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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07

denominations, that could not be used
for the payment of ,lrafts on the Treas
ury. 1t will thus be seen that all the
Surplus available consists of the fifty
m..Ion which is held to draw on for
current expenditures. AS the receipts
of the government exceed the eXpendi-
lures about three million dollars g
be somewhat added to by June 80, the
last day of the fiscal year. After that
date the increased appropriations made
by Congress may extinguish any ex-
cess and the receipts and expenditures
VIII be about equal.
The Secretary of the Treasury is
now planning how to provide the $780,
100000 TO make the payment to the
French company and to Colombia for
the Panama Canal, and it is probable
that more bonds will have to be issued
to meet that payment The one hun
dred and fifty million deposited with
the banks is not available, although
the Treasury is receiving no interest
thereon 1t is true that this large sum
is at the call of the Treasury, but the
financial extremity in which the Wall
street banks have placed themselves,
by loaning this deposit and their 9th
er funds on stocks and bonds, that, in
many instances cannot be sold for
enough to redeem the loans. If this
enormous amount of securities were
Il or.t-o OF II xr-pIIiI
cipitate disastrous panic on Wall
street. and make it impossible for Sec
rotary Shaw to demand the return Of
the money or even a part of it. In
fact. Wall street is already urging that
more money from the Treasury be
poured into its lap and the financial
organs of Wall street are calling upon
Secretary Shaw TO anticipate the pay
ment of interest on government bonds
and buy bonds enough in the open
market to ease the Wall street distress
Secretary Shaw announces that he viii
do all and everything possible to help
Wall street and he may go as far as
he did last fall and accept municipal
bonds to replace the United States
bonds held as security for the $780,
100000 he and his predecessor have
so kindly loaned Wall street without
charging any interest.
Being blest with a compliment adj
ministration and Secretary of the
Treasury. Wall street has launched
into speculation in an amount so fabu
lous that all past experience and rec
orls are broken. The banks have par
ticipated In the profits of this boom"
but most of the business being done
on margin, the load they carry is prov
ing top heavy and the Treasury is ex-
pected TO Tighten it by further adj
vances. If the Treasury was so
..crammed with hundreds OF millions of
dollars" as the Republican newspa-
pers are saying it u, there Is no doubt
that President Roosevelt and his Sec
rotary of the Treasury would quickly |
find a way to loan 1t to Wall street and |
relieve the panicky feeling.
The success of the Republican adj /
ministration depends on the continue
ton Of the Wall street boom for
their whole political argument IS let
well enough alone"
The reckless way in which the Re
publican administrator has been loan
ing and approprafing money IS bound /
before long to bring disaster on the /
financial centers and It bellooves those
who are interested In stock speculation
to act accordingly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07
a STRONG Position.

Negroes usually have ready an
swer. even for the most unexpected
question. The Washington Star tells
of man who visited the scene. of the
Battle of Antietam, and there met an
old colored man. who took pleasure in
explaining all facts about the en-
5gagement.
The negro was asked If he was
present when the fight took place,
and his answer was, Sartainly. sab;
sure. l wuz right heah"
'-Then you must have seen the whole
ding"
Deed l did. sab: an it WIZ right
bilious times. sab"
What position did you occupy
81 wuz down In de cellar. sab.
got down dar TO keep out de way OF de
Yankees. case l kn0wed dat l would
be 'bleeged ter whoop fer dem. an /
knowed car Marse Bob Lee didn't
spec DAT Of me. so jls got down in
de cellar. an let EN- fit il out"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07

speed from Liverpool going to Pacific coast, one
through the Suez Canal and the other by Horn
two vessels Of the speed from New York. going
westward and the other eastward and both English
sels VIII reach their destination before either CT Cut
the isthman canal and it is New York
Hong Kong via Nicaragua than from Liverpool to The
point via the Suez.
We must have the largest merchant fleet kissed
by hreezes and these carriers of international
merce must be built of American material in American
yards by American labor They to be manned by
American Sailors fired by American coal probably
Oil. and they are to float the stars and stripes.
Whether this will be accomplished through government
aid by American patriotism and American capital and
American energy cannot Whether this consumma-
ton shall be contributed to by statesmen achieved by
fnancier is mmateral compared with the Importance
the thing itself American wealth. American energy plus
Hawaii which plus the Philippine Islands,
are ours, plus the isthmian canal which we will surely
build transfers the sovereignty of the Pacific
the Union Jack to the Stars and Stripes
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07
A REMARKABLE OLD WOMAN.
Bereft of Three Senses, Her Life i
Still Full of Sunshine.

