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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
Prison Babies.

Very few people outside official cir
bies are born every year in the infirm-
aries of prisons and penitentiaries, the
little people always causing quite q
fiutter of effectiveness and excitement
among female Warders and prisoners
alike.
OF course there is vast difference in
prisoners, and sometimes the person
least attentive to the prison baby is the
mother herself; but, on the other hand,
the general body of the women prison
ers make the most pathetic efforts, by
means of all manner of tri1ing scraps
and odds and ends, to fabricate articles
of wear and ornament for the out-of
place little stranger.
Quite three-fourths of the women
volunteer to tend II. and it Is often the
case that the most refractory and diff
cult of the prisoners soften and greatly
alter by being allowed to DO little
things for it; indeed, 1t acts through
out like a veritable ray Of sunshine
among the whole Of the poor prisoners,
who generally manage to get themselves
into great good humor by suggesting as
volnbly as the prison rules will permit
fantastic names for the child. Within
a certain period of their birth these
children are taken away from the
mother and are tended elsewhere with
the utmost care and humanity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
M WnnId Thnnn,

1t was in one of the Majestic Building
elevators. Il was filed, was the car,
and as it happened no one wanted to
alight below the twelfth floor.
AS the lift shot upward a man OF ru-
raj appearance exclaimed. as he felt
his stomach sinking into his boots:
-Whoopee, Gosh. eff this here thing
busted it 'w'd be III. w'u'dn't itT'
And a fat man shot him a glance and
replied, soto yoce: we never talk of
such things here
And when the car stopped the other 5
stomach jumped up with an accom-
panying Ugh TO where it belonged
according to the law Of physiology
Detroit Free Press
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
ner I.iteral Exnlanntion.

4 few days ago a boy was missing
from schoolroom in one of the uptown
public school buildings. The teacher
looked around and failed 10 see the
familiar face.
Does any pupil know why Tommy
McGregor isn't in school today she
inquired.
There was no answer.
The teacher repeated the query.
Then a little girl slowly lifted her
hand
please, ma'am," she said. Il know"
"And why does he stay away,
Mary"
please. ma'am. it's because he's got
measles inside"
Mary had read the contagious disease
card that was tackled on the front Of
the Baltimore Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27


plains and into this time had been
crowded events which are history.
1t was In 1S4S that Col. Majors begG n
his frelghting on the old Santa Fe trail,
running line of wagons between indie
pendence, Mo-, and Santa Fe., n. NJ,
Majors Overland Freight soon became
famous all over the world He was not
the first man TO carry freight over the
trail, but he was the first man to de-
velop overland freighting as an indus
try and to insure in any degree the safe
ty of his goods. His beginning was
made auspiciously on the edge of the
gol1 fever, and soon he, and the part
ners he afterward associated with him,
had established lines TO Mexico, Cali
fornia, Colorado and Utah, and in one
year the profits Of the firm of Majors,
Russell & Waddell amounted to $780,
600. Nearly all of the freight carried
over the Rocky Mountains by contract
at that time was carried in Majors
wagons. and the Government contracts
were all intrusted to him.
When Col. Majors began operations
the Eastern terminus of the freighting
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
Total Deprayitx.

While the administration is num-
Ding vague threats Of the terrible
things it will do to American citizens
II they don't stop daring to think; and
the newspaper lackeys howl that the
people who protest against war are
the only ones to blame for it-these
troubled gentlemen a-e forgetting the
chief offender. They want to get after
the Declaration of Independence, and
proceed against" it, and exclude it
from the mails, and let us know what
a seditious, copper-head, traitorous
document it is. And then the consti.
tuition, which is about as wicked. For
these two old-fashioned papers have
done more to encourage the Filipi-
nos" than all the anti-imperial speech
es of to-day-just as they inspired
Mexico, Central America, Peru. Chile
and all the other mainland colonies to
revolt from Spain; just as they to-day
inspire the people who protest against
a war of conquest. These wicked
manifestos of human rights should be
suppressed! They make trouble, at
home and abroad-for those who VIC
late them. Let us wipe them out and
tie to Commerce and Chances for
American Capital.-W Wilmington Del)
Justice.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
Rather Embarrassinp.

