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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-27
AUSTRALIANS EASY GOING.
sun Is So Hot on the Island Continent
the People Are Deficient
in Energy.

An isolated Englishman would al
ways remain an Englishman if his des-
srt island were in the north Atlantic.
There is a saying, however, writes Sid
hey Letter, in Montreal Herald, that
an Englishman drops his morals when
ae crosses the equator. That is pretty
rough on those who live here down
1nder," but it need not be interpreted
more literally than to hint at the in
1uence of climate on character There
S nothing new in that theory, at least
since the days of Buckle The idea
usually held, however, is that it is only
climate of rigorous cold that can
breed good men. On that ground, Can
adams can look to the future of their
:ace with confidence, knowing that the
virtues of energy, industry, determina
lion and hardihood will inspire the
generations yet unborn. But the fiercest
and longest winter does not call forth
that grim courage, patient determina-
lion and unbreakable hopefulness
which alone can carry a man safely
through seven-year Australian
drought
There are, l think, few settlers in
Canada who would stagger stolidly on
like an Australian when he saw his
sheep dying by thousands and not a
blade Of green or a drop of water on
his holding. Even for the city man
IN his Office it needs more resolution
md concentration of mind to do a
heavy days work in a muggy atmos-
Dhere of 100 degrees than it needs to
ace your widest winter storm. Yet
slowly but surely, as the generations
'ollow each other, this southern sun
will wither Australian energies. You
see it now in the lounging gait Of those
you meet on the streets. Commercial
men who come to Australia all com
nent on the easy-going way in which
business is conducted.
People out here not only do not hus-
lie themselves, but they do not bother
heir heads about anyone who does
Often one has to make repeated calls
On man to settle matter of business
that might easily have been arranged
IN five minutes Punctality and dis
patch, however, are not Australian
qualities. No person goes to work be-
fore nine o'clock in the morning, and
many business men, like the fountains
In Trafalgar square and the clerks in
the foreign Office, play only from ten
to four. 1t is all very we'll for the
new chum to laugh at this, but after
A year or two he may find that he, too
has lost the secret of the strenuous
life.
Of course, if Australians were wise
they would adapt themselves more
than they do to the peculiarities OF
their climate. A noon siesta is just as
suitable to Australia as it is tc
Spain or Italy or India. Far more
could be accomplished in the day il
business was begun early in the morn.
ing and suspended during the heat OF
the day, But, shackled by custom, the
Australians keep not only to the ole
British working hours, but to plum
pudding at midsummer Christmas anG
the conventional silk hat ndfrock coat
for street wear. But though they may
stubbornly. defy the climate in these
respects, they cannot resist it's more
subtle influence on the general charac.
fer
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-27
Husband Was Too Kind.

Mrs. Bryning left her husband be-
cause he was too kind to her" This
was the testimony given by a neighbor
in the divorce proceedings at Kansas.
City, Mo-, recently instituted by How.
ard Bryning against his wife. HE al
ways agreed with me, and there never
was chance for any kind of an argu.
ment," Mrs. Bryning told the witneH
Life was too slow"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-27
THE WEAK SPOT.
A weak, aching back tells of sick

OAA SA@S ~ 0AO0
kidneys. It aches
when you work. It
aches when you try
to rest. It throbs
in chang eN b lie
weather. Urinary
troublesadd toyour
misery. No rest,
no comfort, until
the kidneys are
well. Cure them
with Doan's Kidney
Pills.
Mrs. W. NJ. Dausch-
err, of 25 Water ST.,
Dad fnrl Do
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-27
Uncle Sans Big Checks.

Uncle Sam has paid big bills abroad
before now, but this Panama payment
tops them all. Six years ago he paid
Spain $20,000,000 on account of the
Philippines, but the amount was sent
in four warrants of 100000 each
Previous to that the most historical
warrants were sS,OOO.OO0 issued te
Russia in payment for Alaska in 1865
and IS 100000 paid England for awards
in Halifax fishing infringements.-
Boston Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-27

"I had an almost continuous pain in
the small of the back. My ankles, feet,
hands and almost my whole body were
bloated. 1 was languid and the kidney
secretions were profuse. Physicians
told me 1 had diabetes in it's worst
form, and 1 feared l would never re-
cover. Doan's Kidney Pills cured me in
1896, and l have been we'll ever since"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mrs. Dauscher
will be mailed to any part of the United
States. Address Foster Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all dealers,
price so cents per box
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-27
The New Snort

Credit must be given to Admiral
Togo. of the Japanese navy, for the
invention of new sport in the shape
Of putting to sea in a gale and hunt.
Ing ana exploding floating mines.
The New York Telegram remarks
that venturesome souls will be glad
II this change from ping pong.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-10
COST OF NAVAL BATTLE.
Five Minutes Fighting Requires an Ex-
penditure of $4,000 on One Ship.

