Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-01
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


ne cities OF EUROPE having the Io@-
est death rate are Stockholm. Christian
Ia. Berlin and London.
Although the house fly lays eggs the
flesh fly. better known as the 'blue bot
tie produces living larvae, about fifty
at time.
Parchment paper is made by dipping
ordinary unsized paper for five or six
seconds in dilute sulphuric acid. and
then washing.
The three-year-old son and heir Of
the Gar Nicholas is insured for $780,
600, and is said to pay the highest pre-
MUM in the world.
The electrical equipment OF the Cum
ard liner Mauretania includes over $50
miles of cables and more than G.000 10
candlepower lamps.
The Igorrote provinces of the Philip
pines have been combined and viii be
managed by one governor ard sub-gov-
ernor. Bont0 win be the capital.
Formosa, with its population of
100000, is running the Philippines
neck and neck In the export OF sugar.
Each exported a value of 100000 in
1907.
Coal has been found In nearly every
island of the Philippine archipelago.
but only 4.545 tons were produced last
year. In many places It Is associated
with petroleum.
A railroad section laborer in North
Carolina has patented tle-tamping
machine, practical tests of which have
shown that ON both old and new road
beds 1t viii do the work of fifty men.
The Kansas-O Oklahoma oil field took
the lead for production in 1907, push
Ing California back to second place IL
linois, formerly ninth In the list of
states, attained third place for the first
time.
DR.. s. Weir Mitchell, neurologist,
poet essayist and novelist, has been
elected to foreign fellowship In the
Royal Society of England. The cleo
ton is one of the choicest distinctions
to which scientist can aspire. and IL
has come to only three other Americans
how living, Alexander Agassiz natural
LIST, and George W. Hin and Simon
Sewcomb, astronomers.
When the American fleet was at
'Eagga Wagga in Australia, there was
given n banquet at which a labor mem
Der of Parliament alluded to the Amer
lean navy as the greatest in the
world" Then a senator jumped up and
vehemently protested against anybody
cracking up the American fleet at the
expense of the British" adding that
the British could sick any three other
fleets on the face of the earth" After
that patriotic declaration the senator
started singing "Rule. Britannia" in
which the whole company joined.
The club women of Chicago are puz-
zled over the question of a lawful cos
tune for working women. They point
out that only q little while ago wo-
nan in Chicago was arrested and fined
for wearing trousers while earning an
honest living as a hod carrier. Now
they are Informed that there has been e.
ruling in the post Office department:
holding that women employed as mill
carriers must wear trousers. There is
a movement on foot to send delega-
ton to Washington for the purpose of
consulting President Roosevelt on the
subject
Ii is told of the youth of q young
German prince, many years ago, that
upon one occasion, his tutor having
been changed, the newcomer in exam
ming the young prince asked: Can
POUR highness tell me how much Is nine
times twelveT' Seventy two replied
the prince, with royal promptness. The
tutor paled, but soon recovered his
cquanimity. Permit me to state to
your highness that your highness's for.
mer tutor, whom | had the honor to
succeed as an instructor to your royal
highness, appears to have lon per-
son Of rather limited capabilities" he
said.
Lander, the poet, was at the same
time the most violent and brutal and
most delicate and sensitive Of men. He
adored flowers The gardens of his
beautiful villa at Florence were full
of flowers and the poet walked among
them daily, never plucklng them, only
bending over them reyerently to adore
their loneliness and their perfume. His
10 I'm, ~. "a
ner, and in hls rage the poet threw the
man out Of the window into a bed OF
splendid roses. As the cook writhed
with broken leg below, B.ndor, from
his window, exclaimed in horror
stricken voice: "Good gracious, for
rot the roses!"
At Yorkshire inn there Is pianist
who can render an accompaniment to
any song that any singer wishes to
sing. He can not read note OF music,
yet, In the local phrase, he can play
owt" Recently, however, he met with
an unexpected check. A new volunteer
hummed over the air. but the pianist
failed to get the key. LET'S try 1t
again." he said and they tried II again.
Still II was OF no use. A third trial
brought no better results. Then the
pianist turned on the singer Ia anger
and said: "sitha, Awe tried tina on
t white 'uns. Awe tried tina on t
black 'uns an Awe tried tina on t
black and white 'uns mixed. It's no
use; tbs singing between { cracks"
Prof. Simon Newcomb. astronomer
has interesting views with respect to
the problems Of aviation. He rules out
the possible use Of dirigible balloon
fol any more serious military purpose
than accommodating. With respect to
the aeroplane. such as is employed by
the Wright brothers, he has little faith
In its solving the problem Of air fight
He shows that the heavier than-air ma
chimes can not be stopped in mldair for
repairs and mo engine yet built By hui
man skill, much less the delicate motors