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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
Pennypacker Revealed.

"Since its adjournment a wave of
popular and political unrest and COM
motion has spread over the land and
left its impress in our own Common
wealth as well as elsewhere. Such up
heavals, to whatever causes they may
be due, are to be regarded not as dis
asters, but as opportunities.
This fragrant paragraph is culled
with proper tenderness from the mes
sage of Gov. Penneypacker to the Penn
sylvania Legislature.
As bit of patriotism it is gorgeous.
As strip of eloquence it is transport
ing.
AS sample of humor it is delight.
AS passage of satire it is transcend
ent, enchanting, marvellous.
We take off all hats in the of6ce to
Mr.. Pennypacker in humble acknowl-
edgment of his brilliant achievement
If there were more, they'd come off,
too.
Any man who can welcome as an
opportunity" an upheaval which
threatens the end of himself and the
political freebooters of whom he is the
chief agent is no ordinary person. He
deserves that all hats be taken right off
in his presence.
The fragrant paragraph sheds new
light upon the fair Pennypacker. His
alabaster brow, his eagle eye, his SON.
net-like hair, his invisible halo, his I'M
tram meled and homogeneous infallibil-
ity, take on new radiance, like new
moon blushing softly beneath the
sweet smiles of an illumining Aurora.
He is revealing himself. He is no
longer an esoteric entity beguiling the
curious into specializing upon the out
wardness and inwardness of his soul.
Scalpel in hand, he bares his modest
self at last before the gaze of the world,
and he stands forth an humble patriot,
Selling the psychological moment to
join the chorus for reform. So humble
a person is he that if some one should
administer a rude blow upon his hand,
shoulder, cheek or other vital spot, he
would welcome the contact as an op-
portunity to say couch" This is clear
This, in effect, is his attitude in the
fragrant paragraph.
Hail, Pennypacker! Hail, sweet
philosopher! We greet you as the lat
est conner to the gallery of goo-goo
statesmen Courier journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
KAISER A GREAT READER.
Keeps Two Secretaries Busy Mark
ing Passages of Interest
I for Him.

The kaiser has two secretaries EN-,
ployed in little else than supplying
his table with magazines, newspa
pers and books. Those passages are
marked with green pencil to which
his majesty's special attention is to
be called. His taste is universal. He
il soldier, landlord, a sailor, a
huntsman and sportsman, an artist
a mechanic above all a politician, anG
on all these subjects books, ETC., come
pouring to his table, which he man
ages to run through in a fashion
anu can assimilate their contents
faster than most men. He is won
derful newspaper reader. Especially
does he pay attention to the articles
in the foreign press on foreign poll
tics. 1t is said he reads the foreign
policy articles In English papers more
than he does articles on the same sub.
ject in the German press. On his
journeys, and these are frequent, the
kaiser reads almost all day. Nearly
every big station where the imperial
train stops, he sends an adjutant fol
all the papers he can lay his hands
on; it does not matter what their con.
tents be or how insignificant the pa.
pers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
WAS NOT HALF THROUGH
Darky Pursued by Ghost Was Co.
ing to Make Better
Time

Two men in a southern town, get
ting into an argument made a wager
that one of them could not hire a
darby to stay all night in well known
haunted house, which no one would
occupy.
Hunting up a strapipng negro, the
man offered him SIS to stay in the
house during the night, keeping awake
all of the time.
The negro entered the place in the
evening and kept walking back and
forth to keep from going to sleep.
Promptly on the stroke of midnight
the ghost appeared. Unlike most
ghosts, this one was pleasant and af-
fable and. seeing the man, said:
"Ah, good evening; it seems there
will be two of us here tonight"
With bullying eyes and dropping
jaw the other managed to stammer:
'Y-y-yas sab, b-b-but dey won't be
long"
And suiting the action to the words
he went out of the house and down
the road as hard as he could run,
with the ghost in close pursuit When
completely out of breath, the darby
sat down by the roadside to rest, and
the ghost, coming up, blandly re-
marked: THAT was a very pleasant
run we had just now"
And the darby replied: "Yas, sab
but it ain't-nufin-to de one
we'se-going ter hab."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
BLUE RIBBON FOR BRAINS.
English Wise Men Will Enter an
Interuniversity Think
ing Match.

