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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
REPORTED BY THE CROUCH
Here the Original Hiram }. Tells Of
His Attendance at Country
Function

Having nothing else to do" re-
marked the old codger, Il attended
function while / was over at Tor
pidville the other day. The affair
was held In a dispirited grove at the
end OF road in which every time
q horse popped down his foot the dust
shot up in the air like a skyrocket.
A band was playing without the
slightest remorse. statesman, with
a neck as wrfnkled as a pickle, dron-
ed forth redundant nonenities with
out end. A sad and rickety merry
go-wahble wound round and round
to the sound of its own plaintive pee
dle-deedle. in a tipsy pavilion a
hoarsc person was endeavoring to sell,
and drug act, what looked alarIningly
like horned toads fried in axlegrease-
gentleman In striped tent near
by hoarsely stated that he preferred
to eat snakes at ten cents per ser
pent. There was the usual balloon
which seemed perfectly willing to do
anything but go up. Scattered around
through the Ieslal scene were rev
old soldiers, grumbling; smattering
of farmers, also grumbling; sundry
honest voters, likewise grumbling;
and various other folks, nothing about
whom Is worth mentioning except
that they, too, We're grumbling. 1t
may have been a reunion, fair, a
rally, picnic, or what-not; but what
ever they CHANGED to call it, twas an
excellent example of one of our most
cherished institutions. kansas City
Star
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27

lily, but l tell them of my good friend,
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and that there will be no back
ache and bearing down pains for them if
they will take it as have. am scarcely
ever without it in the house.
81 win say also that think there is
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girls. My eldest daughter has taken
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound for painful periods and irregular
;ty, and it has helped her.
81 am always ready and willing to
speak good word for Lydia E. Pink
ham Vegetable Compound. tell every
one ] .Aeet that / owe my health and
happiness to your wonderful medicine.
Mrs. ]. G, JOHNSON, Scottville, Mich,
RID. 3.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and herbs,
contains no narcotics or harmful drugs,
and today holds the record of being she
most successful remedy for woman's Ills
known.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
HANGlNGS FOR THE WINDOWS
Pretty Materials That VIII Suit Al
most Any Style of Furnishings
Are Offered in Profusion.

For bedroom windows and doors
there is an endless variety of good
Things to select from, in all colorings
and materials, and suited to any style
OF furnishing. The domestic Gre
tonnes may be used for the less i'm
portant rooms. but the colors are not
as permanent as the imported ones.
so that it is often cheaper in the long
run to spend more on the material.
Some of the materials are partly
covered with birds and butterflies, or
trees yielding roses, peonies or fruit
on the same branch. And there are
pastoral effects on cretonnes, much
used for bedroom windows. 1t is well
to touch on the necessity Of restraint,
not only in coloring, but in pattern.
Assuming that one has much elaborate
detail in the carpet and chair cover
lngs, curtains in such rooms should be
In plain, simple colors.
With plain carpet and wall paper
a good background can be formed for
chintz coverings to chairs and similar
materials for curtains. The successful
drapery or curtain should combine
the quiet and gay in such a way that
unity, harmony and variety are at
tained.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
Got His Answer.

When Oscar Wilde came to the
United States to lecture ON aesthet-
les in his highly aesthetic velvet cos
tume-and incidentally to prepare the
public mind for the proper apprecia-
ton of Gilbert and Suilivan's Pa
tience,' in which the aesthetic move
ment was held up to ridicule-he used
to complain that America was very un-
interesting since it had mo antiqui-
ties and no curiosities." Bat he ven
tured on this disparagement once too
often, for in the course of his travels
he uttered it to the American Girl.
and she replied with the deEure de-
pravity of candid innocence that this
was not quite fair reproach, since
I'VE shall have the antiquities In
time, and we are already importing the
curiosities."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
PROPER CARE OF MATING
Its Days Of Usefulness May BE Con-
siderably Extended by Lit
tie Forethouaht.

