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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
NO AMERICAN NATIONAL CAKE
Unlike Most Countries of the Old
World, We Are Without
Speciality.

There's a bully good story in here
about Holland said a man who was
reading one OF the magazines THE
writer makes special mention of the
little tartjes, which are what you
might call the national cake of the
Dutch. It's queer that so many of the
countries of the old world have their
speciaities in the bakery line, and the
United States hasn't anything of the
sort. There are those tarts in Hol-
land, France las its far-famed French
bread. the Italians have a closer bread
that is quite unlike that of the French,
but very palateable. Spanish bakers,
wherever you find them, have knack
OF making delightful little rolls that
no other nation can make. If you go
into German bakery there are in
Vulnerable kinds of coffee cake, all
typically German. Now, if you go into
bakery, except of the very fanciest
class here, what do you find? You
find bread and rolls that average very
bad, and the same sorts of cake in
all the bakeries. On the other side,
the stores specialize. Many of the
stores have some little specially that
no other store carries, and the recipe
for which is carefully guarded. 1t is
almost impossible for a private family
here to get good bread or rolls from
any bakery"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
Borslum's Group of North America.

Gutzon Borglum's group of North
America, for the bureau of the Ameri-
can republics at Washington, has been
cast in plaster, and promises to be a
grand artistic monument. The figure
of the youth representing Progress"
is particularly strong, and we imagine
there is a certain hidden meaning in
the expression of the nervous figure
that will give rise to some discussion
when the group is placed. Mr.. Borg
lum, who started for a vacation in the
Gunnison country OF Colorado, will re-
turn in August and the marble group
will be cut in the rough at Washing
ton. Then it will be placed in position
at the building of the American repub-
lies, and the sculptor will finish it in
stu There will be no leaving of work
to mechanics. The group will repre-
sent the full expression of man full
of original ideas, who takes his art in
tensely seriously.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
BILLIARD PLAYING WON BRIDE
Unusual Stakes on Games Decided In
italian Club, In City Of
Philadelphia.

Men have often played billiards, but
not for love. 1t has taken William
Caruso, prosperous young barber of
the Colonnade hotel, to demonstrate
the fact that Cupid turks in the cor
ners OF the green table, with a smile
and an arrow for the victor of the
game of chance.
-Four years ago Caruso met, in the
Mazzina Garibaldi club, John Cirino,
the best billiard player In the club.
Caruso, undaunted by the others repu-
tation, challenged him to a billiard
duel, with the privilege, if he won, of
asking in marriage the hand of GER
tain lissom beauty, Filomena Cirino,
the then champions sister. All was
arranged, the match came off, Caruso
won, and Cirino introduced the victor
to his sister.
Every week the billiard matches
would be the talk of the club when it
became known what were the stakes.
And every week Caruso beat his op-
ponent, fortified by the thought of the
smiles that awaited him after the
battle
Convinced at last that the young
barber was a worthy man in every
respect, Cirino gave his consent to the
nuptials.- Evening Bull
letin
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
STORY FAILED TO MAKE HIT
Old Mans Lame "Yarn" Greeted. with
Laughter instead of Admiration
He Expected.

That was lame and impotent con-
clusion." said Senator Aldrich of an
opponents tariff speech. 1T failed of
effect like old Elisha Grey's adven-
ture story.
AT a package party one winter
night in the village the guests re-
called one another with weird and
frightening adventures that had be-
fallen them in lonely churchyards
They told of meetings with highway
men in deserted lanes, encounters in
lonely houses with desperate bur
glars. and so forth.
Vain old Elisha Grey, after an hour
or so of this, got jealous of the in
terest and awe that the adventure
stories of the men about him stirred
up. So. interrupting a burglar yarn
quite rudely, he piped in his high
quaver:
i amt never been molested, but
wunst ladies an gents. l was hurry
in to hum from the gin'ral store at
the time. 1t was late at night-close
on ten, | guess-an' jest as l was
passin' the doctor's-it was dark an
lonesome, tell ye-why, soft-spoken
young Teller steps up an asts me fur a
match. So / up with my fist an land
ed him good 'un on the jaw. an
hiked out O. that just as fast as my
legs ud carry me-
"Old Elisha, looking around Tor a
diSDlay of shuddering admiration WAS
very much Disguised, indeed, to find
the end of his story greeted with a
roar of laughter"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
The Heaviest Rlnainn Bell.

