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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
CLOCK TO LIGHT THE GAS.
Automatic Controller Used fo- Street
Lamps In Birmingham.


Consul Albert Halstead Of Birming-
ham reports that an automatic gas con-
troller has been patented and Is now
on sale in England which may mater
tally lessen the cost of public lighting
in the municipalities of the United
States IL in practical operation 1T full
fills the claims of IFS owners.
The controller Is said to be adapta
BILE to any type OF incandescent burner,
to fit any lamp and TO be instantaneous
in its lighting and extinguishing. The
mechanism consists of a clock which
can be so set as TO light the gas each
night and extinguish 1t each morning,
so as to make an automatic variation
of the time of lighting and extinguish-
ing. according to the calendar. In
short. by means of chart, the street
lights are turned on and off, lighted
and extinguished, at different mo-
ment each day throughout the year,
according to the season. This is an adj
vantage, it Is claimed, over any other
controller now on the market. one adj
justment a year being sufficient.
The gas can be turned on and Off In
the ordinary way quite independently
OF the gas controller. That is import
ant, as /. might be necessary to turn
of the gas for the renewing of the In
eandescsnt mantels.
These controllers are now on trial at
Bath and the engineer of the gas COM
pany there informs the municipal gas
department in Birmingham that so far
as their experience goes it gives salts
factosy results In the city of Birming
ham proper there are 1850 street
lights and in the district outside. which
is supplied by the municipal gas de-
partment of Birmingham. there are T.
los street lights. their caretaking cost
ing S102,4 ass per nnnum. To equip
these street lights with this gas con-
troiler would involve an expenditure Of
S153,061 The cost of operating, II Is
claimed. would be just one-half
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
WOMEN OF ZANZIBAR.
They Usually Live In the Greatest
Seclusion I'm the Daytime.

They Usually Live In the Greatest
Seclusion In the Daytime.
The Arab women of Zanzibar live Ia
great seclusion in the large white
houses, never going out in the daytime
from one years end to another, says
the Manchester Guardian. A little cook
ing and sweetmeat making is their only
recognized employment. though some
few of them can do beautiful silk EN-
broldery. To lie on their beds and be
famed by their slave girls is the usual
occupation of the richer women.
II they want to visit their friends,
or, as Is more often the case, to per-
ambulate the town. they wait until s
O'Clock in the evening. when a gun is
fired warning all Mohammedans that
1t is the fifth and last hour of prayer !;
then they may go out. They are en-
tirely enveloped in a large mantle, aud
their faces are completely hidden by
very ugly gilt masks, with oblong Sits
for the eyes. and many OF them wear
these even in the privacy of their own
homes. Their other garments are trou-
sers and tunic reaching below the
knees, which is often embroidered aad
trimmed with gold braid. They havs a
number OF gold and silver ornaments,
nose rings and earrings, bracelets,
anklets and so on.
They are very light In color, many
of them cream colored: their features
are regular and good, and they have
dark eyes and stain their hands and
nails reddish color with henna. If
they want to go any distance from
home they ride through the narrow
streets on large white asses stained a
brick red. their slaves running By their
sides. but You generally meet THIN
stalking solemnly along. surrounded BY
their slaves, who carry enormous Ian
terms as big as . London street lamp.
Very often they do not return home
till 4 In the morning. when another gun
is fired, proclaiming the first hour of
prayer. 1t is very awkward at times,
when you meet in the streets some OF
these women whom you ought to know.
and are greeted by them. You canunt
see their faces. Ii is not always ca
TO recognize voice, and nothing would
offend ther more than TO ask them
their Names
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
SILENCE CLUB OF PARIS.
Members Do Not Talk Unless They
Have Something tn Say.

