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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01

sec gravely urge1, which should give
to he day laborer che vote, 10 The
schooltoacher two, 10 the lawyer or
editor three, and to the author Of a
treatise On the United States CON
stitut. on ten, Natural laws provide
much better for the ord desired; the
education of the editor, the lawyer,
the teacher, should enable him to car
ry dozens Of less educated votes at his
bet. as al Inlian carries scalps. 1t
is he who writes the editorials. he
who makes The speeches; all The ma
ahinery Of conyictloG, for good or for
evil, Is entrusted to his hands The
political Committeeman Is the quar-
termaster OF the regiment; he attends
0 the supplies and the encampment,
Nnd if he neglects his outy the work
Is i'll done Eating is essential to
fighting, In the long run; but eating
can never take the place Of fighting;
and the tone of the political campaign
must be given by those who actually
contend Tine glory Of universal suf-
fraGe," sail Louis Blanc to me once,
is in the power it gives to intellect.
nal leaders a man Of trained intellect
throws NOT one vote only. but a
thousand. Thomas wentworth Hig-
giuson IN Atlantic.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01

meadow and thereby submerges the
plants for their own salvation.
This is, in fact, one of the most sur.
prisng features of the industry. the
scientific precision with which it hes
been developed. There are cranberry
meadows in some districts where the
vines are allowed to take care Of
themselves. subject on.g 10 natural
fowage, and exposed to the Septem
Ter frcsts. Not SO on Cape Cod. On
such a property as that OF a big Gran
berry company which has under con
3truction at North Duxbury the larg
est bog under a single fiowage in the
world, on any September evening
when the approach Of frost is sus-
pected, the manager opens the gates
of the three great. reservoirs of 40,
25 ard rs acres respectively, where
millions of gallcns OF water are held
at levels a few feet above the nea-
lows, and rapidly foods the bikes
until the water, warmer than the air,
percolating among the roots, calls,, :.
vabor to arise that enwraps the Der
ries as in protecting shroud, and
keeps them safe from the nippmg
fingers of the frost king.
Nearly all the favorable locations
FOR boys in The Cape Cod region have
already been taken up by eDterpfising
Yankees. One sights the glow Of the
vines in every part of the land from
Ncw Bedford or Boston around 10 the
sandy tip. Walking among The ,,ush-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01
Mhat hunner IS scIentlficaIlx

New York Post-Hunger is the
sensation felt because of the contrac-
ton of the mnscularis either of the
pylorus or possibly also the entire
stomach or of the duodenum, or OF
the contraction of the muscularis of
all these structures. If the contrac-
ton is light, then the sensation of
the hunger is also of a slight degree;
it is evanescent.
Hunger is a lesser degree of pain,
and is produced by the contraction of
the muscularis. This is the Eqason
why hunger passes away after GER
tain lapse of time, even if no food
hasbeen taken. 1t means simply that
the muscularis becomes tired and
contraction gives way to relaxation.
Absence of contraction, the inability
to contract; relaxation, distentinn-
these being the opposite, the reverse,
of contraction results in the opposite
of appetite. anoxeria. provided, how
ever that such distention is not caus-
ed by over-abundance of the irritat-
ing acid gases. Anorexia is the sen
sorry symptom of distention of the
stomach and upper portion of the in
testine by nonirritating gases, accom-
panied by complete or partial relax
alton of the sphincter This is the
condition we observe in chronic py-
loritis, chronic gastritis, and chronic
inflammatory conditions of the first
portion of the small intestine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01
MAN and Superman."

The Woman courts poor, timid Man
With dlabolic wi,es;
She keeps him guessing when she
can,
She pouts, coquettes, and smiles
She hypnotizes with a glance
Tie doesn't need Wife,.
And, ere he's Weakened from his
trance.
He finds he's tied-for life.
AT least so says G. Bernard Shaw
Beratlng Women thus:
"The iades would be compelled by
law
70 keep away from u.s."
"The female bully" words of Sfaw's)
Plays Tabby-lik6 with you,
And when she's got you in her / 4ws
What can the poor Man do?
0 Bernard Shaw, your thoughts of
Love,
DO not appeal TO me;
I've stiI my rusty notions OF
Barbaric chiya.ry.
If Woman bullies me she can,
Or thinks she can. at least
I'm neither Man and Superman'
Nor Beast and Superbeast."
Wallace Irwin,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01
TWO Cats That Go to Church.

