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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14
The Thermometer In Sickness.

Currle OF Edinburgh employed a
thermometer in the treatment Of ty-
phoid fever patients with the cold
douche as early as 1897. He was ridi-
culed by his German contemporaries
as an instance of medical decay in
English medicine. The first clinical
application of the thermometer was
made by Santorius of Padua. He in
vented a thermometer open at the end.
After being held by the patient it was
plunged into cold water. Boerhave
taught the Importance of the ther-
mometer. De Haen Q7O4-1776, must
be given the honor Of introducing the
thermometer into current use at the
bedside. 1t was not until 1850 to 1870
that it came into general use.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14
Human Blocks and PuIIevs.

The block and pulley, or tackle"
was a great mechanical discovery, but
nature made every man carry several
of these about with him at the very
beginning of creation. The most i'm
portant Of these tackles is found in the
eye. IT you turn your eye to the tip
of your nose you use this block and
pulley. which is just as perfect as any
erected on a ship to hoist sail. The
muscle which moves the eyeball works
through the block easily and smooth
ly and without friction, for nature has
supplied to all of her machinery auto
matte or mechanical l%ubricating inven-
lions. These never fail to work un-
less we are ill, and then the danger of
a hotbox is to be considered.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14
Miniatures In Hatnins.

Never were hatpins so extravagant
in size and costliness as now. The lat
est fancy of the smart Frenchwoman
Is to have beautifully painted minia-
lures set into gold or jeweled rims to
serve as the heads of hatpins. These
miniatures, which in other days would
have been placed in a locket or worn
as a pendant on a chain, are Of excel
lent artistic merit, many Of them be-
ing by we'll known miniature artists.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14
new WIRELESS
APPARATUS,
Features Of Se|ectiVe System
Invented by 0kIahomans.
STEERING OF BOATSFROMLAND

Inventors Claim They Can Operate
Any Number Of Machines In Any Dr.
rection-Assert They Can Send Out
Any Number of Torpedo Boats and
Operate Them at Will.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14
Blanche Rina as a Hen.

An amusing satire on "Chantecler"
Is now a feature of 1.-The Yankee
Girl" Blanche Ring having introduced
the other night, in the where's
Mammal" song in the second act at
the Herald Square theater in New
York. a burlesque Of the feathered
French comedy. Miss Ring appears as
a digniied hen and Harry Gilfoil as a
pompous rooster.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14
Hens Across the Sea.

Eighty thousand dozen eggs have heer
aipped to us from Europe.-News Of the
'ay.]
The Cochins and the Leghorns
hat scratch beside the Rhine.
The plump and perky pullets
Beneath h Gallo vine,
The Dominiques that cackle
Along the banks of Dee,
Are doing double duty
The hens across the sea.
They heard OF how we hungered
For eggs hat We're not old,
For pearly treasures never
Laid up in storage cold,
To make the golden omelets
To feed the brave and free,
And fastened to our rescue-
The hens across the sea.
The fresh and dainty hen fruit
For which the nation begs
They send to us-nine hundred
And sixty thousand eggs.
30 here's a resolution
OF thanks from Liberty
Tho stars and stripes salute you.
o hens across the sea!
-Minna Irving In New York 6uxSs
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14
Flour In Rrieks.

A new method Of preserving -four
has recently been adopted with sue
cess in England. It is done by means
Of compression. With hydraulic ap-
paratus the flour is squeezed into the
forms Of bricks, and the pressure de-
stroys all forms Of larval life, thus
preserving the -four from the ravages
Of insects, while It is equally secure
from mold.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14
Why Grandma Failed.

katheriGe's grandmother generally
brought her Il piece Of candy or u nut
when she returned from a party.
Once. however. she forgot. and Kath-
crime, never thinking she could be for
gotten. asked, Wasn't there anything
loose. grandma "-Delineator.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14

