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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
Unexpected Prize.

With a deftness acquired by long
and patient practice the pickpocket
extracted an old but well-filled wallet
from the hip pocket of the unsuspect-
ing old gentleman with the beaIning
countenance against whom he had
carelessly brushed when leaving the
street car and on reaching a secluded
place he opened it.
The contents had been wrapped with
great care in numerous thicknesses OF
blank paper Removing the wrappings
one by one, he found in the center of
the package a card with this inscrip-
ton upon it: Young man, Give Up
Your Career of Crime! Nothing
In IT,"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
Through a
WOn1an's Heart.
By Sidney Warwick.
CHAPTER xxix-(Continued. }
By Sidney Warwick.

CHAPTER xxix-(continued.)
And inside the house behind those
locked gates Jack Lathom was in con-
versation with Miss Strangways,
thanking her for having saved him
Lathom, still in the dressing gown in
which he had played the part Of Mr..
Strangways sufficiently we'll to have
deceived both the detective and Mr..
Bonholt Hume. His makeup" and
rendering Of the character of an old
man On the stage had suggested to the
doctor the idea of this daring disguise.
Il am sorry, Miss Strangways, that
circumstances compelled me to imper-
senate your father Lathom was say
ing to the girl.
But it was the only thing to do
broke in the doctor. Perhaps DR..
Brewer, in helping the hunted man,
had not been quite misunderstanding
indeed turned the unexpected circum-
stances that had arisen to serve his
own ends. "And you deceived them
both completely"
you deceived me just for the first
moment into thinking that you were
my father" said the girl, little trem-
ulously. 1t had been a shock to her,
after that moment of sudden joy at
seeing the familiar figure, to find that
it was not her father after all.
With the help Of the doctor, La
thom's makeup" for this part played
of tho Cfo ho6 hnnY "
good. 1t was true the lights had been
subdued, and the detective had no
personal acquaintance with Ralph
Strangways, whilst it was years since
Benholt Hume had met him. but
Lathom had taken in both of the two
men completely-so that, after all,
Mr. Humes news for Anthony Strang-
ways was still as far as ever from be-
ing based On actual facts.
But the dangers by no means
over,' said DR.. Brewer, suddenly.
THAT detective isn't satisfied I saw
him pick up a button that must have
come off your stage coat; from that
brass button he'll deduce that you are
hiding here And here you must stay
for the present"
I wonder what they're thinking Of
me at Chatterton's at this moment?'
said Jack Lathom to himself, with a
frowning line of care in his brow; and
a little sigh broke from him as he
thought regretfully of that rowing Bo-
hemian life, with the pleasant friend
ships his connection with the theatre
cal company had brought him, that to-
night had been brought to this abrupt
end.
A hunted man again.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
An Irish Bull.

After Boyle Roche's famous bird
comes the County Cork veterinary sur
geon. At the last meeting of the Dun
manway rural council member of
that body complained of the inatten-
ton of the official veterinary surgeon
There was" the rural councillor ex-
planned, "a case of swine fever in this
place recently, and, though the doc
tor got the order to go there, he
never turned up until the following
Tuesday and even then it was an.
other man who came to represent
him"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
Law Men Power Generators.

Learned Justice Belts of Kingston,
n. Y, says: Lazy men have right
to live" Our lazy men are our most
potent. History shows that as rule,
with a rules exceptions, our greatest
men had either indolent or shiftless
fathers, as fathers of Shakespeare,
Lincoln, Napoleon, Bismarck and other
worthless indicate. On the other hand,
great mems children are few and
far between. Power in lazy man is
accommodating, as in a coiled spring,
but the great man has little or nothing
left for offspring.-New York Times
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A WANDERING MONUMENT.
It Has Slid So Far That No One Is
Sure Where the Grave Is.

