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Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01
Offensive Advice.

Madam" said the medical man,
gravely, you must practice filling
your lungs with deep breaths of pure
air."
AN bust the snithereens out Of my
new direct'ry gown" shifted the lady.
Il think / see myself"
And turning en- her high heels she
haughtily left the apartment.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01
IL Iarred Him.

Howe1l-How did you come to break
your engagement with that girl?
POWELL had reason to think that
she hadn't enough practical knowledge
to make her a good helpmeet.
Howell-What gave you that idea?
POWELL told her one day that the
hens weren't laying, and she said she
supposed that would affect the price
of egg coal
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01
They Deserve II

She Chorror-stricken)- my
new spring hat in the chair there!
What are you doing, John?
He (meekly)-I am sitting on the
style, Mary
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01
Ask Your Druggist for Allen. Fooe-Ea.e

ly, and have just bought another supply.
1t has cured my corns, and the hot, burn
ing and itching sensation in my feet which
was almost unbearable. and would not
be without it now.-Mrs- w. J. Walker,
Camden. N. j. Sold by all Druggists, 2oc.
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01

IF YOU wish beautiful, clear, white clothes
use Red Cross Ball Blue. Large or
package, cents.
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01

Skill to do comes of doing, know
ledge comes by eyes always open and
working hands, and there is no know
ledge that is not power-Emerson.
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01

Occasionally a man listens to an hon
est opinion because it Is SO dlHeren'
from his own.
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01

Although vanity is supposed to be
feminine trait, one doesn't nave u
scratch very deep to find 1t In a man
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01

Do not force yourself to take offensive
land harmfuD drugs-take Garfield Tea
Natures Herb laxative; it overcomes con
stipation, purifies the blood, brings Health
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethtng, softens the gums, reduces
dammation, allays pain. cures wind cohc sc oottl
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01

Lewis Single Binder =. the famou
straight Sc cigar, always best qualt,
Your dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, II
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01

1t doesn't take much to satisfy most
people who are Self-satisfied.
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01

Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woolford'
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01
HIS LUCK.

why didn't you come around ear.
lier? The snow is all melted away
Oats just my luck, lady. Every
time 1 feels like workin' de sun comes
out and does me out of a job"
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01

There is nothing more uncertain
than sure thing.
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01

In point of geographical elevation
Madrid is the highest city of Europe
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01
RABYs wATERY ECZEMA

Itched and Scratched Until Blood Ran
$50 Spent on Useless Treatments
Disease Seemed IncurabIe.
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01

He who is buried in thought lodges
the undertaken.
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01

Lewis Single Binder straight Sc. Many
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
Western Kansas world., 1909-05-01

w. N. u. Kansas City, No. 17-1sos.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28
. Concrete Yacht.

Wide Europe is experimenting to
test thu feasibility Of concrete boats,
Bdltimcrc actually has demonstrated
H. a concrete sailing vessel has been
In commission for eleven years, says
Cement Age Of New York. The boat
is the Gretchen. built and owned by
Daniel y. Banks. consulting engineer
o. the Fire Board. She is a two
masted schooner yacht. 50 feet long
and ~ feet beam, and draws u feet
of water she is now down near Cape
Hat eras. but when In Baltimore she
Is one Of he fleet OF the Baltimore
Yacht club She has accommodations
easiiy for dozen persons. and will
carry all that can b oaded into her
she is easy riding bg reason OF her
weight ana White she is Of only mod
ale sp,e0 In ligh wind, she out
ejps everything in sight In a stif
tIepzp or heavy sea.
~ knew thai concrete would be just
as buoyant rs steel, said Mr. Banks
The owner. 30 had a framework
built ailh hundreds OF light steel rods
for reinforcement exactly as such
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28
LIVE FISH FOR GERMAN TABLES
How Great DelIeaoy is Conveyed
Long Distances TO Market.

