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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-26

Mrs. Rebeeca Lowe. president Of the
National Federation Of Women's Clubs,
on wage-earning women: THE eruption
Of women in the professional and indus
trial world has been so suddenly accom-
pIished that they stand there unadjustetl
to their environment. They have han
no time to reason out their own position
In the wOsld Of wage-earners, nor halbs
economic specialists thrown any iig'it
on the subject Women earning wages
outside Of the home is a phenomenon
which has just come within the ken Of
the political economist. who only gapes
at the spectacle, for5earing to readjust
his calculations to take her In"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-26

Or. Fred ". Atkinson. superintendent
OF public instruction in the Philippines.
@Ihe natives IN educational matters
should be treated with the almost lati-
tude and IN a coneiliatory way The Ian
guage Of the natives should be used at
first almost exclusively, with perhaps nm
hour day Of English History Of the
Philippines should be taught. as well as
American history. and the two merged
together in the teaching In such way
that the pupils may see each In its proper
relation to the other"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-26

Bob Burdette on the women's conven-
ton in Milwaukee: people are all alike,
and all large bodies run their affairs In
about the same way. | have nc criti
cism to make on the results of the meet
ing. 1t was handled in a more orderly
manner than mems conventions are. tt
is held that women when once started,
cannot stop talking, but a woman can
stop them. When the chairman, Mrs
Lowe, brought down that gavel not an
other word was uttered. She would stop
them on hyphen. Only in one instance
was there an encroachment upon the time
allotted to discussion"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22
ATTACK BY AN EAGLE.
Made In the Open and Not Near
Nest.

Nest.
Most readers must have felt doubts
as to the stories of eagles attacking
men, even when their nests were being
robbed, says the Cornhill. But an In
stance of such an attack, made In the
open and not near a nest, occurred TO
Mr.. Turner Turner, well-known
sportsman and amateur fur-hunter in
British Columbia During an expedi-
ton In North British Columbia he had
been trying unsuccessfully to get
shot at a band Of caribou. Seeing an
eagle in the distance, he stood still to
watch 1t, as he had not seen one IN
the neighborhood where he was shoot
ing. The ground was covered with
six inches of snow except on the sum
mits Of the mountains, where 1t was
deeper" writes Mr.. Turner-Turner,
and | was therefore a conspicuous OBJ
ject. Presently | was surprised to see
how close the bird was approaching,
but concluded that it must have mis-
taken me standing still for a stump,
and would Immediately discover Its
error. 1t never deviated from its
course or changed its position, except
to drop its legs slightly when about
ten yards off and in line with my head.
These it quickly drew up again, lying
directly at my face, which so took me
by surprise as to leave me hardly time
to throw up my rifle as a guard, and to
wave my life hand This caused the
eagle to pass above me with the rush
of a dozen rockets. Up to this time
the thought of harming the bird never
occurred to me. But | then faced
about and fired at my retreating foe.
Then, with rapid wheel, it turned
to renew the attack, this time making
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

The Puerto Rican problem presents
some difficulties. Under the colonial
system OF Spain. the islanders enjoyed
certain commercial privileges, In send
Ing their products to Spanish markets.
which they have now lost without re-
ceiving any compensating advantage
from their connection with this coun-
try. The result has been great pow
erty and distress. If the products OF
Puerto Rico were to be admitted to
our great markets free of duty, it
would please the islanders, but dis
please many of the tobacco and the
Hugar-Taisers who are afraid OF this
competition. In these circumstances
the proposal has been made in Con-
gress to levy upon Puerto Rico goods
one-half of the regular rates of duty.
Whether Congress has right to levy
upon them any duty is much disputed
constitutional question.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22
SLAVERY IN SOUTH AMERICA.
stun Unchecked and Claims Multitude
Of Victims.

