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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-07-04
ITO BE CONTINUED.i
KEEPS THE MONEY CLEAN.
No Old or Defaced Bills Paid Out by
the Bank of England.


the Bank of England
If the people really knew how many
persons had caught some sort of dis
ease from handling paper money which
had previously been in the possession OF
sufferers from some contagion, they
would demand radical change in the
policy of the government toward old
greenbacks and bank notes, says the
Bankers Monthly. The treasury de-
partment has subtreasuries in the larg-
er cities of the country, through which,
to large extent, the currency of the
country passes. These institutions take
in the small bills of their respective
cities and regions during part of the
year and pay them out at other times,
according as the convenience Of the
banks require. Now the rule should be
that no subtreasury should pay out to
banks or others any but brand-neW
greenbacks, and that the national bank
notes which have been in use should be
replaced by new ones The banks pay
the government enough so that, as
mere matter of commercial business,
this policy toward their notes should be
adopted But whether that was so or
not, this fresh-bill policy should be
adopted and maintained.
1t is a uniform rule with the Bank of
England that none but absolutely new
bills can go out over it's counter. No
matter if the bill has not the slightest
marks of use. If it once gets back into
the bank it never goes out again. The
rule is infexible and is carried out
faithfully. The United States treasury
should do as much for the American
people as that bank does for the people
of Great Britain. The cost to the bank
of a new bill is precisely half penny.
Of course this amounts to good deal of
money each year, but not enough to be
an appreciate factor in the general
business of the bank.
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INSURANCE INVESTMENTS.
How One Company's Assets Are Dis
trbuted il the South and West.

In connection with it's withdrawal
from Texas, along with many other
companies, rather than to submit to
the new law which requires that 1870
of the reserves on Texas policies shall
be invested in securities of that state,
which securities shall be deposited in
the state and subjected to heavy taxa
ton, in addition to the large tax now
imposed on life insurance premiums,
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
has made public the distribution of it's
assets, at the end of the second year
of the new management. The Equit-
able now has $10,95S, 900 invested in
Texas, which is twice as much as the
new law requires, but the manage
ment decided that to submit to the
additional taxation would be an injus-
tice to it's policyhOlders in other
states, which impose no such penalty
on the thrift of their citizens.
The Equitable's report shows that
more than 37Go of it's total reserves
are now invested in the southern and
western states, while only $3.50 of it's
total insurance is carried in these
states. It's investments are distributed
as follows: Ala, $3,099.0OO; Ariz.,
$974,OOO; Ark, $4,O2S.Oo0; Cal, $5,-
$4,000; Col, S.. 222,OOO; Fla, $4,924,-
900; Ga, $4,O4S,OOO; Idaho, $5.197, 900;
H., s12,617,OOO; Ind. Ter, $4,000;
Ind, $6,S36,OOO; Iowa, $3,690OOO; Kan
sas, 1852. 900: KY, 1881. 900; La,
$3,O54.OOO; Nd, s2.2O7 900; Mich, ST.
OO9, 900; Mimi, $2.O65 900; Miss, $751;
900; Mo-, $S,197.OOO; Mont, 81 10000;
Neb., $7,526,OOO; New, s64O 600; New
Mex, $1,S76,OOO; N. c., $1,649,OOO N.
D., $677,OOO; Ohio, 11634,OOO; Okla.
$1,OO6,OOO; Ore, $1,15S,OoO; S. c..
1915 900; S. D., $1,9O5, 900; Tenn, ST.
100000; Utah, $2,134, 900; Va, $685.
900; Wash, 81 POP, 900; W. Va, $5,523,-
900; Wis, $2,342, 900; Wyo., $685., 900.
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(Mosty Special Treatment

