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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12

all the strength and power of the gov
eminent would be stretched forth to
put a stop to the calamity; yet quietly
and insidiously tuberculosis is yearly
effecting this fearful loss of life and
the government as well as individuals
great possibilities of the case.
In every city and considerable village
in the United States there should be
provided, under authority of law, an or
ganization for the prevention and cure
of tuberculosis under the supervision OF
medical men, These organizations
should be provided with accommodate
tons for the treatment of incipient and
advanced cases of the disease and
should also have authority to safe
guard those who are predisposed by
enforcing hygienic conditions.
The advanced or incurables should
be separated from the incipient or cur
able eases as they are the centers OF
infection and the greatest danger to the
public.
The isolation of consumptives on
railroad journeys, particularly on sleep
ing car trips across the continent, is
urged by DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, chief
of the chemistry bureau of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. He points out
that separate cars for those afflicted
with tuberculosis are as necessary as
detention camps.
The spread of the disease by con-
sumptives travelling on the railroads is
well-known danger, explains Dr. Wi
ley, who states that he is arranging
apparatus to take samples of the ma
terial breathed by people in sleeping
cars. As soon as these are taken they
will be analysed, with the general OBJ
ject in view Of supplying fresh air to
those who travel.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12

The Minnesota railroad commission has
ordered reduction in rates r-.igins from
% to 80 per cent on .nlk shipped over
the Mantorville b1anch Of the Chicago
Great Western road. The company will
appeal to the courts.
The hearing on North Dakota coal
rates before Referee Ioskins has been
concluded. The findings viii be submit
ted to the State Supreme Court. Efforts
are being made by the officials of the
State to get the coal rates ordered by the
railway commission enforced. Heretofore
the railroads have ignored the order on
the ground that the movement of coal
was of minor Importance in a freight
way and the rates We're coniscatory.
The directors Of the Chicago. Burling-
ton and Quincy railroad at New York
ratified the purchase Of a controlling III
terest in the Colorado and Southern.
which had Been acquired from Edwin
Hawley and associates. The purchase
was entirely of common stock to the
amount of $24.J00.000, giving the Hill
interests a majority of the S4S,000,000
total capital. IL gives the Hill system its
long-desired outlet to the Gulf Of Mexico.
Two receivers for the Municipal Trac-
ton Company and the Cleveland Rail
way Company have been appointed by
Federal Judge Taylor. Judge Taylor
made il clear that the receivers were
merely to preserve the property and that
he would not undertake to determine .he
rights of the Cleveland Railway Com
pany, or the Municipal Traction Com
pany to restoration of their property, bus
would reserve that decision for the final
hearing.
1t leaked ont in connection with the
order of the Pennsylvania railroad for
$4,000 tons of rails that after secret ne
gotiations the steel rail makers Of the
Pittsburg district had finally consented
to supply the rails at S2S a ton, while
permitting the inspectors Of the railroads
to be present at all times during the pro-
cess and to determine how much shall be
cut off the top Of the ingot from which
rails are to be cast. The concession cams
whrs it was learned that the Pennsyl-
yania had begun negotiations with for
eign makers.
Not counting Minnesota's share on in
terstate earnings, the tIsidy-four railroads
operating in the State last year received
go, G79, $50 as operating revenue on ship
ments originating in the State. The net
income on the entire lines Of the roads
which enter Minnesota was SS7, $50
for the year ending June 20. 1908.
The Northern Pacific railroad csrried
2,163, 347 passengers in Minnesota accord
ing to its annual report filed with the
railroad and warehouse commission. The
revenue for the State was s4.346. Gd2, and
for the entire line, sl3,336046 during the
past year. The earnings of the st. Paul
road for the year in Minnesota were
$685., 900.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12

in 1859, lin height six feet four inches
nearly; lean in flesh; weigh, on aver
age, 160 pounds; dark complexion,
with coarse, black hair and gray eyes
no other marks or brands recollected."
1t may be added that he was the first
President to wear beard, as Grant
was the first to wear a muStache. All
the Presidents who preceded Lincoln
were clean-shaven, as to lip and chin.
OF those who followed him no more
need be said than has been already
said in the comparisons with Mr.. Taft.
They are SO recent that few of us have
any mistaken notions In regard to their
personal appearance.
Thirteen Of the twenty-five chief ex-
ecutives of the nation have been above
the average in height and most Of these
have been in the neighborhood of or
above six feet. If one cannot be great
perpendicularly the matter of girth
must be sedulously cultivated. Though
not above the middle height, the two
Adamses, Johnson, Grant and Roose-
Welt, and even the still shorter ones,
Taylor, Cleveland and Mckinley, could
be properly classed as big men by rea-
son of their weight. The little man,
the man who is both short and thin.
he's a mighty slim chance Of getting
into the White House
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12

