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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13

The extraordinary purity and bright
ness of the colors of many Alpine few
ers-and the same is true Of Arctic
ones--is well known. The Wild color
ing often extends TO the whole part of
the plant above ground, even the leaves
and stems being covered with deep
red or purple which masks the chic
rophyll green. DIR. Thorild Wulff. who
has published his researches with the
Russo Swedish expedition in Spitz-
bergen, finds that the pigment IAN
thocyanim which causes this color is
present in all Arctic plants aud that it
is connected with a superfluity of
sugar in their compositlon-in other
words. that the leaves of Arctic plants
are sugar leaves" The purpose which
the pigment serves is possibly that of
helping the plant TO pass the products
which the leaves assimilate into Its
general system; or it may be that the
red and violet colors which result from
the accumulation Of the pigment en-
able the plant to absorb more radiant
energy from the suns light, and thus
help out its rather feeble vital proc
esses Another Interesting feature of
Arctic plants is that they are all of
feeble transpiratory powers-that is TO
say. that the amount of moisture ex-
hailed from their leaves is very small.
At high temperatures the Transportation
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

United States Senator Jumes g. Fair
Of California was sued for divorce. after
his wife had refused TO accept $1,000
900 and two houses as reward for q
"peaceable" separation.
language club, backed by Oliver
Wendell Holmes. Noah Porter. David
Dudley Field and John Greenleaf Whit
tier. was formed at New York TO bring
about phonetic spelling
Gen. Crooks forces started for the
Apache stronghold Ia the Sierre Madre
mountains, permission having been given
them hr Mexico TO cross the line
Patrick Delaney and Thomas Caffrey
pleaded guilty TO the murder Of Lord
Cayendish at Dublin and were sentenced
to he hanged.
Six thousand striking Pennsylvania
coal miners offered to arbitrate their dis
pute.
An express train between New York
and Boston broke- the long distance speed
record by covering the 2TS miles in six
hours. or tao hour, better than any pre-
yions ord
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13
|67fI5f 4 POPULAR
| " PULPIT
gives a special character to human de

gives a special character to human de
sire
From earliest childhood the cIasping
grasping hand is an index of the mind
within. We want to bring everything
from the moon downwards within the
reach of n single effort. and this goes
on throughout life in those who do not
submit TO discipline From the school
boy who gets up his lessen with a
translation or obtains help from another
boy in doing his prose or verse task
up to the grown man who sets his
whole energy TO achieve success by a
single fortunate speculation in business,
or the gambler who hazards his all
OH the turn of the die. or the skeptical
inquirer into the unseen who longs to
substitute conviction for faith by es-
tablishing a direct intercourse with the
spirits of the departed; this tendency 10
take short cuts is a strong and mas
terful passion of human nature. 1t ex-
hbits itself in all classes, in a thou
sand different ways, and in every part
of daily life.
Such hasty effort is in its origin not
necessarily sinful. The boy 1--WE may
remember, perhaps, with shame our
own case) is prone to think that the
actual piece of knowledge to be gained,
or even displayed, Is the important
thing, and that TO get ii quite right at
once will injure no one else, and be
better than to risk a number of pre-
liminary blunders. There is a charm
about compact and accurate result
which is apt to oyerbalance seruples of
conscience and recollections of the I'M
worthiness of deceit and of the shame
of obtaining praise for labor, diligence,
and ability which are really not ours.
The Spectator thinks in the same
way of success In business as q glori-
Gus end--a proof of financial genius,
which it would be loss TO the world,
as well as to himself. IL it were not
achieved. He does not think of the
danger to his own character, from hab-
its Of feverish excitement and impru-
dence, which lie close to all specula-
tions-the danger of leading others into
risky and selfish undertakings-aEd
the necessary loss to many, which IS
the coefficient of his own game.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13
FORTY YEARS AGO.

