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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22

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There is no short cut toward finding
queen. You have got to look until
you find her. Do not use much smoke
or you will set the bees to running,
end then it is very hard to drd a
queen.
A frightened queen will run from
the light and hide in the first crack or
dark place she can find.
Care at the start so as not to STAN
pede the bees, is the great secret Of
success. and this coupled with strong
light, knowledge OF how any queen be-
HAYES under such conditions. gives you
the key to the whole matter.
Open the hive slowly without a
jar and use as little smoke as posi-
BILE. Be very careful not to kill a sin
opy Is liable ic resent it, this causes
so much smoke to be used in quieting
them that the whole mass is likely to
be "stampeded."
II care is taken not to disturb the
bees and get them to running there is
very little likelihood OF the queen leav.
ing the brood combs.
There is no use wasting time exam
ming frames Of honey. The same
might be said in a certain degree re-
garding combs filled solid full OF
brood.
AS rule you will find a queen on
comb, or that notrion OF a comb.
frem which the bees have recently
emerged.
During a honey-how. with a colony
not excessively populous, gentle bees
clinging to the combs. the simplest
way is to take the combs out and ex.
smine them.
Put them In the comb-basket, and
II the queen has not been found, look
over them again. putting them in an.
other comb basket. Look in the hive
also.
IL is necessary to use as little smoke
as possible so as to avoid starting the
queen to run and hide.
Always begin at one side, first blow.
ing little smoke between the comb
and the wall of the hive, SO as to drive
the queen between the combs IL she
happens to be against the wall.
then take out only one comb on
that side and begin on the other side,
continuing throughout. The object is
to prevent the queen from being left
on the walls of the hive.
One of the plans is to put the combs
in pairs, having the pairs a little dis
lance apart, using an additional hive
for the needed room.
After a time the bees without the
queen will show signs OF uneasiness
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22

and the operator may look for the
queen In the brace of combs where
the bees are quiet.
If a queen is removed from a hive
very carefully. colony may not dis
cover its loss for some hours, while
the loss may be discovered in a less
number of minutes II the bees are for
cibiv thrown from the combs. or IL
otherwise roughly handled.
Yol win be likely 70 find her on one
OF the combs that contain unsealed
brood. II you do not find her after
looking two or three times over the
combs. the likelihood is that you will
not find her IL you keep on for half an
hour.
But II you close the hive and come
back in half an hour. you may find her
then the first thing.
In favorable circumstances as de-
scribed in the beginning of this article.
and If the operator has been careful
and not scared the queen, she will be
found on the combs. and often she has
not even interrupted her work of lay
ing eggs.
Generally she has retreated from the
light and taken refuge between he
bottom of the comb and the bottom
bar, IL there is space there, and there
generally is.
Then when the operator looks over
the comb. there begins a game of hide
and seek. When the operator looks
for the queen he always turns the
comb and himself so that the sun will
be at his back and strike on the comb.
AS soon as the. comb Is In that posi-
ton. the queen skips on the opposite
side. remaining near the bottom and
among the bees that are there; for
the bees, as well as the queen, have
retreated to the lower part OF the
combs, except those that are filling
themselves with honey.
Then when the operator turns the
comb over. the queen skips again on
the other side; not that she cares fol-
The operator. but to get away from the
| sun and light
Some beekeepers. when they desire
to find black queens. take all the
combs out, take the hive and dump II
In front Of the entrance. set 1t back,
and clap an entrance guard over the
now empty hive.
The bees are all shaken off the
combs, and the entrance guard lis Gag
erly scrutinized to see when her maj
esty strikes the obstruction.
do not know but all things consid
cred. this is about as quick way 10
find black queens among black bees
as to undertake tho very uncertain
and laborious method l have already
described.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
Raised pouahnuts.

One pint of milk scalded. one-half
cupful OF sugar. -four TO make soft
dough, two eggs, one teaspoonful OF
salt, one heaping tablespoonful but
ter. one yeast cake. Put the butter
In the scalded milk, cool. add the
yeast. sugar and -four, heat well and
let stand over night. In the morning
beat the eggs. stir them into the but
ter and flour to make soft dough.
knead lightly and set to rise. When
light take out half the dough. spread
on making board and cut out. Spread
a clean breadcloth on the table aud
sprinkle lightly with flour. Put the
doughnuts on this cover and let stand
one-half hour. Fry in boiling fat. Do
not stick fork In them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
New Plan. for state FAR.

