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For Road Commissioner,

wesare authorizedst to announce the
candidacy Of Julius Serbian for re-
election of Road Commissioner in
District No I. Election to be held
Mafth 5 at the County Court House.
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CHORUS:

b m seed his duty thar an then,
An he lit into them gentlemen,
An he shore mussed up the cote
house square
With rags n meat m hide n hair!
CHORUS:
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letin ID called to any miastatemeni
Eof fact or to any error concerning
any man or thing, corrections viii
I sheerfully be made.)
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tIaW IlSiE IL Is.
Wunst men Lem Briggs n OIL Bill
Brown
Tux a load o'cawn to town,
An Of Jim dawg, the onry cuss,
He, jes' nachlIy follered us.
CHORUS:
Every time come to town
The boys keep kickin' my dawg
aroun'.
Makes no diffrunce If he is houa'
They gotta quit kickin my dawg
aroun';
AS we driv' past Sam Johnson's store
Passel yaps KEN out tn door:
When jim he stops to smell box
They SHE'D at him a bunch O. r2cSs.
CHORUS;
~ VI.
They tied a tin can to his tail
AM run him a-past the county Jail.
M that plumb nachelly made me
sore
N Lem he cussed n Bill he sworc,
CHORUS:
Ne N Lem Briggs n oil Bill Brown
We lost no time in a-jumpin' down
An we wiped them ducks w on the
groun' s
Fer kickin' my Oh dawg aroun.
y CHORUS;
Folks say a dawg KANT no no
grudge,
But wunst when | got too much
bulge
Them town ducks tried to do me up,
But they didn't count on oil Jim
pup
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CHORUS:

Mrs Sambo--Who does you reckon
Is de lazies' your husband or mine?
. Mrs. Lucas--l amt gwine tn guess.
It's bad enough now wifout stahtin'
no competition.
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A Slight Jar.

Motormaniac--What do you think Is
tho most difficult thing for beginner
to learn about an automobile? III
F'rankenstein-To keep from talking
about 1t all the time.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-02

First Lawyer-Wheneve Attorney
Weepson addresses tho Jury he be-
comes so impassioned that he weeps.
Second Lawyer-They ought to call
him "the court crier.'
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-02

He laughed so loudly at my jokes,
l did not wonder when
He said, "Yoii are the best of blokes--
Old chap, please lend me ten."
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-02
CHORUS:

AS we driv' past Sam Johnson's store
Passel yaps KEN out tn door:
When jim he stops to smell box
They SHE'D at him bunch O.. r2cxs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
OLD WEDDING DAY CUSTOMS
Many Superstitlons Have Clustered
Around the Marriage Ceremony,
Especially In Olden Times.

Superstition never clustered round
any episode of life more than that Of
the wedding day, especially in olden
times.
Then 1t was customary for the bride
to present her future husband with a
bunch of rosemary, tied up with rib
bons, on his first appearance on the
wedding morning. This was supposed
to insure his love and loyalty, and to
make her happy forever.
In Yorkshire the old superstition
still abounds that nothing more I'M
lucky could happen than for a newly
made bride to leave the church by a
different door from that by which she
entered
Another quaint custom, for which
there Is no known origin, Is that
practiced In some of the midland and
northern counties. This is to ring a
merry peal of the church bells at the
first reading of the banns of an in
tending matrimonial couple. 1t is
called the spur peal" which In old
Anglo-Saxon means simply TASK"
OF course 1t is well known that 1t
is the height of luck for the bride-to-
be to dream of fairies the night before
the actual ceremony. So much was
this idea believed In that many girls
would peruse fairy tales before going
to sleep.-Answers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19

MEDICAL authorities now claim that
writers cramp'' and other similar
states of apparent muscular paralysis
are actually due not to the firing of
the muscles, but to brain fag. 1t ap-
pears that the particular part of the
brain which controls special combina-
tions of muscle action, such as the
movements of writing or the working
of telegraph key, tends to become
more quickly exhausted in some indi-
viduals than in others. Such exhaus-
ton leads to a state in which the brain
is actually unable to send out its nee
essary messages to the hands and fin
gers to write, tap key, hold violin
bow, etc Furthermore, once the
nerve cells, the batteries" of the
brain, get thoroughly run down it is
not easy to restore their energy.
Heretofore it has been supposed that
all troubles of the kind were due
simply to overtiring of the muscles
concerned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
UNDER the heading

