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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
Cottage Factories in RussIa.

Russia cottage factories are pass
ing. Politicoeconomic tumults have
driven tailors joiners, grocers, bakers
and candlestick makers 10 numbering
and stone picking aud other labOrs
remunerauve. Pavloyo is typical
industril village OF the old style The
chief employment of the village Is
the production OF articles OF metal
the manufacture Of loeRs alone giving
employment 10 I,400 cottages. with
1.j00 male artifcers. The pet object
of manufacture is the paddock. With
the exception Of the bows and springs
all the parts of the paddock are made
by the art4ficer and the members OF
his family of 10 years old and upward
The employment of outsiders is the
exception One family manufacturers
weekly from 10 to $50 locks, accord
ing TO size and kind. Latterly an
Industrial school with model work
shops has been opened in the village
and box and door locks have been at,
tempted. Barring the products of the
larger factories, which find their way
direct to Moscow and the larger cities
the entire trade Of the district is ia
thu hands of the local middlemen
Many steps already have been taken
with a view Of ameliorating the lot
OF the cottager and OF giving him a
larger share in the product Of his in.
dustry, and individual senstvos. by
the opening Of industrial schools and
workshops founding workmen's so
cieties establishing depots for the
sale at cost Of the raw material re-
quired by the craftsman and also with
money grants for'the maintenance Of
these Institutions. and TO provide
medical aid 10 the district. have done
much to encourage the cottage indus
tries in their own governments.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22

have raised rates on buildings Within
bhem. This action has directed at
tention TO the possibility OF reducing
tho enormous fire losses by the use
incombusuble materials.
The national board of FIRE ua6er-
writers has erected a laboratory in
Chicago for the purpose of testing
the efficiency of various materials
tht enter into building construction.
and municipal authorities are back
ing them up by enforcing ,neir use
wherever possible. a notable aIal
recent instance of this is the acton
of the New York board of alderman
which has just authorized the build,
ing committee to take immediate
steps to revise the present building
code
Efforts to secure the general adop-
ton OF fireproof construction are
also being made by various orgsniza-
tons throughout the country. The
international society of building c 4
missioners and inspectors, with head
quarters at Washington. is tndeavor-
ing to bring about an era OF firepIoof
building by Offering free ADVICE TO any
municipality or individual who cares
to ask for it. 1t has retained the
services of leading architects and
building experts TO give information
as TO the best methods of FIRE resist.
irg design, the cost Of materials and
other matters. 1t is believed that
this scheme of public education in
unburnable construction will eveutu-
ally make the average daily waste OF
s1,000,000 a rare item in statistical
returns of this country's losses by
fire.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
Postal tubes in Berlin.

The Berlin postal authorities are
reyolutionizing the conveyance of
letters and parcels. The idea on
which they are experimenting is to
have an underground tube with a
large enough circumference to admit
a man in a STOPPING posture. These
tubes are 10 correct the central post
Office with the principal stations and
with tn district Offices, Two sets of
fils are built in this tube or tunnel.
one over the other, not side by side
The upper set of rails is supported
on the sides of the tube. thus prac-
tically dividing it in two Small car
riages, running on two wheels, are
automatj cally driven by electricity
along these rails. No locomotive is
used. nor Is there any attendant with
the carriage. AS many as six of these
carriages can De run together for con.
yeying letters and parcels from the ar
rival station to the central postoffice
and thence To the various districts, or
vice versa. By this means letters can
be delivered in any part of the city III
less than a fourth Of the time former
~ required So far tie scheme is not
beyond the experimental stages. but
II promises to be a success and to
vanish from the streets e mail van,
with all its poetry and romance.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
The First Woman whIp.

Who was the first feminine co.
chere?" To the princess de Meter
mich lady of quality in the fullest
meaning of the word who fiourished
under the second empire this honor
must be accorded says the London
Chronicle. For in the days when the
woman whip" was a very rare spec
tacle indeed this dauntless dame was
frequently to be seen driving her
phaeton through Paris One day two
facetious youths took it into their
heads to signal to her. psf! cochere"
The princess entered into the spirit
of the joke. II he drew W. BY the
hour said the two, seating Them
selves. "WHere?" "Bois de Boulonge. /"
She whipped up without another word
and drove of to the Bots. After a
silent tour of something over an hour
the merry twain began to tire and
asked to be put down. Very good.
citizens" said the "cochere," deposit
ing them and holding out her hand
My fare is 800 francs (e12) per
hour-for my poor"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
Naval Display Making for Peace.

