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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08
NO MoLLYcopDLEs

Now York Press.--In his book on
America Alexander Francis, British
journalist who recently toured us
alights with considerable violence up
On orr coeducational education, and
echoes the criticism of several Amerl'
can observers that we are famipzing
our boys. OF every four teachers, ne
saw. three are women with the result
that the American boy is becoming
girlish and gentle and sensitive, ana
fast To- ing the splendid virility of the
early settlers.
one can but wonder what Elysian
fields Mr. Francis travelled through
where the boys were gentle and ten
der and sensitive. If such a region
exist at all in the United States, it Is
remote and unknown to most OF the
natives. The fact Is the average
American boy is in far more danger
of becoming a hoodlum than sissy
If the woman teacher and the coed
ucation had no other advantages than
the toning down manners, the eliml-
nation of little of the instructive and
elemental barbarity Of the youthful
male. those institutions would more
than justify themselves. Their CHIEF
value to society lies in just the effects
to which Mr. Francis takes exception.
1t is, perhaps, conceivable that in
an overcuitured and highly sophisti'
Gated community it might be possible
dangerously to soften the fiber of the
boy by feminine training and asso-
ciation. But even this is doubtful
The social organisms whose decline
and decadenee are most famous In
history were ruined by luxury and
vice and the intoxieation of unlimited
conquest. with which the women had
far less TO do with than the men.
The potion that women teachers and
girl schoolmates weaken boys char
acter and yigor and manliness Ia
based on an entirely superficial and
erroneous idea as TO the outward indi
cations of these qualities.
The fact that boy is polite, well
bred, does not swear like trooper
in short. is not confounded nuisance
to every grown-lp in his immedi ate
neighborhood- no argument against
his manliness.
A man is never more manly than
when his heart has been captured by
a woman. There is just as much rea-
son for believing that association with
sweethearts and wives Is disastrous
to manliness as that feminine com.
panionship and control during school
days has such an effect.
The real sissy is born, not made
He is product Of nature. not of eduea,
ton an environment
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08
the RIGHT TO DO eusINEss.

Leslie's Weekly.-It has taken the
American people many years of ardu-
Gus, bloody and expensive labor to
reach the spot where they now stand
They are rich and great, but no
wealth was ever so expansive and no
gained them by wisdom and toll could
not destroy them by idleness and fol-
ly. The exactions of virtue are many
and strict, and its rewards are ample,
but by one lapse or blunder the fame
of a lifetime viii fall in a night
You may raise the monuments of your
industry till they touch the skies; the
fame of one match will lay them at
your feet. If you would continue your
power you must hold fast to things
that gave it to you. | do not approve
that spirit now running through the
land VIII Oh would force the vast busi-
ness industries of this country under
the management of those who do not
own them. The right to direct a
business should remain with those re-
sponsible for the results. The con
trolling Judgment should be that of a
man who foots the bits. Power
should not be given to one and re-
sponsibility to another They can
not be safely separated. All men
should be forced to ooey the law anc
then permitted to run their own busi-
ness.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08
LONG AUTO TRIPS
IN HIGH FAVOR
TWO CARS START FROM NEW
YORK FOR THE
COAST.
GENERAL GOSSIP or INTEREST
IN THE MOTORING
WORLD.