years in the rotation, so that every
crop is represented every year. Thus,
every year there is a field in pasture
on which the manure can be spread
as fast as it is made; and, if rock
phosphate is used, it should go on
with the manure, to be plowed under
for corn. The limestone may we'll be
applied in the summer of the second
year, after the land is plowed for
wheat In the further preparation of
the ground the limestone becomes
mixed with the surface soil, and the
packing of the soil in spreading the
limestone and in subsequent prepare
ton is likely to be beneficial for the
wheat crop. Wheat is usually helped
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ing to seal it, when tap at the door
stopped him. Come in," he cried, ir-.
ritably, and a man in travelling cos
tune, covered with dust, entered,
quietly whispered word or two in his
ear, and then went out. LomaQue
started at the whisper, and opening his
note again, hastily wrote under his sig
nature: 81 have just heard that Dan.
Vile has fastened his return to Paris,
and may be expected back tonight"
Having traced these lines, he closed,
sealed and directed the letter, and gave
it to Magloire The police agent looked
at the address as he left the room-it
was ITO Citizen Robespierre, Rue
Sainte-Honore."
Left alone again, Lomaque rose, and
walked restlessly backwards and for
wards, biting his nails.
"Danville comes back tonight" he
said to himself, "and the crisis comes
with him Trudaine conspirator! Sis
ter Rose Gas he used to call herr con-
spirator! Bah! conspiracy can hardly
be the answer to the riddle this time.
What is?"
He took turn or two in silence
then stopped at the open window, look
ing out on what little glimpse the street
afforded him of the sunset sky.
"This time five years" he said, "Tru-
dame was talking to me on that bench
overlooking the river; and Sister Rose
was keeping poor hatchet-faced old Lo-
maque's cup of coffee hot for him! Now,
I am officially bound to suspect them
both; perhaps to arrest them; perhaps
l wish this job had fallen into other
hands. don't want it at any price"
He returned to the writing table and
sat down to his papers with the logged
air of man determined to drive away
vexing thoughts by dint of sheer hard
work. For more than an hour he la
bored on resolutely, munching bit OF
dry bread from time to time. Then he
paused little, and began to think
again. Gradually the summer twilight
faded, and the room grew dark.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-07-04
COFFEE COMPLEXION.
Many Ladies Have Poor Compilations
from Coffee.

Coffee caused dark colored blotches
on my face and body. I had been
drinking it for a long while and these
blotches gradually appeared, until
finally they became permanent and
were about as dark as coffee itself.
Il formerly had as fine complex
ion as one could ask for.
when became convinced that COT
fee was the cause of my trouble, I
changed and took to using Postum
Food Coffee, and as made it WELL &C
cording to directions, l liked it very
much, and have since that time used
it in place of coffee.
Il am thankful to say am not ner-
vOus any more, as | was when | was
drinking coffee, and my complexion is
now as fair and good as it was years
ago. 1t is very plain that coffee caused
the trouble"
Most bad compilations are caused
by some disturbance of the stomach
and coffee is the greatest disturber Of
digestion known. Almost any woman
can have a fair complexion if she will
leave off coffee and use Postum Food
Coffee and nutritious, healthy food in
proper quantity. Postum furnishes
certain elements from the natural
grains from the field that Nature uses
to rebuild the nervous system and
when that is in good condition, one
can depend upon a good complexion
as well as a good healthy body.
There's a Reason" Read, THE Road
to Melville" in pkgs.
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umes with wonderful power to enrich
the soil in nitrogen is certainly good
farm practice.
Any form of lime which is finely
divided and can be thoroughly mixed
with the soil will serve to correct the
soil acidity, whether it be ground lime
stone, mari, or chalk, or fresh burned
lime, water-slacked lime, or air.
Stacked lime.
The other effect produced by lime,
the effect for which it has been most
used in past ages, is the decomposi-
ton of the soil itself. In this de-
composition the organic matter of the
soil is destroyed with the liberation
of nitrogen and phosphorus held IN
organic form and the mineral parti-
Giles of the soil are disintegrated with
the liberation of some plant food ele-
ments, as potassium and phosphorus
held in inorganic form. This effect
is produced by fresh-burned lime or
fresh-slacked lime.
Thus it will be seen that the first
erect OIL lille, IIS wi CSCAOh VI NOAA
aciditv. results in a building-up proc
ess through the increased growth OF
leeumes and nitrogen-ga bac-
terra; while the second effect, the de-
composition of the soil, is in all re-
sDects a destructive process, serving
only to liberate and reduce the stock
of plant food stored in the soil.
Whether this second effect is desir-
able will depend upon the nature of
the soil itself.
On soils which are exceedingly rich
in organic matter, such as peaty soils,
and other swamp soils, it would seem
altogether rational to make use of
caustic lime to hasten the decompo-
sition of the soil and consequent lib
Grafton of nitrogen, if such treatment
is necessary.
AS a general rule we should use
lime only to correct the acidity Of the
soil. and this is necessary only where
there is difficulty in obtaining a good
stand and luxurious growth of legu-
minous crop, such as red clover. AS
to the form of lime to use for this
purpose, the farmer must be governed
somewhat by the cost of the material
foreground lime will be both the best
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-07-04
LONDON AND GRAF TIERS.
They Are Severely Dealt With, Being
Socialists.

