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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08
The Heavens in November


The evening sky is now slowly
changing its aspect as the faint
autumn stars give place to the bril-
liant consultations of winter. The
most striking of all the groups now
visible is the beautiful Taurus, or
Bull. which with the Pleiades and
Hyades is well up in the east, Be
low this may be seen Gemini. or the
Twins. the second of the brilliant
winter groups, which now is appear
ing above the ground in he north
east. Above Gemini, shines out the
beautiful Capella. magnificent white
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08
THE FASHIONABLE ciht.

There were not many Japanese
women at the party, which made me
wonder, considering the fact that
there We're hundreds of men present.
but perhaps the absence of the many
might be explained by the uneomfort-
able and self-eonscious air o. the few
who were there in most unaccustomed
foreign iinery. Not that they wore
1t so badly Not at ALL That is a
fiction of the foreign woman who is
pleasantly blinded TO the imperfec-
tons of her own kind. OF course there
are no Japanese girls with Gibson
figures of lissom grace and Fifth
avenue strides of splendid freedom.
but the same thing may be said Of
many other wo EN- in many other
chimes. Everybody cannot be an Amer.
lean girl, you know, and declare /
think the japanese girl runs some Of
her European sisters a very close sec
ond In her ability to wear ungracefui
clothes as gracefully as possible
with very limited assistance from
Mother Nature. All Japanese waist
lines run up in front, and all Japanese
girls are 'pigeon-toed, but all Japan.
csc girls are gentleness itself, and
their dainty modesty serves to CON
zeal a multitude of pecslarities.-
Eleanor Franklin's Japan Letter in
I-eslie's Weekly
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08
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Fig. 5.-Deveopment of Double star.

remarkable fact about this great
system of three revolving suns rs still
10 be mentioned This is that the
highest sun. a. is rushing through
space at the nconceiyable velocity OF
1000 million miles a year. or $500
miles a second, carrying the faint pair
of suns with IL.
What Is the cause of this enormous
motion? If It continues, then GER
,ainly in the course of ages this little
group will pass completely through
our universe of visible stars, and
emerge into the unknown world be-
You'd Is our universe drifting through
space. and has it encountered and en-
veioped this little group as drifting
cloud might overiake the enyelop a
bird in the air? Or has the group II.
self run into our system? If the lat
ter is so. what started the group in Its
rush through space and is there any
conceivable force now acting which
viii ever stop It?
The astronomers do not attempt to
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08
The theatrical Alphabet.


A stands for Albany, good for one
night.
B stands for Boston, for two
weeks all right;
for Chicago big money. No yaps.
D stands for Denver, break even,
perhaps.
E stands for Evansville, Sunday
night stand.
is for Frisco, you must have a
band
C for Grand Rapids, for ten, twent,
and thirts,
Indianapolis fills in on the tour.
stands for Johnstown, capacity
sure.
k Kansas City, big coin for the
West.
L Louisville, just one night at its
best.
NJ Minneaolls, as good as st. Paul,
n for New York, the jay town OF
them al.
0 for oswego, they always come
ate,
P is for Pittsburg and Philie, both
great,
@ is for Quebec gross, three eighty
nine,
r is for Rochester, S. R. o. sign.
for S. Louis, for big shows o. K,
T for Toledo, amt played it; can't
say
U is for Utica taking a chance,
V is for yicksburg sold in ad-
vance.
W washington. always a doubt,
X is for Xenia, get in and get out.
Y is for jamestown, the manage
ment cheap,
2 is for Zanesvilles, you'll stand
EN- ten ieep.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08

slowly contracting together under the
force of their own grayitation. AS
they shrink they grow continually
hotter. and also begin to rotate, turn.
ing around faster ana faster the small
er they grow. A time may therefore
come when the swiftly rotating mass
begins to tear apart taking first a
pear-shaped figure Gig. s., and finally
separating into two distinct masses
one of which moves around the other
in an almost circular orbit, the two
masses being so close together That
they almost Craze one another. This
is believed to be the present condit. On
of Capella.
The two revolving bodies are not
solid, and hence their pull on one an
,1ther distcrts them into elongated,
lemon shaped figures. This elonga-
zion does three things. First, it con.
tinually pushes the bodies elrther
apart. Second, it lengthens the time
occupied by the companion In journey.
ing around its orbit, and finally, 1t
gradually changes the form of thie or.
bit itself from an almos. circular
path to very much fattened one
So that when we see a pair of faint
stars. one of which is moving slowly
around the other in a long, narrow
curve, we conclude that the develop
ment of the system has been going
on for a great many ages. When, on
the other hand, we see a pair of stars
which are very near together and in
which the path is almost circular We
conclude that the evolution of the
system has, comparatively speaking
only just begun 1t is in this way
that very little of the past ans
futule history of the stars become,
known to US.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08
Briefs About Badgers

