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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-03

district. Policemen were called and,
doubtless, there would have been anoth-
er shower of writs, injunctions and pro
ceedings, had not the minister of the
parish explained the real reason for
the looping operations.
Another almost impossible barrier
which protects the tree in its position
is the fact that it grows in sacred
ground. There is law in London that
no building can be erected on sacred
ground without special act of Parlia-
ment, and woe betide the unhappy man
who dares to put up even a shanty
within the sacred precincts of a grave
yard in England.
This particular corner of Cheapside
has been immortalized by Wordsworth
AT the corner of Wood street, when
daylight appears,
There S thrush that sings loud; it has
sung for three years.
This bird was wont to perch in the
now famous tree and it attracted the
attention of Wordsworth, who used to
breakfast in little shop near by. AS
far back as the year 1392-just hun
dred years before Mr.. Columbus discov.
cred America-another tree stood in
this graveyard and is spoken of by
| Chaucer:
That whatsoever ploynes it away,
He shall have Chrystis' curse for aye
| This tree is, therefore, direct de-
scendant of perhaps the Oldest tree on
record in England, and it may almost
be described as an English institution
This particular corner of Cheapside
! is back of the general postofice and
| one of the finest pieces of real estate
| in the world With the tremendous diff
fculties that stand in the way of its
5being built over-the sanctity of the
land itself and the power of the can
cient Lights - statute-it is very prob
able that this piece of ground will re
main unimproved' for another cen
J fury or two. In recent interview TIT
manager Of the real estate agents, wh'
control nearly all the land in the dis
trict, declared that Hthe old tree il
Cheapside occupies position which il
likely never to be built upon. Their
would be a perfect howl of execratiol
from all sides if any one were to at
tempt to put up a modern buildin.
there; for Wood street itself is so mar
row that the people on both sides o
the street have a right to claim San
Gent Lights and the builder VIII
went in for improving this propert
: would have to square SO many pee
, pie that he would never be able to ge
, any profit out of his building"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-03
Assets.

Assets
onha nd n
10250O9
Stocks and paid in.
mens ................. 22,7eo47 Shareholders
................ Undivided profits 15,2S4e
rusta
eandfx
Accrue
assets
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-22

Patient: | have confession to
make, doctor. | didn't like the
taste of that medicine you left,
so instead of taking it | gave it
to my dog.
Doctor Indignantly: Do you
mean to say, madam, that you
wasted all that medicine?
Patient: But it wasn't wasted,
doctor. We wanted to get rid
of the dog anyway.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-22
Notice to Tax Payers.

All state and county taxes
must be paid by January 31st or
penalty of ten per cent will be
added. Be sure and come in be-
fore the time expires. lr
X. Ii. SANFORD, Z.
i2-2t Tax Collector.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-22

We believe in today and the
work we are doing, in tomorrow
and the work we have to do, and
in the sure reward which the
future holds. We believe in
courtesy, in generosity and in
good cheer. May we serve you?
CANYON LUMBER Co.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-22

