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Fac Frying nna Publicity.

What Republican is to do the ''fat
frying" this year? There is no doubt
that Mr. Cortelyou would be best able
to undertake 1t. He knows all about
the weak spots in the armor of the
trusts and protected monopolists, and,
therefore, just about how much fat can
be squeezed out of each corporation
without making them feel they are be-
ing imposed upon. Then the Wall street
fnanciers, who have heretofore been
charging up their donations to some
corporation, must also be dealt with
tenderly, now that they have to draw
against their own TANK accounts, and
no one knows better than Mr.. Cortel-
you Just how much to assess them.
But there are peculiar difficulties this
year in making collections, because the
interests that give do not repay for
what has been done for them, but ex-
pect promises OF protection and adj
vantages in the future. The tariff-pro-
tected trusts will require assurances
that their particular schedule shall not
be revised, and with platform promis-
ing all kinds of reform, although none
is intended, It viii be difficult to maize
his interests will he let alone, when the
Republican spellbinders and candidates
are assuring the gulllble Republican
voters that real reform Is intended.
Rockefeller and Morgan will evidently
have to do the bulk of the giving for
the financial interests, for they hope 70
have the currency law made perpetual.
But there Is a rich kettle Of fat In
the railroads that viii yield enough to
grease all the Republican machinery
and allow the politicians to live In lux
ury. The railroads are poor now, IL
consequence Of the Republican panic
and the continued business depression,
but If they don't yield TO the fat fryer
they may expect that reform legisla-
tion, heretofore Threatened. might be
come reality. Then. too. nearly every
railroad has been a lawbreaker. and
some are still at 1t, and the evidence
is on Gle In the secret archives OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission. Yes.
Hartman will have to come down
again The Republican fat fryer will
have the evidence Of rebating and re-
straint OF trade and high rates at his
fingers end before he starts on his
mission Of collecting the tainted funds
to save the country, and incidentally.
OF course. TO save the railroads and the
Republican party.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-07-14

The Protective Tariff League must be
singing loud haIleluiahs in Its sanctum
sanctorum that the sacred tariff will be
revised higher II the Republicans are
successful at the election The league
holds fast to the fundamental absurd
lty that a high tariff protects not only
the manufacturers. but the laIoring
man gs well In fact, Mr.. Charles =.
Moore, president Of the league, who
was in Chicago at the convention to see
that no harm came TO the sacred Ding
leg tariff from it's friends. the Repub-
Leans. said:
IF the alleged tariff reformers or re-
visIonists prevail at the convention. the
Incoming administration viii be pledged
to a revision downward meaning great
er inportations Of foreign goods and
the displacement OF American products.
less production. les~F employment and
reduction OF wages. and placing our
people on the same basis as foreign
ers.'
But the danger from all these dire
srD predictions Of disaster have been
waried or. and instead Of revision
downward we are promised +revision
uT.Sasd.~ through the addition 10 the
prs3cnt law Of higher scale Of duties,
% be known az the maximum tariff.
SO xr. Moore and bis league Of tariff
pampered trusts can now BE- calm. -
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-07-14

1t is not creditable to the inventive
genius of the American people thai
nearly one million dollars of property
is on the average lost each day by fire
The total output OF gold In this couD
try is much less than the loss by FIRE
Then there Is the havoc by food. For
tunately the figures are less startling
but still the actual loss is estimated al
S10,000,0OO by reason Of the foods now
occurring In the Mississippi valley
Both loss by fire and flood are prevent
able, and are problems worthy of tbs
best talent OF the country AS far as
the loss from floods is concerned, the
remedy is q simple one, the only need
being the money to control the rivers
A Republican Congress can spend 81,
000,000,O0O and more for one year, and
yet be SO niggardly about river improve
ments that the work already done IL
made practically worthless. There Is
a desplcable partisan cause that really
prevents The necessary money being ap
prOpriated, because most Of the States
where IL is needed send Dmocrats te
represent them in Congress. and the Re
publicans can, therefore. gain no party
advantage by doing the necessary work
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-07-14

