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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05
BOYS WERE NOT PAMPERED
Spartan Simplicity the Keynote of
Life in English Schools
Century Ago.

Coleridge's record of the meals at
Christ's hospital in his school days
gives a detailed picture of what was
once thought good enough for grow
ing boys: Our diet was very scanty.
Every morning bit Of dry bread, and
some bad small beer. Every evening
larger piece of bread and cheese or
butter, whichever we liked. For din
ner-on Sundays, boiled beef and
broth; Monday, bread apd butter. and
milk and water; Tuesday, roast muC-
ton; Wednesday, bread and butter.
and rice milk; Thursday, boiled beef
and broth; Friday, boiled mutton and
broth; Saturday, bread and butter and
pease porridge. Our food was por-
toned, and excepting on Wednesdays
l never had a bellyful. Our appetites
were damped, never satisfied. and we
had no vegetables"
The hardships of life at Elton in The
old days were aggravated by bullying
which, in the words of one of the VIC
tins, sometimes amounted to "a
reign of terrorism" Provost Okes of
Kings college, Cambridge, contributed
the following story:
''In July. 1925, contemplating matri-
mony, l went to the University Life
Insurance society for a policy. l went
before the board-some sixteen men.
You are a fellow of Kings, ] see. Mr..
Okes, from your papers, Yes, sir
I infer, then, necessarily that you
were at Elton and in college? Yes.
sir How long were you in college?'
Eight years Where did you sleepT
In Long Chamber, 81 All the time?
Yes, sir We needn't ask Mr. Okes
any more questions And they did
not" 1t meant, as the Provost said,
IF you passed eight years In Long
Chamber and are alive at 20, you are
a fairly safe life. london Daily
Chronicle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05
HEED THE VOICE OF FATIGUE
Good Advice II One Would Retain
Youthful Looks and Preserve
Nerves and Temper.

A certain busy woman, whose tale
OF accomplishment would sound like q
fable If related here, says that she
keeps in condition by never failing to
obey the first symptom Of fatigue. No
matter how important the work on
which she is engaged-unlesS OF
course, she is giving the baby bath
she desists from her employment the
moment that that tired feeling
overtakes her. Selecting a deep. coy
chair, or even a couch. she rests,
often with closed eyes, for fifteen
minutes, arising refreshed to STAY the
dragon of work. Her aunt, a New
school, is often scandalized to see the
dishes half done. while the mistress
of the house Is reclining on the sofa
with magazine.
Il rest when my work is done,
criticises the visitor, severely. Il
couldn't take any comfort in sitting
still, with my kitchen eluttered up
like that"
Her hostess smiles, knowing well
that when she shall have achieved her
aunt's half century she viii seem at
least decade younger than her years
and twenty years younger than her
worthy relative does today. The ties
timony of those who live with her
moreover is In favor OF the little
rests by the way" which preserve
nerves and temper. as we'll as com
plexion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05

Notwithstanding the motions gone
through by the Milwaukee Journnl,
w. ID. Connor has opened up head
quarters in the Plankinton house and
there is sure going to be two Repub-
lican state central committees this
fall. The friends of The Journal are
very solicitous regarding it's welfare.
They fear it will burst with indigna-
tion.-Wausau Pilot, Dem.
This is from the paper that calls
upon the Democrats to nominate Gen.
Macarthur, Republican, who be-
lieves in ship subsidy, as their can
didate for governor. If he won't have
it, perhaps The Pilot might gel our
Mr.. Phillip to take it. By the way,
is The Pilot edited in the Record
Herald Officer Milwaukee Journal.
No, the Record Herald cannot see an
inch beyond its nose or it would be
advocating Gen. Arthur Macarthur.
But, Mr.. Journal, how is it with you,
tearing your neither garment in your
attempt to get democrats to vote for
Robert LaFollette, republican, for
u. S. senator? By-the-way is The
Journal edited by Hon. Robert La
Toilette?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05
SEES PERIL in SHINY SHOES
Take Up Too Much Of Wearer's At
tention, Says Writer in New
York Newspaper.

