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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-09

The celebrated wright's Health
Wool Fleeced Underwear, a
standard garment at $1.00.
Brown Bros. cut them to :. $50
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-09
Indeed Y!
Sweeping Reductions In
MEMS FURNISHING DEPARTMENT

Mems High Grade Ribbed Union
Suits, regular $3.50 values.
Brown Bros. slaughtering price
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Zee
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-09
$500 Hats, Sale price. s2.1s

Mems Heavy Working Shirts,
regular SOC kind. Brown Bros
price .......... 500
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-09

Boys Knee Pants in Corduroys,
Cheviots, Tweeds ,Thibits and
Cashimeres; all sizes. Brown
Bros. reduced to ......... 42C
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-09

$3.50 and $500 grade of Mems
Pants of the very best materials.
Your last chance ...... S3.48
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-09

Mems Heavy Working sox
Brown Bros. price Y. .ec
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-09

Mems Corduroy Pants in all col
ors and STYLES at the Brown
Bros. sacrificing prices.
$500 Corduroy Pants at .$1.22
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-01-09

$3.50 and $2.75 Corduroy Pants
at .................... S1.79
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
HAWKINS

Special Correspondence to News-Budget.
Reuben Stone and Elmer Inabnit
drove to Ingram Sunday afternoon.
Miss NJ. CARRIER visited with her
parents at Ladysmith over Sunday.
w. HI. Pearce returned Sunday
from a weeks visit at Milwaukee.
II. A. Strand and family are visit
ing relatives at Prairie Farm this
week.
Hans Lund left Wednesday morn
ing for northern Minnesota, where
he is to file the coming winter.
w. G.. Meader is now erecting a
24x26 residence on his lot south OF
Paulson & PaulsOn's office.
C. C. Ellingson and John King
drove over to Ingram Saturday
evening.
The Misses Edna Inabnit, Dagny
johnson and Inez Pearce called on
friends at Ladysmith Wednesday.
Geo. PaulsOn is up from StetsOn-
vile and Is to work for Ellingson
lumber Co.
Alfred Paulson had business at
the county seat Monday.
Nels Fostveit Of Tony was up on
business Monday and Tuesday.
Parcher Ellingson left Monday
night for Appleton, where he is to
attend college the coming winter.
The sociable by the Ladies' Aid
Saturday evening was quite well at
tended and the proceeds amounted
to about 800.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

SSSS~SS$S&SSS&S <>~SSS@~NSO
Mrs. L. W. Hill departed for Owen
Tuesday.
Rev. Thomas Barker went to Trip
oil Tuesday.
r. J. Morgan of Ingram was in the
city this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Reider visited
Tony Tuesday.
Miss Nell Cosgriff went to Chippewa
| Fails Tuesday.
Rev. J. Johnson was down from
Ingram Sunday.
w. ". West OF Turtle Lake spent
Sunday. in Ladysmith.
Miss MolIie Bates Of Amacoy Lake
was in the city Monday.
Miss Grace Musser is forming a
class in music at Prentice.
w. ". Hubert of Wauwatosa was
looking over Ladysmith Monday.
Christina Hansen was here from
Glen Flora Monday and Tuesday.
John LindOO Jr. left for BelOit
Tuesday, where he is attending col
lege.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Kermott went
to the fair at Chippewa Falls Tues
day.
Miss Verna Ketchum of Bruce
spent part of Monday and Tuesday
in the city.
!. G. McNair of Eau Clair, was
here a couple OF days this week visit
ing his family.
Ladies' and gentlemen's gold filled
watches of all grades at prices that
it will pay you to investigate
Lr1oinort 24tf
w. H. Johnson from Labelled,
Mimi. has succeeded GIL. Gulbrand-
son as foreman in the News-Budget
printery.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wood and four
children departed for Haw kins
today, where they have taken up
their home.
Mrs. t. Nj. Thomas returned to-
day from Rhinelander, where she
was called by sudden death in the
family Of niece.
J. II. Hogston received word that
fire had reached pretty close to his
farm near Ingram and went down
Wednesday to look after it.
Would you like q lady's set ring
better than common? | have them,
beautiful and distinctive in design
and workmanship 24tf
Mrs. Mile Hodge Of Beaver Dam
and two daughters, Maude and
Mettie, returned home today after
spending the summer with Mrs. VIII
DOu0.
Mr., and Mrs. A. V. SimOns went
down to the Chippewa fair today.
Mr. Simons went for the purpose OF
brin ging home some prizes on fancy
chickens his company has on exhibit
ton there.
Galyanic soap saves the clothes by
not making it Necessary to wear them
out on the dashboard. The soap
being absolutely pure, does not leave
any waste matter in the fabric to
rot it. 1t rinses out easily and COM
pletely.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
Correspondence for this column
must be received by Wednesday night
to insure publication.
APOLLONIA

