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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-08-29
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
WAUSAU PILOT THlRTY-THREE YEARS AGO

was squeezed numerically just below
the hips, the cars were separated and
he was picked up ii nearly an insen-
sible condition and carried home, since
which time he has hardly been able
to get about. Had he been a short
man the probabilities are that he
would not be living man today. It
was narrow escape.
With the mercury 10 degrees below
zero, keen north wind blowing, and
streets and sidewalks piled up with
snow, a goodly number of our citizens
found their way down to Music hall
on Saturday evening, where bright
lights, brisk fires and gay audience
smiled defiance at the ugly blasts of
old Boreas out-of-doors. Rarely is a
more attractive or more varied pro-
gramme given than that presented
by the Camilla Urso Company, happily
combining fun and pathos, melody and
sentiment.
The contract for getting up the
plans and specifications and for the
supervising of the construction of the
Opera house, was let to j. M. Wood of
Chicago, on the 9th inst. He is the
atrical architect of note, having built
some of the handsomest houses in the
west
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-08-29
HAD UNLUCKY WEEK

Last week was an unlucky week for
the family of VIM. Volhard of the town
of Marathon. On Tuesday Aug. 8, Mr..
and Mrs. Volhard's eleven year old
daughter fell into rusty nail and suf-
fered serious injury thereby in one
of her knees. Fearing that the injury
might cause tetanus, the attending
physician injected anti-tetanus serum
and she is now nicely recovering. On
Thursday, Aug. IL, their six year old
son fell from a rafter in the barn to
the threshing floor and fractured his
right leg, the fracture being a green
stick fracture of the tibia. The at
tending physician placed the broken
leg in a cast of plaster paris and the
fracture is now healing nicely.-Mar-
athon Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-08-29
CROPS ARE GOOD

The harvest is now completed. A
great many fields were very hard to
cut on account of the grain being bad
ly lodged by the recent storms. But
the yield is fair, in general much bet
ter than had been expected after the
excessive heat of the past month.
Louis Knoeck, who owns the farm di-
rectly southwest of the village limits,
thrashed Tuesday and Wednesday, and
his crops of barley and oats yielded
him over four thousand bushels, 1900
bushels of barley and 27O0 bushels of
oats. With barley at price of over a
dollar bushel and oats also at high
price, Mr.. Knocks crop certainly is
worth big sum of money.-Marathon
Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-08-29
LABOR DAY CELEBRATION
Preparations Being Made for General
Good Time at the Shooting Park.

Sept. 4, by official proclamation of
Gov. E. L. Philip, has been desig-
mated Labor day. The governor re-
commends that in recognition of the
day, all work be suspended, so far as
possible, and that all citizens join
with those who celebrate in order
that the significance of the day may
be appreciated. The proclamation,
in part, follows:
"The people of the United States,
more than any other country in the
world, ave come to recognize the
consideration due to labor. In this
country, as in no other, the man or
woman who tolls is respected above
all others. Whether he or she may
be one of those master minds which
plan and direct the work of this ma
ton, or one of those who carry out
those plans, the worker has the re-
spect and good will of all thinking
people. In this country the worker,
no matter how humble may be his
origin, may rise to the highest place
in the land. By his industry he is
known rather than by his caste o.
class, and for this reason this nation
has prospered and grown great"
In accordance with the above
the annual Labor day picnic will
be held at the Wausau shooting
park on September 4th, which will be
under the auspices of the Wausau Cen
trail Labor union A program has
been laid out which will include a
band concert at the court house square
at $50 O'Clock. A grand parade
through the principal streets, will be
made and thence to the shooting park.
There will be two bands in the parade.
There will be speeches made at the
grounds and the afternoon will be
given up to games. Refreshments
will be served on the grounds. In the
evening there will be dance given
by the union at Elks' hall.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-08-29
COMPLIES BOOK FOR FRESHMEN