How Great Deilcacy is Conveyed
Long Distances TO Market.
There is one table deIicacy be Ger
man epicure must have and that is
carp, and the carp, 10 be eaten in per.
lection. must be killed Immediately
before cooking. Saxony is noted for
its carp and in that kingdom the pro-
blem OF conveying the living FISH for
long distances to remote markets has
assumed considerable Importance,
says the London Chronicle. For sew
eral years past fresh water FISH have
been imported in casks Of water from
various points to the cities at some
considerable expense The living fish
can be purchased dallv 10 the mar
kets Of Dresden. Chemnitz and other
cities and are naturally preferred to
hsh transported in ice. Living sea
FISH are also transported to Jess ex.
tent In salt water tanks. They are
TO be found thus Ear only In few Of
the larger cities The desirability OF
proyidias cheaper means Of transport.
Ing Saxon carp TO distant points
reached by fuvial routes has led to
the introduction OF ingeniously de-.
vised river craft for the purpose
They consist Of scoWs s. feet long
and IS feet wide. The interior is o.
yided by partitions into 30 compsrt.
ments. In the bottom and sides Of a
scow. as well as IN the inner parti-
tions, cracks are left open SO that
when floating IN river there Is con
tinuaI circulation Of fresh wafer. The
city Of Hamburg demands very large
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28
BY THE WAY.

Any woman can take hint--if dis
guised as beauty hint
An umbrella dealer says there are
lots OF holGups on rainy days.
The story Of Lots wife should be
taken with more than a grain of salt
rs a good thing to tell the truth
occasionally just to keep In practice
Love is blind, but after marriage g.
man is apt to take an occasional eye
opener.
A bachelor says that wise man has,
no secrets from his wife-because he
hasn't any wife.
Nothing increases the anger of an
angry woman like the refusal of the
man in the case to talk back.
We are told that actions speak
louder than words. but II depends a,
good deal on VINO is doing the talking
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28
sociErYs SELF PROTECTION.

DR.. Frank Billings, in his plea fcI
an adequate appropriation for the ms
nois charitable institutions, called
the attention Of the appropriations
committee Of the house to an alarm
ing fact.
This fact is the increase Of de
fectives cared for BY the state. II
is 300 per cent in thirty years!
No wonder the startled legislator
cried Can't this be stopped?" 1t is
only because the people do not know
the fact that the demand for pro
tective measures does not sweep the
state. This evil can be checked and
by reasonable and unobJectionable
means It Is being dealt with IN our
neighbos1ng state Of Indiana. Ore
gon has just passed a law similar
TO Indisua's. and other states are
beginning to interest themselves
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28

badly to the direction and force OF
the winds or the shifting currents OF
the ocean, which last, indeed, are az
fected by the winds. For "a years,
from 1854 to 1878, the mean winter
temperature of eight of our principal
cities was almost exactly the same
as that of the next "a years. The
latter period gives an average only
.O15 of 4 degree higher. a gain too
small 20 be beyond the possibility Of
error.
This l., what might be expected
from the fact that the northern hem
isphere receives the same amount OF
heat from the sun every year. II the
sun is cooling down, the rate is so
slow that many thousand years must
pass before the loss OF heat from the
great life-giving source is perceptible.
AS a rule the great changes in the
physical universe are very deliberate.
and, like the tides. move first In one
direction and then back. We know
that the arctic regions once enjoyed
a uPSIdtE SAAHAaeS dAu 1AoS NSAhNS-
ticut was once covered with an ice
sheet like Greenland. Astronomers
and geologists are divided as 10 how
many millions Of years ago these
climatic changes took place. The
orbit OF the earth Is elliptic, so that we
are nov some 100000 miles nearer
the sun In winter than we are in SUM
mer. The procession Of the equinoxes
win bring it about in time that the
earth is further from the sun in WIN
ter than In summer.
As our planet moves faster the
nearer II is 10 the SUI. the result Of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28

