davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
Political Principles.

While men do not always live up to
their principles, it is well to have
principles. No man could wish to be
truthfully denounced as unprincipled-
The most important principles are po-
litical. These are the principles of a
Democrat; namely, freedom of the
press, of conscience, and Of speech {;
equality of all citizens before the law !;
the right of trial by jury; freedom Of
the person defended by the writ of ha-
beas corpus; the supremacy of the
civil over the military authority, the
separation of church and state, low
taxes, a tariff for revenue only; econo-
my in public expenditures; fidelity to
treaties a faithful execution of the
laws absolute acquiescence IN the will
of the majority, reverence for the Con-
stitution, and a fair division of the
joint products of labor and capital the
rights Of labor as sacred and as in
alienable as those of life or property
If you believe in these principles, you
are at heart a Democrat and should be
willing TO see these principles carried
into effect by the election of those hon
est and able enough to enforce them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
EXPLORATIONS OF PIKE.
They Had Political consequences
Not Foreseen in That Time.

They Had Political consequences
Not Foreseen in That Time.
General Zebulon Pixies explorations
Of 1S06-1S07 had political consequences
which neither Pike nor anybody else
in his day could foresee, says the Re
view of Reviews. Although he was
well treated by the Spaniards, his cap
ture by them intensified the desire of
Americans, especially in the west, to
drive Spain out OF Mexico. Written
in 1908 and published in 1910, his re-
port pointed out the wealth of Next
co.'s natural resources, showed the
weakness of SPANS hold on that coun-
try, and urged her expulsion by an
American army if Bonaparte should
seize the Spanish throne, which Bona
parte did while Pike was writing, and
held it for six years.
Pixies report sent Magee, Kemper,
Long, and other Adventures from our
side of the line over into Texas and
other parts of Mexico More import
ant still, it melted Moses Austin to get
from Ferdinand Wis representatives
in 1920 permission to establish a colo
ny of Americans in Texas, which his
son, Stephen f. Austin, planted there
in 1922. When the Mexicans soon aft
erward drove Spain out the inevitable
race conflict with. the Americans be-
gan, which eliminated in Sam Hous-
tons victory over Santa Anna at San
Jacinto in 1886, and the establishment
of the Texas republic.
BY the annexation of Texas In 1915
the United States inherited Texas
boundary dispute with Mexico, and
this led to the war of 1S46-1S4S, which,
through conquest and purchase, placed
the stars and stripes over the present
New Mexico, Arizona Except that
part below the ella, which Gadsden
bought in 1859. California, Nevada,
Utah, and parts of Colorado and Wyo-
ming, and pushed our territory in the
southwest onward to the Pacific. While
the American and Mexican commits
sioners were fixing up their peace pact
dL Uududlupe 11ludlSO III the opening
days of 1S4S, James w. Marshall made
his gold discovery In the raceway OF
Suffers mill, on the American fork of
the Sacramento, which made Califor.
MIA knock for admission as a state be
fore the politicians had time to organ
ize it as territory, melted the search
which led to the gold and silver strikes
in other parts of the West, and swung
the country's center of political grayi-
ty far toward the sunset.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
Heat Rash or Prickly Heat.

Heat Rash or Prickly Heat.-This is
an Inflammation of the sweat glanGs
and appears as small papules or yesicles
more or less thickly set, attended by
burning or prickling sensations. 1t ap-
pears suddenly and without fever or
other general symptoms. The causes
are two-fold-digestive disturbances
often very slight-and heat The treat
ment and management hinge upon the
cause. Too active treatment may do
more harm than good. If any medicine
is given, it should be acid and lemon
juice is one of the best. 1t should be
well diluted with water and given at a
time when it will not interfere with the
food or milk. If a child Is debilitated,
pale and thin, tonics may be required
before recovery is complete. The food
should be of the proper character and
its digestion rendered as perfect as pos
sible. If there is constipation, Rochelle
salts should be given at the outset.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30