Jacob Heyl, the central figure in
The contest for the Schandein millions
In Milwaukee, and his wife are
residents of Berlin, Germany, as much
as Of Milwaukee. They have a very
handsome residence on Thiergarten
street, one Of the most aristocratlc
t 3foughfares in the German empire.
7 contrast between the residence in
the German capital and the little cot
tage with its tiny garden patch de-
voted to the raising Of vegetables to
help exc out the larder in the par.
entail home of Jacob Hey, in Land.
stuhl, where his father was a humble
tailor is Il great one The Berlin
residence Is on a street on one side OF
which are the outskirts OF a native
forest which stretches away In mag
nifccnt distances, containing thous.
ands Of acres. Upon The opposite side
Of the thoroughfare are the residences
q the arietocracy Of Germany. State
~ mansions with fences in front Of
them wrought out Of iron, all hand
made, artistic IN design, many of them
repi esenting colossal fortune in
themselves attest the character ard
standing OF the residents. It Is in
one Of these residences. with its
artistic surroundings. that the tailors
son from Landstuhl, with his family
and his benefactress dwelt when ia
their German home Mr. Heyl is a
member Of a large number Ct clubs,
some OF them limited in membership
10 the mobiles Of the empire, but for
his benefit the rules Of eligibility were
SCI aside and he has been received in
to full fellowship as the wealthy
American In his native city be was
obliged to combine his wits with those
Of his father to make a living for the
family. He has, however. not only
succeeded himself in profiting by the
generosity Of Mrs. Schandein, but has
caused that generosity 10 extend to
other members of his household. His
sister. rosy-cheeked but rather I'M
ccuth German lass. was taken under
the patronage OF the Milwaukee wo-
man. through the intercession Of her
brother, and given a liberal education.
She is now the wife of an officer ~
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08
Fig "A Triple Star.

which has been with us all summer,
has now completely disappeared in the
west, and Capricornus and Aquarius
are closely following it. This is the
best time of year to trace out the faint
little-known groups, Aries, or the Ram,
Pisces or the Fishes, and Cetus, the
Whale, for these are now due south
and higher up in the sky than during
any other month. 1t may be men
toned that on November 9th, the
moon will pass between us and the lit.
tie star at Kin Pisces; the star will
disappear behind the moon at 5 min
utes past in the evening and reap.
pear at half past TO-
To the east Cetus will be found the
very large and important, though
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08
GOING FAR FOR PURE WATER.
Los Angeles Proposes to Co 24o Miles
Away for Supply.

Away for Supply.
A notable waterworks project is
proposed by Los Angeles, CAL, for a
better supply of water Never before
so far as known, has an American city
proposed to go so far afield GAO
miles) for water end with the excep-
ton of the pipe line for supply of the
Coolgardie gold fields of western Aus
tralia we do not know of so long a
water supply conduit anywhere in the
world. The Coolgardie pipe line is
only thirty inches in diameter, but it
is about $50 miles in length. Instead
of being a gravity line water is
pumped through it to an elevation of
1913 feet. This lift is distributed be-
tween nine pumping stations, and the
nominal daily capacity of the conduit
and pumps is 6,0O0 900 gallons.
The causes for going so far for
water in western Australia and in Cal
ifornia are in some respects similar,
but dicer materially in that at Los
Angeles there is a highly developed
ANA prosperous community instead of
a series of gold-mining camps. For
years Los Angeles has obtained close
at hand water enough to supply its
most pressing needs at least, but its
future and that of both town and
country around it depend upon large
Increase in the water supply. The
nearby sources are not sufficient for
the prospective wants of the city and
its suburbs. and are more than needed
for irrigation. If the future of the
city viii warrant so large an outlay.
and that future certainly looks briqr
then Los An relies is to be congratu-
lated on having at least solved water
problem which has been more perplex-
ing and serious than outsiders have
suspected and than mos of its own
citizens even yet fully realize.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08
BACK HOME.

