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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

to industry at the moderate sUn of 81
a day, in four years of war the indus
trial loss mounts up to $7o,000,0 900 000.
There is no disposition on the part
Of the allies to begrudge the expendi-
ture. II is the highest price that has
ever been paid In history for anything
but the thing purchased IS security for
the application of these same forces
TO peaceful aims in the future. 1t is
literally true that the men and money
spent ia this war could have trans
formed the earth. They could have
established universal sanitation. uni
versal education, eliminated barbar-
ism and savagery, reclaimed all the
waste lands. established communica-
tons by rail and steam with every
corner of the globe. and brought the
millennium nearer by a long stride.
At least, the human race has ceased
To be awed by the magnitude of any
project. In the hell of war, men have
learned that no task is too great for
them, and that is thought worth car
rying into times Of peace.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

She did not reply. She did not know
what to say. She knew nothing Of
love. She had never given it thought
But she did know that ii was very
nice to be loved, whatever 1t meant.
1t was nice to have people kind to
one. She had known so little of kind
ness or affection.
"Teil me-" ne said. that you return
my love"
His lips came steadily closer to hers.
They had almost touched when a
vision of Korak sprang like miracle
before her eyes. She saw KOrak's face
close to hers, she felt his lips against
her lips, and then for the first time she
guessed what love meant.
She drew away gently.
81 am not sure" she said, that l
love you. Let us wait. There is plen-
~ of time. ] ain too young TO marry
yet, and | am not sure that should
be happy in London or Paris. They
rather brighten me-"
She was not sure that she loved
nm nat Ndlne IdtItI III tic
of II shock TO the Ron. Morison's van
ity. 1t seemed incredible that this lit
tie barbarian should have any doubt
whatever as TO the desirability of the
Hon. Morrison Baynes.
He glanced down at the girls pro
file. 1t was bathed in the silvery light
of the great tropic moon, She was
most alluring.
Meriem rose. The vision of KOrak
was still before her.
''Good night" she said. st is almost
too beautiful to leave" She waved her
hand in comprehensive gesture
which took In the starry heavens, the
great moon. the broad, silvered plain
and the dense shadows in the distance
that marked the jungle. "0h, how
love Ii !"
"You would love London more" he
said earnestly. And London would
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23
STRAY NOTES

The eAiled car of Russia is a great
whist player. He formerly used more
than 1900 packs of cards year at 81
a pack.
Clarence Willard of st. Louis, now
at Camp Funston, received by parcel
post a letter from his friends which
was 800 feet long.
Howard Quimby OF Armore, N. Y,
caught several perch In the Kensico
reservoir and found in the stomach of
one two pearls, for which New York
jeweler offered $40.
A parliamentary committee has
found that the production of all of
London's electric power in a few CEN
trail stations would save 100000 tons
Of coal year and greatly lessen the
smoke evil.
Judge Charles w. Coleman of Gosh
en-, N. Y, who was twenty-one and who
has been in continuous service for for
ty-six years resigned recently.
Geological survey statistics show
that 75,167,672 gross tons of iron ore
were mined in the United States last
year. the greatest amount on record,
an increase of more than 100000
tons from the previous year.
The biggest afraid dug-out In Eng
land has just been opened to the pub
lie for use during air raids. 1t will
accommodate 10000 persons. The dug
out is really an unfinished railway tun-
mel. 100 feet underground, on which
work was discontinued at the begin
ming of the war. 1t is electric lighted
and seats have been provided for 1000
persons.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23
Is MILLION MEN
is COST OF WAR

