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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09

not wondered how the great iron beams
we're lifted to the dizzy heightsf
Here. again. the pulley has done al
most incredible work.
Still another way of using pulleys is
to increase the NUMBER instead Of
doubling the winding capacity Of single
blocks.
By using two pulleys you will lift,
possibly, 200 pounds II you add anoth-
er single pulley, you will be able to lift
400 pounds. twice the weight. without
extra exertion.
BY the use Of four single pulleys you
could lift SEQ pounds. and with FIVE pull
ieys 1000 pounds.
or course. the faeilIty OF lifting a
heavy weight and the ease OF increas-
Ing it depends upon the bearings of the
pulleys. 1t is important that these be
delicately adjusted and well oiled
From purely mathematical stand
point the fine elements which enter into
the facility of Increasing weight with
out the necessity Of additional lifting
force are numerous
A great deal depends upon the elias
ITCHY OF the rope With a stif rope you
would ind much more difficulty in lift
Ing weight than with a flexible one.
Even the friction OF the rope as II
giides over the pulleys must be t--...--en
into account
The use of pulleys was demonstrated
By Seyins. Dutch engineer and physi.
cist. who was born in Brages in 154S.-.
Philadelphia North American.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
How She Knew.

A Washington correspondent told
the other night story that he claim
ed to have heard from President
Roosevelt at Gridiron Club dinner.
Two women he said, twere dis
cussing some new neighbors who had
moved into one of the most sun rtuo1s
houseS ia their city.
They seem to be very RICH said
the first.
(" oh. they are said the second
Shall you call?
Decidedly
You are sure, are you that they
they-er-quite correct, quite-er-
good form?'
oh, my dear I'm positive said
the second woman. They have 30
servants, IS horses, y dogs, II auto
mobiles and one child Washing
ton Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
TOO MUCH FoR THE cHrar.
He Couldn't Stand Having a Mule
Fired mt Him

Fired at Him.
The Indian, stolid as he looks nos
sesses a sense Of humor which some
times displays itself at unexpected
times The Rev. Egerton r. Young
gives an example of this in Stories
from Indian Wigwams." The tale was
told to the author by General Custer
himself only short time before Gen
eral Custer was killed.
Custer, following a band of hostile
Indians, drove them up to region Of
mountains and ravines. At one time
lie made an all-night march, and in the
morning came upon group of unsus-
pecting red men. The enemy was taken
completely off guard. and without at
tempting to fight, fed, disappearing In
the valley, and leaving Custsr with lit
tie hopes of capturing any of them.
The general was at the top OF steep
bluff, below which the Indians had re-
treated. The company had with them
small howitzer, carried on the back
of large mule Custer ordered that
this gun should be loaded while still
on the animal, and fired down the side
Of the bluff, where the greatest number
of the enemy has disappeared For
some reason or other the mule was dis
lodged by the conclusion, lost its foot
Ing, and went crashing down the bluff
into the underground far below.
Meanwhile, troops had descended the
other side of the bluff, and were search
ing the woods beneath. After a time
they came back with a large number Of
Indians and one chief, known to be
very warlike and cunning. Custer ex-
pressed his surprise to this chief, and
asked him how he came to be captured
General" said the red man, 81 am
not afraid to fight men armed with
bows and arrows, or with spears and
tomahawks; and 1 love the battle with
your soldiers armed with guns. You
know l have not often been beaten. I
hare heard the roar of big guns, and
have not been afraid. But, general"
here came bit Of twinkle in his eye,
when you fired a whole mule at me,
said, 1T is time to surrender"
He and his men had been in hiding
in the underbrush at just the spot
where the bowitzer and the mule crash
ed through.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
YANKEE KING IN AFRICA.
Rules Over n Settlement with a Pop
uIation of 400.

