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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05

numerically. 1t is however. throwing
CT plenty OF young spray. A gooo
m4Anye years ago a small colony OF
rocks made her abode in it branches
and Tor some years after they quilted
1t their nests remained, and were an
uuaiiy patched and occupied By spa
rows. ,len some pigeons came alons
and male il their abode. This fine OLD
specimen OF the London plane neaa-
ures over five feet in diameter at the
bole OF the trunk. another almost
eualyx fine plan exists in the garden
at the rear OF StGt.oners Hail. Th4
garden within the EaLk of England
possesses Two venerable acacias. In
Great Tower street, n Staples Inn,
Chnords Inn, in Doctors Commons.
in the gardens of the temple, in
Princes street, on Holborn Viaduc.
at The Charter House, and in fifty
other places that might be named
trees in every way remarkable for
size, health and &C Clpleteness of con
tour may be found. These leafy citi.-
Zens are none the less remarkable
consiue. ng how they are built, in
above and below, and cave to live on
aoulterated sunshine. Very few, per
haps, of the thousands who hurry
through Newgate street daily take
even glance at the charming little
oasis OF greenery that viii refresh
them if they turn aside to the en-
fn CT
low themselves tine to appreciate
the verdant freshness of the turf and
the weeping ash seemingly mourning
for the demonition of the prison oppo-
site. The last remaining fragment OF
the old Roman wall that encompassed
London city forms conspicuous feat.
ure in the burial ground Of Cripple
gate Church, surely the prctttiest in
the city. Its well kept garden forms
a delightful oasis, and very prettily
illustrates the value CT grass lawns
and raised mounds in such situation.
The Church of ST. Sepluchre, on Hol.
born Viaduct, is worthily embellished
with some catkin-bearing trees,
which add immensely to the dignity
and amplitude of the viaduct roadway
and there, again, the ivy constitutes
a conspicuous feature. The attractions
of Finsburg Circus and the Park" as
it is called. of Bishopsgate, do NIT
need to be enlarged upon, because
they are well known. In the church.
yard of st. Margaret, Ironmonge-
lane, will be found number of planes
and other trees, the ground beneath
them laid out in a series of beds, edg-
ed with stone or tile edgings, but des-
titute of plants, which we suppose the
shade of the trees has killed. And
this would happen again unless the
plants were well adapted to the situa-
ton. And yet the barren ground
might be clothed without cutting out
any of the trees.
When we visit the city bundaries
and look outwards. many patches OF
tTeenery attract attention. as of the
city, but not civically within it. The
Thames Embankment. Lincoln's Inn
fields, Gray's Inn, with it's rookery,
the older square, and many open
spaces laid out BY the Metropolitan
Pukblic Gardens Association, may be
referred to as especially interesting
both for their situation in districts
dansely built over, and for their great
the people VINO commonly enjoy them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05
Quite a Younqster.

Henelfnger. the famous guard" at
Yale in the So S. now a prosperous
business man of the west recently told
story of a countryman, who, with
his wife, had come down to New
Haven TO see the footballers"
The rural one had walked around
the stslwart Heffelfinger with an air
of critical curiosity. much as he might
have surveyed a horse he was about
to purchase.
"Sary!" he called to his wife.
What is it?"
This feller's nigh on to seven feet
ain't he?"
Almost, Zachariah'
Weighs about 200 don't he %
Il reckon he does"
We'll wen well, calculated the
countryman. 1T do beat all how foot
han do develop sm,"
He certainly is a fine young man,
said the wife.
Man" observed the countryman.
"Sary, ore of them professors told me
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05
Mistaken Pride Of Ancestry.

