Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29


The suddenness of tAe thing took Co
| lombia's breath temporarily and her
canal route permanently Jour
nal.
/ The latest Santo Domingo republic
hasn't been recognized yet. 1t seems 20
need intereceanic facilities to expedite
things.-Boston Herald.
Mr. Cleveland might not have come in
conflict with the game laws of Virginia if
he had gone cunning simply for the nom
nation Washington Times.
When Uncle Sans 500 bluejackets
get to Colon the town will surrender to
the proposition that it has been only q
semi Colon hitherto.-Nev York Trib-
une.
One of the questions that agitates the
man in the street is vbether annexation
of Panama would hring down the price
of his next summers hat.-Boston Tran
script
Over in dear old London" they are
arresting passengers for crowding the
street cars. And here we complain be-
cause we haye9 to stand.-St. Louis Re
public.
Speaking of bloodless revolutions, and
the age of miracles, two Kentucky coun-
ties gave a majority to Prohibition
candidate for Philadelphia
Ledger.
Latest advices from Wall street indi-
| cate that money has been wanted in New
| York this fall not so much to move the
! crops as to move the stocks.-Omaha
Daily Bee.
| Congressional statesmen may have
| differing views about the tariff, but they
seem to entertain a cheerful unanimity
of opinion on the double mileage issue
+! Philadelphia Bulletin.
The ethics of tips is a subject that
| ought not to be ignored in the State ex-
animation of young persons proposing
| to join the ancient profession of barber
! ing.-New York Sun.
President Roosevelt was only applying
! his race suicide" theory when he as
sisted in adding the infant republic Of
Panama to the family of nations.-Phila-
delphia Public, badger.
Mr. Rockefeller will give $10,O000O0
to aid the search for microbes. Peary
| should contrive some way to convince
microbe.-Kansas City Star.
With the exception Of two or three
new strikes every week, with accompany
ing violence everything seems to be go
ing on peacefully in Chicago industrial
life.-Kansas City Journal.
Gold is said to have been discovered
in Greenland. 1t is rather a pity that
| these discoveries cannot be made in some
| place which is comfortable for residence
| purposes.-W Washington Times.
The law against grating human ears
on rich miners seems to operate very
much like legislation against the docking
of horses tails. It's accomplished just
the same somehow.-Boston Herald.
These Philippine friars are said to be
willing to sell their lands to us for &c.
100000. Possibly they feared if they
did not sell we might take the property
for a canal Washington Post.
There is renewed talk of shortening
the college course. But how can an ex-
pert football player succeed in doing in
| three years what he is expected to do in
four years cleveland Plain Dealer.
A certain German professor may or
of oil stock, but it looks a little queer
when he comes out and claims that there
is radium in etroleum.-Cleyeland Plain
Dealer.
1t appears that the government will
! not be able to collect any of the money
stolen by the postoffice grafters. This re-
striction does not apply to the lawyers
engaged to defend them.-Philadelph
] Bulletin.
There have been no further promoting
exposures in New York for some days.
The precocious Mr.. Schwab and the pom
! derous Mr.. Morgan consequently begin to
! breathe freely once again.-Cincinnati
Times-Star.
The Duke of Roxburghe declares that
| he will never come back to New York
The clown in the old-time circus used
to invariably announce, We've got your
money, and that's what we came here
for. Washington Post
Here's Mr. Carnegie extolling the
blessings of poverty again. And job
| Hedges says the laird of Skibo might
| have been enjoying these blessings now
! if he had taken common stock instead of
! bonds.-Boston Herald.
Well. of course Philadelphia accepts
! Mr. Carnegie's offer of $1.500,000 for
| thirty branch libraries in that city The
| queer thing about it is that they held up
the gift horse so long to examine its
mouth-B Ston Herald.
With so many English-speaiing people
studying Spanish, and so many Spanish
speaking peopls studying English, a COM
| promise may ne looked for that viii pre-
sent weird opportunities for the dialect
writer-W Washington Sar.
The report that j. Pierpont Morgan is
to retire is denied, both at his Wall street
| and London offices. Accepting the denial
as true the next best thing for the pub
| lie will be to keep its hands on its pocl-
etbook-Kansas City Times
What with the investigations of thefts
| of public lands, the Indian frauds, the
| postal rascality, it is a wonder that the
| government departments have any time
| left to attend to their legitimate duties
| Philadelphia Public Ledger
1t may comfort the consumers of meat
and butter and eggs and coal to learn
that a German scieE list claims to have
! discovered process by which the price
/ OF radium may be reduced several thou
sand dollars an ounce.-Kansas City
| Star.
| American aristocracy has been crown
| ed with real success. There have been
| sham dukes. and counts. and princes. but
now somebody has thought It practicable
to make himself up as a sham Goelet
/ a5bly condescending to do the King Co
phetua act-W ashington Times
| France, England, Russia. Germany
ana Japan have apparently united in
/ Joint note TO Uncle Sam. pleading press
| ing engagements in the far East aud ask.
| ing him to protect their interests in
! Panama. being careful not TO stretch the
Monroe doctrine any more than possible.
Washington Post.
1t is funny. Every newspaper W.
pick up has something about toott1l
/ games and fraternity meetings % tive