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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-12

We the undersigned auditors OF Davidson Twp.
do hereby certify that we did audit and testify
the said several accounts TO the best of our know
ledge, information and belief the same set
forth IN testimony whereof we set our hands and
seal this 2lst day OF March A. d. 1906
PM. TAYLOR,
J. II. SIMMONS, Auditors.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-04-12
Annual Statement Of Davidson
Township.

Annual stutement of the receipts and expen.-
dltures of Davidson Township for the year ending
March 18th, 1906.
Account of Charles Cox, Supervisor:
7" amount of .dupcate................ 656 s.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11

position and stepped forward, when
the bird quietly sneaSed away from
the nest, seeming to crouch as near
the ground as possible, until about
twenty feet away, when she arose
with the usual cry, but Immediately
fell to the ground, fluttered up and
down and finally turned over on her
back, fiuttering her wings as if in
the last agony, but as | approached
she scrambled away. dragging one
wing on the ground until she had led
me fully two hundred yards from the
nest, when suddenly she babe ne au
revoir and darted away like a rocket.
Secreting myself some distance from
the nest, in fourteen minutes was
surprised to see her sitting on 1t as
before being disturbed, but how she
reached there | am unable to say, as
did not see her approach, and half
minute before her appearance on
the nest nothing was to be seen or
heard AS the woods were open
had an excellent opportunity of watch
ing her interesting maneuvers and
had hoped to be able to note the man
ner in which the return would be
made
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
LIE coRPsE,s MISTAKE

Some people talk too much and
some reporters write too much said
Edward Simmons, the artist VINO
painted the pictures recently hung in
the rotunda of the Minnesota state
capitol building
Mr. Simmons had just been talking
Of a story that appeared in a morning
paper describing a personality that
did not meet with mis- approval
1T reminds me Of an incident in
Paris when | was there last spring"
he continued "A body was found
floating in the Seine. II was taken
to the morgue, where it remained the
number Of days required by the law,
and the authorities were about to bury
it at the expense Of the city At the
last minute woman Identified It as
that of her father But as the body
was being moved from the marble
slab the mouth fell open, revealing a
set OF false teeth Now as the
womans father had had the teeth that
nature provides, she at once dis
claimed the corpse AS the morgue-
keeper put it back on the slab, he
said:
There, you have done it II you
had only kept your mouth shut you
would have had a decent funeraI!
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
Saddle Worth $4,000.

The costliest saddle in the world
belongs to the khediye of Egypt said
a fashionable saddler. 1T is made OF
black leather, tho there is more gold
than leather visible, and it cost
$4,000. It is, really, four saddles In
one. 1t is a four-horse saddle, and
the royal grooms sit in it to guide the
four horses of the royal coach on state
occasions.
The lightest saddle in the world
belongs to Archer. the Jockey. 1t was
made in London, and it weighs sixteen
ounces. The pigskin had to be
scraped with glass down to the thick.
ness of oneeighth of an inch to give
such a light weight as this, The
saddle is a fine, strong one, and it cost
$3.50.
we occasionally get orders for
Mexican saddles from South American
generals and from Indian rajahs.
Such saddles are often mounted with
gold and silver and even with jewels
They cost all the way from 800 to
$1,000"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
Washlnaton,s Locket Found.

After searching twenty years for a
hand painted locket containing the
picture of General Washington
wife, which it is said the general
wore about his neck through a por
ton of the revolutionary war and un.
til his death, Joseph l. Keefer, on the
eve of Washington's birthday cele
bration. found the missing relic. He
was informed, he says, while inquir.
ing directly concerning the locket
that 1t is held in a safe deposit box
by Mrs. Moorehead of Washington
Miss Calvert, daughter of Mrs. Web
ster, OF the Caroline hotel, Eleventh
and f streets northwest, gave him
the clue. Mr. Keefer is a member OF
the Sons of the Revolution, and has
been compiling a history of the first
president and famous Wash.
ngton Post.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11

