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Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
Cresote Treatment of Posts.

AMES, Ia, June I.-(Special. 1.-The For
estry department Of the Iowa State college
has completed an equipment for treating
fence posts with creosote. BY this treat
ment common soft wood posts, which or
dinarily last from four to five years. can
be made to last fifteen or twenty. The
treatment costs less than 10 cents a post.
A common l0-cent post when treated will
last as long as four untreated ones The
treatment thus effects 1O0 per cent saving.
The department will treat several thousand
rosts for neighboring farmers to demon
strate the value of the method
The only apparatus required Is an iron
tank Of convenient size arranged so that
fire can be built under II, and a smaller
tank without the fireplace. The timber
is first thoroughly seasoned and then i'm
mersed in the hot creosote and left for
about six hours. The and moisture re-
naming in the pores Of the wood are
largely driven out by this treatment and
the preservative works is way in At the
end OF the six hours the posts are quickly
Transferred TO a cold Creosote bath The
sudden change of temperature causes the
contraction Of the air remaining in the
pores and the creation of a partial vacuum.
The atmospheric pressure then forces the
preserving material into the wood to such
an extent that it becomes thoroughly i'm
pregnated and decay is practically i'm
possible.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
WIND AND HAIL IN MINNESOTA
Extensive Damage II Reported in
Redwood, Mower and Free
born Counties.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, June IA severe
wind and hailstorm did much damage in
the southwestern part OF Minnesota Sat
afternoon In Lyon county crops were
completely destroyed and many barns
were blown down. In Redwood county
thousands of acres of grain were de-
stroyed So far as known no lives were
lost
A special to the Pioneer Press from
Austin says that the storm did S200,0
worth OF damage there and s750,OoO in
Mower county
The court house was damaged to the ex-
tent of $1,000. A jury was locked up at
the time and when the building was
rocked by the wind they wanted to es-
cape. The sheriff kept them inside, how
ever.
In Freeborn county many persons were
hurt.
PRAIRIE DU CHEN. Wis. June 20
A tornado swept over the southwestern
part of Wisconsin late tonight. All wires
are down and it is impossible to secure
details
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
kittridse Goes to WashinEton.

SIOUX FALLS, s. D., June A.-tSpecial.) }
United States Senator Kittredge, who
campaigned throughout South Dakota from
the latter part Of January up to the eve
of the primaries. on June 9, in further
ance Of his candidacy for reelection TO the
senate. and who since the primaries re-
mained quietly at his home in Sioux Falls,
has departed for Washington. He will re-
main in the national capital for a period
OF a week OF ten days on matters in con-
nection with his chsirmanship Of the inter-
oceanic canal committee Of the senate.
When these are disposed OF he will return
to Sioux Falls and remain here during the
remainder OF the summer,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
New Dakota Cement Plant.

SIOUX FALLS, 8. D.. June 9O-(Special) }
The town of Chamberlain. which is sit
uated on the Missouri river In the central
part Of the state. and which is the eastern
terminus OF the Missouri river-Black Hills
extension OF the Chicago. Milwaukee & ST.
Paul railway Is TO be the scene this sum
mer Of the construction Of a monarch ce-
ment plant, at an expense OF several hun
dred thousand dollars, and the employ
ment OF several hundred men in this IN
dustry which is new DO far as that part
Of the state is concerned. The general
offices Of the company which will inaug-
urate the new industry are situated in
Sioux Falls, the eompany having been in
corporaaed under the laws OF South Dakota
under the mare Of the Dakota Portland
Cement company.
meeting Of the stockholders has Just
been held in this city, at which the organi-
Eation OF the company was perfected by the
election OF the following officers: Presi-
dent, II. II. Cuisine, Madison; vice presi,
dent and general manager, D. B. thinner
OF Sioux Falls; treasurer, c. ]. Bach OF
Hurley; secretary, 7. F. Cole Of Sioux
Fallk
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
ConRressmRn Norris and Family
start for Home, the Children
Having Recovered.
IRON a staff Correspondent.l }

