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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25
The Ambulance Chaser
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Shannon had been smashed up by a
trolley accident He was lying in bed
in his miserable one room shanty
where the surgeon had placed him after
his refusing to go to the hospital. His
arms, both of which were broken, lay
limp In his lap; and his head was
swathed in cloths. lis back panied
him so that be tried 20 shift his posi-
ton. only to give up after lnficting
greater agony Suddenly. his restless
ness abated. and he listened
Come ln," he said, when his clouded
knock at the door.
A gimlet-eyed young man crept In
and noiSelessly made his way to the
bed.
Are you Mr.. Shannon?" he inquired.
The other nodded his head. You were
dnjured to-day on the Young street troll
lev. You know, you can make the troll
qey company pay handsomely for in
dieting these inju les on YOU I'm a
lawyer. and I'll take your case for you
so that 1t won't cost you anything I'M
Cess we recover what we sue for
Shannon only partly comprehended
what was said. He understood enough
so know that this young man undertook
10 do something with the railroad
whereby he would be paid for all the
srouble and injuries he had suffered.
Why he should take this trouble, he
did not know; why this young man, a
perfect stranger. should help. his brain
was too cIouded to comprehend. Nor
did mis- wife. who sat mutely in the cor
ner. understand what was taking placs
any more than he Before either OF
them were aware of Ii, the young Mt
xorney was walking away with shan
mons mark affixed to the end of a
paper.
He had been gone less than an hour,
when they were again disturbed by Il
knock AT the door. this time loud and
uncouth. A young fellow carrying a
satchel pushed his way into the room
before either had spoken. He walked
straight TO Shsnnon's bed.
"Your name ShannonT'
Shannon nodded.
well, I'm claim agent for the rail
road on which you were injured to-day,
We're willing TO pay you literally for
your injuries" he said, grufiy.
"A lawyer man was Just here. sir.
He made me sign paper and said he
was to take my case fer Rothin'." Shan.
non managed TO say with difficulty
Isn't 1t better 10 have the money
now than TO wait two or three wears
for it7'
shannon did not comprehend the line
of talk. but thought II would be bette;
for BIN to stick to the man who had
promised to take his case for nothing
1t would be only fair. The young law
yer had come to him without the ask
ing. and he had come almost as soon
as he bad been carried home. He sho ,s
dis head In q negative.
The youns man opened the satchel
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

up the scattered notes, put them into
his satchel and started for the door.
"All right" he said. You'll regret
this Well fight you to the limit"
All day Shannon lay in bed. His
wife, worn out by this added care. fell
into sound sleep. About dusk a faint
knock on the door was followed by the
entrance of the same young man who
had been there earlier In the day. He
noted the condition of the wife. and
crossed quietly to the side Of Shannon's
bed.
I'VE settled your case, Mr.. shannon"
he said softly. Here's fifty dollars for
you: It's your share" and he laid the
fifty dollars on the bed
The nand that had been tempted ear
Ter in the day by four times the
amount made no motion; the eyes that
would have looked through the shallow
SOU OF this young shyster saw not. The
soul that had refused to be tempted
because he thought 1t was unfair to
this attorney had passed away: and
Dan Shannon had died, his good opln-
ion OF the ambulance chaser unchanged.
-Waverley Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25
THE LOST SHEEP.
de massa OBJ de sheepfor

de massa OBJ de sheepfoP,
Dat guard de sheepfOP bin,
look out in de gloomerin' meadows
Whar de long night rain begin
So he call to de hirelin' shepa'd.
Is my sheep, is dey all come in?
ooh, den says de hirelin' shepa'd,
Dey's some dey's black and thin,
And some dey's po' Of wedda's.
But de res dey's all brung n,
But de res dey's all brung in.
Der de massa OBJ de sheepfoP,
Dat guard de sheepfol bin,
Goes down in de gloomerin' meadows
Whar de long night rain begin
SO he Ie' down de ba's OBJ de sheepfoP,
Calm sof, Come In, Come In.
Calm sof', Come in, Come in!
Den up t'ro de gloomerin' meadows,
Trio de col night rain and win,
And up t'ro de gloomerin' rain pat,
War de sleet ia piecin' thin,
DE DO los sheep oh de sheepfoP
Dey all comes gadderin' in;
DE po' los sheep oh de sheepfop
Dey all comes gadderin' in.
Sally Pratt Maclean.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25
The NIoslem Faith.

