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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
KERNELS OF NEWS
IN sAoeER0oM.

The Mississippi river at la Crosse
is again rising and has passed the II
foot stage. The lowlands are flooded
making the prospect for early hay a
gloomy one.
The Clinton Babbitt home, one of
the historic landmarks Of Beloit, is
TO be remodeled beyond all recogni-
tion. Part of the building will be
moved 10 another location.
Dr.. H. A. Hartwig of Waterfowl
removed a piece OF rail three inches
in diameter and eighteen inches long
from the horse of Alex Neither. The
horse had suffered the accident in a
runaway.
Horsethieves stole every head Of
horses on the ranch at Matmath, S.
D., In which John and Peter Rasmus-
sen Of Racine county and Oscar jerks
and others of Racine invested $4,000
less than year ago,
James Guam. who said he was from
s:oaghton. Wis. pleaded guilty to en-
tering The Offices OF Capt Williamson
at Racine and stealing a number Of
pulleys a1d other property. He was
sentenced to the state prison for one
year
After a search which has lasted for
two years and half, Mrs. James
Pierce Of Rochester Misn., found her
long missing son on TIE streets at La
Crosse He was working In the car
barns and his mother had passed him
on the street. falling TO recognize
him, when he spoke TO her.
COW on the farm of Fred Brock
well died with rabies The Beloit and
Rockton authorities are cooperating
in an effort to safeguard the public
against the spread Of the disease The
cases have become So numerous as
TO be alarming So far as known no
human beings have been bitten.
Herman Claus Of West Bend has
laid claim to the $1,000 estate OF
George Haertel, who was killed by
lightning at Dousman a year ago
Claus bears no relationship to Haer-
tel and his only claim to the estate
is an alleged verbal agreement Haer-
tel Is said to have several hoirs IN
Germany,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01

ored family in the south takes great
er pride in than a feather bed. Il
usually comes into the possession OF
such a family second hand, Jul
sometimes it is the result of patienl
years given to the treasuring OF
goose feathers.
An old colored woman who cam e to
New York from Virginia leaving a
husband behind was vastly disturbed
when she learned that he was i'll
The faniily in which she was EN-
ployed conooled with her and tried
to cheer her up, but abandoned the
when ;Ie old woman said
Il feared eff he ties devil sell my
feather he'd"
He die not a. but the old woms.
mad the b 1 sect north BEFORE he had
a chance t fall Ill again.
The valL Of the feather bed lies
n the fact t.iat it is practically in
iestructible, and Is always an avail.
ible asset. If the feathers are prop
srly cured and tn, bed is properly
jared for it is as good At the end of
/ hundred years as on the day II
vas made
There is always somebody south OF
Mason and Dixon's line who is ready
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
MOST POPULAR
SENATOR'S WIFE.
MRS. LA TOILETTE TAKES HIc
PLACE IN wAsaINeToa
SOCIETY.
WIFE OF CONGRESSMAN NELSON
TELLS OF QUEER THINGS AT
THE CAPITAL.

Madison, June rs.
Oh the many people in public life
who see in Mrs. Robert NJ. La Fol
lette a future mistress of the white
house there is nowhere more enthlt-
siastic admirer than Mrs. Thea j.
Nelson, wife OF Congressman John
NJ. Nelson, who has recently returned
from the national capitol. In speak
ing of the senator's wife, Mrs. Nelson
said: Mrs. La Toilette was very
busy, very social and most kind. Her
one aim after looking :. after hel
homesick boys seemed TO be t. make
life pleasant for everybody and espe-
cially for the members of the Wiscon-
sin colony.
"One thing that impressed me
about Mrs. La Toilette was her won
derful memory. l have watched Ter
at receptions and noticed a group oil
six or eight. and frequently more, in
PRODUCED to her at one time and seen
her turn to friend and present the
entire assemblage without forgetting
or misconstruing single name She
is indeed most delightful hostess ami
her home was filled every week with
congenial people so that it is little
wonder so many contended she was
the most popular senator's wife in
Washington socieGy.
Mrs. Stephenson is of course a
prominent figure in the colony be-
cause of her husbands position ana
also because of the motherly kindness
and charm OF manner which she has
There is one wo4l which will describe
Washington colony, better than any
other l know. and that is kindness.
for | felt 1t wherever ! went.
1.-THE president is most striking
man with his dfgnified bearing and
large white teeth. Agnes and Byron,
my two eldest children, tell OF seeing
him in the Dutch Reformed church,
to which he belongs. Upon his enter
ing the edifice the entire congregation
arose and he rushed down The aisle
with great speed smiling to the RICH.
and left, but never pausing until he
had reached his pew in the front of
the auditorium.
He is always full of action, but he
walked SO rapidly on this occasion
that the men who were with him
were compelled to run in order to
keep up with him. The children were
fortunate in getting pew two rows
back of him and Were thus able to
watch his every movement
"Quenfen, the presidents small son,
is schoolmate of my little Byron in
the Forse school. Byron came home
from school one day saying that
Quenten had told him he distributed
perfume all over the schoolroom. The
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
OBITUARY

