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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-21
Too Late I for the Re-
publican Party to
Complain.
CONDITIONS NOW
ARE IMPOSSIBLE
Justice Gerard Presents Definite
Plan for Progressive United
Democrats to Follow if
They Would Win at Polls
and Bring Country Back
to Normal Level.

Especial Cable to The Time .. Dispatct.1
Paris. August 20.-Justice James w.
Gerard. OF New York City. who IS
spending his vacation abroad. to-day
gave to g Times Dispatch correspond
ent his IDEAS on current political is-
sues.
Justice Gerard is young mana
possible candidate for Governor OF
New York this fall. who is regarded
by many as the best candidate to tar-
monize the many contending factions
and his views present a definite pro-
gram for a progressive. united De-
mocracy.
There is no cure-all for the exist
Ing political evils In the United
States said Justice Gerard No one
slogan covers 1t all. The only way, In
my Judgment, to correct the outstand-
Ing abuses will be to devote ourselves
rlgidly to an lround chairman. by
ielecting men who will make the
changes the people want.
What about third party?''
Third parties are not easily created
even in such extraordinary conditions
as now exist; in fact. such tremen-
Idous uprisings az the greenback and
the silver movements In politics failed
to crystalline into third parties. In
the case OF Gladstone.s disruption OF
the Liberal party in England. when It
Endorsed Irish home rule. 1t was freely.
predicted that new party would be
formed. and yet after several genera
lions, the two parties are the only
ones IN England, as they are In Amer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-21

Leaders In Il hit struggle with the
1 Standard are Att orney AZ, M, Christie
and Nc. McCollough,So o. Butler; Cap
tain y. i. 9 Hal h t and ] oseph III a. Shon-S
field, Of Warren, "a Il Il y MI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-21
3 saa..An .To cAIL !,

Arizona and New Mexico u hing tons
Sunset Reute, Dates In AMguAt, eptsmher
Cars, 81 psrsona " N cond uc ed Bert 49, co.
q. 81. BUR CESS 7, r. ,,,SB as:o stss
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-21
Form rs. er 4 3 3.

Washing ton, p, CT. Angus t 9 OFF or-3
imers United States sena tor WI lkinsoni
Cal. 81 FL la was ia zen from his!
home here to the gEner gency Hospital
to- day In an unconscious and appar-,
emily dying cond ltion,S He is Is evenly
Sin Sy ears n ol sft NJ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-21
IIope IN Ne,y Democracx.

But the principles Of America lie
with a new Democracy. Progressive
Democracy will succeed because 1t will
draw the best elements OF both parties
to the support OF the right candidates.
People who say We are praying for
the votes Of the Insurgents and the
independents OF the Republican party
may think they are bitingly sarcastic.
but, as matter of fact, that is exactly
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-22
A KICK AND A CHEER

|. There are those whose life is exist
ence and not real living those who are
content with their grub" some sordid
m0ney-making scheme while awake and
a bed of some sort to lie upon when
asleep those who kick at investing a
cent in more than these and who have
no use for the aesthetic side of their
environment, the blush and perfume of
a flower, the enjoyment of the beautiful
and chaste in the broad and varied
fields of music, literature, painting and
sculpture, which are as essential TO the
happiness of the truly cultured and re-
fined as bread and meat are to the
mere physical man. We are pleased
that this class of mortals is not SO
large in our town that it is not possible
to obtain generally numerous and re-
ceptive audience for the men and wom-
en- of highly cultivated talents who
come to us from time to time.
A good audience enjoyed thoroughly
the entertainment given at the Christ
ian church on Monday evening, when
Miss Alma May Taylor appeared before
the Viroqua public for the first time,
assisted by the Third Regiment band.
Miss Taylor, who is well known in many
parts of Wisconsin and Illinois, salts
fed all expectations of an artistic rem
dering, delivering her readings and inn
presentations of children and aged peo-
pie, characters modern and historical
in the best style. The most noticeable
features of her work were the absence
OF affectation, her naturalness and the
perfect adaptation to the character por-
trayed. In spite of the uncomfortable
warm evening she carried her audience
with her and received much merited
applause.
The selections by the band were in ex=
cellen, manner and Miss Taylor in COM
mon with the audience appreciated the
inspiration their music afforded. She
said in speaking of another band which
played for her on several occasions,
They say it is one of the best in the
state, but this is much better" An
opinion of this sort from visitor to
the town, who has travelled widely, is
only one, however, of the many which
put it beyond the shadow of doubt
that the Third Regiment band is the
best advertisement Viroaua has. The
better good town is known the more
valuable is its real estate, its schools
and its industries. But fol the band
Virogua would be comp iratiyely little
known and those who inst lad of ssboost-
ing' them seek to down, them, are
manifesting ingratitude for their SUI
perior and self-denying efforts and
strike blow at the best interests of
the city. 1t is to be hoped that they
will be enabled to maintain their high
standard of achievement and may give
US many more such treats as they have
afforded us in the past.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-22
FIND ANTS OF GREAT VALUE
5slentists Use Small Insects to Aid
Them In Their Fossil In
vestigations.