1t is getting rather monotonous to be
compelled TO record another rise In the
price Of meat. Last week the price
was boosted 2 cents pound, and now
another advance OF cents Is again
added. making 5-cent increase during
the past week. The packers combine
is allowed full sway by President
Roosevelt. and his Attorney General Is
evidently afraid to Tickle the beef oc.
topus, so the public will have to grin
and bear II until the Democrats get
into power and really curb the trust
A year or two ago the administration
took great credit to itself for its sup
posed success In suit before the Chi.
cago court, which decided the packers
eere combined In restraint OF trade.
A fine Of comparatively small amount
was assessed against the members Of
the combine, and the result was her.
aided far and wide as the preliminary
step towards further control OF trusts
Alas. the price OF beef proves how we
have all been humbugged by this bogus
trust hf1afirp
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-07-14

and men with enough public spirit and of duty
to make money sacrifice to the State Unfortu-
nately there all few of the latter This
is not plea for general increase in salaries, but
Flea for general increase in interest in public affairs
There very few Americans who will not willingly
and cheeerfully give their lives the flag there
very few who will give their time any part of it.
for the State No should politics with the
hope Of pecuniary reward. There is such thing as
honest graft. Salaries small and the continuity
of office holding uncertain that the life of honest
politician is ole of constant sef-sacrihce
Moreover journalistic and political ethics are
such that the honest who accepts Office this
country expect from the beginning to the end of
his TO wage insistent struggle do duty
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-07-14


The Republicans in 1896 had no
doubt of who should be blamed for the
panic of 1928, which was brought on
Dy the reckless silver purchase act of
1870. That law was proposed by d
Republican administration and passed
In the House of Representatives with
unanimous vote in its favor and a
unanimous Democratic vote against It.
Therefore. the Republican party pro-
ceeded TO resolve that the Democratic
party was responsible, for Sit has pre-
cipitated panic, bllghted industry and
trade with prolonged depression. closed
factories, reduced work and wages,
halted enterprises and crippled Ameri-
can production"
The Democrats can now retort In
kind by adopting that Republican plank
at Denver as exactly fitting present
conditions. for every consideration OF
public safety and individual interest
demands that the government shall be
rescued from the hands of those who
have shown themselves Incapable of
conducting it" The Republican party
having had full control of the govern
ment for the past twelve years. there
can be no just accusation that the dew
ilish Democrats have "precipitated
panic, blighted industry and trade
with prolonged depression" etc.
But the brazen effrontery of our Re
publican friends was quite equal to the
occasion. for TO get out of the panic
mess they could not charge TO the Dem
ocrats. The platform just adopted at
Chicago declared that:
Nothing so clearly demonstrates the
sound basis upon which our CONNER
cial, industrial and agricultural inter-
ests are founded. and the necessity of
promoting their continued welfare
through the operation of Republican
policies, as the recent safe passage of
the American people through financial
disturbance which. If appearing in the
midst Of Democratic rule or the menace
of 1t, might have equaled the familiar
Democratic panics of the past"
But have the American people had
safe passage through "the financial
disturbance" That great barometer of
trade the iron industry. is still sleep
ing, to all intents and purposes: bank
clearances show universal decline;
many thousands of unemployed work
men still hunting a job; railroad
earnings still falling, and many diyi-
dends unpaid or reduced; many indus
trial plants closed or running on short
time, does not clearly show their con-
tinued welfare through the operation
of Republican policies" but rather the
reverse, But, of course, the Republic
an party still holds TO the familiar
theory that Providence Is backing the
party of great moral IDEAS" but of
most astounding political corruption
and viciousness.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-07-14

when looking for source of supply
for this article.
Paper bags Of the best grade were
originally made from jute or manila
paper, but this of late years has been
almost entirely displaced by paper
made from spruce wood. One manu-
facturer owns over 1900 square miles
Of timber land, from which is derived
the supply Of wood for pulp and fiber.
and controls every step In the process
Of manufacture from the tree in the
forest to the finished product as sent
to the warehouse of the wholesale gro
Ger.
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A1DW[p[y[lM{D G
Y$5glIJ E1cIs|

