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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-07-07
NORWAY.

Norway has a political party gener-
ally called the military nihilists." The
great war has silenced such people in
most countries. but in Norway some OF
them make as much noise as ever.
Their political creed is. IN short, that
one nation is as good or as bad as an
other. and that there is no good rea-
son for going to war for the particu-
lar country in which you happened TO
be born. Johan ]. L. Screaming, SUI
preme court attorney. recently put this
question to the military nihilists in a
newspaper: is II worth while to de.
fend Norway" In his answer he says,
among other arguments: I'VE our.
selves and our forefathers for many
generations have lived and struggled
here--struggled to carry Norway for
ward until she has become one OF the
most enlightened countries, where we
live under healthy and secrTs condi.
lions and where the weak members OF
society perhaps have greater rights
than anywhere else. A nobility and per.
sonal privileges do not exist All men
and women have the right to vote on
local as well as national questions. We
have a complete right of assemblage
and a liberty Of speech and of writing
which is exaggerated almost to the ex.
tent of a disease We have free and
vigilant press. We have free and ex-
cellent schools. We have a sickness
and accident insurance and mortality
which is lower than in most countries
and is continually going down. We have
aid funds for workingmen's homes.
We have small-altogether too small
military expenditures. We have
just courts largely elected BY the peo-
pie, and we enjoy full and absolute
liberty in every respect as to our
course in the future. All classes have
equal rights in electing the storthing.
and we may almost say that in prac-
tice there are no limits TO the author
ity of this body. Constitutional provi.
sions are hampered by no veto. and II
is not applied to ordinary statutory
laws"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-07-07
Drink DenIson's Coffee.
Always pure and delicious.

Never hit man when he has you
down.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-07-07
Iropor,an, 20 Mo,ha,a

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASToRIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants Snd children, and see that ii
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-07-07

Norwegians are willing to admit that
they are very apt to agree to disagree.
But the so-called alcohol committee
seems to go to extremes in the business
of disagreement. In committees there
are often two parties presenting a ma
jority and minority report; but this
committee is sharply divided into three
parties, each Of which has a report
The majority cannot recommend ma
tional prohibition. but this party is
willing to introduce the so-called Bratt
system, which has been tried in Swe-
den. The main feature OF this system
is that if a man wants to buy liquor he
must get an account book in which the
seller enters the name of the buyer, the
date and amount of the sale. There is
also limit to the amount each person
is permitted to buy for each week. II
is evident that this regulation is very
annoying to the purchaser and many
thirsty soul will no doubt suffer rather
than be subjected to such a humiliat-
ing procedure. Many liquor dealers
hold licenses for life and the Borre-
gard license seems to be perpetual.
The majority recommends that the
state purchase these rights and close
the establishments. 1t is also pro-
posed to permit the sale of liquor on
steamers and railroads without inter
fering with the local veto rights OF the
communities through which the public
carriers pass. One party wants the
state to monopolize the liquor traffic,
and the others would prefer this to the
present condition. The storthing will
no doubt pass some radical laws
against the liquor traffic. Many mem
bers of that body are straight prohibit
tionists.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-07-07

The Swedish paper manufacturers
have agreed to raise the price Of paper
a little over Is per cent
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-07-07

Miss Augusta Flood Hansen has do
mated $3.50 to the Norwegian Luz
theran Inner Mission society.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-07-07

as any.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-07-07

At Landfaldo. near Drammen, cy-
clone recently took the top of lumber
pile and scattered the boards far and
wide.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

