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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18

airy air of POM
pOuS nerV GUS
ness tin g e d
by an almost
o iatory
~ a n n G L. ct
would like to
have Il little
business talk
with you if you
don't mind dis
cussing work at
a ball"
Not at all.
I've had the
honor of dane
ing With three
- - l1--l,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18
XII.

= T sound Of the breaking fan all
II three participants in the
strange reunion turned. For
4 = a second or more they faced
the crimson faced. dumfounded Perry
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18

The s%ecretary's pallid, expressionless
mask of q face broke in a flash into a
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18

He gathered CynthdG's
fragile body IN has
arms.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17

three years record of 405 pounds Of
butter fat per year, was making no Ell
fort to perpetuate her superior quail
ties but was selling her calves at $3.50
each This is certainly ruinous prac-
tice to the dairy business.
The COW buyer cannot get enough
really good COWS TO supply his pur-
chaSers, as but few Of the best COWS
are for sale The dairyman himself
must raise the heifer calves of his
best COWS and not depend on any
body's offerings to replenish his herd.
He has the breeding stock. the feed
cheap feed-and the equipment. Calf
raising is a natural part of his bust
ness 1t is absurd to suppose that as
rule he can buy as good COWS as he
can raise. The reasons are plain. He
needs 10 retain but few calves each
year and can sell the less-prOmising
ones. He knows the parentage of the
calves and need save none but those
from producing mothers 1t is
far easier to sell inferior stock Ito the
butcher) than to buy COWS that are
excellent producers.
A prominent dairyman of the state
says of his grade herd: The heifers
we raise from our best COWS are bet
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17

ter milk producers with their first
calves than are the average mature
cows we can buy" Several of our
most progressive dairymen have said
practically the same thing.
Yet in the face of all this, hundreds
of dairymen make no effort to save
their best heifer calves, and they
think they have a reason. They say
it takes too much milk. This question
was carefully investigated with AS
calves by the Illinois experiment sta
ton. Twelve calves at a time were
tested at four different times 1t was
found they could be successfully raised
on $50 pounds of whole milk and 400
pounds of skimmilk. This milk was
fed at the rate of ten pounds per day
until the calves were so days old
when it was gradually lessened one
pound per day for ten days and then
no more was fed. No substitutes for
milk were used. Only ordinary grains
which the farmer produces, and a
good Quality of legume hay We're fed
showing that the dairyman can raise
a calf in this way with almost no ex-
ira trouble. Several of these calves
are now cows in milk and good pro-
ducers, indicating that they were not
injured by this method of raising.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17

Raising the heifer calves of good
high producing COWS, is a great funda-
mental requisite for the best and
easiest improvement of the dairy
herd But those calves will take their
qualities from both parents. and it is
equally important that the calf shall
have good parentage on the male side.
An inspection of dairy herds will
show that many times comparatively
little attention is paid to the quality
OF the sire. Iii a recent visit TO the
dairy region of northern Illinois, the
writer noted six herds i'll which the
heifer calves were raised for future
COWS but in which the sires used
We're miserable little scrubs, veritable
runts and Weaklings, obtained by sim
ply saving a grade calf from poor
herd. Of many other sires fairly good
as individuals. nothing is known of the
actual milk production Of their female
ancestors.
With a herd OF 40 COWS, as here il
lnstrated, each cow represents one
eightieth OF the future herd each year,
AID the whole number Of 40 COWS rep
resent forty eightieths of the herd, and
the good Well-bred sire represents one
| half or forty-eightieths of all the quail
ity and qualities, character and char
acteriSticS the capacity for milk pro-
duction. and everything else, transmit
ted to the calves which are to conSti-
tute the succeeding herd.
A fine dairy sire can be bought for
$50 and with 40 grade COWS at $50
per head, the herd comes to $4,000.
The bull costs only One-seventeenth of
the investment. yet he will improve
the future herd as much as the other
sixteen-seventeenths The extra 500
put into a good sire is the best invest
ment in the herd
Forty-one animals are purchased
one animal will influence the future
herd as much as the other 40. 1t is
worth while, then, TO give much extra
time and study to the selection of that
one, the sire.
From generation to generation the
succession of well-Gelected sires goes
on increasing and intensifying the i'm
prOvement of the herd. In this way
the sire becomes three-fourths, seven
eighths, fifteensixteenths, etc. of the
herd. In fact in few years the sire
is practically 1.-The whole thing
So the sire may be much more than
half the herd whether judged by the
quantity, strength. quality or accumu-
lated effect of the characteristics he
transmits. 1t is literally true that the
sire may thus, within few years, at
slight expense completely transform a
dairy heTd and double it's profit.
Every man who has had any ex-
tended experience or observation in
the use OF good pme-bred sire from
high-producing dams at the head of a
dairy herd, will agree that this sire
was of peculiar value and great econ
Omy in building up the herd. The rec
ords Of dairy breeding have proved
it cOnclusively a thousand times over.
No man who studies the facts can
doubt it. The evidence is to be seen
in the hGifers of every such sire and
in their contrast with heifers lacking
such parentage.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17

