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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-08

of the year. has had its sadnesses and
its disasters. During this month died
Linnaeus. the botanist OF Sweden asd
the world, who called the roll of the
flowers aud shrubs and trees, putting
them into companies and calling them by
their names, his beautiful statue stand
ing in a park Of Stockholm, a rose in
bronze held in his right hand. During
lnis month expired Francis Bacon. and
Garrick. and Gallilei, and Louis VI, and
William Pitt, and Francis jeffrey of the
immortal pen, and Disraei the first, and
Edward Everett, and Bruce, and Cati-
line. In this month died Peter the Great,
the me1 of whom it was written: He
gave a polish TO his people and was him
self savage. He taught them the art Of
warfare, of which he himself was ignor-
ant. From the sight of a small boat on
the river Moskwa he erected powerful
fleet, making himself an expert and ac-
tive shipwright. sailor, pilot and COM
mander. He changed the maurers, Gus
toms and laws of the Russians and lives
in their memory as the father of his
country
Preparing for the Future.
According to my text, This month
shall be unto you the beginning OF
months; it shall be the first month OF the
year to YOU Through it make prepara-
tion for the other eleven months. What
YOU are in January you win probably be
in all the other months of the year. Pre-
pare for them neither by apprehension
nor too sanguine anticipation Apprehen-
sion Of misfortune will only deplete your
(
YOU for any trouble that may come. On
the other hand, if You expect too much.
disappointment wiH be yours. Cultivate
faith in God and the feeling that he will
do for you that which is best. and you
will be ready for either sunshine or shad-
ow. The other eleven months Of the year
1902 will not all be made up of gladness
or of grief. The cup that is all made up
OF sweetness is insipid.
Between these just opened gates of the
year and the closing of those gates there
will be many times when you will want
| God You will have questions to decide
which viii need supernatural impulse.
Start right, and you win be apt to keep
right.
Now that the train of months has start
ed, let it pass, January followed by Feb
ruary, with its longer days, and March.
with its fierce winds; and April. with it's
sudden showers; and May, with its bios
soming orchards; and June, with its car
nival of flowers; and July. with its har-
| vests: and August. with its sweltering
heats; and September with its drifting
| leaves and October, with its frosts; and
/ November, with it's Thanksgiving scenes
| and December, with its Christian hilari-
| ties. March on, o battalion of the
months. in the regiments Of the years
| and the brigades of the centuresl March
| on and join the months and years and
centuries already passed until all the
rivers of time have emptied into the
ocean OF eternity. but none of all the host
/ ought to render higher thanks to God or
| take larger comfort or make more mag
! nifcent resolve than this the first month
| of the new year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-08
Genius at Home.

"John, did you split The BINDING
Yes. dear"
is the coal in:'
Seven buckets full
NOW come and help me get the chill
dren to bed. and when the house is per
fectly quiet you can have the dining
room to yourself and write a short
story 10 pay the house rent and a poem
q .,so for the gas and water bills. and
see If you can write love song thar
you can sell for enough to pay the milk
man and the wasberwoman"'- ATLANTA
Constitution.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-08
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will generally correct this
difficulty.
If you will put from one
fourth to half a teaspoonfuI
in baby's bottle three or four
times a day you will soon see
a marked improvement. For
larger children, from half to
Il teaspoonful, according to
age, dissolved in their milk,
if you so desire, will very
soon show Us great nourish-
ing power. If the mothers
milk does not nourish the
baby. she needs the emul-
sion. 1t will show an effect
at once both upon mother
and child.
soc. and $r.oo, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chem SITS, New York.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
How n Dog Told of His Needs.

Ben was our faithful, jolly old bull
terrier. For ten years he was men,
Der of the family. Perhaps Ben had
one bad trait; he would fight at the
drop of the hat" This necessitated
keeping him on n chain most of the
time, although | confess deep admira-
ton for his ability as scrapper. love
q fighter that fights fair, and Ben was
that kind. | never saw him tackle a
dog smaller than himself, but have
seen him whip CANNES apparently
large enough to eat him. When on the
chain, Ben had ways of his own of no.
tifying us of his wants. A steady sue
cesson OF low banks, with short inter
val between each bark, indicated that
it was his mealtime. A quick, sharp
bark, with long intervals between
each bark, accompanied with low
whining, indicated thirst. Loud, steady
barking informed us that some one was
coming, and spasmodic, choking bark
ing was his way of letting us know n
dog was near and that he was anxious
to mix with him. At home we are all
of the opinion that if the human mem
bers of the family can reason, then so
could Ben.-Forest and Stream.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
RuSlsiu's TOYS

