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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-09-13

with it's vegetarian associations, man
kind has been urged to give up the
"flesh-pots of Egypt" and live upon
herbs and fruit and water from the
spring. Whether or not this doctrine
has made substantial progress among
the nations of the world is doubtful;
but today there is a marked tendency
to accept and live up to this teaching
on the part of many leaders Of
thought and fashion. Many aristocra-
tic women, and a canon of the estah-
lished Church--himself the headmas-
ter of one of our most aristoclatic
schools-have proclaimed themselves
vegetarians, and have become advo-
Gates of the so-called simpler re
Were this movement for a simpler
life due to a mere love of novelty and
change, a pandering to morbid
craving for some new excitement, no
words could be too strong wherewith
to condemn ii. But we believe that
there is a genuine wave of feeling
for a more ideal life, and a strong
reaction on the part of many women
against the artificiality of modern
living. The life of the ordinary
woman of society. to say nothing of
the leaders thereof, is too frequently
such round of engagements. of
Functions, of social duties. that,
compared with the lives of many wo-
men of the laboring classes, 1t is
very hard work. And even if the OBJ
iect be pleasure, the pursuing Of it
entails a great deal Of trouble. work,
and very often consif personal
sacrifice. Moreover. the pursuit of
pleasure. when continuous, becomes
simply another form of work, and the
strain of it on the body and mind IS
practically just the same as if il were
done for a wage Late hours, excite
ment, .oss of sleep. improper food,
irregular meals, bridge parties, andd
all the wear ard tear of modern So
ciety life tell heavily upon the bodies
and nerves Of women of whom often
feel tempted to doubt w
game is worth the candle. And if the
mind does not revolt, the body viii
in time rebel, md outraged nature
demands compensation for dIstur-
bance as surely as night follows the
day. Illness supervenes, and the vic
tim of an unnatural mode of life has
to give it up for time to seek re
newed health at the seaside, the sana-
torium, or undergo one Of the many
continental cures" Such modern
diseases as cancer and appendicitis
are undoubtedly dle to the modern
manner of liying-of wrong feeding
and high pressure. Thus the pres
ent wave of reform in food and drink
is hut the resuIt-another form OF ex-
pression-of the physical reaction
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-09-13

venience to both the latter and kitchen.
The laundry communicates with kitch-
en-. All these rooms are the usual size
and designed for convenience. The
second floor has three bed rooms and
bath, eacA room with large closet.
This floor is provided with front and
back stairs and front and rear halls
leading therefrom, and is planned for
light and ventilation. In the attic
there is ample space for two additional
rooms which could be completed at a
small increase in the estimated cost.
The finish throughout is chestnut with
flemish oak effect and treated in an
artistic manner to be both pleasing
and lasting. The body of the house if
painted light brown with dark brown
trimmings, shingles for roof stained
green, would look well. All sash
should be red. Plumbing, painting
and heating included in estimate as
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-09-13

When presently he told me that
must write to Abraham Powling I
was as much under his dominion as
ever, and I sat down to do it. And
this is what wrote, at his dictation:
Dear Mr.. Powling: The photo
graphs are finished and / think you
will be satisfied with them. There
is, however, in one OF them a most
remarkable appearance, such as one
does not ordinarily obtain with the
aid of a camera, and which | should
like you to see. *I purpose giving my
self the pleasure Of calliI upon you
at your hotel tomorrow with the cop
les have finished. Faithfully yours.
Julius Ratenbury."
OF course, Enoch Voyce went with
me the next day. We found the ho-
tel to be a dull little place close to
Euston square. where Abraham Powl-
ing had a top room. It was evidently
not from lack of means that he lived
in such obscurity. Perhaps he feared
pubic opinion still. despite the YER
dict of the jury. There was box
of cigars ON the table. and bottle of
champagne. He received us with
something of effasion, opened the
champagne, and poured out generous
glasses.
Now. let's see the photographs. he
said. And what's all this about
some strange appearance in one OF
them?"
stop a moment" said Enoch set
ting down his glass. and stepping for
ward. Before you see the prints l
think 1t is only right you should in
some way be prepared for what you
may see in this particular photo
graph of which our young friend has
spoken. Please understand, my dear
sir that l am speaking only for your
good and that ! hold no opinions one
way or the other concerning these
matters. am not a spiritualist."
What do you mean?" asked Powl-
ing. turning on him. Enoch Voyce
was untying the parcel
There are pecp,e." he went on
struggling with knot. who hold
that the camera viii ultimately re
veal TO us many mysteries of the IN
seen world of which we are now ig-
norant. The spirits of departed
ones have before now. SO | am told,
appeared actually side by side with
the living person photographed. when
there appeared to be no possibility
that any trick could have been play
ed. II YOU have any fear about such
matters" he added. looking up sharp
lv at Powling. Il beg you not TO look
at this picture. II YOU have no such
fears. then. you may find it interest
ing The affair is a remarkable one.
Il want 70 see Il" said the man;
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-09-13