Sure Where the Grave Is.
1t is probable that no burial monu-
ment in existence has a more peculiar
history than that placed over the
grave of young man who was buried
on the banks of the Assiniboine River
in Manitoba, Canada.
Every one naturally supposed it
would remain there, says the Wide
World The ground, however, is
sloping and owing to the nature of
the bank, grave, monument and all
have been gradually sliding downhill.
Recently the new Grand Trunk Pa
cific railway constructed it's roadway
some little distance away and the i'm
mense weight of the embankment
greatly accelerated the pace of the
landslide.
The stone, still bravely endeavor-
ing to preserve the perpendicular, is
now at least hundred feet from its
original position and the question
arises as to the whereabouts of the
grave which it formerly covered.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
FIy withstands Electric Current.

A West Chester young man who is
interested in electrical study has
made some curious experiments. He
tried a strong current in killing roach
es. and they succumbed at the first
shock when placed in water as con-
ductor Other bugs went just as
easily, but he met with surprise
when he tried it on a common
house fly.
Placed in a pool of water charged
with all the power from an electric
light wire the fly gave no sign Of
being even troubled by the current,
and the experimenter is endeavoring
to figure out the reason. The fly
took a current which would have
killed a dog, cat or horse.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
CHAPTER Xxx.
HiIda Hears News.
A hunted man again!

Where had Olive Vanstone gone?
Stephen Ruthen's mind had been ex-
ercised by that problem since the
morning of the previous day, when he
had come down stairs to find that
Olive had left the rectory as strangely
and abruptly as three years ago she
had gone out of his life, without hint
of explanation now as then
This morning had brought him, by
the merest accident, clue to her dis
appearance.
''She has gone away with Anthony
Strangways!"
That much Stephen knew now. An
thony Strangways, the friend of Bon
holt Hume, who had indeed been the
guest of Hume for some days before
olives fight, had met her at the rail
way station at Fellsgarth that night
and travelled with he in the London
train.
The merest accident had brought
him that knowledge; the casual re-
mark of an acquaintance with whom
he had stopped to speak in the street
at Fellsgarth that morning, who had
seen the man and woman at the rail
way station, and, having no suspicion
but that the rector was aware of 1t.
had mentioned the fact incidentally.
Olive had gone away with Anthony
Strangways.
This woman, for whose sake he had
kept silent when his silence was
sin, who had acted with such shame
less gratitude-Stephen Ruthen no
longer believed her guilty of Philip
Hume's murder.
Whoever had discharged that re-
volver which he had found clutched
in her hand on that night-the revol-
yer that yesterday, the morning after
her flight from his house, had been
dragged from the bed of the river
where he had sunk it, the revolver
| that Thornton asserted was the prop
erty of Bonholt Hume-it could hardly
have been Olive. That hypothesis
seemed no longer possible; If the
| weapon had belonged to Bonholt
Hume it could not have been in the
woman's possession when she stole
out from the rectory on the night the
tragedy occurred. What more prob
able than that Olive, in the dazed. de-
| lirious state in which he had found
her, had come upon the dead man in
the snow, with the revolver lying near.
dropped by the hand that fired it, and
| had mechanically picked it up?
There was an Overwhelming relief
| fer Stephen Ruthen in this new CON
viction that lad swept upon him that
Olive was innocent, in the thought
that at least his silence had not been
screening the culprit.
Before the finding of the weapon in
the river yesterday and this new point
of view that had presented itself to
him, Stephen had made up his mind
| that his silence must end.
Now the way had been made easier
for that belated confession by the con-
yiction tGat he had misjudged Olive
| in his thoughts Yet he still shrank
from going to the police until he had
seen her-had told her of what he
knew of that nights tragedy, of his
determination to make a clean breast
! Of it. He realized that the police
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
The Marital Grasshonner.

What is a grasshopper? The latest
definition comes from western Aus
tralia Domestic servants are almost
unprocurable there, and wives have to
Go nearly all their own household
work The consequence is that they
are compelled torecuperate at the sea-
side in summer. IN their absence the
husbands have to prepare their own
meals and do domestic duty generally.
Husbands so engaged have come to be
Iocaliy&known as ''grasshoppers. No
doubt the word is the husband of the
more familiar grass widow. Lon.
don Chronicle.
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spect to Philip Hume's as then mex.

spect to Philip Hume's as then mex
plicable disappearance
you warned him, Mr.. Hume?" said
the rector, suddenly, watching the 9TH
er's face. But I thought you were
so convinced of Jack Lathom's guilt.
believed to be your nephew's murder
er?''
AS he put the question there was
the sound of wheels coming up behind
them. The trap that had slowed up as
it approached the little group contain
ed the chief inspector of the police
station at Fellsgarth.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
NATURE STUDIES.

