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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17

l consumed many perplexing hours
over a eircumspect, yet sufficiently
emphatic reply to Pru1ella's recent
surprising communication Here is
what she wrote:
Dear Dick-Our engagement is at
an end. Something awful has hap
pened-something that makes it i'm
possible for me ever TO marry you.
DO not. | pray you. attempt to see
me; could not endure It, not now.
Under separate cover l am mailing
10 you our betrothal ring. together
with the brooch. watch and bracelet
you sent me on my last three birth
days. Please do likewise in regard to
different tribes l have given you.
do not care for them intrinsically, but
under the circumstances II is best that
this should be done.
Il am starting for Colorado Thurs
day, where shall make my home
with the Cahills as goyerness and
companion to their children.
DO not try to intercept me. This is
hnal, and though it breaks my heart,
there is no other way but to sign my
self. Farewell forever,
"Prunella"
The letter had left me bewildered,
dumfounded, dazed 1t was a long
time before could rake my faculties
together. even to think. Had Prunel.
la. in some miraculous fashion pecu-
liar TO fiancees, dragged forth some af-
fair out of the past? Had my latest
escapade with a chorus girl been err
orneously reported on the evening
Dagger? Had some one of my numer-
ous rivals confided to her that a dis.
tant uncle of mine had died of con-
sumption? After having cudgeled my
ingenuity exhaustively. l produced the
following:
My Dear Girl-Yours to hand and
contents noted am shocked. startled
beyond expression. Our relations have
been too deep, too tender. too genuine
to be thus lightly severed. 1t is my
blessed privilege to request an ex-
PLANTATION; and failing in that. to de-
mand one.
IF you will be good enough to in
dictate the hour. l shall take pleasure
in calling at your home. Don't refuse,
for depend upon it, shall find a way
of seeing you face to face and hearing
The worst As ever,
Dick"
This dispatched. gave my attention
to the long-neglected pile of briefs
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
Flashed on Screen to Illustrate
Popular Lecture.
Pictures Taken az Pasteur institute
and Brought &c This Country to
illustrate Doctor Lees Ad-
dress on Medicine.

New York.--Weird objects wrigged
over the moving picture screen at the
American Museum of Natural History
a few nights ago. when DIR. Frederic
S. Lee, professor of physiology in Co
lumbia, showed his audiences how the
germs of the sleeping sickness thrive
amid the blood corpuscles He also
had pictures showing how the move.
ment OF a rabbits heart is studied. and
a series illustrating how scientists In
oculated monkeys with fever germs In
order to study the disease. very sim
liar process to the one which resulted
In the recent discovery of meningitis
serum, he said The last picture
showed the simians restored to health
and mischief, The pictures were TAX.
EN- at the Pasteur Institute and
brought to this country to illustrate
Doctor Lees address, which was the
last OF the Jesup lectures on scientific
features of modern medicine, under
the auspices of Columbia university.
Pictures of the germs working
among the blood corpuscles. and APP
parently, feeding on them. were re-
ceived with establishment by the audi
ence.
In speaking of his animal pictures,
Doctor Lee, who is a leader in con
futing the antivivisectionists, made
tempered remarks concerning them.
I'm view of the great extension of
the commendable humane movement
of The past half century" said he. II
is, perhaps, not surprising that opposi.
ton 10 the use Of animals for scientific
purposes is hotly maintained by few
individuals. This opposition some
times wilfully denies the value of ami
NAL experimentation In scientific ad,
vahces; 1t sometimes assumes the ex.
treme and officially indefensible atti-
tude of denying the right of a man to
use animals at all as experimental OBJ
tects, and II has as its practical aim
the establishment of legal restrictions
against the practice. These vary In
degree from slight limitations to total
prohibition.
The antivivisectlonist view IS
psychologically of great interest II
rests on low intellectual and ethical
level and exhibits In an elemental sim
plicity the qualities and power of emo
tion. It's abnormal sympathy for ami
mails blinds its possessor to a normal
sympathy for human beings It as.
sumes the present existence Of cruelty
I'm laboratories AS an evidence OF
such cruelty It either recites for the
thousandth time one of halfdozen
classic Instances Of experimental pro
cedures that date from an early PEE
Rod. before the use Of anaesthetics be-
came general. o. # misintcrprets in
stances of modern procedure. Many
anuvivisectionists are frequently sin
cere. and undoubtedly undergo great
mental anguish over the supposed UNI
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
SHOW BLOOD GERMS

