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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21
open-Face Construction In CANNES
Mouth Makes Him Conspicuous
In indianapolis.

indianapolis English bulldog
with gold teeth sat in an automobile
In Washington street, near Illinois,
the other day, and attracted consid-
cradle attention. By reason of the
open-face construction peculiar to the
English bulldog, one gold fang was
especially prominent, and fairly glis-
tened in the sunlight. There was other
wealth in the dogs mouth besides the
prominent gold fang. for she had four
back teeth of the valuable metal
Despite these adornments, however,
the dog was not at all proud but
looked about in a casual way as though
mildly interested in the people who
we're keenly interested in her. And
her name was Biddy, Just plain Biddy
She is of aristocratic breeding despite
her name, for her pa" was King Kill
born and her ma" was Mae Bell. and
she cost more than $40 when she was
little thing that had not yet learned
| the Joys OF a bone. She is the prop
erty of F. NJ Cantwell of Peoria, Ill.
formerly of this city. and made the
trip to indianapolis with him in the
big touring car. enjoying the ride I'M
mensely.
In Justice to her It should be ex-
planned that her gold teeth ar" not
due to age, for she is not much :, IRE
than year old. A Peoria deutis who
is friend Of Mr.. Cantwell, did the
dental work. Some of her teeth were
getting in bad condition. and one day
Mr.. Cantwell remarked 60 the dentist
that he was going to send his young
est daughter to him for solne dental
work Instead of the youngest daugh-
ter" however. there appeared at the
dentists Office Biddy. with an escort.
/ Fortunately she has a good dispos-
ition, and the dental work was done
without mishap. though toward the
end of the operation she began to
grow somewhat peevish. Whisper II
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21
SOCIETY BORROWER MUST GO
Likely to Disappear Under
the New Regime.

London.-The borrower" who has
for some years been feature of Lon
don society. Is likely to disappear
somewhat under the new regime. She,
for the borrower is usually a woman.
came in with the sporting set, which
has had things it's own way. She is
generally of good family and is an ex-
cellent sportswoman, but impecunious.
She never borrows money except
from members of her family and she
does not really need to do SO, as she
has to pay for little She borrows
motor cars and weekend cottages She
has been seen at dinners wearing the
Jewels Of good-natured friend.
When she wants to bring out a
daughter she borrows a ballroom, and
1t is no uncommon thing to see an
nounced in London paper that Lady
So and So will give a dance for her
debutante daughter at the house of
Countess This and That
One wealthy and good-natured peer
ess used to be impOrtuned by borrow
ers for the loan of her London man.
sion. which contained a magnificent
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21
PRECIOUS METALS IN OCEAN
French Scientist Figures There Is
$4,000, 900 for Each lnhab-
tant Of World.

Paris.-"There is enough gold float
ling in the sea to make everybody rich
and consequently happy"
This information is the result of an
analysis Of ocean water recently fin
ished by Alphonse- Bergert. a professor
in the ocean-ographic institute. Fresh
possibilities are thus offered to specu-
lators and promoters.
"The analysis revealed about fifty
milligrams CIT grain) of gold in each
ton of sea water" explained the pro-
fessor. That seems little enough, but
considering that 1t takes a line of fig
ures a column wide to give the total
number of tons of water in the ocean
Il is easy to see that an immense
amount OF gold is held in solution. II
each of the 1900, 100000 inhabitants
of the world had his share It would
equal S24,000000 apiece. What beau
tiful ending to all difficulties"
Are there other precious min>rals
In the sea7" the professor was asked,
YES" he replied. there are ten
milligrams OF silver in every ton OF
sea water. hence the total is about 50,-
900 times the amount taken from the
earth since the discovery of America.
There are about sixteen grams lone
half ounce) of salt in each pound of
sea water"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21

