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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
TEXAN NOT AFRAID or BEES
Charles PotchenIck Appears to Have
Unusual Control Over Busy Little
Honey Gatherers.

San Antonio, Tex.-Charles Potche-
nick, employed by the Maverick apia-
ries near this city, appears to have I'M
usual control over bees. He handles
them with as much apparent ease as
one would In playing with kittens or
HARMLESS pet. He is used to their
wa s and appears absolutely oblivious
to the fact that they can sting.
While working with them he goes
bare-arned and bare faced and pays
no attention to the insects as they
crawl over his exposed hands and
arms or pile up in great clumps on
his face.
Recently he had a picture taken
holding a small limb in his teeth on
which swarm had settled. The bees
formed a kind of long beard hanging
below his waist and his entire face
was covered with those that crawled
from the limb. Old beekeepers say
that his feats in handling bees are the
most remarkable in the world. He
claims he has not been stung in two
years.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
should Have Aeedsd Alarm.

Because It had lied TO him before,
James L. Ogden of Newark refused
10 believe the burglar alarm in his
house recently, and now he is mourn
ing the loss of several hundred dol
lars worth of silverware. Several
times within the last few months
Ogden has been awakened by the
burglar alarm. Each time he looked
for a burglar but found none. A
short time ago he learned that the
alarm was set off by Earring of
passing trolley cars. When aroused
the other night by the ringing of the
alarm. he heard the rumble of a troll.
ley car and decided that the car was
responsible for the alarm. so he just
reached out of bed. stopped the gong.
and went to sleep again. Next morn
ing 1t was discovered that a pane of
glass had been cut out OF a window
and that the silverware was gone
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
SAUCE IN CHEWING TOBACCO
Flavor Given the Weed by Llcorice,
Whisky Honey and Many
Other Things.

Il am a tobacco chef" said The sal.
low man. 81 make the sauces that
give us smoking or chewing tobacco.
as a food chef makes the sauces which
give US sole colbert or poulet creole.
Take this dark. sweet, juicy plug
of navy brown so popular among the
more prosperous type Of teamsters,
Well, the flavor of this plug is due to
a sauce made of sugar. licor,ce. whis.
ky and honey
Here is a mild. cool pipe tobacco
that young college boys favor. Smell
It. Very aromatic, Ell? Well. 1t has
been stepped in a sauce composed Of
the essential oils of citronella. berga.
mot and cassia.
But it is when you come to the
high grade Havana cigar, the cigar
that sells for 40 or so cents, that you
see the tobacco chef at his best. He
doesn't make his sauces then of such
common ingredients as sugar, berga-
mot, licoTice and so forth. No. ne
makes them OF bacteria. The havors
of the high-grade Havana tobaccos de-
pend. you see, entirely on their fer
ments. Each tobacco undergoes a DIFF
ferent fermentation and here the chef
comes in, applying the bacteria, or
yeasts. which cause these ferments-
tions, to the leaf.
Yes. the tobacco chef OF the high
est type, the one who ferments Hava-
ma tobacco. handles the various breeds
of bacteria as an ordinary chef han
dies pepper and salt. mustard and
cloves and mace"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
ARAFAT NOT EASY TO CLIMB
Only Seventeen Accents Of the Noun
tain Where the Ark Rested Have
Been Recorded.

Ararat is not a mountain that Is
climbed every day, or even every
year. Seventeen ascents have been
recorded. When James Bryce. unac-
compan!ed. made his remarkable as
cent In 1876 he was told by every one
whom he met in the vicinity of the
mountain that the top had never been
reached, and what was more, II new.
er could be. Jinng and fiends and gi-
ants had prevented the rascally
Kurds from even attempting to scale
the terrible mountain. and since the
Ark grounded there mortal man had
not been allowed to trespass on the
scaled heights he was informed. Had
lot St Hagop tried again and again
to reach tho summit in order to ST.
lence the skeptics about the Ark? But
found himself each morning on wax
ing quietly deposited at the base.
whence he started. Finally an angel
presented him with a piece of the
Ark for his pains, but told him to
cease his attempts TO reach the for
hidden ground That was in the
fourth century of our era, but the
piece of the Ark is stlll to be seen
at tho monastery of the Eltchmaidsin.
where dwells the catholicos of the
Armenian church. That Russians. or
stray lone Englishman. had really
reached the top of Ararat was not to
be thought of.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
EXCUSE FOR HIS BLUNDERlRs
Ideal Waiter. True to the End. Hs5
Been Working Under Pretty
Heavy Handicap.

