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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-01-27

with the Florida's steering wheel
when the collision was imminent. One
story had it that a quartermaster had
the wheel when the commander yelled
for 1t to be jammed to starboard. He
put 1t to port instead and the liners
crashed into each other.
Another story is that the man
dropped his wheel in a panic when
danger impended. Both versions
agree in saying that the commander
felled the quartermaster with an iron
spike following what he must have
considered the seaman's recreancy.
An injured Quartermaster from the
Florida was brought to port on the
Baltic. He stoutly asserted that he
was not at the wheel when the acci-
dent occurred.
Verdict of Marine Court Needed.
Probably not until both commanders
have made their formal statements
will the actual facts be known. Pos.
sibly the verdict of a marine court
will be needed to determine them.
Standing out prominently on the
other hand is the conduct of Captain
Sealby OF the Republic who, true to
the best traditions of the sea, kept his
ship beneath him as long as there was
enough of her afloat to afford him a
foothold
And practically all accounts agree
that, aside from the starting of an in
cipient panic among the steerage pas
sengers on the Florida, both ships
forces and passengers kept their heads
well in the midst of most trying con-
ditions,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-29
WISCONSIN PATENTS.

The following list of patents re-
Gently granted to Wisconsin invent
ors is reported for this paper by Oil
plant & Young, patent solicitors. 107
Wisconsin street, Milwaukee:
G. A. Steinle. Madison, gear.
0. II Ensign. Madison, gas washer.
w. A, Dawes. La Crosse. leather
perforator
L. NJ. Endres. Cross Plains. saw
feeder.
G. N. Hall, Pewaukee, clasp.
G. F. Leiger. Chicago, assignor to
A. O. Smith. Milwaukee; speed regu.
lator.
A. Leonard. Ashland lock.
o. Loewenbach. Milwaukee. mani
folder
L. Maissel. Beloit, measure.
NJ. A. Miley, Lima. stanchion.
E. and Z. O'Brien. Jr Eau Claire,
screening grinder.
NJ. N. Russell Eau Claire, log car.
E. B. Symons. Milwaukee, power
charger for concrete mixers.
T. L. valerius. Fort Atkinson.
cream ripener
w. Wenzel. Appleton. pasteurizer
and beer cooler.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-29

srayeiy regarding her in al their
naked sterRness
Jeanne gasps for breath, and, IN her
amazement and discontinue leans de-
SAINT. against the obstinately closed
door.
For @ moment they regard eacn
Aer silence she meeting the
stern, half-sarcastic gaze OF the dark
eyes; he taking IN comprehensively
the graceful figure, Ike stag at
hav. the bronze-gold hair, from which
.4e Blue shawl has long since fallen.
and the amazed wide-open eyes.
Then, with low bow. he takes of
his ha, and smiles Ironically
ITO what am / indebted for this at
tent.on?" he says, in a deep, musical
voice.
Jeanne stares. speeches. and ap.
parently frozen.
DO you wish TO speak to me?" he
continues, cor is this the regular for
maliy with which a stranger Is
greeted in Newton Regis?"
Still Jeanne is silent
The stranger puts up his hand, and.
still bare.headed, rakes the snow
from the back of his neck
The action rouses Jeanne to a
sense OF the ridiculous in the si.ua-
ton, and slowly the rigid lines of her
mouth relax. and laugh, low and rip
ping. oozes from between her rich.
red lips.
FOR moment the stranger looks
sravely at her; then under his mus
tache his own lips bend and he
smiles.
Il am glad" he said, smiling, that
! have been able to afford YOU any
amusement. Have you any more
snowballs In your pocket?"
Jeanne shakes her head slowly.
No? Then I may turn my back
in safety. Thanks! Good-afternoonl
And, with a bow, he replaces his hal,
scrapes another handful of snow from
h neck. and strides off
And Jeanne stares after him like
Lo S wife-motionless.
To be continued.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-29
DARING FLIGHTS
STILL ON PAPER
COURSES MAPPED OUT FOR
EARLY AERONAUTS WORE DAN.
GEEOUs THAN BLERIOTS.

