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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09
SHE'S REAL KISS BURGLAR"
Says Mrs Orr of Gertrude Harrison in
Divorce Suit Brought in New
York Court.

New York.-Both on the stage and
In real life Gertrude Harrison, an
actress playing In The Kiss Burglar"
is accused Of pilfering kisses from her
co-Star, William L. Orr. by the latter's
wife. Mrs. Lillian Carleton Orr.
Recently Mrs. Orr returned from
svCrseaA where she served as host
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09
Disheartenina Surprise.

They had been engaged for full
thirty minutes by the cuckoo clock. II
have surprise in store for you, Al
fred dear" she replied. Il can cook
as well as can play the piano."
'That being the case, darling" he
replied. "we had better live in a
boarding house. Scots
pan.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09
Long Sentences.

Aren't those sentences of yours
rather long?"
Il made 'em that way on purpose"
replied Senator Sorghum. 1--we seen
similar trick worked by fancy mer-
chants. l can't always deliver big
thought and many a small article is
made impressive by being put in
large bundle"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09
The NewIymeds, Chance.

Prospective Tenant-Have you any
available houses for rent?
Rental Agent-We have house at
1913 East Potato street, occupied by
William Gabe and wife; and noticed
in the paper yesterday she has sued
him for a divorce.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09

ST. Louls--Isaae w. Kelly. 90 yeau
old. pinehed Alice Buckley's arm. Pc
licewoman Buckley "pinched" Kelly
Judge timer "pinched" Kelly.s poca
ethoOk for $50.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09
Onward and Upward.

"Bhggins says he always works with
the highest motives"
Its true. He's n regular profiteer."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09

The farmer who Is bankrupt OF
ideas soon has bankrupt farm and
a bankrupt pocketboOk
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09
Modern improvements.

Mother-"Fm going to dust your
Jacket" John-"Can't you do ii with
the vacuum cleaner, mar"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09
RESTORATION WORK
IN RUINED FRANCE
AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL AND
BUSINESS MEN MAY FIND
OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
DEVASTATION WAS APPALLING

Varenne and sermaize Cited as EXAM
pies of the Way in Which the Ger
mans WiIIfulIy Destroyed Thousands
of Towns
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-07-09

American plans for universal military
training, but it certainly would affect
the size of the standing army.
The plan Of the general staff for
army reorganization which was sub
mitted at the last session involved the
recruiting of a regular army of a lit
tie more than half million men. This
plan, although # received no attention
at the last session, forms in part the
basis of present discussion, and out OF
it eventually will be brought the new
organization scheme, whatever 1t may
be, scheme which If adopted may go
by the board as soon as the League of
Nations becomes a reality.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John @. Qulnius, the
Sunshine Man.

When cast by Providence among sin
full persons who respect us, we ought
to be peculiarly watchful The hatred
of the ungodly, when poured upon
Christians In the form of persecution,
is seldom harmful to their spiritual
nature. but the friendship. of the world
Is always to be suspected. When the
servants of the high priest allowed
Peter to warm his hands at the fire,
had Peter been wise man he would
have been afraid that evil would come
Of It. We are disarmed by kindness,
but II Is never safe to, be disarmed In
an enemy's country, The smiling
to Israel than all Balak's frowning war
riors. All Philistia could not have
blinded Samson If Delilah's charms had
not deluded him. Our worst foes will
be found among our ungodly friends.
Those who are false to God are not
likely to be true to us. Walk carefully,
believer, If thy way lie by the sinners
door, and especially II that sinner hath
acted friendly part to thee.--C, H.
Sturgeon.
o that thou couldst dwell in the
| knowledge and sense of this! even, that
| the Lord beholds thy sdfferings with
an eve Of pity; and Is able, not only to
uphold thee under them, but also to do
| thee good to them, Therefore grieve
not at thy lot be not discontented, look
not out at the hardness of thy condi-
! ton: but when the storm and matters
az vexation are sharp, look up to Him
| who can give meekness and PATIENCE
can lift up thy head over all. and cause
| thy life to grow. and be gamer by all.
| If the Lord God help thee proportion
ately to thy condition Of affliction and
| distress thou will have no cause to
| complain, but to bless His name,-Pen-
I nington.
| You are serving your country best
when you are serving God best.--Osd
Lanterns to Present Paths.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
DOROTHY DIX'S TALK
LOSING LOVE.
BY DOROTHY DIX.
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