Laws against the marriage of the
feeble minded. epileptic, and insane
exist in many states, but they are
Intellectual. che prevention of the
breeding Of detectives is urgently ne
cessary, and IN Indiana system
more practical than colonization and
not Objectionable on the usual
grounds has been devised and is in
satisfactory operation.
Senator Womack has introduced a
sterilization bill at the present ses.
sion which has Just been reported
fayorably by the judiciary commit
tee. 1t has the approval Of the Chi.
eago Society Of Social Hygiene, the
south district division Of the Chi
cago Medical society has Just in
dorsed It. and the profession gener-
ely undoubtedly fsvors IT, The bill
should become law. The sterilizs.
ton Of detectives and Of habitual
criminals is a necessary measure OF
social economy. But It is important
also that the broader educational
work organized by the Chicago So
ciety Of Social Hygiene should be
given strong support. The press
cannot give this general movement
the aid its value deserves, owing to
the difficulty Of handling the sub
JET in journal Of general circula.
ton, Sut societies and individuals
should lske il up vigorously.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28

this will be short, hot summers and
long, cold winters. The amount of
heat received by the earth in year
will be the same. but the effect will
be very different, for there will not
be time enough to melt the winter ice.
which will slowly gain till we have
another glacial age in the northern
hemisphere. At the same time the
antarctic continent will be freed from
its ice cap by the long summer, and
become the seat of civilization. Our
climate will change In a million or
so years, but at present is fairly
stable on the average.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28
OUR CLIMATE UNCHANGED.
No Need to Fear that Winter Has
Lost Any Of Its Ruaaedness.

Lost Any Of Its Rugaedness.
1t is remark able how memory ex-
aggerates the events of our youth.
For this reason elderly people have
always insisted-and probably always
will insist that the winters now are
weak and colorless compared to
those of so years ago. when the snow
fell on Thanksgiving day and lasted
10 the first Of March, and "the ponds
were solid ice to the bottom" and the
sousd was frozen from shore to shore.
As there are no records to prove hteir
assertions they are positive of their
facts, and respect for age and a dis
position to believe that the present
is rather a commonplace period
compared with rast centuries, pre-
vents younger people from contradict
ing them.
AS far back as accurate records
have been kept the climate Of the
northern hemisphere has not changed
says the Hartford Courant. From
1872 to 1907 the mean average win
ter temperature Of the city OF New
York has ranged from 40.7 degrees
in 1890 to 26.4 in 1904 There have
been cold winters and comparatively
warm winters. but the average or the
first three years Of the period is pre-
clsely the same as that OF the last
three-3l degrees. The cold winters
are sprinkled in al random and do not
become more numerous OF severe as
time goes On. They are evidently due
10 local and temporary causes. pro
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28

Aside from ministrauon 10 material
wants, the training Of young hfe IS a
serious matter, demanding constant al
tention Ill-Ds'meior in a child IS fire.
quently based purely upon ll-health,
and too severe punishment will breed
fear and distrud. laying the foundation
for an inSurmomfablc barrier between
parent and offspring always de-
manded absolute obedience and a. all
times good conduct, and sue
cceded in making my children realize
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28

quantities OF carp, especially in the
autumn, and this economical method
Of bringing the living fish from the
remote breeding places deos much to
Increase the demand. These craft
made he first journey down the
river during the month Of September.
How long WIN it be before fresh trout
and salmon are brought to London
IN the same way?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28
The Importance Of Diet

The Importance of Diet
In bringing up a child ! lay partic-
ular stress upon health, proper food and
proper exercise. Adherence TO a plain
diet OF simple foods. such as milk. a
good deal Of fruit, meat cnce a day,
good soup once a day and plenty of
vegetables temperance in everything,
together with cleanliness, good water,
light clothing and fresh air ! consider
the best prescription for good health.
To medicines of another character
have a strong aversion
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28
Children an Incentive

to hard work. and consequently l may
say that owe to them all that | am to-
day. ! wanted 10 rise, wanted to be
great, wanted the first rank among sing
ers, the better to provide for them and
that they might have what thought
necessary for Them
] am sure that. had had no children,
should not have accomplished what /
did accomplish, and 50. IN moldlng their
future ] made my own, and l. am con-
WINGED that every woman can 60 BIKE
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28
woman's Business

