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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
WHEN LIGHT FAILED
IN TOWN OF GEEvILLE
The Trump.i Blast OF Freedom
Forced to Skip Issue.
cyrenus Rimfiick, Touring Genius,
Works Havoc With Editors
Plans.
By ED MOTT.

A touring professor of the art pre-
servative came into the Trumpet Blast
Office and agreed in consideration of q
quarter, to be paid when l returned,
and a dime to him In hand duly paid
for present requirement in the form
of two of FritZ's schooners, to set a
column of matter needed for the pa
per that week, while l rode eight
miles On Deacon Beavers lame old
mare and collected five dollars that a
man down the river, and good as the
wheat, owed me for some horse bills,
and which would insure satisfactory
negotiation with the express company
Of the Trumpet Blasts paper for the
current issue. I showed the tramp
printer the copy hook with the copy
on it, among which was very able
story of my own about the wonderful
doings of rat, and rode away.
1t happened that thu man 1 was go
ing to see had come to Geeville that
morning and l did not know it until
/ got to his house. On my way back.
though, l met him. He did not stop,
but as he drove on by he shouted to
me that he had stopped in the Trum-
pet Blast office and paid that five dol
lars to my partner.
Ny partner! Visions Of the tramp
printer and that five dollars in asso-
citation over at Fritz's rose before me,
and it was shame the way I rode
the deacon's old mare back to Gee
vile. The Trumpet Blast Office was
empty when l got there. I dashed
over to Fritz's, fearing the worst, but
hoping that the lure of the place had
held the tourist there in soft dalliance
with it's wares; but he had tarried, so
they told me, only long enough to put
away two schooners and get a five
dollar bill changed, and then had gone
his way. I went back to the office,
and all the consolation got was in a
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
True Bond of Marriage.

Sacred things not performed sin
cerely as they ought are in no way
acceptable to God in their outward
formality. If personal duties be not
truly done, the fault IS in ourselves;
but marriage to be a true and pious
marriage is not in the single power of
any person: the essence whereof as
of all other covenants is in relation to
another; the making and maintaining
causes thereof are all mutual, and
must be a communion of spiritual and
temporal comforts. If, then, either Of
them cannot or obstinately will not be
answerable in these duties, so as that
the other can have no peaceful living,
or enduring the want of what he just
ly seeks and sees no hope, then from
that dwelling love, which is the soul
of wedlock, takes his flight, leaving
only some cold performances OF civil
and common respects, but the true
bond Of marriage, if there were ever
any there, is already burst like a rot,
ten thread. John Milton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
MAKE MOST OF OPPORTUNITY
Wise Is the Man or Boy Who Keeps
His Eyes Open to Learn Details
Of Business.

When you have nothing especial to
do just keep your eyes cpel nd OBJ
serve. study human nature. watCh 9TH
ers' methods of doing things Keep
drinking in knowledge at every pore
See how much information you can
absorb Many man who has started
in business for himself has found OF
untold value the knowledge which he
picked up when an Office boy
You may think that because you are
only an Office boy you do not amount
to much. and you may be longing for
promotion: but did you ever think of
what it means to stand right at the
elbow of a manager, or of your en-
ployer, to stand beside the executive
head where you can see into a great
many secrets which are hidden from
other employees whom you envy?
Think WHIT an opportunity it is
to size up a situation. to absorb the
secrets of the business! Why, your
employer would not sell for great
deal of money the information which
you are getting for nothing.
Think of what it means to be able
to study at close range a man who
is actually succeeding in life, man
who is doing things, and to be able
to see how he does them!
You are not in a commercial school
now, where transactions are made on
paper. You are in an actual business
school, where everything is real, and
you have chance to see how things
are done; and. if you learned to use
your eyes, you can absorb that which
money will not buy.-Orison SWEET
Marden in Success Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05

