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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25
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Parls. Great Exposition.

The only department of the Paris ex'
position really ready for the opening was
the ticket oillce.--Milwaukee Sentinel.
Paris should have sent few of her ex-
position commissioners 60 Chicago to get
pointers on how to do things i'll time
Syracuse Post-Standard.
The Paris exposition is not quite ready,
but Paris is ready. The people of France
are always ready for the dollar OF the
unwary traveller Springfield News.
Paris is now engaged in giving st.
Louis good Illustration of the condition
in which big exposition should not be
when il is opeued.St. Louis Republic.
The American exhibit at the Paris ex-
position will he closed Sundays, but .ae
rest Of the show viii be Kept opcu Or the
benefit of American visitors.-St. Louis
Globe. Democrat
Paris is a merry place, but during the
approaching summer il will be merrier for
landlords than for their guests. There
will be consolation for the people obliged
to stay away, Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The American exhibit. il those in charge
will but give rs a lair show, will still
| further open the worlds markets to our
| products ami help along the industrial
boom we are nov enjoying Grand Rap
| ids Herald
| The fact that the share of the United
States in the Paris eXpos lion is greater
| than that OF any other country except
| France appeals to the pride of Americans
and may be expected to prove of no small
benefit to our commercial interests
Omaha Bee.
| Americans have scored their FIRST vic
tory at the Paris exposition by an ex-
hibition Of energy in getting their build
ing and exhibits advanced so much ahead
Of others as t. make the French commits
sioner general say. lit is an object les
son to us ali to see the American people
work indianapolis Journal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25
THE THE SCHOOL ROOM APPEARS TO MARY TERRY.

wonderful thinness and with the
springiness, strength. and capacity for
being tempered that steel has. The
process consists in rolling hot steel
plate and two heated copper plates at
the same time in such a way that the
copper forms a skin over the surfaces
of the steel and gives it all the weather
resistance that pure copper has.
On his desk in the standard oil offices
in this city Frand Rockefeller has a
small sheet of the new material, no
name for which has yet been selected.
The sheets were the size of letter pa
per, and so thin as not TO be nue.
heavier The steel itself was several
times aS thick as the copper, and yet
on each surface of the steel there was
a perfect skin of copper, 50 thin that
n strong maguifyng glass did not ex-
pose the edges. TO all appearances the
sheet was all copper, but its spring.
ness showed that ii was not.
Although he has had considerable
correspondence with the inventor. Mr.,
Rockefeller has not yet met him. Last
summer the inventor sent some sam
pies of his new sheet metal TO Mr..
Rockefeller, who had IN idea that such
plates of create. thickness would be
valuable material for making steel lake
steamers. He arranged With Captain
McDougall to tow model made of the
new material behind one of his whale
backs for trip up and down the lakes,
to see how II would stand the expert
ence. When the model came back the
copper skin over the steel plates was as
shiny as when it had been put into the
,, water Whether it is along this line.
or in the making of stamped articles of
use and ornament such as gas chan
deliers, cornices and roofngs. that the
new material will be used. will in a
measure depend on the cost Of produc-
/ ton under actual conditions.
Il think that the invention is one Of
+ the most remarkable that has come to
ray notice. aud people are all the time
i trying to get Ie into something Of that
sort" said AR Rockefeller. The cop
per and steel are all rolled al the same
+ time. and in the finished plate. no mat
ter whether il is thick or thin, tie cop
per Is united with the steel SO that il
is impossible 10 break or strip L Oft
Il is practically a single thickness Of
metal with copper surface on either
or both sides, whichever way it i;
made and I can be made either way
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25
JUST LIKE TEMPERED COPPER.
New Combination of Metals Which Is
ExDccted to Be Very Useful

New Combination of Metals Which Is
Expected to Be Very Useful.
By,a new process of rolling a Massa-
chusetts genius has succeeded in at
tanning results that, so far as sheet
metal work is concerned, are almost
equal to what he would be able to ac-
complish if he had rediscovered the
secret of tempering copper. The Mas
sachusettts genius has succeeded, ac-
eording to the Cleveland Leader. in
getting Frank Rockefeller, brother of
the president of the Standard Oil Com
pany, and himself very rich man. in
terested in the matter.
The inventor has succeeded in max
ing sheets of seemingly pure copper of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25
The Family Cow.