KANSAS CITY, Kan.-The home
IA founded by Carry Nation. the Kan
sas '1oint smasher." in this city as a
refuge for drunkards' wives. will prob
ably be closed and the property re-
turned to Mrs. Nation. The reason
is. there are not enough wives of
drunkards in the largest city of Kan
sas to warrant the continued opera
ton of a refuge for them Mrs. Ma
tion has requested of the Associated
Charities the organization which is
managing the home. that the proper
ty be decided back to her.
The home has accommodations for
90 women but there are no drunkards'
wives in 1t now. The Associated Char
titles is using II as home for unfor.
tunate and homeless women About
fifteen women now occupy the home,
Peter w. Goebel, president of the
board Of directors of the Associated
Charities. admits that the home Is a
failure as far as being place for the
housing OF drunkards' wives.
THAT is the distressing condition
that exists" Mr.. Goebel said There
is no use in denying 1t. We cannot
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21

4 ONDON.-The American season IN
Il London, Paris and Berlin Is the
best since the three golden years pre-
ceding the panic of 1907. The hotels
of all the capitals of Europe arc
thronged with well-to-do Americans
who are spending money with the ira
ditional lavishness that pleases the
hotelkeepers and shopkeepers every
where.
Europe has learned that not all
Americans are miLIonaires, and so 1t
is that less is heard each year of ex-
tortion and attempted extortion. Amer
lean tourists, too. seem to have learned
the ropes and they know just where to
go to get the most for their money.
Comfortable new hotels that charge
reasonable prices have been built in all
the capitals of Europe within the last
1--WE years and in Paris, London, Berlin,
Rome and Vienna, new hotels invaria-
bly, have many baths. while some that
appeal to the Weather visitors have
suites with baths that are as modern
ly luxurious as anything New York
can offer. What with comfortable and
reasonable priced hotels, with express
trains with dining cars attached con-
Meeting all the capitals, Americans
find travelling in Europe nowadays
much more simple and comfortable
than It was 10 years ago.
London holds itself rigidly aloof
from rivalry with the great cities of
the continent. 1t permits Berlin and
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21
The Busy Money Changers of New York

the next morning. Each bank has a
big drawer in the general post Office
Messengers clear this of its letters
every hour all night long Three thou.
sand letters a day is the average mail
OF one of these large banks. Two.
thirds of 1t comes in during the night
These letters. in the case OF one NJ
the biggest of these banks. contain
from 80. 900 to 4o0tJ checks and
drafts. At times these Enclosures rep.
resent as much as 100000. Rare
~ does the total fall below $50. 900, 900
The letters are opened as fast as
they are received. the checks are
counted, and the totals verified with
the footings OF the lists. The letters
are then stamped, which shows that
they have been proven in" MS the
banks call it, After that they are
turned over to the clerks who send
out the formal acknowledgements Of
the remittances they contain. The
various checks are assorted accord
ing to the numbers of the books in
which they are to be entered and
otherwise; lhe sight drafts are
grouped according to the routes Of
the banks messengers, and all is made
ready for turning the nights accumu.
lation over TO the day force. so it
may be handled by II as expeditiously
as possible.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21
School of Seventy-five Follow
Vessel for Two Hours.
Never Before In Memory of Shippers
Were Hugo Mammals so Num-
erous Along Atlantic Coast
as at Present Time.

New York.-No vessel passing
through the picket line of whales
which has patrolled the Atlantic coast
from Florida to Maine since July has
encountered such a large school as
did the schooner Ella L. Davenport.
which arrived the other day from
Charleston, g. c.. with lumber. Never
before in the memory Of shippers ma
king this port were the huge man.
mails so numerous as at the present
time. Whalers which formerly were
forced TO traverse Arctic seas In
search Of their quarry merely put out
to sea nowadays and harpoon their
prey.
Il had seen several small schools Of
whales on the way up" said Captain
John +. Dunton, OF the Davenport.
None Of these schools came very
close. But about 20 miles southeast
of Winter Quarter Shoal ltghtship,
down at the Delaware Capes, he larg-
est bunch of 'em | ever saw Eove up
from the south. II wasn't a school, It
was a big university. You can't count
whales very we'll. because as soon as
you count one he bobs under, comes
up in another place, dives down again
and sticks up his spout for another
tally.
But I marked the ocean of into
four parts when the whales circulated
all around, and gave one quarter to
the first mate, one quarter TO the sec
ond mate. the third quarter to the
bo'swain and the fourth to my wife.
/ kept tally on all four. Dividing by
three to account for the natural rest
lessness Of the animals, I'm pretty
sure that there were at least rs
whales in that university. My wife
declares there were 200.
"They didn't do any harm. except
ing one that scraped the bottom Of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21