President Lincoln and Gen. Halleck
went by special boat to Gen. Hooker's
headquarters at Falmouth, Va, to learn
the results of the battle of Chancellors-
Vile t@at
Clement l., N'allandigham was tried by
court martial at Cincinnati for an al
legged reasonable speech at Mount Yer
non. Ohio
Gen. L. $. Grant was criticised for
having spent $5.000Oo0 in exeayating
canals and cutoffs around Vicksburg,
Miss. while the downfall Of that Con
federate stronghold was apparently as
far off as ever.
Poland rejected Russia's proclamation
Of amnesty to all revolutionists who
would lay down their arms.
The Georgia Legislature passed a bill
making 1t a penal offense for citizens Of
that State to circulate United States
notes. because of the discrimination in
the South against Confederate currency.
United States Commissioner George
h. Field and the Rev Mr.. Livermore
leased an abandoned plantation near Mil
hken's bend and declared they would
prove that cotton could be raised more
cheaply by hired labor than by slaves.
The London Daily News declared that
irritation between the United States and
England was increasing daily and that
the former had no cause for complaint
except over the depredations of the
steamer Alabama.
Gen. r. Z. Lees army drove the army
of the Potomac out Of Charlottesville
and the Confederates were reported to
have occupied Fredericksburg.
Three thousand Confederate prisoners
reached Washington from Gen. Heoker's
headquarters.
The sale Of firearms and gunpowder
to unauthorized persons was prohibited
Ia Chicago by President Lincoln
The Union Gen. Jackson drove the
Confederate forces from the Wilder
ness" to within one mile Of Chancellors-
vile, but suffered heavy losses from an
attack by Gen. Longstreet.
Gen. r. +. Lees messenger was cap
tured en- route TO Richmond with word
that his losses at Charlottesville were
fearful; Gen Hooker estimated that
10000 Union soldiers were killed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13
s4RGLAR. oN~.rHE TELEPHONE
He Answered the Call and Deied the
Householder.

He Answered the Call and Defied the
HOUSEHOLDER.
Yes, the telephones all right some
times, said the man who had boarded
the car at Edgewater and taken a seat
beside his friend from Rogers Park,
but it has its drawbacks, If | didn't
have a telephone in my house would
be ahead about $50 worth of valuabIes
which a burglar carried away with
him last week. The whole affair was
rather peculiar. l caught the burglar
over the phone and had little talk
with him. but he knew he was in no
danger of arrest.
"lt came about IN this way My wife
and | went away and left the maid
alone. She told us she would soon
leave the house, and we instructed her
TO lock the doors and windows before
she left. After we had been gone
about an hour and had arrived at the
house of friend in Evanston my wife
remembered that she wanted to tell
the maid something. She told me to
Gallup the house. thinking perhaps the
maid had not yet left l called for the
number and. what do you think, a
mans voice answered.
Hello he said. who is this.'
Il told him what my name was and
he laughed. l then suggested that /
had the wrong Number but he laughed
again and said, oh. no; you have the
right number
"'Who are you. then? demanded
What right have you got in my house
when all of us are gone?
''Well, I'll tell you he said with ex-
asperating GOODNESS and another laugh
I called up your number. and, finding
that there was no one at home,
thought | would come up to the house
and look around. It's way have of
doing The windows were not locked
and | had no trouble getting in. If
any one had answered the phone |
should not have come, but made a
good guess, didn't II
Il was up in the air, so to speak.
didn't know what to do. waited n
minute and then asked the fellow what
he was doing in my house.
6 4 am what my friends call gen
tleman of leisure. but what you might
be rude enough to call burglar he
said. L hope you will not"
II broke off his speech at this point
and yelled that / would have him ar
rested and hanged. and everything
else. but he only laughed again and
said he would not be around by the
time the police could get there.
Il knew it was useless TO telephone
for the police TO hurry to the house.
My wife and l hurried home, and sure
enough one of the windows was open
AM the rooms ransacked. don't know
so well about the telephones being a
good thing.-Chieago Inter Ocean.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13
WISC0NSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
Herman Writes that He Suffers for
Wrongs Done - Farmer Falls and
Suffocates-Man Fatally Shot by Son
Soldier Kills Himself

Henry Herman, vino left Milwaukee
suddenly with his affairs in a hopeless
tangle and apparent Indebtedness of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, has been
heard from. He wrote letter to q
friend in the West who remailed it. so
that it gives no clew to the writer's pres
ent whereabouts, but he is supposed now
to be in South Africa. as he speaks of
being thousands of miles away among
uncivilized people. He acknowledges
that he has wronged sixteen people in
various sums. besides his heavy shortage
in the Plankinton Bank funds, of which
he was assignee. He says he is deter
mined to pay mp every dollar he owes and
return some day TO his old home. He
has already, according to his story re
ceived punishment for the wrong he has
done, living in torment every day for
the past year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13
Son Shoot. His Father,

