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Arizona republican., 1913-08-22

an entirely different thing, with q new meaning. The woman cf sentiment has been able to keep her wedding ring and show that she is divorced at the same time.
 When the wedding ring has been made into 2 Reno ring by a simple twist of the wrist" the wedding finger is, of course, free again, So the Reno ring has q double significance. It seems to say: "If I can't succeed at first I'll be willing to try again" A suitor need rot despair of winning divorcee if she wears a Reno ring.
 So watch the right hand finger after this If it is encircled ny a slcn- der band of gold you'll know that it's wearer has been married but wouldn't mind taking another chance, perhaps.
 The ministers are taking sides on the Reno ring Some think it is too frivolous for consideration. Some think that it is q degrading use of the wedding ring. still others believe that if worn by all divorcees it will wake the penple to the number of divorces that are occurring every day. and will prove a good method of making folks think twice before taking the important steps of both marriage and divorce-New York World.
Arizona republican., 1913-08-22
SULPHUR PRODUCTION
 IN UNITED STATES

The production of sulphur in the United States in 1912 was 30$,472 long tons. valued at $5,25G, 122, com pared with 265,664 long tons, valued
Arizona republican., 1913-08-22

Hire a little Salesman at The Re publican office. A Want Ad will see more customers than you can
Arizona republican., 1913-08-22

Any Mox's Sujt js2 the House
 $z2. 50
 We you get this thoroughly in your 1nnd-reaize what 1t means to y0u-your choice of regular $25 CO., $2750 and S3OOO hgcass, superior Suits onehaf and less. Among the lot you will find the classy Grcy, the stylish Browns the hobby Scotch IWeeds and the gcntcel MiXturescvcry size in socknd, remember the price Shit in the hol1oe only Twelve-fifty.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
Luxury of Being Rich,

When the Emperor Joseph II. was
in Paris, in the reign Of Louis XVI,
he was in the habit of walking about
the city incOgnito. One morning he
went into an elegant coffee house and
asked for cup of chocolate. He was
plainly dressed and the walters inso-
lently refused it, saying it was too ear
ly. Without making any reply, he
walked out and went into little coffee
house. He asked for a cup of choco-
late, and the landlord politely answer
ed that it should be ready in q mo-
ment While he waited for it, as the
coffee house was empty, he walked up
and down and was conversing on diff
ferent. subjects, when the landlords
daughter, very pretty girl, made her
appearance. The emperor wished her
a good day, according to the French
mode, and observed to her father that
it was time she should be married.
"Ah," replied the old man, 'if l had
but a thousand crowns | could marry
her to a man who is very fond Of her
but, sir-the chocolate is ready" The
emperor called for pen, ink and paper;
the girl ran to fetch them, and he gave
her an order on his banker for 5000
liyreS
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
Is World Doomed to Starve?

The Importance of botanical re-
searches of the kind in which he has
made a name for himself was shown
by Professor Hugo De Vries in his sec
ond Lowell institute lecture on "The
Evolution of Plants" ''The future of
the human race" he said, twill depend
upon new foodstuffs, for those now
known will not suffice to support it."
In the United States about one-quar-
ter of the soil is under cultivation, and
for the rest there are the difficulties Of
deserts and irrigation. eff it were pos
sible to grow things in the desert
world" said the speaker, at would be
very desirable. At any rate, it is the
agriculture that is in the foreground Of
public needs"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14

