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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
INDUSTRIAL,
AND
MECHANICAL
CD NOTES Ga

BY the addition Of pulyerized mica
concrete is made to initiate granite.
The Japanese make vegetable isin-
glass from six varieties Of seaweed.
Soda viii brighten china that has
been burned or darkened by long use.
The American shoe manufacturer is
extending his sales in all parts of the
world.
Many shoes sold abroad as "Ameri-
can-made" are not such IN any pa7-
tIcular
Pulverized street rubbish and coat
tar have been ff7dnd 10 make good
fuel briquettes II Amsterdam.
A sash Jock m' kes an effective sub
stitute for a bolt on door If the door
and casing are flush with each other
Cement for Joining wood with me-
tai can be maze by mixing litharge
with sufficient glycerin to form a
paste.
An ingenious German baker utiI-
ICES a windmill to mix and knead bis
bread as well as to grind his grain
into -four
Iron has been smelted IN Sweden
for moro than 1000 years and some
OF the ancient furnaces still are in
existence.
Jap4n's newest battleship also has
becoIle the speediest By the installA-
ton Of American turbine engines and
prcSellers.
II a little chalk be rubbed on a file
before fling steel It will prevent
chips sticking to the file TO scratch
the work
A machine 70 hold driH BY which
it may be sbarpened By hand on an
ordinary milestone has been invent.
ed in England.
A sawmill man manufactures ex-
ceIlent cord wood from sawdust and
cravings The material is com
pressed snto molds By steel plungers
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
SWEDISH RAPID FIRING GUN
Eleven Hundred and twenty-five
Shots an Hour Fired From Weap-
on That Is Carried in Hand.

Ever since men began to kill each
other, which was very soon after self
ish interests began TO clash, a good
share Of their leisure time has been
devoted to the eleyating of inventing
instruments for that killing.
II is curious that crudities still ap-
pear in the weapons which the
geniuses of centuries lave laboTed
10 perfect and that our eye should
be opened at this late day to almost
udicrous imperfections in our most
cherished killing machine. the rife.
Yet II is only a few years since the
smoke OF black powder was done
away with and comparatively a mat
ter OF days since Maxim produced
his sound-choking flame-suppressing
device. And now comes news from
Sweden that an inventor there has
found means. at last. to stop the
KICK which has made sore shoulders
from the time the first blunderbuss
was discharged. and has constructed
a weapon that will drop men so fast
that a single marksman may dispose
OF regiment in an hour
Eleven hundred and twenty-five
shots to the hour from a gun that is
carried in the hand and fired from
the shoulder is high record. II that
gun is smokeless and kickless. 1t is
convenient to handle and but little
trouble to operate.
The weapon has already taken rank
with the most approved and Will
doubtless become part OF the arma-
ment Of many of TIE worlds armies
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
Device Prevents Accidents.

A device which prevents a railway
carriage from being started when a
passenger is mounting or dismount-
ing Is being tested on the line Of the
Portland Railway, Light and Power
company. Portland, Eng It consists
Of a hinged step which is depressed
about one-half inch when a weight
from FIVE pounds 20 ten pounds Is
placed upon il This breaks an elec-
trio circuit connected with the con
tractor. 60 that the contractor fails 10
close. The device is arranged. how
ever so that the mOtormaB Is able 10
-erpTse the carriage. regardless OF the
o.ss.ticu - the step
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
chIld,s Reasnninn

