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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-23

The question most in the minds of tnC
members is 'Will it be long or short
session." On the one hand, indicating a
long session, are the many important
matters that must be attended TO, the
apportionmcnt, the primary election law,
the subject of taxation and other equally
important things, all of which will take
time. On the other hand, favoring Il
short session, are the desire of the admin
istration to facilitate business and the
influence of the anti-pass law. One of
the strong arguments in favor of the
passage of the anti-pass law was the
declaration that it would prevent the
members of the Legislature from going
home so often, thereby shortening the
session.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-23

Occasionally the people have a right
to abuse you; if you make a mistake
abuse causes you to be more careful.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-23

1t is rumored that there is to he an at
tempt to revive the Milwaukee delegation
as legislative committee. For mum
Der of sessions the Milwaukee delegation
was self-constitutcd committee 10
which all bills referring to the city and
county of Milwaukee were referred. and
as a body it welded considerable inilu-
encc Two years ago it was decided not
to recognize the delegation as = committee
and the Milwaukee bills Went to various
committees just the same as the bills
from other cities of the State. 1t is said
that the present members. or some of
them. are in favor Of restoring it and
will make the attempt. but the idea is
likely To meet with some opposition.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-23

We would hate to give Il reception
and make the terrible blunder of put
ting a young girl of forty in the hour
assigned to the old married women of
forty.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-23

The reapportionmeut OF the State
which is made necessary by a provision
Of the constitution and by an enactment
of Congress giving Wisconsin another
Congressman, will give the Legislature
hard nut to crack. 1 has been sug-
gestcd that tn. Legislature could save
itself a great deal of trouble by making
the new member from this State a Con
srcssman-at-largc and a number Of leg.
iSlators have expressed their approval OF
the suggestion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-23

The members are delighted with the
new committee rooms on the second floor
of the south wing, where the historical
library was formerly located. They are
the largest and lightest rooms i'll the
building. and under the provisions of the
bill passed on the first day of the ses-
sion. win be handsomely furnished.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-23
a YOUTHFUL DEGENERATE.
Convicted Murderer Who Is only IA
Years of Age.

Physically perfect but moral degen-
crate and convicted murderer at Ia
years of age. Alexander Stewart. of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-23

There arc to be several county divis-
ion fights in the Legislature at this SEES
sion which will make the committee on
town and county organization an impor-
tant ana interesting one. People who live
in the older parts OF the State can have
no idea of the amount of feeling that is
generated over proposition To divide Il
county and establish Il new county seat.
Some of the liveliest scenes that mark Il
session are made by big delegations
which come for or against a division bill.
One would-bc new county already has a
lobbyist on the ground and there is trou-
BILE in the air.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-23

In every Assembly here is member
who is the butt of the House. He brings
down 'idicule upon himself by the intro
duction of a freak bill or by some un
usual action, and thenceforth he is sub
ject to no end of good-naturcd pcrsecu
ton The butt of the present House has
not been uncovered yet. but he is there
and will be discovered before long
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-23
srArr on OHIO, CIrl or ToLnpo,
Eouine Inequality.

The work horse and the carriage
horse stood side by side on the street.
II see you take your meals a Ia cart, ;"
shifted the latter, looking disGalnfuIly
at the others canva fee6 bag.
Yes" replied the equine toiler.
Don't your
Neigh, neigh, Pauline" ard the
proud aristocratic mare ratified the sill
yer chains upon her harness. Il prefer
mine stable d'oat." philadelphia Bull
letin.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-23

To give up interest for duty Is the
alphabet OF morais.-James Hinton.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-22