British thinkers, rebelling against
the custom of awarding great prizes
to college athletes and neglecting the
thinkers, have proposed and are urg-
ing throughout the kingdom a "blue
ribbon for brains" an interuniversity
contest between the thinkers and stu
dents, for an award of merit.
The neglect of brains and the con-
slant lauding of Drawn in the press
circles, has called forth the protest
and the demand for recognition and
reward of the brainy men of the great
schools.
Just what form the thinking match
for the championship is to assume is
not stated. Those who are urging the
contest plead that nine men from each
of the great universities meet in the
contests. Whether it will consist of
looking wise, or in oratory, in writ
ten examinations in certain subjects,
they do not state. The contest may
take the form of the standing long
think. or the running high think, or
the two-minute handicap think, or
the long distance think.
At any rate, the proposition is to
make the event of the blue ribbon
thinking match of all England and
to show the thinkers that they are
esteemed as high at least as are the
athletes. Who will be the first cham-
pion thinker of Great Britain is a
question of vital interest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
Democracy VIII Triumph

Here and there one occasionally hears
the remark that the stringency of the
law, regarding the expenditure of
money in elections, will cripple the
democrats, under the primary law,
comparatively more than it will affect
the majority party" This is all non
sense. In the first place no great
amount of money has ever been at the
disposal of the democratic party in
Wisconsin for campaign purposes and
whatever the democratic state COM
mittee did have has always been applied
to legitimate expenses, necessarily in
Cured for printing, stationery and for
other lawful purposes.
The democratic party needs no pie
thoric purse. Its principals are its
assets and when deliberately consid-
cred by an intelligent electorate will
eventually be accepted in preference to
the fallacies of the fractions opposing it..
The days of the Dudleys, the Quays
and the Elkinses are past and gone for
ever. They and their "crisp two dollar
bills" and their "blocks of five" are the
land marks of system of bribery and
corruption which must bring the blush
of shame to those in whose interest
their services were given.
Enact law that will put the vote
buyer behind the bars, whether he be
the ward heeler or the chairman of the
national committee. Lets have no
more of it.
The democratic party will triumph
without doodle" If it needs few
uutainted dollars with which to buy
postage stamps, there are enough of
those whose hearts are in the cause to
give and give freely and promptly when
called upon. The democratic party is
all right. Its principles are all right;
they are eternal and everlasting and
will triumph in spite of bribery, in spite
of corruption and in spite of all the
forces of greed and cunning"
As for us we'd rather see the honest
dollar, given by the rank and file, APP
propriated to the needs of a political
| committee. than tainted thousands from
the bullying Golfers of the Carnegies,
the Depews and the Platts-RichIand
Democrat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
ENGLAND RAN LOTTERIES.
Source Of Public Revenue from
Early Times Till the
Year 1924.

Lotteries were common in ancient
Rome, and during the middle ages
lotteries were utilized by the italian
merchants for the disposal of their
gcous.
Some of the Italian states then
adopted the lottery as a means of
raising revenue, and the institution
of state lotteries afterwards became
very common and very popular
throughout Europe.
The earliest English state lottery
of which there is any record was in
1869, when 10000 chances were sold
at ten shillings each, the drawing TAX.
ing place in the west door of St.
Paul's cathedral The prizes consisted
Of articles of plates and the profits
were employed for the repair of GER
tain harbors.
Early in the reign OF Queen Anne
private lotteries were suppressed, "as
public nuisances," but government
lotteries were still maintained, and
from 1909 to 1924 considerable sums
were annually raised in lotteries au-
thorized by act of parliament.
The average yearly profit to the
government from 1893 to 1924 was
over s1,700,000. On the ground of in
Jury to public morals, lotteries of all
kinds were abolished in England in
1SZo.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
For Supreme Justice.

