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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09

defective mentality. Gould he have
known that years had elapsed since
she had used it until she was taken
by the Swedes, he would not have
wondered that she had half forgot
ten 1t.
There was yet another reason why
the language of the sheik had thus
readily eluded her, but of that reason
she herself could not have guessed the
truth any better than could the man.
He tried 20 persuade her to return
with him to his village" as he called
it, or "douar" in Arabic, but she was
insistent upon searching Immediately
for Korak. AS last resort he deter
mined to take her with him by force
rather than sacrifice her life to the in
sane Authorization which haunted her
But, being wise man, he determined
to humor her first and then attempt to
lead her as he would have her go.
So when they took up their march
1t was in the direction of the south,
though his own ranch lay almost due
east.
BY degrees he turned the direction
of their way more and more eastward,
and greatly was he pleased 10 note
that the girl failed TO discover that
any change was being made.
Little by little she became more
trusting. At first she had had but her
intuition to guide her belief that this
big Tarmanganl meant her no harm,
but as the days passed and she saw
that his kindness and consideration
never faltered she came TO compare
him with her Korak and to be very
fond of him, but never did her loyalty
TO her ape man flag.
On the fifth day they came suddenly
upon great plain, aud from the edge
of the forest the girl saw In the dis
lance fenced fields and many build
ings. At the sight she drew back In
establishment.
where are WEI" she asked. point
ing.
1--WE could not find KOrak," replied
the man, "and as our way led near my
douar l have brought you here to walt
and rest with my wife until my men
can find your ape or he finds you. 1t
is better thus, little one. You will be
safer with US and you viii be happier"
Meriem laughed. THE jungle" she
said, lis my father and my mother. !
do not fear the jungle. l love 1t. l
should rather die than leave it forever.
But your dOuar Is close beside the
jungle. You have been good to nae. l
will do as you wish and remain here
for awhile TO walt the coming of my
Korak."
"Goodr' said the man, and he led
the way down toward the hower-cov-
cred bungalow behind which lay the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09
BY slEoFRIED BALDER.

Comrades In war!
Three years have passed since the
German emperor plunged the world
and his people into this most ground
less. seDseless and impious of all wars,
into sea of blood and tears
Trained from childhood to he a SOL
der. brought up amid the perverted
Views of the junker and officer caste,
dreaming of the laurels of the CON
queror as the highest ideal, cOunseled
by generals. befriended by war con
tractors, and even with financial in
terest in their profiteerins, he has since
1905 Systematically paved the way for
the war. He desired this war, he per
mitted the systematic cult Of war in
Germany by the Pan-Germanists, and
he has encouraged It. He supported
AID fomented the almost daily quar-
Tcls of the other powers through the
Pan-German press by his inflamma-
tory speeches. Last of all he affixed his
signature TO the various declarations Of
war he is fully and entirely RESPONSE
BILE for them.
For nine years the diplomacy Of our
neighbours consistently anxious for
peace. succeeded in averting this dis
aster from the world. This was the
policy which was falsely presented TO
your ignorance as the Isolation
policy in reality, a peace policy In
which Germany was always most
heartily invited 10 participate. Ger
many was not isolated, but the German
government, and In its wake the Aus
trian government, deliberately and ma.
liciously Withdrew from the circle Of
civilized nations, as criminals from hui
man social circles.
But not only the diplomatic circles
of foreign states, but also German men
of insight and lofty ideals have placed
themselves firmly in opposition to the
emperor's senseless and extraVaeant
lust for war, in spite of his wrath, and
have sacrificed their positions rather
than their convictions This was true
I'm the case of the president of the
Reichsbank, Doctor Koch, and even of
the emperor's brother. Prince Henry %
Prussia. On the 3lst of July. 1914. he
urged the emperor to desist from the
war and when he failed in his attempt
he flung at the emperor's feet his com
mission as grand admiral and com
mander in chief Of the German navy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09

care claims 1900 patients Orphans
and other children who are aided by
the Red Cross directly OF Indirectly.
number 1000. Five hundred children
per day for instance. receive medical
attention at Evlan. the point Of repa-
trIaaon for nationals Of France who
are being returned from behind the
German lines.
The relief Of suffering among chill
dren with the care and education ~
destitute children. embraces one " the
principal activities Of the American
Red Cross abroad At one point ia
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09
WORDS OF WISE MEN