Families that keep only one COW
should have only the best TO be pro
cured. More labor is required to care
for a single COW, propoftionately than
for herd The COW for the family
should give large flow Of milk for at
least ten months in the year. and the
milk should contain not less than per
cent. of butter fat. as cream Is one Of
the essentials. II is better TO have a
COW that gives even richer milk, but
the majority of family COWS are select
ed without regard TO merit in that re
spect 1t Is difficult 10 raise the calves
in such eases. hence in purchasing a
family cow 1t will be profitable TO pay
a high price for a superior animal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25
Ctevelaud,s Lecture.

Mr. Cleveland is eminrntly Ii ted to
instruct Princeton students how TO cut
loose from the Senate's III ron strings
Nashville American.
air. Cleveland had Congress on his
hands at times when he was President.
In his lecture at Princeton he had Com
gress on his mind -Pittsburg Chronicle.
Ex-President Grrver Cleveland in the
first of his TWO Princeton lectures on
the independence Of the Executive took
ground which hardly conforms to Ad-
mira Dewey's idea that a Pr 'sident has
nothing TO DO Int execute Il lie laws of
Congress. Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
Ii was a thoughtful exposition of the
place Of tn 4. Chief Magistrate in ur
scheme of government, and while proba-
bly, finding no part of its inspiration IN
recent - Grille estimate of the duties
and responsibilities OF that high office,
came almost as a rebuke If that extraor-
dnary utterance New York Mail and
Express.
That a Democrat Of SO great ability as
Mr.. Cleveland should publicly advocate
change in the method of electing a Pres.
ident which would ignore entirely the
State lines abl make him the choice OF
| the majority Of the voters, regardless Ct
| the choice Of the States, indicates how
far the national idea has progressed aud
how far the idea Of a federation Of SOW
ereign STATES Las been forgotten. Brook
| Ign Eagle.
| The presidency, 10 reach the level O
| its highest usefulness, must be strens
and independent within the limitations
| which the constitution prescrihes in con
nection with the of,'ee. The lndepen
| dence of the Executive" was illustrated
| in a most interesting and conspicuous
manner by Grover Cleveland for eighl
| years. There is no man better qualified
than ht To discuss that instructive topic
| Kansas City Star.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25

Two farmers living near lola. Kan,
nave received 40000pound car Of
salt from Hutchinson, which they will
Use on their farms. says the Abilene
Chronicle Both have extensive farm
interests which they look after them
selves and they propose TO SOW tie salt
with oats. wheat and OAK, Oh the the
cry that land so treated IS given the
chemicals required by hose grains and
IN the belief that chinch bugs viii shup
the fields. Some Of 'helr impractical
town friends have rather hankeriHg
for the belief that wheat so treated
sill grow leaves Of selfTisin2 bread.
At ans rate the test is one which vii
be watched with interest and the farm
ers may resp good returns from tie
500 or more invested by these gentle
men In an experiment
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25

chapter. And 1t can be used to white
wash the cellar. the poultry house, the
stable and other buildings. 1t can be
used to advantage in applying disin-
feetants for preventing the spread of
contagious diseases, etc.
A word or two as to the cost of spray,
ing. Say you have four or five acres
of orchard, it win take about five bar
rels of mixture for each spraying.
Twenty pounds bluestone. at I cents
per pound, S1.40; Paris green, 80 cents;
lime, 10 cents; total, S2.01 for material.
A man and boy with a horse viii do it
in one day; say 50 for wages, and you
have the cost of each spraying, S4,O3.
If sprayed four times, total cost. S16.20
one good crop ef clean. marketable
fruit will give big profit on the invest
ment.-Farmers' Advocate.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25
pLrssruLLY IexonAHr or DECEPTION.

