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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
Curious Root of Kansas.

One time John j. Ingalls, was in this
town for campaign purposes and put
in considerable of his time while wait
ing for the night meeting to begin at
the Herald office. A short time before
this Ben Curtis had left at this office
a curious looking root, which compel
ent judges said was a manrOOt, from
it's resemblance to the body of a man.
The head, neck, body, legs and arms of
a man were all sufficiently indicated
by the different parts of the root to
make the resemblance very striking.
Ingalls, noticed it standing in the cor
ner and asked what it was. He was
told that it was as near as we could
find out a manrOot. He looked at it a
moment in his peculiar way. Man
root" he drawled. Can it vote?"
And without waiting for reply con-
tinued: Il have talked to whole rooms
full of those things. Are there many
here? On being informed that they
We're extremely rare in these parts he
seemed greatly relieved and graciously
handed us cigar which he said he had
purchased for this special occasion.
This incident was brought to my
mind by seeing a specimen of this kind
of Il root which was dug up near a
town by Logan Ryan the other day
and put on exhibition at Lloyd's hard
ware store. 1t is known to be the root
of wild gOurd and grows abundantly
along the streams all over western
Kansas. They grow to enormous size,
some measuring feet around and 6
feet high and invariably showing some
resemblance to a man.-Gaylord, Kan.
Herald
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
RAIDER is SHOT DOWN.
Badly Wounded While Smashing Joint
in Topeka.

]. w. Adams was fatally wounded dur
ing n raid on the Curtis Wholesale liquor
house in Topeka. Kan. a carload Of
beer had been unloaded during the day
and about fifty armed men with sledges
and revolvers broke open the door and
smashed the cases. Adams says he was
shot by policeman. The Rev. f. W
Emerson was also hurt, but not seriously
The police appeared upon the scene
after half 4 carload of beer had been de-
stroyed, and after fight in which thirty
shots were fired arrested the Rev. +. w.
Emerson, pastor of the First Christian
Church. as leader, and all of the raiders.
who were men. DR.. NJ. r. Mitchell, ex-
city physician. was arrested as a mem
Der of the mob. The place raided was
wholesale supply house. where Kansas
City breweries keep from two TO three
carloads of keg and bottle beer with
which to supply joint trade in the city.
Mr. Emerson was Mrs. Nations man
ager on her recent lecture tour.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
THE RAINBOW CITY,"
Preparations Going On Rapidly fol
RuffllO's BIG Fair.

Preparations Going On Rapidly for
Buffllo'S Big Fair.
An army Of 1000 men, guided by the
foremost architects and artists of Ameri-
ca, is engaged in expanding the $10,O0O,-
600 which is to be the cost of preparing
the Rainbow City" as the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition at Buffalo is to be called.
The one feature toward the development
of which every energy is being directed
is the electrical department. This is eX-
pected 10 eclipse any exhibit ever given
heretofore. So great has been the devel-
opment along this line since the World 5
tair was held in Chicago that an almost
entirely new display can and will be
made.
We expect to have everything ready
for the opening by May L. says one of
the directors. Most of the large build
ings are well along toward completion,
and only interior work remains to be
done. The installation of exhibits has
not yet begun, but there has been an un-
precedCnted demand for space, and we
shall not be able 10 fill more than one
third of the orders This will enable the
directors to make a display of only the
hest articles, and is really great advan-
tage.
The exposition will cover $50 acres in
Delaware Park, which is said to be the
most beautiful city park in America.
There are twenty large buildings. The
machinery and transportation building
and the manufactures and liberal arts
building will each be 800 by $50 feet in
dimensions. and the electricity and agri-
cultural buildings will each. be 800 feet
by $50 feet in dimensions. The style OF
architecture followed in the buildings is
the Spanish Renaissance, The buildings
are being wired so as to operate electric
lights with nearly all the colors of the
rainbow. and it is the intention to carry
out the idea of Rainbow City
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05