tied to rural paper way up in
Minnesota! Bad enough for me to go
to st. Louis after that, but worse still
to find my rat story waiting for ne
in a newspaper Office there, credited
to an Indianapolis paper.
Il iourneyed southwark, only to
find Nashville. Atlanta, New Orleans,
Mobile, Charleston, Savannah. and
other places. both as l went and
came, always ready with that rat
story to shove into my hand, credited
to as many different papers.
Il began to feel at last that this
rat story was sort of an Old Man of
the Sea to me. It's burden was be-
coming unbearable. The form it took
as a pet white rat was more than
could bear. This was passed to me
in the composing room OF a fhiladel-
phia newspaper. I set it up, jumped
the town, and fed to New York, fear
ing to tarry by the way In New Jer-
sey for If had been confronted with
the rat story and Jersey both, | know
that certain and lasti lg collapse
would have been mine.
al will fly to New York l said
There. if anywhere, can escape that
rat and the unfortunate genius of it
that impelled me to put it on record
you may imagine my astonish.
ment, sir; may we'll say my horror.
then, when in the office of the very
newspaper which had printed that rat
story for me originally five years be-
fore, I found the haunting item. the
ayenging Nemises, my Old Man Of
the Sea, awaiting me! And in the pet
white rat disguise of the Philadelphia
newspaper where had set it up last.
at that! My emotions all but over
came me. But l set up the story.
Then l laid down the stick.
This is a warning of some kind,
sure as fate!' said This irrepres-
sible rat story isn't chasing me all
over the country in its various dis
guises for nothing! I'll quit the
business.
Threw up my job then and there.
Gave up my beloved art. Took up
barking for a sideshow. That was
five years since, and I was barking
still, when a little while ago the siren
voice of the old time began to buzz
in my ears.
"'This amt art!' said I, with refer
ence to sideshow barking. And it will
as quick saddle you on to a dry town
as on to one that amt. Me for the
realms of my old art again! Me for
tho road once more Ho, for the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
The Men Who Toll.

When it was said of man that he
should earn his bread by the sweat
of his face it was not curse pro-
nounced against him. AS between the
man who works and the one who does
not the former is the happier. The
friend of man who bids him God
speed as he goes TO his daily task
is his real friend. The man who
stands up and bemoans the fact that
man must work is not the friend of
mankind.
The do-nothing man may take pleas
ure in the fact that he has inherited
from his father enough of this worlds
SUBSTANCE that he doesn't have to
work for his living; but he isn't half
so happy as the man who has by hard
ticks, perseverance and economy come
into possessions that render him and
his comfortable
The men who are moving the car
of progress in the world and who are
advancing the cause of civilization are
the men who toll with their hands
and their heads and do things that
render them of some account to the
world aud in the community in which
they make their homes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
Should Supply Furniture.

Mother-"In his last letter. my son
asked me to send him half dollar to
buy him logarithm table" Friend
Well really, l do think his college
should at least supply his furniture. ."
would then be more orderly. The list
Of liquids consumed during the last
session, which lasted 81 days. seems
to support the presidents views.
It includes "a barrels of beer. or an
average of over 280 pints a day. Abb
sinthe was consumed to the amount
of Y pints; vermouth, 1876 pints; BIT
tiers, 128 pints; orangeade, 376 pints:
lemonade, 1887 pints, and cassis
(black currant essence), 178 pints. Be
sides there were consumed 2.306 pfnts
of various syrups, strawberry, curraat,
etc.
With these liquids went 5000 sand
witches, 1856 pounds of cold meats. IT
Gruyere cheeses and 222 Camemberts.
1t is true that there are nearly 500
deputies.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
BENTON HARBOR WOMAN AIDS
HUSBAND WITH FRUIT.
Superintends the Loading of the
Lake Steamers.

Thousands of Chicago people who
have watched the loading of lake
steamers with fruit at Benton Harbor
have been interested in the clever
work of woman shipping clerk who
distributes the loads Of hundreds of
fruit men who drive in from the fields
and orchards.
The name of this woman is Mrs.
Charles Hill, and she is the wife of
well-known fruit buyer. While Mr..
Hill is engaged in the street in buy
ing all kinds of fruit in large and
small lots, Mrs. Hill superintends the
work of unloading at proper places in
the big dock shed of the Graham and
Morton boats. She keeps track of the
different lots, stencils the cases, over
sees the work of others in the same
line, writes out checks, delivers them
to the fruit growers SO that the pro-
Queer goes home with his money in
his pocket
Mrs Hill receives the fruit from at
least three different kinds of vehicles,
from wagons and buggies, power
trucks, and from great canvas COW
cred fruit schooners which the steam
boat company sends over a circuit Of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05

