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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
Handsome at Eighty-four.

The anniversary of the death of the
Prince Imperial the other day was
kept in solemn devotion by his moth
err the Empress Eugene. Of all fig
ures in modern history there is none
so tragic as that of the widow of Ma
poleon III. Now in her eighty-fourth
year. Empress Eugene, as Queen Vic
toria persisted in calling her, always
dresses in deep mourning and the
stately figure and sad face would COM
pei any stranger unaware OF her iden-
tity to look at her twice as she walks
along, leaning heavily on her stick
In spite of her age she is in remark
ably good health and takes an active
interest in everything around her.
OF Scotch and Spanish extraction,
the Empress Eugene, in spite of the
series of dramatic events which have
clouded her life, is still remarkably
handsome woman, and she still has
much of the charm that stirred the ad-
miration of the spectators of her mar
riage in Notre Dame, the Boston Even
ing Transcript says. There are still
people living in Paris who remember
her good work during the cholera cpl
demic that ragged through the city
some forty-fve years ago. Once, her
self suffering from a severe cold, she
spent the whole day visiting the chol-
era patients in the hospitals.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
The Southern pest.

A tall yellow man urged his mule
along the dusty road. At the edge of
town he overlook an old negro.
Hold up. Sam said the old man,
what's dis fuss at st. Joe? l seen a
mighty big crowd in town, and start
ed down to find out what's dc matter"
boil weevil," answered the yellow
man.
whats dat?"
Its a bug" the hurrying rider call
ed behind him.
The old negro stopped and grunted
in utter disgust: Did you eb6er hear
de beat O. dat? Maxim ali dat fuss
over a bug"
ST. Joe was in a ferment over a
bug; not common ordinary bug, but
that greatest enemy of agriculture, the
boil weevil.
This destructive insect comes from
Mexico. the only free-list Importation
that enters the South. Mr.. Weevil
does not masquerade as an article Of
consumption, being prominently a
consumer himself. The daintiest of
all epicures, he eats nothing but cot
ton. and selects only the choicest bits.
He does not injure the plant itself,
destroying only the fruit. The field
grows tall and gloriously green, but
when the weevil gets through with it,
100 acres may not yield single bale.
Success Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
PUlPl1~a AND.
PREAlAER


The semi centennial of Presbyter-
ianism in Colorado was recently cele-
brated Fifty years ago this church
began its work in that State by hold
ing meetings in stores and tents
among the mountains. and this year
the General Assembly was held in
Denver in one of the best equipped
churches of the denomination
Rev G. L. Morrill,. a Minneapolis
minister, has created something of
sensation by appearing on the princi-
pal streets armed with a camera and
taking snapshots of the stylishly dress
ed women who passed and then using
the plates to throw the pictures on the
screen in his church to illustrate his
sermon on immodest dress. entitled
The Lewd and the Nude" The preach
err did not disclose the names of the
women pictured and purposely blurred
the faces to conceal their identity.
The State Department at Washing
ton is seeking international co-opera-
ton for the suppression of the traffic
In opium as we'll as of cocaine and
other habit forming drugs.
The recent Christian Endeavor con-
vention at St. Paul was a congress Of
nations. Missionaries from China, Je-
rusalem and Finland were present and
told Of their labors. Songs were rem
dered in many tongues. The remark
able spread of the Christian faith
throughout the Orient was subject
brought to the consideration of the as
semblage.
New York is both the largest Catho-
lie and the largest Jewish city in hui
man history. During the five years
from 1901 to 1906 the percentage of
churches Protestants" has decreas-
ed. while that of Churches Jews
and "churchless Catholics" has in
creased in that city.
The Pastors Union OF Lima, Ohio,
has inaugurated a campaign OF open
air street meetings for the summer.
II is planned 20 make street tours In
automobiles carrying the musicians
and speakers. These will stop on cor
ners where crowds habituaily gather
and brief religious services will be
conducted.
The British and Foreign Bible So
ciety was organized in London in 1904.
and a few years later the Philadel-
phia Bible Society was organized. IN
February. 1S0S. the Massachusetts, BIZ
bic Society was organized. and that
year S1e Bibles were distributed. In
the past year it was reported at the
centennial celebration that the distri-
button amounted to sl.s5I in the State
The Methodist publishing house Of
Lucknow. India. during the year 1908
put out total of 100000 pages of
religious literature at cost of $4,000.
About FIVE sixths OF this cost was fur.
nIshed by the press itself from tha in
come from commercial work
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
His Forte.

