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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
Traoic Coincidence in Deaths.

It is a tragic coincidence that the
two distinguished members of the dip
lomatic corps in Washington who have
recently died, Minister Hauge of Nor
way and Ambassador Speck Won Stern
berg of Germany, should have both
been survived by beautiful and child
less wives, who at some time in their
girlhood claimed the same city, Louis
vile, as their home.
The dramatic sadness of the dual in
cidents still hangs like a pail over
that inner circle of Washington soci
ETY. where the two happy couples
shone as regnant lights. That both
men died in their fatherland, when on
temporary visits there were their
American wives, booming the young
widows to solitary journeys home, is
a further pathetic parallel.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

Mr.. William F. Vahlberg, Oklahoma
City. Okla, writes:
-'One bottle of Peruna which have
taken did more toward relieving me of
an aggravated case of Cafarrh of the
stomach, than years of treatment with
the best physicians.
Il had given up hopes of relief, and
only tried Peruna as last resort.
Il shall continue using it, as. [ feel
satisfied it will effect an entire and
permanent cure.
t'Imost cheerfully recommend Peruna
to all who may read this"
Peruna is usually taken as last re-
sort. Doctors have been tried and
failed. Other remedies have been used.
Sanitariums have been visited. Travel
has been resorted to.
At last Peruna is tried. Relief is
found.
This history is repeated over and
over again. every day in the year. 1t is
such results as this that gives Peruna
its unassailable hold upon the people.
We could say nothing that would add
force to such testimonials as the above.
That people who have had catarrh and
have tried every other remedy avail
able, find relief in Peruna. constitutes
the best argument that could be made
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
From All Parts of the Country

1t is said that if the occupants OF
any big apartment house in Washing
ton were to assemble and compare
notes they could evolve guide book
of the entire United States almost as
complete as any Baedeker. So it is
that the man from Maine who has
moved into one house in that new
row which was empty just few
weeks ago, but filled now, finds his
next door neighbor may be a literary
Teller" from Indiana, or some one who
may tell him all about the San Fran
cisco earthquake from the standpoint
of one who felt the shock or saw the
houses totter.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
POCKET GOPHERS COST
FARMERS PRETTY PENNY
Directions Little Pests David
E. Lantz, Assistant U. Biological Survey.

and when the burrow remains open
it indicates that the animal has been
killed.
Trapping is successful method
when followed intelligently and per-
sistently. 1t is especially adapted to
small fields, orchards, gardens, and
irrigation embankments, where only
a few gophers are present; but in the
case of large areas that are badly in
tested, the method involves too much
labor.
For trapping gophers an ordinary
No. steel trap may be employed with
success, but there are on the market
several special gopher traps which are
better adapted for general use.
In using the ordinary steel trap, the
first step is to make an opening into
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

potatoes and other tuberous crops. Be
sides this, they throw up innumer
able mounds of earth in meadows,
pastures, and grain fields, which cover
and destroy far more of the crop than
is eaten by the animals or killed by
having the roots cut off. These mounds
also prevent close moving, SO that
much of the hay crop is lost, and the
pebbles they contain often break or in
jure farm machinery. The loss due
to gopher mounds in the clover and
alfalfa fields in some of the western
states has been conservatively esti-
mated at one-tenth OF the entire crop.
In many of the fertile valleys where
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

Pocket gophers infest all the states
and territories west of the Mississippi,
and parts of Illinois, Wisconsin, Flor
ida, Georgia, and Alabama. They oc-
cur also in southwestern Canada and
over the greater part of Mexico. All
the species live underground in rami-
flying tunnels, and all bring to the sur
face quantities of EARTH which is
heaped up in the shape of mounds.
The habits of these animals are every
where much the same.
Throughout their range pocket goph-
ers are very destructive to crops They
eat the roots of fruit trees and in this
way sometimes ruin whole orchards.
They eat both roots and tops of clio
yer, alfalfa, grasses, grains and vege-
tables, and are especially harmful to
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

