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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27
Mouse EiQhts Snakes

Everyone has heard of the remark
able cOmbats of the Indian mongOose
with venoMous snakes, in which little
rikkitikki-tavvi comes off victor. The
fact that the mOngOOSe invariably
survives has led to the suggestion
that it is immune to snake poison.
Other animals said to be immune are
the pig and the hedgehog.
The experiments of a British net-
uralist show that an animal of the
dormouse family must be added to the
list of immune. This animal is known
as the lerot and is said to fight fierce
ly with vipers. Large doses of vi
per's poison were injected into one
lerot, from which injection no Ill eff
fects followed On one occasion a
lerot was badly bitten in the eye by
viper and 40 signs of poisoning fol-
lowed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27

pleasant things" she promised to try,
and lighted the oil stove and busted
herself with breakfast preparations
and as she went about her work she
hummed to herself almost happily.
During breakfast, however, she re-
turned to the troublesome topic.
Daniel" she began, reflIing his
coffee cup. 81 want you to tell me
what you intend doing. l don't like
you to have secrets from me-"
Really, | am surprised and sad
dened. | never suspected l was so
transparent"
I'll tell you what I'd like Daniel"
Her voice was low and serious. "Pd
like to have you go back TO Russia
with me. There's work 70 be done in
Russia-Oh. such quantities of work !
and you and could do so much. Oh,
Daniel, you don't know what it's like
in Russia-the poverty, the misery,
the millions cOwed by tyranny. They
are cropping in the darkness. They
need light. They must be taught that
all workingmen are their comrades, all
the rich their foes. They must be
taught to strike back when they are
struck"
"See here, Esther" Fitzhugh's
clenched fist struck the table a ring
ing blow. His quiet demeanor had
radically changed. eve something
want to tell you. Henceforth nv
brain, my energy, every particle of me,
will work toward but one end-Ma-
terial Success. Money means Power,
ana Power is my goal. I've known all
along l could reach it. shall have to
be cold, heartless, selfish. There's no
other way. The poor pooh! What
are the poor but beasts of burden to
pack and carry for their masters, who
are the rich and intelligent"
AS he talked Esther crouched back
in her chair, cringlng from him as
though each word he spoke was a
whip-Iash across her face.
Naturally. you hadn't thought of
me-" she murmured, when he paused.
son the contrary" he said, and there
WAS hidden meaning in his words,
which, keen as she was, escaped her,
you are the person of whom I'm
thinking most just now"
A glad light sprang into her eyes.
"Then you are going to take me up
with you With your money--you see,
l take it for granted you will become
wCalthy-hOW much we could do for
the underclasses !"
He tossed away his cigarette, took
a swallow of coffee, put down his cup
abruptly. "Ill do the square thing by
you-remember that. Perhaps money
cannot compensate you for all you
have done for mel doubt very much
if it can-but if it can, Esther, shall
repay you a hundredfold."
She sprang up. Her brief gladness
had fled. Her face was very white.
"Then you are going TO throw me
over!" she blazed at him. 81 thought
sol"
Have 1 ever shown any wild desire
for your company?" he asked Jelly. He
also was standing. His face was
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27
Not Dead Ones.

I was using my seven passenger
touring car to help a friend who was
running a bus line, but who was tenn
porarily short of cars. We were MAX
ing certain routes and had on our
windshields cards giving our places
Of destination. | was suddenly called
from my regular route to take a
couple to the minister to be married.
As we were going up the street, with
the bride adorned with her white veil
and the groom in his best suit, both
sitting in back, l noticed that many
we met were convulsed with laughter
didn't realize the cause until /
reached the parsonage and found that
I had failed to remove from the wind
shield the sign: This car to the Gem
stery."-Exchange
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27
DAMnlES OF COLONIAL TIMES
women in the country's Early History
Evidently Had No Monopoly of
Zine Feathers"

