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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-16
The Oldest Textbook.

Within the last few years a revolu-
ton has been accomplished at Ok
ford which ought really to affect the
mind of the nation more than the diff
ference between Lord Curzon and
Lord Roseberry, says the London
Spectator. A textbook has been dis
carded which was already venerable
for it's antiquity at the beginning of
the Christian era. Needless to say,
we are referring to Euclid's "Ele-
ments" For what other textbook
ever had such a run as that? 1t
has been accepted ever since its pub
LEGATION, which was in the reign of
the first Ptolemy (B. c. 323-2S5). No
writer has ever become so identified
with a science as Euclid with geom-
etry. The nearest approaches are to
he found in the relation of Aristotle
to logic and of Adam Smith to po)jt-
ical economy.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-16
FRIDAY, AUG. 16, 1907.
ABODE OF TRAITOR
BENEDICT ARNOLD'S MANSION IN
PHILADELPHIA.
House is One of the Few Specimens
of Colonial Architecture Left in
the Country-Now belongs
to the City.

Mount Pleasant, in the East Park,
IS almost equally well known to park
visitors as Arnolds mansion, is to be
the headquarters of La Morigan'a
Klambo, the newly formed organiza-
ton of fashionable women motorists,
says the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Few buildings in the park equal
Mount Pleasant in interest, and none
is older 1t is one of the few well pre-
served country mansions built in this
country in Colonial times. AS a speci-
men of architecture modelled upon the
style made popular by Sir Christopher
Wren, it is one of the half dozen
or less which remain in this country.
The house, which John Adams
who dined there in 1774-Geclared was
the most elegant in Pennsylvania, was
built for Capt. John Mcpherson IN
1862. In 1879 Macpherson grew tired
of the place and sold it to Gen. Bene-
dict Arnold, who had married Peggy
Shipper. In its time the mansion has
borne three names. MACPHERSON
called it The Hills and also Clunie,
and subsequently it was known as
Mount Pleasant.
Capt. Macpherson was one OF the
most original men in the province II
he had not been immensely wealthy
he probably would not have been toll
Grated; but as a priva eersman in
England's wars with France and
Spain before the revolution he was
lucky and came home with genuine
gold galleon. He had two sons. One
was an officer in the British army,
but resigned his commission on the
breaking out of the revolution and be-
came a major in the Continental army,
The other son was with the colonists
from the beginning of the struggle
and was killed at the attempt to take
Quebec. being the first Philadelphia
of Importance to give up his life for
the cause.
Old Capt. Macpherson made himself
tiresome to congress, begging for CON-
mand of ship, but did not gain his
desire. He published the first direc-
tory of Philadelphia in 1855. This book
is really one of the curiosities of liter
ature, for the captain canvassed the
city himself and printed the replies
he received at each door in answer
to his request for names. He died in
1892 and lies in st. Paul's churchyard
When Arnold married Peggy Ship
pen, daughter of Edward Shipper, sub
seuuentlv chief Justice of Pennsylva-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-16

mia, he bought Mount Pleasant and
settled it on himself for life, with
the remainder of his wife and chill
dren At the time Arnold was mill
tary governor of Philadelphia, and
Judge Peters, who occupied Belmont,
the seat across the Schuylkill from
Mount Pleasant, accused the general
of having converted $4,000 to his own
use and of having used this toward
the purchase of Mount Pleasant.
Arnold did not long remain at
Mount Pleasant. After his treason he
of course had to leave the country,
and the state of Pennsylvania confis-
Gated his life interest in the beautiful
estate. Baron de Steuben became the
next tenant of the place and Arnold's
life interest was sold to Colonel Rich
ard Hampton for $3.50
In the Shipper correspondence, pub
lished few years ago, there are sew
eral references to Mount Pleasant. In
1885 in letter from Mrs. Arnold to
her father it appears that Arnold had
an idea of privately getting title to the
property Tor MS family. lie changed
his mind, however, and suggested that
the place be sold at public sale for as
much as it would bring. In 1896
Mount Pleasant was sold, but for
barely enough to satisfy the mort
cages upon it.
Gen jonathan Williams. a revolu-
tionary patriot and commercial agent
of the United States in France from
1777 to 1885, bought the country seat
and lived there for years. The
property remained in his family for
many years and was purchased by
the park commission by virtue of the
act of 1867, which permitted the ac-
QUESTION OF what are now park prop
critics.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-16

