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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
ODDS AND ENDS.

| Farmers in the vicinity Of Cameron.
| Texas, claim that they are clearing from
$50 to $50 per acre by raising water
melons and cantaloupes.
The destruction Of barn BY lightning
on the farm of Charles Bort, near Mchi-
gan City, Iowa. caused the death Of 1870
head of cattle and seven horses.
Farmers throughout Connecticut and
other New England States are sending
agents TO New York and Boston to induce
newly landed immigrants to go TO work
on their farms.
Experiments made at Cleveland, Ohio.
indicate that denatured alcohol can be
made from garbage and a plant will be
established there if further experiments
confirm the first tests.
". II. Har5wick. who owns thirty
acres Of land In Milan county, Texas.
which, seven years ago, he considered 50
poor that he could not sell II, set It to
peach and plum trees and cleared $1,000
last year.
Or. J. G. Written Of the Missouri Col
lege of Agriculture has by nine years in
yestigation and experiment work proved
that any farmer can raise asparagus that
is large, tender and without any OF the
toughness that characterizes most aspara-
gus. 1t is mainly a matter Of seed seiec-
ton.
Arthur Meeker, manager Of the Armour
Packing Company, recently imported from
England tgenty-four Guernsey cow and
two bulls. for which be paid S32, 400 The
price does not include the cost Of tTSns-
Tortation-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
ALL OVER THE STATE.

The school census gives 5,612 children
of school age in Appleton.
Fire burned the Commercial hotel in
Pardeeville The loss is $4,000, covered
by insurance.
Ashland county's first court house is
being RACED, being so dilapidated the it
became a menace,
The Ashland division shops of the
Northwestern road are now running on a
nine-hour schedule.
Eau Claire grocers and butchers selling
merchandise at Altoona, will have to take
out a peddler's license which costs 81 a
day.
Robert Roberts. farmer of Mount
Pleasant, was killed On the Milwaukee
road one and quarter miles south Of
Corliss
Mrs. Rebecca Vandemark and Thomas
Rothwell. who were killed by a tornado
at Clinton, Mimi, were former residents
of Baraboo.
Ut Neenah, frightened by a passing
auto. horse of William FeIton's ran
away. The owner was dragged for near
y half mile
Two engines on the Milwaukee road
met in a head-end collision on siding
near waIworth. and both were smashed
No one was injured.
Charles Mayher. while digging out an
old wei at Alanawa. made an effort 10
climb out. His weight caused the wallis
of the well to cave in ard pin Marh,.r
under the earth. with only his head and
shoulders showing He was released an
hour later BIZ neighhors in an uneon-
scious condition.
At Sheboygan John Dempsey and
George Pomferd were arrested By the Do
lice on the charge Of forgery. The po-
lice claim to have found 100 blank checks
on the men. and one check filed out in
the same manner as those which were
passed
During the {, sence Of bis parents. and
while only his little sisters and brothers
we're at home. Albert Miller. 20-year-
old son Of a farmer in tae town Of Port
land, Dodge county. took his life by hang
ing. He had been i'll for several gears.
and vas mentally unbalanced.
Prot. Andrew ]. Steele. graduate o.
Whitewater normal in its first class IN
1870. and who for fhirty-eight years has
been president Of the Le Moyne normal
institute. Memphis Tenn. has been nam
ed among those TO be benefited By the
Carnegie fund lie viii receive $1,000
rear upon retiring from his present posi- |
ton next year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04

New Orleans and Savannah. In the
latter city he married Miss La Rose,
a French-Canadian. He was fast win
ling fame when yellow fever swept
Savannah. In 1876. and he and his bride
fed TO Atlanta. where he became a
member of the staff Of the Constitu-
ton. Ii was there that he won his first
spurs in the field Of literature. Not
long after Mr.. Harris became MEM
her OF the staff OF the Constitution, Sam
W. Small. who had made hit with a
series OF negro dialect sketches. had re-
signed The management asked Mr..
Harris TO continue the column Mr..
Harris consented with much concern,
but he insisted that his sketches be
furnished TO the readers under the title
of "Unole Remus"
The Uncle Remus" series met with
instant success and opened the gate OF
recognition fer their young author.
They tickled the fancy and excited the
interest OF readers TO such an ex 1ent
that Mr.. Harris was asked to writ. n
book. whlch had wide sale here AID
abroad. Then he wrote for ma gaziaes
and turned out other books, which
brought him snug income. In 1855 he
published Nights with Uncle Remus :"
In 1854 "Minzo and Other Sketches In
Black and Waite" In 1887, Free Joe
and Other Georgia Sketches" or all
his works. -Biue Dave" published In
1855. was his pet
Mr.. Harris was great lover Of chill
dren and domestic life and modes. TO
basnfulness. He never could explain
why people were so interested In his
bookx He was shy OF women. but de-
HEATED b ronp With his oUn or neigh
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04