One of the characteristics of H. H.
Rogers was his love of joke, even
at his own expense. The humor lost
nothing by that in Mr., Rogers opin-
ion This was one of his favorite
stories:
He, William C. Whitney and sew
eral other friends were discussing the
succession to the presidency of Yale,
then vacant before the election of
Prof. Hadley, who then held the chair
of economics. Another professor,
longer at the university than DR.. Had
ley, was a candidate, and his chances
of winning the honor were under dis
cussion.
Well" said Mr.. Rogers. "if I had
been as long around Yale as Prof. So
and So. I'd be president"
NO, Henry" retorted Mr.. Whitney,
''you would probably own the ground
and the building but you would not
be president"
Mr.. Rogers always told that story
with a chuekle
you can print that some time" he
said to a Detroit Free Press man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24

The difficulty of English for stran-
gers does not lie in its photography.
but in its pronunciation, Abroad, pee
pie will constantly say that they can
read and write English readily while
unable to utter word or to under
stand word OF the spoken language;
as, of course, vice versa, a great many
English and Americans car read and
write French long before they can
understand, or make themselves I'M
derstood: the other languages are
just as ditncuit for them TO pronounce
as English is for Others. The only
difference is that English stands alone
with its system or LACK of system, of
pronunciation. When Frenchman
knows how to write German, he is at
the same time able to speak the lam
guage, If not beautifully, at least so
as to be understood; the same holds
for a German speaking French
Albert Sehinz, in the North American
Review
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
IN AGONY WITH ECZEMA.

Whole Body a Mass of Raw, Bleed
ing, Torturing Humor-Hair All
Fell Out-Hopcd Death Would End
Fearful Sufering-In Despair
Cured by Cuticura.
Words cannot describe the terrible
eczema | suffered with. 1t broke out
ON my head and kept spreading until
II covered by whole body | was al
mos solid mass of sores from head
to foot looked more like a piece of
raw beef than human being. The
pain and agony endured seemed more
than / could bear Blood and pus
oozed from the great sore on my scalp.
from under my finger nails, and near
" all over my body. Ny ears were so
crusted and swollen was afraid they
would break off. Every hair in my
head fell out. l could not sit down,
for my clothes would stick to the raw
and bleeding flesh, making me cry out
from the pain. My family doctor did
all he could, but | got worse and
worse Ny condition was awful. |
did not think could live, and wanted
death to come and end my frightful
sufferings.
In this condition my mother-in-law
begged me to try the Cuticura Rem
edies- l said I would, but had no hope
of recovery. But oh, what blessed re-
lief l experienced after applying Cuti-
cura Ointment. 1t cooled the bleeding
and itching flesh and brought me the
first real sleep had had in weeks. 1t
was as grateful as ice to a burning
tongue. | would battle with warm
water and Cuticura Soap, then apply
the Ointment freely. l also took Cuti-
cura Resolvent for the blood. In a
short time tie sores stopped running.
the flesh began to heal, and l knew 1
was to get we'll again. Then the hair
on my head began to grow, and in a
short time l was completely cured. 1
wish l could tell everybody who has
eczema TO use Cuticura Mrs. VIM.
Hunt, 1875 Thomas ST., Newark, n. j.,
Sept. %, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem Corp. Sole
Props. of Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
New Use for Pulp Mill Refuse

AS the result of series of recent
experiments conducted by the J. 6
]. Rogers pulp mills at Ausable Forks,
~ ", it is announced that new uses
have been found for the "sludge" or
waste material of the wood pulp mills
This will not only be great saving to
the pulp interests, but will end the
pollution of streams on which the
mills are located. 1t is demonstrated
that the poisonous sulphite waste can
be used as substitute for the corn
meal and molasses employed in iron
foundry core casting as a top dressing
for macadam roads and for other pur
poses.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
RIVER AS CARRIER.
nen Heavy Material Cannot he
Hauled Probably by Rail-.