Truth is the conformity of express
sion to thought The expression OF
truth Is simplicity.
Thrift that does not take into part
nership honesty Of character develops
Into covetousness and avarice.
He who has thought, feeling, express
sion, Imagination, action, character and
continuity, all In the largest amount
and highest degree, Is the greatest
poet.
A great advantage Of riches is that
they enable one to escape so much
good advice. The rich are always ad-
vlsing the poor, but the poor seldom
venture to return the compliment.
Let us beware lest the dethrOnement
OF custom TO make place for right
should dlsplace along with It the prin-
cIple Of reverence, which bestows q
discipline which is Invaluable In the
formation Of character.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09

barns and clubhouse of q well-Grdsred
African farm.
Meriem walked on toward the bun.
galow, upon the porch of which a wO.
man, dressed in white, waved a well
come to her returning lord. There was
more fear in the girls eyes now than
there had been in the presence OF
strange men or savage beasts. She
hesitated, turning an appealing glance
toward the man.
THAT is my wife" he said. "She
Will be glad TO welcome you"
The woman came down the path 70
meet them. The man kissed her and
turning toward Meriem, introduced
them, speaking in the Arab tongue the
girl understood.
''This is Meriem, my dear" he said,
and told the story of the jungle waif
so far as he knew it.
Meriem saw that the woman was
beautiful. She saw that sweetness and
goodness were stamped indelibly upon
her cOuntenance She no longer feared
her, and when her brief story had been
narrated and the woman came and put
her arms about her and kissed her and
called her poor little darling" some
thing snapped in Meriem's heart
She buried her face on the bosom of
this new friend, In whose voice was
the mother tone that MerIem had not
heard for so many years that she had
forgotten its very existence. She buried
her face on the kindly bosom and wept
as she had not wept before in all her
life-tears of relief and JOY that she
could not fathom.
And so came Meriem, the savage lit
tie Mangani, ont of her beloved jungle
into the midst of a home of culture
and refinement. Already "Bwana" and
my dear" as she first heard them
called and continued to call them were
as father and mother TO her.
Once her savage fears were alIayed
she went to the opposite extreme of
trustfulness and love. Now she was
willing to wait here until they found
Korak or Korak found her She did
not give up that thought Korak, her
Korak, was always first.
And out in the jungle, far away,
Korak, covered with wounds, stiff
with clotted blood, burning with
rage and sorrow, as soon as suff1-
cient strength returned swung back
upon the trail of the great balloons.
He did not find them where ne had
last seen them nor in any of their
usual haunts. hut he sought them along
the well-marked spoor they had left
behind them. and at last he overlook
them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09
NOTES OF THE WORLD

It is easier to get married in Scot.
land than in England.
French women are making harness
and saddles for the army.
Administering the draft law cost
the United States $4,000, 4S0.
The National Woman's army holds
regular drills In New York city.
Over 100000 women in the United
States have signed food pledge cards.
The value of offers is fully recog-
oized by the Chinese, who train them
to fish.
The Lutheran church in America has
nearly 10000 pastors, 10000 churches,
and 100000 members.
A book agent entered a Kansas
school and, after inducing the young
woman teacher to dismiss the class.
persuaded her to buy $3.50 worth of
books.
Australia failed TO put conscription
into effect, but 1t has ordered a tax
of 10 per cent TO be placed on the
taxable incomes of all unenlisted men
who are eligible for service.
The most primitive mammals, the
4 monotremes. are confined to Austria
Tia. There is the platypus, a strange
beast which lays eggs like a turtle,
has horny pads for teeth and bill
| like the duck; it's front feet are
webbed and both back and front feet
have claws.
A new trade and Industrial develop
ment of interest in the Canton district
has resulted from the growing demand
for wolframite ore. and the recent dis
| covery that this mineral Is to be found
In marketable quantities In Kwang-
| tung province. The demand comes
chiefly from America. and as soon as
the ore was known 70 exist here Amer
lean merchants Immediately set about
its exploitation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09
RED CROSS HELPS CHILDREN
One Of the Principal Activities Of the
Society in War Zone
in France.

