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the ptanotorte.

The pianoforte was directly evolved
from the clavichord and the harpsi-
chord In III Sclplone Maffei gave
a detailed account Of the first four In
struments, which were built by Bartoi-
ommeo Cristofori. named by him piano
forte. and exhibited In 17oa
Marios IN France exhibited harps.-
chords. with hammer action, In ITIs.
and Schroter in Germany claimed to
have invented the pianoforte between
lTIT and 1121. Marius Mt first was
generally credited with the invention,
for 1t was not until 17sS when Cristo-
forts instruments had become famous,
that tie Italian advanced his claim.
and Il was In 176S that he brought for
ward the proof OF his contention
Pianos OF that period were shaped
ike the modern grand. the first square
piano beirg, built By Freiderica. an CT
gan builder OF Saxony. In JT5S The
first genuine upright was patented in
England and the United States by John
Isaac Hawkins. an Englishman. IN 1890.
Scrap Book
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

1t Is the UNIVERSAL rule. says Mrs
Scanlon. that wives OF successful men
are fat IL they are not, she asserts
II Is proof positive that they do not
love their husbands A fat girl. says
Mrs. Scanlon. has all the best OF thu
thin. willowy creatures. in showiness
In disposition and In temperament
Mrs Scsnlon hits obesity cures a hard
blow by thus declaring that to be han
py women must be fat
THE reason is plain declares Mrx
Scanlon- The wives OF the suoceSsful
men are fat because they are NOT wor.
ried about the next months rent and
the chIldren's clothes People who nirv
far women simply shoE their lSpor-
ance: women who complain because
they are stout make themselves IN
happy when the should be the happs-
est women on .; h Cleveland Nasvs
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
MADE THE THIEF GIVE UP.

ssDon't rake that $40" the Negro
Eobber said. ssIt'. Mine.-
The pawnShop OF Morris Feingold. at
SOL Ksnsas avenue, West Side. was In
the care OF Mrs. Feingold recently.
says the Kansas City Times She was
In the storeroom. wiert the safe Is.
when customer called he to another
room. This left the safe without a
guardian. But Mrs. Feingold was alert
She heard a noise in the storeroom and
went in quickly. The door OF the safe
was open and she remembered It had
been closed. Aud there. crouching In
front Of 1t. she saw a negro.
The pawnbroker's wife didn't scream
and she didn't faint She Is a small
woman, but she grabbed the negro BY
the coat and put her hands in his
pockets. There she sound $50 in bills
and checks which had heec In the safe.
Then she dropped the raoney into her
apron
Don't you take that $S.Io." the ne
xro told her. That's mine. IN have
you arrested II you take IT. Please.
missus. give me back my $50. You
wouldn't take mans last cent. would
your
But Mrs. Feingold was pisIless
II was afraid he'd take all the
money from me II he got q chance. .
she said sfterward. 80 l turned and
threw IL in the safe and locked the
door. When l turned around be was
gone
Il thought Only of the money. ]
didn't even think OF calling for help
though there were fhnAe men in the
next room. The negro was scared He
was a lot more scared than ] was
No. he dtin.t try &c strike me. but kept
EspsAt4n& I aln't sos nothing; / a.n'i
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
PETTIBONE NOT GUILTY.
Western Federation Mine Official
Tried for Murder Is Acquitted.

George A. Pettibone. an official of the
Western Federation of Miners, was ac-
quilted at Boise. Idaho, of the murder
of Governor Steunenberg.
Pettibone's aequittal follows that Of
Secretary Haywood, who was tried on
the same charge. Pettibone, as Hay
wood. was tried on confessions of Har-
ry Orchard and Steve Adams implicat-
ing them in numerous bloody plots in
which scores of human beings were
killed.
Members of the Western Federation
all over the country have expressed
themselves pleased at the verdict John
Mitchell. president of the United Mine
Workers of America. stated that the
verdict was highly satisfactory to him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
GETS HANDS ON MoaEy w1LLED.

