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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-05-05
MEN OF EARLIER AGES.


Were They the Mental Peers of the
Men of Todays
The general idea that our enormous
advances in science and command over
nature serve as demonstrations of our
mental superiority to the men of ear
lier ages is totally unfounded. The evil
dence Of history and of the earliest
monuments alike goes to Indicate that
our intellectual and moral nature has
not advanced in any perceptible degree.
In the second place. we find that the
supposed great mental inferiority Of
savages is equally unfounded. The more
they are sympathetically studied the
more they are found to resemble our
selves In their inherent intellectual
powers.
Even the so long despised Australian
savages, almost the lowest in material
progress. yet show by their complex
language, their social regulations and
often by an innate nobility of charac
ter indications Of very similar inner
nature to our own. If they possess
fewer philosophers and moralists, they
are also free from so large a proper.
ton of unbalanced minds-idiots and
lunatics-as we possess. On the other
hand, we find in the higher Pacific
types men who, though savages as re
CARDS material progress, are yet gener-
ally admitted to be physically, inte,.
lectually and morally our equals, IL not
our superiors. 80 Thirdly. We
have no proof whatever that even the
men Of the stone age were mentally OF
morally inferior to ourselves.-Alfred
Russell Wallace In Fortnightly Review
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-05-05
NOT MERELY IDLINa.
Wherein the Writer Resembl the
Man on the Buoy.

Wherein the Writer Resembled the
Man on the Buoy.
THAT writer" said publisher, re
ferring to an author who seemed to bs
idling away his time, "is in reality try
Ing hard to work. to get his ideas flow.
ing, but he Is stuck.
HE said to me himself That he re-
sembled man who made a bet one
summer day at the shore that he would
swim out mile and half to a certain
buoy. The bet was accepted, and the
man stripped and Plunged in. His
friend retired to the hotel to watch
his progress from the window.
''From the window with field glass
the friend saw the swimmer reach the
buoy In due course, draw himself up
out of the water and sit down COM
fortably, with his legs dangling over. So
far so good. Evidently he was resting
well pleased with his feat.
"Some minutes passed, and the swim
mer had not moved. The watcher re-
turned to his book. But every now
and then he locked up, and still the
swimmer sat in the same position on
the buoy.
AN hour, two hours went by. Still
the swimmer remained. A Waite, slim
figure seen against the oncoming dark
he sat on the buoy's edge. His feet
dangled in the sea. He seemed to be
musing.
Finally 1t began to grow quite dark.
and, thoroughly alarmed at last. the
watcher got boat and a couple of
bargees and rowed out to his friend.
Out there the mystery was soon ex-
planned. The man was stuck fast to
the buoy, which had been freshly tarred
that morning. "-Washington Star.
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zUI1 INDIAN BASKETS.
Made By Expert Women snd Colored
to Suit Intended Use.

