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a splsndid future before them. The
country is well known to abound in
mineral wealth. In the old days of
nndeveioped communications and a
primitive state of industry the trade
of Siberia with Russia amouMsed to
some S6O.OOO,OOO to s7O,OOO,OOO annu-
ally
Practically all the towns of Sibe-
ria are trading centers. but, after
NIadiyostoks and Irkutsk. this is es-
Speciaily the cEse in Western Siberia.
1T is only now that, thanks to the
railway. Siberia is coming into close
material conduct with European Rus
STA. The natives. num- ering nearly
100000. the Russians, Poles. Firms
and Germans enjoy the advantages of
museums, schools and theaters built
for their instruction; Tomsl1 prides
itself on its university. In short, ST.
IBERIA is in full swing and only needs
more energetic men and more of the
creative force Of capital to attain to
marvellous development of her pos
sibilities in the spheres of trade and
industry
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27
These pemocratic Times.

The Pullman car shops have gone
Democratic. 1t beats the world how
everything goes tumbling as soon IS
the Democrats are in powerl Now,
here is Roosevelt and a Democratic
Congress just ripping things up the
back, and there are strikes in Chicago
and In the coal mines and in Colorado,
and here comes the unfeeling manage
ment of the Pullman works and also
goes Democratic.
And how many railroads have re-
duced their trains and their construc-
ton gangs and their service every
where, and~ right when you would
imagine the Worlds Fair would make
traffic heavier than usual.
1t is surely scandalous the way ev-
erythii,g is going Democratic. We
can't understand II.
Yet the Republican newspapers
say not a word. They are as mum
as oysters. silence is the word. But,
suppose just for fun. that Roosevelt
were Democrat. whoopee. What a
boiler there would be! A Democrat
would not dare show his head for fear
of getting it raped good and hard.
We do wonder when these Demo
cratic times will let Washington
Nowa) Democrat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

moment by attachment to an alarm
clock ard fed into trough or manger.
A chute, through which the food is to
be passed is shown here. with a
hinged door at right angles to the in
ner wall thereof. the door being con-
nected with an arm which projects
through the wall of the chute. This
arm is fastened to a spring held to a
pin in the outer wall of the chute. A
bracket supports a clock upon the
other side of the chute, the clock hav-
ing an alarm attachment. The key
which winds the alarm apparatus is
connected to spring pressed bolt which
is mounted in the wall of the chute
and designed to support the hinged
door when the same is weighted down
with food. AS the clock runs down
the cord withdraws the bolt, and when
the proper time is reached the door is
released and the food falls down to the
Manager. After the door is relieved of
its weight the spring viii cause it to
resume its normal position. This would
also be very useful in large establish
ments.
The patentees are John II. Ray and
William f. Sankey. of Salem, Mo.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

$4,000 has been expended. The mon
ey spent was used by Attorney Gen
eral Knox in having some other law
yers of his own kidney. who are no.
toriously not tust busters to fight the
trusts. OF course, uraer these circula-
stances, no trust has Geen disturbed
since the appropriation was made. Mr.,
Knox just before the corporations of
Penpsylvania elected him for United
States Senator of that State, stated
there was no intention by the admin
istration of running amuck" against
the trusts. Attorney General Moody,
who succeeded Knox, seems to be run
ming in the same rut and the trusts
are more oppressive than before Con-
gress appropriated the money to fight
them. 1t may be said that President
Roosevelt complacently approves this
do-nothing policy
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27
MODERN cHIvALRY.
Sir Walter Raleigh Brought Strictly
Cf to Date.