Bereft of Three Senses, Her Lifo Ii
Still Full of Sunshine.
A most remarkable woman is Hiss
Lucy Reed, of Dandy. VT, who. al
though deaf, dumb and blind, leads a
useful and cheerful existence. Darby
is quiet little village in the heart of
the Green Mountains. There for sew
enty-siX years Miss Reed has lived.
During sixty-fiye years she has been
in her present plight At the age OF
40 she suffered from scarlet fever.
which left her deaf. Loss of speech
soGn followed, and a year later the
added misfortune of loss Of eight was
visited upon her But the little body
did not despair She rapidly learned
TO do all sorts of useful things about
the house. She darned the stockings,
mended the clothing and even made
new garments. She evinced passion
for making patchwork quilts, in which
she became very expert.
The old woman cuts out the blocks
after various patterns which she de-
vises herself. selects the colors by the
sense of taste or smell. and rarely errs
in the selection of the proper shade
She selects her own threads and
threads her own needles with her
tongue 1t is said that her patchwork
quilts are as neatly and as attractive
ly made as any in that part of the
country. She also makes great quanti-
ties of knit socks. which are sold for
her. The busy fingers are never idle
for a moment. She is very cheerful
and extraordinarily fond of children.
Another sort of work which inter-
ests the blind woman is the making
of pretty and tastefully arranged box
es out of eigar-box wood. covered out
side with plush and inside with satin.
She eviGres great taste in the making
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07
WITH PENCIL AND WITH INK.

A little boy came from his school one
day,
With his heart in a furry of slee;
"Oh. papal they've taken our pencils
away,
And I'm writing with ink" said he.
And his breast was filed with manly
pride,
For it jOyed him much to think.
He has laid his pencil and slate aside,
And is writing his words with ink.
An, innocent child, could you guess the
truth
You would ask of the years to stay
Amid these slate-pencil doings of youth,
For a tear will wash tl.em away.
But out in the great world of life and
men
The wrongs that we do and think,
We cannot so easy blot out again,
Because we then write them with ink.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07
The Point of View
:. - !:

AN ABEL TRAVERs stood at the
MI gate and watched her lovers
OoS retreating figure until it dis
appeared round a bend in the road.
There was n disconnected expression
on her handsome face as she walked
slowly back to the house and entered
her mothers drawing room.
Mrs. Travers looked up from her
work as Mabel, with a little impa-
tient sigh. threw herself into a chair.
well. dear2" she said brightly.
"Welg" returned Mabel in a tone
that implied the contrary.
rs anything the matter?" asked her
mother. You haven't quarrel with
Leslie, suppose she added, play
fully.
"No-yes-at least. really. I'm not
quite sure" was the unexpected re-
ply.
Tell me-" said Mrs. Travers.
Mother, It's horrible TO marry a
poor man.
Mrs. Travers looked at her daughter
in panied surprise.
My darling she said. reproachful-
".
.9oh. 1 know I'm a wretch to say
IT. ~ld-and perhaps l don't mean it
anu yet-and yet"
Don't be afraid to tell me- DEAR
Mother. Leslie and l have been
having a business talk. That's what
ha called It. Ii was hatefrl~
''But very necessary. Leslie was
wise. darling"
"Yes-I suppose so. He said that,
as we were TO be married so soon
now. II was only right t!sat l should
know exactly what De could offer me.
oh. mother. | hal no idea that Leslie
was SO miserably poec"'
Mrs. Travers eyed her daughter with
a troubled look.
'He has never made any secret of
his income she said.
Il know; but l didn't realize how
little il was till he went into all the
wretched details about rent. and serv-
ants and housekeeping money, and
all the rest of It. Oh 1t all seemed
so mean and sordid."
And Mabel flung out her hands with
little gesture of Impotence.
Il am very sorry 10 hear you say
that. Mabel." said Mrs. Travers grave
ly. "It-it almost makes NE afraid.
she went on hesitaJingly. you ought
never TO have promised 10 marry Les
lie. Perhaps you are not the right
kind OF wife for him. dear"
Mother
Mrs. Travers rose from her chair and
laid her hand lightly on the girls dark
head
Tell me. child" she said. do you
really and truly care for hims"
Al this Mabel hid her face In her
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expect at least come of the bad trusts
to be brought up with a round turn by
that time, or there will be opposition
to the continuation of do-nothing adj
ministration. The trouble with the
honest Republican voter is, he hardly
knows who would be any more active
against the trusts among all the lead
ers of his party.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07
STORY OF OLD ABE, THE WAR EAGLE.