err He's not nothin' of the kind. I
jest seen his fingers move"
After all, that may be the ultimate
state of unsobriety.
An usher found a pair of white duck
trousers in a theater on lower Broadway
after the matinee the other day. Soon
an elderly man appeared and claimed
the trousers
p. She was wearing another pair.
Jimmie" Monaco. who attained fame
as the writer OF Row, Row. Row." has
turned his hand to Instrumental music
again and put over a hit in 1T Is So
Temptin'" Critics who are supposed to
know one-steps say II Is the ideal tune
for this dance. Any way, Jimmie" has
bought another kill-'em quick auto, %
he must have faith In his new song.
Dock Commissioner Smith Is what
might be called a peculiar person. He
gets a salary of IS. 800 year, and now
he is asking the city to reduce II to S. 600
a year. other city employees are wonder
ing II the act is not deliberately un-
friendly
Smith does not believe he is worth any
more Some cruel sarcastic person has
suggested that. IL he isn't worth that
much. the city had better get somebody
who II.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05
HISTORY BUILDERS.
written cKrr-ssly for The Washington Herald)
By DIR. f. j. EDWARDS.
A Railroad Instead of a Canal.

In the early summer of 1871 I was in
vited TO join small company Gen.
Henry w. Benham said he would be glad
to entertain at one OF the islands in
Boston Harbor Gen. Benham was a
distinguished member OF the Engineer
Corps of the army, having been gradu-
ated near the head of his class at West
Point in 1887. After the war was ended
he was placed in charge of the con-
struction of a sea wall in Boston Har-
bar. and while he was occupied in this
important work he entertained many
friends. both in civil and military life.
and made revelations to them of some
OF the defenses of Boston Harbor.
1t was to Gen. Benham that 1 was in
debted for the narration of an ex-
tremely interesting incident associated
with the attempt of Boston to secure a
good commercial route between Boston
Harbor and tidewater on the Hudson
River.
ct suppose very few persons know"
said Gen. Benham. that the building
by De Witt C. Clinton of the Erie Canal
by means of which navigation from the
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05
Germany's Task Not So Easy.

1t need occasion great surprise if the Rus
slams succeed in saving Warsaw. Obviously the
world has not been permitted 10 know, except in
the most general way, OF the resources or plans OF
operation either side, and the forecasts of the
military experts or observers from great dis
lance OF great value. There is no doubt
OF course, that a tremendous struggle has been
in progress for weeks, and with Germanys lines
OF communication lcngthcning each day the cap
ture OF the Polish capital is deferred makes her
task more difficult and subtracts from the value
OF the victory, which, if it does come, will rep
resent tremendous cost to the invading army
If it be true, too that Germany has drawn upon
her forces in the west for the final stages of the
Warsaw drive, blow from the allies, more force
full than has been delivered recently, may be ex-
pectcd within the next few days. unless indeed
the criticism coming from some sources that
there is lack of team work between the British
and French armies and those of Russia is we'll
founded.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05
Gompers' Timely Warning.

Recent Developments have perhaps made it
unnecessary for Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, to publicly re-
pudate certain organizations that have been mas
querading as labor's adjuncts. but it behooves
every member of organized labor to be on guard
against the sinister influences of which Mr. Com
pers gave warning in his recent letter to Ernest
Bohm, corresponding secretary Of the Central
Federated Union of New York City In that
letter Mr.. Gompers made the statement that au-
thentc information had come to him that efforts
have been made to corrupt men for the purpose
OF having strikes inaugurated among seamen and
longshorencn engaged in the handling of Ameri-
can products and manning ships containing Amer
can products consigned to certain European
ports; that the corrupting influence was being
conducted by agents of foreign government and
that had no doubt that the same agencies and in
fuenees were at work elsewhere with the same
purpose in yiew." Denying that strikes had aetu-
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05
h1zgMz.
2 Whiskys or 3 Beers Day
Will Hurry You to the Grave

NV" "hiskys day of
of
OF uauo
The comparison S S
the Association
of
twenty years by
and comm.
The comparison showed more than two
who did excess the death
higher
he >NNo0N
alcohol
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

