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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-15
Would Seureuate CHE Pineys. ,,

Trenton. n j., Auc. Ex-Governor
James f. Fielder has announced his
intention of working on ways and
means for remedying conditions exist
ing among that group Of inhabitants
of New Jersey known as 1.-The PineyS, .
an aggregation of degenerate and i'm
beetle families who live in the pine
woods of Burlington county. 1t is
claimed that this clan is responsible
for the fact that one person in every
2O6 in the state is a public charge.
The governors opportunity to see them
at first hand came during his trip to
the summer capital. He was shocked
at what he beheld and said:
THE state must segregate and ster-
liZe these people, particularly the ma
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-15
No. 3
The Sphinx Apple
Copyright by the Mcclure company.
PROLOGUE.
Copyright by the Mcclure company.

Stormbound, Bildad Roses passen
gers take refuge in shanty deserted
by Old Man Redruth, who had an un-
lucky love affair, Rose informs them.
An apple is found, and the impressive
Judge Menefee, rendering 1t to the only
lady present, suggests its award fol
what she considers the best version OF
the blighted romance from the point
where Roses narrative ends. The idea
is adopted. Various ingenious theories
are advanced, and Judge Menefee be-
gins the final peroration.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-15
Examples of CareIessness.

Dropping an acquaintance.
Cracking a joke.
Breaking the current Of ones
thoughts.
Treading on other peoples toes
Tripping upstairs.
Letting fall hint.
Allowing a secret to escape
Letting suggestion slip OFT.
Losing a chance.
Failing TO catch sentence
Missing the point
Failing over ourselves.
Stumbling over an apology
Running against a stone wall
Kicking up a dust
Making blot on the record
Forgetting old friends.
Getting caught in the tidetof adver-
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-15
Indians SWEARING to Old Glory.

Philadelphia, Aug. I'm order that
every Indian in the United States may
have an opportunity to declare his al
legiance to the stars and stripes. the
flag of the white man who has driven
him and his people into a few restrict
ed reservations scattered over the cOun-
try. the ROdman Wanamaker expedi-
lean Indian has Leen visiting these
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-15

ture ones. For the younger genera
ton vigorous work must be done at
once through the establishment of So
cial centers in the schools and the en-
fOrcement of school attendance"
At Nincentown there was pointed
out to Governor Fielder a man of thir-
ty-one. farm hand. who had been
married for four months to an eight
een-year-old girl. He had left his first
wife, and his second had left him.
Both are living. and there were no di-
vorce formalites.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-15
Wireless News of EARTHQUAKES.

st. Louis. Aug. 1.-THE st. Louis
university through the aid of the new
wireless station will keep its sister in
situations as we'll as a number of the
outlying government weather bureaus
posted on earthquakes and other like
phenomena in the future. according to
an announcement made at the univer-
sity.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-15

and demand useful to the farmer or
truck gardener
The question Of market houses will
be considered. and advice as to the
best and most sanitary form Of market
advised to adopt the cooperative idea
in marketing. The little store on the
street where all produce is exposed to
the dust and germs is condemned
The specialists will make intensive
studies of typical communities dealing
with special products and will assist
in the formation of new cooperative
enterprises.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-15
No. 4
A Night In New
Arabia
Jacob Spra qqins.
Copyright by Doubleday, Page & Co

Jacob Spraegins.
~% HE great city of Bagdad-On-the
Subway is caliph ridden. Its
@ palaces, baZaars, khans and
byways are thronged with All
Raschids in divers DISCUSSES. seeking
diversionaand victims for their unbrid-
led generosity. You can scarcely find
poor beggar whom they are willing
to let enjoy his spoils unsuccored. nor
wrecked unfortunate upon whom
they will not reshOwer the means of
fresh misfortune. You will hardly find
anywhere q hungry one who has not
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-15
Alliance at Current Topics and Events

ty school will be a parents association.
whose ideas on management will be
considered; but the department of edu-
cation will be entirely responsible for
the plans and policies actually fol-
lowed
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The Vanished Prize.

