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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20

Niece, the little Miss Alma, who was
still staring at the cablegram.
"Well, l am sure l ocn't know"
Syendsen said. Perhaps his wife, per-
haps his sweetheart, perhaps some ne
gro girl he has bought in New York.
One can't tell, but we shall find out
soon enough when he is here"
eyes, of course" said Mrs. Svendsen,
"but 1t seems rather strange; he has
never written of her before"
"Of course he hasn't" old Svendsen
replied, don't you see he wants to
surprise us"
Every morning and evening they
looked in the papers for news of the
boat and in the morning the day be-
fore Christmas it was reported passing
Elsinore.
IN the evening as the church bells
,himed and every one in the little town
was hurrying to the cathedral, hymn
book ia hand, George Svendsen arrived
In his native town, which he had not
seen for four years.
II call that to be on time" cried old
Syendsen, as he clasped his big, strong,
handsome boy in his arms. II suppose
you are a real Yankee now, but l hope
YOU have not forgotten how to speak
Danish"
You bet your life, father. talk
Danish as we'll as ever"
And he did talk Danish. and had to
talk Danish TO every one he met on the
way from the station to his old home.
When he came in and found his own
room just as he had left 1.-THE old
iron bed. the ship on the wardrobe,
and grandma's portrait on the wall
he came near crying with Joy, big fell
low though he was.
And then they sat down TO the rice
porridge With the hidden almond, the
roast goose stuffed with apples and
prunes, and he must ask them to stor
asking so many questions that he might
get little time to enjoy his dinner. but
they did not give him time. Only
Alma sat silent, waiting for the word
which was 10 solve the great riddle
which tore at her very heartstrings
But the word did cot come. Just as
dinner was ever the door bell rang and
old Neils, the only expressman in town
began to carry up boxes and trunks
one after the other.
George told where everything was tc
so. mixing English words into his Dan
ish every little while. He got hammer
and nail pullers and then the surprises
began TO come.
He ran back and forth between his
room and the dining room, where stood
the Christmas tree. and every moment
one heard. "oh. thank you. George
Isn't that lovely. Oh. It's too much
How could you carry all that along
Is there more yet7-
"Oh, but that is funny Peter ex
claimed. He had got a luan In al
automobile that ran around the floor
The best OF ali comes later. mus
get that from the depot myself
And before they knew it he was on
or the door. The members of the fam
lily stared at one another. Alma look
ed sad and worried.
There he is gone before one has has
q chance to talk word with him." oil
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
ZIG FIRE Ar ToMAHAwk.


Blaze in Mammoth Tannery Causes
Loss of 100000.
The Tomahawk tannery of the United
States Leather Company was destroyed
BY fire. causing a loss of 100000, on
buildings. machinery, finished sole leather
and hides in the process of tanning. The
loss is covered by insurance. The plant
employed 200 men. The only part of the
mammoth plant saved from destruction
was the Office. electric power house, raw
hide storage house and the bark yards.
The yards contain about $1,000 cords of
tan bark alone, valued at $125,000.' The
plaEt will probably be rebuilt. Yhe COM
pany owns large tracts of hemlock tim
Der in the district from which a supply
of tan bark can be secured for many
years. \ convenient water power sup
plies cheap auxiliary power system. The
cause of the fire is unknown. 1t is be-
lieved to have been started by match
thrown away by a workman when chang
ing his clothes preparatory to departure
for home.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
Notes of current EVENT..

