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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
KANSAS ROADS IMPROVED.

And Many Motorists Take Advantage
OF Them Going West.
Hutchinson, Kan, Sept. 3.-Kansas
roads have made summer touring for
Missouri motorists to Colorado resorts
popular. Highways in Kansas that
were very near impossible three and
four years ago have been graded and
improved until the entire route re-
sembles a city boulevard. A stretch
of highway from Cottonwood Falls to
Florence, which in the old days was
a terror to motorists, has been i'm
proved year by year until it is an ideal
road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
LIGHTNING FIRES HOUSE.

Ottawa Residence Catches Fire From
Telephone Wires on the Wall.
Ottawa, Kan. Sept. 3.-Lightning
struck near the home Of ]. C. Floyd,
500 Sycamore street. this city, starting
q small blaze and dazing members Of
the Floyd family. The electricity fol-
lowed a Bell telephone wire into the
house,
Flames broke out on the wall where
the wire entered the house but the
heavy rain extinguished the fire before
any serious damage was done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
MULES DARKEN KANSAS TOWN
Run Into Electric Light Pole and De-
stroy Night Service.

Kinsley, Sept. 3.-Ben Cornell Of Syr-
acuse. who was in town this week sell
ing mules, got mixed up in a runaway
and was pretty badly shaken up. He
was standing by his wagon with the
lines in his hand when a boy rode by
on a bicycle ard scared his team. They
started to run down the street, dragging
Mr.. Cornell, and were finally stopped
after taking out an electric light pole.
The electric wires fell onto the tele-
phone wires and put the street lights
out of commission for the evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
MeIon Ioad BrinRs 600.

Russell, Kan, Sept So. H. Deines
who lives on a farm in Ellis county,
has the finest kind of crops this year.
His 800 acres of corn promises to be q
big yield. He has a big watermelon
patch and says he marketed one load
Of melons last week that netted him
$50. Some of the melons weighed 40
pounds each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
ssK'' MAN AT ABILENE.
VIII Coach Strong High School Team
This Season.

Abilene, Sept. 3.-High school foot
ball will be started soon after the
schools open next week. Henry Dres-
ser, who won his K in football at the
agricultural college at Manhattan the
past season, working at the quarter
back position. has the work planned
already and has some plays for the
local Lads to work upon. A good
team this year Is in sight and under
Dresser's coaching the Abilene eleven
will cut q good swath in central Kan
sas high school football circles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
TUESDAY, JAN. u. 1879.

Wausau had narrow escape from
large fire the other day A lamp
was overturned in G.. Athens store
and it was only by the strenuous
efforts of Mr.. Althen and his clerks
that fire was prevented
c. II. Mueller, who has been in
Madison attending session of the
Supreme court, returned home yester-
day.
Lawyers Hurley, Bardeen and FL
dred are in Madison. Mr.. Hurley is
running Hon Matt H. Carpenters
headquarters during his senatorial
contest.
Hon. John Ringle came home from
Madison on Monday. Mr.. Ringle is
proving to be one of the best members
ever sent from this assembly district.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Bruneau of
Mosinee, made Wausau a pleasant
visit on Saturday.
Since snow IN this country seems to
be thing of the past, Joseph Dessert
has taken matters in his own hands
and is sprinkling his logging roads.
Mrs. Alexander Stewart departed
for Milwaukee Tuesday to visit her
daughter, Margaret, who is attending
school in that city.
The Oldest inhabitant has seen
nothing like the mildness of this
winter. While there is no snow our
loggers are cutting as many logs as
ever.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
PERSONALS.

Miss Markham of Tomahawk Wis
tied with her aunt Mrs. j. p Briggs
over Sunday
e. d. Widmer of the Wausau
Business college was in Merrill on
business Saturday.
Mrs P. j. Hopp is visiting in
Sauk Ci6y, Madison and other points
OF soGthern Wisconsin.
Frank Blecha of Athens, was in
Wausau Saturday. He is thinking of
coming to Wausau to reside.
Miss Leila Murphy, of Merrill,
spent few days in this city the past
week, a guest of Miss MolIle Rood.
DR.. Jos. f. Smith of this city, was
called to Merrill Saturday, on account
of the serious illness of Mrs. Alice
Fleming.
Miss Mary Sturtevant, who is at.
tending the state normal school at
Stevens Point, spent Sunday at her
home in Wausau.
DIR. W. L. Mutch, who is con
nected with Ripo2 college, was in TIE
city Thursday Visiting former stu
dents of that college and few Of his
class mates. He was a guest Of q. D.
Jones.
Neal Brown goes to GAINESVILLE
next Tuesday where he will address
the Rock County Bar association at
its annual meeting. Members of the
state supreme court are expected to
be present.
DIR. r. NJ. Frawley, II. L. Vach-
reau and w. G. Schaefer were in
Milwaukee last evening as candidates
of Wausau council, Knights Of Colum-
bus, upon whom the fourth degree of
that society was conferred.
Judge A. H. Reid and court
stenograp w. A. Eyers, returned
home from Eau Claire last Saturday,
where the former had been trying an
important case. Circuit court was
continued in this city yesterday.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
THE E;ARTH'S INTERIOR A
REGION FOR SPECULATION.