Five Minutes Fighting Requires an Ex-
penditure of $4,000 on One Ship.
From Tuesday TO Sunday Victor
Hugo wrote in his diary on Jan. 3,
1871, 1.-The PrusSians hurled $4,000 pro-
jectiles at us. 1t required go railway
trucks to transport them. Each shot
cost go francs; total, 100000 francs.
The damage to the forts is estimated
at 400 francs. About ten men have
been killed. Each of our dead cost the
Prussians 10000 francs"
This extract, says London Tit-Bits.
gives one an excellent idea Of the cost
and ineffecdveness of big-gun work on
land a generation ago. when it took an
average of $500 projectles. costing
10000 francs, to kill single man
and to infiict less than &c worth OF
damage on the enemy's Notifications
But time has changed siace then
and munitions with them, and the
great guns of to-day, on the sea ut any
rate. give vastly different account g
themselves. During the recent wal
between America and Spain it viii be
recalled that the Brooklyn poured sucn
deadly deluge of projectles into the
spanish warship Viscaya that within
five minutes the latter lay at the bot
tom Of the sea a rent and battered
tumble of scrap iron.
In all the Brooklyn fired 61S shells
AT the yascaya and the bin of destruc
ton read thus:
TO IA s-inch shells. at ESQ each
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-10
thirty Years AGO.

A new" revolution began in Hayti.
Senator Window declared in the
United States Senate that "unregu-
lated" railroad competition would not
secure lower rates for the public.
President Grant vetoed the famous
Senate bill to increase the paper cir
culation of the country by $100,000O00.
John A. Logan declared President
Grant crowded more damned nom
sense" into his message on the cur
rency question than had ever been
condensed into the same space
A committee Of the Chicago Presby-
terry recommended that Prof. David
Swing be tried for heresy. after the
charges preferred by DR. Patton had
been revised.
The city of Little Rock, Ark. was
filed with Federal troops and militia,
part Of the latter being barricaded in
the Statehouse TO defend Governor
Brooks from the rival chief executive.
Republican newspapers throughout
the United States declared that Pres
dent Grant had ruined the Republican
party by his veto of the currency inha-
ton bill.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-10

samine and RISES climbing among
them as they will. In fact, the flow
ers grow in such careless and natural
profession and there is seemingly so
little cultivation that one might al
most think the hoe Of the gardener
had not visited the place for hun
crea years. This very carelessness
was one of the greatest charms of the
place and added to the effect of age
that chung to everything. Modern
gardeners would stand aghast at such
apparent neglect.
/ recognized that the very lack of
modern care was artistic and suitable
and yet wondered, if the place were
mine, whether I could forbear the
use of shears, trowel and hoe. The
hedges were trimmed. These, with
some orange trees growing in solid
mass of gree along some fifty feet OF
palace wall and reaching to the very
roof, alone bore signs of the garden.
er's shears,
The flower beds were of intricate
Shapes, Hlled Win tangled mass OF
flowers and always surrounded with
box And such boxi My heart sanb
within me when | thought of the box
in my garden at home, where moi
even a hundred mild winters and
hundred rainy summers could give
growth like the smallest of that at
the Alcazar
The bouquet that is considered IN
Seville as model of beauty and ele
gance was to our eyes a most hideous
thing. In shape like pyramid, about
fourteen inches high, it was formed
by fastening a magnolia bud to the
top of a smooth, round stick and then
winding flowers tightly around the
stick, each succeeding row becoming
larger, so that at the bottom the bou-
quet was probably two feet around. 1t
was frequent sight to see two men
carrying pole between them with
from six to dozen of these bouquets
swinging, heads down, from the pole.
-Scribners.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-10

