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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-14
1t. Res. No. q A.
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JUN hESOL0Il1N NJ W.
To add section 10 TO article VIII of the Con-
stitutioD. relating to state insurance.
Whereas, AT the biennial session of the leg
islature for the year of 1911. an amendment to
the constitution was proposed and agreed to
by majority os the members elected to each
OF the two houses, which proposed amendment
is as follows:
Resolved by the assembly, senate concur
ing. That there be added to article VIII of the
state constitution new section to read: Sec
tion l3. The state may grant insurance upon
such risks and In such manner as may be pre-
scribed by law, and the limitations or restrtc-
lions provided in the constitution shall not APP
ply 10 this subject; but provision shall be made
for annual accounting for all liabilities as
sumed. and for the separation and safeguard
ing of all funds and property held by the state
on account of any such Insurance.; now. there
fore be IL
Resolved by the assembly. the senate con-
curing That the foregoing proposed amend
ment 10 the constitution OF the State OF Wis
consin be. and the same is hereby agreed to by
this legislature.
Note OF adopted. this amendment will
confer upon the legislature express power TO
enact legislation providing for state insur-
anCe)
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-14
IoINT RESERVATIONS 80. rs.


To amend article XIII of the constitution.
providing for the recall Of public officers.
Whereas, - the biennial session of the leg
isature for the year 1911, an amendmen 10 the
constitution was proposed and agreed 10 by a
majority of the members elected TO each of
the two houses. which proposed amendment
is as follows:
Resolved by the senate assembly concur
ring That article XIII of the constitution be
amended by adding thereto a new section to
read
Section IL The legislature shall provide for
the removal by recall from ONCE by the quail
fled electors OF the ELECTORAL district in which
any offieer is elected of every public officer in
the state of Wisconsin holding an elective Of
fice except judicial officers" now, therefore,
be Il
Resolved by the senate. assembly concnrr-
ing. That the foregoing proposed amendment
TO the constitution of the state of Wisconsin
be. and the same is hereby agreed to bv this
legislature.
Note. (If adopted. this amendment will
enable the legislature TO pass a law prOVid-
ing for the recall of all ofIicers. including
elective constitutional officers but not in
Guiding judicial officers.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-13
Quits HIs WIG.

Mrs Julia Horvath of Philade..
phia married on what was be-
lieved would be her deathbed. testi-
fed in domestic relations court that
her husband. Steven Horvath, has
not lived with her since her recov.
cry.
The young woman attempted sui
eide by shooting two months ago.
when Hoivath refused to return her
love. For a month she lay at the
point of death In the Woman's
homeopathic Hospital. Believing
that her death was only n matter
OF days, her counsel told Judge
Brown. Horvath decided to make
her last moments happy marrying
her.
Heartened by this evidence Of
Horvath's affection, she was soon ON
the way to recovery. Her husband,
however. refused to have anything
to do with her. 81 cant live with
her" he told Judge Brown. '.be-
cause she tried to kill herself. and
I'm afraid she might kill me-"
Il don't want any money. Robbed
the young wife. with arin6 .E<fended
in pleading toward he7 Has6and.
II want only you" VIA Horvath
persisted in his refusH o. live with
her. the court made 4 SIS q week
support order on him.
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later they were picked up after the
water was drained they were found
In groups dead.
A system OF tree planting has
been used to hold the bikes in place.
From earliest times the engineers
who constructed the bikes planted
each side with trees. In many
places these were linden trees. with
their broad leaves they made exc
cellent shade. The tops of this
dikes have been utilized as highways.
Along the sides of the bikes chill
dren play and parts of the bikes are
sowed to grass for goat pastures.
InNrccent years dikes of concrete
are being built to replace the earth.
en- bikes. These concrete structures
anchored below to the bed of the
sea are of vastly greater protection
from the sea than the enrthen
dikes. They win resist the wearing
action of the sea longer.
The sea walls have been the
source OF great inspiration to many
famous Dutch painters. The Dutch
people with their white bonnets ana
wooden shoes are well known feat
ures of our art galleries.
There are myths told in Holland
that some time their entire land
will be raised above tho level Of the
sea and the bikes Will then be moth
ing but a memory. Prior to 1918
the land was higher than 1t now Is.
