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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-09-29

/ Mr., and Mrs, e. How Of Mortified,
Mimi, arrived Tuesday for visit with
Mrs. How's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Feist and with other relatives in
Ladysmith.
Have your childreh's eyes examined
and see if they are ready for the hard
work of school. This means everything
for the scholar.
24tf F. D. MARTIN, Optometrist.
Mrs. A. A. Findlay left Monday for
visit with relatives at Seattle, Wash,
sister whom she has not seen for "a
years, and her mother whom she last
saw IL years ago.
The upper story of the new Nelson
block is fitted up for a fiat, w. H.
Martin now occupying the front rooms.
The back part is rented but will not be
occupied for time.
Miss Edith Cramer, who has been
visiting in the home of her aunt, Mrs.
Clarence Prouty, and also with Mrs.
H. &. Beck, returned to her home at
Richland Center Saturday.
Fred Serley passed through here
Tuesday on his way from Chicago to
visit his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sever
Serley at Murray. He will remain
about two weeks, when he goes to
Duluth to spend the winter.
Miss Mary Wideman, who has been
visiting in the home of her brother
Fred Wideman, went to St. Paul Tues
day for visit in the home of her uncle
Frank Finch, after which she will re-
turn to her home at Waupaca
The Curtis confectionery is being en-
larged. The east wall is to be re-
moved and the building extended to
the saloon building next to it. This
will certainly be great convenience
to that popular little restaurant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Taylor and Mr.
and Mrs. Avory Wallace and daughter
of Neillsville were here the first of the
week visiting in the Levi Winters
home. They are planning to return
soon and enter the business field in
this city.
Don't send away for your watches.
At Kleinert's Watch House you can get
what you want at prices as low as any
department store or catalogue house.
All standard makes carried in stock,
and you see the goods before you let go
of YOUR money. 49tf
Effner Nelson went to Minneapolis
Tuesday and returned Wednesday,
accompanied by his wife who has been
in ST. Barnum's hospital there about
four weeks where she underwent an
operation Mrs. Nelson is greatly i'm
proved in health
Mrs. Levi Winters arrived home
last week from an extended visit in the
home of her sister in Rolla, Mo. Mrs.
Winters reports having fine time and
saw many wonderful things there but
she says that none o f them can beat
the new daughter in the home of her
son, C. A. Winters, that arrived during
her visit south.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-09-29

Young men and women desiring a
business education should write immed
lately for particulars, how to help pay
my way through the Williams Business
College of Milwaukee. 27-2
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20
HEWLETT'S
LUNETA

The richest, fragrant and
most economical tea for the
home.
LUNETA TEA is packed
in air-tight tins, half pound
full net weight, and is not
crushed or broken like tea
packed in cartons.
All grOcers sell this fine
tea at 3Oe per can. This
same grade of tea is gener-
ally sold at soc.
Also rOasters and packers
of the famous Luneta steel
cut, fresh roasted coffee.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20
SYNOPSIS.

