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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
PAID TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON.
English journal ExtoIIed Virtues Of
the Great American.

The melancholy account OF the
death OF Gen. Washington was brought
by vessel from Baltimore which ar
rived on Dover, said the London Cour-
Ter OF January "a, 1900. Gen. Wash
iIgton was, we believe, In his sixty
eighth year. In voluntarily resigning
the magistracy which he has filed
with such distinguished honor he en-
jGyed the unequaled satisfaction of
leaving 20 the state he had contrib
uted to establish the fruits of his
wisdom and the example of his vir-
tues. 1t is some consolation amid
the violence of ambition and Grim
maj thirst or power OF which so many
Instances occur around US to find a
character whom it is honorable to adj
mire and yirtuous to initiate. A con-
queror for freedom of his country, a
legislator for its security, a magis-
trate for its happiness. His gIories
were never sullied by those excuses
into which the highest qualities are
apt to degenerate. With the great
est virtues he was exempt from the
corresponding vices. He was a man
TO whom the elements were so mixed
that nature might have stood up
to all the world and owned him as her
work" His fame, bounded by no
country, will be confined to no age.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Sleen and Old Ace.

There is no question that the guam
tity of sleep required steadily dimin.
ishes from infancy to old age. This
is rather interesting exception to
the general rule that. as in so many
matters, old age returns to the
needs of infancy. AS regards sleep.
old age is more remote in its needs
from infancy than is any other pc
Rod of life If elderly people oh
tain good sleep during the first few
hours and If they have not lost that
delight in reading which we all had
in youth, but which so many of us
curiously lose, their case is not to
be grieved over. The special value
Of the earliest hours Of sleep, by the
way. has been proved by psychology
cal experiment. The popular phrase
beauty sleep" is well warranted. 1t
is the early (the deepesD hours of
sleep that make for health and
beauty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
SEE WHAT YOU BUY
DO NOT TAKE THE CATALOGUE
STATEMENT FOR 1T.
CASE OF A MAIL-O ORDER BUGGY
The Purchaser Was Ashamed TO Use
IL and Sold Ii to His Hired
Man-lt Pays to Buy
at Home.

Copyright. by Alfred c. Clark.)
The East End Of London is an ex-
ample of what the city does for hu-
Hanity i--ycreating poverty, misery,
disease, dfan kenness and crime. JEFF
ferson was right when he said: Great
cities are great sores upon the body
polite" Is it any wonder that lovers
OF their kind are horror-stricken at
the grinding OF these gigantic mills
whose grist is the bodies and souls OF
men?
But there Is another movement con.
nected with this current setting CITY.
ward which, like 1t, is full of grave
menace to the welfare of humanity
Ihls is the dry rot now invading thou
sands OF villages and towns. 1t is not
lack of capital or business energy in
the towns, or discrimination in
freights or exhaustion of the soil in
the surrounding country that is bring.
Ing about this change, but a new and
dangerous form of competition. and
the caprices of those who buy. Go
into these towns and you will find
them at a standstill or going back
ward. Inquire of their business men
or commercial travellers and you will
learn that business is not as good as
formerly and that the prospect is for
continued shrinkage in trade. An
obseryant commercial traveller said
to the writer: Il believe the day Of
the village and town is over. The big
fish are everywhere eating up the lit
tile fish A few small lines of business
that cannot be done by mail, such as
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

act upon the value of farm property
will add to the taxes on lands by re-
ducing taxable values in the towns.
Surely it is not to the interest of any
body, except the bloated corporations
carrying on the mail order business,
to see the towns and villages fall into
value to the lands surrounding it, but
its well stocked business houses are
a convenience and a benefit to the
buyer. Even If money could, in the
long run, be saved by ordering every
thing from the city, the inconvenience
make such shopping unsatisfactory.
Ordering from catalogue is a leap
in the dark, except in the case OF q
few articles whose color, shape and
quality are always the same.
To the man who can soberly look
on both sides of the question and who
can put himself in the place OF 'the
other fellow" the query will come:
Is 1t best from mere whim, or even
for a certainty of saving from one to
half dozen dollars in year to turn
my back on the old, convenient ways
of doing business, and to do my parr
toward running the business of my
old acquaintance and friends, and of
destroying the value of property in
the town where my friends live?
F. B. MILLER.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
MENTAL OFFICE HELD HIGH.
Man of Ability Willing to Be scuIIion
to Young Queen.

