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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-08-13
FLEET WELCOMED
BY NEW ZEALAND
American BattIesllips Are Corr
daily Received by Citizens
of Auckland.
PREMIER EXTENDS GLAD HAND
Immense Crowds Throng the Streets
and Unb0unded Enthusiasm
Prevails.

Auckland, New ealand, Aug. II. -
Sixteen white ships, comprising the
battleship division of the United
States Atlantic fleet, under command
of Rear Admiral Charles S. SpeTry,
arrived here at $40 o'clock Sunday
morning and anchored in two columns
in the roadstead abreast the city, after
voyage of thirty-three days from
San Francisco, including stopover
of six days at Honolulu. They will
remain here until next Saturday.
Are Officially Welcomed.
Cloudy weather greeted the landing
yesterday of Admiral Sperry, com
mander-in-chief of the United States
Atlantic fleet, and his officers to re-
ceive official welcome to Australian
waters at the hands of Prime Minister
Sir Joseph George Ward on behalf of
the government. Grouped about the
prime minister were the staff OF the
cabinet and Representatives of the va
rious town, borough and county dis
tricts of the dominion.
Immense crowds thrOnged the
streets and the verandas and roofs of
houses adjacent were moving masses
of humanity. 1t was a great recep-
ton and unbounded enthusiasm pre-
vailed
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-11-13

blood pouring from his mouth ana
nosrrils. We knew he could not go
far and trotted leisurely along on his
bloody trail: and in the next gully we
found him stark dead, lying almost on
his back. having pitched over the side
when he tried to go down it. HIS
heod was a remarkably fine one, even
for fall buffalo. He was lying In Il
very bad position, and it was most te-
dious and tlresome work to cut II on
and mack II out. The flesh Of cow
or calf is better eating than Is that
Of n bull; but the so-called hump meat
that is. the strip of steak on each
side of the backbone-is excellent. ana
tender and juicy. Buffalo meat is with
difficulty to be distinguished from or
binary beef. At any rate, the hesh OF
This bull tasted uncommonly good 10
us for we had been without fresh
meat for week; and until a healthy
active man has been without 1t for
some little time. he does not know
how positively and almost painfuIlE
hungry for flesh he becomes, no mat
Ter how much farinaceous food he may
have. And the very toll | had beeu
Obliged to go through. in order to pro
cure the head, made me feel all the
prouder of it when 1t was at last In my
possession.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-11-13

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NE September | determin
u ed to take short trip
W after bison. At that time
r~,-~y~vfT was staying In cow
Y&ullllt&H camp good many miles
H3IGkIX up the river from my
ranch; there were then
no cattle south OF me. where there
are now very many thousand head.
and the buffalo had been plentiful In
the country for couple Of winters
past, but the last of the herds had
been destroyed or driven out six
months before, and there were only a
few stragglers left. 1t was one of my
first hunting trips; previously had
shot with the rifle very little, and that
only at deer or antelope | took as a
companion one Of my best men, named
Ferris "a brother OF the Ferris already
mentloned): we rode a couple Of po-
MES. not very gooa ones. and each
carried his roll OF blankets and very
small store OF food In pack behind
the saddle.
morning we crossed the Little Mis-
souri, and for the first ten miles thread
ed our way through the narrow defiles
and along the tortuous divides OF Il
great tract OF Bad Lands. Although 1t
was fall and the nights were cool the
sun was very hot In the middle OF the
day, and we logged along at a slow
pace, 80 as not to tire our ponies. Two
or three black tail deer were seen, some
distance of, and when we were cou-
pie OF hours on our journey, we came
across the fresh track OF bull buffalo
Buffalo wander great distance, for,
though they do not go fast. yet they
may keep travelling. as they Craze. all
day long; and though this one had evil
dently passed but a few hours before.
we were not sure We would see him
His tracks were easily followed as
long as he had kept to the soft creek
bottom, crossing and recrossing the
narrow wet ditch which wound Its way
through II; but when he left this and
turned up winding coulie that branch
ed out In every direction. his hoofs
scarcely made any marks In the hard
ground. We rode up the ravlne. care
fully examining the soil for nearly half
an hour. however; finally, as we passed
the mouth OF u little side coulie. there
was plunge and crackle through the
bushes at It's head. and shabby look
ing old bull bison galloped out Of II
and. without an instant's hesitation
plunged over a steep bank into patch
of rotten. broken ground which led
around the base OF high butte. So
quickly did he disappear that we had
not time to dlsmount and fire. Spur.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-11-13
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SIMPLE MIXTURE SAID
TO RELIEVE VICTIMS
ueaists Here In Town Say They
Can Supply the Ingredients or
Make Up tho Mixture.

