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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
Good Reasons for a Change.

Republicans who detest Rooseveit.
ism, but do not like to ally themselves
with the Democrats. should take cour-
age from the example of Dewitt Gin
ton Oyerbaugh, president of the Grand
Hotel Company OF New York, life
long Republican. He was a member of
the famous Committee of Seventy who
overthrow Tammany, and is president
Of the. North Side Board Of Trade.
His reason for his change of heart
he declares to be, that he dislikes the
metnods of Mr.. Roosevelt and cannot
trust him to settle the vital questions
of national Importance, such as mon
opolies, strikes, investigation and pun
ishment OF dishonest public officials,
squandering uselessly the public mon
ey and the rich trust combines which
are eating like cancer into the very
life of the nation and the tariff 10 be
adjusted properly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
LEAVE CAMEL FAR BEHIND.
Several Animals Can Gro Without waite
for Remarkable Long Periods.

Several Animals Can Go without Water
for Remarkable Long Periods.
Several other creatures besides the
camel are able to get along FOR extend
ed periods without drinking
Sheep in the Southwestern deserts of
America go for forty to sixty days in
winter without drink, grazing on the
green, succulent vegetation of that sea-
son.
Peccaries in the desert'o of Sonora live
in little dry hills. where there is no nat
ural water, for long periods. They can
not possibly find water-in fact, for
months at time the moisture they can
obtain comes from roots and the fruits
of cacti.
But the most extraordinary case is
| that of the pocket mouse, one of the
common rodents of the desert
This little creature, by the way, has
a genuine fur-lined pocket on the
outside of his cheek When it is hun
cry it takes food from this pocket with
its paw. just as man would pull a
ham sandwich from his pocket
One of these mice has been kept for
] three years with no other food than the
mixed bird seed of commerce. During
this period it has hot d taste of either
water or green food
/ Other experimenters have found in
fact, that these mice in captivity refuse
such treats, not seeming TO know that
water is good to drink
The bird seed put before this mouse
contained not more than 10 per cent of
moisture, which is less than is neces-
sary for digestion. Stuff so dry as this
cannot even be swallowed until ii is
moistened by saliva. Yet this remark
able mouse gave nothing but his time
to the interests of science.
He suffered nothing in health of spir-
its during his captivity. The "abso-
lutely abstemious age" of which Ed
ward Lear wrote is completely out
| classed-
The question is seriously raised
whether this mouse is provided with n
condensing apparatus by which IT is
able to absorb moisture from The al
mosphere. At night, ard in the bur
rows, the humidity is much highec than
in the daytime above ground, bat it
never reaches the dew point.
| These interesting facts of natural
history suggest possibilities in the way
of cures for the incorrigible inebriate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
GET RIcH ON OIL.
Many Small Fortunes Being Made by
Indiana Faru1ers

