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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-08-25

GERMAN ADVANCE CAUSES RE
MOvAL OF CAPITAL TO
ANTWERP.
KAISER LEAVES FOR FRONT
Departure of Emperor for War Zone
Evokes Enthusiasm in Berlin
Armies Being Marshaled for
Great Battle.

London, Aug. 18.-A dispatch from
Brussels states that the German cav
airy has advanced within thirteen
miles of that city, that measures for
the defense of Brussels are being
FASTENED, and that the seat of govern.
ment has been removed to Antwerp.
1t is expected that the legations will
follow the government to Antwerp,
but the French minister will remain in
Brussels, sending the counselor to
Antwerp to keep in touch with the
Belgian government.
Brussels, practically an unfortified
city. resounds to the noise of picks
and shoyels as $4,000 soldiers and
civilians alike are working to strength
en- the defenses. The government is
preparing for long siege, and every
thing possible is being done to enable
the city to hold out for months against
German artillery attack.
Depends Upon Allies.
The government hopes to hold the
capital at Antwerp by the combined
strength of the allied armies behind
the Notifications. The removal Of the
capital to that city indicates that the
Belgian war office realizes the German
troops have made great gains through
the country to the south and east of
the capital, and goes on the theory
that the German advance is as method
zeal as machine.
The French casualties in the fight
ing between Namur and Dinant were
heavy as the Germans were strongly
entrenched and their artillery at the
outset played great havoc with the
French. The French wing had been
badly cut up and nearly routed when
suddenly the strains of the Marsellaise
sounded in the French lines and the
men rallied and reformed. With
splendid gallantry they charged, hurl-
ing themselves on the German troops,
breaking through their lines and put
ting them to fight.
Make Daring Dash.
A daring dash OF German cavalry
to Wavre, thirteen miles from Brus-
sells Sunday. is announced by the Bel
gian war Office The Germans we're
checked after skirmish of no great
Importance and withdrew.
French Win Naval Battle.
London, Aug. DISCRIMINATION of
the naval fight in the Airiatic sea
Is given In dispatch from Cettinje,
to the Corriare d'Italia on Monday,
which says that the Austrian battle
ship Zrinyi, and three other ships
whose names could not be ascertained
were sunk by the French fleet.
The official war bureau, in state
ment issued Monday afternoon, con-
firms the fact that the French fleet
has been in action in the Adriatic.
The bureau says: "The French fleet
has swept the Adriatic as far north as
the gulf of Cattaro, the best larbor
in the Adriatic which the French feet
now dominates. The feet aas sunk
a small Austrian cruiser of the Aspern
type"
Greece Sends UItimstum.
Athens. Aug. 1S.-The Greek gov
eminent late on Monday served a
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-08-25
rangements have been made to rim

they saw an English torpedo fotilla
capture a German freighter and a
German passenger ship.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-08-25
Make Daring Dash.

A daring dash Of German cavalry
to Wavre, thirteen miles from Brus-
sells Sunday. is announced by the Bel
gian war Office. The Germans we're
checked after skirmish of no great
Importance and withdrew.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
r. FASHION AND MISERY.
A PitifuI Tragedy That Revealed m
Inconaruous Combination.

A Pitful Tragedy That Revealed m
Incongruous Combination.
One of the standing subjects Of hu-
morous remarks among New York
theatergoers is the weekly article on
mems fashions. published over the nom
de plume of Beau Brummel, in the
programs of the theaters of the better
class
Some people think Beau Brummel is
woman, while others believe him to
be merely haberdasher with drug
habit However that may be, it is a
reasonable supposition that no one
wears any of the clothes that Beau
Brummel writes about. 1t couldn't be
done. If any man ever arrayed him
self in one weeks output Of the Beau
Brummel fashions and started down
Broadway he'd land in Jail or the psy-
copathic ward at Bellevue.
The case of Beau Brummel is merely
funny. But here is grim and pitiful
little tragedy which is in way related
to it. In small tenement, at the
eastern and poverty stricken end Of
Fifty-sixth street, the police found
John Conwell and his old m,kher, dead
from gas. The man was past middle
age and unmarried. They lived alone.
and he idolized the woman-a poor, old
drunkard. The neighbors said he used
to cry hysterically when she would
stagger home, stuptied with drink. At
last he turned on the gas while she
slept and died with her.
He wore cotton overalls at the time
of his death, and the few articles of
his wearing apparel found in the apart
ment were worn and ragged. Yet the
letters and papers which the police
took possession of proved that he earn
ed livelihood for himself and his
mother by writing articles on the lat
est fashions in mems dress.-New York
Letter In Cincinnati Times-Star.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
LAYING Bridge Floors.