healed. He was removed to his home.
'Who the dickens is this Amanda
Brown who is sending me f1owers?' he
asked one morning during GONZALES
cence.
His father, who heard the remark
and hoped that he would not marry
the donor, was delighted. He rushed
off to Professor Fulcrum to tell him
that the operation had been eminently
successful.
"Now, professor" he said, ''there is
girl I wish my son to marry. Can
you make him love herr
Certainly not!'
care you sure? She loves him, and
she is immensely rich"
II am perfectly sure. l cannot Gre
ate. | can only Destroy"
Jennie Carr, who had been removed
from Walter Higgins memory, insist
ed upon seeing him as soon as it was
safe for him to undergo the excite
ment of the meeting. Mr.. Higgins
senior, curious to know if his son
| would remember her on seeing her,
granted permission at once.
ooh, Waltern' she said plaintively.
"Im so sorry!'
LET me see," said Walter, looking at
| her scrutinizingly. $50 many people
| have called to see me. Where have l
| met your
This was enough for Mr.. Higgins
senior. He took the girl away and
told her that the shooting had affected
his sons memory
One day six months later Mr.. Hig-
gins rushed into Professor Fulcrum's
workroom in a rage.
"You have swindled me-" he cried.
"How SOP"
my son has married the girl after
all"
"WellT'
"You said that you could guard
against his love for her returning by
destroying his memory of her His
love has returned. He has married
her."
ut has not returned. If he loves
her it is new love, not the old one"
1T is certainly not new one, IOT
my son has had nothing to do with
her since you operated on him.
Il don't believe it. My knowledge
is based on long experiment and is eX-
act Find out what has taken place
between the couple since your sons
recovery and you will prove my posi-
ton"
Mr.. Higgins departed and in few
days sent Professor Fulcrum the fol
lowing confession signed by his sons
wife:
| I always knew that the Higgins family
were opposed to me and noticed that they
| were especially pleased when / was blot
ted from Walters memory. l had won
! him once despite their opposition and re-
solved to do so again, keeping my effort
a secret from them. ] began at the be-
! ginning, in my own way pledging him not
| to let his family know Of his meetings
with me; then when / had won him |
married him clandestinely before they
| could interfere.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
ORIGIN OF EAVESDROPPER.
1t Is Traced Back to a Secret Society
Two Hundred Years Ago.


Do you know why a person who lis
tens at keyhole is called an caves
dropper?
About 200 years ago, says the st.
Nicholas, there was certain very
powerful secret society, which would
allow no outsider to hear or see what
went on at it's meetings. There were
some people in those days, just as now,
who spent much Of their time in pry-
ing into other persons affairs, and
they tried in all sorts Of ways to dis
cover what this society was doing.
They kept on trying until several of
them were caught and punished, and
that put an end to their prowling
around and listening at knotholes or
chinks in the wall, for when a man
was caught at this trick he was con-
demned to be suspended for a short
time under the caves of a shed while
it was raining hard until the water
ran in under his collar and out at his
shoes, and from that day until this a
prying person has been called an
"eavesdropper."
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
Gettinu Beef CheaplY.

The result of Nebraska experiments
indicate that when corn is from So to
so cents per bushel and alfalfa not to
exceed 81 per ton, considerably less
than full feed of corn, probably four
teen to eighteen pounds per day for
two-year-old steer is more profitable
than full feed. If corn is worth 80 to
60 cents per bushel something APP
preaching a half feed of this grain, ten
to twelve pounds per day, would seem
more profitable if a few more weeks
NAV be taken for the finishing process.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14

Where did +he dollar mark come
from? The most popular theory and
the generally accepted one, says the
New York Times, is that the sign came
from making monogram of the letters
"U" and IS" BY eliminating the bot
tom of the letter "U'' the dollar mark
in its present form resulted This is
called the U. S. theory. 1t seems to fit
the case, and people interested more In
the chase for dollars than i'll making
the dollar sign in front of some figures
have been willing to let it go at that.
But Professor Florian Cajori of Colo
RADIO college comes along and in Pop
ular Science Monthly demolishes that
theory and gives data to show the liz
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
WHERE SOME PROFITS GO.
They Are Lost by Careless Handling
of the Farm Machinery.

Depreciation of farm machinery is a
charge which none can escape, but it
can be greatly lessened by judicious
management By most farm mechan-
ical men 10 per cent is taken as the
average estimate, but this will vary
greatly with the tool and the care. A
crowbar or post maui may be as
good at the end of twenty-five years
as when bought, while a harness may
be worse than useless in less than ten
years.
Care in use, in cleaning and in hous-
ing will do much to extend the life Of
an implement.
A farm upon which there was good
farm wagon, rather light, but good for
the work on the farm, was good many
years after it was purchased. Yet the
wagon was bought secondhand. 1t be-
longed to a man who knew how to care
for things.-Kansas Industrialist.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14

