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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19
The Secret Dispatch
BY JAMES GRANT
and wherefore

"And WHEREFORE
There are those without the gates
who seek you, and you must not fall
alive tto their hands," said Captain
WASHER sternly, as he felt the point of
his saber with a finger.
Alas | do not understand who can
come to seek mer' replied the poor
prince, shuddering now, while an express
SIGN of horror began to spread over his
fine face-a horror gathered from the
fierce and relentless aspect he read in the
yisages of those around him-and he
withdrew a pace or so toward his bed,
saying in . touching voice:
''Ah, do not leave me, good Colonel
Berlikof. or at least give me a sword
a sword"
''Fool-child-dolt thou with a sword,
and for. what purpose?' Numbered Der
nikoff. = he sought to lash himself into
the requisite pitch of fury; for what
purpose. | say
That | may defend myself"
'Tis needless" said Tschekin. with
a cold smile; I'VE shall take care of you"
"Oh, Carl Iyanovitch Balgonie. my
friend. my good friend; you / can trust
you | can command-come hither, and
remain by my side" said the prince, in
an imploring accent. as solemn fore
boding came upon him when he saw the
sabers stealthily drawn from their scab
bards on every side; and even the terrible
Nicholas Paulovitch drawing near, dag
ger in hand, with his long lock Of hair,
his scowling front, and a cruel expires
sion, the very lust of blood in his deep
set, stony eyes Carl, Carl" cried
Ivan; your hand.'
Captain Balgonie--he herep' roared
Bernikof, with one of his terrible male
dictiQns.
"Oh, excellency." implored Balgonie,
scarcely knowing what he should ask or
urge.
''Begone, sir. to the barrier gate, and
keep the guard there to their duty-be
gone. sir, l command you, on your allie
glance TO the Empress!"
To refuse or linger were alike impos-
sible. though a wild cry of cntreaty es-
capped the lips Of the young prince, who
sprang forward, but was thrust roughly
back toward his couch by many hands
and many leveied weapons.
The sword of Damocres, which had
hung over his unhappy head so long, was
about to descend at last.
BalgonIe. his heart swollen almost to
bursting with shame, rage and grief
rushed down the stair of the keep; but at
the foot, and just as he passed where the
old chaplain Chrysostom was saying de-
voutly on his knees the prayers for the
dying. he heard a sbrill and protracted
cry of agony ring through the vaulted
tower-a cry that made his blood run
coldi
Humanity. generosity, and all his own
good impulses would have drawn him
back to the side, and, if possible. to the
aid. of Ivan; but the force of discipline,
and a knowledge of his own utter pow
erlessness, made him pause, for he was
but one mana foreigner. too-opposed
to whole garrison of ferocious and un-
scrupulous soldiers.
When, from the inner barrier gate, he
looked up to the window of Ivan's ROOM
he saw that the lights had been extin-
guished and all was darkness now.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19
Special dispatches from
correspondents of the Inter
national Mercantile Agency
| NeT York.

A--------- national Mercantile Agency
report general trade activity throughout
western and southwestern territory. Ad-
vance business in some lines shows a de-
cline from last year. with buyers every
where very cautions, ordering only such
supplies as are actually needed
Textile manufacturing is quite general
" depressed, with 80 or 40 per cent of
machinery idle in some sections. New
England adyices report unsatisfactory
trade conditions as a. result of the par
tial shutdown Of cotton mills and the
decision of prominent Fall River manu-
facturers to curtail production from now
on. Unless relief is forthcoming a gem
eral shutdown seems probable by July
or August. Southern centers show fall
ing off in dry goods compared with 1903
and 1902 figures. Boots and shoes and
clothing are about normal. The Balti-
more district shows good trade. with
signs of fast recovery from fire disturb
anee
St. Paul. Minneapolis and Duluth Sec
tons nave not yet recovered fully from
the effects of the severest weather en-
coGntered in years Spring business now
is fairly we'll under way. and the large
jobbing houses are handling relatively
larger orders than they reported at this
time 8 year ago Crop conditions in that
section are good The -four mills are
doing a heavy business. farmers receiv
ing generally higher prices. These re-
ports reflect conditions prevailing gen
orally throughout the Northwest, where
the outlook seems excellent for pros
porous year.
Rochester district reports nursery ship
ments fully month late Orders for
spring and summer clothing run much
ahead of last year Shoe orders are
considerably less than 1903.
Conditions in iron and steel ave gen.
orally stronger The staple markets,
while fluetuating sharply, have not NOV
ed sensationally and are somewhat inn
proved.
Adyiees indicate continued ease in
money. There has been considerable in
curry at New York for ''over-the-year
loans" There has been little inquiry
for six-month loans, which are ordinarily
in demand, because they would mature
this year just before the presidential
elet tom Although gold exports have
been resumed, over S3,000,0O0 having
been shipped to Paris this week, the out
flow is not likely to create a stringency
or cause banks to restrict accommodate
tons to legitimate borrowers. In spite
OF New Yorks billion-dollar loan ac-
count, the banks of that city hold sur
plus reserves chat have been exceeded
only three times at similar period OF
the year during the last quarter century.
Most of the activity in the stock mar
ket is due to the operations of very rich
men. Millionaire operators have been
chiefly instrumental in forcing prices to
a higher level. The public in general has
held aloof.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19
WAYS OF THE ALASkANS.
Indians Show Great Ingenuity Il
Weaving Grass Blankets.