Kept the robin a prisoner. To Mr.. Nc
Gills surprise the bones grew to-
gether, and a few weeks ago the leg
was found to be as good as ever. The
robin was given its freedom, but in ap-
probation of the kind surgical act per-
formed by Mr.. McGill the robin comes
about the house many times every
day and has become so tame that it
will eat crumbs from Mr.. McGill's
hand
The bird has a nest in nearby tree
and on being called by Mr. McGill in
variably flies to him and perches on
the vines, a fence or some other OBJ
ject near where Mr.. McGill may hap
pen to be-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-16
On. IN the Ticket Seller.

Step rigHt up this way ladies and
gentlemen said the fashy youth in
the circus ticket wagon. step lively,
please. Get your tickets-the show is
just going to start. Two for you,
sir?"
A benevolent round-cheeked old
rube and his flock of children stood
at the edge of the crowd, bunch of
gaudy tickets in one hand and a hand
full Of silver in the other His pursed
lips suddenly turned into a broad
smile. he hesitated. and then walked
doubtfully toward the ticket window
still counting the change. He edged
his way through the crowd and ad
dressed the fashionably dressed youth
above him:
You made mistake in yer change,
sir" he said.
The ticket man fumed up and shook
his head.
NO mistakes rectified after you
leave the window, Rube-don't you
see the sign? Move along. Make way
for the others"
But" expostulated the farmer.
mo butts 90 with me. Get along"
Now, see here" said the Rube, Sc
riously.
Cut it out, Rube-yer wastin' my
time No mistakes in change recti-
fled after you leave the window. Dye
hear?"
We'll, all right" said the rustic,
turning to go, Il wuz only tryin' to
tell We that We guy me five dollars too
much -
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-16
Buy a Flat Iron.

To encourage the use of Electric
Current the Shoshone Light and
Water Company will sell 6-pound
electric fiat irons at $500
For the use of the current for
private family ironing the charge
will be 70 cents per month for the
six summer months, or so cents a
month for II months.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-16
BIRD SHOWED ITS GRATITUDE.
Robins Appreciation of Surgical serv
ices Rendered.

About six weeks ago Hugh McGill,
of Lock Haven, Pa, noticed an old
robin futtering in the grass in front of
his home as if it had been injured.
Mr.. McGill caught the bird after some
little effort. He discovered that one
of the robins legs was broken, which
rendered it almost helpless.
Taking the redbreast into the house
he washed the bones, applied splints
and carefully bandaged the leg and
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-16
The Retort Courteous.

as any one waiting on you?" asked
the naughty saleslady, finally conde-
scending to notice the shopping per-
son.
I'm afraid not" replied the latter
MY husband was-I left him outside
but I'm afraid he's become disgust
ed and gone hIme. Catholic Stand
ard and Times
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-16
A Label That Hurts,

They stopped to read large sign
engraved in stone IN front of a
home for women in Harlem. 1t read
like this:
HOME FOR RESPECTABLE, AGED {:
AND INDECENT FEMALES. ::
They call 1t indignant females up
here" said the girl as they walked
on. They have to pay little some
times to get in there"
Il should think they would call 1t
indignant" remarked her friend, the
woman. Its bad enough to be
called respectable, but they'd have to
pay me to live behind a sign that
called me an aged and INDECENT fe-
male"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-08-16
A wise Precaution.

Little Ethel-Mamma, don't people
ever get punished for telling the
truth?
Mamma-No. dear; why do you
ask?
Little Ethel-'Cause I Just looked
the last three tarts in the pantry and
| thought I'd better tell you.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-24
Debris Worth Twenty Millions.

Twenty million dollars is the esti-
mated value of the debris left by the
San Francisco catastrophe.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-24
Dobbin Still Holds His own.

