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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
European Retaliation.

The agricultural and manufacturing
Interests of Europe are suffering re-
lapse from the good times of few
years ago. and statesmen and mer-
chants are looking for the cause and a
remedy. They have arrived at one con-
clusion that American competition
must be curbed by increased tariff pro-
lection to their own people, or national
bankruptcy will ensue, for it is impos-
sible to continue buying American
goods without reciprocal purchases by
this country.
Wide interest has been created in
Great Britain, says the Mail and En-
pire of Toronto, Canada. by the an
nouncement that Austrian manufac-
lures have taken the initiative in form
ing European Customs union for the
purpose of resisting American competi-
ton. According to Vienna reports, it
| is proposed that the Continental ma
tons unite in the adoption of counter
| acting measures, with view to exact
sweeping reciprocity concessions from
the United States. The approaching
expiration of the European CONNER
cial treaties in 1908 is fixed on as an
opportune time to bring about an anti
Yankee combination.
The existence of Great Britain does
not figure in the alliance. 1t is recog-
nized not only that British fiscal tradi-
tons are at variance with such a pro-
posal, but also that her leading bust
ness men are opposed to it for practical
present-day reasons. They hold that
offensive, not protective, measures are
Britain's surest means of beating back
foreign trade rivals.
The Daily Mail of London, England,
in the course of an extended article on
the Steel Trust, says it can see no es-
cape for the United States from the op-
preston of trusts, except in free trade,
and declares that Mr.. ]. Pierpont Nor
gan has appropriated $200,00O,00O to
crush Independent concerns. The OPP
erations of the trusts, says the Daily
Mail, may induce general legislation by
Europe, and will certainly consolidate
the British iron and steel trades, which
will give the trust a hard fight here.
The London Spectator also had lately
an article of similar import.
The Republican policy of protection
is bound to result in retaliation by
those countries who find that the COM
petition of our goods is injuring their
own manufacturing. In fact, our pro-
tectiQnists see this fact staring them in
the face, and are preaching reciprocity
to offset the trouble. but they will find
that if a general scheme of reciprocity
is adopted that it must amount to the
same thing as revision of the tariff.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

a laborer makes a bargain for the
price OF his work. but q lawyer ssul-
ply takes everything In sight
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Aged Railway Nail Clerk.

For more than forty years George w.
Putnam. of Ashtabula, Ohio, has been
actively employed as a railway mail
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

amental. have no time for love, nor
any thoughts to send wandering in that
direction"
-
The Baltimore News says that Tom l.
Johnson's first name is not a contraction
of Thomas, but a family name widely
known In the South-especially in en-
lucky, his native State. Mr. johnson al
ways feels aggFieyed when he sees him
self referred to in print as Thomas John
son or Tom" Johnson with the quota
ton marks.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

the present Pontiff would have the right
to nominate the man to succeed him. In
addition, it is known that Cardinal Gotti
has long been the especial favorite of
Pope Leo. He was made a Cardinal in
1895 after his return from Brazil, where
he displayed great tact and skill in man
aging the affairs of the church during
the early days of the republic. Since
he was made a Cardinal he has held the
post of Project OF. the Congregation of
Indulgence and Sacred Relics.
-
Princnss Hntzfnldt tho ndnnfnd dnnrh.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Living Issue. and Their Treatm

LINInA Issues anu 7 HSII IT % t111 N .
If the millions of American Democ-
racy shall not spontaneously and in
stinctively adhere in defence of the
party principles and in recognition of
the practical men who are qualified for
political leadership no scheme of reor-
ganization on this or that basis will
serve any good purpose. There viii be
no need of inventing issues. The issues
now exist in the conditions of govern
ment and legislation. Upon the practi-
cal manner in which the Democratic
party shall grapple with these issues
will depend in large degree its fate as
well as the future welfare Of the coun-
ry.-Philadelphia Record.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

Most people have probably forgotten
that Jay Cooke, the famous financier,
whn was the financial agent of the gov
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