through the autumn. To render these
hats little less summary looking,
however, while they still preserve
their picturesque effects, they are
draped with silk or colOred chiffon in
stead of net and null, and they may be
trimmed with ribbon, silk choux, or
plumes instead of the floral garniture
which has been so fashionable during
the summer
The illustration shows a hat of this
description made of dull finished chit
fon taffeta in brown. The hat is pre-
cisely the same shape which has been
SO popular during the summer. The
crown is covered with the silk, while
the draperies of the same, as is also
the large and dashing trimming at the
side. A plating Of the silk is used
around the edge Of the hat and be-
meath this there is rufile of coffee
cOiored lace. The hat is faced with
shirred mousseline de sole in brown Of
the shade of the silk. A touch Of color
might well be added to this hat il it
were meant to be worn with a gown
all OF one shade the same color in
brown But if the gown is to be of
contrasting shades OF colCr then it will
not be necessary TO have any bright
touches III the hat.
With q brown gown, for instance
which has d light waistcoat and coral
color trimmings the all brown hat
would be more effective than one
with q touch OF coral in its trimmings
Ii the hat is to be Worn with tan
gown trimmed with brown The all
brown would also be more effective.
For general wear, with variety Of
different costumes, there is nothing
more useful than u hat all in brown
either Of different shades or in mono
tone But if The hat is TO be worn
with a rather dull brown costume, it
is best 10 give ii touch Of brightness,
unless brown is 'singularly becoming
to the WeareT.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
BEST CARE OF Wells.
Can Be Cleansed Easily Even When
Badly SoiIed.

If your veil is very much soiled it
will not be a difficult matter to bring
it back to its original neWness. Make
Il strong lather of white soap, and
simmer the veil in it for about quar-
ter of an hour.
Rinse it in cold water carefully with
a little liquid bluing. You can also
add perfume to this water. Pass the
veil through thin gum arabic water,
or water in which rice has been boiled,
and clear it by shaking. Pin evenly
on a linen cloth. When dry lay be-
tween a piece of thin muslin and
iron on wrong side.
To wash your black veil. pass it
through hot water in which small
quantity of OK gall has been mixed, to-
gether with some perfume. Squeeze,
but do not rub it. Rinse in cold water,
putting bluing in the last rinse.
Stiffen by dipping in Il very thin
glue water. made by pouring water on
glue. Squeeze and shake out, and dry
and iron on the wrong side, the same
as the white veil
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
NiQht SWeatS 6 Couch.

