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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
Not a Park.

Not n park, but a wilderness, full of
wild beauty and natural disorder. may
we keep the place as nature left it, dis
turbing no landslide where it lies, no
natural dam Of logs and stones heaped
here by mountain freshet. no havoc
of windstorm or avalanche. The wind
fall, with its shaggy spreading roots
full of matted earth and stone, rapidly
being covered with grass and moss.
and the river bed full of bleached
driftwood. each has its own rare quail
ity of picturesqueness, its own fitting
place n this wild harmony. There is
beauty, even in the work of the forest
fire. which has left whole mountain
sides Of freshly scorched pine foliage.
a deep golden red, ~smolderlng in the
sunshine. and many a blackened bit Of
forest, longer burned, leaves an i'm
preston of somber shadows, of silence
and death. which cannot be forgotten.
One even comes 70 begruage this
wilderness. its telephone poles. its
roads. and the excellent stone embank-
ments which keep them from slipping
down the mountainsides into lhe swift
streams below. FOR they detratt from
its wild perfection. We may behold
nature in its softer and more comely
aspects almost anywhere: bu, every
year, with the spread of population In
our country, 1t becomes more difficult
to preserve genuine wilderness places
wbara hfil and forest and stream have
been left exactly as nature made them.
Already our indomitable pioneers,
have driven the wilderness into the
very Businesses of the mountains. so
that only remnants now remain. And
this great Yellowstone Park remnant
has been fortunately set aside by the
government for the enjoyment and In
SEPARATION of the people forever-Cen-
tIlry-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

charges to a famous and fashionable
seaside resort. She is paid by the hour
to come to the house OF FiGo's adoring
mistress and broaden Fido's neral
horizon aud develop his latent genius.
She teaches the dear little fellow to sit
up and bark aud sneeze and beg for
sugar plums; to turn s~omersaults to
shake hands and faint, and otherwise
prove his claim to an intellect of no
mean order.
Furthermore, the g%overness takes
Fido walking every day. His mistress
is often toe busy or too tired to ac-
company him during his hours of exer-
else. She does not trust her var
with the duty Of serving as his escort,
so the governess is paid to accompany
the little dear during his walks
abroad. Her business is to keep him
amused and guard him from low COM
pany.
Last winter the g-overnaSs tutored
more than thirty dogs. At a. certain
hour every morning she takes 10 or II
proteges out on their leashes. She
keeps the peace among them. e e that
they have a good scamper and a roll
on clean grass, teaches them to swim.
fetch and carry. and guards against
their contact with ours that might in
feet them with mango, distemper. or
rabies,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
All over the state.

The State Supreme Court has adjourn
ed to Sept. Z.
Alfred A. Ekagren has been appointed
postmaster of Joel, vice Charles Knot
son, resigned.
Raymond Downie died frora injuries
received at Star Lake while acting as
brakeman ON a logging train.
Luther Hooper, of Palmyra. was seri-
ously injured in a runaway. He received
a scalp wound and a splained foot.
Grin Dorm of Merrill was killed by a
freight train at Foss Spur. He is said
to have fallen from the pilot while beat
ing his way.
William w. MincAle Of 0conomowoc
has received notice that he is one of the
heirs to an estate valued at $29, 100000
left to the AIinekle family by the death
of a distant relative in Holland.
A Wisconsin farmer held up the driver
of an automobile near Milwaukee with a
rifle and commanded him to proceed at
slower speed. Intense feeling in the
State against reckless ehaifeurs.
Allan Butler, supposed 20 be the fifth
member of the gang Of robbers who have
been looting psstofices III Fond du Lac
County, was arrested at the Milwaukee
p~ostofice. Officers chased Batter all
over Wisconsin and Illinois.
The long pending water power litiga-
ton which has kept the city OF Kau-
kama so badly hampered is to be settled.
1t has been computed that property inter
ests amounting to S1,000,000 have been
in diapute for the past twenty-three
years. The matter has been passed upon
in all the courts, Circuit, State and Unit
ed States Supreme, and the decision is
final. Only a few minor points are now
to be arranged between the owners of
water and the owners of the land. when
it is hoped the city will again be in line
to make substantial progress.
While fooling with betting at the big
sawmili in Cumberland, Oscar Root got
caught in the belt and was carried over
the shaft three times before he could be
released. He had bis arm broken in
three places and he was badly bruised.
Alfred Zeitel, a retired Sturgeon Bay
business man, attempted suicide by cut
ting his throat with a razor. He sue
ceeded in severing the windpipe and the
probabilities are he will not recoveT- Con
tinued illness is believed to be the cause.
He is an old resident Of the city and
has several grown children. He is about
e. years Of age.
Miss Agnes Lien, one of the society
leaders Of La Crosse, and j. VI. Sarles,
Of Hiilsboro, \. D.. were married beside
the casket of Mis- Liens dead mother,
the wedIing parry being made up Of the
mourners who came to attend the funer-
al. The hasty wedding was at the moth
er's request.
Three attempts have bean made to
blow Up the home Of B. G. Reynolds, a
farmer living near Mather. Mr.. Rey-
holds has bought a supply Of ammuni-
ton and has caused a warning TO be pub
lished in newspapers that anyone caught
around his home after dark wig be rid
died with bullets" Neutrais are canton
ed to give warning Of their coming
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
FoRrY YEARS AGO.