The home rule of Ruskin's mother
was well nigh Purtanic in severity
His toys were few and his source Of
amusement limited. He says
For toys had a bunch of keys to
play with so long as | was capable of
pleasure in what glittered and iingled,
as grew older had cart and a ball
and when | was six years old two
boxes of we'll cut wooden bricks
With these modest but l still think
entirely sufficient possessions, and be-
ing always summarily whipped if |
bled on the stairs | soon attained Sc
rene and secure methods of life and
motion and could pass my days con
tentedly in tracing the squares and
comparing the colors of my carpet, eX-
aiming the knots in the wood of the
floor or counting the bricks in the op-
posite houses.
There were also intervals of raptur-
Gus excitement during the filling Of
the water cart through its leathern
pipe from the dripping iron post at the
pavement edge or the still more adj
mirable proceedings of the turncock
when he turned and turned until II
fountain sprang up in the middle Of
the street.
But the carpet and what patterns
could find in bed covers. dresses or
wall papers to be examined were my
chief resources.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
HOW HE WORKED UP.
Story of the BoyhOOd of One Who
Is Now a Famous Astronomer.

One day many years ago a bright
boy found employment in a photo
graph gallery in Nashville, Tenn. His
wages were small, but he took good
care of them, and in course of time
he had saved up snug little sum of
money. One day a friend, less thrifty
than he, came to him with long face
and asked for loan of money, offer
ing a book as security. Although the
other knew there was little probability
Of his ever being repaid, he could not
refuse the request.
"Here is the money. Keep your book
and repay me when you can"
The grateful lad went away in such
haste that he left the book behind.
The kind youth examined the volume
with curiosity 1t was work on as
tronomy by Lick, and it so fascinated
him that he sat up all night studying
it. He had never had anything which
so filled him with delight. He deter
mined to learn all that he could about
the wonders of the heavens and began
thenceforth to read everything he
could obtain relating to astronomy.
The next step was to buy a small
spyglass, and night after night he
spent most of the hours on the roof of
his house studying the stars. He Sc
cured, second hand, the tube of large
spyglass, into which he fitted an eye
piece. and sent to Philadelphia for an
object glass. By and by he obtained
a five inch glass, which, as you know,
is an instrument of considerable size.
Meanwhile he worked faithfully In
the shop of the photographer, but his
nights brought him rare delight, for
he never wearied of tracing out the
wonders and marvels of the worlds
around us. With the aid of his large
spyglass he discovered two comets be-
fore they were seen by any of the pro-
fessional astronomers, whose superior
instruments were continually scanning
the heavens in search Of the celestial
wanderers This exploit, you may well
suppose. made the boy famous. He
was invited by the professors in Van
derbilt university to go thither and see
W0HI ne COulu uO Win thS'A SA-A @
telescope. In the course of the follow
ing four years he discovered six com
cts. He was next engaged by the LICK
observatory. With the aid of its mag
nificent instrument he discovered eight
comets and last summer astonished
the world ~ discovering the fiftn
satellite of Jupiter. He invented a
new method of photographing the
nebule in the milky way and has
shown an originality approaching ge-
MUS in his work in star photography.
Perhaps you have already guessed the
name of this famous astronomer
which is Professor e. q. Barnard, now
in charge of the Yerkes observatory OF
Chicago university, and this is the
story of how he worked up.-Chicago
Record Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
OUR CITIZEN KNIGHTS
HOW THEY MAY BE DISTINGUISHED
FROM OTHER MEN.