Capt. Alex Trezona. formerly of
Calumet, Mich, died at Cambourne.
Cornwall, England. He was one of the
first of the Calumet and Hecla's big
inen.
Sarah Williams. the Oldest and larg-
est woman in New Mexico, is dead Of
bloodpoisioning, caused by stepping on
a nail week ago II required several
men to place the body in a coffin es-
pecially constructed for the corpse.
Her weight was 445 pounds
Former Mayor A. ]. Henning, Of
Menasha died suddenly OF heart fail
ure. He was elected mayor of Me
nasha In 1904 and was returned 10
office without opposition in 1906. lie
was president of the Menasha Ice and
Fuel company and had extensive busi-
ness interests.
Brigadier General Albert Hartsuff.
U. s. A. retired. died suddenly at
Detroit from heart disease. He was
. brother of the late Maj Gen. George
Hartsuff and the late Gen William
Hartsun, He serveI In the medical de
partment during the civil war. aided
In putting down yellow fever cpl.
demic at NV Orleans at it, close,
and then went west and took prom
mont part in number of Indian cam
paigns.
Tbs death Of Professor Rimsky-
ko4sakoff. which occurred at his
country estate near st. Petersburg.
Russia, has caused deep impression
in the musical world. The newspapers
subordinate their usual political dis.
cussions to long and appreeiatiye art
icles on the composer. who. they say,
ranked Tschaikovsky and GIiuga as
the creator OF the Russian opera.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
EoRElaN

Nine persons we're killed by an xe.
plosion of fire down in a coal mine at
st Etienne
The steamship San Juan has sailed
for New York. having. on hoard a
large contingent of American school
teachers from Porto Rico
The nationa! congress OF san Do
mingo proclaimed Gen Ramon ca.
ceres reelected president IT the re.
public for term of six years
NJ Raffaloyitch the representative
OF the Russian finance minister made
an ofiicial denial taat the Russian
government had PLACED orders "a the
United States for steel
Mrs. Herschey Eddy gave large
reception at her beautiful chateau at
AndrosY France. IN honor of the IN
auguration OF magnificent organ
which has Just been installed.
Favored by beautiful weather and
again displaying a tot ally unexpected
genius for organization. the suf.ra.
gettes demonstration In HYDE park,
london. was an unparalleled success
Senior Salaalr. minister OF foreign
affairs at Madrid. announces uiat the
powers interested have agreed Ia
send warship to Tang'er to safe
guard the lives and property OF for.
eiRners.
Leon Delegrange the French aero
pianist surpassed an previous records
bv flying tor Is minutes and 30 sec.
onds. During thai time bis machine
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01

