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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-08-27
Thresher Manoles Leg.

Waterloo, Iowa, Aug. 26 - While
making repairs to his threshing ma
chine near New Hampton Frank
Stather, the owner, caught his foot in
the cylinder and his leg was chewed
to pulp below the knee.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-08-27
Threshers Poisoned,

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Aug. 26.-Mem-
bers OF the Ben Hughes threshing
crew were the victims of wholesale
poisoning and two had a narrow es-
cape from death. The noisOn is sup
posed to have been in the coffee, but
how it got there is a mystery.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-08-27
BABE LEFT AT PULPIT.
Girl Declares Exhorter Is Father OF
the Child.

the Child.
st. Louis, Aug. 26.-While John M.
HUTCHINSON, religious exhorter, was
speaking from the platform of the
Union mission last night a young
woman rushed down the aisle and
placing an infant front of him. said:
Take it. It's yours!"
Then she hurried away. Hutcher-
son refused to care for the chilS, and
the infant was taken to an asylum.
HUTCHINSON admitted that he was the
father of the child, and said that its
mother is Cora Thompson.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-08-27
Her Little Slip.

Departing Guest - We've had a
simply delightful time.
Hostess--I'm so glad. AT the same
time i regret that the storm kept all
of our best people away.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-08-27
Couuhnut MAKING Starts Blaze.

St. Paul, Aug 26.-The restaurant
run by Mrs. J. J. Booth caught fire
late last night, causing an estimated
loss to the building and contents of
$500. Mrs. Booth was making some
doughnuts. Some lard she was using
caught fire and started blaze.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-08-27
Man Must Work (?)

"Wer'r yer orr to, Energy"
ITO work.
"Wot's the matter with the missus,
then? Amt she well?"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-08-27
Several Trains Cut I'm BODY.

Almena. Wis. Aug. 26--The body
of man was found on the 500 track
east OF here. Several trains evidently
had passed over him. and the remains
were scattered along the track for
twenty rods.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-08-27
Equipped for Battle.

THAT mans so mean he would fight
with himself"
"But it takes two to make a quar-
rel''
"Oh, but he leads one OF those
double lives"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-08-27
ALWAYS KICKING.

a poet is up against it even when
paid 81 per word
las to how?'
Has to stick to the meter. Can't
run in few extra words"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-08-27
n Juvenile SAGE,

Don't yer wisht yer could have
good time like me? / amt got NO fad
der to tell me hotter do things"
Den yer don't know VOTER good
time is"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-08-27
THREE KILLED BY TRAIN.


Railroad PsymaSter and TWO NSSISt-
ants Are Run Down.
Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 26. - Alex
Milton, paymaster for the eastern sec
ton of the mountaineering operations
of the Canadian Pacific railway, with
two assistants, was killed by q train
last night siXty-five miles east of Ke
nora. The train came along unexpect-
eddy and struck them.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-08-27
ROOSEVELT NEAR DEATH.
Huge Missile From Sky Crashes Il
Earth at Sycamore Hill.

EaFtn at od9d1IUTe f1TII.
Oyster Bay, n. Y, Aug. ga fall
ing meteorite narrowly missed strik-
ing President Roosevelt's house a.
Sycamore Hill. 1t embedded itself
deep in the turf back of the presi-
dents barn. The meteorite was about
the size of a brick.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-08-27

Il asked for her hand last night
Did her father give his consent"
He not only gave his consent, but
borrowed SO from me"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07
Canine Advertisers,

A merchant in State street took a
novel method OF advertising his wares
last week. Two show cases OF the up-
right variety stood In front of his
door. and on each was planted a dog
dressed In gaudy blankets and be-
decked with miniature plug" hats
Each held stick in its mouth, from
which were suspended in banner fash
ion placards setting forth the merits
Of the merchants goods. One of the
dogs was splerdid specimen of a
brlndle bull the other was an Irish
terrier, the saucy expression OF whose
face was accentuated by the plug" hat
cooked rakishly over one ear. The two
eyed the crowd somewhat basbfully
and anon looked at each other as
though to say: ITO what base uses
may we come al last!"
Judging from the expressions heard
in the crowd. which almost blocked the
thoroughfare, the dogs were more a
detriment TO the storekeeper's trade
than an aid. They shivered In the
keen air. despite the protecting blan-
kets. and looked so wistfuIly toward
the store door. as though begging To
be released from their exposed posi-
ton. that the people were more moved
TO pity them and condemn the store
keeper than to purchase his goods-
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07
Cut Out the Robber Cows.

