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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
COLD AND WHlSKEY.

This coroner's Jury which investi-
found dead last Tuesday morning be-
tween Kelly and Schofield, rendered
verdict that deceased came to her death
from exposure to cold, while intoxi-
Gated. Most of the witnesses examined
said that when they last saw Buffalo
Head and his wife and their com
panions, War Club and his wife, on the
evening before, they were all in an in
toxieated condition.
VIM. Fuhrman, on whose land they
were encamped, testified that the In
dians had been living in that vicinity
for month or so and that on Tuesday
morning Buffalo Head came to his
house and informed him that the squaw
was lying frozen to death near the rail
then in an intoxicated condition. Other
witnesses described the location of the
body, description of clothing, etc. One
testified that there were a few bruises
on the body, but these may have re-
suited from falling, as tracks in the
fresh snow showed she had fallen.
John Gussman, saloon keeper near
Kelly, testified that the Indians had been
in his place the evening before to pay
him bill of 81 % which he had loaned
them to buy provisions with, and that
they were intoxicated when they came
there. Buffalo Head, he said, told him
they had that day sold two mink pelts
in Wausau for $3.50.
Buffalo Head testified that after re-
turning to their wigwam from Wausau,
they went TO Kelly and purchased whis-
key of Gussman and Joe Sadler, another
saloon keeper, and positively identified
Gussman as one of the men who sold
him liquor. Sadler was not subpoenaed
as a witness.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

A few years ago, it will be remem
bered, while crew of men were at work
on Clarke's island, this city, hauling
rock to the stone crusher, they one day
unearthed a skeleton. The human
form was covered by large cedar slab,
which during the ages it had been in
tered had so badly decayed as to
crumble in the hand From the locks
of hair and other evidences it was quite
apparent that the skeleton was that of
white man, yet no resident of Wausau
remembered of any one ever being
buried on the island Who he was and
where he came from has always been
a mystery. 1t has since developed that
at one time the French held sway over
this section of Wisconsin almost up to
the time of its settlement by the early
lumbermen. This was vouched for by
Peter Chaurette, an educated French
man, whose father and grandfather
took an active part in the early history
of this section. Peter Chaurette died
June 49, 1884, at the age Of "A years and
lies buried near Rockville. When the
French domination of the Mississippi
valley was waning; when the Capetian
King, Louis XIV. was recklessly spend
ing his money on Madame de Pompa-
dour and Madame du Barry, he schemed
all sorts of ways to get money from his
subjects. He had no responsibility and
if retribution came TO his successors it
was no concern of his His favorite
remark was, Things will outlast our
time" Likewise Louis XIV seemed to
realize that his American possessions
were slowly slipping from his hands
and it was only question of time until
the English would conquer the rich
country of fur in the distant continent.
So this spendthrift devised ways and
means to get the most of the country
in the least number of years. The social
and economic conditions of France
were at low ebb Men were glad to flee
the country. The Frenchman looked
upon the Northwest French section of
America as a feast to be had for the
asking. The rich furs, the knowledge
that mines of metal were awaiting de-
velopment and the excitement of the
life with the American savage, appealed
to the French adventurer So for a
good round sum Louis XIV gave
charters to numerous bands of French
who were to possess the riches of defn-
ite territories in the New World. Be-
cause of the inaccuracy of the maps of
the time, or because they found to little
in their defined district, they often
started out with their Indian guides
and ought for and stole the riches in
the district of another band. For long
years they continued 20 trade with
the Indians in this section and it no
doubt was one of these adventurers or
his successor whose bones were found
buried on Clarke's island. The cedar
slab was enclosed in a bed of solid rock
where it was little exposed to the
elements which cause decay and the
| fact that it 1ras decayed showed con-
clusively that the corpse it covered had
been buried hundred years perhaps
| more.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
MISS HATTIE HARTKopF.

Miss Hattie Hartkopf died Wednes-
day morning at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hartkopf, ZIG
Jefferson street, after an illness of only
a week. Since leaving school she had
followed dressmaking and at the time
of her death conducted a shop of her
own. She was born in this city twenty
four years ago and was young lady
who had wide circle of friends The
funeral was held this afternoon from
lions Lutheran church.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
SUBJECTS OF HIS SERMONS.

Rev. T. b. T. Fisher, pastor of the
First Universalist q urch, has given out
the subjects of lis sermons for the
month TO come, as follows:
April 2l The impossible Cali 80
April %: Taking From Him Who
Hath Not"
May ): "The Many That Shall Not
be Able
May le: "The objectionable Sin"
May 10: Resist Not Evil"
Services at 1880 n. m.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
THEY KILLED THE iNFiRM
Two Instances in Marathon County
Where Indians Ended the Existence
of Old People.

