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New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
DUTCH TRADE REOPENED
lSckooner Sails for Cargo-Royat
+ Mail Resumes Service.

: yzrfueg7stad. Dec. 26.-The improvement In the
,sa7a4ions between the Netherlands and Nenezu-
hls has resulted already IN a resumption OF com
ssn15rication by sea between the republic ana the
Asland Of Curacao. a Dutch schooner left mere
49,, ,o,--,inr for NIaracaibo for cargo of wood,
f.,,icb following the announcement Of the Ven
..1s-, rroz-ernr7ert that II will no longer en-
so-ce the transshipment decree, viii be broughl
~ curacao and transferred TO another vessel
<The steamers Of the Royal Dutch Mall Line VIII
e,ers7 again 70 call at Venezuelan ports.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
CASTRO SEES SKATERS.
If Nev Experience for the Former
I Venezuelan President.

+ Berlin. Dec 2s.-Sefor Castro went out To-
hay for the first time since his entry mo Ut
ke-aeTs bosnital He drove for several hours in
q automobile. paying visit TO Gr1newa1d,
f.1,sre he saw for the first time snowstorm and
xl7ousands Of persons skating on the small lakes
RT7e former President showed breat interest in
the n movements Of the skaters, whor'l he watched
.sor some time. He then walked for an hoQr
Fl,-o7lgh the forest and returned to the hospital
Yt~estro saws that he feels comparatively We'll
Ef11Jf he viii remain under observation for some
Kline vet
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
ApIAN GROWTH IN TEN-YEAR PuRIoDs.

According to census returns. the industrial posi-
tion of the country has been steadily improving.
S COO in 1S7l S.69 900 900 in 1891 and ST1S0 90 in
1905 The capital invested rose. respectively. from
x77OOlOO to 1858 OO0OO0 and thence to SSi6 0c0OO0
In 1903 the agricultural and fruit product OF all
the provinces was good, and in the West the grain
crop was valued at $50 increase over that Of
the preceding year. Since 1886 immigrants TO the
number of oO0O0 have come into the country
So much for the general conditions and develop
ment. Tho progress has been concident with fully
equal degree OF advance III political and fiscal af-
fairs With 1879 the policy of pronounced
protection In 1891 occurred the repudiation OF rec
procity and in 1887 the British preferential tariff
enacted Colonial conditions are being rapidly re-
placed by a national position and powers. with
strong tendencies toward some empire policy which
may combine nationalism and imperialism. The re-
sources Of the country now pretty well known.
or guessed at. and its development proceeds aPace
and grows greater with each Step In advance. Brit
ish capital has been attracted American enter
prise Interested, Canadian ambition stirred local
confidence In the future established. The Dominion
has waited and worked for forty years its time
really seems TO have come at last ]. q. H
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
ocratic party to-day than ever before
in the history of the republic. Where
is it and what is it doing?-New York
World.
Why So Much VfndicatiOnf

The Republican party has been iii
power practically forty-six years and
its record should be clear to all men
of intelligence. But the almost super
human efforts to vindicate its policies
at the present time bears out the long
entertained certainty that the record
will not bear close inspection. And
when it comes to the changing OF the
issues expressed in the Chicago plat
form, and the virulent attacks upon the
prominent men of the Democratic par
ty. the suspicion becomes a certainty
that there is a long list of damaging
irregularities to be concealed from the
public. A great majority of the people
of this country are close observers Of
the political trend, and therefore not
mere voting cattle to be driven to the
polls by threats of ruin and disaster to
their interests. Every mechanic can
look at his pay envelope, mis- bills from
the neighboring grocer and butcher, and
then feel the amount of interest the
passing years of Republican admins
tration have deposited there. 1t is
practical test
The man with the ballot will pause
and consider what has been done for
him individually. The great world
power which shelters him meaDE glory
to the flag, but it does not put bread
and butter in the mouths of his family
nor scrip in his purse. On all sides
he sees this national glory transformed
into enormous exports and imports the
profits upon which go into the pockets
of the plethoric rich, the trusts, the
combines. and the monopolies. He feels
the grip of the money power on his
empty wallet Added to this discourag-
ing condition he is now threatened that
if he does not vote for William H. Taft
to perpetuate the wretched misery the
country will go to the dogs. His is
the status brought about by the Repub-
lican party. and notably by the present
administration. In proof Of it, consider
the strenuous exertions to throw off the
blame and put ii on the shoulders Of
William Jennings Bryan and the Dem
ocratic party. neither of whom have
ever had any hand in shaping the
Roosevelt policies. 1t is clear that the
election of Mr. Bryan is a necessity
Dunlop's Dispatch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20