In the midst of Republican prosper
ity it is rather embarrassing for them
to contemplate strike of 10000 mi
ners, who have for months been beg
ging the coal operators of Pennsylva-
mia to grant them living wages. The
coal operators are too busy making
profits for the trust interests and have
refused to even confer with the miners.
The men have national organization
and have about concluded that if it is
question of starving anyhow they
may as well go on a strike and see
how that extreme measure viii appeal
to those who are reaping the profits
from their labor-Sioux Falls Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27

Formidable opposition to the Nicara.
guam agreement and the terms upon
which the abrogation Of part of the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty were negotiated be-
tween Secretary Hay and Ambassador
Pauneefote, have developed in the Sen
ate, to which President Mckinley trans
mitted it for ratification. The objection
is based on the neutrality clause OF the
agreement, which permits the warships OF
all nations to pass through the canal in
time of peace or war. Other criticisms
by Senator's are directed against pledging
this Government TO refrain from fortify-
ing the approaches and entrances of the
canal, and the proviso that NO nation
shall take advantage of the canal by seigS
ing or controlling its gateway. The as
sertion is made that this Government
pays the expenses for the construction of
the canal and the benefits win be shared
in equally with the United States by 9th
er Governments observing the covenant
both in times of peace and war. No OBJ
lection is expressed to allowing all treaty
nations to make use of the canal in a
commercial way, but the strongest fight,
both in committee and when the treaty is
submitted to the House, will be eoncen-
trated in favor of the amendment of the
agreement so as to permit the United
States to reserve the exclusive strategic
advantages of the canal in the event OF
hostilities between this Government and
other powers.
Demands for pensions, correction OF
military records" and new legislation to
admit more pension seekers are eclipsing
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
vegetarian Shoes.

Vegetarians who are so strict that
they do not care to wear an article of
clothing into which any animal prop
critics are introduced are catered for in
the boot line by London boetmaker,
who is the Inventor of a vegetarian
shoe. For some years he has been ex-
perimenting and as result he has pro
duced boot in the construction of
which there is absolutely no paper or
leather of any description. Not only
this, but, according TO his assertion,
these wear one-fourth longer than
leather shoes and the upper material
is always soft and never cracks.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
Democratic Success


The Washington Times thus disturbs
the brilliant dreams of Imperialism in
dulged in by the Republican ostrich,
which hides its head in the bushes and
thinks it conceals its whole ungainly
body:
Mr.. William J. Bryan will take his
seat in the White House on March 4,
1901, standing on platform which will
mean laws rehabilitating silver in its
legal tender power at the ratio of six
teen to one, the destruction of trusts,
and total collapse of the expansion
movement
THE evidence in support of these
statements is contained In the following
truths which we beg to present for
President McKinley's most distin-
guished consideration:
I'D The vast majority of the Ameri-
can people, Democrats and Republicans
alike, believe in national expansion,
but not in Imperialism.
60 The American people believe In
putting an end to all monopolies and
trusts in restraint of trade.
"(3) The American people demand
that the triple alliance which now ex.
lists, with every prospect of it's rapid
enlargement, between the national
banks, the trusts, and the Secretary of
the Treasury shall be dissolved.
90 The American people, including
Democrats in the South not more than
Republicans in the New England, Mid
die, and Western States, resent the
thought of any attempt on the part of
the Federal Government to interfere
with the rights of the citizens of the
various States absolutely to control
their local affairs"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27

tected by sheets OF ducking. Each
wagon was drawn by twelve oxen, and
the train was provided with thirty or
forty extra animals, in case some Of
those drawing the wagons went lame.
The whole train consisted Of from 800
to $50 cattle, a half dozen mules, for
herding and riding. The force of men
consisted of n wagonmaster, his assist
ants. the teamsters, man to look after
the extra cattle, and three or four re-
serves.
Oxen almost altogether were used In
freighting, because they We're more re-
liable for long trips, and because they
foraged for their own food, and. with
proper care, could travel 1000 miles be-
tween April and November, and still
be sleek and salable.
The business done by the freight line
established by the Colonel was enor-
nous. In one year he carried 100000
pounds Of Government supplies to Uni
ted States troops in Utah. Forty thou
sand oxen. a thousand mules. and over
5000 men. under his supervision. once
carried freight and mail from the Mis-
sourl River across the Rocky Noun
aims.
The Pony Express.
Col. Majors greatest enterprise, from
a spectacular point OF view, was the
establishing Of the pony express" In
the days OF the California gold fever
this was to the coast what the flying
mail trains are to the people to-day.
From the terminus OF the eastern tele-
graph lines there was a stretch Of 1000
miles to the coast. Majors had already
established an overland stage line, OPP
Grated By the firm of Majors. Russell
& Waddeu. But up to 1889 mail from
the Atlantic seaboard was carried by
steamer to the Isthmus of Panama and
then by steamer again up the western
coast. and at the least the trip required
twenty-five days. Senator Gwin, Of
California. believed that the establish
ment of an overland express would lead
TO increased immigration. and finally
lead to the building of railroad and tele-
graph lines. which It did. lie persuaded
Col. Majors and his partners 10 start
the pony express. and Col Majors At
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
WHITTIER ARE WE DRlFTiNoq

