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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28

In recent number of The Com
moner, Mr.. Bryan's comments, upon a
suggestion made to him by travelling
man, are well worthy of earnest refiec-
ton. The idea advanced is that the
tendency of trusts is to retard improve
ment in manufactured articles. I'm
provement in mechanical products
arises almost entirely from competition
between different manufacturers.
When trust monopolizes a product
competition is gone, aud the incentive
of the ordinary manufacturer to Guido
his competitor in the market by pro-
ducing better article does not exist.
The tendency is more likely to be to-
ward producing a poorer article than a
better one. We have not noticed that
this objection has been urged against
trusts before. And this is surprising
when we think that the obvious COM
parison between the trusts and the pro
posed industrial scheme of socialism
has been so often made, and the further
fact that this very question has been the
subject of serious and earnest discussion
by socialist authors. They have recog-
nized the seriousness of this objection
to their scheme of production and dis
tributiou;-the objection that socialism
would remove all incentive and am
bition to improve the quality of things
prodGced or made. They have met the
objection by an argument that under
socialism the natural ambition of men
to excel. and make a reputation, being
deprived of the present system of reward
namely wealth, would live nevertheless,
rs factor, and 3 most potent one, in
human endeavor and would be as we'll
content with laurel wreath as it was
in the golden age of Greece, when the
best men put forth their SupremeSt
efforts to carry of = simple crown of
laurels at their public competitions.
There seems TO be fairly good grounds
to hope that if the social scheme be
adopted gradually. or ifthe overwhelm-
ing growth of trusts shall compel US to
sdopt il before we otherwise would. this
prediction of the socialists viii come to
pass. But no such hope is held ont by
the socialist scheme as the same is now
administered by the trusts. The trusts
offer no rewards TO mechanics who excel
in their handiwork. The trusts offer
large rewards. but only to those who
lave the requisite largsnesS of seain
aud smallneSs of conscience to devise
the surest method of squeezing @ivi-
dends out of the business.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28

A SHORT time ago a newspaper inter
view in Denver, with somebody, who
lived somewhere else was widely pub
lished by republican papers. The man
stated that W. j. Bryan was on his last
legs financially; the Commoner was a
failure, and he was going to give it up.
Then little later the same papers pub
lished paragraphs to the effect that Mr..
Bryan had cleared forty thousand dol
lars out of his paper The Commoner,
the first year, and was fast becoming a
bloated millionaire. The stories do not
hitch together at all but that is nothing.
They were mere hooks, baited differ
emily to catch different sorts of fish.
Meanwhile the Commoner is with us
10 stay. 1t is well.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28
Just the Same.

Augustus Hare tells this story in his
autobiogra ply Of friend who in some
ways was one of the most absentmind-
ed men in the world:
One day. meeting a friend. he said:
Hello, what long time it is since I've
seen you! How's your father" 'Oh.
my fathers dead" God bless me! I'm
very sorry" =.
The next year he met the same man
again and had forgotten all about it, so
began with: Hello. what a long time
since I've seen you! How's your ia
therY 'Oh, my fathers dead STILL"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28

1T is to be hoped that the Senate will
not adopt the change of base of the
committee appointed on the inter
oceanic canal question. After deciding
in favor of the Nicaraguan line, the
French company reduced its figures, so
thatinstead of costing more the Isthmian
route will as it is thought, cost about
three MILAN dollars less than the Mic
araguan route. The report admits that
it will take steamers two days longer
to sail from our Atlantic to our Pacific
port by the Isthmian route. That two
days means an increased expense for
every passenger and every ton of freight
and it means that increase whether
the passenger or the freight 60 by rail
or by steamer In few months
this would swallow up the small differ
ence to cost of construction and this
increaSein cost of traffic is not for
few months but for all time to come.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28
Editorial Votes From our Ex-
changes.

A Republican editor ID the north
country gives his readers an essay on
prosperity and claims the G. o. p. is re-
sponsible for high prices. Some of the
farmers of the southern portion of Wis
consin, who are obliged to buy potatoes,
hay, and feed were attributing the
high prices to the drouth and hot winds.
The high taxes can reasonably be
charged to the Republican party. As
to whether the stalwarts, or half breeds,
or both, are to blame for the increase
of taxes, it will be left for the voters to
de.-Chilton Times.
The Madison State Journal says that
Ex-Governor Hoard is not afraid, be-
cause he says that the dark suspicion of
the Stalwarts that great many Wis
conSin Democrats will vote for Robert
NJ La Toilette for second term, if they
get chance, is likely to be verified.
Mr.. Hoard might learn something TO his
advantage if he would consult few of
those ''fairminded Democrats" who re-
ceived that half breed circular a few
days ago. The Democrats have had
quite enough of La Follette-and the
stalwarts leaders of the Republican
party for that matter.
One of the greatest difficulties in the
matter of placing insurance on the lives
of women is said to be the impossibility
of getting truthful statements concern
ing their real ages. No wonder that so
many of the regular insurance compan-
les refuse to take such risks altogether.
Oshkosh Northwestern.
John ID. Rockefeller is believed to be
worth between 500. COO, 600 and $500. OOO.-
coo, and to have an income of not less
than SO, OO5, COCA year. but he's poor
miserbiy poor in the prime requisite to
riches. good health. The humblest
man is an migrate who would trade
sound body for his millions and dys-
pePsia Democrat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28