UNDER the heading ''One born
every minute" an exchange tells of
the following election bets. One is
that of man who had to kiss the
first ten horses he met on the street.
In Connecticut a girl will have to
kiss six cows in the presence of friends
because Wilson was elected. A New
York man lost and had tC hug all the
lamp posts on a certain street. A
Brooklyn man bet on Taft and must
invite his mother-in-law to spend the
winter with him. Samuel Green will
have to go in bathing every Sunday
for a month in Coney Island. A
Brooklyn girl will have to give gum
drop to the first ten men she meets.
A Montana ranchman lost his bet
and will have to kiss his vie every
few minutes. Many men will have
to shave off their boards, sleep cross
wise in bed, wear woman's hats or
roll peanut with crow bar. w. E.
Chaplin New York artist had to eat
a crow and Miss Katherine Henry of
Plano, Illinois, will have to wear
mems white socks all winter"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
His Wishes Carried Out.

Old Forglen, the Scotch Judge, died
in 1927. DR.. Clerk, who attended his
lordship to the last, calling on his
patient the day he died, was admitted
by the judges cid servant and clerk.
David Reed. How does my lord dor"
inquired the doctor. 81 houp he's
weel!" responded the old man, whose
voice and manner at once explained
his meaning. With tears streaming
down his face, he conducted DR.. Clerk
into room where there two dozen
bottles of wine underneath the table.
Other gentlemen presently arrived,
and having partaken of glass or two
of wine, while they listened to Da-
vid's account of his masters last
hours, they all rose to depart. mo.
no, gentlemen; not So" said the old
factotum, ''it was the express of the
deceased that l should fill ye a. fou.
and / maun fulfill the will o. the
dead" DIR. Clerk used to add, when
relating the story. land, indeed. he
did fulfill the will of the dead, for
before the end OF there was ma ane
of US able to bite his ain thoomb!"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
PROUD OF HIS NEW CLOTHES
Rhodesian Native, Returning From
Mines, Was Scandalized BY IN
clad Relatives and Friends.

A town In Rhodesia Is not general
ly town, declares Mrs. M. L. Woods
in "Pastels Under the Southern
Cross" A few scattered shops,
broad road deep in red dust, down
which a sudden miscellaneous herd
of blacks occasionally pours, consti-
tute town. OF these natives, Mrs.
Woods gives the following descrip-
ton:
They are collected from all parts
OF Rhodesia, from Portuguese terri
tory, even from Nyasaland. Dressed
in anything and everything, they
come pell-mell, grinning and chatter
ing, some like young colts bounding
into the air as they go. These happy
fellows are probably rejoicing because
they are being sent to some mine
where certain of their friends and
relations are already working
This is the native as he appears
entering on his term OF service at
the mines. / once saw a group OF
black men who had completed their
term CT service and were on their
way home. They were serious, digni-
fed, conscious of clean and complete
costumes, consisting of shirt and
trousers and a hard straw hat. Each
had his neat bundle and his gaily
painted wooden box.
We were once appreciative witness
es of the Homecoming of such min
er at g wayside station. A party of
relatives and friends had come from
the kraal to meet the returning one.
all innocent in their nakedness and
rags. The plutocrat surveyed them
with a scandalized eye; coldly he
waved their salutations and endear-
ments, obviously too shocked and
panied to appreciate them. Then he
withdrew from the platform to the
foot of a neighboring tree, and beck
oned his bewildered friends to APP
proach. In few minutes. before the
eyes of the passengers in the train.
he had clothed his whole party with
decency, and surely, In their eyes with
spieSdor. Then, and only then. did he
condescend to return their greetings;
and exceedingly joyful, all marched
OF together in the direction OF their
kraal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
Stranded.

A negro. with an old gray mule
hitched to q ramshackle wagon, stood
on the incline Of Capitol hill. La Wash
lngton, during one o: the worst sleet
storms In January.
The old man Mddled In his rabbit
skin cap. shivering: he mule was
trembling with the cold According
to Everybody's Magazine. two con
gressmen. waiting for q belated car.
were attracted by the strange outft
and wondered. az time went on and
the negro made no effort u depart,
what allied the old fellow.
One OF the congress men walkea
over ard said, why don't you move
on, unclef"
The old negro pointed trembling
finger at his team and replied.
Cause dis yere mule WON'T &C, les
I whistle ut hir. 81 It's SO cold ]
cya1nt sfhistlsts
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
GIVES BACK WHAT IS GIVEN
Life, In the Main, 10 Just and Almost
Inevitably Returns Coed
for Good.

