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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-13
C0PI0US RAINS A BENEFIT
Reports From Various Portions of
the State Presage Boun-
tiful Harvest.

charlottesville precipitation of
rain here during the month of May
was a little over two inches, a trife
more than normal. There was no
damage done by frost and an unusu-
ally plentiful crop is indicated. Ber-
ries and apples will be especially
plentiful and the first strawberries
home grown are now on the market
The pea canning season will open the
earliest in the history of this county
and the Gamers say that the crop is
excellent and they expect the largest
pack in years, though the acreage has
not been increased.
Oshkosh. ALTHOUGH there was a
rainfall of 395 inches during May,
bringing the total for the first five
months of 1911 up to 32 inches, the
amount of precipitation is not I'M
usual, for the average rainfall in
this vicinity is Il inches a year and
about 13 inches for five months.
However, there has been more rain
in 1910 by exactE one inch in the
same length of time and Winnebago
county farmers never had brighter
crop outlooks.
Madison succession of rain and
hot spells points to unusually favor
able crop results in this county this
year. The precipitation of rain dur
ing the first five months of this year
was 9.54, about y inches less than
the fall in the corresponding period
last year. The outlook is especially
bright for the corn and tobacco
crops.
Green Bay.-Rain fall during the
month just past was a little more
than the average for that month, 5.72
inches having fallen as compared to
an average of 3.57. Indications are
that the crops in this county will be
good-sized and the grain crop will be
abundant.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-13
THREE CURED OF ECZEMA

when a child, suffered eight
years with eczema. / could not sleep
at night, and had sores all over my
chest. We had doctors and none
could do any good, until my mother
saw the advertisement of the Cuti-
cura Remedies in the paper. We used
the Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Resolvent, and they cured me of
eczema / also used them on my five
children. Two OF them had eczema
very badly When my children had
eczema, / was not worried at all, as
| knew the Cuticura Remedies would
do their work. They had sores all
over their heads, their hair would fall
out, and they would scratch all night
and day, They had it on their heads.
face, and in back of the ears so that
thought their ears would drop of. I
washed their heads and bodies with
Cuticura Soap and they are as clean
as the driven snow. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment also cured my children
of ringworm ] would not be without
the Cuticura Remedies. They are
wonderful" (Signed) Mrs. Violet
Cole, &c S. Redfeld ST., Philadelphia
Pa, Oct. 20, 1910.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are
sold throughout the world. Send 10
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, sole
props, Boston, for free book on skin
and scalp diseases and their treat
ment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-13
PULPIT NOT IN THEIR LINE
How Men. Now Eminent in judiciary
of Country Disappointed Parents
Fond Expectations.

There were three boys in our fam.
lily out in Ashland county, Ohio"
said Colonel Fred Paul Grosscup of
Charleston, W. Va, at the Willard
hotel. land our good old Lutheran
parents decided that one of the thres
should be preacher.
Peter, the first born, was picked
for the church, while Ben and myself
were allowed to think of some other
vocation. Well, when Peter left col
lege he told father and mother that
he guessed the church could get
along without him. as he preferred
the law. Then | was picked for the
pulpit. and after a term in college my
parents were shocked to learn that
| had entered business house far
from home.
THAT meant the selection of Ben.
the youngest, for the church. and
when Ben got through his college
course he told the old folks at home
that he thought it wisest to follow
the example of Peter and enter the
legal profession. There were 40 9TH
err boys, so what could father and
mother do but exclaim, The Lords
will be done, and give us each
parental blessing.
Years after, when brother Peter
reached the federal bench and Ben
achieved distinction on the Pacific
coast, our parents seemed reconciled
to the loss sustained by the pulpits
of the country"
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Takes Place of Curfew Bell

section, grave question arose as to
how the boys were to know when to
make it home" After some discus
sion the packing houses solved the
problem by agreeing to blow the whis-
tie at nine o'clock.
All was well, and when the loud
blast of the big steam siren, which
can be heard forty miles on a clear
day, sounded at nine o'clock the boys
scampered home. II they did not the
policeman took them to the station
and they were warned never again to
be out after curfew." The women were
satisfied and all went WELL
But the boys grew up and neglected
to impress on their younger brothers
dread of the curfew. The brothers
did not scamper home at the sound, .
and the people began to think little
of it.
Meantime the housewives had be-
come accustomed TO regulate their
clocks by the sound, and at nine
O'Clock they went to see if the time
piece lost or gained. The habit spread
and one by one the men grew accus-
toned to regulate their watches by
the whistle. Now every night the
watch of each man who works in the
city comes out of his pocket almost
by force of habit at tne first sound of
the whistle.
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SYNOPSIS.