Have Something tn Say.
ut is not surprising that the first
year of the Silence Club of Paris has
closed with such gratifying results that
the club may be said to have achieved
success in its decidedly unique sphere
of usefulness" remarked a psycholo-
gist TO a Washington Star man.
81 look for similar clubs to be es-
tahlished in this country among the
cult. as their foundation and purpose
Is anything but joke or of freakish
nature. The idea is new In this coun-
try, however, though the success of the
Paris institution will give it an Inn
petus among the advanced thinkers
among us and those who have made
the interesting problem of mental phil.
osophy a critical or n pastime study.
THE rules of the society do not call
for absolute silence, but the members
are supposed not TO talk unless they
have something to say. Chatter is abb
solutely taOooed Each member pledges
himself to avoid noisy places and par
tlcipation In public demonstrations. At
EtNtAAN -fNAAS tAiN AhASbAhNA1 bCNAAACN
that since they had Joined the club
their nervous systems were In much
better condition than before they be
came members.
.Of course such a club could not be
composed of the fair sex, even though
they were all devout believers in and
followers Of psychological teachings A
congregation composed of silent women
would be impossible OF conception, and
while our fair sisters may experience
chagrln that they are TO be shut out of
participating in any form OF club life
among themselves that is also INDUCED
In by their brothers. this Is one form
OF assembly that bars them out Meth
er would politicians be eligible for
membership, unless as a disciplinary
measure.
The club Is based upon the sound
psychological principle of not doing
unnecessary things or calling the brain
cells into play by unnecessary thought
In practical everyday life this prinei-
pie is exemplified in the establishment
of retreats among certain of the relig-
Ious creeds to which members may re
pair for meditation and rest. and in
medical circles ii is shown in another
form in the so-called rest cure. If one
wishes to enter into study OF a mild
form OF this particular principle let
him consider the amount of wasted en-
ergy. physical and mental. that the av-
erage person each day expends In need
less talk and needless action; 1t viii
be found to be prodigious.
All rules OF mechanics converge 10
the concentration CT force and the
elimination OF waste energy. In hu'
man affairs generally every individual
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
Disinfectants for Cholera.

The tar disinfectants should be used
daily about the feed troughs, floors,
sleeping, quarters. etc. No less than a
2 per cent water solution of the disn-
fectant should be used. and every week,
If the weather perIGitT. the hogs should
be dipped or sprayed with l per cent
solution.
The hogs should not be fed on the
ground or allowed to drink surface
water. A sloppy diet Of shorts. bran
and corn or oatmeal is best for the
sick and exposed animals. The water
and slop must not be left in the troughs
for the hogs to wallow in, and in order
to lessen the opportunity for infection
through the food powdered copper sui
phate may be dissolved in the slop and
drinking water in the proportion Of one
ounce OF the copper sulphate TO every
ten gallons of water and slop.-R. A..
Craig. Indiana Experiment Station
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05

talk least make fewest enemies
who cannot hold his peace" says Carlyle lis
no right man" The strong keeps his own counsel
the foolish babble weakness into which most
pie fall without reflection and those who wish to please
being wise endeavor lead others to talk about them
selves reveal their emotions their thoughts their
hopes and their feelings. Some wise man has said that
such condolences 1.-The insanity of concet and the
feeblest species of sefdispay which while severe is
frequently true
woman especially to be attractive must preserve
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05

Senators entrapped IN Iandgrabbing schemes and
unhoy family relationships; when deacons of the church
rent out their hotels low and immoral purposes
because this nets them large income their invest
ment; devotees of the church synagogue
their tumble down, ramshacke unnhabitable tene
the poor, because they bring them usur
when the youth of this country
bluned and dwarfed through inhuman child labor
when factories railroad crossings and the
railroads send thousands to untmey grave the time
has for every lover of humanity to cry halt and
to use every influence have such legislation passed
as will make these things impossbilty in the coming
years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
Wisconsin
Legislature.
WIN Exhibit mt Jamestown.

Senator Sanborn asked unanimous con-
sent for action upon the bill asking an
appropriation for a Wisconsin exhibit at
Jamestown. The bill was amended to
limit the commissioners to three and the
appropriation to $4,000. of which $1,000
shall be expended for the transportation
of a company Of Wisconsin National
Guard. the latter amendment being sub
mitted by Senator Smith on behalf of
Company f. the Second regiment. Fond
du Lac. which has been invited by the
exposition authorities and selected by the
adjutant general as the crack company
of the State. Senator Bird moved that
the name of the Fond du Lac company
be stricken out and his amendment to
the amendment was accepted by Senator
Smith with the understanding that Gen.
Boardman be permitted to name the COM
pany. The bin was passed by a vote
of % TO 6.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
Birds Devoar Scale insects.