redistrhuting this taxation wisely and
cquitably, the end of the period that
the Liberty bonds have 10 run may
well see a more efficient balance of
wealth than the present.
Az in reckoning war strength. the
basic realities of the problem are eco
nomic rather than financial Such
part Of the great w"r loans as Is in
vested in convertible factories, In
increase o. food production and siml-
lar real assets, cannot be regarded as
lost. On the other hand, the dollars
that are spent for shells which ex-
plode and ships that sink are lost In
Cacl.
Worlds Capital Cut Down.
Moreover, the cost in dollars IS no
measure Of the real economic COS. of
the war, because II takes no account
of the enormous destruction of prop
erty that has taken place. This rep
reSeutS cutting into the capital of
the world The sinking OF millions of
tons of shipping, the destruction Of
cities, the ravaging of farm lands, the
deterioration of industrial equipment
in the last three years are only few
of the items that must be charged to
this account. One huge item is the
labor of 55.OO0,0OO men who have been
taken completely from productive oc-
equations. Even reckoning their value
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

little trading and hunting" he said,
"and got way of The beaten track. My
head man. who was the only member
of the safari who had ever before been
In the country, took sick and died. We
could find no natives TO guide us. and
so l simply swung back straight north.
We have been living on the fruits of
our guns for over a month
Didn't have an idea there was a
white man within thousand miles of
US when We camped last night by
water hole at the edge of the plain.
This morning | started out to hunt and
saw the smoke from your chimney. so
l sent my gun bearer back TO camp
with the good news and rode straight
over here myself. OF course I've heard
Of you-everybOdy who comes into cen
trail Africa dOes-and I'd be mighty
glad Of permission 10 rest up and hunt
around here for couple of weeks"
Certainly" replied Bwana. Make
yourself at home"
They had reached the veranda now,
and Bwana was introducing the Stran-
ger TO Meriem and My Dear. who had
just come from the bungalows interi-
or.
This is Mr.. Hanson" he said. using
the name the man had given him. HE
is trader who has lost his way in the
jungle TO the south"
My Dear and Meriem bowed their
acknowledgements of the introduction.
The man seemed rather i'll at ease in
their presence. His host attributed this
to the fact that his guest was unaccus-
toned to the society of cultured wo-
men, and so found "a pretext TO extri-
cate him quickly from his seemingly
unpleasant position and lead him away
TO his study and the brandy and soda.
which were evidently much less en-
barrassing to Mr.. Hanson.
When the two had left them Meriem
turned toward My Dear.
1T is odd" she said, but / Gould
almost swear that l had known Mr..
Hanson in the past. 1t is odd, but
quite impossible" and she gave the
matter no further thought.
For three weeks Hanson had re-
manned. During this time he said that
his boys were resting and gaining
strength after their terrible ordeals in
the untracked jungles to the south, but
he had not been as idle as he appeared
to have been. He divided his small
following into two parts, intrusting
the leadership of each to men whom
he believed he could trust.
One party he moved very slowly
northward along the trail that connects
with the great caravan routes entering
the Sahara from the south. The other
he ordered straight westward with or
derS to halt and go into permanent
camp just beyond the great river which
marks the natural boundary Of the
country that the big Bwana rightfully
considers almost his own.
To his host he explained that he was
moving his safarl slowly toward the
north-he said nothing of the party
moving westward. Then one day he
announced that half his boys had de-
serted. for a hunting party from the
bungalow had come across his north
erly camp, and he feared that they
might have noticed the reduced num-
bers of his following.
And thus matters stood when one
hot night Meriem, unable to sleep, rose
and wandered out into the garden. The
Hon. Morrison had been urging his suit
once more that evening, and the girls
mind was in such turmoil that she
had been unable TO sleep.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

In Tokyo, says Good Health, Ger.
tain class of japanese are adopting
the practice of eating meat. as they
have acquired the habit of using to-
bacco and drinking whisky, through
their desire to initiate the westerners.
Some have an idea that by flesh-eat-
Ing they may be able to Increase their
size and vigor.
II is noticeable, however. that the
japanese women refuse to eat meat
and will not visit the restaurants
where meat is served, which are known
az meat houses" The japanese wom-
on regard it improper to visit such
places.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23
THE HONORABLE Mr.. BAYNES MEETS THE NOW DoMES-
TlCATE0 MEREM AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH HER

synopsisA scientific expedition
human derec Alexis Iauch He brings
and friendly London
original
the drawing card music hall The makes
friends with him and despite his trainer
and oyfuly
him Africa and Akut friends Paulvich
killed by They flee together the jungle take life
Arabian girl and takes her the He
kills fighting the girl Bwana
to his vainy
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN

The average height of thl
women of France is five feet
md one inch.
The medical women of this
country have organized to help
the Red Cross.
The naturalization of about
$4,000 women of voting age who
will be one of the first results
of the suffrage victory in New
York.
Although she is past ninety
five years of age, Mrs. Mary
Getty of Indiana, Pa, is still
acting as knitting instructor for
the Indiana chapter of the Red
Cross.
Miss Virginia Hylan, daugh-
ter of the mayor-elect of New
York, has been made president
of the Young Women's Demo-
cratic league In that city.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23
Laundering a Collar.

1t IS said that % operations are
necessary in laundering a collar. but
the jamestown Optimist can't find
more than eight, which are as fol-
lows: Washing In hard water, using a
trace Of starch. fraying the edges, rip
ping the buttonhoIes. corrugating the
inner surface, putting on four fly
specks. ironing slightly and then
throwing into the wrong bag.-Kansas
City Star
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23
USE APPLES IN TOBACCO
Peels and Cores Take Place OF Time
Honored Cabbage in Smok-
ing Mixture.

Hood River. ore-Apple peels and
cores are now taking the place of the
time-honored cabbage leaf in the finest
smoking tobacco, according to Hood
River people. Formerly the supply
was obtained from eastern fruit
districts, but hereafter Oregon dried
apple pomace is to add flavor to smok-
ing mixtures.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23
JAPANESE GIRLS IN BUSINESS
Rapidly Forging TO the Front in Com
merciaI Life in the Large
Cities.

Denver. Coio-Tbe working girl has
penetrated the business world Of the
orient. according TO Miss Elsie Green,
Denver girl who has just returned
from Japan for q visit among home
folks. Miss Green is secretary Of the
Yolng Womeu's Christian association
u Yokohama
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

Women in japan are rapidly forging
10 the front In the business world.
Miss Green says. ana their energetic
force IN the commercial life Of the
larger cities Is being kcenly felt
"The business girls of Japan she
said. though few in number as yet.
are very proud Of their work and are
generally liked by their employers.
Girls are being employed as fling end
eard4ndcxiuc clerks. for sorting stock
in large warehouses. and many are en-
gagged ia the intricate japanese short
hand system"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

People generally understand that
their rights end a. the point where the
other fellows begin; but the trouble
comes In determining the location Of
that pOint.-Exchange
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23
HERE AND THERE

A brass band composed entirely OF
young women is one of the boasts of
Ogden, Utah.
The Diesel oil engine, which is work
ing successfully in water craft of al
most all tonnages, is to be thoroughly
tested on European railroads.
The thermOs bottle principle has
been applied by a Wisconsin inventor
To- lunch pail that keeps food hot In
one section and cold in another.
A ball that rolls around inside new
spark plug for automobiles is intend
ed by the inventor of the device to
prevent accumulation of carbon.
For removing superfuous hairs an
inventor has patented a cOiled spring,
with rings at the ends as handles, that
is said TO grip them better than tweez-
ers.
The United States has paid Canary
Island growers during 1917 for onion
seeds alone $4,000. the largest
amount both in money and crop ever
passing between the two places for one
kind of seed. s
Although before the outbreak of the
war the output of British magnt tos
was not more than 100 per week, since
the war no fewer than 10000 mag
netos are said to have been produced
IN the islands.
The estimated age of mature big
trees in California ranges from 500 to
300 years. though some may he sew
eral thousand ye-rs old. The next
oldest at maturity are the reiwoodS,
but several pines range from 800 to 500.
fine oldest big tree is thought 10 be
tbogt 1000 years from seed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23
"Merieml" He Whispered. my Little
Merieml"

love you. You would be a famous
beauty in any capital of Europe. You
would have the world at your feet,
Meriem.'
Good night" she repeated, and left
him.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23
Spies Trained from BoyhoOd