Messrs Palermo and Cinngoloni. the
inventors Of "tachyol' (6roride of sill
ver), an antispetic employed In surgery,
have found that solution Of part In
100000 Of water will destroy all germs,
including bacillus subtilis, its germici-
dial effect being much greater than that
OF chlorine, bromine or ozone.
To lessen risk of loss of submarines,
torpedoes used IN naval practice and
other objects liable to sink in the sea.
French oceanographer attaches yes
sci of oil having long ard short time
tube one-tenth Of an inch IL diameter.
When submergence softens the gum
seals Of the tube, oil rises from the
long one drop by drop, locating the
sunken object by the film on the wa
| tel's surface.
The German government more than
year ago imposed what seemed to be
moderate tax on railroad tickets.
The result Of 1t has been a divers,e0 If
travel from the higher to the lower
| classes to such an extent that a de-
crease Of about S2,500,OOO In the pas
senger earnings Of the Prussian state
railroads alone is attributed to it.
Nearly at the same time new schedule
Of charges for passengers and baggage
| was introduced. which on the same
railroads reduced earnings about
81, 100000 But this was expected.
DR.. II. G. Stevens, Of Seattle, reports
recent experiments which show that
objects seen by indirect vision ordin-
arily appear larger In the right halt
of the field of vision than in the left.
is reversed. From these facts he de-
duces a possible origin Of right and left
handedless. Right-handedness, or Its
reverse, develops at about the age OF
seven months. DR.. Stevens suggests
that they may be due to the phenomena
Of vision Just described. By a reflex
effect the infant reaches after the OBJ
jects best seen with the arm nearest to
| them.
In his book on the great weld of
German East Africa, Herr G. G. Schil-
llngs gives vivid description Of the
shimmeri1g. undulating sea OF light
which battles that country, causing
light-colored objects often to appear
black. and making distances so decep-
tive that when but a few hundred
PAGES away 1t Is sometimes impossible
TO distinguish rhinoceros from an
ostrich or a termites' nest. Water on
| this weld is often the greatest Of lux
uries, "as precious as life itself. even
when obtained from small mud pools. y
Yet the country, when viewed from hill
tops or from tall trees, exhibits Won
derful panorama OF wild life. Elephants
there are not dependent upon grass
but will strip trees OF their bark or
branches when hard pressed. and they
are sometimes found In company with
glraffes- II some Of the small lakes
OF the Kilimanjaro region hippopotami
may be watched by concealed OBJ
server at as close quarters as In q
geological park.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-07-14

Moving pictures originated In an ex.
pertinent to show both sides of a shill-
ing at once. II 1926 according to the
Chicago Tribune, Sir John Eerschel
asked his friend, Charles Babbage, how
he would show both sides of a shilling
at once. Babbage replied by taking a
shilling from his pocket and holding II
before / mirror.
This did not satisfy Sir John, who
set the shilling spinning OF a large
table, at the same time pointing out
that II the eye is placed on a level with
ratating coin, both sides can be seen
at once.
Babbage was 80 struck by the ex-
pertinent that the next day he de-
scrlbed It to friend. Doctor Fitton,
who Immediately made a working
model.
On one side Of a disk was drawn q
bird, on the other side an empty bird
cage. When the card was revolyed on
silk thread the bird appeared to be
in the cage This model showed the
persistence OF vision upon which all
moving pictures depend for their ef-
feet
The eye retains the image Of the OBJ
ject seen for a fraction OF secS>css
after the object has been removed.
This model was called the thaumatrope
Next came the zeotrope, or wheel Of
sse." A cylinder was perforated with
a series Of slots. AID within the cyIIn-
der was placed band OF drawings Of
dancing men On the apparatus being
slowly rotated. the figures seen through
the slots appeared to be in motion
The first systematic photographs OF
men and animals taken at regular In
tervnls were made by Edward Mag
bridge Ia 1877.
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heart and hand In hand. to hear the
strains of harmony that mingie with
the moaning OF the tide.7
She gazed at him with a sentiment
profound, and she looked at him mer-
rily, and archlng her brows at him
until In his innermost soul he muttered.
Hang II. she isn't so badi' But aloud
he said. Il don't so away In the sum-
mer.'
II have always said" she cried. de
lightedly, that there Is no place In
the summer like the city. No. sirl No
wherel And We'll have one of those
plano players. dear. and collection of
the best old classics, and. oh. what
happy. happy hours wen spend to
yether. Bach, BeethovenI Etude
All. feel so happyI'
Swinging his hand and pressing II
with affection the while. she began
Dinns ask me IL I love ye.
Truth. darena tell
And then not only did she swing his
hand. but he swung hers. and instead
OF avoiding her glance and setting his
face in the cast OF stones. he looked Al
her right sweet-in the eye and thought
her wondrous fair.
But look here. girl he said Il only
get SIS week. ami those piano players
and concerts ana operas and tt'ngsr
"well." she whispered. her syes shin
Ing as she lifted her rosy little lips tc
be kissed. well Aren't there
canar.ss?'-Evening Sun
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The Rannoch.