click, click of the types and the
choice of the highway that leads
where the towns are wet!'
Sir, yours is the first town have
struck and hailed it with joy. But
now l fee from it, and am getting
away as fast as I can. Why? Listen.
took up here the composing stick
again for the first time in years.
What have you dug Up and put before
me as my first take of copy? My Old
Man of the Sea! My avenging
Nemesis! Reincarnation of the rat
story, the haunting thing from which
l fled five years ago! And done by
you!
''Sir, not for less than $3.50 would
confront such a shock as this and
remain to defy the warning of it!
But 1 credit you with the flyer the
nice old gent brought in. You can
forward me the balance by first mail,
my risk.
with one fell swoop you hurl me
from the realms of art back to side
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
Lady Dishwasher May Vanish

Now that the ten-hour day for wom-
en- has gone into effect the papers are
full of the changes man is making. He
is docking women to ten-hour scale
of price. He is supplanting her in her
own realm of dishwashing and so
forth. He even is going so far as to
claim he is a better dishwasher than
woman. Ask any married man and he
will tell you his wife has endeavored
to impress him with this fact long
ago. But he has been a modest violet.
He has disclaimed any claim to the
superior title. That is, at home. May
be if there is real good money in it
he may be willing to bow. his head,
cast down his eyes and assume the
honors.
Just now, for the women who are
being turned from their avenue of sup
port, the sky is cloud cast, but ON the
whole it may prove a cloud with sill
yer lining. No doubt many of these
women who now stand for II hours
a day washing dishes may be sent
back into household duties, which at
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05

carried on with the private Office Of
Mr.. Williams or Mr. Valentine.
But this guess proved incorrect.
The doors were open; from the presi-
dents Office came the urgent click of
Miss Peters typewriter. From the
other room sounded the steady drone
Of Mr.. Valentines voice as he dictated
to Miss Marion.
Neil Blanding put the mystery away
for bordering during less urgent mo-
ments. There was work to do now.
He lay awake half that night in his
narrow, sitting hall bedroom. But
the baking heat seemed more bear
able than usual. He had the incident
of the day to think about.
The next day, when the hands of
the clock pointed to IL Banding
found 1t necessary to call the express
company again.
He smiled as he took down the re-
ceiver. 1t was just this hour yester-
day he had called, and had been given
the wrong number. OF course the
incident was closed, as far as he was
concerned. In due time he would I'M
doubtedly find out who that girl was.
Number" said Central.
Blanding replied Broad five-f1ve-
eight-seven."
He realized, before the words had
barely passed his lips that he had
called the number which had been
In hf1
Broad fiVe-fiye-eight-seven, said
the girls voice, as familiar to Bland
ing's waiting ear as though he had
been hearing 1t for years.
Oceanic Express company he
queried, craftily.
Came a little ripple of laughter.
mo, Mr.. Blanding; you have the
wrong number-again."
who is this?" he demanded
boldly.
Broad Acknowledgement came
the demure reply.
Yes, but who is that?'
why don't you look 1t up in the
book?" was the retort, in a voice fair
iy bubbling with mischief. He
heard the receiver click back on the
hook.
Why, indeed? It would be a mon
umental task, as he OWNED by a
glance at the ponderous, blue-bound
book.
Blanding iOitered that night until
he was the last person in the Office.
Then he took the telephone book
from its shelf and hurried out with If.
After midnight he found the num-
Der and its complement: Frank To-
linskt, 328 Twenty-ffth street"
That didn't sound very encourag-
ing; but then, with swift loyalty he
told himself that it would be all right.
He fell asleep and dreamed about
girl Of wonderful beauty with a voice
of gold
He was two hours early the next
morning, partially that he might go
far out Of his way to pass 328 Tween
ty-ffth street, and partially to return
the telephone book before it would be
needed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
As Waists Used to Be.

