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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30
A FAlR.To-MlDpLlNG WORLD.

love this world as it wags. Don't
you?
It's pretty good world to stay in;
The old ships manned with jolly
good crew,
And it's fitted to work and play in;
So we'll sail right along
With shout and song:
It's merry old world to grow gray
in
l take this world as it comes. Don't
you?
It's thorns, here and there, and its
flowers;
And whether its skies be of gray or
blue,
And whether we've sunshine or
showers,
We can work, we can dream,
For we know that the scheme
Is ordained of benevolent powers. ,
| love this world with its ups and
Towns,
It's tolls and its pairs and its pid-
ding.
Though we don't wear diamonds, robes
or crowns
We are gay if we pay 70 the fid-
ding.
So, wen dance ard Wen sing
In a rosy-round ring;
On, reckon its fair to mid1ling!
Portland Oregonian.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30
Some But 0ne-Hundredth of An Inch
Long, The Mammoths IOne-
Thirtieth of An. inch.
THEIR MANY ENEMIES IN THE INSECT KINGDOM

/ eight species; caraphractus, one
species; anaphes, seven species; ana
grus, four species; and camptoptera,
one species.
In describing the genera, Frederick
Enock, F. L. s., F. E, s., the best in
formed man ON the subject in Europe,
says:
"OI the ooctonus genus / have not
found very many specimens. 1t is
taick-set and least like a fairy.
gonatocerus is, perhaps, as plent~el
as any in England. 1t is a constant
visitor to my garden, though | nave
failed to discover It's indus. me
alaptus minimus and fusculus nave
long been known to me. The 1rst'
named is not more than one-seyenty-
second OF an inca long, with a sessiie
abdomen. It's wings are somewhat
hatchet-shaped, with peculiar en-
largements at the base OF tn inner
margin. The lower wings aaye
crimped appearance, arising from the
mackerel marking. This, and in fact
all the family, are to be found running
UP luS grass III 5AS0hhouSSg %
pecially on the window facing east.
Alaptus fusculus is one of the first 10
appear in spring-its peculiar jerky
gait will at once reveal its identity.
Of t1is species have bred hundreds
from the eggs OF a psocid, an insect
much like a common aphis, but very
active and shy, having a decided OBJ
lection to being watched. But ali
good things come to those WAC know
how to wait, ami wait he must for
hours, days, months, and years be-
fore the life history oil single species
is made out.
The stenopscocus lays It's eggs on
the leaves of various scrubs and trees.
| have found them on lime, oak, syca,
more, howthorn and ivy. They are
laid in patches of ten to twenty, the
female nsocid carefully weaving a
silken covering to endeayor to protect
them from the attacks OF enemies;
but alas, who would imagine fairy
fly to be an enemy?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30
FAIRY FLIES OF
INFINlTESIMAL SIZE

Yet its microscopic size enables
it TO pass unnoticed, and also permits
its passing beneath the silken screen,
ami, once there, woe beude the
pbocids eggs. for the busy fairy taps
one with her clubed antennae, mounts
10 tae summit, AMI then let's down ne
Iovipositor until the barbed tip touches
he surface OF the fresh-laid egg.
Now, by carefully focusing a good
magnifier, we observe the fairy tax
ing a firm hold OF the surface OF t1e
egg with the two curved tips OIL each
ol her xquisitely-formed toes. Next
We note that pressure is being put up
On the barbed ovipositor. Iae an
tennae are pressed firmly to the sur
face, and impress the observer with
the fact that some very serious Dusl
ness is in hand Eleven minutes have
passed w.--out any sign OF a move,
when just after eleven and a quarter
the ovipositor positively bumps through
the shell. There is anothet serious
pause, ami tnen up go the ciubbed
antennae, and very carefully it slips
back between the sheaths. The fairy
turns round. 'and with saliva from he
mouth, seals up the incision. An
other egg is assembled, bored, ana
stored with an egg-and so on untn
the whole patch of twenty has been
struck, and ali chance OF any psoeia
emerging utterly ruined.
Il kept the first batch of eggs wnicn
/ had seen struck in October until the
following year, when, as the warm
days in April arrived, / carefully ex-
amined thom, until one eyentful day
l observed one of the eggs nad tiny
hole in it. On placing it under the
| saw a pair OF mandibles
busily at work nibbling away the egg
she'll. until at last the hole was large
enough to admit of the head being
thrust through. After many efforts
the antennae were freed, followed BY
the first pair of legs; then. with tlls
additional leverage at command. the
thorax was lifted out, the second pan
of legs and part of the wings follow
ing. and after much apparently painful
effort the third and last pair OF legs
was withdrawn, enabling the fairy TO
walk out, and to free those most ex
ouisitely delicate wings without a
hitch.
Now, taking a firm grip on the
empty egg-shell. the fairy went
ler toilet. Not hair or
spine escaped attention-eaeh AMI
every part of this Microscopic marvel
the utmost attention; every
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30
THE FOREST.

