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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28
The Days Fable.

One sgy. when tbe auim1is NJ the for
est were ~ peaoe With earh other and
c0HteHiment reigned the Bear met the
Buffalo aud observed
The Tiger was telling ME very cBri-
Gus thing yesterday, lie said that when
we laid down - sleep our feet went to
sleep Arst What Do you thiitk Of IT,
I'm. don't believe Il. was the reply.
But II may be 80
And IL may not be so I'm not going
70 accept any sgcb thing simply because
the Tiger says 30.
We'll lets ask The Elephant.
The Elephant was asked to give bis
opinion. aud fter thinking It over for
a spell BE ani
u thlak the Tiger IS wrong. think
the head goes to steep Grst an quite
sure that mine does
The Bear WASH satisfied With this de-
cisl0u Bud demanded shat other 0himslB
be heard u f8u- cHmo about that the
Zebra the Rh H9cpr0s the Buck the Dog
aud most eFrry other anluiai iHhabltiug
the forest was drawn into the argument.
II 5000 ceased 70 10 an argument and
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28
How a Cat CAUGHT Two Bats.

| once had cat who did a rather
remarkable rafting feat He sta1ked
two young rats on the caves of a low
fiat stable roof, and crughl one in the
usual way. The other jumped on to
a elderberry tree just below. Bob
however, not satisfied with the one
grasped it firmly in his mouth. and
then jumped headlong for the other
Either ne was very lucky or extraor
dinarily agile, for he fell to the
ground with one rat still in his mouth
and the other in his paws. and
promptly killed them both.--The Scots
man.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28

! surrey expected him 70 reply. hut he
turned lis shoulder 10 me and looked
out of the window
rs it year opinion that the farmer has
felt the hard times as much as the trades.
menu
He gave himself an impatient shake,
bat made no reply. waited Isc min
utes and then asked;
We'll, how are things political 10 yoGs
neighhorliood
That fetched him f4e wheeled around
to me. and with anxiety Ia ever line VI
his face be asked
Who do you think Is going to be
electedT'
why, Blank, Of course, naming my
own candidate.
For sureI"
Dead sure
Then shake Shake again I'm thun.
dering glad To have met YOU. I've got
90 cents bet on Blank. aud vas afraid
| was going TO Use IL. and wondering
what | would d. this winter II | did"
JOE KERR.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28

wash and starch ready for ironing all
ordinary articles of clothing at prices
ranging from two to five cents each.
fhis new plan will give added indie
pehdence to many homes. It now
costs US from dollar and a half to
dollar and sixty cents per day for
lDe services Of wash LADY," when
We add the cost of her meals, of soap.
starch, blueing and fire to heat the
"atoi' TO sly nothing of the odor and
general turmo. which wash day. en-.
tails IN many homes, there is no doubt
numerous housewives who dis
cover as time goes on that they can
Danish wash day" from the house
without any extra outlay.
The ever-increasing use of gas in
cooking. both winter and summer. Is
another boon for the Housewife. Be
fore Icing We shall all add the wonder
full heatless cookers 10 our kitchen
outfits. These require the food
merely brought to the boiling point
and then Enclosed III the non-oonduct.
ing compartments, where it keeps on
cooking as long as desired.
Once there was a housewife who
IN building a new home. bestowed
sepeial care on ner kitchen. for
said she, Il intend to plan it to make
my iahors Just as light as possible if
chance to be without maid" The
sequel was natural, she never had the
least trouble in keeping help Her
ideal appliances were not the whole
cause for this.
Many capable women expect too
much of their domestics. These helm.
ers, often so untiring and faithful
should be given much of the same
thoughtful consideration as children
and always encouraged by judiciously
bestowed praise A carping. fault.
finding mistress cannot secure the
best efforts of her helpers. For. to
quote John Ruskin once more:
Woman's power is for rule, not for
battle land her intellect is not for in
Vention or creation, but for sweet or.
dering. arrangement and decision.
She sees the qualities of things. their
claims and their places. Her great
junction is praise"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28

