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Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25
THE
Bl'angwyn Mystery

ance, and we had good old time to-
gether," pursued Alexis.
'And now" went on Alexis, "the
tables are turned. I'm the rich man
and you're the poor one. | don't want
to bride you; I wouldn't demean my
self in the eyes of an honest man like
you, Billery, by trying to bride him.
But if I could free you of any money
trouble which may seem to you to be-
inseparable from this inquiry, and If
| could at the same time spare Alloy
sius from the ign0miny OF this charge
and myself don't forget myself
the loss of social prestige, family hon
or, household hope-Billery, you'll only
have to name your sum up to the limit
of my means. I'm wealthy as wealth
goes in England. I'm worth fifteen
thousand a year One, two, three, four,
five for life! Name your figure.
want silence Silence for Aloysfus.
Don't take it for bribe. old chap.
Don't take it for bribe. Take it as
thank-offering. I've bought that vii
lain Grimaud, as he limited coarsely
enough. CAM Uuy oil AOhOt oDiO A1e1A
like you, Hamilton, but / can ask you
to take pity on breaking heart, a4d
1 can ASK you not to make your pity
too costly to yourself. Look here,
Hamilton. A thousand down. I'll
draw an open cheque this minute.
Make it two, three-what you like"
81 amt proud" said Billery, "but it's
all no use, Alex. There isn't the least
little bit of use in all the money in the
world I'd take it and shut up If |
could, and if / could I'm hanged If I'd
borrow more than a flyer on it, and
that you'd lend me, anyway"
eff you could? What do you mean
by If you could'?" gasped Alexis.
why" said Billery, most unfortu-
nately for Aloysus and for you and me,
they've had all the information at my
command at Scotland Yard for a
month past"
Alexis turned pale, his lips moved,
but no sound came, and then he
swooned dead away.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25
SALLOW FACES
Often Caused by Coffee Drinking.

How many persons realize that cot
fee SO disturbs digestion that it pro
duces a muddy, yellow complexion?
A ten days trial of Postum Food
Coffee has proven a means, in thou
sands of cases, of clearing up bad
compilations.
A Washn. young lady tells her expe
rienGe:
Cali of us-father, mother, sister
and brother-had used tea and coffee
for many years until finally we al
had stomach troubles more or less.
eve were all sallow and troubled
with pimples, breath bad, disagree
able taste in the mouth, and all of US
simply so many bundles of nerves.
1--WE didn't realize that coffee was
the cause of the trouble until one day
we ran out of coffee and went to Dor
row some from neighbor. She gave
us some Postum and told us to try
that
Although we started to make it
we all felt sure we would be sick i
we missed our strong coffee, but We
were forced to try Postum and were
surprised to find it delicious.
1--WE read the statements on the
pkg, got more and in month and 6
half you wouldn't have known us
We were all able to digest our food
without any trouble, each ones Skin
became clear, tongues cleaned off anG
nerves in fine condition. We never
use anything now but Postum. There
is nothing like it." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich
Read the little book, sThe Road to
Wellville." There's reason"
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25
DIAMONDS IN UNITED STATES.
Discovered in Four Regons-Place of
ORIGIN Unknown.


Never before in the history of the
United States has there been such a
demand for the diamonds as there was
in 1905. Large qualities were import
ed, but the country produced none.
In 1903 it produced diamonds to the
value of $50, in 190tit had an output
worth 500, and in 1900 its production
was valued at $3.50, and in 1899 the
country boosted native diamonds to
the value of $500.
Diamonds have been discovered in
the United States in fGp, different re-
giOns, but their actual place of origin
is in every case unknown. All have
been found in loose and superficial de-
pOsits and all accidentally, 1t is not at
all improbable, however, that some day
the original sources of this queen OF
gems May be discovered.
The high price of diamonds has
made the recent search for these
precious stones in the United States
and Canada keener than ever before.
"A careful watch for diamonds was
kept during the examination by the
United States geological survey of
many samples of gold and platinum
sands at the Lewis and Clark exposi-
ton in Portland, Or.
A lookout for diamonds has also
been kept by number of people who
have been dredging for gold on an ex-
tensive scale in the rivers of Califor-
MO Tn naithnr casa have oOv finds
been reported.-Scientific American.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25
NO Wool Over His Eyes.

