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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
How the Spanish Defeated Napoleon.


Just now the Spanish press is indulg-
ing in much glib talk about how I'VE
defeated Napoleon" and how 1--WE
Love the French out of Spain" One IN
acquainted with the facts might infer
that the Emperor met his Waterloo in
Spain at the hands of the Spaniards in
stead of in Belgium at the hands of the
English. There is In these boasts of the
Spanish papers just enough truth to
give some weight to the statement,
though it derives all of that weight
from a confusion of facts.
1t Is true that the popular uprising in
Spain, beginning in 1903, was the in
ception of the popular revolution
against Napoleon which ultimately
spread all over Europe and led to the
great commanders final overthrow.
1t is not true that the Spanish defeat
ed Napoleon or drove him out of Spain,
Napoleon was never driven out of
Spain, and his armies were not driven
out until W~ellington's fourth successive
attempt after five years In the peninsu-
la.
In the first popular revolt a Spanish
army under Castanos besieged General
Dupont with 20, men at Baylen, and
finally starved him into surrender. But
punishment for this defiance of the EN-
peror was sudden and awful. Napoleon
himself entered Spain in 1898, and made
short work of the English and Span
ish. In four days Marshal Lefevre dis
persed Blake's army and Lannes over
whelmingly defeated Castanos at Tu-
della. On Dec. 2 Napoleon appeared be-
fore Madrid in person, and on the 4tb
the city surrendered. The Emperor
forthwith abolished feudalism and
swept the hoary inquisition out of ex-
istence. The Spanish patriots were
soon crushed, except for guerilla bands,
and Sir John Moore, before the COM
bined advance of Napoleon ind Soult,
fell back into Portugal and embarked
his troops, losing his own life in the
stubborn battle OF Corunna4 Compel
ed to leave Spain by the menacing at
titude of Austria, which was preparing
itself for another whipping. Napoleon
left Soult and Victor to preserve order
in Spain. And they did for the most
part until Wellington's victory at Wit
toria In 1915 gave him control of the
peninsula.
That is the way the Spanish defeated
Napoleon. Minneapolis Journal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
The Future.

To those who are to come after us-those
who know the war only as a sad and aw-
full t~radition-the day and its meaning
must be made plain. They cannot know
the sorrow, the pain, the tireless anxiety
and the ever present watchfulness that
filled those wearisome years Of struggle,
and that had, by the greatness Of divine
power, strength and courage to wait for
the ~fullness of time, hat bright and shin
ing and glorious time when the youngest
nation of the earth would shake off the
burdens and unloose the shackles of dis
cord, and rise in her might, a daughter
of the gods, divinely fair, divinely strong,
and royalty gracious in her supreme and
conscious strength, and stand once more,
clothed and in her right mind, in her WI
proud position as the grandest and moss
to be envied Of all the nations Of tba
earth.-New York Ledger.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
Lois, Decoration Day.

Lois sat on the doorstep, listening hard.
She could hear the faint tum-tum Of the
drum and occasionally a high, sweet note
Of the fife. But the cemetery was a long
way off, where they were decorating sol
diers' graves. That was why mamma
had left little Lois at home.
"Poh! As If 'twould've tired me a sin.
gle mite!' she murmured, IAN I wouldn't
seen EN- plant flags and flowers! Oh;
dear, / feels il / was going to cry, ]
feel so disappointed. Mamma said to take
care O. grandpa, but / can't when he's
asleep"
She tiptoed back to the sitting room
door and looked In. There sat dear old
grandpa, nodding his white head In the
sun.
Il guess he's dreaming about when he
was a soldier" Lois thought.
A runaway sunbeam stole across grand
pas forehead, and she hurried softly ia
draw down the shade. /.
"Whyw she, breathed, III q, little flash OF
inspiration, "f'm going to have a Dec.
ration Day my own self! I know what !
can do"
oub III Tic BdIUcu lueTt were pdUSlSS
and nodding peoples, and oh, such a host
of little, rosy baby apple blossoms-bu1s
and buds and budsl Lois picked her
apron full of them two or three times over,
and then sat down on the doorstep and
made long strings and queer, wobbly
wreaths Of them.
When they were all done she carried
them softly back to the sitting room.
Grandpa's white head was still nid-nod.
ding, and grandpa's smiling, gentle old
face was full of peace.
Very quietly indeed Lois hung the
wreaths round g%randpa's neck and wrists,
and traired the twisted strings of buds
across his chair.
He's my soldier, an I've decorated him
all myself" she whispered a~dmiringly
standing off to look.
But it was warm, and Lois was tired
with her work; and when ANN came
home by and by they were both asleep In
the subtitle girl Lois and dear old "dee.
grated" grandpa.-Youth's Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