The establishing of test accommoda-
lions in Wisconsin will enable the
dalrymen to eliminate the Improbable
cows from their herds and help them
to get better cows and make half the
number produce as much milk and but
ter as the whole number OF the aver
age cows on the farms OF wisconsin
are now doing.
We must weed out the robber cows
and the only way to do that Is through
the use of the milk scale and that sure
and uneTing detective, the Babcocss
tester doubt If there Is more than
one farmer in twenty that knows the
amount OF butter fat each COW In the
herd Ia producing every year.
Every farmer should have n milk
scale hanging in the barn, and by the
side on this a milk sheet with names
or numbers OF cows. enabling him to
keep daily record Of each animal.
1t costs but very little more to keep
a COW that will produce 400 pounds OF
fat per year than one producing 100
pounds. The most extravagant thing
dairyman can do IS to head his herd
with a scrub sire. This Is a step back
ward and becomes continual slide az
long as he continues such methods
There can be no advancement or grad
ing up without a pure bred prepotent
sire. improvement comes only through
the superior quality of the male used.
Experience in my work shows that
cows kept at good profit TO their
owner are not allowed out OF the barn
in winter more than one-half hour per
day in fine weather, and are kept in
warm. well lighted and well ventilated
stables.
They are watered in stable cold days
and fed food Of succulent nature.
such as ensllage or mangels, with all
the alfalfa or clover hay they will con-
sumo without waste. and a balanced
grain ration OF not less than one pound
to every three pounds OF milk given
H. C. Searles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07

two she had her attorneys bring suit
against him in the Ontario courts. She
made him pay, too. and stuck him for
the costs of the action, though she was
obliged to fee Der own lawyers. The
total expenses Of this 16-cent lawsuit
were said to be exactly 1912. most Of
which fell upon the economical son-in-
law.
The EloSt expensive lawsuit in the
world Is said to have been that over
the Will of Antonio Traverse. a mer-
chant who lived at Milan. He left a
fortune of $3.0O0.OOO. and there were
a large number OF heirs with conflict
ing interests. The case was in the diff
ferent courts of Italy for years, and
the 105 lawyers engaged in 1t ran I'D
costs aggregating more than $2,00O.OOG
Tie estate lost in value, too, during the
contest, so that the winning heirs found
themselves with a small sum to their
share when the final decision was rem
dered
One of the most persistent complain
ants on record was an aged Belgian
lawyer who once tried TO ride In an
Antwerp street car or ''tramway" on
a ticket which he maintained was good,
but which the company refused to
honor. He brought suit against them
next day and the court decided against
him. He paid his costs. only trihe,
and the next time he got on the car he
offered the same ticket. 1t was refused,
and again he hailed the company into
court.
AS he was his own lawyer and the
ticket was his witness. 1t was not an
expensive course of litigation for him,
but 1t cost the company something. AS
often as he would be thrown out of
court he would offer the ticket again
and establish grounds for new case.
At last the tramway company saw a
great light. They accepted the ticket
one day and let the lawyer ride
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07
ALL OVER THE STATE.

