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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06

the sweetness and pslthos of these
plantation melodies, and although
primitive music does not appear to
lend itself to elaborate settings, it is
nevertheless true that composers are
constantly finding inspiration for
their greatest works in some frag-
ment of just such music. Part of the
forward to this collection, written by
Booker T. Washington, may be of in
terest to our readers -
1T is especially gratifying at this
time, when interest in the planta-
ton songs seems to be dying out with
the generation that gave them birth,
when the negro song is in too many
minds associated with rag music and
the more reprehensible "coon song,
that the most cultivated musician OF
his race should seek to give perma-
nence to the folk songs of his people
by giving them a new Interpretation
and an added dignity. Negro music
is spontaneous. In Africa ii sprang
into life at the war-dance, at funerals,
and at marriage festivals. According
to African students at Tuskegee, there
are in the native me odies restraints
that reveal the close relationship be-
tween the negro music of Africa and
America.
The question is often asked. To
what extent are these songs being
sung by the colored people? In the
smaller towns and in the country dis
tTicts their use is quite general. At
the university, Hampton, and Tuske-
gee they are sung constantly. New
students coming from remote parts
of the South occasionally bring in
new ones. While they bring up
memories Of the trying conditions
which gave them birth, the race as
whole realizes that apart from the
music of the red man, the negro folk
songs are the only distinctfvely
American music. and is taking pride
in using and preserving them"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06

New York, November 25.-When
the work of rebuilding the Grand
Central station here is completed, a
long step will have been taken to-
wards substituting electricity for
steam as the motive power of Ameri-
can railroads. One of the most char
acteristic features of the new termi-
nal will be the train-shed with two
tiers of tracks, one for suburban and
ohe for through traffic, and as such an
arrangement is impossible with steam
locomotives, the two roads which use
the station-the New York Central
and the New York, New Haven and
Hartford-are planning to bring their
trains into the city by electricity.
That the New Have road has al
ready ordered rs electric locomotives
as a beginning of new order OF
things indicates to what extent rail.
road men are preparing for the
change. OF a new type, which is
equally valuable FOR long-distance
traffic and for short hauls, these loco
motives viii mark a new stage in the
employment Of electricity. Hitherto,
though electric locomotives have sue
cessfully passed the experimental
stage their use has been confined, in
the main, to places where the problem
of ventilation makes steam engines
impracticable. The Baltimore and
Ohio railroad has them for its tunnel
through Baltimore, for example, and
they will he used in the tunnel
through Baltimore, for example, and
they will be used in the tunnels which
the Pennsylvania Railroad is building
under the Hudson and East rivers
here. These locomotives, however,
and those now building for the New
York Central, are not designed to be
run any great distance from the cent
raj powerhouse, and in railroading
they will play much the same role as
is taken in water transportation by
the tug which brings the ocean grey
bound to her pier.
On the other hand, the revolution
in city and suburban traffic brought
been accomplished by an extension
of the principle of the trolley car
On the elevated railroad and in the
subway in this city, for instance, each
car in train has its own motor and
no separate locomotive is required.
The Long Island Railroad is rapidly
installing a system of this kind in the
western half of its territory, and sim
liar trains are operated in other parts
of the country, as between Stamford
and New Canaan, and between Bristol
and Hartford, in Connecticut.
However convenient method
which transforms a railroad into
glorified trolley line may be for short
hauls, where there is an enormous
amount Of traffic to be handled-and
all railroad men agree that it saves
both time and money-it is not feas-
ible on big systems already equipped
with full complement of cars and
locomotives of the old type. To
change to it would involve an expendi-
ture beyond the reach of our wealth.
est corporations and, moreover, it is
by no means certain that the results
would prove satisfactory either to the
railroad or its patrons.
In the type of electric locomotive
adopted by the New Haven none of
these objections to the general use of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06