Transconunental automobile travel.
not for records but Tor the pure en-
ioyment OF touring is growing in pop
ularity. Already two motor cars nave
started from New York for the Pa
cific coast and requests have been
made to the route experts of the
Touring club of America during the
past two weeks for over dozen
pleasure tours of similar character.
While some of these will start from
New York, others will start from dill
ferent parts of the country includ-
ing two from Texas. one from South
Dakota and one from Milwaukee.
One of the most interesting of
these long-distance pleasure tours is
that which has been arranged by
President A. l.. Westgard for Richard
NJ. Hard, president of the Lawyers
mortgage company of New York city.
MIR. Hurd IS going 10 make vaca-
ton tour from Los Angeles by the
northern route. He viii leave early
next month, driving a Packard, and
in his party will be his wife, two
children and a chauffeur. j. l.. Heb
berd, prominent motorist of Ell
Pasoa Tex, has had a novel tour pre-
pared for him by the Touring CLUB
of America which viii lead him from
his home close to the Mexican bcr-
der TO Springfield by way of Denver
and Chicago. The distance is 1900
miles.
X. c. Miller. wealthy ranch owner
of Austin, Tex, is about to make
long tour from his home to southern
California. n. W. Norris of AIilwau.
kee, viii be the first motorist from
that city who has Travelled westward
to the Pacific coast He will start
next month for San Francisco, going
by way of Omaha and Salt Lake City
Mrs. Joseph Healy of Hazleton, N.
D., will make a tour in a REQ car
from her home to San Francisco. All
of these cars will carry tee flag of
the Touring club of America, as is
done by c. II. Bigelow, who started
last week in a Mercer car on a rec
ord run from New York to Los An
geles, and Miss Blanche Stewart
Scott, who left New York in an Over
land car last Monday with one com
panion, Miss Phillips, for trans
continental pleasure tour to San Fran
cisco.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08

at slow speed In such cases, the in
flux of gas into the tank will not be
sufficiently rapid to correspond with
the outflow OF gasoline and the re-
suit will be that the engine suddenly
viii begin to draw a weak mixture
in consequence Of the deprivation OF
its fuel supply on this account it
is wise to cultivate the habit of
watching the pressure gauge in order
to make sure that the fuel supply is
being maintained at its required rate.
A pair of smoked or tinted goggles
should be carried, TO be used when
driving against how sun In the
early moraing and sometimes in the
evening, when one is driving in the
direct rays of the sun. it is quite
to see. The smoked or
tinted glasses overcome this din.
Guilty. Accidents have sometimes hap
pened in just such conditions, some
of them serious. entirely due TO the
effect of the binding sun.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08
REGAL spLENDoR.
One Room IN Colonel Astor's House
Cost 100000 To Furnish.

New York Americana royal host
Is Colonel Aston, and, while we had
heard much of the beauties OF the pal
ace, for such II is, at Fifth avenue
and sixty-hfth street, none of US,
imagine, had any idea that even the
magic Of gold could have wrought
such q tran sformation
Colonel Aston having called to his
aid Thomas Hastings, the architect he
added the beautiful bits of carvings
here, there a vaulted ceiling mullioned
with bronze columns of marble,
inches TO hold rare tapestries. grills
Of silvered steel and natural carved
oak, and when all was finlshed the
softening touches of old velyets and
damasks were sought, the mellow
tints OF trmeworn gold in chairs and
consoles, covered with tapestries that
are almost priceless.
Wonderful frescoes OF sea nymphs
and Triton were set IN the ceiling OF
the reception room, where the cold
blue OF tlsf waves sulashing about
them found It's correspondence In the
satin brocaded with roses hanging at
the windows, and in the peacock rug
on the floor, so natural In its eoloring
that II was startling. 1t bewildered
one to see the gorgeous plumage OF
the proudest Of birds spread out under
ones feet in this woven picture from
the Orient.
The dinner was at 500 o'clock, and
the guests were received by the host
and his sister. Mrs NJ Orme Wilson
in the drawing room. beautiful apart
ment done in deep ivory and gold at
ter the Louis Quinze period. The
wall panelled in carved wood. yellow
white with the low reliefs IN gold
Some beautiful frescoes are set in the
ceiling from which hang crystal Ian.
terms. and the windows are curtained
IN old pink damask.
There Is one rug Ia the room for
which Colonel Astor Is said to have
paid $4,000 and FIVE pieces Of old
carved gold furniture in tapestry, said
TO have cost $4,000 This one room
alone, with its decorations, represent
ed an outlay Of something close tc
/ 5000. 900
While the guests were assembling
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08

