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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21
CATHEDRAL BUILDING.
In Whose Honor Are These Mighty
Piles Erected Now?


Piles Erected Now?
1t is not unlikely that good many
persons of certain temperament find
it regrettable that this country seems
seriously to have entered on an epoch
of cathedral building, and on reflection
we incline to share their point of view
! through rather mixed considerations,
says the American Architect. In the
first place, it seems to us that every
modern cathedral church, whether sue
cessful or unsuccessful INTELLECTUALLY,
whether built in this country or In
Europe, in a very real degree belittles
the dignity and degrades the character
of the churches that have come down
to,us from the grand cathedral-building
epoch. These masterpieces of ART
are universally acknowledged to have
been possibilities only through the
selfsacrifice and reverent enthusiasm
of the men who designed and buiH
them, and it Is the knowledge of these
conditions, legendary though they
may be, that lends to ones impressions
human poignancy that blends with
the higher emotions which temple oil
God, however modest and unbeautiful,
always evokes. AS it is very gener
ally known that very little self-sacri
flee and still less reverent enthusiasm
is built into the walls of a modern ca
thedral, those who have this under
standing will be likely to disbelieve
that the old cathedrals were builded in
any other frame of mind, and so will
deny to them one of their most living
and impressive characteristics, and
this will be loss.
Further, the soul of man, in these
, times of ours, is to be reached mainly
by the spoken word; it can be affected
subdued, chastened. perhaps, BY the
pleasurable sensations that reach the
brain through the eye; but it cannot
be informed in morals, ethics and re-
and word spoken unless 1t can be
heard Is wasted. Now, the new Ca
thedral of SIS. Peter and Paul, at
Washington, the design for which by
G. F. Bodley and Henry Vaughan has
just been approved by the chapter and
council of the diocese, is to seat a con-
gregatlon of 5000 provided
such numbers ever present them
selves and we venture to think that,
In church which measures 476 by
1872 feet, the spoken word will be quite
inaudible to large part of tie audi
ence seated in the double-aisled nave.
Such result, of course. implies a
great waste and, when one reflects
that for the s5,O0O,O0O this cathedral
is to cost 500 mission chapels could
be built, it seems impossible to be
lieve that the churchmen are alto
gether right in their undertaking.
AS searly as we can make out, the
cathedra, promoters are carried away
by sort OF post hoe propter hoe be
lief. in very mistaken fashion. In
their d,ssire to stem the current OF
modern lpaterialism and irreligion
they see4zI suddenly to have turned
their eyes to the cathedrals OF the old
world and then imagined that they
recognized in them not an effect, but
cause; they seem to have under
stood that it was because cathedrals
existed that people were fervent OF
faith. not that through and hecaHse
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21
SHORT STORIES.

An Atlantic liner is repainted
nearly every trip.
A five d0llar note is in circulation
about two years.
On pasture lands in alaska grass
grows six feet high.
The Yellowstone park was visited
last year by 10000 persons.
The juice from thoroughly decayed
bananas is a bright, clear carmine
and is said to make first class in.
delible ink.
In the last fiscal year there were
6,25S assertions from our army, and
Of 2f,0S3 enlistments during the same
time but S,84S we're re-enlistments.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21
A HOUSE WHICH GREW.

Among the many queer things in
this world of oddities is house which
grew instead of being built. 1t is
formed from section of one of the
giant trees Of California. When ii
is remembered that these trees often
grow to height of $50 Or 800 feet,
and measure as much as fifteen feet
in diameter, the fact that a comfor.
table dwelling may be CONSTRUCTED
in the hollow trunk of one of them can
be appreciated
The enterprising man who made a
dwelling of one of these trunks was
obliged only to cut a door, put on a
roof and provide windows and floors
Nature has done the rest. Selected
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21
Feminine Attire.

The toilet of woman never, even in
It's most oblivious details. comes with
in the understanding of man. He may
admire, appreciate, or adore a wo-
mans dress, but he never for mo-
ment understands it. Few indeed are
the mysteries which this age of adj
vertisement has left to us. but the
time happily not yet come when or
binary plain man can gauge fine dis.
tinctions of chiffon or crepe de chine.
says an exchange.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21
LITTLE BITS OF EVERYTHING.