Woman Becoming of Age Takes
Possession of ManitOwOc Property.
Mrs. Elmer Sears of Chicago, nee Mil
dred Williams Of Aanitowoc. in probate
court claimed an inheritance of from
$4,000 to $4,000 left her by her foster
mother, Mrs. NJ. Williams. who died sew
eral years ago. At the time of the death
Mrs. Sears was not of age and the es-
tate was placed in trust and in care of a
guardian named by the court. Mrs. Sears
became of age the other day and the
court delivered over the title to the prop
erty, which includes a handsome resi-
dence, the Williams block, one of the most
modern and largest business blocks in the
city. and other real estate, in addition
to considerable money.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
CALEB POWERS.

prisonment; 1902, life imprisonment
1908, death penalty; 1908, no verdict.
Immediately following the discharge
of the jury in the Powers case, after
a disagreement had been reported, at
torneys for the accused sent tele-
gram to Governor Wilson asking execu-
tive clemency. A petition was started
in Georgetown asking the Governor to
pardon Powers Similar petitions will
be circulated throughout the United
Stafor
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

The decision of John A. Roebling the
millionaire son of the Brooklyn bridge
builder, TO abandon his residence At Ashe-
vile. y. c., and give away his magnifi-
cent mansion there nearly complete to the
Home Mission Board Of the Presbyterian
church. is admitted frankly by Mr.. Roeb-
ling TO be due 10 the recent vote of the
place for prohibition. he mas spent ten
years in Asheville and has put half a
million dollars into his estate adjoining
Biltmore. the Vanderbilt establishment,
bur now says that he viii not IKE in a
town thar ahridses personal liberty in
this way
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

got nothing But l held on to his coat
with my left hand and searched his
pockets with the other. And l found
the $3.50 in money and checks"
Mr.. Feingold examined his books
last night to learn If the negro was
truthful about the 1910.
Il don't know exactly how much
money we had" the pawnbroker said
but | don't believe we have any of
that Negroes cash. OF course he can
come back and help US investigate If
he wants to.
Besides the $50 In money and
checks there were diamonds worth $500
and jewelry worth $500 In the safe
The police haven't found the negro,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
LAST TRACT OF PINE TO GO.
Grand a.r.Ias w..ne..e- nexlxa, .

Grand 1aridS Witnesses Revival Of
Lumber LAYS of Decade Ago.
One of the oil time industries is re-
vived near Gram Rapids by the Badger
Box and Lumber company starting a saw
mill on the GRANGE farm. east of the city,
where this company has purchased a
small tract of pine timber land. left stand
ing from the old pinery days. The Badger
Box and Lumber Company has just given
rhe logging contract TO Messrs. Sampson
< Sampson, who are establishing camp
at the city golf links, and will soon begin
operations on the timber in true pinery
81 vie
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
MRS. CORVALLIS WEST.

Beautiful American Whose English
Marriages Proved Happy Ones
The marriage Of Jennie Jerome.
daughter of the late Leonard Jerome,
Randolph Churchill was considered at
that time one of the most interesting
of the international alliances-at that
time comparatively few In number.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
KENosHA-cH1cAGo RECORD HIKE
Farmer Walks 81 Miles in IT Hours
A. ResnIf of Wager

Farmer Walks 81 Miles in II Hours
as Result of Wager.
Fred Blanc, a Kenosha county farmer,
set new walking record for sixty-one
miles between Kenosha and Chicago when,
under wager of 5000. he made the dis
tance in seventeen hours. Blanc had
wagered that he would make the trip in
twenty hours, and when he reached Lin
coin Park in Chicago he was nearly four
hours ahead of the schedule. He stop
ped at the park and served a breakfast
in honor of the men who had been ac-
companying him in automobiles and bug
gies Blanc then sauntered to a hotel.
where he finished more than two hours
ahead of time
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

what has become Of the maid you
thought such 4 prlrey'
oh. had to let her go.- replied
the second fashionable woman after
her operation FOR appendicitis she
thought she was one OF us"-Phllsdel,
phiG Ledger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

Between and O'Clock Thursday even
ing two men escaped from the county jail
IN Chiffon BIZ saving away the bars OF a
y iBdow- They belong 70 a gang which
was committed last October for rebbing
a store At Hilbert junction, few miles
north of there The men who escaped
ara wanted at Manitoxoc and West Bend
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
swings to Eternity.

Winding the rope that children had
used as a swing. around her neck and
throwing the other end over a rafter in
the attic where she fastened ii, Mrs.
Samuel III. Watson. wife of the leading
attorney of Lodi and a woman widely
known throughout Columbia county, COM
mitted suicide by hanging. No cause for
the act is known.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
WOMAN KILLED BY BLOW.
Murder Disclosed by Examination of
Remains of kenosha Spinster.