Get from any prescription pharma-
cist the following
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla,
three ounces.
Shake well in a bottle and take a
teaspoonful dose after each meal and
at bedtime.
The above Is considered as the most
certain prescription ever written to
relieve Backsche, Kidney Trouble,
Weak Bladder and all forms of Urinary
difficulties. This mixture acts prompt
ly on the eliminstive tissues Of the
Kidneys, enabling them to filter and
strain the uric acid and other waste
matter from the blood which causes
Rheumatism.
Some persons who suffer with the
Affections may not feel inclined to
place much confidence in this simple
mixture, yet those who have tried ii
say the results are simply surprising,
the relief being much confidence in
this simple mixture, yet those who
have tried it say the results are simply
surprising, the relief being effected
without the slightest injury to the
stomach or other organs.
Mix scme.and give 1t trial II
certainly comes highly recommended.
1t is the prescription of an emineu,
authority. whose entire reputation, il
is said, was established by it.
A druggist here at home, when
asked, stated that he could either sup.
ply the ingredients or mix the pre-,
scription for our readers, also recon-
mends it as harmless. l0.S0-3t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-11-13
HUNTING THE
BUFFALO
BY
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

ring our horses we galloped up to the
brink Of the cliff down which be had
plunged; It was remarkable that he
should have gone down 1t unhurt.
From where we stood we could see
nothing; so, getting our horses over
the broken ground as fast as possible,
We ran TO the butte and rode round it.,
only to see the buffalo come out OF the
broken land and Climb up the side Of
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-11-13

VNttttfVt fS 0tUVtt "e Utss sOSSfNe
horns.
another butte over quarter or q mile
of. In spite Of his great weight and
cumbersome, heavy-loOking gait, he
climbed up the steep bluff with ease
and even agility, and when he had
reached the ridge stood and looked
back at us for a moment: while 30 do
ing he held his head high up. and at
that distance his great shaggy name
and huge fore-Quarter made him look
like lion. In another second he again
turned away and made OF; and, being
evidently very shy and accustomed to
being harsssed by hunters. must have
travelled 4 long distance before stop
ping. for we followed his trail for
some miles until II got on such hard,
dry ground that his hoofs did not
leave a scrape In the soil. and yet did
not again catch 90 much a. glimpse
OF him.
II was late In the afternoon before
we saw any game: then we made out
in the middle OF a large plain three
black specks, which proved to be buf-
falo-old bulls. Our horses had come
a good distance, under hot sum- and
as they had had no water except from
the mud-hole In the morning they
were In no condition for running
They were not very fast anyhow; so.
though the ground was unfavorable,
we made up our minds TO try to creep
up TO the buffalo. We left the ponies
In a hollow half a mile from the game.
and started OF ON our hands and
knees. taking advantage of every sage
brush as cover. After while we had
to lie fiat on our bodies and wriggle
ike snakes; and while doing this |
blundered into bed OF cactus, and
filled my hands with the spines. After
taking advantage OF every hollow.
hillock, or sage-brush. We got within
about a hundred and twenty-five or
fifty yards OF where the three bulls
were unconsciously feeding. and as all
between was bare ground drew up
and fred II was the frst time ever
shot at bunslo, and. confused by the
bulk and shaggy hair OF the beast, |
aimed too far back at one that was
standing nearly broadside on towards
me. The bullet told on his body with
loud crack. the dust dying UP from
hls hide: but II did not work him any
immediate harm. or in the least hinder
him from making or; and away went
all three. with their tails up. disap
penrns over slight rise In the
ground
Much dlsgusted. we trottcd back to
where the horses We're picketed,
jumped on them, good deal out OF
breath. and rode after the dying game.
We thought that the wounded one
might turn out and leave the others;
and SO followed them, though they
had over miles start. For some
seven or eight miles we loped our
jaded horses along at brisk pace,
occasionally seeing the buffalo far
ahead; and finally, when the sun had
lust set, we saw that all three had
come TO a stand In gentle hollow
There was no cover anywhere near
them; and, as last desperate resort.
we concluded 10 try 70 run them on
our worn-out ponies.
As we cantered toward them they
faced us for second and then turned
round and made of, while with spurs
and Quirts we made the ponies put ON
burst that enabled us to close in with
the wounded one just about the time
that the lesSenlng twilight had almost
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-11-13

