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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-03-10

The answer comes quick in Tuesdays
order mobilizing 10000 troops and
fleet of American war ships along the
Mexican border. Commenting on this
move, Washington press dispatch says:
1t is believed here that the United
States government has received word
OF an insurrectionary movement in
Mexico of far more Importance than
the revolution now in progress. The
rush of mobilization and the great
number of troops to be assembled, can
not be explained in any other way, say
department officials.
1t is not doubted here, however, that
the state department will strongly urge
the use OF United States troops "to
protect American interests" in Mexico
and incidentally to uphold the Diaz
government, as against the revolution
lists, as it is known that American in
terests-chiefiy centering in Wall-st-
in the view Of Secretary Knox, are de-
pendent upon Diaz.
The American interests in Mexico,
which are enormous, are almost entire
ly sustained by concessions from the
Diaz government. In all of the four
years efforts Of the insurrectos to
overthrow Diaz the state department
has made no secret of rendering Diaz
every possible aid for the preservation
Of the American interests obtained
through him.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-03-10

When a woman's favorite doctor
loses a patient, she always explains
it by saying he was not called soon
enough-Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-03-10

AS a girl grows older and nearer the
being, a June bride.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-03-10

road concession for American finan4
ciers.
What next? Is there anything more;
anything which Mr.. Knox and Pres
ident Taft will not give to foreign ma
tons in exchange for business de-
sired by their friends in Wall Street?
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-03-10

You can please almost any person
by telling him he has a bright look
out of his eyes.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-03-10

Ever notice how hard it is to fine
daily paper around the house that's
a week old?
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-03-10

Il never knew willing horse that
could pull said an old-fashioned
farmer today
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-03-10
SunfIoWer Philosophy.

There are always new ways OF
making mistakes.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-03-10

1t is right and proper that yol
should have Hope, but don't expect i
to do the chores
The evening world., 1911-02-28
FINEST ACTRESS
sings N CITY HALL
FOR STAGE PERMIT
"Mme. Butterfly" Child APP
plies in Person at City Hall
and Wins Her Plea.

Four-ycar-old Eloise Eweil trlpped past,
Lieut.. Kennel. guarding the Mayors Of
nee at the City Hall to-day, and APP
peared u%nannounced in the presence OF
Secretary Adamson. Just able TO rest
her chin on the edge of the secretary's
desk. the little miss said:
IL want to see the Mayor wight
away"
Secretary Adamson saw n hcadfui of
blonde curls and a pair OF roguish blue
eyes.
Wen. young lady. who are you and
how did you get here?' no asked.
Tame by trolley tar an just walked.
Want to see the Mayor"
why do you want TO see the Mayor
II want to 20 on the stage an they
won't let me less the Mayor says So"
What's your manner
"Eloisc Eweil."
How old are your"
"doin' on Ave. mamma says"
Where do you live?"
II fink at No. 7i president street,
Brooklyn"
Then Miss Eloise explained that she
played the part OF the child In Mad
anne Butterfly" but could not perform
without a license rom the Mayor.
II fink It's veal mean. she said.
not to let me 10 On the stage. ] love
to be a gweat actwess."
Then Miss Eloise courtesled, spreal
her skirts began to sing.
Mr.. Adamson assured her he would
help her In her ambition to become a
"gweat actwess' and received the
The evening world., 1911-02-28
GUILTY OF $4,000 THEFT.

Henry Munzer. former manager OF the
United Cloak and Suit Company OF No.
% West Twcnty-sixth street. was con
victed to-day OF grand larceny In the
second degree by "A jury which had con-
sidcrcd the evidence against him for
Ave minutes. Judge Grain, before whom
the case was tried In General Sessions,
sent him to the Tombs to avail, SEN
tence Friday.
Munzer disappeared from this city
Aug. 1 last. There was n shortage OF
$23.0D IN his accounts. He vas found
In Los Angeles by Central Office Detec-
tive Nelson In October. living with n
young Woman for whom he a deserted
his wife and children here.
The evening world., 1911-02-28

Floor CoVerings-you may want
to replace those grown shabby: oxl2
foot Rugs at Sl4.7 ~ TO twice as much,
on which you save $500.
Carpets at 44c to 74c a yard.
Linoleums AT SOC and SOC.
The evening world., 1911-02-28
A COMPLETE DETECTIVE STORY FREE.