Il can't tell you anything about my
grandpa" said solemn little Eustace,
questioned by happier comrade as to
his more recent ancestor, because !
never had any. All my grandparents
died before ] was born"
But you had grandparents just the
same. dear" interpolated listening
adult. THE fact that they died before
you were born doesn't alter the fact
that they were your grandparents"
But IL our father and mothers had
died before we were born they
wouldn't have been our fathers and
mothers, would they?" the wondering
child questioned so don't see how
what you say can be true"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

those times, and said tl.at | ought to
have an operation. Iwould rot listen to
that, and when friend OF my husband 8
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, was willing to take 1t.
Now look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. / can do all my own house
work, work in the garden and entertain
company and enjoy them, and can walk
as far as any ordinary woman, any day
in the week. wish ] could talk to every
suffering woman and girl, and tell them
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. Mrs
DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
Remember, the remedy which did this
was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
1t has helped thousands of women who
have been troubled with displacements,
Inflammation, liberation, tumors, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains, backache, that
bearing down feeling, indigestion, and
nervous prostration, after allothermeans
have failed Why don't you try it?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
GERMANY MAKES STAG BRICK
Well Suited for Building of Houses on
Account of Strength and Re
sistance to Heat.

In Germany the granulated Stag
from blast furnaces is being utilized
for the manufacture of brick The
making Of Stag brick is no new thing,
but heretofore fluid Stag has been
employed for the purpose. and the
brick thus produced has been found
unsuitable for building purposes, be-
cause of its impermeability to air
and steam.
But the Stag bricks made in Ger
many are. it is said, not open to this
objection. On the contrary, while ex-
ceeding the strength of ordinary
bricks and possessing an extraov
binary resistance to heat. they al
more permeable to air, and conse.
quently are well suited for the build
ing OF houses. They do not absorb
water as rapidly as ordinary bricks.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
FIT AUTOMOBILE TO OWNER
Nearly All Large Factories % More
or Less Custom Work in Ad-
justlne Machines.

Nearly all OF the large automobile
factories do more or less custom work
in fitting automobiles to their pros
pective users in very much the same
way as a clothier alters ready-made
suits or overcoats to fit purchasers.
The great difference in the length Of
arms, legs and body sometimes makes
it more comfortable for the owner of
a car If the position. distances. and
angle of the seat, footboard. and
steering wheel are made accordingly.
The framework shown in the illus
tration is the adjustable means by
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
AIaddIn,s MAGICIAN Wanted.

1t seems incredible that there are
some parts of Paris which even today
have neither gas nor electricity as
street fli0minants For example, we
learn from a Paris contemporary that
the Rue Berton at Passy is only
lighted at night by some petroleum oil
lamps, the reflection of which give the
place weird appearance. In the
twentieth arrC7d'ssement they are
still more behind. Go into the Rue
Champlain ana On viii find oil lamps
almost going back to the time Of the
founder of Quebec, or some other re-
mote period In walking through these
districts Of ancient lamps, one faneies
be Is in some little faraway provincial
town where they are still Indifferent
% the achievements of progress.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
WOMEN AND HEALTH.

Women are beginning to realize
more fully that good health is not to
be found in the use of cosmetics and
face powders. The appearance of
health may follow facial treatment,
but health itself lies much deeper than
the surface.
Most important to the health Of ev-
cry woman Is regularity of the bowels
and digestive organs. The weary
eyes, bad breath, frequent headaches,
pimples and general air of lassitude.
10 In most every case due 10 consti.
patton or Indigestion, or both. There
are various remedies prescribed for
this condition, but the easiest, most
pleasant and certainly effective, is
a combination of simple laxative
herbs with pepsin known to druggists
as DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. This
simple remedy is far preferable TO
harsh salts and cathartics and violent
purgative waters that disturb the
whole system without seffording more
than temporary relief.
DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsln is a
tonic laxative. mild in its action,
pleasant to the taste and positive in
fits effect. strengthening the muscles
of stomach and bowels so that after
a short time these organs regain the
power to perform their natural func-
lions without assistance.
DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold
by druggists everywhere in soc and
s1.00 bottles. II you have never tried
it, write for sample to DIR. w y.
Caldwell, POI Washington ST.. Month
cello, ILL.,; he will gladly send trial
bottle without any expense to you
whatever
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
INDUSTRY
AUD
ASH CAN is RUN ON WHEELS
Can Be Wheeled to Curb Without
Fuss or Fear Of soiled Clothes
Knock for Chore Man.

