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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13

THE Milwaukee Sentinel has spoken
and it attributes the loss of Chicago
by the democrats, to the tariff and
empty dinner pail. The Sentinel is
like the drowning man catching at a
straw; it feels that unless the old
scare crow, the 'empty dinner pail, :"
can be galvanized into life, that it
will soon be paper without party.
The Sentinel is the only paper in Wis
consin to give, as the reasons for re-
publican victory, "the tariff and the
empty dinner pail" You overreached
yourself and there is no chance in
sight yet to save you from being a
paper without party.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
DANCY
Election passed off quietly.


Election passed off quietly.
Land buyers were here the past
week from the southern part of the
state and Illinois looking over pros
pective purchases. This year prom
iseS to be good one in the real es-
tate business through this section.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Hobbs are
mourning the loss of their little J
year old son, Arleigh, whose death
occurred Thursday after brief i'll
ness with pneumonia. The funeral
was held Friday with .interment in
Stevens Point cemetery.
A large number of Mosinee young
people attended the dancing party in
this village Wednesday evening.
Next Thursday evening there will
be benefit ball in E. Tophams hall
for very worthy purpose and every
body should turn out or buy a ticket,
as every little helps and any one hav-
ing any experience with sickness
knows it to be a mighty expensive
proposition. So lend your patronage,
boys, you'll be all the happier for it.
Living for yourself alone is no living
at all.
Miss Mary Neuburger a graduate
nurse from Stevens Point was pro-
feSsional caller in this locality the
past week having been employed in
the w. Hobbs home.
Mrs. Henry Casper of n. McGregor,
Iowa, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
?. Cleveland.
Mrs. G. G. Knoller and daughter,
Evelyn, were in Stevens Point the
past week, going down TO attend the
funeral Of the late Z. d. Glennon.
The Gazette which was owned ana
edited by the late Mr.. Glennon, has
hundreds of readers all through this
section, and is a welcome Wednesday
evening guest in dozens of homes.
and all sincerely mourn the loss of its
founder and editor. His funeral was
the largest by far that was ever held in
Stevens Point People were present
from all walks Of life, all no doubt
having received a kindly mention
either in joy or sorrow at some time
through the columns Of the Gazette.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
GOOD ROADS

The members of the County Board
of Supervisors and of the City Council
have accpected an invitation to as
semble at the high school one week
from next Wednesday evening for the
purpose OF seeing sterioptican views
OF Good Roads and Streets" Several
speeches will be delivered, explaining
these pictures. The lectures will
setforth among other things, the adj
vantages of good roads, the various
practical methods of making good
roads and streets also the various con
structions, such as concrete, tarvia,
asphalt, macadam with glutrin treat
ment and brick construction. A dis
cussion of the costs of construction
with any of these materials will also
be carried Gil as well as the cost of
maintenance. Among the speakers
will be the County Highway Com
missioner, E. d. Clapp and the Diyis-
ion Engineer, J. E. Gillispie. 1t is
expected that all will enter into a
general discussion following these
talks. Every adult person in this
vicinity who in any degree interested
in the construction of good roads is
invited to be at the high school next
Wednesday evening. There will be an
exhibition of models of q concrete
construction road, a road treated
with glutrin and tarvia construction.
There will also be moving pictures
illustrating the asphalt, tarvia and
concrete constructions. In view of
the good road movement in Marathon
county and in the city of Wausau
and in view of the fact that number
of roads will be constructed in this
vicinity during the coming summer,
all those interested in roads, every
person owning an automobile should
be in attendance to profit and to par
ticipate in the general discussion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
This Scuirrai.

Innocent In all his ways. harmless
in his food. playful as a kitten. but
without cruelty, and SURPRISING the
fantastic dexterity OF the monkey.
with the grace and brightness OF a
bir1. the little dark eyed miracle Of the
forest glances from branch TO branch.
more ike a sunbeam than 8 living
creature IL leaps and darts ana
t%1nes where IL will. A chamois is
slow TO 1t and panther clumsy. Gro
tesque as a gnome. gentle as fairy.
delicate as the silken plumes o: the
rush. beautiful and strong like the spi-
raj Of fern. it haunss you. listens for
you. hides from you. LOOKS for you.
loves you, as II the angel thsc walks
with your children had made IL himself
for heavenly plaything.-John Rus
kin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
The Star Alcyone.

