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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
6aisha Driven 10 1t by Monotony
of Life.
Girl Says She Doesn't Want to Die
Now, but May Later II She Is
Seized With Another MeIsn-
choly Fit.

Tokio-A sensation was created In
Toxic by the recent attempt at sui
eide of one of the most famous of the
Shimbashi geisha. who are in their
turn the most famous OF all the thou
sands of geishas in Toxic.
The first reports stated that the I'M
fortunate lady had been driven to her
attempted death by mountains OF debt
contracted as the result OF a passion
ate attachment TO a certain popular
actor. The Toxic Asahi, indeed, con-
sidered the matter OF such Importance
that after the recovery Of the would
be suicide the editor induced her to
write the history OF the incident and
her own feelings during the attempt
for the benefit of its readers Here il
is:
THE mere idea OF a debt of ] 600
or 1000 yen could never drive me 10
suicide. / am subject TO fits of melan-
choly, and when in the grip Of one Of
these ! want to get out Of the world
Why? Simply and solely because ]
am tired of life its monotony and
quIetness. A geisha's life contains
no excitement IL is always the same.
day In and day out
"Publicans sell drink, cats catch
mice. dogs watch burglars and Dep
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
MANNERS WAIT ON LEISURE
Modern Day Discourtesy Seemingly
the Result of the Universal
"Rush."

The young lady who described q
burglar the other day as a perfect
gentleman" wasn't very far wrong.
For burglars are among the few per
sons who can afford the time to be
perfect gentlemen
Gentle manners have had their high
est development in periods when time
was of smallest importance. The
elaborate code of the French courts
was the substance of ease. II was
bred with the care which only leisure
can provide. The gallantry of the
ante-bellum South YVES as famous as
the ante-bellum hospitality. The one
cost nothing of time as the other cost
nothing in effort. While people have
been struggling and humping and
showing in IL" and subway trains in
New York, the people who rode In the
crosstown horse cars-relics of an cas-
fer decade-have been practicing a
politeness which, by contrast with the
boorishness so painfully evident else
where. was touching and exquisite.
The patrons of the horse cars were
those with time to spare.
The rush of modern American life is
not an excuse for bad manners. But
it is an explanation. We canrot preach
economy of time without forcing
economies in other things-and among
these are oughtf;liness and consider.
alton.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05

get sick, or dogs run mad and make
nights hideous with their howIs.
The medicine men have been con-
suited and with their spells tried to
depose the evil spirit, but in vain. The
squaws instructed their children TO
shun the witch girl and warnings
were given not to let her shadow fall
upon any member of the tribe. nor on
their horses, cattle or hogs.
At council the chiefs decided
that the witch girl" must leave the
tribe at once and she went TO Luzerne
Mountain, where she has an uncle en-
gagged In basket making.
Tie little Indian is bright for her
years and is ambitious to become a
teacher among her people and put an
end to their superstitions. She has
been to school and by a few simple
tricks which she performed by way
OF entertainment started the hue and
cry of her having the EVIL spirit"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05

have an operation. Iwould not listen to
that, and when a friend of my husband
told him about Lydia L. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, / was willing to take it.
Now look the picture of health and feel
like II, too. can do my own homework,
hoe my garden, and milk COW. / can
entertain company and enjoy them. I
can visit when choose, and walk as far
as any ordinary woman, any day in the
month. l wish ! could talk TO every
suffering woman and girl. Mrs. DEMA
BETHuNE, Sikeston, Mo. y
Murrayville, Ill.--"I have taken Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
for very bad case Of female trouble
and It made me we'll woman. Ny
health was all broken down, the doctors
said / must have an operation, and was
ready to go to the hospital, but dreadedit
80 that began taking your Compound
] got along so well that gave up the
doctors and was saved from the opera
ton. - Mrs. CHARLES MOORE, r. r.
No. 3, MurrayviIle. Ill.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
Dog Days on Saturday.