Made BY Expert Women snd Colored
to Suit Intended Use.
The Zuni Indians make great use of
baskets, especially in connection with
grinding -four. They commonly employ
for this purpose coiled baskets which
they obtain by trade from the Apache
and Piute. and value highly. They,
themselves, manufacture wicker bas-
kets which are not much esteemed. The
industry Is entirely confined to women.
They employ an awl of deer bone, and
use some six kinds of willow, which
they make into circular trays and
bowls, tsi-lai. One kind, salt willow, is
used for baskets to hold paper bread In
the house, the willow giving 1t a salt
flavor. and another kind. smooth"
willow, for baskets to hold bread at
meals; white and yellow willow bas-
kets are used for corn meal: those of
red willow as colanders for washing
wheat and hominy, and those OF max
tsu-tsi as sleeves for wheat and beans.
White willow baskets are painted with
white clay, stained red, yellow or black
with native dyes or now dyed with
aniline dyes. for use in dances. Either
white willow. or all the different kinds
OF willow mixed together, are employed
for this purpose. Sacred baskets, tina
ll-nai. are used to hold plume sticks
and masks.
The women have a dance In the fall,
called Ahyuna, in which they use bas-
kets painted with different colors. 1t
is said that the name Is Pima, and that
the dance. which Is to secure rain, was
brought to Zuni not many years ago by
two old men who visited the Pima with
Mr.. Gushing. An inverted painted bas-
ket, corresponding with the box or
gourd resonator of the Hopi, Is put
under the notched stick, ki-wi-a-nan-
nal, which is scraped with a stick as
an accompaniment TO dances.
The Zuni also manufacture small
giobular baskets OF salt willow in
which they collect locusts used as food.
Painters to carry peaches, melons, GU
cumbers and other fruit are made Of
red willow. Twilled baskets OF yucca,
similar TO those seen at other pusblos
are used to dip UP salt from the Salt
lake. The art of making these bas-
kets, which are called ho-tsi-lai. was
learned from Acoma. The Zuni also
make q rectangular twilled tray of the
same material, with an edge OF cedar
or oak. which they use to put paper
bread on, or to lay long plume sticks
or images upon at the yellow and blue
corn dances Swallowing sticks were
formerly placed upon such trays at the
stick-swallowing dance.
The Zuni formerly had a number OF
old coiled globu.ar and jar-shaped bas-
kets the origin OF which Is not def
nitely known. The pitch-covered water
bottles, whicS they use come from the
White Mountain Apache or the Navajo
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The polite fiction obtains that mar
riages are made In heaven. This ro-
mantle viewpoint is particularly popu.
lar in America, where 1t Is held to be
highly improper for parents to make
any move toward securing good hus-
bands for their daughters and immod-
est for girls to manifest any interest
in the subject themselves.
The conventional theory is that the
matter Is ON the knees Of the gods and
that In due season husbands win be
provided like mama In the wilderness
for sustenance Of the faithful. Unfor-
tunately this miracle does not always
come or for every woman. The supply
OF mama gives out. There are not
enough husbands to go around, and
these are unevenly divided. Some wom-
en- get three or four, while others get
none. But neither the old maids nor
their parents realize that the reason
that they did not share in the dispen-
sation was their own fault, because
they did not put themselves, as old
fashioned Methodists used to say. In an
attitude to receive the blessing Dor
othy Dix, in Ainslee's
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PREDICT WAR WITH AMERICA
Venezuelan officials See Only One
Outcome of Asphalt Row.

