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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27

AS an evidence Of his friendiness to-
ward Great Britain the ruler of Afghanis-
tan has prohibited the priests from
preaching holy war upon penalty of
having their tongues pulled out. He has
also ordered that all Afghans who join
the rebelious border tribes shall have
their feet cut off. The British general,
Willcocks, in command Of the forces in
Northwest India had reached close quar-
tiers with the Mohmand tribesmen The
brother of the ameer, who is trying TO
usurp the throne is avowedly an anti
British. The Mohmands, who are the
chief cause of the trouble, are a great
tribe half in Afghanistan and half in
British jurisdiction. British Authorities
can hardly ask the ameer to control his
half when the British are totally unable
to control those on their side of the Dor,
der.
The subcommittee of the American
monetary commission created by Congress
has finished its study of the financial
system of England after a series Of confer
cnces at London with Lord Rothschild,
the permanent secretary Of the treasury,
and other fnanciers. During che past
week the subcommittee has been sitting
at Paris to study the French banking sys-
TEN. Senator Aldrich, WITH Prof. An
drews Of Harvard, viii proceed to Berlin
to arrange for several special articles on
the German system. and other members
will return to the United States
4 committee Of the House Of Commons
has reported in favor of changing the
hours Of the summer work day. The bill
proposes that all clocks in the United
Kingdom shall on certain date each
spring be advanced eighty minutes from
the solar time registered at the meridian
of Greenwich. The effect will be TO make
everybody begin work earlier in the day
and get through earlier. thus having more
daylight leisure after the days work is
done. In the fall when the days shorten
the clocks will be set back again at solar
time Both changes would be made in
the night when most people are asleep.
G. Voisin. Paris manufacturer Of
aeroplanes. said he thought the Wilbur
Wright machine an admirable thing for
sport, but not useful practically because
Of its great size NJ Yoisin is of the
opinion that the success of the French
triplanes will be found in their stability.
Albert, former minister Of justice of
Denmark, has confessed to the embezzle-
ucnt Of several millions Of dollars in
trusted 10 the savings hank Of which he
is the head. thus running thousands of
peasants and inhicting heavy loss on the
national treasury. lie began 10 faIsify
the banks accounts in 1894 and 70 specu-
late in American mines
The territorial supreme court a Manila
has decided that the Sultan Of Dunaharra
must hang for tho part he took as leader
Of the raid on Parang. Island Of Min
danao. in Januarr. 1906, wherein J. ".
Mcdonald Of shat place was killed by the
raiders. Besides being condemned to Be
hanged. the Sultan IS ordered by the court
TO Day 10 tie heirs Of Mcdonald 1908
pesos $500.
At Lucerne. Switzerland, J. 9. Scamid.
lagD. Of Cincinnati. gave dinner IN
honor Of Cardinal Gibbons Senator
Chauncey II. Depew, Gen William S.
Draper and Judge O'Gorman were pres
ent. Cardinal Gibbons left for rara
Sfter the dinner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
BUYING IN SMALL AMOUNTS.
Problem of the Butcher in Light
housekeeping NeighbOrhOOds.

Problem of the Butcher in Light
housekeeping NeighbOrhOOds.
The man who runs a grocery and
fruit store with a meat market attach
ment in light housekeeping neighbor-
hood Is always sure OF his share Of
funny experiences" said a man who
has just this sort of job In upper Man
haitian, according to the New York
Sun.
These light housekeeping customers
take more of our time in proportion to
the money they leave with us than any
other class, but they keep us so amused,
and they're usually so young and pref
ty and jolly that we never think Of
really getting mad at them.
Buying steak to fit the skillet Is a
light housekeeping proposition we're
often up again. What we call Delmon-
leo steaks are best for this and they're
favOrltes with all the women who play
the light housekeeping game. We take
the bone out and skewer the steak up
so it'll just fit their pan. and they
60 off smiling One girl brings in a
plate just the size of her skillet, so we
make the steak fit the plate. We get
so used to selling Just two chops that
we take a small purchase like that
quite as a matter Of course.
81 remember the day before Thanks
giving a pretty little thing came In
with her tape measure. She said she
wanted to buy small turkey. The
turkey must be just the size to fit into
a pan which just went into her oven,
and she'd brought along the tape meas
ure to make sure. l told her I'd never
seen such small edition of our ma
tional bird and that she'd better COM
promise on a chicken. She was good
deal disappointed. but we found a fine
chicken that went into her pan, with a
couple OF inches to the good. Then she
had me look over big basket of sweet
potatoes to find some nice. long. slen-
der ones because she wanted them to
just fit around the chicken In the pan.
She bought Just four.
Cheese is another thing the light
housekeepers always go slow on. They'd
rather buy a few cents worth every
day than have crumb left over for a
stray mouse to nibble on. Lots OF
stores object to selling less than a
pound, but when a pretty girl appeals
TO you for Just cents worth and per
haps to make up for it plunges reckless
iy and gets four eggs and quarter Of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
MANIToWoC HAS FIGHT.
Standard Oil Company Resists At
tempt to Force 1t Ont of City