Yet she had herself said many times
during her college course in the study
of social economics that service was
noble thing. And, as she went up to
her room that night after a long and
tender conference with her mother, in
which the two had grown nearer to-
gether than ever before, she seemed
to call to mind the many passages of
the New Testament which speak of
Jesus not only as a household servant
but even as "bond servant" And it
came to her with heaven-born courage
that if the Son of God became full
grown" through His sufferings en-.
dured in ministering to others, why
might it not be the way in which she
and all other of Gods children should
develop their real lives and grow into
power as kings and queens in the King
dom? 1t is doubtful if ever before
that evening Barbara had caught a
zeal glimpse of the meaning of serv-
Zee She did catch something of it
now. She opened her New Testament,
and it was not by chance that she
Gurned to the passage in Luke, twenty
second chapter:
"And there arose also a contention
among them which of them is account
ed to be the greatest. And He said
unto them, The kings of the Gentiles
have lordship over them; and they that
have authority over them are called
benefactors. But ye shall not be so;
but he that is greater among you, let
him become as the younger, and he
that is chief as he that doth serve. For
which is greater, he that sitteth at
meat or he that serveth? Is not he
that stitch at meat? But am in the
midst of you as he that serveth. But
ye are they which have continued with
me in my temptations. And / appoint
unto you kingdom even as my Father
appointed unto me, that We may eat
and drink at my table in my kingdom"
,(Luxe 22:24-29)
Then she kneeled and prayed:
Dear Lord, make me fit to serve,
use me to the glory of Thy kingdom in
the new life before me. Make me
worthy to be a servant, to be like my
Master. Amen"
SO barbara Clark began her new ex-
perience, which profoundly affected
not only her own life for all time to
come, but the lives of very many other
souls in the world. And that night She
slept the sleep which belongs to all
the children of the kingdom, whose
earthly peace is as the peace of God.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-22

sighed Mrs. Ward 81 have only given
you Mr.. Wards reason. He feels
quite strongly about it. AS to the
church. Do you think ought to in
vite my servant to go with me?"
81 would if you were working for
me-" replied Barbara, boldly, for she
was on sure ground now, to her own
mind.
"Are you sure?"
81 know I would" Barbara replied,
with conviction.
looking at Barbara thoughtfully. Bar
bara rose and looked into the oven,
changed a damper, and then went
over to the table and stood leaning
against it.
Your other reasons for leaving?"
Mrs. Ward suddenly asked. AS she
asked it, Carl came into the kitchen
and went up to Barbara.
81 want pie. Make me a pie, Bar
bara, won't you?" he asked, climbing
up into a chair at the end of the table
and rubbing his hands into the flour
still on the Kneading-board.
Barbara smiled at him, for they
were good friends, and she had
grown very fond of the child
'Yes, if your mother thinks best
and you will sit down there like
good boy and wait a little" Carl at
once sat down, only begging that he
might have the dish that Barbara had
used to mix eggs and sugar in.
81 have told nearly all the reasons,
/ think" Barbara answered slowly,
and she turned toward Mrs. Ward.
"Of course, there is always the rea-
son of the social loss. / don't know
any of the young women in Craw-
ford; but, if l did, I do not think
that any of those who have money
or move in social circles would speak
to me or recognize me for myself if
they ever knew / was servant"
Mrs. Ward did not answer Barbara
silently confronted her for moment,
and it was very still in the kitchen
except for the beating of Carl's spoon
on the inside of the cake-dish.
'And then, of course, | see no op-
portunty ever to be anything but
hired girl. How long would you want
me to work for you, Mrs. Ward, as I
have been doing for the last four
weeks?"
Indefinitely, I suppose" answered
Mrs. Ward, frankly.
ITO Be Continued
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-22
WORK OF THE WORLD
ALI People, Rich and Poor, Should
Do Their Share of It.
California Judge Declares II IL the
Duty of n Wife to Benr Some of
the Financial Responsible
tiles of the Home.