That we are on the shoals of adyer-
sity is made plain by the New Orleans
Times-Democrat. 1t punctures the bub-
bic of prosperity and gives resume of
the causes which are bringing the ma
ton to certain ruin.
The present Industrial status in the
United States is a striking illustration
of the aphorism that things are not
what they SEEM; for, as matter of
fact, the magnates of the trusts are
taking advantage of the prosperity that
followed in the wake of the higher
prices of grain In the Letter year to
rivet the letters Of producer and con-
sumner alike. In truth, the entire or
ganism of our economic and political
life is undergoing a metamOrphosis
which will not be apparent to the gen
eral eye, until the cycle of events shall
have once more made the masses of a
critical temper The average man has
neither inclination nor leisure for phil
osophical investigation. From empti-
ness of stomach, as a rule, comes the
fullness of heart, out of which the
mouth speaketh.
In every direction one sees certain
tendencies at work. In the first place,
the control of capital is passing into
fewer and fewer hands. Giant cor
porations seek to establish monopolies
in various lines of trade. With each
sunset the individual is of lighter
weight in the balances of life, the will
Of the northumberland being thrown
into the opposite scale, after the his
toric fashion of the sword of Brennus
Doctrines of absclutism are boldly
preached which would not have been
endured, n decade ago. 1t is contended,
indeed, that the average American
stands in direst want of a guardian,
and that the trusts respond to the need.
as the scabbard protects the blade
from the rust. Russell Sage maintains
the thesis, in its baldest form, but the
monopoly's real weapons of precision
are forged in the silence of academic
retreats" "
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
Differences in Eyes.

Besides varying in size, shape and
color eyes differ in visual force and in
power of accommodation and also that
same faults affect only one of them. 1t
is an established fact that we all use
one eye-the right or left-in prefer
ence when looking through a glass or
taking aim with gun. We are right
or left eyed as we are right or left
handed or footed. The ignorance OF
most people on this subject is Illus
trated by their buying glasses at the
opticians without taking account of
any difference between the eyes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27

The Democratic party is the party of
law, order, patriotism and genuine
morality, as its conduct in 1876, when
the Republicans stole the Presidency,
and in plenty of other emergencies has
shown. The Republican party also be
lieves in law, order, patriotism and
morality, as virtues which others
should cultivate.-Albany Argus.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
Apologizing for Trusts.

1t is amusing to see the administra.
ton organs apologizing for the trusts
with one breath and kicking against
the extortionate price-at an advance
of from 40 to 60 per cent.--charged for
print paper by the paper trust. A
trust is good thing so long as it con
fines its squeezing attentions to some
other fellow.-Los Angeles Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
Makes a Hot Issue.

The anarchy and assassination which
prevail in our suffering sister com
monwealth are the evidences OF what
Republican rule Is in the South. We
don't believe our States will need any
other issue during the coming Presi.
Dental election.-Knoxville, Tenn.
Sentinel
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
Wonld DO Anxthing.

The Republicans would vote against
the Ten Commandments and the Lords
prayer # they were presented By a
Democrat or il they were made an issue
by Democrats. At meeting of the So
ciety known as the Sons Of the Revolu-
ton held at Cincinnati the Republicans
happened 10 have majority of the
members present. and when that IN
defatigable Democrat, Col. ". A. Tay-
lor. presented a resolution reaflrming
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
Anent the Spider.

Tommy-Isn't the spider patient. sit
ting there all day?
Papa-How could be catch flies IL be
were nOtt
Tommy Why. with fy-paper, 1
should think.-Judge,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27

that part of the Declaration of Inde.
pendence which declares that all men
are created free and equal and possess
certain inaiienable rights, life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness. etc, the
Republicans present actually voted
down the resolution by laying it on the
table.-Champaign (Ohio) Democrat.
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It Means somefhinr.

Instructions that come directly from
the people are the most to be desired
When the people meet in mass conven-
-tions and send instructed delegates to
a convention it means something Oh
ney Gid Times.
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and who became
w ori d-famous as
the originator of an
overland ( r e j g b t
line and pony ex-
press was Col. Alex
ander Majors, who
died in Chicago not
long ago. At the
time of his death
Col. Majors was sc
years old. Seventy
years OF his life he
had cnank ON thu
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concea1ing the Evidence.

