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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
The Proclamation of Life.

In Sweden and Denmark, where life
is methodical and ideals are high and
the government takes up the ash heaps
regularly, normal man may expect to
live more than seventy years. In Mas
sachusetts, which is the only one of our
states to furnish us with reliable sta
forty-five years. Wherever sanitary
scienr is active the length of life is
stead increasing. In India it is sta
tionary, n Europe it has doubled in
the last $50 years; in New York it has
doubled within the last half century
Century.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
Things Farmers Should Know
SOAK YOUR GARDEN SEEDS.
Water Helps Lot In Giving Young
PIants Their Start.

FIdntS nelf start.
Did you ever hear an experienced
gardener say Il always soak seeds be-
fore | plant them?" And then when it
came your turn to make q garden did
you say Its too much trouble to soak
these seeds; I'll put them in as they
are?"
planning in week or so that this or
that didn't come up; must have been
poor seed" You may have even said
Incorporate things about the scotsman
and vowed to raise your own seed the
next time you wanted any.
Now, it is possible that what you
planted really was of poor grade. Such
seed often is sold. 1t is also possible
that you planted seeds that We're per-
fectly good and which would have
grown had you taken time to soak
them overnight.
How this can be is not we'll under
stood. One thing at least is clear-that
in the case Of certain seeds, such as
new crop lettuce and few varieties
of mustard and sweet peas. the shell or
seed coat keeps out water or air or
both. These, it is hardly necessary to
say. must be furnished to practically
all kinds of seeds before they will ger
inmate Soaking these seeds softens
the seed coat so that they swell and
sprout more quickly than if they We're
planted dry.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
INNATE CH|vALRy.
Shown by All Races In All Stages.
of Development.
FOUND WHEN UNEXPECTED.
Traditions of Brave and Noble Deeds
In Every Human Tribe Which Are
Handed Down From One Generation
to Another,

TO Anoener.
Although the definition has specially
in view the brave deeds Of the CIVILIZED
sons OF Europe, the spirit Of chivalry
has shown itself in all nations and in
all races in all stages of their progress.
While the crusaders were endeavoring
to wrench the holy sepulcher out Of
the hands of the Saracen, whom they
despised, Saladin was sending his own
physician to heal Richard Occur de
Leon, his deadly enemy, Of his mys-
FERROUS sickness.
There is probably no tribe of men
on the face of the earth which has not
some tradition Of a brave and noble
action. 1t may not be regarded as at
all extraordinary, and yet it will be-
cherished and retold and run like q
thread of gold through the memory of
successive generations. In Hynd-
mans Records Of an Adventurous
Life" there is the story Of such deed
which is worth repeating:
''Tui Levuka. the chief of the island
canoes when a sudden storm came on,
and it capsized in part known to be
infested with sharks. Immediately
TUT Levuka and the crew We're thrown
into the water the natives made cir.
Gle around their chief, joining hands
and keeping themselves afioat with
their legs, while he swan about inside
the ring so formed quite comfortably.
"A shrek and groan and down goes
one native. The two next to him re-
lease their hands and join them again
over the empty space. Another is taxi
Ell in the same way, and again the
circle is completed as if none vera
missing. A third disappears, and once
more, silently and as if it were auto
matically, the narrowing circle Is res
constituted, with Lui Levuka still safe
IN the midst. Another for Hector,
was never replied to and acted upon
under more grewsome circumstances,
for the men left could hear the swirl
of the waters as successive comrades
disappeared below the surface and
| their blood washed up around the cir
Gle as they were devoured. Finally.
after this had been going on for some
considerable time, man after man GO
ing down In turn, other native canoes
came up and took TUT Levuka and his
much reduced band of followers on
board. Only twenty-seven of the orig
inal number of forty-fiv remained"
With all these facts in view, says the
London Review, we are necessarily
compelled to abandon the definition in
| the dictionaries and to seek for onC
which will recognize that this noble
manifestation of character belongs to
man as man.
In a conventional sense the words or
the American Sumner are strictly true.
The age of chivalry has gone. The
age of humanity has come. The horse
yields the foremost place to man" But
our contention is that the soul Of chiv-
airy remains to animate 'the age OF
humanity" It's historical and acciden-
tai limitations have been left behind.
We know it now as the spirit which In
spires us to think noble thoughts and
to do brave and self sacrificing deeds
in a magnanimouS and modest way.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
The Reward of INDIGNATION.