Standard Oil Company Resists At
tempt to Force lit Out of City.
Accompanied by twenty affidavitS. pc
tition has been filed by the Standard Oil
Company for the dissolution of the injunc-
lion issued in court in Manitowoc two
weeks ago to restrain the company from
erecting storage tanks in the down town
district of the city and the company. it
is declared, will fight the opposition to the
highest courts. The petition is an incl
dent to long fight in which the city has
been interested, it trying to force the COM
pany outside the city with its tanks. In
cluded in the affidavits filed, is one by the
city fire chief, as an expert, declaring that
the paints are not dangerous and one by
the city health officer, giving it as his
opinion that the odor from the tanks is
not a menace to health. The company, it
is understood, has spent several thousand
dollars in its fight there.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
A SURPRISING EFFECT.

An old gentleman in one of the large
Eastern cities was asked to buy ticket
to a fireman's ball, and good naturally
complied. The next question was what
to do with It. He had two servants,
either of whom would be glad to use it.
but he did not wish to show favoritism.
1t therefore occurred to him to buy
another ticket, so that both could at
tend. A writer in the st. Louis Re
public tells what happened.
Not knowing where the tickets were
sold. he inquired Of a policeman, and
the officer suggested that he go to the
engine house. So the old gentleman
went to the engine house that evening.
but there was no one In sight. He had
never been In such a place before, and
stood for a moment uncertain how %
make his presence known.
Presently he saw an electric button
on the side of the room, and put his
thumb on 1t.
sense Of the word. Through the cell
ing. down the stairs, and from every
other direction firemen came running
and sliding. The horses rushed out of
their stalls, and, in short, all the ma
chinery of a modern engine house YVES
instantly in motion.
Amid all this uproar stood the limo
cent old gentleman, who did no. SUI
pect that he had touched the fire alarm
until the men clamored round him for
Information as TO the locality of the
fire.
Then he said. mildly. 81 should like
to buy another ticket for the ball, II
you please"
The situation was so ludicrous that
there was q general shout Of laughter
and the old gentleman bought his ticket
and the engine house resumed its for
mer state OF quiet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27

called upon defend Individual against the tyranny
of the majority. He must frequently defy and defeat
public opinion by protecting the individual from its
reasonable demand
The lawyer must often share with his client public
odium He must often stand between relentless public
opinion and its victim In defending the rights of the
individual he often contravene the interests Of the
many. This is peculiarly of country and Of
the present time, for with popular passion dashed into
fury by frenzied agators and with great constitutional
limitations standing the only barriers popular
gression the lawyer must frequently hwar the public
will by invoking the sacred guarantees of the consu
ton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27

The difficulty a diver experiences in
lifting weights beneath the water Is
partly overcome by a new Italian inven-
ton. which has been formally adopted
by that government The mechanism
is a diving suit, the artificial arms of
which are worked from the inside by
the wearer. The leverage thus obtain
ed enables the diver to lift objects
heavier than he could otherwise handle.
In addition to this improvement over
the old method a high-power electric
light that will penetrate the water for
some distance is placed in the helmet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
PRISONERS IN DANGER.