Venezuelan Omcials See Only One
Outcome of Asphalt Row.
War with the United States over
dfty miles of swamp land is predicted
by leading Venezuelan officials. The
strip was under control of the asphalt
trust until the beginning of the long
series OF difficulties that now may end
In a contest with America.
All the turmoil, bloodshed, revolution
and international controversies have
their origin In this speck of territory.
Upon Its proper development depends
the wealth of the nation; for it Is the
natural outlet for all the resources of
country so rich In the earth's treasures
that the dreams of a Pizarro might be
realized. IT was granted to the as
phalt trust with the agreement that 1t
would be developed. Canals were to be
dug so that the boats could sail up the
river to the gold mines, the silver
mines, the oil wells and the rich coffee
plantations. Railroads were to have
been built. One of the Venezuelan gov
ernment's principal complaints against
the American asphalt trust is that it
never fulfilled any Of these promises.
All the trust did was to push its own
boats into the pitch lakes, load them
and take away the valuable natural
product.
The district has remained impover-
ished because undeveloped. Its $780,
300 people were poor because they could
not get their wealth sold. The rail-
roads and the canals promised never
materialized into anything better than
mule caravans and canoes. The Gus
toms which composed the chief income
to the national treasury fell of, for the
asphalt was free of duty.
Then the temper OF this mixed race
of Spanish, negroes, and natives reach
ed the boiling point They hated these
1000 white men and their trust greed.
They made life dangerous for the for
eigners. Suits were filed In the shaky
courts Of the country to try to get back
the asphalt wealth given away. Castro
found he was fighting the most expert
trust lawyers. men who knew other
tricks besides those OF the courts Reyo-
lutlonary leaders took advantage of The
turmoil to start Internal troubles. Ev-
erybody in Venezuela believes that the
Matas rebellion was financed by the
trust-and all yenezuelans insist that
II was Castro's duty to the people to
dlspossess the trust.
Meanwhile this land Of wonderful
wealth lies like shining diamond In a
hill OF sand. Its Brazil wood coral
trees. indigo. rubber. bananas remain
in the forest. Its gold and silver and
copper and marble and granite are still
In the earth, valueless to Venezuela and
the commercial world
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heard to be fully understood: "Come
forward, my friend; we are all equal
here"
With this hand grasp and welcome
Mr. Lincoln's attention was turned else
where but l caI remember no other in
cident that thrilled me as did that lit
tie scene. And the effect of it upon
that soldier-it seemed to transform
him In a moment What a new manll-
ness 1t put into his face and attitude.
II lew moments he was gone. but it
was plain that from that hour Mr.. Lin.
coin had at least one man In his army
who was ready to give his life to help
Mr.. Lincoln save the cause for which
both of them were toiling ard sacri-
ficing. And 1t seemed at the moment
that / could easily do the same.
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RkNUS
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The national baseball commission has
taken Player Campbell from Winnipeg
and awarded him to Chicago.
The national baseball commission pro-
poses that players who played in the Cal
ifornia State League during the winter be
fined 500 each, as the California league
Is an outlaw.
In fight at Dublin. Tommy Burns,
the American heavyweight champion,
knocked JeE Roche, the Irish char Jion,
out Of the ring in one minute and thirty
eight seconds.
George Hackenschmidt would like to
regain his wrestling title, but he will not
attempt it in a Chicago ring. This was
the statement the thoroughly tanned lion"
made as he boarded the steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse to return to Europe.
Hack" claims he was not fairly treated
in his match with Gotch. Experts who
witnessed the match say Hack" had not
the endurance to wrestle under American
rules. His limit is 20 minutes TO a bout.
The wedding out process in the Ames
baseball squad has begun. The team
will be weak behind the bat, as there are
no FIRST class backstops as yet in the rum
ming. Better. the best man in the posi-.
ton, is needed at first, and will be kept
there if possible.
Prof. 4. ID. Angel, assistant professor
of physical training in the University of
Wisconsin, coach of the basket ball and
track teams. has accepted the position Of
director Of athletics at the Oregon State
Agricultural college at Corvallis, Oregon.
He will leave Wisconsin at the end Of the
present school year.
The remnant of the Ames track squad
is developing into bunch Of good men
under the training of Jack Watson. and
he still has hopes Of making some one
hurry in the State and Missouri valley
meets. The loss Of Hubbard cannot be
made up, as he was the product Of three
years. training.
The faculty OF the University Of Wis
cousin. By an overwhelming vote, decided
not TO increase the number of football
games next fall from FIVE to six. As a
result Wisconsin will next fall play Chi
cago. Minnesota. Indiana and Lawrencs
universities and Marquette college Of Nil
waukee.
YaIe's hammer throw record was brok-
en- BIZ Carroll Cooney, the football guard
He tossed the weight 16i feet, 5ettering
Tom Shevlin's figures by eleven inches.
The feat puts C0oney right In line for
the intercollegiate championship. Cooney
halls from New York.
In New York, willie Hoppe defeated
Jake Schaefer In 4o0-poinr game at 1872
baTk line billiards, scoring 400 caroms in
seven innings. This made his average
81 IT. Schaefer's score was 146, and his
average a 2-6. Hoppe won the bank and
started with a run of f61 in the opening
inning. adding 1O7 in his fourth attempt,
and ending the game with an unfinished
run of %.
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obliged to give up his plans for a Sc
ries of political speeches that he in
tended to make.
Few invalids have been the object of
was bestowed upon Sir Henry, there
having been a constant stream of call
ers at his Downing street residence,
including King Edward, who visited
him on two occasions; Queen Alexan-
dra, and the dowager empress of Rus
STA, the prince and princess of Wales
and many diplomats anu men promi-
nent in public life.
On his resignation, April 5, the rep
resentatives of all parties united in
paying tribute to his ability and strong
character. Mr.. Asquith said of him
I'm the annals of our history there
10 no man who after long years spent
In the thick of public contention has
ever laid down the highest Office I'M
der the crown more universally aud
deseryediy beloved"
Mr.. Redmond, lead3r of the Nation
alists, said that in Campbell Banner
mans disappearance Ireland suffered
a loss second only to the loss caused by
the retirement of Gladstone There is
not an Irish Nationalist in any part
Of the world" said Mr.. Redmond, "who
win not deeply deplore that fhis con-
sistent, brave, honorable friend of Ire
land has been taken from the arena of
public life
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FORTUNE FOR LAB0RER.
Because Thirty Five Years Before He
Saved Benefactor's Life.

