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Back TO the STAGE.

Marriage has lot proved a success
for Janet Priest, the little Minneapo-
rs actress who left the stage about a
year ago to marry Thomas Robb, a
rich Philadelphia man, and Mrs.
Robb VIII return to the stage. Mrs
Robb is well known IN Minneapolis
for she is 2 graduate of the University
OF Minnesota. She left Minnesota to
join one of Richard Carries companies
II The Maid and the Mummy The
next fall she came to Minneapolis
with the musical comedy and her
friends saw her as an actress. The
eastern friends of MI. and Mrs Robb
were not surprised to hear of their
estran cement. for their domestic life
has not been happy and they have not
been able to keep that fact to them
selves since last April, when they took
a house in Port Washington. L. I.
The justice OF the peace, Charles Wy.
song of Port Washington, endeavored
TO effect a reconciliation after me last
rupture, but an amicable agreement
could not be made. and the actress has
decided to go back to the stage.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-10
Dead Empires.

Why do nations die? other causes
may operate, but destruction of re-
sources is fetal. Before the forests
of Lebanon were destroyed Palestine
supported in afiiuence ten million
people. The noun aims have long
been denuded. Forbidding slopes, bar
rem and ugly, rear their weird forms
sharply above dismal and desolate
valleys. Scarcely four hundred thous-
and people remain in all the region,
and most of these are in wretched,
hopeless poverty.
Syria, once maintaining multitude
Of prosperous towns and cities-An-
tioch having a population of half a
millions at presentsthe scene of ir.
reparable ruiz. The destruction of
Syria's forests, begun 1850 B. c., fol-
lowed by the disappearance OF her
soil and the decay of her industries.
would alone have produced this eff
feet. Babylon, once capital of the
world, is gone. Nineveh and Car
thage. once the seats of mighty civil
iations, and abundantly equipped by
generous nature for permanent life,
are desoIate wastes. Man destroyed
the forests. and lands which once
flowed with milk and honey were
transformed into deserts
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-10
Europe.

Europe is a place where all good
Americans go to. 1t came into rom.
inence shortly after the civil war
The open palm first rose in Europe
and was imported into this country
by Sir Walter Raleigh. Hence Palm
Beach and palm rooms.
Europe raises for our use counts
princes and dukes, ruins and old mas
ters. 1t also furnishes new styles and
diseases. From it we receive the
most lasting forms of drunkenness.
Europe is used for honeymoon pur-
poses, and for those who are used to
American hotels it is a form of pen
ance.
It's Importance as topic Of CONVEX.
sation can hardly be oyer-estimated
1t makes more talk than any other
product.
Europe is also useful as a means of
getting acquainted with your next-door
neighbor While travelling with him
on the other side there is usually
time between stations to ascertain HIS
name and business.
AS a place Of refuge for our princi-
pal millionaires, it is becoming more
and more useful every year, and more
affectionately regarded by all patri-
otto Amerit sns.-Thomas L. Mason
in Success Magazine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-10
chamnlain As gxnlorer.

Samuel de Champlain, who came,
like Roberyal's pilot, Jean Alphonse,
from The neighborhood of La Ro
chelle. ultimately proved to be the
most successful of all French explor-
ers or colonists OF North Amerle
II was Ii cruises along the West
dies and Mexico, at the extreme e. I
Of the 18th century, that he won b
spurs. There he gave earnest of his
sagacity by suggesting the formation
of a canal through the isthmus Of
Panama. The project, which had al
ready occurred to a Biscayan pilot,
has waited long for realization. Sub
,sequenuy Champlain faced the more
familiar problem of a short way to
Asia by a northwest passage. But
he did not set foot on North
American soil until the year of
Queen EliZabeth's death, when Eng.
land, at length dimly conscious Of
her colonial destiny, had commenced
her own gallant attack on the geo.
graphical puzzle. Then Champlain's
companions set out to enforce a trade
monopoly which the crown of France
had granted them over the natural
products of Canada But Champlain
subordnated mercantile hopes TO his
passion for discovery. He pursued
an original inland clew. His bold
endeayors first brought within the
ken of Europeans the mighty chain
of Canadian lakes. The existing town
of Quebec was his foundation. His
quest we'll served the assertion of
French sovereignty over Canada Al
though British political rivalry fer a
time rendered the issue doubtful. the
French claim was formally admitted
before Champlain's death, When he
breathed his last in Quebec in 1887,
he knew that genuine fruit had come
of the aspirations which Cartier for
mulated, and he and his companions
revived and developed At length a
French province was established, with
bouRdless possibilities of expansion.
lakes of the far north. French mari
time energy had aimed first at new
fishing grounds in the north, and then
at rapid seaway to eastern opu-
lence, Finally its scope broadened.
under stress of commercial instinct,
into colonial empire. The victory
had been won over snow and ice
which looked impenetrable.- Sidney
Lee in Scribners Magazine
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HOPEFUL SIGNS.

