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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
A S.MOON IN THE DESERT.
Graphic Descript on of the Dread Tel
rar of the sand

Graphic Descript on of the Dread Ter
ror of the sands
So this yellow. sunburned life drags
its yellow weight across the endless
plains. A fatelike, awful marcl; no
hope, nc halt for man or beast; but on,
on, over the spreading pillows of biting
sands, of glowing, shifting, sinking
sands, with overhead the hot sky, blue
and hard, and blazing in its midst the
scorching eye that burns and bl;sters
with its sight.
In agony the camels stumble on. beat
at the dense hot wall. Desperately the
coolies hide Their faces in the hot,
swaying lunches before them; but
through their stupor there beats a wave
of consciousness. A shudder brings
them to a knowledge of a something
awful. Through the sun-steeped, sun
bleached minds there uts a keener
stab. They are awake to what?
Into the coarse camel hair they dig
their fists; tighter they press to the liv-
Ing things beneath them; they look not
to one another; words they have not.
In the presence of this heat they dare
not breathe. Convulsively they cling
to the stumbling beasts, and in low, dry
sObs the anguish of body breaks forth.
Between the two, the brute and man,
there strikes a fash of mutual pain aud
torment. An instant, and down the
camel line there breaks the brute's
shrill. soul-like cry. In it they voice
their all, The pent-up spirit of the bitter
yellow beasts, burdened and tortured
for life. In it comes a question for the
shrinking wretches lying on their
humps. The bitter sounds fall on the
parched tense air and die away.
Far and away a gasp-a hot
vicious pant. Again it comes-a breath
of fire that touched and is gone. The
great line halts as one. 4 blank, dead
moment; in it the bosom of the desert
heaves, and Il breath rolls toward the
waiting line. With broken means the
creatures bend their knees and wait
the coming of the storm. Another
scOrching breath-a timeless wait.
Far to the east it starts, across the
SdluS IL Willis III CIiClluS tbolBS tlldl
form at last n wall. On it curls swift
ly, silently; with a hot, fierce lurch tx
falls upon the crouching backs. sting
ing with fangs of lire, pelting, binding
the gasping, painting creatures; with its
dry lash whipping out the lives Of men
and beasts. Faster, thicker, hotter. fall
the sands, crushing and burying with Il
merciless weight-an ocean of burning
fire, pouring wrath and strength upon
these wretches as it hurls its mad force
across The desert. The pillows toss
and heave, and break at last to sweep
on -on for other prey. Atlantic
Monthly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

o as they were conceived. The
British were met, fought and defeated
by an lmbushed body of men almost
at the very beginning of their attack
/ and it was believed at the time tina,
n of their number had turned traitor
and given the plans to the Beers, but
now the secret is known.
The old warrior enlisted the services
of the barmaids at Johannesburg in the
political secret service. Through them
he learned that new men were being
enlisted in the Cape police and that
new guns were being shipped, week
after week, from England. Through
the same source he was Informed Of
the attempts that were being made "
English politicians to force the hands
of the Government of the Orange Free
State in case war should be declared
by the British Government against his
country. The Englishmen babbled all
this over their cups and the barmaids'
winning smiles and bright eyes never
gave them the suspicion that they were
telling secrets of vital Importance.
No sooner had the pretty barmaids
enticed from the sturdy colonists their
important secrets than Dom Paul was
informed. The old statesman knew
how to parry blow with blow. To the
amazement of the British, no sooner
had they increased their force of avail
able fighters by means of secret enlist
ment than they were Informed that
Dom Paul had enlisted a still larger
number Of men. No sO0ner had their
guns arrived from England than they
found out that the Beers also had OBJ
tanned, from a firm in Germany, a
larger number of weapons of still bet
ter manufacture. BY means of always
being forewarned Kruger warded off
war.-New York Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
REBELS FULL OF FIGHT.
Repeated Drubbings by American go
diera Not EfTan4-

