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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
THE MIDDLE-AeED MAN.
Once He Wanted Time to Go Fnsterj
Now He'd Like to Put on a Brake.

Once He Wanted Time to Go Faster,
Now He'd Like to Put on a Brake.
II don't know" said the middle-aged
man, but what III have to give up
the use of calendars, or, at least, of
that kind of calendar that consists Of
leaves bound together, a leaf for each
month, which you tear off as the
months go by. for this sort 50 reminds
you of the lapse of time.
when | was a youngster IL seemed
as If it took years for Fourth OF July
TO come around, and as If ii were years
more to Christmas, and the seasons
seemed to keep on lnterminably; time
seemed to have no end.
But as l grew older time seemed to
go faster and faster. until now at my
age ! find 1t fairly gallopIng. the
months and the years chase one an
other so fast.
II hang up one Of those leaf caIen-
dars at the beginning of a year. and
then. with its full complement OF
leaves. 1t seems thick. and | say to
LIZ SCtA NFONA- &c eUl n Whole year
ahead OF me" And though | soon be
gan to tear of the leaves, yet | felt
that as long as stayed on the other
side OF July / had generous part OF
the year left st.ll. even II It was going
fast
But from that Cd Il seemed TO 20
faster and faster and the pad OF leaves
grew rapidly thinner and thinner. until
the first thing y0u knew II had come
down. as now. 10 December. and the
year had gone.
Y don't know what III do about
the calendars. but suppose III con-
time to use the Old sort. with leaves
that you tear of month by month. they
are 50 convenient. But how time dies
There was { tine when | wanted time
TO 20 faster. but what I'd Ike most OF
al 10 discover now would be some sort
ot brake that would make time slow
dos,n Washington Post
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
His Shoulder DisIocated Al Times.

Its out again, Doc" was the com
plant of William flanagan to Dr.
Mayer of the dispensary staff.
The mans shoulder was dislocated
and the physician placed him under
the influence of anaesthetic and twist.
ed the injured member back in place.
1t was the forty-frst time that Hama
gan had his shoulder set" Last
Tuesday he entered the dispensary.
1t was the fortieth time the accident
had happened to him and he told the
physician it was an even forty"
Il have set Hanagan's shoulder
twelve or fifteen times" DR.. Mayer
said. Every few days he comes into
the dispensary and the same work is
done each time. Because of his work
as cabinet worker the injured arm
must be left free to move. Today
flanagan apparently was all right
when he reached behind him for a
tool. The motion caused his should
err to slip out of place and as usual
the man stopped his work and came
here. He keeps count, and he has
had the injury repaired forty-one
times. indianapolis News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

League points to these conditions that
1t has recently brought about:
Georgia became a prohibition State
simultaneously with the coming of the
new year. In North Carolina more
than 05 per cent of the territory has
barred liquor. In South Carolina near
~ one-half of the counties have done
the same. A movement for State prohi-
bition has been started. In Virginia
and West Virginia considerably more
than half the territory is dry"
In Florida liquor is prohibited in
three-fourths of the State. Tennessee
is prohibition except the three cities of
Memphis, Chattanooga and Nashville.
Ninety per cent of the territory in Mis-
sissippi is prohibition, and it Is expect
ed that the coming Legislature will en-
act absolute prohibition for the whole
State. Louisiana allows saloons In only
one-third of the State. In Arkansas
fifty-eight Of the seyenty-fve counties
have gone dry" In Texas liquor is
sold now in only At counties Fifty-one
other counties partially prohibit 1t, out
Of a total Of 243 counties. After April
1, 1908, Tennessee allows the sale of
liquor In only four counties. At the
last session of the Alabama Leglsla-
ture the ntl-Saloon League caused the
passage of prohibltory act for the en-
ire State. 1t will take effect Jan. 1.
1909. In Kentucky, the home Of Bour
bon ryes, 81 per cent OF the territory
has gone dry" Not less than 1900
900 now live in ''dry" counties Mary
land is the only Southern State which
has not lately taken a decided step for
prohibition. Nearly half of Its coun-
ties, however, forbid the sale of liquor
under local option. Part of Delaware
has declared against liquor selling.
Oklahoma, by its recently adopted con-
stitution, prohibits the sale Of liquor.
MIssouri's local option law has made
fourteen out Of its 115 counties dry"
Local option by villages and cities has
been brought about in Nebraska. Out
of 1000, 400 villages and cities have
declared for no license. South Dakota
has been made one-third dry" North
Dakota is wholly dry" Minnesota
has 1913 "dry" towns and Is increasing
the list. Sixty-five of Iowa's ninety
counties are dry" Wisconsin has CSC
towns where liquor selling Is prohibit
II xDrNhthttf0r i,
through Illinois, where the Antl-Saloon
League is making a terrific fight
against liquor selling. Eight counties
have already gone dry"
In Ohio ], LAO out of 1876 townships
forbid liquor selling, as also do GO per
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
An MIGRATE SOLDIER.
His Cowardiy Action Was the Max
ing of a NobIeman.

