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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-27

Of the dove OF peace waited around the
public prints, only to vanish in thin
air. The divorce went on-Mizner
went TO Europe and to his whilom wife
was restored her erstwhile name
Utica Globe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-27
MENACE OF MACHINE MUSIC.
BY Carl q. Schmidt.

The one thing Americans have been repeat
eddy accused of is lack of thoroughness. We
are told that seek to accomplish in months
that to which other nationalitles devote years.
We are in hurry with our arts and business.
These criticisms are in many respects true. As
a people we seem no longer content to enrich
our lives by years of careful study; we prefer
rather to obtain our music with ease and ra-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-27

That fellow Jigsby has such touch
and 90 about him."
why, have you been lending him
money, tooY'-Baltimore American.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-27
'FRIsco's NEW MAYOR.

DIR. Edward II. Taylor, Who Haa
Succeeded Eugene III. schraitz.
Eugene II. Schniitz, San Francisco's
convicted former Mayor, is still defiant
In his prison cell. lie declares that
he is the city's legal Mayor and that
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-27

Only unmarried women have optimis
tic views Of welded blis&
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-27

Charitable people never look upon an
undessrved epitzph - . grave mistaAA
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-27

Early to bed and early to rise gives
the average mans wife q surprise
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-27

billion TO four billion three hundred million dollars
increase of 115 per Meantime the reserves have
been reduced from 10 per cent to ID per cent.
Wages have not gone up rapidly prices have risen
and therefore increase wages should be made. If
pie to purchase goods at rising prices they must
have higher wages l do not say this from any human
tartan motive but from the knowledge of the cold fact
that prosperity is to increase must give some OF the
money earned to the common people
believe that the old United States bank could be es
tabshed 10 advantage If charter Ike that of the
Bank of France conferred upon it. Ii we cannot
find twelve nanciers for the president appoint
manage It's affairs then think had better have
panic II industrial crisis is the slate it WILL in
all probability be like that of 1851 from the effects of
which country recovered almost completely within
year. The most serious factor in the present situation
is the loss Of confidence occasoned by the break in Wall
street There is popular impression that Wall street
discounts future events and that the March
that railroads will be forced to cut dividends within
year two.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-27
NEXT PANIC DUE IN 1918.
BY Prof. Joseph f. Johnson

II an Industrial crisis is on the slate it will,
in all probability, not come before 1913. That
would seem an appropriate year. In England
there is panic about every ten years, in the
United States every twenty years. During the
last ten years prices have risen ~ per cent,
while the amount of money has increased 40
per cent During that same time the national
banks have increased their loans and discounts
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-27

socthes him TO ratience.-Kansas City
Star.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-12-18


In connection with the name salt a
curious fact Is to be noted. Salt was
formerly regarded as compound re-
sulting from the union of hydrochloric
Tor, as it used to be called, muriatic)
acid and soda, and hence the generic
term of salt was applied to all sub
stances produced by the combination
Of n base with an acid.
Sir Humphry Davy. however, show
ed that during their action on each
other both the acid and the alkaI I'M
derwent decomposition and that, while
water Is formed by the union of the
oxygen of the alkali and the hydrogen
of the acid, the sodium of the former
combines with the chlorine OF the lat
ter TO form chloride of sodium, and
this term is the scientific designation
of salt, which. paradoxlcal as ii may
SEEM is not salt. At one time near
ly the whole OF the salt used as food
and for Industrial purposes was OBJ
tained from the sea, and in many coun-
tries where the climate is dry and
warm and which have convenient
seaboard great quantity OF salt Is
still obtained
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-12-18
Sharp Retorts,

