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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Was Afraid Of Phononranh

freed by COW moose, a Massuchu.
sets man started to play a phono-
graph, and the moose thing was lust
six seconds jumping over two barns
and four haystacks and losing itself
in the woods. We know exactly how
the moose felt about it, and nothing
but the speed laws prevented us from
taking a similar hike Cd no less than
two thousand different occasions
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
To Rnild Rridra

Menominee. The Menominee city
council has appropriated $500 for
the building of a new bridge over
the Menominee river. A similar APP
preparation will be necessary from
Marinette before the bridge can be
built. No action in the matter has
been taken by the council of that
city, although the subject has been
discussed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
rrachines Soon to Ely.

Racine.-The three aeToplanes be-
ing built at the J. l. Case Threshing
Machine company for exhibition pur-
poses, under the supervision of Lewis
Strang, are nearing completion. They
will be tested in flights between RAJ
cine and Chicago and between Chi
cago and indianapolis in the near
future, according TO the builders.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Mo Hazing at Madison.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. say that al
though they will abide by the prom
Use made last year to take a stand
against all forms of hazing, they
intend to strictly enforce university
traditions.
The student court affirms its in
tention to see that the rule cover
ing hazing is enforced to the letter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
%. State minimum wage scale.

Madison.-The Prohibition party
state platform makes these demands:
/. The prohibition of the manu-
facture, sale, importation, exporta-
tion and transportation of alcoholic
liquors for beverage purposes.
2. The election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people.
8. Equitable graduated income
and inheritance taxes.
4. State and national regulation of
all corporations doing an interstate
commerce business.
5. The creation for a permanent
tariff commission.
6. Uniform marriage and divorce
laws.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Condition is Serious.

Racine.-Letters received from D.
n. Fratt. Erdlands, Cal, who was
called there on account of the illness
of his father, \. d. Fratt, say that
the elder Mr.. Fratt is in a serious
condition. n. d. Fratt is believed TO
be the oldest bank president in Wis
consin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Violated Game Law.

Kenosha-Nazerin Angelina was
arrested here. charged with violating
the game laws He had five SPUR
rels, two rabbits and seven song
birds and on a plea Of guilty he was
fined So and the costs. He went
10 jail for sixty days in default Of
payment of the fine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11

Madison-The Social Democratic
state convention ratified the platform
adopted by the party's state conven-
ton in Milwaukee which demands:
1. Adjustment of written consti-
buttons.
2. Naturalization of all trusts.
8. National ownership of rail-
roads, telegraph, telephone, express
and steamship companies.
4. Pensions of not less than SIP
a month for all wage workers over
60 years of age.
5. Loans by the United States to
cities and townships on their bonds,
such loans to be legal tender and
without interest, the money to be
used for the unemployed, in eight
hour labor
Abolish the United States SEN
ate, the general referendum of all the
people to take its place; United States
judges to be elected for terms not to
exceed four years.
Z. Prohibition of importation of
Asiatic coolies.
8. Life insurance by the national
government; also insurance against
sickness, accident and loss Of employ
ment.
8. All elective officers to be sub
ject to recall.
10. No city to have the right to
sell, lease or give away public fran
chises.
II. Every city to have the right
to take over all public utilities by
paying a price fixed by an impartial
jury.
12 Complete self-government by
cities and towns.
10. Free school books.
IA. No further water rights to be
given to individuals or corporations;
mineral rights to accrue to the state;
all state lands to be kept for state
purposes.
Is. Protection for head waters of
rivers: reforestizing of denuded
tracts.
16. Farming schools and model
farms in every county.
II. State loans to settlers for use
for agricultural and stock raising
purposes.
10. That until the profit system is
abolished, attempts to introduce tenn
perate habits by law are only an
evasion of the real issue.
10. For an eight-hour day and
prohibition of employment of chill
dren under 10, and laws to compen-
safe workers when injured.
20. Graduated income and in
creased inheritance tax; small in
comes exempt
81. Fire and accident insurance by
the state.
%. State minimum wage scale.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
IIliteratn lnnminranfs.