Rules Over Settlement with q Pop
uiation of 400.
A New York capitalist who has re-
Gently returned from trip to the Kon-
go Free State, where he is interested
in the rubber business, told an inter-
esting story OF his meeting with an
American exile In that far-away coun-
try, who is the boss of small Kon-
go settlement, says the New York
Times. After describing visit to
Buma, the capital Of the Konko Free
State, he continued:
with my party we took the steam
boat and started up the Kongo River
toward the center Of Africa. The
scenery was never monotonous. Now
we come to high, white cliffs, now to
low, sandy shore. Here were found
heavy forests. whose edges ended ap-
parently In the midstresm, and there
the low bush, which only half hid
treacherous swamp land.
"Soon we reached station on the
French shore OF the Kopgo and landed
by way Of giant tree trunk In the
midst of a fairy settlement. The first
thing TO welcome us was a gorilla, who
turned three somersaults and then ex-
tended 4 hairy. long-nailed paw. At 4
swinging gait the well-trained ape led
us over barren hillock to little set
Element called Maar.
THE sight of the place 1 shall never
forget We walked beneath an avenue
of carefully planted trees, and aro1nd
us we saw signs of civilization not 20
be witnessed in any other corner of
the world. Neither America nor Eu-
rope can ever hope to produce such a
settlement. Orange trees, heavy with
fruit. scented the cool air; a great
whitN fountain, half hidden BY clouds
of flttering doves. splashed lazily in
an open square. All around were ayia-
ries, walled with wide-meshed wire
and filed with futtering. chirping
birds. Occasionally. Instead of birds.
We found monkeys, apes. a leopard or
snake
The settlement had a population OF
some 400 kongolese. and you can Judge
of my surprise when 1 found that a
Yankee was the king Of the settle
ment He said his name ives Alexan-
der Fisher. He had made collection
OF the eountry's birds and animal life.
so that we could see them without trou-
bling TO hunt.
-,Fhe bungalow In which he lived was
clean. roomy and well furnished The
well-upholstered furniture was comfort
able and dull moments were enltvsned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
POWER OF PULLEYs.


Five Blocks Will Enable a Man to
Lift sixteen Hundred Pounds.
If you were commanded to lift 1000
pounds when your normal lifting
strength was equal to only 100 pounds,
how would you go about it? How
would you increase your strength six
teen times?
1t can be done easily. Have you ever
studied the effectiveness Of pulleys; do
you know that the average man may
equal a Sampson simply by employing
a rope and few pulley blocks?
AS early as the sixteenth century
methods Of augmenting power through
pulleys was demonstrated. Since then
this wonderful mechanical aid has
proved Of vast benefit to man.
The man, then, who would rival the
feats Of Samson must call the humble
but powerful pulley to his aid
OF course, he can do a great deal
with the lever, although he may not, as
Archimedes believed could be done,
loosen old Earth from her moorings.
.
powerfully augmented strength he
would turn to the pulley.
Suppose that by the use of two pull
leys you were able to lift 100 pounds
from the floor, and you wished to lift
twice the weight. Were you to take
double block and use 1t above one single
block, you could lift 200 pounds.
By the use of two single pulleys the
load is supported by only one rope; by
the use Of double pulley, thus doub-
ling the rope back on itself, its lifting
power, as well as your own. is in
creased.
If you used two double pulleys, you
could increase the lifting capacity to
BOO pounds by doubling the lines
around the pulleys. In proportion to
the number Of ropes supporting the
load you can increase the weight.
To lift 400 pounds you would merely
have to double your blocks. In draw
Ing the rope man pulls it In an oppo-
site direction from the movement of
the weight Were you TO get above the
pulleys and pull upward. the weight of
The rope-however sllght-would figure
the calculations.
No doubt you have often seen men
lifting great loads and Immense boxes
BY means of pulleys and wondered how
It could be done.
In building, the pulley Is one Of the
most valuable pieces of mechanism.
While looking at skyscrapers have you
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
" a drst-rate graphophone and music

by first-rate graphophone and music
boxes.
'Mr. Fisher beamed with hospitable
joy. He dined US and showed us all
over his settlement The place is a
trading store. Fisher said that bust
ness was dull, but he did not sigh from
his luxurious exile. He loved his birds
and apes and live stock more than he
loved Yankeeland and his wish was TO
be buried beneath the shadow of an
orange tree, facing the river, In the
center of the open square of his little
kingdom.
HE tod me he was born In Texas
forty eight years ago. BY a few re-
marks which he dropped l imagined be
had got into some serious trouble In
Texas and fed the country. It's not
likely that Fisher Is his real name.
He was a man of fine physique and
appeared to be well educated. He had
complete control over his black sub.
jects and could speak their Language
perfectly"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09