There has been considerable dis
cussion concerning the chivalry of
ancient times, particularly the Eliza
bethan age, and there has likewise
been no little talk about the lack of
chivalry shown in the present age,
but the following Incident, which
happened in New York, will bear out
the folly of these accusations" said
j. B. McWilliams, of New York, at
the Republican house.
A tall, straight young man and a
girl, who looked as though she had
lustration Of magazine, stood to-
gethar under canopy in front of the
Central terminal after heavy rain
storm. Trney were waiting for a car,
he watching the crowd pick its way
over the wet streets, she woefully
gazing at the muddy crossings.
"fExtry poipers! Extry, mister?"
shouted a knight of the newspaper
brigade. pushing late edition up in
to his face
W. sunny SuSoS hOes ooiN me-
smiling.
But hold on minute. Do you
want to earn a quarter?'
Sure, do. said the ueehin. with
grin on his face What dye t'ink
I'm in de. business for?' ~
Well, take ten of them and
spread them out to the car track
{ When the car came along he turn
ed to the girl, who hadn't quite COM
pretended the meaning, and with
little gesture bowed her to the path
way.
"She blushed and smiled as she
daintily picked her way over the pa
per to the car.
Hully geei said the boy.
81 think that Raleigh did not have
very great call on that young man."
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

Speaking roughly. third of the let
fer is a defense Of the President by
himself, a third is a defense Of the
protective tariff and the remainder
defenses of the policy of the party
toward the Philippines and the army.
In his personal defense the Presi-
dent does not seek to be accused OF
greatness, but confcsses Il. With re-
markable modesty he says: NO other
administration in our history, no
other government in the world, has
more consistently stood for the broad
est spirit Of brotherhood in our COM
mon humanity, or has held a more
resolute attitude of protest against
every wrong that outraged the ciyiliza-
ton OF the age, at nome or abroad
In another place he speaks OF the
settlement of the anthracite coal
strike "by the individual act Of the
President showing that he does not
desire hts greatness to be forgotten.
The only issue the President makes
with the patty opposing him Is that 1t
is insincere. and that IL 1t should
come into power calamity would come
upon the country.
He shows the Importance that he
places upon himself as an issue by
putting his personal defense first in
the letter.-chicago Examiner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27
came Erom EnoIand TO Recister

The fame of the Woman's DOmes-
tic Guild of America has gone abroad
to the extent of inducing maids from
afar to journey here to register. The
very latest arrival on the carpet is
a woman from London England, who
read in London of the splendid work
of the Guild, and on the strength OF
that sailed at once for America.
Evidently the newspaper article
was somewhat highly eolored in the
matter of wages paid by American
housekeepers, for the woman was
somewhat disappointed at hearing
that there were very few positions
in the menage of the American house
hold which brought $40 a week, as
she had been led to expect
However. she came armed with the
best of references and means TO try
her luck on American soil.
Other maids from the Far West
and the Sunny South as well have
HE'D themselves to New York to get
positions. and, according to the state
ment of the manager, there never
was time when so many servants
were being placed or when so many
were registered.
Each day from 3 o'clock in the
morning until 4 O'Clock in the after
noon free demonstrations In bed
making and waiting are being con-
Quoted in the Guild house in Madison
avenue, and are being well patroniz-
ed by the servants registered there.
There may be persons who think
that there is no such thing as seien-
tifc bed making, but after an observ-
alton of the methods employed by
the experienced instructor at the
Guild house those mistaken individu-
ais will change their minds.
All the nice points which neat
and competent waitress should know
are explained, and the result will be
something for which housekeepers
will be deeply grateful TO the Guild.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27
REMARKABLE CASE OF A. BECK
innocent Man Twice Convicted of
Mean Offense.

Mean Offense.
The case Of Adolph Beck will I'M
doubtedIy take rank as a classic in
stance of miscarriage of justice. Here
was a perfectly innocent man, twice
convicted of a peculiarly mean and
squalid. crime-that of imposing upon
the credulity of a number of young
women by dazzling promises, in order
to filch a few articles of jewelry and
some shillings from each victim. He
was actually sentenced to seven
years penal servitude, and served
five and a half years of it, and his
repeated efforts to clear his charac-
ter only ended in arrest and convic-
ton upon a similar series of charges.
And then, Immediately after this sec
ond conviction it is plainly establish
ed that he was not the man con-
cerned on either occasion; or, as had
been supposed all along, the John
Smith" who had undergone penal SER
vitude quarter of a century ago
for the same class of offense. Yet,
HIlSen fWOiHcu III dii' oAhoA eihS uHdOi
a sense of wrong and misled by
partial resemblance to the swindler,
identified Mr.. Beck! He has now re-
ceived free pardons" for what he
never did-the clumsy device alone
possible by English law, but which
happily makes his convictions as if
they bad never been, except for the
lost years and the long agony that
nothing can make good-London
Pail Mall Gazette.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27
The sign of the Patch.