The largest bell in the orld is called
the king of BELLS" and is in Moscow,
Russia This bell is three times as
high as q man and weighs $4,000
pounds. It has a large piece broken
from its side, and because of this can
no longer be rung The bell is SET
upon stone foundation and is used
as a church The broken place is the
door through which the Russian boys
and girls enter when they go to
church in this queerest shaped church
in the world The largest bells we
have in America are those on Are
alarm towers They weigh II 900
pounds, oneforty fourth as much as
the king of bells OF which the Rus
slams are SO proud
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11

lives in Dallas. Tex. Ned is a good
boy" Mrs. Green remarked to the
present writer. "and have intrusted
him with the management OF all my
property west of Buffalo"
Mrs. Green's enormous fortune
which she has made herself, remem-
her-is distributed, as she says her
self, pretty well everywhere tAat
money can so and bring back some
thing" Ali yet this woman is living
in a shabby fat over in Hoboken, n.
j., for which she pays less than a
pound a week-four rooms on the
third floor. She has a horror of all
the things the average rich American
woman adores, such as motor cars.
jewels. lovely frocks, horses and car
riages, a box at the opera, and so on.
Mrs. Hetty Green allows herself Just
one personal servant, and she has even
been known to bring her own lunch
to her business headquarters, which
is the Chemical national bank. nea,
the New York general postofiice
And her neighbors at home-even
in the same house with her-are hum
BILE clerks, artisans and typewriters.
Just before she rented her present
fiat she had another at G5 a month.
but moved away on account of the
notoriety attaching to her refusal to
pay an eight-shilling dog license on
the pet Of her daughter, Sylvia.
Above all things Mrs. Green decests
publicity of any kind, and she does
her shopping under the name OF
Nash" which name is also on her
doorplate
At her summer home IN Bellows
Falls, w. this enormously wealthy
woman viii have no curtains to the
windows, and hardly any furniture
at all beyond the barest necessaries.
The result is that servants viii not
stay with her. and the big, old-fash-
Toned colonial home is fast falling
into neglect.
A easily different woman financier,
as regards personal tastes and predi-
lections, is Mrs. Weightman Walker,
"iAOoS HdI ctL bilE Il0lcI G4atSSdHEe
costs $4,000 year and is replete with
luxury to a startling degree. This
fiat, remember, is quite small set of
rooms; and among Mrs Walkers
servants will be found a French chef
at $500 a year and several chaufferrs
for her many automobiles, besides
coachmen, footmen, maids and so on.
Totally unlike Mrs. Green, Mrs Wal
ker loves beautiful horses, French
frocks, diamonds and the like. She
likes to surround herself with inter-
esting persons. and positively abhors
eccentricity in any form. The only
thing the two women have in COM
mon is an intense love for business
life and amazing skill in high finance.
Mrs. Walker has remarkable Ra,o m.
Mrs. Walker has ransacked the mar
kets of the world for oriental rugs
and objects dart for her fat, which
is also fiHed with most elaborate
burglar and fire alarms, while private
detectives are employed to guard her
person day and night.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
RATHER Neat.

Senator Foraker was contradictine
a certain statement.
Tho this is firm contradiction,
he said, Il want it to be a pleasant
and polite one Ii is not necessary
VIXEN men tell falsehoods. to call them
liars and club them over the head
Their error can be pointed out in
heater and more graceful ways.
For instance:
In small town in Indiana a
group of drummers was assembled.
They sat in the reading-room Of the
country hotel On the fimsy hotel
paper they had finished writing to
their firms with the lumpy ink and the
rusted pens which the hotel manage
ment provided. and now, with news
paper reading and desultory talk, they
whiled away the tedious evening.
"A young drummer in a red tie TOOK
the cigaTet from his mouth and said
Well my days sales here reached
$1,000 Not So bad for small town,
eh?'
IAN elderly drummer looked up
from his newspaper and said quietly;
Not bad al all 1t is wonderful
what one can sometimes do in these
little places. On my last trip here my
commissions came to just what you
say your sales did
The young man Redeemed
This isn't a lying competition, he
said grudiy
oh, excuse me, said the other i
thought it was
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
TROUBLE AT HOME.

Jerome K. Jerome was lunching with
some lawyers at the University club
in New York
las odd a client as you can imag
inc" re said, c4lled on legal
friend of mine in Rye one morning.
She was an extremely pretty client
but her clear, soft eyes were cutie
bleared with weeping Indeed she
was in tears as she entered my
friends Office Her little form shook
with sobs
Well, my dear said d (perhaps
I should explain that this client was
hardly more than Z or 8 years old
wen, my dear. what can do for you?
Please, sir said the child, weep
ing piteously, 4 want to get a divorce
from my papa and mamma.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
suRPLuSAGE.