The attempt of certain citizens Of
st. Louis to revive confidence by
resolution attracted wide attention
While many people doubted the eff.
cacy of prosperity on paper as {
means of securing prosperity in act L.
ality, the optimistic spirit was dp-
proved.
Newspapers items appearing during
the last few days have served to
give much encouragement to the h pc
full Some of them are 50 significant
as TO deserve special notice.
One told of the action of one of
the most prominent railroad conpa.
MES in the country in ordering all
cars put back upon the tracks.
In the period of depression there
have been SO many idle cars that this
company did not have track space
sufficient for storing them. SO they
were lifted off The sidlngs I'D stored
on vacant ground.
The news item which described the
busy men working with derricks to
put them all back upon the tracks
again was followed quickly by a
similar cheering story from another
great railroad system.
If the Pennsylvania desired to gel
its cars back on the tracks and the
New York Central ordered car build
ers to go ahead with the manufacture
of 1000 cars whose completion had
been stopped last fall, many reading
the notes, felt that there were signs
of an early return of prosperity.
Another day brought It's item
about the pushing of work on ter
minal construction at Norfolk 10 ac-
commodate the business In sight in
the immediate future.
From far off Texas similar mes
sage OF encouragement was sent, in
dicating a great season of prosperity
on the part of the railroads in that
state, as their officials took knowl-
edge Of the demands to be made upon
them"
If another road secured a photo
graph of a mile of idle locomotives
to be used In evidence in favor of
raising Of rates. that pessimistic sug
gestion was Oyerbalanced by such
items as the ones already mentioned.
The occasional closing of bank
or shutting down OF a business house
plays its part in the news of the day.
But the appearance OF the hopeful
indications in places so widely sepa-
rated geographically as the ones
mentioned has brought message OF
confidence TO the American people
during the last few days.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-10
a peIIohtfuI summer osh,


"A chaudfroid Of salmon is suitable
for the piece de resistance of din.
ner or luncheon during the war1n see-
son." says Fannie Merritt Farmer IN
Woman's Home Companion. Take
the contents of one can of salmon or
equal weight in cold boiled fish, re-
move skin and bones, and separate In
flakes. II the canned product is used,
ilrst rinse very thoroughly with hot
water. Mix one tablespoonful Of -four,
ona-half tablespoonful Of salt, one tea
spoonful OF mustard and few grains
of ca yenne. Add one egg slightly
beaten, one and one-half tablespoon
fuls Of melted butter, three table
sr3onfuls Of vinegar and three-fourths
Of a cupful of milk. Cook over hot
water until the mixture thickens like
a soft custard, stirring constantly at
first and afterward occasionally. Re-
move from the range, and add three
fourths Of tablespoonful OF granu-
lated gelatine soaked In two table
gpoonfuls OF cold water Strain the
mixture, add to the fish, and turn into
Individual molds or a brick mold.
Chill thoroughly. and remove from the
mold or molds to serving dish. II
/ mold the MIXTURE for individual serv-
ice | usually surround the portions
with cucumber sauce and garnish each
with a slice of cucumber. II I have
a large mold arrange 1t on a bed OF
lettuce and serve with frozen horse
radish sauce"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-10
NO MORE GARBAGE FEAsTs
For Pesttential Creatures Which So
Freely Transmit Disease.