At that time the zuyder Zee. the
great inland gulf of Holland. sank.
The zuyder Zee was covered for
merry with a great forest. The trees
are still to be found on the floor Of
the Zuyder Zee Just as they were
hundreds OF years ago. The leg
ends tell that promise was made
that the sea would restore the Zuy.
der Zee to the land again.
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Belgium and Holland
Greatly Increased
Their Boundaries BY
Moving Back the
Sea and Making Room
for Homes for
Millions of People

- Z 3 4 & -.
to the early spring rains the dikes
began TO give way. Tho tide was at
Its greatest height because the sun
and moon were IN opposition and
pulling the tide at the same time.
QUEEN GOES, AMONG
PEOPLE TO AID SUFFERERS.
Queen wiihelmina went out
among. the people ut the time of
that disaster and aided the sufferers
somehow the royalty Of Holland
and Belgium have been nearer
their people than the royalty of any
other land. They have always been
quick to aid the distressed and the
flood which affected Holland more
than Belgium, gave the Queen her
opportunity to show her sympat)ny
with her people.
The land which had been mum
dated was desolate to see. Tho
vegetation has difficulty to regain
the upper hand after an inundation
because the sand and salt from tho
sea is washed inward and covers
the rich top soil. Much of the rich
soil is washed away by the swift
action of the sea-. Even the trees
were seriously harmed by the in
roads of the sea.
When tie dikcs gave way the
people in some of the cities fed to
the tops of the bikes. But the flood
was so terrific and lasted so long
that many of them nearly died of
exposure to the weather and from
hunger before they were finally res
cued by boats.
In one of the villages the people
had been warned by telephone and
telegraph of the coming inundation.
They fied.to the high bikes next to
the sea. driving their cattle and
goats with them. Once on the bikes
they thought they would be safe. but
the fierce winds and the pounding
tide undermined the high bikes
and they realized the entire refuge
was going to drop from tsnder them.
The people were carried on, but the
animals had to remain. They were
swept inland by the tide and when
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other voluntary organizations look
puny compared. with that.
The churches lament that they
have not got more. We ought 20
wonder that they have SO many.
To win, TO hold. to organize such.
vast numbers is an enormous So
cial achievement and proof positive
Of social efficiency.
1T is more. astonishing because
he Church is an idealistic organiza-
ton and makes Its appeals chiefly
10 the highest instincts In us. But
the higher your appeal. the fewer
will respond. Any evolutionist will
tell YOU that
If there were no such orsauIza-
lions as the churches. the finest
minds would dream of creating
something Ike them. Would our
people maintain and equip about
$4,000 church organizations un-
less those who pay the money and
do the volunteer work felt that they
were .ct:in: something out Of
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not realize how slowly the mass
Of humanity moves and changes.
1T took century to create the
present interest In foreign missions
in the churches. It has taken about
ninety years TO educate the
churches up to their present CON.
vfctions on the liquor question,
and even now some denominations
are lukewarm. Only in recent years
: have we learned how to meet the
liquor trade in politics.
1t has taken nll the time since
the Civil War to make the leaders of
the Church realize that our capt.
talistic system will eat up the ma.
ton u 1t is allowed to obey its own
greed. Tho churches have always
been for peace In theory. Perhaps
this great war will consolidate their
sentiment to the point OF action.
You think this Is slow progress.
1t Isl Can you show any equal body
OF people that has moved faster?
Eievating the morality Of 4 nation
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them?
Unless our Experience. mas been
especially unfortunate. We all know
that the church does steady and re.
'inforce our struggling moral ma
ture. 1t quietly irrigates the soil Of
our life with spiritual. aspirations.
The Church can night, though,
when aroused. 1t has fought to a
standstiil one OF the biggest nnan-
cial interests and one of the most
seductive social institutions in the
country. Ana 1t has done 1t almost
single handed.
