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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-17
Oklahoma,s Disgrace.

Milwaukee, Wis, July Enraged
because of the action Of his wife, W th
whom he is said to have frequently
quarreled, in bringing suit for divorce
Gust Albreeht. a rougher employed at
the Illinois Steel company, shot and
seriously wounded her and then shot
himself, dying instantly. The woman
may die also.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-17
NINE DIE IN a COLLAPSE
Building Falls to Pieces and Catches
"a Score of Persuasive Are
Seriously Injured.

london. Ont, July 17.-Nine per-
sons are known to have been killed,
two are missing and five are seriously
injured as the result of a building col
lapsing on Dundas street. The dead
are: w. T. Hamilton, clothing mer-
chant; Frank Smith, manager Brew
ster's store; Archie McCallum, photog-
rapher; Miss Clara Mullins, William
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-17
DIaiIle Is Only a Crank.

Paris, July 17.-Inquiries into the
life Of Jean Maille, the man charged
with attempted assassination of Presl-
dent Fallieres, show, if reports are
correct that he is crazy from brood
ing over imaginary wrongs. Nothing
has been found TO connect him in any
way with anarehism. Evidence has
been found TO show he did not fire at
the president but discharged his re-
voiver in the air.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-17
Ouida Is Sizzling wratbv.

Rome. July 16.-The Tribuna says
that the condition Of Louise de Ia
Rance (Ouida). the English novelist.
is much improved. She refuses to be
interviewed. and, the Tribuna adds, is
greatly enraged at what she terms the
exaggerations Of the British newspa-
pers concerning her health and circum-
EfaupaS
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26

Some startling discoveries have
been made recently in the excaya-
tons of Rome. which go to show that
that city ls-in a more real sense
than has been supposad-the Eternal
city. These discoveries carry the
mind far back of the poetical fancies
of Homer and Virgil, and appear to
tell OF a people more ancient than
the Trojans, who dispoIted them
selves on the seven hills before AJAX
and Achilles, Priam and Ulysses had
practiced chariot driving or invented
the wooden horse. Romulus and Re,
mus may have built wall, but if
they did they built the people of Nip
pur-on a sunken foundation.
Sig. Boni, who is by right of labor,
skill and time at the head of those
engaged in archaeological pursuits in
| the ancient capital, has for some
time commended that Rome was built
upon. a more ancient city, and that
the Romans succeeded another and a
different race Of people. His reason
for this was the discovery Of tombs
/ under the ia Sacra, which contain
the relics of an ancient race, witt
their pottery and ornaments. HIS
claim excited mucn discussion. but
similar tombs have been recently dis
| covered under the Palatine hill IN
large numbers and with more varied
/ assortment of relics
While taese discoveries are OF
great interest as indicating an carrier
history TO the Eternal city, especially
as they may be supplemented by
much more elah1ral- finds, they are
of greater interest in helping TO es
rablish certain important theories II
ethnology. No country on earth ha;
such varied interest as Italy fol
thJse who al trying to put together
the history of races. All varieties oil
the white races at one time or an
other found an abode in that peninsu
la. The general run OF the inhabitant:
today is totally unlike the races that
have existed there in earlier days
The traces and relics Of these latter
races are so distinct as to leave nj
doubt if their former finds in Rome
itself, if extended. may tremendously
add 70 the knowledge on the subject
Baltimore American
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26
LonufeIIoW's Acadia.

Evangeline's Acadian village lay In
the midst of IS fields, some little dis
lance from the water, but the modern
Grand Pre- runs down to the beach at
the mouth of the Gaspereau, where
the exiles were embarked scat
tering handful of whate cottages and
plashy farmyards. with weather beat
en- fishhouses and high, rickety
wharves along the river 1t might be
any one of the villages along the
lower connecticut river-Essex, for
instance. From the beach every cut
look is a luminous criticism of Long
fellow, showing how well his imagina-
ton caught the quality of the country
that he had never seen and how cur
iously he failed in placing and in com
bining the details of his yicafious In
formation. me British ships which
rode at anchor in the Gaspereau
mouth with their cannon pointed
against us must have been equipped
with modern artillery to reach the
ancient village Again, all the country
about Grand Pre- is marsh meadow
below the level of high tide. and re
claimed by the bikes of the early set
tiers from a mere salt marsh. Thers
is no primeval forest in the vicinity
Nor could there ever have been. And
the most famous description OF the
2oem-that wherein
the deep voiced neighboring
ocean, speaks and in accents discon
solate answers the wall of the for
est
is a beautiful defiance of geography
The basin OF Minas is as land locked
as New York harbor There is no
thing like surf within ten or fifteen
miles of Gaspereau valley, SO those
poetic pines must have had keen ears
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26
COLLEGE SPORT.

