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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
COW DEFENDED HER CALF.
Put Hungry Pear TO Flight After a
Battle RoynL

Put a Hungry Fear TO Flight After a
Battle Royal.
The calf. having nursed sufficiently
ana feeling his baby legs tired CT the
w eight they had not yet learned to car
ry. laid himself down. On this the
COW shifted her position. She turned
half round ard lifted her head high.
AS she did so sense of peril was borne
IN upon her fine nostrils. She recog-
nized it Instantly. With a snort Of
anger she shifted again. then stamped
challenge with her fore hoofs and
leveled the lance points of her horns
toward the menace. The next moment
her eyes, made keen by the fear of love.
detected the black outline of the bears
head through the coarse screen of the
juniper. Without a seconds hesitation
she flung up her tail. gave a short bel
low and charged.
The moment she saw herself detected
the bear rose upon her headquarters;
nevertheless. she was in measure sur
prised by the sudden blind fury of the
attack. Nimbly she swerved to avoid
it, aiming at the same time a stroke
with her mighty forearm, which. If it
had found its mark. would have smash
ed her adversary's neck. But as she
struck out in the act of shifting her
position, depression of the ground
threw her off her balance. The next
instant one sharp horn caught her
slantingly in the flank. tipping its way
upward, while the mad impact threw
her upon her back.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
MOUSE FoILED A PLOT.
Upset Young Woman's Scheme to De-
fraud at Last Moment.

A leading oculist Of Montreal, whose
practice extends far outside the boun-
daries of the city, relates that one day
young woman came into his office
accompanied by an older woman, ap-
parently the mother The young wo-
man wore colored glasses, which one
might have assumed TO be superhuous,
as it was claimed that the girl was
totally blind. What was wanted OF
the doctor was a certificate authenti-
eating this claim of blindness. putting il
beyond dispute; and it was frankly
stated that the object in seeking this was
to obtain certain aids and advantages
of a philanthropic nature, impossible OF
access otherwise. The standing OF the
oculist was such that statement from
him would carry full weight wherever
presented.
On examination the surface of the
eyes. gave no indication of any defect
but that might be so and blindness still
exist. Applying tests to the strongest
light, the girl professed herself to be
absolutely unable to distinguish between
light and darkness. Other tests were re-
sorted to, trying in their nature, and
some of them very painful, and these
were all borne with patience and cour-
age. The doctor was puzzled and BAT
fled. Apparently the girl was stone
blind, but he was unable to solve the
problem of those ewes, to discover the
causeof that blindness, or say just where
the defect lay. sess'ss sz;::ss.ss g
The doctor was more than half-dis
posed to grant the desired certificate
when, as last expedient, he hit upon q
novel experiment He dismissed his
patient with instructions that she should
come again at certain hour the follow
ing day. and this gave the oculist time tc
arrange for the carrying out of his plan
When the girl came the next day the
doctor had her securely blindfolded with
a heavy bandage over her eyes. He then
took tiny mouse which he had pro-
cured and held the lovely little thing by
its tail before the girls face, though not
touching her, while he ordered the band
age to be removed No sooner was the
bandage off then her screams rang
through the place and her eyes were
wide with terror at the harmless little
rodent which had thrown her so COM
pletely off her guard and exposed the
plot Of course she saw it or she
would not have screamed. Needless to
say the applicant did not get that certifi-
cate.-SwdcHSc Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
Liable TO Accidents,

Watches may suffer from cold. 1t is
usually caused when they are laid
down at night on a chilly marble table
after being worn during the day Next
morning the watch is Ill. and begins
to lose time. The reason is that the
sudden chill has caused parts of the
mechanism to contract, and so made
them to work stiffly Only the best
watches lave constitutions that will
withstand rapid changes Of tempera-
ture. Every one has had a watch sud
denly stop for no apparent reason, and
go on again when slightly shaken. This
may not happen once in a year. but all
watches are liable to such All accident
This is due to the catching of the deli
cate handspring. 1t is caused by some
sudden movement, such as jumping on
or of an omnibus. The jolt must come
at the exact fraction of & second when
the spring IS in position to catch. SO
that the chances of such an accident are
slight.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
In a Smoking Car.

