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| ton to the farmers races for which $25
is offered each day. The race program
will be announced later, when entry
| blanks are issued.
The Sherlock family circus viii be
on the grounds all through the fair, they
are irst class acrobats and will delight
the children. Full exhibits of farm
machinery will also be made by several
companies.
| 1t is in the stock departments that the
| fair management expect to see the
greatest advance. Last year B. f.
Mcmillan, sent his herd of red polls to
the fair, the first thoroughbred herd
ever in attendance. This year at least
half dozen herds will be exhibited and
there will be a number of bull calves
on sale, so that the farmers can buy a
good animal and see what they are get
ting. In expectation of the increased
exhibit of cattle, the society will build
new cattle barn with 36 stalls, with
driveway in centre.
The only class left for animals of no
distinct breeding is in the cattle de-
partment where a good COW of that
class can be entered but in the other
classes, no animal not showing evil
dences of the breed of the class it is en-
tered in, will be allowed stall room.
The classes for sheep and swine have
also been enlarged and a car load of
sheep from the state agricultural expert
ment station will be on exhibition.
The superintendents of the several de-
partments, are:
Speed Dept.-M. H Duncan.
Dept. A, Horses-Dr. Frank Briggs.
Dept. B, Cattle-Pat German.
Dept c, Sheep-Geo F Rick.
Dept. d, Swine-Geo. F. Rick.
Dept E, Poultry-Louis Hermanson.
Dept F, Grain-Chris. Volkman.
Dept G, Vegetahles-Ernest Koch.
Dept H, Dairy aud Apairy-Conrad
Bernhard.
Dept. /, Fruit-Anton Schuetz.
Dept. j, Flowers Franc Stro-
bridge
Dept. X, Culinary-Mrs. L. j. Kret-
low.
Dept L, Domestic-Mrs s. M. QVaw.
Dept. M. Art-Miss Franc Strobridge.
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CHICAGO EXCELSIOR co.
Pay $4,000 Annually to Marathon
County Farmers for Bolts.

The Chicago Excelsior Co. are run
ming day and quarter this week, in
the endeavour to catch up with orders.
Less than year ago this plant was
wiped out by fire but under the manage
ment of Ole Biller, new and enlarged
plant has replaced the old. They are
cutting thirteen tons of excelsior day,
with three machines. To do this re-
quires two cords of bolts an hour,
amounting to some 5000 cords a year.
This company now has some 2000 cords
of dry, and 1850 cords of green bolts on
hand, and 1900 cords under contract.
They run two other mills in the Kicka-
poo valley, in the southwestern part Of
the state. John w. Keogh, of Chicago,
is the senior member of the firm and
Ole Biller represents the Company and
the hustle. The price of bolts is S2.85 a
cord as against S1.S7 three years ago,
which makes a total of ST 900 paid
annually to our farmers for material.
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FRANK 0STRANDER.
Brother of Mrs. w. H. Mylrea Dies at
His Home in West Superior.

Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Mylrea, of this
city, were called to West Superior on
Thursday on the death of the latter S
brother, Frank Ostrander, well known
to many in Wausau.
A dispatch to the Milwaukee Journal,
from West Superior, on May 4th, says
Frank Ostrander, President of the
Northwestern National Bank, died here
yesterday. He had been i'll of tonsilitis
only four days
Mr.. Ostrander was born in Jefferson,
Wis, Dec. 20, 1861. When IL years old
he moved with his parents TO Milwau-
kee. After graduation from the high
school he secured position as messen-
ger in the First National Bank. Later
he studied law in the office of Judge
Noyes, afterwards going into the insur-
ance business at West Superior, which
has since been his home. The city then
had about 500 inhabitants He became
identified with many local enterprises,
becoming director of the Northern
Trust Company at its organization, and
a heavy stockholder in the Northwest
ern National Bank, of which he later
became president.
Mr.. Ostrander was one of the most
active workers in securing the new nor
NAL school for this city Gov. Upham
Immediately appointed him regent of
the new institution.
Mr.. Ostrander was always a republi-
can, though he never held salaried
office.
In 1895 he was married to Miss Eliza
Wilder White, of Fort Atkinson. He is
survived by wife and one child, Sid
ney f. Ostrander
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PATH TO MERRILL.
Outlook for Building One This Season
Not Very Favorable.