In the Black Museum at New Scot
land Yards is fragment OF a button
found on the windowsill of a house
which had been entered by burglars
It was the only clew the police had
to work on, but in the hands OF a
keen-eyed young constable It led to
the arrest OF its owner whom the
constable met casually in the street
wearing the very waistcoat with its
broken button Of which the fragment
had formed a part. The murderer Of
Mr., Delarue In Belsize Lane. Hamp
stead, some years ago, was brought
to the gallows through the instru
mentality OF a macintosh button
found near the body OF his victim
Westminster Gazette,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28

tremely light construction with lit
tie or no furniture in It.
Furnishings may not be abundant
in the Filipino home, said DIR. Akin
son, but there is never lacking the
little altar with images, OF pictures
Of saints for use in their devotions.
The Christianized natives, as might
be expected, from their Malayan orr
giu, hold tenaciously to certain super
Stitions, which seem to be insepara-
Bile from Malay character. For in
stance, the Christianized natives of
the lower class share the idea that
seems to prevail among all Malays
that the soul OF the body is absent
from the body during sleep, and if
death occurs at that time, the soul
is lost May you die during sleep is
one of the most dreadful of their
numerous curses. Naturally they
they think it dangerous to awaken
anybody suddenly so 1t is hard to get
Filipino servant TO wake any mem
Der of his masters family.
Now a word or two as to their po-
litical capacity. | wish that every
one at home could be led 10 agree
with the opinion of every American in
the Philippines Of whatever party,
that democratic principles of govern.
ment have 10 be considerably modi.
fed when the people to be governed
have the racial qualities. traditions
and history of the Filipinos. The
Philippine archipelago is not the
United States with few centuries
leeway to make up. The fact that
the talk of independence bears A Ger.
tain resemblance to the discussion
preceding our war of independence is
apt to mislead. am compelled to
say that there is nothing of the spirit
of trustworthiness necessary for a
Self-governing people. False ideas
and false ideals have been incor-
porated into their character. Mutual
respect and confidence are lacking.
as are also a spirit of order and the
idea of equality before the law of all
The citizens. The governing Fillpinos
have the defects of most orientals
aud II would not be fair to Judge them
100 hardly. As regards truth and
honesty they are at worst not inferior
to the average Asiatic. though falling
considerably below the New England
standard"
In conclusion the speaker discussed
The problems American educators win
have TO grasp and solve in educating
the Filipinos according to American
standards.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28
NEWEST BABY IN
OUR BIG FAMILY
Or. ATKINSON DWELLs ON THE
PHILIPPINES. CLIMATE
ENERVATlNG.
NATIVES ARE INDoLENT-sPl
DENIES PREvALENT-TRIEAL
CHARACTERISTICS.

Brooklyn Eagle,-Dr Frederick w.
Atkinson. president of the Polytech-
mic Institute, was the guest of the
Church club of the diocese of Long
island at its club rooms, last night.
and he delivered an interesting and
instructive paper on the Philippines.
The members of the club turned out
IN force TO listen to DR.. Atkinson.
who was a member of the Taft com
mission, appointed by President
Mckinley, and he was nearly three
years in the Philippines, from June,
1900.
President Davis introduced the
speaker who was listened to with
close attention and was frequently ap-
plauded.
Our Philippine country is the new.
est baby in our political family said
DR.. Atkinson in opening. I'VE didn't
expect him, but we have him. We
don't like his complexion or his
features but he may outgrow them.
He M-snt always been a good baby
and we lost a lot of sleep on his ac.
count He's been a costly mortal.
nut that is not unusual 1t will be a
long time before he will be able TO
add anything to the family treasury.
After all, those of us who have had
to care for him have begun to like
him just little and look forward to
the time when We may take paternal
pride in his achievements"
DR.. Atkinson then discussed In an
able way the area and physical as.
pect of that far off part of the United
States declaring that the reason for
the stationary condition of the Phil
ippine civilization was because of the
insular and mountainous character Of
the country, which also made, he
said. the phililogical and political
differences so mhrked.
Philippine climate is so enervat-
ing, he continued ITO this fact is
due, in part, the Incidence of the ma.
! tive. The temperature of the Philip
pine islands is high and uniform and
its atmosphere is generally loaded
with moisture. They are covered
with a luxuriant vegetation and are
subject to earthquakes. Certain
other geographical facts should be
borne in mind-the great distance of
1900 miles from the home govern.
ment, the external water area under
Philippine jurisdiction, the lack of
adequate land and inter-island com
munication, the prevalence of cpl
denies, destroying man and beast.
| and the occurrence of typhoons and
tornadoes destructive to shipping and
disastrous to crops We have in the
Philippines not a homogeneous peo-
pie, but a heterogeneous array Of
some 60 or so tribes"
The speaker told in detail the diff
ferences between the tribes and ex.
planned their characteristics before
taking up the question of self govern.
ment TO discuss Upon this, he said
| that there is nothing in their origin.
history or present condition to sug-
gest the idea of political cohesion or
| national fusion. A description of the
/ home life of the natives was also an
interesting part of DR.. Atkinson's adj
dress. This home life he showed was
extremely primitive, the members of
family eating with their fingers
from common dish and sleeping to-
gether in one room in house of ex-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28

