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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-02-04

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Miss. Printing Co., supt of Ed............ S rs
c. A. Osborne, statutory reward. d.......... 100 90
T. NJ. DeLoach, stenographer.....t.... 100 90
S. H. BagnelI, self and deputy. 2SI 80
B. H. Morehead, same..................... 4o2 90
Sheriff Sunhower Co., cost of attachment. 20 20
Clarke & Co., Supt. Cd. sundries.......... IS
Miss. Printing Co., supplies Chan. clerk. "a IS
Same, sundries Cir. clerk. 90
wm. Calm & Co., cots and comforts...... IS rs
Mrs. J. E. Grifing, keeping poor house. aS rs
E. H. Johnson, jail closets. 90
H. Frishman, sundries for poor house,. z IS
Phil. Traxler, drayage e.................... so
B. H Morehead, conveying lunatic......- IS IS
Same, conveying prisoner. 45 IS
Henry Marx & Sons, wood for furnace, IS
same, team for grand jurysss............. 90
II. w. Clark, bridge work..-............ 90
W. S. Beard, constable fees.........,...... 6 90
Reveille printing, ,etc..................... 81 90
Miss. So Bank, interest of overdraft. zs
T. v. Rush, salary and postage............ 90 81
Claiborne Hardware Co., sundries........ IS
J. w. Harmon, lumber. z 81
Dave Smith, bridge work. 90
c. L. Taylor, same. e......................... z so
G. A. Taylor, road contract work.......... 255 90
]. e. Lord bridge work. 8 90
]. W. Barber, county peysician n............ 81 so
B. H. Morehead, sustenance. I47 20
Miss. Printing Co sundries, sheriff.. I 80
A. K. Brashear, stamps. so
J. B. McMurchY. day and mileage....... 90
B. H. Shaifer, same. ...................... so
W. L. TAYLOR day, days, mileage. II 90
J. NJ. Nelson, day, ex day, mileage.... 8 90
L. Alfred, day, day, mileage........ 80
B. H. Morehead, sheriff, day........-... 90
A. K. Brashear, clerk, day............... ) 90
Caledonia Hynum, stipend .............. S 90
Wade Hynum, same ....................- 90
G. P. limerick, same... .............. 90
7. J. Jarman, same. rne.................f.... S 90
]. T. Neal, same...................... S 90
John Lacour, same. ............-..,. 90
India Goodrum; same. ne..................., S 90
China Howard, janitor. 20 90
Capt. c. E. Mason, company allowance. 10 90
G. H. Afford, salary 100 90
Fay Brown, work at court house.......... 90
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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-02-04

premium of $500 and furnish blank
bonds free of charge to you (inter-
est payable semi annually Feb. and
August 1st.) We further agree to
furnish you with necessary ordi-
nances and proceedings prepared
under the supervision of our attor-
ney so that when the bonds are le-
gally issued to the satisfaction of
our attorney they may be taken up
and paid for promptly on delivery
to us. You to perform such acts
and pass such proceedings as may
be necessary to make bonds legal
and binding obligations of the
county.
If this proposition is accepted
we will deposit with you in a reas-
enable time, say Feb. 9th, certi-
fed check for $500, which check IS
to be held by you as guarantee
against breach of contract on our
part.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29
CORN GROWING CONTEST

As stated in the different papers OF
the county some few issues ago, the
Rusk County Fair will put on a corr
growing contest for the boys and girls
of the county, and the prizes to be
awarded will be very liberal. Follow
ing are few of the rules required by
the association, and which must be
carried out by the contestants.
l. The contest will be open to boys
and girls from ten to eighteen years OF
age.
e.. The corn used shall be the Wis
consin No. Z, furnished free by the
Wisconsin Experiment Station
3. As soon as the ground iss sufficien-
ely dry have the plot thoroughly disked
and then dragged at intervals until the
planting time.
4. Planting the corn: The corn must
be planted in hills three feet eight
inches apart, using three or four kerr
nels in a hill, plant nearly in the form
VI Gtlt1i itOJ III Vic vi JWO
strait rows, otherwise the corn will not
pollinate properly.
5. The plot of corn must be kept
free from weeds during the growing
period.
6. The corn should be planted as far
from any other field of corn as possible,
to prevent the cross fertilization.
Z. The planting, cultivating and
selecting the corn for exhibition must
be done by the person entering the
contest.
The corn is now ready at my Office
and those wishing to take part in the
contest, may write or call on me and
the necessary seed will be furnished
ARCHIE BARRETT, Secretary,
Bruce, Wis.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29
STONE CARRIERS or INDIA.
Laborers of Powerful Physique With
Whom Machinery Cannot Cononete

