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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30
within onr BORDERS.

The Chicago and Northwestern depot
al CoDb was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground.
William Brown Of Cold Spring town
ship, aged IS years, VIII, with Robert
l.. McLeary, fell twenty fec 9r more at
tarn-raising. died from his injIriese.
At La Crosse Wednesday was the hot
test day Of the season. The temperature
was 80 degrees and there was one pros
tration.
Platteville waterworks bonds were sold
to W. w. Harris n Co., of Chicago, for
$4,000. The bonds bear 5Ia per cent
accrued interest.
One OF the largest fish seen in years is
on exhibition ut Calumet meat market.
The fish Z, a sturgeon weighing about
III pounds The fish was caught in Ke-
wetnaw Bay.
Peter Cuison died at Wrightstown from
injuries received in a runaway. Cuison
fell between the buggy and wheel when
the horse started and was dragged near
ly a mile.
The depot at Appleton junction was
completely destroyed by fire. involving a
loss Of $1,000. The fire started in the
baggage room. Many valuable papers
were destroyed.
Mrs. Joseph Matiak dropped dead OF "a
Crosse from fright as a result Of wit
Messing her sister-n-iaw, Mrs. John Ma
TAX. fall twenty feet from a porch. ilcr
sister was nnhurt.
Captain W. H. Bourne, manager Of
Shell Lake Lumber ComPanys milling
plant. gave the members Of the NJ +.
Church an excursion on the company's
steamer. lie intends doing the same for
members % other denominations.
In a aead-end collision OF two freight
trains on the 500" Road seventy miles
east Of RhinelandeT Charles H. johnson
and William Raymond. engineers. and J
A. Anderson, fireman, we're killed and
Frank Thorpe. a brakeman, was serious
l. hurt TIE trains were heavily loaded
and running al full speed. Sixty ears
wei into the ditch. Tho wreck took
FIRE and ali were destroyed. Both loco
motives were demolished
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30
|l77fl5 ! POPULAR
I&llSg\ PULPIT

on the Samaritans. But God. although
he marks the smallest sin, and although
he hates sin with an infinite hatred, yet
he never lets anything move him to haste
or impotence.
This forgiveness is not a forgiveness
that allows our sins to be continually
Haunted in our faces after we have been
pardoned. Il will forgive their iniquity,
and l viii remember their sins no more"
When our sins are forgiven they are
buried something as the body Of Moses
was buried! not only was his body buried,
but his grave and the graveyard were
buried also: so that mo man knoweth
his sepulchre unto this day." Thou,
Lord. art great and ready to forgive"
God is always ready TO forgive
Still third question needs TO be asked
and answered before we are ready to de-
termine the character of Gods admins
tration of the moral world. That third
question is this: Is God faithful? His.
justice might be perfect in the quality c.
it, but IL it were only administered &c
casionally Gods way would not be per-
feet. But We find combined with these
attributes of justice and mercy the at
tribute of faithfulness. This completes
the trinity of his projections. He is a
just God. His mercy endureth for
ever" Thy faithfulness is unto all gen
erations." In view Of all these considera-
tons can we not say with the writer OF
our text, "As for God, his way is per-
feet 2"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30
ACCOUNTED FOR HIS PLANK.
Stogie Man Tells a Story of Those Who
Seldom speak Truth.

Stogie Man Tells Story of Those Who
Seldom speak Truth.
Speaking of liars. began the stogie
man, lighting his abomination at the
lamp on the end of the cigar counter,
when the man with the checkerboard
trousers, who stood next to the meek
man in the lineup" murmured soto
Yoce:
And we weren't saying word
about him when he came in!'
The meek man choked but the ora
Gle, having obtained his light, walked
majesticaIly down the room and took
up his usual position, not deigning to
glance in his interrupter's direction.
Speaking of liars" he repeated,
about the coolest and most refreshing
member of that profession was a fell
low of rather doubtful reputation who
used to live in The town where | was
born. He was on his way home one
night and came across a pile of planks
which for some reason had been UNI
loaded before Deacon Skillings' door.
Reckon the deacon was building a new
shack of some kind
well, anyhow, the fellow couldn't
resist the temptation to appropriate
one of those planks TO his own use-ti
plank comes in handy any time, except
after election; then we try to forget
'em."
Political jokes tabooed," remarked
the brokers' clerk, but the stogie man
went on:
He couldn't go through the village
with the board, so took a cut across
the fields. BY and by, in the dark, he
wandered into bog hole and sank
waist deep in the mire. The more he
struggled the deeper he sank until,
getting scared. he yelled blue murder,
and the deacon, who was out hunting
a stray heifer, heard him. The ola
man, who had labored oft and again
with the embogged citizen, ran down
with a lantern.
"'Wal, Jonas he said, cycling the
man and the plank suspiciously, what
does this mean? Haow in the name O
goodness did you come hereY
why, deacon, said the erring one,
1 was in sech a hurry ter git hum
that l cut ercross lots, an got inter this
'ere bog. TIL more l tried ter pull my
self aout, tn deeper | got in, an fn'ly
/ went back ter the road and got this
plank ter see if l couldn't get myself
aout with itv New York Mail and
Express.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30
SOME RIvALRIEs RIGHTEOUS.
BY Rev. a. 6. Bergen.