Washington.-There ere 2OOG0 chill
dren in France. at the present time,
receiving American Red Cross assist
ance. according TO a cablegram just re-
ceived from the Paris headquarters of
the Red Cross. Complete medical care
IS being extended 70 100 Of this army
Of children while dispensary medical
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09
Dou Saves Three.

Altoona. PA barking dog saved
SIR. and Mrs. Scott Steele and their
baby from probable cremation recent
~. when their home at Lakemont was
burned.
The dog barkcd, whined aud
scra ched at their bedroom door until
the family was awakened. The lower
portion Of the house filled with smoke,
steele had just time to guide his fam
ily 20 safety when flames cut of the
stairway.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09
AS THE WORLD MOVES

A cyclometer has been specially de-
signed for measuring the distances COW
cred by railroad cars.
With steel frames and heavy duck
covers a table and chairs for six per-
sons can be unfolded and packed into
a conveniently carried roll.
BY the recent completion Of the st.
Minneapolis dam and locks, the
head OF navigation of the Mississippi
river has been moved up 13 miles.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09
WAR OBSERVATIONS

Military force is redoubtable. Men
tai forces alone are invincible.
War is one thing that gives TO a ma
ton clear understanding of its good
and bad qualities, its weakness and its
strength.
War is an amazing proof of the pow.
er of mental forces. Under its infiu-
ence fear OF death and all personal in
terests vanish.
In her preparations Germany took
everything into account but the infiu-
ence of her mental forces, which have
been strong enough to rouse the world
against hes.
A nation becomes powerful insofar
rs It possesses an ideal that is capable
of exciting in all It's people the same
feelings and thoughts and consequent
ly the same actions.
War. though appearing to be materi-
nj is In reality n conflict of ideas. Amer
lca's entry has made the present con-
Alct crusade against autocraey.-Gus-
taye lie Bon ia Les Annales (Paris).
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09
HERE AND THERE

Hardware dealers report calls
for left-handed nails are getting
scarce.
Would you say a man Is "over
head and ears In debt" when the
derby he has on, is not paid for2
One good thing about the polar
night is, there's chance of fin
fishing n chess game during the
evening.
In the stone age, butterfly col
lectors went after a butterfly
with wagonload Of powders
drawn by u dinOsaur.
The best description of a tank
is. it's a wobbling thingamjig, full
of whatchamacall-ems and they
blaze away like blazes.
Ninety-nine women In a hun
dred are naturally generous.
Where one woman will keep a
secret, ninety-nine win give It
away.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09

the war zone IN France a children
refuge and hospital has been opened,
where several hundred children have
been gathered together Just to keep
them out Of danger Of gas and she'll
fire. At another point among the
wrecked Villages there IS medical
center and q travelling dispensary sufii-
cient 10 look after .200 children.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09

England's titled men and women are
In this war TO win. AT s-e actuated
by the same motives and feelings as
the humblest Tommy. The nobiemen
of England have as a whole gone into
the army or navy and have proved
their courage and sacrifice as evil
tlenced in the days citations md casu-
atty lists The women are also doing
their bit. Few Of England's prominent
women are not enrolled and actively
working In the various service leagues
assisting the government. The Duchess
Of Abercorn has two daughters in war
service. one Is working In a munition
factory and the other Is in the Red
Cross service.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09
THIS MURDERER rs
GERMAN EMPEROR.

Comrades in war, this murderer is
the German emperor and his govern
rnent: that Is TO say. the men whom he
himself has chosen for his Infamous
plan. without consulting the people
and without regard for their wishes !:
and these are accomplices he has Sc
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09
FACTS NOT GIVEN
TO GERMAN PEOPLE.

