Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-07

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If Mr.. Carnegie speaks truth when he
says New York treats her public men
shamefully. it seems to be horse apiece
Detroit News.
Now it is soap combine, and a pro-
posed advance in the price of the essen
tial to cleanliness. This is pretty nearly
the limit of oleration.-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Now that the novelty of MRS. Nations
crusade has worn off, She is becoming
generally recognized as only a nuisance
and being treated observation-disclosures
City Journal.
Those editors who are nominating Fun
ston for President are strictly WITHIN
their rights, of course. but the reasons fog
such imbecility are not apparent.-Mont-
gomery Advertiser.
If little Japan goes Bear-baiting she
will have the silent sympathy of most of
the powers, but that appears to be abour
the extent of the assistance she may ex-
pect.-Baltimore News.
Gen. Corbins soul is smaller than
Funston's body. His sheer at the gallant
kansan's success-"It is the work of
scout''-was the, remark of a cad in uni
form.-Des Moines News.
A feminine real estate dealer in New
York has failed with debts of over $780,
000 and no assets This looks like carry
ing mannishness almost too far.-Roch-
ester Democrat Chronicle.
The attention of the new Attorney
General is directed to the fact that j.
Pierpont Morgan is openly forming
trusts, in violation of the Sherman law
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Simple justice demands that the mill
ions Of negroes who pay their share for
the support of the army shall have their
representatives among officers as well as
among men-New York Evening Post
The fact that there was not a single
case of yellow fever on record in Havana
at the beginning of April affords. addi-
tiohal proofs of the vigilance with which
the American sanitary authorities have
done their work.-,Philadelphia Bulletin.
1t is said that the Gear wishes to avoid
war with Japan, misunderstanding
with the United States and quarrel
with England. Meanwhile he is lodging
dynamite, which, as a personal matter,
he is not talking about.-St. Louis Be
public.
1t has finally been decided that Cadet
Booz did not die of hazing, but nothing
is said as to the exact effect of his diet
of tabasco sauce or the exposure to which
he was subjected. Thus another historic
case disappears in whitewash.-Denver
Republican.
In speech to some of his soldiers, the
Kaiser has minated that ne has appre-
tensions of revolution in Germany. LIZ
he judges from the effects of his own
goings-on and imperialistiC utterances, he
probably has reasons for fear.-Richmohd
(Va) Dispatch.
Iowa claims to have about $1,5O0,O0O
in the treasury, and no debt. Iowa is an
agricultural State. In 1899 it's corn crop
was larger THIN that of any other State
in the Union. Its cat crop was also the
|, largest, with the exception of Illinois,
Nashville American.
Japan would better stop and count the
cost as we'll as the probable consequences
before going to war with Russia. Not
long ago the powers graciously permitted
Greece to go to war with Turkey. The
troops of the Sultan did the rest-Peoria
Herald-Transcript
The friends Of Benjamin Harrison are
wise in taking immediate steps toward
-aising a monument to his memory. 1t
may be true that absence makes the
heart grow fonder" in life, but in death
the appreciation of public service dims
rapidly and irrevocably.-Chicago Chron
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In addition to her quarrel with this
county, Venezuela will be asked to pay
for the destruction If certain British yes
sells. If she refuse. the Briton will prob
ably have a free hand this time in teach
ing the obstreperOus Venezuelans a les
son in international good manners.-Chi-
cago News.
Ratc-cutting and secret rebates were
common practice long before the Sher-
man law was even thought Of AS a mat
ter of fact, the gigantic railway combi-
nations have been organized chiefly for
the purpose of reducing expenses on one
side and on the other floating vast bond
and stock issucs.-Omaha Bee.
w ny uOeou SOCltly ldht vi POillASS'
Politics offers field of unbounded di-
version for society. The ward meetings.
the primaries the rallies, the conventions,
the tOrchlight professions, the polls,
afford amusement in some form all the
year round. Although the offices would
only be for the men, the women might
have just as much fun in other ways
Chicago Chronicle.
The happiest man in the world, in all
probability, is the progressive Texas
farmer. He labOrs enough only to insure
health, sees his broad acres blossom year
after year into the fruition of a bounti-
full harvest, and has the respect and good
will of his neighbors He is more indie
pendent than are any monaFchs on the
thrones Of the wide world.-HoustOn
Post.
y good many Of the people who are
arrested in New York these days for
splitting in street cars are respectable,
and will find the hardest part Of the pun
ishment for their offense in seeing their
names printed in the newspapers. The
absolute publicity given to the arrests
aud the subsequent proceedings is one of
the best things connected with the pres
ent enforcement of the law.-Hartford
Times.
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