The most interesting and dangerous
looking stage in the construction Of n
suspension bridge is the building of
the floor. says Popular Mechanics
Magazine. In this work the builders
have nothing to rest their work on
and must build out each way from
the towers. securing the floor piece by
piece to the heavy steel bars suspend
ed from the main cables far above.
The work is done with derricks that
are equipped with booms long enough
to reach out ahead Of the finished
structure and hold the girders sus-
pended while they are being riveted In
place. AS each section of the floor Is
completed the derricks are moved
ahead and the construction of the
next section Is begun.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
Pretty Useful Shoes,

1t would be difficult to realize what
the Frieslander would do without his
klompen or wooden shoes, for they
have a hundred uses. With them he
balls out his boat, corrects his chill.
dren and scoops up a drink of water
wherever he may be. He places in
them his worms for fishing, uses them
as missiles in a free fight, measures
dry goods with them and a hundred
other things. The klompen are cheap.
They cost about fifteen pence pair,
mans size, and Dutchmen's feet are
not Cinderella-like by any neans.-
Wide World Magazine.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
FLYWHEELS IN WARFARE.
As Projectiles They Would Now Down
Everything In Their Way.

A big fywheel spinning rapidly in
wolves much greater danger than that
of merely exploding. The explosion of
a fywheel is due TO centrifugal force
and causes pieces of the wheel to fly
off at tangent in the plane of the
wheel, but in practically every direc-
ton in this plane. But consider for a
moment what would happen if fly
wheel were to become loose from its
bearings and stay whole.
The great velocity of rotation would
be changed to velocity of translation.
and the wheel would travel with light
ming swiftness along the floor in the
direction of rotation. 1t would act like
a locomotive wheel going at tremen-
dous speed. OF course. if it were to
drop in puddle of oil it would not go
far, but simply slip like an engine
wheel on an oiled track. But with no
oil to check its course the results would
be awful to contemplate.
Suppose that the wheel was forty
feet in circumference and was rotating
at 800 revolutions minute. A point
on the wheel would then be travelling
12,0tm feet minute, or about 800 miles
an hour. This is as fast as cannon
D, ball and, of course the wheel would
act in a similar manner to a cannon
ball-it would be mighty projectile
that would go through almost any
thing. 1t is this danger which keeps
the size and speed of tiywheels down
in practice, especially aboard ship.
1t is possible that projectiles will yet
be made on this principle for certain
purposes. Think what an army could
do at short range if it was equipped
with hundreds of big flywhees that
could be released They would travel
along the ground at great speed and
would simply NOW down everything in
their way. The only drawback to the
use of tlywheels in this way is the re-
sistance of the ground, and that would
not hold for distance as short as half
a mile.
While an ordinary prOjectile hits in
one spot only, the flywheel would cover
an area as wide as the wheel and as
long as the path over which it Travelled.
Therefore it is hardly possible that any
wheel would become spent without do
ing great damage. 1t could be pretty
accurately aimed and, on account of its
gyroscopic effect, would travel in prac-
tically a straight line. Its gyroscopic
effect would not, however, keep it from
going up or down a hill, but would pre-
vent it from deviating from its path
otherwise
Defense against such a projectile
would be hard to get.-New York Amer
ican.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
The GallerX,s Verdict.

In the old days the proprietor of q
music hall always used to walk up
and down the center gangway during
the performances and restrain the ex-
uberance of his patrons. One night a
lady singer began a doleful ballad in
still more doleful voice, and at once
received 1.-The bird" from the gallery.
"That'll do boys" said the proprietor.
order, please! Give the artistic q
chance" But when the performance
was finished he took off his hat, bowed
to the gallery and remarked, 81 beg
pardon, you were quite right"-Lon-
don Express.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
He Was the Whole Cabinet.

