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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
Site Of Old Junk Yard Yields WealtS
to All Those Who Are Willing
to Work Hard.

Chicago.-There is a mining camp
in the heart of the West side.
1t is a real camp, that grew In tie
same sporadic way as the old west
ern Eldorados It began with dis
covery of valuable metal and rush
to uncover mineral wealth. There
was claim jumping and anarchy. fol
lowed by the establishment Of a crude
government TO protect the claimhold-
ers. The camp IS located In large
vacant lot at West Taylor and Jeffer-
son streets
1t all began a week ago, when a
young citizen of the neighborhood IN
covered a quantity Of old scrap iron
while digging on the lot This he
took to junk dealer and was soon
exhibiting a bright silver quarter
among his playmates.
The story OF wealth spread and
within a few minutes the lot was GOV
cred with children Of all ages, In
dustriously panniug out the iron. The
pennies. nickels and dimes brought
home at the end Of the first days
work caused the older relatives OF the
children to take notice, and the next
day there we're scores of adults on the
ground. with picIaxes and wheelbar-
rows.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
Preparations for the Coronation
Already Under Way.
London to Be at Home" to the Peo-
Pile of the British Realm-Car-
uiVaI Parade From Hyde Park
to Crystal Palace.

London-One of the most spectacu-
lar events open to tourists in London
during the coronation season will be
the Festival of Empire" at the Crys-
tai palace. King George and Queen
Mary will attend the festival on May
II to hear the great empire concert,
in which Nine. Clara Butt will take a
prominent part, and in which there
will be 5000 voices in the chorus, I'M
der the conductorship Of DR.. Charles
Harris of Canada The famous Queens
hall orchestra, conducted by Sir Hen
ry Wood, will also take part.
Arrangements are completed for a
series of grand empire carnivals. The
city of London corporation has voted
e200 Isl ,000) for the construction of
car symbolical of the life of the
capital of the empire. while number
of other cities in Great Britain are
sending cars. There will also be en-
blematic cars for each of the oversee
dominions and others to represent
great industries. In all there will be
fifty huge cars. The festivities will
be held periodically on the grand ter
race Of the Crystal palace.
During the coronation period there
viii be a carnival parade from Hyde
Park to the Crystal palace. In add
ton TO the fifty carnival cars-Nice
has but f1fteen-there will be mount
ed calvacades and thousands of peo-
pie in fancy dress. the men wearing
grotesque heads.
Rapid progress is being made with
the construction of the "AIl Red
Route" the mile and a half of cleo
trio railway which will give visitors
comprehensive review of the Brit
ish empire at work and play. This
work, together with the oversee do
minion parliament buildings. which
the line links together. is costing
9176,OO0 (sSS0000). The chief six
spectacles will be the wheat fields OF
Canada, the tea plantations of India.
the vineyards of Australia, the gey-
sers Of New Zealand and the gold
and diamond mines Of South Africa
The exhibits in the various govern
mvnt buildings viii include thirty
laoleaux of THE Romance of EN-
pire." These will illustrate what the
British settlers had to contend with
in the early days and how the history
Of the oversee dominions has been
made.
The allBritish exhibition of arts
and industries. to be held In the Crys-
tai palace itself. which is being re-
arranged and decorated for the pur-
pose, will make a special feature OF
machinery in motion.
The duke Of Marlborough is send
ing from Blenheim palace a price
less gallery of paintings which relate
to the history Of the empire and por-
traits of men who have helped to
make that history. The Photographic
clubs Of Great Britain and the over
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
SCIENCE
AND
INVENTION
METHOD OF MAKING ELLlPSE
Plan Shown in Illustration Proved to
Accord With Correct Mathemat-
zeal PrincipIes.

In your issues of July II and Au.
gust 25 for the year 1906 two methods
are suggested for drawing an ellipse
with the aid Of a compass. But the
compass has never produced a true ell
iipse, and these results are merely
close approximations. Also, in the
last-named issue, there is a method
for constructing an ellipse by means
of network Of tangents. This meth
cd also was proved inaccurate by Mr..
Warwick Worthington in the number
for July 81. 1909, and he in turn offers
solution by network Of tangents
which ! believe gives a perfect ellipse,
although the method is somewhat
cumbersome for ordinary use, writes
Edward NJ. Meyer of Washington and
Jefferson college, in the Scientific
American.
There is. however. a simple way of
constructing an ellipse of any desired
dimensions solely with the aid OF
straight-edge and pencil No originality
belongs to my method; but it is read
lily proved to accord with correct
mathematical principles.
On a straight-edge or ruler mark
off a distance QP. equal to half the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
The Size Of the Sea.