1.-THE case OF the Lever Key" II the
title OF the Detective Book ~ be givef
FREQ with next Sundays World. This
adventure Of the great London detective
~ another complete story, which leads on
to the eventual solution OF the "Mystcry
OF the Red Triangle" tho gruesomo mark
q ssocisted with tneso thrilling adventures.
The evening world., 1911-02-28
Mrs. Campbell sticks to Dog.

bipNDoN, Feb. IS. - Mrs. Patrick
ckfhpbell arrived at Fishguard On the
3htretania yesterday, but refused TO be
SDpArated from her dog, which was
sBdrred into quarantine. and so she
Sept on 10 Liverpool, hoping to get The
regulation altered there.
The evening world., 1911-02-28
Some of the Unusual Values Offered
at Macy's This Week to Emphasize
the SD Anniversary Sale.

Some Ct the values listed below are included in our advertisement
to-day. some were advertised by us Sunday; Others are on our
Store Bulletin. which means that they are unusual values. in
quantities too small for a regular advertisement. All Of them are
typical Macy values, any one of which will repay you for a visit
IN tba ctcyo
The evening world., 1911-02-28

Shirtwaist days near at hand make
25c Embroidered Collars at 12c a reaI
economy.
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rhackeray's Satire.

Thackeray created quite erroneous
Impressions Of himself by often induls
Ing in irony in the presence of people
who were Incapable of understanding
It. One curious instance which he gave
was this: Thackeray had been dining
at the Garrick and was talking in the
smoking room after dinner with vari-
ous club acquaintances. One of them
happening to have left his cigar case
at home. Thackeray. though dislikins
the man. who was notorious tuft
hunter. good naturedly offered him one
Of his cigars. The man accepted the
cigar, but. not finding 1t to his liking.
had the bad taste to say to ThacEeray.
4 say. Thackeray, you won't mind my
saying l don't think much of this
eigar?" Thackeray. no doubt irritated
at the mans ungraciousness and bear
ing in mind his tuft hunting predilec-
tons. quietly responded, "You ought
to- my good fellow, for 1t was given
me by a lord Instead. however. Of
detecting the irony. the dolt immedi-
ately attributed the remark to snob-
bishness on Thackeray's part and to
the end of his days went about decrar-
Ing that 'rhackeray had boasted that
be had been given cigar by a lord"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-02-09
AN ASTOR DEAL.
The Only Time That Old John Jacob
Sold Real Estate.

The Only Time That Old John Jacob
Sold Real Estate.
lone of the most stringent real eS-
tate rules of the Astor family is never
SELL and only one sale is recorded in
the entire life of old John Jacob AS
tor" said Niles r. Watkins. a real es-
tate broker of New York. 'In 1880
Astor tore down his house in Broad
way, cleared the whole block from
Vesey to Barclay street and built the
huge Quincy granite hotel known as
the Astor House. which was one OF
the first notable landmarks in New
York and also one Of the best paying
pieces of property.
"a few days after it was finished the
old gentleman and. his eldest son, Will
liam. were walking through City Hall
park, where the postoffice now stands.
and stopped moment to admire the
building. the finest hotel in America at
that time
"'Pop. that's mighty fine building.
said William. 4 wish to gracious it
was mine
".Sog answered the father. Well
Billy, give me 81 and you can have It,
"Out came the dollar-a big silver
dollar that is cherished by the family
to this day y-and within an hour the
deed of the property was made out and
recorded. This was old Mr.. Astor's
only sale of real estate in his life. y
Washington Herald.
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Home Course In
Health Culture
Xl.-Hysiene of the Nose
and Throat
By EUGENE L. FISK, NJ. D.
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association
VWO the artist or sculptor the nose
ID is an architectural affair, add