is also a fact that for time the
1856 cents could be bought at the
mint for exactly cent each. not
withstanding that at present an un-
circulated specimen is worth about
81 and a proof specimen has an au,-
tion record Of SIC.
/ Tie flying eagle cents were issued
for the purpose OF redeeming the old
copper cents, which had been discon-
tinued, and also the fractional parts
of the Spanish dollar, which for a
long time mad been passing current
throughout the United States. These
! silver pieces became worn and mutt
lated and caused much annoyance, so
that they began to depreciate in val
lie. and the act Of Congress of 1857
sought to get rid of them by having
them received at the minis and paid
for with flying eagle cents.
Redemption in Cents.
In 1857 S.S00,O0O of flying eagle
eeRts were struck at the mint. and
preparations were made at PhiIadel-
phia for redemption under the new
act In anticipation of the scramble
that would come with the announce
ment that the mint authorities were
ready 10 redeem the coins specified.
a temporary building was erected in
the yard of the mint Over two cash
ier's windows were placed the signs
Gents for Cents" and Cents for
Silver" The redemption plan called
for packages of the silver coin main
ing IS. The cents 10 be used in pay
ment We're placed in canvas bags con.
tanning 500 each On the day the
redemption began the crowd at the
mint was so great that it was neces-
sary to form two separate lines lead
ing to the windows
From the passage of the act fire
demption TO June 20. 1858. there had
been received Spanish and Mexican
coins to the amount of sl,072. asa, OF
which s9S,246 was taken in at the
Philadelphia mint and paid for in ny
ing eagle cents. The report of the
director of the mint on Nov. S, 1853,
said that the mint had received these
coins to the amount of $1,620, 997. OF
which S56,305 was deposited in eS-
change for the cents.
Old Copper Cents Redeemed.
Up to this time there also had
been paid out of ss2,241 in flying
eagle cents in redemption of the old
large copper cents At this time the
director said that the Objectionable
coins had ceased TO circulate In most
OF the states of the Union. and were
gradually disappearing from the dis
tant states.
AT the expiration of the two years
the redemption of the Spanish and
Mexican silver coins ceased, and In
their wake had come such food OF
the flying eagle cents that they be-
came almost as much of nuisance
as had the deprecated silver cur.
rency. Many persons through the re.
demption act had come into the pos.
session of far more cents than they
could find legitimate use for. and had
begun to pay bills OF ST., 81 and 50
In the little coins. this practice pre-
vailing to an almost uncomfortable OK.
tent.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08
PLEA OF THE ABSENT.

You spoke to her Of me?
Did a faint smile
Tremble upon her lips?
How did it seem to be2
Did she, a moments while,
AS one who sees far ships,
With lingering gaze
Look past you? Or the sea
OF her blue vision as in haze?
A tide of color rise,
Or ebb at word of me?
She spoke to YOU of me?
What did she say?
Did her tongue move in doubt,
Or speak in difficulty?
Or in hurried way,
Fearing a secret out?
And did she speak my name.
Or sudden change the theme?
Her manner did seem free,
Treating of This and That and Me tn,
same?
Tell me how did it seem,
Then when she spoke o
stephen Chalmers,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08
DILIGENCE IN weLL.poiNe

Without care and diligence thou
shalt never acquire virtue.
A fervent and dlligent man is ready
for all things
II is harder work to resist vices
aud passions than to sweat over bod
lily labors.
He that shuns not small defects by
little and little falls into greater.
Thou wilt always rejoice in the eve
ming, If thou spend the day probably.
Watch over myself, stir thyself up.
admoIaish thyself, and whatever be-
comes Of others. neglect not myself.
Thomas a Kempis
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08

the left hand, the stem OF the plant
between the fingers Strike the top
Of the pot. turned down, sharply on
a box or block of wood. The pot will
then slip easily away from the soil.
leaving the plant with its bail OF
earth in the left hand
If the roots are densely matted
pinch them to break them apart. No
matter If you break the roots--it viii
do no harm. Plant them firmly a lit
tie deeper than they were in the pot.
Give the-bed a good soaking, then
leave it alone, except to keep the top
soil stirred and the weeds down. Do
not be always sprinkling the bed.
When water IS needed, give the bed a
thorough soaking, and be sure to
loosen the soil the next day.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08