and TO this frame a horizontal bar is
attached. carrying AT its extremity a
rubber nipple of ample proportions.
Connected with the nipple is flexible
tube extending into the liquid in the
pail Inside the nipple there Is rub
Der tubular reinforcement, having
crogs-sllts in it. which acts as valve.
With this device the calf may he fed
liquid nourishment receiving ii slow
" and by natural sncaing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25
Cost of Feeding Dairy Cows,

An accurate statement of the results
of the State Agricultural College herd
in Minnesota shows that the average
feed cost per COW last year was "a
cents per pound of butter and the aver
age price realized by patrons from
sales of butter was II cents per pound
The average price obtained by patrons
of the creamery was nearly % cents
per pound. There are over ZOO cream
cries in Minnesota and over 800 of
them are operated and owned by ia, a.
ers as cooperative ereameries. In
Meeker County there are fourteen
creameries, and the amount realized
la year by patrons was $25o,ooo; in
Steele County, with eighteen cream
cries, the sum was over 100000, while
in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, the
enormous sum of Sl,750.000 was real
lied by patrons of creameries in that
county alone.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25
Nursing Bottle for Calves.

A nursing bottle may be used as
feeder for the calf by which its wean-
ing viii take place at much earlier
date than by the old method, and by
this device the calf absorhs the thin
blue substitute fed to it in a way so
entirely natural thatit remains in ignor-
ance of the deception beiTt practiced
upon it. A bracket or supporting device
for the milk receptacle is first provided,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25

than those which befell Alice IL Won
derland. for Alice was fiction and Nary
Is fact.
This sole inhabitant of topsy turvey-
dom is the daughter Of a Portuguese
rancher near Alvarado. For two years
she has ATTENDED the Al~iso public
school, She is a pretty child. shy and
graceful, with rosy coloring and black
hair. Her case puzzles the wise men
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25

There is a 7-year-old girl in Alviso,
Cal, who lives il a world all her own.
Nobody would wan; to share her world
with her, because 1T is topsy turvy
one-so very topsy turyy that ii makes
the head dizzy just to think about it.
Little Mary Terry sees everything bot
tomside up and backward. The ex-
periences that each day brings to this
child in real life are more remarkable
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25

4 good spray pump Is a useful sr'i-
Gle IN many ways about the farm. IL
can be used to spray the potatoes. II
Is used TO apply Kerosene emulsion 10
destroy the suct0rial insects, such as
-be aphides. or plant lice, on plums,
cherries and young apple trees, and Of
which l propose to treat u a future
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25

| is fast driving out the morphine habit,
which, however, never had much hold
among the negroes. The cocaine can
be taken so much more easily. and
when mixed with phenacetine is
cheaper
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25
Int resting Facts.

America sells nearly three times as
much as she buys; Germany buys over
two hundred and City millions Of dol
lars worth more every year than she
sells; while Great Britain last year
actually bought twice as much as she
sOt1
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25
Stone Drains.

The accompanying cut shows an ex-
cellent way of making drain where
there Is plenty of stone available. IA
are two fiat stones placed as shown
one upright and the other sloping the
rest of the drain, b, is filed in with
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25
s,ertinp Follows the sparrow,

The English starting has been
brought 10 New York and Is domesti-
eating itself rapidly Although intro
duced only year or two ago, it has
increased considerably in Numbers and
In many Of the uptown streets its must
cal piping can be heard this spring.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25

reverse the sheet aud hold it up to the
Hg'.l You viii see what Mary Terry
Sc leu she has the pleasure Of be
holding your honorable signature.
since the date Of her discovery it has
been a perpetual struggle for Miss Par
rish TO keep pace with her pupils pc
culiar point Of view. and after patient
effort. most praisewosthy en- the part
Of a teacEer who IS in constant charge
Of four AMI I've different grades of pu-
pills, Miss Parrish has succeeded IN
making the little girl understand that
to be herself understood she must re-
verse and lnvert what she sees.
1t would seem SIS IL Mary were not
less but more gifted than the average
child 10 have been capable Of uEde--
standing the complex and difficult com
mand laid upon her, though the test
mDny Of experts is all on the other
side. This is, however, reasoning by
analogy, as the writer has so far found
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25

small stones, and on top is laid some
brush. A correspondent says he has
put in drains for the last sixty years
according TO this method, and has
found them to work well, better than
the SQUARE stone drains.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25
NEGROES TAKE TO COCAINE.