"o the artist or sculptor the nose
E is an architectural affair. add
~ ing beauty and distinction to
the countenance accordingly
as 1t conforms to his ideals of line ana
harmony
To the average man the nose is sim
ply the organ Of smell and an appa-
ratus through which he breathe and
occasionally catches cold.
TO the physician the nose Is one Of
the most important organs of the body.
When In "A healthy condition it is a
yeritable guardian of the threshold
warning US against tainted food. sift-
Ing our air and destroying microbes Of
disease. protecting the delicate throat
aud lung tissue from cold, dusty air
by altering. warming and moistening
it and finally exerting a most inpor-
tant influence in resula ting the body
heat
Importance Of Proper Breathing.
The nose is very complicated and
important apparatus. and any dis
turbance of its functions, If allowed
to persist. is likely to have serious eff.
fects.
The most frequent cause of nasal
obstruction is the growth of adenoid
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q Chance For the Better.

The nine-year-old boy of q Baltimore
family who Is compelled by his par
ents to practice daily upon the piano
may not be clever performer but he
has pretty shrewd notion Of the
worth of an instrument. as we'll as Il
rather mature wit as Is evidenced hy
an incident In the household not long
since
His father upon returning home
from a weeks absence heard the lad
plugging away at the piano.
"When did you learn that new piece.
SON." asked the parent.
at isn't new piece. dad" answer
ed the boy ''rhe piano has been
tuned."-Tippincott's.
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DisraeIi and GcIdwin Smith.

1t may have been partly by suspicion
Of my possession Of an unpleasant Sc
cret that Disraeli was moved to follow
me across the Atlantic and try. as he
did in "Lothair," to brand me as "a
social sycophant." His knowledge of
my social character was not great, for
l had only once met him in society.
His allusion to the oxford professor"
who was going to the United States
was as transparent as if he had used
my name. Had | been i'll England,
where my character was known.
should have lei the attack pass, but
was in strange country, where.
made by man Of note. the attack
was likely to tell. | therefore gave
Disracli the lie, and neither he nor
any OF his organs ever ventured to re-
peat the calHmny.-Goldwin Smith in
McClure'S.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-02-09
MIGHTY ARCTURUS.
IF This Star Were Our Sun It Would
instantly Consume the Earth.

IT This Star Were Our sun It WouIo
instantly Consume the Earth.
The parallaX of star Is its angular
displacement as seen from two op-
posite points on the earth's orbit. The
base line employed i'll this gigantic spe-
cies of surveying is 1S6,O0O.OOO miles
in length, but the calculation is re-
duced to the semidiameter of the orbit
The results are at the same time amaz-
ing and instructive
Let us take the famous star Arc
turus, often called the ''star of Job"
because in the Old Testament the
Almighty is represented as saying to
the unfortunate patriarch. who main
tains certain dignity in spite Of his
helplessness and his sufferings, "Canst
thou call forth Arcturus and his sons?"
Many conflicting measures of the
parallaX Of Arcturus have been made.
but the latest made at Yale seem. more
probably correct than their predeces
sors. They fix the parallax at OO66
seconds-i. e., sixty-six one-thOusandth
of a second Of arc. From this it is
star. 1t comes out at nearly 100000
OOO,OOO,OOO miles two hundred and
ninety trilliOn miles,. This is more
than 100000 times the distance Of
the earth from the sun.
Having this distance, we can .calcu-
late the actual amount of light shed by
Arcturus, or, in other words, its ac-
tual brightness as compared with that
of our sun, on the supposition that
both were at the same distance from
u.s. We thus find that Arcturus ex-
ceeds the sun as light giver about
$500 times! 1t is a sun $500 times
brighter than ours.
Put the earth as near to Arcturus
as it is to the sun and all life would
disappear from it's surface as if swept
off by blast of inconceivable heat.
The summer temperature would rise
to tens of thousands of degrees. The
oceans would boil away. Vegetation
| would be burned up in twinkling.
| The eyes of living beings would char
| in their sockets. The plains and
mountains would burst into flame.
| Minerals would run in molten streams.
There would be no comfort for a hv-
ing world nearer to Arcturus than
about 4GOO.OOO.OOO miles. If he has
planets he must keep them at re-
spectful distance. And yet nearly
100000. .GOO.OOO,GOO miles from him we
can look into his blazing eye and see
| only a bright star.
STILL Dr. Alfred Russell Wallace
maintains that this little earth, this
tiny attendant of tiny sun. is the
only seat Of intelligent life-outside OF
the misty midregion of disembodiet
sririts-that the universe contains
and DR.. Wallace is learned man. Bu
his learning is not that which astron
omy offers.-Garrett p. Serviss in New
York American.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-02-09
Unavoidable DELAY.

