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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
School For Disco nterted.

There is school for disconnected
school children in Kansas City, Mo.
1t has been organized for the purpose
of educating children over fourteen
years of age who have reached the
fifth grade and find the work OF the
regular school diStasteful Such pu-
pills frequently appear backward" or
lazy when in reality all they need is
a different form of educational activ-
ity.
In the Kansas school courses in
bench woodworking, shop drawing,
pattern making, printing, carpentry
and shop electricity are provided for
the boys; cooking, sewing, millinery
and embroidery for the girls. Glasses
in plumbing, bricklaying and concrete
work will be formed as soon as the
demand warrants.
The course is three years. During
the first two years the teacher directs
the choice of the pupils, but for the
last year each boy is allowed to select
his work in the trade he wishes to
learn. Time is about equally divided
between industrial and academic
branches
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07

them. as soon as the insects were gone.
They destroyed the insects like magic,
but not flower was injured.
Put before disposed Of them |
learned they were valuable in many
other ways, They outlay any breed OF
chickens. are easier raised and are less
trouble when mature. Runner ducks
are almost grown and ready for mar
ket when eight weeks old and begin
laying when from four and half to
six months old and lay the year round,
winter and summer. They have no
lice. no mites nor any other insect
pests. no rOup, no SOrehead nor scaly
legs. and they are not subject to dis
eases.
Runner ducks do not need any water
except to drink. and when insects are
plentiful they require very little food
They do not fly over fences nor scratch
up the gardens A two foot fence will
hold them. They lay Il beautiful white
egg. hard to distinguish from hen eggs,
except by size, eight duck eggs being
equal to twelve hen eggs. and the eggs
are just as delicious to eat. not strong
like other duck eggs. Many prefer
them to any other egg.
The surplus brakes make the most
delicious table fowls, but to kill Run
ner duck would be killing the goose
that laid the golden egg since Runners
are valuable as layers when much older
than laying hens.
There are three varieties of this
wonderful breed of duckS-the Eng
liSh Standard. which in color is fawn
or brown and white. the cOlored body
feathers being penciled. The head and
tail of the drake are dark bronze
color, often showing greenish luster.
These are not show birds in this
country, but they cannot be beaten as
producers of fine white eggs. They
are fine for utility purposes.
The American Standard, or exhibit
ton Runner. of this country, in type
and marking, Is just the same as the
English Standard, but in color is IN
even light fawn and white, with no
penciing. The head and tail of the
drake are the same color as the body.
but only a little darker. Some ducks
of this variety lay tinted eggs. but
there is not good market for green
or tinted eggs, and it Is safest to buy
only the white egg strain.
White Indian Runners are new,
scarce and very expensive. They have
all the good points of the other Run
ners and, in addition, are pure white
no breeding off color nor fading in the
sun. They have the same graceful
outlines and upright carriage that have
made the older types of this breed ad-
mired everywhere.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
Protection Fee In Vienna,

The more pretentious apartment
houses in Vienna have a curious i'm
post levied upon them. The doors are
closed at 10 O'clock at night, and after
that hour every one who goes or comes
must pay 20 cents until midnight and
40 cents thereafter until 6 o'clock in
the morning The impost must be paid
as many times as man enters or
leaves q house. IT, for instance, a
person is in the house of a friend I'M
til 1 o'clock he must pay 40 cents on
leaving the friends house and another
40 cents on entering his own. The
money thus raised is devoted to pro-
tecting citizens against burglars.-De-
trOit Free Press.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
Give the Hoo a Scratching Post.

If hog knew how to tell his wants
he would demand a scratching post
Such posts, in the opinion of many hog
growers, are not only q source Of great
comfort to hogs, but the post may
moreover be made useful in Kidding the
animals of lice or Scaly skin. A sue
ceSSful Maryland hog grower adopts
this plan: Firmly plant a hickory Or
oak post four inches in diameter in the
hog run. Coil a manila rope around
the post as high as a hog stands and
staple it on securely. Then thoroughly
saturate the rope with crude petroleum
and it becomes an ideal scratching post
for hogs and pigs. They will rub
against it continually. and oil is fatal
to yermin. Kerosene can be used. but
it eyaporates too readily.-Amercan
Cultivat0r.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
SPENDERS OF old
Prices Paid by kacients Surpass-
ed Modern High Rates.
$4,000 FOR A SINGLE DISH.
An Ex-Consul Under Nero Had a
Murrha Wine Ladle Which Cost
100000 and Which on His Deathbed
He Dashed to Pieces.