Evil Common Among the Roustabouts
and Is Spreading Fast.
The troubles which steamboat men
have been having with their negro
roustabouts have been increased BIZ the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25

In teaching the young. be careful not
to deceive them: they viii catch you
.stit
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25
AN INVERTED BRAIN.
CHILD SEES, READS AND WRITES
UPSIDE DOWN.

Seven ear-old California Girl, Who
Lives in World that Seems Bottom
side Up and Backward = Her Case a
Puzzle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25

Some people wear glasses because
they cans believe their OWL eyes.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-04-25
How
Many
People

Will discover the adj
vantage OF trading
with you if you don't
Advertise?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25


I'VE must expect TO see impossible plans
seriously proposed. One will find a fashion
OF dress which will well-nigh secure i'm
mortality Another will people the world
with Methuselahs fed on fruits and nuts.
Patent and proprietary medicines in the
eyes of another. will offer immunity from
Geath. But the sober student OF longevity
viii not be misled by any of these isms
He will keep his mind free OF bias and
Gull what Is good from all quarters He
will eat and drink with moderation. per-
haps even smoke a good cigar. He will
learn something useful from the Christian
Scientist. from the vegetarian and from the
teetotaler but he himself will be temperate
IN all things. In sickness he will turn to
the physician and pharmacist. and in sor-
row 20 the pastor. for help.
when throughout the civilized world
the study OF longevity shall have secured
firm foothold we Will undoubtedly see
laid the foundations of that science of life
which. slowly but surely. in the perhaps
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25


VIII you tell something of Alvin Clark
the telescope maker?-F. /. s.
He was born in Ashfield, Mass, March
s, 1904. sper. his youth on a farm
and became "a engraver in the calico in
dustry. Later was successful as a por-
trait painter. He was over forty years
old when. with his son, he made a small
telescope. His interest in it led him to
give up his studio and TO begin the man.
ufacture of astronomical instruments and
the study of astronomy that made him
famous. He died at Cambridge. Mass,
Aug. 10. 1887.
Is the adulteration OF ale and beer COM
mon? and what aduIterants are used?-D
L r.
Yes. To secure the desired color, which
should be due to the ripeness and color of
the hops employed. and to the degree of
heat TO which the malt has been subjected,
burnt sugar is added. Then the flavor is
altered by putting in such bitters as
NORWOOD. picric acid. gentian and quassia
Alkalies. iron and salt are introduced to
increase the amount of froth, and some
times cream of tartar is added to ale to
counterfeit the hardness OF age. These
are but few of many The brewers
druggist is special line Of the drug trade
VIII you tell me something of Chamin-
ade. the composer?-Martin.
cecile Chaminade is probably the most
widely known Of women composers. She
lives near Paris. in which city she was
born Aug. 5, 1861. Her early musical edu-
cation was directed by several fine Euro
pean masters. and made OF her piano
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25
Home-Comings.

All the WOrlu Is dark anu chill,
Little singing things are still:
Gaunt trees SILVER on the lawn.
All their plumy verdure gone;
Yet, though bleak November's gray.
All, she bears one shining day
Day when home joys wrap round.
Day when love is throned and crowned;
Turned are all the feet that roam;
Everybody's going home
Business cares all slip away.
When comes round Thanksgiving day.
And from toll and crowded mart.
Home thoughts draw each yearning heart;
And the college yields its throng.
Home ties are tender strong;
Strange lands call our eager feet,
Yet though earth is vast and sweet.
Golden east to purple west,
After all. tbs home is best.
There's a farmhouse on the hill.
Oh so lonely. and so still;
How the OLD folks miss the glee
or the years that used TO be;
But to-day their feet have wings.
And the heart within them sings.
And a gladness fills the place,
Mirrored from the mothers face:
For they're coming. every one,
Child and grendchild. daughter son.
And il one had wronged his own.
Stabbed their love and left them lone:
Walked in evils cleaning path.
Reaped the piteous aftermath;
One could win TO rightly live.
And could rnurmur low. '.Forgive:"
One could beg his mothers kiss.
Surely on such day as this:
And one would not beg in vain,
II his heart turned home again
Ethel Bowman.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25
Washington Post.

