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How to XIII the varmlnts.

AS for Bill, he seemed to regard
the act OF killing a skunk as a pleas
ant detail of the business. With the
extra burlap bag spread across his
left arm as his sole protection against
skunk ammunition, he would walk
calmly into the melee. 1t would be
a short fight The skunk depends
almost entirely upon its spraying
liquid" for its defense against an
enemy, and seems to lose its nerve
when attacked at close quarters 1t
will bite at the grass and apparently
20 mad with rage, but these parox-
ysnns are but harmless evidences Of
fright. At least, Bill seemed to care
nothing for them. II the animal was
~shooting-mad." Bill would shelter his
face behind the burIap bag, and wait
until the eruption was finished II
not. so much the better for BILL He
would wait patiently for the right
moment. and then-cracks-do fell
the heavy club on the skunk's back
bone. and Jones would have another
addition to his gamesack.-From A
Night with a Jersey Skunker," by
W. II. KitcheI In TIE Outing Maya
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-22
Origin of Plug Tobacco.

In the jury room at the court house
few days ago farmer said. as he
took chew Of tobacco:
"All the difference In the world In
tobacco. I've tried some twenty diff
ferent kinds. and none Is as good as
that we used to make ourselves down
on the farm. We would take maple
log while twas green and bore dozen
holes in 1t with a two-inch auger.
They were our molds We selected our
choicest tobacco and soaked Ii for a
week or more in wild honey. Then we'd
take the leaf to the log, get good hlck-
DRY 'tamping' stick and go to work.
"A little ball Of the honey to-
bacco would be put IN an auger hole
and tamped in with the stick and q
hammer. We'd pound It In solid Ball
after ball would be rammed IN and
pounded until the whole became a
solid plug. When the hole was nearly
full we would pound in the plug and
then the log would be put away to
season. As the wood dried the moisture
would be drawn from the tobacco. And
when 1t was split the sweetest tobacco
ever made was taken from it. We CALI
ed 1t plug tobacco and that's where
the name originated City
Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-22
Observation-Disclosures
b POLITICS anaa Il
W ==OF THE DAY y
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

sure, and the Sugar Trust, the Agricul-
tural Implement Trust, the window
Glass Trust. the Tobacco Trust.
the Standard Oil Trust, the Beef
Trust, the Whisky Trust, the Pa
per Trust, the Salt Trust. the
Coal Trust, the Smelling Trust.
the Rubber Trust, the Leather
Trust, the Lumber Trust, the Har-
vester Trust, and hundreds more that
might be named are all children of the
same tariff mother. and the Republican
party is their father All these trusts
have enormous capital, and aim to con-
troll prices and prevent competition.
All Of them are protected by the tariff
from foreign competitors. though in
consequence of the high price they
charge for their products it has be
come profitable to import foreign goods
to compete with them. But whether
domestic, or imported products, are
purchased by the American consumer
the price is about the same, which
shows the enormous profits the tariff
PAOtNNht0 ta0aeS oAt dblC " CAtOIt, lOE
the average tariff tax on ali imports
last year averaged over Al per cent.
and on some imports the tariff tax ex-
ceeded 100 per cent That is the price
the people pay to protect the trusts,
not only on what is imported, but also
on like increase in prices of trust pro-
ducts, which amounts to over FIVE times
more than the total direct tariff tax
of over $300,000,000 which the govern
ment collects Are you willing to con-
age for each family to support the trust
Infants now they have attained their
giant size? What the government col
lects is mere trifie of about SIG for
the average family, but In paying those
tariff taxes 1t allows the trusts to col
lect their tax also by keeping their
price up to the price of imported
goods. The Republican party declared
In It's last national platform that the
protection which guards and develops
our industries is cardinal policy"
Every Republican leader still declares
Tor protection that has fostered and
protects the trusts. The greater the
trusts have grown the more power
they WELD in the councils of that
party, so that even President Roose-
welt has declined to recommend tariff
revision, although he has seen the
trusts grow fat during his administra-
ton of seven years. There is ~ evil
dent bond of sympathy between The
Republican leaders and the trusts, for
the latter have already declared that
in the coming Congress, which begins
its first session in December, will not
NEEDLE with the tariff, but still allow
the trusts for two more years to con-
tinue their plundering by virtue of Re
publican favor
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-22
PROFITS OF DEPARTMENT
STORES.