Judge Waldo M. York, OF Los An
geles, Cal, is not the most popular
man in southern California just now.
He has brought down wrath upon his
head by declaring from the bench
that women should have some of the
responsibility of the support of the
family, and that the husbands failure
to support the wife was not neces-
sarily valid grounds for divorce. This
is the judges ruling:
"a wife might easily earn enough
to support both herself and husband.
l believe that women should bear
some of the responsibility of the sup
port of the family upon their own
shoulders. We ought all of US to
work and do something to keep the
world going. The mere fact that this
woman and her daughter have had
to help support the family is not in
itself sufficient grounds for divorce"
The decision, which is holding first
place with the weather and other
topics of conversation, was in the di-
vorce suit of Mrs. Flora Z. Stephens
against Henry G. Stephens, which
was decided in favor of the plaintiff.
Mrs. Stephens brought action for
freedom from her husband on the
ground of cruelty and nonsupport,
and told a pitiful story.
The wife left the husband, but the
case is one which under the law con-
stitutes desertion by him, as Ste
phens told his wife she would have
to go. They were living at the time
in East Los Angeles, and she took her
two children, who were living at
home, and left the man who had
failed to support her.
Before the Stephens family moved
to Los Angeles they resided at Po-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-22
kimberley After the Siege.

A city relieved after siege is a
queer place. Julian Ralph, in can
American with Lord Roberts," SAYS
that there never were so few horses
in the streets of any modern town as
were to be seen in Kimberley, when
its four tragic m n hs were over. Of
course there were no horses; the peo-
pie had eaten them. The dogs con-
sisted of bones, with tongue hang
ing out. They looked like frames of
dogs in process of construction.
The shops were open but the clerks
had grown to be as automatic as
cuckoo-cloclls. Instead of saying:
"Cuckoo! cucIoo!" they kept on re-
marking: "All out, ma'am! All out,
sir!" in reference to the necessaries
of life.
milk for my Coffee" ordered the
newcomer.
"The regulars has the only milk
there is,' replied the restaurant
keeper. likewise the jam, and they
won't give it up"
"Give me match," was the next
request, and the host replied:
"There's the candle. The matches
run out in November"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-22
EXTRAORDINARY PLANT.
N Dcvours Animal Food GreediIx
When Given to 1t In Small and
Tasty MorseIs.

We all know that certain plants abb
sorb and live on insects, but it has only
recently been discovered that there
are some curious species of plants
that actually devour animal food when
given to them in small morscls.
The leaves of these queer plants ap-
pear in doublets, like oyster valves.
This double leaf is closed up from it's
base to within about quarters
of its entire length. In the front part
it is detached, the two pointed tops
forming, as it were, pair of lips, or
a mouth, which the plant can open at
will.
Inside this mouth is kind of a pas
sage or throat which extends toward
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-22
CHAPTER II.
IT Is SWEET TO TOLL.


1T was four weeks after Barbara
Clark had been at work as a "hired
girl" in the Ward family. She was
sitting in her little room at the ack
of the house, writing letter to one
of her classmates in Mt. Holyoke.
She wrote slowly, with many grave
pauses and with an anxious look on
her face.
''The fact Is Jessie" the letter went on.
after several pages describing a part of the
four weeks experience, 81 have come TO
the conclusion that / am not born to be a
reformer. 1t was all very we'll when we
studied social economies to have our hero
&c Ideals about putting certain theories into
practice, but 1t is quite another thing to
90 1t. thought when | came here that |
might do some great things but there are
NO great things about it, just nothing but
drudGery and thankless drudgery at that
And yet Mrs. Ward-but | must not saw
any more about her. | have stayed out
my month as | agreed to do, and to-mor-
row am going to let her know that can
not stay any longer. / think / shall try a
place in Bondman's after all. 1t seems like
poor-sort OF position, after all the dreams
we had at Mount Holyoke; but ANYTHING
Is better than what | have been doing I
would not nave mother know this and [
NAVE not said as much to her vet Poor
mother! She must be disappointed In me
i am In myself. / am glad you are so well
suited with your school. There is a good
deal of the blues in this letter; and. 10 tell
the truth, II Is just as / feel. "A Hired Girl
Tor Four Weeks" How would it read as
title to magazine article? | might get a
Few dollars for my experiences If | chose to
exploit them. Instead of that have given
them TO you gratis. Shed a tear for me.
Jessie, over the grave of my little useless
experiment in practical economies. Your
classmate BARBARA CLARK"
barbara wearily folded the letter,
put it in the envelope, directed it.
stamped it; and then, being hardly
more than girl, and a very tired
girl, and at the moment one disap-
pointed with herself and all the
world, she laid her head down on the
Mttle table and cried hard. To tell
9he truth, it was not the first time
that the little table in the little room
at the back of the house had seen
Barbara's tears since she had come
TO work at Mrs. Richard Wards as a
*+hired girl"
So this was the end of all her he
roic enthusiasm for service. 1t had
all turned out in disappointment. TO
begin with the weather had been in
fensely hot all the time. The work
vas barber in many ways than Bar
bara had anticipated. Her mother
Aad not beeH well. One week Mrs.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-22