The automobile has become indis-
pensable to certain purposes and its
field is widening constantly. But
there is still room for Dobbin. He
continues to jog his way about in the
good old reliable way. Your proud
possessor of $1,000 automobile may
speed along the highways with the
swiftness CT a comet, but the man
does not live who, will lay odds that
when an automobile starts out it will
return the same day. Public con-
fidence remains with Dobbin. He-may
not be as spectacular or as speedy, but
he has no tires to explode, carburetters
to get out Of order or pipes to freeze.
And DObbin gives his own particular
laugh when he passes the machine
shop or the automobile that is strand
ed at the side of the road.-Kansas
City Journal
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-24
nrhe Queens correspondent.,

The nonagenarian inmate OF the
Ye0vil almshouse named Tucker, who
enjoyed the local sobriquet of 1.-THE
Queens correspondent" died sudden
ly on Thursday night at the age OF
ninety-six years, being the Oldest in,
habitant of the town. Tucker fire.
quently wrote to members OF the
royal family, including the king and
queen, and on seven occasions re-
ceived grateful acknowledgements, be-
ing the recipient at different times OF
q warm waistcoat from Queen Alexan,
dra, which he was wearing at the
time of his death, a box OF chocolates
and tea. Tucker Always kept to him.
self the contents of the letters which
he sent-London Globe.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-24
Patrons of the coutts Bank.

The Coutts bank in London, found
ed in 1892, with which the name OF
the late Lady Burdette-Coutts Will be
forever connected, enjoys the distinc-
ton Of having had larger number OF
sovereigns as customers and more
mobiles as partners than any other IN
stitution of the kind in the world. The
first royal customer of the bank was
King George H. of England, and after
him every English monarch in turn
has banked there, including Edward
VII. as we'll as five kings and one en-
peror of France, a German emperor
and his widow, the late Empress Fred
erick, the present Queen Chrlstlna Oh
Spain and Car Alexander IL.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-24
TENDER CARE or a PAGER.
Dan Patch Has a Man With Him Night
and Dav

Dan Patch Has Man With Him Night
and Day.
How carefully famous and @yalua-
Bile piece of horsefesh is nursed and
guarded is told by H. G. Hersey, train
er of the great PAGER Dan Patch, :55.
He has a number Of attendants and
groom is with him night and day the
night man sleeping in his stall.
"Punctually at a. M" says Her
sey, leach day begins for him, when
he is fed exactly four quartes of oats,
with two tablespoonfuls of stock food.
A bucket of fresh water is always at
his disposal His meal finished, the
stall is disinfected and fresh straw put
in. Dan is then brushed off, his ban
dages, which he always wears, are
changed, his hoofs picked, and he is
ready for his daily jog of five or SIX
miles, weather permitting. After his
run he is cooled off and ten pounds OF
hay is placed in his stall.
At 4:3O o'clock his stall is straight
ened up and another ten pounds OF
hay given him. At O'Clock he is fed
four quarts of cooked oats and bran.
After this meal he is put away for the
night. On the days he goes his eXhl-
bition miles Dan is fed four times
day, getting an extra meal at $50 p.
m. He is allowed all the hay he Will
eat up to the time he is harnessed for
his preparatory three miles: After the
three miles are run he is ready for the
fast mile"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-24
Thrifty Boston Policemen.

A number of men of the police force
in Boston have recently purchased
farms with view of having seclud-
ed place to retire to when they are
awarded their pensions Of half-pay al
the conclusion of their terms OF faith
full service.
Already a number of retired ponce
men have demonstrated that they can
be successful farmers, even though
they never turned the soil in all thelr
wears until they were pen sloned
Some have made small fortunes rals
ing chickens.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-24
By VIM. DODsoN, Under
STATE OF WISCONSIN ss


Corbett, Robert, Lumber Co., Lady
smith.
Ladysmith Publishing Co.. Lady
smith.
Ladysmith Mercantile Co., Lady
smith.
Ladysmith Park Association, Lady
smith.
Notice is hereby given to you and
each of you that you have tailed
to file in this Office the annual report
provided for by chapter 562, laws OF
1907.
Now therefore in compliance with
law, the corporate rights and priv
ileges granted to you, will be forfeit
ed on January 1, 1908, providing
such annual report is not filed IN this
Office prior thereto and payment
made of forfeit fee and costs OF pub
lication as therein provided.
JAMES A. FREAR,
Secretary of State.
tied October Is, 1907 2S-3
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-24
An Alligator Farm.

