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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-11-04
DENT IN PLATE
CAUSES MANIA
RESTORED TO REASON FIFTEEN
YEARS AGO is AGAIN A
VICTIM,

Chicago, Oct. 2S.-Raylng and pray
ing in turn, Andrew Brendner is in
the county hospital awaiting the YER
dict of the surgeons as to whether he
will ever regain his senses.
A sm,ll silver plate which had been
placed III his skull fifteen years ago
to relieve the pressure on the brain
had restored him TO reason. Now a.
Is thought that this sheet of metal
has been bent as the result OF fair
and that Brendner's insanity is due
TO the accident
Science Restores Mind.
Brendner is a steel worker and has
lived for several years at S4 West
Lake street. Only a few OF his init
mate friends were aware that fifteen
years ago he sustained an injury to
his head which made him maniac.
For weeks he was delirious in Mercy
hospital. and for time It was thought
that he would have 10 be sent TO IN
insane asylum.
But science came &c his rescue and
eminent surgeons decided to relieve
the skull pressure ON the brain by In.
sorting a silver plate.
The latter was placed dir@ctiy under
the skull on the top cs the head. I'm.
der the fracture, and in the course OF
two or three days Brender became
rational and was fully restored 70 his
seuses. Some months later he was
able to resume his vocation as steel
WORKER and. with the terrible thought
OF insanity forever uppermost in his
mind. ne was more than careful in his
daily labor.
Fall Dents Plate.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-11-04
NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH.

Fennimore Man Almost Ground TO
Pieces by Train.
Boseobel, Wis, Oct 2S.-MeIvin
Scherer of Fennimore narrowly es-
eaped being ground to pieces by q
freight engine at Woodman yesterday.
AS il is, he suffered a broken arm and
several bad bruises about the body.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-11-04
Eall - plate.

on Monday night Breudner enter
tanned three friends in bis lodgings.
aad i was while bidding them good
night that he missed his fooslng and
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-11-04
How To
Gain Flesh

Persons have been known to
gain a pounda dQyby takingan
ounce of Scott S Emulsion. 1t
is strange, but it often happens.
Somehow the ounce produces
the pound; it seems to start
the digestive machinery going
properly, so that the patient is
able to digest and absorb his
ordinary food which he could
not do before, and that is the
way the gain is made.
A certain amount of flesh is
necessary for health; if you
have not got it you Can get it
by taking
SCOTS
EMULSION
Send this advertisement. together with name
ofpaper in which it appears. your address and
four cents to cover postage, and We will send
YOU Complete Handy Atlas of the World
SCOTT s BOVINE 400 Pearl St, New York
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
through The same experience again.
The trade has its laws. to which those
who want To get things done must


The trade has its laws, to which those
who want to get things done must
bow.
1T Is Il fallacy that Japan has an
abundance of skilled and cheap labor.
The employer here is always more or
less at the mercy OF his employees, AMI
must consult their convenience. not
MS. References of character from for
man says he is Il carpenter, black
smith. painter or Il printer: that liz
understands everything in his trade.
and that ne wants SO much per month,
the employer must take him at his
own valuation, and later find out what
he can or csnnot do
THE virtues OF the Japanese work
man are that he Is sober, polite and
Clearly. a way to carry on work With
him In a more or less satisfactory man
ner can nc found. He cannot under
himself into passion merely because
workman spoiis material or ruins
whole JOB. Neither can he account for
iinpatence when a task is not finished
on time. TO him Tomorrow has little
or no Significance: tomorrow or am
succession or to-morrows is just az
or spoils it, he is with the uimos-
good temper ready and willing 10 do
1T all over again. three or four times
II necessary. provided his pay goes on.
TO him, foreigners are strange beings
who have rare ideas and unaccountabie
sbims which are very difficult to IN
how any less or annoyance his cm-
pioyer may suffer can concern him He
regards any, show of temper or impa.
thence on the part of his master ~
a piece of vulsarity and III breeding
guilty.
be neither driven nor led. Considefute
treatment and an active interest In
his welfare never evoke show of
gratitude. or cause more pleasant rcla
AZ l 80. .F,Iar Gtsts.
passive resistance and resentment OF
the tact that the master earns more
than his man Therefore, the Japanese
premises for fixed wages or is em-
ployed outside. always looks upon his
employer MS hostile force to which
an unkind providence has delivered
him. He looks upon 1t as a duty to do
as little as possible, and to do that lit
tie in way most convenient to hinl-
There is no competition in the sup
ply of skilled labor in any branch
OF trade ~ industry. and consequently
no incentive to improve. Work is FREE
OF hands able and willing to do 1t. All
through Japan there Is an annual
waste OF many millions of dollars In
time, spoiled material and neglected
tools and machinery. All arguments
to prevent this waste are useless. and
there Is serious doubt whether they are
IS runed Wasted and thrown an a 1n
every year is probably more than the
total amount OF national and municipal
taxation. Those who might remedy
this sad state of affairs seem unable
or unwilling to inaugnrate an APP
prentice system which would afford
course OF systematic training and pro-
duce genuinely skilled labor.
mo matter how the figures of ex-
ports and imports may increase, and
no matter how many such desperate
and fallacious financial expedicnts as
monopoly mongerinE are undertaken.
Japan will always be out ut the ell
bows and down at the heels.''
(Copyrisht,e 1908, by Frederic j. Has
kim
To-morrow-The Last OF the Shoguns.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
New Kinds Of sunaowcr.

