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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
Do Fish Ever Die?

The Great Lakes Fisherman is the
name of magazine published at North
port, Michigan, and claiming to be the
only magazine devoted to fresh water
fishing" In its July issue, which is
just out, it raises curious question :
do fish ever die natural death p
The assertion is made that they never
do-that they live till they are killed
that if fish died, as land animals die,
their bodies would be observed floating
on the sdriace of the water.
An Old fisherman is quoted as saying
A fish lives only to eat and to avoid
being eaten. 1t was to prevent unIn-
terrupted tenure of life that all flsh
were made fiercely predatory if not
remorselessly canniballstic as many
kinds are.
1t is to be remembered that fish are
exempt from many evils which imperil
inhabitants of the land. Not only are
they safe from drowning, but they in
habit a region free from invasion by
automobiles, and they never catch cold
ard never take any medicine. Why
should they not live forever, if they can
always get enough to eat At least,
why should they not live until son e fol-
lower of Isaac Walton comes along and
catches them ?-Evening Wisconsin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
REMARKABLE LUNG CURE.
Young Clergyman Takes to Outdoor
Lecturing and Regains
Health.

New Workers who have been advised
by their physicians to seek outdoor
work In the country, and who lack
either means or opportunity for max
ing the life giving change need not
despair, says the Herald. Wonderful
outdoor cures are being worked right
In the heart Of, the city. A most re-
markable case Is that of a young cler-
gyman who for the last eight or nine
months has been lecturing on a sight
seeing coach. Last summer he went
to Oxford college, England, for spe-
cial course Of study, during which his
health gave way, and he returned to
America with funds exhausted and the
verdict of nervous prostration and tn
berculosis hanging over his head. His
New York physician told him to seek
outdoor employment at once, and the
young man secured his present posi-
ton as lecturer to sightseers. At first
his voice almost failed him, but as he
became accustomed to talking in the
cold air the cough stopped and his
tones became clear and firm. All win
ter long he made his daily trip. Now
1.-THE spot" on his lung has faded, and
In addition to his weekday work In
New York he goes to Trenton, N. j.,
each Sunday to conduct mission ser
vices. He intends to remain Oh the
coach until fall, by which time his ply
stefan promises that the cure will be
complete.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
VISITED THEIR BRETHREN.

A number of Winnebago Indians liv-
ing in the vicinity of Hatley and Wit
tenberg passed through the city the lat
ter part of the week, on their way home
from celebration at Dry lake, which
is about seven miles from Black River
Falls. 1t was in the nature of q Win
nebago homecoming and was the larg-
est gathering of the silent men of the
forest which has been held in Wiscon-
sin in many year. The program was
gotten up by six red men who have
lived in civilization, and consequently
they introduced some white mems
gaines, such as pony races, ball games,
and foot races for men, women and
children. There were also tribal
dances
Joe Never Washes His. Feet of Hatley,
informed rs that he won a medal for
eXcelling il race to the cook shanty,
and proudly displayed a piece of buck
skin on which was fastened an orna-
mentation composed of plug tobacco
tags. He also informed us that when
the council is held next winter to de-
eide place for the meeting next year,
that Hatley Indians will try to induce
their brothers to bring the meeting of
1908 to this county.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
ANNUAL PICNIC.

The Liederkranz society held its an
nual picnic Sunday on the shooting
park grounds, and the event resulted
in bringing out majority of the mem
bers and their families. They went
over in the morning in vehicles and re-
NAMED the entire day. A program of
games, races, etc, for the amusement
of the children was carried out and
upon the decision of judges, prizes were
awarded. One of the most interesting
features for Those in attendance was a
base ball game between the honorary
and active members. The team repre-
senting the latter won the game. The
official scorer made vain attempt to
keep a correct record of the game but
the runs and errors came so fast that
he gave up in the last half of he second
inning and contented himself with sit
ting idly the balance of the game and
occasionally applanding misplays. For
this reason we cannot give the score.
The members of each team have since
been making frequent acquisitions
upon the supply of liniments in their
medicine chests, to take the stiffness
out of their joints. Everyone who at
tended had a very enjoyable time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
IMPORTANT MEMORANDA.
lettings and Notations Made by Men
Of State and Nation While
En- Route.