Myths of the most bewildering kind
spring up and flourish and often bear a
ripe harvest In the minds of ignorant
Mohammedan populations during times
of crisis. A saint or two can work
wonders among them at the psyche
logical moment, and saints of the most
truculent type are as common In Mo
These people have no ideas of evidence
or of probability. Though they lie
freely themselves, their credulIty in the
word of holy man is boundless.-Lon-
don Times
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

1631-Roger Williams arrived in Bosto.
from England.
1665-First number of London Gazette
appeared.
16S2-La Sale began his descent of tina
Mississippi.
90-Schenectady, n. Y, attacked aud
burned by the French and Indians.
1893 Nearly 1000 persons killed by
earthquake in Sicily.
1736-Severe earthquake .elt in New
England.
1762-Martinique taken by the English
1I76-Americans took possession of New
York City.
177S-The United States and France con-
cuded treaty of alliance. Dam
lei Boone taken prisoner by French
and Indians.
17S3-Final cessation of hostilities be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain. :. Sweden acknowledged ths
independence of the United States.
1791-Bank of the United States inccr-
ported.
1794-Boston's first theater opened.
1796-American ship Sedgley rescued 1853
men from the sinking British ship
Aurora.
1S07-Napoleon defeated the Russians 40
battle of Eylau.
1S13-American troops raided Brockville.
Ontario. British Admiral Warren
declared Chesapeake Bay to be in q
state of blockade.
Massachusetts prohibited impris-
onment for debt.
1S31-Baron Aylmer entered upon his
term OF Office as Governor of Cam
ada.
1S47-Col Fremont proclaimed the am
nexation of California and assumed
the Office of Governor.
1S49-Republican proclaimed at Rome.
lS50-Henry Clay introduced in the Sem
ate a bill to compromise the slavery
question.
1S52-Over 500 lives lost in wreck oa
British troop, ship Birkenhead near
the Cape of Good Hope.
1S59-Senator Slidell of Louisiana pre-
scented bill proposing to place $780,
100000 in the hands of the Presi-
dent for the purchase of Cuba.
1S61-Jefferson Davis of Mississippi
Withdrew from Congress.
lS67--Evacuation of Mexico by tho
French.
1870-Prince Arthur, third son of Queen
Victoria, received by President Grant
at the White House.
lS73-Congress abolished naval ranks q
admiral ard vice admiral.
Manitoba abolished the Legislative
council.
1851 British defeated at battle Of In
gogo river, Transvaal.
lSS5-Italians occupied Massowah.
1SSS-Amos J. Smell, Chicago banker, as
saSsinated.
lS93-Long-dis telephone communal
cation established between Boston
and New York.
disqualification of Queen Liliuokalani
of Hawaii.
1S9S-Letter of Spanish Minister De
LONE, rejecting on President McKin-
ley, published.
-Insurrecton against the United
States government in the Philippine
Islands began.
-Hay-Pauncefote treaty signed at
Washington.
1901-Wilhelmina Queen of Holland
married to Prince Henry Of Meek
lenburg- Schwerin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

The dream of Henry NJ. Flagler's
life, the worlds greatest engineering
seeat-the extension of the Florida East
Coast railway through the ocean to
Key West-has been consummated, and
regular train service from New York
80 this most southerly point of the
United States is a reality.
Until ten years ago the nearest home
port to Key West was Tampa, go miles
up the gulf. Then the Flagler railroad
was pushed to Miami 157 miles up the
east coast. But no man dreamed that
che coral reefs and mangroye swamps
known as the Florida keys, at the end
OF which Is Key West, would ever be
hitched to Florida by bonds of steel
and concrete.
In three years, j. R. PARROT, general
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25
THE CRIME OF WORRY.


