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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09
George ANDERSON Minafer
begins to grow up and meets
the beautiful Miss Lucy Nor
gan.
(TO BE CONTINUED
LIES FAR BELOW SEA LEVEL
Forbiddng Death Valley, in California,
Was Formerly the Bed of
Salt Lake.

Death valley, California, is said to
be the lowest dry land in the United
States; it is 276 feet below sea level.
The name of Death valley is gruesome
enough in itself, but to enhance this
effect the mountains thereabOutS are
called the Funeral range.
While Death valley is the lowest
dry land in the country Mount Whit
ney, which is less than eighty miles
from the point of lowest depression, is
one of the highest points of land in
the United States, it's summit being
14,501 feet above sea level.
Death valley was formerly the bed
of salt lake and is $50 miles In
length. A small salt marsh still oc-
cupies a part of it. There are few
places in Death valley where fresh wa
ter is obtainable. The best known are
Bennett wells and Saratoga springs.
For the greater part of the time
Death valley is a gigantic furnace of
burning hot shifting sand dunes. At
times this strange desert is filed with
wonderful colors. The air is very dry,
and at dawn the light is very white
and minus the mist usually associated
with that time of day. Gradually a
faint azure tint appears and t,eepens
above the gray-tan dunes. AS the sun
rises over the desert the pastel tints
of sky and sands burn into brighter
shades until at noon the very atmos-
phere vibrates into hot. vividness.
Toward twilight the reds of sky and
desert shade into deep puppies and
black.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09
'You Think You Own This TOWN."

not only in Anderson addition but in
many other quarters through which
he galloped on his white pony. "By
golly, l guess you think you own this
town. an embittered labOrer COM
planned one day, as George rode the
pony straight through pile of sand
the man was sieving. Il will when
/ grow up" the undisturbed child re-
piled. 81 guess my grandpa owns it
now, you betw And the baff1ed work.
man, having no means to controvert
what seemed mere exaggeration of
the facts, could only mutter, ooh, pull
down your vest!"
"Don't hat to! Doctor says it amt
healthy" the boy returned promptly.
But 1 tell you what I'll do: I'll pull
down my vest If you'll wipe off your
chimp
This was stock and stencil: the ac-
customed argot of street badinage of
the period; and in such matters Geor-
gle was an expert. He had no vest
to pull down the incongruOus fact
was that a fringed sash girdled the
juncture of his velvet blouse and
breeches, for the FauntlerOy period
had set in, and Georges mother had
so poor an eye for appropriate things,
where George was concerned, that
she dressed him according to the doc
trine of that school in boy decoration.
Except upon the surface (Which was
not his own work but his mother's)
George bore no vivid resemblance to
the fabulous little Cedric. The sto-
ried boys famous Lean on me, grand
father" would have been difficult to
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09

anybody's buyin' a dog before, be-
cause, even a Newfoundland or a set
ter, you can usually get somebody to
give you one. He says he saw some
sense in payin' a niger a dime, or
even a quarter, to drown a dog for
you, but to pay out fifty dollars and
maybe more-well, sir, he like to
choked himself to death, right there
in my Office! OF course everybody
realizes that Major Anderson is fine
business man, but what with THROWN
money around for dogs, and every
which and what, some think all this
styles bound to break him up, if his
family don't quit!"
One citizen, having thus discoursed
to a visitor, came to a thoughtful
pause, and then added, "Does seem
pretty much like squandering, yet
when you see that dog out walking
with this Miss Isabel, he seems worth
the money"
whats she look like?"
swell, sir" said the citizen, "she's
not more than just about eighteen or
maybe nineteen years old, and I don't
know as l know just how to put it
but she's kind of q delightful lookin'
young lady!"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09
Remarkable chimpanzee Dies.

