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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

We entered the parior, and intro
duced her as my better half. Ny uncle
was much pleased with her, and COM
plimented me upon my good choice in
the selection of a wife. Mrs. Kingsley
colored most charmingly at this COM
pliment, and could see she could
scarcely refrain from laughing.
A short time afterward Mrs. Kings
ley came to me, when l was alone, in
an adjoining room, and l saw imme-
diately something very humorous must
have happened, for the corners Of her
lips were breaking out into beaming
smiles.
''Do you know, sir, into what an
awkward predicament you have gotten
me?' she inquired.
"What's the matter" l asked.
"Why, your uncle came to me short
time ago and asked to see my marriage
certificate, as he said he had some
money to settle upon us Immediately,
but wanted to be sure everything was
right first"
did you expose me?" inquired anx-
iously.
NO, sir, 1 did not, for I never enter
into a deception or anything else by
halves"
"Then we must lose no time" 1 re-
piled; "if my uncle is so anxious to
have our marriage certificate, let us
put no obstacles in his way"
We lost no time, l assure you. 1
don't think Mrs. Kingsley ever got into
her Sunday clothes in such hurry in
her life before, while L spoiled two
pairs of suspenders in my frantic en-
deavors to be ION time" We quite as
tonished the parson by our haste, and
at the conclusion of the ceremony /
would have forgotten to give him the
usual fee if he had not reminded me
of it.
We had secured the coveted marriage
certificate. signed and sealed, and were
now safely out of our difficulties, as we
thought. We had omitted one precau-
tion, as we found when we had pre-
scented the certificate TO my uncle. The
date was too modern.
why, how is this?" said my uncle.
81 thought you were married over a
year agO?"
so we were, uncle I said, solemnly.
Glow comes it, then, the certificate
is dated tO-day?' he asked in a voice
of thunder
We were both struck speeches..
Come" said my uncle. Il see there
has been some trickery here. Own up
to it, or I will never forgive you"
did own up to it. and told him the
whole story. expected it would make
him angry, but it didn't, for he laughed
| heartily, and said was a clever rascal
and he was proud of me.-Indianapolis
| Sun
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

Gilliyray-PrOviding for an inspec.
tor of public schools for the deaf.
AIiller-Appropriating S4S4.67 to Thos.
P. Nelson, for labor and material furnish.
ed as a sub-contractor on Ladies' Hall.
Roehr-Slightly amending the statutes
relative to insane.
misunderstanding the appropria-
ton to the Wisconsin Dairyman's AS,
ISOLATION from $1,000 to $4,000.
ROehr-Providing for the election of
the Milwaukee city school superintend-
emit by the directors Of the school board.
term to be three years.
Notwithstanding the statutes pro-
viding for a more complete registration
Of births and deaths.
Martin-Authorizing the Governor,
when ne deems it expedient, to have an
investigation made Of any State institu-
ton or office.
Cady-Relating to vagrancy.
Committee on State Afairs-Providing
for the registration OF trade marks.
Committee on Observation-Disclosures a
mistake in chapter 197 passed at this
session.
Dow-Prohibiting winter fishing
Delavan lake.
Appropriating $500 for an intersta
park at the Dells Of st. Croix.
Cady-Relating TO Migrants.
SmaIley-Reiating TO joint school dis
tricts.
Requiring new registry lists
for every election.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. s42O to J. VI.
Hau-o1 For 1a-a ~ TTfsTfa 90 Ring q
ward Of the State board Of supervision.
AinswOrth-Amending the statutes rel
alive 10 Licensing peddlers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
MELODY MADE HIM HoMEsIck.
Was in His Native Land, but the Banjo
Upset Him.

