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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26
OVER A WATERFALL.

Author Made an Awful Trip, but
Came Out Alive.
The author of Twenty Years in the
Near East relates the story of singu-
lar adventure which befell him while.
he was fishing in one of the rivers of
Montenegro. The story recalls at once
all those foolish and usually fatal at
tempts to go over Niagara Falls in a
barrel. The writer had followed up the
stream for a mile or so when he came to
"a waterfall some forty or fifty feet in
height Seeking a place to cross, he
went above the fall and decided to
make the venture on some smooth,
moss grown stones a few feet above
the fall
The stream, he says, was twenty feet
wide, perhaps, and / started cautiously,
feeling my way along with the water
just over my toes. was midway of the
stream when a pebble shifted, my foot
slipped, and the next moment | was
down and plunging over the fall | had
not time TO save myself or think more
than that this was the end of life for
me.
/ struck a stone with my foot and
turned complete somersault in the
air. and then l knew nothing After Il
= bile l recovered consciousness. and
was amazed to find myself alive. | was
lame in every joint. but found myself
able to walk and move my arms. dis
covered this much. and then l tainted.
This happened two or three times, and
each time the water revived me.
Two peasant women came along, and
with their assistance / managed to get
back to the hotel, where it was found
that two of my ribs were broken, a
wrist badly spraired, one arm splinter
- :.ud my thigh terribly bruised My
watch, in a neavy, double hunting-t 4se,
w2s smashed to atoms. even the Jewels
in the holes being punched out.
Why | was not killed outright by
such a fall will always remain d mys-
spyv
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26

Now is the accepted time. now is the
day of salvation" is a tremendous truth
which should have place in every prayer
meeting some time during the year; aud
immediate, decided. unconditional surrcn-
der to God should be urged far, far often
err than it is.
Do not veil the invitation to become
Christ's follower. SOMETIMES. at least,
make the decision clear-crt and definite.
Do not always ask the neonyerted to
rise with the Christians, though that is
sometimes a good way. Sometimes ask
for definite. individual decision, though
it may be hard to make. 1t will mean
much more if it is thus individual and
particular.
Do not be discouraged or give UP the
plan because no one rises when the in
vitation is given. Repeat it at the next
meeting and the next. To be sure, there
is such thing as repeating it too often.
until it becomes a formal and meaning
less matter; but, as | said. the danger
in these days is all the other way, that
the invitation viii not be given half
often enough The fisherman who
catches no fish with the first cast of the
net tries again and again until SOM
are enclosed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26
Low IDEALS SHOW FAILURES.
BY Rev PoIemus N. Swift

If you begin with the choice of and de-
votion to low ideal You Rave laid the
foundation of first-class failure. Every
one will say he has failed who has wreck
ed very ship in his fleet Of prospects. But
lie is not the only failure. There are fail
ures and failures. If you reach
goal lower than you ought to have
reached you viii have written the
dreaded word across the record &C
your lives If you end by being less
than you might have been, you have fail
ed, no matter what the world says of you.
To be content with the lower when one
has the ability to reach the higher is to
be a traitor to ones best better nature
and larger hopes.
If you add TO a low ideal the habit or
practice of discounting the future, You
will make failure doubly certain. 1t is
eternally impossible that tomorrow shall
be what it ought to be if to-day ii not
what it ought to have been.
IF you spend the best years of yoTr
life in sowing wild oats then, no matter
what you do after that, Won will reap a
harvest of wild oats. God and nature
keep a strict account with every soul.
There are more people who are dis
counting the future and in more ways
than you would ever dream. Spending
money before you earn it; living beyond
your income: working on your nervo, or.
taking stimulants to keep up your nerve;
putting off till tomorrow the work that
ought TO be done to-day; cultiyating hab-
It's that will cost much in nerve ana moral
force to break; course Of conduct that
win lead men 10 trust and respect you
less than you otherwise would; self-iHdul-
genees that win leave son with less ply
steal, mental, moral and spiritual power
than you ought to have for the battles Of
tomorrow; the failure to learn the les
sons Of the days as they are passing. ana
above all the failure 10 seek first the
Kingdom Of God and its riehteousn ess, Is
So to discount the future as TO make sue
cess in that future an absolute inpossi-
bility
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26
Town Has Only One Party.

