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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-28
NINE GREAT WORLD CANALS.
Famous Water Ways OF Commerce,
Their Facilities and Connections.

Famous Water Ways OF Commerce,
Their Facilities and Connections.
There arc nine great ship canals in
the world and all OF these have been
built within the last seventy-fve years.
They are the Suez canal, the Kron-
stadt and st. Petersburg canal, the
CCTinth canal, the Manchester ship
canal, the Kaiser Wilhelm, the Elbe
and Trave, the Welland and the two
canals connecting Lake Superior and
Lake Huron between Canada and this
country.
IN single year a greater number
Of ships pass through the lake canals
of the North than through the Suez
canal, though there is no doubt that
the latter is by far the most important
water link in the world. it is the long
est, being ninety miles from entrance
to exit, and it cost more than 100000
600 to build. About 1000 ships pass
through the Su0z canal annually. 1t
takes eighteen hours for vessel to go
the entire length of the canal There
are no locks and a part of the route,
about twothirds of it, is made up of
q series of shallow lakes.
The Kronstadt and st. Petersburg
canal is altogether about sixteen
miles, including the bay channel 1t
is an important commercial waterway
and connects the capital of Russia
with the Bay of Kronstadt.
After the construction of the
Corinth canal, which is only four
miles long, saving of IT'S miles was
made by ships sailing from Adriatic
ports. A part of this canal was cut
through solid rock, and, short as it is,
it took nine years to build.
A direct route from Manchester,
England, TO the Atlantic ocean was OBJ
tanned by the digging of the Manches-
ter canal. From Manchester ships
now so through the artificial water
way to tho Mersey river and from
there to the open sea. This canal is
fitted with hydraulic locks.
In our own country are three great
canals, all of them links between the
Great Lakes. The Welland canal con.
meets Lake Ontario and Lake Erie on
the Canadian side of the river. 1t is
tWenty-seven miles long and has
twenty-five sets of locks.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-28
GUN USED HIM WELL.
The Recoif Was Not as Violent as
Usual!


Usual.
T. V. Powderly, at the conference OF
capital and labor that Andrew Carne-
gle held in his Fifth avenue mansion
some time ago, told story about con
tontment.
"Ccntentment is a good thing" Mr..
Powderly began, "but it. should never
be carried too far. 1t is discomfort, we
must always remember, that brings
about improvement.
let me tell you a story about a too
contented Scranton farmer.
This old man might have had
good, modern shotgun, but he was con-
tent with an old musket, a relic Of the
Civil war. He was very proud of this
antique firearm. When I lived in
Scranton, he was always Boosting
about his prowess at sparrow-shooting
with it.
One day he took a man out with
him to show what he could do in the
s2arrow.shooting line. Before he set
cut he loaded the gun. He put into it
q halI-QOZen screws, some rusty nails,
a handful of buttons, and a bit OF file
that happened to be lying on rubbish
heap.
The two men came to a tree,
great flock of sparrows rose into the
air, and the farmer put up his gun and
let drive. The report was tremendous.
Che sparrow fell, and the old man fell,
too. He lay unconscious for some
minutes.
When he revived he looked at his
watch. Then he sat up, patted his gun
aTccticnately, and said, with a con-
tented smile:
" She used me we'll this time. 1t
mostly takes twenty minutes to a good
half hour before I come to myself, but,
bJ aosh, I always get my sparrow"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-28
GRUB RACING AS A SPORT.

The Speed Of Selected Worms as a
Subject for Wagers in London.
The crusade against gambling on
the racetracks was being discussed,
when the proposition from a casual
racegoer that the sports would have
to train cockro2ches to race brought
forth the statement from an English
man:
THAT would be nothing new. When
| was a young fellow in an Office in
London there was a regular sport of
grub racing and nearly every clerk
had his stable OF racers.
'These worms were bred in nuts or
apples and carefully stabbed between
two walnut shells. They were select
ed by placing them in thdaoenter OF
piece Of piper and the ones that prov
ed most adept in making a sroedy
Decline to the edce of the paper were
matched against the pick OF a rival
stable.
Some of the fastest could not be
induced to travel in a straight line. In
racing parlance they bolted and were
bad betting propositions. But when
two came together that showed dis
position to run straight and true the
betting on the result was lively enos5h
to stir up the anti-gambling entbusi-
asts
81 read lately that John w Gates
won a big bet en- which drop of water
would be the first to slide down the
pane Of class on a car window, but he
had to wait for the rain to get bet
down while we always had some of
our crack grubs in condition to race"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-28