stun Unchecked and Claims Multitude
OF Victims.
The indians OF the interior OF South
America are today enduring the hor
rors of slavery In its most odious form
and yearly multitude of victims OF
the oppressors' greed and heartliness
perish miserably in the camps of the
Indian slaves is sad almost beyond de-
scription. They are obtained in two
ways, by violence and by trickery.
Parties of slave hunters penetrate the
forests of the interior and attack the
wild Indians In their villages and huts,
killing the fathers and mothers and
carrying the children away with them.
In other places, Indians who are semi
civilized are induced to leave their
homes on some pretext and are then
kidnapped and kept at work in the
rubber forests until death relieves
them. The slave masters go on the
principle that dead men tell no tales, "
and the unfortunate once in their
hands, is kept at work until he dies OF
hardship and privation. There is al
ways demand for able-bodied slaves
to work in the rubber district, and
often good price is paid for bunch
of Indians. The hardships they have
undergone in the slayemasters' hands
have steeled the hearts of the Indians
against the white man and it is unsafe
for a small party to venture into the
interior, for chance to retaliate upon
their prosecutors is never allowed to
slip by the natives For this reason ex-
tensive districts OF the interior, where
the Indians have withdrawn for safety
are still unexplored, and less is known
of them than of the Dark Continent
The laws of the land are decidedly
against the practice of slavery. but
this prohibition Is of no effect In the
remote districts where rubber Is gath
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22
Lone Robber Cleans Out Restaurant.

A lone robber, masked and armed.
cleaned out two restaurants in the CEN
ter of Kansas City, Mo-, under the
glare of an electric light. In Lewis
restaurant he pointed a pistol at the
cashier and robbed the cash register,
while he kept his revolver in plain
view of two customers eating near by.
He then went across the street to the
restaurant of Robert McClintock, COW
cred the cashier and commanded two
walters and three customers to hold
up their hands. They complied prompt
ly, and the robber emptied the regis
ter. He pocketed $146 and disappeared.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

Spain has nobly indicated In honor
and wisdom In deciding to renew and
maintain the treaty relationships
which subsisted between that country
and the United States before the war.
Spain means. that is TO say. to make
the best OF its altered circumstances,
turning It's face toward the light In
stead OF sulking in the shadows.
From the frying pan into the fire" is
one of SPANS own proverbs, which
happily 1t does not intend to adopt as
Its rule OF conduct.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22
UNUSUAL REQUEST.
Mothers Effort to Induce Her Daughters
TO Remain single.

w ANOAhAih
The will of Mrs Elizabeth ]. Gouin.
which has just been recorded at War
wick, N. ", contains some eccentric
conditions. The estate amounts to
S114,563, and the trust provided for in
the will calls for the setting apart of
three sums of $4,000 each, the interest
on which is to be paid semi-annually
to each of the three daughters, so long
as they remain single. In case any
one of them should marry or die the
sum set apart for her must be reinvess-
ed, and the income equally divided be-
tween the other daughters. On the
marriage of the second and third
daughters the sum is to revert to the
estate. Antoinette, the youngest of
the three, married before the contents
of her mothers will became known.
and the surrogate has ordered that she
forfeit her portion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

Teresa Falciola, an Italian peasant
woman, met recently with an extraor-
binary adventure. Near her home, in
the village of Quarna, which nestles in
spacious valley, is high and wooded
mountain. and there 1t has been her
custom to go two or three times a week
for the purpose of collecting firewood.
To bring this wood down from the
precipitous mountain to her cottage
was quite an arduous task. Therefore
she sent 1t down by means of a strong
metal wire stretched from the valley
up to the mountain top.
A few days ago she and her two lit
tie daughters assembled the mountain,
and after gathering three goodly
punches of wood prepared to send them
down. Just, however, as the mother
had fastened the first bundle to the
wire and had launched 1t on its down
ward course, her wedding ring became
caught in the rope with which the bun
die was tied, and in flash she was
carried off ner feet and swept down
into the valley. Half paralyzed with
fear, her little daughters watched her
as she sped from their sight with
amazing swiftness, and then they ran
down the mountain, fully expecting to
find her dead at the end of the wire.
And their fear was quite natural,
since the mountain top from which
their mother had been torn is 800 yards
above the valley. Fortunately, their
fear proved to be groundless. They
found their mother entirely uninjured.
Yet, miraculous indeed was it that her
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22
FELIX NORRIS