Marathon County has one town that
enjoys the distinction of having only one
political party represented. Many years
ago the town of Franzen was settl j by
4 small colony of Swedes. As the male
members became naturalized citizens they
Joined the ranks of the Republicans. Al
though they have always adhered to the
doctrines of their party, as often as an
election is held one of them is forced to
vote the Democratic ticket. since, accord
ing TO law, before an election can Va held
in town. an election board NUT be
appointed which shall at least represent
two political parties The one TO whom
falls this task is generally chosen by lot.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26
|l57hIz ~ POPULAR
I p Pulpit |

public service set forth Ia our colleges
and universities and their settlements"
and extensions" in the humanixation of
law, in the increased sensitiveness TO snf-
fering, In the multiplication of hospitals.
in the growth of an army of nurses, in
prison reform, in social emeloration and
III the clarifeation of the ideas which lie
ut the basis of human progress. Our true
advance has been not in mechanical in
veutions, or in methods of c0mmuhiea-
ton and transit, but in the leavening of a
larger mass by the forces Inherent in
c. 'stianity. Ours is the era of spiritual
expansion. Never was the army of faith
larger, or missionary activity both at
home or abroad greater. Many who least
profess 90 be actuated by the command
meats of Jesus are really doing his work.
1t is not for the Masters disciples to re-
buke those who initiate the Christ, though
they are not in the circle of the twelve.
or even in the corporation.
In reality, this is religious age.
Though labels may be rewritten or trans
ferred, the trend of things is nearness to
the divine founder. and this is increasing
ly manifest--whether to whom tradition
is hallowed like it or notify the removal
tween the men of to-day and the Son of
Man. To those who see the reality of
things there is transformation, indeed,
but it is of the tree, not of the cloud !;
that is normal and beautiful evolution.
Those who realize that all true progress
in Christianity consists in deeper in
sight and closer apprehension of the orig
inal ideas of the Master will not be cast
down, but cheered. This much is certain,
that when the church lives more like her
Master and goes forth seeking to save,
when she more clearly apprehends the
truth which he lived before he taught it,
when she substitutes the simplicity of his
teachings for the vast aecumulations
which have been deposited upon it, when
she stands for righteousness and for
righteousness only, there viii be nothing
TO mourn over either in the phenomenon
or the leavening. There are not two Cos
pels, but only one. Between those who
seek worldly culture and selfish gain on
the one hand, and those who are on fire
for God in self-denial, there will always
be contention. Yet. although renuncia-
ton and sacrifice will ever form part of
true religion, yet self-culture and the
Wilderness of life are equal factors in the
| one undivided scheme of eternal evolu-
ton. The church that has the widest out
look and which most fully ministers to
the needs and service of the human rcul,
will never lack for members. Only as
the good news of God are made con
vincingly clear and the church becomes
more like her seeking, healing and saw
ing founder, can the decline in church
mem bership both as to quality and uuan.
tity be arrested. There is no other pat
ent medicine or prescription of the fac
| ulty that can heal her disease.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26
Brief stase happenings.

Mrs Bowman Of Boston has bought
the clifford Hotel property on Oconomo-
voc lake.
Joe Newbone Of Pound, while working
on corn shredder, got his hand caught
and had it nearly torn off.
DIR. w. ]. Griffin Of Ashland has been
notified Of his appointment as physician
for the La Pointe Indian agency to sac
coed the late DR.. Davidson.
Charges of characterization have been
preferred against Surfman Charles Mey-
land Of the life-saving crew at Milwau-
kee because he refused to obey Mrs. Oh
sen, wife Of the captain commanding the
crew, and scrub her floor
The school house in the town Of Little
River was struck by lightning in ,bun-
derstorm and burned TO the ground Miss
Edna Mcdowell, the teacher. and the
pupils were all stunned by the shcek aud
were rescued unconscious from the burn
ing building by n gang Of laborers.
An unknown man shot Miss Jennie
Gilowski while she was walking on a
country road near Coleman. causing Sc
rious injuries. a posse Of neighb0rs
armed with shotguns searched for the as
SlIlaut with iNE HittuilDA 70 lynch MIN
if caught. Miss Gilowsk says the shoot
ing was done by welldressed, smooth
faced young man.
The iron mines situated three miles
south Of North Freedom is a place Of
interess these days. The new industry
started last May is opening mp finely and
it il expected that ore will be shipped
within three months.
The general store If +. o. Dorwin at
Mnocqna was broken into and the safe
was wrecked with explosives. The lob
beers secured about 800 in money. Val
liable papers were left in the safe TN
touched. The opera house saloon, owned
by Robert Farrell. was also broken into.
but only so cents WIS secured.
while an employe Of the Eunnemacher
& Yogel farm at Hartiand was leading
a valuable Guei ,:eey COW belonging to
John Bart Of Milwaukee, the animal took
fright. broke away, and while running at
full speed. caught a horn in the earth.
The animal turned a complete somer-
sault in the air, the fall breaking its
neck.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26
sea Val for Ntilwnnkee.

