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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19
GOOD REMEDY FOR HIccoUGH
spasmodle contractlons of Diaphragm
Stopped Instantly by Small Guam
tlty of Powdered Sugar.

Hiccough is a sudden and spasmodic
contraction of the diaphragm, deter
mining a brusque shock to the walls
of the abdominal and thoracic cavity,
and is accompanied by a rough and
inarticulate sound caused by the sud.
den closure and sonorous vibration OF
tho vocal cords.
Among the numerous remedies EN-.
ployed against the disagreeable symp-
toms there Is one recommended by
DR.. Petit of Beaumont, France, which,
although not really new, is but little
known 1t has the merit of being ex.
tremely simple and is said to be re-
markabiy efficacious.
1t consists simply in swallowing as
quickly as possible a tablespoonful Of
powdered sugar without any admixture
with water. The hiccough will be i'm
mediately stopped. If it comes or
again. the same remedy again will DO
found successful.
What is the action of the powdered
sugar? Probably it sets up kind of
reflex action. The sugar certainly
plays no specific role In this case, and
1t is probable that any inert powder
would have the same effect.
DR.. Petit has made use of this rem.
edy for some years. and it has rarely
failed. Accordingly he recommends
recourse to 1t even when the case OF
hiccoughs may have resisted all the
standard remedies.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19

The smuts of grain are diseases of
parasitic origin, and are familiar to
every farmer. They cause blacklist,
smutty masses of powder where the
grain If wheat, oats or barley ought
to be. on the leaves. ears or other
parts of the corn. This black mass
may be In compact ball, as in the
sinking smut of wheat; or it may be
a loose. powdery mass. as in the loose
smut of wheat or in the oat-smut. In
wheat, the shrinking smut-mass has an
odor like that OF dead fish. which is
easily detected In the field. or in the
harvested grain.
The smut parasite is fungus plant
composed OF delicate, coIorless
threads, which live inside OF the grain
plant, and which are SO small that
they can only be seen by the aid of
the high power of the microscope.
The fungus does not produce seeds,
but reproduces itself by means of
spores. The smutty mass. or smut
dust, is composed of these spores. The
spores are single :ound cells, with
thick walls, so tina. thew are well pro-
tected against drying up or other in
jury. When the spores encounter
favorable conditions they terminate
and thus reproduce the disease. A
small thread is produced from the
spores, grows in length, and may
branch. One of these fungus threads
gets into the grain plant, and there
keeps on growing and branching. 1t
gets food by stealing from the grain
plant. The threads get into the grain
or leaf. and there grow very fast: and
finally they break up into the small
round spores again, and the smut
mass is thus produced.
In word, then, the smut is a para.
site composed of tiny threads. which
live inside of and steal their nutrition
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19

from the grain plant, and finally re-
produce by spores (the smut-dust) /;
and these spores can each produce a
thread which may again start the
disease in another plant.
There are two common smuts of
wheat-the sinking smut, or bunt,
and the loose smut. These are easily
distinguished In the field. The stink
ing smut causes most damage, but the
loose smut is just as widely distrib-
uted, and in the aggregate causes con-
siderable damage every yea
Watch carefully for loose smut at
heading-out and Towering time of the
wheat
Take your seed from fields which
have little or no smut, and thus keep
the disease from increasing. This at
least will help to keep down the smut
Do not try to grow wheat clean Of
loose smut near another wheat field
which you know will have loose smut,
since the wind will carry the disease
some distance.
Raise your seed in a seed-plot, and
keep IL Tree or weeds and clean OF
loose smut by getting and planting
clean seed, and then by proper pre-
cautions keep it clean
There are two common smuts Of
barley which are similar in many re-
spects to the two SHUTS of wheat.
The covered smut is distinguished
from the loose smut by the fact that
it appears later in the season; the
smut-masses are harder and blacker;
the boards are usually not changed,
and the smut-mass breaks up less cas-.
lily.
The smuts of grains cause an an.
nual total loss to farmers of millions
OF dollars. Most of this loss can be
prevented by simple and cheap treat.
ment of the seed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19
WRONG SORT
Perhaps Plain Old Meat, Potatoes and
Bread May Be Against You
for a Time.