lawrence Bakeley Iau,yer c 1.
PPittsburg with the forced T SGi goes 10 TO
bronson case to get he dnreSt.i IN tLle ne
b o,lh gilmore, millionaire, In H." ~
I ioiie ne Is attracted bv ni~tvro 81 .
;EouMg girl, whom the millionaire at.rigi, d
B1 i!iS granddaughter. 4 jadv r@d, .@',its
a,iI,as 9isy 10 buy her a Pullman ticket lie
len IL LII lover eleven and retains lower
ten al LIdS a drunken man in lower
knns ~ IetIres IN lower nine He ava
and h ,n lower seven and finds his clothes
iS Us missing. The man in lower ten
danca ~ murdered. CircumstantiaI evil
I,nLrapo POINTS to both Blakeley and the
VIII w w IL Il man who had exchanged clothes
in n o IiIH' Biakeley becomes Interested
RIakaHfdLIri IN blue. The train is wrecked
hI, t6n icy Is rescued from the burning car
'TbaIt ,'e SItI IN blue. His arm is broken,
fagt' ~ 10 the Carter place for break
biS ne slfl proves to be Alison West
ar+iop,, pa tmet $ sweetheart Her peculiar
ba r'V r,aI nlystlty the lawyer. She drops
~ 0oHei, BIakeley returns home. He finds
mar I, he is under surveiiiance Wo TiIu .
pictures OF the train taken iust hafnra thSe
wreck reveal to Blakeley a man jeanino
R I5riLi me train with his stolen grin
iiihlaheiey learns that a man named sui
~ 9h Ieaped from the train near NJ
@iu spralned his ankle. He STAYED Soma
ftIlme at the Carter place While MAKING
snI az Carriers, Blakeley finds AIi2
n I,,o, ana Kisses her. Mrs Conway. the
pp IIiILS LOT whom Blakeley bought the
human ticket tries to make a bargain
W. mtth INN Tor the forged notes, not know
lug mat they are missing An amateur
uetectiVe thinks he has found Sullivan,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20

one inaccessible and if, as you say, the
-er-garments were in a tub here at
a. men, as you hold the key to the
oIheF door-l think you said the con-
Ye"C uog did not raise any disturb
@hce: Pardon a personal question.
OuL 40 you ever walk in your sleep?"
Inc priest looked bewildered.
iII tell you what to do" Hotchkiss
Sdlu' cheerfully, leaning forward, look
around little yourself before Won call
III the police. Somnambulism is q
queer thing. It's a question whether
we are most ourselves sleeping or
waxing. Ever think of that? Live a
SANITY life all day, prayers and mathis
ana all that, and the subconscious
mind hikes you out of bed at night
TO steal undermuslins! SubIiminaI
inert, so to speak. Better examine the
roof" 'iio
l dozed again. When wakened
iiotcnklss sat alone and the priest
from corner, was staring at him
dazedly over his breviary.
1t was raining when we reached
Cresson, wind-driven rain that had
forced the agent at the news stand IN
close himself in and that beat hack
from the rails in parallel lines oF
Whlte spray. AS he went I'D the main
street Hotchkiss was cheerfully obIivi-
GUS OF the weather, of the threatening
uuSk' OF our generally draggled condi-
tlon' My dragged condition, should
say Tor he improved every moment
MS eyes brighter, his ruddy face rud-
aler' his collar newer and glossier.
sometime, when it does not encfrcle
the little mans neck, shall test that
collar with a match.
l was growing steadily more de-
pressed; I loathed my errand and its
necessity. l had always held that
man who played the spy on a woman
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20

vas beneath contempt. Then, admit
l was afraid of what l might learn.
For time, however, this promised to
be a negligible quantity The streets
of the struggling little mountain town
had been clean washed of humanity
by the downpour. Windows and doors
were inhospitably shut and from
around an occasional drawn shade
came narrow strips of light that mere
" emphasized our gloom. When HOtch-
kiss umbrella turned inside out, l
stopped.
Il don't know where you are going,
l snarled, land I don't care. But I'm
going to get under cover inside OF ten
seconds. I'm not amphibious."
I ducked into the next shelter,
which happened to be the yawning en-
trance to a livery stable, and shook
myself dog fashion. Hotchkiss wiped
his collar with his handkerchief. 1t
emerged cleaning and unwilted.
This will do as well as any place, y
he said. raising his voice above the
rattle of the rain. Got to make be-
ginning"
sat down on the usual chair with
out a back, just inside the door, and
stared out at the darkening street.
The whole affair had an air of unreal
itv. Now that I was there l doubted
the necessity or the value of the jour
new. was wet and uncomfortable.
Around me, with Cresson as a center,
stretched an irregular circumference
If mountain. with possibly ten-mile
radius. and in it was to find the res
idence of a woman whose first name
did not know and man who, so
far had been a purely chimerical per-
son.
Hotchkiss had penetrated the steam
ing interior of the cave and now his
voice punctuated by the occasional
thnd of horses hoofs, came to me.
something light will do" he was
saving. "a runabout, perhaps" He
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20

