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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-07-15
JEFFERSON.

spRIEavILLE, July IA THE annual school
meeting WAS quiet affair. Tho details OF
eoiely 10 the board Ia spite Of the busy
season, We are glad 90 note that the tottngo
prayer-meetings stu draw goodiy number
81 81, various s sges eyer, every "Wednesday evening
by all The storm OF last Thursday inter.
fercd With the Ladies' And At 4. noprrs
put by the aid Of the telephone most ~ tho
sisters were summoned on Friday and the
pOstponement did not hinder the guests Ia
the full enjoyment ct Mrs. Boerf's hosp tai !.
Ivy. Newt meeting. July 33 with Mrs. Shaner
rents. Mr.. and Mrs. A. HOMELAND spent the
Fourth at sparta. Mrs. uGrman visited q
week in La Crosse. Mr.. German went up TO
take In the circus GA The 9TH. Mrs kr0yn
aud Florence visited at Newton a few day
Mr., aud Mrs. Frank Graham have gone 10
Groton, :. Z. % make their home, accom-
panied by Roy kumsey Mrs. Ontcelt visit
ed her sister, Mrs. l., Graham. r. e.. koek
81 Newton. was 1t Rider Potters Sunday s..
MIR, and Mrs A, q. hieree OF brooklyn, n y.
who are taklng vacation visiting the Badger
state and Miss Flora Blaree OF Newton, called
At Mrs, krown's Sunday Mrs. smith aud
Mrs. Mile visited parental home of l. ~
which necessitAted the aid ~ a rrutch Tor
some days. Much sickness has prevailed
here for several weeks. mostly measles hi n
severy form. .prs. w. M. Trowhrldwe aud
Mr.. hendalfs three daughters were peostrat.
ed At the same tiue, Miss Sarah for time
being very low from bronchial pneumonia
other severe cases wssre Maud and Robbie
Graham, Willis Reed. lsene Ofsicer aud little
Jessie ToWpkins. Mrs CHcDr Il IN with ton
silitis, aud A. Rose Getanium Is kept az home
with the same, the good editor will kindly
overlook Any error Ia this poorly written
letter....We must not forget our new rest.
aents-the i2-p0nnd son OF Mr. and Mrs, lie
roy Groves arrived AZ The farm home. iunc
2lte also niue-pound hoy born 20 MIR. ana
Ma. J. -. Miller, Juis :. FsL more votes for
republicans. kosE OENANtuA
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-07-15

BLooMTEGDALE, July 14.--Qnite q number
from here took In the circus at La Crosse.
Oscar and Clara Morterud arrived from Grand
Rapids on Saturday for "A brief visit Mr..
MoFteFnd returned home this morning but
Miss Morterud viii stay another week 80
Herman Larson OF North La Crosse, Is sisit-
| ing az MOrterud, s...,- Tosten Nelson and fam
| lily OF Westby, and Mrs. Lunde OF Elgin, ILL.,
visited friends hers sunday. Mrs Norling
ard Mrs. Peterson o. Minneapolis, are visit
Ing at Mrs. JefsoB's. Oscar MOrterud and
wife also visited there q portion OF last week
bun they departed for home last Friday.
Malilda, Gall and Mrs. Gus Morterud visited
In La Goose recently. Gus Morterud was
zlso there for "a day~...J y, Brown has re.
signed as creamery man ana expects 10 move
10 WestbY % work Ia DavtasOn's meat mar.
ket MIR Rhodes OF New Lisbon, takes his
different telephone lines running into our
little burg John walt Il taking an on
forced vocation from his onties al The Westby
Farmers store. being laiG up With rheuma-
tism 81 home Carl JsfsOn and family pf
Westby, yislsc4 -sss,-siVes here Sunday J.. Miss
Alma Lee Is taking a rest from duties al
Hotel Evans and IS al Carl Lees. -. Oiuf
Metby, Peter swenson and Miss Stenhem Of
Hesthy, spent Sunday with relatives here =.
Qaite a number OF young people from stro-
qua, pieniceg aDout half mile below town
sunday, and from reports they enjoyed them
selves. aud another party FROM westby pic
niced about one and half miles north Of
here. several from here expect 10 take adj
vantage Of the excursion 10 tho Dells next
Runday....J Il. Brown and wife spent SUN
day with 4, y. Allen, the Copper man OF Web
ster.. Our assessor finished his labors yes
terday Thu4, Hianey made a trip 10 Brush
Dreek Saturday, returning sunday nght....
w. A. Lewis Is canvassing Ia Klchiand county
for the Sparta Nursery company. Mich
Hfown and A, J.. Lewis each lost horse re-
GENTLY la both cases the horse being kicked
by another horse ana having = leg broken. ...
r. 4, Restby Is making quite an extended
visit With his daughters at nsshton... y. w.
householder rode the DAD Fellow goat last
Saturday night...Jas. Dickson and wife
visited with relatives near Sp'tngyille sun
day. MA a.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-07-15

