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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-26

folks generally do have to borrow to set
table for so many. Or bought them,
for all l know
No. Silver spoons, with initials on
'em. amt bought and sold. They belong
to women-folks and are handed down in
| the family. They might have borrowed
'em, only 1 can't think who FROM
well, in the name of the eyerlastin'
trumpet, what odds does il maker!
"A heap of odds; if | could only call up
something I've seen or heard, but that
! I've disrembered now"
Simeon seemed to lose himself in rev.
| erie, striving to awaken some dormant
| spark in his memory, eating mechanical
ly the while and keeping his eyes fixed
in an unconscious stare upon a dish Of
pickles before him. When Rufus sought
to recall him to himself and question him
further, he merely growled:
"Lemme lone
When dinner was over the men went
back to work. whittier they were soon
followed by the boys who had been fed
at the second table, With such hearty
goodwill did they apply themselves to
the friendly toll, that before the short
day was nearly done a ten-acre field had
been put in good shape for the spring
corn planting, the rails split for fencing
it in on two sides at least, and the barn
and house were nearing the point where
they could be left for one or two persons
to finish by roofing. ''ehunk-and -daubing,"
and the erection of a chimney to the
dwelling, when the weather grew warm
er. They had even done something more
than had been contemplated at the out
set, by running up the walls of a sub
stantial and commodious "spring-house,"
a convenience that Mr.. McFarlane had
not thought of, and the sudden creation
of which was a new subject of amaze
ment to him.
About the middle of the afternoon the
Rev. Mr.. Mcleod rode over, not TO take
a hand but simply to see how they were
getting along, and demonstrate his SYM
pathetic interest in the proceedings.
Work had by that. time sIackened, and
as he rode into the clearing a dozen
voices hailed him with demands that he
should come and explain something they
were puzzled TO account for.
''Why is it," they asked, that if six
men stand around a seventh lying on the
fat of his back, and they all hold their
breath, the six, with just the tips of their
forefngers under him. can lift the sew
enth and hirt him as high as their heads,
without his seeming to weigh more than
a feather pillow would?"
The parson, with the craft of his pro-
fession, was not going to permit himself
to be caught trying to explain something
he did not know to be a fact nor yet to
be betrayed into easy confession that
there was anything he did not know; so
he tempOrized:
"a certain king" he said. 'once pro-
pounded, to a number Of the wisest men
in his realm, the question why it was
that live fish, weighing several pounds,
would not increase by so much as an
ounce the weight of vessel of water in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-26
COST OF A BIG STRIKE.
Millions of Dollars Lost in Chicago in
One Years Time.


The tremendous cost of labor difficult
ties is clearly portrayed in the Chicago
building trades strike which is now thir
teen months old Reports from Chicago
are to the effect that in the conflict the
wOFkmen lost in wages more than $4,000
600; the building contractors lost over
81 100000 in profits, and the material
supply men another $7,000,000 through
material unsold. In addition the retail
business of the city has been at stand
still for the past year. ILL.,.
The strike was declared by the Build
ing Trades Council, which at that time
had 26,500 members. Other labor unions
in the building trades, outside the coun-
Gil, had a membership of over 10000 In
addition, there were over 5000 morgan
lied men.
There was some trouble between the
Building Trades Council and the Build
ing Contractors Council, and, as neither
side was willing to yield, a strike fol-
lowed The value of the building in pro-
gress a the time of the strike was S10,-
600 900. In three months this Shrunk
to So, 100000, and the amount of build
ing work planned, but stopped on account
of the strike, was $50,000000. During
the progress of the strike five persons
have been killed and Poi assaulted and
more or less seriously injured. 1t is esti-
mated that nearly $4,000 persons have
left Chicago for other cities as q direct
result of the strike.
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CHAPTER IX-(ContinuedD

