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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-26
EXCHANGE.

Pat murphy, Of Missouri may
not deserve q monument at the
hands OF the Oklahomas, but he Is
entitled TO their enduring good
will aud this be has and will COZ.
unue to have 10 full, even to over
flo wing measure,
Clipped from t3e Newburg Iu-
dependent Jnly 20, 1906
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-26

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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-26
ROLL of HONOR.

: W, N. Wilson, Gage Okla, 25ct.
J. N, MUIR. Astoria Nc. : LOO
Joe p. anderson St Louis I" 25cts.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-26

Entered Ns Scc0W d cl0S
mater, FcbrUary % 1906,
at the POst-OWce at FOtc
Scr No., uMCler Act Of
Congress Of March 3"d
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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-26
She Never Crews Cid to Ne.

o, praise God for the day that mot her,
Her life full and irse:
Her lace looked iu Of happiness,
Her keart seemed full OF gles
q at the pleasure It gavo 10 me,
On that one bright summer day:
And my heart was Haddened
When time bid me ride away
Weoitcn met thereafter
And won each others hoarts.
We pledged each other life, our love,
That we'd never live apart
Then she was . fair young maiden.
Now she's my wifo you see;
My ifch At stake for her IhAppiosss, J
And she never rrowa old TO me.
Nov .se I. young and happy.
Her lilo 10 full and free;
Whatever changs old sge may bring,
She will nsver grow old 70 me:
Some mep po.srss grsss riches
Otbers posssas great iAma.
But possessed my grsatsst jewel. VI
Whom my darling possessed my name.
she may many samnsr's raiD. .
Aud many w,n,rys ohillisR NO.;
Bu: wherever sho stays o. wherever shssskvsla
She's the Joy Of ny ii!s wh:ssvst - goss.
Wrinkles msy somstiAs rosgh hsr lace, S1$s
Her hair Get wbissis The ioamy ssA; Il, 4.
Old ags nay bsnd hst fir young iorn. sssA 4
But ahe Will ssvsr grow old y ~: .sIs
Cruel death nay iaks hsr ron, ~
Oil wbsnbs ssiss nv IN;
y. Hs 3ekss ~ ~, my bspptas1 @ n aSss n
s. V. sss gnsy Hs saks Nv III & n gsE3
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
---------------
The Land of Old Age.

This is one OF the bitterst things we
mothers have to bear when we get old.
We have learned then that we can't
he'll. our children to lead their lives
one bit better. There is not one single
stone we can clear from before their
feet be our old fingers ever SO willing.
with yearning hearts we see them
making the mistakes We could teach
them to avoid IL only they would listen.
We see them going through one expert
ence after another. stumbling here,
again hurting themselves against the
same corner you hurt yourself so long
ago. repeating al sthe world-worn mis-
takes. while we elders watch anxiously
and may not even cry out Take care. "
Our sons repeat the follies OF their
fathers: our daughters make over again
all the mistakes of their mothers. 1t
is very hard TO sit In silence when you
see them doing all the things that you
did and then so painfully learned bet
ter. We feel that we could so easily
point to the fair open road if our chill
dren would let us. but We are as use
less to them as guide-posts TO the blind.
We must watch our children lose them
selves In the rangle whose miSeries we
know so well and see them at last
after long years OF wandering find their
way back home heart sore and worn
and all the time we can't help thinking
II all needn't nave been. That TO Us
older mothers is the heartrendins psrt
of it-Harper's Bazaar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
DeceivfnE the Voters.