For sweeping, a hair broom should
oe rather gently piled, always in the
saine direction, since stiff bristles,
unuue Vlgor and brushing across in
au OF along the mesh result in a
iidyed surface, which ruins the ap-
pearance and harbors dirt. A scat
eering or damp Indian meal. scraps of
newspaper or common salt-on no ac-
yea leaves or newly mown
ass. Oh which stray shred acct
ucnldiiy stepped on creates an ugly
simultaneously attracts the fy-
ing particles and enhances brightness,
rhie nnal rub over with a soft dry
eioth, though not absolutely neces-
sdly' lmparts pleasing gloss.
although plain water and soap, or.
worse still. soda, invariably turn mat
uAS yellow, periodical washing
with bran water or brine is very bene-
hclal, provided sloppiress is strictly
avoided and the surface is not left
wet The latter should be gone over
piecemeal. first with a large cloth.
squeezed out in the chosen liquid.
next with a second similarly wrung
out IN fresh colo water and lastly
with a dry rubber. If the mating
cannot be taken up and hung In a
shady spot in the open air. windows
ard doors should be thrown wide for
at least couple of hours after this
wishing and sunlight meantime ex-
GUIDED
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
OPENS WAR ON RATS

Lemon Hill religious services that
Noah built better than the men who
constructed the Titanic. The rain did
not interfere with the services. Hav-
ing decided that the music pavilion
was too damp, Dr. Ely and his congre-
cation held their service on the piaz-
"a of the historic mansion house.
"Noah's ship was constructed &C
cording to Gods plan, and therefore
perfectly served the purpose of saving
man and beast for $50 days against
the worlds greatest flood" said Dr.
Ely. THE Titanic was built by sci
entific men, according to the most i'm
proved plans, to serve the desires of
those who could pay most, but it did
not last five days on a COMPARATIVELY
calm sea.
Sincerity in religion will not in it.
self save man. He who drinks
poison instead of pure water will die,
no matter how sincere he may be. II
mans religion does not save him
from sin it becomes to him a mere
castle OF lies. Any religion that does
not break the power of sin is a de-
ception, and is in itself sinful"
More than score of stalwart work
ers from Cramps shipyard attended
the service with their families. The
musical features included singing by
the Lemon Hill chorus, the male
chorus, under DR.. George Conquest
Anthony, and the children's chorus,
under the leadership of Charles F.
Allen. Prof. Francis H. Green of
West Chester was the speaker at the
evening service.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
Tale of Torture In Federal PeHiten-
tlary In Kansas Is Told by Fugi-
tive Who Surrendered.

Philadelphia, Facilitating a tale Of
horrors of Imprisonment in the federal
prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, An
drew Tobani, "a years old, gave him
self up to the local police as fugitive
from justice. He surrendered" at
Broad street station the other evening,
after the detective department had
been bombarded with number of tele-
phone messages instructing the Off
Gals to be on the lookout for a man
of Tobani's description. These mes
sages, it was learned, were sent by
Tobani himself Upon being slated at
the central station the man gave the
name of William Jackson, under which
he claims to have enlisted in the
United States army at Fort Sam Hous-
ton, Texas, as a member of the Fifth
cavalry.
1t was for an offense committed
while soldier at that post that To-
baLi claims he was imprisoned in Fort
Leavenworth, after an unfair trial,
and he said his reason for asking the
police, by means of the telephone calls
to arrest him, was to expose the in
dignities to which he had been sub
jected as a prisoner.
According to Tobani's story, he es.
capped from the prison three months
ago in swill barrel after serving part
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
Accorded Full Title,

One of the New YORK representa-
tives in congress tells Of a social
function in an assembly district po-
litical club on the East Side, whereat
the chairman of the entertainment
committee acted as master of cere-
monies.
The chairman was very busy intro
ducing the newly-arrived members of
the club to the guests, who included a
number of municipal officers. The
representative mentioned was pre-
sented in a way to halve his official
honors with his wife, as THE Honor
able and Mrs Congressman Blank. "
Next came couple who were not
known to the master of ceremonies,
but, after receiving the correct name
in a whisper, he announced:
Mr.. and Mrs Inspector of Hy-
drants, Faucets and Shopworks Ca.
sey. "-Lippincott's
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
Plum Salad.