RueK CORNERS, July ~ Farmers are busy
harvesting - number ofour people attend
ed the Viola celebration, ANA also RENAME
for the fire works Ia the evening :. We con
dole With the bereRved parents Mr, and Mrs,
Malcolm Bandais, ia the loss OF their infant
son Herald, aged one year, three days. Rev.
Potter conducted the funeral sermon at the
church. Remains were Inferred In Manning
cemetery 60 await the resurrection There
viii be an les cream and cake sociable Mt Mr..
Whites satuiday night the 18th. Everybody
cordially invited. Proceeds for the church
The Ladies' Aid meets with Mrs George
sturer the23r OF this month, Cora White
and Mervin kusk, and also the former
brother attended the circus at La Crosse *.
MIR and Mrs. Alien Rusk have removed 10
Viroqua. They will be greatly missed by
their many friends N ISIS Daisy Wood at-
tended sunday school here. vioia Walling
aud Eugene Henry were united In marriage
nc the home OF the brides parents July 9TH.
Rev. w. Smith pronounced the ceremony.
Their many friends wish them success To
Tie The free delivery along the valley
seems 70 be pleasing to ALL, The johnson
brothers sawed wood for III. Wuodcock last
Saturday Mr. white returned home from
Iowa, where he has been visiting for some
time. MyFa shin ug and brother Dave,
toos drive TO lllchland Center. Tuesday
SuN BsAM,
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pnEArLANn.

REn MOUND. , My his Since the Fourth Is
over the bsys have gone into hAyinR I'm good
earnest and the girls have settled down TO
their work 10 like manner, Tho /, %, q. II.
still goes on IN It's grand work OF saving the
youth and rescuing the fallen. IL IS c0ntin-
ualiy increasing In numbers, and the enter
talnment Is so good we think Ii must keep
also q success. We expect to see all OF the
young folks at Mrs. Bromley's ice cream
sociabie next Wednesday night, for she
49,. We have received our ). $. library books
and are highly pleased With them Tomorrow
July II, is our $. ). rally, which the weather
had to postpone Il. Mrs Lizzie Cole. who
has been visiting In the neighborhood for the
pfst few weeks. Intends 20 start for her home
lE Minnesota by the last Of the week Miss
Maud shesler has our school engaged for the
year !, large number % Centrailtes tool.
10 The excursion and circus At La Crosse,
July 9Th. Coon WILL.
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LIZ ana Labor.

lf the .rs who exclaims Just my
luck were truthful. he would say Just
my iaEiness' or Just my inattentlon
Luck Is waiting for something TO turn
mp
Labor, with keen eyes aud strong will,
will turn mp something.
Luck lies in bed and wishes the post.
man would bring him news of legecy.
Labor turns out ~ 9 o'clock, and with
u busy pen or ringing hammer lays tbs
foundation of a competence
Luck whines
Labor whistles
Luck relies on chance
Labor on character.
Luck slides down TO indigence.
Labor strides upward TO independence e,
= Northwestern Christian Advocate.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-07-15
Monona Assembly.

