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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28

meekly acquiesced in the will of the
Triple Alliance when il consented TO
the formation Of an artificial Albania
composed of all the territories which
Austria covets for herself granting to
Servia instead a commercial port the
guarantees of which are quite illusory
A Policy Of Chicane.
If official Albania should he domi-
mated by Austria, a policy of chicane
could be put into effect and cause all
imaginable difficulties to Servian COM
merce. Italian support would be only
theoretical, as Italy never would fight
Austria with the mere object of guar
anteeing TO Servia neutral port
The question of a port is trifling if
placed by itself. nut behind il is the
question whether the Balkans are to he
enslaved TO the Triple Alliance or
emancipated. The emancipation of the
Balkans, achieved by the splendid vic
tories OF the allies, threatens to be lost
through the inconceivable weakness of
the Trip, Entente. The Triple En-
tente urges peace at any cost. even
yielding on the frontiers of Albania. 1t
is proposed to turn Servia out OF Do
razzo because she occupied it, and to
deprive Montenegro of Scutari because
she did not take it.
Nobody proposes to enlarge Albania
over the southern territories which the
Greeks have not yet conquered, or to
deprive Bulgaria of much of the fruits
Of her victory. Only Servia and Monte
negro are TO be sacrificed in order 10
allow Austria permanent intervention
in the Balkans and prevent a final set
tlement OF the status Of the PENN
sula.
Prevents Solution of Problem.
The Austrian declares he desires no
territorial aggrandiz, .nent, but through
his mobilization he prevents a solution
Of the Balkan problem and imposes the
formation Of Albania into territories
which Austria will seize at the first
opportunity. German policy will be
definitely substituted in the Orient for
the Balkanic- Slav equilibrium, if the
Triple Entente makes this last abdca
tion before the Triple Alliance. The
Balkan Slavs realize that not even a
victorious war can gain for them con-
ditions necessary to their political,
moral and economic development, and
find that their s-fety lies in a close
understanding with Austria.
This would cause a great trans
formation in the status Of the Orient,
as Germany and Austria, freed from
the nightmare Of a great Servian state,
would dominate the Balkans unop-
posed. havin, in their hands the mar
kets and route to India. If the Triple
Entente desires this they had better
say so frankl--"
The correspondent Of The Daily
Mail" in Vienna says he learns that the
Austrian government will not with
draw a single soldier from the southern
frontiers until the Servians evacuate
Durazzo.
Reports received from Constantinople
stating that the military officers had
been ordered TO the Tchataldja lines
created a ripple of excitement here
yesterday. The explanation given is
that they were sent back because the
soldiers had grown mutnous. because
the officers were enjoying themselves
in the capital while they were enduring
hardships in the trenches.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
RICH MRS. VAN NESS
MUST LIVE ON $3.50
Injunction Ties Up $780, 900
Property Left Her
by Will.
RECEIVER is ASKED FOR
Widow, the Third Wife of Cor
nelius H., Accused by Three
Nieces of Disposing
of Estate.

An action for the appointment OF re-
ceiyer for all the property which MIS-
Alice Wood Van Ness received from hef
husband. Cornelius II. Van Ness, in MS
lifetime was begun yesterday in the Su-
preme Court by two nieces of the second
wife of Mr.. Van Ness, the defendant nav
ing been his third wife. The suit also
enioins Mrs. Van Ness from disposing OF
anv part of the property she now owns
and which her husband gave her except
$50 for living expenses. and If IT Is
successful il viii deprive the defendant
OF property valued at about sSO,oD ana
also will invalidate the many NaiuaDIe
gifts that she made 10 friends and rela-
tiVes.
Mr.. Van Ness. whose home was a.
Cornwall y. Y, died in June. 1911 at the
age Of about eighty years. HIS third
wife. the defendant in the present SUIT
was many years his junior. lie gave her
most of his property. When he died ms
will disposed of only small part OF the
estate. Mrs. Alice Van Ness Parsons, a
daughter by a prior marriage. contested
the will on the ground that her father
WAS under The undue influence OF his
voung wife and that he was mentally IN
competent. After a long trial Surrogate
Fovler decided to reject tire will.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-07

strikes, no mutinies. no riots, no
padding in that prison. And the
state has acquired a lot of ex-
cellent roads.
Oregon treats its convicts like
men, They also build roads.
They could escape. But they
don't.
But here convicts don't get a
chance to do any outside work.
They labored all day in a con
tract" labor shop, and, if they
were lucky sometimes made as
much as ten cents by working
long hours overtime.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-07
EYE "DONT'S.' .

