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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02

You know that four or FIVE hundred
dollars will buy an automobile, but you
aren't willing to sacrifice entirely, looks
and comfort. You know that twice as
much money will buy an automobile
with quite little in locks, comfort,
power and service under good road
conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02
The Correct Term.

From the Boston Transcript.
Tom-So you've been on an outing. Ell?
Dick-Thats good name for 1t. am
"out" just thirty-five dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02
Just an Average Girl.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
A demand has arisen ror nice, good.
wholesomely homely girl on a periodical
cover
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02
Hudson "Sixes" Delivered.

Among those who received 1914 Hud-
son 'Six" touring cars during the past
week were p. w. Publ and Francis
Carroll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02

81 500
workmanship sell g. 500 600
the
With all with honest build perfect motor
Why? Because know how uo value
building
The tor
those studied with Your
aab the Your
perfected and proficient that second
Experiments
and build
design
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02
Starting and lighting system.
No gears, belts or chains.

before selecting this the expensive of them all Another selling
$500 The JfV could
500 equipped other All chains and bearings
Not America selling under $1,000 the Jefey Four
wththe U. L.
of mus
vanadum steel floating type
the heaviest could place and made of the finest
nickel treated
lines the body and short space-42 feet
Italian It's The upholstery the finest leather
wid-231z
modern combined with practical underhhand control
headlights dImmed for driving
FIVE body styles: Five
enclosed, $3.50; limousine
A Jeffrey circle will be sent you ask for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02

which
sacrifice OF strength Nudine comfort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02
eally high grade car at
;. Jefery has built it.!

You know that if you don't care how
much money you spend. you can buy
good car. light enough to be econom-
ical in gasoline, oil, and tires; power
full and fast enough to do all you
want done, and made of the very best
materials to be had in this country and
Europe; and handsome as the best
designers can conceive-perfect in every
wav-cxcept price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02

literally torn 10 pieces ana ana
.yzed the best mechanical pro-
ducts of America and Europe.
You must have capitA to make
these experiments and tests, to
buy the best brains that your in
dustry affords and to eliminate
from your manufacturing prob
ems entirely the necessity for
quick profits and the bugaboo of
possible financial distress.
These are the precise condi
tons under which the Jeffrey is
built, and these are the real,
sound, .ogical reasons why the
Jeffrey is the most astounding
value on the market today. We,
ourselves, cou.d not have priced
the car at 81. $50 hao we not,
after it was built. found ways of
reducing our fixed selling ex-
pense in certain markets and
in it as added profit.
he .,effey is one Of the highest
you conside, the specifications.
a, the truth about this wonderful
n tires, how smoothly it operates,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02
$3.50

But to build such car to sen It moderate
price-thar another thing 1t can be done only By
big, successful concern with plenty ofmoney. long
years of experience in buying materials and ma
chnefy. organized avoid all waste, SO chat every
cent paid for production would really 60 into the
car; the manufacturer must make practically
every part. and make these parts better and for less
than he could buy them from Others, In short,
such a manufacturer must be complete master
of every detail, including large capital Any other
would be sure to fail in such an undertaking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02
Chain Lightning in Action.

He decides problems rather quickly
and he's chain lightning In action after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02

he ettery high speed
mono-boc motor develops 20
H P. at 1900 revolutions. Its
Aexibilitv is nothing short Of mar
vicious 1t drives this car 40
miles per hour on second speed.
1t gets away with snap the
kind YOU ike to feel Touch
the throttle and in seven seconds
you are making twenty miles an
hour. in twenty seconds, forty
miles. and in hfty:-hve seconds,
fifty mics.
The electric starting and
lighting system is the U S L.
Our engineers made most ex-
haustive examination of all sys-
49, -i-A. A.. Al
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-02
LIONS HEADS FOR FOUNTAINS
An Explanation of the Use OF the
Popular Design.

