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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-10

the most notable performance to the
credit of the remarkable mare.
On that day the California bred
mare, by Sidney Dillon, Lou Milton
out of Milton Medium, before crowd
of 5000 frenzied spectators cut IA
seconds from the worlds record held
by Cresceus. The quarters were done
in 80 IA, 80 IL, 80 IA and 20 seconds.
1t was the wonderful burst of speed
at the finish, the great last quarter,
that brought the trial to this record
breaking finish.
But sweet as was this triumph to
Mr.. Billings, it was probably less than
the joy he got out of the race for two
minute trotters between himself and
e. E. Smathers at Memphis.
Makes TWo-Mnute Record.
This was the first time in the his
tory CT trotting that there had ever
been a two-minute class, and to the
outcome of the contest hinged the
trotting championship of the world,
and also the premier of gentlemen
drivers, for the two owners held the
1eins themselves.
Major Delmar had been going
along in a manner similar to Lou Dill
Ion. piling up all kinds Of records, and
there were many who thought he
could show a clean pair of heels to
the Billings horse in race.
But Lou Dillon was there in a race
lust the same as in time trial and
won most decisively.
The mare is in fine shape now, and
will be able to display quite burst
of speed for the pleasure of the Ger
man monarch and his guests.
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an intimate view of the two branches
Of parliament in session. Of course
no stranger is allowed on the floor Of
the house of lords, but the minister,
not knowing this, and with the usual
amount of American push, tried to
make his way in. There is a rule,
however, that servants of the various
lords may be admitted to speak to
their masters. Seeing the minister
walking boldly in, the doorkeeper
asked:
What lord do you server"
What lord?" repeated the astonish-
ed American, the Lord jehovah"
For a moment the doorkeeper hest
tated and then admitted him. Turn
ing to an assistant standing near, he
said:
HE must mean one of those poor
Scotch lairds."
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What a Man Nav Do,

A. Barton Hepburn says in the Cen
fury: l know Of one conspicuous ex-
ample of what may be done by men of
inherited fortune. A young man of
ample means who did not wish to en-
gage in any business pursuit
thoroughly educated himself here and
abroad at the universities. He then
made himself master of a technical
pursuit by the study of forestry
abroad. After year or two of profess
sional work he relinquished it to ac-
cept a responsible position in the gov
eminent, where he is now rendering
great and highly appreciated service
in working out the best policy for
conserving our forests and other nat
ural resources.
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Test for Fine Muslin.

A Madras physician was buying
muslin for a turban in department
store.
"None of this is fine enough" he
said. ''In the turban I have on there
are forty yards. But forty yards of
this would give me a head like Sar-
atoga trunk.
Indian muslin is very, very fine. 1t
must be fine enough to disappear IL 1t
is to pass our Al test. Yes, fine
enough to disappear"
He smiled
'Tt is true,' he said. ''The test is
this: The muslin is spread on grass
over night. In the morning, when
everything is dew drenched, If the
muslin isn't practically identical with
the dewy gossamer covering the lawns
in other words, if it isn't invisible
it is discarded and must be sold as
seconds
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on her as the horse to get down 70
the much desired two-minute figure.
Mr.. Billings steadily declined to put
the mare On exhibition for money.
At his own expense he sent her to
Cleveland, thence to Brighton and
finally to Boston.
1t was at the latter place on Read
vile track, Aug. %, 1908, that she
finally performed the epoch making
feat of bringing the record down to
two minutes. She subsequently did
even better, but since this was the
first time in the history of the sport
that the mile had been done in two
minute time, it will ever remain as
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First Fare on the Comet.

DR.. John Inglis remembers a con-
versation with an old gentleman who
claimed to have been the first to pay
passage money on board the first pas
senger steamer in Europe-the his
toric Comet. The voyage undertaken
was from the Broomielaw to Dalmuir
-fourpence now by tramway car
and the fare was four shillings! 1t
was taken by Henry Bell himself, the
Comet was stopped and waited for
half an hour till Bell and his passen-
ger adjourned to an inn, where the
first fare wet the toast of prosperity
to the pioneer passenger steamer.
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SKIN ROUGH AS BARK.
Baby Boy Had Inten~e itching Humor
Scratched Till Blood Ran.
Found a Cure in Cuticura.

