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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-20

to cooperate with the headquarter staff of the first aid department in the formation of classes. appeal earn estly to physicians in every town in the United States to render their aid Next to the stricken victim and inn mediate friends will the kind-hearted doctor appreciate this timely and intel ligent help.
 appeal to every employer of labor throughout the country, on behalf of this movement. need not remind him that it is a duty, for his own kind heart will call him with tender care to the welfare and safety of those whom circumstances and conditions have, for the time being, made his own; their we'll being is his, and the protection from the inevitable dangers surrounding them will be his first care. My own convictions assure me that this appeal will be heard and respond ed to. I have known my country peo- pie, their good Judgment, good hearts and generous natures too well to per- init moments s doubt.
 We have established headquarters for this department at 31 East Seven teenth street, (Unfon square) New York city, where all inquiries relative to the Red Cross emergency corps and the formation of classes should be ad- dressed to the general superintendent. The plan of reorganization includes the formation of a finance committee, con- sisting of men of national reputation, who shall have entire charge of the funds of the Red Cross. This course is made necessary by the increased
 scope of the work contemplated, and
 also because it is most desirable that
 when one returns, worn and weary
 from a field of work, that no question shall arise as to the proper distrfbu- 1 tion of the funds.
 I offer no excuse for making this ap- 1 peal beyond the vast importance of 1 the work and the strong, ever present | desire to see that work which has been 1 a part of my life, grow into a great, beneficent institution that shall be worthy of this country and it's people; l to see the Red Cross badge of honor and distinction, and to know that the time will come when the active mem-
 bers of the American Red, Cross will | form the legion d'honneur of the l United States.
 1 CLARA BARTON,
 President American National Red Cross.
 New York, May 19, 1903.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-20
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1903.

Alderman Curtis of New Britain, who is also a builder and contractor, tells the New Britain Herald ''to go to thunder wherever that is. The al- derman is building the new grammar school and is considered too slow about it by the Herald, hence the request to go to. Perhaps it would be just as well if city officials were not allowed to bid on city work and do it at their leisure or pleasure.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-20
..In the twenty-three years of our ex

sIn the twenty three years of our ex- istence we hotel men have seen many political upsets,' says Simeon Ford, a well known boniface. "We have seen the rascals turned out and the good people come in, and we have rejoiced' We have seen the good people turned out and the rascals come back again
 and we have rejoiced still more. We hotel men like change. That's what we are i'll the business for! All these different parties accomplish something for good. Some make the city good
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-20
SHIRT WAISTS.

Substantial cottons, semi-transpar- ent stuffs. nets and other sheer ma tarial are all equally fashionable just now for the making of shirt waists.
 Among the material that make up crisp and fresh and will stand wash ing through the season chambray pfque. cotton vesting, dimity and per- cale are good examples
 Most of the new chambray waists are trimmed with heavy embroidery on the wide fronts, stocks and cuffs. The grape pattern, worked in the natural color of the fruit and in white silk, is far and away the leading design in these. Some have the front plain and a cluster of grapes embroidered on each side of the center space while still others have plainly cut fronts and small units of design embroidered all over from the stock to the belt lines. Cotton vestfng with it's neat plaids or fine narrow stripes is to be seen in many tailored shirt waists that are trimmed merely with. stitching few plaits, very narrow piping sometimes on straps of the same material and with large buttons. The latter mode of trimming these is 1par excellence" the newest touch to cotton vesting waists Very often four large buttons in double breasted effect at the upper part of the front make the sole dis tinctive feature of a waist of this kind. Buttons of porcelain painted with flowers of fancy heads are used for these. The buttons can easily be removed when the waist is to be laun- dered
 A great many pique waists are to be seen of the polka dot designs with sew eraI rows of stitching on all the suit able edges in cotton to match the dots. Piaue being somewhat heavy does not admit of much trimming that will add to it's thickness. The stitching is therefore happy scheme for it. One waist of this kind of small black polka dot pattern was made with double box plait down the center of the front, each edge being stitched in five rows of black cotton. Three small side plaits ran down from each shoulder seam. Stitching ornamented these in in straps" running five inches in length. A stock and wide cuffs, stitch ed on all the edges in five rows of cot ton, gave the waist decidedly trim med appearance without adding any thing perceptible to it's weight
 Blind cambric embroidery is used very often on many of the waists of percale- One of these, made of do nestle percale of pale green, with, a white fieur-de-lis pattern, has three rows of inch wide insertion in a yoke effect running down in a point in the center of both back and front. Cuffs running up in points on the outside of 1 the full sleeves and a stock of the embroidery make a very pretty and de- sirable waist.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-22
A Narrow Escape.

