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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09
An Augmented Education


HE friends of Marcia Egremont
often wondered which she knew
a the most about, vocal training or
Iove-making; she had enjoyed so much
of both. As a consequence of this over
abundant preliminary education in both
lines her friends also predicted great
difficulty and delay in the matter of her
SETTLING down"-either to a career or
a peaceable married existence.
Marcia, for the present, judged all
lovers, apparently at least, by their vo-
cal qualifications. AS a heart-search-
ing love affair is supposed to be 'devel-
oping" to the human vOice-espe-
cially Of the tenor variety-Mar
cia may be supposed to have rendered
large numbers of rising tenor sing
ers valuable assistance on the road to-
ward fame She had grown rather
weary of this pastime-and of tenors-
when Philip Derwent made his appear
ance in her world
Most music-lovers went wild over
Philip, praised him unreservedly, but
Marcia tossed her head in disdain.
Cold as the polar regions, that
voice" was her verdict. Not even
wine would take the chill off those top
notes"
Love- suggested the friend who
had most intimate knowledge OF Mar
cia's numerous but not perhaps utterly
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09
FRENCH ARMoRED CRUISER JEANNE DARE.

days run on record at the rate of % is
knots per hour, could easily be over
hauled by the Jeanne D'Arc. The
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. of the
North German line with her 22& knot
speed and the swift Cunarder Lucania,
that has crossed the Atlantic in five
days and five hours, would also fall a
prey to the Jeanne D'Arc. The cap
ture of few prizes like these from
an enemy's merchaI=. marine might be
Il greater financial loss than naval
battle defeat. Indeed, the knowledge
that such a commerce destroyer as the
Jeanne D'ArC were lowering unseen
beyond the horizon to waylay all ship
ping would doubtless make more of a
panic in the enemy's country than the
appearance of a whole hostile squadron
of warshiDs off the coast.
This new French marine racer was
begun about three years ago She was
launched from the shipyards at ToulOn
in June, 1899 Since then the engi-
neers have been packing her hull with
machinery, putting her big triple eX
pansiOn engines in place and adjusting
the three shafts and propellers. The
Jeanne Dare is as big as most ocean
liners. She is 571 feet long, with CO.
foot beam and a draught of % feet Of
water. She has two military masts,
with fighting tops; an armor belt Of
from three to six inches in thickness,
and decks of steel plating; so she need
not be afraid of tackling any ordinary
warship. But he. special duty will be
to cover great distances. at high speed.
and capture all commerce that she
comes across. For this reason she has
bunkers that will hold 1,400 tons of
coal. With this supply she could make
three trips.acrOss the Atlantic without
recoaling. Her armament consists of
two 734inch guns in arnOred turrets on
deck, with fourteen J1a-inch rapid fire
guns, twenty-six smaller guns and two
torpedo tubes. She carries a crew of
62G men.-New York Journal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09
Electric Eel's Vict,n

At the Geological Gardens a large
electric eel was swimming in it's tank
with more activity than usual, when a
big cOckroach fell into the water, and
in its efforts to get out made a dis
turbance of the surface, which attract
ed the attention of the eel The eel
turned round, swan past it, discharg-
ed its battery at about eight inches
off, and the cockroach instantly stop
ped stone dead. 1t did not even move
it's antennae after. The eel then pro
ceeded to swallow its victim, and the
narrator goes on to point out the GU
rious circumstance that the fish.
which weighed about twelve pounds,
should find it worth while to fire it's
heavy artillery ct a creature an inch
and a half long, when it could easily
have swallowed it sans facon.-Cham-
bers' Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09

Everybody may not know that in
royal households it is not the custom
to relight a candle. For however short
a time it has been burning, if once ex-
tinguished, it is never used again-at
least not in the precincts of the palace.
Another quaint monarchical custom is
that there are always two sets of SER
wants. to insure better service. The one
set goes on duty for three weeks, and
when the time has expired another set
will take their place, so that in the
sovereign's palace there is always one
complete retinue at work, while their
duplicates are resting until their three
weeks of service comes round again
London Onlooker.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09
Cenins in It's Teens.