Samuel Alexander, of this city, in a
meeting here, made known his dis
covery of more than fifty new species
sunflower and twenty-five new species
of aster. Besides these. he has dis
covered a specimen of chelone ANTIGUA,
which has never been found before in
Michigan, and a Texas red oak. the
first in Michigan north of Palmer park,
and two enc hybrid oaks on Belle Isle.
An oak he discovered some twelve
years ago he has named for himself.
the Quercus AleXanderai.
{ Mr.. Alexander made the statement
that his achievements were greater
than those of any botanist who ever
lived in the State of Michigan or
worked In II. He said:
If had not come to Ann Arbor 1t
Is highly probable this,wonderful nor;,
would never have been known of, as
it's is rapidly disappearing. by the raw
cries OF mine We're found in the streets
OF the city, right in tho shadow of the
University OF Michigan"
Mr.. Alexander came to Ann Arbor in
1900, and considers this particular vi
cinity the most prolific in the matter
Ct new botanical finds" ofEany OF the
states cast OF the Rocky Mountains
Detroit Free Press
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
NH. nEAnsrs MEMORY.

BY shameless exercise of the brute
strength of numbers. Charles #. Muir
ply, the Tammany leader. unscated
Patrick McCarren and the Brooklyn
delegates. II is admitted that McCar-
rem was beaten by as outrageous
thievery and thuggery as has ever been
seen in New York But he who sups
With the Devil needs long spoon, as
McCarren found when he met Murphy.
and the desire of Tammany for the
rich spoil of Brooklyn sealed the fate
of tho erstwhile Brooklyn boss. 1t is
a sordid story of political piracy. whert
one time shipmates under the black
flag fell out. 1t remains TO be seen
whether honest men will come by their
own. Meanwhile those whose memo
ries extend as far back as September
1905, recall how the same Charles f.
Murphy by the same tactics delivered
the Democracy of New York, bound
hand and foot, to tho nomination and
support of w. r. Hearst for Governo,
of New York.
Then Democracy. according to Mr.
Hearst's papers, "stood for the prin.
Sciples of Jefferson and Jackson" de
spite the fact that those same paper!
had threatened few months before
To put Murphy behind the bars. TO
day the consistently high-minded. un
biased and impartial journals of NJ,
Aearsts make this caustic comment:
* sThe McCarren machine is the off
spring and pupil Of the Tammany ma
Chine. At learned its morals and iii
methods from the parent organizat ton
OF which IT Is a part. Having, both o.
them, been engaged SO long in TIL
business OF bullying and stuffing bal
lot boxes against other people. 1t Il
neither strange nor Illogical that the.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
A DEATH-BLow TO BOSTON.

