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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19
TO KILL MOSQUITOES

making a pretty picture in the after.
noon haze.
An old Indian guide who was in the
party was the first to point out the
dragon fiies and tell us that the mos.
quitoes had been afraid of them A 1T
tie after the dragon flies had gone and
back came me mosquitoes. Then aft
er little the flies came back, dozen
OF them this time. stretched out across
the plain in line Of battle l5 feet apart
and each one advancing and dsrting
from side to side In quick dashes. Ev.
cry dash meant mosquito killed and
eaten, and 1t was no wonder that the
mosquitoes fed.
"A few years ago the question was
seriously taken up at the Museum of
Natural History and at the Smith
sonian Institution in Washington of
whether 1t would not pay to breed
dragon liijes. or devils darning nee.
dies. as tho grandmothers used to call
them, to lid the country OF mos.
quitoes. The investigations were called
of for some reason and never pur.
sued
Il know lady out in Cambridge
who breeds lot of dragon flies in an
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19

These things have been among the
sights and sounds of all picnics, cele.
brations and fairs and circuses since
Kansas became state. But no more
will one hear these sounds or drink
the Lemonade" about Kansas unless
the dispenser has real lemonade &c
sell. The state board of health has
put 6amper on the noise of the
barker because the board of health
has ruled that a tub of water In which
is put some tartaric acid and sacchar
inc and the peel of lemon is not lem.
onade, but the imitation article, and
cannot be sold as the real thing.
In Kansas all lemonade offered fo-
sale must be made from the Juice of
lemons, water and sugar only. Imita
ton lemonade can only be made from.
citric acid and sugar and water. The
use of the most common materials for
making fake lemonade, tartaric acid
and saccharine, Is absolutely prohibit
ed in this state.
If the refreshment offered Is the
imitation kind. there must be a label
on the tub showing that it is imita.
ton and not the real thing. Also the
barker who calls lemonade" and then
has only the imitation article for sale
is to be arrested for falsely calling his
wares. and that win mean fine and
jail sentence. If the barker has i'm
itation lemonade he must shout the
word imitation" just as he shouts
the word ,.lernnnado
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19

EHICAGo.-The '49ers of CaIifor-
~ MIA gold fever fame are pass
ing into history. The epoch of
which they are survivors is closed
and the last of then are becom-
Ing too feeble to come to the an
nual reunion which has ben held in
Chicago on admission day each
year for the last twenty years.
A notice reluctantly admitting these
facts was issued recently by Secre-
tary George w. Hotchkiss, the young
est of the California gold hunters,
who at the age of seventy-nine is in
too feeble health to take charge of a
convention. The entire executive
committee Of the organization APP
pointed last year is either dead or
under a temporary disability prevent
ing them from serving. and half of
the fourteen pioneers who attended
last years meeting have since died.
A heroic effort to get trace of all
sur living pioneers In the middle west
resulted in the return mot found" of
half Of the hundred letters sent out
by Mr.. Hotchkiss. and, while he hopes
to find a few '49ers for a meeting
on discovery day" January is. the
secretary said sadly that in ten years
they. would all be gone and nothing
but printed pages could tell of a
movement whose like the world can
never see again.
1T was a picked Hot of young men
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19
Government Census Figures Show
That There Are fs4,sso.clersy-
men in Country.

New York.--All churchmen have
been interested in the census bulletin
recently issued giving church stats
tics.
There were 164,S30 Christian minis
ters in the United States, besides 1,eS4
Jewish rabbits, and they increase at
the rate of nearly 1000 year. Their
average salaries are not so small as
many suppose, for the sum is 1868.
Baptists and Methodists have more
than half the whole number of minis
ters in the country, due TO their large
number of small churches, especially
in rural districts.
There are In Manhattan and Brook
lyn several scores of ministers whose
salaries exceed $1,000 a year. The
highest salary ever offered minister
to preach in New York, and given out
in public call, was $4,000 year
and a house. offered last year by the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church,
and declined Several ministers re-
ceive $4,000 year. and there are a
dozen or more who get $4,000. These
salaries are the highest in the world.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19
ENGL ISL BANK NOTE TEST

