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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09
Carried a Nensrerie.

The thin man looked just as IL every
body in the world imposed on him.
Even his mustaehe grew crooked He
came into the car of the suburban train
sidewise, deposited his basket ginger
ly, and slid into the seat beside II. As
soon as the train cleared the tunnel the
basket meowed. The thin man smiled
back at the ran across the aisle, and
gave the h1sket a shake. Another
meow. A little girl In the seat In front
stood up On the cushion and peered at
the basket.
Like eats% the thin man asked
"Yep,v the child answered. 'Lemme
see IT.
mo; It might get away" the hin
man sal with another smile.
The basket preserved silence .or sew
eral minutes. then 1t began to cluck.
The child's eyes opened wide
Like chickens?" the thin man asked.
Before the child could reply the bas-
ket emitted shriil whistle, and the
man across the aisle. whose face was
as puzzled as the chlld's. asked:
what have you there, anyhow "
"Mockingbird,' the thin man answer
ed.-New York Evening Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09
TRIPLES PRESIDENTS SALARY.
The Treasurer of Cook County, ILL.,,
Gets About $4,000 Yearly.

The Treasurer of Cook County, ILL.,,
Gets About $t5o,ooo Yearly.
1t SIS probable 1hat the earnings OF the
city and county treasurcrs OF Chicago
and Cook County will figure in the next
local elecuop and that an effort viii be
made to reduce theIn. The Cook County
Treasurer is generally believed to be the
best paid public official in the United
States, if not in the world. The City
Treasurer Of Chicago ranks next, In the
case of the former certain bankers, who
are not wholly DISTINGUISHED, protest that
it nets the incumbent not more than an
average Of S25, ZOO year Outsiders
figure his profits as high as S250,000 a
year or $l,000,0O0 for the four-yeaI
term, Conservative estimate places the
net earnings Of this office at $4,000
year Sometimes X may BE- higher and
sometimes little lower. Criticism in
other years Of the treasurers delay in
distributing collections and receipts. "a
the end that the money might lie in the
banks and earn interest, has brought
about more promptness i settlements,
which, OF course, reduces the monthly
baaR balances and the interest earned
thereon; but there IS every reason for be-
lievinz that the Office is still worth $50.
600 year.
The County Treasurer handles annu
ally about $30OO0,000 He must give
bond for $S,0000O0, He is allowed the
interest on all daily balances on deposits
Of pu8lic funds.
The Chicago City Treasurer is permits
ted by law to take 60 per cent of the
interest on city deposits. He gives a
bond Of from So, 100000 IL sss2n e9u.0O0.
The hanks In which ne deposits have q
representative in bis Office in the terson
of Assistant Cashier Gd,5siis;, mo keeps
an eye on the buainess Some bankers
claim that the City Treasurer reaps
more profit than the County Treasurer
does, because there are certain city funds
like lie sinking, special assessment and
school building funds which lie unused
for long periods. During the past two
years, on account Oh holding back pay
ments while the new accounting system
was being installed 10 the City Hall, the
City Treasurers average balance has
been about SsOOO,Co0 Two per cent
on that would be $4,000 a year, OF
which City Treasurer Gunther's go per
cent share would be $4,000 and the
city's 80 per cent $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09

A contract for a $4,000 sewer has been
let by Abilene, Kan. city officials.
The Dom Hotel. al Cologne, Germany,
has been sold to ar American for ST.
1900,
Lieut. r. F. BroFer was drowned
while bathing in Lake Tahoe at Taliao,
Cal.
Amoug recent appointments OF cadets
TO the West Point Military Academy
made by President Roosevelt was the
name Of Craig Harris, son Of Senator
Harris Of Kansas.
The board Of regents elected Prof 9.
NJ. Brink Of Kalamazoo. Mich. 70 the
chair II English literature in the Kansas
State Agricultural College
A company Of Kaneas City capitalists is
being formed for the purpose % expend-
ing Il the neighborh9od Of 100000 for
the erection there Of garbage consuming
plant.
II b announced IN ! dispatch from To
kio. japan. that incomplete returns OF
the elections for mefabers Of the House
81 Representatives Indicate that there
has beef no material change IN the bal
ance 81 the parties and that Marquis
Ito's followers retain predominance In
the House.
Senator Salvador Cisneros presented a
motion 10 the Cubsr Senate for che re-
rnoval Of the United States coat OF arms
from the arsenal, tie removal OF the
United States flags Ans every trace OK
anything suggestive 81 the United States.
Every member % gAe Senate but Cis-
neros voted against the motion.
Lieut. Hickman "a the First cavalry
il 10 b. the next ofise~ subject to court
marital in the Philippines. He Is ona
OF the MN against psAom Maj Cornelius
Gardeael made ehargfs. Hickman prac-
ticed madicine wiillaut a license. the
speech .aiion being ahAt he administered
stimulanss 10 natives il the province OF
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09