Grandson, the famous tenor of the
peal of bells in Exeter (Eng) Cathe-
dral, has had a narrow escape from
disaster.
1t was being rung during the Whit
suntide when a bolt which kept the
clapper In position came out owing
to the displacement of pin The re-
suit was that the clapper, which
weighs well on toward two hundred
weight, also came out and fell as
the bell was swinging. A good stout
floor prevented the clapper from go
ing into the ringing chamber below,
where there were Is or 16 ringers.
The clapper was knocked clear by
the bell Itself, and beyond slight chip
ping of the lip, Grandson suffered
no damage.
The bell is the heaviest used for
ringing in the world, and has only
been rung single handed through a
peal, the ringer In that case being
Mr.. w. Pye of London. Grandson
weighs ~ hundredweight; and If the
stock be included, something like
four tons. The bells had not been
run for a twelyemonth, owing to re-
pairs to the tower, and the present
mishap is therefore particularly un-
fortunate
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
TWO IDEAS ABOUT BUSINESS
One Without Imagination, and the
Other with It and the Differ
ence Therein.

1t must be remembered always that
1t is not the price of an article which
is important, but the reason for the
price.
The bankrupt stock, the fire sale,
the manufacturers remnants, the an
nual clearance, the removal sale, the
diSsolution-of- partnership sale-what
are these, and many more, but argu-
ments for the price? And note this
one point-that without the argument
the price is powerless. Reduce your
fur-lined overcoats from 500 to $50,
and liberal discount attracts little at
tention. Why? Because there is no
ton. Why should you present over
coats to the public? But announce
that, owing to an expiration of your
lease, and the imperative command
that you vacate your present store
within two weeks, you will reduce the
price of your fur-lined overcoats from
500 to $50, and you may sell easily
all you have to offer. Instinctively,
the public sees the whole picture-the
proprietor's anxiety, the inevitable re-
m0val, the lessening days, the final
sacrifice, and the store full of eager
buyers quick to seize such an oppor-
tunity. This is only half the reduction
previously considered; but one is bust
ness without imagination, and the 9TH
er is business with it.-Atlantic
Monthly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

Dancing is a strenuous exercise.
Calculations show the distances ne
gotiated in a night by fair enthusi-
asts and their partners to be worthy
the performance of athletes. Thus,
the average waltz turn will require
dancer to travel over i 300 yards. 9th
er round dances In their accomplish
ment involve: the mazurka, 1850
yards; the polka, trif1e under the
thousand; the pas de quatre, barely
900 yards. Quadrilles, however. hold
the record, since dancing one entails
on each of the eight persons in the
set the achievement all unwittingly of
a constitutional of a mile and quar-
ter long; while dancing the Iufi Sard,
inclusive of the cotillon, at ball Is
ginning say at ten O'Clock at night
and winding up at FIVE o'clock the fol-
lowing morning, necessitgtes the Ia
king of $4,000 steps, or a total dis
lance covered Of over IL miles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
CLIMBED LADDER TO SADDLE
Work Of Mounting Horse Something
Of a Feat for Ponderous
Gen. Shafter.

Il see you had something about
Gen. Shafter the other day." said the
sergeant, whose service stripes
reached almost to his chevrons II
served under him many years, but l
cannot remember when his waist line
was less than the "A mark 'Pecos
Bill,' we used to call him. 1t was
great sight to see him mount his
horse. Sometimes he used to have a
stepladder, and 1t often took two Or
derlies to hoist him into the saddle.
When he was commandant at the Pre-
sidio he hit upon device that put the
stepladder in the shade and brought
great relief to his orderlies. At head
quarters the Office opened upon a
broad and high porch. Well, talk
about strategy! Col.-he was colonel
then-Shafter saw the possibilities of
the porch. One day he sent for a
carpenter. who cut out section of
the railing. Then the orderly brought
the colonePs war horse alongside the
porch at this opening so that all the
colonel had to do was to step into the
saddle. After that it was up to the
horse.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
SPOILED CARD SHARKS GAME
How "Pat" Sheedy, Famous Gambler,
Fooled Trickster Who Thought
He Had Easy Money.