The first negro regiment raised IN
Pennsylvania started for the South.
United States troops were sent TO ed
gar County, ILL.,, to suppress an OUTBREAK
against the draft officers.
Gen. Sibley's expedition against the
Minnesota Indians ended with a battle
in which fifty redskins were killed.
The bombardment Of Fort Sumter was
begun by twelve Union batteries under
Gen. Gilmore and Admiral Dahlgr-n's
squadron.
Mexican newspapers announced that
the empi-S just established there by
France probably would recognize the
American Confederscy.
Three rebels were publicly whipped at
Springfield, ILL.,, one by a soldier and
the others by citizens. a collection for
the soldier being taken up in the public
square.
Gen. Dix issued an address to the peo-
pie Of New York City announcing that
the draft would be resumed. and that
further rioting would be suppressed by
troops.
4 letter from ex-Gov. Reynolds of Illi-
nois to jefferson Davis was disce erred,
In which the South and the Northern
slave States were urged to secede. and
the South was advised to arm for de-
Tense.
The federal draft. which had resulted
in disastrous riots n month before, was
resumed in New York City nn6er pro-
lection of federal troops. and with the
State militia in readiness at all the ar
mories.
Two hundred Knights Of the Golden
Circle were attacked near Havana, ILL.,,
by United States cavalry. ten being cap
tured and several killed, aud residents
of Havana armed themselves to prevent
the burning Of the town in revenge.
Clement /. Vallandigham. Democratic
candidate for Governor Of Ohio an
nounced that he would conduct his cam
paign from Niagara Falls. Windsor and
Quebec, as President Lincoln refused to
let him enter the couatry because Of his
traitorous speeches.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26


Emperor Alexander Of Russia offered
to mediotc between England and France,
which were then at war,
James Monroe. United States minister
to England, and afterwards President.
was presented to the King at levee in
London.
Theodore T. Tucker, treasurer of the
United States, reported that the first
$4,000 in cents and half cents had
been minted.
Because of constant uprisings the city
of Dublin was divided into fifty districts.
all citizens were ordered to remain in
Icars after 8 p. m, and n full list OF in
mates was ordered posted on the door Of
each house.
The building of Fort Dearborn was
begun on the present site of Chicago by
United States troops under Lieut.. Swear
ingen, who came from Detroit under or
ders from Secretary of War Henry
Dearborn, after whom the new post was
named.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
viii prosecute Raiiroads.