Don't rub the eyes.
Don't read while lying down.
Don't sit facing the light when
reading or writing.
Don't, paper your living rooms
with red paper.
Don't use red lamp shades.
Don't write on red paper.
Don't use the eyes at twilight
for reading or writing.
Don't try to sew upon black
goods by lamplight.
Don't strain the eyes by over
work.
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair tonight and Sunday for
Chicago and vicinity :; somewhat
warmer Sunday; light east to
south winds.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-07
GONE BACK TO BOOZE


DR.. Hartman, who got rich
selling bum booze and calling it
Pe-ru-na, finally got in trouble
with Uncle Sam and had to have
revenue agents at his. booze fac
tory, just like other whisky man
ufacturers. So he had to change
the prescription to get around the
booze revenue laws.
But Pe-ru-na fends' found the
old dope didn't taste like it used
to, and quit using it. The new
stuff didn't do the work, and tee
totalefs who wouldn't look upon
the wine when it was red, but who
sure did like the effects of Peru
ma, turned their backs on DR..
Hartman's favorite brand of fire
water.
Now Doc Hartman is running
an ad in the papers telling his
old customers how they can go
back to the old benzine. He says,
ct does not look as it used to, or
smell as it used to. or have ex-
actly the same taste as it used to.
1t does not feel the same in the
stomach as before"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-07

Then he goes on to tell how his
former victims can get the real
old stuff if they buy Ka-tar-no,
which he assures them is made
from the old formula of Pe=ru-na.
People who want to go to drink
ing again now know how to get
it. But it's whole lot safer to
drink real whisky if you must
drink something of the kind.
Several years. ago a business
man went to Dwight, ILL.,, and
took the Kelly cure for the booze
habit. He came home cured"
and his wife was tickled to death.
She wrote to the cure people and
said her husband hadn't drank
any whisky since he left Dwight,
but was taking two bottles of
Pe-ru-na a day; and asked if that
would hurt him. The answer she
got was to tell her husband to go
back to the real thing.
-O-O-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01

continued its use until Twas made well. -
Mrs. HENRY LEIsEBERG, 743 Adams St
Kearneysville, W. Va.-"I feel it my
duty to write and say what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. / suffered from female
weakness and at times felt so miserable
/ could hardly endure being on my feet.
after taking Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and following your
special directions, my trouble is gone,
Words fail to express my thankfulness.
] recommend your medicine to all my
friends. Mrs. G. B. WHITTNGToN.
The above are only two of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are con-
>; lntiy being received by the finkham
Medicine Company of Lynn, Mass. which
show clearly what great things Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound does
for those who suffer from woman's ills.
III you want special advice write to
Lydia L. Pinkham Medicine Co. (eOnfi-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held In strict confidence.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01

should be submitted 70 an architect
or a bridge engineer who is acquaint-
ed with these problems.
Materials used in the construction
OF concrete work are usually proper
toned 1-2-4 or 1-21s-5, 1926. las, de
pending upon their character. That is.
l part cement, 2la parts sand and b
parts crushed stone or gravel are used
I'm the 1-7h-5 The mixture selected
will depend upon the nature OF the
work in which it is used.
Table No. /. shows the materials
necessary for one cubic yard of con
crete.
In oJner 10 determine the amount
of cement necessary for any amount
of concrete, estimate the number OF
cubic yards and multiply that number
by the figure In the table opposite,
"Bbls cement per cubic yard of con
crete. and under mixture to be
useda The amount of sand and OF
stone IS determined in the same way.
BPfch mixing, as indicated by the
nans. is an intermittent process and
is the one most used in silo construc-
tor. Under certain conditions the
continuous mixing process may be en-
plpyed. Continuous mixing is done by
machinery, the materials being fed
irto the machine without interruption
during the mixing process, which may
continue for four or FIVE hours. Batch
mixing may be done by machinery II |
It seems more desirable. Simple me-
chanical mixers have been very sue
cessfulIy constructed from au ordi- |
nary kerosene barrel. {
Water should be added until a slop- |
by mixture is obtained. This will per |
NIT the material to be readily poured |
The concrete should be prepared upon
a water-tight mixing platform, usually /
about 10x12 feet. In placing the ma
.erials upon this platform, some meth
cd should be used TO get the proper
proportions; that is, If a 1.2-4 mixture
IS used. some simple measure for the
materials should be employed where
by this may be easily determined
Weighing is accurate, but somewhat
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01
USE RADlUM TO TREAT GOVT
Special Apparatus Used From Which
Chemical Product is Transported
In Current of Air.