There are some circumstances under
which it Is easy to write a letter for
another person. and others under
which II is well-nlgh impossible; but
not all people agree on what the cir
cumstanceS are.
I'D jess like you TO write letter TO
Pomp for me. please. Missy June"
said the colored queen of q Boston
kitchen to her young mistress Jess
a little short, everyday letter 1t won't
take you but bout a minute
What shall says' asked the lady,
when pen and paper were at hand
Tell me just what to say, Hester"
''oh," said Hester, with toss Of her
head. I'D jess Ike few words, Missy
June. Jess TO tell him howdy. and say
l made up my mind 1 amt going Il
marry him, an he'd better hurry his
self and make sure O. Susy Ball. or
most likely he'll lib an die a misable
ole bachelor. OATS ak
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09

With the help of electricity in its SIM
plest form a great many tricks and en-
pertaining feats can be performed, such
as the following: Get plain sheet OF
glass about twelve inches long by eight
wide and insert 1t between two vol
umes, as shown in illustration. The
distance of the glass from the table
should be about three inches. With the
help of scissors cut number of small
figures, such as men, women, clowns,
animals, etc, not higher than ~
inches, out of different colored paper.
Lay the little figures fat in a line on
the table underneath the glass. Make
a sort of ball of wooden. or. better yet.
silk cloth, warm it a little and rub the
surface of the glass with 1t. You will
notice Immediately how the electricity
obtained by this process enlivens the
little paper figures. How they stand
up and jump to the glass ceiling Of their
little ballroom, to be repulsed and fall
back, only to renew their dance. II
YOU stop rubbing the funny actions of
the figures are continued for awhile.
When the dance is ended the touch of
the hand on the glass is sufficient to en-
liven the figures again.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09
DON'T KNOW WHAT ALLIED MARY.


When John Dalton came back from
the asylum where he had gone to place
his wife, his neighbor, Perry, met him
at the station and went home with him,
that he might not enter the empty house
alone. The old man was stunned and
dazed
Il don't know what allied Mary" he
said. duly. you see how clean and
snug this house is? She always kept
things so. Up before dawn, milking
and baking and washing. Same thing
done at the same hour. year in and year
out She hadn't complained Of sickness
FOR forty years. Then. all at once. she
began talking Of an iron band around
her jaws and queer pains in her head.
4She seldom went to town, did sheE'
asked Perry.
Never, hardly. I'm not much of
hand for gadding about TO no purpose.
She used to want to go to church Sun
DAYS, but l didn't just like to hitch up
when there was no work to do. But
I wish now I'd done that for Mary"
..She didn't visit much with the neigh
bors. either, did shef" asked Perry.
NO. That was my doing, too. When
the days work is done, | want to put
on nay slippers and rest. and then to
bed. and not go skirmishing about or
having a lot of company in"
He was silent while. Il don't know
what allied Mary" he said again. 'She
would sit looking at nothing. straight
ahead Of her, by the hour, and then cry
and cry, yet ssways saying she had no
trouble. And she got weaker every day,
and then her mind went altogether. 8 E
didn't know me, nor even her own
name"
"She viii be cured in that ssnitari-
um? said Perry. cheerfully. and come
home well In the springy He watched
his old neighbor furtively a while, and
then said:
DO you know. Dalton, some years
ago my wife and daughter got peevish
and irritable. / thought the steady
work and loneliness were telling on
them. So l got that parIor organ, and
paid for q years lessons for Susy. We
had music $.d singing every evening,
and the young folks would gather In
with their reading clubs. Then | took
two or three papers; my wife is q main
hand for guessing the riddles. And
once a year 1 took her an Susy up to
town for a week
Yes" said Dalton. dryly- ~You spent
lot Of money, I've heard"
Its bringing me in good interest
They sat In silence a while. Then
Perry put his hand on the old mans
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09