No one who notes the constant ex-
change of social amenities at Wash.
ington, Fort Monroe and Norfolk be-
tween American and foreign army
and Laval officers can fail to be inn
pressed with the conviction that the
naval display in Hampton roads is in
the interest of peace instead of being
a glorification OF war The fleets IN
Hampton roads can not grow too large
nor too varied in their makeup. The
more the merrier and the greater the
assurance of sympathy based on good
acquaintance. We hope the flag Of
every ciyilizesd nation in the word
viii be seen during the next six
months in Hampton roads flying over
spick and span new war craft. Every
ship that comes strengthens the tie
that binds the United States to their
friends Washington Post
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
Million Dollars a Day Rate of Fire
Loss in Two Months.

More than $4,000, 0O0-nea-ly a mil
lion a day-went up in smoke in the
United States and Canada during the
first TWO months of 1907 This de
struction OF property is revealed ny
the New York Commercials statistics
of fire losses for the months OF Jenu-
airy and February. In this period
there were 7,445 fires, an average OF
I26 day, spread over $50 cities and
towns in every state Of the union
Chicago was the heaviest sufferer.
with loss for the two mouths OF 81.
$4,000 New York follows with -
975.256. Philadelphia is third with
81, 765, 900 Jenkintown Pa. had a
fire involving a loss of 81 600, 600 Al
together there We're four 0res that
reached this sum, sixteen that cost
more than $500, 90, and no less than
seventy with loss OF 100000 or
more in addition, Springfield
tMass.), lost s915.oO0; Pittsburg,
$S50,O00: Niagara Falls, $500, 000;
buffalo, Youngstown Dresden
and Cincinnati in Ohio, 5000,
coo each. The ESQ towns affect
ed report an average loss Of $1,000.
Fifty million dollars worth Of prop
erty destroyed in the first two months
indicates jhat the losses of 1907 will
equal, if they do not exceed, the
average weary Ere loss Of the Inst
ten years 5000, 0Uo ,00O-eyen il no
great conaagration swcls the monthly
total The wide distribution of re-
cent losses shows that there are hun
dreds of centers where a conAagra-
ton may occur at any time. The
national board of fire underwriters
have investigated such centers aud
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
Emperor w,Iliama: Salary.

What salary does the emperor of
Germany get?" asked a Herald re
porter of DR.. Ernest Bickler of Berlin
at the Raleigh
Not a cent as German emperor.
His emoluments all come TO him as
king of Prussia, and his yearly reve-
nue. is very handsome sum, but the
amount is one of the state secrets
The fact of his being at the head Of
the German empire does not better
the king to the exten of dollar
though there is a certain amount given
him to be used. only however, for
charitable purposes. All of his many
castles and estates were his mherit
ance as King Of Prussia and would
have. been anyway if the consolidation
of the empire had never been effected.
He is an enormously rich man and
manages his great interests with good
business ability. Washington Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22

Mass. about 1860. where with two of
his sons he was killed in an In
dian massacre. Mr.. Keep was de-
scended on his mothers side from the
Wolcotts one of the most prominent
families in New England
Born April 80 1925, in the town of
Homer. Cortland county. New York,
he remained there until 20 years of
age, receiving a common school edu-
cation, supplemented by two years at
the Cortland academy. His father
was a man of some wealth and had
excellent business judgment, the son
profiting greatly from his practical
instructions When IA years of age
he entered store in Homer. and for
five years vas under the business
tutelage of a man of great native
shrew6 ess. When 20 years of age
he came west to Whitewater. Wis.
where he acquired an interest in the
mercantile establishment of Phi1ander
Peck and Henry Keep. who died ten
years ago. He was very successful
there. but, desiring a larger field. in
1851, he moved 20 Oh cago.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
new STATEHOUSE TOCOST
MORE THAN SIX MILLIONS.
Appropriation Of 5000, 900 Annually for
Nine Years Proposed
New Bill Introduced In Senate by Com
mlttee on Capitol
Carries Repeal Of Limitation OH Cost per
Cubic Foot Made Two Years Ago