Edison's early wanderings brought
him at seventeen years Of age to the Gin
cinna.i Office Of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, where his absorption in
electricity and predictions Of its future
power confirmed the sobriquet "Luny,"
which clung 70 him even until his fame
was established. I'VE have the cfaziest
clap in our Office" said the telegraph
manager to the editor Of the Cincinnati
Commercial GG-ette; "he does all sort
Of queer things. I wouldn't be surprised
If he should turn out a genius some day
Let me tell you his last prank. We have
been annoyed for some time By cock
reaches They infested the sink They
don't now. Luny' fixed them He just
ran two parallel wires round the sink.
and charged one with negative and the
other with positive electricity. Bread
crumbs were then scattered. and when
Mr.. Cockroach appeared and put his lit
tie feet on the wires ashes were all that
were left 10 tell the tale" In this cock
roach "annihiliator' was the germ OF the
incandescent light.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09
REMARKABLE CASE OF COMBUSTION
Child Loses It's Life Under the Ordinary
Treatment For Superficial Burns,

A remarkable case that must certainly
prove of interest to tie medical world
generally, is contained in letter from
DR., B. c. Woody, of Soldier, Ky, to DR..
Samuel E. Woody, professor of chem
istry at the Kentucky School of Medi-
cine. 1t relates to a case Of spontaneous
combustion in connection with the Gus
tomary treatment of severe burns. The
case is fully reported by Dr. Wilson.
His letter, in part, is as follows:
A child about fonr years old was
burned on the extremeties and abdomen
by its dress catching fire. The burns in
each locality, being of moderate severity
and strictly superficial were not suffi-
cient to have caused fatal result The
burns were dressed in the following
manner: First busted with subnitrate
OF biSmuth, then linseed oil was freely
poured on and the parts wrapped in cot
ton batting and a sheet pinned around it
snugly and, lastly, 4 quilt was wrapped
around this The child was put to bed.
and instructions were given not to re-
move the dressing The child complain
ed bitterly all night long, the parents
thinking that the suffering was due to
the original burn.
About daylight they saw Smoke arising
from the bed, but being very ignorant
people, thought it was the fire leaving
the burn" and did not remove the
dressing until later, when the child was
dying Upon removing the dressing
they found the inner aspect of the sheet
was scorched, the cotton batting was
burned almost entirely up Cover the alb
domen) and still smouldering The
child was burned into the intestineS in
three places and died in a few minutes.
There was not the least evidence or the
remote possibility of the second fire
originating from the outside, and there
was absolutely nothing used but the bis
muth and linSeed oil.
Replying to DR. Wilson's letter, DR..
Doody wrote his opinion, as follows:
Under the circumstances it must have
been spontaneous combustion of the lin
seed oil The bismuth subnitrate and
cotton, divided finely distributed the oil
and exposed a large surface to the action
of the oxygen of the air The warmth
of the body added to the heat and has
tened the oxidation, and the covering
confined the heat until the oxidation be-
came an actual combustion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09
CAUGHT COLD IN DREAM.
Louisville Matron's Explanation That Leti
Her Auditors Thinking.

Her Auditors Thinking.
OF course, says the Louisville Courier
Journal, when the young matron said
that a dream was responsible for her
cold, everybody became interested,
Dreams are always interesting, some
times intensely so, but one that actually
resulted to something and left some tan
gible trace was indeed novel.
you know" she said, that | have
just returned from my old home from
visit to old friends, and the familiar
scenes may have been responsible for the
dream. At any rate, in my dream |
saw the lightning and heard the thunder
and realized that storm was approach
ing. Then raindrops began to fall The
rainfall became heavier at every instant,
until l thought that there had been a
cloudburst All this | saw in my dream.
''Then suddenly, and still dreaming, |
heard a crash and thought that the limb
of an apple tree heavily loaded with
fruit, had broken, and | could see the
luscious fruit lying on the ground. ]
imagined that | hastily arose and ran to
gather the fruit | remember that !
threw a light wrap about me, but | was
drcnched."
She of the cold stopped, and one Of
her auditors turned with a look of dis
appointment. Il don't see anything ex-
traordinary in that she said.
ooh, but let me finish. The dream
was so vivid that I awoke startled. And
what do you thinkr-I couldn't talk. I
had such an awful cold that my voice
was temporarily lost"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09
lnselfsh efforts in behalf of rising sing