For PesttentiaI Creatures Which So
Freely Transmit Disease.
Sacramento Bee-An amended
garbage ordinance, drawn by Mayor
White in accordance with the views
of the city board OF health, requires
the use of uniform rat proof metal
cans of a prescribed size, with tight
covers, by all householders, restau-
ran and hotels. The ordinance fur
Their provides for the collection of
garbage by employees Of the city, and
its hauling in suitable metal wagons
to the crematory.
This is a necessary measure, in the
Interest of the public health. 1t
should rot only be passed by the
board of trustees but strictly enforced
by imposing fines in all cases of VIC
lation OF its provisions.
The chief reason for this amended
ordinance is the danger of the intro
duction of plague among the rats. In
order to reduce this danger to a min.
imum it is needful to get rid of the
pests as far as possible, and one OF
The best ways is to shut off their
supply of food And as garbage is
one of their main sources of supply,
under present conditions, it becomes
necessary to guard against their ac.
cess to it, which makes rat proof met.
al cans requisite, aud also a system
OF collection and carriage by the city
There will be some murmuring
over the cost of cans. but the small
outlay for this purpose will be much
more than offset. by the free collec
I ton of garbage by the city, which will
effect a saving to householders.
Aside from the consideration of pos.
sible danger to health through rats
! there are good reasons why the city
should collect and haul away garbage
as well as burn it. The manner in
which this is now done by garbage
men as a pr waite industry is often ex-
ceedingly offensive and negligent BY
the use of suitable water tight me-
tallic wagons, made for the purpose,
avoided, and as the men employed for
the purpose win be under official di-
erection and supervision the work is
likely to be much more thoroughly
and carefully performed than it now
is. This is reform The Bee has long
advocated, and its accomplishment
will be gratifying to the public gen.
erally.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-10
SCIENCE NOTES.

Scientists in Germany say that a
substance has been prepared which
shows the same radloactivity as that
of radium bromide 1t is said that
the substance is uranyl molybdate.
The molybdate is formed by adding
ammonia molybdate to uranyl nitrate
when a white amorphous powder sep
arates This is dried In the dark and
apparently must be kept there, as II
is unstable. Report says that it gives
radioactive effects which are practic.
ally as intense as those given by "a
dunn. Though eostly-namely, about
Sl10 an ounce-the price is not SO
enormous as that of radium, which
has reached many thousand dollars
for the same quantity.
That the finest stone buildings and
monuments Of many cities are disinte-
grating through the action OF the sui
phuri cacid produced by the combus.
ton of coal Is asserted by a writer
in Cosmos (Paris). In London. es-
pecfally, 1t has been estimated that
no less than half a million tons Of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-10
How to &c a Chorus Girl.

Here's all about how to be a sue
1essfui chorus girl. The information
is a composite of the wisdom of the
beauteous young things who sdorn
the stage OF Chicago theater, where
on Miss Elsie Janis is the star attrac
ton.
Be of medium height
Weigh between 10 and 112 pounds
BE as young as you can without
breaking the commandment regarding
veracity
Take as much exercise as you can.
Develop suppleness.
Don't get tired too easily.
Don't say 81 can't" The II can't
girl never gets beyond the back row.
Study the work of the more as-
vanced in stagecraft
Take the advice of the stage man.
ager-he knows what he is talking
about; otherwise he wouldn't be a
stage manager.
Learn how to use your hands and
feet and cultivate proper facial express
sion.
Above all, learn how to do nothing
gracefully,
Don't eat Holsters or associate with
them.
Then. with good health and good in
tentions, the road to advancement is
easy, and during the progress of the
march there'll be fine lot Of chorus
girls assembled.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-10
RICE IDEAL SUMMER FOOD.
Follow This Advice and Find Il the
Best Of Al Cereals,

Follow This Advice and Find It the
Best Of Al Cereals,
Rlee is mostly starch, but it is one
OF the most collingest" foods YOU
can eat in summer If cooked in the
familiar mushy way : { as no better
than so much flour paste for scrap
books. Cooked properly. it is the most
delicious of all cereals.
An army officer forty five years ago
brought me present from China. II
was a miniature Tower of Babel
made of rice flour. The retail was
most extraordinary. Some of the lines
We're as thin as hair. yet the whole
structure (about two feet in height
was as hard as the finest marble. 1t
gave me an idea about rice. How
could person eat rice paste and live?
| made some paste and it stuck things
together in a way never to be for
gotten. Last year a Japanese officer
presented to a friend in New York
the Leaning Tower of Pisa, made of
rice paste You can hardly imagine
anything more beautiful. II ought to
go to the Metropolitan Museum of
Art.
There is but one way TO cook rice
to have rice properly cooked The
finest rice is the Italian, strange as it
may seem. And the Italians know
how to cook It, First-boil your water
and salt Have both pure. Have a
clean pot The Italians never wash
rice, They contend that to wash 1t
removes the gluten. They will dill
gently pick out foreign substances,
however When the grains are cooked
until they can be easily mashed be-
tween the finger and thumb, drain in
collanier. Then, very suddenly,
turn on the hot water tap and wash,
wash, wash. And then-do Q little
steaming. Serve red hot, with butter
and pepper or some spices. One
tablespoonful Of rice, properly pre-
pared, is a complete meal for an
adult. It's cost? Three cents, including
all the neutrality-suspicious. Smith in
New York Press.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-10

