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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
MORAL SENSE OF ANIMALS.
Elephant and donkey Develop Pen
chant for Purioining Property.

Elephant and Monkey Develop Pen
chant for Purloining Property.
Have animals any moral sense
Well, won't go so far as to say they
have, but will say that they know
when they are doing wrong. and when
they are detected they are as ashamed
faced as a small boy caught in the
jam closet, says writer in the New
York Mail
The worst offenders are the mon
keys, of course And inversely they
have the least compunctions about it
A monkey would re her steal thing
than have it given him. 1t seems tc
be true with him as with his descen
dants, mankind, that stolen sweets are
sweetest.
Next to monkeys. bulls--elephants
that is--are most prone to appropriate
property of others. Bertha, one OF
our younger bulls, is positively diaboii
cal in her ingenuity. At night We
used to tie her TO a pipe along the
wall, but every morning we would find
her free. At the same time the men
began missing things from the peck
cts of their working coats, which they
left hanging on the walls.
We did not associate the two facts
at first and were puzzled to account
for both One night / sat up and
watched. When the last light was ex
tinguished except the one lamp which
is necessary for the bulls are afraid
of the dark, saw Bertha swing
aroud and tumble with the knot of the
rope with which she was tied. After
five minutes she got free.
AS / lay on the floor feinging sleer
she came over and went through all
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
To Renovate Furniture.

There are many ways Of renovating
old furniture. but one CO the best
methods is the alternate use of sand
paper and yarnish. First remove ev-
cry particle of dust. dirt and old
cracked yarnish from the piece Of
furniture to be treated, getting right
down to the bare wood. To aid in
this work cabinet scraper or glass
win be necessary and a bottle OF
wood alcohol to soften the vrrnish.
After the varnish IS removed, sand
paper the wood Il smooth surface
At least four coats of finishing var
nish vii DC REQUIRED. and after each
has become thoroughly dry rub light
ly with fine sandpaper. After the
last coat of varnlsh has dried for two
dayq rub boiled linseed oil ON the
trea Cd surfaces with ~oft cloth
Country Life in America.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
Famine Facts at First Hand
Ter to Madison Man Dect rom Stricken Regono Chin

Om the otrlcken REGION of ACnipS.
to 1000, 5000, 10000 and lz.000 We
paid wages for piece work, and then
sold the flour to the workers. In
this way we supported about 100000
mouths unfa the spring crop came
in--about five months In all
THE city was under water. but by
digging a new canal and miles OF
drains we rescued it. had 5000 men
on canal work and 1900 carrying
earth into the city. and gangs Of po-
lice, soldiers, carpenters, brick-layers,
stone masons. barrow-men, boatmen,
mill-men, etc. Miles OF road, canals
and drains were dug bridges u2) built,
1000 trees planted, streets paved. In
fact. 1t was new CITY when we fin-
isbed | used money from the Shang
Hal fund, American money through
he Christian Herald fund and Chin
csc inland mission fund. $4,000 and
some $4,000 bags OF -four, wheat, corn,
etc. The officials, gentry and people.
erected three stone tablets, one glory-
board as record of thanks, and pre-
scented me with silk banners suitably
inscribed brought my bones away
safely. but left most Of my fest In the
district Two young missionaries
served under me and TWO ladies'
cooked and served -four daily. The
offic ais estimate is that 10000 people
Vt the district died Of starvation. The
dead and dying lay everywhere. We
could not case all. The sight and
stencil were often trying. The fam.
'shed dogs just fed upon the dead bod.
les. Missionaries to the number os 40
visited, worked. and distributed in
large districts all round. Three or
four became sick and two lost their
lives in the work. Joined my wife
in Chefoo in June and we took charge
~ the canatorium with 60 inmates I'm.
this Old work. Riot rebellion and
81 November. when We returned 70
blcodshed occurred here and in the
c'ties around during our absence"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
Check Export Rush in Argentina atPrOfit
Grain Exchange Quickly Endsa.DemOrali
of the Markets of the World.

