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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
COMMON MAN is HAPPIEsT.
If Not Conspicuous, He Has HIS
COmpensations in Life.

If Not Conspicuous, He Has HIS
COmpensatfons In Life.
We have always been compelled to
believe that the plain plug Of man
Is the happiest man in the world after
ALL His pants may bag at the knees
and he may not be acquainted with the
latest style Of chin whiskers; he may
not hold down throne or the presi-
dency OF a railroad; he may not know
the joy of having a brand of socks
named in his honor, but as he potters
along through life he gets about as
much satisfaction out of 1t as his more
distinguished friend.
He knows there is no crank hanging
around the corner to shoot d hole
through his anatomy or bury cheese
knife ND to the hilt in his person. He
knows when he sits down to his frugal
neal that he can eat his pie with his
knife with perfect impunity, for there
Is no danger Of It's having been spiked
with rough on rats.
No doubt it is lots Of fun to be hailed
whenever you step out on your porch
and to have yourself continually mis-
uuoted in the newspapers and to know
that as you hang up your crown for the
night and crawl into your luxurious
couch the police force is standing out
in your back yard to keep the admiring
public from throwing bricks through
your window.
But notwithstanding all these ardent
Joys the common, everyday chap who
wears a hickory shirt and hat that is
eight years old gets the most pleas
ure out of life in the long run.-Hor.
ton (Kan.) Commercial.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
Dead onto Them. .

A statesman, in an argument, had
tnsned the tables rather neatly on his
opponent. Senator DolliYer, In CON
graduation, said:
you remind me of a Fort Dodge
doctor DR.. X. This gentleman
once had grave dug for a patient.
supposed to be dying, who afterward
recovered, and over this error Of tudg-
ment the doctor was joked for many
years.
"once he attended. In consultation
with three confreres, another patient.
The patient really died. After death,
as the physicians discussed the case to-
gether. one of them said
Since quick burial is necessary. we
might inter the body temporarily. 1
understand our brother here has va
cant grave on hand
"Dr. X smiled.
eyes he slid. Il believe am the
only physician present whose graves
are not all filed"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
RHINOCEROS BATTLES.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
~~~-~-~~-oooo<

William Cotton Oswell, who made
his second expedition into the interior
Of southern Africa in 1S47, had two
terrible experiences with rhinoceroses
His son, in the lately published biogra-
ply Of his distinguished father, re-
cords these adventures.
He had one pre-eminently good
horse, Stael, the very pick Of all he
ever had in Africa, fast and most
sweet-tempered, and SO fearless that
he would without whip, spur, or any
urging, carry his master right up to a
lion and stand perfectly motionless
within few feet of the brute while
Mr.. Oswell fred.
Returning to camp one evening on
Stael, he fired both barrels of his rifle
at white rhinoceros. Instead of drop
ping or boiling, 1t began to walk to-
ward the smoke.
Oswell turned his horse, only to find
a thick bush was against its chest Be-
fore he could fell 1t the rhinoceros
drove it's horn in under the flank, and
threw horse and rider into the air with
such terrific force that the point of the
horn pierced the saddle.
AS they fell, the stirrup-iron scalped
his head for a space four inches in
length and in breadth. He scrambled
to his knees, and saw the horn actu-
ally within the bend of his leg. With
the energy of self-preseryation he
sprang to his feet, but after lettering
a step or two tripped and came to the
ground. The rhinoceros passed within
foot without hurting him.
AS he rose for the second time his
after-rider. came up with another gun.
Half-puliing him from his horse, o.
we'll mounted it, and galloped after
and caught the rhinoceros. Keeping
back the piece of scalp with his left
hand, he held the gun to his shoulder
with his right, and shot the brute
| dead.
On the return journey to the Cape
he met with the most serious accident
Of his life. Stalking two rhinoceroses
| nc WAS ~ lllS nat Wucu LiSy CttHlS Wilt
in twenty yards of him. The nearer of
| the two came near stepping on him.
Hoping that his sudden appearance
| from the ground would startle her and
so give him chance of escape, he
sprang up and dashed alongside Of her
to get In the rear, his hand being on
her as he passed.