An amusing wedding incident oc-
Cured recently in a country village.
The bride. evidently anxious at the
near approach of the ceremony hour.
sent the bridesmaids zone OF whom
was the young mans sister, on to
await her ut the church. This action
nearly lost her her husband. When
the bridesmaids reached the church
they observed the punctual bride.
groom patiently waiting Mt the chan.
eel steps. The lonely misery of his
position touched their hearts, and in
stead of waiting in the porch for the
heroine Of the day. they good-natured-
~ walked down the aisle and stood
beside him In silent sympathy. Where
upon the organist opened the proceed.
ings, the clergyman began the SER
vice. and the bridegroom was nearly
united in matrimony to his own sister
before any one had the presence of
mind to utter word OF warning. The
momentous question, "Wilt thou have
this womang" had been reached when
the bride oppdrtunely appeared. and,
after explanations and apologies. the
ceremony was Jegun again.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-22

retire to the tops of the highest trees
tohihernate. | did not azure the matter
They never argue In Montana.
s%Heard the howl of mountain Hon
one evening when returning to camp.
Was informed that he was bowling to
pass away the time and that he prob
ably hadn't heard of my being out there
Maden no remarks. Remarks don't so in
Montana i
Descended into a canyon $50 feet
deep. Not being lighted by electricity
and all the stores being closed 1t was
rather lonesome down there Visitors
to aIontana are helped into the depths
of canyons without extra charge.
Saw the tracks of an elk. Might
have seen the elk which made the
tracks il had followed the tra.A three
or four weeks longer. Was neither en-
couraged nor discouraged by the people.
They let you do as yc want to In
Montana.
Saw man hung for stealing a
horse 1t wasn't clear whether it was
horse or a steer, but as he wanted TO
be hung they didn't split hairs over it.
The people of Montana are an accom-
m,'dating lot. They would have hung
me had | requested II,
This is all. Do not fail to speak of
'Le as an eminent citizen and one large
! ~ Interested in the future of Detroit
and see that the proofs of this article
are read twice and are clear of mis-
| takes. Detroit Free Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-22
ReApY EoR PUBLICATION



Man Who Had Visited Montana kaew
~ What Papers Wanted,
4 Detroiter who had been spending
two rothre months In Montana arrived
home the other day. and when a re
porter called at his house TO interview
him the little affair was found % be
typewriter, and all ready for instant
delivery, says the Detroit Free Press.
1t reads as follows:
Il gained fifteen pounds.
Haven't felt so well for ten years.
Climate of Montana Is the most glor-
ious In the world.
Saw many Indians. Saw many In
dams playing poker
Bought an Indian blanket to bring
home. After boiling 1t for a week or so
it will be left out for about forts nights
to freeze.
Bought several Indian arrows stain
ed with blood Didn't ask whether it
was human blood or cows blood. They
never make any explanations in Mon
tana
Rode a bucking broncho. Usual re-
suits followed Broncho also broke his
neck at the same time.
Was impressed by tho mountains.
Have returned home dissatisfied With
Michigan because she has none.
Saw many genuine cowboys Was
rather disappointed to find most of
them dnacons Of churches, but was as
sured s3at they couldn't help 1t.
WAS out after grizzly bears several
times, but obtained no interviews. Was
told that this was tltf season when they
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-22
a lApANssE MtEs
Neritabie Diary, of "a Brtae in the
Mikado' ) king iom.