The size OF the star Alcyone and its
distance from the sun are both un
known and, so far as can now De seen.
must remain unknown. Ii has no par
allax large enough TO be measured by
the most accurate modern mierometri
cal methods.
That Is, take large telescope with
you. so to Alcyone. turn. look back this
way. then the entire diameter of the
orbit Of the earth around the sun. a
huge ellipse. lS5.765.Oo0 miles In diam
eter, If bright line in space so thar II
could be seen. would appear to be so
small that the telemicrometer could not
measure Ii, Not knowing the distance.
the size cannot be known
But. judging from It's light when com
pared with that Of other suns whose
distances are fairly well known. it
must be colossal-many times larger
than our medium sized star, the SUM-
New York American.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

The track training season is now on
In full force and every evening after
school a bunch of about thirty to
thlrty-tve high school bots can be
seen taking short cross country runs
or pIacticing on the track. The COM
petition among the boys is very keen
and requires that everyone expecting
TO be able to enter any event, will
have TO keep themselves in the best
physical condition. The interest
manifewted in the sport is becoming
intensified with the proximity of the
several meets that will be held this
year, both here in town and at Stevens
Point, with a possibility of reaching
the Appleton track meet. Coach
Goodrich has the best material in the
school trying out and from all indica-
tlons a most successful number can be
picked to constitute the team.
Herman Riebe, as track captain. is
confidently expecting that the school
Will be well represented and that the
reputation made by Wausau high in
this activity in the past will be main
tanned.
April is fast approaching it's end
and but very few weeks remain be-
fore another class will be graduated
from the local high school. Miss
Morey has already commenced practice
on the play, Progress, Miss Roeser
has selected Martha" as the opera to
be given this year. 1t is most diff
cult but she thinks that with the ma
terlal in the class this opera can be
successfully presented. Rehearsing
has been started for the several prin-
cipal characters and special chorus.
Last Thursday afternoon the seniors
held class meeting for the purpose
of selecting motto. 1t was finally
decided that the motto should be
originally in German and then should
be translated into English and Latin.
1t is, '"Taten NIGHT Worte," "Deeds
not Words and 'Res non Verba."
Miss McGuine has returned to her
work after an absence of short time
on account of the death of her father.
Miss HUTCHINSON of the Irving
school is ill and at present the place is
being filled by a student from the
training school.
Miss Zellhoefer, who will be in this
city part of the summer, will put on
as enc number of the chautauqua
program, an operetta. The partici-
pants in the operetta will all be from
the city.
A week from last evening at the
high school, one of the most interest
ing pictures of the year, to young
people especially, will be shown. The
picture will be on "Wild Animals
The pictures will be explained by a
group of young men each of whom
will have separate group of animals
to discuss. The speakers will write
their own addresses. Every kind of
wild animal in captivity will be
shown.
On the twenty-second of this month
the district Oratorical and Declama-
tory contests will be held here in
Wausau.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13

THERE is going to be an upheaval
again in the republican ranks, the
conservations, headed by Aldrich,
want Senator Root or Charles Fair
banks to make the next run for pres
ident. Roosevelt, as in 1912, is the
great stumbling block. He is opposed
to Taft, Root, Weeks, Watson, Fair
banks, Foraker, Penrose and Barnes.
In fact Roosevelt does not care to
work for any one but himself for
president, and of course there are
many in the country who feel that
way themselves. Already there is
capital being raised to run an aggres-
i've campaign for the conservatives.
And, of course, there is LaFollette to
deal with. He is also "agin" every
body but himself
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
AN OPTICAL ENIGMA.
Why Is 1t the Human Eye Sees Things
Right Side Up?