Ellis island records show that of
52,727 immigrants who arrived here in
July 1885, or about 25 per cent, are
illlterates. Illiteracy is no bar to an
immigrant so long as he appears phys
ically able to care for himself. Only
1927 persons who sought to enter the
country were barred at this port last
month.-New York Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Bear in Long Fall,

Iron Mountain - Wandering too
near the Gulch mine, a large black
bear fell into the shaft and dropped
over a quarter of a mile. When work
men lowered the cage they found the
animals body with every bone brok-
on
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11

duties of chief correspondent and
business secretary"
Miss Miller gave a little scream Of
delight
Il can see the feather in your hat
right now" laughed her friend.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11

River Falls.-The Rev. Mr.. Hop
degard has invented a fireless cooker
which by many is considered an i'm
provement on any apparatus of the
is used and the heat is applied from
a metal disc. Compartments are pro
vided so that different degrees of
temperature may be had at the same
time.
6ulld New Greenhouse.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Increase is ST.. coo. 900.

Manitowoc.-The new assessment
rolls of Nanitowoc county show that
the assessed valuation has increased
nearly $1,000. zoe in one year. The
total valuation in 1909 was $35, 059.-
SOS and that for 1910 is $50. 965,225.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
[ atest Mine Horror.

The Doctor-Of course, If the oper-
ators in the anthracite and bituminous
fields form a coalition
The Professionalism there will be
nothing for the consumers to do but
to coalesce.
(Slow curtain)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
L. Rennen Mine.

L'Anse. Under the management
of Edward Copp and Joseph Q. Gin
grass, Ishpeming, and Sidney futile,
GAINESVILLE, Wis, the old graphite
property. which formerly was oper-
ated by the Hathaway Graphite COM
pany, viii be reopened.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
crazed by Grief.

Kenosha.-As result of grieying
for his : year old daughter. who was
killed by a train here a week ago,
Wadlslaw Wasniewski is said TO have
become violently insane. He has been
placed in confinement
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Jurlst Has Record

Lane For twenty-seven
years or during the entire time he
has been on the bench, Judge Gle
mentson has not lost a day when
holding regular sessions because of
sickness.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Pioneere Woman Dead.

Racine Mrs. w. L. Williams. one
of the oldest and best known Welsh
women of Racine, is dead. she was
20 years old and had lived in RAJ
cine flfty-hve years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11

not sleep. 1t kept
growing larger and
by fall it was as
large as a hens egg.
L could not go to
bed without a hot
water bottle applied
to that side. / had
one of the best doc
tors in Kansas and
he told my husband
thatI would have to
be operated on as it
was something like
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Charged with Killing.

Appleton.-Emmett Heavenor, col
ored. was held on the charge of
shooting and killing Waite Poynts,
also colnred.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Mo- A.tend NormaI.

la Crosse. The enrolment in the
La Crosse Normal school is 81.
about $50 more than was listed al
this time last year. A graduating
class of seventy-fiy~ il practically as
sured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Raze Abandoned Hotel.

GladStone.-W. f. Hammel, the
Gladstone banker, proposes to buy
in the property of Hawarden inn, the
large, abandoned hotel of that city.
and build residences on the twelve
lots. which once composed the block.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Estate Tax $50 600.

Appleton.-The inheritance tax on
the estate of John Van Nortwick,
president of the Green Bay and Mis-
sissippi Canal company, was fixed at
about 100000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
DOCTOR
ADVISED
OPERATION
CuredbyLy diaE. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Galena, Kans. ia year ago last
March l fell, and a few days after
there was soreness in my right side.
In short time bunch came and it
bothered me so much at night could
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
A Contradiction.

Queer, wasn't It, that water in the
place you went to made the folks there
sick?"
why was II queer?"
Because Il was we'll water"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Well Emploved.

Friend-Pretty busy just now, Mr..
Klexl?
Artist-Very, thanks Painting all
my creditors. Blaetter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Labor That Aids the World.