The large number of Republican
farmers in the Western States that re-
pudiated the candidates Of their party
for Congress shows that it does not
pay for politicians to try to deceive the
people. So many important statements
set forth as facts in the Republican
campaign book have been shown to be
pure fiction that it will be difficult TO
get the farmers, at least. to give any
credence to Republican statements in
the future. The evidence of another
attempt Of the Protective Tariff
League, through its organ, the Ameri-
can Economist. to deceive the Repub-
lican voters has been discovered when
1t quoted part of the speech of Rep
resentative McCleary. of Minnesota. in
which he declared that wheat was sell
ing for Is or 20 cents bushel more
on the American side of the border
than on the Canadian side. Of course,
he credited this purely imaginative ad-
vantage OF the American farmer to the
tariff duty OF % cents a bushel on
wheat provided for in the sacred Ding
ley law. The facts prove that the price
of wheat on each side OF the interna-
tional border has been about the same
all this season.
Mr.. ]. K. Bouvette. editor of the
Kittson County Enterprise. published
at Hallock. Mimi. the nearest town of
Importance TO the Canadian border.
was asked to investigate the price of
wheat. and he furnishes the following
evidence:
Robert Miller. Esq. Washington, u. c.:
Dear Sir-Herewith inclose letter
from Fl. HUFFMAN. Of Manitou, Man, Just
across the Canadian border from this
place. Mr.. HUFFMAN is buyer for the
Lake of the Woods Milling and Elevator
Co. You will observe that Mr. HUFFMAN
quotes the highest price paid this sea
son, some time in the latter part of
September, at IS cents. while the lowest
was 81 cents. or an average Of 63 cents.
Mr.. A. " Holuer, buyer for the I'm
rerial Elevator Co. of this place, quotes
the highest figures paid per oushel for this
season. al 60 cents. on Aug. ~, and the
lowest at 59ls cents. Yours. etc.
]. Z. BOUyETTE.
The paragraph in Mr.. HubIian's let
ter relating TO the price of wheat is as
follows:
The highest price paid for wheat
here was 65 cents for No. ] Northern.
the lowest was 81 cents: the average
Is SIS cents for Nc. 1 Northern. We get
no No / hard wheat here: about one
half of the wheat rai-ed here is No. 1
Northern. the balance is and North
ern-
And yet Congressman McCleary de-
elares. and the Republican managers
have the eTron.ery to publish in their
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20

reply gear to indicate on the launching
platform that the mechanism had
worked satisfactorily. The whole gear
was controlled by means Of d minia-
ture steering wheel and standard plac-
ed on the launching platform, and so
adjusted that when the Countess of
Aberdeen, who performed the cere-
mony, gave the wheel one complete
revolution, the triggers were released
and the vessel was free to run down
the ways. A powerful hydraulic ram
was placed at the forward end of the
sliding ways on each side of the vessel,
the cylinders being coupled to the same
supply pipe to insure equality of pres
sure. These rams were for the pur-
pose of giving the vessel a start If she
had not moved directly the triggers
were released; but in this instance they
were unnecessary. The drags for
checking the way on the ship after
she had successfully taken the water
were formed Of chain cables, three
piles being arranged on each side to
come into play at suitable intervals.
The total weight of drags employed
was about 600 tons. ard their action
in bringing the ship to rest was in
every way satisfactory. The total time
taken from the STRAIT until the vessel
was actually clear of the ways was
/ :51."
The writer says further:
THE particular berth upon which
the Agamemnon was built was spe-
cially prepared for the laying down
Of vessel of the largest and heaviest
type, great care having been taken in
the piling in the area. Nearly 1000
pitch-pine logs, each 40 feet long and
II inches square, were driven vertic-
ally into the ground, with cross-ties on
their tops. the total quantity of timber
used in the preparation OF the berth
to about $4,000 cubic feet"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
Money Circulation.

Although there is more money in cir
culation than ever before, yet every
financial center reports a tightness in
the money market and high interest
rates prevailing. The Treasurer of the
United States, in his report published
Oct 80, says the circulation on Oct.
was $2,S12, 1873, 1914, or a per capita Of
S33.08 In the last three months the
circulation increased $72,4ST, 066, and
yet the frenzied financiers OF Wall
street are bowling for more money, and
our obliging Secretary of the Treasury
has loaned them without charging in
terest all the surplus cash in the treas
ury, except just enough to pay the im-
mediate expenses of the government
This money the banks are loaning at
the high rates of interest prevailing, so
there is a fine profit in the transaction
for them in having this free use of the
peoples money, which Shaw is so gen
erous with.
The question naturally arises, why
is money so scarce when the volume in
circulation has increased over 30 per
cent in the last ten years? The chief
reason is because the surplus money
in the banks mostly finds it's way TO
Wall street, where il naturally gravi-
tates in consequence of the better rates
it will bring than at other points. Wall
street is a rat hole through which all
the spare money in the country can be
absorbed. There is now awaiting
favorable money market hundreds Of
millions of new issues of stock and
bonds by railroads and Industrial cor
porations, and the prospect for cheap
money is very far in the future.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
Importing Flies.