Monona Lake Assembly at Madison
win open its annual session July I'D
and close August 9th. An interesting
program is presented. Among the
speakers we notice the names of
Governor r. NJ La Feliette, Ernest
Thompson Seton, the naturalist, Miss
Cara Morris, George r. Vending, DR.
Thomas E. Green, DIR. r. w. Gunsaulas,
DIR. Robert Mcintyre, Dr. Fox and
others Hon. b. r. Tillman Of South
Carolina, will debate the Negro Problem
with Senator j. r Burton of Kansas
There will be concerts by many brilliant
vocalists, readings, impersonations, and
moving pictures DIR. Fl. r Palmer
conducts the music, and Mr.. c. d. Meigs
and w. f. Crafts the Sunday School In
stitute The Monroe Military Band of
thirty men win be present part Of the
season. Persons wishing the who's
program can have 1t by addressing
james II. Moseley, Secretarf, Madison.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-07-15
sraRl1Nn

PRATKIE LANE, jay ~ Everybody bu Y
hayiuxt Quits q nut.thgr OF our people took
ia the circus &c Ia Or0sse. They all report a
Jolly time The soclab,e az John Vance )
WAS largely attended =. Jessie Mills was seen
driving through our country To-Day. Carrie
Brndes has been visiting ~ NJ. sterling for
week past .-,Alhert Olsor made ilying
trip TO our burg on SUNDAY, James Davis II
the owner of 4 ire buggy. Girls set your
caps jennie Brudos visited a. her home on
July 9th her sister ellen escortinSs her to La
uroase, where she spent u week Vlsi:lag With
friends Theodore Johnson makes his resu
lar trips suuth...sC Chris Brlnge Il busy hoeing
tpbAcrD. Frank Mills Is seen going east -
Alex huckles has mutt working on Monson' =
house Arthur Thompson made a trip 10
soldiers Grove, making d short call at Tower.
willie GA his way back "a number 90 our
young people Joined "a the foot race on sun
day last, the hamc ~ winnerpr prize Il not
kuswn vet. urn
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-07-15

In tho multitude Of sofa pillows ono
is sometimes at loss to know what
material 10 on them with, As the use
fnl Is ot much more Importance than
the ornamental we speak of thuse. mode
for coumon use. the covers often made
from checked gingham cross stitched
with lten o. cotton thread. Where one
has not feathers with which 10 in the
tick a Nery good substitute is found In
excelsior or OLD newsgaI ere cut IN inch
pieces with a pair ~ sharp scissors ~
even the Inner hgSks of eogu cut up as
above These Giipra nre eesl ana
beautiful for hot weather. Ii one likes
a woodsy smell add few pine, hem
lock or spruce ue,siles TO the filling.
For elaborate show pillows made Of
rich and eoS;ly MatcF.al nothing IS
more sultsblc thaa tlowu taken from
waterfowls,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-07-15
SHORT STORIES.

OF every 1000 men accepted for the
United States army SS4.97 are native
born
A Texas man has found that three or
four applications of Beaumont oil to the
beds Of ants kin them.
Artificial tea Is made by mixing OK
ide of iron with tea dust and rolled by
means of starch into pellets resembling
| the genuine tea.
The house In which Secretary of State
John Hay was born Is still standing in
Salem, Ind, and is ono of the objects of
interest pointed out TO visitors.
The statue Of Bishop Phillips Brooks,
which Is TO stand Ia tho angle formed
by the chapel nnd north transept Of
Trinity church. Boston. IS nearly com
nleted
The library given to Derby, Conn.,, by
Colonel and Mis- II Holton Wood of
Boston IN memory of their son, who
died IN Derby IN 1897. has Just been
dedicated
Southern California produces 22,0o0.-
600 rounds Of lima beans annually
thressfourfhs Of the worlds total pro
duetlem Ono ranyh IN the bean coun
try covers I. coo acres
4 negro who bad for years been ex-
hlhltea as the wild man Of Barneo has
had Ills horns removed at Syracuse hos
pltal They were attached to silver
plate skiIlfully inserted under the scaip.
A memorial tablet is being placed in
the Burreiis, building. New York. oncr
the hefae Of --T'athhndeF john c. Ere
mont. The room IN which i win be
placed Was the b0Idoir OF Mrs Ere
mont
The sfutlebakpg Manufacturing COM
pany 81 Saath BEND Fnd-, has present
"A to the Iunne Mems Christian asso-
eiatlaa g that city S;sN0eo 70 ne used
for the construction Of hliilding as
memorial to the exc original Studehak-
er brothers, tise last ~ whom. Ciem
StsdeaakeF. died iass rear.
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The Llttie ciri,s Hair.