time Richard Grant White first saw
swarthy. bTight-eyed little girl in short
skirts who ran into the room and
chlrped at her mother, and ran out of
Ii. carollng as she went through the
pasSageway." He asked her mother.
Madame Barili-Patti, If the little girl
promised to be a singer like her sis
tiers, and for answer the child, sitting
on the knee of the critic, sang a little
Italian air with n naivete and charm
which left an impression he never for
got. She was only : years old when,
in 1880. she appeared before the public
for the first time.
Received $4,000 N Night.
After Patti returned, In 1882, from
her European triumphs. owing to the
competition of Henry Abbey, the Amer
lean impress; rio. Mapleson was obliged
to raise her salary from $1,000 a night
to $1,000. and finally to $1,000 a night,
a sum previously unheard of in the
annals of opera. 1t was also agreed
that the diva should be paid at >
o'clock of the day she was to sing.
During the last twenty-five years
Patti has never sung In public for less
than 5000 a night, paid in advance.
One matinee concern in Boston netted
her $685.. ard her share for three per-
tormances in one week was 500. SOS No
story Of PATHS career is complete with
out reference 70 the financial side. Her
story Is one Balzac would have delight
ell 10 have written. because 1t deals
so largely with vast sums Of money.
But IN his davI ii would have been diff
ficult Tor even his lively Imagination 70
conceive Of a singer actually acquiring
by her voIce 50 great sum as $780,
coo. He would have felt it an exagger-
ation SO obvious as 10 be impossible,
even 70 a 5e6onist
Patti made her first regular appear
anre an the stage rs Lucia in ponizet-
It's opera. in New York. on Nov. n,
1855. She was then only 10 years old
Her voice 81 that time was described
as tlute-Hke. flexible soprano, which
she delivered with purity and managed
with great skill and taste. Her capa-
binties were at once recognized, and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
Hay Fever.

Hay Fever-The disorder known as
hay fever, while not dangerous, is ex-
tremely uncomfortable. 1t resembles a
violent catarrh, although it excites the
eyes and tear glands rather than the
nasal membrane. Some authorities at
tribute the trouble to hay, others to the
pollen of certain fiOwers-notably the
golden rod-a third group to tricksy
nerves and fourth to emanations from
MICE rabbits or other animals Owing
to the wide diversity of opinion about
the cause, there is no uniformity In the
methods of treatment. Here are a few
of the remedies: Local bleeding, aperi-
ents, quinine, tonics, iron, opium. mer-
curry, digitalis, cocaine, menthol, am
monia vapors and sprays, besides spe-
ciaI treatment for conjunctivitis, rhin-
tits and bronchitis 1t Is doubtful how
ever, if any lasting results are obtained
with these things.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
The Enrmcrs Cnmhine.

One can hardly blame the farmers
In the wheat growing regions for or
ganizing combine to hold their wheat
until the price advances. A dispatch
from Kansas City reports the price of
wheat as 80 cents q buShel and less Mt
the interior markets in Kansas. There
Is a loss in growing wheat at that price,
with all the farmer buys at the present
high prices. The tariff protected trusts
have advanced the prices of nearly
everything the farmer buys over 40 per
cent since the present high tariff law
was passed, so that prosperity for the
wheat farmer is a myth, although Sec
rotary Wilson, who being Secretary of
Agriculture, should know better. de-
clares the farmers were never so pros
porous. Secretary Shaw is making
equally prepoSterous statements and
states IN the speeches he is making on
bis partisan stumping tour that the
tariff makes tie farmers prosperous
because II protects the home market
from foreign importations. But facts
belle their words, for wheat is protect
ed in the tariff by duty of % cents a
bushel. but that does not prevent the
price from depreciating until the price
IN Kansas, rs noted above, Is 80 cents
bEshel.
1t IS strange that Republican farm
ers swallow such Republican state
ments and vote 70 continue that party
in power. which protects every trust
that produces what the farmers must
buy and only p-etends to protect the
farm products The tarin includes du-
ties on wheat. corn, oats. barley, cattle,
hogs aud other agricultural products.
but the price Of those farm products is
settled b. the law OF supply and de-
uand. If there IS a surplus Of wheat
and other farm products. II has 10 be
exported and sold IN the worlds mar
kets in competition with the surplus OF
osher countries and that fixes the price
here. The tariff duty might he doubled
and il wo8ld have no effect or the
price, or IL might be abolished and the
price would not be affected There Is
no tariff duty on cotton. that product
besg On The free list. yer the price OF
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30

.42S- Siege of Orleans begun.