Hi9ht SIde Up?
Just why we are able to see things
right side up is a mystery which
science has not yet been able to ex.
plain.
We know that the human eye in.
wolves the same optical principles as a
camera. Owing to the fact that light
always travels in a straight line and
never in curve, the rays which en-
range of vision have to descend and
ascend in order to travel into the mar
row opening in the eye which CORE.
spends to the cameras lens.
These rays finally reach point
where they intersect. Continuing on in
straight lines, their relative position be-
comes just the reverse of what they
were when they left the object seen.
Thus the image register on the retina
of your eye is topsy turvy, just as il is
on the Photographic plate in a camera.
If you are looking at a house, for in
stance, the image your eye gets will
show the chimneys down below, the
foundation walls up above. and so on
But the impression your brain gets
reveals the house right side up unless
you happen to be afflicted with a rare
disorder, which results in everything
always appearing topsy turvy.
During the infnitesimally short pc
riod required to fash the image seen
from the eyes retina to the brain all
the light rays which created the image
are reassembled and put back in their
proper places, so that the brain sees
the object as it really is and not in the
topsy turvy form it was registered on
the retina. Just how this miracle is
performed is what science would like
to find 0ut.-New York American.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
The Venice of Rorneo,

Brunei, Borneo, Is one of the strang.
est cities In the world. Once the head.
quarters OF the Borneo pirates, it is a
kind of eastern Venice, being built en-
trely over the water. This remarkable
city Is the capital of the state of Bru-
mel, Borneo. All the houses are built
over the Limbang river, constructed on
slender piles made from the Nibong
palm. wood that resists the action of
water for many years. The inhabitants
OF Brunei are Malays, Kadayans,
Orang- Buskits and a few Muruts.
They earn their living mostly by trad.
ing with other tribes In the interior OF
Sarawak and British North Borneo.
Some OF them are very skillful brass
workers, and the Brunei women make
beautiful cloth, interviewer and en-
broidered with gold thread. Sage Is
grown in the valleys near by, and a
small quantity of rice is also raised
In the early part of the nineteenth
century Brunei was the rendezvous of
the dread Borneo pirates and a market
for the slave trade.-Wide World Mag.
azine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
DEATHS

Mathilda Kesick, the eighteen days
old daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John
Kosick, corner Fifth and Jefferson
streets. died Sunday morning at elev-
en- O'Clock. The child was born in
Wausau, March "a, 1915. The funeral
was held today by Rev. FIR. r. Wojak.
Burial was made in st. Michael's
cemetery.
Fred Abitz, the ten days old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Abitz, of the town
of Flieth, died Thursday following an
illness of two days The cause of
death was pneumonia. The funeral
was held yesterday morning at ten
O'Clock at ST. Mary's church, the Rev.
FIR. Hauck officiating Burial was
made in St. Joseph's cemetery.
Mrs. John Stonenberg of Amherst
junction passed away at st. Mary's
hospital in this city Saturday. The
remains were taken to Amherst
junction yesterday morning and bur-
ial will be made tomorrow. Mrs.
Stollenberg was born in Portage.
Surviving are her widower and five
sons.
DIR. w. f. Boettcher, of Marathon,
passed away at Rochester, Mimi,
March 10th. The cause of death was
given as hemorrages. The remains
arrived in Wausau Saturday morning.
The members of Wausau Lodge No.
215, l. 0. 0. F., accompanied the body
from the depot to Pine Grove GENE
terry, where they had charge of the
services and burial.
Rudolph Beckmann, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Beckmann, of the town of Stet-
tin, passed away Sunday following an
illness of three months. Deceased
was born in Wausau and was twenty
three years of age. The funeral will
take place Wednesday afternoon at
two O'Clock from St. Paul's church,
the Rev. E. G. Grauer having charge
of the services. Interment will be
in Pine Grove cemetery. Besides his
parents the following brothers and
sisters survive: George and Theodore
Beckmann of South Dakota and Hell
en- and Cecilia Beckmann of Wausau.
Mrs. Henrietta Rhode Yonker, wife
of Frederick Yonker, of Schofeld,
passed away last evening at 9:2O
O'Clock. Deceased was born in Ger
many, December 3, 1887, being seven
ty-seven years of age. She had been
resident of Schotield for forty-nine
years. Her death is mourned by her
widower and six children, William
Yonker of Cherokee, Wis, Mrs.
George Rein, Mrs. Edward Rammell
and Mrs. August Gerrow of Schofield,
Fred Yonker of Wausau and Mrs. M.
King, of Portland, Ore. She was a
member of the Frieden church and
Frauen Verein of Schofield, and the
funeral will be held from that church
Friday afternoon at two o'clock by
Rev. Betz. Burial will be made in
Pine Grove cemetery.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
JOHN DREW.