In the court of Louis XIV, to hold
the candle at night for the king to
get into bed by. and to help him on
with his shirt in the morning, were
the two highest honors to which his
mobiles could aspire In the court of
Queen Victoria the office of chief soul
lion to her majesty was hardly less
honorable. Fancy the great philan
thropist, Lord Shaftesbury, being Of
fered, when Lord Ashley, by Peel this
Imposing post Lord Ashley, having
served in the Wellington administra-
ton, and having been offered by Can
ming a prominent administrative post.
was during the ministerial crisis of
1889 asked by Peel to become chief
scu1liQn to the queen The forma-
ton of cabinet. Peel explained, was
nothing compared with the compost
ton or the royal household; while
Lord Ashley's connection with the re-
hgious societies marked him out as
proper attendant on a young woman
upon whose moral and religious char
acter the welfare of a million of hui
man beings depended" Lord Ashley
replied that If Peel really thought he
could serve this purpose by becoming
the queens chief scullion he would
accept the office. But the negotia-
tons fell through.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
"Goinq to the poos.W

The phrase, going to the dogs" with
which Father Bernard Vaughan has
been making effective play in connec.
ton with pet-worship, has puzzled the
explainers of metaphorical expressions
rather needlessly. 1t has even been
suggested that it Is profane perver.
sion of going to the GODS" and an al
fusion has been detected to "canis, =
sthea dog throw, the worst throw with
the dice among the ancient Romans.
sShakespeare's Throw physic to the
dogs and the Scriptural Give not
that which is holy unto the dogs,
have been quoted in connection with
the expression. But it seems a fairly
obvious reference to the fate of the
wornAout horse, condemned to be
slaughtered. The old Greek curse, go
to the crows!" may be compared, re-
ferfing as it did to the Greeks horror
of having his body left unburied as
food for carrion birds.-London Chron-
icle
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
CIerayman's Complaint.

Golfers Weekly quotes a New
York Clergyman as saying: mo one
outside the clergy can know how
sorely | am beset by the historical.
the weak, the feebly sentimental. |
listen to the gushing, to the com
planning. to the petty from weeks end
to weeks end. l am held as infal.
lible authority by the incompetent,
and regarded as unworthy by those
whose society l would seek. Shall
|, who would be strong man among
men. be known by the fluffy, the NOR
bid, the weak. who take up my time ?
Such judgment is unjust to a man
VINO often regrets his calling"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Know that he could have bought as

know that he could have bought as
isfactorily at home. On rural route
with which / am familiar and over
which most of the incoming letters
are from mail order houses and the
outgoing ones carry back money or
ders, lives friend of mine who
bought watch from the catalogue at
what he considered rare bargain.
The watch came, to be sure, but 1t did
not 81, that is at the right speed.
anu, although money enough was
spent on 1t to bring the price up to
a good figure, it was no better as
of Capt Cuttle's. Another friend
bought buggy at $34 and was elated
over his purchase until it came and
he saw that the top was q very ordin-
airy article of oil cloth, instead or
leather, and he was so ashamed of 1t
that he sold 1t at loss to his hired
man and bought q better one in
neighboring town. A lady and her
two daughters bought shoes from the
catalogue and when asked why they
had trouble with their feet said 1t was
because of ill-fitting shoes. But such
instances of the bad effects of buy
ing sight unseen" are daily occurring
all over the country. 1t is only natur-
al and inevitable that such things
should happen.
Let US see what will be the effect
Of this formidable diversion Of trade.
If carried to its logical conclusion.
Nearly all the business houses of the
smaller towns will become bankrupt,
the value of town property will de-
cline, churches and schools will re-
ceive a feeble support and the towns,
instead of being centers OF business
and social activity, will almost cease
to exist. The country in general will
become like many portions of the
south where the large plantations. by
getting their supplies in the cities,
have kept the neighboring towns
down to the crossroads type-dreary,
implanted little places OF half dozen
ramshackle houses The evil effects
of this loss of trade and destruction
of the value of town property will re-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Facts az 10 Birthrate