ing of Nobleman.
Here IS a story OF the battlefield
There was war between the Swedes
and the Danes One day a great bat
tie was fought, and the Swedes were
beaten and driven from the field. A
soldier OF the Danes who had been
slightly wounded was sitting on the
ground. He was about TO take drink
from a fiask All at once be heard
some one gay:
"Oh. sir. give me drink, for l am
dying."
Ii was 8 wounded Swede who spoke.
He was lying on the ground only a
little way of. The Dane went TO him
at once. He kneIt down by the side of
his fallen foe and pressed the flask to
his lips Drink said he. -for thy
need is greater than mine"
Hardly had he spoken these words
when TIE Swesde raised himself on his
eltsw. He pulled pistol from his
pocket and shot at the man who would
have befriended him The bullet graz
ed the Danes shoulder. but did not do
him much harm.
~Ah. you rascal be cried. y vas
going TO befriend ron. and ron repay
me By trying to kill me. Now will
punish YOU ] would have given you
all the water. hut now rou shall have
only half And With that be drank
the saif Of Il and then gave the rest
TO the Swede-
When the king OF the DAMS heard
about this be sent for the soldier and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
SCENES IN FROZEN NORTH.
Two Railroads fn Operation In
AlasIxa--Coal Deposits.

Interesting facts and figures concern
ing far-away Alaska were related last
evening by G. b. Heller, a former
Washingtonian. who has returned to
this city after a five months trip In
the frozen north, says the Washington
Star. He spent most of the time on
the property Of the Oxide Gold Mining
Company, Washington corporation.
near Council City, Alaska. Mr.. Hell
ger. who was accompanied north by
Bob Jameson. formerly OF the Wash
ington navy yard, is enthusiastic re-
garding the mining outlook in the
northern gold fields. The output for
the present season. he says, will be up
TO the usual mark-about $2o,0O0,oO0.
The wages OF the miners continue
good. the prevailing rate being So a
day and board In summer and 81 and
board In the winter months. There are
now two railroads along the coast OF
northwestern Alaska. One is known as
the Seward Peninsula railroad and
rms from Nome TO the various creeks
and camps adjacent TO that place
There are nearly 100 miles OF track
age. narrow gauge. Cabell Whitehead.
former assayer in the United States
Treasury Department. Is general man
aver Of this railroad. He Is also pres
ident of the Alaska bank at Nome.
Down the coast. thirty-.ive miles
east OF Nome, Is the starting point Of
the Council City and solomon River
railroad. This Is the first standard
/, gauge road ever built In Alaska and
II runs along solomon river for twenty
miles and will eventually be built as
far as Council CITY. it IS said
There was n new strike made near
Council City this season on stream
/ known as Mystery creek. II Is said
about $4,000 was taken out OF the
creek By crude methods OF mining since
It's discovery. Nr. Heizer brought with
him some pretty nuggets and coarse
/ gold taken from the creek The loca-
I ton Of the stream OF mystery" Is
said 70 be an ideal one, being surround
ed nv mountains and heavy timber.
Considerable interest Is being taken
In the probabilities Of Alaska as a
coal-producing locality. About 5000
.O-acre ecal-land claims have already
been ssaked. Mr.. Heller said, but the
government has shut down on any fur
Their coal prospecting and claims BE-
cause Of the alleged attempted monop.
| cir Of Alaska coal b. certain big com
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
Wants the Recipe.