How to make bargains with land
ladies and how to find work, are some
of the hints contained in new kind
of book of advice to freshmen which
is being prepared by the dean of men
at the University of Wisconsin. 1t
tells the green freshmen of some OF
the pitfalls he will find when he comes
to Madison and how to avoid them.
Much of the advice concerns living
conditions. The dean tells the fresh
men how to find rooming and board
ing houses and what kinds of bar
gains to make. Space will be devoted
to the problem of earning ones way
at the university. A short chapter
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-08-29
LIVER TROUBLE

am bothered with liver trouble
aiTic7 year." writes Joe Ding
2 Webster City, Iowa. 81 have
sin ny side and back and an aw-
soreness in my stomach. l heard
yamberlain's Tablets and tried
a. By the time l had used half
4'le Of them l was feeling fine and
Z 10 signs of pain" Obtainable
lyTheTe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-08-29

will discuss the social side of fresh
mans life.
Most of the information is of the
kind that the freshman learns by bit
ter experience during the first month
at college and, for this reason, Dean
S. H. Goodnight plans to mail a copy
of the book to every prospective fresh
man. before he starts for Madison, so
that he may have time to read it be-
fore the rush and excitement of the
school year begins.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-08-29
BLACKBERRIES

The woods are full of blackberry
pickers; this is not the case just in
Marathon county, but throughout all
northern Wisconsin, where the berries
are in great plenty. Baskets of berries
are to be found in every store. While
the dry weather has dried them up
somewhat in this vicinity, there are
places where they are large and lus-
cious.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-08-29
Marathon County
ANNUAL CONVENTION
r,s0dn Federation Of Catholic
l,,oelstions to Meet in WauSau.

1. annual convention of the Wis
,l Federation of Catholic AssOcia-
4; viii be held in this city at st.
-s Hall on Sunday and Monday,
ID % and 4th. It is expected that
delegates will be present. 1t is
-nei to give the visitors an auto
Bile ride about the city.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-08-29
SOLD OUT

Burr E. Jones has sold out his ice,
coal and wood business in Grand
Rapids, to Percy DAILY. Mr.. Jones
purchased the business in 1915. He
and his family, after closing out his
affairs at Grand Rapids, will go to
Milwaukee, where he will enter bust
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-08-29
EETlyC OF RURAL CARRIERS

hs Rural Mail Carriers of Mara
,l and Lincoln counties will meet in
y city on Monday, September 4th.
1f meetings will be held in the
h ball. The principal discussions
En be upon the question of good
IL
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-08-29
PAID ADVERTISEMENT

,.ea ~. authorized and to he paid for by F
Lbs Amount SI2O.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-08-29
HENRY B. HUNTINGTON
LAW AND REAL ESTATE
Scott ST., Opp. Court House. Wausau. Wis.
Over $500 Acres

of fine Farming and Hardwood Marathon lincoln
and Taylor Counties Wis.
Fine Residence Property Business Property Building Lots
and Acre Property for sale in the city.
MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-07-20

drcary. IN the afternoon Mrs. j. Y.
was bes;eged to surrender the house
and finally did Alan had gone to his
room and closed the door. The captain
was plunged In invulnerable slumber.
Somebody raped at Alan's door and
he called. Gene in" The door opened
aud revealed Nance, junior. Behind
her was glggling. whispering throng.
The spirit OF fun danced In Nance's
eyes. Her cheeks were flushed and
her golden head was In disarray. "Oh,
Cousin Alan" she cried, "grandma's
given us leave for hide and seek and
we're all going to play except mother
and grandma and the captain. Plea Sc
come. too, Cousin Alan"
From behind her came q modified
echo. "Pleath do. Couthin Alan" Alan
smiled and laid down his book. "All
right" he laughed.
Maple House was a rambling abode
| that had grown and spread like the
giant naples that sheltered 1t. In what
| age the captain had demanded a wing
| or some bygone Nance nursery fol
her children was chronicled In the an
| nails of the house itself, to be revealed
| only to the searching. architecture
eye. The key to the rambling struc
| ture lay In the thick-walled dining
room, the parlor. one bedroom and tn,
kitchen.
From the nucleus OF these foul
rooms Maple House had grown. I'm
posed and superimposed, until II over
flowed the arbitrary bourne of kitch
ems and front doors and like some
mounded vine rippled Off on all sides
In vast living room, sunny nurseries
and broken fringe Of broad verandas
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-07-20

to me at times. LYDIA II. flnknams
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills re-
stored me to health and want to thank
you for the good they have done me. |
nave had quite tit of trouble and
worry but it does not affect my youth
full looks. My friends say why do you
look so young and well?' I owe it all
to the Lydia E. Pinkham remedies"
Mrs. RoBT. SToPIEL, Moore Avenue.
Washington Park, Illinois.
We wish every woman who suffers
from female troubles, nervousness,
backache or the blues could see the let
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dia E. Pinkham' 8 Vegetable Compound
If you have any symptom about which
YOU would like to know write to the
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Mass, for helpful advice given free OF
charge,
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Anatomy From Experience.