The Phunnibeak Bird-Hello, who
are you?
The Other Bird-Don't you know
me? Why, I'm THE harp that once
through Tara's Halls"
The Phunnibeak Bird (shortly) OOH,
tut; tut! You're a Tyre! That's what
you are
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
Shake into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder for your feet.
1t cures painful, swollen, smarting, sweat
ing feet. Makes new shoes easy. Sold by
all Druggists and Shoe Stores. Csc. Don't
accept any substitute. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08

The best season of the year for q
girl to marry is in the fall. It's an
easy matter to teach a man to build
fires when the honeymoon is on.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
Painful Insomnia.

What sort of a hat is a wide
awaken"
why, hat without a nap, Of
course
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08

A household once supplied with Ham
Inns Wizard Oil is seldom allowed to be
without it. In case of sudden mishap or
accident Wizard Oil takes the place of
the family doctor. Are you supplied?
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08

Skill to do comes of doing, knowl
edge comes by eyes always open and
working hands, and there is no knowl
edge that is not power.-Emerson.
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All the Difference.

Did he say he knew me when l
was girl?"
mo: he said he knew you when he
was boy!"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08

Mrs. windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces In
ammation allays pain, wind collie. Csc bottle.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
WILLING to ObIiQe.

Lady (sitting for portrait) PLEASE
make my mouth small. l know it is
large, but I wish it to appear quite
tiny
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08
PERRY DAVIS, PATNKHLER

draws the pain and Inflammation from bee-strg
and insect bites. SootheS and alays the awful itch
ing of mosquito bites. Csc. 35c and SOC bottles.
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Artist olitely)-Certainly madam
If you prefer, l will leave it out alto
gether.-BostOn Transcript
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08

There is more or less moonshine in
the astrology business.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-08

A doctor of divinity should believe
in the faith cure.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-05-21

on raw water, and that Methuselah
lived nine hundred and sixty-nine
years and died without drinking a
drop of distilled water, the statements
quoted above fail to create a general
stampede. No one will question the
claim set up that distilled water is
the best or that it is freer from i'm
purities than raw water, or even
mineral water, but how in the world
can the people get it? The poor man
in the city who works for a dollar
a day cannot afford to spend fifty OF
s%eventy-ive cents each week for water.
The water question is a serious one,
but it is not as bad as some would
have us believe.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-05-21
GRAND LODGE A. F. & A. M.

In preparing to entertain the visi-
tors this summer one af the guests
of Nashville will be the Grand Lodge
of Ancient Free and Accepted Ma
sons of the State of Tennessee, which
will hold it's thirty-ninth annual ses-
sion in this city. They meet here
June Dist. This brings a strong fra
ternal delegation into the confines of
Nashville for a week or more enjoy
ing these Genes and mingling with
the people of Tennessee's greatest
city. Quite a number of features is
noticeable on the program, but the
coming of DR.. Grum will possibly
eclipse any other single visitor. The
one thing that overshadows all 9TH
ers will be the dedication of the
Widow and Orphan Home on the Leb-
anon Pike, just two miles out from
the city, a magnificent piece of prop
erty purchased by these worthy ma.
sons to be used as a home for THEN
kindred. The home is located just
across the pike from Greenwood
Park.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-05-21
o RAILROAD CASE.