To have saved the life of fellow
emigrant in a wreck In 1873 and thir-
ty-tive years later to have read in q
newspaper plastered upon the wall of a
homestead shack an advertisement
which led to his becoming the recip-
lent OF fortune of $4,000 Is the luck
of Peter Andersen, farm hand. who
resides near White Bluffs, Wash. An
dersen received a check for 5000 to
enable him to proceed to New York to
carry out the final legal formalities nee
essary in the transfer of the fortune.
Andersen left Denmark in 1873 upon
the ship w. j. Gottry. OF the coast
of Newfoundland the Gottry was wreck
ed. Andersen supported Peter Knud-
sen. fellow passenger, until they
crawled upon piece of fiotsam. Later
they were tossed upon the deserted
Newfoundland beach. After terrible
privations the two men reached New
York City, where they separated. Knud-
sen made 100000 in the glove busi-
ness In New Jersey.
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Wisconsin
State News
FIND BROTHER DEAD.
Man succumbs, Crying for ReIati,

Man succumbs, Crying for Relatives
Within stones Throw.
To meet death alone and uncontrolled
in his last moments except by strangers,
while two brothers residing few blocks
from his death bed had been looking for
him for several years, was the fate of
Dan Reed, who died at a : Iperior hos
pital after two weeks illness. Reed
was brought from Deer River, MINI.
seriously ILL., He knew that he lad two
brother y the city, but did no. know
their addresses and the hospital authors
ties were apparently unable to locate
them. The brothers are Hugh and VI. j.
Reed. For fourteen years Hugh has been
IN Superior employed as a motorman on
the street railway line. 1t had been
twenty-five years since NJ. j. Reed and
his deceased brother had seen each other
Dan and Hugh last met in 1888. The
three brothers had drifted apart while
their different trades Not UNI
til notice of the death of Dan was read in
the local evening paper did the two broth
ers living there know that their lost
brother was even in the city.
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1o9S-Henry ". of France promulgated
the Edict of Nantes.
1888 English settlers arrived at New
Haven, Conn.
lT46-The English under the Duke OF
Cumberland defeated the Scottish
rebels headed by the young Pretender
at the battle of Culloden, near In
verness.
1I49-British warship Pembroke wrecked
near Porto Novo. with loss of $50 Of
her crew.
1755-Dr. Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Of the English Language" published.
1193-First newspaper in what is now
the Province of Ontario issued at
Newark (Niagaral.
1S03-The Bank of France established.
1S15--Commodor Decatur of the United
States navy captured two Algerian
vessels and GOO prisoners.
1S29-British Parliament passed the
Roman Catholic relief bill.
1S55-Emperor and Empress of the
French arrived in England to visit
Queen Victoria.
1S5S--Dr. Simon Bernard acquitted OF
conspiracy against the life of Louis
Napoleon.
1S61-Confederates seized Harpers
Ferry.
1S62-France declared war against the
Mexican government.
1S65--Battle OF Columbus. last conflict
of the Civil War, fought east Of the
Mississippi river. Union flag re-
placed on Fort Sumter.
1S6S-British troops under Sir Robert
Napier took Magdala, strongly for
titled place in Abyssinia.
1S74-Body of Livingstone, the explorer.
inferred in Westminster Abbey.
1S91-Treaty for the delimitation OF the
British and Italian spheres of inhu-
ence in East Africa signed at Rome.
1900-Troops sent to Cornell Dam, West
chester county n. Y, to quell a
strike of Italian laborers. i. +. Paris
International Exposition opened.
i904-Attempted assassination of Premier
Maura of Spain.
1905-Morocco rejected the French re-
form demand.
1907-National Arbitration and Peacs
Congress opened in New York. An
earthquake destroyed Chilpapcingo
and Chilapa. towns Of Mexico. with
great loss of life.
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Emma Goldman Not par,ea Ont.


When the woman leader of American
anarchists, Emma Goldman, returned
from a brief trip into Canada, where
she went to address striking workmen,
an effort was made by the American
frontier authorities questioning her right
to re-enter this country and it was sup
posed that the action was inspired from
Washington, in view of the current fed
eral activities against those of her cult.
She submitted papers showing that she
had married J. e. Keersner, an Ameri-
canized foreigner, and with this explana-
tion she was admitted.
Alexander Berkman, the New York an
archist and comrade of Miss Goldman,
was released from custody of the local
police in connection with the Union
Square bomb throwing. Silverstein, the
man who was injured in trying to throw
the bomb at the police, still fingered be-
tween life and death at the hospital and
is said to have told the police how he
made the bomb and intended to get re-
venge upon the police, who had dubbed
him.
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GAG AN UNDERTAKES.

