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The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
How Pearls Are Formed.

Pearls it seems are oyster annoy
ances and monsters. They are NAL
formations caused by some foreign
substance finding entrance to the
shell and irritating The oyster to such
an extent that he exudes liquid
which eventually hardens and be-
comes a precious pearl. The pearls
are always near the shells and can be
squeezed out of the flesh with the fin
gers. Sometimes they are found loose
in the shell and at ether times they
are attached If loose the chances are
that they may fall out, hence good
pearl hunters search the stream bed
and even dig up the dirt. Contrary
to general belief the expensive pearls
are not always round or oblong in
shape. Many fine specimens are
baroques, that is, they assume gro
tesQue forms, fact that can be read
lily accounted for by their origin, An
oyster may be worth provoking.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
Dauohters of the Revolution.

The general society of the Daugh-
tiers of the Revolution was organized
in the city of New York. Aug. 20, 1891.
Eligibility to membership is restricted
to women who are lineal descendants
of an ancestor who was a military
or naval officer, soldier sailor or ma
rine in actual service under the au-
thority of any of the thirteen colonies
or states, or of the Continental Con-
gress, and remained always loyal to
such authority, or descendants OF one
who signed the Declaration or indie
pendence, or of one who as mem
Der of the Continental Congress, or
of the Congress of any of the colonies
or states, or as an official appointed
by or under the authority of any such
representative bodies, actually as
sisted in the establishment Of Ameri-
can independence Dy serving during
the war of the revelation, becoming
thereby liable to conviction of treason
against the government of Great Brit
ain, but remaining always loyal to the
authority of the colonies or states"
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
LIKE MANY OTHER PHENOMENA
Perfectly Reasonable Explanation OF
Peculiar Happening.

One virtue of an uninteresting book
has been discovered by a physician
He says he tried to read dull novel
the other night, but soon found him.
self turning over the pages hurriedly
He claims that when he commenced
to read his library was uncomfortably
warm, but after rapidly turning about
hundred pages looking for bright
things he gradually became aware
that the room was getting cooler. Be
ing, like most doctors, inclined to ex-
pertinent scientifically, he consulted
his thermometer and learned that
when he struck long historical pas
sages in the novel his lack of interest
and skipping pages reduced the tenn
perature at an alarming rate. Just
as he felt sure he was getting a con
gestive chill he turned to throw the
book into the CRATE and saw that his
fire had gone out.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
MADE A POOR ADVERTISEMENT.
Thin Mans "Butting In" discomfort
ing to HoteIkeeper.


ing to HoteIkeeper.
Under the proprietorship Of L. S.
Drew the old American house at Bur-
lington, was one of the most popular
hotels in Vermont and it was the
scene of many humorous episode.
One night after supper Mr.. Drew
was welcoming new arrival in the
office, when an extremely corpulent
guest came out of the dining room.
Pointing to the fat nan Mr.. Drew
said: "You see how well we feed our
guests. Just look at that mani"
1t CHANGED that permanent resi-
dent of the hotel overheard the re-
mark. This man was extremely thin
just the opposite Of the guest re-
ferred to by Mr.. Drew.
The thin boarder at once spoke up,
saying: Eyes, that fat man has been
here. three days. have been here
thirty years. Look at me!"-Boston
Herald. :
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
STYLES or FIGHTING KNIVES
Complete Collection Would Combine
MANY Varieties.

The early Californian gloried IN
good bowie knife, and many were
beautifully wrought and elegantly
mounted The chief requirement was
that the blade should be so tempered
as to be able to be driven through
three silver dollars at a stroke With
out dulling the point or turning the
edge. The poisoned, wavy bladed Ma
lay kris is the most deadly or all
knives. but it is the weapon OF
cowardly assassin. The native I'M
pales fowl or rat with the blade OF
this weapon and leaves the carcass to
rot on the soft, porous iron. Inls
leaves a poison of the most dangerous
kind. The Burmese dar is a heavy
bladed knife carried over the shoulder
when travelling to hack pain
through the vines Of jungle. The
Scotch "skein dun" is worn in the
guard. The heavy. long bladed 'yata-
gan" of Northern India Is stuck In the
girdle, as are the richly wrought. Ella
borately inlaid fighting knives OF
Persia and Circassia. A fairly com
plete collection would contain fully
two thousand different varieties and
would represent an investment OF
many thousand dollars. The best col
lections are in the government
museums of Europe. the one In the
Tower Of London being the most COM
plete.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
A Tribute to the Farmer.