be apporuoned by the secretary OF
state annually as provided by section
1910 of the statutes; but such levy,
or any portion thereof. may be re-
mitted. pursuant to the provisions OF
section 1869 A. of the statutes.
The capitol commission is d.
rected to proceed with the construc-
ton of the heating plant and ware
house and of the capitol, according TO
the plan adopted, as rapidly as the
appropriations hereby made will per
NIT.
The commission may acquire title
by condemnation for the site of such
plant and warehouse according to the
provisions of chapter 80 OF the stat
utes, and the attorney general shall
conduct the proceedings
Advertisements by the commits
sion to invite proposals to furnish ma,
terial or labor shall be made in the Of
fetal state paper, and in such other
papers as the commission shall Sc
lect, so long as it shall be deemed
necessary, but whenever. from exig-
ency of time or from the nature OF
the work or material, it is most eX-
pedient so to do, the commission
may contract. in particular cases,
without such advertisement.
The previous acts of the commits
sion are confirmed.
No contract for the construction
of such plant or warehouse, or of any
wing, or the central PARTON of the
capitol shall be valid until the same
shall laye been approved by the gov.
erno as being within the limits OF
the appropriations herein made, prop
erly apportioned.
The former limitation of cost pei
cuiIc foot is repealed"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
Working a Rule soth waus.

When a young woman's heart is
broken by tickle sutton she is con-
sidered justified in claiming damages
in a good round sum of money for
breakage. With superior masculine
business instinct young man in
New York has started a precedent by
handing an itemized bill of the ex-
penses of courtship when the fair one
proved false. The male heart may be
tougher in its breakage than that of
the more susceptible sex, but the
money plaster is quite as efIicacious
in the one case as in the other and It
does seem that it is hardly fair to
leave the unlucky swain with an
empty purse as well as with a de-
nuded heart Baltimore American.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
ALBERT KEEP DEAD.
Long President of the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway.

Northwestern Railway.
Chicago. May 14-Albert Keep, for
fourteen years between 1870 and 1890
the president of the Chicago & North
western railway company and at the
! time of his death a director, died
Sunday at the age Of 81. His death
! following an Illness of a week, was
caused by the infrmities of old age.
Mr. Keep had been prominent in
business life in Chicago since 1851
/ when, with Fhilander Peck both of
them coming from Whitewater, Wis
! he embarked in the wholesale dry
goods business under the firm name of
Keep & Co. The business was fair
ily successful but in 1856 the great
activity in real estate in Chicago led
the firm to turn its attention in that
direction. After that time Mr.. Keep
devoted himself to making investments
| in real estate and to loaning money
for himself and others.
The Lake Shore and Michigan
Island and Pacific railroads, finding it
necessary to acquire greatly increased
rights of way and depot facilities in
and about Chicago in 1864, engaged
Mr. Keep to make negotiations for
them. The task was a very diff
cred with Improvements and holders
were unwilling to sell. but Mr.. Keep
was very successful. In 1865 he was
elected director of the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern railway and
was made member of its executive
committee This position he held for
eighteen years when he resigned be-
cause of duties IN other directions.
In 1873 Mr.. Keep was elected pres
ident of the Chicago and Northwest
ern Railway Company He found the
property poorly maintained and equip
lped, but when he gave up the position
in 1887 to become chairman of its
board of directors it had become one
of the strongest roads in the country.
He continued as chairman of the
board until 1901.
At the time of his death. in add
ton to his dictatorship of the North
/ western. Mr.. Keep was a director in
the Merchants Loan and Trust Com
Ipany, the Chicago Home for Incur
ables. the John Crerar library and was
also a director in several of the sub
sidiary companies of the Chicago and
Northwestern system. He was a
member Of the Second Presbyterian
church and also held memberships in
the Chicago club, the Midday club
and the Calumet club.
Surviving Mr.. Keep are his widow
and a grandson Albert Keep Isham
He was the last survivor Of a family
Of nine children He was the fifth
Of seven sons. all Of whom became
noted for their high character and
good business attainI1ents
His ancestors were Puritans. John
Keep. the first Of the name in this
country, settled at Longmeadow
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22