Women make big hit in Wisconsin as
real hired farm hands"
Secretary Cortelyou is at work pre-
Kinley.
New York surgeons restore the sense
of smell TO a patient by removing piece
of the skull.
Clothes of some Americans at Ambas-
sador Reds reception aroused derision
Of English tailors.
The tobacco plant has grown larger
and more profuse in the United States
than in any other country.
Gov. r. B. Glenn of North Carolina is
to be one of the chief speakers at the an
lual dinner of the Brooklyn Democratic
Club at the Brighton Beach hotel on Aug
26.
Money is 50 plentiful in Chicago that
one man. arrested in Milwaukee, says he
picked up $3.50 or the streets Of that
CITY: another man strolIs through the
levee with $3.50 and is not moleSted
carry the mail from kiffe to Siernal Hill.
and Georgia mas woman mail carrier
who travels a 40-mile route tri-weekly,
besides managing large farm.
Nahum 2. Humphrey, 81 years old. OF
Springfield. Mass. claims TO be the only
man now living who shook hands with
Gen. Lafayette when that worthy attend.
ed the dedication of the Bunker Hill
monument.
William L. King western manager Of
the Providence. Washington and presi-
dent of the Fire Underwriters Associa-
ton of the Northwest, died at Battle
Creek
Rev. Dr. Charles Aked, pastor of John
D. Roekefeller's church in New York.
Delighted in possession of his first cifi-
xenship papers scores England and com
pares King Edward to a tomcat.
In a fight between men of the United
states hattIeship Maine and the eouduc-
sor Of beach wagon" at Newport News.
Va. Garrett Walsh. fireman of the Maine
sas killed and Chief Master at Arms I.
E. Maddox and Chief Baker ]. Mackor-
Gan wers injured
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
| BRING MARY ALONG

When Peter Svendsen, dealer in gen
eral merchandise, in the little Danish
town of Roskilde, ell tered his Office in
the morning his clerk handed him
cablegram from New York.
Now in Svendsen's business cable
grams were few and far between, so ne
nervously turned the yellow envelope
several times between his fingers and
read the address twice before he open
ed the message. But when he did and
saw the few words it contained, his
kind Old face beamed with Joy so that
the clerk Immediately felt sure that
now was his chance m ask for a raise,
which he promptly did with gratifying
result:
The cablegram read:
cam coming with Christmas boat,
bringing Mary alongl George"
So swiftly had old SYendsen never
run up the stairs to his apartments
above the store and nearly losing his
slippers he rushed through all the
rooms, shouting, George is coming
with the Christmas boat"
Mrs. Svendsen, who was putting up
the lunch for her 11-year-old by, Peter,
came running In from the kitchen. Pc
ter forgot all about o'clock and school
and stood staring at his father with
open mouth. Peeping through the
kitchen door stood Ane, the girl of all
work, whose joy was almost as great
as the members of the family.
Old Peter Svendsen danced around
the dining room, like a Sioux Indian on
the warpath, swinging the cablegram
above his head, until he at last, ex-
hausted, fell down in the armchair
In the moment when a young girl,
blushing like a rose, came running and
snatched the message from his hand.
Her eyes filed with tears of joy, and
her heart beat like trip hammer as
she too took up the refrain: George
is coming with the Christmas boat"
But suddenly her expression changed
and her voice almost failed her as she
said: "He is bringing Mary along"
Eyes, he is bringing Mary" Svendsen
repeated. He was still oyerjoyed
But who is MaryY' Mrs. Svendsen
asked, looking from her husband to her
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
POST 81, 900 GUARANTEES.

Adventist Minister Wants Proof
that Sunday Is the sabbath.
Revs. s. Swinton and Byron Post, two
Seventh Day Adyentists, have made
guarantee of $1,000 reward to anyone for
a text from the Bible authorizing the OBJ
seryance of the first day Of the week.
known as Sunday. The Seventh Day Adj
ventists have been holding revival meet
ings at Chippewa Falls during the past
four weeks, and last week revival SER
vices were being held by Rev. Taubman
in one of the local churches. Rev. Taub-
man maintains that Sunday is the Sab
bath. In order to clinch the argument of
the Seventh Day Adyentists, Rev. Swim
ton and Post came forward with the
$1,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
BIRDS CAN'T DECK HATS.
New Law Said to Prohibit Their Use
as a Decoration

The wearing oS birds or parts of birds
on women's bonnets is unlawful in the
State of Wisconsin. This is the effect of
the statute enacted by the last negisla-
ture, as viewed By A. c. Titus, first as
sistant Attorney General. The law in
question is chapter ga of the laws of
1907 providing that mo person shall
within the State of Wisconsin, kill, catch
or have in his or her possession, living
or dead, any wild bird other than a game
bird, nor shall purchase. offer or expose
for sale any such wild bird after it has
been caught. No part of the plumage,
skin or body of any bird protected by
this section shall be sold or had in pos
session for sale"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
womAn's mHUmAN1rY TO WOMAN.