Uncle Abe, a grizzled old negro,
visited a geological garden. He stood
fascinated before a cage containing
a chimpanzee, and could not be in
duced to move. After a while the
animal came to the front Of the cage,
and Uncle Abe spoke to him.
"Howdy?" he said; "howdy?"
The ehimpanzee not making any re-
sponse, Uncle Abe chuckled and
winked at him thoroughly.
Oats right, dat de way ter do!
Doan you nebber gin ter talk. Eff you
does, white man put er hoe in yer
ham en- mex yer wuk!"
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25
CHAPTER TX.

The inquiry hung fire, and Truscott,
moved by Billery's recent disaster,
found him something at which he
could imagine himself to work at the
any special service there, but he had
enough in hand to keep him out OF
mischief, and he drew salary on
which it was possible for him to sub
sist with comfort He had little den
of his own with his name painted on
the door, and pretty generally in the
course of the day Truscott came in
and smoked cigar with him, so that
Billery came to enjoy a high esteem
with the staff, and to be looked on as
one who held a SOFT of advisory pow
er in the councils of the journal. He
had a telephone in his room. and he
passed some of his time in harmless
conversation with his friends, whom
he would occasionally ring up in order
to impart to them the latest funny
story in circulation in Fleet street. He
had been SO thoroughly scared by his
own narrow escape from death that
for long time he was model of tenn
perance.
Alexis had been advised by his doc
tor to try a change of scene, and he
had gone abroad: Billery thought of
him often with deep compassion, and
his first eager interest in his man-hunt
had died away. He had said nothing
to the Scotland Yard authorities about
Grimaud, whose complete knowledge
of the case, if, indeed, he had any, re-
NAMED locked in his own breast
There was a very fair possibility that
the whole thing might blow over, and
Billery's heart was so Wruung by the
thought of the anguish which would
come upon the innocent if the crime
were brought home to the guilty that
he almost hoped that his past efforts
would go for nothing, and that Alloy
sius would be left to the torture of his
| own conscience.
He was sitting in his room at the of
fee one afternoon, making his Gus
tomary pretence of being engaged on.
something of Importance, when he
found himself called up on the tele-
phone Whenever this happened it
made Billery feel important. He liked
to think that he was at the center of
affairs. He responded to the call at
| once, and shouted, ''FFelloa!" and care
/ you there?" and "Who is it, if you
please?" Was that the Daily Record?
| Yes. Was Mr. Billery at the office?
| Yes; here present Would Mr.. Billery
kindly hold the wire a moment? Ser
geant Holt would like to speak to him
! from Scotland Yard.
" right" said Billery, and waited,
fnurmuring to himself that here was
more trouble for Alexis.
"That Mr.. Billery?" came Hollis
voice.
| Eyes; what is it? That you, Holt ?'
Eyes. We have just got news here
| the Frenchman who owned the house
in Agar Row. He's living in Paris He
says the person to whom he sold the
house was fellow countryman of his,
but / think you once mentioned to me
that the person you suspect had spent
a good. deal of his time abroad, and
| that he spoke French like native"
EYES," said Billery, I've no doubt
he could pass for Frenchman if he
liked"
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25

passed too frequently, and with a
burning sensation. They showed sed-
iment. / became discouraged, weak,
1anguid and depressed, SO sick and
weak that [ could not keep up. AS
doctors did not cure me I decided TO
try Doan's Kidney Pills, and with
such success that my troubles were
all gone after using eight boxes, and
my strength, ambition and general
health is fine"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box
Foster Mi1burn Co., Buffalo, N. 7.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25
SALESMEN WANTED.