way as a room at the close of hard
days work"
''It is the room my girls have al
ways had" Mrs. Ward spoke quickly
and angrily.
maybe that is one reason you have
had SO many" said Barbara, grimly.
The memory of the hot nights spent
in the little back room framed Bar
bara's answer.
Mrs. Ward started to her feet.
"This is impertinence," she said,
while her cheeks grew red with an
ger.
"It is the truth! You asked me to
give my reasons for leaving. That is
one of them" replied Barbara, calm
ly. "It is true of a good many other
houses in Crawford, too. The small
est, least attractive, poorest room in
the house is considered good enough
for the girl. l know it isn't true of
a great many houses that furnish as
comfortable a room for the servant
as for any other member of the fam
lily. But it is true of this house. l
am not blaming you for it, but who
ever made the house for the express
purpose of planning to give the hired
girl of the house that particular
room, which in this case happens to
be the hottest, most uncomfortable
room in the building"
Mrs. Ward sat down, and again
looked at Barbara keenly. Her anger
vanished suddenly and she said, with
a faint smile: 81 don't know but you
are right about that. Will you go
on?"
Elm the second place." Barbara
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-22

the body of the plant. This passage
has number of hairy bits about it.
which are very fuzzy, and at the end
of each bit there is sticky substance.
When the plant opens its mouth it
is evident that the trap is then set, for
upon any insect entering it the lips
close upon it at once, forcing it to the
gummy substance of the throat This
substance has properties similar to
those contained in the gastric juices
of the human stomach, which help to
decompose and digest the food. When
so digested the food resolves itself
into liquid which is carried all over
the plant to nourish and revive it.
The most marvellous thing about this
newly-discovered species, says the
New York World, is that it can digest
such food is small morsels of beef, fish
and egg gelatine, some of which,
dropped into the open leaf, were re-
tanned and apparently digested At
the same time anything of a starchy or
fatty substance the leaf or plant is
not able to retain. 1t does not, there
fore, close its lips upon it, and if al
lowed to remain in the mouth the
plant will decay.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-22
FORTY YEARS A JUDGE.
John Jay jackson, Jr., of West Vir-
ginia, Has Snt on Bench Longer
Than Any Other Man,

Judge John Jay Jackson, Jr., of
Parkersburg, w. Va, celebrated the
fortieth anniversary of his appoint
ment as judge of the United States
district court of West Virginia on Au-
gust 8. He has sat upon the bench
longer than any other judge, either
federal 0r tate, in the history of the
United Stat.s
Chief Justice Marshall, Judge Field
and others sat over 80 years upon the
bench, but no one has come within
four years of the length of Judge jack
sons term of service.
Seventy-seven years of age, Judge
Jackson might several years ago have
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-22