and various procedures might be fixed
I by the department and continue in
force long after the fallaey Of the pro
/ cetlures had been discovered and ad
mitted by Others.
make these comments without
considering at all the question Of the
doctors OF any one school gaining an
advantage over all others. which alone
is enough 10 show the harm the bill
might do
"It would be very unfortunate, =
said AR Diana Belais, president OF
the New York Ant;-vivisection soci-
ETY., IF the United States government
should permit itself to be misled into
an attitude of despotism in seeking
TO guard the health OF the public.
This thing, if accomplished, would
produce a yassalage which would be
wore than anything that ever OBJ
tanned in the his DRY of man, and
would have only to oe recognized TO
meet with the indignant condemna-
ton L unqucstionably deserves. IL
would seem, however, as though the
very enormity of the proposition
would in the end be the most potent
safeguard of the rights of the people.
This bill, while threatening to give
federal countenance to vivisection.
contains a still greater menace for
human beings. and that should have
our first consideration.
Fear lnoeu:ation.
THE public would be subject to en-
forced incubation of all kinds, not
only vaccination against smallpox.
but diphtheria, typhoid, cancer and
tuberculosis. They would be injected
with all the different serums of
supposed therapeutic value which are
being exploited before the real merits
have been proved, even as our poor
soldiers have been induced to undergo
NEGOTIATIONS for typhoid If they have
not been forced to endure this, under
orders from their superiors, they have
entered upon such experiments in ig-
norance, without any knowledge OF
the consequences of the incubation of
their bodies with poisonous animal
matter.
The bill also e.ses countenance to
vviisection since puts the allopath-
ic school in the saddle, and we know
that that school has been the chief
and almost only offender in this cult.
We also know that it has as a body
declared for the suppression of all
opposition to viyisection. 1t has done
so at its conventions unanimously,
and the allopathic school has received
from its leaders commands that it
must be unit on this question
In other words, the idea of the
Owen bill is to dominate from Wash
ington every state legislature and to
force such bodies into line with the
medical tenets issued from this bu-
reau in Washington.
What are we to think of a bill
which says that the government shall
interfere with state rights to this ex-
tent? The ultimate effect would be
to place us as a public and as indi-
viduals in slavery to a medical organ
ization"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08
Notes.

With the intent of relieving the
owner OF a motor car as much as
possible of the troubles incident to
the use of pneumatics, one of the
prominent automobile concerns gives
its customers the following good ad-
vice: Remove the tires from your car
every 1000 to 1900 miles, separating
the tubes from the snoes, cleaning
each carefully and rubbing each with
soapstone, scrape the rim and put on
some graphite. Vulcanize all cuts
and punctures so as to keep dirt and
dampness from the fabric II is adj
visable every once in a while to
change the left hand tire TO the right
hand wheel. The valve stem of the
inner tubes should be occasionally
tested, so that the tire may not run
partially fat, thereby injuring the
fabric Inner tubes should be carried
in a dry place and away from oil
and grease. Tires should be pumped
up hard. Carefully following these
suggestions viii result in considerably
increasing the average life of tire.
When the car habitually is run at
moderate or high rates Of speed, no
illeffects are apt to manifest them
selves as a result of leakage in the
pressure line leading from the check
valve to the fuel tank If such leaks
exist, however, they are apt TO in
duce trouble when it is attempted TO
run the car for any length of time
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08

The changing OF speeds on a car
equipped with planetary gearing
should be done slowly and gently:
otherwise the strain on the gear is
very considerable and stripping is
not an impossibility. fabrication OF
the drums is quite permissible. and
is usually provided for, but if not.
some thin oil can be used to advsn-
tage on the peripheries of the speed
changing gear drums.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08

Last year was banner one in the
improvement of roads in this country
from every point of view. Eleven
states which submitted reports. clearly
defined and comprehensive, spent
over s22, 100000 in road and bridge
construction and maintenance. and 10
of these states have appropriations
for 1910 amounting to more than sl6-
500, 900
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08
A PRACTICAL THESIS FOR GRAD.
UATIoN.

