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The age-herald., 1901-11-05
SOME PROJECTION NEEDED.

From the Baltimore American.
 Now that the deer season Is beginning. the authorities should have red signals on the deer's antlers, so that amateur hunters can readily distinguish them from human beings with the naked eye. Or else human beings anywhere near the hunt ing grounds should be careful to go about In bullet -nroof suits.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY.

From Judge.
 MT. Newcomb Examining the grocery bill, one item of which was tea, s10. re- provingly)-My dear. we can never use so much tea before 1t spells.
 Mrs. Newcomb-I know 1t. but you havn't seen the dear little china plate got for buying so much. It's worth at least dollar. and the tea we don't use we can throw away.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

To every victor tonight there will be a victim, and the bumptious New Workers think they will name a Pres ident. whether Low or Shepard be- come Mayor.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

The Schley inquiry will soon be transferred to each mans conscience and intelligence, and 1t promises to be discussed many years, but more particularly in 1904.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

King Edward has decided to winter at San Reno, and prices there have been advanced to correspond with this windfall.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

Abdul Hamid does not like the war. ship plan of collection, but he accepts the situation because he cannot well do otherwise.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

Twelve hundred cars of prunes are ready in California for shipment to Eastern States. Thus does the boarder come to his own.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

The Hon. Mir. Hanna expects the Republicans of Ohio today to poll 1O0,- 900 more votes than their opponents can. Watch the outcome.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05
uNwoNTEp TURBULENCE.

From the Southold Traveller.
 This has seemed to be a week of sen- sations in our unusually quiet midst
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

The first citizen of Oyster Bay, Long Island, has gone home to vote.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

Senator Fairbanks has dry-docked his Presidential. boom, end Senator Hanna may as well do likewise.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

When Henry watterson becomes President the dinner table will become a great feature of politics.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

The Kaiser's war and tariff talk is believed to be for the farmers in tho German county of Buncombe.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05
OFFICE HOLDERS HOLD ON.

From the Baltimore American.
 The valued Memphis Scimitar has 90 far failed to induce any southern office hold CT to resign.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

Alger's book is court of inquiry 1T itself. being both judge and jury.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

After today the country will be re- lieyed of the Tammany war.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

A big navy is an excellent collector of past due bills against Kings or Sul- tans.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

Women are breaking into every oc- cupation, excelling in some, especially in leaping over falls.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

That great meteoric shower is again looked for in about ten days.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

The beet sugar syndicate Is already entrenched at Washington as branch of the Chinese-Wa tariff.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

Even counterfeit coins are not wanted in slot machines.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

Thanksgiving Day very properly comes after the elections are ended. and the politicians cease to yex and harry the people.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

It takes more money to make an automobile go than it does to make a mare go.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

The Good Roads issue will soon be- come alive along every ill-keptl high way.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

Miss Stone is still visiting the bri- gands at their cave in the Bulgarian mountains.
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

in by wagons. The wagon trade of Flu faula extended to sixty or seventy miles away and was exceedingly valuahe. They used to say that one bale of cot ton brought in on wagon from any cor. siderable distance by the man who pro. duced 1t was of more vnlus to the trade of tho town than fifteen bales of shipped cotton, that was. cotton received by rail or water transportation. Wagon trade made Eufaula rich.
 "Ten or a dozen years ago EufauIa's Clayton line was extended to Ozark, in the heart of one of the most truly prosperous agricultural districts of the South. a region in which the people Tive at home and board at the same place. Then the Alabama Midland Railroad was built through that Ozark region, and from 1t branch lines were built out to import ant points in Eufaula's trade territory. The result of all this railroad extension has been to cut down Eufaula's cotton receipts to about 10000 bales a year. a large percentage of which is 'shipped' to the town by rail and by the Chatta- hoochee river. Railroads have ruined Flu faula.
 "Thus. notwithstanding that various industries including a large cotton fac- tory. have been built in Eufaula, the trade of the town has decreased almost disastrously. striking proof of which may be found in the recent failure there of one of the oldest-established national banks in the south.
 "The only hope for Eufaula would seem now to lie in becoming an indus trial and railroad center within itself, and people there are now talking of di- rect connection with the coal fields of the Birmingham district. It seems that tho Atlanta. yaldosta and Western Com
The age-herald., 1901-11-05

Thanksgiving Day very properly comes after the elections are ended. and the politicians cease to vex and harry the people.
 The Kaiser's war and tariff talk is believed to be for the farmers in the German county of Buncombe.
  The beet sugar syndicate Is already entrenched at Washington as branch of the Chinese-Wall tariff. When Henry Watterson becomes President the dinner table will become great feature of politics.
 
