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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
According to Tommy


The trees in our orchard and down by the
In summer time give US our cider and
jell;
The apples and peaches, the ounces and
pears,
The pfums can pick from my window up
stairs
All grow in the summer; and oh! it's
To have all the nice juicy fruit You can
But none of the summer stuff satisfies me
Like that which we pick from the Christ
tree!
The fruit of the summer is good in its
With stone-bruisy feet and with tan on
It's fine to climb up where the robbins
have found
A nice yellow apple ali mellow and round.
And take it away from the robber so bold
While he and his mate fly around you and
scold.
It's fun at the time, but it never could be
AS nice as the fun of the Christmas tree.
One time l remember my bad cousin Jim
Dared Charley and me to climb out on
limb
No bigger than one of my thumbs; and
did
Cause Jimmy was calling me "sissy-boy
kid"
The limb well, you're certain what hap
pened l guess,
And Jim got a whipping; cause big sister
Bess
Told Jims pa and ma what happened to
I never fell out of Christmas tree.
The Christmas tree grows in a night, and
1t bears
Things lots and lots nicer than apples and
pears
I've seen on its branches dol-babies and
drums
And steam-ears and soldiers and big sugar
plums;
I've gathered new mittens and picture
books too,
Right Off from the bent-over twig where
they grew,
And candles grow lighted there, so you can
see
Fore daylight the things on the Christmas
tree!
Sometimes in the parIor, sometimes In the
hall,
Sometimes in the dining-room-best place
of all
The Christmas-tree grows with its wonder
ful fruit,
And sometimes 1t has o pine-box for a
root!
The funny thing is that l oftentimes find
Right there what for weeks | had had on
my mind,
And always, on Christmas, who wants to
me
Had better look under the Chrstmas-tree.
Strickland w Gillian, in eslie's week
ly
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

~ HRISTMAS tide has come again
and all the little children are
thinking about Santa Claus, and
I 4 some are wondering if he will
come to their house this time
There is hardly any reason for any child
to believe that he will not come. A
good many things change in this world,
but on Christmas Eve merry old Santa
Claus is always heard of-his hair as
white, his nose as red, as ever; his bag
of toys just as full; his cry down the
chimney of ANY good children here?'
just as loud.
Kris Kringle is another name for
Santa Claus and a very good name,
too; and stockings are not the only things
that hold toys. Little German peasant
children often set their wooden shoes
on the hearth on Christmas eve, pretty
sure of a cake and toy; for children,
however poor their parents may be, are
made much of in Germany. And in some
places in Europe a curious thing hap
pens. The mother, the father and the
rest of the family sit about the fire to-
gether ON Christmas eve.
All the room is tidy. The children,
half hopeful, half terrified. draw close
to mother. father, or grandmothers, as
they hear a sound of trumpets or horns
outside. Then the mother says: "What
can this be?' and opens the door. As
she does so, a number of very strange
looking figures come in-amongst them
one person dressed in white, with wings,
and great basket in his hand and an
other in black, with bunch of rods.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

should be sufficiently old to be something
of ghost itself. Like violins and whis-
ky, a spooky atmosphere improves with
age.
A ghost hunt should be carried on at
midnight, of course. If no specter be
found. an active imagination should have
no difficulty in conjuring up one of its
own. The only way to account for the
fact that ghosts abound more at Christ
mas tlan at other times is that the
Christmas season is very attractive one
on earth and the spooks come back to
enjoy its good cheer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
QUEER CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Small Particles of Radium Presente'


Small Particles of Radium Presented
by London Women.
There is this to be said of the latest
fad Of London society women-the Civ
ing of small particles of radium as
Christmas presents-that none of the re-
cipients can complain of having received
a cheap gift. To give radium in this
way costs from SO to $50, the outfit
necessary therefor consisting of a spin
thariscope" and a speck of the new metal
hardly big enough to be seen with the
naked eye.
Sir William Crookes, the English sci
enlist, invented the spinthariscope, which
is kind of microscope through which
small quantities of the precious stuff
can be examined to better advantage.
The spinthariscope sold by a London
chemist who has the radium monopoly is
about the size of finger ring case and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
FOR CITY WATER PLANT.
ManitOwOc Council Asks for Plans
and "a Fight May Result.