Laborers of Powerful Physique With
Whom Machinery Cannot Compete.
Recently an interesting water inn
pounding has been carried to success
full completion in Southern India at
the Mari-Kanave gorge, upon the We
darati river, in Mysore state.
When Constitutional work was in
full swing more than 5000 natives
We're employed and the undertaking
offered a novel and interesting exam
pie of the cheapness of manual labor
as compared with the mechanical APP
planes.
In india there exists a class OF la
borers generically described as now
gunnies," or professional stone car
riers, who, owing to their capacity for
hard work, are in great demand for
such enterprises as this. They are
OF powerful physique and possess con-
siderable stamina They will work
for ten hours a day and transport
from 70 to $50 pounds Of stone man.
They form gangs according to the char
acter of the. work in hand, ranging
from two, four, eight twelve to six
teen men a unit
Although such transportation seems
somewhat slow in comparison with
the possibilities of handling plants,
yet they prosecute their task very
theoretically and the scale of pay,
ranging from 10 to 16 cents a man
day, is so low as to render such labor
far cheaper than mechanical trans
port Indeed a complete installation
Of the latter was laid down. a cable
being stretched across the gorge over
the site, bringing the stone direct
from the quarries on the hiilsides to
the site ready for setting, but this
had to he abandoned. owing to its be-
Ing far mere expensive than the now
gunny'' labor.
These men carried the masonry
the end of the railroad track connect
ing the site Of the barrage with the
qu8rries to its destination and placed
it III position.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29
sEAuriFylNe SCHOOL GROUNDS

In the 1909 Wisconsin Arbor and
Bird Day Annual, issued by Superin-
tendent C. P. Cary, is printed the
following brief but important an
nouncement:
The great need of systematized eff
fort which would lead to the general
Improvement of the grounds of the
rural schools of this state has long
been evident to the officers of the
State Horticultural Society, but as
with many other similar departments
no funds have been available for the
work. In 1907, however, the legisla-
ture very graciously increased the
annual appropriation to this society so
that we find it possible to undertake
in a systematic manner this work
which we have long had in view. The
following is brief outline of the plan
recently adopted by the executive
committee of the society:
A committee of three, consisting of
the president and secretary of the
State Horticultural Society and one
other person appointed by the presi-
dent, will this year select six schools
and for these landscape plans will be
prepared, and in cooperation with the
school boards trees and shrubs will
be planted under the direction of an
expert. In brief the society aims to
establish this work on a basis similar
to the Trial & Model Orchard work
of the society which has now grown
to cover the entire state and become
most useful factor in the develop
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29
AN IDYLL OF
CAPE DE CASTRO
BY JAMES FRANCIS DIVER.
lSGGE1SETeSSSeSSese S$sEZE
lCopyright by ShortstnrY Pub COY

1t was Tong Sue who first discov-
ever gold al Cape De Castro. Tong
was proving up the coast towards
Port Darwin, and the strip of white
sand that ran like lace insertion
between the emerald waters and the
stunted mangroves attracted him.
Tong went ashore. washed few buck
cts OF the sand and then pulled his
boat up on the beach The find was
exceptionally rich
1t is peculiar fact that a discovery
OF gold no matter how jealousy the
d1scoverer guards the secret, is car
r1ed in some uneXplainab bile way TO
men miles away from the find This
has been proved a thousand times.
1t would seem that the very intensity
with which the man on the spot prays
that all others will keep away has an
effect that is Numerically opposite
Men suddenly feel a desire to take the
trail that leads to the new Golconda,
although that trail may have appeared
hopeless only a few days previous,
and they explain their arrival at the
field by saying that something
dragged them in that direction.
This mysterious something" dis
turbed Tong Sues solitude five days
after he landed at Cape De Castro A
Japanese and white man arrived
from different points of the sunburned
plain, and they made straight for the
beach and pegged out claims. The
Chinaman didn't speak The old
maxim which tells us that silence is
golden was translated from the Chi
neSe
Next day another Jap drifted in
from the gray northwest and the fol-
lowing day brought another. Tong
viewed the newcomers with impressive
eyes. but he gave no welcomes. He
washed industriously from early
morn till the tropical twilight was
smothered in the heavy night, and the
little bag that hung round his neck
grew heavier as the days passed
longs silence welded the friend
ship that Immediately sprang up be-
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29