Theodore Roosevelt has fled an ap-
yIication in the district court Of
Omaha to be admitted TO citizenship in
the United States. He was a subject
of Enperor Franz Joseph OF Austria
ana ser ed II the Austrian army. He
was i'm President Rooseveit's rough
riders regiment Living now IN the
san6 hills of western Nebraska he
wants to become a citizen 50 ne may
file q claim On some government lands
in CHERRY county.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-09-13
HOSPITAL MOTOR DAY.

May l suggest to my brother mo-
torists that one day in the coming
summer should be devoted, after the
fashion Of Hospital Sunday and Life
boat Sunday. to the taking out in their
motor-cars of children and patients OF
HOSPITALS with their nurses who are
unable. TO walk? Tt might eventually
become to be known as Hospiesl Motor
Day-The Car.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-09-13
SIMPLE LIVING.

eat VEGETABLES. Stick to Water, and
Have Modest Tastes.
From the days Of Pythagoras there
have not been wanting advocates OF a
life simpler than that led by the con
temporaries Of the reformers. FROM
the times Of the Essenez. who drank
no vine and practissd the greatest
asceticism in diet, TO the present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-02
IN HOTEL. LoBBIEs
Postoffice Congestion.

think that the postoffce in Birmng- ham handles the immense amount of mail that passes through it admirably when one considers that the force is very short" said man who has been inves- ugating the conditions in the postofnee'
 The force of men should be increased oy at least dozen clerks, and then there would not be any too many At present there are sixty-four clerks in the various departments of the postoffioe.
 The postoffce department should come to the relief of the officials here. be- heve that as soon as the conditions nero are thoroughly understood the department will allow some additional clerks. Busi- ness Is increasing more rapidly in the BIT mingham postoffice, according to the in- formation I receive, than any postofflce Tn the country. In addition to the increased population to be served, an immense maii order business has grown up within the last few months and thousands of pack ages are sent through the postofhce daliy' This is especially true of the whisky sent to the dry towns of Alabama and Mis- sissippi.
 ''I would like to see the citizens Of Bir- min gham unite in a movement to get more clerks and also to get large gov ernment building.
 Referring again to the matter Of hand- ling the mails. Of course there are some delays in asserting the mails and deliv- ering them. but 1 believe that the work is done about as rapidly in Birmingham as any place 1 know"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-02
Teachers Underpaid.
king Lear.

