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The safe-blowing season is now in full
blast.
Lord Kitchener's regret factory is still
working.
Quieklime was none too quick for c.,
considering what he deserved.
st. Louis perhaps should boil its anti
toxin before using.
If the law does not apply to John Most,
a special one should be made to fit mis-
case.
There seems to be but one kind Of ar
gument that the Sultan of Turkey can
understand.
Buffalo would gladly loan ST. Louis
that 100000 deficit as a starter for its
worlds fair.
Had the battle been as long drawn out
as the trial, several of the Spanish ships
might have got away.
Uncle Sam need not expect to sell as
many stamps as usual this year; there
will be so much competition.
Another of the disappointments Of the
year is the fact that the prune crop is
one of the largest on record.
The Beers are not only holding their
own, but they are doing a few things
calculated to hold the British for awhile.
Judging from the pictures of the mem
bers of the coErS OF inquiry, Admiral
Dewey IS still enjoying the benefits Of the
full dinner pail.
1t IS noticeable that those who fought
the most during the Battle of Santiago
fought the least in the monthly maya
ZINES after the affair was over.
Captain Clark is in the happy position
where he can let the achievements Of the
Oregon speak for themselves without his
taking up the megaphone to tell about
them.
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eminent of the United States either directly
at its own cost or by gift or loan Of moner
to individuals or corporations, or through
subscription to or purchase of stock or
shares, and that, subject to the provisions
Of the present convention. the said govern
mcnt shall Ia % and enjoy all the rights in
cident to such construction. as well as the
exclusive right of providing for the regu-
iation and management of the canal
Other clauses are:
Il. The caral shall he free and open to
the vessels OF commerce and Of war of all
nations, observing these rules on terms of
entire equality, that there shall be no dis
elimination against any such nation or its
citizens or subjects In respect of the condi
tionS or charges of traffic, or otherwise.
80. The canal shall never be blockaded
nor shall any right of war be exercised nor
any act of hostility be committed within it,
3. Vessels of war of a belHgerent shall
not revictual nor take any stores in the ca
nal except so far as may be strictly neces-
sary: and the transit of such vessels through
the canal shall be effected with the least
possible delay, In accordance with the reg
ulations in force, and with only such inter
mission as may result from the necessities
of the service. Prizes shall be in all re-
spects subject to the same rules as vessels
of war OF the belligerents.
"A. No belllgerent shall embark or disem
bark troops, munitions Of war; or warlke
materials In the canal except in case of acct
dental hlndrance of the transit, and In such
case the transit shall be resumed Wit all
possible dispatch.
IS. The provisions Of this article sail
apply to waters adjacent to the canal, within
three marine miles of either end. Vessels Of
war of a belligerent shall not remain In
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-26
The Turkeys La ment.

I'm a melancholy turkey-sad am I.
For reign OF awful terror d-aweth nigh.
How dread the smell OF pie,
And the cakes and tarts piled high,
For | know that / must die
Thanksgiving Day.
What avail my sparkling eyes, Just Ike Jet
or my slim and stately neck. proudly set?
Though my glossy feathers shine,
On my fesh viii people dine,
And pronounce Notwithstanding,
Thanksgiving Day.
How wish had beer hatehed some other
bird.
Chicken. goose, duck or dove'd be preferred
Any fowl. but what / am.
In this land Of Uncle SaE2
For I'm slaughtered Gs lab
Thanksgiving Day.
How l sympathize with Marie Antoinette,
How that dark and bloody AZ haunts me yet
Soon on my neck. twill descend,
Make OF me sudden end
Was q sadder verse Ger penned,
Thanksgiving Day.
American Kitchen Magazine.
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pIACED BETWEEN ROWS SHINING TEETH