Prof. Algie r. Crook Of the Northwest
ern University, Chicago, is the man who
recently admitted to his class that he
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Declares for Municipal owenrship.

hectares Tor Munich pal Owenrship,
The victories of Tom Johnson in
Cleveland, Jones in Toledo and the
three-cent fare ticket in Columbus
have aroused the Ohio Republicans to
the fact that the people favor munich
pal ownership. Charles w. Dick,
chairman of the Republican State con-
vention of Ohio, who is the chief
henchman of Hanna and the President.
made speech ut Columbus before the
Presidential POstmasters' Association,
in which he marked out some startling
departures from usual Republican cam
paign issues and indicated what to ex-
pect in the next Republican State plat
form. Dick said he favored govern
ment ownership of all means of COM
munication and that he fully indorsed
the postal savings system:
''SOOneI' or later" he said, ''the tele-
graph and telephone lines of the cOun-
try will be owned and operated by the
government, and it is proper they
should be, for if the government can
send a message by wire for cents it
DtiS hO III W pCLlAllb a. PAAft1SO vi
poratlon to extort % cents for the same
service"
Dick betrayed no sign that this was
the first time he ever spoke Onthe mu-
nicipal ownership side of the question
and the postmasters, recognizing it as
a new slogan. applauded the sentiment
vigorously.
1t is also stated that an important
conference of Ohio Republican leaders
was held, at which it W. decided to
get into the field first with the declara-
ton for municipal ownership
This sudden change of mind Of Re
publicans on the issue they have al
ways been fighting brings to mind the
declaration against trusts in the Ohio
Republican platform Of two years ago
and the turning down of Attorney Gen
eral Monet, the only man in their par
ty who had shown any effort to curb
the trusts. That Hanna, Mckinley or
Dick really favor municipal ownership
is too absurd to even be swallowed by
an Ohio Granger from the back cOun-
ties, for they have for three or four
years been ardent supporters of Public
Policy, Chicago publication that is
published in the interests of corpora
tons that own municipal franchises.
The perfection of the Republican ma
chine in Ohio is brought to the light by
this meeting of Republican postmas-
tiers, who are owned and entirely IN
der the control of Hanna, Mckinley
and Dick and of course are expected
to applaud any program that may aid
in keeping them in Office. They would
applaud free trade. anti-imperialism,
free Cuba. or free anything. They are
patriots who only wait to be told what
the people want and they espOuse the
cause. The old flag and an appropria-
ton is their idea of patriotism.
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7
son identified himself with the Peoples
party and has since been an active leader
in that party. He was chairman of the
Popuist national convention in 1900. His
election as Colorado's junior Senator re-
suited from union of Populists. Demo-
Gratis and Silver Republicans in the Leg
islature.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

One of the new rural mail delivery
routes in Nebraska runs from the town
of SCHUYLER TWENTY-FIVE miles out into
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

Thomas NJ. Patterson, who succeeds
Hon. E. o. Wolcott as one of Colorado's
representatives in the United States SEN
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

The story has been telegraphed from
Rome that Pope Leo XIIk has made a
will in which he dnsimnatns cardinal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

Princess hatfield, the adopted daugh-
ter of the late Coils +. Huntington, has
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

Huntington, are the residuary legatees
under the will.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-01
Lin.oln'a swear Word.

One story that Is told of Lincoln re-
lates to that extreme. correctlvely crit
lcal attitude which Secretary Seward
always maintained toward the presi-
dent
Mr.. Lincoln and the secretary had
managed TO escape from man who
Lad been boring them. and as they
reached the house the president threw
himself into an armchair and ex-
claimed:
by iings. governor. we are here!
Mr.. Seward replied by asking in a
reprovlng tone:
Mr. President, where did you learn
that inelegant expression"
Mr. Lincoln Immediately turned TO
several young men who had entered
the room In time 10 hear the exclama-
ton and sad:
Young gentlemen, excuse me for
swearing before you. BY jlngs' Is
swearing for my good old mother
taught me that anything that had a
by before 1t is swearing. | won't do
SO any more" Youths Companion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-01