lures with the blacksmith, tool
man, and seed man, and for
stock. repairs to buildings and
taxes. He saves a little for the
mortgage. He paid S64 for labor
in 1899; the average is higher
now, and the complaint is that
he cannot get enough help. And
the benevolent government, while
not adding a cent to the value of
any great staple crop, by its
tariff greatly increases the cost
of nearly everything the farmer
buys from boots to binding
Irvine.
COLLECTIVELY the American
farmer is a mighty factor in
world finance. Singly he is over
worked and ill-paid, grossly dis
eliminated against in legislation,
and not nearly so much in need
of commissions on social uplift
as of simple Justice"
The farmer would have still
more, declares the Washington
Post if he were not so thrift
less and wasteful." Scientific
farming. declares this paper,
would have given us corn crop
of 1000, 900, 600 bushels of 2,643,-
100000.
And the same philosophy ap-
plies to cotton, tobacco, wheat,
oats, rye, barley, hay, and all the
vegetables. Look at the millions
of acres of once highly fertile
lands exhausted by the thriftless
and ignorant farmers, and turn
ed adrift as barren wastes.
The secretary tells us that
the egg and poultry output
EQUALS in value the cotton crop
which is second to corn alone as
a money producer. But there is
not one farmer in a dozen who
knows what to do with hen and
chickens. They are tufned'loose
in the yard or woodland lot or
| barnyard to work for a living,
and on the average farm one egg
is gathered where three or four
should be produced if poultry
farming were conducted as it
should be. There are enough
hens in the union to reduce the
price Of eggs to 20 cents dozen
in this town-strictly fresh eggs
at Christmas if the hens were
given a fair show.
The dairy products are put
at $500, 100000 by the secretary,
and that is not half enough.
There are fed and MIXED tens of
thousands of cows that do not
yield 100 pounds of butter per
annum. The same food and the
same attention would reward the
dairyman with 800 or 400 pounds
of butter if he would pay atten-
ton to intelligent breeding.
"How much the farmer loses
by the ravages of insects nobody
can compute except to say 1t is
enormous. This comes from the
war America has waged on birds
for centuries. One Bob White
in the wheat field in May and
June is worth, in good money,
three Bob Whites on toast in
November and December. Every
one of them will eat several
times his weight of insects that
prey on the stalk of the growing
Orair -
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-22
Sold on the Farm.

Nearly two billion dollars more
than all the gold in circulation
and in vault in all the countries
on earth will be paid to the
American farmer for the pro-
ducts of his broad acres this
year, according to the report of
our department of agriculture
says the Literary Digest. The
value of our farm products for
1908 is reckoned at 81, us, 900, 900
the highest mark ever reached.
Everybody is congratulating the
farmer, of course, but in the
midst of all the rejoicing a few
voices of warning are heard. For
instance, the New York Journal
of Commerce notes that this ex-
traordinary value is not due to
the size of the crops, but to the
increase in prices, so that while
the farmer is to be felicitated,
the rest of us are not so lucky.
I'VE must remember" says this
paper, that the general well be-
ing is promoted by abundance
and a fair contribution of its
fruits, and not by high values
shown in figures. Hence, what
appears to have been good for
tune for farmers in a dull year
has not been a comfort to those
whose earnings have been re-
duced."
The annual report of the sec
rotary of agriculture sketches
the farmers enviable condition
thus:
The farm value of all farm
products Of 1908 reaches the
most extraordinary total in the
nations histony-S7, rs, 100000.
This is about four times the
value of the products of the
mines, including mineral oils and
precious metals The farmer
contributes 81 per cent of the
raw materials used in those
manufacturing industries which
depend; mostly or considerably
upon agricultural materials, and
these industries use ~ per cent
of all materials used in all in
dustries.
'The gain in value of farm
products in 1908 over 1907 is
$4,000, 5000 and would have been
much larger had not the prices
of cotton and hay been low. The
value of products in 1899, the
census year. being taken at 100,
the value for 1908 stands at 125;
for 1904, at 1871; for 1905, at 1874;
for 1906, at 143; for 1907, at l59;
and for 1908 at 1865. During the
last ten years the wealth pro-
duction on the farms of this
country has exceeded the fabu-
lous sum of $4,000, 100000.
1.-THE exports of agricultural
products in the fiscal year 1903
were valued at S1,017, 100000, an
amount greater than for any
years except 1907, the reduction
of $4,000, 1000 under that year
being chiefly due to the falling
off in value of cotton exports.
THE exported cotton was val
ued at S438, 900, 900, the grain and
grain products at S2l5,000.000,
and the packing house products
at 1896, 100000.
THE exports of domestic agri-
cultural products in 1908 being
worth 81, 100000, the ex-
ports of foreign agricultural pro-
ducts 100000, and the i'm
ports of agricultural products
SD, 900, 900, a balance of trade of
the enormous value of S4S8,000,-
900 in favor of the farm products
of this country results, an
amount exceeded only in 1901
and 1898"
Upon examining these "fabu-
lous figures" a little more close
ly, however, the New York
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-06
IT Will BEA GREAT YEAR

