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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19
AN INTERESTING EXHIBIT.

Newspapers From Distant Lands
Oddities of the Foreign Press.
We extend cordial invitation to the
public TO examine a collection of news
papers from the most remote parts of the
world now on exhibit at our office.
These papers were sent to us by the
Chamberlain Medicine company, Des
Moines, Iowa.
'Sin Wan Pao" published daily at
Shangha; is printed on strip of tissue
paper fifty inches long and two fit. wide
The paper is extremely thin and is
printed on one side only.
The Burmese language, as printed, is
composed principally of a combination
of circles.
Cingalese, the language of Ceylon, is
also curvilinear. Javanese and Siamese
are composed largely of vertical lines
connected by loops at either top or bot
tom hut rarely at both. These Ian
guages bear some resemblance to the
vertical writing now practiced in our
public schools.
There are also ten of the fifty different
dialects of India in the collection.
Bengali, Gujurathi, Hindi, Kanarese,
Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi Tamil,
Telegu and Urdu. The Sindhi and
Urdu are written from right to left in
the Hebrew fashion
Besides the vernaculars and the well
known European languages, French,
Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch. German,
ETC., the list embraces number of Ian
guages which until comparatively recent
times possessed no alphabet but for
which the Roman alphabet has been
adopted. Among these are the native
Hawaiian, Samoan, Tagalog philippine
Islands), Kaflir, Zulu and Basuto, of
South Africa. There is also a modern
form or the Malay language using Ro-
man characters known as Romauized
Malay. This is used in Java and East
Indies
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19

SENATOR r. NJ. LA TOILETTE has
one vacancy as midshipman in the
U, S. Naval academy at Annapolis
to fill from the state of Wisconsin
at large. He has decided to fill this
vacancy by recommending the
candidates standing highest in a
competitive examination. At his
request this examination will be
conducted by the State Civil Ser
vice Commission and will be held
throughout the state at the same
time as the state competitive exam
nations advertised for February
9th, 1909.
Essential qualifications "A sound
body and constitution, suitable prep
aration, good natural capacity
aptitude for study, industrious hab-
its, perseverance, an obedient and
orderly disposition and a correct
moral department
Age limits, 16 to 20 years inclusive.
Minimum height, 5 TT. , in, be-
tween ages of 16 and Is years and
5 #. in, Between ages of is and
20 years.
Minimum weight los lbs. at Is
years, with an increase of not less
than 5 lbs. for each additional year
or fraction of year over one-half.
Hearing The ticking of an ordin-
airy watch should be heard dis
lance of 40 inches.
Sight lie. 1920 for each eye with
out the aid of glasses.
Further information (and applica-
ton blanks) win be furnished upon
application to Senator r. NJ. LaFol-
lette or to the State Civil Service
Commission, Madison. Wis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19
ROOSEVELT has at least one sens

ROOSEVELT has at least one sensa-
ton every day. Last Thursday he
rode SO miles on horseback in seven
teen hours. There were four relays
of horses. His object was to prove
to the critics who have found fault
with the recent order requiring all
army and navy officers to take a
physical test; that if a president,
who is not in training, can ride more
than ninety miles in one day without
being laid up in bed thereby, it
should not be too much to ask the
men who are supposed to be in the
best of physical training all the
time to ride ninety miles in three
days"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19