young man took up theatricals in his
native land. Then he came to America
and worked in Boston drug store.
but soon returned to the. stage, and ere
long was in the companies of the
great stars. Among those with whom
ne played were Junius Brutus Booth.
John 7. Raymond, Nine. Modieska
Mary Anderson, Lolita and Boucicault
He was with A. M. Palmers stocs,
company for a time. For seven years
he was with Rosina Vokes. OF late
he had been with Daniel Frohmanrs
company and also appeared as a star
at the continuous performance houses
The opera salaries of this season arm
about as follows: Nine. Calve. 81 5OO
performance; Nine. Sembrich. 81 200
Nine. Eames, $1,000; Nine. Nordica
$500 spossibly $1,000; Mile. de Lusan
$500; Nine. Ternina, 81 900. Mme
Adams, $500; Nine. Strong, $3.50. Nine
de We're, $3.50; M. Alvarez. 81 ooo. NJ
saleza, $500; M. Van Dyck, $500; M.
saiignac, $500; Herr DIPPED, $500: M.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

Robert Lorraine, young English ac-
tor, who has not yet appeared in this
country, will support Ada Rehan in
her forthcoming tour. Mr.. Lorraine is
the son of Henry Lorraine, an English
actor of some renown in the last gen.
Grafton, and has been on the stage only
few years. He has been chiefly
identified with melodrama, but was for
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

life was not crushed out of her at the
end of her perilous descent. 1t would
have been II her fall had not been
broken as she was reaching the earth
by some friendly branches. The bum
die of wood, too was in some measure
a bulwark against the shock.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

The Brazilian minister to the United
States has been endeavoring to encour-
age the importation into this country
of Yerba mate or Paraguay tea, to take
the place to some extent of Chinese
tea Yerba Mate Is a stimulant used
generally throughout South American
countries. Most Americans who visit
Southern countries become fond of the
drink, though IL seems doubtful If IL
will ever take the place of tea in this
country. Our consul-general at Rio
Janeiro In a report to the state de-
partment recommends its use, how
ever, as an excellent stimulant and
nerve tonic. ut is pre-eminently a
temperance drink" he says, land the
temperance societies in the United
States could do very useful work by
helping TO popularize II. Yerba mate,
has all the stimulating and sustaining
qualities of Chinese tea or of coffee,
without the detrimental effect caused
by their constant and excessive use
affection or liver and kidneys. irrita-
ton of the nervous system. etc-and
1t Is very cheap. The great masses In
Uruguay and Argentine. including the
famous gauchos (cowboys) OF the
pampas, who drink Ii constantly in
stead of water, tea or coffee, hardly
ever use alcoholic stimulants Intoxi-
cation is rare occurrence there.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

an undoubted and intentional swoop at
my head, in which it would have been
successful had | not Suddenly ducked.
1t was not common bald eagle, but,
as afterward learned. mountain or
golden eagle"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

Admiral Dewey has had all sorts OF
experience In boats, but something diff
ferent will come to him when he takes
that proposed trip over Chicago's all
mud route to the Mississippi.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

Four American steamers designed
for the Pacific trade are each to be 73c
fest long. with capacity of $4,000
tons. Some of the builders say the
transpacific liners of the future will be
1000 feet long.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

SAYINGS AND DOINoS OF The
PLAYERFoLK.
The Ideal Tbeater-It O"nh0'
when Managed for Individual PROM
Norman Hapgood on the AheSe"
Theatrical Trust

