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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-12-27

The first ice cream maker is said to
have been a French confecti0ner, who
prepared the dainty for the Due de
Charities in 1774. Lord Bacon was
aware of the process of congelation by
means of snow and salt, but to him it
was a scientific fact of greater or less
interest and he had no idea Of the de-
lightful possibilities of this process on
various eatables. Iced drinks and wa
ter ices We're known to the Partisan
epicures a century and half earlier,
the daiDties having probably come from
the far east by the hand of some tray
cler who had tasted sherbet.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-12-27
Only a Night.
from old TO new!

Only night from old to new!
Only "A night, and so much wrought!
The old years heart all weary grew,
But said, 1.-THE new year rest has
brought"
The old years heart it's hopes laid down
AS in a grave, but, trusting, said,
"The blossoms of the new years crown
Bloom from the ashes of the dead"
The old years heart was full Of greed.
With selfshness it longed and ached
And cried: IT have not half l need!
My thirst is bitter and unslaked!
but to the new years generous hand
All gifts in plenty shall return.
True, loving, it shall understand.
BY all my failures it shall learn.
I have been reckless; it shall be
Quiet and calm and pure of life.
| was a slave; it shall go free
And find sweet peace where l leave
strife"
Only night from old to new!
Never a night such changes brought
The old year had it's work to do.
No new year miracles are wrought.
Always night from old to new,
Night and the healing balm of sleep.
Each morn is New Years morn come
true,
Morn of a festival to keep.
All nights are sacred nights to make
Confession and resolve and prayer.
All days are sacred days to wake
New gladness in the sunny air
Only night from old to new,
Only sleep from night to morn!
The new is but the old come true
Each sunrise sees u new year born.
Christian Work
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-12-27
Turkish Statistics.

OF Turkish places in Europe, Constan-
tinople has 100000 inhabitants; Adri-
anople, 100000; Saloniki, 1,300,700;
Kossovo, 100000; Monastir, 100000;
Janina, 50S,700; the Archipelago, $780,
900; Scutari (Albania), 100000. OF
Turkish cities in Asia, the Hedjaz has
3,5OO,OO0; Yemen, 100000; Hudaven-
dighiar, 1,625 900; Adm, 100000; ST.
vas, 100000; Trebizond, 1,050,000;
Kastamouni, 100000; Konia, 1000, 900;
Bassorah, 100000; Aleppo, $4,000;
Syria, 100000; Angora, 100000; Bag
dad, $4,000; Ezerum, G50,000; Ma
mouret-ul-Aziz, $4,000; Beirut, $4,000;
Diarbekir, 100000; Van, 100000.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-12-27
VARIETY OF THE BIBLE.
Stories of Adventure, History and
Vivid Descriptions.


One of the striking things about the
Bible as single piece of literature is
the variety of it's literary forms, sufi-
cient, indeed, to appeal to the most
widely different tastes. There are eX-
cellent examples of the short story all
through the historical books, such as
the absorbingly interesting account OF
Joseph sold into slavery and afterward
elevated to position next TO Pharaoh
himself, and the intensely realistic
story of Paul's shipwreck, which, were
it not TOO well written. might be an eX-
tract from some book of adventure
The books OF which many of these
short stories form a part constitute a
body of most intimate and fascinating
tribal and national history.
Wedged in between two of the his
tOrical books we find the story Of Ruth.
a prose idyl," as delightful as any of
which profane literature can boast.
The book Of Esther, though not in
form drama, has plot Of dramatic
power, in which Hannah, who is raised
~ triumphant SdllSIdttlPi III thS
thought of hanging Mordecai upon the
gallOWS. becomes himself the victim Of
his own vengeance. Is At the end is
that wonderful Apocalypse which is at
once an inspiration and mystery. full
of beauty and rich cadeu es. Inter
spersed among all the narratives are
delightfully."- suggestive descriptions,
sometimes presenting to us the simple
life of the shepherd, again the luxuri-
Gus surroundings of Ahasuerus' court.
It is not strange. therefore. that the
Bible makes q strong intellectual APP
peal to lovers of literature and to men
of unframed tastes Edgar It. Shan
non in SeWanee Review.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-12-27
Vp TO Date Farming Methods
Observation-Disclosures
AMONG THE HENS.