She Immediately gave chase.
| quick turn saved him for the moment
the race was over In the next. As the
horned snout came tapping round his
thigh he rested the gun on the long
head, and, still running, fired both bar
rels; but with the smoke he found
himself sailing through the air, and 1t
was not until three hours later that
he recovered consciousness, to find a
| deep cash in his thigh, eight inches
| long, down to the bone In all It's
| length.
For nearly four weeks, unable to get
to the wagons, he made his bed under
bush.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

Water at temperature of from 100
to 40 degrees Will kill most insects
and will not injure Vegetable life. Act
Ing on the idea 1t has been suggested
that hot water be thrown up into the
tree, Of somewhat higher temperature
than Is needed, so as TO allow for it to
cool The difficulty with this plan is
mat the orifice where the borer enters
is SO near the ground that the soil has
to be dug away to get under 1t. A
flexible wire can be inserted much
more easily than to force hot water
upward into the orifice the borer has
made. The wire viii also more GER
tainly do It's work and by having a
barb at the end the borer may be with
drawn. But there are many placer
where the hot water insecticlde may be-
applied more easily and safely than
any other.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
TWO GODS.

"A boy was born mid little things,
Between a little world and sky
Aud dreamed not of the cosmic rings
Round which the circling planets fly,
He lived in little works and thoughts.
Where little ventures grow and plod,
And paced and ploughed his little plots
And prayed unto his little God.
But as the mighty system grew,
His faith grew faint with many scars
The Cosmos widened in his view
But God was lost among his stars.
Another boy in lowly days,
As be, to little things was born,
But 60 thered lore in woodland ways,
/. And from the glory of the morn.
As wider skies broke on his view,
God greatened in his growing mind;
Each year he dreamed his God anew,
And left his older God behind.
He saw the boundless scheme dilate,
In star and blossom, sky and clod;
And as the universe grew great,
He saw in it a greater God.
New England Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

dead of starvation or in Jail, one or
the other. long before that And Ellen's
gone TO the country. and-oh, hang it! -
Morning. Mr.. Billy" cries Mrs.
Ames. pretty little woman who lived
In the next room. her army husband
having been sent to some particularly
inhospitable country. Why, you look
real comfortable and miserable"
Whereupon Billy told her all about K.
adding that his father had written him
he was confined to home with the govt.
$50 he's sure to be in bad humer. "
he added
-sNonsense." laughed Mrs. Ama. "If
Won had that $1,000 you could pay an
your debts and have money over.
couldn't you? Listen" She was open
ing the door to 80 out. You are already
married-married this morning. Think
If over" aud she was gone.
Did he dare? He must, II seemed
reasonable. His father could not como
10 the city. He would risk it.
Dear Father" he wrote. "Circum.
stances in my wife's family made It nee
essary. so we were married this morn
ing. and leave for our honeymoon to-
morrow. Please send check. Billy"
Then he sat down and thought il
over.
Next morning Mrs. Ames heard an
awful crash in Billy's room, and ran 10
see what was the matter.
Here he gasped. 'sEelesram-fatA
err better-coming to see wife-Ellen a
country" He rushed 70 the window
Rather here now. Getting out of car.
riage, Mrs. Ames. you have got TO be
my wife,"
II couldn't" she exclaimed
you've got to-" insisted Bills, and as
he spoke, his father entered
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
VALUE OF THE ARCHITECT.
'uby.c Not Generally Informed as to
HI. Tame NXa-tu,

Public Not Generally Inform ed as to
His True Worth.
The real necessity for education in
architecture, in our minds, IS not to
teach the public what is good archi-
lecture so much as to bring them to a
closer appreciation of the function the
architect plays in public work. To
many people he is still sort of upper
craftsman, less businesslike than ma
son. not as practical as a carpenter,
but one who Increases the cost of q
building from some unknown reason
and keeps the builders all guessing.
Any one who looks back over the
progress of the profession in this coun-
try for the last quarter Of century
can readily appreciate how mpdern a
thing the American architect is and
how little he is understood. The nation,
the cities, the individuals have thrown
opportunities at the profession with
both hands. The profession has never
been quite equal to 1t, but has made a
brave fight aud is fighting still.
