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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13

have her sign the bill o. sale. She
didn't know nothin' about bills o. sale.
Camb would call her an hand her IA
pen an tell her to sign an she'd sign.
"Finerly there come time when
she took a notion that she wanted n
new cook stove. She had a right good
one that Camb's mother had given her
for a weddin' present The oven wus
a trifie burned out an one or two o.
the lids had got broke an there wus a
crack or two acrost the top that inter
fered with the draft, but it wus a
right good stove, all the same, an
Camb put his foot right down.
You mix you up some salt an
ashes an plaster up them cracks If
you don't like them, he says. AS
fur's the lids bein' broke is concerned,
don't see why you can't keep a kittle
on one hole all the time an make the
other lid do. Mex time go to town
I'll bring a piece o sheet iron to put
in the oven an reckon you'll make
out to use it few years longer.
well, she took on about it con
sidrable. The more she thought about
it the more she wanted q new stove
and hated the idee o. maxim out with
the old one. Finerly, one day a neigh
Dor woman came in an Mrs. Strobe
told her all about it.
why don't you pluck up sperrit
an git it anyway says the neighbor
woman.
whats the use O. pluckin' up sper-
rit If you can't pluck up no money!
says Mrs. Strobe. STROBE won't give
me none
~ heered that all the property wus
in your name says the neighbor. 90
course if it hain't you CANT do moth
in. but If it is l don't see nothin' to
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13
New woman i'm Turkeyr

Is the new woman about to capture
Turkey? During the recent political
agitation the unheard-of spectacle was
to be seen at Salonica Of a woman Of
rank, the wife OF young Turk.
parading unveiled through the streets
with a banner, 10 the delight Of her
husbands partisans. At MonastIr
many women, bent on political errands,
Travelled about alone.
If this is to be the result OF a con-
stitutlonal movement, what is to be-
come Of the prophets strict command
against women showing their faces in
public? Gone viii be the poets dream
OF the dark-eyed beauties Of Circassla
leading lives Of Incidence behind the
screens Of the mysterious harem. II
the daughters of the near east, like the
daughters Of Nippon, are TO adopt the
fashions Of Paris, s. in for political
economy, suffragism, socialism and
small families. like British fashion
ables, and start women's clubs, plat.
form campaigns and summer college
courses like their American sisters,
whole world OF tradition and romance
will soon disappear.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13

been in close touch with the construc-
ton companies in Montana, Idaho and
Washington. has returned to Chicago
with the report that freight trains will
be running over the whole system in
May.
"Harking back to the days when Jay
Cook was stalled at Bismarck in his
effort to build the Northern Pacific
across the continent" he said, land
then looking at this giant achievement
of the new century. one is forced to
marvel at the methods which make it
possible to build railroads at such
speed. In the nearly three years since
April, 1906, the construction companies
at work ON the Pacific extension have
removed 600OO,000 cubic yards of
earth. cut 100000 cubic yards of tun-
mel through the Rocky Bitter Root and
Cascade mountains, put up twenty
miles of steel bridges and laid 100000
tons of rails at a total cost of $780,
100000"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13

to death by their own tribe. So they
promised the Indians-these white men
did-that if they would just go peace
fully across the Mississippi, they could
have all the land there was out there,
except the part embraced by the States
of Missouri and Louisiana. They could
have the rest of the continent forever.
if they would only clear out.
Perhaps those white men don't fore
see that their children would want to
settle west of the Missippi. But that's
what happened. Ont Of the red mems
boundless territory was carved State
after State, finally leaving only Indian
Territory. And this, the red men were
told, should be really and truly theirs
forever and ever and ever. They cut
the Indian Territory in two and made
part of it Oklahoma. Still they
weren't satisfied. There was still lots
of rich country there. They wanted
1t. They used specious arguments.
the world-Indians didn't know what
TO do with the country-were better
off without it. They convinced them
selves that it was better for them to
have the land than for the Indians
By 1898 Congress was ready to drive
the Creek nation from its stronghold.
1t was done through a commission.
The Dawes commission was to count
the Indians, organize them into sepa-
rate divisions along tribal lines. sur
vey the land. then figure one-quarter
section to each Indian, and let the rest
be sold in open market-to the whites
of course
The Greeks refused to accept the
allotments. Chief Crazy Snake wanted
to gather all the Indians up and emf
crate to Mexico. EIe didn't want to
vote and pillow the SOIL He wanted TO
live his old life. The general exodus
proved impractical. Old Crazy Snake
stood things as long as he could.
White men respected him, but they
knew the turmoil going ON behind that
immobile face. He pleaded with the
sense of fairness of visiting party
of United States Senators. but they
answered with words only Then came
the rebellion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13

@'Il9lLlElLSI>llPT@
The New Cabinet.