Tulsa, Okla.--The spirit Of THETA,
nous Missouri houn' dawg sdnR
You gotta quit kfckin' my dawg
aroun'," has borne fruit in this city
Hereafter dog catchers Will suspend
operations on Saturday, the day most
farmers come to town, in order that
no country dogs will be impounded
and possibly put to death by mistake
The dog catchers are under the iur.
lsdiction OF the Humane society. The
plainiive wailing Of a hound" on the
way TO the pound touched the heart OF
the principal officer Of the Humane
society and led to the order Just is
sued.
As might be expected. the captured
hound proved to be country dog.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
Girl Tries to Commit Suicide

have their constant varying, selfish
pastimes and occupations But the
geisha has nothing TO do but continue
always In the same tiresome groove,
dancing and singing. singing and dan
cling. thought II died that might
one day be reborn in the shape Of one
Of those creatures. men, mice or dogs.
Therefore. resolved to die.
Il finished the bottle in one wild
gulp. Then the pain began in my
chest, and at once the utter stupidity
and madness of my wish to die came
upon me. All wish Of dying vanished
! coughed and coughed, and here am
quite well again If ] get another At
of melancholy ! may want to die
again. and / may commit suicide Mt
any time, but don't want TO at pres.
ent; but, in case. ] always carry my
will about with me In my dress"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
Much Like Modern Audience.

The tricks of theater audiences have
been remarkably similar in all ages.
;Alciphron, who wrote of the later At
tic comedy, shows that the claque was
known then, and also young men OF
the town who took a malicious de-
light in Kissing play off the stage.
Theophrastus, who died in 2SS B. c.,
sketches among his characters" the
man of superior taste, whose pride it
was to hiss when everybody else ap-
plauded, and TO clap when the rest
were silent; and the annoying person
who would hum or whistle an accom-
paniment to every tune that pleased
him. Ard Aristotle himself refers to
spectators who brought out provisions
during the dull parts of the perform.
ancc.-London Chronicle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
DESERVED TO MAKE A SALE
Book Agent at Least Showed That He
Had the Valuable Quality Of
Perseverance,.

The book agent who walked into
Peter Steffen's Office looked like an
Ingenious fellow, but Stefens, glanc-
ing up in a hurry. spied his trade
In minute and muttered to him
self:
"Confound that boy. Now. how did
that fellow get in?"
Aloud. he said: You're wasting
your time here. / won't buy anything
today"
If you'll only let me show you"
No" shouted Steffens.
II won't take a minute"
But, really, my dear sir. this is
something out of the common"
No use. can't read said Stef-
fens.
But your family. sir. would you de-
priye them"
Il would" said Steffens. IF l had
any. I'm an orphan"
Well. you might want something to
throw at the cat" suggested the book
agent
DO you think" demanded Steffens,
that l would demean my cat by
throwing your miserable publication at
herr"
The book agent was only dashed a
second.
What about me-" he asked, insinu-
atingly. Don't you want something
to throw at me the next time Gomez"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
AntIdrudqery Club.

Six women In Chicago have organ
ICED club to lessen household cares.
The club is the possessor of an cleo
trio vacuum cleaner, one electric wash
ing machine. two electric irons and a
fan for drying the washing,
The only dues are those required for
the upkeep of these labor savers. and
this amount has been estimated to be
about three cents a week The initia-
ton fee consists of the price of the APP
paratus divided into six equal parts.
The members arrange their work so
that small boy may take the appara-
tus around to each In turn. They live
in one neighborbood, so the affair is
easily arranged. How practical; how
easily the idea could be explained to
take in any number Of housekeepers,
What a help 1t would be in solving the
servant problem Club
Won an.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
Lamb Is Killed For Theft

stood few feet away granting and
squealing Indignantly The old pig
didn't notice the change. for she lay
quite still. giving a contented grunt
occasionally. Before long the middle
OF the intruder began to stick out like
a toy balloon, and when 1t could hold
40 more It backed unsteadIly way.
Had the lamb been Mary's and
started for school right after lunch
this story might never have been
written. Bot It stood there a moment
blinking stupidly. That moment was
long enough for The old mother pig to
get up. She made 'nnge at the lamb.
There were half a L.zen vicious snaps.
4 smothered bleat and the little waif
dropped Imply TO the ground Then
every one of those little pigs jumped
vieiously upon the inanimate little
heap In less time than It takes TO
tell Il there was nothing left but the
head. hoofs and a few scraps Of blood.
stained wool.
This ~ is Touched for By H. C.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
WIRELESS FOR ARMY FLIERS
instruments for AeropIane Use In
vented by Officer Weighs Only
rs Pounds.

