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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-12-19
CHAS. KARST

of the late JOS. Bernier, the mort
gage.
The Myers land is being cleared
of it's down timber, all that is left,
by E. D. Lacy, who has several men
and teams at work. They are saw
ing and hauling together all that
will make logs for the mill.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-12-19
APOALONIA
Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Frank Jones transacted business
in Ladysmith last Monday.
Several from here attended the
school meeting at Amacoy Lake Sat
urday night.
Misses Emma Carlson ard Susan
Siglin have withdrawn from the
Bruce school.
Mrs. Charles Barron had a broth
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-12-19
SHELDON
Special Correspondence

opGCIdI OUI I0SpUIIU0HCt
Chas Hoyt has sold his rights in
the place where he is now living
to Mr.. Ogg.
Ira Sergeant has been down sick
with grip for some days, but is
now improving.
A. w. Lees and family moved
from their residence in the country,
into Sheldon the first Of this week.
L. w. Cox has lately purchased
new five-horse-power gasoline en-
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-12-19

err and family visiting her from Eau
Gale a few days last week. They
came by auto.
Mrs w. Gay, daughter, Alkaline,
and Mrs Axel Berger, were callers
at the O. L. Gordon home at ANA
coy Lake Sunday afternoon.
Full line of mounting board, all
weights and colors, at the News-Bud-
get office.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-12-19
Counties

The county clerk paid bounties as
follows during the past week:
Peter Stoker, True, one Wolf.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-12-19
BRUCE
From the Bruce Newsletter

From the Bruce Newsletter
Many Repairs at Mill.-When the
big Arpin Hardwood Lumber Com
pany's mill at Atlanta resumes oper-
alton at Christmas time, the most
extensive repairs and improvements
made on the mill in years will have
been completed. The entire mill has
been overhauled, many new timbers
and shafts having been placed, and
a new large sorting shed and plat
form have been built at the back of
the mill In the building and re-
pairs, the safety of employees at
the mill has also been looked after,
no less than hundred shafts, pull
leys, belts, etc, where there might
be a possible danger to men work
ing in the mill, having been covered.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-12-19

Big Bend School Matter.-The writ
of mandamus to compel the Big Bend
township high school board to open
and maintain the high school in that
town, is to be argued before Judge
Wickham at Eau Claire Monday of
the coming week. The proceedings
were begun by Attorney j. w. Car
ow, of Ladysmith, and Attorney VIM.
Sweet is to appear for the school
board. We are informed this week,
but have been unable to confirm the
report, that a meeting of the voters
of the town of Big Bend has been
called to vote on the question of
not opening the school until next
fall, even if the mandamus proceed
ings succeed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-21
ABOUT THE VAMPIRE BATS

The bats of North America are
harmless little fellows although most
of the women folk shrink away when
one swoop to close. in fear of the
time-honored belief that lady's back
hair is favorite nesting place of bats.
All bats are not harmless, however.
The vampire bats of South America
ARE bloodsuckers, practicing their d.
Ietary habits on unconscious travellers
while the latter sleep peacefully. only
Ito awaken to find themselves weak
from loss of blood and with only a.
small incision in the flesh where the
bat has enjoyed his evening meal.
Vampires, while far larger than our
own little twilight companions, are not
the largest of bats. In southern Asia
and the Malaysan Archipelago real gil
ant bats are found, and in the Philip
pines there is one species which has
Ia wing spread of five feet, and over
These creatures, with their great
lleathery wings, are somewhat fear
some looking monsters, but they are
i'm reality quite harmless, living upon
insects and fruit and being quite timid
in character.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-21
LIMIT OF PERSONAL LIBERTY
Person Is Free Moral Agent Where
Exercise Of Privilege Does Not
Conflict With Laws.