An aggregate appropriation CT
s5,40O000. spread over nine years, is
carried by bill introduced in the
seante last night by the committee
on capitol and grounds. The bill Is
approved bv that committee and was
referred to the committee on claims.
This sum is in addition to the
100000 appropriated two years ago
and will bring the total cost of the
capitol up to $6,U60,000.
The 100000 a year carried by the
bill is to be raised part by special
tax on the general property of the
state and part from the other sources
of state income, chiefly among which
are taxes on general corporations.
railroads and life insurance compan-
les Should the condition of the gem
eral fund warrant, the special tax
may be RENTED The bill is as
follows:
For the the purpose of construct
ing the capitol, for purchasing a site
for a heating plant and warehouse,
and for constructing and connecting
the same with the capitol, as directed
by chapter 10, laws of 1907, in add.
ton to be sums heretofore appropri-
ated, there is hereby appropriated
from the general fund in the treasury,
annually for nine successive fiscal
years, beginning with the year to end
June 80, 1908, the sum of 100000.
The sums heretofore appropriated
shall be available to the capitol COM
mission for any of such purposes.
ITO provide in part for such appro-
priation, there is hereby levied an an
nual state tax, upon the general prop
erty Of the state, in each of said nine
successive fiscal years, of s450,000, to
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
SONG.

10 lady, leave thy silken thread
And fiowery tapestry
There's living roses ION the bush.
And blossoms on the tree.
Stoop where thou wilt, thy careless
hand
Some random bud will meet;
Thou can'st not tread but thou viii
find the daisy at thy feet.
'Tis like the birthday OF the world,
When earth was born in bloom;
The light is made of many dyes.
The air is all perfume;
There's crimson buds. and white and
blue
The very rainbow showers
Have turned to blossoms where they
fell.
And sown the earth with flowers.
There's fairy tulips in the east
The garden OF the sun;
The very streams reflect the hues
and blossoms as they run;
While morn opes like a crimson rose.
Still wet with pearly showers;
Then. lady. leave the silken thread
Thou twinest into flowers.
Thomas Hood.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
lie LONGEST Psalm

An amusing story is told of a Scot
ish minister who arrived at the kirk
without the manuscript of his SER
mon. He could not preach without IT,
but it lay in his mause mile away
when the time had come for him to
mount INTO the pulpig. Here was a
poser only TO be solved by giving out
the one hundred end nineteenth
Psalm. While the congregation were
singing it of to his manse for the
sermon galloped the minister. and
with equal celebrity galloped back
When he returned, the congregation
were still at it, and he asked the
clerk with some trepidation, how
they were getting on "Oh. sir" was
the answer, they've got to the end
of the eighty-fourth verse. an they're
just creepin like zee mice. Bell
man.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
crltIcIsm HardlY womb Notice.

It is stated that Mr. Stead is much
dissatisfied with the manners OF
American men and that Henry James
deplores the bad manners Of Ameri-
censors it would seem TO be evident
that we have little really good man.
ners left 1t is quite possible that ii
Mr.. James turned his expert attention
TO the manners uf our men aud AR
Stead was equally attentive to the man
ners Of our women the two would
sweep away every mannerly yestige
we may have fancied We possessed.
We would revert beck. as it ware to
the social amenities of the cave MAJ
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
Practical Liquor Laws in Norway