Authority has been given by the Man
itowoc Council for the preparation of
plans and estimates for municipal
water works plant, and the city engineer
has been permitted to call in a consult
ing engineer to assist in the work. The
administration has declared its intention
not to treat with the present water COM
pany and it is expected that a fight in
the courts will result. The Council re
fused to order a bond issue ordinance
prepared. Time for opening of bids for
the new 100000 Main street bridge has
been extended from Dec. Is until Jan. 6
because contractors protest ed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
CHARGES 100000 LAND FRAUD.
La Crosse Lumberman Gets Out War
rants for Six Alleged SvindIers.

La Crosse Lumberman Gets Out War
rants for Six Alleged SVvindIers.
Hiram Goddard, wealthy lumber
man of La Crosse, swore out warrants
against six men whom he accuses of
swindling him out of Oregon lands
worth 100000 S. A. d. Puter, once
before convicted in d land fraud case
H. II. Biggs, George Hibbard and Kay
McKap are named in the warrants, and
the two other men, whose identity is
uncertain, are designated as John Doe
and Richard Roe. Horace ], Mckinley
of La Crosse is being sought in eonnec-
ton With the case. The swindle, it is
said, was perpetrated by means of forg
ed certificates. Many investors in Wis
! consin ana Minnesota were caught in
| the same manner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
DISEASE CLAIMS FoUR.
Pneumonia Epidemic Among Mar
bIehead Quarry Workers.

PneulnOnlI EDfueU1lc
bIehend Quarry Workers.
Four children are dead and several
are seriously i'll as Il result Of an cpl
demic of pneumonia in the town of Mar
blehead The dead are three children
of John Sass and one child of John
Bartle 4 local undertaken who has
had charge of several of the funerals
states that in his opinion the disease was
caused by lack of clothing. Many of
the residents in Marbehead are ltal-
ians employed in the stone quarries, and
although they get good wages, it is said,
they do not pay much attention to their
children. In the summer, it is alleged,
the children are allowed to run about
without practically any clothing and in
the winter are poorly clad. Several ply
sicians who have been called to Marble
head say that the disease has taken the
form of an epidemic and that there are
about ten cases at the present time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
New Years in France,

New Years in France is a greater
day for exchanging gifts than Christmas.
The custom of New Years calls, once
so popular in this country, but now fallen
almost into disuse, is still supreme in
Paris. Great family dinners. in which
the orange figures most prominently. add
to the gayety of the day. So crowded
are the pavements on the boulevards
that pedestrians sometimes have to take
the middle of the street.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
SEEKS TAXES FROM RAILROADS.
Wisconsin Railroad Commissioner
Thinks $433,137 Is Due.

Railroad Commissioner Thomas has
completed checking up the books of the
railroads operating in Wisconsin for the
years back to ard including 1897. As
result, S1.000,000 more has been add
ed to the amount omitted from the re-
ports of the gross earnings Of the road
as submitted to the State in the annual
reports for taxation. This makes a total
of $10,S2S,43S.62, on which the State
is seeking to recover taxes. At 4 per
cent, the rate of railroad taxation un-
der the license fee system, there is due
to the State, he says, back tax Of
S433 1877 "a
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
LEAPS FRoM MOVING IMAM.
Body of Returning Immigrant Later
Found strung Up in Barn.

Oscar Martinson. % years old, en-
route from Kalispell, Mont. to his old
home in Christiania, Norway, jumped
from the Chicago limited train on the
Wisconsin Central road while the train
was running at a high rate of speed
near New Richmond. Martinson did not
leap from the platform of the car. but
threw himself through both the outer
and inner windows. The train was stop
ped and a thorough search made, but
no trace of the man could be found.
The next day his dead body was found
hanging in a barn several miles from
the place where he had leaped from the
train. Hans Thorsen, travelling com
panion of Martinson, was unable to say
what had induced the man to take his
life. Besides having ticket good TO
the end OF his journey Martinson was
well supplied with money.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
SETS FIRE TO CLOTHING.
Mother of Thirteen Children At