Howard Jeffries, bankers son, under
the evil influence of Robert Underwood,
fellow-student at Yale, leads a life of dis
slpation, marries the daughter of a gam
bier who died in prison, and Is disowned
by his father He is out of work and In
desperate straie. Underwood, who had
once been engaged to Towards step
mother, Alicia, is apparently in prosper
Gus circumstances. Taking advantage Of
his intimacy with Alicia. he becomes a
sort of social highwayman. Discovering
his true character. Alicia denies him the
house. He sends her note threatening
suicide. Art dealers for whom he acted
as commissioner, demand an accounting.
He cannot make good. Howard calls at
his apartments in an intoxicated condi-
tion to request loan of $1,000 to enable
him to take up a business proposition.
Howard drinks himself into a maudlin
condition. and goes to sleep on a divan;
draws screen around the drunken
sleeper. Alicia enters. She demands
promise from Underwood that he will not
take his life He refuses unless she will
renew her patronage This. she refuses.
and takes her leave. Underwood kills
himself. The report OF the pistol ava
Howard is turned over to the police.
Capt. Clinton, notorious for his brutal
treatment of prisoners puts Howard
an alleged confession from the harassed
man. Annie. Towards wife. declares her
belief in her husbands innocence, and
calls on Jeffries Sr. He refuses to help
unless she will consent to a divorce. To
save Howard she consents. but when she
finds that the elder Jeffres does not in
tend to stand by his son. except finan-
cially, she scorns his help. Annie appeals
to Judge Brewster attorney for Jeffres
ST., to take Howard's case He declines
1t is reported that Annie is going on the
stage The banker and his wife call on
Judge Brewster to find some way to pre-
vent 1t. Annie again pleads with Brew
gter to defend Howard.
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Seeking Wives for Titled Noblemen

ton which must be met in the cases
of both my princes, should find wives
for them. is that the American girls
must bring thera fortunes equal ~
their own
Another of my clients is a Bohss
milan count. He is thirty-eight years
old. He has travelled extensively and
is familiar with American customs.
Then there is a baron, Tyrolean no
bleman, whose social rank is so high
that only an archduke precedes him
at social or official functions. He is
thirty-four years old.
There is one of my clients of whom
| can speak freely because he has re
turned to Austria after visit to this
country. during which he made jour
neys to several American cities, In
GLIDING st. Louis, Chicago and Cleve-
land. refer to Count Hugo Chris
talnigg. His family estate is at
Ysterein. Austria,
Count Christalnigg. who is about
thirty, visited America on furlough
Oh tHO uOnluS anu iSSuAH So W Aus
tria about six weeks ago after meeting
Sc yeral heiresses. Two of them he
found to be impossible. One was very
pretty of face, but so fat that her for
tune of many millions possessed no
attraction for the count. Another par
took of fried potatoes with her fingers,
which may or may not be good form
here, but which is abhorrent to we'll
bred Austrian. But he has hopes Of
finding one that will be possible"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-13
NeUS Notes of Wisconsin

