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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-24
PINT Them on the scent.

AS the immaculate young woman
and the tired but happy-looking young
roan entered the Pullman. followed by
a grinning porter, the other passengers
became wise" in q moment. The
stout drummer leaned over to the man
behind him and remarked:
Bride and COCOON; 100 to l."
Every one turned to view the new
corners, who had deposited themselves
yis-a-vis in No. 4. As II unconscious
of any scrutiny, the young man said In
a high nasal voice:
swell, do as you like about It; either
increase the margin or let it go. You
didn't follow my advice in the first
place. but if you want to pull out you'd
better take it now"
"0h, | know" the woman replied.
whats the use Of going all over it
again?"
.'HuhT' said the stout mans com
panion. Guess you lose. Been play.
ing the market Not much bride and
groom talk about that"
The rest of the passengers smiled
and then turned their backs on the
new couple. Whereat the young man
smiled at the young woman and they
softly joined hands as he whispered:
"Milicent, my dear my shoes are
full Of rice. New York Press.
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NEW RED CROSS PRESIDENT.
Miss Clara Barton Resigns and Ia Sue.

Miss Clara Barton Resigns and Ia Sue
ceeded by Mrs. John A. Logan.
Miss Clara Barton Saturday resigned
the presidency of the American Red
Cross and was succeeded by Mrs. Gen.
John A. Logan, who, heretofore, has oc-
cupied the Office of vice president of the
association. Mrs. Logan, in assuming
the new duties, said she did so with
charity for all and malice toward none"
The ceremony occurred at MrS. Lo-
gan's residence in Washington and was
participated in by Miss Barton. Mrs.
Logan and members of the executive
committee of the Red Cross. Miss Bar
tons letter of resignation was partial
review of the work of the organization.
Mrs, Logan, as vice president, in sue
ceeding to the duties of the chief posi-
ton, said:
In assuming the duties of acting pres
ident Of the American National Red
Cross | do so with misgivings as 20 the
possibility of satisfying every one. How
ever, desiring to do all | can to allay
the present excitement, in connection
with the organization / have consented
to try to fill the position with charity
for all and malice toward nome"
Miss Barton left with Mrs. Logan a
number of suggestions bearing upon the
conduct of the society, and Mrs. Logan
suggested that meeting be called for
Sept. next for the consideration OF this
memoranda.
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corea the Pathwax Of Nations.

Nothing encourages the study Of
geography like war. 1t was in 1871
that Americans began to look up
Corea on the map, for at that time
we were at war with her; but there
was only one battle. and in that bat
tie only one man was killed-on our
side So the Biographies were soon
put back on the shelf. In 1894 Corea
again came to the front, but the Chi
nese fed so Irecipitately before the
japanese that before the Biographies
were fairly open the tide OF war
swept across the Yalu and left Corea
again the Land Of Morning Calm. "
and now again in this year Of grace
she is TO be made. though much
against her viii, the chessboard for
another game. In 1928 she was swept
from north to south BY the Mongols
in their effort to get at the Japanese.
IN 1892 she was swept from south to
north by japanese in their effort to
get at the Chinese She has been
verify the pathway of nations, trodden
of every foot-From Homer B. HUI
bert's @Corea. the Bone OF Conten-
ton" in the Century.
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WAR SPIRIT DEVELOPMENT.
Powers Not Directly Engaged Affected
by the Contest.