For little girl's hair use very soft
brush, and brush both scalp and hair
thoroughly and carefullT at least twice
n day, massaging 1t with tepid water
several times during the week to make
tho scalp glow. II the hair dms not
curl naturally, try doing 1t up on soft
rolls OF cloth. ! would not use cGrling
fluid. This viii mike It stay longer n
curl, but Il Is not good for the ehllds
hair. Ii, on eXSra OCCASIONS when she
Is going to a party or to have one of her
own YOU want der hair to remain In
curl for a length Of time. instead Of
molstening with clear water before do
ing Il ~, use onc-third alcohol to two
thirds water Use hnir tonic once
week, rubbing 1t we'll into the scalp.
One ounce Of sweet oil, four ounces bay
rum and a dram tiucture eautharldes Is
the best tonlc.
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cAsnInN

CAsHrcE. July o-Onr special election 20
vote or The question OF bonding the village
for 81 800 for the purpose OF street paving,
resulted In vote OF over two 10 one against
bonding the YIllage...,A large number OF
our citixeusspent the Fourth at SPARTA some
at Westby and Ontario. Mr.. Bradford hAn-
ger OF VirouuA. spent Sunday here with rela-
lives. X. III. Brown wife and son OF Virogua,
spent Sunday with Mrs, Browns parents.
Mr. ann Mrs. @, Il, Campbell. Marshal Fred
Cole arrested Henry Hansen, Nick Berns ana
herb Allen for disturbing the public peace
by shooting giant Gre crackers on our streets
ali night lately. The hrst two plead guilty
and paid 81 20 each fine and cost. Case dis
missed against Ailen..,...GeO, Bates and y.
Gudsos have the cellar ali ready for the
masons for their large store building. j. j.
beaver and family drove across country 20
keadstown the Ord and celebrated the ith
Our Good TempiaF members celebrated the
closing af the open saloons last night ~
our annual school meeting Il 81 night j. r.
Borg waN re elected director, and we voted
mine months school for this next year. Our
rural letter carriers received word from
Washington not 10 deliver mail on the Ath
OLE
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-07-15
yTRos,UA

UaERRF 6aosE. July --Hsying and hoe
ing tobacco IL the topic OF the times John
wallace Is buslding tobacco shed for y, ~.
Carr. . Herman Fridcll IL laid up with the
measles. Mrs. Herman Dennis Is also on the
sick list. "A number from this vicinity at
tended the celebration at sparta and then
went to La Crosse 70 attend the big show
Monday. All report a good time. =, MI and
MrA Ed Carr and HuIda Wise visited ut the
home OF Seth Mcciurg on Pleasant Ridge last
sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Ohas. Lieurance have
a new born girl At their home. Carrie Nc
Ciurg Is engaged 10 teach the OherrT Grove
school for year. No wonder Frank wanted
the job OF painting this school house. Jimmie
Dennis family are all sick with the measles
Mr.. and Mrs. Letsa, who have been visit
ing AZ Rhine Summerilelda the past three
weeks returned 10 their home Ia Milwaukee,
saturday ~. The young folks are all talking
OF going 90 the DeIls Sunday next. Henry
Tobias visited Jn0. Norris quite often now =
days. . William WEIGHS family visited rela-
lives AZ Sparta last Saturday and Sunday
WIN. sIlbaugh and wife are talking OF VISIT
ing their son John in Spokane, Washington,
soon...... George Olson Sas operated on at the
La Crosse hospital for appendicitis last week
e. =. Emil Romanowsky Is doing carpenter
work now. BUTTERFLY
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-07-15
OUR COUNTY GLEANINGS
From The Brain and penko of The Ceusor's
liveCoastry and Village writers
PRANKLIN