A theatrical season minus visit
from John Drew would be even more
barren than a Hamletless Hamlet.
Just as surely as Mr.. Drew officially
opens the dramatic season in New
York with his appearance at the EN-
pire Theatre each September, so
surely does he add eclat to the season
during his stays Of week or so in the
cities out-of-town.
Mr.. Drew who is to be seen here in
the notable revival by Charles Froh-
man of the delightful comedy, "Rose-
mary" at the Grand, Thursday, April
18th, is probably the most conserva-
tive player on the American stage.
An aristocrat of the theatre he has
always held aloof from tine less polite
methods of exploitation adapted by
many of his colleagues, and as the
latter arose to temporary fame and
disappeared, Mr.. Drew has gone on
his way. His perhaps has been one OF
the most distinguished careers OF
which historians of contemporary
stage affairs will ever have to write
He has assumed about all the charac-
tiers of the great plays and has been
before the public since 1876. From
his companies there have graduated
such celebrities as Miss Maude Ad-
ans, Ethel Barrymore, Miss Billie
Burke, Miss Mary Boland, Miss Elsie
de Wolfe, and others whose names
would read like pages from theatre
Cal blue book.
Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, known as
the grand old lady of the American
theater, is with John Drew and will
appear in Rosemary"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13

f. A. LOWELL of Rhinelander New
North, made a great run for Supt. of
Schools, which position he has held
for good many years. He was elected
by very decisive majority. We con-
graduate Mr.. Lowell on the digni-
fed way in which he conducted his
campaign. The attacks made through
the press by those who tried to defeat
him, acted as boomerangs. MIR. Low
ell used excellent judgment in ignor-
ing them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
Wireless IN the Amazon Region.

Wireless an the Amazon Region.
In the Juamara region of the Amazon
the natives use crude system Of wire
less telegraphy, which, it is claimed,
has been ia operation for thousands of
years. The transmitter found by an
explorer was a followed trunk of a
tree suspended from a horizontal pole
stretched between two stumps. Inside
the transmitter had been arranged
much like violin, and it was explained
that when the instrument was struck
smartly with a small rubber hammer a
vibration was created that carried for
miles over the hills. The receiver is
very similar to the transmitter, except
that 1t Is placed on a hardwood plat
form. the base OF the followed tree
trunk being grounded on the platform.
When the message is struck in the
neighboring village. sometimes thirty
miles away, this receiver catches the vi
brations, causing a jerky, singing
sound. The sound system. it is said
can be read by the members of the
tribe. and In this way news of victo.
ries and other happenings are told
throughout the countryside.-Argonaut.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
LONG Sermons

Long sermons were the rule in the
time of the Rev. Thomas Boston, who
Is on record as having preached one
sermon arranged under eighty-six
heads and four Others OF hardly less
generous proportions. Such pulpit per
formances as these brought out the
necessity for the long poles with which
the old time wardens gave slumberinc
members of f1ocks awakening taps on
nodding heads.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
To cIsan Watch Chains.

Cold or silver watch chains can oL
cleaned with a very excellent result.
no matter whether they be matt or
polished. by laying them for a few
seconds In pure aqua ammonia. They
are then rinsed in alcohol and finally
shaken In clean sawdust free from
sand.-Medicaf Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
lJuioue.