In the agitated pic controversy which
swept the country a few months ago,
when Boston's claims to the pie-belt
were 50 ANONYMOUSLY puncturcd. many
OF our readers holly argued that that
city really had no taste in pastry what
ever. Through centuries of chewing
Upon the tough. yet watery. products
OF Massachusetts, these argued, Bos-
tons palate had become so hopelessly
depravel that never again could it
tell pie from whitleather, save only by
the look of 1t. This paper contended.
or the other hand, that though the
Boston pie-taste was vitiated indeed.
yet by hard exercise in the open air,
daily massage and steady practice OH
pies as were pies, 1t might some day
be developed into something remotely
approaching the Old Virginia article.
Now, in the lapse of time, comes
patches Of Thursday tell us that Frank S.
Chick, of Boston, has just given a strictly
pie dinner. There were eleven courses at
this memorable dinner, and every
course was a pie. The fact that the
affair took place at Hot Springs, Va.
makes its significance Irresistible. Mr..
| Chick. Il Boston-bred man, had hith-
erto, for obvious reasons, known moth
ing of the possibilities of pie. He came
| to Virginia and his pie-horizon wild
ened, suddenly, incredibly. New worlds
of gastronomic delight unfolded before
| his dazzled eyes. Novel sources OF
epicurean ecstasy awaited him daily
or the bounteous board. Dinner. which
! in Boston is tedious and utilitnrian
affair at best, became transformed into
a glorious and radiant ritual, halcyon.
ineffable and divine. In short, Mr..
Chick met Old Virginia pie face to face,
ard he was rapturously its.
| Let none say hereafter, therefore,
that Boston does not know pie when
it sees it. Chick. the gallant Chick, has
| forever vindicated his home towns
connisseurship. But whether that town
can survive the terrific body blow
which the demonstration involved time
alone can show.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
Quecn.l,crry wroth n Auto.

The Marquis of Queensberry is, of
course, a lover of the horse and it
happens That he hates the automobile
as much us he likes the racer or road
ster The marquis deplores the fact
that no legislation mas followed the
report of the royal commission on mo-
tor traffic. II say" he writes in the
Daily News, that the dangers from
motor traffic are increasing. not de-
crcasng; that 1t is daily occurrence
that child. elderly person, or even
an active man is slaughtered by these
licensed maniacs." The marquis COM
pares the horse and the motor. He had
been told that the horse killed as
many children and adults as the mo-
tor.
"All can say is that from time i'm
memorial my family has been connect
ed with horses, and not one OF us has
ever killed human being by wanton
driving or riding, and yet j know q
score OF people who have killed their
fellow-creatures with motors, and T
know quite another score of friends
who have been manned and injured By
them"
He warns the authorities that II any
member Of his family should meet with
q fatal injury he will take the law into
his own hands, and abide. by a jury
of his fellOw-cOuntrymen,- and whether
the driver be prince or splendid pauper
will not avail him. News
Times
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The new battleship New Hampshire wa,
placed IN commission Thursday.
Norway has now cabinet under the pre-
riiership of Gunnar Knudsen.
Forty-scven arrests were made in Berlin
In connection with the suffrage demonstra-
ticns.
The most exclusive thing of che sort is The
Jockey Club, of England. 1t has only sew
enty members. including the King.
NJ. Sakatani, former Japanese Minister OF
Finance has sailed on the japanese steamer
NaSa on tour OF America.
New York paid last year $4,000 900 in in.
trrest and will pay this year s24O0o. 900
about the same the Federal government.
The Frankfort Gazette announces the con-
s.ruction OF an electric railroad to connect
the city of Mannheim with the town OF
Duerkheim. Germany.
In Maytields Cave. in Indiana A. M. Banta
nus captured thirty-three species of flies
CIVIC of them new to science), thirty specie
OF other Insects and twenty one species o,
the spider class.
y. ogden Armour has donated $4,000 tc
Inc si,ooo.Oo0 anniversary fund of the Young
Mems Christian Association in Chicago His
gil: raises the total so far contributed IL
$3.50. 000 ~. ~
HAL Cane is an extensive Manx land.
owner, possessing several large farms, hav.
iES successfully reclaimed tracts of bog laut
| IN the vicinity of Suby which have beer
| brought under profitable cultivation,
| AHA grass, of which 100000 tons yearl,
are already exported from Algeria. is use,
IN France for coarse wrapping paper. bu
IN England for printing paper. Alocs from
Nerth Africa, seven or eight times MS eX
pensive. furnish material for high grad
papers.
L. Perkins. a Now York architect ha
been awarded first prize of $4,000 In tn
| competition for plans for tho proposed $500
Voo capitol building to be erected In Sal
Juan. Porto Rico, Richard Abbott, OF Bus
ton, got the second prize OF $4,000. and II
!" Beadel. OF New York. the third prize o
| sl.oo0. There We're l35 competi tors
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
Wages In samoa