A woman went before the magis-
trate and modestly inquired:
"Your honor, can l have warrant
for the arrest Of my husband? He
boxed my ears yesterday"
Certainly. ma'am." replied the
judge. Il will make out warrant on
the ground of assault and personal in
juries."
Can l fetch the warrant in about q
month";"
"In month? Why won't you take
1t at Once?'
"Please, your honor. when my lus
band slapped my face took my roll
ing pin and hit him on the head sc
that he had to be removed to the hos
pital. The doctors say, however. tina,
he will be on his legs again in 8
month"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-02-09
FOUGHT IN THE TREES.
Curious Duel Between a Pair Of Fire
Eating Frenchmen.

Curious Duel Between a Pair OF Fire
Eating Frenchmen.
In the swashbuckling days of the
early part of the nineteenth century
the dueling hero in France was the
Marquis Merle de Sainte-Marie. whose
affairs of honor We're almost incessant.
One Of these is said to have been so
ridiculous that 1t helped to set in mo-
tion the current Of feeling that has
orable than it once was.
1t appears that one day there called
upon the marquis one Pierrot d1ssac,
himself famous duelist. Now. in
French pferrot means sparrow and
merle means blackbird
D'lssac struck himself on the chest
with emphatic dignity. Marquis
said he. Il am Boaapartist and you
are a royalist Moreover. am the
sparrow and you are the hlackbird.
1t seems to me that there Is one bird
Of US too many"
II quite agree with you, monsieur"
politely replied the marquis. ''and my
choice Is pistols. and. as is appropriate
for birds Of our species. let US fight In
the trees
Pierrot d'1ssac was agreeable to this
unique suggestion. and rs if it were
not a sufficiently ridiculous thing that
one man should challenge another be-
cause his name was Sparrow and the
othci. Rlackbird the duel. was actually
| fought from trees. The seconds stood
on the ground below.
At a give;i signal the pistols were
fired, and there W,S 4 rustii.g among
the leaves Of one Of the chestnut trees.
Pierrot d'lssac came tumhinG to The
ground like rire chestnut" rs one
Of Sainte- Marie's Scccnds expressed it.
whereupon Merle 81 Sainta- Marie III
facetious mood begn:. to chirp tri-
umphantly in imitation of he Sans OF
the blackbird. D'Issac Wi: till he
had recovered from his ,ound and
then challenged Sainte-M Marie for the
chirp.
This time there was nothing anus
ing about the encounter 1t was
fought with swords. and Sainte Marie
was badly wounded. The sparrow. had
avenged himself on the blackbird.-
New York Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-02-09
RUSIE's TERRIFIC SPEED.
His ThunderboIt Delivery Terrorized
the Batters.

