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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
THREE OLIVE PITS TELL TALE.
Judge Goodland and F. S. Bradford
Make Startling Discovery.

Scene-Dining room in first class
hotel in Wisconsin city where Circuit
Judge John Goodland and Reporter +.
5 Bradford, both Of Appleton. make
their headquarters when holding court
IN other than Outagamie county.
Stage Peterborough equipment Of
room, several guests at various tables
engaged in actively disposing of al
legged treasures of the culinary art.
Cast-oudge Goodland, F S Bradford
several Mattresses and guests.
Tripping lightly upon the scene from
the kitchen, the waitress breaks the
monotony thus
Addressing Mr. Bradford "Do you
care for any soup?'
Mr.. Bradford, gazing momentarily at
the bin Of fare-''Yes, guess you might
lting me about three ladies full"
Olives attract Mr. Bradford's attention
and he engages himself thusly until the
return of the maid.
Upon the arrival of his soup order, Mr..
DiduAOlu pAdCcS MS OiuDeT Ofucf- EXlt
waitress.
In the meantime Mr.. Bradford discov-
ers that the soup is not as warm as he
would like it and he decides not to eat
it, but helps himself to two more olives,
the pits of which he carelesssly throws
into the bowl of soup. The pits sink
from sight
just as the waitress re-appears with
tie dinner order and after having re-
moved the bowl OF soup to the kitchen,
Judge Goodland appeared upon the
scene and took a seat beside MIR. Brad.
ford.
Judge Goodland to Mr.. Bradford
''How's the soup, Frank?'
Mr.. Bradford-"O | guess its all
right, although / did not eat mine be-.
cause it was cold. Perhaps you can -
some that's warm.
Judge Goodland to waitress
hink I'll take 2 chance
You may bring me ~
Exit waitress, VI
is prompt SCI
! J, ! ; , !! : :
,up gets low in
b three small i'm
which after carefully
submits to the inspec-
comes to the face of Mr.. Brad
n Bradford Those things seem to
l5e immaterial, incompetent and irrele-
want to the soup, don't you think so? |
think, though that am able to explain
how they come to be there, if you really
want TO know right now"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
@amsaaa gi1nt.
TUESDAY, FEB. ?, 1904.

Published weekly and entered at the Post Office
st Wausau as second class matter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02

A few years ago accommodations in
the highlands OF Scotland were very
primitive. 1t is related that the young
Duchess of Gordon. on inquiring bow
the late duchess managed toentertain so
much company at Kinrara. where there
seemed no room. was told by the butler
that for weeks at a time he had slept
ON the top Of the kitchen dresser A
niece and two other young ladies were
known to have slept in the ducless'
bedroom. which probably was not large.
for they were sent out TO wash in the
neighboring brook. Miss Macdonell Of
Glengarry. who told this. said also that
there was q waterfall near Ochtertyre
which the late Sir William Murray and
his brothers used as their shower bath.
Success is nothing more than the re-
suit OF doing whatever you can do not
only well. but Just little better than
anybody lse.-Maxwell's Tallsman
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02

n. Btau1Ofu-1 hose things seem to
6e immaterial, incompetent and irrele-
want to the soup, don't you think so? |
think, though, that am able to explain
how they come to be there, if you really
want to know right now"
Judge Goodland-'Don't delay the
game. Tell me at once what they are
and how | come to get them in my
soup"
Mr.. Bradford-"That's easy, all have
to say is that few minutes ago | re-
fused my soup order and before the girl
had time to remove the bowl to the kitch-
en- had eaten three olives and thrown
the pits into the soup. guess you must
have been served with the bowl that
refused
The question is: How many times
had that soup been offered before a
''taker' was found?-Appleton Post.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-21
JAPAN's RAPID PROGRESS.
Has Converted HerseH Into . Power. full Nation in the Last ouarter,
 of Century.

