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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

Che men of his family usually married
early in life. Was he born to live I'M
loved?
AS long as the villas on each side
of him held the kind of children they
did, j. Gordon was not sure but that
bachelorhood had its advantages, for
these were spoiled children. But when
the children moved and on one side
moved in an elderly gentleman,
grouchy and snuffy, and in the other, a
loving young couple took up abode, his
uneasiness returned. The first dis
gusted him with a picture of what he
might yet be; the other-there were
evenings when they made him feel
lonely. But he would forget all this
next day through Office hours.
The young wife on the one side of
him was rather pretty in a soft, de-
mure way. And she loved flowers and
green things as we'll as did j. Gordon,
and thus they sometimes came close,
each across the dividing fence from
the other. She was very modest He
learned only that she was Mrs. Mum
ford, and 1t was born in her to love
country quiet, or as near as she could
get, and digging in the ground.
One morning he saw her, from her
top veranda step, stoop and kiss her
husband goodby. The husband at the
time was veil ballasted with a big va
lise in each hand. Business called ].
Gordon from his villa during the two
days after.
Upon his return, gazing with some
concern upon the damage done some
of his growing things by great goose,
he was startled by cherry laugh from
the other side of the fence. and look
ed up to behold Mrs. Mumford. merry
eyed, smiling radiant, in pink and
white. Never had he seen her so
beautiful as now, and so friendly and
merry. What a change the departure
of her husband had brought about In
her nature. Then she began:
THAT goose has eaten all our late
strawberries. the hired girl tells me.
Isn't it awful? We found out why the
woman down the avenue keeps 1t.
She's an old maid, and so afraid of
burglars. but, more afraid of dogs
says they all have hydrophobia, but
geese never do. Can't inoculate them
with it in any way. And a goose, you,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
when He Seen Me an tn Ak He skited."

twenty shillin' apiece, easy, come
tumblin' through the cur'nt bushes.
Il grabbed the cubs an cut with
EN- fer the barn. They squealed so
that their nanny come chasin' back,
an fore | could git to the barn she
nadine. dropped the cubs an skited fer
the axe, hopin' that | could harvest
that bear crop after all, but fore
could git back with the axe the old
bear had got her cubs together an
made off with 'em to the woods.
An all because Sam Slocum was
so onmerciful sot on my runnin' that
farm with nothin' to run it with. An
that jest capped the hull business. 1
put on my poky dot gingham-this lin
here-an' my rough'n ready jockey
hat-that I'm up there-an' sloped
from Fishpole Holler. An now you
kin put the piece In your paper that
Ann Mriar Slocum, late O. Fishpole
Holler, is goin' to serve notice on to
Sam Sloeum, O. Fishpole Holler, that
she IS goin' to git a deevorce."
With that the snappy little woman
bounced out of the office. l guess it
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

His name. In full, was Jay Gordon
Stanford, but his intimate friends sell
dom got farther with the name than j..
Gordon.
j. Gordon had seriously contem-
plated matrimony at the age OF H.
Shortly after he was brought rudely
out Of such contemplation by pelns
softly informed by the recipient OF MS
adolescent affection that her heart
was in the keeping of one much MS
senior, one to whom she had been De
trothed these many years. Many
years? Why how Did was she really
He afterward learned, some IL more
than himself. Perhaps it helped him
forget her.
AT rs J. Gordon was actually en-
gagged. The girl, this time, was MS
own age She was energetic. sne
went in for woman's suffrage, for re-
form of many kinds and j. Gordon
smiled indulgently, although after the
close intimacy of engagement days set
in, he did begin 70 sit up and notice
that she had faults worse than want
ing to vote. When it came to using
ones handkerchief for whole week,
and wearing soiled shirt waists out IN
company, he did hint few wee hints
OF surprise.
He also found she had a temper
when, after little lecture from him
upon wearing white slippers on mud
| dy tramps, she flung his ring 10 his
| face.
! The relief he felt at this action upon
her part frightened him. Had he been
| fool enough to promise love to WON
an he had not loved? 1t made him
| cautious.
At 80 J. Gordon was still unmar,
ried, and had taken suburban resi-
dence to himself City noises disturb
ed his rest, he told him friends, and
he loved to look at growing vegetables
| fruits and the like.
1T is simply one of the signs
of incipient bachelorhood," they told
| him.
| And now he really began to be
troubled. Was 1t fact that he would
not love the right sort of a woman?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
| INTENSIVE FARMING
| LAGS WITHOUT TOOLS
The GeeviIle Trumpet Blast of
Freedom Loses Story.
Contributor Revises Big Story Upon
Return of Proper Farming
Implements.
BY ED MOTT.