In order to give employment 20 the
unemployed the Racine common cooucil
will endeavor to pass an ordinance for
the issuing of $4,000 street improvement
bonds and pave several streets during tle
coming season.
One of the most horrible tragedies that
Manitowoc county has ever known took
place at the Manitowoc county asy lum
when one of the insane patients, John
Herrian, committed suicide. He blew his
head off with a shotgun.
Edward Wager of Wilbaux. Mont,
makes application to Chippewa Falls for
a shipment of women of manageable age
to Montana. saying that there is scare
ity in that State He and 100 others at
Wilbaux are looking for wives.
Acting under instructions from Mayor
Anderson. Chief of Police Webber has
ordered all proprietors and inmates of
disreputable houses in La Crosse to leave
the city by April -. Ii is possible that
all gamblers will also be forced to leave
the city.
Wilson Miller and David johnson, pro-
prietors of tAe largest cigar store and
billiard hall of Racine. were arrested by
Deputy United States Marshal yebber
for selling lottery tickets. They were
taken to Milwaukee. The arrest created
a sensation.
Nina johnson, the woman who stepped
on a match and set fire to the Webster
chair factory in Superior, last August,
has started suit for personal injury dam
ages. alleging that she sustained great
injuries in the FIRE. The blaze cost the
Webster Manufacturing Company ever
100000.
Albert Barta and Mrs. Anna Kadel. an
clipping Chicago couple. were arrested and
locked up in the county Jail at Ashland.
Mrs. Kadel arrived there recently with
her two small children. Barta arrived a
day later. His grown-up son and daugh-
ter arrived Sunday and assisted in locat-
ing them.
Miss Nettie Plaschek. aged II years,
daughter of Mrs. Ida Plaschek, TAT Tenth
avenue. Milwaukee, died from strychnine
administered by her sweetheart, Leo Wo-
jeinski. The fatal drug was mixed with
W hOJriuSAi lttlutu u
the death of the girl he FASTENED to make
the tragedy a double one by taking dose
himself He died an hour later. The
cr-c.e was probably inspired because the
mans par, nts had objected TO proposed
marriage TO the young girl
Sewers in some paris of Chippewa Falls
are gradually beiig clogged by a certain
ki:sd of fbroCs gros~ta. which, when it
has grown over the interior of the pipes
makes an impenetrable wall.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07

The lids Of the boxes can be utilized
as shelves, as seen in the sketch of
the sdebOard when completed.
A pottery rack with an ornamental
rail can be bought ready-made for a
trife; this is nailed on the wall about
twenty inches above the sideboard. II
Is provided underneath with a small
brass rod having a screw socket, and q
similar rod is placed beneath the slab
OF the sideboard. Curtains Of some
rich color are hung so as to conceal
the contents Of the shelves, and also to
give a good background for the silver
trays, etc. which generally stand here
ready for use. The wood can be stain
ed oak or walnu. OF course IL the
sideboard is made out OF well-planed
white wood you will get ketter look
ing article at slight additional ex-
pense. Where only few tools are
at your disposal and no room exists
suitable for workshop. the boxes will
certainly be found easier to manipu-
late and will save a good deal Of time
and trouble, while producing a wonder
fully good effect when finished.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07

Hickory timber is fast disappearing
and it is said to be more difficult to
replace than any other wood. There
is no substitute that is as tough, elias
tic, or as durable.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07
LEGALLY DEAD; YET ALIVE.
Rummery Is Perfectly willing His
Wife should Have Insurance.

Rummery Is Perfectly willing His
Wife should Have Insurance..
Word has been received from North
Yakima. Wash. that Ernest Rummery,
who has been declared dead by the courts
of Chippewa county, on the application
of his wife. who sought the collection of
$4,000 life insurance policy. is at pres
emit working in the woods near that city.
where he has been during the past twelve
years. An agent of the insurance com
pany recently iocfded Rummery there and
had talk with him. He told the agent
that the policy would expire in January.
1909. and that he was willing to let his
wife have the money. The policy, which
was twenty-payment life, had been kept
up by Mrs. Rummery since the mysteri-
Gus disappearance of her husband. Mr..
Rummery is about so years old and re-
fuses to state why he left his family. He
readily acknowledged his identity, how
ever, when confronted by the insurance
company's agent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07

Take cuttings of hardy roses and
shrubs, as well as the currant and
gooseberry Cut slips six or eight
inches long and plant them in a shell
tered and well drained spot, leaving
one bud above the ground. Mulch with
strawy manure when the ground
freezes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07
BooMs WISCONSIN FARMS.
AlGomars Hear of Great Resources
of Northern Section.