Judging from certain signs in Cuba,
Gen. Weyler may Vet laugh best.
France has its eye on the Kaiser again,
though il - not as black as it was in
the 7O's.
Somewhere in the shuttle the dowager
empress of China evidently has misplaced
her nerve tonic.
Between praying and making appeals,
the Boer still has plenty of time to shoot
unusually straight.
The machine poets have discovered 4aS
words thar rhymeiwith Mrs. Nation and
they have only just started.
At least King Edwards court seems re
he starting out with au old-fashioned
scandal whatever that may augur.
Dewet must neglerf the other branches
Of his work these days from the way in
which the British have him killing peace
ENJOYS.
CaStellane'th thinks France and the Unit
ed States should form Al friendly union.
especially against the London bric-a-brac
dealers.
There was no hitch in the retiring Of
Rear Admiral Hichborn. 1t makes :,
difference which way naval officer IS
headed,
Thirteen persons were Killed in a rail
road wreck the other day, but either
fourteen or fifteen would have been un
luckier sJiIl.
For the next year the Illinois Brick
are not 10 throw any more stock on hand
nj each other.
Ex-Hing Milan Of Servia Is dead More
might be said were it not for the time
honored precept. concerning the dead,
say only what is favorable"
Manila harbor i TO be- improved,
though it is admitted that, it is much
leSS dangerous than when Admiral
Dewey sailed into it the first time.
4 ST Paul bnttermaker has been ar.
rested for attempted bribery Of judges of
butter. The butter does not seem Il
have melted in the judges mouths.
Kansas is TO have a new temperance
paper edited 10y Mrs. Nation and called
The SmaSher>' Mail" This i evident
~ a miSprinr. II should be The Smash
erS' Fem3,e."
Pneumatic mail service in Eastern
cities and its proposed Inauguration in
Chicago and 81. Louis has been knocked
our 10y too much wind in the lobby a
Washington.
According 10 the Rev. Celia Parker
Woolley'S remarks at the Chicago Won
ans Club playing euchTe for prizes Is a
bad aS gambling. Not quite. There Is
usually consolation prize in euchre.
Tho II u sr,..o IMMINENT = s,-ar ov,s
the ianitOr j. sweeping Up the hair.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
Hard-Handed.

A London paper announces that the
Bishop of Liverpool has requested
girls who are candidates for confir-
nation not to wear hairpins, as they
prick his hands in the act of laying
them on.
When Doctor Creighton, the late
Bishop of London, was asked some
time ago how he solved a similar prob
lem, he replied:
II confirm all the boys personally,
and transfer those young porcupines
to my suffragan, who is an old varsity
oarsman, with the cast-iron hands of
q blacksmith
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
me Germ of an Invention.

Inc OcEm Oh an lHtChoOtA'
The late General George B. McClel-
Ian, u. S. A. is credited by Casters
Magazine with having made the state
ment many years ago that the sinking
of CLANS into the sand along the ocean
shore by closing their shells and eject
ing the water from them in q thin
stream first suggested TO him the use
of the water jet as an aid in sinking
piles in sand. At any rate, as long ago
as 1852 a water jet was so used, by
General McClellan's advice, in putting
down piles for wharf and warehouse.
Water was forced through an ordinary
rubber hose, with piece of gaspipe on
tie end for a nozzle. This was placed
close 70 the pile on the bottom, the jet
of water securing the sand away from
the pile and making hole, in which
the pile sank rapidly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
Prenared to Carve.

The man who was dining with the
family for the first time began the con-
versation, reported by the Phila-
delphia Press:
Wasn't that the dinner-bell that
just rung?" the stranger asked.
Yes" replied the old friend of the
family.
Then where's the host going? l
just saw him pass down the hall with
his overcoat on"
THAT wasn't an overcoat; it was a
macintosh. We are going to have
roast duck"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
DE VETS CLOSE CALL.
Said to Have Lost Fifty Men and Big