Operate Them at Will,
Lee and Ray Clark, young men liv-
ing near Mutual, Okla, have invented
an electrical apparatus which is now
being exhibited before officials of the
war department at Washington which
makes possible private communication
by wireless telegram and enables the
operator to propel, guide and control
any boat, carriage or other vehicle
driven by electricity, steam or gaso-
line. The system is known as the
wireless selection" and the inventors
say 1t is destined to become as useful
as and probably far more wonderful in
the variety and extent Of its powers
than the wireless telegraph system.
Its Messages Are Private.
Under the Marconi system of wire
less messages can be heard by any one
with the proper instruments for re-
celving the waves. but with the Clark
wireless the operator can select his
receiver. He calls up any instrument
desired and 1t records his message au-
tomatically, rendering the communica-
ton as private in nature as under the
present telephone system, where the
operator calls a certain number by
means of certain wire connection. This
is true also in the operation of any ma
chine run by electricity, steam or gaso-
line. BY this same ''selective' power
one or any number of machines can
be operated in any direction or at any
speed at will.
10 demonstrate the powers Of their
machine the Clarks constructed in a
little shop on their farm two small
boats driven by propellers and guild
ed by rudders. These boats were fit
ted out with electric lights, placed in a
lake about a quarter Of a mile away,
but in view of the operators, and from
that distance they were guided with
ease in any direction desired. The
electric lights were lighted and extin-
guished at will, the demonstration be-
ing made by moonlight.
A Farm Wagon Run by 1t.
A heavy farm wagon was fitted out
with the new appliance, and the Clarks
sat III their room n guided the
wagon with the same precision as a
mans hands are guided by the forces
of his mind. An automobile was sim
ilarly handled, and many other dem
onstrations of like nature were made,
thoroughly establishing the success of
the invention.
Aside from actual demonstrations
made by the Clarks at their farm, they
claim to be able to send out any given
number Of torpedo boats and operate
them at will. These boats can be
made to maneuver far out at sea and
brought back n at a time or in any
number desired. War balloons, air.
ships and all other like craft a be
governed in like ann Distance
will not serve to diminish the power
or efficient operation Of the machine
any more than in wireless telegraphy.
A few weeks ago several friends of
the Clarks were invited to the Clark
farm to see the invention demonstrate
ed. Responding to the invitation. sew
eral Mutual residents spent the great
er part Of a day observing the work
tngs of the new invention. the patent
for which had been applied for at that
time. that being their first public ex
hibition. Responsible men Of Mutual
returned that night declaring that the
invention was a perfect success.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-14
Canito, New Basketball Game.

SoT'eo' w" 0dSNSIUdH VdIIes
The first game of a series Of the
game of canito was played recently at
Gaines college. in Boston. Canito is
played with a basketball, which the
players punch in an effort to force it
across the opposing line to a goal,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-11-30
MEN BARGAIN HUNTERS, TOO
Department Store Manager Says That
Women Haven't Anything on Male
Folks In That Game.

The manager of the mems section OF
a department store uncoiled little
slam at the hesex the other day.
THE time has about arrived" said
he, for male persons to stop giving
their women folks the comic supple
ment chortle over their. the womens,
bargain-hunting activities.
"Whyfor? Because In these days
women haven't got a single thing on
the male folks as bargain counter
fiends. Then men are just as keen on
the trail of the marked down stuff as
the women. and they're every bit as
pushy and scrappy in their method OF
swooping upon the bargain junk at
that.
Cant you see tina, II won't ut you,
you lob?" growled the grabber at the
man from whose head he had snatched
the hat. And it's just my size" he
added as he put IL on. and he loped UP
to one of the clerks, stuffed $l.25 into
the clerks hand and vamoosed like a
man running away from a cloudburst.
Well, of all the gall!' grunted the
man from whose head the bonnet had
been snatched.
He was dead right growled the
fellow in the rear rows who'd OBJ
served the incident 'Whatchoo want
10 do-hang around up front there all
day and give nobody else chance ?"
It's only in quite recent years. you
see. that men have come to appreciate
the cleyerness of the woman's Idea
in buying bargain stuff out of season.
Yes. it's time to dispense with this
comedy about women bargain hunters.
They're keen and nifty at that work,
but they haven't got anything what
ever on the male folks at that kind Of
work these days"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-11-30
ARTIFICIAL EYEBALL OF GOLD
Surgical Feat That Is the Most Diff
cult Performance Known to
the Profession.