} Spraying a chicken house With
a one to twenty solution Of lime
sulphur will effectually destroy
all nits and lice.
A bone cutter will surely pay
for itself. Green cut bone sup
} plies the hen with ability to pro-
duce eggs, nourishes her feathers
and keeps her in general good
health.
A good change in the bill of
fare is to boil turnips tender and
then mix them with bran; feed
them warm. This is an excellent
mash for cold. frosty mornings.
Every person who keeps chick
ems should raise garden peppers.
A tea made by boiling them i'll
water and adding to boiled pota-
toes or cornmeal dough is said to
be a sure preventive of cholera
In fowls.
Charred corn is excellent to
feed to hens in order to increase
their egg laying capacity. 1t is
not desirable to feed it as their
general food, but a portion of it
every day will be found benefi-
cial. Char the corn on the cob
pretty thoroughly, taking care
not to reduce any part of it to
ashes.-Farm Journal.
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Cold Frames and 1otbeds.

The cold frames should be put in
good repair before winter See that
they are also free from weeds or de-
bris, which might harbor mice. If new
hotbeds are to be made next spring
the pits should be dug in the fall
They are often lined with boards to
keep the ground from caving in and
to conserve the heat of the ferment-
ing manure.-National Stockman and
Farmer
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SAVING THE S S S S S S.
Building Shed For Storing Manure
Helps Farmers to Do So.

A shed may easily be built at one
end of the barn for the gathering and
protection of manure against the
weather. The shed should cover q
door at the end of the alley behind
the stalls, and the floor of the barn
SO arranged with a drop that all ma
nure, both liquid and solid, is caught
and easily moved toward the door
and this she'd If the fields are dry
enough the manure spreader may be
driven under the shed and loaded di-
rectly from the barn door.
If the fields are too wet for use of
the spreader the manure may be pro-
tected from rain and consequent waste.
The only thing that could be added
to this shed to make it perfect for It's
use would be concrete flooring with
cistern into which all the liquid ma
nure could drain. In the absence Of
this use Oat straw for bedding when
absorb practically all of the liquid
part of the manure.
A Kansas farmer reports that the
alfalfa which he uses for bedding and
which is made of the tops and bot
toms of stacks will absorb the liquid
manure as we'll as will the Oat straw.
Taken in the aggregate, there can
be no question that thousands of dol
lars worth of valuable fertilizer is
wasted each year through loss of liquid
manure and through the teaching Of
manure piles that are stored in the
barn yards without shelter. The ques-
ton of the best method to preserve the
liquid manure is worth study.
The Agricultural college at Manhat-
tan, Kan, has it's large barn yard
paved with stone, which drains to
central cistern, where all the liquid
manure is collected and later pumped
out for distribution on the grass and
other crops.-Farm Progress.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-12-27