Attorney General T.. NJ. Sturdevant
will shortly tackle the leading railroads
of the State in a series of prosecutions
agaus st the Chicago and Northwestern
and the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
companies for the alleged importation by
these roads of branded and range West
erI horses in violation Of the Wisconsin
law. This importation is alleged to be
threatening to the stock of the entire
State because Of the prevalence of CLAN
ders in the imported animals. This laws
of Wisconsin provide for a system of
inspection and ex animation Of stock to
be imported into Il e State, as 10 whether
it is diseased or has been exposed TO any
dangerous infectious disease. If the
stock, after the required veterinary ex-
animation, is found to be fit and healthy,
a certificate is to be issued. The ship
pcrs and railroad companies have found
the law inconvenient and somewhat ex-
pensive wherever tried and have in most
cases utterly ignored it.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
pAsToR CHOSE mo- PEorLr.

by bfShop Cheney.
Like the famous picture of Rem
brandt, painted by himself, so this is
Chrlst's own portraiture by Christ's
own pencil. Ii would be interesting
t.. traceTne parallel between the orien-
tal~shepherd in his relations to his
flock and Christ in His relations to
His people, but my purpose is rather
TO point out the bearing OF this par
able of the good shepherd upon the
life work of a Christian pastor. For
the name pastor Is only the latin
term for a shepherd. In the repre-
sentation of Himself as the great shep-
herd OF the sheep our Lord has
defined exactly what the pastor Of a
congregation should aim TO be.
| wish that less We're said nowadays
about the authority of the ministry
and mor about its special work. Men
are not driven by authority into the
kingdom OF Christ. Our Lord says
that the good shepherd is one who
goes before the flock and. instead of
driving, leads them. In Palestine the
business OF the shepherd was TO lead
his sheep to pastufage where the food
Indispensable TO life is to be found. In
the anne way the one duty of the
Christian shepherd is to make sure
that his sheep are fed. That fact
should determine the character of
preaching. Not CT necessity the
preaching which collects a crowd. The
beating OF a gong car do that. Nor
The delivery of learned and eloquent
lectures. Real preaching is that which
feeds the soul. Men go away. not say
ing; How beautiful!7 How elo-
Guent,' but How helpful How it
touched my conscience," How it
strengthened me for my battles"'
But this pastoral feeding of the flock
is not limited to pulpit effort. The
good shepherd calls his sheep by
name, and they know his voice"
Clearly something is wrong in our
methods when the minister is called a
pastor" that is, a shepherd. and yet
knows as little of his people as a rail
way conductor knows of the passen-
gers under his charge. The pastor
who is a stranger to the inner lives
and to the homes Of his people Is like
one who tries to evoke music from the
instrument whose strings or keys he
does not know one from another. In
our great cities the clergy are not
wholly in fault when they have given
up the effort to know Their people.
Too much outside work is laid unon
them which laymen would do as well
or better.
How far from the standard / have
set up to-day my own long ministry
has been | am more conscious thar
you. But it is the only standard,
When my work is ended, rather than
any other epitaph would / have this
written above my dust; 'He was a
pastor who fed the flock"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

The Spanish cores voted TO call out
10000 reserves to suppress the Carlist
uprising.
T%hirty-one Spanish soldiers were killed
near Puerto Principe by Cuban insur-
gents under Maxine Gomez
jefferson Davis, in a speech at Rich
mond. Va, declared that the South had
beer more cheated than conquered"
aud that it never would have surrender
ed If It had foreseen construction
Congressman Cow tenator} George F.
Hoar issued an open letter to Gen
benjamin r. Butler attacking him for
his share in the congressional salary
grab. which, he declared, placed Ameri-
can legislators in the category of those
who served their country only for hire.
A royal commission was appointed TO
investigate the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road scandal, il which il was claimed
Sir John a. Macdonald was in involved.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
FUTURE OF THE AUTOMOBILE.
Some of the Changed Conditions Its
Use Will Bring About.
The automobile Is no longer an e,