We know how the gypsy moth was
brought into this country. and every
body will hope that IL any winged crea-
lures are to be imported here they may
be dead specimens OF their kind. A
paragraph in a recent English paper
makes mention of a cargo Of flies land
ed there toward the close of March. II
consisted of several sacks filleA with
dried flies, consigned to a large firm
of grain merchants.
These flies, exported from Brazil,
have been purchased for use in the
manufacture Of food for chickens. cage
birds and the like.
They were caught on the river Anna.
zon by BraZilians, who travel up the
river in flat-bottomed boats. and who
are provided with gauze nets with
which they capture these insects In
millions, as flies hover in dense clouds
over many of the swamp reaches of the
Amazon. The flies thus caught are kill
ed and dried In the sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
The Wooing of
Sadie Calkins.

T2 the shiny, rubber-tire buggy
A drawn by the snowy little Nor
gan mare. skidded through the
thick dust in front of the store, Marvin
Parsons pushed a jocular elbow into
Washington Hancock's ribs. How does
that there outfit strike you, WashT
he asked.
81 don't erprove OF it." replied Han
cock, severely, leaning forward to reach
for splintered single that looked like
good whiting material "Fust place."
he continued, pressing the spring Of his
1ack-knife and shaking out the blade,
'fust place, the gals too good lookin'
for him second place, the seat o. that
buggy Is a durR sight too ncrrer, an,
thirdly, he's havin' too doggone easy a
time, anyway. Abe Wilson ought to
have booted him over the fence the fust
evenin' he come around to set up with
the gal"
Il don't see why" observed Sol Ba-
ker. Sans a toPable likely young
Teller an he's got a good farm Of his
own, sides what he'll git when the OF
man passes In his checks"
I'D do it on gin'ral principles II
had gal an some Teller come sparkin'
around" said Wash. 81 wouldn't let
him think he was goin' to git her too
easy. I'd be more like Isrul Calkins
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
TruMf RuafinC.

lruAt BUSTING.
The Republican plan of trust bust
ing is so Intellectual that it would seem
to have been carried out entirely for
political effect. What good result has
been accomplished by the great and
successful effort of Attorney General
Knox to defeat the merger of the
Grea,. Northern and Northern Pacific
railroads? Those corporations are still
non-competing and are controlled by
the same interests and are continuing
to charge ''all the traffic will bear" II
somewhat upset Mr.. Hills plans-who,
by the way, is one of the most enter
prising and liberal railroad magnates
in the United States-but what have
the people gained by the dissolution of
the merger corporation?
The same great trust and corpora
ton lawyer, now Senator Knox, has
again been called into consultation
with the official trust busters, to adj
wise them how to prosecute the Stand
ard Oil trust. Suppose the effort is
successful and that the trust is con-
victed of restraint of trade and the
court of last resort should decide that
the corporation is an illegal combina-
ton, would such a decision prevent the
Rockefellers and their partners from
continuing to charge their own price
for oil and gasoline, and would any
punishment but a comparatively linn
tied fine be melted out to the offending
corporation?
Even the conservative New York
Evening Post contends that this Rcpub-
lican plan of trust busting is a 1arce,
for it says: 1--WE retain our belief that
there is a very limited recourse for
present evils in mulcting those fic-
titious and fabulously wealthy person
alities we call trusts. We note that
Jack the Giant Killer struck not at the
pockets, but at the necks, Of his foes.
The sins of corporations can always be
definitely located at the head, and when
we see a few high financial heads
wearing a prison cut we shall be with
in hailing distance of real reform We
may at least rejoice heartily at the
good beginning the law has made with
the Standard Oil Company. If it is
not difficult to fine its Legal entity,
there is probably some way also of get
ting at the real conspirators behind the
charter"
But will the administration force the
fighting against the trusts and corpo-
rations far enough to get at ''the real
conspirators?" When Rockefeller, or
Rogers, or some other trust magnate,
has been convicted and in Jail will be
time enough for President Roosevelt
and the Republicans to claim they are
real trust busters.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20