Contracts for improvements in Mil
waukee harbor which will require the ex-
penditure of about $240,o00 will he let
about New Years on bids TO be opened
in the United States engineers office in
Milwaukee Dec IS. Advertisements
have been published in Milwaukee, Chi
cago and Detroit papers asking bids on
concrete to replace sections of the wood
en- superstructure on the Milwaukee har-
Dor sea wall and the north harbor pier.
The award of the contracts. which will
provide for the completion of the job
next summer, viii be the first step to-
ward permanent harbor improvements,
which will probably occupy ten or twelve
years and require the expenditure of
from Sf000,oo0 to S1,500,000 of funds
from the national treasury.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26
WISCONSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
Little 10y Disappears After killing
Baby Sister Milwaukee to Have New
Sea wan-oniy One Party at Franzen
Locomotive Fireman Killed.

Mr.. and Mrs. John De Keyser of the
town of Prehle are distracted over the
disappearance of their O-year-old son.
The hoy accidentally shot and killed his
little sister few days ago At the time
of the accident he was SO badly fright
ened that he ran and hid in hay stack.
His father found him. but the lad refused
to speak and acted queer!y, The day
following the funeral he disappeared aud
no trace of him has since been found.
Hunting parties have been out every day
securing the country fer some trace of
the child. but all their efforts have proven
futile, 1t is feared that the boy has
wandered into the woods and persisted IF
cold and exposure. The killing of the
little girl was a horrible shock to the boy.
His mother had gone out into the yard,
leaving him in charge of his baby sister.
Their, was gun standing in the corner
of the room and the boy began playing
with t. In some manner it was dis
charged and the top of the baby's head
was blown off
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26
Or. Gosson,'s
Oxygen Tonic Tablets

They are famous for their building power where the
blood is depleted where the nerves are in dis
eased condition, or the action of the bowels or the
working ofthe digestive organs are in any way soth
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where this remedy is taken according to directions,
and many cases may be cited here, wherein serious
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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26
Rei1s snread. Wreckinr Train.

As an east bound freight on the main
line of the Omaha road was passing Me
nomonie Junction the rails spread, throw
ing the engine from the track. The en-
CINE piowed through the earth for about
eighty feet, tearing up platforms and
finally Embedding itself in the ground.
The thirty-two cars in the train were
piled up in all shapes. five OF them be-
ing shivered to kindling wood and ten
others badly wrecked. John j. Kane,
the fireman, whose home is in New Rich
mond, was caught between the engine
and tender an65 so badly crushed that he
will die No one else was hart.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26
Twenty Year suit Is Ended.

The Howell case" which has been in
litigation for a score of years, has been
decided. Judgment was rendered in the
Circuit Court in Oshkosh in favor of the
plaintiffs in the action, Mrs. Mary l.
Rowell Mrs. Jennie Beichl, Walden T..
Rowell, Edla f. Rowell and Clarence l.
Rowell, against the defendants j. $.
Rowell, the J. S. Rowell Manufactur-
ing Company, its stockholders, and Geo.
f. Mortin, in the sum of S19,0s0.6o and
costs Of action. estimated at $4,000.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26
How'a This.

we sYer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
eag case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured By
siEil's Catarrh Cure.
z. j. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo. o.
We, tile undersigned. hs.ve known +. j. Cheney
for the last u years. an / believe him perfectly
sEaRarabls Ia all bush transactions and nnail-
e4sIiy able to carry out my obligation made By
Elastr aFfn.
West & Truax. Wholesais Druggists, Toiedo, o.
WSldIpg, Kinnan & Ma vim, Wholesale Drug
kfszs. Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
ssfrsrtfy upon the blood and mucous surfaces q
fees system Price 75e. per bottle Sold bJ Al
1Tsasxfgsz. Testimonials free.
Halfs Family Pills are the hest.
A. j. JOHNSON & CO.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26
Shoots and kilis Playmate.

Jens Nelson, a 14-year-old boy, shot
and killed his playmate. Albert Ecker. Z
years of age. at BALDWIN The boys
were playing at Nelson's home, when he
went into the house and brought out
loaded shotgun. soon after something
Albert did angered young Nelson and he
leveled the gun mt the lad. The latter
not thinking he would shoot stood still
and received the charge in the head, aud
was instantly killed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26
Burglars Binl and Gag Clerk.