Portland Oregonian-The is no
very bright future for the young man
who is contented with the distinction
of being a son of an illustrious father
or graduate of a famous college.
Pride of ancestry is cJnmendable if it
serves to stimulate a desire to maia~
tain the good name of the family.
but is exceedingly INJURIOUS to those
young men who depend in any degree
upon the achievements of parents to
secure them positions of honor IN the
world. A diploma from a great uni
yersity is burden to many a man
who considers himself distinguished
by its possession To make his par
ents and his alma mater distinguished
because Of their relationship to him
should be the effort OF young man
who has a true conception of the man.
ner ir which honors may be conferred.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05

been the scene of continuous mining
| operations, and at certain periods the
| district has figured prominently as a
| producer of these metals. For many
years only the lead ores were mined
the zinc ores being unrecognized or
regarded as of little value. 1t was not
until about 1865 that zinc ores began
| to be mined in this region. and the
amount OF these ores increased until
the district became more important as
source of zinc than of lead. Subse
quently, for a number of reasons. min
ing activity in the district decreased
but since 1900 there has been a
marked revival of interest, and the
present high prices of both lead ana
inc and the fact that the district Is
being judiciously exploited are COM
bining to render mining operations
within these quadrangles very active.
The ore deposits have been the sub.
ject of much study from the scientific
standpoint as well as from the purely
economic. and many reports the most
, important of which are listed in the
folio, have been published The pres
ent publication contains detailed
topographic and geologic maps and
structure sections, descriptions of the
topography and geology of the quad
rangles and discussion of the ore
deposits. Soils. building stone, water.
and various other economic resources
of the quadrangles are also fully
described
The authors Of this folio are
Ulysses S. Grant and Ernest F. Bur
chard. who were associated in their
study of the area with II. Foster
Balm. There was also informal CO.
operation between the national survey
and the geoogical and natural MS
tory survey OF Wisconsin. tbe state
survey mapping in detail certain i'm.
portant ore bearing areas
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05
phiIosopherv as saving.

as saying:
Almost every dy,9 continued the
philosopher, Il read in the papers of
accidents IN these two domains-that
of electricity and that OF the affec-
tions. Some poor fellow becomes in
vowed with a live wire and is shocked
to death; some unfortunate mortal
becomes entangled in an affair Of the
passions and goes to pieces. In both
cases there is a CHASTITY tragedy.
Now. in the electrical trouble the
experts have their say-the men who
know all about the currents carried
by the wire, all about the proper meth
DDS of isolation, all about the proper
safeguards. No one is permitted to
discuss electrical disturbances and
electrical catastrophes except the &C.
knOwledged experts; but utterly mex
perienced persons or else persons dis
tmctly preiudiced, perhaps warped,
by their own private experiences, are
permitted to set up what may be
called hypothetical cases-that is, fsc-
tions-in which all the elements of
the passions of love are present, and
proceed to discuss the phenomena
with an assumption of authority which
would never pass muster under skill.
ful ross-eXari.nation.
INC wonder that this gratuitous and
quite uniformed combined portrayal
and criticism of the chief feature of
our mortal lives should constantly
prove misleading. A note of sentiment
tally is constantly struck, when what
is needed, in order to understand the
situation in all its bearings, is the
note of common sense. The youth
ful love-story writer perhaps attrib-
utes praiseworthy traits to his hero
or heroine in cases whore the one or
the other is merely giving way to a
strong impulsion which it would be
wiser even nobler, to resist; just as
it would be vastly more sensible and
righ-+minded for one to let go than to
hang on to a death-dealing live
wire.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05

gun in 1905 in the Mississippi valley,
was extended in 1906 to the Ohio val
ley, and brief report on the work,
prepared by Mr.. Ernest F. Burchard
has been Incorporated ii bulletin No
1915. contributions to economic geo.;
ogy, 1905.
The major constituent of glass is
sand, which forms from 50 to Go per
cent of the mass of the original mix
ture or from 60 to 20 per cent OF the
finished product. To the sand is due
the absence of color, the transparency.
.brilliancy. and hardness of glass
That is, the quality of the glass de-
ponds chiefly on the quality of the
sand. To the producer the physical
conditions affecting quarrying and
mining the amount OF sand available.
and the location of the deposits with
respect to transportation routes and
markets are as important as is the
quality Of the sand.
OF the states in which glass is listed
as a manufacture Indiana and Ohio
at present occupy respectively second
and third rank, the first place being
held by PENNSYLVANIA. Glass making
has but recently been added to the
industries of Kentucky. but factories
are in operation at two points.
From statistics quoted by Mr.. Bur
chard it appears that Indiana is pro
duc'ng less than l per cent of the
glass sand used in the state, the re
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05
a QUESTION OF ETHICS.
That us A3itating the Women of Eng.
'7nd