conceived. OF that vast horde of the
youth and vigor of this country that free
ly offered itself in the cause Of union and
liberty some 10000 survivors are to-day
in this retreat waiting for the final re-
veille. While they live they live like
courtlers of a king, and when they die
Old Glory's folds enshroud their mortal
clay, and booming cannon herald their de-
parture on the last grand march.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
Lesson to the Children.

With every passing year the proper OBJ
servance of this national day becomes
more important. To the children born
since the wal it lacks the h~eart-touching
and tender sentiment and the fearful
memories that cluster around the days
when our loved M were brought home
to us from the field of war and were laid
with reverent and trembling hands in hal
lowed graves and believed with the Bit
terest drops of anguish.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
A Sentiment.

No language of poetry, of sentiment, Of
e~loquence, can fifty portray the emotions,
the thoughts, the remembrances, Of the
veteran who is still able to recall the
scenes, the trials and the experiences Of
the days and the cause which make Me-
mortal Day the hottest of all days. 1t Is
a day so grand in its fruits of patriotic
sacrifice tn t it has no parallel in history.
Mai. Gen. Daniel Buttertield.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

= HE annual occurrence of the day when the nation pays its tribute to
and reveres and honors the dead who fought or the preservation of
- the Union, who suffered and shaved and sacrificed everything, eye life.
for The country they loved, brings to the attention Of al patriots the fact that
thu boys who wore the blue are Remembered and their graves ae decorated
vices
1t Is gratifying to know that each Memorial Day lessons the stings and
sorrows of the war, hides the scars and turns bitterness into sympathy. No
more do we speak with arkindness of those who sought to divide the nation.
who fought or slavery, and whose activity and perseverance cost us SO dearly.
The irritation and anger and bitterness of the conflict Is passed, and while we
homer those who preserved the natcn, we do lot hate the others who thirty
years yer on enemies. We respect them for their bravery, remember
that they re brothers. We have forgiven them for their errors, and yet not
forgotten the valor OF own soldiers WHO defeated the enemy. The nation
is bound together forever and fhseparaby. There is no Northa n N 20 South,
MOI Is there a West or an East This is the United States, one from many.
and we say "the United States s." typifying the perpetuation of the Union by
using the singular verb.
We hohor the dead and respect the Union and are filled with sorrow as
each year passes and reduces the numbers of those who baH1ed for liberty
and union. The services observed generally throughout the United States
shows most conspicuousy that patriotism is not dead and that the nw gen
GRAFTON, borns since the war, is mindful and appfeciatee of the accomplish
ments Of the ne that is passing away.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
RuckIen,s Arnica SaIye.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, ~chilblsins,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction or money refunded. Price Is
cents per box. For sale by E. FL. Craig
A. N0-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
The XOicAlesa.