he bawled. don't forget us, Peck &
Peck. A half-bushel of name and a
bushel of service"
Hotchkiss could not, drive. Born a
clerk, he guided the roam much as
he would drive a bad pen. And the
roam spattered through puddles and
splashed ink-mud, that is-untiI
was in frenzy of irritation.
What are we going to say when We
get there?' l asked after had finally
taken the reins in my one useful hand.
Get out there at midnight and tell the
servants we have come to ask a few
questions about the family? It's an
idiotic trip anyhow; I wish l had
stayed at home"
The roam fell just then and we had
to crawl out and help him up. BY the
time we had partly Embarrassed him
our matches were gone and the small
bicycle lamp on the buggy was wa
vering only too certainly. We were
covered with mud, painting with exer-
ton and even Hotchkiss showed a dis
position to be surly. The rain. which
had lessened for time, came on
again, the lightning flashes doing
more than anything else to reveal our
isolated position.
Another mile saw us, if possible.
more Respondent. The water in our
clothes had had time to penetrate: the
roam had spratned his shoulder, and
drew us along in a series of conclusive
jerks. And then through the rain
spattered window of the blanket.
saw a light. 1t was a small light
rather yellow, and it lasted PERTAINS
30 seconds. Hotchkiss missed it. and
was inclined to doubt me. But in a
couple of minutes the roam hobbled TO
the side of the road and stopped, and
made out break in the pines and
an arched gate.
1t was small gate, too narrow for
the buggy. l pulled the horse into as
much shelter as possible under the
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20

came forward rubbing his hands, fol-
lowed by thin man in oyeraIls. "Mr.
Peck says" he began-"this is Mr..
Peck of Peck C Peck-says that the
place we are looking for is about
seven miles from the town. It's clear
ing, isn't it?"
1T is not" I returned, savagely.
"And we don't want a runabout, Mr..
Peck. What we require is an hermet-
ically sealed diving suit. I suppose
there isn't machine to be had?" Mr..
Peck gazed at me in silence: machine
to him meant other things than mo-
tors. Automobile" l supplemented.
His face cleared.
None but private affairs. can
give you a good buggy with a rubber
apron. Mike, is the doctors horse
imp"
l am still uncertain as to whether
the rawboned roam we took out that
night over the mountains was the doc
tors horse or not. If it was, the doc
tor may be a good doctor but he
doesn't know anything about a horse.
And furthermore, l hope he didn't
need the beast that miserable evening
While they harnessed the horse
Hotchkiss told me what he had
learned
six Curtises in the town and vi
cinity," he said. Sort of family name
around here. One of them is telegraph
operator at the station. Person we
are looking for is-was-a wealthy
widow with a brother-named Sulli-
van! Both supposed to have been
killed on the Filler"
Her brother" l repeated, stupidity.
you see," Hotchkiss went on,
three people, in one party, took the
train here that night, Miss West, Mrs.
Curtis and Sullivan. The two women
had the drawing room, Sullivan had
lower seven. What we want to find
out is just who these people were,
where they came from, if Bronson
knew them, and how Miss West be-
came entangled with them. She may
have married Sullivan, for one thing"
1 fell into gloom after that The
roam was led unwillingly into the
weather, Hotchkiss and eclipsed be-
hind the blanket. The liveryman stood
in the doorway and called directions
to us. you can't miss it," he finished
Got the name over the gate anyhow,
The Laurels.' The servants are still
there: leastways. we didn't bring them
down" He even took a step into the
rain as Hotchkiss picked up the lines.
IF you're going to settle the estate"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20
CHAPTER XIII.
A Nioht at the LaureIs.

slept most of the way to Cresson,
m the disgust of the little detective.
FINALLY he struck up an acquaintance
with a kindly faced old priest on his
way home to his convent school, armed
with a roll of dance music and sur
reptitious bundles that looked like
boxes of candy. From scraps of CON
versation l cleaned that there had
been mysterious occurrences at the
convent-ending in the theft of what
the reverend father called vaguely "a
quantity of undermuslins." l dropped
ssleep at that point and when l reused
- Cow moments later. the conversation
had progressed. Hotchkiss had a oia-
gram on an envelope ,o4
with this window bolted and tha'
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20
A Student of Humanity.