A London paper prints an article
from the ladies' treasury of 1866, in
which prize is offered for the woman
with the smallest waist in proportion
to her size. A silk dress was the FIRST
prize and gold watch second prize.
In the school in which the prize was
offered by the principal the pupils
were required to sleep in coEsets,
which could, however, be luOsened
when retiring.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
LATE INVENTIONS

For slicing bread in restaurants
there has been invented a knife with
six parallel blades.
To prevent backaches a Maine farm
er has invented a jointed hoe to throw
potatoes into a net with which it Is
provided as they are dug.
A combined display stand and writ
ing desk, which can be folded into a
compact sample case for a travelling
salesman, has been invented by an
Ohio man.
a buoyant material has been
brought out in Germany which is used
to line bathing suits to act as life
preserver without interfering with the
wearer's movements.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
High School BOYS Do Her Having.

Hl9h School Boys Do Her Hayinq.
Mrs. George Westinghouse has
solved one question Of labor at her
country place at Lenox, Mass, by hir-
ing high school boys to do her hay
ing. Mrs. Westinghouse no doubt has
passed her summers Of several years
with the same Inconvenience Of In
competent help-if help at all-in her
fields, and so this year she decided to
kill two birds with one stone. She
chose high school boys, giving the
preference to the young men who
were anxious to earn extra pennies to
help along with their educational am
billions. This helps the boys, gives
them good, wholesome outdoor life,
and helps her immensely in getting
the best results in her fields If Mrs.
Westinghouse experiment proves
successful it will open up a new field
of effort for the youths of the land.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05

communication he had left on my
table addressed to me. This was it:
"Sir: With one fell swoop you hurl
me from the realm of art back to
sideshow barking again, and 1 flee!
Listen to my tale of woe.
years ago I wrote little story Of
the doings of a common house rat
that showed the possession of some
thing trespassing on genius. On the
part of the rat. The item was printed
in a New York newspaper. At the
time / was a compositor in small
weekly down York state way. Soon
afterward, the rural editor l was
working for was constrained, owing
to almost universal noninterferenCe
on the part of the reading and bust
ness public in the affairs of his office,
to discontinue the publication of his
newspaper, and l was thrown out Of
a job.
THE office owed me SIS. All the
money that was due the office was
just that amount. 1t was owed by a
marble cutter, and he was perfectly
good for it. I asked the editor to
give me an order on the marble cutter
for the amount. He said he would if
l insisted on having it, but the debt
was payable in trade. He was saving
it, he said, with tears in his eyes, to
get a tombstone for his poor old IA
Their, who, he said, was then on his
10 ca Iage p,+ 7 cn1I1d have tha Ordar
II wanted it, he said, mOurnfully. l
couldn't see where l could use any
grave stones to advantage just then,
and hadn't the heart, anyway to rob
the editor of the poor comfort of
marking the last resting place Of his
old father with a suitable memorial,
and so l didn't take the order. The
fact that the editors father, as found
out afterward, instead Of being on his
last legs, was a hale and hearty
steamboat captain, and that the ed
itor collected the SIS in cash from
the marble cutter, has nothing to do
with my story, so | will say nothing
about it. I never have yet, and
don't intend to begin now. l simply
did what all aspiring typos do in sim
liar situations. / combined pedes-
trianism with my art, and started out
to do the country and the newspapers
Of the country.
"The first place 1 paused in was
Buffalo. n. Y. Got a sit, subbing.
The very first take they handed me
out was that rat story of mine, clipped
from the paper that had printed it
first. Said nothing. Set it up. Cleve-
land lured me next. One night stand.
Minute l grabbed a stick they put me
to work on that rat story, clipped from
the Buffalo paper. Walking was good
all the way down through Ohio. In
four country newspaper offices set up
that rat story of mine.
Filed to Chicago. Got a sit in a
big newspaper Office. Pardon me for
saying. sir, that you viii pause right
here and call me liar, but l refer
you to the foreman of that Office for
corroboration. forget his name, and
think he has left there. but you can
look him up. I had the rat story for
take right away. and it was cred
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
Cupid Is His Foe

cations. Often the girl who has come
down to the city to work. seeking that
strange and uncertain goal, "a ca
reer." goes back to the old home to
spend a week or two at the expense
of a hard gathered hoard The expe
rience Of the city's strife has taught
her just how much that career is
worth. and how hard 1t is to gain
when thousands of others are strug
CLING for foothold, too She returns
to the old home to see 1t in a per-
spective that was impossible before
The love and the man she put aside
to go down to the hurrying town pur-
suing the career" look better through
the glass Of experience-and she
stays. stays to redeem an error before
1t is too late.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
Accident Days.