few years ago. when he and his Per
chtYOn brother were ridden along the
roads to Paris by Positions, DObbin
was plodding sOberly along ridge ana
furrow. and his descendants have learn
ed the trick of keeping the straight
lire
The Shire horse is light and quick in
movement, a fast walker and with
great knack of throwing his weight
into the collar when needed and at no
other time. He is tractable, good ma
tured and learns while very young the
verbal directions of his driver.
The Shire is hardy, hard of bone,
shapely, short backed, close ribbed.
with good oblique shoulders, we'll
carried head. fine eye and wonderfully
good constitution. If we'll fed OH good
oats and hay. he grows amazingly dur
ing the first two years of his life. He
is Il good but not a gross feeder ana
eu,IureS changes of climate without i'll
Jury. as is proved by his popularity in
the English colonies. and which is now
RAPIDLY extending to the South Ameri-
can republics and to the United States.
If properly cared for the hairy part
of his legs washed and thoroughly
dried and the rest of him thoroughly
grOomed when he comes in from work,
he will last longer than any other horse
under the sun, except the Arab and
the English thoroughbred.
TO sum up the matter to practical
conclusion. have firm belief that
the farmer of moderate acreage. who
has a good roomy mare of any breed.
say. of from 200 to 1900 pounds, and
wants to breed a race of good farm
horses for his own future use, can
mate her with nothing so good as with
a we'll bred English Shire horse.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
FORMING A NEW LOVE


TT was the year 1000.
professor Fulcrum, believe
cat your service, sir"
81 understand that you have
been for a long while close student
of the brain and have made some re-
markable discoveries continued the
visitor.
81 have simply been building on the
scant knowledge held by our grand
parents It has been reserved for us
fin de steele people to point out the ex-
act spot on the brain that directs any
special condition."
"Your modesty is wasted on me, pro-
fessor. 1t is you who have made this
last discovery. How did you do it,"
"Vivisection. Our ancestors found
difficulty in getting consent to expert
ment on animals. Now, with some
4OO,OOO,OOO of people, life is so cheap
that we can operate on human beings
| am indebted to malefactors for my
debted to me as well, for | can now
make an honest man of a rogue"
by what meanST'
'Trepanning For instance, / know
the exact spot in the brain that pro
duces kleDtOmania. I cut away bit
of the skull and find an abnormal de
velopment of the brain directly under
it. This I cut away, and the patient
has no more desire to steal"
"Can you turn hate to love, or vice
versa ~
"No, but can destroy either the one
or the other"
"Now we are getting down to the OBJ
ject of my visit. My son is in love with
a girl whom | do not wish him to mar
ry Can you destroy his love for her.?
Eyes"
How
"Recent developments in microscopy
has shown us that each sensation has
minute corrugation on the brain. On
a certain point in your sons brain will
be found little protuberance compos'
ed of these minute corrugations. If
this protuberance is removed the love
is killed.
"Forever"'
"Not necessarily. Another operation
is required to prevent its return.
must cut away certain tiny particle
in the bump of memory for that par
ticular girl
Every well, professor. I will bring
my son to you at once. He is waiting
without
Professor Fulcrum consented only
on the payment of an immense fee
and guaranty of indemnity in case the
son claimed damages. Then the young
man was shown into room, where
an anaesthetic gas was turned on
When he was unconscious he was
placed on a table and the operation
performed. On coming to his senses
he found his head bandaged and was
told that burglar had shot him, max
ing two bullet holes in the brain. He
was to be kept quiet till the wounds
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
Anvil Sparks.

Running away from trial is never a
success.
A tolerated vice soon becomes an in
tolerable master.
1t is hard to look at gold and keep a
clear vision.
Universal peace doesn't mean strik-
ing cOlOrS to the devil.
A guinea hen chatters, but there is
no SANDER OH her tongue.
Love is never normal or full grown
until it includes enemies.
A true lover of flowers will certainly
grow some in the garden of the heart.
High hopes are apt to topple over
unless they are founded upon pedes-
tails of adequate preparation.-Chri
tan Herald.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
THE FRIENDLESS SPIDER.
Its Bad Reputation Is Not Deserved.
Has Good Qualities.

