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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
Jewel for Child Heroine.

Ethel Johnson, child heroine OF
the Columbia disaster, has received a
magnificent butterfly of gold and dia-
monds from an unknown admirer, ac-
cord to a Portland correspondent of
the Seattle Times.
1t was taken to the home of r. R.
Dingle, where the little girl is stop
ping, on Saturday by jewelry store
employee. There was no note of ex-
PLANTATION, no signature, telling who
was the sender of so magnificent a
gift, merely the words, From Port
land admirer."
Little EtAal Johnson saved two lives
In the Columbia disaster. She rescued
her child companion, Effie Gordon, and
held her above water until taken
aboard a life boat.
While struggling with her compan-
ion a man who could scarcely swim
was also saved by her. He seized hold
upon her and was also held above the
water by her childish efforts. Perhaps
this man sent the present.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
The Teddy Bear Must Go.

When calm and broad-minded OBJ
server of manners and morals like Arch
bishop Messmer pronounces against the
Teddy Bear fad, on the ground that it
tends TO supplant the material instinct
with a futile fondness for animal pets,
it is high time for parents to abandon
the purchase of the Teddy Bear.
There is another ground of objection
to the Teddy Bear fad than that occu-
pied by his grace the Archbishop. At
convention of school teachers in New
York city several weeks ago woman
teacher of wide experience said that the
innovation of Teddy Bears would more
than counteraet all that can be done in
the manual training department of the
schools to make the rising generation
of women handy with the needle"
Girls who loYe dolls are easily taught
how to sew. They apply themselves to
the care of their dolls wardrobeS with
an aSSiduity that develops capabilities
and habits afterward useful in caring
for the wardrobes of the households over
whose well.being fate calls them to pre-
side. To little girlwith a doll, sewing
is play; but the case is different with one
whose toy companion requires no cloth
ing. To the little girl with Teddy
Bear sewing is apt to seem a task aud
to be taken up with reluctance. There
fore argued the teacher referred to. the
thrift or unthrift of future households
may depend upon whether or not the
girls who will conduct them play with
dolls or with Teddy Bears while they
are young.
Il would seem that the Teddy Bear
should be promptly discarded. Even
ing Wisconsin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
Did DUTY Under Difficulties.

A gatekeeper In the employ of the
Hessian railway company was recent
ly the hero of an amusing incident
His wife being i'll, he went himself to
milk the goat, but the stubborn crea-
ture would not let him come near it.
as il had always been accustomed to
have this operation performed by its
mistress. After many fruitless efforts,
he at length decided to put on his
wife's clothes. The experiment sue
ceeded admirably. but the man had
not time to doff his disguise before
the train approached, and the gate
keeper ran p his accustomed post
His appearance produced quite a SEN
sation upon the officials of the pass
ing train. The case was reported and
an inquiry instituted, which, however,
resulted in his favor, as the railway
authorities granted the gatekeeper a
gratuity Of 10 marks for his faithful
discharge of his duties.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
Some Plain Truths.

"A vice president of the great trust
company with more than 100000 of
deposits which has been ruined by its
own official, blames for its downfall
'one man. The man he means is the
president, not of the wrecked and mis-
handled trust company, but of the ma
tion-Mr. Roosevelt.
at is for such folly to cease. The
people are in no mood to listen to it
with patience; and let us once more
remind these gentry of high finance
that upon the patience of the people,
upon their thrift, upon their confidence,
rests the structure of business credit.
These are its base; the apex is relatively
unimportant.
"What is the situation? The country
is prosperous. The west overnows with
optimism. The railroads cannot handle
their business. Foreign exchange is
turning heavily in our favor And a
few men have been caught gambling
with other peoples money and properly
disciplined therefore, the innocent as
usual suffering with the guilty.
ITO trip the policeman and let the
thief escape is not the prudent part.
To re-erect the shaken structure of
public confidence less shrieking at ex-
ecutives is needed and more obedience
to law. There is high railroad authority
for the statement that state regulation,
that the fixing of rebates, that the cut
ting off of free-pass and private car
graft, that the restoration of competi-
tive conditions are not alone justice to
the consumer but favorable to sound
finance. The same will be true of ener-
getic reforms within the state.
LET there be no lodging of the issue.
Frenzied finance is the culprit at the
bar. He is no patriot, and but little of
a tinaneier, who rails at honest
measures to cure admitted Ills instead
of manfully upholding them, whether
they be salutary acts of clearing house
committees of the efforts of public
officials to enforce the law IN. Y.
World.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
John Knox, Prophet.