many times have been attacked. NJ
doubt II is the Objectionable bucket
shop and irresponsible brokerage firm
features which many OF the critics OF
khe exchange have in mind. 1t is the
idea usually, that such blind attacks
ON grain or cotton exchanges viii
touch a popular chord with the pro
ducers OF this country, but the pro-
ducers knew from experience that the
exchanges and open markets not only
forestar gigantic trusts among buy
ers, like those in oil, leather, tobacco,
and the rest, but that they force the
consumers of Europe to pay what nat
ural conditions of weather, soil and
crop accident suggest according to the
worlds needs. Producers have
learned that the exchanges, and the
exchanges alone, enable land owners
and tillers to market as high as so
per cent. of the years harvest in 80
days after crops are gathered without
any ruinous drop in prices such as a
far reaching and powerful trust among
buyers would engineer for selfish
purposes. Farmers in this country
know what their brother producers
in Germany suffered in depressed
farm values when the bourses of that
country were closed for a few years.
Some of the broadsides fired at the
exchanges are so i'll considered as to
be amusing. For instance a plank
was inserted, and later regretted by
the prohibitionists of Illinois in a
state platform. II declared it should
be made felony for any person on
board of trade Or stock exchange"
or anywhere else" to sell a thing he
does not own or buy thing that is
not delivered to him "for the purpose
of gambling on its price" This OF
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01

Professor Eliot Blackwelder is in
receip, of letter from a friend
Oliver Burgess, China, who gives
some vivid and horrifying details OF
the awful famine conditions prevail.
ing in some parts of that stricken
country two years ago 1t is dated
February IL, 1908, at the China in
land mission, Hsing-An-fu. via HsI-
An-Seng. s Shen 81, northwest
China"
Il thought a brief line might inter
est you" writes Mr. Burgess We
have just returned to this ctty after
an unexpected absence of a year. In
December of 1906 we left with our
children in order to escort the two
elder to our boarding school in Shan
Tung, northeast China On reaching
Shang Hal, news of the great floods
and famine occurring in the near
province of Kiang Su was just reach
ing the outer world Public funds
we're opened at once, and money
HDAA EA III LlOA0 ENbSadu f1lhtA I'D
Canada, Australia. New Zealand, the
ports Of China and other lands. 4
left Mrs b and the children in
Shang Hal and proceeded at once &c
the affected district for distribution
work. IN one city on the grand canal
half q million refugees were congre-
gated with no food and only ma
or two to cover their bodies. In 9th.
er cities 100000 and $4,000. 10000
and 10000 assembled Most Of theiI
land was under water, the summer
crop spoiled, and houses washed
down. We distributed American
Aouy by ticket In one district, free,
but th2. plan did not command nv
sympathy. as & tended to pauperize
the lazy people: so I crossed over TO
the heart Of the district affected,
called An Pong Helm. and started I'm
mense relief works. We began
With 1908 men and rapidly increased
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01

New York, June 21.-Exports Of
wheat from Argentina have dropped
from the stampede gait of six and
seven million bushels a week to $780,
600 bushels a week during the two
months since the grain exchange was
opened az Buenos Ayres. The effect
upon the prices of Argentine wheat
has been an advance which, for the
sixty days, is authoritativeiy put at
81. 100000 as the total benefit to the
wheat growers of the La Plata
Grain exporters throughout the
world win never forget the wild
scramble for shipping which followed
the last Argentine harvest. That
country went far beyond all previous
records with crop of about 100000
900 bushels of wheat for 1907-0S. For
q few weeks following harvest, ship
ments were rushed to Europe at a
disastrous rate each week because
there was then no means for selling
the grain for delivery later as it might
be needed. Prices at home were
slaughtered in the scramble TO part
with the great surplus.
Then a body OF grain merchants at
the mouth of the great La Plate river
had a business inspiration. They saw
the huge wheat crop of their country
sacrificed at low prices, and knew the
cause and remedy. They organized
an exchange modelled very much after
the Chicago board of trade. and at
once brains and capital were nc
longer helpless in the competition
with the European buyers who previ-
ously had the Argentine wheat grow
ers at their mercy and had bought the
crop at bargain counter prices.
For every bushel of grain, every bar
rel of pork or other produce traded in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
BY BEAR TEAM TO THE POLE.
Capt. Amundsen Is Planning to Har
ness the Polars.