THE paragraphist of the Milwaukee
Seminal, who stands away up in class
by himself, as a wit in his line, is
authority for che statement that in Aus
traia the weather is so hot that the
farmers have to feed their hens cracked
ice to keep them from laying boiled
eggs" IT'S not true, and tbs pity tbs
not true; for that is just the reason why
the fabricator of that fim-flam will
surely, sometime or other, go to hot
ter climate that be ascribes to Australia
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28
when Turtle. Were Biz

OF the turtles it may be said that
all vertebIates. resembling closely as
they do the reptiles of their kind which
existed so far back as the mesozoic era.
There werV sea tortoises during that
epoch which measured 20 feet in spread
of clippers. while some tertiary tor
toises were not less big in body, meas
uring L. feet from head 10 tail
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28
A Breakfn., Table Decision.

IL understand that jenkins took the
thirty-third degree"
Eyes. His wife says 1t must not oc-
cur asain."-Puck-
His Manners All In n Bunch.
The laundress' little boy is being
strennously brought up by hand"
why, num-" she said despairingly, IF
/ pounded that boy black and blue |
couldn't learn him his manners Here,
Willie.' to the urchin. who was looking
confusedly at some pennies given him
by the mistress. What do you say TO
the ladyT
Willie looked troubled. Then. Yes,
ma'am; no. ma'am: pease. flank you,
estuse me-" he said breathlessly, re
membering all his manners at once,
the occasion evidently being great.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28
Arttxt.p.

"An artistic girl" said the painting
teacher, lis one who will pin blush
roses upon sky blue frock. An in
artistic girl is one who will wear blue
ribbon with a pink frock. Some eyes
might not see any difference between
the two combinations. but there's all
the difference in the world. One girl
has no warrant for what she does. The
other has all nature for her authority"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28
Landau Bridpes

Here is the history of London's
bridges in brief: Westminster bridge
was begun in 1873 and finished in 1746,
Blackfriars bridge in 1TG0 and finished
opened on June IS. 1917; Southwark
iron bridge in 1914 and finished in
1919 and the present London bridge
in 1924, being opened on Aug. l. 1881.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28
Matasaaa pi1nt.
TUESDAY. JAN. %, 1902.
Published weekly and entered at the Post Office
atWausau as second class matter.

A JOINT resolution was introduced
into the T. s. Senate last Thursday by
Senator Mason extending thanks to
Admiral Schley for ''his brave and able
conduct at the battle of Santiago" and
provided that sword be presented to
him by the navy department.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28
rhe Fisherman. Gamble with Death

In bad weather. the fisherman's wife
said. when the boats were out, she
could never stay in the house because
of the clock As 1t licked she heard
nothing but wife. widow; wife. wild
ow." over and over again. And. she
said. tits but the swing Of the bob
which name should be the true one
Cynthia In the West"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28
His Manner. All In a Bunch.
On. Ven paia BANK c1erk.

II tell you. bank clerks are not sufIi-
GENTLY remunerated." exclaimed the
broker quite forcibly-
.-Oh. don't know" said the bank
president. with sad smile. Our last
receiving teller got about $4,000 a year
for six years. brooklyn Life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28

FROM all over the United States comes
the assurance that if the democrats will
place Neal Brown in nomination for
govel nor of Wisconsin on the democrat
ic ticket he will not only receive the
full democratic vote but will draw from
the republican side enough votes to
elect him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28

Only one city In Sweden would be
classed with our larger ciues-Stock-
holm. which Is Somew hat smaller than
Pittsburg- Gosbenberg Is about as
large as Columbus. o.. but the other
cities are little E1ore than towns.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28
The Penalty.