the paper or the printing, but is not.
il Is Intentional
The average forger does not notice
this. but prints a perfect F, There
are said TO be at least thirty tests.
chiefly tiny dots and ticks. known TO
the court Of appeal at the Bank OF
England. Only about six OF these
tests are the public permitted to
know. And Of these six the two given
above are the cOmmonest. II is gem
orally believed that cashiers Judge by
the watermark, but II is not so. The
wateFmark is inimitable,. Il Is true.
but. except at the Bank of England
itself. the average cashier has never
learned it's pecuiiarities The bank.
with It's thirty-cdd tests, has never
been beaten HoNsfer many hands
the bad note may have passed through
its career Of deceit stops the moment
one OF the banks cashiers sets eyes
on it-London Chronicle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19
'49ers Going Into History, Unwept

who reached California In those
days he declared only those who
had the grit to spend months at sea
or across Indian-infested plains and
mountains succeeded in getting therel
The people of today do not know how
much their country owes to the 49,
ers. They did more toward the del
veiopmcn. of the United States that
the men Who fought in the revolution
or any other single group OF men
Most of them were very young. The
man among them who was over TWEEN.
ty-five was rare And they did not
get rich The men who came after
ward on the railways. with capital
and improved mining methods. or
Who went into real estate we're the
ones who reaped fortunes.
The pioneer who &C. enough for his
railway fare and $1,000 more with
which to buy farm considered kin
self lucky. Those who came after
ward on the railway we do not con-
slider real pioneers. They are not
eligible to our society
1--WE were privileged to take part
in an epoch of history unlike any
thing that had ever gone before, and
II is something whose like can never
be seen again. There may be other
countries still TO be developed, but
there is no place left in the world
where such a spreading of civiliza-
ton over an enormous wilderness can
take place In so few decades as it
did in the western United States.
The '49ers, as they went west In
their prairie schooners. saw miles
upon miles of fertile country whose
existence had been scarcely known,
and they were the most important
factor in developing the entire west. !"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19
Washington Lad in Long Tramp Would
Not Abandon His Pet Pup
Paws Were Sore.

Tacoma, Wash.-Without railroad
fare from North Yakima and forced
TO walk the entire distance Of nearly
200 miles because Of desire to seek
employment upon some lumber
schooner plying out Of Tacoma. Wal
ter Anderson, aged nineteen. carried
his bull terrier dog the last twenty
miles Of his journey after the animal
had worn its feet until they we're
bleeding on the rough. graveled road
bed OF the Northern Pacific. Ander-
son appeared at the police station the
other morning and asked to be d.
rected TO some shipping company. He
was carrying the dog and had torn up
his handkerchief 70 bandage It's bleed
ing paws.
Anderson said he had been eight
DAYS on the road sleeping out Of
DOOR. He had little money. nut
~as saving II to buy food. His first
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19
The Lid Put on Tight in New York

and many were specific in their char
acter
Men from the Office of the commits
sioners of accounts, the secret service
department OF the city government.
found for Mr.. Mitchell the violations
of the law. The raids began and KEYS
were soon in the doors of 40 gambling
places along the Great White WAY be-
tween Thirty-second and Sixty-ninth
streets, and 100000 of invested cap
ital went out of business. The mana.
gers who were not Grating their rou-
iette wheels. their faro layouts and
their Kiondyke sets In preparation for
the exodus. were mournfully parading
the streets in the vicinity of their
houses, warning away prospective Gus.
toners. II was the saddest day the
gamblers have known since the Ag.
new-Hart racing bills went into force.
The acting mayor has made a sug-
gestion. which is In effect an order, to
the police commissioner that all .ha
evidence concerning these PAGES be
furnished the district attorney, thai
the police notifj the owners Of tbs
buildings. and that If violations of the
Law continue proceedings be started
against owners. In that list are mem
bers OF prominent New York families
and when the police have concluded
their Investigation Il 10 the purpose
Of Mr.. Mitchell 70 have the names
published for the deterrent effect
win have on Landlord
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19
DOLLY'S DILEMMA
By STACY E. BAKER