49, AhCSttNGs
A press dispatch from Manila sent nv
way of Hong Kong gives views and
statements not appearing in the official
cables. 1t is stated that the Filipino
rebels appear to retain much more of a
lighting spirit than might be expected
after their recent San Fernando expert
enees and General Lawton's ~drubbings
IN the south. After giving up San Fer
nando with a feeble struggle they in
trenched themselves at Angeles. working
for several days, and impressing aoncom-
batants into the work, thus saving the
armed men for fighting. They engaged
Lieutenant Colonel Smiths regiment and
the artillery warmly fof four hours, maxi
ing one of the most stubborn r~esistances
or the campaign. But the Americans are
indebted to the usual poor craftsmanship
or the fllIpinos as we'll as TO their W
strategy for their small losses.
In the Province of Cavite, where it
was supposed the rebels had been scat
tered and demoralized beyond upe
tlon, they AVE assembled an army of
several thousand men, distributed among
the important towns from the lake to the
bay.
NhN u iidHuO engagement
the rebels attempted to deter the Ameri
cans from a further advance northward
by menacing the railroad communica-
tlons. Several hundred of General Pho
del Plar's men crossed the Rio Grande
between the American outpost towns and
threatened Baliuag. Quingua and other
places with small American garrisons.
while during Sunday and Monday nights
smaller bands tried to tear up the rail-
road tracks at several points between
Bigaa and Malolos. Re-enforcements of
American troops, however, were sent
along the railroad from Manila to San
Fernando, while the forces Mt Baliuag
and Quingua sailed out against General
40 del I1iar's men and the rebels were
easily driven away. In brushes between
these Filipinos and the Americans dur
ing three days the Americans lost sew
erai men, while the Filipinos' loss was
heavy.
OF these operations the press CORE
spondent was permitted to send only an
inadequate dispatch, dictated verbatim
by Major General Otis. The censor
writes st%ereotyped official phrases and
adjectives into the dispatches, tending to
magnify the opposition. General Otis
says newspapers are not public institu,
tons, but private enterprises, and the
correspondents are only here on suffer.
ance.
The American troops have been with.
drawn from all that part of the country
which was half cleared of rebels in the
expedition Of the Americans in June last.
The rebels have returned to San Mateo,
which was abandoned for the third time
after its recent capture.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
Direct

Here is a good parrot story. One of
these birds occupied the witness stand
the other day. Poll strayed from
the house of its owner, Meyer Posnek.
Jacob Hanf1er, a saloonkeeper, took it
in and bought it a cage. Poll is an
accomplished convesationalist, and
and drew some trade by it's witticisms.
Posnek passed by and, hearing the
parrots laugh, went in and claimed
him. Hanfer resisted the birds re-
moval, and there was a fight. The
case went to court. Placing the bird
on the stand, Judge Schalk said: who
OWES you?" "Posey. old boy" answered
Poll. Lets go somewhere and get a
drink" '"The parrot is yours, Posnek,"
exclaimed the Judge.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
Cattle Strangely Affected.

A. peculiar and fatal disease of a seem
ing contagious nature has made its APP
pearance among cattle in the town CT
Brockway. One stock raiser has lost
several head and many of his neighbors
have stock effected. 1t works on stock
something like diphtheria on a person.
A swelling appears in the throat. the
beast has attacks of fever and chills, at
times it bleeds profusely at the nose,
and death usually follows within twenty
four hours from the first symptoms of
the attack,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
Pick Tumu.