Did Mrs. HighIife's travelling gown
fit wellY'
"Yes, but it cost so much she had to
give up her trip and stay at home."-
Tit Bits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28

Personal property. tax delinquent
Collected cash on Paff note
% Received cash from towns on accoun
s. County school tax
4" Received from state of Wisconsin,
school fund income
To received from state of Wisconsin for
asylum
To receiv. from clerk of circuit court,
snit tax
To received from pundry persons, fines
= received from state of Wisconsin re-
endorsement. drainage
To received from state of Wisconsin for
training school fund, state appTopri-
alton
To received from II c. Head for sale of
stock and produce
To cash from county clerk, fees and in
terest and sale of county lands
To received from county judge, fees and
costs
To received from district attorney, fees
and costs
To received cash from finance committee
on bridge fund loans, notes 81. %, %
To received from finance committee on
general fund, loans, notes Nos "a To SO
inclusive
To cash from committee on public prop
erty, proceeds. sale of old county Jail
To cash received from estate of John
munes from stare legacy TAX
To received from Lincoln county on
account
To received from Portage county on ac-
count of poor charge and asylum
charge
To received from Stevens Point on ac-
count of poor charge
To received from Iron county on ac-
count asylum charge
To received from WRupaca county on &C.
count of court and asylum charge
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28

Leave your orders for fine stationery
and printing at the PILoT office. TeIe-
phone No. ilO.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28

entered on the claims record by the
county, and a county order issued
therefore as provided by the regulations
adopted Nov. nth, 1888.
3rd. We disapprove the present
method OF the payments of accounts by
the board of trustees of the county
asylum, by issuing regular county or
ders signed as chairman and clerk by
the officers of said board of trustees.
The board of trustees are authorized
by law to issue orders upon the asylum
fund, to be signed by the president and
secretary of said board.
The county board however in their
regulations of Nov. 18th, 1898, en-
deavored to provide that all orders
drawn upon the county treasurer from
whatever fund, should be entered upon
the claims record by the county clerk
and orders issued by the>~chairman and
county clerk in numerical order. And
in order to simplify the records of the
county, it would be desirable to pay
not only the accounts of the asylum,
bnt also of the county training and
agricultural school, in the same man.
ner as is provided --in said regulations
for payment of soldiers relief accounts.
Finally, for the reason that it is I'M
duluOiiLCu w nv hCHNoOO
record OF county expenditures is pro-
vided, no appropriations should he
made to standing committees for cur
rent expenses.
Jan 7, 1902.
Respectfully submitted,
by the Committee,
John W. Salter,
John NJ. Lull,
John Ringle,
Chairman.
Report of the county treasurer for
the year A. d., 1901.
To the Honorable County Board of
Marathon County:
| beg to report the following finan-
cial transactions on behalf of the county
during the year from January 2, 1901 10
January end, 1902.
Assets over liabilities on hand Jan
nary 2, 1901, a detailed statement of
which is entered on the journal in this
office on page 264:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28

27s7s II ssNS II
Jan 9TH, 1902, p. m.
further submit the following de-
tailed statement of cash receipts and
Disbursements dnring the year from
January End, 1901, to January End,
1902. t0-wIf.
RECEIPTS.
To cseh on haDd Jannary God. 1901 Z752 %
tax *. : sisls q
: fore ssls ssy. e
sale ssnso
To tax certificates sold 10 county rs a
/" Lands With held fFpm sale ss70l
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28
s2Ol,sl7.7o

The following is an itenized state
ment of the item under head of ere
ceipts." To received cash from towns
on account. S2.1 SO.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28

The following is an itemized state.
nent under the bead Of Disbursements
" paid towns on account, 81. 70e. gS. y
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28

The following is an itemized state
meat of the item under the head of
Disbursements by road appropriations
paid To towns $4,000"
Franzen $3.50 90 RingIe $500 90
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28

The following is an itemized state
nent Of the item under head Of Dds
by bridge appropriations
raid fo towns. sI4 1913 81 -
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28

Has safety deposit vault. Boxes
for rent at So per year.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-12-12
A Timely Suggestion.

This is the season of the year
when prudent and careful house
wife replenishes her supply OF
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
1t is certain to be needed before
the winter is over, and results
are much more prompt and salts
factory when it is kept at hand and
given as soon as the cold is con-
tracted and before it has become
settled in the system. In almost
every instance severe cold ma y
be warded off by taking this rem
edy freely as as soon as the first
indication of the cold appears.
There is no danger in giving it to
children for it contains no harm
full substance. 1t is pleasant to
take-both adults and children like
it. Buy it and you will always get
the best. 1t always cures For
sale by Ikelmam Bros.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-12-12

See McMurtry & Baird for heavy
work teams, broken and unbroken.
Call and see our new Xmas
goods.-Blanchat g. Co.
Remember, ladies underwear
and notions at Miss Browns Mil
linery store.
The new warehouse being built
by the Holly Grain company is
about completed.
Be sure and see the lat
est in dress hats at
White Bros.
Get your fencing wire before
the price advances. Dawley Hard
ware G. Furniture Co.
Watch Julinson's Canly store
for Chr.s'nns candies, 1t is
coming III by car loads.
Los,--One ladies' buckskin div
ing glove. Finder please leave at
this Office and get reward.
H. l.. johnson took load of
lumber out to his farm yesterday.
also some pipe for his new we'll.
Services in the Presbyterian
church December IA at II a. m.
Subject Behold yonr God"
Is. 400.
Do you want corn or corn chop?
E. j. Atkin d Co. are unloading q
car from this years corn. Gail
and get prices.
Anything in the jewelry line
that We do not carry in stock we
will be pleased to order for you.
-Blanchat & Co.
Miss Francis Phillips was able
to be out Sunday, the frat time in
about three months, she having
had an unusually long spell of ty-
phoid fever.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-12-12
How TO prevent cresp.