A distinguished scholar and farmer
Is quoted in the Worlds Work as hav-
ing paid this eloquent and, on the
whole, just tribute to the farmer:
Farming is a profession requiring
more shrewdness than law, more tech
nical training than medicine. more up
rightness than theology, more brains
and resourcefulness than pedagogy.
The other professions are parasites"
This is rather hard on the other pro
LESSONS, but still, none too much can
be paid the conqueeor of the SOIL
Youths Companion.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
Food and Environment.

"Bullfinches fed on hempseed turn
quite black" said naturalist.
Horses kept in coal mines for several
years become covered with soft,
thick fur like a mole The mastiff of
Thibet, who in the Tribetan highlands
has a heavy coat of wool, loses his
coat completely when he is brought
down to the plains. The ermine, in
his snow-infested home, turns white in
the winter, but If he Is taken for the
turn white at ALL Quite amazing,
altogether, are the changes that with
food and environment we can affect
on all living creatures-even man"
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
LITTLE CHANGE IN BETHLEHEM
Points of Sacred Interest Have Been
Well Preserved.


The hills of Bethlehem are full OF
caves - natural and artificial - ana
MANY of them have historic signln-
canoe. There is the Milk Grotto, In
which Joseph and Mary are SAID 10
have concealed themselves DeIore
their flight into Egypt to escape the
evil designs of Herod. The snowy
whiteness of the soft chalk out o.
which it is hewn IS ascribed 10 the
splitting of few drops of the Virgin, s
milk when she nursed the mIant
Jesus. Another grotto is pointed out
AS that in which st. Jerome, for more
than thirty years, led the life OF a
hermit. when bitter factional dissen-
sions had forced him to leave Rome
On western hill rocK-strewn
plateau, around which stately tere-
binths stand guard, marks place
where the ancient Hebrews brought
their sacrifices unto the Lord. 1t is
a solemn place, well fitted to excite
devout thoughts-a place where q
man might well keep communion WIN
his Maker. In it's broader features
Bethlehem is almost unchanged since
the days of David.-From I'm Betnle-
hem," by Frank Cgamer, In -FOUR
Track News.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
The First Musical instrument.

Unquestionably the first Of all musi-
cal instruments was the hollow trunk
of the great oak that died Upon the
banks of the River Euphrates in the
Garden of Eden. When the wind blew
in a certain direction it sang sonor-
ously. No doubt it uften lulled Adam
and Eve to sleep. The shepherds
pipes came 100000 years later, fol.
lowed by the flute, Tyre and harp, The
timbrel was not a musical instrument,
any more than the tom-tom is to-day.
The aeolian harp IS pretty toy, and
every child should be taught the prin-
ciple of 1t. 1t can be made Of silk,
linen or wire strings.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
Yankee Girl Fiirt, Not Coquette.

The American maid Is more of a
f1irt than coquette. The college
widow is an exaggeration of the ma
tional type. Columbia's daughter, as
ocean, takes to herself Venus pre-
rogative of undisputed sway over the
hearts of men. She accepts alteration
as freely as prima donna or jockey
receives presents, careless whose
heart she Is breaking, until at last
the right one" comes along, when
she distributes mittens to the rejected
suitors as generously as If she were
the Lady Bountiful presiding over a
settlement Christmas tree.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
AMUSEMENT FOR THE EVENING.
Writing "smudgeographs" Sure to
Please the YOUNG peoule.

Writing "smudgeographs" Sure to
Please the Young People.
Now and again when entertaining
young people we need something
which will amuso them for an odd
half-hour. Making 'smudgeographs
will be found most useful for this pur-
pose.
Get your young friends to seat them
selves around the table and provide
them with sheets of white paper, pens
and ink
The fun consists in making marks
or writing names upon the paper and
while the ink is still wet, folding the
paper and sqeezing the ink in all direc-
lions. Very curious designs may be
produced in this way.
The best results are obtained by
first folding the paper and then writ
Ing with plenty of ink, along the
crease. Now fold the paper quickly
and pass the finger several times
firmly across the back.
Probably if hundred persons wrote
the same words the results would all
be different Write your own name.
just once, squeeze it out while still
wet, and YOU won't recognize it.-Mon-
treal Herald.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
Decapitation of Words.