a wise woman, but she could not keep
from sending Ida look, which entreat-
ed her to accept the offer.
"I must refuse that also" was
Idahos response.
May ask what your terms are?"
asked Mr.. Harper, looking, as he felt,
a trifle nettled.
II will take one thousand dollars for
all my rights to the use Of it," was
Ida's response.
Then you will have to look else
where for a customer" and Mr.. Harper
took his departure.
Mrs. Allan plainly showed her disap-
pointment, and for several days nothing
was said on the subject. Before Mr..
Harper left town, he sent word by Mr..
Gilman that he would give five hun
dred dollars, but this offer was also re-
fused.
Three months passed away before he
came to town again, and the invention
slept quietly in Idaho's room. Every
night she lifted the cover and took a
peep at her treasure.
One day, in response to the ringing
Of the bell. during her mothers absence,
Ida opened the door to find Mr.. Har-
per smiling genially into her face.
II have concluded to accept your
terms. Where is the burner?"
A few moments later the deed was
done, and NJ, Harper was gone, but
Ida was sitting with a bit of paper in
her hands, which represented one
thousand dollars.
Mrs. Allan and Clarence could hardly
believe it possible.
One thousand dollars, They did not
know until long afterwards that the lit
tie invention Melted Mr.. Harper many
thousands of dollars.
But with that little slip of paper Ida
educated herself, leaving her mother
free to help Clarence in his study Of
| civil engineering.
One day a schoolmate inquired why,
having been successful once, she did not
| try again.
81 shall never do any more invent
ing" laughed Ida. II proved the capa-
| bility of the feminine mind, and that
is all l set out TO do."-Chicago Daily
| News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
gress to be elected this year are pledg-
ed for tariff reform.
where Are the Democratss

Where Are the Democratic
We have never had an administra-
ton which enforced with so much ar
rogance and in so many offensive WAYS
policies hateful to every Democrat as
the one that is now nearing its end.
Under cover of vociferated virtue it
has upheld irresponsible personal gov
eminent; it has undertaken to over
ride Congress and the courts: it has
ignored the constitution and the laws :;
it has encouraged extravagance. war
and waste; it has suspended laws in
the interest of favorites: If has de-
nounced as guilty men who had not
been tried it has maintained one
standard for itself while holding its
critics to another; it has connived with
trusts, moIopolists and schemers in
raising campaign funds while pretend
Ing to assail such offenders, and to
all who protested or expostulated 1t
has replied with denunciation and viii
1cation
To make the central figure in this
administration thoroughly complete and
consistent nothing is wanting but a
crown, a scepter and 4 golden carriage
with outriders. Hinged here and there
with the exaggeration of comic opera,
our citizen sultan shows at one moment
the rollicking abandon of a tipsy stage
potentate and at another the drastic
he does, what he thinks, and what he
says is right. What other people do
think and say is wrong; therefore, off
with their heads or consign them to
the limbo of the undesirable, for the
king can not err. TO round out his
career Of capricious recklessness and
lawlessness he names his successor and
assumes to bludgeon him into office
There Is greater need of true Dem
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
Forecasting Political Results.

Organized attempts to forecast re-
suits of the national election this year
began in both parties as soon as the
candidates were nominated. In New
York and several other States prelimi-
nary prophecies based on them have al
ready begun to appear. The methodical
effort to find out results In advance
may extend until reports have been
made covering every ward and county
in which changes are expected. Then,
instead Of being accepted as authentic
prophecies, or even as reliable forecasts,
all conclusions thus reached become
claims" as soon as they are published
With all his reports footed to the last
totals, the most expert political prophet
remains uncertain if everything except
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
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M)GGMg5S ll(SL9R