New York World President Eliot
of Harvard is nak:-.s no plea for the
mollycoddle when he tells the Asso-
citation of New York State colleges
that Harvard would be better off if
intercollegiate games were absolutely
stopped. He merely wishes that col
lege athletic sports should be as
clean as a hounds tooth
Now they are not. Cheating that r.
reparably lowers the moral standards
of impressionable young men, athletic
specialization which makes few men
muscle bound giants with oyertaxed
hearts and leaves the many weaklings,
the great cost of intercollegiate games,
the betting of rich students, the buy
ing Of promising youngsters from pre-
paratory schools are some of the evils
which not only work harm in colleges
but get into the public schools. and
there do immensely greater harm.
Harvard furnishes. one example OF
what school and college games shoul6
be. The new boat-house on the
Charles permits men to row under coi
lege colors who have no chance that
ever of making the crew" Eat who
dc get out of rowing fun Fad physical
benefit. In the Columbia boathouse
no one is welcome to row who is no
considered promising material The
whole theory of beneficial exercise is
turned upside down by insistence upor
contest as the sole end. What is
wanted is college sports and not the
college sport"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26
Careless Building.

We have often wondered at the
extreme economy which causes own
.ers of new buildings (and architects
may be dereliet as welD to chop TIE
fine pressed brick used on the street
face of the building sharply off at the
corners and to erect solid side walls OF
common brick, rough and entirely out
of harmony with the handsome col
ored brick used in front. 1t does not
appear to make much difference
" neither the building is put up in 8
nelghborhood where it is likely to
stand by itself for years to come, or
whether it sides on an alley where 2
neighboring building will never join
it Sometimes the face brick are ex
tended back three or four feet which
! helps matters only a little. The only
way in which an enjoyable view Of
such building may be had is to stand
exactly in front of it at all times which
lis a difficult and tedious thing TO do
A better way is to slip an ordinance
1 through a city council requesting own
Iers to carry their face brick back a
least fifteen feet on either side. Al
lowing for the building next door shut
lting off the extreme rear walls, thii
will give fairly satisfactory view t
the passer-by. and, thereby enhacc'
/ the beauty of the municipality.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26
Georqian Bay Canal.

A dispatch from Ottawa, Can, states
that the Georgian Bay canal commits
sion has practically completed, at
cost Of some 100000, a thorough sur
vey of the proposed twenty-one-foot
waterway from Georgian Bay to Mon
treal, via the French river, Nipssing
and the Ottawa river. The engineers
Of the commission have not compiled
final estimate as to the whole cost
of the canal, but from Information now
available it is stated that the total
expenditure required for continuous
and easily navigable waterway, with a
minimum depth of twenty-one feet
from Georgian Bay to tidewater, win
be close to $105,000,000, 1t is said
that the canal will shorten the dis
lance from Fort william, on Georgian
Bay. to Montreal, by over 400 miles.
It is estimated that with the com
pletion of the canal there will be
10000 horse power available along
its course-almost as much as is avail
able at Niagara With so much cheap
power available and with it's great re-
sources of iron ore and timber, the
ottawa valley is expected to become
one of the greatest manufacturing
centers of the continent Referring 10
the early construction of the canal,
Sir Wilfrid Laurier recently said that
lif he had the money to do SO he would
begin work immed ately.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26