Gun at DisselfonteiD,
Cape Town advices say that Gel.
Plumer engaged Gen. Dewet Saturday
near Disselfontein, on the south bank of
the Orange river, capturing a gun and
a pompom and taking fifty prisoners.
The Beers We're scattered and are being
pursued by Col Plumer 1t is reported
that Gen. Dewet escaped to the opposite
bank in a boat, and is now fleeing with a
handful of followers.
1t is reported that the influential com
mandant Pet Fourie, with several hun
dred Beers, in the Dewetsdorp district,
are willing to surrender if the command
ant receives a proposition direct from
Gen. Kitchener.
Gen. French reports from Pet Retief
that the result of the columns sweeping
the country east is that the Beers are
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
No Eor for Nueic

Let me congratulate you on your
charming playing, Miss Bangs" said
the new Neutrality-suspicious., who had
dropped in. Il heard you at the piano
for several hours this afternoon. Was
that Wagner you were playing|
"Oh, dear, no. fiuttered Miss Bangs
with a litter, that was the piano
tuner. philadelphia Bulletin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness, and that Is by conStitu-
tional remedies Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
you have 8 rumbling sound or imperfect hear
Ing. and when it is entirely closed Deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to Its normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed forever;
zine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
I'd CHENEY s. CO.. Toledo. o.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
Women on russian railways.

According TO a Russian correspon-
dent the chief of the RiaZan-Ural rail-
way has asked permission from the
minister of communications to permit
those women who have been passed
by the railway school at Saratof to be
employed on the railway as station
masters and substationmasters, lug
gage inspectors and telegraph superin-
tendents, since in that part of Russia
there is great lack of educated and
reliable men. The minister of COM
munications has approved of the re-
quest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
What Do the Children DRINK

Don't give theme tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GRAIN-O? 1t is delicious and nourish-
ing and takes the place of coffee. The
more Grain-O you give the children the
more health you distribute through their
systems Grain-0 is made of pure grains.
and when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades of coffee, but costs
about 4 as much. All grocers sell it.
15c and 25e
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
If Coffee Poisons You.

and sallow eomplexioned, keeps you
awake nights and acts against your sys-
tenn generally, try Grain-O, the new food
drink. 1t is made of pure selected grain
and is healthful, nourishing and appe-
Using. 1t has none of the bad effects of
coffee, yet it is just rs pleasant to the
taste, and when properly prepared can't
be told from the finest coffees. Costs
about Il as much. 1t is a healthful table
drink for the children and adults. Ask
your grocer for Grain-O., Is and 25c.
The United States supplies the
greatest number of visitors from abroad
to Carlyles birthplace in Ecclefechan,
DumfrieSshire.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05

Mrs. T. Pelton, 562 st. Anthony avenue, ST.
Paul, Mimi, writes:
"Peruna has done wonders for me. 1t has
cured my headache and palpitatiOn of the
heart; has built up my whole system. l
cheerfully recommend Peruna to all suffer
era afflicted with catarrh. My mother is
never without Peruna. When one is tired
and generally out of sorts, II Peruna is taken
it Immediately removes that tired feeling
Peruna cures catarrh by removing the
cause, inf1amed mucous membranes.
Dr. hartman, the compOunder of Peruna
once said, in a lecture to women:
"A great number of women consult me
every year. l often have occasion to say
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
A Remedy for the Gripne.

Physicians recommend KEMP'S BAL
SAM for patients afflicted with the grip,
Is il is especially adapted for the throat
and lungs. Don't wait for the iirst symp-
toms. bat get a bottle to-day and keep il
on hand for use the moment il IS needed
III neglected the grip brings on pneumo-
MIA. kEMP'S BALSAM prevents this
ny keeping the cough loose and the lungs
free from Inflammation AL druggists,
2Jc and Soc.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
The Trnst Problem.

TO a thoughtful mind, the trust problem
grappled WITH for it creeps upon society
before you are aware of its existence, in this
respect much resembling the various disor-
derS which attack the stomach, such as con-
stipation, Indigestion, dyspepsia and bilious
ness. Hostetters Stomach Bitters will cure
all such ailments. and prevent la grippe, ma
larial fever and ague. Be sure to give II
ri oil
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
Eerv Enu1r

4 heard 4 joke at the theater last
night"
What was it,"
'.Oh. can't remember, but it was a
corker. l have TO laugh every time l
think of it,'-ColCmbus, Ohio, State
Innrnal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
Washington Excursion.

