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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-24

angels our march oppose,
Who still In strength excel,
Our secret. sworn eternal foes,
Countless. invisible"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
f. The Green Bug'' Ravages.

As early as March, a month marked
by exceptionally high temperature
throughout the Middle West grain belt,
the "green-bug's'' ravages were report
ed from northern Texas, with the pest,
fostered by the early opened spring,
rapidly working into Oklahoma. BY
April it had reached Kansas and was
damaging the southern counties of that
state. A campaign of determination
was begun by the chronological depart
ment of Kansas university, assisted by
millers, grain dealers, and commercial
clubs Over 10000 boxes of parasite
enemies of the grain louise were distrib-
uted in seventy counties where need
was greatest. This agency, together
with the unfavorable weather of May,
checked the main army's northward
progress, but not until it had damaged
seriously the southern portion of the
winter-wheat area, particularly in
Texas, Oklahoma, and southern Kansas,
where thousands of acres were totally
destroyed. 1t infested similarly south
eastern Colorado, where in early June
farmers plowed under much wheat be-
cause of injury to the plant. Southern
Nebraska also at this date was report
ing impairment of wheat from the in
sect's inroads, Ohio and Indiana about
this time noted its presence in oat- fields,
and it was reported on the western edge
of Missouri
The green bug" is an importation,
first described in Italy in 1852. In 1884
it was found in Maryland, though not
in damaging numbers. In 1890 it APP
peared 10 Indiana, devastating the oats
in some counties. 1t also in that year
infested Southern wheat-fields and was
recognized as a pest, its operations
reaching north 10 latitude 399 80 In
1901 it appeared in Texas, lessening
materially the crop yields Then it
created no anxiety until the peculiar
climatic conditions of the winter of l906
2 brought it into renewed general activ-
ity-From "A Year of Delayed Har
vests in the American Monthly Review
of Reviews for July.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
SELDOM TURN OUT HAPPILY.
Writer Condemns Secret Marriages
and Engagements.

That 'the course of true love never
did run smooth" is popular belief.
But it is great pity that the dangers
and pitfalls of clandestine courtships
and secret engagements are not made
the subject of proverb
When two people become engaged
DR. marry one another sub rosa the ex-
pertinent usually turns out badly. If
a man comes to girl and says, Il love
you and want to marry you, but it
must all be kept quiet there is some
thing wrong somewhere. Il could not
love thee, dear, SO we'll, loved not
honor more" is a sentiment girls
should bear in mind If a man asks
them to become engaged without an
nouncing the fact.
A clandestine cOurtship or secret
marriage must be accomplished by de-
ceit, subterfuge and untruth. And
these things do not lay the foundation
Of happiness. No circumstances or
conditions can possibly exist to justify
a secret engagement or marriage.
True love creates courage. And a
man and woman who really care for
one another would shrink from the liv-
ing lie which each must assume when
posing before the world as free or I'M
fettered, when in reality they are
bound by an engagement or marriage.
If couple cannot come out into
the open and declare their attachment
it is far better to part and say good,
by" There is no luck or happiness
to be gained from clandestine love-
Chicago American.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
THE BEAUTY OF VENEZUELA.
It Is OF Type all Its Own in Contrasts
and Changes.

The beauty CT the country is the
6rst and most lasting impression. To
catch glimpses at every turn in the
valleys of cloudy peaks, or when on
the mountain side to see through the
limpid air valley after valley between
the protecting hills, to breathe this
pure air, to know that summer is al
most perpetual-he is only half man
who does not for a moment forget the
needs of civilization in the intoxica-
ton of primitive nature. The lowell
ness of Venezuela Is something differ
ent from that of the Andean ranges
farther west and south; it is more
tropical, and the mountains do not rise
to the height in which the senses are
stilled by grandeur; nor is there found
so near the equator that ruggedness or
gloom or solemnity which is one fea-
ture of the Rockies. 1t is a beauty of
more human type, which can be en-
joyed most when we know that man
has his abode there. The Andes. the
Alps or the Rockies are bold and aus
tere; they need no life; life is not
meant for thepl; but such contrasts
and changes Us are constantly pre-
sented to the eye in these softened
landscapes are more exquisite when
man Is pOttering about on the surface,
trying to imagine that he is of some
real Importance on the earth.-The
Reader.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
ARE WIVES AT FOURTEEN,
In Persia Girls Enter the MntTi-
monial State at a Very
Early Age.

