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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
WISCONSIN SOLOKS.
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The spirit of harmony which was seri-
ously Jared by the Johnson resolution.
introduced in the Senate Thursday. Ques-
tioning the correctness of the Governors
figures in regard to the earnings of rail
roads in Iowa and Wisconsin respective
~, was restored Friday morning when by
consent of both factions, substitute
resolution was introduced and passed.
1t was the suggestion of administration
men and, instead of calling upon the
Governor to state the authority for his
statements, it provides for committee
of three, including Senator johnson and
Senators Frear and Hatten, to examine
the reports and verify the Governors
statements, or otherwise The Assembly
committee on railroads recommended for
passage the 2-cent passenger fare bill
The committee on penal and charitable
institutions recommended for passage the
appropriations for the several State in
situations, and also for the appropriation
OF SlO0.OO0 for an asylum for the Grim
inal insane in connection with the 0sh-
kosh asylum. These Recommendation
bills went to the committee on claims.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

When the cholera germ gets into a
herd Of swine it is all day with that
herd The thing to do is to keep a
close tab on the germ.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
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ln H!,ss,,z1ST GkaJ,

In the Assembly the other night Mr..
4hayer, the preacher legislator. who. il
might be expected, would be the most So
rlous and solemn member in the House.
sent to the clerks desk a communication
| from the State of New York. and asked
as a point of personal privilege that it
be read, as 1t was a literary production
of rare merit and was replete with good
advice. The miSsive was addressed to
ANY member of the Legislature of Wis
consin, and came from NJ. III. Cahil Of
Elmira, n. Y. He stated in rambling
way, repeating himself often. tnat hs
believed that it would be a GOOD scheme
to have juries made up of ifteen men. so
that if one or two II them got sick or
died the remainder could bring In a YER
dict. He also suggested that the Legis-
lature should pass law providing that
each farmer should leave one shock of
grain in every twenty acres of his fields
for food for wild game Corn. he said.
would have TO be broken up. as it was
TOO large for grouse and quail. Hay left
on fences or underbrush would do for
deer. He added that he had been laid
up for some time because of injuries re-
ceived from wearing high-heeled boots,
which friend had induced him to wear.
Hereafter. he continued, lie would follow
his own convictions iaSscad of taking the
advice of friends In return for all his
suggestions he asked that a number of
Wisconsin newspapers be seat to him, he
didn't care how old they were. as he used
TO work for farmer in this State
Speaker Lenroot referred that part of
the letter relating to juries to the judi
ciary committee. that relating to wild
fowl to the fish and game committee,
that relating TO feed to the dairy and
food committee, that relating to his sore
ankle to the committee ON health and
sanitation, and that relating to the news
papers to the committee on printing.
''and the gentleman himself is referred
to the committee on charitable and penal
Institutions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

1t is said that one good way to Sc
lect a good layer is to draw an i'm
aginary line from the eye TO the feet,
and should the part of the fowl on
the rear part of that line be in excess
of that in front il is on indication Of
q good layer. If the larger portion
IS in front it indicates good table
fowl. The claim is that a good table
fowl has a preponderance of breast
and is not a good layer The layer
has but little breast, but has CORE
spondingly well-developed egg organs
and is 4 good LAYER.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

In some localities at least sheep
should be looked upon rs auxiliares
in keeping up the fertility of the land
rather than a means of profit.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

The dairyman who is up to date will
not be satisfied by knowing the cow
that gives the most milk or butter in
day or in a year, but he will seek
the COW which produces the most from
each dollars worth of feed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

A cheap paint for outbuildings and
fences consists of a mixture of ce-
ment and water mixed to a paint con-
sistency to which is added such color
ing matter as may be desired. Yellow
ocher makes a good coloring matter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

A large amount of the so-called
whole -four consists simply OF a
mixture of flour and middlings. Con
as much for it as they do for the real
-four. The addition of middHngs will
deter rising. but adds TO its nutrition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