Powers Not Directly Engaged Affected
by the Contest.
The gradual development of the war
spirit between two nations, as in the
present contest between Russia and
Japan, furnishes an interesting psyche
logical study. says the Boston Trans
cript. There is not only the growth
of prejudice and hostile feeling which
has led TO the beginning of physical
warfare, but also a marked radiation
of waves of suspicion and ali nation
which spread to powers which are not
directly involved. The nation, in ethi-
cal quality, is only the great multiple
eOf the average individual, even though
1t is popularity supposed to be higher
Nothing will more quickly attract a
crowd Of interested spectators on the
street than a fight between two men,
or even two dogs. The evolutionary
residuum of animalism, though COW
cred by a thin veneer of repressive con-
troll, is stirred into sympathetic vibra-
ton and breaks through upon slight oc-
casion. War not only is he'll" but it
is the breeder of more hell
The immediate effect upon the whole
world of the opening Of hostilities in
the Far East is strikingly in evidence.
In spite of strongly avowed neutrality,
old international preJudices are rapidly
awakening and differences. supposedly
obsolete, rekindling. Each nation be-
gins to strengthen its defenses, in
crease its fighting equipment and Incl
dentally wishes to send its observers
and even its ships to look on" Tn
der the convenient plea of a "protec-
ton of our interests" we must become
at least interested spectators. We must
have finger In the pie" or at least
have it so near as to pull out a plum If
any excuse offers. Even if the actual
merits of the conflict be quite evenly
balanced there is little or no calm and
'dignifed neutrality. but plenty of pref
udice and sensational misrepresenta-
ton. The prevailing thought of it is
about as abstract as it would be in the
ease of great game of football The
human element. which really is all In
elusive, is left entirely out of consid-
Grafton.
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She Gets Cigars.

A nice looking woman walked into
one of the stores of the tobacco octopus
the other night and asked to see some
of the stores best cigars. The clerk
handed out dozen boxes in a jiffy.
While the new patron was taking a
dry Whit of each fifteen men lined UP
along the counter to make various pur-
chases. They might just as well have
been wooden Indians as far as the one
clerk was concerned. But just about
the time the entire line began to dis
play nervous desire to get away, the
fair one selected a 12-cent cigar with
a bright band, and asked the customer
next in line if he didn't think it was
good one.
tive been smoking thirty years and
couldn't have selected a better one my
self" he replied CALAMITY.
'EThen will you please wrap this one
up?" she said, rendering the clerk a $40
bill
1t took the clerk five minutes to
change the BILL and then he tripped on
an empty cigar box and dropped all
the coin. 1t was finally handed to the
purchaser. When she had her hand on
the door knob she thought of the cou-
pons. She turned back
Don't you give trading stamps with
cigars?" she asked sweetly, whereupon
the clerk thrust a quarters worth Of
into her hand
cit does beat all how dead easy a
lady can paralyze cigar store" said
one of the men in line when he finally
got the package of tobacco for which
he had waited twenty mlnutes-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
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London within a few hours of receiv-
ing the summons and Travelled
straight across Europe by special
train. without stopping anywhere, un-
til he reached Liyadia. He arrived a
few hours too late to see Alexander
alive, but was in time to assist in the
proclamation of the Czarevitch Nicho-
las as Emperor of Russia. The Prince
of Wales, now King Edward, remain
ed with his nephew for nearly two
months, acting as the young Cars
supporter and mentor indeed, one
might almost say as a second father.
He did not return to England until he
had seen Nicholas safely married and
firmly esta blished on the throne.
Neither Nicholas nor his mother has
ever forgotten their debt of gratitude
TO King Edward 1t was this MEM
DRY that caused the Emperor to keep
Russia from harrassing England dur
ing the South African war. AS soon
as 1t became evident that the Boer
attack had placed the British forces
in q position of serious embarrass-
the dSSItoSlNG citsluchI III NUS
sian military and official circles was
eager to take advantage Of the oppor-
tunity. The Muscovite press, too, was
clamorous in its bitterness; but the
Czaz was steadfast in his opposition
to any suggestion of unfriendly action.
He rebuked his minister of foreign
affairs. the late Count Muravieff, for
his endeavor to organize a coalition
against Great Britain, so bitterly that
the statesman committed suicide
few hours after a stormy interview
with his sovereign.
This attitude of Vladimir is inter
esting now in view Of the present war
and the naval disasters which have so
greatly shocked and surprised the Rus
sian people. Should Russia be defeat
ed in the struggle and be forced to
conclude a peace offensive to popular
pride. there is no telling what internal
disturbance might occur. In the event
of such disorders Vladimir might have
the ambition of his life granted.
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DAeUERRE's PROCESS.
Its introduction Into America Gave
Impetus to a New Business.