car of two rapidly revolving fywheels,
which. like the spinning top, resist be-
ing moved cut Of their plane of mo-
tion. Louis Brennan, who is known as
the inventor of a torpedo which the
British government bought for $780,
600, has set up an experimental rail-
way in miniature, with cars large
enough for children to rid in. Bren-
nan predicts that the future railway
carriage will be much larger-two or
three stories high, and wide in pro-
portion; that speeds will be from two
to three times greater, and that acct
dents will be almost impossible.
The thought occurs that II the
gyroscope should stop grating that
terrible disaster would occur to a
coach laden with passengers How
ever, the inventor says that the gyro-
scope will be rotating In vacuum and
therefore will not run down for sew
eral hours after the power Is lost, so
there would be plenty Of time to seek
safety or make repairs
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09

1929 English defeated by Joan of Arc
at Patay.
1497-Cornish rebels defeated at Black
heath.
1535-John Fisher beheaded for deny
ing the supremacy of Henry VIII.
1643-Hampden killed at battle of Chal-
grove.
1675-Fns. stone laid for St. paul's
cathedral in London
1Sf2-War between England and the
United States commenced.
Wellington defeated King Joseph
of Spain at Vittoria
1S15-Power of Napoleon l. crushed at
the battle of Waterloo.
1S17-Waterloo bridge. across the
Thames at London, formally opened.
1S37-Hanover separated from Great
Britain by the accession of Queen
Victoria.
133S-James X. Paulding of New York
became Secretary of the Navy.
1S42-Shanghai captured by the British.
1S4S-Isaac Toucey of Connecticut be-
came Attorney General of the United
States.
1S49-Russians defeated the Hungarians
at Pered.
1856-Republican national convention at
Philadelphia nominated John G. FIRE.
mont of California and William L.
Dayton of New Jersey.
H. 81
gunboat kearsarge.
1SS7-Steamer Champlain burned in
Lake Michigan % lives lost.
1885 Republican national convention at
Chicago nominated Benjamin Harri-
son and Levi p. Morton.
1S90-Mary Anderson, the actress, mar
ried to Antonio Navarro. City of
Fort de France, Martinique, nearly
destroyed by fire. England coded
Heligoland to Germany.
1S93-Lizzie Borden acquitted Of the
murder of her parents at Fall River,
Mass.
1S94-Many persons killed by an earth
quake at Yokohama and Toxic,
Japan.
1S95-Harlem ship canal, New York
City, formally opened. =. Jury in
the Laidlaw-Sage case returned ver-
dict for the plaintiff for $4,000. -.
Baltic canal opened by Emperor Will
liam. :. !. The Rosebery Liberal min
istry in England resigned.
1S97-Queen Victoria began The celebra-
ton of her Jubilee
1S9S-Thirty-seyen spectators drowned
at launching of the British battle
ship Albion.
1900-Republican national convention at
Philadelphia nominated Mckinley
and Roosevelt. :. +. First attack on
the legations at Pekin by the Chi
nese. .Taku forts in China captur-
ed by the allies. -. Baron Won Ket-
teller, German minister to China,
murdered by a mob in Pekin.
1901-Gen. Chaffee appointed military
governor of the Philippines.
19O2-Serious riots at the strike of silk
dyers in Paterson, N. j.
1903--George White, negro murderer,
burned at the stake in Wilmington,
Del. :. !. Great strike of textile opera
tives at Lowell, Mass, ended.
1905-Eight persons killed in wreck Of
the Twentieth Century limited train
in Ohio.
1906-United States Senate approved Of
the lock canal for Panama. King
Haakon VII. and Queen Maud Of
Norway crowned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
American Landiordi-m curbed.