1t has often been remarked that few
decrepit and absolutely dependent In
dians are ever found in an Indian
camp. Many people have marveled at
this condition. Shakespeare, in des-
cribing the seven ages of man, speak
ing of the last stage of a mans career,
said: Last scene of all that ends this
strange, eventful history, is second
teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every
thing
The North American Indians, from all
we have been able to learn, did not be-
lieve in being burdened with the care
of old folks. They never heard of the
Osler theory, but were Of the same
mind as DR.. Osler regarding the use
fulness of an old person. Many in
stances have been noted by whites
where old Indians have had their lives
brought to sudden close by the aid of
their offspring, and we will mention
two cases Jight here in Marathon
county, which may interest our readers.
Indian life, in primitive days, was full
of tragedy. The Indian has ever borne
the reputation of being strategist and
possessed of cunning akin to the willy
fox. He has artfully succeeded in con-
cealing much of his life, but occasion
ally some of his deeds become known
70
which can be vouched for by people
still living:
In the early res an old squaw lived
in an Indian camp near where the
village of Rozellville now stands. She
was well known around that part of the
country, and for age and looks she
might have made good witch of En-
dor or might have filled the shoes of the
witches in Macbeth to perfection. AS
the years passed, she became more and
more useless, and at last could no
held council and decided that they
must shoot her and gave here three
days of respite in which to prepare her.
self for her fate. During those three
days she blackened her face with gun
powder and chanted the death song
She then disappeared. For long time
it was not known by the whites in that
vicinity what had become of her, but
finally it crept ont that she had been
shot and buried. This event happened
in 1872
The second example was in 1876.
Old Saginaw was blind and a great care
TO those around him. He had clung to
life with a remarkable vitality, and it
appeared as If he ould outlive the rest
of the family. One day, with one of
his sons, he started from their home,
which was between the Little and Big
Eau Pleine rivers near the old Weeks
mill, for Marshiield. On returning
home that afternoon the son tried to
kill the Old man near the present site
of the Thomas House, in Marshfield,
but was prevented from so doing by
Louis Rivers, one of the early settlers
of that town. One day Tom Saginaw,
a son, returned from hunting trip and
deliberately shot his father dead. The
old man lies buried in section 36 in the
town of Cleveland near the picturesque
Indian ford, which is not far from
where the Il. Connor Lumber Co.'S
logging railroad crosses the Big Eau
Pleine river.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

the porch TO the ground below, dis
tance of about fifteen feet. Deceased
was hfty-six years of age and is sur
piyed by her mother, Mrs. Evans, of
Rockford, H., a brother, Chas. Evans,
also of Rockford, and son, William, of
Beloit. The remains were taken to
GAINESVILLE for burial
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
WlNNEBAGO PRESBYTERY.

The Winnebago Presbytery was held
in Oshkosh last week Wednesday. 1t
was held in the new Presbyterian
church, built by William Mainland,
one of the leading members and an
elder in the church. Rev. S. l.. Divine,
of Marinette, was elected moderator for
the coming year. Rev s N. Wilson,
of this city and l.. G.. Smith, of Oshkosh
were elected as delegates TO the general
assembly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
MRS. HERMAN HEM

Mrs. Herman Helm passed away at her
home, 932 S. Second Ave. Wednesday
morning, aged nearly twenty-five years.
She was confined to her home only four
days. She was born in the city of Osh-
kosh, her maiden name being Mary
Moran
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

John Kiefer is contemplating an adj
dition to his residence the coming sea
son. IL is his intention To raise the
story and half part to the height of the
rest of his residence.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16
WISCONSIN DYE WORKS.

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done at reasonable prices at the Wis
consin Dye works. l13 Scott street
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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-16

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Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

kicked 1t up in the air and caught it like
professional acrobat, and now and then
smaCked Jimmies red face with his moe
casned feet
when the boss of the camp at last hit
the earth with a grunt that could be heard
a quarter, the Mexican arose and bowed.
Then he went to is tent and brought
out some liniment, which he carefully put
on Jimmie's sore spots. The boys gathered
around and offered the Mexican wads of
money to teach 'em the stunts he had put
Jimmie through, but he shook his head.
ESQ no puede,' he said; the linlment
would give out
He afterward became Jimmie's warmest
| friend, and gave him a number Of lessons
in tumbling and wrestling, but he rigidly
refused to impart instruction to any Of the
others. The fellow had been matador
and had come up into the wilds of Missouri
so the people down his way might forget
the killing of a couple Of small-fry gold
laces.
Many OF the Irishmen that worked in
our crew settled in Linn and Macon coun-
ties took up land, and today their de-
scendants are rich and happy But they re
just as ready for a scrap as their sires II
you tread ever so little on the tails OF their
coats. kansas City Star
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13
HUMBLE MEXICAN A SCRAPPER
Falls in with n Section sIugEer and
TAns His CuticIe Beau-
tifuIIy,