Mrs. Carter and her cook, says the
Brooklyn Citizen, were discussing the
murder which narrowed the dusky
citizens of the countryside.
will dey hang him fer KILN Of
his wife, Miss Cyarther?"
We can't tell yet, Aunt Jimmy.
The court will decide. Of course, if
they prove he did it on purpose
Done it a purpose! Law, Miss
Cyarther, in course he kilt his wife
purpose! Honey, amt I done been
married? Don't I know men,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20
CHAPTER XXII-Continued.

sat for few minutes thinking II
over. But what did he mean by saw
ing he hadn't seen the notes for ten
days? And why is Bronson making
the overtures?"
81 think he was lying" Hotchkiss
reflected. Bronson hasn't reached
his figure"
It's big advance, Mr.. Hotchkiss
and l appreciate what you have done
more than can tell you" l said.
And now, if you can locate anv of
my property in this fellows room
we'll send him up for larceny and at
least have him where we can get at
him. I'm going to Cresson tomorrow,
to try to trace him a little from there.
But I'll be back in a couple of DAYS
and We'll begin to gather in these
scattered threads"
Hotchkiss rubbed his hands togeth-
er delightedly.
That's it" he said. That's what
we want to do, Mr.. Blakeley. Well
gather up the threads ourselves; if
we let the police in too soon they'll
tangle it up again. I'm not vindictive
by nature, but when a fellow like Sui
livan not only commits a murder, but
goes to all sorts of trouble to put the
burden of guilt on an innocent man
| say hunt him down, sir"
you are convinced, of course, that
Sullivan did it,"
Who else?" He looked over his
glasses at me with the air of man
whose mental attitude is unassailable.
well, listen to this" l said.
Then l told him at length of my en-
counter with Bronson in the restau-
rant, of the bargain proposed by Mrs.
Conway and finally of Meningitis new
theory. But, although he was i'm
pressed he was far from convinced.
It's a very vivid piece of magma
tion," he said, drily; but while it fits
the evidence as far as it goes, it
doesn't go far enough. How about the
stains in lower seven, the dirk and the
wallet? Haven't we even got motive
in that telegram from Bronson?"
Yes" I admitted, but that bit of
chain"
Pooh" he said, shortly. Perhaps,
like yourself, Sullivan wore glasses
with a chain. Our not finding them
does not prove they did not exist"
And there l made an error; half
condolences are always mistakes. |
could not tell of the broken chain in
Alison Vests gold purse.
It was one o'clock when Hotchkiss
finally left. We had by that time ar
ranged a definite course of action
Hotchkiss to search Sullivan's rooms
and if possible find evidence to have
him held for larceny, while I went to
CressOn.
Strangely enough, however, when l
entered the train the following morn
ing, Hotchkiss was already there. He
had bought a new notebook and was
sharpening a fresh pencil.
81 changed my plans, you see" he
said. bustling his newspaper aside for
me, It's no discredit to your intellt-
gence, Mr. Blakeley, but you lack the
professional eye, the analytical mind.
You legal gentlemen call spade
shade, although it may be a shovel"
A primrose by the rivers brim
yellow primrose was to him.
And nothing more.
I quoted as the train pulled out
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20

ism My limbs and feet were terri
Nv swollen and SO infiamed I could
nj walk for days. After doctors had
allied to help me, began using Doan's
Kidney Pills. Three boxes cured me
i completely that have not had the
slightest trouble since
sWhen Your Back Is Lame, Re-
momber the Name-DOAN'S." SOC a
hon at all stores. Foster-Milburn Co.,
RuAalo. N. Y.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20
JohnnY's QUESTION.