The post mortem examination held over
the remains of Miss Mary Stollenwerck,
wealthy spinster found dead in her
home in Paris showed that the skull of
the woman was fractured by a blow from
some blunt instrument. A slight trace
of carbolic acid was found in the stom-
ach, but the amount was so small that
the doctors were inclined to believe that
the acid was forced into the woman's
mouth by some one who had already made
an attempt to murder her. 1t is thought
that death resulted from the fracture of
the skull
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
PROGRESS OF THE NEGRO.
BY British Ambassador Bryce

In south Africa and the West In
dies negro education is advancing
and the arts and customs of civiliza-
ton have made way. Nowhere, per-
haps, does the progress seem TO be
quite so satisfactory, or, at any rate,
quite so interesting and full OF
promise, as in Basuto land, where
a Kaffir people OF several hundred
thousand souls is developing, under
the guidance Of British officials, but
retaining its own tribal system, it's
own chiefs, its own language. in
....t-.,. o,5 ,racra-o.,s ", n Tor
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
ENTERS PRISON TO SAVE OTHERS
Newton Man, just Pardoned, Be
Hax.ad To N Innocent

Newton Man, just Pardoned, Be-
lieyed to BE Innocent.
Leo Koebel of Newton, serving six
year sentence at Waupun for arson, has
been granted a full and unconditional
pardon by Gov. Davidson. Koebel plead
ed guilty to the burning of a mill in
Liberty two years ago. but after his
commitment at Waupun claimed that at
the time of the alleged crime, he was in
the northern part of the State and in
vestigation of the story by local authori-
ties proved it true and his petition for
pardon was endorsed. Koebel was be-
lieved to have pleaded guilty for the
purpose of shielding others.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
BLAST MAINS A MAN.
Goes Up to Dynamite Charge to See
Why 1t Did Not Go on.

Thomas Gibson. an employee of the Mil
waukee street railway. was terribly maim-
ed in Watertown by a dynamite explo-
sion. He had been setting powder for
blasting. Two charges went off and when
the third did not. Gibson went up to in
vestigate. The charge went off when
Gibson was bending over it, He was
thrown 30 feet in the air and his face
was terribly cut He also sustained stri-
GUS injuries to his body. He will lose his
sight if he lives Gibson came from Fond
du Lac about five years ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
News OF WISCONSIN
CLAYTON CASE BATTLES JURY.
Inquest Fails to Throw Light ON the
JanesvflIe Mvstery.

gainesville MFhtcrs.
The coroner's jury in GAINESVILLE, after
the inquest over the body of AIadelyn
0dell Clayton. brought in a verdict that
the woman came to Ter death from causes
unknown to the jury. Her husband, how
ever. declared that he would not give up
mis- search for clew until the mystery
had been solved. He engaged an electri-
clan and made a search with electric
lights along the bottom of the river for
the woman's lost metal pocketbook, hop
ing to find in it some clew but the search
was in vain J. f. Ianauette. who was
arrested in Fond du Lac, and claimed 10
be the woman'S husband. broke down
when placed under gath on the witness
stand and admitted that he made the
claim merely to get his name in the pa
pers. He was given an hour to get out
of town. 1t proved to be ample time
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
cELLULoID COMB IGNITEs.
Church Crowd in Panic When stove
Fires WOman's Hair.

The ignition of celluloid comb from
the heat of nearby stove set on fire the
hair of Mrs William Runzler while she
was in church in Burlington, and she
was severely burned before the fire was
extingushed. Mrs. Runzler was attend
ing services at st. Johns Lutheran
church and sat meas the stove. In an
instant her hair was a mass of flames.
The sight created q panic among the
worshipers, but cooler heads restrained
them and put out the fire. 1t is feared
that Mrs. RunzIer inhaled the flames.
She will be disfgured for life if she re-
covers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
OWES DEATH TO PIPE.
Marinette Smokers Rooms Catches
Fire and He LIS Found Dead.