Special correspondence to the News-Budget
Death entered the home of A. 6.
Martindale and took from them their
daughter Esther, age eleven years,
her health having been very poor
since last winter. They have the
sympathy of the entire community
in their affection.
John Liglin is having some trouble
with one of his hands, blood poison
ing being the cause.
Miss Helen Conley is home from
her work at st. Peter for few days,
leaving her sister Katie there in the
hospital with typhoid fever.
Mrs. NJ. j. Kalaber of Glen Flora
is visiting her brothers Ernest and
Eugene Hayden few days.
w. Gay is home from the West.
The forest fires are still burning
south of town.
Mrs. c.. Barnes and family returned
from Eau Gale Friday night, where
she has been visiting for three weeks.
Mrs. r. T. Otis is home from
Minneapolis, where she has been
visiting her parents.
Among those that were invited IN
to the E. F. U. lodge in Bruce Mon
day night were Mrs. Ernest Hayden,
Mrs. f. j. Otis and RObt. Otis
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
Snubbed Completely.

Among the guests at a wedding
breakfast in the country was one
whose continued rudeness made him
extremely objectionable to the rest OF
the company.
His conduct, though nigh unbear-
able, was put up with for some time,
until he held up on his fork piece
of meat which had been served to
him, and rema ked in a voice of in
tended humOr:
rs this pig?"
This Immediately drew forth the
query from a quiet-looking Individual
sitting at the other end Of the table:
Which end of the fork do you re-
fer to-"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17

cared to keep chem? thought you
didn't care and l wanted to tell you
so often, but somehow l never realiz-
ed you'd listen until now. Dear, did
you keep them because l gave them,
and will you keep me, toO?"
Since you're so peremptory," she
replied, hiding her face in the bouquet,
81 kept them-because | love them,
and I'll keep you for the same reason"
John S. Dugdale.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
Good Luck.

Timmins, who believes in the old
saying, See a pin, pick it up, and all
day long you'll have luck" one day
saw a pin in the street.
Bending down to get it his hat tum
bled off and rolled into the gutter, his
eyeglasses fell and broke on the pave
ment, his braces gave way behind, he
burst the buttonhole on the back of
his shirt collar, and he all but lost
his new false teeth
But he got the pin.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
Real Estate Transfers

WARRANTED DEED
Arthur E. Russell and WI to John
Trczyk, NV sw l5-34-3. ............
Phil S. Reed and WI to Mae E. Hennig,
lot 2, block 8, Plat of hurry ....S75
Samuel Arthur Birch Memorial
Methodist Episcopal Church to Len
Tyler, lot 4, block 4, M. w. W.Co's.
lSt add ................. $3.50
Matte Noll to w. E. Clark and Anna
E. McGill, lot 10, block Is, Lady
smithTownsite Co.'S, End add. $3.50. !.
Mary I. Crosgriff and husband toJ ohm
A. Gauger, ea ne, ea Sc, ne sw 81
O4-O.
Robert CoYbett Lbr. Co. Peter Peter
son, lot /, block 3, Corbett's End add
........ PlCO
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
The Gentle Editor.

II cannot accept your blank verse;
said the editor.
The poets lip curled scornfully.
But this isn't blank verse" he ex-
planned BLANK verse has no rhyme
in it, whereas here rhyme is rife.
'Mirky-turkey,' Pumpkin-bumpkin
'Frolic-colic.' Don't you see?"
The editor, however, still insisted
upon declining the manuscript,
81 called it blank verse" he said,
ITO spare your feelings. 1t was a
much stronger word really that I had
In mind"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
Estray Notice.