and pair Of little brass pencils con-
meets the current and the apparatus.
In mysterious looking hood two
acids mix drop by drop, and out of a
spout comes phosphorescent vapor,
falling on the miiror. II, when tele-
phoning. a sheet of white paper Is
placed in front of the mirror, the room
from where the person is telephoning
may plainly be seen, and also the per-
son.
DR.. Sylvester was sitting in his labo-
ratory in the dark one night some
weeks age, awaiting the slow working
Of some chemical process He has in
his laboratory theater phone. He
was listening to the opera, when sud
denly on the white wall of his labora-
tory he saw the stage scene from the
theater, eolors and ell. Investigation
revealed TO him the secret He has
made half dozen tests that have con-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09
THIS Is HOW YOU SEE
A MAN AT THE PHONE.

DR.. Sylvestre, whose name has fash
ed around the world as the inventor
of a wonderful device by which you
cannot only hear by telephone, but see
by phone as well, has allowed several
illust-StSons to be made of the visual
talSphonic machine, although he will
not as yet show its working fully, be-
cause he says to see 1t is so simple
that a man could go away and make
one himself So until the machine is
bought by the French government for
100000, the price he wants, the doc
tor win not exhibit the device.
The illustrations show the different
parts of the invention. and something
Of its workings. 1t consists of a small
circular mirror, with a hole in the
center, TO which is screwed tiny cleo
trio light Of a little more than one
candle power. The mirror is fixed to
the mierophonic plate of the telephone
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09

For years and years before our boys
In blue Invaded Cuba there were two
candlestcks on the altar In the chapel
Of old Cabanas, one OF the outer forts
protecting the city OF Havana This
fort was used as a prison principally
for Cuban PATRIOTS. as well ss fes' de-
Tense.
When a patriot was ontered 10 be
shot he was allowed time to ~ &c the
little chapel in the fort and say his
prayers before the altar. after which
be was taken out and executed. II
would be Idle to speculate as tc The
number Of poor fellows who had thus
offered up their prayers before these
candIestickg and then gone out 10 their
death.
The body OF the candlestick + WOOD
covered with a plaster Of paris deco
ration and then gilded. The camille
is OF wood. with an Imitation dripping
OF wax down the side. The 'w5ck'
Is Ii reality a small nail driven in at
the tap.
The one from which this illustration
was mSde Is IN Brooklyr. while the
other Is IN Detroit. Mich
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09

knee. When she comes back, IL she
ever does come. I'd open up lie for her
a bit, Dalton. You know how It Is with
potatoes. You plant the best kind in
good ground, and they yield splendid
crops for year or two. Then they be-
gin to dwindle and rot"
"Of course the ground runs ont. They
need new soil"
Eyes. You plant them in different
lot, and they yield big. healthy crops.
Human beings are like them, Dalton.
You've got to renew the soil, give them
fresh food for their minds, or they'll
dwindle and rot"
Dalton did not speak for long time
There's something in it, he said, final
ly. 'I'll do different-if ever have the
chance"-Youth's Companion
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09
starred NIany Fires.

Abort fifteen boys from to 10 years
of age. were arrested at Three Lakes
for setting fires in different places near
that village. The lads at one time had
built wigwam and were playing an
dams. dancing around the camp FIRE; and
at another time they had set fire for the
purpose of testing their skill in putting
it out. No damage. however, resulted
from any of their sport The Youngsters
will be released when they have thor
oughly learned that setting fires in dry
weather is a dangerous sport
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
a WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
Close Call for Burlington Limited Boy
Accidentally Shot-Three Lakes Lads
Arrested for Starting Fires-Soldiers'
Monument Dedicated at GAINESVILLE.

Burlington limited. south-bound, escap-
ed a dangerous collision with fast
freight in the dead of night near Niagara.
According to the story. Engineer Fack-
Ter thought he could get TO the next town
10 pass the limited. When he got out
on the main line some distance, the train
men saw the mistake and succeeded in
stopping the freight and the fireman ran
ahead and tagged the limited, which was
bearing down on them at a mile-a-minute
rate. A few seconds more would have
meant disaster, as the limited trains To-
connective was only a few feet from the
freight when brought TO a standstill.
Fackler resig,.esI, out contends his watch
was 10 blarle. The passengers were un-
aware of the incident.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09
The STRAWS OF DEATH.