I've been up in III mountains
For a little spell q rest
Up where tn birds an trees an
brooks
Are alwus at their best.
Away from tn din o tn citys streets.
Away from tn rush o trade
Jest Io.lin round In tn lap o peace,
An praps I'd oughter stayed
A few days more but kinder fe't
That while twas nice t roam
Among III trees an by tn brooks,
ia like Z git back home,
There hain't no place for me like that
Where | can set around,
KNOWN that own 1t all.
From the roof down to tn ground
There's certain chairs that At my
back
AS other chairs don't do:
There's bed that's been my friend
for years
An lounge that suits me, too.
ike tn paper on tn walls
An the pictures hangin' there:
4 lAht ttt Wi PfA9 Dli IA HUNS
An tn scent that's In tn air
OF homemade bread an bakin' bears
An other things that good,
Cooked by IN sweet-faced gray-haired
girl
Who at my side has stood,
Strong and noble, like a queen,
For more than forty years,
Joinin in my laughter
An joinin' In my tears.
7 put my arm around her
An kiss her precious face;
She lays her head down on my breast
IT'S fav'rite restin place
I stroke her snowy hair an think
That while It's nice to roam
Among tn trees an by fh' brooks
I'd ruther be back home
Thomas Holmes in the Trenton
State Gazette.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08


faint constellation Eridanus, or the
River, which includes all OF the stars
between Cetus and Orion. The river
consists of two branches, only the
upper one OF which is completely Wis
ible north of Philadelphia. This
branch starts near the beautiful Rigel
cat B } and flows to the point c; the
southern branch, which is much
larger, begins at C and flows far 10 the
south, ending near the very bright
star Alchernar, at A. The two
branches together make up the long
est constellation in the sky; to the
ancients, however, It was still longer,
for, being unable to see the south
pole of the heavens, they regarded
the southern branch as flowing on
without end The celestial river was
by some identified with the tabled
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08
BARON RoseN's DIPLOMACY.
Years Ago. When he was Attache a
TOXIC.

("Marquise de Fontenoy' in the
New York Tribune. In those days
Rosen was as quiet, as reserved as
genie hammered as | understand he
still remains There was nothing of
the gay guardsman or of the swash-
buckler about him, and with his
rather mournful eyes, he suggested TO
us rather the hero of some romance,
mingled with tragedy, than the prin-
cipal figure in a thousand and one in
sane extravagances at ST. Petersburg.
Indeed he had an air of shrinking, al
most maidenly modesty about him
which subjected him to no end Of
chaff and banter on the part of the
witty Nine de Strive. Especially was
this the case after the following
amusing episode With the object OF
furthering the aims which he had in
view, namely. the Surrender of Sag
halien by the Japanese, he paid con.
siderable court of the wives of the bu-
reau chiefs, ana one of these women,
who was rather pretty, showed so
much interest in European fashions
that the baron determined to crafty
her and incidentally, her husband, by
ordering from Paris complete outfit,
/ inc udlng dress, hat, lingerie and, in
fact, everything. Realizing that the
| little woman would not know in what
! order to don the garments and being
much too modest to venture to offer
her any information on the subject.
he sen: instructions to Paris that the
outfit should be packed in the order
in which the garments were to be
donned, that is to say. the underwear
on the top Of the box and the dress.
etc. down al the bottom of the box.
And he rotihed her of this. Unfor-
qnately, the name and address were,
by mistake put on the bottom Of the
case, instead of on the lid, and. as the
lady complied with the directions OF
, Rosen, and finding the frock on top,
donned it first and the underwear pro
gress.Yey afterward, the result was
more picturesque than elegant
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08

lthe constellation will rise higher up
in the sky until by IL o'clock. to one
who is as far south as Philadelphia,
the brilliant star Alchernar, at A,
viii rise just above the ground, re-
main visible for a few moments and
then set a few degrees west OF where
it rose. This star is nearer the
sonth pole of the heavens than any
cher which can be seen in this lati-
tude.
The little pair of stars at o is of
much interest. These were the Os.
trich Egg Shells to the Arabians. the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08