 Women are breaking into every oc- cupation, excelling in some, especially in leaping over falls. It takes more money to make an automobile go than it does to make a mare go.
 Miss Stone is still visiting the bri- gands at their cave in the Bulgarian mountains.
  The Good Roads issue will soon be- come alive along every ill-kept1 high way.
 
 A big navy is an excellent collector of past due bills against Kings or Sul- tans.
 Alger's book is a court of inquiry in itself, being both judge and jury. The first citizen of Oyster Bay. Long Island, has gone home to vote. ---ss>---- After today the country will be re- lieyed of the Tammany war. -----se--- That great meteoric shower is again
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-19
GROWTH OF BOWLING
ANCIENT GAME HAS HAD A MAR
Vicious SPREAD.
half Decade Ago First League Was
Formed in Chicago-Now There Are
Thirty Leagues in the City, with
Many Members.

Nothing more remarkable has occur
red in the world of indoor sports in the
history of Chicago, says the Chronicle,
than the growth of interest in bowling.
In five years it has sprung from a
sleepy, old-world pastime, in which Rip
Van Wrinkle, joined in the Kaatskills, TO
a busting game in which at least 3d.
600 in this city are intensely interested
and on which thousands of dollars are
spent every day. Five years ago the
first bowling league was started in Chi
cago. To-day there are thirty leagues,
including 240 clubs, and at least fifty
independent clubs of male members
and seyenty-ive women's clubs which
are not affiliated with leagues or asso-
Citations. Tive years ago there were
probably half dozen alleys in Chicago
of regulation size and make OF which
an expert bowler could exercise his
skill. To-day there are more than 2;s0
alleys in the city, each one a dream of
perfection from a bowler'S standpoint.
In 1895 there were becn cen thirty
and forty independent bowling clubs III
Chicago, composed mostly Of Germans
who had Inherited love for the old
game and scattered from Ravenswood
to Roseland. The average Chicagoan
knew practically nothing about the
game and referred to it as either mine
pins or ''ten pins" when he now and
then saw team of bowlers rolling the
balls. The alleys varied in length and
width. If the building was ten feet
shorter than a regulation alley the
alley constructed was ten feet short.
A trio of enthusiastic bowlers in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-19

flesh-coiored court-plaster, was given
black by the observant shopkeeper;
and he treasured up the incident, hop
ing for an opportunity to initiate the
sharpness of the dealer.
His opportunity came. One evening
a cOmely colored girl stepped into the
store where he was employed.
Il wants some cou't-plaster," she
said
What color" inquired the clerk,
with affected nonchalance.
Flesh culIah, sab"
Trembling in his shoes, and keeping
within reach of a heavy pestle, the
clerk handed the young woman a box
of black court-plaster. He was sur
prised at the time that the situation
afforded so little humor. The girl
opened the box with a deliberation
that was omInous, but her face was
unrufled as she noted the color of the
contents.
Il CUES you mus "a misunderstood
by ordah. 1 asked for flesh cullah,
and you done give me skin cullah," she
said.
The drug clerk is said to be still
little dazed, and he has firmly resolved
10 subject every joke to rigid labora-
tory test hereafter before using.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-19
Modern Longevity.