The greatest delight Of Pat"
Sheedy. Americas premier gambler.
according to Henry Stewart of the
Stewart-Peck Sand Company, was to
double cross" the crooked card
sharks. Mr.. Stewart and Sheedy
were old friends.
"Sheedy once strolled into tough
gambling resort in the west, where
he was not known, and stood watch
ing the games" Mr.. Stewart relates
"0ne of the dealers was spelling to
several countrymen and had about
his game.
I'll bet you two to one that / can
shuttle the deck and cut the ace of
hearts the first time he announced.
I'll take $50 of that If you'll let
me shuttle the cards. Pat said.
"The dealer agreed and the money
was staked The countrymen also
made small bets.
care you satisfied?' the dealer
asked when the cards were shuffied.
The proposition is that l am to cut
the ace of hearts the first cut
Everyone agreed. Then the dealer
he was tough one-whipped out a
big hunting knife and slashed the
deck in two.
But he didn't take the money
Sheedy had palmed the ace of hearts
while shutting the cards"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

Swiped the Pilots News.

That excellent newspaper the Wau-
sau Pilot says that the Crandon Re-
publican stole an item of news from
the PILoT, and that later on the Gen.
trail Wisconsin, another Wausau news
paper republished the aforesaid news
item and credited it to the Republi-
can. Now someonc is to blame for all
this row, aud after careful considera-
tion we have decided that 1t Is Bob
Johnson of the Central Wisconsin. II
he had been more discerning he would
have stolen that item just as the
PILOT says the Republican did, and
probably nothing would have been
said. Besides the Pilot man should
feel fiattered that his news items are
so good that the Republican will steal
them. However we shall en1eavor to
credit the PILoT's articles hereafter.
This stealing and getting caught at it
makes us hot under the collar.-Cran-
don Republican.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
JUST A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE
Old Mans Memory Was Good, But He
Had Mixed Up Certain Facts
of the Story.

The late Sarah Orne Jewett lived
great part of her life in South
Berwick, and the quaint Maine char
acters of her native town interested
her profoundly.
Miss Jewett, at the Mayhower club
in Boston, once illustrated aptly the
unreliable quality of OLD peoples
memories.
"A young minister" she said, born
in South Berwick. was called In his
maturity to one of the churches of
the town. Everybody welcomed him.
He had been away nearly 80 years.
AND the oldest Inhabitants welcome
was the warmest of all.
THE oldest inhabitant, leaning on
his stick. said in a high, uemulous
voice to the young man:
And you're Master Johnny Green
ough! 'ow time do fly, Why, 1t seems
only yesterday traipsed In to the
courthouse to see your poor old grand
father hanged
Everybody looked shocked. So
there was blot on the Greenough
family 'scutcheon. Ell? But the 5ogng
man said calmly:
My good old friend, your memory
is partly right and partly wrong. My
grandfather was murdered, not
hanged. 1t was two brothers of the
name of Alden who paid the penalty
of his murder
Well, that's what l said,' crowed
the octogenarian. That's just what
| said, amt it?"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
The cood.Tempered japanese.

1t was into this narrow thorough
fare, already crowded to it's utmost
capacity by merchants and shoppers,
merchandise and awnings, that the
mammoth-like Thomas pushed his
way. 1t was our only route into the
city and so we had no choice as to
what followed. Capt Hansen jumped
out on one side, and l on the other.
We swept aside the merchandise to
save it from destruction; pushed back
the awnings against the shop fronts,
and then, having made room for the
automobile, repeated the operations at
the next shop. To try to help the
shopkeepers straighten out their tum-
bled wares would have been useless;
so. not without twinge of conscience
we continued our disturbing course.
And IN the entire length of that street
not an angry word, not even a frown.
From Across Japan in Motor
Car" by George MacAdam In the Out
ing Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
What Women Should Read.

We women would all be the better
for the reading of Bluebooks. How
ever loud the talk may be about eman-
cipation and equality. the fact is that
the training of girls remains mostly on
lines which make for narrowness of
outlook. 1t is nearly always confined
to knowledge of the circle of society
in which their parents move. They
are carefully guarded from meeting
anyone with views" the novel is the
sole medium available for information
as to the lives of the sets of people
both above them and below them. 1t
requires strong individuality to tri-
umph over surroundings, and when
hear complaints of the intellectual in
ertia of the average woman, and that
she cannot be got to read even the
morning newspaper, instead of joining
in, | always wonder how she has
turned out as well informed as she u.s.
Frances" in London T. P's Weekly
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
SURE HE WAS A DESCENDANT
Old coIored Mans Unique Claim to
Share in Revolutionary
Glory.

