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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03

to cost s144,O0O.000 inclusive Of police
and sanitation Ia 1906 it was to cost
SlSa. 9s9, 9s9. exclusive OF police ana
sanitation, which will swell the total
some seventy-tive millions before the
end. Nov Colonel Goethars late t re.
port. for the fiscal year ending last
June. forecasts total expenditure OF
S355.000,e00 As the canal will not
be completed before 1915, ii then. ana
the cost estimate shows tendency
to increase at the rate Of about
S200,6o0,000 every two years, the final
cost may easily reach the billion col
lar mark. The New York Evening
Pest says that the increase is ex
planned as due IN the first place, 10
an addition of so per cent to the
amount of work necessary to be do1e,
and of 20 per cent 10 the cost Of labor
due to the enhanced cost of living,
the 6iiIiculty OF attracting labor from
the United States. and the introduc-
ton Of the eight-hour day" If only
one were sure that labor got the
money, one might the more compla.
Gently regard the Increase in cost
s.. Louis Mirror.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03

one. The New York Cenrrars oper
ating expense in 1866 was nearly -four
points lower than in 1908. but the
average operation cost Of all Ameri
can railroads for term of years Is
well abo-s two-thirds.
What does the InteTborough do vita
all its money! That part which II
pays to the city on subway bonds is
relatively small. No railroad in the
country pays so low a "a OF interest,"
on its debentures. nor are there many
railroads whose interest payments are
so small in proportion TO traffic IN.
come. Such rcacs as Great Northern,
which has no bonds, and Lackawanna,
which has relatively few ARE a
marked exception.
The marlborough pays a Z per cent
guaranteed dividend on the watered
stock OF the elevated lines. 1t pays 3
per cent on its own stock, whose vol
ume is a triumph Of corporate book
keeping over antecedent sum equal
to ) per cent on 29,0O0.O0O.-New
York World.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03

inventor himself while the professor
was reading his paper on Rare
Esrths
Il was to the effect that DR.. Won
Welsbaea had succeeded in separat-
ing terblun and thulium. previously
believed to be elements, INTO Two
constituents each, and dysprosum
and gadolinum, two other rare eIe-
men5asg substances, into three each.
The nunber Of elementary rare
earths has thus been increased from
Ii 70 %
Il may be recalled that las. year
Or. Won welsbach simultaneously
with> the French scientist Urban
discovered that ytterbium. for so
years believed to be an element, was
divisible. Since 1875 TIE Viennese
savant has added 10 elements to
tnose known 10 science. a record for
airy single inventor, and an achieve
ment on which the congress sent
him telegram of eongratulation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03
BUG H|NDRANCE
TO PLANT LIFE
WEEDS, TOO, SUFFER FROM Ice
THAT THRIVE IN DRY
WEATHER.

A secondary effect 81 the dry
weather is seerin The Multiplicity
Of the bugs that infest such crops as
escaped the drouth. All kinds OF
plant lice or aphidae abound, due
partly to the fact that the usual
storms have not destroyed them and
partly to show the growth the plants
are making. The bug pest, however, is
not an unmixed misfortune, for TIVE
OF the plants botherd by the bugs are
the dandelion and the sour dock.
Many dandelioHs are being put en-
tirely out OF business by brownish
aphid or plant louise, while the dock
is noticeable for numbers Of black
insects it contains. Among cultivat-
ed crops, beans, peas, lettuce and rad.
isles are loaded with the insects com
monty known as the green bug or
green fly.
In many places mosquitoes are not
as common as usual due to lack Of
water in which to breed. But while
we avoid the mosquito, the weather
lis Just right for multiplying another
pest called the chigger or red bug
This is an insect much like the spider
in appearance, but so small that it
can hardly be seen with the naked
eye, 1t is The delight of this inter.
esung insect to burrow under the
skin of human beings, where it causes
intense itching and considerable in
aammation. If you have been pic
nicking in dTyish piece of LAND aud
next day find parts of your body
broken out N the appearance OF mos.
quito bites, you may be sure it is the
chigger. 1t likes especially to hurrow
in the flesh of the joints, in the arm,
pits ard under the knees.
Much complaint is being heard
from farmers about their clover hay
being covered with green lice in such
numbers that horses refuse to touch
it until 1t has laid in the sun long
enough after cutting for them to die
The Oldest inhabitants say they never
saw lice on hay before. They are on
everything else too. Flowers Of near
ly all kinds, golden glow, hoIlyhocks.
peoples, dahlias and many different
kinds of weeds along the roadside are
alive with black lice. Vines also suf-
fer, not the familiar Virginia creeper
nor the dainty white mountain, but
the bittersweet In some cases the
ends of this excellent vine are killed,
growth thus being stopped for the
time.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03
New York,s Golden subway.

