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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05

solid masses On the whole front
there are only two places where they
dare not come-the hills OF Eparges
and Tahure.
They have been made desperate
by hunger and now they are afraid
OF nothing. The other morning | saw
a dispatch rider whose motorcycle
tires had been eaten by the rats, and
many Of US have found that during
the night they have eaten our smer-
gency rations which we keep in our
inside pockets. Woe to the soldier
who falls asleep with a piece of choc-
olate in his trousers pocket He is
sure to wake up without his chocolate
and almost without his trousers.
Unlike the Germans the rats are
able to invent all kinds Of devilish
ruses. The German soldier is a we'll
trained and well-oiled piece Of ma
chinery. which always runs in exactly
the same groove. He makes war to-
day exactly as he did sixteen months
ago, he is a stupid brute who has only
TWO kinds OF righteousness The
mCthods OF the rats are infinite IN
then variety and they adapt them
selves to all circumstances 81 the
fighting. shall give one example.
Long ago It was found necessary
to discontinue issuing suga. coffee,
salt and spices direct to the soldiers
individually because the rats looked
cnon these articles as most excellent
aperitifs Then these articles of food
we're put up in small boxes. one for
each company. and we invented all
kinds of devices to keep them safe,
preferably suspending them from a
wire at least a yard above the floor.
Nevertheless. the rats very soon found
way to get at the sugar. They sim
ply gnawed a hole in the ceiling let
themselves slide down the wire to the
box and had it emptied in no time.
we shall get the Germans some
day, for against them we have Father
loire. but there is absolutely nothing
to show that we shall ever get the
best OF the rats. against which we
have nothing but pamphlets. They
have sent US baecilli and poisons Of
many different kinds to exterminate
the rats, but these means are about
as efficient as are the rules OF inter
national law adopted at The Hague
They may work all right against rats
in time OF peace, but they are abso-
lutely 10 good against war rats. which
are as big as rabbits and which look
upon scientific prescriptions as mere
scraps OF paper.
AS a matter of fact we have In
vented better methods OF fighting
them ourselves. but so far they are
still on the whole having it their own
way.
1T is really necessary to have two
kinds OF sentries-one to shoot Ger
mans and another TO kill rats. and the
latter has by far the worst Job.
We only hope that some day we
shall find that all cur rats have run
over to the Germans. It would be a
most satisfactory arrangement for
| them both. for the Germans who are
| hungry could then eat rats and the
rats that are born hungry could eat
/ Germans"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05
STAMPS NOW CASH IN RUSSIA
Usage Comes Through Scarcity Of
coln-New Issue In New
Zealand.

London.-OwiBg 10 the shortage of
small coin in Russia postage stamps
of the value of 10. 10 and 20 kopeks
are in use as paper money AT the
same time they can be used for post
age, but they are printed on stouter
paper and have an overprint on the
back in black which denotes the new
use to which they have been put.
Philatelists will also be interested
to know that theSe is a war stamp"
now in use in New Zealand The csr-
rent one penny stamp with the head OF
King George is overprinted with the
words war stamp" and two stars. II
is used in reality as a war tax, in adj
dition to the ordinary postage.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05
RAT WORST OF FOES
French Soldier Tells of Fighting
the Rodents.
Made Desperate by Hunger They Fear
Nothlne-Woe to Soldier Who
Falls Asleep With choeo-
late In His Pocket.

Paris.--A young Partisan fighting as
a private in the trenches has sent
home a letter which might have had
as its title: Rats" He says:
Lord Kitchener once said. speak.
ing of the South African war, We had
two dreadful enemies to hght-the
flies and the society ladies' In the
same way our soldiers will say some
day speaking of the present war: We
had two foes to hght-fne Germans
and the rats
During the last two weeks the
Germans have apparently been de-
creasing in numbers. but the rats are
certainly increasing. II is a horrible
invasion. far worse than the other.
All our trenches, communication
trenches. fields. woods. houses. dug
outs and shelters are full OF them.
Some OF them hold meetings and con-
ferences on the roads during the
night, others grve concerts in every
house in the most populous villages
and towns You literally have TO walk
on them. They attack our billets like
tha Germans attacked or the User. In
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05

periods maintain a. constant weight.
but as soon as other necessary consti-
tuents are added growth is resumed
He cited one instance in which rat
was kept stunted for 532 days. an age
corresponding to about forty-hve
years in human life. BY changing the
diet growth was permitted to develop
that would normally have taken place
in youth.
I'VE have it in our power" said Doc.
tor Jacobs, Ito say whether an animal
shall do its growing in youth or old
age, or whether 1t shall have several
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05
Raises Biggest Turnip.