warranted sufferings OF animals. But
they are fighting monster that does
not exist"
The speaker said that one OF the
main causes of dlstrust of medicine
and doctors. which. he said, had exist.
ed since ancient days and was still In
force. was the appalling ignorance
which people possess OF their own
bodies and bodily processes.
THE ordinary man feels certain
symptoms said the lecturer, but he
does not understand their real sig
nificance. He knows not whether they
are important or unlmportant. or
whether or not they demand a doc.
tors knowledge He trusts blindly to
the hope that If he neglects them they
win pass away II they persist he
diagnoses his own case and attempts
to treat ii. II, at last, he is forced
to appeal to the doctor. he learns that
of the real significance of his disease
he knows nothing, except what the
doctor may tell him"
After the lecture. II being the con
GLIDING one of series, there was an
impromptu reception to Doctor Lee
Doctors and medical students, as well
as lay members who were in the audi.
eaee, greeted him, One woman told
the doctor she was seventy-four years
old. but. in spite of that. had not
missed one of his lectures.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
Says Population Of London win
Shrink.
EngHshman Declares Opening Up OF
New Residence Districts Away
Out From City viii Take
Many People.

London. Much interest was aroused
In the report OF tho London traffic
branch OF the board OF trade recon-
mending 100 miles of new roads lead.
ing out Of and around London. Sir
Herbert Jekyll couples the scheme
with the provision OF new garden
suburbs" In the districts traversed by
these roads. He urges its immediate
adoption on the ground that. heavy
as the cost will be now. It will be
twice as heavy seven or eight years
heGee The report thus opens the
prospect of what London may be like
in 1920.
The Labor party is in favor ~ tine
proposed roads being put in hand as
soon as possible. They would find
work." said Labor NJ. p. yesterday,
for thousands OF men now walking
about half-staryed
One of the oldest West End real
estate agents, discussing the report,
said Il foresee the time when Lon
don proper. the business and shopping
quarters. will be as deserted at night
time as the city is today | have seen
this change coming for n long time.
The difficulty Of letting houses In the
West End increases every year. Peo-
pie who can afford to live farther out
simply will not stay in town.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17

stacked up on my desk. AS sat work
Ing late into the twilight the telephone
bell at my elbow tinkled imperatively.
took up the receiver.
"Hello!' said l, what do you want?"
There was an inflnitesimal pause;
then a feminine voice asked:
May | speak to Mr.. Allison,
please?"
This is he" returned in my most
courteous tore.
obi"
Well" observed, have you recov-
ered?"
Recovered" she repeated in pro-
found establishment. Il don't under
stand you"
THAT letter." I reminded, wasn't it
the result OF an hallucination of some
sort?
Certainly mott" She flung back the
words with such force that the tele-
phone wires tangled.
I was quaking inwardly, but deter
mined to bluff 1t out.
"Oh, come. now. Prunella-don't be
foolish. Why don't you speak out II
there's anything"
There is she cut in sharply. land
here is the truth: was coming ue
town on Broadway car the other day.
Your father occupied the seat in front
of me; he was talking to another man.
He said: Too bad about Underwood's
sinking every cent In that wire deal,
wasn't It? Leave his family practically
penniless. Dicks engaged to one Of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
INDUSTRIAL
MECHANICAL
CD NOTES "a,

