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chinaman Finds Joy in Work

While nature has been kind to China
IN the gift of natural resources, the
nature and quality of her people jus
tify high expectations of their ability
to utilize these resources for the bene-
fl of all mankind. The Chinese have
wrought out a standard of living which
for efficiency in the realm Of labor
challenges the world. When the state
ment is made that a Chinese laborer
can work for Il hours Of the "a for
Ii cents a day and board himself, the
suggestion viii naturally come to mind,
but what of the quality Of the work.
The Chinaman has not yet raised the
question of the number of hours which
constitutes a days work. He tolls I'M
complainingly from break of day until
the evening star is clearly in sight, and
this he viii do every day of the week.
Holidays are not frequent, and work
is the source Of his joy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16
Holy DAYS In poitch Land.

What is religion? 1t is not the OBJ
servance of forms and feast days. We
have only nine national holidays in
America. Only two of our holidays,
namely, Thanksgiving and Christmas,
may be called even quasi religious.
The others celebrate the birth of some
great man like Columbus, Washington
and Lincoln; or some great achieve
ment like the birth of independence
on the Fourth of July or the new birth
of liberty on Memorial day.
Germany, on the other hand. in its
nineteen holidays. has only two. name
ly. Christmas and New Years which
have not a distinctly religious signif-
icance. Among them are the Epiph-
any, Ash Wednesday, Annunciation
Good Friday, Ascension, Corpus Chris
ii. Assumption. All Souls day and All
Saints day. These formal celebra-
tons of sacred events. have apparent
ly not made Germany more sanity
Better Farming.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16

afers; he seldom thought abo1t them
at all. for he belonged, as most Amer
lean children do, to the mothers fam
ily-but he was anxious not TO linger
with Miss Morgan in the vicinity of
old John, whom he felt to be dis
grace.
He pushed brusquely through the
fringe of calculating youths who were
gathered in the arches, watching for
chances TO dance only with girls who
would soon be taken off their hands,
and led his stranger lady out upon the
floor. They caught the time instantly,
and were away in the waltz.
George danced well, and Miss Nor
gan seemed to float as part of the mu-
sic, the very dove itself of La Palo-
ma" George became conscious of
nothing conspicuous about him. Bald
ish, dim. quiet. he was an unnotice-
strange feelings within him: an exal-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16

By Booth
Harrington


George, and Miss Morgan's curiosity
was stirred. "Who is that?"
L didn't catch his name when nv
mother presented him to me-" said
George. You mean the queer-lodking
duck"
i mean the aristocratic duck"
That's my Uncle George. Honor
able George Anderson. / thought ev-
erybody knew him."
HE looks as though everybody
ought to know him." she said. 1T
seems to run in your family"
If she had any sly intention 1t
skipped over George harmlessly.
"Well, of course, l suppose most ev-
erybody does" he admitted-"out in
this part of the country especially.
Besides Uncle-George is in congress :;
the family like to have someone
there
"WhyT"
'Well, it's sort of a good thing in
one way. For instance, Uncle Sydney
Anderson and his wife, Aunt Amelia,
they haven't much of anything to do
with themselves-get bored to death
AROUND here, of course. Well, prob
ably Uncle George1l have Uncle sgd
ney appointed minister or ambassador
or something like that, to Russia or
Italy or somewhere, and that'I make
1t pleasant when any of the rest of
the family go travelling. or things like
that. l expect to do good deal of
travelling myself when 1 get out of col
lege."
Sydney was an. Anderson exag-
gerated-mOre pompous than gracious !;
too portIy, flushed, starched to shine,
his stately jowl furnished with an Ed
ward the Seventh beard. Amelia, like
wise full-bodied. showed glittering
0l.;nd hair exuberantly dressed; a
uink, fat face cold under q white-hot
tiara; a solid, cold bosom under a
white-hot necklace; great, cold, gloved
arms, and the rest of her beautifully
upholstered. AS George assembled the
broad stairway they were precisely
the aunt and uncle he was most
pleased to point out to a girl from out
of town, as his appurtenances in the
way of relatives. At sight of them
the grandeur Of the ANDERSON family
was instantly conspicuous as a perma-
nent thing: it was impossible TO doubt
that the Ambersons were intrenched,
in their nobility and riches, behind
polished and glittering barriers which
were as solid as they were brilliant,
and would last.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16