While the state fair this year il
over it nevertheless Is still an inter
esting topic and no pains will be
spared 70 make the fair next year big
ger and better than ever.
A meeting of the State Fair assocla
ton Will be held some time in the
near future, and while nothing definite
has been outlined, many recommends.
tons viii be made and work along
somewhat different lines than those
/ followed in the past will be taken up
( One OF the chief recommendation will
be that the Wisconsin society pattern
somewhat after the organization of IL
linois.
IN speaking Of the matter Dr. Gus
/ tay A Kletzsch. a member of the
| board Of directors. and one of the prin-
cipal figures in connection with the
big show'here annually, said:
1T would undoubtedly improve mat
tiers Nhieh have existed with the Wis
consin state fair if we could bring
about conditions such as are main
tanned in the state of Illinois as to the
/ realtors OF the county 1airs 10 their
state fair. They have an organization
Of all their county fairs, numbering
102, which virtually participate in the
successful issue of the Illinois state
fair Each of these 102 county organ
cations every two years send three
delegates to Springfield. where they
meet during the progress Of the state
fair and elect president who is either
selected out of the body of delegates
or an outside candidate may be cho-
sen.
Out of the body of delegates are
selected members of the state fair
board equal in number to the con
gressional districts of the state, which
is twenty-five. This constitutes the
board. They have absolute charge of
all the business pertaining to the Illi-
nois state fair. They are responsible
to no one. The state legislature ap-
propriates large sums of money annu-
ally for the benefit of the state fair
and these moneys are used to the best
| possible advantage as the board di-
reefs.
THE state fair is held at the close
of all the dates Of the county fairs
and as a grand windup. Each one OF
the county organizations sends a large
quota of visitors to the state fair. The
state fair board naturally secs to it
! that the fair and exposition in every
sense of the word comes up to the
! tastes of the visitors, and l can say
that they certainly draw the people
from the state to Springfield in very
large numbers.
THE fair is open only up to
O'Clock and after that hour it de.
wolves upon the people of Springfield
to entertain their country cousins. and
for several evenings of the week en-
tertainments are provided for the Wis
itors through bands of music playing
| in the downtown districts. professions
of civic societies and mardi gras festi-
walls"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
.TAFTS TITLE CLEAR.
Roosevelt the Man of Trickery
at Chicago.
His Efforts, for His Own interests, &c
Dust Delegates Regularly Chosen.
Can Not Surely Have Been
Forgotten.

II is not easy TO follow the rea-
soning which interprets as a progress
sive Fictory-that is. victory for the
so-called Progressive party-the &C
ton of the New York Republicans in
declaring for a new basis OF repre-
sentation for national conventions.
The PTogressives did not originate
the proposition. 1t has been in the
minds of leading Republicans for
years. Thomas C. Plat, NJ. S. Quay
and Mark Hanna all favored it. They
saw, as others did, that. with nothing
to offer the presidential candidate on
election day, the south had far too
much to say in the choosing of the
candidate On that account they
urged on more than one occasion the
reduction of southern representation
i'll Republican conventions; and men
who now call themselves Progressives
gave them no support whatever.
That the proposition has more.
strength today than formerly is due
almost wholly to the action OF the
Progressives last year in their efforts
to tamper with the south's power in
the Chicago convention in the inter
ests of Mr.. Roosevelt. The seats Of
delegates regularly chosen for Mr..
Taft were contested upon the tlimsiest
pretexts, and strong influences exert
ed to substitute Roosevelt men. II
was an industry. financed by the
Roosevelt organization.
But it failed 1t was so ''raw"-so
transparency repugnant to the code
of fair dealing-that leading Roose-
welt supporters on the national COM
mittee revolted. They would not have
It; and, unable to secure the south
ern vote by fraud, Mr., Roosevelt was
defeated for the Republican nomina-
ton.
Nor does the Progressive character
ization of the southern states as
rotten boroughs" fit the case. In
times past some southern delegates to
Republican national conventions sold
their votes for spot cash. But did no
delegates from other sections-wheth-
er we consider Republican or Demo
cratic conventions-ever sell their
votes for promises of office7 And,
in morals strictly considered, what is
the difference between the two trans
actions?
Rotten" as the south may have
been at other times. she was not rot
ten" at Chicago last year, but, against
much rotten" temptation, stood firm
for the instructions that had been
given at the time her delegates were
regularly chosen. And this fact en-
tered into the assurance which Chair
man Root gave TO Mr.. Taft in his
speech of notification. that his title to
the nomination was as clean as that
of any candidate for the presidency
the Republican party had ever pre-
scented to the country.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
manv ExDected At convention.