John Knox, the reformer, would
seem to have possessed in no ordinary
degree the spirit of prediction and to
have foretold with accuracy not only
certain remarkable events of public
Importance, but also the ultimate fate
of certain individuals. Thus when con-
demned to the galleys at Mochelle he
took his sentence with the greatest
composure, merely remarking that in
spite of it he would within two or
three years, preach the Gospel IA ST.
Giles, Edinburgh" This prediction,
most improbable of accomplishment
at the time it was uttered, was after
wards literally fulfilled. Knox predict
ed with accuracy the deaths of
Thomas Maitland and Kirkcaldy of
Grange, aid soiemnly warned the re-
gent, Murray, not to go on to Linlith-
gov, as if he did so he would there
meet his death. The regent disregard
ed the warning and did meet with the
fate of which Knox had forewarned
him.-Exchange
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
Foreign.
Gunnar Alinio Gave Gryce
Wilhelm Stegemann.
TURKEY OUR NoBLEsT BIRD.
Crossing with the Wild Species tc
Improve Market Product.

The most notable American bird in
the farm category is the turkey, grow
ing as he does to the great weight of
80 and even 40 pounds, and losing
nothing in flavor and toothsomeness.
Likewise, the most regal of our re-
naming game girds is his blood broth
er, the wild turkey, from which he has
descended.
There is perhaps no instance where
domestication has scored so little in
improvement as with the turkey. In
fact, in some respects the tanning and
breeding have hurt instead of helped
the species.
No prize domestic gobbler is ever
so beautifully marked or so resplend-
ent with feathers of black shaded with
rich bronze and Illuminated with
lustrous finish of FURNISHED copper as
is the typical wild turkey, while the
vigor and vitality of the wild bird is
such that to this day we strengthen
the most virile of our bronze turkeys
by an infusion of the wild blood.
Rhode Island stands for the best
ip turkey production. The last cen
sus shows less than 100000 turkeys
in the United States and only about
5000 produced annually in Rhode Is
land, yet, according to a turkey ex-
pert, If all the turkeys of the coun-
try were of such good quality as
Rhode Islands, their total value would
be doubled
According to the department of ag-
riculture, the growing of turkeys has
greatly improved during the last few
years as a result of a determined eff
fort on the part of producers of
standard bred" stock to demonstrate
that it is much more profitable to use
pure breeding stock than the smaller
and less vigorous stock of times
past.
The wild turkey is also being used
to instill further new vigorous blood
into the bronze flocks. Inbreeding is
the fatal defect among the practice
Of many turkey growers.
The fact that turkeys will from the
time that they are six weeks old I'M
til winter gain the greater part of
their entire living from bugs, insects,
grasshoppers and waste grain assures
their existence during this period at
little or no cost to the grower where
there is a sufficient range for the
birds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05

The Fond du Lac grocers are about
to organize to protect themselves
against dead beats and to otherwise i'm
prove conditions in their business. The
professional dead beat has hard time
of it these days. There was time
when people of this stamp could get
along for months without paying bill.
They transferred their patronage from
ope store to another, making the
changes whenever the merchant began
TO insist on seeing the color of his money.
Living on credit became fine art, and
some of the artist made considerable
pretensions in society, too. But that
day has gone. The family that succeeds
in getting much the best of the grocer
or butcher or drygoods man now is the
exception.-Fond du Lac Reporter
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
TOO SURE OF HER CATCH.
How Young Woman Just Missed Hc5s;;.
ing Prize of the Season.

Walter Rothschild, the richest bach
elor in England, had close call with
matrimony when he was q young man.
A designing mamma had managed to
get the heir to the Rothschild millions
interested in her daughter, and the
daughter did all she could to lead the
interest up to the point of marriage
proposal. One night, at watering
place, after Rothschild had retired to
his room, he heard voices under his
window which he recognized as those
of the young lady and her mamma.
Has he proposed YETI" asked the old
woman. Not yet" answered the
daughter, 'but I'll have him hooked be-
fore long, if only can endure his con-
versatioR. Tonight he bored me almost
to death talking about his kangaroos."
Il am sorry" said Rothschild, putting
his head out of the window, ito have
bored you with tales of my animals.
Forgive me, l shall never do so again"
And he never did.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
THE LAY OF THE HEN.
Six Hundred Eggs Are Due from
Small Fowl.