Women Inmates OF the County Jail
at Oshkosh Almost Asphyxinted.
Irene Dawson, Mrs. Mamie Vented
Stutz, and Mrs. Francis Zoeler, prisoners
in the county Jail at Oshkosh, were nearly
asphyxiated in their cells by Illuminating
gas The jet from which the gas escaped
is in the corridor exactly opposite Miss
Dawson's cell, and she was the most Sc
vcrely affected of the three. In fact she
was unconscious when the leak was dis
covered. The other two women managed
to get to the window of their cell and cali
for help.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
Rendering Tribute to God.
A Study in Bed.

Artists can tell odd stories Of the
difficulties experienced in painting flair
women" French countess, whose
features were literally covered with
rouge. said to an artist, who was try
ing to give a faithful portrait Of her,
Monsieur, your colors are not brilliant
enough for my complexion. Where did
you buy them?'
Madame" retorted the artist, Il got
them from the same shop where you
buy your own. "-Tid-Bits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27

little thar with other girls some, at least
their mutual friends cert in to imagine matri
monal intent upon his part and, still to express
the suspicion less plainly to the persons
cerned
The probability is that the young has serious
purpose his attentions merely the casual
quence surface admiration for pretty and enter
tanning girl Humanity is gregarious and social inter-
course with ones fellows is natural necessity Of all
normal men and women
Undeniaby the chances that the other Of
the couple day will find friendship has de-
veloped into something stronger and enderer than any
other love earth. Where both step hand in hand
into the primrose path" all is well, and the two who
gradually have grown together become in happy har
mony.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27

Of good quantities Of beluga, a NAM
NAL of II feet long, is essential to
their welfare. The white whales are
now very scarce in the bays of the
Okhotsk seas. They are captured In
open assures in the ice foes, which
they are obliged to frequent for breath
ing purposes. When an animal is
caught the festival Is held, the entire
village taking part. The idea under
lying the celebration is that the cap
tured whale has come to visit the set
Element. He must be treated with re-
spect, as he, that is his head, Is des-
tined to return to sea where he will
tell of the good time he had while be-
ing relieved of his superfluous flesh,
how gloriously he was entertained,
and will induce his comrades, like the
fox in the fable, to go and have their
tails cut off close behind their heads.
(Pa.) Grit.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
HEADLESS BODY is IDENTIFIED.
Remains Found Near KenOsha Those
OF Prominent Racine Man.

Remains Found Near kenOsha Those
OF Prominent Racine Man.
The headless body of a man found in
the woods south of Kenosha Sunday has
been identified as the remains of Frank
Clope, 40 years of age, who disappeared
from Racine May 26. Clope was well
known in Racine and is, alleged to have
become demented on account of his sons
arrest on a charge of counterfeiting. He
stated that he was going fishing when he
left home, but his friends now believe
that he went to the woods south of Ke-
nosha at that time and killed himself.
The widow asserts that he was murdered.
Representatives of insurance orders in
which Clope carried $1,000 insurance stat
ed that they were satisfied with the identi-
fication.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
DOCTOR FATALLY HURT.
Chippewa Falls Physician Gets Too
Near Gasoline with Lighted Match.

DR.. J. c. Flemming was fatally injured
by the explosion OF. gasoline at Durand.
He was searching for something in the
woodshed with a lighted match and came
TOO near a gasoline tank. Flemming was
Immediately enveloped in flames and but
for the timely arrival Of Edward Gill
more. would have been burned to death
on the spot. From the woOdshed, the
flames spread to the residence Of Mrs.
Martha Fox and totally destroyed it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
INJURY CAUSES DELINQUENCY.
Dent In Head OF Boy Causes Him to
Hate All Laws.

Dent In Head OF Boy Causes Him to
Hate All Laws.
At Trinity hospital in Milwaukee there
is a boy of IL years who would rather
break the law than keep it. The boy HIS
proven himself incorrigible, and it is fear
ed he will develop into a criminal. An
examination cf his head has been made
and it has been decided that the trouble
lies in a dent in the lads head. The dent
was caused by a cellar door falling upon
his head when he was years old. The
theory is that the dent is causing pressure
on the brain. with the result that the
boy is impelled to do wrong and to yield
to wicked impulses. Chief Truancy Off
Ger Bert Hall discovered the case. The
boy refused to attend school, would steal,
and displayed other undesirable qualities.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
Sold $40 for Three Cents.