Hauled Probably by Rail-.
John Callan O'Laughlin gives an in
.eresting summary of the report of
the board of engineers appointed to
investigate the matter of a fourteen.
ioot channel between the lakes and the
gulf.
ms report, be it remembered, says
Tue Memphis Commercial-Appeal, finds
mat the plan is feasible, but recon-
mends against it, The report stated.
as we remember, that $3.50 900 600
would be required to put fourteen feet
from New Orleans to Chicago and S.
ooo,VoO year would be needed to
maintain it. In these days of rapid
development, the commission felt that
.nese figures would show the plan to
be futile.
II we were to get fourteen feet from
Cnlcago to New Orleans it would be
equal to all the freight a six-track
railway could haul. And a six-track
railway between Chicago and New Or
leans would cost probably $500, 900 OOo.
Inc $5,O00,000 for upkeep is a baga-
teile The Illinois Central spends
more than that amount for the m
keep OF its lines from Cairo to New
Orleans.
IN order to secure the benefits of
cheap transportation by water. more is
necessary than merely a channel The
railroads of Germany, France and Eng
land will eventually come to that CON
dltlon where certain heavy material
cannot be hauled by them at a profit.
In these countries COAL rock. lime.
SAT-, wood, cement and brick are haul
ed by barges through canals or on
rivers.
Heavy structural iron is hauled on
the rivers for the reason that cars
IN England are not made for the
transportation of this heavy material.
There Is established in these coun-
tries, as it were, community of in
terest between railroads and river
transporting companies. Switch yards
are established on every water front.
The unloading of boats is done by
electrical machinery and the transfer
ring to cars is done in the same way.
There is public warehouse at
every water front in these countries
and goods are carried by machinery
into these warehouses and are distri-
buted.
The time will come in this coun-
try when the conditions will force
traffic into the water and this is the
main reason why the continued work
of the improvement of the rivers
should be pushed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
BAD DREAMS
Caused hx Coffee.

81 have been a coffee irinker. more
or less, ever since / can remember,
until few months ago 1 became more
and more nervous and irritable, and
finally l could not sleep at night, for
! was horribly disturbed by dreams OF
all sorts and a species of distressing
nightmare.
Finally. after hearing the expert
ence of numbers of friends who had
quit coffee and were drinking Postum,
and learning of the great benefits they
had derived, l concluded coffee must
be the cause of my trouble. so | got
some Postum and had it made strict
" according TO directions.
Il Was astonished at the flavor and
taste. 1t entirely took the place of
coffee. and TO my very great satisfac-
ton, l began to sleep peacefully and
sweetly. My nerves improved. and
wish I could wean every man. woman
and child from the unwholesome drug
ordinary coffee.
People really do not appreciate or
realize what powerful drug it Is and
what terrible effect it has on the hu-
man system. If they did, hardly
pound OF il would be sold. | would
never think of going back to coffee
again. / would almost as soon think
of putting nay hard in IRE after /
had once been burned.
"A young lady friend of ours had
stomach trouble for q long time, and
could not get we'll as long as she used
coffee. She finally quit coffee and be-
gan the use OF Postum and is now per
fectly well. Yours for health"
Read The Road TO Wellyille." in
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time TO time.
They are genuine, true. ass full of
human interest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS AT
YOUR SERVICE FREE.
Not a Penny to Pay for the Fullest
Medical Examination.

II you are in doubt as to the cause
of your disease, mail us a postal re-
questing a medical examination blank
which you will fill out and return to
US. Our doctors will carefully dag
nose your case, and if you can be
cured you will be told so; If you can
not be cured you will be told So You
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Philadelphia, Pa.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
DARLING Little willie.

Little Willie was missed by his
mother one day for some time, and
when he reappeared she asked:
.eWhere have you been, my pet?''
Playing postman," replied her
"pet"
Il gave letter to all the houses in
our road. Real letters, too"
where on earth did you get
them?" questioned his mother in
amusement.
fThey were those old ones in your
wardrobe drawer, tied up with rib
bon" was the innocent reply.-London
Opinion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
Mermaid for breakfast.

A stranger meal than any ever par
taken by Frank auckland or the most
hardened and cosmopolitan traveller
is described by Juan Francisco de st.
Antonio, in his account of his travt
els and adventures in the Philippine
Islands, published at Manila in 1888.
In this curious little work the author
tells us that he once breakfasted off
a mermaid, and he further gravely de-
scribes its favor as being like fresh
fat pork.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
BY HARVEST FOR 1909
Three Bumper Crops Gathered at
Once, Government Report
Reveals.
ERA OF PROSPERITY SURE.
High Prices for Grain Will Bring
Farmers Huge Sum, Aiding
Trade in General.