A snappy, black-haired, bright-eyed
little woman came into The Geeville
Trumpet Blast of Freedom Office one
day, and without any preliminary re-
marks said:
do you want q piece for your pa
PERI
l replied that we were always glad
to get such: yes.
well, them said she, you jest
put Il in your paper that Ann M'riar
Slocum, late of Fishpole Holler, Is
goin' to serve notice ON to Sam Slo-
cum of Fishpole Holler that she is
goin' to git a deevorce from him an
his bed an board, on the grounds of
incompatibility O. temper as to farm
in implements. Put that in your pa
peri"
/ couldn't help but be mystified
somewhat over her statement, and
told her so.
We'll, now, so I s'pose, come to
think on to it," said the snappy little
woman, IAN mebbe had, best sort o
explain it to you and give you the
pints Ter you to Iced up to the piece
like You see, l am Ann M'riar Slo
cum. Ann M'riar Pepperwell as was
Me n Sam Slocum was married some
thin Ike a year ago, an | went tC
Fishpole Holler to live on Sans clear
In, where there amt two-legget
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
Left Him Far Behind.

Childish standards of greatness are
interesting-perhaps because they are
at once so like yet so unlike the
standards of grown folk. Many an
adult, for instance, has been proud
with no more reasonable basis than
that which little Johnnie displayed in
attempting to top" the boasting of q
juvenile comrade.
i've got a real railroad train. with
an engine that goes. an a real, live
pony. an really, truly gun, an"
That's nothing" interrupted the
lads disguised listener. "Once / knew
a boy that sat up until IL o'clock
twice in one week."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
a Matter of Craed

Two men were disputing over their
respective churches" says the Slater
News in reviving an old story which
is still good. zone was a Baptist and
the other a Presbyterian. Finally
one of them called a neighbor who
was passing and asked his opinion as
to which was the better church in
which to be saved. Wen, neighbor.'
lie said, son and have been hauling
wheat for nearly forty years. There
are two roads that lead to the mill,
One is the valley road and the other
leads over the hill, and never yet has
the miller asked me which road
came, but he always asks. rs the
wheat good?' kansas City Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
How TO Find Fault.

Find fault, when you must find
fault, in private; and some time
after the offense, rather than
at the time. The blamed are
less inclined to resist when they are
blamed without witnesses; both
parties are calmer and the accused
party is struck with the forbearance
of the accuser, who has seen the
fault and watched for a private and
proper time for mentioning It,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

might have been an hour later when
she came bouncing in again, She was
snapper than ever, and her eyes were
twinkling.
Have you put that piece In the pa
per yit?" she asked.
NO." 1 said. 1T will be IL next
Thursday"
well, I'll tell you," said she. Sam
got back home from huntin', an then
guess he must run the boss all the
way frop, the clearin' to here, the way
the poor critter is pantin an putin.
l jest met Sam out here, an instead O.
putin that piece in the paper about
Ann M'riar Slocum's deevorce, you kin
put one in that Sam Slocum, O. Fish
pole Holler. has all Of q student took
TO kuntin' with his old shotgun, havin'
took the iaee that 1t was heap bet
tern his new-fangled rife, which he'll
leave to home after this. A piece
somethin' like that you mowt put In
your paper instead o. the one about
Ann M'riar's deevorce. cause that in
compatibility o. temper as to farmIn'
implements has sort O. been settled
out O. court"
Copyright. by W. G. Chapman.)
--N~~~~ ~~~~~~~~>~~~~~~~~~~~~~
population viii not be heaped on pop
ulation: point where it will began to
spread out instead Of to pile up. Lon
de- has reached that point.
This Is new tendency, and 6
Wholesome one, IN the life of the
world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