@HE regiment was settling down
for the night with some grum-
u bling and much profane TESTING,
for Western volunteers possess a sense
Of humor superior to the most trying
conditions. Somewhere in the dark
ness in front, the Filiplnos were taking
not shots between their cigarettes, as
an occasional Ecu, attested.
There go the typewriters," cried a
young private. Firing at irefies, as
usual. No sleep tonight"
"Typewriters" was a contemptuous
appellatien given to the Fourteenth
Regulars, because the popping of their
magazine guns In the distance slightly
resembled the noise of the machine OF
peace
Put your mouth on the safety notch, ="
ordered the captain from the right of
the company. They're sending out the
outposts. Get their bearings, so that
you can shoot around them if the ball
opens up"
Two men were receiving final instruc-
tions from the colonel previous to ven
turing into the hostile country in front.
"Sneak out about two hundred yards,
ordered the officer, "and lie low. If you
see any signs of an attack. try to get
back aud warn us. IL you can't get
back. YOU must warn us somehow, and
take your chances. No need to tell you
10 be careful You hold the lives of
many men In your hands. Good luck.
boys
This sort OF work Is called Cossacl
utmost duty. and men detailed upon i,
should not be men of family or nerves.
A few nights previously two nervous
men we're detailed upon it. One of
them fired NJ white pariah dog. The
shot caused the Filipinos to concentrate
n series of volleys lasting thirty min
utes In the direction of the outposts.
The Americans awakened from a sound
sleep and let 80 several unauthorized
vollevs. Consequently the two nervous
men. being between two fires, were rid
dled with two kinds OF ammunition.
The two men detailed for this even
,nr's work were OF different mettle.
.Nforituri te Salutamus, colonel said
one. with reckless laugh. With the
easy nonehalance of veterans they gave
the rifle salute. and. sliding over the
san OF the trench. disappeared into the
aight.
There so two good men," observed
the colonel.
The two men tiptoed across the dry
rice paddles. each holding his rifle at
the ready. There was no sound ex-
cent the occasional hiss OF 4 random
bullet or the faint and distant pop of a
rife
Guess this is far enough, said one
OF the men, at length: here is little
hollow. Why, 1t is almost rs safe as
the trench. The other acQuiesced with
a faint murmur, and they sprawled up
on the ground facing the enemy's ter
Iifory.
Its queer freak Of fate that we
rxo should be detailed on this togeth-
sr." observed the shorter OF the two,
after avoiding each other SD success
fuzzy"
Its very qrsSe. osbourne,'' returned
the ether. bat Ven have to stand II. :
TT Is not hat would want better
man for 4 tisSt place. Wade said os-
bourne but there Is that one thing"
Yes, know" YEARLY: that's the
trouble. l. you were not as good or 8
better assan than /. there NSvuld be no
danger Of Helen Bartlett curing for
xour
We were friends In the odd days. Bill
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09
Shoots Boy at Target Practice.

While practicing shooting at a target
in the town of Black Wolf. Norman Peek
of Oshkosh seriously wounded Paul
Gumz, the 16-year-old son of Edwin
Gumz of the village. The shot of %
caliber rifle struck the young boy in the
head. and after passing completely
through the head came out at the back
The bullet luckily did not touch the brain
and this was the only thing that saved
him from death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09