A writer in the London Chronicle
says: "Our languages trick of de-
CAPTIVATING words, as in bus, phone,
and wig is not at all modern falling.
Take the common words spend and
sport. Our very early ancestors had
the verb 'spendan, and yet spend is
really Disgusting abbreviation Of the
Latin 'dis-pendere,' to pay out. Sport
is another very old English word,
yet it is really 'disport'- 'dis-port.' to
carry apart, which acquired the meta
phorical sense of pleasure or amuse-
ment precisely as divert and trans
port"
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
Ghosta Go to jail.

Two young men who played the
part Of ghosts in Galway, Ireland, with
temporary success. have found it an
expensive pastime. An elderly wom-
an was acting as caretaker Of va
cant house, and the young men gain
ed an entrance to .he upper rooms.
where their antics so convinced the
woman that the house was haunted
that she left the place. The owner
on his return found feather beds and
pictures missing. and for these the
two lively ghosts have been sentenced
to six months hard labor each.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
Blind People as Gas Consumers.

when it comes to consuming gas
in large quantities blind people take
the lead" said an inspector of the gas
company. II know two families
where both husband and wife are
blind. Every jet is turned on full
tilt in their homes at night and Is
kept going at that rate clear up to
IL o'clock. And that Partially for
light is not a whim peculiar to those
two couples. All blind people feel
that way. They demand the light and
In all private homes and institutions
where the blind are cared for the gas
bills vouch for this strange fancy
New York Sun.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
He Was In. But Not Dead.

The following story is told or an
PASSPORT (Mass.) lad of seven. His
father was high Mason, and happen
ed to have In his possession the key
to the Masonic tomb The undertake
er, wishing to borrow this. drove up
to the house one morning CT ais
hearse. Seeing the boy outside, he
asked: els your father in?"
"Yes," replied the 10y in a frighten-
ed tone, "but he amt dead"
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
MARRIED PEOPLE LIVE LONG
State of Matrimony Conducive to Good
Old Ace.

Marriage is an institution highly
conducive to the health of both hus-
band and wife, says American Medt-
cine. Statistics prove that among
married men over 20 years of age and
women over 40 the mortality rate Is
far less than among those who remain
single. Among the widowed and dt-
vorced the mortality is exceptionally
great. Suicides among the unmarried
are much more numerous than among
the married. The matrimonial state
promotes temperance in every form.
Furthermore, the probable duration OF
life of a married man OF 80 exceeds
that of his unmarried brother by Ave
years, and the wife may expect to live
one year longer than g single woman
Of the same age, 1
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
Great Men unhapplIy Mated.

Lord Bacon enjoyed but little do
nestle bliss, and loved not to be with
his partner" Dryden married dis
cord in a noble wife" Addison sold
himself to cross grained old count
ess. Shelleys first marriage was un.
fortunate, but his second was model
of domestic happiness. Moliere was
married to wife who made him
most miserable. Rousseau lived
most wretched life with his partner.
Steele, Sterne, Churchill, Coleridge.
Byron and Charles Dickens have been
recorded In history as Indifferent hus-
bands"
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
Training the stamnerins Child.

In training the stammering child
make him repeat slowly from a spell
Ing book a number Of words of one
syllable. When he blunders make
him go over the word again. insisting
that he does not hurry, and that he
takes before each utterance a full
breath. Then go on to words of two
and SO to those Of three syllables.
separate word and in the course of
few weeks you will find him able to
say many-syllabled words without
break
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
Dou-Watck on shipboard.

Dog-watch is a corruption of dodge
watch. and is the name given to two
short watches of two hours each on
shipboard-one from to p. m. and
the other from 6 to p m. The dog
watches were introduced to prevent
the same men from always keeping
watch at the same hours Of the day;
hence on these occasions the sailors
are said to dodge the routine, or to be
doing dodge-watch.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
"Hi,s" Report on the Sap.

w. H. Harrison of Pittsford, Yer
mont had in his employ man who
will never be famous for his brillian-
cy. During the sugaring season Mr..
Harrison sent this man. HI" to find
out how the sap buckets had been
filling. Hi" investigated. and then
submitted this report: Some is full.
some half-full, and some runnin' over.
but average about full "
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
unkind Aspersion.