Opposite Hunting Park, on Old
York road, resides a family, Torpey
by name. The Torpseys own two
cats that are different from other
CATS ia that they go to church AS
regularl as Sunday morning arrives
the pair of felines may be seen fol
lowing the Torpeys to St Stephens
church, Broad and Butler streets. No
matter what the weather or transs-
pirings on back fences, the two pious
cats brave probable attacks by inn
pious mongrels and set an example
that many humans would do well to
follow Neighbors will attest to the
truthfulness of the statement that
the church-g going felines spend the
very early morning hours Of Sunday
in licking themselves into that state
of cleanliness which is said to be sec
ondary to godliness. Their fur is
glossy their fur immaculate, and not
a w,lisker is out of place Arrived at
the church, the cats content them
selves with peering in at the door.
They are seemingly content to dele
gate the praying to their owners.
Then they slip into the vestibule of
the priests house adjoining, curl up
and doze until church is out, when
they follow the Torpeys home and
live normal cat lives until another
Sunday.-Fhiladelphia Telegraph.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01

ly 100000 barrels were more widely
distributed than ever before, hunoreus
Of carloads going everywhere. The
tendency is more and more toward
the naturalization of the berry.
So that it is no won Ter Cape Cod
grows rich and prosperous and thar
every available acre of beg is being
taken up, for no othel region Of the
United States is suited by climate for
production of the berries on large
scale. Not every land owner an get
into this industry without outside help.
large capital is needed to develop a
cranberry property. but once it mas
begun to bear the returns are sure.
given the three essentials of peat.
sand and ilowage, The Graz berry
grower is more independent Of the
vicssitudes CT nature than almost any
body else in the world. A crop on a
properly constructed bog cannot be
destroyed either by frost or by worms
if intelligent care is used, for when
the danger of either occurs the watch.
full manager has only to turn the
water from the reservoir into the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01
Extensive Engineering Works.

Probably one of the mots extensive
engineering works, as regards area
covered, now under consideration, is
that Of the United States Reclama-
ton Service. The eight projects al
ready under construction cover irrig-
able land, nearly eight million acres
In extent, in Arizona Colorado, idaho,
Nebraska, Wyoming. Nevada, New
Mexico, and South Dakota; the cost
exceeding $17000,Oo0 In addition
to these there are projects for areas
totaling more than a million acres in
California, Oregon, Montana, and
North Dakota.
Aside from the agricultural and
economic Importance of these i'm
mense undertakings, TIE engineering
features involved are Of much inter
est Reinforced concrete Is being
freely used in the construction Of the
dams and diverting weirs, and the
discus Gus as to the influence Of ten
sion and temperature stresses in
masonry structures have no bearing
upon these works. In this great work
the influence Of engineering upon
civilization is well seen; and while
dip omats and soldiers are d1sputing
about inCemnities anC cessi0ns Of
barren islands. the engineer is add
ing to the permanent wealth of the
world at a continually accelerating
rate-Henry Harrison Suplee, in
Forum.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01
AS to Conscience.

The public conscience consists
mostly of frances.
When once aroused the pubic CON
science signs and sobs and sheds
blood with great fervor
1t then closes it's eyes and gently
slumbers once more.
Most men prefer the public CON
science asleep.
With it in that condition it is much
easier to stay out after the ringing
of the curfew.
1t is also easier to stay the market
and strike the public for another cent
on the gallon.
The man who stirs up the public
conscience sometimes gets stirred
under himself.
1t is the prerogatiye of the public
conscience to send evil-does to pris-
on, whence the private conscience of
the average governor pardons them
out few at a time.
The public conscience differs from
the private conscience only in guam
tity, not in quality.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01