WASHINGTON, June a.-Cspecial Tele-
gram)-Representativ George w. Norris
and family, VINO have been DELAYED here
since the adjournment OF congress owing to
the afflietion Of his children with mumps
will start for home the early part OF next
week. the children having fully recovered.
Rural carriers appointed; Nebraska
GOthenburg. Route 8, August sornow. car
rier; George W. Duis. substitute. Iowa
Dawson, Route l. Maurice J. Lenihan, car
rler: Charles Robbins. substitute. Griswold
Route 5, p. NJ. swart. carrier; Arthur f
Hartness. substitute,
Ed r. spethman Of Omaha has been Ap-
pointed q stsnographer in the Interstate
Commerce commission office.
Roy W. Nelson Of odell. Neb.. has been
appointed a clark at the Canton. s. D., In.
dan asylum-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
Flood Damage Overesttmated

HURON, S. D., June a.-CspeciaI. RE
ports from various parts of the county
show that damage resulting from wednes-
day nights heavy rain is not as great as
at first reported. Some small grain and
corn we're washed out and loWlands flooded
but the aggregate loss will not be severe.
Some stock was killed by lightning and
more or less damage to small bridges done
og hasni =
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
OIL EXCITEMENT IN NEBRASKA
Thousands of Acres Acquired by Pro-
mOters in Knox County.

Just across the river in Nebraska. near
Herrick. land is being rapidly acquired by
lease on an oil find, and now 5000 acres
are in the hands Of a hastily formed com.
paEy, which is after 1000 acres more
which II wants before boring commences
The men at the head Of the project are
completely satisfied they have control OF
an oil field and great interest is naturally
being taken in every movement made by
an expert oil man, who is directing every
thing.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
wan KoIb a Pre.ident.

PIERRE, S. D., June 9O-Cspscial Tele-
gram)-At a meeting of the State Board
OF Control of Firemen. held late last night.
officers OF the state association selected
for the coming year were: win Kolb, Yer
million, president; William Moeller, Parks
ton, first vice president; w. A. Ritschlam.
Huron. second vice president; r. L. Clisby.
Parker, secretary; F. G. Lillibridge. Pierre.
treasurer. The second vice president and
treasurer are new men on the board.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
TWO DEATHS FROM HEAT
Fatalities Are Reported In PittsburE
and Nine PFobtrations in
ST. Louis.

PITTsBURG, Pa, June 1.-Two deaths
and two prostrations is the result OF the
weather conditions in this vicirdty during
the last twenty-four hours. While the Of
fetal thermometer only registered So de-
grees today. the heat was oppressive.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. June 20-~The thermome-
ter registered 81 degrees here this after
noon, and nine prostrAtions by heat were
reported during the day. Joseph Todd.
driver of an ice wagon, toppled from his
seat and was taken to the city hospital in
a serious condition.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
Coal south of Creston,

CREsTON, Ia, June eo.--(speeisl)-coa
has been discovered at Clesrheld a small
town southeast OF here, II is said TO be OF
good quality and is found al a depth OF
forty feet Tests will be made TO see II
coal in quantities can be found there.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
MIssouri Damages Yankton Dam.

YANKToN, S. D., June N-(speciaL)-
The Missouri river cut out 500 feet of the
government dyke here in the last few days
The loss is the heaviest Of the many that
have come TO the extensive work here.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-22
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER

FORECAST FOR MoNDAY-showers
and cooler.
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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
FIT THE GROCER
Wife Made the Suggestion.

A grocer has excellent opportunity
20 know the effects of special foods
on his customers. A Cleveland
grocer has a long list of customers
that have been helped in health by
leaving off coffee and using Postum
Food Coffee.
He says, regarding his own expe-
rience: 1.-TWO years ago / had been
drinking coffee, and must say that l
was almost wrecked in my nerves.
Particularly in the morning l was
so irritable and upset that could
hardly wait until the coffee was
served, and then I had no appetite for
breakfast, and did not feel like at
tending to my store duties.
Zone day my wife suggested that
inasmuch as / was selling so much
Postum there must be some merit in
it and suggested that we try it. l
took home a package and she pre-
pared it according to directions. The
result was a very happy one. My
nervousness gradually disappeared, and
today I am all right. / would advise
everyone afflicted in any way with
nervousness or stomach troubles, to
leave off coffee and use Postum Food
Coffee" There's a Reason" Read
"The Road to Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human in.
terest.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
JUMP THE ROPE.
If You Would Restore a Full Figure
to Its Former SylphIike Lines.