Socialists.
A useful object lesson in the proper
treatment of "grafters' is furnished
by London. At West Ham, one of the
poorer districts of the English capital,
nine out of the ten members of the
board of guardians have been con-
victed of receiving brides from con-
tractors and employees The sums in
volved were not large; $500 accepted
from a doctor to insure his getting a
certain medical appointment repre-
sents the largest amount.
But justice has followed with as
much swiftness and severity as though
thousands of dollars had been stolen.
The chief offenders have been SEN
fenced to hard labor, the most dras-
tic form of criminal punishment, for
two years. But perhaps the most sig
nificant feature of the incident is that
these dishonest officials were pro-
nounced Socialists. No doubt, the les
son will not be lost on the poor work
ers who have been robbed their
money. And the revelation will give
satisfaction to those voters who re-
Gently broke the power of the Socialist
movement in municipal London.
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WHAT MANURE DID
FOR ONE FARM
By PROF. HARRY SNYDER.

My attention was recently called to
farm in Dakota county, Minnesota,
where, when the country was being
settled, strip of apparently poor
land was passed over as worthless for
grain production. Later it was home
steaded by settler who came in a
one-horse outfit. Instead of raising
grain, this man started in on small
scale to feed live stock. Screenings
and grain could be obtained for the
hauling. The manure was judiciOusly
used and the soil responded to this
method of farming. In few years
upon this apparently poor soil larger
crops were produced than upon the
surrounding wheat lands. To-day it
is one of the most productive farms
in the county, and it's fertility is the
result of farm manure.
Farm manures are valuable be-
cause they add new stores Of fertility
to the soil They change the inactive
plant food to more available forms
through the production of humates
which are utilized by crops as foods.
They improve the physical properties
of soils, make them warmer, more
responsive to cultivation, and regulate
the water supply for crop growth.
They add to the permanent crop pro-
ducing power of the soil and regulate
the supply of plant food by causing
disintegration and other changes to
take place. They aid in producing
forage crops which contain the largest
amount of protein and other available
nutrients. MANFRED lands produce
not only larger but more valuable
crops.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-07-04
ONE MANS EXPERIENCE
IN WESTERN CANADA.
There Are Thousands of Opportunities
in the Land of Opportunity.
To the Editor.
Dear Sir:

To the Editor.
Dear Sir:
The following experience of an Illi-
nois man who went to Western Can
ada six years ago is but one of the
thousands Of letters that could be re-
produced showing how prosperity fol-
lows the settler on the fertile lands Of
Western Canada. This letter was
written to the Chicago agent of the
Government of the Dominion of Can
ada and is dated at Evarts, Alberta,
April 8th, 1907:
ct is six years the 5th Of this month
since 1 and family landed in Red Deer,
family sick and only SIS in my pocket.
Bought $12 lot, built 12x14 shack
and went to work as a carpenter.
Next May sold for $500 chad added
16x19 building to shack. Purchased
two lots at $40 each and built 23X28
two story building and sold for $3.50.
Filed on quarter section 80 miles
N. w. of Red Deer and have spent
three years on it and am we'll pleased.
Quarter all fenced and cross fenced,
wire and rail, 21a miles Of fence.
House 29x31 feet on stone foundation.
Last year was my first attempt to
raise grain, IL acres of fall wheat,
yield grand, but was frosted August
End, was cut August 10th and made
good pig feed. Had IL acres fall rye
that [ think could not be beat. A
farmer from Dakota cut it for me; he
said he never saw such heavy grain
anywhere. Straw was Z feet high. [
had 4 acres of 2 rowed barley on fall
breaking that did not do so well, yet
it ripened and gave me all the feed
need for stock and seed for this
spring. 1 did not have grain threshed,
so can't give yield, but the wheat
would have gone at least rs bu. to the
acre. Have log stable 31x35 feet,
broad roof and two smaller buildings
for pigs and chickens.
st have lived in Harvey, Ills, and
know something about it. l have been
hungry there and though able and
willing to work could get none to do.
One Saturday evening found me with
out any supper or cent to get it with.
A friend, surmising my situation, gave
me dollar, which was thankfully &C
cepted and later paid back. Wife and
are thankful we came here. We
were living near Mt. Vernon, Ills, as
perhaps you remember visiting me
there and getting me headed for the
Canadian Northwest, and happy day
it has proved for me. l have not
grown rich, but I am prospecting. L
would not take $4,000 for my quarter
now. The past winter has been
hard one, but I worked outside the
coolest day (52 below all day and did
not suffer. We are getting school
started now that is badly needed.
"Our P. O., Evarts, is about 10
miles; there is another office miles,
but it is not convenient to us. Wife
and I would not exchange our home
here for anything Illinois has to Offer
yours truly,
"(Sd.) Z. KIMBERLEY"
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Ready for the Job.