A few weeks ago there died a chin
panzee who had spent the eight years
OF his life defying all rules laid down
for the well being of chimpanzees. His
name was Antony. and he was the
only one of his tribe Of monkeys who
has ever managed to stand an English
climate unmitigated by artificial heat.
He came from the Congo in 1911, when
he was very young and small. At that
time he weighed IA pounds. by last
summer he was just six times as
heavy. During the whole period of his
civilized life he was kept in brick
building facing southwest and unheat-
ed. and he slept in straw without
blankets. Chocolates and sweets-poi-
son to ordinary chimpanzees-were
the special treats of Antony's dietary,
and he had a less comprehensive
fancy for beans.-Manchester Guard
ian.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09
BY
Booth Harrington
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The wedding was of Ambersonian
magnificence, even to the floating oy-
sters; and the Majors colossal pres
ent was a set of architects designs
for house almost as elaborate and
Impressive as the Mansion, the house
to be built in Anderson addition by
the Major.
At midnight the bride was still be-
ing toasted in champagne, though she
had departed upon her wedding jour
ney at ten. Four days later the pair
had returned to town, which prompt
ness seemed fairly to demonstrate
that Wilbur had indeed taken Isabel
upon the carefulest little trip he could
manage According to every report
she was from the start "a good wife
to him." but here in q final detail the
prophecy proved inaccurate. Wilbur
and Isabel did not have children; they
had only one.
only one" Mrs. Henry Franklin
Foster admitted. "But I'd like to
know if he isn't spoiled enough for
a whole carloadr'
Again she found none to challenge
her.
At the age of nine George Amber
son Minafer, the Majors one grand
child, was a princely terror, dreaded
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09
STATE APPROVES
SOLDIERS BONUS
MILWAUKEE VOTES FOUR TO ONE
FOR BILL; OPPOSITION IN
ONLY FEW PRECINCTS.
DISTRIBUTION NEXT MARCH
Wisconsin Service Men and Women
to Receive from $50 20 $3.50;
General Tax of About 8 Mills
on Dollar to Be Levied.

Milwaukee, Sept. 9.-The people Of
Wisconsin approved the soldiers
bonus in Tuesdays referendum.
Complete returns for Milwaukee
county, including the city, netted 49,
0O6 votes for the bonus and 1865 in
opposition, q favorable majority of
2S,441. Milwaukee's fetal was less
than half the normal vote.
The Second precinct of Greenfield
was the only precinct in the county
that failed to line up for the bonus,
the vote being 46 to SO against it.
At an early hour Wednesday morn
ing incomplete returns from $50 pre-
cincts, outside of Milwaukee county,
gave total of $1,000 votes for the
bonus and 1860 against.
Judging from the trend of the re-
turns, including reports from the cit
les and the farming sections, COM
plete figures will increase the early
majority. Rumors of organized oppo-
sition failed to materialize.
1t appears that the entire state sup
ported the bonus in the same patri-
otto spirit that it rallied for Liberty
bond, Red Cross, united war fund
drives and for the several relief ap-
peals. Wisconsin kept up its LOO per
cent war record.
The first returns told the story.
The bonus got away to a flying start,
which gained in momentum as more
complete reports were received, the
bonus Endorsement being almost
unanimous in some precincts and
varying in others from 2 to l to as
high as IL to 1. The country districts
Joined the cities in piling up big ma
jorities, only very few towns vot-
ing against the bonus.
The town of Waupaca was listed
among the few precincts where the
outcome was close, the bonus carry
ing, ~ to IL. Rock county went 10 to
! for it, and the Oneida Indian res
ervation kicked in with II to 1 ma
jority. Early returns indicated an
overwhelming Endorsement in Flor
ence county.
The complete returns in the city of
Madison gave 1920 votes for and AIT
against the bonus. All except four
precincts in Dane county turned in
1887 votes for and 1888 against.
Twenty-Five out of thirty precincts in
Dunn county made it S54 for $50
against. With half the precincts
heard from in the city of Amigo the
vote stood S07 to 191 in favor of the
bonus. Eighteen out of thirty-four
precincts in Racine county turned in
1856 votes for the bonus as against
500.
Fond du Lac county and city, one
of the first sections of the Fox River
valley to be heard from, Endorsed the
bonus, 1858 to ATS. In the city OF
| Oshkosh the vote was 1853 to 737 for
the soldiers reward, the complete re-
turns from Winnebago county being
1886 votes for and 1,761 against. In
| the city of Neenah the bonus was in
dorsed 473 to 1872. Menasha Endorsed
it 726 to 221.
Two towns in La Crosse county
voted against it, but the county re-
ported a substantial majority for the
bonus. With nine precincts to be
heard from, Chippewa county ap-
proved the reward 1893 to "a.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09
Where al DOT" ORIGINATED

