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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05

The quality of Western Canada
wheat is recognized everywhere.
The latest census returns show that
in the Province. of Manitoba, which
stands out as one of great wealth and
wonderful opportunity, the land area
under wheat increased from 1,965,200
acres in 1900 to 2,760,471 acres in 1910,
being an increase of 40.46 per cent. in
the decade The wheat area of 1911
is greater than that of 1910 by 334, 461
acres. There are increases in the area
of production of all cereals for 1910
over 1900, excepting peas and mixed
grains.
OF cereals grown in 1910 the largest
gross monetary return per acre was
given by peas with $20.51, followed by
beans with $16.37, fall wheat with
1857, corn for husking with $12.63,
flax $1115, buckwheat $11.06, spring
wheat $10.34. The smallest returns
were obtained from oats, rye and bar
ley in the order named.
The average value per farm holding
of field crops, vegetables and fruit
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05

wear black low shoes with white hose
or high white shoes with their tailored
gowns.
For white mourning wells all made
of chiffon or Brussels net or other
yelling materials bordered with
Grape. These bordered wells are
often draped on the hats in such a
way as to provide their only trim
ming. They are nearly always thrown
from the back of the shape which is
almost invariably made entirely of
Grape.
One of the new, elongated shapes,
with medium wide rolling brim, is
shown here covered and trimmed
with white Grape. The veil of chiffon,
bordered with Grape, is arranged to
be worn either over or off the face.
There are almost no trimmings on
the most elegant mourning hats ex-
cept those that are made of Grape.
Roses and lilies are favorites and are
wonderfully beautiful.
A new shape suggesting poke
bonnet is pictured mere, MADE or
black Grape except for the facing,
which is pure white in a rich soft
quality of the material. This white
facing redeems the hat from somber-
ness and makes it a brilliant piece
of millinery. Besides, white next
the face is most becoming to every
woman.
The coarse-meshed silk nets, Dor
dered with bands of Grape three
inches wide, are having a strong
vogue and are in the majority among
fashionable wells. Nevertheless they
are less becoming than chiffon. But
wells are so seldom worn over the
face that this item may be ignored.
Nets are very strong and durable.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05
Back to japan.

Chinese fashions, especially the
mandarin lines, proved unbecoming, in
that they departed from the figures
general beauty of lines. But design.
ers have stayed in the orient, merely
moving across the strip of water and
centering their thoughts on Japan.
The clinging draperies, the wide
belt with it's butterfly bows and its
draped and hanging panels, and the
to be used this fall. Wonderful color.
ings and embroideries that hint of the
east will be the safe choice for the
woman who would buy now for a. com.
ing successful season in dress.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05
DUEL WON BEFORE THE FIGHT
Weapons Chosen by Senator WIZ
Jams, When Challenged, Gets
Germans Nerves.

In repose Senator John Sharp Will
Jams Of Mississippi is one Of the mild
est and best-natured and most jnof-
fensive men imaginable, although In
debate on the floor of the senate Mr..
Williams can show that he has some
fire in his makeup. No one would &C
cuse him of being bloodthirsty or Of
having ever fought a duel. He did
once, though.
1t was when he was attending the
famous Heidelberg university in Ger
many. A German student challenged
John Sharp.
In Rome do as the Romans do, )"
Mr.. Williams counseled himself.
Therefore he promptly accepted the
challenge.
Being the challenged person, he
had choice of weapons. The German
was greatly disturbed when the
Americans second said sabers, the
usual duelling device, would not be
used The Yankee fire-eater would
fight with United States army revolv.
ers
This was unheard of and the Ger
man the next morning was wreck.
His hand shook and the bullet
whizzed by John Sharp several feet
distant The latter calmly aimed ut
a fleecy cloudlet in the sky and let
go.
The principals then shook hands
and became fast friends.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05
LIGHT BREAKS IN
Thoughtful Farmer Learns About
Coffee.