Mans humanity to man was suggested to me
as a subject for paragraph by gentleman who
feels that he has suffered more than his share of
the unmerciful chatting that men give
other in what they term "a good natured way"
The gentleman mentioned has rather more
pronounced than the average, and he declares
that he HIS suffered untold agonies through the
tests his friends are continually making about
this prominent feature.
have always thought that the frankness Of
in speaking to each other is largely prefer
able to the hypocritical style Of the fair sex,
and that woman's inhumanity to woman is far
deeper and further reaching than mans inhu-
mainly TO man In this respect Mankind retains
a much larger proportion of the child in his ma
ture throughout life than does, and,
though the truth of children and fools cuts deep,
it does not make the ranking wound that the
secret thrust of some refined and subtle enemy
docs
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
QUITS SOCIETY TO AID KOREA.
Wealthy Wisconsin Girl VIII Go to
Hermit Kingdom MfssfOnarY.

Miss Callie Babcock, Neenah, daughter
of II. Babcock, treasurer of the Kimberly
Clark Paper Company, which controls
more paper mills than any company in
the West. has given up society to undergo
the privations of a missionary in the
Orient. Miss Babcock took post-gradu-
ate work in the University of Chicago
There she met a student from Korea,
and his stories of the conditions in the
hermit kingdom led her to decide to be
a missionary. She will SAIL it is under
stood, in September for Korea.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
Cat Ruins Marital Career.

A marriage resulting from a matri-
monial advertisement in a Milwaukee
German newspaper had its sequel in the
County Court at Waukesha. where The
resa Herring was divorced from Gott-
heb Herring OF Muskegon. and received
S125 alimony A French cat played an
important part in the proceedings, the de-
PENDANT alleging that the plaintiff insist
ed on having the feline sleep with her
and that he objected to its crawling over
him during the night.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
Cold STORAGE for Apples.


The farmers of the West are In
debted to the Illinois Experiment Sta
ton for the results of an experiment
that has been going on for some years
to determine the most practical method
Of cold storage of apples
While it is somewhat of trick In
good deal Of our territory to grow
the finest quality of winter apples,
there is little difficulty in growing such
sorts as the Duchess of Oldenburg and
other fall apples. Farmers here and
there in Iowa have adopted the plan
of putting these In cold storage, 50
that they can be sold at a profit and
sometimes this profit has been very
siderable.
The object of the Illinois Station has
been to determine whether the CONNER
cial grower Of apples, or an individual
farmer, or several farmers together,
could afford to construct a cold-storage
house with a capacity of from 1000
to 5000 barrels, depending upon ice
and natural temperature for cooling the
same, and do so at a profit. We do
not go into the details of the expert
ment, but simply give the conclusions
based on the experience of several
years as follows:
Il. A storage-house having a capac-
ity of 1000 to 5000 barrels and de-
pendent upon ice and natural temper
allure for cooling the same, may be con-
structed for $4,000. Such a house
will provide grower or a community
of growers, cold-storage facilities APP
proximatlng that found in refrigerating
plants at cost not to exceed twenty
cents a barrel.
so. The smaller grower cannot af-
ford to insulate an underground cell
lar, as such places are poorly adapted
to keeping apples compared to other
cold-storage houses.
-. The best temperature for keep
ing apples is 81 degrees.
n Fruit keeps when allowed to
mature, provided it does not become too
ripe.
80. Delay in sorting fruit after pick
ing results in greater loss than wh-re
fruit is stored directly.
"6. 1t is indicated that newspapers,
either printed or imprinted, are the
most efficient wrappers for apples
placed in cold storage
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
saving sweet Potato crop.

Professor G.. W. Carver, director of
the Tuskegee Institute, of Alabama, has
been experimenting for five years TO
discover the best way of saving sweet
potatoes. His conclusions are, that the
belief that many people have that sweet
potatoes will not keep unless planted,
dug and banked during certain phases
of the moon, is all wrong.
Immature potatoes are subject to
all kinds of diseases which attack the
tubers when stored. Professor Carver
makes the following suggestions for
caring for the crop:
Dig when both the air and ground
are dry.
Remove the vines with a sharp hoe
or vine cutter Cure the vines and
store them away They make excel
lent hay.
Dig before the frost Injuries the vines
to any extent.
Dig in the morning and allow the
potatoes to lie out all day.
Gather in baskets or boxes holding
not more than one bushel each.
Handle with great care, as they are
easily bruised, and every injury les
sens their keeping qualities.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
MILWAUKEE AUTO KILLS.
Rescuer smnshes Car In Order to Re-
lease Victims.

