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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15

them once a week, and mighty few
others. The fish don't know what it
is to be hunted"
Seine emp" inquired the insurance
man quietly.
Not much. We get some provi-
sions together and start down stream.
The water runs about eight miles an
hour, and it would be too hard work
to row against the current-that is
why we ship up stream. The boat
man has nothing to do except keep
the craft headed right and help lift
over an occasional falls. The fish go
IN stream about three miles an hour.
"As the, boat goes downstream we
whip the water for smali.mouth bass.
They have been undtsturbed so long
that they will bite at anything. 1t is
exciting, for the boat makes all sorts
of sharp turns, and the skill it takes
10 stand ard handle a pole is some
thing not often acquired"
They fish with pitchforks out in
Kansas" put in the conductor, who
had been listening. "one day last
summer we were sidetracked along
the Kaw and | went out on the bank
of an old river bed that had been dry
so long it had been planted to corn.
The crop was six feet high and the
water had backed in from the river
until it was three feet deep over the
whole field. A farmer came driving
through the field, the horses splashing
the water over themselves and him.
Suddenly he stopped and reached
ever the side of the wagon box wits
a pitchfork, as if driving for a lost
pumpkin. But it was a fish he was
after He got it-squirming and
Iwriggling, to the surface, hoisting 4.
Into the wagon, The next lunge
brought up a 2O-pounder. and the
third was bigger still, and he had
hard work TO land it. That old corn
field was fairly alive with catfish and
carp, come in from the river"
did he get them all?. asked the
insurance.
Not that day. He took a wagon
load to town and then stretched a
/ barbed wire fence across the opening
that led to the river and held the
Others in. They fed on the corn and
kept fat Every day he went in and
speared another load The crop
lasted most of the sumner, and he
made enough out of the fish to buy an
imported bull pup"
The conductor did not wait for
comments. With the last words he
called out Kansas City Union
station. All change!'
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
The Spinner Song.

The spinister twisted her slender
thread
AS she sat, and spun;
1.-THE earth and the heavens are
mine" she said,
"An6 he moon and sun,
Into my web the sunlight goes,
And the breath of MAY
And the crimson life o. the new
blown rose
rose
That was born today"
The spinner sang in the hush o. noon,
And her song was low;
"Ah, morning you pass away too
soon,
You are swift to go;
My heart o'erhows like a trimming
cup
With it's hopes and fears
Love- come and drink the sweetness
Up
Ere it turns to tears"
The spinner looked at the falling sun,
rs it time to rest?
My hands are weary-my work is
done;
have wrought my best;
have spun and woven with patient
eyes,
And with fingers fleet
Lo where the toll of a lifetime lies
In a winding Sheet"
Mary afnge de We're.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
Reiqn or Ribbon Bows.

Gay fancy paints the wearers a
host of butterflies, and the most sur
prising is the vogue for bows, mostly
of Vatican ORIGIN. which have lighted
like myriads OF butterflies on II
sons toilets. They Geek the slippers
or ties, the gown, the coat, the hat
and even the hair. They are perky
or square, as preferred, and are made
of the most old-time ribbons with
picot, frayed or pinked edges and
with surfaces glazed. changeable flow
cred, figured and striped or plain. A
spool of the tiniest wire is usually
found in nilady's work basket for
the delicate substantiation of the
edges of bows, ruches and other fur
nishings.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
MANY USES OF TEA.

Hot tea will often relieve a sick
stomach or a headache. is restful and
soothing to the nerves.
Cold tea with ice and lemon Is an
almost ideal summer drink.
Cold weak tea cleans paint admir-
ably, even white paint.
1t cleans mems clothes, taking out
spots.
To clean black goods with tea, silk,
satin or cashmere, sponge thoroughly
and press with hot iron on the
wrong side.
Tea colors lace that old" color
which is so much desired.
Green tea will darken red hair. it
is said.
TeaIeaf poultices ale good for weak
or infiamed eyes.
Tea leaves washed are very good to
sprinkle on the carpet to lay the dust
before starting in to sweep. Minneap-
oils journal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15

