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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
4ow lincoln roId lis STORIES.

The charm of Lew Wallace's Auto
biography consists not oaly in the
fact that the author was a famous
general and famous novelist, but that
so many of his recollections are rem
iniscent of the great.
One of the most fascinating descrip-
tions is that of his first sight of Abra-
ham Lincoln. 1t was in 1850, at a
tavern in Danville, Illinois The big
room of the tavern was crowded
with men, laughing and cheering
as story after story was told by three
of the best story-tellers of Indiana and
two Illinois men whom Wallace did
not know 1t was story competi-
ton Between the men of the rival
states
Wallace. writes as follows:
The criss-crossing went on till
midnight and for long time it might
not be said whether Illinois or In
diana was ahead.
There was one of the contestants,
however, who arrested my attention
early, partly by his stories, partly by
his appearance Out of the mist Of
years he comes to me now exactly as
he appeared then.
His hair was thick, coarse and de-
FAINT il stool out in ever direction.
HIS features, were massive, nose
long. eyebrows protrusive, mouth
large, cheeks hollow, eyes gray and
always responsive to the humor He
smiled all the time, but never once
did he laugh outright His hands
were large, his arms slender and
isproportionately long His legs
were a wonder. particularly when he
was in narration; he kept crossing
and increasing them; sometimes 1t
actually seemed he was trying to tie
them in bow knot. His dress was
mora than plain; no part of it fitted
him. His shirt collar had come from
the home laundry innocent of starch
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

The black cravat about his neck per.
sisted in an ungovernable affinity
with his left ear.
Altogether, thought him the
gauntest. quaintest, and most posi-
lively ugly man who had ever at
tracted ne enough to call for study.
Stii: when he was in speech, my eyes
did not quit his face. He held me
uneonsciousIy.
"About midnight his competitors
were disposed to give in; either their
stories were exhausted, or they were
tacitly conceding him the crown
From answering them story for story
he gave two or three to their one
At last he took the floor and held II
Anil, looking back, / AN now con-
WINGED that he frequently invented
his replications; which is saying he
possessed a marvellous gift of i'm
provisa' ion
Such was Abraham Lincoln. and
to be perfectly candid. had one stood
at my elbow that night in the old tav-
ern and whispered. Look at him
closely. He viii one day be Presi-
dent and the savior of his country,
l had laughed at the idea but little
less heartily than l laughed at the
man
Afterwards I came to know him
better. and then l did not laugh"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
sTEApEAsT FAITH

The faith learned at mothers knee
Is like a rock beneath my feet,
Foundation firm supporting me
When storms of doubt and terror
beat.
With science it may not agree,
And scboolmen may not call it
great,
And yet on life's tumultuous sea
l trust this pilot with my fate.
In modern doubt ! do not find
One erumb of comfort for my soul
1t has no solace for the mind
And offers neither end nor goal.
The faith I learned at mothers knee
Is guide to lead me through the
gloom,
An arm Of might supporting me
Down through the darkness of the
tomb
1t shines above me in the sky,
A star amidst the clouds of doubt
And no agnostic's bitter cry
Shall ever blot its radiance out.
win Reed Dunroy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
NEARLY RIGHT.
He Learpe1 SOmeshinS

Two men In the street car. one Of whom
had been reading Newspaper, began to
talk about the Panama Canal and they
had been conyersing FOR i've nieVtsc
when a brisk little man across the aisle
leaned forward and said:
Excuse me. gentlemen. but you are
talking about the Panama Canal. I have
heard It spoken Of before. but have never
had time to Inquire into 1t. Will you
kindly tell me just what the Panama
Canal TSP
why. it's a ship canal across the 18TH
mus OF Panama replied one.
THE Isthmus of Panama Is wbereY'
Between Central and S nth America
And what do they want Of cRnalT'
THAT ships may pass from the Carp
bean Sea into the Pacific Ocean"
But why do the ships want to psssY'
ITO save time, OF course"
al see-I see. Wel SIR. do you object
to the eanalr'
No, sir. On the contrary. I favor it,
Does anyone obiectr'
u haven't heard OF anyone"
And the canal win be builtr'
1T surely VIM"
Then. sir." said the brisk little nan
"a he roae briskiy up, there Is nothing
mare 30 say / have met two gentlemen,
I have learned all shout the Panama
Cmmal, and In case yea should require ne
% A@ap, here Il ny gnrd"
JOE KERR
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
A MucH-euRlEp MUSICIAN.

