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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21

He was looking at a square. uncom-
promising wall-safe. with a round fig
ured disk of white metal or its face.
He knelt before it and tried it's knob.
After a moment 1t turned easily. But
the resolute steel door would not open.
though he tried every combination
that came into his mind. NO use"
he said disgustedly. Zone rnust have
the right numbers"
Then he lifted his fretted frame and
smote his grimy hands together. Con
found it," he said with short laugh.
Here l am, a bankrupt, with all this
outit--clear to the very fnger-bowls-
handed to me on silver tray, and I'm
mad as scat because can't open the
first locked thing | fndl"
He ran upstairs and donned e. rough
corduroy jacket and high leather leg
gings Were going to climb the hill
today, Chum," he announced, land no
more moccasins need apply"
In the lower hall, however, he sud-
denly stopped stock-still. 1.-THE slip of
paper that was in the china dog!" he
exclaimed. What chump | am not
to have thought of it," He found it
in it's pigeonhole and, kneeling down
before the safe, tried the numbers
carefully, first right, ten left: II
2S-94-0. The heavy door opened.
Il was right" he exulted. IT'S the
plate He drew it out, piece by piece.
Each was bagged in dark-red Canton
flannel. He broke the tape of one bag
and exposed a great silver pitcher,
furnished purple-blue like ravens
(wing--then tea-service. Each piece,
large and small, was marked with the
greyhound rampant and the motto.
"And to think" he said, that my
greatgreat- grandfather buried you
with his own hands under the stables
when Tarletons raiders swept the val
ley before the surrender at Yorktown!
! Only wait till Aunt Daphne gets you
polished up, and on the sideboard!
You're the one thing the place has
needed"
With the dog for comrade he ira
versed the garden and plunged across
the valley below, humming as he went
The place was painless and over
grown with paw-paw bushes and sassa-
| fras. Great trees stood so thickly
| in places as to make twilight and the
| SUMMER spots were masses of pink
laurel, poison-ivy. flaming purple rho
| dodendron and wine-red tendrils of in
| terbraided briers. This was the for
est land OF whose possibilities he had
| thought In the heart of the woods he
came upon a great limb that had been
wrenched off by storm. The broken
wood was of deep rich brown shading
to black. He broke off his song, snap
| ped twig and smelled it. Its sharp
acrid odor was unmistakable. He sud-
denly remembered the walnut tree at
Rosewood and what Shirley had said:
81 know a girl who had two in her
yard, and she went TO Europe on
them"
| He looked about him; as far as he
could see the trees reared, hardy and
perfect untouched for a generation.
| He selected one of medium size and
| pulling a creeper, measured its cir
conference and gaging this measure
with his eye, made penciled calcula-
| ton on the back of an envelope.
Great Scott" he said jubilantly to
the dog; that would cut enough to
wainscot the Damory Court library
and build twenty sideboardsi"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21
THOUGHT ONLY OF ARTHUR
Telegraph Clerk Amounted to Nothing
When Sweet Innocence Was
Sending a Message.

She sailed into the telegraph office
ana raped on the counter. The clerk
remembered that she had Seen there
about ten minutes before as ne came
forward to meet her. He wondered
what she wanted this time.
~oh." she said. ~let me have tha,
telegram l wrote just now; forgot
something very Important l wanted
% undsrscore perfectly lovely In
acknowledging the recent of that
bracelet VIII II cost 4ng ex-
tra?"
mo. ma'am." said the clerk as he
handed her the message
The young lady drew two heavy
nnes beneath the words and said:
Its awfully good Of you to let me
do that 1t viii please Arthur ever
so much
Don't mention IT," said the clerk.
IF you would Ike II viii put few
Crops OF violet extract on the tele-
gram al the size rates
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21
AN AMBASSADORS SON FARMS
Henry Morganthsu Fluns 1000 Acre
Tract In New York--WiIl
Raise Cattle.

