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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
A FINE NlGHT-cAP
The Best Thing in the World to Go to
Bed and Sleep On.

"My wife and find that teaspoon.
fuls of Grape-Nuts and a. cup of hot
milk, or some cream, with it, makes
the finest night-cap in the world" says
an Allegheny, Pa, man.
eve go to sleep as soon as we strike
the bed, and slumber like babies till
rising time in the morning.
"It is about years now since we be-
gan to use Grape-Nuts food, and we
always have it for breakfast and be-
fore retiring and sometimes for lunch.
l was so sick from what the doctors
called acute Indigestion and brain flag
before began to use Grape-Nuts that |
could neither eat, sleep nor work with
any comfort.
II was afflicted at the same time
with the most intense pains, accompan-
led by racking headache and back
ache, every time [ tried to eat any
thing. Notwithstanding an unusual
pressure from my professional duties,
I was compelled for a time to give up
my work altogether.
"Then I put myself on a diet of
Grape-Nuts and cream alone, with an
occasional cup of Postum as runner
up, and sometimes little dry toast. I
assure you that in less than a week
felt like a new man; I had gained six
pounds in weight, could sleep well
and think well.
THE good work went on, and was
soon ready to return to business and
have been hard at it, and enjoying it
ever since.
Command me at any time any one
enquiries as to the merits of Grape
Nuts. You will find me always ready
to testify" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's reason"
Ever read the above letter: new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13

Fowls have no sense of smell. They
have nostrils, but no noses.
An ointment of vaseline and sulphur
is good one for scaly legs.
Do not forget that grits and oyster
shell are as essential to fowls on linn
tied range as food itself.
An eternal fight against lice and
mites Is the only thing that means
victory for the poultryman.
A broiler should have a good, plump
breast, broad back, clean yellow legs
and yellow skin, and small comb.
Sour food should never be allowed
to remain in the feeding pans from
one meal to another. Sour feed Is dan
gerous.
In raising little chicks they should
be given variety of food that will
help buId up the muscles and bone
as we'll as fat.
In feeding mash, give as much va
riety as possible, always using morn
meal and bran, together with some
kind of cooked vegetable.
separate the SuldlloF OIrQS from
the flock and feed them separately,
In this way they will not be deprived
of their share Of the food.
When the hen shows a. pale head
and is sluggish, indigestion is at fault
Unless too far gone, a change to a
grass run will be beneficial.
Methods in all business matters is
one of the secrets of success. Every
poultry breeder should follow meth
cd in the feeding and care of his
birds.
In killing and dressing poultry, han
die gently to avoid bruising. Disook
grafton quickly follows bruise, and
diminishes the market value Of the
property.
Beans are highly heterogeneous and
make an excellent food for the fowls
So also are peas and will be rel
ished by the chickens as change ir
their diet.
A surplus rooster is an expensive or
nament in the poultry yard. Kill hin
off or sell him before he eats double
his value In food and robs the hen
Of their share.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
Rhode Island Red.

grown in popularity in this country to
such an extent that they now rival the
Plymouth Rocks and the Wyandottes.
They are hardy, good winter layers
and fair summer layers. In color they
are rich, bright red, with black tails
and more or less black in the wings.
During warm weather they are more
given to incubating than the two
breeds mentioned above. The stand
ard weights of this breed are: Cock
birds, So pounds; cockerels. ~
pounds; hens, 61a pounds, and pullets
s pounds.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
HANDY FEEDER FOR POULTRY
Hollow Legs Convey Grain From Res
ervoir Into Cups on Floor-Has
Four Compartments.

Poultrymen will be interested in this
triangular box Of pyramidal shape, with
the small end below divided into four
compartments. Four hollow logs, one
running from each compartment, sup
port it, and the lower ends Of the legs
are stationed in circular cups. The
reservoir can be filled with the same
kind Of feed, or a different kind can
be kept in each compartment. By
means of cutoff just above each leg
the feed can be kept in the box, or can
be allowed to flow down into one or
all of the cups. This apparatus can be
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
HOW TO FATTEN THE GEESE
Largely In Demand In Fall, but Choice
Birds Bring Good Prices All
the Year Round.
(By w. F. PURDUE.)