eehsHe'-f'
There is chapter In "Kotto," LAT.
cadlo Hearns latest book, which pos
sesses unique interest 1t contains the
yeritable diary Of Japanese woman
of humble station. and besides giving
incidents, Of her marriage and married
life, shows, I'M some pathetic verses
that the mother-heart is the same in
Japan as IN America. The niSt entry
in the diary runs thus;
On the evening of the twenty fifth
day of the ninth month of the twenty
eighth year of Neil liS95l the man of
the opposite house came and asked,
AS for the eldest daughter of this fam.
lily. is II agreeable that she be disposed
of in marria ger
The match was quickly arranged; 50
quickly, indeed, that the wedding took
place within few days, and it was
only the day before the ceremony that
the bride went to tell her brother-in-
law and married sister.
Il went to Goto's." she records, but
when / saw him | felt afraid to, say
exactly what l had come TO say. l
suggested ii only by telling him, To
morrow have to go to a strange house
Cioto immediately asked, AS an honor
able daughtea-in-lawT After hesitatlng.
answered, Yes What kind of a
persona Goto asked. | answered. If
| had left myself able TO look at him
long enough TO form any opinion,
would not have put mother to the
trouble of going with me. 'Aine san
Glider sister)r he exclaimed Then
what was the use Of going to see him
at all? But he added, in more pleas
ant tone, bet me wish you luck. Amy.
how | said, tomorrow II win be. -
The bridegroom was a poorly paid
doorkeeper. She was warned that he
was exacting, but the diary records
no complaints from the Woodworking
wife; on the contrary, her affectionate
content soon becomes manifest. and
there are entries showing duty diversl-
fed by inexpensive pleasures-the coun.
try. dinner of cells at watersde
restaurant.
Gradually. however. the joyous fades
from the pages; for her three children
all died in babyhood. In Japan the
humbIest seek relief in poetic utterance
in time of grief, and the heart broken
mothers sorrow is poured out in pite-
Gus little snatches of verse. Even in
the bare prose version. her lament for
her little daughter does not become
prosaic
Never had | dreamed fiat such h
thing could befall me. My only thoughts
were as TO how my Hatsu could be
reared. When she grows up, thought
we shall find her a good husband to
make her life happy. So, never going
out for pleasure-seeking. | studied only
how to care for my little one-how to
love and to cherish my husband and
my Hatsu. Now, while husband and
wife each clasping the hands of the
/ other. make lament together, II any
one pausing ut the entrance should lis
ten to their sorrow. surely the paper
window would be moistened by tears
from without"
/ After her third bereavement the
| mother herself faded and died. leaving
| the record of her brief welded year,
/ inscribed in schoolgirl characters-fol
she was but slightly educated--on {
few leaves pierced with silken string
/ lying in her work basket.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-22
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
A WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
Death Hides in Coal-RaiIroad from
Milwaukee 20 East st. Louie Project
ed La Crosse Unions Invoke Obsolete
Laws Heiress Marries conchnan.

Powder in anthracite coal caused an
explosion at the home Of John Giibay,
Racine mail carrier and his daughter
may die of injuries she received. The
coal had been placed in the stove few
moments befdre the explosion. The
stove was blown To atoms by the explo-
sion and coal was thrown in every diree-
ton. One Of the pieces of iron from the
stove struck the l4-year-ola daughter OF
Mr. Gilbay and severely injured her
Pieces Of coal Were thrown into cradle
in which two little children were sleep
ing. but they escaped without injury,
Neighbors heard the explosion and rush
ed to the house They found the room
filed with deadly gas and the mother
struggling TO get her five children out
into the open air. The little ores We're
carried out through the wlndo... The
room was badly wrecked AM almost nj.
of the furniture was completely demnl-
ished. Mr.. Gilbay bought the coal from a
local dealer and this was the first ghue
he used any of it. 1t is thought that
some of the blasting powder used in
mining did not explode When the blast
was fired and that it remained in the
coal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-22
All Over the State.