Practical Liquor Laws in Norway.
New Norwegian liquCr laws are
successful. The Sondag system gives
power to municipalities to grant all
the retail spirit licenses which they
deem necessary to a company which
would bind itself to carry on the
traffic in the interests of the commun.
ity, with a fixed annual return of not
more strenuous forces to work reach.
capital In establishing the system
the question of compensation does
not appear TO have represented much
profits are as follows: To the state.
G5 per cent; to the municipality. in
lieu of larger license duties, now
abolished, Is per cent: and to objects
of public utility operating as counter
attractions TO the public houses in
towns, 10 per cent: and in the sur.
rounding districts. 10 per cent. The
profits of trade under these re
strictions have contributed S7000,00o
for objects of public interest since the
founding system. During the last
years the portion accruing to the
state has been increased and set
apart till 1910 TO form the nucleus
of an old age pension fund, which
now amounts TO S2,S00.0O0. The most
remarkable fact in the history Of
-,orway sobriety Is that the consunp-
ton OF alcohol per inhabitant has de-
creased about IS per cent in the last
fifty years TIE decrease has been
most marked since the establishment
of the Sondag system. The aims and
principles of the Sondag system are
these The elimination of private pro,
fit and securing the monopoly value
for the public; insuring highest quail.
ity Of liquor sold: the reduction Of
the Number of licenses. the easy en-
forcement of the law; the destruction
of the power of the spirit trade; and
the furtheranee of all progressive
measures of reform.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
Al ,uai 9nsumptIon of AIumlnu

Al 'uai Consumption of Aluminium.
o. oe the striking results of the
grea' progress of the automobile IL
dustry has been the tremendous de-
velopment of the manufacture OF
aluminium, Of which some idea may
be had merely by quoting few fig
ures. In France. no less than $4,000
horsepower are continually employed
in themaking of aluminium: Germany
utilities some 1000 for the same pur-
pose, the United States a like amount.
and Scotland about 5000 horsepowe:
This represents something like $4,000
horsepower in round numbers-an
amount that can easily be doubled
in the works now in existence AS
each horsepower represents an an,
nual output of 200 kilos of aluminium,
it means that the total yearly produc.
ton is something like $500 tons, OF
which 1890 are produced in Great
Britain and on the continent of
Europe.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
DAILY GREETING.

Let liberty run onward with the years
And circle with the seasons; lei
her break
The tyrants harsbness the oppressors
spears;
Bring ripened recompenseh hat
shall make
Supreme amends for sorrows - { ar
rears:
Drop holy benison on It's that
ache,
Put clearer radiance in human eyes
And set the glad earth singing 70 the
skies.
Clean natures coin pure statutes Let
us cleanse
The hearts that beat within US; let
us NOV
Clear to the roots Of our falseness and
pretense.
Tread down our rank ambitic~s.
overthrow
Our braggart moods Of puffed self
Consequence,
Pillow up our hideous thistles which
do grow
Faster than maize In May time and
strike dead
The base infections our low sreeds
have bred
Richard Realf
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
London.s spectacnIar start.

Jack London set sail on the Shark,
the little 60-foot boat on which he is
advertised to make a seven-y car
cruise around the world in chqracteiis-
tic fashion. The sloop had been lev
led on by one of London s creditors,
but he secured its release at the last
moment before starting by paying of
the obligation and flashing special
court order upon the deputy marshal
in charge
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22
THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.

Father of all! in every age
In every cline adored
BY saint, by savage, and by sage
Jehovah, Joye, or Lord!
Thou Great First Cause. least under
stood
Who all my sense confined
To know but this that Thou art good
And that myself am blind.
Yet gave me- in this dark estate.
To see the good from in;
And binding Nature fast in Fate
Left free the human will
What conscience dictates to be done
Or warns me not TO do,
This teach me more than he'll to
shun,
That more than heaven pursue.
What blessing Thy free bounty gives
Let me not cast away:
For God is paid when man receive },
To enjoy is TO obey.
Yet not TO earths contract 4 span
Thy goodness led me bound
Or think Thee Lord alone Of man.
When thousand worlds are round,
Let no. his weak unknowing hand
Presume Thy bolts 10 throw.
And deal damnation round the land,
On each judge Thy foe.
If am right Thy grace impart,
Still in the right to stay;
If I am wrong o teach my heart
To find the better way,
.
Teac'l me to feel anothers woe
II hide the fault | see;
That mercy to others show.
That mercy show to me.
Mean though / am not wholly so
Since quickened by Thy breath;
Oh, lead me, whereso'er go,
Through this day IS life or death.
This day. be bread and peace my lot
All else beneath the sun.
Thou knowest If best bestowed or
not;
And let Thy will be done
To Thee, whose temple is all space.
Whose altar earth sea, skies,
One chorus let all being raise:
All natures incense rise!
Alexander Pope