Richard Sachsee shot his father, Her
man Sachsee. three times at Glenwood.
and the latter was fatally wounded. Her
man Sachsee and his wife have lived
apart for some time, and the husband
came to his wifc's farm the other morn
ing, with the avowed intention, she
claims. Of making trouble A fight en-
sued between the man and his son.
Young Saehsee claims that his father
fred at him with a shotgun, and that he
shot in self-defense. The young man
and his mother have been arrested.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13
Flights Death and Loses.

George Washburn, so years old. for
merly a resident of La Crosse, met death
in the woods near Black river fails. He
was crossing a wooded pasture from his
home TO that Of bis son when he fell
and his head was wedged between the
trunks of two trees. His left arm plung-
ed into a deep pool and he was unable
to reach bottom. He was thus deprived
of the use of his arm, and desperate
struggle to free himself awaited him moth
ing. Three days later his body was
found BY a searching party dead his
clothing saturated with blood.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13
sEvENTY-F1vE YEARS AGO.

A bill was passed by Congress author
izing the construction Of the first railroad
in the District of Columbia.
President John Quincy Adams an
nounced his intention of paying off So
OO0oo of the public debt making a
total of $3S,O000O0 lquidated TO that
date by his administration
Gen. Lafayette was sworn in as a
member of the French Chamber of Dep
uties
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13
FIFTY YEARS AGO,

The Sultan of Turkey gave banquet
in honor of Napoleon.
Fifty persons were killed by a New
York and New Haven passenger train
falling through an open drawbridge
An ultimatum was submitted to the
Turkish government by Russia demand
ing that Christians be protected there
after in the Sultan's domi 1ions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13
suicide of a soldier.

Henry c, Mueller. an inmate Of the
Milwaukee Soldiers Home, was found
hanging in the woods one-half mile east
of the home and known as Orchard
grove. His body was taken TO the city
morgue, from whence it was taken back
to the home mOrgue. Mueller was 40
years old and came originally from New
Athens, III. He had no relatives so far
as the home hooks show. He was Il
member of Company F. Forty-frst Wis
consin infantry.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13

lullU anu WI y
Jew would S a y
with David, Lift
up your heads, We
everlasting d o or s,
and be We lifted up
ye everlasting doors
and the King of
Glory shall come
ill.,"
The Jews do not
believe at all in
original sin and in
herited depravlty.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13
Youth is Found Unconscious.

James Moran. 10 years old was found
unconscious in the rear of Harris hotel
at Milwaukee Efforts of the physicians
at the emergency hospital failed to re-
store the man TO consciousness. and it
is believed that he is the victim of foul
play. No bruises can be found upon
the body but it is believed that ehloro-
form may have been used upon Moran
before he was robbed
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13

rate fails. The Arctic plants. IN fact,
dare not make use of the conditions
which favor evaporation, because their
roots are unable to absorb enough wa
ter to cover the loss which would re-
sult
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13
CHRISTLTkE DISCIPLE OF Will.
BY John Wordsworth, d. ID.