There are at present two candidates
for the office of the Justice of the Su-
preme Court, MIR. Louis Hanitch and
MIR. II. H. Grace. Both of these gentle
men reside in this city. Both have the
endorsement of considerable portion
of the bar of the city.
One, Mr.. Hanitch, is now and for
many years past has been the attorney
for the Northern Pacific Railway Co.
The other, Mr. Grace, is not now and
we think never has been attorney for
any railroad or other public service
corporation.
Mr.. Hanitch claims the endorsement
of the bar of this city. There were
forty-three lawyers who voted on the
endorsement, of which number Mr..
Hanitch received twenty-five.
It is claimed that there were several
lawyers present and voting who are
not now and never have been practie-
ing attorneys, and that Mr.. Hanitch
has not the endorsement of a majority
of the practicing attorneys in the city
If Mr.. Hanitch has such endorse
ment it is by the solid support of all
the railroad, elevator and public SER
vice corporation lawyers, and then
only by q majority of one.
The people of Wisconsin have been,
for the past five years, under the able
leadership of Gov. LaFollette, striving
to enact laws regulating railroads and
other public service corporations.
These laws have now all been put on
the statute books of this state but none
Of them have yet been before the Su-
perior court for decision. Should that
court hold the laws unconstitutional or
otherwise void the work thus far ac-
complished would be of no effect.
1t is therefore important that these
laws should be upheld by the Supreme
court. When one considers that even
the Supreme court of the United States
decides very many important cases by
bare majority-five to four-it is high
" important that the new member of
the State Supreme Court elected this
spring, should go upon the bench r'ith-
out any prejudice or bias against the
laws which have been enacted to con-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
NAUGARDT.


Gottlieb Mathwig, one of the early
settlers of the town of Berlin, died at
the home of Robt. Plisch at the age of
81 years and months. Diseased leaves
TO mourn his death, Mrs. Robt. Plisch,
Albert Mathwig and Emil Math wig of
the town of Berlin; Mrs. B. Koshman of
Wausau and Herman Mathwig of the
town of Easton. Funeral was held
from Trinity church Wednesday after
noon at O'Clock. Rev. Koepp held
services. Remains were laid to rest in
the Plisch cemetery
On Thursday evening, Feb. 23d, very
happy company of friends and neigh
bors assembled at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Giese in the town of Ber-
lin for the purpose to help celebrate
Mr.. Giese's 51st birthday anniversary.
There were about 70 people present all
of whom enjoyed themselves. The
younger people passed their time in
dancing. The older gentlemen played
cards. A midnight supper was served
by the lady of the house, to which all
done justice. Then everyone departed
for home wishing Mr.. Giese to live to
celebrate many more birthdays.
Twenty-one years ago, March LIST,
Erwine L. Marchetti, our worthy
school teacher, was born and he is
anxious to join the Order of voters at
coming election. We are all going to
meet at his boarding place to attend
the Inauguration.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27

A MEASURE has been introduced in
Congress by Senator LaFollette, which
if favorable action is taken, will give
to Wisconsin $4,000 acres of forest
lands. Another bill introduced by the
senator is aimed at the purity of cleo
tons. 1t requires an accounting of
money expended on elections, provides
for the filing of statements of receipts
and disbursements of political COM
mittees and prohibits corporations from
directly or indirectly paying or contrib
uting any money, property or anything
of value to any political committee or
to any candidate for anypolitical office.
1t requires treasurers of political COM
mittees and candidates for federal
offices to file statements of contribu-
tons and expenditures and forbids
them from accepting contributions
from corporations or any employe of a
corporation. The penalty for contribu-
ton by a corporation is fixed at from
81 900 to $4,000, and any person violat-
ing the act may be fined from $500 to
$4,000, or imprisoned up to five years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
TRAINING SCHOOL NOTES.