The word loot" came into the Eng
fish language by way of India, and is
supposed to be derived from the San
scrit "lotra," signifying booty. Origi-
nally all booty taken from the enemy
in war pertained 70 the crown of the
victorious nation, the title thereto be-
ing regarded as indisputable. The
crown was supposed to dispose of
these spoils of war according to its
pleasure, bearing in mind the services
of the captors of the matter. This
was, indeed, the basis of prize law at
sea. But at every international con-
gress at which the laws of war and of
mutual relations came under discus
sion it was agreed to exempt from
seizure private property on land and
to restrict conf1scation to the national
property of the foe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09

imagine upon the lips of George. A
month after his ninth birthday ami.
versary, when the Major gave him his
pony, he had already become acquaint-
ed with the toughest boys in various
distant parts of the town, and had
convinced them that the toughness of
rich little boy with long curls might
be considered in many respects su-
perior to their own. He fought them,
learning how to go baresark at a GER
tain point in a fight, bursting into
tears of anger, reaching for rocks, ut
tering walled threats of murder, and
attempting to fulfill them. Fights
often led to intimacies, and he ac-
quired the art of saying things more
exciting than Don't hat toi" and
Doctor says it amt healthyp Thus
on a summer afternoon a strange boy,
sitting bored upon the gatepost of the
Rev. Malloch Smith, beheld George
Anderson Minafer rapidly approach
ing on his white pony and was i'm
PEELED by bitterness to shout: "Shoot
the ole jackass! Look at the girly
curls Say, bub, where'd you steal
your mothers ole SASH"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09
Human FraiIties.

Our structure, both external and in
ternal, is full of imperfection yet
there is nothing in nature but what is
of use, not even inutility itself.
There is nothing in this universe
which has not some proper place 1t it.
Our being is cemented with certain
mean qualities; ambition. jealousy,
envy, revenge, superstition, despair,
have SC natural a Judgment in us that
the image of them is discerned In the
brute beasts; nay cruelty itself, a vice
so much out of nature; for even in
the midst of compassion we feel within
US an unaccountable bitter-sweet it'll
lation of iIl-natured pleasure in seeing
another suffer; and even children are
sensible of it.-Montaigne.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09
"NoTHING DOING" IN COTTON
Kitchen Maids of Sultan of Morocco
Entitled to Neither Garments
of Expensive Stuff.

The sultan of Morocco was always
an absolute monarch, and in that ca
pacity the revenues of the country
were his. There had never been any
distinction between public funds ana
private funds-all belonged to the sui
tan. It was therefore no easy task
to arrive at an agreement as to which
were state and which private debts, so
inextricably mixed had they been IN
the past. There was, for instance,
bill for some hundreds of yards OF
very expensive and very fine crimson
cloth. Naturally the protectorate au-
thorities scheduled this among the prl-
vate debts. The sultan protested. The
cloth, he said, had been purchased Tor
governmental purposes-in fact Tor
the trousers of the imperial kitchen
maids: for there are several hundred
slave-women employed in preparing the
palace food. The protectorate govern
ment refused to be responsible for
this debt. The ex-sultan drew up
historical treatise to prove that i'm
perial kitchen maids were part and
parcel of the state, and passed. like
the palace itself, from sultan to sui
tan. The principle was accepted, but
the debt was disaIiowed on the ground
that these good ladies did not require
such expensive stuff for their neither
garments. A cotton material, they ar
gued. would have equally well served
the purpose. The sultan's reply was
unanswerable and crushing. In Eu-
rope" he said, 1T may be the custom
for the imperial kitchen maids to wear
cotton trousers. but in Morocco We
have more appreciation Of the dignity
of their position" There was nothing
more to be said. The debt was paid
by the pr0tectorate government
From 1.-THE Liquidation of Sultanate,"
by ". B. Harris, in asia" magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09
s15,ooo,ooo TO BE SPENT.

