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Special Train to Dallas.

The Houston and Texas Central
Will run a special train to Dallas on
the evening of February IS on &C
count of the appearance of the
Wizard of OF" at the opera house.
Il. +. Thornhill has the list and
those who want tickets bought in
advance should see him.
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Che Foo. Fvb japanese fleet at.
tackled Port Arthur Monday night TW @
Russian battl@shtps and one Russia n
crusier were disabled by torpedoes
Battle was at "a three mile range Dis
ablsd crusier Boyaiu and grounded
hsttieship PoltsvA and CzAuvitch bios
hsrbor entrance ana prevent vessels
entering or going out
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Washington. Feb. Io.-Ths house de
voted the entire session Tuesday Ca
consideration OF the resolutions ra-
parted fFen elections committee Ne >
unseatinw Mr Howell Gpem), ana a..
eiaTins Mr., CnHnelg (Repl who eap
tested the election to have been elected
from tne Tenth peuns1ivaHtA district
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MYSTERIOUS Circumstances

One was pale and sallow and the
other fresh and rosy. Whence the
difference? She who is lushiug
with health uses DR.. Kings New
Life Pills to maintain it. By gently
arousing the lazy organs they com
pel good digestion and head off con-
stipation. Try them. Only 25c, at
Thomas 4 Moore's drug store.
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GENERAL MAsATAKR ryRAUCHr JAPAAEsE
MINISTER or WAR


dispatch fyofu CHe Foo said Japan had
The Nstiae and kuretz caught at che
muIpo.
japanese troops ALSO }aude at an the
chief points ~ enu-herr ara western
kore2. one division og TIRE japanese
guards boiJs Fllzsu auH rhemulpo. ar.i
altogether three divisions OF the japan
ese guards. ,s.b ~ 11 noy ueu. have
been modified
II appears. the correspondent sor-
tinues that the Russian warsn ,u~ .I
ElJdivostp,k are i.ebourI
Another correspondent 90 the patty
Mall teieErs phs from Port Arthur. uu-
der date of Feb p that the Russian
advance has commenced General
krsst-iliusky Will leave LAO Yang Tor
the Y3lu river at the head 81 the Third
brigade of artillery consisting o. TWEEN
ty-four gums and three regiments
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London. Feb. IA dispatch TO the
Daily Mail FROM Toxic. dated Feb. 8
says that plot is on foot al Seoul 10
bring $3.50 Russian soldiers from Pen
Yang to take tho Korean emperor go
the French legation. 20 which place the
Imperial treasury has already teen cau-
Veyed
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Memphis. Feb. ia The large rellsE
naarina miil and grain stsvateF "a Cam
noR. Yates & rn. Ia the southern per
tian nf tbs etlA wMa Totally destroyed
~ IiFa. eataiius a lasH uf seaeea. part
" imaaFe4. Kha live originated la the
eaaHeFags faetagY ftpm an unknoWn
eause
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HAULED DOWN FLAGS.
IL 10 Said the Russian Ships Did Not
Fire a Shot