In the seventeenth century the aver.
age duration Of life was only thirteen
years; in the eighteenth, twenty; in the
present century it is thirty-six. This
great increase in the average length o
human life is not, however, an indica.
ton of an increase in the vigor and vi.
tally of The race. but it is rather due
to the fact that cholera, the black
plague and other devastating scourges
which formerly oYerspread whole eoun,
tries at frequent intervals, sometimes
several times during a century, have
been brought more and more under con.
troll by improved public sanitation and
quarantine. The real test of the vitality
Of the race is not the average length OF
human life, but the proportion of cen.
tenarians. The proportion of persons
who have attained great age is without
doubt at the present time much less
than ever before In the history of the
world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-19

to show it. And he was natural-borr
business man, up and down. top to toe
and that partly accounts for it, too.
Dye ever hear how he pupposed tC
Aunt Eleanor, his wife? Happens
know, because she and my wife was
cousins, and the perceedin' tickled
Eleanor soft she had to tell of it.
"Ephraim wasn't ever a talkative
Teller, and he didn't go round much
with tn other young folks. Jest stay
ed home and tended to his knittin'-
work, as it ware, but he was well
thought of by everybody, and Eleanor
and her pa and ma always made him
welcome.
$50 he come in sort O. casual, one
ptic'lar Sat'day night, and set around
as usual, putin in a word now and
then, till Eleanor's pa went out to see
to sick COW he had, and Eleanor's ma
started off up chamber somewheres.
And then Ephraim speaks up all to
once, and he says:
I'D kind O like to marry you, Flea
nor says he.
"'Shop says she. Would We? She
was dumfounded, and couldn't think of
anything else to say.
eyes, l would says he. He never
moved out of his chair, but he looked
her right square in the eye, reel friend
ly. I've got a place o. my own, We
know,-rented, but l can take it back
most any time,-and two bundled and
fifty dollars out on intrust, and enough
besides to stock the place. l make We
an offer he says, and I'll hold it open
for We till next Sat'day night
Eleanor was starin' at him all the
time, mind We, with ner mouth open.
And before she could get any words to
put into it, It's time l was gettiu' along
home Ephraim says, so I'll bid We
good night, Eleanor
"Wel, that was all there was to it.
First off, Eleanor was mad at his max
in an offer so-fashion, and leayin' it
open jest sech time, s though he'd
been diekerin' for yoke Of steers. But
when she come to think Il over she real
lied it was only Eplraim's way, and
she believed he liked her and she knew
she liked him, and so she took him up,
and neither Of 'em ever was sorry for
! it.
] mo, Ephraim didn't make love ro-
mantic-no gettin' down on his knees
and writin' poetry and sech-like doin's.
But if you ever see woman better per-
vided for and more uplifted and more
waited on by inches than Aunt Eleanor
was, I'd like to have We pint her out.
Actions speak louder'n words, they
say, and caIlate that's true. There's
women in this town would be willin' to
forget they was called angels befol 9
they was married if they could be treat.
| ed like human bein's now"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-19

10 EW people know that in Califor-
n MA at all hours of the day and
night a force of government po-
licemen is on duty, walking regular
beats in the heart of the mountain
forest as they would in a populous
city, making occasional arrests and
regular reports to headquarters, quite
in the style of the modern policeman.
In many cases these beats are so iso-
lated and lonesome that the policeman
does not see a soul for weeks save the
men of the adjoining beats. But it is
not to preserve order that the national
government employs this force and
pays it, but to guard against forest
fires, which have yearly been increas-
ing in number and destructiyeness.
Millions of feet Of valuable timber are
burned every year as the result of the
carelessness Of hunting parties in leav-
ing camp fire embers behind them.
DrOuth has followed drouth until the
whole Sierra Madre country seems
likely to burn up, and not only is there
an immense loss in standing timber,
but the removal of the trees allows the
springs and creeks which feed the riy-
ers to dry up, the winter SHOWS are not
conserved for irrigation and the effect
is felt hundreds of miles away.
The government has endeayored for
many years to control these destructive
forest fires, but during the fall of 1899
and 1900 the situation became so
alarming that it took up the matter
much more energetically and systemat-
ically than ever before. The ranges
are now subdiyided into smaller dis
tricts than formerly. and each district
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-19
Brief state Hanneninrs.