Secretary Gage informs the Senate
that if reply to the famous Hepburn
letter was ever made no trace of it can
be found on the files of the depart
ment, and it is his belief that no writ
ten or verbal answer ever was made.
This is no doubt the case, and vet Mr..
Gage made very substantial indirect
reply when he proceeded thereafter to
load down the City Bank with treas
ury-deposit favors After being re-
minded by Mr.. Hepburn that the
names in the directory of the City
Bank would show what claims to
treasury consideration the bank had
upon the administration party, Mr..
Gage would have done better to drop
the bank from his list of special de-
positories and fiscal agents of the gov
eminent once and for all. His failure
to do so only serves to create public
suspicion that there must have been a
good deal of basis to the claims refer
red to by Hepburn. Springfield Re-
publican.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27

Government by force and by assas.
sination is being tried in this country
earlier than had been expected by even
those of us who contend that govern
ment by force in the Philippines wiz
result in government by force in this
country.-Joplin (AIo.) Globe
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tormentor, she said: IF you were my
husband, do you know I'd poison
you" Her neighbor, removing his eli
gar from his lips, promptly responded:
"And do you know, madame, were you
my wife. I'd take that poison New
York Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
A Political Acrobat

William alcKinIey's record on the
currency question shows he has the
most acrobatic mind that ever in
dulged in political somersaulting.
Kansas City Times
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27

81 speak not of forcible annexation.
for that cannot be thought of That by
our code of morality would be criminal
aggression. WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
Message 10 Congress. April IL. 1898.
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John SWIM. the Rapid Reade

John Swift, the rapid reader, sat him
down TO read:
Sermon. essay, poem. leader-what an
awful speed,
Such omnivorous absorption no good end
attainS.
John Swift. the rapid reader, ignorant re
mains.
-Ieznie Peet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27

all previous high
water marks. III.
Clay Evans, COM
missioner of PEN
sions, is making a
strong resistance to
the food, and, ac-
cording to Grand
Army men, a mon
ster petition signed
by veterans of the
civil war is to be
presented to the
President shortly
asking the removal
of the pension com
missioner Mr. Ev-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27

that out, have you?" queried Dick. lyon
must be pretty well acquainted. then.
Where's he going TO board? p
Il didn't ask hin, though | had plen-
ty of chance to: for,s added Mamie mis-
chievously. watching the effect of her
words on Dick. who. she knew, was
eager to know how and where she had
made the strangers acquaintance, The
was at the school house and stayed near
ly the whole afternoon.
Dick made no reply, but he iid not
look particularly pleased over the infor-
nation.
'sAnd he gave out notice in school,, 2
went on Mamie, that thered be meet
ing tonight. The children will tell ev-
erybody, and the whole neighborhood-
anyway, all the young folks-will be sure
to be there declare it's getting real
late, by the looks of the sun. and / must
hurry home and help mother about the
supper, for most likely she'll want to go.
too."
Then Mamie picked up her little splint
dinner basket and trudged off up the hill,
singing Barbara Allen"
She's rather struck on the fellow,
seems to me-" thought Dick, as he went
back to his plowing. "A handsome face
and good clothes go long ways in q
girls estimation of a man. They're
strange things, these girls. Gee, there,
Dandy, g'lang"
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PONY EXPRESS LINE.
COL. ALEXANDER MAJORS ORIGi.
MATED THE SERVICE.
He Began to Tvansaort, Freight Across
the Plains in '4S, and Did Remark
able Business Employed Five Thou
sand Men and Forty Thousand Oxen,

The man to whom was due more than
any other the advance of civilization
across the plains of the great West
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27

Barring the Egyptians, the ancient
Mayas Of Yucatan seem to have been
the greatest pyramid builders the
world ever saw.
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Turu on the Liuht.

There seems to be no relenting in the
purpose of the Republican majority in
the House and Senate to protect Secre-
tary Gage from that full and searching
inquiry which his suspicious connection
with the Standard Oil bank demands.
Every possible method of delay or of
hushing it up has been resorted to, un-
til the people of the whole country must
be convinced that there is behind the
correspondence which the secretary has
already made public something of ma
ture that would be rulnous to the ad-
ministration if exposed.
Looking ut the matter from a purely
political standpoint, Democrats might
properly be satisfied with the situation.
Nothing is more dangerous to a po-
litical party than reputation for Sc
crecy and coneealment But partisan
ship aside it is necessary that the ma
ton should know exactly TO what ex-
tent Mr.. John u. Rockefeller and his
associates in that monster corporation
do control the treasury. ana it is to be
hoped that the Democrats in both
House and Senate will abate nothing
of their efforts TO force full publiciSy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
Hanna Demands Pay from Banks

l must impress upon you the exceed
ing importance of the immediate fur
nishing of money. The Democrats are
already at work. We are employing
men to counteract their influence. Only
by the utmost assiduity can the truly
prosperous condition of the United
States be made continually apparent
Now is the time for the merchants
and manufacturers and bankers of the
country to get their armor on.-Nark
Hanna to Philadelphia convention
committee, Jan. Is, 1900.