The Courier has the largest circula-
.;o~ - C-rr.s o1ss of anv r,r--
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-11-13

lhs tour differs radically from automobile that practically
every car operated by its instead professional driver thus demonstrating
simplicity and peatn and proving ob that the Tourist owners
simple operation and enable the negotiate the
everest test to which automobile could be put.
This thousand mile successfully accomplished without p
accident and will live long the annals automobedom glowing
to mechanical genius and Constitutional ability
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-11-13

NE September l determin
ed to take Il short trlr
after bison. At that time
| was staying In a cow
camp a good many miles
up the river from my
ranch: there were then
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-02
He Knew His Business,

A story is told of a well-known anna.
teur yachtsman, who was one nigh:
anchored near a rocky and dangerous
shore. Suddenly, just before dinner, a
stiff, inshore wind started up. The
anchor began to drag. Another was
rapidly thrown overheard, but in the
increasing squall that, too, failed to
hold. The schooner seemed in immi,
nen danger of drifting on the rocks,
but at last another anchor gripped,
and the danger was past.
The yachtsman, nearly exhausted
from his efforts, dropped on the deck
to ecove his breath and rest. In
the quiet that followed there came to
his ears the Observation-Disclosures
clack of a busily manipulated spoon
against a bowl.
He listened for a moment and then
went below. The cook was preparing
salad-dressing.
Why, Sam" he exclaimed, in as
constituent, didn't you know that we
nearly went ashore?"
"Oh. yassir, yassir," came the I'M
disturbed reply, q thought she was
goin' on de rocks, suah."
We'll, in a case like that, don't you
aver go up on deck? We had a mighty
close call"
We'll, you see it's like this. You
can't leave ~mayonnaise a minute,
cause it'll turn right back."-Youth's
Companion.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-02

serted our more or less happy homes
and began to plan to jump a freight
train bound for st. Louis.
We laid down on the platform of
the station that night and went to
sleep and | dreamed that | sailed
across the ocean in a balloon, and
landed in a park in Paris, and when
the populace came to welcome us to
dear old France, pa was one of the
first to see me, and he fell upon my
neck, and when the people were going
to give me a reception and a cross of
the Legion of Honor, for being the
first to cross the ocean in a balloon,
pa told them | was his boy and pa
wanted to take all the credit for my
grand achievement, and when | woke
up a Waterman at the station kicked
US off the platform like we we're
tramps, and we walked down the
tracks and were so mad we wanted to
throw stones at the switch lights, and
my chum wanted to put a tie on the
track to wreck a train, but | persuad-
ed him that it raj that kind of re-
venge that caused the enmity between
tramps and the richer class. Then
he wanted to set fire to a tank car
of kerosene, and if | hadn't been a
pretty good citizen there would have
been a bonfire sure, but / showed
my chum that we were only temper
airy tramps, and that in a few days
we would achieve success, and own
railroads, and that we should show an
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-02

hitch around the pole of the wagon,
and that settled it with the mules.
They rolled their fawn like eyes
around at the great gas bag that was
sw9ying over the wagon, with the two
men yelling, and the mules started to
run, with the wagon and the balloon,
around that field, the balloon striking
the fence occasionally, and a tree once
in a while, the men yelling for us to
cut the rope, and the mules braying
and saying mule prayers, and me
chasing along to try and cut the rope,
and my chum hanging ON to the ears
of the wheel mule, and the farmers
rushing into the field from every d.
rection to stop the mules, and the
men in the balloons using the worst
language.
The mules had run around the field
several times, and the balloon was do
ing its best to keep up, when | yelled
to the men in the balloon: why don't
you throw oil your anchor?" and they
then seemed to recollect about an an
Choir, and they threw it out, and when
it caught fast in the ground the mules
pulled loose from the wagon and went
through a fence, and started for Texas,
and l guess they are going yet. My
chum got off all right, except he was
so scared he could not stand up. Well,
We had a time Strengthening things
out, the farmers wanted to lynch the
balloon men. and make them nav for
the mules, but in rolling up the bal
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-02
Copyright, 1905, by W. G. Chapman.)
By HON. E w. PECK