About 1,206,0Q0 gallons of blood are
pumped through the adult human heart
each year.
''The United States navy possesses
in the scout cruiser Salem the fastest
warship in the world" says the Scien-
tific American. I'm the recent govern
ment Standardization trial over the
measured mile course off Rockland,
Me-, this handsome vessel was driven
at a maximum speed Of 1858 knots
and at an average speed for five runs
over the mile course of 1886 knots"
The Oligocene is one of the divisions
of the ancient geological age known as
the Tertiary. Recently the Oligocene
rocks in the Bourbonnais, France,
yielded two very interesting little fos-
sils, one of a sparrow, the other Of a
squirrel, which is almost identical in
all its anatomical characters with the
common squirrel Of the present time.
So perfectly is the fossil preserved
that the hairs can still be seen detach-
ing themselves in fine lines along the
back of the skeleton. The head is lack
ing.
Mrs. Bertha Ayrton has succeeded in
ascertaining the cause of the refractory
behavior of the searchlight In certain
respects and in devising a remedy. The
British admiralty called on Prof. Ayr
ton to investigate the trouble some
time ago. After making many investi-
cations he turned the problem over to
his wife, who is the only woman mem
Der of the Institute Of Electrical En-
gineers and who received the only med
al ever awarded to a woman by the
Royal Society Of London for original
unaided work.
The mistletoe, which the druids are
said to have cut from oak-trees with
bill-hooks of gold for the plant was a
sacred object in their religious ceremo-
MES, is seldom found on oaks at the
present day, although it abounds on
many other trees, to which it's pres
ence is always eventually fatal. Such,
at least, is the state Of affairs in
France, in the regions, such as Tour
aine, that were once the special home
of the druids. Nearly 200 tons Of mis-
tletoe are annually exported from
France to England, principally for use
at weddings.
The observations Of DR.. E. Muellen-
dorf concerning the effects of electric
ity on the animal body show some re-
markable results. Man has much great
er power of resistance or much less
susceptibility, than many other ami
mails. A leech placed upon a copper
plate which rests upon a larger plate
of zinc is unable to crawl off on &C
count of the feeble electric action ex-
cited by the contact of the metals
Horses are troubled by slight differ
ences of potential. An OK treated for
rheumatism with electricity succumbed
to a current absolutely inoffensive to
man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
Securing Fertile EGGS.

officials of the Department Of Agri-
culture have been collecting data re-
garding the factors which affect the
fertility Of eggs, the question having
been carefully studied at number of
experiment stations In the United
States ard elsewhere.
Too warm quarters for laying stock
and overlooking are commonly believed
to exercise an unfavorable influence on
egg fertility, as well as does cold sea-
son. The way eggs are handled or
stored Is also believed to affect the pro-
portion which will hatch as will also
the conditions under which incubation
occurs.
The vigor and character of the par
ent stock and the length of time the
male bird has been with the flock are
also important questions with respect
to egg fertility. At the outset It should
be pointed out that fertility and hatch
ability" are not necessarily identical.
An egg may be fertile and still the
germ does not have sufficient vitality to
produce a healthy chick under the or
binary conditions Of incubation. In a
series of incubator experiments at the
Rhode Island station of S6T7 eggs test
ed. SO per cent were found to be fertile.
while only 46 per cent Of the fertile
eggs, or 1856 per cent Of the total num-
Der Of eggs, hatched under the condi-
lions Of the tests.
The various observations made, while
not entirely conclusive, indicate that in
order TO secure fertile eggs which viii
hatch, the laying stock must not be kept
In very warm quarters or oyerfed; the
males must be kept with the hens con-
tinuously and that only eggs should be
used which are produced after the male
has been with the hens several days.
Only few fowls from very vigorous
parent stock and those known to pro-
duce a high percentage Of fertile eggs
(hens vary widely in this respect)
should be used; the hens should be al
lowed a rest after each laying period,
while the eggs should be handled care
fuIly. not subjected 10 extremes Of tenn
perature In storing and used only when
comparatively fresh.-Frzirie Farmer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
The Emit Garden.