was from ten to eighteen feet above
the ground.
A son has been born to Queen Vic
toria of Spain. Queen Victoria, form
erly Princess EDa of Batenberg, and
King Alfonso were married at Madrid
on May 81, 1906. Their first son was
born on May 10. 1907.
The Russian cabinet introduced in
the duma a bin raising the salaries
81 the members of the duma to $1,000
year, with penalty Of $3.50 for
each day deputy is absent If not ex-
cused by the chair
Since June Is there has been four
new cases of plague at Port OF Spain
resulting in three deaths. The medi-
cal authorities take a hopeful view of
the situation and expect TO be able
to eradicate the disease.
The Westinghouse Electric inter
ests in Germany have formed a com
bination with the Bergman Electric
company OF Berlin whereby the Berg
mans will install the Westinghouse
Electric Traction system In that coun'
try.
A dispatch from Rome says that all
the French deputies and senators who
voted for the separation law have
been communicated latae sententiae
and that the French bishops must re-
fuse them christian burial unless they
repent.
The synod of the EvangeIi al Lu-
theran church OF Holland has extend
ed the right to vote to all It's women
members on equal terms with the
men. The fast mas been reported
Officially to the woman suffrage con-
vention In Amsterdam.
A man and woman have been con-
demned to death at Warsaw on the
charge of being implicated in a recent
attempt to kill Gen. Skallon, governor
general of Warsaw. Seventeen death
sentences were announced from other
towns and cities in Russia
The departure of Nine. Anna Gould
and Prince Hele de Sagan from Paris
for England where they win be mar
ried Is confirmed The couple will
not again return 10 France until the
wedding has taken place George
Gould and HIS family are still in
Paris.
All inhammatory anti-American
circular has been issued in Manila
anonymously and distributed 1t bears
the cabalistic signs Of the old Katipu.
tap society and denounces the Amer
leans, saying they have brought tyr
amy instead Of liberty and that their
purpose Is to rob and enslavc the
Fillpinos
Nine Tschaikovsky visited ter hus-
band. Nicholas Tsch1ikoysky. a mem
Der of the Russian reyolutionlsts, In
the fortress of st. Peter and st. Paul
On Saturday 1t was announced that
the examination Of NJ. Tschalkovsky
has been completed and that he must
now appear before the court martial on
a charge of high treason.
Governor Magoon at Havana has
signed decree authorizing Mckinney
and Rokeby to carry ont their contract
Tor the construction Of a sewer and
water system in Havana, and the paw
ing OF the city. This work viii cost
about $11.000.0O0, onn-third of which
Is to be paid by the city and the re-
by the Cuban government
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01

perfume turned out to be red paper.
Housekeeping in Washington Is as
peculiar as is its social life and it
took me long time to become accus-
toned to it. The first day I ordered
hour and the grocer sent me a guar
ters worth in an ordinary 10-ce1t salt
sack. The experience seemed a most
numerous one to me until / learned
that nobody in Washington ever
baked her bread and the only -four
consumed in private homes was what
was absolutely necessary for the
preparation of an ordinary meal
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
EARLY RISERS
The famous little pills.
It Took a Little OF.

Jane Adams, the talented head OF
Hull House. said bitterly, apropos OF
woman suffrage, at recent dinner in
Chicago.
There are women who will laugh
at us for our interest in the ballot,
and who win then give absorbed
hours, in the privacy of their rooms,
to great electrical massage machines,
face steaming engines, curious masks,
and huge, flesh reducing mechanisms.
IAN elderly woman of this type,
after an afternoons struggle with all
sorts of beautifying devices, dyed her
hair bright gold.
"'Do you think it makes me look
Younger she asked me.
@'Yes,' said l. About three
weeks
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01

TO pay a fair price for feather bed
send III by any accident it has los
part of its contents SO that it is toe
thin 10 serve rs original purpose
the dealers are always ready to buy
it and make tue feathers up into pill
lows. In this form the feather bed
has new and long lease of life
People the country over are pillow
ing their heads upon feathers thai
once soothed the slumbers of vir-
ginia's first families.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
h0601 For Indigestion.
= Relieves sour stomach.
palpitation of the heart. Digests what you eat.
MANY Guilty. Escane.

Criminal records kept in New
York county for the last six years
show that a trifie more than One-half
of the persons Charged with crimes
are found guilty, while expert opinion
is agreed that not two out of 100 are
innocent.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
THE cHILDREN LIKE N
kENNEDY'S LAXATIVE
COUGH SYRUP
YOUNG ROOSEVELT GRADUATES.

Son of President Takes Bachelors
Degree in Three Years.
Cambridge, Mass, June 25.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Jr., son of President
Roosevelt, was given his bachelors
degree yesterday by Harvard univer-
sity, after three years of study, hay
ing taken extra courses.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01
state ct oAis city ct roledo. Lsc.. c.s.

