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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
Nearly All Dishes Contain Sufficient
Liquid to Serve Purpose OF Sys-
tenn, Says Physician.

Paris.-"We drink too often was
the burden of a lecture given before
the Academy of Science this week by
DR.. Paul Fabre, which has attracted
a good deal of attention.
DR.. Fabre declares the human body
really requires extremely little Ii
quid, except in cases of low diet or
great muscular exertion, and he in
Weighs against the array OF glasses
of different shapes and sizes placed
before each guest at dinner as relic
of barbarism.
1t is easy and vastly better for the
health, he says, to drink nothing at
meals, and ne points to the fact that
stout persons undergoing obesity
treatment are able to do this, as evil
dence of the truth of his contention.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
After Doing Service Nearly $50 Years
at orion, London, 1t Is Demol-
ished by Dynamite.

London-A 150-year-old windmill
which formed a prominent landmark
at Orion, Waterville, near Peterbor-
ough, has been blown up by dynamite.
The windmill, which stood as steady
as the day when it was completed,
was some years ago fitted with an al
ternate steam plant. But the tendency
of the times has been toward the ex-
tinction of small country mills. For
some time it had been without mil
Ter. Recently it had become the re-
sort on Sundays of youthful gamblers.
The authorities of Pembroke college,
Cambridge, to whom it belonged, had
received so many complaints that they
decided to have it destroyed. Ten
pounds of dynamite were distributed
round the base of the mill, the sails
of which had been removed. The
machinery, though rusty, was still
standing. A time fuse was lighted;
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
STATE GETS TITLE TO ISLES
Possession to Bits of Land in Lakes
Vested in Wisconsin by Act
of Congress.

Washington, D. C.-The house
passed bill transferring to the state
of Wisconsin patents to between 800
and 400 small islands in the lakes
within the state forest reserve on the
headwaters of the Wisconsin and
Chippewa rivers.
The islands average about two
acres each and most of them are
rough and rocky and are too small
for homesteads. The islands will be
valuable, however, as sites for sum-
mer cottages such as the state is
erecting on banks of lakes in reserve
and will add materially to the adj
vantages of the state as summer re-
sorts for people of the middle west.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
MAY CANCEL BLACK
RIVER FALLS DEBT
Attorney Generals Opinion De.
fines Scope of State Aid.
CANNOT REPLACE THE DAM
Neither Can Legislature Make Appro-
priation to Aid Public Schools
Money for Retaining Wall Must Be
Taken from Drainage Fund.

Madison. - That the legislature
may cancel the obligation of the city
Of Black River Falls for money loan
ed from the trust funds, at the same
time replacing in the trust funds
the amount so Cancelled, is held in
an opinion by Atty. Gen. Bancroft
upon request of Gov. McGovern.
Also it is held that an appropria-
ton for the preservation of the pub
lie health or to relieve distress is
valid; that moneys in the drainage
fund may be appropriated to build
a retaining wall only upon the
theory that it would assist in the
reclamation of lands granted by the
United States under the swamp and
overflow land act; that the state has
no right to replace the dam at Black
River Falls.
Following is part of the text Of
the attorney generals opinion:
Il understand that the city of
Black River Falls is indebted to the
trust funds of the state in the sum
of about $1,000, and is also in
debted to private individuals and
corporations in the sum of about
$4,000. In so far as the indebted
ness to private individuals and cor
porat1Ons is concerned the legisla-
ture is, of course, without author
ity
IAN appropriation for the main
IF hA oh g.
local purpose and the legislature
would have no authority to make it.
THE preservation of the public
health is upon the same footing as
the relief of distress, and an appro-
priation for that purpose is valid.
"In my opinion, the only theory
upon which an appropriation for
building a retaining wall or other
wise improving the river could be
justified would be that it would as
sist in the reclamation of lands
granted by the United States to this
state under the swamp and over
flowed lands act Such an appro-
priation would have to be made from
the drainage fund.
''The committee also suggested
that as the dam at Black River Falls
was destroyed by order of the rail
road commission, acting under pro-
vision of the water power law, since
declared unconstitutional, the state
might be under obligation to replace
(. 1t is very clear there is no OBJ
~ 1f I4 {a+o to
replace this dam
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29

mercantile and publication concerns
sending out vast quantities of mail
Some time ago the department ruled
that in order to handle such matter
more expeditiously the publishers
must route it.
It further was ordered that the mat
ter be tied in bundles and then put
into United States mail sacks of the
various sizes furnished by the govern
ment In one of these tiny sacks as
many as 500 pieces of small mail may
be bagged. In label holder is slip
per a narrow card bearing the name OF
the postoffice destination, whether it
be st. Louis or the Philippines. Uncle
Sam has ordered 10000 Of the bags.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
OLD PENAL COLONY.
How Australian Settlements
Have Been Transformed.
Crimes Carnival Ended-Descendants
of English Malefactors Thrifty
and Law-Abiding and Their
Origin Forgotten.