it is in many respects the most important branch of
the government 1t is the background of the whole gov
1t is the balance wheel in its of ultimate
respective Jurisdiction the various
departments of the national government
daries between State and national control, and
the guarantees Of life liberty and property of the ndi
yidual
The Supreme courts OF the different
similar, but of course, less important jurisdiction
within their respective States 1t is to be presumed
that the Supreme Court, in the hearings
on general law, will lay down principles with sufficient
cearness to enable the inferior courts dispose of
liar cases before them with reasonable accuracy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04

12oS-vcnetian Crusaders took Constan-
tinople.
142S--Charies VII. of France crowned
at Rheims through the Instrumental
ity Of the simple peasant girl. Joan
Of Arc.
16le-Foundation of the famed Bodleian
library was laid in Oxford
162S- Kirke defeated RoQuemont in the
Gulf of st. Lawrence.
1b69-Lockes constitution Tor Carolina
signed.
16SS-Combined armies under John So
bieski defeated the Turks under the
walls of Vienna
1104-Gibraltar attacked by the British
and captured two days later.
1773-Pope Clement XIV, signed bill for
the extinction of the Jesuits,
1T19-Americans surprised aud defeated
the British at PaulNs Hook Ma
nisink settlements in Orange county.
New York, attacked by Indians.
1T93-Execution of Charlotte Corday
1T9I--Bonaparte defeated the Name
lukes at the battle of the Pyramids.
and thus subdued lower Egypt.
1Sl2-Iiritish and Indians captured Fort
Mackinaw, one of the strongest out
posts of the United States. . United
States brig Nautilus captured by
squadron of British frigates :. Brit
ish and allies defeated the French at
battle of Salamanca.
1S40-Bill for the union of Upper and
Lower Canada received the sanction
of Queen Victoria. Pioneer Cunard
steamer Britannia arrived at Halifax.
1S50-Thomas Corwin of Ohio became
Secretary of the Treasury.
1S03-First pier of Victoria bridge at
Montreal begun.
1S6l-Ccnfederat Congress met at
Richmond,
1S63-Assault on Fort Wagner
1S64-PFesident Lincoln issued call for
100000 more volunteers.
S66-Austrians defeated the Italians at
LISA.
1S6S-Wyoming Territory organized.
1S70-M. Provost Paradol. French minis
ter at Washington, committed suicide.
1S74-Charges of Theodore Tilton against
Henry Ward Beecher made public.
18g6-Boisrand Canal elected Presi-
dent of Hayti.
1SS0-Gen. Manuel Gonzales elected
President of Mexico.
1SS1-Sitting Bull surrendered at Fort
Buford.
1ss2-Indian battle of Big Dry Wash.
Arizona.
1SS4-First message received at Boston
over the Bennett-Mackay cable.
1892 Election in Manitoba favored Pro
vincial Prohibition.
1S93-Boycotting decided to be legal by
the Supreme Court of Minnesota.
President Cleveland signed the act
admitting Utah to the Union.
Cleveland, O., celebrated the Tooth
anniversary of its settlement.
1S97-Dingley tariGslaw went into effect.
1s99-Secretary of War Alger re-
signed because of severe criticism on
the conduct of the Spanish war,
1901--Intense heat prevailed in the east-
ern and central parts of the United
States.
l905-United States naval squadron mr.
rived at Annapolis with the remains
of Admiral John Paul Jones.
1906-Peace signed between Salvador and
Guatemala.
1907-Thirty killed and many injured in
a wreck on the Pere Marquette rail
way near Salem, Mich. The Ko-
rean Emperor abdicated in favor of
the crown prince. Fifty lives lost
by the sinking of the steamer Column
bia off the California coast Sew
eral thousand persons Frustrated by
heat at a parade Of Elks in Phila-
delpha.
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bors' children. Two Of his sons are
engaged in newspaper business.
WATCH THE LIPS.
Their Sensitive Muscles Make Them
Great TeIItaIes.