Mrs. Mary jenkins, wealthy Racine
widow, before retiring placed a pocket
book containing $40 in a rag bag, and the
next morning when a junk dealer called
to purchase rags Mrs. Jenkins sold rags
and pocketbook to the caller and received
three pennies. The dealer admitted hav-
ing found a pocketbook containing the
money, but said he did not know to
whom it belonged.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27

Four people from Fond du Lac, who
came to Oshkosh in an auto, had a close
shave from a plunge into the Fox river
in the evening at s o'clock on Main
street on their way home. The draw
was open but the auto driver had failed
to hear the warning, until an Oshkosh
man shouted. The auto was stopped
within four feet of the edge of the draw.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
suspends Sentence on Girl.

Upon her promise to reform and with
the understanding that she could be SEN
fenced at any time if she failed to keep
her part of the agreement, Judge Goss
in the Oshkosh municipal court suspend
ed sentence upon Irene Dawson, who
pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing
a suitcase and contents, valued at S3lI'
from the Chicago and Northwestern rail
road depot.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
Peshtigo Logger Buried Beneath an
Avalanche of LOGS,

FeshtIgO LOgger Buried Beneath I'M
Avalanche of Logs.
Reg Brouette a Peshtigo man, had d
miraculous escape from death. He was
working on a logging landing when the
logs started to roll. His foot became
caught and he was unable to move. Tween
ty fellow workmen saw the logs moving
toward him without being able to render
the slightest assistance. The logs struck
Brouette, knocked him down and ten of
them, or over 1000 feet, rolled right over
his PROSTATE body. 1t was expected that
his crushed and mangled body would be
found, but instead Brouette had been
buried in the soft ground and mud and
had escaped almost uninjured. The logs
were rolling toward the river at the time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
Find Slain Mans Missing Skull.

A searching party working in the
thicket on the Riley farm, south of Ke-
nosha, found the missing skull of Frank
Clope. portions of whose body were found
the previous Sunday. The skull had a
bullet hole in it. 1t is evident that the
bullet which ended the life of Clope was
fired from short range, and this seems to
confirm the suicide theory.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
Duck Hunters Are Injured.

Geo. Emery of I.oganville accidentally
shot off a portion of his foot while stand
ing in a boat during a duck hunting ex-
petition. George Briar, Marinette sa
loonkeeper. was shot and seriously wound
ed while hunting ducks. He was pulling
the gun from the boat by the muzzle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
TO MAKE SCHOOL SEATS.
Company Formed to Have Plant il
ManitOWoc.,

Company Formed to Have Plant in
ManitOwOc.,
The organization of the Manitowoc
Seating Works Company, incorporation
papers for which were filed the other day
with the Secretary of State, will give
that city another large industrial concern.
The company plans to engage in the man
ufacture of church and school furniture
i'll competition with the American School
Furniture Company. The new company
is headed by NJ. H. Murphy, for years the
general manager of the American COM
pany, and local capital is behind the pro-
ject. 1t is said that the company will
erect a large factory building at once.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
MOTHER OF EIGHTEEN CHILDREN

Mrs. Catherine Marbone Has PrOba-
bly, Largest Family in Wisconsin.
Mrs. Catherine Marbone of Waupun is
perhaps the champion mother in Wiscon-
sin. Mrs Marlboro is only 80 years old,
has been married nineteen years and has
been blessed with eighteen children, one
born each year. She has been married
twice. the first time when she was seven
teen years old. Twelve children blessed
her first marriage and six her second.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27

Joseph Jermac, the 14-year-old son Of
Andrew Jermac, farmer near Wausau-
kee, was fatally shot By his younger sis
ter The girl not knowing the rife was
loaded, pointed the weapon at her broth
er's head and pulled the trigger. The ball
entered his left eye.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27

William Ryan, tramp, narrowly es-
capped death near Sheboygan when sleep
ing with his head on a rail- He was
pushed off the track and down an en-
bankment instead Of being run over.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27

a pound of coffee at the same time
who'd have the heart to refuse her?
These hair-splitting calculations
aren't often necessary on account Of
lack OF money, but just because there's
no place to keep leftovers."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
FIRE AT LAKE BEULAH.