Owen Wister, the novelist, was criti
cising the work of literary beginner
Now here, said Mr.. Wister, slash
ing his blue pencil through an entire
manuscript page. here is arrant super.
fluffy and surplusage. In what way
do these 400 words he'H your story?
In no way On the contrary, they
hinder, they impede it. These written
words are mere surplusage, as SO
many of our spoken words are mere
surplusage. They resemble the use
less questions that we ask
"A man stood before a mirror in his
room, his face lathered, and an open
razor in his hand
His wife came in She looked at
MIN and said
Are you shaying?'
The man. a foe to surplusage. re
piled fiercely.
No; | am backing the kitchen
range. Where are you-out driving
or at a matinee?'
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
One of John chinaman's Secrets.

Did you ever see a gray-headec
Chinaman?' asked one of Commission
er Binghams downtown men. Il never
did, and l have seen a whole lot Of
chinks in my time Men who accord
ing to every other indication, are long
past the gray-headed stage will sport
pigtails as black and glossy as any
youth in Chinatown Whether gray
hairs have been denied the Chinese by
nature or whether they have been
fought OFF by means OF some secret or
iental formula l can not find out II
they owe their immunity from gray
hair to artifce they would do tnem
selves and the public a good turn by
putting their tonic on the market, for
there is many a frosty-headed Cauca
sian who would pay a good round sum
to keep his locks as free from marks
of age. New York Sun.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
MOTHER BIRDS sTRATAeEM.
Has Clever Method of Reaching Her
Nest UnobserVed.


While strolling on the banks of
French creek, near Clayton, in com
pany with my wife and a friend. we
started a woodcock. which feigned be
ing wounded and gave ut-erance &c
the most plaintive squeaks, from
which we inferred the nest must be
near, says a writer in Forest and
Stream.
A short search discovered it among
small bushes on the ground In a com
paratively exposed position. The
nest contained three eggs, which we,
of course. did not disturb, Leaving
the nest for over an hour, cautious
ly returned, and getting on my hands
and knees crept within ten feet of
it without disturbing the old bird.
Afer watching her for about ten min
utes / saw her stand up in the nest
and with her bill and one foot change
the position of two or the eggs, after
which she settled back on the nest
She then evidently saw me for she
gave a sudden twist sideways with
her head and then slowly and cauti-
ously stretched out as fiat as possible,
her bill resting fat on the ground.
She remained thus for fully five min
utes. Presently arose from my
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
TWO WOMAN FlNANcIERs.
Hetty Green and Anne Weightman
Walker.

Walker.
New York Correspondence of Lon
don Mail--But the two most important
women financiers of America are Mrs.
Hetty Green and Mrs. Anne Weight
man Walker. Mrs. Green is a truly
remarkable woman, who has amassed
a fortune of over 100000, 900, and put
to route INSCRIPTIONS lawyers and
people who have attempted 10 get the
better OF her in all parts of the contry.
81 have made my money by judicious
investments" Mrs. Green declared re-
ce lily, and not by speculation univ
fojls speculate"
Mrs. Green is probably the only
woman in the world who can afford
to buy up whole railroads to amuse
her sor. Some years ago she wrote
out one check at the Chemical ma
uOnal bank on Broadway, New York.
for the entire price of the Texas Mid
land railroad and turned it oyer 70
her son, E. H. r. Green, who now
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
ERoM &c FoUR QUARTERS.

The Chinese train seagulls to catch
fish.
Blotting paper is made Of rags
boiled In soda.
A locomotive viii travel 900. Coz
miles before it gives out.
There are no undertakes in Janan
Each family buries its own dead
A ton Of Atlantic water evaporated
Yields ST pounds Of salt; Pacific water
70 pounds; Arctic and Antarctic
waters. IS pounds Dead Sea water
1877 pounds
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
'ln oId MadrId.s. Sales 81 oo.