archaeological members OF the
United States geological survey have
hit on unique scheme for the collec-
ton of small fossil bones in certain
parts of the west. The mammals from
which the bones are derived are pref
tF generally distributed, but are never
abundant, and on account of their
small size are seen with difficulty.
They may be more frequently found in
what are locally known as blow
OUTS and are almost always assoc
ciated with garpike scales and teeth
and teeth and bones of other fish,
crocodiies, lizards and small dinosaurs
These remains are frequently so
abundant in "blow-outs" as to attract
attention easily.
When such place is found, careful
search Is almost always rewarded by
the discovery of few jaws and teeth
of mammals. This has been known
for long time. but 1t was only more
recently that 1t was discovered that
a certain species of ant, in exoayating
its burrows and In collecting material
from and beneath the surface, brings
together great numbers of small
stones with which to build the small
hemispherical hillocks from one to
two feet In diameter In and beneath
which II constructs its subterranean
chambers. Anywhere In the region at
a favorable locality among this ag.
gregation of pebbles, considerable
number of small fossil teeth and Jaws,
fish scales. small vertebrae. etc. viii
always be found, and all the pateon-
toiogist had TO do was to sift en- ant
hin through an ordinary -four sitter
to supply himself with abundant ma
terial
The next step came when some en-
terprising sluggard wishing 20 sam
pie an antless region with little effort,
followed Scripture, and went literally
to the ant He deliberately ''sowed"
the place with ants which be brought
from several miles away. The ants
established colonies. built hills and
when the pRleontologist went back
the next J ar he found that they had
collected 30 TO 40 teeth, etc. to each
hin This particular locality, which
is In Wyoming, has proved almost In
exhaustible. having yielded several
thousand isolated teeth and Jaws OF
the diminutiye mammals Paleontoio-
gists generally, thefore. owe a debt Of
no isconsi derable gratitude to the ant
II making known the wealth Of small
mammals and ether diminntiye YER
tebrates that inhabited toe region In
ancient times, and the Biblical in5uae.
ton takes on a new signiHcance.--
Scientific American
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-22
Control of Cut Worms

.Trhe use of poisons, sprays, traps
and other devices for preventing in
juries by the cut worm are of little
value late in the season, states Prof.
j. G. Sanders, entomologist of the Col
lege of Agriculture of the University
of Wisconsin. in response to numerous
complaints of serious damages by cut
worms received at the college from
farmers and gardeners in many Sec
tons of the state.
The method of controlling the cut
worm, Professor Sanders states, is by
fall blowing sod lands which contain
the insects, and frequently cultivating
the soil during late fall and early spring
as opportunity offers toexpose the pest
to frosts, birds and other enemies.
Poisonous bait such as bran or clover
treated with Paris green may be used
on small gardens before the season 8
crop hus been planted. When poisons
are used chickens and animals must be
kept out of the fild-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-22
Locals

Wedding prese hts at very reasOna-
BILE prices at Sam Lillis, Jeweler.
Summer school is running in full
blast. The attendance is in the neigh
borhood of fifty.
Mrs. Bertha Bolstad is in the city
from North Dakota to inspect her prop
erty interests here.
Sunday morning the incoming pas
senger engine on the st. Paul road
threw sparks that set fire to grass on
the right-of-way between the residence
of Clark Wheeler and the county house
which promised destruction to fields,
pasture and woodland. By prompt
action of citizens and assistance of the
train crew the spreading flames were
extinguished before much Roadway had
been gained or damage done.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-22