imperial Dlgnities Conferred nv
h"lSer ON Nineteen of Uncle SANS
Snbjects-Entitled to Military Hon
ors In Germany.
BY the action of Kaiser Wilhelm of
Germany in bestowing imperial dig
mites on Americans who took part in
entertaining Prince Henry on his visit
TO this country nineteen of Uncle
Sans subjects have become full
hedged German knights. The orders
conferred were those of the Red Eagle
and the Crown. Six received the Or
der of the Red Eagle of the third class.
hve the Red Eagle of the fourth class.
four the Order of the Crown of the
third class and four the Crown order
of the fourth class.
The most valuable intrinsically of
the -four different decorations bestowed
upon these lucky Americans is the Or
der of the Red Eagle of the third class.
In lt92 it was raised with all its divi-
slons to the dignity of the second order
IN the PruSsian monarchy. The order
carries with it the title of sir knight"
1t calls fer special recognition from
every soldier on guard throughout the
German empire. No matter where or
when an Order of the Red Eagle comes
within the vision of a soldier doing
guard duty. he must present arms to
the Wparer of that badop
The gentlemen who will have arms
presented to them from the moment
they land in German port to the time
they get back on the broad Atlantic
are Mayor Rolla Wells of St Louis.
David II. Francis, former governor of
Missouri and president of the st. Louis
worlds fair; Samuel ii. Ashbridge,
mayor of Philadelphia; Julius Fleisch-
mann. mayor of Cincinnati; Gustave
II. Schwab of the New York Stats
Zeitung and Arthur ]. Eddy Of Chi
cago.
The same military salutation is Civ.
en- to the knights of the fourth class of
the Red Eagle. Knighthood also ac.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26

near the burning tree as the heat
would permit. The last of the children
had been led safely through the arch
ed doorway. The rattle of engines
sounded far down the street and the
clang of the fire gongs.
Would they be in time to save the
offering that had meant so much per.
sonal sacrifice for the children? Then
suddenly something black crashed
through the lower branches of the tree
and fell over the rail into the aisle. 1t
was man.
The rector sprang forward and drag
ged him away from the shower of
sparks which followed his fall. 1t was
the disreputable Shorty who looked up
into the rector's face.
"Unbutton me coat" he gasped.
The rector obeyed and with an ex-
clamation of surprise caught the silver
plate. He lifted it wonderingly, and
Shorty struggled to his feet
Feel in me pockets. Me hands Is
burnt" The rector hurriedly pulled
forth the envelopes and started TO
speak.
quick ordered Shorty. There was
a rush Of feet, and half dozen fire.
men dashed in bearing hose. Where
there We're firemen there would also be
police
Got it all?" he yelled at the wonder
ing rector. The latter nodded.
you are badly burned" he murmured
confusedly
Shorty shook his head and started
for the door.
ITS nothin'." he said. Il did 1t fer
the Kids, SOS their Christmas wouldn't
be spoiled. S'long." And he pushed his
way through the crowd and vanished
Some hours later the pain of his
burns drove him to the dispensary,
where he told Il plausible tale of an
overturned lamp and was promptly
and properly bandaged. Walking down
street. he met a friend in the same line
of business as himself. The obvious
impossibility of doing any remunera-
tive work with hands like boxing
gloves appealed to the friend and Sc
cured Shorty loan of $40. Then he
went to bed.
The next morning Shorty read an
account of the fire and also public
acknowledgment by the rector of the
bravery of an unknown man who at
risk of his own life had saved the
children's Offering. amounting to near
ly $500. The rector expressed his de-
sire TO meet personally the brave fell
low if the latter would communicates
etc. Shorty began to feel proud of him
self. This was genuine responsibility.
For one gladstone week he gave him
self over to reading and responsibility,
but he did not communicate his add
dress. Then the week and the SO
came to an end simultaneously. and
Shorty was forced to take another
walk up town with view to studying
balconies and unbarred windows
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
PLAYING ROBIN,
u True Story of How Two Little
Girls Got Enough Cherries.