is made from pasturage to dry feed a
decrease in the flow of milk is certain,
and it may even mean the death of the
animal because of impactiOn of the
rumen. When it is seen that a change
is necessary a little dry feed should be
given with the green and increased in
proportion from day to day until, at
the end of two weeks or at the least
ten days. the complete change to dry
feed has been effected.
In many sections in the northwest
and in the south some form of green
feed is available all the year round.
HALE can often be grown with very
little expense or. labor, and there are
few feeds to which the dairy cow will
respond more quickly. In great many
sections. however, the silo is the main
stay of the dairy farmer in winter.
Root crops can be grown almost any
where, and they make very good sue
culent feed.
In sections where there is spring and
fall pasture. with perhaps some clover
pasture through the summer, 1t IS
easy to plan the crops so that there is
the same proportion of succulent feed
to dry the entire year. AS soiling
crop rye and vetch may be used for the
early feed, then several paintings of
oats and vetch, then alfalfa, corn, and
then the winter feeding of kale, corn
ensiIage and roots may begin. In dis
tricts where kale is grown it is still ad-
visable to provide ensilage, as the
weather conditions may make it dis
agreeable to gather the kale at times,
and If kale is frozen it will poison the
cows.
There are many sections where more
alfalfa and less kale and corn will be
fed In winter and where roots will
have to take the place of the kale and
corn ensilage. 1t is usually preferable
to have both good pasture and Il soil
ing crop, but if the pasture is poor Il
soiling crop alone is often preferred.
In all cases there should be some soil
ing crop to be FOO with the pasturage,
especially in hot weather, when the
flies are the worst In that season the
COWS lubItt W liC III Tic Slttttic IdllIcE
than stay out in the hot sun to get
their feed.
The amount of green feed to be given
will vary with the individual animal.
but in most cases the cow which is not
on pasture will require about thirty-tive
pounds of green feed Il day. She should
never have more than she will clean
up. The reason that green feeds pro-
duce more milk than dry is that when
the I'D is curing the dewS, rains and
fermentation effect changes which low
err the digeStibility of the dry feed.
The large amount of work necessary to
maSticate the dry forage and pass it
through the alimentary tract is also re-
sponSible for the less satisfactory re-
suits obtained. Then, too. the long
storage of fodder. even under favorable
conditions, decreases both digestibility
and palatability
This argument for green food does
not mean that the cow should not have
grain also, as Il COW giving Il heavy
flow of milk cannot eat enough green
feed to hold the milk supply to its max
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the close of the last
century there was quite
rage for amateur photography

| there WAS iuilC
rage for amateur photography
among the young people OF
| New Orleans. There were two mem
| bers of the Camera club, Writ ELS
worth and Louise Levan, who took sc
many photographs together that lie
came to appear to them to be composed
of myriads of beautiful scenes. But
suddenly Ellsworth, who was sugar
broker, was offered fine opening III
Havana and went there to make the
place his home. From that time for-
| ward all the pictures taken by Miss Lee
van seemed to her to be tinged with
melancholy. Ellsworth, too, though he
ceased to make photographs, found that
he missed something in being deprived
of the girls society
At that time Captain General Weylel
was vainly endeavoring to throttle the
revolution. He would have found 1t
easier to stamp out prairie fire. New
ertheless he succeeded in. putting many
active revolutionary spirits out or the
way by incarcerating them, as he called
it, incOmmunicado, which meant liter
ally without communication. In othel
words, no one was to know who they
| were, that they were charged with any
offense or anything else about them.
Ellsworth was heartily in sympathy
with the Cubans, but wisely refrained
from taking any part In the revolution
He had gone to Cuba to engage in the
sugar business, not to help the people
to gain their liberties. But rival sug
ar broker, seeing certain lines of bust
ness that he had always controlled
passing into the young Americans
hands, secretly lodged information that
he was plotting with the reyolutionists
Ellsworth was spirited away.
When a month passed and no letter
had been received from him i'll New
| Orleans great was the trepidation Will
regard to him among his relatives. He
| had only mother and sisters, who, in
| stead of going to Cuba to find out what
! had happened to him, contented them
selves with worrying. 1t was then thai
| Louise Levan discovered how much he
was to her, and she decided to go tC
Havana and make inquiries. But i'll
| stead of announcing her real purpose
| she gave out that she was going tC
| take photographs Of scenes pertaining
| to the revolution.
/ When Miss Levan reached Havana
she commenced investigations which
soon led to the knowledge that ELS
worth was confined in prison in The
interior. His recent business associate
told her that he would have takeI
measures to bring the case before the
American CONSUL but the incOmUnicadC
prevented their getting any proof OF
his identity.
Louise Ievan found herself confront
ed by Il problem. How could she Sc
cure this proof? Even if she could gel
into the Jail, see the prisoner and make
affidavit to the fact of Ellsworth's iden
tity the tlickery of the Spaniard would
likely thwart her in the end. knowing
her purpose, they could simply remove
the prisoner. After the forming and
rejecting of many plans she hit upon
one that she proceeded to carry out.
Going to the town where Ellsworth
was imprisoned, she took up her abode
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FORGOTTEN Race of Porto Rico.