OhAH1Eh 1A.-(OOnIllueu.)
Cautiously he pokes it through knot,
hole directly above Rufus Goldie, lowers
it to within couple of feet of his head,
and then, peering down. fingers for mo-
ment to revel in the joy of anticipation.
The young man, unluckily for him, has
assumed the attitude that to the bum
kin's mind is expressive of graceful ease.
balancing himself on the back legs of his
chair and slightly rocking it. Hetty's
quick eye catches the thing poised above
his head, and, though in 4 moment she
recognizes it as one of Danny's favOrite
contrivances, a startled expression first
fits over her face and an involuntary ex-
clamatiOn rises to her lips. Rufus, fol-
lowing up her line Of sight, suddenly be
holds the giant spider seemingly pounc-
ing down upon his face, and with an ex-
clamatiOn Of alarm, throws himself back
ward to avoid it. losing his balance and
coming down with a crash, his arms and
legs sprawling wildly. The spider darts
up TO the knot hole and vanishes: Hetty
screams with uncomfortable laughter;
Mrs. Mulveil thrusts her night-capped
head in from her bedroom door to de-
mand what the nation has broke loose;
and with comic ruefulness rubbing his
bruised back, gasps: well. OF all the
gol-derned thingsw and up in the loft a
thoroughly happy boy hugs himself and
rolls on the floor in an ecstasy of delight.
Hetty, unable to stop her laughter.
which has become almost hysterical,
while looking at the discounted young
man, runs away to the kitchen. Mrs.
AIulveil. who resents being walked up,
persists in wanting to know:
What on earth is the NATTER
Nothing" answers Rufus, sheepishly.
We'll, don't let it happen again" the
widow warns him severely, and retreats
TO her room.
Rufus retakes his chair, planted now
firmly on its four feet, and waits in
most uncomfortable frame of mind, with
one eye trained on the ceiling in anxious
expectancy Of the SPIDERS return, the 9th
-er directed toward the kitchen door Min
utes pass and Hetty does not reappedr
but presently Mary Elder enters in her
stead. and, struggling vainly TO repress
her mirth. says:
'Hetty asks will you not please excuse
her. She has laughed so much that she
has a headache and will have to go to
bed at once"
Certainly" replies Rufus. very stiffly,
with a dignity that is irresistibIy funny,
rising and stalking to the door, where he
says a curt: Good night" and goes out,
closing the door after him with a slam.
On the way to the barn he thinks Bit
tcrly:
''She needn't think she'll ever get me
here again TO make 4 fool of me- But III
be even with her. I'll make her sorry,
and him, too. He put her up to it before
lie went-curse him."
When he gets in among the icy robes
in his sleigh and starts his "skagged"
vehicle on troublous journey home, his
bitterness is intensified. But up in the
loft a merry girl winds her arms about a
happy boy and kissing him, says:
You are good little imp, after all,
Danny"
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In several places they were worked along
with convicts hired by planters from the
State and received the treatment given
convicts. One negro swore he had been
strapped to tree and given 100 lashes
for a slight infraction of the rules.
The grand jury is composed almost ex-
clusively of farmers. Judge Benet com
mended the jury and turned the evidence
over to the prosecuting attorney. One
result of the investigation is the practi-
cal abandonment of the stockade system.
Another result is the decentralization of
negro labor. Contracts being now de
clared void, farmers will be without help
and are in a quandary as to how they will
plant their cotton crop.
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A climax was reached at Anderson, S.
G., in tne stockade slavery sensation in
a report by the grand jury presented to
Judge Benet. The jury reported having
visited a number of farms, upon twenty
of which the slavery system was found
In several cases negroes testified to hav-
ing been whipped and imprisoned under
contracts they had ignorantly signed.
One farmer had Knight, a half-witted
negro from Georgia, under circumstances
that were virtually kidnapping, and 9TH
ers testified to Imprisonment in stockades
and shackles. On all but one of the
farms the labOrers were shackled. All
others were guarded by men with rifles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-26
FATHER TIMES OWN CLOCK.
Set by the Stars, 1t Ticks Its Seconds to
Clocks Throughout North America.