Many people exist in a more or less
hazy condition and it often takes years
before they realize that tea and cof-
fee are often the cause of the clOudl-
ness, and that there is a simple way
to let the light break in.
A worthy farmer had such an exper-
fence and tells about it, in letter. He
says:
For about forty years, 1 have had
Indigestion and stomach trouble in
various forms. During the last 25
years l would not more than get over
one spell of bilious collie until another
would be upon me.
"The best doctors | could get and
all the medicines l could buy, only
gave me temporary relief.
Change Of climate was tried with
out results. i could not sleep nights,
had rheumatism and my heart would
palpitate at times so that it seemed
it would jump out of my body.
81 came to the conclusion that there
was no relief for me and that I was
about wound up, when | saw Postum
| advertisement. I had always been a
coffee drinker, and got an idea from
the ad. that maybe coffee was the
cause of ruy trouble.
II began to use Postum instead CT
coffee and in less than three weeks I
felt like new man. The rheumatism
left me, and 1 have never had spell
of bilious collie since.
my appetite is good, my digestion
| never was better and | can do more
work than before for 40 years.
II haven't tasted coffee since I be-
gan with Postum. My wife makes it
according to directions and 1 relish it
as we'll as I ever did coffee, and | was
certainly a slave to coffee"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for copy of the lit
tie book, 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE"
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well boiled.
Instant Postum is a soluble powder.
A teaspoonful dissolves quickly in a
cup of hot water and, with the addi-
ton of cream and sugar, makes a de-
licious beverage instantly.
There's a reason" for Postum.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05

TYOR those who wish to observe a
IL period Of mourning and are con-
N. fronted by objections to all-black
apparel, or find it not practical
for daily wear there is now the al
Aernative of all-white or white and
black in combination. In the smart
est shops and at the leading eostumers
one may order mourning ia either
Black or white. Crepe, which is the
recognized insignia of mourning, has
been used with wonderful effective
ness, especially in millinery. Black
Grape hats and wells, for first mourn
ing. have been duplicated exactly in
white Grape. This is an exquisite
faOric and since the designers began
using it they have achieved some
new and wonderfully beautiful effects
not possible in other materials.
It is not merely a whim of fashion
that has brought about the adoption
of the new white mourning" 1t is
a change of sentiment with regard to
the meaning of mourning apparel.
One need not think very long to con-
Clude that white mourning is meetlng
a demand for something more than
merely "the trappings and the suits
OF woe" 1t is less oppressive than
black; in fact it is not at all somber.
Those who are in mourning will not
be obliged in the future to confine
themselves to black Or to white or
even to combinations of these; for
mourning fabrics are woven in gray
and in certain lavender shades. But
Grape is most effective in black or
white.
Tailored suits of white serge made
up with exquisite neatness and fault
lessly cut are favorites for mourning
Worn with either black or white hats
and wells they cannot be excelled for
elegance. A fad of the hour is to
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05

was $1,024.7T in 1910, as against
$518.03 in 1900, being an increase OF
1918 per cent. in the decade.
Coming back to the crops of 1913, 1t
may safely be said that the yield of
wheat in Saskatchewan will be about
t15,O00,000 bushels, with an average
yield of over % bushels per acre.
Oats, which are but fair crop, will
yield an average equal to that of last
year. Barley is excellent, while flax,
of which the average is considerably
less than last year, will produce a
greater average than for years What
is said of these crops will apply to all
districts.
Under date of August 18th, a report
comes from Regina which says:
UNLESS some dire calamity occurs
in the next few days farmers of the
Regina district will reap the greatest
wheat crop ever recorded in the West.
ga correspondent made an automo-
bile trip to the north and west of the
city, over twenty-seven miles being
covered. Several fields were seen
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05
New HYeIIow Peril"