The undersigned has taken up on
his premises north of Ladysmith one
stray pig. Owner may have same
by paying for keep and advertising
WM. BROWN.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
NORTH WISCONSIN NOTES

Park Falls was In danger from
forest fires last week. Part of the
Prentice fire department went up
there with 1000 feet OF hose.
1t Is reported that at least dozen
farmers have lost their homes by fire
near Philips, while heavy losses have
occurred in burning OF bark and lum-
Der throughout Price county.
The post Office at Stanley was
robbed last week. The robbers used
dynamite to open the safe.
The home Of C. A. Depew, four
miles south OF Tony was destroyed
by fire last week.
Mellen will soon have the finest
hardwood flooring plants Ia the
county.
A new canning factory Is to be es-
tablished In Ashland.
Hunters In Douglas county were
paid over $4,000 in Wild animal
bounties. There were $50 wolves,
81 cubs, rs wild cats and lynx killed
by them the past year.
The 500 line is rushing work on it's
line to Superior. They have sixty
trains at. work on the line.
During the close of the business
year last week the Waukesha Can
ming Co. had paid out $4,000 In sal
aries at their Rice Lake plant.
CDR" TIL has been released from
quarantine and was In Almena last
week. A correspondent from that
village says it is expected to make
that place his headquarters.
Last week an Indian by the name
Of John CObe killed another Indian
In a fight at Flambeau In Villas
county.
A one year old daughter Of City
Attorney and Mrs. HI. r.. Steele of
Rhinelander died last week from the
effects OF eating q box of pills belong
ing to woman visitor.
A severe storm visited Amery We'd
nesday OF last week. Lightning
struck a barn belonging to Harvey
Jones, destroying so tons of hay and
killing man and colt. Frank
Swanson's house near the village
was also badly wrecked.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
Local M arkef.

The market report shows eggs
cents lower; oats have advanced
cents; corn ) cents; wheat 10 cents
barley 10 cents; good, fat steers,
cent; dressed beef l cent; dressed
hogs 4 cent; hides cents.
Butter per h.. dairy, %, cream
cry % cents.
Eggs per dozen, 20 cents.
Potatoes per bushel 80 cents.
Oats per bushel, 45 cents.
Corn per bushel, 80 cents.
Wheat per bushel, S1.10.
Barley per bushel, Is cents.
Hay-Timothy No. 1, so co.
- Loose, $500.
g g." No 2, baled, 5000
g Wild, $500.
LIVE STOCK.
Good, fat steers, 81 to 3Acents.
Butcher COWS "a cents.
Heifers, 22i cents.
Mich COWS, 500 to $50.
Veal to cents dressed.
Beef dresse, cents.
Hogs, dressed, 81 cents.
Hides, 6 cents.
Chickens, 8 cents. :
TIMBER PRODUCTS.
PulpwOod-spruce, per cord, $500
pine bolts, $3 80; balsam bolts, $3.
Poverty wOOd-at mill, ST.. 40; al
spur, $1.15.
Eastwood bolts, 80 inches long anG
not less than inches in diameter
per cord, S3 80
RETAIL.
Feed-best No. l per ton, $4,000.
Bran-$2S.00 per ton.
Middlings-$2S. 90 per ton.
FIOur-Bbl., $500.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17

One thousand men and ladies to
call at our store and get prices be-
fore buying elsewhere. Bring your
catalogues with you.
22tf ID. INGLE & Son.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
Weekly Market Letter

So. St. Paul, Mimi, Aug. "a, 1908.
Cattle Hogs Sheep
One day this week $500 1900 6899
Same time 'stw'k 1856 1852 5729
Jan. l, 'O8, to date 270738 1892 188061
Same p'r'd last y'r 23O351 58427O 1382O9
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17

IN For Children's Kang Kip
k.EV Shoes, sizes to II, well
worth $1.35.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17

Canning Peaches will soon be here.
Get our price before buying.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17
4O381 1882 1875