Pick the pears two weeks before
they would become soft and store them
in a cool dark place to ripen.
Peaches picked for shipping should
be removed from the trees while still
hard, but with good color. For home
use, however, let them remain on the
trees until they are ripe enough to fall.
Trees can be set out for new or
chard in September and October. If
the trees are received with the leaves
still on, strip them off at once. Get
your orders in early, so that the plants
will be received early.
Currants and gOoseberries can be
planted TO much better advantage now
than in the spring. 1t is also the time
to Increase your stock Of a favorite
variety of these fruits. Cut the tips
of the stems into pieces 3 or inches
long and tie them in bundles. Store
in damp sand, In a cool place until
spriug-Surburban Life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20

President TO dictate It's candidate for
President, but gave Mm both a plat-I
form and running mate out of har-l
mony with his recognized principles.
No sooner had Mr.. Taft been placed at
the head of the ticket than he began
the work of remodeling the platform on
which he stood. Mr.. Sherman, lieuten
ant of Speaker Cannon, never made pre-
tense of being a Roosevelt Republican
till he became tail of the Roosevelt
Taft ticket.
By constant reliance on Roosevelt
and in particular by the submission of
his speech of acceptance to the Presi-
dent for approval, the Republican can
didate has given the public an impress
sion that he is mere proxy for his
chief. This has counted against him.
To preserve the personal feelings of
rival aspirants for the post of national
chairman Mr. Taft made a wholly IL
logical and cumbersome ARRANGEMENT.
by which both Hitchcock and VorysI
could be chairmen. the apparent duty Of
each being to get in the way OF the
other
The vacillating policy of the Taft
management in reference to Senator
Foraker leads to situation demanding
the most stringent measures to untangle.
First he was to be eliminated. Then
it was specified that the elimination
must be by the painless method. Then
overtures from the Taft camp were
about to lead to complete harmony and
the killing of the fatted calf. when the
Hearst charges threw all hands into q
panic and the end is not yet.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
VIEWING WEDDING PRESENTS.
Remarks by the Guests Which Are
Susceptible of Misrepresentation.

Remarks by the Guests Which Are
Susceptible of Misrepresentation.
Women viewing another woman's
liable to be misinterpreted," said the
bachelor who declares he hates we'd
dings but always goes when invited, to
a New York Sun man.
Now, why is it that the most COM
mon remark Of the women who are
inspecting the layout of silver and cut
glass and other gifts more or less use
full is: What a lot Of presents she
gotr They don't mean anything I'M
kind. but the Inference an uninitiated
eavesdropper would draw is that they
wonder why she got so many.
"Of course, they vary the remark
What a lucky girl' says one, as if she
would like to add, Some persons have
too much luck And another says, I
wonder where they all came FROM, i'm
plying almost that the bride couldn't
have enough friends to make so many
gifts and must have sent some Of them
TO herself just TO make showing.
"Now, these women don't mean any
harm It's just their way Of express
ing admiration usually. But there are
others who surely evince an unchar-
liable, petty spirit.
They pick up and examine every
article and appraise It in loud whis-
pers. They express voluble wonder as
to whether the silver is solid and doubt
the genuineneSs Of the cut glass. Even
if they do like thing, they will de-
eide that it won't wear we'll. Pretty
silver, but how ii will scratch says
one, while another knows the china is
lovely. but is TO break easily.
And so the tongues wag. while the
quiet man in the corner keeps a watch
full eye. He is a detective, and dis
truSts everyone"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
the always present prospect that the
unexpected will happen.
With almost avarvona vho

With almost everyone who votes at
tempting some method of forecasting
results, the experts have little real adj
vantage except as they use intelligent
ly the method employed in forecasting
the weather. The tabulated vote of
elections for four years In detail, with
summaries below for twenty years, State
by State may give something more than
the same approach to certainty given
by tables Of rainy and sunshiny days
for the same period. When reports of
indications over the whole area affect
ed are brought to bear on these, the
prophet who practices strict method Is
likely to reach as near certainty as
method can bring him.
AS Edmund Burke made his reputa-
ton as the most extraordinary political
prophet of modern times, he may have
used such methods as far as they were
convenient His fulfilled prophecies,
however, seem as remarkable because
they were conscientious as because they
were fulflleu. tie SeelllS 10 nave reach
ed In some way the almost impossible
ability to find what ought to happen
justly, with the greatest measure of
Justice for all concerned, measured not
by his own wishes but from The general
operations Of the logic Of justice out
Of the past through the present into the
future Prophecy Of this kind is always
likely to be rare. In Burke's case his
foresight counted for nothing in the
politics of any year in which he used
ii. 1t was recognized only after what
happened for others as the unexpected
had worked out along lines he had fol-
lowed where their logic carried him.
If there are Burzes in this country
now. they may do something of the
same kind for their own conscientious
purposes. The political almanacs and
the indications must be the reliance f
all others who wish to predict what will
happen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
A Democratic weapon.