Bros DeFoHr scale insects.
Few kinds of insects are so inimical
to the health and existence of fruit
trees and other crop plants as the
scales, and, owing to their small size
and peculiar habits. few are so diff
cult to cope with. 1t has been gen
orally supposed that birds lend no as
sistance in the destruction of scales
This proves to be an error, for the
Biological Survey has already found
that more than fifty species of birds
eat scale insects. Not only is this
true, but in the case of certain spe-
cies. as the grosbeak, scales have been
ascertained to form large percent
age of the food.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05

tain of mystery about herself To persons
this is in itself compelling charm In popu
lar modern novel the imaginative hero wearies of his
bride because he discovers that she is too transparent
too easily understood" Which, however unreasonable,
impossible state of affairs. There is Ara
ban proverb of the sayings of Sueyman the
Sage, Never tell all you may know since he who tells
all he may know often tells than is wise" The
precept is well worth keeping
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05

According to Missouri Experiment
Station bulletin. the cultil alton Of gin
seng for the Chinese market has be-
come an important industry, notwith-
standing the fact that it takes five or
six years to mature a crop. While the
crop is exceptionally valuable, the cul-
tiyation OF ginseng has been found to
possess disadvantages the same as most
other cultivated crops.
Il appears thas several fungus dis
eases have broken out In the ginseng
plantations. some of which are ex-
tremely serious and infectious, large
areas often being destroyed In a sin
xie week. However. the particular or
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
cENsURED, MAN SLABS FATHER.
BECOMES Insane When Chided 70
Rreakinnr l,nn NNhiIn Shnxinn

Becomes Insane When Chided for
breaking Cup While shaving.
In fit of temporary insanity John
Dunn stabbed his father. Joseph {. Dunn,
in the hip with a butcher knife at Neills
vile. Dunn is a man of 80 years of age
and has been subject to epileptic fits.
While shaving himself he broke a cup, and
his father spoke kindly TO him. asking
him to be more careful. As the elder
Dunn stopped over to pick up the frag-
ments of the cup the son picked up
butcher knife and stabbed his father in
the hip, the blade penetrating to depth
Of about six inches. The younger man
was adjudged insane and committed TO the
State hospital at Mendoza
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
Committee Rooms Are scare.

There is woefu scarcity of commit
tee rooms. While the committee on edu-
cation was considering the Parker Haz-
ard scrap as to whether Parker was 10
continue being the favored one IN pub
fishing State educational jourhsl or
some of Hazards friends could have
whack at it. too. the claims committee
came along with proposition to appro-
pirate $4,000 for the jamestown Expo
sition and made them surrender the room
So the Parker Hazard scrap went over.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
stnte Fair MIN i. Cnt.

The State fair committee of the As
sembly scaled the schedule of needed inn
provements at the State fair from total
of $751;, 800 to the modest sum of $67, 800
The loss by scaling through the applica-
ton of strict economy was $4,000. and
the bill to be drawn and introduced
will include only those items deemed es-
sential to the decent maintenance of the
fair.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05

Former Senator McGillivray of Black
River Falls, who was in the city on bust
ness, was invited to address the Senate,
and did so with characteristic speech.
in which he touched upon the building OF
the new state house, the need of develop
ing the State, and several other topics.
He told the lumbermen of the State tn
be good or else the State would have to
create another commission to regulate
them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
New Trust Company Bnl.

Senator OWEN, by request, introduced
bill amending the act relating to the
formation and control of trust, annuity
and safe deposit companies BY providing
all of capital stock must be paid in be-
fore company begins business instead Of
90 per cent enlarging the powers of such
corporations by permitting the receipt OF
money in deposit subject to check and
limiting real estate loans to GO per cent
of assets.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
an.er THING. I'm kan...