unselfsh efforts in behalf of rising sing
erS.
Perhaps" replied Marcia, enigmati-
cally. but it takes a lot Of trouble to
do some things"
Then she went quietly on with her
own life and enjoyment. using her fine
voice and eyes so well that Philip Der
went was soon desperately in love with
her or fancied that he was. But still,
according to Marcia. the chill remain
ed to shadow the ali but perfection of
those upper notes. And then came the
night of the charity concert.
Marcia was still undecided as to what
TO do with her voice and her wonder
full vocal training; the friend who knew
her best was more puzzled than ever.
But. for the time being, she was all en-
thusiasm about her music. The pure
enjoyment of singing possessed her
night and day. She appeared in the
little ante-room of the big hall early on
she night of the concert. dressed to per-
lection. all radiant and sparkling and
charming delightfulness from satin
slippers to shining hair. And her colos
came and went in a fashion wh'0' So.
Philips heart beating wildly, as hey
waited silently side by side for their re-
Spective numbers.
Marcia'S turn came first. and Philip
slipped into the side OF the hall to
listen. She sang as one translated,
she looked as one transformed The or
chestra eugag ed for the occasion was 4
magnificent one; the music Swelled out
nightly in wonderful, Soul-stirring
waves. Marcia leaned her voice on its
beauty and grandeur and sang as one
sings only once or twice in a life
time. Something. she knew not what.
took possession Of her that evening and
.-Ioritied every note. The faithful old
singing teacher. who had prayed for
her 10 fall madly in love and suffer
sharply in order that the power might
he brought out aud fullest expression
made possible. would have wept with
JOY To hear her. Three times did the
enraptured audience insist upon her re
turning. Thrice did she repeat her in
itial triumph. with no shadow Of fall
ing of or failure, And Philip Derwent,
listening and watching. felt something
awake within him which was different
from any feeling or experience he had
previously known.
An orchestral number separated his
song from her number. and while il
lasted he looked at her dumbly, unable
To say 4 word OF all thar he longed 70
utter. When. just as the last strong
chord vibrated. he opened his lips TO ex
press his admiration, she slipped from
the waiting-rOOm and out into the side
OF the Lall-tO listen 20 him, As he real
lied with thrill
At first this knowledge threatened e
hamper and hold back his powers Of ex
preston. His heart beat like that of 5
child expecting 10 be chiddea, or of {
novice facing an audience for the frS'
time. He would not look in Marcia:
direction; he dared not. Then suddenly
a thrill OF shame swept through him
20 be afraid Of girl who had stead
tasty refused TO consider him rs any
thing more than the mereSt OF &C
Quaiu;ances, shame, He faced be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09

The yellow
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Wamsport pa Grit Chnas credit remains good so long as
satisfy the demands
of
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Emperor
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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09
TWO LOVES OF A SAILOR.
h, an old man sat and bIinked i the

Oh, an old man sat and blinked i the
And song O. the sea sang he.
He sang a song of a mariner bold
And his sweetheart so true-the sea.
Sing no, yo no, sing hey!
Ger crested pillows, hro' dashing
spray,
With sails a-bulging she scuds
away;
Away, away Ger the waters gray
Away through the dying day:
Sing no, sing hey!
Oh, the mariner bold his ain love pressd
To his heart and her sweet lips kissed
Sweet lips that swore they would e'er be
true, @
When he sailed away i the mist.
Sing hey, oh hey, 20 no!
Through the singing tops the wild
winds blow,
Into the dank mists the ship doth go.
And the mariner sings as he rolls be-
low,
My love win be true, trow!"
Sing hey, 20 no.
Oh, the lassie ashore forgot her man,
But his sweetheart, the sea, proved
true.
She lulleG him to rest on her heaFing
breast
And her white arms about him threw
Sing no, 20 hO, sing hey!
He went to his one true love that
day,
At peace in her arms for e'er and
aye
Less lasting the lassie's peace, they
say
She wed with lump o clay!
Sing no, sing hey!
st. Paul Dispatch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09
WISCONSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
State Law Taxing Inheritances Is Void
Youth Calls to Friends as He Takes
Fatal P1unge-Baby Falls Thirty Feet
and Is Only Bruisei.