Johnny Williams had been bad"
again.
"Ah me, Johnny" sighed his Sun
day school teacher. Il am afraid
we shall not meet in heaven"
What have you been doin'?"
asked Johnny with a grin.-Harper's.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20
Precaution.

Boggs-Im going to St. Petersburg
tomorrow.
Groggs-Aren't You afraid of being
blown up there?
Boggs-Oh, no, I'm leaving my wife
at home.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20
His Excuse.

Earle why didn't you cut the
grass, as I told you to-"
Il was going to, father. but the
truant officers are around looking
for boys who are under IA who are
working, and l was afraid I'd get into
tOuble"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20

tons. III you sus-
pect your kidneys,
begin using Doan's
Kidney Pills at
once.
p. r. Wilson,
Emmettsburg, To-
wa, says: 81 was
completely laid up
with kidney COM
plant and inham-
matory rheuma-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20
Resourcefuf.

One idea of a resourceful woman is
one who can stand ner family skele-
ton in a corner of the parlor and
make folks believe it is bric-a-brae.-
Galveston News.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20

Including all kinds of horses over
four years old that can carry harness
or saddle, Great Britain has 100000
head.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20
4gE YOUR KIDNEYS wEAka

rbere are two ways to tell if you
80 weak kidneys. The first is
w. Enough pains in the back. The Sec
Ia hy examining the kidney secre-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20

1t has been found in Nova ScotiA
that the Holsters chief enemy is not
the dogish but the lobster.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20

In 1910 the United States produced
two-thirds of the worlds output of Pc
troleum.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20

i woman thinks man is sensible
Il he tells her that she is handsome.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar::coated,
". ~ stomach, liver and bowels. Do not grippe,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20

4 man can't kick if his monument
Ma put up job.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20

Two million dollars worth of sugar
is made into sweets every week in
England.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-20
Their own Race the Enemy

CTO BE CONTINUED
The Detroit times., 1911-10-04

doz Peas: Marrowfat siis, early
June si..S; sifted early June. ti.tS PEI
doc.
Coaes--Paeket coffee. i00-ib. case
t1G70O22.S0 delivered
Feed = Jobbing prices In lo0-lo
sacks: Bran. sac: coarse middlings
ssI: nne mlddlings. $50; coarse sssn corr orr
cat chop, s2s per ton.
FIour-Jobbing prices; Best Michi.
gan patent. tt.6b: second patent. $40;
straight A.16. clear. $3.50. pure rye,
s4,56; spring patent $3.50 per Dbl In
oiI-Raw linseed. csc: boiled lin
seed. sec; Diamond headlight kero-
sene. SC: Perfection. Sc: Eocene. lohci
crown gasoline. i2hc gal: turpsntins,
crates In barrel lots. sshc gal.
Provisioas-Mess pork, tlI.5o; fam.
lily. $1,000; medium. tlS0l9c; smoked
hams, 15c; dry sailed briskets, l0011c,
shoulders. Toe: picnic hams. DC; bacon,
l3Q14hc; lard, In tierces. lOhc; ket-
tie rendered. IKE
sagnrs-@Corrected daily by w. ~
slo15: crystal dominoes, e-ib:. 1855;
eagle tablets. $3.50: cut loaf. $40;
cubcs, s7.s5: xxx, powdered. s7.ba;
granulated. extra coarse, 1870: granu-
lated. fne IN bulk t71o: granulated,
25-lb. cartons. $I15; diamond A. $40;
confec tioners' A. sos. No. 1. s710; No,
2 s7l0 No. 3, sos; No. Z. 81: No. s,
1926; No. g. $3.50; No. !ess; No. s.
$3.50; No. ., ss;75: No; 10. 500: No H.
II. t6.56: No Is. s6.55. Household pow
dered, 5-lb. cartons. sto case. $7.2S;
household powdered. lib. as TO case.
$3.50
The Detroit times., 1911-10-04
TAFT RAPS PLAN
!. FOR LAND CONTROL
Tells Public Lands Convention He
Cannot Agree With Their
Recommendations.

