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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
Our TELEPHONE SYSTEM.

S. U Thayer, of Rochester, Pa, spent
Wednesday in Wausau, looking over
our telephone system and making a
personal Inspection of the plant. Down
.iH his country the people feel very
seenly The weight of the heavy hand of
the Bell telephone monopoly. They
.hape tried many times to throw Oft the
veight but lave been unable to do so.
NJ Thayer happened to get hold of a
pamphlet Of ias Wisconsin cooperative
plan of dealing with the Bell concern
and he was at once taken with the same
and he has now about completed the
organization for a cooperative ex-
change, the cost of which will be
approximately 100000 His people
wanted him to come up to Grand
Rapids and to Wausau and inspect
the plants and to look into the plan of
organization. Mr.. Thayer was much
pleased with our automatic plant and
without hesitation said he had never
seen better outside construction.
When he came here he had a prejudice
against the automatic,- for the reason
that he run up against a plant about
five years ago which was not a success.
When he departed he had about made
up his mind to orecommend the automat-
ic to his people. He stopped in Chica-
go to further investigate. Mr.. Thayer
was also very much impressed with the
appearance of our city.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
CLEAN YOUR WALKS.

The mail carriers, since the recent
snow storm, have put into effect ruling
of the department which heretofore has
not been strictly observed in this city.
Everyone who had not shoveled the
snow off his walk and cleaned the walk
leading in to the house, got no mail,
unless he called at the general delivery
window AT the post Office. People who
desire to get the benefit of the carrier
service will observe this rule and here
after shovel the snow off their walks.
The mail carrier gets plenty of hard
work after every snow storm without
putting extra work on himself when he
is not obliged to. There is no more ac-
commodating force of carriers in the
country than those of Wausau, but it is
the same with them as it is with all
other patience ceases to be a
virtue when good nature is imposed
upon. You would not feel like wading
for block through foot of loose snow
to deliver a circular from some cata-
logue house like Montgomery Ward &
Co. or from the Hostetter's Bitters con-
cern, therefore you cannot expect them
to do it. Keep your walks cleaned if
you desire mail.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
HEAD SCALER.

Pat. Mckinley has received the ap-
pointment of head scaler for the G. M
& st. P. R'y. Co. over all their lines
from Tomah north This is a good
position and the company has secured
first-class man. He has been en-
ployed by the Salsich & Wilson Lumber
Co. of Star Lake the past six years as
head scaler and timber man. John
Manning Of this place will take this
position and has already started to
work. We join with the many friends
of both boys at this place in congratu-
lating them on their ppointments.-
Minocqua Times
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

Have your watches and clocks re-
paired by Otto Mueller, jeweler, corner
Third and Washington streets. All
work guaranteed. If
The Masonic party at the Temple
Thursday evening, Dec. 2Sth, was a
delightful social event. The heavy
snow storm kept many at home, not
withstanding, the attendance was very
| good.
Walter Dunn, who has been working
for the Wausau Telephone Co. during
the past few months, is at present car
rying badly disfgured nose, also some
broken ribs As he was coming out of
doorway on Jackson street one even
ing last week, he was assaulted by two
fellows without provocation, they evi-
IDENTIFY mistaking him for someone else.
The fellows are known and though
they have since left town, they will be
located and arrested.
The bread that mother used to bake
was not one bit better than the bread
you can bake if you use Blue Ribbon
Flour. 1t makes light, white bread and
fluffy pies and cakes. All good grocery
stores sell it. Order sack and give it
fair trial. Made by F. W. Kickbusch
& Son. If.
The mill erected during the fall by
the johnson Greek Lumber Co., about
FIVE miles east of Knowlton, will be
started in operation tomorrow on
trial run. After that date the mill will
be operated steadily throughout the
winter cutting hemlock and hardwood,
of which the company has a very large
tract. With its own timber and with
what can be secured of farmers, it is
estimated that the company will have
run of ten years. Shipping will be done
by way of Knowlton, the firm having a
spur track running in to its mill
a meeting held in Appleton week
ago by pea cannery men :was attended
by II. c. Head, of this city, representing
the Wausau Canning Co. An organ
ization was perfected to be known as
the Wisconsin Pea Packers association.
Twenty of the twenty-four canneries in
the state were represented at this meet
ing and no doubt before many weeks
pass, al of the canneries will be mem
bers of the association. The object of
the combine is, of course, for mutual
protection. The members will en-
deavor to regulate freight rates, dis
count rates and establish uniform con-
tracts and grades.
Tie editor acknowledges receipt of
a copy of the new 1906 Kodol almanac
and 200 year calendar Its most i'm
/ portant feature is without doubt the
very simply constructed 200 year
calendar, whereby with absolute ac-
curacy you can tell the day of the week
on which any event occurred during one
hundred years of the past, or on which
any date will occur during the next
hundred years, thus giving the day of
the week on which any birth, death,
marriage or any important event may
have happened. Mcssrs. G. Dewitt
& Co, of Chicago, H., are sole
owners and publishers of the
Kodol almanac and 200 year
calendar, and will be pleased to mail a
copy of this booklet to any one enclos-
ing a two-cent stamp with a request
for same, provided this paper is men,
! toned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
WHAT WILL BE THE EFFECT 2