A memorandum drawn up by tho
the estimates for the Information Of
the members Of the Reichstag, contains
a statement of the present condition Of
me labor question in Samoa, in which
was formerly entirely lependent upon
samoan workmen, Willie now the major
part or the work at most of the planta-
IONS Is done by Chinese imported for
ceiHes in wages S2.SO q month. The
.olal cost Of each TO the employer. tile
report states including wages main
.ehance, passage money and medical
to $ll.90 per month"; Consular5 Reports.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
A Book Accident.

When NJ. Henri. quaint and shabby
mlser OF three score and ten, died in
faris. a little while ago, the closest
search for treasure revealed nothing
more valuable than two shelves OF dim
gy-lookins books, which were sold.
with his few sticks OF furniture, to
pay his funeral expenses. When the
buyer OF the books examined his pur-
chase he discovered to his amazement
unique in The whole history of books
every page In each of them consisting
>of a E5 sterling note OF the Bank Of
England. In all there We're $40 pages
& neat accident OF sso,boo,-New York
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18

Outsiders, of course. lack the deli
cious incentive to play the spender
afforded to Richmond through It's little
star-eycI blondes; but whatever the
ladyfrien's of the barbarans may be
IKE, they Will be certain to bestow
their hearts affection upon the wise
and thoughtful lover who comes across
on Sunday with one of the incompara-
bic Bill Skillit Easterlilies.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
The Worst Ever,

A New York theatrical critic says
the Anna Held kiss is simply smack
of anarchy" In order to cnrage the
photographers, we will state that more
or less riotousness is usually to be ex-
pected of an Anna kissed.-Houston
Post.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18

In asserting that Senator Thomas
Platt is the only man in the country
who can maintain an undignified ST.
lence, possibly we did an unintentiona,
injustice TO George 3. Cortelyou. the
retiring, that IS to say. the modest,
vice-president of the washington Hold
fast Club.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
PITY the sorrow. Of the Poor.

Carnegie says he does not smoke
because he cannot afford to do so.
oysterless Rockefeller family.-Chi-
cage Journal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
On the Ten-P..ty Line.

Suddenly the alarm clock went off.
The sleeper, half awake, listened.
Its only one ring" he said. ours
is four rings"
Whereupon he went to sleep again
and missed his train.-Chicago Tribune.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
Didn't SANDER Him.

Merchant See here, I'm told you've
pecn slandering my business.
say?
!, Merehant7.rhat the pepper i sold
Bohemian - - I''s'8 ~ )
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18

TO the Photographers Union: An an,
rlicant for naturalization at Franklin
Pa, told his examiner. in reply to 4
question. that God made Congress.
Come on, fellers!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18

In the opinion Of tho Liverpool Post
true oratory us declining" Esteemed
contemporary should draw comfort
from the fact that the true orator
never does.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
The Reason.

II ever there was convention where the
power of the uninstructed delegate will be
great. not only in the choice of the candi-
date. but In writing the platform, 1t Will be
az Denver. The appreciation of this fact
| Is the stumbling block in the way OF those
who want no elaboration by the representa-
ttves of the people in convention assembled.
The Times Dispatch
Here is the reason an uninstructcd dele
cation is wanted in Nirglnia,-Amherst New
-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18

We are greatly relieved by the re-
port of the New York Mail that the
Sirlwife OF Nlilwaukec's child Mayor
has been married to him nine years.
The girlwife Of the average man fea-
tured in the newspapers has been such
for from seventeen to thirty nine years.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18