Persian girls marry at an early age.
1t Is common thing to see a girl be-
come bride It the age of IA or 16
When a man reaches the age of Is
he prepares to marry. Every one
marries in Persia. Having seen the
young lady he likes, the Persian may
through her friends begin to cultivate
her friendship. Very often he ex-
plains the affair to his mother. and
through a professional matchmaker
they find out all particulars about the
young lady, and the social standing of
the girls parents. If pleased with
their investigation the mother under
takes TO call at the house of the young
lazy and before explaining her mis-
sion, she notes carefully the girls APP
pearance and her manners, how she
hands the tea and kalian. and takes
her leave only to return after the
lapse of three days accompanied by
her husband. They now ask the par-
ents of the young lady and the girl
herself for her hand. If accepted they
kiss her and present her with an en-
gagement ring and invite their friends
for the betrothal. at which there are
feasts and rejoicing. The courtship
is short, and the couple are generally
married after months engagement.
Marriages between cousins are not
only common. but generally turn cut
~ be happy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
The Scotch Juror.

In Scotland in civil case jurymen
get ten shillings a day for their sery-
ices and the litigants must in addition
provide them with lunch. If two cases
are tried consecutively and the same
jurymen officiate. they get ten shill-
ings for each case
But the most important difference
between an English and a Scottish
jury is this: An English jury when
returning theil' verdict must be unan-
imous, and If they fail to agree after
a certain length of time they are dis
missed and the whole proceedings are
begun again de novo before a fresh
jury. This is a most expensive mode
OF administering justice. In civil
cases. in order to avoid this result
the litigants sometimes agree to ac
cept the verdict of a majority. In
Scotland the jury can always. give a
verdict by majority in civil cases
after the lapse of three hours.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
SAILORS HAVE ODD BELIEFS.
Good and Bad Luck Thought to Be
Brought by Birds.

Birds, as inhabitants of the air, were
naturally chosen by the ancients as
oracles and augurs of future happen
ings. The sensitiveness to atmos-
pheric changes shown by many birds
aided in establishing these notions.
The real indications often furnished by
sea birds Of coming storm or calm
we're doubtless magnified by the anx-
ious, superstitious sailor. These indi-
cations, be 1t explained, seldom pre-
cede the atmospheric changes more
than a few hours.
The custom of hanging the sea swal-
low so that the bill may point to the
wind arose from the old-time custom
Of suspending the bird by the feet,
expecting it would renew its feathers
as II alive.
The albatross Is believed by Jack
Tar to sleep on the winds. 1t was at
one time thought that the petrol
Matched its eggs under its wings.
The kingfisher was at one time kept
In chests to keep away moths.
The fishhawk was esteemed bring
er of good luck; 1t BODIED good or evil
as its cry was TO the right or left.
There was an old superstition that
gulls were never seen bleeding. Shoot
ing stars were then supposed to be the
half digested food Of winter gulls.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
oidn. Concern Him.

Sir" the sad-faced man said to the
heavy-set man who was smoking a
long, black cigar and reading a news.
paper, would you allow your bow to
smoke cigarettes when he grows up?'
I've never given the question a min
ute's thought" replied the other.
What, Never pondered upon the
effect upon the constitution, to saw
nothing of the mind of your son. to
allow him to smoke the deadly
things?"
Never thought--no, sir"
And viii you allow him to drink"
Il have never thought about 10
-Oh. can such things be? Are Won
letting your child grow up in the midst
OF tempt.tion without speaking a ia.
therly word to-"
Lock here. sir, You mean well. |
suppose, but let me tell you that I've
been confirmed bachelor for the lasf
20 years."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
MAKE HOMES FiREPRooF.
Precautions Now Taken in the Most
Modest Dwellings.