He was an immaculate servant To
Eatch him zerve a salad was to watch
an artist at work. To hear his sub
dued accents was a lesson in the art
Of voice-proluction. He never slipped,
ne never smiled, and his mutton-chop
whiskers marked him as one Of the
old and faithful stock. But one eve
Mig, to the surprise of his master, he
showed unaccountable signs of nerv-
BUSINESS. When the chicken came on.
he confused it with the pheasant. He
served everything in the wrong or
der, made blunder after bIunder. and
put anal touch to his shame by up
setting the salt over the only super
stitious member of the party. Then.
at last, when the ladies had retired to
the drawing room, he touched his mas
ter on the shoulder. 81 beg your par
don, SIR he said in a respectful IN
dertone, but could you manage to
spare me now? Ny house is on fire."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
PUPIL TALLER THAN TEACHER

the little one rise at the call of Molly
Vogel!" He gasped when the bigger
one stepped out In the aisle. Molly
would have no difficulty in passing as
an adult. Besides being tall she is de-
cidedly plump.
Judge, If you had to stay in a class
room and you the biggest girl in the
school, what would you do?" pleaded
Molly.
O'Reilly shook his head, as if to
say he had never contemplated facing
such situation personally.
How can l learn when know I'm
foot taller than my teacher and a
half foot taller than the principal?"
walled Molly. "One of my teachers, a
man, is so small | could spank him.
And anyway. judge. thought I'd been
to school for the 100 days had to go.
But they say l must go for thirty-five
days more"
Magistrate O'Reilly shook his head
sadly. but decided the best way would
be for the girl to go TO school for the
remaining days of compulsory atten,
dance.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
My WE HAVE NO LITERATURE
Writer Says II Is Because We DON'T
Need II and Have No
Audience.

Mr.. Bryce. IN his American Com
wealth, calls attention to the fact that
Americans have a way e ing
emily they intend IT sstall any ad-
verse criticism. One American. in
talking to an z fish friend about
American institu.. 5, will tell him
confdentialIy that tho are not what
they ought to be; viii. in fact. point
to the national defects with the air
Of connoisseur To outsiders he
will talk impersonally and depreeat-
fngly enough about his own country;
TO insiders he will storm and scream
at some of its crying defects; but the
idea that the Constitution is not per
nanent never enters his head.
In the meantime, the Englishman
never understands America; it is true
that in critieizing America he is like
ly often to hit the nail upon the head.
but never understands the real spirit
back of the race
1t is likely to be said of our itera-
ture. for example, that It is not lit
erature at all, that the thing which
we are pleased to call literature is
dominated by commercialism and is
too hastily done. That is probably
true: but the real reason 1; that we
have no audience. If there were
enough people to demand a literature
we shorld not lack for geniuses to
supply the demand
But the truth is that we do not
need literature Why should we at
tempt to produce one. when we can
have the benefit of So many others?
When the time comes. if our coal
mines and forests hold out we shall
make a literature of our own-possi
bly, Just for the fl Of doing 1t.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
UPLTFT OF CIOCTARE

The ciociare, or children Of the field,
as they are named. are never seen
outside of southern Italy, for they
never migrate. The sobriquet of cio-
clare came from their sandals, which
are called "ciccie," a name finally CIV
en- to the section from where they
come-between Naples and Rome.
The dress Of one differs from that of
another in color only. Each wears
the velvet bodice melIowed by age,
the bright silk shawl draped over a
white cotton blouse, the voluminous
skirt, and the fancy apron with it's
elaborate wool embroidery. The young
boys are equally picturesque In their
knee trousers of blue or red velvet
cen, short jackets Of the same stuff,
a soft felt hat set coquettishly on one
side of the head, protecting the long
mass of blue-black hair Even the old
men, with green or purple clothes and
long cape cloaks, keep ZIP the Illusion
of living old masters.
In these days of compulsory educa-
ton one can hardly realize the igno-
ingly beautiful ciociare. Many Of the
fairly intelligent people in Italy can
not read nor write. so that lack of
even a smattering of book knowledge
is not a matter of surprise. but the
ciociare's intellectual horizon does not
extend farther than that of an Ameri-
can child Of three. They seem to live
from day to day, like birds of the air,
careless and unhampered. with no
thought of the morrow.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
DOCTOR PREScRIBES
CUTlCURA REMEDIES