fear getting wet If he lives in the
country. Horses. COWS, sheep. hogs,
dogs, peacocks-an evince certain pc
culiarities before a storm.
Suppose you are master of a skye
terrier or any other dog. No doubt
you have often seen him burying
bones; yel you never took notice OF
the fact that he did this shortly be
fore il rained.
In the days when man wandered
through the forests a savage creature,
clothed principally with sunshine and
smiles he took little care of the dog.
1t required all the efforts of the tribal
ancestor 10 take care of himself. Sc
the dog had to be on the lookout fol-
a "eainy day"
Dogs in those days lived mostly OF
fowls NoNr. in rainy weather fowl:
are hard to catch So the early pc
of man caught game before the rair
began and buried it, so he should no
die of hunger in case the storm con
tinued This instant still remain:
with the dogs.
i Horses become uneasy as storm
approaches. They fdget and neigf
limpatiently, in their stalls.
AS the sky becomes overcast asses
bray and show their asinine defianc'
lof the inevitable. Before a storm
cows lie down.
Some day you may walk into fell
and see a flock Of sheep in corne
with their backs turned to the north
west. If you wait long enough you
will see a wind blow up from tina
direction.
IA other times tie sheep run AMI
bound over the fields, rearing on thei
hind feet as if they were fghtin;
Imaginary foes. This indicates dis
lturbance of the atmosphere and thu
Iapproaeh OF brisk storm.
Hogs as would be typical of them
grunt before it rains.
When lions eat ravinously circu
trainers know there's going to be ba,
weather. Then they take particula
lpercaution in fastening the poles an,
ropes of circus tents.
Birds, also, evince feelings of dis
comfort before inclement weather
! Swallows fly low, rocks cav discol
dainty and peacocks and guinea hen
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26
WHERE SCIENCE LEADS.
Whisky No Cure At All For Snake
Bite.

Must we part with another delu-
sion? Who has not heard the story
told in perhaps a THOUSAND ways. OF
The man bitten by the ravttlesnake
whose life was saved bJ coploIs
doses of whiskey? Sometimes q
friend plays the part or good Samar
itaL by emptying tlis contents OF his
flask down the patients throat
Sonnet mes the victim himself, with
sublime GOODNESS and courage, If he
doesn't happen to have private bot
tie of his own, heads straight for the
drink dispensary and grizzly pours
down glass after glass Of the fiery
liquid until the reptilian poison IS
aeutralized. A prominent feature o;
the story always is that the liquid
has an intoxicating effect until its
additional work is completed.
Now comes out reptile book
| written by one DR.. Ditmars, curator
or reptiles in the New York zoolcgic
al park, in which he enumerates the
theory of whiskey as a cure for snake
bites among the numerous vulgar
common errors concerning serpents
On the contrary he AYERS that large
doses of this exhilariant in such cases
are exceedingly harmful
This assertion, coming from high
SC entific authority, is certainly rather
disturbing. The potency of good red
liquor IN Deutralizing deadly reptilian
venom is one of the current articles
| Of faith of every boy and man who
has not been spoiled by higher educa
ton. If it is false faith, how did il
originate?
Perhaps the prohibition advocates
VII tell US it is an idea put forth b!
the emissaries Of satan to pronogat'
the drink habit. More likely the camp
err the hunter and the praspector
realizing the soothing ] recupera
ton of a pull at the after ion.
days tramp, have come to belicy;
it is a universal panacea, and imagin
ed that it would cure snake b ties.
Now that DR.. Ditmars has set u!
thinking about the matter we canno
affirm that we ever personally kney
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26

of a snake bitten mans life being
saved by whiskey-nor have We any
neighbor who has such personal
knowledge But it was rather com
forting to believe that there was a
cure at once so palatable and easily
procured.
One by one the fort hcations of ola
King Barleycorn" are being battered
down. Once a tipping habit was re-
garded as mark of goodfellowship.
Sut in these days Of strenuous
achievement the Jolly dog" is NO
longer popular, even in convival
way. We go about our amusements
with solemn faces and eyes upon the
clock.
The majority of doctors now tel
us that alcohol drinks are not prop
erly stomach fluids. And chemists
have for years been edging towards
the opinion that they uo ..ot health
fully sustain the system by acting a.
| good substitutes for food.
The climax comes when the curat
or of reptiles tells us that it isn't I
venom annih lator. What next? Mus
We all tuIn prohibitionists, and ban
even good wine, which, Shakespeare
tells US, is "A good. familiar creatur'
J if it be well used" There is no tell
ng Of what science will lead to 4
it be given q free rein.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26