New York.-Believlng that scientific
farming and the raising Of cattle VIII
be one of the most important steps
toward lowering the cost of living.
Henry Morgenthau, son Of the United
States ambassador tc Turkey, is con-
Quoting experiments on a 1000 acre
tract near Fishkill village, says a New
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21
DIES AS SHE WHALES SMOKE
colored Woman Of Wilmington, DEL,
Pitches Forward In Chair, Stran.
eed by Cigarette.

Wilmington, Del.-Sitting in her
home at "a Klund street, smoking a
cigarette and talking to Special Off
GERS Green and Harris, who had
stopped TO get some evidence In a
case from her, Della Rich, colored,
aged SO, took long puff, and, by in-
halIng the smoke, strangled in trying
to exhale II.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21

of two miles high will attain speed
of at least one hundred miles an hour
In the direction of Europe, and that
means going from America to Europe
in single day. Calculation shows
that, taking all these circumstances
into consideration, our best machines
should be able to cross the Atlantic
In Is hours / hardly dare say 1t
aloud for publication. 1t is sufficient
ly startling to know that it Is not only
possible, but probable, that the pas
sage may be made in a single day
But If, as l imagine 1t can be done
in 10 hours, you may take an early
breakfast in Newfoundland and late
dinner in Ireland the same night"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21

and personally picked out the cattle.
These steers, which have gained in
weight considerably, will be marketed
In July.
Mr.. Morgenthau also has gone into
the breeding Of horses. He is special
izing in draught horses. He has be-
come q member CT Wiccopee Grange
so as to become more closely affiliated
with the farmers CT Duchess county.
His farm is on the west side Of the
upper end Of the Fishkill mountains q
the entrance Of that section known a
the Highlands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21

York Herald correspondent. Mr.. Nor
genthau Is already convinced that
thousands of acres Of land now neg
lected in New York state could be con-
verted into grazing lands.
Mr.. Morgenthau took to farming at
about the same time that Vincent
Astor added many acres to his estate
at Rhinebeck. While, like Mr.. Aston
he first turned his attention to the
raising Of crops he saw the possibility
Of cattle raising. and carload OF fine
steers from the West were turned out
to gaze. Mr. Morganthau went West
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21

when the lookout sighted what he be-
lieyed to be an upturned boat about 2
miles to starboard- The ship was
slowed up and lifeboat sent out The
white object suddenly came to life and
a moment later began spouting. The
white whale played and "tangoed"
about the chip for nearly two hours.
The Uranium had passed through q
school Of small whales a few hours
before.
This Is the FIRST white whale re-
ported by a vessel coming into this
hasbor In the past twenty-five years
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21

but slow to comprehend, ccnsider
him worthy OF coaching | give tina,
clerk personal attention for such q
time as he is able to keep pace with
the other sharp edges IN my employ
He's quick to perceive the interests
of the boss. and be naturally tries TO
get my viewpoint"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21
WHITE WHALE DOES TANGO
Rare Monster Of Deep =roIics Near
Liner for Two Hours. In
Mis-t0,ean.

New York--A white whale, called a
~beIuga" among whalers which means
that 1t is rarer than the white ele-
plant OF siam. Was reported TO have
been sighted by the stear lship IRA
mum, of the Uranium line
The Uranium was bound for Halifax
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21