Dressed geese are largely in demand
In the cities during the fall months,
but choice birds will bring good prices
the entire year. Do not offer old
stock, however, as they are not desired
by the purchasers and are more suit
able to their owners as breeders.
There is no advantage in selling off
the old stock of geese, as they live
many years, and the older birds are
generally best for breeding purposes,
and the young ones bring better prices
In the market.
Do not proceed to fatten the geese
suddenly, but confine gradually. Allow
several in small yard, which should
be kept clean and somewhat darkened.
Corn meal and milk, with some beef
scraps, wheat and brewers grains fat
ten we'll.
A mash composed Of fourparts corn
meal, one part wheat bran, one part
middlings and one part beef scraps is
very good ration. Wet this just
enough to have 1t in a dry, crumbly
state, and feed all they will eat up
clean three times day.
Do not give them green food while
fattening. They should be kept away
from bathing water during this period,
but plenty of water for drinking pur-
poses should be kept in their pen. AL
so keep a good supply Of grit before
them. Fast for twenty-four hours be-
fore killing.
Goslings may be put up to fatten
when from to 10 weeks old After
they are twelve weeks old they will
begin to shed and will fatten readily
then until the end Of the season. Pre-
vious to being confined they should
have a good range where grass is plen-
tiful, and it will then require but a few
days to get them ready for killing.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
Valley of Sloan Is to Be Ex-
plored Again.
Agreement Reached Between Captain
Montague Parker and Turkish
Government-Can Work But
One Year.

Jerusalem-Word is received here
that Capt. Montague Parker expects to
resume the work of excavating for sa-
cred relics in the Valley of Sloan.
Meantime decision as to whether the
captains contract with the Turkish
government can be technically con-
strued to justify his operations at the
Mosque Of Omar is awaited with inter
est.
After much excavating had been
done and some relics, it Is claimed, re-
covered, the work was interrupted by
charges that the explorers had violated
the holy Mosque of Omar, obtaining
access to it for the purposes of exca-
waiting by bribing it's guardians. Popu-
lar feeling was SO intense against the
foreigners that after they had with
drawn the government ordered the ar
rest of the guardians of the mosque
and pursued an investigation into the
circumstances Of it's alleged desecra-
ton.
Now the contract between Parker,
representing an Anglo-American syn
dictate, and the Turkish government
has come to light. It's perusal leaves
one in doubt as to whether the ex
plorers can be shown to have exceeded
their rights, but, on the other hand, it
furnishes unmistakable evidence that
the captain was sanguine of discover
ing rare treasures and that he fl.
nanced the affair literally. 1t also de-
velops that the Turkish government
was partner to the transaction and
was to share in the spoils.
The contract contains II articles 1t
was signed on October &c, 1908, by
Captain Parker and Ziah Pasha. then
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
Color in Precious Stones.

The color of gem stones, although
of greatest Importance commercially,
is of little or no value in determining
their particular identity. Certain
stones show their characteristic
shades of color, it is true, but it is
only after various tests have been
applied that color can be considered
at all as evidence of value. All min.
erals in their pure state are pure
white, and the color shown is due to
mineral pigment in many cases.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13

can't find words to express my thanks
for the good your medicine has done
me. You maypublish this if you wish"
Mrs. HERMAN SETH, Pound, Wis.
The success of Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, inflam-
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors, ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indi-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine a trial.
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should
1t not cure you?
If you want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for it.
1T is free and always helpful.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
Gigantic SaiIfish CAUGHT.

Paris-A huge sailfish, fish rare
ly met with in the Atlantic, has been
captured by fishermen off Concarneau
and towed to that port. The fish meas
ures eight yards long and four yards
in circumference and weighs four
tons. The fishermen are greatly dis
turbed over the presence in the vi
entity of the fish's female companion.
who followed her captured lord
throughout the whole of the night he
was being towed to port
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
Not in Circulation There.

An error Of new clerk in the mall
Ing department of an eastern publish.
er was responsible, the other day, for
the mailing of a prospectus to world
famous statesman, who had been dead
for some years. The letter was re-
turned a few days later with the fol-
lowing Endorsement: "In Heaven
1911. Gentlemen: AS your publ
cations are not permitted to circulate
here, / believe it would be useless for
me to subscribe for them Yours re-
spectfully," and here followed the
name of the famous statesman.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
When Beecher "HolIered,"

Coming home from the morning
service one Sunday Dr. Beecher threw
himself on lounge and said, in tone
of deep detection: Il believe that was
the worst sermon ! ever preached"
One of his daughters protested that
she had seldom heard him when he
was more energetic. ooh, yes,' was
the impatient reply, when | haven't
anything to say I always holler." The
Outlook
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13

the latter present themselves at any
time
The requisite military force being
available at Jerusalem, it shall be in
cumbent upon Captain Parker. when
urged or impelled to call upon it's
services, to enter into an agreement
with the governor of the city whereby
a certain sum of money shall be fixed
wherewith to pay such military force
for its services as well as to cover
any incidental expenses it should en-.
tail
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
Kills $50 Feet of Snake