to feel better when 1 had taken only
one bottle Of Compound, but kept on
as Twas afraid to stop too soon." Mrs.
SADIE MULLEN, 2728 n. B. St., FL
wood, Ind
Why will women take chances with
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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

neighbor higher than two miled. Less
It mowt be them squawkln an
squeakin spindle shanks cranes down
along the swamp run. But as fer four
footed neighbors, they'm plenty
enough. Sassy enough, too, goodness
knows An familiar enough to come
an borry our pork an mutton an
chickens without as much as askin', If
we don't watch out But | don't mind
the havin' no two-legged neighbors
none. hain't much on company, any
how. That's what I KEEP tellfn' Sam
Slocum when he come pesterin Of me
with his, but he wouldn't take the
hint, an jest up an married him to
git red of his pesterin'. No. l hain't
much on company, anyhow. An If
you hain't got no neighbors why you
don't have to keep runnin' after the
fatirons you lent 'em, an you don't
always have cup O. lasses or a
DRAWN O. tea, or a settin' o. turn
pike yeast or setch comm to you.
So l don't mind the havin' O. no two
legged neighbors none. But here
about six months ago l was jOggin'
home from town on the blackboard,
with some tradin I'd been dom, when
something turned up that rumpled me
quite some.
| none.
81 was comm along by the laurel
our clearin', when out bounced two
| thumpin' big wildcats an made after
me an the blackboard an the boss.
The boss was young critter, an the
| pesky varmints skeert him so that
couldn't hold him in, an away he
went. lickitty brindle, an never stop
ped till he got home an slam into
the wagon shed. An the wild cats
follered right along after us, scream
| in an catterwaulin' like all possessed,
| an never wunst cut fer the woods till
| sprung from the blackboard when
| the boss had arrived with it to home.
| Then / guess they cut, consarn EN-!
II was mad, l tell you, an to make
me ruffied all the more, every whip
| stitch o. my tradin' had been joggled
| outen the wagon an strung along the
| road somewheres, an amongst it was
a new red dress had bought to make
up fer goin' on a visit to my folks's,
over to Blarin' Ridge Soon as l could
! git into the house l did, my mind all
| made up as to what was goin' to do,
| but there | found that Sam had gone
! Off huntin' with the rifle, an there
want no use O. me follerin' the Wild
| cats without 1t, an so had to let 'em
| go. Yes, did. An me not bein' able
TO NOW them two varmints down as
| good as cost US as much as losin' a
buckwheat crop.
Well. sir, 1t want but three days
| after that, when Sam had gone of
huntin' agin, takin' the rife, that a
bear came slinkin' in lords our pig
pen, an actly got into 1t, an was
! levyin' on TO a pig before / could git
in the house an come out agin with
the shotgun. peppered Mr.. Bear with
/ II, but, massyful Peteri II didn't hurt
him none, an if l hadn't made fer
him with the axe he'd KEEP right on
an tuck the pig, whether or no. But
when he seen me an the axe comm
fer him he clupl outen the pen an
skited fer the woods. An We lost
that harvest jest cause didn't have
the right kind O. farmin' implements.
when Sam come home from hunt
in says to him, See here, Sam Slo-
| cum / says. If I'm go'n' to do the
farmin' while yor'n Out huntin'.'
says, why you've Jest got to leave me
the rife TO DO it with l says, an you
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
He knew lin.

