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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-08-28
Eoroetfui Vacationist.

The family had gone off for their
holiday in a taxi. Twenty minutes
later the taxi snorted back up the
road.
Forgotten the tickets?" cried a
neighbor.
NO. said the irate householder,
"but my wifes just remembered that
she's left kettle boiling on the gas
stove"
He dived into the house, and came
back the next moment with CHASTITY
calm on his face.
"All right now" said the neighbor
cheerily.
Right! I'd forgotten that I'd
turned the gas off at the meter-and
now we've two hours and a half to
wait for the next train"
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What shall we do, john" said the
farmers wife, who had retained much
of her sentiment through Is years OF
married life, what shall we do to Gel
citrate our silver wedding?"
Reckon up where all the silvers
gone to in bringing up our family
grumbled he.
FOh, no, John, it must be something
real good and out of the ordinary.
tell you what. Let us kill the latest
pig and give a banquet"
Maria said the husband solemnly,
/ don't see how the unfortunate ami.
NAL is to blame for what happened %
years ago"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-08-28
BRAKEMAN $AO.987
VIM. Mcmahon of Amboy Is Given
Large Verdict in Minnesota Court
Against Railroad.

Madison.-The largest personal in
Jury verdict ever secured from a rail
road, SO far as is known, has just
been won by Henry Mahoney, Milwau-
kee attorney.
In verdict by the Minnesota SUI
Amboy is awarded $40,9S7 from the
Illinois Central railroad.
Mcmahon was a brakeman. On Oct.
Is, 1912, he was Jared from train
and sixteen cars and the caboose
passed over him, necessitating the am
putation of both arms and one OF his
feet.
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Mad Dog Scare Grows.

Washburn.-Th mad dog scara
which prevailed in this city sons
weeks ago, following the killing Of a
Cog which had bitten many others
while supposedly rabid, has been re-
newed more violently than before.
Two dogs which developed symptoms
of rabies have just died, and it was
discovered that these had been bitten
by the mad dog responsible for the
original fright. A stringent muzzling
order has been issued by the authori-
ties, patrolmen being empowered to
kill on sight any dog at large without
nluzzie
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SYNOPSIS.

Eleanora do Toscana was singing in
Paris. which. perhaps, accounted for Ed
ward Courtlandt's appearance there. Null
tfmillionaire. he wandered about where
fancy dictated. He might be In Paris one
day and Kamchatka the next. Following
The opera he goes to a cafe and Is &C
costed by a pretty young woman. She
gives him the addresS Of Flora Desimone.
vocal rival OF Toscana, and Flora gives
determined to see. Courtlandt enters
Eleanora's apartments. She orders him
out and shoots at him. The next day
Paris is shocked by the mysterious dis
appearance OF the prima donna.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-08-28
CHAPTER v.
The Bird Behind Bars.