slider excusing himself by quoting
these insolences.
Isabel stroked his head. "They
were terrible words for you to use,
dear. From his letter he doesn't seem
a very tactful person, but"
"He's just rfffraff," said George.
'YOu mustn't say So" his mother
gently agreed. where did you learn
those bad words he speaks of? Where
did you hear anyone use them?"
well, I've heard 'em serrevaI
places. 1 guess Uncle George Amber
son was the first / ever heard say 'em.
Uncle George Anderson said 'em to
papa once. Papa didn't like it, but
Uncle George was just laughin' at
papa, an then he said 'em while he
was laughin.'"
THAT was wrong of him." she said,
but almost instinctively he detected
the lack Of conviction In her tone. It
was Isabel's great failing that what
ever an Anderson did seemed right to
her, especially If the Anderson was
either her brother George or her son
George. "You must promise me-" she
said feebly. never to use those bad
words again"
Il promise not to-" he said prompt
ly-and he whispered an immediate
codicil under his breath: UNLESS l get
mad at somebody" This satisfied a
code according to which, In his own
sincere belief, he never told lies.
THAT'S a good boy" she said, and
he ran out to the yard, his punishment
over.
AS an ANDERSON he was already q
public character, and the story of his
adventure in the Rev. Malloch Smiths
front yard became a town topic. Many
people glanced at him with great dis
taste thereafter, when they CHANGED
to encounter him, which meant moth
ing to George, because he innocently
believed most grown people to be nee
essarily cross looking as normal phe-
nomenon resulting from the adult
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16

tation of soul, tender but indefinite.
and seemingly located in the upper
part of his diaphragm.
The stopping of the music came
upon him like the waking to an alarm
clock; for instantly six or seven of
the calculating persons about the en-.
tryways bore down upon Miss Morgan
TO secure dances. George had to do
with one already established as a
belle, it seemed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16

lanes mamma left Jane home alone
for few moments while she ran
around to the store. Before going she
told Jane that she positively must not
LET the cat in before she returned. Jane
assured her mother that she would do
as she was told and not let him in.
Ten minutes later James mamma re-
turned and Jane sat where she left
her, petting the csL
Jane" said mamma, II think / told
you not to let kitty IN until / came
back"
"You did, mamma" replied Jane
n / didn't let him In He opened
the door hisself and walked in"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16
One for Mamma.

/ sent my small daughter into the
front room TO do some busting. Not
hearing her around. l stepped quietly
into the room and found her sitting
idly by the window with her work
unfinished. said to her: Don't
you know Satan finds work for idle
hands to do?' She quickly replied:
lie must be something like you
Exchange.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16
"You Don'f Remember Her Yet
Though of Course You Win"

3 eardroom. where some squadsons Of
older people were preparing for &C
ton, and. leaning gracefully upon the
mantelpiece of this room, tall man,
handsome. high-mannered and spar
klingly point-deyice. held laughing
converse with that queer-looking duck.
the Sharon girls uncle. The tall gen
tleman waved gracious salufafion to
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16
Worth While Quotation,

Some people seem to take up all
the sorrows of the past; to them they
add the burdens of the present; then
they look ahead and anticipate a great
many more trials than they will ever
experience in the future"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16
Daily THOUGHT

We all live IN a world which Is full
of ignorance and misery, and the plain
duty of each and all of US is to Try
to make the little corner he can In
huence somewhat less ignorant, some
e.hat less miserable than It was BE-
fore he entered it.-Huxley.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16
Kindly Dispensation.

One of Providence's kindest dispen-
sstions is fixing it so that man can
be just as happy over feeling impor-
tant as really being-Ohio State
Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16
The Boss's Weakness,

lille Ginger says that one reason
why she hates to take dictation from
her new boss is because when he il
chewing tobacco he can't talk, and
when he isn't chewing he can't think.
Galveston News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16
A DARK-EYED LITTLE BEAUTY OF NINETEEN


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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16
sbs.t-metaI Work Old.

sheet-metsl work is one Of the old
est trades known to man. Ancient
Egyptians, Babyionians. the Asiatic
races and even the American Indians
were engaged IN this trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16
The Buyers
Guide

The firms whose names are repre-
scented In cur advertising columns
are worthy Of the confidence Of every
person N the community who has
money to spend. Ths fact that they
advertise stamps theu--ls enterpEis-
ing, progressive men Of business, q
credit TO our town, and deserving Of
support Our advertising columns
eompriss q BuyerS Guide to fair
dealing. good goods, honest prices
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16
m.IIions Of Miles Of Water.

