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Gods Plan.

John RusSin, speaking of the forced Inv
terruptons in service, said: There is NO
music in a res., but there is the making
Of music in it." In oar whole life melody
the music is broken Of here and there by|
"rests," and we foolishly think we hayfl
come to the end of the tune: God sends
a time of forced leisure, sickness. disap1
pointed plans, frustrated efforts and makes
lives. and we lament that our voices must|
be silent and our part missing in the mu1
sic which ever goes up to the ear Of the
Creator. See Him beat the time with thu
unvarying count, and catch up the next,
note as if no breaking place had come bej
tween. Not without design does God
write the music Of our lives. Be it onrd
to learn the tune, and not be dismayed AZ
the "rests" They are not to be omitted
If we look up, God Himself will beat the
time for us. With the eye on Him we
shall strike the hext note full and clear
A. T. Pierson. -
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Bugs Devourins a Stone Church.

Bugs are eating up the 100000 Frs
one of the handsomest stone ediices ID
that part of the country. The walls are
made unsightly by the many holes bored
by the insects. The stone about tho
holes crumbles readily to dust, and tho
work of destruction seems almost com1
plete. The tower seems to have been irstI
attacked by the insects. as it has suffered
the most. The bugs that are doing the
mischief are a sort of beetle that is com
mon in the sandstone region. They ARD
black in color. about an inch and half
long. and have powerful mandib!es with
which they easily cut their way into the
soft stone. The church is only six years
old
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IIOTeMCS W oVH1 NJ
Aurooc ufe The House on lhe Har5h," e(c.J
Copyright, Robert Bonne's Sons

7 mo. can't tell you why; I won
tell you why; but-no. no, no."
Then she looked at him. her blue
eyes filed with imploring tears.
He held out his arms.
"Never mind, Nell. Whatever yor
tell me, or whatever you choose not
to tell, I love you and trust you just
the same"
Now" she whispered, with . sud
den change from her rather hard, de-
fant tone to one full of gentleness and
gratitude, 81 don't care what they be-
lieve. or what they do to me-"
You will write to me, Nell? You
will let me write to you:" whispered
Clifford, as he clung to her.
i But, sobbing, shaking with anxiety
and grief as she was, Nell was obsti'
nate.
You may write to me-" she said
when all this mystery is cleared up
But not before"
But, Nell, you said that might be
neverw protested Clifford.
Then you may never write to me, y
answered the girl, half suffocated by
her sobs, as she tore herself away from
him, and ran out of the room.
Her uncle was waiting outside. He
was deeply moved, and it was with
difficulty that he repressed all outward
signs of the struggle between love and
suspicion of his niece, as he helped her
into the dogcart. Their drive to the
station was as silent as their drive
day had been. 1t was not until they
had driven up to the door of the rail
way station that Nell addressed her
uncle.
Uncle George" she said, in a low,
troubled voice, "why can't you trust
me"
The innkeeper was touched; he was
about to answer her with words
which would have convinced her that,
whatever his suspicious might be, his
love for her was as strong as ever,
when the sight of policeman watch
ing them intently froze the words on
his lips.
There's the reason why I can't"
answered George Claris, hoarsely.
Look how you are watched, wherever
you go. They won't let you go away,
l expect"
Nell said nothing, but got out of the
dog-cart with compressed lips and anx-
ious eyes. Contrary not only to her
uncle's expectations but to her own,
however, she was allowed to start on
her journey without hindrance.' When
the train had steamed out of the little
station, the innkeeper turned abrupt
ly and defantly to the policeman.
"Well," said he, roughly, what do
you want"
Nothing at present, Mr.. Carlin," an
swered the man. when we do want
anything, you know, we can always
find it,"
Whatever he thought of the truth Of
this statement. George Claris was pru-
dent enough not to question it.
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Cast Your Troubles Unto God.

You have no place in which to pour
your troubles except the ear of God.
you tell them to your friends you but put
your troubles ont moment, and they will
return again. Roll your burden unto GOD
end you have rolled it into great deeP|
out Of which it will never by any possibil|
ity rise. Cast your troubles where yo9
n6 fas5 {Ge {e deps Ips Sof OF he ae sea- cas-: there
YOUR troubles also. Never keep trouble
half an hour on your own mind beford
YOU tell it to God. As soon as the troubla
comes. quick, the first thing, tell it I'd
your Father.-Spurseon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-12-25
Drank Up His Fortune.