The most beautiful blue Irish eyes
in the world gazed out at the dawn
which turned night-blue into day-blue
and paled the stars. Rosal lay the un-
dulating horizon, presently to burst in
to living flame, transmitting the dull
steel bars of the window into fairy
gold, that trick of alchemy so futilely
sought by man. There was a window
at the north and another at the south,
likewise barred; but the Irish eyes
never sought these two. 1t war from
the east window only that they could
see the long white road that led to
Paris.
The nightingale was truly Gagged.
Bat the wild heart of the eagle beat
in this nightingale's breast, and the
eyes burned as fiercely toward the
east as the east burned toward the
west. Sunday and Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesday and Thursday, today:
and that the five dawns were singu-
lar in beauty and that she had never
in her life before witnessed the Gre
alton of five days, one after another,
made no impression upon her sense OF
the beautiful, SO delicate and receptive
ir ordinary times. She was conscious
that within her the cup of wrath was
overlooking. or other things, such al
eating and sleeping and moving about
IN her cage (more like an eagle In
deed than a nightingale), recurrence
hrH htrptaT har naronnffnn
ooh, but he shall pay. he shall pay!"
she murmured, striving to loosen the
bars with her small, white, helpless
hands. The cry seemed to be an ari-
eta, for through all these four mad
dening days she had voiced it-now
low and deadly with hate. now full
toned in burning anger, now broken by
sobs Of despair. will you never
come, SO that may tell you how base
and vile you are?" she further ad-
dressed the east.
She had waited for his appearance
on Sunday. Late in the day one of the
jailers had informed her that 1t was
impossible for the gentleman to come
before Monday. So she marshaled her
army of phrases. Of accusations, of de-
nunciations, ready to smother him
with them the moment he came. But
he came not Monday, nor Tuesday,
nor Wednesday. The suspense was TO
her mind diabolical. She began to un.
dersta1d; he intended to keep her
there till he was sure that her spirit
was broken, then he would come.
Break her spirit? She laughed wildly.
He could break her spirit no more
easily than she could break thess
bars. To bring her to Versailles upon
an errand Of mercyl Well. he was
capable of anything.
She was not particularly distressed
because she knew that it would not be
possible for her to sing again until the
following winter In New York. Sac
had sobbed too much, with her face
buried in the pillow. Had these sobs
been born of weakness, all might have
been we'll; but rage had mothered
them, and thus her voice was in a
very bad way. This morning she was
noticeably hoarse, and there was a
break in the arietta No, she did rot
fret over this side of the calamity. The
sting of it all lay in the fact that she
had been outraged in the matter of
personal liberty, with no act of re-
prisal to ease her immediate longing
to be avenged.
ITO RE rNNJTINJrEnN
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LIGHTNING HITS BUILDINGS
Portage and Vicinity Visited by Do
structive Storm-Several
Places Struck.

Portage---Lightning struck Eve
places here The Well residence and
Mrs. Paulina Kreier's barn were
burned. All buildings on the Jess
Smith place near Pardeeville burned.
Patrick Grier lost a barn and horse
Son had three blOoded cattle killed.
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browns While Rathind.

Observation-Disclosures Carney, aged
20, drowned while bathing with four
other girls near Menominee. They
walked down the beach into a hole,
and none could swim. The pulmotor
proved useless in Miss Carney's case.
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Lion ESCAPES From Circus.

Portage.-When the Golmar Bros.
circus parade reached the grounds at
Markesan, a lion escaped and ran in
to the crowd. Women and children
were panic stricken, and rushed he'll.
ter SHELTER. The lion looked scared,
too. Showmen captured the animal
without difficulty, before anyone was
injured.
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Easily Classified.

Hemmandhaw, who was writing q
letter, looked up to inquire:
as it ever permissible to apply
gender to volcanoes?"
Il don't know" Mrs Hemmandha9
returned but if it is they are surely
masculine
'Why?"
Because they sputter, grumble and
smoke"
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Carpenter Killed by Fall.

Antigo.-While working on a barn
that was being erected a few miles
east of the city, August Hintz of Polar,
a wealthy retired farmer, missed his
footing and fell twenty-four feet. He
died short time after.
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Gre sses Country to Die.

Pfymouth.-While visiting in Cgli-
fornia, Mrs. E. G. Warner, So years
old, had 4 premonition two weeks ago
that something was going to happen.
She telegraphed her son to meet her
in Chicago and was ill when she ar
rived there, but fastened home and
died few hour after her arrival
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Patents Auto SeIf-Starter.

inelander.-Charles Ferguson OF
this city has patent rights on an cleo
trio self-starter for automobiles and
claims he has been o&ered 81 apiece
royalty by Michigan automobile
company.
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Elect Cheese Factory Officers.

Antigo.-At a recent meeting Of the
patrons of the Norwood cream and
cheese factory the following officers
were elected: President, William OAR
ling; vice president, Thomas Hutch
jns, and treasurer, Walter Lloyd
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Minneapolis, Aug. q, 1914.

minneapolis, Aug. =, I9I4.
Wheat-No / hard, 1.13; No. !
northern, 1.0S01.11; No. northern
1.09.
Corn-No. yellow, 78c.
Oats-No white, 40M41c.
Rye-No. 2, 70n73c.
Flax 66M170.
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Exploding Torch Burns Man.

Neenah.-Willard Fahrenkrug, en-
oloyed in a machine shop in this city
was severely burned about the arm
md shoulders when a blow torch h
had been working over exploded.
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Chicago. Aug 81. 1914.