The echo is the principle of life.
You get back from the world the mes
sage you give It
Neither this nor any other truth rs
true in all particulars; very often
you receive evil for your good and
good for your evil, harsh words when
you sent forth only kindness, and In
justice in return for your deeds hon
est and well meant, but like all truths
it is true in general
In fact, the essence of every truth
is a generalization which the mind
Is able to pick from a mass of con-
fusing particulars.
Is it cold, hard-hearted, unfeeling
world to you? Then / very much fear
that you have given to it selfish.
narrow, egotistic heart.
Is 1t tolerably good sort of place,
and do you find men and women as a
rule just and kindly disposed? You
must have been yourself an honest
and generous nature.
Haven't you had days when every
thing seemed to go wrong? You said
you must have gotten out of bed with
The wrong foot first. You have
fumbled all you undertook, your fin
gers have been all thumbs, and ev-
eryone about you has seemed smit-
ten with the crouch.
In all this you have been but seeing
yourself as in glass. 1t is your
ugly mood that dims the shining sur
face of really pleasant world.
Nothing is so unerring as the total
universe. Time and nature seem now
and then slipshod. and do things I'M
just and uncalled for, but they al
ways make it up in the long run and
pay every soul back hundred cents
on the dollar.-Woman's World.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
Special Session.

TIE President-elect, who has gone
on a pleasure trip and rest to the
Bermudas, issued the following before
his departure
Il shall call congress together in
extraordinary session not later than
April Is. l shall do this only because
l think the pledges of the party ought
to be redeemed as promptly as posi-
BILE, but also because l know it to be
in the interest of business that all
uncertainty as to what the particu-
lar items of tariff revision are to be
should be removed as soon as posi-
BILE. Woodrow Wilson.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
Pianola Within Rat.

The wonders of science will never
cease. Paris has received a delicate
jolt by the exhibition of rat which
carries around pianola in its inter
nal organism. A touch of its tail pro-
duces airs from the operas. M.
Bertrand Lebaudy, the French ZOO
logical expert and savant, discovered
that the ribs of the rat give out
rhythmic tones when properly tickled.
Making experiments, he found that
these tones could be regulated by
nerve pressure from an electric bat
terry. The nerves of a rat lead to its
sensitive tail, which does many duties
besides acting as whisk broom in rat
land. He tanned a dne specimen OF
the regular Partisan rodent, got 1t so
that 1t would answer to his least COM
mand, fed it on special diet and
then charged its nerves from an cleo
trio battery. The rat became exceed
ingly sensitive and the note; from its
body when tweaked by the all quite
audible. This story did not o.3ginate
in Winsted, Conn. but came frC0 a
Paris correspondent
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
TREE THAT EXHIBITS ANGER
In Idaho Species Quakes and Emits
an Unpleasant Odor When
Disturbed.

In Idaho there exists a species of
the acacia tree which is entitled to be
classed as one of the wonders of
plant life. This tree, Harper's Week
ly states, attains a height of about
eight feet. When full grown 1t closes
it's leaves together in coils each day
at sunset and curls It's twigs to the
shape Of pigtails. When the tree has
thus settled itself for its nights sleep
1t is said that II touched it will .f1ut-
ter as If agitated or impatient at the
disturbance. The oftener, 1t is averred,
the foliage is molested, the more vio-
lent will become the shaking of the
branches. Finally, 1t is further al
legged, IL the shaking be continued, the
tree will at length emit nauseating
odor quite sufficient to induce
headache In the case of the person
disturbing the tree.
In Idaho 1t Is called the ANGRY
tree and it Is said that it was discov-
cred by men who, on making camp
for the night, placed one end of can
vas covering over one of the sensitive
branches, using 1t for support. I'M
mediately the tree began to jerk its
branches sharply. The motion contin-
ued. with increasing nervousness"
until at last came a sickening odor
that drove the tired campers to a
more friendly location.
Curiosity prompted an investigation.
One Of the angry trees" was dug up
and thrown to one side. Immediately
upon being removed from the ground
it Is said that the tree opened its
leaves. its twigs lost their pigtails and
for something over an hour and a
half the outraged branches showed
their indignation by a series OF quak-
ings. which grew weaker and weaker
and ceased when the foliage had be-
come limp and withered.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
Ancient Eoyptlan,

