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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18
GRAFT is WIDESPREAD.
Reports Show that Officials Are Ac.
cused in Majority of States.


How widespread is the grating by
public officials throughout the United
States and the slow awakening of the
public to a realization of the extent to
which officials are profting by the funds
of the taxpayers and from the extortion
of brides and perquisites from those who
would enrich themselves at the expense
of the community, is revealed by dis
patches from the various States in the
Chicago Tribune.
From time TO time within the last few
months have come scattering kilograms
telling of the indictment of public officials
for the betrayal of their trusts, of the
failure of banks through mismanagement
that sometimes barely escaped criminal
prosecution, and the league of supposed
enforcers of the law with those who
Oreak the laws. But probably there has
been little realization of such widespread
extent of graft throughout the nation as
is revealed by the investigation summar-
lied in the Tribune.
The reports from correspondents show
that in fully two-thirds of the States of
the Union graft is prevailing on whole
sale scale and that the fragrant offenses
nf1ict punishment.
In some States it is found that legis-
ators have been guilty " accepting
brides. In California they have been
expelled and one has been sent to Jail.
In other States, as in Arkansas, they are
lnder indictment In many, as in New
York, favors arc admittedly a matter of
barter and sale.
In New Orleans and other cities it is
found that the police are leagued with
criminals to prey upon the law-abiding
citizens, and in others, as in Philadel-
phia, politicians have grown rich from
The earnings of disreputable dives. In
scores Of cities the city administrations
are being investigated by grand juries
who are uncovering corrupt practices
hat were suspected but now revealed.
Prominent citizens are being brought
% shame before those who had been
taught to regard their probity as above
:eproach, and they stand before their fell
ow citizens as perverters of justice and
lnstigators of violation of the laws for
heir private profit. In Oregon a Senator
IF the United States has been convicted
and Congressman are on trial
The inquiry develops that in only
eleven States is there no charge of graft
Dr. investigation threatening. But among
those exempt are Colorado, which was
recently the scene of tremendous ballot
frauds; Delaware, whose electorate is no
!oriously corrupt; Kentucky, where, how
ever, a Governor was shot not many
months ago to prevent his Inauguration;
Mississippi, where more than half the
citizens are DISTINGUISHED; Montana,
where politics is a mere struggle be-
tween rival copper kings. OF those ex-
smpt only six really stand with clear
skirts, viz, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Mas
iachusetts, Michigan and North Carolina.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18
Choosing Embroidery.

In choosing embroideries look first
at the material; some of the sheerest
are less fimsy than the apparently
sturdy. Look next at the edge; if the
stitching is too shallow it's likely to
pull out soon. If the scallop is in
deep points, it's bound to curl up at
the first wearing.
Lace and embroidery combinations
the new combinations that the fash
ionable world is petting to death-are
myriad, from the tiny, wavy edges,
ending in a beading and finishing with
the sheerest bit of valenciennes fulled
on to the edge, to the heavy kinds,
with heavy linen-embroidered
the foundation, and the frailest. most
perishable of pompadour laces for or
nament
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

The gown at the left is of lilac linen.
The skirt is plated and trimmed at
the bottom with an embroidery of
braid, or cord. The bolero is also
trimmed with the embroidery, and the
back is gathered at the bottom under
a strap Of the material ornamented
with buttons. The blouse is of en-
broidered batiste, and the girdle is
of silk of a little darker shade than
the gown.
The other gown is of reseda green
cashmere. The skirt is made with
narrow breadths, which are cut off
about knee height and finished with
groups of plaitings, the plaits opening
out again almost Immediately. The
blouse is trimmed in front and around
the epaulettes with plaitings of taffeta
of the same shade as the gown The
little yoke is composed of bands of
lace insertion fagoted together, and
below this are straps of cord and but
tons. Buttons also ornament the front.
and the girdle is of tafTeta. The full
sleeves are finished Just below the ell
bows with cuffs composed of bands of
lace fagoted together like the yoke.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18
Pnfafnes for a Song.