land.
Youths Companion.-Mrs. Bixby
side OF the case is set forth by that
lady somewhat as follows. although
she uses more words and warmer:
For her husbands business welfare
and her own social advancement it
was necessary that she should make
a good appearance at the first recep-
ton < ven by the Grays, who are
rich newcomers to the place. Mr.
B.XDy strained point % provide $50
tor a new gown.
The order was given in ample sea
son to the dressmaker, who promised
that the gown should be ready for the
reception. 1t did not come, and Mrs.
Bixby, having nothing fit to wear. :
was denied her expected triumph and
compelled to send her regrets. The
dressmaker sent home the gown the
morning after the reception, but
Mrs. B xby declined to receive it or
pay for it.
The dressmaker says she was rush
ed with work for that reception, and
attended to her cash customers frs.
Mrs. Bixby does not pay her bills
promptly, and since there are many
of that kind, so many that the dress
maker was behind with her silk
merchant, there was delay in obtain.
ing the material for the Bixby gown.
1t was cut out, and it would have
been ready at the time appointed but
for two m sfortunes-the forewoman
fell downstairs and broke her arm
and the dressmaker herself was TAX
en- ill.,
Mrs. BiXby declares she is justified
in refucing payment. The dressmaker
insists that the material at least
should be paid for, and points out
that if Miss Bixby had given her
something on account when the
gown was ordered, the first delay n
obtaining the silk would have been
avoided, and that would have left a
liberal margin OF time, with the
chances favoring the completion q
the order.
The ady or the dressmaker as
the circumstances are set forth
above, is an actual problem now en-
gaging the attention of social circles
in England. In tai interest it sur
passes Mr.. Stockton's lady or tie
tiger problem; for controversies es.
sentially similar between people
who sell and people who buy are tax
ing place continually.
Our cousins across the water, who
are furiously arguing the case in the
newspapers. have not requested an
American op Mon. But it will strike
the unprejudiced observer at a dis
lance that the aggrieved lady mlghr
have been saved a deal of unpleasant
ness if she had established a reputa-
ton for paving her bills.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05

Minister'S Of Tie gospel in Wash
ington aEd IN some other places where
Secretary Taft Is well known aim at
him a curious criticism They say
that he does net often attend church
and that he does not seem to care for
conventional religious forms and cere-
monies. They do not say that the
secretary is irreligious in the broad
sense but merely that he does net
comply with the usual rule of men in
high public station in the matter OF
attending divine worship regularly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05
Necessltv for Haste.

Noah Webster was compiling bis
elementary spelling book.
81 want to get it out" he said,
before Josh Billings, Petroleum V.
Nasty Brander Matthews, and An.
drew Carnegie go to monkeying with
the photography of the language"
Recognizing the propriety Of closing
the Incident with the customary in
structive comment. he wrote the
immortal story of the old man who
found the rude boz up in his tree.
stealing apples
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05
An AppIlcatIOn eone Astray.

An Application Gone Astray.
At least one man in Georgia is of
the opinion that marital papers must
bear the great seal of the state to
make the ceremony binding.
No dinky little license for this man.
The kind issued by the ordinary OF
the county might do for other folk. but
not for him. Secretary of State Phi
Cook got jar the other morning
when he opened his mail and found
this one:
pitch Pine Ridge. Ga, Jan -,
1907.
Dear Sir; Iwant YOU TO send Me
bi return male one marrig lisense /
got mandy in the Noshun at last, and
want Them lisense afore she backs
out, II You moved mandy as vel as
Do you wood hurry, cause plenty of
fellers heare air after her but this old
buck beet EN- awl, and she said she'd
hav me last meath day If you have
got Eny lisense with purity motters
bf& Eiu StAih AudN hiiths as NoAtA
mandy TO have Their best. Male your
bill with the lisense you Mead not he
afeared to trust me because Have got
hundred akers of land on Their ridg.
and Old beck. as good a mule as eny
man ever pulled Their bel coard over.
Yours respectful, bill Jones'"
1t grieved Colonel Cook to delay the
nuptlals but stern fealty to duty com.
PEELED him to write Bill that Georgia
did not issue the necessary documents
under the great seal % state, -Atlanta
Georgian
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05
The Lighter Side of Every Day Life
THE PUDDLE AND THE LILIES,