The former big league baseball man.
ager. who had been canned because
the team finished last as usual, was
taking d civil service examination In
order to secure political job. He
was amazed at the list Of fool ques-
lions on the examination paper. He
didn't know the distance from the
earth to the moon. so he passed that
one up. And he could not describe a
syzygy, so he called that test loser.
But the third question interested him.
IL said:
Name the largest bone in the hui
man frame"
And with . grin of confidence the
former manager wrote this answer:
1.-THE head."~Cincinnat Enquirer.
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Activities of Women.

Over 5000 women marched in the
Boston preparedness parade.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland liz
the only woman who Is a reigning SOW
creign.
There are between 100000 and
4O00,OOO woman voters in the United
States.
To we'd a man she never saw, Viola
Keckner recently left Sanbury, Pa, on
a T,O00-mile trip to Seward, Alaska,
where she will become the wife OF
James NJ. Foley, mining engineer.
1t cost the suffragists of the coun-
try over 100000 to get a suffrage
plank in the Republican and Progress
sive party platforms.
Empress Augusta Victoria Of Ger
many visits the hospitals every week
to console the wounded soldiers of her
country.
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CHAPTER xxvllI--continued.

The SUFFICIENTLY of sick man dis
arms woman: sha- knows she Ii safe
and abandsns her weapons OF attack
and defense IN long as the Invalid In
taken up with the state Of his insides.
Glenn was unaffected. even tender. with
Alan as long as he was weak, but as
his strength returned to him she with
drew. one by one and gently. the init
mate attentions woman accords to
babes and the related helpless. But
there was nothing absolute In her with
drawal: 1t was more temptation than
a denial. born OF woman's' innate de-
sire to be pursued While Alan was
merely convalescent II contained sup
pressed gayety. half demure. half mis-
chievous, but when his full strength
came back and he failed to pursue, the
gayety arrested itself, turned into
questioning usefulness and ended In
the secret shame and bushes Of the
repnlsed and undesired.
Glen saw Alan build barrier
against her, barrier OF little things.
each insignificant In itself but each
lending and borrowing the strength OF
accumulation, Alan spent hours with
the old captain. walked, rode and
talked with j. Y. and the judge. Be
tween them. j. Y. and the Judge had
fixed up Lieber's affair and Alan had
cabled.
In the midst of women Alan seemed
to be able to forget woman--to forge'
her Intentionally. There was nothing
pointed In his avoidance. He kept hh
distance from Alix and Nance ant
Jane Elton In the same measure Al
from Glen. There was thus none o
the single avoidance of the shy swaii
who layishes attentions on all but he
whom he would NEST dearly sue. Glen
least vain of beautiful women, sat lon
hours before her glass. Never befor
had the charms 1t revealed been aues
toned. never had she been forced t
close In the ranks and call up the RI
serves. and now she felt at a loss, NJ
accustomed to the ready moves Of til
coqnette. Glen dropped her face |
her hands and cried.
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There were hooks that were satisfied
and held back from further encroach-
ment and there were outstanding cor
ners that tutted boldly out over the
sloplug lawns and threatened a further
raid.
Inside. the paths of daily life ran
clearly enough through the maze. but
on their TANKS hung many a somher
den for ambush or retreat. Cayernous
closets. shadowy corners, numbered at
tics and half-forgotten tnterstices or
| discarded space opened dark gorges to
| the intrepid, and threatened the nerv-
| Gus and unwary with what they might
| bring forth. The gods OF childhoods
| games themselves could not have
builded better scene for that most
paIpitatin OF sports. hide and seek
on rainy day.
| Alan soon entered into the spirit or
the game. He found himself recollect-
ing things about Maple House that he
had more than half forgotten; strange
byways under the roof: vacant cham
Der, turned into trunk room because
one by one Ii had been robbed or Its
windows: and lastly the little attic
that had been. AZ 1t were. left behind
a wall.
Through this dreamland OF q hun
dred chit .reu fitted the brood OF the
day, marshaled rather breathlessly by
Glen and Alan. Anxious whispers
the scurrying OF lightly shod feet then
sudden silence but for the huteliks
counting OF some Juvenile 1t. were fol
lowed by sudden screams and a wild
race for the goal Maple House hat
. never countenanced the efrete and di
luted sport Of Spy: 1t was all FOL
hide and seek, where you had to hole
your man when found or beat hin
, to the goal
IL Great was the excitement when tn
) littlest 1t Of all caught Cousin Alai
: by a tackle around the ankle tina
! spoke a volume Of promise for tn
Z nttlest It's academic career -
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cklK}lii:3}k5}I31l
Ne1:a@~-AA