When visited Yeddo and the ports of Japan in the winter of 186O-61 the country was ruled upon the most exclusive Japanese methods, wrote Lord Wolseley in the Cosmopolitan in 1895. The people were held in subjection by a hereditary nobility who ruled them with a rod of iron. They were then far behind China in all matters connected with sea pow. CT, for in order to prevent any communication with foreign places. all Japanese junks were, in accordance with the law, con. structed with low, open sterns, SO that they dared not venture be. yond a few miles from shore.
 No one can be blind to the enor. nous strides in progress Japan has made, the immense reforms she has effected and the powerful nation she has converted herself into during the last quarter of a century. The result is the crea- tion of power in the eastern seas that must in future be always taken into consideration by west. ern statesmen.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-21
Turkish Beds.

A recent writer on Turkey says, "Bedsteads are not used by the Turks. Each room contains a large cupboard, built into the wall, in which the bedding is piled during the day, and at night the slaves come in when summoned to make up the beds on the floor. Other bedroom requisites, in the shape of washstands, dressing tables and wardrobes, are dis. pensed with as superfuous. For everyday ablutiOn there is a small washing room with a hole in the floor for the water to escape through, and if the hanun would wash her hands and face only, a slave brings the ever and basin and pours the water over her hands. For special ablutions she will go either to her own private hammam or to the public baths. She does her hair or has it done for her, seated cross,legged in her corner of the divan; and the old walnutwood chests and coffers in her treasure-room suffice to store her gauges and brocades, her silks and embroideries."
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-21
Time Tells
 The Story,

There is a big difference be- tween the cost of making a first class sewing machine, embodying the best materials and, workman ship, and one which is made in the cheapest manner. The buyer of the cheap machine soon pays the difference of price in the constant cost for repairs, to say nothing of it's annoying inefficiency.
 Singer Sewing Machines do good work during a lifetime.
 SOLD ON INSTRUMENTS.
 Old Machines taken in exchange
 Liberal Discount for Cash.
 Oils, Needles, Attachments and Repairs for all makes of machines. The Singer Manufacturing Co.
 "The Sewing Machine Makers of the World" FRANK w. LYNN. Mgr.
 121 Hazel St., Newport, Ark.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-21
THE CAUSE OF LEPRosY.
Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson, of Eng land, Says It Is the Eating of
 Decomposing Fish.

The conclusion of pr. Jonathan Hutchinson, of England, after a study of leprosy as it appears in various parts of the world, is that the disease is caused wholly by eating decomposing or imperfect. ly cured fish. The London Times is inclined to accept Dr. Hutchin. sons idea. It is held that in all countries and in all ages leprosy has been and is still due to the consumption of Thigh" fish. The preference for fish in a tainted condition is an acquired taste" and it is claimed that it prevails among a sufficient number of peO- pie to account for the dreadful dis. ease wherever it exists. Leprosy was nearly general in England and on the continent in the six teenth century, and it is claimed still prevails in many fishing sta tions, especially in Norway, Ice land and Tracadie. It is repre-. sented that at these places there is still a preference for fish in a tainted condition. It is noted, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, that in regions where leprosy was formerly common, it has disap- peared with the advancement of agriculture and the discarding of fish for food. In India vegetari- ans are free from it, but the fish, eaters are much troubled. Dr. Hansen, of Bergen, discovered that persons having leprosy carry in their tissue a bacillus resem- bling that of tuberculosis, and the disease is thought to be a mod. ification of tuberculosis, caused by a specific virus developed in de- caying fish. The scientists, espe. cially those whose direction is in the medical line, are always mak- ing it harder to get along in the world; but it is probably better to give heed to their theories, even if there may be nothing in them, for it may happen that little care in
 the selection of the dried fish we eat may add few years to life;
 and it is the general agreement
 that life is none too long at best.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-21
The Ras,ilt

A quiet wedding is often tho prelude to a noisy divorce
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-21
This was the menu:
The food value of the things con. lmed amounted to 6, 491 calories.

