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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-02-07

railroad rate Sill with the favorable
recommendation of the entire mem
bership OF the interstate and foreign
commerce commission. Ii is section
four of the bill which confers power
on the commission to establish a rate
or to declare what will be a proper
charge in a certain instance. The re-
port stated in this connection that it
is just TO the commissCn TO state that
none of it's members think it wise that
authority TO take the INITIATIVE in rate
making should be conferred upon it.
It's complaint had been made, when it
is authorized TO declare what shall be
Just and reasonable and Fairly re-
munerarive rate or rates, charge or
charges, TO be thereafter preserved in
such cases as the maximum to be
charged; and what regulation or
practice in respect to such transporta-
ton is just and fair and reasonable
make an order tpat the carrier shall
cease and desist from such violation
10 the extend to which the commits
sion finds the same 70 exist and shall
not thereafter publish. demand or cot
iect any rate or charge for such
transportation in excess of the maxi
mum rate or charge so prescribed,
and shalt conform TO the regulation
or practice so prescribed"
A penalty of $4,000 is provided for
violation or disobedience OF any or
der of the commission. Authority is
given the commission 20 prescribe
the exact manner in which reports
shall be made by common carriers
with a penalty provision against non
compliance, and the manner in which
railroads are 10 keep their accounts.
Access may be had at all times to the
books of carriers. A fine of $4,000 or
Imprisonment for two years is the
penalty provided for refusal to allow
experts of the commission 10 examine
the books of such carrier The bill
provides for two additional members
of the commission, the term of serv-
ice for a commissioner being in
creased to seven years and the salary
o 100000.
The house passed the urgent de-
fciency appropriation bill carrying
s15,616,1 03, incorporated in which is a
provision that the eight-hour day law
shall not apply to alien laborers on
the Panama canal In addition it
passed 262 private pension bills and
read the Mann general bridge bill
making it unfinished business for
Monday. A roll call was deslanded by
The democratic side on the eight-hour
amendment. Its adoption was by d
vote of 120 to 10S. Nineteen republi
cans voted with the democrats and
( one democrat, De Almond of Mis-
souri,, with the majority Sixty one
republicans were absent without be
! ing paired.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-02-07
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

La BELLE LODGE. A. r. & A. N. No-aA
Meets the First and Third Wednesdays %
zach month. Hall In williams block.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-02-07

ALEX. LowRIE POST, G. A. R.-MEETB
nrst Monday evening Of each month In W.
n c. Hall.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-02-07

REGINA LODGE, DAUGHTERS OF RE
day Of each month in l. o. o. +. Hall.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-02-07

vIROQUA ENCAMPMENT, |. o. o. -
Ne 60 Meets every Monday evening.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-02-07

VIROQUA LODGE, I. o. o. F.-MEETS
svsry Saturday night in williams block.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-02-07

ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORK.
NEN-First and Third Tuesdays Of saeA
Month.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1906-01-11

You will never experience any
unnecessary delays, you will at
all times get the very best drugs
that the market affords and you
will have the consolation of know
ing that the price charged was
right. That you may be sure
your prescription falls in right
hands tell your doctor to leave it
with l.. E. Lide & Co. Phone 500.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1906-01-11

/ that tipped the beam at 21O and
260 respectively These pigs were
between nine aud ten mon 5hs old
+ Mr.. &. A. Duncan murdered one
which went 426 net
/ The r. F. d. carriers present.
| ed to Hon. A L. Myers, the Gale
dOnla postmaster, as a Christ
mas souvenir, d hand some gold
headed cane.
The rtainment at the hom e
Eof Mr.. r. A. Dowdle last Friday
night was a crowniug success.
1t is no wonder when it is known
that the presiding spirit was
none other than the entertaining
and fascinating Miss Minnie, as
sisted by the no less charming
sister, Miss Bessie Will Dowdle.
All kinds of am using games were
played until the hour to return
to their home. when the most
dainty refreshments were served
by the hos ostesses.
A few days since DR.. D. M.
Molloy was called on to perform
most pleasant duty. The good
friends of the Rev. w. G.. Gal
ceron presented him with love
ly suit of clothes and the Doctor
in his usual elounence, in behalf
of the donors. made the presen
tation speech and the response
from Bro. Galceron was very ap-
propriate and to the point. The
Caledonians know how to do a
nice thing in worthy cause.
Mr.. E. NJ. Cain is spending
few days ia Colum bus, that DR..
r. c. Molloy may look after the
arm that was so badly cut in d
gin in October, which is still Civ
ing him some trouble.
On next Sunday two of our
most popular young folks are to
be married in the neighborhood
of Border Springs. Mr.. Will
Smith has won the heart of Miss
Lilly Morris and he wants the
hand thrown ip Miss Lilly is
the principal of the Lone Oak |
school and we suppose she needs
an assistant. Well that is all |
right; we are assisting Mrs.
Johnnie run the farm We wish |
10 hand in IN advance the best |
wishes of
JOHNNIE AND WILLIE. +
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1906-01-11
he Earon'S Schema