"Our son, two years old, was afflicted
with a. rash. After he suffered with
the trouble several weeks I took him
to the doctor but it got worse. The
rash ran together and made large
blisters. The little fellow didn't want
to do anything but scratch and we had
to wrap his hands up to keep him
from tearing the flesh open till the
blood would run. The itching was in
tense. The skin on his back became
hard and rough like the bark Of
tree. He suffered intensely for about
three months. But / found a remedy
in Cuticura Soap and Cuticura ONT
ment. The result was almost mag
ical. That was more than two years
ago and there has not been the slight.
est symptom Of it since he was cured.
J. w. Lauck, Yukon, Okla, Aug. %
and Sept. II, 1908"
Potter Drug Sc Chem. Corp Sole Props, Boston
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standing in the relation of premier or
secretary of state.
But this reform has been in name
only. Robberies of the poor continue.
The bastinado and death by decapita-
ton, stabbing or torture continue to
be imposed for minor offenses.
But the lesson of Turkey will proba-
bly, not be lost on the shah, and that
other absolute monarch of antiquity,
the khedive Of Egypt, is likely to re-
curbed by the English protectorate.
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Autocracy's final doom is foreshad-

Autocracy's final doom is foreshad-
owed in the downfall of the sultan.
When the principle of liberal gov
eminent is able to storm such cita-
del of absolutism as the castle of the
ruler of Turkey, one of the great ira
ditional despcts Of the world, there is
no autocrat who has right to feel
comfortable on his throne.
The shah of Persia, whose position
has been for centuries analogous to
that of the sultan, except that he has
not caused such rivers of blood to
flow, must in the present unsettled
condition Of affairs in his own coun-
try find plenty to give him the pause
in the downfall Of abdul the
Damned"
It has taken the people of the East
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day. Nine times out
of ten, backache
tells of kidney weak
ness. The only way
to find relief is to
cure the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills
have given sound
strong backs to
thousands OF men
and women. Mrs.
Wesley Clemens, 81
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DYEING AND FINISHING


called, where it is pleated down in
rope form for the securing.
This consists of boil in alkaline
liquors which saponify and dissolve
the oils, greases and dirt in the cloth
and reduces the cotton to its natural
color, thoroughly cleansed. From
these boilers the cloth, still in its con-
tinuous length, passes through the
bleaching process. in which decolor-
izing takes place by chemical action
set up by the various baths of diluted
acid and bleaching compounds, COM
bined with exposure to the oxygen Of
the air.
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Marion ST., Manchester, Ia, says:
Constant work at a sewing machine
seemed to bring on kidney trouble. The
kidney action was irregular and the
pains in my back and loins so severe
could hardly endure it. Doan's Kid
ney Pills made me feel better in a
short time, and I took them until en-
tirely free from my trouble
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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ceptional speed qualities, it did not
occur to him that the mare could be
made a successor to the great Ores
ceus. At the end of her illness Lou
got down as low in weight as 500
pounds.
But when she started to mend she
progressed rapidly, and when perfect
health had been restored the trainer
directed himself to correcting her
faults of gait
This was done by shoeing her with
ten-ounce shoe and four-ounce toe
weight in front, but as Lou pro-
crossed in her training. Mr.. Sanders
gradually cut down the weight tip she
needed to a 3-4-ounce shoe in front
and a 1-2-ounce shoe in back.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-10
Canary Birds.

During the past year the export of
canary birds from Hanover to the
United States amounted to $130,155,
as against s136,354 in 1907. 1t is es-
timated that there are not less than
100000 canaries in the United
States.
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The ord He Served.

Judge George F. Lawton of the Mid
dlesex probate court told me story
the other day Of an American minis
ter who was spending his sabbatical
year travelling abroad. Arriving in
London, he made every effort to get
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the country, symptoms that are con-
stantly increasing in power, finally led
the shah to substitute a council OF
state, modelled on somewhat European
lines, with a president Of the council
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Astonishinu Speed.