Everybody, without single excep-
ton heard from comments a thoughtful
writer, anticipates that 1909 will be a
year of general prosperity for this
great country. Leading business men
in all lines predict it; all the signs in
dictate it, the people in general feel it,
and in word tits in the air" that
business conditions will be better than
ever and that the new year will begin
a series Of years Of unexampled good
times.
Not only in the purview Of material
things, but also from the ethical stand
point, is the outlook inspiring and en-
couraging. In business and in politics
especially as well as in various other
avenues Of activity. the atmosphere has
been cleared. higher standards Of con.
duct have emerged, ideals nearer to
the great truths adherence to which is
necessary to realattainment national or
individual. are in the ascendant.
Progress" is the watchword. and
annals of 1903 when written will be a
record Of great achievements.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-06
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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-06
hom 10 onther oniokIu.

A quick way to gather the tops Of
sleeves which is much superior to gath,
erlng them By hand is to thread the
machine with coarse thread and make
the stitch quite long. Then loosen the
tension JUST a tribe Now stitch two
rows of stitching an eighth Of an inch
apart, leaving a. much heading IS you
desire Pull the two underneath
threads until the sleeve is gathered as
much as is required aud then faslen
the threads When sewing the sleeves
into the waist stitch on the line of the
first COW Of gathering. This second
row shows plainly and makes Il pretty
finish for the top Of the sleeve, at the
same time holding it out so that II
gives wide appearance to the waiss
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-06
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
First publication December 9, 1866.
SALE OF FORFEITED STATE LANDS

State Of Wisconsin. Office Of Commissioners of
the Public Lands, Madison, Wisconsin, Deem
Der 8. 1903.
~ Office OF HEREBY GIVEN THAT ALL
- the schools. University. Agficultural-Col-
leges FORFEITED, Mortgaged and Swamp Lands in
the state Of Wisconsin which have been for
ieited by reason Of the nonray net Of interest for
the year 1868 will be offered for sale AT uuhIie
auction at the Capitol in Madison on the 18th 6av
Of March, 1903, unless sooner redeemed according
to law said sale viii commence at 10 o'clock A
NJ and continue from day to day until all Of said
lands shall have been offered.
said lands will be offered by counties in alpha
betleal order. Among these are the following
lands in Vernon county which viii be offered at
the price named opposite each tract. under the
heading Total amount due State.'f which in
eludes the principal due at the time of forfeiture
the interest on the same 70 January l. 1868 and
three per cent damage the cost Of advertising
and ali taxes which have been returned against
the land and remain unpaid
ADVERTISEMENT OF FORFEITED sTATELANDs YER
NON COUNTY.
Joseph Strupel-Lots section 80 town H. Rarge
Z IS acres, principal due $50 CO. interest due SIS 3d.
penalty due $3.50 due for advertising 50 90, total
aue 5000 years for which interest is due
I90a-S
SAID lands will be sold, subject to all unpaid
taxes assessed against the same. not included
herein.
The terms Of sale viii be cash.
J. A. FREAR, Secretary of State
A. Fl. Dahl. State Treasurer
+. l.. GILBERT, Attorney General.
Commissioners of the Public Lands.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-06
COURAGEOUS AND FlRn RESOLVES
Good pfssspls TO Live By. Hard Though
II May be

/ Have,the courage TO start right and
keep right.
Have the courage to turn from evil
and cling to that which is good.
Have the courage TO prefer comfort
and propriety to fashion in all things.
Have the courage to wear your old
clothes until you can pay for new ones.
Have the courage TO discharge a debt
/ while you have the money IN your
/ pocket
Have the courage to obey your con
science at the risk of being rIdiculed
/ by men.
Have the courage to own you are
poor, and thus disarm poverty Of its
| sharpest sting.
Have the courage to wear thick boots
in winter, and insist upon your wife
and daughter doing the same.
/ Have the courage TO do without that
which you do not need, however much
your eyes may covet it.
Have the courage to speak to a
friend in a 'seedy'' coat, even though
/ you are company With a rich one,
and richly attired.
Have the courage to speak your mind,
when 4 is necessary you should do SO,
and to hold your tongue when it is
/ prudent you shpud 10 so.
/ Have the courage to show your re-
spect for honesty, in whatever guise it
appears; aud your contempt Tor dis
/ honesty and dupicity, by whomsoeyer
! exhibited.
Have the courage to ecu" the most
agreeable acquaintance you have when
| you are convinced that he lacks prin-
ciple "A friend should bear with a
friend infirmities, but not with his
vices.
Have the courage to stand by your
convictions, be both courteous and firm,
making no compromise with evil, not
turning into by ana forbidden paths;
choose the right, reject the wrong; be
good and do good and then you will
have a Happy New Year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-06
UNIVERSITY
EDUCATES
ENGINEERS
Practical Assistance of Extension
Division Brings Tribute from
Stationary Engineers.