"~% HERE was in all probable
ity," continued Judge Meme
III fee, "a lovers quarrel as
they stood at the gate
on that memorable day. Tormented
by jealousy, young Redruth vanished
from his native haunts. But had he
Just cause to do so? There is no evil
dence for or against. But there is
something higher than evidence. There
is the grand, eternal belief in woman's
goodness. in her steadfastness against
temptation, in her loyalty even in the
face of proffered riches.
81 picture to myself the rash lover
wandering, self tortured, about the
world. l picture his gradual descent
and, finally, his complete despair when
he realizes that he has lost the most
precious gift life had to offer him.
Then his withdrawal from the world
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at must be that ten thousand doIlars!"
the baZaars of the east side To keep
down his growing surplus he doubled
his donations to organized charity,
presented the Y NJ. c. A. of his native
town with $4,000 collection of but
terfiies and sent check to the famine
sufferers in China big enough to buy
new emerald eyes and diamond filled
teeth for all their gods. But none of
these charitable acts seemed to bring
peace to the caliph'S heart. He tried
to get a personal note into his benefac-
lions by tipping bell boy and walters
$40 and 500 bills. He got we'll snick err
ed at and derided for that by the min
ions who accept with respect gratuities
commensurate to the service perform
ed He sought out an ambitious and
talented but poor young woman and
bought for her the star part i'll Il new
comedy. He might have got rid of
1000 more of his cumbersome money
in this philanthropy if he had not neg
lected to write letters to her. But she
lost the suit for lack of evidence
while his capital still kept piling up.
and his optikos needleorum camelibus
= or rich mans disease was unre-
Heyed.
<Tn ha cnntinIad-1
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Love and Money.

A grande passion can put up with
almost anything and not notice it. it
can even put up with keeping ac-
counts. 1t can record with fountain
ren that dinner and the play, with at
tendant details, cost $3.50, though that
looks as il one had bought pleasure
1T department store The grande
passion can do more; it can stop at
home cheerfully if dinner and the play
are too expensive. What the grande
passion cannot do is to say, So much
for you and so much for me-" Romeo
Is not disillusioned by the perception
that he has less money to spend, now
that he has married Juliet; and Juliet
does not grow wistful because Romeo
runs an account at the butchers in
stead Of at the florists. 1t cannot be
denied that Romeo sometimes regrets
the account at the florists, and that
Juliet sometimes wishes that Romeo
had not to pay her bills But that is
another matter When, however, hus-
band and wife begin to discuss an
allowance they are already long
way from Already. Let Romeo and
Juliet arrange their budget as they
Will-arranging budget might be a
very pretty nursery game-so long as
arranging it is for them, part Of the
nigh shumor of life. When they come
to it with grim faces, or when either
accuses the other Of inconsiderate-
ness or extravaganza, it is time to
call in the apethecary--The Atlantic.
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HONOR MAYOR HEAD.
Xenosha Executive is Named Direc.
tor in American Auto Assn.