Oxford, Gonna new record for
killing snakes is claimed by Clifford
B. Hawley. farmer, VINO killed $50 feet
of blacksnakes in seven minutes the
other day. Hawley was assisted only
by his woodchuck dog. Spot The
snakes nest was found by rhe dog.
Hawley attaeked the snakes with q
hoe, killing forty-fve. one five feet
nine inches long
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
Poultry Feeder.

kept in the chicken yard, and the cups
filled whenever needful. The trouble
of measuring out can Of feed each
time is obviated, although where there
are many chickens 1t would be well
to have several of these devices, or the
smaller or weaker fowl will not be
able to fight their way up to the cups,
whereas when the feed is scattered on
the ground they have better chance.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
Women WhiteWash Fence,

Mineola, N. Y.-Because of a scar.
city of male labor in eastern Long Is.
land, the Aero Club of America EN-.
ployed 100 women to whitewash a
new fence around the aviation field.
The women live on farms nearby
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
Real Epochs of Life.

Real action is in silent moments.
The epochs of our life are not in the
visible facts of our choice Of calling,
our marriage, our acquisition Of an
Office, and the like, but in silent
thought by the wayside as we walk;
in thought which revises our entire
manner of life and says: Thus hast
thou done, but it were better thus
Emerson.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
May Be Overdone.

Bishop Willard F. Mallalieu, at a
dinner, defended the laws against Sun
day breaking, indecent literature, etc.
But these laws" objected a sociolo-
gist, Undermine our freedom" Free
dom," said Bishop Mallalieu, sis good
thing, but let us not make too much
of it. In Pennsylvania, for instance,
law, but no man ever does"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
POPULAR BREED OF CHICKENS
They Now Rival Plymouth Rocks and
Misunderstanding Are Hardy
and Good Winter Layers.

breed, Single Comb and Rose Comb
AS compared with the Plymouth Rocks
and Wyandottes they are longer in APP
pearance and not SO massive. They
were originated by the farmers of the
state of Rhode Island and are very
popular in that state. They have also
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13

pepSla ana IeHaI6
troubles by your
m edicine. I had
been troubled with
both for fourteen
years and consulted
different doctors,
but failed to get any
relief. After using
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We ge ia Bile Com
pound and Blood
Purifier / can say L
o,oo ~ xxya11 xxyAryoor
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
CONCRETE NESTS FOR HENS
Can Be Used as Shelter for Fowl
While Matching and for Little
Chicks AfterWard.

Among other things, concern in
Iowa Is making concrete hens nests
one of which Is here shown in active
operation, says the Popular Mechanics.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
TWO of a Kind.

Going abroad this summer, Mrs.
Leeder?"
"Why-ah-"
isn't that a coincidence? I'm not.
either"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13

Coles Carbolisalve quickly relieves and
cures burning, itching and torturing skin
diseases. 1t instantly stops the pain OF
burns. Cures without scars. 25c and SOC
by druggists. For free sample write to
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, Csc bottle.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13

FAILED TO
HELP HER
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Pound, Wis. -"I am glad to an
nounce that / have been cured of dys-
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13

A woman's idea of mans RESPONSE
bility depends on how he is dressed.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13

Charity organizations uncover O
multitude of sinners.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-10-13
important TO Mothers

Men have more temptations then
women because they know where to
look for them.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-07-01
PALISADIAN IN CAMP.
Interesting Army Story From the Ma
noeuvering Field at San An
tonic. Texas.