Capt. Whelpley, postmaster of Sa-
lem, Mass, tells the following story Of
a friend who Is prominent doctor
81 wanted to be soldier" said the
physician, 'sbut my parents persuaded
me to study medicine.
"Oh, WE'LL" rejoined one Of the
party, "such is life. Many man with
wholesale aspirations has to confront
himself with retail business"
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
Circulation Steadily Growing

nna|et o
the installing
passed nakso $
/ copies by <Is
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-04-28
II. a. DIMOCk
THE DRUGGIST
Ladysn1itf1, Wisconsin
Prescriptions

life ought the studou for the careful
compromising prescriptions This is what offer to the public Your
physicians depends upon the accuracy the preparation of
medicines We do mott this work to clerks Il.
Another essential is pure drugs-we to that
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1906-12-07
Execution Sale Of Real Estate.

Whereas under and by virtue of Il certain writ
of execution dated the sSth. day of November
1876. issued out of the courty court of Delta
coynty. state of Colorado. in case in said court
heard and dctermine.i wherein The J. s. Brown
4 Rroe. Mercantile Comiany WAS plaintiff and
John .Nowland wis defendant, the undersigned
was commanded to make nf the lands and tcne-
ments, goods and chattel- of the said John l..
Nowland. the sum OF one hundred and four dol
lars and thirty-ive cents (sl0ASSl and interest
thereon from the NTH day April 1904 the date of
of the rendition of Judgment In said case. ut
eight per cent per aunu,u aud the further sum of
twenty-one dollars and siSty-fve cents (s2i.6o)
costs under which writ Of execution have this
day levied upon, seized and taken in execution
county of Delta. and state of Colorado, to-wit:
The north one-half OF the southeast quarter
nj, schD, southwest quarter OF the southeast
quarter (sw'a sch and the southwest quarter Of
| the northeast quarter tswa nexl OF Ssction
twenty seven C2i I. Is :, of Il ~ West 9Th. r ~
| belonging to the said John l. Nowlnnd defendant.
Public notice is hereby given that will sell At
the south front door of the county court houss In
the town Of Delta. Colorado, At the hour Of tet,
o clock In the forenoon Of the 2ai day Of Dssssn-
her, 1903. the land In this notice above descr ihsa
| for cash to the highest and lest bidder.
| Dated November 98th. 1906.
| C.S. GIBBS.
| sheriff Of Delta County. coiora6i4ss
Isl. pub. Nov. u; last pub. Dec. q.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1906-12-07
Notice Of Adjustment Day.

ESTATE OF jessie 4. HNRr, DscEAsEn.
The undersigned, having bcrn appointed I'D
mni>trutor of the estate of Jessie E. Hart late of
the County of Delta. in the state OF Colorado,
deceased, hereby gives notice that he will
nppear before the County Court of said Delta
County, ut the court house in Delta. in said
county, on Monday, the alst dav of i'ecenbcr,
A. ID. ipo6 at the hour of 10 o clock u. IN. of said
day, ut which time nll persons having claims
Against said estate arr notified and requested To
attend for the purpose of having the same I'D
justcd. All persons indebted to said estate am
requested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
November, A. u. 1905.
Administrator of the cstate of Jessie L. Hart
Deceased.
W. II. BURNETT. Attorney.
First pub. Nov. 10: last pub Dcc. q. l9QS,
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1906-12-07
Summons.
Summons.
STATE OF COLORADO. L. IL THE COUNTY
COUNTY or DELTA. COURT.
LIZZIE ANDERSON
PLAINTIFF.
VERSUS SUMMONS.
JOHN NJ. ANDERSON
pEfENDNNT.