street, bloomsbury, taken by the
duchess for the benefit of reformed
prisoners, is now open. The duchess
further has shown her practical in
terest in the work of the church army
by ner determination to establish
creche in connection Herewith In
the midst of all this sociological work
the duchess finds time tn attend 20
the education Of her children. At the
end of this week, three months hay-
ing expired. the children are due to
return, by the terms of the separation
to their father
The duke and duchess have never
been known to meet since tht day the
terms of the separa, on were arrans-
ed. 1t is reported that the duchess
does not care to hear the dukes name
mentions and shows obvious irritation
when her personal affairs are discus
sed. Nearly every day she goes on a
round of visits, freueqntly calling on
The duchess expects to leave Lon
don June 10, proceeding to Venice.
where she joins her fathers yacht for
a cruise of the Mediterranean. After
ward, it is said, that if the yacht re-
turns to New York with her father
she may accompany him instead of
| crossing on a liner. Anyway, the
duchess stay in America will not be
long. She will re.urn in November. 1t
is evident that the duchtss. instead of
letting SUNDERLAND house. as she once
contemplated, intends maintaining it
in all its dignity and splendor and IS
determined not to allow her charit-
able interests to interfere with her
obligation to society
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26
FORTUNE. IN cuNRuNN,Ne.

The cartridges seized recently at
Newcastle, Sunderland, and else
where constitute but a small proper
ton OF those made on the continent
TO the order of the Russian revolution
aries, and intended to be smuggled
into Finland through England So
long ago as last July the British
government issued an official warning
to shipowners and masters against the
practice, doubtless at the bidding Of
the Russian intelligence department.
who are far better informed, because
more deeply concerned. In this matter
than we ourselves But it is an open
secret that the warning fell upon deaf
ears.
And no wonder. The profits are
enormous arA the risks small The
rifles, made mostly in Belgium. cost
sos apiece delivered in England, and
the revolutionary committees pay e5
for every one placed in their hands
and in IKE proportion for suitable am
munition
South Finland is where practically
all the cases of contraband arms anc
ammunition are consigned to. 1t is an
ideal smuggler's country; the interior
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26

little more than a huge labyrinth OF
lakes, morasses, breads, deep dykes.
and short, rapid streams called "fjar-
den"
The inhaJitants are Tevolutionaries
to q man, so that the slnrunners have
practically the whole countryside at
their beck and call, t. act as carriers
or as spies on the movements of the
"enemy"-that is to say, the cars
soldiers and policemen
The principal risk lies in getting
the cargoes landed, but in this con-
| nection it must be remembered that
the Russian revenue cruisers can
only lawfully overhaul neutral ships
inside their own territorial waters
Russia not being at war with any
| other nation, and having no power
consequently, to declare rifles and am
munition contraband upon the high
seas.-Pearson Weekly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26
Britain and Her Colonies.

The colonies are more likely to fall
apart and become independent COM
munities rather than portions Of con-
solidated empire. The national SEN
timent and the desire for the reten-
ton of some tie connecting them with
the mother country remain very
strong, but not strong enough to
blind them to what their commercial
interests are A policy satisfactory
to Australia might be most unaccept-
able 10 Canada and all the colonies
have become too much accustomed to
self-government to be willing to re-
linquish any power to imperial control.
1t seems probable that as new gen
erations arise, all of whose interests
and associations are in the countries
OF their birth. lie sentimental tie be.
tween empire and colonies viii
weaken. Washington Post.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26
Duchess of Marlborough
Now Grass Widow

The duchess of Marlborough is now
fairly settled into grass widowhood
consequent TO her separation from
the duke.
The duchess is no longer the sup
Ile, plant woman, ready to bend to
her husbands every wish and will In
stead her grace is showing astonish
ing business instinct. Sc manages en-
tlrely her own affairs and has huge
establishment at Sunderland house
under her direct personal control.
Her new existence is calling forth
what in her are strange qualities. She
has become little imperious and ex-
hibits less displays of temper that
previously were entirely foreign to
her. She still regularly receives her
legal adviser, the Hon. Charles Rus
sell, but mis- visits are unconcerned
with the duchess personal trouble
They now relate To the management
OF her recent fortune During the
duchess recent stay at Beaulieu the
duke could not resist the temptation
to stroll around ST nderland house
One dark night the duke stood under
the window OF his former private
| room staring up. and he made a mos,
pathetic figure His pride has been
thoroughly humbied. The duchess
heard that the duke had been hover
ing around 1un1erland.
TIE duchess is throwing herself with
unbounded zeal and enthusiasm into
| charitable works. Her interest in the
church army is keener than ever. Pre-
bondary Carlisle frequently visits the
| duchess. The house in Endsleigh
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26
No Puzzle to the Average Man.