Everett Fl. Barney, the Springfield,
Mass, multimillionaire, who recently
decided to that city his magnificent es-
tate of IT'S acres of land and his hand
some home in the summer, is spend
ing the winter in Florida, as usual, on
his plantation, where, as pastime, ne
has taken up the work OF alligator
farming.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-24
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF SHERlFF'S SALE ON
EXECUTION

By virtue of an execution issued out
of and under the seal of the Circuit
Court in and for Rusk County, Wis
consin, upon a judgment rendered in
the Justice Court in the City of Lady
smith, on the 23rd day of April, 1907,
before r. S. Reeves, Justice of the
Peace, which judgment was duly tran
scripted and docketed in the Circuit
Court for Rusk County on the 23rd day
of August, 1907, in an action wherein
A. Booth & Company, a corporation, is
the plaintiff, and s. Duprey is the de-
PENDANT, for the sum of Forty-two and
17-1O0 (42 I'D Dollars, which execution
was directed and delivered to me as
Sheriff OF Rusk County, | have levied
upon all of the right, title and interest
of said defendant, S. Duphrey, in and
to the following described real proper
tv, to-Wit The Northwest quarter of
Lot One, Block One of Sabin S Addition
to the City of Ladysmith, in the County
of Rusk and State of Wisconsin.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that
I. the undersigned, as Sheriff of Rusk
County, will sell the above described
real property to the highest bidder, for
cash, at public auction, at the South
door of the Rusk County Court House,
in the City of Ladysmith, Rusk County,
Wisconsin, on the 9th day of October,
A. D., 1907, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon of said day, to satisfy the said ex-
ecution, together with the costs and
the interest thereon.
Dated this 23rd day of August, 1907.
J. H. REED,
Sheriff of Rusk County.
By VIM. DoDsoN, Under Sheriff.
The above sale is adjourned to
| October 30th, 1907 at 10 O'Clock a. M,
at the same place.
Dated Oct. 8, 1907, at 10 o'clock a.
m. T. Fl. REED, Sheriff.
by VIM. DoDsoN, Under-sheriff.
Oh
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-24
500 LINE
WISCONSIN CENTRAL

500 a m. ..Lv Ladysmith Ar. 5:45 p m.
n:3Op M. ArAbbotsford Lv. 2:15 p m.
Daily except Sunday.
Close connection at Owen for st.
Paul.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-24
Black Sheep of Family.

Lets see," said the man who had
been away a long time, according to
the Stafford Courier, you had two
boys, didn't you?
YES" replied Pat. "They would av
been three av thin, but one was born
girl"
Il remember now. Tom and Andy
you named them, after Thomas Jeffer-
son and Andrew Jackson, didn't you?'
YES"
LAS I remember Tom, he was a very
bright little fellow. never knew so
much about Andy"
"Ah, but that Andy! He's the boy.
He led the big league twict in battin'
and now he's managing a club in Mis-
souri, and has contract for five years
at terrible big salary. Me and his
ma can't get over being glad we never
made Andy go to school, but let him
play bail in all the corner lots of the
neighborhood. And all the neighbors
have his pitcher in their parlors They
are proud Of him. He gets more salary
than member Of the cabinet at Wash
ington."
That's fine. 1 am glad to hear that
Andy is doing SO we'll. But what about
Tom? | always had an idea that he
was going to turn out well.'
mo, Tom amt amountin' to much,
He was more for wastin his time goin'
to college and that. He's only the chief
llt'ry adviser or something like that
Tor one OF those concerns that prints
books. But thin you know they say
there's black sheep in nearly every
family"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-24
Mtchae1,s INTERPRETATION.