The Interhorough company, operat-
ing the subway and the elevated rail-
roads of New York county, reports
earnings for the year ended June 80
of $2e,524, 3s4 from all sources. Its
operating cost was st0,747,443, which
is only a little over 40 per cent Elk
GLIDING other sources of revenue, save
the actual nickles of passengers, the
operation percentage is not quite AZ.
no steam railroad in the country
has anything approaching such a rec
ord. The operation cost ofithe Penn
sylvania in 1908 was rs per cent OF
operation earnings and not quite 20
per cent of all income. The cores.
bonding figures of the New York
Central were 1851 per cent and a
little less than 6S per cent, The Lack
awanna. the richest road OF its size IN
the country. paid for operation 81 pei
cent Of all income and IS per cent OF
operation earnings. To take an ex-
ample geographically far removed, the
Great Northern Railway, built up most
economically by the genius and energy
Of J j. Hin and fortunate in non
competitive territory, paid In 1905
6s.43 per cent for operation.
True. last year was lot Favorable
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03
Another Kind Of Hat.

a Baltimore man was recently show
ing his nice nav opera hat to his little
nephew, and when he caused the top
piece to .pring open three or four
times the youngster was delighted.
\ few days thereatte the uncle. dur
ing a visit to the same household,
brought with him silk hat OF the
shiny, non.collapsible kind. When he
was about to leave the house be en-.
countered the aforesaid you1ster
.unning down the hall with what
looked like a black accordion.
Uncle Ed" observed the boy. ~thil
one goes awfully hard. had to SIT
on 1t but even then couldn't get 1t
more than half shut. Lippincotts.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03
Unfamiliar eroune.

The touri,t Sho had secured a guide
within few moments after his arrival
in Rome spoke cri ply to the man.
i've only got an hour or so to spare
OF Rome he said, and ! want to
see just two things--one's St Peters
and the other Is the Forum Take
me to them both as quick as you can "
The guide engaged carriage, and
after few words from the guide 20
the driver the equippage started or
at brisk rate Suddenly it stopp d
and the tourist ceased his fire of ques.
tons abruptly.
Hop out, he said to the guide, urg
ing him by a slight push. Now which
is this, the Forum or St Peters! -
Yon;hs Companion
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03
HOW TO SLEEP OUTDOORS.
Pampnlet Of Directions Issued BY
National Tubereulosis Assoeiatlon.

National tuberculosis Association.
Directions for living and sleeping
in the ogen air" is the title OF a
pamphleG being sent out today by the
Natioaal Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis to its
local representatives in all parts of
the United States.
Tie pamphlet IS meant to be a
handbook of information for any
body who desires to sleep out OF
doors in his own home, 1t empha-
sizes the fact that outdoor sleeping
is as desirable for the well as for
sick. The booklet will be sent free
of charge to anyone applying for II
at the headquarters of the National
Association for she Study and Pre-
vention of tuberculosis in New York,
or to the secretary of any local
state anti-tuberculosis association
some of the subjects of which the
pamphlet treats are, how to take the
open-air treatment in tenement
house; how to build small shack
or cabin on a fiat roof in the city,
how to make one comfortable while
sleeping outdoors either in hot or
cold weather; how TO arrange a
porch on a country house; and how
to build cheap porch; the construc.
ton of tents and tent houses; the
kinds of beds and bedding to use in
outdoor sleeping and various other
topics. The book is well Illustrated
and attractiveiy prepared.
The object of the book is to sug.
gest particularly TO consumptives who
cannot secure admission to sana-
forum how they can be treated at
home under the direction of ply
stefan. In view of the fact that
there are less than $4,000 hospital
beds in the United States for con
sumptives and fully 100000 Who
should be in hospitals. the National
association urges that more atten-
ton be paid to sleeping in properly
provided places at home and that in
every case the best be made of the
ratients environment.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03
The MayfIower Of AmerIean ohlv!