THE PUDDLE AND THE LILIES,
l passed a stagnant marsh that lay
Beneath a reeking scum of green
A loathsome puddle by the way;
No sorrier pool was ever seen.
l thought. How lost to all things pure
And clean and white those foul
depths be-
Next day from out that pond obscure
Two queenly lilies laughed at me.
/ passed a hoyel round whose door
The signs of penury were st~ewn.
saw the grimed and Uttered floor,
The walls of logs from tree-trunks
hewn.
/ said; The gates of life are shut
To those within that wretched pen;
But 10! from ou, that lowly hut
Came one to rule the world of men.
BY Strickland W. Gilman.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05

picture Of a bear hugging a good look
ing girl. and the liri was smiling. AMI
yetGnd yet that thick headed floor
walker 81 S15 per gazed at the picture
and said u was good for a hrst attempt
and settled back sud never thought O..
Initiating .he bear The next night
Pamela was not Ut home 20 bin. whs
can blame herr JOE KERR.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05
GLAss-sAND or OHIO.
A Natural Product Of the Utmost I'm
portance.


portsnce.
approximately s650O0000 worth Of
glass products were manufactured IN
the United States in 1905. The mate
riais used cost about $4,000 600, and
Of this sum $1,000 900 was spent for
sand. Within the half century pre-
cedlng 1900 the value Of glass products
showed an average increase Of 10 per
cent fer each decade. and the growth
is silll vigorous IN view OF the re-
,uarkabie development Of an industry
so largels dependent for its raw mate
rails on mineral deposits, The United
States geological survey as been
making an investigation d sand pro
ducing areas. This investigation, be-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05
A TFiICK-HEADED LOVER.

imped up sud lighted the gas and said:
on. Charlie, l am learning 10 be an
artist ana ] must show you the picture
drew today"
She brought It 10 ulm. 1t was the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05

Pennsylvania has broken off rela-
lions for a football game with Chica-
70 aext f,ll, Michigan however, will
aeet the Quakers at Philadelphia
November l6.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05

Knoxville Journal-The question of
the New York World What is a
democrat has not been satisfactory
answered, but The World has not yet
allied upon hlienist witnesses TO ties.
tify
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05
"The Live Wire. ("

In the discussion of the love theme
the live wire'--in modern fiction
the editor of the Century quotes 'the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05

Big war had in the Philippines that
july day in l902-Robinson chief
quartermaster OF TIE department OF
north Philippines and / chief nav.
master, department OF south philip.
pines. colonel Robinson Will soon re-
place tie silver leaf with the colo,
nel'S eagle. and ifshe succeeds Gen :.
raj Humphrey, the mucE coveted star
OF origadier general will twinkle
on his manly shoulders. He is now
chief quartermaster OF the lakes. with
headquarters at Chicago. commanded
by Brigadier General w. H. Carter.
but waich will be under the com,
mand OF Major General Fred d.
Grant, worthy son OF the great gen.
eral under whom he fought so heroic
ally in 1866. His son, Lieutenant f.
w. Rob rson is soon to be advanced
10 the r2nl. of captain in the regular
army.
These Robinsons - Gran father.
father and son-the colonel who was
in the Mexican and civil wars. the
Lieutenant colonel who was in the
civil and Spanish-American wars, anu
the coming captain who fought In
cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines
nave honored Wisconsin and added
to her glory by taking a place In
the Procession.
General Kuroki. the japanese chief.
tan now in this country, touched, and
deeply touched many Amer. can
hearts by visit to General Grant 5
tomb, last Saturday when he placed
a wreath over the silent sleeper, the
nations greatest general 1t will re.
quire many years for the admirers OF
General Grant-and what American
should not be an admirer?-to forget
kuroki at the tomb, his barred head,
low bow, grateful salute and the per
iod of respectful silence as he and
his staff stoo with eyes fixed upon
the deal old hero's last earthly en-.
campment
Ge"eral kurok millions of CRATE
ful Americans would like personally
10 salute and thank you for last
Sundays visit to the tomb of Abra.
ham Lincoln's first assistant in say.
ing nation.
Milwaukee's friends throughout the
state, and there are tens of thousands
of them-a great big army-are all
Proud of the generous reception ten,
dered Lieutenant General Mac Arthur
upon his return to the old home he
left forty-five years ago. During his
absence he climbed to the highes.
rank in the army from the lowest
commissioned round, and in that peri
cd made a reputation as a soldier
second to that of on one in the army
General Macarthur is one of this
eleven members of the United States
Army TO receive a commission as lieu
tenant general. the Tiers be ne
George Washington, L. S. Grant. w
I. Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan, John
NJ. Schofield, Nelson A. Miles. Slmue
~ = AN"is' Aai'o ~ NHdH-e- JOiu
Z. Bates and Henry Z. Gorbin Gen
eral Scott was given the rank BY
brevet Washington, Grant. Sherman
and Sheridan are the only officers
who ever held a higher rank. that Of
general. That rank IN the army ended
with the death of Sheridan, nearly
twenty years ago. There has never
been time in the history of the
American army, in me of peace
when there was greater honor in BE-
ing Lieutenant general than at The
present time. Milwaukee has great,
honored herself by making Genefa
MacArthura Homecoming ncynor
able event.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05
In the Procession
BY Lieutenant Colonel. Various, U. S. A.