How This Deadly Epidemic UNDER
mines the Health.
Worry Is the epidemic OF the day--
an epidemic more widespread and dead
~ than any pestilence that has ever af-
ficted this long suffering world
Everybody worries nowadays. The
man worries about his business, his
family relations, and SO on. The wom-
an worries about her household. her
children. her clothes. Worst of all.
even little children do not escape wor-
ry-their lessons, their examinations.
their little failures and punishments at
home or school,
In order to realize the deadly effects
OF worry we must remember that all
the various activities of the body,
breathing. digestion. blood circulation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

manager, and ]. c.. Meredith, construc-
ction engineer, have spent S15,000,000
of Flagler's money in bridging the $50
miles of ocean, coal reefs and mangrove
sswamps. They have built a steel rein
forced concrete sea wall which rises 80
feet above high water mark. Over this
guns a single track railway. Some Of
the keys are so far apart that the pas
sengers are out Of sight of land. going
TO and fro on tracks supported by con-
crete arches which divide the ocean
and the gulf of Mexico.
Before they began girding the keys.
the engineers had to force their way
through the Everglades, building 80
miles of eulbankment by means of
odredges which created their own chan
lels as they piled up the dirt.
At one time the constructors had
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

under charter every available freight
steamer on the Atlantic coast, carrying
supplies south. The crushed rock for
the viaducts filled so tramp steamers,
and the cargoes of steel, lumber, con-
crete and supplies shaded the seaboard
with a trail of smoke.
The care of 5000 men far from the
mainland was itself a serious problem,
but was solved with households. In
October, 1905, hurricane swept away
the floating homes and claimed the
lives of $50 laborers, but the work was
pushed ahead.
The shallowness Of the water made
it possible to throw up mile after mile
Of entertainments by means of suction
dredges but also made transportation
difficult. Light draft launches found it
impossible to approach many keys on
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

which hundreds of men must camp.
Mississippi river steamers, capable OF
navigation in heavy dew, went aground.
Handicapped by lack of coal and
fresh water, Engineer Meredith hitched
a battery Of gasoline engines to work
his dredges, set them up on barges and
when sufficient water was found they
remained at sea. When there was not
enough water they were yanked ashore,
mounted on wheels and slid along the
steel rails.
Ever since construction began
booze" boats were a menace. Failing
to keep the rum sellers away by pacific
means, a dynamite and rifle war was
commenced and many a booze boat
man dived overheard Just as his craft
descended under the influence of stick
of dynamite.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25
retra.lnni,. ereat succe...

There can be no longer any doubt that
Nine. Tulsa Tetrazinni, the prima donna
who recently set London wild, has CAP
tured the popular musical public of New
York City, where her debut was made
last week in verdis ''Trsviata," in Ham-
merstein's Manhattan Opera House. At
that performance and at her later arp
pearances, brilliant audiences were reused
TO a high pitch of enthusiasm by the
range, power and technique of her sing
ing. Especially the brilliance of her I'D
per notes cacsed ordinations Of wondss
and delight
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

The Literary Digest, in an article
translated from the French, describes n
newly invented typewriter, which, among
other merits claimed, is said to possess
the quality of being practically noiseless.
The type impression is made by pneu-
matte pressure supplied through small
tubes, which are opened by the manipu-
lation of keys, as in the ordinary machine.
The types do not strike the paper forci-
bly,, but press against it quietly. Ths
machine also has an automatic multiply
ing attachment that produces perforst-
ed pattern from which any number Of
perfect copies may be made.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

however. just as direct and as disas-
trous.
Worry is durable disease, but he
who would cure 1t must cure himself
First of all, he must realize that
worry Is never Of the slightest use, but
that, on the other hand, by preventing
clear thinking, worry makes matters
worse
So-stop worrying. Think, plan, de-
eide, act. Then await the result
Thought. decision, action-these are for
man. Results are with God.-W. R. c.
Latson, NJ D.
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Receptive Mood.

The dark horse was inclired to Be
noncommittal.
I'm not asking anything Of any
body" he said. ''but only a fool horse
would kick bucket II oats over
him as in the fight to win.-Phlladel.
phia Ledger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

-Shufier Ii going TO read an essay
on Work before the debating society
tonight"
-How did he happen 10 choose that
subjecti He's the LATEST man In the
world"
That's Just It; he's going to argue
against it.r-Detroit Free Press
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25
Strictly Appropriate.