the Batters.
A veteran ball player who has bat
ted against nearly all of the noted
pitchers in the last twenty years nam
ed Amos Rusie as the universal stand
ard Of speed in shooting the ball across
the rubber
There have been many fast pitch
ers in baseball. and all of them in their
time when they cut loose for fair have
baffled the best of hitters with their
speed. but you will notice that when
fast pitchers are spoken of the one
remark is always made, Has he the
speed that Amos Rusie had!' And.
think, it will be that way forever.
AS long as great names are remember
ed or baseball IS the nations game
Rus;e will remain the champion speed
merchant, the one pitcher who could
send in the ball faster than any one
else that ever lived. When you say
fast as Rusie' you don't mean it.
| either: you only wish to show that
| your favorite pitcher is very speedy
boy.
Words fail really to describe the
speed with which Rusie sent the ball.
lie was Il man Of great width. great
strength and the ability to put every
ounce Of his weight into the pitch
Coupled with this he had set of daZ-
Ziing curves which were manufactured
with the same effort required to pro-
duce the speed. Some men can throw
straight ball with great force. but
have to slow up in order to develop
curves, but Rusie drove in a curved
ball with all of his tremendous power
Facing Rnsie to tiInid man was
like going into battle must be TO 1T
inexperienced soldier The distance
was shorter then Rusie had til,
whole box to move around in instead
of being chained to a slab. and hi
simply drove the ball at you with tllt
| force of cannon. I have stood u!
to all the great pitchers Of nearl!
them come and go. and none of then
inspired the terror in batsman':
heart that was put there by th'
mighty Rusie. The ball was like /:
white streak tearing past you withou
time to balance yourself. figure th'
course Of the ball or take aim at il
The fellows with the wide curve nigh
fool you into reaching out ana missin:
them. but you weren't reaching out Il
Rusie-you simply swung at Il whit
streak as It hurled past. and if yo
took full arm swing the ball wa
gone and In the catcher's hands hefor
you had half finished the swingin
/ motion.
"The convincing proof Of Rusie's tel
rible speed was this: If any othe
pitcher hit Il man the man swor.
limped moment and went to frs
, If Rusie hit a man the man retire
: from the game and sometimes wen
; to the hospital. To be hit by Rusi
, was worse than to have an ordinar
< man smash you with rock" = Ne'
York World
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-02-09
Discreditinu an AstroIooer,

A certain king, says tale from the
Persian, asked an astrologer. "How
many years of life remain to me?' The
wise man replied, Ten" The king
became very despondent and betook
himself, as one stricken with sick
ness, to his bed. His vizier. who pos
sessed great wisdom. sent for the seer
and in the kings presence asked him.
How many years have you to live:'
He replied, Twenty" The vizier or
dered that he should that very hour be
executed in the kings presence. The
king was satisfied and commended the
sagacity Of his minister and no longer
attached any importance to the astrol-
Oger's saying.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-02-09
Tia ThinahIe.

About 200 years ago Il London gold
smith called Trotting made and pre-
scented to the lady Of his heart en- her
birthday anniversary Il thimb!e of
gold. beautifully tTnamentcd and
chased. accompanied by note which
introduced the little contraption rs Il
''token of my humble esteem which
shall protect those delicate, fair and
Industrious fingers from prick and
scar of needle head" That was the
origin of the thimble.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-02-09
Runu In an Actor.

How did you enjoy the vaudeville
performance?
1T was good. They had performing
cats, a baseball player, a champion pu-
gilist, a trained cockatoo, and, | give
you my word, they even had an actor
doing a turn" Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-02-09
Fate of a Duchess.

We have had excellent l:lorals drawn
from the substantial waist of the Ne
nus of Milo for the admonition Of the
fashionable woman But what can
we say about the Duchesse de MaZa
rim. who (G. Duyal tells us in "Shad
ows of Old Paris') died in l1io from
tight lacing, although she had posed
for a statue of NenusT'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-02-09
She Won.

He was philosopher and a talker.
She was woman of action. They
stood together on the bridge and
watched tug that was hauling long
line of barges up the river.
Look there my dear" said he.
"Such is life The tug Is like thr man.
working and toiing. while the barges.
like the women. are
His wife gave him no time 10 finish
the sentence. 81 know" she said.
"The tug does all the blowing and the
barges bear all the burden
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-02-09
GETTING Into German.

In the use Of legal terms the Ger
man lawyers gain in a saving Of
number of words over our equivalent
expressions seems to be lost in multi
plication Of syllables in the words used
by him. For example, he says ''Zu-
ruckbehaltungsrecht" for right of
lien" and .'gesammtgutsverbindlich-
keiten" for liabilities of common prop
erty" What an awful word he must
have as an equivalent for our ''impre-
scriptibility docket
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-02-09
Not So Bad.

whats the worst you can say about
him?"
"He hasn't an honest hair in bis
head"
swell. that's bad enough
"Oh. not so bad as you think. |
mean he wears wig g"-Rirmingham III
Age Herald