1t was a fash of genius that in
spired a Connecticut man to put
wheels on an ash can. And when in
addition to this he affixed a handle.
which also acts as a brake, he puts
the ehore man almost out of business.
For the head Of the house can now
roll his own ash can out to the curb.
II he is not too proud TO do so. with
out any trouble at all and without
selling his clothes. The can is
mounted on a pair of small wheels
and the handle is hinged to the side.
A bolt at the bottom engages the
cross bar OF the handle and locks
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

TIE raising Of seals for their fur Is
10 become one of the profitable indus
tries Of the northwest, for expert
ments made last summer on Puget
sound have proved that the seal VIII
flourish and increase with great sue
cess.
Some years ago the government
brought ten seal pups from the Prib-
iIof island seal rookeries and present
ed them to En- 'mythe. a retired
healer and seam with the desire
that he atter7pt - maintain a seal
herd on his ranch on WILDLY island
In Puget sound
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
Waste in coal Ranne.

Economic waste, represented by
the coal range. was strikingly Illus.
trate6 in tests made recently at the
London electrical exposition Demon
stration proved that thu shrinkage Of
meat when cooked In q coal range is
surprisingly great A leg of mutton
weighing eight pounds and eight
ounces showed shrinkage of two
pounds and eleven ounces when cook
ed I'm the coal range. whereas a leg
of mutton weighing nine pounds show
ed loss of one pound and four
ounces when cooked in an electric
oven. The shrinkage for the gas oven
was two pounds and four ounces on an
eight pound leg OF mutton
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
Got Back at Critic.

II was walking up Sixth avenue in
New York." says Capt F. j. Archi-
bald, accompanied by James Nielsen
of Sweden, who was over here on a
visit. There is a big Swedish employ
ment agency up there about Fortieth
street, and the sign is spelled in Swed-
ish fashion:
'Heipj wanted
Il asked Nielsen what in the world
that extra j. was doing at the end OF
the word, especially as, even in Swed-
ish, it is not pronounced.
'oh, it is just there. suppose.
said Nielsen
But now that you don't pronounce
the letter why don't you people drop
it altogether? 1t looks so silly 10 have
a letter there you don't pronounce
Well said Nielsen, suppose we
keep it there for the same reason
you hang on to the "p" in pneu-
monia.' New York Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
on a Main Road.

Pottleton drew up at the side OF the
road and ,aceosted a man sitting on
top of a load of hay.
u say. colonel" said he, ARE we on
the right road TO Claypool Junction."
"Ya-as." said the farmer.
"How's the road. pretty good?"
asked Pottleton.
Fine. said the farmer We've
been 30 years wearin' them rnts
through "-Harper's Weekly
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

Mamma. ! had the incest dream, 4"
said little Mary, age six. Just after
waking In the morning
what was it?' mamma asked
why, dreamt was young LADY,
the child explained.
THAT felt pretty good. didn't it?'
the mother remarked
YES" was the reply. But / felt
rather fat"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
Made Well After Doctors Gave Up
Hope.

Mrs. F. NJ. Hill, 1873 w. 10 St., Water
loo. Iowa, says: Il enjoyed the best of
health until the winter of 1905 when /
was seized with kidney trouble I gradu-
ally grew worse until / was devoid Of all
energy and ambition. There was a sting
ing pain through my kidneys followed by
a dull, grinding ache across my loins. The
whites of my eyes changed color and the
eyeballs bulged. My hands pulled and my
feet became so swollen | could not wear
my shoes. The kidney secretions caused
great pain and also annoyance by their too
frequent passage. ] got so | could not eat,
lost weight and was gradually growing
weaker and weaker, when my father adj
vised Doan's Kidney Pills. / obtained so
much benefit from the very first that I
continued and by tie end of the FIRST week
the backaehes and headaches had disap-
peared. | grew steadily better, and was
at last completely cured. Doan's Kidney
Pills saved my life when / was so sick that
/ did not care whether | lived or died.
The doctors as well as myself had given up
hope of my ever getting well. ! am so
grateful that l cannot recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills too highly"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
HOW TO LIFT HEAVY BARREL
illustration Shows Method That Does
Not Require Much Muscle
Two Ropes Are Needed