Bruce.-With the completion of
this years cut the Belderville Lum-
Der company has taken off all the
timber in this region, and have be-
gun to tear up the old Chippewa
Valley & Menomonie railroad, which
extends about twenty miles north
and west Of this place and has been
a highway for logs and lumber for
over twenty years.
Antigo.-Mayor Carter H. Harri-
son of Chicago, who, with his
brother, William Harrison and E. B.
Endicott of Chicago, have been fish
ing in the Wolf river in the Menom-
inee reservation, have no cause to
complain. In one day the party, with
four Amigo sportsmen, hooked over
200 trout.
Madison. Gov. McGovern has
pardoned James Baxter, sentenced
Jan. 80, 1909, for five years in the
state prison for forgery.
Madison.-An application for the
pardon of Edwin c. Story, who was
convicted in 1908 of violating the
banking laws aud sentenced to five
years in prison, will be made to Gov.
McGovern. Story was cashier of the
Citizens bank of Belleville in the ac-
counts of which was found a short
age of about $4,000.
Observation-Disclosures robbed the
Alsted & Hasten jewelry store of
$500 worth of rings They made
hole in the display window with a
diamond cutter.
Madison.-The supreme court has
announced the appointment to the
toard of examiners for admission to
The bar of Frank NJ Hoyt of Milwau-
kee to succeed Nathan Glicksman of
Milwaukee, resigned; of John B.
Sanborn of Madison to succeed T. c.
Richmond of Madison. resigned; Of
J. R. North of Green Bay to succeed
himself
Madison.-The supreme court has
affirmed the lower courts course in
the conviction and sentence of Thos.
Lillystrom Of Bayfield, county for
murder.
Ma5ison-The supreme court in
affirming the decision OF the lower
court in the case of William Mer-
win. ct al, respondents. VS.. E. s.
Houghton, ct al. appellant. settled
a disputed point in the swamp drain
age law, holding that the course ola
stream may be changed if such change
improves the navigability of the
stream. The commission had changed
the course Of Trempealeau river and
Pike creek
Washington. D. C.-New postal
banks will be established on June p
at Hartford and Tomahawk. Wis.
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it is a portion of the system extend
ing all over the province and owned
by the Manitoba government In this
city there are over 1900 telephones.
the rates being S24 year for resi-
dences and $4S for Office phones.
Winnipeg owns its stone quarries
in the vicinity of the city, and there,
under a staff of civic employees, mines
the products for paving the macadam
streets and the crushed stone for
many purposes.
force of city employees also col
lects the garbage and refuse and takes
it to the civic incinerators for destruc-
ton, and when a Winnipeger dies he
can be buried, If he so wills, in the
municipal cemetery, for the city owns
a large plot of land on the western
outskirts of the city, In which its dead
have been buried for many years.
Thirty years ago Winnipeg was a
fur post. Now 1t is one of the most
rapidly growing cities on the CONT
nent and is the largest wheat market
in the world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-13
stomach Telescope" Has Been Found
Useful In Almost Endless Va
riety Of Ways.

The stomach telescope" or CASTRO
scope. invented at the London hos
pital. has proved to be of the greatest
value in the diagnosis of stomach dis
orders. An eminent surgeon recently
referred in the highest terms to the
advances lately made at that hospital
in the early detection of diseases OF
the stomach by means Of this instru-
ment, which will in the immediate fu-
ture probably come to be part OF the
equipment of every upto-date hos
.pital The gastroscope now enables
the physician or surgeon to actually
see for himself the exact condition OF
the whole of the interior of the stcn-
ach. the slightest liberation. growth
OF other abnormality in the lining
membrane being thus readily observed.
To be able to 90 this IS OF the very
greatest Importance in suspected can
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-13

Anew YORK.-American heiresses
~ who may be pining for alliances
with Austria's titled youth need pine
no longer. The way is open to them,
and the method of acquiring a prince
or a count of either the Bohemian or
Tyrolean variety is so simple that 1t
is within reach of all. There is no
mystery about it. Miss Yrma Bleyer
of Vienna has arrived here to arrange
It all.
I'VE in Vienna know" says the pref
ty matchmaker, that In the United
States there are many daughters of
million aires who have had every pos
sible luxury showered upon them since
their birth. but who long for what has
always seemed to them unattainable,
namely. pride of family and social po-
sition. can give them both.
Il have on my list two princes,
brothers, one twenty-three and tie
other twenty-five years. Both are Off
GERS in the Austrian army, and their
regiment is stationed at Vienna Their
family is Of ancient lineage and they
own two castles in Bohemia Each
has fortune of 100000. A condi-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-13

Y ANSAS CITY. Kan.-Curfew must
A ring in Kansas. and its sounding
must be needed The w. c. T. U. has
determined that too little attention is
paid to the curfew law, particularly
in Kansas City. Kan. and asked the
city commissioners to see that it is
enforced. In this city, where the
sounding of a steam whistle on the
packing plant takes the place of the
old-time bell, it Is alleged that it is
no longer 1.-The curfew whistle" but is
generally spoken of as "the nine
O'Clock whistle" from the fact that it
sounds at that hour In the evening.
Ten years ago the w. c.. T. U. took
up the matter of the boys remaining
out late at night and determined to
put a stop to it. They secured the
adoption by most OF the city councils
of the Sunfower state of ordinances
similar to the New England curfew
Jaws. In this city, which was far too
large for any bell to be heard in every
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CHAPTER Xv.-Continued.