person is provided with pencil and pa
per. and is instructed TO write as many
as he e5n recall OF geographical names,
which begin with letter OF the alpha
bet that has been previously agreed up
on. For instance, if the letter A has
been chosen, everybody begins to write as
fast as the names occur 70 him: Asia.
Africa, Australia. Augusta. Andes, ANA
zon. Aurora County. Arabia, etc. A time
limit Of five minutes is allowed, and for
every one which any member has which
nobody else has written he counts I'VE.
Two funny games that are somewhat
similar are the Peanut and the "Pota-
to" games. In the peanut game each
member is provided with pile Of two
dozen peanuts and case knife. At . Civ
en- signal each one takes his knife. picks
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such waters longer than twenty-four hours
at any one time except in case Of distress,
and in such case shall depart as soon as pos
sible but a vessel of war of one belligerent
shall not depart within twenty-f0ur hours
from the departure of vessel of war of the
other belligereRt
&c. The plant, establishments, buildings
and all works necessary to the construction
maintenance and operation of the canal shall
be deemed to De part thereof, for the pur-
poses of this convention, and in time of war,
as in time of peace, shall enjoy complete i'm
munfty from attack or injury by belliger-
ents and from acts calculated to impair their
usefulness as part of the canal"
This treaty is intended 10 replace the
first Hay-Pauncefote treaty That CON
vention was amended so extensively by
the United States Senate at its last ses-
sion that the British government declined
to ratify it. Within few weeks nego-
tiations began afresh between Secretary
Hay and Lord Pauncefote and they have
just resulted in the signature of the new
treaty, drawn with special reference to
the objections of the Senate to the first
agreement.
The principal point of difference be-
tween the new and the defeated treaty
Is the withdrawal of Great Britain from
the joint guaranty of the neutrality of
the canal, thus leaving the United States
the sole guarantor. The excelsior of the
old provision respecting the right to for
tify the canal leaves that right by infer
ence optional with the United States.
All commerce of whatever nationality
passing through the canal will fare alike;
there will be no discrimination in rates
in favor Of United States shipping. 9th
erwise the new treaty is in scope similar
to last years treaty. 1t replaces technic-
ally the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, concluded
April 10, 1850.
BY the terms of that old convention
the United States and Great Britain
agreed that neither should seek an advan-
tage in rights of transit across the 18TH
mus. By the new convention Great
Britain yields her right in favor of the
United States, which is thus at liberty
to construct a canal
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up as many of his peanuts as he can on
its blade, and carries them across the
room, depositing on a plate set for the
purpose. Then he goes back and repeats
the operation, and continues until he gets
them all transported. If any drop on
the floor in the transit they must be
picked up in the same way. The one
who first succeeds in transferring his
pile from one place to the other gets
prize.
In playing the potato game, twelve
potatoes of various sizes are used. They
are laid in two rows of six each, at in
teryals Of eighteen inches between the
potatoes. At the end of each row IS
plate. Two ladies are then called for
ward, and each is provided with a table
spoon, with which she is told TO gather up
the potatoes in her row and carry them
to her plate. The one who first gets her
potatoes gathered up and piled on the
plate is allowed TO challenge another lady
to a similar contest, and so on until the
last one has played, the one who wins
last being the champion.
An old game, which has been adapted
especially to suit the Thanksgiving sea-
son, is the turkey gobbler game. 1t is
understood that each member is instruct
ed by the leader to give the call of some
ANIMAL upon a signal agreed upon. Some
one who has never played the game is
told in a whisper to gobble like a turkey.
The leader, while pretending to give the
name Of some animal to every member,
really tells all others to keep quiet, and
when the signal is given the gobbler is
the only animal that is heard, which,
indeed, is quite appropriate. considering
what day it is, but the victim of the
joke feels rather uncomfortable.
There are numerous other games,
which are more or less old, but these are
enough to furnish entertainment for one
afternoon, with a few left over for the
evening parties that have been planned
for the younger members of the family.
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TO FIGHT RAILROAD COMBINE.
Gov. Van SAINT Favors Calling Special
Session of the Legislature.

Gov. Van SAINT Favors Calling Special
Session of the Legislature.
Gov. Van SAINT of Minnesota has de-
clared war on the new S400,000,O00 rail-
road combine. Sentiment against the
latest railroad trust is growing through
out the Northwest. a St Paul dispatch
says, and Gov. Van SAINT is in favor Of
calling a special session Of the Mime
sofa Legislature to deal with the sub
ject.
A spontaneous demand has sprung up
in Minnesota for the converting of the
Legislature for the purpose of enacting
legislation that viii prevent any change
in the management or direction Of the
roads in tbs eembiie. In North Dakota
a similar feeling prevails, and Ger.
White has the subject of a special session
under consideration.
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WRECK ON THE GREAT WESTERN
One Passenger Is kil1el and Six Are
Seriously Injured.