fT,050; to 60 6-inch shells, at Ell each,
f1.365; to II 6-pounder shells, at FL
each. f12; to 400 1-pound shells, at II
shillings pence each. 1850.
Thus the five minutes firing cost the
United States fS677, and during each
minute Of the duel the BROOKLYN hurled
1913 projectiles at her enemy at a cost
of E1.735. If we adj to this the cost
OF the Viscaya's answering fire we see
that the fight between the two ships
could scarcely have cost less than
1900 q minute, or at the rate of $780,
600 an hour We must remember too,
that on neither ship would it be posi-
BILE to use all the available guns at
once; so that there is still large mar
gin for increased expenditure when
man-of-war is in position to use her
fighting powers to the utmost
But let us take one of our own first
class battleships, the London, and EST
mate the cost of five minutes fighting,
assuming that she could use all of her
forty-six guns throughout
The Iordon's four 12-inch guns,
which, by the way, cost no less than
100000, fire armor-piercing shells
weighing $50 pounds each at the rate
of two a minute each projectile, with
its cordite charge of 1919 pounds,
costing ESQ. Thus in five minutes
fighting these four misunderstanding
monsters would hurl at the enemy
forty projectiles weighing more than
eighteen tons and costing 1920.
Each six-inch gun, of which she has
twelve, costing 1880 each, throws
shells of 100 pounds weight, costing
and continuous firing these guns would
pour into the enemy's ships a hurri-
cane of projectiles weighing twenty
two tons, at a cost Of f6,6SS. So far we
have only accounted for sixteen out Of
the forty-siX guns.
The London twelve-pounders number
sixteen and cost 1866 each; from the
mouths of these guns no fewer than
9G0 shells could be poured in five min
utes, representing nine tons of metal
and a cost of f2,SS0.
Each Of the half-dozen three-pound-
ers has a firing capacity of thirty
shells a minute, so that in i've min
utes' fight they alone would send 1900
worth of metal into the enemys side;
while the eight maxims would send out
storm of death-dealing bullets weigh
ing more than six hundredweight and
costing f140.
Thus, in five minutes fighting, using
all her forty-six guns. the London
would vomit forth over fifty tons of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-10
MAKING STAINED GLASS.
Method Now the Same as Used Eigh
Centuries AGO.

Method Now the Same as Used Eight
Centuries Ago.
The twentieth century American
stained glassmaker follows without
important variation the simple meth
DDS of the French monk of eight cen
turtles ago, says the Booklovers' Maya
zine. The first requisite is the design.
The artist makes small water-cOlor
sketch to show the general design and
color scheme, accompanying it with
detailed studies. From this two large
drawings or cartoons" are made, the
exact size of the desired window One
cartoon shows where the 'leads" will
be placed-the thin strips of lead. hol-
lowed on both sides and looking in a
transverse section like the letter II.
which form the framework to bind the
pieces of glass together. Another draw
ing gives the size and shape of each
piece of glass This cartoon is cut into
its component pieces by a pair Tor
triplet) of three-bladed scissors. which
leave between their parallel blades a
space sufficient for the leads.
These cut-out patterns are put to-
gether again on large glass easel, to
which they are attached by wax and
the spaces between are BACKED in, to
give the effect of the leads. The easel
is then placed against a window where
the light can stream through it The
artist or his substitute replaces each
paper pattern on the easel by a piece
of glass exactly the same size, cut
from a sheet of glass Of the color
called for by the color sketch. The
sketch is not followed slavishly; exper-
iment with the actual glass will sug-
gest Improvements. To a greater or
less extent this stained glass is sup
plemented by painted glass. on which
the colorg are fired as in china paint
ing. When all the pieces have been
cut they are transferred TO the "lead-
ing drawing; the flexible leads are
twisted into shape and soldered at the
Joints and a special cement applied to
make the whole water-tight The win
dow Is now complete, ready to be put
in position. where 1t is made secure by
copper wires fastened to the trans
verse bars Of iron
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-10

York discharged her cargo at the port
of Santa Domingo under what was
thought to be an agreement of the con-
tending forces. She was fired on by
the insurgents, however, and the Unit
ed States cruiser Newark retaliated by
Smelling the town of Pajarito in which
the rebels were encamped, afterward
landing force of marines and driving
out the insurgent troops. All of this
naturally led to further complications.
Though the rebel 1orces have been
very thoroughly beaten in subsequent
engagements with The troops of Presi-
dent Morales, the island is yet in a
very unsettled condition. and there is
a considerable party. in which the COM
mercial element predominates. that is
favorable to annexation to the United
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-10
RARE DEVIL" FLOWERS.
Single Plant Worth $4,000 in a ST..
100000 Orchid Collection.

