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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

wall was covered with brown cloth,
which is very durable and fresh
looking. This was topped by mold
ing, above which the wall space was
hung with two-tone buff paper. This
in turn had strip of molding above
it. The ceiling was covered with
cream colored paper
The floor was Of hard wood and
was covered with rugs of harmonic
ing shades. The staircase was a SIM
pie colonial one, in straight line
design, and a mahogany hall table
stood against the wall Two oblong
pictures were on the wall and colo
NAL mirror, hung over the table, on
either side of the latter there was a
double candlestick, made to fasten
to the wall.
In the hall or on the stairway a
few pictures may be hung if the
width of the passage permits, but
there must not be the slightest chance
Of jostling against them. They should
be of assorted sizes, some oblong
or square, others round or oval
Fortunately, the picture molding
is fast losing it's original use. Moth
ing is more hideous than the triangu-
lar shaped space formed by the pic
ture wire above a frame, particularly
if the frame be small and the wires
long. The screw-eyes should be about
one inch from the top of the Frame
and the wire should be so short that
it does not show. Pictures should be
hung flush with the wall, if they
slant they will be out of harmony
with the architectural lines of the
room.
For the formal drapery for the front
door or the window, nothing equals
the filet lace panel. There are sew
eral ways of using this curtain; it
may be stretched on frame and set
in the sash against the glass, or it
may be attached to a small rod at the
top of the pane and allowed to hang
in folds to the bottom The frame,
however, has this advantage: when
the curtain has been cleaned it may
be stretched in the frame and dried
in position. Otherwise the lace will
tend to dry out of shape and look
stringy and lacking in it's pristine
freshness.
One of the best frames comes with
a groove in each side in which is a
cotton cord. To this cord the lace
panel is sewn, and when the curtain
is cleaned these stitches may readily
be taken out, and after washing be
readily replaced.
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LONG LIST OF BIRDS THAT
EAT SCALE INSECTS
Valuable Service Rendered Holding check-By
w. L. r1cAtee. Asst. Biological Survey.

The importance of birds to the farm
err in his warfare against insects is
everywhere recognized; indeed, it may
be said that successful agriculture
would be well-nigh impossible with
out their aid. One important role,
however, is filled by birds, In which
the value of their services has not
been appreciated, chiefly, no doubt, be-
cause the facts are not generally
known. This is as destroyers OF scale
insects. Very little has been pub
lished on the subject, although at least
six foreign species and about the same
number of native ones have been re-
ported as feeding upon scales. These
facts have been either overlooked or
little weight has been attached to
them. Indeed, only recently currency
has been given to a statement that
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America has become land of ner-
vCus emotiOnal1sts, largely owing to
our sins against the dietetic health
laws of nature.
Only outdoor exercise in cold eli
mate would enable vigorous individ-
uals of our species to digest the viands
forced upon alimentary organs enfee-
bled by sedentary occupations" wrote
DR.. Felix Oswald
Brain workers must have different
food than labOrers, because brain work
uses up parts of the brain and nerve
ccnters, while physical labor uses up
ether parts of the body.
Grape-NUts, a food for brain work
ers, prepared by scientific food makers,
is a pure, natural food made from Sc
lected parts of field grains known to
contain the natural phosphate of pot
ash and other elements required by
the system in rebuilding and repair
ing the brain and nerve centers. This
food is skillfuIly cooked at the factory
and is ready to be served instantly
with cream. At all first-class grocers
and made by the Postum Co., at Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the little health
classic, THE Road to MELVILLE" IN
pkgs. There's Reason"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
BELTS FOR THE SUMMER.
So Many Varieties That All Tastes
May Be Suited.