buildings are constructed. My stone
boat has been as far north as the
HUDSON bay country, and she goes out
10 sea in winter without apprehen.
sion
Six years apo the Gretchen was
driven on the rocks off Cape Charles.
a steel boat would have had a hole
stove in her side, but the concrete
boat did not show even a scratch.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28

duties toward them. and for these duties
/ always found time
Had my financial circumstances been
otherwise | should not have done diff
ferently Poverty did not permit me
TO engage a nurse. even when a child
was sick, and, in many instances,
stayed up all night to be at the bedside
Of my beloved one, and still went on
with my work as usual And the pub
lie never knew AS | look at my family
now ] naturally feel happy and satisfied
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28
Mother the child's Best Friend

Nother the ChlIds Best Friend
In bringing up my children I have
always endeavored to inculcate into
their minds at an early age the feeling
that they could depend upon me for
everything and consider me, in every
way, their best and truest friend 1
kept them with me virtually all the
time As have said. | alone took care
OF the eight of them unassisted, was
with them in health aud in sickness, in
JOY and in sorrow never permitted
my profession TO interfere with my
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28

II l am a good mother as people
choose to call me, it is because main
tain that women of the stage should be
married; that marriage rounds out their
art; that it is the goal for which every
woman should strive, and that mother
hood is the browning glory Of woman
hood. The satisfaction of a work well
done is more than sufficient reward
Children an Incentive
During my upward struggle the faces
of my children were the great incentive
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28
The ohiid's Brain

Little beginnings Imaginary as i
| may seem, il is not impossible that som,
/ great crimes have had their true origin
] in unjust chastiSement melted out 10 2
wei-mcaning child, Small things affect
us older folk how Tnnch more must
| they affect a growing, sensitive brain
open to new thoughts and new ideas
every instant OF its existence, and put
! ting on each act observed construction
naturally narr w, and based, in many
cases, purely on sentiment and seldom
on reason? For children, all, are senti-
mental, and their reasoning. # reason
they do, has for IT'S objective point al
! ideal
These little tr3jns Of our children
which treasure q KIND word So long and
retain as carefully The memory 81 4
wrong some day they viii have &c
/ think out qacstiG large with import
and on which the welfare Of not one
person alone, but OF many hundreds
may depend
How great then il the responsibility
that rests with mothers and father
who are charged Wlth the training oi
thcse brains How necessary that wC
should Try TO see two points OF view al
the same time and always so that NJ
yagrant train Of thought may be started
in the little bead
seldom had to resort to corporal
punishment / am very glad TO say
though admit that there are occasions
when il IS necessary NJ children were
close TO me- and ] think they un.
derstood me from the time they coulc
understand anything at all
If they misbchayed and they saw thai
was hurt or sorry, they we're sorry
too, and that was a quite sufficient pun
ishment for meme OF them would trans
gress again IN the same way, as long a,
the memory Of my sorrow At their ac
| lasted They all learned 10 know wha
was passing through my mind when
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28

wise, no matter what
her calling, no matter
what her station in
life. The molding of
a character is the
prime object of ex-
isteuce, and there is
nothing that shapes
the character so thor
oughly and along
such good lines as a
worthy motherhood.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28

WINGED that this
country had before
it the greatest fu-
ture. / should have
taken this step had
l been childless.
How much greater
the reason when |
could offer it,
boundless ross;bil-
tiles to my boys (!
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28
NY Own Experience

But to return to my own story: Be
fore | came TO America all my children
had been under my constant personal
care | believed my duty lay that way,
and / have never had reason to change
my opinion Naturally my burden was
a considerable one for was a busy
woman and my family was large Still
| did think then, and do think now.
that the natural duties Of mother can
not be delegated to another without dis
astrous results.
1t was this belief that caused me TO
nurse my own children always, even
when playing an operate engagement
Many times my baby has been in my
dressing room waiting for me while /
have been responding TO an encore.
When | first set foot on American
soil l decided to establish a home here
ultimately and educate my children on
this side of the Atlantic American life,
institutions and characteristics N
pressed me greatly. and | became con-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28

a French chemist has invented a,
tablet which, If dissolved in glass OF
WAFER. VIII give of as much oxygen.
to clarity the air in room as though
a window had been left open foi an
hour.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28