did YOU ever hear about Baron
Won Schroder's coach dog that lick
ed all of the fighting bull terriers in
the neighborhood of Harrison
street p asked a well known club
man. ''lt happened a few years
back. The baron used to drive out
from the family mansion on Harri-
son street on pleasant afternoons
with a spotted coach dog trailing
behind his very proper equi page.
'.The sight of that dog was the
torment of a butcher who lived in
the neighborhood and who was quite
a dog fancier, and every time the
baron's carriage rolled by the butch
er would turn loose one of his fight
ing bull pups to chew a mouthful
out of the coach dog. It was very
annoying. Finally, however, the
baron hit upon a scheme for re-
venge.
''IIe looked around and got hold
of a bulldog that could HEX any
thing that walked on four legs.
w TN tHe dlu VI pOl vi pd1uI He
decorated the bulldog until he bore
a close resemblance to a coach dog
and then sailed forth for his after
noon drive with the spotted fighter
IN tow.
''That new coach dog chewed up
three Of tsae butchers prize fighters
on three succeeding afternoons, and
the baron's coach dog was not mo-
Tested after that San Francisco
Chronicle
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1906-01-11
imperfect Digestion.

Means less nutrition and Iu cou-e-
quence less vitality. When the liver
fails to secFete bile. the blood ha-
comes loaded with bilious prOperfirs.
the digestion becomes impaired and
the bowels constipated. herbine wiII
rectify this; 10 gives tone - the sf0m-
ach, liver and kidneys, streugthen-
the appetite. clears and improves che
complexion, infuses new life and vig-
or to the whole system. J0c a bottle.
Sold by Johnston q Caine.
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but with faulty not uncommon
among young and aspiring orators
he heightened his speech until he
had consumed three-quarters of an
hour. Ina community where the
curfew rings at 9 o'clock that meant
that Dr. Gould would not have time
TO deliver his speech, and the fol-
lowing is the substance Of what he
said
''The time is so far spent that it
is inadvisable to deliver the address
which | had prepared. In the course
of his lengthy remarks the young
brother referred frequently to the
great gun who was to follow him.
l think | may safely say to the
young brother that the people
would be better pleased if he would
decrease the length and increase the
caliber Of his gun.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1906-01-11
Cured LumbagO.

A. B. Canman, Chicago. writes
March 4. 1903: Having been trou-
bled with lumbago at different times
and tried one physician after another,
then different ointments and liniments
gave it up altogether. So | tried once
more, and got a bottle of Ballard 5
Snow Liniment, which gave me al
most instant relief. I can cheerfully
recommend it and will add my name
to your list of sufferers" Sold by
Johnston & Caipe.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1906-01-11
Getting Rid of Guests.

The late General Isaac j. Wistar
of Philadelphia was after his
family that the wistaria vine was
named-had multitude of anec-
dotes that he could draw on when
he desired to score a point or to IL
Illuminate an idea. General Wistar
was for number of years the pres
ident of the Pennsylvania Academy
of Natural Sciences. At one of the
scademy's meetings a rather old and
original method of reaching the
north pole was suggested OF this
method the president said, smiling:
DOUBTLESS in that way the pole
might be achieved, but what an
original way of getting there it
would be. 1t reminds me of the
way two San Francisco friends Of
mine once took to get rid Of some
guests.
.sThese guests came to spend the
evening and didn't know when to
depart. Ny friends were patient
with them. very patient, but when
IL, 10 and finally l O'clock struck
the husband realized that something
must be done He was an original
chap, and IN his original way he
looked at his wife and said mildly:
NY dear. hadn't we better get
up to bed? Our friends NAV want
80 be going Washington Post.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1906-01-11

LosT. A fur scarf Finder
viii return to DISPATCH office
and receive reward. 2t
Mr.. ". J. Whitfield aud little
daughter. of Mobile, spent Sun
day ia the city
See 2. W. Maer. real estate
agency. for a good investment in
cabin property.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1906-01-11
JOHNNIE AND WILLIE.