Impetus to a New Business.
AS soon as Daguerre's process be-
came well enough known In America
for practice, scientific men and, in
fact, "all sorts and conditions of
men," attempted to produce the Won
derful pictures. Many homemade
and very primitive kinds of apparatus
were employed in the experiments,
including the cigar box with a spec
tacle lens. If the operator succeeded
in producing an impression that could
be seen, it was carried about and
shown as a great success.
There were several claimants for
making the first portrait by the pro
cess. A Mr. Walcott made the claim,
and Mr.. Joseph Dixon, by letters and
other evidence, claimed that the first
picture was his, for which, it was said,
Mrs. Tixon sat with powdered face
in full sunshine fifteen minutes.
In March, 1S49, Messrs. Walcott
and Johnson opened gallery in New
York, and announcing their readiness
to execute portraits from life, soli-
cited patronage. This was the first
daguerreotype gallery in the world.
Other places were soon opened. The
daguerreotype, although considered
desirable as curiosity, was not popu-
lar, on account of the length of time
required for a sitting, which varied
according to the time of the day and
the strength of the light. 1t was sell
dom attempted on cloudy day. The
sitter must have full command of his
expression and remain perfectly still
for from one to three minutes to be
successful in getting a likeness dis
tinct enough to be recognized.
The daugerreotype was made on a
pure metallic silver surface After
being perfectly cleaned, and made
sensitive with rouge buff. it was
coated in a darkened room with the
vapor of iodine, then placed il the
camera, and exposed before the sitter
Though the lens It was still kept
from the light. and placed over the
fumes of hot mercury, where the
image deyeloped.-From Abraham
Bogardus' The Lost Art of the Dagu-
errotype" in the Century
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The News y

If the trust problem ever is solved the
politicians will find things mighty lone
some.
The best way for the Baltic feet to
keep out of trouble is to keep out Of the
Orient.
The national campaign is likely to
wsrk serious interference with the Chau-
tauqua business.
After looking at portraits OF both
Alexieff and Skrydloff we positively de-
cline to side with either as against the
other.
Cattlemen have raised 100000 with
which to fight the beef trust That
would be just about car fare or cigar
money for the trust.
Presidential year is when the politi-
clans try to run in the yellow dogs on
the strength developed by the great man
at the head OF the ballot.
This talk Of the Mormon leaders Of
preferring prison to neglecting their OBJ
legations to their polygamous families
is becoming exceedingly nauseating.
That Albany centenarian who is grow
ing a new set Of teeth and new hair
HtfDNll sell Tue FAfiuAifE ttEHA9 " MIN
self to some patent medicine company.
Admiral SkrydIof is to do as he
pleases with the Port Arthur squadron.
We would advise him to take it back in
the country somewhere and put it in
cyclone cellar
There is a crazy farmer over in Michi.
gan who thinks he is a candidate for
President. The difference between him
and some Of the others is that the others
are not farmers.
Matching pennies is 70 be prohibited
on the campus Of the University of Chi
cago That is no form of higher e6uea-
ton Specializing in stocks forms the
higher branches in that line.
OF course, il St. Louis considers the
Pike mot a part OF the fair It can
have no objection 10 fencing il of and
foregoing the gate receipts contributed
BY the patrons Of the Pike.
Word comes from Mexico that Pres
ident Diaz is candidate for reelection
We predict that the other fellow, IL
there happens TO be one, viii not know
he has been running.
As the Tsbetans keep Oh getting them
serves Iansacred I'D tAe most 1usuDofal-
nate and disrespectful manner Great
Britain may feel Obliged to enact re-
pr;sals by taking their territory away
from them
We are shipping great quantities Of
gold to Europe. though the experts can
not figure what we are buying PerhrpT
the immigrants are sending home their
Erst weeks wages, so that their brothers
can come out.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-24
DRESS WITH MUCH TASTE.
British Eo.se of Commons Is the Best
GErbs6 Body in the World.