Sir William Dubar, English register
general, in report recently submit
ted, inclihes to the belief that the in.
creasing low birthrate In England
does not indicate decay. His Stats
ties indicate that infant mortality de-
creases inversely with low rates of
birth. When children come rapidly
they are less likely to be strong, and
If ether parents are poor, difficulty of
securing proper environment and nur-
ture Is enhanced His tables on high
birth rates show that 1t is attended
Dy sickness and weakness in infancy,
in a majority of cases. The large
proportion of the offspring of small
families survives, while the opposite
too frequently is true of large fam
lilies. 1t would be interesting to learn
if similar conditions obtain in the
United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

Effect Of Improsised Sleeping Ac
eommodations on Weishty Senator.

Ex-senator Billy Mason tells OF a
political campaign wherein he had
been called upon By the state com
mittee to take part When Mason
arrived at his first town. where he
was to deliver q speech the next day.
he found that the two so-called hotels
were crowded TO the doors.
Not having telegrarhed for accom-
modations. the Illinois man discov-
cred that he would have TO make
shift as best he could
He was compelled for that night ia
sleep on wire cot that had only
some blankets and a sheet on IT, As
Mr.. Mason is man OF considerable
svoirdupois. he found his improvised
bed anything but comfortable.
Well" asked the proprietor when
the politician appeared In the mora
Ing. how did you sleep?"
( Fairly WELL" answered Mason,
but l certainly looked like e saf-
de when got up
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

barbering, blacksmithing or the serv-
ing of soft drinks and ice cream may
survive, but such lines of trade can
not sustain q decent town." The
cause of this widespread loss Of bust
ness is the aggressive ana destructive
competition of the catalogue houses
in the big cities. 1t has been possible
for 40 years or more to buy of some
houses In the cities, II one felt that
the merchants of his town were ex-
acting too much profit, but this effort
Of the mail order houses to cut the
retailer altogether is a new thing, the
growth of the past few years. Start
ing with q few lines of trade, this
form of competition has come to cover
almost everything that can be sold in
country town and 1t is even asserted
that savings bank department is to
be added by one of the catalogue
houses.
The claim that the mail order
houses of Chicago are doing an an
nual business of over 5000. 900, 900 may
seem large, but one house alone has
sold goods to the amount of $4,000
900 In the past six months and is now
incubating a new plan to increase its
enormous business by selling shares
of stock to thousands of people in the
hope OF making them regular Gus
toners.
The skilltully worded advertisement
and the big catalogue, with its pic
lures of articles in hundred lines of
trade, are very alluring to buyers,
most of whom are not familiar with
prices and qualities. Some of the
articles below the usual prices are OF
an inferior quality. while the average
price is usually fully up to what would
be paid to the home dealer. AS was
shown last winter in q speech in con-
gress, articles for the mail order trade
are often mfsbranded at the request
of the mail order people with delib-
crate intent to deceive. One Of the
instances given by this Congressman
was of some thousands of finger rings
stamped fourteen carats" when they
we're in reality only ten.
The buyer who orders from his
catalogue, or from an advertisement,
does not see the articles till they
come and is often disappointed in the
quality of the most OF them, but there
is no redress as there would be If he
bought at home. He does not like TO
own that he is disappointed. so he
makes the best of it and tries to per-
suade himself that he has saved
money. In many instances he is not
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
JUST SHIFTED THE WHISKY.
New Yorker Claims Act Gives Him
Pleasant Memories.

