President Roosevelt and the
ceremonies on the grounds were at an
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-11

Of the exposition has been under the
direction of an expert in that particu-
lar line who has haad charge of the
same work in previous expositions.
For those who have doubted the
possibility of eclipsing the Chicago Co
lumbar Exposition or the last Paris
exposition In a city the size of St
Louis the Missouri metropolis has pre-
pared surprise-one whose architec-
tural and spectacular beauty will lin
ger long in the memories of those who
sshold it.