Their Sensitive Muscles Make Them
Great TeIItaIes.
Its a queer thing" remarked the
professor, "how people can control their
eyes and not their mouths"
The inventor with whom he happened
to be talking made the comment that
the professor probably meant tongues
when speaking Of mouths.
mo, didn't mean tongues. / meant
mouths" the professor reJoined. 81
mean, If you want to be scientifically
accurate, the action Of the lip muscles.
There's nearly always, il a moment of
excitement, Of exultation, depression or
emergency, telltale movement on their
part which can't be guarded against.
Why can't 1t be guarded against? Be-
cause 1t Is so largely unconscious Most
of us from our youth up have been
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
MfSunderstoOd.

She Indignantly why did you
fail TO keep your appointment with me
yesterday?
Helm awfully sorry. but l was
compelled to wait in restaurant until
it was too late
She (icily)-Pardon me, but
thought you had a position in a bank.
wasn't aware that you were a wait
er.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04

is actually used the remaining 80 to 90 per is abb
sorbed in rendering the smaller fraction available In
actual work
There is at present known remedy for this. These
wastes not increasing; fortunately through the de-
veopment of gasproducers, incrnacombustion engines
and turbines they decreasing yet not rapid
y to affect seriously the estimates of increase In coal
consumption. We not without hope, however, Of
discoveries that may yet enable to poten-
tal into mechanical energy direct avoiding the waste
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
Released from LniI.

At Chippewa Falls Rudolph Pitsch has
been released from the county Jail, where
ne has been confined three weeks because
he refused to obey the injunction order
of Judge Vinje to remove mail box and
post with which he had INSTRUCTED a
highway, and pay the costs of the case.
This ends a litigation of two years, be-
ginning with the obstruction of the high
way with fence, and Mrs Pitsch firing
on the town officials when they came to
remove the fence.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
E.n.-t cnnnei.t hi Drorned-

John L.aagermann. an expert with q
canoe. met a spectacular death at Ke
nosha when be drowned in Lake Michi-
gan in sight Of several hundred people
Many sought to aid him. and four zen
nseu5ers of the I0l Ranch company, mar
rowly escaped meeting the same fate
when they went to rescue him LANCER
nan was g years Of age and leaves :
wife and Eve children.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
Death of Albert PIatn Accident.

Practically all doubt as to the manner
of the death of Albert Platz. the wealthy
manufacturer who was found shot TO
death at the plant of the Davis, Medary
& Platz Company in La Crosse, was
cleared up. District Attorney Otto Boss
hard issued a statement that he was con
WINGED that death had been accidental.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
WOMAN DIES IN DENTIST CHAIR
brother Is About to Extract a Tooth
When She Expires

Mrs. John DAILY died in a dentists
char in the office of her brother, DR.. e..
r. Stapeton, in Milwaukee, just after
having been given chloroform to ease
pain attending the removal of an ulcerat-
ed tooth. DR.. I. Willet, after examining
the woman's heart and finding it in per-
feet condition, administered small guam
tlty OF chloroform. Mrs DAILY sank back
INTO the chair with sigh of relief. A
few minutes later. as preparations were
being made to pull the tooth, the discov-
cry was made that she was dead. Her
brother, broken-hearted, notified the au-
thorlties. Both he and DR.. Willet were
exonerated by a post-mortem examination.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
Wnylnid nnd Rohhed.

1t is now believed that Jack Mccoy.
who was found on the Milwaukee road
near Truesdel station in an unconscious
condition, was waylaid and robbed. When
Mccoy left Chicago. so his brother says,
he was well supplied with money and
carried a gold watch. When found there
was not cent in his pocket and there
was no watch on his person.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
THREE SUITS AGAINST HUSBAND.
Law Not Fitting Case, Judge Gives
Good Advice.