A man who was Offering gratuitous
information Mt country fair WIS dis
paraging the show of cattle.
Call these here prize eattlef" he
scornfully said. why, they amt moth
In to what our folks raised. You may
not think ii, but my father raised the
biggest calf Of any man round our
parts
II can very well believe it, OBJ
served bystander. surveying him
from head to foot.
1t Is not every one who enjoys joke
ut his own expense. The judge who
pointed with his cane and exclaimed,
There is great rogue ut the end Of
my cane" was intensely enraged when
the man looked hard at him and asked
coolly:
AT which end, your honorY'
A friend of Curran's was Dragging
OF his attachment to the jury system
and said:
with trial by jury ! have lived and
by the blessing of God with trial by
jury ! will die
oh" said Cnrran in much amaze
ment, then you've made up your mind
to be hanged Diek?" - London Tit
Bits.
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1t has been remarked that the effee-
tive life OF incandescent electric lamps
IL much longer with clear than with
ground glass bulbs. E F. Hyde ex-
plains this fact as follows: A thin de-
post Of carbon Is formed on the In.
terror surface of the bulbs, and this
nbsorbs certain portion of the radia
ton from the lilament. When the
glass Is clear the light passes straight
through, suffering a definite loss from
the carbon film. When the glass II
frosted the light undergoes many re
Elections In the interior of the bulb
from the innumerable facets. and nj
each reflection 1t loses something on
account of the obstructing film. The
consequence Is that the total amount
Of loss Is much greater with ground
glass than with clear glass. Mr..
Hyde's experiments show that the fila,
ment lasts as long In the one kind OF
bulb as In the other Youths Com
panion
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KEPT WITHIN BOUNDS.
Young People In Virginia In Chief
Justice MarshalIs Day.


In an old biography of Chief Justice
Marshall there Is an anecdote which
gives n significant hint of the disci-
plne to which young people were sub
ject In that earlier day.
Several of the great jurlst's nieces
were In the habit of visiting him. and
MS they were young and attractive the
house became rendezvous for the
leading young men of the city during
the afternoons. Judge Marshans black
major domo. old Uncle Joseph, held n
tight rein upon these visitors. Every
day at o'clock he would appear at
the door of the drawing room In spot
less livery and with profound bow
would announce:
Ladies', his honor the chief justice
has retired TO his room to prepare Cor
dinner
Gentlemen. dinner will be served at
half past 4 o'clock. 1t Is now 4, His
honor Will be pleased If you will re-
main. and covers have been laid for
main. will You permit the young ladies'
to retire to prepare for the meal?'
The gentlemen usually took their
leave, and the ladies retired In an Ill
humor, but any remonstrance with Jo-
seph WAS only answered by; at is the
rule of the house. Young folks must
be kept within bounds"
In Virginia houses OF the better class.
Notwithstanding their almost bound
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-12-18
THE FUR SEAL.
A Sea Animal With Heart, Liver and
Kidneys Like a Sheep.

A Sea Animal With Heart, Liver and
Kidneys Like Sheep.
The fur seal is a land animal of per-
verified tastes, who, living at sea, has
had his paws changed into iippers
very like the long black kid gloves OF
n woman. His heart, liver and kidneys
are exactly the same as those OF a
bheep and just as good to eat, but his
flesh, although just like fat mutton to
look Mt. is rank and distasteful from
his habit of eating fish. The whole
package is put up In parcel of thick
white fat to keep the body warm,
while from the skin grows a heavy
crop of beautiful brown fur, protected
with large fiat oil bearing hairs, max
Ing glossy surface which slides
through the water without friction.
Perfectly fearless. overlooking with
fun, a perfect little athlete, marvellous
ly strong, the fur seal Is the most de-
llghtful of all wild creatures. But, al
though they live at sea, the seals, be-
Ing heavily clothed In fat, skin and
hair. find the temperate attitudes much
too warm for comfort during the sum-
mer months Since they cannot shed
their garments like ourselves, they
migrate to subarctic climate, gather
Ing In immense multitudes where there
are fisheries to support them. Their
ration is fifty pounds of cod every
day. which for creature the size of a
sheep Is dcrable.-Exchange
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MODERN PAPER.
Not So Good or Lasting as the Old
Fashioned Kind.

NoN 90 Sppu OF GaSNiy tuS Wv
Fashioned Kind.
THE men who wrote history ON tab.
let's Of store in ages gone had Diff
cult task TO perform and had to cult
vate the habit of hrevity," SAYS writ
er In n German paper, but what they
wrote WAS preserved. 1t viii be differ
ent with the newspapers and books of
the present time. The paper upon
Which they are printed will disinte
crate In few years and the records
historical. scientific and literary--will
become dust.
Il saw two papers recently which
told the whole story. One contained
nm account of the death OF Napoleon
Bonapartc. 1t was printed In lSe1,
was In n state of perfect preservation
and looked as though II might last
with ordinary care n hundred years.
The other paper was kept because its
leading article described the surrender
of Sedan, which had taken place n day
before Although 1t had been printed
nearly fifty years later, the Sedan pa
per had to be handled carefully to pre-
vent Its tearing In the creases. One of
these papers was printed ON old fash
Toned paper and the other on the mod
ern kind.
with the two specimens before me |
cannot refrain from urging once more
that few numbers of all books and
newspapers. enough for all first class
libraries, be printed on good paper for
no
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A STORY OF THE SEA.
The Man Who Braved tho Storm and
the Sailor He Rescued,