AIgomars Hear of Great Resources
of Northern Section.
The rich and varied agricultural re-
sources Of northern Wisconsin were
graphically portrayed in a stereopticon
lecture in -Algoma by ID. w. Malcney, sec
rotary of the North Wisconsin Develop
ment Association. The object of the as
ISOLATION is to convey to people in the
thickly populated sections information of
conditions in the northern part of the
State. The speaker emphasized the adj
vantage in location which north Wiscon-
sin enjoys over the prairie regions, the
only other large areas of cheap land. The
Canadian farmer must ship his grain
thousands of miles, bearing the burden
of freight charges, while the prices of
goods he buys are enhanced by long dis
lance freight rates. Moreover he is at
the mercy of a single railway system.
North Wisconsin, on the other hand, is at
the very doors of the great markets, the
manufacturing and shipping centers, and
is gridironed with competing lines of rail
roads
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07
A HOMEMADE sIDEBoARD

A sldeboard is an expensive piece Of
furniture to buy, but there Is no rea-
son why a substitute should not be
made which will answer the purpose
very well and yet cost less than two
dollars-with the extra advantage that
1t can be unscrewed and packed up In
a small compass when the owner has
to change his place Of abode.
The main body Of such a construc-
ton consists of three boxes firmly
screwed together with strong board
fixed on the top. This last should be
bevelled at the edge, and should pro-
ject at least three inches at the sides
and front. leaving the back quite level
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07
DINNER SERVED AT OPERA.
queen Sets Fashion of Giving Bo
ParffPa Mt CnNRnf Gardan

Queen Sets Fashion of Giving Box
Parties at Covent Garden.
BY having her dinner brought from
Buckingham Palace and served in the
rear of the royal box during the inter.
val between the first and second acts
OF the opera on Thursday night, the
Queen set a fashion that society be-
lieyes will not only become popular for
the charm Of the idea, but, will also
solve the practical problem Of minister
Ing to the appetite at early perform
ances without missing parts of the
opera, says the London correspondent
OF the New York Times. Owing to the
increasing demand for the rendition of
operas without cuts, the eating prob
lem has recently become very acute at
the long performances. The situation
becomes especially annoying when the
performance begins as early as 6 80.
as was the case with "Siegfried" In
English at Covent Garden on Thursday.
During the general scamper to neigh
boring refreshment bars and sandwich
depots between the first and second
acts four attendants carefully carried
into the rear of the royal box a small
table, already set. and containing the
Queens favorite dishes. The food had
been prepared at the palace and kent
warm by means of patent heat-retain-
Ing devices.
Thus Queen Alexandra. with one or
two friends, was, able to turn from the
stage tc dinner, which they had time
to enjoy heartily before the beginning
Of the next act. When the curtain
assembled the attendants disappeared
with the dinner table as silently as
they had appeared.
Many persons believe that box dinner
parties will be accepted as really
smart and sensible functions as Co
vent Garden in the future.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07
LAWSUITS OVER TRIPLES.
FAmous Cases that Cost Much More
than They Were Worth.

Famous Cases that Cost Much More
than They Were worth.
Many men, lcyel-headed enough about
other things, seem 10 lose their wits
entirely when they get tangled up in a
lawsuit. In case recently concluded
in the German courts a Berlin bust
ness man paid out over $500 TO recover
the value Of five-cent postage stamp,
and now everybody Is laughing at him
because be didn't even get the stamp
back. 1t seems as If this claimant had
Justice on his side. too; he had written
n polite letter asking for an address
and Enclosing postage for reply. Fail
ing to get an answer. he sued for the
stamp.
The famous Missouri watermelon
case was just as trifiing and even
more disastrous. The seed was planted
on one farm, but the vine crept through
a crack in the rail- fence and the melon
grew on the other side Both farmers
claiided II and instead Of seeing the
Joke they went to law. To add to the
puzzle OF ownership an additional con-
plicatiou. the fence was on a county
lire aud question of the Jurisdiction.
of course. was involved. The farmer
bankrupted themselves without deci(.-
ing the question of ownership. The
melon. worth about 10 cents in the first
place. had disappeared long before.
How the costs run up in these trivial
actions was shown In Canadian case.
BY one OF those queer marriage settle
Nments sometimes made in England s
young man agreed to pay bis vife's
mother 500 on the first day Of every
year. He settled n Canada. and when
he came TO make the remittance he de
Quoted the amount OF the money order
and sent her only $9o.S4. The mother
in-iaw insisted that she must have the
other 10 cents and after q month or
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07

Wisconsin
State News
BIG STORE DESTROYED.
Building and Dry Goods Stoc
Burned at Fond du Lac.