Father (angrily entering parlor at
12:30)-Look here, young man. Do you
stay as late as this when you call on
other girls?
Jack Huggard trembling with fear)
-N-n-n-nO, sir,
Father (appeased, as he leaves the
room)-That's all right, then! (Aside)
Thank heaven, Mary has caught Oh at
last!-Puck
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
WHAT ONE KING READ.
Frederick the Great Cared Little For
the Newest Literature.


Frederick the Great was an extreme
~ conservative reader. The intellec-
tual products of French literature at It's
zenith in the seventeenth and first half
of the eighteenth centuries he treas
ured above everything else, and he
idolized the authors of this epoch. He
would have nothing to do with any
others. 1t is, for example, greatly to
be regretted that he allowed Leasing,
a man who, intellectually at least, had
a great deal in common with him, to
pass unnOticed.
Anything new that was brought to
his attention he declined to consider,
whether it came from France or Ger
many, says the Columbia University
Quarterly. He restricted himself to his
old friends, whom he read over and
over time and time again and In the
reading of whom alone he derived I'M
alleged pleasure. When Voltaire, Fon-
tenelle, Mairen, Crebillon, even Ores
set, the author OF "Vert-Vert," were
writing it was pleasure to hear from
Paris, for it meant hearing from Par
nassus. But nowadays, said Freder-
ick, in substance, when we are getting
nothing but compilations and collec-
tons of the 1858 great men and 1856
famous women that France has pro-
duced, the journals that contain ex-
cerpts;from them are not to be endured.
Who wants to know anything about
the new method Of clysteriZing? Who
wants to read the book dedicated to
Louis XIV. on the new method Of shay.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
KEEP THE MILK SWEET.
Three Things to Do if You Want to
Fool the Souring Bacteria.


Each change of season brings its at
tending problems to the dairyman. AS
the days become warmer the danger
from sour milk becomes greater. The
strictest attention is required in SAM
tation and proper handling if the dali
ryman does not wish to be annoyed by
the refusal of milk that has turned
We wish to call attention of our
readers to three things in respect to
cooling:
First.-Cool Immediately after milk
ing. The dairy house should be equip
ped so that every pail of milk will be
run over the cooler while the next COW
is being MIXED.
Second.-Cool quickly. There is a
vast difference in results between cool
ing in large can in q tank of water
and running the milk over a cooler,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
Potatoes Place Is In the Earth

1t is always wisdom to put the po-
tato seed we'll down in the ground.
Potatoes grow in the earth. They
need to have earth about them-abovc
as we'll as below. Four inches is the
right depth to cover the seed. 1t may
not come up quite so soon, but it will
grow faster after it does come up and
bear better crop.-Farm Journal.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
Are the SiIos Too Biq2

More and more is the judgment of
experienced farmers crystalllZlng IN the
direction that, as a rule, we have built
our silos too big. The reason for this
conclusion is that we do not have cat
tie enough to get down every day to
the sweet silage that is below the sur
face. which has been extra fermented
by exposure to the air.-Hoard's Dairy
man.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
ORIGIN OF STEEPLECHASlNG.