The food value of the things con.
 lmed amounted to 6,491 calories. This made the average amount consumed 1,0S1.8 calories. Ac- scording to the textbook prepared by- Afrs,, Ellen H. Richards, of the Boston Science school, only 956.3 calories are necessary to sustain men and women working moder- ately hard.
 Miss M. B. Vail, insructor in do mestis- science at Teachers col lege, who had charge of the lunch con, says that P cents would be a fair average for all meals, so that persons who pay more than $24O.90 year are doing injustice Ito themselves and their pockt- hooks.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-21
TAE COUNTRY PHYSICIAN
Has to Cover an Immense Terri'o" and That When the Roads <
 Are Worst.

sSOf all the men I meet on my rounds of the state there IS nPhe for whom I have as great respect as I have for the country doctPr," said the Southdown druminer the other day, according to fhe Chicago Inter Ocean. "The 9ty physician is often a pretty hs fd- working man if he has much q a practice, but he knows few or the trials that the country dEtor faces the year round. Ths<coun. try doctor is the modefn mar. tyr, and take it all through he is the best read and most aggres- siye citizen of his community.
 "The country phsician who is we'll established usually has q practice that covers a territory of at least hundred square miles. There is hardly a week in the year that he does not have patients at the extreme opposite boundary lines of his territory. I know one old doctor down the state who drives an average dis tance of 20 miles day every day in the year. Of course there are
 n days when he does not drive five miles a day, but there are other times when he drives 30 or 40 miles day.
 "The worst side of country practice, these doctors say, is that the greater part of the sick. ness comes during the worst kind of weather. When the roads arc good and the weather is fine peo pie are not so apt to be sick, but when winter comes on and the roads are rough or muddy the country doctor is the man who has to be out and going.
 "The mud roads of Illinois have shipped ten years off thu lives of the majority of the doc tors. One physician told me h. was the first man of his famil, name to become gray, and he lait the blame to exposure.
 "The country doctor is no1 merely physician. He is a sor' of family counselor, nurse, spirit ual and legal adviser. l heard O a physician down in the souther1 part of the state who conducted a sort of vest-pocket bank and loaned money and discounted notes for nearly every farmer within the range of his practice
 "Yes, sir, always take off my hat to the country doctor wher ever I meet him."
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-21
THE COASTER sUBsIDED.
Drummer Dragged of Getting a Big Order, Then Was Cleverly Ex-
 posed by Joker.

The habitues of certain sub- urban hosteIry had long been weary of the boastful chatter of an intermittent guest of the com mercial fraternity, and it was with rare satisfaction that they recently saw him annihilated, so to speak, says the New York Times.
 "Had splendid day." he opened up as usual; "spent an hour in old Simons' store over in Rye and came out with a $2,000 order."
 He produced a notebook in sub. stantiation, as Old Simons" atti- tude toward gentlemen of his illS was we'll known, and the incredul- ity of his audience was not masked. The notebook was hand. -ed around for inspection and halt ed with a gray-haired stranger over in the corner.
 "Oh, yet-the entry's all right enough" he said, mildly, "but- it's very strangew
 sWhat's stranger" demanded the commercial man of might.
 AWhy, how it got there. l have no recollection of giving any such order, and if you will kindly tell me which of my employees author ized it you will be conferring ia yor upon me. You evidently don't recognize me as MT. Simons, of the Rye firm, but"
 1 But the erstwhile boaster had fwilted out of sight. His quondam victims roared with delight.
 q say, that's richw exclaimed one of them; tits worth $50 to see YOU take him down like that, Mir. Simonsw
 9I didn't say was MT. Simons, sir" returned the meek-looking stranger; "in fact, l don't know the gentleman-any more than the young man himself did"
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-21
MAIDS EvASIvE ANSWER.
Her Employer Was Busy and Could Not Receive Callers-What
 She Told Them

Strange as it may seem, says the Philadelphia Telegraph, there is public man in this city who is blessed or cursed with a tender conscience that worries him in small matters as we'll as in great. Among the things that he cannot justify to himself is the bidding a servant to say that he is not at home when in reality he Is inside his house. At the same time he is not able to receive many visitors who call upon him, and his only resource was to give instructions that polite excuses should be given. Upon one occa. sion such instructions were given to a maid, an Irish girl gifted with the readiness and good wit of her nation. you're not at home P the maid in. quired.
 "No, Mary, no| was the reply; "that would not be true. If any one should ask for me, you must just put him on-give him some evasive answer, you know"
 "I'll do it, sir, never fear," was the maids reply. Mary was as good as her word.
 That afternoon person of i'm. portance made his appearance, and was duly sent away. The faithful maid reported the cir cumstance to her employer.
 "What did you do, Mary" in. quired the latter, with some trep- idation.
 "Oh, just put him off, sir as you told me. gave him an evasive answer"
 "Yes, but what did you say to him?"
 "Oh, sure he axed me if the boss was at home, and l said to him Was his grandmother a mon keyr"
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-21
LIVERYMEN FARMERS DRAYMEN