A lady of truly masculine spirit, ac-
cOmpanied by a small poodle, is said to
have failed sadly the other day in an
attempted reformatory movement. She
entered the smoking car Of a suburban
train and sternly refused, when ap-
preached by the conductor, to go into
another car, observing that her pres
ence would keep the other occupants
from smoking.
One thiCk-skinned wretch, however,
insensible to the claims of refinement
and reform, began to enjoy his accus-
toned cigar, which was suddenly
snatched from his lips, with the remark
in a high treble:
"If there is anything do hate It is
tobacco smoking"
For time the offender was motion
less. then, grayely rising, amid the curl.
osity of the assembled smokers, be took
that little poodle out of the lady's lap
and gently threw him through the win
dow. signing: IF there is anything
do hate it Is a poodle"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
The PIethoric Picnic Pie.

That the joyous picnic season does
not bring peace and happiness to all
alike is clearly shown by a composition
written on the subject by a girl in a
New York high school:
May parties will soon be ripe, and
the June walk season will follow hard
upon. The difference between a MAJ
party and a June walk is a simple
matter of chronology. Each has it's
queen of brief authority and its chap
eron of absolute sway. Each has also
it's hamper, which is as deadly an enc
my to the Manhattan populace as the
frying-pan TO the Kansas farm hand.
L took an inventory OF one of these
hampers last year, and as | was q
member of the physiology class at the
time, it startled me out of a sessions
growth.
when the hamper was opened the
chaperOn drew forth one bag of sand
witches and one pie; one bottle of pick
les, one pie; one sponge cake, one pie;
one roast chicken, one pie; one bottle of
lemon juice, one pie; one bag of assert
ed cookies, one pie; one dozen dough
nuts, one pie; one package of biscuits
and one pie. This was all, except that
there were few extra pies at the bot
tom. for the purpose, suppose, of
fOrestalling famine.
The chaperOn wondered after lunch
con why the girls and boys didn't enter
into their play with as much zest as
they did when they first arrived at the
park. l didn't. l was studying natu-
raj history at the time, and only a few
days before a lucid explanation had
been given why the boa constructor
takes a months nap after dining on
far more digestible food than anything
l saw in Central Park that day"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
An Independence Hail Relic.

A we'll known Admiral, who did not
able service in the war with Spain. told
a good story on himself when III town
recently. He came to the city during
the restoration of Independence Hail for
no other purpose than to secure one Of
the original bricks of the historic struc-
ture. One day he visited the hall and
told the ca. etaker who he was and what
he wanted. That official, willing to do a
favor for such distinguished person,
wrapped up one of the bricks and hand
ed it to the Admiral, who was profuse
in his thanks. Upon his arrival in
Washington the Admiral gave further
evidence OF his gratitude by writing a
letter to Director Ritter. expressing
thanks to him. What was his surprise
the next day to receive a call from the
caretaker who had given him the brick
with the statement that if he did not
bring It back to Philadelphia he would
surely lose his job. Reluctantly the Ad-
miral returned the cherished brick. A
short time after. he received the identical
brick, accompanied by slip Of paper. on
which was written, Silence is golden.
Philadelphia Record.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03

pose that no two of these have identical
finger prints? Nor indeed is this all.
We may be comparing the finger prints
of a living man with those of one who
has been dead for years past, and the
doctrine of heredity might lead us to
expect to find similar finger prints in
the case of parents and children and of
different children of the same parents.
1t is. at all events, certain that if this
finger print system were once intro
duced into our courts of justice there
would be any amount of wrangling as
TO whether hey were identical or only
similar-eXperts cOntradicting each
other and involving the whole subject
in confusion.
Moreover, professional criminals
would probably soon find some mode of
altering their finger prints. No doubt
if the person who committed a crime
a murder, for example-has left the i'm
print of his fingers Oh anything it may
prove an important clew, but the same
thing may be said of the imprint of his
boots or shoes. But clew is one thing
and a proof is another thing.
Let me point out another difficulty. In
a country where there are large num-
Der of criminals whose finger prints are
collected, the number of these will soon
be very large. How long would it take
to examine this collection in order to
find out whether any of them CORE
spOnded accurately with the finger
prints of the man who is now accused?
The task would, | think, be a hopeless
one.
That finger prints may be important
in the detection of crime whenever the
criminal has left the print of his fin
gers behind him l do not dispute. but
without much stronger evidence than
we now possess that no two persons
have undistinguishable finger prints
such evidence ought never to be per-
mitted to outweigh what appeared to
be a tolerably satisfactory alibi-
knowledge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
Bottles For Holding Mercury.

