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Sharp County record., 1911-06-02

We are headquarters for goods you
need in summer. Our prices are
as low as good goods can be pur-
chased for elsewhere and, in many
instances, lower. Come in and let
us prove 1t to you.
Sharp County record., 1911-06-02
After Many
Years.

After many years of continuous
business service in this town, dur
ing which time we have had pleas
ant dealings with a great number
of people, we are still at the old
stand, better equipped by exper-
ience and in other ways than ever
before to serve the people with hon
est merchandise. We trust that
after all these years of dealing with
the people the name OF TINS
company stands for integrity and
fair-dealine in this community
Sharp County record., 1911-06-02

An exchange says Gov. Donaehey
will be forced to seek a third term
Pity, too, to rovish a politician with
q third term.
Sharp County record., 1911-06-02

But, back aeain to the legislature
and The tax rate, we want to lay
down this propositions The mem
Sharp County record., 1911-06-02

It Is said that W. j. Bryan favors
Champ Clark of Missouri for presi-
dent. II Is said also that Champ
Clark Is for the same man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
Cigarette Betrays Girl in Male Garb

contortions of the face alone were a
study.
What is your name?" he asked, go
ing up to the smoker. willie Wright"
was the reply in soft voice. The
policeman lifted the cap and light
tresses fell about "Willie's" shoulders.
ooh, I don't care" pouted the owner
of the hair. THAT cigarette has made
me sick, anyway" At Central Dis
trict station the prisoner said she was
Ada Wright, eighteen years old, 2809
South Broadway. Il got letter last
week that my mother is sick in Bloom
ington. Ind, and needs my help" she
continued. Il had only $S45, so l
thought l would beat my way on a
freight train and have = little money
left for my mother when l got there.
TONY Miller, my landlady's son.
gave me these toys, and l bought the
tobacco and cigarette papers to help
me play the part. l bought a corncob
pipe and a revolver and some cart
ridges, because heard there were
lots of rough hobos on the road"
In a bundle under her arm she car
ried a skirt, waist and corset, which
she said she meant to put on when
she should arrive in Bloomington. The
police held her over night on the
charge of masquerading, but released
her when she agreed to travel to
Bloomington in skirts on a passenger
train.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
Aged Farmer Loses $4,000 to Fiance

HICAGO.-No weddirG bells will
- ring for William Dennis. SO years
old, a retired Wisconsin farmer who
came to Chicago to be married to a
woman whom he had met two weeks
before at county fair. The day after
his arrival here Dennis appeared at
the detective bureau and reported that
his intended wife had disappeared,
taking with her $4,000. which he had
entrusted to her care.
Dennis told the police that the
young woman, known to him only as
Blanche, left him in the La Sale
street de-ot on the pretext that she
was going to telephone to a wealthy
sister. Dennis waited patiently for
her for several hours, and when she
failed to return realized that he had
been fieeced.
Dennis, according to Lis story, told
the police he met the woman at the
county fair, where she conducted a
fortune telling concession. Dennis
told the police that he took a liking
to the woman and proposed marriage
to her. She accepted me-" he said,
and we made preparations to come
to Chicago and get married"
They came in on the interurban
electric railroad. Then they took a
Northwestern elevated train around to
the La Sale street depot. Mile.
Blanche said she wanted to telephone
her sister in Grant Park "You stay
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
''Spuds" Cause Split in Sharp Family

wife No. 1 found out that her husband,
who went out of her life forty years
ago, was still alive and had married
again. She renewed the acquaintance
so long interrupted and Peter hardly
knew what to do.
Then a happy thought struck him
He had been married for number Of
years-nearly forty in fact-to wife
No. 2, and she suited him perfectly.
He had nc desire to return to condi-
tons as they were before the fire.
However, he couldn't overlook the fact
that wife No 1 had the prior claim
and would have the law with her in
tie ousting of wife No. 2 from the
Sharp household.
So. as a solution to the problem,
Peter got the two wives to hold d
conference with him He told them
how they were old and peaceable folk
and could live together in peace and
amity without jealousies that beset
younge- persons. Peter could see no
reason why they couldn't get along
together
So the bargain was struck and wife
No. l was installed in the Sharp
household in all her ancient glory.
She had to share everything with wife
No. 2, however, and this was bound to
cause trouble. Finally they couldn't
agree upon the proper manner il
which to cook potatoes and the result
is that Peter would gladly find some
one VINO will consent to take one OF
his wives-No. 1 preferably MS
hands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
Bogus Worshiper Would Rob Poor-Box