GGl ny lHS ldTSg II lLGkS Is SECONDS TO
Clocks Throughout North America.
"The transmitting clock at the Naval
Observatory, Washington, is the alb
solute monarch of American time
keepers" writes Evander McIver'
Sweet in the Ladies' Home Journal.
Every day in the year except Sunday,
by one pendulum stroke it speaks di-
rectly and instantaneously to every
city and considerable town between
the peaks of the Rockies and the pines
of Maine, saying to them that on the
seventy-fifth meridian it is now high
noon to the fraction of a second. A du
plicate mechanism, stationed at the
Branch Naval Observatory on Mare
Island, performs a similar service for
the Pacific slope. And by this one clock
at the National capital together with
its duplicate on the Pacific, is set near
ly every time-piece in the United States
and Cuba, most of those in Mexico and
many on the border of Canada. A
number of clocks-from three to three
thouSand-in nearly every city and
large town are wired together into a
local family, and, by means of a switch
key at the telegraph office, are put into
direct contact with the parent clock at
the National capital. So that the in
slant the electric touch is given from
Washington every clock in the circuit
whether it be at Boston, Minneapolis
or New Orleans-begins a new day in
perfect accord with its mechanical
deity"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-26
Retort Courteous.

BEG your pardon, kind lady" began
the polite beggar. but I'm badly in
need of money!
II wonder if you deserve help said
the Kind lady. suspiciously. IF were
to give you a penny. what would you
do with it?'
Your generosity would overwheIm
me- maam. I'd buy a postal card and
write you a note of thanks. ''-PhiladeI-
Dbia Press
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-26
If Coffee Poisons Ynu.

ruins yoar digestion, makes you nervous
and sallow complexioned. keeps you
awake nights and acts against your sys-
TEN generally, try Grain-O, the new food
drink. 1t is made of pure selected grain
and is healthful, nOurishing and appe-
tsing. 1t has none of the bad effects of
cohee, yet It IS Just as pleasant to the
taste, and when properly prepared can't
be told from the finest cOffees. Costs
about ii as much. 1t is healthful table
drink for the children and adults. Ask
your grocer for Grain-O. Is and 25c.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-26
A Needless ANXIETY.

A little girl only three years old, who
had had no experience in the matter of
broken limbs beyond that afforded by
the casualties in her family of dolls,
had the misfortune to fall and break
her own arm. aud as soon as she had
discovered what had happened to her
she cried out
"oh, mamma, viii it drop OFF,"
NO darling the mother answered,
Il will hold it so that it will not hurt
you till the doctor comes, and he will
fix it all right"
We'll, mamma" the little one said.
pressing her lips together and trying
TO be brave, do hold on tight, so that
the sawdust won't run outr'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-26
JAPAN EAGER TO SIGHT.
Would War with Russia if She Ha,
SuffiCieYf Tasf,


Sufficient Cash.
Russia and Japan have been on the
verge of war several times within the
last five years, since Russia interfered in
1895 and prevented Japan from enjoy
ing the fruits of the victory over China,
but they were never so near hoStilities
as now. and in the opinion of well-in-
formed diplomatists would be fighting
this summer if Japan could get the
money to pay the powder bill. 1t so
happens that the Mikado's cabinet and
parliament are at odds, particularly the
house of lords, which refuses to vote the
military supplies desired by Count Ito,
the prime minister. or authorize loan,
which is necessary to furnish the sinews
of war.
Great Britain is equally embarrassed
and cannot interfere in Manchuria be-
cause her fighting force is occupied in
South Africa and her recent experience
down in that country has been so eX-
pensive that the taxpayers of England
cannot stand any greater strain. Arnold
Foster, secretary of the admiralty, IN eX-
planning the navy estimates in parliament
the other day. showed that it cost 10
shillings per capita for every man, wOm-
an and child in the united kingdom to
maintain British supremacy upon the
seas, without taking into consideration
the expenses of the army and other
branches of the government. This is
equivalent 10 an average tax Of $50 for
the British navy alone, while the average
in the United States for all branches of
our government. even with the $780,
100000 appropriations of the current
year, is $3.50 year, and before the
Spanish war was only about So.
A Washington correspondent says
there is no doubt that Great Britain,
Germany ana Japan have vigorously pro
tested against the Alanchurian treaty.
both to the Chinese and the Russian gov
ernments. and have notified the Chinese
ENJOYS at Pekin that if Russia is given
Manchuria each of them will expect an
equal slice of the empire
Japan is particularly determined in OPP
position to Russian aggression, and if
matters go much further Count Ito will
call for a dissolution of the present par
lament and appeal to the people for the
election of another in the hope of get
ting one that VIII be more willing to vote
money for war purposes.
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Profit in Pennies.