When they were building the Hannibal &
St. Joseph railroad across northern Missouri
in the Sos, they paid the laborers $l.35 and
eight "jiggers" a day. bigger was
quart Of corn juice invigorant.
At regular intervals the bigger boy
would make his rounds OF the work, pass
ing out the elixir from his canteen to arid
throats. The price Of whisky was only %
cents a gallon, so in the good old days Il
was not necessary for a man TO hypothe-
cate his brown-stone mansion and railroad
stocks to keep comfortably drunk all the
year round
"Be-jiggered" an expression OF bewllder-
ment, now become classical, Is supposed
10 have grown amid the hospitable sur
roundings Of the workers In hard-pan on
the old Hannibal & ST. Joseph right-of-way.
But II took more than eight or ten "jiggers"
a day TO overly ballast Bob Stewards
shovelers and scraper hands. That ecOnorn-
teal allotment was barely sufficient to keep
the joints oiled. II was after nightfaH
when these brawny men really began to
drink and now and then the reservoir would
overflow and they became "be-jiggered. o"
on such occasion they were ready for a
scrap with anything that walked or sailed
or rolled on wheels
Most Of the mills occurred on Sundays
and holidays, when the farmer folk had
time TO drop In and observe the perform
ance. Il was a frequent thing 20 see farm
ers drive 20 camp with their families on
nice afternoons when the gang was taking
day on and enjoying itself In its siren
uous fashion. As the hair and hide were
scattered over the earth the farmer would
cite 70 his offspring the various technical
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

points Of civil engineering and tell them
Of the mighty men who were so Industrious
that they had time to build railways be-
tween "jiggers" in order that the pathway
Of civilization might really blaze
Thomas Jobson OF Macon, Mo. was a
contractor on the pioneer road, having a
section to grade some twenty miles west Of
Macon. He came up the country from ST.
Louis with a crew OF these stalwart Irish
laborers and put them to work tearing up
the soil. He described ar incident con-
nected with his contract this way:
Each gang had pugilistic boss-a man
who could lick anybody else, and who be.
came a sort of bully thereby. With US he
was a great giant of fellow named Jim
ME Kelso He was easily the best man
in our crew, and he would often journey
over TO adjoining contracts to extend his
jurisdiction, Kelso wasn't a bad fellow,
and he never beat up man unless it was,
in his judgment, necessary. But it was
generally necessary if the other fellow was
large and made any pretentions to lighting
zone day we got tall, slender man In
my boat He wore a somberero with silk
cord and tasses on 1t and affected en-
broidery. The boys called him the Mex
ican but he was born on the Texas from
tier. He was rather quiet and would rather
smoke than drink. OF course, it was fated
that Jimmie should initiate him, which he
did one day by knocking OF the Mexican
! big hat. The stranger picked it up, busted
1t of and quietly puffed on his stogy while
the crowd jeered, lie carefully replaced his
| sombrero and Jimmie again jerked IT OF
! and sent II whirling down the grade. Their
things began happening to Jimmie before
l. n
Mexican butted him in the stomach then
! caught him and stood him on his head
| jumped over him, crawled between his legs
! and played with him like a rag doll. Their
| he laid down on the ground, elevated his
| legs and put the dazed Irishman thereon
Round and round he spun the helpless body
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13
LATE BOOKS AND STORIES
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TOM MAssoN HAS NEW BOOK OF VERSE
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"Dave Porter at School Is tho third vol
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His return 70 the boarding school, oak
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Now Look out for Rheumntism

The grip has been unusually prevalent
during the past winter and in many cases
is likely to be followed by an attack Of
muscular rheumatism. This Is the most
common variety OF that disease and least
dangerous. There is no swelling OF the
joints and the pain is not so excruclating
as In acute or inhammatory rheumatism
II Is sufficiently severe TO disable a man,
however, and every movement increases
the pain. Keep as quiet as possible and ap-
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thorough massage, and you are certain
TO get quick relief.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

