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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04
Candidate for congress.

A republican that has no more sense
than to send out such an appeal, especi-
ally to democrats, is of too small a cali
bre even to fill the office of pathmaster
The appeal should defeat him at the
primaries today, but if nominated
should certainly lay him out cold in
November He ought to have guar
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04
Church Service in Dark.

A series OF social Sunday night SER
vices for working people" is announced
in a Norwich parish The whole ser
vice will be conducted in the dark, so
that the poorest and shabbiest may not
feel out of it because of their clothes. !"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04
Ca cred Stone Of Mecca.

The caaba, or sacred stone of Mecca,
is recovered every year with damask
sent by the sultan or khediye. A single
covering has, on occasion, cost 915.000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04
The optimist.

The optimist had just had both his
legs cut of.
AT least" he murmured gratefully,
81 will no longer be told to step lively"
Judge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04
Relatively Sneaking.

what are Ardluk's relations with
bis wife's people?"
Entirely imaginary. They don't
recognize him as relation at ALL
Chicago Tribune
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04
The Origin of Dreams.

Knicker-Do you think dreams are
caused by what you eat?
BockerI know it; had a little
supper with the boys and now my wife
has a dream of a hat-N. Y. Sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04
UnclA IArrv.

I've seen fellers," said Uncle Jerry
PEBBLES, 80 turribly bent on gettin'
into good society, b'gosh, that they
went e!"-Chicago Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04

Upgardson-Last nights soiree was
a great success, wasn't it?
Atom-Yes, all except your pronun-
citation of it.-Chicago Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04
Marriages in Spain.

Marriage in Spain takes place during
the day or night, according to the posi-
ton in life of the young people, If
well-to-do, the ceremony occurs early
in the morning.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04
50. zS

will buy a fine $500 suit, made
in the height of ashton, that has
every tailoring evidence of SUI
periority in cloth and workman
ship, in the latest shades of mixed
worsteds and cheviots, as well as
a superb assortment Of black and
blue suits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04
Land of LUXURY.

Spaniards spend G6,200,000 a year
on wines, a5,O00,000 on cigars and
cigarettes, 100000 on lotteries.
92,700.000 on bull-fghts and 92,500,-
900 ON holidays.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04
Pike Cen +Rnnfal.

A military festival is to be held in
Colorado next fall to commemorate the
one-hundredth anniversary of the Zeb-
ulon Pike expedition
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04
Whence Our Almonds.

The United States imports every year
about 100000 pounds OF almonds
They come chiefly from Spain, Italy
and France.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04
Big Ribbon Product !.

Ribbons and passementeries TO .se
value of s16,00c,000 were produced In
1904 at St. Etienne, France.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04
c7 IS

will buy a $3.50 suit that has
every tailoring evidence of super
iority in cloth and workmanship.
They are going swiftly for the
majority of men who come to our
store know that they are not
regular $7.75 suits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04

A business in Australia is that Of
lending engagement rings and we'd
ding trousseaux.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04

Giving the devil his due proves that
there il always the devil to pay.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04
British Bacon.
Always Coming.

Bacon to the value of over $50, 00o, 900
was imported by Great Britain in 1904.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04

JUDGE ALTON b. PARKER was elected
president of the American Bar associa-
ton at ST. Paul last Friday.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-04

Has safety deposit vault. Boxes
for rent at So per year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
BIRD REPEATED PART OF
 THE CATHOLIC RITUAL

he was obliged to start for the opening of the legislature on the first Wednesday in January as early as October 15. or be- fore the result of the Kent election, on the second Monday in September. could reach the secretary of states office at Augusta
 As a rule Major Dckey travelled on foot joining some band of wandering In- dians who followed the watercourses in canoes as long as the lakes were free from ice. In his written record of the jour- ney which he made in the autumn of 1888 Major Dlckey says that while he, with a party of Indians, was padding up the Alagash river they were followed by raven which was in the habit of repeat- Ing the words Much daw" al frequent intervals.
 AS "Mush daw' Is a French Canadian corruption of the French command ''Mar- che donc," which means move along' or "ged dap." Major Dickey believed that the raven had caught the phrase from the French Canadian teamsters who were in the habit of driving their horses on the ice of Alagash river as long as the time when Father Rale defended his church and converts against the English in 1724. and lost his life in the battle.
 Every woodsman or traveller who is ia. millar with the Allagash country between Chamberlain lake and Seven Islands has seen and heard the famous "Mush daw" raven which is now elevated into a local deity by the superstitious residents. The chances are that they believe that that bird Is the same that caused Major Dickey to record It's peculiar gifts in hls diary nearly 70 ye1rg ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Slavery In Australia,