but X he is, it will only be as precau.
ton against the possibility of an I'M
foreseen accident to the engineer.
Like a willing horse, the electric To-
connective will take all the work given
to 1t without complaining. A steam
engine stops when tasks beyond it's
strength are imposed upon it, but the
electTic machine never shirks. Tha
extra work may burn up the motor
but till this happens the train moves
steadily on. Besides, with electricity,
it is far easier to proportion the power
to the load than it is with steam. The
average weight of a train is 100 tons,
but this is often greatly exceeded.
The heaviest train run on the New
Haven, for instance, weighs $50 tons.
An ordinary sleeping car weighs 50
tons and when the tide of travel is at
the food the midnight express to Bos-
ton is often made up of ten or twelve
cars; a train of so loaded freight cars
no uncommon sight-would also
touch the maximum in weight
With steam power one must either
design locomotive to pull $50 tons
and submit to the waste involved in
having such a powerful machine draw
a third or half a load, or resort to the
expedient, common in hilly country, of
two engines utilized in a double
header to pull heavy trains. Double
headers" are denominations to rail-
road men. They mean incessant jerks
and jars, for the two locomotives can.
not be run in perfect harmony; a
great waste of force, since the effect
i've combined drawing power is far
from being the sum of that of each Of
the separate engines; and, finally, the
employment Of extra men.
With electricity all this waste is
avoided The New Ravens electric
engines, with a speed of from eighty
to ninety miles an hour, will have a
pulT' of $50 tons apiece. When
necessary, any number of machines
can he coupled together and operated
as J-U engine by one man. Thus a
750-ton train would require three loco
motives, a 500-ton train two, and the
ordinary light traffic can be drawn by
single engine The advantages de
rived from the possibility of combin.
ing at will these units OF power are
obvious.
Even such minor duties as heating
the cars are better performed by the
new type Of engine. At present The
fireman must feed a fire capable not
onl, of diving a heavy train at the
rate of mile a minute but of heating
a dozen or so cars, of COMPRISING air
for the braking mechanism, and, in
the case of such trains as the evening
fye-hour limited between New 4orli
and Boston, of lighting them with in
candescent lamps as well. In the
electric locomotive, where there is an
abundance of power always at hand.
there is a separate motor to compress
air for the brakes, just as there is on
the latest type of heavy, interurban
trolley cars. A small boiler is used
to make steam for heating. he low
pressure which is sufficient for this
purpose being maintained by a fire
automatically supplied with liquid
fuel No one needs to bother about
it and the passengers are as comfort
able as if the fireman were still
throwing shovelful after shovelful of
coal into the firebox and laboriously
ral1ing the blazing mass over and over,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06
CAUTIOUS KANSAS CITY.
Might Lunch Wagons and the Myst-
tying Hamburger"

Tying hamburger"
Kansas City Star.-The arrest of
three men charged with using sui
phuric acid in preparing the hambur-
ger for the street lunch wagons has
started many Lively discussions among
The patrons. Il one is to believe what
the wagon men say every man who
owns a lunch wagon in Kansas City
where hamburger is sold hacks up the
meat and knows just what is in it..
you don't get no sulph in this shop"
said the white-aproned chef in one of
the four-wheeler hotels last night.
Nav, we makes our own dope, see?
We knows its pedigree from start to
finish Pedigree? Why should he
use that word?
While the waiter was talking, a
customer poked his head in through
the side window near the ice box and
said. Gimme wilnou,
"Widout what?" snapped the wait
err.
The bitters."
That's the way it goes al night, 4"
said the waiter.
A moment later another man, with
a peculiar smile, appeared at the door
and said "I'd like little oxidized
hemogoblin, please. Have it we'll"
"A little whatin?" snapped the
waiter.
"Embalmed hamburger, the bright
red, the kind with the paint"
"What're you going to do in case
like that?" asked the sandwich man.
AT another wagon the waiter said:
We amt got no hamburger. We
serve trilbys''
Any date on it?" required the Wis
itor.
Fresh" responded the waiter, pull
ing open a drawer. and then, receiv-
ing the order, n scooped up a spoon
tul Of the mystery and "swatted" it
on slice of bread held in his left
hand. added two rounds Of onion
proud in its strength, and handed it
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06
VANILLA CULTURE IN HAWAII
How the Industry Originated Its
State Today.