The gentlemen of a long-past day
were not less particular in regard to
their costume than are their success
ors OF the present time, a fact that IS
manifest from certain records of colo
NAL times. Governor Hutchinson's or
der for clothes, sent to London to De
nlied, Is telltale and instructive pa.
per. we may suppose the garments
to have arrived by the time of the Bos.
ton massacre, and can easily guess
now the handsome man of fifty-nine
must have looked as he schemed and
argued against his rebellious people.
October 5, 1867. To Mr.. Peter Leitch
i desire to have you send me a
blue cloth waiStcoat trimmed with the
same color lined, the skirts and fac
lngs with effigeen, and the body linneu
10 match the last blue cloath had
from you two under-waistcoats or
camlSols of warm swansdown, without
sleeves faced with some cheap silk or
shsgg. A suit of cloaths fuli-trimmed
the cloath something like the enclosed,
only more of a gray mixture, gold but
tons and hole, but little wadding Incl
with effigeen.
L ike a wrought or lowered or
embroidered hole something though
not exactly like the hole upon the
cioaths of which the pattern is inclosed ;
OF II frogs are worn, l think they look
well on the coat; but If 1t be quite ir-
regular, l would have neither one nor
the other. but such hole and button
as are worn. know laced coat Is
more the mode. but this is too gay for
me.
"A pair of wosted breeches to match
the color, and pair of black velvet
breeches. the breeches with leather lin
1ngs. Let them come by the first
ship.
"P. S. If there be no opportunity be-
tGre February, omit the camisols, and
send greene waistcOat, the forebod-
les strong corded silk-not the cor
duasoy, but looks something like tt
the sleeves and bodies sagathee or
other thin stuff, body lined with
linnen, skirts silk. My last cloaths
were rather small in the armholes, but
the alterations must be little, next to
nothing. philadelphia Record.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27

Fiction in It's maddest moods new
er Invented romance more bewilder-
ing than the stories of the great dia.
monds of India, says Popular Sci
ence Monthly. For these baubles wars
have been waged, nations devastated,
thrones and dynaSties overturned, men
slaughtered by tens of thousands.
The fame of the Great Mogul lured
Nadir Shah TO the sack of Delhi. De-
sire to possess the Koh-i-Noor was
woven into the complex motives that
led Aurung-zeb to deluge India with
blood, Stay his three brothers, and de-
throne and imprison Shah Jehan, his
father.
The OriOff, stolen from the eve of a
temple idol and sold overseas, was
presented to Catherine of Russia by
her princely paramOur to patch a low
ers' quarrel. Swallowed by a faith
full serving man to save it from rob-
bers who slew him, the Sancy was
sliced from his stomach 10 adorn the
royal person of Henry of France and
Navarro.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27

white, too. "In our short friendship
has ii not always been you who took
the initiative?"
But the first time we met you had
no money. no place to Sleep"
His brow darkened 81 thought 1
was going to have trouble with you.
But never mind. TIL settle in full nv
account with you, and we'll quit even"
A furious torrent of words rushed to
her tongue, but before she could loose
it something occurred which. even in
that tempeStuOus moment, damned Its
flow. A shadow obliterated the sun
light, and she turned in time to see
what cast it. A second later a per-
emptory knocking ratified the street
door.
Go to your room and lock yourself
in !" she ordered. and pushed him he
fore her toward the hall door. ITS
Nlkolay-the big Russian you met at
Smulski's. He mustn't find you here.
He's ready to kill you, almost. DO
hurryl Run all the way to your room
and lock the 9OOr."
He tarried no longer. Yet the ex-
citement of the moment did not ban.
ish his diplomacy, for he pressed her
hand and kissed her before going.
After his departure she composed her
self at the breakfast table. The bat
terins at the door sweIIed louder with
every second.
Fitzhugh gone. Esther unharred the
door and admitted her visitor.
Come In NikoIay." she invited.
He entered, glowering. and sat In
the chair Fitzhugh had vacated.
why did you keep me waitingg" be
asked sullenly.
Because she replied evenly, Il
was trying TO decide whether or not /
wanted 70 see you"
And did you dectdeI'
She lifted one shoulder. with elo-
quent indifference. and stirred her cot.
fee II nad 10 let you in. Another
minute. and you would have torn the
house down.
He turned bis massive head this
way aud that. shifting the air yerx
audibly. Il take il you care more tor
your friend who rolls his own cir.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27
For Historians to Worry over

Was Joan of Arc burned? The
question will throw a bomb into hui
man thinking. Documentary evidence
OF the most authoritative character
completely negatives the story of her
being burned-shows that she was alive
and happily married several years
after the date of her execution" in
Rouen, 1881. These documents are In
the registry of the city of Mayence.
They show she came thither in 1896.
Her brothers, Pierre and Jean. recog-
nized her. Her marriage contract to
Robert d'AmbrOiSe. knight. and bear
ing her name, Jeanne dare, la pucelle
dOrleaus, has been discovered. What
does it all mean? No question IS
more interesting save that perennial
one-did Shakespeare write Shake
speare?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27
The Honeymoon Disappearing.

