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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-02-05
CREAMERY MEETING

A creamery meeting will be held
at the training school Friday after
ternoon at one o'clock and all stock
holders and patrons are urged to
be present.
This will be a very important
meeting as the feed question will be
brought up and action taken on
same.
o. J. Mottard, of the State Exper.
mental Farm at Conrath, will ad-
dress the meeting on testing OF
cream and other topics.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-02-05
ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Because the fame of Abraham Lin
coin will live longer than the gran
ite monuments reared TO his memory,
We are running a special illustrated
article in this issue of the News-Bud-
get, on the anniversary of the birth
day of this great war president.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-02-05
DEATH AT SHELDON

Freeman, aged 8 years and II
months, oldest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Tim Nelson, of Sheldon, died Sun
day of inflammatory rheumatism.
The funeral was held at the school
house in the Nelson nieghborhood
Wednesday afternoon, Rev. c. H.
Sanders, of Ladysmith officiating, and
burial was in the Sheldon cemetery.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-02-05

The funeral of Christina Tiedje,
whose death is chronicled elsewhere
Rev. Baumbach conducting the SER
vices, in the German Lutheran
church. Relatives from out of town
in attendance at the funeral are:
Herman Tiedje, Kiel; and Edwin
Tiedje, Potter, brothers of the de-
ceased; Mrs. August Schmidt, a
sister, Milwaukee; Mrs. John Dres-
sen, Sheboygan; Mrs ]. Cavasi1,
Duluth.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-02-05

Mr.. Otis Green, of Caspar, Wyo.,
and Miss Florence K. Gleason, of
Bruce, were united in marriage at
the Catholic parsonage Thursday
forenoon, FIR Bauman officiating.
The couple left the same day fer
the home of the groom in Wyoming
where they will reside.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-02-05
ANNUAL MEETING
STOCKHOLDERS OF "LADYSMITH
FAIR" HAVE INTERESTING
SESSION
FINANCES ARE IN FINE SHAPE
Optimism is the Keynote at Rusk
County Agricultural Society's
Annual Meeting

The. annual stockholders meeting
of the Rusk County Agricultural So
ciety, held at the city hall Monday
evening, brought out a large attend
ance and the most optimistic spirit
prevailed.
The finances of the society were
shown to be in excellent condition
for a fair only a year old by the
report of the secretary, V. V. Mil
Ter, in which was Included the fol-
lowing figures:
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-02-05
MARRIAGE Licenses

The following marriage licenses
We're issued by tie county clerk the
past week:
William Pearsall to Mary McKie,
Jan. 20.
Alexander Hauser, Almena, to Ma
rie Heidke, Ladysmith, Feb. 4.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-02-05
Conrath Social a Grand Success

The basket social and dance given
at Conrath Wednesday evening for
the benefit of the Catholic church
was a grand success, the net pro-
ceeds being $65.C0 The Conrath
Orchestra, of six pieces, rendered ex-
cellent music.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-02-05
SPECIAL MUSICAL SERVICES

A special musical service VIII be
given at the Congregational church
Sunday evening, Feb. 7, under the
auspices Of the Mems Sunday Even
ing Club Everybody invited.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-02-05
Canadian Money at Par

Both of the local banks are vet
handling Canadian money at par, al
though in some cities it is taken
only at a discount.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-02-05
Another Enjoyable Masquerade

Maeders' Harp Orchestra furnished
the music for a delightful masquer-
ade party given at the Cass hall
Wednesday evening by the Blue
Bell Social Club.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-02-05
Bounties

The following bounties were paid
by the county clerk the past week:
Sylvester Rathsack, True, w.ld-ctt.
Joe Galetka, True, wildcat.
Clarence Shattuck, Hawkins, wild
cat
NJ E. Thayer, Lawrence, 8 wolves.
$3.50 year and worth it.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-11
SUCCESS.