Not Made in the Sales But in the Dis
counts for Cash Payments.
1t Is then the volume of business
and not the iniir .jual profits Of de
psrtments that mSAe the great pros
perity Of a department store. Many
owners of big stores maintain that
the fundamental principle is to re.
duce the whole selling machinery to
the smallest possible cost and TO a.
pricss so that th ere win be no e.
tual profit on the goods. That is to
say, these stores try to sell goods at
exactly the price at which they are
billed to them, plus the cost of sell
ling. For their profit they depend
upon their discounts, the five, six, or
seven pei cent. allowed for cash pay
ment II they followed the custom
that prevails in practically every
other commercial activity of letting
they would not make a profit at the
prices at which they sell goods.
The actual figures as to the volume
of business of the big stores are
rather closely guarded, and. except in
one instance, those here presented are
estimates. They are reasonably near
the truth, however. Marshall Field
& Company of Chicago, lead the de-
partment stores of the United States.
The death of the head of the firm re-
suited in the publication of the total
for 1906, which reached $26, 500. 600.
This Is the retail business, 1t should
be remembered, the wholesale bust
ness being twice as much more, and
bringing the total up to about $780,
900, 900.
John Wanamaker's Philadelphia
store comes next, with volume OF
business that approxinates $4,000.
600, while the New York Wanamaker
store ranks third in this country, with
something like SIT, 0o0, GOETHE De
partment Store at Close Range" in
Everybody's.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-22
The Menace of Plutoeracy.

1t Is fact of great political as well
as economic significance that to-day q
very large majority of the people of
this country are dependent upon the
Initiative Of very small minority for
employment, and, therefore, for the
means of living. This arises from the
concentration Of capital under corpo-
rate management, and the accumula-
tions of great fortunes like those OF
Rockefeller, Carnegie, Frick and 9TH
ers. 1t is undemocratic, and is gradu-
ally destroying our system of govern
ment for when they manage so great
proportion Of private business, they
will also manage public business, and
thereby establish the principle and
practice of plutocracy in public as well
as in private enterprises. The remedy
lies in the enactment Of mortmain laws
limiting the existence and wealth OF
corporations. and in statutes requiring
the distribution of great estates equally
among the heirs of the twner at his
death. Moderate wealth generally dis
tributed Is far better than great wealth
unequally distributed. This was JEFF
ferson's view, and it is the only view.
One-sided prosperity will destroy free
dom as. surely as thunder follows
lightning.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-22
IN OCTOBER.

l dreamed one day an army passed along
With many colored banners streaming
free
And many rounds Of wild and martial
song;
In all it seemed most fair and gay to
me.
And yet, said, they do but go to death,
This bright array. They soon will
scattered lie
0'eg hills and meadow lands, the merry
breath
OF life all Hed-who marched so proud
ly by.
Aud then it seemed was but dreaming
half
For low and clear
Beside my ear
Rang autumns mocking laugh.
I looked, and 10 / knew It otherwise;
| saw the gay sabaoth of the trees
Fiaunt reds and Colds beneath the Octo-
Der skies,
And heard the stirring anthem of the
breeze;
/ saw the haze like clouds Of azure dust
AHoat in air where many feet have
trod:
I saw the iron-weed and MULLEN thrust
Tall spears mid lines of Cleaning gold
en-rod.
There came a menace Of drear winter
then;
/ felt a smart
Within my heart
And autumn Knocked again.
Bessie Hendricks In the Critic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-22
The Trust Giants.

Many times as 1t has been told, 1t
may be well to keep in mind that the
original Intention OF a tariff to tax
imports WIS for the purpose OF raising
revenue tx support the government
and incidentally to protect infant in
dustries IN the new republic. But the
SSrst time there was declared purpose
in tariff bill to protect manufacture
ers was in the Mckinley bill. and TINT
tariff law the voters Of the United
States repudiated- But now the pres
ent tariff. with It's enormous protec-
ton TO the manufacturers. has so fos-
tered gigantic trusts and combines
that prices have increased far beyond
what. was expected or intended: II Is
a mockery OF the taxpayers TO still
talk OF protecting infant industries.
The Steel Trust Is iusty infant to be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-22