Building and Dry Goods stock
Burned at Fond du Lac.
Fond du Lac was visited by the most
spectacular fire in years on a recent af-
terDoon when the big dry goods store of
j. +. Gruenheck was destroyed One of
the employees. Miss Ella Messy, was in
jured in Jumping from a second story win
dow and aaumber of firemen received in
jures while fighting the blaze The loss
to the stock and building will reach over
$4,000 with 100000 insurance The
origin of the fire is a mystery. but it is
believed that it started in the cotton store
room in the basement. near the furnace
1t spread rapidly and the entire building
was soon enveloped in flames. Thousands
of people crowded Main street to witness
the blaze and the narrow escapes from
death by women clerks and firemen. Miss
MESSY was penned in at the rear of the
second floor. Efforts to get her down the
stairway We're futile. as the smoke was
pouring from the first floor She finally
jumped from the window to the ground.
breaking her leg Eight other clerks
stood on the window lodges until they
ffwere brought down by ircmen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07
Instructive Statistics.


The government Crop Reporter for
January contains some very interest
ing data in tables which show the av-
erage yields of grain per acre In the
United States during the forty year pc
riod beginning in 1868 and ending with
the close of 1907 During the first five
years Of this period the average yield
of the leading cereals was as follows:
Corn, 27.6 bushels wheat. 1913; oats,
29.2; barley, 23.8; rye, 1873. In the
last five years Of the period from 1903
to 1907 the yield of the same cereals
was: Corn, 275; wheat, 1879; oats,
200; barley, 26,5; rye, 16 bushels re-
spectively. There are some helpful de-
auctions and lessons that may be
drawn from the figures given. Among
scientific type of agriculture has not
during the period served to counterfeit
the loss in fertility Of soils that to be-
gin with were marvelousy prodigal
and responsive. The figures given also
emphasize the fact that those who are
engaged In the good work must con-
tinue preaching the gospel Of better
type of agriculture which will restore
to the soil its lost estate of pristine
productiveness. Another fact that is
brought out is that there must be a
scad of redhanded agricultural sinners
who are prosecuting a wretchedly I'M
profitable type OF agriculture to bring
the yields of the cereals named down
to so low a figure Every farmer In
the country should consider it his per-
sona, religious and patriotic duty to
raise such crops as will put him on the
upside of these paltTy averages-to be
a litter up instead of puller down.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07
EVERYBODY LIKED HIM.

At an auction In storage warehouse
the auctioneer had but just restored
harmony between two females, each or
whom believed herself to be the pur-
chaser Of two pigs in blue china
automobile, when q small voice piped
up, demanding to know when the kit
tens were to be put up for sale. The
auctioneer paid no attention, says a
writer In the New York Sun, because a
roll-top desk was in danger OF going
for six dollars and a half. Again the
small voice arose, and as no one an
swered, 1t died down.
The roll-top desk finally brought
moment that followed, the auctioneer
heard the small, persistent person say
ing:
please, aren't you going to put up
the kittens?"
''Kittens?" said the auctIoneer. won
dering II he had missed a lot.
Here the small person was raised on
some ones shoulder. He proved to be
a black-eyed, curly-haired little chap.
Every one smiled and asked him what
kittens he meant. He was quite abashed
by So much attention, but managed to
lisp out:
The men that drive the horses said
the kittens what lives in the box are
going to be sold, and want one"
AS n grimy fist containing four cents
was held out for the auctioneer's in
spection, the small person grew so in
popular favor that the kittens we're
sent for, and he was allowed 10 take
his choice. He trotted off. having
bought the only live stock of the morn
ing. but holding 1t so tightly round Its
fat little walst-line that 1t stood small
chance Of being live stock long.
Men smiled tolerantly after the re-
treating little figure, and even the auc-
tloneer was moved 10 momentary ST.
le2ce, all Of which goes to show that
the simple. natural child Is never real
iy out Of fashion.