Hogs-Light, S65@9.15; heavy
8.25@90O; rough, S25@S.40; pigs.
s75@8.40
Cattle-Beeves, 715@1O.50; stock
ers and feeders, 5.5O@8.20; cows and
heifers, 3.6009.20; calves. S.25@11.50.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-08-28
Fire Destroys Lumber Sheds.

Neenah-Fire of an unknown origin
destroyed lumber sheds of the Week
ert Planning Mill company here, the
loss being nearly $4,000. Several
nearby frame buildings were de-
stroyed
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Step Lively.

"You use different horns for differ
ent dances, suppose" asked thx
sweet young thing.
"Oh, yes" replied the musician
What horn do you think best for
puickstep?"
'Ch. tina autohorn, By all maara4
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Its Kind.

Its Kind.
"The fate of war seems to hang by
q hair"
Yes. Belgian hare, SO to speak"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-08-28

Every man has circle of acquaint-
snces, but they are not always square.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-08-28

And the Hearer is Deceived.
Money talks.
Jewett - Sometimes it is pretty
good at Disgusting it's voice.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-08-28

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTOR1A, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
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sight. If you were arrested tonight 1t
would cause you some Inconvenience
| am fifty-six, some twenty years your
senior. Under this hat of mine I carry
a thousand secrets, and every one of
these thousand must go to the grave
with me, yours along with them.
have met you dozen times since
those Algerian days, and never have
you failed to afford me some amuse-
ment or excitement. You are the most
interesting and entertaining young
man know Try one Of these cigars"
Precisely at the time Courtlandt
stepped into .he automobile outside
the war office, a scene. peculiar in
character, but inconspicuous in that it
did not attract attention, was enacted
in the Care de TEST. Two sober-vis-
aged men etood respectfully aside to
permit tall young man in Bavarian
hat to enter a compartment of the
second class. What could be seen of
the young mans face was full OF
smothered wrath and disappointment.
How he hated himself, for his weak
ness, for his cowardice! He was not
all bad. Knowing that he was being
watched and followed, he could not go
to Versailles and compromise her. USE
lessly. The devil take the sleek demon
cs woman who had prompted him to
commit so base an act!
you will at least" he said, deliver
that message which have intrusted
to your care"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-08
EDUCATION FOR THE MANY AND F FOR THOSE UNUSUALLY TALENTED

nUBLIC EDUCATION should seek two great 1 ends First to equip the great mass of average boys and girls with such knowledge as will make them proper citizens of great dem ocracy.
 Second, to exercise seleetive power by which the specially endowed may be directed toward pursuits which will make them more useful to society.
 Civilization gets ITS sOLIDITY from the body Eof average and women.
 It gets it's PROGRESS through the efforts Of exceptional men and women.
 Education should find and develop these exceptional men and women. This work is second in importance only to the work of equip ping average men and women with those things necessary to a sound, useful and happy life.
 The present high school course is relic Of antiquity. With it's thousands of hours de- voted to Latin and Greek, it represents the eul- ture of the ancients.
 Improvement may come in many ways, but especially in two ways.
 Both courses should be made until they are more inconsonance with the facts of modern life.
 There should be means of determining in the grammar schools children of exceptional directed toward the channels for which nature has adapted them.
 One Edison The Farmer has repeatedly said, may enrich the world with things ade- quate to repay the cost of educating everybody for generation.
 It will be urged that many. of those of ex- ceptional gifts have not enjoyed the advantages of an education and this is true, but it proves nothing.
 Wild fruit is mostly small and bitter, though an occasional tree may yield good fruit.
 BUT IF MANY TREES BE SELECTED AND GIVEN THE SAME CULTURE THEY WILL ALL BEAR GOOD FRUIT
 tA H4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-08
 ELECTIONS IN UNITED STATES