On the Aisle.
Lucinda went into her playhouse,
Ana said, with a bright, CHEEKY
smile,
I've got day of on next Wednesday
So give me seat on the aisle"
Her brother came round in an hour,
And slipped new bin from mis- pile
'lf the house isn't Sold" he demanded,
Just give me seat on the aisle
When father was through with his
toiling,
He stopped in the lobby a while;
''The Mrs. and me-" he informed them
Want seats for this show-on the
aisle
The Smiths. who are in an apartment
Where things are conducted in style,
Sent one of the hall boys to purchase
"A couple of seats on the aisle"
From the Esplanade Ferry to Buck
town
They stood, in far-reaching file,
Each telling the man at the window.
Here, gimme some seats on the
aisle"
Sometime they will build a new play.
house,
Quite narrow, but stretching mile,
With two rows of seats down the
middle
Each chair in the house on the
aisle
The Billboard.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-10

In my opinion every public utilities
corporation should be a monopoly.
would slIrt that way. Then / would
plainly set forth in the charter or
franchise of each public utilities cor
poration all of its rights and priyi-
leges, its limitations and it's duties.
that would take it out of politics. If
a municipality chartered its gas and
lighting and tesephones-all of its
public utilities corporations in the
manner l have indicated the corpora
ton would not be meddling in poll
tics, because there would be nothing
in politics for it to gain and the pol
iticians would not threaten it because
their threats would be laughed at
If you don't give your gas com
pany, for instance. a monopoly aud
let rival dig up the streets and lay
pipes, you invite them both to bid for
privileges and at the same time you
invite a municipal government to
threaten with a loss of privileges.
No corporation wants to be in poll
tics for the sake Of playing poll,
tics 20 f{i
The game is as repugnant to a
man who is president of corpora
ton as it would be TO him if he were
not I mean. of course, the graft end
of the game. The character or fran
chise of a corporation could provide
the methods by which the price of a
thing which the corporation sells
might be, from time to time adjusted,
and adjusted in such way that there
would be no choice for threats on one
side or brides on the other"
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dation, but the corporation remained
firm, and again nominated Mr.. Eliot.
At the next commencement dinner.
the atmosphere was distinctly COOL.
the president Of the dinner being one
who had voted against Mr.. Eliot. At
the dinner not one word was said
about Mr., Eliot until Joseph H.
Choate, then a rising young lawyer in
remote New York, arose and said that
he thought it was time that some en-
couraging word should be uttered
about the young president. 'T have
always felt grateful" said Mr.. Eliot.
TO Mr.. Choate for what ne said on
that occasiVh."-From Success Maya,
zine.
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to happen over there that he can
make a melodrama out of.
Edith Barker, popularity known as
an interpreter of important dramatic
Characterization, is this season lead
| ing woman in The Lion and the
Mouse company. She is under a FIVE
years contract to Henry B. Harris.
1t now turns out that S. Miller Ken
had chicken pox instead of smallpox
but he got almost as much advertis-
| ing out of it.
Otis Harlan is to have the leading
comedy role in The Broken Idol which
is soon to be produced in Chicago.
Now comes the report that Helen
Hale is TO be starred in Miss Hook of
Holland next season,
The Wolf, Eugene Walters latest
melodrama is to be transplanted to
| London.
A play is to be made from Frances
Aymar Mathews's new novel. The
Flame Dancer.
Three companies are to be put on
the road in The Lion and the Mouse
next season.
1t Happened in Nordand is to be re-
vived next season and sent out to the
| coast.
FRITZ Scheff sailed for Europe and
will spend the summer in Austria.
Mrs. Annie Yeamans has gone into
vaudeville again this time in n new
monolog.
Austin Webb is to be Lillian Rus
sells leading man next season in
Wildfire.
Richard Lambert has gone to Lon
don to create the title role in The
Cynic.
Plans are being made to send The
Round Up to London.
Hope Booth has bought vaudeville
sketch from Clyde Fitch.
Margaret Anglin sailed from Van.
| couver for Australia.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-10
Why We Hold Cuba.