A strictly scientific contribution to
knowledge, in the form of discussion
of some of the results incidental to
the triangulation work done by the
Coast and Geodetic Survey, is pre-
sented by Grove Karl Gilbert, of the
United States Geological Survey. in a
short paper on the interpretation of
Anomalies of Gravity" recently pub
lished by the Geological Survey as
Part G OF Professional Paner 85.
After stating the anomalies of
gravity, which are also expressed
graphically on the map of the United
States accompanying the paper, Mr..
Gilbert discusses the Interpretation
of these anomalies under the assump-
tion of imperfect isostatic adjust
ment, vertical heterogeneity of the
crust, and variation of depth of COM
penSation. The geologic relations
suggested by the map showing the
geographic distribution of the an
omalies are next set forth.
The speculative nature of this scien-
tific contribution is well expressed by
Mr.. Gilbert in the few sentences that
introduce the section discussing inter
probation by nucleal heterogeneity:
'"The inner earth is the inalienable
playground of the imagination. Once
it contained the forges of blacksmith
gods: or it was the birthplace of our
race, or the home or prison of dis
embodied spirits. Later Symmes
followed from it vast habitable
empire, concave like the world of
Koresh. Science now claims exclusive
title but holds it chiefly for specula-
tive purposes; and the freedom of
speculation practically recognizes but
two limitations: The inner earth is
dense, and it is rigid. AS to all other
properties opinion is untrammeled.
''It is my own view that the inner
part of the nucleus is not merely hot,
but very hot. If the law of COM
preston by pressure and the law of
expansion by heat, as we know them
at the surface, apply equally to the
nucleus, then the mean temperature
Of the earth must be enormous in
order to afford mean density so low
as Sc. An enormous temperature
implies an enormous store of heat"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
LENTEN RULES
FOR CATHOLICS
Were Read in Various Churches on
Sunday, February 22.

Inc collections for Indian and negro
missions, the African missions, the
Holy Land and Washington Catholic
university will not be taken up this
year, according to the Lenten regula-
Ilons, issued. The collections for the
pope tPeter's pence) will be taken the
nfSI sunday of Lent on March /.
Ihe Lenten regulations will go into
eject on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25
Ihe rules were read and explained
In all masses in church on Sunday,
Feb. %.
The rules in brief are as follows:
All Fridays are fast days. All days of
Lent except Sundays are fast days of
obligation. On fast days only one
full meal day is allowed.
During Lent, by Apostolic indult,
1leSh meat is allowed only at the prin-
clpal meal on week days, except all
Wednesdays and Fridays and also the
Saturdays in Ember week March y
and Holy week april H. On fast
days in Lent flesh meat and fish (n-
cluding oysters, crabs, frogs. turtles.
etc. are never allowed at the same
meal, arule which applies even to the
Sundays in Lent and to all persons
however otherwise excused or dis
pensed from the law of either abstin-
ence or fast. But meal may always
be prepared with the drippings of
either fat or lard.
Persons excused from fast may use
flesh meat more than once on the
days when it is allowed at all, whether
in Lent or outside OF that season.
Catholics having completed their
twenty-tirst year Cf age, are bound to
fast. Persons excused or dispensed
from the law of fast or abstinence
ought 10 perform some other good
works of piety and charity in the
spirit Of Christian penance and sane
titicatiOn. Hence the pious custom of
giving Lenten aims. REDEEM thou
thy sins with aims, and thy iniquities
with works of mercy" Dan. iy. "a.
Also the custom of abstaining from
intoxicating drinks, and of staying
away from theatres, dances, card
parties and other profane amuse-
ments, etc.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
BUSINESS CHANGE.

