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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-02-01
Have a Bottle Handy!

CHioan's Lininent is assigned its
= = place among the trusted family
remedies in thousands Of medi-
cine closets. Confidence in ii is
based on the uniform effectiveness
with which it banishes the pains of
rheumatism, neuralgia, govt, lumbago,
sore stiff muscles, bruises. sprains and
strains. Cleaner aad easier to use than
missy plasters Or ointments. 1t penerates
and relieves quickly quittout rubbing.
AT all druggists, Csc. Soc. and Sl00.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-02-01
Maine Central Institute Wins.

PITrsFIELD. Me-, Jan 26. Maine Central In
Sutute won from Bangor High, 20 TO Is, in
iase and scrappy game tonight. Parks, the
local center. shot six baskets
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-02-01
Camden High %, Rockport 10.

Camden High %, Rockport 10.
RocKLAND. Me-, Jan. &c Camden High
School defeated Rockpor. High. % to 10. to.
night in this city. The majority of the point
we're made by Dahlgren for Camden and Will
son for Rockport. The victo ry advanced Cam
den to second place in the Knox County League.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-02-01
|e''er That May Interest You.

10 b%auae.onnell, Riverdale. Ga, writes:
eN tbo,arue Tables absolutely cleanse my
Y" aoughiy. and never a"gripe, and no
's.gtAeDi n IDEAL physic, invigoratiRg and
I yfise dung the bowel action and having a
! Person % the stomach and liver Give
sisAsrs light and free feeling. Sold
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-02-01
Aroostook Potatoes $50 Per Barrel.

HoULToN, Jan. "a. Potatoes were
selling here Wednesday at SIS barrel
with few loads going at SIS. 10. 1t was
expected the price would reach SIS. Is be-
fore night. A good supply was being
hauled in and buying was fairly active.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-02-01
FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS
FOR BAckAcHE KIDNEYS AMI BlAD DER
Mrs. PIummer Pres. NE. Women's Clubs.

PROVIDENCE, Jan. Is. Mrs. Stanley
Plummer of Maine was elected president
of the New England Conference of State
declarations of Women's Clubs at its
closing session here today.
Other officers chosen were: Mrs.
George Smiley of Vermont. vice president.
and Mrs. William H, Phipps of Connecti-
cut, secretary and treasurer.
On invitation of Mr.. Edward H. Smiley
of Connecticut, the federation decided to
meet in that State next year.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-02-01
RAailEi JAIL.
Watervllle High Girls Win.

"AfERvILLE. Me-. Jan. %. The Water Vile
hign school girls basketball team defeated
the girls of Coburn Classical institute tonight.
10 to 2.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-02-01
Elizabeth Hanly, U. of NJ, '13,

Miss Elizabeth Hanly, teacher of Eng
fish literature in Caribou High school, an
honor graduate of the University of
Maine in the class of 1918, is gaining
recognition as poet, the Outlook krint-
ing one of her verses in a recent number
Miss Hanly began to show proficiency
in literature at the University, where
she was connected editorially with the
Campus and Blue Book. She is native
of Thomaston. The poem from the Out
look follows:
My Wish
This is poem to be read only by those who
love Stevenson's The Lamplighter, or children
or both. We frankly advise every one else to
skip 1.-THE Editor.
If could be who would be-,
If suddenly to me God said,
"Of all my dear and noble dead
Choose one to be again on earth
For strife or service. toll or mirth,
Resume, one hour, mortality
know right we'll who would be.
If could go where would 20,
In all the lovely lands that are
From Southern Cross to Polar Star,
II could linger for a space
In one long loved, earth hallowed place,
Why. then Gods will should set me down
At nightfall in Scottish town.
In "Leerie's shape" would 60 forth
Through that dim city of the North,
And run again with eager feet
Along the EdinDoro' street,
To light the gas lamps. one by one.
And nod to little Stevenson.
And as he lay in bed, he'd see
My street stars shining in a row.
If could be who would be.
II could go where / would 90.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-02-01
MAINE CENlkAL RAILROAD
REI FAST AND BURNHAM

On and after Oct l. 1916. trains connecting
at Burnpam and Watervie with through train.
for and from Bangor, Waterville, Portland and
Boston, will run as follows:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-02-01
My Wish

This is poem to be read only by those who
love Stevenson's The Lamplighter, or children,
or both. We frankly advise every one else to
skip 1.-THE Editor
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
AN ANCIENT JAPANESE ART
Embroidery Made in Flowery Kingdom
for Centuries Before Country
Was Opened 10 World.