State Today.
The Worlds Work-The vanilla
plant Is grown In Bourbon, on the
east coast of Africa. in the Seychelles
Islands. Tahiti, Fiji and Mexico The
Mexican vanilla bean is the best and
The Tahitian the poorest product, the
former fetching from 81 to $40 a
pound, while the latter does not
bring more than half dollar a pound
in the market. Mr.. =. H. Edwards
planter of long experience in the
Seychelles Islands, while on a trip to
Hawaii. was impressed with the suit
ability of the region near Kona to the
culture of vanilla, and determined to
introduce the plant Going to the
Fiji Islands, he brought back about
eleven thousand cuttings, but one
fourth of these died on the way to
Hawaii, from being placed in the hold
instead Of on the deck of the steamer
Though the cost of labor in the Haw-
allan Islands is high, as compared
with that in other countries in which
vanilla is produced. the bean can be
marketed at about $3.50 per pound
AS vanilla of the quality grown in
Kona fetches S. a pound on an aver
age and an acre yields from ESQ TO
800 pounds, the crop is highly profit
able.
The Lar on which 1t is Intended to
cultivate vanilla is cleared and left
exposed to the air and sun for few
months to "s%eeten" It; then II is
marked with / .es eight feet apart,
the cuttings being planted in the lines
at distance of five feet from each
other. There are about a thousand
plants to the acre. The vines begin
to yield about year after being
planted, but are not allowed to pro
duce pods the first year, so as to avoid
weakening the plants. A thorn Of
the orange tree, or some other sharp
point is used to open the female
bloom, directly above It, being allowed
10 fall into the opening. About
seven months after formulation. the
pod natures
After being gathered the pods are
plunged into water nearly at boiling
point, in order to check vegetation
and keep them from splitting Then
they are placed in blankets and the
blankets in alright boxes to sweat"
the bean. Next day the pods are
taken out, wiped dry and exposed to
the sun The sweating and drying
processes are repeated for ten days
or so. after which the pods are placed
on shelves, where they stay till they
are quite cured. Then they afe made
up in bundles Of fifty, which are put
into alright cases ready for market.
At present the lack Of cuttings pre-
vents the spread of the industry, for
the pioneer grower is planting the
cuttings obtained from his own vines,
so that none can be bought from him.
But in the autumn OF the present year
Mr. Edwards will visit the F1jian Is
lands and will bring back a hundred |
thousand cuttings TO Hawaii. The |
industry IS a desirable one, for re-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06
Garter Facts and FancIes.

The girls of Tuscany wear daggers
in their garters.
In Mississippi lost garter means
a lost sweetheart.
A brides saTters should be pale
blue--the sign of long and happy
married life.
Certain coquettes of the Austrian
court wore bells on their carriers in
1872.
Queen Elizabeth's garters we're OF
cloth of gold, with buckles Of dia-
mond's and seed-pearls.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06
A COLLECTION OF NEGRO mELo-
DIES.

Southern Workman.--In the latest
issue of Oliver Ditson Musicians
Library are "a negro melodies which
have been adapted to the piano by
Coleridge-Taylor. II is interesting
that this able negro musician should
seek in this way to pOpularize and
make permanent the folk music Of
his people. Though it hardly seems
on first thought that variations on
STEAL Away" and my Lord Deliver
ed Daniel" would add anything to
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06

Material progenitor mine,
Your kind permission first obtained
May / to yonder pool
Proceed,
And there in natatorial sportiveness
Myself indulge?'
Offspring
And pledge Of happy union
'Twixt me
And your beloved sire.
And of affection
In degree superlative,
You may.
But mark mel
OF the genus Carya, species aba.
Select a tree,
And on an arboreal ramification Of it
To twig
Superior in growth
But to branch inferior.
Mind well that you
Your apparel do suspend.
And to the aqueous surface Of the
pool
Have ever care
That you come not in close prOxim
Ity."
Ed Mott 10 New York Sun.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06
there viii be parts of this beast
which We have not yet found"
How He Was Found.