If You Would Restore a Full Figure
to Its Former SylphIike Lines.
If you would retain sylphlike form,
or attain one, in case the accumula-
ton of adipose tissue has distorted
your former slenderness into unsightly
lines, jump the rope.
This is what certain New York
women are spending their spare time
in doing nowadays. When you see a
woman who once tipped the scales at
200 and now balances them at 1876 you
may be sure that she has been fol-
lowing the latest form of beauty cul.
ture.
From Paris comes the beauty cultur-
list who introduced this simple method
of flesh reduction, and though she
pretends that some mysterious medi-
cinal virtues emanate from the han
dies of her skipping ropes, yet those
who have tried the system with or
binary skipping ropes report remark.
able results from the sport
AS a matter of fact, this reformer
herself might recommend almost any,
thing in the line of beauty culture for
flesh reduction and her adherents
would follow it, even to standing on
their heads, If that would do any good,
for she has a sylphlike form herself.
Encased in heathlike corsets over
which hangs easily a princess gown of
white broadcloth she presents a pic
ture of grace that any woman would
do much to acquire.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT WHITE LEAD IS?
Its Chief Use and a Method of Deter.
mining Good from Bad Explained,

White Lead is the standard paint
material all over the world. 1t is made
by corroding metallic lead into white
powder, through exposing it to the
fumes of weak acetic acid and carbonic
acid gas; this powder is then ground
and mixed with linseed oil, making a
thick paste, in which form it is packed
and sold for painting purposes. The
painter thins it down to the proper
consistency for application by the adj
dition of more linseed oil.
The above refers, of course, to pure,
genuine White Lead only. Adulterated
and fake white Lead" of which there
are many brands on the market, is
generally some sort Of composition
containing only percentage of white
lead; sometimes no White Lead at all;
in such stuff, barytes or ground rock,
chalk, and similar cheap substances
are used to make bulk and initiate the
appearance of pure White Lead.
There is, however, a positive test by
which the purity or impurity Of White
ASoN h1oJ OS plONCu VI SApOSOub w
fore painting with it.
The blow-pipe fame will reduce
pure white lead to metallic lead. If
supposed white lead be thus tested
and it only partially reduces to lead,
leaving a residue, it is proof that
something else was there besides
white lead
The National Lead Company guar
antee all White Lead sold in packages
bearing its Dutch Boy Painter" trade
mark to prove absolutely pure under
this blow-pipe test, and that you may
make the test yourself in your own
home, they will send free upon re-
quest blow-pipe and everything else
necessary to make the test, together
with valuable booklet on paint. Adj
dress, National Lead Company, Wood
bridge Building, New York.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
The Retort Courteous.

A young man in a hurry went
through the left side of a pair OF
swinging doors in the senate wing OF
the capitol at Washington last session
and almost knocked over the late
Senator Pettus of Alabama, who was
about to push through the right side.
The young man apologized profuse-
ly. Il am very sorry didn't know
I was-I am in a great hurry"
That's all right, son" said the
venerable Pettus. But let me give you
a piece of advice about going through
doors like these. Always go through
on the right side, and turn to the
right. Then, if you meet anybody
coming through and bump into him
YOU needn't apologize. He'll be a
burned fool, and it won't be necessary.
Good morning. Saturday Evening
Post
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21