DENVER, Colo, Oct 3.--Preaching
federal control of natural resources to
an audience OF 10000 westerners OPP
posed to the policy he advocates. Pres
ident Taft today told the public lands
convention here that he could not
agree with them.
The convention yesterday adopted
resolutions opposing at almost every
point the theory of federal conserva-
ton, particularly the scheme advocat-
ed by the president OF leasing coal
and phosphate lands now in the pub
lie domain.
while you have already registered
your verdict" said the president when
he arose to speak, ION many points
of which | totally disagree with you,
you want to remember that the ques-
ton is how we are to find an affirma-
tive remedy. The big problem is how
much OF remedy we can secure Tor
an evil which exists Now the propo-
sition before you Is whether you VIII
lose all by claiming too much or
whether you will come in with COM
promise and concession to secure what
you can.
Now your prOOlem anu my piOo
lem" said the president, reverting 10
the leasing problem question, is TO
develop the land. To get capital ana
settlers upon Ii. Your proposition is
that the leasing system won't bring
capital TO the lands. MY proposition
Is that 1t will. Now I'm president on
the whole country and what I'm try
ing to do is TO get you all together
And II can do that II won't be spec
tacular; II won't be abuse; II won't
be undertaking; but IL will be real go
ing ahead, and that's what we want
'Now want to warn you that wnen
you send ,.ur committees to congress
YOU had better give them a little quiet
authority to make concessions wnicn
would hardly agree with your resoiu-
TONS"
The Detroit times., 1911-10-04
CHAs. KENNA TELLS HOW HE
BECAME A STREET FAKIR'

Right this way. ladies and gentle
men--step a little closer, my friend,
you're standing In your own light.
Now, I'm not going to sell anything
tonight Hey. you. over there. step
out OF the gutter so the water can run
away There, that's better As
said before, just want TO give you
a little talk on the virtues OF this
wonderful package OF powder hold
In my hand. II removes paint, tar,
pitch; takes the stains from the char
acter, the blemishes from the counter
ance; polishes old gold and silver.
plate, copper. brass or tin. Dilute 1t
with a little water and II makes an
excellent cement for mending old
crockery, glass and woodenware. It's
a sure cure for corns, bunions, tired
feet, sore throat, pains In the head,
etc. etc. II promotes happiness in the
home. I'm not mentioning any names,
but I sold box to man last night
and this morning his wife left him.
Happy mani Happy man! And the
price Is only one dime. 10 cents. Right
this way. gentlemen"
Thus crates Charles Kenna. In his
impersonation OF street fal1ir In the
Miles this week, and there's a lot
more to the same effect. Kenna Is a
genius In his way. His imitation
OF the street mendicant, with the
inevitable cure-all, is a classic In its
way, and Mr.. Kenna il one OF the few
stare OF vaudeville whose methods
have not been successfully copied by
lesser lights. He has been doing this
stunt" for seven years. Here's his
own tory OF how he came to adopt IT,:
II had tried nearly everything In the
amusement line. | had done black
face until the character was second
nature to me. had done a musical
turn and the Lord knows what else,
and wanted to get away from every
thing I'd ever done before. One night.
I stood In crowd on the public square
in Cleveland, watching a street fakir.
He was a clever fellow and the way
the suckers fell for his spiel was a
caution. That was an inspiration.
decided then and there to transplant
that character TO the stage and I've
used Il ever since"
Mr.. Kenna Ia an old favorite with
Detroit audiences. He is appearing for
the first time at the Miles.