Nm. MI.
~. 60, =, ."e o.o''" s"a
or az - - '.s'e
-, NV .oes' Vi i'eiane .nere WIS a
'',''e s.o'n'' "no croWu satnereu
"" 'ne sno'o ~ sec s.orhi 'osseo YES
s p, Nv. '"' away peihs pounueo on
'"s .o,N'
1,e,'s '"ea 'a"neneu poat anu
pu.eu """S AZ u'e OURS 10 rescue tue
'i"Perneo ones
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-12-18

The power of habit was strikingly
Illustrated not long ago In u shirt
waist factory One woman who had
done nothing but sew up the seams Of
sleeves FOR four years was taken Off
that particular job and was asked to
run up seams I'm the body Of the
waists. n She complained that the
change made her so nervous that she
could not work.
But what Is the dfferenceT' asked
the foreman. There Is nothing but a
straight seam here. just the same as
you have been used to-"
81 know" replied the woman with
true feminine logic. but 1t isn't
sleeves"
And II did indeed prove to be fact
that owing to her four years of steady
work on sleeves It took her fully that
many weeks TO overcome her nervous
ness sufficiently TO run the machine at
her accustomed speed when sewing an
other part Of the Exchange
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GRAVITATlON.
The Mystery of This Wonderful Force
In Nature

III NatuTo.
When plants are grown In recepta-
cles fastened to the rim OF II rapidly
revolving wheel, the shoots and leaves
grow toward the center and the roots
away from the center of revolution
This is remarkable rs showing the In
tluence of centrifugal motion upon
growth.
But the earth, any point in whose
surface ut the equator passes through
fifteen miles IN one minute, has cen
trifugal motion SO swift and 40 great
that 1t is almost inconceivablc. Why.
then, reasoning on the basis of this
wheel experiment, do not trees aud
plants grow In the directions they are
urged by this centrifugal force name
ly, with leaves and boughs toward the
earth's center and roots pointing to the
sky?
The answer Is because there IL u
force called gravitation which over
powers the enormous centrifugal force
and practically reverses IT, Whether
this overmastcring force which we call
gravltatlon Is electrical or what 1t IL
no one has yet been able TO discover.
There can DO no doubt that 1t Is the
greatest force we know of.
To unveil the mystery of 1t would be
to become masters OF power whose
possibilities dazzle the human mind.
1t would simplify the problem OF build
Ing, water and air navigation, projec-
tiles and many other branches of me-
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THE SkYROCKET.
How 1t Is Made and tho Reason 1t
Rises In tho Air

How 1t Is Made and tho Reason 1t
Rises In the Air.
or all fireworks none is more beauti-
full from n pyrotcchnic point of view
or more generally popular than the
skyrocket
The powder ingredients are sulphur,
charcoal and saltpeter, roughly In the
proportions of fourteen, twenty-slx and
sixty respectively. Except In the case
OF military or life saving rockets, the
cylindrical case Is of paper or paste
board, somewhat CONSTRUCTED ut tho
fuse end. Into this the powder Is
rammed tightly, conical space being
left for the Insertion OF the quick
match which passes through the con-
striction, or "chokehole." into the mass
of powder.
This forms the body OF the rocket,
which Is closed ut the top with plas-
ter of paris plug. Through this a
small hole filled with fuse communi-
Gates with the conlca shaped head,
holding stars, serpents, crackers or gold
or silver rain. The whole IL, OF course,
attached to n slender stick to direct its
flight.
On the fuse being ignited and tho
main cylinder of powder exploded the
enormous quantity OF heated gases gen
Grated force their way downward
through the narrow box, urging the
rocket upward in the alr.-Pearsons
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University of Paris.