STOCKERS AND FEEDERS
Feeding Steers, good to choice
900 to 1000 lbs. ........ SO. 5O-4. 90
Fair to good, 800 to 900 lb 1852 Is
Common to fair. ......... 2.4O-2. rs
Stock Steers, good to choice
600 to 800 lbs. ........ 2.75-3.25
Fair to good, 600 to 800 Id 2.40-2. rs
Common stock steers. 80. 2.OO-2.4O
Stock Heifers, good to choice 2.00-2.25
Stock Heifers, common. 30. 1852. 40
Stock Fed Bulls. 1852. 40
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17

4 De For Children's Kangaroo
an%O Calf shoes, lace, oak soles,
we'll worth $150.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-17

Park Falls was In danger from
forest fires last week. Part of the
Prentice fire department went up
there with 1000 feet, Of hose.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-04
$500 TRAINS DAILY
ENTER NEW YORK
WILL MAKE 25,00o CARS EXTEND
ING OVER 400 MILES OF
TRACKS - TRAIN ARRIVES
EVERY THIRTY SECONDS.

New York, Oct, BY the first OF
Ineyt May more than $500 trains will
enter New York daily, and the 25,00O
'caTs Of which they will be composed
WoulG II placed in single train
roach length OF nearly four hundred
miles. These figures indicate the tre-
mendous possibilities Of the new era
of transportation in this city, gener-
ally referred to as the tunnel era. "
One thousand trains will enter the
city under the Hudson river every
day and something like twice this
number by various other subwayg
and tubes. Every thirty second will
marx the arrival OF "A train and pas
sengers can be poured into the city at
the rare OF 10000 an hour or a million
ana Il halt day. OF course all this
VIII necesitate the most remarkable
terminals ever conceived and as
result the city will have tremendous
houses. The intercommuni
a@tion OF various systems and the
possibility of going almost anywhere
"i'nout reaching the surface of the
GROUND will make possible n wonder.
.nily complicated sorting system for
.'alhS and passengers. Just how
many hudreds Of millions the final
competition fall these plans will call
or can only be guessed. But it is
moWh chat the cost will be greater
nan that Of the Panama canal. En-. |
'neers think that by the year 1920 |
ne whole thing should be finished and
''edict that by that time ferryboats
VIII nave entirely disappeared from
1Vers and surface cars from the CITY
tfeets. But long before then il willl
q possible to ride from California to
lohlauk Point without once changing
drs
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-04

Still further in evidence of woman 5
abilities as a wage Garner one may
consider the above table from the 81,
000 mark to that approaching 81 500 a
year Looking only at the abstract
figures, one might take it for granted
that the number Of women in these
'iassiticalious is markedly smaller
than the number Of the men But to
determine wcman's real position and
capabilities II is necessary 10 c0nsid-
en- her place in percentages The mum
her Of the men in his table is taken
from a total Of l12.0j3; the number
of women from ittal Of only 1881.
on q basis of these figures the WON
On earning above 81 .000 and almost
to $500 wear are proportionately
greater in numbers than are the men
In hose four gradations. as shown
in lhe salary tables. these percent
ages show as follows
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-04
Time ssll Helps Business.

Whenever the lime ball on ID,
state. waf aud navy building goes
out uf business tor even daY a low
wall of agony goes up from the jew
elers Of Washington When one
doesn't stop to ibink about BE-. wouldn't
il seem that the jewelers. would d.
test that ball az hindrance 10 their
business of reeuIaJine aud setting
Watches
u i-n1. though 4 local ieweler told
me the other day hat the time ball
VAS worth several hundred dollars a
year 20 him and asked him how.
Why lis simple said he. "a
simple a. The problem OF two and
two Goodness knows how man,
Thousand people watch hat ball drop
every day az noon. and not a single
one 81 all the number but sets his
watch on The dot Now. setting a
uateb al least once IN q hours is
not only bad Tor the watch. but b.
gets she uwnrr IN = frame Of mind
where he demands a variety Of time
accurscy. dar in and DAY out. that Is
Possessed hy only the most expensive
And 80 the watches come 10 rs
-5gIt len lines as frequently As
5iiier~ise theF would See
never Thought Of that. Since his
sas explained 20 me I've quit adjust
ng my lngeTsOll
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-04
UNCLE SANS HELP
NEARLY $4,000 WOMEN ON GOV
EMINENT PAYROLL.
Large Percentage Engaged In Sub
Clerical Work--Averaee Salary
OF Those in District Is
1897 Per Year.