DurcH RIDGE, July 13.--Plenty d rain now
IL what makes nice crops Nels hrogan hsts
disposed on his fine farm 10 Chas. chase. John
swink Is quite low with cancer OF the stom
ach.. Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Henry spent sun
day with relatives near Victory Jhomas
Tompson OF Bristow was seen ON our fllge
SUNDAY =. Johnnie Williams and family
spent Sunday With his sister :. Jasper MOI
drum and wife sundayed with relatives ~
our ridge. Mrs. Heck, sr., IS able ~ be 9ut
again after an Illness OF four months WI
bert Pierce took In the picnic given by VIC
Mystic Workers Sunday Mrs Gardner sr,'
H. u,lile III at the home OF her daughter, MTs,
ID Weber . Sever Tally is having a we'll
drilled, Robert vandyke Is doltg the work
tom Eliefson and family called on Henry ana
Mary Hopp Sunday ,.. sever Tally was elect
ed treasurer at school meeting. Josie Daeh
pow drives matcn team Of scrrels josie
Hopp spent fsw days visiting IN Vircqua
last week :. The heavy rain and wind last
Wednesday blew down lots Of heavy oats
Mrs. Gfoh Is spending the summer Win bef
daughter Mrs. WEIGH on Pleasant Ridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weber visited nc span
Robson IS Sunday. Ernest Amann passed
over our ridge enronte 10 Ntroqua MONDAY
"a attend teachers review SCHOOL VII
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rrnRL.INa.

FARGO, July IA number OF our young
people attended the circus at La Crosse Mon
day last Art THOMPSON and james Davis
each sport a new buggy. There viii be q
sociAble at the home of j. NJ Vance next sun
day evening for the benefit OF Pastor Kline
A program OF songs aud recitatiOns Is being
arranged for the evening entertainments.
Everybody welcome.,,. Thomas Kodden vls-
tied the past few days With his brother at he
Soto. Ar and Mrs. Aroe Slack 81 Niroqua.
visited AZ H. w. Davis sunday last Thee.
icLusop took charge OF clefklng duties ri
NSst Prairie store, Monday, On account OF
the absegre OF MIR. ard Mrs. HnlyeraOn NJ la
Crosse AGate Skiidum visited at her home
sunday j.. Carson Green aud family spent
Sunday 1T the home az Peter Davis
WIN HneE
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-07-15

DR. Brewer is known throughout the
country as the only physician in spec
ial line Of practice that has proved him
self for any length of time successful
candid and skillful If suffering from
any diseases and desire TO be treated by
a physician that performs all he agrees
and makes no charges unless medicines
are positively required, go see DR..
Brewer ON his next visit st the Viroqua
Hotel In this city on Wednesday July
22nd
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-07-15
NEW OFFICER.

OYSTER BAY, N. ", July 10 Gen
Robert Shaw Oliver of Albany is to suc-
coed Col William Carey Sanger as az
sistant secretary Of war. This announce
ment was made at Sycamore Hill this
evening after President Roosevelt and
Secretary Root had ended THAR days
conference over army matters. Col
Sanger is to retire on account of the ser,
ions illness of his wife
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pImD.



Mrs. Thompson, vile OF Peter Thompson.
died Wednesday eyening 1niy !, 6:30p. m, at
their farm home meas Bris ow, after a sick
ed a stroke OF paralysis on sunday, July 5tk,
until death claimed her, although she seemed
conscious az times. The funeral took place
Friday. July 10th from the home which she
had frightened for so many years and where
she VIII , greatly missed. a large multi
tude gathered during the morning hours,
although threatening weather prevailed, 10
snow their respect. The funeral procession
from the house Numbered in the neighbour
hood OF sixty teams, while many had already
gathered AT West Prairie church where the
funeral service was conducted by the family
pastor, Rev. Aashetm OF Rising sun, InterF-
Inent took place la the West Prairie GENE
terry.
mrs. Thompson was Lorn March 8, 1872 at
Nanaen, Norway. being Ct years months
and days old. She emfgFated TO this
country with her mother and four brothers
In 1855, coming directly TO Vernon county,
where she lived the balance OF her life. In
1853 she married Peter Thompson. and TO this
union eight children we're born, of whom six
are living. They are Thomas. Carbilne.
bertha, Lewis, Edward and Martin, an or
whom with her bereaved and aged husband
survive her, BESIDES these she leaves two
brothers, Ole and kuute knutson. Her
mother and two brothers have 80 d before.
Mrs Thompson was a loving wife. a cherished
mother, and kind neighhor. She was u
patient sufferer, her health having been poor
for many years before death came
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-07-15
LYNcnING Is MuRpER.