A man entered downtown res
taurant the other day and ordered a
whisky, says the New York Times.
The waiter brought a bottle of it.
The man uncorked it, raised it to his
nose, and took long sniff Then he
took another. Then be took a third
a long, contemplative sniff Finally
he wound up the performance with
feryent king-sniff, one that he seemed
10th to end. But he did end it at
last, with a sigh. Then he replaced
the bottle on the table, and called the
waiter
flake it away" he said
The waiter removed the bottle
Well, upon my word" said some
one sat another table, Il certainly
thought that old fellow liked that
whisky from the way he shifted at it,
but there he is sending it back. /
wonder what other kind the waiter
will bring him instead"
But the waiter brought him no
more whisky. The man ate his lunch
in silence, smoked his cigar, paid his
check, and went his way.
He swore off long ago." explained
the waiter to curious somebody at
another table. But he always takes
six shifts Of whisky at every meal.
Giges him pleasant memories, he
saws
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Novelist Set a Link.

When the Norwegian novelist Btorn-
son was in this country he was on
one occasion the guest of a club at
dinner A man with a wide reputa.
ton as brilliant talker and speech
maker told an exceedingly funny
story. at which the Norwegian novel
list laughed heartily. The man told
a second story and Bjornson smiled
Then came third story and the nov
elist sat unmoyed. even gloomy 1T
was a very good story chided the
novelist's mentor. Why didn't you
lsugh?" Il am 40 years DID, said
Bjornson. firmly. and two stories are
enough"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
MADE STIR IN THE ROUSE.
Lady's Presence in British Commons
Caused CONSERVATION.

A lady appeared in the house OF
commons one night, and members
feared for a moment that the dreams
of the suffragists had come true. The
tall. broad. and stalwart Sir John
hennaway pushed his way through
the swinging doors and made toward
the bar. There was a gasp of sur
prise when in his bulky wake was
sighted demure little lady in a
faWn coat instant visions of suf-
frsgist plot for woman to force en-
trance into the Parliamentary holy
OF HOLES under the expansive shadow
OF Sir john Kennaway's coat tail!
Lady. LADY," shouted two door guard
lans dashtng IN. A big attendant,
doing in a corner. jumped forward
10 block the way. Mr.. Gosset. the
deputy sergeant-at-arms, gr.pped his
sword and looked like business Peil-
NEIL was the female intruder hustled
into the lobby, looking very frighten-
ed, for she had been an unwilling
sinner. Members smiled, settled
themselves and soon lapsed again
into slumbrous sttitudss.-St James
Gazette
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
First Note of Color Blindness.

Color blindness has probably exist
ed ever since the time of Adam. but IL
has been recognized for only 1870
years. Those who are color blind
sometimes discover the fact through
ludicrous blunders. The first to de
scribe his own case lin 1777) was the
quaker Dalton, prominent chemist in
England. Attending a meeting of the
Society Of Friends arrayed In scarlet
hose, he nearly received excommuni-
cation for his rankly offensive affront
and made matters worse when he de-
MED the charge. He was red blind
When he received from Oxford the
investment of the scarlet gown" he
was able to appreciate the honor, but
not the gown. He came near having
his name given to color blindness, but
he did not quite measure up to the
standard required, as he was blind
only in one color.-Century
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Cremation on the Increase.

Cremation is increasing in Great
Britain, the number of bodies Gre
mated being 742 in 1906, against 6O4
in 1905. Consul Mahin of Noting
ham writes: There are crematories
at Leicester, Hull, Leeds, llford, Brad
ford and Sheffield, owned by the re-
spectiye municipalities, besides sew
eral conducted by companies in other
cities. The operation of cremation re-
ouires about an hour and half; the
ashes are perfectly white and weigh
four pounds. and the cost is about $25.
Cremation is now fully recognized by
law in Great Britain, though strictly
guarded
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Too Much.

THAT man Rieherndirt is the most
conceited, insufferable, vain. arrogant
fnsolent. purseproud individual that
trammels the earth" said the man
with the automobile goggles.
why, / heard that he towed your
runabout in for you yesterday. said
the man with the gasoline on his
coat,
flowed it In, Darn it, He happen
ed along in his big touring car when
my little machine broke down, and
I'll be hanged if he didn't rig up a
derrick of some sort and swing ny
runabout into his tonneau and haul
Il in!"-Judge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
earmanY,s Various RuIers.