But covet earnestly the best gifts"
|. Cor. xiii, 81.
In religion, as in business, we ought to
aspire to that which is best. He who
mas no ambition for better things either
in society, business or religion, has al
ready run his race and has practically
dropped out of the procession. There is
such a thing as a holy, laudable ambi-
tion for the sake of the good which we
may accomplish, a holy rivalry, right
eous competition. 1t is to this that
would have Endeavorers aspire.
The up-to-date Endeavorer possesses
certain characteristics: First, he mas
an experimental acquaintance with God.
He has at some time realized his I'M
saved condition. He has seen himself rs
sinner in the sight of God and realized
his helplessness. He has humbly and
fully confessed his sins to Christ and now
realizes that God for Christ's sake has
forgiven him and accepted him as his
child. These fundamental conceptions of
our holy religion are deeply in-wrought
into his inner experience.
Second-He seeks continually for a
deeper experience of grace. Life mani
tests itself in growth. The true En-
deavorer greatly desires to become more
Christ-like, to know more about His
word. to enjoy more of His spirit, TO grow
in grace and a knowledge of the truth
as it is in Christ. He is also anxious to
be fitted for better service. He has a
sympathetic interest in every member Of
the society, especially in the associate
members, and is DESTROYS OF helping all
those everywhere who know not Christ.
Third-He conscientiously keeps his
pledge, not in the letter only, but in the
spirit also.
The patriotic soldier endures hardship
not because the army regulations require
it, but because he loves his country. So
it is with the Endeavorer. Whatever Je-
sus would have him do that he wishes
to do. and will gladly and cheerfully at
tempt to do For him what Jesus re-
quires is not burden He does his duty
because he loves to do it. He loves to
keep his pledge and receives a blessing
in doing so.
Fourth-He win keep himself informed
on Endeavor work and will be ready TO
help his society, his church or the cause
Of Christ at all times.
The up-to-date business man is on the
lookout for the best bargains and the best
methods of advertising his wares, so the
Endeavorer will be on the watch for the
best methods of Bible study or committee
work. He is an intelligent man and an
aggressive worker. We get out of En-
deavor work about what we put into it.
The Indian legend that a spring on the
side of Pixies Peak gives forth an in
creased product of whatever has been
dropped into it beautifully and faithfully
illustrates the reward Of service for
Christ and the church.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30
n. pens the Pesthouse.

The Racine health officers ordered the
opening of the pesthouse John Kortum,
one of twenty-seven men in a boarding
house, was stricken with smallpox and
the greatest alarm has been caused
among the other boarders. The pest
house was closed ten days ago and health
officers believed that the disease had
been wiped out. This new case has
caused city officials to hold a special
meeting and make fight against another
epidemic.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30
BRIGHT FUTURE FOR MAN.
BIZ Rey. ]. A. RondfhALer.

The first eight verses of Isaiah xxi.
are brief sociological poem. They are
not a prophecy of that final stage of hui
man progress that has commonly come to
be known as the millennium, hut describe
a condition previous to that final culmi-
nation.
The churlish, the hypocritical and vile
are ingredients that are still in evidence.
BIT they are held in check. They do not
any more drift like the sandstone makes
the desert.
The prophet marks the signs of better
and truer times Men shall see higher
truths. They will see what the race could
be if it were not trammeled by wrong,
fCttered by selfshness and in the grip o.
false conditions.
There shall come a finer expression of
the social life There shall be a universal
sAlf-revelation. Men shah stand out for
what they are Every ones true value
will be known. The vile viii no longer
be able to hide under conventional good
ness The abuse Of morality, making it
a cloak for yillainy and fraud. will cease
Men and things will get their right defini-
tions. 1t viii be hard to sail under false
cOlors. IL will be a perilous time for the
fraud, the charlatan, the demagogue.
The prophets vision embraces the ad-
vancing reign Of the true man. II we
put the prophecy in it's true place in the
history Of human developments its assur
anecs viii become an impetus for a
mighty STRIVING toward their accomplish
mcnt
The poem holds out a sure hope that
the drifts of human selfisbness thai pro
duce trial aud hardship and suffering con
b. arresteG By principles truths, modes
Of thought. habits Of life. laws Of asso-
citation. that shall be ''as the shadow Of
rock in a weary land" The reign Of
righteousness shall be the barrier against
injustice and wrong
Our prophecy holds out great hope and
inspires to faith that these things can
he. When the people are ready for the
reign Of Man, then he viii rule in right
eolsue<s. Readiness to promote the real
iza.ion Of Isaiah's vision Is one OF the
highest religious attitudes Of these DAYS.
Willingness to further the progress u
the reign Of the true man is one II IN.
most sacred Of Christian graees.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30