From Everybody's Magazine.
 Two hundred head of labor for a hatful of amens''-perhaps you remem- Der the terrible story hinted by the old Sydney scoundrel in Stevenson's s "Wrecker." It was for the Queensland sugar planter that men turned labor thieves and risked their souls among tae islands. With tricks and lies the natives were inveigled on board. Once there, they were supposed (for the sake of formula and nomenclature) to sign a document that bound them to labor for a term of years in the sugar fields. As none of them could read or write or understand the document they were supposed to sign, the true nature of the solmen farce may be readily gathered. One hundred dollars the planter was wont to pay the Ire cruiter" for catching Kanakas and land them in ueensland-rather less than African slavers' rates in the good olu days, but the distance was much less. and the danger nothing, because, for reasons of its own, the British gov ernment protected the traffic. Once in Queensland, the Kanakas labored in the cane fields for wages" They got s3O a year each. That is, they got $30 a year if they lived. Very often they died. The death rate among them after they reached Queensland was never less than fifty in the thousand and was sometimes as great as 168. When a Kanaka died his kind, indul- gent employer inherited all his effects including his wage claims.
 You think this was a long time ago. two or three centuries at least, and pertained to conditions now happily passed from earth. Yes? Then you should be interested to know that in its substantial features it was going on six years ago under the sanction and protection of the flag of civilized nation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
CROSSED IN LOVE
 SHE KEPT SILENT Spoke No Word for Twenty
 five Years GIRL ABJURED MANKIND 
Father Turned Away Her Accepted sultor, and Caroline Osborn Be- came ReeIuse-Has Not Spo-
 ken to Hm Since.

From the New York World
 The VOW taken by the beautiful Caroline osborn 25 years ago, when a stern father forbade her marriage to her betrothed that she would never look upon or speak to man again. has been kept so religious ly all these years that the few remaining people of the once prosperous village Of Bakerville, in the Lltchfield hills, nsar Waterbury, Conn. no longer regard her with curiosity They have come to re- spect the sad consistency of the recluse, whose beauty has slowly withered under the blighting influence of her great dis appointment.
 They say in Bakerville that "Callie" os- born, as she is known, will go to the grave without taking the slightest notice of the existence of the father whose op- position to her marriage scared her soul and caused her to renounce the world He passed from her life that fateful Christmas eve quarter of a century ago, when, in terrible anger, he ordered her sweetheart, Walter Pumpkins. from his door and told him never to seek his daughter again.
 Albert Osborn, the father is now 78 years old, and if he has ever regretted the act he has not given sign of it to his neghbors. The daughter lives in the same house with her father, but in separate apartments and is seldom seen upon the streets. When she does appear she is al- ways yelled and hooded. She never looks at man.
 No one dares speak to the Osborns of the tragedy which has been the subject of village gossip for so many years, but the facts of the sad affair are known by every one in the place More than fifty years ago Albert Osborn married Caroline Baker, the second daughter of Anthony Baker, then the richest man in Baker vile and the son of Scott Baker, who about 100 years ago founded the hamlet which bears his name Upon the death of Anthony Baker his daughter inherited most of his wealth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 I T was forty-six years ago when l acci-
 dentally made the first telephone ever
 used in this country-many years be- fore either Gray or Bell filed their rival claims in the patent office at Washington. I was a little boy certainly mischievous, and it may be thoughtlessly cruel. Per haps I was no worse than the average boy of 10, but I can't remember that any one called me an angel.
 One of my great hobbies was flying kites and I used to make them as big as my self when I had the time and the patience and the proper facilities at hand; if not, then the ordinary size had to suffice. Those were the good old days when the women wore big hoopskirts and did up their hair in large nets-as may be seen in old photographs. After school hours that particular summer l managed to make the largest kite had ever had. It certainly must have been a crude affair. now when I look back at 1t; but what does any 10-year-oder care about appear ances when his handiwork Is success? My father was connected with printing office and through his influence I was enabled to get all the old newspapers and colored scraps of paper which 1 needed in my great undertaking.
 After my kite was finished, and orna- mented with eyes, nose and mouth, and bell on each shoulder my next trouble was a financial one-I had no bank &C., count and my kite was so large l had sense enough to know that the ordinary cord would not be strong enough to hold it when it got up in the air. But l at last procured the money sufficient to get the cord.
 The great day came for the trial, and the wind, as I recollect it, was just right, blowing off the hill where I stood over great expanse of river and valley scenery. gave my kite to the wind and it seemed like thing of life, trying to pull away from me or struggling to draw me over the steep hill on which I stood. But my experience soon showed me that the tail of the kite was not heavy enough. and I drew 1t in and deliberated how I could rectify the error. An! happy thought flashed through my little brain, and I was not long in getting home to put 1t in ex- ecution. I found one of my sisters halr nets, piece of string and three-months- old kitten, which I surreptitiously carried off when my mother was engaged else- where.
 soon had the net fastened to the end of the tail already on the kite. secured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