AS long as the shirt waist survives,
belts must remain in fashion, and
every year the variety appears new
and unlimited. Just now general at
tention is centered upon belts for linen
and silk suits.
In white kid there are many novel
ties, and all are more or less ornate,
at least so far as the detail work is
concerned, for the general effect is
sufficiently plain to go with tailored
suits. But the soft kid is tucked and
shirred and treated in marvellous fash
ion, as though it were so much white
satin ribbon. Sometimes when the
pliable leather is quite wide it is
drawn through a smaller buckle, with
in which the surplus fullness is drawn
into the narrowest possible corded
tucks. Again the leather is ornament
ed with a delicately tinted floral de-
sign in silk embroidered applique In
all these cases there are two buckles,
one front and one back These are
usually not ornate for ordinary wear.
Chamois and undressed suede are
also used for betting in natural colors
with plain gold buckles, and in the
elastic ribbons bead trimming is also
used. Taffeta ribbon belts to match
the tie are also perennial favorites,
and are always in good taste with the
linen suit.
A woman requires several belts for
summer if she wears tailored suits at
all. She should have one to match
the suit, and one elaborate jeweled or
handsome silver ceinture For her
white linen suits and ginghams she
may add as many more as her fancy
and her pocketbook dictate.
The short-waisted frock has by no
means done away with the need for a
belt or girdle. It's position is shifted
upward, but wide belts or girdles of
satin ribbon with large buckles are
a feature of many of the modified en-
pire modes.
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Iished observations on this point are
those of r. Newstead, Chester, Eng
land. He mentions four scale insects
which were preyed upon by five spe-
cies of birds, and it is to be noted that
two of the scales and two of the birds
are identical with species occurring in
the United States. The house spar
row was found apparently feeding
upon the hawthorn scale (Eulecanium
genevense), which occurs only in Eu-
rope. Another scale insect, neverthe-
less, and an injurious one, the oyster
shell bark-louse (Mytilaspis pomo-
RUM, which was eaten by the birds
Mr.. Newstead studied, is common
pest in the United States. 1t was fed
upon by the tree-creeper, a near rela-
tive of our brown creeper.
Recent investigations show that a
very much larger number of our North
American birds prey upon scales than
was expected, and some eat them to
considerable extent. Their influence
upon the number of these pests, while
doubtless less than that of the preda-
ceous insects, is of far more impor-
tame ethan has yet been recognized.
Among the scales they devour are
some most notorious pests.
At least two native birds eat the
plum scale, which is destructive to
cherry and plum trees. One of them
is the beautiful rose-breasted grOsbeak
(Zamelodia ludoviciana). A female of
this species collected by the writer in
Indiana had eaten sc of these scales,
COMPOSING So per cent. of the stomach
contents. Two other grosbeaks from
Illinois did still better. One consumed
about As plum scales, which made up
95 per cent. of it's food, While the other
had eaten nothing but plum scales, of
which it's stomach contained more
than 100. The cardinal or redbird
also feeds upon the plum scale, one
taken in Texas in April having con-
sumed a number sufficient to form 81
per cent. of it's stomach contents.
These two species of birds devour
other scale insects also, some of which
are CLOSELY IEldLCu W CAAC plum 0SOAC"
The rose-breasted grosbeak has been
found to eat the hickory scale Guile
canium oarya) and the tulip scale
(Eulecanium tulipifere). The latter
is very destructive to shade trees in
some parts of the eastern United
States. While both the rose-breasted
and the cardinal grosbeak eat scales
of the genus Eulecanium in large num-
bers. we have been unable to identify
specifically any others, with the prob
able exception of the locust scale,
@Eulecanium robinarium (Douglas),
from the stomach Of cardinal collect
ed in Texas. Another grosbeak, the
black-headed (Zamelodia melanoce-
phala), at home in the western United
States, preys upon scales of the same
genus. 1t is known to select the frost
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
Lace and Ribbon Sleeve.