rled German who had obtained
Dutch nationality in order to mask his
spying work. The marriage was rather
in the nature of foraal business
transaction, but this did not prevent
the 0ne-time German officer from 6ru.
tally iIl-treating his young wife.
Nevertheless she entered into the
spy system with zest. became duly
registered and paid. amused and de-
lighted Paris for some years with her
audacious performances, became ac-
quainted with various highly placed
officials and politicians and found
means, II is said, to make known to
the Germans some of the most i'm
portant French plans In the first
months of the war.
Certainly it is absurd to find spy
in every German kitchen maid or hall
porter or BARRIERS apprentice. but eyes
have been opened To the extent of the
organization. its studied and elaborate
character and the cleverness of the
German spy system.
"lIere in Paris is type very diff
ferent from Meg. but one who EN-
ploys the Megs as his agents-the
count Of W. Old AdOlph. as he
was familiarity called, half In affection
and half in contempt. Adolph was,
not SO many years ago, "A dashiug Off
Ger of the Guards. great rider.
beau, a lady killer. Certain histories
in this latter direction cut Off his ca
reer as Guurdsmau and he came to
Paris. Old Adolph had then nothing
of the beau cavaser of old; he seemed
good natured, but stupid; he did not
look as If he could mount horse, for
he moved all In block. like "A piece
of wood
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23
A WAR PRAYER

BY James Waterman Wise OF
the Vigiiantes.
Father. VIC beseech thee
Guard our boys tonight.
Keep. we pray, their footsteps
On the paths of right,
We have sent them gladly.
For the fight is just,
Yea. their cause IS holy,
Glorious their trust.
Hold their fates, O Father,
In thy wundrous hand.
Bring them back, IL may be,
Back to grace our land.
For we loved them dearly
But our path was clear;
Honor babe us send them,
Father, be thou near!
But IL they must leave us,
If II be thy will.
Father we implOre thee,
Guide and guard them still.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23
Had Hired Chateau.

"Old Adolph incidentally had hired a
chateau which commanded great
range Of country and which possessed
real value for war purposes. To
this chateau he made several addi-
tlons and improvements, which We're
thought 10 be fad of dear. stupid
old Ad0luh they could be used as ex-
cellent gun emplacements. 1t is still
moot point in the circles that old
AdOiph frequented whether he rernY
was q fool or only had that appear
ance. But 1t is not remote from this
question to- remark that at one point
the disastrous flight Of the Germans
from the Marine was brought TO an end
by the fact that they arrived at POI
sitions which had been carefully noted
and prepared by Germans before the
war.
Il have lifted the veil here and
there upon the types the framework of
the system is no less edlfying 10 study.
For the past two generations the Ger
mans have been extending and perfect
ing their spy system: II has now be.
come one Of the important functions OF
state. a SPY is not taken nj hap
hazard and asked impromptu to under
take difficult and hazardous work"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23
Its Future Mortgaged.

This Is because nation can mort
gage it's future like a man who enters
shop with empty pockets and pays
for goods with signed notes pledging
the labor o. his children. The worlds
debt since the r,ar has Increased By
100000, 600. 400 The total cost has ex-
ceeded this figure 10y at least $4,000,
100000. the di"t fence representing the
amount levied IN taxes in excess If the
interest requirements.
II Is easy 10 see that If all the inter
est is paid to people living in the
United States, and the principal at
the end Of the term also paid 10 resi-
dents in the United States. the United
States as :. nation Is no weaker iinan-
cially for having borrowed $2000000D,-
900 than If it had never borrowed a
cent Such enormous loans VIII prob
ably effect a redistribution Of wealth.
for the interest charges will he mer
by taxation. and provision made FOR
a sinking fund IN the same way by
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

Every woman is born with a master
mind-or, in other words, with mind
no man can master.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