Bellefontaine.- benjamin Plank and
E. T. Lowe are making a bid at plac-
ing Logan county in the front rank as
a vegetable producing county. Mr.
Plank exhibits turnip that weighs
5 pounds and IL ounces anG measures
241s inches in circumference. Mr.
Lowe has grown a head of cabbage
that weighs is pounds and measures
as inches in circumference.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05

Princess Jue Quon Tai, a Chinese
princess. posed in her oriental garb
especially for this picture In her suite
in New York hotel The princess IS
only nineteen years old and is travel
ing unchaperoned through this coun-
try. having left China six months ago
after she had refused to marry a
wealthy mandarin. Her father was
the matchmaker in the case and she
did not admire his choice. During her
stay here she has already spent $l0.-
900 and whenever she goes short" all
she does is to cable home and mother
sends her some more spending money.
Her father says she won't have any
thing TO do with her because il is
terrible thing in China for a girl to
travel alone. The princess speaks
English fluently and is a subscriber to
many American newspapers and mag
azineA so she has a reading knowl-
edge of modern America.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05
Banana Trihe.

Cover the bottom of serving dish
with little sponge cakes or ladyfin-
gers, then arrange layer of thinly-
sliced bananas over these; squeeze
the juice of two oranges and one
lemon over them, and cover with a
smooth boiled custard. If the custard
is colored with the juice from canned
raspberries or with a little coloring
from a package of gelatin it will make
a very attractive appearance. Top with
whipped cream and decorate with can
died rose leaves or in any manner
you prefer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05
Bread criddleeakes.

One and half cupfuls of fine stale
bread crumbs. one and one-half cup
fuls scalded milk. two tablespoon!uls
butter, two eggs. one-half cupful -four.
one-half teaspoonful salt. four tea
spconfuls baking powder. Add milk
and butter TO crumbs aud soak until
crumbs are soft: add baking powder
mixed and sifted. Cook same as other
griddlecakes.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05

Chop not too fine. four large cold po-
tatoes. about three-quarters that guam
tity of cold beets, and a third onion.
Mix all together and dust with -four,
salt and pepper. Pick up one cupful
of salt fish. Put water over the fish
to soften. Make a cream with two ia
blespoonfuls of butter and one OF -four
and half cupful hot water and same OF
milk. Cook until done. Drain water
OF the fish and add to the cream with
the vegetables. Heat and serve.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05

A new electric insulating material,
the invention Of a New York man.
is made OF an aluminium silicate fused
with boron at high temperature and
then shaped into the desired forms.
A Spanish adventurer, returning
from highly lucrative wanderings in
the early-day Americas. is sai5 "a
have given away 100000 in aims ON
the occasion Of his marriage at Bar
eelona- Another stood in e Madrid
window and threw handfuls of SILVER
coins into the crowd until be had e1ap-
tied two barrels.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05

BON small cabbage until tender.
drain. let stand several hours then
chop finely, Season with pepper and
salt. add one tablespoonful +. melted
butter. three well-beaten. eggs and half
a eupful Of thin cream. Mix one large
tablespoonful of butter in an omelet
pan. turA in the mixture. stir until
brown, turn out in a hot dish. and
gsrnish with parsley.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05
Found an Extra Nrst

Evansville, Ind Borden Jackson. a
farmer living in the Stringtown road
near Evansville, thought he brought
three dozen eggs to a produce house
here. His foot struck something soft
in the straw in the bottom of his
wagon, and when he Investigated he
found hen sitting on nest contain.
ing ten eggs.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05
INTERESTING FACTS

Osmiu7n is one of the most valu-
able metals. It is worth $50
pound.
Only 80 p er cent of the total gradu-
ates from the six principal womens
colleges in the United States have
married
It has been estimated that Holland
contains about 100. 00e, 600 tons OF peat
suitable for fuel. equal in heating
value TO T5.0O0.0O0 tons OF the best
English steam coal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05
SEE HUMAN GROWTH CONTROL
Science May Dictate Size and Weight
of the Race Declares Doctor
Jacobs.

Philadelphia science is on
the threshold of discoveries which
will make It possible to retard or has
ten the growth Of human beings was
the statement made by DR.. NJ. W. ia
cobs. He asserted thai experiments
with rats have proved that animals
fed on certain proteins far extended
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05
cautious Attitude.

81 hope your constituents apprecl-
ate the value Of your patriotic sery-
ices" said the prominent citizen.
y don't know that care to make
it a question of actual value. replied
senator Sorghum. The market Tor
natriotic services is terribly fiuctuat-
ing"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05

The motto marked upon our fore.
heads, written upon our doorsteps.
ehanneled in the earth and waited up-
on the waves is and must be: Labor
is honorable and idleness dishonor.
able. IT. Carlyle,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05
No lime to Listen.