BY steady and careful work Lou
was braught along, and in practice
she displayed such astounding bursts
of speed that public belief centered
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at least eighteen feet from tip to tip
of it's wing-shaped fins, or fiippers,
while the two others from the glimpse
gained were nearly the same size.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-10
BURDENS LIFTED
From Bent Backs.

A bad back is heavy handicap to
those of us who have to work every
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-12-18
aArabian Niahts Mysterx.n

New York, N Y-Sceptical and
analytical inclined detectives, after a
day of investigation style as an Ar
abian Nights Mystery the reported
jewel theft from the Hotel Lorraine
in this city in which Mrs. John VIM.
Jenkins of Chicago at first appeared
as the loser of gems valued at $780,,
coo. This value was later cut in half,
while subsequent inquiry brought
from Inspector McCaffervof the de-
tective bureau the announcement that
I'VE are making a Thorough and rigid
investigation into the case. but not
along the lines Of robbery
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-12-18
PLUGS WEIGHT WHEN THE
INSPECTOR STEPS OUT
Under Weight and Orders
Warrant.

Topeka, Kan-Dr s. J. Crumhine.
secretary of the state board of health.
asked for warrants to be issued
charging the Continental Creamery
company of this city ard T. A. Bor-
man, manager, with selling under
weight packages of butter.
I'VE examined two cases. said DIR.
Crumbine, and just two packages
weighed a full pound. The average
shortage was half an ounce. Based
upon the daily sales of the company
It makes SOB a day increased profit.
Two of the company's scale weights
are in the vault of the state board OF
health One of them, says DR.. Crun-
bine, is marked "1515 ounces" the
other had hole, in it, DIR. Crumbine
says, and while an Inspector was in
speeding the scales an employe slip
ped out the weight and when he
brought it back the hole was filled
with lead and the weight registered
full pound"
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zeIaxa Wants D.. M.d-i-

In his dispatch General Estrada re.
lates some details Of tie recent meet
ing between his representative and
those of President Zelaya in which
he demanded tho surreT der of he
Zalayan troops. He said General Vas
queZ, acting for President 5olaya. re-
fused this demand and said ZeIaya
would resign his office il favor OF
General Irias.
The proposition of placing Dr.. Mad
rfZ at the head of the NicaTaguan
government is said not TO meet with
any more favor from WASHINGTON than
from the rebel leaders in Nicaragua.
MadriZ is persona no ngrata with this
country because of his action last
year when a member of the Central
American court, that Salvador and
Guatemala intended TO stir up wa,
which representations were later
found by Secretary Root u he false.
dispatch from DR.. Cara, Nicara-
guam representative of the revolution
lists in Costa RIGA confirms Zelaya's
intentions to make MadriZ president
Dr. Gerra declares Zelaya's intentions
are for further motives CT DONNA
ticn.''
Mexico's attitude regarding DR.. Ma
driz is not at present known.
General Estrada, in his cableGram,
declares the revolutionists are still
firm in their purpose to name him
president and that nothing will
swerve them from their object
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RuMoR OF SEVER ENHANCEMENT
NEAR RAMA.
NADRIz IS NOT SATISFACTORY
Leader of Opposition to zelays
Sends Lengthy Report of
Proposition to Change
the Presidents.

Managua. Nicaragua-The report Is
current here that there has been
severe engagement near Rama, be-
tween the government troops COM
manded by General Vasquez and the
revolutionists, with heavy loss of life
There has also been a report that
Rama has been captured by the Ze-
iayan forces but this is not confirmed.
The revolutioniSts assert they were
attacked in violation of the armistice.
but this is not believed
Telegraphic communications are in
terrupted and the exact facts are lack
ing, but it is supposed by government
officials here that General Vasquez
was attacked by the enemy as he was
under orders from Zelaya not TO make
an attack. The armistice, which was
arranged between General VasqueZ
and General Estrada, ended last week.
General Vasquez sought its prolonga-
ton for additional days, but Estrada
refused. During the armistice the
question of the acceptability of DR.
Madriz as Zelalay's successor was sub
mitted to the Estrada followers and
the armistice was brought TO a close
by a flat refusal TO consider him for
that position.
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Estrada Sends a Rcn2rt.