Paganini died at Nice in 1910, and
although he made confession he did
not receive the sacrament for medical
reasons which the doctor stated in
writing. The Bishop refused Chris
tian burial to the body, and the son
appealed to the Nice tribunal, which
upheld the Bishop, but a further APP
peal was made to Rome. During this
delay the body, incompletely en-
balmed, was deposited at the hospital.
From thence the coffin was removed
to lazaretto at Ville-franche. After
a month the authorities there deter
mined to get rid of it, and deposited
the refuse coming from an oil mill.
After some days the Comte de Ces-
sOles, friend. of Paganini, decided
to remove the body, which he did by
night, having it carried along the sea-
shore in a storm to the Cap st.
Hospice. Here it was buried and
remained for two years, when the
great viofinist's son determined to
take his fathers body to Genoa to be
buried there. The ship, however,
was refused admittance at this place,
as 1t had come originally from Mar
settles, where there was cholera, so
the body was put into hole in the
rock of a tiny uninhabited island near
Cannes. Five years later the body
was taken to Gajona, near Parma.
and buried there on Paganini's own
property. This was in 1S45. In
1853 it was exhumed and re-em-
balmed; in 1876, thirty-six years af-
ter the musicians death, the Papal
Court authorized burial in a church
at Parma with Christian rites. Twice
again was the body exhumed, appar-
emily out Of curiosity, and finally
pane of glass was put into the COT
fin to render visible the face which
had been preserved-The Spectator.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
DAYLIGHT AHEAD.
rhe Latest Step in the Evolution of
the Electric Liuht.

rhe Latest Step in the Evolution of
the Electric Light.
The Independent.-Fire are
stiu in advance of mankind in the
matter of economical light producing
The phosphorescent glow which they
give off is nearly pure light. Very
little of the energy is wasted in heat,
while in the case of the lighting de-
yised by man more power is used up
in producing heat, which is usually
not wanted. than is converted into
visible light
The nearest we have yet come to
following the flrefiies is the mercury
vapor light developed by American
inventors which, in the form of
long. glowing tubes, has been seen
in our shop windows as advertise
ments for two years or more.
They produce more light at less
cost than any other practical method
of illumination. and would be extern
sively used if it were not for the col
or of the light. 1t contains no red
rays. but is strongest in the violet
end Of the spectrum extending far
beyond the limits of visibility in that
direction and including an abundance
of rays that we man photograph, but
cannot see.
This mercury glow light has made
the while you wait photography" OF
the pleasure parks a possibility, out
it is too CHASTITY for common use. 1t
would turn a parlor into morgue
or a seance room.
But recently it is reported that
German chemists have overcome this
difficulty by putting into the cleo
trodes other metals besider mercury,
thus changing the character of the
light and making it approach the
light of common day.
Zinc with 10 per cent of bismuth
and trace of sodium is used for
this purpose. If this proves prac-
teal we shall have our houses cheap
ly lighted by softly glowing tubes
arranged in all sorts of artistic de-
signs on the walls and ceilings in
stead of one or more points OF light
too bright to look at directly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
senseIess Waste of Mnns,

A quiet scholar went 70 Palm
Beach, ria, last winter to lest and
found it place where men pursue
expense regardless of pleasure" A
cultivated man and his cultivated
wife, also quiet folk, went a little
while ago to one of the great hotels
at Atlantic City N. j., and they wrote
to their friends: 1--WE did not know
that there were such people In the
world as we see here-spending,
spending. noisily spending" They
were obliged, in order to escape the
glare and racket, to go some there
else to find congenial quiet. These
good seekers of rest make mistakes
in choosing these places; perhaps
that is the only moral worth drawing
from their experience. They reaped
the reward OF their simplicity
Worlds Work.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
ART TREASURES OF NEW YORK.