We have purchased the entire
bicycle. gun and repair shop Of
the late Ben Suggs and are. bet
ter prepared than any shop ii
Mississippi TO do al classes of
repair work on bicycles. guns.
typewriters and machinery of all
kinds. Give us trial.
I2-tf CITY MACHINE SHOP.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1906-01-11
CONDENSED STORIES.
= Young Minister'S veraosity Brings
Pointed Reproof

When the Rev. J. b. Gould, D. D.,
was pastor of the First Methodist
Episcopal church in Bangor, Me-,
he accepted an invitation to deIiv-
er an address at some sort of an
evening gathering in Brewer, just
scrQss the fenobscot river.
A young minister was invited TO
make a few introductory remarks,
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1906-01-11
Beautiful line spring EN- brOid 3
cries now on sale at Cheap joe $


The chances for living a full century
are excellent in the case of YRS. Jen-
ME Duncan, OF Hayuesville. Me. now
20 years old. She writes. Electric
Bitters cured me of chronic dyspepsia
of twenty years standing, and made
me feel as well and strong as young
girl. Eleetric Bitfer- cafe stomach
and liver diseases. blood disorders.
general debility and bodily weakness
Sold on % guarantee Ha f.1r e
May fei0 '- 9fry -for.. I,f
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The citizens of East MisSis-


!. Iionsly awaiting the sampls- cory
lof The government road building.
, out they care but little for The
t9reat howl that is rending The
ar in congress over the railroad
fire. gnt rates or the government
lowHer~ ship of the railroads If
the Dvernment owned the rail
roads and kept them in as poor
cond ition as the counties keep
their dirt roads it would be rough
travelling. We are opposed to
the government ownership Of
railroads, for if we got killed on
a railroad and had to sue the gov
erument it would be cool morn
ing in August when we got any
damages. Uncle Sam is most
too big a man for US to sue. He
can deliver our mail and that is
all we care to have him do
Speaking of roads in this sec.
tion means something. If we
bad never had the little end of
/ the Military road graEeGea We
might not have known tige diIer
ence. but Ne had rather traveFi
from Colum us 10 howard 5ssi
creek, distance of 8 miles. sham
travel the next two miles. Where
| the gravel ends the road ends.
To give the reader an idea what I
the road really is where it has
been raised with clay and no
gravel applied, hear what Mr.. |
George Perkins says: Coming /
from town last week [ saw a part T
of an oxen whip lying in the mud,
Got down and picked it up and +
some one down in the mud said, .
Let my whip alone or [ will never
get out Of this mud hole. =
There is an abundance of gravel
along the roads ia East Missis
sippi and West Alabama and with
little wo. k the roads can be made
as tine as any in the South.
We see that the old Prairie
Buck, our esteemed friend w S.
Mullins, of Cliftonville, has
bought the Bennett farm z miles
from Colum bus on the Military
road, and is Improving the place.
He is using the big prairie plow
and turning under pine saplings, {
briars. browsedge and every,
thing that gets in his way. :
Mr.. j. G. Ferguson, Of Birm
ingham, is visiting relatives In
this county. Mr.. Ferguson is
one of the old Lowndes county {
boys who have gone out to sue f
cess. He is son of Mrs w. B
of Bent Oak. Mr.. >
Ferguson went to Birmingham !;
several years ago and ry close at
tention to business afnaSSed quite :
4 fortune. He has been in the
saloon business but has given it :
Up as bad job and will in the
near future EN- bark in another
inc of business. We are always
glad to note the success of our
1ome boys who have cast their q
OTIS with others.
In avoiding bad piece of road
he other day we passed through !,
,he farm of Mr.. Jim Vaughan
md we understand now how it is
hat he is buying corn again. He
las the best farm in the Wood !
avn height orhood and he plants T
I'll cotton. Never theless he has
he prettiest, slickest mules and !
cows we have seen since we left r
kentucky. A
Mr.. Bob Stanley, a prosperous
nd Influential farmer of Clay =
county, who has been spending :
he holidays with relatives =
Iround Caledonia, has returned ;
O his home in West Point.
Mrs. John Hayes of Lamar t,
county, who we reported sick u
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east ,as xzsT sIsS'ss16f! z1ssaaa BUREAU.
1BY1
L. A. Halbert
The heavy wind of The earls