1t is no new thing to say that woman
has more potentiality for powerful emo
ton than man, but the world is JUS!
beginning to awaken to the deep, re
lentless and implacable hatred that an
mates the women of Russia's dreaded
flying section" and impe!s them to
deeds Of almost inconceivable daring.
The last victim of her own revolu-
tionary enthusiasm Is Sofia Konopluni-
kova, hanged for the murder of Gen.
Min, commander of one of those Mos
COW regiments which slaughtered hun
dreds during a recent uprising. Wait
Ing quietly on the railway station plat
form at Peterhof at close range, she
deliberately fired five shots into the
body of the hated commander and then
submitted to arrest.
There was no opportunity for escape,
nor did she seek one. Long before the
pistol was lifted she had steeled her
heart to the inevitable.
II gave my life," she said quietly,
as she assembled the steps to the gal
lows-"all l had to give
Unhappy Russia What must peo-
pie suffer when their women go serene
ly to their death as to their bridal
feast?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
Education.

The principal Of one Of Washlngton's
high schools relates an incident In con-
nection with the last commencement
day of the institution mentioned. A
clever girl had taken one OF the prin-
cipal prizes At the close Of the exer-
cises her friends crowded about her to
offer congratulations.
weren't you awfully afraid you
wouldn't get it. Hattie" asked one,
when there were so many contest
ants
"Oh, MOI" cheerily exclaimed Hattie.
Because 1 knew that when 1t came to
English composition ! had 'em all skin
ned aliye"--Harpers Weekly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
WEST POINT CLOTHES.
Cadets Have Trouble Taking on
stiH Duck TrouEerk.

Cadets Have Trouble Taking on
stin Duck Trousers.
In changing apparel and dressing
up the West Point cadet far outshineS
many a fashionable girl at a summer
hotel, says the New Tribune. Many
times a day stern military fashion COM
pels him to appear in certain prescribed
uniforms at the various exercises.
Among his most particular articles of
dress are the snow white duck trousers.
Not q break must be seen in the long
crease from top to bottom. These cost
81 a pair. Each cadet has from twelve
to fifteen pairs. Dement'S are imposed
for q bad wrinkle or a break in the
crease during dress parade. A short
walk along Irritation path" and few
sittings for spooling with fair camp
visitor play havoc with a fresh pair
of duck trousers, and they must be dis
carded for official wear until relaun-
dered. Probably Uncle Sans young
wards at West Point are the only SOL
diers that cannot pull off their own
trousers. One of the amusing scenes
caught by a Tribune photographer re-
Gently was one cadet giving another a
drag" This is, however, only an or
binary courtesy between cadets. At an
angle of 10 degrees one reclines on the
floor or bed. while his partner, with
hands grasping the inner edges of the
boardlike trousers, by a swift pull and
twist slips them off without ruffiing the
precious things.
Hello, Jones, come give me a
drag" is one of the most familiar and
often heard calls just after parade or
other formal ceremony.
While in camp the cadets had the op-
portunity to carry out numerous class
customs and jokes OF mild nature, the
oldtime hazlng having been entirely
done away with. One of the most ex-
citing and spectacular of these diver
sions is that of giving a cadet the by.
drant." When man qualities in swim
ming or gets a ''make"-that is, If he
is made cadet company offcer-at the
first opportunity he is suddenly seized
by half dozen or more Of his fellows,
who carry him bodily TO the nearest by
drant, AMI. Notwithstanding vigorous
kicking and struggling, a great volume
OF water is poured over the helpless
victim. A pair OF white trousers is re-
duced to a rag-like condition by the op-
Grafton lie short order.
Two of the most Interesting foreign.
ers at West Point are the young Chi
neSe cadets. Chen and Wen. now in the
third class. These two Asiatics arr
both bright aud popular and have made
a good record so far as students. Their
expenses at the academy are paid By
the Chinese government. and they are
being educated az special act OF cour-
tesy by Uncle Sam to that nation. They
hail from different provinces and come
from high aristocratic families. Both
expect 10 become generals some day In
the Chinese army. where they viii put
into practice their West Point training.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20