One can ride II hours in an auto
mobile, with chauffeur and porter. ia
Toxic for s12 or $3.50 for half day
and $50 for single hour.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28

pass. II is a long. long ordeal, lasting
from before birth until the years of dis
erection have been reached by the child.
and there are no periods of immunity.
Unceasng watchfulness is the keynote
OF good motherhood.
Selfshness, we are told frequently, is
the dominating Influence of our time.
Motherhood admits OF nothing of the
kind. Always the child should be the
first consideration, both on the part OF
the mother and of the father. There
will be discouragements without num-
Der, obstacles innumerabe Always
there will be. opposing influences TO
overcome; but no battle can be won
save through fighting. and those who
would reap victory in having brought
into the world a man or a woman OF
whom they may be Justly proud, must
struggle increasingly The peace OF old
age will be all the sweetcr.
Mother-love the Greatest Force
During all my fight against adversely,
which lasted until my coming 10 Amer
lea in ISoS-Only eleven years ago i had
TO provide for a large family of chill
dren. My point OF view, therefore, is
not that OF the care-free woman whose
material wants are amply provided for
Many times has the task of feeding,
clothing and educating my boys and girls
seemed beyond my power and fire.
quently was continuation OF the
struggle despaired of
| knew that | owed TO my children
the very best that | could give them in
every way; | dreaded to contemplate
that they should have to go into the
great world handicapped in any manner
While, perhaps, ! did not realize it al
the time, | know now that it was the
motherlove in me that spurred me on
to work and plan, 10 strive onward and
upward through al those years.
Neither love is, to my mind, born with
the child. Unfortunately there are cases
in which it dies from lack of nourish-
ment, or is superseded by simple affec-
ton through being choked by the weeds
of selhshness, distrust and ill-temper
So many mothers who have loved their
babies G. le only to care for" their
boys and girls
And so many parents who have exer-
cised all the unselhshness their natures
were capable OF in behalf Of their boys
and girls, have grown careless in their
attention to the welfare Of the youths
and maidcns OF their families Con-
trary to general opinion though it may
be, | hold that there IS no dangerous
age" G children. From the time baby
is born until the young man or woman
gains a full knowledge Of the world and
the ability to think for himself or her
self, and to think rightly all ages are
dangerous.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-04-28

that their own welfare as we'll as their
own comfort depended upon obeying me
and behaving properly,
Once a child is brought to realize
this, il will fail into proper ways, |
made it a rule never to punish my
children severely. but for wrong doing,
| deprived them Of some pleasure. ! his
subjected them to no iudlgnity. as thrash
ings sometimes do with sensitive chill
dren. and the lesson IS better learned,
find
required the truth at all times and IN
all circumstances, and ! did not punish
a child that admitted its transgres-
sions Children, have found, are very
sensible and even at an early age are
open to conviction, If one will only take
the time and pains to explain But alas
so many mothers are too busy
Irrational Punishments
Grave. very grave. mistakes are made
by parents in modes of puaishment foi
trivial mSdoings A harsh word
roughly spoken: a hand laid none toe
gently on little shoulder push or Z
| slap: all are calculated 10 impress Z
child with its own inslgniticance, e
create in the little brain the thought tha
there is an inequality between child anC
parent that may never be overcome
When child thinks thus-and who
can say what deep thoughts enter little
ones mind at times sit commences tc
draw within itself. TO live its own life
apart from its parents.
With this comes sell-pty, and after
ward, each rcprimand, no matter how
thoroughly deserved, is regarded as but
another engagement in the perpetual
impossible fight between forces hope
lessly and uneycnly matched Thus
little by little the boy OF the CIR
grows away" from those who SHOULD
be his or her chief companions and con
| hdants.