Nay, grieve not for the dead alone,
Whose song has told their hearts sad
story;
The cross without the rown of glory!
Not where Leucadian breezes sweep
Ger Sappho's memory-haunted billow,
But where the glistenlng night dews weeI
On nameness sorrows churchyard pillow.
-HOimas
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
The DANGER

to which the Expectant Mother is
exposed and the foreboding and
dread with which she looks for
ward to the hour of woman's
severest trial is appreciated by but
few. All effort should be made
to smooth these rugged places
in life's pathway for her, ere she
presses to her bosom her babe.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
;tirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Casearets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, lOc. DC. Soc.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
WAR MAJOR GENERALS.
The Roll Of Those Now Living Num-

The Roll of Those Now Living Num-
bers Thirty-seven.
When the war closed there were at
least 17o major generals. Now the roll
Of the living numbers only thirty-seven.
Most Of the great figures of the war are
gone. Grant, Mcclellan, Sherman, Thorn
as, Meade, Sheridan and the rest are gone.
But these thirty-seven old major gem
erals, whose James have been taken from
the records in the War Department at
Washington, are a wonderfully interest
ing lot. Not a few OF them will be gone
before the next Memorial Day. Hero
are the living war major generals:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
MOTHERS FRIEND

aIIayS NERVOUSNESS, and so assists
Nature that the change goes for
ward in an easy manner, without
such violent protest in the way of
Nausea, Headache, Etc. Gloomy
forebodings yield to cheerful and
hopeful anticipations-she passes
through the ordeal quickly and
without pains left strong and
vigorous and enabled to joyously
perform the high and holy duties
now devolved upon her. Safety
to life of both is assured by the
use of Mothers Friend" and
the time of recovery shortened.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

baths and infirmary and many 'cozy
corners One canno help wondering
what that same amoun - money
would do If expended for friendless and
neglected children.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

S1.OO PER BOTTLE at all Drug Stores.
or sent by express ON receipt of price.
annkS Containing invaluable information of
syvHs interest to all women, will be sent to
fheE any address upon application, by
TIVE eRAoFiELp REeulAToRco. Ar,AsrA. Ga.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
lOc, 25c. IL {. c. c.. fail, druggists refund money
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
Consumption.

Its prevention and cure q speciality at
dowELL's MEDICAL AND SUBaIoAL INsrI.
rurx, La Grouse. Wis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

"I know one lady, the mother of three
children, who suffered greatly in the
birth of each, who obtained a bottle of
Mothers Friend of me before her
fourth confinement, and was relieved
quickly and easily. All agree that their
labor was shorter and less painful"
JOHN G.. PoLHILL, Macon, Ga.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

MOTTO BAG for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. soc, 81. All druggists.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
Dog Kennel that Cos. s5.7oo.

This Is a 5000 kennel, built for the
dogs of a wealthy California woman,
at Pleasanton. It's fittings include
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

to taste ii. Then she, too, went away, for
Mrs. Piper begged TO be left alone. That
aight-there was again a pilgrimage to the
little upper room. And thereafter a ut
lie silk flag lay tenGerly over the faded
uniform, in the locked bureau drawer
New England Magazine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

no good, though / took
their treatment faith
fully. In fact, I seemed
to get worse all the
while. / took almost
every social ed blood
remedy, but they didnot
seem to reach the dis
ease, and had no effect
whatever. I was dis
heartened, for Ii seemed
that / would never be
cured. AT the advice OF
. friend I then took
s. 8. g., and began to /
Uroye. I continued tho
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

Luxury makes a man 50 soft, that !.
IS hard to please him, and easy TO
trouble hin. so that his pleasures at
last become his burden. Luxury Is .
nice master, bard to pleasss-Macsen
ME
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
Happy Scenes in the School Room.
-Four little chickadees
Sitting In a tree,
One flew AWAY and

Then there were three
It was a pretty scene, hm. one TO make
angels weep. fnr you knew hat a fut-
ure was sealed to them and that when
they grew UP their minds could not go
far with their bodies. and that the char
acter lines would be missing in the
faces, now so sweet and attractive, ard
that on some of them the dreadful
ATS" would do their degenerating work.
ORLANDO BURNETT.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