New York city keeps two million
persons busy supplying its inhabitants
with food.
Manufacturers in the United States
exported 104. sS3,sSS pounds Of print
ing paper last year.
Cypress water tanks have been
known to defy decay for more than a
quarter of century.
Freshly cut bark of the cork tree,
when heated, gives off a gas that can
be used as an illuminant.
A plant for the manufacture Of
bricks from lava is being erected at
Honolulu by San Francisco man.
More than sixteen square yards OF
surface can be covered with the gold
leaf beaten from $50 gold piece.
Equal parts of turpentine and kero-
sene. applied with a piece of flannel,
makes a cheap and effective furniture
polish.
The worlds oldest chain bridge is in
China, where it forms a roadway half
a mile long from one mountain top to
another.
Anthracite coal has slightly less
heating value than charcoal and about
twice the heating value of thoroughly
dry wood
The japanese manufacture much of
their paper from millet stalks. Man.
churia furnishes about 245,000 tons OF
pulp a year.
A shovel with sieve attached so that
ashes can be sifted before they are
removed from a heater has been in
vented by a Michigan man.
An automobile or bicycle that is but
partly inflated viii pick up more OBJ
jeets and viii be punetured more
readily than one fully inflated.
A French chemist claims to have
made practical alloy containing
more than 30 per cent. magnesium, a
feat that has baf1ed scientists for gen.
erations.
A metal holder for paint brushes, by
which they may be attached at any
angle to The erds Of poles to save
painters using ladders, has been pat
ented hy ~ ltlinoisan-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
The Last Laugh.

The frequent and unsuccessful cam
didacy OF certain men in this town for
public office reminded George (Scotty)
Dore Of a story Of his old friend
Hogan.
Hogan was rafting clock" said
Mr.. Dore. He vas fairly successful
in disposing Of tickets in the shop
when he worked. but he ran up
against trouble when he canvassed
his neighbors.
Dropping in al his neighbours house
he tried to sell ticket on the clock.
Its a fine time piece and tn
LUX foine on yer what-not er mantle
says Hogan, cajolingly.
"'Gwan, the old clock doesn't rum
replied tire neighbor.
Well drawled Hogan, changing
front completely, well. perhaps yea
won't win It and then yez'n have the
laugh on the fellow who does.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
TIGHTER MINE LID URGED
British Authorities Want More Dras-
tic Ventilation Laws-Perrit Two
and One-Half Per Cent. Gas.

London.-The third report OF the
Royal commission on Mines has been
issued. BY the second report the com.
missioners expressed the opinion that
II would be desirable TO have such
standard of ventilation as 10 prevent
the appearance in any open and read
lily accessible position of a fully form
ed cap" on the lowered flame of
an ordinary safety lamp, burning the
oil In common use. and that the men
should not be allowed to work or pass
where this standard is exceeded.
Since that time they have studied
the subject more closely, and now
deal with the percentage of gas which
should be allowed by this standard,
and recommended that It should be
made Law that no men should work
or pass in the ordinary course OF
their employment IN places whers
there is more than two and one-half
per cent of gas in the general body a
the air
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17

One night at three o'clock the bishop
Of Orleans was reused by royal
courier. who had, In hot haste,
brought dispatch from his majesty,
Louis XIV. The bishop imagined that
something terrible had happened.
Tremblingly he opened the package
and read:
Monsieur, the Bishop Of Orleans
NV daughters wish for some pre-
served Orleans ounces. Pray send
sone. II you have none. beg that
you will"
In this part Of the letter there
was a drawing Of sedan chair. and
underneath me chair the kings letter
continued thus:
send Immediately into your epis-
copal tow md get them; and. mon
sieur the bishop, may God have you
In his holy keeping. LOUIS"
Lower down on the page was this
postscript.
"Tbe sedan chair does not mean
anything. 1t was drawn by my
daughter ca this sheet OF paper, which
happened TO find near me-"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
ERROR HOLDS UP A LEGACY

Kemper will sue In the supre ne
court for the money.
Sevilla was native of Peru
but came here, was naturalized and
died in 1886 worth 100000 His
win contained a bequest Of $780,
900 for a home for poor girls at
Hunts point. On a contest by
relatives the courts declared the
Will invalid and said the estate
must go to natural heirs. BY this
means LeopOldo Barranchea OF Peru
became executor Of the estate.
Mrs. Kempner alleges that the OK.
ecutor recognized the claim Of her hus-
band and promised to pay 1t. When
she called him to account for fail
ure TO pay he wrote TO her that all
the money had been distributed. She
found that No. 105 West Twenty-sec.
ond street belongs to the estate, and
hopes to get the $4,000 from the &C
cumulated renia Of that property.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
DOG SENDS IN FIRE ALARM
Flame Of Big New Haven Business
Block Lights UP the Waters Of
Long Island Sound.