The Age Herald has laid much stress on the fact that teachers in Alabama, as well as in the entire United States, are woefully underpaid. Just now there is a serious shortage of teachers in Jefferson county. Schools will have to be closed because no one can be found to teach them. One explanation of the situation is that the state examinations a. harder and more rigid now than ever before, but the average salary which these positions pay is $40 d month, and that is not enough to stim. ulate competition. Almost any adult person can make $40 a month. Men and women who are qualified to teach can readily be excused for valuing their services higher.
 Leslie's Weekly states that there are 100000 school teachers in this country. with an average annual salary of $600 Compare this figure with $5000, which Is the annual income of a fairly sue cessful business or professional man; and still further compare it with the huge salaries running from $25,000 to $100,O00 year, which are paid the specialists-the insurance magnates. skilled professional men and presi- dents of corporations.
 Continuing, the same authority states that there are 17,723 annual salaries which are below $500. The professors of Harvard and Yale receive from $2000 to $4OOO year, yet these men are among the most noted savants of the day, whose fame is not bounded by academic walls.
 The business of teaching school in this country is indeed Tabor of love. " There is no money in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-02

oped megalocephalous qualities which have inspired a remarkable document It is nothing more or less than mani- festo, heaping long words of deroga. tory character upon the heads of the sophomores and challenging them to combat in bowl rush." An idea of how the freshman mind works can be derived from the following paragraph. taken bodily from the manifesto:
 We will annihilate and exterminate you from the face of the earth, which you disgrace. You sneaking. perfidious, despicable and slimy growers of '0s, we will pulverize your codanctious corpses and make parallelopipeds of your empty, swelled heads!"
 This is an awe-inspiring pronuncia- mento, inelegant and crude. but strict ly to the point and provokative of trouble. It is in line with freshmen ethics. It is a surprising defiance of the sophomore and also reveals the fact that the freshman went several times to his dictionary before his chal- lenge was completed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-02
GLORIOUS DAYS OF THE TRAIL.
zack Addlneton Tells About old-Time
 Cattlemen of West.
From the Daily Ardmorite.

From the Daily Ardmorite.
 zack Addington of Addington, down in the Chickasaw nation, dropped into Pauls valley the other day and the old-time cattlemen held a pow-wow at Jim Hybar- gers real estate office that was like writ ing a history of the old times Jim Fly barger was engaged in the cattle business until he got mixed up so much In the land business and building railroads that he had to drop riding round and looking after stray steers and take to riding round and looking after stray land buy CTS and 'vamcosing" tenants on his places up and down the Washita and Wild Horse creeks.
 When Zack Addington rode into town and saw Jim Hyberger's real estate sign he resisted his impulse to perforate it with a fe wfree and easy trigger pulls, got down off his horse, drifted into Jim's of flee with the result as stated of startling a pow-wow that gathered a regular round up of old-timers in town. "Old Zack Ad- dlngton,p as he is called al lover the southwest territory. came to the terri. tory from Texas in 1857 with little bunch of 5000 head of cattle and located near Burneyville. Later, along about 1866, he put in the first land lease of 1000 acres known as the "B. l." ranch on Mud creek and worked up a string of something like 5000 head of cattle. He prospered in those palmy days until he became the largest cattle owner in the territory and felt able to take his regular blowout in St. Louis until 1884, when, between the alien land law, drouth and rustlers, the "hel and high water of the cattlemen' he went bumped for his pile and walked out of the Kansas City stock yards few hundred thousand dollars worse off and no cattle worth putting an iron on, much less pulling gross by hand to feed.
 we used to throw crackaloo for s2o gold pieces in those days, said Adding ton with a sly wink, and shoot slickers just to while away the time while wait ing for the camp cook to mak gravy.
 Shooting "slicks,' by the way, for the benefit of modern genera ton, was hlllng a tin cup full of nickels, quarters or doi- lars, as the case might be, and throw ing them in the air instead of heads and tails; it was heads or "sllcks,' slick being the reverse side of the coin. The man who guessed 'slicks" got the pot il most coins came slick side up.
 '"rhese days of town building and farm ing are all right, declared old Zack pen slvely, land show q fellow that the cat tie business and the cattleman Is not the only pebble on the beach, or the only chip on the prairie, but 1t makes feller feel what I read in poem called Sweet Pain when he gets to talking over the old days and thinkin' about 'em.
 Plans are being made to have an old time cattlemen's reunion at Pauls Valley in the near future. There has never been anything of the kind in the territory, and responses to letters sent out last week indicate that an affair of his kind will be notable roundup. James Oim) Hybar- ger, E. M Moore and others have been appointed committee to take the matter in hand and push 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-02
SPANKING MACHINE.
Mother of Five Points Out Some of It's
 Advantages.