The woman who ascrihed her Ion.
gevity-she lived to be 1O7 years old
to her habit of eating onions certainly
had strong reasons for her belief.
DR.. Osler says soup is bad to eat,
but neglects to suggest soup-erior ar.
tiele of diet
The Moroccan trouble will give the
wipe-growers of the Midi a chance to
calm down and be forgotten.
Maud Fealy thinks she has found a
way to get good dramatic criticisms
She has married critic.
The fire at Coney Island is out, but
people with money to burn can get it
consumed there as usual.
There is shortage in the prune
crop, but people who are full of them
win be as full of them as ever.
MIR. Bryan admits that Mr.. Roosevelt
is growing wiser, though how Mr..
Bryan can tell that is not explained.
A Long Island woman says she
would not take August Belmonts word
for 81. Would she take one of Mark
Twain's for 80 cents?
Clarence Darrow's socialistic ideas
do not seem to be popular with other
lawyers. Other lawyers, as a rule,
know how to think
Forty cocktails remarked a New
York contemporary, "can not put a
good man down" But a good man
can put forty cocktails down.
The new Mrs. Jacob Riis is a ste
nographer, but it is safe to say she
will soon get tired of taking down
Jake's praise of Roosevelt
Gov. Vardaman will be happier in
Mississippi that he would be in Wash.
fngton. There are more "niggers'
there for him to kick about.
The Minneapolis prohibitionist who
got drunk to prove that liquor intoxi-
Gates might have come to Madison and
found somebody whose testimony
would be taken on that subject.
Scotch whisky is not Scotch whisky
unless 1T is made in Scotland, accord
ing to British court, which has never
been in this country and ordered a
Scotch whisky at an American bar.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21
Not ENCOURAGING.

Il have made up my mind said Mr..
Timid, that shall speak to your
father SOON"
YES" replied the dear girl,
father said he thought you would
and he said if you truly loved me
you'd take out an accident insurance
policy in my favor Philadelphia
Press
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21
AERoNAur's LIFE ENDANGERED.
Strong Wind Carries Him HaIf-a-MiIe
Lskeward.

Kenosha. Wis, Aug. 1S.-The sud
den descent of rain and hail storm
made Sunday crowds scatter and Incl
dentally almost caused the death of
Joseph Montgomery an aeronaut.
Montgomery made(an ascent from the
park before large crowd He was
caught In the wind and blown half a
mile out into the lake. He lost his
parachute. but was rescued after
fiounderlng about several minutes.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21
BEES IDLE THIS YEAR.
Small Number Of Flowers Will Cause
Scarcity Of Honey.

Appleton, Wis, Aug 11.--Honey Is
the latest thing to be classed with
the scarce articles this year. Owing
to the small number of flowers this
season the bees have had nothing
from which to make the sweet. Blue
birds have also raised havoc by kill
ing the bees. The attacks made on
the birds by the bees have no appar-
ent effect, although they defend them.
selves In swarms
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21
On the Last Day.

Gabriel-I've blown my trumphe'
three times and nobody pays any at
,entlon TO It.
Israfel-That's strange.
Gabriel-rsn't 1t People use TO make
! hasty jump for the curbstone ant
hen look TO see which way the autt
vent.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21

Fifteen thousand American news
papers, mostly New York Sunday is
sues, were held recently. on tbs
frontier, Canadian officials refusing
to admit them TO Canada In view Of
the new Lords day act. wsich reads:
1T shall not 70 lawful for any persor
to bring into Canada for sale or lis
trlhutIon. or GEL or distribute within
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21
FlauratIveIx Speaking.

What became of Nineveh?" asked
the Sunday school teacher.
1T was destroyed" said Johnny
promptly.
And what became Of TyreT'
'Punctured. Cleveland Leader.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21
EPIDEMIC OF PAIL DEATHS.
Another Appleton Baby Loses Life
While Mother Is Away.

Appleton. wis, August 11.-Nor-
bert. the 13-months-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Heinz. drowned in pail
containing only four inches of water.
The baby was playing In the yard
when the mother went into the gar
den, hut when she returned FIVE min
utes later the child was dead. having
fallen with his head IN the water and
drowned.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21
SNAKE PuRsUEs CHILD.