The question, "Of what race were
the ancient Egyptians?" has never
been satisfactorily disposed of, but
we may be sure that they were not
negroes. They were not black. nor
was their hair ''kinky"-therefore,
they belonged to some other than the
negro race. They certainly were not
Caucasians, nor were they Of the Mon
golian or yellow breed of man. The
builders of the pyramids were prob
ably of Arabic stock or stock In which
Arabic predominated. Although. as has
been intimated, 1t is by no means set
tied as yet as to just where the old
Egyptians are to be placed in the hui
man scale.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19

The man who thinks that because
it takes s4OO, 5000 to pay the expens-
es of the government, the tariff will
not be lowered for fear of not being
able to meet those enormous ex-
penses, is figuring without his host.
The truth is the government receives
no income from high or prohibitiye
tariff, for the reason that no such
foreign goods can come in, hence no
income. But if the tariff is lowered
to where it should be the government
will have all the funds it can use,
unless the trusts are restricted and
free competition allowed. Withsuper-
ior machinery and high class work
men, America can produce as cheaply
as any other country on earth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
MarshmalioWs.

In a mountain camp this summer
the cream ran short. The campers
simply couldn't get It, They didn't
even have the canned variety. A
box Of marshmallOws was on the
table when the campers sat down to
lunch and one of the women looking
into her cup of chocolate minus
cream, began to eat mallow. 1t
didn't exactly go to the spot. Neither
did the watery chocolate. In disgust
she put the two together. The marsh
mallow went floating in the cup of
chocolate, when, presto! there was
something white and foaming! There
was cream! Necessity and accident
are indeed the mother and the father
of invention. Those people learned
before their lunch was over that
marshmallows take the place of
cream. They do! They do indeed!
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
Mayor
Clerk

Section L. For the purpose Of providing Tor
the payment of the principal and interest o.
the said bonds as and when the same become
due there shall be and there hereby IS levied
upon all taxable property within said city OF
Wausau. in addition to all other taxes direct
annual tax sufficient to pay tie interest on
such bonds as the same fall due such tax TO
be spread and collected with the regular city
tax for the years 1912 to 1892 inclusive, and
further direct tax for the payment OF the
principal thereof when the same becomes due
as follows: In addition thereto there Is here
By levied upon the taxable property OF the
city Of Wausau to be spread and collected
WITH the tax. Ct 1890 the sum OF ten thousand
dollars (SlC,OO0I to pay numbers III TO 12U. both
inclusive. of said bonds falling due April j.
1884, In add stion thereto there Is hereby
levied upon the taxable property Of the city OF
Wausau to he spread and collected with the
$4,000 TO pay numbers i2l 10 30, both IN
elusive. OF sai0 bonds falling due April ]. lsSz;
In addition thereto there IS hereby levied
upon the taxable property of the city OF au-
s.u, 70 be spread and collected with the taxes
of 1882 the sura of FIVE Thousand dollars tS51uVl
to pay numbers III to l35. both inclusive, OF
said bonds fal ing due April /. 1893.
Section 5. The said bonds shall be nego-
tiated and sSld By the Mayor and finance
committee Os The Common Council Of SAID city
at not less than their par value. and the pro-
purpose OF paving for building City Hall ia
said city as htrein provi031d
This ordinance shall be in effect on and after
its passage ind publication as required By
Adopted this......day Of .......-...A D. 1912.
Attest; Approved:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19

Gov. MCGOvERN, who has much to
be thankful for, has issued the an
nual Thanksgiving proclamation and
has designated Thursday, Nov %, as
the day of thanks. Looking right at
Judge Karel, McGovern says: "With
one of old whose heart was overflow
ing with thankfulness we can truth
fully say, Our cup runneth over"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
CITY
A residence and nearly 2 lots at
432 9Th Ave. South.