Jim had made an unsuccessful at
tempt to conquer the world and came
back to the Tennessee town dirty,
worn out and hungry.
Uncle JOHN" he said melodra-
matically, Il came home to die"
No, dod CAST you." said unsympa-
thetic Uncle John, you came home to
eat."-Success Magazine
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

ed only temporary relief. Doan's Kid
ney Pills helped me at once and soon l
was permanently cured. l really feel
that Doan's Kidney Pills saved my
life"
when Your Back is Lame, Remem-
Der the Name-DOAN'S."
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price soc.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

hazel brush The silence intensified,
and bore down like palpable weight
Then Arthur drew in q sharp breath,
pulled himself together resolutely, and
glanced toward his friend
And my!" he said. And my! Amt
the gravy d?"-Youth's Companion
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

Henry G.. Leon
hardt, Liberty St.,
Sturgeon Bay, Wis,
says: my kidneys
were in such bad
shape, the kidney Sc
cretions passed every
few minutes. 1 doc
tored with the best
physicians and treat
ed with a prominent
specialist, but receiv-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

BILE Compound. L
was sick three
months and could
not walk. / suf-
fered all the time.
The doctors said /
could not get well
without an opera
ton, for / could
ha rdly stand the
pains In my sides,
especially my right
one, and down my
right leo I haCan
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

De QuIz-Did the learned professor
explain the matter on which you were
in doubt?
De Witt-Yes, but he used such I'M
familiar language that I'll have to go
around tomorrow and get him to ex-
plain his explanation
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

Smiiey-That iceman down the
street viii have to change his name il
he wishes TO do any business.
Wiley-whyF What's his name?
Smiley-LAttleton. Some people
might not notice II. but / am afraid
most folks would shy at name like
that on an ice-leader's sign.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
Farms on Hiqh-Priced Land.

Within ten miles of the city hall,
New York. there are ten suburbs on
Long Island, where agriculture is pur-
sued on fields assessed at building
lot prices.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
Bear Almost Run over by Aut

A big black bear tried to cross the
county road last night in front OF the
fast approaching automobile In which
l. H. Brewer. president OF Hoquiam
Commercial club. and his family and
friends were returning from the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
An UnsIeeplr,q Youth.

What business do you think your
son will adopt?"
Cant say" replied Farmer Corn
tossel, but judging by the hours
Josh keeps, should say he was nat.
urally cut out to be a milkman."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
For a Purpose.

ReynoIds-Why is Kutler laying
double floors in his ten-story apart
ment house?
Arbuthnot-He wants to be consci.
entiously able to advertise that the
apartment is a twenty floor building
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
In Proof.

IN Proof.
"Jipson is one Of the most neighbor
ly persons / ever saw"
rs that so?"
Yes. He seems determined, sooner
or later, to borrow everything | pos
sess."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
Lor Don stops PlIIna ur.

London, biggest Of the worlds cities,
is grow ng smaller That is, fewer
people are living within the actual
working districts-the congested dis
tricts-than lived there ten years ago
The decrease is small, only twenty
nine-one-hundredths per cent, but it
marks the turn of the tide.
London is moving to the suburbs,
spreading out on the land. where its
children may play In the sunshine
thanks TO the tubes" tramways. cleo
tic railways and motor buses,
There is point, then. beyond which
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
Whan II Went Wrnnn-

He told her that he would gladly
die for her."
THE same old bluff. DID It catch
herr?
No She told him she would glad,
ly let him"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

The very worst thing about taking
things for granted is the fact that SO
many people are apt to take the things
they want most.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

Did you have a trial before you
hanged that horse thief"
I'VE sure did," replied Piute Pete.
HE was a mighty bad man, and we
wanted to give him all the unpleas-
ant suspense possible"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
Proper Treatment,

II have a terrible cold" he COM
planned. MY head feels all stopped
up.
Have you tried a vacuum clean
err" she queried sweetly.-Judge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
Stop the Pain.