Gladys-Thy is Miss Strlctleigh
wearing only half-mourning for her
brother?
Gwendolyn-He was only her half
brother, you know.-Baltimore Amer
lean.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

country that was
ever presented. 1t
will have before it
the bill Of Senator
Newlands of Ne
vada, creating a
first fund of $780,
100000 for an in
land waterway par
alleling the shores
of the Atlantic and
the Gulf of Mexico
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

The national convention of the Prohi
bition party has been called to meet at
Columbus on July 10. There will be
total of 1912 delegates the apportion-
tnent to the various States being based
upon the vote cast for President in 1904
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

A letter pnrporting to have been writ.
ten by Smith College girls protesting
against a burlesque opera TO Re given by
students of Wesleyan univzrsity a. Mid
dletown. Conn, was denounced al the
work Of press agent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

The American Can Company reports
earnings of So, 246,S27 for the fiscal year,
a gain of over 100000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

Perhaps widow finds II easy to get
married again because she doesn't ex.
pect perfection In a man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

Lower-LaplaDa
Railway Woid Reindeer Horn Seller
Sweden allied to the Firms They
although suffer the intense cold Of
10 a
reindeer made
nfe Without faithful
milk food
will swiftly sled load
This animal necessarily throughout
VIII burdend
Of
n
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25
HALF A BILLION FOR CANALS.
Stupendous Scheme of Senator New
lands, of Nevada.

Congress at its present session will
face the greatest scheme for the ag-
grandizement of the commerce of the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

A wise husband Is one who brass
about his wife's cooking
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25
Too Late 20 Die.

Gerald WOULD die for you.
Geraldine But pa says you are q
dead one already>--Nsw York Press
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25

Tomorrow never comes-unless you
have q note to meet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-24
FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE.
! Santa Fe to Mark Grave of Engineer
Carl Mack.

Guthrie Ok, Feb 24-The announce
ment is made that the Atchison. Topeka
q Santa Fe Railroad company is contem-
plating the erection of q monument near
Red Rock in northern Oklahoma to the
neer, who was scalded to death under
meath his engine last August. He had
been in the employ of the Atchison To-
R Saa g yeaps ana hs tne nger
| enee of the Oklahoma division of that
road he never missed day in making a
CINE
A picture of No. 81 Maclz's engine,
showing the veteran engineer at the cab
window, Is hanging in every station along
the Oklahoma main line and adorns the
offices Of the chief officials of the system.
This picture was taken in Guthrie Mon
day preceding the wreck on the following
Thursday, when Mack lost his life The
engineer is looking from his cab window.
standing back Of him Is his fireman G..
]. Manner, who was critically injured in
the wreck. and beside the engine stands
Al Glazier, who was in charge of the
train: but who escaped unin5ured from the
wreck. Glazier is the oldest conductor on
the Oklahoma division and he and Carl
Mack made hundreds of trip together.
was northbound froda Purcell, Ok, to
Newton. Kan, the length of the division
run In rounding curve near Red Rock
the tender left the track. AS the train
Strengthened out Mack tried to slow up
without using the air It was impossible,
however, as the heavy tender pulled from
train would go over Mack applied the air.
A shock followed and the middle of the
sion. the cars seemed to leap into the air,
tearing loose the rails and ties. The
coaches piled upon the west side of the
track, the engine on the other. The mail
| car and Pullman car left the track.
Engineer Carl Mack stayed with his en-
CINE and was pinioned underneath, being
! time after being extricated from the
wreck, dying while being removed to
Ponca City. His last words were to ask
after the safety of the passengers and to
| inquire if his engine was ruined. He re-
| marked:
me that way
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-24
Concessions Are to Be Made Tor
Private Excursions.
Roads Must Arrange for Neces-
sary Entertainment.
TO SEPARATE RATES.
Outside Charges Must Not BE
Included i'm Transportation.
Other Items of Interest in
Railway Circles.