Indians Show Great Ingenuity in
Weaving Grass Blankets.
Since the ''ready-made" clothier has
established himself in the north, the
Alaskan Indians, by degrees, are dis
carding their blankets and are adopt
ing our manner of dress, says a writer
in the Southern Workman Some OF
their blankets are most curiously
wrought and indicate their ideas of
arr and adornment. The Chilkat
blanket and shirt, woven by the wo-
men, often bring large prices from the
money-laden tourist. They are of a
bright canary color with the emblems
of the tribes woven in black. The
women are most ingenious in their de-
vices for coloring and weaving, all be-
ing done by hand The fiber is made
from the native grasses, dried and
twisted till it resembles wool. So slow
Is the process that many months are
required for the weaving of one gar
ment. The dye is made from roots
which are dug in the forests. The
making of hats, mats and baskets,
forms part of the occupation of the
women, who are much more indus
trious than the men.
The people subsist chiefly on berries
and fresh fish in summer and oil and
dried fish in the winter. 1t is COM
mon sight to see a family squatting
ON the floor around a few smoking
sticks or dying embers, taking a scanty
meal of oil and fish. The oil is placed
in a large bowl or tin can. A good
sized ladle. made of horn or carved
from yellow cedar, serves as a drink
ing vessel This is dipped into the oil
and passed from one TO another, each
drinking freely. as we would of tea or
coffee
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19
TROLLEY TO ST. LOUIS.
Building of New Illinois Road to Be
Followed by Others.

Followed by Others.
The first annual meeting of the Bloom
ngton-Springield-P Interurb II
Company was held in Bloomington, H.,
Tuesday to elect officers and transact
other business connected with the CON
struction of the road. Estimates for the
work place the cost at $2,000,000, and it
promises to be one of the most important
and profitable systems of the kind in the
West, connecting three of the principal
inland cities of Illinois and touching Lin
coin, Pekin and other intermediate
towns.
The proposed interurban connecting
Bloomington. Springfield and Peoria is
believed to be the forerunner of other
lines through central Illinois. Surveys
have been made for line connecting
Bloomington and Decatur and for line
from Bloomington 10 Joliet, connecting
at the latter city with the Chicago-Jcliet
line. line is under construction from
Springfield 10 Carlinyille, and this will
eventually be extended to St. Louis. II
is predicted that within three years it
will be possible TO travel from Chicago
to ST. Louis by trolley.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19

order are very large, but since the same
has been true of late. and as the largest
Of them is of feathers lightuess, the
extreme sizes do not seem at all out Of
the way. In the spring models small and
medium sizes are not lacking, many Of
them dressy enough for any reasonable
taste, but the prospect for summer Is
that there will be few sizes between the
small and simple hat and the large and
snowy affair. This matter of size is ap-
parent, too, not only in wide brimmed
sorts, some of these dropping and some
stin, but In turbans and like shapes,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19
Dun's Review. published
by r. G. Dun & Co., says:
Grain shipments. 2.29T ,052
Chicago.