And all users of axle grease that want the best grease on the market and that recognize a good thing when shown it's merits, we recommend our Golden and Cas- tor Oil brands of Axle Grease. It is put up in 1 pound tin boxes and 8 pound tin buckets. For sale by all up-to-date merchants. Ask for it and take no substitute. It is guaranteed to have no equal for quality on the market.
 WATERS=PIERCE
 OIL COMPANY.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-21
The Drum Maior

AS a matter of course, the drum major belongs to the band, but he gives one the impression that the band belongs to him. - Chicago Daily News.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-21
.oF FARE.
Teal Need Cost xxSs1a Cents ~ Hment. 0NN
 sly on 66 cents Wle easy by the Safe stic science at
Sa1e stic science at

Wte easy by the
 Sa1e .stic science at
 soNege, Columbia uni
 Meals at 22 cents apiece
 cen prepared, and, what is
 0 the point, eaten with ap-
 relish by unbiased per
 says the New York Sun.
 ddition, the chemical constit- s in the food have been care. z weighed and measured, and has been discovered that ugh proteids, fats and carbo- drates exist M the 22-cent meal support men working with the 1tomary expenditure of force. { least, the textbooks say that le quantities are all right.
 The manner in which the discov- ry was made is somewhat as fol ows: Dean Russell planned a iuncheon to some friends, and Thought it would be a clever idea to have the meal prepared by the department of domestic science. The teachers laid out the plan of battle and the students did the cooking.
 The luncheon was served to six persons. The total cost of materi. als was $2.O2, from which was de. ducted the value of the food not actually consumed. This brought theto cost down to $1.2S for the six persons.
 This was the menu:
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-21
Wise Men and Fools.

1 Az the wise man knows he is a sool he is miserable; the fool imag
 es he is wise and is happy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-07
EAGER TO RETURN
Insane Man Who Escaped From the
Asylum at Independence 5ess to be
Returned to the Institution, But is
Shifted From One Town to Another.

Special to Times s-Republican.
Nevada, Sept. lit is not often that
a man who has escaped from one of the
state institutions desires to be returned
as speedily as possible, but such was
the case here yesterday Walter Rog-
ers. who claimed his home as Cedar
RAPIDS. and said that he had recently
escaped from the asylum at Indepen-
dence, was put off an east bound train
here the evening before. According to
the demented mans rather rambling
tale he boarded a train after escaping
from the institution and the next thing
thai he realized he was in Omaha. He
managed to get over to Council Bluffs
where he told his story to the police.
He was put on train there and sent
to Boone. From there he was sent to
Nevada and from here on to Marshall
town. He des'les to get back to the
asylum as speedily as possible, that he
may gain the treatment. He begged
of the officers here, to buy him trans
portation thru to Independence. At
times the man talked quite nationally
He had no complaint to enter regarding
his treatment by the attendants at the
asylum. in fact seemed pleased to
compliment the management Of the in
sJitutiOn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-07
URGES BETTER DEFENsEs.
General Macarthur Wants More Mer
For Pacific.

Washington, Sept. Z. - General Ar
thur Macarthur has made a report to
the war department for the Pacific di-
vision, which embraces the depart
ments of California and Columbia, in
addition to his report on the district of
California which has been publishe /
already.
General Macarthur says the concen-
trat1on of political and economic inter-
ests In the Pacific ocean has enormous
ly magnified the military Importance of
that side OF the continent and the con-
tinued rapid progress of events sug-
gests the expedency of an early en-
largement of military facilities to meet
the growing necessities of the Pacific
coast.
He recommends that a new post for
full regiment of infantry be estab-
lished in the vicinity of Los Angeles,
Cal, and a post for full regiment of
cavalry at a suitable site in the Will
jeanette valley in Oregon This last re-
commendation is made with view to
full regiment Of cavalry being divid-
ed between the Preside and Ord bar
racks and another regiment of cavalry
at the post above recommended making
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-07
wo full cavalry regiments for the Pa.