the mental, of Thomas jefferson. He
stood six feet one in his stocking feet.
and was very slender. Jackson's sue
cessor, Martin Van Buren,, was the
second of the little men TO occupy the
presidential chair. Little Van" was
the nickname his political enemies APP
piled to him. HeNwas below the mid
die height and slender, but erect. He
was fond Of the eleganeies of life, and
was always Immediately attired.
trait which magnified to the point of
dandyism in his son. prince John"
William Henry Harrison was a large
man and his frame was well knit and
Injured to physical hardships by many
campaigns against the Indians.
Tyler is described as a tall, thin,
fiat, clean-shaven man. with a beak-
like Roman nose and a prominent Adj
ANS apple that was in constant play
Polk was hardly so tall as Tyler, but
he also was slender, with an erect
figure and a handsome, scholarly face
He was never strong man physically.
His successor, for brief time, Zach
airy Taylor, was short and stout,
''dumpy," as the popular expression
puts it. Fillmore, who became Presi-
dent upon Taylor's death, was one of
the big men Of the presidential line.
Although under six feet in height, he
was broad. erect. He was what would
now be called "fine-looking" Franklin
Pierce, who came after him, was taller
probably, than Fillmore, but he was
rather slender. Pierce was the hand
soonest man who ever became Presi-
dent, 1t has been said, and his graces
Of manner were no less attractive.
Buchanan was tall and large of frame.
He habitually carried his head with
lean to one side, and he had another
physical popularity that was even more
unusual-one OF his eyes was hazel,
while the other was light blue.
Lincoln was one of the few Presi-
dents whose physical characteristics
are popularity known. but his own de-
scription of them is worth repeating
here 81 am" he wrote to an inquirer
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12

Jefferson, Jackson, Polk, Pierce, Tyler,
William Henry Harrison and Lincoln.
The featherweights of the line were
Madison, Van Buren, and Benjamin
Harrison, all three being below the av-
erage height and slender Harrison,
however, broadened out after he be-
came President, and Van Buren after
he retired. Hayes was of middle
height and thin.
Washington was tremendously boned
and muscled. but there was not an
ounce of superfluous flesh on his body.
His weight was 200 pounds. He wore
No. Is boots, and his hands were so
large he was obliged to have his gloves
made to order, while his finger joints
were so prominent that they were con-
sidered genuine curiosities." He had
large, thick nose that always turned
scarlet upon exposure to the wind. His
hair, in middle life, was a chestnut
brown and his eyes light blue, some
times approaching gray.
John Adams figure was large and
round" Jefferson was half an inch
taller than Washington. but of long
frame, thin and spare. His head was
set rather forward on his shoulders.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
N~o~~oo~~o~

1620-Landing of first settlers at Ply
mouth, Mass.
l119-The American Weekly Mercury,
the third newspaper in America, made
its first appearance in Philadelphia.
l790-Thomas Mifilin became the first
Governor of Pennsylvania under the
constitution of 1890.
lsoO-Attempt to assassinate Napoleon
Bonaparte
lS0I-Embargo act passed. forbiddnc
the departure of any vessel from the
United States for a foreign port
1Sll-More than 100 persons persisted in
the burning of theater in Rich
mond, Va The New Orleans, the
first steamboat built in western wat
ers, started from Pittsburg for New
Orleans
1S14-Treaty of peace between the
United States and Great Britain
signed at Client.
1S17-American Colonization Society.
which aimed to return free negroes
to Africa, formed in Washington,
d. G..
lS29-Georgia refused to permit the
Indians to set up an Independent gov
eminent in that State. -. \ party. of
Choctaws attacked camp of Usage
Indians on the Canadian river and
killed seven of their 0umber.
1S30-Patent for revolving firearm issued
to Samuel Colt
1S37-Steamer Caroline captured and de-
stroyed at Niagara Falls.
1S54-Two United States ships seized at
Havana for conveying arms and sedi-
tious proclamations. Armed collis-
ions took place in eastern Kansas
between the two political parties
1S61--Federal force captured Tybee ISL
and
1S62-Federal force captured Fore Van
Buren,, Ark.
1S64-Wilmington, n. c., bombarded by
the Union fleet. Gen. Sherman
entered the city of Savannah
1S71-Great fire in Little Rock. Ark.
1SS7-David Howard Harrison became
premier of Manitoba.
1sS9-Charles l. proclaimed king of Por-
tugal.
train robbery on the
Southern Pacific near Burbank. Cal.
1S94-Captair Dreyfus found guilty and
sentenced to Devils Island for life. :.
Sir Mackenzie Bowel became pre-
mier of Canada and formed new
ministry.
1900-President Paul Kruger arrived In
Paris. Martial law proclaimed in
Cape Colony.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
DINNER AND DARLING.