Most of the things that are custom
airy with us had some good reason for
their origin though we are apt to ac-
cept them and not inquire what that
origin was. The water in Il great
many public fountains, whether for
man or beast, comes out of Il lions
mouth. Did YOU ever stop to think
why Il lions head should be chosen in
preference to any other design?
This is said to be the reason. Among
the ancient Egyptians the rising of
the waters of the river Nile was the
most important event of the year, as it
meant life and prosperity to the whole
nation.
This rising of the waters always took
place when the sun was in the cOnstel-
lation of Leo, or the lion. So they
adopted the shape of lion as the SYM
Dol for the life giving waters Of the
Nile. and all their fountains were cary
ed with a lions head. The Greeks and
Romans copied this symbol, and 50 it
has come down to us.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-02

In the past few months 1908 persons
were sent out by an employment bu-
reau to fill clerical positions. Only
Al out of this number proved salts
factory. Poor penmanship is given as
the cause for the failure of large ma
iOrity, and an exchange commenting
on the fact deplores Il tendency among
educators to neglect this most essen
tial branch in order to give more time
to advanced studies.
This condition may exist to a certain
degree. but it does not seem to be alb
sOlutely conclusive. AS most parents
who are interested in educational
work. especially that Of the public
schools. know. sufficient time and at
tention are still being given to develop
ing Il ieGible hand The deeper seat
ed root of the trouble seems to be that
the young men and women of today
are only now reaping the fruits of ear
lier training. or lack of it, which they
received from the hands of faddiSts.-
Philadelphia Inquirer,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-02
Adjusting the Seed Drill.

To adjust a drill to SOW Il given
amount of seed per acre the following
procedure may be used: Divide the
number of square feet in an acre by
the effective width of the drill in feet
and divide this result by the circum-
ference of the drive wheel, thus OBJ
tanning the number of revolutions
which the wheel will make in sowing
All acre. Jack up one end of the drill
and after filling the box with the grain
which is to be Sown turn the wheel
enough times to SOW one-half or one
quarter acre. Catch this grain on ii
canvas and weigh. Readjust the drill
and repeat until the correct amount of
grain is let observation-disclosures Agricul-
tural Experiment Station.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-02
PHOSPHATE FOR GARDENS.
Properly Used 1t Helps Along the Fer.
tiIity Wonderfully.

Where garden soil is rich in organic
matter and in nitrogen from liberal
applications of barnyard manure. as a
rule liberal dressing of acid phos
plate will greatly increase the fertili-
ty of the land.
Almost all vegetables need consider
able phosphoric acid, and since the
humus and nitrogen content have been
increased by barnyard manure the rela-
tive proportion of phosphoric acid
should also be increased.
No definite quantity can be suggest
ed because soils vary and the quantity
needed by plants varies. In general it
may he said that from 400 to 1000
pounds per acre may be used when
applied broadcast before planting. 1t
should be spread over the land evenly
after the soil has been we'll prepared
The phosphate should then be harrow
ed or disked in well before planting
the SeedS.-Earm and Ranch.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-02

Experiments That Help to Determine
Whether or Not They Will Hatch.

Questions-How long before eggs
will be fertile after mating chickens:
How long after separating ROSTERS
from hens will eggs be fertile?
Ans WerS -FirSt-FrOm three to ten
days. SecOnd-Til the ninth or tenth
day. Experiments were made i'll Can
ada to determine how long eggs would
remain fertile after the male had been
removed from his mates Ten hens
were separated from the male. The
eggs laid each day were placed in an
incubator and tested. OF the eggs laid
the first four days after the male was
taken away 20 per cent were fertile;
of those laid the fifth day 60 per cent.
the seventh - per cent, the eighth II
per cent, the ninth > per cent and the
tenth none. \ test was made with SIX
hens to determine how soon the eggs
became fertile after the males were
placed with them. On the third day 80
per cent were fertile. on the fourth f.
per cent. on the fifth 80 per cent. on
the sixth 60 per cent. on the sev enth 10
per cent. on the eighth IS per cent, on
II per cent. AS rarely more than 10
per cent Of the eggs produced under
average conditions are fertile, this goes
to show that mating a hen ten days be-
fore the eggs are needed for Matching
is sufficient.
Some poultrymen believe that the
whole clutch of eggs is affected Hen
~ Hales says: From many expert
ments which | have seen reported and
from my own experience it seems that
if Il hen is with the male at the right
time a whole clutch Of eggs is impreg
mated, for the eggs will show the eff
! fects of a certain bird from two to
three weeks after separation. so that
before that time it would not be safe
to calcuatA on the eggs from Il new
sire" Poultry experts are practically
unanimous in their opinion that a pre-
vious sire has no communicating inf1u-
ence OH the hen after being removed
for three weeks.-Kansas Farmer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-02
Quaint Oaths.