Here in the Ianguorous silence, where
sunlight with shade interlaces,
Let my soul steep;
Ana from the well-springs Of beauty
which time neither mars nor ef-
faces.
Let me drink deep,
Far from the riotous throbbing of busy
humanity brstiing,
Here is a balm;
Only marvellous 0ird-song. or music
CT glad leaves low rustIing,
Breaks the sweet calm.
oh to be friends with the hchens, the
low-crseping vines, and the
MOSES,
There close to lie;
Gazing aloft at each pine plume that
rily, playfully losses
Meath the blue sky.
Oh! to be near to The beauty and in
finite grandeur of all things
Simple and free;
Held by the magic that ages have
wrought in The great and the
small things,
For you and me.
-Maxwell's Talisman, Chicago.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30

ticularly proud of his home-raised po
tatoes There is also large kitchen
garden and an old-fashioned flower
garden at the back of the house.
Close to the road. just where the belt
of woods ends, is the tennis court,
which this year is being changed from
turf to dirt. Next to riding, tennis
holds the place of honor with tle
Roosevelt family Just above the
tennis court the road is carried up the
hill by two winding entertainments
Several bad runaways due to auto
mobiles occurred here last year and 1t
is on account of the danger to his
visitors that Mr. Roosevelt has for
hidden any motor cars to come up the
road in future.
Behind the house, in a sheltered
cove in an arm of the bay, are the
bathing houses and the anchorage OF
the Roosevelt fiotilla-two or three
small sail boats and rowboat or so.
The Roosevelts all sail of course-al
good Long Islanders do--and the mar
/ Dor Of oyster bay is as good place
| for the amateur yachtsman as one
could ~. out Unfortunately, even
| MFR. Roosevelt with Ill his independ-
ence of guards cannot reconcile the
dignity and safety OF the president
/ with the deli, tn of a weeks cruise on
the sound in a small boat where
man is his own skipper, crew and
cook He has substituted for this a
days camping out in some SecludeJ
spot on one of the bold wooded head
lands that run out into the sound AMI
make so mucn of the beauty of the
north shore of tbs island. The spot
selected fer this annual excursion, the
ieligth of the Roosevelt boys and their
cousins. whose home adjoins Saga
more hin is carefully guarded
secret into which even the secret serv
ice men are not admitted. Some time
in tae afternoon the rowboats are
LOADED with provisions and the party
rows quietly off across the bay, the
president himself at the oars. They
return the next morning. happy but
not communicative as to where they
have been.
After all the strenuous life' Of
which President Roosevelt is the fore
most exponent is combined at Saga
more aill with the simple life" Any
lone who knows the president does not
NEED to be told that he is always busy.
but he goes about his pleasure in the
same direct. transformations manner In
whica he transacts the business OF
being president.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30
AFRICAN sLAvE-TRAoE.

In Haiper's Mas zine for August, W.
Fl. Nevinson, who was sent by the
magazine to Africa to investigate the
slave trade, contributes an introdue-
tory article which premises most
dramatic and interesting series of rev
e,ations. In the midst Of all these
Contradictions says Mr.. Nevinson,
what is 10 be the real relation Of the
White races TO the black races? THAI
is tho ultimate problem of Africa. We
need not think it has been settled by a
centuIys noble enthusiasm about the
rights of man and equality in tae sight
Of God. Outside very small and
diminishing circle ia England and
america. phrases of that kind have
Host their influence, and for the men
who control the destinias Of Africa
they nave 10 meaning whatever
Neither have ney any meaning for
the native. He knows perfectly well
THAT the white people do nc believe
him. The whole problem Is still be
fore us. as ureent ard rs Uncertain as
II mas ever bsen. 1t is rot solved
What seemed a solution. is already OBJ
solete The problem viii have to be
worked through again from the start
some Of the factors have changed Iii
lie. Laws and regulations have 3een
altered. New and respectable names
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30
The CONQuEROR.