From the New York World.
 'I sec said the mother of five, that in Peoria, Ill.,, they've invented a ma chine for spanking children" She cast a meaning glance at her son Willie who shifted uneasily in his chair, but said nothing.
 T was thinking" she went on, speak ing to no one in particular, that would send on to the inventor and get one of the machines. It would come in handy for me, and I could rent 1t out among some neighbors I know and make money on 1t. That is, of course, if I didn't use 1t all the time, which night Willie squirmed again, and thanked his stars the machine wasn't there yet. His mother went on:
 ''I spose they have various sized hands for the machine. to be used in accordance with the gravity of the spankee's offense and the spanking area presented to the spanker. For instance, for such offenses as hanging to the tail end of Ice carts, about a No. 2 hand, with spikes in it., wouldwould do. For riding up in the dumbwaiter and soaring the life out of the cook so that she gives notive, a No. hand. with explosive torpedoes in the palm, wouldn't be any too big or heavy If the machine works with a crank, as imagine 1t does, the rapidity of the stroke could be regulated. too and the severity of the punishment thus graded according to what the young man ought to have coming to him.
 "Of course I'm merely talking from hearsay. now, but think one of those machines on every street corner woulod be a good thing. They could build little booth around 1t and charge admission. Then when a small boy. out with his mother, insisted on running across a crowded street ahead of her, and giving her heart disease by nearly getting run over by cars and automobiles. she could just lead him into the corner spankorium and attend to him good and plentiful. I think the city ought to know about this and provide such places.
 Tt would be a great machine to act as a deterrent. If boy was bad you could say to him: Be good, now, or will put papa's hand with the cast iron fingers on 1t into the spanker and turn it loose on you That would do some good. and don't think the small boy would think 1t bluff either"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-02

revealed both the funcational possibilities of the telephone and the great many tech nicsl difficulties which have been over come. and in the space of twenty-five years the length of long-distance tele- phone lines has increased from twenty seven to 275,0o0 million. But these lines are not to be considered as comprising all of the lines outside of any municipality, as they can be attached to lines about 4,oo0,Ooo miles in length and radiatins at these points, reach to the desired sub scriber
 When a person uses long distance telephone, a large amount of property is at their exclusive serviee-for instance, in speaking from Boston to Omaha, as one business firm does every morning, the val ue of the fraction of line and apparatus at the sole disposal is at the present price of copper, over s2sS,O00, while it requires the service of nine operators at the switoh-boards at various points along the line"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-02
MuFF OF ku6ELIk.

From the New York Mail
 M Ian Kubelik of Vienna and Prague, a native of Bohemia, the son of a market gardner, but by present occupation a per former on the violin. landed in this city Monday from German liner with his hands in a Persian lambs wool huff. M. Kubelik proved himself brave man by continuing to keep his hands In this mum while he conversed in the cabin or the steamer with the assembled reporters.
 Courage Is the only proper word to characterize M. Kubelik's retention of his nun a this occasion. An ordinary cow .rd,v man would have smuggled the muff aside when he saw the reporters coming. Young M. Kubelik has the courage of his virtuosity.
 When a man becomes virtuosd he puts masculinity aside. He assumes the quality which enables a woman, possibly after 8 dav's hard toll, to set at work and, stitch by stitch, produce a knitted stocking or tatted dolly. or some other triumph tn- yolving patient and long-continued man. ual dexterity.
 In order to master the technique of the fiddle to become a great violin vir- tuoso, a man must in some sense effemin- ize himself. He must conquer in himself the natural tendency to wander freely. to expose himself to the rough elements. and to work light-heartedly at some robust and smashing toll. He must force him self into a willingness to do tatting TOT eight or ten hours a day.
 This involves manual nimbleness and great dexterty. and also an exaggerated solicitude for the safety and good con dition of the hands. Hency the nun or Kubelik.
 Modern music. with its intense and aw- full virtuosity. is a thing for highly or ganized. keenly sensitive, readily intuitiVe natures; therefore for effeminate natures. Long and carefully guarded locks ana dei- icate fingers are the outward marks of such natures. Who enters the path of yirtuosity leaves male consciousness be- hind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-02
THE REcEssIoNAL.