Large Reptile Pursued Little May
Borr,son in Marinette.
Marinette, Wis, Aug. 11.--May Bol-
rison, a little girl, was chased by a
pine snake in Menominee. The 1T
tie girl came running down the street
with the snake wriggling behind her.
Chris Borrson, her father, ran out
and killed 1t. 1t was four feet long
and came out from under a walk. AS
improbable as the story seems 1t is
vouched for by a number of people
and it is the subject Of great deal
of talk In the neighborhood where It
occurred
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21
opportune.

Nine thousand Jaranese soldiers
are said to be massed In Mexico ready
to rush on our middle west"
Cool! Wen make 'em harvest
the wheat Plttsburg Post.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21

Miss F1era McTntyre, sophomore In
Berkeley university, California, pays
her board and tuition fees by the sale
of queen bees she raises.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21

What instrument do you suppose
Telsa talks through In addressing
Mars?"
Same old thing"
What dye mean?'
"TIis be- Philadelphia Ledger.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21

The chiropodist makes his patients
acknowledge the corn.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21

Canada on the Lords day, any for
eign newspaper or publication clsssi-
fed as a newspaper"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21

The Moroccan trouble will give the
wipe-growers of the Midi a chance to
calm down and be forgotten.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21

The woman who ascrihed her Ion
geVity-she lived to be 107 years old
to her habit of eating onions certainly
had strong reasons for her belief.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21

Maud Fealy thinks she has found a
way to get good dramatic criticisms
She has married a critic.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21

The fire at Coney Island is out, but
people with money to burn can get it
consumed there as usual.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21

DR.. Osler says soup is bad to eat,
but neglects to suggest a soup-erior ar.
ticle of diet
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-08-21

There is q shortage in the prune
crop, but people who are full of them
viii be as full of them as ever.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

may have an opportunity to compare
the type and quality Of the three prin-
clpal beef breeds. Herds of Jerseys,
Guernseys and Holstcins are muin-
tanned to test their relative merit for
dairy purposes and provide milk for
principally kept. however, that expert
mental data may be obtained, and the
best and cheapest methods Of main
tanning and feeding dairy herds work.
ed out for the benefit and guidance Of
our dairymen. A good flock OF Dorset
sheep and Berkshire swine are main
tuIned on the farm. Grazing and feed
ing experiments with hogs are In pro-
gress at all times.
Applicants for admission to the COL
Elege must DO at least 16 years old and
proficient In English grammar, physi-
cal geography. history Of Virginia and
the United States, arithmetic. and alge-
bra to quadratics; also In Latin gram
mar and two books Of Caesar If they
wish to pursue Il course of study In
which Latin Is required,
The expense OF a student for full
collegiate year of thlrty-siX ,weela
may be estimated at $225O0. -Four
lpndrcd scholarships cHompring from
tuition are offered to Virginia stud
ents. The college thus provides an
opportunity for obtaining general
agricultural education, and also for
specialization along many lines. When
the new building Is properly equipped,
the facilities for instruction will BIO
greatly improved, but In tho moan timo
every effort is being made to care for
tho boy who wishes to pursue q course
Of instruction in agriculture,
ANDREW NJ. sOULD, N
Dean and Director,
Blacksburg. Va, March, 1907.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24
HIGHLAND TO nave
ANOTHER RAILROAD.
Shenandoah Lumber Company
Construct Road to Reach Vast
Timberlands.
Especial to The Times.pislp,a Itch. !

y MONTERREY. VA, March 23,-1t is
now believed, upon the strength Of
reports said to be authentic that
Highland county is to have another
railroad The road now being pro-
jected is primarily a lumber road, like
the one on the Western border Of tho
county, but it is asserted that, sooner
or later the line will be quilt to a
connection with one Of the main lines
along the West Virginia border. The
promote of the enterprise are the
Shenandoah Lumber Company, owners
OF extensive timber lands IN Bath and
Highland. The new limo Is to be built
from n point on the Chesapeake and
Ohio, about wo9miles from Millboro.
The location will be up Mill Creek
and tho Cowpasture River distance
OF twenty miles. to WILLIAMSBURG.
where. 1t is stated. tho company will
locate an extensive plant. that point
being contiguous to their large hold.
ings. consisting OF $4,000 acres Of ex-
cellcnt timber. This body Of timber
lies principally in Highland county.
C. e. Ryan. of Parlkcrsburg, an off,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