The long, slow year had been fun o.
signs both good and bad.
International forces were beginning to
work in favor of the insurgent colonies.
From the outset France and Spain had
been willing to give them aid against
England. their traditional rival and
enemy.
Since the summer of 1776 they had been
promised French and Spanish assistance
through Beaumarchais, acting ostensibly
as the firm of "Roderigue Hortalez ct
Cie." but really as the secret agent Of
the two governments: and early in iii
the fictitious firm had begun actually
to dispatch vessels laden with arms
and ammunition TO America.
Private money also went into the ven
ture, but governments were known to
be behind it; and on January 6. III.
Mr.. Franklin had arrived in Paris to
assist in bringing France into still closer
touch with the war for independence over
sea.
As the year drew toward its close
L
bidden troops hired in the other Ger
man states to cross Prussian territory
to serve the English in America, and
So had added his goodwill to the French
and Spanish money. French, even Ger
man and Polish officers. too. volunteered
for service in the American armies.
1t was the gallant Polish patriot Ia
deusz Kosciuszko who had shown Gen.
Gates how to intrench himself upon
Bemis' Heights
The winter was deeply disheartening,
nevertheless, for Washington
Having failed in the midst at German
town. he withdrew his army to Valley
Forge. whence he would watch Howe
at Philadelphia. and move as he moved.
and yet himself feel safe against attack;
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05
Marriage.
BY JOHN ID. BARRY.

For long time l have believed that the new
social movements known by several names, face
one serious danger ahead Their advocates, not
satisfied with devoting themselves to criticism of
economic conditions, are associating their eco
nomc beliefs with hostility to an institution pc
cuiary sacred. Their foes have been alert to take
advantage. Often in hearing socialism attacked
one finds that the Socialists identified with ad-
vocates Of free love-
In regard to this subject, so conspicuous a
Socialist as H. G. Wells takes an indignant posi-
ton He has pointed out that there is no relation
whatever between the principles of free love and
socialism.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05
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Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald
New York. Aug. 4.-The eager young
men and women who are about to sally
forth to this theoretically palpitating me-
tropolis for fame and fortune may be
enthusiastic over the new apartment
house that is to be built
The new marble-lifed structure, simple
in its elegance, will have for rental
apartments for one or even two for the
lump sum of $4,000 a year. and 1t is
within easy walking distance OF the best
moving picture shows in town. Prospec-
tive tenants should bring references
from their pastor.
Seriously, New York home life is slow
ly being destroyed. Only in Brooklyn
and in the far end of uptown Manhat-
tan can one secure home with a yard
and all the things that make for COM
fort Most newcomers to New York take
UP family hotel life. and when they be-
come innoculated with the ease which il
offers they rarely 20 in for real house
keeping, II they do. 1t is tiny fur
nished apartment.
irwin Cobb, noted for his daring in
openly displaying a wrist watch. has sent
chortle up and down Broadway by
pulling a new and very pictureful met
aphor. Gosh" he said the other day.
In speaking Of his experiences In the war
zone. Il didn't have any more privacy
than a goldfish"
It seems that the question about the
ultimate stage of intoxiea tion will not be
sh,inted TO one side lightly. IL is the
burning question along the White Streak.
Milton Bronner. former Louisville
spaperr,an, may have solved the
problem
Down in village in the moonshine
district near the feudal section of Breath
lit County. man lay face up with the
boiling sun beating down upon him. BY
him wes an empty bottle.
The sheriff was called and after look
ing him over. said. Hes drunk"
"Ha's not" snapped Q weanAA bystand-
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