NJ. Courtinauds uncle died in April and
left him $l4OO. Delighted with so much
money he considered various plans OF
spending it. He was afraid to place it IN
the bank, and he had no. confidence IN
commercial ventures. Not fond of racing,
he finally decided to drink it up. And at
the end OF FIVE months succeeded, his av-
erage was So a day. At last ne oougnt q
bottle of alcohol for forty cents drank oit IL
to be buried in a cellar at the side OF the
barrels. Advocate.
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Alcoholics Not Always Drunkards.

Il il not necessary to carry the use OF
alcohol 20 the extent as to show the phe-
nomena characteristic OF intoxication to
produce the effects of alcoholism; Alec
holes % are not necessarily drunkards: The
latter are incorrigible, excessive drinkers,
but their number is after all quite lnslg.
nificant when compared with the immense
multitude of those whose systems gel, pols-
oned by the daily consumption OF moderate
quantities of liquors of which alcohoi
forms the basis.
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A Noble Work.

The Christian home for intemperatc men
in New York recently celebrated its twen-
ty.fourth anniversary. During the past
twenty.four years it has cared, for 1000 in,
temperate men, of whom it is declared that
fullv one-half are now living sober, and
honorable lives A new and larger home
is 20 be erected at Mount Vernon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-12-25
GODS MESSAGE TO NAN
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM The
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Poem: The Builders - The Lesion Thai
May Be..Drawn From tho Life Of Moss9.
Submitted TO Gods Will Wifhouts
Complaint-His Unmarked sepulchret!
One by one the stones we lay,
Building slowly day by day;
Building temples for our King, \
By the offering we can bring.
One bright day our eyes shall see, 4
Where the many mansions be,
Living stones we helped to bring
For the palace Of our King.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-12-25
The AIohalnnetlan Year.

The Mohammedan year is lunar.
The civil months Of the Mohammedau
are adopted to the lunar months by the
cycle Of thirty years, in which nineteen
have 354 days and eleven have 355.
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Comfort That is Within Reach.

Bereavement forces the soul to recoe
r1ize its destiny. Tears are sometimes tele
scopes with which other. worlds arr
viewed. Aching hearts feel their helpless
ness, and then call on God tor the comtor
that is always within reach.-Presbyteriar
Banner.
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Be Strong in Faith.