The Grand National, though the chief
eve MT Of the steeplechasing world. was
not established until 1899, because the
steeplechase is late development of
horse racing introduced about a cen
fury ago from Ireland. 1t was original
", as the name implies, cross coun-
try contest between hunting men, who
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
IN PRAISE OF ALFALFA.

|. Alfalfa enricheS the ground.
!. Alfalfa is q drought resiSter.
!. Alfalfa is the best soil doctor.
|. Alfalfa adds humus to the soil.
!. Alfalfa increases the milk flow.
|. Alfalfa is high in feeding value.
|. Alfalfa balances the corn ra-
|. ton.
!" Grow your protein.
|. Alfalfa sod grows larger corn
!. crops.
|. Alfalfa is the greatest of all
|. subscribers.
|. Alfalfa has no equal as a hog
I pasture.
|. Alfalfa keeps stock in good
|. condition.
|. An alfalfa field is a hogs idea
!. of heaven.
!. Foxtail is the greatest enemy
!. of alfalfa.
!. Growing alfalfa is good bust
! ness farming.
|. Alfalfa means more money and
/ better homes.
|. Raise what you feed and feed
! what you raise,
!. Alfalfa does things and never
! loafs on the job.
|. Alfalfa with fair chance al
{ ways makes good.
|. Alfalfa fills the hay NOW and
! pays for the privilege.
|. Alfalfa is the cheapest and best
j. feed for beef cattle.
|. Alfalfa nsures larger yields
i. from the crops that follow.
|. Alfalfa contains more protein
j. per ton than clover or corn.
: Alfalfa is the agricultural Won
|. der of the twentieth century.
: Alfalfa yields from two to
/. three times as much as clover or
!. timothy and is more valuable
|. hay.-HOme and Farm.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
How to Make the Best Butter.

On the subject OF Butter Secrets"
says:
There are three essentials for max
ing good butter.
First, the milk must he clean.
Second, the cream must be kept cold
and at an even temperature.
ripened before churning"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
Vacation Vacations.

care you going away this summer
asked Reginald.
I'm afraid not" replied Claude Al
gernon. II don't believe I'll get away
from the shop even long enough TO
have a picture taken of me in my out
ing clothes "-WaShing tOn Star.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11

made some distant church steeple their
winning post. The earliest recorded
match of the kind was run in 1852
st. Leger church in County Cork But
what is considered 1.-The first regular
steeplechase" followed the festivity Of
an Irish hunt dinner in 1SO3.-West-
minister Gazette.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
Next Best Choice.

Mater-Well, Efie, what are you go
ing to be when you are grown up?
Efie-If I was a boy I'd be president;
but, seeing Pm a girl, l guess being a
rich widow is as good as anything
Judge.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
The Girls Nowadays.

Toni wrote her five letters asking
her to return to me my diamond en-
gagement ring.
Dick-Did she return it?
Tom-No She sent me a Don't
Worry club badge"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
Fun For Wifey,

you get great deal of amusement
out of your new canoe. ! suppose.
'Well. my wife does.
But she never rides in it..
NO. She says it's safer and funnier
to watch me from the shore"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
Unexpected Answer.

Grabbed Old Lady (sarcastically)-1
don't suppose there is another baby
like that in the whole world?
Young Mother-Oh, yes, there is!
l left one of the twins at home with
mOther-Puck
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
Don't Have Scabby "Spuds."

Scab OH the potatoes is preyentable
disease. TO destroy it soak the seed
you plant in solution of one-half pint
of formalin (formaldehyde) in fifteen
gallons of water.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
A Note of Alarm.

Iandlady-Mr. Snipe, is it true the
duction in the tariff on prunes?
Boarder (hastily)-I hope not!-Bal-
timore American.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11

Servant-There is tramp at the door
who wants something to eat
Mistress-Where is the dog?
Servant-EXcuse me, ma'am, but he
said he would like a ham sandwich
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
That Finished Him,

Nanny the goaD-I thought father
had perfect digestion. Billy-He has
ordinarily. but awhile ago he ate lot
of adjectives off a circus poster-Puck.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
SizzIinq Retort.

Binks-Why is the summer girl more
mushy than the winter variety?
links CLEARING at a soda fountain
sign)-It must be due to overindulgence
in soft drinks-Judge.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
An Execution,

Parke-Bildat is certainly tied to his
wife's apron strings.
Lane-Well, in these days he is lucky
if he has a wife with apron strings
Brooklyn Life.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
BETTER FARMING.
Aim of Crop Committee of Allied
Grain Exchanges.
WORKS ON COUNTY BASIS.
Organization of Agricultural CONNER
cial Clubs Expected to Aid In Move
ment For Bigger and Finer Crops
and New Methods Of Distribution.