II came down from heaven not to %
mine own will, but the will of him
that sent me.i-John vi, rs,
How, we may well ask. could one
who was really sinless feel the differ
ence between his will and the fathers
will: That he does so there can be
no doubt Here, he expresses the
sense OF this difference. He expresses
it mere strongly to certain Greeks
who came to him, and in his midnight
agony in the garden of Gethsemane:
Not my will. but thine be done
1t maybe useful for us to ask, and
attempt to answer. this question, since
a knowledge of the nature of our own
viii, and of its temptations and pos
sible advance in grace, is involved in
the reply. Christs will, we may an
swer. was a true human will in every
thing except the inclination to sin
Bit there are many ways in which
the viii requires discipline, and edu-
cation. where sin is not, at any rate.
primarily in question. There are many
stitution of man which have TO be
checked and directed in order to bring
them into conformity to the divine
will. Il am the true vine" says
Jesus Christ in another place, land
my father is the husbandmun"
The work of the vine dresser is,
above all things, to direct .owth into
certain lines, and to prune and check
it in others BY this humble figure
does our Lord describe the common
life. his and ours. which he graciously
not only called, but made, his own.
The grasping tendrils, the ambitious
shoots of the vine, are apt emblems
of human instincts and longings in
their undisciplined state. Among
those we may mention the desire to
attain an end rapidly and at one
stroke; the desire 10 avoid pain and
labor; the desire to escape from sor-
row: the desire to win human love;
and the desire Of power.
All these desires were no doubt pres
ent in cur Saviors humanity. and pres
ent. we may say, with a strength
directly proportionate to his sinless-
ness. For in all of us the force of
desire is biunted by sin, original and
actual We not only cannot do the
things that we would" but we cannot
feel sufficiently and perseyeringly
eager for anything good. But to an
LnfaIlen nature the force of desire
must be almost bUundless; not IN
controllalle indeed. but conscious Of
infinite possibilities which are hid
from the weak. the sensual, and the
cruel.
Let Us VOW consider our Lords ex-
ample and our own need of discipline
in reference to some or these natural
desires 81 The viii. Take first the nat
ural desire TO attain an end rdpidiy
and at 8 stroke. SuG@I attainment the
French wen call coup de main. -
since IL Is the possession Of hands that
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13

The steamer CampaBia. go feet long,
a. ne largest boat except the Great
Eastern. that had been built TO that time,
reached New York Oh its maiden trip.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13

- y 10ey DERIVE every
man is o responsible free agent and is
not involved in the guilt of his fathers
or his children. OF course, therefore,
they do not believe the story Of the fall
of man in the book of Genesis in its
literal sense. They accept the teach
ings of the higher criticism and con-
slider the story of the garden of Eden
an allegory.
Ase they feiec the doctrine of orig
inal sin they reject, of course, the doe
trine of redemption from sin. They
believe in a Messiah, put the Messiah
of the old testament is a temporal
prince who shall reign over the Jews
after they shall have been reunited
and become nation again in Pales-
tine
The Jews hold that Jesus preached
nothing hut Judaism. The supremacy
of the commandment TO love God and
man. the doctrine of the fatherhood of
God, the doctrine that the Sabbath
was made for man, the abrogation Of
the law Of retaliation, the obligation
10 love even ones enemies, and even
the Lo-ds prayer, which we readily
ADM, is the sublimist petition ever
framed in human language-all these
we claim were taken from the Jewish
writings some Of which were compos
I'D hundreds of years before Jesus was
born.
Moreover, when it comes TO prac-
ticing the loving precepts Of Jesus
the Jews claim that the Christians have
made an utter failure of it. The truth
is, Jesus was erucified by Roman
government and Roman soldiers and,
though the cFucifxion was instigated
by Jews. it was by a few jealous
priests and not by the mass of the
Jewish peoEle. who admired and loved
him. as is evident from his triumphal
entry into Jerusalem the day before.
SO far as the modern Jews are con-
cerned they regard Jesus as one of the
noblest spiritual teachers that every APP
peared in the world. and that the Jews
have furnished the only shining ex-
ample of obedience The so-called dis
ciples of Jesus have prosecuted the
Jews with savage ferocity for ages
and the Jews have borne these perse-
cutions with lamb-like gentleness and
s., &c.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-13