Into a glass salad bowl put one-halt
pint each of green cages, stoned and
cut in half. bananas, peeled and cut
in slices. and any other fresh fruit
that is at hand Sprinkle well with
powdered sugar; cover, and let stand
one hour, then add one wineglass of
strip of preserved cherries, one of
lemon juice and the green gage kerr
nels. blanched and cut in half Cover
again ant let stand until required.
Serve VITA whipped cream and lady
fingers Fhe cream and lady fingers
should not be put on the salad but
should be served separately.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
Matter of Justice.

Where shall justice begin, with
those who have power or with those
who suffer wrong? If exact and ideal
justice were done, the weak would
make an effort to give to the strong
all that is their due, and the strong
would try to put their affairs in order
so that no just cause of complaint
should exist anywhere. The unhappy
element in the relations of the strong
and the weak is that both are thi2k-
ing too much about exacting justice
and not enough about doing that
which is just and right. PAY what
thou owest" is the cry most often
heard Give me that which is my
due, then l will pay you what | owe"
The Christian Register.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
Really Had Best of 1t.

John Burroughs is we'll known as
one of the foremost of nature writers
in this country. Some time ago be
visited his brother, Eden Burroughs,
who lives in the Catskills, at place
called Hobart. The two brothers went
fox hunting together. The honor OF
the hunt came to Eden, who shot the
only fox. 1t so happened that fox
skins were worth FIVE dollars at that
time, and the successful Nimrod took
much pride in telling hcw he got the
better of the sage of SIabsides. Later,
in boasting to few friends about II
in the presence of his brother, John.
he was interrupted by, You have
Dragged about that fox hunt long
enough. You shot the fox, sold the
skin and got five dollars. wrote a
little account of the hunt, and got
$40 from the magazine which publish
ed it. So there you are"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
child's Fear of the Dark.

If mothers notice that the brains of
their little ones conjure up uncanny
sights and thoughts from the shadows
of room more or less dark, let the
light burn brightly. To force a child
to become accustomed to the darkness
is grave error, if its nervous system
is so organized that this forcing is
productive of a fright.
The nervous system of child is a
very susceptible organization and the
deleterious Impressions made upon it
will often make their influence felt
throughout its whole after life. If the
child asks for light under such cir.
cumstances do not refuse it,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27

A good little story, long current in
England, is just now gaining Amer
lean circulation. 1t has for leading
characters Rudyard Kipling and Doro-
thy Drew. Mr. Gladstone's little grand
child. Kipling was visiting Hawar-
den. and, being fond of children, de-
voted himself to little Miss Dorothy
until her anxious mother expressed
the hope that the child had not been
wearying the great author.
"Oh, no. mamma" spoke up Doro-
thy, before any one else had chance
to say anything. "but you have no
idea how Mr.. Kipling has been weary
ing mel"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
indian tomatoes.

Cut half dozen ripe tomatoes In
halves. take out the seeds and turn
them. cut side downward, on a dish
on the ice. Make rich curry sauce.
adding cream aid lemon juice. partly
freeze the sauce. then mix in half its
volume of minced anchovies. ghersins,
olives and shrimps. finish the freezing
process and with it I'LL the tomatoes.
bringing the cream to point. form q
handle with a green stalk of parsley
and dish them on q bed OF water
eress.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
Milk Rarebit.

Crate one pound of cheese, add to
this one-half cup of cream or milk.
One small teaspoonful of mustard, one
half teaspoonful of salt and a pinch
of cayenne; stir this in a chatting dish
or double boiler until the cheese melts,
add a tablespoonful of butter and two
eggs beaten light; as soon as the eggs
are well stirred in the lights should
be turned off, as the rarebit is ready
and the eggs should not be cooked for
any length of time. Constant stirring
is absolutely necessary during the
whole process. Serve Immediately on
crisp toast.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
Chiffonade DRESSING.

This is extremely good to serve ON
lettuce, romaine, or any green salad.
Into glass "~r put one hard boiled
egg. finely chopped, one teaspoon
finely cut chives, one tablespoon each
chopped red and green pepper, one
teaspoon salt, one-fourth teaspoon
paprika and one-eighth teaspoon pep
per, one-half cup olive oil, three ia
blespoons vinegar and one teaspoon
tarragon vinegar. Allow it to become
very cold. and just before serving
shake the contents of the jar thor
oughly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27

the convicts. notified them that he In
tended TO abolish chains and shackles
he expected them to make coed. The
system was at once put into effect.
and the wardeR's confidence has not
been abused. Not only has there not
been single escape from the works
upon which the men have been en-
ployed. but there has never been an
attempt at escape The men are so
grateful that they strive in every way
to justify the confidence placed In
them. Whenever q convict breaks
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
For Measuring Shirts.