Nearly every successful man is q
time saver, and men who are In the pub
lie eye to-day are noted for their ability
to make each moment count when they
are at work, and even when they are at
play. President Roosevelt is said to
slip into the pocket Of his riding coat
paper and pencil. If during his ride he
should frame reply to some difficult
question brought to his attention he jots
it down Immediately and does not trust
to his memory. President Loubet, of
France, settles some Of the momentous
questions of state at his breakfast table,
when he is practically alone and before
his reasoning powers are distracted by
small and petty questions. Lord Roth
schild commences his days work in bed.
He receives his confidential men not
only in bed, but while he is dressing and
breakfasting. When he leaves his
country house for town he is ready to
hear about other peoples affairs, but be-
fore that time he has done what many
men would regard as a good days work
for himself. DR.. Ingram, bishop of Lon
don, Is Obliged to travel great deal,
and he has a special kind of electric
reading lamp fitted into the inside of
his carriage. so that while he is being
whirled through the streets of London
In the evening he can keep up his liter
airy work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
EVENING OF MUSIC.

Leon Louis Rice, who appeared In =
recital given at the opera house last
evening, was greeted by an audience
which though not large was an apprec-
iative one, and those who were not there
missed most delightful entertainment.
Mr.. Rice was stronger if anything than
when he appeared here year ago. He
is possessed of voice of rare tenor
quality, pure, true and sympathetic and
sings with such ease that his audience
is at once charmed and carried into the
spirit of the song, without at any time
having to question the technique.
His program was varied, but chosen
rather to suit the average audience
than the critical listener Some beau
tiful songs by modern composers, be-
sides two oratorical numbers, which
best showed the compass, power and
beauty of his voice were rendered.
Words cannot express the quality OF
Mr.. Rice's singing. He must be heard
to be appreciated, and it is to be re-
GREETED that his audience was not larger.
Jas. Duncan, who assisted on the pro-
gram, sustained his reputation as an &C.
companist, besides contributing three
solo numbers in most interesting and
mastery manner.
This morning Messrs. Rice and Dun
can departed for Amigo where this even
ing they will entertain the people of that
city at recital.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
COMPANY DISSOLVED.

The Hatley and Pike Lake Potato Co.
has filed resolutions of dissolution with
the register of deeds. The company
was organized Oct. ID, 1908, by John
Petarski Anton Milonowski, John Plata
and other residents of the town of Nor
RE. The purpose of the organization
was to furnish one common selling
agency for the potatoes raised in that
district, it being thought that in that
way better prices could be obtained
than under the old plan. Prior to that
time it had been customary for Chicago
potato buyers to go among the farmers
and offer them any price they chose.
The farmer was either obliged to ac-
cept the Chicago fellows prices or else
haul his potatoes a long ways to
market. The new plan worked well
for time, but finally dissensions arose
in the company and it was decided to
dissolve the organization. Another
thing which worked against the unity
of farmers in holding up prices is said
to be the building of the Rosholt branch
of the G.. q N. W. Ry. This branch
offered new and closer shipping points
to many farmers and had tendency to
break up the organization.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
OREGON NOT ALL STOLEN.
Plenty of Good Land Left In the
Stare for Investors and
Settlers.