Acknowledgements $15,000,000
will be divided among $4,000 Wis
consin soldiers, sailors, marines and
nurses in amounts ranging from $50 to
$3.50 following Tuesdays Endorsement
of the soldiers bonus.
The state tax commission will start
a months computation of eaxes to be
levied to raise the necessary money.
According to the law a general tax
will be levied of approximately 8 mills
on the dollar. About $5,00O,0eo of the
total amount will be raised by surtax
on taxable private incomes and cor
poration incomes. Private incomes
above $4,000 pay a graduated tax be-
tween IN per cent for the fourth
thousand to per cent for all amounts
above $4,000 Corporations pay a
graduated tax on all income, less 8
per cent of all capital stock, surplus
and undivided proflts.
The money will be paid into the
state treasury in January, 1920, for
distribution in March. The exact pro-
cedure for getting the money TO the
soldiers has not been announced by
state officials. An honorable discharge
will probably be required for each
bonus paid out.
If the soldier beneficiary has died
since his discharge or If he was killed
in action, surviving members of the
family will receive the money due to
the soldier for service rendered the
state. The bonus is figured at $40
month for each month In service, with
a minimum of $50.
The bonus distribution will g under
direction Ct service recognition
board composed of Gov. E. L. Philip,
Adjt. Gen. Orlando Holway and Maj.
w. F. Lorenz, Madison, formerly of
the Thirty-second division.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09
"THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERsoNs:" A MAGNIFICENT NOVEL

The literary critics and book reviewers continually
asking "When shall have the Great American Novel, by
the Great American NoVeist? Perhaps never in the
in which the question asked for this country too big and
its people differ too greatly by localities to make the Great
American Novel, possible.
Nevertheless, "The Magnificent Ambersons" is great
American novel, Booth Harrington is American of sturdy
native stock He knows American life and character as only
native American with generations of American forbears can
know them Moreover he has charm of style and power
of expression which have endeaed him to the reading public
"The Magnificent Ambersons" is so great novel that
Booth Harrington has been awarded the Joseph Pulitzer prize
of 81 900 or the American novel published during the year
which shall best present the wholesome atmosphere of Aeri
and manhood" The judges making the award
Robert Grant, William Morton Payne and William Lyon
Phelps
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09

The phrase "amen corner" is said to
have originated in London. where, at
the end Of Paternoster row, the monks
at one time finished their recitation of
the "Pater Noster" as they went In
procession on Corpus Christi day to
ST. Pauls cathedral They began In
Paternoster row with the Lords prayer
in Latin, continuing it to the end of
the street, and then said amen" at
the corner Of the row. As used in this
country the phrase described the cor
ner of a church where abe elderly mem
bers sit and pronounce the word
amen at intervals.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09

daughter Fanny. Seems Miss Isabel
Amberson's got some kind of q dog
they call it a ST. Bernard-and Fanny
old Aleck told her he didn't like dogs
except rat terriers, because a rat ter
rier cleans up the mice. but she kept
on at him. and finally he said all right
she could have one. Then, by George
she SAYS Ambersou's bought their
dog. and you don't get one without
paying for it: they cost from fifty TO
! hundred dollars upi Old Aleck
wanted to know If I ever heard OF
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09
Where Courage Is Valuable.

II takes courage TO do that which is
unpopular, but which one feels is
right. Courage is a great asset in
citizenship because it impels Us to do
right for rights sake and not because
1t pleases some one else.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09
chief executives censured.

Congress has twice censured a pres
ident-Andrew Jackson, in June, 1884,
for causing the removal of the govern
ment deposits Of about ten million dol
lars from the United States bank the
preceding September; and John Tyler,
in z24S. Tyler was elected as a Wing.
but was really Democrat; so he was
therefore constantly antagOnizing the
~olicies of the party which had elected
him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09

Spray the fern once week with a
solution OF tobacco extract, using one
OF the commercial extracts, one fluid
ounce TO a gallon Of water. II the
giant is badly infected, cut of the
fronds and burn them
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09
Just a Greeting.

