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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENINGS IN FAR OFF
NoRTHLAND.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume Of the Most Important Events
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF Interest to the Seandinavians
In America.
DENMARK,

Denmark will maintain her present
relations with foreign countries after
the war. Denmark is no bridge over
TO the Scandinavian peninsula for Ger
many. The Danish products, mostly
agricultural, find an easier way to in
dustrial Great Britain than TO the in
duStrial districts Of Germany, from
which Denmark is separated by a Cir
die of agricultural provinces. Den
mark receives a large percentage of
the traffic between Western Germany
and the Scandinavian peninsula and
she plays an important role in regard
TO the tourist intercourse between the
North sea and the Baltic sea. and es-
pecially the Baltic provinces of Rus
STA. The close relations between Den
mark on one side and Great Britain
and Russia on the other, are therefore
dictated by commercial reasons, and
Denmark has not forgotten the loss Of
Schleswig- Holstein.
NJ, Borgjerg, editor of the Social Dem
okraten of Copenhagen, is carrying a
German peace proposal TO Russia. The
proposal was formulated by the Ger
man socialist majority group after a
conference between Phillip Scheide-
mann and Imperial Chancellor Won
Bethmann- HolIweg. Borgjerg succeed
ed in obtaining permission to enter
Russia after fortnight's effort.
German patrol ships are continuing
their activities against neutral ship
ping in the Skagerrack. Recently the
northumberland liner United
States was halted and examined.
While two good citizens of Marshal
were discussing the events of the day
they gradually became heated to an
unpleasant degree. Finally the man in
whose house they were rose and point
ed TO the door, saying: There is the
door, it is for you" The other man ac-
cepted the challenge without saying a
word. He simply lifted the door from
its hinges and carried ii TO the market
place, where he left Ii. The weather
was cold at the time, and though the
door-carrier only followed the order
of the owner the latter may see fit to
bring the matter before the courts.
A new alderman In Ribe seems to be
less fond of his job than the average
American alderman. He did not want
to be reelected, and in order to be
sure of keeping out of office he neg
Iected to pay his taxes, which irregu-
larity deprived him of the right to
vote and to run for office.
AT an entertainment given by tenn
perance society in Viborg a man was
going TO give a recitation. But that
number of the program came to naught,
The man that the temperance people
had engaged in good faith had taken
such a heavy load Of alcohol that he
sank into a heap and went to sleep on
the platform. The police had to be
called to take the man away from the
hall.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

patrfot--One who goes with his
wife 10 buy n hat and enjoys himself
Martyr-One that goes with her, but
falls asleep in the store.
Heroine that goes with her and
firts with al the cashgirls
Coward-The sneaky character that
always remembers he has an engage
ment.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

A high school agricultural expert
ment and information bureau, believed
to be the first ever planned in the
United States, will be in operation
next spring and summer in Spokane.
Wash.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16
NEW THINGS UNDER SUN


In the back of a new stove polish
ing brush is reservoir for polish.
A patent has been granted for stick
candy having a core made of peanut
butter.
Cushions filed with dried coffee
grounds protect needles and pins from
rusting.
Hamburg has a restaurant that is
housed in a building made Of COM
pressed paper.
A Kansas City woman is the pa
entee of a rocking chair in the arms
and seat Of which are boxes to hold
sewing materials.
An entire tray of sc eggs can be
examined at once by a new rapid
Gambling device.
An extremely simple spring clip has
been patented TO be slipped under a
door TO hold II open.
A French inventors motor for small
boats is driven by explosions Of q
mixture Of hydrogen and oxygen.
For painting or oiling floors q New
York inventor has patented a foun.
.hin brush mounted on small wheels.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16
caoed Insects.