Account the Inauguration, the Big
-Four, Chesapeake and Ohio Route Cthe
Rhine, Alps and Battlefield linc} will sell
tickets at one fare for round trip, March
l, ,, 3, good to leave Washington until
March s. Address ]. G. Tucker, Gen.
Nor. Agt, 234 Clark street
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
srsOld by Druggists. 75c.
Quick Exit.

Mr. Lew told me that he was a
Yale man. Do you know what class he
was graduated from?"
From the sophomore class. "-Har-
lem Life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05

am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs.
Thos. Robbins, Maple street, Norwich.
\. Y, Feb. II, 1900.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
Coughing Leads to Consumption.

Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
a sample bottle free. Sold in % and 90
cent bottles, Go at once; delays are dan
gerouS.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05

Its no use; Chumpleigh never will
have sense
"Why? What has he done now?"
paid me SO he owed me right in
front of my tailor
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05

A man who is blind TO his own in
terests will always recover his sight
when it is too late.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative BromO Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if itfails to cure.
Z. w. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05

1t is easier TO be suited by than with
n tailor
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05

Mrs. WinsIow's SOOTHING SYRUP Tor Children
teethinR: sottens the gums. reQuces Inflammation
sllsys pain. cures wind collie. Is cents bottle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05

american Railroad Earnings.
Last year the railroads of the coun-
try earned $3.50, 100000 and netted
SAT, 741.044.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05

Look within. Within is the fountain
of good; and it will ever bubble up, if
thou wilt dig.-Marcus Aurelius.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05

who have never heard it yet. C,htaAg'ih NAY
attack any organ of the body. WCssis1 aEer
especially liable to catarrh Of the EslViC-
organs There are one hundred Ca9sss o3'
catarrh of the pelvic organs to OCa &C ca
tarrh Of the head. Most people ClHH}S be-
cause they have not catanh OF the head
they have not catarrh ut all. This is q greatE
mistake and is the cause Of many ctseB Ga
sickness and death"
factory results from the use OF EarunRs,
write at once to Dr. Hartman. giving n fiIlGs
statement of your case and he will Os-
pleased to give You his valuable advice
gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President Tg BAGe
Hartman SaBitarium, Columbus, O.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05

to these patients, 1 fear you have cgfsgSHas
madam. They will generally reply, OBJ. @Ss,
never had catarrh. My nose is perssatRsr
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05

III Duke OF Wellington was blessed
with a Roman nose OF generous
proportions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
Lane,a Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In order
to be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures
sick headache. Price % and SOC.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not
stain the hands or spot the kettle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05

clear, a II d M y
breath is not bad.
| am not troubled
with coughing or
splitting. or any
other disaSreeable
symptoms Of ca
tarrh.' But, my
dear madam, YOU
may have catarrh
all the same. Ca
tarrh is not al
ways located in
the head. You
may have catarrh
of the lungs. or
stomach, OF Nv tTs
or kidneys, and
especially you may
have catarrh or
the pelvic organs
The doctor went
on TO say: Il have
b e c II preaching
this doctrine for
the last forty
years, but there
are n vast multi
ID NOM an
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05

mi Q
have used your Peruna both for myself and my ToE2
Mrs. Bennett, in her SSth and find
remedy cold Catarrh, hay fever and kindred DIS
good feeble and old people, those
down. with unstrnng ''-BeIVa A. Lockwood.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-05
DYSPEPSIA.

Geo s. ScaIly, Of 81 Nassau St. New York.
says: For years have been troubled with
rheumatism and dyspepsia and came 10 the
conclusion tertry your pills. l Immediately
found great relief from their use; | feel Ike
a new man since I commenced taking them,
and would not now he without them. The
drowSy, sleepy feeling | used 10 have has
entirely disappeared. The dyspepsia has
left me and my rheumatism Is gone entire
ly. | am satisfied IL any one so afflicted will
give Railways Pills a trial they Will surely
cure them for | believe il all comes from
the system being out Of Order-the liver not
doing its wO. L"
The state herald., 1901-07-19
News and. views.
Indian Tries Injunction.