An investigation into the causes of
accidents among industrial workers
carried on for a number of years in
Germany shows that the greatest num-
Der of casualties occur on Saturday,
while Monday is a close second. The
large number of accidents on Satur-
days is generally explained by the ia
tigue of the week telling on the men.
but It is noted also that the Monday
accidents are about as numerous,
This gives rise to the suggestion that
the day of rest is sometimes not too
wisely spent.-Medical Record.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05

sleep. The doctors thought had only
a short time to live. was so great
ly improved after short use of Doanis
Kidney Pills that I continued and was
completely cured. 1 am positive that
Doan's Kidney Pills will cure any case
of kidney trouble if taken as directed"
Remember the name-Doan'a.
For sale by druggists and general
storeReepers everywhere. Price soc.
FOster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
With Reno So Handy.

Editor-You say here in your report
that Mr.. Jones has taken a partner
for life"
Reporter-WelI, / suppose the ex-
preston is a trifle bromidic.
Editor-lt isn't It's bromide quality
l T-as thinking Of; but don't you know
our policy is never to be extravagant
or dogmatic in our statements?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
Fix the Right Habits

his hands, and to be truthful and in
dustrious, his whole life afterwards
will be powerfully influenced with
out much thought or effort of will
power.
Strong characters usually form
early habits which persist through
life, and which make living and eff
cheney comparatively easy.-Orison
SWEET Marden in Success Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
Awake loo Late.

When everything about an establish
nent is growing shabby and slowly
falling TO pieces the head of that par
ticular establishment begins to take
some stock in the new scheme of eff
ciency-just as when man physically
is almost a total wreck he begins,
and probably for the first time in his
life, to talk seriously about health.
Vigorous institutions do not cry about
methods, but talk earnestly about their
aims.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05

best man be no more firing or more
insistent in demands than the present
occupation. 1t will give many a man
a chance to support home also. But
II it serves in way TO tighten the
burden of the domestic servant ques-
ton the change will not have been in
vain.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
His True HeIpmate.

You never saw q woman as de-
voted to her husbands interests as
my wife is" said Mr.. Jipes. You
know carry q pretty heavy life in
surance. Well, sir, she never fails
10 remind me OF it when the premium
comes due-reyer!"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05

a physical EsFeck.
My kidneys were in
terrible condition
the urine passing too
freely and being a
chalky white In col
or. My appetite fail
ed, I lost flesh rapid
IL 81 ILL
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05

NJ Brisson, who presides over the
French chamber Of deputies, is cred
tied with the intention of. proposing
that when the house meets again the
bar shall be closed at 700 p. m, as
he believes that the evening meetings
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
Rode Eight Miles and Collected Five
Dollars.

show barking again, and 1 fee.
say good-by, not au revoir. Yours,
crushed, Cyrenus Bibflick.
"P. S.-The nice old gent got the
idea I was partner of yours. Too
bad. Hate to have him go round
toting such an unfortunate impress
sion of my presence there. Don't
fail to disabuse his mind of it as soon
as possible, and oblige, C. B."
There are people to this day who
do not know why the Trumpet Blast
of. Freedom missed publication that
week. Rush of outside job work"
so l stated in the next number that
came out.
Copyright, by W. G. Chapman)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
The Canine HnulnInnu

There is nothing so very remark.
able in the Atlantic City dog that car
tell time. Every dog on earth can
tell time. That is. they can tell break
fast time, dinner tirle and supper
time. and know to minute when il is
time to start their nightly howl
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-09-05
A PHYSICAL WRECK.

Given Up BY PhysicIans-cUred BY
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Edward Quicker, 612 s. 18th ST.,
Nation, IL, says: 81 could scarcely
stand the terrible pains IN my back
and | gradually ran down until I was