IT ever the Church lines up
against war and Industrial expioita-
ton as. II has lined up against the
LIQUOR traffic. we shall date new
era. The Church Is slow. II surely Is.
but remember in fatrness that the
Church Is not a picked club of a
few radicals, but cross section OF
the whole nation. II is slow be-
cause It includes the conservative
masses, The man in hurry does
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One OF the smallest nations on
the earth is the Netherlands. the
land of wooden shoes. For two
centuries this nation has been at
peace. although war has roared on
al sides and her sister nation, Bel
GUM has been the scene OF many
mighty conflicts.
Today Little Holland, the land of
Peace. is caring for hundreds of
thousands of war refugees from her
war-stricken neishbor, but the Hol-
landers have not given their blood.
In battles. Given nothing but u
fringe of swamp land next to tho
sea, where they were the prey 10
the rayages of the Norseman all
through the Middle Ages, Holland
has emerged into the present times
with a dense population of moder-
ate wealth.
Commerce from the Seven Seas
come to her harbors, for the Dutch
know the principles OF trade. Her
colonial possessions are seven times
as large as her own domains. AT
ono time she owned New York and
India. The South African Boer re-
publics. whose inderiendence was
taken from them by the British in
recent years. We're the offspring of
the industrious Hollanders.
The industry of Holland has won
for her an enviablc reputation. To-
gether with her sister State of Bel-
= gium, she bears the distinction of
having moved the North Sea.
In the Middle Ages when Holland
was coming TO realization OF her
own national spirit. but while she
!. still was dominated by various mon
archs ut various times. her people
looked with envy at the sen which
covered threc-fourths of the area
of the earth. II the sea could he
moved back its loor could be
turned into great farm land and
compelled TO yield support to the
people.
Then followed an engineering feat
without parallel in the history of
the world. Tho Holimders together
with the Belgians. for they were at
one time closely knit by common in
terests. actually built great sea
wall and pumping the water from
behind the wall converted the area
into n great productive field.
This feat was not accomplished
at one time. It took centuries and
only small areas were regalred at a
time. Tho moving back OF the sea
was made possible though tho pc
culiar currents sweeping along the
coast of Europe and through tho
English Channel. These currents
meeting off the coast of the Neither
lands, with currents of fresh water
from the Rhine and other Euro
pean streams. caused the fresh
water streams to drop their silt of
the shore.
AS this silt was dropped dunes
were built UP. which eventually
Z poked their heads above the sea.
The Hoilanders then connected
these dunes with bikes of willow
and stones and earth. other-dikes
We're built back to the land. This
. work OF reclamation was carried
on much the same ms reclamation
work Is carried on along the great
American rivers. BY following
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-13

Prof. Walter Rauchenbusch OF
the Rochester Theological Semi
nary. author Of "Christianizing the
Social Order" and many other
I books widely known to the clergy
Z Of the country. has written strong
defense of the church at the request
Of group OF men interested in
making manifest the social implica-
90 of the Eosnel in Baltimore.
And this group OF men, who are
conducting an advertising cam
Daien to advance the interests OF
the church. gave DIR. Rauch.n-
busch's statement publicit. in haiti
page advertisements in daily news
papers OF the Monumental City.
The defense OF the church was
written In answer to the question
viii the Church Disappear" and
wns In part rs follows:
In 1913 the church in the
United states had 572S0.37O mem
bers. Have you ever tried to heft
the sci-h. ..r ,hcs.i .icuros1 an
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similar system along the lower Mis-
slssippl River great areas have been
reclaimed for cultivation.
INVADERS DRIVEN FROM
LAND BY OPENING bikes.
While the building of the dfkes
has been of great value to Holland
commercially in opening up new
larm lands. 1t also Is OF great value
from the standpoint of defense.
When the Duke of Alva with his
Spanish soldiers overran the land
200 years ago the bikes were opened
and the invaders driven out. The
patient Dutch not only drove out
the invaders that way but they al
so ruined their own lands. They
repaired the dikes again and once
more pumped out the water.
Quaint wind mills are used in
pumping out the water. While the
big rivers arc carefully banked so
they will not overflow the land
even at high water. rain water
would. soon fill the lowlands IL the
water was not pumped CONSTANT
". These quaint old windmills
We're put to work hundreds of years
ago In Holland TO keep the low
lands dry. Now great steam pumps
aid In some OF the work. but the
windmills are still on duty. When
the wind power Is not needed to
pump out the water the mills are
put to work grinding flour.