II wish to let you know of a couple
Of recent cures which I have made
by the use of the Cuticura Remedies.
Last August, Mr.. of this city
came to my Office, troubled with a
severe skin eruption. 1t was dermatitis
IN its worst form. 1t started with a
slight eruption and would affect most
parts Of his body, thighs, elbows,
chest, back and abdomen-and would
terminate in little pustules. The itch
Ing and burning was dreadful and he
would almost tear his skin apart, try
ing to get relief l recommended all
the various treatments I could think
of and he spent about fifteen dollars
on prescriptions, but nothing seemed
to help him.
I'm the meantime my wife, who
was continually suffering with a slight
skin trouble and who had been try
ing different prescriptions and meth
DDS with my assistance, told me she
was going to get some Of the Cuticura
Remedies and give them a fair trial.
But as / did not know much about
Cuticura at that time 1 was doubtful
whether it would help her Her skin
would thicken, break and bleed, es-
pecially on the fingers, wrists and
arms. I could do nothing to relieve
her permanently. When she first ap-
piled the warm baths of Cuticura
Soap and applications of Cuticura
Ointment she saw decided improve
ment and in few days she was COM
pletely cured.
Il lost no time in recommending
the Cuticura Remedies to Mr.. -,
and this was two months ago. l told
him to wash with warm baths Of the
Cuticura Soap and to apply the Cuti-
cura Ointment generously. Believe
me, from the very first days use OF
the Cuticura Remedies he was greatly
relieved and today he is com pletely
cured through their use. l have great
faith in the Cuticura Remedies and
shall always have a good word for
them now that I am convinced of
their wonderful merits" (Signed) B.
L. Whitehead, M D., 108 Dartmouth
St.. Boston, Mass, July %. 1910.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
Potato Exploded.

A potato, the size of a tea cup,
caused extraordinary havoc in a home
in Vancouver. Wash. the other day
when it exploded in the oven of a
range and shattered the cast.iron
CRATE. blew open the oven door. and
caused such a loud report that the
maid thinking someone had shot at
her rushed from the house screaming
for help. Tho explosion was due to
the large amount of water in the DO.
tato and to the fact that it was in a
hot oven. When the water was con-
verified TO steam, the skin being baked
hard, did not break until the pressure
became tremendous. causing 4 report
similar to the discharge of a shotgun.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
NUDE MAN HIDES IN A TREE
Pennsylvania Is Stripped of Every
Stitch Of Clothing by Tramps and
AssaiIed by Bees.

Philadelphia -Accosted by tramps
in snail strip of woods in German.
town. Thomas Jones of Frankfort
was robbed OF every particle Of cloth,
ing he wore and left In the woods by
the Migrants. who escaped,
Jones. not knowing any Of the
neighbors and living at a distance
from the scene Of the robbery. climbed
into a tree to wait for some chance
passer-by. He remained in the tree
all day. suffering greatly from cold.
fatigue and and hunger. besides being
tortured by swarm of bees which
had built hive in a dead limb
After dark Jones descended from
his perch and covering himself as
best he could with weeds went to a
neighboring truck farm. where he OBJ
tanned clothes and food.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
Arrested by Truant Officer Fifteen
Year-Old Miss Declares She Could
Spank instructor.

New York.-Rather than face the
teasing schoolmates who are two feet
or more shorter than she. fifteen-year-
old Molly Vogel braved the anger of
her parents. defied the power of the
truant officer and stayed away from
school. She was arraigned in the
Gates avenue court. Brooklyn, before
Magistrate O'Reilly ON complaint Of
Mary Brennan. attending officer
When Mrs. Vogel was asked by the
magistrate If her daughter was in
court she replied; Yes, she is back
there" O'Reilly, looking toward the
rear of the room, saw two girls
seated. One seemed to be about
twelve years old, the other fully TWEEN
ty The magistrate expected to see
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
cat Makea Homo In Church.