Men may sneer to your face if you ar
loyal to your convictions, but if you vii
live them with unfinching perseverance
shrink and fy the track, and they will de
spisc you.-Rcv. Madison G. Peters, Bap
t!st, Brooklyn.
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awakened with the shock of the waves.
All the lights out! Crash went all the life
boats. Waters rushing through the sky
lights down into the cabin and down on
the furnaces until they hissed and smoked
in the deluge Seven hundred people
praying, shrieking. Our great ship poised
a moment on the top of a mountain oI
phosphorescent fire and then plunged
down, down, down until it seemed as if
she never would again be righted. An,
you never want to see cyclone, at sea
But I was in Minnesota, where there
was one of those cyclones on land that
swept the city of Rochester from Its foun-
dations and took dwelling houses, barns,
men, women. children, horses, cattle and
tossed them into indiscriminate ruin and
lifted rail train and dashed it down.
mightier hand than that OF engineer. on
the airbrake. Cyclone in Kansas, cyclone
in Missouri, cyclone in Wisconsin, cyclone
in Illinois, cyclone in Iowa! Satan: prince
of the power of the air. never made such
cyclonic disturbances as he has in our day
And am l not right in saying that one OF
the characteristics OF the time in which
we live is disaster cyclonc?
But look at the disasters oceanic. Shall
call the roll of the dead shipping? Ye
monsters of the deep. answer when 1 call
your names. The Vile de Havre. the
Schiller, the City of Boston, the Melville,
the President, the Cimbria. the Oregon,
the Michigan. But why should | 60 on
calling the roll when none of them an
swers, and the roll is as long as the white
scroll of the Atlantic surf at Cape Hat.
teras breakers? If the oceanic cables could
report all the scattered life and all the
bleached bones that they rub against in
the ocean, what message of pathos and
tragedy for both bsaehei @ IN bs one eost storm M
Newfoundland and whole fleets of them
off the coast of England. God help the
poor fellows at sea and give high seats in
heaven to the Grace Darlings and Ida
Iewises and the lifeboat men lowering
around Goodwin sands and the Skerries!
The sea, owning three. .fourths of the earth;
proposes to capture the other fourth, and
is bolnbarding the land all around the
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into port. There is an opening IN the Wsli
and the operator puts his telescope through
that opening and looks out and sees yes
sells far out at sea. While l was talking
with him he went up and looked out. lie
said, I'VE are expecting the Arizona to-
night" I said: is it possible you know
ali those vessels? Do you know. them as
+ never make a mistake. Before | see the
hulls l often know them by the masts. l
know them ALL have watched them so
long,"
Oh, what grand thing it is to have
ships teiegraphed and heralded long before
they come to port, that friends may come
down to the wharf and welcome their long
absent ones! So to-day we take our stand
in the watch tower. and through the glass
of inspiration we look off and see whole
fleet OF ships coming in. That is the ship
of peace, flag with one star of Bethlehem
floating above the topgallants. That ls
the skip of the church, mark OF salt water
high upon the smokestack, showing she
has had rough weather, but the captain
OF Salvation commands her, and all is well
with her. The shiD Of heaven, mightlest
Graf. ever launched, millions of passengers
waiting for millions more, prophets and
apostles and martyrs in the cabin, con-
uuerors at the foot Of the mast, while from
the rigging hands are waving TINS, way as
il they knew us, and we wave back again,
for they are ours. They went out from
our own households Ours! Hail, hail!
Put of The black and put on the. white
Stop tol,ng the funeral bell and ring the
wedding anthem. Shut up the hearse and
take the chariot.
Now the ship comes around the great.
headland. Soon she will strike the wharf
and we will go aboard her. Tears for
ships going out. Laughter for ships CO. com m
Throw out the planks. Block not up that
gangway with embracing long lost friends
for you will have eternity of reunion
Stand back ard give way until other mill
ions come aboard her. Farewell to sin
Farewell to struggled Farewell to sick
ness! Farewell to death! Blessed arc
all who enter in through the gates in1r
the city" ~
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-29
Hillsboro Sentr- CLIPS.

Ed. Lind is at Valley this week, in
structing the band, which will be at the
Woodman picnic, coming out in new
uniforms
E. w. Stimble of Viroqua, is here this
week introducing "Doran" lights. They
are for store and street use and use gaso-
line.
Ralph Mallow was severely cut ON the
hip at Ham, ,ler Bros. camp. He got
mixed up with the equalizing saw and
is laying off few days as a result.
Vincent b Ledman of Burr, has been
granted u pension of $12 per month with
arrears from April Is, 1899. He served
with Co NJ. 4th Wis. Vol. in the Span
ish-American war.
G. J. Lind is pushing his new house
along as rapidly as possible and has IL
entirely enclosed and the roof on. When
completed it will be one of the finest
dwellings in the village
Invitations are out for the marriage OF
DR. p. III. Hansberry of Hillsboro tc
Miss May Ferriter of Milwaukee, which
will take place at Milwaukee on Tues
day, June A.
Mrs Robert Hammer returned from
Viroqua, where she had been visiting
relatives and helping care for the littl,
daughter of Mrs. Judge WyrA'n, who
recently had an operation for appendi
citis
Mr. and Mrs. II +. Myers went &c
Valley last FridaS to participate in the
celebration of the tenth wedding ami.
versary of their son Dell and wife,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-29
So Old That It Smells.