By Rudyard Kipling. God of our fathers. known of old
 Lord of our far-flung battle line Beneath Whose awful Hand we hold
 Dominion over ralm and pine Lord God of Hosts. be with us yet Lest we forget. lest we forget! The tumult and the shouting dies-
 The Captains and the Kings depart still stands Thine ancient sacrifice
 An humble and contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget. lest we forget! Far-called our navies melt away
 On dune and qieadland sinks the ire Lo. all our pomp of yesterday
 Is one with Ninevell and Tyre. Judge of the Nations, spare us yet. Lest we forget, lest we forget! If. drunk with sight of power. we loose
 Wild tongues that have not Thee in
 awe
 Such boasting as the Gentiles use
 Or lesser breeds without the Law Lord God of Hosts. be with us yet. Lest we forget, lest we forget. For heather heart that puts her trust
 In reeking tube and iron shard- All valiant du. that builds on dust For frantic boast and foolish word. They mercy on Thy People, Lor1I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-02
4 Prize Witness.

Remarkable lapses of memory, sur. prisfng obtuseness and strong re- luctance to talk on the witness stand have been characteristics of the graft CTS recently uncovered by the insurance Investigating committee of New York. Richard A McCurdy, John A. Mccall, Robert H. McCurdy, Senator Depew and former Governor Odell played stel- lar roles in the investigation, but none of these has betrayed more of the ec. centricities peculiar to insurance re- tainers than has Senator McClelland. He should be awarded the prize pack age.
 MT. McClelland declared that the House of Mirth" was the "quietest in Albany" that no drinking or card playing ever took place there; that he occupied room in the house because Fields, friend of thirty years, insisted on hls doing so; that his fees were al- ways paid by the Mutual in cash and he did not know exactly what they were paid to him for doing, although he did advise" and that he was abso- iutely unable to remember whether he was ever employed by the Equitable society or not.
 MT. McClelland would be an easy mark for people who borrow money. He would never be able to remember that person owed him an amount he would probably forget an injury as Aon as it was committed and he never WNpld remember to mail letter. Mir. Mcclell 4 should take something for his memory. Also, stimulant for his conscience would not be amiss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-02
Bachelor Quarters.

Bachelor quarters are becoming very popular in Birmingham now said Archi- bald De Bow yesterday. "I know Of at least half a dozen parties of bachelors who have leased residences and estab- lished quarters of their own.
 Several years ago there was but one bachelor home In Birmingham. but within the past year they have become very popular I know of no life as pleasant for congenial men as that of bachelor hall. Every one feels free to come and go as he pleases, he has no ties, does not have to conform to any hours and in fact he is perfectly at liberty if that expression is permitted.
 Several very handsomely appointed homes have been leased in Birmingham As rule the bachelors prefer furnished houses The bachelors do not have to go to the expense of furnishing the homes and every modern convenience is to be had.
 Bachelor dinners are quite the fad. A number of such entertainments have been given recently. The young couples are chaperoned by some of their married friends. and the occasions are always en- joyed."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-02
A ColIeae Type,

When youth enters college as a freshman he is megalocephalous and megalophonous. When he becomes a senior he is still more megalocephal- ous, but less megalophonous. He must maintain his dignity as last year man, whereas the freshman has not yet learned to have a care for his deport- ment. In college life the freshman and the sophomore furnish the most abund- ant comedy. The sophomore feels 1ubilant over the fact that he is not a freshman and the freshman feels equally puffed up because he is fresh mana minnow in the sea of knowl. edge.
 The freshmen at the University of Hlsbsma seem to hAve unduly devel-