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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13
COLLEGE MEN ARE PRAISED
Major General Wood Says They 40
vance Rapidly In the Arts
Of War.

Washington. - College men ar,
showing the greatest enthusiasm fol
military life and have the making o
excellent soldiers. in the opinion o.
Maj. Gen, Leonard Wood. on return
ing from the maneuver camp at Get
tysburg. He reported 10 this effec
TO Secretary Garrison, commendinf
the progress being made bv the stu
dents.
Owing to the lack OF time In tn,
initial stages It was not possible to Sc
cure large attendance of the collie
gians, but there are nov It's in cam
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13
AustraIIa san unexplored.

parts of the British empire have
never been seen by British eyes or
the eyes of any white man Nearly
quarter OF Australia is still unex-
plored. mainly 'u the west, where the
population averages only one person
in every twenty miles.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13

the heart OF the gold dredger region
near Folsom.
Jobs on this particular steam shovel
gang are at a premium. But T. II
Williams. assistant division superin
te55ent Of the road. couldn't under
stand for a long time what made HE
men so unusually industrious. espe
cially after work. when they were
usually tired and worn out
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13

came from them. We cannot say just
what we learned. but we possess a
memory of quietness. or ripeness. OF
wisdom OF life, and we feel that TO
them is due whatever gain we have
made in grace and moral stature.
Greek literature has a like effect
upon us,-The Atlantic.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13
Not ANY Use There

There are some things" said the
man with the high brow, that money
won't buy Il s'pose there are" re-
piled the other with the overlapping
chin. but there's no use tryin' to use
en- to get an extension of your cred
IL
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13

or the 3,424 languages and dialects
in use in the world, nearly half of
them are spoken on the American con-
tinent. We certainly do lot OF talk
ing over here. Cleveland Plaindealer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13
lrrIta,Inn SKIN Troubles.

so prevalent in summer, such as
hives, poison oak, chatting, sunburn.
eczema, etc, are quickly relleysd' when
TyTee's Antiseptic Powder is used.
25c. at druggists or sample sent free
by S. Tyree. Washington, d. C.--Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13

Newedd-Did you spend so much
money as this before | married your
Mrs. Newed,i-Why, yes.
Newedd-Then | can't understand
why your father went ON so when |
took you away IRON him.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13
Nothina New.

Did that palmist tell you the truth
about yourself?"
Yes, but my wife has been doing
that for years"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13
Declares Women Drink More.

7'l'sUecIdFts Womcn UFIHk MOTE.
A. S. Shoemaker, attorney for the
Anti-Saloon league, whose home is in
Washington, says the women of the
present day drink more intoxicating
drinks each year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13
Necessity,

TT is said that Queen Mary clings
TO the old-fashioned sidesaddle
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13

Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces iniamma.
tion, alay pain cures wind colo. 25c bottle.ls
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13

SORE TEATS AND COW Pox.
Hadfields Belgium Ointment. at
Hardware and Harness stores. Guar.
anteed. ADV.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13

About 2.4OO men will be required for
the operation and maintenance Of the
Panama canal
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13

Some dogs are born foolish. the
same as some men
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13
Important 10 Naothera

important TO Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CAST0RIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that il
Bears the ~ <~
Signature of &<NZzLZx
In Use For Over so Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoris
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13

Even an empty head may contain
lot of useless information.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-08-13
& An IDEAL s.
Honey Spct

{ ROM Berlin to the Schorfheide.
from the most magnificent OF
the imperial palaces. filed with
a company of unprecedented
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Happenings Of the Week From.
All Over the State.
COMMISSION TO HAVE FACTS
Express Companies Have Been Or.
dered by the Board to Make
Monthly Statements.

The state railway commission has
ordered express companies to make
monthly station reports which will
give the commission a real foundation
on which to find just what business
the companies are doing in South
Dakota, both within the state and in
terstate. The commission has also
issued an order requiring the com.
panies to make, as a part OF their
annual report, a detailed showing OF
their business in this state and their
method OF distribution of charges on
the business which is handled
through the South Dakota Offices.
The matter of coal rates is to be
investigated through a complaint filed
by the commission of this state with
the interstate commission, in relation
to shipments from the different lake
terminals into this state. and from
the mines of Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa.
A hearing has been set in Pierre
on Sept. IL for the making of joint
freight rates on all the lines operat-
ing within South Dakota.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21
New Metals.