With the possibility of having at the
head of the speakers list either Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson or Secretary
of State William ]. Bryan stiIl hang
Ing fire." Indications are that between
1000 and 5000 persons will attend the
1913 session Of the Wisconsin Teach
ers' association in Milwaukee on No
vember 6. and s.
Applications have been made for
nearly 1000 membership tickets.
These cards are sold at 81 each to
any person. whether teacher or not,
and entitle the purchaser to admission.
Convention sessions will be held in
the main hall OF the Auditorium.
Branch conferences win be held in
other halls In the Auditorium. Head
quarters for the entire convention
will be in the Plankinton house Of
fees VIII be opened in the colonial
room at 400 p. m. on Thursday, No
vember s, and win be kept open until
the close Of the convention. A bu-
reau Of information viii be main
tanned In the lobby Of the Plankinton
house Even II President Wilson OF
Secretary Bryan are rot presens, the
list Of Speakers viii be q most bril-
liant GALAXY
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
Not a, BAG a. He Eeared.

1t was during his first visit to the
city. and the noise and confusion had
naturally made him a little nervous.
Suddenly jumping up he started to-
ward the door. without waiting for his
hat
Where are you running to, Uncle
Abner?" his niece anxiously called.
Gee Whillikins." he answered.
don't you hear them dogs a-fightin'?
They must be just natchelly chewin'
one another all up"
do you mean that noise out in the
street? That's not dog fight. That's
Willie and some of his friends saying
Rah, rah. rah,' and the rest of their
class yells."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
PLEASANT ADDITION TO TABLE
okra One Of the Very Best Of the
Vegetables That May Be
Made Into a Salad.

There never was a time when so
many vegetables and fruits of ether
attitudes are finding then way to our
markets Improved transportation IA
eilities and increased demand for new
foods has brought the foods of other
tables within the reach of our own.
Okra was once considered solely a
southern product limited to creole and
Louisiana zones. But now we see the
green. attractive pods in many mar
kets. selling at five cents for two or
three. and cheaper in large quanti-
ties.
A northern woman was pleasantly
surprised TO find that okra would
grow in our ATTITUDES. and she was
delighted with the tall hollyhock-like
plant with large cream flowers, and
found that she could use the pods in
many ways.
For salad she took the very small
green pods, boiled them until tender.
chilled them and served on lettuce
with French dressing. She added
them 10 soup in the proportion of two
cups of okra to four quarts OF wager
using meat and onion. salt and pep
per, and sometimes tomatoes.
The famous chicken gumbo' is
made with a fricassed chicken. to
which is added the okra sliced cross
wise, tomatoes. slices of ham, thyme.
parsley. with a rich gravy.
okra combines particularly we'll
with rice and tomatoes. and a de-
licious dish can be made by adding
stewed okra and tomatoes to boiled
rice. and either serving at once or
baking in a deep dish.
The creole cooks say that okra
should never be cooked in any cop
per. brass or iron vessel. as the metal
viii be absorbed and the pods Re-
come discolored Use only agate or
porcelain.
While okra does not contain any
particular food element In quantity. IL
has the peculiar muscilaginous quail
ity given TO only few plants. and is
therefore at its best in soups and
sauces which have a meat flavor. 1t
is also cooling. and so can be classed
as an addition to our table salads
Philadelphia Record.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22