A change to the right kind of food
can lift one from sick bed. A lady
in Weldon, ILL.,, says:
Last spring l became bedfast with
severe stomach troubles accompanied
by sick headache. l got worse and
worse until / became so low could
scarcely retain any food at all, al
though / tried about every kind.
Il had become completely discour-
aged, and given up all hope, and
thought I was doomed to Serve to
death, until one day my husband, try
ing to ind something l could retain,
brought home some Grape-Nuts.
10 my surprise the food agreed
with NE, digested perfectly and with
out distress. l began to gain strength
at once. My flesh (which had been
habby), grew firmer, my health i'm
proved in every way and every day,
and in a very few weeks l gained 20
pounds in weight.
Il liked Grape-Nuts SO well that for
four months l ate no other food, and
always felt as well satisfied after eat
ing as If I had sat down to a fine ban
Quet.
81 had no return of the miserable
sick stomach nor of the headaches,
that I used to have when ate other
food. / am now well woman, doing
all my own work again. and feel that
life is worth living.
"Grape-Nuts food has been God
send to my family; 1t surely saved my
life; and my two little boys have
thriven CT II wonderfully" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Greek,
Mich.
Read the little book, The Road TO
MELVILLE. in pkgs. There's a reason. :"
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
one appears from time 90 time. They
are genuine. true. and full of human
interest.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19
Where His rhouahts Were.

A detachment of British soldiers
was about to attack band of rebel
Indian tribesmen. who awaited them
drawn up in battle order. A seasoned
old sergeant noticed young soldier,
fresh from home, visibly affected by
the nea-ness of the coming fight HIS
face was pale. his teeth chartered,
and his knees tried hard to knock
each other out II was sheer nervous
ness, but tho sergeant thought IT was
downright funk. "Callaghan." he
whispered. lis 1t trimblin' We are for
yer own dirty skin9" 'N-no, sergint, !"
rerlied Callaghan. making brave at
tempt to still his shaking limbs, ''ofm
trimblin for the inimy. They don't
know Callaghan's here"
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seems to penetrate his mind to the re-
gion of his memory and he forgets to
move. Parsifal is fine horse. with
most lovable disposition. but when the
air becomes charged with gasoline he
forgets his duty and falls asleep at
the switch"
Parsifal may DO a new idea In
horses. but the next time | go buggy
riding it will be In street car
When we reached home that after
noon found note from Bunch
which cheered me up wonderfully.
Tho note read as follows;
city, Sunday Morning
Dear Iohn,--Sorry we had the run-in,
but II was all my fault Am sending
you two rosebuds this evening as
peace offering. Yours.
BUNCH
Two rosebuds!" snickered.
THAT boy Bunch is honey-cooler all
right Bat I'm sorry he didn't make
It two cigars"
oh. joint" Peaches said to me
little while later, when we went over
to Uncle Pete. s villa to take dinner
with them and spend the evening. Il
do wish l could tell you about the sur
prise, but Uncle Peter made me prom
ise not to say single word"
We'll, If you feel tempted TO give
the old gentleman the double cross and
tell me, why I'll lock myself up in the
doghouse till he gives you the start
ing pistol, l chimed in. Who is
| that dragging the works out of the
clock in the sitting-rooin?"
1T isn't any such thing!" Peaches
exclaimed Indignantly. It's Uncle
Peter and he has dreadful cold, but
Aunt Martha has 1t nearly cured now,
| she says
He caught the cold about three days
previously. but after taking the pre-
scription of every loving friend within
a radius Of four miles. the cold had al
| most disappeared. In place of the
cold, however. Uncle Peter now had
acute indigestion. nervous procrastina
ton. delirium tremens and SPAWN or
his OF fetlock.
All this was caused by rush OF
homemade medicine to hts brain.
Aunt Martha IL a great believer II
the simple life. so when Uncle Peter
acquired a simple cold she got a sim
pie move on and poured enough simple
medicines into him to float a simpl,
tug.
Every friend she had in the worlC
suggested different remedy, and sh,
tried them all on Uncle Peter
The cold got frightened and left OF
the second day, but woman has e
be loyal to her friends, so Aunt Mar
tina kept on spraying Uncle Peters
system with dandelion tea and frieC
peppermint until every microbe hear,
about him and dropped in to pay hin
long visit
The first thing Aunt Martha wante,
to do was to rub Uncle Peters ches
with goose grease.
Goose grease is such a noisy con
panion," Uncle Peter demonstrated
Goose gresse may be loud. but /
is never vulgar" said Aunt Marthl
! and she went after H.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19
Something IKE a Nerve.