Was in His Native Land, but the Banjo
Upset Him.
! A well-knOwn Chicago German news
paper writer went to visit his birth
place on the Rhine a few weeks ago,
with the intention of staying at least
six months. 1t was his first trip to Ger
many since he left there more than
! twenty years ago, and before his depar-
ture he gave supper to his English
and German friends. In a farewell
speech he told of his great love for the
fatherland, but he added that he loved
| his adopted country with as much fer
vor as any native born. His friends
cheered the sentiment and tossed off
their glasses to his health and a safe
voyage.
One of the party, a German, created
no end of laughter by predicting that
the traveller would not stay away from
Chicago longer than a month. He him
self had made a visit to the old home
last summer, and after two weeks of
handshaking he was anxious to return
to America, which he did on the first
steamer that sailed from Bremen.
Il wager a supper for all who are
here" said the one who had been to
Germany last summer, that our host
does not stay in Europe six weeks.
He'll be homesick. or 'heimweh,' as we
Germans call it, before he is there ten
days, and if he wants to take me up on
the supper proposition l stand ready to
shake hands with him as a pledge that
he accepts the wager
They shook hands, and the ''auf wei
derSehen" party came to 4 close in
burst of German song.
Just five weeks from the day he left
Chicago the German traveller returned.
The next day he resumed his desk on
the paper with which he had long been
connected. During the week he sent
invitations to the friends who were
with him the night before the depar-
ture, inviting them to the ''heimweh"
supper, as he called it. The supper was
discussed last night at a downtown
restaurant, and this is what the tray
eler told his friends:
1T was my intention to remain in
Germany at least half a year, and
probably would have done so had l not
visited a drinking resort one day in
Berlin. which is frequented by Ameri-
can tourists. There was one of those
automatic or electric banjos in the
place, and when l heard it play Way
Down Upon the Suwanee River tears
came to my eyes. Think of it. A Ger
man, born in Germany, crying over a
negro melody, which had never heard
until | came to America. The plain
tive old tune made me homesick for
Chicago, and I could no more shake it
off than could fly. The notes of the
familiar old song seemed to burn into
my brain, and really believe if I had
not sailed on the first vessel that
would have gone insane. That is why
l came back so soon"
Is there any one who will doubt this
Germans love for the Stars and
Stripes?-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
"THESE IDLE DAYS.
4 have read from the great book of ma

hzve read from the great book OF ma
ture,
How the seasons increasingly roll;
and where myriads of stars are unfolded
By night, on the heavens wide scroll
I have learned that their law is to LABOR
Tnaetion would wreck the great plan
That holds worlds upon worlds IN thelF
orbits.
And governs the frail life of man.
There is never night in the summer,
So still but the dew dripping air
Is keen with the singing OF insects
At work in some cool grassy lair;
And the day, rising bright-eyed and
From the depths of the green eastern
sea,
When it trails down the western horizon,
viii be morning on some distant lea.
When winter lies chilling around US,
Each snowbound, and skies sullen gray,
In the heart of the trees, gaunt and leaf
less,
There's a song of the sunshine of May;
And the flowers that dropped in the au-
tumn,
@NAC " dAtAh5 " SLON up anew
When the springtime shall smile a bright
welcome
To brOoklets and grasses and dew.
So these days that seem clOuded by walt
ing
With listless and sad folded hands,
While all of life's brightest endeavor
Has fed with times vanishing sands,
May be only some wise preparation
For a part in the infinite plan
chat has governed the worlds since crea-
ton,
And considers the brief life of man.
Boston Globe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

but Tor the longest continuous service
When he first became a railway mail
clerk al the mail passing between the
cities of Cleveland aud Buffalo was
handled by three clerks, only two Of
whom were working at the same time
In those days such thing as train
exclusively for mail was unheard Of
They did not even have mail cars. A
small portion Of the front car on the
trains was set apart for the mail clerk.
and he was forced TO get along as best
he could. Incidentally Uncle" George
Putnam is proud Of the fact that his
birthday falls on the seventh day OF
the seventh month. that he is a seventh
son. and has in addition seven sisters.
To this series Of condolences he
ascribes his lucky freedom from acct
dents during his long service On the
road.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