Robbers Tie Up Young Marznetts
Man and Then Rifle shop.
Burglars entered the undertaking shop
or L. D. Martin in Marinette and knock
cd unconscious Edward Colvin. tine young
man IN charge of the shop, bound and
gagged him and rified the shop. They
secured $40. The safe was unlocked. The
burglars pulled down the shades, turned
out the lights and did their work quiet
ly while the people were passing on the
street. Colvin was in a bad condition
from nervous collapse when found an
hour after the robbery was committed.
They stuffed large sponge in his mouth
and tied his hands and feet with muslin
which is used in trimming caskets
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ATTEMPT TO BURN BIG PLANT.
Wisconsin Incendiarie. Fooled b,

Wisconsin Incendiaries Fooled by
Automatic Sprinkler Equipment.
desperate attempt was made to de-
stroy the Allis-Chalmers plant at West
Allis, or at least stop its operation All
that saved the plant from heavy loss was
the automatic sprinkler equipment, which
extinguished the flames before they gain
ed Roadway. 1t is believed the attempt
was the work of men we'll acquainted
with the plant. They had with them
dozen one-gallon cans of gasoline, which
were brought to the plant in three tele
scope cases. From the appearance of the
shop premature explosion of the oil
frightened the plotters away before the
preparations were completed SO hurried
was the departure of the incendiaries that
they left two telescopes Slled with cans
of kerosene as well as tn. third, which
was empty
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Ha wa. ParticuIar.

One day the mistress OF the house
had some special delicacy on the table.
and the thought came to her to share
II with her laundress. whose day Ii
was at the house. So before the latter
went home she packed q box carefully
and took IL TO her.
Il want you to take this with you
and try 1t. We consider 1t unusually
nice / thought perhaps 1t would save
you some work in cooking when you
get supper toSight.s
The woman received the parcel In
the spirit In which Ii wis given. say
Ing. as she received IL:
Thank you. ever so much. / know
Mr.. viii enjoy II. He's Jest as
pernicklty about his vitties Cd though
he earnt 'em."-Boston Advertiser.
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just such /. eeas.

You're looking for new quarters I
near" said Kidder. at the breakfast Ia
bic.
yes" replied the laxative boarder.
"why7"
Here's an ad In the paper that
should interest you particularly: To
rent-Nice room for gent with gaS'"-
Philadelphia Press
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SEEING LINCOLN IN 1858.
How q Private soldier Attended a
white House Reception.

How q Private Soldier Attended a
white House Reception.
It was in the spring of 1863. when
was stopping for while In washing
ton. says contributor to the Boston
Transcript. l attended. one day, re-
ception at the White House. The
rooms were. OF course, crowded With
officers Of the army. legislators and rep
resentatIves OF foreign courts In great
abundance. Mr.. Lincoln held his re-
cept'nns in the blue room. opposite the
main entrance. For long time the
passage to him was crowded. but later
the crowd thinned out about him. so
that he had short spaces OF rest had
been wandering around, and at last
found myself close TO the main en-
trance Soon saw common soldier
come up TO the hall. He was an ex-
ceedingly rough looking specimen. His
clothes were worn and solled. his boots
outside his trousers. dirty beyond de
gree. You could hardly conceive q more
unit person to enter that great crowd.
He evidently had great desire to see
the President. but knew his unfitness to
enter. But 1t was not long before he
mustered courage to push his way I'M
der the cover OF others well into the
hall.
Noting the anxious yearning look on
his face. / became interested TO watch
his movements and note the result. 1t
was not very long before I observed
that Mr.. Lincoln had an eye on him.
as he CHANGED to come near the door OF
the reception room. Once and again
saw bis eye search out this soiled and
despatched soldier with the most ten
der look. Then came more vacant
rDace between the two. At length Mr..
Lincoln. with an enormous stride and
q long outreaching arm. advanced,
grasped this soldier by the hand. With q
srseting that nust have been seen and
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Forest fires near Norway Ridge have
been doing heavy damage TO timber in
eastern Monroe county. This region has
been extensively planted with young TIM
Der with RE intention OF replacing the
original forests. bnt the spreading of the
fires threatens the entire destruction of
the timber and win put back the work of
reforStation several years.