There appears to be temporary
break in the early closing movement
among Wausau merchants. Henry
French has made the announcement
that hereafter he will keep his grocery
store on Third street open every night,
unless other grocery stores, or stores
selling groceries, conclude to close
evenings and Sundays. This he does
for the reason that number of grocery
stores and general and confectionery
stores selling groceries have not
observed the rule set by Wausau
merchants. Mr. French announces
that be is friend of the movement and
has even gone further in the matter
than other merchants, by keeping his
store closed Tuesday evenings, when
all others were open. By reason of the
established rule, he says, he has lost
hundreds of dollars worth of vegeta-
bies, fruits, berries, ETC. There should
be no discrimination in the matter. If
some stores close, all ought to close or
NiSO NhClO w III Oc IL ItJuIn W Olu GUS
toms, and it will be possible to buy
goods in any store on every evening
and every Sunday. A merchant
moved into Wausau some months ago
with stock of what is averred to be
salvage goods, and from the first has
paid no attention to the closing rule
OF his brother merchants This same
merchant has not prospered, it is |
claimed, by his action, and there are
rumors afioat which we nope for this
mans good are not true. The road |
which leads to success is macadamized |
with honesty and fairness with all
people, and the merchant who attempts |
to prosper at the expense of others is
fated to come ~rief sooner or later |
There M, be svme justification for
Mr.. French's action, but the PILOT
hopes that his stand will result in the
desired effect, and that soon all stores
will be closed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
FREEZING Or HYDRANTS.

Wausau has had considerable trouble
in the winter with the freezing of its
hydrants, aud last winter, on account
of the very cold temperature of the
river water, much trouble from this
source was anticipated and close watch
had to be kept mp. AT Merrill they
have overcome this trouble as will be
seen from the following taken from the
Advocate
Until last winter the company has
been troubled more or less by mains,
services and hydrants freezing in the
street although the mains are from
seven to nine feet deep the frost got
down to them in many places Last
winter Supt. Ainsworth installed a
small heating system at the pump
house consisting of two two-inch jet
pumps whereby a constant stream of
hot water was discharged into the
mains thus raising the temperature of
the water about ten degrees, after the
starting of which not even a small
service was frozen This was merely
an experiment last winter but proved
so successful that this winter the COM
pany have made it permanent affair
and enlarged it to such an extent
that the present system will deliver
about 10000 gallons of hot water into
the mains every twenty-four hours.
Where consumers in the past have been
in the habit of letting their faucets run
wide open to prevent their service pipes
from freezing in the streets, this will
not be necessary as the temperature of
the water being so much warmer will
prevent the frost from forming around
the mains and services
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
SMlTH-WEIK.

At the home of the brides parents on
Christmas day, at 800 O'Clock in the
afternoon, Oscar Weik was united in
marriage to Miss Lillian Smith, the
Rev. G. Ulein officiating. The attend
ants were Henry Weik and Miss Nellie
Smith, brother and sister respectively
of groom and bride. Only relatives
and few friends were present, but
after the ceremony reception followed
at which many invited guests were
present to offer congratulations. The
bride is daughter of ex-alderman Ole
N. Smith and is a young lady well and
favorably known in the city The
groom is employed as bookkeeper for
the Aug. Kickbusch Grocery Co. and is
a young man of business qualifications
enjoying the respect of large circle of
friends, who offer well wishes for him
self and bride in their new estate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
NOT ICE.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National bank, of
Wausau, Wis, will be held in the
directors room of the First National
bank, on Tuesday evening, Jan. 9th,
1906, at 7:30 o'clock, for the election of
directors and such other business as
may come before the meeting All
stockholders are requested to be
present. A. H. CIRCUIT,
ID &c. 8 W 5 Cashier.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
ANNUAL BANQUET.