IL has become a matter of some
doubt In the minds of many people
whether patent leather shoes should
be worn in the streets. Is it safe or is
1t not? Should we endanger our lives
in the distraction of traffic when, by
wearing slightly less shiny shoes, we
could give our attention to lodging
automobiles and ducking street cars
No child should be allowed out alone
in patent leather shoes-that is de-
cided without a moments doubt; but
even people of maturer years are not
quite responsible for their own safety
when wearing patent leather shoes.
They cannot be. no matter what their
strength of character. If ones shoes
will shine, so one must watch them,
and If one walks with ones eyes
riveted on ones flashing feet, one of
necessity bumps into something, and
1t is nothing less than cold luck IL
the something is a lamp-post or post
man instead of a flying fire engine.
And then ones progress is so slow.
Absorbed, captivated, held spellbound
by ones own boot tips, one is so very
apt to arrive late at the place one
was going to or forget completely
ones destination and sinking onto a
park bench wave ones feet slowly
about, bewitched by their sparkling
high lights. Holland has most wisely
and kindly opened up a wide thorough
fare for those persons who prefer
roller skates to other modes of con-
veyance. and as nothing more than
humane precaution the city ought to
set aside one street for those incor-
rightly venturesome people who win
wear patent leather boots in public
New York Evening Sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05

Circumstances Under Which Verdi
Produced the Sublime "Miserere"
In al TroVatore."

Men Of genius are confessedly crea
lures of mood. Grief and adversely
have often been a real help to them
rather than a hindrance Poe, 1t is
said, produced The Raven" while sit
ting at the bedside of his sleeping but
dying wife. Many similar instances
might be cited, but an anecdote OF
Verdi, told by Carlo Ceccarelli. will
suffice
On one occasion, when Verdi was
engaged on his wellknown opera, III
Trovatore," he stopped short at the
passage of the "Miserere," being at q
loss to combine notes of sufficient
sadness and pathos to express the
grief of the prisoner, Manrico.
Sitting at his piano in the deep
stiffness of the winter night, his i'm.
agination wandered back to the stormy
days of his youth, endeavoring to ex.
tract from the past plant, a groan,
like those which escaped from his
breast when he saw himself forsaken
by the world. All in vainl
One day, at Milan, he was unex.
pectedly called to the bedside of a
dying friend, one of the few who had
remained faithful to him in adversely
and prosperity. Verdi, at the sight OF
his dying friend, felt lump rise in
his throat; he wanted to weep, but SO
intense was his grief that not a teaI
flowed to the relief of his anguish.
In an adjoining room stood a piano.
Verdi, under one of those sudden i'm
pulses to which men of genius are
sometimes subject, sat down at the
instrument, and there and then i'm.
proyised the sublime "Miserere" OF
the "Troyatore." The musician had
given utterance to his grief.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05
WHERE SCRIPTURE is SILENT
Philadelphia Supplied the Omission,
and Most Men viii Think He Did
Exactly Right.

An elderly man of Philadelphia,
who is noted for his piety, was ac-
costed the e+her evening at a lonely
spot on Allegheny avenue as he was
returning from service and grossly in
suited with respect to his religious be-
lief.
At first he paid no attention to the
insults and tried to pass on. The
other man would not permit it, how
ever, and " more abusive, con-
Guiding by giving the old man sting
ing slap in the face The old mans
patience gave way at this and he
spoke angrily to the fellow.
This seemed to be what the ruffian
desired, and he retorted by saying
that instead of getting angry, the old
man, according to Scriptural injunc-
ton, should have turned the other
cheek.
He did so, and was promptly re-
warded by another singing blow.
'Now," said the injured man, "the
Scripture does not tell us what to do
next, but | will show you" With
that he suddenly seized the rowdy by
the collar and beat him numerically
with the heavy cane that he carried,
and then went on his way.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05
One Acre.

1t is possible to make living on
one acre of land The thing is being
accomplished in more places than one.
A resident of San Bernardino, CAL,
for many years made a good living on
single acre of land. Around the
acre was a row of fruit trees, from
which he realized $500 for "a seasons
fruit From a quarter of an acre in
strawberries he made $500 From
the rest of the acre he took three
different crops of vegetables, and was
so successful with them that he sold
$1,000 worth. besides keeping a pig
and many fowls. 1t is said that in the
suburbs of Paris a man, on less than
an acre of land, under glass and heat
ed by underground pipes, makes ten
crops of asparagus year, s0r which
he receives 81 900.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05
Mr.. Rhodes Unpaid Tailor Bill.