The real, old-fashiOned honeymoon,
q four weeks isolation near some IA
vorite holiday resort seems to be a
thing of the past in the old land, says
the Montreal Herald. War killed the
custom as it has killed many others.
What interferes with its re-establish-
ment is not only feeling against 1t as
a waste of time, but also the high
cost of travelling and the expense of
holiday hotels, plus the difficulty Of
finding quarters. The aspiration of
the young people of today is to settle
down in the home they have managed,
by dint of struggling, to secure, or to
set to work to find something nearer
the ideal than hotel or boarding house
In other cases a
week end at the seaside or a few days
at a quiet hostelry found and kept Sc
cret from others, as good center for
golf and country walks, suffices.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27
Acid Stomach
Makes the Body Sour
Nine Out of Ten People
Suffer From Il

1t sends its harmful acids and gases ali
over the body, instead of health and
strength. Day and night this ceaseless dam
age goes on. No matter how strong, its
victim cannot long withstand the health
destroying effects of an acid stomach.
GOOD news for millions of sufferers.
Chemists have found a sure remedy-one
that takes the acid up and carries it out
of the body; of course, when the cause is
removed, the sufferer gets well.
Bloating, indigestion, sour, acid, gassy
stomach miseries all removed. This is
proven by over half million ailing folks
who have taken EATONIC with wonder
full benefits. 1t can be obtained from any
druggist, who will cheerfully refund its
trifing cost if not entirely satisfactory.
Everyone should enjoy its benefits. FIRE.
quently the first tablet gives relief.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27
Washington as Father of the NAVY

y
An article in the United States Ma.
val Institute Of last December by Ed.
gar Stanton Maclay asked the cues.
ton, Was George Washington the faith.
er of the United States navy? Accord.
Ing to this authority, before John Paul
Jones or John Barry received their
commissions, or, indeed, before con.
gress decided TO establish a navy
Washington issued commissions on
September 2, 1775, to armed craft fol
the expressed purpose of catching
enemy transports and cruisers. Wash
ington borrowed the armed schooners
Lynch and Franklin from Massachu-
setts, and commissioned them to cruise
against the enemy. He also commits.
stoned other armed craft, including
the Lee. 1t was not until October
18th, 1875, that congress appointed its
first naval committee, and not until the
18th of December that congress au.
thOrized the construction of the first
vessels Of our navy.-Scientific Amer.
lean.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27
"YOU LOVE HIM!"

Synopsis.-Typical tramp in APP
pearance, Daniel Randolph Fitz-
hugh, while crossing a Chicago
street, causes the wreck of an auto.
whose chauffeur disables it trying
to avoid running him down. In
pity the occupant of the auto.
young girl, saves him from arrest
and gives him dollar. telling him
to buy soap, and wash. His sense
of shame is touched, and he i'm
proves his appearance. That night,
in a crowd of unemployed and an
archists, he meets Esther Strom
and in a spirit of bravado makes a
speech. Esther induces Fitzbugh
to address the radical meeting. He
electrifies the crowd, and on part
ing the two agree to meet again
Fitzhugh visits Symington Otis.
prominent financier, and Displaying
a package which he says contains
dynamite, demands $4,000. Otis
gives him a check. At the house
he meets the girl who had given
him the dollar. and learns she is
Kathleen Otis. She recognizes him.
Ashamed. he tears up the check
and escapes, but is arrested.
Esther visits Fitzhugh in Jail and
makes arrangements for procuring
legal advice. His trial is speedily
completed and he is found insane
and committed to an asylum, from
which he easily makes hts escape.
Fitzhugh takes refuge in Chicago
with Esther, who has become In
fatuated with him, but with the
thought of Kathleen in his mind
he gives her no encouragement.
His one idea is to become rich and
powerful, and win Kathleen.
While hiding in Esther's house he
grows a beard, which effectuaIly
changes his appearance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27
Ski Jumping in Summer