A NUMBER of elections were held in yari-
 A ous parts of the United States, yester- day in which some interesting, Unique and i'm portant questions were determined. Much in terest attached to the special congressional election in the Seventh New Jersey District, where a drive had been made against James J. zBYrne, Democrat, with the purpose of dis crediting President Wilson's canal policy. Byrne was defeated by Dow H. Drukker, Re- publican, who had 10,62o votes to Byrnes B. 420. Nevertheless there is serious doubt if the the result The district had recently been made over to give 8 Republican plurality, the Socialists made heavy gains, largely from Democratic forces, and a tremendous drive was made against Byrne. The District had been carried by the late Congressman Bremner, Democrat who was an extraordinarily popular man.
 Tn Illinois the women voted on large scale for the first time They had eight alder manic candidates, all of whom were defeated. The women boiled about 100000 votes, or half of their entire registration The men polled something over 100000 votes, or slightly more than half their entire registration. The wo- mems vote appears to have assisted in making number of towns and small cities dry. One of the features of the election in Chicago was the repudiation of schemes for wholesale bonding.
 Tn New York the people ordered a con stitutional convention, but only one sixth of the vote came out The result was overwhelm- EingIy decisive in favor of the convention
 In Milwaukee the Socialist candidate for mayor was defeated by 5000. It required a combination of all parties to accomplish this result, and the number of Socialists in Milwau- kee appears to be increasing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-08
MODERN EFFICIENCY,

E~ VERY PERIOD, every year has it's own 1~ pet watchword. Efficiency is the slogan now Few periodicals and few public speakers feel their. arguments in tune with the keynote of the times unless they dwell on this word
 Tn New York city for the past week, they have been holding an Efficiency exposition Every one that has machine or a device by which to systematic and eliminate work Is there in his little beoth arguing gesticulating, demonstrating. The question sometimes arises if the machine or the system does not create more work than it saves
 Efficiency is not wholly new word. Any man who ever worked at trade will recall many arguments between old time workmen as 10 the most efficient methods. Certain meth Dds were always handed down as the most effI1 cient But there was always debatable bor- derland A roomful of workmenl would waste the boss time while they were arguing which of two methods was the more efficient.
 There is now tendency to hold oneself down, and to hold others down, to certain fixed standards of production. The old time work man sat down to his bench with comfortably indefinite idea of the amount of work that he was going to turn out. He dislized the fet- tering grasp of timetables. He often stopped to play by the wayside If a neighbor dropped in, they began to talk politics If the day $ work did not show up well at 6 p. m, he con soled himself by thinking. that there had been unusual difficulties to slrmount.
 Now we'll conducted newspapers have a certain hour at which every page must go to press. The factory employe has a normal standard production. The good business man consilts his timetable hourly It all involves nervous strain But it is a part Of the great Industrial advance, by which larger comforts of life and more play-time are being secured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-08
K. OF C. BOWLERs
 LOSE TO Y. M. c. A.

The Y. M C.. A. ali but evened up Che series with the K of c. when they took 2 out of 3 games from the Fra terna1 League champions last night at the Palace alleys. A very large crowd was on hand to witness the match. They rooted hard for the Knights to win.
 The r. M. c. Al owes it's victory to Taylor ahd Kelly. as both boys made very strong finishes by coming across when the pins were needed. Dondero, Fitzgerald and Wills also rolled in good form The series now stands K. of C., won 4 and lost and Y. M. c. A, won ? and lost 4 The next match will be rolled at the Y. M. c. A. alleys next Tuesday.#fThe scores
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-08
SHORT PANTS BASEBALL.

IF YOUR BOY at the age of 10 can't catch good long fly, watch him There is something abnormal about hira- The competi- tive instinct which is still the main spring Of is not strong in him it ought to be-
 The normal human being cherishes the ideals of his own natural associates. The boy of 10 whose heart is set first on earning money, is following ideals too old for his age. On the other hand, the boy of 10 who merely likes to play tag and tumble in the dirt, is not old enough for his age At that period he should have emerged from the unorganized play of the kidlet age He should have a desire to excel his mates in the pursuits that their minds are best able to appreciate.
 Every American boy ought to be encourag- ed by his parents to become good ball player. The school teaches him valuable facts and or der under extraneous authority. The ball field teaches him alertness of thought, and order un- der his own individual seIf-control. In many lights the latter elements seem quite as impor- tant the former
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-08

ou dollars. long for the Jap brother Yankee lay up two tn ousand;1 so, whats
 The author of the sentiment t'n union there is ssren mus have a pot of mi and when it the boiling point.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-08
CLOTHES AND THE TAX.