Seven attorneys in the Taft Cabinet
and not a Philadelphia lawyer among
them.-Providenee Bulletin.
If Taft is perfectly satisfied with his
Cabinet, we'll take the ninety and nine
in out of the wet.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
As we understand it, sll the new Cabi-
net officers play golf but Uncle Jimmy
Wilson, and he pitches horseshoes uncom-
monty well.-Indianapolis Star.
The declaration of Secretary of Wsr
Dickinson that he is a Democrat shows
the need Of an investigating commission
to determine just what constitutes a
Democrat Washington Post.
Franklin Macyeagh the new Secretary
of the Treasury in the Taft Cabinet, is
Chicago wholesale grocer. 1t is now up
to the photographers to remark that this
ought to put sand into the next admins.
tration.-Augusta Chronicle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13

The beauty Of the Mrs. Taft's social
cabinet will be Mrs. Albert Akin,
daughter of Attorney General Wicker
sham. Mrs. Akin, whose home is in
New York City. Is noted as one Of
the most beautiful women of theyoung-
er set. Her mother, the wife of the
new Attorney General, is expected to
be one Of the new social leaders OF the
capital and Mrs Akin viii assist the
Wickersham household in the recep-
lions and entertainments. Mrs. Taft,
1t is said. also viii enlist the services
of Mrs. Akin in social activities.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13
Castro in Exile.

If Venezuela lets Castro come back, she
may have a pound of cure 10 pay for it,
Augusta Chronicle.
If the Venezuelans viii allow him to
return home Castro promises to be good.
Wouldn't that jar the seismograph p
Galveston News.
1t is said that Castro has reached the
end of his financial resources. 1t would
appear that the only resource left him.
and of course he shrinks nom it, is work.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
And Castro viii return. But that is
what every mans ghost does where there
is buried treasure.-Atlanta Constitution.
Castro is reported to have announced
his willingness to return to Venezuela as
a private citizen. If he really said it
and actually means il. il would seem that
be has hit on needIeSsly troublesome
expensive and painful method of suicide
louisville Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13
MAKING A TIGER SIT DOWN.
Methods Used to Train the Beast
for show Business.

Methods Used to Train the Beast
for show Business.
Fifteen feet of slack rope were per-
mitted the animal as the trainer direct
ed him once more to the seat and once
more be failed to understand. Then
the order to hoist was given, and, as
the men pulled, the tiger felt the collar
tighten about his neck His head grad
ually was lifted up, until his forelegs
left the ground and he pranced on his
hind paws. With the fear of strang1-
lation and the instinct Of self-preser-
walton his brain became a mental mud
puddle. He beat the air with his fore
paws, whirled, squirmed and wriggled,
in vain effort to get out of the collar
that clutehed his throat Every move
ment of his body brought him nearer
to the seat over which hung the block
and tackle. When he reached 1t an
assistant grabbed his tail through the
bars of the cage and pulled him toward
the little stool, while the trainer
punched him against it With the iron
bar.
Swing him clear of the ground" he
called. "Weu make him take that
seat. All together now" and as the
men laid their combined weight on the
rope, the big cat was hoisted until his
hind legs dangled two feet above the
floor, dancing madman's jig. The
helpless, choking brute fought the use
less fight of a fish out of water. Had
not the muscles over his throat been
like solid rubber tires he would have
strangled as he curled his body into a
coil, trying to escape the weight that
hung from his own neck.
With much pushing and hauling the
struggling beast finally was landed on
the seat; but the moment he felt sup
port under his feet he leaped for the
floor. He was met by the trainer, who
walloped the sore, sensitive nose with
the hickory handle of his whip, and
followed this up by firing the burning
powder of a blank cartridge. straight
into the nostril. The tiger turned to
run, but the trainer yelled Lift him,
boys and as the crew threw their
weight on the rope the beasts head and
fore legs were yanked from the ground
and he pranced along for few steps
with only the claws of his hind feet
touching the boards. When the mo-
mentum of his own body had carried
him clear Of the floor, he swung back,
suspended in the air, more like life
less tiger-skin than blood filled beast
of flesh and w-Everybody's.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13
A BRAVE DEED HoNoRED.
Fire Recalls the Deed of a Heroine
Whose Memory Was Reyered.

