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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

When he came some in the clear Win
ter twilight, he had fully resolved to
cut down all unnecessary expenses.
Grandmother must go.
''If there's no other place for her"
he reasoned, ''there are plenty of
Homes for Aged and INDECENT Won
en- where dare say we could get her
in. Her influence over Jane isn't good.
She teaches her to give to every tramp
and beggar that comes along. Grand
mother must goY'
But, as he came in, Mrs. Jobson met
him at the door.
''Oh, Calvin" she cried breathlassly,
''what do you think has happened? Old
Naomi Brush, poor soul, is dead. She
died suddenly of that heart difficulty
which has been hanging over her so
longr'
"Humphr' said Mr.. Jobson. And
what is all that to me, I'd like to
known
more than you think" said Mrs.
Jobson eagerly. They found two hun
bred pounds, Calvin-yes, two hun
bred pounds hidden away in bag of
rags which had formed her pillow for
more years than anybody could remem-
ber And there was scrap of will
in her dress pocket, which Lawyer
Hyde says is perfectly legal and cor
ct--and every penny Of 1t is left to-
whom do you suppose? Why, to
grandmother. To grandmother, who
was so good to her for so many years"
EYES," said the old lady mildly "And
l am going to give it to you, Calvin, to
help you out with that debt to Squire
Jones. Money is of no use to me,
except as it may be of aid to my
daughter and her husband-and in the
country which l am nearing so fast.
one of old Naomi Brush's prayers will
be of more value to me than all the
gold which was ever minted."
Grandmother" said Calvin Jobson,
with a suffocating lump in his throat,
81 don't deserve this. No, don't! I'm
a mean, grasping, avaricious-
Hush, my son." said the old lady,
'Aush! We all have our failings. But
we are none of US too old to learn bet
ter.
So the nightmare of a debt was paid
and grandmother still sits by the Job
son freside. And Calvin is a wiser and
a better man for the lesson he has had.
-Hearthstone
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

The Republicans are having troubles
of their own these days, and on ques-
tons that they should be most united
about, and the numerous pilgrimages
to Oyster Bay of the leaders of the
different factions does not seem to
clear the way for united action. First
we are told that Senator Aldrich and
his committee have agreed upon
financial bill which is generally ac-
ceptable to Wall street and is ap-
proved by President Roosevelt. Then
we hear that Uncle Joe Cannon is
mulish and does not fall in with the
program. He is ''agin rubber cur
rency" and does not think any finan-
cial legislation necessary; 1--WE have
the best currency on EARTH and so on.
Strange to relate, Rockefeller and
Morgan agree with each other that the
Aldich bill will save the country and,
incidentally, of course, Wall street.
They are very insistent that the loans
to the banks by the United States
Treasury, without interest. should be
made legal and, if possible, perma
nent They also demand that the re-
ceipts from customs duties should be
deposited in the banks, as the internal
revenue taxes now are. This latter
part of the program is said to be es-
pecially Questionable to the prospec-
tive Speaker, and Congressman Fowler
in an interview says that Uncle Joe
prefers the Fowler asset currency bill
to the Aldrich bill. With Wall street
and Congress divided on he scope and
plan of financial legislation, and the
Republican leaders divided, there is q
chance that the Democratic minority
may have TO decide the question OF
legislation or no legislation
In all the controversy about the pro-
posed financial legislation it will be
noticed that no Republican comes for
ward with any proposition that would
be of comfort or assistance to the or
binary voter The people appear to
have no place at the Republican feast.
The Wall street financial magnates are
invited to Oyster Bay, the trust and
corporation officers and attorneys are
called into conference, but not one
known friend of the common people is
invited. or indeed allowed, to voice
then sentiments. Wall street, the
trusts and the railroads are omnip-
otent in the councils of the Republi-
can party.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