tBy c. n. HASKELL, Former Governor
OF Oklahoma.)
The liquorites. in pleading for a
right to carry on the liquor business,
say that the person is free moral
agent" and such privilege is guaran-
teed by the constitution of our land.
Yes, grant 1t. when the exercise of
that privilege Is not in conflict with
the public welfare.
Two adult citizens possessed Of
money are not permitted to take
deck of cards, engage in gambling
game with their own money. their own
cards and their own time. Why2 Be
cause the law has decreed that it Is
destructive to the moral tone of the
community.
Two young men engage in a prize
fight. 1t is their own fists they are
using: they are both Of age, but the
law has decided that the welfare of
the community cries out against brutal
sport.
We have gone farther. and have
said that open selling of poisonous
drugs shall be prohibited by law. We
say that citizen may not purchase
bottle of carbolic acid and drink it;
we deny him that privilege. Why?
II he is bound to kill himself he might
as well do 1t in FIVE minutes with
carbolic acid as in five years with
whisky. in fact, favor the carbolic
acid route.
We have laws that say that certain
kinfolk shall not marry Think of in
vading this privilege of the citizen!
For the welfare Of the public the
law has gone farther. 1t has entered
your home. 1t has taken the control
Of the minor child away from it's
father, and has said, You must edu-
cate him" 1t prescribes compulsory
education of the children that belong
to the father, are under his roof for
support, and under his control in their
infancy.
In nearly every state in the United
States the law takes from the father
and the mother the right to control
the labor of children and provides a
code of laws which shall regulate child
labor.
Do you people who are in doubt as
to whether prohibition is an interior
ence with private rights realize how
extensively you have already invaded
the private rights in the interest of
the public weIfare? And yet, there is
one great eyil-the liquor traffic
which remains. In localities it is in
subsection. But that Is not enough;
1t must be conquered.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-21
SOME WONDERFUL WHISPERS


s. G. Brinkley, a native of South
Carolina, claims to have the longest
beard in the states. It's total length
is i've feet four inches, and, until he
cropped the ends recently, to make it
more convenient to handle, 1t meas
ured six feet two inches in length.
Mr.. Brinkley conceals the beard in
a bag beneath his shirt. and has worn
it ever since he was twenty-five years
of age. He is now f1fty-two. It is
not cultivated, but an unlimited and
spontaneous crop of whiskers At one
time Mr.. Brinkley used to shave regu-
larly, but when he was about twenty
three his beard began to make it's APP
pearance with remarkable speed, and
from one weeks end to another his
face would literally be covered with a
soft and luxuriant beard. At last he
begun to get tired of continually clip
ping and shaving and decided to let
the beard grow, to see how long his
whiskers would get, and before the
end of the year they were at his feet.
Mr. Brinkley's beard is by no means
the longest on record, for in 1903 Alex
ander Craigie, Of Perth, won a prize
for the longest beard. The length
was seven feet two and one-half
inches. Another competitor. a gem
tleman of Llandudno, was nowhere
with a stubbly growth of only four
feet two inches. Mr.. Craigie began
to grow his beard when he was TWEEN
ty-five years of age. He wore 1t usual
ly folded up inside his waistcoat, and
trimmed so as to look like an ordinary
everyday sort of beard.
The worlds record, however, was
held by Robert Latter. Of Tunbridge,
Wells, England, who six years ago
boasted of beard no less than six
teen feet in length, which he wore
wound round his waist Mr.. Latter,
who at that time was seventy-eight
years of age. began to grow the beard
when he was about thirty At first he
cultivated two curls beneath his chin.
and as their length increased he used
to wear them beneath his waistcoat
Eventually these curls attained such a
length that for his own comfort he
had to enclose them In a bag. which
was renewed every birthday. Ulti-
mately Mr.. Latter plated his beard.
and as it became too large even to be
carried In a bag. he wound 1t round
his waist, and used to say that 1t was
an excellent chest-protector and q
good deal warmer than anything he
could buy.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-21
MAMMOTH TRUST IN WHISKY
Principle Upon Which Saloon 10 Built
ls to Secure New Recruits
Levies Immense Toll.