This term has reference not to the
area of The oceans only. but to their
total cubic content, which is reckoDed
at thirty times the cubic content of all
the land lying above the sea-leyel. In
other words, if all the land of the
globe were scraped OF down TO the
level of the sea and thrown into the
ocean, 1t would fill only one-thirtieth
part Of the enormous abyss which is
occupied by the waters. According to
Lyell. the mean height Of the land
above sea-level is 1000 feet, whereas
the mean depth of the ocean Is 10000
feet. There are mountain peaks which
rise as high above sea-level as the de-
pressions of the ocean sink below it,
but the average height of the land is
slight compared with the average
depth of the sea.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03

Hog back" tombstones which num-
Der half a dozen or so IN the whole Of
England. constitute one Of the mys-
teries which archaeology IRE ever
attempting 10 solve Hore thought.
perhaps. has been expenu~4 on the
hog.back" at Heysham. for instance,
than on any other one tombstone in
Christendom and the problem in
volved Ia by no means elueidated. J.
Holrne Nicholson. president of the his
torical section Of the Archaeological
institute. thinks that the basso-relieyo
scuIuture on this singular tombstone,
which was unearthed in the Heysham
church yard, near Morecambe some
eighty or ninety years ago. refers to
scandinavian legends Another scieu-
tist holds that the figures represent
an animal hunt, probably owing TO the
fact that one OF the sculptured beasts
is a stag One man imagined he had
found a clue TO the meaning Of the
carvings in the legends Of the saints
In the apOcryphel gospels. But on
hearing this a fourth Bayant stated
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
(@M GDTES or Ng
ITa SCIENCE M
INVENTION

France has thirty-fve aviation
schools.
Seven-eighths cf the beef consumed
in Great Britair is home produced
OF forty-three aeroplaues exhibited
in Paris but thirteen were biplanes
Forty-three per cent of the families
of Vienna live in single room each
On an average a mans hair turns
gray five years earlier than a wo-
mans.
Five patents upon safety razors have
been granted to English women In the
last year.
Cement made Of blast-furnace Stag
chemically treated is a new English
invention.
There were 35,S07 patents issued
by the patent Office at Washington last
year and 22.76S expired
Automatic machines have been in
vented which win thoroughly clean
g, 500 fish an hour
The eggs of wild birds are smaller
than those of the same species of birds
when domesticated.
Vaccine virus is rendered absolute
~ pure by radium emanations, &C
cording 10 an Italian scientist.
A new foot-dwarmer for motorists
utilizes the heat OF both the exhaust
gases and the circulation water
More than 1,000,00 acres of land
have been reclaimed from the sea by
Holland since the sixteenth century.
Italv every year uses 1850 tons OF
orange blossoms and 1000 tons OF
roses in the manufacture Of perfum
cry.
About $4,000 worth of gold is recov.
cred from the SCOT IN the chimneys of
the United States minis every few
years.
All Rotterdam street cars carry first
aid packages for relief IN case of acct.
dent to crew, passengers or pedes-
TRANS.
Experiments with thousands Of sub
iects have shown that the average
man attains his maximum strength IN
his 31st year.
A sum Of 1885, 900 left By Henry
Barnato is to be used for building and
endowing an institution for cancer
sufferers in London
By the explosion Of gunpowdeT
made of cordits and carbon an Eng
lish scientist has succeeded IN pro
ducing minute diamonds.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
MUSIC BY COMPRESSED AIR
Au~etophone Invented to Play VIC
loneeIIo Producing Rich Tone
of Greater Volume.