London.-More ambitious flights
than Bleriots across tine channel have
projected--at ali events, on paper.
There was, Tor instance, the widely
adyeltised scheme OF the "Transat
lantc Balloon company" during the
great exhib. ton OF 1851, which OF
tered TO take limi ed number OF first
class passengers IRON London to New
York, the journey 10 occupy Jour days
and the iare to be $262.50 each. The
advertisement attrac ed a great deal
OF attention, but the company appar-
entity never went beyond he estab-
lishment OF ticket office III upper
Thames .lceet.
Disastrous was the experience OF
Vincent de Grof, Belgian, who, if
1913, at empted to justify his self-in-
vented n ckname OF the Flying Man.
HIS invention consisted OF "A kind OF
parachute W IN wings attached to imi-
IA { the fight OF bird, with a mo-
tive power supplied by his own arms.
Attached to balloon he made an as
cent from Cremorne gardens ON June
20, and succeeded in flying and drop
ping to the ground in Essex but in
an attemp. made a week later he was
dashed to pieces on the pavement OF
a street IN Pimlco.
When Lunardi made the first sue.
cesslul balloon ascent in Great Britain
on Sept 10, 1884 from the artillery
ground at Moorfields, public excite.
ment was at fever-heat Even the
KING was infected by ii, for he ad-
joulned his council, engaged on i'm
portant state deliberations, saying,
My lords, we shall have an oppor-
tunity OF discussing this question an.
other time, blu. we may never again
see poor Lunardi And the ascent
was the means of saving a mans life
for a jury brought in verdict of not
guilty on a notorious highwayman
tina they might rush out OF court to
see the balloon.
Students of old treatises on balloon
ing will remember how, in 1879, a
learned gentleman named BorelE
demonstrated the impossibility of a
mans flying like bird He showed
from comparison of the muscles
that move the wings of a bird and
those which move the arms of man
that the latter are utterly INSULT.
cient to strike the air with such force
as raise him from the ground
But man has now acquired the mus
cles-muscles moved by petrol and
electr'city-and the impossible has
happened.
Ii 1909 has been signalized by an
epoch-making event in aeronauucs,
the year 1909 was marked by one Of
the most successful strokes OF quacH-
cry In aviation. 1t was 4 that year
that Friar Guzman applied to the king
of Portugal for his patronage of a
flying machine resembling a BIRD
with tubes through which the wind
was to pass in order TO float the
wings. In spite of the fac; that the
friar could never be persuaded to
make an experiment with his queer
era t, he was given a professorshiD in
the University of Boimbra and a p3n,
son,
But the year 1903 is not ye. ended
and the french aeronauts threa'en to
break some more records.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-29
PAINTS WOMEN IN THEIR HOMES
French Artist Who Has No Need For
9 Studio h the Ordinary Sense.


F'ancisco Flameng, a well known
French painter and decorator, has ar
rived here to make his first visit to
the United States. Il do not really
need studio in the ordinary sense"
said Mr. Flameng. This is espec-
tally the case in painting portraits.
| do not insist that women whom |
paint shall come to me to sit 90 to
them. This plan has its advantages.
One great trouble in painting por-
traits is to get the subjects to come
to ones studio, and punctuality is,
alas! something which women in So
ciety find irksome So I go to them.
see them ~ iAci5 home surround
ings. / paint them there, and in
this way they are able to keep engage
ments which they make with me.
My latest works of note are por-
traits of Queen Alexandra and the
Czarina of Russia. have been divid.
ing the year between London and
Paris. and I have painted MANY wo-
men most prominent in English so
ciety. as we'll as many Of the great
ladies of St Petersburg.
Mr.. Flameng held an exhibition of
paintings OF weIl-known English wo-
men in a gallers in Bond street. Lon
don, last summer. which aroused
great deal of interest The best known
examples of his decorative work are
the staircase at Sorbonne and that OF
the Opera Comique in Paris.-Naw
York Herald
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-29
Continued.