Modern research his brought to our
Industries ut ii marvellous rate not only
new compounds. but eyer new ele-
ments. OF the fifty metallic elements
now known only seven were in use
1000 years ago, and until 100 years
ago the rate of addition was less than
one metal for each two centuries.
Within the last twenty-five years
about fourteen metals have been added
to commercial use, ar addition at more
than one hu%ndredfold the previous
The "Ailesed Gentleman
This quaint notice was recently post
ed in a Cardiff club: IF the alleged
gentleman who took three brushes from
Mr.. IS color box imagines they will
paint poultry without the assistance OF
the master hand he is gravely mis-
taken and therefore may as well re-
turn them to their rightful owner
Pail Mall Gazette.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21
Painting

The huge paintings required as
scenes for theaters are now. accord-
ing to an article in the Scientific Amer
lean. painted with the canvas lying
fiat on the floor. instead Of ms formerly.
in an upright position. In this way
the work can be done much more
rapidly. The colors used are in pow
dered form. a barrel to each color.
The Housekeeping Instinct.
a bright little girl who had success
fully spelled the word that" was ask
ed by her teacher Whist would remain
after the ST had been taken away.
The cups and s%aucers," was the
prompt reply.
Her Powers.
Blank was accosted by a fellow citi-
zen the other night. who said: Il
heard your wife lecture. Her power
of dictfon is wonderful
aYes, fair. But its nothing to her
mower of contradiction"
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21
BUSCH FLAYS
MINING MAGNATES
Says They Secured Properties
by Rank Frauds.

The social service conference In
conjunction with the American Fed
GRAFTON of Catholic Societies was held
att+S.MiIwaukee, Wis. Five hundred deli
egates and others listened to address,
es. Bishop P. j. Muldoon Of Rock
ford, III, presided.
Labor in the Mines, was the topic
Of an address BY Bishop Joseph T.
Busch OF Lead, s. p.
He gave a brief sketch Of the con-
ditions of miners In the Dakotas and
charged the mine owners with obtain
ing the mine properties Through the
rankest frauds & perpetrated in the
United States and said that even.
bloodshed and murder marked the
trail of .land grabbing.
He also charged the owners with.
controlling all the local, state and
federal officers Of that section Of the
country
Bishop Busch gave a resume OF his
attempts to obtain q Sunday rest day
among the miners, but said that the
owners made ut so hot for him that
he had to move his headquarters to
Rapid city
There, he said, he % lived on a
small firm, where he hoped to raise
enough butter and eggs to live ID,
even though ne was oppressed BY the
moEied men or the mines
Delegates representing the 900 300
iIatholic members Of the various SO,
|~eieties later VOTED unanimously 70 tel
aeranh Mrs. phoebe A Hearst OF
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21
in FLOOD PERIL ALL NIGHT
Surveyor Remains UncIothed In Tree
That Drifts on Bar.

surveyor nSTrlatHS SfCiOticu III ITCG
That Drifts on Bar.
i. q. Booth, member of the state
surveying party that is running the
preliminary lines for the irrigation
project on the south fork of the Chey-
enne river, spent a night in the
branches of a tree that, floating down
the Cheyenne river, had become
stranded on a bar and seemed liable
at any moment to be swept again into
deep water.
Booth and four companions were
on the east shore of the river when
a sudden rising of the water occurred.
While they we're fording the stream
to an island in order to escape the
flood Booth was swept down stream
and into the branches of the stranded
three. His companions could not
reach him because of the flood that
roared down the channel. Booth had
disrobed in order to ford the stream
and he spent an uncomfortable night.
The water had SO far subsidized by
morning that his companions We're
able to effect his rescue. They found
him on the verge of collapse.
A- MN AaNHaE r. ~ WNrE
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21
CRAWFORD HAMMERS TARIFF
South Dakota criticises Agricultural
Schedule.