One Passenger Is hIlleI and six Are
Seriously Injured.
The Minneapolis Flyer" of the Chi
cago Great Western Railway, three hours
late, crashed into the rear end of the
De Kalb milk train near st. Charles,
H., killed one passenger, badly injured
six others and destroyed the last car of
the local. The rear coach of the wreck
ed train was literally tossed into the air
by the oncoming flyer. 1t fell in a tan
gIed mass upon the top of the engine of
the fast train and at once took fire. Rose
Root, a 12-year-old girl, was caught be-
tween the timbers of the smashed car and
burned to death almost within sight and
hearing of the spectators.
The switch at the west end of the sid
ing should have been thrown to let the
flyer go past. But the rushing engine
was crashing into the rear of the slowly
moving milk train almost before the fast
trains fireman and engineer saw what
had happened. They leaped simultane-
ously into the ditch, and when they re-
gained their feet the engine was piled
with q tangle of twisted steel and spin.
tered wood, flames were bursting from
the wreckage, and the few passengers of
the wrecked local, injured and terrified,
lying unconscious or suffering by the
roadside.
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Nothing Essentially New, Perhaps
but Much that Is Amusing.

Nothing Essentially New, Perhaps,
but Much that Is Amusing.
For the amusement of a company,
where people of all ages and tastes are
gathered together, games of one sort or
another are almost necessity; at any
rate, they are decidedly useful, and the
one who can suggest and tell how TO play
the most entertaining games is sure to
find herself the favorite of the day. 1t
is always better 5to prepare ones self
beforehand for such occasions as this.
Two or three games are usually enough TO
amuse a company for several hours, but
these should be carefully planned and
all the necessary accessories provided.
Some OF the games here given will be
familiar to persons in certain localities,
put they will serve as reminders to those
who remember playing them but have
forgotten some essential details.
A game which requires music to play
Il. but not Of any special kind, is that
which is called Magic Music" Even a
mouth organ will serve, il there is moth
INC better. The game is played in this
way: One person goes out and the re-
mainder of the company decide what he
As 10 do when he comes back. Perhaps il
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IS TO so up to ono OF the young ladies OF
the party and lead her out to the middle
Of the floor for q waltz; OF it may be to
unite somebody's shoe. There rs great
chance for ingenuity in suggesting fun
ny things TO do. When the victim comes
q some ore begins to play on the piano,
Il there is crS - se approaches the
object which has be>z decided upon the
music softens, but when he is wreng. the
music is loud, 1t is very amusing, some
times. when the victim is in the very act
say of sitting down beside lady-and
the music comes cut with q bang, which
makes the victim jump as il he had been
suddenly caught in the act of doing some
thing he ought not TO do.
An amusing trick which must be prac-
decd upon each member OF the party sep
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-11-26

You boys don't know anything about
weather. Childrenr so mighty delicate
and tender nowadays they can't stand
anything. Frost on yere window pane,
heh2 What would We think if We should
wake up some morning and find six inches
or a foot of snow on top Of we're bed
spreads? S'prize We some, wouldn't it?
When l was a boy me an my brother
Ebenezer used to sleep together up in
the loft of the log cabin Father an
mother an the girls slep' down below.
Long about o'clock fatherd bank the
FIRE in the big fireplace an say, Well,
boys, bout time fer youngsters to be turn
in in We'd climb up the ladder to the
loft, undress and crawl under the blan-
ket. LOOkin' up, we could see the stars
If they was out between the chinks in the
roof. In bout one minute we'd be asleep.
Mebbe it 'ud blow up a snow durin' the
night and the snow'd come siftin' down
through the chinks and cover the bed
thick over. Glad enough NV it we was,
TOO, fer there isn't any down bed com
fort half as warm as one made out of six
inches of thick snow Frost on we're win
dow pane, heb? Hew, but that's ter
ribloP'
Along about second helpin'" time
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Will Not stop logging.