became dispute Then the disputants
became angry because they could not con.
vince each other, and within a day all
peace WIS a. an erd The Lion was the
only beast not drawn iuto the quarrel
lie WIS away on Journey, and as soon
as be reiurueI home he called upon his
subjects - assemble In his presence.
when they hHd done so be said
"Ihe question that hHs agitated yon
and brought nj. ut 30 much hnrd feeling
81: Does tn h~ or tie feet 20 to sleep
hfatT "
Yes. ihat's The qncsitoni" roared all
the a1hnais be- blBs
Aud without attempting 10 decide II
I am going io ask sou What d ference
f. makes 81 long as your whole body
gets 90 sieep5
MORALS.
Invite a fuBn 81 argument ard you To-
vite bin 10 dispute
The more opinions yHu heye Oh 3H al
stfnct question the uara Jon betog II
Il is over what we ~ least about
that ne are The most stieDuous.
JOE KERR
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28
How to Explaln.

The dissatisfied voter had dropped
out of his regular party and tried
something else at the previous cleo
ton. When he appeared to register
tor the next primary there was some
hitch in the proceedings.
Didn't you? vote the prohibition tic.
ket last time inquired the clerk.
Yes" responded the voter, un.
abashed
How do you explain that?'
Well, you see" he explained. with
charming frankness. Il was drunk at
the time and didn't know what ] was
doing"
The clerk accepted the explanation
as quiet satisfactory and took min
back into the fold again. Lippincott's
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28
He Woke Up.

las the railroad coach was crowded
had to take a seat alongside a young
man Of about %, who seemed to be
from the agri' ura districts, and who
gave me no attention whatever when I
dropped into the seat. After con
temptuous indifference on his part tor five
minutes I observed;
This is beautiful weather for harvest.
ing the cropsg'
He replied with a grunt, but did not
look at me.
They say that the potat" crop is
big one" | continued.
He hitched about bat said nothing.
I'm sorry that the app crop Is not
larger. Good apples are going to be
scarce and high this fail
He may have been sorry, too. but he
didn't say so. Thinking had made
mistake as to his being a farmer.
switched on and said:
Seems to me there IS q decided Inn
provement In the times Don't you think
we have seen the worst OF the pinchF
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28
SOLVE PROBLEM
OF DOMESTIC HELP
MISTRESS MUST LEARN TO BE
WORTHY OF BEING
SERVED.
KINDNESS, CONSISTENCY. DIG.
NIFTY AND GOOD MANAGE
MENT ESSENTIAL.