Willard Chase was over from La
Fargo on Monday.
Fred Gohde spent several DAYS
with friends at Madison.
Miss Mary Morse is EMPLOYED as
bookkeeper at the Knudson Bros. ma
chinery depot.
-Willett Morrison was down from
Trout Falls to spend Sunday with friends
and relatives in this section.
DIR. ]. H. Chase purchased of StolI
& Chase the Adkins farm of one hum
dred and sixty acres south of town.
-Messrs. T. O. Mork and II. L.
Gardner are at Amigo in ATTENDANCE at
convention of the Beavers fraternal
order.
R. d. Newlun of Ia Fargo was 4
CENSOR caller on Monday. He was ac-
eompanied by six young people who
VIII attend summer school.
II. S. Hamilton has been apprised
OF the death of his brother Simpson at
San Francisco. Deceased was born and
reared at SpriugviIle, moving west
ward In early manhood.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-22
For Sale

For SALE-Forty-aere farm with
stock and machinery included. Address
j. G. jacobson, Viroqua, Route 8.
234
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-22

-Messrs. VIM. Webb and Albion
Lindemann have each purchased and re-
ceived Rambler auto.
Miss Florence Reed departed for
Groton, South Dakota, last Sunday 70
attend the wedding of relative. She
may extend her trip to Montana.
Mrs. P. H. Oftedahl is in Chicago
visiting relatives. Miss Genevieve
Harris, who is nicely recovering from
her recent operation, will accompany
her home in about week.
John Norris, one of the leading
farmers of Viroqua town, underwent
an operation for eye trouble at Mil
waukee last week. He withstood the
ordeal nicely but will be compelled TO
remain at the hospital some six weeks.
Mr.. Norris was threatened with total
blindness and his friends will be great
ly pleased if good eyesight is restored
to him.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-22

"Why do you yell at your mule in
that mannerg' said the lstndly person.
"Have you no sympathy for dumb ami
mals?"
Boss answered Erastus Pinkley,
"when dat animal takes notion he's
wuss dan dumb. Hes deaf and dumb"
Washiu@'s'' efe"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-22
A TREATISE ON LIE INSURANCE

Being secretary for our Fraternal
Union insurance society of forty MEM
bers, it occurred to me that the CEN
soR might give space TO insurance COM
panies to point out the merits OF their
own societies or debate in a friendly
way on the weakness of another. In
surance has been poorly understood.
One Viroqua citizen paid out SO, 500 to
various companies. receiving back 81
600 Owing to old age he has 10 fur
Their prospects.
The Modern Woodmen is the largest
in membership but has no reserve fund
to make it perpetual Our society has
twenty-five thousand members and by
charging thirty per cent. ra toI off
set old age, we expect to rival a society
IN England two hundred and seventy
years old Other companies are imi-
tating our plan with something cheap
er. An agent tells me we don't collect
quite enough, although our reserve
more than doubles that of the Beavers
or Mystic Workers-six times as large
as one of these. Since old line insur-
ance companies have grown rich large
ly owing to lapses, and fraternal socie-
ties without reserve derive no addition
to their funds by the loss of members,
~ 49, IA lliy O1ttitOils a quSSllJu Oh IHe
kind of a reserve for consideration by
one who wants good investment and
not have to die to win.
At forty years eight men out of enc
thousand die and the others become a
year old, making a loss of 9s2 years in
age. To offset this one hundred new
members ninety-nine years younger or
aged thirty, are required. This is easy
at first but ninety-nine per cent. of the
companies without reserve have beat
themselves in thirty years. time.
Any amount of money at seven per
cent. compound interest doubles in ten
years. 81. 90 at interest for one hun
dred years becomes 81, 024. So when
| am asked how after paying in $500,
at seventy years we may receive 81, 900,
| answer that the interest alone is ST.
200. This is similar to Massachusetts,
law with poll tax at S. aud old age
pension of $50 yearly. A company
above referred to, promises more for
half price than they are able to pay.
Another agrees to pay at seventy to
those in need only. We challenge those
willing to pay their way to defend their
course and invite friendly criticism in
this column.
w. E. BUTT for E. F. u.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-22

TIE Shakespeare Menelegist-what
coil Is hsrsi
Lion Tamer--Don't be scared That's
pnly the snake ,harmsrs PEI cobra
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-22

-Berlie Moore is representing the
local lodge of Knights of Pythias at q
gathering of that clan at Waupaca.
That Sam Lillis, the ieweler, is
forging ahead is evinced by his recent
purchase of a handsome JewelrJ and
silverware cabinet.
There will be an ice cream social
at Brookville next Saturday night,
June 18th, at the home of Frank Ed
wards. Everybody welcome.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-22