Capt Amundsen Is Planning to Har-
ness the Polars.
Polar explorers have adopted many
methods of making a dash" for
their goal. In the earliest attempts
to reach the ultimate north the sols
reliance was placed in the ships mat
carried the adventures, and this
method was persisted In until quite
late in the nineteenth century, says
the Philadelphia Record. Notwl d.
standing numerous fruitless efforts
10 push vessels through the arctic
ice the belief in the existence Of an
open polar sea beyond the barrier
encouraged the hope that finally some
ship would be fortunate enough %
find the gap that would permit an en-
trance. The intrepid hansen re-
vived the idea OF a voyage to the
pole in a ship. but with important
notifications of the old notion The
fee packs were no longer to b.
rammed and fought, but made 70
carry the vessel, after It had beer.
frozen fast in foe. aided by a cur.
rent supposed to flow poleward from
northeastern Siberia.
Nearly a century ago Capt. Mares
tried sledging as a means Of attain
ing the highest north, the sledges In
this case being drawn by the mem
be-s Of the party. Peary did not &C
tually introduce the Eskimo dog a,
factor In the attempted solution 81
the polar problem. but no explorer
has used dog teams on 50 large )
scale as be has. and. on the whole
With signal success. He also tool
some burros on one If his exped
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
Indian Tfognds
BY Nellie Hobbins.

In the forest dim ami olden
Where the summer sunlight golden
Lightly softly, falls and fiickers
With the trembling of the breeze.
Elf-like, in its weird dancing;
Hitler, thither, swiftly glancing
1t breaketh thru the shadows
OF the mighty spreading trees.
Here where 1t softly falleth
And the mou~-!ng dove low calleth,
Fantastic mound-like figures
OF a vanished race are seen.
Rising clothed in fern and MOSES,
Trailing vines and flowers and grasses
Few there are can read the meaning
Meath their tangled garb of green.
Here the mighty bear and eagle.
Dragon. wolf, and giant sea-gull
Form of serpent, fox and tortoise
In monstrous guise depict.
The fame of many a hero
OF many an Indian Nero
Tho Times destroying harrow
Their forms hath cut and niclIed.
Out OF all line OF semblanee
Till but a vague resemblance
Remains TO tell their story
To the present race OF man.
Yet here and there ariseth
What he who seeks we'll prizeth
A mound almost as perfect
AS tho cycles did not span.
For an ancient race whose story
On the ground in pictured glory
Each other deeds of prowess
With rude art were wont to tell
Where the mountain heights are
s.eepest,
Where the forest shades are deepest,
A world OF war-like nations
In countless tribes did dwell.
Then praise to hls whose mission
Restores each wild tradition
In It's pristine power, and luster.
In simple justice fair.
His hand ii Is which traces
The lost arts of the races
And TO the world brings back the past
With patient laboring care.
Written by request for the American
Archaeological Magazine, published By
Stephen d. Peet LII. D., New York.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
The Home Vegetable
Garden.

The secret of a successful vegetable
garden is to keep the ground occupied
with a crop. As soon as one crop is
harvested, start another. Plan sue
cessive planting of the vegetables
that grow quickly so that they may
be enjoyed fresh throughout the
summer.
Lessons learned this year should be
treasured for next spring. It will
often be found that soil must be pre-
pared in a special manner for the
best success with some crops Stir
clay soils must be plowed or spaded
thoroughly and this should be done in
the fall in those localities where the
ground freezes, as the thfw and freez-
ing help to break up thu soil in fine
particles.
In places where rich and sandy
soil is found and no freezing takes
place, blowing may be done in the
spring.
The ground must be thoroughly
fertilized each season and the best
ASi tAiiSi 10 wen AottSu bshA hy oAA ma
nure which should not contain shaw
ings or sawdust. Chicken, pigeon and
sheep manure are also good fertilizers.
Too little attention to water is given
by many gardeners. Considerable ex-
pense in providing irrigation means
is warranted 1t viii be found wise
to start many seeds indoors in the
spring. They may be planted in win
dow boxes, sown in rows with each
row labeled Plants started in the
house or in hot beds must be har-
dened off before trapsplanting to the
open ground
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
More Than He Can Give Away.

The statement is made that Carne-
gle has given away s150,000,000, and
in the face of theses truly stupendous
figures his power to give seems 20 be
unimpaired. 1T is spectacle to
cause the world to pause and marvel"
The assertion has been made that,
with all his charity, Mr., Carnegie is
barely able to keep his fortune from
increasing. He gives only from his
income
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
Boiled Liver En- Rrodhette.