Xenosha Executive is Named a Direc-
tor in American Auto Assn.
Mayor Dan 0. Head this morning re-
eeived notice from the officials of the
American Automobile Associa ion with
headquarters in New York, that he
had been elected-as director of the as
ISOLATION from Wisconsin. The mayor
has taken an active part in the work
of the Kenosha Automobile Club and
in the work of the state organization
among The motorists and the election
as director of the national associa-
ton comes as recognition of this
work. The mayor is at present presi-
dent of the Kenosha Automobile As
ISOLATION and he has been very active
in all work relating to the association.
He has been one of the main leaders in
the work to secure the Improvement
of roads in the county.
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ing options on property sought for the
proposed park system to the north of
the city and the commission is now
ready to make formal proposition to
the common council leading to the ac-
curing Of this property for park pur-
poses. The property covered by the
options includes all the property to the
north of the city limits, running along
the lake as far north as the north linn
its of Jacob s Island. All property
to the east of Milwaukee avenue and
the concrete roadway with the exception
of st. George cemetery is included in
the tract proposed for park purposes.
The property contains IN the neighbor-
agreed upon in the option averages a
thousand dollars an acre. The bulk of
the property is owned b. DR.. N. A.
Pennoyer and the estate of the late
Miller Pennoyer and options have been
secured for all of this property The
remaining property is owned by the
Island Company and it is also unde1
option. The options are dated to ex-
pire on the first of November, but it is
understood that these will be extended
should the proposition receive kindly
consideration from the council when il
is presented.
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Never bat a hat, for he's battline,
Hor humanity" is not the title or re-
frain of a popular song, but it is in
effect the title of warning issued by
the experts of the department Of agri
culture against the killing or destruc-
ton of the nocturnal winged fighters
OF insects, The warning was issued
as the result of an accumulation of
inquiries as to the best methods of
exterminating bats.
Bats are a benefit. rather than a
Plague the statement declares. as
they destroy mosquitoes and a num-
Der Of other insects that harm crops
and orchards, The superstition that
they entangle themselves in women's
hair is without foundation. On the
contrary. the ordinary bat is harm
less creature"
The department experts give official
recognition to the vampire bat. which,
they declare, sucks the blood Of ami
mails"
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Real estate men in the city are agreed
that the price set for the property is a
good price, but they believe that in the
future this land will be much more
valuable.
Mayor Dan. O. Head has acted with
the park commission in securing the
options on the property. The mayor had
suggested that even a larger tract of
land be secured, but the members of the
commission believed that the lake shore
tract outlined would be sufficient to
give the city of Kenosha one of the
most beautiful natural parks to be
found in Wisconsin.
The proposition to issue bonds for the
purchase and Improvement of the prop
erty must be submitted to the people
of the city before the council may
carry out the plan. This will not be
done before the election to be held in
April of next year and the people of
the city will have plenty of time in
which to think the matter over.
If the council votes to submit the
question Of the bond issue the park com
mission will at once make plans fol
the improving of the property in order
that the people can be given some ides
as to just what is planned in the way
of Improvements.
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ELsA's PICTURE HAT
Ey GERTRUDE MARY SHERIDAN.

Ey GERTRUDE MARY SHERIDAN,
Il wish / had one of those new
picture hats sighed Elsa Dunbar
and knew that she sighed in vain, but
did not know that her fond wish had
been overheard-and by q veritable
little fairy.
1t was natural that neat, hand
some and ambitious girl like Elsa
should long for the pretty things OF
life. II was bad time to have ex-i
travagant notions, though. Affairs
were at low ebb with her crippled
father and WORKOUT mother. They
had a little home and piece OF land
from which tLey earned bare living,
but there was mortgage on the
property. The holder was misery old
Silas Bounderby and he had been
pressing them sorely of late for pay
ment.
The village picnic was due the
next day and two girls had passed the
humble home with the new feminine
fad In Wharton picture hats. Elsa
saw and wished Then she went into
the house to attend to some culinary
duties and forgot all about her wish.
Elsa was a great favorite with the
| children Of Wharton. Two had come
to have her tell them stories little
Nettie Lane and her brother They
stood outside the fence where Elsa
did not see them and they heard the
wish uttered.
The wise little Nettie was impress
ed by the deep, earnest manner Of
the speaker. In fact, slight shade
OF seriousness on the face of her
great favorite caused Nettie to re-
main outside.
Come, brother" she said to her
companion, Miss Dunbar is sad and
worried and we won't bother her to-
day. Did you hear what she said? ?"
'That she wanted picture hat?
Yes. What's picture hat, Nettie?"
II don't know, but I'm going to find
out" answered Nettie thoughtfrlly
I'D do anything to make Miss Dun
bar happy"
$50 would II" declared little Bob
bic with JUNCTION.
and ia give all my dolls and all
my story books Just to get her one
Of those picture hats"
"And I'd throw in all my marbles
and agates-all except the new fall
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WHAT WOULD FRANKLIN SAY7
Little Book He Tried to Suppress
Brings $4,000 at Auction--only
Two Copies Known.