What woman of enforced economies
has not been worried almost Ill over
the. measuring of skirt? But relief
is in sight, for in Europe they are
selling a device consisting of frame
which may be attach, the edge of
almost any table, ar this frame
is hinged pair of s5mf elliptical
wings, shaped to conform to a curva-
ture of a skirts lower edge. Loosely
attached to one of these wings is a
tape measure which slides along the
skirt as a guide to mark its length.
The other wing has q linen cover,
which may be pinned to the waist
band OF the skirt to facilitate the
marking of the latter
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
Baked Lobster.

Take all the meat from two large
Holsters that have been boiled. chop
not very fine. Into the meat stir
little bechamel sauce, some fresh
mushrooms cut in small pieces. salt
and white pepper TO taste and two
tablespoons of melted butter. Cleanse
thoroughly the body shells of the lob
sters, I'll them with the mixture
sprinkle buttered bread crumbs over
and brown In moderate oven.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
CUPID WON'T ACCEPT NAME
Swain With Too Many SyIIabies
Wants Large Amount Pruned
Of.

ST. Louis, Mo.-Louis Kuhlenengel
ken filed petition in the circuit
court asking permission to change his
name He asserts that his fiancee re-
fuses to be inflicted with an unpro
nounceable name.
Another reason is that he wants to
register and vote at the coming cleo
ton, and thinks it-would be easier tc
do this if his name was shorter.
AS brief and pronounceable name
he suggests the last three syllables
of his present one, and in future he
would be known as Louis Engelken'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
Took Slot Machine at It's Word.

Kansas City woman recently took
her two small daughters to make their
first visit to her husbands people, iv-
ing in small Kansas town. Naturally
she was anxious to make as favorable
an impression as possible. So the two
little people, on going on an errand to
the depot, were cautioned to be on
their very best behavior To the
mothers surprise, they returned Wig
orously chewing gum. AS they had
no money, she asked them where they
got it.
Oh explained the older one, 1T
said on the slot machine, Ask the
agent for pennies so we did,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
WEARS STOCKINGS OF GOLD

at the Mt Washington hotel. is the
first to bring the alchemistic inncva-
ton to Breton Woods, but the excite
ment and admiration which her gol-
den stockings caused among the
young and old point to rapid spread
of the new hosiery habit
Thus far Miss Gordon has worn two
pairs of the wonderful creations. The
first appearance was a. one Of the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27

of a sentence for the theft of an auto
matte pistol, which he was charged
taking from a fellow cavalryman ia
Texas. He claims that he was rail
roaded and he did not have. time tx
procure adequate counsel to show that
the trial sprang from trumped up
charge.
In Fort Leavenworth, Tobani says.
the water cure, the straightjacket and
other forms of torture were employed
70 compel the prisoners to perform al.
lotted tasks. At last, the man assert.
ed he gained the acquaintance and
friendship Of the driver of a garbage
wagon which came daily to the prison
doors, and between them the plot was
Matched whereby Tobani escaped IN a
swill barrel.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27

The servants were discussing the
matter below stairs.
Master and mistress 'ad something
of row last night, / ear" said the
butler ponderously.
You should have heard EN-" an
swered the parlor maid in a shocked
tone. "Scandalous is what 1 calls it,!
They tell me e ran out, cranked is
motor car and left in it."
NO." said the maid, positively, ''he
didn't leave in his machine; / dis
tinctly heard the mistress say he left
in a huff."-London Answers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
Mothers LinouaI Attainment.

The mother of little boy in Kan
sas City, Kan, recites negro dialect
stories charmingly. Her small son is
quite proud of her accomplishment
and frequently boasts of it. One day
recently, when some Of his playmates
we're Wanting the achievements OF
their several mothers, the little boy
braggingly remarked:
My mother is smarter than any of
yours; she can talk two languages"
What are they?" demanded his
companions
White and colored"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
AUTO COWBOYS STIR TOWN
Speeders Arrested After Using Guns
and Lariats In Streets of
Marshall, Mo.

