Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
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ten-dollar bill. Boil your ten-dollar
lls.-Washington Post
There is only one bridge that never
goes down under stress of weather, and
that is being played at summer resorts.
New York Commercial
Before being shot, General Stoessel
is to be dismissed from the army. That
means he is to be fired first and shot
afterward. Washington Post
About the easiest job now in sight in
st. Petersburg would be that of taking
the census of the American residents of
that city.-New York Tribune
"Uncharted rock" says the captai2
of the Siro Four hundred lives is a
high price for such an addition to cart
ography.-New York American.
Sir Thomas Upton is coming for that
cup with two yachts next time. All
right-if two yachts can sail faster
than one.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Carnegie Steel Company will
drill a well 5000 feet What an ex-
L
crawl nto-Philadelphia Ledger.
Back, back to your pagoda, bat-eyed
Gaekwar of Baroda; well for you you'd
left our beaches ere you failed to praise
our peaches.-New York American.
Pittsburg has way of keeping in
the news what with rich men who
marry actresses and bank cashiers who
turn defaulters.-New York World.
A university professor claims it is
possible to live without brains. Has
probably examined the fellow who
rocked the boat-New York American.
DR.. Andrew D. White says that muir
der trials are farcical. Perhaps he re-
fers to those conducted in the columns
of the yellow press.-Philadelph Led
ger.
Henry w. Herring, cashier Of the
ruined Chicago bank, says he knew
nothing about the looting. Why didn't
he? That's his business.-Philadelph
Press.
If the proposed method of making
paper from cotton stalks proves a sue
cess the American forests will feel a
little less apprehensive.-New York
World
The ice trust fears a famine because
it cannot get enough men to handle its
product. Has it tried offering wages as
big as its profits Philadelphia In
quirer.
Heads you lose, tails we win" seems
to be about the show some of the Chi
cago banks give their depositors for
their money nowadays.-New York
Commercial.
Maxim Gorky is making a lot of noise
not dissimilar to that of man who
has been booted" off the front stoop
and is trying to stifie his rage.-Phila-
delphia Press.
1t must be highly diverting to the
japanese to watch the Russians smash
ing that part of their armament that
did not get into the late unpleasant
ness.-Chicago Post
BY the way, what has become of our
old friend Count Witte? From his con
tnued silence we infer that he is Sc
creted somewhere among the tall grass.
Philadelphia Press.
New York is suffering from short
age of chorus girls There doesn't seem
to be any relief in sight unless the man
ayers lower the age limit to 42.-Phil-
adelphia North American.
The English judge who bars sketch
ing of scenes in the divorce court sets
a good example The courts and their
proceedings should not be exploited for
popular amusement.-New York Trib-
une
Colonel Watterson is curious to
know if the new slang skiddoo is any
improvement on the old slang skedad-
die. II is. 1t is shorter and better
adapted to these busy times.-Phladel-
phia Press.
The fire insurance companies need
not expect to hear the last of their
shameless methods in San Francisco
so long as they WEIGH or bubble over
their obligations. They have been gull
ty of the most foolish business policy
conceivable.-New York World
An English editor says John Bull
is too slow for trusts" What is the
difference between being too slow for
trusts and having the trusts too quick
for you?-New York Mail.
So far as can be ascertained the man
who bought $5,S0O.OO0 worth Of canal
bonds for a 2-cent stamp is not invest
ing half that much in Russian securi- !
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Russia has had two strikes that
looked to revolution, and the second be- !
gins to look as IL it would fail like the 4
first. viii it be case of three strikes
and out?"-New York Tribune
The International Polar Congress is |
to be held in Brussels. That is no place
for it. 1t should show its faith by
It's works, and meet at least within the
Arctic Clrcle.-New York Tribune.
Britain's lament over the degenera-
ton of her fighting men is apparently
we'll grounded. The admiralty is en-
couraging the cigarette as substitute
for the navy pipe.-New York World. |
The arrest of several skipped" bank |
cashiers suggests that tutors in high |
finance should add TO their course on |
How to Get It" one on How to Get |
Away with It."-New York American