INC regent opening of the bikes
by the BelSians in certain of their
iowlands could not stop invasion as
surely as similar act in Holland.
Beisium is only partly below the
level Of the sea. Only in certain
sections could the inundation inter
fere with the troop movements. In
Holland, however, fully two-thirds
of the country Is affected. by tho
dikes. While not all would he in
undated with the breaking or tho
alkes, arms OF the sea would run
far inland at high tide. making
military operations an impossible
ity. Soldiers could not march over
the marslly and flooded ground and
ships could not sail over the shall
low inlets.
1t would be necessary for con-
quering army to capture the dil,es
and pump the land dry before thew
could conquer 1t.
In the early history of the bikes
there were frequent breaks. The
BARRIERS were not strong enough to
Keep out the ocean all the time.
Bpt since the inundation to drive
out the invaders zoo years ago
there has been no general inunda-
ton. The biggest inundation in the
last 200 years was In 1906. when
heavy rains in Germany and in the
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Is like lifting a skyscraper with
jackscrews.
III 1t were matter for free beer
now or new sex dance, the peo-
pie would run after you. But II you
urge a purer truth or higher jus
tice on men. you have your dob cut
out for you. Be patient with those
who are trying to educate the
Church.
Some think the Church will
melt away and disappear. All his
tory is against the assumption. All
history is In favor Of the PROPOSE
ton that the Church can be made
much better or much worse than IL
Is now. The question is not between
having a church or having none. but
between having wise church or a
blind one; between having . pro-
gresstve church or q standpat
church.
The Church needs four things
especially today:
First. friendship for those who
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earn their living and Independence
from those who do not.
Second, corporation among the
denominations on a basis Of Chris
tian equality and mutual respect.
Third. a sincere and scientific
comprehension OF the social causes
OF sin and misery.
Fourth, an undylng determfna-
ton TO get the will Of God realized
in the organized life of every COM
mtinity and to see the life Of Christ
reappear in every man and woman.
Don't go out OF the Church IN.
less they put you out. Jesus did not.
Il yon have 1t In you TO help the
Church forward. be patient and
push. It moves slowly. But It
stays put. And when the Church
moves the nation moves"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-13

Alps caused the Rhine to swell. AT
the same time heavy north winds
blew the ocean tide against the
dikes. With the counter currents
fighting each other the bikes broke
In several places at time. There
was much loss Of property, but be-
cause of the system of watches.
which has prevailed for 700 years.
the people Mere Warned nnh thn
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The greatest friend Of truth Il
zine. her greatest enemy prejudice.
ana her constant companion Il hui
mtlity.-Colton.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-12-11
Odd Bits Of News

San Bernardino, Cal.-Fishing for
rattle snakes is the latest sport here
Fish hooks are fastened to bamboo
poles and held near the snakes. The
snake strikes at the end of the pole
and become hooked.
New York-Dr. Wright, the emf
nent sociologist. has created n SEN
sation by showing the increasing
quantities of opium that are being
consumed in the United States. lie
declares that the annual REQUIRE.
meni for Legitimate medical and other
purposes is 10000 pounds. but that
last year more than $4,000 pounds
were brought into this country. "The
mse of cocaine, opium and other
drugs is. regret to say, largely on
the increase in the United States"
said DIR. Wright. Especially is this
true Of localities where the sale Of
liquor has been prohibited"
Crawfordville. Ga. "Fritz." a
trained rat and the mascot Of the
local paper died recently. Fritz
knew his name and was terror to
other rats and mice. He had been
q pet in the newspaper office for
three years.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-12-11

came again across the snow. II went
straight to the old mans heart and
he w;sh.a with nj, h;s r.ver NJ ,ono.
NJ. ..,., -.
go OUT ana ma the unfortunate NJ
tie one.
A third time the waiting cry came.
and then a wonderful thing happened.
A miraculous power filed the old
mans veins. His muscles became
strong and tense. his crutch fell back
into the cabin and he stepped from
the threshold out into the snow.
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light wrapped the child he laughed
and laughed like song Of the heart.