Ddft I'll tue Woeh Ebit' ~ tfcRs
lacross our Alabama wires and
l.our Alabama news vii ise saari
this week
NJ. Pix SWauzs, OF Texas S.wEaf
X OF visit IL relatives aJ Lone
Oak. has neen quite sick but i
itonvalescent
o. account of The scarcity Of
ltbor throughout this section
there will be the largest oat crop
and the smallest cotton crop ever
| planted. which is the best thing
/ that ever occurred.
Our Woodlawn merchant, Mr..
George Perkins, is back from
New York where he has been
buying bis spring stock.
Mr.. John Murray. of Lone Oak.
we regret to note, remains quite
sick
MIR. Scurry. with Misses Made
and Saide Stephens n, two love
ly young ladies Of Tupelo, are
visiting Mr. aud Mrs. Bock
Eger, Of New Salem.
An entertainment on New
Years night at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. G. B. Ssason was
thoroughly enjoyed by the young
people .
The dining given by the Hon. !
A. L. Myers. cur efficlent and &C
commodating postmaster, in hon.
or of the r f. D. carriers was
an enjoyable affair. All the boys
We're present and did justice to
the occasion.
Prof j. H. Stanley, of Lee
county, and his brother @. w.
Stanley of Fayett, Alabama,
spent the Christmas holidays
with their half brother Mr. L A |
Coof, of New Salem. Toe Stanley
Bros. are old Lowndes county
boys and are doing nicely in
their adopted homes.
Mr.. Erwin Thomas has been |
confined TO his bed with the
grippe for a week. We hope to
see him out soon, as he is some
better to-day.
Prof. Thaxton and family are /
low domiciled at the Barentine
cottage, having moved in Dec. 80.
Miss Lucille Huff spent the day
Thursday very pleasantly with
Ter friends in Caledonia.
Mr. [. A Cain and family have
moved to WOodlawn and will oc-
;upy the Lance cottage in the
uture
On Friday last Mrs. Will Wal
ers visited Mr.. S. G.. L. CASTOR
q Caledonia.
We regret to learn that Mrs.
sam Darnel is on the sick list
nd her many friends join this
Bureau in the wish for her
peedy recovery. /,
Miss May Oten, of Texas, the !
ccompHshed niece of DR.. Thorn
S, is visiting her uncle. We hope I
er stay in Caledonia will be a
leaSant one. ,
The Caledonia Camp, w. O. W.
ad a New Year meeting on Sat I
rday last and several new appli-
ations were received. The Off f
ers of the Camp for the year 7
re: L. A. Halbert, G. c.; E.. 0.
[arper, A. L.; w. d. Stephen 6
on, B [. A. Cain, Escort; julie !;
Watchman; J. j.
ioolsbv, ,Sentry and G.. V. Usseryt
1anager. !,
Miss Minnie Halbert, of Gale
onia, made a flying visit to her s
ister Mrs. E. L. Smith of Flint r
i'll and lit back in Caledonia in r
wo hours. +
Messers. w. II. and G.. l.. Gas :
IN spent last Saturday in Col a
% bus.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1906-01-11

The justly celebrated Calhoun Rye whiskey. with
unsuied reputation of % b. hind every bottle
coubedy entitled to the unstnted praise accorded by
competent judges of quality in wbiskey. IL aged
wood and every bottle be absolutely pure
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-06-26

bade him await her arrivel in his cap
ital, and sped to the frontier to be the
first to welcome her as she set foot
on Austrian soil. .
Another royal marriage in which
the heart was the sole guide to the
determination Of the contracting part
les was that of the unfortunate Ger
man Emperor Frederick. When, for
the first time, he saw the young Eng
lish princess who was destined to be-
come his bride, she was only IL years
Of age, but her prettiness and grace
made such an impression upon him
that he exclaimed, "what delight
full woman that little girl will be one
day." -Four years later he came again
to England, and found his little prin~
cess still more charming. lie paid
her assiduous court, and took her for
frequent walks in the royal gardens.
One day he broke off from bush n
sprig Of gorsc and gave it her as an
emblem of affection. In this poetic
and simple fashion were the Emperor
and Empress Friedrich informally
betrothed.
The mar iage Of the late King
Humbert of Italy was also love
match, though less spontaneous than
some of the others we have quoted. At
an carly age he was cnamoured of
his cousin Marguerite of Savoy, but
politics ordained that he must marry
an Austrian, and the choice Of the
ministers fell upon young acrhdu
chess. The prince resigned himself
to his fate, in accordance with the
wishes of the country expressed
through the cobinct. But shortly
after their marriage the young prin-
cess was killed by terrible acci-
dent. The prince declared he would
never marry again unless it was with
his cousin Marguerite, who at that
time was probably the most beauti-
full princess in Christcndom.
Ben II. Harvin.
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Vest on Voffee.