SHhhfF "hAALoSA Sherlm prevented q
double lynching A crime had already
been committed by the mob, whose
offense would have been magnified
had it been permitted to carry out its
purpose. Its original intention was to
go TO the county Jail, secure possession
Of the person of James Wilson, negro
assailant of MIS-. Burgess, and lynch
him. 1t numbered several hundred
On the way a negro named Metcair
became involved in quarrel with
some of the party and MORALLY wound
ed man named Gatterman, The ne
gro fed, but was captured at the Dan
vile police station, where he lad
placed himself under the protection of
the officers. The latter barricaded the
doors, but the angry mob battered
them down, seized the negro, swung
him from the nearest telephone pole
and burned his body in the public
square, hacking it TO pieces with
knives
Then the mob went to the jail to get
Wilson, but Sheriff Whitlock himself
fred into the gang of assailants.
wounding several of them. The infuri-
ated crowd sought dynamite and de
clared that it would lynch the sheriff
and his deputies. If they could be cap
tured, but Gained down before doing
any more trouble. The sentiment of
the community sustained the sheriff
and he was never more popular than
to-day, though he would probably fare
badly in the hands of the lynchors.
He has no fear of them, however, and
says he viii bring the offenders to JUS
tice.-Utica Globe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

business men, farmers, or working
mentor more currency and ii is GER
tain they are not favorable to legisla-
ton in the. interests of the New York
bankers, which compel them to pay
taxes 10 be loaned to the banks.
Representative Hepburn of Iowa,
one Of the few men Of ability on the
Republican side of he House of Rep
reSentativeS, was in Washington few
days since and an in1ervie " with him
published in the New York Post indi-
Gates the feeling in the Western States
on this proposed legislation:
Mr.. Hepburn says that there is no
scarcity of currency and declares the
view that there is a great draft on
New York for money TO move the
crops not well founded. The only dan
ger, he says, would come if the pro
ducers of the West became distrustful
of the eastern banks, and so withdrew
their money too rapidly. This, he be-
lieves, is prevented by the present
rigid system of bond-secured circula-
ton"
But the senatorial coterie, who have
also persuaded President Roosevelt
that help must be furnished Wall
street, will be hacked up in all they
claim by the whole trust interests. Ev
cry banker. State or national, will be
urged by the most adroitly worded
appeals, to join in bringing pressure
to bear on Congress to pass the bill
and the provision for asset currency
rubber currency, as Representative
Cannon, who is slated for Speaker,
called twill be so axed that the
country banks will have an oppor@1-
nifty to get some of the spoils. Mr..
Cannon is said to have modified his
views and if not favorable to this rub
Der currency" at least will not oppose
it. Threats of defeating him for Speak
er may have caused this change of SEN
timent. 1t was not difficult for the
New York bankers to get Secretary
Shaw into the conspiracy, for all his
manipulation of the government funds
has been in the interest of Wall street.
What has induced President ROose-
velt to favor the Wall street program
can be judged by the eXigencies of his
political ambition.
Those voters who believe that legis-
lation in the interest of Wall street and
the bankers is against the interests of
the people will have to bestir them
selves and make it plain to their Rep
resentatives and Senators that they
will hold those responsible who vote
for such legislation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

ing administered she revived suff1-
GENTLY to give her name. She was
taken to Long Island, where she was
placed under a physicians care. The
experience of Mrs. Carter would have
killed an ordinary woman, but 1t is
thought that the naturally strong ply
sique possessed by her will save her
life.
In telling her story Mrs. Carter
stated that she lived on Monroe's
Island, opposite owls Head She re-
called starting to row some time late
Sunday night from the island to the
mainland. An oar broke and she drift
ed in the darkness out to the open sea.
The wind blew a gale and she became
terribly frightened. She waved an
oar and shouted at what she supposed
were boats passing, but they did not
see her dory or heed her cries of dis
tress. In agony she cried, while the
dory, driven by the violent wind, bore
her into the mysteries of the great
ocean, while the inky pail about her
added to her terror. At times she
imagined she heard help near at hand
and could distinguish the sound of
men talking, but evidently these
voices were only delusions and she
said she realized how hopeless were
her chances of rescue.
A great thirst came upon her and
she gulped down a handful Of sea
water AT daybreak Mrs. Carter was
in pitiable shape. Her throat was
parched and her body was racked
with pain. She could see schooners
afar off, but was too feeble to make
distress signal. That was all that she
could recall of the fearful experience
of forty eight hours, half of which she
spent in hurricane, and in which she
drifted seyenty-fiye miles
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08
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Boston bricklarers get IS