The volume Of water on the earth's
surface is estimated at S15,0O0,OO0 Gu
bic miles
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16
Optimistic Thought.

Talk to piease others; act to please
Yourself
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-01
HONORS FOR PERSHING.

The rank of permanent general was conferred last
week on General Pershing by the House of Represen
tatves by vote of 271 to In the debate high trib
utes were paid to the American commander Represen
tatye Campbell, Democrat of Pennsylvania, mention
ing him as Presidential possibility.
General Pershing has demonstrated himself to
be such commander Of men," said Mr. Campbell,
that this country cannot afford not to place this great
honor upon him. would like to see the people of this
country put aside their partisanshp their adherence
to Democracy and Republicanism, and make him the
unanimous choice of the conventions that assemble
next year and elect him President Of the United
States"
The great thing General Pershing did, according
to Representative Kahn of California was to have the
American Army in France fight as a separate un; Mr.
Kahn said
"The first thing mat General Per hing did OF great
Importance to the American forces was to insist that
we fight an American army. Both French and Eng
ish demanded that troops be u>d as replacement
troops In other words, if they had a battle and five
or six thousand Of their soldiers were killed or
wounded we to send in the requisite number of
men to fight und err their generals os replacement
troops From the beginning General Pershing fought
that proposition
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-01
HIGH COST

rs hard to salt nickel, to save a picyune; l
have to buy pickle and then again a prune;
the figures such things cost upset my apple cart;
they stagger and exhaust me, and make me sick
at heart. All are profteering, it surely seems
to me, when shopward l go steering, to buy pound
of tea; to buy pair of trousers, birdcage or a
hat; and money mad carousers are doubtless get
ting fat We men who work for wages are shy of
all recourse; fly in futile RACES, and clamor till
we're hoarse; but still the profeering goes forward
with will, and daily we are nearing the poorhouse
on the hill But let's be calm and steady, and
wild remarks; Uncles getting ready to swat
the robber sharks. Our Unce's slow as blazes, but
take this to your heart: All kinds of smoke he
raises, when he makes start And we who
toll and suffer may yet survive to see the profteerng
duffer suspended from tree. Or if that fates not
hsn, being too severe no doubt he'll go to prison.
and stay year after year The profteers and hoard
ers and other souless men will be the nations
boarders in foul scented pen Uncle Sam
moves slowly, but he has giant thews; his wrath is
hot and holy, and spikes in his shoes
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-01
America and the whole world,

America and the whole world l~
In comparison to his former vast wealth the $780,
100000 left by Mr.. Carnegie as made public in his
will, is nconsderabe. Mr. Carnegie made the famous
utterance: HE who dies rich dies disgraced," and
Considering the fact that he gave away $350,o000oO
during his lifetime and that Of the 100000 900 left
pow $1e,0O0OOO goes 10 friends and various philan
thropes, and the remainder to the Carnegie Corpora
tion to be used for the public benefit it is not too
much to say that Mr. Carnegie lived up to his cpl
gram very faithfully. His wife and children he pro-
vided for during his lifetime. The remainder of his
fortune he gave away,
Characteristic of this many-sided and interesting
Croesus are the friendships he made as indicated by
his requests. Ex-Presdent Taft gets $4,000 a year
by the terms of he Carnegie will; D. Lloyd George
the Premier of England, gets similar bequest. Meth
err of these is rich; the British Premier came from
humble origin Carnegie himself Mr.. Carne-
gies bequest will leave him Independent of the poIt
cal changes of fortune which threaten at the
to descend upon him viscount Merely gets $4,000
year. Here is curious friendship Readers of Lord
Morley's "Recoection" published several years ago
know in what respect the great Liberal held Mr. Car
negie At Canegies castle at Skbo Lord Morley spent
many holiday it there that the Order of Merit
came to him. and Lord Morley describes Mr. Carnegies
pleasure in this distinction which to his guest
What curious combination! The famous philosophic
radical who is of the greatest of Englands literary
statesmen, Vceroy in turn for Ireland and india and
the little genial ex-bobbin boy. Lord Morley
from humble parentage his father having been a Lam
cashire doctor.
The other requests no less interesting, $4,000
year to John Burns, the English labor leader, man
of the people $4,000 year to Mrs. Preston the
widow of President Cleveland. $4,000 year to Mrs
Roosevelt $4,000 year apiece to Thomas Burt and
John Wilson two members of the English Parliament
Among other requests We're 100000 to the Hampton
Institute and 100000 each the Pttsburg Unver-
sity and the Relief Fund of the Authors Club of New
York
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-01