One day in midsummer Alan, to his
disgust, was summoned peremptorily
by McDale g. McDale. Half an hours
consultation was all they required and
Alan was pleased to find as he left
their Offices that he stili had plenty
Of time to catch the early train back to
Red Hill. There were only two after
noon trains for that difficult goal.
As he strolled up the avenue he was
arrested by the sight Of tall figure
standing on the curb watching the
swirl Of the traffic. The figure was
dressed In heavy whipcord suit and
a Stetson hat, uncompromlsingly
domed In the very form in which 1t
had been blocked by the makers. A
street gamin yelled. hi! fellers, look
what's got away from Buffalo Biz"
Kemp gazed sad-eyed but unmoved
over his dropping mustaches. doubt
less mourning the passing Of the shoot
ing iron and the consequent unanswer-
able affrouts Of fostered civilization.
Alan elbowed his way across the
stream Of pedestrians and clutched him
| by the arm. Kemp whirled around as
| IL to meet attack, but smiled when he
| saw Alan's face. II was jest calcu-
| latin on roundin' you up" he drawled.
where did You come from? Where
are you OF tot" cried Alan, and without
waiting for an answer he hailed cab,
hustled Kemp into 1t and ordered 1t
| to his club, He forgot his early train.
In the club lobby Kemp surrendered
his hat reluctantly to the ready attend
ant and followed Alan across soft car
pets to a quiet corner where two enor-
nous chairs seemed to be making con-
fidences to each other. One could
imagine them aggrieved at being inter
rupted and sat upon.
"well. Kemp" said Alan. "I'm glad
to see you. What's yours?"
Rye nd a chaser" said Kemp.
Same for me. waiter" ordered
Alan. Now. Kemp. tell me all about
it."
81 Just bowed In from Lieher's, MIR
Wayne, and I'm headed west"
"How's Ileher and where's Gerry
! Did Lieber get my cableT
Kemp looked sadly out through thu
window. "Iieber's dead"
"Deadg Lieber deadT'
, Kemp nodded. Il found him witt
everything fixed for kickin' the bucket
| He knew what was the matter, but h
| didn't tell me what 1t was. Said
: had been comm on him for some whll
T an tibet the want no hep for It. Blu
| he got your cable. Mr.. Wayne, and b.
, wanted l should tell you that what yo'
done want wasted. He said Their
? want nothin' tibet could hep hin
4 through the way that cable did. FL
I said 1t was the passpot herd bee
Q waitin' for an tibet YOU want to thin
I It come too late. because he reckone.
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brought q glow of achievement to his
perspiring face. Alan was placed at
the newell at the foot OF the great stair
case and duly admonfshed In treble
voices not TO look. The treble voices
rained excited instructions on hlm. car
RED away by youths confidence ta Its
ability to teach It's grandmother how
to suck eggs. Alan started to count
slowly In sonorous tones. With last
shrek and the patter OF many feet the
trebles faded away into silence.
Alan crept steaithily up the staiis.
Ont OF the corner Of his eye he caught
sight of the twitcblng jumpers OF the
littlest, who was too fat to quite fit the
retreat he had chosen. But Alan did
not quite see until 1t was too late. The
littlest exploded the vast breath he
had been holding In aud plunged head
long down the stairs. As he rolled by
the newell be stuck ont sturdy arm
and held fast. He shouted a pean OF
victory and once more paipttatinG 81
ience fell on the house.
Alan wondered II he could find the
way to the little attic. He hurried
along the twisted halls, up tiny flight
of steps. turned, dlved through a low
narrow tunnel aud threw open the
long forgotteu door, It was as though
he had suddenly opened n port il on bis
own childhood. 4 great pCnSiOr"d
rocking chair held the middle Of thf
floor as within his ken 1t always had
| held 1t. Ancient garments hung from
pegs on the walls and from hooks or
| the rafters. A box or two and more
| disabled furniture Uttered the floor
The whole was family lit up by tbs
| light from n little dormer window
| Nothing stirred. Alan drew Ions
| breath. He was not disappointed. NJ
one had thought to come here but him
self.
Suddenly a bit OF the pendent ward
robe was flung aside and an apparitioi
| dashed for the door. Alan sprang II
front of 1t, threw his arms around II
held Il tight. 1t struggled, laughed
ceased to struggle, and looked up a
Alan looked down. Ciem's face wa
very near to his. Her body, still throb
bling with excitement. was In his arms
Alan felt such rioting surge In hi
blood as he had never known before
He wanted to kiss Glenn. He felt tina
he must kiss her, that there was no
strength enough left in him to do any
thing else. Then his eyes met her
and he forgot himself and remembers
Glenn. His soul cried, "Sacrilege." an
he dropped his arms from about he
and stepped back.
Glenn stood before him. dazed. Sh
was In her stockinged feet. In eac
hand she held little slipper. He
eyes were big and full of the soft r,
proach OF the MORALLY wounded. Ala
felt ashamed and looked away. Fl
had to break the silence. well, you,
caught" he said lamely.
Glenn dropped one slipper, threw u
her hand and brushed the disordere
hair from her forehead. Yes. l.
caught" she said, and her lip tremblt
on the words.
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OF Course Not.

