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Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-07-21
WITH THE PROCESSION
MRS. NETTIE @. HALL,
(MorHER ENTERPRIsE)
NEWS EDITOR.

Mrs. M. T. Corbiu of Moul-
trie after visit in this city re-
turned home Thursday.
Last Excursion of the season
to Savannah and Tybee, via the
Seaboard, Monday, July %. See
large AID.
Mr.. ana Mrs. A. G.. Proctor
took their departure for Triton
Thursday where they will make
their home.
Why trade elsewhere when you
can buy them at manufacturers
cost at Ras Wilcox Successor to
Wilcox and Dorminy) closing out
sale.
Mrs. ] w. Marchan who has
been visiting Mrs. M. c. Willis
at Omega visited Fitzgerald on
her return home to Osier6eld
Thursday.
WAN IED-An agent in eact
locality for a Fire Insurance
Company that insures dwellings,,
steam ginnery and steam mills
outside IF towns and cities. Ad.
dress Box 81, Swainsboro, Ca,
| Thanking you in advance, We
are Yours very truly,
Farmers Mutual Protective
Fire Insurance Co.
O. R. Wilson.
A souvenir postal card con-
tanning an excellent photo Of the
Round Tower" of Fort Smell
ling, Minnesota, graces our desk
through the courtesy of Mrs. B.
F. Knapp who is visiting her
daughter iu st. Paul Minnesota
and writes that she is having a
delightful time and can't tell
when she will be through sight
seeing.
A bridal couple headed for
Rebecca refused to tell their
names at the depot this morn
| ing but we knew the symptoms
aud at once guessed the situa-
ton and we got their names
too. Now if they had taken
Mother Enterprise into their
confidence even this much would
not have been published. They
lwere married at Kairo last night
and their name is.
"Ah, it is women who have Civ
en- the costliest hostages to for
tune. Out into the battle of life
they have sent their best beloved
with fearful odds against them.
Oh by the dangers they have
dared; by the hours of patient
watching over the beds where
helpless children lay; by the in
cense of ten thousand prayers
waited from their gentle lips to
heaven, l charge you give them
power to protect along llfe's
treacherous highway those
whom they have so loved. y
Frances E. Willard.
10000 east side children are
enrolled in clubs to help keep
New York city streets clean.
The department of street clean
ing has the following posted
everywhere and is not bad ad-
vice for our own city: Give
your banana peels to a horse.
Horses like them. Orange
pee1s, peanut shells, papers and
other rubbish must not be
thrown in the street. Keep
yours and throw them in the re-
ceptacle placed at street corners
for that purpose. If you do not
see one within two blocks write
to street com missioner"
Every thing in ladies' goods
must be sold before the opening
of the coming fall season at Will
- 10 ~ alzo rom
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WANT OF GOOD MANNERS

The creed of good mannersl That
is the grca, lack in this country. Life
moves unevenly and jars us out OF
patience and good nature simply be-
cause the only lubricator, politeness,
is conspicuous for it's absence. 1t is not
purchaseable commodity, therefore
it is overlooked by rich and poor, save
in few instances.
The manners of the rich to those of
their own set are not bad. f sort Of
code of honor regulates them to the
sensitive feelings of those who can
afford to have them. The condesceu-
sion of the rich to those out of their
small world can scarcely be called
polite. Sometimes it is impertinent to
a degree. The very poor have better
manners than the well-todo middle
class, not the polish of education, but
the ingrained politeness that springs
from a kind heart. Unfortunately
for general comfort the middle class
is most IN evidence, and from it's
members We receive the jars that
make life so much harder than it
ought to be.
The socialist idea, quite new to me,
is the need of time for self-improve-
ment. Bless you, the men and women
who have the most time are the ones
who refuse to be improved How
much time does it take to express re-
greet for collision with a pedestria1 L
to ask if a seat is engaged before
crowding into it, to express gratitude
for favor or bit of attention? Don't
YOU believe that the woman who is oc.
cupying two seats in a railway coach
would gladly take her numerous par.
GELS in her arms if she were pleasant
ly asked to share the seat? And would
not that be better than Pumping into
1t and feeling her hostility for your
rudeness all through the journey?
Politeness is as good currency { s
small coin, when rightly used. The
boys, whose bright eyes are ever seek
ing chances to make a penny, will do
quite as much for right word of
thanks, and the driver of a team, who
has held up his horses 70 allow you TO
cross the street In safety, is more like
ly to do a similar turn for other
women if you reward him with a
rod and smile.
A few days ago met with a small
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-20