Melbourne, Australia.-The position
which the Australasian colonies are
gaining in the world, particularly
since their federation on the plan OF
the United States, has attracted the
attention of the world to them and re-
called the singular and striking fact
that great penal colonies, where at
have become orderly and strictly self
governing communities.
The story of the penal settlements
of Australia and Tasmania, and the
carnival of cruelty and of crime that
attended the convict system, is most
remarkable in the light Of subsequent
events. The crimes for. which con-
yicts were sent from England to
Botany bay and Van Diemen's land
were in great part abominable, and
the eXpiation was certainly terrible.
The convicts were put at work in
the broiling Australian sun. Often
they worked in chains, and the chains
were not counted as diminishing their
capacity for hard labor. Even the
best conducted of them were let out
to farmers and the proprietors OF
sheep ranges. If these farmers hap
pened to be humane, the convict might
be reasonably happy. But in many
cases the farmer regarded his con
vict helper as slave, as indeed he
was, and beast of burden, to be used
as cruelly as possible
The result was that as many of the
convicts as could do so escaped to the
woods and became "bushrangers" or
bandits. They preyed on the natives
and on the settlers, committing rob-
berries that were not infrequently at
tended with murder.
They became such terror to the
peaceful settlers that when Mike
Howe proposed a peace, in which he
was to be treated as a gentleman
they were very glad to make the ar
rangement. But the governor-general
at Sydney refused to give his sane.
ton to the pact, and Howe took to the
bush again. He was pursued by
troops, and in a dreadful hand to
hand conflict was overcome and be.
headed by gigantic soldier known as
Big Bill"
Howe's followers continued the war
relentlessly, but at last there came a
change. The convicts tired OF bush
ranging and little by little settled
down to good conduct. The system OF
penal settlements was abolished. No
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
UNCLE SAM ADOPTS "BABY'
Tiny Mail Sack Originating in Chi
cago Already Saves 100000
for Government.

Chicago, Ill.-Chicago has a new
baby 1t was born in the postoffice
and has been adopted by Uncle Sam.
1t weighs only one pound, but as a
typical Chicago "doer' it is as big as
a. mastodon. Already it has saved
it's great foster parents a half mil
lion dollars and it is less than a
month old
The new creation is a small mall
sack, the baby of the bag department
of the United States mail. 1t was
created from the needs of the great
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
BUYS $1,000 PAINTING FOR So
Lost Masterpiece Is Bought by Wom-
an in Richmond, Va, From An
tique Shop.

Richmond, Va.-Art connoisseurs Of
Richmond were in a state of rhapsody
when it was discovered that a genuine
Sully painting-a life size portrait of
an infant-had been purchased by
Mrs John Shelton Williams at a local
antique shop.
The purchaser paid eight dollars for
the picture and handsome frame. It
is generally conceded that the find is
easily worth five thousand dollars.
Mrs. Williams turned it over to To-
cal artist to clean, who found the date
Of 1851 upon the back of the canvas.
also the painters initials, "T. r.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29

Some of the convicts became the
most industrious farmers and the most
thrifty and law-abiding merchants in
the country Their children gave the
lie to the law Of heredity by becom-
ing veritable gentlemen. Then it was
that the people OF the former col
onies performed surprising act OF
grace and confidence by decreeing the
destruction of all the records OF con-
vict Punishment and all the sem
fences and orders applying to the
members of the convict community.
The descendants of the convicts are
now merged and lost in the Australia
sian population. They are prominent
in the affairs of the colonies, and hold
offices of distinction. II their origin
is known, no one taunts them with 1t.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
Will Die from Hatchet Wounds.

Milwaukee, - With her skull
chopped open by Ratchet, Miss
Anna Miller, aged 80, was found I'M
conscious in bed at her parents
home, 171S Wright street. She will
undoubtedly die. The police are
seeking Alfred Koehler, the wom
ans cousin, who until recently
boarded at the Miller home and left
after a quarrel The woman's skull
was chopped in five places, from
which the brains oozed, and after the
assault the would-be murderer open
ed several gas jets in the fiat in an
evident attempt to annihilate the en-
tire family.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
Athletes Too Pompous.

Chicago.-Athletics as conducted in
most public and private schools were
condemned by Raymond Riordan, SUI
perintendent Of the Interlaken school,
Laporte, Ind, in an address at the
fourth annual meeting of the North
Central Academic association in the
Northwestern university building.
The numbers taking parts in sports
in most schools are limited, Mr..
Riordan said, and the leaders in the
sports receive too much attention.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
Father Makes the Beds.