mona, where the husbands neglect
of and cruelty toward his family
aroused such Indignation that the
citizens threatened to tar and feather
him if he did not leave town. The
man has no trade, and, according to
the woman's story no ambition and
no inclina tion to work. Since leav-
ing him Mrs. Stephens has been COM
PEELED to take in washing in order to
support the family.
Although poor, the plucky little
woman is ambitious for her children,
and is putting one son through a
college at Healdsburg. The boy, un-
like his father, is energetic and a
hard worker, and he is paying a part
of his tuition by working before and
after school hours. The oldest son,
Amos, has a situation in Riverside
county, but does little toward the
support of the family. The Oldest
daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Woolacott, is
happily married and does much to
assist her mother. The youngest is
a child of eight.
After these facts had been proved
to the court, Mrs. Stephens attor-
ney, Charles Lantz, submitted the
case, and Judge York rendered his
decision. Touching upon the matter
of nonsupport, the judge said:
"a wife might easily earn enough
to support both herself and husband.
"The fact that the husband has not
contributed to the support of the
family without proof of his ability
to do so, or proof of his neglect to
do so by reason of his idleness, prof
ligacy or dissipation, is insufficient to
justify a divorce. Besides, the law
does not contemplate that a poor
man, relying solely upon his labor
for support, should be the only Ia
borer in the family. In this case
the wife and her daughter, by honest
and honorable employment, were
able to earn a living and had the
courage to do so. Their work was no
harder than that ordinarily done by
laboring people, and for aught that
appears the husband may not have
been able to find employment, and if
able to find employment, may not
have been physically able to labor.
All people, rich or poor, should do
their part of the work, and not be
drones, whose existence is useless.
"But it does appear in this case
that the husband, prior to the sepa-
ration, was extremely cruel to his
wife in many ways, and that without
cause he inflicted upon her grievous
mental suffering and physical iniu.
ries, and upon that ground she is en-.
titled to divorce.
ST do not look upon this matter OF
women helping to support the family |
as such an extraordinary state of af |
fairs as to warrant anybody apply. |
ing for legal separat ton upon that |
ground"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-22

retired, but he expects to die in the
harness, and to judge by his present
vigor it will be many years before he
does. For he is to-day one of the most
energetic of all the federal Judiciary
and his opinions are noted for their
strength and vigor. During his term
of 40 years of continuous service on
the bench Judge Jackson has missed
but one term of court, and that was
when the confederate troops under
Gen. Loring were in possession of
Charleston.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-22
He Wanted TOo Much-

"You say you thiuk your boy ha.
too great an appetite" said the physi.
clan to an anxious mother. do you
realize how much a growing boy can
eat?"
81 should think I ought to, if any
body does" returned the boys par
ent. "fll just put the case to you,
doctor.
"Where we were, up in the noun
tains, this summer, the waitress would
come i'll and say to my boy: we have
fried fish, steak, liver and bacon, baked
and fried potatoes, rye biscuit, muffin
and dry toast
"And that boy Ned would say: III.
take it all, please-and some eggs -
Youths Companion.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-22
SULPHUR MATCH WON BATTLE
An Interesting Incident of the Battle
Between the Germans and French
at Gravc:Otte.
ITO Be Continued

1t is said that at the battle of
sian war, there was for some hours at
a critical point of the field an appear
ance of greater success on the part of
the French than of the Germans. Won
Moltke had been made aware of the
perilous position of his forces in that
quarter, and he hurried to the spot.
For some time it was observed by those
around him that he appeared much
more anxious than usual. He gained
prominent position, where he was
greatly exposed to the enemy's fire.
He held his cigar between two fingers
of his left hand, from time to time
striking fusee and applying it to the
weed, but always neglecting to put the
cigar between his lips. When the
crisis of the day was evidently ap-
preaching the last fusee had been
burnt, and nothing but the cold ashes
of Moltke's cigar remained. At length
Bismarck's attention was directed to
the great general, upon whose sagacity
the fortune of the fight so largely de-
pended. Moving up to him, Bismarck
quietly struck a fusee, applied it to
Moltke's cigar, and the welcome sight
of the blue tobacco smoke curling up
from the commanders lips rewarded
the attention of the chancellor. Bis
marck, drawing back in his solid way,
said, with eXultation in his voice: "All
must now be well, Moltke smokes
again" The battle was won.