The Mayflower of American Chlvalry
The journalists OF the country are
delighted with Marie Corelli's recent
estimate of American men and women.
She infers that the ehivalry of Ameri.
can men came over in the Mayflower,
perhaps. as the Providence Journal re-
minds US, because so many good
things seem to have come over In the
Mayfower, including about twenty.
five million dollars worth Of antique
furniture. Perhaps chiyalry came.
too, in spite of the fact that not d
single Maytlower man was ever known
to get up in street car and give his
seat to a lady
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03
Annil, IatInn Sc.

An inter sting picture in the Worlds
Work for February shows dinner
partF OF gentlemen in Washington
grouped about Andrew Carnegie, who
is delivering through the telephone an
address Q another party Of diners in
New York. These last were the dtrec-
tors Of III Associated Press. dined
~ the New York Times Each guest
had telephone re ide his plate The
group in Washington consisted of
Graham Bali, Ambassador Bryce. Com
mandeT Peary and other important
folk besides Mr. Carnegie
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03
SIX NEW ELEMENTS FOUND.

London Cor. New York Sun.-Six
ne% elements have been discovered,
so Prof. MdthInann of Munich an
nounced the other day at the Con.
gress of German Chemists, by the
Viennese doctor, Auer Won welsbach.
The news came by letter from the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03

TELL me. requested the foreign 50.
ciclogist. what is the significance Of
the eagle that is shown on American
money
1T is. " responded the son Of liberty,
IAN emblem Of its swift fight g--Har-
pers Monthly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03

# the wheat is killed 4 VIII be the
first trouble in years the men cant
blame on the women. and the women
can't blame on the boy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03
What win II Cost?

Vino can tell what the Panama
canal viii cost before 1t is completed?
In 1902, we were tora the canal was
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03
A typical prairie Girl.

One day bright young high school
miss drove Mrs. Rood, my mother and
me along a blur road where we could
look down upon the broad valley OF
the North Loup We could see miles
away, and II seemed a vast patch
work CT fields Of grain and corn and
alfalfa, with white houses in green
groves yellow grain, green corn and
groves and purple alfalfa IA beautiful
sight It looked like enc great field
With not an acne Of id!c ground. II
was easy 20 see how wealth accumal-
lates when farmers are industrious
and thrifty, The young lady who
drove the team handled the reins like
an expert. She could tell US who
owned the farms and who were the
renters; and she gave as interesting
Information concerning the timber
claims on the bluffs AT home, she
told easily the family history and
economic value Of the farm horses.
and colts. She seemed 10 be her
fathers chum around the barns. She
seemed modestly 10 pride herself In
the fact that she could do the work OF
man. could drive team Cor the
reaper, the mower the hay-rake, the
stacker and the cultivaior And when
the village school opens could hitch
III Ter horse and drive away every
day 70 the village high school And
then We found her just as efficient
in the kitchen as out OF doors. She
seemed to us the truest type of an
American girl,--brieht. Industrious
and capable and with no small degree
Of culture and no played-out foreign
prince is able 10 buy anything like
her. Fer Price IS far above rubies."
enc BY riding over these broad
prairie bluffs that fellow feels coane-
over him large sense Of freedom
can see pretty wei how those VINO
live here and know who owns every
farm foF miles away. are on speaking
terms with their neighbors over In
the adjoining counties. who hear the
tesiAe coyote bark oights. who re-
member well the associations and Gus,
toms OF the days Of sod houses. should
ne raib unconventional in manner.
and cal! everybody by his given name
Why ! have seea the preacher in the
pulpit here without esther coat or
vest and nearly every man in his
large congregation clad il the sa-ne
comfortable style
North i-cup &eb, Jair II.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03