Japanese embroidery. now so popu
lar in this country is one of the oldest
arts of the mikado's people. For cen
turtles before the country was opened
10 foreign intercourse heavily embroid-
cred silk kimOnos, screens. and other
articles were made by professional
embroidery experts, principally in
kyoto. This same profession con-
tinues today. having been handed
down from father TO son for many gen
erations. For this reason the center
of the countrys art-embroldery indus
try is at Kyoto. although cheaper em-
broideries, principally for export, are
produced in large quantities in other
part of the Kobe district.
The majority Of the workers in Kyo-
10 are men. who produce the finer
grades of embroidery. IL is essentially
81 household industry and is usually
conducted in small shops, where from
three TO ten apprentices and skilled
embroiderers are employed. The men
received from 40 to IS cents gold pei
day. The women. however, are able
TO earn from - 10 30 cents gold per
day. depending upon their ability ano
diligence.
The manufacture Of handmade lace
is comparatively new industry in
Japan. as lace was not used by the
japanese before the advent Of foreign
ers The industry is still in its In.
fancy, and the output Is small.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
Waste of Mothers Lives and
Health Altogether Unnecessary
Prepared BY Children. Bureau u S D.p.rnsp, Of Labor

More women fifteen TO forty-five
years of age die from conditions con-
nected with childbirth than from any
disease except tuberculosis. Some 49,
600 mothers lives are sacrificed yearly
to ignorance and improper care. In
connection with Baby Week. the Chill
dren's bureau calls special attention to
these facts. for three reasons:
1, The life and health of The mother
are essential TO the health and we'll
being of her children.
,. The majority of these lrothers'
lives could be saved.
3. The number Of deaths among
mothers is merely a rough index of
unmeasured preventable illness and
suffering.
Just how adequate care for mothers
is TO be assured depends. of course, on
local conditions, but nr. Grace L.
Meigs of the federal Childrens bu-
reau, whose special report on Ma
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
CHINESE MILITARY TACTICS
celestials Planned to Trip Up Foes,
Throw Water in Their Faces and
Then Cut off Their Heads.

At the beginning of the Chino-Japa-
nese war, says a contributor to the
Washington Star, one of our military
attaches saw a Chinese regiment take
the field OK review and go through a
very curious performance.
The soldiers carried long bamboo
poles like fishing rods, and with these
they rushed at one another, yelling
wildly and making very queer gestures
and grimaces.
What's the gamer" asked the Amer
ican.
THAT regiment" Chinese general
answered, lis one of our very Oldest
1t is now practicing a form of assault
that dates from prehistoric times. The
idea is to trip the enemy up with the
long wand, throw water in his face
and, in the midst of his bewilderment
at this extraordinary treatment. to
cut off his head."-Youth's Compan-
ion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
Proper Furniture
for the Children
Prepared by Children's Bureau. U. S.
Department Of Labor

Too many homes, even those where
there is no lack of means for the nee
essary margin of choice, are furnished
without apparent regard for the needs
or rights of children. and in these it is
hardly possible for a child to find a
place to play or use his own things
without having to be continually
warned against breaking or harming
something. 1t is plainly not just to any
child TO surround him with furnishings
designed entirely to accommodate
grown-up people and ask him to re-
spect them, unless there is somewhere
place in which he has equal rights
and where the grown-ups must pay
equal respect TO his possessions. For
this reason there should always be
some room, or at least a corner of the
family living room, where the children
may keep their own things and use
them in comfort.
The ideal rooms for children contain
only such furniture as they need for
comfort or convenience. and this will
be simple and easily kept clean. Wash
able painted walls, bare hardwood or
painted floors, simple curtains and
painted furniture are suitable. II wall
paper is used it should be inexpensive,
so that it can be frequently renewed.
All the holdings, door panels. window
and door screens should be made with
plain painted surfaces so that they can
be readily cleaned.
Only the lightest curtains should be
used, and they should not cover the
windows, save when necessary to shut
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02