Judge Elliott, of Milwaukee, handel
down batch of important decisions be-
fore leaving for his vacation. The most
important to the State is one declaring
the inheritance tax law of 1899 valid,
This decision was rendered on 4 test case
brought by the heirs of the John Black
estate, on an appeal from the decision
of Judge Wallber of the County Court,
ordering them to pay an inheritance tax
of $3,547. The court said that the ques-
ton Of the cOnstitutionality OF an inheri-
lance law discriminating between prop
erty to be taxed vas no longer an open
one, having been settled by the Supreme
Court in a decision cited. In conclusion,
the court ordered the tax to be paid.
The ruling of the court is highly impor-
tant, as other estates were awaiting a
decision in the Black case before paying
the tax
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09

aid. He then figured that if there was
no increase at all and an annual aver
age decrease of $4,000 a year, the pen
sion roll would be exhausted in about
twenty-three years, or in 1924. AS
throwing a little light on the question
the statistics of the Mexican war pen
sioners may be quoted This war ended
fifty-five years ago, and yet there are
to-day 1852 survivors on the roll, as
we'll as S,151 widows, with a total num-
Der of benefciaries amounting to 49,
AGA, while on June 80, 1900, there was
still on the pension list one survivor
and 1,742 widows of the war of 1912.
If the civil war pensions and those for
the Spanish war are to run on anything
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09
NEW NAVAL TERROR.

The Swift French Armored Cruiser
Jeanne Dare.
France has just put into commission
the newest naval terror in the world,
the cruiser Jeanne dare. With her
six tunnels and great length she looks
like two ordinary warships joined to-
gether This strange craft is designed
to be the vulture of the seas. She is
not to meet warships in open battle.
She is to prey on the commerce of other
nations. With her 2311a-knot speed she
can overtake the fastest transatlantic
liners af1oat. The big German passen-
ger ship the Deutschland. of the Ham
buarg line, that has made the fastest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09
HALF A CENTURY YET.
When Will the National Pension Roll
Come to an End?


A pension official in Washington has
been trying to figure how long it viii be
before the national pension roll comes
to an end. He practically admits that
he is unable to solve the problem.
owing to the fact that there is a differ
ence from year TO year in the increase
and decrease Of pensions. and there are
also the Spanish war pensions to be
considered, for which, outside Of the
Philippine service, there have already
been fled two-thirds as many applica-
tons as there were troops atually en-
gagged in the war According to his
figures, there were at the close of the
year a total of 993.j29 names on the
roll, an increase Of 2.O10 from the Pre-
vious year. During that year the
names OF 1884 pensioners were drop
ped from the list, but this was more
than Offset by the 1854 that were add
ed, 4.690 Of these being names restored
that had been previously dropped for
various reasons, says the Boston Her
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09
Gives Notice of Suicide.

Watch me commit suicide said Jo-
seph Steiner at Little Muskego Lake
His companions thought it a jest, did not
watch and he failed to come to the sur
face after diving overheard. He was
the son of Prof. Joseph Steiner of the
Milwaukee deaf and dumb institute and
was % years old. With eight compan-
ions he was on an outing. At the island
resort they went out in boats to battle
Steiner was an expert swimmer. He
came up once after diving, then dived
again. Not until some men on shore
called his friends attention to it did the
others in the boat miss him. No cause
for suicide is known.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09


Chief Chicago
Chicago 1871 While
that probability chief destined
behold,
chief called in his
nection with
Denis Joseph Glasgow Scotland July 20 1884 There
he
boxes stable where he directed volunteer with small
When Is he shipped sailing
ing New York July S9 directly Chicago At this time the
marvel and delight the Scot On Dec 1919 his enrolled
Niagara No all the months and that passed his has never
the veteran chief attached the Red jacket No. which
OF
mighty
TO
customary
of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09
ATTEMPTS TO Kill His Brother.