When we say that the public appre-
ciates architecture we do not mean
that the appreciation is knowing or
an intelligent one. 1t simply likes a
large. handsome piece of building con
struction. and, generally speaking, the
public that goes by on the street will
take kindly to the really good archi-
tectural monuments.
There is, however beyond a question
great work to be done and the sug-
gestion to educate the public by means
of the creation of museums of architec-
ture is one which deserves careful con-
slderation and which if carried out
very generally would undoubtedly do a
great deal to bring about the desired
results.
1t is safe to say that the collection
Of architectural casts in the Metcopoll-
tn museum at New York Is studied
aud admired more than any other one
feature of that magnificent collection.
and there ought to be similar collections
In all of our large cities. Whether the
time is yet ripe for them to be indie
pendent collections is question.
Even now nearly ali of cur muse
ums have a more or less general coIlec-
ton of architectural casts and if these
could be enlarged so as TO be more
specific in their illustrations-to in
clude models of complete buildings of
the best type. with examples of decora-
tons of furnished interiors and with
perhaps in connection Herewith exhibi-
tons of architectural drawings-they
would become powerful educational
agents. rickbuiider.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
Dick Wins.

Two brothers, aged and 10, respec-
lively, pupils in a public school of
Washington, were recently absent for
period of two weeks. When the elder
of the boys returned to his class he
brought note from his father stating
that the cause of the absence of his
children was Illness.
where's your brother, Diek?" asked
the teacher. rs he still sickf"
Yes, ma'am," replied the pupil, shes
stlll in bed with a broken ARM
I'm sorry to hear it. How did it
happen?"
well, it was this way. ma'am. You
see, Dick and l were trying to see
which could lean out of the second
story window the furthest, and Dick
won. Evening Wisconsin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
GREAT MEAT AND DAIRY TRADE.
Exports for 1906 Will BE More than
$25O,OOO,OOO.

According to a statement issued by the
bureau of statistics of the Department of
Commerce and Labor more than $780,
100000 worth of meat and dairy pro-
ducts will have passed ort of the United
States into the markets of other parts of
the world in the year ending with the
present month This total is made up of
little over S200O00,000 worth of
meats. S35,000,000 worth of cattle. and
about 100000 worth of butter, cheese
and milk.
No feature of the export trade in ag-
ricaItural products has shown a more
steady and rapid growth than that Of
meat and dairy products, of which there
was an increase of about go per cent
during the last decade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

There was much rejoicing under the
East river at New York when f0inch
pipe was driven through the intervening
Go feet between the two headlines of one
of the pair of subway tunnels being built
There had been wager made by the two
superintendent that the two sections Of
the bore would and would not meet with
in Il distance of one-tenth of foot
When the measure was made the dis
tance was found to be one-tenth of an
inch. The tunneling was begun in Sep
TENDER, 1908. The south tube will be
joined up in about six weeks.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
MILNE Manure with SOIL.

The process OF decomposition may be
carried on in the presence of pure earth
only. or Of earth intermingled with cut
clover. leaves, etc, or in the presence Of
muck. which is an assemblage Of inert
vegetable matter, and compost dung
hills may be formed according to these
methods. The proportions between the
Ingredients are fixed by no Discriminate
laws, and consequently great liberty Is
allowable to the operator. In fact, such
is the uncertainty of the composition
that almost every farmer adopts one
peculiar to himself, and with equal
success. No one need follow implicitly
any rules which have been laid dosyn.
but may vary and multiply his expert
ments according to the suggestions of
circumstances or the dictates of con-
venience The only use of intermix-
ing the soil with the manure is to I'm
bibe the gaseous elements of vegetable
life and hinder their dissipation. IL
there be much soil these elements will
be difTused through it with less den
sity and compression; If little, 1t will
be more abundantly saturated and en-
riched with the nutritiye yapors. The
farmer who arrests the rank yapors
which emanate from decaying animal
and vegetable matter, and instead of
permitting them to pass into and con-
taminate the air he breathes, treasures
up the invisible particles with which
they are laden and applies them to
feed useful vegetables, causes the at
mosphere to be healthy and his plants
to be thrifty by the same means.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
INHERITANCE TAX BY STATES.