A black cat has made a home for
herself and family tG cath the organ
in 81 Paul's church. London. and all
efforts to dislodge har have failed
The cat has been in the habit of at
tending church for the past two or
three months. Occasionally she ap
peared at Sunday worship. but was
more frequently in the habit of slip
ping in on week days when the care
taker was busy. Time and again the
cat has been sent away. but now that
she has a family to look after the diff
culties Of eviction are increased Evil
IDENTITY she prefers the comfort Of the
church TO a precarious existence out
Of doors. and troubles little that she
and her nursery might cause q dis,
location in the mechanism of the or
gan
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
Passed Uncomfortable Mini.

To be forced to stand on his head
all night was the trying experience
which recently befen Charles Stokes.
q laborer in Auburn. n. Y. Stokes
entered barn al night. and in walk
Ing about in the dark. plunged head
first into grain chute. His arms
were pinned to his sides, and unable
to n owe. he was forced to inhale the
suffocating grain chaff all night. He
Vas discovered by a companion next
morning who summoned aid. Stokes
was pulled out and rushed to hospital.
black IN the face. but apparently not
seriously hurt
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
Sues SLAYER of skunks.

Buffalo, N. Y.-James L. Doty, for
mer coroner of Erie county. but now
a trapper. is being sued by his wife
Tor divorce on the ground that he
smells from the skunks he kills. She
Is seventy-three and he is seventy
Doty is the woman's seventh husband
The old man explained on the stand,
when asked if he had ever told stories,
that he was a good hand at coon
stories, but he would not lie in a bust
ness deal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
rhen They Moved In.

Client Before We decide on tho
house. my husband asked me TO in
qulre If the district Is at all un.
healthy
House -Er-what is your hus
bands profession. madam?
CLIENTELE is a physician
House Agent -Hum--er-weN I'm
afraid truth compels me to admit that
the district is not too healthy.-Lou.
don Opinion
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
Enormous Cigarette Consumption.

South Africa smokes $4,000, 900
cigarettes per annum, and well over
600. 100000 Of them are retailed in
six-cent packets. Evidence to this
somewhat startling effect was given
recently by witnesses possessing spe-
cial knowledge before the industries
commission at Cape Town. The eff
feet of this enormous consumption Of
tobacco upon the physical health of
the population. must be considerable.
and the Union government is being
earnestly urged to take the question
up. The Boy Scout movement is be-
ing greatly encouraged as it is ex-
pected that it will counterfeit and de-
crease the spread of the habit among
the youthful inhabitants of the coun.
try.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21

A trial package Of Munyon's Paw Paw
Pills will be sent free TO anyone on re-
quest. Address Professor Munyon, sd b
Jefferson SITS, Philadelphia, Pa. If you are
ip need of medical advice, dc not fail to
write Professor Munyon. Your communi'
cation will be treated in strict confidence,
and your case will be diagnosed as care
fully as though you had personal inter
view.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are unlike
all other laxatives or cathartics. They
coax the liver into activity by gentle
methods They do not scour, they do
not grippe. they do not weaken, but they
do start all the secretions of the liver
and stomach = a way that soon puts
these organs in a healthy condition and
corrocts constipation. In my opinion
constipation is responsible for most all
ments There are 20 feet of human
bowels, which is really a sewer pipe.
When this pipe becomes clogged the
whole system becomes poisoned, caus-
ing biliousness, indigestion and impure
blood, which often produce rheumatism
and kidney ailments. No woman whit
suffers with constipation OF any liver
Rilment can expect to have a clear
complexion OF enjoy good health. II
had my way I would prohibit the sale
Of nine-tenths OF the cathartics that are
now being sold for the reason that they
soon destroy the lining Of the stomach,
setting up serious forms of Indigestion,
and so paralyze the bowels that they re-
fuse to act unless forced by strong
purgGtives.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are q tonic
to the stomach, liver and nerves They
invigorate instead of weaken; they en-
rich the blood instead Of impoyerish
it; they enable the stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is put
into it.
These pills contain no calomel, no
dope; they are soothing, healing and
stimulating. They school the bowels
to act without physic.
Regular size bottle, containing As pills,
rs cents. Munyon's Laboratory, SD &
Jefferson SITS. Philadelphia.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
Headed Him OF,