The experience of many of as is
that when we want to ring up and
talk to the world. the line is busy
Puck.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05

periods OF growth. This being true
it is not too much TO expect that the
ultimate outcome of such work will
be the scientific control of the forces
OF organic growth even in human be-
ings."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-01-05

Miss Anita Kite, daughter of Sur
geon |. ". Kite, U. S. N, retired. and
Mrs. Kite. has just been presented TO
Washington society. She is one OF the
prettiest of the seasons buds. and as
popular as she is pretty
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02
HOW TO MAKE SOME MONEY.

Do you want to make a clear saving of S25. 90
to $4,000 on your expenses between now and the
first day of neat January ?You can do it and this
is the way you can do it. You will be making many
purchases for yourself and your family for fall
and winter purposes and for the Christmas time.
There is always some merchant in town who will
DO a little better by you than anybody else. When
a merchant is able to do this Re is keen to adver-
tise and let the people know just what he can and
Will 40. Your own cue is to read carefully each
week the advertisements in The Daily and Weekly
Commonwealth. They will tell the story and the
name Of the merchant who makes the story. Read
the ads.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02
MISS. CENTENNIAL GROUND
BREAKING CEREMONIES.

Gulfport, Miss, Oct. 2-The several
coast towns have completed arr nge-
ments for the Exposition ground
breaking ceremonies on October 18th
and 18th and the largest crowd ever
c%ongregated on the coast is expected.
The final ceremony will be on the Cen
tennial grounds at 10 o'clock on the
morning of the 18th. Governor Bilbo
will preside and the principal part of
the program by the Mississippi Su-
preme Court with Chief Justice Sid
ney Smith turning the first shovel of
dirt.
All the railroads will give a round
trip rate of n fare plus IS cents and
special excursion trains will run from
Jackson on the morning of the 18th,
returning on the vening of the 18th.
The rate for the round trip on this
train will be $3.50. Special wecome
programs have been arranged for at
Mendenhall, Collins, H%attiesburg,
Virgins and Gulfport, for passengers
on the Centennial special.
Pass Christian and Biloxi will spec
tally entertain the visitors on the 18th
and Gulfport on the 18th. Many of
the schools in South Mississippi will
suspend for the day and attend the
ceremonies at the Exposition grounds
and the sight will be a most inspiring
one. Practically all business houses
the coast will close during the ex-
~arcises and join in celebrating the be-
ginning Of work on Mississippi's
greatest enterprise.
Thousands of special invitations
have been sent out and loyal Missis-
everywhere are urged to be
present at this notable celebration and
endorse an enterprise that marks the !
lose of a century of progress and
prosperity and heralds the beginning
# another hundred years for the
,reat commonwealth of Mississippi.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02
THE BIG w. |. SWAIN SHOW co.
HEADEA THIS WAY.

The tens and hundreds of thousands
ofenthusiastic patrons who form the
clientele of the w. l. Swain Show Co.
throughout the length and breath of
the land have universally conceded to
this well conducted organization the
fattering sobriquet "The monarch of
them All.y To tie practical n of
those familiar with popular forms of
amusement it is not a question for
deep contemplation why this organi-
cation has met with success
Quoting a criticism printed in the
Alexandria, (La.) Town Topics of a
recent date, thewriter, after a careful
review of the performance of the
night before, gives, as his opinion, the
following reasons why the W. l. Swain
Shows r so opular -"From the
time the orchestra is "rung in," until
the final drop of the curtain there is
not a moment when something Of in.
terest is not transpiring. An orches-
ira of ten pieces enlivens the interest
between the acts and thors addresses
r given OPPORTUNITY by MI. W. I.
Swain relative to the current bill and
those to be sen during the rest of the
engagement. Mr.. Swain, in his initial
remarks last night, disclaimed any de-
sire to class his attraction with those
charging $1.50 for a seat, but he has
been told many times that his shows
give his patrons equal enjoyment. The
performances ars thoroughly clean.
free from suggestion or innuendo and
appeal strongly to family patronage.
The good order maintained during the
Swain shows is a striking evidence of
their compelling interest"
The W. I. Swain Shows, with their
big railroad equipment, solo band and
orchestra and repertoire of new roy
dramatic successes will be in
Greenwood for one solid week, COM
mencing Monday, Oct. 9th. The per-
are given in the largest
tent yer constructed for a similar
purpose, which is treated with the
new discovery, "Kant-Leek," thus
eliminating any chance of unpleasant
results from the caprices of the
weather.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02
HOW'S THIS FOR A SHORT CROP?