rests his fame, but incidentally it
may be well to know that he was a
man of parts--a successful Georgia
farmer and silversmith and a man
of note in his tribe when it emigrated
beyond the Mississippi
AS for the name-his father was a
Dutch trader named George Gist or
Gisb, which one can easily believe
became corrupted in the southern
coony into the English name Guess;
and the Indian mother, true to the
husband who had deserted her before
the child was born, named him the
Indian equivalent Se-quo-yah, he
guessed it," or, probably as the Indi-
an thought would be, "he made it a
Guess" Cor Iist). But he was known
also among his people by his fathers
name of George Guess, and there has
beer some question as to. whether he
was not given the name Sequoyah
after his invertion of the alphabet
the word having reference to guess
ing it out, but that is evidently late
AdnCs- uG thuiaiA iuOLnGE dllnOSt
beyond doubt bestowed the name
which later came to be applied by the
Cherokees TO a county of their nation
and to one of their literary institu
tons, and to a postoffice in Indian
Territory But it is most Familiarity
known, with a slight change in the
spelling. as the botanical name oil
the giant coniferous evergreen trees
&c the Pacific coast, Sequoia, tbs
name having been conferred by the
Hungarian botanist Endlicher He
left its derivation unexplained. but
unquestionably it was in honor OF
the Indian, whose fame was al over
the land at the time that Endlicher
was conducting his botanical re
searches.
So there is reason in the name and
its use once again as the name of d
state It is distinctive and sonorous
and appropriate, and a welcome re
lief from the commonplace.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
Auburn Hair and Intellect.

Did you ever notice." said an OBJ
servant woman, chow many intellect
ual people have auburn hair? At the
theater the other night / don't re
member a single reddish head of hair
among the hundreds of uncovered
heads spread out before me. They
were the well-coiffured heads Of he
average nice woman. The next night
/ attended a meeting of a very learn
ed society, at which there were per-
haps tWo or three hundred of the
brainiest thinkers and educators
around town. And without turning
my eyes I picked out at least a dozen
authenticated women in the few
seats in front OF me. Now that was
more than a coincidence. 1t argues
something for the possessor of auburn
hair, I should think
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
cHEYENNEs' SACRED ARROWS.
Which the Pawnees viii not Give
Back

BACK.
Kansas City Journal-The Dog Sol.
der band of Cheyenne Indians from
western Oklaho ma has just completed
a visit with the Skedee band of the
Pawrees. near Pawnee. The Chey-
ennes to the number of 300 came to
recover two sacred arrows captured
by the Pawnees many years ago, and
this visit was the first time the two
bands mad met in council since the
time when both were on the warpath
The Pavnees entertained the Chey-
ennes at a war dance and gave them
many presents, including ponies, blan-
kets, calico and provisions, but would
not relinquish the sacred arrows. The
Cheyennes performed what they
called the lightning dance
The two sacred arrows were cap
tuted from the Cheyennes in battle on
the Platte river, Nebraska about so
years ago. A Pawnee who had previ-
ously been crippled and who preferred
death to the suffering caused by his
wounds, had stationed himself far in
advance Of the other Pawnees in a
clump of bushes. As he was picking
off a great many Of the Cheyennes
with his arrows, they saw that it was
necessary to dislodge him.
Accordingly bunch OF Cheyenne
warriors on horseback made dash
for the elump of bushes, their sacred
arrowkeeper in the lead. He had ar
rows, four in number, fastened TO a
long spear. and as he struck at the
Pawnee, the crippled man lodged to
one side. and grasped the spear, wrest
inr it from the Cheyenne's hand. AL
FL simultaneously with the charge
of the Cheyennes a few Pawnees In
.Ae rear, seeing the danger of theii
crippled brave, rushed to his assist
ance The Cheyennes were thus rout
ed before they could regain their sa
cred arrows.
About two years later the Chey
ennes recovered two of their sacred
arrows by giving the Pawnees 20C
ponies. In their negotiations here the
Cheyennes were unable to convince
the Pawnees that the two arrows still
in the latter's possession should bt
surrendered at this time. The Paw
nees said that if the Deg Soldier Chey
ennes should prove worthy friends o.
the Skedee band after the intended
visit of the Pawnees to the Chey
ennes next summer the Pawnees MAY
listen to a proposal from the Chey
ennes At this time the Cheyenne.
must be satisfied with the presents
they have received.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
Told hv the Hat.