The stationary engineers of Wis
consin have a state organization which
is composed Of a large number of
local bodies. This organization has
been very greatly interested in the
educational aud professional improve
nent of It's members, anG during the
last year has been in close touch with
the Extension Division Of the Vii
versity of Wisconsin. The result nas
been so satisfactory that all of the
members base become enthusiastic
about tie Extension work, and Their
enthusiasm was communicated 10 the
national body which met in Denver,
Colo, fey months ago.
At taat time the national o. ganiza-
ton passed some very emf msiastic
resolutions. whose purport is hown in
the following, selected from lie whole
body Of resolutions:
WHEREAS. The University OF
Wisconsin has organized a new col
lege' known rs the Extension Divi-
sion through which the UniveIs ty
may render the greatest possible ser
vice 10 all classes OF citizens. either
as individuals or as persons connect
ed with educational and civic institu-
lions, professional service. or econ
omic enterprises, thus contributing to
the resources Of life and welfare OF
society ana
"WHEBEAS, A most effective part
of this University Extension work is
done through correspondence instruc-
ton at the very homes of the peogle
who embrace these opportunities, and
thus while pursuing gainful occupa-
tions. increase their personal efiici-
ency in Jhe.r chosen vacations, aud
thus promote their own Advancement,
"ResolVel. That the officers Of this
Association. The Special and State
Deputies. the officers Of the S ate and
Subordinate Associations anu tie
members thereof: be and are hereby
instructed to confer with their repre-
sent8tiyes in the State Legislatures.
and urge each Of them to invest gate
the methods Of this new Extension
Division College Of the University of
Wisconsin. 70 the end that il Lay he
given the greatest publicity pOss bic
in each and every state, and IL pos
sible make this method 4 part Of the
University. Or other educa ional insti-
buttons contro3ed by the state, and
thereby ~endar the greatest possible
service to all classes of its citizens.
either as individuals or as persons
connected with educational and civic
Institutions, thus contributing to the
resources of life ana welfare Of So
ciety."
The national recc gnition IF the ire
mendous valGe Of the Extension work
to Tie artisans md mechanics Of he
country. is onir one Of the many eTi-
dences that tie whole country is ripe
for just this form Of educational en-
deavor.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-06

son" remarked Mr.. Fraetus Pink.
ley, Il done heard you taiia' bout bein'
a great hunter"
"Dats what I said. answered pieka.
ninny Jim us gwinter hunt ions
An You mentioned bein' er ahtic
explorer"
"Yassir."
well, jes' by way Of practice befo'
you tackles any lions lemme see IL you
kin get de cow outn pasture wifcut
bein' hooked, an den as de winter
comes along you kin train roh de
north pole by wadin' out in DC snow
TO dc wood pic twice a day. An dom
femme hyah no mo- bout not incour-
agin' yoh youthful ambitions Wash
ington Star
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-06
cONfMENcEMgNT on A NEW VOLUME