Indiana Farmers.
Oil has been one of fndiana's chief
commodities for nearly FIVE years. but il
was only recently that anything like a
boom prevailed in the counties where the
production is largest. Oil has been pro-
duced IN Delaware, Madison, Grant, Jay
and Randolph counties in paying quaint
ties ever since natural gas began to
play OUT
Even now in section of country 90
miles square, filed with oil drillers, spec
ulators and owners of producing terri
tory, there is none Of that wiidness that
has characterized other parts az the
country in which the drill has struck
pay sand No enc has made million
and none expects TO turn out fortune 10
that amount, but there are numerous in
cidents where fatalities have been lifted
from poverty TO atiuence. The wolf has
been driven from the door and now con-
tentment reigns where once all was dark
Mr.. and Mrs Elijah Goh of Liberty
township. Delaware county. will not have
TO give up their farm and so to the poor
house. Elijah Golf is 81 and ais wife
is "a. For years they have been hope
lessly in debt and less than three months
ago their guardian was contemplating
the step of taking them TO the infirmary.
The guardian. who is also the county
auditor, shrank from telling his aged
charges that the mortgage holders would
wait no longer and that they must leave
the home which they had so years ago
found in the wilderness
One day a party OF oil drillers came
to the farm. They obtained the guard
IA. - yl-4tl
through the earth Day after day the
drill pounded away. The old man and
his wife sat in their front yard and
watched the work Mr.. Gof could not
quite comprehend what was being done.
One day there was a shout from the
drillers. They had struck oil The old
man and his wife will not have TO go TO
the poor house. The leases on the farm
OF So acres viii yield them an income
of $3.50 a month. The old man, too, will
now have a phaeton, { thing he an his
childish old age has long coveted, but
which until now his guardian could new
er promise him.
Samuel A. Winget had struggled for
years against poverty on his little farm
near Parker City. His income had new
er been more than $500 a year and as his
chilcren grew TO young manhood and
young womanhood he longed to sec them
get a good education, but he almost de
SPARED. The drillers came. They want
ed to put down a test well. The well
was a success. One month later the rural
carrier brought Winget an envelope con-
tanning check for $3.50. He handled
1t With trembling hands. He realized
that if the wei held out he was rich
man. 1t means so much to his wife and
children. He is now receiving checks
monthly of from $500 TO $500.
The cases of many others are similar.
Kind fortune has smiled, NOT on the
wealthy spectators, but upon scores of
Woodworking farmers Men who once
went 10 scan only the hog and grain
markets now receive the oil quotations
by wire 1t is a sure-thing game for
them
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18

everything the railroads use are in
creased in ccst one-third by protection,
and of course the farmer pays his
share of the bills. Farm machinery,
tools. barbed wire. building material,
clothes ana many more articles that
might be mentioned are protected by
the tariff. so that the manufacturers
can charge great deal beyond rea-
sonable profit All this, and more, the
farmer pays, and still some otherwise
sensible farmers vote for the party
which is openly in league with those
who plumber them. Remember that
the Republican national platform and
State and congressional district plat
forms pledge the candidates to uphold
the protective tariff. so no relief can be
expected from a Republican Congress
or a Republican President.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
AHOOk
COLLEGES
~O~~~O~N~~~

Purdue University opened with the
largest freshman class in its history.
The University of Pennsylvania began
its one hundred and fOrty-ainth annual
session with an increased enrolment.
Alexander Moifert, champion amateur
swimmer of New York. has been chosen
director of the new 100000 gymnasium
of the Missouri Athletic Club OF st.
Louis.
DIR. James H. Canfeld librarian OF
Columbia University. is delivering
course Of lectures on various subjects
this fall before the graduating class At
West Point.
For the first time in the history Of
German universities deaf mute has OBJ
tanned a doctors degree. The Univer-
sity of Leipsic has conferred Ph. u.
on DR.. Walter Kuntze.
Prof W. ". Campbell. director OF the
Lick observatory. has been elected
foreign member OF the Society Degli
SpelIroscopiSti ltaliani. composed Of ghir-
~ Italians and thirty foreigners.
Four Filipino students. sent to this
country to be educated at the expense
Of their government. have entered the
Indiana University at Bloomington for
full three years course in law.
DIR. c. 4. Wilson. professor Of zoology
At Columbia University. has been elected
a member Of the Academia del Iincei.
Rome.
Miss Eleanor Wallot has gwen 200.-
coo marks 10 the University OF Heidei-
berg for the higher education OF women
in Germany
Dr. Ralph Arnold, assistant in geology
at stanford University. has been appoint
ed assistant 10 DR.. Dali OF the United
States geological survey.
Prof Koch of Heidelberg Is the only
instructor Of any university in Germany
who lectures on journalism. He has for
several years lecturel there on this sub
(ecf
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
seventy-five Year. AGO.

The first Sunday school In Texas
was established at San Felipe.
Yellow fever was raging IN Natchez,
Miss.
Condy Racquet began the publication
of the Free Trade Advocate, after
wards known as The Banner OF the
Constitution.
In Montreal 66 groeers entered upon
an agreement TO prosecute all persons
found retailing liquors without license.
The iron used in the construction OF
the Schuylkill Valley railroad was Inn
ported from England at much cheap
er rate than it could have been manu-
featured in this country.
President Jackson interfered in the
case of government clerk who was
dismissed by the head OF his depart
ment, raising the question as to what
power was vested in the chiefs of de-
partments.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
GREAT AUTOMOBILE RACE.
Long leland the Competing Ground of
Four Nations.