JEWS DIDN'T CRUCIFY CHRIST.
by Rabbi Hirsch.
If Jesus Christ should return 10 the
earth to-morrow be would be welcom-
ed in every Jewish synagogue in the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17
FILED CAvEAT ON DREAM
AND EARNED A FORTUNE.
Kentucky Matron Saw Grave Shield In
Her Sleep, Drew Plans and
Patented II.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Anderson. Ind, May 1s.-As q result OF
dream she had recently Mrs; Bette ne t nas
city. ID likely to receive at least 5000 for
an invention. ~
She has Invented e crave anie att.c %eth
and has received a patent. NJ; Buchanan
10 employed in a factory. and his three sons
are also In g manufacturing concern. ars;
Christian Church and Is much devoted to IL;
She has unbounded faith In prayer, ana
Mrs. Buchanan feels that the 10 hord id spon 81
AZ have always had q desire to invent
som msnE n and haye . slsa KRIS eeep Ru ,nsslssss1
q n I had asked the Lord to help me to
satisfy my mind on inventions by some
i 9 m a. d t. Mn.f i e ar esi aap o ofe a Cousin who
died in Kentucky nearly fourteen years
ago, ana I thought / met her in q cemetery
and Oh. cs ss.:d II me e t s,s wa.k x afSun a s Iieh ne Ii
tones fastened at each end. And I thought
kind that 1 ever saw. 1 remember that I
walked up to the grave or shield and looked
6t It closely. and wha impresses me 20 Is
was built n how the monuments or
stones were fastened at each end.
A the breakfast table told the fam
heard Of anything like it. and he told me
/ had better draw the plans Of the shield
that / dreamed Of. and then we went to
work and xa rough sketches of the shield
hid hurried II to the Patent Office. When
the reply came / was almost afraid 1t
W6ild mean disappointment. But. as you
see, the Patent ONCE said 1t was PATENT
able. and we then went to work and got
the patent." :.
Mrs. Buchanan and her husband went
into their parlor and carried out the model
Of the grave shield. 1t can be made any
sire or any shape, but the model was along
the old lines of mound-shaped graves. The
ehSeld may be made of any durable ma
terial. For an adult the shield would be
about three feet wide and about six feet
long. The top may be ornamental with one
urns or vases for cut flowers Int
elong each side at the bottom Of the s! ie'd
ls-a trough six to eight inches wide in
which earth could be placed and water also
6eld for growing plants In the trough and
adding beauty to the shield.
advantages of the SHE'D Ire that the
oRfgipal shape OF the top If the grave Is
maintained and that the shield for all sea-
eune of the year is far better and more
beautiful than an exposed. grave. Emblems
OF various lodges or societies are also pro-
nosed on the headpiece of the shield.
Mrs. Buchanan has consulted local iron
A4d steel mills concerning the manufacture
O&sthe shield, and they are now figuring
81 the cost q hundred. She is a business
ShoonAn. and has figured closely on the uoat
Sdfh certain kinds Of material.
N1he Han % Inventions Of Chicago hasiof.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17

cember. about the same time this infant
was born. He asked his daughter to come
and live with him to- look after the chill
dren: She brought with her her husband.
for the old man to support.
We'll. nothing was good enough for
them: They kicked about the food and de-
manded the only good room in the nat.
Patsy Colligan wouldn't even Ill a fire
In the stove. and finally my husband sent
them away. They took Henry, the eldest
boy. with them because he could earn
money.
'Thea I was called In a. h~ousekseper.
Mr.. Krista and ] were married . week ago.
My name was Mary Barch.
"A few days ago CoIigan and his wife
took young Henry and the baby to the
Grand Central Station. collisan bought
tickets to some distant point and told
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17

Henry Krista, Jr., IA years old, in Brook
Ign with a big bundle of ~rain-soaked pa
pers In one arm and the crying infant in
the other.
"where'd you get that kid. bub?" they
demanded.
"A man an a lady left It wild me-" re-
piled the ready youth. They said they
were coming Jack. but they didn't. I don't
know who they were"
The child was taken to the rooms Of the
Society for the. Prevention Of Cruelty to
children. and the newsooy was put under
the police could investigate his, tale. They
found his father in Brooklyn. The boy
vas arraigned in the Lee Avenue Police
While Magistrate Frank p. OReiIly was
de~liberating what to do with the infant q
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17
retty little woman pushed to the bar and

said:
Judge, I'm that boys stepmother. I've
been married to his father a week. I'm
but l guess ! can take care of this little
one ana my husbands five boys"
.Ihats a pretty big contract for such q
ously.
We are poor people, replied Mrs. Krista
cheerfiy. but we can al care of our
an institution or to strangers for NY
about her.
This baby II my husbands daughters
child TIL mother is only IS. She married
Peter Coligan. a prize fighter. and they've
deserted It
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17

fered Mrs. Buchanan $500 for a single State
right to sell the grave shield or 5000 for the
patent and release of all claim on it and
subsequent inventions of q similar char
acter. Mrs. Buchanan is not going to sell
just now, for her husband also believes that
more money can be made by the inventor
controlling the business direct.
Orders for thirty-fve shields were OBJ
tanned in this city on condition thai they
can be delivered at a stated time.
Mrs. Buchanan is a, native OF Kentucky.