The annual banquet, given on Friday
evening by the Senior Endeavor society
at the Presbyterian church, was de-
lightful affair in every way. There
were refreshments served during the
evening by the girls of the intermediate
society, this was followed by toasts and
a musical program There were large
number present and it was an evening
of pleasure and social enjoyment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
CONVEYING PATIENTS TO THE STATE
HOSPITAL AT OSHKOSH.

CONVEYING PATIENTS TO THE STATE
HOSPITAL AT OSHKOSH.
The charges for conveying patients
to the State Hospital at Oshkosh are
made upon per diem basis as required
by statute and having once been settled
and paid for and allowed, they are not
open to further question by the County
Board.
EXECUTING COMMITMENTS TO INDUS
TRIAL SCHOOLS.
No compensation seems to have been
fixed by statute for executing commit
ments to the several industrial schools
of this state prior to the year 1887 At
that time Chapter 32S of tie laws of
1897 was passed, which does not by its
terms refer to any preceding statute
and which has evidently been over
looked by both the board and the sher
ifs of this county, as well as the board
and the sheriffs uf most other couDties
of this state. While under the strict
letter of the law there is no dNubt of
the right of the county to demand an
accounting under this statute it seems
to us that it is plainly unfair. The
sheriffs of this county have done what
all other sheriffs have done and that is,
to charge for executing commitments
to the'industrial school upon mileage
basis of 10 cents per mile and expenses
for attendants. If the coGaty board
was not satisfied they should have
called the attention of the sheriffs to
this statute, as they are presumed to
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
STATE OF ONO, crrr or TOLEDO, J S

LUCAS COUNTY.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior
partner of the firm of F. j. Cheney & Co., doing
business in the city of Toledo, county and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use
of Halls Catarrh Cure FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. d. 1886.
tSeaD A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarzn Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials free.
f. j. CHENEY q Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills Tor constipation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL EsTATE SECURITY.

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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
WAN TED.

Four-foot hemlock bolts. Enquire at
Barker & Stewart Lumber Co.'s office,
island mill, Wausau, Wis. n21 w13
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02

And the place to save money on lum-
Der and lath at Barker & Stewart Lum-
Der Co 8 island mill.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
LOOK AT THIS NOW.

We have bought large stock of shin
giles which we can now sell at these low
nrices.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02

Insane hospitals were established by
Chapter "a of the laws of 1857. Other
laws affecting the state hospitals, but
not affecting compensation for taking
patients thereto, are Chapter II of the
laws of 1858; 146 of the laws os 1855; 1913
of the laws of 1859; los of the laws of
1866.
Compensation for transporting
patients to said hospitals was first
established By Chapter 26S of the laws
of 1860, section 10 of which contains
the following provision:
And all expenses incurred in con-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-01-04
Chinn'S New Hear.

China's new year is governed by the
changes of the moon and fails in the
early days of February. 1t is called
rounding the year" and is great fea
ture of both commercial and religious
affairs. All debts are religiOusly paid.
1t is an important article Of his creed
that no right minded Chinaman can
enjoy the sacred festival if he have
debts that any effort can wipe out.
Therefore IL man viii starve his fam
lily for weeks to meet his obligations,
and, that not sufficing. he will become
u thief and highwayman to- accom-
plish the end a the Old year closes
the Cinnamon have their great family
feasts. with solemn sacrifices to the
spirits of their dead ancestors. when
they account their guests. The loyal
son in Il foreign land will make every
effort to reach the paternal roof il time
to join in the ancestral worship. This
new year feast is to the Chinlinln
what the Passover is to the ortho lox
low
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-01-04
THE OLDEST HOLIDAY.
julius Caesar &ads- i.,e LIST of .Ianu-
Ery .c.V Years Day.