Sir. your daughter told me to come
to you and"
"All right, sir-all right-but I'm
busy now, Would you mind keeping
tally while I check up these bills /
have just received for her Easter out.
st? There now. Thank you. What
is it,"
Il declare! have forgotten what
was going to say 10 you. Good
day
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21

MY husband has no organic trouble.
/ think. doctor; it's merely a condition
of depressed vitality. About this tins
of the year. too. he feels his old 81.
task Of wanderlust coming over aim.
and"
is that all, madam Give him one
OF these pills every four hours when
In feels an attack OF it coming on If
that doesn't knock it sky high III eat
nv hat"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
LONE PIGEON FRIGHTENS MEN

other policeman attached TO that sta.
ton joins O'Connor IN the fear tAat
the pigeon will be a hoodoo instead Of
q mascot.
There is a superstition that when a
bird flies into a house it brings death
to some one there. This pigeon few
into the police station when o'Connor
was turning out the platoon the other
day. Every bluecoat in line shivered.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
VIII Bottle Up Wind.

st. Louis.-Peter Homishak has in
vented a machine to conserve wind
power and three other men have
Joined with him to put It on the mar
ket in st. Louis. They propose to
build factory in ST. Louis, where
they think the supply of wind is prac.
tically inexhaustible.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
Course Of True LOVE-

$50 your engagement with that
American girl is broken off?"
= fear it Is" replied Baron Fucash.
Didn't your family approve?"
Yes But ny credl ors utterly
faned to make themselves agreeable
% her"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
Brave Doorman In New York Police
Station Alone Denes Popular
Superstltion-Fear Hoodoo.

New York.-'Yes. I'm going TO keep
This pigeon as a mascot, says Joseph
Oeveru. doorman In the East Fifty
drst street police station.
I'm not So sure about that" re-
3rte ~autsID Q'Connor And every
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
rhe onlv rhInu she couId po.

My goodness! cant understand
how she could give up her child. They
say it has really been adopted by a
family that lives in the country"
Yes. You see she found a fat shat
Just suited her. and they wouldn't al
low children in the building"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
His Instinct.

81 see the family dog sinking out
Of the room. What's the matter with
him?'
Precedence. Presently there will
be tremendous family row on"
But how did the dog know that?'
We'll, so to speak, his nose is
something Of a storm center"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
chinaman Wins Yale Prize.

New Haven. Conn.-The annual Dq
Forst prize speaking contest at Yale
university was won by Yun-Hsiang
Tsao of Shanghai. China. who spoke
on yale Spirit" The winner receives
a gold medal Of the value OF 500.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
Grttlnn n An

What can bring you today. sir?-
Il hardly know. The doctor SAYS
need carbohydrates and proteids.
and want something nitrogeuous. {
think"
Yes sir. How about at order Of
hash?"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21

E. Pinkhan's Vegetable COMPOUND,
and l did. Today am well and strong
and do all nv own housework. owe
my health TO Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and advise my
friends who sfs afflicted with any
female complaint to try it-"-Mrs.
ORvTLLE Rock, r R No. s, Paw Paw,
Michigan.
If you are Ill do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compount.
For thirty years II has been the stan
dard remedy for women's ills. and has
positively restored the hr1ith of thou
sands Of women. Va don't you tryitS
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
Prince Arthur a Chairman.

London.-Prince Arthur OF Con.
naught has consented to act as presi.
dent of the general London committee
for the congress of the universities of
the empire which will be held at the
University of London in July, 1912.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
WOMEN
MAY AVOID
By taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

The following letter from Mrs.
Orville Rock viii prove how unwise
it is for women to submit to the
dangers of a surgical operation when
it may be avoided by taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
She was fOurweelssi in the hospital
and came home suffering worse
than before.
Here is her own statement.
Paw Paw, Mich.-'Two years ago
I suffered very severely with dis
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21

I'm going to put a crimp in that
nonsense" said Devern. Think OF
zig. strong men being afraid of a lit
tie, hungry pigeon
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-21
JAP WOULD LAUGH AT HOBBLE

The political situation in China at
present. he says, is quiet and he at
taches slight Importance to the recent
uprising at Canton.