Boston bricklayers get 55 cents an
hour.
United Mine Workers of America con-
template the erection Of 100000 labor
temple in Pittsburg, Pa.
AT the beginning of the year there
were 10000 women members of laboc
unicas in New York State.
Recently there has been a movement
started to unionize the laborers connect
ed with the public works of Nashville.
There are 227 lead pencil factories in
Germany, which employ 2.S13 persons,
and export each year 1,614 tons of pen
ellis, worth 100000.
The machine for winnowing gold by
blowing away the gravel while the heav-
Ter gold grains fall into a receptacle is
to be used in Australia.
OF the 100000 men in Newfoundland
more than half are fishermen, who catch
150,000,000 pounds Of cod a year, con-
sumo one-fourth of it, and sell the rest
for S4,450,000.
st. Paul has taken up the matter of
forming international furriers' union, and
an organization to include the workers
in all branches Of the fur trade in the
United States and Canada will be the
result.
These national labor organizations
have headquarters in Washingtos, d. c.:
Journeymen Stone Cutters, Letter Car
riers, Electrical Workers, Machinists,
Granite Cutters, Knights of Labor, and
American Federation of Labor.
Brooklyn union cigarmakers are on
general strike te enforce q demand for
increased wages. They want an in
crease of so cents a thousand and for
mold-made cigars 81, and on certain
brands 50 a thousand for handmade ci-
gars.
TraEscontinental railroads in western
Washington have sent east in an effort
70 secure sufficient supply Of labor TO
carry on their construction work The
I,ea are engaged at wages 10 per cent
higher than the companies paid at this
time last year.
Cincinnati Liverymen's Protective As
ISOLATION, an organization comprising In
its membership almost every livery sta
bic keeper and undertaken IN the city, has
decided TO establish a uniform price of
s. carriage, commencing Sept. /, for all
carriages hired for funeral purposes
At Trenton, y. J., the Central Labor
Union has oficially decided that the
jurisdiction of BARRIERS over the patrons
continues even after death. The question
was raised by a complaint of the BARRIERS
union that LEGAL undertakes were allow
ing their employees to ofieiate as BARRIERS.
Engineers and firemen of the entire
Union Pacific Railway system have been
granted an average increase of wages
for the engineers Of about 81 and the
iremen Az per cent The increase runs
from 10 To- 20 cents q hundred miles for
the engineers, with proportionate In
crease for the fremen.
The most northerly railroad In the
world was opened for business on the
14th Of July. II runs from Gellivare, an
inland town In Sweden, located fifty
miles north of the Arctic circle, 70 Ofo-
ten. on the coast OF Norway. It has
been built By the English owners OF the
iron deposits near GeIlivars for the
sxanaportation Of tia ore to tide water.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

where the view is held that the denial Of
the report of the killing of Mr.. Magels-
sen relieves the situation of its imme-
date awkward and embarrassing feature,
but will not prevent our naval vessels
continuing to the East.
Minister Leishman in one Of his dis
patches to the department suggested that
conditions were such that 1t might be
well to have some American naval dem
onstration in those waters. Reports also
have come to the government from the
missionary interests of the threatened de-
struction of their property at Harpoot,
and because of this Admiral Cotton, it
is expected, will be allowed to proceed
with one or more of his vessels to Bel
r,i<
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Prepared for Emergency.

Zangwill, the Jewish novelist, was in
early life extremely poor. 1t is said of
him that when he was little fellow
of not more than eight or nine years
he called on a builder and asked for a
place as driver of horse and cart.
The builder looked down at him.
"Why, laddie," he said, you couldn't
drive horse and cart"
"Why not, sir?7 asked Zangwill.
Because you are too little. The
horse would tread on you"
would her" said the boy. well.
he'd have to get In the cart first"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

The large number of deaths in 1900
resulted chiefly from three disastrous col
lisions between trolley cars and trains
at grade crossings.
OF the Al deaths from street car ac-
cidents of all kinds for the first months
of the year Al were of males and 6 of fe-
males. Most of the deaths were of boys
who tipped cars when the latter were
going at a high rate of speed. In the
first six months of 1902 there were 81
males and 5 females killed by street
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08
WIZ He Was Happy.