Mother of Thirteen Children At
tempts Suicide.
After making a desperate attempt on
her own life, Mrs. Lewis Fanyon wife
of Star Prairie farmer, has been taken
TO the State hospital for the insane at
Mendoza. Within an hour after exam
ming physicians had left her house she
locked herself in her bedroom. got into
bed and set fire to her clothing. Her
eldest son smelled smoke and got an AK.
He succeeded in quenching the flames
before his mother was seriously hurt.
Mrs. Fanyon is II years old, and the
mother of thirteen children.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

The State Assembly ON Tuesday pass
ed bill providing that the old license
fee system of taxing railroads shall stand
in case the Supreme Court declares in
valid the ad valorem tax law passed last
winter. The Senate peesed a bin giving
counties larger power in ba,lding bridges.
The Senate also passed n bin repeating
the law providing for fishways in dams.
A bill for the Massachusetts ballot was
reported without recommendation. The
lower house in the evening killed the So
called Mary Ann bill, providing for
an amendL ent to the primary election
bill, after a hot debate, the vote being
forty-three against to forty-two for it.
The La Toilette men made a strong eff
fort to save. the measure. and When the
opposition attempted to push a motion
for a reconsideration of the vote, in order
to clincb its victory, threats were rlade
that call of the House would be order
ed and an all-night session held, The
rejected bill proposed to amend the pri-
mary election law 50 as to enable a voter
to express his second as well as his first
choice for a candidate for an Office,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
stenls Geese nnd Gets Two Ycnrs.

In pleading guilty to the charge of
breaking into a barn, stealing two live
geese and disposing of them for 81,
Charles Cline and Bernard Fletcher, sol
diers of the Spanish war, were
sentenced at Racine to the State prison
for two years each.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
individuality in Gifts.

The personality of the giver expressed
in the wrappings about the Christmas
gift adds value to the simplest offering.
After all. it is the spirit of the giyer
rather than the gift itself which gives
the greatest pleasure. The favorite rib
bon. the slip of mistletoe, the color of
the tissue paper covering, the card which
bears the Christmas greeting, all express
love and well-wishing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Wisconsin
Legislature.


The Assembly committee on taxation
Thursday took action to help the State
treasury by introducing a bin requiring
railroads in Wisconsin to pay the taxes
due under the ad valorem act and guar
anteeing that in case the law is declar-
ed unconstitutional the State will refund
the money. The larger railroads have
refused to pay more than the old license
tax of per cent on gross earnings, and
by claiming that the ad valorem act is
unconstitutional have tied up over ST.
100000 due the State. A joint resolu-
ton was presented for a committee to
investigate the contributions of railroads
and insurance companies to State cam
paign funds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Highyraxmen nt 1Xnrl.

Highwaymen operated six miles west
Of Racine the other night They stopped
Henry Peterson and Edward Davidson.
who were driving home They escaped
by whipping up the horse. Afterward
the robbers entered the farm house OF
Fred Peterson ana compelled hin to give
UP considerable money.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
AFew Christmas Don,ts.

Don't fuss, don't hurry, don't worry,
don't fret. Christmas has come and
gone many times and will come and go
again. Don't do one single thing, then,
for at least two weeks that viii jar you
into forgetting that it was the birthday
of peace and good wiN-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

A joint resolution was introduced in
the Assembly Friday to provide for a
thorough investigation into al of the
affairs of the State university. This is
the result of the developments which
followed the request of the university
regents for authority to borrow money
from the general fund for running ex-
penses and the charge of Secretary of
State Walter Houser that the institu-
ton has a $225, 600 deficit and that in
February next, when the two-seyenths
mill tax is available, it viii be nearly
100000 behind in its accounts. 1t also
follows the charge that there has been
graft in the conduct of the agricultural
college.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
WISCONSIN ZINC FIELDS DOOMED.
OIL Rock Underlying District May
Solve Fuel Problem.

A. NJ. Valentine of GAINESVILLE, just re-
turned from the Platteville lead and zinc
mining district, says that the apparent
success of experiments with oil-stone as
fuel promises to revolutionize business
there and make the Wisconsin district
the greatest in the country. The stone
underles the whole region.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
DEATH OF A BRIDE.