ballroom. The peeress herself was an
elderly lady who never attended
dances. but she generally complied
with the requests Of her friends, who
had smart little houses lacking in
space.
Each season about dozen large
dances were held at her mansion.
Last summer. however, one borrower
went too far; she did not play the
game, and she had all the bills for the
ball directed to the peeress, who paid
them, but has never lent her house D.
any one since.
Queen Mary, who is very much in
touch with all current social life,
knows of the existence of the borrow
er, and is likely to end her London ca
reer. Women whose means do not
allow them to meet their social obi
cations without taxing the good ma
ture of their friends will not be en-
couraged to enter the court circle
no matter how good their pedigree.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21

story is told of famous n Asician
who was almost as noted for his parsl'
monv as for t., genius which gave
many fine compositions to the world
Among his admirers was young man
who was determined, if possible to
secure some memento of his days OF
stpdv with the master.
The last day had come and ne was
stil without his token, when he sud
denly plucked up courage. The great
musician had taken his old cotton UNI
brella green with age and minus sew
oral ribs. and announced his intention
~ walking home with his young pupil
to get the air.
/, was raining slightly, and the
Young man raised his umbrella, new
and handsome one. holding 1t humbly
over the musicians shabby hat. They
we're brought so near together that he
stammered out:
"Oh-if If You would only give
me some little remembrance OF your
self and these days-no matter how
small"
The great man looked at him keen
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21

Anew YORK.-Four big banks in
~ the Wall street district of New
York city resemble the great gold
mines of the west in one striking
feature They have three eight-hour
shifts of toilers. and the work never
stops. One set takes up the routine
where the other leaves on All night
long. Sundays and holidays staff
of men in each of these banks is
busy opening thousands of letters.
sorting and listing innumerable checks
and drafts that represent fabulous
sums of money. and getting them
ready for the day force. which is the
only one the public comes In contact
with or ever hears about. II this
work were not carried on necessarily.
the banks would soon be overwhelmed
with a mountainous accumulation of
detail
Two shifts-the scouting force" as
they call themselves-work between
i've o'clock in the afternoon and nine
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21
Home for Drunkards' Wives Is Closed

find drunkards' wives to live there
Mrs. Nation has asked that we re
turn the home to her. The members
of the board of directors differ as TO
whether or not this should be done
She has agreed to pay us for what re-
pairs and improvements have been
made ut the home and at present the
association needs the money that
would be thus received for other
branches of work At our next meet
ing we will finally determine what
stand to take concerning holding or
releasing the property"
Mrs. Nation wishes the home re
turned to her so that It may be sold
and the proceeds Of it's sale used In
the construction of home for boys
which she is building in Oklahoma.
In 1902 she bought the property,
which was the honest cad of c. n.
Simpson, one OF the pioneers of Kan.
sas
Mrs. Nation secured most OF the
$4,000, which she originally paid for
the property. from the sale OF the
small souvenir Carrie A. Nation
hatchets" which she and her friends
sold for % cents
After Mrs. Nation had given the
home. all the churches of the CITY
and many fraternal orders subscribed
money to pay for its furnishing. The
grounds about the home. an acre in
extent, are we'll shaded and the build.
ing itself is spacious structure of
brick.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21