Within the last few years the price
of lumber has increased to such an
extent that the fireproof home is no
longer the expensive luxury it used to
be. Now the man of modest means,
even the day workman, can have a
home as safe from fire as the palatial
dwellings of the ultra-wealthy. Pri-
vate residences recently built and
now under construction In New York
city show that X is becoming the
practice to use the same fireproofing
precautions In houses as in lofty no
tells and skyscrapers. 1t seems that
every owner is determined that his
home shall not be swallowed up in
fame and smoke In Charles M.
Schwahs house, at Riverside drive
and SeTenty-third street, Manhattan.
there are more than 100000 square
feet of terra Gotta hollow tile blocks
in the arches, partitions and roof. In
the new residence of Harry Payne
Whitney, son of the late w. c. Whit
ney, at 972 Fifth avenue, in the same
borough, there are some 10000 square
feet of fireproofing material. This is
distinctly a departure In the construc-
ton of private dwelling houses.-Fire
and Water Engineering.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
"HOW LONG WILL 1T -TAkE7"
The Eternal Northern Question That
Made the Southern Man

When he had his ticket to Richmond
slowed away safely in his pocket, says
the New York Times, the man from
the south heaved sigh of relief, and
settled hin self to az hours leisurely
wait in the station for his homeward
train. All" he said, in happy ind0-
lence, to an acquaintance who dropped
into a chair beside him, Il am going
down home away from the sound Of
the eternal northern question: How
long will it take?'
IF a man in New York stops to
have his shoes polished, he asks the
boy: How long will it take?' Now,
unless that man has been living the
life of a tramp. he knows how long it
takes to polish shoes: but it has
become second nature to him to ask
the question.
When he goes to the barber for a
shave he asks: How long will it take?'
And if it is not done quickly enough
he will go elsewhere next time. 1t
is the same at lunch. IN take an oy-
ster stew he'll say; and then: But
hold on, waiter How long will it
take?'
You hear the same question at the
drugstore, the bank, the hotel, and
on the street Everything is regu-
lated by How long will it take?'
Il was brought up in part Of the
country where no one cares how long
it takes to get thing done; and I'm
glad I'm going back. Tomorrow
shall be mingling again with people who,
when | ask them to take luncheon
with me, will not answer hesitatingly:
Well, | would, but-how long will it
take?"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09

price; maybe it gives a picture Of the
article also, but you don't see the
goods The local merchant shows you
the goods; you may examine them
critically; he may allow you to test
them or to call in an expert to advise
you. Is it fair to conclude that the.
catalogue article is the cheaper just
because the price is lower?
An element that must enter into the
comparison of goods and prices is,
that in any attempt to fool the Gus
toner, the local merchant is decided
" at disadvantage. He must show
the goods, not merely describe them
His business depends wholly upon the
limited trading area of his town and
his ability to inspire confidence within
that circle. He cannot afford to make
practice of disappearing his
goods
The mail order house is not so tied
down to the maxim that Honesty is
the best policy" 1t has no neighbors.
no fellow citizens, no mutual interests
with its patrons. Its trade area is
wide and always shifting. Naturally
these conditions do not demand extra
ordinary vigilance in supplying hon.
est-made goods. And where Vigilance
is not needed employee in the BUSH
ness he is generally taken off the pay
roll, which makes a saving in expense,
as well as in the cost of the goods. If
lower prices are quoted by the cata-
logue house, may not this account for
it?
''Will it pay?" Is it a matter of
economy to buy inferior and damaged
goods when the same money. or even
little more, viii pay for goods of the
best quality? Which course does a
mans first duty to his own household
dictate?
But to get at the bottom of that
question, We must consider the far
r, aching general effect of mail order
trading. If single catalogue houses
are to be capitalized at $4,000 900.
they must be reckoned with along
with Standard Oil, the beef trust and
railroad mergers. If they are allowed
to suck the blod from our country
towns, your grandchildren will find
conditions much the same as. those of
your grandfather's time Their mar
kets viii be 80, so or 70 miles away.
The towns and villages will be de-
serted, and the hubs" will be too dis
tant TO send the radiatiEg spokes of
rural mail. telephone lines and other
modern conyeniences far into the
country.
CHARI ES BRADSHAW.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09