At it's closing hour Saturday morning
the Senate, amid a scene perhaps unpar'
alleled in the history of Wisconsin legis-
lation, adopted resolutions strongly con-
demning Gov. La Toilette for his stric-
lures upon the Legislature as set forth
in his veto of the Hagemeister primary
bill. The resolutions were introduced by
Senator Roehr of Milwaukee, who did so,
he said, from a sense Of duty to his par
ty, his fellow legislators and himself.
After quoting extracts from the mes
sage rejecting on the Legislature, the
Resolutions closed with a protest against
the executive questioning the motive OF
character of the legislators. Immediately
an excited scene followed. Senator Nc.
Gillivray jumped up and denounced the
resolution as cowardly and intended as
a cover for the sins Of the majority, and
denOuncing the stalwarts as not Republi-
cans. Senator Miller in a warm defense
of Gov. La Toilette used the words this
subsidized Senate" and at once Senator
Long" Jones asked the clerk to take
down the offensive phrase, which was
done. Miller defantly replying that he
could rot be scared that way. Senator
Miller finally withdrew his remarks about
Subsidized Senate" but the resolu-
ton went through by a vote of IS to s.
One of the last acts Of the Senate was
to concur in the Assembly bill authoriz.
ing cities to use voting machines. The
bill authorizing the Governor to investi-
gate State departments with a view to
reducing clerical forces failed in the As
sanbIv
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Change Back TO the Old Flag.

Let us get away from sectional poll,
tics by all means. The sooner the bet
ter. But let us not accept corrupt and
corrupting politics for enlightened poll
tics. Either way, north or south, the
"bloOdy shirt" was a most misleading
shibboleth. Under cover of the pas
sions it called into being the people
were robbed right and left, and hardly
less by rascally Democrats in the South
than by rascally Republicans in the
North. 1t is good to bury this 'bloody
shirt" and in it's place to hoist the fair,
free ensign of the republic, the glorious
Stars and Stripes. that wave for ALL
Louisville Courier Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
How to Prevent Panics.

An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure, and nowhere more so
than in the stock market. The way 70
prevent panics is to prevent imitation
and Overtrading. Wise folk will not be
carried away by the magnetism of the
speculative advance now being scored
on Wall street. The country is solid
and prosperous, but that is no reason
for believing that the time has come to
get rich quick by buying whatever
stocks may be offered for sale. Go
slow.-St Louis Republic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Brief Comment.

Speaking of deathbed repentance we
are afraid that that indicated by Con-
gresham BabcOck in proposing to free
list trust articles will noesave the trust
party. Its long life of tariff rapine can't
be atoned for in that way.-Johnstown
Pa, Democrat
The Dingley tariff is, as Hanna says,
balanced on scientific principles"
Every fellow got his share of the swag
scientifically distributed, and 1T mus.
not be disturbed" for obvious reasons.
If one of the brethren is despoiled of
his share, he will pull down the whole
house of cards.-Albany Argus.
Tariff reform ought not to be at
tempted in patches. Duties should be
revised and cut down all along the line.
In all places where the tariff enables
the manufacturers of trust goods to
sell cheaper TO the foreigner than to the
home consumer, it should be abolished,
and such articles as trusts prodtce
should be placed on the free Hst.-Kan-
sas City Times.
There are some general principles
which are not subject to change to
which the Democratic party adheres.
as the tariff, strict construction Of the
constitution, the liberty Of the citizen.
the foundation of which is government
by consent of the governed. These are
always and everywhere sound Demo
cratic principles. They are perennial
Dubuque Herald.
With the example Of Great Britain's
claim of suzerainty over the Boer re-
publics before US, Senator Beverage
admits that this is tie relation TO Cuba
which the administration is seeking
10 establish. And It seeks it under pro-
fession Of carrying out a pledge for in
dependence. What mOckery. What IN
blushing falsehoOdl What despicable
treachery Indianapolis Sentinel.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Macnificent peadhead Trip.