Oregon has for years been afflicted
with a cancer known as the land con-
science. 1t has fastened itself upon Its
highest as well as ,ts humblest citizens.
But there Is yet good land In Oregon
that has not been stolen, says Golfers
Weekly, and the judicial disinfectant
which the United States government Is
now applying Is fast retaining much
of the land that was appropriated. I"
The patriarchal boards were wise
wise enough to lay claim to a good
thing. Oregon Is great state. AS an
agricultural state it Is as old and well
tried as Minnesota, Kansas or Nebraska.
The Willamette river valley Is match
less farming land. 1t was the Mecca OF
ambitious agriculturists before gold was
discovered in California. The dairy
products OF that one valley alone amount
to $1,000, 900 a year, and the prize beef
at st. Louis last year came from there.
It's country where the farm hands get
well fixed" SO fast there Is no one left
to milk the cows.
Coos county, Ore, is typical OF the en-
terprise, industry and thrift OF all the
northwestern states. There is a county
of farmers and lumbermen with 125
miles lying between 1t and the nearest
railroad. and yet they erect at the Port
land fair s25,0 600 building in which to
exhibit their wares. The banks OF Ore
gon have deposits 70 the amount OF
$1,000 to every man, woman and child
within its borders, and Oregonis not the
greatest OF these states.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
make this convention rare chance,
and no delegate should miss it unless it
is absolutely unavoidable.
C0NNOR'S RAILWAY SCORED.

.s'Inequitable and socially and econom-
ically parasitic is the language which
the railroad rate commission applies to
the practice OF the Marathon County
Railway company owned by Lieut. Gov.
w. ID. Conner in a decision rendered
Friday.
This rebuke by the commission was
dispensed in discussing the practice of
the company of carrying shipments of
less than carload lots free of c,.arge
The road is also ordered to carry logs
al s.. so and "a so instead of S. and ST..
The present charges are held by the
commission to be excessive. The COM
plant bringing this matter TO the atten-
ton of the commission was filed by
Nicholas Streveler, resident of Marsh
field, wto was sergant-at-arms of the
assembly during the session of 1905.
At the hearing month ago, Mr.. Con-
nor, through his attorney. set up the
defense that his road was not common
carrier, and hence not subject to regula-
ton. In handing down its decision Fri
day the rate commission declared the
road to be a common carrier. - .
1t ordered that Mr. Corners road pub
lish schedule of tariffs and file dnpli-
cate with the rate commission.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS.

A very fine program is assured for
kee Sept. la. An urgent invitation has
been sent 10 Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson To attend and give an address.
Senator Stout of Menominee, is to pre-
side. Ex-Governor Hoard, one of Wis
consin's most prominent farmers has
also been invited TO address the con-
vention, And has given assurance that
he will be present if possible Many
prominent farmers from all over the
state have signiiied their intention
of being present.
1t is assured that there will be large
number of town chairmen present as
many of them have already expressed
their determination to attend This
means that large body of keenly in
terested persons will be there for the
purpose of getting all the benefit to be
obtained. They will go home and put
to practical application the suggestions
they receive.
Each town chairman has been asked
to nominate delegates from his town.
They should not fail to get these nomi-
nations in at the earliest possible date.
This is necessary in order that the dele
gates may get their appointments in
time TO make arrangements to go.
Every delegate appointed should make
a special effort TO attend, as it is an
opportunity not TO be missed The ex-
cellent speakers, the practical exhibit
ton of ROAD building by the state geo
logical survey and the opportunity to
ask questions of expert road builders,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20

MARVELLOUS cures of meningitis are
reported as the result of experiments OF
DR.. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller
institute of New York. 1t is asserted
there that DR.. Flexner has established a
positive cure. The serum is from one
time race horse which was inoculated
with the germs of meningitis. There
never was a more remarkable dis
0covery," says DIR. S. Gorusch Of Castal-
ia, o., where an epidemic was checked
by the serum, "as none of The patients
seemingly could get well. We have
kept DIR. Flexner constantly informed
by letter since he went abroad of the
progress of the patients, and we are
certain that the serum he hasldiscovered
is positive cure for meningitis"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
SKILLED PRACTITIONERS.
Twentieth Century Surgeons Merely
Treading in the Wake of
the Ancients.