Under a spreading chestnut tree the
village blacksmith lies in a comfort
able hammock smoking a twO-fOr-a-
quarter cigar. His name is Matthew
McNulty. and the chestnut tree stands
in front of his cheerful farmhouse just
outside Lafayette, Ind.
Day in. day out. from morn till
night. as the poet sung, you could hear
McNulty's bellows roar, for nearly
sixty years-if you stuck around that
long During those years he shod
more than half million horses and
mules He used TO have a monopoly
on shoeing the tow path mules that
hauled the canal boats between La
fayette and Toledo.
McNulty has retired now. with a for
tune OF $4,000 and a farm. over aid
above the good living he's made in his
blacksmith shop in all these years.
And it's a good bet that no retired
city banker or merchant gets more
satisfaction out of his career and his
millions than McNulty gets out of his
anvil memories. his little farm and his
forty thousand.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-11
STILL IT DID THE LADY GOOD.


A party of tourists passing through
the Usage Indian reservation in Okla
homa last week, spied a group of
squaws and pappOoses at a way sta
ton. Squalid and dirty, robed in
faded blankets and cast off clothing,
they presented a pathetic appearance.
one lady remarked: The poor
things; they look half starved. I
thought the government took care Of
these unhappy creatures"
Wherewith she tossed them a hand
fuI OF small coin for which the kids
scrambled. while the squaws looked
on and grinned.
That lady went upon her way with
the comfortable feeling that she had,
at least. fed a hungry mouth or two.
We hope she doesn't see this; we
hate to burst a rainbow-hued bubble.
But those self-same Indians enjoy an
annual income of $4,000 for every
man. woman and child in the tribe,
from leases on their oil lands.
Lo! the poor savages, indeed!
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-11
MENTAL SNAPSHOTS
Frederic .Isham a Genius at Cap
turing Live Characters.

Standing on the corner of Four
teenth St and Broadway, Frederic Is
ham discovered" a pale youth play
ing a piano in a huge van and handing
out copies of a popular song TO the
tune of a badly rendered ballad.
Something about the man attracted
and held Mr.. Ishams attention-and
into the book went the pale young
man. He's there, you can read all
about him, what he thinks, how he
acts what becomes of him-and il >
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You'll enjoy it from first 10 last-it's
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that interests, that makes you want
to read it again after you've reached
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Don't miss it: it will add another to
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library. Clip the coupon next Sunday
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| tributing point 10 your home.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-11
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

heard what was called Turkey in the
Straw in Texas, called The DeveiTs
Dream" in southern Indiana, and
Hell for Sartin" in eastern Ken
lucky.
But the name with which Lyman
Drake carried off the honors at De-
catur is new 10 US, though doubtless
it is old in all of those gray old towns
along the Wabash, relics of pioneer
DAYS where il may have been so
named long before Lyman Drake,
even though rs years old, was born
1t may have come down from the days
of the fiatbOatmen who once navi-
gated the Wabash in considerable
numbers, and who, according to vera
ciOus chrOniclers, often raised that
state of things along shore described
in the title. Let it stand as a part of
the romantic history of the Wabash
valley, linked with that sweeter, ten
derer lay of how the moonlight falls
on the Wabash through the spreading
branches of the sycamore trees.
Let moonlight and freight both fall
upon the Wabash country, a land OF
old and just renOwn.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-11
THE LARGER VIEW
dayton Herald

Without a sense of humor we
never can have the larger view of life
and observe things in their proper
perspective.
one of the ablest editors in the
country tells US: He who is lacking
in a sense of humOr, and consequent
ly unable to make allowances for hu-
man fOibles and weaknesses, on the
ground that eXactness and rigidity
should at all costs, be eXtOrted from
that which is naturally neither rigid
nor exact, is apt himself TO move but
stifly through life. He may devote
his entire time and effort to the at
tempted reduction of the human to
the mechanical and yet continually
be confronted with these same short
comings bobbing out in the most un-
expected and inconvenient way. Lack
ing in a sense of humOr he is lacking
in love, without which there can be
no real lasting success"
No matter how wide the orbit
through which we swing we return
always to thai one sovereign fact.
Love is the one great thing in all the
planets, spheres and heavens.
A sense of humOr gives US the big
view. the gentle the tolerant view
We look for tenderness in certain au-
thors. those rare touches of feeling
which find ready SchO in the univer-
sal heart. Ihat Is WY we love Sucn
authors as Thackery and Dickens
Mark Twain. Charles Lamb and many,
many more.
We sometimes lose our mental bal
ance but if happily we possess the
sense of humor that balance soon is
restored
Humor-true humOr-is honest:
Cervantes destroyed the last vestiges
of spectacular chivalry, but did not
affect the heart of the thing.
Perhaps some one subjects us 70 rid
icule-that = a severe test; but If we
have sense OF humOr we are able TO
save ourselves from any lasting ef-
fects Of the shafts directed against US.
The most lOvable men and women,
the kindest, best and nOblest, possess
this great essential quality. This fact
helped Lincoln through days of dark
ness and deep trouble.
Humor represents brightness; II
helps US to overlook the faults in
others; il helps US TO make the world
I happier and better.
True humOr is always kind; il does
not ridicule; there is no sting 10 IT;
/ ii helps Us TO get away from our sad
thoughts, our troubles.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-11