In recent address before the pay
goers' club Of London one OF the mem
bers explained that his ideal theater
was not any existing playhouse;
It was not a theater which ever ala
exist. and he might add it never would
exist. 1t would never except IN $50
lated instances, quite realize the dreams
of its lovers, because each realization
would inspire another dream. And the
theater was an exceedingly complex IN
strument, depending not on the genius
and intellect of one man, but the genius
and intellect, and he would say, high
moral qualities of a large number OF
men and women. By happy accident
one saw now and again an ideal per-
Torrance of play, but perfection was
On the whole unattainable. Tonight
you might have an ideal Romeo and
Juliet; tomorrow Romeo would have
The ghost of his tailor's bill at his ell
bow, and Juliet would have received
bad news about her youngest grand
daughter The ideal theater was not
fact, but an inspiration, but 1t was,
nevertheless, a beautiful and fascinat-
ing vision always worth while trying
to realize. The trouble was that here
the ideal theater could hardly be said
to exist even as a vision because the
actual theater was so very remote
from the ideal. They must clear their
minds of the theater as it was before
they could conceive the thsater as it
ought to be- There were those who re-
garded the theater as the handmaiden
of frivolity, if not Of vice, AS the
theater was now constituted in Great
Britain he thought the Puritan point
of view had a good deal to say for it.
self. The British theater-and he
would include the colonies and Amer
lea also-was absolutely unworthy
of the English-speaking race. There
were, of course, exceptions, but he said
deliberately that the people who con-
demned the existing theater were in
the right-at best it was very far from
what it should be; at worst, it was all
that it should not be.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

Should France and Germany inter
vene in the Transvaal controversy the
act could not fail to arouse the Irish OF
Senator Hoar.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

An individual whose ideas are vague
rs to his own duties usually has very
clear ideas as to the duties of his
neighbors.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

Whenever the demand for kisses ex-
ceeds the supply young man is al
ways anxious to establish balance of
trade.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

One dollar and seventy-five cents q
day has been adopted by the New
South Wales government as a mini
mum wage to railway laborers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

II collision could be arranged be-
tween the one-eyed mountaineers OF
Kentucky and the three-card noun
taineers of Chicago. 1t would be worth
going miles to see.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

The change in Chinese emperors
would make job for the soroner in
almost any other country.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

a time in George Alexander's company
at the st. James Theater in London.
Mr. Lorraine is tall and handsome. He
married Julie Opp, who has lately been
suing him for divorce.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

No man ever tries TO argue with his
wife after two years of welded hap
piness.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

The man behind the red nose hai
Knocked out Alabama's proposed dis-
pensary law.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

Edwin Varrey, the veteran actor,
who is playing the part of Glaucus in
Stanislaus STANCES dramatization of
"Quo Vadis," at McVickers theater,
has been on the stage fifty-three years,
and has played with all of the great
stars of two or three generations.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

An audience is sometimes respon-
sible for Interruptions which give per-
formers an opportunity for displaying
their ready wit. Barry Sullivan, the
Irish tragedian, was playing Richard
ILL.," some years ago at Shrewsbury.
When the actor came to the lines, "a
horse! A horsel My kingdom for a
horse!" some one in the pit called out:
Wouldn't donkey suit you, Mr.. Sui
livan?" YES" responded the TRACE
dian, turning quickly on the interrupt
er, please come around to the stage
door"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

There are times when Jim crow car
legislation savors strongly of jackpot
craftsmanship.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

A man never fully realizes the won
derful patience his wife has until he
gets sick and has to be waited upon.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

A man has the same kind of respect
for bully that he has for a mules
heels.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

A fool speaks without rejecting and
mirror reflects without speaking.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

cred. and it may well be said that tho
unfortunate Indians sweat blood FOR
every drop of rubber milk exuding
from the treeR
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

The full cast of Nam selle 'Awkins,"
Richard Carries new musical comedy,
will be headed by Mr.. Carries himself,
and includes George c. Boniface, Jr.,
Etienne Girardot, Charles Dandy, viii
Armstrong, Snitz Edwards, Marguerite
Sylvia, Paula Edwardes, Mamie Gilroy,
Anna Robinson, Mrs. Mckee Rankin
and the Beaumont sisters. Herman
Perlet composed the music for the pro-
duction
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