Pennies do not consist Of copper
alone. there being In them per cent
of tin and percent of zinc 20 95 per
cent of copper. 1neg cost the gov
eminent about A cents pound ex-
elusive of stamping. and thee are AS
in a pound. so that the government
makes a fair profit on every pound
minted. since. while they sc redeem
able in gold. but few are ever pre-
scented.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-26
MADAME eAvEAs resTFIES.
A Distinguished Lady, After Travelling
for Six Years in Search of Health, at
Last Finds 1t in Dodd's Kidney Pills.

~ A<dOJB <hANCi
for Six Years in Search of Health, at
Last Finds 1t in Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Hot Springs, Ark. March 49,
(Special)-This popular resort num-
bers among its patrons many of the
worlds most distinguished men and
women, but none more so than Madam
Isabelle Ellen Baveas, Life Governor
of the Free MasOns Grand Lodge Of
England.
Madam Baveas. like most of the 9th
er visitors, came here in search OF
health. She was not disappointed, but
her cure was not found in the virtue
of the baths, but in a few boxes OF
Dodd's Kidney Pills. a remedy which
she found on sale here. and which is
being used and with wonderful success
by a number of the visitors to Hot
Springs. She says
II travelled almost constantly for the
past six years in the interests of my
society, and my health gradually be-
came broken down, through the change
of food water. climate. etc. The doc
tors told me | had diabetes. and adj
vised me to go to the Springs. as they
could do nothing for me. While there
my attention was called to Dodd's Kid
ney Pills by fellow sufferer, who had
been greatly benefited by using them.
81 profted by her experience and
bought a box, and then another, and
so on until l had used seven boxes It
is with gratitude that | state that they
cured me completely, and | am now
able to take up the duties of life once
more. l am very thankful for what
Dodd's Kidney Pills have done for me,
and as a grateful woman shall never
hesitate to recommend them to anyone
suffering with Diabetes"
The very satisfactory experience OF
this distinguished woman, should be an
encouragement to all similar sufferers.
Dodds Kidney Pills are SOC box.
six boxes for $3.50. Buy them from
your local druggist if you can. IL he
cannot supply you. send to the Dodd's
Medicine Co, Buffalo. y. Y.
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For German Soldiers in China.

Waldersee's German soldiers in
China, or a part of them, are to try a
new sleeping bag invented by Ger
man manufacturer. The bag is pust
the length. breadth and thickness of a
man, with a little to spare, 1t is pull
ed up over the head and tied in place.
There are small air tubes for breathing
purposes, all covered with mosquito
netting. Rain can't get in, bugs can't
get in, snakes can't get in. In case of
a night assault the inmate can get out.
but not in q great hurry
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which it was placed. The wise men had
many curious and ingenious theories to
offer in explanation of the alleged fact,
and almost came to blows in the heat of
their discussion. Finally, after they had
wrangled over it for several hours, the
kings fool entered among them triumph
antly proclaiming: L know! l know all
about itp Well they demanded, what
do you know?' That it isn't true. 1
have just tried it with a live fish and
kettle of water And the fool was right
it was one of the kings jokes"
Go be continued.)
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What Do the Children Drinkp

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GRAIN-O? 1t is delicious and nourish-
ing and takes the place Of coffee. The
more Grain-0 you give the children the
more health you distribute through their
systems Grain-O is made OF pure grains.
end when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades Of coffee, but costs
about "a as much. AL grocers sell it.,
15c and 25c.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-26