The United States supreme court
divides six to three on tho question
whether men employed ca dredges
engaged in government work are
sailors or ordinary workmen. Six
judges say they are sailor and three
that they are not--the two Massachu-
sets members of the court dividing
and writing the opposing opinions.
It's queer question to divide so
august tribunal and seems to be
tray disposition therein to divide
where there is any possible excuse
for doing so. The average man who
has ever seen a dredge and knows of
the work 1t performs will be inclined
to side with Justice Moody and the
minority in the conclusion that men
employed thereon are no more sailors
than men working steam shovel
on the bank OF an inland canal. -
Springfield. Mass, Republican.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26
Respect for the Busy Bee.

The busy bee comes staggering
down the pike loaded with honey and
if you are in her direct path and she
Is tired and cross after long days
work at the lower show possibly she
hands you a little red on n the neck.
Yet the bee has no malice and may
he excused or the ground of mistake
I'm passing the lemon t. the innocent
bystander. Few people when suffering
from bee stings think what the bee
has been doing o make one pound
IF clover honey bees must deprive
81 600 clover blossoms OF Their nee
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26
The Facts.

Not long ago a city editor in OF
tumwa, Ia was told over the tele-
phone that prominent citizen had
just died suddenly. He called re
porter and told him to rush out and
get the story" Twenty minutes later
the reporter returned, sat down at his
desk and began to rattle off copy on
his typewriter.
We'll. what about it?" asked the
city editor.
"Oh, nothing much" replied the re-
porter, without looking up. "He was
walking along the street when he
suddenly clasped his hands to his
heart and said I'm going to diet Then
he leaned up against a fence and made
good Chestnut Tree in Everybody
Magazine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26
GIRLS AMBITION NOT HIGH.
Would Rather Marry Fighter Than
Know What Lies Beyond Alps.

WouIo Hather Marry Fighter Than
Know What Lies Beyond Alps.
A Kansas girl graduate, who had
been given the theme Beyond the
Alps Lies Italy" promulgated the fol
lowing:
Il don't care a cent whether Italy
lies beyond the Alps in Missouri.
do not expect to set the river on
fire with my future career. am glad
that have good education, but I
am not going to misuse it by writing
poetry or essays on the future wo-
man.
1T will enable me to correct the
grammar OF any lover may have
should he speak of orgs' in my pres
ence or seen man 1t will also
come in handy wheu want to figure
out now many pou13s of soap a wo-
man can get Tor thee dozen eggs at
the grocery. So | do not begrudge
the time l spent u acquiring it, But
my ambitions do not fly so high.
Il just want to marry man who
can lick anybody of his weight in the
township, who can run an. eighty-acre
farm and wlo has no female relatives
to come around and try to boss the
ranch. l will agree to cook dinners
for him that won't send him 20 an
early grave and lavish upon him a
wholesome affection and to see that
his razor has not been used to cut
broom wire when he wants to shave.
I'm view of all this do not care
II I Per a little rusty ON the rule Of
three and kindred things as the years
go by. Topeka Capital.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26

cry constantly Water fowls before
a rain make a bee line for lake or
river.
The weather has a noticeable effect
on fish of all kinds. Fishermen
viii tell you that trout become cleo
trifed with energy before storm. AS
if in joyful anticipation of feast,
sharks disport playfully about ships
before a hurricane rises.
Persons living near rivers or
streams can gauge the weather by the
croak Of frogs. AS the weather De
comes warm and dry or wet and dis
agreeable the frogs croak varies, as
cending and descending in the scale
of sound like a Detroit
| News-Tribune.