There Is nothing that people COM
plain about more bitterly than they
do about losing love.
My husband no longer loves me"
walls the heart broken Wife,
My friends no longer love me" COM
pla ms the lonely,
No one loves me, No enc wants me,
am left desolate and forlorn,' cry the
old
And the loveiess invariably attribute
their misfortunes to the sins Of others,
II apparently never occurs TO teen
that the fault Is theirs. and that when
these who have once loved us cease to
love us u is because we have become
unlovable
II Is the custom TO speak OF love as
II IL were as evaneseent and intangt-
bic az meonhean, In reality love
is not an illusion that mysterious
fate turns on and off OF our lives, as
the stage electrician handles the spot
light
Ii IL q substantial, work day fact.
guided entirely by the laws OF cause
and effect, and we neither have It, nor
l,ss 1t without reason,
The qualities In an individual that
inspire affection in our breast never
lose their power TO charm us nor TO
hold us. and II is only when the con-
iured gets TOO indifferent, or too lazy -
exercise his or her magic that we drift
away to other spethinders Indeed,
we often love people long after ther !
IA nothing to love in them he@use y
time affection becomes habit that
9 almost unbreakahle
THESE amat tatiens over lest love are
toufest are the neglected wives These
e,Anr themselves the victims OF the
sptNless @Ss of man, and
this view Of the subject Is generally
shared by the whole feminine sex
~ ots q, srafM woman, holding her
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03

husbands love Is u matter OF pure
luck, or feat of sleight of hand COM
parable only TO holding handful Of
slippery cells, II she does il she blesses
her stars for her good fortune, but
Il she let's his heart slip through her
fingers she does not blame herself, or
hold her negligence in amy way respop-
slb'e for the accident
Such woman never asks herself IL
she Is presenting the same line Of at
traction to her husband that first
caught his fancy, when she was
Young and pretty, and neat, and attrac-
lively gowned Perhaps as wife she
mas grown slouchy and careless OF her
appearances, and the picture he takes
away with him when he goes to work
of u morning is of a sloppy woman in
4 soled kimono and with cold cream on
her face and her hair in crimpers.
As Q girl she was gay aud good hui
mored and conpanonable She flat
tered and jolied him, and made him
feel that he was an oracle who was
seven feet high and with a chest ex-
she Is whiny and complaining, and fault
finding and nagging, and about as
pleasant n companion as a wet blanket
stuck run of nettles,
Such a woman wonders that she
ieses her husbands love. The miracle
would be Y she kept IT, You never
see a cheerful amiable thrifty, sensible
woman figuring In the role OF the neg
lectet Wife. The women who keen
themselves lovahle and Who give taei,'
husbands hearts something to feed
upen besides the bills and ills OF matri +
mcny don't lose cce They've got II
locked VI in. 4 safe deposit vault out
Of which nothing goes astaN and into
Which no heartthief can break.
when we lose our friends we grow
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
HOROSCOPE
SATURDAY, ocrosER i, 1919.


Although the Sun is in Az benefic as
pect, this day is read as untortunate
| by astrologers, for Mars, Uranus Nep-
tune and Jupiter are all adverse.
Wars aftermath will be felt strongly
at this time, because of some extra
ordinary economic condition that may
develop suddenly, the seers declare,
Uranus is again in place most men
acing to the peace of mind OF all
classes of workers and danger from rev
dictionary propaganda is serious.
| II Is not a fortunate rule for love
affairs or for new friendships, since
ths>stars are held TO encourage decep-
| ton T
Some unfavorable condition affecting
| oil interests is presaged by Neptune.
| This is not favorable sway under
which to begin ocean journeys, and a
| ShipWreCk In which celebrated persons
| lose their lives seems to be Indicated.
| The sway is an suspicious one for
| those who seek positions or employ
\ mcnt.
"A political appointment or promotion
| from the army which will not be pop
| ular, Is prophesied,
| As the month advances Switzerland
| win experience serious. troubles and
| labor viii he affected by the world !
wide discomfort astrologers foreteH.
| Before November |. the West Indies
| may be the scene of grave disturb
| anceS.
| A new phase OF race troubles Is pre-
| dicted owing TO test case OF great
significance.
| Warning Is given of the danger at
| tending psychic experiments, which
should be especially avoided during
| this rule of the planets.
| Cana6a now becomes subject to I'm
tense unrest and democratic move
| ment Is pTophesied
4 hiFfhdlfS
the augury Of success during the year,
| but they should not make changes.
Children born on this day are likely
| TO be impulsive and erratic, but thess
subjects Of Libra are usually very sue
cessfal
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03