The doctors degree in the University
Of Paris Is so entitled as to designate
the faculty under which the work was
done, MS those who do literary work
would receive the degree doctor of let
tiers, etc. TO obtain the doctors de-
gree the candidate must possess the
lower degree of the corresponding d.
vision of work, submit two theses on
different questions, reply to questions
or objections concerning them, pay a
fee OF 40 francs and present 100 print
ed copies of one of his theses to the uni
verslty. The candidate for the degree
doctor Of letters must write one thesis
In Latin, the other In French. II in
the scientific department. the thesis
must be ON some original investiga-
tion; II In theology, the examinations
are both oral and wrltten.-School Bull
letiD
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OFFICERS AND SADDLES.
Jefferson Davis and Joke He Did
Not Appreciate.

Not Appreciate.
When Jefferson Davis was secretary
of war he ordered all his generals to
learn to ride horseback. No finer horse
man than jefferson Davis ever lived
He won the love and hand of Zach
Taylor's daughter by his distinguished
presence in the saddle, as well rs by
his intrepidity ut the lannon's mouth.
When secretary of war he noticed that
only few officers In the service were
capable horsemen and issued an order
something like this:
"a liberal reward will be paid to any
officer or private in the army who will
offer satisfactory device for keeping
our soldiers from falling out of their
saddles. Communications to the secre-
tary of war Will be regarded as conf
DENTAL"
Captain George Horatio Derby, one
of the leading army engineers of his
day, used to write humorous and witty
stories over the pen name of John
Phoenix. lie received copy of Sec
rotary Davis order while improving
III i'tt VI San A'N6', Wi, anu
mediately forwarded the most intrI-
cate and accurate designs of his plan
for keeping officers and men In the
saddle. To the seat of each officers
pants" he attached bull ring, and
another bull ring was attached to tho
saddle. The two bull rings were to be
dashed together when the officer mount
ell his steed IF that doesn't hold
nothing WILL" wrote Phoenix to the
secretary. Davis was furious when he
got this proposition and Immediately
ordered that Captain Derby should be
court martialed for official levity."
The secretary felt that the army had
been disgraced and wanted Derby Sc
verely punished. One of his intlmates
FASTENED to him. JEFF" he whispered.
III you order a court martial for this
little pleasantly of John Phoenix, one
of the salt of the earth and immensely
popular in the army, you Will be made
a laughingstock. The people Will ridi-
Guile you out of office. Just laugh 1t
Off" Davis took his advice New York
praSe
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Nests of tho Golden EAGLE.

Every palr of eagles whose habits I
have Ind an opportunity of watching
over n period Of few years would
seem to have invariably at least two
alternative sites for their nests. Some
have three. and | know of one with
four sites. In fact, l only know Of
one pair out OF many which habitually
resort to but one place and only one.
The reason for this Is, however, ap-
parent. for owing to Its situation 1t
has never been disturbed. The nest
IL In n small cavern on the face of an
absolute wall OF limestone rock some
800 feet high, at about 400 feet from
the summit. Above the cliff Is a talus
of loose stone ut an angle Of forty-fve
degrees or so, above which again rise
other precpices. To reach the nearest
point above this nest would be long
days work.-London Saturday Review.
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Mr.. AND MRS. DEAN.
Tho Surprise They Gave a RoomfuI Of
Backwards.


Backguards.
In the early part of the nineteenth
century Nauxhal WAS the resort of
many respectable persons, especially
Of those who came up from the eoun-
try to see London sights. During one
season IL WIS infested by band OF
roughs. who made II their occupation to
Insult and modest the most quiet. de-
cent people. especially any whom they
guessed TO be country visitors. They
became such nuisance that several
men about town, among whom were
Lord Alvanley and Keppel Craven,
laid u plot TO get rid of them
They hired Mendoza. the famous
prize fighter, and dressed him up as n
dean. with a shovel hat and apron.
Another prize fighter. a short man,
was dressed as middle aged lady
and passed as the deans wife, and one
evening they were seated at Vauxhall
In a conspicuous position TO watch the
fireworks. II WIS not long before the
old fashioned. countriiied pair attract
ed the attention OF the gang. who as
sailed them with every kind of coarse
ralllery and insult. all of which they
bore very meekly.
At length one of the prosecutors,
growing bolder by impunity, stepped
up to the dean and squirted an orange
Into his eye. On this the dean, rising.
said in a meek. quiet tone, Really,
gentlemen, | have borne a great deal,
but | must put stop to this" With
that his hat went one way and his
coat another and. followed by his
wife" he sprang into the middle Of
the party, hitting out In all directions
FILLED with establishment and terror,
Some fled and some tried to show
fight. but the handling they got from
the prize fighters was too severe for
the fracas to last long.
All the time Lord Alvanley and his
friends, who were In the boxes, were
calling out In delight: Go 1t. Mr..
Dean! Give 1t 'em, Mrs. Deanv An
effectual stop was thus put to the an
noyance.-London Spectator.
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A Financial Episode.