Mrs. Murray had advertised for a
skilled gardener to work by, the day
in he. yard. and somewhat to her en-
barrassnient, she was obliged to choose
between two applicants who appeared
at the same moment. As she stood on
her doorstep, questioning first ono and
then the other. she became aware that
her mother-in-law, seated on the porch
III short distance from the men and
directly behind them, was srantieilly
gesticulating.
The old lady. satisfied at last that
she had attracted her daughter-in-law's
attention, pointed enthusiastically to-
ward the less prepossessing OF the two
men: and the younger woman. sup
posing that her relative had some per-
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sonal knowledge of the applicant,
promptly engaged him.
HAS that man ever worked for you,
mother asked Mrs. Murray, when
the two women were alone
NO replied the old lady. 81 never
saw or heard of either Of EN- until
now"
Then why in the world did you
choose the shorter man? The other
had q much better face"
"Facev returned the old lady,
briskly. when you pick out a man
to work in the garden you want to go
by his overalls. If they's patched on
the knees you want him. If the, patch
is on the seat. you don't"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27
THE BARREL SWING.

This picture will show you how to
make barrel swing. They are novel
and comfortable, and look very quaint
hanging from the porch OF country
house.
All you have to do is to saw away
part of the barrel. as the picture
shows, and screw four stout screw
eyes into the four sides of the barrel
TO these are fastened ropes, which
meet above on an iron ring which
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

Sevsnty-fve cents worth Of iron ore
when turned into bar iron IS worth S..
If yol make il into horseshoes it Is
warth $40 or if into table knives $3.50.
Seventy-fye cents worth OF iron ore
manufactured into needles is worth
$1,000. and when converted into some
kinds of fancy buttons it is worth
about $50, II the iron is made
into watch springs. the product is
worth ten times more than the but
tons, and when turned into hair
springs ii will sell for the enormous
sum Of 100000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

fore serving their route in order to
feed their horses This is also the case
on Sundays with all drivers of teams.
Automatic time stock feeders are not
new to the trades. by any means, but
few are as simple as the one shown
in the illustration. This is so con-
structed that the feed may be AUTO
matically released at a predetermined
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27
Chances for a Democrats Congress.

Chances for "a Democratic Congress.
The prospect OF electing enough
representatives in Congress to control
the popular house of that body is at
tracing a great deal of attention
There is sort of tradition that in
the year of presidential election the
House of Representatives goes with
the Presidency, ana rs an evidence of
its truth, the Springfield (NIass.l Re
publican gives the political complexion
of the House in the various Presiden-
tiai years back to 1872. which was
Grants second election, thus:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27
Genuine.

We'll, made the sale, all right,"
said the new salesman.
but yen lied to her. protested the
proprietor You told her they were
genuine old Irish laces---''
NO. l didn't. She SIMPLY said she
didn't want any bogus limitations and
assured her ours were genuine. -
Philadelphia Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27
FEEDER FOR STOCK

One of the disagreeable tasks in re-
lation 10 the care of horses. cows or
other cattle is the necessity of arising
early and supplying them with feed.
This is especially true with milk deal
ers. bakers and many others who are
compelled to get up an kour or two be-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27
ALONG THE way.