A poet in whose heart despair
Had sunk her fingers tore them loose.
And putting on a hopeful air
Sent out a song of eours E where
He feared 'twould be OF little use.
THE proud" he said perhaps will sneer
And make my song OF hope Jest,
But / shall triumph IL / cheer
One weak and weary soul or clear
But one doubt from some aching bresSt.
THE ones who scoh. self-satisfied
And free from woes that warp and kill.
Win tosg my song OF hope aside
And In their wisdom and their pride
Show pity for my lack of skill"
So Ills strength" he sang. gives faith to
seek
The glad. fair ways that lie ahead:
They fail who sit downcast and meek.
For hope is strong and doubt is weak
JOY comes by patient courage led"
There came from those he thought 10 be
Self-satisfied one who confessed.
Who bowed In deep humility
And cried; New hope has come TO me
Despair was hidden in my breast
Why fear 10 preach good cheer? we neer
May guess what heart lies deep in pain:
Each golden arrow shot in air
Is fated TO descend somewhere
No hopeful word is said Ia vain.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
STATE MEETING
FOR SHEB0YGAN
Wisconsin Sunday School asso-
citation to Meet There.
PROMINENT MEN TO ADDRESS
FIfty-Thlrd Annual Gathering VIII
Open on November q and Close
on the 1Sth-Luneehoa 10
Be Feature.

Observation-Disclosures fifty-third an
nual State Sunday School convention
Is announced for Sheboygan Novem-
Der IL TO IS.
Sheboygan is making elaborate prep
arations for the event, having leased
the opera house for the main conven
ton sessions, and the Eagles hall as
a convention dining room.
The school of methods will be held
by departments an ] will occupy five
Of the largest churches in the city.
Among the speakers are men and
women of international reputation in
the field of religious education
Among these are the Rev. w. E.
Chalmers, D. D.. Philadelphia, general
secretary of the educational depart
ment Of the American Baptist Publi-
cation society; the Rev F. T. Enderis.
editor of Der Christliche Apologize;
John L. Alexander, the noted worker
with boys, formerly executive secre-
tary of the Boy Scouts, and now teen
age superintendent for the Interna-
tional Sunday School association; w.
c. Pearce of Chicago, associate gen.
eral secretary of the International
Sunday School association; Mrs. Pho
ebe Curtiss of Columbus, o., specialist
in children's work; Miss Elizabeth
fitzpatrick of Corinth. Miss, and Miss
Maud A. Price of Wellington, Kans.
This convention will be Unique
among similar conventions of the
United States in having one days
session conducted in the German Ian
guage, discussing special problems
which concern the German speaking
Sunday schools.
Another prominent feature OF the
convention will be the various lunch
cons. One will be given by S. F.
Shattuck of Neenah, president of the
Wisconsin Sunday School association,
to all officers of the county and district
school associations. There will be one
for pastors and superintendent, 9th
ers for elementary, secondary. adult
and teacher training alumni.
A nominal registration fee of 81 Is
charged, which includes membership
in the state association, program,
badge, entertainment and years sub
scription to the Wisconsin Winner, the
official organ Of the state association.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
Wash Tina, sticks.

In making whitewash that win not
scale OFF, end the following very
good. writes a contributor TO the
Washington Herald. Dissolve glue In
hot water. and add In the proportion
OF pint Of water to four gallons OF
whitewash: or dissolve an ounce Of
gum arabic in pint Of boiling wa
ter and stir in, observing the same
proportions. Before applying this or
any other wash, scrape the wall clean
and smooth. Another good method
is to add ultramarine glue. as II gives
a pretty tint. A little salt added TO
the whitewash is very good; II pre-
vents it from rubbing on,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
Rsef Loaf.

Beef loaf. served cold. is an mex
pensive cold meat Mix a pound OF
fresh, chopped beef with half a pound
OF fat salt pork chopped fine
Bind them together with an egg and
add salt, pepper. little grated onion
and then half cupful each OF milk
and cracker crumbs Roll into a loaf
and bake for three-quarters OF an hour,
basting occasionally with hot water
aud melted butter
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
Nc Hone for the Future,

Not even the dreamers among the
Progressiyes can hope to capture the
house In 1914. Recent elections have
shown the party is crumbling. II
might be possible 70 elect a few Pro
gressives, but it is doubtful whether
the present number Of members OF
that party In the house win be aug.
augmented. Neither Perkins nor
Finn would have anything to gain IN
such a fight, and it can hardly be ex.
pected that they are going to make
further inroads into their fortunes
Just for the fun Of the thing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
Sour Cream Cake.