Leo Birman, aged IS years. was smoth-
cred to death in FIRE which did only
about SO damage, The FIRE occurred in
the Edwin house in Marinette and was
caused by Birman leaving his lighted pipe
on the waShstand after he had gone to
bed The stand caught FIRE and the floor
and wall then ignited. The smoke was
noticed by passersby. who gave the alarm.
Two firemen had 10 crawl on their hands
and knees to reach Birman When he
was hauled out. he was dead. The FIRE
was easily extinguished
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
Dies a. Hi. Flock Prays.

Rev. p. p. Morrison. a pioneer Episco-
pal clergyman of Wisconsin. died in Eau
Claire lie was IS years OF age PRAYER
had just been offered at Christ church
for his recovery. when the rector announe-
ed his death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

There are any number Of the toilers
o. Washington who make their homes
In Baltimore, 40 M he's away. Living
in the latter place Is some 80 per cent
cheaper than IN the town laid out by
The father Of his country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
POWERS JURY DIsAGREES.
Famous Kentucky Political Prisoner
to Have Fifth Trial.

The jury trying Caleb Powers at
Georgetown. KY. on the charge of com
plicity in the murder of Governor Viii
liam Goebel. was dismissed by Judge
Norris. The jury stood ten for aeqnst-
tai and two for conviction. One of the
jurors who held out for conviction vas
willing to come over to the acquiteNl
side. but the remaining juror refused
to change his decision.
The charge was completely in the
murder of Governor Goebel, 1899 Four
trials have been held 1900, life inn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
Power Iigeboats n succ...

The United States life saving service,
after careful test, has demonstrated the
efficiency of the power lifeboat in rescu-
ing persons from wrecked vessels. and has
arranged for the addition of several of
these boats to the equipment of the life
saving service along the New England
coast
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

seriousness enlarged of which that
we possess to-day cannot give us any ldea which 1t
rather prevents conceving, just imper-
feet eye prevents from conceivng other light than
that passes between subred and violet The
hypothesis resolves itself into simple question of
seriousness. To say, for example, tempted TO
do that a survival without consciousness is equivalent
annhilatlon is to argue prior and without reflection
this problem consciousness, the principal and the most
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