~, &C..
Frank J. Cheney makes cath that he 10
eeaior partner Of the nrm Of z, J. Cheney
y Co., doing business 10 the City Of To-
iede. County aud state aforesaid, aHd that
said drm will pay she SUM Of ONE HUN
uREn DOLLARS tor each and eEery case
81 Sstsrsa that cannot be cured ~ the usa
81 Has Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENkr.
sworn % before me ard subscribed Ia NJ
PieSeace. thia sth day Of December. A. ID.
tssS A, W. GLEASON,
tSeaD Notary Public.
Halrs Cetarrh Care 10 taksn inkernally.
aRd acts directl- On tAa hlood aRs nacoas
enrfaces OF ths bysrcm. send fet c-stim@N
atals tree 8. J. CHESET ~ Co.
rSleda. o.
Sold ~ al Druggists. &c.
Taks Malra Fanliy Pills fox esastisatisA
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-07-01

DeWlTT'S CARBOLIzeD WITCH HAZEL
SALvE For Piles, Burns, Sores.
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speaker made a telling point or men,
toned the name of some one or other
Of the acknowledged leaders of the
party.
All in Red, White and Blue.
Red, white and blue were the only
colors used in decorating the audi
forum, and the decorations were de-
clared to be the most elaborate ever
seen in a Democratic convention. A
unique feature was SO huge stars ar
tistically arranged on the ceiling.
These stars represented the states, ter
ritories and insular possessions, the
names appearing in blue letters on
star. The points of the stars were red
and white.
Directly over the speakers plat
form, against the wall Of the building
near the junction with the ceiling. was
a large shield. 16 feet high, carrying
six flags IL feet long draped in arts
tic folds. In addition to this main
shield there were four other shields
over the platform. each ten feet high.
The six flags on these shields were
eight feet long.
Fine Portrait Of Washington.
Just below the main shield hung
mammoth portrait of George Washing
ton. II by Is feet in dimensions. Red,
white and blue bunting was draped
from the sides of the shield to the
bottom of the portrait of the Father
OF His Country"
Directly under the last shield, on
each side Of the Washington portrait,
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-07-08
THE STATE CAPITAL
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALL
CITIZENS.
WILL NOT DISTURB PENSIONS
State Board Of Public Lands and
Buildings Will Not Take the
Old Soldiers Money.
As to Pension Money.

The rule requiring members of So.
diers' homes in Nebraska to pay a
percentage of pension money to the
cash funds of the homes, a rule that
was bitterly contested in the courts.
has been suspended by order Of the
board of public lands and buildings
pending further orders of that board.
The supreme court held that such
rule was legal. Land Commissioner
Eaton, chairman of the board, sent
notice to conmandants of state homes
under date of June % not to take any
part of pension money until further
orders from the board.
The board met and discussed the
making of some new regulations, but
no agreement was arrived at. One
member suggested a rule that all
inmates of the homes who are able
to earn a livelihood or who have
means of support be discharged from
the home. at the discretion of the
board, and that this rule also apply
to the admission Of soldiers. the in
tent of the suggested rule being that
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-07-08
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.

with red, white and blue bunting
Wires were stretched across the street
from these poles and from each wire
two American flags were suspended.
The flags hung over the street and
were weighted" to prevent them from
becoming tangled and torn by the
wind.
On Seventeenth street the scheme
was the same, except there were only
corner and two at each alley.
Business Houses Decorated.
At each crossing two wires were
strung diagonally across the intersec-
ton. from which red. white and blue
incandescent lights hung. The bust
ness houses along the three streets
were handsomely decorated with
bunting and flags. Elaborate and cost
ly electric display signs had been
put in place on the buildings, and at
night Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seven
teenth streets were blaze of light.
Electric display signs are one Of
the main features of business life in
Denver. Every merchant has an cleo
trio sign, and as all of the streets that
cross the three thoroughfares de-
scribed are live business streets. the
committee on illumination did not find
it necessary to add much in the way
of light to these avenues of trade.
However, the business houses were
handsomely decorated with bunting
and flags, so the entire business Sec
ton of Denver was a mass of color
when the big convention opened.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-07-08