Showing How Similarity of Ap-
parel May Sometimes Deceive.
Still shedding an occasional trickle
of rice from their garments when they
moved, very young couple recently
provided for carful of bored travellers
the touch Of comedy relief for a long
journey through a fog-dimmed land
scape.
They were so very youhg. so very
fond, so very obliviors Of the penetrat-
ing quality Of the whispers In which
they exchanged tender nothings. they
had captured the amused attention OF
the entire car. They had been too oc-
cupied with each other to remember
to dine, until the train was rapidly
nearing the place where the dining car
was to be dropped, and where they
were to leave it for long drive by
coach.
Then the young husband FASTENED
back to see IL there was yet time to
snatch a mouthful. while the girl-wife
began gathering their things together,
putting on her waterproof and tying
big blue veil over her bridal hat
Presently he returned, glanced down
the aisle. nxed an adoring gaze upon
gray-waterproofed figure with a blue
ven halfway along II. and dropping
into the seat beside her. said, raptur.
ously. In a voice of excellent carrying
quality:
"EarIing. we can have an oyster
stew"
waterproofs are deceptive things
The gray hgrre turned, and rich Irish
voice replied:
"Darlin' | may be. sor,-IT niver be
denying the name I've often answered
to.-but I'm not the darlin' yen be
fsedin' eyesrers TO, worse luck Yell
find her three seats beyant"
He found her-rapidly: and the IRE
pressihle litter that followed their exit
In search OF oysters aroused them sud.
denly to a consciousness Of other in
habitants than loves and doves. even In
their rosiest OF worIds-Youth's Com
panion-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
OPEN NEW CLUB HOUSE,
KimberIey-Clark Co. Turns over
Structure TO Employees.

kimberley-Clark Co. Turns Over
Structure TO Employees.
The new club house. erected in Mag
ara by the Kimberley Clark Company for
the use of its employees. was dedicated
Saturday night. Over 600 people were
in attendance at the dedicatory exercises,
which consisted of reception IN the af-
ternoon, followed by luncheon served in
the club house and vaudeville entertain
ment in the evening The building is
IL" shaped. two stories high. with
frontage on the river of I'D feet. A
large gymnasium for the use of both men
and women employees of the company oc-
cupies one end of the building. The gym
nasium is fully equipped and is so ar
ranged that it can easily be transformed
into an auditorium with seating capacity
OF 600 Pool billiard and card rooms and
bowling alleys occupy the rest of the
main floor with enough room left in the
wing for the managers Office. The sec
ond floor is given over to large reception
and reading rooms.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
Romh Fires Fortx Shots.

What is said to be the most deadly
hand grenade ever invented has been sent
TO the Army Arsenal at Manila for trial.
1t is the invention of Lieut.. W. S. Mapes
of the Twenty-ffth infantry, New York
er by birth, and if it proves a success ii
will make one American soldier equal TO
forty men. The grenaoc resembles a stick
of dynamite about inches long, and is
so constructed that it is perfectly safe to
carry. 1t is so light that one man can
carry several of them. When ready for
use, the soldier swings the instrument
about his head in circle by means of two
tapes, and then huils it toward the enc
my. When it strikes the ground it ex-
plodes with great violence, scattering its
bullets and pieces of metal parallel with
and near the ground. Lieut.. Mapes is
the man who invented the poncho boat,
which is made Of poncho, two shelter
tent poles, one shelter tent, logging lace,
four rifles and two blankets. 1t will float
the entire equipment of four men.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
American Pompeii Found