Nearly every season the question of
building a bicycle path between Wausau
and Merrill is agitated, but so far moth
ing has come from it. This spring,
Percy Champagne has been talking the
matter up. Every bicycle rider in the
two cities would like to see the track
constructed, as it would prove a great
source of profit and pleasure to them.
One old bicycle rider of Wausau, gave
it as his opinion that as much as he
would like to see the track built he did
not think there would be anything
done this year. He also thought it
would be great mistake to build any
thing but plank track. A dirt path
would be badly cut up by teams driving
on it. This could not be prevented as
the track cannot be continually pa
trolled by policemen from Wausau to
Merrill. Besides in wet weather it
would be useless. This old bicycle
rider believes that plank path, five feet
wide would be the thing built on the
outer edge of the ground set apart for
the highway. He would secure the
right of way from Marathon and Lin
coin counties so that the path would be
permanent. The cost of building such
a track was figured last spring at $6, 800,
at the present price of lumber, it will
cost more.
1t would seem that by county and
city appropriations and what would be
subscribed by Merrill and Wausau
citizens, such walk might be con
structed.
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DODGE-WOLFF.

On Monday afternoon, April Both, al
half past two o'clock, at the home OF
the brides parents, at Scho6eld, the
marriage of AIr. William Z. Dodge, Of
this city, to Miss Hattie Wolf, took
place. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. A. Fawcett Only relatives
of the contracting parties were present
The home was handsomely decorated
with roses. carnations and smilax.
The young couple viii make theiI
home in this city, where the groom j:
employed as salesman for the H. E
McEaehron Milling Company. Both
young people are well and fayorablI
known in Wausau, and their hosts o.
friends join in best wishes for theil
future happiness.
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Have your watches and clocks re-
paired by Otto Mueller, jeweler, Paff
block Sd street. All work warranted.
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There are a good many cases Of
measles in Wansau.
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If sweet young widows want to
''ketch' some sweetheart in the sunny
tangles of their golden curls, they'd
better take Rocky Mountain Tea. Great
Medicine. Soc. Ask your druggist. w.
W. Albers.
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State of Wisconsin, county of Marathon, IS:
/, A. ii. Grout. Cashier of the above-named
bank do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true TO the best of my knowledge and
belief. A. II. CIRCUIT, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th
day of May, 1900. G. G. KRUGER,
Notary Public, Wis.
CORREcT-Attest:
ID. L. PLUMER,
JOHN RINGLE, Directors.
a. KICRBUscH,
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ARBUTUS.
Thousands of Bouquets Sent in From
the Valley.