a True Story of How Two Little
Girls Got Enough Cherries.
Grandpa saw the two little girls
walking toward the cherry tree
Don't pick my Cherries" said he
sharply as he hurried into the house.
The little girls looked soberlv at
each other, then at the beautiful cher.
~ tree
Lets go to the barn." said Jessie.
Lets play under the cherry tree"
said Beatrice. 1--WE needn't pick his
old cherries"
Il can climb this tree" cried Jessie.
$50 can L." said Beatrice. lust as
easy. Let us do it and play we are
robins"
They fetched long fence board and
placed one end against the tree and so
managed to scramble at last upon the
large branches. Here they sat. swing
ing their feet and singing, for several
happy minutes. But above them, high
in the tree, the cherries looked red.
much redder than they had looked
from the ground.
Il tell you what" said Beatrice.
Lets climb up to that bough yonder.
and we can reach up and eat cherries
like robins do. Then grandpa will nev-
er know. think grandpa is selfish"
Jessie looked first at Beatrice and
then at the cherries. He is selfish"
she said. And the two girls climbed
higher and soon were pulling down the
twigs with their shining fruit.
1t was slow work for the eager little
mouths to eat the pulp and leave the
pits and stems on the twigs, but they
ate great many cherries. The breeze
blew the branch out of their reach,
and, stretching up to catch it, one girl
lost her footing and fell against the
other. The slender branch snapped,
and down through the boughs they
crashed to the ground.
"Oh, oh, OH they screamed "I'm
most killed. walled Beatrice.
my foot is all broke to peces!' cried
Jessie. They could not rise for pain.
Grandpa ran to them. "Oho. | see"
said he sternly, but after helping Bea-
trice to the house he carried Jessie to
her home. Each had sprained ankle.
which kept them indoors for more than
q week.
When Jessie came to see Beatrice
for the first time after the accident,
the two little girls sat soberly on the
porch. They looked at the beautiful
cherry tree with its broken limb.
Il don't want to play robin, do you?"
asked Jessie.
'No," said Beatrice, land | don't
want cherries when grandpa says not.
They were not ripe"
NO" said Jessie; Il was awful sick
of 'em."
81 was, too" chimed in Beatrice. 81
b'lieve | most diedr'
"Your grandpa wasn't selfish" said
Jessie.
"No, indeed" assented Beatrice.
They looked at the tree and gave a
great sigh.
"Well," said Jessie cheerfully, "let's
go to the barn and play we are hensP'
And away they ran.-Edna G. Hawley
in Brooklyn Eagle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
No. 3O5.-word Making.

1. A, L, c, ID, n, O.-With these let
tiers make one word containing tie
whole number, two with five, and sev
en- with four.
.. E, |, p, S, S, r, T.-Make two
words, using all the letters in EACH
two with six, and three with five III
each.
3. A, A, L, II, n, p, S, T.-Make one
word, using all the letters, one using
seven, two with six, one of them a
geographical name, and three with five.
4. a, L, L, II, II, 7, T.-Make three
words, using all the letters, four with
six, and six with five.
3. A, L, E, G, Ii, r, T.-Make two
words, using all the letters, seven with
five, and ten (at least with four.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
DUBLIc SALE.

BY virtue of bower of sale contained
i'll a mortgage from Noah Barnes and
Louisa +. Barnes, to Flayius J. Stevens,
dated the - day of --, 4. D. 1889,
and recorded in Liber c. NJ, No :, folio 80,
Nc., one of the Land Records for Fred
erck County, and which was duly as
signed to K. G. ID. Rice, deceased, the
undersigned, administrator of X. G.. ID.
Rice, deceased, will sell at public sale, at
Utz's Hotel, in New Market, on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER nth, 1902,
at two O'Clock, p. NJ, Frame and Stone
House and Lot, situated in the village of
New London, on the road from New
Market to Liberty This is desirable
property. The house is in fair condition
and good size, with stable and other neces-
sary outbuildings. The lot contains two
acres, two roods and thirteen square per-
ches of land.
Terms of sale as prescribed in the
Mortgage-Cash
JAMES NJ. RICE,
Administrator of Il. G.. ID. Rice.
J. F. X. WOOD,
Attorney. sept. lest.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26

