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years. All things considered, these
frauds are among the cleverest in the
history of erime.-Lendon Express.
FINDING TIE LOST LAME.
Old Father Uses Sleeps Cry While
Searching for Lost Dauuhter.

Shortly after the death of Eugene
Field friend from one of the South
ern States told him a pathetic story
of a girl who had wandered away
from her home in the country She
had grown weary of the drudgery and
dreariness of her life on the farm, and
her vanity and pride having been
touched by unfortunate compliments
to her beauty, she had run away from
the farm and taken refuge in a large
city, with the usual results of that
dangerous step.
Her old father, who in his rough
way had been devoted to her, mourn
ed for the girl he had lost; but il his
simplicity it never occurred to him
to try to find her, for the world be
yond the limits of his township was
vast and forbidding. Pvt word came
to him one day tina, somebody had
seen his daughter in the city, hun
dred miles away, and with only that
to guide him he went in search of
her.
Once in the city, he shrank from the
noise and confusion of the crowds.
He waited until night and then when
the streets were comparatively de-
serted he roamed up and down from
one street to another, giving the pecu-
liar cry he had always used when
looking for a lost lamo-a cry the
girl herself had heard and given many
times in her better days. A police
man stopped the old man and warned
him that he was disturbing the peace,
whereupon the father told his story,
and added:
"She will come to me if she hears
that cry"
The officer was moved by the old
mans simplicity and earnestness,
and offered to accompany him in his
search So on they went up and
down the thoroughfares, and into the
most abandoned sections of the city,
the farmer giving the plaintive cry
and the officer leading the way that
seemed the most promising of sue
cess.
And success did come. The girl
heard the cry, recognized it, and in
tuitively felt that it was for her. She
rushed into the street and straight
to her fathers arms. She confessed
the WEAKNESS and misery of her lot,
and begged that he would take her
back to the farm where she might
begin a new and better life. Togeth-
er they left the city the next day.
The story deeply touched Mr.. Field.
He often spoke of it and declared
his intention of making some literary
use of it. But he never quite made
up his mind whether he should treat
it in prose or in verse, sometimes ia
voring the one form and sometimes
the other; and before he had settled
the matter death cut him off, and so
the story of the old farmer and his
lost lamb awaits another poet
Youths Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08
AN ORCHID THAT DRINKS.
Strange Peculiarly of "a South Ameri,
can Plant.

can Plant.
What is probably the most extraor-
binary plant ever discovered has now
been found by f. A. Suverkrop, OF
Philadelphia, who, during trips to
South America, has for some years
been contributing to the collection of
his friend, Professor N E. Brown, of
the Herbarium, Kew Gardens, Lon
don The amazing plant which Mr..
Suverkrop has now found is an or
child that takes a drink whenever it
feels thirsty by letting down tube
into the water, the tube. when not in
use being coiled up on top of the
plant.
lone hot afternoon" says Mr. Su-
verkrop. 81 sat down under some
brushwood at the side of a lagoon on
the Rio de la Plata. Near at hand
was a forest of dead, shorn trees,
which had actually been choked to
death by orchids and climbing cacti.
In front of me, AMI stretching over
the water of the lagoon and about
foot above it, was branch of one
of these dead trees. Here and there
clusters of common 'planta del ayre'
grew on it and a network of green
cacti twined round 1t.
among the orchids l noted one diff
ferent from the rest, the leaves,
sharp. lancehead shaped, growing all
around the root and radiating from
it. From the centre or axis of the
plant hung a long, slender stem about
one-eighth of an inch thick by one
fourth inch wide, the lower end or
which was in the water to a depth
of about four inches.
Il at once went over to examine
my discovery. Imagine my surprise,
when touched the plant, TO see this
centre stem gradually contract and
conylusively roll itself up in a spiral
like roll of tape.
"But more surprising yet was the
object and construction Of this stem.
| found on close examination and dis
section that it was long, slender, fiat
tube. the walls about one-thirty-sec-
ond of an inch thick, cellular in con-
struction. open at the outer end, and
connected at the inner end to the
.,oots of a series of hairlike tubes.
by subsequent observation 1
found tL2s when the plant was in
want of water this tube would grad
ally unwind till it dipped into the
water. Their it would slowly coil
round and wind up. carrying with 1t
the amount of water that that part OF
the tube which had been immersed
contained. until when the final coil
was taken the water was dumped, as
it we're. direct into the roots of the
plant. The coil remained in this po-
sition until the plant required more
water. Should the plant however, be
touched while the tdbe is extended
the orchid acts like the sensitive
plant (mimosal and the eoiling is
more rapid.
4 found many of these plants. al
directly over the water or over where
tae water had been, In the latter
case it was almost pitiful to see how
This tube would work its way over the
rround in search of the water that
was not'-Chicag0 Inter-oeean.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08