The strike of the white fireman on
the Central of Georgia railroad be-
cause black men were employed by the
company to do a like class of labor
is another evidence of the extent to
which the Southern white laboring
people can carry color prejudice. No
man is responsible for his color, and
in the case of the Negro, the respons-
Utility for his being in this country
rests solely with the white man. He
took his ships and sailed along the
coast of the African continent in quest
of prey. When a bunch of savages
came in sight he put his deceptive
genius to work and succeeded in lur-
ing the African in reach of captivity.
He was brought to this continent in
chains, and was kept in absolute bond
age until 1865. Since then he has
been required to make his W liv-
ing and that Of his family. Under
these circumstances it is not fair to
say to the Negro, you shall not
do this or that class of labor"
The officials of the Central of Geor-
gia have taken a firm stand, which
is nothing but right and just; and the
Negroes, if they expect to break down
this barrier that is so vital to their
happiness, must be courageous. 1t
is their duty to stand by their posts
even at the cost of their lives. Have
peace if possible, but of all things
have manhood.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-05-21
HONEY SUCKLE CLUB ENTER
TANNED.

Miss John Crutchfield and Mrs. j..
H. Huddelston entertained the Run
ming Honey Suckle Club quite re-
Gently at their residence, 1900.
Church street, as a farewell compli-
ment to Miss Lucy C~rutchfeld, who
left for Chicago, Ill. Music and dane
ing were the features of the evening,
after which refreshments of various
kinds were served. The hostesses
we're assisted in receiving by Mrs.
Amanda Crutchfield. Those present
we're Mr.. Tillman Stewart, Vice Pres
ident of the Club; Miss Mary Rogers,
President; Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Haynes, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Key,
Misses Minnie Childress, Alberta
Greenwood, Bessie Epps, LIVE Has
ting, Mary Rogers, Messrs. James
Brown. Henry Rogers, Isaac Rogers,
Charley Burton, Ezra ~Crutchield
Speed Henderson, VIII Crutchield
and Will HuddeEton.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-05-21
LEWIS WINTER.

When the firm of L. Winter & Co.,
closed their doors a few days ago,
one of the oldest business concerns in
this city passed into history, for it
is not likely that Mr.. Winter will ever
be actively engaged in business again.
Young Negro men would do we'll to
study the career of this man, for his
record is a glowing tribute to the race,
and reflects great credit upon himself.
Mr.. Winter has never failed in bust
ness, in n sense of the word. Poor
health has kept him confined to his
room for several months, but from a
sick bed he conducted his business un-
til a few days ago. The name of
Winter will ever live in the
hearts of the business people of this
city.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-05-21
CLIPPINGS.
Baltimore Ought to Get What II
Wants.

wants.
Is the city of Baltimore and the Of
fcials in power able to cope with
the Pennsylvania Railroad and its
astute corps of attorneys and engi-
neers? Up to the present it seems
not. The Pennsylvania Railroad is
an immense corporation and as such
has gobbled up nearly all the rail
roads around Baltimore; all the
steamboat lines reaching the Eastern
shore of Maryland, and in point OF
fact. nearly every line of transporta-
ton which reaches in any way the
metropolis of Pennsylvania or any Of
its outlying districts. 1t has made
them all tributary to Philadelphia and
Pennsylvania, and cares as little
about Baltimore as It cares about
Wilmington, N. c., OF some point in
the far South. The Pennsylvania
Railroad is for the Pennsylvania
Railroad and the State Of Pennsyl-
vania. not for the Baltimore o for
Maryland.
If the people of this city are wise,
they will lsee to it that Baltimore
gets what belongs to it, Pennsylvania
Railroad or no Pennsylvania Rail
road. and it should not be satisfied
until it gets It. The railroad can be
brought to terms If the men of Balti
more will stand UP for what is right
and for the things Of the people,
! Afro-American Ledger.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-05-21
COM M U%NICATIoN.
Bishop galloway Nearoes, Friend.