Pussy's constant loss of flesh. de-
spite her good food, worried Jackie.
"She Is thin this summer because
she eats flies" his mother said.
Jack regarded his scrawny cat with
a new interest.
"She eats bees, too, mother" he
said. 81 can hear 'em humming"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

whats this Hindenburg line we
read so much aboutf" saked Three
Fingered Sam.
81 can't say for certain" replied
Broncho Bob, 'but judging by the kinks
being put into it, it must look like a
lariat in the hands of a tenderfoot."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

The farmers of southern Sweden are
greatly displeased with the manner in
which the potato crop was disposed Of
last year. Wholesalers and potato
meal factories bought all that they
could get hold Of, and when the bulk
Of the crop had passed out Of the
hands of the farmers the middlemen
began to raise the price and kept on
raising IL until they were In a position
10 earn much more than the producers.
Now the farmers have appealed to the
government to take steps TO prevent
the middlemen from playing the same
trick this year. If nothing is done to
insure fair price to the producers
they may follow the only safe course.
which is to plant less potatoes than
the country really needs.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

what! Paid $50 for hat2 Wom-
an. your are mad" mo. but its plain
10 be seen YOU are"
II costs more 10 ayenge wrong
than II does to let II 20 by default.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

The hills of Palestine are rich in
iron and the mines are stin worked
there, though in a very simple, crude
manner.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

Great fog-penetrating power is
claimed for a new French incandescent
light with greenish-yellow glass in
front and backed by q reflector that
reflects enough heat to prevent moist
ure collecting ON the glass.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

A tree has been discovered in NADIA
gascar that produces coffee which is
said to be free from caffein.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16
FROM NEAR AND FAR

The largest settlement in Greenland
has population under 500.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16
A Careful Young Man.

you want TO marry my daughterT'
"pm not certain, hut I'd ike to take
an option on her hand, sir"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16
ENAMEL YOUR OWN CAR

Baxshine. the high gloss black auto en-
amel that be applied by anyone with
perfect results. Dries over night BiRx-
shine for one with brush and complete
outfit for applying. Prepaid. sass. Money
back IL not satisfied. Write for sample OF
work and description. Special inducement
to dealers. We manufacture the famous
'Floorette." the perfect floor varnish. Twin
City Varnish Co.. st. Paul. Mimi. Free. Your
initials in gold with each package.-Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

Haarfagre, playing between Frederiks-
havn. Denmark. and Christiansand,
Norway, was seized and taken to
a German port.
G. Engelbert Graf, a weil-known
German social democrat, who has just
returned 10 Berlin from an extensive
trip through Sweden, Norway and Den
mark, apparently considers England as
the real authority in Norway. He
quotes statements pointing In that d.
rection, made by Swedish politicians.
He does not mention any names, but 1t
is no secret that Hjalmar BrantIng, the
leader of the social democratic party
in Sweden, is one Of these politicians.
In the opinion of Mr.. Graf. Norway
will not display any desire for close
cooperation with Germany after the
war. "in spite of all expenses for mOnu-
ments, Aalesunde and trips to Norway
every year" This refers TO the at
tempts undertaken by Kaiser Wilhelm
before the war TO flatter the Norwe-
CLANS. The whole coast Of Norway is
open TO Great Britain; large part of
the Norwegian production is going to
that country, and England can at any
time completely shut off the Norwe-
gian import of fOodstuffs. British cap
itaI also dominates the Norwegian ship
ping companies. Mr.. Graf considers
Norway to be at the mercy of Great
Britain.
The storthing has voted life pension
of $1,000 to Sven Aa.restad. His ca
reer has been unique In the Norway Of
today. For several decades he was
recognized as the leader Of the tenn
perance people of the country. When
age began 10 tell on him the govern
ment appointed him amtmand of Ne
denes. In a speech he said that one
9Th of the men Of the capital snort
ened their lives by drink A rewspa-
per said that he lied. and the court
aid not convict the editor The nation
knew that Aarrestad was right, but be
resigned.
The so-called "Nansen fund IS going
10 be divided into two distinct funds.
one is to be called the "P. A. Munich
fund" 10 he used for the encourage
rnent Of historical research and the
other the "SophIs Bugge fund" IS 10
be used in the interest Of Scaudlna-
Wan philology. Each Of the tsyo funds
now amounts to about s27,0 coo Prof.
W G. Brogger has done far more than
anybody else 70 ruiae these funds.
The population Of Bergen. the sec
ond largest city In the country, is
-. ~ nla
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16
Not Natural.