Cut bacon and slices OF liver into
pieces of the same length and width.
Run a wooden skewer or stout straw
through each piece of liver and alter
nately through slice of bacon. Pro
coed in this way until each slice of
bacon is fastened to a slice of liver,
and each skewer Is full. Lay on a
broller and broil over a clear fire.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
On the Way.

A member Of congress from New
York defends the use Of the secret
service to secure evidence in army
and navy divorce cases, We have
NOT been Russianlzed as yet, but we
are on the way.--St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
Lax susIness Advancement.

Valparaiso is only about 5000
miles from New York, but 1t requires
from 10 to 80 days TO get a reply to
business letter, and to get an order
filled and delivered generally takes
from five to six months, when Il
should be accomplished In one-balf
the time, as in the case from Europe.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
A National Question.

with the nlghtriders menacing the
peanut crop at the opening OF the
baseball and circus season. that trou-
BILE down in Kentucky becomes
national affair Call out the regR-
iars.-Pittsburg Leader.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01

e. de Max, who was Sarah Bern
hardt's leading man during her last
tour in this country says that he IA
going to leave the French stage and
come over here to act He would be
welcome addition to our list Of
tragedlans.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01

William 4. Norton has replaces
George Ariiss IN Mrs. Ffske's com
pany. - $500
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
FuNNEL Oh AReENTINA.

FUNNEL ARGENTINA.
Port Aes Abnormay conssd
Until the Establishment of Grain Exchange
La Junta tribune., 1908-09-19
SECRETARY WILSON CHEERFUL
Head of Agricultural Department on
Business and Political Condt-
lions in the West.

lions in the West.
James Wilson. secretary of. agricul'
ture. who has just returned to Wash
ington from a visit OF two months In
the West. brings a cheering prosperity
bulletin, He declares that the West
doesn't know much about the alleged
business troubles. Its farmers have
magnificent crops growing, and are sell
Ing the old crops and are preparing
to sell the new ones for high prices.
Weather and crop conditions this sea
son have been excellent, and the new
crops. the secretary believes, will have
a most buoyant effect on financial and
commercial conditions all over the
country. He confidently looks for a
continuation Of the improvement In
business which has been apparent every
where for the last few months, and
for Its forward movement at an ac-
CELEBRATED speed.
Generally speaking" said the secre-
tary. "the Information OF our depart
ment shows that In recent years there
has been considerable Increase In the
productiveness Of the soil. We have
investigated this carefully. and there Is
no doubt that the acre yield Of crops il
showing a most significant increase.
We attribute II to better farming meth
ods. to assimilation Of the scientific In
formation about crop rotation, caring
for the soil, etc. which the department
and the agricultural colleges have
placed at the command Of the farmers,
and to a general effort at intelligent
preservation Of the elements which en-
able the soil to do its best work"
Speaking Of political conditions, Sec
retary Wilson said that the drift in the
West Is all for Taft, and he expressed
strong conviction, based on his m
quiries in number OF states, that Mr..
Taft will carry all the states that
President Roosevelt carried four years
ago. 20 far as the West Is concerned.
The feeling that Republican rule will
bring back general prosperity and az
sure its continuance IL q powerful In
nuence with the voters. Later in the
campaign the secretary will 90 on q
speaking tour for the Republican ticket,
especially In New England.
La Junta tribune., 1908-09-19
o.sstis. ef In3..sese.a.

You ask me what think Of pro
vision that no restraining order Or In
junction shall issue except after notice
to the defendant and q bearing had.
This was the rule under the FEDERAL
statutes for many years, but was suhss.
auentIy abolished. In the clasD q casea
to which you refer DO mot - any
objection to the re-enactment Of thai
Feasral statute Indeed, have taken
occasioa to ny In public speeches tai
tbs power to issus injunction a pafta
has given rise to certain abuses and
iniustice 10 III laborers In . peaeeahll
strike.-Hen. Wn- n. Tan. In csrre'
spcndencs with President LSsW1ly1
LswiA = H. Ohio Federatioa u II
La Junta tribune., 1908-09-19
A TRIBUTE TO TAFT.
Hsv York's Governor Tells Why He
Supports Taft's Candidacy.
(From Gov. Hughes youngstown