\ formal AID direet appeal to President
roosevelt by tee buiiness men of the an
tMacite region and an order from Cen
Gooia directing soldiers to fire without
Iufther orders upon persons who harass
nioXlas troops We're developments of Fri
uay, winch Indicate the acute stage that
has been reached in the coal miners
strike.
The order of Gen. Goblin. it is feared.
may be followed bs much bloodshed, and
its possible effect upon the strikers and
their sympathizers, many of whom are
already in desperate frame of mind. is
the cause OF muca concern.
Bayonet for Rioters.
The action of the oficerin command Of
the militia was the direct result Of an
encounter betweea troops and strikers
at Lansford. in which Capt. W. H. Helm
Of Company X, Twelfth regiment, was
slightly injured and half a dozen strikers
were bayoneted by the soldiers.
The appeal to President Roosevelt was
made by the Public Alliance. an organ
ization of merchants. through L. +. Hart.
its chairman. The alliance. which has
members in all the principal mining towns
Of that section, has been active in efforts
TO bring about settlement of the strike
eyef since the struggle began 1t APP
proaehd the operators early in the CON
test with proposition fcr arbitration.
and has since sought IN Win some
ground upon which the employers and the
miners ceGii be brought into harmony.
Appeal to President.
Despairing of success, its officers pre-
pared the following communication TO
the chief executive OF the nation asking
his intercession to bring about peace;
"To the President of the United States:
Since the inception Of the barbarous and
senseless struggle in the anthracite coal
region, we, the non-eombatantS who stand
upon neutral ground, have suffered the in
evitable fate of such unfortunateS The
tide of battle GIBBS and flows over and
about us. We haze endured patiently.
We have petitionel humbly.
We had hoped for much upon ]. T.
Morgan's return. But now, after
struggle of four months duration, a Pc
Rod of suffering and progressive business
paraly sis, when il seemed TO MS that thc
time was propitious for settlement of
some kind, il not as a matter OF conces.
sion to public opinion, yet as plain bust
ness proposition, Mr. Morgan has met
with his henchmen and the edict has gone
forth: There will be no settlement, 10
arbitration, no conciliation, no mediation,
no concessions. The fight must go on
MI Morgan has placed ban upon
us which means universal ruin. destitu-
ton riot and bloodshed
rs j. +. Morgan greater than the peo-
pleg Win he be permitted to retain this
menacing power?
1T is time the people should speak 1t
is time that their voice should be heard.
Representing the interests and scnti-
ment of nine-tenths of our pople, we APP
peal to you TO use your influence TO stay
the juggernaut which brushes us En-
couraged by your recent utterances. rely
ing upon your judgment and patriotism,
conbdenr OF your moral courage. we ap-
peal from the king of the trusts to the
President of the people"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09
I1nveil shaft to Heroes.

The Rock County soldiers and sailors
monument, erected in memory of the sol
diers and sailors of the Civil War, was
dedicated at GAINESVILLE with imposing
ceremonies. Bishop Fallows of Chicago
delivered the dedication address. The
monument was completed last March at
a cost of $4,000. 1t is of Barre gram
lite, fifty-six feet two inches high ond
weighs 131 tons
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09

begun to feel the horror of being shut
out from it forever. 1t was hard to
give the signal for his own death. His
teeth came together with click, and,
scratching the match on his shoe, he
held the flame before his breast.-The
Argouaut.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09
Boy Attemp.s Escape.

ed in Duluth for stealing gold watch,
tried to break jail al West Superior, and
had half the wall cut through before he
was disturbed. His partner, John Gill
lis, returned without requisition, but Gull
len refused to.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09
Combine to Adjust Prices.

An agreement has been concluded be-
tween six Eau Claire elevator grist mills
and jobbing concerns on one side and the
local grocers' association ON The other
by which the six concerns IRE to main
tain retail prices to the consumers and
the grocers are TO CIT cut car lots from
other cities and buy them from local
firms
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09
PRUDENCE.

Prue--fo Prudence-is her name,
How il does belle heri
For in foolish madcap FRANKS
No girl can outvie her.
Always in some mischief new,
Seek some new folly.
Often to be mourned next day
In deepest melancholy.
Always thoughtless when she acts,
Never once malicious.
Forever getting into scrapes-
To me she is delicious.
Prudencel What a name for her!
How it does belle her.
Yet in witching charm-for me
No girl can outvie her!
-Somerville Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09

WINGED him that the visual telephone Is
practicable, although at first sight he
admits 1t seemed to him as 1t may
have impressed others when they first
heard Of it-incredibly phenomenal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09

Investigation will reveal that every
successful man gets down to work
early.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09

Many mans success is due 70 the
fact that he. never attempts 20 do any
thing beyond his ability.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09
Klonsiike Is American.

About 10 per cent OF the population
Of the Klondike IS from me Unitee
States
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09
Contradictory.

1t is said that men In a savage state
never have toothache 1t is also said
that there was never a man with tooth
ache who was not in a savage state.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09

The advance made in papers has
been notable. 1t is no longer necessary
to go to all the trouble formerly re-
quired for toning, fixing and washing.
Some of the papers now in the market
are simplicity itself to handle, with
the results under ordinary care excel
lent