1t doesn't cost anything to be polite,
and 1t often pays enormous dividends.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

The real test of mans affection
comes when a woman can be of no use
90 hifa.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

Some people pass their good resolu-
lions on the first reading.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

There are now, according to the war
departments report, 1O.S43. 1852 Ameri-
can citizens eligible for military duty.
These figures, coupled with the wide
spread knowledge of American pro-
wess diffused during the recent Span
ish war. are enough to make embat-
tied Europe think twice and crawl into
a cavernous hole before attempting
such an undertaking as combat with
the giant OF the new world.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22
ANEWSPAPER FAM
SCARCITY OF PR,n-
MAY BRING 1T ON PAP

Great Shortage Of m.
which IL Is Mads-Cana.,,
of Wood Pulp Shut or su1
the Present 'sy
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

Felix Morris, who died in New York
recently, was one of the best known
of character actors. He was born tif-
ty years ago in England, spent his
youth in the West Indies and as
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22
A THRILLING FLIGHT.
TERESA FALCIOLA'S SENSA-
TiONAL ADVENTURE.

DEFENDS from "a High Mountain on "a
Trolley wlre-Her Ring Becomes En-
tangled and She IL Swept to the Valley
Below.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

Klaw & Erlanger are having a re-
markable run of luck this season. Ev-
cry production and every theater ia
which they are interested is big mon
ey winner. IL New York, Ben Hur"
at the Broadway, and Chris and the
Wonderful Lamp" in which Jeromes
Sykes and Edna Wallace Hopper are
the joint stars, at the Victoria, are es-
tablishing new records, and in Boston
THE Rogers Brothers in Wall street"
is playing to capacity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

Laurence Irving has written another
drama. The play is not yet named. It's
hero is Graham, of Claverhouse, a
robber, soldier and statesman, all in
one. The period is 1888, the year of
doubt, disorder and revolution in Eng
land, when London for a few hours
sheltered two rival kings. Claverhouse,
a staunch supporter of King James, an
outlaw, and cruel torturer, is also
shown as soldier who CALAMITY rides
to death.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

"The Theatrical Syndicate" is the
subject of an essay by Norman Hap
good, the New York critic, which APP
pears in the first number of the new
International Monthly. Mr.. Hapgood
probes deeply into the so-called thea
rical trust, and his deductions have
caused something akin to a sensation
in the world of players and managers.
Mr.. Hapgood makes the declaration
that no force plays so distinct and
strong a part today in the develop
ment of the drama as the theatrical
trust. He prefaces his story of it's in
ception and scope with this statement:
Its growth has been rapid; its power
is immense, and the history of its rise,
if intimately known, sounds like a
melodrama or satirical romance. The
first three acts of its story are to be
here given. The remaining two, the
decline and fall, may be narrated a
few years later. Average human ma
ture among actors and managers has
many constant features. The trust is
supported by the love of money. 1t is
wholly commercial. How many out
side of it are influenced wholly by I'M
selfish considerations? There is some
truth in talk about art, but more cant.
Most of the trouble between the actors
and the syndicate has been over terms
and in most cases when the players
who talked most about intelligence
and freedom were offered more money
they became silent"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

Richard Mansfield is seriously con-
templating an elaborate revival of
Henry "" for next season. This
spring he intends to produce new
play by Francis Lightner, founded
upon the career of King Frederick
William I. of Prussia, and has ordered
another play from Stephen Phillips,
author of "Paolo and Francesca
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22

George Hersee, ten-year-old
nephew of Rose Hersee. the once
popular prima donna of English opera.
and grandson of Henry Hersee, musi-
cal critic of the generation of Chorley,
mas made great personal hit in Lon
don in "The Snow Man" He is said
to be born actor.