A somewhat befuddled individual,
who evidently had been lunching
trifle TOO freely. climbed on board the
car with difficulty.
"What's the matter?" he asked,
mildly, as he observed the conductors
Impotence.
"Ain't this car the one / want"
GLOW do I know whether 1t is or
mott" growled the conductor.
ooh you must have known 1t, or
you wouldn't have stopped to let me
catch it," said the befuddled one.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-07-20

Clem's was not the only troubled
heart on the Hill. At The Flrs Mrs.
Lansing moved restlessly from room
10 room and stopped often to read and
re-read a crumpled note~-Gerry's note
to Alix. .~
Aiix was still In town. Mrs. Ian
sing had written to her and then wired.
Aiix replied telling her not to come,
that she wished to be- alone. For hours
at time Mrs. Lansing replaced the
nurse at Gerry. juniors. side. He
helped her; She felt that he could help
Alix.
She was almost glad when he devel'
oped some trltling ailment becoming
to his years. She wired again and this
time AK came. frightened. AK was
like a wited flower. bat she braced
herself until Gerry, junior, recovered
into his healthy self. Then she dropped
once more aud refused to be com
forted.
If II had not been for Alan. Alix'
trouble would have cast gloom over
the rest of Red Hill. hut 1t was known
that Alan had sought out Mrs. Ian
aing and told her that not even he
knew just how Gerry's battle stood,
hut that he did know that there was a
battle and that Gerry would surely
come hack as soon AZ he had fought
nis way clear.
10 the HIN In general went almost
untroubieG on its way trying to forget
that 1t was stiil awaiting fulfillment
and even Alix began to CLEAN LITTLE
comfort from the thought that hope
was but deferred. Her heart was sick
her faith weak. hut hope still lived
She chung through the long days Il
Gerry. junior. and waited.
Az Maple House the beating o.
young hearts amounted to q din. bu
II was suddenly stilled by day o
drenching rain. After the very tam
excitement OF seeing ]. \. and tn
y1Age on for the city. gloom settles
LII the faces Of the children. Cousin
Tom, In rubber boots and coat. cam
down the road from Elm House I
ind company for misery. The bar
Was reQuisitioned and became tn
scene OF suhdued frolic, but It n
fOrdei meager diverssoO. Tho ha
vas not N ysl ~ empty lofts vel
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Tered with female
trouble, 'backache,
nervous spells and
the blues. My chill.
dren's loud talking
and romping would
make me so nervous
/ could just tear
everything, to pieces
and / would ache all
over and feel so sick
that / would not
want anyone to talk
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-07-20

II hope you will have plain sailing
with your new cook"
From the way she handled the
breakfast dishes the first morning, I
am afraid there are breakers ahead"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-07-20

The loyal husbands are seldom APP
preciated There are only a few of
'em, anyhow.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-07-20

A credulous woman Is one who be-
ieves a dentist when he promises not
to hurt her.
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! owe
MY HEALTH
To Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound.

Washington Park, I'll. -"I am the
mother of four children and have suf-