A E2nsas City man has just sue
ceeded in getting a patent on an cleo
trio motor fastened on a cows back,
the electricity being generated BY
dynamo attached to her tail. 1t strains
the milk and hangs up the pail and
the strainer. A small photograph ac-
companies the outfit and yells so :"
when the COW moves II she kicks a
hinged arm catches the milk stool and
lams her over the back--Osawatomie
Globe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
Jenerxon NInst Note.

Attorney General Gilbert has given
an opinion that an election win have to
be held in Jefferson county for county
judge this spring. c. b. Rodgers was APP
pointed by Gov. Davidson last fall to sue
coed the present Circuit Judge Grimm.
The latter's term would hace expired in
1910
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
Wisconsin
State News
HELD FOR pRussIAN MURDER.
German Arrested at Grand Rapids
After Ionr Chase.
~N~~NN~C

German Arrested at Grand RAPIDS
After Long Chase.
August Sternickel. the journeyman tai
lor and halter for whom the German gov
eminent has offered a reward OF 500 has
been arrested at Grand Rapids, after an
officer had followed him to Appleton ana
Menasha and back to Grand Rapids mo
crime was committed at Lowenberg. Prus-
STA. near Silesia. and the warrant was
issued BY the Prassian superior court.
Sternickel and two companions were
charged with the highway robbery and
murder of Frank Stengelson. whom they
threw in a burning building after reliev-
ing him of all yaluables. Sternickels
friends were captured but he fled to His-
oonsin. where he is said to have broth
er residing. He will be returned TO Ger
many through the imperial German con
sui at Chicago
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
wa.hburn Assessments Assaulted.

An appeal has been made to the State
board of assessments in which A. III.
Houser, chairman of the town of Wash
burn. seeks to have made a new equaliza-
ton for Bayfield, county for 1906. 1t is
stated that the town of Washburn is
charged to the full value, while all of the
other towns and districts in the county
are valued at much less.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
Favor Monument mt vicksbure.

Senator Bishop, in submitting a pc
tition signed by Y. G.. Simmons and
bankers, merchants, electors, professional
men and public officials of Kenosha for
the passage of the bill appropriating
100000 for a Wisconsin monument at
Vicksburg, spread upon the journal
statement of appreciation of services to
old soldiers of Mr.. Simmons.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
Freezes to Death i'm Bed.

Mrs Eyarts, a widow, froze to death
at her farm home in the town of Tiffany.
Neighbors found her in bed one morning
with her legs and arms so badly frozen
that death ensued during the day. Mrs.
Evarts lived in a sparsely settled district
and was destitute.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
DEATH IN FAMILY FEUD.

Coroner Investigates Charge that
Farmer Killed BrOther-in-Law.
The coroner is investigating charges
that Albert Neunfeldt. a prosperous farm
er living at Nekoesa. killed his brother-in-
law, Julius Martin. of the same place, at
Bentz's saloon in Grand Rapids by hurl-
ing an iron cuspidor at the latter's head
inficting a mortal wound. The victim
reeled, walked out and returned again.
when. according to bystanders, Nuenfeldt
attacked him the second time, beating him
until dead Neither had liquor. but were
quarreling over an old family affair of
long standing
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
walnut Kernel Nearly fatal.

Mrs. Benjamin Fowler of Eau Claire
was near death as result of walnut
kernel lodging in her throat. Attempts
were made TO melt the kernel with chem
icals but unsuecessfully. She was nearly
dead when the doctors finally forced the
obstruction deWn her throat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
Demand Tarin Revision.

Two resolutions were adopted by the
Legislature one offered by AssembIyman
Ledvina demanding immediate revision of
the tariff and another by Assemblyman
Miller memorializing President Roosevelt
to call an extra session of Congress for
this purpose. The vote was unanimous
in each case.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
MISS PANcRATz GUARDED.

Man Appointed to Look After Rich
Woman Secures Custody of Ward.
A bitter contest is TO be waged on the
guardianship of Miss Catherine Pankratz,
the aged woman who was lately taken by
Probate Court from hovel in Manito-
voc, i'll and starving, and placed in Gus
tody Of guardian. Relatives have raj
lied to her aid and 4 demand will be made
for new examination. Miss Pankratz
eluded the guardian until the other day
when she was located and taken to the
hospital She attacked the attendants
and created a scene.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
PAUL TRAIT is REGENT.