There is a pretty sleeve, suggested
by picture of the Pompadour days,
in which the sleeves of the long-waist.
ed kind are formed, at the shoulder,
Of superposed frills of narrow lace;
thus a glimpse of the arm is permit.
ted, and then, at the elbow, comes a
jarretiere of ribbon bows with a frill
rising above them as well as one fall.
ing below-a pretty idea for a dinner
gown, carried out, say, in natter blue
and pearl gray with Mechlin laces.-
The Queen.
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ed scale (Eulecanium pruinosum),
which attacks fruit trees such as april
cot, peach, prune and cherry, and is
already important economically, with
possibilities of becoming a serious pest
if unchecked. 1t relishes also the april
cot scale (Eulecanium armeniacum),
which is an enemy of apricot, prune,
pear and other trees.
In the southeastern United States
occurs an allied genus of scale insects,
Toumeyella The cardinal feeds upon
at least one species of this group.
Distributed chiefly along the Pacific
coast is a scale which is closely re-
lated to those of the aforementioned
genera and is preyed upon by many
birds. This is the black olive scale
(Saissetia olea, fig. u.
Another scale insect which is eaten
by several birds, but which differs
from the aforementioned species in that
it confines itself to single host plant,
is the oak scale (Kermes). Oak scales
are not conspicuously injurious, but
this fact does not detract from the
value of the birds which feed upon
them, since we can be assured they
do not neglect other kinds which are
destructive. In fact, one of the oak
scale feeders, the rose-breasted gros-
beak, is already known to feed upon
other and harmful scales.
The following species of birds have
been found to devour the oak scale:
Rose-breasted grOsbeak, red-eyed
vireo, white-eyed vireo, worm-eating
warbler, magnolia warbler, blackpoll
warbler, Canadian warbler.
The oaks, infested as they are by
the comparatively innocuous Kermes.
are fortunate in comparison to the
naples, which are attacked by Pull
vinaria The cottony maple scale
(Pulvinaria innumerabilis) is a special
pest of the tree from which it derives
| it's common name, but it is found upon
scores of others.
| Among scale insects eaten by birds
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
Novelties in Silk.

Sheer silk gauzes with Chinese and
Japanese borders attest the popular
ity of oriental effects in hand trim
mings. They are made up effectively
by the leading dressmaking establish
ments, and here, too, unpretentious
lines are the correct thing. AS rule
the skirts boast no trimming save the
border of embroidery, unless it be a
few tucks above, scattered their own
distance apart, and possible panel eff
feet down the front, with narrow in
sets of lace insertion. The draped
surplice bodices are filled in back and
front with lace and net, while the
sleeves are of the prevailing kimono
type, finished with a replica of the
border which appears upon the skirt.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
MAKE HALL PRETTY
MISTAKE TO NEGLECT ENTRANCE
TO HOME.
Proper Decoration and Arrangement
Gives Visitor Good Impression of
Illustration Shows Ap-
propriate Furnishings.

Our first impression of the home
we enter is often decided by the halls
appearance and if this is badly ar
ranged and decorated the other rooms
are likely to be in keeping with it.
Little can be done with the average
hall in narrow city houses, but it may
at least be kept from being dreary
and forbidding.
A well-chosen stair carpet, wall
coverings of good rich color, and
doorway draperies in tones to match
go far to bring about this result. The
less furniture the better. An UNI
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
New HEeat Veil"

The fire department of Cologne, Ger
many, has adopted as a protection to
the faces of the men a newly invented
heat VEIL The veil is made after the
principle of safety lamp, with double
windows. 1t is composed of f1bers of
cane, which, as is known, possess the
peculiar property of retaining water
for a considerable length of time, The
veil is dampened before being fast
ened to the treman's ordinary brass
helmet
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FOR THE DRESSING TABLE.
Novel 'Toilet-Tidy Will Make a Pretty
Ornament.

The dainty little toilet-tidy shown
in our sketch is made on something
the same principle as an easel or a
standing photo-frame, and would prove
a pretty ornament for the dressing
table.
1t is arranged with three long and
slender pieces of wood, some seven or
eight inches in length, and one short
er piece to go across the top. These
pieces of wood are kept in position by
firmly tied bows of pink satin ribbon,
which are connected by twisted ends,
and which serve to give pretty finish
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

Pure Bred Sires.-In these DAYS of
enlightenment in stock matters no
man is justified in keeping any but a
pure-bred sire. If he has but little
use for him the fact that he is rails
ing the quality of his whole herd is
sufficient reason for keeping him.
Many a farmer declines to put money
into high-priced bull because he can
not count on enough extra services
1services outside of his own herd) to
make him an added profit. He has
not then figured on the real value of
the bull for his own herd. 1t is not
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Hereditory Professions.