given you, Mr.. Farmer? A market for
your produce. What has made 25 to
90 per cent. of the present value OF
your farm? The accessibility of al
market. You know what your grand4
father did on that same farm? Drove
his hogs and hauled his grain 30, SO.
maybe IS miles to the nearest market
that would make you howl about the
trusts. And he hauled back the FAM
lily supplies for which he paid what
you would consider monopolistic
prices. Do you happen to know what
the old farm was worth then? Well,
it lacked a good deal of being SIS or
500 an acre.
Yes, the home town, with its handy
market, has advanced the value of
your property and made you worth
several thousand dollars more than
your grandfather was worth, The
home town affords schooling for your
children, and perhaps social and
church privileges which your family
would not otherwise enjoy. The rural
mail routes and telephone systems,
radiating from the home town, as
spokes from hub. bring to your
home the greatest conveniences Of
modern times.
Have you ever noticed that the first
thing the settlers of a newly-opened
reservation do is to send for a wagon
load of mail order catalogues? Well
haven't. They lay out a town site
every six or eight miles, start two or
three general stores, build a school
house, a church, blacksmith shop.
grain elevator, petition the depart
ment for post Office, and start a
newspaper. They know, from former
experience that with these things
close by, life will be endurable, what
ever hardships may come. They know,
also. that without them they must live
lives of isolation and endure an exist
enee that is contrary to all natural
human instincts.
On the other hand, it goes without
saying, that the average country town
cannot exist without the support of
its tributary territory. Then, if that
town affords the advantages for the
rural citizen that have been enumerat-
ed, there exists what we may call an
interdependence and moral obliga-
ton between the two. Are you. Mr..
Thrifty Farmer. living up to that OBJ
legation when you do your trading
with the mail order house9
To this line of argument the farmer
may answer that his greatest obliga-
uen, his first duty, IS SIS Immediate
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
Had Sold Both Ends

Columbus shopper tells this some
what amusing story, giving the incl
dent as an actual happening: 81 was
making some purchases" she said, sin
a downtown store, and was directed by
the floor walker to the muslin counter.
young man was in charge and | no.
tlced at first that he was slightly affect
ed by liquor. After sorting over q
number of bolts on the shelf, he finally
threw down what | wanted He looked
at the cloth for a minute, meanwhile
ftunbling for the end. Finally, he said.
disgustedly: Dick must have sold
both ends of this; yes, I'm sure he did, :
and with that he pushed his shears
across the piece and from the end thus
made he sold me the quantity |
wished. columbus Dispatch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
FAMOUS srIoand Dead.

Corsieans are mourning the death
of the brigand chief Bellacoscia. of
whom they are almost as proud as OF
Napoleon. His resi- name was An
tonia Bonelh. In consequence of a
vendetta he and his brother Jacob
were compelled 10 seek safety in the
mountains For As years they terror
ized the country. going from province
To province. and all efforts OF the
government to capture them We're un-
awaiting In 1892. aged and broken
down. Bellaeoscia voluntarily deiiv-
cred himself into the hands of jus
tice. So great was the national ad-
miration of his bold exploits that the
courts at Ajaccio acquitted him. but
the police expelled him. and he sought
a home in Marseilles. He could not
endure his exile more than a few
months and secretly returned TO end
his DAYS in the wilds of Corsica
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
ONLY ONE KIND OF PIE.
But There Were Other Kinds on the
Bill of Fare When That
Was On,

An easterner on his way to Cali
fornia was delayed by the floods in
Kansas and was obliged to spend the
night in a humble hotel-the best in
the town. The bill of fare at dinner
time was not very elaborate, says
Youths Companion, but the traveller
noticed with joy that at the bottom
of the card, printed in pen and ink,
was a startling variety of pies.N
He liked pies, and there were Gus
tard, lemon, squash, rhubarb, Wash
ington, chocolate, mince, apple and
berry pies, and several other varieties.
He called the waitress to him.
please get me some rhubarb pie"
said he
I'm afraid we amt got any rhubarb
pie" she 6rawled.
He took another glance at the list.
well. get me some squash pie,
please"
I'VE haven't got that, either"
Berry pie?"
NO"
Lemon pie?"
mo"
Chocolate pie?"
Pm sorry, we"
We'll, what on earth are they all
written down here for? On to-day's
bill of fare, tool"
well, I'll tell you," said the girl,
apologetically. THAT list is always
written down there for show when
we have mince pie, because when we
have mince pie no one asks for any
thing else"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
WHEN SENTENCE is DEATH.
Various Forms of Capital Punishment
the World Over.