A residence and nearly 2 lots at
432 9Th Ave. South.
A lot on the corner of Ord Ave.
and Clark ST., where the st. car
turns.
2 lots, corner of 9th st. and Wau.
sau Ave.
2 lots on Sturgeon Eddy road,
one-Ealf block from Grand Ave.
8 acres near street car track; good
land; east side, inside the city.
City lots in Maple Hill addition
and acre lots in Forest Park addi-
ton. This will be the best residence
district in the city where there are
parks and springs, beautiful trees
and the river view, and the best of
neighbors.
House and lot on Stuben st.
IL room house on Maine st. with
all modern improvements, 2 blocks
from street car track. Will be sold
cheap
acres of land on Sherman ST.,
west side. Will be sold for $1,000
A home on Steuben ST., with
furnace, electric light, sewer and
every thing modern.
A large house on Main ST., in
good neighborhood.
dwellings, and lots at the corner
of Garfield and 7tk SITS.
A Groom house on Steuben ST.
with all modern conveniences, bath,
electric lights, heating, ETC.; up-to-
date, in every respect. In good
neighborhood.
5 acres of land inside of city
limits, 4 blocks from st. car line.
A l0-room house on the cor. of 9Th
st. and Lincoln Ave, ST. car runs by
the door.
lots IN mary Poor znd 2dGitlon.
/ acre of land and modern house
in Johnson's addition.
Several residence properties in
the city to trade for farm property.
A 10-room house with 2 acres of
land, on east end of Franklin st., 80
large apple trees that are over IL
years old.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
Had Better Knowledge.

Lord Dufferin delivered an address
before the Greek class OF the McGill
university, about which a reporter
wrote: His lordship spoke to the
class In the purest ancient Greek.
without mispronouncing word or
making the slightest grammatical
solecism." Good heavens! re-
marked Sir Hector Langevin to the
late Sir John A Mcdonald. how did
the reporter know thatf" II told
him." was the conservative states
mans answer. "But you don't know
Greek" True. but ] know q little
about politics."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
llII Discus. Air Graft.

Paris, Nov. 5.-The latest models OF
military and naval an craft form the
most conspicuous feature of the svia-
ton salon, which opened in Paris to
continue through the greater part OF
the week. In connection with the ex-
hibition there is to be a conference
of aeronautical experts OF all nations
to discuss the momentous problem Of
the security Of seroplsnes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
Tolcrably Well

The last pig-tail has disappeared
from the Chinese embassy In London.
IL belonged to the majordomo of the
Chinese ambassador. ard It Is now on
its way to China as present to that
functionary's wife. A story is going
the rounds that at an otficial reception
recently a member of the Chinese en-
bassy was presented to q well known
lady.
I'VE no talkee Chinso velly well"
she said
Never MUD. your ladyship." was
the smooth reply. II can conversettol-
erably well In English"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
SaIarIed Cat.

The only salaried cat In the United
States, so Ear as one can find out, has
just died 9. Rev Orleans. and was
givca proper burial This was Old
Tom, who for years had been carried
on the board Of tale as official rat
catcher. with 9 salary Of ten cents
p day, and was never discharged,
though In his later years he was as
reluctant as other veteran office hold
ers to get busy. But he had no enc
mics except OF the feline sort, and
hts framed picture Is to adorn the
directors room at the board OF trade.
Springfield Republican
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
Worlds Rubber production.

About one-half the worlds supply
OF rubber comes from the Brazilian
sections OF Cears, Msnaos and Para.
Their product sets the price for the
raw material in the consuming mar
kets- The trees grow wild. No Eys-
tematic preparation OF the ground
has ever been necessary. and the en-
tire care of the rubber gstherers has
been given to obtaining only the Juice
from the rubber 60 ANDY getting q 70
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-11-19
ELECTION RETURNS.
How the official Returns Affected
the Results.

The official count in the state has
been made and the pluralties of the
various offices is as follows:
woodrow Wilson, president 1851
McGovern, governor 1l.276
Morris, lieutenant governor 2L7lS
Donald, secretary state 23.OS9
johnson, state treasurer 23.955
Owen, attorney general 2l.S49
Browne, congress 4.S29
Schilling, aSSemblyman, LIST district
Marathon county l3l
Ring.e, aSsemblyman, I'd district
Marathon county AS
Woman'S Suffrage was defeated by
r. 46.