A characteristic illustration of the
habit of the Japanese of following the
profession of their fathers was re-
Gently afforded bp an advertisement
IN japanese newspaper. A famous
dancing master announced religious
celebration of the one thousandth an
niversary of the death of his ancestor,
who had ,been the first in his family
10 teach dancing.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
First japanese Railway Train.

The throttle of the first Japanese
railway train was pulled by an Ameri-
can, Duncan Mcdonald, now a veteran
in the employ of the Southern Pacific.
That was thirty-five years ago, says
the Railroad Mans Magazine, on the
occasion of the completion of the mar
row gauge line from Yokohama to To
kio, and Mcdonald had the honor of
drawing the present mikado, then a
young man of scarcely twenty.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
mMusic Is a CrY.v

Music is called the universal Ian
guage; and yet when you are strug-
Cling to understand what a composer
is trying to say, always remember
that he is speaking primitive lam
guage that frames vaguely senti-
ment, or mood, or a tangled fabric
of sentiments and moods.
The best definition I ever heard of
music is that of Tame. Music is a
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

fore using Doan's Kidney Pills [ suf-
fered everything from kidney troubles
for a year and half. l had pain in
the back and head, and almost contin-
uous in the loins and felt weary all
the time. A few doses of Doan's Kid
ney Pills brought great relief, and I
kept on taking them until in short
time was cured. | think DOan's Kid
ney Pills are wonderful"
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-M ilburn Co, Buffalo, n. 7.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
Children and Forestry

Massachusetts is trying to arouse
her public school pupils to interest in
forestry, and the state forester, F. w.
Rane, has sent out to every school SUI
perintendent in the state a circular
letter setting forth the desirability of
further educating the children in car
ing for trees. He offers seedlings and
seed of white pine, white ash, red
spruce, beech, chestnut and acorn
trees on payment of the actual ex-
pense Of digging and express charges.
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Allowances Necessary.

why does marriage seem to dispel
so much of the glamor of affection?"
asked the sentimental young woman.
WELL" answered Miss Cayenne,
perhaps a woman doesn't make sui
f1cient allowance. 1t must be very
hard for a man to seem as graceful
and heroic when advocating household
economics as when he is offering to
lay the world at your feet. "-Washing-
ton Star.
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Little Girls School Waists.

Make your old white shirt waists
into school waists for the little gorIs.
AS they usually are open in the back
it is but little trouble, and they can
wear them with a wooden skirt, as it
saveswashing and ironing a whole
dress and they look just as fresh and
clean.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

CAGy get OuC VI OluO
it causes backache,
headaches, dizziness
languor and distress
ing urinary troubles.
Keep the kidneys we'll
and all these suffer
ings will be saved
you. Mrs. S.A. Moore,
proprietor of a res
taurant at Water
vile, Mo-, says: BE
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

of the San Jose scale, the most de-
structive scale insect.
Following is list of birds ascer-
tanned to feed upon scale insects none
of which were specifically identified:
Hairy woodpecker (Dryobates villosus).
Northern downy woodpecker< (Dryobates
%. medianuS).
Red-cockaded woodpecker Oryobates
borealis).
Arctic three-toed woodpecker Picodes
articus).
Yellow-bellied woodpecker (sphyrapicus
varius).
Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes
erythrocephalus).
Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata).
Orchard oriole Qcterus spurius).
Baltimore oriole 0cterus galbula).
Cedar waxwing (Ampelis cedrorum).
Townsend warbler Dendroica town
SendD
Tufted titmouse (Baeotophus bicolor).
Bridled titmouse (Baeolophus wollwe-
berD.
Carolina chickadee (Parus carolinensis),
Ruby-crowned kinglet (Regulus calen-
dula).
Varied thrush Gxoreus naevius).
All told, 81 species of birds have
been found to eat scale insects. 1t is
interesting to note that this number
comprises representatives of II fam.
lilies, differing widely not only in struc-
ture but in habits. They are distrib-
uted as follows: Nine woodpeckers,
2 jays, orioles, sparrows, / wax.
wing; vireos, II warblers, 2 wrens.
L tree creeper, nuthatches and tits
of the titmouse family, kinglet and l
gnatcatcher of the old world warbler
family, and the varied thrush and the
bluebird.
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brella stand, a chair, chest and mir
ror with hooks, are all that is neces-
sary Pictures should be of rather
formal style, carefully chosen and
sparingly used.
In summer homes or suburban
houses the widest latitude is allowed
i'll the treatment of the hall The
illustration shows simple and at
tractive way to furnish the ordinary
hail. The first three feet of side
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