quickly. picking up the curly bali to
avoid crushing It. The dogs delight
knew no bounds; he licked the mans
hands ne reached dozen times TO
lick his face. and foiled in the attempt.
cuddled up against the big arm. and
was content = escuedl
The big man looked keenly up and
down the thowughfare,
your mistress, Tags" he whispered
where Is sheT'
Slowly he walked down the long
block. looking eagerly from left 10
right, until he reached Stesrns': there
he hesitsted. and suddenly turning.
hailed a hanson.
BY George" he mutsered, Il won't
do It I'll hold you for ransom. old
chap, and a big one at that We're
lucky dogs!'
What a food OF memories, what q
Sea of visions, did that tiny creature re-
call. as they drove slowly uptown. But
most persistent OF all. she stood before
him az he had last seen her-white
angry, and determined. The trouble
had all come 80 Unexpectedly. Ike q
flash from an azure sky; and just as
suddenly had she sailed for foreign
shores. leaving him crushed. stunned
with no hope. Now she had returned
here was animated evidence. and me
dunn Of reconciliation Fate was bold
lng wide an open door. but, how to en-
ter--to rs1--to conQuerl
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-22
Republican Doubtful Victory

DIR. Butler, president of the Column
bia University, warns the Republican
party that constructive legislation is
needed. beginning with the downward
revision of the tariff II very much
question: says DIR. Butler, whether
the general assumption that the can
didate of the Republican party viii be
elected" If only promises are needed
TO keep the Republican party in power,
DR.. Butler need have no uneasiness for
the Republican leaders have thus fooled
fine voters time and time again. From
the Democratic standpoint the result
of the presidential election depends
upon the nomination of a ticket that
will unite the party. and that all fac
tons viii agree TO.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-22
Rennhlicnns and Cain.

We cannot believe that party will
do after an election the very thing it
positively refuses to do before an cleo
ton. We believe that every propo-
sition made by party leaders to post
pone needful legislation until its hold
in power has been continued is insin-
cere; or, to be more plain. that 1t Is
merely a lying pretense designa2 to
deceive the public. We, therefore, have
no confidence in any promise that the
Republican party may make that they
will reduce the grating tariff "after
election" The promise bears the
badge of fraud upon its face and when
the people. after election, call upon
that party to redeem its campaign
pledges and relieve the oppressed CON
sumers and taxpayers, 1t viii answer.
like old Cain: "Am l my brothers
keeperg'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-22

John ID. Spreckel's Home TO stand
on Blum of bay of San Diego.
One of the most artistic residences
In southern California will be owned
by John D. Spreckels, when the build
ing at Coronado, designed by Harrison
Albright, Is completed. says the Seattle
Times
The style Is the Renaissance OF the
present Partisan school. In color, 1t is
TO be light cream, with lnlays Of Alps
green marble faience. These. with d
plentiful use of ported cedars and bay
tons, will complete the color scheme.
A commodlous garage with ample
narters for help Is also to be built,
n lines In harmony with the house.
on the lower end of the grounds Be
tween the two, the most extensive Ital-
ian garden in the west is to be laid out
and when completed the ensemble will
be an ever pleasing source Of delight
The house stands on a bluff, over
looking the Bay Of San Diego. and will
have an unobstructed view OF the ocean
on one side, and the mountains on the
other. Deep, shady porcnes on all
sides of the house have been made a
feature OF the design because OF this
unsurpassed view.
The interior scheme calls for SIM
pie finish. as Mr.. Spreckels Is building
home and not show place, To the
LEFT Of the main hall is the large living
room, with large freplsce and au
inglenook: opposite is the dining room,
paneled in oak and with a beamed
ceiling and a fine large fireplace. A
large porch OF the dining room. with
buffers pantry adjoining. offers an
inviting chance TO enjoy meals out OF
doors, A good-sized den. connected di-
rectly with the rear porch. and over
hooking the Italian garden. Is feat
ure OF the lower floor also.
A wide staircase leads to the second
story. Every chamber has a bath. and
every chamber opens upon an outside
porch
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-22