How many eggs is men wound up
to lay during the term of her natural
life, do you suppose?" SAID the man
who has investigated. mo idea, Ell?
Well, sir, good, healthy hen-not
speaking of any particular breed. but
just hen-a good, healthy hen does not
fulfill her destiny until she has turned
out 600 eggs-ffty dozen. That's what
Nature has fitted a hen to do in the
way of eggs, and she gives her eight
years to do it in," says a writer in
Browning's Magazine.
"The first year of her egg-produc-
ing life hen lays only 20 eggs, but In
the three succeeding years she rolls
up the score of $40. This leaves only
230 that she must give that many
cackles for In the remaining years
that she must stand on duty in that
line, and she divides the task among
those four years so that in the eighth
year she lays only 20 eggs again-the
number she started in with. Then she
has ended her career as an egg pro-
Queer, and too often, If she is in the
hands of thrifty owner, begins an
other career, short and delusive-this
time as the summer-boarder spring
chicken.
"And speaking of eggs, there Is lot
about them, familiar as they are to ev-
erybody, that people don't suspect.
Now, here's an egg that would be
rooster if it was Matched. Wrinkled
eggs hold ROSTERS in e.nbryo. A pro-
toplastic hen turks IL the egg with a
smooth-end shell.
There is water a-pienty in an egg.
but no more air than there is in a
hammer. So long as you can keep air
out of your egg it will remain sweet
and fresh, but no one has ever sue
ceeded in keeping it out by fair
means more than six days. The insid-
ious oxygen is bound to find it's way
through an egg-shells pores, and the
only way to save that egg Is to eat 1t.
1t sounds funny, but the instant you
give an egg fresh air that instant you
ruin its health"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
FooIhardv Fame,

An Italian, whose name is of no con-
sequence, has climbed to the summit
Of one of the three highest peaks OF
the Mont Blanc range, called the
Dame Anglaises. This peak is 11,400
feet high, and the last 1000 feet of
the ascent was over smooth and
practically perpendicular rock. 1t re-
quired II hours to make it, and when
done the man of misdirected energy
and enterprise actually thought he had
achieved fame. But, after all, what
sort of fame is it? The man had risk
ed his life to accomplish, what? To
be able to say he had climbed to
spot on the mountains that no other
person ever did! 1t is the sort of fame
gained by the youth who fired the
Ephesian dome. 1t will be remember
ed as an act from which no useful
consequences can flow and in which
life was recklessly imperiled in order
that fool might cry out, Il did it,"
In the feat there was no contribution
to science, to morals or to the gener-
al knowledge of the world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

The following marriage licenses were
granted the past week by the county
clerk:
Anton Klimek to Pauina Gwidt, both
of the city
Geo Sautner, city, to Lena Toltz-
mann, village of Unity
Peter Hettinga to Anna TIE Paska,
both of the town of Easton.
Geo. J Zentzki, of Abbotsford, Clark
corniy, to Gusta Miskie, town of Hol-
ton.
Wallace Grover, Stevens Point, to
Ella Anderson, city of Wausau
John Gorski, city of Wausau, to
Antonio Nevinski, town of Norrie.
Grover F. Sexton to Grace E.
Meservey, both of the city.
Jos. Jozwiak to Antonio Stanka, both
of Pike Lake.
Leo Nut er, town of Wausau. to Mary
Kluender, town of Easton
John Ninz to Lizzie Schmitz, both of
the city.
Frank Howe to Rosa Ramthun, both
of the city.
Jos. Schwartz, Ironwood, Mich, to
Emma Gross, city.
Chas Christian to Anna Kruger,
both of the town Of Maine.
Jacob Schaumberger to Ella Tessmer,
both of the city
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
SEWER NOTICE.
Hearing by the Board of Public
Works.