An amusing incident which those
of the descendants of the signers"
who witnessed 1t on Sunday morning
will not soon forget happened
when an old negro attempted to gain
admission 10 Independence hall, at
Sixth and C;hestnut streets. on that
day.
The room containing the portraits
of the signers and relics and souvenirs
of the revolution was thrown open
for the first time ON Sunday. but
only descendants" were admitted by
the guard at the door.
The negro, seeing the visitors filing
In the building, endeavored to pass
In also, but vas halted by the uni
formed guard, who said to him:
Are you a descendant OF a signer
of the declaration yes, Sab: yes.
Sah." replied the negro. Il should
Jest think | was a 'scendant; I'm a
'scendant OBJ de man what wrote that
declaration
The custodian was amazed at the
mans apparent belief in what he was
saying. and asked him how be made
that out.
why, Sah,- explained the negro.
my name am Thomas Jefferson. an
must be 'scanded from Mistah Thorn
as Jefferson, an he done wrote that
declaration, didn't heg"-Philadelphia
Times-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

How does Wrigley like his new
home in the country"
Pretty well. He has to get up in
the dark to catch the train, and it's
after dark when he gets home. And
he sleeps all day Sunday Last week
he begged day OF at the ONCE"
What for"
so he could get good look at his
horue by sunlight"
Corn Growing in Treetop.
Oconee has one of the seven won
ders of the world. II is a stalk Of
corn said to be about fifty feet high.
growing in the top of tree. This is
not made up. and We can cite you TO
the person who told US. II is sup
posed the seed of this corn was car
ried up in the tree by some bird. and
that Ii took root and grew. The tree
is about forty-f five feet high and the
stalk Of the corn Is aboat four or i've
feet high The tree is on q place near
Seneca. Farm and Factory
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
WORN BY WIVES OF ARTISTS
interesting Is the Result When Men
Of Talent Devise Garments
for Heipmeets.

When the Society Of American Ar
lists or the National Academy Of De-
sign holds reception II is always In
terestfng to a sartorial observer to
pick out the women whose husbands
have designed their costumes
Some OF the wives with artistic hus-
bands plainly do not care for color or
line and come out In the latest fash
ions. Then there are others whose
gowns show evidences OF planning Ia
which the spouse has had finger re-
grrding the tint Of the fabric or the
way 1t is fashioned.
Some Of the women one sees at
these exhibitions trail abous "a aStis-
tic and soulful robes which look as
though plucked from an unwilling
Botticelli angel aid become slightly
stained In the fray. Very charming
are other OF these artistic draperies
even though they lack that perfection
Of finish and trimness which In fash
ionabie life is regarded as the height
OF sartoriai perfection Brooklyn
Lie.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
One Mr.. ThackeraY.

The plaintiff in the theatrical libel
case explained that she adopted the
name Of Walker because she liked it
better than that of Thackeray II
must be embarrassing. no doubt, to be
in continued danger of the funny
mans question, How the Dickens do
you come to have such a manner" But
one Mr. Thackeray. whom Lord Mel
bourne, when his mind was becoming
weak, met one day in a railway car
riage, must have had even stranger
reasons for wishing he had some other
name Pray sir" asked Melbourne,
'are you the Mr.. Thackeray who in.
vented brass locks p NO" said the
stranger. Are you the Mr.. Thack-
cray who wrote Vanity Fair'?" NO"
Then what the - Mr. Thackeray
are you?'-London Chronicle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
REVEALS MAJESTY OF NATURE
srandeur in the Thunderstorm as II
Is Seen by the DweIler In
the Country