will be ROumania. The only reason she
hasn't joined them already is said 10
be a desire to harvest her grain before
plunging into the conflict. The crops
in all the Balkan states except Seryia,
whose agriculture has been Frustrated
by the war. are said to be bountiful. J
1t may be that similar cOnsidera-
tons are holding back Bulgaria and
Greece. although their problems are
more complicated. 1t is even possible
that those two nations will remain
neutral throughout the war. AS
for any of the three joining the Ger
manic allies. there seems not the
slightest doubt Of it. The most Ger
man diplomats hope for is TO prevent
their ranging themselves with her
enemies
The latest move in Roumania shows
clearly which way the war wind is
blowing. Turkey is seriously short of
ammunition. and the Constantinople
campaign may hinge on her getting
supplies quickly. Germany is report
ed to have forwarded thousands of
cars loaded with munitions. confident
that Roumania would let them pass
through. But ROumania held them
all up at her border, where they are
now cOngesting the Austrian railways.
Cars that happened to pass the from
tier were seized and the contents con-
fiscated. The Germans have tried 10
ship rifles concealed in false sides and
bottoms in freight cars, but the ROu-
manians have foiled that ruse. Ship
ments of German beer to CONSTANT
nople have been stopped since the
Roumanians found the beer kegs filled
with cartridges and shells.
Roumania's decision seems not to be
affected by the present discouraging
plight of the allies. Like Italy, she is
planning to join them when their for
tunes are low. particularly Russia's
1t cannot be said, therefore, that she
! is picking "sure winner" and aiming
to share the spoils of victory with little
effort. She seems actuated less by the
expectation that the allies will wiz
! than by fear that, without her help
Austria and Turkey-her natural en-
emies-might win. Like Italy. she
doesn't dare TO take the risk of a
Teuton victory.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-11

Hon. John b. Weber, demo-citizcn
member of Mayor Keller's board of
public works. is peeved; pereeptibly
peeved. We do not know whether or
not he is as perceptibly peeved at our
contemporary as he is at us or not. for
mentioning the effect likely to be had
upon his candy business by the mayor
ordering the lid" clamped on the
'paddle-wheels' at Springbrook park.
but we have heard from him, mark
that; OF course. by indirection No,
most aSsuredly an honored member
of Mayor KelIer's board OF works. and
IL YOU please. business man-manu-
facturer OF sweets.-would not be ex-
pected 10 come to the office and ex-
postulate with mere hired help" or.
il may be that he knew. or thought
that perhaps the hired help" knew.
what it was talking about. and might
De less amendable to his protest.
Mr.. Weber's complaint is that ref
erence 20 his candy in connection with
the Springbrook park wheels
is prying into his personal affairs.
Well, il seems that one OF the main
activities of the present administra-
ton. for which he is in part respOn-
sible and a beneficiary in one way. has
been 10 injure some peoples private
businesses. We thought that il might
be handing the administration a little
bouquet. TO point out that it does not
exempt its own members from its
ravages
or course. we had forgotten. in such
connection. how the punch boards
We're allowed 10 remain an extra
month after other gambling devices
had been ousted. because certain
candy men wanted their custom
ers 20 have an opportunity to work or
their stock on hand: but then. that is
now ancient history. And now. come
20 think Of II. maybe il wasn't the
part % any particular consistency with
the administration after all; this
Springbrook park incident. Mr.. Weber
draws an annual salary Of $500 a
year from the city as member of the
board OF works. and possibly Mayor
Keller thinks that is compensation
enough for the loss OF business that
may accrue 10 him because OF the ad-
mtnistration policy Ii is more than
most OF the injured" get
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-11