The bottles or TASKS used for trans
porting quicksilver are generally made
OF boiler iron. and are cylindrical in
shape, about twelve inches in height and
four inches in diameter. with ( screw
plug inserted in one end. The capacity
OF a flask IS seventy-six and one-half
pounds. and its weight about fourteen
pounds. Such TASKS are used by all
producers OF quicksilver, md pass
through the hands OF various dealers
TIL they reach the consumer. The total
number used in this country cannot be
very large, as the total product last year
OF quicksilver in the United States was
but $3.50 TASKS, and the same task can
be used again and again until it gets too
rusty inside 4 flask can easily last
twenty-five years. We understand most
OF those now IN use are made abroad
but an American firm also has made
them. Most Of the second hand TASKS
in use can be bought for p cents or 20
cents apiece--EHgiEecJng ard Mining
Journal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
NOTHING is WASTED.
Chemists at Big Factories Find Use For
All Refuse.

No waste is the watchword at all big
establishments and thereby hangs the
profit. Every big factory now has its
chemist, whose business il is to find out
what can be done with the refuse. In the
packing house every article Of grease is
extracted from it and sent to the soap
factory. The residue is converted into
a fertilizer and sold to the farmer. But
tons and knife handles are made from
the horns and the bones, and the scraps
are ground into bone-meal for feeding
poultry. Glue and gelatine come from
the hoofs, and the bristles and the hair
are used in making brushes, and for
putting into mortar. The hide, of course,
is tanned and made into leather.
In making coal-gas, ammonia, carbolic
acid, acetic acid, coal-tar, and various
nitrogen compounds are also produced.
From coal-tar many fine dyes are made.
From crude petroleum are made kero-
sene, gasoline, naphtha. parafin and vas
cline. "A still heavier oil, left as res
idue, IS used for axle grease, and the
carbon is turned into sticks for electric
lights. The sulphuric acid used for
purifying the products of petroleum is
recovered and turned into fertilizer fot
farm, where there is too much phoS-
phatic rock, which is thus dissolved
Cream of tartar is made from the res
idue of wine factories. Cotton-seeds are
stripped of lint for making paper. They
are then crushed for the oil, and the
meal is pressed into cakes for feeding
stock or burned as fuel. If the cakes
are burned, the ashes are so rich il
potash that they are used for fertilizing
tobacco plants. From the oil comes a
good quality of Salad-oil Combined with
beef suet, it makes cottolene, which is
used as a substitute for lard The crud-
est part of the oil goes to the soap fac
tory, and the various washings and re-
hnings make it yield glycerine This, in
turn, besides being Used incidentally,
helps to make nitro-glycerine, the explo-
sive,
These are only a few illustrations of
how the chemists make. profitable use Of
refuse, a branch of the various indus
tries that people in general know little
about.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
WAR ON THE HOPPERS
THE GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO
FIGHT THE INSECTS.
Pest of the Great Farming Regions of
the West and Southwest to Be Bat
tied Against by PlaGue-Cause Great
Animal Damage.