Since the first cave men slid down
q glacier. skiing has been considered
cold weather sport. Among the
snowclad hills of the cold north coun-
tries skiing has developed until II Is
the national sport OF Norway. But
now comes an expert ski jumper who
established his Own precedent. in good
American fashion. by skiing on the
hottest summer day. OF odds and
ends he has built a slide, approx
mately 100 feet long and terminating
at a gap of p feet beyond which Is
a landing Incline of heavier. broader
construction and surfaced with can
vas This is kept slippery by applying
soap and iard.-POpular Mechanics
Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27

rettes." He opened a box of Russians
and lighted one.
She did not speak. and he went on !:
you've taken quite a fancy to this
young spellbinder, haven't your"
IF you mean the boy who left just
as you came-he's my brother"
Nikolay threw back his head, and
gave loud, mirthless laugh. Brother
What a liarl"
She caught her breath sharply and
sat very erect, a crimson spot burn
ing wildly in either dark cheek. Her
bosom rose and fell stormily.
BE careful what you say to me-"
she warned him; but the anger in her
low voice seemed only to fan his
jealousy to a fiercer flame.
He ground his teeth as he frowned
at her, and the great hairy hand lying
on his knee opened and closed. you
will equivocate, won't you? AS If you
could hoodwink me for one instant
Don't try it. you Esther. You know
well enough why loath this-this-"
Randolph Fitz." she supplied swift
ly. So he did not know Fitzhugh's
real name. That was good.
"You know well enough. I say. It's
because you love him"
He jumped up, kicked his chair out
of the way, and began pacing the floor
savagely.
'You can't be serious. NikolayT'' She
made a brave effort at gayety. 81
care for him? Surely you are jest.
ing" She tilted back her chair, as he
stopped AMI lowered over her. and
smiled up at him coquettishly.
"Why will you torture me SOP" he
cried, holding out his great arms to
her.. Cant you see how l love youl
Don't you know I've loved you for
years? And this Fitz HE spat the
word out-"this vagabOnd of a Fitz !!
You've known him but a few weeks,
yet you're Surely you cannot love
him! Tell me that you don't. Tell
me-tell Inc, Esther. that you love only
mel"
The woman knew how to act. She
hesitated, smiled up at him demurely !;
then, breathing to herself the name of
the man she loved, she rose, and. with
her eyes closed tightly. held up her
lips to the man she despised
Some while later Nikolay took his
departure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27
DISABLED MEN GET RAISE
House Votes to Increase by $50 a
Month Risk Insurance Payment
to Crippled Soldiers.

Washington. April 20.-By unani-
nous vote the house passed a bill in
creasing by $50 a month the war risk
insurance payment of the government
TO $4,000 disabled soldiers and sailors
now receiving vocational rehabilita-
ton. Under the measure, which now
goes to the senate, single men would
receive 500 month, and married
S120. Various organizations of world
war veterans supported the bill.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27
MEXICAN REBELS WIN SHOOTS 2 IN CHURCH
Maniac Kills ]. P. Morgan'S Ply
stefan in New York.
Women Become Hysterica as Mar
Dashes Up Aisle With Revolver
Slayer Escaped From Asylum.

New York, April 2O.-Firing a re-
volver toward the altar as he stood
amid the congregation of st. Georges
church just after the collection had
been taken, Thomas w. Shelley,
maniac and self-confessed bolshevist,
sent a bullet crashing through the
brain of DR.. James W. MarkOe, per-
sonal physician of J. p. Morgan and
a vestryman of the church. Doctor
MarkOe fell dead in the aisle.
Panic enSued Immediately, and there
was wild stampede toward the
doors. Brandishing the pistol, Shell
ley ran to the nearest door and, wav-
ing his weapon at the people, warned
them to keep away.
DR.. George f. Brewer, noted sur
geon, who had been passing the cOllec-
ton boxes with his fellow veStrymen,
disregarded the warning. He ad-
vanced upon the maniac and was shot
in the leg. He, too, fell in the aisle,
but almost Immediately recovered his
feet and, Notwithstanding his wound,
hurried toward Shelley.
Doctor Brewer was joined by Will
liam FellOwes Morgan, president of
the Merchants association, and to-
gether they seized the assassin, deliv-
ering him to detectives who had been
attracted by the gunfire and screams
of hysterical women wOrShipers.
Later the assassin said to Doctor
Brewer and Mr.. Morgan as they seized
him: Il had to do it. l listened to
Doctor Reiand urging us to raise
money. I never had any money and L
thought | would wake the people up.
I don't know why shot"
Shelley told the police he had es-
capped from the Fergus Falls (Minn.)
insane asylum and had been working
as nrintpr
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NikoIay, the big Russian.
(TO BE CONTINUED.J
QUAINT CID NORWEGIAN CITY
Bergen Known for Many Things Be-
sides Its ProVerbiaI Wetness-
Was Home of Ole Bull.