1t is true that all wealth comes
from labor, but not necessarily from
labor by the hands. The thinkers Of
the world have added inestimably to
it's development It was a portrait
painter who invented the telegraph, a
college professor who produced the
telephone, and the list might be ex.
tended almost indefinitely. It is well
that today, with all our indulgence in
rest and play, that we remember that
it is intellgently directed energy of
whatever kind which makes man bet
ter and helps along the world to the
millenial dawn.-Weekly Dispatch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11

Marinette-The Lingnum Chemi-
cal company has started work on its
new building on the Whitebeck site.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Dr.. Rice Speaks.

Appleton.-Dr. Matthew Rice, Du-
luth. gave the annual matriculation
address at Lawrence college.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Build New Greenhouse.

Superior Superior Floral
company begun the erection of a So
eco greenhouse.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
PLATFORM CONVENTIONS MEET
AND ADOPT PLATFORMS

OF progressive legislation in Wiscon-
sin
Completion and operation of binder
twine plant at state prison.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11

Strange" said Mrs. Won Pater,
that l never thought OF this before"
And she staid at home and was
happy ever after.-Life
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11
Will Have Library.

Portage .-Columbus has accepted
a $500 gift from Andrew Carnegie
for a public library building.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-11

n a TEMT0 Watson Z. C0lcman N, WASH
- "a - tngton, DC Bookstree. High
"a n2hw y ~ est references Best results.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-17
Old Italian Panton:me.

IL we can believe a travellers tale
the pantomimes in Italy of the seven
teenth century exceeded even present
day productions in strange stage ef-
fects. An anonymous writer quoted In
"Broadbents History Of Pantomime'
describes piece called "Nerone In
fanie." produced in Rome at the Thea
tire CapraniO in 16yS. in which was ex-
hibitcd the interior of hell. The stage
opened" says the chronicier. and dis
covered a scene underneath represent
inr the river Of Icthc full Of internal
spirits splitting FIRE while Charon's
boat made its way across. Upon land
ing n prodisious monster appeared
whose mouth nearly covered the whole
of the stage and emitted n number Of
monstrous snakes. The monster moved
toward the audience. who Shricke1
with horrer.f but ia a moment II was
transformed into a multitude Of broad
white butterflies. which Gew into the
plt so low that some touched the spec
fators' heads. At the same time The
scene changed into a beautiful gar
dcn.--LondoR Chronicle
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-17
DRESS SUITS AND DINING
Insistence on Evening oarh Did Not
Cause Restaurants Failure.

The manager Of q snowy eating
houses oH Broadway. lately compelled
to close its doors because its eN-
penses exceeded its receipts asserted
in explanation OF the failure that the
impression that evening dress was re-
quired kept people away. II Is as
good an explanation q another, and
some ct the comment excited by II Is
wide Of the mark. 4 restaurant, Ike
any ether commercial enterprise. tails
when the outgo is llrser than the
income. The general idea that dress
suits or. at least. -tuXcdCs, must
be worn by men who wanted to dine
in this restaurant may. 81 course,
have kept many men from dining
there. II is likely that the fanc.ed
evening dress requirement had as
much 10 do with ;hc failure a. the
gorgeous aud pagan decorations Of the
place. the distance Of the kitchen from
the tables. or the d'ihcnity some
folks may have encountered in trying
10 pronounce the long French name
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-17
THE ART OF BEING SILLY.
Have Brains Enough TO Forget oeea-
.:rn,tIO That Not Have Them