Burt King, a convicted pickpocket,
jumped from a train between Neenah
and Oshkosh and effected his escape. He
was being taken to Waukesha by Chief
Watts of Neenah. He jumped through
the window while the train was moving
rapidly. The train was stopped, but no
trace of the man could be found. He
was about II years of age.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
An ohlininr Officer

One of the smart sportsmen who
were arrested during the row at
Auteuil, after being conducted to the
temporary lookup. persistently cried,
Let me go for a few minutes; l will
come back" Finding that the officers
were obdurate, the young gentleman
eventually took one of them aside, and
said, "At all events. do me a little ia
vor. The third race is about to be
run; go "nd put these ten louis On
horse No T." The officer did so.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
Wisconsin Girl Killed Out West

A letter received at Rosendale convey
the sad news that in crossing a railway
track at San Pedro. CAL. Miss May
Scribner was instantly killed and hel
sister, Iva, had a loot cut off, while {
younger brother was seriously injured
The young ladies were members of the
family of the late William Scribner, {
prominent resident of Rosendale.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
Asylum for Kenosha Insane.

Kenosha County will probably have in
the neal future a hospital for the insane.
COMMISSIONS Charles, who was special
ly appointed by the County Board TO in
vestigate the question of the insane in
kenosha County, has completed his re-
port and will recommend to the board
the establishment of a county asylum.
AT present Kenosha has fifty-seven in
sane patients distributed among the va
rious hospitals of the State. For the
maintenance of these patients the county
pays $4,000 annually. A great deal of
this money could be saved if there was
q county ASYLUM.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
KNOWS ALL THAT'S GOING ON.

President Kruger oG the ~TransvlaI
Has a Perfect Spy systeHn.
No one ever denied that Dom Paul,
president of Re South African Etepub-
! lie. was an astute old statesman. Time
and again he has beaten our British
cousins in diplomacy and has proved
his worth as a diplomatist.
At the time of the Jameson raid it
| caused DR.. Jameson and his associates
considerable surprise that their plans
were known 10 the Beers almost as
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

Green garnets are more valuable than
diamonds because they 50 exceedingly
shade far beyond that Of an emerald,
and are very brilliant. On the other
hand. red garnets are so common that
they cost next TO nothing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
RuiIdiup n LARGO Sheen Ranch

At Stiles, the Eldred Lumber Company
has commenced work on one of the larg.
est sheep ranches in that section of the
country. -Four thousand acres of its
mammoth branch farm are to be inclosed
with a barbed wire fence five or six wires
in height, and 1000 sheep will be turned
into the inclosure to Craze.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WE-K CQNClSELY
CONDENSED.
Trusty Escapes from Pr~ison-Yacht
Owner Thrown Into River-Asy1um
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Jumps from
a Train-Strange Cattle Disease.

Laro l.. Wilson. a 'trusty'' who was
sent to States prison at Waupun from
Adams County for manslaughter in June,
1896, made his escape from prison. The
officials had tried Wilson and had put
Lin on work around the prison which is
only given to men who are most trusted.
lie had been working in the boiler room
or the prison factory, as fireman, on the
day force and was recently transferred
to the night force. The other night the
engineer neglected to keep an eye on
Wilson for a while and he ran out of
the engine room. secured a ladder and
climbed to the root of the engine house.
There he caught hold of a cable and by
swinging himself, hand over hand, made
his way to the prison wall, a distance of
about twenty or thirty feet from the en-
CINE house roof.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
stranper Atte pts to Kin.

j, III. KimbaII, owner Of the yacht Ma
mic, was thrown into Kenosha harbor
the other night by a strange man and
narrowly escaped drowning. Mr.. KIM
ball had gone down to arrange the lights
on the yacht and was standing on the
pier, about to step into the little boat in
which he oes and comes from the yacht,
when some one lurched violently against
him and threw him into the water. He
called for help and the man 'isappeared.
The pier at that spot is .roken and,
clinging to the broken timber, Kimball
managed to haul himself gradually from
the water, which is ten feet deep. Mr..
kimball did not recognize the man.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
Oh, the Pain of
Rheumatism!

tense suffering. Many have for years
vainly sought relief from this disabling
disease, and are to-day worse off than
ever. Rheumatism is 8 blood disease,
and Swift's Specific Is tbs only cure, be-
cause it is the only remedy which can
reach such deep-seated diseases.
few years ago I was taken with inHamma-
tory Rheumatism, which became 50 intense
Lhat l was for weeks unable to walk. I tried
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