The bane OF housekeepers is the in.
competent domestics who have been
able to SECURE high wages from
equally incompetent mistresses If
women should come to consider it a
serious reflection upon themselves
and their homes to make frequent
changes in help. and should also re-
fuse to pay top wages to ignorant
maids who are unwilling D learn. the
ch-discussed servant question"
would cease to torment.
In hours of domestic DISCOURAGE
ment homemakers would do well to
read what Ruskin says of social sci
ence as applied to the home. THE
peace of the household he says, lis
somewhat dependent upon the AMIGA
bility OF relation between mistress
and maid. Indeed. the question of
domestic service is one which every
true housewife must have pondered
for long. ottentimes in the spirit of
despair" He bids us remember that
There is only one way to have good
servants; that is, to be owrthy of be-
ing served All nature and ALI hu.
manity will serve good master and
rebel against an ignoble one And
there is no surer test of the quality
OF nation than the quality of its
servants; that is, to be worthy of be
shadows, and distort their faults in a
fiattened mimicry.
Housewife Has Her Duties.
II every housewife would mike
sure that she is worthy TO be well
served and so train her children that
they. too, are worthy of service,
there would no longer be complaints
heard of impudent domestlcs. Let
the housewife also see to it that she
has knowledge of TIC household
practical knowledge--as the captain
of ship and such knowledge will
win for her respect and obedience on
the part OF those whom she employs.
Is It not suggestive fact that we
find from the biographies of our
worthiest men and women that they
changed servants seldom and that
those who thus served them loved
them as their own lives"
Rnskin also Insists that we must
recognize the ability of all workers to
think and not degrade them by treat.
ing them as mere tools, unable to use
their brains The mistress who con
fers with her maid in the planning of
work and meals can secure far better
service than one who merely lays
down series of cast iron rules or
orders.
There are now so many ways of
tightening the household labors. that
with good planning no one need be
over-worked Shirts and collars and
cuffs always so TO the laundry Ey.
cry woman who has looked carefully
into the subject, knows It is no econ
omy TO have fiat laundry work done
at home. In large families all fiat
work, which includes the pieces
which can be ironed with a mangle.
should be ent to laundry Small
or medium sized families find it
enough to send bedding and table
cloths. 1t is true these articles are
easy to wash, but on the other hand.
sheets and tablecloths are the most
cumbersome pieces to handle. and the
| difficulty of getting them dry in bad
weather should be cons idered.
Ways to Tighten Work.
The other day an enterprising LAM
! dry sent out price list Offering to
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28

While the lady. she whose entrance had
such Wild eommotion made
Turned to the grinning Office boy. the
only one tnat stayed.
Aud said as " IN these events she o.
ticed nothing strange.
II want q man Ga come around s0d Gx
my Kitchen range
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28
The HabituaI Boarder.

Yes, sir. some days have seen
10000 people bathing at once"
Gosh It's lucky they don't have
to wait their turn o use the ocean. -
Kansas City Journal
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28
FACTS ABOUT THE
FLYING WR|GHTS
HAVE HAD NO ADVANTAGES TO
ASSIST THEM IN
THEIR WORK.
a TALE OF DoeeED PERSISTENCE
IN THE MIDST OF DIscoUR-
AGING CIRCUMSTANCES.

twenty years ago scientific author
tiles could demonstrate by mathe-
mates that mechanical fight was a
physical impossibility Today it has
been shown that man can fly, even
though insecurity, for a distance of
fifty miles. For this we are chiefly
indebted TO the Brothers Wright. a
couple of quiet and unassuming BIZ
cycle makers from DAYTON, o. There
the brothers set up a little shop as a
means Of livelihood, and there they
worked out the solution of the prob
lem of human flight by mechanical
means.
So much has been written about
the Wrights, silent and modest
though they have been about their
studies of the air, that it is hard to
separate the true from the fanciful
One fact, however, stands out in re-
gard to their success. Il has been
the result of careful scientific investi-
CATION, tireless zeal in the face of ap-
parently insurmountable difficulties,
and not the caprice of luck or the
outcome of dare-deviltry. The
Wrfghts are students, not adventur-
ers, cautious experimenters with moth
ing of recklessness. Their profess
sion. which began as their pastime,
has been pursued with serious aim,
disregard for heroics and Indifference
to public clamor for specific ular races
and fancy exhibitions. Today the
governments of the world are clamor-
ing for an opportunity to get their
ideas.
Recently, in taking out patents in
France, the brothers made public
most of the detail measurements and
devices of their machine; but they
say t--ey have no fear of an appropria-
ton of the designs, on the theory
that they have retained in their heads
enough technical knowledge of the
invention 10 render its successful
copying impossible for any one who
( has not given the same years of hard
study to the subject that they have
given.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28

Hydraulic presses are used in Eng
land for making seamless steel boat
hills
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28

Mrs Maitson senator sBoddgrass
Kissed both wy children yesterday
Mrs Jellgss Yes these politician will
do tte most obuorlous things about cleo
tiou time
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28
AS Boys in Dayton.