Amateur and professional automobile
lists, including some of the most expert
racing men in the world. met in a re-
markable competition over 30-mile
course on Long Island. The event was
the first contest for the w X Wander
bilt, Jr.. automobile cup 1t was inter-
national in character, and although the
trophy was only offered last June eigh-
teen cars entered, representing four ma
tions-the United States, Germany,
France and Italy. The 30-mile course
was traversed ten times making a trife
over 800 miles for the route, and the
club whose member won the race will
hold the trophy for the coming year.
This is the first time in America that
anything on so extensive a scale in au-
tomobile racing has ever been attempted.
II was practically the Gordon Bennett
race transported to this country. The
distance and the conditions We're practi-
cally the same. while the fact that three
of the cars were competitors in the last
Gordon Bennett race in Germany and
that five cars took part in the famous Ar
dennes race in France impaired an inter
national flavor to the event that has
never been seen in automobile circles here
before
There was TO limit to the speed that
the ears might CO. The first one ia was
the winner. The 30-mile circuit gave an
admirable test of all sorts of road condi-
tons, in some places being smooth enough
for speed greater than the best railroad
locomotive can attain, while in other
places it was necessary for safety to
slow down a bit
To appreciate the remarkable speed at
tanned by the leading contestants in the
race one has only to make few COMPARE
sons. The winner. Heath, covered the
500 miles of the course in ) hours 20
minutes. and IL seconds, or ut an average
speed of about fifty-five miles an hour,
which is considerably faster than the
average speed maintained by passenger
trains in a twenty-hour run over the 800
miles from Chicago to New York He
made this time on Il public road and in
addition to guarding against chance OBJ
stacles on the way had TO slacken his
pace to admit of three fairly sharp turns
on each of his ten trips around the 30
mile triangle of the course. He was de-
layed. also. by a broken tire.
This country was represented by FIVE
cars. One Of these is an Italian ma
chine of 80 horse power. which covered
80 miles in Italy at a rate OF 80 miles
an hour Another machine, the Florida.
owned by William *. Vanderbilt. made a
mile in 80 seconds in Florida last win
ter.
The Long Island race. now a subject
Of discussion among automobiles in all
parts of the world is hailed as another
proof of the great possibilities of the
automobile. Meantime. the automobiles
pay the penalty of their reckless daring
in holding these contests
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
NEW YORK'S SUBWAY.
GREATEST ENGINEERING WORK
IN AMERICA.
Twenty-one Miles of FincIy-Lighted,
Attractive Tunnel Under the Busi-
est Part of the Metropolis What It
Means to the Public.

The greatest enrl.,r sing work of this
generation perhaps Is all time-has
been completed and before long the New
York subway will be open. Cars will
soon be rushing underground from one
end of New York to the other and ey-
cry morning the earth will virtually swal-
low up a large part of the population
Of the new worlds metropolis. 1t viii
relieve the oyercrowded surface and ele
waited cars. although it will not wholly
obviate the present congestion of traffic.
1t Will be possible 10 speed from the Bat
terry to Harlem in half an hour. on board
an electric express run by the third rail
system. The tunnel is u miles long.
1t will soon be connected with others
now in process of building until the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
one Hundred Years Aqo.

Napoleon sent dispatches to Madrid
which threatened war unless his de
mandS were complied with.
A British squadron under Commo-
dore Moore attacked and captured
three Spanish vessels with valuable
cargoeS.
About one-half of the adult popula-
ton of England was formed into a
volunteer corps TO resist the expected
invasion by Napoleons army.
After the revolution $4,000 trees
were planted in France to use later as
fuel, the prices of which had risen 100
per cent.
War was declared between Russia
and Persia
The Emperor of Germany establish
ed Il new bank at Venice.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK cCNCISELY
CONDENSED.
Longest Charivari on Record Much
Came Reported in North Woods-Bur-
glars Break Jail in WHITEHALL Much
Wanted Man Is Taken, Insane.