Aside from snakes, there is probably
no living thing which can look to man.
kind for friendship with So little hope
as the spider. yet when the spider is
fairly brought to trial 1t is rather hard
to prove anything against him except
his appearance and few cobwebs,
says writer in Harper's Weekly.
industry and patience from which we
might well profit, the spider feeds ex-
clusively upon freshly killed insects,
all of them being of the kind denounc-
ed by sanitary authorities. the house
fly being its favorite quarry. AS the
actual destruction of few hundred
housefiies means that several hundred
thousand that wou' otherwise have
spent gay lives in tr hitting typhoid
and other diseases VA not come into
existence and as almost any spider
should be able to account for as many
as 300 in the course of q summer, to
say nothing of stray mosquitoes and
black gnats, we surely owe him some
thing more than flap with a slipper
when we happen to catch him out Of
his hole. A spider can bite, Of course,
but he seldom does except in self de-
Tense, and even then the bite is not
much worse than would have been re-
ceived from any one of the several
hundred mosquitoes he has probably
dined upon or will if let alone. In the
light of present scientific knowledge
the story of the spider and the fly that
was invited into the pretty parlor does
not cause such surge of sympathy for
the fly as it once did.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
THE DOLLAR SIGN.

resistible conclusion that the dollar
mark came down to us from the peso
Authorization, "Ps," and also that it is
OF Latin-American origin.
There are no historical data to support
the T. S. theory, no evidence Of use in
old manuscripts. Professor Cajori says
Robert Morris was the earliest govern
ment official to use the dollar mark,
but he used an IS" with only one down
ward stroke across it. There have been
theories that the mark came from the
Pillar. of Hercules coins. No manu-
scripts show such an adaptation. Then
there is the pieces of eight theory,
derived from the old Spanish dollars.
but there is no manuscript evidence OF
that either.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
The Weekly Farm Budget
FRENCH MOTOR PL0W.
New Mechanical Aid For Farmer Has
Many Good Points.

Many Good Points.
The latest mechanical aid enlisted in
the service of the French farmer is a
motor plow The tractor itself has a
thirty-fve horsepower engine, with
cylinders measuring 10 by $50 MILL
meters. Except for the type of radi-
ator employed, it is perfect standard
chassis as commonly used for bus or
heavy work. The use of specially
work all day without any replenish-
ment of the cooling system. Apart
from it's use as a tractor, the chassis
is provided with belt pulley for driv-
ing thrashing machines, chaff and root
cutters.
transverse webs, so that, no matter
how bad may be the surface, reliable
steering is assured. The back wheels
are entirely OF metal. Upon these also
transverse webs are fitted, SO that the
wheels hold on broken up and fallow
land. The tractor is fitted with three
forward speeds and reverse.
This machine can be used for plow-
ing by direct traction when the ground
and the kind Of work to be done is
suita BILE for this. 1t can also be used
for working all other kinds of agricul-
tural appliances. Again, it can be en-
ployed for blowing by cable. In this
instance the tractor becomes a wind
lass and by means Of a cable $50 yards
in length actuates the plows. The
windlass advances by its own power,
unrolling the cable. Then, standing
still, it draws the plow toward it.,
which latter turns up over this dis
lance one or several burrows, according
to the number of shares. When the
plow comes up to the tractor the lat
ter advances a further $50 yards, let
ting out the cable, and draws the plow
up to it again.
To work as a windlass the tractor
has to be provided with rapid
and absolutely efficacious system of
"scotches' This has been obtained
by an ingenious device. At the back of
the vehicle wedges are suspended on
powerful springs. When these springs
are compressed by the power of the
engine the wedges fall by their own
weight and serve as rests for the
wheels. Automatically the whole appa-
ratus thus becomes anchored and the
windlass is free to work quite easily
and safely. AS soon as the tractor ad-
vances the wedges become released
and are pulled back into their original
position by the power Of the engine
New York Times
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Freeze the ElYI

A few months ago folks were talking
about swatting the fly He was both
ering us all then. Now, in the cold
weather. we have forgotten him, but
the fly that will be on the job in the
spring, scattering germs and making
trouble. is tucked away in the manure
pile or in the piles of litter around the
yard. If manure is scattered on the
fields now, as it should be, and the lit
ter cleared out he will die from ex-
posure Orange Judd Farmer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
Sunshine For the S0lemn|
Took Chances.