covered dunes behind Provincetown
the tourist is surpriued to fil4l ii1ue
halfa.re and acre boys, between
sheltering hills.
Resides a stream of water fer the
winter and autumn foundations the
prospective cranberry grower must
discover 2 generally level tract tina.
has au underlying structure of peat
or black mud preferably the former,
since the mud is apt to be too cold
for the best growth OF the plants.
Ample sandwich is not ordinarily
i.heult to find on the Cape--Is an.
other absolute necessity. When the
bog is first constructed a layer from
four to ten inches in depth is mace.
upon which the cuttings from older
vines are forced down until their ends
rest in the peat bed beneath. The
sand holds The suns heat ard thus
protects the vines AGAINST lhe cold.
ness ci the mass Of peat 1t is the
custom every two or three years %
"sapP bog.
everywhere on the Cape one hears
u the prohtableness of the indusur,
when it is scientifically conducted. A
hog must be one of the best payingr real
estate investments In the country.
Thus an acre of hes in Plymouth
county yielded a net of $955.50; a Dcs
0f and SIS acres for 10 consecutive
years yielded over GOO barrels annual
ly, and earned for its owner $50 a
day net profit during the entire period
a bog of II acres yielded $4,000 an
nually in 1901. 1902 and 1908; bog
of 10 acres paid for itself in three
years; bog of As acres paid for it
self seven times in is years, A bog
of 16 acres yielded 1900 barrels, OF
| 1S4 barrels per acre in 1904; another
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01

customed to the spectacle OF cosmo-
polltan gangs OF pickers, Portuguese,
French Canadians, Firms, Poles.
Swedes, Italians and occasionally a
natiye Yankee, in an ever advancing
line eating their way across the .nea
dow, ana to the animated scenes al
the screen house where the REDEEM
ing fruits are sorted into the different
grades and carefully boxed to make
their journey over the New haven
lines to every quarter of the United
States where thanksgiving turkey
demands an accompaniment of cram
berry sauce.
Even if ignorance Of the cranberry
nahits is as widespread as the grower
has found, appreciation of the quail
ties of the fruit itself grows more live
and active each year until the ques
ton that is most frequently asked
herca5out is Where is the supply of
the future to come from?" Already
it is doubtful this year if the eastern
thanksgiving tables will not CLEAN but
eparsely with the glorious red sauce,
for hardly had the pickers begun work
when the adroit western buyers we've
m the scene, riding out in every di.
rection from their headquarters in
.VaTeham. examining the Dogs cIitI-
cally and making their offers before
the fruit men of Boston and New
York were aware what was going on
Their nropreesiVenese is in line WIN
recent requirements. Last year near
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01
choate and Rela nat dots.

The fact came out at the Union
league dinner in New York 10 the re-
Gently returned ambassador to the
court Of ST. James, Joseph II. Choate.
that there exis,s an unfortunate lack
Of cordially between the retiring Of
fetal and the equally distinguished
gentleman who succeeds him Nv
Choate made no reference to the
strained relations, but it was subject
of remark amcng the diners. Nobody
appears able TO explain the reasons
for the GOODNESS. but the assump-
ton is that some local busvbody has
caused the trouble. All republicans
remember that Mr.. Choate and Mr.
Reid were equally antagonistic to
Senator Plat a few years ago, there
fore a disagreement cannot be ac
counted for on any theory that con
Germs what is popularity knows as
senatorial courtesy. "--Exchange.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01
An Uneracious Speech.

THAT speech" said Bro s. Golfer,
anent political address, was ungra-
cious. 1t reminds me of a Scots
speech to his wife.
''The Scot had married for the sec
ond time. His new mate was senti-
mentcl and little morbid She could
not resist asking her husband now
and then if he loved her better than
he had loved her predecessor.
she would say:
" Do l more than fill Jeans place
in your heart, Jock?'
Are ye sure ye're no regrettin'
Jean laddie?'
" Jock, do We love me better nor
her?
THE man bore several of these
examinations patiently. Then he
ended them, once for all, with a
gruff:
" TAX NAH word for it, Betty if
Jean was Twin We wadna be here. -
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01