The old man on the lanky nag was
chuckling to himself when the neigh
Dor rode up.
why are you so happy, Rufus?"
Cant help it. Certainly it is en- Ill
wind that blows nobody no good"
What do you mean"
why, just as my wife was about to
give me a two-hour lecture a cyclone
came along and blew her into the next
county"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

relieve the situation of its extreme ten
sion and leave the way open for an
amicable and peaceful adjustment of the
incident.
Acting Secretary LOOMS declined TO
make public the text of Minister Leish-
mans dispatch, but he gave summary
of it's contents. 1t showed that Mr..
Magelssen had been shot at by some per-
son, at the time unknown to the officials,
but that he had not been hit. The local
Turkish officials were prompt to express
regret at the occurrence, and were exert
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

One Of the rarest and most expen-
sive Of Chinese goldfishes Is the brush
tan. a pair of which sell for $1,000.
probably there is no other living thing
Of ,ts size and weight that is worth so
much money. Like all the other Chi
neae fishes that are 30 highly priced
Inv collectors, the form Of the brush
tail Is due to some extent to artificial
methods. The Chinese know how TO
assist nature in shaping and beautify-
ing fishes. How they do 50 Is one
Of their many secrets which have not
yet been discovered
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08
FIXES STANDARDS FOR FOOD.
Department of Agriculture Takes
Steps to Check Frauds.

Department. of Agriculture Takes
Steps to Check Frauds.
The Department of Agriculture at
Washington has just issued a state
ment defining the standards of food
products BY reference to it any prod
uct may be classified and good and
poor separated according to the stand
ard established by the department and
recognized by the laws of the States.
The standard leaf lard must contain
not more than l per cent of any sub
stances other than fat of the healthy
hog.
Standard milk must contain not less
tia 3.25 per cent of milk and S.25 per
cent of solids, not fat, and must have
an acidity equivalent to not more than
o. per cent of Tactic acid.
Cream to be standard must contain
not less than Is per cent of milk fat.
Butter must contain not less than
S2.5 per cent of butter fat, with the
fatty substance of fresh or ripened
milk or cream.
Standard renovated or process butter
must contain not less than S2.5 per
cent of butter fat and not more than
10 per cent of water.
Standard whole milk cheese, full
cream cheese or skim milk cheese must
contain not less than 4S per cent of
butter fat.
Ice cream comes within the report
and to be pure and up to the standard
set by the department must contain
not less than per cent OF milk fat.
These standards win be sent to ev-
eryone interested and States will be
largely governed by them in legislation
governing food products, no common
wealth acting independently of the
general government in this respect.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08
TO an OLD playmate.

Your lips, dear girl, were roses.
Your hair was ripened wheat,
The brook forgot his song to hear
The music of your feet.
Your hands were swift white butterflies,
Your eyes were wells of blue,
Oh, what a riot in my heart
Was wrought by June and youi
And now for years beneath the grass
Your needless hands have lain.
And recollection wakes in me
A hurt that scarce is pain.
Asleep with Nature, breast to breast,
How peacefully you liel
Above your heart the care-free flowers.
And over them-the sky.
Boston Transcript
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r1ark that she had ''disregarded the
warning hand" 1t seems that In each
generation of her family one member
las carried upon his or her wrist when
danger Of misfortune was near at hand
a birthmark-the liyld imprint Of four
fingers and a thumb-which at other
times was wholly absent.
In the present generation this In
faIlible warning Of approaching mis-
fortune appears on the wrist Of Mrs.
Bernstein.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