That the United States great farm
ing regions in the West and Southwest
may be rid of a pest which annually
threatens the crops with destruction
and causes an enormous financial loss,
the government has adopted new and
extraordinary means. GrasShoppers
exist in untold numbers in New Next
co, Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska,
but the situation in Southern Texas
seems to be worse than anywhere else.
To relieve the distress occaSioned by
the grasshoppers, government entomol-
ogists are putting up in bottles disease
germs of a fungous kind, deadly to
grasshoppers, and is sending them to
parts of the country where the damage
threatens to be particularly severe.
The fungus is obtained from South
Africa, where it has been used with
great success recently, vast armies of
grasshOppers being literally wiped out
by it. 1t is propagated artifcialIy by
applying~a bit of it to 4 sterilized prep
aratiQn of gelatine and blood serum,
on which the germs multiply rapidly.
Thus prepared the cultures" are sent
out in glass tubes, corled with absorb
ent cotton and sealed with red wax,
each one being enclosed in a pasteboard
cylinder. Directions for use accompany
the package.
In Colorado last summer there was
an outbreak of fungus disease among
grasshoppers, and quantities of the
dead insects were shipped to Washing
ton and utilized here for making 'cul-
lures" A whitish, thread-like growth
on the bodies of the victims furnished
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
ELEVATOR EYE A NEW DISEASE
Peculiar MaIady that ffecrs Conduct
ors of Lifts in High Buildings.

The elevator eye" is a new disease
that has already claimed several vic
tins in Chicago. Only those who Ope-
rate lifts in high buildings are subject
to it. Half n dozen eases are now be-
ing treated by eye specialists, who for
want of better name. call the new
malady elevator eye"
Sooner or later the eyes of an eleva-
tor conductor become affected. He is
constantly looking out of his cage, so as
to catch sight of passengers on the diff
ferent floors, and the strain on the eyes
begins to tell in time He may 80 for
Il year or longer without being visibly
affected, but in the long run the "eleva-
tor eye is bound to get him. Men who
operate machines in buildings of five
or six stories in height have little or no
fear of being affected. because there
isn't much strain on the conductors
eyes in those structures. 1t is in the
twelve or fifteen story Sky-Scraper that
the elevator eye" is contagious The
conductor starts from the bottom and
goes to the top with his load of human
freight at Il speed that takes away the
breath of some of the passengers. As
the cage shoots upward orders are Civ
en- 70 stop az this or that floor, and the
operator must keep n pretty close
watch else he viii run past the stop
ping point.
Ii is the same thing on the downward
trip. He must keep his eye glued 10 the
bottom Of the cage in order to catch the
first glimpse Of waiting passengers.
This constant strain on the optic nerves
causes the elevator conductor to he mo-
mentarily blind at times. He rubs his
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
Kissing and Non-Kissing Families.

Kissing and NOn-Kissing Families.
The New York Sun says that kissing
among relatives goes by families, and
it is quite true that certain households
are known to all their friends as great
kissers." The members, men, women
and children, kiss each other the first
thing in the morning and the last thing
at night, and on any other occasion
that they consider sufficiently emo
tiOnal.
Still one may go too far the other
way. 4 woman who came of a kissing
family married a man who came of
nOn-kissing stock. At one time her hus-
band went to the railway station to
meet a son who had been absent from
home for two years, and on his return
the wife said:
what did you do when you first saw
Jack? Did you kiss him?"
"N-no," faltered the husband and
father, "of course didn't kiss him"
"I'll tell you what he said to me-"
volunteered the son. "He said: We'll,
Jack, was your train on timer"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03

eyes and tries to fight the disease. but
it gets him in the end if he sticks long
enough to the elevator.
A peculiar feature of the elevator
eye" in its worst stage is that one eye
looks down while the other gazes up
ward Specialists who have success
fully treated the new malady recon-
mend rest above all other remedies. In
some cases the eyes have to be straight
ened. Once afflicted person can never
be permanently cured, the specialists
say, unless the victim quits the eleva-
tOr.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03

Graphing, she had her assailant's
head and shoulders ia trap and her
gigantic claw cut through the flesh
and sinew like knives; but at the des-
perate disadvantage of her position she
could intiict no disabling blow. The
cow, on the other hand, though mutilat-
ed and streaming with blood, kept
pounding with her whole massive
weight and with short, tremendous
shocks crushing the breath from her
foes ribs.
Presently, wrenching herself free, the
COW drew off for another battering
charge, and as she did so the bear
hurled herself violently down the slope
and gained her feet behind a dense
thicket of bay shrub. The COW, with
one eye blinded glared around for her
in vain, then, in panic of mother ter
ror, plunged back to her calf.-Leslie's
Popular Monthly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
Perversity Of the Mosquito