The recreation journey of President
Mckinley is the most magnificent trip
ever undertaken by railroad in the Uni
ted States, if not in the world. No en-
peror or king ever made as splendid
tour through his dominions as that
which the President is enjoying among
his American fellow-citizens. He will
see more people and more acres of ter
ritory than any potentate or conqueror
except Alexander the Great ever saw
before.
President Mckinley will be received
everywhere with gay and festive well
come that will not be as noisy as con-
tinuous Fourth of July, and will be far
more agreeable on that account. He
will traverse twenty-five States, and
his route is $4,000 miles in length. He
is accompanied by a working force of
his cabinet, and he will be in constant
communication by telegraph with
Washington. He will transact all pub
lie business on his route. His train will
actually be the national capital on
wheels running at an average rate OF
thirty-five miles an hour.
The Presidents personal party is con.
stituted of himself and family, several
Washington officials, a dozen private
guests and twenty attendants, includ-
ing stenographers, typewriters and tel
egraphic operators. A great number of
press reporters and other followers are
accommodated on the train. The COM
missary department is luxuriously pro-
vided and is managed by skillful en-
ployes including a complement of
cooks and walters.
The cars are seven in number and are
| fitted up in style superior to anything
of the kind ever before seen. ut is
| understood" says n trustworthy ac
count of the affair, that the President
expressed a desire to pay all the ex-
penses of the trip" But the railroad
companies which furnished the palatial
cars would not listen to the suggestion
To private party the actual expense
of the cars and trackage would be
9,SSG. The commissary stores and
service for the trip would bring the cost
up to at least $4,000, a years salary
for the President. Probably he did not
insist with importunate pertinacity on
paying the bill,
of these circumstances a national scan
/ dial shall not be volved.-Chicago
| Chronicle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
IRecover Much Stolen Propertv.

Another chapter in the Schwartz burg
larry case in Sheboygan was concluded
when the police unearthed. at the home
of the three brothers, William, Otto and
Herman and their brother-in-law, Fred
Prelip, two drayloads of furniture con-
sisting of bedsteads, tables, bedroom sets
and an endless variety of chairs, pur-
Joined from the factories of the Ameri-
can, Sheboygan and Nation company.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Grove Weary of Weird.

There is much excitement in Racine
over the disappearance of Charles d.
Kramer, a well-known mason contractor.
Early ON a recent morning coat was
found on the doorsteps of a house on
Milwaukee street. In the pocket of the
coat was found a letter written and
signed by Ramer in which he directed
that the coat should be returned to his
wife The letter stated that he had been
unable to collect his bills and was tired
of living
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
The Trusts and the Tariff.

The people of the country are think
ing a good deal about the tariff these
days, for they see that most of the
great trusts have their foundation in
the benefits conferred upon them by
the Republican policy. If these trusts
have such control of the Republican
to dominate tariff legislation the pe0-
pie will see that the Republican party
is driven out of pOwer.-Atlanta Consti.
tuition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
A WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
Many Postmasters to Receive Larger
Salaries-Racine Man Creates impress
sion He Has Made Away with Himself
Fight Over a Boys Corpse.

Under the reimbursement of presidential
postmasters' salaries. these additional
changes have been made: Mondovi, in
creased $500: Milton, Mineral Point. Ne
cedah and New Lisbon, increased 500;
New London, decreased S1G0. Salaries
in other Wisconsin presidential offices
have been fixed as follows:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Market Man Is Missing.

John Weber, proprietor of a meat mar
ket at Lannon, has been missing from his
home since April 20. The last heard of
him by relatives was from Menominee
Falls. He is about 80 years of age and
had a good business at LannOn. When
he left he had a considerable sum of
money on his person and foul play is
suSDpctpd.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

the country and
back again, and the
trip must be made
daily with the eX-
ception of Sunday.
Since the route was
established half a
dozen carriers have
been tried on it.
Either they were
slow or careless or
they did not find
that the job paid
well enough to
stick to it, and ac-
pOrdiD Oly raSiUDad
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Warm Fight for a Corpse.

The body of Peter Klaus, who was
drowned off the levee at La Crosse, was
recovered nine miles below the city. The
body was lodged in the fork of snag on
the Wisconsin side of the river. y dis
graceful scene occurred when Klaus
body reached the city. Coroner Theo-
dore Mannstedt and the police, acting
for the relatives, came to blows over the
DOssessiOn of the body.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
The Party Is in Distress.