The village of Rhinebeck, N. Y, near
Poughkeepsie, has drawn attention to a
certain tendency toward landlordism on
the part of the wealthy idle class in
America by taking action to limit the
private estate of John Jacob Astor. AS
tors estate, which already comprises
$500 acres and touches the village boun-
dairy en- two sides, was about to be ex-
tended by the purchase Of another large
farm, when a weslthy resident of the
town bought the farm, with the avowed
purpose of checking the further extension
of Astors property. The purchaser has
formed a BODYBUILDING syndicate, with
the intention of placing the contested
tract of $50 acres at the disposal of small
homeseekers, part of it to be reserved
for public use. In the last few years Mr..
Astor has destroyed at least twenty-five
dwelling houses, has exterminated one
village, and disposed of several public in
stitutions, in order to create an extern
sive private park, or hunting ground.
The property is known as Fernclif, and
Astor's intention is to extend it to 10000
acres Much of the land bought up now
lies unused, awaiting the perfection Of
the larger scheme, thus tending to restrict
the increase of taxable land values.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
ALL AFRICANS NOT BRUTAL.

Moundans Bear Farming Tools, In
stead of WarIike Weapons.
That the native African Is not al
ways and invariably poor, half naked
brute has been proved by the reports
and photographs brought back to
France by the Mol mission" an ex-
petition sent TO the French Congo
about eighteen months ago for the
purpose of determining some unsettled
boundary questions. South Of Lake
Chad Commandant Moll discovered a
peaceful race of agriculturists and
shepherds, Intelligent and hospitable,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
Family RELIGION.

Ex-Gov. John D. Long, in speaking
of religious beliefs. said: THE cen
sus taker called last year at the resi-
dence in Worcester of the late Con-
gresham Rockwell Hoar. Mr.. Hoar's
daughter Marjorie aged eleven. an
swered the bell. When the question
regarding religious belief vas asked
Miss Marjorie said: Papa, he is
Unitarian, mamma is an Episcopalian;
Alice, my sister, is only three. and As
too young to decide, and l. well, !
am wavering' BOSOM Herald
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
OSTRICH FARMING PROFITABLE.
Pair of Birds 4 Years Old Are Worth
$500.

$500.
And, finally, Ia the list of California
poultry, place must be reserved for
the biggest Of them all, the ostrich,
says the Los Angeles Herald. An acre
of alfalfa furnishes a home and food
for four birds, and each full-grown bird
yields crop of ~ pounds of feath-
ers, worth $40 pound, AID a hen lays
from 36 to 80 eggs during the year,
each one of which weighs 315 pounds.
With the advent of an incubator tnat
will hatch the eggs, the business is
growing in proportion. A 6-month-old
chick is worth $780, At the age of 1
year it Is valued at $3.50; at years,
from 5000 to $3.50; at 8 years, from
$500 to $3.50, and at years, the age
at which the birds pair, they are worth
$500 a pair.
The young birds are kept in droves of
from twenty-five to fifty. When they
are a year old the hens and cocks are
separated and kept in large flocks with
their own sex, and at the age of 31a
years they are paired off and each pair
kept separate.
In the quality Of the feathers there
is vast difference white Brunos"
and blood feathers are worth about
S146 a pound, there being about ninety
feathers to the pound "Drabs," the
poorest grade, such as are used in
feather busters, bring 81 a pound
The eggs are fine, both scrambled and
as omelets. The ostrich has been
known to produce over 800 pounds Of
egg food In one year. AS one egg
makes as much omelet as two and a
half dozen hens eggs, their use is re-
stricted to boarding houses.
In 1905 there were 1900 ostriches
on farms in the United States, these
being in Arizona, California, Florida
and Arkansas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09

The blear-eyed stranger waited until
the man at the desk looked up.
Sir" he said, Il am man OF hon
or. | also have a conscience. Twenty
eight years ago you made me loan.
| have come here to-day to return it,"
The man at the desk looked inter
ested-
and how much-I mean what did !
loan you ttFenty-eight years ago?"
you loaned me your umbrella, sir
and here 1t IS"
Then hastily laying three steel ribs,
a ferrule and brass name plate on
the other mans desk. the stranger
turned and left the Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
THE MULE WAS Cured.
Drop OF Forty Feet Ended His Stub
horness

1T was twenty years ago when 1
was In the building and contracting
business" said the man with two
watch chains. that took mule as
pars payment OF debt 1t was soon
reported TO me from the lumber yard
that the animal was the meanest and
most caatankerors specimen Of his
tribe. Hitchei TO a wagon no one could
do anything with him If yelled at 30
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
western OIL Combine.