For centuries the eagle has been tie
emblem of liberty, the inspiranop of
poets and the terror of his feathered
friends. The king of birds has fur
nished the story writer with count
less incidents, from aerial battles to
child stealing. One of Victor Hugo's
greatest poems begins: "L'aisIe- -c'est
lie genie-Oiseau de la tempete, qui do
mont lie plus haut cherche lie plus haut
fate" The poet parallels the struggles
of genius with the battle of the eagle
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07

false. So far as these lnJuncfonS are issued in
labor they Issued excepting casea
exercise of the criminal law. Government
by injunction is not only hostile to organized labor
hostile to constitutional liberty. If the American
people do not check this arbitrary power it will result
humiliation of labor unions and then of all other
of association dslked by capitalists.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07
RUSH FOR The PRAIRIE LAND.
Great Scramble for Desert In West
Soon TO BE Opened.


If present indications hold true ore Of
the greatest land rushes of recent times
In the West will storm the United States
land otfice in Los Angeles, Cal, in June,
when the 100000 acres Of land recent
" restored by the government to public
domair, reaching from Mojavc to the
Colorado river, is thrown open to entry.
The Los Angeles land Office is receiving
nearly 200 letters day from every State
In the Union.
One of the letters from New York
State requests the fullest details. stating
that the writer is planning to settle
colony Of 10000 ranehers On the desert
If ne can locate ION ths ground floor Of
the agricultural sections along the river.
A pilgrimage to the rich sections along
the Colorado river to be included ia the
operations now in progress under tile pro-
Visions Of the national irrigation bill has
set In. Desert land, however, comprises
the bulk Of the territory 10 be opened
and it has very little value uatiI water
Is turned upon II. iio
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But mustn't show people that love them?' aska
the adoring little desparingly you
may my dear and if you do wisely you will lift up
Improve those to whom give eart and devotion
But all human things allibie Therefore you mus
temper your love with discretion and WISE farseeng dis
elimination Do not spoil" your husband. Do not allow
the love which ought be the guiding of his lifC
which should be stepping stone higher things make
him into selfish exactng fault-dndng person.
because of her husbands great love.
marriage with only normal share of masculine
seshness is frequently transformed during the first year
Of marmony into inpatient nconsderate man. who is
always demanding. never giving.
If he discovers that you awed before the majesty
of his criticism, he will be pulled up with undue
his Importance BY all Try have everything
in the home life perfect possible. But do
him think that is all for his sake-done he
might complain.
81 go away from home for day without Tom
lest he might not be comfortable. I'm he would
feel terribly neglected if off visit enjoying
myself while left him to the tender merces the
want" continued Mrs Smith But there's satisfying
him."
would the finest thing in the world for Tom if he
feel neglected" for bit while his wife
joyed herself elsewhere.
If have angel in the house we too apt to
be unaware the privilege. Absence makes
Tom would think great deal of his wife if she
not always on the spot when he wanted her.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07
Woes of the Poor Women.

