Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-25
FACTS IN FEW LINES

speak up eoiu JuuSe AuulSOu VI
London 70 a witness. Imagine that
some one has asked you to take a
drink"
The Irish linen industry is booming
as it has not fourished in years, large
ly on the expanding exports to the
United States.
At Wellington, a little town of 1000
Inhabitants in the west of England,
over 5000 tramps had to be accommo-
dated last year.
A method has been discovered In
England for treating sewage by cleo
tricity which will revolutionize sewage
treatment and greatly reduce the cost.
The ancient Romans ate oysters as
the first course at banquets because of
their quality of stimulating the appe-
tite. Pliny recommends oil and onions
as condiments.
Sarah Grand says that for the most
part American women are more intelli-
gent. more thorough, better informed
larger minded and more agreeable to
meet then their English sisters.
A candidate for parliament at the re-
cent election in Great Britain has filed
a petition in bankruptcy. owing $106,
40 and having assets estimated of the
value of $S,4O5. He was an enthusi-
astic fiscal reformer."
The well known German animal des!-
er Jamrach has an agent in Siam hunt
Ing for the big deer known as Ce,vus
Schomburki. No specimen of this deni-
zen of high ranges In Siam hos ever
been taken to Europe alive
A consul In China remarks sagely
that 1.-The Chinese will buy only what
they want and not what foreign manu-
facturers think they should buy. No
effort to force upon them goods manu-
featured for export and probably un-
salable at home will avail"
Auburn (Me.) teamsters are going to
buy mules TO take the place OF their
horses. The reasons given for this
change are that mules are afraid OF
nothing, can perform more work and
the cost OF maintenance Is less than
onehalf OF what il costs TO keep
horses.
William Alexander Of Montrose,
Colo. disappeared fifteen years ago.
He was a large landowner, and after
his death a lake wss named after MIN.
The other day BIS skeleton was found
near the lake, with the skull OF his
dog lying on ais breastbone. They had
died together in a blizzard
The Victoria cross was instituted If
ty-six years ago. Since then only $50
persons have received ii, 517 OF them
soldiers or sailors and three OF them
civilians, who were acting la a mill
tary capacity when they did I'm the
face of the enemy" the gallant deed
which won them the cross
swanton. Vt, was the first place
where tiles were made In the United
States. Up to about 1s4S the only
tiles used were from Italy. In that year
Joseph Blake Of Swanton placed an
order with a New York firm for 1000
tiles, which were used on the floor of
the treemasCns' hall in New York.
In less than two years New York has
issued $132, 500, 600 of bonds, Offset to a
small extent, however. b. the payment
of maturing issues and by an accumu-
lating sinking fund. DeductIng the
sinking fund, the debt on Jan. l was
s472 $4,000 against S37s,OO0,OOO two
years before and $279,OOOOOO on Jan.
I, 1901.
The British government stands to lose
its naval reserve unless it changes re-
cent regulations which require twenty
eight consecutive days service at sea
on battleship each year. AS most Of
the men are engaged In liners and 9TH
er seagoing vessels, this gives them the
choice of leaving the reserve or losing
their ships.
Senator Pettus of Alabama was rid
ing through the state on a campaign
tour. He Is eighty-five years old, and
his eyesight is not as good as 1t once
was. He reached crossroad and
could not make out the signbcard.
"Can you tell me what that sign saysT
he'asked OF a man seated gu a log by
the roadside. II cannot" the man an
swered. I'm like yourself-I had
mighty little schoolin' when / was
young"
The solicItude shown by King Victor
Emmanuel III for his subjects during
the recent terrible eruptIons of Vesu-
vius was not OF a temporary kind.
Whenever there Is serious trouble Ia
Italy the king always betakes himself
to tie scene of the catastrophe and
does whatever he can TO relieve suffer
ing. HIS method Of quick response to
public sentiment moreS than any other
thing has made Victor one of the most
popular royalties In Europe.
Reports from Sweden that a league
has been formed there for the purpose
OF restraining extravaganza In wom-
ans dress have an Elizabethan ring
about them. In 1850 "the principal
citizens Of London were become so ex-
travagant in their dress that 1t was
thought necessary to restrain the
same" and the result was a proclama-
ton issued by her majesty against
excess of apparel. gold chains and
cloaks, the latter of which were made
so long that they reached down to the
heels"
One time G. G. Clemens, the we'll
known Topeka QKan.l lawyer, bad the
wrong en0 OF a lawsuit. He was re-
sorting to all the technicalities he could
evolve to help his client. Finally the