Here is an interesting autograph"
said an editor. 1T is a letter from
Trotere, the composer of In Old Mad
rid | said in one of our issues two
or three incorrect things about the
song, and the paragraph Travelled all
the way TO London, where it caught
the eye OF Trotere, who promptly
wrote a contradiction
This is what he said:
Dear Sr-My attention has been
called to an article in your paper
about my song, In Old Madrid AS
there are slight inaccuracies 1 shall
be obliged ii you win s.ye publicity
to the following facts-viz:
The song was not offered to
publisher after publisher. and refused
as an unlikely and almost impossible
song" Messrs. Cramer & Co, who
publish 1t in London. were the first
to see it, and accepted it at sight.
1t was not sold finally for els
1t was offered to Messrs. Cramer &
Co for 10 guineas, but as they would
not give m those terms, agreed to
accept a royalty.
" It's sale up to date has realized
considerably more than e15,000, as
nearly 100000 copies have been sold.
With compliments, yours faithfully,
-" H. Trotere
The editor smiled.
This man. he said, was refused
e15-S75-for his song, and he has
already collected in royalties on it
$3.50 Good for him"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
Resemblance.

Sandy Pikes-"Yes, mum. thought
perhaps would remind yer of YET
husband"
The Lady (astOnished) You
What in the world is there about you
to remind me of my husband?'
Sandy Pikes--"Why. mum, an
wearin' de uecktie yer gave him for a
Christmas gift"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
BEFORE SUNRISE IN WINTER.

A purple cloud hangs half way down
Sky, yellow gold below;
The naked trees, beyond the town,
Like masts against it show
Bare masts and spars of our earth
ship,
With shining snow sails furled;
And through the sea Of space we slip
That flows all round the world
Edward Rowland Sill.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
BswRrs OF OintmrHts for Catarrn ina
Contain Mercury,

Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the 5ense Of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering II through the mucous surfaces
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians. as the
damage they win do Is tenfold tf the good y0u
can POSSIBLY derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by r. J, Cheney Co, Iole-
do, O., contains no mercury, and Is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
couS surfaces of the system. In buying Hairs
Catarfh Cure be sure you get the genuine. Ii IL
taken internally and made in T0iedO, Ohio, by
r. j. Cheney 4 Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
KOdOl
Dyspepsia Cure

digests what you eat, takes the strain Of
of the heart, and contributes nourishment
strength and health to every organ Of the
body. Cures Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Sour
Stomach, Inflammation of the mucous
membranes lining the Stomach and Diges-
tive Tract, Nervous Dyspepsia and Catarrh
Of the Stomach.
After eating, my food would distress me by making
NY heart patpitate and would become very weak
Finally got bottle OF Kodol and it gave me imme.
aiate relief After using few bottles am cured.
MRS. LoRlNG NICHOLS. Penn Yam, NJ Y.
| ha0 stomach trouble and was in a bad state as |
had heart trouble with H. took Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure for about four months and Il cured me.
D. KAUBLE, Nevada o.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-22
AalMAL ANIMgs
Syva%s In yyhieh VIVA BrnteS GAgR
~. Z, =, NJ 3Isors lIanItfaa.


syVa4s IN yhieh wnd Brntel GilQtg
Their Contempt For aLanl<taa'
sWild animals have a great ran
was OF showing Their eontemfs fae
humankind, 2 said an artist who has
made a specially Of modelling animals.
every one has an ldea that ele-
chants become tame and even fond Of
people, but this Is altogether wrong
They are easily trained but are never
tanned. They are docile Just so long as
the keeper has his goad in his hand or
the memory Of a burning endures: /
had proof Of tkS one day while model
ing one Of the elephants in a big AMI.
mai show. / Uas sitting in his stall,
with my modelling stand. not knowing
that on certain days be was given an
extra allowance of chain. Suddenly he
flung his trunk around with such force
that It smashed the stand to bits and
sent me dozen feet outside the stall.
aHe never forgot hts failure to finish
me, and soon afterward he expressed
his dislike in a more vulgar If less dan
gerous manner. As worked l heard
him make a loud sucking noise, but
suspected nothing. at last when he
had his mouth quite full Of saliva he
blew It toward me.
tThls is not only a trick Of elephants,
but Of other animals as well, Us 1 have
learned to my sorrow. camels have
the same habit, and while working
near a camel one day was Treated to
a shower of finely chewed cud."
This sculptor and other artists agree
that the cat animals have a different
mode Of attack. There seems less Of
spite and more Of real hate in their
method. sculptors usually place their
modelling stands as close to the bars as
possible. This same one was once
working close to a tigers cage, with
the beast inside lying very quiet, ap-
parently asleep. Without even raising
his eyebaIls the big cat struck be-
tween the bars with bis heavy forepaw,
spllntering the stand and sending the
clay in wads on the floor. The artist,
warned by sixth sense developed by
those who are much about animals,
had jumped back Just in time to es-
cape.-New York Herald.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-22
BITS FROM THE WRITERS.