Il have nothing against the Edin-
burgh people" said a gentleman who
hied from the great outer world. but
| must say I've found greater fellow
feeling elsewhere. My hat blew away
on Saturday, and though everybody be-
side me took warm interest in its
perambulations, nobody joined in pur-
suit.
'Eh, but We wrong Edinburgh folk"
replied one of his hearers. Dye ken
what / saw on Setterday? A mans
hat blew Off just as a cable car wis
passln', and the driver stopped the car
and sprinted ava doom the road efter
it. Can We beat that in the sooth7"
The stranger said he really couldn't,
and would chalk II up TO Edinhurghs
credit.
Evils It act'lly true, Tam?" asked
friend, after the foreigner" had de-
parted.
aye, wis 1t, but dye think ! wud
tell that ii wis the drivers ain cap
that blew OFF,"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
One Too MANY.

Mr.. Bruce Barton, editor Of Every
Week, was describing the mental trepl-
dalton of friend of his who was MAX
ing his first public speech.
When he got up 10 speak the audi
ence seemed to him like the result OF
a test a wife tried on her husband
who came home early one morning
from a banquet where there had been
a quantity Of some unknown bev-
erage.
The wife. who found her fears had
been realized placed two chairs fac
ing each other, sat down In one and
applied the stare test, looking upon the
inebrIated one With cold. fixed glare.
"I'll tell you all about It, my dear
he hiccuped, but that woman In the
other chair looks so much like you l
can't tell which is which"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02

out the hot sun. The chairs, tables,
beds. shelves, bookcases and all other
necessary articles of furniture should
be small and low, so that the children
may find them comfortable and CON
venient. The continual effort to use
tables and chairs which are too high,
TO get things that are out of reach,
and to be under the necessity Of trying
to adapt the strength, size and skill of
children to the furniture of grown per-
sons results in no little irritation.
some of which might be easily re-
lieved. The washbowl in the bathroom
is usually too high for child TO use
without getting his sleeves and the
front of his clothing wet. A stool or
hassock, Or even a low box on which
he may stand, will save much trouble.
After the baby's high chair has been
discarded the child should be provided
with q dining chair which is high
enough to bring his elbows about on a
level with the top of the table, and he
should have stool or a footrest. An
ordinary kitchen table or common sew
ing table with the legs sawed off about
half way will afford untold eoan1ort 70
the children at their wort or play. 1t
should be painted wb.Ce and should
rest firmly on the 6Jor. Low chairs
should also be prov ided. These may
be pine kitchen chairs with the legs
sawed off. Added 10 this. there should
be some shelves With drawers where
work and playthings can be kept with
in easy reach. Such an equipment as
this, In a sunny, cheerful room, with
plenty of fresh air. and warmed in
winter to IS degrees. will provide an
amount of happiness to the child quite
out of all proportion to the cost.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
Do You Neglect
Your Machinery ?

The machinery of the body needs to
be well oiled. kept in good condition
just as the automobile, steam engine or
bicycle. Why should the human neglect
his own machinery more than that of
his horse or his engine? Yet most peo-
pie do neglect themselves. To clean
the system at least once a week is to
practice preventive measures. You will
escape many ills and clear up the coat
ed tongue, the sallow complexion, the
dull headache, the lazy liver, If you will
take a pleasant laxative made up of
the May-apple, juice of the leaves of
aloes, root of jalap. and called Pleasant
Pellets. You can obtain at almost any
drug store in this country these vege-
table pellets in walls Tor Z5c-simply
ask for DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
There can be no counterfeit If they
have the DIR. Pierce stamp. Proven
good by so years use.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02