lore lHe SFdHu jury,
but it was not sufficient to ind;ct
Reviews the Investigation.
Mr.. Bristow in reviewing the investi-
cation says: More than forty inspectors
have been employed upon this work,
some of them continuously every day
since the investigation began. The rec
ords of 1000 postofices have been exam
ined, and the files of many divisions OF
the department. covering a period of
from six to ten years, scrutinized.
''The system of organized corruption
that has been disclosed began in 1898 and
continued until stopped by this investiga
ton. TIE amount of money secured by
the corrupt officials and their confeder-
ates is small as compared to the total
loss to the government.
ITO illustrate: Barrett received only
$4,000 from Arnold, yet that company
defrauded the people out Of over $4,000,
600
'Machen probably did not receive more
than $4,000 from the Croft fastener.
Yet the government has paid approx
mately $4,000 for that Device which
represents net loss. since the depart
ueul, COIlluutu ny lltC lCllllo VI tue tOAl-
tract for letter boxes, to pay for the orig
inal fasteners.
Beavers and his associates received
less than $4,000 from the automotic
cashier. Yet the department expended
S74,275 for this wholly unnecessary ma
chine.
1.-THE total amount that the perpetra-
tors OF these frauds themselves received
cannot be definitely learned, but it will
aggregate between 100000 and $780,
600. while the loss to the government
considering the unnecessary supplies that
have been purchased and the inferior
quality of those furnished by fraudulent
contractors, cannot be estimated with
any degree OK accuracy.
GAS tho gross abuses have been
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08
cround Glass to Feed Troops.

The very largely attended funeral
of William Pyle at sryn Mawr, Pa,
-eealled an episode Of exceptional in
terest in connection with the War Of
the Revolution. Mr. Pyle had for
forty-one years owned and operated
Pyle's grist mill rear Bryn Mawr. and
prior to that period had worked in
Johnson's mill. along Mil Creek. 1t
was in the latter structure that Brit
ish sympathizers ground up s guam
tity of glass. to be fed TO the Cont
mental Army, while cur t'oopS with
washington at their head were en-
camped at Valley Forge.-Philadel-
rhia Record.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08

amnesty granted all Americans impris-
oued in Cuba when the island became
an Independent republic, but he was not
satisfied with liberty He insisted that
he had been wronged by Gen Wood, then
military governor, and was bound to
have vindication. He alleged that Wood
influenced the judges, who We're his APP
pointees, and also authorized the adj
mission of improper evidence. He has
also made charges of grave nature
against Wood, aside from those relating
10 his own case. Rathbone asserts that
he was made a sort of Dreyfus in the
postal revenue cases
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08

The yellow fever epidemic III Mexico
is now beyond the control Of the health
authorities Of that country. according to
advices which have reached the Texas
State health department. II is stated
that the unusually long period Of warm
weather and the failure Of the lower
class Of Mezicans to report cases OF the
disease to the health authorities /haye
caused the eepidemic 10 spread 10 every
town between Monterey and Laredo.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08
Time record.
U.uaI Crop of Foot. bali Victims.

Now that the football season has
drawn TO a close it is eminently proper
TO take a glance over the field OF battle
and count the slain. The list Of those
who met death in the various gridiron
contests in this country during the sea
son just past foots up seventeen. The
injured form a great army and some Of
them are s6ybadly hurt that their wounds
are likely to result fatally or make them
cripples for life. But, then, football is
supposed to be a refined game and we
must have it 10 matter what the sacri-
Goa
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08