NJ CIV YORK-The attempted rob-
IL berry of a poor-box in the church
OF Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in East
TWenty-eighth street, was followed by
an exciting chase of the thief which
ended in his capture.
Solemn high mass had just been
celebrated. Father McCabe, the parish
priest, had gone home, but the church
was open Lately money has been
missed from some of the collection
boxes and William Mangin, the SEX
ton, has been Oh the watch for
thieves Standing behind the altar he
saw a man enter by the Twenty
eighth street entrance and go up the
aisle to the altar of the Sacred Heart,
where he knelt as if in prayer.
On the center aisle is large poor
box, which usually contains a very
considerable amount in votive offer
ings. Walking softly down the middle
aisle Mangin saw the pretended wor-
shipper pull from his pocket Jimmy
and screwdriver and force open the
poor-box door.
Hastily grabbing the coins it con-
tanned, the man jumped to his feet
and sped down the aisle. Mangin was
between him and the door and the
next moment the sexton was felled
with q handful of coin thrown in his
face.
Down Twenty-ninth street to First
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
VAST HERDS OF TURTLES

Concerning the great turtles of the
southwest Indian ocean a traveller
says: The chelonian, or green turtle
(Chelone mydas), is an animal OF con-
siderable economic Importance to the
atoll, for it still occurs in the vas
hcrdes which are so often described J
eafly voyagers in the tropics. There
appear to be two distinct groups-one
resident and small in numbers, the oth-
er migratory and visiting the aton to
breed in numbers impossible to es-
innate.
The latter arrives in December, and
from then to April the sea seems alive
with turtles. The females seek the
small sand beaches ind then ascend
them with the rising tide, pushing
themselves laboriously above high tide
mark. Holes are then dug in the sand
by means of the fore flippers I'M
til a satisfactory one is obtained
and the eggs, 200 In number. are bur
led, the turtle returns to sea imme-
diately.
After 40 days the eggs hatch, al
most simultaneously, and the young
turtles dig their way up out of the
sand and go down to the sea in a long
procession, in the course of which
they offer an easy prey to their en-
emies, the frigate birds and herons.
Once in the sea sharks and other large
fish eat them. and only ten per cent.
reach maturity"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19

DITTSBURG, Kan.-"Them potatoes
ort to be peeled before they are
boiled said wife No. to wife No /,
when the pair were getting Peter
Sharp's dinner ready the other day.
Well, / guess l know Peter better
than you. for l knew him before the
Chicago fire in which he lost me- de-
clared wife No. l, as she tossed the
"murphies" with their Jackets on into
the boiler. And what was good
enough for him then is good enough
for him now"
A row started right there and now
Peter Sharp is sorry he found his first
wife and took her back to live with
him and his second wife, whom he
married when he thought his initial
spouse had persisted in the blaze
which. wiped out Chicago in 1871.
Peter would now turn back to the
days when he had only one wife-to
get his meals. Accordingly he is look
ing for a man who is willing to take
charge of wife No. l and take her off
his hands.
Fer Peters house hasn't been a
place of Joy since he made the COM
promise which brought the two WON
en- under his roof. Some time ago
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19

here, honey, while l telephone to my
sister, who will meet us with her
automobile" said the woman, accord
ing TO the story told by the aged
man. ''Il call up Muriel and tell her
l have captured my mate explained
the blonde prophecies. She will send
her French car right over for us. We
will be in time for luncheon. l fear
she may be yachting" Then Blanche
"harem-skirted" to a telephone in the
station and telephoned. She never
came back In her Isle pocketbook
she had placed for safe keeping" the
$4,000 of Dennis.
Dennis, after waiting for several
hours for the woman's return, went
to a hotel. Next morning he appear
ed at the detective bureau and told his
story. He said that recently he had
sold some land, and that he had given
the $4,000 to the woman to keep for
him until they had been married. The
police think they know Blanche un-
der several names and are searching
for her.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19