Raymond Blakeslee, clerk in DIR. G. u.
SINNERS drug store at Hartland, was
awakened by the presence Of men IN the
store. Selling a revolver, he came to
the front of the store. but before he could
fire the revolver was knocked out of his
hands and he was bound and gagged. The
burglars then took $3.50 from Balkeslee
and left the store. The clerk was diseoy-
cred some hours later.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26

@Does your Bachelors Suicide Club
-ssTer no alternatives when it comes a
mans turn to take his own life?'
--WeIl-a--he can get married. -
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26
DRAWING THE NET.
by Rev. r. e. Clark, D. D.

| believe the great
danger in these days
is not of asking PEG,
pie too often to de
eide for Christ, OF
of asking it in M
unwise, perfunctory
or unpleasant way,
but of not giving the
invitation at ali,
This is the danger
in a hundred Socie-
ties whore one may
overdo it, or do il
y5rat1 civ
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26

Free WiIi--How sublime is the facul-
ty of free will II Is a gift which dis
tinguisbes you from the brute creature,
for man is the only creature On earth
that enjoys moral freedom.-Cardinal
Gibbons, PcmaH Catholic, Baltimore,
Nd.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26
Loss Of Flesh

When you can't eat break
Fast, take SCOTS Emulsion.
When you can't eat bread
and butter, take SCOTS
Emulsion. When you have
been living on a milk diet and
want something a little more
nourishing, take SCOTS
Emulsion.
10 get fat you must eat
fat. SCOTS Emulsion is a
great fattener, a great
strength giyer.
Those who have lost flesh
want to increase all BODY
tissues, not only fat. SCOTS
Emulsion increases them all,
bono, flesh, blood and
nerve.
For ir,yaEids, for con.
valesces1.tts, for consumptives.
for weak children, for all
who need flesh, SCOTS
Emulsion is a rich and COM
Portable food, and a natural
4oTsic.
\coft's Emulsion for bone,
aesh, blood and nerve.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-26
Fire You
Perfectly WeIl?

ARNOLD & DAVIS, with a desire to give
his patrons the most reliable remedy with the most
potent power of action and benefit, has secured
the agency for
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-16
SHORT ON all PINE /
Northwestern Retailers Put to It
to Supply Their Trade.
BETTER CONDITIONS IN SIGHT
Here and More Are
Coming.

Retail lumber dealers in the northwest
are finding it difficult to maintain stocks
large and complete enough to supply the
wants of-their. trade. The shortage is not
in white pine alone. Manufacturers of
yellow pine and Pacific coast lumber are
unable to meet zthe demands of the trade.
The demand has increased so rapidly in
the past three years that manufacturers
in every part of the country have been
unable to increase their capacity fast
enough to supply 1t. The white pine
manufacturers have had additional
trouble in the scarcity of logs and espe
cially those kinds from which the higher
grade boards are manufactured.
Local lumbermen are pleased oyer the
improved driving conditions in Minnesota
streams. The Mississippi Valley Lumber
man says logs are now moving freely in
the small streams in the northern and
central part of theStstate. The rear OF
the Rollins drive arrived at Minneapolis
Yesterday and the supply here now
amounts to 4oo0o,000. feet. big crew is
at work bringing in drive estimated at
100 OOO, 900 feet between here and Little
Falls The Minneapolis mills can now de-
pend on a fair days supply but night
saving is still the exception. Two mills
are operating with double shift and
the c. A. Smith mill will start. The rise
in the river is expected to put all in
position to do night and day saving with
in a short time. - ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-16
ST. PAUL .ELKS ENTHUSED
They'll Turn In and Help the Min
neanOIis Carnival

They'll Turn In and Help the Min
e. s7.. neapo1is Carnival.
St. Paul Elks are all advertising the
Minneapolis Elks' June fair to-day. They
are not only advertising it by word of
mouth, but every Elk in the other town
is carrying large three sheet" carni
val souvenir on the left lapel of his coat.
These souvenirs, which bear the familiar
salutation: Hello. ,Bill-Something Do
.ing-Elks' Carnival, June 2-14," were
distributed among the st. Paul Elks at
a social session given in their lodge
room last evening in honor of fifty visit
ing brothers from Minneapolis, who came
over to tell them about the fair. The
hosts, who are taking lively interest in
the big show, were invited to take part
in the opening day parade, and they
agreed to come in force.
: The conferences now being held between
Minneapolis and st. Paul chauffeurs in
preparation for the opening day. parade,
will probably lead to the organization of
a twin city automobile club. The move
ment has already been set on foot and
has been enthusiastically received by the
auto owners of both towns. Names and
addresses of prospective entries in the
parade should be sent to H. H. Kenkel,
chairman of the automobile committee,
room 8, Flour Exchange building, Mime
apol1s.,[
There is to be children's day. an or
+ phan children's day and an Eagles
Day." Special arrangements will be made
for the entertainment f the order OF
Eagles, Friday, June s. Thousands OF
Eagles will attend the annual conven-
ton, to be held here at that time..
AShetland pony will be given away on
children's day, when babies will be
checked free of charge by the New Eng
land Furniture company, which will pro-
vide baby jumpers and attendants.