What reason has the mosquito for It's
preference? II Is willy ana sagacious
insect. yet 1t will pass by a stout, com
Portable man almost invariably to feast
upon the slimmest and willowest Of
girls. Ore would like to have these
curious mOsquitOry distinctions ex
planned. Is there any scientific man
who can satisfy curiosity on these
points, or must one 90 down to the
grave In ignorance Of why she Is in.
variably chosen for sustenance by
these vampires Of the air while her
fellows escape often uuscatbed:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03

with wings resembling in beauty and
delicacy of hues the petals of flowers
pink. gre en-, blue and otherwise tinted
with many variations.
There are some of huge size. which
have a spread of nine inches or more
from wing tip to wing tip Anybody
who will examine a graSshopper can
not fail to admire the beauty of its con
structioE and particularly of the ar
NOR in which it is clad. though it Is a
peaeable creature and by no means in
clined to combat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
The LIVING MUSE.

Horace calls no more on me,
Homer in the dust-heap lies;
I have found my Odyssey
In the lightness of her glee,
In the laughter of her eyes.
Ovid's page is thumbed no more,
Zen Catullus has no choice!
There is endless, precious lore,
Such as l never knew before,
In the music of her voice.
Breath Of hyssop stepped in wine,
Breath of violets and furze,
Wildwood roses, Grecian myrrhs,
All these perfumes do combine
In that maiden breath of hers.
Nay, look not at the skies,
Nor the sun that hillward slips,
For the day lives or it dies,
In the laughter of her eyes,
In the music of her lips.
-Bookman.
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HUMAN FINGER PRINTS.


There Are Possible Draw backs TO Their
Value in Identification.
TIN cOnStSnCy Of human finger prints
has chiefly been discussed in connec-
ton with the Identification Of criminals.
Assuming that the evideL y OF finger
prints is 10 be admissible in criminal
proceedings. il viii be not only neces-
ssry 70 prove that in the case of the
same man the finger prints remain IN
altered. but that no tive persons have
identical finger prints. Where is the
evidence OF thiSs
There are propably 1900. 10000 men
and women on the earth. Can We sup
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
Reason For Economy.

Newlywed-Sinoe I have been mar
red my tailor bills are scarcely a ioarth
Wiz hey used 10 be.
Cu.u-Do yoa PIT what 7-en save
n the bznS
Newlywed-No PIT It On M wife.
--Ohso State gs2rnaL.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03

whist halls" are advertised In the
eastern papers. Those institutions are
public resorts. where whist Is played
for prizes redeemable in money. Poker
parlors are prohibited in large New En-
gland cities, but the whist hall is much
in vogue.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
City and Country.

New York now leads all the other
States in the predominence of its city
over its country population. OF every
100 inhabitants of the Empire State, II
live in cities and towns. The percent
age of the population living in cities
and towns for the whole country is
only II.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
Will am T. Baker,

Forty years T
OF
illness compelled his resignation
invariably
Snoquam Falls
Board
1891 1895 1885 1891 held
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03

When n mother looks at her boy. IL
must often occur to her to be thankful
that soap IS cheap.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03

Il costs $4,000 10 scrape the bar
nzcles of one Of the men-of-war and
repzint her The operation has TO Be
repeated twice year n the case Of
nearly every vessel.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03

II there Is any Joy in a family. divide
it. Don't let any one member do all
tie work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
WINNER OF THE AUTOMOBILE RACE
BETWEEN PARIS AND BERLIN

Heari Fourier the
He
he
bi
Oh bis machine be files along with bu1g
the wind aud his
roada ain Sped
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03

Vessels of 1900 tons can ascend the
St. Lawrence to Montreal, a distance
Of 1000 miles from the sea. Only one
other river in the world. the Amazon,
is navigable to such a distance FOR craft
as large.
Prohibition Of Timber Deck Loads.
No British ship may carry deckload
of timber into a British port between
the last day Of October and April 16.