Allagash (Me) Correspondent to New
 York Sun
 H HERE is a tradition among the In-
 dians of Maine and New Brunswick
 that the small and rusty raven lives for centuries.
 In the records kept by the French refn- gees who fled from Acadia in 1746 Is a story of a raven that was regular at tendant at the outdoor masses celebrated by the homeless French people when they made their first settlement at Grand Falls on the upper reaches of St. John river The raven was in the habit of sitting on limb of tall spruce and croaking forth it's responses to the words uttered by the aged priest, until it was able to re- peat a good portion of the Catholic ritual from having heard 1t often.
 This gifted and pious bird Is said to have left Grand Falls and followed Bene- dict Arnold and his men to Quebec at the outbreak of the Revolutionary war, and after the death of Montgomery and re- treat of the Colonial troops the raven re- mained in the vicinity of Quebec for more than q century, making Itself known from time to time by following the French Canadian worshpers home from mass on Sunday mornings and entering houses and receiving tidbits of food from the kindly people.
 At some date between 1880 and 1890 this holy raven, which was held in high re- spect by all persons, disappeared from Quebec, and the belief was widespread that it had died from the lnfirmltles of advanced age, as it was known to have lead a religious life ever since 1746 though the French voyagers who had been trap ping for the Hudsons Bay company af- firnied that they had seen the bird near Winnipeg frequently and had heard it croak forth the words thai the sounds could not have been mistuken.
 Another confirmatory story Gs b the great age of individual ravens has come to light in the diaries of the late Major William Dickey of Ft. Kent.
 For more than forty consecutive wint- CTS Maj. Dickey represented Fit. Kent and the adjoining townships in the Maine legislature. He sat in tine Maine house when Hannibal Hamlln was elected, the first republican governor of Maine, and was a veteran legislator when James c. Blaine and Chief Justice Fuller were re- porters for the Augusta newspapers
 Before the days of the bloodless Aroos- took war there were no roads into the northern country. and Major Dickey lived so far away from the state capital that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
KITTEN TIED TO A KITE
 MADE A GOOD TELEPHONE

the kitten in the net, and let out my kite once more. This time l was successful. the extra weight seemed to be what was needed to steady my airshp and it sailed up like balloon and hung over the valley below, undulating with an easy, regular motion.
 When my ball of string was exhausted l naturally yearned for more; the kite was not high enough; It must get up to the clouds. It did not seem to satisfy me that 1t was then at such a height that 1t had the appearance of a pear, with a string to 1t, hanging suspended between the clouds and the earth. It impressed me as If 1t were a thing of life, and wanted to break away and soar off by itself to some unknown world, and to hold fl In check was about all I could do. For fear l might be drawn over the hill, which was steep one, 1 sat down and held onto the cord with both hands.
 Occasionally my hands would be raised to my head, perhaps to brush away the precipitation caused by my exertions Hark! what was that7 Did l hear bell ringing? Was that kitten moving? Yes, that was what l heard; there was no doubt of that
 Then, in amazement, or perhaps incredi :. bility, l held the cord close to my ear and listened audibiy to the crying of the kitten and the ringing of the bells, which sounds were as distinct to me then as the human voice Is over the telephone today Who will say that it was not remark able discovery? It certainly was; but was too young to appreciate the lmpor- tance of 1t. and mechanical science and investigation was an unknown quantity in our household and the event was forgot ten.
 .i
 For the satisfaction of my young read- CTS I will tell them that the kitten lived for many years after it's novel experience, but if it ever had a desire for such another aerial trip. or considered Itself superior to it's companions for getting so much nearer heaven than they, of course had no means of knowing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
TEST FOR COUNTERFEIT COINS.
Simple Method Disclosed by Juryman
 at Trial.
From the London Tribune.