Sister was taught not to ask for
anything to eat when visiting. One
day while calling on a neighbor she
saw a dish filed with tempting can
dies. She looked at it lopgingly, then
said: Hello, candy!"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09
everybody Does u.

One form which our national lying
not infrequently takes is to say, when
a prominent friend finally does come
around and pay back what he owes
you, or part of it: why, I'd forgot
ten all about it."-Ohio State Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09
The Buyers
Guide

The firms whose names are repre-
scented In our advertising columns
are worthy Of the confidence Of every
psEsen In the community who has
money to spend. tbs feet that they
advertise stamps Their 3 enterpris-
ing. progressive men Of business, q
credit to or town, and deserving Of
support Our advertising columns
comprise O Buyers Guide to fair
dealing, good goods, honest prices
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-09
Optimistic Trcuuht.

Those WHO have few affairs to attend
to are great speakers: ths Less met
think the more they taas
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-19
Accepted
By A. c. New

Hopeful youth was pouring forth
it's gladstone song from the college
chapel The class-day exercises at
Yardmore were fast drawing TO a
close, and out on the clear night air.
in waves that seemed to dash ecstat-
ically against the walls OF the dor
mitories across the campus and then
rebound again, rang the concert Of
a thousand voices, Health. wealth
and happiness now lay before us"
as if in challenge to a grinding
world.
At the sound OF the familiar
words, a lone figure, sprawled on a
bench beneath the giant elm, stirred
as if in a stupor, and shivered, in
spite Of the warm June air. In sorry
contrast TO his happy surroundings.
his disheveled. unkempt figure
seemed almost an insult TO the
scene. He had sung that song-and
believed it, BAH Health, wealth
and happiness lay before u.s." came
the echo. It's a lie" he Kissed
through swollen lips, but the reek-
ing odor of his breath belied the re-
liability of his prOnouncement. Life
had used him rotten. he sullenly
unused, and then a still. small voice.
that of conscience weak from con-
slant gagging. murmured back. Its
you; you've used life rotten" He
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-19

nodded his head in silent assent,
and then raising himself to a sit
ting posture. took from his pocket
a small phial and balanced 1t in his
quaking palm. Then he turned a
haggard face to the chapel.
i've disgraced you enough, old
Yardmore." he muttered, brokenly.
six years ago you sent me out
clean. 1--we abused your fair
name. Excuse me-" And then, by
the big arc light over the entrance
fifty yards away, he saw happy
young women and young men COM
ing out of the chapel The exer-
cises were over. He turned his gaze
again to the bottle
He had raised the phial TO his
lips, when over his shoulder he
heard a sudden scream. and the
phial was dashed from his hands
Look out" he yelled, in terror.
and leaping to his feet. he clutchei
at the white, satin dress before him.
With his bare hama, he tore away
an entire flounce. and flung il from
him, crying with pain. The owner
Of ire dress, transfixed with sur
prise and horror, watched the acid
eat through the flmy material, as
il lay upon the grass. then turned to
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-19

the man.
You - were 49, going to drink
that" she gasped.
He nodded his head dumbly.
"Why?"
The question startled him. He
had ruined her dress, and yet, she
was concerned about him first He
looked up 10 meet her eyes. and
then dropped his own in confusion,
and shame. Her clear, sweet trou-
bled eyes seemed to scar him, and
it would be blasphemy to exhsle his
liquored breath and mar the fras-
rance exhaled from her exquisitely
sensitive nOstrils. 50 he kept silent.
To her every question, he merely
shook his head. and then her face
was twisted into an adorable pout.
Il think you're a-very-rude
man." she asserted. spiritedly. AT
least you might apologize for ruin
ing my dress"
He glanced up quickly. and then
lowered his face again.
II am sorry-miss." he NUT
Tered, through closed lips. Il
can't repay you for it now. though.
IL m broke
How did you get on the
grounds?" she demanded. ignoring
his last words. "YOu're-trespass-
ing"
"Trespassing? ." he ecoed, sharply.
lin a graduate of Yardmore-
Glass of 1905. I sneaked in through
the hole in the fence back Of
Prexy's."
Hole in the fence back" she
started to repeat, and then she