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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-03

canized Porto Rico. The business de-
preston of the past few months has
in some respects stimulated further
trolley building particularly in com
munities which have not already been
provided with the facilities.
The vehicles themselves on which
everyday Americans this spring and
summer travel to their Dreamland or
Wonderland or whatever the local
pleasure park is. illustrate the quick
ness with which modern inventions
are improved. Few of the first electric
lines in Richmond and Boston horse
cars were slightly remodeled. These
were practically the little abbreviated
boxes with shabby upholsterings that
logged through the streets of all
American cities. For sumner use the
managers of the new electric lines
took the ordinary open cars, invented
in Boston the cradle seat being de-
vice of J. e. RHgg. now an official OF
the Boston Elevated company. Many
of the Improvements on elevated rail-
road cars, first adopted in Boston,
! such as the easy access doors work
ed by power. have been ap-
piled to he more expensive type Of
trolley cars. This means particularly
the "semi-convertibles." This is the
type of car that seems destined to be
universally used in the larger cen
tiers of population. AS late as the St
Louis exposition of 1904 the great
comInodious and comfortable semi
convertibles' which transported the
crowds to and from the fair were
more or less of novelty to the pub
lie, although the street car manage
ments had for years Deen advocating
something of the kind as a means OF
avoiding investment IN a double set
of cars.
Just what the popular attitude
would be toward them was unknown.
but hundreds of thousands of Ameri-
cans who visited the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition liked the semi-con-
vertibles. They have since then
gained in popularity so that the sum-
mer of 1908 finds them in use in
many of the best equipped transpor-
tation lines of the country. Particu-
larry in such climate as that of New
England where warmth and cold, sun
shine and rain, succeed each other al
most without warning, such a corpor-
alton as the Boston Elevated com
pany has found that they have solved
many of the difficulties of operation.
The various safety devices and con.
veniences with which they are provid-
ed, as compared with the crude We
hicles that were being installed 20
years ago, demonstrate how rapid
progress has been.
In intensive railroading, with better
cooperation Of railroads and trolley
systems. is believed to lie the future
of electri; transportation in the big
CENTER of population. Experiments IN
the way of electrification on the New
Haven and other railroad systems are
in that direction. The next ten years.
of the trolley will probably also see
continuation of the present policy Of
financial leaders and engineering sx-
perts in developing the tran sporta-
ton facilities of smaller, but progress
sive communities.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-03
TESTS of Springtime
Spring Shopping.

Spring Shopping.
1t was the busy hour of four
When from a city hardware store
Emerged a gentleman who bore
screens. so feet of garden
Hose, / rake, l wheeIbarrow
This gentleman with air distraught
A big department shop then sought
And there invested in or bought
40 yards of mosquito netting.
l hammock, 1 croquet set
His business next our hero leads
Unto a place which retails seeds
1t takes to satisfy his needs
"a packages assorted ANIMALS
10 rose bushes, 1 peck mixed
bulbs.
The sun was low behind hill
When he got to Lonelyville.
And then his wife in accents shrfl
Pointed out that he'd forgotten
the sprinkling can, the pruning
shears. and the lawnmower
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-03
Continued.

NO" said Stella, laughing. Not &
BIT, you foolish boy" and she leant on
her elbows and looked up at him
with her dark eyes smiling.
He came nearer and looked down al
her.
4 am glad you don't like him"
Il didn't say"
"But ] know ii. Because l shouldn't
like TO hate anyone you liked" he
added. "
Then, said Stella, with her rare
musical laugh, as it's very wicked to
bate anyone and I ought TO help you
TO be good. the best thing l can do
is 10 like Mr.. Adelstone.
Heaven forbid" he said. 50 earn.
estly, so passionately, that Stella
started.
You are a wicked boy!" she said,
with a smile.
Il am" he said gravely. and his
lips quivered. But if anything could
make me better it would be living
near you. You are not offended?'
Not a bit" laughed Stella; but /
shall be directly. so you had better go
TO bed. Your room is quite ready, and
you look tired Goodnight" and she
gave him her hand.
He too bent over it, but how differ
entity to Jasper. and he touched it
reverently with his lips.
Goodnight" he said; say good
night to my father for me-" and he
went out.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-03
Plenty of Material.

There are many tasty dishes to be
made from left over food"
That's nice" responded the young
bride, ''for hubby leaves a great deal
of food over since I've begun doing
the cooking"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-03
EvervbodY suspic as.

She looks pretyt," ruminated the
young man but are all those tresses
hers?"
He acts rich unused the maiden.
"but where can I get his commercial
rating?"
Verify. this is a sordid age.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-03

He says the world is going to the
dogs. Been saying that for thirty
years.
Jaw, he's a trimmer. like 70 see .
prophet name the date, Then, If il
doesn't happen, he has 10 qnit talk
ing"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-03
channeahIe.