A wholesale criticism of the agri-
cultural schedule in the tariff meas
ure was directed in the senate at the
Democrats by Senator Crawford of
South Dakota. He accused them of
fayoring the sonth and discriminating
against the North in the rates on all
grains. while at the same time giving
Canadian competitors an advantage.
Senator Crawford took occasion to
explain why he voted for certain
schedules in the Payne-Aldrich bill.
Previous to his explanation Senator
BristoW had read several roll calls,
from which it appeared that Senator
Crawford had voted for the wool bill.
= had been instructed by the leg
islature which elected me to vote as
II did, said Senator Crawford.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Endorses Movement for Barring Pat
emit Medicine Vendors.

E+M-E FEFA XXI
Governor Byrne, who made an adj
dress before the twenty-eighth annual
convention of the South Dakota Phar-
maceutical association, which finished
its work after being in session three
days in Sioux Falls, strongly endorsed
The movement started at the conYen-
ton for the enactment of a state law
prohibiting patent medicine vendors
from travelling through the state and
selling their wares. The governor
said that while such law would be
Of benefit to druggists the prime mo.
tive would be to protect the general.
public.
AT a business session near the close.
Eof the convention the following OIL
Icers were elected: President, Henry
is. Schnaidt, Parkston; vice presi-
dents, Mrs. H. r. Kenaston. Bone
Isteel, and Miss Carroll, Aberdeen;
secretary, p. g. Bent. Dell Rapids;
treasurer, a.. "a. Woodward, Aber-
deen.
The convention selected Aberdeen
for the next annual meeting.
IaEma
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21

P~leasanton, Cal, mother o WiiIian,
Randolph Hearst, as chief owner or
certain mining properties in Lead; to
wire J. 3. Haggin Of New York, az
president Of the mining company, ami
TF. j.. G,ler of Lead, superintendent,
emphatically protesting against condi-
.tions in Lead, which, the convention
asserts, Impede the work Of religion
and which have caused Bishop Joseph
il Busch to be exi1ed from the see
city Of his diocese.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21
UNION IS UPHELD.

Presbyterian Combine Valid, Rules
Federal Court.
Kansas City, Aug. 1T.-The union
Of the Presbyterian church in the
United States of America and the
Cumberland Presbyterian churches,
erected in 1906, was upheld by Judge
A. S. Van v%alkenburgh in the United.
States district court here.
Members of the Cumberland church
were forever enjoined from interfer-
Ing with the use by the United church
OF church property in Missouri.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21
Woman Killed In Runaway.

Mrs. Lizzie Venting, forty-eight
years old, pioneer resident OF Min
nekahta, was thrown out of q wagon
when the team ran away and received
injuries which caused hsT deatif y
few hours. later. Others in the wagon
Mere d ted from heir a rs
Venting fell directly in front of the
heavily loaded vehicle. She is sur
viyed by -four daughters and three
sons.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21
COMMISSION PLAN FOR AU'
Regents Place Government in Hands
of Five Deans.

The board Of regents has placed
the management of the South Dakota
state university at NermiIlfon in the
hands OF the five deans for the time
being, on account OF the resignation
Of Franklin B. Gault, whose term will
expire Sept. 1.
The university will be managed TN
der the commission plan. The COM
tnissioners will meet daily. Each
dean will preside over the daily SEES
sions for one month.
The first to preside will be Dean
.Erabill. Then in order will come Deans
Lommen, Akeley, Persho and McKu-
bick.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21
Cleared of Murder charge.

AT d hearing at Mcintosh. Lars
Moe Of Granite Falls, Mimi. who was
brought back from Minnesota on the
charge OF having murdered his
brother, Ole Moe, whose dismemhered
body was found on the railroad track
near Keldron month ago, wasax
.onerated. The only evidence against
Moe was the fact that he was with his
brother in IN immigrant car the night
Ole was killed.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21
Advice 10 Lady Gardeners.