Thank goodness, they've gone. or
all the idiots"
That viii do, Hal"
We'll they are; now aren't theyY
An artist. Thought he was a gentle
man." mimics the boy, throwing up
his eyebrows after Miss Mauds fash
ion: q wish I'd said he was a patent
lotion nan; that would have fetched
them, Ell, Jeanrc?'
Jeanne smiles, and with sudden
throwing up of her wellrounded,
graceful arms, springs on tiptoe' as II
throwing oS a huge weight.
"Oh, Hal, how glad l was to see YOU
They would have stayed for another
hour. l feel as if / had been choked.
Hal, let us go out; l want to breathe"
Come on" says Hal Aunt has an
other mile of sausage skins to fill, and
Bell"
Mr.. Bell"
'Well, Mister Bell won't be here
for another half-hour, Let's go and
have a SNOWFALL"
Come on, then" cries Jeanne,
springing to the door, her lately Sc
rene eyes lighting up and dancing.
Mind, you are to play fair, Hal
''All right" he responds, snatching
up his cap. Core around to the
front; aunt can't see us from the
kitchen window" =
Jeanne looks around eagerly for
her hat lit is at the present moment
lying under the sofa), and in place OF
it. catches up a dark-blue shawl
with a quick jerk of the 1.-THE wrists,
she ties this around her head, and,
with a bound. is out in the open air,
and the next moment is scraping up
the snow.
"Wait-wait. he cries, in sup
pressed eagerness: you said you
would play fair-wait till I get four
no, fve!" for Halls only reply to her
appeal is a round ball Of snow which
flies past her head We'll, then,
there!" and raising her arms, she
hurls back in defiance.
Flushed with excitement, the full,
hot blood of youth blazing in her
cheeks, and dancing in her eyes 1.-the
and graceful as a young savage, she
bounds forward to attack, and darts
aside to avoid the answering missile.
Suppressed laughte ripples between
her red, half-parted lips, snow spots
her dark dress and cllngs to the
bronze-gold hair and blue shawl.
Jeanne is happy!
This girl-this tomboy-how old is
she? you ask. l wish for Jeanne
sake / could answer-oh, a mere
child! But Jeanne-Jeanne making
and hingng snowbails with appalling
precsio. Jeanne flushed, and radiant,
and altogether disheveled !s--seVen-
teen!
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-29
Chapter II.

At the moment the pillmaker's
daughters were entering the Gate
House, two gentlemen we're marching
up and down Marty Station, that be-
ing the nearest railway station to
Newton Regis, and just three miles
distant
Both gentlemen were well wrapped
up and both were smoking; one, the
shorter of the two, cigar, the other
a well-seasoned short briar pipe.
1t wanted some ten minutes to the
time for the starting of the train,
and besides themselves and sleepy
looking porter, the station appeared
deserted.
With regular tramp-tramp, the two
men m3rched up and down the frozen
platform In silence for some moments,
then the shorter of the two spoke.
And you have quite made up your
mind ?" he said, as II following UP
soml recent topic of conversation;
nothing can say will persuade you
to come with me and turn this up?'
4 am quite resolved" replied his
companion, quietly. but gravoly. II
don't think you could turn me. Char
lie"
'If you've quite resolved, I'm SURE |
can't retOrted the other, knocking the
ash off his cigar, and looking up at
the impassive and handsome face of
the spee';er with touch of irritation
in his voice You always we're an
obstinate beggar since I've known
you. and that's good many years
now, Ell, Vane?"
The man addressed as Vane nod.
ded, with grave smile.
Yes, a long while now, Charlie,
he said. putting ar his pipe.
"Just so; and the length of our
friendship gives me. youll admit
some right to demonstrate with you
feel that | am privileged to tell you
that a more Internally contrary bit Of
nonsense than this even you couldn't
invent"
"All right" assents the ether nod
ding, go on. You've said all this be
fore. but say it all over again If you
like, Charlie"
We'll. If it's of no use, It eases my
mind to abuse you" is the candid adj
mission. Joking apart, It's the
Queerest start ever you made. ole
fellow, and take my word for It. mis-
chief Of some sort or other will come
of IT,"
Don't see it." said vane. coolly
land If did. II wouldn't shake me
I know what you think. Charlie-tha
! am a little touched. Don't apollo
gize. cant help it If you do. A
least, there's some method in m
madness--you'n admit that"
COMPOUNDED little that see," mu'
tiers the other, discontentedly. Il
you want rest"
which l do"
IF you want rest, why don't yo
take changer"
II am doing So"
Bah! Why don't you go to Paris
to Egypt"
1--WE been. Don't you see. that
just it. II I could shake this off b
trotting about the continent, an
starving in out-of-season hotels. O
climbing the Matterhorn. I'd go: but
can't What / want is rest. There
no rest to be got scrambling IN tn
Pyramids, or yawning about tn
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-29