For RENT Rooms, furnished or UNI
furnished. Inquire of Mrs. George H.
Clarke.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-22

For SALE-Two-year-old registered
Polled Durham bull; of gentle DISPOSE
ton. Inquire of Willard Geiter, Route
No. 3.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-22
WANT AID. COLUMN

Insertions Under this Head 5 Cts
per Line No AID. Taken for Less
Than IS Cents.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-22
For Rent

For RENT-Roo in the Ferguson
block. Inquire of Mrs. B. F. Ferguson.
Off
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
Cherokee Roses Form Beautiful Bower
FEMININE ECONOMY

The beautiful woman in the Russian
pony coat stopped at the foot of the
stairway in the Brooklyn bridge sub
way station and raised her voice in
fervent appeal to anybody who hap
pened to be within hearing distance.
"Oh dear!" she waiied. II forgot!"
Forgot what?" asked a sympathetic
woman who stood near.
"Oh, nothing. But maybe 1 can gel
it yet" said the fur-clad sufferer.
An instant later she pounced upon
subway employe stationed on the plat
form.
do you keep newspapers down
here?" she asked.
NO." said he; they're upstairs"
"Can 1 go up and get one and come
down again without paying another
fare?"
NO" he replied again. IF you pass
through the gate you will have to pay"
isn't that a shame?" sighed the
Russian pony woman. 81 can't do that.
This old road gets enough of my
money, anyway, without my deliber-
ately throwing money into it's pocket.
STILL 1 do want paper so badly"
What paper do you want, ma'am?''
said the employe. "Ill go up and get
it for you.
"Will you?" exclaimed the beauty.
"Oh, how sweet of you. I hate to put
you to all that trouble but 1 must
have paper and L simply can't AFFORD
to pay an extra fare!"
She gave him a cent, and in less than
a minute he was back with a paper.
"Oh, thank you," she said sweetly.
Then she opened her purse, took out a
coin and dropped it into the employees
hand.
"Fod goodness sake!" exclaimed the
him?"
"Yes, of course" said the beautiful
woman. II gave him a dime."-New
York Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
MICROBES LIKE GIANTS

A wonderful combination of the mi
croscope and the cinematograph was
shown at the French Academy of Sci
ence by Prof Dantre on behalf of M.
Comandon, the inventor.
The apparatus taheS thirty-tWo PIC
lures a second, and enlarges the objects
to $4,000 times their natural size. A
flea enlarged in this way would be as
large as a siX-story house.
One OF the series of pictures shown
was a drop of blood taken from rab-
bit into which sleeping sickness MI
crobes had been injected. 1t was very
curious to see the microbes-which
looked about a foot long-Separatlng
the red and the white corpuscles of the
blood.
One microbe entered into a red cor
puscle and remained there.
A member of the academy who was
present explained to me the workings
of the ultra microscope, as it is called,
by means of which micro o-organisms
which are only the fifty -thousandth
part of an inch in diameter can be seen
in the blood of a mouse.
M. Comandon succeeded in taking
cinematograph pictures of fatty gloD-
uleS 125-tnouSand part of an men In
diameter.
1t was extraordinary to see these
tiny organisms lighting with their enc
mics in the blood, and it was little
startling. M. Comandon showed pic
lures of fever microbes and the MI
crobes of other diseases struggling with
the corpuscles of the blood, and showed
how these microbes forced their way
into our organisms
1t was a picture as terrible as that
with which the microscope has made US
familiar of the battle of the microbes
in a drop of water.
At present the invention is only in
the laboratory stage, but it will soon be
possible for all doctors to use it, and
to profit by it's lessons.-Paris corre-
spondence of the London Express.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
STRAWBERRIES GROWING ON ICE

Pacific spring, near South Pass CITY,
Wyo., is 1000 feet above sea level, ana
about it ,at the head waters of the
Sweetwater river, is a series of small
valleys-or, rather meadows-sheltered
by the southern extremity of the Wlnd
river mountains. On the north side
of the hills is what is locally called
a flat" where the grass grew IN
green luxuriance. In this tall prairie
grass was found the tiny red wlid
strawberry. But if you take space
and remove the turf, solid cakes of Ice
are found at depth of often less than
a foot.
The warm spring sunshine melts the
snow, which runs down the mountain
side This goes on till late summer
and autumn, when the small stream
of water freezes, and soon becomes
solid ice. BY the actions of the ele-
ments and washing of earth down the
mountain a deposit of soil is made on
this ice, which, when the summer
comes once more, springs into fresh
life.
The few hours of sunshine which
reach this sheltered spot each day
suffice to ripen the strawberries. put
cannot melt the ice Observation-Disclosures
Courier.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
HARRY LADDERS JOKE