The scheme to flood Milwaukee with
arbutus from the Wisconsin Valley,
was very much of success, and from
Thursday until Sunday, the fragrant
| flower from the north was sent down in
enormous quantities and boquets were
taken up nearly as fast as they reached
there
On Thursday, L. A. Rose, of this city,
uncorked about fifteen of twenty bas
| kets of flowers at the carnival rooms in
the Hotel Pfster making some 1000 or
5000 butten-hole bouquets. These went
like hot cakes. On Friday Eagle River,
Stevens Point and Grand Rapids sent
in their contribution of 10000 bouquets
The Milwaukee Journal in comment
ing upon the arbutus distribution said
"There was dozen pretty little Incl
dents up there at the Hotel Pfister this
morning. There was the boy who came
for two punches, and told true little
story about sick sister, and who went
away radiant with three great clusters.
There was a scrap of girl who came
with note, written in a faint prim
character, which was from her mother
and was to certify that she, the mother
was an invalid and could not come her.
self, but would they kindly give the
little girl little of the arbutus, which
used to grow on the farm when she was
girl. There was small boy with no
elbows to speak of in his coat, who
marched boldly in and demanded his
share in the booty, and when he saw
the flowers, commented scornfully,
with his hands behind him:
HUH / thought they wuz red"
He was pretty well inclined to 60
away without any of the modest little
flower till somebody suggested that he
smell of it, which he did, and then he
held out both hands, his face quite re-
stored to expectation, and his spirit
reconciled to a gift that was not big
and red
1t is all very pretty, this arbutus idea,
and nobody can say too much about the
establishment of a custom which touches
everybody, and means far more than
meets the eye. 1t is bit pathetic that
people are so shy of kindnesses of this
sort that no end of little shop girls and
even older people went by the Carnival
Headquarters door two or three times
this MOI ming before they could be sure
it was all meant seriously. But they
did-and some of them stood on the
other side of the street till the rooms
were closed at noon, and two small
boys were stationed out on the sidewalk
before the Hotel Pfister to give il
away to those who passed. Then
they had courage to cross and take the
generous punches. Milwaukee owes a
debt to the Wisconsin valley which i,
viii be long time paying, though il
would be glad to begin today.
On Saturday evening as the St. Paul
train passed through Wausau on its way
to Milwaukee there was distinct arbn-
tus fragrance in the air. 1t was soon
learned that the train was carrying
Tomahawks contribution to the cream
city and from the account in the Mil
waukee papers it must have been some
thing very fine
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First National Bank Report.
Report of the Condition of the First
National Bank at Wausau, in the state
of Wisconsin, at the close of business,
April 26, 1900:
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Third ST.. Opp. Court House. Wausau. Wis
Over 10000 Acres
Of Fins Farming and Hardwood Lands for Sale in Marathon Lincoln
and Taylor Counties, Wis
Fine Residence Property Business Building
and Acre Property for sale In the city.
MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY,

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THE CENSUS.
Names of Those Who Will Do the
Work.

John W. Miller Supervisor of Census,
and Herman Miller, his assistant, are
now in readiness to commence work of
listing the city and county, which will
be on June 1st There Is one enumer-
ator appointed for each town in the
county and one for each ward in the
city The former are paid s4.00 per
day. The following are those appoint
ed to assist in taking the census and
their work must be completed in two
wheks from the time of starting:
Bergen-M. H. Altenburg.
Berlin-Oswald Plisch.
Brighton-F c. Hulce.
Cassel-John King.
Cleveland-Frank j. Curtin.
Day-Casper Abby.
Easton-W VIM E. Beck.
Eau Pieine-Archie Muir.
Eldron-A. j. Plowman.
Emmet-John Gebauer.
Frankfort-John Simsen.
Halsey-Lawrence Nuremberg.
Hamburger. G.. Sellin.
Harrison and Hewitt-Jacob Holzem.
Holton-Geo. w. Holton.
Hull and Colby E. Wv. c. Pradt.
Johnson-H NJ. Parton.
Knowlton and Kronenwetter-T. r.
Guenther.
Maine-W. r. Huckbody.
Marathon and Marathon Vil.-Joseph
Muschinski.
Mcmillan and Mcmillan Vil.-O. H.
Giles.
Mosinee and Mosinee Vil.-Herman
Vetter.
Norrie and Plover-Henry j. Gowell.
Pike Lake-T. w. Ceranski.
Rib Falls-Richard Munkwitz.
Rietbrock Joseph Chesak.
Spencer-G. H. Heath.
Stettin-Edward Wendorff.
Texas-Wm. j. Kregel
Wausau-Fred Paulus.
Weston, East part-Henry Drake.
Weston, w. part-Joseph F. Volta.
Wien and Edgar Vil.-A. j. Cherney.
CITY OF WAUSAU.
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I, .,psr,,es : for Fafthfnis SERVANTS. 8