State Senator O'Neil emphatically de-
MES the published report that he had or
dered all logging operations suspended on
the Bad River Indian reservation because
of the prevalence of smallpox. The re-
port that we will shut down operations at
Odanah on account of smallpox" said
Mr.. O'Neil, SIS ridiculous. There is no
smallpox in the camps and the number
of cases in the village has been reduced
to sixteen. The Stearns Lumber Company
has 500 men at work ON Bad River res
ervation and logging operations have not
been interfered with in the slightest de-
gree y
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Four Men Capsized.

-Four men were picked up by the
schooner Three Sisters, ten miles north of
Menominee, three and half miles out
in the bay. They were clinging 10 fish
stakes and We're nearly dead The men
had been in the water three or four hours.
There was a big gale blowing and the
Three Sisters had to sail close reefed.
Louis Larsen, who was sailing her, no.
ticed a small pond boat drifting upside
down. He + gan a search and soon dis
covered the men. In half an.hour more
they wor Ihaye persisted, as It was get
ting DIP .fand would not have been seen.
The .fermen had been lifting their nets
VIII a big sea capsize6 their boat.
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FIRST MONUMENT TO M'klNLEx.
Shaft Unveiled by CitizeuA of Tower
and Soudau, Minnesota.

Accompanying is a picture of the monu-
ment to Mckinley recently unveiled at
Tower. MIMI. the first memorial to the
late President. The shaft, which is of
iron. resting upon base of iron ore and
a foundation of concrete, was erected By
the citizens of Tower and Soudan, Mimi.
There IS brass plate on each side of
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shoot and Rob saloonkeeper,

George Smith was shot and robbed in
his saloon at Tomahawk Lake The rob-
bers, two in number, both wearing masks,
told Smith to throw up his hands. In
stead of obeying, Smith struck one of the
men with his fist, knocking him down.
The other then shot the saloonkeeper, the
bullet striking his right wrist, going
through and into his stomach. Smith
fell, and the men then looted the place,
securing S400. Smith is still alive.
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scriptions
William Mckinley. Born Jan. 90,
1915. Elected President in 1896. Re-
elected President in 1900. Assassinated
Sept. 9. 1901. Died Sept. II, 1901"
The sturdy miners of Soudan and their
children"
The hardy lumbermen of Tower"
The citizens of Tower and their chill
dren."
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Tramps Hold Up a Train.

Conductor III. G.. Schu.tze and his crew
of FIVE men on freight train We're at
tackled at Superior Junction by a gang of
desperadoes. Schultze received several
deep knife wounds Brakeman Ferguson
was also cut in the side and arm and is
suffering from loss of blood The other
members of the crew, five in number,
were all more or less injured. The tramps
held up the train and demanded that
they be allowed to ride. The conductor
ordered them off and fight ensued. They
were locked up, but no trace of the
tramps who got away has been found.
The conductor may die.
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KILL IN A MINERS RIOT.
Strikers and Nonunionists Engage in
a Fierce Fight

Fierce Fight.
In a pitched battle between strikers
and non-union miners at the Providence
Coal Company's mines near Madisonville,
KY, two men were killed and four
wounded. The attack which was made
by the strikers, armed with rifles, lasted
two hours, and over 1000 shots We're ex-
changed. The adjutant general of the
State ordered two companies of militia
to the scene.
The trouble began at 6 o'clock Sunday
morning, when seventy-fve armed men
appeared on a hill about 400 yards from
the slope mine of the Providence Coal
Company and began firing on the tipple.
At the first fire the guards were aroused
and all prepared to resist the attack.
They were soon joined by many of the
nonunion miners. The attacking party
continued to fire on the tipple and the de-
tenders were, forced to seek shelter else
where, as the bullets were falling all
around them. Many of the guards sought
refuge in the houses of the non-union
miners. Others hid behind box cars and
coal cars and again began to fire at the
men on the hill.
Finding that their fire had little effect
on the union miners, the guards and non
union miners began to advance. The at
lacking party poured another heavy fire
into them and they were again forced to
seek shelter this time behind a pile of coal
slack, where they kept up the fire on the
strikers.
Soon re-enforcements came and the
guards and non-union miners concentrate
ed their fire on the men in the ditch, caus-
ing them to scatter. Two held their
ground and volley after volley was sent
in their direction. For a few minutes
the fire was returned, but presently one
man was heard to scream. His rifle drop
ped to the ground and he fell with bull
let in his head. His companion fred a
dozen or more shots and then he, too, fell,
wounded A few minutes after the leader
dropped the firing ceased and the assail-
ants fed
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Pauncefote, til e
British ambassa-
dor. for Great Brit
ain.
a copy of the new
Nicaragua c a n a !
treaty was shown
to a correspondent
in London by a
high official of the
foreign office. Some
of its provisions are
as follows:
1T is a agreed that
the canal may be con-
sfructed under the
arSptppYS of fbp gov
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ing discovery. L
turned in there and
got permission to
leave my oxen and
wagon for a few
hours. Then l turn
ed around and ran
back TO Chicago af-
for my money.
What is more, l
found it, too. The
woman who made
up the bed in the
room l occupied
ha1 found IL aud
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Ladysmith Is the County Seat,