Fire Recalls the Deed of a Heroine
Whose Memory Was Revered.
The exciting scene enacted at the
burning Of an hotel at Aberavon. Eng
land, the other day. when a domestic
servant risked her own life and mel
with severe injuries in saving a babe
| from a terrible death. recalls similar
but far more tragic case which stirred
all England to pity and edmi,atior
some twenty three years ago says 8
London newspaper.
The heroine of this latter episode
was one Alice Ayres. She was en-
ployed as servant to Mr. Chandler
who kept an oil ard color shop in the
borough.
Fire broke out at dead OF night. and
in a few minutes the lower part of the
house WIS q mass of flames. Mr. and
| Mrs Chandler and one of their chill
dren were suffocated and burned to
death in their bedroom, although Alice
ran down to try and rouse them. Her
room was above theirs. on the third
floor. In 1t. beside herself. were the
three other Chandler children, the old
est little more than saby. The brave
girl first threw out bed, then dropped
the little ones on it one at a time, al.
though she herself was burning all the
while. Then she jumped herself
>'exf day she lay dying in Guys hos
pital and nation incurred. Queen
Victoria sent one OF her ladies In
waiting especially to inquire after her
Bulletins were issued hourly. as from
the death chamber OF monarch.
After death the hospital authorities
refused to allow her body to be placed
in the ordinary mortuary. but set aside
special room for it, which was soon
nearly filed with floral emblems from
all parts of the kingdom, estimated TO
be worth fully 5000. Twelve fire.
men bore her to her grave and more
than 10000 people attended the tuner
al in Islewor1h cemetery. where is a
magnificent obelisk erected by public
subscription In memory OF --the bravest
deed that was ever done
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13
CAUSE OF THE INDIAN TROUBLE
Dates Back to Early Encroachment
of the White Man.

Back TO 1892 perhaps TO 1852 the
Indian troubles of Oklahoma find ~
origin The Creeks. strongest and
proudest of Indian nations, could never
understand or sympathize with lie
white men. Their methods of living
were different. and they wouldn't or
couldn't change. The Creek nation.
the general branch TO which belonged
Cherokee aud Choctaw and Chiekasaw
and Seminole. met DeSoto with pois-
oned arrows, and warred against Ogle-
thrope Through al the Indian wars.
the American Revolution and the War
of 1872 the Creeks were fighting white
men. They would ally with the French.
the Spanish, the English they were
always fighting against some white
races. They didn't care much which.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13
SO BELOW FOR so DAYS.
Indians Die as Result of Starvation
After the Cold Winter.

Colin Fraser. an old-time trapper.
who for the last twenty-six years has
been going north from Edmonton each
fall into Canada's forests. tells 10 4
graphic manner the terrible sufferings
of the Indians in the far North during
the past winter lie says:
1T was the hardest winter I have
ever seen in the North. During a pc
riod of fifty days the thermometer
never went higher than IS degrees be-
low zero. and 30 and even - below
days were quite frequent. The Indians
suffered terribly. and in one small tribe
sixty-seven of them died Off Their
stores ran out and many of them were
on the verge of starvation. Fish solved
the food problem in former years when
fur-bearing animals were scarce, ! It
this year there were no fish to be
caught
The scarcity of fur will result in
terrible hardships and great mortality
among the northern Indians, for they
will get neither the flesh to eat nor the
fur to trade for other commodities.
Long since the trading stores in the
North ceased to give credit"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13
Invieoratinx okIahoma NIghss.