The train, with a Respondent wall.
disappeared down twin lines of pol
ished steel. and the Slim girl who mad
been the only passenger scheduled
for that deserted spot watched its de
parture with heavy heart. This
seemed to sever the last tie binding
her TO the happy past
She gazed curiously aoout her. The
little hut of a station was brazenly
unconscious of paint. and the sultrv
summer air was so still that the dull
droning of bee came plain to her
from across the daisy-ciuttered fields.
The new arrival was slight crea-
ture. dressed with exquisite taste. but
with an expression In her dark eyes
that told of recent tragedy. A nomad
breeze. springing into sudden life,
leased at the wavy wisps of her
brown hair
The girl. anxious ana seemingly
curious. stared first up and then
down the dusty pike. At hast the
whirr OF rapidly approaching auto
mobile came TO her ears, and a great
yellow machine hurried around dis
tant bent. slowing suddenly as It came
toward her.
lis this Dolly ?" asked girlish voice
and a radiant Young person sl.rang
from the machine.
She advanced. both hands out
stretched
Wonderingly. the solitary nnssen
ger inventoried this apparition. "Wh,
YES" she hesitated But"
"oh. | know you didn't expect me.
came from the stranger. Slim fingers
carelessly reattaching breeze-blowI
curl TO mass as yellow as tbs hearts
OF the daisies In the adjoining fields
I'm Molly. you know. | suppose 20,
have heard OF me?"
Truthful politeness compelled tbs
waiting one to ignore the question
"Tes. am Dolly" she evaded. hur
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19
Insect Is Deadly Foe of Singing
Pest.
Experiments Made 10 Determine
Whether II Would Not Be Good
Investment TO Breed Dragon
Flies.

New York. Experiments are being
made at Bronx park TO determine
whether 1t would not be a good in
vestment for the government to breed
dragon flies to destroy mosquitoes, !"
said William Conroy, an employee of
the geological department of Harvard.
after spending his vacation in and
about New York and Jersey City Ia
king notes on the mosquito.
Not everyone knows" he SAID,
that the dragon fly is the worst nat
ural enemy that the mosquito has.
Both Of them are born IN the water
and both wiggle around in the mud
and ooze till the time comes for them
to emerge. Then they come out on
the stock Of lilypad. dry off in the
hot sun and split their skin down the
back and emerge from it with wings
The dragon fly has a wonderful
lower jaw that shoots out like an arm
and can grab almost anything that
comes its way. but what IL likes bet
ter than anything else is mosquito
A few years ago / was out on the
plains Of Wyoming at rather high
altitude and near some wet land
where mosquitoes simply seemed to
eat us alive. Late in the afternoon
they came swarming around us as the
sun sank and made life torment.
was with troop OF United States sol
diers, and we had camped for the
night and had built a fire to smoke
the mosquitoes away, but It did little
good. While we sat there Shaping
at the pests, there came a sudden dis
persing of them. In seconds time
almost there wasn't one of them in
sight. We all noticed It. Then, dart
ing from side to side and flying around
the camp, came the dragon flies. six
or eight of them. with their big shin
Ing bodies and tremulous gauze wings
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19
czarina, Star Monster OF Her Kind,
Forced to Devour Two Eight
Pound BOOSTERS.

New York.--The regal or reticuIa-
ted python Caarina, measuring "a
feet in length. weighing 200 pounds
and possessing color pattern of a
richness that rivals oriental tapestry.
had TO be fed on two eight-pound
rocsters, feathers and all, at the
Bronx park ZOO a few days ago. and
now it is satisfied and preoccupied
with digestion.
Czarina. Tie star monster OF her
kind. has been very peevish of late.
The keepers in the reptile house
notified Curator Raymond l.. Ditmars
that the big snake had refused food.
and 1t was then decided to force the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19
PLANTS 27 KINDS OF WHEAT
Oregon Farmer Raises Many Varieties
on His Farm--Seeds From All
over the World.

Cottage Grove. Ore.--Felix Currln. a
farmer residing four miles east of
Cottage Grove, has on exhibition here
81 varieties of wheat grown on his
farm. planted as an experiment. from
seeds secured from different parts OF
the world, each variety being planted
in a single row 100 yards long.
Among the different kinds is the
original wild wheat from the old
world. One variety. the Mediter.
ranean, has been grown on his farm
continuously in one field since 1858,
and this years yield will be heavy.
Among his other experiments, Mr..
Currin has 100 varieties OF squashes
and pumpkins.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19
DHTLApELPHIA.-what becomes 81