give the student q liberal education, and
at the same time he Is instructed withr re-
gard to those sciences which pertain
to agriculture and give an opportuni-
ty to acquire the best information
with regard to both the theory and
its important branches Special stress
is laid on the subject OF agronomy.
animal husbandry, dairying, farm
management, agricultural bacteriology
veterinary science. mycology, horti-i
culture. biology. agricultural chems-
try and geology.
Practical Instruction.
There is also two-years' course
in practical agriculture, and certi-
ficate Of standing is given to all stud
ents who complete 1t In n satisfactory
manner. 1t is intended especially to
meet the needs Of those young men
who desire to obtain the rudiments OF
an agricultural education. but do not
feel that they have either the time
or, money to take four years. course
AS soon as the new agricultural ml
Is equipped, short courses in ngronomy
/ dalrylng and animal husbandry vii
be offered. In the mean tlmc specla
courses In the subjects can be ar.
ranged for limited number of stud
ents. and undergraduates courses car
tDo8 hFTAnEsu \ OE Fl OnANHppllCH ton. INC
college Is thus in position to take care
of all. who apply. for. collegiate in.
struction in agriculture or II Other
special courses.
Five large barns have been erected
on tho college grounds each designed
for special purpose. The larges
and most imposing of these is thu
dairy barn, which has stall room fol
a large number Of animals. Thu
granaries in this barn have capacit,
OF $500 bushels OF corn, and larg,
mows provide abundant room for til,
storage of hay. shredded stover etc
There are also two large silos. eacl
with q capacity of 200 tons.
The College farm COMPRISES ahou
1000 eacres. Part Is leased and par
is tho property of the institution, Th
work O E CROP production can thus b
carried on on q large scale. ana suf
lI1cient 2land IL available for EyazinE tn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

and not known to occur elsewhere in
sufficient quantity to be mined. ;t
The American Phosphorus Company
was organized by Philadelphia capt.
tai to develop the deposit, and mill
for the extraction of the phosphorus
from the ore was built near the mine.
The mine was opened in 1900, the first
years being devoted to prospecting and
experimenting with the reduction Of
the ore. During 1905 the mine was in
active operation. and 400 tons Of ore
were reported to have been extracted
and reduced in the company's fur
naces.
Another small deposit of phosphorus
ore was discovered in the clay pros
poets Of Mr.. ]. L. Musser, in the small
valley east Of Upper Mill. a mile above
Mount Holly Springs. Wavellite was
also observed by Mr.. T. G. Hopkins in
the white clay deposits OF North Vail
ley Hill, on the north side OF Chester
Valley.
The different methods of manufac-
turing phosphorus are described By
Mr.. Stosc. The Readman process, pat
ented In 1889. is the ono that has
come into commercial use in most
countries.
The worlds production of phosphorus
has been variously estimated. Tho
greater part is made in the Albright
and Wilson factory, Wednesfeld (Old-
bury), England where the Readman
process originated. Other large fac
tories arc located at Lyons, France,
and at Griesheim and Frankfort, Ger
many. There is also plant in Sweden
and there arE numerous smaller ones
in Russia.
The census Of 1900 in the United
States reported three phosphorus es-
Establishments in operation. but the CEN
sus Of 19o4-'5 reported only the Old
bury Electro Chemical Company, Of
| Niagara Falls. It was Impossible n to
learn the production Of these COM
| panies.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