81 must say there is something to adj
mire in the work Of that snapshot pho
tographer," said the eminent states
man.
But the picture is not at all favor
able"
mo, but it suggests precisely the
frame Of mind was in when I discov-
cred he was after me" -Washington
Star
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). J: ss.'
LITTLE FARM NOTES.

If a COW is not MIXED at the
proper time she hits the pocket
book. Feeding time for beef cat
tie is much more elastic, and an
irregularity of a few hours does
; not make itself felt in the same
way.
A tablespoonful of ground flax
seed Qinseed meaD fed to colts
every night in their grain rations
. will prevent constipation and give
give them a glossy coat of hair.
Don't neglect the essential ex-
ercise for the stallion from now
; OH. 1t will not only mean some
thing to the health and vigor of
. the animal, but it will WELD a
great influence on his next years
colt crop.
If fences are to be built this
) spring or if posts are to be
replaced in fences already built
some OF the spare time of the
winter may be profitably spent in
getting these posts ready for set
ting.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
ALWAYS Invited,

"The Whifferbys put on great deal
of style, considering the fact that they
hardly know where they will get to-
morrow's dinner
"Some method in their madness,
though. The more style they put on
the more apt they are to be invited out
to dinner. "-Birmingham Age Herald.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
Catching Up.

Really. Mr.. Wombat," declared the
teller, you must do something to catch
up with your account"
81 guess l do owe you a good Bit"
admitted the delinquent one. well,
I'll tell you what I'll do to catch up.
I'll order only one suit now instead
of my usual three. "-Washington Her
aid
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
Other Thouuhts,

do you think only of me?" MUIR
INJURED the bride. Tell me that you
think only of me-
Its this way" explained the groom
gently. "Now and then have to think
of the furnace, my dear" -Louisville
Courier-J ournal.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
No Doubt He Will Succeed.

"Now that you have made S5O,O0O,-
900 | suppose you are going to keep
right on for the purpose Of trying to
get 100000, O00?"
mo, sir. You do me an injustice. I'm
going to put in the rest of my time try
ing to get my conscience into a salts
factory condition. - Chicago Record
Herald.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
Milk Is Fine For Chicks.

Every one who keeps cows and poul-
try on the same farm will find it profit
able to reserve all the milk for feeding
the flock and dispose only of butter fat.
1t is the best animal food that can be
given to them. Give all the chickens all
the milk they will drink. 1t will do
them no harm.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
If Weeds Bother You Read This.

Rotation of crops is disastrous to
weeds The silo is one of the best of
weed killers. Weeds are the bane of
the farmers life, and they can be
eradicated only by good methods of
farming incidentally the best meth
DDS of destroying weeds are the best
methods of crop production.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
THE SHIRE HORSE.
How He Is Viewed by an Enthu-
siastic Friend.
BIG, STRONG AND WILLING.
He Throws His Weight Into His Collar
When 1t Is Needed and at No Other
Time Growing In Popularity In the
United States and Elsewhere.

The following are my principal rea-
sons for preferring the Shire to any
other horse. especially for small farms
where steam is inadmissible, says a
correspondent of Farm and Fireside:
The Shire horse is. think. by hered-
ity very handy and active on arabic
land. He seems to pick his way over
ridge and furrow with none of that
heavy. crooked and uncertain gait so
often to be observed in the continental
breeds. Centuries ago, when the Nor
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
Close Quarters.

Banks Cwho has invited his friend
HONEYWELL, what do you think Of my
coy little apartment?
Danks-Apartment, old chap? l
should call it u cOMpartment.-Bos
Transcript.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-02-14
The Value of Wood Ashes,

Bleached wood ashes contain from 5
to per cent of potash and are an ex-
cellent fertilizer. AS is we'll known, the
ashes from hard wood are much richer
in potash than those from soft wood.