hope TO stick it out. Many got into
debt in building better homes and
getting farm machinery. 1t was easy
enough to get these things by borrow
ing money on mortgages at a high
.ate OF interest Tbat was easy. but
10 pay was not so easy. IN many cases
there came the inevitable sale Of the
home, moving into the village aud
renting other peoples laud Happy
is he today who chung to his Zone
stead. for If he now has II clear he
may be classed as well-to-do On
my ride TO the ranch ! saw By the
roadside tumbled down sod house
a nearby sod stable transformed into
mound OF brown earth, and an an
cient wreck OF farm wagon--the
whole overgrown with tall weeds. 1t
was a pathetic sight, telling, mayhap,
the story Of hores and prospects once
bright ana happy-now like the old
house and stable and wagon, in sad
and weedy ruin.
sgsrs.
One annoyance to a sensitive per-
son wandering over a. western
prairie. especially in the TAN grass
and weeds Of the canyons. is the fear
cf 'jiggers." have looked into the
big dictionary ard found seven names
for this little, almost invisible tor
ment: chigoe chegoe ohigre, cnegre.
Clique, chigger and jgger. / sup
pose chigoe is the real thing. but
common folks call him iigger. have
had some thrilling experiences with
the little sinner, and am of the opin-
ion that he wen deserves every one
Of those names and more yet, with
some expressive adiectives thrown In.
He is ready any waiting to take up
his abode with whoever comes visit
ing him II he crawls up your
legs and begins to prospect for
place 10 locate a claim he will soon
dig down, into you and by.and-by you'll
know where he has located. II a hun
dred of his friends colonlze with him.
and YOU like TO scratch and scratch.
you are in for week OF such COM
fort as you can get out OF IT, Ana
then you can take dish of saleTatus
water and a rag to bed with you and
get up and sozzle yourself ali over
three or four times night to vary
the itching with smartinE About the
only sure cure Is TO scratch off the
tops of the itchy punches and. may
be, get out the eggs. for the female
Tiger gets on sou to make nest Of
you After three or four weeks the
sore spots viii heal and leave only
scars The best way know let
them make their nests in some other
fellow.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-08-03

When my people came first to this
country. from fhirty-five 10 thirty.
eight Gears ago they and all others
lived II real pio1eer style lin dug
outs and sod houses One Of my
erothers Says that the priyatious and
hardFhips u his argy life were as no
thiDs ccmrared with some Of theif
experience here There were perils
by IRE ana foof aud blizzards- losses
by a.onght and hot winds aud grass.
hoppeTs--ard some homesiclness. II
took PC Ittie faith and courage ana
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-05-20
LOCAL TULANE BOYS
 MAKE FINE PROGRESS

Frank Lieberman who has been at tending Tulane University at New Or leans, arrived in the city yesterday afternoon to spend the summer with his parents here. MT. Lieberman was 6 student in the medical department, and made nice progress in his stud ies. Alvin Strauss, who has also been attending the University in the medical department, received an hon. or by appointment in the Charity hospital, where he will work two months during his vacation. MT. Strauss competed in an examination for the appointment and led the class by a high grade. Julian Wat erman, a Pine Bluff boy, taking a law course in Tulane is expected home about May p to spend his vacation. \ II three of the young men are grad uates of the local High School and their success in Tulane speaks we'll for Pine Bluff and her schools.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-05-20
LOCAL REPUBLICANS
 HOLD MEETING

The Republican voters of the Fourth ward met Wednesday after noon at 3:30 o'clock in Webb's, shall, in accordance with a call issued by the Jefferson County Central Committee May z. The chief business was in re- gard to the meeting of the county Re ublican committee to be held in this city Monday. At this meeting con- mittees were named to prepare ia list of names for delegates to the conven- ton and to select list of ward com mitteemen. The result was as fol- lows:
 Delegates to county convention Ferd Havis, R. C. Thompson, s. M. Twine, N. s Kite, A. w. Speers, Theo- core Wollerman. Alternates-A. L. Burnett, Jacob Geisman, A. B. Knight James Baughman, T. " Evans, Alex 1nder Watts.
 Ward committee-Theodore Vol lerman, chairman; Ferd Havis, R. c. Thompson, IS. M. Irvine, N. s. Kite, A. w. Speers, A. l.. Burnett A. G. Meyers, and James Baughman. On these committees the white and the negroes are equally divided.
 Ferd Havis was elected chairman, and R. P. Davis, secretary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-05-20