The late Cecil Rhodes. whose At
rican career had its origin in deli
cate health, was an intimate friend
OF Sir H H. Johnston, who tells a
characteristic story concerning
him.
Mr.. Rhodes was visiting Sir Harry
In London at the time for the pur-
pose OF talking over African problems
and settling some vastly important
matters Of policy when there burst In
unannounced an excited individual
fourishing a yoluminous account
which IL appeared represented an I'M
paid tailor bill OF Mr.. Rhodes, In
CURED at Oxford and amounting to
nearly two hundred pounds sterling.
From various pockets Mr.. Rhodes
fished out notes and gold to the
amount required and paid the aston
ished tailor on the spot.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05
DYSPEPSIA AS TIME SAVER
According to This, Undesirable ALL
ment is Positive Benefit to Man
Who Has to Work.

One has so much more time on
ones bands when ones appetite Is
bad than when it is not Eating does
not take up much time apparently,
and yet when one is eating nothing
the days are so long and so much
gets itself done OF course one does
not waste any time in being hungry;
there is that to be thought of. One
does not for three-quarters of an hour
before each meal prowl around ex-
claiming: Luncheon is not ready?
1t isn't? How queer Yes, ! know 1t
is not one by any of the clocks. but it
feels fearfully one to me. think on
the whole you better give me but
tered roll" There is that three-quar-
tiers of an hour saved Then there is
the actual time of eating which is
sometimes Internationally long, as
well as all the time one would spend
in digesting if one had eaten anything
worth digesting. Added to this there
are number of odd minutes picked
up during the afternoon which would
otherwise have been spent in regret
ting that one had eaten so much and
determining not to do it again Alto
gether. dyspepsia is as efficacious
time saver as anything at the moment
thought of. Not sleeping well ought
to help out tremendously; but it does
not, for if one loses three hours sleep
at night one takes up IA waking
hours in laf mi nc thaf
Is, giving minute description of how
sleepy one feels, and this, combined
with one or two little maps one has
to take, wastes time shockingly. All
mention of the time spent in con-
vincing people that one was awake
three hours, in spite of the fact that
one cid not hear a single clock strike
the quarter hour, has been purposely
left out
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05
DEMOCRATIC OPPORTUNITY.

W may be too hopeful
se s D eny e the an ad s s
ssees od o the @ to party o aG
throw away the Repa sys IN 6 a an we we
ss y tng they vi" brought together with snap and then our
I sss ass Ya
the people that have capacity government
This quotation week York
City before the New York Democratic League by
Cady Herrck applicable conditions
and prospects, that worth eprintg for the guidance
every delegate TO the Democratic state convention Milwaukee July
By the defeat of the direct primary
are sagnaded against party dsorganzation and dnegraon
however here Wisconsin only have demoang
turbng influence but addition have upon require
en to cast at least 20 cent of the party at the primary
ente to party place the ballot election this applies
all candidates in all election provision
into the law by the aette influences for the urthance
selfish nothing clearly
interest in e dear people, and the honesty his minded
than
democratic party this state and while convncng shows o
ette and his crew OF working and agitatng for
themselves and their interests all the
democrats of this state their necessity thorough
and the presentation OF its strongest candidates
State Chairman Davies sending notices showing the
qurement for each compliance
at the September 6th immediate
loyal organization each county
each community together for conference organizations
important that the party everywhere
slider the meeting oppor
tuny for that presents itself the
important delegation from each district be selected
to attend the Democratic state held
most entirely depend the the election
1t is that eancut conservative platform be
rations will unity
tive element ready help and whose However the
nation the ticket would under political
quemen mistakes candidate
office would make compliance with the 20
possible number of districts and the
local candidates the ballot
The situation primary
demand available
capable
and the choice selection of the
at will the
law and give ofnse lay the convention
to dictate but it will give the primary
all things that
rivalry a
Qhe for office
agement in bringing legislature
county Offices who under the scramble unuated
candidates ticket
selection the candidates the result of the primary
candidates
local cfices the recommendation of t candidates each office will
interest enthusiasm it will
localities organization specially
the democratic primary high plane free from such
ona dssenon and opng influences prevail the opposition
coming
the best brand patriotism subornatng ambitions
willingness
value 70 wn the and help the
tired dgused the deporab political
have in this because the Vaccinations and constant
political democratic
the desire the state and the clearly shown The will
in which they the and by the candidates
evidence Intentions N there
less tha" the best i" the coming campag" ~H spell defeat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05
John wes,ev,s Asc.,,c it,.