Quires special skill and training.
Many people do not seem to under
stand that in any case complications
may arise which can be met safely by
prompt and skillful scientific care, but
which ut the hands of an unskilled at
tendant will cost the life of mother or
child or both.
Doctor Meigs admits the difficulties
of making accessible to every mother
in the United States these essentials
| of maternity care. but she says:
when women and their husbands are
and when women demand il, physi'
+ Glars will furnish it; medical colleges
viii provide better training for physi.
clans; and communities, rural and ur
ban, will see to it that mothers are
properly protected"
The difficulties are perhaps greatest
in rural districts. The Children's bu'
| reau has had letters from mothers who
are 10, % 80 and even 90 miles from
a physician, and for whom any trained
nursing has been utterly impossible
Other countries have been 81 work on
this same problem, notably New Zea-
land and Canada. From their expert
enCe and from the experience of those
American cities in which special ma
ternity work is being developed, Doc
tor Meigs has drawn up the following
suggestions for a unit of service to
meet the needs of mothers in rural
districts:
The unit would provide a center for
rural nursing service with visiting
nurses especially trained TO recognize
dangerous symptoms In expectant
mothers. At such a center mothers
would be able to obtain information as
TO the proper care of themselves and
of their babies. If a suitable general
county center should include a cot
tage hospital for difficult maternity
cases and for the care of normal
cases when it is convenient for the
mother TO leave her home for confine-
ment In general, skilled attendance
should be obtainable by every woman
in the county.
Little has been done as yet to show
women that much of the waste of
mothers lives and health is unneces-
sary. Even less has been undertaken
by communities TO provide protection
for motherhood. Many communities
which have studied their typhoid and
tuberculosis death rates and have I'M
dertaken costly measures to reduce
them have been Needless of the death
rates among mothers. 1t is not
strange, therefore, that since 1900 the
typhoid rate for the country as a
whole has been cut 10 half, and the
rate from tuberculosis has been mark
eddy reduced. while the death rate
from maternal causes has shown no
demonstrable decrease. But maternal
deaths are largely preventable, and
Baby Week should mark the beginning
of definite work for their prevention.
Doctor Melgs' report on Maternal
Mortality may be had free upon re-
quest, from the Children's bureau.
Washington, d. G.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02

ternal Mortality was published re-
Gently, believes that the first essen
tial everywhere is a better understand
ing of what mothers need.
Few women seem to realize, for ex-
ample, that mother needs special
care before the baby comes. And yet
the principles of personal hygiene
which have been worked out by mod
ern science are of the utmost import
ance in preventing complications for
the mother and illness or weakness for
her baby. Further, the expectant
mother should be under the super
vision of a physician, and she should
have certain periodic examinations by
which any symptoms of complications
may be discovered and treated while
they are still cOntrollable.
And the mother needs skilled at
tendance when her baby is born. Doc
tor Meigs emphasizes the fact that a
difficult maternity case is one of the
gravest surgical emergencies and re-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
Something Wrong with Child Who
Does Not Come III to Standard
Prepared by chldr.e. Bureau u s Department Of Labor

The average weight Of girl babies at
birth is slightly more than : pounds
and that Of boys IA pounds. The av-
erage baby win weigh twice as much
at the fifth or sixth month as at birth,
and three times as much at the end Of
the first year. At eighteen months
girls viii weigh about - pounds and
boys a: at two years boys will weigh
q pounds and girls % pounds The
increase in weight thereafter will be
slower. Tho normal gain Of q healthy
child, according 10 Doctor Holt. is
about 16 pounds during the second
year. about during the third, and
about the fourth. girls remaining
about / pound lighter than boys all
the way along.
A baby begins to laugh aloud at some
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02

If all men were like colored porter
in Frankfort, newspaper men would
find the game an extremely easy one.
The porter. who is known to every
man and boy in the city. recently was
divorced from his first wife and within
a few days was married again. A re-
porter happened In the clerks Office
just as he was taking out his license.
WHEN are you to he married,
Frank? ?" asked the reporter
The porter told him, and the ques-
tioning was continued until his wife-to.
he grabbed hold Of his arm and whis-
pered, Don't tell that man all about
this"
I've got to-" the porter whispered
back. Hes a reporter l''-Indianap-
oils News,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
Considering N. c. LIZ

20 mamma, come here" called Maud,
"a whole lot of kittens are in our cats
basket"
Our cat has got these kittens for
herself" laughed mother. Hasn't she
a nice family?"
WELL" said Maud, at is all right to
have family, but / should think she
would have them one at time"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
Why He Subscribed.