If some men could compute the
time taken in running about from
place to place for forks they could
soon buy a number of them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

A good thermometer is fine thing
20 have to help ambitious people use
good judgment. Sometimes the wealth
er Is too cold to make a trip to town
and when there is no Thermometer one
is liable to guess that 1.-The weather is
not cold
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

Cooperation among farmers is all
right. but such cooperative associa-
tons should be organized by the farm.
ers themselves and not by some per
son who has an ak to grind. Usually
the organizers have personal and Ill
fal.iOr nurnOSeS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

A prominent Illinois swine breeder
says he knows that it is against the
experiment station reports to cook
feed for hogs, but he feeds warm feed
to his growing pigs in winter. He
thinks they appreciate warm feed
Just as well as he does and he obtains
as good growth in winter as he does il
summer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-16
INDIA JUGGLERS' TRICK
What They Learned from Watching
the Brilliant Butterflies in
the Jungle.

One of the bewildering tricks played
by the famous jugglers of India is that
of making a boy disappear before the
eyes of the spectators. One moment
he is in plain view, dancing around
with his bright red or green garments
f1uttering wildly; the next instant he
fades away, and though there is alb
hide, nobody can see him anywhere.
This trick has been borrowed by the
jugglers from an Indian butterfly. The
butterfly has such gorgeous blue and
red wings that it is almost dazzling
and when it fits through the jungle
even the dullest and most careless eye
is attracted instantly by it.
Yet the moment it settles on a twig
it disappears utterly, and those who
are not aware of it's secret may search
as they will they cannot find it.
The secret is that the under side Of
those gorgeous wings is not gorgeous
at all. but is the exact color and shape
of withered leaves, so the moment the
insect folds it's wings it's glowing col
ors vanish, and it looks exactly like
any one of the thousands of leaves.
The trick of the jugglers is worked
by the same simple means. says the
Boston Globe. The brilliant clothing
of the dancing boy has a reverse side
that is pure white. At the proper mo-
ment the boy f1utters his garments
wildly, reverses them, and squats close
to a white wall or against group Of
Whitehead jugglers.
At the same moment he rubs white
powder over his face. and by this lu-
dicrously simple trick he. deceives the
sharpest sight.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-16
RAILWAY RATE LEGISLATION
Biennial Convention of Conductors
Ask Congress Not to Pass Ad-
verse Railroad Laws.

At the biennial convention Of the
Order of Railway Conductors recently
held at Portland, Oregon, resolutions
were unanimously adopted voicing
their sentiments as to the effect of pro-
posed railway rate legislation on the
100000 railroad employees, whom they
in part represented. These resolutions
"indorse the attitude of President
Roosevelt in condemning secret re-
bates and other illegalities, and COM
mend the attitude of the heads of
American Railways, who, with prac-
tical unanimity, have joined with
the President on this question"
They then respectfully point out to
Congress the 'tinadvisability of legisls
ton vesting in the hands of a COM
mission power over railway rates, now
lower by far in the United States than
in any other country" because such
regulation would result in litigation
and confusion and inevitably tend to
an enforced reduction in rates, ire
spective of the question of the ability
of the railroads to stand the reduction,
especially in view of the increased cost
of their supplies and materials" They
further protested against such power
being given to the present Interstate
Commission because "the proposed leg
islation is not in harmony with our
idea of American Jurisprudence, mas
much as it contemplates that single
body shall have the right to investi-
gate, indict, try, condemn and then
enforce it's decisions at the cost of the
carriers, pending appeal, which is
manifestly inequitable."
The conductors base their demand
for only such legislation if any, as
would Secure and insure justice and
equity and preserve equal rights to all
parties concerned" on the ground that
the low cost of transportation sis the
railway management and operation
which have built up the country
through constant Improvement and de-
velopment of territory, while at the
same time recognition has been given
to the value of intelligence among en-
ployes in contrast to foreign methods,
where high freight rates and lowest
wages to employees obtain
In pressing their claim against legis-
lation adverse to their interests, they
point out the fact that "the freight
rates of this country average only two
per cent. of the cost of articles to the
consumer, thus making the freight
rate so insignificant factor in the
selling price that numerous standard
articles are sold at the same price in
all parts of the country"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-16
THE GENERAL DRIFT.

