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Oh under the United States Depart
ment at Washington, naturally was
not disregarded.
| Doctor Howard called attention 70
the fact that work of this kind cannot
| be done with success with native in.
/ sects, but that in the case of imported
| insects, which flourish exceedingly, ar
effort to introduce their parasites
/ from their native homes should not
be neglected
With regard % the gypsy moth and
brOwn-tail moth. he expressed himself
as hopeful Of success. In Europe the
standing of these two insects may be
compared to that in this country OF
the tent caterpillar OF the forest and
the tussock moth. In America both
Of these insects occasionally multiply
sufficiently 10 bring about considerable
damage TO vegetation. and invariably
after excessive multiplication they are
suddenly reduced in numbers. and
while always present. seldom multiply
again 10 a serious extent until after
period OF some years. This is due
largely TO the work of native parasites
since both are native American in
sects. In Europe the gypsy moth and
brOWn-tail moth situation. as stated,
is practically the same, although with
the brown-tail moth in many countries
there are police measures in force re,
quiring the destruction of the over.
wintering nests on certain DAYS in the
autumn Thus, it was pointed out.
certain of the collectors engaged TO
gather, in different parts of Europe,
the nests of the brown-tail moth were
obliged to collect them early, before
they were destroyed by the owners OF
gardens and orchards. He described
in some detail his last summers trip
to organize the work of importing par,
asiteS of these two insects, and stated
that it was difficult in very many To-
calities to find any specimens at all or
the gypsy moth. although it is well
understood that in almost any year it
Is liable to appear in considerable
numbers. The work of last summer
showed that 1t was an easy thing to
import parasitized. specimens of both
species ip-0 Massachusetts, and it now
remains simply to bring over as many
as possible and TO care for them as
we'll as possible. in the confident hope
that someof them will establish them
selves and become permanent deni-
zens of the United States Surely,
with the extraordinary abundance of
food which they will find in eastern
Massachusetts, there can be no rea-
son, unless it be climaetic, why they
should not breed rapidly and event
ually reduce both the gypsy moth and
browntail moth to approximately
European conditions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07
A Card Sharp.

John S. Mcguire, the Dayton meat
dealer who has for years been fight
ing the beef trust, was talking in his
Office one day about the trusts meth
DDS.
For unblushing and unashamed
misconduct" he said, this trust re
minds me of poor young man who
had proposed to a millionaire's daugh -
ter.
The girl liked the fellow. but his
poverty frightened her
Think of the future. dear she
said You are poor. You can give
me none OF the Injuries to which
have been accustomed from my child,
hood'
q" But your father he began
Alas. he would do nothing for us p
she interrupted
Does he play poker? the youth
asked
no.
He smiled confidently at that. and
took her hand in his
Sc Then. he said. I'm teach him.
Put your trust in me, love and fear
for the future not at all"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07
A TEN YEARS COURSE.

The chef. whose salary is 5000 a
year. tipped the cabman handsomely,
and entered his club.
How one becomes a chef?' ne said.
You want to know how one learns
to be chef. Ell? Well, the answer
is, by hard worE-nine Or ten years
of hard work"
1t was the hour of degustation. He
poured some absinthe into goblet,
balanced across the goblet's rim a
spoon containing lump of sugar, and
thence into the liquor cold water.
Absinthe and water mingling, became
an opalescent green color, and gave off
an odor like paregoric
The chef" he said. begins as a
boy as apprentice to a master. For
several years he works under the
vegetable cook He learns how to
make mashed potatoes that look like
white roses, how to cook and to ar
range all the vegetables, from the
truflie down. in a hundred fine and
beautiful Ways He gets no salary.
He only gets his board.
Now for d year he studies raw
meats. He learns how to select them
and now to cut them up, He can tell
at a glance. for instance, the genuine
satin eadow mutton from the false
Along with this raw meat course goes
also a study of fish and of game and
of poultry-how to stuff. dress, lard
truss, and so on
Next for year at small salary
he stands before the range, learnins
now to broil. fry roast and bake.
He now knows the foundation OF
mis- art. and is admitted into the pres
( ence of the chef himself--only assist
ants have taught him So far. The Chef
teaches him how to make soups. pas
tries. ices and the more complicated
puddings and soufies Three or -four
years is none too long time to study
| here.
Ten years of hard work should
turn a quick apprentice into a GOOD
lchef such a chef without difficulty
learns from $25 a week up to $3.50 Il
Inc gave half as much time to the bar
the church. or medicine ne would
earn thrice as much.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07