Free throws, Farber 10, John 3
Field goals, Johnson A, Sipes 8, Farber
2, Mcconnell 2, David |.
Referee-Otto
Umpire-Schneller
The preliminary game between the
second team and the challengers was
won by the challengers by a score of
1912.
The following is complete list of all
pupils chosen for the deelamatory and
oratorical contests. The first mentioned
for each class was chosen by the class
and the remainder were picked by the
faculty. For the declamatory contest:
Seniors Marie Brands, Mary Nichols
and Conrad Anthem
Juniors-Leah Deutch and Harold
Kruger.
Sophomores-Ka Katherine Molter and
Ada Clement.
For the oratorical contest:
Seniors-Conrad Anthem, Sam Wells,
Wylie Sampson.
Junior-August Schneider, Coney
Piper.
Sophomores Milton Sitter and Guy
Kamsdell
The physics class will visit the electric
power plant some time this week.
The examinations for the first semes-
ter will be given next week starting
Tuesday morning
The Lincoln Debating club decided
not to hold an open debate as had been
planned The reason for giving it up
for this year is that it was so late in get
ting started that the debate would in
terfere with the commencement work
of the seniors who were to take part in
the debate
Friday afternoon three men attend
ing the Y. NJ c. A. convention spoke
at the high school The three men
were Mr.. Smith, of Milwaukee, Mr..
Adams, physical director at GAINESVILLE
and Mr. Wones, state secretary of boys
work.
Miss Ruby Smith was absent from
school last week on account of sickness.
A spread was given by the teachers
of the Humboldt building in honor of
Misses Tobey and Edwards who are to
be married.
Miss Fannie Meyer was unable to
take charge of her school Monday. Her
place was filled by Miss McGuine.
There will be lyceum program next
Friday.
Janette Ried is confined to her home
with al attack of scarlet fever.
Shy's Ministries will make their second
appearance at the lyceum program next
Friday.
The Rhinelander team which was
scheduled to play here next Friday will
not do so. The game was cancelled last
week and the Wittenburg acadamy team
will play here instead.
Wausau played the acadamy two
years ago and won by large score.
Wittenberg seemed anxious to get
game this year, which undoubtedly
means that they have strong team and
they ought to put up fast and interest
ing game against Wausau.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19
TRAINING SCHOOL NOTES.

The teachers meeting at Athens last
Saturday was of more than usual inter
est. The attendance, including teach
ers. pupils from the high school and
nearby county schools, district officers
and the sisters in charge of the parochial
schools, numbered 10
Excellent music was furnished by the
high school orchestra and girls quar-
tette.
The first topic, Difficulties in Teach
ing Primary Reading" was presented
by Bertha Koenig, Lille Kastel and
Marguerite Blend, and discussed by
Miss Josephine Fitzgerald, supervisor
of practice teaching, Stevens Point nor
NAL school. As evidence of how far the
normal schools have drifted from the
country schools it is interesting to note
that her carefully prepared paper on
this subject was of nc use to her aud had
to be laid aside and the difficulties pre-
sented by the rural school teacher dis
cussed extemporaneonsly. At the close
of the day Miss Fitzgerald said that the
meeting had been revelation to her
and had given her new and keener
interest in the problems of teaching.
Middle Form Arithmetic" was well
presented by Miss Theresa Armbruster
of the Athens school, and led to an ami
mated discussion in which the lately
Wanted "Speer Method" received
rough handling.
Middle Form Geography" by Harry
Quandt, and Upper Geography by
Prin. Z. K. Hutton were clearly, con-
eisely and strongly presented but lack
of time prevented extended discussion.
Miss Ellen Mcdonald of the Training
schoc. bad the topic Current Events"
which she said she should present after
the manner of the preacher who an
nounced that his discussion would be
one half on the subject and one half
off the subject. She first illustrated
how current events may be correlated
with the regular studies bv utilizing the
earthquake at Messina as an effective
lesson in teaching the geography of
Italy. Her discourse "off the subject
was on the teaching of drawing which
she effectively and amusingly illustrated
by drawings and rapid transformations
Mr.. Wells, on THE Relation of Geog-
raphy to History" urged the necessity
of giving every historical event local
habitation as well as name He illus
trated by sketehing the geography of
the wars which have occurred in the
United States, outlining the campaigns
and locating the battles
| Miss Bohrer closed the program with
n characteristic and enthusiastic adj
dress on Transportation" describing
| the methods and means of transporta-
ton in the city of New York
The public school teachers are pleased
to have the sisters as regular attend
ants upon these meetings. At their in
vitation the visitors were pleased to
visit their elegant new school building.
Visiting teachers were royalty enter
tanned by the local teachers. The
weather was moderate and the sleigh
ing good, making the journey an unus-
ually pleasant one.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19