Haven't l any privileges at all? Can't
even faint when feel like it. without
calling out the fre-brigade? You'll
camper me to death and heaven knows
| don't need it
You won't let me telephone for Doc
tor Southall?'
Certainly not!"
And you are sure it was nothing
but the roses ?"
Why, what else should it be?" said
her mother almost peeyishly. Il must
really have the arbors thinned out On
heavy nights it's positively overpower-
ing. Go along now, and We'll talk
about it tomorrow. can ring if
want anything"
In her room Shirley undressed
thoughtfully There was between her
and her mother fine tenuous bond
of sympathy and feeling as rare, per
haps, as it was lovely. She could not
remember when the other had not
been a semi-invalid, and her earliest
childhood recollections were punctu-
ated with the tap of the little cane
Tonight's sudden indisposition had
shocked and disturbed her; to faint
ct a rush of perfume seemed to sug-
gest a growing weakness that was
alarming. Tomorrow, she told herself,
she would send Ranston with a wagon
load of the roses to the hospital at
Charlottesville.
She slipped on pink shell-shaded
dressing-gown of Shiny silk with q
riot of azaleas scattered in the weave.
and then, dragging her chair before
the open window drew aside the light
curtain and began to brush her hair.
All at once her gaze fell upon the
floor, and she shrank backward from a
twisting thread-like thing whose bright
saffron-yellow glowed sharply against
the dark carpet. She saw in an in
slant. however, that 1t was nothing
more dangerous than fragment Of
love-vine from the garden. which had
chung to her skirt. She picked UP
the tiny n ass of tendrils and with a
| slow smile tossed it over her right
shoulder through the window. IF it
| takes root" she said aloud, my sweet
heart loves me-" She leaned from the
sill to peer down into the misty gar
den, but could not follow its fall
Long ago her visitor would have
reached Darnory Court. She had a
vision of him wandering, candle in
hand, through the empty echoing
| rooms. looking at the voiceless por-
traits on the walls, thinking perhaps
of his father, of the fatal duel of which
he had never known. She liked the
way he had spoken of his fatheri
AS she leaned, out of the stiffness
there came to her ear mellow sound.
1t was the bell of the courthouse in
the village She counted the strokes
falling clearly or family as the slug
gish breeze ebbed or swelled. 1t was
/ eleven
She drew back. dropped the curtain
to shut out the wan glimmer, and in
the darkness crept into the soft bed
as II into hiding place.
.
A warm sun and an air mildly mel
low. A faint goId-shadowed mist over
the valley and soft lilac haze blend
ing the rounded outlines of the hills.
| Through the shrubbery at Damory
Court a cardinal darted like a Grim
son shuttle, TO rock impudently from
f1eering LIMB. and here and there
on the bluish-ivory sky. n1otionless as
a pasted wafer. hung hawk; from
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21

"Oh. thank you, SIR You don't
know how much | would appreciate
it I'm going to send all my tele-
grams through this office. You are
so obliging"
And the smile she gave him would
have done any one good With the pos
sible exception OF Arthur.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21
FRESH BEEF KEPT 18 YEARS
Oldest Joint of Meat In World on View
at LeadenhaI Market In
London.

London,-In Leadenhall Market the
oldest joint of meat in the world was
on view recently. II is eighteen years
since it ceased to be bullock am be-
| came beef, and its preservation is re-
garded by experts as a record In cold
storage.
A hindquarter OF frozen beef was
shipped from Brisbane In February.
1896, and sold TO Willis & Co, Ltd.
military contractors, OF Malta. The
latter, as an experiment, kept 1t in
cold storage till a few months ago,
when it was brought to London. For
eighteen years it has been in tenn
perature of 10 or 15 degrees Fahren'
heit
Before the joint left Malta portion
was cooked and eaten--without disas-
trous effects. Now, as French scien-
fist has declared that meat more than
year old is full of poison, 1t is to be
carefully analysed.
The average age of frozen meat sold
In London is two or three months, and
the oldest frozen meat hitherto known
to the trade is said TO be two years. Ie
was suggested in the trade that IL
meat can be kept eighteen years or
longer ii might be possible to keep
huge stores In this country as a food
supply in time of war.
But the idea seems to have wider
and yet more interesting possibilities.
II meat can be stored indefinitely. 1t
may be possible to preserve the prod
ucts of exceptionally good years for
the use of connoisseurs. Vintage
years" will have their meaning In the
meat trade as they nave in the wine
trade. You will call for meat OF q
particular year. as the wine lover now
calls for his 1904 champagne, and the
wealthy man, desiring to give his
friends treat, will beg them to try
"thfa nrtcaIaaa old beef"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21

Champaign. Ill.-"Who's BernstornT
asked Michael Murphy, the merchant
policeman, who shot at an automobile
occupied by Count Won Bernst3rns
German ambassador, when csit< be-
fore Mayor Dobbins 10 explain HIS act
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21

Chicago. d. Kaiser. witness,
told such a droll story regarding a
new business trick Ia Judge Landis'
court that the Judge was compelled to
adjourn for several minutes to let the
bench, bar, Jurors and spectators have
their laugh out.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21

Died Old; Never "cussed" or Smoked
sedalla, Mo.-William b. Hindman
aged eighty-two, who died here. nevea
@cussed," tasted Intoxicating liquor
chewed or smoked tobacco. and was
never sick until three days before bis
death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21
NOT There nor ExperIment.