adventure that upset my composure
more than a bit. A strenuous woman,
evidently in a hurry, knocked a parcel
from my hands, one col tanning $40
small bottles that cost more than their
size indicated. Ny heart jumped
as ! heard the ominous sound of GID IS
striking the pavement but had no
way of ascertaining the amount of
damage until l reached home. As
they were to be sent away before
nightfall my discomfort was increased
at the thought of what l might dis
cover when the wrappings were e.
moved. dainty coverings put on for
the sake of beauty to please the eye
of an invalid.
OF course the woman was properly
sorry for her part in the accident"
you think. Indeed, she was not. She
turned at my exclamation of dismay,
looked at the parcel and then at me
with an aggressive air that put ne
wholly in the wrong | hal no right
10 carry a parcel, and no license to be
in her path, the look said
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-20
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

Too many eye-openers make 8 man
see double.
It's when a pretty girl has no
money that beauty is only skin deep.
Wigg-"How does CRATER apply his
political pull?" Wagg-"To legs. prin-
cipally."
Some how or other the rest of the
world hates to see a man who is sat.
isfel with himself.
"A fool and his money are soon
parted" quoted the Wise Guy. $50
are bald-headed man and his hair"
added the Simple Mug.
Guzzler Come, havver drink"
Wlgwag-"You are hopelessly drunk
nov" Guzzler-"Shir, you wrong me
hope to get drunken than thish."
Nell-"Nrs. Buggins is never COS
siped about at the sewing circle
Be'ls-"How does she escape?" Nell
she's the first to come and the
last 10 leave"
The Manager-"Yo are quite sure
there is no horse play in your com
edy?' The Author-"Oh, no, In
deed; it is quite up to date. We have
an automobile in it instead"
Friendship, like beauty, is often
only skin deep.
Some men complain of har times II
every day doesn't bring a soft snap.
man is soon forgotten after he is
dead unless you happen to marry his
widow.
Miss Getrox-"How much do you
love me?" MIR, slimpurse-"How
much are you WORTH
The average woman cant ever
buy allspice without yielding to the
temptation to ask II it is all spice.
Mr.. Kdder-"Are you in favor Of
the open door policy, SAM" Sam
Johnsing-"Yaas, sub. When All
want to play policy All hate to have
to sneak around to do side do
Her father-"So you wish to marry
young Harduppe. Ell? Has he any
permanent investments" Her fathers
daughter-"Say, dad, don't kid me
about money loaned being a perma
nent investment. l read that In an
almanac when | was six months old
But, on the level. he has made one
permanent investment, dad was
with him when he bought a lot in the
cemetery. "..Philadelphia Record.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-20
Arabian Tests BY Ordeal.

In the Siani peninsula, where the
last cloud in the east has arisen, trial
by ordeal is still practced LorI
Cromer gives particulars of the Sin
attic judicial system in his recent re,
port on Egypt. In all criminal cases
where no witnesses are forthcoming
the Judge, Eel Mabashaa," tests the
suspected person by fire, by water or
by dream. In the first the judge
places an iron pan in the fire until
it is red hot and gives it to the accused
to touch three times with his tongue.
If marks Of burning are shown on the
tongue the accused is prOnouncef
guilty The theory, apparently, is that
if he is not guilty the moisture on the
tongue prevents it from being burnt;
if guilty his tongue would dry up from
fear of being discovered.
The test by water is described as
follows: THE 'Mabashaa' sits with
the accused and the spectators in q
circle with a copper jug full of water
placed in the center This Jug is
then made to appear to move rouno
the circle by means of witchcraft or
hypnotism. If the jug returns back
to the Judge the accused is pronounced
not guilty, but if the jug stops oppo.
site the accused he is pronounced
guilty"
This description is rather wanting IN
detail and 1t difficult to know how a
jug which only appears to move can
be a trustworthy index. In the test by
dream the "Babashaa" sleeps and
sees in "a dream if the accused is
guilty or not.
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Victoria Falls.