The San Francisco Argonaut gives
the Scotch twist to a familiar American
story
An Aberdonian went to spend few
DAYS in London with his son., who had
done exceptionally well in the great
metropolis After their first greetings
at. Kings Cross Station, the young
fellow remarked: "Feyther, you are
not lookin' weel. Is there anything
the matter?" The old man replied,
AYE, lad, 1 have had quite an acct
dent" what was that, feyther?'
Mon" he said, ION this journey frae
bonnie Scotland I lost my luggage"
Dear. dear, that's too bad; 90 did it
happen?" "Aweel," replied the Aper-
donian, "the cork cam oot.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
MAKES $4,000 YEAR OFF 40 ACRES

N hURING the past four years | have
been dairying on forty acres, which
~ l have divided into four fields; one
a five-acre field that l do not pasture
at all, but cut from five to seven crops
of alfalfa per year, that | store away
for winter feeding; the other three
fields l pasture alternately, so as to
cut one of them for hay every three
months. l keep string of thirty-hVe
milch cows; besides raising my young
stock, the COWS have averaged me $50
per head each year. l have also raised
on the alfalfa enough hogs to sell
$2500 worth per year. OF course, l
raise my pigs on the skim milk; my
wife manages to raise poultry enough,
such as chickens and turkeys, to about
keep the house going. So you see L
have cleared about $4,000 year on my
forty acres and l am satisfied from
NV experience that Imperial county
is the greatest dairy section in the
world. MARTIN DONALD'
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
PAVED THE WAY

The Father-It was a noble deed young man,
to plunge into the raging waters after my
daughter 1 suppose you realized the awfui
risk that you were running7 -...
The Hero (modesly),-Yes, sir I did sir.
The Father-Good. Then you Will readily
appreciate the necessity Of having a policy In
the Skinem Life Insurance company, Tor ,whlch
I am the chief soicitor.-Puck.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-10-25
SUPREME COURT UNMASKED

the company and was given a yer
dict Of $4,000. NJ. J Gordon. at
tofnoy for the company. appealed
the case. citing numerous alleged
errors in the conduct OF the trial
but not raising the question that
the amount Of the verdict was
excessive. The appeal was heard
I'm the supreme court Just before
Root aud Grow became members.
The court sustained the verdict
After Root and Grow we're
appointed Gordon petitioned for
rehearsal and IL was granted.
Upon rehesrina, Root and Grow
participated and the original de
cision was reversed, the verdict
being reduced 20 $4,000. Re
versed on a question which was
not before the court
The attorney for Williams was
WIN g. Graves OF Spokane n prom
lnent corporation lawyer. first
friend Of the court, champion OF the
convention system OF nominating
Judges. and one Of the supporters In
the 1909 legislature OF the judicial
convention bill Graves petitioned
for second rehoarlng and in bis
petition said;
o." have heard Of courts which
overruled, with or without notice,
their former decisions. This is the
first time I ever heard OF a court
that overrulsd In the concluding
portion Of an opinion that which Il
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-10-25
DO YOU KNOW?

That Deputy U. S. Shipping Com
missioner A. Henry holds a gold
medal from congress for saving
eight lives in one day
That an average Of so cases are
tried In police court every day?
That Police Judge Gordon Is an
enthusiastic hunter7
That City Attorney Ralph Pierce
was once a crack debater for Stan.
ford university
That Charles Peabody, the big
steamship man. was once a steve
dore al Port Townsend
That old Jim Thorton, Seattle's
first police chief. Is still alive and
lives in Seattle?
That Charles Frye. OF the bic
meat packing firm. was once a cow
boy IN Montana?
That 6eriah Brown, Seattle's vet
eran newspaper man. WAS a class
mate Of Admiral Sperry nj An
napolis?
That Andy Mckee, now driving
an express wagon In Seattle. orig
mated eccentric dancing?
That George Smith, a waiter at
the Rathskeller. owns a ranch of
600 acres he purchased with tipsf
That the tide Of Elliott bay once
washed inland as far as First avn