Estes G.. Rathbone,
formerly director
general of the Gu
ban posts, was ac-
cused of dishonesty
in handling the
p o S t al revenues,
and, upon being
found guilty, was
sentenced to ten
years Imprisonment
and to pay n fine of
$50. 900. Rathbolc
was eventually re-
leased under the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08

to make a written
statement, but said
verbally to Inspec-
tor Simmons that he
never received any
stock from the Do
remus Canoeing
Machine Company
or any remuneration
of any kind. direct
ly or indirectly"
Evidence against
Heath, Mr.. Bristow
says, was laid be-
fore the grand iury,
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over them. The landing of troops under
Woods direction Nov. u led TO con-
flct in which 300 Moros were killed.
Continued disturbance has caused fear of
a general uprising in the islands and
Gen Wade, commanding the army in the
Philippines, is investigating.
A Washington correspondent asserts
that no event in army circles in many
years has provoked so much criticism
as the appointment of Gen. Wood, a com
paratively young man in the service, to
a position superior to those of many of
the veterans of the army. 1t makes
the former physician and Rough Rider
second in command of the United States
forces. under the army reorganization. To
this there has been vigorous opposition
on the part of many Senators, the most
determined enemy of Wood being Sena-
tor Hanna. The basis of Hanna's hostil-
ity toward Wood is also the ground of
the investigation now going on with ref
erence to his conduct as military COVER
nor of Cuba.
1t will be remembered that Major
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John r. Norris. a detective, was con
victed or blackmail al Springfield Ohio.
He was employed by the Law and Order
League. but was accused Of ext0rting
money from saloonkeepers for destroying
evidence against them
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08

randum by Presi-
dent Roosevelt on
its contents, has
been made public.
In his memorandum
President Roosevelt
declares his purpose
TO see that every
guilty man, not
shielded by the stat
ute of limitations. is
brought TO justice.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08

quantity that they plainly are intended
as the material for gowns. not merely as
trimming This impression is corrobora-
led by study of model dresses, in which
are velvets of the brightest possible
shade. They are handsome get-ups. made
plainly. for the most part. but with trim
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08
VELVETS ARE BRIGHT
INCREASE IN vlvIDNESS AS EACH
NEW ONE COMES OUT.
Solid Color Weaves and Figured Ma
teria1s Are All StrikinxIy Tinted
and Designs Are Prominent-L Lace Is
Much Used on Evening Gowns.
New York eorre.pondenee:

EW velvets in
crease in vivid
ness with every
addition the shops
make to their sup
plies. This ap-
plies as well to
real velvet of the
finest quality aad
to the various
sorts of velvet
Gems, some of
which are mate
rails of decided
worth. All the
grades show bril-
liant tones in the
solid color weaves,
and the brightest
of them are dis
PLAYED in such
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08
HARNESS RECORDS.
List of New Trotting Marks Produced
During the Past Season.

Following are the new harness records
of which the season has been produc'
tive:
Two-year- old-Grace Bond, b. f., by
The Bondsman ................. 2:14f
Three year-old- Mac, b. T., by
Peter the Great, 4, 2:07A ........ 2:1Ih
ur-year-old-Judge Green, b. g., by
Dlrectum, 4, 2:05A WainscOtt, b.
G., by Alley Wilkes, 2:16M ........ 210H
Five-year-old-Lou Dillon, oh. ~, by
Sidney Dillon ............ "1:5s15
Fastest mare-Lou Dillon, CHI, 5, by
Sidney Dillon ....................'1: 3Sh
Fastest geding-Major Delmfr, b., 6,
by Delmar, 2.16% ............. q :J92t
Fastest stallion resceus IN, 8, by
Robert McGregOr, PITY ...... s1.J0&
Fastest new performer-Lou Dillon,
CHI m, by Sidney Dillon .........s1:5S15
Fastest mile, half-mile track-Cres-
ceus, Oh. s., o. by Robert McGreg-
or, pity ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .H2:0S
Fastest to wagon-Lou Dillon, CHI
m, 3, by Sidney Dillon 900
Fastest to high-wheeled sulky-Lou
Dillon, CHI. m, 5, by Sidney Dill
Equity -. .......-..............'2;Os
Fastest race mile-Lou Dillon, ch.
m, 8, by Sidney Dillon .'2:04%
Time record.
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dent has appointed
to a major general
ship and placed in di-
rect line for the chief
post in the United
States army. While
the Senate was con-
sidering the question
of his confirmation. he
was active on the ISL
and of Jolo, in the
Philippines, endeavor-
ing TO restore order
among the Moros,
who resented the at
tempt to establish a
,.,,I.t, 49, prAxra,.v,y ,,a ant
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08