Get an Edison Photograph on the
installment plan at kleinert's. 2tf
]. C. Lee went to Stone Lake
Wednesday on business.
Mrs. J. NJ. Conrath went to Wat
erville, Mimi, Wednesday to visit re-
latives.
Mr.. and Mrs w. G. Leatherberry
left Thursday for a few weeks visit
with relatives in Richland county.
Ernest Ryall last week traded his
forty acres south of town to w. j.
Kermott for an eighty north of the
city and has moved onto the same.
e. B. DAVIDSON arrived Wednesday
night from Bowman, n. Oak, where
he has taken a homestead. He will
move his family there in two weeks.
The foundation is being laid for the
NJ. e. church on the corner south OF
the county jail and the building will
be moved onto it as soon as CON-
pleted.
II. III. Lee, who has been employed
as clerk at the Pioneer store, moved
his family to Turtle Lake Thursday,
where he will go into business for
himself.
The common council at adjourned
meeting Tuesday night voted to open
ftp Worden avenue east to the river.
At present the road winds through
the Wooden Ware company's yard.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-28
Too Many Toots.

A woman on the train entering
Grand Rapids asked the conductor how
long the cars stopped at union station
He replied: Madam, we stop just
four minutes, from two to two, to two
two"
The woman turned to her companion
and said: Il wonder If he thinks he's
the whistle on the engine"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-28
bis Favorite Descent

But why don't you care to take chill
dren% asked the lady who was hunt
ing fer fiat.
Because they take up too much
room in the elevator grumbled the
despotical janitor.
We'll, my little boy won't use the
elevator. Will that satisfy your"
No; If he don't use the elevator he
VIII scratch up the steps every time he
comes down."
but he vent come down the steps"
What? He won't come down the
steps ?"
No; he will slide down the banis-
ters."
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-28
BRUCE
From the Bruce Newsletter

From the BTuCB NeWs-LeItBr
D. F. Watson of Tony has accepted
a position as engineer on the Belden-
vile train.
Mrs. Frank Robecker went to Tony
last week to visit Mrs. V. Griffith. Mr..
and Mrs. Robecker expect to make Tony
their home after June 1.
Dirt will soon be flying in the village
as the bonds for the water works, elect
ric light and sewer are sold and plans
are nearly completed for commencing
work.
The Weyerhaeuser base ball team
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-28
PEDDLER WAS SURPRISED.
Didn't Know They Wanted Ferns in
the Army.

the Army.
At meeting Of the famous Bill club
at Jefferson City-he whose name is
not William may not join this club
ex-Congressman Cowherd told a Dec
Grafton day story.
Decoration day." he said always
makes me think Of peddler who came
to my Cousins house in Jackson coun-
ty when the war was at it's height
This peddler, a strong, tall young
man, was peddling ferns, and my pref
ty cousin said to him eproachfully:
az am surprised to see an able
bodied man like you selling ferns at
this crisis. Why are you not with the
army?'
''The peddler looked surprised.
why, they don't want ferns in the
army, do they, lady?' he said"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-28
Proposals.

Gracie-Is your affair with Mr..
Bijones progressing, Jane?
Jane-Yes; there has been one pro-
posal already and l think there will be
couple more.
Gracie-Mercy, Jane; didn't you ac-
cept?
Jane-Oh, I merely proposed to
mamma that she should propose to
Mr. Bijones that he should propose to
me.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-28
Real Estate Transfers

Henry Baxter to VIM B Thacker NV
NV 1857 ................ 1915
Jennie Biller to n. A. Sydnes lot blk
A vii Of Glen Flora. ...... $500
Herb Mattice and wife to Jos l. Kobli-
ska lot II blk 2 vii of Weyerhauser
....'.'.... ''''...'.' 80. go. pCoo
Wilson Land and Lumber Co to Sylves-
ter Rathsack sw ne ne Sc 9-34-4. $1150
Matt Putnam and wife, Charley B
Atkinson and wife to Davis Bowen
Gust Edming and wife to Jennie Biller
sW NV 1884 ...................$6 $500
N A sydnes and wife to Jennie BilIer
sw NV 2l-35-4. ............ $1,000
E w Howell to F A Brown So ne 5-34 4
j w Fritz and wife to Louis Trapp the
S 5 rds of lot 8 blk Is M w W Co.'S
John M Dunahee and wife to Louis
Trapp part of lot blk Is M w w
Co.'S add commencing rds north Of
the Sc corner of said lot on east line
of said lot thence south l I'd thence
west 60 fit thence south l rd thence
east 60 # to place Of beginning
NJ Fults and hus to H L Maertz lots /
and blk G vii of Glen Flora. -. $1,000
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-28
The Nav OF II.