MILWAUKEE, July Every man
who participates in the lynchiug or
burning of negro is a murderer pure
and simple"
This is what Justice David g. Brewer
Of the United States supreme court said
Yesterday Of the reign of mob law in the
southern states.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-07-15
ENpEAvoRERs INJURED

DENVER, Colo, July IS. More than
twenty people were injufad and 5000
thrown into q panic by the blowing
down Of the big tent in which delegates
to the Christian Endeavor convention
here were gathered at 4 o'clock this af-
ternoon
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LATEST IMPORTANT NEWS.
moRLpls rRorrINe REeoRp.

CLEVELAND, o. July The worlds
record for trotting rasIes was broken by
Lon Dillon today at Chenille. Time,
2031. This Ia one-quarter second below
Alexis time on the same track.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-07-15

Liberty Pole NJ f Aid society will
meet at Mrs " Nj Hornhys for sup.
per Friday, July "a Everybody come
and help good eanss.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-07-15

Mrs, EILEF I. LAKKRN was born May 31nd,
1925 In Norway. Gudhrausdahlen aud died
July Z, 1908 Buried tniy o. 1907 at Leyaas
lutheran church. Came To America year
1855 lived on Coon Prairie the firss year then
moved TO upper Coon Prairie where they have
lived ever since, leaving husband aud two
Sous tn mourn the loss OF a loving mother
thus the pioneer mothers and fathers OF our
county Rre fast Joining the silent majority.
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naehelora Ave scnrec.

Inc WOefuI absence oil Tie eternal
masculine in Washington has an impor-
tant bearing upon the leniency Of social
arbiters. The national capital comes
disTnally near being an Adamless Eden
so far as single men are concerned.
Owing to the dearth Of commercial
and Industrial possibilities practically
all the ambitious young men migrate as
soon as they are old enough to come
to realization of the situation, where
as most of the men who come to the
dream city ON the Potomac as members
of congress or to assume governmental
positions are married, and not few of
them leave sons at home and bring
daughters allured by the y sospect of a
social carcer--to swell the hopeless sur
plus Of young unmarried women
senator Hoar's Little JoIsc.
Scan l say that you have been talk
Ing to the president ON the trust prob
lemY' asked a reporter of senator Hoar
when he came our of the presidents
office this morning Tae senator smiled
his most seraphlc smile, stopped, looked
at the sky and said
Let me see. Yes. you could say that.
Certainly you couia eay it,
',Then. senator the reporter inter
rupted
Senator Hoar waved his hand
Yes" he said again. 'you could say
that, but 1t wouldn't be true"
Ard the venerable man from Massa-
~.
One on senator Nelson.
During the speech of Senator Nelson
of Minnesota against the admission Of
Oklahoma, New Mexico ana Arizona
as states the senator snid that so per
cent OF the population of New Mexico
is Spanish and Mexican. Delegate Ro-
dey OF New Mexico, who was listening
to the speech, scrubbed a note and
sent It to Nelson. II said.
Dear Senator--T recently had occasion 20
inquire into tha natter and much to my
surprise I find that 81 PEE cent Of the
population OF Minnesota Is Norwegian.
How on Garth did that state get sng
ol,nienee IN washlagton.
Washington society nov contains a
larger percentage than usual Of che
opulemt In addition to the more nan
comfortably wen or some of The
great fortunes of the continent are iss-
ing conferred here in preference to the
metropolis; hence these dinners, these
dances aud these dinnel dance he..ec
these orchids this champagne and ter
raplIi, this feast 81 pate dc foie sras
and tlow OF burgundy
CARL SCfT0FTELD.