81 presume your sculptor friend is
welded to his art?"
"By no means; he is with 1t too
much"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

OF recent invention is a household
water heater that can be made TO
utilize garbage for fuel.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

Pie crusts are bound. crimped and
trimmed at the same time with new
Kitchen utpuSil
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

As fire hose is drawn from a recent
ly patented wall cabinet it opens a
valve that turns on the water.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

Deposits of coal estimated to con
tain 100000 tons have been dis
covered in Iceland
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16
The Riuht Way.

How did you get TO be college presi-
dent?"
"By degrees
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16
FLASHLIGHTS

If the other fellow is getting
more fun out of his little than
you are out of your much more
he's richer than you are, regard
less of what the bank statements
show.
It's pretty hard to talk a child
out of doing the things that you
insist on doing yourself,
Forethought is the best acci-
dent insurance.
Everybody is willing to be the
friend of the man who doesn't
really need one.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16
NORWAY.

The Norwegian passenger steamer
Haarfagre playing between Frederiks-
havn. Denmark. and Christiansand,
Norway, was seized and taken to
a German port.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

The prices Of certain metals have
risen to fabulous heights. a few in
stances may be mentioned. Tin is 50
q pound, an increase Of 800 per cent
since the beginning Of the war. An
hmony is $3.50 a pound, an increase Of
1000 per cent. Lead is 500 per cent
higher. But graphite has distanced
alI other minerals In the race. the In
crease for certain grades being 1000
per cent. During the early stages Of
the war the Swedcs exported metals To
Germany. and now they ara suffering
for this policy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

Newspaper reports that America
would cease exports to neutrals caused
much anxiety in Norway, which is de-
pendent on America for grain, sugar
salt pork and other provisions petro-
leum and certain other raw materials.
The export of these articles from Nor
way is forbidden as the country is in
need of them. The country's supply
of grain, including the coming crop. is
sufficient until September IL none is
exported. The embargo on American
oil would hit Norway especially hard,
as the fishing fleet uses oil-driven mo-
tors. Unless the United States per-
mits exports TO Norway under special
licenses forbidding re-export, all OF
Norway will soon be on the verge OF
starvation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

Doing the impossible is a common
place of enterprise
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

At Malmo. April 2G, 5000 people
took part In demonstration before
the town hail 40 which demands were
made f.r commercial agreement with
England larger bread rat ions and q
discontinuance Of food exports.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

The government has provided 500
600 for the expedition of Capt ROAD
Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer
who Is TO sail for the Arctic in the
summer of 1918 in an attempt TO reach
the North pole.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

The population Of Bergen. the sec
ond largest city in the country, is
about 5000.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

For persons who are absent when
telephone calls are received, a Michi-
gan man has invented a device that
enables the unanswered caller TO re-
cord his own number so that he can be
reached when the absent man returns.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

Herman L. f. Lagercrantz. who was
Swedish minister at Washington from
1905 20 1910. is coming to the United
States on d special mission. This trip
is connected with the question Of Swe-
dish Imports from America and the
financial relations between the two
nntrrt rina.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

In the back of a new stove polish.
ing brush is reservoir for polish.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