MAYOR ROLLA WELLS OF ST. LOUIS
companies the Order of the Crown of
the third and fourth class, and the sill
knights of this order are entitled to the
same military salute as those of the
Red Eagle
The badge of the first. second and
third class of the Red Eagle is a gold
cross enameled in white, with the red
eagle in the center and the cipher +.
w. r. Frederick William Rex. The
motto sincere ct Constanter" (sincere
and constantly is in gold on the reverse
side.
In the order of the fourth class the
cross and inscription are in silver in
stead of gold. The ribbon attached to
the order is of white MORE silk, with
two orange colored stripes and mar
row white border. The knights of the
first class wear on the left breast a sill
yer star radiating to eight principal
points. On gold center the crowned
red eagle is displayed holding gold
wreath within a white band which
bears the motto in chief.
Knights of the second class have a
similar adjunct. The Red Eagle order
of the third class differs from the first
two by having three oak leaves wound
around the cross and the uppermost
point of the star.
a small bow of the color of the rib
bon is tied through the ring above the
cross as the distinguishing mark of the
order of the fourth class.
Knights of the Red Eagle of the
first class pin their badge on broad
watered silk ribbon which is worn
from the left shoulder to the right hip.
knights of the second class must wear
the decoration around the neck.
The proper adjustment for the
knights of the third and fourth class,
which include EnPeror Williams
American honorees. is to fasten the
decoration in the buttonhole of their
coat lapels.
The Order of the Crown of Prussia,
while not nearly so old as the Red
Eagle, is almost as important. 1t was
founded by King William |. in honor
of his coronation Oct. Is, 1861.
The badge is a cross pattee concave,
enameled in white and edged with
gold. The gold center of one side is
surrounded by blue fillet inscribed
with the motto Scott NIT Uns' God
with us) i'm German characters, form
ing around a royal crown.
The four divisions are worn the same
as the Red Eagle badges, applying the
buttonhole decoration to the American
knights who were honored with the
Crown order.
By carefully remembering the de-
scription of these badges the fellow
citizens Of Kaiser Wilhelm's knights in
Uncle Sans dominions may know
them at a glance and thus be enabled
to point out to less discerning neigh
bors genuinely titled knight, even
though he is also a plain American
citizen in his own country.
The Humorist's Retort.
Editress-This joke dates from the
time of Pharaoh.
Humorist-How careless I was to
submit 1t to you when I might have
known you would remember 1t. :.
Diverse Appetites.
II wonder why donkeys eat thistles"
said the man who is always finding
something peculiar in life.
"Oh," answered the person who likes
plain food, there is no accounting for
taste. If donkey were to give the
matter a thought, I suppose he would
wonder why human beings eat olives"
Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
DUBLIC SALE.

The undersigned will sell at public sale,
at UU's Hotel in the town of New
Market, on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER nth, 1902,
at three o'clock, p. NJ. That desirable
residence of which r. G. d. Rice died.
seized and possessed, situated on the south
side of Main street, in New Market. and
about the centre of the town. 1t is a two
story Brick House, i'll frst-class condition,
containing eight rooms, with stable, meat
house and other necessary outbuildings.
A pump and cistern, both i'll the yard.
This property also adjoins an alley on
the west, and is very desirable property.
Terms of Sale.-One-half cash on day
of sale, and balance i'll SIX months.
JAMES NJ. RICE,
EDWARD 7. RICE.
sept. last.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26

A machine which threads 1000 needles
a minute is at work in st. Gall, Switzer-
land. The purpose of the machine is to
thread needles that are placed afterward
In an embroidery loom for making Swiss
or Hamburg lace. The device is almost
automatic. 1t takes the needle from a
hopper, carries 1t along and threads,
ties the knot, cuts the thread off a uni
form length, then carries the needle
across an open space and sticks 1t In q
rack. The work of threading these nee
dies was formerly done by hand.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
No. 3O7.-Arithmetic.

1. Set down ), l, certain letter of
the alphabet, and 90 and have a small
bottle.
.. Set down 5, 1, certain article,
500, and have an article of food.
8. One hundred, a letter, 100, l, so,
and have the first name of a noted
Englishman of South Africa, recently
deceased.
4. One thousand, 1, 80, so, and have
a fraction of Il small coin.
5. Fifty, l, 500, and have a movable
cover
6. Fifty. l, 10, 1, 5, l, an article, so.
and have resembling I've.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26

No. 3O3.-CentraI Syncopations.
l. Syncopate step and leave to
move.
,. Syncopate liberated and leave
boys name.
). Syncopate parts of ships and leave
rugs.
4. Syncopate certain kind of animals
and leave studies.
8. Syncopate kind of tree and leave
the opposite of female.
The syncopated letters will spell the
name of Greek writer of fables.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26
No. Observation-Disclosures.

|. | am word of four letters mean
ing not fast Behead me, and | mean
not high: behead me once more, and |
am an exclamation of pain.
9. | am a word of five letters and
mean to look at fixedly. Behead me
once, and | am weed; behead me
again, and | am part of verb.
3. mean area and have only five
letters. Behead me once, and | am a
step; behead me again, and am
spot on playing card.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26

/. Hop over quickly, Simon.
2. Those are two parallel Declines. so
to speak.
3. often suffer from catarrh in early
spring.
4. Please pull up that weed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26

Edmonia-M Mrs. Topnotch is what I
tall impertinent.
Eudocia-In what way?
Edmonia Why, she is not Colonial
Dame, but when she came to the colo
hal reception she had on more ele-
giant frock than any one Of the Danes
Detroit Free Press.