the Great Spirit II Is not the bringing Of the Indian
to civilization that is needed but the taking dyiliza
ton Indian veneer, but as the fruit of
Christianity. We owe him than rations; we are
his debtor give him the Gospel that saves Already
10000 Indians have become American citizens They
have needed paterna missions make them strong
citizenship
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
5zlsa|E|g|lk|Il|e1ppa
5lIfIlTlly e. !.
GOSSIP
~~~~~~~~~~~

There could not be a more horrible
example of legislative inertia than the
arst session of the sixtieth congress,
which began on Monday, Dec. ., and
ended on Saturday, Dec. 81. The pc
Rod between those dates nomlually in
cludes three full legislative weeks. Had
congress been so minled it might have
done an immense amount of work dur
ing that time and public business would
have been expedited to such an extert
that an adjournment could have oeen
taken about q month earlier than viii
now be possible Both the house and
senate were in session at frequent in
tervals and for brief time during
part of several days the Congressional
Record shows that the time of congress
was almost absolutely wasted. Moth
ing of permanent value was done ex-
eept to perfect the organization of the
house and senate. The money of the
people was thrown away, and for all
the value to the country both houses
might have met on Monday morning.
gone through formal organization, lis
tened to the Presidents message Tues
day morning, and adjourned Tuesday
night to meet again after the holidays.
Thousands of bills were introduced In
the house. but all of them were handed
in and put in a box while the house
was not in session, for the Introduction
of bills in the lower house of congress
is not part OF the legislative program.
In the senate one statesman after an
other rose and presented a bill, which
was read by title and referred to the
appropriate committee, the same proce-
dure being taken in the house. The
committees of the house were not an
nounced until Thursday, Dec. 10, and
final adjournment came two days later.
After having done nothing for three
weeks congress displayed its Christmas
spirit by adjourning for two weeks
more, so that the first real business
session of the sixtieth congress will be
opened Monday, Jan. g. five weeks
after the day set by law for the repre-
sentatives of the people to begin to
represent things.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
Believe Foreman was Murdered.

The body of Fred Gehring. aged IS
years. was found near the street car line
just south OF the Milwaukee city limits
The head was terribly battered. the man
apparently having been murdered. Gehr-
ing was fol merly foreman Of Chr
cage and Ne r. western construction gang.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

The Treasury and Law departments
Of the Federal Government are some
what at loggerbeads as to what cousti-
tutes real whisky In the intent Of the
pure foods act, and an appeal TO the
Supreme Court is contemplated in o.
der to straighten out TIE muddle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
coUNTRY's DUTY TO THE INDIANS.
By Bishop Hendrix.

1t is not enough to make the Indians owners
in severalty of their lands and to teach them
10 till the soil and to trade; to teach them
the laws of health and sanitation. That Is
simply to cvilize them. One duty Is to do
more-we must Christianize them.
The Indian must know of a revealed relig-
ion and not simply the religion OF nature. He
must learn of the Holy Spirit, and not alone Of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
MAN RESCUED FROM MOB.
James CoIIeran, After Being Beaten
for Attack on ChiId, saved.

With his jaw broken and his clothing in
sbreds. James ColleFan was hurried out
of Brownsville. the other night, inst in
time to escape lynching. Colleran was
accused Of attacking a 6-year-old girl.
When the child reported the matter TO
its parents the story was quickly circulat-
ed and soon an angry crowd gathered
When Colleran was found he was given a
savage beating. The sheriff rescued him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
POISON ENDED GRIEF.
Pleasant valley Woman Succeeds In
Ending Her Life.

Mrs. Jasper Jensen of the town of
Pleasant Valley, who took poison and was
saved by doctors and the next day took
another dose that she had hidden under
her pillow, has died. The body was taken
10 Eau Claire to be shipped TO Albion,
Neb. Grief over the death of daughter
who was accidentally shot and killed
few weeks ago caused her to take her life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
Big Ra..,eshIn B~rnn

At the yards Of the Fore River SHIP
huilding Company. Quincy. Mass. was
laid the keel al what i planned 10 be
TIE largest 5arfieShip ves added to the
nieed States navy. the North Dakota OF
2e.o9o tsns displacement II is expected
thar within month there will b. loo
men AZ work on she resell. and il viii be
completed in tAree yearS.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
OUR IGNORANCE OF OUR DESTINY.
BY Maurice MaeferIinck.

In the invincible ignorance where we are our
Imagination has the choice of our eternal des-
TIMES. A first hypothesis is that of absolute
humiliation. A second hypothesis ardently
caressed by our blind instincts, promises Us the
preservation more or less integral, through the
infnlty of time Of our consciences or Of our
actual ego. Remains double hypothesis of d
survival with consciousness or with a con-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

Pref. AdolThe Hoeneeke. rector Of the
Lutheran seminary and well known in
educational circles died in wauwatosa Of
gastric fever He was 3 years old
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
Cofton MIN. Paw Dixid.,a~

The cotton mills of New Bedford,
Mass, have paid dividends amounting to
rs per cent, the largest in the city's his
tory
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

life is strife the law Of life reasoning conscious life Is
union, love- Above the organic life above the life OF
struggle born life Of linked the first
The end is evident to destroy the struggle and to estab
lsh union where there discord, at first
between and animals finally between ami
mails and plants
l would wish 10 accomplish the will of Cod and to de
sire nothing passionately that thing Is 1t
possible? Yes. 1t is possible.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
MY LIFE DOES NOT BELONG TO ME.
BY Leo Toisfoi.

The end of life. No such end exists, it can
not exist, and no science can discover it. The
law OF direction, the path of life? Yes Re
ligion Is WISDOM II you like replies to this. 1t
answers that it gives the lie TO all the ways
that do not follow the one truth BY the ne
CATION Of false directions it indicates and
Eliminates the only true way. This Is how
it presents itself to me: The law of organic
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

In the trial Of resTiboae n BOISE Jrdse
Mood hesd thar the testimony Of Harry
Orchard had not ieen amply corTcsso-area
- warrant 4 conviction. ard then heard
he arguments on the notion for an IN
s,Eucted serdsct OF acassetaL
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

Besides owning KyApore and kim
ba!ton castles IN Great Br.ain, Eugene
Zimmerman Is trying 10 ct Tardess-
gee castle and Brampton house. tie
last II his scn-.E lars estates.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
roultry SHOW Cor Grana Rapla..

Arrangements have been made for hold
ing poultry and pet stock exhibit in
Grand Rapids, Jan. s to IL inclusive.