Coventry, a young
heiress OF Guelph
G a n a d a W q 8
caught under n
seat in a railroad
wreck, and was
rescued by Jack
Bernstein, a civ
IL engineer. They
b e C a IN e lovers,
and were recent
ly married.
In telling the
story Of her mar
riage Mrs. Berne-
stein accidentally
slipped the re-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

sharp struggle his work in illustrated
journalism brought him into the notice
Of the public.
He spent three years in Australia
on the staff of the Sydney Bulletin.
Returning to Europe, he spent some
time in Paris, and then became regu-
larly connected with the London Daily
Graphic. He came to New York on
rowing commission in connection
with the Chicago Worlds Fair.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08


negatives
many often required suit the of picture required
troublesome them
Of
wide they be utilized for half
downward The method
dgng
carefully
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forty eight hours,
i'll and helpless, is
without parallel on
the Maine coast.
Mrs. Garter was
picked up by a
Gloucester fishing
schooner q b on t
thirty miles east Of
NJ o unit D e s e r I
Rock. At first it
was thought the
woman was dead,
but restoratives be-
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TO assaSsinate him
was made, but the
bullets fred by his
unknown assailant
did not touch him.
This startling but
satisfactory news
was received by the
State Department
Friday afternoon
a n d Immediately
made known by tel
egraph to President
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08
rncle Reuhen SAYS.

Now an den h'ar a man declarin'
dat life am a failure, or akin il life
am wuth de libin' In SIGH cases /
allus fgger dat he's found he can't
borry any mo- money, or dat his
father-in-law has axed him to go out
an arm his own board.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

Wife (reading) an account Of
man who hanged himself with his
suspenders.
Husband Married man?
Wife-Yes.
Husband-That accounts for 1t.
Wife-How does IL?
Husband-His buttons were probably
all off and he had no further use for
suspenders.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

Mrs. Hayrix-It peers to me ez heow
that cousin NV yourn is ivin' in heap
better style sense she got a divorce.
Mrs. Oatcake-Yes, in course she
do. She's Twin on tn anthony tn
ledge took an 'low'd her.-Chicago
News
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08
CO. Amhifian

How learned would you ike to be,
old MANI"
I'D like TO be 50 learned that I
could pronounce big words wrong and
no one would dare correct me for fear
l might be right"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

Rodrick-Has he lived In Chicago
Iong2
Van Albert should say 50. Why,
he can actually remember a day when
there was no strike going on.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

respected and there
WOULD BE fewer oe-
caslons for our OFF,
Gals 10 be held up
10 the scorn and
derision of those
who entrust them
WITH authority to
preserve order. In
repulsing 6 m 0 o
witch sought to
fight its way into
the county Jail, this
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

Married men get the worst OF 1t, In
nearly every deal. but they get the
best Of it In lawsuit When mar
rIed man is in trouble. his wife's pres
ence in court always helps him
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08
CARTooNlsT MAY DEAD.

Favorite British Artist and Illustra-
tor Is No More.
Phil May, artist and illustrator of
Punch, the Graphic and other periodi-
Gals, died in London, after a proract-
ed Illness Born at Leeds in 1864, he
drew from his earliest childhood. At
sixteen he went to London to earn a
living with his pencil, and after a
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DRIFTED 4s HOURS.

Awful Experience of Woman in a
Dory OFF the Maine Coast.
The terrible experience recently of
Mrs. John Carter, Of Monroe's Island,
Me-, who drifted in an open boat for
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when man has s new baby, and 1t
is boy, he consoles himself with
thinking bow much the Czar would
Give for n IL left at his house.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08
FEARLESS ILLINOIS sisERlFf,

DanyiIie Officer Who Defended Negro
Prisoner Against Lynchers.
If the law had more such fearless
defenders as Sheriff Whitlock, of Dam
vile, ILL.,, it would be more generally
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

when s g5oman comes back from
visit, she usually has a great deal 70
say about the smart sayings Of her
sisters children
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08
BIRTHMARK GIVES
WARNING or MISFORTUNE

A wreck that resulted in romance
has brought to light a queer story OF
an occult manifestation. Miss Olive Il.
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CONSUL is NOT DEAD.
REPORTED MURDER OF AMER.
CAN OFFICIAL UNTRUE.
Was Fired Upon, but Bull
let's Missed him W arships Will En-
force Turkeys Guarantees for Safety
OF Lives of United States Citizens.

United States Vice Consul William G.
Magelssen was not assassinated at Bel
rut, Syria, as first reported An attempt
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

A cynic is a man who admits there
are worse men on earth than himself
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-08

Do not be afraid Of night air; fresh
air ia better than stale air.