Doting Mother-Uur Willie's teacher
has paiG Dim a high compliment Sym
pathetic Friend How was that? Dot
ing Mother Why. she wrote me thar
Wi,he's spelling was quite remarks bic
and that she bad never known of any
thing quite ike it--Richmond Times
Dispatch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13

OLD HUERTA is on his way to this
country from Spain. He should not
be allowed to step his foot on
American soil and he certainly would
be fixed in plenty should ne attempt
to go back to Mexico.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13

THE election in Clark county for
circuit judge was exciting from start
to finish. Judge O'Neill won by a
vote of 1869. He was closely pressed
by Crosby who received a vote of
3,419.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13

SECRETARY BRYAN says that he
does not expect the liquor question
to find a place in the platform of
either party in the coming cam
paign.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13

EX-PREsIDENT ROOSEVELT refuses
to say whether the progressives will
join with the conservatives in the
next presidential campaign. He is
willing if Theodore is the candidate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
Naval Mines.

The 6rst recorded appearance OF
mines as instruments OF naval var
fare was at the siege Of Antwerp in
1885. when they were employed By the
Dutch against the Spaniards.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13

Horses imported into Argentina are
taught TO avoid q poisonous weed that
tie native animals shun naturally by
forcing them TO fnhaie smoke from
burning piles OF the weed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
unnIeasant.

The man who tells us of our faults
Is our best friend" quoth the phflos-
opher.
Yes. but he won't be long added
the mere man.-Jddge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13

Motion pictures of insects in fight
show tnaI they regulate their speed
BY changing the inclination Of their
wings rather than by altering the ra-
pidity Of their motion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13

II you want thing wen doner-
Get an expert TO do It for you
Amt that more sense than what y5u
were going to sayYs
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
Preferr;nc Ais SUIT.

CSnthia-oh. Tom. think OF coming
TO ask papa's consent In such shabby
ciothesi Tom-Thats right; mad one
suit ruined-Judge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13

Gov. PHILIP has issued a procla-
nation naming May 7th as Arbor and
Bird Day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13
OFFICIAL cITYAND coUETrPAPER.

Published weekly and entered at the Pos
Office at Wausau as second class matter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-13

The surest way not to fan ts to de-
termine to succeed.-Sheridan.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-01-18
PUT OUT BY LIGHTNING
 r | A $ H

An electrical storm of unusal vio- fence, both in duration and in intensity of the lightning, occurred last evening. During the storm a severe flash of lightning, evidently close to the pow CT plant, set up an intense induced current in the line, which surged over the lightning arresters and was fol lowed by the line current, blowing out the fuses at the plant and leaving the city in darkness for a time until the fuses were replaced. This Is the first time in the history of Cordova that such an ocurrence has taken place, and, so far as known, the first time in Alaska, where thunder is principally noticeable by it's absence.
 The storm lasted for several hours lightning flashes being frequent until a late hour.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-01-18
SOLDIER WOUNDED
 IN UNUSUAL MANNER

LONDON, Jan. 4-(Correspondence of the Associated Press) Reuter- correspondent in Amesterdam sends the following story told by a wounded German soldier:
 From one of the trenches, I aimed at my adversary, 70 yards away. II was an easy shot, and I was sure of success. I was just pulling the trig- ger. My aim was clear, my bullet could not fail.
 Suddenly staggered back, and when I recovered I found my rife damaged at the lock and the chamber. I had an ugly wound in my forehead. I ex- amined my rife, and found in the bar rel a French and a German bullet, both fattened. What had happened? |?
 After close examination I discover ed that a French bullet had entered my rife at the muzzle, had followed the coarse of the barrel, had exploded my cartridge and the butt of my rife, and thus had wounded me-"
The Cordova daily times., 1915-01-18
BERL|N's STREET LINED
 WITH WOUNDED SOLDIERS

BERLIN, Jan. 4-Correspondence of
 the Associated Press-No fair picture
 could be drawn of the Berlin of war time that did not include mention of
 thousands of wounded in the streets
 In motorcars, in wheel chairs and in
 the crowds on the streets, they are everywhere, limping, maimed and swathed in bandages. At one dinner table in the Hotel Adlon were four officers, every one of whom had his arm in a sling and two of whom had their heads in bandage. One, a cap tain, had lost his right hand, but he had the iron cross of the first class and he seemed the happiest of the party. Indeed, the cheerfulness of the wounded contrasted strikingly with sad eyes of the many women in mourning. The toll has done little to weaken the spirit of the populace, but 1t is beginning to horrify the visi- tor.