From the London Tribune.
 At this session of the central criminal court there has been an exceptional num- Der of charges of making and uttering counterfeit coin. At the conclusion of one of the cases yesterday the foreman of the jury asked the authorities If they would take a suggestion from twelve business men who. during the year, had to deal with considerable sums in silver coin.
 There was a most simple test for the de- lection of base coin. It was to sharply cut the milled edge of a good coin agairSt the miled edge of the suspected coin. If the suspected coin were a spurious one the metal would almost Immediately be- gin to shave off. It was, he added. test that could be carried out anywhere, on the top of a bug or in shop, and the public ought to be acquainted with it.
 After making a personal test, the com mon sergeants said he quite agreed with the suggestion of the jury as to the use- fulness of the test, and said 1t ought to be made known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY
 f MADE FIRST COCKTAIL

 from the increasing hollowness of the churning note
 Then the mixture was poured out George Washington raised it to his lips. "A moment" said he Tt Is a custom among friends for the host to drink first the wine that may be poison.'
 He drank, and laying down the glass; very deliberately filled it up again. 'It is a good swizzle,' said he. 'I ad wise you to drink, brother"
 Brother did, and also deliberately re- filled the glass
 So was the swizzle, the famous Barba- dian drink, the first cocktail known to mankind, as the Barbadians claim, invent ed. And 1t was perpetuated, improved, parodied and regarnshed in the Martini, gin fizz and the mixture of Colonel Hickey. for did not Eliasson, who feared the man of precise dicton taste the dregs with one eye closed after the Father of His Country left that West Indian tavern?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
THUNDERsToRMc ON WATER.
movements as Indicated by the Accom-.
 panying Lightning.
from the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 "On the water" said grizzled old bay man, when you see thunder storm rls- ing you want to keep an eye on the light ming. If you see it in the distance strllx- ing down further and further to the right from where you first saw 1t, or further and further to the left, why, that indi- cates that the storm is working to the right, or to the left. and it may pass around you.
 But if you see 1t all the time coming down in the same place and all the time getting brighter and brighter why, that indicates that it's coming straight toward you, and that's the time, son. when you want to make for home. or get in your sail and make everything snug till the storm passes over"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
RoosevcIt's Strenuous Life.
.slie's Weekly.

r IT. f9fHiit x Ntthl9.
 If sae account is correct. the strenuous ness and the abounding vitality of presi- dent Roosevelt have been expressed by no one with more aptness than by his own wife. A man in Washington was trying to secure a plaster cast of the President s face. How long would 1t take to make the cast?" Mrs, Roosevelt asked. "Twen- ty minutes" was the reply That set ties it," answered Mrs. Roosevelt. No human power could induce my husband to remain still for twenty minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
A Literal Kentuckian.
"Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree in
 fn.- Octchar

sUnder the Spreading Chesnut Tree" in
 Everybody's Magazine for October.
 Two northerners, travelng in the noun tains of Kentucky had gone for hours without seeing sign of life. At last they came to a cabin in a clearing. The hogs law in their dirt holes, the thin claybank mule grazed round and round in circle to save the trouble of walking. and one lank man. whose clothes were of the color of the claybank mule, leaned against tree and let time roll by.
 How do>you do?'' said one of the northerners.
 "Howdy?"
 Pheasant country"
 The native shifted his quid and grunted.
 Lived here all your life?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

'''s 'FH~7F FOSs In China patterns. Beautiful de- signs; all grades and prices. Special attention called to floor coverings and carpets. Large 9x12 Rugs of all grades. A splen- did 9x12 Ingrain Rug for $6.1o. Our fine parlor rugs are bar gains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
An Advantage.
the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
 "so you prefer to live in South Amer ica?
 "Yes. There a man who would ordinari- ly be dismissed as a mere mischief maker attains to the dignity of revolutionist."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Father Opposed From First.

From the first, however, Caroline's fla ther did not look with favor upon her sweetheart. Lumpltins. although of ex- emplary habits and character and of good promise, did not come of. a wealthy fam fly He was. in fact, poor. The elder Osborn, who had married second wife was ambitious that his daughter should marry a man who would have wealth to match her own.
 Finally the young people became secret ly engaged. The village people say it was upon a Christmas eve that Walter Lumpkins asked Osborn for the hand of his daughter. It is said that there was a scene which ended in the father order ing the yot>S man from the house, de- spite the pleadings of the daughter. Lump kins went away, and never came back again. Carolines health had been under mined by the long and bitter opposition of her father, and she became seriously ill
 The village people say that 1t was im- mediately after Pumpkins left the house that the overwrought girl uttered the vow she has kept for 25 years.
 Father, I will never speak to you or to any other man again Neither will I look at, or allow any other man to ever see my face" were the words that Baker vile people say that Caroline spoke to her enraged father. A long illness follow ed, and when she grew well the roses had fled from her cheeks, never to return. For many years the girl did not leave the house. Pumpkins Is now a wealthy mer- chant in a city not far from New York. and has a wife and family.
 In later years Miss Osborn has appear ed occasionally upon the streets and coun- try roads, A reporter who visited Baker, vile yesterday met her on the road not far from her home She was hooded and veiled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

The best haIf-tone cuts are mads by the cawk Engraving company. Age Herald Building.