The girls who take the domestic
science courses at the Kansas Agri-
cultural college have to make .aern-
selves a complete outfit from under.
clothing to silk dress, be4ore they
can take degree. Mose of their
grandmothers had to Go their own
dressmaking withoU. getting a dsplo
ma for doing it But whether taught
at home or in school it is a useful
thing for young women to Iea-n-and
il is fascinating work besides. -
Youths Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08

Lawrence Eddinger. who plays Dr.
Bernstein In the eastern company Of
The Third Degree. was the original
George Bartlett in The Social High
wayman when it was produced IN
New York, September "a, 1895.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08

Truth is said to he stranger than
fiction. yet 81 IS only in fiction they gel
married and live happily ever after.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-08
1856 Eagle Cents.

In 1856 these pattern cents we're
made In considerable numbers. No
one knows Just how many were made,
but certainly there were hundreds
and perhaps thousands of them in.
deed. the statement was made a rev
years ago that fully $1,000 Of the
flying eagle cents had been made It
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-05-14
CONSULT ON HILO
RAILWAY BRANCH

Manager Filler and Civil Engineer
Kleugel, of the Hilo Railroad Com
pany, came down from Hawaii in the
Mauna Nea this morning, and before
9 o'clock began an extended confer
ence with B. F. Dillingham; in that
gentleman's office. The trio spent
an hour or more looking over maps of
the country between Honolii gulch
and Paauhau, Engineer Kleugel ex-
planning the difficult points that
would be encountered Mr.. Dilling-
ham paused in this interesting bust
ness to say:
After consulting with Engineer
Kleugel and Mr. Filler this morning
l am satisfied that we can begin pre-
liminary work on the new route as
soon as Mr.. Kleugel returns to Ha-
waii, which will be in a few days.
First, there must be "a careful and
accurate survey and the route staked
out. Work of clearing a portion of
the route will also be taken up imme-
diately.
when l stated the other day that
work would begin by October 1
Iallowed for certain obstacles that
might be met with. These have been
removed, and there is now nothing
in the way except the routine of pre-
lparation.
ITO get better understanding of
the plans, it may be explained that
the extension is made primarily to
connect with what are known as the
Davies plantations in other words,
the estates to and including Paauilo.
Twill we go to Paauhau? / can.
not answer that question yet. The
extension as now decided upon will
go to a point within three miles of
that plantation, and it is up to Pau.
hau as to whether or not we con
meet with that place. Personally, l see
no reason why Paauhau should not
also be connected up with the rail
road"
Messrs. Kleugel and Filler expect
to return to Hilo next week, after
which the preliminary work indicat
ed will be taken up.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-05-14
A PROFESSOR ON
NATIONAL BANKS

PROVIDENCE, R. I. May 2.-Prof.
Henry B. Gardner explained the vic
tory and growth of the national bank
of the Uuited States in a recent lect-
ure in the economies course at Brown
University. The speaker touched
upon some of the advantages and dis
advantages of the system. He said in
part:
previous to the outbreak Of the
Civil War there were no national
banks in the United States and the
nearest approach to such institutions
were two banks which were organized
under general law. The first of these
was established in 1891, and went out
of existence in 1911; the other lasted
from 1916 to 1886.
"a law was passed in 1868 provid-
ing for the organization of national
banks, but few banks took out chart
ers. When the law was amended in
1864 in order to overcome certain OBJ
stacles, a considerable number of ma
tional banks were established. This
number was still further increased in
1865, when a law was passed assess
ing tax of 10 per cent. on all notes
not issued by the national banks. -.
There was great satisfaction with
the national banking system when it
was first founded, for it furnished a
universal medium of exchange which
was Absolutely sure. Nobody has ever
lost a cent on a national bank note.
But the system was criticised because
it did not provide for agricultural
communities, such as the South and
the current rates of interest were high
West Small towns found it difficult
to raise the required capital, and
in such localities considerable profit
was lost by tying up money at low