f. w. Walton, Condr. s. P. Ry., III
Van Ness ST., San Antonio, Tex,
writes: Daring tho summer and fall
of 1902, my annoyance from catarrh
reached that stage whore it was actual
misery and developed alarming symp-
toms, such as very deep-sc2tod cough,
night sweats, and pains il the head and
chest. / experimental with several So
called remedies before finally decided
TO take thorough course Of Pcrrna.
"Twoof my friends had gone SO far as
to inform me that the thing for me TO do
was to resign my position and seek
higher, more congenial climate. Every
one thought I had consumption and L
was not expected to live very long.
"Having procured some Peruna, de-
cided to give j t thorough test and APP
piled myself assiduously to the task OF
taking it, Us per instructions, i'll the
meantime.
"The effects We're soon apparent, all
alarming symptoms disappeared and
my general health became fully as good
as it had ever been in my life.
II have resorted to the use of Peruna
on two or three occasions since that
time to cure myself of bad colds"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
QUALIFICATIONS OF
A GOOD IRRIGATOR
BY John G. Hall.

When farming is carried on by if
rigation, the question of getting a good
and efficient man TO spread the water
is a serious one. A man possessing
the knowledge, in the first place, of
how to run out the bitches in a field
of small grain for instance Before
he can do this he must be a practical
irrigator. He must be able to know
from looking at the land to be irri-
gated from what quarter or direction
the water will come onto this eleva-
ton or that elevation, and be able to
run the bitches in the field according
ly. His bitches must be run onto the
high places, also have fall of at least
~ inch in 100 feet.
The old saying that water will run
uphill in an irrigated country is I'M
true. Water can be delivered from
one hill to another by means of a
dyke, siphon, pipe or trough, provid-
ing the place of delivery is lower; if
higher it requires pressure to deliver
it to a higher point
Great care must be taken to get the
bitches where all the ground can be
covered with water, also not to pillow
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17

up any more crops than is absolutely
necessary, keepin& if possible, the
bitches along roadsides, fences, etc.
Now, with the bitches properly run
on n piece OF ground, the next ques-
ton is to get a sufficient quantity of
water to travel over the land faster
than the spot which is being irrigated
will consume it, With the water
turned on it is customary to run it
night and day until the field is irri-
gated.
In my experience | find the greatest
difficulty is in finding man that has
q disposition to do the required work.
What is the required work? Get I'D at
four O'Clock in the morning, go out
and change the water from the place
it has been running all night Irrigate
the short runs in day time, leaving the
long runs for the night; shoveling out
the ditch shoveling up the ditch
Banks; putting in wing bitches to
reach a high spot. or doing whatever
is necessary to improve the condi-
ton.
The writer of this article has car
ried his blankets into the field and
partially slept for a short time within
40 rods of His OWN house so that the
water could be changed every hour
during the night in time of scarcity.
In conclusion | wish to say an irri
gator possessing the knowledge of If
rigation and the qualities mentioned
above is a jewel and a blessing to his
employer at almost any price.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
EYEsIeHT WAS IN DANGER
From Terrible Eczema-Bany's Head
a Mass of itching Rash and Sores
Disease Cured by Cuticura.

Our little girl was two months old
when she got a rash on her face and
within five days her face and head
were ali one sore We used different
remedies but it got worse instead Of
better and we thought she would turn
blind ard that her ears would fall off.
She suffered terribly, and would
scratch until the blood came. This
went on until she was five months old,
then / had her under our family doc
tors care, but she continued to grow
worse. He said it was eczema. When
she was seven months old I started
to use the Cuticura Remedies and in
two months our baby was a different
girl. You could not see a sign of a
sore and she was as fair as new
born baby. She has not had sign of
the eczema since Mrs. H. F. Budke,
LeSueur, Mimi, Apr. Is and May 2. or"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
GIFT FOR A BRIDE.
This Dainty Piece of Underwear VIII
Be Very Acceptable.

II a friend is to be married, and one
is sure that silver and gold will be
showered upon them, why not give her
Il dainty piece of underwear that she
can't duplicate in the shops?
One of the new evening petticoats
made of net would be a most accept
able choice. II the brideto-be goes
into society even the least bit, she
will want one thin, dainty petticoat
10 wear under her soft evening frock.
Silk ones have always been plenti-
full at small and high prices; muslin
ones with hand embroidery and lace
are considered more elegant than silk.
even for ball gowns, but they are be-
yond the purse of the average girl.
The fashionable thing is this net
underskirt, which is to aid the cling.
ing serpentine effect of all the new
skirts.
To make one, get the coarse net
that carries starch and has body Cut
it by a seven-gored pattern, fitting the
hips, and trim it with three deep Span
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
One of the
Essentials

of the happy homes Of to-day is vast
fund of information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the worlds
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and WHICH have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval of the
Well Informed of the World; not of indi-
viduals only, but Of the many who have
the happy faculty Of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products Of that class, of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well-Informcd of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.;
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
THE SAFE WAY TO BUY PAINT.