IAN allegory)-A young man was
called to the bedside of his dying
fether, who said:
Son. it is my wish tina you conquer
the world, the flesh and the ueVh
And taen the father died.
TIE young man had been trained 10
literal unquestioning obedience; so ne
tackled the job in the order named.
After much fighting and many dis
couragements, he made tle world take
;le count.
The flesh stayed for several more
rounds. but at length it, too, threw up
the sponge
Now said the weary, but stun de-
termined young man, as soon as :
6n3 wat this messenger boy Is 50
leisurely bringing me. l shall go after
the other one of the doomed trio
Tearing open yellow envelope, the
young man read:
Under the circumstances, having
h,aan robbed of my two Indispensable
allies further resistance on my part
wonla b.. A waste of time and energy
on bot3 ouf parts. l surrender. Yours
obediently. The Devil.e-Baltimore
American.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30
Open Door Policy Prevails
at Presidents Summer Home
Visitors Have Easy Time at Sycamore Hill
Only Rule is That They Must keep Moving
Every Day Many Folks Enjoy These Privileges
Villagers Prouder Than Ever Since Visit OF

taken TO ward off the rush Of visitors.
A man quietly reading in the shade OF
tree looks UP from his book and tne
driver understands. There is only one
rule that the president has laid down
for his own comfort, but that one is
rigidly enforced-yisitors must, in tne
phrase familiar to all policemen. keep
moving" Throughout the day car
riages pass up the drive and around
the house. but relic hunters are not
permitted, as many of them show an
inclination to do. &c carry of
meme ntoes in the shape of flowers
and pieces of trees, nor can camera
fiends swarm across the lawns in
searsa of the best place for snap
shot.
Taat the secret service men have
been able to enforce this rule without
any apparent exercise of authority is
largely due to the alliance they have
formed with the livery men of the vii
lage. The driver whose fares raise
any objections to proceeding quietly
along the route marked out for them
hears from the detectives very quick.
~, and if ne persists in bringing i'll
behaved persons into the grounds he
finds that they are closed to him alto
gether The livery men, however
/ who rely on the short season of the
presidents stay at his old home t.
compensate them for the duh times oi
the winter, are moi altogether PLEASED
with the prominence of their fellow
{ tovGsman.
1t was better for us, they say
when he was only governor. Thel
/ anybody who wanted to could jus
drive up to the house and it was NJ
to the maid at the door whether thel
got in to see him or not Now onl,
those who have got appointment
through Secretary Loeb can get pas
/ the secret service man, the others have
TO keep moving right along"
Although the president of the Unite,
/ States cannot free himself from al
/ business wherever ne may TAX
refuge, Mr.. Roosevelt is firm in his re
fusal not to allow his summer to b
. married Nv unnecessary intrusions. H
himself is rarely seen in the villag
except on his way to and from the sta
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30
N. In the plain, almost bare, ex-

ton. In the plain, almost bare, ex-
ecutive offices located over a grocery
store in the main street, Secretary
Loeb wards on unwelcome visitors aud
attends 10 the PRESIDENTS correspond
ence ana the mass of other details.
Two or three times a day he drives
over the two miles or so which
separate oyster bay from Sycamore
ALL, takes up with the president any
important matters which may come up
and then returns to his office. Fo=
this purpose tile secretary has three
horses reserved for his own use. I'm
mediate communication can also be
secured through the use of the tele-
phone, although Mr.. Roo evelt declined
the offer of the telephone company 10
erect a private line connecting his
house with the executive offices. The
ordinary citizen, however, is not at
liberty to call the president TO the
telephone whenever he sees fit and the
operators in the oyster bay exchange
have peremptory order never TO ring
up the Sycamore hill house untsss
Secretary Loeb has given permission.
These precautlons-which takes the
place of uniformed sentries and all
the ceremonial so distasteful to Mr.
Roosevelt's temperament-are suf
! ficent to leave him time enough TO
enjoy tle out door life he is so fond
of. Horseback riding is the chief
pastime OF the whole family and it Is
only under extraordinary cireum-
stances that Gay passes without the
presidents taking a long ride over
the wooded aills, the backbone OF
Long island" from which one looks
down upon the sound dotted with
cleaning white yachts and the less
ornamental coastiug sclooners. Every
member Of tic family has his own
mount, from the heavy charge Of Mr..
Roosevelt, we'll able to carry his 200
pounds, 10 the little Shetland pony on
which Quentin trots around the
grounds. All told there are about
twelve horses In the Sagsmore hill
stables most Of waich are remarkably
good specimens of the various classes.
A lover of horses. as all men who
have lived much in the west almost
inevitably become, Mr.. Roosevelt
takes care that those he is responsible
for have the best of treatment. hut for
elaborate rigs and all the parapher
MALTA of the city style he has little
taste in the country. His stables and
carriages alike are transformations and
the place itself is lelt much as natur,
made it. The ground Immediately
ground the house has been cleared
away. but no effort has been made tc
transform lie clearing into smooth
level lawns Most of the rest of tbs
) property Of ninety acres is given ovel
! to thick woods watch hide the house
} from the public highroad. but tn'
president grows a little rye and is par
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30
BOYS DON'T SLEEP ENOUGH.
School Children Should Be in Bed at
Half Past Nine.