London. Feh ~ In "A dispatch from
Tieu Tsiu. dated Feb, >. a correspond
ent OF the Daily Mail says Il Is reported
there that the Russian cruisers Variag
and Kore5tz hauled down their flags
without firing "a shot. and that 5000
japanese Immediately landed at Che
saulpo and the march TO Seoul was
commend ed.
1t waN reported from Pekiu that the
Japanese bad d9semharked al Chemui-
30. notwithstanding The presence there
Of two Russian wArshtps and another
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SUITS CLEANED, pressed aud re-
paired on short notice. Matthews
Bros. II
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CLEANING, pressing and repair
ing as II should be. Prices reason
able. Matthews Bros. If
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Los Pair OF gold trimmed eye
glasses somewhere on public square
Please return to j. r. Kennedy. Is
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CLEANING, pressing and repair
ing By expert tailors. Bring your
suits here. M atthews Bros. u
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HAVE ROOM for four or five
boarders. First-class accommoda-
lions. Mrs. r. NJ. Craig. 68pd
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Suit cleaned aud pressed ~ 90,
suit sponged and pressed 6ac
pants cleaned and pressed 40c,
pants sponged and pressed I3c.
We clean clothes Ru tus Lakeland .
MiAgls PArlor. ~
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FOUED-Ltmberger brick cheese
and Delgado chilli, at Pete's Place.
70
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|NANT COLUMN |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FOuND-Lsmberger brick cheese
and Delgado chilli, at Pete's Place.
70
HAVE ROOM for four or Eve
boarders First-class accommoda-
tions. Mrs. r. NJ. Craig. 6Spd
CLEANING, pressing and repair
ing By expert tailors. Bring your
suits here. Matthews Bros. II
CLEANING, pressing aud repair
ing as II should be. Prices reason
able Matthews Bros. II
SUITS CLEANED, pressed aud re-
paired on short notice. Matthews
Bros. II
LOSF-Pair OF gold trimmed eye
glasses somewhere on public square
Please return to J. p. Kennedy. Is
LOST-Pearl brooch with small
diamond setting Reward If re-
turned to this office. Is
wANTED-You to know that we
can furnish you coal, wood and hay
and that we have the b sat to be had
In either OF ths above lines VIII
appreciate your patronage. Waxa-
hachie Ice Works. IS
wANrED-Yo to know that we
will give you rs cubic feet of good
wood for 400 delivered. Waxa-
hachie Ice Works. II
WANTED You To know | have
coal from $500 to t6 ~ per ton. u.
IL. Thompson. 70
FOR SALE-Chesp, buggy and
harness. r. Norton 69pd
FOR SALE-One barn aud servant
mouse, also one IN Don Bros. rubber
tire phaeton In good condition. See
j. n. Blaffer, office at Stroud's gro
Gerry store. II
FOR RENT Front room nicely fur
uishsd, close 10. Address Il, Light
once 60
WE clean clothes. We will sell you
n card that you can have suits of
clothes spoaged aud pressed for u 90
last TO show you we can do this
work las 1t should be done. y Rufus
LAcklaud's Mtstt ParloE. 6S
/ AM the man that worked the
cleaning. pressing and repairing
business up from a very small bus
meas To what il 10 now. And why
did IL grow Because we did the
work right and al the right price,
aud like IL should be done" and we
shall continue to do IL like IL
should be done" and NJ bali price
Suit cleaned aud pressed 81 n,
suit sponged and pressed sDc,
pants cleaned aud pressed 4lc,
pants sponged and pressed Is9c.
We clean clothes. Rufus Lakeland
Miami parlor. 6s
HOUSE TO RENT - See T. NJ.
Rocket. IT
WE clean and press clothing. not
by expert tallors, as all the expert
Tailors we tried To get think them
selves above this work, bat we
have men WHO have made this work
a specially for years and we do this
work at half price aud nj once, and
use only electric irons for pressing
and We kuow TX is the best. Work
sent for aud delivered The new
phone 2is Rufus LAckiaud's Mic
fit parioY. t@I
WAN TED-Eyery man in Naxa
~%A@ebta "a bay tailor made suit
from US at sl. per week Come
and let u take your measure today
Lackiaud's Misflt Parlor. al
j. {. LUMPkiNS,
ATTORNEY ALLAN
NssAry oMes oeeg CltIK.as Ss,taaAJ BAaA
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WANTED-Every man in Naxa,
'~sacbia "a buy tailor made suit
from us at sl.u per week. Come
and let US take your measure today
Lacklaud's Misflt Parlor. II
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-12

of canal navigation. 1t is estimated
that a vessel would be three times
longer in going through canal by
Nicaragua than by the Panama route.
Aside from the value of the canal to
the United States. from a military
point of view, ii will prove of great
value to the Industrial and CONNER
cial interests of every section of the
country. The expense and delay now
incurred in commercial intercourse be
tween the Atlantic and Pacific sections
OF the United States and in the trade
between the Pacific States with Europe
impose 4 serious limitation upon the
progress of our industries. Cheaper
and more expeditions access to the
Pacific markets will benefit not only
the Northeastern States by furnishing
cheaper raw materials and larger mar
kets for their industrial products. and
he Southern States by increasing their
exports of cotton and its manufactures.
forest products, iron and steel manu-
features. but also the Central West.
which is now manufacturing extern
sively for the foreign and domestic
trade. The canal will benefit all these
sections by furnishing larger bust
ness with the Pacific coast. and en-
hance their ability to compete with Eu-
rope In Western South America and
the Orient 1t will place Europe and
the United States on basis of equal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-12
HOW THE PANAMA CANAL