.
sionally That You Have Them.
The fine art of being able TO be silly
is one that a good many Of us need to
cultivate, says Ruth Cameron.
TO be able once in awhile TO be silly
not deliberately witty or studlously
humorous. but thoroughly. healthiiy.
chudishly sllly-and TO be able TO stand
Off and laugh TO yourself occasionally
are two valuable abilities.
1t is bad. of course, for young people
TO take themselves and their duties too
lightly, but it seems to me that it Is
almost as bad for them TO take them
selves too seriously.
heard a very clever and financially
successful young bachelor y tting forth
his requirements for u wife the other
day.
As share In this bachelors meal
ticket would probably mean for the
sharer the kind OF meals that begin
with oysters. have ice courses scatter
ed through the middle and end up with
cut glass finger howl. fancy he Is
the sort of person whose requirements
may be interesting 10 my feminine
readers.
81 don't ask for beauty" he said,
NOR money. / decidedly don't want
an obviously intellectual woman. But
what do insist upon in wife is that
she shall know how TO be silly once In
awhile: in short, that she shall have
enough brains TO be able to forget oc-
casionally that she has any"
Good sense IS Il fine thing TO have,
but the people who are stuck so full
of it that they forget that nonsense
also has its place in life are making IA
big mistake
A little nonsense now and then
Is reiished by the best OF men
runs the quotation, pointing out. as
you see, that it is the best of men,
who know enough TO appreciate non
sense. The second raters fancy they
are above it. while. as a matter OF fact,
they aren't up to it.
Nonsense is q quiet doctor TOO.
The man or woman who doesn't
know how TO be silly misses one of the
biggest recreative forces in the world
Any one who is perpetually holding
himself just so in order 10 maintain
his dignity is apt 20 become mentally
cramped from keeping in the one po-
sition and lose his mental suppleness.
Just as the physical abandon of
laughter relaxes the muscles of the
face. so the mental abandon of n good
healthy fit of Stiffness relaxes the mus
cles of the mind.
Do you take yourself too seriously?
Don't just read that over mechanic
ally. but answer it. DO you. now?
And do you know how to be silly?
If you don't and aren't past the
learning age why don't you go and find
somebody who does and learn?
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-17
Of the restaurant by telephone.


As for evening dress, there are
dozens Of restaurants in Manhattan
in which few men would think OF
wearing anything else after G o'clock.
The unfortunate establishment was
clearly not destined by fate, or proper
~ eqrippeG, controlled. or appointed
by its managers. to take its place
among them. A way out Of the diff
Guilty would have been to spread
abroad the news that one might wear
whatever It pleased him TO wear. An
other good plan might have been TO
reduce the prices of food Some
place in the same neighborhood, con
tent with moderate prices. are crowd
ed, too. So that a reduction Of prices,
m the place under discussion. might
have svaiicd nothing. No price is too
hi-h 10 ask for a squall chicken cas-
seroic or a printing by an old master
j.: you can be sure Of getting IT, Art
and z restaurant the luxe. vita mural
decorations Pompcii might have en-
We'd. lie bcwond the humble ec0nomi-
cal laws.
The point j. that II evening dress
caused the downfall Of this temple
Of rcfrcshwcnf. the reason Is that the
habitnsi WcaTcrs o fcvcning dress pre-
fcrrcd 10 dine ciscwhcrc. Evening
dress j. common enough. u s. no
longer a symhoi Of exciusivenesS.-
New York Times.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-17
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

Mrs. II. f. Beal rural mail carrier
Of the Burbank district in California.
goes over her twenty-five mile route
in an automobile which she bought
with her own earnings.
Mrs. Margaret ID. Lyons has been APP
pointed matron Of the State School
For the Blind at Baton Rouge, La,
by Governor Saunders. Mrs. Lyons
has served as matron in the Mans
field Female college and in the Dixie
academy. besides filling a similar post
in the Protestant Orphan asylum in
New Orleans.
Selma Lagerlof. the Swedish writer
to whom the Nobel prize In literature
was awarded this year. will devote a
part of the money to the purchase Of
a home on the Marbacka estate. where
she was born. The house which she
will buy was built by her grandfather
and through reverses fell into the
hands Of strangers. from whom she
will buy X
Mrs. Belva Lockwood has written to
President Taft asking his opinion Of
her plan TO devote the Nobel peace
prize fund. which two years ago was
awarded to Mr.. Roosevelt. TO aiding
the striking shirt waist girls In New
York and Philadelphia. Mr.. Roose-
welt turned the money over TO a COM
mitice on industrial peace, and Mrs
Lockwood is trying TO interest this
committee in the shirt waist makers.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-17
MEANINGS Of the Word Steve