large herds of cattle and sheep MAIN
tanned for student instruction and ex-
detrimental research. Tho farm Is well
supplied with teams and farm ma
chinery of every description Thus
the students have a chance to become
familiar with actual farm operations
on a large scale, which insures q prac-.
teal trend to the training they receive.
ceive.
Cattle Raising Important.
careful and accurate record is
farm, so that it is possible - know
just what bushel Of corr costs 70
do this q painstaking system Of book
keeping has been inaugurntel be-
| cause the various experiments provide
information which is most valuable to
farmers. and unless the records are
carefully kept, the results would ne
worthless. Few people appreciate how
|laborious an undertaking it is to keep
an accurate record OF the operations
of an extensive farm, but our expert
ments nle4 conducted on such Il large
scale chat the results when once OH
tanned will be applicable to farm con-
dltlOnS in practically every section Of
! tho state.
Over l50 head of pure-bred animals
are maintained on the college farm.
Tho herds OF necessity are not large,
owing 10 the expense of maintaining
them. a careful rercod Is being kept
| OF these animals, and q number Of
| very interesting cross breed Ing cApcri-
ments are In progress for tho purpose
OF determining tho relative MORT ot
4 the various puro-bred sires when used
on native and high grade COWS one
| of the greatest problems In Virginia
is how to improve the great number
Of Farm ANIMALS Of undesirable quality
/ IL :ccriviils careful attenllOc. Repre-
4 sentative herds of Shortao.ns, Here :
| foytls. and Aberdeen Angus n.e NAN
/ tanned. so tina students and visitors
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24
PHOSPHORUS MADE
BY new PROCESS !:
Manufacturers Are No Longer
Dependent Upon the Bones Of
Dead Animals.
CLAY FOUND IN MOUNTAIN
Company Formed in Pennsylvania
to Make Phosphorus in the
New Way.

4 Until recently phosphorus. which Is
used chiefly in the manufacture OF
matches. was made solely from bones
and organic substances. There Is some
thing gruesome In the thought that illu-
lninntion should have come to us by way
of death, but the fact remains that only
since the perfection OF the electric fur
mace have. natural phosphates been used
to any extent In making phosphorus.
The extraction Of phosphorus from min
teral deposits brings the Industry within
athe scope Of the Investigations made
by the United States Geological Survey,
and tho Forthcoming number Of the an-
,nual volume popularity known as the
"lIconomlc Bulletin" will contain an ar
ticle by Mr.. George w. Stose, on phos-
phorus ore at Mount Holly Springs, Pa.
At the foot OF the northern slope OF
South Mountain, in the vicinity Of Mount
Holly Springs, about ten miles south
west OF Harrisburg, deposit Of wavel-
lite occurs In tho white clay associated
with manganese and iron ores. Small
quantities OF phosphorus had previously
been obtained from phosphorite and from
apatte, but wavclite, which Is aluml-
mum phosphate, has never before been
used commercially In the manufacture
Of phosphorus, as the mineral generally
occurs in very limited quantities
The clay III this region is extensively
mined as o filler for wall paper in the
vicinity OF Mount Holly Springs. and
prospected for everywhere along the
mountain front 1t was In one Of these
prospect pits that peculiar round white
nodules We're found in the clay. Tho less
weathered Of these when broken oper
show n beautiful. radiate, silky, flbrous
structure.
1T proved to be wavcllite,, rather
uncommon mineral in so pure a form
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24
FARM COLLEGE
FOR. vIRG|N|A'S SONS

Continued from First Page)
erection of a building for the Vir-
ginia College OF Agriculture
The dairy department will occupy
the larger part of the basement, and
ample provision will be made for the
receiving, handling and pastenrizing
of milk. tho making Of butter and
cheese and milk testing. Rooms for
tho curing of cheese at various tenn
5peratures will form part OF tho equlp-
mcnt. 55-s5' gs
The second floor will be occupied BY
the executive offices, the library, bul-
lotin-mailing rooms and laboratories
for animal huabandry, seed investi-
CATION, etc
The third floor will be occupied by
the departments of horticulture, veto-
rinary science and mycology; and the
fourth floor by laboratories and class
rooms for research IN agronomy, bac-
terlology, entomology. and soil inves-
tlgation. The attic or nth floor will
contain the museum, roms for the
agricultural club. laboratories for
photography, etc.
1t should no longer be necessary
for tho boys Of Virginia to go else
whore to receive the best possible
training along agricultural lines?
Several courses Of instruction are
offered by the agricultural depart
ment. ana others will be added as soon
as suitable facilities are provided
The four years course which leads
to the degree Of 3. IS. is designed IL
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24
/ ak Is Cheap

But takes money deliver the goods also pluck, ener{
ha you can sell With confidence to your best friend They
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24
Short OF Corn.

LONDON, March GA I3uenos Ayres
cablegram says that, as result Of the
drought, tho demand for corn IN the
republics Of Argentina and Uruguay
will be much greater than usual, aud
tho amount available for export to
Europe Will be proportlonately reduced.