1924 would be raised TO approximately
10,50O,OO0 net tons. At the rate of 81
per net ton of register. the income
from the canal would be in 1914 about
$1,000. 900 and in 1924 about $10,500,-
000 The annual cost OF operation, it Is
estimated, will be $2,000,O00. The ex
tent to which the canal will be used
will depend largely on the rate of tolls
charged. Light charges will give the
Panama Canal large part of the trade
that now goes by the Suez Canal from
the Atlantic ports to the Philippines
and the East The tolls by the Suez
route are more than 50 per ton. The
Suez tolls are levied by a corporation,
whose object is to secure the maximum
of revenue. In fixing the charges for
the use of an Isthmlan canal owned
and operated by the United States Gov
eminent, the principle of maximum
revenue could not be wisely followed.
The revenue producing functions of the
canal will be minor as compared with
its services in promoting the Industrial
and commercial progress and general
welfare of the United States The ex-
action of tolls that would much restrict
the benefits derivable from the canal
would not be to the advantage of the
people Of this country.
Regarding the relative advantages to
be derived by Europe and the United
States. the report OF the commission
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-12
Fence slxty-three Miles Long.

One of the longest fences in the
Northwest is being constructed, run
ming entirely around the Lower Brule
Indian reservation on the Missouri
river, in the central portion of South
Dakota, says the Kansas City Journal.
This remarkable fence will be sixty
three miles in length. 1t is composed
of four wires placed on posts set a
rod, apart, cedar and ash posts alter
mating. In its construction, $50 miles
of wire will be used, or 10000 pounds.
To erect the fence required an aggre-
gate of 10000 posts. In this long
fence there will be only three gate
ways. which will be guarded when the
fence is completed
The fence is being constructed by
the Indians themselves under the di-
rection of the agency authorities the
Indians receiving $3.50 per day for
man and team and $3.50 per day for
men. 1t is understood that next
spring the government will issue
stock cattle to the Indians, to be
grazed inside this huge enclosure,
the purpose of the government being
to encourage the Indians in stock
raising so that they can ultimately sup
port themselves.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-12
Migration OF a Fox Colony.

Capt. Archibald, of the steamer
Monhegan, of the Portland and Rock
land Steamboat Company, tells of an
unfortunate loss suffered by a man
named Skillings who lives at Jones'
port. Mr.. SkiIlings has quite valu-
able fox farm On what is called Tren-
toms Island, not far from Jonesport.
For several of the foxes he paid as
hszh as $500 apiece.
Mr.. Skillings has made it a prac-
tice to go TO the island in his boat
and feed the foxes, but during the
past few weeks. on account Of the
ice that has formed between the isl
and the mainland. he has been
able to walk to the mainland. There
we're on the farm sixty of the foxes
and the other night the whole colony
left the island and walked to the
mainland. as their tracks were seen
the next morning. Mr.. Sdllings BIS
not found any of them a. y5t, and
naturally he Is making a vigilant
search, as the entire colony IS valued
at Sc 900 or $4,000. The foxes have
been allowed the liberty OF the island
as there was nothing TO fear from
their wandering away. but when the
ice formed TO the mainland il was a
very difficult matter. and before Sir.
SkiIlings could remedy II the entire
fox colony had changed their place
Of abode.-Lewiston (Ale.) Journ<I
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-12
THE PANAMA SCANDAL.
De Lesseps's Big Scheme Which Came
to So Disastrous an End.