Gold, for the first time in the his.
tory OF ocular science, has been sub.
stituted for the natural 1ellylike sub.
stance in which an artificial eye is
ordinarily set In an operation at the
Jefferson hospital at Philadelphia
gold was used to form the eyebalI,
with the result that the glass eye
has all the appearance Of a real eye.
The fixed and stony stare which fol-
lows the Insertion of glass eye is
replaced by the life and light asso-
ciated with the sparkling eye OF ma
ture. This surgical feat, one Of the
most difficult of performance known
to the practise, is considered by spe.
cialists as unique in the annals of
marvellous operations.
William Senseman, a fifteen-year-
old boy of Buffalo, is the person who
is now carrying gold in his eye with
the same composure as he might car
ry that precious metal in his teeth.
Ten days ago he was playing in
the basement of his home. With a
Ratchet he struck the concrete floor
ing. The cement was shattered and.
one OF the bits few into his eye. The
tiny bit OF cement panied his eye for
a time. but as the pain soon vanished,
the boy and his parents thought that
the particle had been naturally dts
lodged
Unfortunately, the sight of that eve
grew fainter and fainter. Then one
day the boy realized that blindness,
total blindness, had set IN.
The boy and his parents came to
the jefferson hospital. The X-ray'
failed to locate the particle Mathe-
NAUTICAL methods were then employed,
and the exact position of the bit of
cement was determined.
Then an incision was made, so that
the magnet could be used to draw It
out. But the magnet had no attrac-
ton for the cement and that plan
failed. Blood poisoning was feared.
and 1t was necessary to remove the
whole eye.
To this the boy and his parents OBJ
jeeted on the ground that glass
eye was so conspicuous. Thereupon
the surgeons were inspired to at
tempt the daring operation by which.
the golden eyeball was set in the
empty socket. Then the glass eye.
or pupil. was fitted carefully into
the golden ball
The trained observation OF the spe-
cialist would be required to detect the
real from the false eye.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-11-30
slung Historically to her erstwhIls

chung Historically TO her erstwhlle
enemy.
Whatever ais you. Name? / amt
sick, and I amt lost my job. I'll tell
you all about that in minute Tell
me now what's the matter with your"
With tears and signs. with groans
and apologies. Name made a full con-
fession.
so that's it. You poor dearie.
Listen, honey, I'm going to marry NY
cousin. Charlie, that's why I'm not
workin' any more. Him and me has
been engaged four years-and Jim?
1t was all that fresh floor walker.
Jim thought he was cutting him out.
You didn't seem as loving as you used
to be. / Matched up this scheme to
bring you to, but it didn't work very
well He's wild to see you. Be good
to him, dear, he loves you
And the ring? Name, honey, !
lost the opal out the very first night.
and and had bit of glass put in so'st
you wouldn't feel bad"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-11-30
The Girl and speclslIzatIon.

DR.. G. Stanley Hall, comparing the
power of concentration and love of
study in boys and girls, says few girls
care to specialize in study. whereas 1t
comes natural to boy.
1.-THE two have a different view Of
things" continues Doctor Hall. THE
boy wants to know all about one
thing, Girls don't care to put on
binders and get down to one thing
that 1t. not many of them"
We are not quite certain whether DR..
Hall means this as complimentary to
the fair sex or not. We know not
whether this indicates the breadth Of
the feminine mine or the lack of it. But
no matter If his statement is true,
Doctor Hall might search the history
of the centuries for his answer. The
ages gave woman one thing to do, the
one thing wherein was included all
the things of a natural life AS house
keeper she was expected to be exec
utive, accountant, cook, laundress and
waitress; as mother she was expect
ed to be disciplinarian. physician,
nurse, counselor and seamstress; as
wife, helpmeet and the inspiration
Oh, much abused phrase which too
often has meant prop.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-11-30
Tn. Amser,s MIGHT Dress