Ocean River of Homer, which flowed
around the earth; others regard IL as
The celestial image Of the Nile or
Euphrates. and this Is the more prob
able origin. for among the ancients
the belief was widespread that the
Nile and Euphrates were but different
parts Of one great river. The old
manuscripts added the figure Of a
venerable river god lying on the sur
face Of the stream.
By starting little TO the north Of
Rigel. al 3. Fig. l, the observer will
probably have little difficulty in
tracing out the northern branch Of the
River. As the evening hours 90 on,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08

star which emits $50 times as much
light as our own sun. This is tue
brightest star of the little group
Auriga, or the Wagner though in
early days it formed a constellation
by itself called Capra, or the Goat. In
spite of its beauty it was supposed to
have a baleful influence, foretelling
rains and storms. and hence it was
named the Rainy Goat star. Thus
Aratos wrote,
"Capellas' course admiring landsmen
trace,
But sailors hate her inauspicious
face.
The interesting group Sagittarlus,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08
CUTS "HELL" OUT OF ROOFING.
President Angel Puts Foot Down on
Profane Football Songs.

President Angel Puts Foot Down on
Profane Football Songs.
Ann Arbor, Mich. Oct. 31.-No
more will the boastful and carefree
Michigan rooter, while his team is
battling other universities. yell, We'll
all have a hell of time when Michi-
gan rips 'em up" He is forbidden
to sing that in public by a ne,T rule
of the athletic association. The pro-
hibitive order has President Angelfs
approval.
Addressing the massmeeting of
1000 students held before the Drake
game, "Silver Throat Bob" Parker
said that the sentiment against GER
tain songs and yells containing pro-
family was growing stronger every
day, and that President Angel hac
limited it would be the right thing to
eliminate them from the list of
jubilant cries given utterance at the
football games.
With this ruling there passes into
disuse Michigan's most popular root
ing song, "Wh en- Michigan Rips En-
Up Again" and another almost as
popular:
Sing song of Michigan.
The yellow and the blue.
Sing a song of Michigan,
The yellow and the blTe.
o, when we get to heaven
Wen give the good old yell
And those who're not so fortunate.
Will give It down in hell.
(Spoken) -Hell, hell, cheer up,
Boys. there amt no hell.
University of Wisconsin rooters
have not drawn Largely on the
vocabularity of profanity, but the
word hell is sometimes used in foot
ball songs. Perhaps the first song
of this kind, which has been used
for some six years or more, is as
follows:
! Well cheer for old Wisconsin
For Wisconsin and the red;
Wen cheer for old Wisconsin
In orr collins when we're dead.
And when we get to heaven
Wen give the badger YELL
And if we're not so fortunate
Well give it down in hell.
Ordinarily the time is broken with
down" and the final word is drowned
by the Cheer, boys, cheer" of the
famous hot time" refrain.
A new song was made up expressly
/ for the recent Chicago game, the last
part being
How will the score go?
We know It well;
Wen get the victory,
And you'll get hell.
4 One Of the more recent adaptations
/ which seems to be fastened upon
badger roofing Is the familiar chorus
/ Cheer, cheer, the gangs all here,
/ What the hell do we care.
What the he'll do we carei
/ Cheer, cheer. the gangs all here.
! What the hell do we care now!
| Profanity in Wisconsin roofing has
never been so pronounced as to at
tract serious faculty attention. Such
songs are not approved or encouraged
by the authorities and TO them are
not awarded prizes. In most cases
such songs are shortliyed and require
no faculty attention.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08

answer these questions so far as IS
known, each one Of the innumerable
host Of stars Is noving. Thus mo-
tion alone calls for no explanation; it
is as natural TO body as rest. Could
il ever be found that a single star Is
inabsclute rest then an explanation Of
whatbrought It to rest would be quite
as necessary as an explanation Of
what started another star into motion.
This much. however. can be said.
Thee are stars whose motion Is so
rapid that the pulling back on them
Ct all the stars Of our universe can
never top hem Therefore they will
certainly leave our inverse Of stars
aitoge her what they viii encounter
afterward in the course OF countless
ages no man can tell.
The little pair Of stars at p. Fig. 2,
.ate be,elYed to be a very old system.
Connected with the star II, Fig. ],
there is an exactly similar pair which
is also believed TO BE- very old, and
so also is the star ct X, Fig ]. The
paths In which each OF the compan-
ions to these stars move are shown In
Figs 3 and A. Capella, however,
which Is also close double star Is
believed 10 have proceeded but a little
way IN It's development. How do
astronomers estimate the comparative
ages Of these double stars?
Very briefly. the history Of the eyo-
luton Of a double star system Is sup
posed 10 be this. The great nebulons
masses scattered through space are
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08