lease Victims.
One Milwaukee man was instantly
killed and three others probably fatally
injured in an automobile accident at
Brookheld Corners. the machine contain
ing the four men going into a ditch. The
men were in the automobile owned by
Alderman John KoerI of Milwaukee.
koerner, however. was in another ma
chine, which was leading the way On 4
trip to Okauchee, Wis, twenty-five miles
west 1t is supposed that the steering
gear of the Koerner machine became Jam
med At Brookfeld Corners. cross road
between isrookfeld junction and Elm
Grove. tie car left the road and was over
turned ia the ditch. The four occupants
Of the machine were pinned under the
heavy ear. After calling for doctors.
Edward Bach, a Milwaukee automobiles.
who discovered the injured men. smashed
the machine Off the bodies of the injured
and hurried them TO the hospital.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
BIG CRANBERRY CROP.
Will Be as Large or Larger than
PreviOuS Years.

From the cranberry marshes comes the
encouraging report that the crop this
year will be as large, if not larger, than
that OF any previous year, unless some
unforeseen setback should take place The
vines all seem unusually healthy. having
survived all the early pests to the cram
berry crop. the only danger now being an
early frost. Provision against danger
from frost is made by large reservoirs,
from which the marshes can be flooded
during the night and drained off the next
morning, but the growers resort to this
protection as a last resort, since there is
danger of 'scalding'' the vines should the
overflow water be too warm
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
SHOOTS SHOW EMPLoYE.
Menominee Chief of Police Pulls Re-
vOIver on Circus Man.

Chief of Police English Of the Menomi-
nee force shot one of the employees of the
Barnum & Bailey circus in an attempt to
capture him after he had escaped. A
number of Menominee men and circus
employees became involved in a free-for-
all fight. Chief English arrested the lead
er of the circus gang. The circus men
then attacked the chief and in the mix
up the prisoner escaped. The chief fol-
lowed him, shooting twice and wounding
the man in the hip with the second shot
secreted himself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
GETTING THERE.

Dunno how the world will GO
Whether right or wrong;
But amt it just enough to know
It's goin' right along?
An be the weather dark or fair,
ForeYermore it's getting there!
The summers roses fade away,
An sad seems plain an hill;
But even the bleakest winter day
Dreams of the roses still.
An sunny day or tempest drear,
The worlds forever getting there
Atlanta Constitution.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
Railway Property Increases.

The Wisconsin State tax commission
announced that it had found the value
of railroad property in the State for tax
alton purposes this year to be $3.50, $50
600, an increase of $1S,610,5OO over that
Of last year. 1t also announced that the
rate of taxation for this property this
year will be 5000 per $1,000 of valua-
ton, as against S11.3S last year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
Fruit For the FnmiIy.

For family use there is no necessity
for having six or seven varieties of
a single kind of fruit. Early, medium
and late varieties may be used, but
it is better to have a variety of kind
that is prolific and satisfactory than
to have the land occupied with sew
eral varieties that seldom produce
crops.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
The Waiter.

of a political transaction that had a
suspicious look, Senator Beveridge said
one day:
Though in the thing there is moth
ing on which we can lay our hand. it
certainly appears fishy. 1t reminds
me of a Washington waiter.
"A gentleman. after eating good
dinner. said to this waiter:
al am sorry | can't give you a Tip.
but I find l have only Just enough
money to psv the bill
'srhe waite4 "a the bin hurriedly.
AUST let me add it UP again, sir
he muttered.- Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
Loses Leg; crawls Half Mile.

Carl Zillner, farmer, sc years of age,
living four miles south of Neillsyille had
his right leg cut off by a moving machine
while cutting hay. He crawled half
mile and hailed boy. who brought him
to the hospital. The leg and bones were
cut above the ankle as neatly as if done
by a surgeon. He may die from loss of
blood.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
Hunt Chist OF winnebaroes.

Tom Roddy. l,rown as White Buffalo.
the white chief OF the Winnebagoes. is
missing. and the Milwaukee police have
been requested to search for man. aged
IS. wearing a picturesque tan suit, a
large tan felt campaign hat, Indian bead
ed belt and moccasins
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
A rrove~b chanenrea.