The old man turned his eyes to where
the fire burned and watched the
flames leap in beautiful rainbow tints
over the log, forming the shape IT a
cross in the Are.
The flames Of the cross leaped
higher aud higher, blue, red. yellow
and white, till all mingled into the
colors Of the rainbow, and as the old
man watched all this display, sud
denly and magically a table appeared
in the center Of the room. coevred
with Christmas feast such AZ never
before had been spread before his
eyes, and never again was he hungry
or cold and never after that was
there a Christmas in old Virginia
without the yule log and the Christ
mas Child to give light and warmth.
This is the story Of the yule log as
il is told in Virginia every Christmas
eve.
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LEGEND OF the YULE LOG
Old Negro Tradition of Its Origin
as Told In Virginia Every
Christmas Eve.

While the family sit around the
yule log and sip their Christmas egg
nog. there is told in many Virginia
homes every Christmas eve the old
negro tradition of the origin Of the
yule log.
In the early days one of the old
dnrkies would reciie the story after
the fire was kindled and the lurid
glare of the yule log lit up the dark
est corners of the room.
Then the old legend was told ~
follows:
One very cold Christmas eve. When
the frosty wind howled across n
world of snow, an old black man was
sitting in his little cabin on noun
tain side, wishing and wishing that he
had fire to warm Inn.
Suddenly he heard the cry of
little child away out in the cold. The
old black man hobbled to the door
aud gazed out across the ley world
of snow. The wind and the snow
came rushing in and the old man
shivered till his "onliest two teef'
with cold.
The plaintive cry of a little child
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y IBBONS are used to make the sim
N gle roses and small bouquets that
Il 10 fashionable to wear at the shout.
der. over the coat or corsage. Single
roses are also made Of silver or gold
tissues and small blossoms OF these
materials are used with those Of RIB.
bon In the little bouquets. The single
metallic rose Is as large as the largest
natural roses and is set In foliage.
Ribbon In heavy quality something
over inch In width Is used for max.
Ing roses. Pinks and reds MS like the
natural flowers as possible are chosen.
Hair ornaments are made BY wind.
ing bonnet wire with satin ribbon in
lengths sufficient to extend twice
across the head from ear to ear. This
covered wire Is doubled IN the center
and caught together ut the ends max.
Ing double band At each end Of this
band a ribbon rose is set In rose
foliage. Ornaments Of this kind make
lovely gifts for young women.
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here she digs into her husbands
pockets.
Some people never hide their light
under a bushcl. Have neither light
nor bushel.
European belligerents say they
don't want gray horses. And the
horses retaliate by saying its mutual.
A long cared contemporary say ;
"man's mission in life is to pay for
what women want" In which man
is signally honored, You old duifer'
Now that the federal reserve banks
are open we are expecting trs-
mendous upward movement in the
subscription market.
Indiana has produced a freak Of
a man who has never asked for n
federal job. Head Of the clss!
4 mother never changes. When
her son is forty years old and wears
long whiskers she won't call him any.
thing else but "Willie."
The scientists must be- losing their
grip on the "peepul" In December
of last year the Harvard savanis
announced the Great Discovery that
nearly all women are knock kneed.
But YOU may have noticed that the
fool men keep right on getting mar
ried and taking a chance.
A Massachusetts girl cut of her
hair in her sleep. Most girls yank
il of before they go to sleep.
II must be terrible jar to the Re
formers To realize that the fellows
who smoke cigarets manage to cop
out so many good jobs.
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Of Christmas gifts
to everyone who
loves the little
touches that add
to the beauty Of
the home.
Candle shades
Of figured silk. or
silkaline or thin
ribbon. may be
made over small
wire frames. with
the silk put on In
plaits or plain or
nuted. The thin
ribbons are easily
handled
8 m all wire
frames are to b
b ght ready
made and come In
q variety Of
shapes and sises.
8 o m Q Il mes the
frame IL made Of
sti6 ardboard.
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The tombstone industry will be
lookup up soon.
One European grave is six feet
wide, six miles long and contains
40. 900 corpses. And the dance goes
on!
Sage advice: Do your Christmas
shopping before Christmas.
In Switzerland n woman miner
digs for wealth in the ground. Over