The incorporation Of the Barnsdall OIL
Company in Delaware with 100000
capital, is understood to be the beginning
of big syndicate of western oil pro-
ducers and gas companies to fight the
Standard. It will be headed by Theodore
n. Barnsdall, president Of the Pittsburg
Union Gas Company, who has large inter-
ests in Kansas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09

The Slamese Minister Of Public
Works has received the sanction Of the
King to the proposal to acquire and
install an entirely up-to-date telephone
system in Bangkok. The system de-
cided OF Is the one known as She CEN
trail battery system. The installation
will 20 to public tender. Phya Sukhun
is now engaged arranging for new
cable fr,r1 Koh-Si-Chang to Sirachi
with connection to Bangkok
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
His status.

Does your friend | just met follow
any Calling"
80; he calls a following. He's the
megaphone man at the theater" BJt-
more American
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09

Migse5 Meade. ,Tahpino student
at the Illinois State N4rnal School, is
the prize student oraV1r of the State.
and was chosen to represent Illinois
in debate with Kan as.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09

bring on what are known as scar
fits,' in which the animal will work
his own destruction unless he can be
released or stupefied by an opiate.-
F. NJ. Ware. in Outing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09

Yeast-Any OF your garden seeds I'D
yet?
CrfmsonbeakNo it's been so cold
I guess our neiShbor's hens haven't
got on to the facta they're planted yeti
--Yonkers Statesman
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09

Telephone operators in San Francisco
have formed a union, chartered by the
American Federation Of Labor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09
same Thing Here.

Mag-I say, Tom. de Trenches call
q gals Teller her finance.
Tom (glooRily l-Aw. well. amt da.
wot it all comes Baltimore Amer
lean.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09

1t Is so hard to keep from figuring
saings from ones own viewpoint. The
man who never gives anyone square
deal never expects one himself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-09

One pair in the ront parlOr beats
three OF a kind
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the
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EHE 1sTvENToR

What is calculated to revolutionize
railroad building-making construction
one-tenth cheaper-is a new method
of locomotion, the Brennan monorail
system, exhibited by its inventor at the
Royal Society In London. Construc-
ton will be cheapened because a wire
cable Will serve as bridge. and but
one track need be used.
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Cayer's Clothing Hospital
 and Tailor Shop.

Old Phone SCI
 1716 West Sixth avenue.
 Doan's Regulets cure constipat;2' tone the stomach, stimulate the liver promote digestion and appetite and easy passages 0. the bowels. Ask yea- druggist for them. 9 cents q box
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The Deadly Finger Nail

Every time you scratch yourself you run risk No, don't smile that superior smile and say that you have never yet had any trouble from it. What we say is true. Ask any physician. To scratch your scalp, pimple or scab is particularly dangerous. Your finger nails carry germs Of Eczema, Tetanus (Lockjaw) Erysipeias and all manner of skin diseases. Let one little germ get into the scratched place and trou- ble is sure to follow. Because you have been lucky enough to escape 50 far is no guaranty that you will be so lucky in the future. Don'ttake chances. For any itch ing use Littell's Liquid Sulphur, stops itch- ing instantly, and permanently relieves all forms of skin complaint, eczema, erysipelas, pimples, running sores, letter, ring worm, chaps, roughneSs, redness or skin blotches.
 Gentlen!en: November, 1902, con- tracted facial erysipelas and my physicians prescribed ichthyol ointment and retirement from business. After one days use of the ointment I concluded the erysipelas was preferable, on account of the yillainous odor and color of the ointment. Having by me :, bottle of Littel's Liquid Sulphur with which had cured, with one application, an aggravated case of prickly heat the prev ious summer, I abandoned all other reme- dies and applied that with most satisfactory results, as the disease was confined to its original limits and in due time disappeared.
 Respectfully, s. G. Warner,
 General Passenger Agent, Kansas City
 Southern Railway.
 Sample bottle sent post paid to any address for l0c. Rhuma-Sulphur Co. St. Louis. l6
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merit liberal share of your patronage
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Guard your kidneys the health of the body depends on those small but important organs They extract uric cid from the blood which if allowed remain in the system would cause ropsy and Bright's disease. Prickly lsh Bitters is successful kidney onic; it heals and strengthens the kidneys, regulates the liver, stimulates the stomach and digestion, cleanses the bowels. It will preyen- or cure Brights disease.