1t is 10 C;iiu- .. :! 49, a"-:lr. founder
Of the Roman Ell. ;s.ra. fiiIt or present
New Years day owes its origin. The
ancient Romans began the year on
Dec. %. when there began TO be
more EglIt hut their c;.IenIar was SO
mistakenly arranged hat their years
did not coice out right i'll the end, and
in the course Of time the months had
fallen 50 far behind that the calendar
told one to go swimming when the
ponds We're frozen and to go skating
when the flowers were in bloom So
the mighty Julius. when be had the
world well under his thumb, made q
new calendar aud it pleased him to
begin tie year with the first new moon
that happened along after the Old Ro-
man year ceased and that CHANGED to
put in appearance Oh the first Of the
month sacred TO Janus-on Jan l.
Caesars calendar wasn't quite per-
feet but it was nearly so 1t is still
IL use by nations following the stand
ard Of the Greek churc.-Russia and
otbers-and after some 1850 years it
luitI 'SS!!Iilu t"SlNc IL
was III 15S2 that Pope Gregory reform
cd the JHlian calendar. Gregory jump
cd over ten days to catch up with time
!Ost under the Julian calendar and then
hit upon the leap year scheme to keep
from falling so much behind again.
Gregory'S calendar is as near perfect
as can be. but under it there is still q
loss OF twenty-five seconds every cal
cndar year owing to the failure Of the
world To arrive at exactly the same
point in her ellipse at exactly the same
second Of time each day But we need
not worry much. 1t will be / 400 years
yet before = whole day is lost. and
then our descendants need only to
jump over il day-skip the 4th Of July,
for instance and call it the 5th-and
start ont anew, and then it will be
$3.50 years or SO before another day
Is lOSt-BuffalO Express
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-01-04

and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1s43 she married Isaac Pinkham,
a builder and real estate operator. and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and q
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days it
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in a physician only in specially
urgent cases. BY tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained, won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature SO
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods of
all kinds; SO, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
it was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was rare combina-
ton Of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia E. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely. with
out money and without price, as a
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. Its length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, SO when the Centen.
NAL year dawned it found their prop.
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter,
with their mother, combined forces to
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-01-04
New Years In Japan.

japanese children know nothing Of
Christmas, Santa Claus and all the
combined festivities that herald the
blissful approach Of the holiday season
In America. But in recompense for
the default they are given at the begin
ming of every year three gala days in
which to make merry and to receive
New Years presents" Although the
japanese year is full of holidays, yet
the feast OF the New Year IS the most
important of all, the real beauty Of this
festival being that 1t belongs to all
classes, whereas the select feast days
are celebrated as they severally occur.
either exclusively by males or solely
BY females.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-01-04
LEW YEARS DAY.
Why 1t Falls on the LIST Of January
Instead of March 1 or APRIL I.


Why is New Years day Jan. l? On
the face Of it the Chinese method of
beginning i'll April, when nature wakes
up from the winter, appears more APP
proprate The Romans in the earlier
days of the republic were of the same
opinion and commenced their year on
March l. September, October, NOvem-
Der and December were then in actu-
Ill fact the seventh, eighth. ninth and
tenth III onthS, us their names would still
have them. Nevertheless the present
reckoning Of the year is of respectable
age. The change wis first made in the
year 1:':3 Il. {. simply because the con-
sulS assumed Office Oh Jan. l, and it
was the custom TO cali each year after
the CONSUL. then i'll power.
The January convention fell into dis
use in The time Of the Merovingians,
who returned II the LIST Of March. Tn
der Chlrlcmlgue, as had been formerly
the case with the Gauls, the year be-
gan at Christmas. In England March
% became New Years day soon after
the Norman conquest and remained so
until the tiregOrian calendar was
adopted i'll 1I:l1. Indeed the chancellor
of the eXchequer and those who de-
pend on him still observe the old Chi.
nese year.-Pearsons Weekly.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-01-04
The Pursuit of Happiness.

The man who begins on Jan. l to
seek his own happiness is in fair way
to miss it altogether. Happiness is an
elusive sprite The more she is pursued
the swjfter she flies. There is doubt
less for those who make pleasure their
business sort of qualification in their
diversions, though it can scarcely be
called happiness. Happiness is not the
chief object Of our existence. AS
Beecher once put it. Man was not
made to be everlastingly fiddled on by
the fingers of joy" Character is the
end of life. Happiness is incidental.
Let a man look well to the ordering OF
life In its relation to other lives, seek
ing to make them happy, and he will
find himself wearing the garland.-
Rev. Frank G. Tyrrell.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-01-04

In the old times the Saxons used to
dance around an apple tree on New
Years eve, singing song. This was
supposed to insure a good crop. Bells
were rung to notify the people of the
going out of the old and the coming In
Of the new year. Another ancient Gus.
tom In some parts of England was the
opening Of the house doors that faced
the west to let out the old year, while
the doors on the opposite side were
opened TO usher in the new year. In
the s.-.eenth century pins, which had
been newly invented. were extremely
popular as New Years gifts