My path is lost is lost 30 sight.
Ny way is gone;
Grant me. o God. strength yet to fight
10 struggle on
Although no more I see the light
That guided isrS.
For its own sake to do the right
! To hate the wrong.
l-Leslie's Neathly Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

If you do not label your good will in
your intercourse with some people,
they accuse you of being disagreeable.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

comes just above the head of the per-
son sitting on the swing.
The barrelhead is fitted into the bot
tom half as seat, and may be COW
cred with cushions or left bare.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

Speaker Cannon said the other day
that he received thousand dollars In
wages for the first five years that he
worked for hire. and saved half OF i.
II he should write an article on How
10 Live on Two Dollars Week, Il
would be worth reading. for 1t would
be a record Of actual experience.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

The late George G. Vest. when a
member OF the United States Senate.
was the pygmy OF that most august
body-physically
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

Republican Inactivity Against Trusts.
Under the whip and spur OF public
opinion that the trusts needed curbiDg
the Witty seventh Congress appropria-
ted $4,000 for the Department Of JUS
dee to use for that purpose. Nearly
two years have elapsed since that ap-
p~oprfation WIS made and less than
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

Nothing dies so hard. or rallies so
often as iDtoleraace.-H. w. Beecber.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

The treasurer Of the United States
on May G, 1908, redeemed two half
cent pieces. This Is the first time In
the history of the country that any
such coins have been presented for re-
demption 1t is more than a century
since the first haif-cent piece was
coined, and it is nearly City years
since the government discontinued
mlnting them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

1T was my fault, she said to Helen,
when he had gone. 1T was trick,
after all-it wasn't fair. But in
boob .
They manage things better In
books" said the girl who was not
Mamie vining.-The Bystander.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

United States treasury experts fig
ured that on the first of last month
both the total and the per capita mon
etary circulation of the country had
reached the highest point ever record
cd, The total in circulation was
little more than two billion five hun
bred and forty-six million dollars. and
the per capita thlrty-one dollars and
six cents There may be some COM
fort In knowing Just what each mans
share Is, even IL some persons find
themselves unable to recall. just at the
moment, where their thirty-one dollars
are.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

About two hundred thousand dollars
were spent by the national committees
in the Presidential campaign Of 1861.
II is estimated that the national con-
mit4ees will spend total Of five mill
ion dollars this year in electing
President
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

If the entire production Of coal in
the United States during 1903 were
loaded on freight cars with capacity
Of thirty tons each the trains contain
ing it would encircle the globe at the
equator about three and one-third
times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

Herbert w. Bowen, United States
minister to Venezuela, does not adviss
eoung Americans to try their fortunes
In the country named. They might
prosper financially there. he says. but
they would be very likely to lose NOR
ally. physically sad Intellectually.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-28

no sense of obligation except TINT arising good
owship and kindred aims They paid their money just
such contingencies and receiving their own
The more thought of 1t the my conviction was
strengthened that the lodges plan might be adopted in
many respects by the church to It's great advantage in
every waynore especially to those who continually
fear of an unprovlded and gloomy future.
wish that could portray suggest his general
makeup of the unaffected cheerful and sturdy
Christian men that have ever encountered. He
little Engislman, journeyman tailor 1t was a big day
when he made dollar and half, and he had pretty
large family to support but other gave as much
for benevolent objects In proportion to his
was more prompt than he at the weekly meetings But
he also steadily attended the meetings Of his lodge to the
great dstrust of of the brethren not the
fantest idea of what the secret society for
This isintroluced that he may give his testimony
which, though brief is to the point When why
went to the lodge he said that in sickness dis
tress his wants provided for he insured OF
that by hispayment Of his weekly dues and
obligation to any
Does not the church offer much?" asked NO.
he replied promptly lit would be considered as an aims
on both sides and could never consent to it,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-28
World Socks Water Power.

The lesson Of the use of Niagara
Falls for generating electricity has
been put to worldwide application,
says the New York World. Through
out the world falling water, according
to a paper read before the British AS
ISOLATION by Campbell Ewinton, yields
to mans use an energy equal to 49,
800 horse power, Of which Great Brit
ain figures for only 1906 horse power.
The British Aluminium Company
gets 1000 horse power from the falls
of Foyers and 1t expects presently to
procure 1900 horse power from Loeb
Leven. The North Wales Electric
Power Company Is about to tap Lake
Llydaw. on Snowdon, and hopes to OBJ
tain $500 horse power for every work
ing day of nine hours. Finally, the
Scotch Water Power Syndicate is peer
ing round in quest of waters that 1t
can imprison at lofty levels and SO
generate electric power. From Loeb
Sloy, 757 feet above Loeb Lomond, it
is going to get 6,6OO horse power, and
at Ardlui, higher up, 1t proposes to
get further energy. Even a modest
stream that drops several hundred feet
may be source Of power.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-28
Monkeys Do waseish Things.