two full cavalry regiments for the Pa
cific coast.
General Macarthur suggests that
legislative authority be obtained to
classify as mounted officers all cap
tains of infantry and artillery not now
in the mounted category. He says that
the exigencies of modern field work re-
quire so much from captain of in
fantry that he cannot possibly dis
charge his duties if he has to drag his
body thru the exhausting efforts Of a
long march, as after such strain he is
physically incapable of supervising the
attack formations in extended order for
service company of 100 men or more
Therefore precisely at the moment
his professional skill is most needed he
is least effective. This arrangement
would mean total increase in pay for
the $50 officers affected of about $685.
900.
General Macarthur says that "great
success attended the joint camp for
nlaneuvers and field instruction insti-
tuted in the department of the Colum-
bia during the month Of July"
He closes his report by saying that
1t is pleasant to report considerable
decrease in the number of desertions
during the year just closed, as com
pared with the preceding year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-07

each side of the car. The bag has a
capacity of $4,000 cubic feet and has a
lifting power of 900 pounds.
Benbow propelled the machine with
ease when going in the direction of the
wind, but when he tried to turn against
the wind he found he did not have
enough gas.
Benbow's ship was held captive with
rope. Mr.. Benbow says the rope pre-
vented him from making a complete
test and he is satisfied that he can sail
the full mile without any hindrances.
The balloon was not inflated to it's full
capacity.
1t was announced last night that the
airship of Capt. T. S. Baldwin, VINO
made a successful flight at San Fran
cisco, is on the way to st. Louis. DR..
Greth, of San Francisco, is also COM
ing to st. Louis with an airship.
Percy Hudson, assistant chief or the
department of transportation. returned
from Quincy, where he made arrange
ments with the Baldwin brothers, aero
nauts, of that city, to try for the three
big balloon prizes which the exposition
company is offering.
Other well-known aeronauts are
completing arrangements to try for the
three big prizes. The conditions per-
NIT the flights to be made at any time
to suit the convenience Of the aero
nauts before September 30.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-07
RACE HATRED AT MANEUvERs
Southern MiIitiamen Threaten to Use
Ball and Cartridge on Neqroes

Southern MiIitiamen Threaten to Use
Ball and Cartridge on Negroes
Gainesville, Va, Sept. THE most
bitter feeling exists between many regi-
1nents of the southern troops and the
colored contingent encamped nearby
for the maneuvers. Standing in a
cluste -f excited officers, an officer in
a Mary ID regiment said: Its all
right as IL J. as they keep the negroes
on their owA side of the field. don't
see what they, wanted to bring them
here for anyway. The niggers were not
any great shakes the war except as
a casus belli, and n>sw they rub them
under our noses in the army maneuvers
and give them the camp next to ours.
Aboyiish looking subaltern belong-
ing to Georgia regiment was canter-
ing along the road near Manassas when
he met a squad of colored troops, under
the command of a very pompous and
very colored officer from Connecticut.
On these occasions it is the custom of
subordinates to salute. The colored Of
ficer looked at the Georgian fixedly. Up
went the boys head as stiff as a ram
rod, and he cantered on without recog
milton.
IF I get that colored regiment next
to me-" said a Texas officer, 41'll tell
my men to load with ball and cartridge
and go at them. We had ruction with
them at Fort Riley last year at bayonet
points, and it will be the same here if
the generals do not look out"
Every militia company on the field
is being searched with more than usual
thoroughness for ball cartridges. In the
case of the regulars this easy enough.
as their ammunition is In the hands Of
the ordnance officer. but with the mil
itia the inspectors expect to have some
trouble.
Outside the southern militia the feel
ing among the residents of this section
of Virginia is extremely friendly. The
stars and stripes are flying from many
of the farmhouses where once the stars
and bars waved, and groups of north
ern officers are the guests of many
southern families