"rhe shag Is the LATEST and most stu.
pld form of life TO be found anywhere
ON the globe. 1t Is an aquatic fowl,
with big, clumsy looking beak and with
form something like the dodo, now
extinct said n western man, Il have
spent much time in watching this fowl.
which Is found In some of the shallow
lakes and the chief poiht OF interest
10 me was tie startling stupidity dis
played. They generally squat on
stumps or logs In the lake and watch
for the smaller fish that play around
the surface of the water. They are
fairly clever IN catching what they
want, and they throw out their hill
with considerable precision when they
gig for game. But they never get 10
tat what they catch until they have fed
ut least one aud maybe more than one
member Of another kind of water fowl
whenever "A shag begins to catch
FISH, a lon. legged, long necked water
hen viii take place Immediately be-
bind him. When the shag lands n fish.
The water len simply reaches over aud
gets II. Without any show Of resent.
ment and without turning around. the
shag VIII continue lis watch for fish.
and this is kept up until the water hen
has finished n meal. and then, II no
other enterprising member Of the same
tribe comes along. the shag is permit.
ted to enjoy the product OF its own
sleepy efforts.
Il have On one occasion seen one shng
feed as many as three water hens be
fore eating single fish. II is certain
~ n singular display Of stupidity. and
after having watched the performance
a number 81 times am convinced that
the shag Is actually too duh to even
know that the water hen stands be
hind him 10 steal the FISH out of his
mouth."-New Orleans Times Demo
crat.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-01

lady was recently reading to her
young son the story of little fellow
whose father was taken Ill and died.
after which he set himself diligently
to work 10 assist In supporting himself
and his mother When she had finished
the story. she sad
"Now. Tommy, IL pa were to die,
wouldn't you work to keep mammaT
why. no." said the little chap. not
rellshing the idea Of work. What fori
Amt we got a good house TO live lng'
"Oh, yes. my dear" said the mother,
"but we can't cat the house, you know "
well. amt we got plenty Of things
In the pantryT continued the young
hopeful.
Certainly. DEAR" replied the mother,
but they would not last long. and
what thenT
well, ma," said the young incorrigi
BILE after thinking moment. "ain't
suStS ~.-----7sHs- i~-A Az, cot a,sofh
er husbandr
Ma gave 1t up.-London Answers.
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admitted that he had never speculated
but once. Ii evidently struck him that
he would he looked upon as tender
foot.
Il lived down In Jersey then" he
fastened to remark, land had just
come into little fortune. People who
had never known me before hunted me
up and took an interest In me one OF
these new friends had just been adj
mitted TO the bar, and his admirers
were predicting that he would at least
go TO Congress, and might land the
Presidency. Always ready to speak,
you know, and mixed up with every
thing that interested the community.
well, he came to me one day and
said that he had some shares in little
jerkwater line that began at n willow
tree up somewhere and connected with
the Pennsylvania Central. 1t was gilt
edged, of course, but he had TO have
ready money, and II I'd buy the stock
he'd get his affairs Strengthened out
and then take the shares back at an al
vance, provided wanted to sell. was
the easiest lamb you ever saw and paid
three times the market price. and had
about all my eggs In one basket.
"You couldn't give the COMPOUNDED
stock away for fear of assessments.
But | never let out bleat, After near
ly year | told an old boyhood friend
about the affair. one of these chaps who
Is right there, come rough or come
smooth.
by Joye, but you're lucky, old
man. he said. The Pennsylvania Is
going TO buy that plug and extend II 10
the coal district. Don't sell TIL say SO.
Not on your lifer Suddenly my lawyer
friend showed up to redeem his stock.
| kicked him down two flights of stairs,
and within thirty days | cleaned up
$1,000"
Did the euss ever go 10 Congress?'
mo Penitentiary."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-01
TO TELL DISPOSITIONS.