Radium-laden breezes are the lat
est thing in the treatment OF govt
One of the papers read at the Ger
man medical congress. which has
just been held at Wiesbaden, was or
the application of radium in the aerial
state. Radium "emanatoria" have
been established in Berlin and at Bad
Homburg, and now Ems is to have
one A special apparatus from which
radium is transported in current OF
fresh, cool air is fixed in a room. and
the patients have merely to sit in
the room and talk or read the news
papers or play draughts; the radium
In solution in the air does the rest.
and affects the blood through the
lungs. This treatment is especially
recommended for all equity ailments.
In the recent torrid conditions of the
atmosphere ii has afforded to equity
subjects something more than an
amelioration-amoun almost TO a
pleasing compensation for their aches
and pains,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01
STARS MADE BY COLLISIONS
Professor 6Ieaerton, British Scientist.
Believes Luminous Bodies Caused
by Solar Agitation.

Prof. A. ". Bickerton. a British
scientist. believes new stars are
caused by solar collisions. The col
lision of two suns. be said. resulted
in the formation OF q third body. II
two dead suns came into collision
they would burst into fame The col
lision would take about three-quarters
OF an hour. IL each case the collision
would take the same time, as the col
iidlng bodies would get up a velocity
proportionate to aeir size Then
there would flash out a brilliant star.
which would become a permanent
body. The effect of a complete col
ision of two gaseous suns would be
10 make new sun. Such collisions
were not accidental. They did not
occur at random. Included among a
number of agencies tending to devel-
op such collisions was gravitation.
Before suns collided they fell toward
each other and got up speed for hun
dreds o years. The tremendous
speed thu developed was stopped
suddenly in the colliding parts and
converted into heat Thus in about
an hour a new star was born, explo-
sive force expanded it. and II swelled
out its diameter at a speed Of mil
lions of miles an hour. The sudden
hareup Of a light thousands of times
the brilliancy of the sun had induced
astronomers to imagine that a col
lision Of suns had caused the phe-
nomena- The spectra observed. how
ever, were absolutely inexplicable TO
them because they had overlooked the
third body, the new star Professor
Bickerton contends that the appear
ance of Nova Persei. new star so
brilliant that nothing equal to 1t had
appeared for 800 years. was ex-
planned by his theory. Nova Persei
was 10000 times as brilliant as the
sun.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01

ton when the size is planned. II a
rectangular tank is to be used. the
proper dimensions can be determined
by consulting Table H.
1t often happens that around a stock
tank there is mud hole. This can
be easily avoided by making cement
platform around the tank extending
out SIX feet on all sides. The draw
ing herewith win show how this plat
form may be made The floor should
be laid before the forms for the tank
are put in place he floor should be
approximately AZ iuches thick
In making the forms for the tank,
the outside measurements Of the il.
side forms should be one inch greater
in 10th directions than the outside
dimensions OF the tank This is neces.
sary TO avoid the possibility Of any
part Of the tank being supported by
the floor proper The outer edge OF
the floor should be one inch lower
than the edge surrounding the space
to be occupied by the tank This pro
vides drainage for water that is spilled
to be occupied by the tank
The bill OF materials shown above
IS for a tank ten feet lorg and six feet
wide The price OF such tank can
be easily computed by local dealer
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01
Kindly Scribe.