ment of the fruit industry of Wiscon.
sin. Frederick E. Cranefeld, Secre-
tary.
The carrying out of this plan will ul-
timately mean the identifying, in
accordance with expert advice and as
sistance, of all the school grounds of
the state. And that will mean such
an influence on the beautifying of
home grounds as will result in making
home grounds attractive to an extent
now seemingly impossible of attain
ment
This season the school grounds of
the following schools will be taken
in charge by the State Horticultural
Society for purposes of beautifying.
Owing to unavoidable obstacles, only
four instead of six schools planned
for could be provided for this season:
Manitowoc Rapids School, Manito-
woe Go.
Sevastapol School, near Sturgeon
Bay, Door Co.
Lyons School, near Baraboo, Sank
Co.
South Lancaster School, Grant Co.
Arrangements for the identifying of
additional school grounds will be made
from year to year.
The State Horticultural Society in
entering upon this work, which will
mean a steady drain upon it's. resources
and careful planning and effort on the
part of it's officers, deserves the sin
cere thanks of the people of Wisconsin
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29

BY a combination of circumstance it
happened that the service at the Bap-
fist church Sunday evening was the
only church service in the city. Seven
ty persons were present, many of them
children. Seventy persons out OF a
population of $500 went to church last
Sunday evening. Had there been four
services as usual there would probably
not have been more than an average of
twenty attending each church. Had
each one dropped dime into the con-
tribution box, there would have been
a sufficient amount to pay for the fuel
and lights and the janitor. Is Lady
smith Church poor" or what is the
cause Of this apathy?
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29
RHEUMATIC FOLKS
Are You Sure Your Kidneys are
Well?

Are You Sure Your Kidneys are
Many rheumatic attacks are due to
uric acid in the blood. But the duty
of the kidneys is to remove all uric
acid from the blood It's presence
there shows the kidneys are inactive
Don't daily with uric acid sol
vents You might go on till dooms
day with them, but until you cure the
kidneys you will never get well
Doan's Kidney Pills not only remov
uric acid, but cure the kidneys and
then all danger from uric acid is end
ed. Here is Ladysmith testimony to
prove it.
Mrs John Moore, living at the New
Glrard Hotel, Ladysmith, Wis, says:
About four years ago Mr.. Moore wa
in serious condition as a result
long suffering from rheumatism an
kidney complaint. He procured Doan'
Kidney Pills at Moneys Pharmac
aHd they gave him the most excel
lelt results. A few months ago he
began to feel symptoms OF the old
trouble coming on again There wa
pain in the small OF the back and
the secretions from his kidneys wer
very irregular in action | procured
box OF Doan's Kidney Pills for him
ard the results of their use at this
tine We're just as satisfactory as in
the first instance. We have recon
mended Doan's Kidney Pills to many
persons since"
For sale by all dealers Price 5
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name-Doans'-ant
take no other.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29