Champ Clark relates many in
stances of the grim humor that was
so prominent a character of the late
Senator Vest of Missouri.
Mr.. Clark tells how, durin" one of
Vests campaign tours in the early
'90's, it was necessary for him to So
journ over night in the town of st.
Charles. The best hostclry the place
afforded was poor enough. and at
ont by the stuff that was placed be-
fore him for coffee.
After having sampled the bever-
age, Vest, with frown, called for
the proprietor. When that indivi-
dual had appeared, the Senator ask
ed, with a wave of his hand toward
the offending liquid smoking inno-
Gently before him:
"Sir, what is this stuff?"
"Coffee," meekly replied the pro-
prietor, somewhat taken back.
"Coffee," repeated Vest, in fine
scorn. "My friend, I could insert a
coffee bean in my mouth, dive into
the Missouri river, swim to the town
Of Alton, Ill.,, and I'll guarantee that
one could bail up much better coffee
than this, sir, over the entire route!''
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PENITENNTS ON DECK.
When the Noag Jackies Undergo Gu
rious Punishments.

Naval officers do not always mctc
out to the men the punishment laid
down in the Kings regulations. They
frequently adopt puishmcnts of their
own invention which prove most cf-
lcctivc i'll preventing the recurrence
Of offence. The punishments are
otter very curious and even lu-
dicrous nature.
1t is an every day occurrence to see
half IL dozen sailors lined up on deck,
facing the paintwork. their ham,
mocks on their shoulders, and their
faces presenting Il most woful pie
turc. For this punishment is not
so trivial rs ii appears. The ham
mock is not very heavy it is true,
but after an hour or two it brags on
one shoulder like lead. Besides it is
far from pleasant to stare fixedly
at square foot of gray painted wood
work for sixty minutes at a stretch.
Jack would much prefer to do a few
days "Tcn A,' or to have his leave
"jamblcd." "
Splitting on deck Of man o war
is strictly prohibited. AS soon as
the bu%le has sounded the "Stand
EaSy' spittonns are placed at inter
walls along the deck for the use of
the sailors. and woe bctide the tar
who ignores the presence of these
tubs and eXpcctorates about the
spotless deck. On many vessels
wide belt is kept, and this the man
who departs from the regulations is
required to wear upon his person, and
is thus subjected to the ridicule of
his shipmates. He is given an oppor-
tunity of retrieving his character,
however. He is permitted to walk
the deck with the other men, and
should he "spot" a sailor commit
ting a like offence he at once pre-
scnts him with the hated belt, and
the new victem has to undergo a SIM
liar ordeal.
Some officers adopt more drastic
measures. If Jack detected expector-
atmg anywhere but in the recepticles
provided, "spit kit" is strapped to
his chest, and any man who cares to
do 50 may make use of this curious
walking spectacle. AS may be sup
posed this humiliating punishment
effectively prevents the men from
violating the regulations.
Were civilian given two large
wooden buckets, one empty and the
other full Of water, and told to bail
the liquid from the full tub into the
empty vessel with a small spoon he
would consider the order to be that of
madman or revival Of ancient
fairy lore. Yet this punishment has
on several occasions been meted ont
to refractory sea dogs. Nothing is
moro amusing than to see a weather
beaten sailor carefully bailing out
spoonful after spoonful Of water and
as carefully depositing the fluid in a
large bucket at his side. .
A punishment frequently employed
is that of setting the defaulter to
walking slowly backward and for
ward along the deck, nursing in his
arms a six-inch projectile weighing a
little over 100 pounds. After q quar-
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teen hours to make the trip, which
the electric cars will make in three
hours. 1t is also announced that the
summer cars to be operated-will
each be equipped with fifty horse
power motors. The plan is to build
the line entirely with Chinese labor,
even using Chinese electricians as
far as possible. 1t is stated that the
company also intends to seek from
the city of Canton concession
of the light and power privileges. The
streets there are so narrow that some
difficulty would be experienced in at
tempting to secure the franchise for
a city street railway system, although
this might be sought later. Altogether
it is remarkable enterprise for the
Chinese.
Mr.. Linn Dat, it's promoter, is at
the head of the leading Chinese mer-
camille firm in Victoria, known as
"Gim Fook, Yuen." They own a
large brick block, conduct depart
ment store, a rice mill, and have sew
eral other stores in British Columbia,
as we'll as a branch house in China.
Mr.. Dat, in 1895, invented and secur-
ed a patent on an improved device for
electric rice mill machinery, the first
patent issued to a Chinaman in Brit
ish North America.