The talk in the club had been Of
TOOL deeds on the battlefield. when the
member who rarely spoke broke in on
our conversation.
THE coolest bit of nerve ever
saw" he drawled, was when I was
motoring In the Midlands with the
Honorable Jimmy. 1t had been rain
ing, and as we turned the corner Of
the village street we skidded badly,
then shot forward. Crashing into the
little postoffice, we smashed the front
of the shop clean through and knocked
down the village postman. 1t was
then that the Honorable Jimmy
showed what he was made OF. He
jumped out of the car. and, advancing
to the terrified girl behind the coun-
ter, said In his blandest voice:
1.-TWO ha'penny stamps, please.
Mss london Tit-Bits.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19
Gather pandellons for the Liver.

You ought to be fair as the dawn
with your name and | don't blame you
for wanting TO cure your muddy"
complexion. but don't ask me for
remedy TO take inside" unless you
mean the eating of green vegetables.
From what you say your liver is prob
ably at fault Try to increase its ac-
ton by taking EPSON salts every
morning, or, II these do not agree with
you. try small dose of castor oil at
night. Eat spinach twice week or
get up early like your namesake and
go out and gather dandelion plants
and cook them as greens" There is
a great revival OF the old fashion OF
eating them now because of their
medicinal properties and they are cul.
tivated In greenhouses for the city
markets. They are served as salad on
the tables OF fashionable hotels. AS
you live in a small town, you should
be able to get them.-Woman's World.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19

with benzine. soak his ankles in ker-
osene, take two grains of phenacetine
and drink hot whisky teddy every
half-hour before meals.
During the rest of the day every
friend and relative Uncle Peter had in
the world rushed in, suggested a cou.
pie of prescriptions, and then rushed
out again.
Aunt Martha tried them all on I'm.
Gle Peter.
Before the shades of evening fell
that day Uncle Peter was turned into
human medicine chest.
And to make matters worse, he took
some dogberry cordial and 1t chased
the catnip tea all over his interior
from Alpha to Omaha.
Then Aunt Martha gave him some
hoarhound candy TO bite the dogberry
so it would leave the catnip alone, but
blood will tell, and the hoarhouhd
Joined with the dogberry and chased
the catnip up Uncle Peters family
tree.
But il cured the cold. Now all I'm
Gle Peter had to do was to cure the
medicine.
Copyright, by G. w. Dillingham; co..
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19

Last December l bought IL Silver
Laced Wyandotte pullets. The 14th
of that month they commenced to lay,
and up to April they had laid 72S
eggs. l sold the eggs at the average
rate of 80 cents per dozen, giving me
$40.
One of these hens the Atm of April
laid a double-yolked egg that meas
ured SA by inches and weighed SA
ounces. says writer in an exchange.
I believe that this was no freak rec
ord In laying. | believe that all men
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19
GREENE WAS A LUCKY MAN
His Lest Five Dollar Bill Found IN
Two Places. and His Conscience
Elastic.

IF anybody but Greene had told ne
this | wouldn't have believed 1t, and
wouldn't have believed him If 1t had
happened to anybody but Greene"
said the man. THE other day Greene
lost FIVE dollars. When he got home
be began to figure out where he might
have lost IL There was a chance every
time he took out his pocketbook- He
had had his pocketbook in his hand.
he remembered. when he left the drug
store at One Hundred and Fourth
street. and again when he left the for
lists at One Hundred and First street
an order to expedite the search
Greene telephoned the news Of his
loss to the druggist. The druggist was
very accommodating. He promised to
put the whole drug store force on the
job and to telephone back the result
as soon as the premises had been
thoroughly searched.
while waiting for a message from
the druggist Greene telephoned to- the
florist, and received similar assur
ances of cooperation. In about five
minutes the druggist called up. The
five dollars had been found lying un-
der the edge of dry goods box on the
pavement and would be handed over
to Greene.
Greene jumped into his coat and
grabbed his hat. but. before he got to
the door the florist telephoned that
the five dollars had been found in the
ash can just outside his door. and
would be held against all corners until
Greene called FOR it. Greene's con-
science is Of the India rubber variety.
SO he had no compunctions about col
lecting the five dollars from both drug
gist and florist. I'll bet that wouldn't
happen to anybody else on earth but
Greene"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19