issued and had been presented at the
department of state it would have en-
abled it's holder to have the first view
of the Declaration of independence
that has been had since the spring
of 1903.
No one has seen the document for
five years. 1t is locked up in safe
in the library of the state department
and not even the officials of that de-
partment get it out to look at it.
Even before 1903 it had been kept
in the safe, but it was often brought
out for admiring citizens to scrutinize
and to exclaim over Since 1903 the
light of day has not fallen on it.
There had been too much light OF
day before that. In fact there had
been too much of good many things
too much folding, too much rolling
too much handling and, alas! too
much stealing of its immortal Ian
guage by a wet press copying opera
ton resorted to in 1920.
This was tried as means of secur
ing a facsimile coy. 1t was good
enough for the copy, but it was pow
erful bad on the original, for it result
ed in transferring to the copy the ink
which belonged on the old parchment
itself. Not content with swiping its
ink, the government put the document
I'D on exhibition in nice bright light
so that visitors could decipher the
traces of ink which remained.
For 80 years the Declaration of In
dependence hung in the light, and the
longer it hung there the more neces
sary the light became, for the ink that
was left grew paler and paler until II
was hard to make out any Of the sig
natures except the big black name OF
John Hancock. Finally it became evi
dent that if anything except the
parchment was to be left the docu
ment would have to be kept in the
dark.
So it went into retirement in the
safe, being brought out only upon spe
cial requests
The original parchment was photo
graphed in 1883 and again in 1903
The committee recommended that II
be photographed again from time tc
time. The present indications are that
it will not be seen until perhaps an
other 20 years has gone by and the
time comes, in 1928, for taking anoth
er photograph.
In the safe with the Declaration OF
independence reposes also the orig
inal copy of the Constitution of the
United States. 1t is not on exhibition
but if doubt as to it's existence con
tinues to grow it may be produced to
set fears at rest.
There is nothing the matter with
the constitution; that is to say, not
with the document itself. The ink is
all right, the provisions clear-so fa1
as the writing goes 1t is shut up in
the safe to preserve it from the fate
of the declaration.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
SEVERE HEMORRHOlDS
Sores, and Itching Eczema-Doctor
Thought an Operation Necessary
-Cuticura's Efficacy Proven.

81 am now 80 years old, and three
years ago l was taken with an at
tack of piles (hemorrhoids), bleeding
and protruding. The doctor said the
only help for me was to go to a
hospital and be operated on. I tried
several remedies for months but did
not get much help. During this time
sores appeared which changed to a
terrible itching eczema. Then 1 began
to use Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Pills, injecting a quantity of Cuticura
Ointment with a Cuticura Suppository
Syringe. 1t took a month of this
treatment to get me in fairly healthy
state and then I treated myself once
a day for three months and, after that,
once or twice a week The treatments
I tried took a lot of money, and it is
fortunate that I used Cuticura. j. H.
Henderson, Hopkinton, N. Y, Apr.
26. 1907"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
One on Mr.. Clark.

Representative Champ Clark fire.
quently visited Washington before his
election to the house, and thought he
was pretty we'll known there. On one
occasion he went to the capital on
business for a client. He was sur
prised and pleased to meet an old
friend and townsman at the hotel Mr.
Clark had selected for his stay.
well, well, if it isn't Brown!" ex
claimed Mr.. Clark.
I'm glad to see you. Is there any
thing I can do for you?"
Then Mr.. Clark took his friend by
the arm and marched him to the
hotels desk, saying:
II can do you one good turn, any
how"
Clerk" added Mr.. Clark, when they
had reached that functionary, this is
my friend, Mr.. Brown; l want you tc
treat him right Let him have what
ever he wants, and if he gets too ex
travagant and runs out of cash, just
charge it to me-
why, yes" said the clerk, " know
Mr.. Brown very we'll, sir, but who are
yOu?"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
Government EMPLOYEES,

A census bulletin just issued shows
that more than 1854 persons are EN-
ployed by the government, exclusive
of postmasters and their clerks, and
mechanics Of this number nearly
$4,000 are women and 1882 negroes
Although half the total are under 81
years of age, 1877 are over 80 years
465 over IS years; 1857 over 70 years
and 1854 over 65 years. New York
ranks first in the number of employees;
Pennsylvania second; Illinois third,
and Massachusetts fourth. The aver
age yearly salary paid men Is $685.;
that to women $766-
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21