The most dangerous principle upon
which the saloon is built is this It
is not fashioned to supply the de-
mands of men whose passion for
liquor has been developed, but, with
the cunning which only the lust. for
money can inspire, it is fashioned to
teach new generation to drink The
saloon system is the recruiting sta
ton of the whisky trust and brewery
combine. Under the law Of life, the
men already enlisted in the army of
drink will be dead within the limit of
twenty years. The slogan of the sa-
loon is, New recruits! New re-
cruits!" AS hundred thousand men
drop out of the ranks, hundred
thousand new recruits are made.
Never manned and bruised and dy-
Ing man falls out of the ranks. that
the saloon is not ready with new
recruit, and from this vast ever-in-
ereasing army, the masters of the
liquor interests are yearly drawing a
thousand million dollars In toll.-Hon
Eeaborn Wright Of Georgia.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-21
ROMAN BONES IN GeGI!AND


The extension of the infirmary at
Chester, England. has led to the dis
covery Of the graveyard used by the
twentieth legion of the Romans dur
Ing their occupation OF that city. The
Chester inflrmary occupies site
which Is locally referred to as the
plague field" The site seems to have
acquired it's unsavory name from the
fact that casual discoveries OF human
remains had led to the supposition
that they were the victims of the great
plague. The recent unearthing OF re-
mains in larger numbers on the site
of the extension of the infirmary led
to an Investigation by Prof. Robert
Newstead. who now reports that the
evidence proves conclusively that the
infirmary field was not used as bury
Ing ground during the outbreak OF the
plague, and that all the burials which
have been so far unearthed belong 10
the Roman period.
been uncovered. One Ia tomb form
ed of local sandstone, evidently rep
resenting burial of some Importance.
as the walls of the tomb are covered
in plaster, and the dome of the struc-
ture originally stood out in marked
contrast to the surrounding surface
of the land. forming distinct tumu-
lus. Some of the graves were formed
by placing Roman roofing tiles bear
ing the stamp of the twentieth legion
upon the floor and also at the sides.
the legionary stamps always facing In
ward
Another type of burial was formed
by placing roughly hewn sandstone so
that v-shaped trough was formed for
the reception of the body. A fourth
type of grave consists Of simple
trench, dug in the solid clay at a depth
of not more than two feet from the
original land surface.
The Roman origin of the graves is
borne out by the fact that bronze coins
of the Emperors Antonius, Plus and
Commodus have been found in them.
Such coins were placed usually in the
mouth of the deceased, and are gen.
orally referred to as "Charon's pas
sage fare" to expedite the passage of
the soul across the Styx, as it was be-
lieved that the person who had not re-
ceiyed the usual rites Of burial and in
whose mouth no fee for the ferryman
of the Stygian lake had been placed,
would wander hopeIessly on it's banks,
while decent interment and small
coin would obviate any disagreeable
inquiries that Charon might else be
inclined to make.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-21
Beyond Her Means.

A young wife who had received
some elegant and expensive wedding
presents gave a select luncheon and
used on the table several of the
choicest pieces OF her china, among
them being an exceedingly fine platter
Of Royal Worcester. She gave her
servant strict instructions to leave
all good pieces for her to wash so
that there could be no accident.
AS soon as her friends had left the
young woman went to the kitchen.
Immediately she missed the finest
dish and asked where 1t was.
Sure, ma'am.'' said the girl, Il bruk
it."
"oh. Bridget" she exclaimed in
horror.
but. did what you said. ma'am, I
kept the best pieces for you to wash. ;"
The woman threw herself into the
nearest chair and began to bewail her
loss. Bridget" said she, that was
the finest piece OF china owned or
ever expect to own. / shall never,
never be rich enough to buy another
like it."
"Oh, well. ma'am." replied the SER
want girl. folding her arms, IF you
live beyond your means you mustn't
blaUe me for It."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-21