''The Enchanted AutomOble is a fairy
story translated from the French by Mary
J. Stafford. A lazy, diScontended little prince
and princess take trip TO fairyland and
visit their old story book favorites, Sleep
ing Beauty, Princess Charming and LAttle
Red Riding Hood. The book lie illustrated
and decorated In colors by Edna NJ Sawyer.
l. c. Page & Co. Is the publisher.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

from boys point OF view. Mr.. Strate-
meyers heroes are full OF fun, and the
activity that goes with the youth, strength.
and high spirits. But they are all SAFE
they work hard and play fairly. His books
deserve their great popularity. Published
by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

THE Parliamentarian" is the title of a
small manual OF parliamentary procedure,
extemporaneous speaking and informal de-
bate, by Cora Wells Trow. It is intended
as an aid to organizations in the transac-
ton Of business before them In the most
correct and expeditions manner. The A.
Vessels company Is the publisher.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

"FoibleS Of the Bench" by Henry s.
wilcox Of the Chicago bar, is the first of
series of small volumes by the same au-
thor designed to point out in a racy and
entertaining manner the follies and frail-
ties Of judges, lawyers and juries which
have come to the notice OF the author dur
ing his many years Of experience as trial
lawyer The book contains sketches Of
typical good and bad judges and points out
abuses which have become prevalent In
judicial proceedings and suggests remedies.
It abounds In humorous incidents illus
trating the points made and is calculated
to interest the general reader as well as
the members OF the legal profession. Pub
lished by the Legal Literature company of
Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

"Reminiscences Of q Mosby Guerilla" by
John w. MunBon, is a volume Of personal
experiences covering practically the entire
career Of the Partisan Rangers. II Is a
story full of small, fierce engagements,
daring escapsdes and a wild, free life. The
unadorned, almost conversational simplicity
OF the tale conveys the intense romance in
the very atmosphere OF the great adventure
the figure and spirit OF the guerilla chieftain
is the center about which the story revolves
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Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

It would be hard TO find magazine with
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under the title: Corporations and the
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learn the attitude Of the big packers toward
the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

Himalaya mountains Alice, Fred and
Charlotte were so well guided that they
saw everything OF note from the far-famed
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Luxor and Karmak. The story is illus
trated from photographs. Published by
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Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

Above books at lowest retail prices.
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comfortable" Published by Funk & Wag-
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Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

THE Humor of Love" is a collection OF
humorous love verse and love prose, ar
ranged in two volumes and edited by Tom
Mason, managing editor OF life" In
them are Included only those selections
which in Mr.. Masson's opinion combine in
the highest degree to be found In the Ian
guage, the two elements Of love and humor.
While the most celebrated names in Eng
llsh literature constantly recur in their
pages, surprising proportion OF the material
will be found to be of American authorship.
Sentiment and humor enter largely into
the composition Of most Americans. Moi
fatt, Yard & co. is the publisher.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

Books reviewed are on sale by The Ben
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Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

Mangum Co. LETTER SPECIALISTS.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

In 1.-THE Wonders of the Colorado Desert"
George Wharton James, author of I'm and
Around the Grand Canyon" and In and
out Of the Old Missions Of California"
has written Of the physical history OF the
desert, of its climatology, of its explorers
and pathfnders, Of It's plant life its hor-
ticultural possibilities, Of its irrigation and
Of the industries Of the aborlgines. He has
told the story Of its tragedies and mys-
teries, of the old stagecoach days, and of
its former bandits; and described an actual
voyage down the overflow of the Colorado
river to the mysterious Salton sea. Carl
Eytel has furnished the illustrations which
are faithful and true portrayals OF objects
with which he has lived. Published by
Little Brown & Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

'Mexico's Treasure House, (Guanajuato),"
is the title of an illustrated and descriptive
account of the mines and their operations
in 1906 in the Guana1uato district. 1t is in
this district that a great revival of interest
among the mines has set II. The author
has attempted to give some description OF
an exceptional mining district where gold
and silver mines both abound, as well as
some facts and figures. There are a pages
Of Illustrations panoramic views and ?
maps and diagrams. The book will prove
Of much interest to any one interested in
the mines and mining subjects The Chel-
tenham Press is the publisher.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-13

4 peep at Barney Castle through a hole
IN a wall Is the striking cover picture Of
the April Travel Magazine and is a fitting
Introduction 10 an illustrated sketch OF a
journey OF three weeks in ireland. The
writer scarcely needed TO tell that he had
kissed the Blarney stone, so genial and
sympathetic are his sketches OF scenes
and incidents This and other features Of
the number are well designed 20 start the
summer vacation fever, embracing auto
MODELLING In Old Virginia, the petrihed for
est OF AriEona, htting out a cruising yacht
Ireland's wonderland, a ramble In Greece