One of the recent changes of bust
ness nature is that of Sievert & Par
sons, having formed partnership and
having purchased Ghe Henry Meisner
monument and cut stone works,
located on Forest street, opposite the
Wausau Gas Co.'S. plant, and for a
number of years one of the paying in
dustries of this city. The gentlemen
who have purchased this establish
ment are B. l.. Sievert, who has been
connected with the Wausau mausole-
um and comes from Bloomville, Ohio
Anthony Parsons is a Wausau archi-
tect and has been long and well
known in this city. The new firm in
taking over this plant will renovate
and re-ha6ilitate it from one end to
the other and put it on a more practi-
cal, substantial and diversified busi-
ness venture than before, for the
manufacture of monuments, cut stone,
burial vaults, mausoleums, etc, and
will also do all kinds of marble and
tile work, keep all kinds of builders
supplies, and do all work in their line
scientifically and promptly and at
reasonable prices consistent with skill
full work and good material. Mr.
Parsons will continue his architectural
work as before, in which line he is
very successful.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

Fifty years ago the order was un-
born. Today it is the third largest
organization of its kind in America,
its membership beirg exceeded only
BY that of the Free Nasons and the
Odd Fellows.
1t was on Feb. 10, 1864, that Justus
III. Rathbone, a New Yorker. who
was employed in one of the govern
ment offices in Washington, called to-
gether few of his friends to discuss
the formation of fraternal society.
1t was just at the close of the civil
war. The initial steps were taken
and it was decided to call the order
the Knights OF Pythias.
The order prospered from the start.
From its humble beginning it spread
to every part of the United States and
Canada. The total membership now
exceeds 100000. Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Indiana and Illinois have upwards of
$4,000 members each. The Pythian
Sisters, the women's auxiliary to the
order, is organized throughout the
country. The military department
boasts of 10000 members, while the
Insurance department has about IS, 900
members who carry an aggregate of
nearly Sl00,000,000 in insurance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
a FINE BUILDING.

DIR. l.. f. Spencer has about COM
pleted his new and handsome store
building on Third street, and in all
of its appointments and appurten-
ances is one of the most modern, up
to-date structures in the city. 1t is a
47x70, two story double store build
ing, with a stairway of light gray
Tennesse marble through the center
to the lobby, surrounded by offices,
with tile floor, the wood work
in red birch and mahogany finish,
the doors and skylight of Florentine
glass and the base and stair balus-
trade also in Tennessee marble. The
floors are of hardwood and the offices
are lighted by electricity; gas has also
been put in for lighting, mechanical
and other purposes. The whole build
ing is heated by the Vapor system,
located in the basement and where
ample store-room is had for the store
occupants TIE north first story of
the building is occupied by Christ
Lund, florist, and the south is to be
occupied later. The Office rooms in
the second story are practically all
secured and will be occupied by DR..
Joseph +. Smith, DR.. Russell Lyon,
Chromaster & Speer, architects, and
the Wausau Canning Co, all of whom
will remove thereto about March lst.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
TOMORROW is ASH WEDNES-
DAY.

Few of the younger generation are
the students of historical facts they
should be. and not many of them
could give an explanation of Ash
Wednesday if called upon to do So
They probably would say it is the
tirst day of Lent, and that would be
all the information they could give.
February 2jth is Ash Wednesday this
year.
The connection of the day with ash,
or ashes, seems TO have been that
ashes which has been blessed, were
sprinkled upon the heads of worship
pers in the sixth century The form
of cross, too, was traced upon their
foreheads, the main object apparently
having been TO remind them that
their bodies were but dust and
ashes" ON this day, also, noted
sinners protesting penitence had to
appear in sack cloth. and, with tears,
solicit absolution. From this custom
came the phrase we hear even To this
day, ''in sack cloth ana ashes"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
PUT ITS FOOT INTO IT."

Recently 1.-THE Traffic, play show
ing up the white slave industry, was
played at the Opera house in this
city, to a capacity house. The daily
corporation labeled it, or tried to, as
an unfit production for such aes-
thetic surroundings.
The play was given at the Davidson,
Milwaukee, last Thursday and there
wasn't room for all who wanted 10
attend. From the Sentinel we take
this about the play: 1T has ter
rifying ring of naked brutal truth.
lit takes you by the shoulders and
forces YOU to look with wide open,
horror-stricken eyes at things TO
which you have kept them closed be-
fore, things which exist and thrive
because of that very blindness" A
play that can do that, is certainly
accomplishing something. There is
such a thing as putting your foot
into it''' and that's what the daily
organ did when it tried TO discredit
ssIhe Traffic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
Old Age.