Meridian, Miss, Sept. 30-As an it,
~lustration of the cotons conditions in
ibis county it is stated that five fam
lies residing in one neighborhood,
Who every year heretofore have rails
5his year pooled their entire cotton
ed on an average Of 10 bales, have
crop in oredr to get one bale. This
year, too, it is said they increased
their acreage, and prior t 0 the July
storm and rains and boil weevils raw
ages that followed their crops pre-
sented a better outlook than in the
the past several years.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02
ALLIED SUCCESS In THE WEST.

The fighting Of last week marked the capture
by the Anglo-French forces of several important
towns along the line of the Somme river. AS this
fighting has kept up so persistently, with such
even allied advances, it may be well to see Just
what viii happen should their gains continue.
The battle line in the west begins at the North
Sea near Newport, swinging almost due south
eighty miles to Peronne, where it turns into
France, bending around Roye and Noyon, on an
arc OF fifty miles, and continuing in a westerly
direction towards Verdun about one hundred miles
away. The allied attack is aimed at the section
just north of the German salient, and about one
third Of the distance from the angle where the
Germans are nearest to Paris.
Should their efforts succeed it is possible that
they may capture railways which will make it i'm
perative that the Teutons fall back north and to
the south. The salient towards Paris will be es-
pecially dangerous, and the Allies will have made
communication between the two sections decidedly
Instantaneous, because it will have to pass
around the wedge they are driving.
The part OF the line concerned in the battle can
be represented by the letter a." if the lower line
is bent downwards, and the junction is bulged to
the left, The vertical part representing the line
from the sea to the P%eronne, the bulge being the
German salient and the depressed limb the line
to Verdun.
The Allies are attacking just above the bulge,
and you can see that whether they press forward
the Germans will have to form a new line, elimi-
mating their own bulge and the allied salient by
drawing a straight line from the lower leg to the
vertical line. The figure will then look like an
A laying on it's left side, the cross bar being the
new line, and the portion between it and the apex
being the ground which must be surrendered to
the Allies in the operation.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

The man who does not take his W paper
misses three-fourths of what is going on in his
home community. He must either borrow the pa
per from his neighbor and be considered a tight
wad and a nuisance, or he must be content to learn
a little and know less. The Daily Commonwealth
costs but $500 a year, and is worth ten times that
amount to any person interested in the city or
county.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

If one-half the mean things that are said of
candidates are true we would be better off with
no officers at all.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

The fellow who thinks he knows it all usually
knows less than the one who admits he knows
nothing.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

Carranza will and he won't and he won't and
he will, and darned if even Carranza knows what
he will do.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

A Boston scientists predicts rs cent eggs.
Don't like EN-, anyway.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

Silence is golden, especially when yo,r a1ih;
is not satisfactory to your wife. 49,"
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

Villa did; Villa didn't, You can take WI,
choice and be sure Of plenty Of company.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

Yes, it's a fact that many a great man never
bresks into history. We know from experience.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

German protests against the use of "tanks"
promise to be as effective as were the allies
against poison gas.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

Every merchant in this town wants to sell you
goods. You want to trade with the merchant who
will Go the best by you, who will sell you the best
goods at the least price. 1t is up to you to read
the ads in The Daily and Weekly Commonwealth,
and it is up to the merchant to see that you read
his ads. When you both do this you both win.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

1t is estimated that at 200 years of age an oak
tree is full grown. At that it is a few hundred
per cent. ahead of some people.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

there's at least one satisfaction in the Euro
pear war. All sides are victorious.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

Having little or no chance for another term
may make mayor Mitchell, Of New York a better
official in a strike pinch.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

Our motion Of the most undesirable job would
oe that OF a British conseript office in Ireland.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

Sure, Carranza bosses all parts of Mexico-ir
which there are no bandit bands.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

In spite of the copy" he's made, Villa won't
be elected an honorary member of the Paragraph
ers' Union.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

The new diamond mine discovered in the
Transvaal is eighteen miles from Pretoria and a
million miles from this office,
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

Anyhow those Mexican commissioners ar
having a delightful time socially.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

If you can't speak well Of this town, at leas
don't speak at all.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

Of the people who buy goods on credit 40 per
cent. never pay in full, 7 per cent. never pay at all,
and we don't know how many wish they could get
out Of paying,
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

Why need anybody worry, when all the cam
palgn managers say victory is a cinch.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

A decision of the Tennessee supreme court.
that clubs in that state do not have to be "dry"
IS expected to make many new clubmen,
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

Knocking does a fellow no good, does the town
a lot of harm, and disgusts nearly everybody who
hears it.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

It's a mighty wise Greek who knows JUS
where he is at" these days.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

General strike is a born trouble-maker.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

John Bulbs much-boasted right of free speech
cot a big dent when Manitoba editors were Jailed
for criticising a royal commission.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

Wounded soldiers are said to be the most
cheerful people in London, and at that they are
not hilarious.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-02

It's in the air. Even Hughes voice threaten,
to 60 on a strike.