Make up your beds early In the morn
ing. SOW buttons On your husbands
clothes, do not rake up amy grievances,
protect the yonng and tender branches
OF your family, plant a smile of good
temper on your face, carefully root
out all angry feelings. and you may ex-
pect a good crop of happiness.-Ex-
change.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21

Waves, eddies Ind worthless are much
more common in the air than has been
generally supposed. Showing this to
the British Aeronantic society. Colonel
Il. q. Rawson described eddies that.
especially nea mountains, descend
sometimes with hurricane force and
may cause the 50 called rholes In the
air.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21
Butcher pies Seeking Aid.

Calvin Pabst, a butcher of Chester,
slipped while reaching through a bro
ken pane of glass at his place OF busli-
ness and cut a deep cash In his arm.
Evidently he started home for aid, for
|his body was fn;snd on a sidewalk
where he had fallen exhausted and
had bled to death.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21
~fasscr's Phrases.

Thomas Tasser. d writer OF ne six
staenth century. said ITS an D wind
turns no good Better late than
never. Look ere You leap ana 1.-THE
stone that is rolling can gather no
moss.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21

49, kazeESKk k9kzH, he
Put ~ severaldays attending he
annual flower slow.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-21
d

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Connecticut western news., 1913-07-03
REBELS OF MEXICO
 KILL 1000 PERSONS
Many Are Tortured to Death
 at Durango.

Fully a thousand soldiers and civil lans were killed at Durango when that city fell into che hands of the rebels, according to advices received at the City of Mexico. When the city, which Is the capital of the state of the same name, capitulated the most frightful outrages were committed. Many vic tims of the rebels were persons of wealth and members of prominent families with connections at the City of Mexico
 Not only were men, women and chill dren killed. but, according to dis patches received, many were slowly tortured to death Tn efforts to make them tell the hiding places of the wealth they were supposed to have.
 Rebel victories have caused appre- hension, and news was received that Cuqulo, an important city in the state of Jalisco. had been captured and the federal garrison annihilated. The loot ing of the town followed, and 1t Is expected later details may tell story of horror approximately as bad as that of Durango.
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-03
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
some Things That Are Happening In
 Other American Countriea

sems Things That Are Happening in
 Other American Countries
 Eight passengers were killed and twenty-two injured in the wreck of the Canadian Pacific's western express at McKellar town site. five miles west of Ottawa A spreading rail and proba- bly a broken fiange derailed five pas senger coaches, and two of them top pied over and rolled down the embank- ment into the Ottawa river. where they were half submerged.
 Dominion park, Montreals Coney is. land, was partially destroyed in one of the most spectacular fires seen there in years. Fifty thousand pleasure seek CTS saw the flames eat through the nimsy material of half dozen con. sessions. The dremen kept the loss within $20.000 ...
 In the face of advanced medical pre- cautions the number of malaria cases among United States troops In the Philippines more than doubled last year. At present I'll men in every 1000 are affected, the sufferers being Bostly among regular army soldiers.
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-03
MILITAHTS AGAIN ACTIVE.
Historic Castle Near Glasgow Greatly Damaged by Fire-Railroad Station
 Destroyed-BIame Suffrasettes.

Ballikinrain castle, near Glasgow, costing about $5Oo.OoO. has been al most entirely destroyed by fire. The blaze apparently was of incendiary origin, and the militant suffragettes are suspected of the outrage.
 The Leuchars railway station, near St Andrews, was destroyed, and suf- fragettes also are blamed for that fire.
 Ballikinrain castle for years had been one of the show places of Glasgow. If was one of the costliest residences in Scotland and was palatial in furnish ings and appointments. The fire had gained great headway before it was discovered, and the building was great. R damaged. Almost everything in the eastle was destroyed.
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-03
DENIES MEXICAN CHARGES.
Senator Fall Not in League With Rev.
 olutionists There.