and sweet, sublime. It's balmy breezes
fan our cheeks, the sky with summer
showers leaks. and insects sing among
the shocks. while lowing herds and
bleating focks in fertile fields afar
are seen grazing at leisure on the
green. There is much more of this.
but that is the idea.
Why Teachers Want s-acstso-as-
Extract from letter TO the Times on
Sunday: "All sorts of courses at reas-
enable prices are open to those who
seek knowledge. The summer months
give teachers a chance to equip them
selves for better work and higher sta
ton. Too many teachers refuse to
consider the vacation at all seriously,
and it vii; not be until it is taken
from them that they will realize what
opportunities have slipped by.")
Oh, sea, thou rapturous. rolling SYM
phOny,
oh, pines. rich shakers of the
beauty-thirsJ;
oh, wind and earth and heavens over
me,
Oh, blessed stiffness after sounds
accurst.
What oil of quiet. what wine of in
spiration
Binds now my raveled brain, my
spirit worm
What mounting pulses grip with ex-
ultation
My jaded heart; my body is re-
born.
My mind revives the world afresh, my
eyes
Look far unseeing. back. within and
Leisure and solitude, those luxuries.
Spur me to paths and labors of my
own.
No summer school. no GROVE ed class.
no train
OF wise professors with insistent
themes,
Can bring me to the little ones again
AS do my books. my mountains, and
my dreams
What do they teach in all the tedious
day2
I'VE learned to be a child again and
play.
TALK about the minis coming
money! Go out and listen to the corn
fields making billions while you sleep!
Your Last Chance.
(Great Falls, Mont, Tribune)
PERSONAL will sell myself as a
life companion. in lawful wedlock
TO a good respectable man between
the ages of 80 and 40. The highest
bidder will be accepted. Address
Box Ill, the Tribune, Great Falls,
Mont.
Bathing suits one-fifth Off" an
nounces a local advertiser, but we can
do better than that at any of the Chi
cago bathing beaches.
THE persistency with which the sun
has been shining of late suggests that
better distribution would be more
| satisfactory.
IF suggestions are of any value to
| the forces of nature.
c. y. f.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-11
THE MELTING POT
COME! TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.
SIN Is SIN

SIN Is SIN.
Don't send my boy where your girl
can't go,
And say. There's no danger for boys,
you know.
Because they all have their wild oNs
to sow"
There is no more excuse for my boy
10 be low
Than your siTI. Then please don't
tell him So
Don't send my hoy where you girl
can't go,
For a boy or girls sin is sin. you
And my baby boys hands are as clean
and white.
And his heart as pure as your girls
tonight.
WE don't know the author of the
verses, nor did the man who asked us
TO print them. But" he said, i've
got some boys" What he meant by
that perhaps youll understand.
THERE is no occasion for sending a
boy where a girl cannot go, and there
IS no need In our social system for
places where a girl might be shocked,
embarrassed or degraded. And the in
dicatiOns are that we are getting away
from places Of that character, which
for one reason and another have been
deemed necessary by a sufficient num-
Der TO assure their existence.
SOMETHING imperative about that
All factions must accept new re-
gime." 1t sounds like 'Tf any man
attempts 10 haul down the American
flag shoot him on the spot" or II pro-
pose to move at once upon the enemy's
works" Mexico has reached the end
Of her lariat
EVERY now and then somebody
who has lived to be so, 80 or loo
years old tells us that living long is
the easiest thing they do and that
anybody can do it, if they will. Per
haps anybody can do it, but Will they
The answer 10 that question is the
difference between those who do anC
those who don't.
WE have never been particularly
enamored of longevity. To make il
attractive it should be fortified with
working faculties and operative body
Longevity without life must be {
dreary thing.
More Puckervill Items.
Tud Bussard is a bout TO retire from
business. He sold two sewing ma
chine needles last week.
Tim Squiggs. and LATE Habiz had
heated argument t'other day. They'C
just threatened TO lick each other, an
was ready TO clinch, when their wives
yelled Dinner" an you'd orter seer
how tickled they was.
Another close call
Not mentiOnin' names a prOminen
I society man come home from Lodge,
an his wife met him an was goin t
lay her head on his shoulder, bu
she didn't, she just shifted, an She
been on a still hunt for that brant
of perfume ever since-she says shell
! find her yet. Judgin' from the shap
of her nose she'll do it too
+. l.. 4.
WE no longer need to play it's sum
mer time; the summers here, warn
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-11
HE COULDN'T DO WORSE.