A newspaper man, having asked
Elihu Root how long he thought the
American occupation Of Cuba would
last, got the following story in re-
ply:
A kindergarten teacher asked a
class of boys:
Have you a warm coat?"
Yes" was the reply
Can you take off your warm cOat?'
yes"
Has bear warm coat?"
Yes"
Can a bear take off his warm
coat?"
NO"
why can not the bear take of his
warm coat?'
This puzzled the youngsters mo-
ment, and then one cub on the back
row yelled;
"Cause God only knows where ths
buttons are!"--Home Magazine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-10
rhe Fork Vogue Threatened.

1t is interesting to know that the
cult Of the fork is in danger, it having
been announced that the tines are
dangerous because they collect germs,
and those who wish 10 eat only pure
food must not use a fork Once there
were no forks, and then as the en-
blem of civilization forks multiplied
until they we're almost too numerous
tor entire comfort. and It became a
matter of profound Importance to
know the function Of any particular
fork. 1t would simplify matters If
they were no more, but one cannot I'm
agine how the change would We sue
cessfully brought about.
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acid are thus discharged into the at
mosphere yearly.
According to the evidence given re-
Gently by DR.. R. T. Williams, an Eng
llsh physician, in a London police
court, he distinguishes seven stages
of drunkenness-irritable, mellow.
pugnacious, affectionate. lachrymose.
followed. if the total doses were large
enough, by collapse and death.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-10
When Eliot Became Harvsrd's Pres.
dent

Shortly after the civil war Mr. Eliot
was elected president of Harvard.
He had been a member of the faculty
since 1861. He was appointed tutor
in mathematics in 1854, and finally he
became assistant professor in mathe-
MATES He had been a professor OF
chemistry at the Massachusetts Insti-
tute Of Technology, and he had stud
led chemistry and education two years
In Europe. But he was still young.
He was but thirty-five years II age.
Alumni felt him an unsafe man to
elect as the leader Of Harvard, not
merely because re was young, but also
because he was a radical. He had
criticized In print their method Of
choosing residents from the minis
try-comparing the practice to that
Of placing untried civilians over the
headr OF soldiers; he had criticized
openly established methods Of educs
ton, and he had not spared the knife
on the matter OF tradition.
The corporation consisted Of SIX
men advanced in years. They chose
Mr. Eliot. The overseers, body Of
thirty men, returned the recommen-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-10

The areas in the United States pro
ducing petroleum and natural gas in
commercial quantities are comprised
within five great fields and few
smaller scattered tracts, the division
into fields being governed by the To-
cation of the areas and the quality of
the oil produced. These fields are
known as the Appalachian field, the
naIndianaIllinois field, the mid.
continent field. the gull field, and the
California fed. Four of them include
more than one state; and one state,
OHIO, includes parts of two fields. The
geographic limits and general geolog-
ic features of these fields, the charac-
ter OF the oils, and detailed statistics
of production are set forth by w. T.
Griswold in an advance chapter on
petroleum from Mineral Resources
of the United States Calendar Year
1906"
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MoNoPoLIES o. K.
But They Must Be Under Fullest
Control.

We irvite attention TO the recipe of
Francis J. Heney. first national prose.
cutor of graft. for the elimination OF
corruption in public service affairs
consisting. in brief, of the one word
monopoly"
"Of course. so far as the corpora.
tons are concerned. a great deal can
be said as TO their being the victims
of a graft system which they do not
originate: which they would be glad
TO be rid Of But the fact Is there
and they act upon those facts. Now
the remedy. fla ny opinion. so far as
the special privilege people goes. is to
put 81 corporations asking privilege
out OF politics. That can b. done and
has been done In he case. for in.
stance. OF the Boston gas corporation.