More grain than ever before grew
TO maturity in single year in the
United States already has been har-
vested or is rapidly approaching ma
turlty. according to the government
official crop report for August.
Never. but once, has there been
more wheat; never before has there
been so much corn or so much oats.
And never before have three bumper
crops come together in the same year.
Never in history las such a huge
task confronted the railroads as the
moving of this stupendous harvest to
market, and never have the railroads
been so prepared for their work.
Along the lines of the principal roads
In the great grain producing States
stand miles and miles of empty box
cars, ready for the loading, while
thousands of engines, new or over
hauled during the period of depression
Just drawing to a close, stand, with
steam up, ready to rush them to Chi
cago, Minneapolis and other terminal
cities, where the almost empty eleva-
tors yawn for the golden grain, and
boats and cars are ready to carry the
surplus to other and less-favored ma
tions which must look to bountiful
America for large portion of their
food supply.
Figures Given on CrOps.
The years record crops of grain as
shown in the government report are
as follows:
Indicated yield Previous record.
Wheat 24,233, 600 74S,460,00O
Corn ..... .2,943, 10000 2,927,416, 900
oats 99S,59s.000 9S7.S43. 600
To add JOY to the farmer, prices
are high and bid fair to remain so.
Usually the farmer gets high prices
only in years of scarcity, while, in
many instances, prices in bounteous
years have been so low as to make
it improbable to market the crops.
On not a few occasions in the last
twenty years have wheat and corn
been used for fuel Last year was
lean year, but in spite of this wheat
prices are now above last years level,
while corn and oats values are high
able.
Era of Prosperity Sure.
These figures show that the farmer
will have an enormous amount of
money to spend this winter His
prosperity will be reflected in manu-
featuring lines, because the pianos,
automobiles and other luxuries the
farmer will now find himself able to
buy will have to be made in factories.
The railroads will receive a double
profit, because they will not only have
to move the crops to market, but the
said pianos and automobiles from the
cities to the farmers. Consequently
the great crop outlook makes it ap-
pear that the country is in for an
era of prosperity such as it never saw
before
The government figures, especially
on winter wheat. were a surprise even
to the most optimistic. Thrashing re-
turns indicate an average yield for
the country of 15.5 bushels to the acre,
or a total of 432, 100000 bushels, where
as month ago only 97,000000 was
looked for Last years yield of win
ter wheat was 437,O0O,OOO bushels. 1t
is in the great States of the North
west, however, that prosperity is most
bountiful.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
No Doubt.

On one occasion an ignorant quack
was called by mistake to attend a
council of physicians in critical
case. After considerable discussion
the opinion was expressed by ole that
the patient was convalescent Con
valescent," said the quack. why.
that's nothing serious. have cured
convalescenee in twenty-four hours.
Sacred Heart Review.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24