Washington Post
red-faced and by no means soft
voiced woman came into our grocer's shop
the other morning. and by the CLEAN in
her eye one could see that she had a bone
To- pick with the grocer
why don't you send me what / send
after? she demanded. Here sent my
boy over here for I'VE pounds Of spuds
and you sent back word you didn't keep
them"
1--WE DON'T" said the clerk
You do. too" contradicted the irate
lady. Whats them If they amt spuds?''
Potatoes" said the clerk mildly Did
you want potatoes?"
ssOf course. j did" snorted the lady
Didn't l send Tor spuds? Law me, amt
you ever heard potatoes called by their
right name before? Spuds. said, and
anybody but born idf2t knows what
spuds u"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

remote future. will secure to the world the
services of mon and women. old. measured
by our present standard, but still young.
measured by their capacity for work and
for enjoyment
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS. JR.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

In the treatment Of thrush Escherich
suggests the following method: Take a
small pledget of steriized cotton and
sprinkle it thoroughly, through and
through, with about three grains of boric
acid finely powdered and mixed with a lit
tie saccharine. This wad of mcdcated cot
ton is then sewed within a little silk bag,
which is given to the child to chew and
suck. The saccharine is sweet and there
fore pleases the child, who keeps ii in his
mouth and thus battles the parts con-
t1nuously with the boric acid solution. A
fresh bag must be prepared every day I'M
til the cure is effected, matter of only a
few days.
AS a substitute for calamine for treating
infamed surfaces and sores, Skinner recon-
mends carbonate of zinc, preferably in the
following combination, which he calls
cream of carbonate of zinc. Glycerite of
starch, lanoline. carbonate of zinc, and
glycerine, of each one-half ounce. Mix the
first two ingredients together, then mix the
second two with each other. and then mix
the two mixtures. 1t is a soothing and
healing application in various skin dis
eases. in1amed cuts, ulcerating sores. etc.
l.. N, NJ. d.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

Speaking OF opiates DR.. Kane. referring
especially to their use in appendicitis. GEN.
sures their too common use for drugging
patients into iasensibility. The fools para
disc into which an opiate throws these pa
tients hides from the physician the full
gravity Of the case and obscures the dag
nosis. The patient and his friends. on the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

The word opsomania, recently become
current, is not new word 1t was coined
in England, by the Lancet, at least eight
years ago. 1t is nothing more nor less
than an uncomfortable desire for sweets
and dainty food 1t is indeed a very COM
mon disease, as every young man knows,
but it is not dangerous to the patient.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-10-17
Club Dance Last Night.

The first club dance of the season
was held at Steyers opera house last
evening. There was good attendance,
and overy one present heartily enjoyed
the occasion. Coup's Decorah Or
chestra which furnished the music,
was the recipient of high praise for
the excellent quality of music furnish.
ed, and the readiness to comply with
every request made. Prof. Gmelin
both as caller and violinist is deserv-
ing of creditable mention, and is a
valuable adjunct to Decorah's business
interests. No doubt this organization
will be kept busy this season as they
are worthy of patronage. The orches-
ira is composed as follows:
1st violin-Prof. Max Gmelin.
End violin-Henry Klein.
Clarionet-Harry Blodgett. w
Cornet-W. B. Coup.
Bass-Otro Solberg.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-10-17
Real Estate Transfers.

Several deals in real estate have been
in process of negotiation the past week,
the principal one being the sale of the
Winnesheik Hotel property to H. A,
Dixson. AS We go to press the final
papers closing the sale have not been
completed, but in all probability soon
will be.
George Kratz and son have traded
their livery stable to the Lund Land
Agency for land in South Dakota; A.
r. SeversOn has purchased lot of Il.
c. Shaw in the rear of Kjome Il Ness
grocery, on which he anticipates the
erection of building for saloon; and
Henry Gremm has purchased the re- r
dence of Mrs. Geo. Daubney, in Wess
DecOrah.