Beat two eggs well. then add one
cup Of sugar and beat again. In an
other bowl dissolve one-half teaspoon
OF soda IN one cup of sour milk. In
still another bowl or pan put " cups
Of flour and one-half teaspoon Of bak-
ing powder, thoroughly sifted together.
Stir these all together, add table
spoon OF melted butter and one-half a
teaspoon of vanilla or lemon. Beat
well. This makes n good layer cake.
also. Il Is nice eaten warm.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22

After noting that Colonel Roosevelt
neither caught that huge mountain
lion with his bare hands nor ate him
raw, we were not greatly surprised to
find that his pendulum has swung so
far back toward conservatism that he
refuses to discuss the Mexican situa-
ton on the mere ground that he
doesn't know anything about it.-Co-
lumbus (O.) State Journal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
No More College BUSHES.

President Van Hise of the university
announced that as a result Of the foul
and unfair tactics employed by the
sophomore class in the annual rush
and as result of the numerous cases
of hazing reported, it is probable that
the faculty will prohibit the holding OF
another of the historic rushes. On &C
count of the unfairness of the upper
classmen the affair was awarded to
the freshmen. One OF the sophs fired
a pistol before the referee was ready,
thus giving the upperclassmen an ad.
vantage The "soph" who did the fir
ing, has been apprehended and is to
be prosecuted by the student council.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
RepubIiean proaressIves FADING Away

Last year Mr. Roosevelt received
$4,000 votes in New Jersey. This
year the two contrasting candidates
for the Progressive gubernatorial
nomination received a total of less
than 5000 votes. It is true that UNI
der court resfng which declared that
no participant in the Democratic or
Republican primaries last year could
this year vote the Progressive ticket,
thousands of would-be Progressive
voters were disbarred, because last
year before the third party was
formed, they voted as Republicans.
At the same time. this fact does not
wholly account tor the disappearance
of 1877 900 votes, In many precincts
in the city of Trenton. for instance,
not one Progressive vote was cast
and more than one editorial express
sion in the New Jersey newspapers is
to the effect that the fight will be be-
tween Stokes and Fielder. 1t is also
asserted that the Progressive party
is rapidly vanishing as political
factor in the state.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
New rsriff Political Connection.

So far. then. as the Democratic tar
III being built on the lessons of expe-
rience and the advice of experts is
concerned, it is further from being a
scientific tariff than the one il is to
supplant 1t is purely political con
coction designed to redeem a platform
pledge as a means Of preserving party
capital and intrenching the party in
power The test of time alone will
tell whether. even from this point of
view. it Is to be a success or failure.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
Joke That Failed.

TELL the court just how 1t happen
ed, urged the lawyer. Why did you
hit this man?"
Well" replied the prisoner. ''it was
this way: Ye see. yer honor, OF was
walkin' down tn strate and met this
felly leadin' a yellow dog. oh, no.
says OF, thinkin' to joke bit wild inn.
what koind av dog is that you're
ladin'? says OF. An Irish setter says
he"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
Bravery Huhl

Really, think it is very brave of
him to work the way he does, seeing
that his father is a millionaire"
"Braye?" he answered, jealousy no
ticing the splendid arch of her instep.
nothing brave about that. Why,
there's more danger in riding polo
pony ten minutes than there would be
to work in that old bank for 30 years"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22

George Apfelbacher Of Delafeld has
brought suit against the state for $780,
900 damage for the flooding of his
lands by the waters OF the state fish
hatchery. In another suit, a corollary
to the first. he asks the court to pro-
hibit the opening Of the dams near
Lake Nsgawicka, which are used 70
supply water for the hatchery APPEL
bacher attempted to bring suit last
year. but was frustrated because Of
constitutional provision prohibiting
private parties from suing the stats.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-10-22
Home.

Home is not the stately palace
With It's acres stretching far;
Home Is not the cottage under
Those outspreading branches yonder--
Home Is where the loved ones are.
Home, when all the tasks are ended.
May be on some distant star,
Or II may DO where the clover
Scents the breezes blowing over
Home Is where the loved ones srn.