The Zambesi river, carrying huge
rs it reaches the western borders of
Rhodesia preciptate5 itself into
cavernous gorge, thus traverses the
northern plains Of The country.
This great drop in the river has pro
duced the most beautiful gem of the
earth's scenery" the Victoria falls.
Almost twice as broad as Niagara,
and Two and a hall times as high, an
immense mass of water rolls over its
edge to prespitate itself in magniti-
cent splendor four hundred sheer feet
into the narrow canyon below.
Undeterred, the Rhodesian engi-
neers, have, without detracting from
the natural beauty of the surroundings,
thrown across the canyon a splendid
ESQ foot cantilever bridge and thus
opened the way to TanganyiSa, to
Uganda, to Cairo.
This bridge, the greatest railway
engineering triumph of Africa, de-
serves more than passing notice. 1t
consists Of a central span weighing
approximately 1000 tons, 500 feet in
length. and 80 feet wide. The steer
work is of rolled steel weighing 400
pounds to the cubic foot. The end
posts of the bridge are over 100 feet
E5ng The pull on the anchorage APP
paratus Is about 400 tons.
The contract for the construction
was obtained by an English firm Of
bridge builders-the contract time
fifty-fve weeks The work of cree
ton was carried on from both banks,
the material being taken across the
river by means of an aerial electric
railway. The electrical conveyor Of
this cable way was capable of dealing
with a ten-ton load at a lifting speed
of 20 feet per minute and traversing
speed of 800 feet a minute.
An initial difficulty in the construc-
tion of the bridge was the securing
of a firm foundation, and owing to the
crumbling nature C the bank much
greater quantity Ga concrete Wa
necessary than estimated
The construction was happily unat-
tended by accidents of a serious ma
ture, though a few slight accidents to
bodywork and the replacing from Eng
land of enc piece of steelwork were
recorded. In spite of these delays
the bridge was linked up at Z a. m. on
April ], 1905, or exactly forty-eight
hours earlier than had been estimat-
"a a Vaar before Sir Percy EirOuari
In Scribners.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-20
ON HAVING THE STUFF in YOU.

ON HAVING The STUFF IN YOD.
That phrase the stuff in him
has an especial and abiding signif;-
canoe for me, on account of a bygOne
tale which / an not going to be too
modest 70 mention. Once upon time,
a sufficient number of years ago |
CHANGED to spend a week at a island
camp owned by a woo 'en-faced old
general who had led desperate but
successful sharge during the civil war.
He was the sort of general to whom
desperate charges might naturally
be intrusted, because he belonged to
the species of human catapult that.
once launched, becomes incapable of
detection.
In these piping times OF angelic
meekness, we are all hurrahing for an
eternal peace; but in that bygone day
of which | write, a few bloody minded
persons still survived whose pulses
could be stirred by the thought Of
those mistaken but well-meaning
heroes of the past
who, deadly hurt, agen
tlashed on afore the charges thunder,
Tippin' with fire the bolt of men
They rived the Rebel line. asunder.
That old generals gimlet-eyed but
unrevealing gaze pierced all the joints
of my armor, and penetrated my soul
with sense of my many deficiencies;
but on the last day of my stay, as the
ancient warrior and myself, alone on
the sad sea sand, were presiding over
mighty kettle of clans, he surprised
me with hollow whisper which fill.
ed my heart with joy, and made me
feel that had been brevetted on the
field of battle. You've got the stun
In you!"-that is what the valiant
one pronounced and many a time
thereafter on the ceaseless battlefield
of life the stuff in me would have
been much poorer stuff than 1t proved
had | not remembered the obligation
which bounds me to live up to that old
generals accolade.-Martha Baker
Dunn, in Atlantic.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-20
Partitioning of Africa Among powers.