"+4ASh VIC nave nOb yet AOuIu.
How He Was Found.
The animal to which the horn be-
longed was the Triceratops. The
summer following the return Pro
fessor Hornaday from Montana,
therefore, the museum dispatched an
exp dition to that same section of
Montana to see if they could find any
more remains of triceratops. Bar
mum Brown, an experienced fossil
hunter, was put in charge OF the par
ty. He was rewarded with the finding
of exceedingly valuable remains Of
the triceratops, but he was still more
rewarded by the finding of a few
bones Of what appeared to be an ami.
NAL of an entirely different kind
The triceEatops was a herbivorous
beast. But the new bones showed
clearly that they had belonged to "a
fiesh-eating dinosaur. These remains
were embedded in extremely hard
sandstone, and were extracted only
with the greatest difficulty.
AS the bones of the new carnivorous
beast represented different parts of
his body. Professor Osborn calculated
that further excavation would reveal
additional portions of the same skele-
ton. Accordingly a new expedition
was sent out last summer under Mr..
Brown and most careful preparations
were made for further exploration.
The cliff under which the previous
specimens had been found was
thoroughly cleared, and blasting of
most careful and delicate character
was undertaken from the top down.
ward
AS a result of this work additional
remains of the wonderful tyrannosau-
rus rex came TO life as the summer
wore on, so that it is now announced
that representative portions of the en-
tire body have been secured. Scient,
lists will look forward to a study of
the character of this newly found mon
ster with the greatest curiosity. How
he lived, and what his general char
acteristics were will be subjects OF
the most minute investigation.
Doubtless psychologists will be
able to tell the world how much flesh
this beast consumed in a day, what
the size of his brain was, how long he
lived, and at what period in the close
of the great age of reptiles he fought
his battles for existence, for Just as
. astronomy by an analysis of the solar
spectrum, is able to reason out the
physical characteristics of a distant
star so is palentclogy able, by exami
nation of stray bones, to describe the
habits of animals who lived in the
western states Of North America
when the Rocky mountains were stlll
young and the now bare and arid
western plains were land of lakes,
rivers and luxuriant vegetation"
These same western regions are be-
ieved by psychologists to be still
full of buried skeletons of bygone
days Many is the hunter roaming
through forea,s or along some I'M
charted chasm in the Rockies who
sees curious bones projecting from
stones. These may be of priceless
value to science He should leave
them alone and send word immedi-
ately to the American Museum of
Natural History In New York, or to
one of the other great museums Of
the country Great may be his re-
ward, and greater still the reward of
science.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06
1T so CHANGED.
II so CHANGED

II so CHANGED
On that leaden-hearted day,
Rugged winter leagues away,
AS he thought of her there came
On the waste a sunny fame
Wherewithin the frost.mote danced,
While an echo rang her name.
II so chanced.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06
Il so CHANGED

It so CHANGED
On that evening bleak and hard,
Martial-couched on frozen sward,
As ne thought of her there crept
Music down the blast, that kept
All his senses dream-entranced
While, from ambush watched,
slept,
1t so CHANGED
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06
HIS WIFE KNEW HIM.

The late Hezekiah Butterworth, au-
thor Of Iigzag journeys and other
juvenile books, was a profoundly re
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06

Bashful Suitor-You are my sole
aim Ia life. Miss Margery.
Coy Maid Well, you won't make a
hit unless You get closer to the tar
get.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06
PuckERlNes.

He-Do you read all the popular
novels of the day?
She-Gracious, no! have just
time to see how they end
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06
A MODERN VERSION.

Mother, may go out to swim?"
yes, my dearest daughter.
Hang your clothes on hickory limb,
And don't go near the water.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-12-06
/ /.
IL so CHANGED

IL 30 tIIdIIJtW
In that twilight winged with IL,
When his pierced heart stood still,
AS he dreamed of her, he passed!
Then, from out the circling Vast,
With smile his love advanced
Il, to meet thee. have sped FAST"
II so CHANGED.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-07
Went Together.