Ethnologists have reason for think
ing that Porto Rico and the adjoining
islands may have been peopled from
the valley Of the Orinoco instead Of
from Yucatan, says Harper's Weekly.
When first occupied by man Porto
Rico may have been Il part of pen
insula connected with South America.
It's fauna and fora are of the South
American type, and it contains relics
of forgotten race which show evil
dence of high grade Of culture. Few
traces of these aborigines are now to
be found except in the interior Of the
island.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-12-27
When Horses Have Worms.

If horses show symptoms Of worms
small amount of tobacco is some
times beneficial. One quarter ounce
doses of tobacco leaves, dry and pull
verified, usually are sufficient, given at
intervals of two days apart. Get the
pure leaf; then you know what you are
giving them. Too large a dose may
produce purging.-Farm Press.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-12-27
Women Recognized In Portugal.

The Portuguese government has ap-
pointed woman subinspector of pub
lie health in OpOrtO. This is the first
time that such position has been held
by woman in Portugal. The govern
ment has also appointed woman rs
professor ordinary Of the Society Of
philoloIia Germanica at the univcrsi-
ties OF Lisbon md Goimb"a In recogni-
ton Of her 'illustr:ouS services, TO liter
ature"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-12-27
kALE FOR COWS.
It Is Recommended as a Winter
Dairy Feed.
In That Condition It Is Poison to the
Administrative Producer Must Have
Green Fodder For His Stock-Root
Crops Possible Almost Anywhere.

The value of green feed to the dairy
farmer in the production of milk is un-
questioned. To so plan the farm crops
as to have green feed the year through,
however, is not always easy, and the
problem varies i'll different sections of
the country. KaIe as a winter feed in
regions where 1t can be grown without
too great expense is recommended in
an article on The Problem of Green
Feed on the Farm" by Louis Sawyer,
in the Oregon Countryman, published
by the students of the Oregon Agricul-
tural college.
When the pastures begin to get short,
If no other green feed is available the
farmer will begin to notice the short
age in the milk pail. If sudden change
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-12-27

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

Every list Of January that we
arrive at is an imaginary mile
stone in the turnpike track of
human life, at once a resting
place for thought and meditation
and starting point for fresh ex-
ertion in the performance of our
journey.
The man who does not at least
propose to himself to be better
this year than he was last must
b. either very good or very bad
indeed.
And only to propose to be bet
ter is something. If nothing else
il is an acknowledgment of our
need to be so. which is the first
, step toward amendment.
But, in fact, TO propose TO one
self to do well is in some sort to
} dc weIi positively, fer there is no
such thing as a stationary point
in human endeavors. Fle who is
not worse today than he was
yesterday is better, and he who
is not better is worse.-Charles
Lamb.
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LOTIONS FOR LONG FACES
And 1t Would Be Bad Training.

People are growing less sentimental
than they used to be-"
Yes" replied Mr.. Dustin StaX, and
| suppose that is the fault of the rail
roads too. If we held trains till every
body got through bidding fond fare
wells, we'd never run on schedule
Washington Star.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-12-27
Virginia Method With Potatoes.

In the great eastern Virginia potato
belt the growers follow the method
of blowing the potatoes out with a
small turn pillow. Laborers follow the
plow, gather the potatoes from the
soil and throw four or five rows to-
gether in piles. They are taken from
the piles, carefully graded and bar
relied for immediate shipment.
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/ see" said YOrick Hamm.
As to the Best Husba nds.

"a Chicago police nlatron claims that
big men make the best husbands"
in some cases, perhaps; but | know
some little women who have succeeded
fairly we'll at the business. "-YounGs-
town Telegram.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-12-27
To oosen Tiuht Screw,

A screw which has become rusty and
refuses to yield to the screwdriver can
be removed easily in the following
manner: Apply a heavy skewer or 9th
er piece of metal which has been heat
ed red hot to the screw head and
when the screw itself is hot it can be
easily removed
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Conserving Energy.