of 12O acres yielded 104 barrels per
acre the same year; stockholders in
another bog received dividend of
81 % 'er cent in 1904 stockholders
in another have never received annual
DIVIDENDS of less than IS per cent
during the past II years. These are
said to be typical instances.
An idea of the extent of the grow
ing is gained from the statement that
the New Haven road last year for
warded 2,566,S77 barrels of the berries
20 every part Of the country ply
mouth, the ancient growers head.
quarters, North Carver and fremont
are the largest shipping depots,
though stable consignmelts so out
from every little station in the dis.
trict Refrigerator cars take the
crisp berries to every section OF a
nation that has come to appreciate
them as highly as it appreciates
coaches, oranges or any other staple
fruit The pie-making firms say that
the call for cranberry pies and tarts
mas increased enormously, and all out
Of proportion to the demand for
other culinary delicacies. Besides
their ordinary table uses the berries
IRE much in request for ship stores,
since they are a preventive of scurvy.
1t is currently believed among the
Cape people that the profits Of cram
berry growing are not only perma-
nent, but are destined to increase
largely
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01
SILLY SEASON soPHlsrRlEs-

One touch of sunburn makes the
ghole world skin.
The summer girl makes towards of
IS all.
The proof OF he picnic is in the eat
ng.
Surf bathing levels all ranks.
There's no fool like a summer fool.
Flirting is its own reward.
A hand in the hand is worth two in
he gloves.
A little summer girl is a dangerous
hing.
Seaside communications corrupt
God manners.
Absence makes The heart 20 yondcr
Hilarity covers a multnuae Of sins.
Faint heart never won four ladies'.
Money makes the time go.
Take care of the tents and the
owns win take care Of themselves.
Two chapercns are better than one.
a man is known by the secrets he
-eeps.
Nice men tell no .ales
IN a multitude of summer girls
here is safety.
It's long head that has no turning.
It's a sea breeze that blows nobody
5ood.-PHck.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01

family gave hel every encouragement,
and sent her to Germany for the nee
essary woods. Altogether, six yiolns
have been completed by her, each one
noted Improvement on preceding ef-
fort, until the last instrument Is said
by experts to possess adelightfullyr
and brilliant tone Miss Barstow has
shown considerable inventive genius in
constructing her violins, successfully
experimenting with the native red
wood as base bar, and Will use more
Of that wood IN her next violin --Phila-
Jelphia Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01
JtaIv's Queen a Poet.

A German firm is preparing 20 issue
4 volume of poems written by Queen
Helen of Italy. The book will make
IT'S appearance in the near future. The
poems are said to reveal the fact that
the Queen possesses the highest poetic
talent One poem entitled War" has
i direct bearing upon the present con-
1ict in the Far East. The verses were
written in the Queens native tongue
(Montenegrin) aud have been trans
lated into German.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01
A WOMAN MAKER OF vloltNs.

To play the violin is the accomplish
rpent Of hundreds Of young women. but
few have constructed the beloved in
strument from which s5cil wonderful
melody can be obtained. Miss Grace
Barstow Of San Jose. Cal, has the
unique distinction Of being the only
woman violin maker in America, II not
In the world. and, moreover, she Is a
noted performer on the instruments
Of her own making. Possessing a #
ing environment and intelligent sym.
patty, when her desire to make VIC
lin became Known. Miss Barstows
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01
1te Scholar IN Polltlcs-

r. all the scholars education in a
republic gives him no infalible ad-
vantage over the Inen who cannot
read or write. LEI the scholar have the
ran]iness not to whine over the re
suits # his own efficiency. Ttow alb
surd would be any artificial system Of
such rs we sometimes
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01
MARCO BozzARIs.
Fitz-Green Hallecks Poem
Abridged BY Himself.