The leading editorial in the Wau-
sau Record Herald of January 18th,
referring to President-elect Taft's
visit to Atlanta, and his effort to
break up the democratic alignment
of the South, says:
And yet, OF election day, these
states have year after year voted
for candidates because they were
labeled with the name of the party
which championed rebellion in
1879"
In the campaign of 1860, the dem
ocratic party split on the question
whether congress and territorial
legislatures had the right to pre-
vent the holding of slaves in a ter
ritory. Breckenridge, the nominee
of the southern wing of the party,
was badly beaten in the popular
vote at the election by Douglas, his
democratic opponent.
When the South rebelled, the
democrats of the North stood 10y
ally by President Lincoln and the
union. They shed their blood as
freely for the country as their re-
publican brothers. Without them
the war could never have been won.
We supposed the war and the day
of the bloody shirt was over, but it
seems that the editor of the Wau-
sau daily is narrow enough, to go
back nearly half a century, to res
urrect political lie with which to
insult his democratic readers.
If the southern democrats politi-
cal faith is based on other than
economic reasons, we advise our
narrow minded neighbor to look
at the infamous carpet bag govern
ment which was forced on the
bleeding South by the republican
party, where the whites were forced
to submit to negro domination,
backed up by standing army. The
riot of exploitation, insult and
humiliation visited on the South
during that time is a lasting blot
on the republican party, and will
live long in the hearts of the south
ern people.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19
PERSONAL MENTION.

&C. G. Yawkey went to Chicago last
evening
e A Gaoding is in Wittenberg to-
day on business.
Judge A, H. Reid is in Rhinelander
where he is holding court.
Miss Mary Hughes of Merrill, is a
guest of Judge and Mrs A. II Reid.
Fay Marshall is in Toledo. Ohio,
attending retail lumbermen's conven.
ton.
w A. Schwartz, who resides near
Merrill, was in the city on business,
Saturday.
Mrs. Chas. Baker, of Antigo, was in
the city on Saturday, guest of Mrs.
Harriet G. Baker.
Miss Helen Baker of Ashland, is
visiting her aunts, Mrs. Russell Lyon
and Mrs. IL Z. Smith.
Grin Liliqvest departed for Rhine
lander on Monday in the interests of G.
f Dunbar Co., jewellers.
%. c. Callies departed yesterday for
points in the southern part of the state
and in Illinois. He will be absent for
about two weeks.
Miss Helen Coates, of Freeport, H.,
a cousin of j. w. Coates, arrived in the
city lass Wednesday. She is guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Coates.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. +. futile, of
Minneapolis, spent few days in Wan
sau visiting relatives last week They
returned home Monday.
Ed. j. Radiant of Milwaukee, is visit
ing his brother-in-law, Chas. Helke.
Mr.. RADIANT was a resident of this city
at one time, leaving here eight years
ago
Miss Josephine Baldwin, who has
been visiting the past year with her sis
tiers, Mrs. X f. Parcher and Mrs. G.. f.
Dunbar, of this city, departed Thursday
for Salina, Colorado, where she will
visit the balance of the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand Kaeding,
of Truman, Mimi, who have been visit
ing at the home of Henry Meuret the
past ten days, returned to their home
yesterday This was their first trip to
Northern Wisconsin and they were
very much pleased with it,
f. ID. Widmer returned Monday
from International Falls, Mimi. 1t is
up near the state line some 800 miles
further north than Wausau. MIR. Wild
mer says, it has been extremely cold up
there for several weeks, beng below
zero most of the time, and occasionally
going below forty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19

A WAUSAU gentleman who was in
Chicago last week, informs us that
he saw hundreds of children, many
of them almost barefooted, picking
up coal in the railroad yards. He
said it made his blood boil to think
of the money being sent from
America to the earthquake victims
in Italy, with such conditions exist
ing at home. The above statement
hardly seems possible, but we have
known the gentleman who made it
for several years and have no reason
to doubt his statement. If true,
the remarkable thing is that the
Chicago papers have had nothing to
say regarding these conditions.
Can it be that they really do exist
and that the corporation owned
press of our western metropolis is
too busy shouting good times aud
prosperity TO notice the thousands
of suffering poor, in its midst We
used to believe everything we read
in the papers but now-well, one of
our local papers announced few
days ago that farmers were selling
their logs in Wausau for sl2 and $13
per M. 1t wasn't exactly untrue,
as small per cent. of Eastwood
and rock elm GO at that price, but
with hemlock logs at So. 90 and 800,
and birch at s. 90 and $500, it does
look like manufactured paper pros
perity to talk about farmers selling
their logs at $l2. 90 and $500.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19
A Horrible Hold Up.