Whenever group of men are con-
fr0nted with a problem it is character
istically American that they call a
convention. They adopt a set of reso-
lutions and organize permanently a
nation wide movement. adding one
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
The Trouble.

"Dilks claims to be poet"
Il wouldn't mind his claiming to be
a poet If he didn't try so hard to prove
t."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11

Schoolteacher-Can you tell me the
kind of illumination they had on the
ark?
Little Willie-Arc lights. - Boston
Globe.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
TRUE!

Some of the most important
things in this world are free, but
you have to drive a man with a
club to accept them.-Manches
ter Union.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
Profitinq by Experience.

7 She-But, Jack, dear, fancy coming
in such shabby clothes when you are
going to ask papa's consent!
He-That's all right l once had 4
new suit ruined.-Boston Transcript.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11

"NIusical men are never business
men,
"Oh, l don't know. They finger a
lot of notes, anyhow. Chicago News
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11

Mighty few men have been disap-
pointed in love without living to be
glad of it.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
Hard to Choose

He was an ardent fisherman
And longed to fish each day, !.
But he was a real baseball fan
And couldn't get away.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER
The Washington times., 1913-07-09
Secretary and Mrs. Daniels to Have
Prominent Part in Seattle Celebration
Brigadier General Mills Gives
Theater Party in Honor of
House Guest.

Brig. Gen. Albert L. Mills, U. S. A.
and Mrs. Mills, entertained at box
party at the Columbia Theater last
evening. having among their guests
their daughter, Mrs. E. P. Laurson. of
Fort Oglethorpe. Ga, who is their house
guest, and Captain Leidt, Of Atlanta,
Ga.
CAPTAIN Laurson, who Is en- route to
Winchester, Va, from Fort Oglethorpe
with his company, expects to arrive
about the 18th of July. He will come
to Washington with his brother-in-law,
Lieut. c. P. Mills, who is also in the
company, to visit General and Mrs.
Mills for a few days. The last of the
month Mrs. Laurson and their little
daughter will go to West Point. \. y,
to visit for the remainder of the sum-
mer.
General and Mrs. Mills will sail tor
Panama the first of August to speho
month.
Il
A hesutif;,l wedding was that last
evening of Miss Dorothy B. Munroe,
daughter of Prof. Charles E. Munroe' OF
George Washington University, ana
Mrs. Munroe. to Horace d. Rouzer.
The ceremony, which was performed al
Z o'clock By the Rev. George Wiiiiain.
son smith, Of st. Johns Episcopal
Church. in the home Of the brides par
ents, in S street. was attended py
small gathering of relatives and frlends'
Quantities of palms. oak leaves. green
vines. and pink blossoms formed the
decorations in the drawing rooms ana
the reception hall. and in the dining room
the color scheme was red, white anu
green, the fraternity colors OF the BRIDE
groom. who is a member of the Kappa
Sigma fraternity.
A string orchestra played the wedding
music and throughout the reception
which followed the wedding ceremony.
The bride. who was given in marriage
by her father. wore handsome gown
NJ white crepe meteor satin draped and
adorned on the bodice and sleeves with
old duchess lace which has been in the
family for many years with string oil
pearls. the gift of the bridegroom. Her
long tulle veil was arranged in a cap
effect with clusters of orange blossoms
over the ears and the bridal bouquei
uas a shower of Bride roses and lilies
Of the valley.
Mrs. Charles Henry Matthews. jr. OF
Philadelphia, who was her sister
matron OF honor, wore a gown of while
null hand embroidered in design in
male blue. She carried an armful OF
pink Killarney roses.
Miss Charlotte Munroe. who was her
sisters bridesmaid wore a gown OF
shadow lace with touches of pink satin
and carried a bouquet OF Bridesmaid
roses.
Mrs. Munroe. who assisted her son-in-
law and daughter in receiving the
guests at :ha reception. wore gown
of gray silk and lace with touches of
6. cen velvet.
Later in the evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Rouzer left Washington for wedding
trip. tho bride travelling in a blue silk
moire suit with a small black hat. After
July u. MI and Mrs. Rouzer Will be AT
home in Melrose street. Chevy Chase.
The Washington times., 1913-07-09
For The Times Children
Just Before It's Bedtime
BUNNY RABBIT AND MR.. FOX.