The Isthmus of Panama is mar
row strip of land, scarcely twenty-one
miles wide at its nar:owest point;
but the canal. owing to the character
of the land, would have a total length
Of about forty-s;x miles. To cut
shipcanal of this length, the early
French company estimated, would cost
S45,000000 francs, which later was
reduced by De Lesseps to 600,G00,0 600
francs, or about $120,000.000 of our
money This huge cost did not deter
the people of France from buying the
bonds and stocks Of the Panama Canal
Company, and the money was soon
raised. The genius of the company
was the man who had constructed
the Suez Canal, and his presence at
the head of the undertaking was suf-
ficient to give faith and confidence to
ali. De Lesseps himself was so con-
ffdent of his success that he extended
invitations TO prominent men all over
the world to attend the opening of
the canal in 1888
The first shipment Sof machinery
and worlImen arriyedfn Colon on Feb
ruary q, 1881, and galmost immedia-
tely began one of the most dramatic
stories of modern times. Fraud, in
competency, mismanagement and lack
of knowledge of the grave conditions
that confronted the contractors on
the isthmus combined to delay the
work, and in time to wreck the COM
pany. The inside history of the story
may never be made perfectly plain
to the world Millions of dollars
worth of machinery that was never
used was shipped to the isthmus, and
even to-day much or it is rotting and
rusting there in the tropical climate.
The whole length of the proposed ca
nal is marked by these monuments to
mans acknowledgement and greed. Elk
tensive camps and hospitals were built
on the route of the canal, and thou
sands of workmen were sent down,
only to die in the fever-ridden climate
or to return home disgusted-From
George Ethelbert Walsh's Cutting a
Hemisphere in Two" in St Nicholas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-12
A WONDERFUL REVIVAL
Former Baseball Player Converts
Thousands in the West.

Former Baseball Player Converts
Thousands in the West.
For nearly a month and half re-
ligious revival tempest has been sweep
ing over northern Illinois and eastern
Iowa. The section covered with this re-
hgious outburst embraces a population
of over 100000, and of this number 200,
900 have attended the revival meetings
Night after night special trains have car
ried people by the thousand to Sterling,
ILL.,, ard at one meeting 1,647 converts
were made. No hall in the place was
large enough to accommodate the crowds,
and such a demand arose for the oppor-
tunity of hearing the sermons that a tele-
phone system was introduced and 1873
cities and towns in Iowa and Illinois
were connected with the hall where the
exercises were held. In this way 5000
persons while sitting in their own homes
were enabled to hear the sermons every
night
AS result of the revival the different
church societies in this part Of Illinois
have trebled and in some cases quad
ruplod their membership. Before the re-
vival only II per cent of the people of
Sterling attended church; now the per
cCntage has swelled until practically the
entire community is drawn to the
| churches.
The wonder of this religious upheaval
is William A. Sunday. a former base
ball player of national prominence. He
| has teen an evangelist eight years. At
ter one of his sermons fourteen whist
clubs disbanded and many other clubs
organized for pleasure, have gone out OF
business
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-12

failure of De Lesseps, a new organi-
cation was perfected, and the work Of
construction was continued merely to
preserve the concession, in the hope
that the property and concession
would be purchased by the United
States. The price at which the prop
erty was offered was so large that the
Walker Commission, which had inves-
tigated the general question, recon
mended the Nicaragua route; but sub
sequently the Panama Company of
fered the entire property for $4,000
900, and the property was taken by the
United States at those figures. 1t is
estimated that the completion of the
canal will cost S144.OOO.OOO. and if the
money to be paid the Panama Com
pany and the Republic Of Panama be
added. it will be seen that the cost of
this work to complete will be at least
$2O0,O00,0O0, and may reach $225, 900,
900. The total length of the canal will
be 1900 miles. This includes seven
miles of free sailing on Lake Bokio.
The length of the Nicaragua Canal is
1896 miles, including forty-two miles
of free sailing on Lake Nicaragua
Thus 1t will be seen that there is in
favor OF the Panama route 100 miles
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-12
The Spanking free.

Old writer's, in mentioning birch
trees, seldom failed to say solemnly
that they were useful to grow branch
es with which to give boys thrashings.
Turner regards the supply of flexible,
pendant branches" for purposes of
punishment as the chief merit of the
tree. Coles also based his estimate
of the birch chiefly on it's use in the
supply of rods as instruments of pun
ishment, for he writes: THE civil
uses whereunto the birch serveth are
many; as, for the punishment of chill
dren, both at home and at school;
for it hath an admirable influence
upon them to quiet them when they
are out of order, and, therefore, some
call it makepiece." In ancient Rome
the fasces of the lictors, with which
they cleared the way for the magis-
trates, were formed with rods of
birch, and their influence was usually
sufficient to insure rapid dispersion
of men assembled where they would
impede the passage of the admins
traitors of the law. From that time to
within a comparatively recent period
the birchen rod was regarded as one
of the most important deterrents Of
juvenile depravity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-12