bushels, are slightly over one-half under
those of a year ago. The demand for
oreadstuffs ruled very light, and the
closing prices Of the previous week were
not sustained. Corn fell % cents
bushel, oats 2H cents and wheat * cent.
Provisions were also weak, pork deelin-
ing 81 cents a barrel, lard 2c1a cents
and ribs 20 cents. Receipts of live stock
were 320,30o head, compaSed with 205,-
800 head a year ago Heavy sheep gain
ed % cents a hundredweight and reach
ed the highest price this year. Heavy
hogs fell 10 cents, and choice cattle de-
clined , cents.
Bank clearings, SIG, S55. 524. are 1904
per cent over the same week last year.
Money was quoted at Az per cent for
the best commercial paper. The demand
for funds was better Tor mercantile and
investment purposes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19
NIuskrnts Iniurine Levees.

Engineers are alarmed at the inroads
that erawfish and muskrats are making
in the levees along the Mississippi river
The crawfish burrow into the levee and
the muskrats follow TO catch and eat
them. Then the muskrats burrow right
through the bank and make 30 many
holes Of this kind that in time OF food
q break is likely 70 occur.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19
Fashion Notes.

Checked mohairs are extremely smart
Jet trimming on gowns of white cloth
Toque of chiffon to match the spring
gowns.
There are jaunty silk pettcoats in
bright Scotch plaids.
Danfodil yellow embroidery is quite the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19

Seventeen and one-half inches Of
or at the rate Of S1,029. 500 per city lot.
This il the highest price ever paid in
New York for a parcel OF land.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19
HATS OF THE SEASON.
HEADoEAR AFFECTED BY The
FASHIONA6LES
Great Diversity Of Shapes Is Seem and
Size May Be Either Large and SNOWY
or eEAau and Modest-coarss straws
UaaA.

o much or winter
millinery was In
large sizes that the
h e a d & e ar from
which women are
now choosing does
not make the i'm
pressioh for size
that otherwise It
would. The fact is
that a vary large
proportion Of the
new hats of dressy
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19

The Rev. Mr. Kuykendsll. who had
been conducting a revival at Palestine.
Texas, was murdered in a mysterious
Kramer. The Rev Early Phillips has
been arrested for the crime.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19
IT'S rver Tins

You are n dangerous neighbor,"
said the Cold World.
Mont Pelee fred up At this rude
taaat
Got hot under the collar. so 20 speak
Dangerous neighbor. am | r re-
torted that venerable volcano. And
here I've been putting out ashes for
the last three yearsr'-Newark News
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19

One man was hilled and four injured
in a premature explosion at the mining
camp Of K. y. Price, near Middlesboro.
Ky
John ". Gates is said to be one OF the
promoters Of new S1,jO0000 organizal
ton formed by Texas rice men 70 protect
their interests.
Captain Washington Hall Of Basgi
ford. Va. fearing arrest FOR killing q
negro. walked 70 a mirror and blew
ont his brains with a revolver.
Tired ont after a long viafl 81 gh{
bedside Of patient, DR.. -iQAn. Ef md
Janney Of Winchester IN shx ~
reform by mistake for NDINkts h Nj.
A second and fnaEi ID ~ slis.
Toole to extend exeelInfA alslaslgkIj8
I.onis II. Mott. the Elst n NJ
been refused and tsft 4 ID ~ .s0erd
al MissouIa, MoElSzh - = g. Il
Walter Damfizei azxssi4esI sehil6A
statement and correspondence showing
that he refussgpR FsEeF. stS ID 40 e. zsagl
to conductl tae ~ f1skuFeI QrT5 fstRah ia,
cause he ofl1s& sE1t vset rsaahFeA c4nafxc
contract-B Standard chosen because Il
ReceEeksihayh hend appnibtlsi Ror thAl
Minersratlf c8fhsi4 snisftSayings Bank OF
Lonsssn5Agj I'D .MassssGiI areI balris itsse
to that Of the Oityeepfh at and BsRA asxi
Company Of Baltimore. The deposits ara
$4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19

Some day when we see girl on the
streets nervously feeling IL her skirt
is all right in the back, we intend to
step up and assure Der thar every
thing is In perfect order.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19

The government supplies the White
House at the beginning Of each admins
tIation with set of ,nina. Before Lin
coins time the outgoing President used
TO take away with him what remained OF
Che set. Since that period the various
sets have been left at the White House
With these later specimens as nucleus.
Mrs Roosevelt purposes to assemble in
the executive mansion a collection which
shall include some Of the china used by
each presidential family.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19