mainly. We say that our friends have
left us to run after the rich, or the
SC cially elect or those who have favors
to grant, We are always the aggrieved
parties. We never look into our own
souls and ask ourselves what we have
done to ALLEVIATE the affection Of those
who have ncetlcved US, or what there
is In us TO attract anyone to- us al the
present moment
When we were young we drew people
to us by our enthusiasms, by our high
spirits, by our interest In everything
that was happening, or by our generos-
ltS, by our quick sympathies for 9TH
ers
Perhaps the passing OF the years has
,uuenched our enthusiasm and left US
pessimists who put out the fire Of hope
on every altar, Perhaps we have
grown bitter and hard, and stingy and
self -centered. Perhaps we have be-
come bores whose only conversation is
monologue about our own affairs.
Why should anyone love us II we
have become unloyable? Why should
| old friends cling TO us when there Is
nothing Of the PERSON they once loved
| In USE There Is no answer, and, as a
| matter of fact justice settles this mat
| ter inexoraby, Those who keep them
selves worthy Of friendship keep their
lfriends. The unworthy lose them,
| The lovelessness of the old Is upon
! their own heads. As we SOW we reap,
| and those who in their old age silt for
| Torn, forgotten, and neglected in their
| Gesolate homes, are garnaring nothing
lhut the harvest Of their ow1Sslfishness
and lack of kindliness to @Ars.
/ Il is a terrib'e thing to Wink of a
| man or woman living for &c or 20 years
without binding single human being
/ IA him or her, without inspiring any
! gratitude and appreciation in the
| breast Of thosa with whom he or sae
| has lived, without leaving behind q
single fragrant memory In the path he
| or she has trod
| Whenever YOU see old people neglect
| ga and unloved It liz because they have
! lived unieNely lives. II Is not because
| The world Is needless OF age,
4 II we realized that when VIC COM
planned of losing love we indict our
/ selves we should spend less time in lam.
entations and more in trying TO keei
The greatest thing in the world,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
MAGAZINE FEATURES
/ UNCLE NlGGTYt; a
BEDNNIE' STORY
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE CATNIP.

was wondering how the little pussy
girl would like the eatnip, when, all OF
sudden, out from behind a bush
jumped the bad old fox.
"0h, no, Oh, hal" growled the fox
This is the time ] have caught you,
Mr.. Longears," and he made a grab for
the bunny, catching him by one paw,
Yes, YOU have caught me, sadly said
the rabbit gentleman, but won't you
please let me go?'
mo, ! will notp said the fox, most
impolltely I'm not let you go ri
take whatever souse you have on your
ears, and I'll take whatever you have
in your paws and he made a grab for
the packages Uncle Wiggliy had
bought in the eight and nine cent store,
That's cAtnip for ktttie kats
party" spoke the bunny. PLEASE don't
take that"
Eyes. / shall" snarled the bad fox:
"I'll take as much Of this catnip az !
want and the rest ri throw awayl'
Wasn't he the bad old fox, though?
Wen, he was just going to take q
bite OF the catnip, and in opening one
OF the packages the fox spilled some
OF the dried leaves on the ground And
just then along same Tommie Kat, the
big brother of Kittie
Tommie. II didn't know you were
declare. IFS catnipt' And then, so ex-
cited was he, that Tommie, never
noticing the fox at ALL began TO paw
together, and eat all the catnip that
had scattered on the ground. oh, how
funny Tommie acted
He rolled in il, he stood up on his
hind legs, he tossed bits Of the leaves
up In the air aud caught them IN his
paws He turned somersaults and pep.
nersaults III the little pile Of catnp ana
then before he Chewed any more HI
gave a yowl and howl and stood OF
his head, juggling and Juggling Unclt
Wggilys tail six hat on his hind legs
Tommle did. That's the way catnir
always does to cats II makes them &c
happy you would think they were crazy
cats
"oh. MY" cried the fox, as he
watched Tommie rs that a sample q
what the catnip, which you had, doesT
asked the fox OF the bunny. .{.M.
Yes, " YOU eat any II viii do that
to you, only worse because you're so
bad spoke the bunny u wouldn't be
surprised II Il made you stand on the
end Of your tail.
"Oh, hol No you don't! This must be
some magical fairy catnip, and you are
trying to play trick on met howled
way" And dropping the catnlp away
he ran and didn't hurt the bunny at
all lust because the fox was afraid
when he saw how queer the catnip
made Tommie act And IL made Jole
and Kittie cat act the same way at the
party, but then that's the way catnip
always does for cats. p
MIR, f4onRears and Nurse Jane had a
| fine time. and II the tea biscuits don't
| forget to call the coffee cake TO break
| fast with the apple pie, I'll tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily and the pillows
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
Copyright, 1919. by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.l

