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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-05

Removing Rust spots.-The old way
Of removing rust spots is by means
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-05

Most lazy men consider themselves
great politicians.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-05

huU IUtIH WIFI a
cloth dipped in al
cohol.
Cutting Crumbiy
Cake.-When fresh
bread and cake
crumbles beneath
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-05

II a woman laughs at her own trou-
bles she doesn't mean It.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-05

Two heads are not better than one
in the same family.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-05
WOMAN COULD
NOT SIT UP
Now Does Her Own Work.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Helped Her.

Ironton, Ohio. -" am enjoying bet
ter health now than have for twelve
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-05

that the dishes are not broken by too
rapid expansion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-05

FTCutFFINWL IUT NcEbs
Flatbush--Do sou think cats should
be muzzled too?
Bensonhurst-No. throttled.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-05
HELPFUL HINTS
FOR HOUSEWIVES

Cleaning Sewing Machines. - To
thoroughly clean a sewing machine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-05

having the lemon juice and salt on it
directly over the steaming spout of a
teakettle, and allowing the steam to
do the work Of the sun.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-05

en-, however. to wet every corner. Let
the head stand for few days. and then
rub off the dirt with dry cloth. The
dust and dirt will come off easily after
having been soaked with the kerosene
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-05

Preventing Sudden Heat from
Cracking Glass.-Put a tablespoon
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-05

Alcohol for Piano Keys. - Never
wash off your piano keys with water.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-05
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HOUSEWIFE

average uAdh VIII Aiu tiio
making of a comfortable home and a
kindly life of far more value personally
to him and to his family.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

ances hiddea Beneath paint and wall
paper acquired > threatening look
and the observer could not but won
der what might happen II they should
once take possession of the premises
on their own account.
Examination. BY the master sur.
geon. with Mr.. Smith trailing at HE
heels. revealed no serious LESSONS nor
fractures. a temporary restoration OF
circulation showed no flaw in the
main arteries. Mr.. Smith in despair
mentioned one or two of the emer-
gency measures OF the night before.
the minor adjustments of taps and
valves. The surgeon smiled. Fiji
up the cisferns and walt" be said.
The pipes began to throb. The wa
ter rose to the customary level When
the top OF the reservoir filed and
the noise was reduced to the mini.
mum, there II was again.
There In the bedroom-"D Drip. drip.
II came again.
The flaw was found at last. II was
In the waste OF overflow pipe OF that
top reservoir. For the seventeenth
time the weary Mr. Smith climbed
to the top OF his house. There was
a short spout. perhaps six feet long.
that made the whole frouble.-Boston
Herald.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03
To Supply Their Own Heat.

In an eastern city the pastor O. ,
eolored church consulted plumber
and steamntser about the cost Of put.
ting IN a baptistry. fhe estimate
vas soon furnished and Tire figure vas
regarded as satisfactory.
But" said the plumber. this covers
only the tank and the water supply.
or course. you ssiil want some sort OF
arrangement 10 heat the water"
But the colored pastor had truly
economic mind. and hfs own ideas OF
religion also. for be promptly dis
scented.
You see." said be- 20 abe plumber.
7 don't low to baptixe nobody Ia
that there baptlstry .Nhai haint got
religion enough TO keep him warm
The Continent
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03
COMPLETE AND NOISY MEAL
Traveller Surely Well Fitted With
Abundance Of NourIshment
and "Muslc."

The longest and noisiest dinner thae
Mr.. James sibree. Jr.. the author Of "A
Naturalist In Madagascar" ever at
tended was given by the governor OF
a town called Ankarana. About score
of officers were at the table and seven
ladies. After long grace by the pas
tor, dinner was brought In, and consist.
ed of the following courses:
First. curry; second. goose; third.
pigeons and Waterfowl; fourth. chick
en outlets and poached eggs; nth. beef
sausages: sixth. boiled tongue;
seventh. sardines;. eighth, pigs trot-
ters; ninth. fried bananas; tenth. pam
cakes; eleventh. manloc: twelfth.
dried bananas.
And lastly. says Mr.. sibree. when |
thought everything must have been
served. came launches of roast beef
Claret went about very freely. and at
length some much stronger. liquor:
and the healths OF the queen. Our
friends. the two foreigners. then
those OF the prime minister. chief sec
Rotary and chief Judge. were all drunk
twice over. the governors coming
last: and each.wss followed by mu-
steal and drum honors.
There was big drum Just outside
on the veranda. as well IS two small
ones. besides clarinets and hddles,
and these were In full play almost all
the time. Then the room was filed
by a crowd Of servants and aides de
camp. and the shouting of everyone.
from the governor down. was deafen-
Ing. The old gentleman directed every
thing and everyone. | WAS glad when
] could take my leave. after two hours
sitting. but ! was not TO leave quietly.
The governor took me by the hand and
escorted me home. while the big drum
wns hammered at ahead OF Us all the
way.--Youths Companion.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03
strenuth Of Cast Iron.