Mrs, John SimOnsoR Succumbs to
Bright's Disease After Festivities,
Mrs. John Simonson Of Raymond,
bride of only a few days, Is dead The
wedding was large and brilliant gath
ering and the bride was the liveliest Of
ell An how "e.cg the festivities 81,
was taken suddenly sick, ana death ca
sued, the cause being given as acute
Bright's disease. Mrs. SimJh4otfs luis
band is prosperous farmer and he H.
frustrated
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
A Youthful schemer.

Little Emers0n-1Ou don't believe in
any such ridiculous myth as Santa
CLAUSE
Tough Jimmy-Nawl I'm next to
dat game. All de same, it's a good
graft to let on you believe in him an
git all dats comm to you.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Lad browns in Pond.

Kinsey Jones, aged Z, broke through
the ice at Weber's pond on Deiafeid
street, Waukesha, and was drowned.
The boy and several companions were
sliding on the thin ice when it gave way
and he was preeipittated into the water.
His companions were badly frightened
and unable to rescue him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Reiect Side for sfate Normal

The site offered by L. f. Easton for
the La Crosse normal school not hav-
ing proved acceptable to the State board
of regents, the city is negotiating for
a new site of seven acres offered by
Mrs. Mary Schneider. The site will
probably be accepted by the regents.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

GOV. La Toilette bumped the bumps
in both houses of the Legislature We'd
nesday and after his defeated supporters
recovered themselves sufficiently tn sur
vey the situation they found every polit-
ical measure urged by the Governor in
his message to the specially convened
Legislature had been defeated me
Senate by an overwhelming vote, II to-
10, killed the general investigation reso-
lutioi providing for a sweeping investigT.
ton into life insurance, railroad and 9th
err corporations and political committees
and organizations The Assembly by the
vote of 43 to AZ defeated the 'cumu-
lative" or second choice primary cleo
ton bill, called the MARY Ann or
How old is Ann" bill because of the
complicated nature Of the proposition.
Two ballot reform bills, either of which
would have tolerably we'll satisfied the
demands of the Governor, were defeated
by decisive votes. One was fashioned
after the Massachusetts law and was
defeated by vote of IS to 80. The 9th
er was adopted from the Minnesota law.
1t went by the board on a vote of 5S
to r. This makes four bumps for the
administration program.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Christmas Hints.
Christmas a Lucky Birthday.

There is an old superstition that to be
born on Christmas day is to be lucky
all ones life, and in Silesia there is a
belief that boy born on Christmas
day must be brought up a lawyer or he
will become a thief.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
STEAM EXPLoDEs IN PAIL.

NIarinette Girl Loses Eyesight and
Is Badly ScaIded as Result.
Mary Arts of Marinette, aged IS, will
lose her eyesight and was frightfully
scalded by an explosion of steam which
generated in a closed pail containing a
solution of water and ashes. The girl
had been cleaning lamp burners and had
placed the cover on pail tightly When
she removed it from the stove an explo-
sion took place.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

The custom of chasing spooks on the
night before Christmas comes from Ire
land. One difficulty with making the
thing go in America is that our houses
are scarcely old enough to make good
ghost repositories A real haunted house
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
TRIES TO CATCH HOG; INJURED.

LOmira Man Is Victim of Unusual
Butchering Accident.
While Albert Radloff of Lomira and
his two sons attempted to butcher a
hog, Mr.. Radloff. who attempted TO cap
ture the fleeing animal, missed his hold
and fell. 1t was not thought at first
Mr.. RadlOff was seriously hurt, but later
it was found that two ribs were broken
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
STAR PITCHER is DROWNED.
orla MOrey, Junior at BeIOit College,
Loses His Life.

OSCS Ills bAAc'
Orla Morey, junior in Beloit college,
captain of the baseball team and the
star pitcher of all the college teams in
the West broke through the ice while
skating and was drowned. Morey was
skating on Rock river with a number
of friends and several broke through the
ice. Morey, after a struggle to save
himself and others, was drawn under
the ice. Miss Fannie Foster of the
senior class had a narrow escape. Mercy
was a member of the Beta Theta Phi
fraternity. His home is at Rupert, VT
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
wins Judgeship CONTEST.