The Board of Public Works has filed
and deposited with the city clerk of the
city of Wausau, an abstract and copy
of its full report showing the expense
of and its assessments thereof of the
lots, land and property, AUDITING to
and benefited by the construction of
sewer mains in the following streets in
the city of Wausau: Fourth avenue,
Humboldt avenue, Bells street and Wal
ton st. Any and all persons interested
in lots, land and property affected by said
assessment, and having objection there
to, must file said objection in writing
and under oath with the said board
within twenty (2O) days after the first
publication of this notice. The said
board will meet to consider any and all
objections, November 10Th, 1907, in the
office of the Board of Public Works OF
the city of Wausau, from o'clock a. m.
until O'Clock p. m. of said day.
Dated this 9TH day of November, A. d.
1907. M. IL. DUNCAN,
e.. A. NUTTER,
H. E. MARoUARDT,
Board of Public Works.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05

The late Senator Pettus Of Alabama
was a ''Forty-niner," going overland
to California in the early days and en-
gaging in placer mining. He took with
him on that long and tedious journey
three books, the Bible, Shakespeare
and Burns poems.
He said of them at one time not
long since: Il read the Bible from
cover to cover: read the side notes:
! read the captions of the chapters: l
learned great parts of it by heart, and
I haven't forgotten them yet. learned
many Of Burns poems by heart and
much of Shakespeare in the same way,
too" Such reading of these three
books was an education In itself. It
Is not likely that many miners en-
gagged in that search for wealth spent
their leisure in as profitable a way.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
Nineteen-Hour DAYS.

Our hours" said a nature stud
ent, ARE nothing to the birds. Why,
some birds work in the summer 10
hours day. Indefatigably they clear
the crops of insects.
The thrush gets up at 2:30 every
summer morning. He rolls up his
sleeves and falls to work at once. And
he never stops till $50 at night. A
clean 10 hours. During that time he
feeds his voracious young 20e times
The blackbird starts work at the
same time as the thrush. but he LAYS
of earlier. His whistle blows at 1880.
and during his 17-kour day he sets
about 100 meals before his Riddles.
The titmouse is up and about by 8
mouse is said to feed his young, AIT
in the morning. and his stopping time
is 8 at night. A fast worker, the tit
neals-meals of caterpillar mainly
in the long, hard, hot day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
Tbouobt brakeman steered.

The little girl had become well &C
quainted with automobiles long before
she had ridden in a railroad train, and
she had even attempted to help her
father steer on the family's automo-
bile trips. When she clambered on the
steam cars for the first time she was
much excited and her questions fair
ly tumbled over themselves. Finally
she noticed the brakeman turning the
wheel between the two cars. She
watched him approvingly for few
minutes and then as he suddenly left
the wheel she grasped her father in
alarm.
Tell him to go back, papa; he must
go back" she shouted.
Papa looked at her in amazement.
who must go back, Dorothy?" he
asked.
why, the man who steers" she
said breathlessly. He's left the wheel
and we'll run off the track"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
FREE LECTURE ON FORESTRY.

Thomas Elmer Will, secretary of the
American Forestry association, will de-
liver a free lecture at the opera house
next Thursday evening, November 18th,
on the preservation of the forests, illu
strated- by stereopticon views. Mr..
viii is scheduled to give three lectures
in Wisconsin and Wausau is TO be con-
graduated on securing one of those
through the perseverance of several
leading citizens. Our country has its
national forestry reserves in the West
in which great interest is now being
taken. Our own state now has forest
reserves and Mr.. Wills lectures are for
the purpose of creating public senti-
ment in favor of saving the forests. 1t
is a question of absorbing interest
throughout our country and the people
of Wausau should fill the opera house
on that evening.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
IDENTIFYING ~. s." ANIMALS.
System Of Branding Authorized by
the Army Regulations.