When Benjamin Franklin came tc
london from Philadelphia in 1924, &C
cording to a writer in the Daily Tele
graph, ne found work as a compositol
In printing Office.
While setting up Wollaston's "Relig
ion of Nature" he felt revolt against
some of the arguments. and thereupor
wrote his own Dissertation on Liberty
and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain.
Moreover, having written it, he print
ed it himself. He was then nineteer
years Of age.
In after years Franklin regretted his
precocious efforts, and suppressed OIL
destroyed most OF the 100 copies Of
the tract He did this so thoroughly
that only two survivors are known
Iand one Of these came up in the HUH
sale at Sotheby's, held recently.
Now for the romance of values
About 1850 the late Mr., Henry Stey
ems, the well-known bookseller, bought
this copy for so cents. He offered II
to the British museum for S.. Il
was refused. He then tried two eli
Ients Mr.. Brown and MI. James Lenox
at SIS Nothing done.
Throwing it into auction at Put
ticks with lengthy description) he
was rewarded with a bid Of 500, Mr.
IHotten beating the belated British mu
scum at that price.
In the Hotten sale, 1872, the British
Tnuseum lost it again at G22 los. and
it eventually joined the HUH Ii
lbrary.
At the auction referred to the son
and namesake Of the late M. Stevens
Twas ready Remembering the price
his father had originally given, ne pi
Iously called, Half a crown" and Mr.
Hodge, the auctioneer, courteously &C
Icepted it, knowing the motive be
hind the call The next bid was the
real start, 9320 coming from Mr.
Quaritchs representative On went
the duel between him and Mr.. Stev
ems. With 81 big effort the former
reached e1,0OO.
Now Mr.. Stevens, guineas?" saiC
MIR. Hodge.
No, s., replied Mr.. Stevens, and al
the enormous sum of G1,005 the more
than skyline survivor was his, al
though Mr.. Hodge playfully suggested
to his rival, Just beat him by his
family half crown!"
MIR Stevens was especially pleased
with his victory, because, as he point
ed out, the only other copy of the
Franklin relic known as sold by hin
in the Stevens-Franklin collection tc
the government of the United States
in 1881"
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sey. Sam Cupples is half owner of
that"
Bobbie ran off just here to join his
announced partner, whom he saw at
distance. Nettie trudged along,
immersed in deep thought. She met
q companion of her own age and
there was a long consultation ss to
picture hats"
Il think | know what they are"
said Nettie's juvenile adviser.
We'll what?'' inquired Nettie with
interest.
Tou know how girls wear pictures
in lockets ard in the backs OF
watches, and that?''
"Uh-huh," bobbed Nettie, hoping
she was guessing right.
Well, I'll bet a picture hat Is
where girl gets the photograph Of
her beau and pins 1t in her hat-see ?'
"Oh, just the thing!' cried Nettie
with sparkling eyes. Il know just
what to do now"
She went to the picnic the next
day and SO did all the town, Elsa in
cluded. The latter wore the hat she
had worn all summer. She saw that
her father and mother were comfort
ably bestowed in a shady spot Then
she placed her hat and light wrap
alongside the lunch basket and wan
dered about the grounds.
A strange thing had happened to
little Nettie the afternoon previous.
which shall be recited in it's due
place. AS it's sequence now, the mo-
ment Elsa was out of sight Nettie
stole up to the discarded hat. She
proceeded to pin the photograph of
very handsome young man inside
the hat. Father Dunbar was doing
and his wife was reading. Neither
noticed the excited little sprite, who
flashed away feeling jubilant because
she had settled the picture hat ques-
ton to her artless way or thinking.
Now by another strange freak of
fate, which will also be explained In
its place, young man, stranger in
Wharton, strolled by that spot few
moments later. His name was Lisle
Devon He had come to the town on
very important business the day pre-
vious. He had met with the loss of
q wallet contain ng important papers
and could do no business until he
had found them. The local police were
now assisting him in this effort. The
picnic occasion was general holi-
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Subtle AduerAisinn