The simple life does not need lentils
or cellular clothing 1t needs those
rarer things, gratitude and humility
G. K. Chesterton.
She wore far too much rouge last
night and not quite enough clothes.
That is always a sign Of despair in a
woman.-"Sebastlan Melmoth."
Keep your head on your shoulders.
It's bound to rest Oh some one eisc's
occasionally. Still, keep it mostly on
your own.-"A Pagan's Love" by Con-
stance Clyde.
If you feel that you've really got to
tell secret, go somewhere where it's
dark an you'll be alone. Then keep
your mouth Shuttle Middle Wap,"
by Edward Marshall.
Not that marriage Is so beautiful, but
it is necessary girl should find that
out FOR herself, so that she can turn her
mind peacefully to other things,-"A
Pagan's Love-" by Constance Clyde.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-22
The Guest and the waitress.

A dainty stranger waited into the
dining room Of hotel in Smith Centre
the other day and as the chair was held
back for hin pulled out his handker-
chief and busted the seat carefully.
Pulling up his trousers, he seated him
self, wiped the knife, fork and spoon
with n napkin, worried a few crumbs
OF the table and heaHed n sigh Of re-
lief. Without hesitation the girl who
stepped forward to take his order deft.
ly wiped the strangers mouth, which
had been drawn into a pucker Of dis
satisfaction at the imaginary untldl-
ness Astounding, and planted a kiss
thereon that was plainly heard in all
parts of the room, The dainty stran-
ger when he recovered ordered meekly,
ate hurrledly and left Quickly.-Kansas
City Journal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-22
MARION COUNTY
AGAIN FIGURES IN a eRoPo Used
RAILWAY PROJECT From
PENNSYLVANIA.

The unlontown News :sadard
says;
Another significant movement the
object Of which Is supposed to be 10
block the entrance Of the wabash
into Greene county, was made
Friday afternoon, when a mort
was left for record at waynel
for S2,5O0,OOO, being given by
Atlantic Southern railroad to
Plttsburg Trust Company.
The mortgage is for the 6uilaiss
Of a railroad beginning at Millsborot
where connection is made With the
extension Of the p, v, and c. and
running through about so or 81
miles to Warrington, where connee-
ton is made with the B. and o. Az
the proposed railroad connects at
one end with the Pennsylvania inter-
ests and at the other end with the
B. and O., it is supposed to be q COM com
bination Of these two roads to tight
the Wabash for the rich Greene coun-
ty territory.
The route of this new road begins
at Millsboro on the Monongadela
river in Washington county, and goes.
nm Ten Mile creek through Clark;
vile, Greene county, to Waynesburg
and from there south by Smith creek
and Roberts run to Blacksmith, MO
mongolia county, and thence west
along Dunkard creek to the mouth
of Miracle run and south following
Miracle run and other streams e
Warrington.
This route takes the railroad
through territory of the Pittsburs
and Buffalo Coal companies, as wei
as along coal lands owned by !. v
Thompson and other Uniontown par
ties. In fact, It passes through me
coal fields Of Mr.. Thompson Pfas
ticaIly all along its route In Greene
county.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-22

Says a writer in the London Chronl.
Gle: "a yulgarlsm-onc which, like 'ag-
gravate' for 'IrrltNte,' has come into
use by way of the kitchen stnlrs-ls
'demean,' with a sense of derogatlon
or abnscment. 1t Is to BIO seen in many
u paper and even many n book and
heard in many a speech. 1t Is the sec
ond syllable that has mlslel the popu-
lar understanding, but the noun de
meanorE should have saved the edu-
Gated from their bunder with the verb,
When the cook refuses to 'demean her
self she Is excusnblc, because de.
meanor' Is not In her vocabulary"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-22
auri.s a woodIawn To.day.

The remains of Irene Holland
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. james AoE
land, were brought here today on No:
u from the parents home in Wheel;
ing and were laid to rest in Wood
lawn cemetery. Short services were
conducted at the grave by Rev. 9: y:
Smith. The little one was eight
months Of age and her death was due
TO spinal meningitis. Mr.. and Azs
Holland formerly resided in this place
and their Fairmont friends sgmpas
thize deeply with them In Their Pc
reayement. I;