The potato season closed at Northport,
Mich, with hundreds of thousands of
bushels of the tubers remaining in the
pits and warehouses, while quantities
of them have been sold in thousand
bushel lots for s and 10 cents busheI
Cottagers who arrived early could Sc
cure 80 bushels for % cents, that being
the price they must pay a man to haul
them away.
Last fall it is said, the farmers were
offered % cents a bushel for their potato
crop, but held off for higher prices, with
the result that the market cOrnered them
instead of they cornering the market, and
thousands of bushels will be dumped on
vacant land.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

The country generally will approve
President Roosevelt's decision not to
call the fifty-ninth congress in extra
ordinary session for the consideration
Of the railroad rate bill 1t is believed
that sentiment in favor of the legis-
lation is growing rapidly and that by
the time congress meets in regular
session it will be prepared to heed
public opinion. The original propo-
Sition to call the session in October
was later discouraged no doubt by
the fac that many congressman
would be detained at home by press
ing political engagements, and that
interest in any subject brought to the
attention of congress would be di-
vided. With the beginning of the
regular session, the elections viii be
over and there will Oe nothing TO him
der congress giving careful considera-
ton to the subject. That the Esch-
Townsend bill will never become
law is now certain, and curiosity cen
tiers in the possible features of the
substitute measure. 1t is believed that
the administration forces will fight
for government supervision in a modi-
fed form and will prove their ability
to get such a measure enacted. With
the information gathered by the SEN
ate committee and that picked up by
congressman through personal inyes-
tigation, it is thought that congress
can arrive at satisfactory conclu-
sion of the railway rate question with
out devoting months to il.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18
HOLMES is OUSTED.
Associate statistician Discharged by

Associate Statistician Discharged by
Secretary Wilson.
Edward S. Holmes, associate statisti-
clan of the Agricultural Department.
was summarily dismissed by Secretary
Wilson, as a result of the investigation
into the charges of leak in the cotton
crop reports. Holmes is said to have
received $4,000 from New York cotton
brokers for advance information which
would affect the cotton market.
Secretary Wilson made public his re-
port on the investigation made by secret
service agents and it discloses a scandal
Gus state of affairs, which vii be correct
ed by new method of making up the
report in the future.
There seems to be every reason to be-
lieve, correspondent says, that Holmes
could have given approximately correct
information anywhere from one to three
days in advance of the publication of
the Official report. During the entire
cotton reporting season of 1903 Holmes
had access to the reports, his chief be-
ing in Europe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18
TEETH ON GRINDsTONE.
1t Increases the Rapidity of the Cut
ting Operation.

ting Operation.
Many Improvements have been made
in recent years in the grindstone until
the labor of the tedious operation of
using it is reduced to a minimum, re-
ord. The introduction of electricity is
mainly responsible for the change Of
the general appearance of the stone,
as the use of the current has permitted
the adoption of a number of convent
ences which were not hitherto to be
see the grindstone and emery wheel
almost entirely inclosed in a casing
with an electric motor concealed and
protected in the case. Means are pro-
vided for the application of the neces-
sary oil and water as desired and the
cost of the operation of the wheels is
greatly reduced by reason of the fact
that it is such a simple MATES, to
throw ii in and out of operation that
it is maintained in motion only when
IN actual use.
Another improvement which has
been recently introduced is the making
of the grinding wheel with teeth.
These teeth take the form of inclined
corrugations ON the periphery of the
stone.
In grinding the corrugarions afford
relief and, being inclined, a shearing
action is combined with that Of grind
ing. The corrugations are formed on
the wheel by a patented tool, which
may be used without any special fix
ture, requires no unusual skill and
does not necessitate removing of the
wheel, being handled very much as
though it were an ordinary emery
wheel dresser.
The effect of the corrugating is
claimed to be very marked. Numerous
tests have been made with q great va
riety of wheels before and after being
corrugated. These have been used TO
grind many different materials under
various conditions and the results have
shown that the corrugated wheel
grinds more rapidly, with much less
heating and with a greatly reduced
tendency to glaze.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

suaded they are foolish or old-fashion-
ed; don't, when love becomes a daily
certainty, fancy sentiment can be dis
pensed with, or you will wake up with
start one of these fine days and find
to your cost that the future which
promised to be so fair is stretching
blank and desolate before you, and
that your husband, or your wife, as
the case may be, bears no resemblance
to the sweetheart of years gone by.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18
The boarding Habit.