A traveller lately returned from Ire
land has a story illustrating the ready
wit of the Irishman. An old gardener
meeting his employer, touched his fin
ger to the tip of his cap and said:
Good morning, yer honor, OF had a
fine drame of We last night"
Indeed. Michael!" remarked the en-
ployer. What was the dream?"
"Oi drained thot ye gave me a fine
box O. tobaccy, an thot her ladyship
yer honored wife, gave me humble wife
a can O tn best tay."
'Ah, Michael, but you know dreams
always so by contraries."
Thin" said Michael, maybe yell be
after givin' me wife tn tobaccy an he1
ladyship'll give me tn tay." -Harper's
Weekly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-24

meat now and then, and also wheat to
be mixed with the rice in porridge for
the morning meal. The changes have
been made to give the soldier more
strength and to protect him against
beri-beri. which disease too much rice
is supposed to foster. incidentally
wheat bread Of various kinds has been
added to canteen supplies, and the sol
diers have been encouraged to buy It
They have had their choice between
pan" or white bread, and "kuropan,"
or brown bread, and they have decided
unanimously for the pan" The "kuro-
pam they leave for strangers, and up
to date there has been nothing to indi.
cate that they are any the worse off for
their choice. In European armies the
relative value of brown and white
breads is still an open question. No
one denies the fact that bread made OF
unbolted -four has a large percentage
of nutritive matter, but many investi-
gators deny that the human digestive
system can make use Of that nutritive
matter to as great advantage as it can
the lesser quantities contained in white
bread. An Italian investigator, Sera-
ini, and German, Lehman, have con-
Quoted experiments wholly unfavorable
to brown bread, and quite an array of
surgeon majors and inspector generals
of continental armies can now be quo
ted in defense of the white bread. This
will be disquieting information to many
an American civilian who has hard
ened himself in the belief that he likes
brown bread better than white just be-
cause he has so often been told that it
is more nutritious. Now to be told that
the brown bread, although really more
nutritious chemically, is actually less
nutritious to the man who eats it be-
cause he can absorb less of what is in
it, is to turn all his past sacrifices into
irony. The man who eats brown bread
because he likes it, and who has never
tried to like it because he thought it
was better for him, will have the laugh
on the other.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-24

Mexico, following the recent violent
earthquake, is waiting in a frenzy of
terror to see what the volcano of Coli
ma will do. Like a grim outpost of the
Internal regions it has terrorized south
ern Mexico for half a century. 1t
seems always on the verge Of a terri
BILE outbreak, like that Of Mount Pelee.
Residents of the earthquake wrecked
cities Of Chilpancingo, Chilapa and
Tlxtla are cursing this fire-topped mon
ster to the west. Belief is general here
that water finding it's way through ifs
sures from the nearby ocean stirs up
the volcano. People are asking if the
awful force created from a sudden in
rush of water into the heated crater
found its vent in the destroying earth
shocks at this point.
The peak Of Colima is 1900 feet
high. For fifty years it has vomited
smoke, fame and ashes. Ashes fall $50
miles away. In the immediate danger
zone are prosperous sugar and coffee
plantations. There are also several
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-24

family, probably in Asia, in the far-oH
centuries, it grows all over the world.
1t was we'll known to the ancient
Greeks and Romans. It is mentioned
in ancient Egyptian writings and in
the Pentateuch.
When the Israelites in the wilderness
grew weary of mama they sighed for
the good things they had left behind
and they distressed Moses when they
lifted their voices in weeping and
cried: I'VE remember the fish, which
we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucum-
bers and the melons and the leeks and
the onions and the garlic, but now our
soul is dried away; there is nothing
at all besides this mamma before our
eyes,"
1t was not so much the feshpots of
Egypt that they sighed for as for the
succulent leek, the pungent onion, the
odorous garlic. The onion is the Welsh
national emblem. In Spain and Italy
garlic, which is merely a condensed
onion, enters into nearly all dishes Of
both the rich and poor. The onion
thrives in Siberia and in Honduras.
It f1ourishes on the Nile and on the
Mississippi. 1t was favorite with the
Ptolemies of ancient Egypt and it finds
favor with the highest and the lowest
in Macon and Charlotte. The Lady of
Shalott died of a broken heart because
she had to give up either onions or
her lover.
Her lover was one of those finnicky
fellows who objected to the odor Of
onions and she would not give up the
shaIott. The onion is all right 1t
never seeks to conceal itself. 1t is
about the only thing in hash in which
American.