Just east Of the Lynx is the Lesser
Lion, while beyond this, filling the
space between the Greater Pear and
Arcturus. is the delicate Coma Bere-
nices or Berenices Hair beautiful
group as of gossamers spaDgIed with
dew drops Among the Arabians IL
was the Pond into which their Gael,
was springing to escape the Lion. the
Gazelle being the group known 10 us
as the Lesser Lion. The whole west
ern and southern part of the constel
lation is filled with nebulas. thoust
most OF them are faint One jus
southwest of c. Fig ], is the Pin
wheel 4Jebula. one of the pyroteehnic,
of the sky Just to the wee of the
star E is faint double star u. which
is remarkable because it lies almos
exactly at the pole of the MILKY Way
All of the faint stars that lie be
tween the two-dogs. extending from
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07

jns expressed In millions of miles.
This is well shown by Fig. 4, which
shows the head of the comet Of 1858
compared in size with the earth The
little round dot to The right is the
earth, drawn in its true size, and il
Will be noticed that il quite sinks into
rnsignifcauce Ia comparison even with
the small par, of the comet which is
shown
But though the comets are almost
iuconceiyably large their weight is
but small On the average IL is Ger
tain That a cubic foot Of cometary mat
tcr weighs less than a cubic foot ot
the best so-called vacuum which car
be- obtained in the air pump Ii may
seem strange that these enormously
extended. iuconceivably bright bodie,
can swing around the sun so rapidly
as they do. but it must be remember
ed tina in outer space there Is no ain
or other thing 20 oppose their motion
and break them up It is believed that
though their average density is 81
small Vet they are made up of count
I less separate particles which probahl,
vary ia size from grains of dust up tt
meteorites weighing several tons. ia,
showers of shooting stars which com,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07
The Guiteless Heasemaid.

Washington Start is no wonder
to. me- said member of the detec-
tive force the other day that the
fake Telephone linegnen and other
sneak thieves find Washington an
easy mark | had fine example Of
that a few days back. There had
been a family robbed over in George.
town on the fake telephone game.
and was sent over to look into the
case The maid met me at the front
door, said her mistress was busy at
the moment but would see me in a
little while Then she walked off
and left me sitting in the hall for
twenty minutes. She did not Know
me from a basket of walnuts. had
on plain clothes and my badge was in,
side my coat But she took my word
for who | was and left me alone long
enough to have cleaned out the en-,
tire lower floor if l had been so
minded This. too, after the family
had been robbed
"Wed, when her mistress came
down stairs | told her gently and dip.
lomatically what | thought of her
servant OF course she mad to admit
| was right. but it was the first time
the case had occurred to her in that
light. People ought never to allow
strangers in their house a minute out
Of their sight"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07
POSSIBILITIES FROM PARASITES
Dr. Howard, Government Entomologisl
Discusses This Subject.

This years lecture season of the
Massachusetts Horticultural s. ciety
was opened by DR.. L. O. Howard, uLiet
of the bureau Of entomology in Wash
jngton. His subject was The Posi-
bilities from Insect Parasites and he
illustrated it with stereopticon views,
TIL lecture consisted of a careful
historical summary of all the work
chat has been done in different parts
Of the world with the practical hand
ling Of the insect enemies of injurious
insects, starting with the first attempt
in 1855 by Or. Asa Fitch, then state
entomologist of New York, TO import
he European parasites of the wheat
nudge. and closing with the present
attempt to import into New England
the European and Japanese parasites
of the gypsy moth and browntail molh.
Thet excellent work carried on in Cali,
foruia in this direction was described
at some length. from the first over
wheiming success of the importation
of the Australian ladybird in 1889 ~
destroy The tiuted scale, down 70 the
latest importation OF an ichieumon fiy
from Spain, which is parasite of the
cooling moth OF the ample The work
done in Hawaii. in Western Australia,
and in South Africa received due at
tentiou. and the similar work carried
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07
TWO OF A KIND.