4 . -.
And the wheat stands ripe and red;
Soon the gray dawn will be creeping where
silently lie sleeping.
Our grim aud syornful D yaj
Fast the young recruits gSe tim nging from
country and from .Swn,
10 the music of my cail.
Midst moaning of the ding Where the lead
en- hail Is flying
There is glory for you all.
Dehance sternly hinging, my strideat tones
are ringing
Ger distant vale ard hill;
What though this morn awaking a million
hearts are breaking
My voice shall not be still.
iou shall hear my shrieklng chorus DER the
thunder of the strife.
AS the troops go swinging by.
Though the shattered rank be wavering. my
notes shall not be quaverIng
When the scattered squadrons fly.
l shall mock you with. my cal..ag, while
round you, wounded, falling,
Your comrades die Ike men,
TIL the lust of blood shall win you and the
demon spirit In you
Shall turn and fight again.
George I. Pardy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

No dress is immodest unless the
wearer 10,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
Doctors Can't
Cure 1T!

Contagious blood poison is absolutely
beyond the skill Of the doctors. They
may dose a patient for years on Their
mercurial and potash remedies, but he
will never be rid of the disease I; on the
other hand, his condition will grow
steadily worse. s. s. 8. is the only cure
for this terrible affection, because it is
the only remedy which goes direct to
the cause of the disease and forces it
from the system.
was afflicted with Blood Poison. and the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
1,egau with Loves. Grade.

We began with the lowest grade of
boys in a custodial ward. Everything
is new and clean. There is an abund-
ance of sunshine. There was a large
room With hardwood foor and about
the sizes chairs and settees. OF Of 1t
wss q large room with water closets.
and Ia the center as fine a hathtub a.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

four other men, one carrying the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25
THE SONG or THE BuoLE.

} you hear my email.
lenge n | n 9
through the silence
of the night
Do you hear my slo-
gan cry?
20. with mighty pin.
ions waving. fierce
joy of battle crsv-
ing.
The eagle hastens
by.
quickly to the
reaping. where the
scythe OF death Ii
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

, It is like self-destruction to continue
to take potash and mercury besides
totally destroying the digestion, they
dry up the raTrow in the bones, pro-
ducing a stiffness and swelling Of the
joints, causing the hair to fall out, and
completely wrecking the system.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-05-25

medicine, and Il cured me completely, build.
ing up my health and increasing my appetite.
Although this was ten years ago, 1 have never
yet had . sign Of the disease to return.
w. r. NEWMAN,
k-.-A-- "
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-16

Her operations were as carefully carried
out as though she were in her own room.
The effect was very new.
We have all seen the bicycle girl In re-
alty, says the New York Press, but to see
one in wax is something new, yet that Is
a new opening that is rapidly coming to
the front. There is sculptor in New
York city who is making an excellent
livelihood by making the wax figures Of
bicycle girls and other emblems. These
are used by certain dealers to advertise
their goods The great trouble with old
wax figures was that they were station
ary and remained in the one position.
With the bicycle figures the construction
is entirely different. The limitations are
able to move about, assisted by bicycles,
and in so lifelike a fashion that the on
locker Is amazed when the facts reveal
themselves. One of the most difficult feat
ures of the creation of these figures Is
placing the hair upon the head in such a
way that il seems to counterfeit nature,
both in texture and arrangement Very
often this hair has been taken from the
head of a person, and the skill lies in
placing 1t upon the caput of the figure so
that any appearance which could SAVIOR
of wig-like effect is avoided. The eyes
are formed of glass, colored in close imi-
tation of nature, and so cleverly Is the de-
ceptlon carried out that they almost seem
TO be endowed with sight
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-16