The old Norwegian port of Bergen
Is known as the rainy city. always
carry an umbrella in Bergen" is the
rule widely followed both by inhabi-
tants and strangers. That the umbrella
is an accepted part of the Bergen CO.'S
tune is shown by the eXtravagant old
saying that a man once walked in the
streets of Bergen without an umbrella,
at which sight the horses were so
frightened that they reared and SHE'D
and even ran away. In spite of its rep
utation, Bergen has many beautiful
sunny days. when the only reason for
wearing an umbrella would be to con-
form to custom.
Whatever the atmospheric condi-
tons, the fish market of Bergen is the
most crowded and noisy place in town.
Fishwives are excitedly trying to sell
their Topping, wrigglng wares to I'M
decided customers, while other buyers
and vendors grow heated over the
price of herring or trout.
Away from this fascinating scene Of
confusion. in quiet little park, is an
other significant phase of Bergen's in
terests. Here is a statute of Ole Bull.
Norway's great violinist. Ole Bull was
born in Bergen, and he now lies in its
graveyard. The citv's tribute to this
genius Is this statue of him. standing,
az his fellow citizens had so often
seen him stand before them, with his
violin ready TO play, but listening first
to the rain and the birds and the talk
of men that he might convert them into
the language of the violin. This simple
statue embodies more truly the spirit
of Bergen than its scrambling, money
boarding markets, or its f1ippant at
titude toward the weather prObabili-
ties.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27
SAYS BLOCKADE WON WAR
Rear Admiral Badger Gives the Sem
ate investigating Committee His
View of the Conflict.

Washington. April 19.-Rear Adj
miral Badger told the senate investI-
eating committee the allied naval
blockade of Germany and nOt the anti
submarine campaign was the CHIEF
naval contribution to winning the war.
The blockade forced Germany to Give
off her own fat" until the nation was
exhausted and forced to capltulate, the
officer added. The American navy's
efforts did not shorten the war, he as
serted, but the navy shared with the
army the credit for the nations part
In the war
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27
Border Battle Near as Sonora
Army Drives South.
General Flores Captures SinaIoa and
Continues Drive on Mazatlan-
Gather on u. S. Line.

Nogales. Sonora. April 19-Gen. An
gel Flores, with 5000 Sonora troops,
has captured CuIican, capital of Sina-
loa, according to official announcement
from Sonora military headquarters at
HermOsillo.
The revOlutionists at once marched
on MaZatlan, an important SinalOa
port. They will next march on the
state of Nyart, with Topic, the capt.
tai, as the objective.
Hundreds of former Carranza sol
diers have Joined Flores, it was said
They brought full equipment, includ-
ing arms. ammunition and food.
Two thousand troops left here for
Aqua Prieta and other American Dor
der towns to fight invasion in that d.
rectiOn by CarranZa forces.
1t was announced by Sonora officials
here that passenger service on the
Southern Pacific de Mexico an Ameri-
can railrOaa, seized by the state eight
days ago, would be discontinued and
only troop trains run.
General ObregOn is we'll and hopes
to reach Sonora within fortnight, ac
cording to a wire from Gen. Francisco
Serrano, private secretary of the pres
idential candidate.
Aqua Prieta, Sonora, Mex, April 49,.
Chihuahua state troops and mem
bers Of the defense sociales, or home
guards, included in the federal force
sent against Sonora have refused to
attack that state. according 10 desert
ers from the federal troops who ar
rived here. The deserters, five in
number, made their way through the
mountains from near Casas Grandes,
200 miles over rough country. Two of
them were said to be officers.
They told Gen. j. N. Pine, Sonora
commander. that others were on the
way.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27
FOR PATCHES "F0RE AND AFT"
Senator Harding Says People Must Re.
turn to the Simple Ways of
Living.

Kokomo. Ind. April 20.-"I will wear
patches fore and aft before will sur
render to the high cost of living" Sen
ator Harding said in an address here.
81 would join the overall club if it
would not boost the price of overalls."
he added. "The only way to bring
down the high cost of living is to re-
turn to the simple ways of liv-
ing"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27
"CARRY ON!
If Constipated, Bilious
or Headachy, take
"CasCaretS"

Feel grandi Be efficient! Don't stay
sick, bilious, headachy, cOnstipated. Re-
move the liver and bowel poison which
is keeping your head dizzy, your tongue
coated, your breath bad and your stom-
ach sour. Why not get a small box Of
Cascarets and enjoy the incest, gentlest
laxative-cathartic you ever expert
enced? Cascarets never grippe. sicken
or inconvenience one like Salts, Oil.
CalOmel or harsh pills. Cascarets bring
sunshine to cloudy minds and half-sick
bodies. They work while you sleep. Adv.