Masters of the chess board, like
Frank James Marshall and DR.. Eman-
uel Lasker, have done wonderful
things. In Berlin some years ago, O.
S. Bernstein carried on IS games stimuli
taneously with all the boards In sight.
Pillsbury has carried on as many as
So simultaneous games with the boards
in sight.
Efforts to raise a fund for the pur-
chase and preservation of the home of
John Greenleaf Whittier in Amesbury,
Mass, are being made by the Whit
tier Home association. The house
contains many manuscripts and other
mementOes of the poet His grand
nephew, Greenleaf Whittier Packard,
is the present owner.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

A French inventors motor for small
boats is driven by explosions Of q
Of hydrogen and oxygen.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-16

A patent has been granted for sticl
candy having a core made Of peanu
butter.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-24
STRENGTH OF WOOD.
The Pressure It Took to Break Beam
of DOUGLAS Fir.

The Pressure It Took to Break Beam
Of Douglas Fir.
A. piece of Douglas fir, IL feet long
and 16 by inches in cross section,
stood pressure Of Ss,4OO pounds be-
fore breaking at the test conducted IN
the engineering laboratory OF the uni
versity Of Washington by Q. w. Zim-
hermann Of the United States forest
service.
The experiment was demonstration
of the standard used by the forest serv-
ice In testing bridge spans. The beam
was held by fifteen foot support, and
the load was concentrated at two
points five feet from each end OF the
beam. As pressure was applied the
beam continued to bend until the point
of maximum DETECTION was reached.
Measurements were then taken, and IT
was found that the beam had bent ESQ
inches under the pressure OF 10000
pounds. This occurred two minutes
after the test started.
Eight minutes later, after 3S,4OO
pounds Of additional weight had been
added, the beam broke. During this
time there was no further DETECTION OF
the piece. Mr.. Zimmerman explained
that the small fibers of the wood were
continually giving way under the pres
sure, and at the end Of eight minutes
the beam, sufficiently weakened, snap
ped suddenly.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-24
STUFF OF A MAN.

Physical courage is universally adj
mired. The hero who exhibits intrepid
courage in rescuing another is certain
Of applause. To win such admiration
many become foolhardy The man Of
real courage will not do this. He finds
no need Of exhibitions Of false courage
He knows that mora! courage is of
higher and finer quality, than physical
courage. True, it is not so sure Of rec.
ignition. Moral courage is often shown
in lives so unostentatious that no one
realizes their nobility. Many man is
hero unknown to all, and no one can
know all the moral force Of q man who
acts from conscience. The worlds
martyrs have been moved by moral
courage, but many a man has put forth
equal courage of whom the world has
never known
One must have something of moral
courage to recognize it in another.
Children usually learn easily to see and
admire physical courage. They have to
be taught the value OF moral courage.
This quality learned in youth develops
men OF the highest character, the men
most useful to neighborhood and state,
men fit to be leaders Of public affairs.
1t happens sometimes that mans
convictions are not founded on sound
reason. Better so than that he should
lack moral sense. In cultivating cour.
age we should not neglect to cultivate
a reasonable conscience which distin-
guishes between right and wrong.
Milwaukee Journal.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-24
Inspiration
Miscellany
Perils of Middle Age

Middle age, whose date is suggested
by Acts as being in and after the
forties, is neglected period from the
sympathetic point Of view. 1t is cred
tied with full development of ones
powers, with having won place in
the world, with mastery of some chos-
en- calling. Its independence and
strength are regarded as freeing it
from need for and claim upon SYM
pathy.
Yet middle age meets with tempta-
lions and perils peculiar to itself. Its
round Of routine and its settled state
contain risks. 1t faces the danger
which ruined Moab of old, that Of set
Ting down upon the lees. Israel kept
alive because it was shaken to and fro
and reacted vitality. But Moab stag
mated and sank into the sleep that
knew no waking.
Yet the central decades of life have
compensations. There are gains for
the losses. The fret and fever Of youth
have ceased, the follies and inexperi-
ence, the teasing limitations placed by
capacity upon aspirations The slow
ing down of physical vigor is balanced
by composure and vigor Of spirit. Fore
sight has come to do what youths
fierce energy could not achieve The
torrent Of enthusiasm has been har-
messed and the leaping current has be-
come the leashed millrace which drives
the wheels Of productive power.
Middle life, when man has lived as
he should, brings the steady eye that
sees the whole instead Of the parts;
some sense of the relative values of
things; balance Of judgment; sagacious-
ness in the conduct OF life. It acquires
reasonable optimism and steadfast
courage. 1t has learned the mans
limitations and powers, what he can
do and what not It not seldom finds
new powers developing, of which youth
had no promise and gave no hint.
The greatest danger of middle age,
the most grievous evil which can befall
it, Is the closed mind or the petrified
heart. Stereotyped standards of judg.
ment and ruts Of labor are fatal to the
spiritua! and intellectual growth Of the
middle aged. - Spokane Spokesman.
Review.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-24
GUARD THE REFRIGERATOR.
II Not Kept Clean It Is Menace to
the Health of the Family.