British ED.se of Commons Is the Best
Gsrbsd Body in the World.
Taking it all round the House of
Commons is the best-dressed assembly
in the world. 1t has an air of good
breeding, of men accustomed to draw
ing-rooms and good society The gen
eral department comes up to a fairly
high average You see honorable
members wearing their hats in the
house and the sight offends, but that
is not point of manners, but Gus
tom with picturesque history at the
back OF it. You sometimes, too, see
honorable members asleep and you
often hear unmannerly Interruptions
from the Irish and tory benches. On
the other hand, you never see an En-
glish NJ. p, as l have often seen an
American Congressman. enjoying the
luxury of dry smoke" and relieving
himself by Grofuse splitting.
The House, too is much more punc-
tilious than Congress on the small
points of order. Whenever a member
violates them he is instantly hauled
up. not merely by the speaker, but by
his fellow members, to many of whom
it is part of the spice of life to pounce
upon offenders. As for the oratorical
standard of the House it is difficult to
speak with precision. The late EN-
press of Austria used to say that she
saw more good and more bad riding In
the English shires than anywhere else
in the world. Much the same sort of
criticism might be passed on parlia-
mentary eloquence. Some of it is ex-
ceedingly good. better. I think, team
anything one is likely to hear in Con-
gress, but much of it is atrocious. On
the whole, in this, as in many other
spheres of Anglo-American compare
tives, | should be inclined to say that,
while the House. of Commons best is
better than the Congressional best,
the House of Commons average is be-
low the Congressional ayerage-Har-
per's Weekly.
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oNg woMAN.s DEVOTION.
Texas wife's Loyalty to Her Dead Hus-
bands Memory.

An indianapolis young woman
whose winters are spent in Texas,
where her father has thousands OF cat
tie and acres Of grass to feed them on,
always brings North her a fund Of in
teresting stories from the Lone Star
State.
1.-THE greatest case Of woman's de-
votion to the memory of dead hus-
band l know Of" said she. is to be
found on big ranch in the FOOTHILLS
Of the Sierra Madre Mountains. She
IS a sweet-faced English woman who
is living a life cf sacrifice away from
her friends because her husband lies
buried In that country. Captain Fol-
lett and wife came to Texas from En-
gland and settled on big ranch. The
captain was successful and made
money. His wife, a refined and cul-
tured woman, endured the early priva-
tons because she was with her bus
band and because he was doing well
After years OF hard work, when they
had gathered about them great droves
q cattle and had built themselves q
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WcE-ADMIRAL MAKARoFE.

Death of the "CossacIx of the Seas" q
Great Loss 10 Russia.
The loss OF the hattleShip Petro-
paylovsk is trifing misfortune to
Russia in comparison with the loss of
Vice Admiral Makaroff. The Car has
none too many sea-fghters, and none
at all who are worthy to rank with the
''Cossack of the Seas" Until Makaroff
arrived at Port Arthur the Russian
naval operations were characterized by
bungling and INDIGESTION. No sooner had
be taken command than the remnants
OF the fleet began an aggressive cam
paign that forced radical change ia
the Japanese methods of operation.
Admiral Makaroff was appointed II
the command of the Russian Pacific
deet on Feb. ~. He was one of the
heroes of the fighting on the River
Danube during the Russo Turkish war.
Maksroff and Skrydloff. who have
since many times been honored by
their government. were at that time
lieutenants in the Russian navy and
volunteered TO make a night attack on
a powerful Turkish ironelad. With a
torpedo boat they succeeded In blow
ing up the Turkish vessel and, it was
claimed at the time. thereby made the
Gyss successful demonstration OF the
usefulness OF torpedo boats in naval
warfare.
It was MakaroG who originated the
i.ea of constructing the famous Ice
Lceaking steamer Ermak, which was
built on the Tyne from his designs
II Is the largest iee-erushing steamer
In the world. and has made several
trips into the Arctic regions.
Admiral SIakarof paid three visits
% the United States. the first in 1868.
He made q tour from California to
New York In 1895. and In March. 1s9S
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-24
OPENING INDIAN LANDS.
Nearly 100000 Acres to Re Made
Available for Settlement.