Solomon Quinter, Reading. Pa, shot
and killed his wife. IS. ard her para
mour, Ed Kitzmilier, IS.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
eGY2EygJl7.@
5'C0C1E7EN7*

Admiral Dewey has a double in New
York, who, strangely enough, is a Span
lard. When the war with Spain broke out
Senior A. b. Planas sympathized with
his mother country. AT that time the
battle of Manila had not been fought,
and his likeness to Admiral Dewey was
not generally noticed. After the defeat
of the Spanish fleet, however, when Senior
Planas had enough, as he thought, to
mourn about. the men of his acquaint-
ance began to twit him with his resem-
blance to the man who had G stroyed the
sea power of his country. That worried
the Spaniard to such an extent that he
shaved off his mustache and thus escaped
persecution. Now his mustache is grow.
ing once more, and Senior Planas finds
life again a burden.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30


several prominent physi-
clans and took their treat
ment faithfully. but was
unable to get the slight
est relief. In fact, mycon.
dition seemed to grow
worse, the disease spread
over my entire body, and
from November to March
/ suffered agony. / tried
many patent medicines,
but none relieved me.
EDOO the q n 10 Of q
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
The state Fair Sept. Ills.

The state fair occurs in Milwaukee
from Sept. Ills. The outline of the
features announces best of all. no
gambling, skin games or boozing on
the grounds The fact that SIG, 900 is
put up for $50 fast horses, plus $4,000
for exhibition steeds, indicates that the
reform management yet recognizes the
frailties of poor human nature. The
programme, as a whole. is one to in
spire the confidence of the agricultural
interests and under Secretary True's
management Colonel Watrous' famous
suggestion that one day be reserved as
Farmers Day." promises to be with
out point this fall. The cattle premi-
ums aggregate $4,000: sheep for half
as much; swine for over 1000; poul-
try for $1,000; fine arts for nearly
81. 900; horticultural for $500; dairy for
nearly 81, 900; pigeons and ornamental
birds for $500, besides scores of valua-
BILE special premiums. Special attrae-
tions daily: Trained elk. diving from
high trestle into deep water: diving
horses in simiiaE get: a field of hot
racers in a hot contest without driv-
ers; balloon ascension by Miss Ida Lee
Roy, the celebrated %aeronaut; automo-
bile display races on the course.
Trolley in Black River Valley.
The plan to build an electric line
from Lacrosse to Black River Falls
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30
COusUmBfinu.

It's prevention and cure a specially 9,
3owELL's MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INsTI
sUTx. La Crosse. Wis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

The West Indies, which have been de-
vastated by a cyclone, are peculiarly La
bic to such visitations. In 1880 nearly
the whole island of Jamaica was dcvas-
tated, hundreds of buildings being de-
stroyed and twelve lives lost. In October,
1882, a hurricane crossed Cuba. killing
forty people and thousands of cattle. In
1888 a cyclone killed 1000 people in
Cuba. Three years Later a hurricane
struck Martinique, wrec '.g all the ship
ping in port and killing $40 people, in ad-
dition &c . property loss estimated at
500 900.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

Farmers in North Dakota, v. report
100000 acres of standing wheat destroy
ed by hail, met with a similar loss thir-
teen years ago. On July p 1886, =
great hailstorm swept over Minnesota
and North Dakota, wiping out nearly
5000 acres of wheat and doing immense
damage in other ways. Some of the hail
stones We're as big as hens eggs. The
biggest hail stones on record, however,
fell at Whitehall, ILL.,, in 1891. They
were as big as goose eggs and drifts ten
and twelve inches deep We're found the
day after the storm. In August, 1883,
hailstcnes measuring thirteen inches in
circumference fell and at Dubuque, Iowa,
In 1882, monster hail stones weighing two
pounds were picked up.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