Pittsburg club women are in some
excitement over the discovery that in
that city many women are mortgag-
ing their homes TO buy automobiles.
This is done to make an appearance
OF wealth and social position, which
70 many women seem about all there
is Of life, even II they are mere
limitations Pittsburg is not the only
place where this ambition is conspicu-
Gus. and everywhere there are people
who would rather have an automobile
than an uneneumhsred home. When
the club women have reformed this
sort Of thing out OF Pittsburg-for.
Of course. they are going to do it,
we request that they send on their
recipe Philadelphia Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
II = -

tional traits, women vote for all officers
except those who sit in the legislative
body. The same rights are granted in
Norway, while In Iceland one thing at
least has thawed out, and that is the
male electorate, which walks to the
polls in company with the women of
the land.
Federated Australia composite cit
izenship of the English, the Yankee,
the Dutch and the lover Of freedom
from all lands, made complete surren-
der to the women in 1902 and extended
full national suffrage. New South
Wales caught the infection and decided
that intelligence, and not the sex of
the voter, was the requirement for
permanent government. Nineteen wom-
en- sit in the Parliament of Finland,
and the people of that country have
expressed satisfaction with the results.
Hungary, the land of the queenly
Maria Theresa, recently witnessed
demonstration In which thousands of
men marched in a parade that had
equal rights for women as its battle
cry. Scotland duplicated the perform
ance the same week and the English
cities are so accustomed to such out
bursts that they cease to excite wonder
or surprise.
Kentucky, always proud of its beau
tiful women, was the first to recog-
nize the claim of equal rights, hut evil
IDENTIFY afraid to trust its wives and
sisters too far, extended the school suf-
frage only to widows with children
of school age. In Wyoming the wom-
Fen have voted upon the same terms as
men since 1859; the women of Colo
RADIO since 1898, and the women of
Idaho and Utah since 1896.
In 1861 Kansas gave all women the
school suffrage School suffrage was
granted by Michigan and Minnesota In
1871, by Colorado In 1876, by New
Hampshire and Oregon in 1878, by Mas
sachusetts In 1879, New York and Yer
mont in 1880, while in 1907 the move
ment swept through Canada and the
women of Toronto won in the battle
for municipal suffrage.
But the returns are now coming in
so fast that women's rights associa-
lions are obliged to frequently revise
their statistics to keep them up to date
The first victories were won on the
school franchise, the extension of full
municipal suffrage came in natural Sc
ouence, until one or both have been
granted in North and South Dakota.
Montana, Arizona, New Jersey. Con-
nectlcut, Ohio, Iowa, Delaware, the
Northwest Territory, British Columbia.
Quebec and Nova Scotia.-Philadelph
Ledger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

panies- The 5000 claims already stalk
ed are being prospected and developed.
There is said to be coal in great
quantities, especially in southeastern
Alaska. and Mr.. Heller claims 1t Is as
good In quality as the Pennsylvania
article. Recent heavy finds of coal
have revived the statement of geolog-
lists that Alaska once possessed a trop-
ical climate.
Mr.. Heller. speaking of get-rich-
quick schemes in the States, said there
was dredge carried to Alaska which
paid the company owning it 100000
In dividends in ninety days for service
on the Solomon river
Mr.. Heller gave graphic account OF
how travel was impeded on the mar
row-gauge road In summer by the pill
ing up OF snow. He also told of a new
wrinkle in which the faithful Alaskan
dogs are made TO haul canoes along
the creeks and rivers, canalboat fash
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

cent of the municipalities Massachu-
sets has more than $50 towns where
liquor selling is Illegal. Connecticut
has ninety-six dry" towns out of 176.
About half of Rhode Island is dry
New Hampshire is nominally prohibit
ton State. but liquor is sold in about
40 per cent of It's territory. California
and Colorado are almost wholly local
option, and Oregon partially SO.
This Is certainly a formidable rec
clude Maine and Kansas, which are
non-liquor States as a result of the old
prohibition movement
While thus In every State the Anti
Saloon League is pressing the issue to
q finish, 1t is, at the same time, de-
termined to stop indiscriminate inter-
state traffic in liquor. At present
liquor packages are sent through the
express offices to thousands of COM
munities, and are often addressed to
fictitious names and kept in storage in
the delivery offices. They are called
for promiscuously by those who seek
liquor. All that is necessary Is - pay
the C. o. D. charges. A bill that the
league Is now pressing in Congress will,
if passed. put a stop to this original
package" practice by putting shipped
liquors on the same basis as liquors
made within the boundaries of a State.
Woman Suffrage Agitation.
While the men of the United States
have won the reputation of playing the
cavalier to women In social life, Amer
lea has moved at much slower pace in
according civil recognition than has
been done In some Of the countries
across the sea. In England, where the
husband has from time immemorial
been the lord of the household, women
may vote upon the same terms as men
at all elections except those for mem
bers of Parliament; and the sentiment
FOR complete suffrage is strong and I'M
mistakable.
Women vote for all officers except
members of Parliament in Scotland, Ire
land and Wales; for the women of
England have had municipal suffrage
since 1869, the women of Scotland since
1881. and In Ireland since 1898.
That little patch of insular territory
known as the Isle of Man bears a mis-
nomer in its nomenclature, for its
women have equal rule with the men
in all elections; and 1t has been point
ed out that none of the political cat
aclysms have swept the attractive spot
since 1880, the date of the enactment
giving full suffrage.
In Sweden, the land Of the pictur-
esque and the sturdy in scenery and ma
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