We want rive, active and thoroughly experienced
salesman in this locality with sufficient money to
buy outright his first month supply of our Sim
plicfty Low Pressure Hollow Wire Case
line Lights. utility needed / n every store and
home and fully complying with insurance ruaes. To
such man we will give exclusive safes right and
guarantee to refund money f goods not sold N gu
days. Further particulars request. The Standard
9llett Light Co., 03O N. Halsted ST., Chicago, Ill.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25

t o r t u r e l went
throHgh now seems
to have been al
most uRbearable. !
had back-ache, pains
in the side and
loins, dizzy spells
a n d hot, feverish
headaches. T b e r G
w ere beapfng down
pains, and the kid
ney secretio n S
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25
Fairbanks Scales.

During 1905 over forty million head OF
live stock were received at the ten princi-
pal stock markets in the U. S. and all
weighed on FAIRBANKS SCALES.
What does the above fact mean? Just
think of it. Write for free catalog. st. 1852
FAIRBANKS, MORSE 6. CO.. st. Paul.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25
Force of Habit.

"That new farmland of yoNs used
to be a bookkeeper."
How do you know?"
Every time he stops work for
minute he tries to put the pitchforlI
behind his ear
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25
COULD NOT KEEP UP.

Broken Down, Like Many AaotiaeF
Woman, With Exhausting Kidney
Troubles.
Mrs. A. Taylor, OF Wharton, N. j.,
saws: .I had kidney trouble in it's
most painful and severe form, and the
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25
Comes Natural to Him

Sinkers-.Did you ever notice Reel.
tons hook nose and f1hlike eyes,"
Corker-"Yes. It isn't any wonder
that he tells such f1shy stories"
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25

Still water doesn't always run deep.
There is the stagnant pond, for in
stance.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25

It may be better for foolish man to
acquire dollars by marrying an heir
ess than to remain without cents all
his days.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25

Baccn--She says be is twenty7eight
years old.
Egbert-Well, she looks as II she
would say she was about that Old
walkers Statesman.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25
60 Bus. Winter Wheat Per Acre

That's yield of Sazer's Red Gross Hybrid Winter
Wheat Send &c in stamps for free sample of same, as
Timothy. Grasses, Bulbs Trees for fall planting
BALNER SEEN Co., Box W. Z. La Crosse Wis
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-25

DO YOU WANT A JOB C Censens crowd ovid the
banks arc overloaded with the money of the peopfs
anxions to putitintc buildings :. The cQnmoness
Denters get from SIS to $ day; bcklayers and pIas-
terers from TO sea day lyon faSts drecs
aletter to the BUREAU OF PUBLiCITY. II. ola. Union
Trust Bldg. San Francisco and get fall particulars
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14

organization also spoke of the life and
work of Mr.. Mcclure.
There came near not being any cere-
mony at all, owing TO the fact that it
was discovered at the last minute that
the inscription on the shaft had been
cut by non-union granite cutters. The
members of the Philadelphia Granite
Cutters Union entered protest. When
it was unheeded, they refused to par
ticipate either in the Labor Day parade
or the subsequent ceremony. The
Building Trades Council, to whom
they appealed, decided that it was too
late to back out.
p. j. Mcclure was born July 6, 1858,
and died February 10 of this year. He
was not only the founder of the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers, but assisted in the formation of
the American Federation of Labor, OF
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
A Queer Hermit Sect
IN Sutherland.

trim their boards in a patriarchal
way. The women allow their tresses
to float in the air.
The motto Of all is Back to ma
ture.'
THE height of wisdom and philoso-
ply" they say. SIS to understand ma
ture; that alone brings peace and
happiness"
They rise at dawn and go to sleep
with the setting of the sun; they eat
only fruit and vegetables and drink
only water. In the summer they have
daily sun baths, and in the winter
snow baths
Some of them have extraordinary
theories. which they carry out with
great perseverance. One beautiful
woman of so, who was formerly a
well-known singer at the Berlin OPP
era, refuses to touch money, which
she says is the root of all evil. Her
theory often lands her in difficulties,
from hich she occasionally extricates
herself by singing to her debtors.
Another members eats only vegeta-
bles that ripen underground. A third
confines himself strictly to raw eggs
and potatoes.
A fourth spends $25 a week among
the poor villagers and keeps the doc
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
HEN MOTHERS BABY PIGS
Illinois Plymouth Rock Fowl Carries
Her Maternal Instinct to Unique
Extreme