An April fool joke played on the High
lands apartment house where Senator
Patterson of Colorado lives, netted AN
unknown swindler $62.J0. A man who
represented himself 70 be Mr. Patter-
sons private secretary called tie High
lands up by phone and told the clerk
to pay for package that would be de-
livered by the Senator's tailor. The
clerk paid $G2.50 on a bundle that when
opened by Mr.. Patterson was found TO
contain an old and ragged oyercoat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19

The Interior Department has decided
TO proceed with the erection of gov
eminent cement plant in the vicinity OF
the Tonic basin, A. r., for furnishing
material for the big irrigation project
there. This decision 10 the result of the
rejection OF the bids submitted by cement
manufacturers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19

Texas is not only the greatest cotton
State in the country, but the greatest
cattle State as we'll Its farmers own
more horses and more mules than there
are in any other State, and. exclusive
of swine. sheep and mich cows. they
own more than twice as many other cat
tie as the farmers Of any other State.
New York farmers own the most mich
COWS; the greatest number Of sheep is
owned in Montana, and Iowa stands first
as a swine-raising State according TO the
figures in the government crop report
for February.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19

United States warships win protect
tile property of the Panama Railroad
from hostile acts of the strikers, and IL
the railroad management can secure n
sufficient force to operate the line it viii
be upheld in such an attempt Secre-
tary Moody was charged with the duty
of carrying out the decision, and instruct
ed Admirals Glass and Sigsbee as TO the
course which they shall pursue. No com
pulsion will be used to compel the strik-
ers to return to work. The canal com
mission has arrived at Colon and the
commissioners established themselves in
the DE Lesseps quarters.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19
DELAYED BY COLD WEATHER.

Go be continuedl
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-17
CHOW Much Do you Wish It 2"

Have you ever said: "I wish I had a more
cheerful dispositionw How much, asks an ex-
change, do you wish it? Enough to dispose your
self so as to be in the way of getting itz Your
words are idle and sinful unless you will to have
it, instead of wishing to have it. You are not
responsible for the disposition you were born
with, but you are responsible for the one you have
to-day. And you have no business to bewail your
"bad disposition while doing nothing to i'm
prove it.
Everything you carelessly or seriously purpose
to do affects what you are disposed to do. You
are disposed to look on the dark side, borrow
trouble, and say discouraging things. Suppose you
earnestly purpose for one week to look for pleas
ant things, and speak of them, and never speak of
what you dread or do not like. You will be more
cheerful and hopefully disposed at the end of the
week, and you know it, eff We know these things,
happy are ye if ye do them."' 1t is your duty
your business in life-to work up out of your evil
environments, whatever they may chance to be-
Young Peoples Weekly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-17
Summer Millinery.

The new turbans are decidedly smart with the
tailored or street gown, the color of. which they
should match. There are straw braids in striking
color combinations and two-toned effects that lend
themselves to this style; they require very little
trimmings, a breast, quill, or straw buttons being
sufficient.
Some of the seasons >smartest models are the
broad-brimmed fiat hats. The brims are soft and
easily made to conform to individual becoming
ness. Folds of tulle, shirred chiffon, silk or lace
from the brim facing of nearly all the new
models.
The white hat is Fashions choice. The intro
duction of a bit of gold or silver lace, braid or
tassels is frequently seen. The tint called cham
payne is next to white in favor, and has the adj
vantage that it will not sunburn or become dis
colored. Pale blue and reseda green are other
fashionable colors.
Among the novelties in gold trimmings are the
cockades in white and gold, all gold, or in straw
and gold or black and gold. There are also the
gold epaulettes, gold cords, braids and tassels. A
drapery of white or black lace is another of the
seasons innovations.-From The Delineator for
May.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-17
LET'S BE oLD-FAsHIoNED.
There Are Different Kinds of Progress and Up-to-
Dateness Isn't Always Desirable.