Mrs. Philip P. Wilcox, a slender lit
tie woman, weighing scarcely 100
pounds, is the village blacksmith of
College View, Neb. She learned her
somewhat unusual trade from her hus-
band
Having taken up the work at first
for pleasure, Mrs. Wilcox found her
health steadily improved with the ex-
ercise, and decided to keep the little
Wilcox blacksmith shop open one
summer while her husband was away
working in the railroad shops. Her
success was so marked that she has
kept at the work ever since. She can
shoe a horse as well as any other
blacksmith in the country, though she
admits this is one part of the work
which Is a little distasteful to her.
Mrs. Wilcox was a teacher before
her marriage, and now holds a teach
er's certificate. She said: There Is
more money in blacksmithing If some
of those poor, overcrowded teachers
would try this business once they would
never go back to the school room again.
I'm bringing up my girls the same way.
The eldest is an expert bicycle repair
er now and the younger two are also
good at the business. The oldest girl
has a bank account that she earned
from bicycle repairing"
One day a farmer led up mettle-
some young horse to be shod. Mr..
Wilcox went forward to take charge
of the animal, but its owner shook his
head.
IF you don't Lind, Phil" he said
I'D rather Mrs. Wilcox would do this
job. The colt seems to have a weak
ness for her. BE nearly kicked the
shop down when a man tried to shoe
him down In Lincoln few weeks ago
but when Mrs. Wilcox did 1t before
he acted like a lamb She charms
them some way. Maybe It's the way
she talks to them"
Mrs. Wilcox stroked the horse for
moment on the nose, and, talking gent
" to him all the time, began the work,
the animal offering no resistance what
ever, though he had laid back his ears
threateningly at Mr.. Wilcox's ap-
proach.
Noting the look of surprise caused
by the ease with which she welded
heavy hammer, Mrs. Wilcox smiled.
Its not so much strength" she said.
though O., course I'm a hundred per
cent stronger than / was when / began
this work. It's more in knowing just
how, and, perhaps, In really enjoying
it. You'd be surprised to know how
much genuine pleasure get out of this
work"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20

was just thinking Of Stub" VII.
liams. Remember him? He'sat on the
front seat and was the dumbest thing
that ever went barefoot. About all he
could do when called upon to recite was
sweat and look as expressiOnless as
pumpkin pie. He couldn't spell; he
could scarcely read; he knew nothing
about geography, and ne always said
that grammar "ain't no use" His
father was another "Stub," and went
to law with the school authorities be-
cause they forced him to send his boy
to school. The old man is dead. Heard
Of the other "Stub" last week He
went through our town in his private
car. His grammar isn't much better,
but when he speaks the superintendent
of three big railroad systems take no
tice, and he can sign his name so that
they can read II at the bank. You never
can tell.-Cincinnati Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
Devastating the Forests.

The timber in the United States is
melting away like the snow in spring
yet our Republican politicians refuse
to abolish the tariff on lumber. To
show how suicidal this standpat policy
is, the statisticians declare that there
is only now standing in the United
States approximately 147j. 0o0, Cs0o, 900
feet OF lumber and that 45.0o0.0o0, 900
feet are being cut every year. * is es-
timated that enough timber Is de-
stroyed By fire or used for other pur-
poses TO make the total consumption
1900 100000 feet annually. so that
there is not enough timber standing TO
continue commercially for more than
twenty years And yet with this dearth
staring them In the face the people OF
the United States continue a policy that
prevents them by tariff restrictions
from drawing on the timber supply Of
Canada and other countries.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
After the Riots.

Gunner-Yes. l went all through New
York and got souvenir from each
place.
Guyer-Did you get a souvenir from
Coney Island?
Gu-sner-You bet
Guyer-What was lit
Gunner-Why. . black eye.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20

The examination in the principles OF
mechanics was taken by Abel Dunning
with a due regard TO what he had
learned "by main strength" as he
proudly stated; but he also used in an
swerinS the questions what he was
pleased TO call his horse sense"
"A pin will not stand on is point. "
he said in answer 10 one question. for
three reasons;
In the first place. a point. accord
ing 10 Euclid. is that which hath no
parts and no magnitude; in the second
place. pin viii aot stand on its head,
much less therefore on its point; in the
third place. it will IL you stick it in
hard enough"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-20
ONLY A LITTLE FELLOW.

Only q little fellow,
Pattering here and there,
4 streak of dirt on his sun Drowned cheek
And gold in his tousled hair.
Only little fellow,
With laugh like silvered songi
A small white soul in the crowded hives
A mite in the striving throng.
Only little fellow,
But lost to a mothers breast
AND the night wind breathes lullaby
Out where he's laid at rest.
milwaukee Sentinel.