The present ruler of Afghanistan,
Habibullah Khan, figures as man Of
unconscious humor in Leaves from
an Afghan Scrapbook," recent book
by Mr.. Ernest Thornton, an official Of
the British government.
~ the close of the durbar held at
Katrui IN honor of the Ameers BIRTH
day in the summer of 1906, his majesty
was missing for a brief period. and
then suddenly appeared having
changed his full uniform of a field
marshal for a dinner jacket, his only
decoration being the pale blue order
of st Michael and St. George.
We at once rose from our chair,
writes Thornton. but with a wave Of
the hand the Ameer bade us be seated,
and turning to me, remarked:
81 change clothes. put night-dress
on"
| could hardly keep from smiling
and his majesty saw it.
That not right?" he asked.
Not quit. your majesty" I said.
Evening dress is the proper name
Same thing. same time." said his
majesty, stoutly. "Night-dress evening
dress!"-Youth's Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-11-30
Vioor and Omen Air.

One of the secrets OF the wonderful
vigor and vitality of the English ma
ton is their attitude toward sports
and games in the open air. Not mere
ly in childhood and in youth. but
through all ages, down to the very end
of life The football player, or an
oarsman, or the boy who has become
cricketer or a cross-country run
ner in his school or college, goes right
on with his practice and his matches
when he starts into business and pro-
fessional life and plays just as hard
and almost as regularly in the long
summer evenings and on his religious
ly observed Saturday half holidays and
Sundays at 40 as he did at IA.
There are almost as many cricket,
hockey, rowing, fencing and other ath-
letic clubs in England. the majority of
whose members are over 80. as there
are of those under that age. The
youngster, taking up his life work,
Joins one or more of these clubs in
his new town or neighborhood, just
as much as a matter of course as he
Joins his church or his Y. NJ. c. A. or
literary club. or lodge. If he has been
successful in making" his school crick-
ct team or crew. he sets out to win a
place upon his county Ceam.-Dr.
Woods Hutchinson, in Outing Maya
zine
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-11-30

on the soup-painted floor, and handed
the whole plateful of not meat to
Tacks.
He reached for one chop with his
left eye and took the rest In his lap
Malvina rushed out In the kitchen,
crawled behind the gas range, and
refused to be comforted She de-
clared that some one had "cernIy
coEt'ahd" her, and then she raised
her voice in lamentation and didn't
stop talking for three mortal hours.
Otherwise our FIRST dinner party
passed of very pleasantly. Mother
expressed herself as charmed with our
encourage, and papa said that with
The exception Of our facilities for
landing soup at the right wharf we
were all to the good.
The next day Clara ]. suggested
that we give a house-warming to our
friends.
I'm for It," | agreed, but you must
femember that we have quite a bulky
bunch on our lisr, and as we can only
get a sprinkling of them In here at
one time Wen have to give a con.
tinuous."
Clara ]. undertook to arrange that
detail, and shortly thereafter we gave
our first public performance.
Eight friends arrived at the appoint
ed hour, and as there was only room
Tor six Of them in the fat we stood
the surplus out in the main hall and
told item TO hold an overflow meeting
During the first half hour we enter.
tanned each other by getting wedged
I'm the sitting-room go tightly that
Malvina had to pry us out.
After that we made solemn com.
pact never to try to enter any room
IN which four people had already as.
eembled. This plan probably saved
the lives of many present.
After a time my wife started to play
the piano, and two minutes later the
man who lived in the fiat above us
sent down wcrd that his kid was
asleep, and If we didn't stop beating
the music box he'd have us all
pinched.
/ sent a nice, diplomatic message
TO the msa overhead in which | men.
uoned the name Of a place that I'd
permit him TO go 10.
Then the man sent the janitor after
me. ! told the janitor that this is a
ree country, and he replied: Maybe
II Is, but you can't prove IT."
So we started to cut out the music
and started quarter limit game Of
Joker.
The players were Jim Nelson and
his wife. Charlie Payne. Fred Par.
: sons, Clara j., and myself.
Jim Nelson thinks that when II
comes TO poker he's about the warm.
est little bundle Of nerves that ever
EaDped Jack. To hear him talk
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-11-30
CLEANING Cretonne,