leading part in the forthcoming pro
0rction Of The Little Gray Lady.
Effle Shannon and Herbert Kelley
have signed contract to star in a
new play by Byron Chugley, which is
called The Rectcrs Garden.
I There is some talk of Mrs. lie
Moyne playing Lady Macbeth to Rob
ert Mantelrs Macbeth when the play
/ is produced in New York soon.
1t is rumored in London that Mrs.
Patrick Campbell is to join Beerbohm
Trees company when the great Eng
fish actor produces Nero.
Jeanette Bergerard is to have one
of tho good parts in The Orchid when
it is produced She viii take the part
of a French girl.
Edna May is to make a tour across
the continent in The Catch of the
Season, and may go to Australia in
the piece in the summer.
Lillian Russell had an exciting en-
counter with a ticket Spectator and
won out, taxing 20 tickets away from
the man.
Carol Fleming is the author of The
Parsons Wife, the new play in which
Mabel Mckinley has begun her star
ring our.
Thomas Jefferson's reception at the
hands Of the New York critics must
have been heavy blow to the son of
the great Rip.
Frederic Rankin, the author of a
number of successful librettos, is i'll
with typhoid fever at his home in
New York.
1t begins to loo as if Shakespeare
might become almost as popular as
Bernard Shaw on the New York
stage
Katherin Grey has been offered the
position of leading woman in Wolf
vile in which Nat Goodwin is TO star.
Aubrey Bouicault has left the cast
of The Prodigal Son ami his part has
been taken by Edward Mackey.
Grace George is to bring out the
Marriage of William Ashe at New
burg. N. Y, Tuesday.
1t now looks as if George Barr Nc
Cutcheon's new novel, Nedra is to be
put on the stage.
Eleanor Robson is to return to New
York about Christmas time, and viii
then play at Days theater.
Annie Irish is to use a new sketch
in vaudevil e this season, which will
be called Jim and Me.
Pauline Hall is TO be starred soon
in Dorcas, one OF her cd successes.
Sara Truax is to have the leading
female role in The Prince OF India.
w. T. Hodges, last year with Mrs
Wigs of the Cabbage Patch-and
recently star of the defunct Eighteen
Miles From Home, is to play lead
ing part in The White Cat at the New
Amsterdam in New York.
Grace George viii have two Eng
lish leading men in The Marriage Of
William Ashe, r. Reeves Smith and
Ben Webster, both OF whom have ex
cellent regulations abroad
Otis Skinner viii do new pay be
fore the end of the season.
Sunday-ad stage
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08

the German army of high rank. And
this through the instrumentality of
Mrs. Schandein, who could not see her
way clear 10 educate her own chill
dren In Milwaukee Jacob Heyl
never cut much of figure socially.
His life. from his advent. has been.
more or less retired. The Schandein
family and a small circle of friends
provided him with all the companion
ship he desired. During the trial he
and MS HeyI live a secluded life at
the Hotel Pfster 1t is an endeavor
to get a portion of the 100000 left
to Mrs. Heyl that the present contest
was started.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-08
Starlight.

Cecilia LOTUS is soon to go to Lon
don to take the title role in Barrie's
pay Potter Pan Mr.. Barrie request
ed Charles Frohmal to secure her for
the London production.
Vesta Victorie, the English corle-
dienne. is coming to this country in
February to appear in vaudeville. 1t
is said that her act is something like
that offered by Kate Barry.
It is row reported that Lily ang
try is coming to this country for a 10
weeks vaudeville tour after all. She
IS to get the modest sum of $4,000 a
week for her work
Cherry SIM son is to he given the
leading roe in The Babes in the
Woods.
Claiming Pollock's dramatization
Of The Secret Orchard is almost
ready for rehearsal, and is 10 be given
its pre1-ier in Hartford, Conn, early
in December.
r. c. Carton has written a new
farce which is soon to be produced at
Wyndham theater in London. The
piece is called Public Opinion
Henrietta Crossman is planning TO
produce a number of the old Eng ish
comedies at special madnees TO be
given during her New York engage
ment
Margaret Wycherly has been en-
gagged by the Shuberts to play the
principal role in The Nazarene Err
nest Hastings will have the opposite
part.
Il is understood that lula Dean.
and not Annie Russell, is to have the