London.-'T make the children's
beds, wash them, get their breakfast
ready, send them to school and get
their dinner when they come home,
and my wife walks in at night like a
lady" This statement was made by
Walter Hills, hairdresser Of Norbi-
ton, whose wife applied at Kingston
on-Thames police court for a separa,
ton order A separation order was
granted
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
WOMAN FAlNTS OVER STOVE
Venerable Widow, Pillar OF Fire, Is
Soon Roasted AiVe-Rescuer
Is Burned.

Ashland, Pa.-Seized with spell of
weakness while banking down the
kitchen fire to retire for the night,
Mrs. Mary Bechtel, widow. fell
across the stove here.
In moment her clothing was
afiame from head to foot, and she ran
screaming to the home Of her son,
two doors away. Screaming with
agony, the aged woman had to be
overpowered before any assistance
could be given her. by which time
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
Kills a 5OO-Pound Wild Hog.

Paris. Tenn-W G.. Vinson of the
Cottage Grove section has killed a
wild hog in Obion bottom which
weighed 500 pounds. 1t was fired
upon several times by party of
young hunters, whom it finally ran
away. Vinson was summoned, trail
ed the animal by blood stains from
it's wounds, and succeeded in kill
ing it.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
IA A TE EnYTR Watson II. Coleman, Wash
kG IA III IVA VI ington, DC. Books free. High.
A && q EEE W est referencea Best results.
NJ. w. NJ. u, NO. t3-19t2.
EXPOSING Children to Disease

In an article on the treatment OF
sick children in the Woman's Home
Companion the author, DR.. Roger II.
bennett, famous New York special
list on the diseases of children, says:
Never, never, never expose the
child to any contagious disease in or
der that he may have 1t once and be
done with it. Even the so-called sim
pie children's diseases, such as meas
les Or whooping cough, have death
rae that is appalling.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
Drink Nothing at Meals

she was SO badly burned that death
followed as she was being hurried to
the Miners Hospital.
In trying to wrap carpets around the
blazing woman Mrs. August Bechtel
was terribly burned on the hands and
arms.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
Would Stop Cigarette Sale.

Madison.-The Woman's club of
Madison alarmed over the steadily
increasing use of cigarettes by young
boys, has adopted resolutions pro-
testing against violation of the anti
cigarette law by dealers.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
FOREIGN Mothers in Majority.

New York; tabulation OF birth
records prepared by the bureau OF
vital statistics here shows that Of
II 500 babies born monthly IN Ne"
York city 5000 have foreign mothers.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
Sparta Loses Rifle Match.

La Crosse.-No national rife
matches will be held at the Sparta
military range or elsewhere this year,
according to an announcement re-
ceived from the war department by
Col r. B. Mccoy of Sparta, inspec-
tor of small arms practice of the
Wisconsin National guard.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
Short Session Predicted.

Madison-Gov. McGovern predicts
that the special legislative session
just called will be short one. Some
of the minor issues to be considered
will not require much time, he states
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29

The offspring of the worst criminals
of Great Britain treated thus with full
confidence, have not tainted the blood
of Australasia, but have really
proved an element of strength.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
Old Windmill is Destroyed

there was a terrific explosion, accom-
panied by cloud Of dust. And all
that remained of the old mill was
heap of scrap iron and broken ma
sonry.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29
Every farmer needs a silo.


Keep the sheep healthy and Wig
orouS.
Feed for egg production should be
rich in protein.
You cannot get heavy egg laying
without heavy feeding.
To improve the dairy herd, keep the
best, and sell the rest.
Glover should be young to make
pigs thrive at top notch.
Judge not a hen by her beauty, but
by the way she does her duty.
Trap nests eliminate drones with
accuracy from any flock of hens
Food plays an important part in the
growth and development of the colt.
Many young boars are ruined by be-
ing allowed to run in lots near the
sows.
If you intend sowing clover or alfal-
ia this spring get your seed right
away.
Glover is the greatest pasture for
hogs-provided it is not allowed to
mature.
The successful feeding OF poultry
is among the most difficult of feeding
problems.
this that it is expensive to haul green
corn fodder.
Rape seed is cheap, it terminates
strongly and furnishes plenty of pala-
table forage.
If hog seems to be ailing, separate
it from the herd at once and give
watchful care
One advantage in feeding steers on
the farm is the maintenance of the
soil fertility.
Deal gently with the cow of nervous
temperament. She usually is one OF
the best in your herd.
II you get an incubator, assign the
running of it to one person, and let
him have sole charge.
A chill brought on by the udder
coming in contact with frosty ground
is apt to ruin your best COW.
Clean, dry bedding spread about
thickly will make cold, hard floors
more endurable these cold nights.
Sunflowers are just the thing to
don't grow them for the sparrows.
The good dairy cow usually is wide
in the forehead, the face dished be-
tween the eyes with a strong under
jaw.
Never salt the horses feed In the
box. Place big lump where he can
reach it, and ne will take 1t when he
needs 1t.
The three essentials for success.
full dairy cow are vigor, capacity for
food and well-developed organs for
milk production.
Goslings will thrive If fed on grass
alone, but will not make such rapid
growth, of course, as when they are
given a little grain.
The COW must have a good breath
ing apparatus, indicated by a large
nostril. wide breast and good width
across the floor of the chest
Never jump from the wagon when
the horse is running away More
lives anu llIuUS are IOSt III CudI way
than by remaining in the wagon.
Until we raise all the hay we need
for our stock, and have all the stock
and all the manure we need, it will
pay us to save the whole of the corn
crop.
Feeding cattle gives not only a
profit on the feed produced on the
farm, but it supplies the farm with
manure which is greatly desired in
progressive farming.
Calves should not be turned out to
pasture unless they have had little
green feed before, as it is liable to
cause scours. Give all the fresh, clean
water the calf will drink.
A daily record should be kept OF
each COW In the stable. In years
time a dairyman will know by prac-
teal demonstration what cows are
L. hot
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29