Early Morning Blaze Does $4,000
Damage at Summer Resort.
Fire starting in the stock yards at
Lake Beulah, totally destroyed the lum-
Der yard of the Heddles Lumber Com
pany and the creamery belonging to Fred
Kolb. The loss to the Heddle company
will be about $4,000, partially covered
by insurance, while Kolb's loss is esti-
mated at $4,000. The town has no fire
protection and the volunteer department
had difficulty in fighting the blaze. Aid
was sent from East Troy and the fire
was extinguished
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
Football Game Is Fatal.

Arthur Miller, who was injured in a
football game with the Marquette acad-
envy team in Milwaukee, Oct. 3, died the
other night from a hemorrhage of the
BRAIN Miller was Is years of age and
senior in the high school. He played right
half in the Milwaukee game. Miller was
a stepson o. w. c. Bratz of West Bend.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27

In a FIRE following the explosion Of
can of vanish that wrecked the plant Of
the A. LANCE Manufacturing Company in
Milwaukee. John Kirch, engineer, was 50
severely burned that he died in the emer-
gency hospital. -Four other men were
burned. The loss is $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
Injured in Dynamite Explosion.

Paul ClrrcH was fatally injured n e
dynamite explosion at Thorp. Carroll
=ss engaged in blasting rock and went to
investigate why blast did not 80 OF
when the explosion came. He was hurled
TO the ground. His face vas badly man
gled and there is slight hope of his re-
cOyerv
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
Proof Positive.

How do you know that the De
STYLES have come back from the coun-
try"
Because their next-dOOr neighbors
told me they were living in the front
Of the house again. "-BaltimOr Amer
inan
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
Robber Gets Five Years.

William Wheeler accused of robbing
the barber shop of Marconiller brothers
at Corliss, was found guilty of the crime
and sentenced 20 FIVE years in State
prison.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
HARE HUNTED ITSELF.

Rock County Farmer Sees Rabbit
Run Under Drag and Has Stew.
Here is the latest nature fake story told
by a farmer living just outside of Be
lott, Joe Gsell, who recently resigned his
position as street car conductor to try
rural life. He says be was narrowing
on his land when his dog scared out
rabbit which ran straight under his drag
and was instantly killed. He says he en-
joyed the stew that night, but his neigh
bors look at him askance when he relates
the story.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
AppIeton Postof.iee Receipts.

The receipts of the Appleton postoffice
in the first quarter since the local Office
was placed in the first class, and which
ended Sept, 50. were S10,305.31, an in
crease of over $1,000 over the same quar-
ter last year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
Mnrinette MAN to shnre Forfune.

Nathan Ascher. who came to Marinette
started a glove factory, is son of Emil
Ascher, the Chicago leather and glove
merchant who by death of an uncle has
become heir to a 100000 estate in Eng
land.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
Wants n silent wife.

John Mason. a farmer in the town Of
Neshkoro. has advertised for a wife who
can keep her mouth shut except when
talked to- Mason was divorced from his
former wife.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
WHY NOT LET THE LOVERS ALoNE2
By Helen OIdfeId.

If Johnny Jones walks home from church
with Susan Smith two Sundays in succession,
he Immediately is suspected Of a more than
friendly feeling for that young woman;
tongues begin to clack; John is rallied on his
fancy for Susan, while she is bantered on
his attentions to her. If Edwin and Angelina
meet half a dozen times, and he shows the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-27
BUILD NEW WATER MAIN.

Grand Rapids VIII Increase Emcien-
cy of Water supply.
In view of the recent shortage in the
water supply of Grand Rapids, the coun-
ell is making plans to correct this diff
Guilty by the laying of special main to
supply the manufacturing plants and
water tanks with river water, reserving
the supply of spring water for household
purposes. During the recent drought it
became Necessary to restrict the use of
water to such an extent that many lawns
and gardens were ruined.