A collector Of subscriptions for the
brass band fund once came across a
farmer who was noted for his mean
ness. To his surprise the farmer at
once consented TO subscribe fully as
large a sum as any he had yet re-
ceiyed.
"Mr. Hardest" he said. addressing
TIE farmer. you are surely very fond
Of music to give so much"
'Oh, yes" said the farmer; they're
grand for soaring the crows from ma
'taties when they're practicin' an I'm
grateful"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
couIdn,t keen Il un.

The City Man Ito ninety-year-old
peasant)-Tell me, what must one do
TO grow to be as old as you are?
Peasant-Don't drink, don't smoke,
keep out in the fresh air.
City NANNY father did all those
things and died at sixty.
Peasant-Yes, but he didn't do them
long enOugh.-Fliegende Blaetter (Mu-
nich).
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02

time between the third and fifth
month he begins 10 reach for his toys
from the fifth to the seventh month
and al the seventh or eighth month he
is usually able to sit alone aud hold up
his body A. The end Of the first year
he withstand up by chairs. and by
abeut the sixteenth moath he can usu-
ally walk alone.
At The end ~ the first year the baby
VIII Dr. saying number Of words. aud
az The end af jhe second year thc aver
age child is putting them together In
short sentence. u enid Is DIS king
no attempt n talk st this time Il may
be that something Is wrong
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02

no relief. / began taking DR.. Pierces
Favorite Prescription and three bottles
cured me. / was feeling splendid,
could eat and sleep well and gained
in strength and weight. also gave
it to my daughter. She was weak and
had fainting spells and the medicine
cured her. We also used DIR. Pierces
Pleasant Pellets; there is nothing to
equal them."-MRS. r. d. JENKINS.
los S. Vine Street, Marshfield, Wis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
FOR SKIN TROUBLES
That Itch, Burn, Torture and Disfa
ure Use Cuticura-TrlaI Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment TO soothe and heal. They
usually afford immediate relief in itch
ing, burning eczemas, pimples, dandruff
and most baby skin troubles. They
also tend to prevent little skin trou-
bles becoming great if used daily.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
Aliens Foot Ease for The TTOODs,

The antiseptic powder 20 be shaken into the
shoes or used in the foot-bath Young men in
every comm nifty are using Aliens Foot.Ease
IN their crills for Military Preparedness. Used
by the Allied, French and English troops be
cause IL rests the feet, takes the friction from
the shoe and makes walking easy.-Ady.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
collaborators.

"WilIe.~ said the teacher suspicious
II. who wrote this composition Of
yours
"P. did replied Willie truthfully.
"Ddd ne write all Of itT'
~No'm. ] helped him."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
The Man Hire I'm.

Hello, hello, is this the fire depart
ment7" asked an excited voice on the
telephone.
mo, madam" answered the manager
of an employment agency. whose phone
bell had been rung by mistake. This
is the hire department
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
Not the Usual Kind.

"Old Gadabout's return to his native
heath doesn't match up with the usual
traditions surrounding the homecoming
of a globe trotter."
$50? How is that?"
oh, he was gone long, but he came
back short"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02

I'm going out In search Of literary
material remarked the poet as be
picked up his hat
zee, ne a bottle Of Ink. too while
Won are about H." answered his room
mate. the Joke writer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
A WALKING SHADOW

ADOus ulletu years
a & o / developed
quite a severe
case of woman's
weakness. l was
very miserable,
could not eat, lost
in weight and
strength until 1
was almost a
walking shadow.
/ took medicine
prescribed by the
doctor, but got
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02

Unloading the Responsibility.
"Can you keep a secret?" yes"
"Then listen while give you one that
/ can't keen any longer"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02

Happy tearts and happy faces,
Happy play in grassy places.
That Is how In ancient ages
Children grew TO kings and sages.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-05-02
soth to Be Congratulate.

Ariadne-T Thank goodness. didn't
marry Percy. He's so unreliable
PenelOpe-How so?
Ariadne-Why. he swore he'd pine
away and die If refused him and now
look al him Judge