A correspondent is DESTROYS to know
which is the most common form en-
ployed in the carrying out of the
death sentence. The probability is
that most people, If asked, would at
once say the gallows: yet this is far
from being the case
The favorite mode appears to be the
guillotine. which is employed publicly
In France, Belgium, Denmark, Han
over and two cantons of Switzerland;
and privately in Bavaria, Saxony and
also in two cantons of Switzerland.
The CHEEKY gallows comes next in
the running and is favored publicly in
Austria, Portugal and Russia; and pri-
vately in Great Britain and the United
States of America.
Death by the sword obtains in Is
cantons in Switzerland; in China and
Russia publicly and in Prussia pri-
vately Ecuador, Oldenburg and Rus
STA have adopted the musket, all pub
licly; while in China they have strang-
ulation by the cord, and in Spain the
garrote, both public; and in Brunswick
death by the ak, and by the electric
chair In New York.
In Italy there Is no capital punish
ment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09

household. and that among the duties
estate Is that Of praCtlClng iudlClOuS
economy-buying where he can buy
the cheapest and to the best advan-
tage. And this brings us to the sec
oEd point in the argument-the para
mount question in this commercial
age-.'WiIl it pay?"
By most people an affirmative an
swer to that question is accepted as
the call OF duty. AS matter Of fact.
VIII it pay?" is good test to apply
to any project or proposition. There
are commercial, as well as political,
demagoguas, and the man who is APP
peaIed to on the score of patriotism
or profit, dGty or dollars, can scarcely
do better than to sit down by himself
and submit that question-"Will it
pay ?''-to his own best judgment
Provided always, that he goes to the
very bottom of it.
What are the relative advantages Of
buying at the local store and ordering
from catalogue house? Advantages,
understand, that figure in the ques-
ton, win it pay?" Don't get away
from that question. 1t certainly is
very comfortable to sit down by your
own fireside and select dress pattern
or a sulky pillow from printed des-
cription and picture of the article;
much more comfortable, in fact, than
hitching up and driving to town on a
raw day.
consideration more important,
perhaps, is that the printed price in
the catalogue seems, in some cases at
least, to be lower than the price
quoted at the local store. lsa't that
conclusive? Let's see. The catalogue
describes the goods and quotes a
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
A Dog Worth Knowing.

Two years ago q boy ii years old
named Edward Sweeney, living at Op-
elika, Ala, was followed home by q
small dog. The animal was bob
tailed and squint-eyed and by no
means good looking, and the boy was
laughed at for having him around.
Within q week, however, the dog
brought home five-dollar bill In his
mouth The next week he brought q
silver dollar. Then he brought q
pocket knife. and followed that with
. dollar bill There has hardly been
. week in these two years that the dog
has not found something. He makes
Il his bustHses 70 haAt the streets and
Highways. AID often travels q distance
of 30 miles. Up to the present date
he has found and brought home $sS
in cash. besides many useful ssssiiRgs.-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09

last evening from ten days absence,
during which time she visited White
water, where homecoming jubilee
was celebrated last week. She reports
most excellent time. 1t was the seven
tieth anniversary OF thu coming of the
first white man to whst is now White
water. The speaker on July 4th, the
great day of the event, was James Ham
ilton Lewis of Chicago, noted oratog.
Among other speakers were Bishop
Follows, ex Gov. Hoard. Col Watrous,
exGov. Peck and others.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
TWO BIG QUESTIONS
THE MORAL OBLIGATION" AND
docs 1T PAY?v
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
An Honest Answer to These VIII
Keep the Trade with the
Home Merchant Every
Tir,a

Copyrighted, 1906, by Alfred C. Clark
When the thrifty person or his wife
sits down for the first time-or any
time-with the mail order catalogue
and its temptations, there are two.
and only two. points to be taken into
consideration.
One of these is moral obligation,
and the chances are that that will be
dismissed as sentimental nonsense.
The other is--Will it pay? and to
that the thrifty person will be in
clined to interpret an answer from the
prices quoted in black-faced figures IN
the catalogue.
Neither of these questions should
be lightly dismissed Moral obliga-
ton is not sentimental nonsense, and
black-faced figures sometimes lie.
The duty a man owes to his own
community and his obligation to trade
at home are SO often reiterated in the
country press that, possibly like some
of the preaching, it has a tendency
to harden the hearts of the sinners.
What has your neighboring town