Chippewa Falls independents Sir.
have just been released from the
p,enitentary after serving seven years
for stealing $4,000 from man. You
are rich, and l fam would have you
tell me now you worked it, want to
reform
Feeling in an unusually benevolent
and charitable mood the successful one
wheeled about in his chair and looked
for d few moments upon the cringing
form of Bill the Bug, ex-No. 2347.
Il ann always willing to help the de.
serving. said the successful one,
and viii help You You made the
MISTAKE OF taking all of yours from
one nan. | DO it differently. | meue
" secure the passage of laws which
enable me TO take a few cents from
each man. and as there are some
20 000, 900 or 10000, 900 of them the
net glin is worth while. If l we've to
take liars instead of cents they
would protest and make trouble. But
as it is only matter of a few cents
Fat time they give it no attention"
That's a good scheme, sir said
Bill the Bug. Now tell me now to
get the law | need
All. that is my business secret
in fact, might say it is my sole bust
ness asset, replied the successful one
You must excuse me now, as I have
an appointment with Senator Grabal
and Congressman Liquehand
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07

The bright winter stars are sill.
with US, flling the whole southern ana
western part OF the sky down to the
very ground. The three most bril-
liant groups of all, Taurus, Gemin!
and Orion. which first appeared in the
east last Novemb'r, have been moving
steadily westward and are now per
ceptibly nearer the ground than they
were last month They will continu5
for few weeks to make beautiful
the evenings OF early spring. but for
us their course this year is nearly
run. Soon they will sink below tae
ground in the west. and the brilliant
heavens of wiater will have changed
into the lar fainter summer sky.
Already the first of the faint sun
mer groups is beginning to appear. Il
the observer will follow eastward from
the Twins, passing through tn
strange, faint, little group known as
the Crab, the past Leo which is the
last of the winter consultations, H.
will see the end of the large faint
summer group Virgo just emerging
from the ground As the weeks go
by he will see that each evening this
group is little higher up in the sky
then the evening before. 1Ct not until
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07

May will il be wholly above the
ground and not until July will IT faTe
passed the meridian in the early even
ing. BY that time, all OF the winter
groups except Leo will have disap
peared behind the sun in the west.
four weeks later Leo will have also
gone. and the complete change OF the
winter into the summer sky wiz be
finished.
Several OF the faint, little known
groups are now in excellent position
for tracing out Many of these are
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07


are pushed away by the sun but what
the nature OF the force which repels
them is not known. It may be cleo
trical or it may be due to the so-called
light impact The explanation both OF
this and of the cause of the faint light
which the tails emit is yet to be found
The Planets.
Jupiter is still in excellent position
for observation and will remain the
brightest and most conspicuous even
ing star during the month. Venus
win also be easily visible after sunset,
having changed from a morning to an
evening star on February l3. 1t is
rapidly moving eastward across the
constellation Pisces; by the end of the
month it will be about one degree west
of the bright star NJ. FIG. /, setting
about p. m. In a small telescope it
will then be seen as a most beautiful
narrow, siIvery. crescent, looking like
the moon when about three days old.
The position of Neptune is also
shown on the map. The other plan
cts are not visible in the evening.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07
Cbe heavens in Marcb
Professor Eric DoOe Astronomer of the ULiyy of Pnyn

the head OF the Winter Snake to
Orion. make mp the constellation Mo
noceros OF the Unicorn This group
vas known to the early Persians and
to the Chinese; it is chiefly remark
able for the large number of double
stars and star clusters which it con
taius.
The New Comets.
The brightest comet OF the year,
whlch was discovered in The early
morning of December 6. has now
passed arodnd the sun into the even
ms shy During JInuary and Feoru-
airy it moved very rapidly eastward,
reaching the cons citation Cetus
about the middle OF February During
Marcn ii viii move entirely across the
constellation along the path F. C., Fig
In January the comet passed
very near 10 the earth so that on
January > it was nearly so times a.
bright as at the tim OF its discover
Now, however. it is very rapidly leay
ing us again and is only visible in the
larger telescopes.
The second comet thar has recently
been visible was discovered at Genoa
on November 18th. The most remark
able Thing about this body was its
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07