The first appearance in an English
divorce court of the Chinese form Of
oath by breaking IL saucer recalls 9th
er quaint forms of swearing
In Assam the oath is taken by stand
ing with rope circle, TO imply a wish
to rot as the rope does if the Swearer
does not tell the truth. In lawsuits
between Russians and the Ostiaks of
Siberia bears head is brought into
court. and the OStiak. making Il ges-
ture of eating. calls on the bear to de-
YOUR him if he lies
There are tribes Of India that swear
by the head Of Il tiger while others
chop d dog in two as emblematic Of
the fate of the periurer. But the SIM
plest method is that of the Quaker.
who swears not at all. but just tells
what he thinks.-Tit-Bts.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-02
Give the Hens Meat,

THAI liberal supply of meat will
make hens lay quicker than any egg
food is now no longer theory. but Il
known fact. The effect of Il meat IA
ton was tested at the West Virginia
experiment station. where one pen of
fowls received Il ration largely of corn
and other starchy grains. while another
pen was fed partly on meat and fresh
ground bones. The meat fed fowls laid
I.:l.lJ eggs. while the grain fed hens laid
3431. or less than one-half as many as
those receiving the heterogeneous ration.
The eggs from the meat fed fowls were
larger, much firmer. rather better and
produced far more vigorous~chicks than
those of the others. If YOU want plenty
of eggs feed them some meat and plen-
ty of sprouted oats.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-02
Feminine Strategy
BY BARBARA MONTGOMERY

a paperweight on it, While doing so
| his back was toward me-,
| | can never think of the impulse that
seized me and my action at that mo-
ment without wonder 1t seemed that
a cyclone of mingled rage and reSolu-
ton swept over my brain and hurled
me into that of which | was incapa-
bic. In a second | had bent down.
seized the revolver, cooked it, pointed
it at the man standing at the table and
cried fiercely:
Hands up
| He turned like a flash, started TO
grasp one of his revolvers. saw by my
| eye that | was about to fire and put
| his hands above his head Keeping my
eye riyeted on his, ordered him away
| from the table. went there myself, felt
! for the key and sent Il warming.
| Now that the message had been sent
what was | to do? Stand there cover
ing the man till the train came along?
| | had been able to save the train; |
was not equal to saving myself. | felt
buzzing in my ears and that was all
| knew for an interval. Then. coming
to myself. what was my relief to find
the station empty
Rising, / tottered to the instrument
and called the station below. The dis
patcher. angry that | had made no re-
ply to his message, began to berate me
/ for being away from the station. AS
I ctnr fol him
what had occurred Since the man
who had left me knew that | had dis
patched a warning it was decided that
the danger had passed. Then the train
came on slowly. but with all hands
armed. reaching the station without in
terruption. 1t was lucky. however,
for the story | had told that they
found material gathered for a barrier.
which had either not been made or
taken down when it was learned that
the plan to rob the express safe was
failure When the train pulled up at
the station every man aboard rushed
into my office to see the girl who had
covered a desperate with one hand
and sent a message with the other
| They found her lying on the lounge in
| paroXySm of tears.
Well, the next day | sent in my res
| ignation stating that the work was too
| hazardous TO suit me. | received a re-
ply to go to the city and report at the
office Of the president. | found most
of the directors assembled to meet me-
and it was plain that | was curiosity.
| | was presented with check for
| 81 900. And now thanks to the per-
| sona interest of the president | have
| stock in the railroad.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-02