Washington.-Prob the smallest
wireless telegraph set ever made has
Just been perfected by the officers in
the army signal corps laboratory here,
md has been sent to New York for
tho aeronautical show which is 10 be
held there. The receiving and trans
hitting apparatus weighs only 25h
pounds, and is confined within a box
Is inches square and 16 inches deep.
The generator from which the appar.
atus derives its power adds an addi-
tional 26 pounds.
The machine is the result of the ef-
forts of the army signal officers I'M
der the direction of Maj. Charles
NICK. Saltzman, to perfect the lightest
machine possible for use in the fifth
military ARM" or the aeronauticaI di.
vision
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
CANADA'S PROSPERITY.

The New York Times of March %.
1912. in an article dealing with Cana
da's progress. says:
AT the present moment eight ship
loads of European immigrants are
afloat for Canada, while there are
signs that the outward movement
which is customary with us during
labor troubles will be marked this
year. There is no such staytling rec
ord OF our loss to Canada. Our citi-
zens quietly slip over the border in
groups or trainloads, but their going
is not advertised.
There is no mystery why Canada
is the good thing the United States
used to be. 1t is because Canada is
following in its neighbor's footsteps
that it is repeating the fortunate ex-
perience which its neighbor is envy
ing, even while deliberately turning
its back on the teachings of the past.
A fortnight ago the Dominion budget
speech reported the unprecedented
surplus of sSs,000.00O and on Thurs
day the Government passed through
the Committee on Supply credits OF
$Ss,0oO,0o0 for railways and canals
With this assistance the railways
themselves are both enabled and com.
PEELED TO increase their facilities. Ac.
cordingly we find a single road allot.
ting ten millions for work of its own.
Naturally the Canadian newspapers
contain announcements calling for
fifty thousand men for construction
work. This influx is apart from those
Americans who so with money in their
pockets obtained by cashing In their
high-priced American lands.
"A St Paul dispatch says that with
in a fortnight two thousand carloads
of farm animals and machinery have
passed toward Canada the property
OF men who expect to pay for their
farms with the first crop"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
Mistake cost SO. GOO.

The temporary loss of an important
paper once cost this country nearly
$20,000,000. This was in connection
with the famous Alabama incident in
the American Civil war.
The vessel was quietly constructed
at Birkenhead, and launched on May
is, 1862. Then, and not till then,
suspicion OF its true character was
aroused, and case was prepared for
the law officers opinion. But the mes
senger entrusted with the papers put
them in the wrong letter box. Two
days passed before the mistake was
learned, and when orders were tele.
graphed to stop the vessel the Ala
bama had steamed from the Mersey on
a voyage of destruction for which we
had to pay something more than the
price of elegram.-London Chroni-
Gle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
Hungry and SeIf-lnvited 70 the Lit
tie Porkers' Feast Suffers the
Direst Of Penalties.

Tacoma.--An old mother pig with
half a dozen youngsters escaped from
a pen on the reservation the other day
and wandered along the road 20 an
enclosure where a flock of sheep were
awaiting the fulfillment Of the end for
which. it seems. they were created
In response to squeals of protest from
the youngsters against the long time
between drinks the mother pig lay
down against the fence.
Just at that time a half-starved,
wooIly. wobbly lamb that had lost its
mother squirmed under the fence and
for a moment gazed longingly az the
sleek little porkers and the seemingly
inexhaustible source Of milk II was
only moment. however With all the
strength in its emaciated little body
the lamb started for vacant plare az
the counter. The newcomer STAN
Deded the rightfuI claimants and they
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
Simplest way Of All.