Denver, Col, July 7.-Chairman
Thomas Taggart OF the Democratic
national committee formally called
the national convention to order al
most precisely at noon.
The opening prayer was made by
Rt. Rev. James J. Keane, archbishop
of Wyoming, and after q short inter-
val Urey Woodson of Kentucky, secre-
tary of the national committee, read
the call for the convention.
A period of delay followed during
which the delegates exhibited symp-
toms Of impotence, although the spa
cious auditorium, crowded as it was
cool, and then the committee on rules
made it's report and the officers of
the convention were announced. as
follows:
Temporary chairman-Theodore A..
Bell, California.
General secretary-Urey Woodson,
Kentucky.
Assistant general secretary-Edwin
Seton, Washington, d. C..
Sergeant-at-arms-Jo l. Martin,
Missouri.
Chief assistant sergeant-at-arms-J.
c. Fem, Indiana.
Chaplain for opening day-Rt. Rev.
James ]. Keane, archbishop of Wyo-
ming.
Chief doorkeeper-Eugene w. Sulli-
van. Illinois.
Parliamentarian-H. D. Crutchfield,
Kentucky.
Official stenographer-M. W. Blum
berg, Washington, D. c.
Bell Rouses Enthusiasm.
The eloquent speech of Temporary
Chairman Bell was listened to with
the deepest attention, but the en-
thusiasm of the audience found vent
in long-continued applause when the
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-07-08
Romance and Reality.

Let the youngsters have their TO
mance-an' it'll be all the better for
'em eff they git purity good dose on
It; but don't hide from 'em the fact
that thar's somethin' in the shape OF
trouble a-waitin' fer 'em up the road"
said Mr. Billy Sanders. mot big trOu-
BILE, tooby shore. but jest big enough
to make 'em stick closer together. It
amt no use to try to rub out the fact
that life is what it is. It's full or
rough places, an thar are times when
you have to leave the big road an
take q shortcut through the bamboo
briers for to keep from slippin' in a
mudhole. The briers hurt, but the
mudhole mought smifflicate you. It
amt no use to deny it, trouble is sea-
sonin'. never know'd it to hurt any
body but the weak-minded, the willful
an them that was born to the purple"
Joel Chandler Harris, in Uncle Re-
mus Magazine.
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have large pensions or other means
of support be not admitted, and those
of this character be discharged when
ever the board finds it necessary to
make room for purely INDECENT veter-
ans. The suggestion was not accept
ed by the board.
In the discussion it was stated that
the former commandant, Mr.. Ask
with, of the Grand Island soldiers
home, had never enforced the cid rule
regarding the payment of all pension
money over s12 month to the sup
port of the home. 1t was enforced at
the Milford home. Commandment Pres
son said when he went into Office the
pensioners there voluntarily came to
him and paid over all in excess of $12
a month. An investigation of the ac-
counts of the Grand Island home
showed that little pension money had
ever been collected there. The pres
ent board supposed the rule had been
enforced. In his letter to command
ants Commissioner Eaton explained
that the board believed the old rule
had been enforced and the board
thought it's new rule would be salts
factory to all concerned because 1t
was more liberal than the old rule.
He said the board desired to treat
the veterans with fairness and had
modified the rule. The court had up
held the legality of the contention
that the board has control of the
homes and can make any reasonable
rule it sees fit, but that for the pres
ent the pension rule will be sus-
pended.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-07-08

A convict named Ingram from Lar
caster county. who escaped from the
Nebraska peniIentiaTy nearly nine
years ago, is back in the penitentiary
Cnce more to serve one month of an
uneXpired term. AS he lost two
months time by escaping, he will
lave to serve three months instead OF
the one unexpired month that was be-
fore him when he left. He was serv-
ing term of one year for burglary
and was employed as a trnsty about
the grounds VIXEN he decided to de-
sert the place. He lost no time in
committing burglary in Kansas and
was sentenced to ten years in the
state prison at Lansing, Kas At the
expiration of his service there he was
brought back to make good the SEN
tence of the law in Nebraska
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-07-08
GATOR on THE RAMPAGE.


YES" said the fisherman. "the man
had fished all the forenoon. an hadn't
got nibble. SO he took another swal-
Ter out the jug. pulled OF his boots. an
lay down on the river bank an went
to sleep. Az soon as he went to
snorin' good, a alligator that had been
watchin' him all the mornin' crawled
up an swallered his boots. likewise
the jug, with bout half a gallon In 1t.
! reckon. The cork came out. and. OF
course, the gator got the full benefit
o the whisky, which 50 turned its
head that 1t dashed the water with Ito
tail till the river was q foamin' mass,
after which 1t crawled up on the bank
agin an made desp'rit efforts to climb
trees an turn double-scmersaults, an
do all manner Of impossible things!
Why didn't 1t swallow the fisher
man, instead Of his boot?" some one
asked.
Gators. gentlemen" said the story
teller, cant stand everything They
must draw the line some'rs."-Atlan-
ta Constitution.