William Dankmeyer, laborer, was
found dead in mill yard at Chill. No
cause for his death can be ascertained.
Miss Martha Peterson made an unsuc-
cessful attempt at suicide at her home
north of Cumberland. Dependency is
assigned as the reason for attempting her
life.
Smoking cigarettes, loafng and refus-
ing to mind hits parents landed Herbert
Sweet of La Crosse in the reform school.
His parents say cigarette have been his
ruination.
Fred Frewert, aged II, residing at
Jacksonville, had lis skull fractured a
few days ago. While he was driving
stakes a sledge flew from its handle,
striking him on the head.
The will of Mrs. Alexander Douglas of
Beloit will be contested by her daughter,
Mrs Ellen Thompson of Chicago. II is
said that the estate, valued at $780,, 90
has been bequeathed to Miss Henrietta
Douglas, an unmarried daughter, who
has had tie care of her parents during
their declining years the other two
daughters receiving only 500 each.
Fred Brown. owner of a 200-acre farm
in the town of Lindwood, was shot at
his home and is now in critical condi-
zion. He had just sat down to read near
O window, when a bullet struck him UNI
der the left ear and lodged deep in his
! neck.
Prof. Charles A. Bacon, prominently
connected with the faculty Of Beloit Col
lege for fifteen years. died after lingering
for nearly two months. Death was due
TO a complication of diseases resulting in
septic poisoning as the result of frdctdr-
ing his leg last summer while turning in
| bed
Oshkosh men of a speculative turn of
| mind have organized the California Oil
Land Company to operate in tract Of
l $40 acres in the EallecitoS oil district of
California.
Fire broke out in the wagon shed Of
| the Degenhardt Bros. near the railroad
at Campbellsport, and the whole shed and
big livery barn We're burned 10 the
| ground. Fortunately all the main por-
ton of the contents were got out.
| The breaking of pulley wheel on a
/ WESTINGHOUSE engine at the Racine pow
| er plant of the Milwaukee Electric Rail.
way Company caEse6 the ruin of the en-
/ CINE, dynamo and electric switchboards.
valued at $4,000.
George Heoft, the 15-year-old son of
Theodore Heoft. farmer residing three
miles east of Abbotsford, was shot and
instantly Killed while out hunting with
1 other boys.
/ Five families comprising fifteen peo-
/ pie, were the victims of ptom9ine poi
soning in kenosha. through eating in
feeted cheese. Prompt efforts los ply
sicians probably saved the lives of all
| the victims.
E. Liebenreicht of Adell found niece
| of float copper ON his land which is orob-
| ably the largest specimen Of the Kind
| ever found in this country Ii has a
weight of IA pounds and was brought
to Shsboygan and sold for $50.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-19

into the club treasures every month.
In addition TO that players on league
alleys are charged a fee of so cents a
night for the use of the alleys, the mon
ey going toward the expense of service
and maintenance. and there is another
large sum of money. as every alley in
Chicago is almost constantly in use
The $50 public alleys in the city take
in an average of $3.50 per day. calculat-
ed at current rates for the use of the
alleys. In addition to these sums many
players have an individual outfit, con-
sisting of a ball. bag in which to car
~ it and special shoes, which total
about IS in cost and last about year.
Game is Costly.
In private clubs the construction Of
two alleys costs about 5000, set Of
pins, which last about three months
cost IS. and a set of a dozen balls cost
about $40. About $50 a year must be
paid for cleaning and scraping the al
legs, So month for material and IS to
SO a week for boys to set up pins, and
other employees. OF course these figures
are vastly increased in public alley,
which is in use at all times and where
many more employees are required.
However, it is a safe estimate that
more than 100000 a year is now spent
ON bowling in Chicago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-19