81 put in a small advertisement for
a shipping clerk last week" said a
merchant, "and got 1T replies. One
Of the replies amused me. Let me
read it to you"
He took from his wallet and read:
Dear Sir: In response to your
small ad, would say am applicant for
post designated, and if taken on am
sure would suit
81 understand shipping in all its
branches, having had seventeen years
experience in same.
would say further that / can al
ways write good letter, even when
l am drunk"
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Turned the Tables.

In a crowd waiting for a car at
Eleventh street and Grand avenue yes
terday was an old negro, who was in
clined to be discursive Two high
school boys believed they saw a chance
to make fun of him, and mad eseveral
remarks at whic hthey themselves
laughed heartily. Finally one of them
said you're a preacher, aren't you,
uncle?"
eyes, sah," replied the negro, bring
ing forth the card. 'Ahm a under
taker, too. All don't wish you no bad
luck, but Aid lax teh have yo' bust
ness"
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accumulate large quantities of atmo-
spheric nitrogen by means of the bac-
terra which inhabit, or should inhabit,
their roots. Furthermore, the proc
ess which is termed nitriication by
which the nitrifying bacteria trans
form the insoluble organic nitrogen,
in farm manure and plant residues,
into soluble nitrate nitrogen the form
in which it becomes available as plant
food, is greatly promoted by the pres
ence Of lime and retarded by acid con-
ditiOns
1t will thus be seen that the use of
some form of lime for correcting the
acidity of soils and thus encouraging
the growth of clover and other leg
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-07-04

and the most economical form of lime
to use wherever it can be obtained.
If caustic lime be used we should
make special provision to maintain
the humus in the soil
1t is well to have some regular plan
so that the application of limestone
shall fit into the work with the rota-
ton of crops. Thus, one may prac-
tice a fiye-year or six-year rotation,
as follows:
First year-corn.
Second year-oats, cowpeas or soy
beans.
Third year-wheat with clover and
grass.
Fourth year-meadow for hay.
Fifth year-meadow or pasture
Sixth year-pasture.
There should be as many fields, of
approximately equal size, as there are
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-07-04
APPLICATION OF GROUND
LIMESTONE FOR ACID SOILS
Experiments Prof Hopkins Chief
Agronory and Chemistry, Illinois
Agricultural College.

There are two principal affects pro-
duced by using lime on soils: One
of these is to correct the acidity of
the soil, and the other is to decom-
pose the soil itself To correct the
acidity of sour soils is certainly a
very desirable and profitable use of
lime. Glover, alfalfa, alsike, cow
peas, soybeans, and many other leg
umes will not thrive on soils which
are strongly acid. To be sure such
crops can be made to grow on acid
soils by liberal applications of farm
manure or other complete fertilizers
but the nitrogen-gathering bacteria
of the legume plants do not properly
develop and multiply in acid and con-
sequently the legumes do not have
the power which they should have to
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NO CHANCE FOR STRIFE.
Her Fiance Had Said So Himself and
of Course He Knew.