T. LOUIS.-The manner in which
Willie" Wright lighted a cigar
cite attracted the attention of Patrol
man Daily, and now. incidentally,
willie" is Ada.
Bailey saw Willie" at Third street
and Washington avenue He wore
blue overalls, black sack coat and
brown cap and stopped at the corner
to light a cigarette. The smallness of
the mouth which held the cigarette
first arrested Dailey's attention. Then
ne observed the small white hand
which handled the match. Willie"
held the match between the tips of
the thumb and index finger at the ex-
IRENE end and drew it across a brick
wall with lorg sweep of the arm. 1t
did not light until it had been
scratched several times. Then, in
stead of leaving the cigarette in the
mouth and putting it into a light, the
smoker held it at arms length until
it became ignited and choked and
coughed when the putting began The
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19

avenue ran the thief, with Mangin
close behind. shouting Stop thief" A
crowd quickly joined in the pursuit.
Policeman Harry Rosenthal ran with
the others after the fugitive. who
doubled up First avenue to Thirty
first street and turned toward the
East river.
Near the river is Kohler's brewery.
Here the Waterman, Jack Halpine, sat
doing over his after-dinner pipe in a
courtyard. Past him shot the thief
and through an open door into a loft
in the middle of the yard. Halpine
grabbed the man by his feet as he
entered. Msngin and Rosenthal soon
ran up and the man was captured
after a fight
Meantime the Italians of the neigh
borhood turned out in force. There
were cries of Lynch himi" and Kill
the man who would rob the poor!" So
threatening was the crowd that Po-
liceman Rosenthal had to take his
prisoner through it at revolver point.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
SUED FOR STEALING CORPSE

A strange case occurred at Johns
town, Pa, recently, as a result OF a
dispute between two undertakers con-
corning the burial of the body of John
Vorchik. One of the undertakers,
John Gaydos, and half a dozen friends
entered the room in which Stephen
Brady. the rival funeral manager, had
laid out the body in a casket, and
knelt about it as If in prayer. When
they arose they grabbed the casket
and carried out the corpse before the
dumfounded mourners could inter
fere. The Gaydos brigade calmly car
ried the casket to the Gaydos estab-
Hshment, transferred the body to an
other casket and sent the empty one
to the Brady place. Relatives of Vor-
chik then went before a magistrate
and sued Gaydos for larceny of the
dead man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
BIRDS ROB OHIO FARMERS

M&=garetta township (Ohio) farm
ers were out with guns for pair of
thieving blackbirds the other day.
Fred Blair saw one of the two leav-
ing his dwelling through a window
with his razor in its mouth. The
birds, it seems, inhabit a big elm
tree in a field near the outskirts of
the village of Teemes. A search re-
covered plumber in a crotch several
feet above the ground. There were
numerous spools of thread, several
thimbles, pins, needles, hatpins, small
articles of wearing apparel, collar
buttons, pair of scissors and two
case knives. The blackbirds saw the
posse of farmers coming and by dodg-
ing buckshot, managed to make their
escape. They are now believed to
have established a new fence
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
PREDICTS HIS OWN DEATH

Lennon Freeman. aged so. of
Stahistown, Pa, who died recently.
predicted almost to a minute the hour
of his death He was visited on
Monday by his friend, James Thomp-
son, wealthy retired farmer Free
man was suffering slightly from the
heat. and he astounded Thompson by
directing him to witness his brief
will, which he made in the presence
of Thompson. Then he said:
"Old friend, we have had good
times together. My end is coming
At II o'clock Thursday night I shall
be dead. Tomorrow morning you go
to Elmer Miller, the undertaken. No
tify him l shall be dead that evening.
Tell him also to see me in the morn
ing for orders as to my casket and
interment I want only the best"
Thompson. skeptical as to the predic-
ton, did as he was ordered, and the
undertaken received his Instructions.
On the Thursday evening a few mih-
utes before IL o'clock Freeman died
from heart failure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
CATERPILLARS STOP TRAIN

Black caterpillars so thoroughly
creased the track for a short South
ern Pacific train near NcCloud, Cal,
the other day. that the engine came to
dead stop three times. The engine
was drawing only one coach up the
heavy grade which leads to S1sson.
When about mile south of McCloud
the first hold-up was made by the
caterpillars. The engineer was
forced to turn on the sand to make the
wheels grip the track Immediately
upon the sand being shut off there was
another stop. This was repeated, so
the man at the throttle had to keep
the sand running until he had passed
the caterpillar belt
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
WHERE VIRGINS FELL DOWN
Employer Now Realizes That There
Are Such Things as Grand
mothers of Office Boys.