Cadott has broken the worlds chari-
vari record with continuous perform
ance Of thrtyone days This amazing
charivari began on the evening Of Sept
{. when Prof. Nerbeck, principal of the
high school and formerly principal Of a
Chippewa Fails ward school. arrived
home with his bride. They had been
married during the summer vacation and
the youths Of the village. including a
number OF the high school boys. decided
that it was the duty of the professor 10
furnish ice cream and cake for his adj
mirers They called at the Verbeck cot
tage in body and presented their petit
ton accompanied by horns. fiddles, tin
ware. kazoo horns and other INSTRUMENTS
of torture. The professor was obdurate
and absolutely refused to give a cracker,
and told the boys to 20 on with the dis
turbance. Prof Verbeck finally sue
eumbed and issued a signed statement.
showing that peace had been declared
and with promises of refreshments the
Cadet continuous charivari was brought
to a close.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
thirty Years Ago.

The engagement of the then Colonel
Frederick Dent Grant and Ida Marie
Honore was announced in Chicago.
Henry Ward Beechef secured the In
dlctment of Theodore Tilton and Fran
els ID. Moulton by a Brooklyn grand
jury on a charge of SANDER.
The School Board Of London occu-
pied its new headquarters on the Vic
toria embankment.
Maria Ewing Sherman, daughter OF
General w Il. Sherman. was married
IN Washington. d. c.. to Thomas Will
liam Fitch Of the navy.
An insurrection in the Argentine, s..
A., states had become formidable. the
revolutionists having control of tho
navy.
A four days battle between Carlists
and Republicans in the Province OF
Navarro, Spain. ended.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
forty Year. Ago.

A run was in progress upon every
Chicago bank because of the suspen-
sion of one institution.
The propeller Ogdensburg, which IL
years before on Lake Erie had col
lided with and sunk the steamer At
lanta with great loss of life, itself was
sunk in collision off Cleveland, o.
The citizens of Belleville, ILL.,, were
preparing to resist threatened In va
sion by "A detachment from General
Prices Confederate command.
Drafting from the city Of Chicago
was commenced, the Sixth and Eighth
Wards being first drawn upon.
A sudden movement by Generals
Grant, Ord and Birney carried the
Union lines to within four miles OF
Richmond, Va, on the south.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18

been returned and TIE subway reverts to
the city while the equipment must be
sold to the city Mt fair price. The
subway starts ut the City Hall and runs
north through or near Fourth avenue to
Forty-second street, where it crosses TO
Broadway and runs north to One HmI-
dred and Second street. Here it di-
verges, one part running to the Bronx
Park on the northeastern edge of the
city; the other to Harlem ship canal Mt
KingSbridge. The tunnel has been built
through a very maze of pipes and sew
ers. through underground springs and
quicksands. through rocky hills and over
deep-cut dales. and even under a river.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
Twenty Year. Ago.

Hans Makart. the celebrated Aus
trian painter, died in Vienna.
Both the American Tor Could Attain
tic cables were broken.
Frank Chanfrau, the actor, died sud
denly in New York.
John Mccullough, the actor, broke
down In his lines at Mcyicker's. Chi
cago, and then chided those in the au-
dlence who had Kissed him.
The outline OF plan to connect the
Baltic and Black seas by canal from
the Danube to the Oder River was an
nounced from Vienna and Berlin.
The twenty fourth church congress
OF the Church OF England opened at
Carlisle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
Fifty Years AGO.

The greater part of Mcneil, Prus-
sian seaport, was destroyed by fire
with loss estimated at $3,750,00O.
The shores about the harbor of Vera
Cruz were strewn with an immense
number Of dead fish, supposed to have
been killed by the gas evolved in some
submarine eruption.
A passenger steamer from San Fran
cisco to Panama struck a reef outside
the Golden Gate. Fifteen passengers
and $153,000 in gold were lost
The Academy Of Music, New York.
opened with the opera of Norma"
Austria defined her policy as more
favorable to the allied forces against
Russia.
Sunday schools had been established
by all OF the churches in the country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18

DR.. David Swing, theologian and
pastor OF Central Church. Chicago,
died.
Nine Nordica, at Paris. announced
her approaching marriage TO z0itan
Doeme.
Baron de Courcil succeeded NJ. De
erals as French Ambassador TO Lon
don.
Little Rock, Ark, was struck By
cyclone. killing four persons, injur1ng
thirty four and destroying S1.Ooo.O 900
worth OK property.
The Illinois census figures we're pub
lished showing that 632S per cent OF
the farmers owned the land they
worked.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
Northern Hunting Good.