Ed Johns was Killed while driving a
bus from the depot at Athens. He fell
from his seat breaking his neck.
Percy NJ. Clark, prominent and pop
ular young society man of Appleton. was
killed by falling tree in the woods
near Wiettenberg. where he was eIn-
played with a Northwestern Railway
surveying party
Newton King, who pleaded guilty 10 Il
charge of bigamy. was sentenced by
Judge Goodland of Crandon. to two
years III Waupun prison. King eloped
with the young daughter Of Postmaster
Delamater of Laona.
At Racine Henry Strauss was arrest
ed on the charge of threatening to kill
his divorced wife. Strauss paid fine
of $40 and costs the charge having been
changed to carrying concealed weapons.
The divorced wife refused to appear
against her former husband.
Because of family trouble Of long
standing. Thomas Colleran, aged 10
years. emptied the contents Of double
barrel shotgun into the arm and breast
of his brother James, aged 10, nj Gale
donia The injured mans arm has been
Ames Holbrook was instantly killed at
Mosinee by load OF lumber falling on
his head Holbrook had crawled under
the load to take out the kiHgbolt vhcn
the team started and the load dropped
from the from trucks, catching his head
between the lumlar and the ground. He
was Al years old and is .Hrvivel by
wife and six children
Joseph Cook, - years old. was drown
cd in the Eau Claire River at Gallon
Station. He was giving an exhibition to
bystanders by walking over the OYER
head trestle work when be lost his bal
anee ard fell into the water.
The body Of an unknown infant was
found in the woods near Fall City by
Charles Harshman and Jack Dodge. II
had been placed in a boz, and evidently
had been there all winter Coroner Gal
laway. Of Menomnee was set for and
upon arriving there feur3 that the re-
mains had Disappeared. = thorough in
vestigation wilshe made
Guy Eager. who recently d.-appa8red
from Chicago, having 500 IN his pork-
st. and supposed TO have been murdered,
has written his mother is Racine. say
ins he is located 81 Springfield. Ill
Roilin Wolff tho 4-year-old sou IF Mr..
and AI=-, Adalph Woif Of Milwauk sc.
who feu hHo q 5ui 81 boiling Hater at
the home of GIetav Mueller. where tbe
family IL visiting il Mauuowor. 3ied
If his injuries
The Governav -as named Judge r. &.
Siebecker 20 fill opt tie uBez pir..i term
Of Justice G. y. Barieen GA fhc supreme
bench and has appoiniez r. Hay Stevens
Of MGdisoa 70 succeed Judge Sirls,.s-r
D. Judge VI the Ninth Judicial Clrc,lii
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-22
HOPE Has NO INCIDENCE.

BY Rev. A. LazeHby.
Ian Maclaren has recently said that
a great change has come Ia the at
titude of dyins; men and women to-
ward human destiny. Men are more
anxious about the welfare of those
they leave behind. Granted that this
is provided for, ueath may come as
soon as it likes. 1t has no terrors for
them.
Nor is this attitp1e an unreasonable
or an unnatural one Il may indeed
spring from a more perfect trust in
God or it may mean tlat the doubt
about living again may simply ex-
press itself more openly. But what
is unreasonable is the turn given to
this feeling. 1t is assured that I'M
mortality depends upon mans wish
for it and that when men have ce-Sed
to desire to live again therefore they
will not live again. The falldcy of this
is apparent the moment you think of
it.
Does our own existence In this world
depend upon our wish? How many OF
us desired to be born? How many of
us have sometimes wished we never
had been born? Yet it makes no diff
ference. We ARE here and here we
have to bide till our time comes. So
the future life does not depend upon
mans wish for it-not even the be-
lief in it, They never have depended
on it. Nay, the belief has persisted
in spite of mems wishes. They have
felt that it was something which had
to be and they could not get away
from it, Apart from any wishing man
feels II must he So
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-22

Children in Heayen.-Why should
children be taken? Who can train
them better than the angels and the
spirits beyond the grave? If every
not be a child in Heaven. They would
rob Heaven il they could. They are
mercifully taken from the evil that is
to come. They are taken that Heaven
may be brighter and better when we
get there Rev. q. T. Thompson.
Baptist. Philadelphia. Pa
Nearly one-third Of our immigrants
are now from southern Italy. the worst
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-22
New Railroad Is Projected.