Good Advice.
At Chippewa Falls, Judge O'Neill
spent a week hearing three of tie actions
begun by Victoria Houghton Farr against
her husband, Joseph K. Farr, superin-
tendent of Indian timber and logging for
the United States, in Wisconsin. Michi-
gan and Minnesota. The court held that
IN Wisconsin a wife could not sue her
husband for damages for assault and bat
t2ry, nor could she maintain an action
fr support without divorce, but added
mat while he had no power to make an
order, he could not forbear, as man,
making suggestion and strong recon-
mendation to Mr.. Farr, and that was
that the court, if in his place, would send
his wife check each week for the ade-
quate support of herself and her two
minor sons living with her. The third
action was for large amount of prop
erty which Mrs. Farr contended her hus-
band had given her in 1902, and had kept
from her. This was taken under advise
ment
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04

wIckson-Br onsonis wife is a great
advocate Of woman's suffrage.
Dicszson-I understand he holds
some views on that subject himself.
wicfsson-Yes: what views he has Re
holds All right He don't even dare let
them out for exercise.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
"UNCLE REMUs" DEAD.
Joel Chandler Harris Passes Away
i'm Atlanta, Ga.

Joel Chandler Harris Passes Away
i'm Atlanta, Ga.
The death of Joel Chandler Harris,
which occurred recently ut his home in
a suburb Of Atlanta, Ca, removed one
of the best known writer's of the pres
ent day. Mr.. Harris was known in
the world of letters as 'Uncle Remus,'
and he became famous as delineator
of negro character. He was born in
Eatonton, Ca, Dec 8, 1S4S. and 1t
was In n country printing Office that
this author of popular Southern tales
became first associated with literature.
Beyond a few terms at the Eatonton
Academy, Harris lad no regular educa-
ton. As stripping of II he became
a printers devil" on a small weekly
published on a plantation. Then came
the civil war. Following that, Harris
became n full-fiedged journalist. He
was employed successfully in Macon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
Population Has Increased.

According to the school census of Osh-
kosh, the city should show population
of 35,4S7. The school census which has
just been completed shows 1919 persons
between the ages of 4 and 50 years.
Using the ratio Of 80 per cent, this
gives Oshkosh nearly $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
HURL CURIOUS YOUTH IN LAKE.
Feminine Campers Resent Presence
of Younn Snecfafnr

of Young Spectator.
Milwaukee girls in camp on the shores
OF the Pewaukee lake attacked and cap
tured youth who had been watching
them in bathing and threw him into the
water. Immediately dressed, starched
and perfumed to perfection, the young
man had crossed the lake on small
steamer to see the bathers. The steamer
stopped at pier near which the girls
were swimming. His manner aroused
their indignation and the ducking follow
ed. He fled before his name was learned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04

'sfr. and Mrs. splasher seem to get
on very badly
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne ITS
one Of those hopeless cases where a
man thinks be knows all about horse
races and q woman thinks she knows
all about bridge. Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
So Ther All rhinL

Stella--Congratulate me, dear. I'm
engaged.
Mabel-Huh l wouldn't marry the
best man on earth.
Stella-Of course you couldn't I'm
going to marry him myself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04

pected to be here they always Went with the old peo
pie They have established the habit Remove the
and you will catch the CLEAN Of water where the real
springs of sentiment bubble in the life of that
And it is from these springs that they draw their
freshment and retain their power and kept active
upon the field of affairs When the springs of sentiment
dry up the world affairs and gone for
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
Locates Grave Of old Indion Ch,ef

Returning to Manitowoc after an alb
sence of forty-six years, George la Count
of San Francisco. whose father came in
1896, has located the grave of old Chief
Mexico, early day leader of the Indian
tribes of the county. Mr.. La Count with
local people. has started a fund to pur-
chase a tablet to mark the site of the
grave, and the County Historical Society
will take the matter in hand Chief Mex
leo died in 1874 and was buried on the
farm owned by the father of Mr. La
Count
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
Street Fakir Anglers Crowd.

At Eau Claire Signor Antonio PERI,
an Italian street fakir, stirred up the
wrath of the crowd watching him when
he stepped down from the platform, be-
cause somebody was jeering at him. and
struck little boy violently across the
mouth, and if it had not beer for the
prompt arrival of the police he would
have been harshly dealt with by the angry
cr1n atslfln
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
Attacked by stranger.

As she dismounted from the interurban
car which runs by her home, some three
miles out of Eau Claire, Mrs. Ole O.
Peterson, a comely young woman. was
grabbed around the neck by a well-dress-
ed man, who jumped at her from out the
darkness, and dragged her to one side Of
the road. Her husband rushed to her
rescue and her assailant fed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
Correct.