out utter decentralization had fallen upon
the Congress. sitting in a sort Of exile
at York. and his army was brought to
such straits Of privation and suffering
IN its exposed camp as he had never
been obliged to see 1t endure before.
There was plenty Of food in the coun-
try; plenty even at the disposal OF Con-
gress and in the stores of the commits
sariat The British had overrun very
had been abundant and laborers had
not been lacking to gather them in
especially there In thriving Pennsylvania.
But the Congress had lost all vigor alike
IN counsel and action.
Men OF Initiative had withdrawn from
II to serve their states in the reorganiza-
tlon or their several governments and
IN the command of the forces in the
held. Sometimes scarcely a dozen men,
bers could be got together to take part
In its deliberations.
1t yielded to intrigue-even to intrigue
against Washington: allowed its execu-
tive committees. and most of all the COM
mlssary department. upon which the
army depended, to fall into disorganiza-
tlon; listened to censures and bicker-
lngs rather than to plans Of action;
lost the respect of the states, upon which
Its authority depended; and left the army
almost to shift for itself for sustcnance
Fortunately II was a mild winter. For
tunately Washington was masterful and
indomitable. and proved equal to check
mating at single move those who in
trigued in the Congress to displace him.
Despite every bitter experience Of that
dark and anxious season. he had when
spring came an army stronger and filter
for service than it had been when he took
II into winter quarters.
The heightened term of service had
given him at last an army which might
be drilled. and foreign oficers-notably
the capable Steuben-had taught him
how to drill II.
Tomorrow-StirrinS Times for
Philadelphia.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

ally been inaugurated for a money consideration,
Mr. Gompers added: That the effort has been
made to corrupt some of men for such a
purpose is true, but that the strikes have been
inaugurated is untrue and it is untrue because
the men who have given time and service to the
workers of our country have interposed in time"
The exposure of these efforts to corrupt, over the
signature of the Federation's president, will no
doubt be brought to the attention of every MEM
Der of the organization, that it is safe to say
this field of cndeavor has been closed to unscrupu-
lous invaders
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05
A PLEA FOR CRANKS.

Chidc not the Crank" for possibly you'll find
Sometimes set in his quite eccentric mind
A vision OF tho future through whose grace
The world may yet become fairer place.
Likewise his very title seems to nc
"A claim upon indwlgcnt charity
For any one who's in mechanics learned
Knows that Crank may easily be turned
So when YOU meet, Iool not a>kancc and slurn
him.
But from his ways eccentric Try to turn him.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

But the fact is that many Socialists, in avow-
ing their beliefs, frankly express hostility to mar
riage, and they would introduce a sex relation
which, il not exactly free love- bears striking re-
semblance. 1t is account of this association
that so many of the followers of orthodox Chris
tlanity have made war on socialism. Some of
them are frank enough to admit that between So
clastic principles and free love there is no direct
relation and yet with TRUTH they declare that the
tendency OF such belief is to develop hostility to
marriage
There is doubt that just now marriage is
under arraignmcnt. 1t would be easy and per-
haps, in some ways edifying to place the blame
on the critics. But it belongs very much more to
those who have most aSsiduously cultivated mar
rage. The greatest foes of marriage have been
those who have married most often The divorce
courts are curiously interesting in their revelation
OF the large number of people who while repeat
cdly failing in marriage, nevertheless go on mar
Tying. They have. of course, taken away much OF
the sacredncSs OF marriage. They have made it
almost ridiculous Its ideal of pcrmanence thew
have shattered While divorce fourishes. as it
does now, marriage cannot be regarded as any,
thing more than a transient arrangement
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

The London Morning Post says: Surely the
United States will not add to our burdens or
weigh humanity against money; nor have VIC that
fear. Americans have given too many proofs of
their idcalIsmS, and have repeatedly made sac
rifces TO sustain their principles, that they will
not, sure, in this great crisis allow material
considerations OF passing magnitude to individ-
uals, but more than a grain of sand in the
scale OF civilization TO imperil the worlds future"
And even were it not that the causes OF Americas
controversies with Great Britain and with Ger
many over methods of naval warfare are separated
by the widest gull, this 'imperilmcnt of the worlds
future must inevitably weigh in the deliberations
and actions of the government of the United
States. There is escape from il. because, after
all even governments are human.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

F.. H. Sotllcrn is still announcing that his wife,
Miss Julia Marlowc, has retired from the stage
for all time, while the energetic press agent OF
the Mcssrs. Shubcrt continue to food the country
with announcements of her forthcoming engage
ment in the presentation OF an extensive Shakes
pcarcan rcpcrtory.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