The hurt of q burn or a cut stops when
Coles Carbolisalve is applied. 1t heals
quickly and prevents scars. 25c and soc by
J. w. Cole & Co. Black River Falls, Wis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

Do you ever have Headache, Toothache,
or Earache? Most people do. Hamlins
Wizard Oil is the best household remedy
and liniment for these everyday troubles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma.
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

No evil dooms us hopelessly ex-
cept the evil we love and desire to
continue.-George Eliot.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
HAVE YOU SUSPECTED YOUR
kIDNEYS2

Thousands suffer from backache,
headache, dizziness and WEAKNESS
without suspecting their kidneys.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26
WOMAN
ESCAPES
OPERATION
WasCured byL ydiaE. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound

Eiwood, Ind.--"Your remedies have
cured me and J. have only taken six
bottles Of lydia Z. Pinkham's Yegeta-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

Too many officeholders who pre-
tend to be working for their country
are merely working It,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

A woman isn't self-made just be-
cause she makes her own complexion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-26

Bears the

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-01-05

merchants can get goods of
standard quality by freight and
then tax these same merchants
and our farms to pay the differ
ence between the receipts of the
postal department and it's ex-
penses. Great scheme til is
But we hardly believe the people
will be blind enough to be hood
winked. Petitions are being
poured in to Congress to kill this
measure and if it is enacted over
the protest of the people there
should be something stirring at
next election time and the sup
porters of the bill, regardless
of party, should be taught les
son. If you are interested in
your own welfare write a letter
to your Congressman advising
him to use his influence against
this measure.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-01-05

buslness-destroy that competi-
titiorr-what then? When this
com bination once gets in o
power and gets its fingers on the
throat of its victims it can exact
any toll it cares to take, The
postoffice department has been
run at loss for years, and even
now Congress is about to add a
tax on our best literature to
make up the loss. In theta of
this fact it seems absurd to try
to foist on the public another
large item of expense such as
this dark horse" parcels post
measure. Through graftin g
methods the railroads have been
overpaid for carrying the mail,
some of the schemes having but
recently been exposed by Con-
gressman Murdock of Kansas.
With this graft in operation it is
easy to see that the cost of haul
ing the mail is greater than it
should be, and 1t is the height of
folly to further increase the
postal deficit by adding a depart
ment which would not pay its
own expenses. The object of
the bill is to make it possible for
the mail order houses to send
small parcels through the mail
at rate so low they could COM
pete with the small merchants
who buy in quantities and ship
in by freight. This is one of
the lines which has not been
affected by the mail order evil,
and now these teaches would
have Congress allow them to
send their cheap goods, manu-
factured by cheap labor, through
the mails as cheaply as our local
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-01-05
She Wouldn't Take Him

A dispatch to the Womans'
National Daily from St. LOUIS,
says: "Miss Dora Koehler of
st. Charles, Mo, aged II, weigh
ing about 105 pounds, pretty
brunette, refused to take Martin
Casey, aged so, weighing 267
pounds, "a real live bachelor" as
advertised, after winning him in
church rattle" Miss Koehler
spent week in Meade last sum-
mer together with her sister,
as guests of Miss Agnes Wehrle
and is indeed a charming young
lady. Judging from the actions
of several of the Meade young
men when she returned home,
we should say that the heart of
the bachelor is not the only one
that has been shattered.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-01-05
Looks Like a Skin Game

Opposition to the parcels post
bill was so strong that it has
been withdrawn, and a substi-
tute measure called the "local
rural parcels post" which if not
any worse, is fully as bad as the
original bill, will come before
Congress. The object of this
4bill is not to help the farmer, as
"a is claimed, but to perpetuate
y great mail order combine which
will starve small concerns out of
existence. Every method will
be used to accomplish this end,
and when they succeed in their
purpose, and have destroyed
competition as between mer-
chants and between towns, with
no opposition to fear this power
full trust or combine will revo-
lutionize merchandising methods
throughout the United States.
Credit will be thing OF the past.
The country town will practic-
ally disappear, the farms once
valuable on account of their
proximity to town will be worth
no more than those at distance,
and the conditions will be alto
gether changed. The splendid
-church and school facilities en-
joyed by the small towns will be
forgotten, and only in the large
cities will it be possible to secure
these privileges. From one
lissntral point the supplies of the
wilgntry will be dealt out, and
kse being controlled by
teigantic corporation what can
wt expected in the matter of
EGces? With competition their
ices must be low in order to do