Half of commemorative in Union
Get Revenre from Wealth.

Half of CONFERENCE.-The in Union
Get Revente from Wealth.
Investigation By the bureau of census
shows that, in 1902. about one-half of
the States of the Union had Inheritance
tax laws, which yielded to them an aggre-
gate of little more than $7,000,000.
This amount is believed by the census
officials to have incfeased in the present
year to fully $10,00G000 or S12,000,OOe.
In report, based \the forthcoming re-
port on Wealth, Debt and Taxation"
the census officials say that ''at least a
dozen States are materially assisting in
the support of the State governments
from this source of revenue"
As shown by the census bulletin, the
amount of inheritance tax collected in
1902 by the States which had laws tax
ing inheritances was as follows
INuEPITA TAVEc
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
Famous Greek Play unearthea.

The Egyptian department of antiqui-
ties has disinferred a large number Of
papyrus leaves containing 1900 lines Of
two plays by the famous Greek dramatist.
Menander. This viii give the first oppor-
tunity for modern scholars to make
frst-hand estimate of Menander's work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

character most people 1t would them also from
great deal and afford many hints the best
to pursue for In life Many people have
dread of being impairment" to themselves. They
mind me of the man Mark Twain described who would
lock himself In looking glass without he had
kid gloves
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
sheep FIocks Falling or.

One of the most remarkable facts of
modern times Is the lessening number
Of the sheep on the continent, and also
though not to such large extent, In
Great Britain. For the last thirty years
sheep have been decreasing, one of the
chief causes assigned being the de-
crease of the pastoral population, and
the LAID in many cases being put to
otner uses, says the Butcher of Brus-
sells Belgium. The following are the
figures for the last ten years:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
Chicago Tribune.
BISHOP M'cABE DIES.
Methodist Dignitary Succumbs to
stroke of ApOpIexy.

Stroke of ApOpIexy.
Bishop Charles G. McCabe of the
Methodist Episcopal church died in the
New York hospital Wednesday. Death
was due to apoplexy, with which the
bishop was stricken several days before
while passing through New York City
on his way to Philadelphia, Mrs. Nc
Cabe and the bishops niece were at the
bedside when the noted clergyman sue
cUmbed.
Bishop McCabe was born in Athens,
Ohio, on Oct. IL, 1886. Having decided
to enter the ministry, he enrolled as a
student at Ohio Wesleyan university, but
his health was not good and he was
obliged to discontinue his studies. In
1860 he joined the Ohio conference his
first pastorate being at Putnam, Ohio.
Two years later he was commissioned
chaplain of the One Hundred and TWEEN
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

home is found by thousands Bluebeard expect,
menced his course gradually and dare say that be
realized that he not husband of tender dispo
sition. extravagant wives, have known woman
who managed time to keep house comfortably
on $3.50 year bring ruin to her husbands head when
his income was $1,000 all through not being able "to
meet" and who could never believe that she
extravagant.
An occasional hour or so of selfquestoning would
lead o wonderful revelations of the most useful
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
Twas, Too!

What shall we name baby sister ?"
asked a mother OF her little 4-year old
daughter.
call her Early, mamma; that's a
pretty name"
Early? That is not little girls
name
"Oh. yes 1t is, Don't you remem-
Der you read to me about little girl
who was 10 be the May queen. and who
wanted her mother to call her Early?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
shin Broueht eoo.ooo letters.

in New York City reached port the other
day on the steamer Celtic. There We're
$3.50 sacks of mail matter, and it is esti-
mated that the number of letters CON
tanned therein must have been at least
GOO OnO.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
Observation-Disclosures
His Wife = 3
For Five Minutes
sssssssssssssss3sssssssE$
~O~O~NO~O~

81 LILY sat looking disconsolately
JON out upon the chimney tops.