Extravaganza and the high cost OF
living are topics of the hour. We are
supposed to be spending more money
for the same things which were so
cheap years ago.
But what we spend nowadays Is
nothing compared with the eXtrava-
gance in the good old days of the RO-
mans. When festive occasion occur
red then corresponding to our Thanks
giving or Christmas the Romans were
fond of amazing their guests with cost
ly dainties, such as nightngales. pea
cocks and the tongues and brains Of
tiamingos. Caligula the terrible dis
solved pearls in powerful acids in imi-
tation of Cleopatra and spent $780,
600 on single respast. says the New
York Times.
A dramatic friend of Cicero paid over
$4,000 for dish OF singing birds, and
one famous epicure. after having eX-
hauSted the sum of $4000,000 in his
good living, poisoned himself because
he had not quite half Il million left
Fish was faVorite food. and the man
Sions of the rich were fitted up with
fish ponds for the culture of rare va.
rietieS, which were sometimes caught
and cooked on silver gridrons before
invited guests, who enjoyed the chang
ing colors of the slowly dying fish ana
the tempting OdOr of the coming treat
Turbots, mackerels, cells and oysters
were popular delicacieS, ana a fine
mulIet brought sometimes as much as
$24O. In game the fatted hare and
the wild boar, served whole, were
ranked first
But the Romans did not cOntine their
extravaganza to their eating. The ban
quet hall was the most important room
in the house.
Here were reclining sofas made or
brass or of cedar inlaid with ivory.
tortoise shell and precious metals ana
provided with ivory, gold or silver feet
The citrus wood tables, so priced
among the Romans, cost from $4,000
to $4,000 apiece. Seneca is said TO
have owned 800 citrus wood tables
Vases of murrha-a substance identl-
fed by modern scientists with glass,
Chinese porcelain, agate ana huorSpar
were fashionable and fabulous sums
were paid for them.
An ex-consul under Nero had
murrha wine ladle which cost him
$500. 900 and which on his deathbed he
deliberately dashed to pieces to pre-
vent its falling into the hands OF the
grasping tyrant. Bronze and marble
statues were abundant in the houses
and gardens Of the rich and cost from
$3.50 for the work of an ordinary Sculp-
tor to $4,000 for genuine Phidias,
Scopas or PraXiteles.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
Vp TO Date Farming Methods
IT'S HARD ON THE SOIL.
Removal of the Corn Slower Takes
Away Much Valuable Plant Food.

Farmers often ask what effect the
removal of corn slower has on the fer
tiIity Of the land. 1t has been dem
onStrated that ton of corn StOver-that
is, stalks without ears-cOntalns SIX
teen pounds of nitrogen, two pounds OF
phosphorus and seventeen pounds OF
potassium. Figure grain crop of fifty
bushels and stover yield of two and
a half tons per acre. From this crop
the slower removes nearly rs much nj
trogen and 4 great deal more pOtas-
stun from the soil than the grain
crop does.
The average acre yield of corn sto-
yer contains about the same amount OF
nitrogen, half as much phosphorus
and four times rs much potassium as
the average oats grain yield Of fifty
bushels per acre or wheat at twenty
five bushels per acre. Corn stover
when removed from the land does de-
plete the soil materially.
COrnstalkS have much humus value,
so that no one can tell just the extent
Of the effect OF removing corn slower
On sandy soil or heavy clay the bene-
fits are most noticeable; therefore the
character of the soil must be taken into
account.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
Nature and the Ear.