Partitioning of Africa Among Powers.
BY 1896 the partition of Africa had
become an established fact Almost
every square mile of its surface hay
ing been scrambled for There is no
better world by the great powers Of
Europe, the most remarkable circum-
stance of this gigantic acquisition OF
territory was the absence of interna-
tional strife
Africa emerged from the struggle OF
the chancelleries of Europe to find
itself provided with new masters in
many directions. France had become
the possessor of 100000 square
miles of territory, 900 900 of which
lay in the Great Sahara Desert; Great
britain Of 100000; Germany, a new
conner, of nearly 100000: Italy, also
new arrival, of $4,000, including a
dou5tfully assigned claim upon Abys-
sinia, Spain of 100000; the three free
states or republics-Liberian, Belgian,
and Afrikander Dutch--of $4,000
Portugal, claimed 100000 and $685.
600. A total In all of 1870, 600, leav-
ing the poor little fraction of 100000
unallotted, of which 10000 lay in the
great lakes and most of the remand
er in the balance of boundry commits.
sions.
By 1905 Britain, in annexing the
South African republics and estab-
fishing with Egypt a joint control OF
the Sudan, added 100000 to her total,
and with her practical control of the
destinies of Egypt itself, is today the
virtual ruler over some $500, 900
square miles.
Nc partition of such a vast portion
of the worlds surface had ever taken
place in 50 short a space of tine, nor
any one OF even approaching lGag1l-
tude, without severe and bloody hum
an struggles Britain had undoubted-
ly secu ed thD lions share of perhaps
the only share in which men of Euro
pean descent could live and prosper
materially and physically.
Africa possessed unique, though
perhaps untoward features for sue
cessful development Lying mainly.
as it does, thirty degrees north and
south of the equator, it was essential
ly the tropical continent. It's physical
features Tesembled no other contin-
emit Col. Percy Girouard in Serb
ner'g
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-20
TIE RoAp.

Out of he valleys tangled skein:
Wild trailing vines and underground,
From source obscure my way was
plain,
And clambered where the great wind
blow'th;
Fom valley life of darn white dreams,
Where mOrn's gold waking fingers
came,
Up to the larger dawn of fame.
Not what was nor where began
My humble lowly lot among
Wild grass and roses hid from man,
But what | am on life's high rung,
bid you know me now; not so!
My lowly birth I spur: still oft,
Descending there alone, I go
And loiter long by brook and croft.
How have | from my lowly lot
Obscure, reached this wide morning
view
How won the heaven-kissipg spot
You wish that l relate to you?
Then here: Long years ago, ere YOU
Or I were born, where now my way,
A thousand forest feathers drew
Sustaining life from married clay
One morn upon their virgin still,
The pioneering AK rang clear,
And blazed a trail beneath the hill.
Close at the heels of each new year,
The hardy race of mighty men
The great trees slew and built fierce
fires,
That blackened, burned our quiet glen,
And pierced the air with climbing
spires.
The robins frank avowal fell,
No longer on a sylvan peace;
Mans voice rang through the break
and dell
With sudden songs divine release;
And soon uprose from forest heart,
a clearing rich with golden grain,
And traffic's wheels began to start,
And rattle DER the silent plain.
Long years l wound and wandered
round
The tree-girt hills uprising sheer;
But born of needs in Progress found,
slowly blazed a pathway clear
Straight up the sheer slope trembly
steep,
Half hid by trees and sliding slime,
With snail.like pace, l slow did creep
Up to the very peaks sublime.
Charles Bertram johnson.
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ing and intelligent grasp Of our affairs
so necessary to enable the exercise of
independent thought and action. That
as result, mssses were swayed by
INSCRIPTIONS leaders and bosses to
the detriment of the best interests of
our common wealth.
THE motion to reconsider prevailed
and the resolution was concurred in
by the senate. After it is favorably
acted upon by the next legislature, 1t
will be sent to the voters for ratifca-
ton, and Whatever our differences on
this question have been in the past, I
entertain no doubt whatever that in
voting on the proposition to withdraw
the right Of suffrage from this class
of aliens, the people of Wisconsin
will now be found practically a unit"
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smilingly, as he took the samples.
They are certainly fine, and nothing
would give me greater pleasure than
to-Ah, what is it, william? You may
speak outfits gentleman will not
mind"
Il only wanted to tell you, sir" an
nounced the clerk, who had entered
tie Office, that I have just received
another bill from the firm that sold
you those books last year and a note
at the bottom says that if you don't
settle at once they will be compelled
to"
Pardon me-" interrupted the book
agent, gathering up his samples,
while you are talking over this lit
tie business matter with your clerk,
/ will just step into the next Office to
see a customer l have there, and re-
turn in an hour or So"
With this he was gone, and as they
heard him shout Down." to the
elevator boy the busy man leaned
back in his chair and gleefully
chuckled.
William" said he, that scheme is
the best ever. 1t saves you the
trouble of getting hot in the collar,
is less strenuous than throwing
them out, and doesn't take up so
much valuable time. Here. have a CT
gar, and keep your lamps trimmed
ana burning for the next"
Meanwhile the book agent. who is
often dismayed, but never discour-
aged. was handing out line of talk
to some other man who wasn't so re-
sourceful three squares away.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-20
Reflections Of a Bachelor