very interesting, for example Comelop-
ardalis, or the Giraffe, which is long
and struggling like It's namesake. has
a remarkable cluster of no less than
five double stars which the observer
can find just west OF Perseus at A
Fig. !. just above Cancer is the
Lynx, a group faint that the astron
omer who first gave it it's name ob
served that those who examine il
ought to be lynx.eyed to see it, TIL
little group hardly contains single
nebula or cluster. but is remarkable
for its large number Of double stars
one of these is at B. Fig I, and to the
left of this there is faint nebula
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07

Society Diversion in Washington,
Where Family Misses Few Plays.

Where Family Misses Few Plays.
Washington Correspondence New
York Telegrapa-No family in the
capital attends the theatres more
regularly than that Of the presidents.
Either the chief executive, his wife
or Miss Alice Roosevelt is to be seen
at one or the other of the playhouses
at least once a week. and frequently
the family presented twice a week.
When they attend one of the best
lower boxes is reserved for them in
advance Usually they give box par
ties for their most intimate friends
One evening Mrs. Roosevelt gave a
theatre party during the performance
of The College Widow at the Column
bia using the two lower left-hand
boxes
Her guests We're her sister. Miss
Carow the Presidents little son KeF-
nit. Mr.. and Mrs. James r. Garfield
and the Count and Countess de Fara-
mond of the French legation. The
Countess de F'aranlond is one of the
three beautiful Langham sisters an
other of which is the wife of Baron
Won Sternberg, the German ambassa-
dor
American presidents have nearly
all been theatregoers. but no execu-
tive of recent years has patronized
the playhouse as much as the present
occupant of the white house It Is at
the theatre that the average resident
or tourist III Washington catches the
best glimpse OF the president or mem.
bcrs of his family.
The president dislikes notoriety in
the matter of his attendance at the
theatre. For this reason the mana
gers discreetly refrain from announc,
ing that he Is going to attend such
and such p.ay at such time.
1t is never announced in advance.
Those who want 10 see him enjoying
a comedy or bordering over prob
lem play must take their chances.
They are never informed when he is
going to attend a performance.
The president goes to the theatre
in the democratic fashion of the
average American There is no flub-
dub about IT, He is. however accord
ed special protection in the most IN
ostentatious manner consistent with
safety
Like the regular theatregoer the
president Is ushered to his seat.
Julius, the white house coachman
then slips around to a place near the
rear of the box and watches many a
good play while waiting for the presi.
dent to give the signal for the return
to the white house.
Unless it is necessary for him TO
leave the president waits until the
end of the play and then leaves with
the crowd, w".ch usually makes way
when it see an moving toward the
exit
People bow as ne passes. He re
turns the SALVATION There is no
cheering or applause He enters the
carriage with his family and the clat-
ter of the hoofs beats m r,y tattoo
! upon the cold asphalt as the horses
head for the white house
To and from the theatre The presi
dents carriage is followed closely by
two mounted bicycle policemen.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07
sponges on the Florida Coast

Tarpon Springs News The prac.
ticabilty OF the m rod now being EN-.
ployed extensively IN the sponge in,
dustry in procuring this product is
no longer in doubt and large per,
centage of the Tarpon Springs vessels
are changing from the old method of
hooking 70 the new one Of diving In
order succe ssfurly 10 accomplish de.
sired results with the diving method
it was thought necessary to employ
Greeks VINO are accustomed to the
work. as ii seemed doubtful whether
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07

many Of those who have followed the
hooking process would care 10 don the
helmet and leaden shoes and pull
sponge with from thirty to sixty feet
Of water overhead But recent exper-
iments by few have demonstrated
that little practice and confidence.
together with good physical condition.
are alb that are needed to become a
diver Already a number of our ma
tive spongers have beome proficient
in this line, and the probabilities are
that in the near future a large per
Gontage of the catch will be obtained
in This manner.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07