have at last come TO tho infamy of
stufling ballot boxes against cacl,
other. II is nj and appropriate cul-
minatioii to the long series OF political
debnuchcrcs of either organization
that they lave turned their evil
methods against each other and that
their shameless quarrels hive exposed
their ncfarious system to tile public.
Even II consistency--thc unknown
Jewel FOR tho millionaire editor with
the insatiate thirst for ofllcc--hnd kept
the Hearst papers silent, the reputable
Democrats would lave felt no less the
ignominy OF making a great party
simply tool In the hands of an I'M
scrupulous boss.
MAKE THE TRANSFERS SENSIBLE.
Technical legal objections have al
ready been carried so far in New York
that no transfers at all are Issued, Tile
hardship that this ruling works on
those who are compelled to use the
street cars is very great. and the eff
fort to have the transfers restored is
proportionately strong. Back behind
ali legal refinoments' lies the great
fact that street car lines have the
enormously valuable right of using the
city streets for their roadbed.
The public feels the inherent justice
of demanding transfers, and that sort
of justice usually gets its demands.
Here In Richmond we still have trans
fers, but they are given in way TINT
unnecessarily, and as we think most
unwisely, restricts their use.
The foolish distinction between the
Traction and Passenger and Power
lines has been abolished already by al
lowing the passenger to choose his
transfer at the time he pays his fare.
Why should he not be allowed to
choose 1t when the car he wants comes
by?
The opposition may be strong. but
the present unreasonable restrictions
on transfers will have to go.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18

"The record of every Congressman
will be scrutinized." says Sam Gompers.
significantly. and Mr.. Lttlefeld smiles
the immune smile OF utter. dontcaro
nonchalance
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18

The Washington Herald, which says
that Nine. Geuld's approaching mar.
riage Is nobody's business" has ap,
pnrently failed to catch the Partisan
point OF view.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
Emporln's Great Issue,

what position Is Mr. Taft going 10
take With reference to the question OF
permitting chickens to run AT large?----
5Emporla Gazette. x '..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18

Nevertheless, though with tears of
regret in his eyes. Mr.. Roosevelt must
face the knowledge that Senator For
aker Is the noblest Brownsvlllain OF
them all.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18

Tho curse OF Alfred Austin's life Is
that his newest poem is always bitterly
criticized by lot Of people who haven't
read IT..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
King EdMarlS Only ootdoor Gang,

A contemporary announces that the
King has taken 'hls golf clubs To
Biarritz," ana that he will spend fine
mornings on the links. 1t so happens
that the King is not g golfer. The
only outdoor game played by Ills
Majesty is rroqpet, which he likes Very
imuch.--L london Truth, "a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18

Above the din of the market. plac.
may be heard from afar the sizz of the
iceman as he thirstily whets his price
lists
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
The Inndcl Bee.
sARcAsTlSG THE TIMEs-D1srATcn.

CIT HE employers liability bill passed
like limited express through Birt
Centre" says the Richmond Times
Dispatch. Now let US hope that 1T Will no
dash into the Supreme Court and get wreck
ed again-Bristol Herald Courier.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18

NehtIe' says the ltlCnn1Onu Times
Dispatch Now let us hope that 1T VIII not
dash into the Supreme Court and get wreck
ed again.-Bristol Herald-Courier.
As we read the signs, whole lot of fav-
orite sons are destined to lose their mothers
Dispatch. And will be willing to trade their
birthright for a mess OF pottage.-Brockton
tSlassD Times.
Henry sydnor Harrison calls Richmond
the grub hub" OF the world We supoose
that the grub bubbles there have siren
uous time digging for their small comet eyed
a!fino wives-Houston Post.
Editor Watterson says they are selling
wcmen's hats by the acre in Louisville, and
the Richmond Times Dispatch says that in
Richmonds paradise of credit they are sell
Ing them by the month.-Atanta Constitu-
ten.
The Houston Post refers to Sherbie Beck
e: as the "thc child Mayor of Milwaukee
We hereby instruct the New York Mail ia
leok into the situation out there and report
10 the union whether or not Shcrbie has a
ririwife.--RIchmond Times Dispatch He
certainly has. She was Irene Smith, and
she has been Mrs. Sherble for nine years.
New York Mail
We are surprised to observe that write,
in the esteemed Richmond Times Dispatch
refers to the late maiden postmistress there
ss Mrs Van Lew She was supposed te
he unmarried when she died. but the writer
probably believes in marriage in heaven
Merry Widow hats, which crowd male
escorts out into the gutter are not consId.
eiec good form hereabouts," says the Rich.
mond Times-Dispatch. Speaking of the
fc,ms of the hats or Of the widows, which
columbus Enquirer Sun
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18

However. probably two new battle
ships will be enough to steer The coun-
try safely through any further social
wars that may arise,