How often In reading we run across some such
phrase as this: "Old-fashioned ideas of morality"
Or we hear a person about to deliver an i'm
promptly homily, say: 81 may have old-fashioned
notions about the sacredness of the marriage vow
but" Or a mother say: "My children could
have more money than I had when I was a girl,
but l am going to bring them up in the old
fashioned way. My girls shall know how to cook
and do house-work, if necessary, and they will
make good wives and mothers
Gather has such old-fashioned notions" said
a high school boy. "He has made us all promise
not to drink wine or play cards until we are
twenty-one. And he says it's the boys who have
old-fashioned' parents who become the successful
men," Would that there we're more like him!
There are worse things than old-fashioned,
says Robert Webster Jones in the May House
keeper. Progress is all very well, providing it
progresses. Not unseldom the noisy automobile
that whirs past the jogging horse and buggy halts
for repairs a mile or two farther ON. And a
balky auto can be neither coaxed with oats nor
persuaded with a whip. The old-fashioned con-
veyance may be slower, but it's safer. But why
should we feel it necessary to call out ideas of
right living old-fashioned and to speak of them
in a semi-apologetic manner? IF old-fashioned,
so much TIE better on that very account. They
have tbs backing OF experience. They have been
tried and tested by our parents and our grand
p1rents. One of the astutest political leaders
of this country was accustomed daily to consult
his aged mother on questions of personal policy,
and attributed his success in great measure to her
advice. Because he declined invitations to drink
he was known as "old-fashioned," and was con-
tented so to be known. We hear of "old-fashioned
politeness" and the gentleman of the old school,
uho &C IN roro1u eoo- 49, M TN1u eho11l f1ooo
virtues be called old-fashioned? Is it not a dis
creditable reflection upon us twentieth century
people?
A few more old-fashioned people are needed
in this know-it-aIl age and generation.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-17
CT Love You Dear"

It's an easy thing to say, Young Man. It's
easy to say those words to the sweet, c~onfding
credulous lass. You think your affection is indy
ing. God grant that it may prove so, and that
you may mark up to the real requirements of the
situation. The world may call it "puppy-love,"
and laugh at your seeming foolishness-but if
you have been properly reared your early choice
may be your best. Stick to it and make good
your early protestations. Goodbye. But hold
on, a minute. Here is a little additional advice
on the same line. Say it often-act it con-
tinuously. "I love you, dear" It may make
smooth the pathway where thorns and stones ap-
pear. The dear creatures can live and grow
strong on the diet of III love you, dear" while the
beggarly elements of food and drink cease. to ex-
ercise their natural functions. "Man cannot live
by bread alone, "-neither can woman-that is
the real womanly woman-and if any man is so
foolish as to lay the fattering JUNCTION to his
soul that all that is necessary for domestic happi-
ness is proper provision of food and raiment, he
has made a life mistake and need not be sur
prised should dark clouds obscure the sun of his
happiness long before it's setting-aye, even be-
fore its Observation-Disclosures Everything.
TT
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-17
Two American Sandals.

In America the sundial is not as common, per-
haps, except in old-fashioned gardens, as it might
be. But our colleges have some beautiful ones,
and the fashion of them seems to be coming in
again. At any rate, two of the most noble of all
dial notices have been written by American au-.
thors, Henry Van Dyke and John G.. Whittier.
Van Dykes, on a dial in the Trask rose garden.
at Saratoga, runs:
Cline is
Too slow for those who wait, |
Too swift for those who fear,
Too long for those who grieve,
Too short for those who rejoice:
But for those who love,
Time is
Eternity"
Winters lines, written for his friend DR..
Bowditch and first used on a silver dial. have
since been Inscribed on the great dial over the
entrance to Mount Auburn, and may fifty end this
article, summing up, as they do, the spirit Of the
sundial:
with warning hand I mark times rapid fight.
From hfe's glad morning to it's solemn night:
Yet, through the dear Gods love. I also show
There's light above me by the shade below
Selected.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-17
Got What They Wanted.

Over in Mosquito County an old farmer died.
He was reputed to be rich. After his death, how
ever, be was found to be penniless. His will was
very brief. 1t ran as follows:
"In the name of God, Amen. There is only
one thing / leave. I leave the earth. My rela-
it. Bill N. Inder."-Lippincott's Magazine.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-17
Sized Up.

Mrs. Bacon-"I see by this paper that the aver
age family in the United States has four and
seven-tenths persons"
Mr.. Bacon-"I suppose Pm the seven-tenths
in this family."-Yonkers Statesman.