This issue Of the CENSOR opens a
new page, not only Of this new year Of
1903, but also is the beginning OF the
hfty-third year Of publication of the
paper an anniversary important to The
large and growing family who compose
the CENSOR constituency. Men and
women are prone to admit the advance
Of time when they reach the halt-cen-
tury mark. Not so with the CENSOR.
If years add to its usefulness as a pun
veyor of the c!ery-day evetts Of the
world and its influence for establish
ment Of right principles and policies
helpful to man and the upbuilding OF
community, then the newspaper rich IN
experience is proud Of its strength with
age.
The CENSOR was founded in the days
Of pioneering in Vernon county and the
new western world 1t then filed "A
niche in the life Of the community that
was appreciated by the scattered set
tiers. 1t formed pretty much their
source of Information OF the state and
the world. 1t has ever been the pur-
pose of its different publishers to have
the paper keep step with advancing
conditions. How well this has been ac-
complished is for its patrons to deter
mine. Ii circulation may be counted AS
factor in arriving at this estimate
then we are content TO acc tpt the re-
suit. for few If any country journals in
ali Wisconsin can show larger or bet
ter list of subscribers, and that too.
without ever having employed So
licitor.
In the future, as in the past. the
CENSOR win go to its friends and sub
scribers with messages Of good cheer
and tales chronicled from the fields OF
observation. II will be neither sensa-
tional or boastful. but just a CLEANER
and distributor Of news fit to print. ano
visitor in the home and shop that will
be acceptable ard welcome.
Thankful for its opportunity to visit
thousands in the past, the CENSOR re-
news its new year work hopeful foi
twelve months Of peace and prosperity
in the field of its operations and IN,
world generally.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-06
COTTAGE CHEESE ART.
How to Make Teotheoms and Par
ticulariy Kuaritive Dish.

etSNtSEAI
10 master the art Of maess4g cottage
cheese let the housewife arst save and
have thoroughly boiled out all the lii
tie salt bags. Only Try 10 use milk
when it is lobbered. After it has
stood of the ice from two days to a
week it viii be right Put each days
leftovers In a separate bowl, 50 that
the scum which forms on the top may
be skinned OF. Put it all together
in pan and SET it On the top Of a ket
tie OF boiling wa r. Just as soon as
1t cracks In the middle and begins TO
show water on the edges It Is done
This win be before the top part Of
the mass is beginning to be heated
Now ct the salt bag over the top of =
pitcher or jar and turn the whole into
1t and hang it up without squeezing
for few hours.
The whole secret is In not scalding
it too much, which viii be prevented
by using the hot water, and when it is
neithcF UNDERGONE nor overdone 1t will
be found that small quantity Of
milk win yield an unusual amount Of
cheese. Made in this way there is alb
solutely no acid in it, and with but
ter, salt and cream added it Is a par
hcularly nutrltiye and eesi1y digested
dish
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-01-06
MEN ARE HELPLESS
AS CHILDREN
When Taken Suddenly llI-here is
a COmmOn.Sense Safeguard

Big, strong man is as a helpless an
tant when he is suddenly III.
The sturdiest chap in town usually
loses his self control, and is utterly IN
able to regard his condition with the
common sense that charaeterizes his
everyday action.
For example: He comes home tired,
eats a heavy dinner and sits down TO
read and smoke away quiet evening.
Suddenly ne notices q weight on his
stomach; then sharp pains around his
heart, and feeling OF suffocation
Thoughts Of heart disease rush over
him, and in his agony he fears the
worst.
His trouble vas acute indigestion,
brought on by overlooking his tired
stomach.
A couple of Rexall Dyspepsia Tab
lets would have given him instant relief
would have saved him hours OF suf-
fering.
Carry a package Of RexalI Dyspepsia
Tablets in your vest pocket or keep
them in your room. Take one after
each heavy meal, and Indigestion can
never bother you
Rexall Dyspepsia TABLETS cure stem
ach troubles by supplying the one ele-
ment, the absence of which in the gas
trio juices, causes indigestion and dys-
pepsia. They enable the stomach to
digest all kinds Of food and to quickly
convert it into rich, red blood.
We know what Rexall Dyspepsia
Tablets are and what they viii do We
guarantee them 10 cure indigestion and
dyspepsia Ii they fail we will refund
your money.
Price, 25 cents per full package. Sold
only at our store or by mail. A. j
johnson, Druggist, Viroqua, Wis.