Washington. D. ca lengthy dis
patch from General Estrada. leader of
the revolutionary forces ir Nicaragua.
to Senior Castrille, representative in
Washington of the NicaGa uGa reycla-
ton, in which General Estrada de-
clares unequivocallv that Dr.. Madriz
will not be acceptable to the revolu-
tionary forces as president.
The rebel leader states tEat such a
step would mean merely 6 continue
ton of the Zelayan regime and hat
he considered the propositiO2 ridicc-
lous. He requested Seror Castillo
so TO inform the state Departments in
his behalf
General Estrada reiterates that his
army is still chartered in IAN impreg-
nable position" at Rama and that the
battle there has not yet begun
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ton The Saraeenic antiquities, which
Ire hung on the walls of the church.
are a museum in themselves. and Of
their kind larger than all the eoIlec-
lions of Europe together
Il was also informed that Ia the
Gubterranean chambers of the Yildfz
kiosk there are several Thousand
splendid helmets. But this rOom was
sealed up during the old regime be
cause it was feared that one c9uEd
get into the old palace by means OF =
tunnel leading from the town I am
unaware whether this chamber has
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all things. Fac
cheus amazed,
declared he could teach the child nothing
Some of the legends unworthy that
created them tell that the child struck his teacher dead
Others tell of his infcting paymaes with death and
blindness In the world of legendary lore, where
finds stories ngenuously simple charming. it
ditions.
According to stories. children of Nazareth
hardly any wish of theirs which he not fulfill
One day. it is told of the little wished
fruit.
oh how l would like an applet" said one
"And 1 igs!" rejoined another
How 1 would love some citron and grapes!" quoth
II
Jesus looked upon them they all seemed SO hun
cry and so anxious that he made sign in the
spoke mystic word And 10!
green sprout cured from the ground Pale green
leaves burst forth. The plant up up and I'D
OH" gasped all children with great wonder as
before their gaze the plant rose higher and higher
spreading out limbs-growing larger and stronger
blooming with flowers Then the tree as they looked
bore fruit-appes and crons, and grapes figs and
whatever their hearts wished.
Here is another story of those childhood DAYS:
house being built the small. and modest
holy family. One day a great uproar arose
and Joseph sepping from his carpenter sbop cav, +t
a had wallen from the roof been killed
Alas Mary" he said entering the shop. where Jesus
playing, "a has fallen and broken limbs;
methnks he is dead
Sprnging floor the child with an expression
of great soctude his face. rushed the street
The little crowd parted before him.
He peered into the white face of the man Then
his voice rang clear and sweet:
say thee arise thy work"
The dead mans eyes opened the blood disappeared
from his face and his injuries healed arose and
back to his task
AT another time Jesus playing some chill
roof-one of those simple. games like
that of tag" to-day. The children very happy until
falling full length tumbing the para
pet. A Peerng the stone wall the face
of Jesus turned white-his little playmate was dead
Imagine his distress when the parents child ap
peared of having pushed the little
playmate wall! Imagine the anguish of Joseph
Mary the grave accusation! Jesus turning
the dead child, called:
"Zeno, Zeno, Arise! Arise. Zeno. them
/ thee down"
And Zeno arose. laughing. claspng and kissing the
hand of Jesus, murmuring tenderly, gratefully
No. no! Thou didst down.
Until his manhood when he began his mission, it is
believed he piled the carpenter. Many indeed
the stories his life carpenter shop of Nag
aretE.
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Many the tales they tell of the wonderful things
he made when he but little boy. Precocious he
must have been, early he became indispensable
his foster father Joseph
Joseph, we learn. from these legends, too
good carpenter-that is judged by the modern
ards of carpenerng Often he would pieces
that were too long too short for his of
urement faulty What. then. did Jesus
the wood and stretch it shorten it to the desired
length.
of days-now. a.
Touching plank to rightfuI length.
shortened
To live again and him.
In those days. it is related, Joseph awarded
commission to make throne for king at Jerusalem
1t to be elaborate affair ali thrones with
great and twisted legs grotesque carvings
of those things only kings like to sit IN.
Jesus spent much time watching Joseph hewing and