Property owners will save deal
OF trouble and expense in keeping
their buildings properly painted, if
they know how to protect themselves
against misrepresentation and adul-
teration in paint materials. There's
one sure and safe guide to pure and
thoroughly dependable White Lead
that's the Dutch Boy Painter" trade
mark which the National Lead Com
pany, the largest makers of genuine
White Lead, place on every package.
of their product. This company sends
a simple and sure little outfit for test
ing white lead, and a valuable paint
book, free, to all who write for it.
Their address is Woodbridge Bldg,
New York City
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
1.-THE PALE GIRL"

In cold weather some people think
a cup Of hot coffee good to help keep
warm. So it is-for a short time but
the ug-caffeine-acts on the heart
to weaken the circulation and the re-
action is to cause more chilliness.
There is a hot wholesome drink
which a Oak. girl found after a time,
strong.
She says:
Having lived for five years in n.
Oak, have used considerable coffee
owing TO the cold climate. AS a re-
suit / had dull headache regularly,
suffered from Indigestion, and had no
life in me.
i was known as the pale girl and
people thought | was just weakly.
After a time | had heart trouble and
became very nervous, never knew
what it was to be real we'll Took med
icine but it never seemed to do any
good.
Since being married my husband
and i both have thought coffee was
harming us and We would quit, only to
begin again, although we felt it was
the same as poison to us.
Then we got some Postum. Well,
the effect was really wonderful. My
complexion is clear now, headache
gone, and 1 have a great deal of en-
ergy l had never known while drink
ing coffee.
Il haven't been troubled with indi-
gestion since using Postum, am not
nervous, and need no medicine. We
have little girl and boy who both
love Postum and thrive on it and
Grape-Nuts.''
There's a Reason
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, THE Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
KITCHEN CONT'S.

Don't rinse laces in blued water
under a mistaken notion that it will
improve the color 1t won't Rinse
in skinned milk, which will give a
soft, creamy tint.
Don't fill an oil Or any other kind of
stove or lamp when it is lighted. This
seems superfuOus advice. but with
the coming of hot weather cannot be
too often repeated
Don't leave a gas stove with any
thing which may boil oyer-milk or
soup-and eXtinguish the flame. Be
sides the loss of gas, there is danger
Of an explosion. Don't turn off the
gas at the main, unless the taps are
all off as well.
Don't light the kitchen fire unless
here is water in the boiler. If not,
the rush of cold water is liable to
crack the boiler.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
SURE HE KNEW.
But His eloquent Discourse Is Sue
denly Brought to End.


Got bite, captaia?"
Yes; an he's a whopper, too. l
amt quite sure whether Eve hooked
him. Yes, there he is. I feel him
wrigglin' on the line. He's a great,
big, striped bream'
How do you know what kind of a
fish it is?"
How do | know" repeated the old
man, as he began slowly and deliber-
ately TO Eaul in his line, and he
threw supreme pity for the ignorance
into his voice. How do 1 know?
Why. young man, can tell what kind
of a fish it is by the way he bites.
Now, there's an eel; he kind o. makes
little bits OF pecks at yer line and
then he takes hold and swims away
with your line, sort O. easy like. Then
there's the pike; he sucks yer bait,
an ye can't hardly feel him pull An
then there's the perch; he takes hold
right away, and swims off like a
streak"
And 3ow does the Dream bite?" in
terrupted the young man
oh, he monkeys around a whole
lot, and then he takes hold all of q
sudden and swins away down stream
] kpowed right away when this fellow
look hold he was a Dream. I knowed
right away when this fellow took hold
he was q Dream. / never made no
mistake ="
Just then the old mans catch came
10 the surface. 1t was cast-of9
boot
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
DON'T SELL THE DAIRY
HEIFERS-RAISE THEM
Good Sire Improve the Standard Of Your Herd
WILDER j. Chief n Dairy
bandry,