side Is also a mystery which prison
officials would be glad to fathom. Ia
prison parlance It Is called the ''un-
derground." The convicts are allowed
to write home once month, but each
letter 10 first read by the prison chap
lain. If there il anything improper
In 1t the letter is withheld But the
improper letters never go out by way
Of the chaplain. The underground
system takes care Of them.
Escapes Planned by Underground"
Criminals In the big prisons have
been known to conduct series OF
successful crimes by communicating
with accompIices on the outside. Brib-
ing the under keepers would be one
way, but the system Is too general to
be worked in that fashion. Escapes
are always planned and carried out
through the underground method.
What has been generally accepted
as most remarkable instance of this
sort occurred only a few years ago
when PaIlister and Roehl made their
! escape from the death house, where
the guard Is most strict These two
condemned men received no special
favors from the prison management
They were constantly under observa-
ton, and they were in that part of the
prison where the watch Is most strict.
They were carefully searched and so
far as the guards knew they never
had the least chance for communica-
ton with each other.
One stormy night they made their
escape together. and 1t was sensa-
tional, and, so far as the prison au-
thorities were concerned, 1t was
success. Two bodies were found in
the Hudson river some days later, and
they were identified as the bodies OF
Pallister and Roehl.
All the circumstances pointed to
outside aid, and in order that such
assistance might be effective Pallister
and Roehl must have communicated
their plans to the men who assisted
them. No clew has ever been discov-
cred as to how this was done. And
this is only one instance out of many
where underground" letters have
done their work.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-21
HOLD LOVE LETTERS SACRED
Vehement Protests Made Against Pub
lie Sale Of EpIstIes Belonging to
the Poet Browning.

The coming auction sale in London
of the original of the Poet Browning q
love letters, which have already been
published In book form, has raised
anew the question whether 1t Is proper
to sell love letters.
In this case the sale Is being eff
fected by an italian lady friend of the
poets son, who died recently, leaving
her the Browning family papers. But
people who tolerated without word
Of protest the publishing of the con-
tents of these letters now fiercely re-
probate the sale of the actual docu-
ments.
Marie Corelli says: Il think the
sale by auction or otherwise Of any
private letters whatsoever disgrace
to the vendors and a scandal to the
nation"
Baroness Orczy gives this opinion:
"A public sale of a mans most inti-
mate letters is q positive outrage.
Money-seeking vulgarity can go no
further
Stephen Phillips thinks "the letters
should certainly not be sold; 1t is, in
deed, to sell cheap what Is most
dear
Clement Shorter takes this view:
"Browning's son should have de-
stroyed everything he didn't publish. I"
New York World.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-21
FEEDING TAME GOLDFISH

At Logan, near the Null of Gallo
way, there is a most interesting tidal
fish pond. A rent in the cliffs facing
the Irish channel admits the salt wa
ter through a narrow assure, protect
ed by grating, into circular rock ba-
sin some thirty feet in diameter and
twenty feet deep.
The cliffs rise high all around.
Stone steps descend on one side to
a ledge leveled into footpath at the
waters edge. No sooner does the Wis
itor's football resound on the stairs
than the green water, hitherto motion
less and apparently lifeless. becomes
peopled with large brown fish arising
from the depths, gliding and dashing
about in a state of great excitement
These are cod. which, caught on lines
In the sea, have been transferred to
this pond to be fattened for the table.
They are fed daily by the keeper and
experience has taught them to connect
the sound of footsteps with their
mealtime.
Fofmerly a clapper used to be rung
to summon them, but this was no
more than trick Of the stage. The
football on the stone is quite enough
to awaken them to activity. Most OF
the cod, being deep-water fish, become
totally blind in captivity from excess
of light; but they become SO tame and
accustomed to their keeper as not
only to feed out of his hand, but some
of them allow themselves to be lifted
out of the water. One may witness
the strange sight of a huge cod, more
than four feet long. dangled on the
knee like baby. his mouth stuffed
with mussels and limpets, after which
he is returned to the water with a
mighty splash. On the table these fish,
thus tended and fed, prove much bet
ter than fish brought straight from
the open sea.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-21