0upperts Taft's Candidaey.
lFrom Gov. Hughes youngstown
6peech.)
.sNo one more than desires to eee
administration purged Of every selfish
tAint, to have fair and impartial laws
faithfully executed. to get rid Of every
vestige Of special privilege At the *
pense Of public interest. to liberate
tfads from unjust encroachments, to
purify our electoral methods and to
maintain honest representative govern
ment. And 1t b because Of his loyalty
to these ideals, beeAuse Of his broad
sympathies, and hi rars equipment in
eharaetee. ability ard experisuee, be-
canss tested n the di0cult neads OF
judicial and administrative work, he
has proved hi quality b. eminent serv-
ice. heauDs a ~ varis6 learning. his
acquaintanes WITH aGairs, his respect
fog coastitntional eovernmant and hia
eapncity intellieeatly and Justly to plan
ana direct nscsssary rsforms that /
nost earnestly sspport ths eandidacy oi
william Howard Tan
La Junta tribune., 1908-09-19

Whsnsvse H. intsrstats ,commercs
ensnisstsa dsens Il impoetant a an
Al n axing rates TO determine what
Il wosA cpst now to rebuild any ran
rod. II has compaets power to do q.
-Hea. W. h Tan, at Csaumbus
La Junta tribune., 1908-09-19


currency reform and development OF
United States the financial ceLter AZ
II has made 1t the industrial center
OF the world.
lIg.-The Csasspuesiss Parsy-ls Or
Gassses sAe Nasie.al wsll.
In the evolution by which party gov
ernment has become the extra-cOnstitu-
tional method Of SECURING responsibility
to the people. the Republican party has
become their traditional representative
and the Democratic party the organized
aspiration Of individuals for power
without responsibility. Fairly tried.
from 1893 to 1896, ths two Democratic
houses and the Democratic President
were 4 wild team" and q helpless
driver. Democracy agitates local diff
ferences Republlcanism organizes the
national idea. In 1863 the people were
committed to the cause Of human lib
erty; the Idea Of Liberty and Union"
expanded for the nrst time into the
reality Of the American nation
In 1879 money was committed to 4
specie basis: specie was At once, until
1893. no longer sought. and government
bonds went to premium at the re-
duced rate OF interest. In 1896 busi-
ness men were again committed to con-
idence: before single statute was en-
,cted prosperity set In and In ten years
bank deposits almost trebled-a per-
nanent gain which the recent panic,
state Of mind" now completely dis
PEELED, scarcely touched In 1906 busi-
ness was committed to fair methods
without compulsion violations largely
ceased.
The Republican party. at each period.
sounded the public conscience. felt the
national pulse. framed its policies in
response. and realized in law the domi-
nant American idea. Its constructive
past assures Its constructive future. 1t
IL to-day AZ It always has been, The
Party Fit to Govern"
Iv-FAs Past1 81 Statesmen.
The party Of statesmanship. IL has
been the training school Of Statesmen
Its policies have been forged In the
heat Of public dlscussion. tempered in
the deliberation aad shaped In the con-
lict Of many trained minds, and drawn
and finally wrought for the conntry's
welfare. Dominating its members
through principles, It assures unity In
government; its staunchest partlsans
have made the greatest contributions to
national progress. The roster q its
leaders In the national roll Of honor Of
public service.
(y-rafs aaA SAssnaa Csnsfrsetsvs
CanAaAates-A Constructive
Piasess1.
Republicanism stands to-day for pro
gressive policies In safe hands BY
solving the constructive problems of
world power In the last two sdminis-
| trations, william n. Taft taught the
worN our capacity and - bis own. In
| an constructive legislation for twenty
ycarn James 3. Sherman has been Z
| leader. In the records Of the Repub.
llcan candidates ~ ven q IN he plat.
form are written IL story Of the ma
tiou.s prosruss an the reliance q tn
| future.
a Danocfat1e PTssIdent o. . Deno
cratie houss wulld tufn back thosl
49,; thereafter Bryanism would re
cnrA sDestrucf1ca~ TAls IL Repub1i
can esnats ocald not pesSsnt Undsl
Taft aaA 6Asenan and Rspuhljcaz
CdnnreB IL grsat pgoersD of IL pasl
vtil bs hsld anA H. srsafer progfeD q
- fptars wfl1 - ealrsa
Il
La Junta tribune., 1908-09-19

pavfa b. I'm has $1,000 ~ -
|peet - Bsyan. 1T ~ WilI M y necss-
|eory = ~ ssDst1ing akpse tAan II
|am . nsaDaefAts this y1ar-W Waahin0-