case canker is preceded by sun scald,
tile first stages of which are blister
ing of the bark exposed to the sun-in
limbs facing south and southwest.
These bliSters crack. the bark proper
che Ks. and canker spores find con-
genial Judgment i'll the crevices. and
the deadly progress of the disease con-
TIMES until decay has destroyed or SO
weakened the limb that it breaks off
of it's own weight. Nor are these con-
sequences rare. but they are to be
found wherever the practice outlined
obtains.
There is. however. sane and ra-
tional course to pursue that will OBJ
Yiate or greatly minimize the danger.
Dehorning opens the top and suddenly
exposes the remaining limbs to the full
glare of the sunshine, which is fatal
to the bark that has been growing i'll
shady environment.
The tree that has been kept always
we'll pruned and open is not harmed
by the ScOrching rays of an August
sun. which fact points the way to sue
ce>Sfu pruning. The first step i'll low
ering neglected trees with dense and
Smothering top should be to thin thor
ou2hlv the top. The year following
only the north half of top should he
removed. leaving the branches in south
half to further protect the limbs that
have been opened to light and mOder-
ate sunshine The work may be com
pleted the following year. In this way
the bark gradually adaptS itself to its
new environment. the desired object is
accomplished. and the bad results Obvi-
ated-NatiOnal StOckman and Farmer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-02
TT was a desOlate looking plac

L was a deSOlate looking place,
stand how l, girl of twenty,
could have filled the position of
night operator there. But | did, and
my being there resulted i'll an impor-
tant change in my life. 1t freed me
from lot of financial worries.
The place being so exposed, | kept
a revolver under a lounge in my office,
on which | often rested when not busy.
/ confess that | never thought | should
use it even if an unarmed man were
coming to murder me. | always han
died it as l would viper that would
sting me. | often thought what |
would do if some villain should come
along to interfere with me. but as |
could not screw up my courage even
in fancy to shoot him | didn't see how
| would be likely to do it in reality.
One night trouble came, sure enough.
Two men stepped into the station, and
without a word one of them came to
me and ordered me away from the
telegraph instrument, while the other
took up red lantern from the floor
and went out. 1t was plain that the
man who had approached me intended
that | should not sound warning
while the other was to stop the train
that was due at the station in about
half an hour. Knowing as | did that
the train carried an express safe. [
SurmiSed that these men were but two
of a gang intending to stop the train
and rob the safe.
For a few minutes | was frightened
nearly to death. 1t was only when the
man with the lantern went out and
the other quietly took a seat where he
could watch me that it occurred to me
they would not likely hurt woman
unless she interfered with their plans.
From that moment | began to regain
my composure Then | began to think
of some trick by. which ! might send~a
message. To do so openly was impOS-
Sible. The man would not let me get
near enough to the instrument. | be-
gan to talk to him.
81 know" | said, that it wouldn't
do for you to have me touch that key
and my life would pay for doing so;
consequently you needn't trouble your
self to watch me"
III keep an eye on you, all the
same" he replied.
ITO show you that | have no inten-
ton of touching the key I'll go and
sit on that lounge if you will permit
me-
60 ahead" He seemed rather tax
en- with an idea that would remove me
further from the instrument. | got up
and, going to the lounge. sat down on
it, My revolver was directly beneath
me. If | were Il man and quick to
move and shoot, the rObber would be
at my mercy. But IL woman! Great
heaven. what was | thinking of?
| heard the key clicking Il message to
me from the dispatcher asking if the
track was clear. The man listened,
looked at the key and, doubtless fan
cying that it would be better to cut off
communication, went to it and placed
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-02
Advice to Orators.

In answering an opponent arrange
your ideas, but not your words; CON
slider in what points things that re-
semble differ and in what those things
that differ resemble; reply to wit with
gravity and to gravity with wit; make
n full concession to your adversary and
give him every credit for those argu-
ments YOU know you can answer IL
he has the privilege Of making his re-
ply, take special care that the strong
est thing YOU have to urge is the last.
He must Immediately get up and say
something, and if he be not previously
prepared with an answer Le will in
fallibly be boggled
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-02
The Man of Force.