eSS $3.50
The automobile Is no longer an ex-
perrin mt, and motoring is no longer a
pastime or a luxury, says Worlds
Work.
What is the probable influence of the
automobile upon contemporary life?
Every car owner has at once a vastly
increased radius of movement.
The old coaching roads and coaching
inns will once more be thronged with
travellers. We shall know the land we
live in-its rural interests, its beau
ties, its antiquities. The man who has
business in the town will no longer
be dependent upon a slow and rare
service OF trains. Therefore, thou
sands of the town jewellers of to-day
will be the country dwe!lers OF to-
morrow. This will bring into the mar
ket 1T good prices a great number of
country places timetable and unstable
today. There viii soon arise, in con-
sequence, an irresistible demand for
better roads.
One great organization alone-tl
greatest of all-the railways, Will suf-
fer from the coming of the motor. The
motor will rob them of passenger traf-
hc, Of the transport of mails except
for long distances, of the carrying of
light goods and light agricultural pro-
duce, and will prevent them from OPP
ening up new districts, which will be
served by light lines and motor We
hicles as to-day in America by the troll
ley. TO some extent the injury will
l. mitigated by the motor bringing
to them agricultural produce from
wider areas than can produce it profit
ably to cart to the rail-: and, of course
the motor engine or rapid succession
of motor carriages, us already planned
in France and Australia, will replace
the steam locomotiv for suburban
and light fast traffic. But on the whole
the stage coach viii be avenged upon
the railway by the motor.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CoNCiSELY
CONDENSED.
AmrerG Swept by Fire-Attorncy GEN.
erai TO Begin Suits Against Rail-
roads-charmed by a Rattlesnake-
Killed for whi.tiing Wrong Tune.

The business portion Of Amberg was
wiped out by fire. the fire started in the
rear of the Wright grocery Store, which
stands in the middle of a business block.
When first discovered it had enveloped
the rear of the store and spre Id rapidly
TO Germs grocery and thence through the
entire block TO the Commercial and Elk
change hotels. A general alarm was
sounded and the entire population turned
out to fight the flames. Aid was asked
from Waukesha and Iron Mo antain End
the fire companies from those places re-
sponded, but by the time they could ar
rive the fire had burned itself nearly out
and was Under control. The posts flee
and one store were saved. The flames
spread so rapidly that sorae of the guests
at the hotel had narrow escapes-and So
eral wer> forced to jump for their lives.
No injuries we're sustained. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
Rattier Hypnotizes a Girl.

"Hypnotized by a RATHER is the way
Miss Anna Herold, of Duluth, describes
an experience at Granddad's bluff. She
had strayed from a party with which she
was spending a day in the country.
Alarmed by a rattlesnake's warning. she
stood transfixed within easy reach of the
fangs. For several moments
neither moved, the snake Withholding it's
attack and seeming to enjoy the girls
predicament. The opportune appea ,ance
of Miss Herold's escort, who killed the
reptile with his cane. averted n tragic
termination of the girls adventure.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
FIFrr AGo.

Postage on pamphlets and magazines
in the United States was reduced from
> cents to l cent an ounce.
The Secretary of the United States
Navy was ridieuled for issuing an order
regulating the cut Of beard to be worn
by members of the service.
President Pierce was censured by the
newspapers for placing the United States
steamer Michigan at the disposal of Mgr.
Bedini, the papal %nuncio, for a tour OF
the great lakes, made at the Pope's die
tation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
Locate ar Manitowoc.

At the meeting of the business men
and manufacturers of Manitowoc the
proposition of the Cartwright Mabsen
Globe Company, of Chicago, 80 locate a
to the stock, was considered and nearly
the entire sum was secured. The rep
resentatives of the company have closed
the negotiations for the plant.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

WhaI nexts The dogs who walk in
the best tailor made attire. and whose
family trees are usually far more gem
uine and impressive than those Of
their owners. now have their own
governess. In winter she lives In New
York; in summer she follows her
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
sbot nea1 for whistIirv.

William Jill, a farmer living about
four miles west Of Colfax. was shot and
killed by C. e. Eaton, also a farmer. Mr..
Eaton was driving past the Hill farm
whistling. Hill objected to the tune
Eaton was whistling and called on him
so change it. A quarrel ensued and Eat
On drew a revolver and shot Hill dead.
Eaton gave himself up.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
Iovce Held for Murder.

Tom Joyce, aged 10, was held to the
Circuit Court in Janesville, charged with
the murder Of Herman Zimmerman.
Ernest Bluhm, implicated in Joyce's
story, is held under $1,000 bonds as
principal witness. He was unable to
furnish the bonds and went to Jail. I'm
der cross examination Bluhm and Joyce
held to stories widely at variance.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
.rvrNry.rryr rrARs Aeo.