is under direct supervision of super
intendent or warden. Each warden has
under him deputy wardens or rangers,
who patrol smaller subdistricts several
times a dag during the summer and
fall months and report regularly to the
warden under whom they are working.
For this patrol service the govern
ment pays its men 81 day and ex-
penses. The work, aside from actual
fighting of fires, is not so very hard,
but it sooa becomes very monotonous,
and it is sometimes very hazardous.
1t consists in patrolling a given beat
several times a day. The patrolmen
are clothed with police power and have
orders to arrest anyone who has done
anything that would cause blaze, or
has in any way disregarded the regu-
lations of the forest reserve commits
sion
Il is also the rangers duty to keep a
sharp lookout for incipient blazes; 70
extinguish them, if he can, alone; and
if not, to report the fire to his superior
and the nearest known help in that
particular neighborhood.
There are various causes for the for
est fires. Some are started by accident,
some by thoughtlessness and some by
deliberate, criminal carelessness. By
far the most frequent cause is the
smoldering campfire, carelessly left by
hunters and others. Recent laws make
it misdemeanor to leave any embers
from campfire which the next rising
breeze might fan into a flame. The
matter of taking timber unlawfully
from the forest reserve also comes I'M
der the direct attention of the forest
rangers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-19


PROF. BRITTs. vest in a plant for the
manufacture Of Britts strange ma
chine. The inventor guards his secret
with great care, but says that he will be
in position to make a public demon
stration of the cyclOne-harnessing ma.
chine in a short time.
I'm this Western country there is new
er a time" said Inventor Britts, when
there is not sufficient wind to make it
possible for my device to acquire pow
er. 1t is different from a windmill,
and is so carefully constructed that it
may be operated with the slightest
breeze. My invention will do away
with all other methods of generating
power. 1t is applicable to locomotives,
and will displace electricity and COM
pressed air in propelling street cars. 1t
will also be valuable for navigation
purposes, and will make coaling sta
tons and steam power a thing of his
tory"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-19
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY
CONDENSED.
Telephone Causes Discontinue of Bank
BurcIars-Br Man Shoots HIM
sele-Insane Man Had Money in Bank
-Menasha Boys Wreck Train.

Burglars who attempted 10 rob the
Farmers State Bank in Darlen We're
bafled by the speedy use of the tele-
phone and the presence Of mind OF tie
operators at central, which unfortu-
nately for their plans, was located I'M
mediately across the street from the
scene of their operations. The second
charge of dynamite applied TO the safe
in the bank caused an explosion that was
heard by the telephone operators and
they Immediately called up every sub
scriber to the service in the city, notify
ing them of the attempt of the robbers.
The response of the citizens was so
prompt that the burglars were compelled
to flee before they could secure any
booty The outer door of the bank vault
and the outer door Of the safe were
blown of. but the inner door resisted the
force of the dynamite. though the charge
was so heavy that the front of the bank
building was demolished.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-19
Attacked by Indians.

Stand Straight, the Indian who has
been attempting to get his ward admitted
in the La Crosse schools, claiming that
the Tomah Indian school does not teach
civilized methods and allows the girls to
spend too much money for beads and
other savage finery, was attacked by ten
other braves from Nebraska near the
Mississippi wagon bridge and his skull
fractured. He claims that all We're drunk
and that one of the party struck him
with a sharp instrument, rendering him
unconscious, in which condition he re-
manned for several hours, finally dragging
himself to Dr.. PowelPs office in La
Crosse.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-19
A SONG OF DUTY.

Whate'er betide, man must toll on;
He may not pause too long TO smile;
he must toll on with brain or Drawn,
For life is such a little while.
When JOY too strongly may beguile,
IT'S written. JOY must be denied;
We may not pause too long TO smile,
We must toll on. whate er betide.
And when sorrow comes TO him
Man may not pause too long to weep,
Grief chastens. tasted at the brim,
But it destroys when quaffed too deep
The onward march we still must keep
Howe'er the spirit may be tried,
We may not pause too long TO weep,
We must toll on, whate'er betide.
Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-19

Alcade was commanded to leave the
shafts; but Alcade, wise as Balaam's
ass, never stirred, for he knew that his
tail was still fast to the buggy. There
upon my friend took the whip and APP
piled it smartly to Alcade's hind quar-
tiers.
Alcade, who had doubtless been nurs-
ing his wrongs all the afternoon, and
who saw his opportunity, as the law
yers say, to show cause, retaliated by
kicking the Juggy into a heap of kind
ling-WOod.
My frieLds wife watched this per-
Torrance with interest, and when it
was over she turned to her husband
and said:
My dear, after this 1 shall turn on
the water and let it run as often and
as long as l please"