%, in Libby prison. Keep up cour-
age d. c.
Let me cali the attention of the
reader TO the natter-of-fact way in
which this solder father writes TO
his family He simply states the fact
that through the fortunes of war ne
has been taken prisoner He does
not bemoan,-does not complain. He
acce2ts the fact as something likely
TO befall any soldier on duty at the
front. He would, in the same self
forgetful, self-sacrificing spirit. go 70
his death, if need be- He enlisted
to 90 wha- duty demanded, and not
TO complain of hardships There is
no complaint in any Of his letters.
He longed for a piece of pie, but
instead of complaining, he plan
ned to make a turn-over-if he could
get a bit of -four. He gnawed raw
green corn off the eobs in the lull
of battle. and was glad to get even
that AS a soldier. he was of the
American type-not only patriot
but philosopher.
have said that Comrade Coon died
in Salisbury prison on the I'd of the
following November. The Comrade
Virgin of whom he speaks three or
four times also died there on the
25th of that month.
| will tell bit of the history of
the Both in the battle, August II,
known as Deep Bottom. The troops
were landed on the north bank OF
the James river at six o'clock on the
morning of August a. Immediately
formed in line and advanced along
the New Market road toward Rich
mond. The enemy was soon found,
and, after some maneuyering for po-
sition, sharp engagement ensued
in which charges and countercharges
We're made with varying success, UNI
til about four o'clock when the First
brigade made a charge upon the reb-
ell works. The brigade formed for the
charge under a severe fire of mus
kerry, during which Major Hamilton
was severely wounded in the face,
and carried from the field While
advancing upon the enemvs line, Col
onel Warner received shot which
shattered his left arm making am
putation necessary. Captain Lindley
received four wounds, two Of them
mortal. Our loss was three officers
and % men killed and wounded The
command of the regimen devolved
upon Captain Cannon, Company H.
And then there is this about the
results of the battle of Ream's sta
ton, where Comrades Coon and V1r-
gin were captured: about eleven Of
ficers and 175 men went into the
fight at Ream's Station, and at the
morning report of the nex-' day only
three officers and As men We're pres
ent for duty. Of these, Captain
Graves, of Company X noble man
and faithful officer, died in two days
OF over exertion in the ba tie. Cap
tain Griffin, and Lieutenants Atwen,
Sholes, Billiard, Albee, Matthews and
Parker, with about 100 men. were
captured Surgeons Miller and Wood
ward wert sen inside the reheT lines
to care for our wounded They were
taken o Libby Prison, where, he
cause OF exposure, Surgeon Miller
died Of 129 Of these mon sent to
Salisbury prison. North Carolina, less
than six returned to he regiment,
and very few OF them ever left the
place alive"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-29

Mr.. Styles--What are YOU crying
about. deare"
Mrs. Stvles-"I'm CRYING because I
didn't spend that SEQ Won gave mo
this moruing"
Well YOU shouldn't CRY about thai
You're better of not 70 have spent it
No, I'm not either los. IT.
Yorkers Stateman.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-29
WHY SHE HATES HIM.

Bessie-There goes that Mr.. Prm
pie. How do hate the man
Ktty-The idea Not single
word has ever passed between you
and him
Bessie-But YOU should have seen
the way that he and Bertha Twi'tle
Went on at the reception last -ht
/ never did like Bertha
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-29

She has melting brown eyes.
hasn't she2"
Il do,it know about her eyes. but
the irscraam she consumes certainly
meits my rocket money. Houston
Post
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-09-29

y. w. " Virgin is prisoner
too. and we'll. We are now, August
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-07
AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.

VERY VALUABLE BUSINESS AND RESI-
DENCE PROPERTIES BELONGING TO AN
ESTATE TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUG
TION. BEING THE TWO BRICK STORES
WITH FOUR FIvE-ROOM FLATS ABOVE,
nos. 1919 AND 1918 Fl STREET y. E.; TWO
STORY BRICK DWELLING. NO. 100
STREET y. e: TWO-STORY BRICK DWELL
ING. 11s STREET Ne; UNIMPROvED
LOT WITH $40 FEET FRONT on d
STREET OPPOSITE ABOVE. NEAR UNION
STATION: ALSO THE THREE-STORY BRICK
RESIDENCE 2O6 INDIANA AyENJ-F NV.
By virtue Of power vested in u.s. by all parties
In interest. we will sell, at public auction. in
front Of the respective premises. commencing on
WEDNESDAY. THE SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL.
1909. AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM.
lots 33 and "a. in SO. 1908. improved by two
brick stores and four fve-room fats. renting at
$4,000 per month
AND 81 THE SAME DAY, AT FIVE O'CLOCK
PM. lot 81, square se1. improved BY dwelling
702 F street ne. renting at $3.50.
AND THURSDAY, APRIL EIGHTH 1909. AT
HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM, lot 81. in
square 723. improved by the two-story brick
dwelling No. f18 street ne, renting at SIS. 90.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER above, lot Is. in 50.
724 fronting $40 feet on street opposite above.
AND ON THE SAME DAY. AT FIVE O'CLOCK
PM. lot 20. in square south OF 50. 572. improved
by the brick residence No. 2O8 Ind. ave. NV.
renting $35. go per month.
Terms: One-third cash. balance in one. TIVE
and three years. or all cash. at purchasers op
tion. Other particulars at time OF sale or upol
application to undersigned.
THoS J. OWEN & SON, Auctioneers.
ap1 .eSu 1881 g ct. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-07