LUCKNOW that your engagement is
broken are you going to make Blanche
send back your letters?
Harry-YOu bet | am. l worked hard
thinking out those letters. They're
worth using gain.--Boston Transcript.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-12-27
The Fox!

She-Why did you wish to know my
age?
Hell merely wish to know at what
age woman is really the most fascinat-
ing-Life.
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An Exception.

My fiance told me he would prove
his love not by words, but by deeds"
They all say that"
But he brought the deeds to me in
my name. Baltimore American.
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Ready to UNDERGO the Test,

you handle large sums of money in
this playa million or more in every
act"
II see," said Yorick Hamm.
and you must handle it like you
were used to it,
Il see. Could you let me have two
dollar bill to rehearse with"-Louis-
vile Courier-J Ournal.
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Hstchinq an Excuse.

Patron-What took you SO long with
my eggs?
Waiter-pardon the delay, sir, but
they were mislaid.--Judge.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-12-27

Blight-What is your idea of borrow
ing trouble?
Tight = Letting the neighbors use
your telephone.-Judse
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a SecretiVe Person.

'She carries her age we'll"
Eyes. She carries her age the same
way she carries her money"
How is thatT'
Carefully concealed. Birmingham
Aee-H erald.
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The DISADVANTAGE of Each

The Disadvantage of Each.
First Bachelor Maid-Id IA ther have
a marriage certificate than college di-
plOma, for it is so much easier to get
Second Bachelor Maid True, but
think of the work after you get it
Judge
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A Gem.

us your present cook satisfactory
VERY. She lets me have two even
ings out a week. baltimore Ameri-
can
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J Judge.

Wife about to prepare meaD-The
question of what to eat is never set
tied.
Husband-Well, why don't you settle
it, then, instead of laying it on the
table every time?-Judge.
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An Inference.

DO you suspect t1I'FC !VII HtCIIVSI a
pher has any matrimonial designs on
you"
NO She wants only to be assister
to baltimore American.
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Unhappy Returns.

Serbs sent out ten poems entitled
"A Merry Christmas or Happy New
Year.
How did he make Out"
"Oh, he got many returns"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-27

George Peabody college io1 Ieacn-
srs
Sow 10 the course OF final dlssolu-
don The Peabody Education Fund has
enered 70 endov the College lor
Teachers with the additional sum q
f5oo,00o pro1ided that within two
years from November 1911 the coi-
lege raise the further sum of
o00,e0l These are a The funds AZ
the disb6 y 81 the trustees 81 tic
Periods zdHcatlon Fund Tor such q
purpose Under III. peabody deed OF
giit With due regard . the claims 81
other objects 81 his bounty mined By
him 6 tie additional 81 ,oQo, 900 con
temp ted By the trustees Fl this last
Be can b raj d Il W blish the
coliege On an ADEQUATE financial.
lbasls, but With less than this i cam
mot be done.
AT experts on the So beet know thai
snch college Tor the training of
teachers IS the greatest need q the
South today The Southern states
with coitrage and Sc sacfifce
rarely II ever equaled, are deyoting
every year from IS to 40 per cent Of
the total amounts raised By them BY
taxa ion TO the education Of both
races wisely recognized that this u
their best hope for the future. Btt
these sums thus raised mus go 70
the public schools and state institn-
lions. Much as this Central Teach
ers College IS needed to DO q work
I which no state institution can do. the
states are barred ~ constituticn
limitations from contrfb uting TO It's
maintenance.
Under these circumstances the
trustees Of the Peabody Education
Fund nave Instructed the ofieers
OF the board to appeal in the name Of
the trustees and on behalf Of the
George Peabody College for Teachers
TO the. friends of education throughout
the United States, to aid by every
means IN their power to raise the adj
dftional $i,0O0;000 required. The
Alumni OF the college have already
pledged themselves to raise 100000
Of the amount needed. II is firmly be,
/ Ilieyed that no man OF means can put
money to a nobler or more benefcent
use than by helping the College FOL
Teachers to raise this much needed
sum.
Communications should be ad-
dressed to James c. Bradford. chair
man. executive committee, George
Peabody College for Teachers, Nash
vile, Tenn.