The annual report of Secretary VOL
colt of the Smithsonian Institution tells
oil the unearthing of second Pompeii at
Casa Grande, Ariz. Under a special an
preparation of Congress, Dr. ]. Walter
Fewkes made excavations of a prehistoric
city, the largest structure uncovered dur
ing the year being a building 200 feet
long, with eleven rooms, the massive
walls inclosing a plaza. In the central
room there IS seat called by the Pima
Indians the Seat of Montezuma. Score
tary Wolcott also reports the additisn
during the year of 100000 specimens re-
lating to many branches of science The
most important loan addition is the
American flag, 30 feet square. which float
ed over Fort McHenry during the war
of 1912 and which was the inspiration
for the writing of THE Star-Spangled
Banner by Francis Key.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
Baby at 23 Begins TO Grow

Mildred Hart of London, England who
although % years old, has the develop
ment of child of 5, has at last begun to
grow by the aid Of a physician who in
October last diagnosed the case and dis
covered the absence of the thyroid secre-
ton. He has been administering 12b
grains of the extract of the thyroid
glands, daily, since, with the result that
the girl has grown 215 inches taller, has
cut several new teeth and has developed
ferocious appetite, which she had never
shown before. The most wonderful change
is said to be in her mental condition. She
has become extraordinarily loquacious us
ing a vocabulary she could not possibly
have developed in two months. showing
that she had unconsciously listened to
and stored up words without the power
to use them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
.as sugar We Eat I'm a Year.

More than half his we hit in sugar is
what the average American eats in a
year. according to the estimate made by
the Bureau Of Statistics. The total con
sumption of sugar in 1907 was 1889
665.975 pounds. OF this amount 81
per cent was of home production and II Z
per cent was brought from our insular
possessions, the remaining 81 per cent
coming from foreign countries AT the
same time we exported 100000 pounds
For the first time the production of beet
sugar in the United States exceeded that
of cane sugar. The product of the latter
was 544.000000 pounds aid Of the former
9e7, 100000 pounds. The worlds produc-
ton of sugar has nearly doubled in the
last twenty years, the total for last year
being 32,0OO,000,O00 pounds
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12

and, his neck being long, 1t habitually
pfotruded when he was walking or
talking.
Madison, the father OF the constitu-
ton, was physically unlike any OF his
predecessors Below the average height,
he was small OF frame Throughout
his long and eminently useful life be
was a semi-invalid, and il Is a singular
fact that the tH Presidents who lived
to the greatest age were in early life
convinced that death was constantly
waiting Just around the corner for
them. John Adams was for many
years morbidly anxious about his
health, but during the last half OF his
ninety years Of life he was exception
ally hale and hearty. Not 50 with
Madison From extreme youth to his
death at IS be was feeble and sickly.
James Monroe was rather more
than six feet high. broad and square
shouldered and raw boned-" He was
man Of great physical strength, but
awkward In his movements
John Quincy Adams bore a strong
personal resemblance TO his father.
John Adams. although perhaps a
little taller and a little more bald
His successor. Andrew Jackson, had
rs physical shzractssisucS but hot
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
WILL FILL MANY OFFICES.
Gov. Davidson Has Important APP
pOintments to Make.