During the whole of his residence In
Georgia Wesley slept on bare boards
and fed on the plainest vegetarian
food-as a rule on bread. He drank
neither wine nor beer. His first act
on landing was TO smash the rum
casks and to impose upon himself and
his comrades-al members OF the
Holy elub--a vow of abstinence. No
trace can be discovered of a single
day or hour given to recreation. All
his reading, his conversation, his
writing, even in the grammars and
catechisms he compiled, were relig-
ious. The nearest approach to rec
reatiye reading that | have been able
to discover in the diaries is Milton
and Plato. The diversions Of earlier
years-tennis. cards, shooting and the
like-are conspicuous by their alb
senee. Even when shaving" he
''meditates. "-Harper's Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05
A Mans True Worth.

Every good act is charity. Your
smiling in your brothers face is char
ity; an exhortation OF your fellow
man to virtuous deeds is equal to
alms-giving: your putting wander er
in the right road is charity: your as
sisting the blind is charity; your re-
moving stones and thorns and other
distractions from the road Is charity.
A mans true wealth hereafter is the
good he does in this world TO his fell
bowman. When he dies people viii
say: What property has be left be-
mind him? But the angels will ask:
what good deeds has he sent before
him ?'--AShomet
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05

EX-LIEUT.-Gov. THAD G. POUND of
Chippewa Falls, while walking along
the high bank of Duncan creek in
Irvine park last Thursday, suffered
prostraticn from the excessive heat
and fell into the shallow water of the
creek where he remained half an hour
and nearly drowned, when, by chance,
a passerby discovered him. Mr..
Pound was conveyed to his home,
He is 10 years old and almost blind.
He did not know he was so close to
the creek when the heat overcame
him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05
The Forrest-Macready Blot.

Astor place not only was social
center in the old days. but also the
battle-ground of the partisans of For
rest and Macready. Forrest-Macready
riot on May 10, 1919. was a spirited
set-to between the partisans of the
two actors. and there was a hot time
in the Astor triangle while the riot
lasted The fighting occurred In front
o. the old opera house. which stood
where the Mercantile library now
stands, Now the two actors, the
opera house. the social center. which
was scandalized and terrorized by the
riot. and the partisans who partici-
pased in ii have passed away.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05
Almonds.

The diam al Is pure carbon and
the hardest substance in nature. II
burns in temperature Of 800 cent?
grade. producing carbonic acid All
diamonds are not equally hard, and
there is sometimes a varying degree
Of hardness In different parts of a
large diamond Some diamonds glow
in dark room; some are fuorescent,
appearing milky In sunlight. Dia-
monds are OF many coiors-pure white,
yellow, Jet black, dark brown, light
cinnamon, green. blue. pink and
orange. the diamonds OF each mine
having a distinctive character. An
expert can usually tell the mine by
examining the stone. Most OF the
diamonds OF today come from the
famous Kimberley and De Beers
mines. in South Africa. Worlds
Work
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05

JOHN WARWICK DANIEL, who has
represented Virginia in the United
States senate since 1887, died at his
home in Lynchburg, Va, last Wednes-
day at 1925 p. M, after an illness of
several months. The direct cause of
death was cerebral hemorrhage and
paralysis. Previously Senator Daniel
had suffered two strokes of paralysis,
the first last fall in Philadelphia and
the second in Daytona, Fla, during
the winter, the senator having gone
to Florida to recuperate
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05

Stranger Ito prominent clergyman
II came in here. sir. TO criticise your
church management and tell you how
il ought to be run
Prominent Clergyman (amazed)-
What do you mean, sir? How dare
you? Who are you, anyway?
Il am the humble editor OF the pa
per you have been writing ,As-Iife
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05
Would Gail AGAIN.