In paper recently read before the
Society OF Chemical Industry the state
ment was made that the strength OF
cast iron was affected by the addition
of wrought iron In the following pro-
portions: With 100 parts OF cast iron
10 parts of wrought iron increases the
strength per cent; 20 parts OF
wrought iron Increases the strength
80 per cent; 80 parts ofywrought iron
increases the strength 60 per cent; 40
parts of wrought iron increases the
strength but 80 per cent. The maxi
mum result is therefore produced with
80 per cent wrought scrap.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03
Stainless Steel.

A Sheffield steel firm has recently
evolved a new and novel produce
which is called stainless steel. which,
when brought TO bright polished fiH-
ish. is proof against rust, stain or tSr-
nish. The first articles which hove
been made from this steel are cutlery.
and after prolonged use this has re-
tanned its original finish. Although
specimens were subjected 70 a par
ticularly severe test on fruits of vsri-
Gus kinds known quickly to stain ordi-
nary steel. there we're no marks Of any
kind upon the surface of the cutlery.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03
JUSTICE TO PLUMBER
Writer Calls a Halt on the vener-
able Joke.
~skliied Scientist" IL New Appellatlon
Given Him. and 1t May Be That
He VIII Be Held Deserv-
Inc OF Il.

Time to cali a halt on the veneer.
able joke about the plumber. He IL q
skilled scientist, just as Is the sur.
geon a trained and highly intelligent
artist The only difference is that
one ministers to q body diseased or
smashed up In some of its essential
parts. and the other ministers to the
larger organism In which a group of
humans make their home. healing its
diseases so far at least as they have
to do with the circulatory and other
important systems upon which the
health of the whole depends.
For instance: the other day some
thing went wrong with Smiths house
In its most vital parts. The kitchen
boiler cracked. TO be definite. The
symptoms could be interpreted by
anybody. and clearly o major opera
ton was Immediately necessary. The
skilled surgeon was summoned. II
was decided that the house should
have a new heart. Also after consul.
tation and mature consideration II
was determined that certain minor
defects of the circulatory system. as
leaking taps and insufficient valves.
should be patched up and put on the
Job again. The cisterns no longer
should murmur.
Alasl The following night Smith
was awakened By the steady drip
ping of water close By tho side of
his couch The candle which was
hurriedly procured showed that upon
the ceiling there was circular patch
Of wetness rapidly gaining In size.
Qulzzical Investigations showed that
all seemed to be In order. The ear
applied 20 walls and floors detected
no gaspings or gurgllngs The reser.
voirs seemed 10 maintain their, cor
rect levels, The telephone emergency
call got from the nearest plumber.
after = half hour Of rather wild work,
merely the advice-"Pap on tho sup
ply pipe with a hammer, Tint was
not entirely satisfactory, and another
plumber was supimoned. He meas
ured. calculated and listened. He
finally diagnosed thus; Must be the
supply pipe Just before II enters the
top OF the reservoir"
And all hands went over TO the
house. turned OF the supply in the
cellar. drained the eisterns and sought
peace and sleep once more.
In the morning the plumber made
his official call A brief examination
convinced him that his colleagDe's
diagnosis OF the night before had been
correct. Serious measures being
necessary. be began to pull up floors
and remove baseboards. Thus there
were laid bare the secrets OF the an.
atomy of tho house. All the hidden
organs were revealed. Wires and
pipes and traps and mysterious applf
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