The old adage that six hours sleep
is the proper quantity for a man,
seven for a woman. and eight for
fool is vigorously attacked in the
London Lancet.
There seems to be striking agree
ment among medical and scientific
writer's that at present we err on the
side of deficient allowance of sleep.
Tie neces sity of longer hours of
sleep for g. wing children IS es-
pecially insisted upon
While no hard and fast rules can
be made. since all children are not
alike in their needs, a general rule IS
laid down as follows:
Bows from to 10 years OF age
should go to bed at $50 and breakfast
at a. M, thus securing ten hours
sleep. From 10 to is the growing lad
she retire at 10 and breakfast at 1908,
sleeping nine hours
Lessons before breakfast are
stoutly condemned. and careful at
tention to all cases of sieeplessness in
children is urged.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30
Peace ENJOYS

Oyster Bay, August 19.-With the
recent visit of the Russian aud Japan
csc ENJOYS to Sycamore Hill, the
summer home OF President Roosevelt,
Oyster Bay attained the climax OF its
fame, Although it has never before
meddled in international politics, the
little Long island village has been in
the eyes of the world for some time,
and this year 1t is enjoying to the full
its brief season of prominence. The
hotel and boarding houses are full #
newspaper men, yachts of every size,
from the great steam palace to the
little twenty-foot knockabout. swinging
at anchor in the beautiful haruor and
rows of private carriages ami hacks
meet every train from the city. Every
day a food Of visitors from every part
of the country, bound on business or
pleasure, pours through the village
from the station close TO the water
front Some only get as far as the
executive Offices in the heart of the
village where Secretary Loeb is walt
ing for them, but many are sigltsee: IS
who have come for the sole purpose
of 81 ling Sycamore lill and the Roose
welt home.
The tourist at oyster bay has an
easy time of It, Extreme simplicity
marks the presidents life there and II
is nard to realize that the quiet
country house looking out over It's sur
rounding belt of woods to the waters
of the harbor and Long island sounl
beyond is the home Of the chief magis
trate of tae United States. Where T.
driveway tumbling down the sutel
hill from the house joins The hyl
road skirting the harbor. there is no
even a gate or fence to RESTRAIN
curiosity seekers. Only a battere,
sign post announces to the public tina
this is a Private Road. Automobile
not allowed" Thick woods hide IN
house, and the sandy road. climbin
up through them for more than half
mile, carries no suggestion of pomp o
ceremony. Tne secret service me
who guard the grounds night and ia
keep discreetly out of sight and 1t
not until the carriage is close to tn
main entrance tn bit one realizes t.la
after all some pre- cautions have bee
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30

Few people know, perhaps, that the
world is filled VITA legions OF per-
fectly-formej flies, so small that the
naked eye can barely observe them n
their rapid flights from place to place.
Some are but one one-hunjredth OF an
inch in length, while the mammoths
of this fairy population are one
thirtieth of an inc. ioGs.
Inc Dublin museum mas about the
best collection of these midgets as it
includes many varieties which may be
plentiful enough, but are rarely .
covered end captured by the most en-
terprising of naturalists The dit
hcultfes of discerning these dwarrs
of the hy-World in a garden, or tieio,
can readily be imagined wlen their
minute size is remembered.
The fairy flies are without doubt
among the many wonderful parasitic
Hymenoptera, the most admirable IN
their exquisite structure, as Well as in
their habits and economy. All s1e
species are egg parasites, and each
species has its peculiar taste, selecting
with unerring instinct the right kind
of egg generally that OF an injurious
insect-in which the female lays one
of its own eggs, which in due time
matches or dew ops into thing OF
life.
This tiny atom feeds upon the con
tanned fluids, and finds sufficient nutri-
ment to bring it to full size. Fhen,
being matured, the fly bites out
round piece of the egg-shelI large
enough to allow it to escape, and 7,
therefore, begins the battle with the
Outside world, full grown and as strong
al it will ever be. Small as the
wings of these mites are the upper
and under surfaces are covered with
minute hairs.
OF the fairy flies, the genera num-
bers eleven, and the species thirty
FIVE. as follows: Ooctonus, four
species; gonatocerus, five species;
alaptus, two sepcies; illus, one
species; eustocnus, one species:
nymar, one species; cosmocoma,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30