Bishop Galloway Negroes Friend.
To the Nashville Globe:
Bishop Galloway who died recent
ly in his native state, Mississippi,
was a high prelate in his denomina-
ton, the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South; in fact, he wa n of its
ablest and strongest pillars. We wish
to say a word of him not as a great
churchman, but as a g~reat-hearted
man and humanitarian. He was a
friend of the Negro in the best sense
of that term. Doubtless his conscien-
tious training as a Christian leader
made him all he was to them and to
humanity. While he was a South
erner, and a noted one at that, he did
not reach his exalted station in his
upward climb by using as stepping
stones the crushed hopes of his
brother in black" He was one of those
whom Gray so wildly described in a
line or two of his immortal poem, Ell
egg Written in a Country Church
yard and whom he Forbade to
wade through slaughter to a throne
and shut the gates of mercy ON man
kind" No, he was not n OF these.
But rather he vas a lover of the gen.
eral diffusion of knowledge and a
promoter of it. He did not preclude
the Negro, but encouraged, stimu-
lated, and assisted in plans to help
him, not only in the acquisition OF
useful knowledge and widening his
mental horizon, but in the rational
enjoyment of life. Let us emphasize
by repeating that the promotion and
diffusion of knowledge was n OF
the great tasks of his life that lay
near his heart.
Bishop Galloway was a native OF
the same state in which Editor Var
daman first saw the light of life, but
there are no lines of comparison be-
tween the two. The n was a
helper of his less fortunate fellow
man; the other is a crusher. The n
was a lighter of the lamp of hope; the
other is an eXtinguisher of it. The
one believed in the general efficacy of
education for all men; the other pre-
tends to believe in it only for mem
bers of his race. The one had blessings
of encouragement for those of the Ne
gro race who strove to make the best
of their opportunities; the other has
for them nothing but curses, deep
mouthed and bitter. The n has
passed to his reward among the good
in the great beyond; the other lives
to follow his evil genius to do us more
hurt.
But on the grave of the distin-
guished dead and n~oble-hearted prel-
ate the Negro people plant the Rose
of Sharon. They will tell to genera
f., tons yet unborn in song and story of
the generous and benelcant services
rendered in behalf of the Negro PEG.
pie. On his bier they dropped a tear,
and will cherish his memory as long
J., as the deeds Of good men are remem
JADECBE.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-05-21

1t is rumored that Governor Pat
terson's friends are considering
whether he shall run for Senator or
for a third time for the governorship
of the State. Whichever is decided
uron, the Negroes of Tennessee will
do everything in their power to bring
success to his cause. If he is nomi-
nated1b by his party in the primary for
governor the black voter will guaran-
Tee his election.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-05-21
FRIDAY, MAY Fl, 1909.
DISTILLED WATER.

At this time, as is generally the
case this season of the year, a great
deal is being said about the condition
of u water. Sometimes it is pro-
nounced to be as pure as that used in
any city in the country, and at other
times, to be as impure as it is posi-
bic for water to be. Sometimes we
have water that could be sold for
lemonade if the color was the only
selling quality desired, and at other
times it is as clear as a crystal. Thou
sands and thousands of dollars of the
peoples money have been spent to
fit up u water-works. and theory
upon top of theory has been advanced
with the claim that all of our water
troubles would be eliminated. New
machinery for the pumping station
has been bought from this firm and
that-in fact every suggestion by n
one believed to have sufficient weight
to deserve it, has been given consid-
Grafton by the city authorities, but
after all, if the state b~acteriologist
is correctly quoted we are In as bad
way now as we were before we had a
reservoir. That honorable gentleman
is quoted as saying in his report to
the State Board of Health, in his
January, 1909, report: "Nashville's
water supply at the water-works in.
take is absolutely unfit for drinking
purposes" A few months ago it was
reported that the water in the public
schools of the city was very I'm
healthy, and that the lives of the chill
dren were in great danger. Parent:
discussed the matter with great anxi
ETY., until the rumor died out and wa.
forgotten.
The water question is not one to b,
laughed at, but is one that concerns
each individual. Every city in tn,
world has its water troubles. but W,
do think that the matter can be agi
tated to the extreme. A great dea
is being said just at this time abou
distilled water, and those who hav
the article to put on the market ar
doing a big lot of advertising. On
Prof. Edward Warman is quoted a
Icing the author Of such startlin
sentences as the following: "Ra,
water is an aquarium. Boiled waite
is a graveyard. Mineral water is DIE
mature old age and rheumatism. Fl
tered water is a gay deceiver." H
winds up with the consoling SCI
tence. Distilled water is purity"
all men were just one day old, sue
statements would brighten them OF
of their wits, but when people lft,
sixty and seventy-hve years old r.
member that they have lived that Ion