A suit was filed In the Supreme
performed by slaves during the years
from 1859 to 1868, in the production of
cotton in the southern states and
preparation of this cotton for the
market. William G. McAdoo is made
the defendant in his official capacity
as secretary of the treasury. The
plaintiffs are II. N. Johnson of Lou
isiana; r. Bowers of Texas: C. B. VIII
liams of Mississippi. and Mamie
Thompson of Tennessee, who say in
the bill of complaint that they sue for
themselves and others similarly In
terested.
The bill sets forth that the secretary
of the treasury of the United States
obtained possession, and the defend
ant herein now holds the custody. OF
certain money which was a part Of
the fruit of the labor of the plaintiffs
amounting to s6S.o72.3sS under In
ternal revenue tax on raw cotton"
and that this sum is not the legitimate
property of the United States. and
should be paid to those by whose la
Dor the cotton yielding this revenue
was produced
Another paragraph Of the bin reads:
Plaintiffs and such of them as claim
here as heirs were subject to a sys-
tenn of involuntary servitude in the
above named states. and other states
commonly known as the Southern
States
under which the services were rem
dered, the petition says.
THAT the system of involuntary SER
vitude by which plaintiffs were domi-
mated, to wit: under and by force
plaintiffs and their ancestors. against
their free will of action and by
coercion and iustifable fear of bodily
injury or destruction, to render said
labor"
The petition was filed by Attorney
e. NJ. Hewlett, as the local attorney
representing Attorneys Cornelius J.
Jones of Muskogee. Oklahoma. and H.
A. Guess. Jones, who is said to have
prepared the bill of complaint. is a
colored lawyer. The petition asks
that the case be referred to a master
in chancery, to take proof of the
claims of the parties interested, and
that a bill of discovery be issued to
ascertain among whom the money
shall be distributed and the amounts
that each shall receive. and to have
the secretary of the treasury disclose
the source from which the sum held
by him was derived.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

1901, Jacques Perret. an architect liv-
ing In Chambrey, designed a build
ing that, although 1t was never erect
ed, may properly claim to be the an
cestor OF the modern skyscraper.
What q visionary dreamer must have
been the architect who 300 years ago
planned an History building 361 feet
in height-aimost half as tall as the
Woolworth building in New York.
According to Perret's measurements.
the building was to have been 166
feet long and 40 feet broad. And
the walls were to have been over Il
feet thick But in 1901 the meth.
DDS of building construction were by
no means so modern as Perret's plans:
twelve-foot walls were none too thick
to support II stories. Here, again.
however, the ingenuity of the archi-
tect showed itself. for he found way
of making use OF the walls without
weakening their strength. I'm the
thickness OF the walls" he wrote,
ARE little stairways. cabinets and cup
boards, from the bottom floor TO the
top floor; thus there is no space
wasted"
Evidently the building was designed
for a perhaps an apartment
house, for in describing his project.
Perret wrote: This great and excel
lent edif1ce can accommodate comfort
able 500 people"
Considering the date OF the design.
the project OF Jacques Perret was
in many ways a remarkably prophetic
vision. In ornateness OF detail and In
fanciful exaggeration the building sug-
gests the sixteenth century. but in its
general lines it represents much
later period in architecture. Like the
most modern skyscrapers Of New
York, II has tower above the main
building. And when he designed the
terraced roof. did Jacques Perret
dream of roof garden?
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03
The Financial side.

do you thlnk II mistake TO 70
gard a summer engagement serious
iy7" asked Plimpeon.
No, AZ ALL" replied Pulson. who
spoke from experience. Certain
phases OF Il ahouid be given careful
consideration. For instance. ! al
ways set aside a certain amount to be
expended on 4 summer eourtshiD.
Above that I.neser spend ponny.-
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03
ONLY ONE CROP OF LAND

Good corn land Is very scarce. See
ad OF Observation-Disclosures Co. In
another part OF this paper. and write
them for full particulars.--Adv.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

end of the slave trade. but by 1922
their objections were overcome and
settlement was begun. 1t was in 1S47
that the colony was made independent.
marking the end of an extraordinary
episode of mixed philanthropy and
politics.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03
Quite Another Matter.

as Mrs Oldboy In mourning for he
husbandw
mo"
Then who's she In black for?"
"She's In black for him"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03
The Difference.

"The man they threw out of the
place was not like burning house."
How SOL"
"He was Full of fire after. he was
put out"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03
The Handicap.

1.-THE police win soon catch the abb
sconding defaulter."
How do you known"
Because he has no money for run
ming expenses"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

hardships and careful training. and
there was a doubt about these quali-
ties springing from a different, freer
soil But southern whites are now
coming to believe that these qualities
depended not upon accidental condl-
lions Of slavery, but resided In the
possibility of their human nature The
basis of this conviction Is distinctly
religious. White people have greater
confidence In the Negro because they
have greater confidence in all human
ity.-Marc N. Goodnow. in the Chicago
Daily News.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

When missionary explains that
the heather are experiencing y won
derful awakening. that is q sign he
is going TO pass the hat
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

A scientific sharp mas discovered
that a cubic foot OF air can contain
SIS. o00. 900 100000 microbes. And yet
some people complain OF being lonely.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

A live wire" who visited our town
last week moved on as soon as he
learned that the custom here is to
exact cash in advance from those who
follow his profession.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

In Caroline county. Maryland Ian.
tern-slide views contrasting the best
and poorest agricultural and domestic
conditions are used TO good effect.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03
rhelr Use.

Don't you think they ought to pass
blanket bills for paving?"
What makes you think that?"
They would come in handy for the
bed of the streets"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03
His Role.