Alderman Hamburger, of New York
city, has been in Office three and a
half years, and has married 5000 peo-
pie.
Alexis Sergevitch Suvonin, editor of
the Novoe Vremya. now 70, has been
for years the greatest figure in the
Russian journalistic world.
Joseph Davis, a desperate robber,
saturated with kerosene bale of jute
in the jute mill of the state prison,
San Quentin, Cal, the other day, and
set fire to it. The fire was put out
after a short but hard fight
A remarkable instance of longevity
and one probably without parallel in
Maine, If not in New England, is illus
trated in the family of Mrs Deborah
Chase, Of Chase Lake. Mrs Chase is
"a years old, in excellent health, and
has ten living children, the youngest
being 45 years old. The only death in
this family for a period Of 30 years
was that of Mr.. Chase, about 80 years
ago. There are rs grandchildren and
IA great-grandchildren.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-16

ton soon affected various parts of the
world the United States, Australia and
other British possessions, South Amer
lea, Java, and even Japan. AS time
went on, and increased emigration
took place, the Chinese question grew
apace, the hordes of coolies became a
menace threatening many people. The
part taken by America toward their ex-
clusion is we'll known.
While anyone can easily see the la
borer's side of the matter, it may be
well to look at the less exploited side;
or at least get different point of view.
Hiram S. Maxim, writing in the Fort
nightly, presents an English view of
the reason John Chinaman proved
displeasing to the American workman.
Johns tireless industry made the
eight-hour men tired to behold; his
ability to add to his earnings by get
ting living in off time out Of few
feet of soil, made them envious; his
economies they averred were disgrace
full; his success at ''the game" dishon-
orable. So hue and cry was raised
against Chinese cheap labor, the
Chinese were discredited right and
left.
John met the argument that be-
cause of his low standard of living he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-16
TRICK WITH WATER.
How One May Make the Drops Run
Down and Then UP Hill in
Surprising Way.

If a drop of water is let all on a
piece of paper it spreads in large cir
cle If, however, the paper has been
oiled, or covered with lampblack OF
some similar substance, the drop OF
water will roll upon it as ball slight
ly fiattened. This fact may be made
use of for the performance of a pretty
trick.
Take band of rather strong paper
about foot wide and as long as pos
sible-seversb sheets pasted together
end to end veil do admirably-pass ii
over a smoking lamp, or, better still
cover one side of it with graphite, COM
monty called black lead. or plumbago.
Stand upright on the table several
books, decreasing regularly in size,
and pin the band of paper on their
backs, taking care that the waves in
the paper are longer and more shallow
as you approach the smallest book. At
the lower end Of the band place dish.
At the other end pour water drop by
drop on the paper. The drops will roll
rapidly down the first incline, and
with the impetus thus gained will re-
mount over the back of the second
book and so on over one book after
another till they drop into the dish.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-16
FUNNY STOCK.
Some of the Freaks to Be Found On a
Pennsylvania Wild An
imal Farm.