Mrs. -"Whence did Mrs. de
Style get her new hat?" Mrs. Blase-
"That's a problem. She bought it with
the money which her husband bor-
rowed from her uncle, who had won 1t
in poker game from her brother, to
whom she had loaned it shortly after
her mother had taken it from her IA
theirs pockets and given it to her for a
birthday present"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-01
ANDREW CARNEGIE.

It is thing to form good resolutions, but it is
cutie another thing to carry them out Andrew Cane-
gle demonstrated that he could do both His resolu-
ton, made many years ago. to devote his vast fortune
to what he believed to be the best possible use for all
mankind, has been carried out with absolute fidelity,
and, result inestmable benefits have accrued and
will for centuries continue accrue to the people Of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-01
state Of Ohio. city of Toledo.

Lucas County, S.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. ].
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK ]. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day of December,
A. D. 1886. A. W GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Pubic.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternal1y and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the SYSTEM Send
for testimonials free.
F. ]. CHENEY e. CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists 75c. -"
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-01
SacreS MantiIla

Tn Spain a woman'S mantilla is held
sacred by law and cannot be SID fol
debt.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08
---S -
JACKSON KICKS ABOUT
GAS AND CAR SERVICE

JACKSON, Miss, March s. (Spl)-
Developments in the controversy be
tween the city commissioners of Jack
son n the jackson Light and Trac-
ton company over the quality Of serv-
Ice rendered by the corporation and
over the rates charged promise to take
a sensational turn within a few days,
with the possibility OF a receivership
looming large.
Mayor Walter A. Scott has issued in
structions to the city attorney to file
quo warranto proceedings against the
traction company, alleging failure to
live up to the terms Of its charter. I'm
less the company can show cause for
It's alleged bad service, the mayor says
immediate action will he taken for the
appointment Of n reCeiYership.
The mayor has sent a letter to Man
aged Il. O. Gordon, OF the traction COM
pany, warning him that the compan is
liable to a fine Of 800 a day for (ail-
ure to provide gas that meets the city's
teslH. ana thls, the mayor says. is not
being done.
Recent Investigations showed that gas
furnished patrons or the traction COM
pany was almost so per cent deficient in
heating quality, and contained excess
sive amounts of nonCombustible ma
terials, Steps have been taken since
to remedy these conditions.
Il expect to have the present cars on
the street car lines OF Jackson con
demned as unsafe and insanitary. pro-
vided the company continues In its pol
icy Of refusing to make needed improve
mentS,' the mayor announced.
Officials Of the traction company have
held conferences recently with city of
ficials and admitted that the service
was not up to standard. They alleged
wal conditions as the reasons for the
poor service.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08
Ropes Close In
On TWO Suspects
In Sailors Case