About ten years ago my brother was
'held up in his work, health and hap
piness by what was believed to be hope
less Consumption, writes w. r. Lips
comb, Of Washington, n. G.. He took
all kinds of remedies and treatment
from several doctors, but found no help
till be used DR.. Kings New Discovery
and was wholly cured by six bottles
He is we'll man to-day" It's quick 10
relieve and the suresJ cure for weak or
sore lungs, Hemorrhages, Con CHS and
Colds. Bronchitis, La Grippe, Asthma
and all Bronchial affections. soc and
81 90 Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by w. w. Albers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19
LINCOLN SCHOOL NOTES.

Zenas Pittsley is back at work after
an absence of several weeks.
Despite the cold weather, the attend
ance in the kindergarten has been very
good. Three new children were en-
rolled Monday.
We are very sorry that little Julia
Porter mas to be taken to the hospital
and undergo serious operation on the
ear
Anna Anderson of room A has the
mumps.
Ruben Newmann is absent on account
of diphtheria in the home.
The kindergarteners are studying
about Time and Time Tellers.
Supt Tobey and Miss McGuine were
visitors at the Lincoln Wednesday and
Thursday.
DO not forget the illustrated lecture
"a Tour of the White Mountains,
Thursday evening at 40 in our gym
nasium. We hope you viii all come
and help us with our picture fund.
The pupils of the sixth and seventh
grades have certainly enjoyed some
treats in the way of good talks during
the last week Thursday MIR. Hubbard,
missionary of China, gave most in
structive talk on the country in which
he has been iaboTing He told facts in
such an interesting manner that they
could not fail to be remembered Mon
day morning. Mr.. Hubbard told them
many things of the country in which
he. as secretary for the T. NJ C. A has
spent the past five years 1t is needless
In say he had the undivided attention
of all when describing the country,
Manchuria and giving an account q
some events in the Russian-Japanf u
war.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19
Causes Of Blindness.

The dangers to which the modern eye
is exposed fall into tive great classes
disease and oyeruse from near work.
Here another great consoling fact faces
us, and thal is that while overwork
and consequent eye strain are by far
the commonest troubles that befall the
modern eye, discomfort and ineficieney
are as far as they go in 80 cases out
of 100. 1t is fact that 80 $40 per
cent. of all blindness IS due to disease
and not TO overworl.
More significant yet, seven-tenths Of
the diseases which produce blindness
are the acute infections. against which
civilization wages an unceasing and
victorious confiict.-Woman' Home
Companion
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19

THERE must be a revision of the
statutes by this legislature, says a
writer in the Milwaukee News.
That revision can only be made after
a special committee of the legisla-
ture has put in much time going
through the statutes and arranging
them and rewriting them in revised
form. To make these revised stat
utes a part of the laws of Wiscon-
sin special session of the legisla-
,ture will be necessary, and it may
be that the revision will be made
fourth subject for the special or ad-
iourned session and that for this
reason, knowing that they must
come back to Madison anyway, the
members of the legislature will be
more willing to accept the PROPOSE
ton for an adjourned session.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19
he courts should thereafter de