The record concentration of office
into single hand was achieved by the
Duke Of Wellington In 1884, when VIII
liam Nv. suddenly parted with his Wing
ministers. Sir Robert Peel. who was
to form the new ministry, was in
Rome, and it took between three and
four weeks for the kings messenger
to reach him and for him to return.
travelling almost continuously night and
day. In the meantime Wellington
was practically the entire government.
He really held the offices only Of
first lord of the treasury and home
secretary. but any one of the secreta-
ries of state can perform the duties
of any other or all of them, and this
Wellington actually did Westminster
Gazette.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
SURPRISED THE CAPTIVE.
An Incident That Aroused Varied Emoa
tions All Around.

An Incident That Aroused Varied Emo-
tions All Around.
In his ''Reminiscences" General Basil
W. Duke Of the Confederate army tells
of an incident he witnessed just after
the close of the war:
"One morning about 8 o'clock was
sitting on the platform Of station
waiting for my train when my atten-
ton was attracted to squad of Fed
eraI soldiers who had evidently been
on guard during the night, but were
now getting their breakfast. They
were well supplied with rations and
seemed in high spirits.
Just then | caught sight of lank.
hungry looking fellow whc was unHiis-
takably an ex-Confederate. He wore
ragged. faded gray Jacket. with the
buttons cut off, pair of most dilap-
idated blue trousers and an old canvas
haversack. as empty as extra -sidereal
space, hung around his neck. Ii he
had eaten Il square meal within six
months appearances were deceitful.
He was partially hidden behind cot
ton bale. whence he watched the Yam
kee spread with eyes that threatened
to protrude across the intervening dis
tance.
about the time | saw him the
'Yanks' also caught sight of him. They
held short consultations; then one OF
them sprang Up, started toward him
and shouted out:
".HeIlo, reb! Come this way; we
want you!
For some reason-perhaps because
was sick and peevish-I conceived
the idea that they wanted to arrest
him. and my blood boiled with indig-
nation at so totally an unprovoked act
of oppression.
1.-The Johnnie evidently entertained
the same opinion, for he began rather
rapid retreat A fresh summons. how
ever, REINFORCED by volley of threats.
induced him to turn and approach the
party, with an attempted dignity Of
demeanor that was ludicrous compared
with his hasty retrograde movement.
when he reached the spot where
the grub was the Yanks seized him,
made him sit down and began to ex-
ert themselves to appease his manifest
hunger. | have known some extraordi-
nary feeders, but ! honestly believe l
have never seen any other two men
eat as much as that fellow did. He
kept at 1t steadily for not less than an
hour, while the Yanks aided and en-
cOuraged him to the utmost. He drank
six tin cupfuls of coffee. He sweiled
visibly, and | wondered how his frail
garments stood the tension.
when at length he finished his cap
tors crammed his weatherbeaten old
haversack full Of hard tack and bacon
and sent him on his way rejoicing.
ut is scarcely necessary to say that
my own feelings in regard to the in
cident had very materially changed
during its progress"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
Wanted to Be Safe.

Tom Jackson had participated in a
narrow escape from death, due to an
accident which happened while he was
crossing to Liverpool. 1t was, there
fore, with much fear and hesitancy
that he decided to return home.
Approaching the porter hurriedly at
the last minute, he was told that he
was too late for a stateroom. THE last
one was just TAKEN" announced that
worthy.
"StateroomT queried the frightened
passenger. "Who wants a stateroom?
Give me a reserved seat in lifeboat."
Buffalo Express.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
The Ambiguous Phonetic.

Phonetic spelling has many recon-
mendations, but if you spell by speech
and ear you may print ambiguously.
For instance, Mr., Escott, In his "Club
Makers and Club Members" gives the
history Of Whites club It'll II reached
its present proprietor and analyst"
Now 'annalist" and analyst" are pro-
nounced alike. but printing would lose
In clearness II they were spelled alike.
London Standard.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
FLoGGED OUT OF THE ARMY.
Melancholy Fate OF "The Whistler at
the PIow."