paper Syndicate.)
BY H0MAD r, GARtS,
did you hear about Kittie Kat, the
pussy girl?" asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuszy Of Uncle. Wiggily Longears one
day.
Dear me! Mo- What's she been do
ing nowg' asked the rabbit gentleman.
Did she and her brothers, Tommie and
Joie. try TO give a concert on the back
fence. and was there someone who
didn't like it?"
Dear me, no! Nothing Of the sort
kind Of a cat. / thought you had heard.
She Is to give a little party tomorrow,
and you and are TO 20. | thought l d
tell you, so II your pink nose needed a
new shine so il II would twinkle better.
or II YOU had 10 have new tie, or any
thing like that you'd have time to at
tend to I, .....-.
THANK you," exclaimed Uncle Wig
ely MY nose wrinkles well enough,
believe, but ! must 60 down to the
eighteen and twenty seven cent store
and get Kittie a little present
Yes that would be nice for her
party said Nurse Jane. i've got to
put some ruffles and fol-de-l allles on
my dress TO be ready for the good
''Then I'll 20 to the store, said Uncle
WigKily, and putting on his tall, silk
hat. and taking his red, white and blue
striped rheumatism crutch down of the
sldeboard. away he started.
over the fields and through the
woods hoped the bunny rabbit uncle,
until, pretty soon. he reached the two
and three dollar stores
II guess III 60 in here and get kitue
Kat a party present" he said to him
would YOU IKE 10 look at some
thing?'' asked the little mousie girl be-
hind the counter
Yes, something nice for little pussy
girls party II you please, spoke Uncle
What about catnip9'' asked the
nousie girl. IAN cats girls or boys.
little or big, like catnlp
sis Ii something like string OF
hesds7" asked Uncle Wiggily
10h, my, nor laughed the mousie
girl "Catnip is weed, a. plant or
flower, just an you look at II. Catnip
ia used to make tea for babies, and eats
and kittens love TO eat II and roll In 1t.
lin sure Kittie would like some :,
'eThen I'll take her a yard or two.
spoke the bunny.
III doesn't come by the yard, Il comes
by the package, like the dried leaves OF
sage or thyme which Nurse Jane puts
on your Thanksgiving dinner, said the
fnousie girl clerk,
Well let me have a package Of cat
nip for kittie, and also some for Tom :
mic and Joe Kat" said Uncle Wiggily,
tIf catnip Is good for one kitten, Y Is
good for all,
50 he took three packages Of the
strong smelling leaves home with him
from the three and four dollar store.
He was thinking OF what nice time he
would have at Kittie's party, and he
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03

AND SHE hid her face.
IN HER mothers skirt.
AND MOTHER reached down,
AND PICKED her UP.
AND HELD her tight.
AND SAID to her.
so WE all could hear.
YOU MUSTN'T he frightened
JUST OPEN your eyes.
AND LOOK up at the light"
AND SO she did
AND ALL the way down.
SHE KEPT her eyes,
ON THE howl.like globe,
THAT SURPRISED the car
WITH A clear white light,
AND WHEN we stopped,
AT THE lobby floor.
WE STOOD quito stu,
nsJHsTy sAfVIs lhta a., s,,x Y.n,da
WIFI a, THE mOuru{per InnthNr
ANN urERE, pwallDNed nm
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
FATHER sYMPATHIZED

II promised you n ickIn' the next
time you were kept In at school, lim-
my's pa took the ypunrstcr severely to
task At the same timp Gearing the
deck for action
"B-hut pa" Numbered Jimmy, ut
was our i Jog Apply lesson on the m.map
of Europe and d-didn't see no us
in l.ltarnin' IT,"
And at once JImmy's pa agreed to an
armistice.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03

lieutenant OF infantry. He served at
many posts in this country and also
in the Philippines.
In France he was decorated with
the distinguished service cross. the
Croix de Guerre with two palms. The
Belgian Order of Leopold and the le-
gioi OF honor.
After giving over the command ar
the First on July is, 1918, Gen. Billiard
was given command OF an army corps
during the operations on the yesle ana
again during the St Mihiei offensive,
After few weeks in command OF
corps In the Argonne he was ple ced in
command OF the newly formed Seq
ond army ard was promoted to the
rank OF lieutenant general Oct, 16.
1918.
Gen Billiard won fame by the clos
ing words OF a citation that he issued
to his troops after they had taken the
Bots des Fays in the Argonne, when he
said, You are there. stay there"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
INEVITABLE QUESTION.