Irene-I never expected Penelope
Garlinghorn would marry man named
Hogg
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-07
CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
HAS BEGUN A CAMPAIGN IN
WARRINGTON.
Of Law by the State
Legislature.

An amendment to the state constitu-
ton prohibiting polygamy in this state
and barring polygamists from holding
public officss-that il the latest plan OF
the W. c. T. L.
It is expected to begin a campaign
of education this year in order to
strengthen sentiment and<efect the
passage of the amendment Srough the
next session of the state legislature.
I'VE do not hope to bring the amend
ment before the legislature this year,
says Mrs. A. J. Albring. president OF
the Spokane federation of the w. G.. T.
u, but will .endeavor to interest the
women Of the entire state so that the
legislature two years hence will be
able to take the desired action There
is a great deal of interest already be-
ing shown in the project by the women
In coast cities. and we desire to get
every woman in the state interested"
The federation is closing a long
campaign for the use of the Bible in
the public schools. and an effort for
the establishment Of Juvenile courts.
Until these are out of the way no
action on the antipolygamy amend
ment need be expected.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-07
MUNICIPALITIES AND FRANCHISES.

plants
illuminating interesting
Of
village methods of isposing
propo
until natural development At cities compelled
individuals
franchise legislation
inability
The third which brought corporations dsfavo
the public
probably will be fair specifying
New
lighting buildings
no intention to crush
poons while
public buildings
erca would
h undertook furnish light
This
Every municipality large SMALL
" protect the municipal and the public
pense altogether with franchises be impru
business proposition Each
out win the philosophy a
paraoS little trouble
ands
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-07
SOME DAYTON NEWS.

Miss Georgia Proctor returned to
Walla Walla Tuesday where she is
attending college
Miss Ruby Lyman and her three
cousins-John, James and Tracy Ly-
man-and Miss Flora Morgan returned
Tuesday to Walla Walla, where they
are attending Whitman college.
The masquerade ball given by the
Dayton Military band Monday night
was very successful and pleasant
function. About 80 people were
masqued and there were some very
handsome costumes.
Rev. ]. d. Jones will go to Walla
Walla on Saturday to hold special
meetings in the First Congregational
church. Of that city until the Day OF
Prayer" for colleges. On next Sunday
his pulpit in Dayton will be occupied
by Hon. Edwin Eells Of Tacoma and
the following Sunday by President
Penrose Of Whitman college.
A meeting of the stockholders Of the
Columbia National bank was held in
the banking rooms Monday for the
purpose of electing officers of the bank.
The following are the directors and
officers elected: Levi Ankeny. n. H.
Wolf, Alex Price, w. Bradford and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-07
FoREsTERs HAVE new OFFICERS.
Installation Held Last Night Followe,
by Banquet.

The Foresters Of America had big
time last night when the new officers
of Court Evening Star were installed.
After the ceremonies a banquet was
served which was greatly enjoyed by
about 100 members. john q: Foor pre-
sided over the board and addresses
were made by the members of the
lodge. The new officers are:
J. G. Foor, chief ranger; Victor Sci
bert, sub chief; E. w. mclaughlin,
recording secretary; Herbert Osgood.
financial secretary; w. H. Bentley,
senior woodward; George Burinson,
junior woodward; ]. B. White senior
beadle; ]. ]. Schiffner, junior beadle;
H. c. Green, Lewis McAllister, DR.. M.
Stiles, trustees.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-07

. lew Officers We're Given Places Of
Honor Last Night.

Last night at the Odd Fellows tenn
pie on Alder street John M. Mulvain
installed the following officers Of Wal
la Walla Encampment No. 3 Chief
patriarch, Enos B. Palmer; senior war
den, Fred Greenville; high priest, T. ]
McCarty; scribe, LIE F. A. Shaw;
treasurer, G. p. Winans; guide, Harry
Richardson; inside sentinel, B. N. Bes-
sett; first watch, o. S. Gardner; Sec
ond watch, J. w. Shepard; third watch
James Trythall; fourth watch, T. M
Mckinney; first guard of the camp
M. D. Wardlow; second guard, Ward
Emigh.