him first. If he said that manor
houses were a little dull in the mar
ket just then she would call on a big
ger man with a smaller sign.
She was making good time over the
smooth pike, and wondering whether
to ask $4,000 or $4,000 for me prop
erty, when the unexpected Happened.
Mr.. Eugene Bamford had returned
from Europe. He was fairly rich and
fairly lazy. He was no artist, but he
knew when his coat set well. He did
not know a woodpecker from a robin.
but he could run an automobile Just
then he was visiting sister at Rose
Manor and driving himself around the
country more or less. He was out on
this morning. He thought all the rest
of the United States was sitting in its
back dooryard. and in making a turn
lin the road he did not decrease speed,
Iand he did not consider his right
hand side from his left.
Miss Melincent was in a hurry to
get to that real estate office. Thou
sands of would-be buyers of manor
houses might be waiting there She
was going pretty fast when she
reached the turn. She might have
been on the right side or the wrong
side or in the middle Of the road. A
good-looking young lady is always en-
titled to the benefit of the doubt in
such cases.
Presently there was a shout from
Mr. Eugene Bamford! And there was
a scream from Miss Melincent Davis
Then, a turn of the wheel and both
ran into the ditch and things crashed
and snapped and sputteredi Both ma
chimes were damaged-hers worse
than his, but no one was hurt. Mr..
Bamford was gentleman enough to
ask If she was MORALLY injured-to
insist it was all his fault-to present
ais card-to climb the roadside fence
ior her hat--to declare that he would
pay all damages and to ask If he
couldn't take her home. His machine
lad lost lamps and mud guards. but
vas still in running order.
81 wouldn't care so much" replied
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21
LICENSE TO WED SAME GIRL
Rivals In New Jersey Secure Neces
sary Permit to Marry Pretty Miss,
but Law ForbIds.

Trenton, N. J.-Miss Isabel Conroy.
pretty Trenton girl, is facing one OF
the most serious problems of her ca.
reer, inasmuch as two young men are
carrying marriage licenses, on each OF
which Is inscribed her name. Edward
Billings and Arthur Dennis, well
known youths, both press their claims
to Miss Conroy.
Both have shown the licenses to
Miss Conroy, but she has not as yet
announced her intentions, telling both
suitors she will consult lawyer and
act upon his advice.
Miss Conroy admits she cares a
whole lot for both young men, but
says her affections for them are equal.
ly divided. She intimates she would
make no objection to marrying one
of them. but says she does not thinI
It would be proper to take both.
Didn't you encourage both OF
them?" Miss Conroy was asked
Il liked both the boys and they
came to see me frequently. but I ar.
ranged their visits so they would not
meet" was the girls reply. She add.
ed that she thought one of them would
propose, but says she had no idea
both would rush OF and get marriage
licenses without consulting her.
Il was so sure of her" declared
Dennis. that, after taking out the
marriage license in regular form. I en-.
gagged a minister and paid him in ad
vance"
The first time the suitors met at the
Conroy house was when they went &c
present Miss Conroy with their re
spective marriage licenses. She faint
ed when both exhibited the documents
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21
Many Americans Abroad This Season

Paris to boast Of their attractions in
order to lure the American tourist;
for Itself. 1t seems content to say:
Here | am, the greatest city in the
world, with unrivaled museums and
picture galleries, not TO mention
tailors and dressmakers. Come and
see me IA you want TO. bUs If you don't
want tO-weIl, dare say I'll get along
without you"
Berlin and Paris now are in open
competition. Berlin thinks it is a
more fascinating city than Paris and
It intimates that its night life is far
and away more alluring than Paris.
Paris, despite the moderness of Ber-
lin and its nocturnal brilliancy, con-
t,aues to be the Mecca of Americans,
men and women.
The season, both In London and
Paris, this year has been marred by
almost constant rain In London
cold rain fell daily for almost three
weeks from the middle of June. The
weather was so chilly that newly ar
rived Americans were compelled to
wear heavy overcoats and wraps
Paris, too, has been rainy and cold
and shopkeepers and restaurant keep
ers complain bitterly Of the effects OF
the cold upon their trade.
Thanks to the American invasion
with its train Of gold, Parisians have
reason to be fairly glad they are alive.
The cold wet spring AMI early summer
caused immense loss to the dressma
kers, for Parisians didn't by fluffy
summer gowns because they couldn't
wear them.
While London has had more than its
share of rain It has hot kept Ameri'
cans away, because they might be dis.
appointed If they found it really wasn't
"rainin' In dear old Lunnon"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21
Whales FoLLo1O a Ship
Copyright. 1910. western Newspaper Union.

the hull. The schooner ratified down
below and settled a little to leeward.
but the whale swung from under and
the boat righted herself My wife
was pretty badly scared, | can tell
you, but didn't think we'd come to
harm. | know a whale will never
smash into ship unless 1t is attack
ed first. They're good natured and
seem to know that there's plenty Of
room In the ocean"
For more than two hours the school
accompanied the ship, swimming
along in twos and threes, turning.
diving, swimming below the surface
In all directions. but keeping in the
general direction of the Davenport.
After they had escorted the Daven-
port for nearly ten miles they sud-
denly headed for the south. and in
five minutes were out of sight.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21
I'LL