Out at Universal CITY the other day
child player approached the bewhis,
kered patriarch Of the company and
asked timidiy
Please, mister, were you In the
ark?'
Certainly not" replied the aston,
lshed old man
Well, then, why weren't you
drowned z"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
breaches in CoRINTH.

CORINTH, Miss, Oct 3 tSn l-Res
c, G weafer who has been the asso-
clational missionary here for ths past
year or more has accepted call to I'll
pastorate of the Second Baptist church
His home at present Is at Tishomirgo,
and he will move here al once.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03

SHE GOT in the elevator
AT THE fifteenth floor,
=.
OF THE big hotel,
AND THE eight Of US,
WHO WE'RE alreadyin in,
sHuFFLEp BACK a little,
. TO MAKE more room
AND SHE was pretty,
AND DRESSED in black
THAT SEEMED to add
70 a touch Of grief.
THAT LAY in her eyes
AND A.oEG with her
" = pretty white dress.
AND A little blue coat
AND A rlbboned hat,
AND A cute little face
CAME 4 eit Of a girl
or PERHAPS four years
AND WE shuffled again. F..
AND MADE more room
BECAUSE LITTLE girls
WHO ARE not very high
/. AND WHO can't reach up. ..
WHERE THERE'S lots OF air
MUST HAVE plenty Of room
AND SO we stood
WHILE THE door changed shut,
AND WE started down.
AND JUST as we did
THERE CAME an Hohr'
FROM THE little girl
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03

july I, 1918, to
July Is, 1918. led
the divisio n
through their first
days in a sector Of
their own near
Tout and when
they were thrown
into the line near
Mor1tdidier, where
they gave the first
exhibition Of the
power of the
American often
sive by the cap
ture of Catingy.
Gen. Billiard
W a s graduated
from West Point
in the class of 1885
and was commits
stoned as a second
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-03
A Line On, Men
You Read About

Maj. Gen. Robert l.. BpIlatd, who
was in command of the recently re-
turned First division from Dec. IS,
1917. TO June 30, 1918, and again from
Morris tribune., 1919-06-20

Reports from 233 cooperative
crsameries in Minnesota for March
show that 1875 paid between 70 and
II cents a pound for butterfat; u
paid between IS and So cents; rs be-
tween 60 and "a cents, and 10 be-
tween SIS and SO cents. The average
price paid by these 233 creameries
was 70 cents. AS these creamer1es
are representative of the 900 coopera-
tive creameries in the state, we may
estimate that this price was the aver
age price paid by the cooperative
creameries of Minnesota.
Cream buying stations base the
price they pay for butterfat on the
price of butter sold as New York ex-
tras. The net price they pay to the
farmers is generally 2 cents below
New York extras. The price Of New
York extras for March was sos
cents. From this we may estimate
that cream buying stations paid an
average price of 10 cents below the
average price paid by cooperative
creameries for March.-A. J. Nc
Guire, University Farm, st. Paul.
Morris tribune., 1919-06-20

Of grain has only spots Of rust there
were spots of frost below them. Grain
cannot rust in the daytime when the
sun shines; it is all done after the
sun sets. Between daylight and sun
rise in the morning is the time that
the most rust is made on, the grains
as that is the coolest time.
This is the truth about the rust
on grain Truth is the greatest thing
in the world. 1 challenge any man
in this world to dtsprove my theory
on rust"
In replying to the letter, Mr.. Nc
Carly suggested that rust appeared
in the southern states where frosts
are unknown and mentioned that
fungus rust plants we're grown ex-
perimentally every year in the hot
houses of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture. He stated that
the Minnesota anti-barberry law pro-
vides for the eradication of all varte-
ties Of the barberry except the jap
anese and emphasized the fact that
the barberry campaign would be con-
Quoted very vigorously in this state.
Some farmers living near Chat
field believed that the rust on their
grains came from barb-wire fences
and iron pipes. Perhaps the most
unique theory advanced was by q
farmer who said that the black rust
was the result of the moisture elicit
ed from the grain kernel when it split
open, releasing certain amount Of
moisture. Still another farmer was
Of the opinion that rust forms as a
result Of the sun shining through