The following story the Saturday
Evening Post says is told of Col,
George w. Goethals, who at the time
II took place was an instructor III en-
cheering at West Point.
One day, In recitation he gave on,
this question to a class of cadets:
The post flagpole. sixty feet high,
has fallen down. You are ordered by
your commanding officer to put 1t up
again. You have under your command
a sergeant and ten privates of the en-
gineer corps. How would you get the
pole back into place."
Each cadet, after long consideration
and much figuring over the derricks,
blocks, tackle and so on, evolved a
different method.
NO." said Goethals, you are all
wrong. You would simply say: Ser.
geant, put up that flagpolel'
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
BEARD CUT BETRAYs CONVICT
Promoter. In Seattle Federal Prison,
Proved TO Be an Old
Offender.

Seattle. Wash.-Clarence Dayton
Hillman. millionaire townsite pro.
moter. serving 80 months in the fed.
eral prison for using the mails to de.
fraud. has been reveal Ted by the shears
Of the prison barber as No. 1I715, San
Francisco rogues' gallery. a produce
dealer, sentenced In 1895 for swindling
farmers. Special agents OF the de-
partment Of Justice. the two years
since his Indictment. have searched
Tor his Identified ion with previous
c "fme. His identity was hidden by hIs
Whiskers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
FIJI Mines With Sand.

The owners of many mines in Eur
ope and Australia fill the abandoned
workings with sand. so that the mines
may become once more a part of the
solid crust of the earth. Old, worked.
out mines are often a menace to build.
ings or communities above them; and
protection by timbering which is the
American method, affords security for
no great length of time. Sand filling
has been practiced in the mines Of
western Australia for the last four
teen years. W. H. Storms. writing
in the Engineering and Mining Jour
nal, says that the cost in Australia is
about 20 cents for each ton of ore ex-
tracted.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
BABY WEIGHS 1870 POUNDS
But IT'S an Elephant, Born in Call.
fornia--Mother Tries TO
Kill H.

Salinas, CaL-The heaviest baby
ever born in America saw the light
here in a circus tent. He is a baby
elephant, two feet tail, three feet long
and weighs $50 pounds His god-par-
ents say that nothing like him was
ever born in captivity on this cont.
nent Alice. the mother. tried 10 kill
her baby. Her trainer. In saving the
calf, was hurled twenty feet and a
panic was caused among the other ami
mails. Unless Alice relents. her baby
viii have TO be brought up on the
demijohn. He is unhurt. pink ana
healthy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
Substitute for Third Degree

A New York dentist advocates
laughing gas as substitute for the
police third degree. He believes that
this. the least dangerous OF anesthet-
les, lays open what already Is in the
mind, unconscious OF the search for
It's secrets. He believes that II a
man who has committed serious
crime should be questioned about 1t
during 3 certain stage Of recovery
from nitrous oxide. or laughing gas
anaesthesia, he would not only reply
and truthfully. but half minute later
he would realize fully what he had
said.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
Saws of Arm. but Lives.

York, Pa.-Falling upon the sliding
carriage of the circular saw he was
operating near Gatchelville. this conn.
~, Elmer Pentz Of Harrisburg had
his right arm cleally severed at the
elbow. and barely escaped horrible
death.
Pentz was hit by the log upon the
carriage and his body in some manner
became wedged in front of it. He noted
his peril and In the short time given
him he managed to shift his body out
Of tho course of the revolving blade:
but TO do SO he had to sacrifice the
arm.
Other workmen saved him from
bleeding TO death by making a tourni
quet from a handkerchief
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
Severely LooIcar.

II was a Welsh minister who de-
scribed the devil to little congrega-
ton in remote Welsh valley Said
the minister:
"The devil is bound round the mid
die with chains. and round the arms
with chains and round the legs with
chains. But John Jones'" pointing to
a man in the front row, he can reach
you; and you, David Evans" pointing
to one in the middle row. she can
reach you. and" pointing to one at
the back, John Williams. he can
reach you"
And then a man in the gallery call
ed out, why. he might as well be
loose. London Globe.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
WIFE is LUMBERJACK

saw with all the skill of man. and
not a laborer in the camp can sur
pass her in the amount OF work &C
complished."
Mrs. Gregory is 35 years old. weighs
about 175. stands feet inches. and
is as quick as fash. She is fond
OF sport and expert as a wrestler. Mr..
Bachelor says he has yet to see a
man in camp who can match her at
wrestling. She Is not afraid to Try
conclusions with any of them. She
has put every man who has been will
ms to wrestle her on his back and yet
is modest in speech and manner. The
mother of seven children, native of
Nova Scotia. and prior to making her
home in the Maine woods lived in
Massachusetts.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
INDIANS HAVE WITCH GIRL
Savaees ?ersecute Her Because She
Puzzles Folks With Sleight-
of-Hand Tricks.