Edith and Flora were passing their
summer vacation in the country.
DO you know" said Edith, that
young farmer tried to kiss me. He told
me that he had never kissed any girl
before"
What did you tell hiIn?" asked
Flora
Why" replied Edith, 'T told him
was no agricultural experiment sta
tion-"-Harper's Bazaar
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21

Chicago.-iFour Chinese who had
been smuggl>d into the United States
from Canada were found in a sealed
freight car here, weak from lack Of
food and water.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21

OF the most valuable opals in Eng
land The office of deputy. which dates
back to the year l442, carries with it
various privileges which are jealousy
guarded.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-07-21

was in search of. Yes, thank you. a
small whisky as before. "-London Tit
Bits.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-11

Oren Root was graduated from Hamilton
College in 1888 with honors. He was a
professor of mathematics for thirty-two
years at the institution where he was
educated. He had a custom before his
classes Of calling the United States my
country"
The son, Elihu, is said to be like his
father, mentally. morally, and temper
mentally. IL not physically. Oren Root
was a large man. Elihu Root Will never
be of full habit. Spare Is the word that
describes his body and trim is the word
that describes his appearance. Oren
Root and his wife, Nancy Buttrick koot,
also of Revolutionary blood, are buried In
the college cemetery at Hamilton. Tne
tomb OF Schenandoa. the great chief or
the Oneidas, is in the same graveyard.
There, too. doubtless. Eiinu Root Will oe
given sepulture.
Clinton even now a village of only
LOO Inhabitants. was the birthplace of
Elihu Root There he lived in a house
on the campus until he was nineteen
years old, at which age he was grad
uated from college. II he took any part
In athletics no one has even mentioned
the fact. Croquet seems to have been
the outdoor exercise Of the students at
Hamilton in those days At all events.
Elihu Root sometimes played the game,
going about it, as he does all matters
Of life. with carefulness, deliberation and
precision. He struck the ball to win,
men now say who contended with him
on the college green
Life to him has been mathematical
problem. Nothing Is hit or miss. Every
thing is thought out Thus Oren Roots
The Washington herald., 1914-01-11

shall take it as a great favor so the
message read. II you will call ON ma
some time next week
"on reaching Washington and Roinr Ia
the White House. met the President .nd
Secretary Long. Of the Navy. Presenfiv
Elfhu Root, Secretary OF War, came into
the room.
"T want to send you to the PhiIip-
pines. the President said. after our
greetings were over.
But I replied. I have thought frorn
the first that we do not need the PbiI,n-
pines; that we can get along very we'll
without them.
so have T. Mr.. Mckinley answered.
but now that we have the Philippines
we must take care of them I ask vo,,
to be a member OF the Philippine Com
mission and to aid In establishing civil
government In the islands as the army
moves on
Il thought Of my place as a judge
MI Taft told me, "and was reluctant
to give 1t up. Then Secretary Root took
part In the conversation. You have
reached the turning OF the ways In your
life.' he said You can travel the easy
road. remain on the bench and be com
Portable. or you can do your country a
service. For the first time in our his
tory an opportunity opens and IL Is
given to you The way will be rough.
you VIII have to make personal sacrifices,
take risks and work hard
returned home" Mr. Taft continued
and debated the matter for two weeks.
went to the Philippines And no two
men ever gave another better support
than Mr.. Mckinley and Secretary Root
gave me- When there was a difference
OF opinion. I argued the case out with
secretary Root by cable"
And Mr.. Taft took with him .tbe
memorable instructions" as Gen. Ed
wards terms them. which Secretary Root
had dictated offhand while pacing his
once IN the War Department and which.
In themselves, Edwards thinks, are laws
sumcient for any country or any people.
No anecdotes are told of Eiihu Root
He is grave man and his face Is al
most SAD Newspaper writers say that
ne never smiles. Perhaps not to them.
out to others he smiles frequently. Let
US take no action unless we are in earn
est he once advised a group of busi-
ness and professional friends, "and are
prepared to follow IT to the end
Following II to the end, first being in
earnest. may explain the influence and
eminence of this tranquil man in Europe
and America
Copyright. 1914. By James B. Morro-J
The Washington herald., 1914-01-11