THE editor of the Weekly Plain
Dealer is a charitable sort of teller, -
commented honest Farmer Hornbeak,
in the midst of his perusal of the viii
lage newspaper, wherein he had en-
countered an example of the linotype's
peculiar perversity. in his article on
the death of LATE Dabsack. who, be-
twixt me and you, hadn't much to
recommend him except that he vast t
quite as bad sometimes as he was 9TH
ers, he says that the deceased was
generally regarded as hijjdyts9mfwrd-
etahrmfwhrtadfyp!"
And / guess that's about as near
as anybody could get to making an
estimate of the departed without hurt
ing his relatives feelings. Puck.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01
NOTES OF \ !.
~ SCIENCE Ml
y INVENTlON

Zurich has midnight curfew for
automobiles.
The average human heart pumps
1872 gallons of blood en- hour.
Pneumonia and phthisis cause the
greatest number OF deaths in Lon
don.
A Cincinnati packer has invented a
way to cure hams in 80 days instead
of 80
The French army will purchase no
fewer than $50 aeroplanes during
1912
Patent medicines yield over a3Oo..
600 to the British exchequer per an
mum
OF the 24.3o2 worlds postage
stamps, the British empire has issued
over 1000.
Paper IT'S inches wide. for news-
paper use, is made at the rate Of $50
feet a minute.
Esperanto has been officially recog.
nized as a language by the United
States patent Office.
The metropolitan water board OF
London supplies more than 100000.
coo gallons of water.
In China stays aie raised for their
horns. which are cut when soft and
used In the manufacture of medicine
Because It has more phosphoric acid
in easily digested shape than any 9th.
er fruit, the apple is one Of the best
brain foods.
German postal authorities are ex-
perimenting with small three
wheeled automobile for the use Of let
ter carriers.
In some parts Of Mexico the natives
hang the nests OF large spiders In
their homes to trap fies and other
small insects
A special form OF camera has been
invented tor copying type or pen writ.
ten manuscript by Photography more
rapidly than It can be done By haud
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01

sticks. leaves or any foreign SUD-
stance which would in any way de-
stroy the action OF the cement upon
the sand and gravel. II clay is pres
ent. always wash il out by pouring wa
ter over the sand or gravel which is
TO be spread over an inclined screen.
Spread the cement upon the sand
and gravel if they are in combination
On the water-tight platform and mix
until the whole mass is of uniform
color. Then add water unless
screened gravel or crushed stone is
being used, in which case place the
cement upon the sand, mixing until
uniform color; add gravel or crushed
stone and mix thoroughly, and then
add enough water to produce the
proper consistency. Hoes or shovels
can be used to mix the concrete, but
the latter are more often employed.
Concrete should be mixed in small
quantities, only such amounts being
prepared as will be used up immedi-
ately. Concrete hardens so rapidly
that humps often begin TO form
throughout the whole mass before It
can be used Under these conditions
the whole amount should be discard
ed Concrete ought not to stand more
than 25 or 80 minutes after the ce-
ment is first wet, without being
placed
In placing concrete, the most impor.
tant thing to be observed is the man
ner of handling. The materials must
not be separated when poured into the
forms. Pouring from considerable
height should not be practiced, as the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01
BILL OF LUMBER FOR 10 TT. Xe FIT. TANK.
No. Length Purpose

heavier parts will be separated from
the lighter and forced to the bottom
of the mass. Good concrete is only
obtained when the stones and gravel
remain in contact with the mortar
II it is found necessary to deposit
from a considerable height, a chute
should be placed at an angle and the
concrete dumped down this to the de-
sired place Such chute is especial
ly desirable when a dry mixture is
used. II the concrete is very wet 1t
will handle much easier without
breaking apart and can be poured six
or eight feet without injury
Il s. no. card - MAZE the forms for
concrete tanks. In Tact most any one
can invent a form of his own. The
amount of stock to be watered at the
tank must be taken into consideia.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01
DIrec, Reflection Protector.

certain extent these efforts have sue
ceeded. The accompanying illustra-
ton of new lantern for this purpose
serves to illustrate the method used.
TO the regular stereopticon. minus
the slide holder. is connected a metal
attachment containing book or pic
ture holder and proper lenses. The
light from the arc is focused upon the
picture in the holder and the picture
itself. acting as reflector. passes the
light on through lenses to a mirror
suspended at the proper angle to re-
feet the rays upon the screen. says
the Popular Mechanics.
The apparatus produces clear pic
lures when located about twenty feet
from the screen and displays any
colors present on the postcard or pic
ture in the lantern.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01
POINTER HERE FOR FARMER
Ore Good Thing. at Least. That He
May Place to the Credit Of
the Auto.