ID PHILADELPHIA becomes OF
i the vast volume of copper pennies
that are turned out each year by the
government? They are never called
In and redeemed like some kinds of
currency and coins, but they seem to
disappear as fast as they are stamped
and put In circulation.
II Is unusual IL the date on any of
the pennies In a mans purse at the
end Of the day is over ten years back.
yet the Philadelphia mint, which coins
all the copper pennies, sends out in
some years as many as $1,000 900
worth OF them to the trade ceDters-
100000.000. one-cent pieces. II laid
fiat. edge - edge, in row they would
reach more than one thousand miles.
And still there are some sections of
the country where the penny is little
known.
In many of the mountain districts OF
the south the york shilling" 12h
cents. is still spoken OF In trade, but
no one ever hears the one-cent piece
mentioned. In many towns in the
south and west the tradesmen offer
nothing for a penny, a five-cent pur-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19
Treat Peeuish Zoo Python

python 10 eat. So three husky keep
ers fearlessly took the creature from
its glass cage out into the open. There
the reptile wiggled for half hour
while the three keepers tried to
straighten II out so that II could be
stuffed. And they had to be extreme.
ly careful. for II the python should
coil itself around the body OF one OF
them 1t could with great ease crush
him TO death After a hard struggle
the big snake was forced to swallow
two roosters which had been pur-
chased in Bronx butcher shop for
the banquet.
In captivity the regal python is
vicious and resents any familiarity on
the part OF the keeper. While con.
fined It prefers TO feed on poultry and
can enguIf without dificulty. as II did
a few days ago. two eight-pound
ROSTERS In full feather Two such
fowls usually constitute a square meal.
but very hungry snake OF this spe-
cies viii consume four chickens OF
this size and be ready for more with.
in ten days time
During the first few months Of
confinement very large specimens Of
this variety OF snake appear 20 suf
fer from the restraints OF captivity
aid refuse food. Whenever a large
serpent is thus languishing and ap.
preaching a suicidal end, II is neces.
sary TO feed Il by force and thus coun.
teract its sluggish appetite. General
ly young rabbits are killed and tied
together with twine; the snake is
then held by the keepers as nearly
straight as possible and by means of
pole the meal is forced down its
throat distance of about six feet.
Food thus administered usually
changes the srsase's demeanor toward
captivity. With such meal once d.
gested. there comes an appetite for
food, which usually can be detected
by the snakes actions. although for a
time the reptile may lack sufficient
courage TO feed voluntarily. Atten-
tion on the part OF the keeper usually
renders a repetition OF compulsory
feeding unnecessary, although coca
sional specimens are very stubborn, IS
in the case of czarina at the park.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19

TOPEKA, Kan.-Dr. S. j. Crumbine,
secretary OF the Kansas board of
health, has put his official foot into
the mixture always present at cir
cuses, fairs, Fourth of July celebra-
lions, picnics and other gatherings of
a like nature. This mixture IS known
as notwithstanding to the barker
who spells before the refreshment
stands. Generally 1t is something that
looks a little like lemonade because
there is a lemon peel in the tub, but
1t hasn't the taste of the refreshing
beverage mother makes.
Since the memory of man runneth
not to the contrary, the one chief de-
light of the small boy and girl and the
big boy and his sweetheart has been
to drink circus lemonade at the circus
fair or picnic.
No one knows who invented the
glad refrain of the lemonade stand
barker, who in stentorian tones. calls:
'Lemo. lemo. lemonade,
Made In the shade,
Stirred with spade
Five cents a big glassu'
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19

Anew YORK.-SpHrred on by Acting
~ Mayor John Purroy Mitchell, Po-
lice Commissioner William A. Baker
has caused several raids to be made
on the gambling joints of this city.
and the lid has been damned on so
tightly that $1,000 900 of capital In
vested In such places Is idle just now,
while the owners are wondering what
next? Impatient over the vexins de-
lay, Acting Mayor Mitchell in letter,
following several raids, has put square
ly up to Commissioner Baker all re-
sponsibIlity for the non-enforcement
Of laws against gambling and vice. He
charges the police with being grossly
derelict in their duties, and declares
that the situation his secret service
men report could not exist without
police connivance. There is pane In
the ranks of the gamblers as vel as
with the police.
Since the shooting Of Mayor Gaynor
placed him at the head OF AFFAIR set
ing Mayor Mitchell has received many
complaints. Some we're appeals from
mothers who declared that their sons
ware losing money In gambling places,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19