A Milwaukee business man stepped
up TO the teller's window In one OF the
city banks during n financial furry,
presented check and asked for the
money It represented
II cannot give you the cash." said
the teller, "but can pay you In clear
Ing house certificates"
II would much prefer the currency"
answered the man.
THE certificates are just as good,
said the teller.
"Well," returned the merchant, III
that Is the case l suppose I can go
home to my baby ana give 1t some
milk tickets and say, Here, little one,
these are just as good as milkH"
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aver. whom ne knew signify.


mo MASKING there" declared the
begged for an introduction. Her ia
Their is with her all the time"
Il want to meet them both" explain
ed Hart. The playing is wonderful.
have never heard the like"
Something in his earnestuess carried
his point. and presently he was behind
the scenes shaking hands with bent
and withered little man who nervously
paced the stage while he waited for
his daughter. Hart was introduced as
an interviewer. and at his suggestion
the party, including the manager, adj
journed to restaurant. where they
could chat in greater freedom.
To his surprise. the girl Che now
knew her to be Mona Munth) seemed
TO avoid talk Of music. turning help
lessly to her father as Hart repeatedly
brought the conversation around to
that topic. A girl who could play SO
beautifully should be able to talk we'll
upon her beloved art.
The supper was but the first Of
| many. Hart could make himself very
entertaining when he so wished, and
the old man seemed to find in him a
kindred spirit.
The end of their engagement was
drawing near before Hart found the
courage to speak of his love. Mona
grew white as he told her how her
| music had ensaved his heart, and Her
man Munth. walking behind. hurried
UP as she turned gaspingly to call him.
For a moment he listened; then he
turned to Hart.
as 1t that you love her or her mu-
sic?' he demanded.
Both" was the prompt response
at was the music that first attracted
me-
and without the muster"
"NNithout it?' Hart was puzzled.
I'VE had to do It," explained the old
man. 81 could not make much eeach-
ing and me, old and worn, they would
| not have on the concert stage. SO
conceived the idea that In vaudeville a
beautiful girl would be accepted where
l would he turned away. Very we'll!
1t is who play. not Mona. She does
but initiate my bowling, while /, behind
n screen, make the music. You saw
her practiee-how to bow so they
would not know She Is tone deaf. She
cannot play n note
And to think" cried Hart AS he
reached out his hand for hers, that |
thought 1t was her music all the time
I L. Int 10 u In nd ~
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A Lost Art.

A Richmond housekeeper had occa-
Sion many times to employ n certain
odd character of the town known as
Aunt Cecilia Cromwell.
The old woman had not been seen In
the vicinity Of the house for long
time until recently. when the lady Of
the house said to her:
Good morning, Aunt Cecilia. Why
aren't you washing nowadaysT
"It's dis way, Miss Annie" replied
Aunt Cecilia indulgently. "T's been out
o wubk so long dat now, when can
wuhk, finds Is lost nah tas'e TO- It."
--Lippincotts.
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Amended,

A Pennsylvania divine formed one
of house party in Philadelphia where
the younger son. In accordance with
what the clergyman observed to be his
constant habit, as soon as he had seat
ed himself Mt breakfast Immediately
possessed himself of u large slice OF
bread, the quality OF which he proceed
ed to test by n liberal mouthful.
The minister. II stickler In such mat
tiers of proprlety gazed blandly at him
for moment or so; then he folded his
hands and closed his eyes In prepare
ton for grace
For what we are about TO receive"
he intoned, with painful emphasis,
"and for what our young friend has
already received, Lord, make us truly
thankful "-lIarpers Weekly.