Hereafter in arranging personally
conducted tours railroads must, under
an informal ruling by the Interstate
commerce commission, divide their
charges for transportation and for
meals and hotel accommodations, &C
cording the traveller the right to accept
the transportation alone.
In order to stimulate travel carriers
are privileged to give entertainment at
a point on their lines and may contrib
ute to the same a definite sum, Dut
without making it dependent upon the
number of tickets sold. This supposed
ly is designed to neutralize the drastic
rule heretofore made, prohibiting the
time-honored custom of contracting
with Sunday schools and organizations
for excursions, the rates for which are
based upon the sale of a specified num-
Der of tickets. The railroads usually
returned to the parties in such cases
a percentage of all the receipts above a
certain sum upon a reduced rate. The
new rule allows q certain elasticity and
latitude which will presumably again
permit societies to conduct excursions
such as could not be arranged for last
summer.
Another new ruling provides that
where a certain passenger travelling on
a special excursion ticket with stop
over privilege misses connections
through successive delays, he is entitled
to have the time limit Of his ticket ex-
tended, If it has expired, for the return
trip.
State railroad commissions, under a
ruling of the interstate commerce COM
mission, are not legally entitled to use
railroad passes they have received. in
making an interstate journey. This
hits them hard, as heretofore they have
exercised the privilege without question
and supposed they were exempt from
the restriction now imposed
1t has been asserted by those claim
ing to know that it has yet to be proved
that the commissioners are not entitled
under the law to be given and accept
separate passes over railroads in var
ious states.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-24

subject, I must get a majority Of the
people to agree with me before can
put it into effect, but II am speaking
on a religious theme. II I influence
one heart have not spoken in vain,
even If the majority be against me.
This address was prepared to be
presented to men. I would rather de-
liver it to an audience of men than to
one composed of men and women. De-
cause the men need it more Tnere-
fore in a hall of limited capacity, such
as this is, I would rather speak to
men alone.
His Idea OF Liberal.
Some young men think 1t smart to
be skeptical. They think it sign Of
superior intellect to scott at creed
and churches, and they use hDeraf TO
describe themselves.
at learned the use of this word
liberal when I was young man. l
knew a brilliant lawyer who was very
dissipated. One time I picked UP a
book which contained sketches OF the
lives of prominent men ana L 1ouno
this mans name in the index. turn
ed to his name in the book because
knew the man. and there found that
he had been brought up In the Bap-
fist church, but had afterwards grown
more liberal in his views. After that
I never saw him going home drunk
but thought of the last stage OF lid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-24

Mems Christian association 1t sup
elements the work of the church,
school and gymnasium. and no one
can overestimate the influence OF the
Y. M. c.. A. upon q community A
man who was presenting the claims OF
the Y. M. C. A. once said that II all
the money spent in erecting buildings
and conducting the organization nad
resulted in the saving OF one man, 1t
had been worth while. AT the concur
sion of the meeting one man I'M
gered behind and asked the speaker
if he had not exaggerated, and he re.
Piled mot il that had been my boy.
I offer no apology for speaking to you
on q religious theme. That l am m
terested in the science or government
I will not deny I have devoted a
large part of my active life to the
study of political science, but l am
more interested in religion. l enjoy
making political speeches. Dut en-
ioy making religious speeches more
and shall be speaking in the cnurcn
after 1 have retired from the stump,
Among those interested in politics l
find differences of opinions, so that
what pleases some displeases others.
But ali are interested in religious life.
1 think I can present this subject IN
a way that will not offend anyone.
.'If I am speaking on political
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-24
aralfty he had reached.

crafty he had reached.
Occasionally when have printed in
my paper an editorial on religious
subject, I have received letter from
some subscriber, which stated that he
regretted that still cling and adj
hered to the superstition that there is
q God. Some think that when they
have reached the heights of knowl-
edge and culture they can do without
God. Tolstoi calls these the 'reli-
gious crowd"
Christianity Broadens Life.
In closing Mr.. Bryan said:
IF there is anything we can not
settle by the application Of the meas
ures of the Prince of Peace. it will
have to be settled again. His platform
can be applied to everyday life. You
may say that it sounds good, but that
it can't apply to all; that it is good
for the weak. but not for those who
have iron in their blood. Christianity
does not narrow a human life. but
broadens 1t. Christianity Is not the
doctrine of the weakling. Who Is
stronger than the Christian? The
Christian fights with courage because
he does not ask If he shall share in
the shouts of victory or If he shall die
in the first steps of the conflict. Faith
to fight for the truth brings dismay to
those on the other side 1t Is true to-
day, as it has been through all these