For two hours the fashionable lady
kept the draper exhibiting his goods.
and at the end OF that period she
sweetly asked:
Are you quite sure you have shown
me everything yon have?"
NO. madam" said the draper, with
an insinuating smile, Il have yet an
old account in my ledger which 1
shall very gladly show you"
He did not need to show any more.
The lady left the shop, saying she
would call again another day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05

TIE big match between Jeffries
and Johnson in Reno, on July 4th
ended in the 18th round. Jeffries
was no match for the negro. 1t is
another great athlete trying to get
into shape after having left the ring
for many years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05

AND now it has been discovered
that the committee appointed to in
vestigate the charges made by Sena-
tor Gore, relating to Oklahoma In
dian land, has been voted no money
to carry on the work. This is very
sharp scheme of the republicans to
hide the scandalous work of some of
their leaders.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05

Hon. and Mrs. A. L. Kreutzer
and family spent the Fourth of July
in Milan, Italy.
Stephen NJ. Yale of Minneapolis
is expected to be in the city within
the next few days.
Miss Grace Stewart, of Kenosha,
formerly resident of this city is
visiting Mrs. Hanson, at $50 Harrison
Blvd.
VIM. Genett came up from Wau-
paca and spent the Fourth. He is at
present employed on the Republican
Post, published in that city.
Mr.. and Mrs w. Fl. Mylrea and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry McCrossen took
trip to Dudley last Sunday after
noon and from there TO Amigo, re-
turning home in the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Fleming and
family arrived in the city on Friday
to spend the Fourth with the parents
of the former, Mr.. and Mrs. G. M.
Fleming. They returned home this
noon.
VIM. Schlaefer came over from
Lacrosse and spent the Fourth with
his parents. He was formerly clerk
in G. B. Mayors shoe store, but is
now managing a shoe store in La
Crosse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Saindon, who
have been in st. Paul for some time,
returned to Wausau last Saturday.
They have come back to stay and
their many friends are glad to hear
| this.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Zietlow of
Winona, Mimi, were here and spent
| the Fourth with the formers parents.
Rob-, who is graduate of this Office,
is now employed in a job printing
Office in his home city.
| The Misses Grace and Marie Book
| have returned to their home in this
| city. The former has been teaching
school in Council Bluffs, Ia, while
the latter has been taking course in
a Milwaukee training school for in
structors of the deaf and dumb.
| Emil A. Kreuger of Milestone,
| Saskatchewan, is in the city for the
/ first time in ten years. He came to
| visit his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. August
F. Kreuger and to attend family
reunion at which all of the children
will be present, viz: Carl of Rhine
lander; Otto of Eveleth, Mimi; Emil
of Saskatchewan and Mrs. W. Gowen
of this city. Emil, about twenty
years ago, came into the PILOT office
to learn the printers trade. After
graduating at from an apprentice, he
started out for himself He is now one
of the owners of the Milestone Mail
a paper of prominence in that part OF
Canada. Emil arrived here on Satur-
day and will remain about one week.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05

THERE will be meeting of the
members Of the Democratic State
Central committee of the Tenth
Congressional district tomorrow morn
ing at 10 O'Clock. This will also take
in the democratic editors of the dis
trict and other democrats interested
in the party organization and success.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05

MELVILLE w. FULLER, Chief JUS
tice of the Supreme court of the
United States, died at his home in
Sorrento, Me-, on Monday, July 4th.
His death was sudden and from heart
trouble. He was u years of age.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05

JOIN STRANGE says that LaFollette
will have no trouble in carrying the
state. John should have made this
public before the republican conven-
tion was held in Milwaukee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05

Soreness of the muscles, whether
induced by violent exercise or injury,
is quickly relieved by the free appli-
cation of Chamberlain's Liniment.
This liniment is equally valuable for
muscular rheumatism and always af-
fords quick relief. Sold by all dealers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05

HE postal savings bank system
will go into effect so days from the
date of its approval by the presidents
signature.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05

City's Large Demand for Oysters.
1t is estimated that 10000. 900 oys.
tiers are yearly shipped TO Liverpool
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05
Education and Amhitinn.

Only people with limited educa-
ton can be satisfied with a limited
ambition
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05
sau Pilot.
49, Y JULY 5, 1910.

published weekly and entered at the Post
ONCE at Wausau as second class matter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-05
Serious Mistake.

A good many people mistake habit
Tor religion. --Chieago Record Herald.