Recently a monkey got the better Of
the common enemy, the carrlon crow,
by feigning illness, says the Lahore
Tribune. He was fastened to a bam-
DO pole with running ring. When he
was ON his perch the crows annoyed
him by stealing from his porringer on
the ground.
One morning they had been specially
disagreeable. He closed his eyes and
feigned bad illness. When his days
food was brought him the crows de-
scended upon 1t and he had scarcely
strength to defend it. By good acting
he managed to capture one Of the
crows. To pluck 1t alive was the OBJ
ivious course. Then. instead of pulling
1t to pieces, like the king monkey
whom Kipling and Sir Edward Buck
watched enjoying a similar triumph at
Simla, the monkey tossed the crow into
the air, where its own companions fell
upon it and killed It,
Monkeys certainly have sense of
fun. Darwin used to spend hours
watching young female orang- outang
in the geological gardens, and was sure
that she had the comic sentiment. She
delighted to put upon her head, like a
cap. peculiar-shaped bowl, which
had droll effect, and she was sensi-
tive to the effect which her joke pro-
duced upon the spectators.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-28

elders aectives have become unruly tyrannca and
even adverbs display tendency to get agrany out
hand.
Persons of pronounced individuality tend, course
choose and employ unusual and distinctive adjectves
the generality of people merely follow the fashion
choice In Pepys day mighty and nightly had vogue,
in Fanny Burney's monstrous. prodgious, vastly
vast deal, while Jane Austen's quzzes Agreeable
rattes used excessive shocking excessive disagreeahe
etc, where we simply and solely employ awful and
awfuy. Nauseating, word which may find used of
bonnet petticoat in the eighteenth century, is now
fortunately extinct in such Chase which some
since employed of cushion cover or of the
pattern of hearth rug is reegated with unique the
description of doubtful articles in shop windows
been cruelty turned into adjective by uphoserers and
thoroughly demoralized that longer rely on
1t to meaning Art muslins colors and
carpets have had their blightlng effect the word
steps should think be taken prevent fur
ther degradation Of honest reliable words knows
where it will stop? We in shop windows bonnets
ticketed moral trimmings virtuous us
sprng and curtain materials elevang tone and
tain kinds OF millinery be described being of the
higher millinery! society ought be formed keeping
words in their place and fine inflicted all those who
persistenty misuse them
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-28

The Duchess of Bedford, who died
in 1850, was rather weakminded, and
unhappily her education did little to
disguise the defects which nature had
imposed upon her. Her great dread
was to have visitor at Woburn abbey
who would ask her hard questions
about the foundation and history of
the abbey. So IL she had savant in
the party she always asked man of
higher rank to meet him, SO that she
might not be taken in to dinner by
the sayant. Once, as bad luck would
have it. she got Lord Stanhope, the
historian, who, though he had to take
her in to dinner, was none the less
savant. AS soon as he sat down to
dinner he began the dreaded inquiries
about the date of the abbey. The poor
duchess, much Illustrated. said:
II have a very poor head for these
historical things. but will tell you all
l know. The founder was crusader
who, finding himself in great danger
in battle, vowed that IL he got home
to Europe safe he would do anything
the Pope told him. He got back safe
and went to Rome, and the Pope told
him to build Cistercian abbey, and
he built Woburn abbey. That's all
know"
Lord stanhope said, "That is exactly
what l wanted. for If you can tell me
which Pope it was can approximate
~ az the date"
"oh." said the duchess. II always
understood 1t was the Pope of Romew
Manchester Guardian,