The auxetophone is the thing that
plays violoncello by compressed air.
1t is the invention of C. A. Parsons of
turbine fame, and is an attachment
for musical instruments whereby the
tone of the latter is appreciably in
creased by means of a current of com
pressed air.
1t is comb or multiple reed valve
Of aluminium, which is so hinged that
each tooth of the comb can vibrate at
a variable distance from a correspond
ing slot in little box, to which COM
pressed air is supplied at about five
pounds pressure. The farther away
the teeth are from the slots the great
er the flow of air, and vice versa The
flow of air is controlled by a valve,
and when caused to vibrate, the air
transmits corresponding sound waves
into the trumpet.
When the auxetophone is applied
to the cello or any other stringed in
strument the valve is connected by a
rod of aluminium with the bridge of
the instrument Thus the valve is
caused to vibrate in accord with the
characteristic tone of the instrument.
The sound issuils from the trumpet.
though in many respects identical
with that of the instrument itself, is
at the same time richer in character
and greater in volume
At a recent concert in London one
of the program features was VIC
loncello solo rendered in conjunction
with the auxetophone. At the concert
the possibilities of the invention were
strikingly evidenced. The tone Of the
instrument was appreciably fuller,
richer and stronger. When the auxeto-
phone was attached the harmonies
were more clearly defined than is pos
sible without the attachment The
fortissimo passages of the tones had a
solid. well rounded ring Of great vol
ume In the pianissimo passages the
expression was enhanced by a soft
ness and distinct clearness Of tone.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
IRON MINES ARE UNEARTHED

The pay dirt" is on lot which was
covered for years with gigantic piles
Of junk, which was recently removed.
The weight of the piles forced small
er pieces down into the SOIL
When the first mines were opened
the discovery of quantities OF copper
and large pieces OF iron which netted
the finder 81 for a days work caused
che news of the underground wealth
to spread over wider circle, and
soon there were more claimants than
claims.
A few fights followed and the orig
inal discoveries saw that something
must be done or they would lose the
fruits Of their finds.
Their remedy was the effective one
Of the primitive western camps. When
the next claim Jumper tried to drive
out holder he was beaten down by
a score OF neighbor miners. That end
ed all trouble. and now the camp is a
scene of peaceful industry for twelve
hours every day.
Entire families are at work digging
out nickels. which mean the necessi-
ties Of life to them The mothers and
older boys and girls are digging up
the ground with picks and shovels,
while the younger ones are carrying
the recovered metal in baskets and
cans to carts and wheelbarrows on
the sidewalk
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
Cincinnati Woman Issues Call for
More Members In Fight Against
tuberculosis.

Cincinnati-Come along: Join the
". H. o. It's easy. All you have TO
do is to sign a pledge that you'll never
kiss any one on the lips.
This w H. O.-World's Health Or
ganization-has worthy object, and
its president. Mrs. l. Rechtin, has Just
issued another appeal for more mem
bers. Here # IS:
Once upon a time there was con-
test among diseases-the one that
could prove he gave the most victims
to death was to have first place, Can
you guess what disease came out
ahead When infection stalks forth
In the guise Of affection. civilized. af-
fectionate. kissing human beings do
not realize # is a wolf in sleeps
clothing. The beginning Of consump-
ton is never known, but the end IL
beraiied in unmistakable signs. Doc
tors have declared over and over again
that kissing is one Of the most direct
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
HIGH PRICE FOR RARE BYRON
eral Occasions" Sold for $425,
Setting Record.

New York.--A copy of a Lord BY
ron rarity. the first edition Of his "Po-
ems on Several Occasions" published
at Newark. England, in 1907, brought
S425 at Anderson's auction rooms in
the sale of the library of Judge Jacob
Klein. OF St Louis. II is said to be
the first copy ever offered at public
auction I'm this country It was owned
by Col T. G. Hilbert of England, and
brought $3.50 in 1902 at the sale of
his library at Sotheby's. g.,
The highest price for the book is
S645 for a copy sold in London In De
cember. 1901, but that contained pre-
sentation inscription from Lord Byron
and three autograph stanzas on the
fly leaf Only los copies of this first
edition were printed. being for dlstri.
button by Lord Byron among his
friends.
For the Klein copy Of the first edi-
ton of Byron's Hours Of ldleness."
published at Newark, England in 1907,
SCI was paid Other items of interest
were. First edition of Gilbert A.
A'Beckett's Comic History of Eng
land" in the original parts. $50; a
presentation copy from the author Of
first edition of Thomas Bailey Al
drichs "Out of His Head. a Ro-
nance" s15: first edition Of Matthew
Arnold's "Empedocles on Etna," au-
thors presentation copy. $27.50; the
original autograph manuscript of Wal
81.
pnges, signed and I'm binding. $3.50;
Jcnn Majors edition of Walton and
Cotton's "Compleat Angler, London.
1924, $I40. and the Private Journals
of Aaron Burr" $40.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE

sea dominions will hold competi-
ton.
Mr.. Frank Lascelles the master of
the festival, explained that on this
occasion "a great athome will be
given by the people of London, the
mother city of the empire, to her sons
and daughters and grandsons and
granddaughter.
"a sum of more than E25O.0OO
(S1,250,000) is being spent" Mr.. Las
celles continued. "in order that the
palace and grounds may be made
worthy of the occasion. In the $50
acres of ground will be seen exact
replicas, two-thirds the actual size, OF
the parliament buildings Of Canada,
Australia. New Zealand. South Africa.
Newfoundland and India Inside these
buildings in each instance will be
shown the progress and development
of the country to which they belong
their scenery, their resources, their
interests and their industries. The
government of Canada alone is spend
ing more than 9700O0 ($350.000) in
a representation of the ..arliament
buildings at Ottawa.
There will also be camps for boy
scouts from all parts OF the empire;
empire sports. under the presidency
of Lord Desborough; a play. Hia-
watha.' by Iroquois Indians from Can
ada; battles of flowers and carnivals !;
and, lastly, a series OF scenes in the
great amphitheater. which Sir Aston
Webb has designed of the history of
London. Under the presidency of
Princess Louise, the performers al
ready enrolled throughout London to
take part in the representations of
the city's history number 1000"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
APPEAL OF ''KISS-NOT" CLUB

methods of disser1i mating the disease.
kissing friends in greeting and
parting. kissing he baby b. well
meaning but infected relatives are ;he
means of spreading consumption fast
CT than any known scientific remedy
can check II.
Why not stop kissing? It IS time
honored custom, and one person can
not stop it. It IS only in unity that
sufficient strength can be gained 70
convince the civilized world that kiss
ing is pernicious and unhealthful
"A club has been organized for the
express purpose Of discouraging kiss
ing. The name Of the club IS the
Worlds Health Organization The
initials are ". H o. II has been est
meteA that one person in every seven
Is infected with consumption.
who offers 10 greet you with a
kiss? Is It an infected person.
who wants 70 kiss the little folk?
Is # 81 infected person.
"Yor may not be able 70 answer
these questions. but you can join the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
One OF the People
By MARY WOOD AYREs
COopyright, igIi, By Associated Literary Prass.)

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FSSA 3 gave him one of the choice
SgL tables, at the end of the
room, where he could have
an uninterrupted view OF the guests.
II so. the favor was unappreciated.
He was also quite oblivious of the
fact that he had the prettiest wait
ress in the room. In his busy life
mealtime had come to mean so many
additional minutes for reading, and
he never neglected the opportunity.
But today, looking up from the
finish Of rather dry government
bulletin. his glance was caught by the
carriage of a girl who came down
the room lightly balancing a tray on
one hand. she could carry it just as
easily on her head" he thought. ad-
mir;ngly. She IS from the Smokes
surely"
AS she was bringing his own order
he soon had a nearer view. Her face
seemed familiar
Haven't I seen you some place
before?" he asked. in his abrupt way.
Sure you have, Mr.. Carton"
He started
She smiled and explained: "I went
to the Forbes-Stanton school. and
you made the speech when grad
uated"
II was the mountain school where
he himself had studied.
Il am Kitty Ralson."
He knew the Ralsons. Some OF
them lived not ten miles from his
fathers farm. He was at once inter
ested. How did you happen to come
down here?"
Kitty flushed deep red. 81
thought perhaps you had heard. | ran
off to Valleytown to marry Dan
Phelps Sally Hustled was with me
Dan--he never showed up. Sally
she went home. but just couldn't
stand TO do II. had enough money
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03

IL an address at the Harvard Med
ical school on "Infantile Paralysis"
DR.. r. ". Lovett said that. while it
was not yet certain how the germs of
the disease were communicated to
healthy children, It was fact that
birds and domestic animals had been
found in & large proportion of the
families where infantile paralysis had
occurred. and there was good reason
for believing that such pets IN the
house were responsible sometimes for
The appearance OK the disease
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03

forms the inner side of the trap, they
continue to crawl upward without be-
ing frightened away by a surface they
are not accustomed to until the upper,
or death chamber, imprisons them.
The trap consists of an ingenious
cylindrical shaped wire body, held in
place on the glass of a window or
door by means OF metal and rubber.
Its construction and its guides are
shown in the drawing, while its ap-
pearance on a window or door is
shown in the photograph. After the
trap has caught the flies it is sub
merged in boiling water and then
emptied. Placed on a window OF a
business house In Los Angeles. it
caught Cos flies in ten hours.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03