142S-Siege of Orleans begun.
1642-First commencement held at Har-
yard college.
1702-Battle of Vigo.
1760-City of Berlin taken by combined
Russian and Austrian forces.
1777-Kmgston, n. Y, burned by the
British.
17S1-Amercans attacked Yorktown.
1T97-Battle of Camperdown.
Attempted assassination of Bona
parte.
1S06-Battle of Saalfeld, Saxopy; Prus-
slams defeated by French.
1S15-Napoleon Bomparte landed at st.
Helena to begin his exile.
1S22-Brazil proclaimed Independence.
1S31-Anderson, an English vocalist,
driven from the stage of the Park
theater, New York, for disrespectful
remarks concerning the United
States.
1S4S-Martial law proclaimed in Caps
Town.
1S61-Confederat steamer Theodore es-
capped from Charleston, S. c., with
Mason and Slidell on board.
1S62-Coufederate cavalry under Gen.
Stuart entered Chambersburg, Pa.
1S63-Wheeler's famous Confederate cav
airy met with defeat at Pennington,
Tenn.
1S6S-Beginning of Cuban struggle for
independence.
1S71--President Grant summoned Ku-
Klux-Klan of South Carolina to dis
band. j. 8. The great Chicago fire con-
tinued to rage and destroy.
1S72-William II. Seward American
statesman, died. Archbishop Bal
ley installed as Primate of the Cath
olic church in the United States.
1S73-Ex- Senator Pomeroy shot by ex-
Congressman Conway in Washington.
1SS1--Arrest of Charles Stewart Par
nell.
1SS4-Adoption of the Meridian Of
Greenwich. 4. . Parliament building in
Quebec wrecked by dynamite.
1S93-Dean Richmond foundered in Lake
Erie IS lives lost.
1S94-Wiju captured by the Japanese.
1S9S-Emperor of Germany started on
trip to the Holy Land. Powers re-
fused to permit Turkey to maintain
garrisons in Crete.
S99-Transvaal war began. &. d. Public re-
ception in Boston in honor of Adj
miral Dewey.
1902-President Roosevelt appointed 8
commission to settle anthracite coal
strike.
1904-Frederick Augustus III. assembled
the throne of Saxony. -. United
States battleship Georgia launched
at Bath.
1905-President Roosevelt conferred with
leaders in college athletics with a
view to improving standards. Sir
Henry Irving died.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
WRECK NEAR SUPERIOR.
Northern Pacific Engine and Tive
Passenger Coaches Leave Track.

Northern Pacific Engine and Two
Passenger Coaches Leave Track.
The Northern Pacific passenger train
from the Twin Cities, due in Superior at
D 30 a. M, was wrecked at State Line.
At that point the Great Northern crosses
the Northern Pacific and in some manner
a box car was left on the crossing of the
Great Northern tracks. The passenger
train was running thirty miles an hour
when it hit the car. The engine was
badly battered up and two cars left the
track. A tramp asleep in the box car es-
capped injury, although the car was de-
molished. Immediately after being awak-
ened the tramp started looking for his hat
to the great amusement of the passen-
gers who had turned out to investigate.
No one was badly hurt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30

Under the management Of Miss Mary
Laidlaw Proudfoot, niece OF the late Mrs.
Laidlaw, who devoted much money to the
helping of poor boys, the first real hotel
for homeless boys has just been opened
at 800 West Twenty-seventh street, New
York City. At the outset there were
eight patrons, self-supporting office boys
or messengers, and for the remaining six
vacancies many applications were on file.
The establishment is not to be regarded
as a charity. Each boy pays according to
his means, and this entities him to a room
of his own. The public, however, is in
vited to contribute toward the expense
fund and larger quarters will probably be
secured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30