The Milwaukee and Southern Rail
way Company which win construct a
railway line from Milwaukee to East
st. Louis H.. has organized by fling
articles with the Secretary of State at
Madison. The motive power 10 be used
is not stated. but it is understood il
WA be an electric line. The company is
ore 2nized with $4,000 capital stock.
The incorporators are Earl PARCELS,
Roy r. Tabor, Robert \, Peet. Chicago,
and John B. Wallace and Harry 4. Por-
ter, Mukwonago. The line. which will
be about 500 miles in length. will run
through the counties of Milwaukee, Wan
kesha, Racine, kenosha, Rock and W l.
worth, in Wisconsin, thence south to
East ST Louis
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-22
SIN Is A DISEASE.
BY Rev. Bruce Brown.


Death, nnacy and moral insanity
are the saddest spectacles this world
ever witnesses and the saddest of these
is moral insanity. The new psychol-
ogy has demonstrated tmat mental and
moral health depend upon the right
action of the brain cells and fibers.
Let the brain become deranged ami
mind or morals are certain to be cor
rupted
Mental habits are the result of
thought tracts found in the brain.
When abnormal paths are found by
some disease of the brain or by cor
rupt thoughts habitually cultivated
mental or moral imbecility is the in
evitable result
Every evil thought helps to make a
pathway in the mind through which
the awful products of perverted men
taIity will rush, bringing at last the
destruction of all morals unless the
moral nature shall prove itself strong
enough to close these channels.
1t is as futile to command a Grim
inal or debaucher to reform as it is
to command beggar TO be clothed
and fed with providing the where
withal. When we recognize that all
evil and crime has physical basis
we will be in the way to help men
to higher lives.
To be careless and thoughtltss in
the presence of certain destruction is
an indication of both mental and moral
insanity. The lunatic will deliberate
ly walk into burning building and
drunkard will face indescribable tor
ments and the most fearful form OF
death for the same reason. Each is
a
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-22

The labor unions OF La Crosse have
invoked the law to enforce Sunday clos
ing and promise to close La Crosse up
tight aid enforce the obsolete blue laws
wilich have always remained on the stat
ute books George W, Briebe, a union
barber. was arrested on complaint of
the secretary of the BARRIERS union.
Briebe is accused of opening his shop
on Sunday The trial is creating great
interest about the city, as it will afford
a practical test of the power Of the union
to prevent the breaking of union agree
ments and to do so by enforcing obSo-
lete State laws.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-22
we'd, Her Fatber,s coachman.

Oshkosh society was stirred the other
day by the announcement of the mar
riage of one Of its prominent members
to her fathers former coachman, There
was no el0pement. The parties We're
Miss Barbara Miller, daughter of the
late Colonel l. NJ Miller. formerly
member of Congress. and George Stel-
ger, who was coachman for Colonel Mil
Ter until his death some months ago.
Mrs. Stelzer received by her fathers
will the sum of $4,000, and the Golden
Eagle Block on Main street, which is
worth as much more. Settler has gone
into the real estate business. The mar
riage took place March : at Memomuee
Mich
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-22
Il77fls ! POPULAR
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blessed Eastertide been fixed by the
church at the season when the earth
shakes off her winters sleep; when
the birds come back and the flowers
begin to bloom; when every seed that
falls into the ground and dies. and rises
again. With new body. is a witness
TO us of the resurrection of Christ.
and a witness to us that some day
life shall conquer death. light conquer
darkness, and jay conquer grief in that
realm of immortal being where there
shall be no more death. neither sorrow,
nor crying, neither shan there be any
more pain; for the former things are
passed away. REV. XXI. 4.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-22

Believing he had been robbed Albert
Brown shot Henry Van Dusen. of Madi-
son, and Joseph Van Este, of Columbus,
Ohio, in house known as the -Four
Corners" just west of Kenosha II is
feared both his victims will die. Brown
was captured by Chief of Police keinold
after an exciting struggle. He refuses
to make any statement. 1t is said be
was crazed by drink