New Haven, Conn.-Fire swept
away the Killiam block. 100000
loft building in the downtown factory
section of this city. The stocks of
four business tenants we're destroyed
and three tenement houses adjoining
were burned
A bulldog In the building gave the
alarm by barking, but before the fire.
men could get into action there was a
terrific explosion. apparently of gaso-
line or other oils, which drove the
fire throughout the entire building.
When the smoke OF the explosion
cleared the flames had spread to all
FIVE floors.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
VARIOUS WAYS TO CUT GLASS
One Of Most Stubborn of All Sub
stances With Which Layman
Has to Deal-Cutter Useless.


Glass in any form is one of the most
stubborn Of all substances with which
the laymar has to deal ia making
change of form in a household nece5-
sity. With a glass cutter and even
sheet glass to work upon. he knows
from experience that cutting glass isn't
always easy along straight lines Cut
ting bottles or glass vessels. the cut
ter is useless.
1t Is commonly known that small
bottle may be cut by tying a string
around it, soaking the string in kero-
sene. setting fire to it, and as it burns
out, dashing cold water on the bot
tie. This works only with the small
er glass vessels. For cutting the
top from large carboy. however. the
same principle applied differently will
work admirably.
Fill the large vessel with cold wa
ter to the level where cutting is de-
sired. Then heat a heavy oil to the
boiling point and pour quickly into the
carboy, where the hot oil floats. and
then before the oil cools, dash cold wa
ter over the outside of the bottle. An
even break along the line of contact
Of the hot oil and water is the re-
suit.
Often some one has need for piece
of sheet glass in circular form. Using
a pair of heavy shears, immense glass
and shears in 9 tub of water and hold
ing them as deeply as possible, the
glass may be cut away into the desired
form. The one thing to observe is
that the bite" of the shears be not too
deep, as the glass cut away crumbles
into small particles.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
LOSS TO METROPOLIS

The scheme of the report. II It is
ever carried out. will make every one
able TO afford t. Then. instead OF
streets blocked by every kind of We
hicle, there will be plenty OF room in
the center for the necessary traffic.
There is clearly great future for
garden suburbs. The better kind OF
people will not live In the ordinary
builders house now They want
something more distinctive, nicer to
look at. | take II there will be gar
den villages pretty we'll all round Lon
don. Along the wide avenues leading
out east and west there win pass
every morning thousands of men from
homes as far as out as Brentford and
Uxbridge, between Ealing and Tx.
bridge, between Brentford and Rom
ford, there are stretches of country
only waiting to be inhabited 'Fortu-
nately, the town planning act viii pre-
vent them from being developed by
the speculative builder IN the bad old
way.
Il am not among those who think
the population Of London win go on
increasing AS people leave the town.
therefore, tne houses they have given
up are likely either to remain empty
or to be turned into warrens for the
lowest class. 1t lis serious outlook
for those who own land or who have
long leases on house property | do
not suppose that Belgravia will ever
recover. for example.
Factories are going out of London,
too. There is a regular empty belt
round the city. especially In South
London. which used to be busy tn its
and work people were
on into the country"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
Spanish copyist Wrote In VIII "HiIs,"
Daughter, Instead Of "HiIo," Sen,
Creating Confusion.

New York.-Because Spanish copy
ist OF the will Of Jose Sevilla mistook
one little letter and wrote "hija."
which weans daughter. instead Of hi
TO- the Spanish for son. legacy Of
$4,000 has hung fire for rs years Pc
ter -. olney. as referee. found there
never had been a daughter and hence
hat the money must have been In
tended for Pedro Benjamin Barren.
chea, the son Of SeYilla's sister.
Barrenchea went the rounds Of
the courts for IL years trying to
prove mis- rights, but at last gave
# up and died in 1893. His widow
resumed the task after she became
Mrs. Emanuel Kempner Of No. 232
Cypress avenue. the Bronx. Mr..
Olney has reported on her petition
that II there never was daughter
the legacy must have been intended
Tor q son. On his rsoort Mrs.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
NEW LIFTING JACK is STOUT
Will Be Found Convenient by Automo-
bilists and Vehicle Users-Takes
Up Little Room.