There is yellow peril at the
White House, and from the president
down, all the inhabitants thereof are
in mortal terror of it.
It Is a fine young nest of yellow
Jackets, with stingers that are no re-
specter of persons.
The yellow Jackets were dislodged
from their comfortable home in a
huge elm in the White House grounds
by the recent storm, and are buzzing
all over the place now. No one in au-
thority has been stung as yet
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05

the brightest. 1t was not only in
wheat but in flax, oats and barley, the
same splendid conditions obtained.
Rains in all parts of the country came
at the right time and the best of
weather throughout the season pre-
vailed in all parts.
The hay crop was excellent. AL
falfa, clover and timothy grasses were
good, and many farmers are now cul-
tivating these splendid folders.
The homestead shack is giving place
to comfortable residences. Large
barns are being erected where the i'm
provised log and mud stable gave shell
ter to the few head of cattle that the
early settler may have had in his pos
session. Fields are fenced, roads con-
structed and great fields of grain and
nasture land are always il evidence.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05

projecting over to a switch track on
a level with the second floor.
Automatic machinery, modern ap-
planes and passenger and freight
elevators of the latest type will be
installed and employed in manufac-
turing and handling the company's
product.
Plans which make possible q maxi
mum amount of glass area and the
highest degree of sanitation have
been carefully and scientifically pre-
pared. Spacious and splendidly ap-
pointed rest rooms are provided for
employees.
One entire floor will be devoted to
laboratory and research equipment
The installation Of a modern bakery
for experiment purposes insures the
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05

maintenance of the high standard of
excellence for which Calumet Baking
Powder is famed.
The Calumet Baking Powder Com
pany was organized a quarter of
century ago by Mr.. VIM. M. Wright.
The company first began the manu-
facture of baking powder in a COM
paratively small way, with limited
capital Modern methods, combined
with high grade materials and an I'M
wavering determination to produce
an article of superior quality have
created demand which necessitated
the erection Of the new Calumet plant
have made the Calumet Company
substantial factor in the Industrial
life of Chicago, and won for it a pat
ronage which is a benefit and cred
it to the city.-Adv.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05

When completed, the new plant of
the Calumet Baking Powder Company,
now under course of construction, at
South 41st avenue and Fillmore
street, will prove fitting monument
to the ability, honesty and progress
siveness which have rendered posi-
BILE the tremendous growth of one of
Chicago's most prominent industrial
institutions.
This immense plant, the estimated
cost Of which is $250,000, is a strictly
modern five-story and basement, fire
proof, REINFORCED concrete building
Size, 260x100 feet. One of the novel
and interesting features of this, the
largest and most efficiently equipped
Baking Powder plant in existence.
will be a cantilever shipping platform
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05
Coal Prices Hioh,

In 1912 the total output of coal in
the United States was 534, 466, $50
short tons, valued at the mines at
$685., 606,071. The gain in output over
1911 was 3S,095,454 short tons and
the increase in value was $50 ,040,S60.
The average value per ton in 1912
exceeded that of any year during the
SO years for which statistics are avail
able. Only in 1908, the year Of the
fuel famine did prices average higher.
The figures were compiled by Ed
ward w. Parker, coal statistician for
the United States geological survey.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05
The CROPS IN
WESTERN CANADA
Optimism Throughout the Prov
inces of Manitoba, Sas-
katCheWan and Alberta.

During the present summer a num-
Der of important delegations have Wis
tied the Canadian West for the pur-
pose of securing information as to
the crop conditions and the conditions
of business generally. For some
months the financial stress was felt
throughout the Provinces of Manitoba
Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Co
lumbia as we'll as in other portions OF
the country. With development TAX
ing place there, such as has never
before been known, it was to be
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05
Woman's Place,

Woman's place may be the home,
but, judging from recent statistics, she
seems to have deliberately ignored
that fact, for there are OFT stenog-
raphers, 327,63 teachers and profess
sors, 4S1.159 in various trades, 770,055
engaged in agricultural pursuits, T.
355 physicians and surgeons, 1885
clergy men," 2,193 journalists, 1887
designers, draughtsmen and archi
tects, 1,010 lawyers and 429,497 WON
en- in various professions
Sun.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05
To clean White Kid Shoes