The prevailing idea that keeping a
clutch upon ones belongings denotea
an economical disposition is entirely
erroneous. Such habit indicates rath-
er a misery spirit. Because ones be-
longings represent money is no reason
one should hoard them after they are
no longer useful. The practice is an
evidence of selfishness-an indulgence
of weakness-and needs to be cut Off
like any other unworthy habit.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18
The SOLITARY.

Upon the messed rock by the spring
She sits, forgetful of her pail,
Lost in remote remembering
Of that which may no more avail.
Her thin, pale hair is dimly dressed
Above a brow lined deep with care,
The color Of leaf long pressed
4 faded leaf that once was fair.
You may not know her from the stone,
So still she sits who does not stir,
Thinking Of this one thing alone
TIE love that never came to her.
-harper's Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

flee began, mo smoking" signs have
been placed in cons picuous places on
the walls of the police headquarters,
and the use of The weed by visitors is
strictly tabooed.
For several hours each night Miss
Payne is in entire charge of the
force. Seated at a desk in headquar-
tiers from Z p. N. to a. H., she re-
ceives the hourly reports of the patrol
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

the future they wear out, it is easy
enough, by removing the threadbare
parts and judiciously joining the re-
mainder, to turn two carpets into one
Do not buy china of an uncommon
design, which you will find difficult to
match when broken. Plain white ware
is to be recommended for ordinary
use, as it is easily replaced when oc-
casion requires, and if all the bedroom
sets are of white or one pattern, econ
omy will result when breakage oc-
ours.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

other woman IN
the country. She is
desk sergeant on
the police force in
that city.
Miss Payne does
not wear a uni
form, nor does she
smoke or swear
while on duty-or
off it, for that mat
ter. Indeed, since
her Tenure in Of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18
Truth Comes out.

If the truth must be told, women
are not as rule, impressed with the
Importance of keeping a contract as
are men, who are used to keeping to
a bargain or contract, whether profit
able or not-The Queen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

waist line half an inch below where
she actually feels the line to exist. a
garment cut an inch too long-waisted
looks Infinitely better than one quar-
ter of an inch too short-waisted; es-
pecially is this to be noticed in the
plain tailor coat made with single fly
fronts When the coat hangs open it
rides up in the back when not long
enough in the waist. and it gives a
most awkward appearance to a wom-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18
Young Housekeeners.

Do not, if you are going to make
the curtains at home. buy them with
out taking the needful measurements
beforehand.
Do not try to buy too much at once.
No matter if the rooms do look a
trife bare at first. as time goes on
you can gradually acquire more pretty
things.
Do not forget that Il is extremely
economical TO buy two carpets of the
same pattern. Consequently, when in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18
Stout womau and Her Waist.

One point that every woman at all
inclined to stoutness should remember
is to keep the line of her waist long by
cutting all her clothes with straight
seam and dart lines, and placing the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18
Gems of Thought.