ART TREASURES OF NEW YORK.
The greatest treasures of art In
New York are not to be found in lnu-
seums. but in private hands notwitn-
standing the fact that alreacy much
has been done for the public. The
Metropolitan, the public libraries. tse
historical societies and the Brooklyn
museum have their treasures, which
Europe may well envy,-especially
the first named. But if some Acmod-
Gus could uncover the roofs of New
York in search of masterpieces, he
would find masterpieces indeed
Fashions cnange, luckily, and differ
ent collectors fortunately have differ
ent hobbies, so that private collectors
in this city are not less varied than
valuable. One collector who has
has made an unrivaled cabinet of
ivory carving is nov wild on the sub
ject of Sicilian amber, a rare pro-
duct of the rivers in Sicily, differing
from amber of the Baltic-that I'M
memorial source of the great amber
trade of antiquity-but it's deep COZ
ors, which range from pale amethyst
to limpid purple, shot with red.
Another devotes himself to porce
lain lanterns, mostly of Chinese pro-
venance. and a third to pottery, neck
laces and rings found in Egypt and
Palestine where bodies have been bur
led in ancient times. There may be
a dozen collectors of rarly beautiful
sword-guards such as Daimio and
Tamut'ai wore during the recent feud-
al era of Japan-to a couple of hobby
riders who rejoice In a newly dis
covered Netschuke. or button, carried
in the form of a mask repeating I'm
pigmy size the portable masks used
in professions and plays. Jade had
It's willing victims, too, although they
have no inducements such as stimu.
lates Chinese collectors in the vast
number of illusions to Jade found in
Chinese observation-disclosures De Kav
in Broadway.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
in saving her.

in saving her.
She got up and went to the window.
The girls black eyes seemed to fol-
low and trouble her.
You may go now. Becca," she said,
without looking round.
"Yes, my lady," said Beeca- "And
Mr. Burne, what am to say to him If
see him?"
Say nothing-say that l viii come
and see the picture"
Yes she would go and see him,
and tell him that they must be
strangers from henceforth-her eyes
filled with tears at the thought! they
must part, never to meet again.
She finished dressing herself and
went down stairs. The earl was in
the breakfast room, and handed her n
note as he bowed her a good morning.
From Lady Ferndale." he said
TO inquire after your health after
the accident, no doubt" he said. "A
groom is waiting.
Norah opened the envelope. 1t
was just the kind of letter which Lady
Ferndale would write full Of affection
ate anxiety and self reproach.
If | had onl, sent SOME one with
YOU. dear." she said Il would come
over this morning and viii ii you are
the least ill.-but my husband has
asked some people here early. still,
only say the word"
But It was the next few lines that
made Norah's heart beat and sent the
blood TO her face
And to think that that young man
should have acted 80 noblyi Was
out, Norah, in my estimate? The
coachman says that the way Mr..
Burne flung himself lspon the horses
was grant, and I think it's the very
best word to describe it. am long
ing to see him. and thank hirl."
'Well?" said the earl.
Norah hesitated a moment then
laid the letter beside his plate.
He raised it delicately. and held it
out to her with a cold smile
Pardon me, but havs always en-
Ter ltOL 60 the greatest repugnance 10
perusing other peoples letters he
said you had better answer it,
Pray do not mind keeping me wait
ing"
Norah took the letter and put it in
her pocket-those few lines had made
it very precious-and. going to a writ
ing-table, wrote a brief note assuring
LAZY Ferndale that she, Norah, was
quite well. and, after a moments hest
tation, she added: MIR. Burne was
badly hurt. I fear" That was all;
and the words read, ali! so eoldly.
AT times the hours that day seemed
to pass all too quickly, at others they
dragged their length YEARLY along
Norah all day tried to make up her
mind what she would say to Cyril,
tried even to learn a few sentences,
that she might repeat them by hear.
A practieed ffirt, a London belle Of
even one season. would have known
how to dismiss him gracefully: but
Norah was no experienced fiirt. she
was simply a girl-woman whose heart
had been touched for the first time.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
reNDgRFoor IN SAN FRANCISCO
.Ie Found That Double orders Were
the Restaurant Rule.