The Way OF 1t.
Knicker-Do you think dogs should
be muZz ed?
Bocker-If you proposed to muzzle
mosquitoes there would be sentimGn-
talists to oppose it.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-28
At the Show.

Shells that the villain?
He-Oh no - he didn't write the
play.
The National tribune., 1908-06-04
Have You Ever Stopped to sSv-
Think About Your Heaitir7

Are you as well, strong and vigorous
as YOU used to be? 500
Are you sometimes discouraged, and
think you'll never be any better?
Can you tell the cause of your trout
BILE. or what makes you sick?
Do you know that about nine-tenths
of all sickness is caused by kidney trop-
BILE?
Have you ever stopped to think that
your kidneys may be the cause of your
poor health?
Most people do not realize how much
work the kidneys are required to do
every day.
Every drop of blood in the body must
pass through and be filtered by the
kidneys thousands of times a day.
How can they do their work wen IL
they are sick?
If your kidneys need treatment. DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root will prove to be
Just the medicine you need.
If you will write to DIR. Kilmer &c
Co, Binghamton. y. Y, every reader
of this paper, who has not already
! tried Swamp Root the great Kidney,
Liver and Bladder Remedy, may re-
ceive a sample bottle by mail, abso-
| lutely free.
The National tribune., 1908-06-04
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Work CT the Worlds Busy Brains in Discovering nyentng and
-N'r"i Creating.
BETTER RAMS FOR THE ROADS.

1t will be remembered that the con-
troyersy between the railmakers and
the railroad managers was at one time
over the amount of the discard" The
railroads insisted that from 25 to 35
per cent of each ingot should be thrown
away, so as to avoid piping" and other
imperfections. The railmakers had been
in a habit of only throwing away about
10 per cent. 1t has since been deter
mined by actual experiment that 1t is
unnecessary to make this restriction
upon the output, but a careful inspec-
ton of the rails after being finished Will
determine whether there is any piping
or other defects. Therefore, an agree
ment has been entered into to substi-
tute this inspection for the former
agreement, except that rigid rules are
laid down as to the chemical compost
ton of the rails For those made of
Bessemer steel there shall not be found
more than 0.10 per cent of phosphorus
and not more than 0.075 per cent of
sulfur. A new adjustment will be made
of the shape of the rails, so as to add to
their strength and also allow the manu-
facturers to roll them at lower temper
AZURE, thus insuring finer grain and
better wearing quality.
The National tribune., 1908-06-04
LA FOLLETTE,S
FIILIBUSTER
CONTINUED from page one. }

Chamber to get document, and it was
at that time that Senator Gore COM
pleted his peroration. He sank into
his seat, supposing that Senator Stone
was at hand. Quick as a flash Senator
Aldrieh demanded the yeas and nays,
and the reading clerk, who was in the
secret of the trick, called out Mr.. Al
drich's name, which was the first on
the roll That little manuver broke the
filibuster in a twinkling. There can be
no debate during roll call. A very
stormy scene ensued. There were angry
protests. but the Vice President ruled
with an iron hand He was seSerer than
ever was any Car of the House of Rep
resentatives. Precedents, for which the
Senate is a great stickler, were smashed.
The bill was put thru to its final pas
sage, which made adjournment of the
session, eight days later, possible.
Probably much more will be heard
of the rulings of Vice President Fair
banks, which furthered the breaking OF
the filibuster. Already Senator La Fol-
lette is making ready for the Chautau-
qua circuit, where he has a tremendous
following He intends to score the vice
President. and to air what he regards
as the iniquities of the Aldrich-Vreeland
currency bill. He will label it as bill
that the big Wall Street bankers and
the railroads wanted, and will set forth
his argument iii terms not likely to
please the Vice President and other Re
publicans in the Senate.
1t is claimed that the Vice President
disregarded well-established precedents
to help Senator Aldrich along with his
coup. Be that as it may, the Senate is
likely to have big talk over the ques-
ton when it comes together again. For,
while the matter may seem of minor
importance TO the average reader, the
rules of the Senate affecting untram-
meled debate have the very widest ram
ifieations affecting legislation. The popu-
lar idea is that some cloture rule in
the Senate, such as the House has,
would be advisable, but the Senate has
always been strongly against any such
provision There is a string of argu-
ments pro and con, but the fact remains
that practically all of the men who
have served much time in the Senate
regard the present rules as in the MAN
far preferable, and think anything ike
the previous question or cloture or re-
striction upon debate would be unfor-
tunate.
But the Vice Presidents rulings were
in most essential points upheld by vote
of the Senate Republicans, and he can
fall back upon that fact. 1t remains,
however, that had not party spirit been
running high and had not the Repub-
lican leaders been exceedingly anxious
to crush their recalcitrant colleague
from Wisconsin, the precedents of over
100 years governing procedure in the
Senate would not have been violated II
is said to be likely that when the Sen
ate meets again a rule will be adopted
multiplying some of the precedents which
were established during the La Toilette
filibuSter.
The National tribune., 1908-06-04