Oh, springtime, in your hours of ease
Uncertain. coy, and apt to freeze!
= One minute snow;
Then zephyrs low
Come murmuring among the trees
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-03

New evidence indicates that he d.
faulting cashier OF the Allegheny Ma
tional bank OF Pittsburg looted .as-
Institution of over $4,000, 600.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-03
Usually.

What prompts your iokes?' IN
quired the friend. constitutional.
gayety."
No" answered. the press humo-ist-
desperation
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-03
Drew a Crowd

Once l woke up If not to find my
self famous. at least to find myself at
tracing considerable attention
How was that?"
L had fallen asleep on q hotel yer
and with my mouth open.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-03

She refuses 10 wear the psr-y
yoke "
Considers it unbecoming. 10
doubt" commented the feminine boss
Let her wear the party guim7s
then"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-03

Senator Julius c, Burrows OF Mich
igan has been chosen for temporary
chairman Of the republican national
committee.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-03
Twenty Years of Trolley Tripping

omstiok Car" First Appeared Just Two Decades Ago
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-03

Now as the mere mechanism OF the
game requires a very great familiarity
with methods as well as men, it fol-
lows that the politician is a close stu.
dent of the various cogs and wheels.
the shafts and pulleys of political ma
chinery. He finds, If a novice, that
he cannot butt in" and run things
right off the reel because he does
not know how. He finds that the nom
nation OF candidates, the whole rou-
tine of political life, is governed by
fixed rules and statutory laws, and
that he must of necessity familiarize
himself with these things else remain
a mere tyro in the art.
This means that he will have to
study books read up the laws, keep
posted in the changes which are CON
tinually occurring in the laws relating
to elections and nominations, and in
various ways get next" to the legal
aspects of politics. Then he will have
to learn his ward know its various
precincts and their boundaries; know
the location of the polling places, and
who the people are in whose shops
or stores the polling places have been
placed, their politics, and everything
about them. He must serve as clerk
and judge of election, and learn the
duties of challenger. He must know
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-03

Sir Thomas Shaughnessy. the pres,
ident OF the Canadian Pacific railway
was the guest Of honor at a banquet
given In Toronto on June 16. In the
course OF his speech Sir Thomas re-.
ierred to the fact that Just 26 years
have passed since his arrival from
the United States to assist in the
management % Canada's new trans.
continental railway. The influence of
that line on the development OF Can.
ada is beyond estimate. England has
recognized the service rendered TO
Canada by this Milwaukee born Amer.
lean railroad man, and II would he
hard to say how much has been done
for the United States by Sir Thomas
shaughnessy and by that other Amer.
iean-born railway builder, Sir William
Van Horne.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-03


Nature may as well prepare to give
mp her secrets. Thomas A. Edison
is going to quit the moneymaklng
game and devote the rest OF his life
to Investigations In the realms OF
pure science. Now we shall know
why is a hen and all those other in.
tricate and hitherto unanswerable
problems. The vermlform appendix
that heretofore has laughed when
questioned as to its purpose will have
to sit up and give straight answers or
II viii be ruthlessly exposed Univer.
sity professors who have been making
starfsh may as wen throw up their
hands. The electric wizard doubtless
VIII make sunflsh or moonash at the
first attempt AS for radlum. prob.
ably he will show how each family
can make supply for home consump-
ton out OF pair of old shoes. Pro.
coed, Tom, exclaims the Chicago Daily
News. May you live long enough to
hnd out all there is to be known. and
write II out for us In neat, II rather
large. book.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-03

their bosoms a pardonable curiosity
In the question of what there is in Il
tor them" if any political proposition
IS untolded to their longing gaze.
Polltics as a profession has evolved
the boss" He is not ALWAYS the
coarse creature of the cartoonist,s
FANCY, nor the devouring lion of the
muck-rake romancer. Often he
dresses elegantly, and quite often he
Is gentle-spoken and of few words ar
that. He just controls the delegates /"
that's all. After all the fire and fnrv
OF reform has spent its force HE
candidate is nominated and generate
elected, and he gets a few Contracts"
winch enable him to keep the wolf
Tribe so far from his premises tbat he
couldn't hear one howl if it used =
megaphone. d
lie Is the man on whom the nott,,
politicians keep their eyes glued and
their ears tilted. Each one sees in he
dreams his own career growing 70 tb ,o
Aladdin like height of the ''big hoe >,
And that subtle schemer nurses H.
aspirations, and as someone me
necessarily take the place Of tbo
mighty when the mighty are fallen ~
course there is chance for all -. u
petitors. "'i conl'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-03
To the pole.