There is not much fun in being an
orphan until you escape from the Or
phan asylum, and | want to say that
my chum and myself have had two
red letter days in the town where we
seemed to drop out of a balloon into
the hearts of the country people.
They took up a subscription to buy
clothes for us, and dressed us up, and
we looked as though we had been
clothing dummies in front of a cloth
Ing store, and then the people got into
a quarrel as to who should adopt us.
A farmer drew my chum and wanted
him to get acquainted with some
mules and drive six mules to haul fer
tilizer on the farm. My chum had to
sit on a saddle or one mule, and
drive the other five mules by using
n line, which he pulled and hauled
to make them gee round grand right
and left.
The fat woman adopted me because
l was such a dear little thing. She
was n of those hay widows, whose
husband got plenty of her sauce, and
took to the tall timber, and all she
wanted to do was to hug me, and tell
ME that if had not dropped into her
life, out of that balloon, she would
have kicked the bucket, and | thought
of how any bucket | ever saw would
have collapsed, for she had a foot like
a fiddle box.
She made me tell her the story of
my past life, and when she found |
was Peck's Bad Boy, and | thought |
had made my story so sanguinary that
she would want me to go away. so she
could have a quiet life, she just froze
to me and said she could see that she
had been selected by Providence to
take the badness out of me, and she
went to work hypnotizing me, and
giving me absent treatment on my
meals, to take my strength for wicked
ness away, and then she got me so
weak | could not hug back when she
squeezed me, and you can imagine
the condition a growing boy would be
in who could not do his share of the
hugging.
The second day of my sentence to
be her adopted son, with all my
crimes on my head, she let me go
out or the farm to visit my chum, and
there is where my whole new life
changed.
My chum was driving his mules
around the farm, and | was riding be-
hind him on the wheel mule, when a
balloon from st. Louis came over, and
the men in the balloon yelled at us to
grab hold of the ropes as they wanted
to land in the field. The mules began
TO act up and my chum couldn't con-
troll them, and | jumped off the mule
and grabbed the rope and gave it a
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-02
Maybe Thew Wed for Economy.

There have been nor marriages in
high social circles within the last IL
months than in any previous year
within a decade. What's the reason?
This question has been asked repeat
eddy by friends, who have to smile and
buy many wedding presents, and the
only answer advanced so far has dealt
with economy. Hardly a plausible eX-
PLANTATION at first glance; still many
clever mothers have come to the belief
that hard times" have induced scores
of young men to hurry up and pop the
question. Getting married has been
less of an expense of late than it was
before the panic in last October.
Young women have not expected so
much. That is the testimony of every
member of society. Extravaganza is
no longer the rule; fortunes are not
spent on floral decorations, with the
reflected necessity upon the bride
groom to do his part on the same
grand scale. Neither is it necessary
to lavish princely gifts upon the bride;
the young oma does not ask for a
Newport palace, a steam yacht and an
airship.-New York Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-02