cotton is advancing, while the protect
ed wheat has declined
No farmers trust, or Farmers I'm
ion, can control the price of wheat I'M
less the combination is complete enough
to prevent wheat being sold to the mills
which supply the -four that the Ameri-
can people require If the wheat grow
ers could prevent enough wheat being
marketed to supply the mills, the mill
ing combine at the great -four milling
centers, such as Minneapolis, would
probably bid up the price enough to
induce the farmers to sell until the
price was too high to manufacture and
ship the -four abroad at profit When
that limit was reached, you may be
sure the mills would be shut down
rather than run them at loss. To pre-
vent the mills shutting down in the
spring of 1905, when there was short
age of wheat, the administration allow
ed Canadian wheat to be imported in
bond, without the payment of the duty
of % cents bushel, and ground in the
-four. That was the Republican way
of protecting the farmers, when they
had a very short crop and an oppor-
tunity of averaging up the price with
the years like the present one, when
large surplus has been raised and the
price is low.
The fact is that the farmers have
prospered in spite of the tariff, which
has increased the price of about all
they buy, through the protection the
trusts and combines enjoy. The good
or poor crops are not the result of the
tariff, but good crops are due to the
bounty of nature when the season is
propitious, and the poor crops when ma
ture frowns and is unfavorable The
ideal for the farmer is to be allowed to
buy in the cheapest market without
any more tariff restriction than is nee
essary TO produce enough revenue for
the government, honestly and economic-
ally administered, and to sell in the
dearest market that his produce can
reach. The Republican policy, miscall-
ed protection, compels the farmer, and
every one else for that matter, to pay
not only the tariff tax to the govern
ment, which averaged on all imports
for the last year 59.S per cent, but the
still greater tax which the tariff al
lows the trusts to collect by increasing
their prices, which averages on trust
products much greater percentage
than the government collects. Not con-
tent with this trust plundering the tar
if law pretends to provide protection
on the farmers wheat and other cere-
ais, the price of which no law can gov
ern, because the surplus crop after our
own people are supplied must be sold
in the open markets Of the world after
paying the railroads and shipping COM
bines all they demand.
That is Republican protectlonism,
which would not stand a minute if Re
publican farmers would join their
Democratic neighbors In electing tariff
! reformers to Congress.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
a VoICE
War TIL
S 5, 100000

When announcement Is made that
Patti, whom her admirers acclaim as
"the Diva Of the world" is about to
retire, to take her farewell of the con-
cert room, it is instantly met with an
incredulOus smile. There is an inclina-
ton also to illustrate the smile by re-
telling the fable of the boy and the
wolf But this time, assurance comes
from England, the great soprano really
intends to retire from public life.
thousands Of persons in both hemi-
spheres have heard the Diva sing, and
they have paid millions of dollars for
the privilege. A rough and perhaps in
adequate estimate of PATHS earnings
during the last half century credits her
with having realized about $3,500,000.
In this connection it is significant to
note that the soprano has not been
heard in public every year, and in the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
MedicnI inspection for students.

According to the School Journal it Is
estimated that the expense Of operating
the new inspection law in Massachusetts
public schools is about S2j per 1000 in
habitants, in the larger cities, but that
in smaller places where the doctor comes
only when sent for the expense is S11
per 1000. The law authorized the school
board Of each city or town to appoint
a school physician or physicians, and that
the sight and hearing shall be tested an
nuaIly by the teachers. The expense is to
be borne by a local appropriation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30

king, Eric VI, who died in 907 A. d.
He was credited with the useful power
of directing the wind to blow where he
wished by the simple method of turn
ing his cap to that point of the COM
pass. His powers were much appreci-
ated and trusted and resulted in his
being known as windy cap" There is
no evidence as to whether he could reg
ulate the force of the wind as well as
the direction. Presumably he could, or
his faithful believers would not have
been so many. A "bagful of wind" is
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
College Girls as Farmers.

The Columbia university committee OF
students reports that out Of 3JS who sp-
Piled for positions during the recent sum
raer vacation, 313 reported earnings az
gregating S1O4,240. Most Of the men re-
ceived positions as tutors, but some work
cd as secretaries, clerks and statesmen.
Their earnings averaged S11343. The
law students averaged S284.j9, and the
medical students s202.19. The women
students Of Bernard, however, did little
better. They were employed as CLERKS,
photographers, companions and gov
ernesses, and their earnings averaged
s117.1O.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
A SeIf-GOYerning school.