Whenever you see the letters 70.
s. branded on the left fore shoulder
of an animal make up your mind at
once that that beast is or was at one
time the property of our rich old
Uncle SAM" says the Washington
Post
Then, again, il you know the key
to the system of branding utilized
by the quarteT1naster's department,
u. S. A., you would in moment be
able to tell the organization of the
army to which that animal was as
signed Immediately after purchase by
the government
Last October, when the army OF
Cuban pacification was being en-
barked from Newport News, Va, many
of the army horses and mules await
ing shipment became mixed with
those of other organizations, but it
only needed the knowledge of Sergt.
Casey to decipher the hoof brands and
dispatch the animals to their proper
organizations. In other words, these
brands serve as identification tags"
Branding public animals is not a
matter of choice, but is provided for
by the army regulations. which directs
that public animals shall, upon the
day received, be branded with the let
tiers u. s. ON the left fore shoulder.
Horses assigned to organizations will
also be branded on the hoof of one
forefoot, one and one-half inches be-
low the cronet, with the designation
of the company. Branding irons of
uniform size and design will be sup
piled by the euartermaster's depart
ment. Letters u. S. to be two inches
in height. Letters and numbers of
hoof brands on the same line to be
three-fourths of an inch high, the let
ter to precede the number, and blocked
SO as to penetrate the hoof one-six-
teenth of an inch. For example, the
hoof brands on horses assigned to
band, Ninth cavalry, would be CB9;
to troop A, Fifth cavalry, would be
AS; to Company A, battalion of en-
gineers, would be BEA"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
Commas Points and Health,


A quaint theory is that of French
mystic, who holds that the four
points of the compass have an infiu-
ence on human health and well-being.
Travelling west, asserts this author
ity, induces melancholy; travelling
eastward brings a cheerfulness; south
ward, languor and irritability; and
northward, calmness. 1t is a question
of electrical currents, and the influ-
ence is felt not only when travelling,
but also when at home. The best pos
ture for working is to face either
north or east. In these positions you
receive positive waves of electricity,
the negative currents coming from
the other two points, south and west.
Even the sleep is improved, it seems,
II the foot of the bed be turned to the
north or east. To sleep in the contrary
position induces nightmare and gen.
eral uneasiness.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
VIRTUES OF CEDAR CHESTS.
Give Immunity Against Moths Only
for Short Time.

THE old-time cedar chests are COM
ing into favor again" says the man
ager of q department store. They
have never been entirely disused,
though the call for them has not been
brisk for many years. Still. once In
awhile, a customer would come in
and refuse TO be satisfied with any
thing but cedar chest The idea was
that the resinous odor Of the cedar
kept away moths, and that clothing
packed in q cedar box was forever Sc
cure against any damage by destruc-
tive insects. The notion, however, is
true only in part A new cedar chest
does confer partial immunity for wool
en- goods; but in the course OF few
years, the cedar LOSES its fragrance
and is no more of protection than
box made of pine or any other wooc-
b. the idea cannot be got out OF the
peoples heads that the odor of cedar
is the death of moths, and as long as
they believe it and also use plenty OF
camrhor, as most Of them do, the be
lief In the efficiency of the cedar
does no possible harm"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
A Rouuh PASSAGE.

Jacob Hope, the head of Philadel-
phia's photograph school for parrots,
said the other day:
There are worse things than a
swearing parrot, and one was brought
over on a German boat last month.
His owner, a sailor. swore that this
travelled bird knew no profanity, and
a lady bought him.
But she had to bring him to me.
The parrot, though he didn't swear,
had evidently spent most of his time
on shipboard in the ladies' saloon, for
what he would do was this:
For hours at time he would
choke and gasp and hiccough as II
he'd never stop. and then he'd sing out
feebly, 'Steward-huckes.."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
PAVING NOTICE.
Hearing by the Board of Public
Works.

The board of public works has filed and de-
posted with the city clerk, of the city of Wau
sau, an abstract of and copy of its full report,
showing the expense of and its assessments
thereof upon the lots, land and property abut
ting to and benefited by the paving of fifth
street from the south line of Washington street
to the G. NJ. d st P. tracks, and Third street
from the c. NJ. a. st. P. tracks north to
Bridge street. in the city of WausaH.
Any and all persons interested in lots,
land and property affected by said assess
ment, and having objection thereto, must file
said objection in writing and under oath with
the said board within twenty (20) days after the
first publication OF this notice.
The said board VIII meet to consider any and
all objections November D. 1907, in the Office
of the Board of Public Works of the city of
Wausau, from O'Clock a IN. until O'Clock p
m of said day.
Dated this 5th day of Nov. A. d. 1907.
NJ. II. DUNCAN.
C. A. NUTTER,
III. f. MARQUARDT.
Board of Public Works.