Fl0eu INTO TWO SUIT. BAYLISSs
classes, graded and ungraded. A graded
school is one which has two or more
teachers. An ungraded school has but
one teacher. In Illinois 81 per cent of
all the schools are ungraded. The aver
age number of days per year which the
pupils in the graded schools attend is
143. In the ungraded schools the aver
age number of days is only 80. During
1900 the total cost of the public schools
of the State was $1S,200,000, of which
amount $11, 100000 was paid to teachers.
Forty-seven per cent of all the teachers
in the State were employed in the I'M
graded schools, but they received only 24
per cent OF the money paid for teachers
salaries. There are 1000 public school
premises in the State which are abso
lutely treeless, 5000 which are without
libraries, 435 in which the total enroll
ment during the year was ten or fewer,
and IS in which it was less than six. In
one case teacher applied to the super
intendent for advice as TO how she should
draw her salary, in view of the fact that
she had been appointed to teach Il school
which was without single pupil of any
kind. There are 321 high schools in Illi-
nois. Ten counties have NO high school.
Less than 10000 of the 100000 enrolled
were in the high schools in 1900.
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Montana Legisla-
ture.
Paris C i b s o n.
who is elected for
the term expiring
in 1905. was born
in New Hampshire
July 1, 1880. Grad
uating from Bow
doin College in
1851, he located at
Minneapolis, en-
gaging in the -four
hT1CiOaSS In 1870
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-26

filed the positions of assistant prescott
ing attorney of Cincinnati; internal reve-
nue. collector; judge of the Supreme Court
Of Cincinnati; solicitor general in the de-
partment of justice at Washington; judge
of the United States Circuit Court in
Ohio-a life position which he resigned
to accept the presidency of the Philippine
Commission about fifteen months ago.
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POLYGAMY BILL KILLED.
Utah Senate ON reconsideration Sup
rnrAa Gnvernnrts Xefn

ports Governors Veto.
The Utah Senate, by vote of 9 to 8,
stood by Gov. Wells in his veto of the
Evans polygamy bill. The original vote
on the passage of the measure was IL
to I. When the question came up again
on the veto of the bill two MOrmons who
voted for the bill before stood by the
Governor in his action and the sponsor
for the bill himself, President Evans,
was obliged to read the death warrant
in the announcement of the vote.
The action of Gov. Heber NJ. Wells of
Utah In vetoing the pOlygamy bill passed
by the Legislatures of that State seems
cause, Salt Lake dispatch says, for
widespread gratif-ftion. 1t spares the
country from a threatened disgrace and
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Railway Speed.

When travelling on a railway you can
tell how fast the train is going by the
following method: The telegraph posts
along railway line are placed 30 to
the mile SO if you multiply the num-
Der of posts passed in a minute by two,
the result gives you the number Of
miles per hour at which the train is go
m
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should "Go In"

In Germany it is considered neceSS-
airy that a child should go up before
il goes down in the world, so il is car
ried upstairs as soon as born. In
case there are no stairs the nurse
mounts 8 table or chair with she infant
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A SOUTHERN STORY OF
LOVE AND TRAGEDY.

These are the principals of South
ern tale of love and tragedy. Hamilton
was an Atlanta, Ga, pharmacy student.
He loved Mrs. Wilson, charming young
widow. She rejected him. Both disap-
peared, and their bodies were afterward
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-26

born on Beacon
Hill, Boston, on
June 81, 1858. H.
graduated at Har-
ward il 1879. At
ter three years in
the Boston city
government he en-
tered the Legisla-
ture. serving with
distinction for five
years, the last
three aS Sneaker Of
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he went to Montana, locating at Ft. Ben
ton as stock raiser. Later he interest
ed James j. Hill, the railway magnate,
in the development of the water power
at Great Falls, with the result of the
building of a city of $1,000 inhabitants.
He was a member of the State constitu-
tiOnal convention
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Hnw,A 1niH

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
T. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo. 0.
We the undersigned have known i. J. Cheney
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the system. Testimonials sent free Price NC
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
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SPIRIT OF NIAGARA
UNDER THE BAN.

'The Spirit of Niagara" she of the
floating tresses and aqueous garments,
whose mission is to exploit the glories of
the Pan-American Exposition, has in
Cured the displeasure of the Rhode Isl
and school authorities. The members of
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RennIar preIin,inarie..

First Reformer-Isn't it about time
for your committee 70 begin its cam
paign against vice!
Second Reformer-Oh, my, no. Why,
they haven't had all our pictures in the
paper et.-Baltimore American.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-26

The demand for monkeys has grown
in Chicago until dealers find it impossi-
bic TO fill their orders. kilograms are
received whenever a new shipment ar
riTes, advising the owner TO set his own
price on the coveted simians. The ami
mails are sought by persons who desire
70 keep them as pets as well as By own
ers OF circuses.