The finest music heard in heaven is
made on Garth.
No man ever reached a joy by jump
ing over a duty,
Wandering afar is not essential to
the welcome of home.
Finding flaws in the sermon is cas-,
Ter than following it any day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

President Roosevelt's appointment
of a committee to investigate all the
executive branches of the government
with a view to placing them on a mod
ern business basis promises 20 create
a revolution at the capital whSre RED
tape has been supreme and precedent
unchallenged from time immemorial.
The committee consists of representa-
tives of the various departments and
its instruction is to find out" 1t is
evident that the President has learned
enough about the running Of the gov
eminent machinery to convince him
that there is an abundance of waste
and extravaganza. 1t is current talk
that there are thousands of people on
Uncle Sans pay roll who do little else
than draw their breath as warrant
for drawing their salaries. The Presi-
dent could take up no subject that is
nearer the people than this one. and
the time IS especially opportune when
our expenditures are exceeding the re-
ceipts by several millions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

To make flour ball for teething
babies, tie the contents of a cup of
flour in piece of muslin, drop in cold
wafer and bring to the boil. Boil
steadily for three hours, turn out the
ball, and dry for hours in an open
oven. When ready to use it, CRATE
tablespoonful, wet up with a little cold
water, and stir into half-cup of boil
ing water. Add a little salt
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

Unless baby is suffering from some
chronic trouble it can be kept healthy
and happy all through warm weather
by being frequently sponged in ,epid
water during the day and kept clad
in two garments only. One of these
should be knit bandage, and the 9TH
er a roomy "nightie" of cheesecloth or
scrim. Strange as it may seem, baby
will be cooler and more comfortable
than if clothing were dispensed with
altogether, especially when put down
to nap.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18
Good Advice Boiled Down.

Drink less, breathe more.
Talk less, think more.
Ride less, walk more.
Clothe less, battle more.
Worry less, work more.
Waste less, give more.
Preach less, practice more.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

Dried wood stepped in oil is used to
incinerate departed members of the
Priesthood sight common in Cey-
lon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

Pen paralysis is said to be on the
increase among government officials in
Washington whose duties require
them to sign a great number of docu-
ments each day. Some of them spenu
three hours daily in affixing their
signatures. The fact is recalled that
when the late Daniel Manning was
Secretary of the Treasury relief was
obtained by the use of stamp in
signing his name, with the exception
of the final ''g" He legalized the
signature by writing that letter with
a pen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

The conditions upon which Chinese
may be excluded from the United
States have become the subject of dis
cussion between the governments OF
the United States and China. The At
tempt to negotiate a new exclusion
treaty at Picking has been temporarily
abandoned because of the resentment
which the discussion has aroused i'm
China. The Chinese view is that. by
reason of the expiration last December
of the exclusion treaty of 1894, the
treaty of 1880 is now in force. Under
that treaty it was provided that the
limitation or suspension Of Chinese i'm
migration into the United States should
be reasonable" and should apply to
laborers only. The Chinese govern
ment claims indemnity for any viola
ton of this treaty, and a claim for
damages has already been made in be-
half of a Chinese merchant who was
arrested at Seattle. Under a recent de-
cision of the United States Supreme
Court an American-bOrn Chinaman
who leaves this country has no redress
if he is refused readmission.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

men as they go over their beats, and
marks the time of the calls on a big
report sheet, which is the record of
the faithfulness of each officer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

Stockholders in fire insurance com
pany have money to burn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18
WomauP Police SERGEANT.

Miss Nettie Payne of Butler. Pa, is
engaged in an occupation which, so
far as known, is net followed by any
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

Government crop reports have al
ways been regarded as valuable be-
cause they form a basis for an esti-
mate of the size of the crop of wheat
or corn or cotton, or whatever other
crop might be reported upon. Striking
tribute to the financial value of early
knowledge of the governments fig
ures is contained in the demand of
the Southern Cotton Growers Asso-
citation that the Secretary of Agricul-
ture discover and punish the man said
to be guilty of giving out the figures
in advance of their official publica-
ton. Men acting on advance infor-
nation are said to have made money
in speculation in cotton futures, that
is, in cotton for future delivery. The
investigation will show whether any
employee of the department has been
guilty of giving out information, and
if he is proved guilty he will be pun
ished. The crop reports are not the
private property of any citizen. They
belong to the whole people. The at
tempt usually is made to secure their
simultaneous publication in all parts
of the country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18