dog. and when | got near him he
snarled and grabbed a mouthful Of my
new pants and held on and shook me,
and | yelled and got away.
AS it grew lighter | saw a box near
the dog, and in it were some square
things that my practiced eye, as the
son of an old hunter, told me were
dog biscuit, a sort of petrified dough
II meat scraps made for high class
dogs that are not allowed to eat
scraps from the table, and | told my
chum We would have breakfast. 1t
took me half an hour to steal a few
dog biscuit away from that dog. and
all the time he was trying to make
his breakfast off of me, but | finally
poked out enough for breakfast, and /
called my chum to partake of the re-
past. He said he always had to have
some kind of breakfast food before
he ate meat, so | cut into a bag Of
oats, and gave him a handful, and
there we sat and chewed away, trying
to imagine that we were happy, and
thinking of coffee and pancakes and
sausage, and waf1es, and biscuit and
honey.
1t was probably the worst breakfast
ever eaten by anybody. The dog bis.
cults were so hard we had to pound
them on the floor with a curry comb,
and that did not help the flavor much.
After breakfast we laid down on
the hay with a horse blanket over us.
and slept till noon, when we heard
water being poured into the tin trough
for the horses, and we quenched u
thirst, and ate more dog biscuit, and
| hoped that other boys would hear Of
VI distress, and that no boys would
ever run away from a happy home
again.
My chum and | talked over the de-
preston in the money market, and the
panic in Wall street, and tried to
think we were better off than million
aires who did not know where the
next meal was coming from, and with
our stomachs full, and no care on
u minds, We wished We could give
some of our dog biscuit to the hun
cry rich.
While we were thinking of the good
n can do with a few dog biscuit,
there was a terrible crash, the car
jumped on the ties and reared up,
and finally rolled over and down a
bank and all was still as death, ex-
cept that the boiler of the engine was
blowing off steam, and the horses
were groaning, and the COMPOUNDED
dog that chewed me was dead.
Men ran over the cars, and chopped
with axes, and finally a fire engine
began to throw water on the burning
cars, my chum and l were wedged un-
der bales of hay, one of my legs was
asleep, and we both yelled murder,
and finally the fire was out, the side
was chopped out of the car, and they
took us out and put us in an ambu-
lance and the brakeman who had let
us into the car said: Tickets, please"
and the ambulance was driven to q
hospita.; at East st. Louis, and they
wanted to amputate us, just for prac-
tice. One of the hospital attendants
asked me who l was, and when l told
him l vas "Peck's Bad Boy" travelling
for my health, he said: We'll, you
are certainly getting what is coming
to you." and | guess that is no lie-
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-02
This Man Knows a Good Thing.

Mr.. W. f. Cunningham of Lane, Tenn,
writes us on Aug. 8, 1908, as follows:
II am nearly out of Johnson's Tonic
and would rather 3 times be without any
other medicine | handle than Johnson's
Tonic. Send 2 dozen by express.
"a few days ago | sold a customer who
was in a very bad fix and when | recon-
mended it he said he would buy it if |
would promise to give him back the money
if it did not give satisfaction.
Il told him to come right ahead and |
would surely give him back the money. l
saw him about a week later, skin was a
better color, able to work and didn't want
his money either.
Mr.. j. b. Pitts, a customer of mine,
wont use anything else for Malarial dis
eases
This is one of thousands of similar tes-
timonials we AVE received from store
keepers, and we appreciate them because
it is the storekeeper who sells many diff
fernt remedies for chills and fever who
is most competent to Judge what remedy
rs the best. Every bottle of Johnson's
Chill and Fever Tonic is sold under guar
antee. 25c and SOC per bottle. johnson
Chill & Fever Tonic Co., Savannah, Ga.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-02

Jeremiah Iamented for Jo-
( siah.'--It takes great love to
Z know great grief.
When we read the splendid
. record of Josiah we do not won
] der at the tender esteem in
which he was held by Jeremiah,
3 and az we contemplate the great
} hearted prophet-tender, sympa-
. thetic and hopefuI-we do not
z wonder that Josiah, coming un-
der his influence, should have
: been encouraged to faithfuIness
} in his reforms and to increasing
! devotions to the God of Israel.
Grief may come as ar N
! nobling, dignifying factor in a
} life, or it may narrow ones SYM
: pathies and cast over the soul
Z the blight Of disappointment and
\ Righteousness.
! Grief that shuts out God is
} character reforming. Grief that
: reveals God is performing a
4 ministry that not only enriches
\ but enIarges the life.
! Death is dark and mysterious.
} 1t breaks up human associations,
1 it skaters human plans, it blasts
I fond hopes and fills the future
} with uncertainties, and it is be-
, cause of this that grief like. a
I flood o'erWheIms the soul.
( How is it that grief can be
} sanctified and become an upIift-
; ing and outfIowing force for
D good?
. First of all, it may become
! such in SO far as God is given
} his rightfuI place in that grief.
: In the second place, it may be-
Z come such in SO far as the grief
/ is permitted to clarity the vision
! and to reveal the life that is
} gone and the life that remains
: in the truer aspects of the eter-
I nal purposes of God. "For no
/ man liveth unto himself alone"
! neither does the dying terminate
: the ministry Of that life.
. In the third place it may be-
! come such in so far as the deep
, STRINGS of the heart grief tap
} new fountains of sympathy
; which flow out into an ever
, widening ministry to others.
! He who knows no heart grief
, is but a h~alf-formed character.
} Blessed, indeed, is the faithful
!, ministry of grief.