When Theodore Roosevelt was police
commissioner in New York, he asked
an applicant for position on the
force
IF You were ordered to disperse 4
moo what would you dot"
Pass around the hat, sir" was the
reply.-Cathcsic News
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
viii Abate a Nuisance.

Because young boys and girls have be-
come so energetic as TO be a nuisance in
securing cigar bands in the craze, the
Neenah and Menasha police have been
instructed TO watch the drug and cigar
stores to keep the children from bother
ing purchasers of the cigars bearing
bands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
opposes Compulsory Arbitration.

The Wisconsin Federation of Labor
passed a resolution opposing the enact
ment of laws providing for the eompuE
sorry arbitration Of labor disputes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
NORTHWEST ELEVATORS SOLD.
Western Elevator Company Succeeds
Northern Grain Company.

" CStCNA A@AcNatOF (9m p0ny SuCCGSu8
Northern Grain Company.
The big Northern Grain Company,
which recently closed its business in
Manitowoc, sold its elevators to the West
ern Elevator Company of Winona, Mimi,
for approximately $23OO0,OOO Posses
sion was taken at once and the new own
ers have begun to operate the elevators.
Flfty-hve country elevators in towns in
Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, the Da-
kotas and Iowa, in addition to the offices
and two large elevators in Manitowoc,
are included in the transfer. The new
owners viii only buy and sell grain and
will discontinue the sheep and cold stor-
age branches of the business. The North
ern Grain Companys main office will be
moved from Manitowoc to st. Paul
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04

With nearly 10000 singers and visit
ors attending, of which number 800 were
Chicagoans, the 1908 Saengerfest of the
northwestern Saengerbund opened at La
Crosse. The president of the saenger-
bund is Theodore G. Behrens of Chi
cago. A number of soloists appeared.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
Narrow Escape for Chicagoan.

]. J. Harmon, a wealthy automobile
dealer of Chicago, and his father had a
narrow escape from death when their auto
ran wild on the hill between Racine and
Kenosha. The brake refused to work and
the machine went over an embankrnent Of
twenty feet and landed in a ravine. The
machine did not capsize.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
Big Ditch VIII BE Dug.

A ditch to cost about $4,000. seven
and one-haf miles long, for the purpose
of draining the Eau PLANES bottoms. viii
be dug. 1t is estimated that $500 acres
of land will be reclaimed by draining of
the water.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
DON'T BE AFRAID OF SENTIMENT.
BY President Wilson of

A great many men are ashamed in this some
what artificial age to exhibit sentiment. They
boast themselves practical, hard-headed men,
who face the stern facts Of life, and do not
deceive themselves regarding their character.
/ know OF men, for example, who attend
church services with a sort of excuse to their
friends for the habit, saying that they go be-
cause their fathers pew is there; they are ex-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04

me we then shall receive the greatest bessedness
ourselves and do all the good to others possible
US to accomplish. Only everyone; love not only
those who afectonate but ALL especially those
who hate-as Christ taught-and life becomes an In
creasing JOY and all the questions which vainy
seek to solve by violence will only solve themselves
bus will to exist.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
WE MUST SAVE OUR COAL.
BY Andrew Carnegie.

Unless there be careful husband
ing, or revolutionizing inventions,
or some industrial revolution comes
which cannot now be foreseen, the
greater part of that estimated
2,500,000,O00,O00 tons of coal form
Ing our original heritage will be
gone before the end of the next CEN
fury, say 200 years hence.
Still more wasteful than our proc
esses Of mining are our methods of
consuming coal. OF all the coal
burned in the power plants of the
country, not more than from to
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04

At the beginning OF the new fiscal year
the Department of Agriculture has $751;
100000 available for carrying on It's work
during the ensuing year. The forestry
service gets SO. SOC. 300 and the bureau Of
animal industry 100000 To test plants
for their availability for making paper,
$4,000 is appropriated
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04

Gyer-Huggins is charged with hav-
ing three wives
Myer-Sos What does he says
Gyer-Say. What chance would
man with three wives have TO say any
thing!
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04
Teach Factory Girls Cooking

A number of leading women of Kenosha
are forming. a school to teach factory
girls to be good housewives. One thou
sand girls have said they are anxious to
take the co,srse
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-04

Florence Hooley. teacher of mathemat-
les at the Milwaukee Downer college. was
seized with cramps and drowned while in
bathing AT a summer resort near Eagle
River