The Providence Journal, which has pulled off
lot OF Scoops ir :hc way OF German war news
now declares tha. tho German Ambassador and
Capt Boy-Id the instigators of recent at
tempt by IIucr,a TO start something in Mexico
A denial may be oNpectcd il for other reason
than the complete failure OF the undertaking be-
fore it was fairly begun.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

A barber has been arrested in Iowa ior ac-
cepting a tip in violation OF the law which
makes the acceptance OF tip prison offensc.
Until public opinion condemns the law to noncn-
forcement, it offers fine opportunity to sncaks
and spies and to the and pctty-lnnded to
vent their personal spite
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

An official OF the Department of Agriculture
now in California demands that scientists tell
about their work in "smplc understandable Eng
lsh" While VIC are convinced that ordinary
language IS capable OF describing what scientists
do still we hope that official will continue to urge
his poir, after he gets back to Secretary Hous-
tons scientific aviary.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

Microscopic examination of the passing crowd
reveals tho last OF a who reads the project
OF the District harness Great Falls with dis
tnct desire protest against the utter elimination
of all of natures gifts OF beauty TO the eye and
refrcshment to the spirit in the interest OF the
dollar.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

An Indiana walked into a police station
and complained that he had been run over twice
by the same automobile, the wheels passing over
his face the second occasion. 1t must be an
noying to chauffcurs when their victims refuse to
turn trim.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

Persons who surplcd by the government
with the necessary cash TO bring them home from
Europe the outbreak OF the kind old
Uncle Sam than S5oo,ooo which he has been
unable to collect ia the year that has elapsed
since the money was advanced. The Attorney
General has now authorized sutS TO compel the
"wclchcrs" to disgorgc, Ten days notice prcm-
mary the publication of the names OF all these
well-to-do dead beats" would probably save
great deal OF time and litigation
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

Whocver insisted that the back OF the hot
wave was broken yesterday has small knowledge
OF the anatomy OF the weather. And to add in
suit to injury the weather volunteers the
cheerful prediction that brand variety OF
heat is due to reach Washington on Sunday
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

But nothing is really sail when the statement
IS made that marriage has been hurt by divorce
After all, divorce is mere process. Its signih-
canoe hes in the forces behind it, the causes Why
IS 1t that SO many couples find it difficult to 60 on
living together in harmony and why is their NUM-
Der increasing: Is marriage now less sacred than
1t used to be: Are men and women of TODAY
harder to live with than the men and women of
those earlier periods when marriage was more
stable: Or is the explanation to be found in a
growing emancipation that in its nature. is I'M
satisfactory and unproductvc of the best results
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

Methods OF preventing workers from becoming
fatCued while At their tasks is to be one of the
first studies taken up by the public health
service station just established in Pittsburgh by
the United States government for the study OF
occupaional diseases, according to DR.. ]. w.
Schcrcschewsky. OF this city in charge of the
work Ii the results successful, it would seem
that employers will be tho principal bcnefciaries
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

The plans OF the Kaiser and his consort to
spend the weekend in Warsaw seem to have been
upset by the failure OF the Russians to rccog-
nize the requirements OF real hospitality.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05
Locking Backward.

II Maj Richard Sylvester, chief of police of
the Dupont powder works. ever reads the Wash
ington newspapers nowadays he must imagine
that the Cattsenjammer Kids are -uanina the
police department-The Observer.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05

Unquestionably of the causes OF failure in
marriage can be traced to the difference in the
education and the rearing Of girls and boys We
have been 50 foolish to take pride in our cupha-
sis on this point. Till recently there have been
certain studies and tests that we have regarded as
purely feminine or purely masculine incident
ally. we have set up ideals for the young which we
have identified with the same terms No wonder
then that so many and men find themselves
married without finding that they have any intel.
csts in common.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-05
A Line O Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

First printing Of original poem. written daily
for Tha Washington Herald.