In a bitterly contested case of the
State of Wisconsin, ex. rel, J. t. Dith-
mar versus NJ. L. BunnelI as to the right
to hold the office of county judge of Ju-
neau county verdict in favor of the
defendant was rendered.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

into the Assembly Saturday. One is to
enact JOINT resolution providing for
legislative investigation of insurance and
public service corporations. The other
bill is to impose a tax of IL per cent
on unpaid railroad taxes of 1904, in case
the courts should hold the present law
invalid.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

The body of the 3year-old son of
Robert Miles has been found. He stray
ed from his home in Pine Valley and
was lost in the woods.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
CONVICT MINIATURES soLoN.
Alderman Murphy Is Held Guilty of
Accounting q Bribe.

Former Alderman William Murphy of
Milwaukee was adjudged guilty of ac-
cepting a bride of $50 when a member
of the Common Council from Oscar Da-
Wis for securing the passage of side
track ordinance. The trial was on an
Indictment returned by the grand jury
Sentence was deferred pending argument
for a new trial
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
want Poynefte Academy Moved

W. D. Conner, former Gov. W. II.
Upham and other prominent Wisconsin
men are backing a proposition to move
Poynette academy from Appleton t6
Marshfied.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
ROB MORE POsTOFFICEs.
Random Lake officials JeweIry
Stock Is Raided.

Another Sheboygan county postoffce
was looted by burglars. Close upon the
robbery of the postoffice at Waldo the
postoffice in the village of Random Lake
was entered and $15 worth of stamps,
seven watches and eighteen watch chains
from the postmaster's jewelry stock
were carried away.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Once wealthy but Now in Tolls.

Louis Halmrest, a once wealthy La
Crosse business man. is under arrest
charged with larceny from John T. John
sop, travelling man,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Waldo pioneer Dies. Aged "a.

Mrs. Ephraim Johnson, an early pio-
neer of Sheboygan county, is dead at
Waldo, aged 81. She leaves four chill
dren. "a
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
DIR. Van ostrnnd Is Dend.

Dewitt Van Ostrand president of the
National Manufacturers bank, and at
one time leading politician, died in
Neenah.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Devonshire,s Yule LOG.

In Devonshire the Yule log is known
as the Ashton fagot. The fagot is COM
posed of a bundle of ash sticks bound
with nine bands Of the same wood.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
ILL; CRAwLs FROM FIRE.

Ladysmith Farmer Almost Burned
in Home and Lcses All.
William Besaw and wife. farmers,
barely escaped with their lives from
their burning home, four miles from
Ladysmith. Mrs. Besaw is an invalid
and had to crawl out Their effects
were entirely destroyed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
An AdamIess Eve.

Some things about the holidays
Are quite unfair to madam,
For instance, there's a Christmas eve.
But where's her Christmas Adam?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

has an opening for the eye something
like that in child's kaleidoscope. BY
taking the apparatus into darkened
room and squirting through the eyehole
one can see flashes of constantly varying
light shooting in all directions, like min
iature fireworks.
The idea of making Christmas gifts
Of radium has proved uncommonly in
fectious, and the run on the chemists
stock necessitated hasty communication
with the firms in Bavaria and Austria
who supply England.-N ashington Post.
Christmas Hints.
A simple and tasteful homemade pic.
ture frame may be constructed from
common gas pipe cut into suitable length
and tied together at the corners with
shoe strings. A neat paper weight may
be made by wrapping half a brick in
paper such as butchers use and tying it
with red tape. A dainty towel rack
may be fabricated from a baseball bat
and two cigar boxes. Shellac the boxes
and sandpaper the bat. An ordinary
cobblestone hand painted with lampback
and household ammonia makes an excel
lent door weight. a novel pipe rack for
fastidious smokers may be made from a
small strip of one-inch plank. Bore holes
in it for the stems of the pipes to pass
through. A dried muskmelon shell makes
an attractive tobacco jar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

shadow of the old bell tower. home to
Elspeth, whose mother-heart came near
to bursting, with the joy of sons home
coming.-The Housekeeper.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

&: IL: !; :: !: ::$ E.: T.: ::::
hard that poor Mrs Irwin was
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Uncle Jacks Gift
BY Helen Watson Beck.


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