Chris Rooney, charged with attempting
to kill, by shooting, his brother William
in Appleton, about six weeks ago,
waived examination before Judge Len
non, and his case was transferred to the
Circuit Court, where he pleaded guilty
before Judge Goodland. Upon the pay
ment of $1,000 bonds, signed by his
brother, he was released, subject to be-
ing recalled on this charge at any future
time the court sees fit
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09
Tot Has Remarkable E.cape.

One of the most remarkable escapes
from death ever recorded in Kenosha
was that of Leroy Huff, the 3-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Huff. The
child, while playing in a third-story win
dow, fell to the ground below, Il distance
of fully thirty feet, and escaped with
slight bruise on one leg. Three feet in
front of the house runs a sharp picket
fence, and directly under the window
pointed post. Had the child struck
either in its descent it would have been
impaled
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09

like the same rate, the present century
will be more than half gone before
there is any promise of the wiping on
of all pensions resulting from our warl
of the past; and it may be stated that
from 1861 to 1900 the pension system
has cost Uncle Sam no less than $2,52G.-
07401O.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09

were On the retreat. and presently had
put an alarming distance between their
lower edge and the top of Jim's shoes.
He did not wait for the rain to stop.
He got out his horse and rode away.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09

Edgar and / quarrel all the time
about automobiles; be says be won't
have q horse. and I say l won't have
anything else
so you are going to get q convex
ance Of some kinde''
"Oh. goodness, 10; half the time we
can't scrape up street-car fare"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09

Briggs-Well, have had to give up
flirting.
ggs-Why?
Briggs-I found it was affecting my
heart.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09

During the last century a total OF
about 1900. 900 people came from for
eign countries 70 make their homes IN
the United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09

A few years ago a bulldght took place
in Mexico. the tOreador being mounted
on a bicycle The rider. Manuel Gar
cia by name was so badly Injured
that he died soon afterward.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09

Some people are happy with but lit
tie, and others are miserable with less.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09

Don't depend on your personal APP
pearance earning your salary.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-02-08
PRINTING THE BALLOTS.

The county commissioners recent
ly invited bids for printing the bal
lots for the FEBRUARY election and in
good faith the Press bid $685. for
the worka and the Dispatch bid s71 so.
Last Monday the two Democratic
members of the board awarded the
work to the Dispatch which it ao-
cepted at the figures bid by the
Pass, While the taxpayers receive
the benefit of this competition vet
we submit that there is, or should
be, after work is bid for a principle
in the matter of awarding it to the
lowest bidder.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-02-08
THE ELECTIONS

The township and borough cleo
tions will be held Feb. 18th, per
sons will be elected to conduct local
affairs for the next year The nom.
nations are made and voters have
an opportunity to select the men
best qualified for the respective Of
fees. 1t is simply matter of ex-
pending the taxes, which the people
pay, in the most judicious manner
and the men most capable and will
ingly to do so should be selected
If there are men on the ticket who
will lend their voices and votes
to jobs or to the expenditure of
money for so called improvements
which will bear too heavily Oh the
public they should be kept out of
the Offices 1t is proper that I'M
provements be made, but it is also
proper that they be made by having
regard for the taxpayers interests.
One of the most important positions
is that of assessor and only careful
men with good judgement and fair
minds should be chosen. The re-
turns made annually to the commits
sioners show cases of gross neglect
and carelessness and if they were
not serious would be ridiculous.
If voters are careless or hide
bound In sticking to the ticket they
have only themselves to blame if
inefficient and incompetent. or
worse, crafty aed scheming men in
volve them in a slough of taxes and
debt.