extraordinary rapid motion. When
first seen it was very neaS the north
pole. az H Fig / three days later il
had reached the point X IN Cepneus.
and in the course Of a weak it passed
entirely across Cassiopeia and An
drumeGa TO L. tFig. D. To those VINO
had the pleasure of viewing the comet
through q telescope It's rapid motion
was very striking Il could be seen
drifting past the stars in its path, but
four or FIVE minutes being required for
it TO move rapidly across the field OF
view. This comet passed so near 10
the earth that il was hoped its dis
tauce might be accurately measured
in miles and from this the distance
from the sun to the earth in miles
could be found This is the great fun
damentaI distance in astronomy; the
measure in terms which all other dis
tances are expressed.
The Nature of Comets,
Both nj these comets We're very un
/ like the popular idea OF comet, being
merely faint. round woodworking OBJ
jecJs without any trace OF a tail, as
shown in Fig , Nearly all the comets
which are discovered have this APP
pearance though some OF them are
condensed and brighter at the centre
as in Fig. 3. 1t is only rarely that a
comet develops a definite head and
tail, though the very bright comets
usually do so.
The size OF even the smallest com
/ cts Is enormous, their dimensions be
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07

at fixed dates each year are almost
certainly caused by the collision OF our
earth with such particles which once
formed parts Of comets. The heat
caused by their friction with the up
per air burns them up before they
can reaal the ground.
It is a very remarkable fact thai as
the brighter comets pass around the
sun their tails always point nearly
away from the sun, as shown in Fig.
6. The smallest particles OF the comet
The Dickinson press., 1906-01-06
Four Good Reasons.

An amusing incident happened the
other day at a club which had hosNi-
tably thrown open its doors to two
other clubs. "A certain well known OF
Ger in the brigade of guards was guilty
Of the odense Of smoking In the morn
ing room. AS a matter of fact, lie was
under the impression that it was the
smoking room. A brother officer told
him of his mistake. He went up to the
only other occupant Of the room, an
old gentleman doing in corner, and
apologized for having inadvertently
broken n of the rules of the club.
The old gentleman replied, without
haste, as follows: my dear sir, pray
do not apologize. In the first place, I
am sure you would not have smoked
had you known that it was prohibited;
In the second, I should be the last pr
son to blame you If you had done SO;
in the third, I am not a member Of the
club. and In the fourth, I have just
been smoking myself. London Globe.
The Dickinson press., 1906-01-06
The Empire of Dollars.

Wall street is the capital Of the EN-
pire Of dollars. Like all other capitals,
it has Its intrigues, its favorltes, its
duels, its cabals and its camarillas,
and. like all other capitals, it gives its
color to those who spend their lives
there. 1t has even a sort of patriotism
-"wolf honor"-which brings its. citi-
zens together at times in defense of
the dollar and of property rights. The
empire Of dollars is not altogether a
noble spectacle. We r not thrilled at
the mere thought Of those Venice bank
: who financed" the crusaders. We
do not like to think Of those Wall
street m%anipulators who tried to corner
the gold supply during u civil war,
when the nation needed gold.-Samuel
Merwin in Success Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1906-01-06
-Four Months Early Closing.

We, the undersigned business men of
Dickinson, N. D., do hereby agree. to
close the doors of our places of business
every evening at six (6) o'clock, except
Saturday evenings, during the months of
January, February, March and April.
Signed:
A. T. Crowl 4 Co.
J. c. Cartwright & Co.
Roquette Bros.
Mrs. J. L. Brown.
L. J. Dickinson & Son.
J. c. F. Parker & Co.
Geo. Drenkel.
Thos. Oukrop.
L. A. Davis & Son.
M. T. Zimmerman.
Mckenzie and Jones.
Frank Lish.
Senour, Langley & Ray.
o. B. Frankenberg.
J.W. Reed.
Berringer Bros.
The Dickinson press., 1906-01-06
Correction.

A recent statement in this paper to
the effect that Mr.. o. B. Frankenberg
keeps the best line of house furnishings
in North Dakota is incorrect. He buys
the very best, but his customers do not
allow him to keep them. If you want a
choice out of a large lot OF carpets,
rugs, furniture and draperies you must
call soon. I2-3o-2t