An experiment in pupil self-govern-
ment has been in progress in a village
school in Macon county, Mo. In the main
room, where the older pupils assemble,
the self-governing class gathered about
the table and elected its own officers, and
the principal used a monograph to die
tate problems, so that the pupils should
be relieved entirely of the supervision Of
the teacher. As the machine was set in
motion the pupils copied the problems and
discussed or worked out the answers,
which were then tabuated by the teacher
and turned over to the principal. Not
one pupil was returned to the regular
classes from failure to keep up with the
studies This year the experiment is to
be extended to a number Of other diGtricts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30

dish nobleman who had become a nat
uraliZed EnglishmGn and whose years
at that time were exactly half those of
his bride
PATHS castle at Craig-y-Nos is one
of the show places in Wales. The house
and grounds were fitted without refer
ence to expense. A private theater is
one Of the interesting apartments in
the castle, and there the great soprano
has been heard sing even comic songs
for the entertainment of her guests.
To see Patti at home Is to see the gen
erous side Of her character to see her
demanding $1,000 for a public appear
ance Is to see her undoubted business
side.
Takes Care of Voice.
The great diva's voice has been kind
ly used by time. One reason for the
fact that 1t has remained with her SO
long is her lifelong habit-not to sing
when she Is tired. Consequently, as
she has aptly put 1t, she is never tired
when she sings. and no abnormal strain
Is placed upon her vocal cords. She is
no believer In diet. but never eats or
drinks any food that is either too hot
or too cold, and she has always been
careful to avoid indigestion, which. she
claims, has prematurely ruined many
singing voices.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
Wisconsin
State News
TRAINMAN's END TRAGIC.
Andrew Hanson Falls Into Dynam
and L. Grnund tn Piecea

Andrew Hanson Falls Into Dynamo
and Is Ground TO Pieces.
A horrible accident occurred at Penn
bine the other morning, resulting in the
death of Andrew Hanson of Milwaukee,
bagga geman on a Milwaukee road passen-
ger train. When leaving Pembine the
baggageman climbed up on a small ladder
in the corner of the baggage car to turn
of the steam. Below him was a large
-yna NO and machinery used for furnish
ing light for the train. He fell into the
machinery and was ground to death.
When the next station was reached the
baggageman did not appear and a search
was made. Hanson was found in the
dynmo torn to pieces. The wheels were
spinning rapidly covered with blood.
Trainmen stopped the dynamo and after
much difficulty collected fragments of the
body. Hanson was a married man, leav-
ing a wife and three children in Milwau-
boo
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
RICH YIELD FROM CORN TEST.
Wisconsin Professor Gets $50 Bush
els to Acre In New SDecies.

Wisconsin Professor Gets $50 Bush
els to Acre in New Species.
DR.. A. NJ. Moore, professor of agron-
omy of the college of agriculture of Wis
consin university, has succeeded, after
much experimenting, in developing or
breeding a species of Indian corn that
yields $50 bushels to the acre. This is
more than twice the average of corn in
Wisconsin. Last spring Prof. Moore was
allotted twenty-five acres of the univer-
sity farm for his experiment with his
corn, and test just made shows that the
yield runs a little more than 80 bushels
to the acre. Prof. Moore believes that
this new species of corn is adaptable to
all OF the States in the same latitude as
Wisconsin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
RISKS LIFE TO SAVE CHILD.

Brakeman, Hanging from Engine
Pilot, Grabs Tot from Track.
Brakeman Nels Hagens of the Wiscon-
sin Central, supported by Harvey Wright,
another brakeman, swung out ahead OF
the pilot of an engine near Medford and
scooped from death a child which was
playing on the track. The engineer tried
to stop the train but the brakes refused
to work. Hagens, seeing the child's peril
ran ont on the footboard of the engine
and effected his daring rescue.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
QUARANTINE MENDOZA ASYLUM.

Woman Attendant Suffering from
Smallpox Forces Restriction.
Miss Josephine Johnson, an attendant
at the Mendoza asylum for the insane,
who has been i'll for several days, was
found to be suffering from smallpox, and
the asylum has been quarantined. There
are nearly 600 inmates and 100 nurses
and attendants in the institution. 1t is
believed, however, that few have been
exposed, as Miss johnson and her charges
were in another ward, where they were
not in close contact with the othei pa
tiantS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-30
The Best Way.

"I was just wondering" said May,
shortly after her marriage to Deem
Der.
Wondering what?"
whether it is easier to break a
mans will before or after his death"
Better do 1t before and save the
lawyers rakeof. "-Houston Post