the PIow."
Among the many pen names OF the
past "The Whistler at the PlOw" was
the happiest. 1t was chosen by Alex
ander Somervile. long since dead. who
wrote the sweetest prose ever penned
about the fields and woods and ham,
lets and the beasts. birds. reptiles and
people of Canada.
glimpsed him once-a stupendous
Scot, with long white hair hanging over
his shoulders and an expression of su-
preme sadness on the noble face. But
be had the clear blue eye Of the Scot
an eye that had an amber CLINT in 1t
when he was reused.
He was an ex-soldier. but he did not
serve out his term of enlistment in the
army; neither did he get an honorable
discharge.
Alexander Somerville was a private
In one of the crack cavalry regiments
of Great Britain and Ireland-l think
1t was the famous Scots Greys, but |
am not sure. He must have been
magnificent looking soldier
At the time of the great Chartist
movement in England he was stationed
with his regiment somewhere In the
Midlands. The Chartists were looked
upon as an incipient French revolution.
Their meetings were forbidden, coer-
Give measures were undertaken. and
things began to look bad. The Chartists
honest, can't tell you what Chart
ist was. but he was, | fancy. an ultra
Liberal or Radical Of those days-de-
cided to hold a procession. The au-
thorities decided to prevent it. and
bloody clash was billed for the next
Sunday.
The Scots Greys were ordered to
rough whet their sabers in preparation
to resist the mob. A saber so treated
breaks bones and tears and bruises the
flesh, but 1t doesn't sink deep. 1t was
terrible order, and Alexander Somer-
Vile, the future whistler at the Plow."
refused to obey. He could not draw
his sword on his fellow countrymen
who were demanding liberty.
A corporal's guard seized Private
Alexander Somerville. He was tried
for insubordination by a court martial
and was sentenced to be flogged and
then dismissed from the army. He
suffered fearful fogging. with the
whole garrison and as many of the
citizens as could see looking on-suf-
fered without cry or a groan-and |
when the cruel, brutal business-a busi-
ness that would have made Sitting |
Bull or Red Cloud miseraby ashamed
was over he came out to this free
land, lone. broken and melancholy
man, to sing of freedom among the
free hills.
Does any one know where Is his
grave?-Toronto News.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
Life.

In certain of its essential respects, q
madhouse; in others, a pageant; in still
others, a commonplace succession OF
humdrum incidents. at times you are
quite sure it is all a gray monotony
again it begins to arise and spread It
self like an Arabian night And the
unexpected breaks loose-a series OF
strange encounters, flashes of vivid
color, bright eager personalities jos
Ting and strutting in excess of vitality
-Harper's Weekly.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
Stone Ace Love Letters.

what do you suppose a rejected
sutor did in the stone age when a
young woman sent back all his love
lettersT
IF he was a sensible sort of fellow
he probably built house with them
and put another woman in it"-Bal.
tlmore Sun.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
A Painful Process.

Little Prescott had been leaning out
of an upstairs window.
"Come away from the window. son"
bis father said sternly. You might
fall out and get a hump on your back
like the camels you saw yesterday"
The little boy was silent for a few
minutes. Then he asked, "Father, do
all the little camels have to fall out
the window to get their humpsr-
New York Post
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
OLD FORT MARION.
Americas Only Medieval Castle q
Landmark In st. Augustine.


Landmark In St. Augustine.
For more than 200 years st. Angus.
tine was the Spanish capital of Flor
ida, and the Florida of those days ex-
tended from the Chesapeake bay to the
Pacific ocean. 1t was an impregnable
stronghold all OF those years.
Old Fort Marion, begun in 1892 and
finished in 175G. is the only medieval
castle In America. 1t cost an enormous
sum of money. Repeated heavy drafts
Of the builders caused the king Of
Spain to inquire If they were building
Fort Marion Of gold dollars. The castle
stands today in perfect condition,
guarded by the United States govern
ment. The keeper conducts visitors
through the castle, down into the dun
where victims of Spanish oppression
were chained to die. Report, fairly well
authenticated. has it that when the
castle fell into the hands of the British
two skeletons were found in one of
these dungeons chained to the wall.
One was of man. the other a woman.
There is something uncanny about
these dungeons that cannot be describ-
ed by word of mouth.
While there has been great improve
ment in old St Augustine, the ancient
landmarks have been preserved. The
old city gate is intact; the Spanish
monuments hundreds of years old at
tract the lover of antiquities. Narrow
streets characterized all Spanish towns
of medieval times. There are streets
in St. Augustine not more than ten or
a dozen feet wide, each side lined with
the same type Of buildings that were
the custom three or four centuries ago
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
Hats and the Sexes.

A woman can take a dime to the
liver counter of the butchers shop and
strike a better bargain than a man
could make; but a man can wear a
two dollar hat till it turns green, while
a woman can wear a twenty-five dollar
one only till her friends know 1t by
sight.-LouisviIle Courier-JournaL
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
Oldest Woman Votes.