Now that cretonne and chintz are
used so universally about the house
this cleaning suggestion should be in
valuable, as It can be adopted in the
home so easily. Take one pound of
rice and boil It in a gallon of water
until the rice is quite soft. Now
strain of about one quart of the milky
water in a separate vessel, and add to-
it a piece of gum arabic about the
size Of a small egg. This to be set.
aside and used for starch later on
To the remainder of the water and
rice add enough warm water to wash
the curtains in. Instead of soap rub
the curtains with handful Of boiled
rice and "souse" the cretoone up and
down many times. Rinse in fair wa
ter. and finally starch with the water
as prepared above. The cretonne or
chintz material should be ironed when
partly dry (not allowed to dry and
then sprinkled), and a medium hot
iron should be used. If this method
is followed the hangings viii be like
new.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-11-30
WHEN 1T ALL STARTED

When Adam met Eve ne was bashfuI
and shy,
And he stsmmered and bIushed every
time she came nigh,
fill at last he grew bold and began
to pay court
you may put all your trust in this
faithful report).
And he muttered to her on an evening
serene:
You're the prettiest girl that | ever
have seen
And that's how that started.
Nhen Eve, with a beautiful blush on
her face,
fIedded shyIy and sweetIy to Adams
embrace,
And put uf her red lips for the true
lovers pact
She Inquired, while he bresthed the
fond names on his list:
Have you said that to all the girls
you have kissed7"
And that's how that started.
When Adam asked Eve II she would
be his bride,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-11-30
scharwenka and the Butter Man.

Xaver Scharwenka loves to remem-
Der the trip when he and H. H. Myer.
a butter merchant of Philadelphia,
crossed the ocean on the same steam
err, says a correspondent of the
Musical Courier.
There were few passengers on
board and Scharwenka was glad of
the quiet, so that he could compose.
Often he would sit down at table
by himself in the smoking room and
busy himself for six or seven hours
at stretch with pen and manuscript
paper.
The butter dealer watched Schar-
wenkas doings with great interest.
and one day tried to coax the must.
clan to take a walk on deck. Schar.
wenka declined courteously. offering
the excuse that he had a great deal
more music to write.
But, my dear man." said the man
of butter, what are you doing that
for? Economy is all right. but one
must not go to extremes. Why don't
you buy the pieces instead of copying
them of this way? Music is so cheap
nowadays"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-11-30

you'd think he wrote the game. He's
one OF those tufts who whistle for
the police when they lose 50 cents and
get the frosted Tribes when they win
dollar ninety.
! Charlie Payne plays them close to
! his shirt studs and always forgets to
| ante. His bad memory has saved a
] lot OF money for him.
Fred Parsons is one of those loud
players. Every time he wins a pot
he bubbles all over like a settler wa
ter going in a glass. When he loses
he hits the table and says: "Damma-
luck! Why didn't throw away the
other card?"
wasn't wise to the abilities OF the
others, although / had a strong sus-
plcion that Clara j. would put up a
regular Cherry Sister game. had
never heard her speak Of cards, and
| was prepared to hear her ask any
minute If the king OF trumps beat a
four flush.
We psayed along for half an hour
without anything painful happening.
Clara ]. handled her cards as though
they were perfect strangers to each
other and she was a trihe nervous,
but she trailed along with the bunch.
For Jim Nelson they were coming
In carriages. He must have been six
dollars in. and, consequently. he was
bursting with an inward Joy.
Then came a Jackpot. which went
around three or four times, and was
finally opened by Jim. We all stayed
In, and after the draw It was just be-
ginning TO look cheerful, when Clara
j. said eagerly, "Oh, John, do skies
beat fulls?"
Everybody present dipped up a tit
ter, and the poor girl looked ready
to faint.
"Surel" l said. just to bring her
back to earth, and the game went on.
Jim bet his quarter and Charlie
Payne raised him. Clara ]. was next,
and she hoisted them both, to my
painful surprise.
The rest Of us dropped out. and SO
did Charlie on the next lap.
II was Jim and Clara ]. for It, and