II suppose since the baby came.
your husband Is no longer the hero
If your domestic drama?
oh no; he is merely the walking
gentleman
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

1t is hard to improve on Eph Wiiey's
system. Eph gets everything he wants
at home and Is permitted to do as he
pleases by telling his wife he loves
her.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

Knicker Isn't Jones a summer
pesti
Bocker-He Is the submarine under
the hot wave.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

Children whose parents are ad.
dicted 10 nagging are entitled to iota
of sympathy.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

And II woman had any other en-
cuse for doing thing than because"
she probably wouldn't do H. =
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

The earth was created for man, and
the average fellow labora under the
defnsion that he Is the man.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

When man gets married the other
fellows tell him he's lucky dog. But
there is no certainty about il either
way until he has been married four or
five years.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

Signor Marconi has been inspecting
the wireless stations Of Italy. and has
found them ready for any war emer-
gency.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

The erection of two universities, one
ut Cape Town and the other at Pre-
toria, is being urged by government
commission.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

II you have children OF your own
you will be worried by them. II you
have no children you will be worried
by well-meaning persons who want
you to adopt children.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

Every man may have his price. but
sooner or later the majority land on
the bargain counter.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

typical and es-
sentially Ameri-
can. Now q con-
tributor to LII
Illustration 8 b a T.
ters the Illusion:
he points out that
AS far back as
its origin goes,
anyway-the sky
scraper Is not
American at all.
The first enc was
D a n n g d over
three centuries
ago In q small
town OF Savoy.
In the year
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

When 1t Is realized how far the
Negro has come in the last fifty years
II Is not hard to account for the ex-
tent and degree of confidence in his
future. The census of 1910 shows
hat two out of every five persons en-
gagged in gainful occupations In the
Is southern states are Negroes. OF
the entire Negro population In these
states SO per cent are In some form
of industrial occupation. OF all the
Negroes engaged in industrial activi-
ties so per cent are agricultural work
ers. Something like million Negroes
have developed from agricultural la
borers to farmers in so years.
8 The efforts of the colored man to
help himself have been strongly in his
favor, for they have inspired the con-
fidence of the white people and made
a plan of cooperation between the
two much easier than 1t would other
wise have been. Because of this new
valuation of the agricultural or indus
trial Negro there has come a truer
appreciation of the human qualities in
volved.
There has been the feeling that the
fine qualities In the character of the
faithful slave were the fruitage of
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

II is all right for woman to pre-
tend her dinner was failure, but It
Is wise husband who disagrees with
her.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

If an attempt were made to pich
out the meanest man in town you
would get some votes and so should
we.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

Students In the school of experience
never graduate.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03
Valuable farm Land.

II IL said that In some localities n
Japan farm land sells for $4,000 an
acre.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

The North sea is the greatest fish
ing ground in the world. and, despite
the great activity of the fishermen.
there seems to be no diminution of
the catch.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

The more money man has the
more he can refuse 20 lend.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

An extensive deposit of asphalt OF
high quality has been discovered In
the Philippines.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03
SKYSCRAPER DREAM
Savoy Architect Had It Over 800
Years Ago.
Planned Building 561 Feet In Height,
But II Remained for America
to Realize His
Vision.

For many years foreigners have re-
garded the "skyscraper" as something
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

Most of the values are fixed by fool
In the possession of money.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

There is no fixed standard. Many
regard the bestowal upon candidate
for initiation of the side degrees of
lodge as highly humorous proceed
ing.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

It's short step from cunning to
rascaiify.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-03

A dollar in a mans pocket is worth
two that he owes.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-03
Scout Notes.

Friday August 81 regular weekly
meeting was held at Guild Hall. The
following took their "Mile at Scouts
Pace test, Harvey johnson, Stanley
johnson, Willard Midway, Reggie
Midway.
Afterwards collection was made
and a scout was sent out in search of
marsh-ma lows wi ich were duly
toasted and eaten.
Sunday in spite of the rain, four
scouts and scoutmaster went on hike
going north on Wauwatosa Avenue to
Lisbon Road. west on Lisbon to Lovers
Lane, south on Lovers lane to North
Avenue and east on North Avenne and
home
A few scouts have derived much fun
with the Soccer Football purchased
with part of the proceeds of the Ice
Cream Social. We would like to see
more out as we are sure that the
game will interest anyone who is fond
of out door sports.
Troop number one of Wauwatosa
together with three other troops from
Milwaukee will go camping from sat
urday morning until Monday evening.
A location is being selected on the
Lake shore between Whiteish Bay
and Fox Point. We anticipate good
time and hope for good attendance.