Malone. N. Y.-Down on the St
Regis Indian reservation, which lies
partly in the state of New York and
partly in the Province of Quebec. a
young Indian girl. aged fifteen years.
has been raising furore and the In
dams assert she is a witch.
Her name is lola Razon When she
was finally declared to be a black
witch" she was transformed into an
object OF dread. The Indians say that
when she appears among them either
some of their live stock dies. children
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
a ncussv Word.

"And why" asks the minister of his
deacon, with whom he is playing golf.
do you exclaim 'Gatun. every time
you make a poor drive or miss the
ball?"
We'll. you're along" explains the
deacon. land 'Gatun' is about the big
gest dam l know Of"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
A LEGAL Mind.

mo use whispering soft nothings TO
that girl--she's Law student"
shes very happy. How does being
a law student affect her case"
'weil. she's quick 10 detect the IN
competent, the irrelevant. and the i'm
material
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
simnle WeddLno ceremonx

In Borneo the bride and bridegroom
sit on metal logs before the priest.
who gives them cigars and betel while
he blesses them. He waves above
them two fowls bound together. The
bridegroom then places the betel in
his brides riouth and cigar between
her lips. They are married
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
Judqmen. of a Nation.

A nation should be judged, II we
can judge nations. not by its wealth.
or its population, or it's military or "a.
val power, real or apparent. but il
should be judged By the opportunity
it gives men to make their lives
David Starr Jordan.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05

Two women were leaving the Thea.
ter after a performance OF The DolIs
House"
"Oh. don't you love fbsen7" asked
one eestaticary. Doesn't he Just take
all OF the hoI out OF ife!"- Success
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
An Old Nslnhhorhnod

You live in an old, retired neigh.
borhood, don't you?"
Yes. indeed Every one of our
neighbors has long since got over the
idea that he can save money by rails
ing his own chickens"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05

Mercy, Laura. what do you mean
by beginning to write just as soon as
the train pulls out?"
"Oh, I'm just writing post card to
my husband. telling him we arrived
safely"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05

Coles Carbollsalve quickly relieves and
cures burning, Itching and torturing skin
diseases. IL Instantly stops the pain of
burns Cures without scars. &c and b0c
" druggists. For free sample write TO
J. W. Cole & Co.. Black River Falls. Wis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
lunortant 10 Mothers


Drink is the worst evil with which
we have to cope"
Yes, and isn't 1t remarkable that
so many people insist on coping with
1t regularity"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05

or five days at a time
every month, and so
weak ! could hardly
walk. Icramped and
had backache and
headache, and was
SO nervous and weak
that / dreaded to see
anyone or have any
onemoveintheroom.
The doctors gave me
medicine to ease me
said that / ought to
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05

The chronic DO rover discovers that
some people are 80 close you can't
touch them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05

Evans. who lives east OF the city on
the Edgewood road.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05

There is no reason why you
shouldn't try again. even though at
frs. yoG do succeed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05

There is very little fighting done in
the world, considering the number 0i
men who go around with chips on
their shoulders.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05

The most stubborn eostiveness Yields.
gently and naturally, 70 the persuasive action
Of Gsrhsld Tea.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05

Beware OF Springs sudden changes; keep
Garfield Tea at hand. Drink hot on retiring.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05

German silver is an alloy of nickel.
copper and zinc.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-06-05
WOMEN SHOULD
Be PROTECTED
Against So Many Surgical OPP
erations. How Mrs. Bethune
and Mrs. Moore Escaped.

Sikeston, Mo. For seven years Isuf-
ferod everything. ! was IN bed for four