70 CLERK in the Chicago internal revenue "A office remarked, on the day that the last income tax returns were brought in, that general thing, the shabbier clothes people wore. the bigger a return they handed in Per- apslaae exaggerated Yet men came in who did not look as if they could sign a check for three figures yet they showed up property worth millions.
 This converse relation Of clothes and pros perity is noticed in all stages of society Saw ings bank officials, particularly those dealing with recent immigrants, bear similar testimony. A Pole or Hungarian creeps humbly into the the bank, as if he doubted his right to stand on it's marble slabs in the presence of free born and lordly Americans. An inexperienced clerk might feel like setting a dog on him as a tramp
 To and behold, he pulls out greasy but pr6truding wallet, and begins to count out the 1ves and tens, all soiled and redolent of long. repose in his perspiring pocket When the. s-wad'' is complete, it is several times as much as the fashion plate five o'clock tea clerk be- hind the counter could produce.
 Tn business life good clothes are the badge of hope and ambition. we'll creased pair of trousers gives sense of confidence Well fitting and cared for clothes suggest both past success and habits of attention to detail that cannot fail to impress a stranger favorably.
 Once the big golden goal of wealth is reach ed, the character often tends to soften A man rises later in the morning and abates his habits of industry. Also the minor amenities of life may begin to look formidable. Brushing off dust and polishing boots and serupulous clean Illness may seem like effort. Man is at his best in many ways in his days of struggle and toll.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-08
ELECTRIFICATTON
 WORKERS DEATH IS
 FOUND ACCIDENTAL

Coroner Phelan today announced that he believed the death of David Horan, killed by an electric wire at Southport Monday was accidental. A close examination of all witnesses to the occurrence discloses that while he was aware the wire was charged he touched it without giving the signal to companion to turn off the cur rent.
 finding of accidental death will be filed.
 Chided by her husband because she voted against saloons in the election at Aurora, Ills, Mrs. John dargel, committed suicide.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-08
THE SELECTION IN HARTFORD

M MAYOR CHENEY is declared reelected in WI Hartford but the result is in dispute. The Democrats assert that a machine Tn one of the wards failed to work properly, with the result that 100 Democratic votes cast for Rep reseIifaJf] @J6sefh Lawler were not recorded. If t14s claim is sustained Mr.. Lawlers plurality wol1ld be 36. Mayor Cheney's prina facie plurality is 64 Whether Mr. Lawler Is or is not elected, he has proved himself & strong candidate for Hartford is normally Republi- can city by very substantial majority.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-08
OPERATE TOMORROW
 ON KING OF SWEDEN

Stockholm. Sweden, April s--King Gustaf of Sweden, and the surgeons in attendance have fixed tomorrow as the day on which the operation is to be performed on his majesty. who is suffering from an ulcer in the stom- ach. EssSssz z
 Prof. Wilhelm FIeiner, the Heide1-i berg specialist, remains at the palace.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-08
The D. M. Read Company.
CREDITORS ACCEPT % PERCENT. FROM
 HENRY DICK co.
Latest and most correct styles.

The Henry Dick Company of Dan bury which was adjudicated bankrupt on March 2 with liabilities of over $55s000 offered 25 cents upon the dol lar at a hearing before Referee J. w. Banks on Monday last, which has been accepted by creditors. The involved concern was engaged in the furniture and house furnishing busin ess.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-08
COMMISSION FORM OF
 GOVERNMENT ADOPTEHt

Irvington. N. Y, April s-The com mission form Of government was adopted at a special election yester- day by vote of 7s7 to TOP The com missioners will be- chosen at a special election five weeks hence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-08
Jardmieres to hold Easter Plant
Easter Fancies in Apparel

Nadine Ruffs most becoming of all frivolous neck Wear and very acceptable for the extra warmth given when with open necked blouse The ruff affords de- cided protection and takes the place of fur.
 $1.50, $25O and $500