If there was reason for a girl to
love a man she wouldn't.
Being good doesn't pay, but the
worst of it is neither does being bad.
No matter which end of the ladder
of success is up, the room is always
at the bottom.
Small brothers could tel a man 4
lot about their sister that he win
never find out till he marries her.
When man doesn't complain TO
his wife about the breakfast II is
sign she is away visiting her mother.
New York Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-20
CUBA HAS GOOD SURPLUS.
After All Expenditures Last Year
$22ooo,0oo Remained in Treasury

PGGfOOOsOOO NGUldLiGu III treasury
Cuba's total receipts from all
sources for the year ending June 80.
1905, were SCI ,751 ,095, of which $751;
ga 322 was from public revenues and
$35, SOC, 1888 from special accounts. OF.
this latter sum $31,677 .336 represents
| the product of the Cuban loan for the
/ payment of army claims. The customs
! receipts We're $4,S48.942 more than the
"a yious year. The expectations
reached s101 900 or, the importations
$61,33ZG64, leaving a trade balance of
about $40 100000. There was bal
ance from the previous year of $7,099,-
59i. making a grand total of $6S.9S4,-
ia, After deducting all expenditures
and making reasonable allowance for
outstanding credits. the very satisfac-
tory surplus of over $4,000, 900 re-
mains.
The Importance of this showing may
be better appreciated if it is borne in
mind that during the last period of
Spanish rule lAe trade balance was
regularly against the island. the ad-
verse balance in 1899 being no less
than S22,000,000. Also it should be
borne in mind that while the annual
budget under Spanish rule averaged
$24 100000, $1f,000OOO went for int
crest on the public debt, s6,000,000 for
the army, $1,000 600 for sinecures and
100000 to the church, while now,
under home rule. the entire amount OF
the revenue is for the benefit Of the
people.
The budget for 1906 is $25,37O512.
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TOPIC TIPS.

Little boleros of renaissance are
worn
The gray gown begins to grow mo-
notonous.
Brilliant little slippers are OF gold
clOta
Handbags are diminishing in size
Judging by the latest importatloLs
The white washable belt has
reached a high state Of artistic per,
lection
Vanity bags of colored linen Will
be carried by the linen-clad this sum.
mer.
Next thing the new novels win have
to be bound to match the costume.
A startling new masculine neck.
scarf is Of black-and-white shepherd
check silk
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-20
WHEN THE BOOK AGENT FLED.
A PhiIadel phians Scheme Requiring
but Little Time and no Temper

A PhiIadelphian' Scheme Requiring
but Little Time and no Temper.
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
The easiest way is the best way when
it comes to throwing down a book
agent, and besides what is the use Of
breaking a good axe when you can do
the work with a sweetful smile?
The other day a book agent called
on a busy man In this city, and in
stead of being chucked down the ele-
yator shaft, heaved out the window,
OF pushed over the treetops he was
cordially invited to take squat in a
leather-covered chair.
Naturally the booksome one was
amazed and didn't know whether to
accept the offer or keep a fist hold
on the doorknOb. He wasn't accus-
toned to such nice favors and
couldn't be blamed for being afraid
that as soon as he attempted to sit
down he would drop through the floor
Ike a little bird However, he east
aside his fears, and squatted.
Now, then, my dear sir" said the
busy man affably, what caI do
for your
Il have here" replied the book
agent, unravelling his samples, the
works Of the ten best authors on earth,
bound in calf, cat, dog, pink elephant
Or blue alligator; printed on real pa
per; illustrated by"
Indeed" interposed the busy man,
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Ia cr.sse Llbrary Robbed.

La Crosse, June 12.--Burglars en-.
tered the La Crosse public library
through the basement and secured $40
out of the cash drawer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-20

King Alfonso declared the world
must unite against anarchy.