Come good crops or bad, the wild
animal farm does thriving business.
Its cosmopolitan population, gathered
from Asia, Africa, India, from every
cline, do not take kindly to farm
work. The camels refuse to plow;
no amount of urging will induce the
zebras to do the work OF horses; nor
will the yaks or the sacred cows do the
work of ordinary oxen. Actually the
farm is a great animal boarding house,
with "boarders" from all over the
world. The farm, which comprises
some 300 acres. is located near Allen
town, Pa. says Francis Arnold Collins,
in st. Nicholas. It's population last
year numbered more than 300 head
of different kinds of stock and COM
prised large and fairly complete me-
nagerie.
During the summer months the en-
tire population of the wild-animal
| farm travel about the country in the
vans of the Greatest Show on Earth -
Early each fall the animals return to
their quiet Pennsylvania farm to enjoy
a well-earned vacation 1t is a great
day for the countryside, for miles in
all directions. when the circus comes
to the country. The great herds of
camels. dromedaries. yaks, buffalo,
llamas, and the rest, are shipped to the
nearest railroad point and paradea
across country to their winter quar-
tiers. The caravan makes very pref
ty picture as it moves slowly along, up
hill and down dale, over the quiet
country roads.
The winter residents of the wild-a ami
NAL farm are known in the circus as
the lied stock" In the cross-country
march to the farm it might more cor
rectly be called the pulled, pushed, or
hauled stock" The journey is usually
very exciting. In the various parades
of the Barnum & Bailey circus through
out the country. these same animals
will remain passive in the streets of
great cities. no matter how loudly the
| band may play. the calliope whistle, or
the small boys shout. But, strange to
say, a quiet country lane affects them
very differently. and they will balk as
only camel can, shy at the most in
nocent bush or tree crash through
high fences or hurdle them. and go fly
ing over the surrounding farms, to the
CONSERVATION of the farmers. The car,
AVIAN starts on it's journey promptly at
sunrise. and it is usually late in the
day before the farm is reached and the
last unruly runaway rounded up and
safely stabbed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-16
NAMES BEST DOCTOR
MIR. BAYssON PUBLISHES RESULTS
OF VALUABLE EXPERIENCE.
A Former Pronounced Dyspeptic He Now
Rejoices in Perfect Freedom from
Miseries of Indigestion.

A Former Pronounced Dyspeptic He Now
Rejoices in Perfect Freedom from
Miseries of Indigestion.
Thousands of sufferers know that tho
reason why they are irritable and de-
pressed and nervous and sleepless is be-
cause their food does not digest, but how
u get rid of the difficulty is the pnzzling
question.
Good digestion calls for strong diges-
tive organs, and strength comes from a
supply Of good rich blood. For this
reason Mr.. Baysson took DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for the cure of indigestion.
"They have been my best doctor" he
says. 81 was suffering from dyspepsia.
The pains i'll my stomach after meals
were almost unbearable. My sleep was
very irregular and my complexion was
sallow. AS the result of using eight
boxes of DR.. Williams Pink Pills, about
the merits of which I learned from
friends in France, I have escaped all
these troubles, and am able again to take
pleasure in eating"
A very simple story, but if it had not
U60H lOE LIZ. w L Lila LIS ~
might have been tragic one. When dis
comfort begins with eating, fills up the
intervals between meals with pain, and
prevents sleep at night, there certainly
cannot be much pleasure in living. A
final general breaking down must be
merely question of time.
Mr.. Joseph Baysson is a native Of
Aix-les- Bains, France, but now resides
at No. 2439 Larkin street, San Francisco,
Gal. He is one of a great number who
can testify to the remarkable efficacy Of
DIR. Williams Pink Pills in the treatment
of obstinate disorders of the stomach.
If you would get rid of nausea, pain or
burning in the stomach, vertigo, ner-
vousness, insomnia, or any of the other
miseries of dyspeptic, get rid Of the
weakness of the digestive organs by the
use of DIR. Williams Pink Pills. They
are sold by druggists everywhere.
Proper diet is, of course, great aid in
forwarding recovery once begun, and a
little book, "What to Eat and How to
Eat," may be obtained by any one who
makes request for it by writing to the
Dr.. Williams Medical Co., Schenectady,
NY. This valuable diet book contains
an important chapter on the simplest
means for the cure OF constipation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-16