When the easterner spends money
in San Francisco nowadays he would
better be on the alert Otherwise,
his cash and himself Lay be sepa-
rated all too soon. tor himself at
least Should he go to a restaurant
he would better ask the price OF the
dishes he orders or he may find they
are much more costly than the bill
of fare would seem TO indicate 1t
is not because the arrangements Of
restaurants practice extortion, Not
that. It is for the reason that I'M
less such precautions are taken I'M
expected misunderstanding may
arise which will prove especially ex-
pensive.
A New Yorker ordered a meal in a
shack" restaurant in Market street
not long ago, and after The waiter
left to communicate his wishes to
the kitchen the visitor reckoned the
bill to be rs cents. There was a
sirloin steak at IS cents (meat costs
half as much in San Francisco as in
New York;, Spanish omelet at 30
Wills q GUY Vi SOACU at ~ N~he0.
He congratulated himself at the rea-
sonable prices, for the restaurant,
though housed in a rough redwood
building was furnished as elegantly
as before the fire. when there were
plate-glass mirrors paneling the
walls and a mosaic floor under foot
The meal was served and the New
Yorker asked for his bin.
"One dollar and a half. haid the
waiter, laying the. check on the
table
"One dollar and a half?" exclaimed
the eastern tenderfoot You mean
IS cents. See here! You have cfarg-
ed me double for everything
That's all right" said the waiter,
"but everything you had was a
double order"
"A double order?" shouted the At
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

Mamma" said the little runabour
as Mrs. H. P Ninety came putting in,
what is the natter" fou look so
tired"
give ha hard day of it," she re-
piled. I've killed an old woman,
injured a man, killeA two dogs, four
chickens. cat, and sprung an axle. .
Mamma, win 1 ever be big enough
to do that?"
mo, dear" replied Mrs. Ninety,
"but IL you are good you may run out
tomorrow and kill a couple of babies.
Now go and play; mamma wants to
fix her sparker."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
didn't asa for

lantic coaster. 81 didn't ASA for
double orders"
I'VE always serve them unless you
specify to the contrary" replied the
waiter calmly. And it was all In
vain that the Atlantic coast man re-
monstrated, and he paid the bill
New York Tribune
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

The production of copper in the
United States increased from S12,537,.
267 pounds, valued at "a, 629 ,S45 in
1904. to s139,795,716 in 1905, an m
crease Of S9,37eo6l pounds in guam
tity and Of s34.165,s71 in value.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
EASY NOME

The goldman gathers coin IN TAIL
The icernsn In the summer:
But one man gets IL all year round
Can't You guess7 The plumber.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

Pater-"Well, my boy, so you have
interview your girls father. Ell! DID
you make the old codger toe the marx.
Son--"Yes. dad. / was tie marx.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
HE KNEW.

Tom-Hes engaged to a widow.
Tess low did he meet herr
Toin-No man meets widow; she usu
ally overtakes him.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
THE ENGAGEMENT RING.