The plan shown in the illustration
Is one well worth remembering II
1t is necessary for one man to get
a heavy barrel up a pair of steps or
onto platform, IT can very easily be
done with two ropes. One end of
each rope is att ached near the top
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
Reusrkahle

I've driven car for over a year
now said Bilk.bs and I've never
run down anybody"
That's nothing. said Mrs. Bilkins.
'T'v attended the meetings Of our
sewing circle for I've years and have
never run down anybody ~ arper's
We KY.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
When Your Eyes Need Care

Try Murine Rye Remedy No smarting--Feels
Fine--Acts Quickly Try IL for Red, Weak,
Watery Eyes aud Granulated Eyelids. Illus
trated Book In each Package. Murine is
compounded by our Ocullsta mot o patent Med
iclnen - but used In successful Physicians Prac-
tiec for many years Now dedicated To the Pub
lie and sold by Druggists at 2c and SOC per Bottle.
Murine Eye saive In Aseptie Tubes, pc and Toe.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
useIess.

why don't you mike up your mind
to cease permitting your wife to hen
peck your"
II have made II up half a dozen
times. but it doesn't seem to do any
good at all. She refuses TO coneede
that ! have a mind"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

four or five days at q
time every month,
and so weak | could
hardly walk. | had
cramps, blackjack e
and headache, an d
was so nervous and
weak that / dreaded
to see anyone or
have anyone move in
the room. The doc
tors gave me medi-
cine to ease me at
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

Coles carbolsalye quickly relieves and
cures burning. itching and torturing skin
diseases. It instantly stops the pain OF
burns. Cures without scars. &c and 50c
By druggists. For free sample write TO
]. w. Cole # Co. Black River Falls. Wis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

What we think upon, what we love.
we become. AS we think great or
noble thoughts we become great or
noble.-Bradley
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

She Il didn't 20 to work Friday.
He-A1y excyse2
She-Why. Lad no clothes TO wear.
He-Your boss must be pretty fus
y n red object 70 that
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
colaneer and Eruit Press.

A combined colander and fruit
press invented by Minnesota man
has a. revolving blade which is
screwed down into the contents OF
the utensil as a handle is turned.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
Works Either wav.

Tatterdon Torn-Wot drove you to
drink. thirsty?
Thirsty Thingumbob Me love for a
woman.
Tatterdon Torn-Did she turn you
down or marry you?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

which one concern makes measure
ments for such cases. says the Popu-
lar Mechanics. The seat can be
raised and lowered. the footboard tits
to different angles, and the steering
wheel rod can be shortened or length
ened.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
Nor a Brass Band.

Booth--What is the difference be-
tween charity and philanthropy?
Rube-Charity doesn't hire a press
agent.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

the latter in vertical position when
1t is not in uge as a pusher. Thus
the ends of the handle act as a brake
and prevent the can from rolling
away by Itself or from upsetting, as
1t would 9th erwise do with only two
centered Wheels to rest upon.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

Mrs. Wtnsiow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teethinR softens the gums, reduces inhamma
lion, ailays pain, cures wind collie, 25c a bottle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
His Economy.

What is your idea of economy?'
asked one statesman.
Making everybody except my con-
stituents get along witt as little
money as possible" replied the other.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

Eventually every woman discovers
that her mirror isn't what il once
was.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

In planning for the future don,
overlook the present.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

II takes a genius to play TIE fool
and make il pay.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
SEVEN YEARS
OF MISERY
How Mrs. Bethune was Re-
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.

Sikeston, Mo. "For seven years
suffered everything. was in bed for
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

of the incline, then wound about the
barrel as shown. II does not take
very much muscle TO get a heavy
barrel up quite steep incline by this
method.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

ONLY ONE "BROMO OTTNINE"
That il LAXATIVE BftlBNsJ CUISINE Look fnr
the si-nafufe Of r. ". GROW 4. sed the TcFtd
oFes 10 Cure a Cole IN One Lay. 25c
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
HOUSEWORK Is A HEAVY BURDEN
SAVED HER LIrE,

The following case is typical Of the cures
effected by Doan's Kidney Pills. Grateful
testimony is the best evidence.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
A Possibility.