George Milford, steward at the female
hospital in St. Louis, has been suspended
on G charge OF graft IN the meat olA'
which is said TO have amounted TO 81
600 annually.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08

Chief OF Police T. b. ellis Of Sum
nit. Miss. was shot and killed while
trying to arrest Henry Marsh, son Of
merchant
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08

James Hamilton Lewis OF Chicago IS
fighting the charge Of responsibility for
the Washington match swindle. attacking
the lower court in the federal tribunal
at Tacoma
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08

James Mackell, employed in TIE navy
yard. Brooklyn, shocked the officials
when he returned to work and announc-
ed that two children in the house were
I'D with smallpox.
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to attain stylish finish without
tlay.
Fashion Notes.
Yak lace in several shades is
Fashion Nntea.

YAK lace in several shades is very
smart.
Black, white, cream, ecru and cham
payne are the shades in which the new
silk laces will be conspicuous.
Ermine will be favored among the
white furs. though its scarcity has led
to a considerable advance in price.
A plated green chiffon lining is effect
i've under a white cloth garment, the
frills of the lining falling below the cloth.
Resides the browns and puppies an
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08
A MAsroDoN OF MELODY.
That's What the Great Organ of the
Worlds Fair Is Called.

That's What the Great Organ of the
Worlds Fair Is Called,
The largest organ in the universe,
mastodon of melody speaking in thunder
tones is to be the attraction of the Hall
of Festivals at the Worlds Fair in St
Louis. 1t is capable of producing H.
JIG. S6a, 1856 distinct tonal effects, con-
tinuous performance that would last 81
600 years if n different one of these COM
bina:ions were drawn every minute. 1T
is 81 feet long. 40 feet high and SO feet
wide and possesses 140 stops, 239 move
ments and 10.059 pipes. 1t cost approx
matelv 100000. Two electric motors.
each Of 1O-horse power, drive this factory
of sound. The two pipes drawing the
lowest tones are each 81 feet long; two
Sood-sized men, side by side, or small
pony can pass through them. A train
of ten cars is needed to transport the
monster from Los Angeles, Cal, to St
Louis.
Five separate organs are combined
within this enormous mass-the hrst, or
great organ; the second, or choir organ;
the third. or swell organ; the fourth, or
solo organ: and the fifth, or echo organ
Five organs can be automatically played
at one time by a double roll self-perform-
ing attachment, on separate console or
key desk.
The organ consists of two depart
ments. manual and pedal, commanded
respectively by the hands and feet Of the
performer The manual department
comprised of 10 speaking stops and
s.ao7 mines of metal and wood, is con-
trolled By FIVE claviers or keyboards OF
81 KEYS each. The pedal organ IS provid-
ed with all the leading varieties Of what
Is technically known as the unimitatIve
and initiative tones.
The third. or swell organ, introduces
for the first time the true orchestral ele-
ment from which the Worlds Fair organ
derives its advanced position among the
great concert organs. It possesses the
flutes. piccolo. clarinet. oboe. cornet q
bassetts fagotto and contragetto, the
horn ana violin, besides the human voice.
Mayor Charles y. Gaus Of Albany. \
-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08
LOOTED OF MILLIONS.
6RISTOWS REPORT ON POSTAL
FRAUDS MADE PUBLIC.
Postal Scandal Inquiry Shown to In
vo1ve Perry S. Heath-Grave Frauds
Found : Trusted Men Help Swind

The report of ]. L. Bristow, fourth
Assistant Postmaster General, on the
postal fraud investigation, with a memo
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08

wrap with white cord embroidery dis
tributed less layishly. Quite as often the
embroidery is upon bands or pieces of
contrasting goods that are then applied.
Such bands or pieces may be extensive,
or may be limited to small dimensions,
appearing at cuffs and edges. Many
gowns include tiny jackets of the con-
trasting material entirely covered with
the embroidery. Cords, braids and pas
sementeries in large variety, but chiefly
of the smaller sizes, are employed very
freely in this way. Bands are often en-
broidered with silks and fosses of the
heavier sorts. Much of the more attract
i've and seryiceahle ornamentation of the
winter fashions lies in such banding.
It's uses constitute one of the best of
current chances for the home dressmak
err to attain stylish finish without great
outlay
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08
GEN. LEONARD WOOD.