THE ENGAGEMENT RING.
she-You know the old proverb about
riches taking wings?s
He-No; but I know about witches
taking rings!
AlTER LEAVING EDEN.
from. anyway?
Adam-I think he must be an envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
Gary from the devil.
PROOF.
Mr.. Wise-Count Fromage De BAH
must be a very intelligent man
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
A STOP WATCH.

wifes French.
A STOP WATCH
Mrs. Jumpem-Gracious. Tom. your
watch Is gone.
Mr.. Jumpem-w Well, It can't go long
enough &c get far away.
NEARLY RIGHT.
Mrs. Koyne Cat the art exhibition
What kind OF a painting is that there
one7
Mrs. Parvenue-OhI it's one Il these
here trnpressionless paintings.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1907-01-28
Mar In Original Packetsn.
PTcis 25c.

Sn Warotto lit rpieber alIerlei Sns
tereiiantes paiiiert. gu Gnfana Der
BUde murbe eemeloet, &ailuli, Der
utelgenannte Banoenflbrer lei in lei,
mem AuHuhtsort urn3inaelt uno feline
@efnnaennabme lei nur nod eine
Srage Der Belt. rWenr man i'm
niht tuleoer entfommen ldBt". iebte
Die Depeihe aber nDrfiftig binsu.
0un, oas @runrtete lit einnetreten. er
lift enttommen unb pnrldufe idernt
mod feiue Qusitht purbanoen gu
iein. i'm rpieoer einsufaneen. Erants
reid uno Spanien haben lbriaena
ben nneern Wddten miteeteilt, Die
3ultdnoe in Wearottp bitten fiH Der.
artia gebefiert, onB ite oemna9it ibre
@eihmaoer mieber auriidaieben t6nn'
ten. NliD Tam mar, ia trob aueoem
suFrie6en lein.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1907-01-28
Cages . yseutaretseu.
n b.

SIN 0ppOorume su Stem gorl
bat cine MISUNDERSTANDING fransDs
liher GatboIiten itatteefunoen. in Der
Beihlife anaerDmr,et1 puroen, Die
oas goraeben Der fransDlilhen Ste.
eteruag geaen Die fatbDlilme Stride
auf's @ntihie0enite ueroammen.
Cine aeranesu unqlaublihe
9abriht tpttmt aus 9em NDrt.
D0rt lit betanntli9 oor einiQen ga.
aen oas 8ilbe'ihe Drama .Salume"
NIT Der Mutt BON Hiharo 5traus
1a@ benz urteil aGer &enner ous be-
oeutenoite muitfaliihe &unftmert uns
ierer 3eit, sur GuhIbruna gefDm.
men. SEPT ioQen bic BETTER BEG
Metropolitan Opernbauies qeaer ote
MuHhbrurlg olS .unpaiietio" BrDtet
eingelegt baben uno Diretter gpnrieb
lou aud tuirflih aemiqt iein, tie nihi
81 mieoerbolen. Wenn ith bic SaHe
beuabrbeitet. 10 fino mir baourh Dor
ben Nn9en Der ganSen Welt blamiert
Bel elmer @rpl0fiDn in Der
Bennipluania &0blenmine su 2orenb,
W. 3d., murben smDlf Berloner,
fanf ameritaner uno lieben Stale.
ner. getDtet.
= SIN Duuer. Nep 6ampIbire,
rpuroe oas Sabrifgebdube Der 60.
hec0 Manufacturing Company ourG
Teuer aeritDrt. GDn ben Irbeiteru,
Die in oemielben beiddftiet ruarer1,
ftno bier Sungen i'm Nlter pon flint.
aebn uno iehssebn Sahren um's Sc.
ben aet1muer.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1907-01-28
U u n b.