Carrying of Umbrellas Means of
Character Readin.
The man who sat nearest the window
said he didn't mind the wet weather.
ut gives me a chance to see how peo-
pie carry their umbrellas" he said. 81
have such firm faith In my umbrella
deductions that | wouldn't be afraid to
choose wife with them for guide"
The woman on his left smiled
I'm glad Pm not out there in the
street." she said. You'd be picking
out all the kinks in my disposition
along with the rest of them"
oh" said the man. Il sized you up
a long time ago You carry your UNI
brella when it's furled just like that
woman across the street. You grab ii
IN the middle and go forging ahead with
the end Of the handle digging into the
unfortunate pedestrians who go before
and follow after"
And what does that signlfy?" asked
the woman on the left.
"Alertness, activity, selfishness and
neonsiderateness.p
"Um-m-m," said the woman.
But just look at the third woman in
the procession" said the man. 81 pity
the men folks about her house. I'll
warrant they have TO get their own
breakfasts about six mornings out of
seven. | never yet saw a woman who
dragged her umbrella along so that you
could track her by the trail of the tip
who wasn't dilatory and careless. She
never sews 'on button, or darns, or
mends, and her breakfast dishes are
seldom washed before o'clock.
THAT other woman who Is hustling
along holding TO the top Of the UNI
brella handle like grim death and point
ing the tip down and forward in Il kind
of south-by -southwesterly direction is
altogether different. She would SET the
world on fire If II wasn't waterlogged.
am not sure that I'd want to be mar.
ried to her, either. She'd be too ener.
getic. She'd push everything before
her. and when she took n notion to
clean things up a mere man would have
nowhere TO lay his head. What she is
good for is serving on committees.
THAT woman In the gray skirt is n
yea-and-nay sort of person. She wants
10 agree with everybody and follows
wherever led. Woman who carry their
umbrellas with the point backward and
downward are always unassertlve
But just look at that girl who spins
along spinning her umbrella around In
circle as II it were a magic wand
l like her. She's jolly and good ma.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-01
weiIington's Endurance.

wellington on one occasion started,
Sir Herbert Maxwell tells us, at n. M,
rode to place 2S miles distant here
held a review and was back at the
Mace from which he had started for
dinner between and ; p. m, says
Goodwin Smith In The Atlantic. He
galloped 20 miles and back to see
whether damage had been done to "a
pontoon train. He rode II miles In two
hours from Freneda 10 Ciudad Rodrigo,
where he dlned, gave "A ball and sup.
ped, was In the saddle again at 3 a. m,
galloped back to Freneda by @ and was
doing business again at noon. He rose
regularly nj 6 and wrote till and after
dinner wrote again from . till II.
1t must be essential 10 every general
and indeed to every man who Is bear
ing heavy load of anxious business 10
be good sleeper. Napoleon was first
rate sleeper. so was Pitt; SO was
Brougham so was MI. Gladstone; SO
was Wellington.
At Salamanca Wellington, having
given his order for the battle, said to
his aid-de-eamp: Watch the French
through your glass, fitz Roy. ! am
going to take a rest. When they reach
that copse near the gap In the hills.
wake me" Then lac lay down and was
fast asleep In a minute. In the midst
of the critical operations before Water
loo. feeling weary. he laid himself
down. put newspaper over his face
aud took nap.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-01
NEW ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE TO BE USED IN LONDON

tanning his friends. one of the last
stories he told at the Lambs Club was
of a wordy encounter between himself
and an Englishman who believed, as do
so many Britons, In the entire supe-
riorlty of everything English to what
is American. You outstrip Us in only
one particular" said Barrymore. In
England there are better Englishmen."
The foreigner then spoke of differences
In the spelling OF words. For in
stance" he said, 1.-The word honor
should be spelled honour. but the
Americans spell it honor. Yes"
replied Barrymore, when we spell
honor we leave you out"
Barrymore's children have on both
sides wealthy heritage of cleverness.
Their mother, the late George Drew
Barrymore, was brilliant woman and
the possessor of keen vein of wit.
When her health became impaired Mrs.
Barrymore removed to California,
where she died. While she was there
in idleness a benefit was planned for a
charity and Mrs. Barrymore was asked
to appear. AS she was under contract
to Mr.. Frohman and could not play
without his permission. she wired him
at length requesting permission to give
performance. In reply to her wordy
dispatch came one from the manager
which was as abnormally short as hers
had been long. No" was all 1t said
Mrs. Barrymore forthwith sent an ac-
acknowledgement of her managers mes.
sage It simply read "Ohr
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-01