Senator Fall, a member of the sen ate committee Investigating charges that Americans have been assisting in
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-03

inose Wnose Ear NaTional Associa"
 ton of Manufacturers Had No Diffi-
 oulty lnz zReaehins-Senate Commit
 tee May Sit All Summer.
 Subpoenas will call to Washington several men to. testify at the investiga- ton by the special senate committee Into President Wilson's charge that there is persistent and regular lobby of wealthy interests working to infiu- ence the votes of members of congress.
 Revelations by Colonel Martin w. Mulhall of Baltimore that for ten years he was the paid agent in Washington of the National Association of Manu- lecturers and the nature of the state ments he has made of the character of the work he did and of the men he hir- ed to help him indicate that the work of the committee will have to be con. siderably broadened.
 The senate committee may sit all summer In a thoroughgoing examina- ton Of the presidents charges or gen eral congressional committee may be appointed to take up the investigation. If the latter step is carried out, as some think, the evidence already ob- tained will be turned over to the larger committee.
 In any event, 1t is expected that the Mulhall matter will be thoroughly in vestigated. A subpoena has already been served upon Mulhall to appear and subpoenas will be served upon ev- cry man mentioned by him in his state ment.
 Resolutions calling for special in- vestigation of Mulhall's statements probably will be introduced in the house. It is said that one of these will come from Representative Sher- ley, who will rise in his seat to deny that he knows Colonel Mulhall or that his vote has ever been improperly in fiuenced.
 Practically everybody mentioned by Mulhall in his general statement has issued a general denial. Mulhall ever mentioned ex-President Taft as one o1 those whose ear the National Associa ton of Manufacturers had no difficulty in reaching. He made no charge that the ex-president was improperly infu enced.
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-03

fomenting and financing the recent rev olutions and counter revolutions in Mexico, declares it is all rot
 He read with interest a report from the City of Mexico that Mexican off, cials charged certain members of the committee with being in league with the revolutionists and asserted that one of them gave a S2O0,0oo check to aid the revolutionary cause. L
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-03

Captain John A. Curtis, who led the attack on the United States frigate Minnesota in Hampton Roads during the civil war, died at Church Hill, near Richmond, Va, aged eighty years
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-03

pr. Nat Thornton of Atlanta, Ga., won the southern championship in tennis singles, defeating Carlton Smith, also of Atlanta, in the final set of their challenge match.
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-03
FROM THE SPORTING WORLD.
Thls and That In Amateur and Profes-
 sIonal Athletics.

Thla and That In Amateur and Profess
 sIonal Athletics.
 James Gaffney. owner of the Boston National league club, limped to the Polo Grounds in New York with the aid of cane to see the Braves grap- pie with the Giants. The magnate is just out from a second operation and between it and the first one has been In the hospital most of the pennant season to date. There was a report that the Boston owner was dying, but when asked about 1t he replied that if he was he didn't know 1t.
 Eddie Campi of San Francisco was given the decision over Charles Le- doux of Paris at the end of their twen- ty round bout at Vernon arena in Los Angeles. The Parisian had no chance after the ninth round The San Fran cisco boy gave the Frenchman terri ble beating. but was unable to knock him out.
 Only by inches did the motorboat Bessie, owned and managed by the youngest son of Prosecutor John s. Ap- plegate, Jr., nose out" pr. A. ". Chapelle's Armada in a bang and go back race sailed on the North Shrews. bury river under the auspices of the Red Bank (N. J.) Motorboat club.
 James J. Hill, director of railroads as well as a railroad builder. bank head and farmer, Is to become a baseball magnate, and he undoubtedly will be a success. One of his roads. the Spokane and Inland Empire railway, has be. come sole owner of the Spokane base. ball franchise.
 George Carpenter, the heavyweight champion of Europe, who recently knocked out Bombardier Wells, added to his laurels by flooring Lurie, a Frenchman, for the count in the third round at Bordeaux, France.
 Onwentsia QTl.) clubs polo team won the championship of the middle west by defeating Cincinnati II goals to 2A. The result of the game was never in doubt, Cincinnati making its points in the latter part Of the play.
 pr. Nat Thornton of Atlanta, Ga, won the southern championship in tennis singles, defeating Carlton Smith, also of Atlanta, in the final set of their challenge match.
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-03
NEW TESTIMONY IN LOBBY PROBE
Colonel MuIhan of Baltimore
 TaIIS Startling Story.
TAFT'S NAME MENTIONED.

Declares Former President Was One of Those Whose Ear National Associa- ton of Manufacturers Had No Diffi- oulty lHz zReaehins-Senate Commit tee May Sit All Summer.