In about ten minutes she came back
with the painful news that the Only
thing in the neighborhood which
looked like a goose was quill tooth
pick, and that was ungreasable.
But, my dear" Aunt Martha whis-
pered. Il have something just as good
/ found this box of axle grease In the
barn"
Uncle Peter shuddered and said
nothing.
MY idea is to rub it on your chest
and call It goose grease. because the
moral effect will be the same" Aunt
Martha told him.
Then that loving wife rubbed so
much axle grease into Uncle Peter
that for hours afterwards he thought
he had a pair Of shafts on him, and
every time he saw a horse he felt like
making fifty revolutions a minute.
Then Aunt Martha said to him,
Now, Peter, we could cure that cold
in five minutes II we can get WOODEN
stocking to tie around your throat"
After a little she found out that the
only wooden stocking in our village
was owned by the night Waterman.
The night Waterman said he liked
Uncle Peter well enough, but he'd be
switched If he was going to walk
around all night with one bare foot
even to let the Mayor use his stocking
for a necktie.
Selfish watchman.
The next morning Uncle Peters cold
was much worse, but the axle grease
had cured his appetite.
About nine o'clock his friend Dave
Terrence caem in. and after Uncle Pc
ter had barked for him a couple OF
times Dave decided that the trouble
was information of the lungs and he
a rubber band around his chest and
rub his shoulder blades with gasoline.
Uncle Peter told his friend that he
had no desire to become a human au-
tomobile, so Dave got mad kicked
the piano on the shins and went home.
An hour later Deacon Ed. Sprong
the Mayors next-door neighbor, came
I'm and in ten minutes he had Uncle
Peter making signs to an undertaken.
Deacon Sprong decided that Uncle
Peter had the galloping asthma with
compressed tonsilitis, and a touch OF
chillblanous Group on the side. aggra-
waited by asparagus on the the chest.
Deacon Sprong told Peter to drink
a pint of catnip tea, take eight grains
Of quinine, rub the back of his neck
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19

scratched his left ankle with his right
heel
Then the big machine made a sud
den jump to the right and hiked by us
at the rate of about a 500 fine, while
the lady passengers on the hurricane
deck stood up and began to hand out
medals TO each other because they
nidn't run US down.
Ten minutes later Parsifal came to
and looked over his shoulder at us
with a smile as serene as the morn
ing and once more resumed his mad
career onward, ever onward.
We were now about two miles from
home. aud suddenly we came across
q big red Bubble which stood n front
OF a road-house. sneezing inwardly
and sobbing with all its corrugated
heart
Parsifai saw the machine before we
did.
We knew there must be an automo,
bile somewhere near. because he
stopped still and quietly passed away.
jumped out End tried to lead him
by the Coroner's Delight, but he
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19

One Sunday, 1 determined to forget
all my troubles and take Peaches out
buggy riding.
When / suggested the buggy ride
20 Peaches she was delighted, and
moseyed for the Ruraldene livery sta
BILE to get staked to horse.
The livery man at Ruraldene is
named Henlopen Diffenbingle, and he
looks IL part.
/ judged from the excited manner
In which he grabbed my deposit money
that morning that he had note fall
ing due next day.
Then Henlopen shut his eyes,
counted six, turned around twice, null
tiplied the day of the week by 10, sab
tracted II, and the answer was
cream-colored horse with four pink
feet and frightened face, which
looked at me sadly, sighed deeply and
then backed up into the shafts of a
buggy with red wheels and white sui
phur springs.
The livery man said that the name
OF the horse was Parsifal, because 1t
seemed to go better in German.
I drove Parsifal up to our modest
home, and all the way there we ran
neck and neck with coal cart.
When | reached the gate | whistled
for Peaches, because ! was afraid to
get out and leave Parsifal alone. He
might go to sleep and fall down.
My wife came out, looked at the
rig. and then went back In the house
and babe everybody an affecting fare
we'll.
We started of and we we're rush
ing along the road, passing a fence
and overtaking a telegraph pole every
once In a while, when suddenly we
heard behind us a very insistent choof-
choof.choof-choof!
TITS one of those Careless Wag-
nns," l whispered to Peaches. and
then we both looked at Parsifal to see
If there was a mental struggle going
Dn in his forehead but he was rushing
onward with his head down, watching
his feet to make sure they didn't step
On each other.
Choof-choof-choofi came the Tor
pedo Destroyer behind us, aud
wrapped the reins around my wrist.
In case Parsifal should get uneasy and
want to print horseshoes all over that
automobile.
The next minute the machine
passed us, going at the rate of IA con-
stables an hour, and as 1t did so Par
sifal stopped still and seemed to be
biting his lips with suppressed emo.
ton.
/ coaxed him to proceed in English.
In Spanish and Italian, and then In a
pale blue language of my own, but he
Just stood there and bit his lips.
Then / took the reins, cracked the
ship, shouted couple of banzais from
the japanese national anthem, and
away we rushed like the wind-when
II isn't blowing hard
The hours few by and we must
have gone at least half mile, when
another Kerosene Wagon came bounc-
ing towards us from the opposite d.
rection.
In it was a happy party of ladies
and gentlemen, who were laughing
and chatting about some people they
had just run over
Parsifal saw them coming and
stopped still in the middle of the road.
Then he hung his head as low as he
could, and believe If that horse had
been supplied with hands he would
have put them over his ears.
The people in the Bubble began to
shout at us. and | began to shout al
the horse, ana my wire began to shout
at me, while Parsifal stood there and
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19