Ideas budded, blossomed, and died ;
and arriving at home and the conclu-
sion that she would undoubtedly adver-
tlse her loss, he decided to await her
move
The next morning, as he expected,
half way down the second column of
the paper appeared the following no
tice:
Sterns'; spaniel, answering to name of
Tags" Suitable reward, IL returned to
-, Riverside Drive.
He smiled grimly, and seating him
self at his desk, penned this reply:
FOUND-Thursday afternoon, in vicinity
Tags" Would you consider yourself "suit-
able RI. W. G..
Sunday seemed long In coming, but
when It finally arrived, Lawrence Cor
don was awake and calling for his
morning paper long before his accus
toned hour. He glanced eagerly, hur-
riedly, through the first column, the
secondhand even the third. Then he
began all over again; slower and with
closer scrutiny, but only to De disap-
pointed. The messages were multi
farious; gay, grave, Indifferent ones |;
sent to as many varied hearts; yet
there was none for him. He was per-
ceptibly chagrined, but perhaps he had
expected too early a reply.
Another day passed, and he grew i'm
patient-as did Tags. Tuesday morn
ing, and no reply. On Wednesday the
following brief but apropos message
appeared:
Tags cries pitifully. Must be homesick.-
Z. ". G.
Gordon felt that she must have seen
not only his first but also his second
appeal, for we'll he knew that until she
had recovered her pet she would anx-
lously scan the column for tidings of
him. Three times, for luck. he would
try; and, If he failed Bah! there was
no such word as fail. With the cour-
age born of despair he wrote his last
entreaty:
Tags is lonely. SO am I. Can't We come
and get you'll w. g.
And the next morning the frst col
umn was headed:
Tags-comel
Fannie Elton Morris In Scrap Book.
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tikj1NScience
R0 H. ~
SSE9nventiOn

Chinese authorities have decided
that all railroads built by Chinese shall
revert to tbs government twenty-five
years after they are opened.
For the first time in their history the
French railways have given German
locomotive makers an order. The loco
motives now ordered are of an uncom-
monty heavy type.
land by electricity. The punches are
hung In alright cases in which are
number OF electric lights. The light
and heat ripen the fruit and it can
be easily regulated
DR.. Arthur d. Little, addressing the
American Chemical Society recently,
mentioned some interesting instances
of the immense contributions Of chem
istry to the work and wealth of the
world The steel industry, he said, Is
to-day, at every point, under the strict
est chemical control. Abram 8. Hew-
lit estimated that the Bessemer proc
ess alone added, directly and indirect
ly, $2,0O0,000,0O0 yearly to the worlds
wealth. Chemical processes Of making
madden and indigo colors have changed
the face of those industries. Onehalf
of the entire consumption of indigo Is
now produced In German chemical
plants. Ultra-marine is now furnish
ed by chemistry at half the price of
copper, whereas, In the form of lapis
lazuli, in the days of Liebig, 1t was
dearer than gold.
Ekeberg, the Swedish discoverer Of
tantalum, gave that name to the metal
because of the tantalizing difficulties
that he encountered while investigat-
| Ing It 1t is only recently that tanta-
lum has been obtained in a state Of
purity, and the rapidly with which It
| has been produced, in response to the
demands of commerce and industry, Is
| almost unprecedented. 1t furnishes an
excellent f1lament for electric lamps.
| Only little while ago the mineral
from which tantalum Is obtained was
so rare that not enough could be found
to supply specimens to all the miner
illogical museums. Now Australia
alone produces more than seventy tons
of tantalite year This does not seem
very great quantity, but 1t is to be
remembered that a single pound Of
tantalum suffices to furnish $4,000
lamps, each of 25-candle power. The
metal is 80 hard that it is said that a
diamond-pointed borer, making 5000
revolutions a minute, produces in 1t,
after three days of work, an excava-
ton only one-fftieth of an inch In
| denth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-22

GE HRS Fl sfnE; H ~

correspondences Of their swn they not infeQuenty
their livelihood Nearly al the sxternais Of
liberty there However. liberty n not external
material thing It 10 entirely spiritual
The admiration and social looking UP to that non
society women invariably devote to gentlemen" ID .
cause of failure which does exist sooa society.
The that IL at once shocked By slight remark
general poteness IL the woman that's easily shaken
In society bern to 1t neither easily shocked
by animated words easily shaken Fewer liberties
and more lberty@s this not goal worthy Of the re-
formers Of society? Fewer clubs and lesser club life.
Society In the present system Of their liberty
much envied admired but not sufficiently respected
Less outward liberty would lead to solid support
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-22