For cleaning white kid shoes, get s
clean white cloth, soak it in gasoline,
then Dip the cloth in powdered pre-
DareT .nalk. Rub until all dirt is re-
move.6 then allow shoes to dry in the
air. sut :ot in the sun. Always use
tho chalk and gasoline together, as
gasoline alone will il time cause the
kid to turn yellow. ia this in a cool
place away from heat or artificial
lgqht and not in tho hot sun.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05

which were almost ripe enough for the
binder. Others require ebout week
more warm weather, bit everywhere
was the indication of phenomenal
yield. Oats do not average up with
the wheat, but several good fields were
seen. This time next week the hum
of the binder should be the prevalent
music around Regina.
"One farm was passed on which
there was one square mile of the finest
wheat imaginable. 1t is just turning
yellow and will run forty bushels to
the acre."
In Alberta there will be a high
yield of all grains. Wheat will be a
heavier average than last year Oats
about the same, fax heavier and bar
ley about the same. ADV.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05

A storm was raging on the deep;
and finally an old lady went to the
captain and asked him what hope they
had
Madam" he replied solemnly, 1--WE
are In the hands of the Lord"
The woman flung up her arms in
horror, as she cried: Mercy on US!
Has it come to this?"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05
To Dye Faded Slippers.

Old satin slippers HAY be success
fully dyed. Light shades take the
new color best. Blues and green's
take splendidly on an old foundation
of pink, yellow, light blue or laven.
aeg.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05
Dialect "EiIIer."

How about that dialect story Of
yours?" asked the impatient editor
Coming right along, sir" replied Mr.
Penwiggle. Il have all the punctua-
ton marks written. and 1t won't take
me more than an hour to fill in the
ietters"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05

subtle forces OF
d i pl o m a C y will
speak a common
language for the
first time, for
there has recently
been completed a
secret code for
common use be-
tween the state,
war and navy de-
partments.
Heretofore the
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05
Simple Answer.

Mother-Well, dears,s did you meet
any one you knew?
The Three Children (who have just
returned from their morning Walk
Yes, Ruby and Derek.
Mother-Where did you meet them
Barbara (tne voungest) the
same place as We WAS. = Lesadcz
Punch
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton ,allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottleAa
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05

The best way to kill bedbugs is to
fill their mouths with snuff and let
them sneeze themselves to death.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05
NEW CODE is ADOPTED
STATE, NAVY AND ARMY TO
SPEAK COMMON LANGUAGE.
Keys Are Sometimes Lost and Discov-
cred in the Possession of lndi-
viduaIs Who Make Effort to
Hold Up Uncle Sam.

When the United States next goes
to war her armed forces and her more
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-09-05
Its State,

Don't you think the ideal of an In
liam opera is originate"
Il should call it aboriginal
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-10-03
MARRIAGE
failure, She SAYS
Mrs. Catharine Wills Perron
Declares Husband Soon
Tired of Her.

mat n science of eMgenics alone
is no guide for marriage. is the con-
cluslon forced by the matrimonial fail
ure OF Mr.. and Mrs. Euwin Perron, of
Lynn, Mass, first eugenically married
couple. The woman has yelled her ex-
PLANTATION OF the failure by declaring
this so closely with her statement OF
eugenlcs that n is apt to think that
she has an idea that eugenics and
love have something in common.
Perron dismisses the whole thing by
saying that eugenics is not supposed
to guarantee domestic happiness.
Mrs. Catherine Wills Perron says
that theirs vas no true ergenic mar
riage because very soon after they ar
rived at their flat She felt her nus
band did not love her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perron came to be pro-
claimed as the first eugenicallv mated
couple in Massachusetts In This way.
Some time g the Rev. A. Thurston
Chase, of the Congregational church of
inns city. that he would
marry only those who brought to him
evidence that they were physically fit.
Five weeks ago he married Edwin Per-
ron and Catherine Wills and explained
that they had brought the proper Ger
tificates.
Had Advanced Ideas.
At he cozy Perron fiat Perron did
VIC eaihiAS IoF the pIluli couple, OK
planning that Mrs. PerrOn had adj
vanced ideas along the eugenic line,
so when. she asked him to, he OBJ
tanned q certificate before their mar
rage n fully complied with her.
requirements. The sociologists and
scientists We're greatly pleased and
made pleasant predictions for the cou-
pie.
Perron's next appearance in public
vas as spokesman for himself. He
appeared at the police station, dis
played a bleeding lip and bruised face
IN asked for an escort to
him to get his clothing. He said that
a ma he found in The sitting room
OF their fiat with his wife had beaten
him. The policeman Went with Perron
u found the fat unoccupied.
Then Mrs. Perron was found, but
she denied the incident and declared
that on the night in question she was
at the home of a married friend.
The Same Old Story"
Mrs. Ferron discards science in dis
cussing the failure of her marriage.
After her denial of the conduct implied
by her husbands report to the police,
she said:
old story. My husband tired of me the
minute he thought he owned me. and I
1elt he had no real love for me very
soon after we went 10 our Hat to live.
Before we were married he sent me
9 letter telling me that l was the only
girl for him. that he loved me better
than he did n other girl on earth
and that he wanted to marry me as
soon as, possible.
t"Whife I had kept company with him
emily q few weeks. l thought he WAS
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-10-03