Old age as it comes in e-orderly
process of nature is a beautiful and
majestic thing. 1t stands fos eKper-
ience, knowledge, wisdom, counsel.
Thai is old age as it should be but
old age as it often is means poor diges-
ton, torpid bowels, a sluggish liver
and a general feeling of i'll health,
despondency ana misery. This in al
most every instance is almost wholly
unnecessary. One of Chamberlain's
Tablets taken Immediately after sup
per will improve the digestion, tone
llp the liver and regulate the bowels.
That feeling of dependency will give
way to one of hope and good cheer.
For sale by all dealers. adv
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
ATHENS ITEMS.
A tbanc Paanpd


Mrs w. l.. Erbach entertained the
Senior Five Hundred Club. Tuesday
afternoon.
The Misses Erna and Gretchen
Beltz entertained their class mates
Sunday afternoon.
Last Friday evening Miss Adaline
Degner entertained about twenty Of
her girl friends with valentine
party.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Miss Clara Fromm Of
Hamburg, to Max Koepke of Athens,
February q.
TUESDAY February II, Mrs. John
Peters, one of the early settlers of
this locality departed this life in the
siyty-sixth year of her age
Last Saturday while returning
home from Milan where he had been
with load of logs, in company with
neighbor, Eric Erickson, a farmer
of the Jerkwater locality, suddenly
dropped dead.
Last Saturday while decking logs
at the Rib River landing Tor the Wau-
sau Lumber Co., Arthur Schultz was
struck by falling log. He sustained
broken ankle, an injured hip and
possibly internal Injuries.
MosINEE ITEMS.
Musinee Times.
Mrs.fC. A. Bernier spent Friday at
Wausau.
G. S. Blair was a Wausau business
caller Saturday
Louis Dessert and daughter, Miss
Blanche, were here Monday.
Edgar A. Viele spent Sunday with
his parents in Wausau.
Lon Gardner and NJ. f. La Du
were WauSau visitors Monday.
William Blum and wife of Wausau,
were guests here this week of their
son.
EDGAR ITEMS.
Edgar News.
Harry Alfred Vedder, young son OF
DR.. and Mrs. H. Vedder of this viii
lage passed away at the Marshfield
hospital at four o'clock Wednesday
morning after sickness of only
twenty eight hours. Monday night
severe abdominal pain and his father
uldSIlOcSu jtlc CdSC do OiiO VI a dPpCA-
dicitis and called his brother DR..
James Vedder of Marshfield who
came up on the limited and they took
him TO the hospital at Marshtield on
the limited going west. He was oper-
ated on at once but was found to be
in such a serious condition that hope
Of his life was abandoned.
Raymond Ravonet who was operated
On at Wausau for appendicitis some
time ago, was brought home Wednes-
lay morning,
Fayette DeLong was Wausau Wis
tor Tuesday.
Miss Esther LaQua who has been at
Madison for several months arrived
here last Saturday to spend Sunday
Sith her parents.
Next Monday a new band will take
its frst practice at Stratford under
The leadership of Prof. q. ID. Vincent
OF this village.
MARATHON ITEMS.
Marathon Times
A. Akey and faGily viii move TO
WausaC In the near future where
lir. Akey viii be engaged in the liv-
cry business.
Frank KRISTEN visited with Wau-
sau friends Monday.
Jacob knauf, town treasurer OF the
town OF Marathon, went to NauSau
en- business the first Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Mucha went to
Wausau on business Wednesday. Mrs.
lIucha incidentally to consult an eye
specialist
Miss Pearl Laurie, the intermediate
teacher in our public school, lost fifty
dollars at the locas depot Saturday af-
rernoon. She flsi paid an express bin
and while engaged in a conversation
With her friends left her purse on the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
WANT 500 CUT OFF.
Proposed Line Run Between Grand
Rapids and Mukwonago Would
Mean Practically New Railroad.