On the Austrian Emperor's fete d8|
a number Of prizes were distEiblteA5
to servants who have been a Ions time
in the same situation. The prize wac!
about s75 in each case. First on the
list was valet, aged seventy
who. had served forty-six consecat
years in one, family. The second 81 sss
a nurse, seyenty-two years old
had served forty-two years in te1fe
family; a maid-of- -all-Work, seventy
seven years old, VINO had served forty
one years In puhnery, came next
then an undertook, aged fftysfye
who had served thirty-nine years IA 8
boys orphanage.. There was a. msia q q
of-all-work, aged seyenty-six, who had
served thirty nine years in one family &
a kitchenmaid sixty:nine years
who had been in the household Of
Princess Clementine of Coburg tpls tplss
thirty-one years, came next. and t1eils
sixty Eight years, came one who hai5Is 1l Z Z
been ladys maid to Baroness Selez
for rty-eight years. Aitogethas
there were twenty-one names on tiie
list, and the shortest term Of service q
was thirty years. Il don News. 80
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some feresting points nnarfon
used s the double des Il bell shades,
5whichS were flied caIored solu.
tons. and sat HE same time he pro
svided beds, cdpsjsred nth d l6kH glass.
The best result were at
timed In fonr stle Eot a houses, one
81: (which Is covered with rdlnary win
dow glass; and q HE u oslth three with
blue, greer; and red gllass The gla:s
used for these houses Was eare1nlly ex-
!amined, and only those pieesSs taken
whose intensity admit only mon
romatic light Heat AID al other
Conditions are the same ia the four.
:houses The screen-like device shown.
In the other cut represents a number
Of thermometers made Of colored
glass - while In the extreme right is a
radiometer forFthe observation Of the
Intensity of the light. Flammarion
first selected FOR, his first experiments
a, plant from which, through It's pc
GUITAR forms Of growth, we can Judge,
at any time, Of its healthy condition.
This was the Mimosa spudiea, the well
known sensitive plant whose leaves
act only upon exterior irritations when
the plant is in a perfectly normal con-
idftion. Young plants iof a, trife over
an inch in height were planted on the
same day and in the same manner in
all OF the four houses, and were care.
fully attended to-, After three months
a notable difference was TO be seen.
Under the blue glass the plants did
not die off, but neither did they show.
any signs of growth. In the white
house they were well developed and
had grown to an average height of
four inches. In. the green; lfouse the
plants were little etiolated-that is
to say, they showed instead sof the
normal green color 9 yellow-white
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THE INFLUENCE OF
LIGHT ON VEGETATION.

color, but their development had been
magnificent, their height averaging six
inches. The greatest development, how
ever, had taken place in the red house,
where the plants not only showed their
usual normal color, but had reached a
height of seventeen inches-that is to
say, fifteen times the original size, and
were blooming splendidly. Flan-
marion then took two other plants and
attained almost the same, or, at least,
very similar results. Experiments
carried ON with strawberries showed
also the same results; under the red
light they developed marvelously. 1t
will readily be understood that these
experiments, especially, with regard to
valuable, rare plants, are of the high
est tivalue.-Philadelphia Record.
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The BOOKS We USED To READ

tnI, ss>SsshN.'. - 80 .ssSnsS.ss,.sSss3
I do love readin', that's fact: Dad used
Z. ter say it took ssssa'
: A pull as strong . steers ter sit M
nose out of book; lsss
I've sot up nights till after ten ten. fnis6
= up tale,
And see the hero married and the yillaid]
jugged in Jail,
! But lately, dunno how It is, / Ieyer1
seem ter find
The sort of yarns I love, because they're
all Of dif'rent kind
Seems if the authors nowadays had sortes'
gone ter seed,
Why don't they write, some stories ike
the kind we used ter. read?
Yer member them old yarns? Gee WIIzE
Say! wasn't they somethinS prime
The hero was duke or lord, yer bet yef
D.. every time; ssSS ss
And he was nightly harnsome, but Md
ginerally pore,
And had thievin' uncle who was rieh az
all out door. s:ss.ss,as.. ,ySs.
He loved a beaucheaus damsel, name
LADY Eunesteen,"
Her craven locks" and "'fawn-ike eye3:
beat all was ever seen; 4 N sSsSs' ssS5sf
He chased her through FIVE hundred long
q thick pages, one by one, 81
! But all the time yer felt plum-sufc
bag her when t was done.s ,;s,s;
Then there was robbers, tew;, that lived
in caves all lined with gold n; ;.s$s
And piled with kags ,er di'mon, 81, lest ess
full as they could hold
And there was ghosts that hung Arorpd:
some murdered chaps remains
And, used ter sashay round lat DARK and
howl and clank their chains 3.
Yer member. when yer read them tales
upstairs at night, alone, sf3; !;
How every sep'rate hair a unkink whsn
them things fetched groan?
But ghosts in these new-fangled book
amt nawthin' more--why, pshawl
Yer ID jes' soon poke 'em in the ribs and
ask 'em fer chaw. !. N III ~.
The hero nowadays don't swear by
dead fathers bones
Z Ter have some caitiff's blood. He amt Hl5
35s duke, his name is Jones. a {sssS! ~
Z The, heroine, she rides wheel as bpj
< 5s ever wuz, q n ri 81 tlg3 rs y &
SAnd, drat ,em! they both tax jesf Il
reel folks that's livin' does. s<
OH give me back Jane Austen!6 u ;He3x'
- Or old Sylvanus Cobb! 5lt'T
He was the boy y,-Sylvanus was,
@ he knew. his job! 90
Consarn these modern chaps, E1s1 Z
all their tiresome breed 81 ssx f'sz
I'D like to git "a novel of the kind
y ter read. - 81 b. Il I: IS 's'z:S zs33
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Where to BE Good.