When some newspaper correspond
ents asked the Secretary Of the Navy
for permission to go on a battle-ship
during the recent maneuvers in Chesa-
peake Bay, he declined, saying that tNe
department had learned something
from the Japanese. 1t had decided
that if the war game disclosed any
weak points in the coast defense, j.
was better not to have the world know
them, for if such a discovery We're
made and discussed in America it
would surely travel across the sea.
Secret-keeping is one of the most diff
cult tasks of a free government in deal
ing with an alert newspaper press, and
with a public that wants to know"
what is going on. Japan has been as
tonishingly successful during the war
in keeping its secrets. The destruction
of a great battle-ship was not known
till months afterward. Togo's where
abouts Were quite unknown until be
bounced on the Russian fleet. No won
der that nearly every correspondent
who went to Japan to report the war
returned disguised because of the small
chances open to him for news-getting.
Japan could not afford to conduct war
for the sake of furnishing spectacu-
lar exhibit to the world. 1t is often
the part of patriotism TO help the ma
ton keep its secrets. American news
papers have sometimes recognized this;
more frequently they have not done So
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-02-01
BILL TO APPROPRIATE $34,OOO.OOQ FOR
RIVER AND RARBQR IMPROVEMENTS

Lake and Nebish channel, st. Mary
river. $500, 600, and for continuing con
tracts. $3.50, 600; Detroit river, for con
tinufng contracts, 100000.
isconsin-Ashland. 10000; Stur-
geon bay and Lake Michigan ship ca
nal and harbor of Nfuge (conditionall
$50. 900: Alanitowoc, $4,000; Milwau-
kee harhor. including harbor Of ref
uge tconditionaD. S25' goo, and Tor
continuing contracts. S11S,5S1; Ra-
cine S30. 600: Fox river, $4,000.
Etinois-Waukega harbor, $4,000;
chicago. 100000: Calumet river.
500 1000. and continuing contracts
s17e. 600: Illinois and Mississippi ca
nal. $500 .OO0. and continuing CON
tracts. 100000.
Mississippi river-Reservoir at mead
waters. $4,000; between st. Paul
and Minneapolis, continuing contracts.
$500 600: Cairo 10 head of the passes,
81 o00. 600. and continuing contracts,
80 600 GOO. At Moline. III. 100000,
and continuing contracts S2S6,o00;
South Pass. $4,000.
Appropriations for general emergen-
cies aggregate 100000. and surveys
$325.0c0.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-02-01

Washington. Jan. 27.-The house
committee yesterday agreed on bill
providing, for river and harbor work
Il carries sl7.O91,S75 and authorizes
expenditures FOR continuing contracts
aggregating $16.734,657. From the to-
tai Of cash appropriated is to be de-
Quoted S21SS.942. the unexpended
balance of the appropriation carried in
the emergency act of last year. Only
Il few new projects are provided for.
The following shows the sums appro-
priated for the places named where
the item amounts TO $4,000 or more;
Northumberland Marais harbor Of
refuge. $4,000: ManistiQue harbor,
$4,000; South Haven harbor. (condl-
tionaN $4,000: Saugatuck harbor and
Kalamazoo river, $4,000; Holland
Black lakel. Sos. 900. and for continu-
ing contracts. $4,000; Grand Haven,
100000; Muskegon. 100000; Charlie
voiN and entrance to Pine Lake, S25'-
00o; Hsrbor Beach narbor of refuge.
5000, 900; waterway across Keweenaw
Point. SIS 600: Grand river. 100000;
Saginaw river. $4,000: st. Mary's
river, at the Falls. $4,000, and for
continuing contracts, 100000: Hay
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-02-01
rr.ins stalled in Snow.

Johnson Greek. Wis, Jan. 20
Train No. 80 on the Chicago & North
western. running from Fond du Lac to
GAINESVILLE. was caught in a snowdrift
here. Other engines hauled out the
but derailed the engine. Traf-
fc was at a standstill until noon. The
Chicago and WATERFOWL norlhbound
train was stalled hero all night.