Outside his own cleverness there is
nothing that so delights Mr.. Virgins
as a game of baseball, and when he
gets a chance to exploit the two at
the same time, lie may be said to be
the happiest man in the world. Hence
it was that the other day, when little
red-headed Willie Mulligan, his office
boy, came shifting into his presence
to ask for the afternoon off that he
might attend his grandmother's fu-
neral, Virgins deemed it mastery
stroke to answer:
Why. certainly, Willie. What's
more, my boy, if You'll wait for me I'll
60 with you
"AIl right, sir" shifted Willie, as he
returned to his desk and waited pa
uently.
And 10 and behold, poor little Willie
had told the truth, and when he and
Virgins started out together, the lat
ter not only lost one of the best
games of the season, but had to at
tend the obsequies of an old lady in
whom he had no interest whatever
Harper's Weekly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
Mrs. Browning.

Apropos of the jubilee of the death
of Mrs. Browning. it is not generally
known that the event occasioned one
OF the tenderest things her husband
ever wrote He tended her alone the
might before she died, and wrote OF
her passing in a letter of infinite pa
thos addressed to their mutual friend,
Mrs. Biagdon: Then came what my
heart will keep till l see her again,
and longer-the most perfect express
sion of her love to me within my
knowledge of her. Always smiling and
with a face like a girls; and in
few minutes she died in my arms, her
head on my cheek. There was
no lingering or acute pain, nor con-
seriousness of separation. God took
her to himself as you would lift a
sleeping child from a dark, uneasy bed
into your arms and the light"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
Dust ani tuberculosis.

AS a result of the dangers from con
sumption to those exposed to various
forms of dust, and at the request OF
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis. the
United States government has recently
appointed a commission to work in CO.
operation with state authorities in
making an investigation into the con-
ditions of the metal mining industries
in the United States, with special ref
erence to diseases of the lungs. The
work of the commission engaged in
this special task will follow lines
somewhat similar to those worked out
by the Royal Commission of Australia.
whose report was recently received in
this country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
cows STRANGE DIET

A small farmer in Manila, County
Mayo, who deals in aged COWS,
bought one which became unwell
and died two weeks later, says an
Irish paper. A local victualer perform
ed a post-mortem examination, and
found inside a leather clasp purse con-
taiEing four sovereigas, one half-sov-
eign, a half-crown, threepence in
coppers, and a railway ticket to Bull
ingar; also a brass door knob, three
breech-loading cartridges, and a guam
tity of black glass, something similar
to porter bottles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
WHEN HIS LEG EXPLODED

With report that was heard for
some distance, the right leg of Henry
Nixon, farmer, of Blanchard, Ia,
went into scores of fiery pieces and
disappeared in a cloud Of smoke. Nix
on did not sustain any serious in
juries, but he was given scare that
threatened to bring on nervous pros
tration. The explosion occurred dur
ing the recent hot spell and was
caused, Nixon asserts, by the rays of
the sun shining down upon the mem
Der. Nixon is a farmer and is the
possessor of one natural leg and one
artificial one, the latter being fasten-
ed to the stump just above the
knee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
GIRL KICKS LIGHTNING

An extraordinary incident occurred
At Paterson, N. j.. in the course Of a
thunderstorm, the principal actor be-
Ing the 14-year-old daughter of Rev.
}. H. Hoelzer, who vouches for the
truth of the story. The assertion is
that ball of fire, after hitting the
church, leaped into the parsonage
kitchen, where the minister's children
had taken refuge with their aunt. As
the ball passed her Louise kicked it
and it broke into small sparks and
did no damage, not even to Louise.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
AILK FOR LoNDoN's CATS

London still depends upon it's army
OF cats to handle the rats among the
ships that come up the Thames. The
port OF London authority has made
known its estimates for cats milk for
the year. The appropriation is for
$4,000. There is Ak official feeding
squad and dozen different points
where milk is set out for the cats.
Hundreds Of cats answer the whistle
call to breakfast. The shipping cats
have record Of dead rats which runs
into hundreds of thousands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
MOUNTAIN AS MEMORIAL