In the last few years, outside of the
departments at Washington. womeT
nave been increasing in numbers In
the government service. Last year, ir
all the civil service positions OF the
national government, not including the
consular and diplomatic service. there
We're 2S6902 employees. Ten per cent
OF the total We're employed in the Dis
utct Of Columbia
Recently the department of com
mefce and labor has been looking into
detailed statistics concerning the full
civil service employees OF the country
II was found Impossible TO include for
comparison those employees In the sew.
elal departmental branches OF the
government presided over by cabinet
heads under appointment BY the presi.
dent: also the employees under The
lsthmlan canal commission were ex.
Guided The whole number Of exclu-
sions footing ices of the army I'm.
der civil service This has left total
OF 1884 employees of the govern
''''fe ou'J''l ~ me toHlpdl lspilS ti
the investigators
lhus for the purposes of compare
son these 1854 employees are divid
ed according to sex into 1895 men
and 1881 women In Washington II
was found thai the proportion of won.
en- employees was , to 10. while else,
where in the country there was one
woman TO - men in ciyil service posi-
tons. Both women and men in the
service at Washington were older than
We're the employees elsewhere, while
in The district the average salary was
larger, In Washington lhe average
salary for the man was Sl.17s and fof |
the woman il WAS $S31 outside OF the |
district the average was 1895 for the !
man and $766 for the woman.
In The matter of comparative salary |
for The sexes the bureau says THAT |
he percentage OF women paid at the
rate Of less than 500 a year is very
high as compared with that for men
does not indicate that women receive
less than the men for The same class
Of work, but reflects the fact already
noted that far larger percentage OF
The women than Of the men are en-
gagged In sab-clerical work or in man
nal lahor"
In the application of this quoted
all employees considered 70,
All The country are Included. 70 show
now woman holds her own In the sey
zeal classifications by salary measure
nents The following table IS worth
studying for comparisons:
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-04

CASTOR Mrs Gould, desiring to visit
the botanical gardens in Jamaica her
husband directed the steward of the
yacht TO put up a luncheon for her.
The basket contained one bottle of
whisky, one bottle of brandy, one
bottle of cocktails, bottle of white
wine two bottles of beer and a bottle
Of chsmpagnes. But there was moth
ing t. eat save little cold meat. con.
cludcs the declaration.
Justice Giegerieh said he would
take the papers and reserve his de-
cision.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-04
Derivation OF "Sheeny."

The word Sheeny." as applied in
an opprobrous way TO Jews, is by
some Identified with the word Chen"
which is French for dog" But 9TH
ers identify this word with "Shien,"
the initial letter In "Shekinah. which
makes the original application OF The
term an honorable one
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-04
His New Sche dule.

Mister William said the old
Georeia darkey, "ef you'll gimme Il
beaver, an a lGngtail coat, an a stand.
in collar, an dem OF shoes what you
use ter sec de snakes in, III go
preachin' or de Gospill, an won't ask
no NOR fayors or you twell mex
time, "A lanta Constitution.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-04

Age advantages ior women In the
civil service have been touched upon
a. something to appeal 10 the sex.
sixteen per cent. Of the women in civil
-"rvice are under % years old. a.
against the N per cent OF men under
thai age
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-04
An OhserNatinn.

One OF the most annoying things IN
life IS to fall In coal hole or stumble
over an uneven bit of pavement, and
get badly enough hurt to make you i'll
all day but not badly enough to be
able 10 recover damages from the
city.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-04
CANADIAN ATHLETES.

Montreal Que. Oct Star ath.
letes from many parts of the Domin-
ion thronged the grounds of the Mon
treal "A A. today at the opening of
the annual track aud field champion
ships Of the Amateur Athletic Fedora
ton of Canada.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-04

"Yessir said Uncle Nose. desc
am snttiniy hard times My wife hab
only -four piaces 10 do washing, an
dis time las year she had six regulars
an -four every other Wednesdays"
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-04
Ascertaininu speed % Vessel

When a vessel is on her trial trip
she runs four times over measured
mile, twice with and twice against
the tide. Her average speed IS thus
arrived at.