NE offer One Hundred Dollars reward Iof
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured BY
Halls CatarTh Cure.
FL CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known I'd. Cnen.ey
Cor the last 10 years. and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and imam
cially able TO carry out any obligation made oy
their firm.
West s Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
walding, Kinnan g. Marvin, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces q
the system. Price T5c. per bottle. Sold oy -
Druggists Testimonial tree.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30
Many BOYS Take Vows.

At the monastery of the Servite Order
at Granville an interesting ceremony
WAS witnessed by the parents Of RUM
Der of youthful candidates &c the priest
hood Francis w. Munsoh and j. IL.
gallagher. of Chicago; G, j. Miller,
Thomas Mayer. and Thomas Fitz, of De
troit; James Camerford, of New York.
and Herman Kestermann, of Granville,
having completed their first years novi
tiate, took their VOWS and listened TO ad-
monitions from the master. Thomas De-
,pencier aud Raymond Il. Jennings, of
Chicago, who entered as pOstniants one
year ago, were invested with the habit
and were also the recipients Of a sympa-
thetic address from the Rev. Father He'll,
master superior of the monastery. The
parents were then allowed to visit for a
time with their boys. who now have
given up their family names and as
sumed that of saint, assigned by the
Rev. Father He'll
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30
Old Conn e Hurt.

While Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Blame. of
Plymouth, were driving the horse be-
came unmanageabe and turning a cor
mel upset the buggy, throwing both out.
Mrs. Blanke was thrown against a fence
post and severely cut by the wire Her
recovery is considered doubtful Mr..
Blanke was not seriously hurt. They
are both old people.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30
Counterfeit Bills Passed.

Two smooth looking strangers OF the
high-roller variety struck Crvitz the
other night. They spent money like wa
ter, buying drinks for every one. The
money was currency and next morning
the various saloonkeepers found that they
had lot of counterfeit bills The stran-
gers took the first train and have van
ished completely. They are ahead the
good silver which they received in change
q hundred dollars or more.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK coNCISElY
CONDENSED.
Water Company Sale Declared Void
Missing President of Milwaukee
Casualty Company Arrested-Racine
Officers Reopen Pesthouse.

The recent sale of the Waukesha Wa
ter Company property was set aside by
Judge Seaman in the United States Court.
This action was taken by the court for
the reason that an offer of 5000 more
than was bid for the property has been
made. 1t appears the bidders believed
they would have to defend a lawsuit OF
the Hygeia Ice Company OF Chicago.
which clsims the property. The trustee
informed the bidders at the last moment
that they would be protected against the
lawsuit. This makes a great difference
and accounts for the raise in the bid
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30
Absconder Larson Is Caught.

Edwin +. Larson. former president of
the Universal Casualty Company Of
Milwaukee, who abseonded when it was
found that mortgages which he had de-
posted with the State Insurance Conn
missioner as security were fraudulent,
has been arrested in Canada, and will
be brought back to answer his misdeeds.
For some time he has been conducting a
grocery store in Wetaskewin, Northwest
Territory, in the name of Robert Lee.
HIS identity was established through Il
man who formerly knew him.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30
Danish Brotherhood to Meet.

The seventh triennial supreme council
of the Danish Brotherhood will meet in
Racine on October I. Extensive ar
rangements are being made for the gath
ering, which will be the largest in the
history of the organization. About 200
delegates besides the supreme officers are
expected
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30
MANY DeIegates Arc Robbed.

Pickpockets reaped a good harvest dur
ing the State convention at Madison.
Many complaints have been made to the
police about losses sustained by the dele
gates Adam Hazelwood, of Chippewa
Falls. was relieved of a diamond. and
other delegates lost smaller amounts.
A gang of pickpockets went through the
crowd and helped themselves to anything
they could get, and the list OF losses is
heavy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30

Elmer Beach. the 11-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. b. H. Beach, who live near
Elkhorn, died of lockjaw caused from
running a rusty nail into his foot about
a week ago.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30

An Arkansas man once wrote to in
quire the price of a saw-mill that
would saw all the various ways that
he wanted to saw. When he learned
by return mail that such a mill would
cost him 81 600. he replied ~ postal
card: IF a man had $1,000 what in
thunder would he want Of q saw-mill -
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30

Ii you discover that you have made
a mistake, don't stHbbornly insist upon
keeping il up; let go and run.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30