~ NE day Bunny Rabbit was rum
ming along through the woods
when he saw old Mr.. Fox
ahead of him hiding behind
the bushes as he slinked along.
''Oh! Mr.. Fox" he called, what are
you afraid of? l do not think there
are any dogs about this morning."
Mr.. Fox waited until Bunny Rabbit
came UP to him.
You do not think I am afraid Of
anything, do ycu?" he asked. why, a
dog could not frighten me. He would
run If 1 even looked at him."
Il thought you were hiding behind
the bushes as you ran along" said
Bunny Rabbit, ''and perhaps there
might be a dog looking for YOU"
No, indeed" replied Mr.. Fox. Il was
Just trying to keep in the shade where
it vas cool. / do not go out much in
the day time and feel the heat of the
sun very much indeed
How does 1t happen that you are
out today?" asked Bunny Rabbit
We'll. you see, was out to a party
last night" replied Mr.. Fox, and I
stayed rather later than intended, and
1 was detained on the hill just back of
the white farm house. SO l am late get
ting home
Your home IS not in these woods, is
it?' inquired Bunny Rabbit.
No" said Mr.. Fox; 1T is under the
hill, but thought would take round
about way and enjoy the quiet of your
woods"
'Oh, / see." replied Bunny Rabbit be-
ginning 10 think there was some reason
for Mr.. Foxs visit to the woods.
You do not happen to have more
breakfast than you had this morning.
do you?" inquired Mr.. Fox. Il usually
am asleep at this hour and do not need
anything to eat, but this morning l
have Travelled so far l feel quite hun
cry" Bunny Rabbit said he had some
green tops OF beets and few lettuce
leaves. but Mr.. Fox did not seem to
care for them.
III you could find me duck or a
fat hen," said Mr.. Fox, II should be
glad to breakfast with you"
Il am sorry" replied Bunny Rabbit.
but l never eat them myself. there
fore l do not keep them on hand, but
The Washington times., 1913-07-09
Critic Finds Authors Sincerity
In Urging Development of
Art Pleasing.

~ SPECIAL interest to Wash
ington Is the recent publica-
ton, The Art of Acting"
by F. F. Mackey, a hansone-
!y printed volume of nearly 800 pages,
which the author dedicates 10 his SONS.
Edward Mackey, leading man Of the
Pod Stock Company. and Charles VIII
liam Mackey.
is Of unestimaple value to the student
OF the drama, the book includes a
facsimile of a letter written Mt.
Mackey by the late Edwin Booth, in
which he says: After several attempts
to read your essay without interruption,
1 have succeeded-and with great salts
faction. I hope with profit, though 'tis
too late. I fear, to begin a lesson that
should have been studied much earlier
In life"
The sincerity Of the author is feel
ingly as well as convincingly con-
fessed in the dedication to his sons.
The matter herein contained" he
writes. rs the only legacy 1 am able
to leave you; but I have a hope, al
most a belief. that you. starting upon
a higher plane Of general intelli-
gence and with a clearer conception
Of art, may achieve a richer harvest
Of those rascal counters by which
the world still estimates the value of
a man.
Writer Urges Sons
To Develop Their Art.
But while struggling for existence,
love and develop art. The approba-
tion won BY the exposition of art is
always honest and the friendship
gained through art is always true.
The true artist always finds in his
work a satisfying pleasure which the
mere money hunter never experiences.
The doing. as we'll as the contem-
plation. Of the fine arts always beRets
a restful condition Of the mind which
may not improperly be called happi-
r4es. And after all-what is life with
out its resting places-those oases in
the arid plains Of strife-those mo-
ments when the mind may cease per-
ceptive work and reflect"
No ore sincerely interested in the