ann 's>f->H>i'
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLO
RADO.
To John N. Anderson, the defendant, above
named. GREETING:
You are hereby required to appear in action
brought ngai st you by the above named plain
TIL. in the County Court of Delta County, State
0i colorado, and answer the complaint therein
within thirty days after the service hereof. II
served within the state of Colorado or by publi-
cation; or, II served out of the State Ot Colorado.
within hNy days after the service hereof. eN-
elusive of the day of service; or said action may
I've regularly set for trial the same as though such
apIs,rancc had been made and issue had been
joined on such complaint.
The said action is brought by plaintiff to OBJ
tain u decree of divorce, dissolving the bonds
OF tmatrimony now existing between plaintiff and
drtcndAnt, on the ground Of dc>crtion and
abandonment for one year without pisonahlc
cause; non support for mon than one year
hahitu0l drunkenness for the space of morc than
Nn, year; as will more fully appear from com
plant in said action To which rtccncc is here
made aud copy of which is hereto attached
And you arc hereby notified that il You fail to
appear, and to answer the said complaint as
above required, the said plaintiff will apply to
tho Court for the relief therein demanded
Given under our hands at Delta, in said
County, this Soth. day of October. \: y. leS:
KING \ STEWART.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
list, pub. Nov. ~ last pub Dec, Il. 'S.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1906-12-07
Republication.
Timber Land. Act June }, Is7s.-Netice for
Publication.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
MoNTROSE, COLORADO.
October l.th., lsi.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance with
the provisions of the act of Congress of June :.
ISIS, entitled, An act for the sale of timber
lands in the States OF California. Oregon. Nevada
and Washington Territory. as extended to all
the Public Land States by act of August I, lSrss,
SAMUEL. W. SKINNER,
of Delta County of Delta. State OF Colorado, has
this day hled in this office his sworn statement
No. -, for the pnnhase of the SWi4 Nw'a Of
Section No. -. in Township No. ~ n. Rannr No.
IL W, and will offer prpot to show that the land
sought is mon valuable for its timber or stone
than for agricultural purposes, and to establish
his claim TO said land before the Register and
Receiver at Moutrosc. Colorado on Saturday, the
22nd. day OF December, 1905.
He names witnesses;
Martin Esser. Frank Long Frank Campbell.
Alb,rt Hocroit, all of Delta, Colorado.
Any ind nll persons claiming adversely the
aboyc-dcscribed lands are requested To file their
ella Inns in this Office or before said 22nd day
December, 1866.
BRSsoN =. RLAtR,
Register.
First pub. Oct ~; last oub. Dec. 81, 1907.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1906-12-07

Witness my hand and seal this 5th day
of November, A. D. 1906.
J.E. BECKLEY,
(SEAL County Treasurer
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1906-12-07
Notice for Bids.

Notice Is hereby given that the hoard Of Coun-
~ commissioners will receive bids until Dccem-
her 18th, lsO6 for the construction OF wagon
bridge At Paunia, Delta County, Colorado. The
contractor to furnish all material except Struc-
turt,l steel.
Plans and specifications can bc sccn at the
office of the County Clerk and Recorder OF said
Delta County.
The Board reserves the right to reject amy and
all bids.
ID. =. DOUGHTY, 4. NJ. GETS,
County Clerk. Chairman.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1906-12-07
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS.
November 8, 1906.

The following levy for State purposes
was made. via mills. For military
poll, s1.OO on each male inhabitant not
exempt by law. For general county
v,rpoSoc
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1906-12-07

County Clerk ordered to advertise for
bids for constructing steel bridge across
Gunnison river at Paonia.
Rebate of SIP 25 allowed Mrs. Mary
Blachly.
E. NJ. Gets ordered to purchase for
the county steel ceiling for all the rooms
of the Court House except the court
room and have same put on.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1906-12-07

C c Hawkins. labor assigned.
Ruby E Turner, road overseers
salary, assigned
l. r Wigram, labor, assigned.
VIM J Brewer. labor .....
Porter Obert Hdw. Co. labor
assigned ...................
w B Powell, lumber. 49,.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-04
At the Opera House.

The shelton opera house was form
ally opened last night for the season
by the Spooner Dramatic Company
The rain which fell late yesterday
afternoon curtailed the attendance to
some extent but in spite OF this
fact large crowd was present The
balcony was crowded and the first
floor was pretty we'll filled. The Of
leriug was BY the Kings Command
and the different parts were capabIy
handled The Shrewsbury sisters
returned with the company TO pre-
sent their singing and dancing acts
Pride or Poverty is the bin Ton
This evening
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-04

The Furnishing society of the Cum
berland Presbyterian church will
meet Thursday afternoon at $3.50. All
Officers and members are requested
to be present to discuss the work to
be taken up for another year 81