To the Pole.
Commander Peary is on his way to
the arctic, confident that this time he
will reach the north pole. Whether
he succeeds or not, he is without
doubt the best equipped arctic ex-
plorer who has thus far appeared. He
has spent more years and more
thought upon the problem than any
other man. He has reached a point
nearer the pole than any other ex.
plorer; and II he had known as much
as he now knows about the direction
of the fee drift above Greenland, he
would at least have come pretty near
reaching his goal. This time he
starts with that knowledge. He is
planning TO establish his base OF sup
plies, not on the land, but on the ice,
1875 miles farther north, and will
travel northwest with his sledges,
hoping that the eastward drift OF the
fee will be the same as he found II be.
fore. II this should be the case. he
ought TO be able to make good
progress In the direction OF the pole
itself lie has adopted an ingenious
way OF carrying a house north with
him for use as headquarters. II will
be built OF the boxes containing his
supplies. explains the Youths Com.
panlon. Each box is eight inches
high and ten inches wide, and of such
length as is convenient. These boxes
will be piled up to form the walls OF
the house. with the end to be opened
turned to the inside. When pack
age OF crackers Is needed. he can
knock out panel In the wall of his
house-that is. open the end OF box
reach In and get all the crackers
he needs, and SO on with bacon. penn.
mi"an, oatmeal. sugar. tea, coffee,
roast-beef hash or condensed milk.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-03

the poll list of his precinct as well as
his a, b, c, and keep tab" on deaths
removals, new residents, etc,
Politics affords a shining example
Of the wisdom of the rule about open
ing hostilities yourself Never wait
for the other fellow to assail your abil-
lty. Always start out by Soaking
him. And by this is not meant by any
means to throw mud" or indulge in
abuse. Far from it. Do it in a gentle
manly way. Get him on the defensive
and keep him there if possible. One
OF the surest ways to do this is to
prepare lot of questions, no matter.
how irrelevant to the questions at is
sue, if there happens to be any lis
sue" and keep hammering away at,
MIN with these questions.
Never answer any question yourself.
Print your platform on your cards, if
you are a candidate, but don't answer
any questions about it. The platform
speaks for itself, don't it? A profess
sional politician ought to be able to
convince the most captious questioner-
that his platform" faces every way
to the four corners of the earth and
was meant for the blessing of all men.
When he starts on his career he must
expect to go slowly, as a rule. emery
ing from one unimportant position to
another until he has either become a
power himself, or has been useful
enough to some Boss" to be nlaced
on ticket. Once fairly launched in
political office, and he becomes a
target for the press and public criti-
clsm' and his native ability is sub
Iected to the corrosive test of having
power placed in his hands.
A good politician must ALWAYS he
on the alert to "catch the instant at
lts forward top" and direct the chr
rent OF any popular movement into the
proper channel. If there is a reform
movement in the air he must not only
champion it, but he must be in the
iead OF the crusaders. The puhIic are.
lne sheep, the politician is the hell
wether. Ooi'
| remember a typical instance of
this kind. u
"A certain paving scheme was be-
ing preached, and in the district
Where 1t was proposed to introduce.
IT, there were a great many Swedish
american citizens who opposed the
Improvement. Nearly all of them nm
uerstood the English language as
wen their own tongue. A grand
mass meeting was called for and held
lllilu tumultuous enthusiasm. A we'll
Ano"n SWedish-American was select
Gu as chairman, and a Swede sec
rotary duly installed. Two speecbes
we're, we're made in Swedish, and then a
popular Irish politician made a ring-
ing address amid great applause He
was followed by German LAWYER.
VINO was even more fiery, if ANYTHING
thau MS predecessor in denouncino
.l outrage contemplated. The law
yer was also politician.
a call for names was started and .
oiuo formed. There were 3e7 Swed-
isl'Alnerlcan members of the cluh and
ne .lle Irishman and the German, 1853 mem.
oers IN all. And at the next meeting
~, os'poned two weeks to elect officers
ene lrlshman was elected president
urer. ,-,-S anu treas
i'Vo' oy Joseph B! Bowles.).
dnt, ne nrst duty of a woman is her
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-03

William Redmond, the Irish lead.
er in the British house Of commons
recently in a genial mood and in play.
ful allusion to the birthday honors
list asked whether "as a matter of
general convenience and in order that
honorable members might know how
to address their colleagues with be-
coming respect it could be arranged
that honorable gentlemen who had
Joined the titled classes should wear
rosettes for at least one month after
the conferment of the title" No min
lister was bold enough to answer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-03