Natures means for clearing the ear
is the wax, which dries up into thin
scales and peels off and falls away i'm
perceptibly. In health the passage Of
the ear is never dirty but an attempt
to clean it will infallibly make it so.
Washing the ear out with soap ana
water is bad. 1t keeps the WAX moist
when it ought to become dry and scaly
and makes it absorb dust.
But the most hurtful thing is the in
PRODUCTION of corner Of n towel screw.
ed up and twisted arOund. This pro-
ceedng initiates the passage ANA
presses down the wax and flakes of
skin upon the membrane of the tyn.
panum. producing pain, inflammation
and deafness. The washing should
only extend 10 the outer surface, rs
far as TIE fingers can reach. Family
Doctor.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07

thick, muscular snake about four feet
long. 1t is possessed of an inSatia BILE
appetite for poisonous vipers and can
tell Of the approach of one in the same
way that a pointer will scent game.
When tackling its prey, which is fire.
quently considerably bigger than itself,
the good snake assumes lethargic
air. as If it were glutted with food and
could not fight. Seeing this, the bad
snake Immediately attacks.
This is just what the other wants,
for, being rendered by nature COM
pletely immune from the poison. it
seiZes its enemy before it hasNhad time
to recover from the charge and gives
q fatal bite at the base of the brain.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
AN ARMENIAN WEDDING.
Strenuous Ordeal "Happy" Man IN
dereoes Before Marriage.

derqoes Before Marriage.
An Armenian wedding is described
in the Detroit Free Press. 1t lasts for
several days and starts with a general
meeting Of friends and relatives, who
are entertained by band of Ministries
and dancers until the arrival of the
bridegroom In the midst of the up
roar it is Armenian etiquette that the
happy man shall totter in with fall
tering footsteps and blanched face Gt
has just been whitened with a little
POWDER in order to go through the or
deal of preparation.
He is first publicly shaved and then
adorned with the various gifts sent by
the bride elect. His brothers next
fall upon him and with such vigOr
that he speedily stands forth as nature
made him. Then they completely re-
clothe him in new garments as best
they cana difficult job when one re-
members that custom forces them to
hold candles in their right hands
throughout the operation
The evening terminates with bon
fires, more music and much dancing
Upon the following evening the bride
puts in her first appearance by riding
to church. The bridegroom walks The
priest meets them at the porch and
reads them a very seasonable little
homily upon the obligations they are
about to undertake. They next march
in procession to the altar, where their
foreheads are bound together with
gold chains.
Even then, however, another three
days must elapse before the expectant
bridegroom is allowed to claim his
bride
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
TURKISH TITLES.
The Most Common Ones Are Here
Translated Into EnuIish,


For the information of readers who
do not understand the affixes to Turk
ish proper names that are seen in print
frequently of late the Turkish embas-
sy at Washington explained the use Of
some of the terms. In the first place,
our American prefixes Mr." and Gen
eraI' become sutfiXes in Turkish.
A caliph Is prince of the royal line
and Mohammed's representative, rank
ing next to the sultan himself in i'm
pOrtance. The next title Of Importance
is sheik I'll Islam, or head of the Mo-
hammedan faith. Imam is the title by
which priest is originally addressed
Pasha is the highest title within the
gift Of the sultan. 1t Is conferred
chiefly on men who achieve distinction
in arts and letters or in commerce.
The word hey attached to the name Of
person indicates that the bearer Is
distinguished for service Of the coun-
try. The term effendi indicates that
birth, breeding or education than the
man speaking and is a variable title,
depending on the rank of those carry
ing on conversation.
The grand viZier, or saborazam, is
the premier of the cabinet and Is the
highest of government civil officials
The governor of a province is known
as vail This term is added to the
name instead Of being prefixed.-De-
troit Free Press.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
Another Policewoman.

kalamazoo has the first pOlicewoman
in Michigan. Miss Ora Matthews,
travellers aid secretary Of the Young
Women'S Christian association, has re-
cei>ed the appointment. which Police
Chief Struble re commended to the po-
lice and fire commission. The activity
of Miss Matthews among The !oun%
women of the city led the police chief
to believe thai she would prove IN eX-
cellenr ;cquisi, ion to the force.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07