once OF the Chief Surgeon
San Antonio, Texas, June 8, 1911.
For THE PALIsADIAN.
Here are a few items from the Ma
noeuver Camp. The first moring after
came to camp Lieutenant Kelly, of
the Aero Company, was killed. On
his last sWoop he came within a few
feet OF daSh1ng into our tents here at
headquarters. Nearly every morning
we are awakened by the noise of an
aeroplane, and lie awake for a while
wondering whether the thing is going
to crash into our tents.
10 give the newly arrived militia
officers taste Of camp life, heavy
transform, with the wind blowing at
the rate OF seventyhve miles per hour
(othc1aD, came along one night about
1 o'clock, and even hardened cam
palgners got up and dressed, expect
ing to see their tents carried away
and light articles of clothing blown
skyWards. | enjoyed the experience
after | got used to it, and got back
on to my cot again after having con-
cluded that l didn't care if it blew the
whole camp to "smithereens" The
next morning large quantities of
'gumbo' (the name for the sticky
mud down here) adhered to our shoes
and violent language was heard on all
sides. The boys had seen it rain near
ly every day for two months previous,
and this was the last straw" This
"gumbo' sticks better than lie Pages
liquid glue
The mosquitoes in Jersey are not in
it with the ones down here When
doing off at night [ find difficulty in
distinguishing between the bug1e calls
and the rickety hand-organ effect of
these mosquitoes. Some of us sleep
under mosquito-bars and receive on
an average of not more than twenty
bites a night. The mosquito-bars are
a luxury, but one will throw his hand
against the netting and get stung
This part of Texas is full of all sorts
of annoying insects, etc Here we have
rattlesnakes, adders, scorpions, taran-
tulas and 'chiggers.'
The natives tell us that there will
be practically no rain until next fall
The grass is all dried up and the
ground yawns with countless cracks,
some of them an inch and a half
across and foot and half deep.
The fine limestone dust of the macad-
amlzed roads blows along in clouds at
times. The cactus is the only thing
that hourishes down here AS you
look at your fine lawns at Pa1isade,
think of the lawns in San Antonio,
which are burned up by the hot sun
and choked out with a heavy coat of
dust, and which even a generous
sprinkling of water can not restore
to life and beauty-and then congrat-
ulate yourselves that you are not in
Texas.
The specimens of Mexicans seen
here inspire one with sympathy. Pow
erty is stamped on their features. 1t
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-07-01

is said that in Mexico the laborers
work for Is or 20 cents a day. 1t
would be a shame for us to go to war
with people who are having such a
hard struggle to secure the necessa=
ries of life
| messed with a troop of cavalry
while the division was out on hike"
to Leon Springs, but | don't care to
repeat the experience. The division
is out again now, but this time | am
messing with some medical officers,
jolly lot of fellows, and life seems
more worth living. When the divi-
sion goes out on hike" they take
our headquarters mess with them and
leave us high and dry" three and
half miles from the city, to get our
grub where we can.
This is said to be the most sanitary
camp that the army has yet had. cit
is, however, in the nature of things a
thousand miles from perfection.) All
garbage and kitchen refuse, including
liquids, are burned up in shallow pits
lined with round stones, or in small
plentiful use of crude oil and hay suf-
flee to burn out the latrines and clean
up the picket lines. Our sick rate is
remarkably low.
The most striking feature of the
whole camp is the effect of work done
by the anti-typhoid vaccine 1t no doubt
has saved many lives here. We have
had only two cases of typhoid, one a
civilian who had escaped vaccination
and the other a soldier who had not
been fully vaccinated. We had 2O738
cases of typhoid fever in the Spanish
American war, with 1850 deaths, or
1924 per cent of the entire mortality
of that war; therefore anything that
can prevent such havoc in the future
adds immensely to the fighting
strength of our army to say nothing
of the precious lives saved. The vac
cine is prepared in the laboratory of
the surgeon general of the army from
cultures of the real live typhoid bacil-
lus, grown in glass TASKS on agar and
finally killed by heat. These dead
germs, with a salt solution of one
quarter per cent of tricresol added,
are put up in glass containers, some
Of them tiny little things holding
enough for one incubation only.
Three NEGOTIATIONS are given at inter
walls of ten days, the vaccine being in
jected into the arm, eight drops of the
vaccine $500, 100000 dead bacteria) be-
ing used for the first and sixteen
drops each for the second and third
Some persons are more
susceptible to the bugs than others,
but three doses "cinches" it for almost
everybody. l had a slight malaise
after the last dose, otherwise there
was no discomfort from the treat
ment
The favorite song of the officers
here at headquarters, as they lie on
their cots looking up at the clear sky
and the bright moon, is, Il was see
ing Nellie home"
Kindest regards to all the friends in
Palisade.
Yous sincerely,
p IT McCOPD
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-07-01

" 80 N - ~ WM n - -
is the annuaI
FICTION NUMBER
FROM its first issue, more
than twenty years ago, this
number has been the repository
for some Of the best Short
Stories ever written. 1t is
a literary institution, the leader
in the idea of a special number
devoted chiefly to fiction.
binary stones including the beginning Of remarkable
Short Serial, ETHAN Frome" by Edith Wharton; one
Of the best stories Of the sea James B. Connolly has ever
written, love story with background of stirring adven-
ture, and another article by
GENERAL FREDERICK FUNSTON "Up the Railroad to
MaloIos with an account of the famous ver-cossing on
raft.