upon the stage and take your money for
looking at her
The new indoor amusement of the '9s
girl Will be the Art Afternoon, when she
win bring out musician, a player. n
singer, painter or a reader She Is
progressive, this girl, you see, but never
aggressive.
The favorite color of the '9S girl will be
green. Green which went out for pur-
pie, stayed out for royal blue, and only
crept back after magenta had Its day.
The most vivid green will be her favor
tie.
The favorite flower of the '9S girl will
be the violet; the favorite CONNECTION
flavor will be rose; the favorite perfume
viii be heavy heliotrope sachet; the fav-
critic time of day win be starlight, for
then her outdoor pastimes are at their
hight, If she has chaperon who is oblig-
Ing enough to accompany these nocturnal
parties-for the '9S girl is conventional.
Her favorite people will be witty ones;
her favorite plays will be funny ones;
and her favorite authors will be those
who write thrilling plots.
She will wear patent feathers
she will wear furs now, lace later. She
will lake to materials other than silks,
and she will wear a great many little
knick-knacks about her, chatelaines, BAN
giles and chains.
ire maj llG stdDle age VI the 20 girl Will
be considerably moved along, despite GER
tain coming socie>y marriages of girls of
at an early age. Thirty suits her well; IS
is better. She will pe like Chauncey
NJ. Depew's much-admired bride, of whom
he said: "She did not look a day over q,
though her family Bible told me she was
49," The '9S girl will be as young as she
looks, and that means that she will look
young to get married, no matter how old
she be.
The SO girl win go in for the sciences,
astronomy and inventions. But II you
want to know more about her you must
watch out and read it in the fair lines OF
her strong young face.
Augusta Prescott.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-16

vate Vicory, of the Dorsetshire regiment
from distinguishing himself the other day.
He had already made reputation for gall
lantry at the storming of the Dargal RIDGE
and now he was Il member Of the rear
guard of Gen. Kempster's force, which was
retiring from Waran.
lie and four other men became separat-
ed from their comrades in the dark, and
the enemy surrounded them and 'rushed'
them Vicory had his rife wrested from
him, but recovered II. b1yoneted one man,
dubbed down another, who had inflicted az
deep wound In his foot, and eventually
got safe back to camp with two Of his COM
panions.
The Zakka Khels whom Gen. Lockhart
has summoned to surrender before spring
under threat Of having the rest of their
village destroyed, will probably suffer any,
thing rather than give UP their arms. The
life OF a Hakka Khel would not be worth
much If he did not have his gun, for 1t 10
the standing custom of these rufflans TO
shoot their neighbors on sight for PERSONAL
gain.
II there was only one gun left in ths
country Of the tribe after the dIsarma-
ment, the man having that one gun would
soon own the whole place and the fruits
thereof
In many parts OF the zalska Khel coun-
try land is Tiled only al night as the
ploughmaL runs less risk of being "potted,
by his neighbor in the dark than he does
In the daylight. The Zakkas have abso-
lutely no regard for the sanctlty of humans
life.
England has some nasty work before her.
but she is experimenting and that means
much. John Kaestner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-16

From the Cairo (EgypD Sphinx.
In taking a visitor to the top Of tba
great pyramid the rascals walt TIN thev
get him about halfway up, on some par
ticular "skeery' portion of the ascent.
obviously what the latter-day novelists
call the psychological moment, and makes
a unanimous demand for baclrsheesh. One
doesn't feel like begrudging few pias-
tres at such a moment. Your gianca
strays uneasiy down the appalling length
and breadth of ahat huge, steep stairway
Of Jagged boulders and you shudderlnglv
wonder how many piastrcs It would take
for repairs TO your anatomy IL YOU were
to take an impromptu toboggan slide to
the bottom. To keep up their enthusiasm
and give them an object in getting YOU
back alive, you promise them something.
You find the whole village waiting for
you with open palms at the bottom. They
swarm over you like Siberian wolves on a
belated traveller, whine and bully you OUT
Of all your change, your last cigarette.
everything you've got, and then nearly
mob you for not having more. You shake
off the last OF your pursuers at the Mena
House, pull yourself together with a sigh
of relief, and journey homeward. VOW
Ing that things will be largely otherwise
and better managed before you appear
amid the pyramids again. rI