Windows in Stabes.-Most farm
barns do not contain enough windows
for the admission of direct sunlight
Horses like to look out of their stalls
in daytime, and being confined in dark
stalls is no doubt the cause of many
weak eyes with horses. The dairy
stable should be abundantly lighted at
all seasons not only for the health and
contentment of the cows, but for the
cleansing, disinfecting Influence of the
sunlight. Direct sunshine is one of
the strongest known disinfectants, kill
ing and making impossible the growth
of germ and fungous diseases. This
light in the cow stables will not only
make a healthy atmosphere for the
COWS, but make the air pure and clean
for sanitary milking.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

taste is an additional safeguard against
mistaking it for harmless drug.
Strychnia sulphate is the most con-
yenient form of the poison, since it is
freely soluble in hot water and in the
natural Juices of vegetables used as
bait. To disguise it's bitterness SO
that rodents may not be deferred from
eating the bats, sugar is often en-
ploved, or the strychnine may be
mixed with it's own bulk of CONNER
cial saccharine A sugar syrup poi
soned with strychnin2 may be used
with excellent results. 1t is prepared
as follows:
Dissolve an ounce of strychnia sui
phate in a pint of boiling water. Add
a mint of thick sugar syrup, and stir
thoroughly. The syrup is usually
scented by adding few drops of oil
of anise, but this is not essential. Ii
preserved in closed vessel, the syrup
will keep indefinitely.
The above quantity is sufficient to
noison a half bushel of shelled corn or
other grain (COlu lCSOlhlAhSoSuJ' Ah0
grain is stepped in hot water and al
lowed to soak over night. 1t is then
drained and soaked for several hours
in the poisoned syrup. Before using,
corn meal may be added to take up
the excess of moisture.
Dry crystals of strychnine also may
he used. They are introduced, by
means of a knife, into small pieces of
potato, carrot, or sweet potato, or into
the entire raisins or dried prunes. A
single large crystal Cor several small
ones). is enough for each bait. Rails
ms are especially recommended be-
cause they are easily handled and con-
tain enough sugar to disguise the bit
terness of the poison.
Pocket gophers in ditch banks may
be poisoned in the following manner:
Select the freshest hill or mound and
with narrow garden trowel follow
the soft earth Of the tunnel until the
main runway &c, Fig. p, is reached.
By noting the direction from which
the earth was pushed out and locat-
ing the closed entrance, the burroW
may be readily followed and the main
runway quickly found. The poisoned
raisin, corn, or small potato should be
placed we'll back in the main runway
and the opening closed. 1t is usual
for one gopher only to occupy the bur-
rows connected with group OF hills,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
WRONG ON HISTORICAL FACTS.
Washington Journal Puts New York
Contemporary Right.

Doesn't it make one peevish when
important-eXtremeIy mpOrtant-his-
torical facts are garbled and twisted?
Just the other day q New York paper
published an apparently innocent par
agraph concerning the following mis-
information:
cat one hotel much patronized by
statesmen of national scope the bar
keepers always respond to an order
for a rickey by asking if gin or
whisky is wanted as the main brace.
This is because in Washington that
drink is made, as it was invariably
made by it's inventor, Col. Joe Hickey,
with whisky. Neither Col. Hickey nor
John Chamberlin, in whose place the
famous drink was first known, ever
put anything but rye in rickey."
Now, all that sounds fine, but it
doesn't happen to be true. Washing
ton is, indeed, the birthplace of the
rickey, but the original Of that ia
nous drink was concocted, not by
Col. Joe Hickey, in Joe Chamberlin's
boarding house, but by "everybody's
friend" George A. Williamson, and in
an equally famous pIace-Shoemaker's
Or, as it's known all over the United
States, Shoes" Moreover, the first
rickey assembled by Mr.. Williamson
was compounded with Belle of Nelson
whisky, a one-time famous bourbon
brand. And the time of the mixing
was IS long years ago
1t always makes everybody who
knows the row very weary indeed
when one of these alleged Manhattan
historians begins to discuss intoxi-
cants of local origin, but national
Washington Post.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
MIX FOR RHEUMATISM

The following is a never failing rom
edy for rheumatism, and if followed
up it will effect a complete cure OF
the very worst cases: Mix one-halt
pint of good whiskey with one ounce
of Toris Compound and add one ounce
Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. Take
in tablespoonful doses before each
meal and at bedtime" The ingre
dents can be procured at any drug
store and easily mixed at home.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
MotorbuuS.

Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, the neurolo-
gist, was escorting some New York
friends through Philadelphia sana-
forum in which he is interested.
Opening a door, he remarked:
This big room has been set aside
for the care and cure of chauffeurs
who have broken down under the men,
tai strain of driving and repairing au-
tomobiles.''
Very fine" said one of the doctors
guests, ''but where are the patients
the chauffeurs?"
Under the beds, mending the
Stats"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

they abound the animals are by far the
most formidable of the farmers NAM
malian enemies In addition to all this,
in the far west they burrow in the
banks of irrigation bitches and thus
cause extensive breaks, the repair of
which results in the expenditure of
much time and money.
Pocket gophers may be destroyed by
poison, by traps, and by the use of
carbon bisulphid.
Poisoning with strychnine is the
most effective means known for kill
ing pocket gophers, and, as it involves
the least expenditure of money and
labor the biological survey recon-
mends it for general use. AS a rodent
poison to be used by farmers, strych-
nine has several advantages. It's &C
ton is sure, its deadly character is
known to most persons, and it's bitter
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
STATE OF ONO. CITY OF TOLEDO, GO

LUCAS COCTY. U.s.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is senior
part2er of the firm of F. j. CHENEY & Co., doing
business In the City Of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
Of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use OF
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence
this 9th day of December, A. D., 1886.
49,, A. w. GLEASON,
sEAL NOTARY PUBLIC
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Send for testimonials free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
The Blazers of New Paths.

Hats off to the daring souls who
scorn to walk in the old ruts, who
carve out new paths for themselves
and leave them broad and open for
others to follow in their footsteps.
These are the ones who have the
right kind of conceit, the conceit
which is appreciated and brings it's
own reward.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
PATENTS.
List of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.

Reported by Lothrop e Johnson
patent lawyers, go Pioneer Press
building, st. Paul, Mimi. w. P. Allen,
Sioux Falls, S. D., hog chute; E. M.
Devany, Devils Lake, N. D., brace for
posts; G. Halverson, Waseca, Mimi,
windmill; A. T. Haatvedt, Crosby, N.
d., smoke-pipe; ]. Jensen, ST. Paul,
Mimi, shoe; F. Lindemann, st. Paul,
Mimi, bill-hook; F. Shillin, Sunby,
Mimi, car-stake.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
TO CURE A COUGH
Or Break a Cold in "a Hours

Mix two ounces of Glycerine and a
half ounce of Virgin Oil of Pine com
pound pure with half pint of Straight
Whisky. Shake we'll and take tea
spoonful every four hours.
The genuine Virgin Oil of Pine COM
pound pure is prepared only by The
Leach Chemical Co., Cincinnati Ohio,
and is put up only in half-ounce walls,
each vial securely sealed in round
wooden case to insure it's freshness
and purity.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
Cheaper in the End.

Lawyer Ito woebegone, motheaten
individual seated in his ofice)-And
why do you wish for a divorce? They
are very expensive, you know.
Motheaten individual (taking dirty
piece Of paper out of his pocket and
handing it to the 1awyer)-This is
a bill for my wife's hat If l get a
divorce l won't have to pay it. The
lawyers fees will be about one-fifth
the price of the hat See!
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
Marketing the Poultry.

Tore is perhaps nothing marketed
as roorly as poultry. If alive they arr
81 tipped in little crowded coops a.
thick as they can be squeezed in. I
dressed-well, from what can be oh
served on market days, ones appetite
for chicken could not be enhanced
There is no reason why dressed fowls
cannot be put on the market in more
inviting condition.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
That's So.

Shelf man loves his wife as
much as she loves him. he will stop
wasting his money on cigars if she
asks him.
He-Yes; but if his wife loves him
as much as she ought to love a man
who loves her enough to stop it if she
asks him, she won't ask him.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
One Way to Look at 1t.

"Gwain to larn your boy the fiddle.
are 'ee?" asked one Cornishman Of
another.
'Iss," was the reply.
He WANT never play the fiddle
tall"
"Ow shouldn't aw?"
Cos his heads too big"
GO On with zee! The bigger the
head the more tunes he'll hold"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
Remedy for Hives.

Rhubarb and soda may be used with
good effect. A dessertspoonful should
be taken every two or three hours.
The itching may be relieved by apply
ing a lotion consisting of equal parts
of spirits of camphor, water of am.
monia and alcohol. This lotion may
be used as required.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
Acquired Wisdom.

The Mani wanted to get married
when l was twenty-one, but my father
said | didn't have sense enough. So
l waited until l was thirty.
The Maid-And you married at
thirty?
The Man-Oh, no; at thirty l had
too much sense to want wife.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
AS to Certain Insects.

First Fair Maid-Why are men like
mosquitoes?
Second Fair Maid-I can't guess;
why?
First Fair Maiden-They are easier
to catch after a full meal.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
Bright.