100000 Orchid Collection.
The flower pot was like toy The
moss in it would not have made
teaspoonful. Out of the moss two tiny
leaves, each less than a half-inch long,
peeped. They were variegated leaves.
their right halves were green and
their left halves white. Pot, eatth,
leaves and all, this plant would have
slipped easily into mans waistcoat
pocket.
And yet $4,000 had been offered
for it. 1t did not weigh an ounce.
There was nothing to it but two tiny
leaves upon a stem less than an inch
long. Yet it was worth 100000
1t was an orchid N the collection of
Mrs. George B. Wilson of Philadel-
phia Mrs. Wilson's orchids are said
to be the finest in America-some say
the finest in the world. The little
plant was a cross between a Cattleya
aurea and a Cattleya labiata 1t was
two years old, and it would be five
years more before it would begin to
bloom. But it was the only orchid
in the world with leaves half green
and half white. and therefore Sand
ers, the English collector, seeing it
in November, said:
81 will give you $4,000 for it."
But Mrs. Wilson's gardener replied:
1--WE buy all ve can, but we never
SELL"
Mrs. Wilson lives at Forty-third and
Walnut streets, Philadelphia, says the
New York Tribune. Then years ago
she bought the orchids of Erastus
Corning of New York-40,000 plants,
which Mr.. Corning mad been forty
years in gathering. She engaged for
her gardener Alphonse Pericat, who
had been bead gardener at the orchid
farm of Baron Alphonse de Roths-
child of Paris, and she sent off, with
a rowing commission, Henri Barrault,
a skilled orchid hunter. For the last
ten years, thanks to the daring and
the industry of Barrault, and thanks
to the patient art of Pericat, her col
lection has been growing greatly. 1t
is practically a collection that repre-
sents fifty years of work. 1t numbers
10000 plants, over 1900 of which are
unique, with duplicates nowhere in
the world, and it is worth Gas Erastus
Corning spent 100000 on it, as Mrs.
Wilson has spent $250,OO0 on it, and
as Pericat has propagated from it
over 1000 hyhrids), close upon $1,000
000 1t is said to be the best collec-
ton in America, and Sanders says it
is in many respects the best collection
in the world.-Chicago Record-Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-10
Seventy-five Years 400.

General labor riots occurred in the
manufacturing districts of England,
resulting in loss of life and property.
The omnibus as means of public
conveyance was introduced on the
streets of London.
The western section of the Erie
canal, from Rochester to Buffalo, was
reported open for navigation.
An expedition was organized for a
trip around the world, expires to ex-
plore the little known country of Cal
ifornia.
President Jackson ordered that Gen
Winfield Scott be relieved from sus-
pension and granted furlough.
English Jews petitioned parliament
FOR an extension of their civil rights.
The library which George III. pre-
scented to the nation was deposited in
the British Museum.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-10
GENERAL VIEW OF THE CITY OF SAN DOMINGO.

table, stead O. china, SOS to save wear
in out yer new dinner set, amt what
We might call aesthetic, but dunno's
I've kicked very loud so far bout it..
An even your maxim over my old
overcoat inter a jacket for yerself l
amt raised no great time bout, spite
O. the fact that | hev ter take We to
meetin' in it every Sunday an hear a
lot O. gol-durned fools whisperin' tibet
l must be gettin' low in the world not
ter be able ter buy We new one. But
by the bumpin' thunderw cried Mr..
Higgins. when you go to work an
make a corn-husk mattress an throw
in stalks, cobs an all. jest ter save the
measley husks, that's where the old
man steps in fer once an says-loud
an clear-ter-er-the dickens with yer
COMPOUNDED myr'-Comfort.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-10
sUPERsTITIoUs CLOCK.
Cuckoo Timepiece That Won't Work
On the 18th of Month.