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPRov-
| t2M FEET on NORTH SIDE OF BILTM0RE
STREET BETWEEN CLIFFBOURNE PLACE
| AND TWENTIETH (2OTH STREET.
| By virtue of a certain deed of trust recorded
| records Of the District of Columbia. the under
signed will offer for sale. at public auction: In
front Of premises on MONDAY: THE TWELFTH
AND NINE $1,000. AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM.
the following described real estate. situate in
the county Of Washington. in said District, viz !:
| Being part Of lot numbered two t2D. in Francis
G. Newlands' subdivision Of block numbered
three 49, in his subdivision Of "Cliffbourne." as
per plat of said hrst-named subdivision. recorded
In Liber County No. 10. folio g. of the records
Columbia. said part of lot being particu-
larly described by metes and bounds follows:
Beginning for the same at point fourteen t14
feet west Of the southeast corner of aaid lot
dred and twelve i112l feet to the line of pub
lie alley; thence west along said line twenty f20)
feet; thence south one hundred and twelve G12)
feet to the front line Of said lot numbered two
~. and thence east along said front line twenty
go, feet to the place Of beginning. ntaining
twenty-five hundred and forty l2.24O) square feet
Of land. more or less.
Terms: One-third cash. balance in equal install
ments at one and two years with interest at
I've Is, per centum per annum. payable semi
annually from the day Of sale, for which notes
Of purchaser are to be given. secured by first
deed of trust the property sold. all cash. at
the purchaser option. deposit Of 5000 will he
required at the time Of sale. All conveyaneing
and recording will he at rhe purchasers cost
otherwise the trustees reserve the right to re-
sell at the risk and cost Of the defaulting
purchaser
THOMAS NJ. GALE Trustee.
FREDERICK r. MCGUIRE Trustee.
mhS0-dts.eSu Corcnran Gallery of Art.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-07
FUTURE DAYS.
ADAM A. wEscHLER. AucroSEER.

hb+AM =. WESSHl.Fh. AOCI1ONEEh.
CHANCERY SALE OF TWO-STORY BRICK
DWELLING NO. "a q STREET NORTH
WEST: ALSO TWO-STORY FRAME DWELL
ING no. 1861. MADISON ALLEY NORTH
WEST.
BY virtue Of a decree OF the Supreme Court Of
the District of Columbia. passed in Equity
cause No. 2S2s4. we. the undersigned trustees,
VIII sell at public auction. In front of the
spective premises. on MONDAY. THE NINE
TENTH DAY OF APRIL, AID. 1909 AT FIVE
O'CLOCK PM. the following described land and
the District Of Columbia, to wit: The east one
half "a OF lot numbered twenty-sc ca in
Cabot's subdivision of square numbered six hun
bred and TWENTY-FIVE t625, by the full depth
thereof. improved by premises No - G street
northwest.
IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER.
The east onehalf i) Of lot numbered thirty three
t33l In square five hundred and sixty nine $500
improved by premises No. 1861 Madison alley
northwest.
Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase
money to be paid in cash and the balance In two
equal instalments. payable in one and two years
with interest at u per centum annum. raw
able semi-annually from day of sale. secured by
deed of trust upon the property sold. or all cash.
at the option Of the purchaser A deposit of
500 on each house required OF the purchaser Mt
the time OF sale. All conveyancing. recording
and notarial fees at the cost of the purchaser
Terms OF sale to be complied with within fifteen
days from day Of sale. otherwise the trustees
risk and cost Of the defaultin. purchaser nfter
Ave days advertisement OF such resale in some
newspaper published In the city Of Washing
ton, u. &.
DANIEL w O'DONOGHCE.
s12 9Th St NV
CHARLES J. MURPHY
412 5th st. NV.
ap1 d&ds.eSu Trustees.