sincere and so consented to be married.
My husband left me one Saturday
afternoon after getting his effects to-
gethe: and leaving a note in which he
bade mo goodby forever. / spent Sat
urday night alone in the fiat.
My deductions in regard to any
eugenic husband lead me to believe
that any young girl who knows MOTH
ing about the world should avoid the
type of smooth talking young man who
tells a girl she is the only one for him.
III he doesn't mean. harm he is usually
disconnected, and soon gets tired of
YOU. Steer clear of him is my advice"
Ferron's statement is brief. He says:
81 do not say that eugenic marriages
are a failure. 1t was n failure in my
case. but eugenics are not supposed
10 be a guarantee of domestic hap
pinesS,'
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-10-03

LIVING UP TO DREAMS.

by Ethel NJ. Colson in Today's Magazine.
Unless there be & vision the people
perish and it is by dreams rather
than bread alone that the true life OF
humanity is nourished. But to COM
parativeiy few. perhaps. is it given to-
translate dreams into beautiful fact so
fully as to .drs. Frank f.. Lille. OF Chi
csgo. The wife Of Il professor in the
University OF Chicago, the daughter OF
a millionaire, Mrs. Lilies social and
f~.arclal opportunities are. cf course.
larger and mere lavish than those 81.
many. But. on the other hand. the
very circumstances that spell liberty
for her have ~spelled-and continue 10
spell-liniitations for others OF similar
social ilk. Y
The starnest tests of poverty. indeed.
simplicity of living and hard personal
work. Mrs. Lille successruliy has
trans lanted into the life and el.viron-
ment too frequently employed to evade
them. What she believes. She carries
out.
Born to wealth. her horse is modestly
furnished, comfortable bur far. fcom
luxurious. immediately clean md at
tractive but always notably simple and
plain
Born to luxury. she works vita her
f,ands daily. and in the work of her
well-ordered household every member
G. that household IS expected to per-
form Il certain skarc.
Born to true ~niplnerhood for avery
child hers b. right of birth she has
adopted another, one OF them blind
and a grandmother" and '.grand-
father" into the bargain.
1T always has been my feeling so
Mrs. Lille defines her unusual erwin
BILE attitude in the matter '.that In a
true home all the family elements are
nce~ded--infancy, old age. ard Sc on.
The resultant relations are of tlscm-
selves a wonderful education. 1 oven
feel that at times we need to Eav, ill
or ailing people among us. Nowadays,
you know. we are apt to SEND our sick
to the hospitals. because there they can
have better care. but we ought to be
able to give them good care in our
homes. Yes. grandfather. grandmuth-
er, babies. delicate ones all are needed
in the home circle. i would almost az
soon rear children around a radiator
as someone has said. as In q home OF
self-centered interests with no element
Of unselfish. personal service .r care"
A disciple of Tolstoi. she vows up-
swerying allegiance, to the duty and
privilege of personal service for others.
Having found peace in such service,
LA| AEL A.M