You're not afraid to help him."
she said. 81 know that-you just
said so"
Judge Brewster raised his fist and
brought it down On the desk with a
bang which raised in cloud the ac-
cumulated dust of weeks. His face
set and determined, he said;
You're quite right! I'm going to
take your easel"
Annie felt herself giving way. 1t
was more than she could stand, For
victory to be hers when only mo-
ment before defeat seemed certain
was too much for her nerves. All she
could gasp was:
'Oh, judged"
The lawyer adjusted his eyeglasses.
blew his nose with suspicious energy.
and took up pen.
Now don't pretend 10 be surprised
you knew l would And please don t
thank me. l hate to be thanked for
doing what ! want TO do. II didn't
want to do it. l wouldn't"
Through her tears she murmured:
I'D like to say thank you
We'll, please don't" he snapped
But she persisted Tenderly. she
said:
May ! say you're the dearest. kind
est"
Judge Brewster shook his head.
"No-no-nothing of the kind"
Most gracious = noble-hearted -
courageous" she went on.
The Judge struck the table another
formidable blow.
Mrs. Jeffries!" Re exclaimed
She turned away her head to hide
her feelings.
'Oh, how I'd like TO have good
cry" she murmured. IF Howard
only knewl"
Judge Brewster touched an electric
button. and his head clerk entered.
MIR. Jones'" said the lawyer quick.
". get a stenographic report OF the
case of the People against Howard
.Ieffries. Jr.; get the coroner's inquest
the grand jury Indictment, and get
copy of the Jetfries confession-ge'
everything-right away."
The clerk looked inquiringly. mrs.
at Annie and then at his employer
Then respectfully he asked:
do we, sir?"
I'VE do" said the lawyer iaconic
ally.
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State Is to Have Egg-Laying Contest

mn OUNTAIN GROVE, Moan egg
lvk laying contest to begin Septem-
Der and last one year is being ar
ranged by the Missouri Agricultural
college and will be held at the state
poultry experiment station here. 1t
will be the first contest of its kind
held in America and will no doubt at
tract much attention among breeders
of fine poultry.
Australia and New Zealand have
similar contests and plans for some
thing of this sort are under way both
In Philadelphia and in San Francisco.
but the first In the field with a def
mite arrangement is Missouri
Entries will be limited to fifty. and
the first so breeders to make entries
will furnish the hens. Each owner is
limited to six hens. with the priv
ilege of substituting a hen for one
that becomes sick or injured. Fifty
pens will be built. exactly alike. and
each pen OF hens will have the same
food and treatment
Managers Of the contest have made
a rule so that each pen with its en-
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tries will be designated by number.
The owner and the management will
know who owns the hens, but no one
else will have this information, unless
the owner cares to give 1t out. This
is done to protect an owner in case
his hens make an Indifferent showing.
There will be a number of prizes
offered for the best showing at the
end of each month, also special prizes
for the best showing made by repre-
sentatives of different breeds. For
the result of the years contest there
viii be other valuable prizes and own
ers who capture one Of these will find
1t worth much to their business, for
reports of the contest will be pub
lished in newspapers. magazines aud
poultry journals all over the country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-13

the secretions. The doctors said 1
was beyond help. l began the use
OF Doan's Kidney Pills and gradually
improved until completely cured.
have not had the slightest trouble
since"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price SOC
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
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.ICT1ARLES KLEIN.