of Course He Knew.
People think that because | am a
woman" said Mrs. Hetty Green, Il
can be imposed on; but usually they
find out their mistake"
She was talking about a lawsuit
wherein she had disputed her lawyers
bill and this topic naturally led her to
the topic of women's trustfulness.
There is a case in point" said Mrs.
Green, smiling grimly, "about young
and pretty school teacher. She once
asked her class for an original def
milton of the word wife
"A wife is rib said one little
girl.
"'Wives are guiding stars said an
other.
A comforter said a third.
can inspiration,' said fourth
altogether the definitions were
rather prosy and commonplace, but
finally a child Of eleven said:
GA wife is a person for man to
find fault with when things go wrong
"Good!' cried the pretty teacher,
laughing Good! That is the best
definition of all. The best, the truest.
''But that afternoon, on the way
way home from school, the little girl
whose definition had so pleased, trip
ped demurely up to the teacher and
said:
care you not going to marry that
tall, handsome young man | see you
with nearly every night?'
Yes said the teacher.
"'Well, then, if my definition of a
wife was true
"'Ah, but. dear, with us nothing will
ever go wrong. He says so himself. ."
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Clever Scheme of Woman Writer.

Clever Scheme of Woman Writer
Kate Douglass Wiggin-Riggs has
novel and clever idea in dispensing her
autograph. She sends out to all askers
therefor a little card bearing quota
ton from one of her popular stories and
her signature. With this is folded up
printed slip also signed by her. This Is
DELIGHTFULLY."- written and says, in effect
that she is glad to send the Enclosed
card to any reader of her work, both be-
cause appreciation is pleasant and also
because it enables her to ask favor IN
return" eff you are a child she goes
on to say, "will you send rs cents, if an
adult so cents?" to certain free kim
dergarten in which Mrs. Riggs is inter-
eSted
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there seemed no hope. Doan's Kid
ney Pills brought my first relief and
six boxes have so thoroughly cured
and regulated my kidneys that there
has been no return Of my old trouble"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-07-04

using loan S Kid
ney Pills I was so
run down and mis-
cradle that | could
hardly endure it.
Terrible pains in
the back attacked
me frequently and
the kidney secre-
tons were much
disordered. | was a
nnPv0Trc yyracIy opJ
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-07-04

If women should get the ballot would
they be willing to compromise by CIV
ing up the gun?
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Want to Convert a Town.

The good people of Wapella county,
Iowa, have engaged Dwight L. Moody
and two other evangelists to convert
the inhabitants of Eddyville to Chris
tianity. 1t is said that they do not be-
lieve in the existence of God or hell,
decline to take an oath or attend a
church service. Evangelists have in
vaded the town and labored for weeks
without gaining a single convert, but
when Robert G. Ingersoll lectures the
entire male population turns out, lay
ing aside everything else to hear the
famous speaker. City officers elect
have been known to refuse to take the
ordinary oath of office because it con-
tanned the sentence, $50 help me God
At present fully two-thirds OF the
business men of the town are unbel1eV-
ers: Eddyville has population OF
1900. Last summer Billy Sunday, the
evangelist. held a series of meetings
there, lasting an entire week, and he
failed to get a single convert. He re-
marked that he had never before
preached in town with so little sue
cess.
Mai. Broderick, foreman >of the Wa
pella county grand jury, adjourned the
body recently in order that he might
hear Ingersoll lecture.-New York
World.
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TWO TERRIBLE YEARS.
The Untold Agonies Of Neglected Kid.
ney Troubles.

Mrs. James French, 65 Weir Street,
Taunton, Mass, says: when began
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-07-04

Clothes do not make the man-espe-
cially the self-made man.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-07-04

No AduIteration for Him.-The man
that has honey syrup from his own
hives knows it is not adulterated.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-07-04

Why catsup? Nearly every bottle
which comes from public manufacture
err is emblazoned with that spelling.
Wrong. Ketchup is the word. 1t is
corruption of the Japanese word kitjap,
which is a condiment somewhat sim
liar to soy. 1t is a pick-me-up, stirrer
of the digestive organs, ketch-me-up.
and hence it's application to the min
Cling of tomatoes and spices whose
name it should bear Philadelphia
Times.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-07-04

DR.. John Knapp, of Mt. Vernon, New
York, has a two-inch tapeworm that
was found in hens egg. Such thing
was never before heard Of.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1907-03-29

,&crlprcdcn sic nid)t, iuo3 Sic 90 4
nid)t criiiQen fonnen, meine Sodtcr
lit cine ldfpere Yartie!"