riedly. las matter OF fact.
didn't know who would come for me
but--but | hardly expected"
You hardly expected Jacks car &c
be on the job" same laughlngly from
the interrupting maid. He sent II
down last week. you know. We es
pect him by any train"
The puzzled look again crept into
the pilgrims eyes. but she brought
forth suit case from where the
porter had placed 81. and climbed into
the machine. The girl with the blue
eyes and the red-hecked cheeks en-
tered after her. and, with quick
turn Of the wheel. reversed The car
and sped it back over the road down
which II had come. ! am sure you
viii like this place she Moderated
aAlI the comforts Of the city, sou
know, with breathing space. and nice
roomy quarters. Jacks thorough.
breds are here now. DO you rider"
'T--I--why, yes" came rather stu
pidly from Dolly. But. really, / don's
understand. There must be some ;ais-
AXE"
Not bit OF it." bross IN the
other. Jack is a regular crank on
horses, though he probably hasn't
told you about his little fads and
iancies.
The other was silent.
Mother is all for the simple life.
the little blonde ratified on Zone
can hardly coax her into the city any
more"
Past apple orchards and well Kept
fields Of growing grain flashed the
great machine. Farm houses and
huge barns sprung into view beside
the road. and as speedily flung them.
selves behind.
Suddenly great mansion with a
marvellous lawn clothed with dainty
shrubbery and flowers appeared be.
fore them. Instantly the pace Of
the car adjusted itself to numbering
crawl.
THAT'S our place" announced the
driver. Mother doesn't like to have
me scorch. so jt;st canter in under
the wire. She would puncture ell Of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19
HARD TIME PICKING A WIFE.
Massachusetts Farmer Advertises for
HeIp-Mste and Receives Sixty
offers Of Marriage.

Ienox. Mass--Frank Armstrong. a
Lee farmer, who recently advertised
for wife, has received sixty offers
OF marriage His second wife died
last March and he has not yet de-
cided upon No. 3.
Il am e2 years old and sound, said
Farmer Armstrong, land want some
one / can call my own. ] prefer a
young woman from New York. The
contest is still open. as reserve the
right 10 reject any or all bids"
Mr.. Armstrong has one Of the best
farms in Berkshire county. He haS
ais wedding suit and the minister en-
gagged for the ceremony as soon as he
can find the person who suits him. He
has received more than City photo
graphs Of young women
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19
Average Pay Of Ministers

4 minister IN London who gets $4,000
a year is near the top. In New YORK
he is near the bottom.
The government shows the average
salaries of ministers in cities having
100000 population and over for the
principal religious bodies TO be: hap
list. s1,793: Congregational. 1898.
Methodist, 1852: Presbyterian, 81.
$50. Protestant Episcopal. s1.s73; Re.
formed, 1898; Roman Catholic. 1854
and Jewish rabbits. $l.491.
II is estimated that In 1910 the sum
of s100.000.000 is being paid to minis,
tiers of the United States in personal
salaries, and that congregational ex.
penses, missions and extensions III
volve an outlay this year OF $500.
100000 more These OUTLAWS are high.
er than ever before.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19
Bank Of England Has Thirty Ways o.
Detecting Bogus Money. Only SIX
Being Known to Outsider.

How IL enc to tell good bark nete
from a bad? II is a useful piece OF
knowledge. The present writer stun
oled across it recently. Being asked
o change FIVE pound note, the shop
cashier scrutinized II before handing
aver the gold. lie was good enough
aftervard to explain what be Lai been
looxiKg for. There are, Il seems. in
a ayer. two critical points, known to
every man whose business II is to
handle paper money. One IS the sea.
cape that acts as a background 20 the
figure of britannia The other is the
eg Of the + in the printed word Five.
IN a forged note the fine. waYy psrai-
iel bnes that represent the distant sea
have not the beautifully printing Of
he good note, and are usually slightly
siossred. Sometimes two run into one.
Nrd 10 the black leg Of the +, az the
GIT side. a good note shows tiny
Etc srot tina. looks like defect IN
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19
hsaxlss, Girl Baby norn.

Franklin, PA girl baby weighing
Is pounds and IL ounces was born to
Mr.. and Mrs Michael McGinty. The
weight was taken on accurate scales
by DR.. H. p. Hammond. a leading ply
sician Of Franklin. who says he be-
lieves this record for girls ia any
civilized country.
The medical records tell Of few
boys weighing 1s pounds, but no
girls weighing within three or four
pounds Of that figure AZ birth.
This is the tenth child in the Nc
Ginty family. the others being boys.