VMk Francisco to Bering sea for
WV seals. Never did | sail with
such fOrebodingS. 1t was
late in the season, and we had plcked
up a crew in San Francisco such rs no
officer would be pleased to sail with
even in fair weather. My first mate
| trusted implicitly, but my second
was new to me, and | knew little of
his antecedentS. The men had been
spending some time ashore between
cruises, freqnenting the lowest dives
in the city, and when they came aboard
they were drunk.
1t was bleak day that we sailed,
and the weather didn't improve on
acquaintance. My ship was Il saier
and required constant handling aloft
4 fine mist or sleet fell most of the
time. and the rigging was thick with
ice. The consequence was that every
time man was ordered alOft he either
went with q grOWl or refused to go at
all My first mate, WhittemOre, and |
were kept busy most of the time
threatening, curSing or even knocking
them down With any implement that
came handy. AS for Harden, the sec
ond mate. if he gave a man an order
and it wasn't Obeyed he gave it to
some one else.
One day, when we were beating
against a biting northeast wind and
the clouds We're splitting snow, while
standing on the after deck | saw the
men gathering on the forecastle. |
knew trouble was brewing and. giving
WhittemOre Il meaning look, directed
his attention for'ard. AS for Harden,
he was below. though had he been on
deck | should not have placed any
reliance on him. Next | saw man
of the crew Of the name Of Billings
urging his shipmates to follow him aft,
starting himself, going few steps
and returning for more argument. 4
few followed him on some Of these
incipient advances, but the bulk Of the
crew hung back. Finally. after a
harangue that | could not hear, he
made another move, and all but two
or three Of them went with him.
It's not a pleasant sight for one man
with no support but 4 single comrade
out Oh Il bluStery ocean to see a knot Of
men. doubtless with arms concealed.
coming to murder him. | made up my
mind to sell my life as dearly as posi-
BILE and uncovered revolver | had
carried ever since setting sail Whit
temore came and stood beside me.
The men had reached the compan-
ionway when one of them caught sight
of something on the port quarter. 9th
ers turned to look, and one by one
they stopped. Thinking it safe to do
so, turned my own eye in the direc-
ton they were look and saw a ship
coming athwart our course. 1t was
she that had arrested the men. Those
bent ON mutiny don't want any wit
nesses. They stood peering at her.
and as she drew nearer it was plain
that she had suffered rough usage.
Her masts. all except her foremost.
were gone, and that had a single sail
set. No one was to be distinguished
on deck until she came within hailing
distance, when through the flying
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
CREED OF A SUCCESSFUL
TRUCK FARMER.

Lay out the plat to save steps
in the harvesting.
Buy only good seed.
Keep the weeds down.
DONE hire help every time you
think you need it.
If the land is inclined to drift
leave it as rough as possible.
Find out the proper time to
plant and plant on time.
Devote all your time to your
crop. Don't keep cows. Milk
ing time, early and late, is the
best time for work in the gar
den.
Where possible sell direct to
the consumer.-Country Gentle
man.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07

In South America they are now using
snakes to catch snakes.
Even in the most civilized parts Of
Brazil over 1000 persons are killed an
nually by snake bite.
The mongoose. which proved so eff
fective in Jamaica and elsewhere, is of
little use here Necessity is the moth
together have at last discovered some
thing which 1t is hoped may eventually
exterminate the dreadful pest.
The discovery is nothing else than
.'benefcent'' snake which is harmless
to man and VIII / kills and eats the
poisonous species
The mussurana, as it is called, is q
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
Sixinu Him tjp

When you call the average young
man honest he is likely to feel a mild
sort Of qualification. When you call
him competent. his chest begins to
bulge. When you call him heart
breaker he slaps you on the shoulder
and gives you to understand that he
considers you person of remarka BILE
perception and unerring Judgment
Chicago Record Herald.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
Jokes That Have Passed Muster
More Deadly Than the Gun.

A small country boy was carrying a
dead cottOntail by the ears.
Hello. son. did you shoot that rab-
bit?' inquired city man who had
hunted all day with no success.
No" sarcastically replied the ur-
chin; Il scolded it and it died of NOR
LITIGATION Los Angeles Herald.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
TWO litters a Year.