Great efforts are being made by
residents of towns lying between
Grand Rapids and MukwOnago in
WaukeSha county to get the 500 line
TO build the proposed cut off between
Grand Rapids and Mukwonago which
would mean practically a new rail.
way line running north and south in
the state.
The understanding is that the ap-
preparation has been made by the d.
rectOrS of the 500 line for either line
for either the practical double track
ing of that road from the Illinois
line north to either Marshfield or
Abbotsford or the building of a cut
off south from the spur of the road
running from Marshtield co Grand
Rapids to connect with the present
main line near Mukwonago.
With knowledge that the cutoff
has been under consideration 10y the
500 line directors. and that the worl;
has even gone so lar as survey of {.
possible route, citizens of Grand
Rapids, including George L. Williams,
a leading attorney of that place, are
writing letters to citizens and busi-
ness associations of towns along the
line of the proposed survey. asking
them to unite with Grand Rapids in
an organized effort to have the cutoff
built
The understanding seems to be also
that in connection with the cutoff
plan the 500 plans the building from
Mukwonago into Milwaukee and also
the building of line from that city
to Chicago, running East of the pres
ent line between Chicago and Muk.
wonago.
1t is claimed the proposed cutoff
between Grand Rapids and Mukwon.
ago would shorten the 500 line be.
tween Minneapolis and Chicago very
materially.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
CENTRAL TTIIRTY-SIX YEARS AGO
TUESDAY, JAN. 7. 1879.

r. E. Parcher, who has been in
the Hawkeye state, has returned
home.
Senator kellogg went to Madison
yesterday to assume his duties, in the
legislative halls. His family will
follow in about a week.
Herman Miller is the happy father
OF baby girl and now Herman moves
around his store as graceful and dis
tingulshed as turkey gobler.
Mrs. w. D. McIndoe royalty enter
tained a party of about 80 Juveniles
on New Years evening.
The Centrars carrier address was
designed and written by Rev. Chy-
Eoweth.
TUESDAY, JAN. IA, 1879.
paper is soon to be started at
Jenny.
Mrs. NJ Stafford arrived home Sat
urday from visit in Milwaukee.
G. S. Ashmun is up this way again
for the third time this winter.
Robert Grace of Grand Rapids is
very seriously ill. His daughter, Mrs.
Thos. Bell, was called to his bedside
yesterday.
Squire Brands has located in the
Young & Kelly block.
Rev. Hageman has returned from
six weeks visit in the East.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
BENSON PHILBRICK.
An Early Settler of Wausau Passed
Away in His Western Home.

Word was received in Wausau the
past week of the death of Benson S.
Phllorlck, Who spent many years CT
his life In Wausau. He was the son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Closson PhilbricE,
who came here with their family of
eight children in 1851. The father of
Mr. Philbrick was carpenter and al
exhoruer of much ability. He was q
very active worker in the NJ. f..
church and he helped cut the timber
and TO build the first NJ Z. church
in this CITY,
Benson, the oldest of his children,
was born in New York state, Jeffel-
son county. He was eleven years old
when his parents came west in 1843
to De Kalb. H., which made his age
at this time II years. From 1857 To
1855 Benson was student in Law
renee University, Appleton. He
went to Michigan in 1859. and from
there enlisted Aug. Is, 1862, in Co. b,
9th Mich. Vol. Inf. He was made
Corporal later and then 1st Sargent
and was discharged July 25, 1865, al
Washington, ID. G. He was in the
siege of Vicksburg; at Jackson, Miss !;
Knoxville, Tenn; in battles of the
wilderness, Spotsylvania and Peters
burg. He was captured and escaped
In the assault of Ft. Malone before
Petersburg, he was the first man to
enter the earthworks and received 81
lieutenant's commission for his gal
lantry. He came TO Wausau in 1853.
and made this his home, practically
from that time until he moved to
Hoquiam, Gray's Harbor, Wash, in
1891. He was a contractor and build
er and helped to build many of Wau-
sau's first unpretentious homes
Benson and his father built the home
of the writer's parents at the corner
of Fourth and Forest streets, in 1859,
and we thought deceased was some
what of hero as he most always
carried his trusty rife with him. In.
those days, the men who liked to-
hunt would take run into the woods
whenever the spirit moved them, and
usually brought home some game,
usually a deer; therefore it stood a
hunter well-in-hand to have his trusty
gun where he could lay his hand up
on it. Deceased was married in June
1866, to Mary NJ. Atkinson and to
them were born five sons. We under
stand that Mr.. Philbrick had made
quite a fortune in the West. He
was brother of Mrs. B. j. Allen of
this city and of w. B. Philbrick who
died in this city last wear.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
THE CITY ELECTION.

The election of officers for the city
of Wausau for the next two years,
pretty close at hand and it looks as
if there wonld not be much of 9
hurrah this year; but no telling whar
may happen between now and the
7th of April, The following will be
in the field for reelection
For Mayor-John Ringle.
For TreaS.-Henry Juers.
For Comptroller-H. Marquardt.
:" &C. G. Adams
For ASSeSSor-Geo. Steltz.