1533-Henry WIZ. privately married to
Ann Boleyn at Whitehall.
1571-Queen Elizabeth opened the first
Royal Exchange in London.
17S6-virginia invited the States to
general conference to form less re-
stricted constitution.
1794-William Bradford Of Pennsylvania
became Attorney General of United
States
1SOI-Congress officially informed OF
Aaron Burr's conspiracy.
1S14-Pope Plus VII. dismissed from
Fontainbleau.
lS15-Thanksgiving in New Orleans over
Gen. Jackson's victory.
1S26-Peru evacuated by the Spanish.
1S32-Mazzini founded Young Italy,.
w. l.. Marcy of New York declared
in the Senate, ITO the victors belong
the spois."
1S34-St Louis Castle, at Quebec, de
stroyed by fire.
1S45-Congress fixed the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November
SIS the time for presidential elections.
lSo4-Stephen =. Douglas of Illinois in
PRODUCED the Kansas-Nebraska bill in
the Senate.
1S56-Steamer Pacific, with 1S6 passen-
gers left Liverpool for New York
and was never heard of again.
1S65--Library of the Smithsonian In
stitution at Washington burned
1S66-At his own request, Gen. Hood re-
lieved of his command.
1S70-Prince Arthur, third son of Queen
Victoria, arrived in New York
1S71-Statue of Abraham Lincoln at
Washington unveiled.
1S79-British entered Zululand and de-
teated the natives. >. .Zulus defeated
the British at Isandua.
1SS1--Egyptian obelisk placed in Central
Park, New York
1SS2-Charles A. Guiteau, the assassin
of President Garfield sentenced to
death.
1894 -Midwinter fair opened at San
Francisco.
1S96-Fifty-five lives lost in coliery ex-
ploSion in South Wales.
1901-Accession of King Edward VII.
1903-German ships bombarded San
Carlos over the Venezuelan affair.
19o5-Samuel H. Piles elected United
States Senator from Washington. -.
Atlantic coast swept by terrific
blizzard
1906-Steamer Valencia wrecked off VAN
couyer island, with loss of III lives.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

had him tell the story just as 1t was
why did you spare the life Of the
Swede after he had tried to kill you?"
asked the king.
Because. sir" said the soldier, 81
could never kill wounded enemy
Then you deserve to be a noble
man." said the king. And he rewarded
him by maAing him knight and CIV
ing him noble title.-"Famous Stories
Retold"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
CHATTER WI.

Leila could not believe her eyes. Mrs.
wycherly. the hSashgsest woman in the
county. stately. isaposing. handsome Mrs.
wyeRerly. she who never s,iFred abroad
without her Sanipage. her carriage, her
splendid horses. her richly Inverted ser
vants-Mrs. Wycherly, sitting alone BY
the waySidc 81 niae o'clock IN the even
ing, hoanetleSS, her dark hair sweeaing 10
her waist. a bleeding Wound iE her lore
head. her light dress torn. her face ghas,-
IL,
While Lsils gaxsd. awestruck sad Won
derins, at the woman. she rose suddenly
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

While public at
tention has been
concentrated on va
rious great national
and local questions.
two movements OF
the greatest impor-
lance have effected,
scarcely noticed,
noteworthy trans
formations In this
country. One Is the
work of the Anti
Saloon League; the
other that of the
Woman's Suffrage
Association,
The Antl-Saloon
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

Genuine drunkenness q The reel
thing
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-01
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
EXPERT ACCOUNTANT INDICATES OWENS

Of all the citizens Editor
the Miner
in
without politician
justice done public indulgence of all
obterate
stain rather the attempted stain individual
rag has tried the candidate
practically
rather
feelings
in therefore @
AS it not be knowledge but inform the
public that
knowledge condition
~ f.e,s
experience justly
behalf Sheriff
his books than
that
office better kept set of books anywhere in the United States and
auditor
country Mr. Ovens
and found that all collected
the treasurer and the which
to mountain,
portance that it is
The mpractibily
evident to ordinary
proven
proach who offended the spirit
and therefore worthy the
zen of Nye county N L. SCHADE
Expert Accountant hired
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-01
VOTERS BEWARE OF LAsT-HouR CIRCULARS