Many dairymen are not raising their
heifer calves; instead the herd is re-
plenished by buying cows. Four pro-
fessional COW buyers sold about 1000
COWS in the vicinity of Elgin. ILL.,.
alone, last year; besides this many
cows were shipped in by the dairy
men themselves. On many dairy
farms the heifer calves. good. bad and
Indifferent, go for veal. Where this
is done it means there is no provi-
sion for perpetuating the dairy herd or
the best COWS in it.
The dairyman from whom the Hi
nois station bought cow No. l with a
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17

ish ruffles, which are deliberately
trimmed
The edges are rolled and finished
with three-inch f1ounces Of good lace.
Above this are fine tucks dividing two
inch lace insertion. Each ruffie is put
on with lace beading an inch wide,
through which is threaded colored
satin ribbon that is finished with long
ends at the left side.
Do not make the skirt to touch the
ground. This is entirely out Of fashion.
The lining must carry any long skirt
and the petticoat must be cut off at
the ankles.
Tic inconyenient days OF holding up
a Ia ; petticoat are over, for which
wci..cn are devOutly thankful. The
81 ct full petticoat, exactly even in
Lac around the ankles, is the pretty
one
1t allows freedom of walking and
dancing, and gives a pretty glimpse
of smart stockings and shoes when
the skirt is lifted. In truth, no petit
coat should be cut any longer, and
the ordinary ones for street wear are
now cut three inches above the ankle.
Cold cereals can be fried the same
as nlush: serve with gravy.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
Pouched Bodices Return.

There are indications of the return
Of the pouching bodice. In Paris a
number of the new bodice models
show the front pOuched, ever so slight
". to be sure, but still pouched, and
at the Goodwood races a number OF
corsages of that order were noted.
The slightly pouched front is be
coming to most figures, tending to con
ccai both redundances and deficiencies,
aud then. too, there is more room and
ease across the chest. In short, the
pouched front is comfortable as well
as becoming, when the fullness is only
slight and is drawn toward the center
OF the figure.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
MISSES SHiRT-WAiST SUITS.
An Attractive School Gown for the
Young Girl.

Nothing is more serviceable for the
young girl not yet out of the school
room than a jaunty shirt waist cos
tune which answers all requirements.
for everyday wear and which is u.s.
ually 50 becoming to the undeveloped
figure TObaccObrOWn mohair has
been, used for the one illustrated,
which is trimmed with collar and cuffs
of tan-colored taffeta silk, and
fastened with buttons Of similar silk
The waist is tucked either side OF the
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17

The sale value of the milk fed these
calves was as follows:
$50 H. whole milk a 81 per 100. ........ .$150
400 ID. skim milk a 5000 per 100. ...... 120
Total ..........t..........$2.7 20
And these prices of milk are liberal,
especially as they are paid at the farm,
and no money or labor is expended in
hauling the milk to market. 1t is not
so expensive to raise a calf as the
dairymen have thought. The grain
and hay consumed by the heifers of
high quality will give much better re-
turns than the same feed fed to cows.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17

front, stitched to within a few inches
Of the bust line, and the back has two
wide tucks, stitched from shoulder to
waist line. The skirt is two-piece
circular model with an inverted box
plat at the center-back seam, and
fitted to the waist line by darts over
each hip.
For a miss Of Is years the skirt re-
quires four yards of material 20 inches
wide, 3ss yards q inches wide. rs
yards SO inches wide, on TWO yards AZ
inches wide
For miss Of Is years the skirt re-
quires sc yards of material 20 inches
wide, 3k yards Sc inches wide, "a
yards ~ inches wide, or 213 yards 81
inches wide.