Recent University Graduate and
Athlete Placed ON Normal Board.
Gov. Davidson has appointed Paul
Trait, Mayor of Whitewater, member
of the board of normal school regents to
succeed T.. f. Gray, who recently resign
ed Mr. Trait is a recent university
graduate and was prominent in athletics
while in Madison. He married a grand
daughter of former Gov. Hoard.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
No Two-Cent Fare Laws.

That there is very general satisfaction
in the Legislature and among people of
the State generally. with the decision of
the State railroad commission for 21h-
cent passenger fare. is undisputable. 1t
seems almost certain that there will be
no 2-cent fare agitation during this ses-
sion. The great majority of Senators and
Assemblymen are openly in favor OF
standing by the commission.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
SAYS EMPLOYER HIRED Thugs.

Ice COmpany's President Accused of
Paying SIuggers to Assault.
Charged with having notified sluggers
to attack one of the men who had been
employed by him, William Haegele of
Chicago, president of the Haegele Ice
Company was arrested at Twin Lakes.
He was brought into Kenosha, and after
being taken before justice of the peace
he arranged to settle the case with James
Burns, who had caused his arrest Burns
alleged that Haegele and he had dis
pute and that Haegele had notified men to
assault him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
sweeping Legislation Propo.ed.

The most sweeping legislation ever pro-
posed in Wisconsin came into the Assem-
bly, in the Leroy bill, which provides for
extending the authority of the railroad
railroads, telegraphs. telephones, gas,
power and heat and light plants, street
cars express companies. etc. All powers
now held by the commission are extended
TO cover these utilities. The bill requires
all public utilities to file with the COM
mission schedule Of rates as well as
rules and regulations.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
MOTHER LOVE WRECKS MIND.
Woman Who Has Ten Children In
sane Worrying over Babe.

woman Who Has Ten Children In
sane Worrying over Babe.
Mrs. Caroline Albrec,st of Athens was
committed TO the Northern hospital for
the insane by Judge Henry Miller. She
is A years of age. and the mother of
ten children the youngest not quite 2
years of age. She has decisions of perse-
cutions and poisoning. The examining
physicians We're unable TO ascertain the
cause of her condition. but it is thought
that 1t is due mainly to worry over the
unfounded belief that some one is trying
TO inJure her youngest child. She chung
TO il continually and refused to release it
any more than she could avoid Some
times She took the children with her to the
woods and wandered aimlessly through
the deep snow under the impression that
she was fleeing from prosecutors.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05

For preventing a railroad disaster
by the timely discovery Of a broken
rail and the stopping OF an approaching
train, a locomotive engineer at Halle,
on the Saale. received a reward Of 2
marks go cents) from the railroad
company.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
WILD BULLET INJURIES TWO.

Ianitowoc Man Shot Through Hand
and Wife, i'm Bed, Is Scratched.
John Horstman of Manitowoc was shot
through the hands by the accidental dis
charge of revolver and his little daugh-
ter and wife narrowly escaped the bullet.
The wife, i'll abed from an injury to the
knee, was lying directly under the spot
where the bullet struck the wall and
glanced to the floor, the missile just graz
ing her arm
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
More Cash for Museum.

The Kander bill, to increase the annual
appropriation OF the Milwaukee public
museum from about $4,000 to $4,000
passed the Assembly. There was but one
vote in the negative, that of Mr.. Esta-
brook of Milwaukee. The bill now goes
to the Senate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
IA, ON Cigar Slot machines.

According to an opinion rendered by
Attorney General Gilbert in Madison, slot
machines paying one or more cigars for
nickel are gambling devices under the
Wisconsin law. and can be seized and de-
stroyed by officials like other gambling
apparatus.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-05
TIME TO CALL A HALT.
BY Rabbi T. Scnanfarber.

When certain men must starve while 9TH
ers live in luxury and extravaganza, little
mindful Of the struggling sons of toll to
whom life has become burden and a curse;
when employers treat employees as tools and
machines and fail to In them their broth
ers when fraud, corruption, dishonesty, grab
and graft and loot take place in the city, the