Of the Smoker
to come here. It's been six months
now" There was CLINT Of tears in
her eyes as she gathered up some
dishes and started up the room.
Her cheerful Good morning, Mr..
Carton" at the next meal came as a
fresh surprise. The six months at
Asheville had smoothed OF most of
the Vernacular from be- speech, but
she still had some u the mountain
tw"ug that he loved They had
ked other changes. Even careless
Dick Carton detected In her hair and
dress a smartness unknown TO the
mountain girls.
During the next few days they had
many an interrupted fragment of con
versation. Dick told her the news in
his home letters. and her eyes grew
r1stful
why don't you go home, Kitty ?"
he asked earnestly.
81 couldn't stand IT," She turned
abruptly to answer the sally Of man
at the next table Evidently he said
something complimentary but the
girl only tossed her head and laughed
The Phelps boys. as he knew them,
were a bad lot. The women did the
work while the men loafed and drank
moonshine whisky. Never by any
chance had he seen one Of them In
the audience when he travelled with
the state agricultural demonstration
car Dan, he could not remember.
Perhaps he was better than the rest
Of his clan. At least the girl had
loved him.
Dick ate rapidly his books nm
touched beside his plate. brilliant
plan was formulating in his mind.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03

desired major axis; also, from point
P, distance PM, equal to half the
desired minor axis.
Referring now TO the drawing, we
construct perpendiculars AA' and BIB,
and lay the ruler down so that the
points Q and NJ fall exactly upon
these perpendiculars. The point P
will then fall somewhere on the curve
of the proposed eclipse. BY shifting
the ruler about, in such a way that
Q and M always fall on lines AAl and
BIB, respectively, the mark on the
ruler at P will give the position Of
any number of points, which after
ward may readily be joined by a con.
tinuous line
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03

". H. o. and protect yourself from
your friends
III you have the welfare Of your
country at stake: II you prize your
own health; II you care for the health
Of your relatives; If you have seen a
loved one weakened and fatigued by
consumption; II you want TO help 70
protect the babies; If you want to do
the word a little good before you die,
join the w. H. o.
Sign the pledge and get your
friends TO sign It. Send in your names.
We want to boast Of having the larg.
est and healthiest club in the world
There are no dues necessary 10 Join
the club; all who work for It are do.
ing It for the cause Of humanity"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03

at the bottom to receive the bow Of
the laces and the tops are bent into
spring clasps which have a free end
under which the metal-capped ends Of
the laces can be slipped and held IN
place. In addition to eliminating the
annoyance of having to stop and tie
ones laces time and again, these
little catches give a trimmer appear
ance to the top of the shoe by hold
ing the laces neatly instead Of allow
ing them to flop around.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
Old Frlqate MAY Be Tarnst.

New York The fate Of the famous
old frigate Portsmouth. lying al tho
navy yard here will be decided with.
In a few days. after the secretary Of
the navy has weighed the report OF
department experts wto have just
completed an inspection of the his
toric vessel. II size is pronounced
unfit for further ger ice 80 a train
ing ship for naval resortes she prot
ably viii be used FOR IA get practice
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
Modesty Rebuked.

Booker T. Washington. after a Ger,
tain brilliant and powerful Grafton.
was standing on the platform Of a
railway station when a newsboy
strobe up to him
Here yare. bossr he said. Her
aid extra. Booker Washington
great speech Only cents!'
d" Nonsense. boyl' said the noted
teacher That speech isn't worth 1
cent?
All. go on--jealous!' said the boy
angrily. What do you know about
it?"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-03
KEEPING SHOESTRINGS TIED
Pair of Little Metal Catches on Sides
of Shoes Holds Laces Securely
in Place.

A New York man has contrived a
pair of little metal catches that can
be sewed fast to the shoe, near the
top, or can be clipped on to the end
of the laces, though this use is more
unsightly. These catches have loops