One OF the hardest, bravest, and
most difficult to handle among all the
western tribes was the small but val
orous bani known as the Banncck
Banak, or Panaiti. This little tribe
never numbering more than 700, has
for many years inhabited the country
between the Snake river and the noun
tains which mark the boundary between
Montana and southern Idaho.
OF Shoshone race, but drawer and
more turbulent than any other Sho.
shone tribe. the Bannock fought the
Blackfeet and drove them back when
they came over the mountains, domin-
ated tanner tribes Of Idaho and Ore
gon. and made themselves general nui-
sances when the white man took the
country.
The Bannock troubles eliminated In
1879. when they broke ont In open war,
drawing many OF the Piute and Sho-
shone along with them. After consid.
cradle fighting their young chief, Buff
falo Horn. was killed by friendly In
dian scouts, and the Bannock warriors
surrendered
All Of the Bannock tribe, except a
fragment at Lemhi. now make their
home on the Fort Hall reservation.
Some 500 Of them still survive, but are
slowly decreasing In numbers They
do not take kindly to civilization. but
seem to have accepted the inevitable,
and behave fairly wen OF recent .years.
The Bannock are very dsrA OF face. ana
OF metlum stature, while their physique
Is why and sineFy. as might be ex-
pected with fighting race. equally ex-
pert In horsemanShp and mountain
climbing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-07-14

In San Francisco the campaign
against rats, as spreaders OF the plague.
Is a subject Of universal discussion. A
conversation reported BY writer In
the Gail shows that the topic has
reached even the children
~wot they hunting up oil rats ferY'
-Aw. don't yer know nothing? Rats
has tho plague. az II you see one you'd
better look out, cause youn set It too.
maybe"
III you 3ust see rat do you get tty'
Jaw. don't yer know nothing7 You've
got the plague when you've been bit by
nea what's been bit by rat what's
been bit By sailor"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-07-14

StandDatters In the Saddle.
The Joker in the tariff plank of
the Republican platform is the guaran.
tee of reasonable profit to American
industries" The standpatters insisted
on this. and finally prevailed. They
contended that a tariff which would
guarantee reasonable profit" to
American manufacturers would prevent
any scaling of the schedules.
A reasonable profit they realized.
would be as difficult to define as a
reasonable rate" was when the rail-
way rate bill was under consideration.
In the elasticity OF the phrase lies their
nope OF preventing any great changes
or reduction in the schedules. The high
tariff men have figured out that they
VIII only have TO go before the Ways
and Means Committee when their par
ticular protective schedules are endan-
gered, and say:
BUT we are only making a reason
able profit, under the present tariff
and the Republican platform promised
us that specifically"
The whole effort OF the reyisionists
was to prevent the insertion of some
such joker as was put in. The genuine
tariff reformers and believers In a real
revision realize that, while promising
tariff changes standpat high tarifi
plank has been adopted. In fine the
dominant control is no more In favor
of revision now than 1t had beer
in the past, and is again attempting tc
delude the country with vague prom
Uses
So, II Republican Congress is agair
elected there Will be perhaps maxi
mum tariff added, and the present rates
still be the minimum tariff
There must be a goodly number OF
Republican voters who really desire te
see the high tariff rates that proteci
the trusts so revised that trust prices
may meet the decline in wages. There
are others that would like t. see tn,
tariff so reduced that the trusts wou)c
be compelled by foreign competition tc
sell their products to American consum
ers as cheaply as to foreigners.
But with the Republican platform de
claring that the trusts are to be pro
tected with a reasonable profit, OF
which those corporations will be the
sole Judge OF how much that profit mus
be, the only prospect OF revision is tC
revise the tariff higher. for most of the
industrial trusts are declaring theiI
profits are not sufficient to pay "rea
sonable' interest on their capital Re
publican tariff reformers are thus "solt
again" to their trust masters, unles,
the Democrats can redeem them from
their bondage.
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Milan, oh, how l have lo1ged for them,
and now we will see them. dear-to-
getherl'
Now look here-look here"-he be-
gan.
"Or we can subscribe to the operas
here instead!" she cried. Garden, Ca
russo. Tet-tet-tet-whate her
name is. Oh. how long to hear her
sing. Wen have a nice little automo-
bile, one Of those that's all closed In,
and Wen go and see them ALTO
gether You can invite your friends
at the bank. too. and we'll give opera
parties"
She patted his hand, and inwardly
he groaned and cursed the fate that
had led him to mislead her into think
ing that he was the mainstay and bull
wark of the bank where he daily added
long items Of figures, In Ledger: De
posts: A-G." AID. seeing that he was
still silent and unhappy and gave no
answering echo to her melody, she tried
another and a lower key.
All dutOuOOile--pSudW! sue eA-
claimed. 81 would much rather have
q nice carriage. Or we could hire one ~
she laughed. What fun Dear me
And, anyhow, the music is the thing.
The rhythm and the sweep of 1t, its
manifold moods Of joy, its woes, its
passions! ALI, mel"
~ don't like the operas" he grum-
bled, his eyes anguished and his feet
shutting on the carpet. II hate them.
have always hated them from child
Now. look here. l think there's some
Misunderstanding
"Ah!" she cried, 81 know what 1t Is
you likel l know! It's the concerts
at the seashore-in the payilions-on
the sand. AID 80 do 1. dear. and so do
tt oh m sir On tha heach hart RI
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CkNARIES, ANYWAY