the courts should thereafter de-
clare the land grant forfeited. He
could not, in fact, undertake to buy
them because they were not for
sale. Hartman, who claims them
under the grants will not sell them.
and the government cannot sell
them while Harriman's claim stands
in the way. Was it necessary that
Senator Tillman should have en-
tered into a precise explanation,
showing that, at one time, when he
thought these lands were for sale,
he tiled to purchase some of them?
1t would not have been even proper
for him to thus needlessly take up
the time of the Senate.
Therefore, Senator Tillman's
statement that he had not under
taken to buy any of these lands,
was not really, but only apparently,
open to this worst construction
which the president desires to have
placed upon it.
Mr.. Tillman is accused of no
crime, of no statutory law break
ing" says the Milwaukee Sentinel.
1t may be held to involve no legal
deriliction," says the New York
Tribune. Neither of these papers
can be claimed as friendly to Till
man, and both of them, in the
editorials from which the foregoing
admissions are quoted, argue only
that Mr.. Tillman did not speak
frankly" and that his speech in
defense, exhibits "a lax and careless
view of the responsibilities and
propriety which hedge in states
man" This would be true if we
put the worst construction possible
on Senator Tillman's statement to
the Senate, but, even then where is
Roosevelt going to find any ex-
cuse, which will relieve him in the
public eye, from greater breach
of propriety than his detectives
found Tillman to be guilty of?
How can he appear to the public as
behaving decently and properly,
using his sleuths to investigate the
propriety and decency of behavior
of man against whom he holds
a personal grudge, not trying to
find out whether the man COM
mitted a crime, but whether he has
not made a statement that was not
sincere, so that people who be-
lieved him sincere may now doubt
his sincerity. Is this purpose for
which a president may decently and
properly spend the public money
appropriated only for the detection
of crime? Is this such a matter
take the worst possible view of it
concerning which president, hold
ing a grudge against the person
concerned, may deceutly and
properly bother Congress with a
special message =? Of the two cases
of improperly, the one which the
president attempts against the
senator, and the one which the
presidents message makes out
against himself, surely the latter
takes the more lax and careless
view of what is or is not proper f~
a statesman to do.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19
The Central Deal.

The purchase of the Wisconsin
Central railroad by the Canadian
Pacific road has been one of the
sensations of the past week. 1t was
a deal which is going to stir up to a
considerable extent the western
rans-continental field, and it will
be some time before all interested
will find out lust where they are
at. The purchase in no way bene-
fits Wausau, nor could it unless the
road should be built in here, and at
present there isn't the least indica-
tion that it will be. Wausau is way
off the air line which the road is
DESTROYS Of getting through to
Duluth. The plan now seems to be
to build line from Darlington, in
Racine county, to Portage, from
there use its old road bed to
Spencer, and build a line from there
to Owen, in Clark county, cutting
off Colby and Abot tsford, then use
its old road bed to Ladysmith, and
then build the proposed line to
Duluth. This will give direct line
to Chicago, eliminating all round
about ways.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19
THERE have been introduced into

THERE have been introduced into
the legislature, by the democrats,
resolutions demanding an inquiry
into all expenditures of the state
primary. They have asked that a
committee of six be appointed con-
sisting of three members from each
house that they be given author
ity to compel attendance of wit
nesses and take testimony; that a
report De made to the legislature
on or before April 1st. These, or
similar resolutions, should be passed
by the legislature and thorough
investigation made. If the repub-
licans feel that it is necessary to GO
back and Investigate LaFollette's
campaign let it be done, but by all
means make Isaac Stephenson, who
delights in breaking this law, show
up the amount of his expenditures
during the recent campaign.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19
Man Owns wife,s Ore. .es.

The question of who owns the dress
IS of wife came up in the Brompton
county court of Maryland recently and
the judge decided that the husband tS
the owner. The man held that he had
given the wife the money to buy the
dresses in dispute and although they
were not paid for it was decided that
they belonged to him
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19

JOHN w. KERN made very active
fight for United States Senator in
the Indiana Legislature. but was
defeated. He started off with a
large lead but not sufficient to elect
him. A deadlock was created and
finally B. F. Shively, of South Bend,
was nominated.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19

LINCOLN county wants county
training school for teachers and will
so petition the legislature. 1t is
expected that there will be an in
crease for eight more at this meet
ing OF .the legislature. Marathon
set a pretty good example for its
sister counties when it built the first
county training school for teachers
in existance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19

Successful women were not always
of irreproachable beauty or modelling
Thus. the Princess d'Evoli of Louis
xV.'s time was one-eyed. the slit OF
Montespan's mouth reached her ears.
Nine. de Maintenon was thin, meager
and yellovish. --Hindustan Review.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-19
Grocery Trust.

To show that the money power is
bent upon getting control of all
kinds of business of our country, it
is only necessary to call attention
to the fact that the Standard Oil
company is planning to gain con-
troll of the retail grocery business.
The movement is about to begin in
Philadelphia. 1t is claimed that it
is an opportunity for the profitable
use of large capital, the great
chance of economy in management
and in expenditures and the saving
of enormous sums III the purchase
or manufacture of goods. OF course
the people in due time will have
to pay enormous rates for all of
their food supplies, as they do now
for meats, or any article wholly
controlled by the trusts.