Adjudication devoted to femlnlnities
asks what has become OF the fair
haired people we used to admire ?
Where are lovely blondes. the straw.
berry blonde and the blonde cendree.
or even the red.headed girls. where
are they? Look where one viii, brown
hair or dark hair predomiuates. Sci.
ence tries to account for II. We
are told that the time Is coming when
the genuine golden haired beauty Will
be as rare as the copper butterfly"
and that head like wheat sheaf
Will be to proclaim aloud the colffeurs
artful aid. The best Of Il is, exclaims
the Boston Herald, the peroxide
blonde has passed away" so much
so, In fact, that the very name is
spoken In derlsion. And what means
this darkening of the race? One
theory is as good as another. and a
faForite answer Is, intermarriage: the
different countries, with their distln-
gushing types, are blending more and
more. Scandinavia and Italia. the
north and the south, mingle in the
west. and the degree OF latitude, the
temperate zone does the rest.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-03
We Nav
Hope for
InmOr-
tally.
BY PROF. JOSIAH ROYCE.

extent of his knowledge but the seriousness of his express
himself.
But one who appears the outer form of shows sign
yet of having personal IDEAL life pan purpose individual
will at all then in such indeed call the being
in human relations but he far appears
e An explicit personality which shows itself through deeds that
embody coherent dan ideal which be
lated but which must be practically active recognzab significant
sciously in need of further temporal expression.
The righteous dissatisfied with his present opportunity to
press his will He needs further future opportunities duty
The sinner dissatisfied with the will which
men trying express Each finite being engaged temporal pro-
is by virtue of his disaaon refer
dssatsacons gloomy feelings much eagerne
deeds How feel matter of fortune How active
that constitutes ourselves
finite personality insist, will to do something
have something do, however, dissatisfied with past with
the present demand in just far future future in which,
sinner with myself shall into unity
will shall discover what seeking which, in so
far know and intend my duty shall express this
will the countless deeds that personal purpose requires me
yet to do.
them God is Discontinued with his expression
This discomfort myself constitutes This individual thirst
for nfni this personal warfare with my temporal
my deaths my personality this hatred my
perfection this search for the future deed this than has
Id,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-03


get tumble
Honor and thanks due the America which took
the initiative and to such Gen James Allen Field
bishop who have won the faith of men of capital absolute certainty
and therefore moneyprodueng possibilities of aerial navigation
The influence exeed by the Aero club
all over the country Faena clubs the
Junior Aero club of New York. which nsng attention.
and has successful boy flyer with machine
engagements have been made for holding
tween the leading aeonaus the Hotel York. during the
coming late summer fall and winter months
be productive of good results.
The problem is nearly solved that close
the subject and associate the leaders Of the movement
hdent predict that within aerial navigation will
psed fact There will then be thousand minds
present. and notifications and improvements will
con the rst successes supreme almost the adjustment
OF war! In peace, delightful beyond conception!
Inhalation of the rared air of the upper prove
kndes life and regular course trips taken firmly
believe tubercuous diseases would be cured.
Think Of transportation through the Free pure alb
soute liberty tracks franchises need of thousands employees
add the cost and of the swne the glorious exhaaon;
last but by no means least of its broadening effect
drifting baoons knows what one
who has not been upd every the has not
realized more fully surely the Unreasonable greatness
powerful Creator of the universe
The moral influence which will be exered all by
aerial navigation beyond compute Conquest the air coming al
most here and most of us will be here m, II <~o
and to enjoy it when it comes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-03

A man is a significant being, not by vir-
tue of his body, or his feelings, or his for
tunes, or his social status, but by virtue of
his will A man as an ethical being is
what he purposes to be, so far as his will is
as yet temporarily expressed. So far as his
will is not yet expressed his life belongs to
the future. All else about him, besides
his will, his purpose, his life plan, his ideal,
his deed, his volitional expression-all else
than this, l say, is mere material for man
hood, mere clothing, mere environment, or
mere fortune. Ignorantly as he now ex-
presses himself, his worth lies not in the
-, h., L
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-03

In me the temporal being in me now, God is in
need is hungry, is thirsty, is in prison. In me, then,
God is dissatisfied But he is God. He is absolute
Eternity is his. He must be satisfied In eternity
in the view of the whole temporal process he is salts
fed. In his totahy he attains, and he attans what
! seek. And this, take it. is rational warrant
for insisting that every rational person has in the
endless temporal order opportunity for an end
less series of deeds Seen, then, from the eternal
point of vew my personal life must be an endless Sc
ries of deeds. This is a sketch of what 1 take to be
the doctrine of Immortality
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-03

me nrst duty of woman is her
bu 70 her parents, and afterward to
ents. "uspanus par
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-03
Riding
the Air
AWOrkable AirShip
Certain Within
Two Years
By HOMER w. HEDGE,
Former President of Aero Club of America.

NE essential reason for the comparatively slow progress made
IN the development of the aeropane that with the bicycle
IS and must be- part of the OPERATOR and its operation has
to be learned Though the driving force be mechanical it
must be guided by human intelligence TO experiment with
the workable but primitive aeropne of to-day requires any
amount of pluck When has become realized fact every
operator will have to learn how operate the machine nd
udualy Birds though built to fly, taught by their
mothers and n they try it their own acconnt nyarahv