Have you noticed that your friend,
Lieutenant Co.onel W. w. Robinson.
Is il the list Of those talked about
tor qaartermaster general of the
army. 10 succeed General CHARLES 4.
humphrey. a distinguished brother OF
lie laIe Judge Herman L. Humphrey,
Of Hudson. WHO served several terms
in congress-"
What a flood OF memories the ques-
tion developed. II swept me back 70
an even ng in September. 1861, when
a thousand young men marched into
The camp of our brigade, near Chcin
bridge. few miles up the Potomac
from Washington. md took place in
the military family with which their
commaad served until all danger 10
the federal union had disappeared, SO
far as the vi war was concerned.
What regiment it was. And, what
work II did between there and Apo
mattoX! But history ha4 told that
story-told of the battles and the
Eeroism of the 7th Wisconsin. SHAH
not attempt TO retell it. I &c Lieuten.
and colonel of the eth was w W.
Robinson, veteran of the Mexican
war who became its colonel the FOL
lowing inter-, while the command
was camped on Arlington Heights
Virginia, opposite Washington,
short distance from the Lee mansion,
from which the immortal commander
OF the confederate army took his de-
parture that memorable May day in
lSG1--choosins TO lead the south in
the mighty struggle rather than ac-
cept the high station rendered by
President Lincoln-that of command
err OF the union army.
Stop for a moment and think what
Robert E. Lees acceptance of Mr..
Lincoln's offer would have meant.
Wou'd n't it have meant sore disap-
pointment to southern leaders and
decided blow to their cause? Wouldn
1t have meant that an earlier end
ing of the war? Wouldn't it have
meant President Leel from 1869 10
1877?
But I'm getting into deep water
VIII lie wading out let me express my
belief that the great war was to be-
that it had to come; that the best in
terests of the north, the south, the
American republic and the world
We're subseved by it; that it came as
the right time. was prosecuted as
well as it could be; that its ending
was everlastingly rlght-that no sac
riiice could have been too great to
preserve to civilization such a com
try as our Republic has become and
viii remain, no matter how many at
tempts that may be made by vision
aries, from anarchists to the cheapest
species of sham reformers and revo
lutionists.
More time has been taken to wade
ashore than was contemplated.
The first time l saw the present
Colonel Robinson he was in front OF
fathers headquarters-the head
quarters of the 9TH Wisconsin on Ar
lington Heights. the winter of 1862
He was a boy of thirteen then. The
next time, as memory serves me, he
vase a sixtcen-year-old recruit in his
fathers regiment, loading and firing
like a veteran, in one of the great
battles of General Grants last cam
paign about Petersburg, II 1865. We
didn't meet again until 1902-thrty-
seven years after our last battle in
which the Robinson boy won an ap
pointment to West Point and where
was given the right TO wear the
straps of a captain. 1t was pleas
ant reunion we two veterans of the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-05

nisself that this fellers in his fourth
year! I wonder what they feed 'em
Harper's Weekly.