Hes gone to that meeting. fun of
fire"
Then he had better be careful or
they win put him out"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14
An interruption.

Gerald--With that end in view
Geraldine stop looking at my feet
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-02-14

neyed.
Reporter--What expression?
Editor (reading copy)--"The jury
acted as a body"
Reporter-Gee whiz! You surely
don't expect a jury to act as brain.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-07-26
ECZEMA CAME ON SCALP

Lebanon, O.-"My eczema ste-ted
on my thigh with small pimple. IL
also came on my scalp. 1t began 10
Itch and I began to scratch. For
eighteen or twenty years | could not
tell what I passed through with that
awful itching. l would scratch until
the blood would soak through my I'M
derwear, and I couldn't talk to my
friends on the street but l would be
digging and punching that spot. until
was very much ashamed. The itch
ing was so intense 1 could not sleep
after once in bed and warm. I certain
" suffered torment with that eczema
for many years.
az chased after everything / ever
heard of, but all to no avail. l saw
the advertisement for Cuticura soap
and Ointment and sent for sample.
Imagine my delight when applied the
first dose to that awful itching fire
on my leg and scalp, in less than
minute the itching on both places
ceased. l got some more Cuticura
Soan and Ointment. After the second
day I never had another itching SPELL
and Cuticura Soap and Ointment COM
pletely cured me. I was troubled with
awful dandruff all over my scalp. The
Cuticura Soap has cured that trouble"
(Signed) L. R. Fink. Jan. o. 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-07-26
Mislnterpreteu.

William Shaw, the. secretary of the
famous Christian Endeavor society,"
said in witty after-dinner address IN
Boston:
There is little Back Bay girl VINO
is much interested in her auntie's
Christian Endeavor work. The little
girl was writing letter to her broth
er at Yale one day, and in the midst
of the epistle she looked up and said:
'Auntie, how do you spell devilT
"'Devil!' cried her aunt, with a
shocked smile. Why, child, don't you
know you mustn't use such word as
devil?'
"But, auntie,' protested the little
girl, 81 want to tell brother about your
Christian and devil meetings!
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-07-26
Voice of Conscience.

A western Kentucky negro was in
Jail awaiting trial for stealing a call
His wife called to see him On her
way out the jailer, whose name was
Grady, halted her.
Mandy" he inquired, have you
got a lawyer for Jim?"
mo, sah," said his wife. Ell jim
was guilty I'd git him lawyer right
away; but he tells me he amt guilty
and so, of co'se, l amt amin to hire
none"
"Mr. Grady" came voice from the
cells above, you tell dat niger WON
an down thar to git lawyer-ano
git dam good one, too!"-Saturday
Evening Post.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-07-26
Meeting Emergencies.

Senator Dixon was condemning a
piece of political deception.
1.-The thing was as fragrant" he said,
"as the railway case.
1.-TWO men, one of them very short,
were passing through a station toward
the train gates when the bigger one
was heard to say:
Give took a half ticket fur we,
George. Yer so little, yell pass, all
right
But protested George, how about
my beard?' And he twiddled his chin
beard nervously.
"'Oh,' rejoined the other, tell 'em
it's a MOLE"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-07-26
Too Eauer.

Fred Poyner, Chicago dentist, was
recently at a banquet given by the
Dental association.
He said: "On one side is the right
of things and on the other is wrong;
sometimes the difference between the
two is slight. AS the following story
shows: A gypsy upon release from
Jail met friend What were you in
for?' asked the friend.
40 found a horse the gypsy re-
piled.
"FouSd a horse? Nonsense! They
would never put you in jail for finding
a horse
"'Well, but you see l found him
before the owner lost him