tween the four newcomers. They hat
through knowing of the common hate.
They compared notes, talked and
smoked together in the evenings and
cursed the Chinaman every little
while. But the hostile looks and the
curses did not affect Tong He
dreamed rosy dreams of maiden who
lived far to the north III evil-smell-
ing Hankow, and he twirled his dish
merlily
1t was unlucky for the Chinaman
that the new arrivals were not rs FOR
tunate as himself His days had been
exceptionally profitable, but he soon
realized that his claim was the excep-
ton. He didn't question his neigh
covered it by that peculiar power of
intuition possessed by men who rely
upon their eyes to collect information
that is never whispered loud enough
for their ears to hear
On the fifth night after the arrival
of the first strangers Tong was made
still further cognizant of the envy Of
the four His sleep was disturbed by
a slight sound, and BY amazing q0igs;-
ness ne managed IL twist his hOd IN
time to avoid the knife thrust TIE
incident disturbed him. The few
hours that interviewed between the
happening and daylight he devoted -
concentrated thought and the ban
daging of an arm that had been sii1it
ly wounded when he attempted 10
hold the would-be assassin. It }.ohe
as if the quartet intended to l1u':u
Cape De Castro too warm for thn
original pioneer.
Tong had no wish 10 evacuat i.t
ried,y He was an aggressive 1850
If Judged by CeleSti%l standards. o-
eacl days labor was making -
tie bag heavier BY daylight ~
made up his mind to match hie
ming against their strength
That evening he crept into ~ e.
towards buffalo WallOw a mi.
land, and there performed the q
pleasant work of bagging a port
the carcass of bull buffalo thai 4
become begged in the sticky nm
some three weeks prev rs Tie ~
was not agreeable. but Tong wor3
with much determination The yis:na
of the maiden in Hankow came up j..
fore his eyes and made him force
much He dragged his load by a ci"
cuitous track to his boat thai he 4
secreted in the mangroves, anG tN.
padded out into the little bay ia
sheltered behind the long snaky tr.r
Of land that pointed up toward
ira. He anchored the boat by means
of a heavy stone and a few tathoms
or rope, and then, by the aid of long
pole. he suspended the bag containing
the portion of dead bdffalo from the
stern so that it hung some feet above
the water. Quite satisfied with mis-
work, he lit his pipe and made com
Portable couch for himself in the bot
tom of the boat
The four on shore missed Tong ear
ly that evening. One of their number
had wasted a considerable amount of
time and patience in crawling silent
ly to the SPOT where the Chinaman
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29
The Decadence of Billiards

Billiards are cying uut-in France
at least According to statistics Of
taxes, while there were 94,123 billiard
tables in France in 1892, in 1906 there
were only 89,939 1t is probably to the
success OF outdoor sports and Of mo-
toring that is due this loss of affection
for a game which has had famous vo-
tarieS
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29

A community is law-abiding just in
proportion as it's citizens respect their
peace officers. If said officers permit
undue familiarity or suffer themselves
to be ridiculed or 'bullyragged" while
in. the performance of their duties,
lack of respect for the law in general
is the inevitable result.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29
SUBSCRIPTION: S1.50 PER YEAl

Since Ladysmith did not vote dry,
it is expected that Editor Phil Reed
will begin the foundation for his three
story sandstone office building as soon
as the frost is we'll out of the ground.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29

The Rusk County Board of Super
visors meets in special session next
Tuesday. The lavish appropriations of
the Legislature will probably cause
county boards to figure out what the
state tax is going to amount to next
year, when they are requested to ex-
pend large sums from the county
treasury.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29

Even in Turkey there seem to be a
few of those''- -reformers. When
conditions get to be about so rotten,
then the people rise up and take a
hand. 1t sometimes appears that the
pendulum must needs swing to it's limit
in one direction before it begins to
swing back.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29

The men who are engaged in revis-
ing the tariff, raising the schedules
on necessities of life, will probably
have their salaries RACED the next time
thew ask for the votes of the people.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29

Farmers are anxiously awaiting suit
able weather to begin preparations for
putting in a crop. 1t is perhaps better
to be prevented from planting too
early rather than to have to replant
later in the season.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29
Solidarity of the Bad.

The bad characters in Ningkuo-fu,
Anhwei. are trying to cause trouble
by joining hands with the bad charao.
tiers of eario"s other districts.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29