Up to the last moment (England
even held out until noon of the 4th of
August, 1914. when the German army
had already swept like a torrent over
the boundaries of the neighboring coun-
tries on every side) the rulers. minis
tiers and diplomats OF England. Russia,
| France and Serbia did all that lay
| within human power, even TO the ut
most self-abnegatiOn. in order TO pre-
serve peace for the world. This fact
Is clearly manifest; the documents CON
corning 1t set 1t forth In black and
white To the gaze of the world. They
/ are acknowledged as authentic by the
German government. but they are nat
urally withheld from the German peo-
pie No one wished to attack US, either
then or at any later time. Al that Aus
tris could ask of Serbia Win even the
slightest senbIance of justice was free
~ granted.
Thus from the very beginning of the
war the sympathy of the entire world
| belonged properly to our neighbors
who had been so wantonly attacked.
But ii did not stop at sympathy; the
scoundrelS who govern you uud control
you. by the colossal atrocity of their
methods Of warfare by such brutality
as In itself TO be menace to The whole
neutral world. by disregard Of all es-
tablished treaties. managed step -
step 10 enrage all civilized humanity
TO war against us.
II a blOodthirsty maniac should he
let loose on the streets those whom he
attacked would defend themselves. All
peace-loving men would hasten 10 their
rescue; only towards would stink tim
idly away. This Is today the attitude
of the world toward Germany, There
will be no peace, and justly so, until
the murderer Is imprisoned and shorn
Of his power to harm.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09
Bitter Arrangement of Hohenzol-
lerniSm Written to Be Read
by Germans.
EMPEROR ALONE TO BLAME

SenseIess and Extravagant Lust for
War PIunees World into Sea of
Blood and Tears-Soldiers
Urged to Join Entente and
Wrest Land From Claws
of Destroyer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09

We 10 not get perfect character in
our sleep. 1t comes to US as muscle
comes, through doing things. 1t s the
muscle Of the soul.-Henry Drum
mOnd.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09

Medical Friend-"Now thai you
have q car. you must not neglect your
exercise. "Oh, we won't. doctor. This
iz a secondhand car."-Llle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09

General Pershlng is a man ~ few
words, and when he says. &c. many
VIII be conquered, we believe he has
bunch.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09

This article was written by a
German to be read by Germans.
II was circulated In Germany
through the efforts Of German
republicans in Switzerland who
are working for the overthrow
of decentralization and the es-
tablishment Of a German re-
public. A copy has just been
received in this country and
has been translated for the use
of the press.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC IN
FORMATION.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09

Military force Is redoubtable. Men.
tai forces alone are invincible.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09

defective mentality. Could he have
known that years had elapsed since
she had used it until she was taken
by the Swedes, he would not have
wondered that she had half forgot
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09

Australia failed TO put conscription
into effect, but 1t has ordered tax
of 10 per cent to be placed on the
taxable incomes of all unenlisted men
who are eligible for service.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09

A book agent entered a Kansas
school and, after inducing the young
woman teacher to dismiss the class.
persuaded her to buy $3.50 worth of
books.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-09

The Lutheran church in America has
nearly 10000 pastors. 10000 churches,
and 100000 members.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-21
UNMASKED MEN IN
 GAR ROB PAyMASTER
Money Was the Weekly Pay Roll of General Electric
 Company
By Associated Press

Everett Mass, December 20.-Six un- masked men in black touring car to- day held up Frank R. Brown, paymas- ter of the General Electric company. robbed him of s12,e00. tle weekly pay roll of the company's steel foundry here and made good their escape from thickly populated neighborhood after shooting and seriously wounding the navmaster as he sat helpless with his hands held over his head.
 Brown was rushed to Boston hos n,tal where his condition tonight was said to be critical
 sW;fb Brown at the tifife of the hold mn which occurred within 500 feet of ths foundry, were his guard, Everett B. Kihhe special police officer employed hv inc company, and the chauffeur, Jo- senb P. Shapleigh. All three men were armed but were taken completely by surprise.
 The robbery was laccompisncd un- dar cover of automatic pistols held by five of the robbers Brown was shot after the robbers lad secured the money and, according to his two com panions, without provdation.
 The highwaymen disappeared in the < crowded traffic headet toward Boston. : The police had no detnite clews as to their identity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-21
ACCUSED OF MURDER FOUR NEGROES ARE
 LYNCHED BY A MOB.
JaiIer Handcuffed and Car ried Off With Prisoners. Two of the Victims
 Women
nv A..ocinted Pres.