The thunderstorm now has it's day.
II rumbles across the sunny face of
the midsummer heavens. Sometimes
~ lowers the temperature and fills
the air with freshness Almost invari-
aoiy 1t pricks the nerves Of your lit
tie sister and maiden aunt. 1t splin-
tefs the city flag pole, it demolishes
the village steeple. it burns the farm
ers barn. But all this does not pre-
vent the thunderstorm from being the
most awe-inspiring phenomenon which
nature ordinarily shows to man. The
city dweller, Ccurrying impotently
through canyons of masonry, does NOT
nave more than a hint of the true
grandeur. One should be upon hill
top or on a broad lake to realize the
omnipotence of the storm. The air is
suitry. Great white .'thunder-heads"
pinnacle the heaven. Dark clouds bulk
upon the horizon. These are laced
with lightning. The dwarfs can be
heard at their bowling on distant
mountain peaks. The sun Is overcast.
The storm rushes onward. A glover
Ing copper tinge marks its center. A
hush Droods over the lakes unrippled
waters. Suddenly comes blast of
wind as If from the putting cheeks of
a giant. Then like marching white
waterfall-the rain. 1t pelts upon the
lake until the drops seem to rebound.
The thunder has ceased its rumbling
Now it comes with the lightning In a
treble rip like the tearing of a sail.
Thus the storm mounts to it's cres-
cendo. steadies. wanes, dwindles and
fades--ramping away across the coun-
try-side. The sun creeps out. The
heavens shine with fresher blue. The
universe is purified. If all this be not
majesty, there is none in nature.-Col-
lfef's.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

A German woman who has suf-
fered for years with neuralgia and
headache believes she has been cured
by fasting Food is the root of all
evil" she declares, mot money. Eat
ing and unhappiness are closely inter
woven" Hunger cures for certain
classes of nervous and internal disor-
ders are already being regarded ia
vorably by some medical authorities.
Dreams, saws one expert, are the re-
suit of a condition of the stomach,
and thousands of people are plagued
with disagreeable dreams, which ex
haust and destroy nerve centers. Fast
ing seems a rational cure for such
disorders, and there is reason to sup
pose that it will in future form very
material part of the treatment of pa
tients by nerve specialists.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
Don't Ask for Sympathy.

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has always
been characterized by overlooking
sympathy for the unfortunate, espe-
cially the unfortunate sick; neverthe-
less writing in Harper's Bazaar on sym
patty, she takes the point of view
that it is luxury all of us should
learn to do without. I'VE have come
to recognize absolutely the limitations
of human sympathy, and 1t is some
thing to have learned where 1t can
not fo.iow US. After all, very few
people in this world" observes Mrs
phelps keenly, ARE tender. Even
among women the genuine quality is
not common. Let us be content to as
sumo sympathy in our friends. We
shall not receive any less of 1t for be.
lieving in It,"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
Queer PerversIty Of Taste.

In the museum at Stuttgart the new
section devoted to showing peryersity
of taste has become one of the popu-
lar parts of the institution. Writing
about this unique educational feature,
a Brussels paper says: I'VE can all
sympathize with the authorities for
exhibiting conspicuously lunches of
flowers made from human hair. What
could ever have induced people to de-
vote time to learning how to make
these impossibilities? The curator
should be complimented Oh holding up
to scorn the pin-cushions in the form
of kittens and babies, because no
child can see one of these constantly
in use without having its sense of pity
blunted. And the handkerchiefs with
Zeppelin's portrait on them-are they
intended as compliments or other
wiser"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
LOOKING Out for the Birds,

In some new houses which have re-
Gently been built at Knutsford in Che
shire very pretty idea has been car
rfed out to encourage the bird loving
propensities of the occupants. The
idea is to have nesting places for our
feathered friends.
local writer says: Instead of
filling up the holes left by the scat
folding the architect had closed them
with thin covering of stucco pierced
with round hole. The birds enter
and build inside. Sometimes you may
see tiny step just below for the
bird to alight on and little cornice
over the gap to keep out the rain"
Other holes have also been purposely
left in the patchwork for nests, and
it is said that the birds understand 1t
all perfectly.-Country Life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
New Idea fer Church Fair.

Church fairs in England have adopt
ed an ingenious device to render the
sufferings of masculine patrons much
less acute. The innovation first saw
the light of day at Exeter, where, by
the purchase of what were called .'im-
munity tickets at LITTLE above the
ordinary price of admission, men were
protected from the opportunities of
women stallholders to buy. This in
novation, which was styled ''preferen-
tials treatment" proved a diverting
method of obtaining increased male
support for the fete. A man, on being
approached by femining stakeholder.
had only to show his colored passport
to secure complete immunity.