II Not Kept Clean It Is Menace to
the Health of the Family.
one of the most important articles Of
household equipment is the unassum-
ing and. it is to be feared, often neg
lected icebox.
There is no greater menace to the
health of the family than refrigera-
tor which does not refrigerate or one
which it is impossible to keep in per-
feet sanitary condition.
The least important thing about re-
frigerator is its outside appearance.
While the expensive porcelain and
enamel ones are pleasant to own, a
less expensive hardwood one with a
smooth, plain surface is just as salts
factory and easy to clean.
Goodness, cleanliness and convenience
are the three "c's" that are absolutely
essential to the construction Of re-
frigeratOr.
Always wash the ice before putting
it into its compartment, otherwise the
straws and dust may clog up the drain
pipe.
The floors and shelves of the refrig-
orator should be washed every day
with solution of soda, and at least
once week the refrigerator should be
thoroughly cleaned.
Use solution of soda and water to
clean out the drain pipe and pan. Then
scald them out thoroughly with boil
ing water.-New York Telegram.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-24
Conscious Virtue.

Conscious virtue is the only foundu-
ton or all happiness, for riches, power
rank or whatever, in the common ac-
ceptation of the world. is supposed to
constitute happiness. will never quiet,
much less cure. the inward pangs Of
guilt.--Lord Chesterfield.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-24
Our Better Nature.

The better nature in us exults over
hardship and privation as seal Of its
divinity. Men spring with deeper JOY
to man a lifeboat in a raging sea than
they feel at the thought Of a pleasure
voyage Henry Wilder Foote.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-24
The Joy of ljv;no.

Dear life. sweet moment. gracious
opportunity, brief journey so well
worth the taking, gentle exile so well
worth enduring, thy bitterest sorrows
are but blessings in disguise thy sharp
est pains are brought upon us by our
selves and even then are turned to
warnings for our guidance, while above
us, through us and around us radiates
the Supreme Love, unalterably tender
Marie COrelli.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-24
Gust Kirkelie is Dog Catcher.

Gust Kirkelie, who established quite
q reputation in the city as drayman
and carpenter, has been appointed Of
fetal city dog catcher. Gust is an en-
ergetic fellow and will be on the alert
at all times for stray dogs, many of
which have wrought havoc in the gar
dens Of Minot.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-16

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-THE
United States may send it's Yarrow-
dale demand to Germany regardless
OF press reports that the ~ Amsri-
can sailors had been released.
TIP TO d 30 today no ofncial con
armation OF the press reports had
been received here.
The note Is ready to go. Since II
contains detailed statements regard
ing treatment ofGerman sailors. Ger.
man citizens and German property
in the United states, the state de-
partment. II was oficislly intimated
today. may feel that IL should be
sent even bad this government in
fhe meantime received oeietal reFd
that the Yarrowdale prisoners have
been set free.
Such action would keep the rec
ords clear" and servo 20 place or
nle Americas protest against What
the president and secretr-s- Lansing