character OF mind was handed over to
his heir. Elihu Root aspired to be the
valedictorian Of his class, though he was
the youngest man. There was a race
through the whole course between him
and Henry Martyr Simmons, four years
his senior and for twenty-four years
and until his death a minister in Mime
apolis- The son of the professor of
mathematics gained the honor.
Judges in> New York have said that
Elihu Root I'm his cases was the best
prepared man ever coming before them
for trial or argument. All conspicuous
officeholders save William II. Taft. when
President, and he was honest enough
TO tell the truth about 1t, are pictured
by their secretaries and associates as
genuine bees and ants Of patient and per-
sistent industry. But Eiihu Root is
actually diligent
At college he wrote numerous essays.
His double object was to gain a prize
and to develop the power to express
himself In composition and oratory. The
prize came in his senior year after many
failures His subject was THE Jew in
Dickens, Scott and Shakespeare" An
other oration on THE Disadvantages of
Being Rich" also brought him the conn
pliments of the faculty. He did not know
then that he would earn 10000 n year
presently practicing law I'm New York
Naturally. Elihu Root has not the tai
ent for readiness of speech. Yet he is
the orator chosen for great occasions
political, historical, ceremonial He is
logical instead of rhetorical. cultural
rather than imaginative. On such foun-
dations as he possesses. he has built a
The Washington herald., 1914-01-11
Luck.
Luck.
From the Philadelphia Ledser.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
George Ade. at a dinner. said of luck:
Nobody is so dependent on luck as the
playwright. When he prospers he con-
siders luck kindly goddess: but when
his work fails. then luck seems to him
spirit perversely cruel and mean.
He regards luck then as Tom Jack
sons wife. of Lafayette. does.
Tom said one morning at breakfast:
Hang 1t all, While I was wedding
dropped my Imperial Order of Boosters
pin on the lawn, and I've been looking
for IL now over half an hour. It's gone
for good, / suppose
That night when jackson sat down to
dinner there was his pin beside his plate
Bully for you.' said he. Where did
you find 1t. Martha?'"
II let Tommy go barefooted this aft
ernoon,' said Mrs. Jackson quietly"
The Washington herald., 1914-01-11
TRANSFER EMBROIDERY PATTERNS SUPPLIED BY MAIL
FOR 10 CENTS EACH. -

the benefit
ges have supply the
which re
no oionwhe vii result
supplied either
n colord material In ordering j
Always
Embroidery Department Of this
The Washington herald., 1914-01-11
A HANDKERCHIEF CASE
BY MAY MANTON

796 is a for enboiderng handkerchief
embroidery be
lined and the round dots in .oHd work eys When making solid embroidery
then closely with and stitches worked the from
padding outline stitches
the and upward To make the es enoce by running
SUGGESTIONS FOR TRANSFERRING THESE PATTERNS
THE particularly successful
handkerchief hnen the
material together and hold them
fabric
table
transferred
CLOTH pencil clean line
The Washington herald., 1914-01-11
Taft's stor, of Roots Appeal

81 was debating a decision at the old
Federal building in Cincinnati" he said
to me. when a telegram was put into
my hands from President Mckinley. I
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-03-19
Eggs for Sale.

IXXS IOt 0o1Se
I have q few settings of Rhode
Island Reds for sale at 81. so per
setting. Mrs. JOHN PALFREY.
(Adv.)2t
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-03-19
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