1t is no tax on a mature sow to raise
two filters year. and this should be
done if you are fixed to care for fall
pigs. If you do not. then it will pay
to fix for 1t. Breeding a SOW only
once a year is working good money
making machinery only half time
Farm PrO9roSS
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
It Paws to Advertise.

If you raise fine fruit or vegetables
for the table, why not let the peo-
pie in your market town know it by
means of newspaper advertising?
You may thus sell many wagon load
direct to consumers and at much
better price than when the middleman
is your only customer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
Ava itina Further Enlightenment

$50 you want me to support Wombat
for the senate?" said the practical pol
itician. I'VE do" chorused the delega-
ton of citizens. con what grounds?"
ION the grounds that he is the abest
man for the place" ''Um! Now. what
other qualifications has he?'-Wash-
ingtOn Herald.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
QUAKERS IN AMERICA.
More Than 100000 Members of Faith
In America Today.


More than 10000 Friends are now
members Of the various meetings. In
England they are Of the so called Or
thodox branch and number about 20
600. In America these orthodox Quak-
ers are nearly 100000 strong, with
three-quarters of them in the new
lands west of the Alleghenies. Phila-
delphia is the center Of the Hicksite
branch, and their 10000 are chiefly in
the east
Furthermore, to these main bodies
must be added few scattered meet
ings Of the orthodox in Ireland and i'll
Canada and the WiburiteS, Il small
American subsect which still processes
the rigorous Quakerism Of the eight
zenith century.-Century Magazine.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
Keep the Hens Busy.

One of the most successful men in
making hens lay in winter says he en-
deavors never to allow them to be
idle. In summer hens are busy from
morning till night, and that is one rea-
son for their producing eggs more free
ly. They do not become too fat.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
Not For Fattenino Hoas.

Oats are not a satisfactory feed for
fattening hogs. The digestive tract of
the hog is so limited in capacity that
in order to permit the proper weight
Of feed being eaten it is necessary that
the ration be in a very concentrated
form.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
Disconcertiru.

An unprepared man went to address
Sunday school. Thinking to be fun
ny, he asked this question:
What would you do before so many
bright boys and girls. who expected a
speech from you, if you had nothing
to say?"
"Pd keep quiet" replied a small boy.
Toronto World.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07

There's prosperity for the farmer who
gets rid OF his scrub COWS and replaces
them with a good dairy breed; there's
hope for the farmer who keeps his
common stock, but tries to make the
most of them by adopting newer and
better dairy practice, but for the farm
er who Obstinately sticks to his scrub
COWS and scrubbier ways, there swell.
"RauS nit him.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07

The cow will do best in clean, we'll
lighted, we'll ventilated stable, while
the tuberculosis germ thriyes in a
damp, dark, musty barn. Which Of
these critters are you catering tor
Hoard's Dairyman.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
FOWLS OF CLASS.
Indian Runner Ducks Have Many
Fine Points.
LITTLE TROUBLE TO RAISE.

Not Subject to Diseases Like Chickens
and Lay Eggs Of High Quality.
Three Varieties Are English Stand
ard, American Standard and White.
Ny first trio of Indian Runner ducks
were bought for the express purpose
of destroying some troublesome insects
In my flower beds, says q correspond
ent. of Farm and Ranch. l intended
to dispose of them, either sell or eat
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
A Busy Wire,

Mother Cat telephone, giving order to
grocer and scolding baby in mischief
Send me a pound Of fresh-baby.-
butter and-stop that!-two dozen eggs
Or mother'll spank you-the last you
sent were stale-you naughty boy
Life.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
SOME DAIRY WISDOM.

It's a wrong idea that only the rich
can afford to run q dairy by modern.
scientific methods" The rich are the
only ones who can afford to run it any
other way.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07

The hired man who treats the cows
with kindness, is conscientious about
their feed and care and milks rapidly
and thoroughly may not be thing
of beauty but the wise dairyman con-
siders him a Joy forever"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-07
Unexpected Exclamation,

"What makes WillOughby look so
woebegone? Disappointed in love-"
Eyes" who got the grip" He
did" Birmingham Age Herald.