probably will. Now, Mary, you and
she are great friends, believe; can
you not find out from her if she has
said anything to Forde? I'll tell you
rather strange thing about her. You
know how well she always looks-the
picture of health. Well, this evening
she was compelled to leave the res
taurant with her friends on a plea of
| illness. She may have been back here
hours ago."
.'Christabel ILL.," exclaimed Mary, in
wonder.
"She certainly did look queer" said
Maxwell Perhaps she went to bed
when she came in. However that may
be, | wish you would see her and have
talk with her. Of course, you will
be careful not to mention Forbes
name, nor to refer to him in any way.
Just find out if you can what she says
about telling any one-any one at all
of fathers 'delusion.' And Max
wells face showed an ugly sheer as
he uttered the word "delusion."
eff she is i'll and in bed" objected
Mary, 81 should not care to disturb
her tonight Tomorrow morning I'll
see about it."
Mary said not another word, but a
arranged for Cross" he added, in a
tone of deep significance, ito take a
months holiday"
Now Cross was the man who knew,
who had known from the beginning.
Mary said not another work, but a
convulsive shudder shook her frail
body. 1t was by means of Cross that
the riddle of Sir Johns speech had
been read, for he was the man who
knew. Maxwell and Lady and Miss
Sisterson came to know the truth
through him. 1t was in this wise.
On the evening of the accident they
had all been in Sir Johns room when
he first gave utterance to what DR..
Flint had characterized as delusiOn
"a felicitous term which was kept up
to describe this feature of his illness
after the truth was known. They had
listened to Sir John with blanched
faces. and at the time, though they
were shocked and terrified beyond ex-
preston, they readily and completely
accepted Flint's statement. But when
Sir John repeated the same forms Of
words day after day for several days,
Maxwell, thinking out a dark hint Of
Flint's, became suspicious that such a
persistent delusion must have some
foundation beyond that which it had
in the known facts of Sir Johns early
days-facts with which he was well
acquainted.
The great Sisterson cement works
were built on that large, unfovely
tract of waste land that lies in the val
ley of the Thames east of Tflbury;
gigantic black pillars of smoke con-
tinual1y rose into the air that was sell
dom blue by day, but was ruddy with
furnace fires by night; and all the
time the atmosphere of the place was
full of a fine rain of dust-cement dust
which made length of life impossi'
BILE to the Sisterson workmen.
Ito Be Continued.)
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP.
Son WEEDS the WidoW-Fa ther WEEDS
Widows Daughter.

Widows Daughter.
A curious series Of domestic compli-
cations has been brought about by the
action of a Frenchman, who recently
married a widow with grown-up
daughter. He had not been long mar
ried when his father, who was a wild
over, fell in love with the daughter of
his sons wife and led her to the altar.
Then the trouble commenced. It is
best described in the words of the
unfortunate son, whose marriage with
the widow was the starting point of
the complication.
when my father took to wife the
daughter of my wife," he says, 'he
became nv son-in-law, while my step
daughter became my stepmother. But
matters became worse when my wife
presented me with a son, who was
thus the son of the mother of my
fathers Wife-that is to say, the
brother-in-law of my father and at
the same time my uncle, because he
was the brother of my step-mother.
Thus. my own son becomes my uncle.
NV fathers wife also gave birth to a
son. with the consequence that he be-
came at the same time my half-broth-
err and my grandson, because he was
the son of MY wife's daughter. In
short, my wife became my grandmoth-
err. for she was the mother of my
fathers wife, and | am not only the
husband Of my wife, but I am also her
grandson. And as the husband of the
grandmother of person is called the
grandfather. it ensues that l have be-
come my own grandfather"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-21
UNDERGRADUATE Fun at Oxford.

A mock funeral accorded an under
raduate who had been "sent down
from Jesus college, Oxford, was brok-
en- up by proctor and his bulldogs.
The procession was headed by an
open cart, in which was the under
graduate, with masked headsman
with ak and block beside him. This
was followed by about forty cabs, con
tanning the "mourners," decorated
with funeral emblems. The process
sion was stopped in High street. The
proctor took the names and addresses
of all the university men present
The undergraduates were ordered
back to their colleges and the process
sion ended.-London Evening Stand
ard.