Miss Armilda Ritleman, '04, has fin
ished her term of school.
Miss Alma Lanner, ',H. gave good
talk to the students on Friday last.
Miss Bohrer visited at the homes of
Miss Tegge and Miss Zepp in Edgar.
Glasses have been observing the work
of teachers in the Humboldt and Wash
ington schools.
The Misses Rice and Van Kluk went
to the home of the former on Friday
and have not yet returned.
Mrs. Steineke spent Saturday and
Sunday with her daughter, Dora, and
visited the Training school yesterday.
The following teachers attended the
Stratford meeting: The Misses Sarah
Ably, Bradley and Bressett, all of 1900;
Mr.. Conrad Ullman, 02; Miss Carrie
Ullman, '03; the Misses Ellingson and
Miller, '04 the Misses Bucklin, Bentz,
Jacket, Hart, Blankenburg, Bulman,
Veers, and Messrs. Giles, Miller, Mel
son and durley.
One of the largest teachers meetings
held thus far convened at Stratford on
Saturday, Feb. "a, in the upper room of
the public school building. Prin. Kas-
per |. Nelson, Miss Amy Bressett, 1900,
and Miss Ethel Bucklin, made arrange
ments to accommodate all who had no
immediate friends in the village. Quite
a large delegation were provided for.
Subjects of general information as well
as professional topics were to be found
upon the program,-a Retrospect of the
Panama Canal, general workings of
Congress, etc. The latter was present
ed in an interesting manner by Mr..
Wells. The former was to have been
discussed by Miss Bohrer but was post
poned on account of the great demand
for professional help. Mr. Nelson dis
cussed the subject of geography and
was followed by Mr.. Wells on the same
subject. Miss Bressett gave suggestions
for the teaching Of language in the
second, third and fourth grades. This
was followed by general discussion.
Miss Bohrer then presented once more
the subject, Activity through the work
in primary reading" The meeting was
adjourned at 3:15 D. m.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
HOLDS UNUSUAL POSITION
Only Woman in the World Who Con-
.ra. ducts a Dry Dock
Business.

Miss Ella Lawiess occupies a unique
position in marine affairs. She is the
proprietor of dry dock and shipyard
In Jersey City, and is carrying on the
business founded by her father, who
died about five years ago. She is the
only woman in this country, if not in
the world, conducting dry dock BUSH
ness. She is making a success of it,
for she is equipped with executive
ability, courage, business tact and last
but not least, personal magnetism, and
thoroughly understands all the details
of her unusual calling. Miss Lawless
was born in New York state in town
near Syracuse, and comes of revolu-
tionary stock. One of her ancestors
served throughout the war for indie
pendence under Washington. Her ia
ther took prominent part in the civil
war. She is charter member of the
Order of the Eastern Star, and is ac-
lively affiliated with other fraternal
societies. Miss Lawless resides in
Union Hill, N. J., and is prominently
identified with the social and chart
table life Of the town.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
INDIGESTION Overcome.

Indigestion is easily overcome by
the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, be-
cause this remedy digests what you eat
and gives the stomach rest-allows it
to recuperate and grow strong again.
Kodol relieves indigestion, belching of
gas, sour stomach, heart burn, ETC., and
enables the digestive organs to trans
form all foods into the kind of rich red
blood that makes health and strength.
Sold by w. w. Albers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
KENNEnY,s CORNERS.

Farmers are very busy with their
winters work which is not half done on
account of the roads being drifted so
much this winter.
Very few cattle are on feed here this
winter on account of grain being so
high.
The firm of Nutter & Deutch broke
camp this week on account of the snow
being so deep in the woods and the
snow getting soft it is impossible to get
through.
The Wausau Telephone company has
blilt splendid line to this place and
throwed it open to the public on Janu-
airy of this year and now all we lack is
the street cars that we may be a great
city.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
WHERE LAWYER CAME IN.
Worked Up a Shock for the Pas
senger and Got Damages
for It.

Uncle Billy Smith had got back
home after trip to see his sister, and
sitting on the post Office steps, re-
lates the Baltimore American, he
said to the men who were asking ques-
tions:
'Well, in the car with me was a
lawyer. I'd been talkin' with him
and feelin' sorry that he hadn't taken
to some honest profession, when the
cars run off the track. Nobody was
hurt, but our trunks in the baggage
car was all smashed up. Purity soon
a man comes around, and ask us to
make out the damages. l wrote down
that l had lost two shirts, three pairs
Of socks, an old suit of clothes and
a pair of shoes, and that my dam
ages was ten dollars The lawyer
looks at the paper and said:
But you hain't added anything
for the shock
"'What shoek?'
"'The shock to your feelin's. Put
down 5000 for that
"But have my feelin's been
shocked?
"'Of course they have, and you
must get pay for it
81 put her down as he said, and
two days later l got my damages in
hard cash. I've all along thought
lawyer was next door to a pirate,
and that he'd do most any mean thing,
but I've had to change my mind.
That Teller jest worked up shock
for me and got me 5000 extra, and II
my son Sam wants to go into the law
business shan't do any great OBJ
jectin'."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
DECORATIONS FOR HOLIDAY
All Manner of Pretty Fixtures, from
Peanuts in Tissue Paper to
Red Cranberries.