A decidedly interesting situation is
developing in Oklahoma, where the
United States federal government has
been planning to throw open for set
tlement the lands of the Kiowa, Com
anche and Apache Indians on Aug. g..
says an editorial writer In the Chicago
News. AS has happened heretofore
when Indian lands were opened for
settlement, the boomers" In large
numbers have lined up along the bor-
der of the territory. Some of them, in
their anxiety lest they be unfortunate
In the distribution, have crossed the
line. in spite of all restrictions, stalk
ing out claims which seem desirable
and preparing to seize and hold them
by force. To obviate this, the federal
officials have arranged novel plan
OF drawing lots; the man drawing the
first number receiving the right to take
his pick, the one drawing the next
number securing second choice and
so on.
AS there are only 10. 473 homestead
~AeiAhHs ~ Wub VI tue
boomers must be disappointed and the
prospects for an open clash were
bright. Now, however, new and
wholly unexpected complication ap-
pears in the shape of protest from
poar Lo himself. The humble red
man. in the person of one Lone Wolf.
through his attorneys. propose to plead
In the courts that under the constitu-
tion mo person shall be deprived Of
life, liberty or property without due
process Of law" and that therefore the
taking Of the Indians land Is uncon-
stitutional. Whether or not 10 is a
person" is for the courts to discover.
Certainly he has not always been treat
ed as such. but his present attitude of
resistance indicates that he may have
been undergoing process of evolution
which is turning him into one.
The state herald., 1901-07-19
BERLIN HAS WITCH DOCTORS.
They Claim to Drive Diseases Of Men and
HeahtA Into Treea. y

. u d
They Claim to Drive Diseases of Men and
Beasts Into Treea. H-
A curious superstition begins to gain
a large number Of supporters In Ber-
lin, the capital of the enlightened Ger
man empire. ew 81 FL
The witch doctors, named Grau,
Freiberg and Hermann, have estnb-
lished reputation for eradicnting DIS
ease from men and beasts by driving
It into trees, The cures are Effected
at night on Tuesdays and Fridays Of
the week of full moon and there must
be trees in the neighbOrhOod to receive
the castout diseases. A condition Is
that the moon must be visible.
A needle is stuck into the skin COW
ering the affected part of the body and
remains there until n few drops OF
blood appear. The blood is collected
on sheet of paper and the paper Is
rolled into the shape of pill.
The doctor" then goes into n wood
alone carrying this pill, selects tree
and inoculates the bark with the pill
| The process of bloOd-letting and inocu
lation is repeated three times. "Drs.'
Grau, Freibcrg and Hermann tell the
police they did not invent their pro
cedure, but inherit 1t from theil
parents.
The ancient Germans in the secont
and third centuries prnctlced eXactl.
the same hocus-pocus. although Gra'
and his friends don't know II. Grau
Freiberg and Hermann have had hun
dreds of patients and the attention
of the police are deeply resented by
large number of their adherents.
The state herald., 1901-07-19
IIorses,sAr rapeY.

"odd Isn't 1t. aid an old horseman.
"but n piece owhite paper blowing
under a e'sfect will scare him
when nothing eh under the sun will
make him bat d eye.
There are oil dray horses in this
town that woul,g go on eating out OF
n nosebag II the rack OF doom should
sound In the stet. There arc hun
dreds OF them nat would not wink
II n circus procelon aud seven bands
came by. a tugbat might plow up In
the river not 5tfeet away and they
wouldn't try to pdge the boiler plate.
But you can1trust one team In n
thousand TO stall for the half OF n
newspaper TO enc blowing under
their feet.
why is IT. don't know. II a
horse has any 'bd' left In him he Will
80 at that. Thdautomoblle and the
trolley that are N.Y. to him don't feaze
him. but the scraiof paper. which has
been with US foi generations. Will
frigh,en him intol fit"