Will Baldwin recently received the
following letter from Kickapoogian
who contemplated buying a wheel
My neffew, who lives In Virokee, DOT
hisself new bisickle and sent me his
old one by frate, and I've learned to ride
sum It's pile of fun. but my bissickle
jolts considerable. A Teller come along
day befor yesterday with bissickle that
had holler injun rubber tires stuffed
with wind. He let me try hissen and,
mi, it run like kushen. He told me
you cell inJun rubber just the same as
hissen Mine is all iron wheels. Do
you punch the holler hole through the
injun rubber, or will have to do it my
self? How do you stick the ends togeth-
er after you get it doneY II your injun
rubber il all ready will it come any
cheaper empty2 can get all the wind
| want here. Sparta Democrat.
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congregational Notes.

Mid-week service on Thursday eve
ming at s o'clock. Topic Last
Half of the Book of Joel"
The Ladies Aid society did we'll with
their Dutch market at the church last
Saturday afternoon. Receipts about
SIS
The pastor will make next Sunday
mornings service an ''OId Folks Ser
vice" His subject will be How to
Grow Eighty Years Young" Young
and old are invited TO attend. On Sun
day evening there will be a union SER
vice of all the churches III this church
Rev. John A. Stemen will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon before the high
school graduating class. His subject
will be "The Gift of Life and its Spirit
ual Triumph.
On Sunday, June 8, will be Children S
day. Baptism in the morning and a
sermon appropriate for the day. Our
Sunday school is making elaborate pre-
parations for the evening program. This
is one of the star evenings in our
church year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-29
TIE TEST is MADE IN vlRooUA.
Caswell Of ya asboro. Convicted of Practiciug Med-
cine Without Stue License-Pays
Heavy Fine.

The arrest of William Caswell. of
Hillsboro on %recent dlte, with war
rant returnabls for Justice Pollard =
court in Viroqua, was tried here on Fri
day last, when he was convicted Of
holding himself out to he public as a
physician and surgeon by assuming the
title of doctor without first having re-
ceived license frcm the state board of
medical examiners, as provided by Chap
ter 81, of the laws of 1899. Immediately
on conviction another warrant was
sworn out against Caswell for practic-
ing medicine without license He
thereupon paid the fine and costs in the
first action amounting to $f25, and
agreed to take down his sign and aban-
don practice in this state. The second
warrant was then withdrawn This is
believed to be the first prosecution and
conviction in the state under the regis
tration law of 1899 DR.. H. M. Ludwig
of Richland Center, secretary of the
state medical board was the complain
ing witness, and District Attorney Beo-
nett prosecuted the case.
This is the same Caswell who, recent
ly, attempted to compel the state board
of,examiners, by mandamus proceedings,
to grant him registration. Judge Sci
becker, of the Madison circuit, held that
the board was ne proper and only tri-
bunal to determine whether or not an
applicant for registration is a reputable
resident physician.
The CENSOR understands that Caswell
claims authority to practice by virtue
of diploma held from some medi al
school, although he Offered no such de-
Tense in Justice Pollards court.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-29
Bail Game for Saturday

On Saturday afternoon next the high
school base ball team will cross bats
with the nine from On 4rio. 1t will be
remembered that the two teams met
once before this season, when the school
boys went down before the husky hit
ters from the Kickspoo But the long
hard trip will be against Ontario this
time, and as the high school team is in
better form in all ways than they were
two weeks ago, the game promises to be
close and with the chances slightly in
favor of the home team An admission
fee of ten cents will be charged toward
expenses. Viroqua line up is as follows
Bert johnson. catcher; Fred Morley,
pitcher; Ray Henry, ID; VIII Ady, 2b;
Walter Russell, 3b w Glenn, l. f. Jchn
Dinsda ale C. f.. Harry Dahl. r. {. A neat
exhibition of the national game is prom
ised all the cranks.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-29
A ecoa Word For the Old Home.