| planted his lour feet in the middle of
the road and refused to be coaxed.
took that horse by the ear and
whispered therein just what l thought
about him, and he wouldn't talk back.
told him my wife's honor was at
stake, and he locked my wife over and
his lips curled with an expression
which seemed to say, Impossible"
1t was all off with us.
rushed TO the telephone and called
up the liveryman, but before | could
think of a word strong enough to fit
the occasion he whispered over the
wire: 81 know your voice, Mr.. Henry.
suppose Parsifal is waiting for you
outsidel"
My MY" | could hear the livery
man saying. "ParsifaPs hesitation
must be the result of the epidemic of
automobiles which is now raging over
our country roads. The automobile
has strange effect on Parsifal. 1t
seems to cover him with pause and
gives him Inflammation of the speed. :"
/ thought Of poor Peaches sitting
out there in that blushing buggy star
ing at dreaming horse, while in front
of her Red Devil wagon complained
internally and shook It's tonneau at
her, and once more l 1olted that liv-
eryman with a few verbal twisters.
Don't get excited" he whispered
back over the phone. "Parsifal is a
new idea in horses. Whenever he
meets an automobile he goes to sleep
and tries to forget IT, Isn't that better
than running away and dragging you
to a hospital? There must be some
thing about an automobile that affects
Parsifals heart. | think it is the gaso-
line. The odor from the gasoline
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19
To Mako Fruit jar Rubbers Last.

To have fruit jar rubbers last, keep
them well covered in jar full OF
flour until used, and as soon as re-
moved from empty jars. One can
then afford good quality of rubbers.
as kept thus they will safely last sew
eral seasons. When there is doubt of
old rubbers, they may often be made
to exc out one more season by using
two of the rubbers to each jar and
screwing down tight. Always stand
newly filed jars upside down until
cool, to test the tops and rubbers.-
Designer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19

While It may seem absurd to say
that land needs frequent exercise.
yet 1t is often just what is needed
in a particular case.
A field which viii hardly produce a
crop to pay the harvesting, and which
the old-time soil doctors" may have
pronounced in need Of treatment with
chemicals to restore its vitality, has
frequently been tested and found 10
contain per acre. in the top eight
Inches of it's depth, some 1000
pounds of nitrogens. 5000 pounds OF
phosphoric acid and 10000 pounds OF
potash-the very physic that has
been ordered for IT, In other words,
what the land needed was exercise
and fresh air, as experts sometimes
put t.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19
s,arued orohards unprortabIe

1t always seems unreasonable TO me
hat men expect their orchards to bear
full crops of apples year after year
without feeding the trees, yet as /
travel about the state a great many
orchards see are in a starving condi-
ton. Il seems about all they can do
Ia to exist, much less bear fruit. They
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19
Value of Bee crons.

In one year the bee hives sent to
market product worth nearly as
much as the barley crop; three times
as much as the huckwheat crop; Sc.
100000 greater than the rye crop and
nearly $4,000 greater than the rice
crop. All the rice and buckwheat
grown on an aggregate area OF 2.126 Is
square miles did not reach to the value
OF the honey by $151,259