Gus RDm t0mnlt Die nDh I'm.
o%erbargte Natriht, Der Bapft babe
nene Snitruttiunen an bic fransDfi.
iben &atboliten aeianot.
SIN Halaft Der lerbi1ten 6aupt.
ftaot Belarao bat. ME cine 9epelhe
BON ourtber meloet. am Samltao
abeno cine mpfteri6ie grploRon ftatt'
g%efunoen, ourh Die siemlih niel
Sbaoen angeridtet, aber 0iemano
nerleBt muroe.
Sr. Wtatthias Duque, Der Sci.
ter oes 6Dipitals fir anteGenoe
Rrantbeiten in 6auasa, mill elm 6eil.
raittel gegen ben Nusiab eefunbeu
haben. @r bat nit oemlelben anQeb,
LID ibon quite grfDlge erSielt.
GDn nuer Shulo entlaitet er'
lheint ieBt &apitdn 8rursuiq, Der
unaliGlihe Sthrer oes 6apae.
Bra9toampfers .Brinaeliin gittDriu
Suite, welder am Is. DECEMBER
Selbitmoro beaina. ots iein Sdifi
untpett &inafton eeftranoet mar
9ambureer 8ldtter tonitatieren. oah
Die ginfahrt in ben 6afen BON Sing
ton ihon Dor benz Grobeben uerans
bert mar, 10 oaB ben 8upit6n teir
Voruurf treffen tDnnte. Nabtrds.
LTD miro nod oarauf aufmertiam aes
matt, oaB 8runspi9 turs pDrber,
ebe er 6ano an lid leete. ertlarte,
ole Seetarten mielen tein einSioef
Eiff an Der SteGe auf, pD bic 5tran'
Dung erfolate. Sn 6nmburg ueroen
gegenwdrtig 8orbereituneen Fir eine
ln,poiante 3rauerfeierliHteit aetrpf.
fen. Die auldBlih Der 8eitaitune Der
iterbliten 5hue oes auf 10 trn9iibe
Beile e~eenoeten Seemanns ftattfin'
ben lou.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1907-01-28

Dos Bette eeaen Hbeumattsmus
It Gtnter d Mmenos 0ecebt Nu.
1851. Beribmt eeuuroen ourb
cine ntelen erfolareiden 6eilunaen.
in allen apotbeten Az baben.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-19

Fifth q cry staggered back.
 spoken the truth. as God is my wit. ness. and I pray you to shield me from the vengeance of Duke Michael; for If, after he knows what I have done, I fall into his hands I shall pray for one thing out of all the world-a. speedy death, and that I shall not obtain from him.
 The fellows story was rudely told. but our questions supplemented his narrative. What he had told us ap- piled to an armed attack, but if sus. picions were aroused and there came overwhelming force -- such. for in- stance. as I. the king. could bring--the idea of resistance would be abandoned. The king would be quietly murdered and slid down the pipe. And-here comes an ingenious touch-one of the Six would take his place in the cell and on the entrance of the searchers loud ly demand release and redress. and Michael. being summoned. would con- fess to nasty action. but he would say the msn had angered him by seeking the favor Of lady in the castle this was Antoinette de Mauhanl. ar.d he had confined him there. as he conceived te as Lord of Zenda had right to do. But he wss now on receiving his apoi- oxy content to let him % and so end the gossip which. |, his hlghness' nn- noyancn. had arisen concerning a pris- OneT in Zenia and had given his wis itors the trouble cf ti's inquiry. The visitors. baf7ei. world retire. and Nil chseI cosId at iI.s leisure tiisrcse of the body of the king.
 Sap;. Fritz and I in my Led looked round on one another in horror and hc wiiderTaeE. a. i're cruelty and cunning of the rlar- wastler ' went in peacs c- in wa-. op-.lr st the head of cors or secretly ar a sseaithy assault. the king would te sezd before I co,!-i cone near hEza # M.cssasI wa-s stronger ard ose-esrss iLs Jssrfv the-E wosld be an eod. but # I were stronze- I should hsve no way tn punish him. ne means of proving sa- guilt in h.n without proving rly own guilt also. On the other hand. I should be left as king ssh. for a moment n8y pulse quick enei,. and if would he fcr the futu-t to witness thr frsl struggle between sim and ma- F-c seenci t5 have made triumph possible and ruin imPoszibsc- At the worst he would stand where he had stood before crossed his path rsfh bat cne nsn befresn hir1 sp1 t1s