Marshall, Mo.-Four former COW.
boys. tourists from Oklahoma, passed
through Marshall in touring car a,
the rate of sixty miles an hour They
were captured at Arrow Rock,
eighteen miles east. brought back
and left $50 in the city treasury
All but their driver amused them
selves roping dogs and chickens on
their way through the city and in the
country they made farmers sit up and
take notice with their guns and lari.
ats.
The thrashing of wheat was sus.
pended until the cowboys were out OF
sight, but no effort was made to in.
vestigate further.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
spIit Rolls.

One egg well beaten. one tablespoon
of sugar, one yeast cake dissolved in
a cup of warm milk. two teaspoons
salt. flour enough to make stiff bat
ter; set to rise; when risen work in
a large spoon of butter and -four
enough TO roll; roll out an inch thick;
spread over with butter or lard: fold
in half. cut with a biscuit cutter;
let rise and bake.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
coNvIcTs RULED BY HONOR
Chains and Shackies Abolished by
New System in Georgia Felcn
Camp.

Gainesville. Ga~-Insteaa Of chains.
shackles and armed guards, the hon
or system" is being used TO control
the fifty convicts in the Barlow coun-
ty camp. and 1t is proving success.
Six months ago Warden Land. In
charge OF the camp. in an address 70
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
tngtjnctive-

so you took your wife to the base
ball ge le?"
Yes" replied Mr.. Meekton.
did she enjoy it?"
only part OF it. She thought they
wasted great deal of time running
around the lot, but she thought the ar
guments with the umpire were quite
interesting Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
Movina Pictures Popular

In a recent number of the Daily
Consular Reports are collected memo
GUS distant parts of the word showing
the universal quality of the popular
interest which the moving pictures
excite. England. Japan. Turkey, Mex
leo, India, Australia and the islands
Of the sea all have the same story 10
tell; wherever the cinematograph
goes it finds an instant and sustained
welcome.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
Autocratic Assertions.

Are you servant of the people?"
asked the constituent.
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum.
only it should be observed that
really frst-class servant may come
pretty nearly being a boss"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
Society Girl Startles Summer Colony
at Breton Woods-ssre
Valued at $1oo.

BRETON Woods. n. H-Stockings OF
pure gold---the fashion vaguely an
nounced from San Francisco-is
glittering fact in puritanical New Eng
land
Miss Aline Gordon of New York.
one of the fashionable young people
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
Job Not Satisfactory.

I'm self-made man." said the
proud individual
We'll, you are all right except as to
your head" commented the listener.
"How's that?"
"The part you talk with is too big
for the part you think with
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
Two Euiprams.

The apple of many a young mans
eye is a peach.
Harping on a subject will more often
suggest a harry than a harpist.-Lip-
pincott's.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27

any rule he Il punished by his fel
lows after trial.
Warden Land has some advanced
Ideas as 70 treatment OF prisoners
He thinks chains and shackles ars
oarbarous, and believes the day vii
come when the honor system" vii
prevail in all prisons
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27

SCaDleOOiupounu anu
Sanative Wash have
done me. ] live on a
farmandhsveworked
very h arc. / am
forty-hve y ears old,
and am the mother
of thirteen children.
Many peoI lie think
il strange that ! am
not broken down
with hard work and
~ 49, 80 ,,o-v &C.,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27

The Paxton Toilet Co. of Boston,
Paxtine Antiseptic, a delightful cleans
ing and germicidal toilet preparation,
to any woman, free, upon request
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27

weekly dances, when her descent OF
the main stairway was marked by
peoI glow that dazzled all the other
guests The second pair-which ap
pea-ed at the following dance-were
not only of golden texture. but were
heavily broeaded with figures of
bird of paradise. It is said that gold
stockings are considered a bargain al
500 a pair. You can wear one pa.
two tmes--if you are lucky.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-27
SAYS ARK ExCELLED TITANIC
Or. Ely, In Sermon to Shlpbullders,
Says Noah Was Wiser Tran Mod
ern Marine Engineers.

Philadelphia, NPa.-Rev. Or. James
B. Ely told a large audience at the