What do you think" said Mrs.
Gleeful, Il wrote James this summer
that l wanted some light reading, and
he sent me THE House of a Thousand
Candles"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
His ONLY Criticism,

Simkins-Are you partial to the late
songs of the day?
Timkins-I probably would be if the
girl next door didn't transform them
into the late songs of the night.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
At the Circus,

The two living skeletons have mar
ried."
We'll, you can't say anything about
their being made one flesh
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

Sympathy with Sting to 1t.
Weeks-The true American always
saves the under dog in the fight.
Wise-Yes, and then gives him a
swift kick for being chump enough
to get into it.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
Nearly All On,

Hurry up, Tommy" called mother
from downstairs. Were late now
Have you got your shoes orr"
yes. mamma-all but one"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

SAVE YOUR MONEY. BUY GOLD SEAL.
Oyershoes and Rubber Boots-Cheapest
because wear longest. Ask your dealer,
Not sold by mail order houses
Goodyear Rubber Co., st. Paul, makers.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
Pettit's Eve SaIve for 25c

Relieves tired, congested, infamed and
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, n. Y.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
&. buy Furs & Hides Write for catalog los
n w. Hide & Fur Co.. Minneapolis. MINI.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

If people were all perfectly candid
none of us would be on speaking term
with out next door neighbors.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

Anyway, the man VINO Dorrows trou-
bic isn't asked to return it.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

Chinese cotton yarn is whittier than
Indian yarn.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26
EAcTs EOR sEcM WORREMa,

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, f5roid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, f1atulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

Every man is firmly convinced that
there is the making of a hero conceal
ed about his person
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

Feet Ache-Use Aliens FOOt-Ease
Oversee 900 testimonials. Refuse limitations. Send for
tree trial package. A. 5. Olmsted, LIE Roy. N. Z.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

Nothing pays larger dividends than
a little common sense.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng, softens the gums reduces
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

Never insist on having your own
way; just have it and say nothing.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

The only reliable thing about many
a man is his habit of doing nothing
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

Alfalfa and Beet Pork.-The finest
pork ever seen came from Colorado,
and was made from alfalfa and sugar
beetS.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

full attention must be given to waste
lands along fences, streams, public
highways, and railroads. Such places
are favorite haunts of the animals.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-11-26

This woman says she was saved
from an operation by Lydia e.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Compound.
LenaV Henry, of Norristown, Ga,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 suffered untold misery from fe-
male troubles. My doctor said an opera
ton was the only chance I had, and I
dreaded it almost as much as death.
lone day read how other women
had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and decided to
try it. Before / had taken the first
bottle / was better, and now am en-
tirely cured.
Every woman suffering with any
female trouble should take Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-01
BOADsHEA WERE ALARMED
BeautifulYoung Woman, Accused Of
Murder, Turned Over to Staten
Island Authorities.

New York, Feb. 29.-Ars. Grace Coop
er. handsome young Staten Island wo-
man who. a year ago, was indicted for
manslaughter in the second degree in
connection with the death of her hus-
band, was surrendered by her bondsmen
today and lodged in jail The case is on
the docket for next June. The bonds
men said that Mrs. Cooper contemplate
ed moving to another city.
James Cooper, who owned large ho-
tel in Stapleton. and his wife were cele-
brating the twelfth anniversary of
their wedding in their living rooms in
the hotel in November, 1906. when he
was stabbed in the abdomen. Before he
died the following day he made a state
ment TO the eoroneF's jury accusing his
wife. Mrs. Cooper. who had been a
popular and conspicuous figure in Sta
ten Island social circles. was arrested
and indicted on charge of murder in
the second degree. She has refused to
make any statement except to plead not
guilty.
Up to today she had been at liberty
under IS 600 bond
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-01
BATTLE WITH REvOLVERs
Rose Greek, KY, Scene of Bloody
Fight in Which. -Four Men Were
Filled With Lead.

Evelyn, KY. Feb 2s.-Three men were
killed and fourth mortally wounded
in battle with revoivers following a
Quarrel in the lumber camp of Congle-
ton & Williams Brothers on Rose creek.
near here. yesterday.
John Hamilton. James B0wles. Rich
ard Spicer and George Frazier had been
working together with seventy other
men. hauling lumber and slaves. The
children OF Bowles and Frazier had fall
en- out with those Of Spicer and HaInil-
ton. The men qlarreled over the mat
ter as they worked.
Finally Bowles whipped out revclv-
er and began firing. He killed Hamilton
and shot Spicer in the leg. BY this time
Spicer had drawn his revolver and was
firing at Bowles when Frazier Joined in
the shooting
When the smoke cleared away, it was
found that Spicer was dead, with two
bullets in his chest, and Bowlez had
beer killed with ball through the
heart Frazier was shot through the
lower bowels and win die.