Eigchen-Mother, when l get mar
ried, shall l have a husband like IA
Their?
Mamma-C Certainly, my dear.
EischenAnd if l stay single, shall
I be an old maid like Aunt Anna?
Mammal think you will.
EiscEen with a deep sigh)-Well.
am liz fix.-Volks Kalendar.
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PROVISIONS CT l,2isll lb2I sts

N7aT
PROVISIONS CT lMsl la m
Provides fer Advances BY. gove4i.S
meat 70 enable tenants to bus laliet
ioriis' holdings. tenants tosp pay 3Nl
per cent interest on loans. 81
Landlords to be paid partly in caShu
ane partly in guaranteed 23i pfss
ceus stock. ssg
Proposed free grant of S60,000.G coo
to provide funds until interest pays
mests begin.
Advances to tenants limited to So
ooO IN congestcd districts and $1,000
elsewhere.
Sales to be supervised BY three
estate commissioners"
Untenanted farms and grazing
lands to be sold to neighboriug ten
ants.
Estimate of money involved in pro-
posed reform, 100000. 600.
Maximum annual charge on British
Treasury estimated at S1,a50.00o.
against which it is proposed to com,
mence reductions in the cost, &c aar
miaistratiou in Ireland amounting 10
S1,250.000 annually forever
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of this sort of work ard her boxes
bring good prices at the county fairs.
All the money she makes by the sale
of Der handiwork Miss Reed uses in
charity. for she is member of well
TODD family.
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The Desert of Cobb.

The great desert Of Cobb would fill
the entire Mississippi valley from the
Alleghenies to the Rockies. Upward
of 100000 square miles of Arabia are
an uninhabited waste, while the terri
BILE Sahara is vast enough to cover the
whole United States
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smaller scale and by studying the situation carefully ar1
by keeping constantly the alert they will be able
climb the lader of success.
This is not idle talk; it is experience The young
who is Indifferent to his surroundings remains in
The who is energetic, afraid is
known as hustler. commands good salary in
business for himself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07

MRS. H. G. soUIERs Mrs. Squiers Is a
New York woman. She was in Pekin
during the terrible Boxer uprising. her
husband at the time being secretary of
the United States legation. She herself
took an active part in defending the
legation against the terrible onslaughts
of the Boxers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07

position at the CAPT
tai of the island re
p IL b lie. Minister
Squiers is the most
influential member
of the diplomatic
corps at Havana
and visiting Ameri-
c a II s b av been
charmed by t b c
hospitality of the
United States en-
basSy.
Ms C~Htz~ 4. =
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AMERLcA's PROGRESSIVE P0LlcY.
BY Leslie N. shaw. Secretary OF {

= 0s1-&"s StFCFdFI OF ne 1FGdSlTy.
After the Civil War the nation en-
tered upon an extensive policy Of inter
nal improvement, substituting so long
as necessary transcontinentaI lines of
railway and permanently continuing
the substituting of rivers and harbors,
so after this later war we appear to be
entering upon an equally progressive
policy of external improvement. Not
as the crow flies, but as ships sail, it
Is nearer from Liverpool to San Fran
cisco via Cape Horn than from New
York to the same port via the southern
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07
Charcoal Eph,s DAILY Thought.

"Dey am err hull lot OBJ people in de
worl'," said Charcoal Eph, getting
back on his old strain. dat got er
heap mo- hope oh hebben dan dey hab
prospects oh gettin' dar. Mistah Jack
Baltimore News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07
GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION.
BY John Mitchell. President

Government by injunction is one of the most
insidious. harassing and dangerous methods re-
sorted to by the 2emies of workingmen to de.
stroy labor organization and 10 cireumvent the
constitutional right of trial by jury. The whole
system of government by injunction grows from
the distrust of the ultra capitalists for demo
cratic institutions. The reasons given for the
issuing of injunctions are always misleading and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07
Good Exercise.

You needn't tell me-" averred Miss
isatchgurl- that golf isn't good exer-
else. II makes the young men % strong
In the arms thaf-that you can scarca-
IL breathe Chicago Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07
Ninety Years in Same House.

Miss Sarah Wolstenholme. the old
est resident in Radcliffe, England, has
lived for ninety years in the same
house She is now bordering on her
ninety fifth year.
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telegraph with other and cities until
Washington heard
hundreds Of telegraph
signal he
balls cities
and Depart
rent Building ready the signal
In
places clocks connected with the observatory
flashed clocks
the correctt day.
supposed the 10Th meridian the
tnbaas drop the clocks
everybody the district knews i Il O'Clock
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07

Miss Gotrox-After / gave Charley
my consent. he SAT in slleneis Tor a
quarter Of an hour before be could ind
q reply
Miss Poormouse- Figuring. sup
nose
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LAS it happened.
POPULAR IN HAVANA.