county, arrived in the city yesterday afternoon with three prisoners. from star City. The prisoners will be confined ill the efersan county iail lntil the new jail aud court house at star City are completed.
 Miss Carrie Greenfield, of Wood- son, is in the city the guest of Miss Irene BGcase for few days.
 Mrs. W. J. Galbraith and Mrs. ,ioEn l.. Mills returned yesterday from d short visit to Mrs. F. Sam- stag ill Hot Springs They were accompanied to Hot Springs by Mrs. Gal5raith's sister Mrs. $. c. Holmes. Of McAllister, Oklahoma, who is re- turning to her home from that city.
 Attorney Ben ]. Altheimer return cd to this city lust night from visit to Little Rock. He says thousands of Elks and visitors were in the cap- ital yesterday and that the Pine Bluff Elks Were showing up to fine advantage, with bright prospects of securing the next state convention.
 Misses Margaret Dewoody and Ruth Rutherford, who have been atten;!ins Elizabeth College, at Charlotte, x. C., returned home yesterday afternoon. They were accompanied by w. l.. Dewoody, who has been to Washing ton, D. C., where he attended a meet ing of the Natlonal Association of Pharmacists
 Mrs. Mary E. Boyce the estimable mother of J. E. Boyce, president of the Cotton Belt Savings X Trust Com pany, will arrive in the city in few days from her home in Sacramento, California, to spend several weeks here with MT. Boyce and family. Mrs. Boyee was formerly resident of this city and her many friends will be glad to learn of her return.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-05-20
THE LOCAL Y. M. (. A.
 OUTLOOK IS DISCUSSED
Number oi Prominent Pine BIuiIiaps Guests at Six O'Ciock Dinner at
 Hotel Jefferson Last Night.

Fred FoN, 2 stauneh friend and be- hover in the Young Mems Christian Association, gave q six o'clock din- 1fr at the Hotel Jefferson last night. his guests being d number of promi- Lent citizens who gathered for q dis cussion Of the future outlook for the Association in Pine Bluff
 During the evening nearly every fody present was hcarl on the sub iect of the Association and some cx- 2cllent talks, stElisht from the shoul- der Were heard on the plausible de sails relative to the outlook for the association here. One of the best was that of Dr. J. l.. Caldwell Nho suggested that the one thing now most essential for q greater Assoeia- tion in PineN Bluff was men of in- f!uenee as directors of the insttu- tlon.
 Other talks were made during the evening, some being relative to the present campaign now on for raising the i10,000 to lift the debt of the As sociation. No conclusions were reached on this subject, however, but some valuable suggestions as to the way of raising the money were made.
 The marked line of the discussion bE the various men present was that the Association had demonstrated that it had a right live, and live a life in Pine Bluff. Among those present were Dr. A. C. Jordan, Dr. ]. l.. Caldwell. J. F. Boyce, F. A. Schob- CT, s. C. Alexander, J. M. Mccain, Fred Fox, ]. T. Lloyd, V. o. AleXan- der, w. E. Mullikin, w. H. Vest brook, j. H. Mann, J. s. Wiley and w. R. Stitch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-05-20
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

Notice is hereby given th.lt the part 1ership heretofore existing betweeu J. w. Ferguson and w. B. Trby. u1r~ Ger the firm name of Fergus X Irby, doing business at Sweden, Jefferson County, Arkansas, is this day dissolv. ed.
 MT. J. w. Ferguson assumes the payment of all the indebtedness Of the said firm, and reserves the sole light to collect and receive all debts and personal property owned by tho said firm, or in which they have any interest, either at law or equity. This May 9th, 1910.
 J. w. FERGUSON,
 w. B. IRBY.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-05-20
MANY SPORTSMEN
 COMING HERE
Big Tournament to be Held Next Week Under Auspices of the Pine
 Bluff Gun Club.

The Pine Bluff Gun Clubs register cd shooting tournament will be held in this city at the club grunds May '25 and 26, Wednesday and Thursday under the auspices of the local club
 At this tournament $200 in cash purses will be distributed This will give much interest to the different class events.
 The shoot promises to be ono of the biggest held with the local club for some time. Many prominent shooters from various parts of the state will come here and participate.
 The tournament is open to any anna each day and the purses will be div ided by the Jack Rabbit and Rose systems paying each shooter ten cents for each target he breaks. Where the rules have not been pro vided for the Interstate Rules will be strictly enforced.
 Other details for the shoot have been arranged by the local club, and programs for the two days of the tournament have been issued.
 A two days shoot will be held at paragould Monday and Tuesday, in which a large number of shooters will take part, and it is expected that many of them will come to this city from there and be here during the Pine Bluff tournament.