The hunting season this fan in Wis
consin and the upper peninsula of Mich
igdn promises 20 be one OF the best ever
known. Deer are unusually plentiful.
and bear. water fowl and small game are
numerous. owing in a large measure to
the Intelligent care thar has been eXcr-
cised by the two States in the protection
of game. Reports from all along the
line indicate an ABUNDANCE game and
the best of sport for those who 90 into
the woods this fall for rest and recrea-
tion. Many of the camps and resorts
are to be kept open later than usual this
season to accommodate visiting sports
men
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
Capture Huntcd Man Insane.

John Smith, who is said TO be wanted
for murder in two States and for whose
arrest reward of $1,000 is offered. has
been captured after Il hunt by dogs and
men lasting three months and resulting
in Smiths insanity. He was taken by
Sheriff John VI. Raasbach. with the as
sistance of a deputy. in a dense wood
near Barronette. They overpowered him
and took him prisoner. when it became
apparent he was insane
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
Al Bacon Ridge.

Silas-I can't see how Crawfoot can
wrap himself M in two blankets and
be- comfortable these sultry nights.
Cyrus That's faith. The Farmers
Almanac predicted cool snap this
week and you can't convince Crawfoot
IL isn't here.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
Four BurgIars Break Tail.

While the sherilf's family was Mt din
ner four yeggemen" captured at La
Crosse ~ posse az armed police a
month ago, made a daring and success
ful escape from the Trempealeau county
Jail nj Whitehall. \ posse was at once
organized but failed to recanture them.
The men-Frank King. Fred Kings
ley. James Smoot and William Morgan
were being held for trial in the Circuit
Court on a charge of BURGLARY.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
No Wonder.

THE speed limit" said the saa-faced
man. should be removed from auto
mobiles"
do You own a maehineT asked the
stranger within the gates
Ma" replied the glccmy party.
I'm an undertaken
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
Horse va. Donkey.

Il say" remarked young Saplelgh,
''I've-aw-g eonundwum soh you.
What is the-aw -dirshence between
me and a horse
.srhe difference" replied Miss Caus
tioue. lis probably in the length of
vour ears
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
Nnfhinr Seriorr.

Him-Is ii true thst you are en-
gagged TO young Hugginsy
Her-No: merely had an option on
him during cur sojourR at the sea-
shore.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
Floats with Box Covering Head

James Collins, a Sheboygan fisherman,
who fell overheard from the tug Koehn
eight miles from shore, was rescued after
floating half an hour in n heavy sea with
a wooden fish box over his head. which
the waves had upset on him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
prefers neath To Rebnke.

Taken to task by his father for the ex
cessive use of intoxicating liquors, Roy
Grail. aged 80 years, marched straight
TO the hayloft in his fathers livery in
GAINESVILLE and with a revolver in each
hand fired into his side, inficting fatal
wounds
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18
Woman Gets Pay After Two Years.

In the fall Of 1902 the grocery store OF
katherine Rickeman in Racine was de-
stroyed by fire, involving loss of 500.
600. Seven insurance companies refused
to pay on the ground that goods alleged
to be IN the store We're not there. Mrs.
Riclemaa sued. and after Il two years
battle in The courts attorneys for the in
n0
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-18

Ia an explosion 81 the Texas oil re
finery IN Port Arthur. Texas, caused By
bolt OF Lightning, FIVE men were killed.
They are Robert Cooper. Frank Law
renee, William Graf. George Sales and
J. r. Mcdonald willian Kesh 10 Ia
tally injnrsd-