l642-First commencement exercises
of Harvard College.
16s4-Treaty of peace concluded at AL
bany between the Colonists and
the Five Nations.
1721-James Franklin established the
New England Courant' in Bos-
ton.
1763-British troops defeated the In
dams at Bushy Run.
177S-The British burned their fleet
off Rhode Island on the approach
of the French fleet under Count
dEstaing.
95-Commissioners of the United
States met the Indian chiefs of
Western tribes at GreenviIle, Ohio.
and concluded treaty Of peace.
1SO7-Trial trip of Fulton's steamboat
"Clermont' was made.
1812-Americans routed by {. force. of
British and Indians at Browns
town, Mich.
1S13-American privateer Decatur cap
tured the British schooner Domin-
lea
Commissioners of the United
States and England met at Client
to arrange a treaty of peace.
A British feet landed troops at
Pensacola, Fla.
1S16-First Presbyterian congregation
in Missouri was organized al
Bellevue settlement, in Washing
ton County.
1s29-First locomotive regularly used
in the United States run on the
Carbonate and IIonsdale Railroad
in New York
1S46-David Wilmot introduced his
proviso in Congress. Smithson-
ian Institution at Washington
founded.
1S56-Kansas rejected the Decompton
constitution for the second time.
1S61-Federals defeated in the battle
of Wilson's Creek, Mo.
1862-Confederate ram Arkansas ex-
ploded above Baton Rouge. Bat
tie of Cedar Mountain ended in
victory fo- the Confederates.
1s63-Cavalry fight at Culpepper, Va,
between Gems Stuart and Buford.
1864-Admiral Farragut entered Mo-
bile bay with thirty-two vessels.
-. Gen. Hood attacked Geo. Lo-
gan's lines at Atlanta.
1872-Cuban privateer Pioneer seized
by the United States marshal at
Newport, r. l.
1S73-Large section of Portland, Ore,
destroyed by fire.
1S74-An Ohio River steamer burned
near Aurora, Ind, with loss of
twenty lives.
1SS4-Corner stone laid for the Statue
of Liberty in New York harbor.
-. Reception Of the survivors of
the Greedy Arctic expedition at
Portsmouth, n. II.
1SS6-Parcel post established between
Canada and points in Great Brit
ain.
1SS7-Hawaii adopted a new constitu-
ton. !. Collapse of the wheat syn
dictate in San Francisco, loss &c.
100000.
1SS9-Spokane Fails, Washington,
nearly destroyed by fire. The
Sioux Indians ceded their reserva-
tion in Dakota 11,000,000 acres)
to the United States
1S90-France and England reached an
agreement respecting their possess
sion in Africa.
1S93-First Chinaman deported from
San Francisco under the Geary
act
1S94-Tweive lives lost in the wreck
of Rock Island train near Lin
coin, Neb. The great strike of
the American Railway Union de-
clared off.
1906-The Standard Oil Company was
indicted at Chicago for receiving
rebates.
1907-The French navy bombarded
Casablanca, on the Moroccan
coast. Gov. Hoke Smith signed
the Georgia prohibition bill, to be-
come effective January 1. 1908.
190S-The American battleship fleet
arrived at Auckland. New Zealand
Mehmed Ali Bey, Turkish minis
ter to Washington. recalled -.
Forest fires devastated several
towns of British Columbia
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
Historical Footnote.

The prince of Orange had just re-
fused, for the second time, to become
the ruler of the united provinces.
1T would be too much like handing
them a lemon" he said.
Thus we get a glimpse of the APP
parently artless yet masterful way in
which William the Silent managed to
make his name go laundering down
the ages.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
TIGHT IACING KILLS GIRL.
Stricken with Trouble Supposed tn
Have Been Appendicitis.


Miss Elsie Gasser, aged IS. daughter
of Attorney John j. Gasser, 2419 West
McMicken avenue, Cincinnati, is dead
DR.. Gustave Strohbach, the family
physician. says her death was caused
by tight lacing of corsets and clothes.
Miss Gasser was stricken with what
appeared to the doctors to be appen.
dicitis. An operation followed, but
the doctors could not trace any harm
to the appendix The operation sc
weakened her that the in Try to the
vital organs from tight lac4ng brought
on her death. One of the doctors who
attended Miss Gasser wanted to use
the example for the theme for a pam
phlet, but DR.. Strohbach states that
it will be useless to attempt to teach
young girls the danger than run in
laeing their clothes too tightly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
steamer safe.

When the steamer Bona Vista
bound to st. Johns from Montreal
struck an iceberg of Cape Race dur
ing a fog, the seventy passengers
aboard became panic-stricken. For 9
time they were so excited over theii
supposed danger that they launched
the lifeboats. They were quieted. Tht
steamers bow was badly damaged, but
she was able to make port
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24

Real Estate Agent (rattling off de-
scription of house to Mrs. Fradley, a
prospective tenant -Here's the kitch-
en-splendid roon--all modern conve-
niences-hardwoo floor
Mrs. Fradley Gnterrupting)-O, it
won't do at ALL My present kitchen
has softwood floor, and the break
age of dishes. even on that, is some
thing frightful-Brooklyn Life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-24
DYSPEPSIA

Having taken your wonderful Casca-
rcts' for three months and being entirely
cured of stomach catarrh and dyspepsia,
think word of praise is due to
Cascarets' for their wonderful compost
ton. l have taken numerous other so
called remedies but without avail, and l
find that Cascarets relieve more in day
thar all the others have taken would in
a year" James McGune,
IoS Mercer ST., Jersey City, N. ].
Pleasant Palatable Potent Taste Good.
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