/ have no sympathy with the state.
ment. SO often made, that the manu-
facture and sale of liquor has con-
tributed to the industrial development
Of the nation. On the contrary. be
Iieve that liquor has contributed
more to the moral, intellectual and
material deterioration of the people
and has brought more misery to de
fenseless women and children than
has any other agency in the history
Of mankind john Mitchell
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-21

This is the model for the remark
able monument to Adelaide Ristori
the famous Italian tragedienne, which
is to be set up in her birthplace. Civil
dale. Ristori was born In 1921 and
became the great rival Of Rachel She
was especially famous as Lady Mac
beth, Judith. Phaedra and Francesca
- Rimini
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-21

AYEW YORK Convicts. though
M confined behind masonry and
ia steel bars, have small difficulty
In keeping In touch with the big
news events going on In the outside
world.
A clever system Of signaling. said
to be worthy of men of higher intelli-
gence, has been found in use in many
OF the large American penal institu-
lions.
News is passed along the line from
man to man with almost as much
caeverness as would be possible over
q telegraph LEASED wire" For in
stance, in certain western peniten-
tiary the twenty-five-year men knew
the day after election that Wilson
was elected, though no newspaper or
possible source of news apparently
was open to them.
Ex-Attorney General Wickersham is
planning to humanize the regulations
governing federal prisoners. Instead Of
compelling convicts to eat their meals
at long tables, with the Injunction
that they must not speak to their
neighbors, as has been the custom for
many years, Mr.. Wickersham intend
ed to have eight convicts seated at
each table and give them the privi-
lege of conversing during meals.
Silence Is supposed to reign supreme
IN most of the great prisons. but
despite the closest watching con-
victs talk often, and how they do 1t
Is q mystery which the officials of
every large prison the world over
would like to solve. In Paris and in
London, where the discipline Is even
stricter than in this country, the con-
victs have system of exchanging
information. Keepers who have been
among convicts many years have en-
deavored to discover the trick. but
without result.
Not only do the convicts manage to
exchange news, but they do other
things. For instance, man who had
been confined for twenty years left
the prison on his release whistling one
Of the latest popular songs. How he
managed to pick up the tune and re-
tain the notes in his memory is yet
an unsolved mystery.
News "soaksr Through Prison Walls.
If there were another presidential
election today, nearly every convict
in Sing Sing would know who was
elected the first thing tomorrow
morning and just how the different
states stood. Every important news
event which happens the world over
they know about, yet to read news
paper or to be caught with one Is a
serious offense. When noted
prisoner arrives. like murderer
doomed to the death chair, every con-
vict knows all about It before the clerk
has finished talking his pedigree Yet,
as q rule. convicts are separated In
large buildings. News travels In
credibly fast there and so silently that
the vigilance OF the keepers counts for
naught. II seems to soak In through
the stone walls and make its presence
felt only to the unfortunates.
Each convict, except IN rare IN
stances. knows the criminal history
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-03-21

A man had lived In the city
for several years and become SO
valuable to his political party that
he was rewarded by being elected az
alderman in his ward One OF his first
acts was to secure street sprinkling
route for his cousin, in whose home
he had lived when child.
This cousin returned to his former
home for visit and conf1ded to his
mother the alderman's aunt, that he
would be better of If he didn't fall
on the water wagon so much.
Some months later the alderman
also visited his old home and his
aunt said:
Are We still alderman. John?'
John said that he was.
Then can't you" said she, get
Tom excused from riding around on
that water wagon? and do keep OF
from It yourself Tom says that You
are falling on all the time and
haven't slept for weeks for worrying
about the two Of You"