Arcola, Ill.-A clucking Plymouth
Rock hen mothering five little gruntins
red pigs really appears to be carrying
the mother instinct little beyond its
legitimate bounds.
The case in question may be seen at
w. A. McClain's farm, two miles south
west of this city. An old hen wanted
to sit in the hog shed at the time the
little pigs were born, and as she was
denied the eggs necessary for the full
fillment of her desires, she determined
not to be outwitted. and arose to the
emergency by volunteering to accept
the responsibilities of motherhood With
Mrs. Hog.
The offer apparently was accepted
in good faith, and since the day of
their birth she has been constantly
with them day and night. At evening
she always gathers two of them under
her sheltering wings, where they spend
the night. apparently with the greatest
satisfaction. The devotion seems to be
mutual.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
Eat Only Fruit and Vegetables and
Wear But Few Clothes-Go to Bed
at Sundown-"Bacls to Ma
ture" Is Their Motto.

Geneva, Switzerland.-The strange
colonies of hermits who have taken
up their abode in the neighborhood
of Locarno, Romeo and Orselina are
increasing in numbers.
One group, which occupies the
wooded plateau known as Monte
Verita, is 125 strong, and counts in
it's members six German professors,
three military officers, one of whom
is married to countess who also be-
longs to the sect, two doctors and a
priest.
The majority are wellto-do, and
some are wealthy. AS these pay well
for anything they buy and do not
trouble about making converts, the
inhabitants are on friendly terms
with them.
They sleep in caves, are vegetari-
ans, and do not wear ordinary cloth
Ing. A linen hood and shroud of
the same material are the only gar
ments they wear. Their feet. legs,
arms and neck are uncovered. and
the hair is never cut, though the men
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
TO A LABOR LEADER.
Monument to Founder of Labor Day
Unveiled at Camden, N. J.

oUVCIC0 ok ScHi0Cts ".
One of the most interesting events
of Labor Day was the unwilling of a
shaft 10 the memory of p J. Nc
CURE, who is hailed as the Father of
Labor Day. The ceremony took place
in Arlington cemetery, Camden. N j.,
and was participated In by trades
unionists OF that city and Philadelphia.
The eulogy of the dead labor leader
was pronounced by Wesley c. Hall of
Carpenters Union No. s of sPhiladel-
phia, of which Mr.. Mcclure was a
member. That ceremony was to have
been performed by President Samuel
Gompers, who is absent in Maine, con-
Quoting campaign against Represent
alive Littlefield. James Ryan of the
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
Linens Are Soft and Drapy.

This season linens come in much
softer fabrics than ever before. They
are never as stiff as in former years
and often thinner than we have had
them for outdoor gowns in times past
although such gowns are never made
of transparent linen.
Favorite colors in linen are pink
raspberry, gray, browns and tans
blues, green's and some manuves. This
is summer of colors, but, neverthe
less, the white linen gown is more
popular than any other kind.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
An Open Two Cent Rate.

The Vanderbilt railroads have de-
clared war upon the Pennsylvania sys-
TEN in the matter of passenger fares,
move of the Pennsylvania in issuing
1000 mile book for fiat charge of
$50, and goes further by invading cen
trail passenger association territory
and giving the Vanderbilt book unlim-
tied life
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
Swallowed Peach Stone.

A small son of John Rosenberg, a
baker of Auburn. swallowed a peach
seed, which lodged in his throat, and
he could not remove it until several
physicians were summoned, who sue
ceeded in dislOdging the seed and push
ing it downward. The boys throat
was badly lacerated.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14

But recently awakening
called
lOcalii
and isnot
of
arenum bered.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
A DISADVANTAGE.

eloquent as those of our early his.
tory?"
Quite as eloquent" answered Sen
ator Sorghum. They are at disad-
vantage owing to the fact that it is
no longer customary to force their re-
marks INTO esteem by putting them
into the school readers. Washington
Star.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
Ne1us from Washington
Spelling Reform Order Of the President Causes Agitation
cial Characterization of the Earth
of the Poor Be Improved.