Judge Parrish has dissolved the tempo
rary injunction against the Gates Coun-
ty Board restraining the members from
building court house at Ladysmith and
the contract for building court house to
cost $4,000 was let to f. G.. and G. A.
Stanley Of hippewa Falls.
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c. HE best thing about Thanksgiving
dinner over TO Aunt Thankful
q Blessings was the stories which
went with every dish. The turkey always
came to the table on a huge pewter plat
ter, which was one OF the many portions
OF the Mayfower's cargo owned by Aunt
Thankful. Near the edge of the pewter
platter was a little round hole, through
which the gravy sometimes dripped on to
the white cloth. Every year there were
some of the Connections" at the table
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Up to Old Tricks Again,

W. J. Frances, the man who was cap
tured in Trempealeau in 1896 and given
four years at Waupun for cracking and
robbing the safe in +. r. Johnson's store
at Centerville, and who, on the compile
ton of his sentence, was rearrested by
the United States authorities for the
Dexterville postoffice robbery ON Oct. l.,
1896, and sentenced to prison by Judge
Burris, is again in the tolls. The other
night, it is alleged, he broke into the
postofice at Blair, blew open the safe
and escaped with over $400 in money and
stamps. He then walked to Hixon, a
few miles distant, and retired. He was
apprehended by Officer Miller and will
again be turned over to the United States
authorities.
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and a big load of
corn. 1t was a for
ty mile drive each
way. 1t was the
first time | had ever
been trusted with
such an important
job, and it was also
the first time l had
ever been to a big
city, for Chicago
even then was a
big city to US. Ii
you've ever driven
oxen YOU know they
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TO DlssEcT FOWL skILLFuLLX
Proper Method of Carving Birls and
Cold Meats.

. carve a turkey
skillfully the carver
should place the
fork firmly in the
breast, the neck
end being to the
left, then separate
the two thigh joints
from the body.
Next remove the
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VINO nad never no.
ticed that hole be-
fore. At any rate,
it was understood
by all the family
that at the proper
point some one was
to ask about it.
wv ny, An n t
Thankful, h o W d
that hole come in
your pewter plat
ter?''
Then the old lady
would beam with
satisfaction.
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nIzed preroSatlYe TO
take the center OF
the stage or table.
''R e e u ] a r, old
fashioned Thanks
giving weather
this, Uncle Ger
sh9m," one of the
third generation
would say. Why,
there was frost on
my window panes
this morning when
l got up"
That was the old
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Uncle Ebenezer usually got into action.
He needed neither cue nor opening. When
the spirit moved him he spoke.
''In the fall of 49," he began, father
sent me in to Chicago with an OK team
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WISCONSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
Big Fire at Sturgeon Bay-Old Offend
err Caught After Postoffice Robbery
Train Held Up by Tramps-saIoon-
keeper Shot and Robbed.

Fire at Sturgeon Bay destroyed $4,000
worth of lumber and for a time threaten
ed the entire city. Four iiremen were Sc
riously injured before the flames were I'M
der control. They are: Joseph Johnson,
Fred Mabbett and Remharder of Stur-
geon Bay and Fred Baker Of Kewaunee.
The fire started in the yards of the Par
ker Lumber Company during a heavy
gale and spread rapidly to the yards of
the Milwaukee Lumber Company and
the Pankratz Lumber Company. All
these were destroyed. The gale carried
the blazing lumber over the city, and for
q time it was feared the entire city would
burn. Aid was Summoned from Kewau-
nee and other neighboring towns.