81 never dreamed l could owe
so much money!" he groaned. Il guess
owe all there Is in the worlds, 800, ,
Here I'm engaged to Ellen. and the old
gentleman writes he vii! give me $4,000
the day we are married. and shall be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

uent part of He
Individualism is danger to the state Bachelors and
club the bandits, guerrillas and outcasts
would be in favor If it possible to do such things
by law, of special tax upon bachelors They don't take
part In the moral work of society They abnorma
ties and abnormalities should pay the taxes The unit
society and the state the family Beware of the
doctrines which themselves upon false conceptions
Of indvidualsm instead of the family, which is the
only social unit
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

charity except maternity in the widest of the word?
Women in Parliament The idea is preposterous. Men
there make plumbers sufficient At most exer-
else indirect influence politics in urging their male
kindred arignt But before ALL they should bring
ND their children in the consciousness of their civic
ties But let us have women potciansI
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
BEWARE OF FIRST STEP ON DOWN GRADE.
By e. q. Minnick.

The down grade" seems 20 me TO be an apt
expression 1t means an unsupported slipping
down the hill IN life. | imagine that there
are few people who have not had little ex-
perience Or it. Millions set upon the down
grade. and slide far enough TO find themselves
In awkward and uncomfortable positions as
more or less failures in life.
The down grade" 10 unhappiness in the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
Non-magnetic watch Cases.

The Literary Digest translates from a
Paris scientific paper the announcement
that means have now been found for pro-
viding a non-uag ghetto shield for watches
or clocks This is the work of a Paris
matchmaker named Leroy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
mo WOMAN POLITICIANS"
BY feoe Plus X.

The church blesses every movement tending
to raise the intellectual and social level of
humanity. We ought all to work. and why
should not women do their part? They should
study everything with, of course, the excep-
ton of theology. They should become law
yers, doctors and teachers. The care of the
poor is in all its forms a womans calling
above all. What is the exercise of Christian
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
BACHELORS ARE ABNoRMALITIES.
BY Benjamin Ide Wheeler

In the long run, what upholds the family
will uphold the state. The state cannot ex-
ist without the home. If the home is left
out none OF that solid moral fiber can exist
In the nation vficn must come from home vir-
tues Good morals are nothing less than the
regularities and the ordinaries of social life
between morals and religion. There can be
no dividing line. Coed morals are a constit-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
the last ten years

These figures denote that sheep have
diminished In ten years from 164,000,-
600 to 121 100000, a reduction of about
% per cent. In some countries they
have diminished more quickly than In
others. Germany's supply, for instance,
has been reduced by 60 per cent In ten
years, and Austria's 40 per cent. In
France the decrease began in 1873, and
although not quite so pronounced as In
the countries named, is continuous and
steady The mutton supplies Of Great
Britain, although they all show a re-
duction, have been better maintained
than in any other European country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

what do you most enjoy about au-
tomobiling?"
THE sense Of relief" answered Mr..
Cumrox, when / get to the end of a
trip and find that nobody has been
burt.--Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
Gre.r1. and sbrieks.

did you know that noises had been
issuing from Russell Sage's grave?"
Good gracious. no, Are you sare?s
Practically; Mrs Sage has given
81 600 to charity.--Houston Post
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

49,. -; ) -;

Raspberries and strawberries are gen
orally best transplanted in the spring.
before the growth starts, or shortly aft
erwards.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

Pigs may try to become little too
familiar, but that is a good failing. 1t
is better to have them too tame than
so wild they cannot be handled.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

If boys are required to handle guns,
1t is well that they be taught how. 1t
is surprising how many men get killed
In the careless handling of guns.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

Probably more young men would be
able to earn their own living if they
didn't have fathers to support them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

In slack Of the rope and hold head in
position. The mouth OF long-necked
bottle, containing the drench, should
De loosely placed in the horses nostril.,
and contents allowed to run out Not
drop will be spilled, If properly man.
aged, as the animal is obliged to swal-
low at once.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

with the possible exception of pa
janlas, nothing in a mans wardrobe is
SO ill-ftting and shapeless as hunting
c0at
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01

A woman may be a angel or DEVIL
and being an angel u easier than being
O devil