Wife of American Minister Leads in
Hospitality at Cuban Capital.
Mrs. Herbert G. Squiers, who is the
wife of the United States minister to
Cuba, has attained an enyiable social
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07

The greatest objection to cheap
clothes is that they usually make the
wearer feel the same way.
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HOW HUSBANDS ARE SPOILED.
By Edith yoscegvn.

An excellent proverb of Russia runs to the
effect that in the relations Of two persons-and
it is more true when one is man and the other
a woman-"one kisses, the other turns the cheek
too-adoring wife-Or a wife who shows her
love too much-is very apt to produce selfish
husband-a man who is never satisfied
Thus out of the very wealth of her love, she
procnadc RI manufacturer raI6Sb ,,ant
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UNCLE SAM GOVERNS HIS CLOCKS BY
OBSERVING ONE OF THE FIXED STARS.

government does not make use Of the
reckoning time instead OF the fixed stars as
they called Every clear night an astronomer with
big telescope looks at certain and makes his
calculations from which he tell just when the sun
would cross 18th meridian One of the great clocks
in the observatory is called the transmer because trans
ts or sends out the sgal keeps standard time This
clock is set and regulated BY and then
day at minutes and Is seconds before II switch Is
turned on beats pendulum of this clock
sent bv electricity over telegraph Offices
in Washington and New York. When the telegraph
operators hear sound their instruments they know
that the noon signal be and they
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07

IT takes q strong minded woman to
convince herself that she il homely.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07

higher than ever before the handicap
on the pro-trust liar is too great TO be
overcome.
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SINCE We GOT The MORTGAGE PAID.

n q EVE done lot 0 scrmpin' hand-tornouth
:" ]. : : :. !: :
Az~S ~ We've dreaded
81 yXsS@ 49,
TANAWZ1 thing crops
saNAxAn yNESA -
gWMNAW An asin' much swallowed
W@Xs&@za
were AM amt bit Of
But that things they really needed
breathin'
or Proyidences workin' since paid
| wish I'd of the mortgage
tfromb down too ate.-
A hundred dozen chickens. likely yellow
A thousand twev hundre dozen
Some four Eve good wheat crop corn
An
Besides the worry its appetite WAIST ayed.
So We're feelin got mortgage paid
We've reached the point reckon where we've got right
An loaf aroun, goto best
NegeciE' nothin' bout the
AM in the race:
In time Ill the Windmill beenwa ntn.
The we'll all better
the mortgage
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07
HOW YOUNG MEN MAY RISE.
by Samuel sriT, New York Merchsr

by Samuel BRIL- Yor Merchant.
began my business career as a newsboy.
Y !. !. d. ] d
4 vi Ny beginning in life a humble l was
/ M only - years of age when 1 left the school
MI | was attending and started earn a living
1 NJ | Even at that early had a thirst for knowl-
I edge and availed myself of every opportunity
1 ~ to improve my mind picked up papers in the
I<AA street aud bought secondhand books with the
60 few pcnaies could spare and them home
and read them evenings Young who now
occupying subordinate positions in workshops
have the material from which inspiration
and assistance that had the only difference being that
there is more of it.
only had $3.50 when started in business with my
brother who had similar amount but had | would
to-day call courage. something within that gave
me confidence to struggle toward the goal
BY keeping careful watch my expenses by living
simply after fortune had begun smile
the business grew rapidly.
To-day have over 200 employees in four establish
ments l have excellent chance to study men to
anayze their motives and watch their efforts gel on In
the world. If young will follow my advice which
is born &c experience and will deny themselves what they
call Injuries in their days say between Is
49, aud their money when they 80 years age
they will have accumulated few hundred dollars with
which to start in business for themselves to lay the
Foundation of substantial bank account They can en-
gage In the line Of business their employer,
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nC7 ABEL TRAYERS stood at the
lMnI gate and watched her lovers
0OS retreating figure until 1t dis