more be doubted than ca he above
facts. That is, how can we stand with
our left hand to the north star and so
look east as we always do, and see the
sun rise, when the sun Is west of us, or
sourth, or north of us, as it is part of
the time2 1t is manifest that the sun
must appear from the side or direction
the sun is from the earth, and if we
are north of the sun the sun would
appear over the rim of the earth from
the direction the sun is from the earth,
and that is south, and so with any other
position.
Referring to the diagram, If you take
the position as above at No. 1 you would
be looking east, but there is no sun in
that direction, and If you keep the
same position at every place in the
earth's orbit, which you must do, for
the north star always keeps the same
position, you will see the sun rise but
part of the time in the east; that is,
when the sun is in the east. How, then,
can the sun always appear to rise in
the east when the earth changes its po-
sition from one side to the other?-B.
II. Trip, Canton, S. ID.
The National tribune., 1908-06-04
OLD GLORYS DAY.

(coneinued fromspayri one. }

(By John A: yoyceo
Like some grand mo1Rtai. rising from
Or like the radiance oftssthe polar star,
He'll shine adown the ages thru each
with all the glory of Tie Magazine.
man of sorrow. faith and, lofty love,
Inspired by truth from heavenly pow
ers above, df
Filled with the beauty of, a magic mind
That struggled for the freedom of man
His honesty was pure s as ys,pder sum- in
With all the patriotism Of Washington.
and all
who linger on this bleak, terrestrial
Within his mind. no malice found a
place
For any mortal of the human race:
With manhood lofty as a. mountain
range
And charity without scar or change.
A martyr for the cause of truth and
right,
He fell the hero of the freedom fight, :
And by the blow of an assassin hand
His spirit scared into the Better Land,
Where from the ramparts of that glo-
rious sphere
He looks upon the people far and near.
And blesses all who kneel at Freedoms
- shrine, 49,
Imploring for the pure and superfine.
This man was reared among the pio-
OF western woods, undaunted ny false
Where all were free as nature in her
sway,
With dashing streams resounding night
and day
And birds of beauty fitting on the wing
Among the wild flowers Of the early
Spring,
Where God was recognize j in rock and
Eternal emblems of the brave ard free.
The iron jaws of poverty and pain
Held fast his boyhood years in sun and
rain,
While rustic labor with its hungry face
Pursued him constantly from place to
place;
Yet upward in his plodding course for
He saw beyond the nights the flashing
flame, l,.,ysiss q.
And never faltered in his Godlike creed
To coin his words of freedom for the
deed.
Lincoln was celled to save the Nations
life q 4ss,.3a,
And soothe the sorrow of each warning
''ss. STRIFE, ~ ~
Where slavery and freedom battled
strong
To elevate the right or crush the wrong,
When raging brothers on the firing. line
Poured out their blood as foaming
sparkling wine,
Startling the world with their glorious
deeds ~ o."
To show at last that Liberty succeeds.
| His proclamation that the toiling slave
Should be forever free on land and
wave .ro- ehf
Was heard across the Nations far and
wide, el-H pd
And gave to human hearts a lasting
| pride. uiI =, rea' o."
That cruelty and wrong We're crushed
| - art e1ast,y 'u Ta"5' o.
And that the slavery lash and chains
had passed = ia
| Into the dungeons of defeated crime,
Buried forever in the' tomb of time
Ten thousand years from now his name
- shall be jSi ri
Repeated by the mefp who would BIZ
free - Gid 3-.fsG
Who live for lofty aims and love-li
play is fnf &c i7-.Sz
Among the beautifupsand bright and
gay, 'oo ef-f<s =
And while this Great Republic shall
remain 10 sssI
To bless the world byimount and stream
and plain iss
The fame of Lincoln shall forever grow
AS pure and brilliant as the Alpine
| snow!
The National tribune., 1908-06-04
A Song for Flag Day.