Gov Davidson's second administration
will be fraught with other important du
tics than the mere diligence of getting
some of his recommendations through the
legislature. A score of important APP
peiEtinents must be made The commits
sions Of Prof. b. H. Meyer chairman of
the railroad commission. and of Norman
S. Gibson of tho State tax commission, ex-
pire during the next five months. but il
now seems probable that both men will
be feappointed. The success of an admin
istration depends so much upon the men
chosen to important positions. that Gov.
Davidson will spend much time examin-
ing the availability of both the present
incumbents and others suggested. Follow
ing are some of the important positions
to be filed during the next year, by rea-
son of the expiration of present commits
sions
r. j. Cunningham. Chippewa Falls. civil
Service Commissioner. Term expires June y.
r. H. Never Madison. chairman of Rail-
road Commission. Term expires hrst Mon
day in February.
Norman s ellison Fond du Lac. member
of State Tax Commission Term expires
frst Monday in May Appointment must be
NJ G. Bergh. Yiroqua, Commissioner of
Banking. appointment expired May 10,
1905. Confirmation by Senate required.
Charles c. Bennett South Wayne, Super
intendent of Public Property. Term expires
first Monday in January.
j. Q. Emery. Albion. State Dairy and
Food Commissioner Term expires first
Monday in February.
j. ID. Beck. CashtOn, Commissioner of the
Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics
Term expires first Monday III February.
Edward l.. Tracy. Milwaukee, State Oil
Inspector. Term expires April 1.
Edward Pollack, Lancaster, State Treas
ury Agent. Term expired Aug 4. 1907.
DIR. {. a. Harper. Madison, member State
Board of Health. Term expires first Mon
day in February.
y T. France Platteyille. Inspector of
Apiaries Term expires May %
NJ ii. Whitaker Milwaukee. member of
State Barber Board. Term expires July /.
George f Merrill, Ashland, and A. p.
Nelson Grantsburg, members of the Board
of University Regents Terms expire first
Monday in February
w r. McFetridge. Baraboo. member of
State Park Board Term expires March J.
John Harrington. Oshkosh, member of
Board of Normal Regents. Term expires
first Monday in February.
Several appointments on the State
board of agriculture and a number of
deputy oil inspectors must also be chosen
this year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
UNCLE SAM STANDS SECOND.
Year Book Shows Naval Strength of
the World Powers.


Our navy stands second among those
of the great world powers at the pres
ent time, according to the Navy Year
Book" prepared by Pitman Pulsifer,
clerk TO the Senate navy committee.
Germany follows third, while France
has dropped to fourth place, and Japan
is fifth.
The ''Year Book" will show that
Great Britain has sixty-one hrst-class
battleships, with tonnage of 91o,33O;
the United States thiry-one, with a
tonnage of 449,T96; Germany, thirty
one, with a tonnage of Ala. 4S6; France,
twenty-six, with a tonnage of 357.132,
and Japan, fifteen, with tonnage of
2333, 444
Including armored cruisers also. how
ever, France ranks Germany. her navy
tonnage of both battleships and armor-
ed cruisers being 5T3, 364 while that of
Germany is only 54S254. The tonnage
of the United States battleships and
armored cruisers is 607,24l. That of
Great Britain is 1,395,930
France takes precedence of both the
United States and Germany if the ton
mage of all the vessels in the navy, in
Guiding submarines, torpedo boats. and
so forth, is counted. All told. France
has 516 vessels to the credit of her
navy, their total tonnage being SOL
lSS, while the total tonnage of the en-
tire German navy is 693.399. that of
the United States 770,46S, and that of
Japan 444 ,903
The book says that Japan is doing
little ship building, the only vessels
now in course of construction being two
battleships.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
BURNED STOCK STOLEN.

Insurance Company May Cause Ar
rest of Many on Larceny Charge.
A representative of one of the insur-
ance companies that carried heavy pol
icy on the plant of the Fox River Valley
Knitting Company at Menasha, which
was completely destroyed by fire Mon
day night, declared that a number of ar
rests for larceny would be made in Me-
nasha. it having been learned that no
less than $1,000 worth of stock was
stolen after the fire had been extinguish-
ed. 1t is said that dozens of Menasha
people entered the plant after the fire
and helped themselves to mittens, gloves,
German socks, sweaters, and, in fact,
all sorts of knit goods. 1t is also re-
ported that ID. Nottage, president of the
company, who lives in Appleton. and sew
eral other members of the concern look
with favor upon the suggested removal of
the plant from Menasha to Appleton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
AGED PRIEST Is BRAVE.
Father Caron Celebrates Midnight
Mass Despite Warnings.

Rev. Father Caron, the aged pastor of
st. Joseph's Catholic church in Marinette,
sang midnight mass Christmas under
stranP4 circumstances. Just week be-
fore he had received an anonymous let
ter threatening him with death if he tried
to celebrate the special Christmas SER
vice. The letter also stated that in the
event that il would be impossible to kill
him. that the church would be blown up
with dynamite. The pastor spoke of the
strange epistle to his congregation. and
many wanted him to dispense with the
midnight mass this year. fearing for his
safety. But he refused. saying that he
was an old man. had always tried to do
his duty and he knew of no reason why
such an outrage should be perpetrated.
The church was filed and there was much
anxiety on the part of the congregation
until the service was over. Nothing un-
usual occurred and special precautions
for the safety of the church and pastor
were taken.