Peanuts wrapped in yellow, red and
white fringed tissue paper and tied
on pendant lengths of strings, three
or four to each, are splendid decora-
tons when tied to the limbs of the
Christmas tree.
Red strings Of cranberries, with
knots of narrow satin ribbons tied
here and there on the strands, are
about as pretty as anything that could
be bought for either tree, table or room
ornamentation.
Gliding English walnuts becomes a
delightful frolic if several young peo-
pie are in the secret. Crack open the
nuts so there will be two perfect half
shells to each. Inside the empty nuts
place a MOTTO or device which will
tell the fortune of the one receiving
1t. Then glue the shells firmly to-
gether When dry work tack in the
end where the stem grew, inserting it
slowly that the shell may not break.
Gid the entire nut, fasten a string
around the tack and hang the interest
ing nuts on the tree.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27

Washington's birthday was observed
in the afternoon bv the city's mail
carriers, who were given a half holt
day, the result being that there was
such an accumulation of mail Friday
that the carriers could not get around
to all the houses on their routes in max
ing the afternoon delivery. There is
an apparent need of more carriers in
Wausau, for the present force is obliged
to cover too much territory. But there
is no prospect of getting any more until
the city compels people to build side
walks, such a statement having been
made by a Mr.. Fraser, post Office
inspector, who was here two weeks ago,
He stated that mistake was made in
the first place by the carriers going in
to territory where there are no walks
and where none have been built since.
If the people expect better service,
walks must be constructed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
TELEPHONE-MECAPHONE.
Unique Instrument Now in Use at
Colorado Pay Sta
ton,

A public telephone pay station of
unusual interest is at Colorado
Springs. The instrument is connect.
ed with the system of the Colorado
Telephone company and is mounted
on substantial wooden box on a
pole at convenient height for pass
ersby.
The box is supplied with the usual
telephone directory, and the instru-
ment is equipped with the familiar
slot and cashbox used in nickel
service"
The interesting feature of the in
stallation, says the Electrical Review,
is the small megaphone trumpet of
tin The telephone station primarily
constitutes the local substation of a
news stand about 20 feet away, and
the object of the megaphone is to en-
able the newsman to hear the ring
ing of the telephone bell amid the
noises of the street-a matter of no
small difficulty otherwise when the
box door happens to be closed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
/. REMARKABLE RECOVERY.
One Day the Widow Was Inconsol-
able, the Next as Gay as
a Lark.

P. F. Rothermel, counsel for the
Lake Superior corporation, as the re.
organized Consolidated Lake Superior
is called. was complimented the other
day on the excellent year that the
concern has had, says the Pittsburg
Gazette.
Mr.. Rothermel smiled and an
swered:
Eyes, the company has gotten quick
ly on its feet. 1t has recovered quick
ly. 1t was not badly hurt, after ALL
And thus it resembles a widow of
whom l heard recently.
"This lady's husband died, and, a
day or two after the funeral, neigh
Dor called to extend her condolences.
"She expected to find the widow
frantic with grief. She found her at
the piano, singing gay song. And,
astonished at so quick recovery, the
visitor said:
"'Well, well, l expected to see you
in the deepest distress
"'Ah,' said the widow, patheticaIly,
you should have seen me yesterday
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27
Big Power Scheme.

The proposal to send electricity zoe
miles from the River Zambesi to Jo-
hannesburg is criticised by many ex.
perts, who declare the feat practically
impossible in the present state of the
electric art, because of the great cost
involved. Other experts affirm that the
scheme is commercially feasible. The
capitalists have not yet, it seems, in
tervened in the discussion to the ex-
tent of putting up the cold cash. 1t is
not disputed that the Victoria falls will
give the required power, but the cost
of conductors 700 miles long, with ex-
pensive machinery and apparatus at
both ends, would, it is contended, be
prohibitory.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-27

troll railroad and other public service
corporations. 1t may be and probably
is true that Mr.. Hanitch is not conscious
of any such bias or prejudice. We be-
lieve, however, that the people will
demand that the new member of the
Supreme Court be an attorney who has
not for years represented railroad
company. Mr.. Grace is such an at
torney and we believe the people pre-
fer him at the present time 10 Mr..
Hanitch. Times.