1t will be good news to the
Mothers of small children to learn
that Group can be prevented. The
first sign Of Group is hoarsenes4.
A day or two before the attack
the child becomes hoarse. This
is soon followed. by q peculiar
rough cough. Give Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy freely as soon as
the child becomes hoarse or even
after the rough, cough appesrs.
and it will dispel all symptoms On
Group. In this way all danger
and anxiety may be avoided. This
remedy is used by many thous-
ands of mothers and has never
been known to fail. It is in fact,
the only remedy that can always be
depended upon and THAT is pleas
ant and safe to take. For sale by
Ikelman Bros.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-12-12
Revolution ,mminent.

A sure sign Of approaching revolt
and serious trouble in your system
is nervousness, eleeplessness or
stomach upsets. Elecric Bitters
will quickly dismember the trouh-
lesome causes. 1t never fails to
tone the stomach. regulate the
Kidneys and Bowels, stimulate
the Liver. and Clearly the blood,
run down systems benefit partic.
ularly and all the usual attending
aches vanish under its searchiug
and thorough effectiveness. Elpc-
trio Bilters is only Soc, and that
is returned if don't give perfect
satisfaction. Guaranteed by Ikel-
man Bros. Druggist.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-12-12

The Holly schools are fortunate
in securing the Schubert Sym
phony club and ladies' quartette,
of Chicago, TO appear here on Jan
uary IL. 1t is seldom that an en-
tertainment of such merit can be
secured for n town of this size and
it is hoped that our people will
show their appreciation of this op-
portunity by most liberal patron
age. If enough tickets are guar
anteed to secure the entertain-
lnent. 25 per cent of the gross pro-
ceeds will be given 10 the school
library. Tickets SOC. reserved seats
75c. Parties desiring tickets will
confer a favor by sending their
names to Geo. r. Momyer.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-12-12

D. N. Syp of Fort Madison,
Iowa, arrived the first of the
week. His wife, son and daugh.
ter came some time ago and all
will make their home here.
F. L. Hamp brings in three
wagon loads of beets at time,
making two trips day. He
drives four horses to one wagon
and has two trail wagons, which
makes somewhat of a beet train
itself.
There has been sort of sub
dued excitement in town since last
Friday, when couple of men car
rying what looked like surveyors
tools, got off a Santa Fe train at
the bridge west Of town and took
a circle north of town. The ru-
NOR is out that they were laying
out the side track to the site of
the beet sugar factory but nothing
has developed since to confirm the
rumor.
This is the proper time of the
year to irrigate and there is plenty
OF water in the river. Arrange
ments ought to be made for turn
ing the water into the Amity
headgate, SO the farmers can soak
pu their land, Experience has
shown that with plenty Of water
applied during the winter, good
crop of beets can be grown with
but one irrigation the following
season. This is an important
matter and no expense should be
spared in getting the water into
the ditch.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-12-12
ps..er than . plaster.

A piece of flannel dampened
with Chanberlain's Pain Balm
and bound on the affected part, il
better than plaster for a lame
back and for pains in the side Of
chest. Pain balm has no sup.
erior as a liniment for the relief
of deep seated and rheumatic
pains. For sale BY Ikelman Bro4
The Holly chieftain., 1902-12-12
A Costly Mistake.

Blunders are sometimes very
expensive. Occasionally life it.
self is the price of mistake, but
you'll never be wrong if you take
DR.. Kings new life pills for dys.
pepsia, dizziness, headache, liver
or bowel trouble. They are gentle
yet thorough. 25c at Ikelman
Bros. drug store.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-12-12

A glass of water taken half an
hour before breakfast will usually
keep the bowels regular. Harsh
cathartics should be avoided.
When purgative is needed, take
Chamberlain's stomach and liver
tablets. They are mild and gen.
tie in their action. For sale by
Ikelman Bros.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-12-12
Notice to Mail Carrier Applicants.

Postmaster Mcpherson received
notice that II. A. Edwards, special
government agent, will be in Hol-
ly tomorrow. to hold examination
of applicants for carrier on Rural
Mail Route No l. All applicants
should be present.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-12-12
Christmas Bazaar.

The Ladies' Aid of the Presby-
terian church, will hold their
Christmas Bazaar on Thursday
and Friday, December Is and 10.
Dinner and supper will be served
on both days.