There is always room for man of
force, and he, in turn. makes room for
many. Society is a troop of thinkers
and the best heads among them take
the best places. 4 feeble man can see
the farms that are fenced and titled
and the houses that are built The
strong man sees the possible houses
and farms. His clear eye makes es-
tates as fast as the sun breeds clouds
Emerson.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-02
FORGOTTEN BATTLE NAMES.
Most of the important Ones Soon Be-
come Ancient History.

come Ancient History.
The place that looks to a battle more
or less important to keep its name
fresh and green in the public's memory
has about as much of chance to real
ize its ambition as man whose hopes
of immortality depend on cigar that
bears his name, observes the New
York Sun
have read and heard much Of Kirk
kilise, Lule Burgas, Tchatalja, Mus
tafa PaSha, Saloniki and Adrianople,
but what are these names going to
mean to you in three or four decades,
Providence granting you at least that
much longer to live?
Some idea of the answer may he had
by going BACK thirty-tive years, when
the Balkan peninsula was the scene of
another great struggle, the Russo
Turkish war We have talked with
persons who read all the war news of
the day, and they have forgotten the
names of practically all the places
which at the time were frequently
mentioned in the dispatches.
Another little test, since some may
consider thirty-five years unfair, what
names of the TUrko-Italian war, which
as yet is not two years old. can you re-
call?
Tripoli-that's good. What else?
The class in one-year-old history will
please tell what part the following
played in the Turko-Italian war: Pre-
veza, Umberto, Benghazi, D'Abruzzi
and BerSa glieri.
The names of battles in foreign wars
may be remembered we'll enough, but
as time elapses they lose much of their
Significance OF the important battles
of the RuSSo-Japanese war, Port Ar
thur. which is hardly ever mentioned
any more. still holds it's own in the
public mind. but what was the num-
Der of the Meter Hill that figured so
prominently in the news dispatches at
the time of the attack?
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-02
Things Farmers Should Know
GOOD PROFIT IN CELERY.
Points Worth Notice on How to Grow
and Blanch Vegetable.

anu oloHCH VCSStdOlcs
Celery returns large profits from
small areas and is not difficult to
grow. M. f. Ahearn, instructor i'll
horticulture at the Kansas Agricul-
tural college, says so.
1T is one of the most important of
garden crops" said Mr.. Ahearn ITO
grow celery protitably requires rich
soil and an abundance of water Seed
should be sown in fiat boxes in April
or May.
transplant the young plants one to
three times before setting in the gar
den The time of transplanting to the
garden is from June to August.
plants should not be grown many
seasons on the same ground. When
setting out the plants ball of dirt
should he left on the roots. If the soil
is not of the best the plants should be
shaded for few days after setting
Large varieties should be planted in
rows five feet apart If You have only
a small number of plants they may be
planted eight to twelve inches each
way.
"Blanching probably is the most inn
pOrtant thing about celery raising.
The object of this is to cause the
growth of new stalks that do not con-
tain chlorophyll-the green matter-in
the leaves. Large paintings usually
are banked with earth. Clean straw
also is used The plot sometimes is
fenced in with boards and is then fill
ed with dirt or straw, leaving only
the tops exposed"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-02
Watch the Rams!

Most rams are apt to be overbearing
among the other members of the flock,
and the younger rams are likely to be
injured while they are yet lambs. Often
rams butt the ewes away from the feed
racks. and such treatment is liable to
cause the breeders to abort. Such Il
happening is loss that will he felt all
the next summer when the eve should
have lamb by her side growing up for
the fall market or the future flock.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-05-02
Handling Colts.

The younger colts should be kept
loose in pens or box stalls. They
should be we'll bedded and be fed good
hay and a small amount of grain.
Break to the use of the halter when
young and handle so as to make them
gentle and not afraid. Let them eX-
erciSe out of doors in mild weather.
American Cultivator.