Striking weavers engaged in A riot at
Philadelphia. were attacked fy militia,
and several were killed.
English newspapers protested against
The new steam automobile coaches just
introduced on the highways there.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
O57[dH POPULAR
n [PyL1Lfqlf

that Christ came TO do and encourage.
he is giving the direct lie 10 facts as
the gospel STATES them. to the truth
as Christ declared It and to the spirit
as the first disciples exemphfed it,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26


Heresy hunters, by which | mean
-aen who go about shifting after here
sy. are a diminishing factor in u
midst. Breadth is in keeping with the
wide. embracing spirit Of the gospel.
One reason why. just in this age of
the world, men would welcome a theol-
ogy that displaces personal commit
ment 70 a personal Christ by penfonal
commitment 70 the general cause
Christ came to promote Is that the lat
ter idea carries with it the faea y
doing something. 1t mean action. aad
action Is The genius OF our generation.
at least in the States.
But when a preacher says that the
fundamental fact in Christianity is not
conversion to the humanitarian work
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
Ten 4 AGO.

The maharsjah Of K~spurthalia. q Of
me kings Of India, was entertained at
the Chicago worlds fair.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

A cantaloupe is like a kiss: when
it's good. it's mighty good, and very
bad when it's bad.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
WHO Pass the Examination.

Se~venty-Seyen per cent of the women
and but 62 per cent of the men taking
the civil service examination are able
to pass II.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26
,sENs DAVIDSON. REAL ESTATE

Makes Loans and C~ollectSonA AausA
Tor the Best Fire and AAfs rnsuraza&
]ompRnies
WesLby, WiScsnsia.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-08-26

ing his absence he wrote four letters to
his betrothed, but through some. Tlihap
in the mail service Mrs. Saucerman never
received them. Thinking her lover had
left her, when r. III. Evans, a weIlto-do
farmer, proposed to her she accepted. A
few days ago the wedding took place.
The couple had hardly left on their we'd
ding trip before there appeared Thomas
Norman in his best clothes ready Tor thu
wedding. He was too late.
The library board, which has charge
of the erection of the new Carnegie IL
brary in Wsshb1rn is about ready TO let
the contracts for the building. As soon
"a the State library commission has pass
ed upon the plans contracts win be let.
A report Of the school census was pre-
scented to the board Of education of Mil
waukee by Secretary Legler. The most
Interesting feature of the which
has just been completed is the fact that
Milwaukee has nearly 10000 children
Of school age and only $500 are attend
ing public or parochial schools. The in
crease owe lest year is 1000
The Mallory trial was placed on the
calendar Of the Supreme Court and viii
be called at an early date. Mallory, who
is a Racine boy. was given a life SEN
tence for completely in the murder Of
John Koonsman. a South Bend grocer.
His attorneys are confident Of securing a
reversal Of the finding Of the jury.
The plant Of the Wisconsin Veneer
Company at Rhinelander was totally de-
stroyed by SIRE. which originated in the
dry kiln containing 5000 worth Of finish
ed veneer. The fire is thought 10 be Of
fneendiary origin, as no inHammable sub
stance other than veneer was In the
kiln. The loss Incurred Is about $4,000,
With Insurance for $4,000.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-11-14
MITCHELL ] T |: /. SEEKS s! E { :.
+. 7. MORE ELECTION { 1
Miners President May Be.
come Secretary of Bureau
of Commerce. 49,

PITTSBURG, Nov. S.-The Dispatch
tomorrow will publish story to the ef-
feet that john Mitchell will not be a
candidate for reelection as president
of the United Mine Workers.: union
at the January convention. This state
ment was made by a close personal
friend Of Mr.. Mitchell during a short
layoveg here of the miners president
and other officials of the organization
who are on their way to Boston to at
tend the convention Of the American
Federation OF Labor.
The announcement from this apparent
authentic source is raised above mere
rumor. $780,.
The same gentleman said Mr.. Nit
chell, assuming that President Roose-
welt would be reelected, decided to
lay aside the miners office to- become
a member of the presidents ;cabint
succeeding George B. >Cortelyou as sec
rotary Of the department of commerce
and labor. Secretary Cortelyou, it Is
said, has decided not again to be the
head of the department and: may &c
back to the position of private secre-
tary to the president.
President Mitchell,. w. B: Wilson ant
T. B. Lewis, National vice presidents
of the union, together with: local labo:
! officials, left for Boston last night.