d.. L. Manouvrier, the most famous
anthropologist in France. having OBJ
served and studied unmistakable
marks on prehistoric skulls found In
the region Of Paris, boldly declares
that the great twentieth century sur
geon is merely treading in the wake
OF skilled practitioners who, without
anaesthetics or antiseptics, with blades
OF flint instead &c tempered steel, per-
formed 5000 or 1000 years ago opera
tons requiring thorough knowledge
and consummats ability.
'It Is. established beyond question"
said DR.. Manouvrier, that trepanning,
even to-day q delicate operation. was
not only known In prehistoric times,
but was practiced far more extensively
than nowadays. Before trepanning
surgeons must have known of other
operations, the traces of which have
disappeared, like the wooden tools and
arms which preceded stone. Amputa-
lions and bone setting required less
imagination and certainly no more
skill than certain openings in skulls
whose perfection is simply amazing.
Men able to do such work could not be
disconnected by small operations. AS
for dressing wounds. they must have
understood the art perfectly, for ire
panning requires complicated dress
ings.
I'VE have proofs that the patients
survived"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
SPIRIT OF THE PIANO.
Gisconstrued by Musicians Who
Use the Instrument in Public
Entertainments.

The fact that the piano Is descended
from the spinet and the harpsichord is
still stumbling block to amateurs of
music; the fact that in tone and reson-
ance 1t has lately been enormously de-
veloped is also q stumbling block to
those who write for it. The first class,
says the National Review, have entire
ly neglected the harpsichord-a perfect
and fully evolved instrument, the
spirit of which is altogether different
from that of the piano; the second
class have been tempted by the dy-
namics of the piano to treat 1t too
much like an orchestra, and To forget
that it is not only solo instrument,
but really chamber instrument.
Its utterance, which Chopin under
stood so well, is really chamber music;
and there is always something lament
able to me In the contemplation OF
great artist distressing himself and his
instrument In the attempt to I'LL
large concert room with exaggerated
expressions OF a delicate and intimate
temperament The effect is never en-
tirely satisfactory, however great the
artist may be: for that note OF inti-
macy which is surely the very essence
and spirit of the piano cannot possibly
be maintained in thu presence OF
large and miscellaneous audience.
When we consider among all orr I'M
pressions of pianoforte music the mo-
ments that have given US memorable
pleasure, we find that they took place
in intimate assemblies, where some
one played and some one sang, ana
where the atmosphere thrilled with
Just that amount of electric disturb
ance which we call sympathy, which Is
born with the meeting Of friends ana
dies when they dispense.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
CHURCHMAN'S BAD BREhK.
Upset the Gravity of Ministers and
Brethren at Religious
Convention.

During the annual convention of
certain religious body not so very long
ago, an incident occurred which was
not on the programme, and which COM
pletely upset the gravity of the min
listers and brethren assembled. 1t
was at the closing session, relates
Lippincott's, and the chairman stated
that they were about 500 short of an
amount desii ed to be raised for a
given purpose, and hoped that the
sum could be made up before final
adjournment. One of the laymen
jumped up with the remark:
"Ill start the good work with s25."
81 don't know your name, brother"
said the chairman, but may God bless
you, and may your business be dou-
bled during the year"
Much to his establishment, a burst
of laughter followed from many in the
hall, which was explained when a
brother up in front stepped to the
platform and whispered:
Why, that's Mr.. Blank, prominent
undertaken Of the town"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
PASSING OF MEDFoRD RUM
spirit" of Old Massachusetts, Town
Has Run Almost En-
tirely Out.