The word stove" as applied 10 n
heater for a room seems 10 he OK
about the same age as the article 70
which the name is row applied. Tor.
while the word as a name had an OK
iStcncc In carly English. IL was used
in a different sense. Both Lord Ia
con and Woodward used Il as refer
ring TO a house or room artihcially
warmed and particularly n dollhouse
for plants. Bacon also used the word
a. a verb In the way Of keeping warm
n house or room. as to stove orange
trees and myFtlcs." 20 quote from his
writings. Pcpys used the verb IN a
nautical sense. as heating foT the pur
pose Of making piiabic. rs stove bolt
ropcs." But al these definitions are
obsolete now. such disusc dating from
the time when Dr. Franklin made
bis discoveries aud applications. The
French word ~ctuvc." u nay be add.
81. Describes = dollhouse or bathing
room and hence y parallel IN mean
Irg with the early English word.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-17
a Knowing Husband.

Hlectar Car the reception BY the
vay. old man. d YOU knoE Thai
strenuous looking woman siaudire
near the piano.
Ncctcr- Not 10 talk ~.
ricckcr-fsui yoa know who she
w.
Mccier-Yes. she's my wife.
Eicker Way. you said you didn''
fuov hcr ~ tax To-"
Ncekcr-i dDnr-oniy IN listen 10.
chicago News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-17
What the Doctor Old.

GusFvc Uilyatt has n little dauEh-
ter VITO hasn't been well recently. The
other day a physician was called %
the Unyait home 70 sec her. lie OK.
amiucd the child with the aid 81 a
stcihoscopc. wbcn her father came
home that evening nc asked what the
doctor had said.
-Nothin'.~ replied the little girl.
What did be doT- asked Sir. III.
yaft
He iust teicphoned me al over,
was the childs reply.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-17

Thin Tumblers. all sound and
first quality, Worth Sc. Special
each 800. -...- ..---oc
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-17

Cups and Saucers. bowl shape.
All perfect, worth loo. Special,
pair 800. 49,. ..... .-...oc
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-17
Decoration For Table Center.

A pretty idea is to use a huge satin
ribbon rose as a centerpicce for the
luncheon or dinner table From the
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-17

jus, Try C. y. 5. srceiaL
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-12
.DRalIlIATlICGLUB
REACHED'TOWN
THIS MORNING !.
zone oftheE Eight Z
win be GiDep
Tonight

The West Virginia University Ora.
matte Club which will produce zone
Of the Eight at the Grand tonight, ar
rived in the city this afternoon from
Morgantown. The club plays here un-
der the direction OF the Anti-Tubercu-
losls League and the proceeds will go
towards employing district trained
nurse.
When the Dramatic Club appeared
in Morgantown several weeks ago it
made a tremendous hit and Prof. Ed
mund Neil, under whose direction the
comedy is staged, is enthusiastic in
praise of the performance.
The lower floor of the Opera House
with the exception OF two rows in the
rear sell at 81. These two rows and
the first two rows in the balcony at
rs cents and the rest Of the house at
50 cents. Both the play and the cause
for which It is given merit the pat
ronage of Fairmont people.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-12
THIRD Ward
COMES next
The CLEANER WILL VISIT eusI.
NESS PART OF THE CITY
TOMORROW.

Rain yesterday prevented the drays
nom collecting the debris from the
Second ward, and today the drays
Will traverse that ward and gather up
waste matter and convey it to the
crematory. The citizens were pre-
pared for the wagons all through the
ward, having collected on Monday a
large amount of trash and stacked It
ready to be hauled away. From the
amount TO be seen in all parts OF this
ward, Indication would point to the
fact that when this debris is all hauled
away, the ward will be strictly speak
ing clean and sanitary.
] This is one OF the most popular for
ward movements ever started in this
city and the way the citizens are re-
spending to it is very gratifying to the
promoters Of the scheme and the city
council. 1t is hoped that the interest
will not abate and the cleanup move
ment once started will be kept up.
The weather permitting the drays
will visit the Third ward tomorrow
and the other wards in succession. 1t
is the intention If possible to complete
the work Saturday evening.