To our minds, there was only one
cOnrse for Mr.. Foraker-to spurn the
retainer of the trusts and to decline
to differentiate between ]. 3. Foraker,
lawyer, and Joseph Benson Foraker,
Senator OF the United States No man
is so judiciaIly minded as rightly to be
able to take money from a corporation
upon whose methods of business he may
have, as a Federal legislator, to sit in
MISUNDERSTANDING when that cor
poration calls upon him TO defeat legis-
lation and prevent nominations. He
may think that he is hired for his legal
skill; everyone else VII believe that
the stake was his political influence.
We have had high regard for Senator
Foraker's independence and fearless
ness during the last two years, in which
he has rendered great service; but We
must repeat our belief that these reve-
.ations make Mr.. Foraker's reelection
altogether unlikely, and quite undesir
able. What weapon Mr.. Hearst has
forged for the Democrats New York
Evening Pest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20

II Mr.. Bryan is elected President,
and he claims with increasing confidence
that he will be, the Republicans will
owe theiF defeat TO a series Of errors
in management which are little less
than appalling when viewed in the ag-
gregate. Beginning the campaign with
every political factor apparently in
their favor, with a twice defeated and
Oft repudlated man for in opponent,
the Republicans have by their persist
ent laundering invited the disaster
that many believe is in store for them.
The Chicago convention allowed the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20

You may have your own way, dear,
and fight your battle in your own fash
ion. Lock your door. if you choose. 1
will not come in again until you, want
me, but on one thing, no, two-I insist.
You must eat the meals l bring you,
and go to bed at your usual hour"
Ida promised readily and the mother
went away.
Soon after she returned, bringing to
the door a tray containing Idaho's
breakfast. After the girl had eaten it
she sat for a long time in intense
thought. She forgot everything; she
was at last an inventor!
Her books and her fancy work, the
dainty belongings that girls delight in,
we're recklessIy pushed aside. She
needed her table for sterner occupation.
Shortly before tea-time on Saturday
evening, the key turned in the lock, and
a slender, pale-faced girl descended the
stairs YEARLY but unfalteringly.
as the battle fought, little daugh-
teri"
Fought and won, mother; you shall
see my invention tomorrow"
1t was not Of intricate mechanism,
but underneath its simplicity lay a
thought. Mrs. Allan saw that 1t was
Of practical value, but she did not say
so just then.
A few days later, Mr.. Gilman, him.
self a mechanic, and tried and trusted
friend of the family's, came in, and the
invention was shown to him.
That's a frst-class idea. I'll send
Harper around to see It, the next time
he is In town."
BY the time Mr.. Harper made his ap-
pearance, Ida was ready to talk freely
about her improved lamp-burner.
81 will give you one hundred dollars
for the right to get it patented, and the
use of the patent" said Mr.. Harper.
Idaho refused the offer
1.-TWO hundred then" said Mr.. Har-
per.
Mrs. Allan was a silent figure In the
! conference, being, as have said before
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
The Wrong Question.

An interviewer having obtained &C
cess TO the presence of famous actor
asked the great man If he would be
kind enough TO describe some of his
early failures.
"Sir," snapped the tragedian, 81 never
had any. James-the door Human
life
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
Alfalfa Donf's.

In "The Book Of Alfalfa" by Secre-
tary F. D. Coburn of Kansas, the fol-
lowing list Of don't Is given:
Don't sow any nurse crop. Don't
SOW on freshly ploEed land, no matter
how carefully prepared Don't let
weeds or grass grow over six inches
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
No Old stock.

Prospective Boarder-The doctor
says should have plenty of good fresh
air.
Farmer Fields-Yes'm. Ycd'u get
plenty Of air st our place.
P. B-But is it good and fresh, Do
you get ii fresh every day1-Kansas
City Times.