Medford, II is needless to say, Is
place near Boston. Paul Revere rode
through Medford town. ON his way to
arouse the countryside. Yet for over
a century, says the Springfield Repub-
Ican, the thing that has brought the
greatest fame to the place he's been
the Medford rum. It is quite within
our province as chroniclers to call at
tention to two recent events OF i'm
portance in the history of the town.
The 275th anniversary of the first set
Element on the Mystic, where Medford
stands, was celebrated most fittingly
on Thursday. DR.. William Everett, Of
Quincy. whose facility in the writing
of occasional verse is not unknown to
6 whole nation. recited historical
poem whose concluding stana auda-
ciously reminds one of the towns most
celebrated industry:
What means "Old Medford" to her
exiied sons?
What dear. domestic dreams in want
and wandering through their Wis
ion runs!
Close to their hearts a warming taste
of home
They praise perchance; they share
and feel,
Though from their mother far they
roam.
Her spirit still is there"
But, as matter of fact, her spirit"
has departed. Medford rum is no
more. save in q very small and con-
stantly diminishing quantity, for the
firm that has made it has decided to
close up the business and withdraw
this redoubtable article of commerce
forever from the markets OF the world.
When the supply now In the bon6ca
warehouses is sold. Medford's chapter
In rum viii be ended, and the old
taunt that so distressed our orthodox
grandmothers about New England BIZ
bles and Medford rum going on the
same ships to the ehathen will lose
both its pertinence and its sting.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
Taxes Exempt.

Owners of land in the state of Wis
consin now have an inducement to
plant portion of their holdings to
forest trees In consideration of the
public benefit to be derived from the
planting and cultivation of timber or
| forest trees, a law was recently enacted
that permits the owner of any tract of
| land in the state to set apart portion,
not exceeding forty acres, for forest
culture, and to be exempted from taxa
ton on that portion of land fora period
of thirty years from the time of plant
ing. This privilege extends to corpora
tions and partnerships IS well as to
individuals
| The exemption right does not apply
to lands that are worth more than $40
an acre. Nor does it apply to lands
] that are situated within two miles of the
limits of any Incorporated city or vii
lage, except with the approval of the
state forester. The law requires that
| not less than 1900 trees shall be planted
to each acre, and that they shall be kept
| alive and in a healthy condition. After
the trees shall have been planted ten
years, the owner may thin them out, but
must leave 600 trees upon each acre.
The great obstacles to the cultivation
of timber are the expense of taxation
| and the risk of loss from forest fires.
A forest crop requires many years for
its maturing, and is, therefore. taxed
repeatedly before it can be profitably
harvested There is continual danger
from forest fires. The state has had for
long time 800 fire wardens, whose
forest and marsh fires, and now, through
the law recently enacted, it offers
further encouragement to timber Gull
ture.
The land may be set apart and planted
at any time, and when the town assess
ors are making the annual assessment
statement of the paintings must be
made to them The assessors must
verify these statements or returns, and
make them the basis of the tax exemp
ton. Any person applying for an ex-
emption must make in duplicate de-
scription and plat of all lands that have
been planted, and file one copy with
the town clerk of the town in which the
land is located and file the other copy
in the office of the state forester, at
Madison, on or before the first day of
May of the year in which such exemp-
ton shall first be claimed.
In some clses the question will arise
whether or not the value of the land ex-
ceeds sl0 per acre. Any person intend
ing to plant a tract of land in forest
trees, according to the provisions of this
law, may have the value of the land de-
termined in advance by the board of
review of the town in which the land is
situated, by filing in the Office of the
town clerk written application con-
tanning a declaration of such intention,
a correct description of the lands in
cluded in such tract, and a request that
the valuation thereof be determined by
the board under the provisions of the
law, which is known as chapter 500 of
the laws of 1907.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-20
Vanished saharan River

August Cheyalier, a French explorer
and geographer. believes that Lake
Tchad represents what was formerly
the backwater of great river which
flowed northward across the Sahara
and emptied into the Mediterranean
sea- Neolithic relics indicate, he says.
the former existence of prosperous
communities where desert conditions
now prevail. At the present time Lake
Tchad shows occasional changes of
level. Since 1897 it's waters have con-
unued to fall, but sometimes, after
several years Of unusual rainfall. it
spreads beyond its ordinary bed. In
1903 Lake Ffttri dried up, and the hip
popotami which had inhabited it we're
compelled to go elsewhere.-Youth'
Companion.