FRUrrLAND, ORE, Maybe, 1901.
EDITOR CENSoR:--As ore year has
uagsed since we sent you few lines we
will try ii again. Since then we have
looked over q considerable part OF Ore
pon and Washington and can truthfully
say we have not seen any place that Will
compare with Willamett Valley and
Salem for a home The Sound country
in Washington is not to be compared
with it. We have just reached home
from seven weeks stay in that country.
and last summer we travelled over east
ern Oregon some ak weeks, but we saw
nothing which in our Judgment was as
good as this part of the country. Salem
moys slowly and is very quiet city.
IL has a good class of citizens. There is
not the hustle and bustle as In other
cities of the same size In Washington or
Oregon. They are putting up some
good subetan tial buildings here, such az
the government postoffice building, size
go 10D feet, solid masonry. President
McKin ey Is expected to be present at
the laying of the corner stone on May
22d. and a grand good time is expected
on that occasion. Some other good
buildin xs are under way, two large
four mills and some others. We read
through the columns Of the CENSOR In
the past year that Viroqua and several
other Vernon county places are moving
right along in the way Of improvements
and buildings. We are glad to hear this
of Old Vernon and her people. We VIII
say right here as the CENSOR comes TO
u. from week to week the part OF it that
most interests me is the county CLEAN
ings. How quickly my eye falls on that
column and follows it through. ltseems
like getting letters from home to read
them All Vernon county people out
here are well, so far as we know. We
close by sending all the friends there our
best Wishes +. VANVLAcK.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-29

Department Commander James issues
lis general order for the encampment
to be held in Sheboygan. June 10th and
20th The veterans this year will camp
in hotels and boarding houses instead OF
tents rs they were wont TO do in former
years when their enthusiasm was not
tempered so much by age. During the
past year $50 members of the Wisconsin
department of the Grand Army Of the
Republic have died On Dec 81, 1900,
the membership was .. s37, which was a
loss by death and Withdrawals Of 1855
The department commander estimates
that the losses by death 30 far this year
have greatly exceeded those of previous
years There are now in good standing
in the state 252 posts. 1t is estimate
that not more than half the veterans of
the state are members of posts
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-29
A LAND OF vEsoMoUs REPTILES.
Vernon and Crawford Counties Paying Big Money
as Bounty for Rattlesnakes Brought In
BY the Hundreds.

Up to date County Treasurer Lier has
paid bounty on 272 rattlesnakes, at so
cents each, in conformity with an ordi-
nance passed at the last session of the
county board On the Goth 104 snake
bounties were paid, 73 of the number to
Jack Carpenter. a voung hoy OF Genoa
town. who captured them in the oekv
bluffs of the Mississippi, where they
exist in dens, hundreds IL not ,housapds
of them in one cavity The young man
fshed them ont with hooks
Bounty on % foxes have been 7aid by
Mr. Lier old wolf and IL vonng ,,nes
Crawford county has paid hounty on
7S0 rattlers, 442 of the number last week
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-29
Observance of Memorial Sunday In virOquo.

Memorial services were held at the
Congregational and Methodist churches
on Sunday The Grand Army Post and
Womans Relief Corps attended morn
ing ser vice at the NJ E. church and in
tnc evening they worshipped with the
Congregational people. Both houses
were we'll filled and the services were
mnch appreciated Rev. Stemen gave
short sketch and history of the different
national hymns aud the audience Joined
in singing the most noted of them, clos
ing with John Brown All who at
tended came away with an increased
interest in Memorial day and its beauti-
full customs. Pastor Tresidder's morn.
ing discourse WAS both patriotic and
logical He recounted the causes that
led up to the great civil strife between
the two sections of the country. demon.
mating human slavery as contrary to
the laws of God and niAn The deeds Of
valor of men who went forth to battle
were finely retold. Lincoln was depicted
as the ideal man for the emergency as
commander and chief of the great loyal
army In closing the speaker asked ii
another Lincoln would not be essential
to the peaceable and equitable adjust
ment of affairs between the grasping
trusts syndicates, monopolies and the
common people.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-29
Bank Looted at Mineral Point

During last Friday night the First
National bank of Mineral Point was
burglarized, the robbers getting away
with $40, 600 or more, mostly currency
The loss is fully covered by insurance.
Entrance was effected through the
shingled roof Of the building which is a
one story structure, thence from the
attic to the vault by digging away the
arched brick From the inside the vault
door was forced oren and so.called
burglar-proof safe vas blown open with
nitro -glycerine. Everything indicates
that the robbery had been carefully
planned in advqnce A reward of 81 600
is offered for the apprehension of the
hnrplars