1T is always the unexpected that
happens" said the man who quotes
Il don't know about that" answered
young Mrs Torkins; there is nothing
l expect less than poor Charley to come
back winner from the races Wash
ington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
Drops Dead ON the Street.

o. A. Bryant, aged 60 years, vice pres
ident of the Kaiser Lumber Company
and well known in the State, dropped
dead on the street at Chippewa Falls.
Death was due to apoplexy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
BARRIERS INCREASE PRICES.

GAINESVILLE Men Must Pay Fifteen
Cents for Shave.
GAINESVILLE BARRIERS have raised the price
of a shave from 10 to 10 cents. The
hardware stores report an unprecedented
sale of razors and strops. All the shops
have united in the move, ending a long
feud between the union and prominent
shop owner who refused to close Sunday
or at o'clock on week nights, and to
employ union labor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
oNEIDAs SELL THEIR LAND.
Farms i'm Reservation Disposed of at
Low Figures,

H1UFF
II the Oneida Indians continue to sell
their land as fast as they have the past
two weeks, it will be a comparatively
short time before the whites own the ma
jority of the Oneida reservation. located
IN Outagamie and Brown counties. Not
only is the hnd being rapidly sold by
the Indians, but it is going at what is
considered by real estate men as half its
value. Hundreds of acres have been sold
this month for $40 an acre. The Indians
are rapidly obtaining patents from the
government, and many, as soon as they
obtain their title, sell it at an unreason-
ably low price, simply because $500 or
$500 in lump looks big to them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20

When buying a milestone, don't get
one that is too coarse. One with a fine
grind will be the best by all odds. You
can't set a good edge on scythe or
anything else with coarse stone.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
Wisconsin
State News
0~o~~'
LADYsMITH EXPECTS a BOOM.
Central Is Rushing Work on DuIut
Er4ansfor. xx-a.f..h x4rsrr IL. -

Central Is Rushing Work on Duluth
Extension Which VIII Help Town.
Track laying on the Duluth extension
of the Wisconsin Central road has reach
ed point within half a mile of the
Chippewa river. Structural work on the
bridge will be commenced al once. and as
soon as the bridge can be crossed by
trains. track laying will be resumed on
the west side Of the river Ii is said that
there are nearly enough rails piled up
in the Central yards in Ladysmith to
complete the track to Duluth. Charles r.
Smith of Menasha, who owns a fargo
interest in the Menasha Wooden Ware
Company Of Ladysmith. and his associ-
ates secured charter from the last Leg
islature to dam the river where the rail-
road will cross it and there is an excel
lent water power there. 1t is expected
that thriving village will spring up
there. as there is aourishing farming
community on the west side of the river
and the land all about is good agricul-
tural soil
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
New steel plant Under Way

The first actual work on the steel cor
p3ration's S10,0000O0 plant has been be-
gun. Contractors ViergUsz nd Millen
put men at work cleariny tboss Site on the
Duluth side of the bav L Spirit lake.
Plans are being dawn Tor 100 houses
to be erected there
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20

$50 your husband lost his money on
race horseg"
No. answered young Mrs. Torkins
He lost it on an animal he thought
was race horse. Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20

Laws have recently been enforced in
a few States whereby automobilists
must stop at wave of the hand.
Formerly it was necessary to take a
shot across the front of the car to Sc
cure attention.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
Cigarmakers strike.

The cigarmakers Of Racine. numbering
about $50. went out on a strike. About
two weeks ago they presented a bin Of
prices TO the manufacturers. demanding
an increase of about 81 per one thousand
cigars
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20

When one stops to compare the
amount of close and constant attention
that the farmer must give to his work
with that which other business men
give to their respective labors there is
not so much cause to complain. The
farmer can sleep, and that is more than
the others can claim. The successful
lawyer sleeps on his manuscript, the
merchant at his desk, and so it goes.
The best species OF sleep is found on
the farm.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
VoLIvA TO LEAVE ZION.
Says Will Take Big Following and
Build New City.

Build a New City.
Refused the granting of his petition
that he be appointed by Judge Lands of
the United States District Court CO.
receiver with John G. Hately, now in
charge of Zion City property, and I'M
needed in his protests against the sale of
Zion City lace industry, Overseer Wilbur
Glenn Voliva, who usurped John Alexan-
der Dowie, asserted his defiance of the