oh. 1 love music I" he cried.

"Oh, | love music!" he cried
She looked at him with admiration,
sitting back In one corner OF the sofa
as he sat In the other-with rosy-faced
admiration she looked at him. eyes
sparkling, hands clasped and her lips
slightly parted in the very GREATNESS
ness of her regard.
"Ah, yes" said he, "Ah, yes! The
blaring Of the brasses and the signing
OF the woods! Would you have melan-
choly? 1t is the breathing Of the flute.
Would you have triumph? oh, listen
to the comets tones! So could | go
through all the emotions, and oh, the
tonals. the cadenzas, the minims the
rittardo and the sudden. sudden stop
the silencel Ali"
He paused, his eyes glowing on va
cancy He made a dreamy. graceful
gesture and looked at her from the
: corner os his eyes, drinking In her adj
miration and absorbing all the tribute
Of her pantomine.
'And so do u she cried
Impulsively he held out his hand and
impulsively she took It
1--WE will love music all our lives.
abe whispered. "all our lives-to-
getherp'
Suddenly then his glowing look van.
ished and over his features there passed
an expression OF inquiry. fear and
doubt. Gently he sought TO withdraw
his hand, but she held 1t tightly. press
ing 1t with silent declaration OF love
and esteem and letting him know BY
the soft engagement and relaxation OF
her grasp that when II came to music
she, too, was there with a fond and
true regard for the most beautiful OF
all the arts and the Interpretation OF
great souls long dead; and that wher
II came to rhapsodies she could rhapso-
die, and when 1t came to passages OF
sadness she could weep. but that taking
one thing with another II was. 1t was
the twiddly bits, the twiddly bits. he
twlddIy bits; oh, yes, 1t was the WILDLY
bits that stole her heart away
Yes, yes" she whispered. AL oul
ives-toyether !"
He looked at her then with the mute
ness Of entreaty. preserving the atti
tude OF Formally, edging away from
her so that their clasped and extended
arms grew taut and tight. resembling
thus the characteristics OF his smile
but as for her she beamed upon hin
sweetly. holding his hand as though Il
were q treasure and she the treasurer
or, better yet. as though It were the
paraphernalia OF ccnjurer from which
she was about m draw yards OF silk and
satin and linen and other fabrics OF the
loom: stores OF food and provision
soup, ash. roasts. game. vegetables
graSies cheese and pie: boards OF pir
money: crisp bills OF yellow and green
snd thinking coins Of gold-the whole
TO be performed TO the accompaniment
OF sweetest strains Of music. lovely
music. ethereal music. the music that
they loved and loved so well.
Every summer" she began In low
vibrating tones. I'VE caa so abroad ant
listen TO the music In the cradle or IN
art-Italy. Germany. rrance-togetner
when the music swells cur souls VII
be lifted into the infinite. and when IN
grand chords sound we win thrill b
. sauddering ecstasy. Bayreuth. Paris