Discussing on the subject Of hats,
an antiquary expressed the opinion
that the hat was first used quite as
much for decoration as for protection.
The ancestor of all hats he considers
to have been the fillet or band around
the hair Worn by the ancient Greeks,
among others. Probably the first hint
gained by men Regarding head orna-
ments was through observing the
crests, plumes and antlers of various
birds and beasts. The eastern races,
with their fondness for ceremony and
display, afford the most notable in
stances of the use of hats as signs of
rank and authority. Thus in Budd-
hist countries the gods are repre-
scented as wearing elaborate forms of
headgear In Korea the fashion at
tains its height, no fewer than fifty
kinds of hats being worn by the
natives as indications of their social
position
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
EASY FISHING IN KANSAS.
After Each Flood the Farmers Get
Their Fish in the Fields.

Kansas City Journal Going IN in
The mountains fshing9s 7 asked tho
insurance man who was telling Ash
stories in the Pullman. smoking room
Not much-better sport right here
at home. ! have just been up bv Ne
braska City. in an cd river bottom
'oi the Missouri and had more fun
than ! could have in mountain
stream In a month / go there every
summer for a few days. The river
cut on a few hundred acres and left 4
mill OUT on dry land. The old bed
nils with water every spring, holding
enough the year round TO keep the cat
ana bass alive"
An fish out of the Missouri taste
muddy. came from a railway man on
posite
Not much. defended the insurance
agent The Missouri is simply col
ored from tho clay banks OF Montana
and # does not affect the taste of tho
FISH in the least"
4 go up in Minnesota for the hes
of my fishing" put in another, There
Is whele you get the 'muskles, and
Is fun, too. Every year and IN
partner take our wives and go IN f.
The headwaters OF the Mississipp
riyer-Lake Itasca and the little lake
around there. We leave the wome
folks al little settlement and W
take cur traps and go inland to ar
other lake, where / the bull pen
Up in the stockyards distrlct?" il
'quired the railroad man.
No; It is an old Indians invention
He has built log house, perfect
round, with IN opening in the cente
.of the roof. big fire IS kindled O
the floor under this hole, and there ar
10 beds around tho wall, every ma
with his head to the outside and h
feet to the fire. There are indians an
whites mixed up in the bunch, but
IAN sleep hearty. tell you"
Fish in the lakes, / suppose?"
lots CT them The finest fshin
|tn the west anywhere doubt If an
IN the mountains could beat IT,"
The railroad man who had been
listening closely. turned 70 the rpeak-
Ter Oh I don't know" he drawled
Did you ever fish in a Missouri
creek?p
The crowd laughed The railroad
man was indignant
That Is no joke. Let me tell you
what I do once a year. My partner
and I hire boat and boatman and
ship them up to the head of one Of
me creeks or little rivers that flow
down the foothills OF the Ozarks. in
southern Missouri Clear. bright lit
tie streams, with rocks and pools and
long islands-no white man crosses
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
Try Boiled Annles.

Pace enough sweet apples side by
side in bright milk pan to cover the
bottom; pour in about a pint of wa
ter; sprinkle over half cup of sugar;
cover with another pan and let them
steam and boil until tender When
about half done turn each one over;
when done, take up in a pretty dish,
pour over the sirup and set away to
get cod 1t is a great Improvement
on the old baked sweet apple and
saves heating up the oven.-Natiunal
Magazine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
Books for Children.

If good books are given to child
when he first begins to have books,
and he is instructed to be careful with
them, he will place a value of his own
upon the volumes, and win not be apt
to dcface or destroy their pages. OF
course, cheap books are better than
none at all, but even then they 81 ould
receive respectful treatment. BABIES
are often given books when they are
too young to care for the pictures,
and allowed to tear them, just as they
are allowed to do n.aly other things,
"just to keep them quiet" Thus the
habit is early contracted Of destroy
ing books, and such a habit is hard to
break. Teach the little ones to
love their books and 10 take care OF
them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
Politically Impoverished.