Miss Melincent Davis. daughter Of
the widow DAYS. of The Beeches
maror house, ha lived twenty years
without in the least suspecting that
she was born artist. She became
aware of it at last through her mother.
She made a little crayon sketch of
the creek and the bridge below the
house, and the mother had scarcely
glanced at It when she said:
We'll, this settles it. We will sell
the place and move into the city
where you can attend an art school. a."
The daughter hesitated until she
mad made another sketch-this time
OF an old stub in a field with a wood
pecker grubbing at it in search of
breakfast Then the mother said such
talent must be cultivated, no matter
what the coss-the cook said that the
woody ecker looked as natural as an
old hen, and the hired man said that
any one who took that old stub for a
weeping willow would have to settle
with him.
You go right over to Rose Manor
Tomorrow morning and put the prop
Etty n the hands of a real estate
Egent." commanded the mother. After
hat, the thing was looked upon as
good as settled. America was signing
FOR more landscape artists, and she
should have at least one recruit.
! Miss Melincent had an electric run
about. 1t was brought out for her
next morning and she started for the
village of roses. She remembered
having seen very small real estate
man and very large sign on a street
corner, and she decided to call upon
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21
Aged Ice Regarded Safe for Health

old. and when the bacteria are frozen
in it. and have been without air, mo-
ton. warmth and food from four to
five months"
A parer recently sent out with the
Endorsement of the national bcdy of
natural ice dealers says:
"The buyer of ice should really be
as anxious to obtain, and the dealer in
natural ice as quick TO advertise, that
he sells old ice, as the green grocer
is TO seek trade on the strength of the
freshness OF his tomatoes or peas, and
the butter and egg man on his new.
laid or freshly made products. Old ice
is pure ice. sterile ice. free from bac-
terra harmful or helpful"
DR. Edwin Jordan. professor of bac-
teriology in the University of Chicago
and at Rush Medical college. says:
Experiments have shown that
when water freezes the great majority
Of typhoid bacteria that it contains
are Immediately destroyed. Those that
survive die off progressively Accord.
ing 10 Park, not one in a thousand
lives in ice longer than one month,
and at the end of six months all are
dead. Relatively few epidemics of ty.
phoid fever have been proved to be due
to the use of ice"
DR. Charles II. laval. chemist for
the Pennsylvania dairy and food com.
mission, said that bacteria can i've
without air. and that a temperature
of 80 degrees was not fatal for = long
time to many kinds OF bacteria.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21
Wants chlIsren spark.d

Greeley. Col.--American children are
hot sufficiently spanked declared DR.
G. Stanley Hail, president of Clark uni.
versity. Worcester. Mass. In an ad-
dress.
81 do not believe in too much fog
cling. but It should not be abolished. 4"
he asserted. Americans protect their
children too much. and It makes them
precocious and disrespectful A little
Shaping now and then reinforces the
moral purposes OF the child"
The doctor defended laughing until
one falls from the chair and rolls un.
der the table. also championed get.
ting angry. crying and dancing
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21
PUT SANDALS ON PET DOGS
Latest Unique Fad of London Society
Is to Dress CANNES in Col
ored Boots.

London--Summer sandals are al
present being worn by the elite of the
canine world
Doggie's boots are sold in all colors,
both serious and gay. and are. as a
rule, laced on his feet.
In the summer. however, these boots
are somewhat too heavy for their
wearers, so sandals are substituted.
Sandals can be obtained in all
Sizes" said dogs outf1tter
They are similar in shape to those
worn by babies. and are made Of
leather and fastened by strap and
button in ordinary sandal style.''
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-09-21
Bees stop Sale.

York. Pa.-While an auctioneer at
the sale of the property OF Mrs. Har-
vey Smell, at Carleyville, this county,
was asking for bids upon a hive Of
bees, the little honeymakers became
ruffied at the inspection to which they
were subjected. They sailed forth,
putting to flight a hundred or more
people, including the auctioneer. A
number were stung and the sale had
TO be postponed until the bees settled
into the hive again.