head clerk had withdrawn, 'if we are
going to get your husband free we
must get to work. and you muEt neIp
me-"
His visitor looked up eagerly.
I'm dc anything in my power" she
said quickly. What can l do?"
"Well-first of all" said the lawyer
with some hesitation, Il want you
to see a certain lady and to be ex-
ceedingly nice to her"
Lady," echoed Annie, surprised
What LADY,"
Mrs. Howard Jeffries. Sr.," he re-
piled slowly.
'Howard's stepmother!" she ejacu-
lated
A clerk entered and handed his en-
ployer card. The lawyer nodded
and said in an undertone:
Show her in." Turning round
again. he went on: "Yes-Howard s
stepmother. She's out there now. She
wants to see you. She wishes to be
of service to you. Now, you must
conciliate her. She may be Of great
use to u.s."
Annie's face expressed considerable
doubt.
Perhaps So" she said, but the
door was slammed in my face when !.
called to see her."
That's nothing" answered the
judge. "She probably knows nothing
about it. In any case, please remem-
Der that she is my client"
She bowed her head and murmured
obediently:
IN remember"
The door of the Office opened and
Alicia entered She stopped short on
seeing who was there, and an awk-
ward pause followed. Judge Brewster
introduced them.
MRS. Jeffries. may l present Mrs.
Howard. Jr.?"
Alicia bowed stifh and somewhat
haughtily. Annie remained self-pos-
sessed and on the defensive. Address
ing the bankers wife, the lawyer said:
II told Mrs. Howard that you
wished to speak to her." After pause
he added; Il think. perhaps. III leave
you together. Excuse me-.
He left the office and there was an
other embarrassing silence Annie
waited for Mrs Jeffries to begin. Her
attitude suggested that she expected
something unpleasant and was fully
prepared for it. At last Alicia broke
the silence:
Fhfnlx cfr hok
have asked for this interview" she
began, but you know. Annie" In
terrupting herself, she asked: You
don't mind my calling you Annie, do
your"
The young woman smiled.
Il don't see why should. It's my
name and we're relatives-by mar
riage." There was an ironical ring
in her voice as she went on: "Rela-
tives! 1t seems funny, doesn't II. but
we don't pick and choose our rela-
tives We must take them as they
come"
Alicia made an effort to appear con-
ciliatory
AS we are-what we are-lets try
to make the best of II.
Make the best OF it," echoed An
ME. God knows I'm willing. but I've
had mighty little encouragement,
Mrs. Jeffries. When | called to see
you the other day. to beg you TO use
your influence with Mr.. Jeffries, not
/ at home was handed to me by the
/ hveried footman and the door was
| slammed in my face. Ten minutes
later you walked out to your carriage
/ and were driven away"
Il knew nothing of this-believe
me" murmured Alicia apologetically.
Its what got just the same said
the other dryly Quickly she went on !;
But I'm not complaining. understand
Pm not complaining Only | did
think that at such time one woman
might have held out a helping hand
! TO another"
Alicia held up her hand protest
! ingly.
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ProcIalms His Eeellnas.

Without the doctor and my better
half have my doubts whether there
would have been an opportunity to
write this. and this reminds me to say
that, against protestations, I'm pre-
pared TO say, there is no easement to
to the afflicted and no satisfaction
so intensely intense as when you are
sick and pain seems unbearable to LEI
your voice proclaim the feeling. Stoi-
cism is very noble. to be sure. but
when nature demands The tribute OF
a hearty groan or gruns from a SUI.
ferer she is apt to revesge herself il
1t is uppressed.-Ocala Star.
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Wealth Of Nations.

So far as outside investments are
concerned Great Britain ia by far the
wealthiest nation Of the world Bat
there is no data which will enable US
to deci5e the wealth Of any people
The exsent OF investments. the In
comes or governments. the extent OF
foreign trade. the produce Of coun-
tries. would all require TO be taken
into consideration IN arriving al con
ciusicns.
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How Hearing is Affected

TO have seen mentioned before. that
In many instances inimy to the audi
tory apparatus from the discharge OF
cannon is really due rather TO aspira-
ton than to conclusion. says writer
in the New York Medical Journal
Ii seems that on the schoolsAip as
many as from 700 TO 1000 charges are
fred at sea-ce. presumably in rather
quick secession Thus an Immense
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-13

Blackguard Is said to come from q
nickname applied to group Of boys
always on hand to black the boots of
the horse guards who paarded at St
James park, London. although Web
ster gives it's probable origin as com
ing from the scullions. smutted from
handling kitchen utensils. It now
means person of low character. es
pecially one who INDUCES in scurrilous
or abusive language.
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OF Much Value to Surgeons

Ger of the stomach, where the only
hope of cure lies in the eradication OF
the cancerous growth at the very
earliest moment This means that the
Increased use of the gastroscope will
in the future save many lives that
would other wise inevitably be lost
through that disease.