Keep daily dairy record.
Poultry food should be palatable.
tuberculosis of chickens cannot be
cured.
Chaff for food is worth twice as
much as straw
The goslings are very hardy and
:equire no coddling.
Poultry will never do well if infest-
I'd with lice Or mites.
You are safe to buy an old sire, but
don't get him very fat.
Winter is the time to plan for i'm
provements about the farm.
The horses should be given at least
one feed of mixed hay once day.
~ IdtICl anu LII up la LII AAOA oS
stock for sale is not a difficult task.
Scatter the manure as you haul it,
don't put into little piles all over the
land
The flower garden is a thing of
beauty and has place on every farm
stead.
Profitable beef production in the fu-
ture means that better gains must
be made.
Cows should be in prime condition
at time of freshening. Therefore feed
grain if necessary.
The first requirements for success
with fall calves are c1ean, we'll venti-
lated and sunny pens.
The levelness with which horse
walks is one of the best evidences
that his legs work in harmony.
On a small scale, vegetable seeds
may be started in small boxes or flats,
placed under the kitchen stove.
Never breed from a fowl, however
fine if it shows tendency to be kind
nesses.
Butter from fresh and properly
ripened cream not over one day old
keeps better than does butter made
from sweet cream.
Every poultryman has his favorite
breed and it would be foolish for
him to desert it for some fowl that
he did not care for.
The heifer that is cared for and
handled gently throughout her entire
life will need little breaking in when
it comes time to milk her.
Air slaked lime sprinkled on the
floor under the roosts and on the drop
ping boards will help to keep the
place healthy and the air pure.
At this day and time there are
scores of breeds that are well suited
to the needs of the farmer for both
egg production and for market pur-
poses.
If you did not save enough good
seed for the farm crops, lose no time
In getting enough to plant your crops.
Get the best that can be had, regard
less of the price.
It Is not breeding alone that Is go
ing to determine the future useful
ness of the COW, but it must be sup
ported by liberal feeding, daily care
and careful observation.
When you buy dairy cows remem-
Der that if you are buying from a
dairyman who intends to continue In
business the chances are that you are
not g6LI1uS lUG U0SJ Ludt u0 udS.
Fresh air, sunshine, and exercise
are the best poultry tonics. But fresh
air does not mean drafts in the
houses, nor does sunshine call for
exposure 20 hot suns during the sum-
mer.
Sheep, while generally hardy and
robust, are extremely susceptible to
attacks of disease which, although not
always fatal, wear on the constitution
and ultimately impair the usefulness
Of animals afflicted.
While there may be no greater nu-
triton in a certain feed added to a |
dairy cows ration than in the food |
she has been accustomed to, still, it
Ia fact that new food adds to the |
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29

Green-I wouldn't marry widow.
They are always looking after num-
Der one.
Wise-I differ with you. ] think
they are usually looking after number
two
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29

A chill brought on by the udder
coming in contact with frosty ground
is apt to ruin your best COW.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29

Clean, dry bedding spread about
thickly will make cold, hard floors
more endurable these cold nights.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29

Sunflowers are just the thing to
raise next season for the fowls but
don't grow them for the sparrows.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29

Rape seed is cheap, it terminates
strongly and furnishes plenty of pala-
table forage.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29

II you get an incubator, assign the
running of it to one person, and let
him have sole charge.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29

If a hog seems to be ailing, separate
it from the herd at once and give
watchful care
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29

Most farmers have learned before
this that it is expensive to haul green
corn fodder.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-03-29

Deal gently with the cow of nervous
temperament. She usually is one OF
the best in your herd.