The real trouble in New Yo-K's case
is civic Impeachment. Rich In dol
lars. the cl+y is "miserably poor" in
citizens measuring up to the require
ments of its chief magistracy. The
finding Of one such citizen is nova
days a difficult task. yet the city's
population is greater than was the
population of the thirteen states when
their delegates met In the federal
convention If the country in 1871
had been as impoverished politically
as New York Is today It is safe to
sag that there would not have been a
constitution or a United States of
Hartford, Conn, Courant.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
LANGUAGE of the Hair.

Almost as eloquent of the language
of the eyes" is the symbolism of the
hair, and a scientific hairdrcsser re
Gently asserted that the way in which
woman arranges her locks was, In
many cases, an unerring index to her
character The couture of the Japan
csc woman, as is well known, indi
Gates whether she is maiden, wife or
widow; but undoubtedly the most in
genious and romantic hair-dressing is
that of the Moki women OF Arizona.
When these women are young their
.tresses are coiled at the sides oil their
heads, so as to represent the flowers of
the quash plant Ga kind or gourd).
This is designed to signifyg that they
are themselves in their bloom, and Of
manageable age When they are
married their hair is arranged to rep
esent the fruit Of the plant, while in
old age their locks are allowed to
hang down in a form int ted to rem
resent the withered stalk.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
To Serve With Roast.

Apple mint jelly, to be served with
a roast, is pleasant novelty suggest
ed by cooking magazine. Green,
unripe apples are used, as these give
a very clear jelly The mint is added
in the proportion of one teaspoonful
of extract made by sleeping a cupful
of mint leaves for one hour in a cup.
full of hot water, to one cupful CT
apple juice. The moisture may be
pressed from the mint leaves by roll
ing them in cheesecloth. This gives
a liquid that colors the jelly a del
cate green.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
THE NAME sEoUoYAa.
An Honor to Noble Half-breed Of
the Cherokee Tribe.

the Cherokee Tribe.
New Bedford Evening Standard
If an Indian name for state in the
United States seems as artifciality to
the twentieth century mind, tha'
mind might wei turn back to the
derivation of a long list of names &C
ceptable in the present day and dis
cover their Indian origin. The de-
mand in some directions for an up-to-
date, thoroughly American name for
the possible new states is not worth
special consideration. For state
that may some day be formed out OF
the Indian Territory an Indian name
would naturally suggest itself, and
no name more naturally and fittingly
than Sequoyah, the name borne by
the best and most favorably known
member of the highest tribe OF Indi-
ans, the Cherokee name already
distinctively honored in titles in many
directions. Sequoyah was a half
breed who invented a syllable alpha.
bet for the Cherokee language, which
was not only a wonder in itself. but
which opened up the world Of letters
to the Cherokees. On this chiefly
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
Ammonia for the Hair,

One woman claims to have Guilt
waited wavy hair by the use of violet
ammonia in the water in which she
comb her front locks when she dress
es her hair before breakfast Certain
~ the pretty waves are there, and
her hair has a faint sweetness that
suggests excessive cleanliness. The
ammonia seems to hold the fragrance
better than the spirits of which toilet
waters are made, and teaspoonful
to a pint and a half of water is the
proportion she recomends.-Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
Chance for Handy Women.

1t is said that business man
name unknown, or not wonders
why women who have mechanical
ability don't take up the business of
handy man." and make repairs on
sewing and typewriting machines, fix
the catch when it gets out of order,
and induce the fractions knob of the
door to do its duty, says the Spring
field Republican. There is no reason
why women don't take up such jobs
except that they haven't thought of it.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
Children and plants.

Luther Burbank, the plant wizard
says that children can be educated
according to the same principles that
he uses in the cultivation of plants
AS he has wrought miracles with
plants by bringing them into contact
with influences to which they are
capable of responding. still greater
miracles can be wrought with emil
dren. They might be made. he says,
physically, morally and spiritually
perfect.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
The Habit Of Kindness.

If you are in the habit of thinking
kindly and saving kind words in a
short time you win become mentally
related to al kindly natured people
in the world, and you will have the
force Of their kind, loving thoughts
pouring in upon you, so that it viii
be easier for you to say a kind wore
than the reverse. BY INDUCING in
healthy thoughts you attract to your
SELF everything necessary 10 your
well-being-happiness, health, strength
and friends.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
Silence With Ones Self.