Whom : man IS guilty. he talks too
much about his Innocence. and gets
caught.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30

The National city bank of New York
averages $162 OO0.00O Of deposits. The
Bank OF England a little more than
S2G,O0O,OO0 average deposits.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30

Only Ritual.-The Lords prayer is
the only ritual the Savior has left. and
il Is a complete statement Of the fun
damentals Of religion.-Rev. Or. f. z.
Hale, Unitarian. Boston, Mass
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-30

Cremation Is not permitted in Ba-
yaria.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-24

Balzac was addicted to the use OF
strong black coffee and depended upon
it as Il nervous stimulant during the
hours which he devoted to compost
ton. Its effect he has himself de-
scribed in these words:
"The coffee falls into your stomach.
Immediately everything starts into ac-
ton. Your ideas begin to move like
Grand Army battalions on the battle
field, and the battle opens Memories
arrive at run, standards flying; the
light cavalry of comparisons breaks
into a magnificent &allop; the artillery
of logic dashes up and unlimbers;
thoughts come rushing up as sharp
shooters; characters spring up on all
sides; the paper becomes covered with
ink, for the struggle has begun and
ends in torrents of black water like
the battle in black powder.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-24

Why do colored people rs rule have
such splendid teeth: Mostly because
they have lived on coarse food, which
made demands on the teeth. People
as rule now do not want to do any
chewing. They demand meat which
is SO tender that it will melt in
the mouth, etc. Nature, prodigal as
she is, never bestows anything where
it is not used, and the result is that
the civilized races are losing their
teeth If the style continues to forbid
our teeth to DO any grinding, our prog
eny of, say, 1902 A. u. will be born
toothless or with only rudimcntary
teeth AS individuals we cannot grow
good teeth in our heads by eating
coarse food We are beginning to get
bad teeth by heredity. But there is
almost no tooth or bone forming ma
terial in fine white -four and the avoid
ance of coarse foods undoubtedly has
tens the decayng of our teeth. Per-
haps the millers and the dentists are
in secret league to work for mutual
interests. Who knows:
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-24
THE WORST FORM.g

Mcltitudes are singing the praises
of Kodol, the new discovery which is
making so many sick people we'll and
weak pc Pile strong by digesting what
they ca, by cleansing and sweetening
the stomach and by Transforming
their food into the kind OF pure, rich,
red blood that makes you feel good all
over. Mrs. Crandll, of Troy, I. r.,
writes: For a number of years | was
troubled with indigestion and dyspep.
STA which grew into the worst form.
Finally l was induced to use Kodol
and after using four bottles am en-
tirely cured. l heartily recommend
Kodol to all sufferers from indigestion
and dyspepsia. Toxic a dose ats.
meals. 1t digests what YOU SIT.
K. A. Drown.
Red Gloss Pharmacy. Is.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-24

A prominent watch manufacturer Is
said TO he continually Delayed with
questions as to where all the watches
60 This country makes them ut the
rate of 5000 Il day, and this rate is
kept up year in and year out, added 20
by countless importations.
81 never was able to answer the
question" said the manufacturer. NO
body in the trade ever tries TO. We
find that the life of watch is but five
years, yet If you will stop fifty men
and ask how long they have carried
their watches forty-nine of them Will
say they have only had one watch in
their entire lives.
I'VE cannot explain the disappear
ance of watches. They do not 20 into
the ash bins. l remember when the
New Jersey watch factories closed
that in ten years we could not find one
of their watches anywhere. They had
disappeared off the face of the earth,
yet millions had been made. Look at
the key watches. Up to some twenty
years ago we made nothing else. In
that twenty years these millions and
millions of key winding watches have
disappeared, and the question asked
unremttingly, What becomes Of the
Watches?' remains unanswered to this
y."-Jewelers' CircularWeekly.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-24
sWAYNE's COLUMN SAFE.
Manning Cables Reassuring News
From SOmaliland.

London, Oct PA message received
at the foreign office here from General
Manning dated Berbera, capital of
Somaliland, British East Africa, an
nounces that the force commanded by
Colonel Swayne, which was threat
ened with destruction by the army
commanded by the mad mollah, has
reached Bohotle in safety. General
Manning's message adds:
Colonel Swaynes force was not at
tackled during its retirement. The sit
uation consequently is more satisfac-
tory, but do not cancel the orders
warning a Punjab regiment to be in
readiness in case it is wanted, as fur
ther developments must be awaited.
The wounded are all doing well, and
no anxiety concerning the wounded
officers need be felt. The Alden de-
tachment is expected and will go for
ward at once
The news from Somaliland caused
great satisfaction here and relieved
the keen anxiety felt as to the fate of
the British expedition. General Man
ning's message was promptly forward
ed to King Edward.