10 GSJS tH OdyIoU'
III appearance Orville and Wilbur
Wright would pass for merchants or
clerks in some inland city, and that
approximates what they were before
their entrance into the flying field.
n The sons of a bishop of the United
$ Brethren Church, with no inherited
1 means, they searched about for
means of livelihood. As boys they
had been fond of mechanics, and they
drifted into that line of work in the
course of the bicycle craze. In their
shop, at Dayton, O., they make a good
living, mostly at repair work They
built bicycles, too buying the stand
ard pieces from large factories and
putting them together. From child
hood they had experimental with
kites, but there had been no thought
of seriously studying aviation until
twelve years ago Beginning their
investigations on small scale. with
the pernsal of all the books on the
subject as starter, until they were
familiar with the achievements OF
Lilienthal, Mouillard, Chanute, Pro
fessor Langley, Sir Hiram Maxim,
and the other would-be air navigators
in the aeroplane division, they finally
undertook to maze a flying machine
That was when they still made BIZ
!. cycles. Since then they have built
many aeroplanes, each an improve
ment on the other
One must hear the Wrights de
scribe their slow progress in order
to realize the hugeness of their task.
Between machines, there were
months of research and study They
found that nobody had yet formulated
properly the action of air currents
against surfaces Of different shapes.
placed at different angles; that the
slightest variation of the angles or
curves of a flying machines wing
meant new and hitherto undreamed-
of complications for the aviator.
They tested many times the effect of
the wind upon each kind of aeroplane.
each size of tail or rudder, each
weight of propellers and machinery.
They met winds of various force,
sailed against and with them. and
studied the effect of stray gust and
steady blow upon their machine un-
der every conceivable condition.
Time and again they discovered that
some supposedly established theory
of their predecessors must be laid
aside as ridiculous. They were, in
short, exploring a region in which ev-
cry so-called fact had been only half
verified every conclusion largely a
q guess, and each achievement a basis
for erroneous deductions.
Their Own story.
Here is leaf from their own story
book: 1t was told by Orville Wright
just before the brothers went abroad
the first Of the year Mr.. Wright
said:
No one who has not navigated the
air can appreciate the real dificulty
of mechanical flight. To the ordinary
person it seems a miracle that thin
solid plane can be driven up into the
air by machinery: but for over ten
years that miracle has b,,en accom-
e plisbed On the other hand, the great
problem-the problem of equilibrium
never occurs to anyone who has
not actually uied flying. The real
question OF the Aying-machine is how
20 keep It from turning over
The chief trouble is the turmoil Of
the air The common impression, Is
that the atmosphere runs in com
rarstively regular currents which we
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28

I'VE are not wealthy men, and we
have put years OF work and study
into this machine We have with.
3rawn from all other business ana
given our entire attention to the fly
ing problem, We have succeeded.
We also believe that we are the only
men who have succeeded. Now, here
we are. with something that fig worth
a good price or isn't worth a penny
The public can call as fshers or
aazy. We don't care. We know
Ehat we have got
When in New York they did every
thing together. even 10 dinner en-
ssgements. and one seldom Tentured
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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28

dry sent out price list Offering to
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-12
JAP WEDS CAUCASIAN
Crown Point the Scene of a
Novel Wedding on
Saturday Night.
lSnecial 10 THE T1MEsN

Crown Point, Ind. Oct. 12.-Another
Japanese American alliance took place
at the clerks Office late last Saturday
afternoon when Deputy Clerk Wheaton
issued a license to ST Ketchie. formerly
of Toxic, Japan. to wed Miss Adeline
Cadrett of Chicago, formerly of Kan
kakee ILL., The couple came from Chi
cago in an automobile, stopping at
Hammond where they supposed Ii
censes were issued. On being informed
that Crown Point was the Gretna
Green of Lake county at present, they
came post haste to the county seat and
were married Saturday evening. Kit
chic is we'll educated Jap, following
the profession of an acrobat and is
with the famous Tan Arakis troupe of
acrobats in Chicago at the Shriners
doings this week. He with his bride
will start on a weeks tour to join his
troupe at Lincoln, Neb., Bryans home
town. They gave their ages as &c
and "a, respectively, and this was their
first matrimonial venture.