WASHINGTON.--There is considerable agita-
ton in official Washington over the recent order
by the president directing the of phonetic
spelling in all messages and other printed docu-
ments issuing from the White House. In address
ing the order to the public printer the president
has gone far he to modernize orthog-
raphy He has instructed the public printer to
follow copy" and his cabinet officers will of
nual reports Of division chiefs and other subor-
dinates as well as their prepared with the
words spelled the president has decided they
should be.
The photography advocated by Banker Mat
thews and in part approved by the president.
while phonetic, possesses the combined advantage
of brevity. 1t will save time in writing and type
setting and will ecnnOmize the nrinting bill
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14

"A
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in
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OF
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14

Beggars Collect Large Sum.
The London Police think that the
beggars of that great metropolis col.
iect about $15,O0O.O0O every year.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
OUR BLUEJAcKETs BEST SHOOTERS.

American sailors are the best target shoot
ers in the world according to naval officers.
While admitting that the record of the British
46 hits out of 81 shots, shows excellent work,
naval officers here are not inclined to give the
palm to the British navy for accurate shooting.
The record of the American navy shows that at
least in one instance % hits out of 25 shots were
made by six FOUNDER. In discussing the work
of the Bruizer naval officers say that before they
can make any accurate valuable comparison
between British and American craftsmanship it
will be necessary to know the size of the target,
the rate of speed at which it moving, and
the actual time in which the GA shots were de-
livered. The targets used by the British navy
are considerably larger than those used on this
CHI Of he afer
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14


of
will find night school the
Jobs and o n
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14

which he was for 20 years first vice.
president.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS OF POOR.

Resident of few cities in the country are
more proud of their town than Washingtons,
coveries that have been made recently by inspec-
tors authorized by law.
Within two three blocks of the Capitol
building there slums where human beings,
old and young, exist in great numbers in habita-
lions small and vile to stagger belief. It
has been stated that these buildings are worse
and more overcrOwded than any to be found in
New York Chicago. Since the agitation of
the question OF housing the poor it has been found
that the old army barracks, which did duty away
back in 1861, '62 '63, ga and IS, have been
stantly occupied by hordes of the colored popula-
ton. Without sanitary provision whatever it is
needless to that such sections of the capital
city are hotbeds for the breeding of pestiIential
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14


battery
efficiency
i'm
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
DOOM OF CITIES PREDICTED.

Prepare for shocks. Prophet Edmund S.
Stevens, of this city, has prophesied long series
of dreadful catastrophes which will eliminate in
the destruction of all the cities of the earth in
the year Of Lord 1882
Mother Earth is not of plumb, according to
this prophet and all the terrible earthquakes that
have occurred and yet to come are due to
the fact that the earth is gradually resuming
its proper position. When this stage of transit
ton is reached there will be earth and
new heaven referred to in the scriptures.
The prophecy follows
CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES.
"The earth is out of her place, or upright
position. It is gradually resun1ing it. Whenever
there is accelerated faster motion then in
that period earthquakes We in
of these periods, from Mont Pelee, 1900, to
1905. Again from 1925 to 1916 and again from 1876
''In 1882 the earthuuake is of sIlch extent II
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14

t the noon role of the senate
a
a
unquestonably gentleman the old school.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14
WHITE A MODERN SPARTAN.

Senator Whyte, Mary1and's picturesque
grand old man. who is occupying the seat of
the late Arthur German, had birthday recently.
and he is in his eighty-third year. Whyte is
probably the most remarkable man in Maryland
to-day.
He has tasted drop of liquor
smoked and has never been inside of saloon.
He is not member of any club.
He defended go alleged murderers and all
acquitted
He always rides in ordinary day
passenger train and the street in
city. ,5e~
He framed the instruments on which the
unique government of the District of Columbia
is founded He lives outside of Baltimore, yet
is able to appear at trial in Baltimore in the
and he in MaShir in, tn suuer
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-14

tors busy by bringing to their notice
cases for which he pays.