carving the Joseph worked patiently
ing until night and tie required whole
And then imagine the poor carpenters disappointment
when it taken Jerusalem he discovered that
it too small for its place
Alas. he had made a grave Yes. they had
given him the right dimensions often happenedp
and carpenters do STILL he made the mistake Two
tire years of labor wasted! The discon
solate-
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now been opened. but it is certainly
not empty. and it is possible that
these objects Will perish through
damp and other causes"
The aforementioned ex-dragoman
states that, according to an officers
statement, there are many hundreds
Of chests In the Turkish collections
that have never been opened. The
idea has been suggested OF forming
museum. Should this project be
carried out, DR. Martin is OF the opin-
ion that we shall be obliged to re-
write the history of the art of Gothic
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Swedish government to gather infor-
nation concerning the. sojourn of
Charles XII. in Turkey / received per-
mission, after a great deal of trou-
bic. to make a search among the
treasures of the Irene church The
most interesting objects l came across
during this search l photographed l
had, in the meantime. unfortunately,
only chance of investigating a few
of the baskets and sacks which con-
tanned European arms Among these
there were many objects that are not
to be found in any European collec-
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TO the amazement of the beholders who sank on
their knees the serpent obeyed. Then drawing away
II wrlheo In the agony OF its poison shveIed
death
Arise" the child laying his soft hand IN tho
face OF the one who seemed dead.
moment passed. Those nearby looked on breath
Iessly' Then the face of the dead boy into a
smile as though he were having pleasant dreams and
he opened his eyes.
1t related in the Gospel of the Infancy that
aiterward the boy, Simon Zelotes. one of the
disciples of Jesus.
OF the days doings the boy Jesus in Nazareth
the four gospels tell us comparatively little. I
natural therefore. that about this unknown
of the Adorable Child of the early church
deeply pondered and that the rich maginations
dieva times should have woven Vesture of tradition
airy lore.
The holy family from Egypt when Jesus was
old enough walk. In many of the old pictures we
the Divine Child leading a clinging close
to his mother. OF that early life Pyr-
amids too. early tradition has pleasing fabric
OF legends.
Among these is the ancient belief that
whenever the blessed Mary placed the clothing of the
holy babe trees to dry the barren limbs
bloom.
Another that the child wandered into the for
est. where lions and panthers and all
beasts lived. they forth him homage
Still another, that during the flight from Bethlehem
when Herod pursued them. mountains opened
Joseph Mary holy babe into a secure ref
uge. that on hot DAYS as they renosed under trees the
boughs bent to shield them sun and
they passed along flowers sprang in their path
way from the arid sand. and that the desert
bloorned where they passed il.
told that when they 1ourneyed through a
all the bowed low in worship of the Holy
passed by, and that only tree-the Appended
aloof proud and scornful 1t is also related that the
gazed upon the and that, with Ter
ror. began tremble. and has trembed since
the John sss xG Fss 9d Worship pure
saus ss to the heSP e e%ble Sf
It is also told that when the holy family came in
sight sphinx the beast told the
they passed the temples the old gods fell
their thrones.
And coming
u sss pd @ SSss sf s % Ts9S god
his
Some writer's OF old say that the holy child
went to school. They love to write of his wandering
forests and talking to the birds and in
sects. they tell how dumb beasts were endowed
with speech when he with them.
Many old legends the early schooling of the
is related that when child he taken
to to teach him the alphabet
MY teacher" marvellous boy is said to have
uttered wouldsJ teach but shall teach thee"
then, while the old listened. thunderstruck
he repeated an alphabet which the other had
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MUCH TREASURE IN TURKEY

For a long time it has been known
that in the Irene church in Constan-
tinople. the only sacred edifice that
was not converted into a mosque,
there is stored away a large collec-
ton OF arms, mostly consisting of
Saracenic armor and helmets, dating
from the thirteenth and fifteenth cen
turtles, as well as large collection of
Gothic weapons, which are extremely
valuable. When l was sent by the