Cuckoo Timepiece That Won't Work
On the 18th of Month.
Speaking of the many curious
things connected with the number 10
reminds me of a clock which has been
in my family now for some time"
thing l have in mind has gone far
toward making me believe that there
is something in the claim that Is is
an unlucky number. The clock in
question is of the cuckoo variety. Or
dinarily it is one of the most reliable
timepieces / have ever seen. It keeps
perfect time and never fails to 'cuck-
90 promptly on the hour, except in
the case L have in mind. If the thing
had not happened in such regular or
der l would have paid not attention
to it. But it has been happening once
every month regularly from the very
time we introduced the aforesaid
clock into the family circle. And it
always happens on the 18th of the
month. 1t refuses 10 work on the
day which is associated WIN un.uchy
things. Somehow it seems to know
that Is is an unlucky number. And
it seems to think that it applies as
much to dates as to other things. l
have never been able to understand
Just why the clock should stop on this
day. and up to this good hour | am
unable to give anything like reason
able explanation of it. l only know
my. cuckoo clock will not work on the
18th day of the month, and no matter
how well it is wound up, or what the
weather conditions may be. when the
unlucky day comes around the clock
simply stops II is a curious thing,
isn't it2"-New Orleans Times Demo
crat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-10
One Hundred Years 400.

The Spanish province of California
was divided into the two districts Of
Antigua and Nueya California.
Boston was visited by a hurricane.
which lasted twenty four hours and in
fhcted great damage to city buildings
and shipping.
Sineethe beginningof 1904 153 Amer
lean vessels We're reported captured.
lO6 by France and AZ by England.
Ali Pasha governor OF Alexandria,
was made supreme ruler of Egypt,
having become reconciled to tho
French consul
A property tax of 10 per cent was
imposed in Denmark because of the
long struggle against France.
Owing to the number of citizens
leaving for England, Holland passed
severe laws against emigration
Mr. Livingston, the American min
lister to France, requested that he be
recalled.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-10
UNDER THE SUN.
The men who have gone before us
Have sung the songs we sing:

The men who have gone before us
Have sung the songs. we sing:
The words of our clamorous chorus,
They were heard of the ancient King.
The chords of the Tyre that thrill as,
They were struck in the years gone by,
And the arrows OF death that XIII as
Are found where our fathers lie. y
The vanity sung OF the Preacher
Is vanity still to-day;
The moan of the stricken creature
Ras rung in the woods Away.
But the songs are worth .resiHging
Nitf the change of no single note,
And the spoken words are ringing
AS they rang in the years remote.
There Is no new road to follow. Love!
Nor need there ever be.
For the old. with its hin and hollow,
Love
Is enough for you and me.
Century
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-10

MRS. THURSTON. Is tne daughter Oh Il
railroad switchman in Omaha.
The romonce began in Omaha fifteen
years ago, when Clarence Thurston
and Nellie Cotter went to kindergar-
ten together
The children grew up together and
their love for each other became fond
er with the passing years. The fact
that his father was general solicitor
\ for the Union Pacific and her father
was switchman in its service was
nothing to him when they were chill
dren And then when the opportunity
came he took her to be his wife.
When John NJ. Thurston was elected
to the United States senate and went
to Washington to live the son went
with him, and in the gay society Of
the capital he met many beautiful
women from all parts of the world, but
his heart remained true and faithful
to the Omaha girl.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-10
fifty Years Ago.

Fifteen fremen lost their lives by
the collapse of a burning building in
New York.
President Jackson vetoed the bill
originated by Miss Dix, the philan-
thropist, granting 100000 acres OF
public land TO the States for the bene-
fit of the INDECENT insane.
The first railroad was opened from
Wheeling, w. Va, to Columbus, Ohio.
Austria and Prussia signed a treaty
requiring Russia TO evactuate the prin-
cipalities, and declaring that the pas
sage of the Balkans by Russia would
be an act of war
The English and French fleets bonn
barded Odessa, and in ten hours most
of the city was in ruins.
All slaves in Venezuela became free
by law
The city of Nice. Italy, was first
lighted by gas, which was considered
by all Europe to be a great event.