To Whom Recent Events Have Brouxh,
Double Prominence.
A combination of events has served to
give double prominence recently tn Mai
Gen. Leonard Wood whom the Presi-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08

Navor Charles y. -GaUs OF Albany. \
Y. has ordered the police 10 expel from
the city Mormon elders and MISSIONARIES
who have established headquarters there'
if they attempt 10 preach polygamy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08
Heath on the Report.

When Perry S. Heath had read the re-
port Of Mr. Bristow and the comments
of the President, he said: 1T is no sur
prise to me to see the denunciation of me
in this report. The author of it, from
the time he entered the Postofice De-
partment up to the present moment, has,
in his official capacity, pursued me per-
sonally, in season and out. as every one
who has been in public life in Washing
ton during the past six years knows. In
nuendo is artfully contrived and malice
ill-concealed throughout the entire docu-
mpnt"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08

Following are the new harness records
of which the season has been produc
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1903-02-04
CORRESPONDENCE DE PUERTO RICO Dr rsBgRBo Dc 1903
Las muieres de ZOla
CLOTILDE

los YecorSAis de auuella ehiquilla
6 quien AT gala Sicardot no quisre
. bsndonar y que, despnes de un via
je por 81 Meaiodfa, Va 6 vivir en- CO.
% de su tfo E1 sLa Cure. IL deia-
mos easi en- pan ales. En ell <Docteur
Pascsls 10 encontramos luego, cre-
ciendo libremente, c omo una planta
silveatre. "a Ia edad ingrata-diee
el maestro--de los doce 6 los diecio-
eho amos, pareee Idemasiado ats.
Sin esbeT ter, trepa los &rbol cual
nm muchAcho-. Pero, dc. pronto,
por obra de hechiceria, comienza ell
cuerpszo & adelgazarse, SO alma 10
cir tura y surge, POGO 6 POGO, del
bloque sin sculturA de m6rmol color
de rosa, In mas seduetora estatua de
voluptuosidad. Old e6no la desert.
be Zola: sTiene 10 cabellera rubia
cortada hasta 10 MUGS, nm per
I'll exquisite y serio, 10 frenta recta
los ojosa aazul celeste, 10 barbiila car
nosa y 10 nariz delicada. Sn cuello
en- de una blancura de leche, entire el
orc loco de los cAbsllos, que revolo-
tsan sn alrededor.>
a.. Y tiene veinticinco amos. "
90 tan ignorante! Lo daico que sabe
es leer Y csc, ibir. Psro en- este, CO.
mo en- ell desarrollo p..astico, ana
sorpresa NOS espera. De pronto,
comiepzs & sabsr, { saber mucho, {
estudiar, q meditar, " cusndo ME
nos 90 pi.nsa, w est& Syud6ndo 6
su saDi0 ito el doctor Pascal, en- aus
lsbores cientfficas.s
iQa6 admirable es el cuaaro que
nos hace YER, uno frente 6 otro, {
estes dos serss uriaos por el des til
no pesar de sus edadesl Ella 10
nifia cristiana que sc acueraa con
fntims tarnura de las oraelones que
le ensef1o su nodriza Martins, que.
rrfs corquistar, para el 8 nor Jesu.
cristO, el alma inor6dula de su ito.
<Susfia-dice ZolA-rdestruir Ell
pensAmiento de su maestro, en- AMI
qsilar las obras que hieren SD fe ca
t6lica, y se hace c6mplice de los CO.
bArdss deaignios de SD abuela Fell.
cite. Pero sorprendida por Ell doc
tor en- 81 momento en- que pilla sus
manuscritos, se siente domi NADIA, do.
mada por la voluntRd viril, Y se O.
rrojA en- brazos de los hachos, de 10
verdad desnuds, de 10 execrable rea.
lidad que revolucionar& todo SD ser
y la dAr6 una formidable lecci6n de
vidaD
La reconquista del alma de Clotil.
de es de ana bellezs simb6iica inol
vidable. LA antigua enemiga se ha
ce sumisa issfpula. En- las nochas
estudiosas, bajo la Luz de IL Tampa.
re-, ante los libros de ciencia, las dos
cabe ss Sc aproximan y los cabellos
blAncos del 30 bio ae COR fanden con
los cabellos rubios de II c0nvertida.
Lue go los labios tambien Sc acerean
temDiorogos, en- nm beso fecundo.
E. Gomez C0yrizIO.