IA N|% lTleiu L OSclCeu 10 Try
$. s.. 8. Before allowing me TO take it, how
ever. my guardian, who was a chemist, ana
lyzed the remedy, and pronounced it free of
potash or mercury. felt SO much better after
taking two bottles, that / continued the rem
edy, andtn two months l was cured completely.
The cure was permanent, for l have never since
had a touch of Rheumatism though many
times exposed to damp and cold weather.
ELEANOR NJ. TIPPELL,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

Secretary Alger is not the first cabinet
officer who found his position difficult.
President Jackson removed William j.
Duane, his Secretary of the Treasury, be-
cause he refused to sign an order to re-
move the United States deposits from
the United States banks. With Duane
went the Attorney General, John McP.
Berrien, and the Secretary Of the Navy,
John Branch. In 1871 every member of
President Tyler's cabinet resigned, ex-
cept Daniel Webster, the Secretary of
State. In 1892 James G. Blaine resign
ed from the cabinet of President Harri-
son, just before the meeting of the Ma
tional Republican convention in Mime
apolis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

VIAA HFNNUNi tI"U PHI"'
Don't suffer longer with rheumatism.
Throw aside your oils and liniments, as
they can not reach your trouble. Don't
experiment with doctors-their potash
and mercury will add to your disabil-
ity and completely destroy your diges.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

Assassination is the last resort of a
d~ishonored cause, the final act of villainy
that cannot accept defeat without sacri-
fcing its enemies to its hate. Nothing
could illustrate more forcibly the des-
peration of the anti-Dreyfus conspira-
tors, nor the malignity that animates
them, than the attempt IN the life Of NJ.
Labor. who defended Zola and had
charge of the defense of Dreyfus. For
il is only reasonable TO assume that the
attack was the work of the army clique.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

The pension list of the United States
has apparently reached the high water
mark and is now falling. o. June 80
1898, there were 993, ia names on the
list. Now there are but 800 GA. The
largest number of names evar on the pen.
sion rolls was 99i.0S1, in August, 1898
The average number of Eames dropped
from the pension roll on account Of deaths
and other causes is now between three
and four thousand a month. a number OF
new names are added every month, how
ever, there now being 625,000 claims pend
ing before the pension office. or this mum
Der 10.100 are claims growing out of the
Spanish-American war.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

1t is an honor to represent a whole
| State in Congress, instead of a district.
but it is not a popular one. In Kansas
} one seems to desire the nomination.
Kansas, Pennsylvania and South Dakota
have Congressman representing the State
at large, the Legislature having failed to
make a reapportionment of the State
since the census of 1890. The position is
unpopular, because there is no patronage.
and there is no chance of continuity in
office, as the territory is likely to be di-
vided into districts at any time.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

Yellow fever is distinctively an Amer
lean pestilence. 1t first appeared in Phil
adeIphia in 1869. Again in 1862 it raw
aged the City of Brotherly Love and in
1901 broke out in New York. During
this century it has appeared many times
in New Orleans and other Southern
cities. During the great epidemic of
1878 there were $4,000 cases and 1900
deaths in the United States.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

ORR j. Sorrensen of Davis, Sorrensen
& Co., whose plant burned at La Crosse,
says the total loss is between $751; 900 and
$4,000, instead of $4,000, as first esti-
mated. The insurance is $500.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

August is the month of the dog days
and of falling stars. Venus is now a
morning star, rising only three-quarters
of an hour before the sun. Mercury is
an evening star. but he will begin to get
I'D in the morning on Aug. 10. Jupiter
may be noticed at sunset, far down in
the western heavens. Mars and Uranus
are both evening stars. The moon was
new on the 9th, and will be full on Aug.
90.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-30

Carl Schultz, an inmate of the Manito-
~ Jc County insane asylum. walked away
4s run over by a Chicago and
o. nosstern passenger train near Cleve-
land station and instantly killed.