The farmer may not venerate the
automobile. but he must admit that
although the automobile teaches 9th
ers extravaganza. it has taught him
a very valuable lesson in economy
Everybody knows how plant lice. or
aphis. overrun and destroy plants and
how the sole protection against plant
lice has heretofore been patent pow
ders more or less costly.
But of late years farmers have no
ticed that, while all the plants in field
or garden we're covered with aphis.
all the roadside growths, white with
dust from flying automobiles. had not
a single aphis on them.
Hence an experiment. Turnips. peas
and cabbages were coated with ordi-
nary dust instead OF costly powder.
Result disappearance of all insect par
asites.
The automobile. in a word. has
taught the farmer that dust. which
costs nothing, will protect his plants
from plant lice and other pests just as
completely as the most expensive
powder can.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01
Flying over Desert.

Flying over the desert is quite
similar to flying over the sea, accord
Ing to the experience of the Italian
aviators; but while at height of
1000 feet fine view is obtained. If
the aviator ascends 300 feet farther
even. the earth IS generally concealed
by a blanket of fog. 1t is. therefore,
difficult to reconnoiter at safe ele-
walton. In experiments made to dem
onstrate the value Of bombs thrown
from aerial machines, it was found
that generally the operator was IN
able to determine the amount of dam
age resulting from the bomb dropped
and. therefore, it was regarded as ad-
visable TO have another machine to
follow the first for the purpose Of
noting the conditions after the pas
sage Of the first
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01
Concrete a Profit Maker
By PROF c A. ococK. wg.eoa.n College Of Agriculture

The watchword OF the present
seems to be conservation. This appar-
emily may be applied to all lines OF
work Not only is this true in the
commercial world. but it will hold
true in rural pursuits The farmer is
exerting every effort in obtaining
more efficiency from his activities and
to do this he is gathering about him
every kind OF modern machine or con.
venience that is obtainable.
The time has not long past when
feeding floors were unknown. ANY
"old place" was considered good
enough TO feed pigs on so long as 1t
was not in the mud, and in many in
stances the mud was not avoided as
much as II might have been. II is
needless to say that this practice pre-
walls at the. present time in too many
places. If the feeder would figure tie
loss of money in wasted corn he could
soon find how profitable a concrete
feeding floor would prove.
Concrete on the farm is becoming
an important factor and with the ad-
vent of this new medium of constrmc-
tion. feeding floors, troughs. racks,
fence posts. silos, farm buildings and
many useful necessities are being add.
ed to the farm equipment Many OF
these useful things may be construct
ed by the farmer himself or his regu-
lar help. All that is necessary is a
working knowledge Of concrete and
its reinforcements In the construc-
ton of large buildings a knowledge OF
the reinforcement OF beams and grid
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01
THAT ROLLS UP
Made OF Broad Strip Of Non-Absorb-
ent. Flexible Fiber and Occupies
Very Little Room.

A simple variation of the ordinary
megaphone has been devised by a
Massachusetts, man. 1t is one that
rolls up 1t is made OF broad strip
OF non-absorbent. flexible fiber with
snap fasteners to hold 1t in any posi-.
ton wanted. The flexible handle also
unsnaps at one end so that when the
apparatus is rolled up it can be
wrapped around II and hold it togeth-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01

slow Using q heelbarrow Of known
capacity, or counting the shoVefuls Is
the most common practice and is con
sidered a fairly accurate method The
bottomless box shown in the figure is
the best means for this determination.
The sand and gravel should be
clean The following test may be used
to determine # the sand is clean; FIJI
a glass fruit Jar one-quarter full Of the
sand and add clean water until the jar
is three-Quarters full. Shake well. and
II layer Of mud or clay settles over
the sand, do not use It.
Gravel or stone should be free from
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01
LoqleaI Millinery.

People say there is no reason, no
logic, in Easter millinery. what =
falsehood."
The speaker was George AIDE. He
continued 1.-THE occasion was an after.
theater supper In Chicago:
Hats. whether Easter or otherwise,
are full of logic. full of reason. A lit.
tie boy said to his father one day:
What's wide-awake hat. pa?
That father logically and reason.
ably replied:
"A wide-awake hat. my son. is, of
course, one without a nap"