1t doesn't make any difference how
hot the day may have been in okla
homa nor how still and sweltering The
air may have seemed. for as soon AZ
the sun goes down In the new State
the breeze rises. II comes from no
mysterious source. 1t IS simply the
radiation OF heat which wiz occur In
any open country which Is hot
enough. At O'Clock the breeze VIII
make your hatbaDd whistle. At II
VIII slap your tie in your face. and II
YOU are wearing soft hat and glasses
the brim OF your hat viii beat against
the rim OF your glasses and make
deep red marks on your cheek. By
10 o'clock the breeze Is no longer a
breeze, but means and whistles round
the corners ike a March zephyr in
Missouri. And II you stay up until
Glood-red Aldebaran rises in the east
and Vega dips low in the west the
wind comes in enormous signs Like the
very world must have been shaken 70
give them vent
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13
PLANT GUARDIANS.
Ants Which SavageIy Defend "A Tree
in south America.

Ants Which SavageIy Defend n Tree
in south America.
Ant defenders of plants and trees
are some of natures pretty marvels.
The cecropia adenopus is a remarkable
tree of south Brazil widely distributed
through the tropics. It's slender trunk
is crowned with long leaves at the ends
Of the branches.
A few active ants run continually
along the branches and the leaves, but
if the tree is shaken slightly an army
of ants rush out by small apertures
ready for savage assault on the in
truder. The ant is the terrible guar
dian that the tree has retained to pro-
tect it from its most formidable enemy,
the leaf cutter ant
The defenders rarely leave their re-
treat, where they live ON small whitish
egg shaped bodies about one twelfth OF
an inch long, known as Mueller's cor
puscles. These are formed Of delicate
tissue, rich in protelds and oil, as ra-
tons for the garrison of defender ants
to feed upon. The curious arrange
ment by which entrance is made to the
hollow stem has been studied by w.
Schimper.
just above the point OF insertion OF
each leaf extends nearly to the srI-
perlor node a superficial groove. Mt
whose end Is a rounded depression.
There the tissue is thin, like a dia-
Dhraom in q tuhp and III olSo iG soft
The hole by which the ant enters Is
always pierced at this spot. The ants
seem to have made their entrance
through the groove originally because
it was at the top In the course OF
this plants further development nat
ural selection augmented these natural
advantages so that finally the thin.
frail diaphragm as it exists to-day was
developed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13
SIGNS OF AGE.

So, | am growing old, you say;
| walk in a decrepit way;
My hair is absolutely gray
And growing thinner;
My books are all the stupid KIND
That entertain senile mind:
And somehow | am disinclined
To dress for dinner.
! smoke pipe most of the time;
| hate to walk too far or climb;
In fact, summed up completely, I'm
A true back number
/ read my morning paper twice
I'm always offering advice;
Amusement serves but to entice
My wits TO slumber.
l hate to leave my home at night;
l rise almost before It's light;
l must confess | am not quite
So young and sporty;
l cut my coupons twice year
OF course you do not call that queer
OF course not Come to think, my dear
You, too, are forty
-Junian Durand. in New York Sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13
Ersetrlcl,x pi,e.t from sun.

An inventor by the name Of George $.
Cove Of Boston claims to have solved the
problem Of storing up the suns rays and
converting them into electricity. lie j.
demonstrating his apparatus by lighting
his home and shop By a simple apparatus
on the roof. No wires or connections Of
any So enter hi house, and get the in
c4ndescent lights burn brightly day and
night. He says the apparatus can be
made for 800, ard il eacased 10 glass
viii last ten years without repairs or al
fanffnu
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13

The favorite question with the
school committeeman of olden time
was, we are told, What is the
heavier, a pound of feathers or a
pound of leadY The first rash an
swer used almost always to be, "A
pound OF lead" Then, of course, from
the older pupils would come the re-
ply, Both alike"
If this question were asked to-day
the old-time querist might receive a
decided surprise. for the pound OF
feathers could easily be proved to be
the heavier. A single experiment is
all the evidence needed.
With any accurate scales weigh out
q pound OF lead, using ordinary shot
for convenience. Pour the shot into
one Of the pans Of balance. For the
feathers, a light muslin bag will be
needed, and care must be taken that
feathers and bag together do not weigh
more than a pound. When the bag
OF feathers is put into the other pan
OF the balance, the beam will, after
a few oscillations, come to rest exact
~ level.
SO far the verdict Both alike"
seems TO be proved. But place the
balance on the receiver Of an air
pump. with lead and feathers undls-
turbed Cover che whole with the
glass bell Jar, and exhaust the air.
Slowly the feathers sink, and the lead
kicks the beam The pound Of feath-
ers 10 heavier than the pound of lead.
The truth Is that what we call a
pound was not such In fact; for the
atmosphere buoys up everything
within IT in proportion TO the bulk Of
the object and the feathers. being Of
greater bulk than the lead, are sup
ported By the air TO considerably
greater extent than the lead Re
moved from this supporting medium.
their true weight is made evident.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13
RAILWAY MAKES RECORD.
st. Paul Builds Twenty Miles of
Bridges on Pacific Extension.