In Joe walker, giant negro, Waldral
boulevard, and Nash Taliaferro, negro
"a years old, 233h Rayburn boulevard
held as suspects, police and detective,
are confident they have two Of tn,
black bandits who robbed the home o
Peter Sailors, Summer avenue, Wed.
nesday night and tortured MIR, and Mrs
Sailors.
10 IL reporter for The News Scimi.
tar, Sailors Saturday afternoon said. Il
am positive that Joe Walker Is the ne.
gro who appeared to be serving as the
leader of the three that came on the
inside of my house, | had seen him
before the robbery, but never knew his
name. He was not the one, however.
who b~rutally insuIted Mrs. Sailors, and
neither Is Nash Taliaferro, who was
caught by my brother, the one either
Taltaferro was caught late Friday
afternoon by John sailors and Detec-
tives Drummer and Heckle, on Beala
venue
Several homes, mostly negro dwell.
ings, have been sacked by a band of
negroes carrying s~hotguns and pistols,
IN the suburbs adjacent to Memphis
during the past few weeks, In two
or three instances, while searching the
homes OF negroes, the bandits displayed
special officer" badges and told their
victims they were officers looking for
liquor.
A special officer" badge was found
In Walkers pocket by Detectives VIII
liams and Bell.
Chief Smith of the detective bureau,
stated that he was confident that de-
Velopments would present some start
ing angles to the crimes charged to
the black auto bandits. One report was
that the negroes we're being directed
and coached by a white man, who
knows the ms and outs of police af-
fairs.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08
CONSOLIDATED PORT,
ToMoRRoW's ESTIMATED.
NEW 0 r T T

NEW YORK, March S.-There was a
firmer tone in the cotton market early
today, owing to the reports Of a grad
ual improvement in the goods market
and small spot offerings from the
South. Trading was active, but again
consisted largely of liquidation Of old
style accounts and their transfer into
the new-style contracts.
The latter appeared to be attracting
a little fresh buying, but there was a
good deal of selling by spot people,
who were covering old short hedges,
and not much change in the relation
OF the two contracts. The market
opened steady at unchanged prices to
an advance of q points on the old and
IL to 25 points higher on the new con
tract, which worked some 40 to so
points above last nights closing be-
fore the end of the first hour. Old
style May sold at q. 44c and new-style
at %. S5c.
Brokers reported a broadening inter
est in the new-style contracts and the
market showed continued steadiness
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08
UNion Station.
SOUTHERN RAILROAD,
LOUISVILLE a NASHVILLE RAILROAD.
.Dsiiy except Sunday. .'sunday only.
NASHVILLE. CHATTANOOGA 4 ST. LOUIS
raj ROAD.

UNITED STATES
RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
CONSOLIDATED TICKET OFFICE
10 North Main St Bel Phone Main 5se7.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-08
COTTON MARKETS
Tone Shown and
When Shorts Try>tO Cover
Sellers Offer SparingIy.

@AAN~A AAtNA- "AAGA4 g.
For some reason the value Of the
contracts, both OLD and new, compared
with what it costs TO get spot cotton
n the belt, was more appreciated to-
aay ana an upturn resulted. Perhaps
shs uhtaNorable weather in the belt.
rams being reported from fully two
thirds Of the area, helped to stir mn
punish sentiment, But II was the opin-
ION OF most people that the chief rea-
son was increasing appreciation of the
OF contracts compared with
Spots helped, of course, by the fact
thal Old style. must be liquidated be-
lore May !. ID New Orleans the shorts
suffered more thar they did in New
lork and some genuine tail-twisting
was witnessed down there, especially
IN March and May, both of which shot
up more than 100 points.
Trading was fairly active for the short
session. Buoyancy in the stock market,
especially IN the rails and industrials,
was also reflective of a more optimistic
Ieelng as to general business, which
naturally will affect cotton and its
products. The bearish weekly statIs-
ties were apparently of little concern.
me weekly trade reports were rather
more favorable also.
In. New York old May opened up %
points at q. soc, sold up to 22c, then
dipped back to the opening and later
worked up gradually until 22.43c was
reached. The new crop positions were
not up so much, but the list finished
very steady at a net gain OF 70 to so
points. New style May opened at
Z2,5Oc, the lowest OF the short session,
and reached 22.S7c, but reacted slight
ly before closing. Finals were very
steady and from IS to 10 points net to
the good.
In New Orleans finals were gains
OF ia to 81 points for the old and g.
to 81 for new contracts, tone steady
for both. Spots there were marked up
IS points. middling to 26.75c, with sales
l 1876 bales.
Locally no change was made in spots.
middling remaining at rs. SOC and sales
being 500 bales. In Houston quotations
were raised so points to &c. Soc, with
sales LII bales, while Dallas elevated
them 70 points. middling to rs, csc, and
sold 351 bales.
Liverpool is due to come 20 to 81
points higher Monday.