A mountain as a memorial to Gen
Walter Hartman, governor of New
Hampshire from 1867 to 1869, has been
given to the state by his son-in-law,
Joseph Lesson Of Newton, Mass. The
memorial. to be known as the Walter
Hartman reservation, includes hill
1900 feet high, and an extensive tract
Of land round it. The summit of the
mill has a 5O-mile view Of White
mountain scenery, and the slopes are
covered with picturesque timber
growths and meadows.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
DOG AVERTS A TRAGEDY

Owing to the sagacity of an Irish
terrier dog a tragedy was averted at
Southampton, Pa, recently. The dog
belongs to Mrs Bretram, visitor at
one of the hotels. During the night
she was awakened by the dog, who
led her to a room where a Miss Jones
was sleeping There was strong
smell of gas in the room, and Miss
Jones was lying unconscious. 1t was
found that there was a leak in the
gas pipe. But for the dogs warning
Miss Jones would in all probability
have been suffocated. As it was, she
soon recovered
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
INDIAN MEDICINE STONE

4 Bath (Me.) man has an Indian
medicine stone found on the Indian
carrying place in Winnegance. 1t is
Of stone like flint, black and smooth.
On one side is an intaglio cut for the
thumb to rest and on the reverse, sim
liar Haatly carved intaglios for the four
fingers to grasp the stone. On the
thumb side, or top. a bowl for mixing
the medicine is sunken and around coil
ed rattlesnakes are engraved. Else
where upon the top ends and sides
are engraved the rising sun, crows and
more snakes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
VALUABLE "WASH" BASKET

Thousands of sightseers in the Ten
derloin district of San Francisco wit
messed an exciting chase one night
recently, when E. Fopg, Chinese
member of the local opium ring, drove
a laundry wagon containing $3.50
worth of contraband drugs through
crowded. streets at breakneck speed in
an attempt to elude United States Gus
toms officials, who gave chase, and
finally captured the fugitive. In the
wagon 1856 tins of opium were found
concealed under the wash" in the
bottoms of the baskets.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
WEDDING OF TWO GIANTS

Mary Allen Powers, for years Bar
NUNS tallest woman, was married the
other day to Maurice T. Stapleton. of
Lockport, n. Y. Miss Powers is over
feet in height, while the bridegroom
stands over 6 feet, and is a giant in
girth and weight About three years
ago Miss Powers and Mr. Stapleton
We're to be married. but the event was
called of on the morning set for the
ceremony No reason was given out
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
ENGLAND'S BIGGEST BOY

The parade of giants of the Festival
Of Empire, held at the Crystal Palace,
London, as one OF the events of the
coronation season, brought together
many of the tallest men in the British
smpire. Among them were many
youths of abnormal height. The tall
est one was only little more than 20
years old, yet he stands z feet 81
inches high in his stocking feet. His
name is Frederick Kempster, and he
was found employed as a basket max
er in the Garden City for Boys, Wood
ford, Essex. His strength is said to
be enormous.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
HENS LAY PURPLE EGGS

A strange natural phenomenon &C.
Cured recently at Columbus, Ind,
where hens Of the farm Of Fl. L. Rost
astonished the proprietor and the
nighbors by kylng purple eggs.
Rost believes that mIlberTies were re-
sponsible. The wind mad blown many
bushels Of the berries from the trees.
The chickens refused to eat anything
except mulberries.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19
lust JUDGE FINES HIMSELF

Justice Myrtle Phelps of Kalamazoo,
Mich, pleaded guilty in his own court
before himself to violating a city or
dinance requiring light on autos after
certain hours at night, and paid costs
amounting to 1854 Alderman Con
verse asked the Judge for a warrant
for a person who had violated the
ordinance. The court got out the
necessary papers and asked the vso-
'ator's name When told ii was him
elf Ne Sod rat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-19

not get them much before midday. As
for newspapers and printed matter.
these are never delivered by first post
in Paris, no matter how early they
arrive. The French senate has Or
dered an exhaustive inquiry into the
matter, but there have been INQUIRIES
ordered before, and the postoffice
promises amendments every few
months. Meanwhile the letters and
newspapers continue to arrive late,
and the trade of the two countries suf.
fers.-Paris Correspondent, London
Express.