Mrs. De Lashmett, probably the old
est woman in Dallas, went to the polls
on Tuesday and cast her ballot for
all the proposed amendments to the
city charter. Mrs. De Lashmett IS
eighty-five years Of age.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12
Riqht In His Line.

Judge Ito man arrested for drunken.
ness)-What is your business? Pris-
oner-PrOofreader, your honor. Judge
-Ah, I'll send you to the house of
correctionl-Boston Transcript.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12

81 don't know what would happen II
I died suddenly"
well, I've got my black silk dress. {"
Manchester Union.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12

"He who hesitates is lost" quoted
the wise guy. eyes, when he ism t
found out" added the simple mug.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12

A man without ambition Is like a
broken bank-all building and no as
eets.-Caxton-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12

A good rule, if your credit is good,
is to keep it that way.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-12

SHOW GROUNDS AT THE CORNER LYLE AND WASHINGTON
STREETS
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-05-14
DWELLINGS FOR SALE

HOUSE and two lots, 100xl50 IL rooms and
bath; all modern improvements; hard wood
floors; will sell lot separately. Address
WALNUT Box 80, Star Office.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-05-14

sCHERER Az ls5-Tuo-family house.
1--WE rooms all improvements, rent s22
eight rooms OF second floor. rent s27 In
quire GEO. VIRTUE, 500 Broad s..
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-05-14
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE


ATTENTION-Business moving away COM
pels my sacrifice, beautiful sunny bunga-
low, newly built to order. rooms all mod
ern Improvements; price 1900; easy terms.
OWNER, Box l. Lyndhurst, N. j.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-05-14
SEVENTEENTH Az, IS

Four-r6Om rat. Improvements all Light
rooms: 81. inquire 81 Heuterdon St, around
the corner
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-05-14

HOUSE, rooms and bath; large living
room; open fire place; lot 50x150; near sta
tion; 1850. Address j. b., Box Ga, West
wood, n. J.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-05-14

AT Wanamassa, n. j.. along the beautiful
Deal Lake, two thoroughly modern bunga-
lows, stucco finish; one II rooms, all i'm
provements, and one rooms terms to suit.
O. FRED BEEGLB. 406h Main st., Asbury
Park, N. j.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-05-14

BARGAIN-Seven-room house, with bath,
large plot ground. garden all planted fruit
trees, grapevines; cash; commencing Satur-
day will go at a sacrifice II sold now. Ad
dress MIR. JOHN DAWSON, West Pallsade
Rv., Englewood. N. ].
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-05-14

UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY-owne leaving
for West will sacrifice S6500 house for
$500 to quick buyer; s rooms, all improve
ments; electric light, steam heat; highly re-
strieted neighborhood. Inquire 436 Mountain
aV.. Westfeld. N. j.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-05-14

FRAME, detached, eight-room. bath. steam,
electricity, gas, laundry, tubs, fireplace:
$1,000. Call, inspect. BREHM, 80 Bnrchard
Rv.. East Orange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-05-14
ROSELIE PARK.


BIG BARGAIN-Two new six-room houses;
steam, electricity, gas; hardwood trim; lot
40x150; five minutes to station; price 4.200;
terms. NATIONAL REALTY CO., Rosele
Park.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-05-14

BEAUTIFUL S-room house; all Improvements;
steam heat. electric light; located best sec
tion Hasbrouck Heights, N J.. on corner plot,
io0x125; newly decorated; price $1,000; terms
10 suit. Address owner, w. u. DUNCANSON,
l182 broadway. New York.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-05-14
WEST SUMAIIT

FOR SALE. $1,000 equity in large 2-family
house lat a sacrificed. opposite North Jersey
Golf Links. Rosemont, N. j. Address MISS
NJ. SNYDER, Box 32. Hackensaek, N ].
BEAUTIFUL building lot, 50x100; SPRING
field av., In West Summit OWENS, South
Orange av. at 21st ST.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-05-14

HOUSE TO rent for season, June Z, Septem-
Der q rooms and bath; spacious verandas;
private beach; woodland walks adjacent; ex-
eellent boating, fishing and bathing; near
New York city 500 per month. Apply K.
L.. Box a, Star office.