new lifting jack that will be found
convenient by automobilists and We
hicle users in general has been design
ed by an Illinois man. The particular
features are that it lifts the wheels to
be fixed three inches from the ground
at one stroke of the lever instead Of
requiring a series of pumping move
ments, and the parts that hold the axle
Of hub are mounted with leather so as
not to scratch or otherwise mar the
paint. While the jack is made so that
1t will raise a wheel three inches at a
clip, it can be instantly adjusted to
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
Stout New Lifting Jack.

any height desired There are no
springs TO the implement, which is
very strongly made yet only about a
foot high, thus making it easy to han
die and taking UP comparatively lit
tie room in the automobile tool box.
A set of four of these Jacks might
probably be used to save a motor
cars tires by keeping them off an oily
floor while the car is at rest.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
COATING Metal and Mood

For coating metal, wood and many
other substances with metal a Swiss
engineer has invented a process In
which the metal to be used, while in a
molten state. is subjected to the pres
sure Of an inert gas, which drives it
in the form OF spray to the surface to
be coated
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
seaweed for PACKING.

NJ. Petit has obtained French pat
ent for a novel treatment Of seaweed.
The sesweed is subjected to bleach
ing process by sleeping in solution
Of sodium hydroxide. After FIVE hours
immersion the material is drained and
soured with dilute sulphuric acid. The
product is suitable for packing pur-
poses, and can be used as a substitute
for wood-wool. paper shavings, etc.
and for other uses.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
INDUSTRY
AND
MECHANICS
LATEST THING IN WRENcHES
Tool Designed by Kentucky Man Has
iaany Different Grips and All
Are Reasonably Sure.

A wrench that is built in an entirely
new way has been designed by a Ken
lucky man. 1t not only affords a great
variety of grips, accommodating both
large and small objects, but gets such
strong purchase in every instance
that there is no danger of its slip
ping. The implement is made in two
parts, both Y-shaped, and one of the
parts has both of the short arms
double. One of the short arms of
each section is also serrated. The SER
rated arm of the single part is pivoted
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
HOLDING BOTTLES AND CANS
Handy Little Device May Be Made Out
" Piece of Ordinary Wire, Abou,
No. IL Gauge.

A piece of ordinary wire, about No
IL gauge. bent in the shape shown in
the illustration and fastened to the
wall with couple of screws viii make
a handy clip for holding a bottle or
an oil can. This device fastened in a
tool box of an automobile, using the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17

between the smooth arm of the double
part, which turns over 1t as far as is
necessary. The object to be gripped
by the wrench thus comes into the
space formed by the four short arms
of the tool and is seized by the pres
sure of the serrated edges as the two
sections are squeezed together. 1t is
a stubborn nut that cannot be un-
screwed with this wrench.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17

English scientists have perfected a
new process for extracting radium
from pitchblende by means of which
more radium can be produced in two
months than in one year by the Ans.
trian method.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
Refuse TO Wed; win $4,000.

New York.-Three girls of New
Haven. Conn. Misses Belle. Henrietta
and Marion Feuchtwanger. will re-
ceive $4,000 each from the estate of
their uncle, Meyer Feuehtwanger, for
not marrying during his lifetime.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17

bottom in the place of a shelf. will
hold the oil can and prevent its being
turned over. says writer in the Pop
ular Mechanics. Such a clip is useful
for timers to hold the acid bottle
in handy place and keep it off the
bench.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17

A double CRATE has been brought out
IN Europe for the economical coDsumn-
ton OF low grade Goals, the hot air
from the upper CRATE driving the
smoke and gases down into the fire on
the lower so that they are almost
completely consumed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
Durable Hektoaraph Pad

A heater and more durable hekto.
graph pad than the usual gelatine-
glycerine combination can be made
from artists modelling clay, saturated
with pure glycerine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
object 10 New Rnnknot.s.

Berlin. The new banknotes OF 100
marks. Issued In Germany, have not
been well received by the public and
tho press has published lively criti-
cisms OF the design. According to crit
les the scheme is grCtesque.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
For Grinding STEEL saIIs

In Germany there has been patented
a machine for grinding steel balls
which is claimed to retain ball with
in It until it is perfectly formed and
sized.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-17
Preserves, That Was All

Greatly relieved, the bishop hurried
a courier into orleans. procured the
preserves and sent them 10 his royal
master-Thomas z. Watson In The
Story of France