1t was a Payne avenue car, rather
crowded, too, on last Sunday night.
In one corner sat two little urchins,
taking UP as little room as possible.
Indeed, they occupied about as much
room as one adult. The boys were
evidently Of the class which run about
the street on weekdays in bare feet
They could not, however, be included
in the bad boy class. They were
evidently not used to sitting quietly
and orderly, and fidgeted about in real
distress. Their eyes roamed from the
floor to the people, and back to the
floor again. Finally one said to the
other, in a confid,ng whisper: "Golly,
but ye have to be good in car, don't
?-Cleveland Plain-Dealer. y
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hang in Thirlstane castle not one but
Is conspicuously lovely. When the pres
ent sheir of the eavldom chose Miss
GWepdonne; Lucy Williams for, his
showed that he was no less
excellent 3udge Of feminine beauty
than his s:ancestor.s. q
The yiscountess is famous for her
abundant suit Of blonde hair, and hay:
ing been assured Of her undoubted
likeness to the good Queen Eleanor,
she has had her portrait painted in a
gorgeous velvet gown of the twelfth
century mode, and in her blonde hair
a wonderful pearl dladem, such as
Edwards faithful consort wore.
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A Hint For. s,t: Future Explores. 4

Item clipped from newspaper, date
November, 1906:
Mr. Philo McAndree, the famous ex-i
plorer, who has made three attempts
to reach the new, Chinese capitals and
who penetrated seventy-iye miles fur'.
ther than the last Russian expedit ton,
starts from Pekin on his latest ATTEMPT
next week. He will go as far as possfs
BILE with wagons and then will ascend
in balloons. The hot air that continue;
ally comes from the new capital OF;
the Dowager Empress and the Em-5
pcror should cause heavy counter
current of cold air. which should be-
sufficient to draw his balloon into the
hidden caDital." - - ~. E;.sstt.---s:
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Orioin of the EunnY-Rone.

A lecturer on osteoiogy at 3 coilega
for colored men in Alabama was enum}
Grating the different bones of the arm3
He had just explained that the large
bone connecting the shoulder, with tha
forearm was called the humerus, wheI1
q young negro in the rear of the hall
rose up. "Doctah," he said" pointing,
to the tip Of his elbow. 'is dis hyat
bone called de funGy-bone cause II
bordahs on de humorous 2" - Colliers
yUooL1y - ~~'-' "---~i i.sl, .sJs-1}
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jndge, and by mai i The young
sseount sI,e 81 entered GUS Ian
sdale family there af
ie greater known ,s si gssea Britain.
nth9 Heath ;ofSh Shssr fat II hsf in-i iaw hef
sand II psd & sdo3msy ths fonrte tesnth earl
sanderdaie and Der home VIII sbe.
the historic and It'll Thiri-
cast built by the audardales
centuries ago Il one of the
bud boasts sof this sansi lent Scotch
nily, that the head the family
Ave always married Scotch women,s
ed that Of the thirteen portraits ofI
le countesses OF Land derdale whfchss