Marco Bozzaris, the Epaminon61s
of modern Greece, fell in a night at
tack upon the Turkish camp at Laspi,
the site of the ancient Plataea, Aug
ust 20, 1923. and expired in the mo-
ment of victory His last words
were:-"To die for liberty is pleas
re and not pain"
At midnight, in his guarded tent,
The Turk was dreaming of the hour
When Greece, her knee in suppliance
bent,
Should tremble at his power:
In dreams through camp and court
he bore
The trophies OF a conqueror;
In dreams his song of triumph
heard;
Then wore his monarchs signet
ring
Then pressed the monarch's throne,
IA king!
AS wild his thoughts, and gay OF
wing
AS Eden's garden bird.
AT midnight, in the forest shades
Bozzaris ranged his Suliot band;
True as the steel of their tried
blades,
Heroes in heart and ham,
There had the Persian thousands
stood,
There had the glad earth drank their
blood
/ On old Plataea's day;
And now there breathed that haunted
air
The sons Of sires who conquered
there,
With arm to strike and soul to dare
As quick, as far as they.
An hour passed on,--the Turk awoke;
That bright dream was his last;
He woke, to hear his sentries shrek.
TO arms! they come! the Greek.
the Greel%
He woke, to die midst flame and
smoke,
And shout, and groan, and saber-
stroke,
And death-shots falling thick and
4 fast
As lightnings from the mountain
Cloud,
And heard. with voice as trumpet
loud,
Bozzaris cheer his band
Strike till the last armed foe ex-
priest
strike--for your affairs and your
fires!
strike--for the green graves of your
siresl
God and your native land"
They fought, like brave men, long
and we'll;
They pied the ground with Moslem
slain;
They conquered; but Bozzaris fell.
! Bleeding at every vein.
His few surviving comrades saw
His smile. when rang their proud hur
rah,
1 And the red field was won
Then saw in death his eyelids close.
Calmly, as to nights repose,
Like flowers at set of sun.
Come to the bridal chamber Death!
Come to the mothers when she
feels
For the first time her frstborn's
breath
Come when the blessed seals
That close the pestilence war broke
And crowded cities wall its stroke;
Come in Consumption's CHASTITY form.
The earthquake shock, the ocean
storm;
Come when the heart beats high and
warm,
with banquet song, and dance, and
wine,
And thou art terrible: the tear,
The groan, the knell, the pail, the
bier,
And all we know, or dream, or fear,
OF agony, are thine.
But to the hero, when his sword
Has won the battle for the free,
Thy voice sounds like a prophets
word,
And in its hollow tones are heard
The thanks of millions yet to be.
Bozzarls! with the storied brave
Greece nurtured in her giory's
time,
Rest thee: there is no prouder cline.
We tell thy doom without sigh;
For thou art Freedoms now, and
Fame's,
One Of the few, the immortal names,
That were not born to die!
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01

all win be dark in the silence of the
grave, leaving only the records of our
words and works for future genera
tons. Then see to it, comrades. that
there be no blot on the record Of the
old Second Wisconsin cavalry"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01

THE Lord loyeth cheerful liver
You've quoted that wrong; it's
cheerful giver.' "
"Ok." 1t amounts to the same
thing; the man with a cheerful liver
ISN'T help being cheerful giyer."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-01
By Colonel ]. A. watrous. Z. $. A. retired.
HOW THE MINER WON.

What can't a man accomplish If he
keeps his eyes open, his mind active,
his hands ready and always puts forth
his best efiort?"
Do Won give 1t Irn2
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-08
Man Who Did Too Well.

"A man may sell too much Of the
article which he is displaying to his
customers. and l know of case In
point which happened to friend Of
mine." said commercial man.
my friend had fine place offered
him with an organ factory. and he &C
cepted it, the salary being up in the
four figures. He went out and to his
drst customer sold the entire output Of
the plant. The customer agreed to take
all that the factory could make Hav-
Ing nothing more to sell, my friend re-
turned to the house well pleased with
his success and for several days sat
around smoking good cigars. while the
firm patted him on the back One day
he came in. and the boss called him
over, saying in this fashion:
81 will have to give you the usual
thirty days notice. You have done so
well that we have no further use for
you or any travelling man. We are sOr-
ry to lose you. but you sold too much at
the first crack. "-LOuisviIle Courier
Journal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-08
A TIL TapDer.

During luncheon the subject of wild
Ows arose, and on this interesting topic
many original ideas were expressed.
One of the company said:
'SOme widows are to be pitied; 9TH
ers. again. are to he felicitatcd. My IA
ther used to describe widow of the
latter sort. She lived in Marylan and
kept little village store. Her husband
was worthless fellow. He never
worked, and he drank great deal A
worthless fellow, repeat, bnt never
theless when he died suddenly many
persons made calls of sympathy and
coincidence on the widow. Ny father
did not call. but one day, stopping at
the store to buy some trifle or other, he
thought it was no more than right to
say in a feeling tone:
"'YOu must miss your husband q
great deal. madam"
"'Well, SIR said the widow, 1T does
seem strange to come into the shop
and find something in the till"