How -7any realize that as much
fertili, leaves the farm in one ton Of
clover hay as in 4.8 tons of four per
cent. milk? At % cents per pound Of
butter fat the milk is worth $84, i. e.,
as much fertility leaves the farm in,
say, $12 worth of clover hay as in $84
worth of milk.
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to the tidy, while they are also very
useful in keeping the sticks in place.
The tidy itself is of pale linen made
in pocket form, and fairly deep, so
that the combings will always be out
of sight. 1t is bound at the edge with
heavy white cord, and finished in
front with a single pale pink rose with
green foliage, embroidered in washing
flax thread and in the natural tints of
the flowers and the leaves. Linen is
suggested rather than silk, as the tidy
can then be washed and replaced,
when occasion requires
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

When to Cut Alfalfa. = Alfalfa
should be cut when coming into
bloom, and not too close to the
ground. Hay caps to cover alfalfa
and protect it from dew, rain and sun
shine are desirable. One-half the
value Of alfalfa hay may be lost if it
is not properly protected.-Prof. r. A.
Moore.
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PATENTS.
List of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.

Reported by Lothrop & Johnson,
patent lawyers, Gil Pioneer Press
building, ST. Paul, Mimi: Harley E.
Coger, Minneapolis, Mimi, therapeutic
lamp; Andrew E. Gagnon, Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, coat adjuster; Thomas w.
Jerrens, st. Paul, Mimi, grass Irvine
machine; Andrew Nelson, So. Stillwa-
ter, Mimi, water turbine; Gustaf Oh
ton, Monticello, Mimi, power transmit
ting mechanism; Nels A. Rodness,
Clarified, Mimi, draft equalizer;
Charles R. Smead, st. Paul, Mimi,
clip fastener.
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Tommv's Sacrifice

Mrs. Tucker Con the morning of the
5th)-"Any change in Tommy's> con-
dition, doctor?"
Surgeon-"No further change, ma
dam. 1 think I can save the rest of
his fingers
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other than those above mentioned is
a very abundant and widespread spe.
cies, the oystershell bark-louse (Myti
laspis pomorum, fig. 81, which is some.
times quite injurious. Indeed, it is
said that in some sections the oyster
shell bark-louse is, with the exception
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Unlike the woman who has had ty-
phoid fever, the bald-headed man gets
little satisfaction in telling how
curly his hair used to be.
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The Brute.

They had been married three
months.
"Is my back hair all right?" she
queried as they were leaving the
house.
(Which is-er-your hair?" queried
the mere man.
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birds never feed upon scales. Not
only is this statement not true, but in
vestigations by the biological survey
prove, conclusively that scales are
eaten by many species of birds and
that with some species they are ia
vorite food.
Among the most interesting pub
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The Listeners EXCUSE.

If we always directly turned the
other way when we heard anything
obviously not intended for our ears,
we should lose a vast deal of amuse-
ment-Eton College Chronicle.
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cry" and-to my thinking, at least
the best music is that in which, to
the largest degree, each note repre-
sents an outcry. But then cry may
mean so much or so little!-Delinea-
for
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Mrs. Knicker-Has Mabel arranged
for the summer?
Mrs. Bocker-No, she's trying 70
think of some way her husband won't
have a good time, too.
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Politics in Kentucky.

"Ain't no use tryin' to steer the
people on to Taft's Tonic" declared
the drug store philosopher, when
what the kentry demands is Roose-
velt's Ready Relief"