-Four of the greatest lotteries that the
American people have ever participated
in will be cqnducted this summer in the
Western Sites. They will be conducted
under the auspices of the United States
government, and the seekers for prizes
VIII be the people to take up homesteads
IN the Western States
These lotteries will be memorable
events and viii eclipse the great lottery
IN oklahoma, three years ago, when 49,
OOO quarter sections OF laid were dam
gied as prize before more than 100000
anxious applicants.
During the last session OF Congress
bills were passed providing for the OPEN
ing up To public settlement of four In
dian reservations. One of these reser-
yations is in Montana. One million one
hundred thousand acres of land. rich
within its boundaries. are to be thrown
open to public settlement The prize
winners must pay the Federal govern
ment SIPS per acre, In this reservation
a homesteader may acquire $40 acres.
The opening will take place IN August.
The other tracts 10 be opened are the
Rosebud reservation, in South Dakota.
the Devils Lake reservation. in North
Dakota. and the Red LAKE reservation,
in Minnesota. These are attracting par
hcular attention at this time. Only
lo4,4l6 acres of land in the Devils Lake
reservation in North Dakota are to be
opened to settlement. This land is very
rich and has for many years attracted
the attention of western people who are
anxious to acquire possession The sue
cessfu! applicants must pay the gov
eminent $3.50 per acre for the land il
they settle upon it. If any of it re-
mains untaken for period of six months
then the President may. in his discretion.
reduce the price TO such a figure as will
permit the sale of the entire tract. The
opening of this reservation is set for
July.
A little more than 10000 acres of
land in the Rosebud reservation in South
Dakota will likewise be thrown open
anoat the same time at So per acre.
Inerc will be great rush when .hs
emo comes for opening the reservscSS&
rue successful contestants will be asked
by the government to pay 81 per acre
Tor each quarter section taken up.
The Red Lake reservation in Mime
sofa holds out to the public little more
than 100000 acres of rich land
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-24
A Detes,ed Plant.

No sort of bird. beast or creeping
thing viii, touch a castor oil plant. 1t
seems to be rank poison to all the
animal world. Even a goat will starve
before biting off leaf, and horse
will sniff at it and turn up his upper
lip as though it had tie most detest-
able odor on the face of the earth.
Army worms and the locnsos will pass
il by. though they may eat every other
green thing In sight. and there is no
surer way to drive moles away from
lawn than to plant few castor beans
here and there. Even the tobacco worm
viii refuse to be fed on its leaves.
There is hardly another instance in
natural history of plant being so uni
versally detested by the animal world.
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swer 10 common notions of an anar-
chist So mildly has he spoken as to
be almost suspicious. But when he is
seen face to face, the mildness IS found
TO be unassumed; it is. temperamental.
He has blue eyes. smiling and quizzi-
cal; humorous mouth. close cut fair
beard and hair. and general Well
groomed appearance.
Soon after his release on bail from
the cage on Ellis Island in which AIr.
Turner spent the early months of his
visit to this country he was the guest
OF honor at a meeting IN Boston. One
OF the speakers. Lloyd Garrison, re
marked loosely:
II begin TO understand why the
American government considers Mr..
Turner a very dangerous character.
The calm and studious manner IN
which be presents his views might well
give cause for alarm because Of his
moderation. and thus may well be con-
vincing 10 other calm and studious
minds"
Speaking Of bis arrest Turner said:
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with the Baltic feet. and in 1898 COM
handed that fleet. In the following
year Makaroff was appointed COM
mander-in-c at Cronstadt, which
post he held until February of the
present year, when he was sent to the
far East as commander-in-chief of the
Russian Pacific fleet Makaroff was
an officer of rare ability. possessing
more than usual intelligence and a
physical presence which gave linn u
splendid power of command.