ity In distance for the trade of the Far
East and Australia, the advantages at
present being greatly in favor of Eu.
rope.
The report Of the Walker Commits
sion points out that the canal will have
an especially direct and important eff
feet upon the market for American
coal Vessels engaged in our own or
European commerce through the canal
Will find 1t to their advantage to pur-
chase American fuel on our Atlantic
or Gulf seaboards, or in West Indian
and Central American stations The
larger commerce which the canal will
cause to move across the North Pacific
may increase the demand for the prod
uct of the Puget Sound mines. The
low cost at which coal can be placed
at tidewater on the Gulf and Atlantic
seaboards, and the fact that there will
be considerable movement of vessels
in ballast or with part cargoes west
ward through the canal, makes it prob
able that the coal required for indus
trial purposes on the west coast of
South and Central America. and for
commercial uses in those regions, and
to some extent in the coaling stations
Of the Pacific. will be supplied from
the mines in the southern and eastern
sections of the United States. The de-
mantis at home for. the coal of all the
mining centers of the United States
will be enlarged by the canal in pro-
portion to its effect upon the develop
ment Of American industries.
The effect of the canal upon the rail-
roads in the eastern and southern sec
tons of the United States will be IA
yorable. The lines in the central West
will feel the competition in rates some
what more than will the Eastern and
Southern roads, but the only business
that can be diverted from them Is the
low-class transcontinental traffic, and
this will be fully compensated for by
the larger traffic due to the canals eff
feet upon the development and diversi-
fcation of the manufacturing and 9TH
er Industries of the section they serve
The railways connecting the Missis-
sippi Valley with the Pacific ports are
the roads with which the canals COM
petition will be strongest, and the rates
on a large share of their through bust
ness will be regulated by the water
route.
1t is calculated that the canab will
be completed in ten years, or i1 the
year 1914. From an examination of
statistics of vessel movements between
the Atlantic and Pacific it is estimated
that nearly s0O0,OOO net tons will pass
through the canal in 1909 and about
100000 net tons in 1914 Assuming
that the rate Of increase in traffic dur
ing the first ten years of operation
would be 62h per cent. the tonnage
that would pass through the canal in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-12

swooping down to pick up a fsh as
deity. for all its size. as a real swal-
low.
But what did Ornithostoma-this is
the animals name-do with his wings
and beak when he made an occasional
visit to the land2 One would thiak
they must have been very much in
his way. and that the animal was as
awkward on the shore as he twas
graceful in the air. And how did he
start to fly2 With such enormous
wings. we think Ornithostoma must
have dwelt on cliffs about the sea and
launched of them as the gannets do
from Bird Rock. This great fying
reptile lived some six million years
ago; the sea over which it flew long
ago disappeared. and the mud into
which its bones sank became chalk
and from the formation of these great
ce>@,.''s beds the time at which Orni.
shostoma existed is called the Creta-
ceous Period-From THE Largest
Flying Creature" in st. Nicholas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-12
NEW PENSION RULING
BY Which Practically All Veteran
II

By Which Practically All Veterans
VIII Draw Peusions.
Under the new ruling made recently by
the administration every veteran of the
Civil War who can prove his service
and his age is entitled 30 a pension
There have been introduced into Con-
gress several bills providing for service
pensions, but there has beer a hesitancy
toward their passage on the ground that
the cry of extravaganza might be made.
The administration has taken the matter
into its own hands and assumes the full
responsibility before the country.
An act passed in 1890 directed the pen
sion bureau to regard any veteran in
.oapacitated who has reached the nse OF
- and to award him pension Of So a
month. The administration HIS taken
the position that if it has the power 10
make ruling that a man is entirely in
capacitated Mt IS it has a right to say
that he is partially incapacitated before
he reaches that age. Acting on this con
clusion. it has been ordered that when a
veteran is CO years old he shall be re-
garded as half incapacitated and shall be
entitled to a pension Of So month; at
69 $40 and at 20 s12.
The new ruling will give a pension to
practically every veteran Of the Civil
War. for there are very few who have
not reached the age of G2.