usually slept and was much disguised
at finding that Tong Sue had changed
quarters. His companions were also
disguised when he made his report.
They made an extensive search of
tie beach, and towards Midnight the
moon, hat peeped for an instant from
behind the black clouds, enabled them
to locate the boat in the middle of
the little bay
The four felt aggrieyed They looked
upon the Chinaman's action as a per-
sonal insult. He had insinuated by
his action that their company was not
desirable, and they acted quickly 10
aVenge the indignity. They drew lots
between themselves, and five minutes
afterwards two OF the Japs placed
their knives between their teeth,
stepped out of their scanty clothing
and Waded into the warm water of
the bay The white man and the 9th
er Jap sat themselves down on the
SAND and waited
An hour passed and the two who had
swan out to eXpOstuIate with Tong
had not returned Three hours went
by, yet no sounds came from the
water At last the white man, ours
ing softly, moved up the beach. The
Jap followed slowly. 1t was plain to
both that the gods had not been kind
to the two swimmers
Tong Sue did not come ashore
in 4,
beach very early, and seeing only two
or his visitors moving about he thought
ii advisable to stay on the water and
rest. The Jap and the white man also
rested. They sat on the beach and
watched the little boat, punctuating
long silences with strange curses.
They wondered how Tong had dis
posed Of their two friends. There
were no firearms at Cape De Castro
and one has to be quick with a knife
to deal with two visitors who make
a surprise call Sometimes the two
on the beach wondered what was in
the bag that Tong Sue had suspended
from the stern Of his boat
lie will be sleepy tonight" re-
marked the white man, as the sun
dipped towards the rangrove trees.
The Jap nodded and sharpened his
knife on q smooth pebble
Wen get him sure" continued the
white, and the other barred his yellow
teeth in a smile of approval
"Gettem good" he snapped They
two dam fools last night Never mind,
mucha more for us" He thought of
the Chinamans gold and stroked his
knife cunningly.
They relarsed into silence, sitting
side by side till the thick night swept
down from Asia and blotted out the
little boat.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
AT LADYSMITH, WISCONSIN

Entered az second-class matter April y, 1907, al
The Postoffics at Ladysmith, Wisconsin. under the
Act of congress of March 8, 1879.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29

Tong Sue oversight himself the fol
lowing morning The sun was shin
ing upon a deserted beach when he
looked shorewards. He searched the
shoreline patiently, but 10 one was
visible Then he glanced cunningly
at the suspended Dag of offal and the
blue water beneath
"Gettem all four!" he laughed soft
ly. "Plentee good smell, plentee good
shark Dam fool not know
He tripped lightly to the stern and
started TO unfasten the rope that
bound the end of the pole to the seat.
Tong Sues thoughts were far away at
the moment The little maiden at
Hankow came UP before his eyes, and
he fingered the rope with clumsy fin
gers
But it was a bad moment for day
dreams. AS Tong stepped across the
pole, the united en9 was suddenly
jerked up by the weight hanging upon
the other extremity, and the Celestial
was thrown into the water.
A big gray nurse shark that had
shepherded the buffalo meat for the
preceding SO hours, snapped the bag
before it touched the surface of the
water Her travelling companion, a
medium sized bull nose" attended to
Tong Sue, and peace settled down
.,n the white beach OF Cape De Castro.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29
you any yellow silk :"

: elk? | don't want any Of
r"tjeed stuff"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29

Stockers and feeders a little more
active but no change noted in the
price level from the close last week.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29

The Hog prices advanced generally
5 cents higher today although some
quotations noted spots 10 cents high
err than Saturday. Run was moderate
quality good. Prices ranged from 6.65
to 700 with the bulk from $50 to $50.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29
L-ivesto Market

Cattle receipts were moderate, the
supply of butcher grades being on
common order Very few good killers.
Prices were unchanged from last
weeks close. Yeals and bulls steady.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-27
Rsos+ ;n Charleston Disregarded.

arleston. Aug. pa majority
tbo commissioners Of election met
aster6av as the board Of canvassers
,na canvassed the recent election tor
s;snensary OF prohibition, declaring
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-27

the result of the election to be 1868
votes for Dispensary and 34l for Pro-
hibition, the total vote Of the county
being 2,209. Mr.. H. ". Conner and
Mr.. John H. Conlon were present at
the meeting, the other commissioner,
Mr.. William D. Clarke, being out Of
the city. A protest was received on
behalf Of Thomas NJ. Jellico against
the boards declaring the election on
the ground that the board was with
out jurisdiction, the same points prac-
tically being raised in the protest that
were contained in the application for
an injunction several weeks ago, which
was refused by the Supreme Court.
The protest was not allowed by the
board and the result was declared.
Mr.. John ?. Grace, Of the firm OF
Logan & Grace, attorneys for the pro-
testant, was not present at the meet
ing Of the board.