Germany is ruled by one emperor,
Tour kings, six grand dukes, seven
princes and one simple count These
soyereigns occupy very different de-
grees of importance. eTen in the eyes
of their own immediate subjects. but
III one degree or another they all enjoy
the dignities and privileges OF king
ship. and all have to face some of the
responsibilities of state. Esery one OF
them has capital and a court of his
own. Some of the capitals are not
very big cities. but they are all very
proud.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Rival of Beeswax.

A substitute for beeswax has been
discovered in the leaves of the rata
palm, a product of the island of Mad
agascar. The wax is extracted by
the. simple process of beating the
dried leaves on mat to small bits.
The particles are then gathered and
boiled. The resultant wax is knead-
ed into small cakes. Experiments
are being made with the new sub
stance to find out its commercial
value-whether it may be used for
bottling purposes. in the manufacture
of phonasraphic cylinders, etc,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
His Most THRILLING Time.

When teacher asked her pupils &c
write an account of their most thrill
ing experience, one of them hesitated
Then he raised his hand.
I've had two" he said. pretty
much alike. / don't know which &c
write about. They we're the San Fran
cisco earthquake and the Britt-Nelson
fight
Well" the teacher said eneourag.
tngly. take the one you think was
really the most tremendous. the most
exciting"
A little later he turned in the theme.
The doorkeeper wouldn't sell me q
ticket because ! was so young" 1t be
gan. ~but r.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Didn't Suit Him.

People who patronize the cars run
ming QUO to Forest Hills are familiar
with Conductor Crowley, the man who
wears six service stripes on his
sleeve, says writer in the Boston
Herald.
On the afternoon of election day In
November one of his passengers was
an old man who had been imbibing
enough to make him go TO sleep in the
corner of the car.
Just before it reached Dudley street
the conductor announced with his
usual rich roll of the T, "Cirr-cuit and
Guild"
Yer a liarl It's John B. Morant"
shouted the sleepy one, waking Zip
suddenly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
A Careless Traveller.

A man had occasion TO ship mule
by rail to another county, says a
writer in Harper's. He sent the ami
NAL to the station in the care of a
darby When the freight was put
on the car the darky looked through
the bars and saw the mule was eat
ing the tag apon which his destina-
ton was marked. The darby at once
ran home. "Massa, msssa! dat mule
he don gone ana ct up de place where
he's gwins toi"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
An Abtruse Problem.

Why is IL so hard to get results
from an investigation q asked the first
citizen.
Because" answered the leader OF
the mob, IAN investigation usually adj
dresses itself to the very absfruse
problem of reducing the cost OF cor
poration's product to the consumer and
cutting down the company's divt
dends
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Indictment Of Wheeled Traffic,

OF the noise of London streets
caused by the hackney coach, Taylor,
the old water soet. wrote: 1T makes
such hideous rumbling in the streets
by many churches doors, that peoples
ears are stopped with the noise, where.
by they are debarred of their edifying
which makes faith so fruitless, good
works so barren. and charity as cold
at midsummer as if it were a great
frost. By this means souls are robbed
and starved of their heavenly mama. .
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11

The cat had eaten the canary.
Il haven't any compunctions about
1t. either" she said, picking her teeth
with her claws Il couldn't eat the
pianola ON the first floor or the graph
ophone on the third. but | could make
q meal OF the musician on the second
floor. and I've done 1t"
With a satisfied grin on her face
abe curled up on the floor behind the
gas range and went to sleep.
caso Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
New Metric Chart.

A new metric chart representing
geographically measures OF the inter
national metric system of weights and
measures has been prepared by the
bureau of standards of the department
of commerce and labor. and will be
furnished free to any school teaching
the system
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
Realism or the Stage.

1.-THE most realistic play have ever
seen"
What is there so realistic about
it?"
There are four acts and they are
supposed to occur on four successive
days"
'Wen?"
We'll, did you not notice that they
have a different servant each act?"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-11
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