1868 Scots defeated the Mortimer at
Largs
1915 Edward Bruce, brother of King
Robert, killed at F'agher, Ireland.
1535-After exploring the ST. Lawrence
Cartier arrived at the site of Mon
treal.
1910 -Hernando de Alarcon discovered
the Colorado river.
1650-The Long Parliament asserted its
supremacy over the American colo
MES.
1676-R Rebellion in Virginia ended by
the death of Bacon.
1691-The treaty of limerick signed.
ending the war between the English
and Irish.
l744-British man-of-war Victory wreck
ed off Attorney with loss of 1,160
lives.
Massachusetts Assembly met at
Salem in defiance of the order Of
Gen. Gage.
l779-Paul Jones entered Texel. Holland,
in the captured British frigate Se-
rapis.
17S7-Departure of the first American
vessel to make trip around the
world.
l799-United States assumed the French
spoliation claims by treaty with
France
1S17-Bank of Montreal issued its first
notes.
of Belgium declared.
1S40-Foundation stone laid of the Mel
son monument in Trafalgar Square.
London.
1S41-Chusan captured by the British.
under Sir II. Pottinger
S59-Anti-slavery constitution of Kan
sas approved by the voters Of that
State.
1S61-Confederate before Washington
began to fall back.
1S62-Second day of the battle of
Corinth, between the Confederate and
Federal troops
1S63-Gen. Bragg began the lombard
ment of Chattanooga. &. +. First ascen-
sion Of Madras balloon, the largest
ever made.
1S66-First postcard issued at Vienna.
1867 Whisky riots took place in Phiia-
delphia.
1S74-The Fiji Islands became English
possessions.
1SS1-First cotton exposition in the
United States opened at Atlanta.
f890-M Mckinley tariff act went iato
effect.
1898 Conference of Spanish American
peace commission began in Paris.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-22

ECONOMICALLY Administered
The receipts Of the Federal Govern
ment from taxation, exclusive of postal
receipts. will exceed 5000, 100000 before
June 80 next year. The total last year
was &594, Al. 900, against $500, $4,000
in 1905. At present rates before the
close of this decade the annual with
drawals from the country's earnings
BY Federal taxation VIII much more
than double the totals Of any year pri-
or to the Spanish war
On population Of S0,000000 the
present rate averages over S37 year
withdrawn by Federal taxation from
the earnings OF the average family. As
value received from the Federal Gov
eminent the average family has the
services of the post Office department
which do give value for what the de-
partment receives. But this payment
is additional, and 1t does not figure IN
the totals from taxation.
The increase in taxation is spent
through increases OF official salaries,
Of the number of officeholders, of sal
aries and wages for military purposes,
for general military expenses. includ-
ing those OF the COLONIAL system and
in other ways which show no justin
cation in results for doubling the gross
total Of taxation in ten years.
With their utmost skill in the man
ipulation Of statistics, those who de-
fend these enormous increases do not
claim that the average family has
doubled its income In the last ten
years or that it is likely to double Its
income as the result of doubling the
gross amount taken in taxation from
the earners Of the country. The only
excuse offered is that as a result OF
the natural birth rate, aided by in
creases in immigration, there has been
q notable increase in the number OF
earners subject to this taxation.
The same excuse was offered in 1876
when. in the Central West, Thurman
and Voorhees, voiced the demand for
Government economically admins
tered" in resisting which three Re
publican presidential candidates were
defeated. During the most critical
period in It's history the country was
saved from the worst by the Democrat
ic demand for return from the war ba-
sis to the peace basis of taxation, I'M
der which the government has no right
to draw on the earnings Of the people
for anything beyond its own necessary
purposes.
When the extravaganza of Federal
expenditures has so increased that 1t
demands every year nearly one-fourth
Of the total money supply of the coun-
try to meet Federal taxation alone this
Capitalization, almost wholly for non
productive purposes, is enough to ac-
count for every other abuse and to
make it clear that no other evil of
GENERALIZATION can be corrected except
through it's reformation.
The issue, as it is forced by the con-
tinuous increase Of extravaganza in
taxation and in reckless expenditure,
cannot be met except by the Demo
cratic party. As it is met, the Dem
ocratic party will vindicate its right to
its name, to its traditions and to the
confidence of the country in its prin-
ciples.