Uncle sam might not make good as
a railroad operator but one sure thing
is that he couldn't do much worse
than some of the eminent individual
experts who have been trying their
hands at the game.
ON top Of the collapse OF the Frisco
comes the receivership of the Rock
Island: because il can't meet a due
bill Of S3S.S4S. Rock Island stock
sold while back at $S1 per share.
Ii is quoted now at less than 81.
As a hypothetical corporation it is
difficult 20 conceive OF United states
postal stock selling al any such figure.
isn't it,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-11
HELL ON THE WABASH"

An old Fiddler's contest, at Deca-
tur, H., has struck a new note. Al
ways. in reading OF such contests we
can look with an expectation which IS
never disappointed for such old
friends as Leather Breeches,' Mon
ey Musk, "Old Zip Coon" or The
Arkansas Traveller" But the prize
at Decatur went 10 Lyman Drake. IS
years Old Cor is il IS years young }
FOR his playing OF Hell on the Wa
bash"
That is a fiddle piece we should like
much 10 hear But who can say. with
confidence. that he has not heard IL
under another name. in some other
section OF this vast and widespread
ing country Ii is a popularity OF the
nddle piece in our music that il often
takes on a name from its surround
ings. What is called The Missis-
sippi Sawyer" at Grand Tower. Ill,
might be called Hell on the Wa
bash at Mount Carmel. on the other
edge Of the same state We have
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-11
DEMOCRACY STANDS ALONE.
(Ihe Newcastle Times.)


The democratic party is the only
political organization IN the United
States that has. a united or cohesive
organization. 1t is the one great
party that has definite principles or
purposes to offer the people. other
parties are fiOundering about in an
effort TO find some plank or planks TO
get in on. Ii makes little difference
what effect these plans would have
The democratic party is managed
by logical heads both in the state and
nation. The first act of the Wilson
administration was TO enact q financial
measure, one that would put our
money on a sound basis and make
credit firm. Without a sound financial
system the business interests were in
constant peril OF financial buccaneers
who could bring on a panic and ruin
at will
Persecution Of business because il
was big was stopped and an era of
better feeling between the govern
ment and railroads and big industries
was established. Now the administra-
ton has taken up the matter Of ma
tiOnal defense and viii handle il with
the same skill as was the financial
measure. When the plan S carried
out the United States Will have a de-
Tense that is worth while The war
has seriously interferred with the
CARRYING out of a number of measures
but in the face OF this great handicap
the country is in excellent condition.
The people know that the demo-
cratic party and administration is op-
posed 10 war. but they do not know
the policy Of any other party on this
subject They DO not know what some
other party might do with the splen-
did financial system that prevented a
manic when the European war broke
out. There is no element of doubt
as 10 any policy OF the Wilson admin
istratiCn.
For the state. il is sufficient TO say
that six years OF democratic rule have
paid il out OF debt. and put il on
self-suppCrting basis for the first
time in many years.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-11
WHO'LL HAVE 1T?

When the warning governments be-
gin 10 issue treasury notes. watch out,
says Roger Babson, for il means that
prices OF commodities. dependent on
supply and demand. viii climb as the
value OF the paper dollar decreases.
The wages OF soldiers. how>Eer." he
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-11

adds. ARE fixed by law and of the
other working people by custom.
COincidentally. as the value Of the
paper dollar decreases the value OF
sold rises. When the foreign world Is
flooded with treasury notes, who will
have the gold2
Button. button. who's got theta,
there. you American banking system!