could lot be "assimilated" by immedi-
ately-he had saved little money
entering trade; here he prospered with
rapidity, because he kept his place inn
maculate, his goods shining, and sold
cheap. John, that he might prosper and
that he might be "assimilated," set to
work to learn better English than the
pidgin. To be sure, he was bit
crafty in this, put on a pious mein and
learned without money and without
price, and very pleasantly, from lovely
United States Sunday school ladies'
but have we not instances of Yankee
shrewdness equal to this, instances we
have taken a certain pride in? John,
in his desire to prove himself capable
of developing the country's resources,
delved away II and 10 hours a day at
worked-out gold mines, with the result
that persistency and ferret eyes some
times built up fortune. Then John,
still trying to be American tucked his
shirt in his trousers put on a silk hat,
thought to be man among men. And
how were these efforts rewarded? Our
author replies thus: New and special
laws were passed which did not apply
to the white men. The Chinaman was
taxed and then taxed again; he was
arrested and fined and refined; he was
imprisoned and abused, and lied about;
the police dubbed and killed him; the
rough stoned and murdered him; even
the little boys and the women annoyed
and prosecuted him. The laws of ex-
pulsion and exclusion were passed"
An amended act of 1884 declares that
from and after the passage of this act,
and until the expiration of ten years
to the United States be suspended. AL
lowance was given for the return to
this country of Chinese that had had
previous residence and had obtained
certificates, but this was later prohib-
tied, in the act of 1888. Chinese Off
Gals, students, teachers and travellers
were given permission to enter on
condition that they held certificates
made, out by the United States diplo-
matte representative in China or the
proper consular agent. In 1894 a con-
vention between the United States and
the empire of China continued for
period of ten years the restriction of
Chinese, and added to these restric-
lions and stipulated that if, six months
before the expiration of the ten years,
neither government should have for
mally given notice of it's final termina-
ton to the other, it should remain in
full force for another ten years. At
the present moment negotiations are
not progressing for the new Chinese
exclusion treaty.
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-16
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81 g.c[Y
WHAT ALI SAW IN THE AIR
A Flying Trip Which Brought Strange
Sights and Feelings to E,
Little Girl.

The swing was flying through the
air, as high as ever it could climb.
Ali chung to the ropes and balanced
herself, fearless as a bird. Leaning
far back. with her little feet straight
out, as the rush of the swing carried
her forward; doubling down with the
backward motion-always slanting to
the wind, whichever way.
The cream of the journey was when,
at the end of the backward movement,
there came rapturous pause. Just in
that instant was crowded whole life
time; for at that highest point Ali
could see out, away over the rim of the
world. 1t all lay before her; first the
neighboring gardens, then the far
meadows, then the farther hills, and
beyond those, through a cleft in the
uplands, there was a divine glimpse
of blue. Sometimes there would be a
sail upon it, or wisp of smoke. Still
beyond all that there was always the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-16

sky that encircled the world, and the
clouds that f1oated in it.
Every time the swing flew back I'M
der Rays vigorous pushing, Ali would
brace herself to try and remain at the
magic spot. But no; the glimpse was
always as fleeing as the foam on a
wave-crest.
81 am a wave" sang Ali. 81 am a
wave of the blue sea out there. rush
like the glad water, down through the
hollows of air; and down low all is
common and everyday. Ray gives me
a push-that is the wind pushing the
sea and fly forward in a great curve.
l go down, down; then up, up again;
and Just as l think am to break loose
loose, and sail off into the sky, the
swing stops me- That is the undertow.
Back. back l am dragged; down, down;
then up, up; and as climb, l can see
farther and farther The world grows
large, and suddenly break into flying
foam and leaep above the wave-crest.
Then 1 see the worlds rim.
There is something beyond, know.
Something more, something wonderful,
something great and grand. Some day
l shall go and find it, but not in a
swing. The swing is Just to let me
know there is something to find. will
go out and fnd-Life.
Ray, you may let the old cat de-"
The swing went slower, slower, till
at last it stopped.
Ray" said Ali, 81 have seen the rim
of the world. Tomorrow let us start
very early in the morning and go aid
find t."-WashingtOn Star.