While waiting for the train the bride
and bridegroom walked slowly up and
down the platform.
Il don't know what this Joking and
guying may have been to you" he re-
marked, but It's death to me | never
experienced such an ordeal"
ITS perfectly dreadful" she answer
ed. 81 shall be so glad when we get
away from everybody we know"
They're actually lmpertlnent," he
went on. why, the very natives
At this unpropltlous moment the
wheezy old stationmaster walked up to
them.
''Be you goin to take this traln?" he
asked.
Its none of your business" retorted
the bridegroom. Indignantly, as he guild.
ed the bride up the platform. where
they condoled with each other over the
impertinence OF the natives.
Onward came the train, its yapor
curling from afar It was the last To
their destination that day-an express.
Nearer, nearer 1t came at full speed;
then In a moment 1t whizzed past and
was gone.
why In thunder didn't that train
stopT yelled the bridegroom.
Zoos you sed 'twarn't none of nv
blzness. | has TO signal II that trains
to stop"
And, as the old stationmaster softly
stroked his beard. there was a wicked
twinkle In his eye.-London Spare Mo-
ments.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-01
EGYPTIAN MEN AND WOMEN.
What Can BE Learned of Them from
knrfenf bra w N

What Can Be Learned of Them from
Ancient Drawings.
In face the men and women were
very much alike, but there is a subtle
charm about the female faces that Is
replaced by a placid dignity in the
male. In both the features are delicate
and of a somewhat aquiline type, and
the figures are tall and slight. There is
very little indication of muscle, but the
men are broad-shouldered and thin
fianked, while the women, in spite of
their stiff attitudes, are graceful and
refined In both the forms are soft and
rounded. The resemblance between
the men and the women is, of course,
increased by the men being always
,lean-shaven.
In the paintings and bas-reliefs there
are certain conventions which do not
apply TO the statues, and for these due
allowance has to be made.
In early times all drawing and paint
ing on the fat land bas-relief is but "A
form of this had to serve two pur
poses, says writer In the London
.Nth0 Cbt wac " tphNtl ihhci ma
ton, the other to be ornamental. 1t is
doubtful which is the earlier of the
two. The man of the stone age, when
he scratched his realistic mammoth on
piece of reindeer bone, either wanted
to convey to his brother man that he
had seen fine specimen of this inter
esting animal, or else he did it because
he thought it pretty. or he may have
had both motives. In any case, we
have here the common origin of art and
writing.
The information picture dwlndles
down through hieroglyphics TO mere
symbols of sounds, the pictorial origin
of which is entirely lost. The decora-
tive picture gradually loses all wish to
convey information, and subsists en-
tirely for its pleasure to the eye. But
the Egyptians had not got so far as
that; when they drew man. there had
| to be no mistake what it was. He had
all to be displayed, as 1t were, to the
best advantage. The legs were shown
sideways. so as to give the whole
length of the feet. and one leg was put
in front of the other, so that neither
should be concealed. Then there came
difficulty about the body; If that
were sideways, too, one shoulder would
be lost, so that the body must be seen
frontways. The arms, again, are best
seen sideways; fortunately, as both
shoulders are shown, they do not inter
fere with one another. Again profile
is more characteristic than a full face.
but profile eye is poor, foreshort-
ened thing.
SO in this profile we insert an eye
seen to its full extent, and then we
really have done the man Justice. This
eye, seen full face while the head is
profile, gives naturally a peculiar ex'
preston. which makes people talk OF
the long, narrow eyes OF the ancient
Egyptians. They very likely had moth
ing of the kind. Then, again, the
twisting of the body makes the shout
ders seem too broad. The Ideal Is Ger
tainly broad shouldered, but not Sc
much so as this would make 1t appear