This is an old fashioned house and
most comfortable. 1t has lower and
upper veranda in southern style. All
of.the rooms are bright. The house is
clapboarded and has shingled roof
The cutting of the gable at the top
extends back to The chimneys only.
giving very happy effect. There is a
portico. with heavy columns like nose
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30
Not EQUAL.

DO you think time is moneys" said
Biffson.
Cant bel" replied Bangs. they say
there's no end to time-and I'm
broke ,'-Detroit Free Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30

on the veranda, ard a pretty balcony
above. Both of the entrance doors are
alike The hall is wide. the staircase
and platforms solid anu elegant. ca
one side of the hall are the parlor and
library, the latter with a bay window.
and the scheme at the end of the hail
is artistic. Both Of tlese rooms have
open f1replaces, hardwood floors and
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30

-SEsa.5B
are finished in white wood. The dining
room ON the opposite side of the hall
is an airy room, and there are a lobby,
backstairs and pantry and good
kitchen back. On the second floor are
FIVE CHEEKY bedrooms and bath, and
one finished room in the attic The es-
innate of s4,T75 includes open plumb
ing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-08-30

A COW in Pennsylvania drank UP all
the lemonade at a Sunday school pic
mic. And then the teachers Won
eered why the deaoons MIXED her az
once and expected to get milk punch
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1905-03-10
TX
BRIGAND EFT patriotic

La marquise ct sa file install6es
chez Nine de Rostremen, %n'etaient
pas a l'abri de tout danger. Apres
r6fexion, M. de Nantllly await
concu, pour les sauver dehnltlYe'
ment, un plan hardi, tem6raire
meme, qui, en- a d'echec, pouval
lui co1ter la vie.
IL sortit de I'h6lel dams l'apr6s-
midi, sans dire Oh il allait' Ii re-
monta la rue Royal, denommee
alors du Peuple Francois, passa
devant les 6choppes de la place
Saint Pierre, devenue place Marat,
au pied de l'antique cathedrale
constitute par saint Felix ct tant
de fois saccag6e par les Nor
mands, descendit la rue Haute-du-
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1905-03-10
Madame u GAGNER
Northland, Mich.

"J'ai plus que jamais confance aux
Pilules Rouges, car Giles mont radica-
lement guerie apres sept annees dedou-
1eurs. Encore jeune, restee ct a
la tete dune famille, je commencai a
sentir mes forces me laisser ct a %souffrir
du NAL de tete, de douleurs dams les
epaules ct aussi dams lie has du corps.
Ma digestion devint tres defectueuse, lie
sommeil disparut ct je faiblissais tou-
jours. Deux medecins me prescrivirent
des remedies qui n'eurent aucun resu1tat
sensible. J'allais toujours de NAL en-
pts, %1orsqu'on me conseilla de prendre
les Pilules Rouges. Depuis deux on
trois II ~j'avais essaye de tout. aussi je
me decidai de tenter encore une fois de
me sou1ager, car a vrai dire, je me
trouvais a plaindre de .toujours souf-
frir, ct je croyais quill devait Sc
trouver I'm remede pour moi. Six
semaines apres avoir commence a prem
Dire les Pilules Rouges, je constatai un
enlargement serieux ct je persistai a en-
prendre jusqu'a une quinzaine de bottles.
C'est dams lie mois d'aont dernier que je
cessai &c traitement, ct depuis 1ors tout
va pour lie mieux.> Je suis redevenue
forte ct bien portante, rappetit est bon
CONNIE jamais, lie sommeil est excellent
ct toutes douleurs sont complement
disparues. Je ne puts faire autrement
que d'atribuer ma guerlson aux Pllules