A successful hotel manager pointed
TO the advertisement of hotel in At.
lantic City. This advertisement read:
Special rates to single men,
The proprietor of that hoteh'' said
he, deserves to succeed. He lays in
his advertisement a subtle trap for
mothers with manageable daughters.
They read'the advertisement and they
conclude that, given lower rates at
this hotel single men will be plentiful.
They therefore decide that there is
the place undoubtedly to take their
daughters"
Then, laughing, he concluded:
These mothers quite correctly be-
lieve that as far as their daughters
chances of matrimony are concerned
the more the marryer."
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day. He has sauntered down to the
grounds to put In the time.
Impossible." abruptly exclaimed
this model young man, and he paused
with q shock az his eye lit upon
Elsa's hat with the photograph pinned
upon ft--for it was his own portrait
The recognition of his property
must have excited him greatly, for
he unceremoniously picked up the hat
and approached Mrs. Dunbar.
Madam he said in haste and
eagerness, can you tell me to whom
this hat belongs"
Why, yes, to my daughter, Miss
Eliza Dunbar" replied her mother
wonderingly.
rs she here? Can find her? Elk.
cuse me, but an extraordinary thing
has happened and
Still m,rveliing, Mrs. Dunbar told
him that her daughter was some
where about tho grounds. Everybody
knew her He started off making in.
quiries Finally a lad informed him
that he had seen Miss Dunbar at a
certain spot near the river and point.
ed out the place.
As Lisle Devon neared the spot he
heard voices and through the leafy
copse he made out the figure OF a
crafty-faced old man and a lovely
young girl-Elsa herself.
I've said my cay" tho old man
was observing; II buy what | want
in this world and / offer tc buy you
If you won't, / shall foreclose that
five hundred dollar mortgage on
your home
"Ob. cruel! crue1!" cried Elsa, and
she shrank from the outstretched
hands of the old man as IL they were
those of vulture. Il would die be
fore that-are you heartless7 :"
Decide by tomorrow said old
silas Bounderly, and he hobbled or
chuckling
The young man amazed Elsa b..
addressing her and explaining about
his photograph. They returned to Its
III CSCAI ICSIluS E4sLGS
II cannot understand how your pic
ture came there" she said, and just
then a laugh of mischief from behind
near tree disclosed little Nettie.
Yes, she had placed the picture
there, she confessed readily. Where
did she get It? She had found big
wallet lying In the road. It was full
Of papers and the photograph. That
was all she wanted to make dear Miss
Dunbar q picture hat! And the wal
let? Oh, she had tossed that In the
old unused chicken house.
There Is one contract there the
loss Of which would mean the loss OF
$4,000 for our city house." Lisle
Devon explained to Elisa.
Business kept him in Wharton for
week Naturally he saw Elisa again
He bought Nettie a great handsome
doll as a reward He told Elsa that
only for her he might never have re.
covered the precious papers
Secretly he paid or the mortgage to
old Silas Bounderly. Then one event.
full evening he came to the Dunbar
home with a vital question on his
lips
Would Elsa allow him to buy al
her hats, picture hats included, fol
the rest of her life?
And Elsa answered blushingly
Eyes"
Copyright, 1913, by w c. Chapraan.)
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-16
LOOKS LIKE WARFARE'S END
Possibilities Of a Flying Machine in
Spreading Death Are Awful
to Contemplate.

IL the airship is ever really called
upon to show what 1t can do to de-
stroy an enemy it will probably arouse
the world to an appreciation of the
real changes. which the engineer has
been preparing to surprise the self
confident soldier and sailor Thus,
the attack from the air will utterly
ignore existing defenses, whether by
land or by water, and pass at once to
the great centers OF finance, industry
and government. The continued con-
centration of control into few great
cities renders such method of attack
comparatively simple. The use Of OK
plosive bombs for such an attack
would be limited, even assuming that
accurate aim is possible, because the
effect of unconf1ned explosive Is in
sufficient 70 do a great amount Of in
jury. /. would be possible, however,
Casters Magazine states, for an air
ship to pass over city, in silent dark
ness, shoWering upon the ground be-
meath sufficient quantity of poison
Gus grains Of unacceptable chem
icals to wipe out all life in its path.
Such effects might be delayed until
the machine had passed far beyond OBJ
servation, or even suspicious.
Any unroofted reservoir of city
water supply, for example, forms an
ample target into which an abundance
of disease germs could be dropped
from the air to exterminate the popu-
lation in the course of few succeed
ing weeks. Any machine flying over
the harvest fields might readily SOW
the larvae of such destructive insects
as would render the next seasons food
supply insufficient, just as the escape
OF few specimens OF careless en-
tomologist has already worked havoc.
Every naval coaling station could cas-
lily be charged with explosive pieces
OF Imitation coal, later to produce ef-
fects indistinguishable from boiler ex-
; plosions when unconsciously fed BY
stokers into the furnaces.
In the face Of the existence of such
weapons as these, is 1t to be supposed
that really up-to-date opponent
would resort to such crude, obvious
and violent methods as cannon, bar
onets and troops?