One should cultivate silence with
ones self, for it is only thus that
one may occasion the blooming of
those evanescent yet eternal flowers
whose fern and color vary in accord
ance with the soul in which they
grow The soul weighs itself by 81
lence just as gold and silver are
weighed by distilled water; and the
very words which we speak only de-
rive their weight from the silence in
which they are conceived.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
Schools tor Brides.

Already there are places where
future brides can be taught the man
agement of a household. and if there
were more of them the advantage
would be great A statistician who
could compute how mucn money is
wasted through ignorance by newly
married couples would be able to
produce some startling figures. And
the training to be given need not be
wholly mathematical. Husbands:
how to humor and control them,
would. be the theme Of a course of
lectures.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15

Companion. "or it may be the exact
opposite. A mother who has an I'M
certain temper, who is difficult and
hard to please, who cannot be counted
on, and who is what the children call
cross, spells the happiest home on
earth. In fact, happiness flies before
her as leaves shaken from the trees
in a rough wind Nobody can be
happy when mothers temper is ruf
fed Nobody can feel tranquil II
mother goes about with a clouded
brow. looking fearful or injured or dis
turbed.n
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15
Art of Listening Well

/ this during his recent visit to London
He is splendid listener. the king,
said Alphonso to the prince of Wales
The good listeners face must have
a pleasing expression; her attitude
must he easy; she must look as though
she was having the best time of her
life 1t is a good thing for a good list
ener to have a number of good stories
to fill in the lulls in the conversation
But the listener win never intrude
these upon her audience.
The good listener never contradicts
The good listener never says Il dc
not agree with you.
The good listener may give her
views, but she does it without arous
ing antagonism. She does not throw
them at YOU; she losses them your
way smiling.
The good listener goes readily from
one subject to another.
The good listener is well educated
and can converse upon anything.
The good listener never yawns
never fiddles with her fingers: never
plays a tattoo; never picks the furni
ture; never acts uneasy. She sits at
perfect ease-and listens.
The southern girls are the best list
eaers. They are taught It from the
cradle. The little southern belle Of II
will listen politely, and will not dream
OF interrupting. She win hear all you
have to say. and then she viii agree
with you; or if she does not agree with
you she will make you think she does
Her tact is supreme.
The good listener never discusses
rehgion-nor does the good converse.
tionalist.
It is not good form nor good CONVEX.
satlon to be too persona. II hurts
everybody's feelings.
! The good eonvcrsationalist IL w..I
groomed. Neatness leaves n delight.
full memory. . :
The good conversationalist has i'm.
maculate hands, for the hands NAV On
important part in ones talk. whether
one is talking or listening.
The good conversationalist is oracn
Iul One cal show grace even when
one is seates in an easv chair listen.
ing. '' ''0'eii'
ne good ersationalist-the one
VINO listens WELLS always agreeable
II she feels disagreeable no one knows
lady. - po'9eu iihe
Ihe woman who listens well--tbe
listening conversationalist-wiu stndy
poses Unless she can be seated
gracefully and prettily and in an inter.
esting way no one will want to TAN, n
her. '"'A ~
Learn TO listen if you want 10 bo
popular. Make study of 1t. Make
Sourself graceful listener. Make
yourself pretty and conf table ana
aocVe all. make yourself broad mind.
eh You will hear things YOU DOM
IKE but don't say so. Your oninions
: VIII be Jared. but don't mention +,
lou, iour lads will be crucifed and your
ISIS crossed. burt don't moan about
y Take it smilingly.
ana above all learn 10 be interest.
cd IN other people. Unless ven ar,
sympathetic. unless you are wen read
WISE and tolerant, you can't even nro
tehu 70 be a good listener Remeplbe,
"hat Queen Alexandra said " en- shs
came to the court of England knowinp
no English and little German a,
couldn't talk" she wrC home $50 !
gust listened" Yet Tennyson said q,
her; She is the most accompIisbed
eohFersationalist have ever met
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-15

with beauty, it fills it with fragrance,
and sheds peace and rest upon the ma
ture. 1t is the secret of the highest,
devoutest natures. We look up to
them with awe and longing, feeling
that the" gifts cannot - attained by
US; but tie power of love is open to
us all. It is especially the attribute
of the humble keart.