Mobile, December 2O.-Four ne- groes, two of them women, ac- cuscd of the murder of Dr. E. l.. Johnston here last week, were talk en from the jail at Shubutn, Miss, tonight and Iynched, according to information received in Mobile. All four were hanged on the Eirders of n bridge spanning the Chick asahay river.
 Information from Shubutn reach ing here by long distance was to athe effect that the jnilcr wns cnlled into the street by one of the mcm- bcrs of the mob md hnndcuncd. He was then. made to unlock the prisoncrs nnd with them was taken in an automobile and rushed out of town. The jaiier was put out of the machine before the party reached the bridge where the ne- Eroes were lynched.
 pr. Johnston was shot and killed from ambush while i'm his barn. Major Clarke, one of the negroes lynched, was arrested and, accOrd- ing to the county authorities, con- fessed, duplicating the others md stating that he had shot Dr. John ntOn nt the request of one of the women with whom the dentist had trouble. The negroes lynched were two brothers and two sisters, Major and Andrew Clarke, and Maggie and Alma House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-21

generations come and go, shall add to the number of those who thus think, then the experiment will suc ceed.
 NOT PEACE AT ANY PRICE
 Until all men are of good will. wars will not cease entirely unless na- vention, as far as possible, l desre; at any price. do not. However, If. mankind as a whole desires 1t at any price. they can get it by the adoption of written instructions specifying, first that the size of the army and navy shall be fixed by a referendum to all men and women of mature age; and second, that no wa- offense nor one of defense beyond the territorial limits of the state shall ever be waged un- til affirmatively decided by like referendum.
 Stating that commercial disputes breed wars, Mir. Marshall continued:
 'I have of course, no means os knowing what the representatives oi the allied governments may be will. ing to take up with the American people at the peace table, but ven ture the assertion that the good win which now exists between the allied governments and our own will not last five years unless reciprocal trade re- lations fixed in justice, are arranged between us. Peoples learn slowly ana soon forget.
 "The theory that men are going tn deal justly with each other regardless of a lawAo punish injustice is mil lenial dream.
 s.Tho allies and America, by recip- rocal trade relations and by the right of power and duty to cut off commer-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-21
London Times Calls
 Down German Leaders

London. December 20.-In discussing the attempts of the present leaders of Germany to shift the blame for the war and the manner in which it was waged. the Times in an editorial today says:
 'The majority of articulate Germans altogether refuse to confess that Ger many has been guilty of any particular crime. either in provoking the war or In her conduct of it. They deny that she has been defeated and represent her as the innocent victims of unheard of persecution since the conclusion of<the armistice.
 '"rhe mass of the German people were in fact accomplices in the crimes of militarism. They were It's accomplices because they approved it's ends and had no remorse as to the use of its most inhuman means. They bounded on the former Emperor, his generals and statesmen until defeat fell upon them. They would do better to con fess the truth.
 They merely add to their turpitude in the eyes of democracies by trying td shelter themselves under the shameful plea that the great German people did not know of the crimes of their rulers or Knowing these crimes were too cray en not to applaud them.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-21
ELEVEN MILLION
 ANSWER RED CROSS Different Divisions Have So Far Carried Out Pro-
 grammes in the Drive
Nv Associated Press

Washington, Decembek 2o.-Eleven mil lion persons had answered to the Amerl- can Rel Cross "Christmas roil 'calf' up to Thursday night. according to reports received today at headquarters This number, it was stated, is more than the total number of new members set as goal in the first Christmas membership drive in 19l1.
 Reports from the various divisions were announced tonight as follows:
 Southern division: North and South Carolina. Georgia, Tennessee and Flor ida, 20S, ,0O0, s..
 Atlantic division: New York. New Jer- sey and Connecticut, 2,600,000 members Central division: Illinois, Wisconsin. Nebraska, Iowa and Michigan, 100000
 Pennsylvania- Delaware division, 100000
 Lake division: Indiana. Ohio and Ken, lucky, 1,17S,0O1.
 Southwestern division: Missouri, Ar kansas. Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas 05O, ,OCO