With Statesman Grosvenor advocat-
ing an income tax and Statesman Bah
cock pleading for free trade in iron and
steel and Statesman Dick preaching up
government ownership of telegraphs
and railroads, the grand old party is
preparing to hang out a few signals of
Distress o., Press-Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

arrived in New
York from Europe.
She will commence
suit for S371,43
being the amount
over 81, 900, 600 be-
queathed to her
under the will,
which her portion
of the estate in
creased since the
millionaire's death.
The estate has in
creased $50, 10000
Mrs. Coils =.
Huntington and the
nephew. Henry Il.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

clerk. He is now 4
h is eighty-Sel Id
year. but is still &C
tive. and regularly
makes his run be-
tween his home town
and Oil City. Pa. He
holds the record not
only rs the oldest
clerk I'm the service
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

never swore, never
tasted intoxicants,
never smoked and
never kissed or
Rugged a woman"
He says he is not
interested in W n
en-, and adds: "Feo-
pie should grasp
the fact that the
scientific a t N c 5
phere is inimical to
the love germ. My
abstentation from
intOxicants a u d
narcotics Is femDpr-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

Nobody can yet write down in resolu-
tions what the paramount issue or Is
sues viii be in 1904. Democratic pin
ciples OF strict constitutional construe-
tim and preservation Of manhood lib-
erty viii be applied The foremost is
sues w be determined by the people
OF the United States at the time. More
than that no politician is enough OF a
prophet 10 know.-St Louis Republic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

the question, ''Why do you permit a
tariff to remain on articles which can
re produced here cheaper than else
where?' will be put squarely to his
party in the Congressional canvass of
next year. There is no answer to that
question, but a plea of guilty TO the
Democratic charge of subserviency to
the ts.-Washington Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
The ONLY Plea Is entity.

Mr.. BabcOek what is demanded Of the
Republican party as a condition prece-
dent to another appeal 10 the people.
He says, and he is as much a protec-
zionist as any man in Congress, that
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Lord Kitchener is blind in one eve.

Citizens Of Bismarck. No. have begun
suit against the Iron Mountain Railroad
for $4,000 damages, the result Of the fire
which almost wiped out the entire town.
and was caused. it is claimed, by a spark
from a locomotive.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

this road which led to the crash in 1873
which carried Jay Cooke off his feet as a
great financial power. The creditors who
waited until the estate was settled, how
ever, received the amount of their claims
in full, together with interest. The inn
portance of the work which he did for
the Union during the rebellion can hardly
be overestimated. AS the sole financial
agent of the government he successfully
negotiated loans amounting TO more than
two billions of dollars. and each of the
men who served as Secretary of the
Treasury during that time has publicly
testified that what he did no other man
in the country could have accomplished
so successfully.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

y - = - - y - ~
G?tti as his succes.
s?L It is pointed
out that each sue
ceeding Pope is
chosen by vote or
the Cardinals, and
that therefore the
story Of q will is
most improbahleI
On the other hand,
i is declared that
as the papai au-
IL
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

The total humber Of women over IS
years old employed in the factories and
workshops Of the British Islands is about
FIVE hundred thousand. Of whom II per
cent belong TO trade unions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

ate, is proprietor
and editor of the
Rocky Mountain
News, published at
Denver. Mr.. Pat
terson is also a law
yer. Back in the
seventies Tom Pat
tersOn represented
Colorado for sac
term in the lower
house of Congress.
In 1896, when Colo
RADIO was almost
unanimously Popu-
listic Mr. paftpr-
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eminent during the
rebellion, is still
alive. At the age
of so he is still a
hale old man, and
recently he felt
that all his predic-
tions and forecasts
We're justified when
Northern Pacific
stock, c o m m o n,
sold at par. 1t was
his confidence in
the securities of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

Solomon Tanner, prisoner Of the Co
lumbas, Ohio. Prison. has the officials Of
that institution guessing Without key
he unlocks his cell door.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

Then Mrs. Pauline Elder. a widow, near
ly 80 years old, came forward and APP
piled for the job. With some misgiv-
mgs and chiefly because nobody else could
be found who would undertake the job
she was given a trial. Since that time,
the mail has never missed day. In all
kinds of weather and over all sorts of
roads Mrs. Elder has driven her horses
fifty miles a day and has given such sat-
isfaction that her appointment mas been
made permanent.