..l.. (By Wilbur d. Nesbit.)
Your Flag and my Flag,
And how it flies to-day
In your land and my land
And half a world away!
Rose-red and blood-red
The stripes forever CLEAN;
SnOw-white and soul-white-
The good forefather's dream:
Sky blue and true blue, with stars to
CLEAN Alright
The gloried guidon of the day; shell
ter thru the night.
Your Flag and my Flagi
And, oh, how much it holds
Your land and my land
Secure within its folds,
Your heart and my heart
Beat quicker at the sight;
Sun-kissed and wind-tossed,
Red and blue and white
The one Flag-the great Flag-the
e e1'i'o1 Flag for me and you
Glorified all else beside-the red apd
white and blue!
i Jcn1Jnf 49,
Your Flag and my Flag!
To every star and stripe
I The drums beat as hearts beat
:. And fifers shrilly pipe!
Your Flag and my Flag
blessing in the sky;
Your hope and my hope
1t never hid lie!
Home land and far land and half the
world around,
Old Glory hears our glad salute and
ripples to the sound.
The National tribune., 1908-06-04
DOES THE SUN RISE IN THE EAST:
A Problem offered to Keen-Sighfed OBJ
servers.

Editor National Tribune: I wish to
present to your readers this problem of
sunrise and sunset, and hope some one
can explain it. The earth in it's move
ment around the sun in its orbit and its
daily motion is purely mechanical, and
this diagram clearly and truthfully
shows the different directions, relative
to the north star, that the sun must
appear, or sunrise. That the direction
of sunrise changes four times year
will be clear to every one when it is
remembered that the earth is on four
different sides of the sun during the
year. Following its orbit, it is at one
time between the sun and the north
star, then to- the east of the" sun, then
south and then west of the sun. There
fore, when we are north of the sun
and stand With our left hand to the
north We would be looking east, but
the sun is not in that direction, but
south of us. And SO when We have
passed to the east of the sun, if we
stand with our left hand to the north
we would be looking east, but the sun
is west of us, and so when we are south
of the sun we must look north to see
the sun rise, and when in the west We
must look east for the sunrise. This
diagram will prove this to be true.
How, therefore, can these facts be rec
onciled with other facts that can no
The National tribune., 1908-06-04

Phantom of the Poles may be estab-
lished with absolute certainty.
ITO gather, collect and obtain, thru
such expeditions or otherwise, exact in
formation and data as to the geOgraph-
ical formation of the earth at what are
commonly known as the poles thereof
and to spread generally knowledge as to
the same.
ITO acquire and maintain full and
accurate records of all matters relating
to any of the above and to gather and
collect any and all books. publications
and writings or other property of every
character and description relating to
exploration and travel and the inhab-
itants of such Arctic and Antarctic re-
gions."
Frank NJ Ashley is President and
Capt. Bradley S. Osborn, 132 E. 23d ST.,
New York, Corresponding Secretary OF
the club.
The National tribune., 1908-06-04
Is THE EARTH HOLLOW
The Club Formed to Explore the North
and South Poles.

The Reed Hollow Earth Exploring
Club was incorporated on the I'd day
of April, 1908, under the laws of New
YORK, the object of the club being ito
organize and encourage expeditions to
explore the Arctic and Antarctic regions
and to provide the necessary means
outfits. equipment and Instruments for
such expeditions, to the end that the
truth or falsity of the proposition or
theory advanced by William Reed that
the earth is hollow sphere. and as set
forth in his publication, entitled The
The National tribune., 1908-06-04

One of the most novel uses ever made
of the wireless telegraph was the ar
ranging of a ball game while many
miles out at sea- The baseball players
of the gath Inf, aboard the transport
Sherman, en- route to Honolulu, desired
a game with some Honolulu ball team
on the afternoon the ship was to make
that port. While still couple of hun
bred miles out the wireless apparatus
was brought into play, and all details
for a game were arranged. Within an
hour after the transport arrived al
Honolulu the game was in progress
watched by several thousand people.