A girls jealousy tIckles a mans van
ity during courtship, but after mar
riage-well, that's different.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23
Figures StupendouS Beyond Pow
er of Human Mind to
Compass.
MOST OF THEM ARE KILLED
Big Price Being Paid for the Worlds
Future Security Money Cost
Nearly s175,oooooo a Day
Capital Cut Down.
BY FREDERIC J. HAskIN.
Correspondent of the Chicago News)

Correspondent or the chicago NeNsl
Washington, u. C.--The figures re-
lating to the cost of this war are stu
pendous beyond the power Of the hui
man mind to compass.
The number of men killed In battle
has been between 100000 and s.
100000 Offsetting the number of
deaths which would have occurred in
times of peace, it is safe to set the
war loss at more than 100000 men.
This is about one imam In twenty tor
each year of the whole number mo
bilized.
The figures are large. but they are
based on the greatest armies the world
has ever seen. Moreover the death
rate has been falling steadily through
out the war, as methods more econom-
ical Of human life are adopted and
hospital efficiency increases. The
well-prepared nations lose least. Rus
STA has suffered casualties dlsprOpor-
tiOnately large because in the first
year of the war her troops were sent
to the front poorly supported by 1rtii-
lery and sometimes literally unarmed.
On the western front the French losses
were heaviest for the first TWO years,
but us England takes over the bulk of
the fighting her casualties increase
and those of France fall off.
Total Of 5,25o,ooo Disabled.
In addition to the dead, the perma-
nently disabled total about 52j0,O0O
men. Thus the net loss in men
amounts TO about 100000 There
have probably been about 100000
men less seriously wounded In such a
way that they have either been re-
turned to the front or able to pursue
some useful occupation in civil life.
Some realization of the meaning Of
these totals may be cleaned from the
reflection that the dead and the total
~ disabled equal more than half the
able-bodied men in the United States.
The money cost is a vastly more
confusing problem. The total is he
yond all comparison with any nation
al debts. loans or expenditures of the
past. At the beginning of the war
the cost of S30,0O0000 n day. II was
predicted Europe could not stand II
for six months Now. well along in
the fourth year the cost is nearly
S175000,000 a day and there are no
signs Of a financial breakdown.
II has become Increasingly evident
that lack of money" win never make
any nation surrender. As long as suf-
ficient economic resources actually ex-
list in the shape Of men ana munitions,
food and beasts and iron and steel,
so long can the nation in question con
tinue to make war, In looking for
German breakdown the eye should
turn not toward the absurdly deprecI-
ated German marx, but toward what
Germany has LEFT in men aud food and
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

A sure cure for insomnia is TO have
someone knock at the door and tell
you to get up.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

Many broadcloth man owes 1t to
marriage with "a calico woman.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

A secondhand automobile is some
times better than new one. Every
thing breakable about it may be
broken.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

Miss Green declared that the Jap
aucse telephone girls were extremely
polite "Moshi. moshi," is their greet
Ing when they plug ln" which means
See here. thank you
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

Anyway, the man who loses isn't ac-
cused of playing unfairly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23
BRIEFLY TOLD
persons.

A man of one idea isn't so bad IL the
idea is good.
Gossip and monographs repeat
everything they hear.
A smile that can be bought for a
dime is soon swallowed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

The thermOs bottle principle has
been applied by a Wisconsin inventor
to a lunch pail that keeps food hot In
one section and cold In another.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23
Abused by German Husband.

"Parisians have become very suspi-
ci0us Of late, but the surprise was gen
cred that their exotic faynrite, Mata
Hari. the Hind0o dancer. was "a Ger
man spy. This lady with the dusky
skin and flexible wrists and langu0r-
Gus Cruces of Eastern dancing woT,a
turned cut 10 be formidable person
age. At the age Of seventeen she mar
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

A brass band composed entirely OF
young women Is one of the boasts of
Ogden, Utah.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

A ball that rolls around inside new
spark plug for automobiles is intend
ed by the inventor of the device to
prevent accumulation of carbon.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-01-23

The Diesel oil engine, which is work
ing successfully in water craft of al
most all tonnages, is to be thoroughly
tested on European railroads.