The Pacific coast extension of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail
way crosses Musselshell River, Mon
tana, 115 times in III miles. 1t has
broken every American record by build
ing twenty miles of bridges on that
portion of the system which begins al
the Missouri River, South Dakota. and
ends at the cities of Tacoma and Sc
attic. Surveyors. engineers and con
structors were instructed back in 1906
when actual work was begun on the
extension now known as the Chicago
Milwaukee & Puget Sound road to
move in straight lines wherever pos
Sible except in the climbing of noun
tains. The result is seen in most
remarkable series of bridges, trestles
and tunnels, bringing the distance by
rail from Chicago to Seattle down to
2.175 miles-from so to IA miles
shorter than by the three other trans.
continental lines which reach Puget
Sound. Robert L. Nitouche. who has
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13
caIr. Heart on Outside.

A freak calf was born the other day on
the farm of B. w Malone. year Prince
ton, Ind. The calf was of the ordinary
size and build. but it was far different
from others of its kind in the fact that
its heart was on the outside of its body.
The organ was entirely exposed and its
pulsations could be seen plainly. Not
withstanding this peculiar condition the
little animal lived for several hours and
might have lived much longer had it not
been injured shortly after birth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13


was finally make him the OF the
world He learned the udimens little
Their brother
smhy He hammered iron and shaped wood He held
He cared cat
Robert Mccormick the father had fashioned
Denows thrshng machine
which, however proved
his disappointment achieving
used an ability which,
hedfy and environment At
grain cradle At q he pow years
details of his
The need machine replace h
recognized by other than
ns country obed Huey Nantucket
nrse patent for practical Two
At the horseback the West In
whose development he to hills
gnia he rode prophetic
burned grass blossom into fields
ougnt the time to when the trails would be main travelled
roads,
when the hum of water wheels
streams He anticipated of
the Pitiu for bread
heard
and -four He had faith
De porn and men and ard children
land In all this was the bright particular
reaper he had Invented
ernneo TO force into universal use AMI his dream
Mr. Mccormick located Chicago
Herald and within ten the Mccormick
AT the worlds ar IN London In 1851 the "G
Gil Medal awarded Mccormick
at n rdcued his invention "eoss between Ashley chariot
Wheebarrow flying
reaper is worth the whole cost of the exposition"
Ten that brought
Mccormick would hrook
world became Of battle were engaged
in court by the warning harvester rivalry
brought together
harvester with machines year
Of $30O0OoO capital
poes square mile of factories tckage $4,000
railroads OF its own.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13

Andrew Jackson gained part of his
reputation by his fights on the Creeks
when their undying hostility to the
whites had aroused the new country to
Il frenzy. In succeeding years the
American executives bent their ener-
giles to getting this powerful ana trou-
blesome nation, which would not be
placated nor remain peaceful clear out
of the country. This brought the
treaty Of 1882, by which the Indians
We're sent beyond the Mississippi. 1t
was only reached after several new
wars, and after two or three chiefs.
who were willing to treat with vie
torious white men, mad been condemned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13
Women to Remove Hats.

All women who decline to ress.o~e their
hats are officially barred from the First
Baptist Church of Somerville. Mass. ac-
cording TO an announcement given out.
The trustees. after considering the ques-
ton for some time. decided to formally
promulgate the new rule. As one trus-
tee expressed it. .sThe fancy millinery of
the present time attracts so much atfen-
ton that women spend more time exam
lining hats than they do in listening TO the
sermon Many pastors throughout the Uni
ted States have spoken against the big
hat nuisance and urged women NOT to
wear them in church
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-13

Hit IN the face By bafted ball TWEEN
ty-fve years ago, Joshua Dixon Of
Strondsburg. Pa, received an injury
which ended in his death. Following the
bruise pimple appeared Three years
later there we're signs Of generous
growth, that increased in its scope and
severity until his hour Of passing away.
He was q great sufferer.