The Democratic making
peae efforts
famous anti Catholic hand bill
Chairman Somers the
aborve effort
cans and that the Republican
edtorial and simultaneously That
can paper knew Of the affair from telegraph dispatches
Carson citizens
Carson News
Earlier In the
the labor
the Flanagan prompt
proved this
iaure when the eghthour
reported against
bill the that
Flanagan together with Senators Bell Richardson
other Democratic passage
wanted that bill revised
nothing doing among the Democrats then.
party
eeiontoO
in
ocac The spurious copy
appear voters
entire Democratic of the twentyfs
voted against almost exactly similar
fact the entire construction the bill
ehthour section
So should
dirty and much clever the
ware!
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-01
GOLD DECK"
drew Coin
And ARREST

w. H. Parker, who runs a road
house sixteen miles from Round
Mountain, on the Austin road, was
arrested several days ago by Sheriff
Owens on the charge of running a
gambling game without license. 1t
is alleged that Parker has been in
the habit of getting unsuspecting
strangers to play cards with him
and always the stranger lost. A
short time ago a travelling optician
named D. w. Wiles stopped at Par
ker's house. and, as usual, cards
were INDUCED in. When Wiles
ceased playing he had lost all his
money and also two horses and a
wagon. He suspected Parker of US
ing cold deck and hearing of Par
ker's previous winnings, swore to a
complaint.
Parker was brought to Round
Mountain by Sheriff Owens and at
his preliminary hearing his bond was
fixed at $500. The case will come
up for hearing next week.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-01
HAVE PUT
MATTER UP To
San FRANCISCO

The first official step towards no.
tifying the San Francisco merchants
of the Reno Commercial clubs
opinion of their interference in the
terminal rate matter, and towards
showing them the short-sightedness
of their position, was taken Friday,
when circular letter was sent to the
bay city jobbers. The letter reads
as follows:
Dear Strive notice in the San
Francisco papers that it is the in
tention of the jobbers of your city,
through their traffic bureau, to fight
Nevada's effort to obtain terminal
freight rates, stating that you have
Nevada by the throat and mean to
keep the strangle hold.
Your short-sightedness is rather
mystery to us. The large retail
houses of San Francisco, which are
far more important to your city's
welfare, than the few jobbing houses,
being the backbone and heavy en-
ployment of the city, would be the
largest gamers by Nevada's advances
ment and prosperity.
First, you now get the cream of
our retail business. No man or wo-
man leaves Nevada for San Francisco
but what he or she. returns with mer-
chandise receipts from $40 to $1,000,
the result of one weeks trading.
Nevada has population of 1907
600. Give the state fair freight rates
and it viii be developed fast enough
to treble the population inside of two
years. Eastern capital becomes in
terested at once. does it see a fair
chance to get what 1t desires at a
reasonable figure II you treble the
population OF Nevada, what do you
do for the San Francisco retailer?
Treble his Nevada business, also. y
Ask your clerks and head sales
men how they like to wait on Nevada
trade, They will tell you that our
people know what they want. and get
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-01
The Halloween
GHOSTS WALKED

Last night was Halloween, and as
usual the FRANKS played by both
young and old will cause consider
able CONSERVATION on their discovery
this morning. Undoubtedly the
usual number of gates will be miss
ing and transferred. And no one
will be surprised If the residences of
several of the ministers will be
handsomely decorated by beer kegs.
There were large number of the
younger set out in ghost costumes.
making Halloween calls. and a num-
Der of parties were announced. at
which the old games were INDUCED
in.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-01
NOTICE.

In addition to my card of thanks
which appeared in the Tonopah
Daily Bonanza, in the matter of my
late deceased husband I. made
statement concerning the Fraternal
Order of Eagles in which 1 explained
myself as believing that that order
did not perform it's duty to my hus-
band. But after thorough investi-
cation of the matter l feel it my duty
in justice to the order to retract my
previous statement, inasmuch as it
has been ELECTED to me that for
some considerable time prior to his
death my husband had severed him
self from the duties and protection
of the order, and that by virtue of
such delinquencies did not suffer his
illness to be reported, and that,
therefore, the Tonopah Aerie of
Eagles did in no way violate its trust
or obligation
(Signed) MRS. ROSE.