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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-03

The President of the Persian National
Assembly withdrew his resignation.
In battle with Moors, French troops
lost eighty killed and fifty wounded.
Attacks on Chinese pirates, on the
Grand Canal resulted in loss of life
Japan announced scheme for divert
ing her immigration to South Africa
Plans of the British fleet bound for the
Pacific to sail in May were announced.
Federal troops of Mexico rounded up
a band of more than 1,500 Yaqui Indians
Fifteen persons lost their lives leaving
Scotia.
Sir Robert Hart, inspector general of
Chinese customs, was granted long leave
of absence.
"Ouida" was buried at Florence, Italy,
her nurse and her pet dogs being the
only mourners.
The report was circulated in ST. Pc
tersburg that the Emperor hal decided 20
partition Finland.
The organization of modern-dTiii.ed
troops at all points along the Chinese
frontier was begun.
Mary Robson. the famous bruce case
witness in London, confessed that her
stories were fabrications.
King Edward who has been suffering
from an affection of the throat, went to
Brighton, seeking better health.
The Russian war ministry prepared to
fortify yladivostok in preparation for
possible future trouble with Japan.
The American expedition under X. Dor
sey Mohun, seeking to penetrate the wilds
of the Congo Free State, was repulsed.
1t was charged by Paris papers shat
the Kaiser discovered and prevented
secret treaty between France and Eng
land.
Three miniatures of children of the
King and Queen of England which were
recently stolen from a London studio,
were recovered.
Chinese imperial customs officials have
seized a japanese steamer near Macao
which was landing arms on Chinese ter
ritory. 1t is alleged that the arms were
intended for revolutionists under DIR. Sun
Yet Sen, the leader of the revolutionary
party in China.
The military of Russia was divided into
factions by the trial of Gen. Stoessel and
his comrades who were in the Port Ar
thur siege.
Franco. the exiled premier of Portugal.
whose drastic measures are declared to
have caused the assassination of King
Carlos and the crown prince. says he has
no regrets, that the murder was the work
OF madmen who served for pay.
War between Russia and Turkey is re-
garded as a strong possibility as a re-
suit of the boundary dispute between Tur-
key and Persia a situation that has caus-
ed the dispatch of 1000 Russian troops
in the direction of the Turkish frontier
Japan's foreign minister. replying to in
Temptations in the Diet. said that the
emigration question had been satisfac-
torily settled with Canada,
Albert Kirby Fairfax, who has been
described as the only American bearing
an English title, has taken steps definite
IL to establish his right to the title of
Lord Fairfax.
dramatic incident marked the saun-
ter Of King Alfonso through the streets
of Seville the day before tile trage DIV at
Lisbon, Alfonso being attacked BY a Do
lioeman. whose object was to keep back
the crowd from the King but who I'M
fortunately mistook the King himself for
y suspicious looking person.
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LIQUOR IN NORWAY.
Laws by which the Sale of Intoxi-
cants Is Controlled.

Laws by which the Sale of Intoxi-
cants Is Controlled.
The SamlGg system In Norway gives
power to municipalities to grant al the
retail spirit licenses which it deems
necessary TO company which would
bind itself TO carry on the traffic Ia tie
interests of the community, with a
fixed annual return of not more than
: per cent on its paid up cap.tll. In
ests blishing the system the question
of compensation does not appear to
have presented much difficulty. When
the Samlsg was introduced tso kinds
OF licenses were in existence-tirst.
those granted annually or for a term
nat exceeding FIVE years, AMI. second,
privileged licenses, granted for the life
of the licensee. In the case OF the
first no compensation whatever was
paid to those dispossessed OF their IL
censes. In regard 10 the latter COM
pensation VS. granted in the form OF
an annuity equal TO the average yearly
profits for the three years preceding
the suppression OF the license.
With these provisions the aims and
principles OF the Samlag are summar-
lied as follows: The elimination Of
private profit and securing the monop-
oily value for the public, insuring high
est quality of liquors sold. the reduc-
ton Of the number of licenses. the easy
enforcement of the law. the destruction
of the power of the spirit trade and the
furtherance of all progressive meas
ures of reform.-New York Herald.
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Rev. Charles Stelzle, who was ma
chinist before he became a Presbyterian
minister and head of the Presbyterian de-
partment of labor told the Methodist
preachers meeting in New York tat
More democracy and more sincerity are
needed in the churches to attract working
men and women
when we go to the theological semi
narics," he said. 1--WE are directed to study
about the Israelites, Ishmaelites, Amor
ties, Tishbites, and so forth, the only ties
not included being the mosquito bites and
suburban-ites. Let us get nearer to our
fellow men.
Il am told 40 Protestant churches have
moved from the lower portion of the city
to the upper sections and 100000 persons
have moved into the districts abandoned
by those churches. This is a disgrace to
Christendom.
II know of one downtown church that
sold its property because surrounded by
too many foreigners, and the proceeds of
that sale were sent TO foreign missions
Let us talk less of building up the church
and do more toward building up the peo-
pie"
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Trampdom has dialect of its own which nobody be
yond the pale understands spoken and written da
ect which in some curious way has grown up in the
kindred and has supplanted many other of
municating ideas.
The mysterious signs that sometimes fences
in the small cities and may frequently be atrib
ued to the tramp fraternity In the big city these signs
rartes for there the hobo doesn't have the leeway
that urban and rural life gives him.
Give tramp a dinner and you give dozen. The
grateful recipient is fairly certain II he gets the oppor
tunity to make little chalk symbol the phanthro-
pists fence, perhaps merely rude circle, inclosng
cross-thus informing every ether member of his guild
that the householder is ready to feed regiment
If the tramp his way up the back walk has
lively member OF the bulldog family he is de-
cent enough after he succeeds in escaping to indicate
in the first owners fence gate the
presence of sharp teeth inside.
If the occupant of a house bears strong dislike for
tramps hesitate the slightest provocaon
to hand them to the police perhaps taking pains
deprive them of their liberty until the officer arrives the
first tramp lucky enough gives warning to his
comrades by writing "23 the vigorous citizens gate
If only live in the house the tramp takes the
liberty of describe their by the Of the letter ~,
indicating the number of the ladies by the number of
"v's" Anybody good enough to give the first mend-
cant few pennies usually gets recompensed by
symbol illustrative of the easy mark for instance
a hand, with disk drawn between the fingers And if
the householder profers sufficient money for railroad
trip to the raps home then the recipient shows his
thankfuness by drawing the gvers gate back door
a rude picture Of engine of wheels trans
portation. single scraw the clapboards of cot
tage indicates the occupants too poor look
for anybody but themselves.
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uncomfortable. Somehow she could not
get hrr loer out of her mind: he had
cared for her. she knew that, as he
would never care for any one else /;
but with her image forcibly erased
from his life. and that by her own
hand. it was more than probable that
he would find as much contentment as
most people have in his new relations
and surroundings.
That night Doris Balfour was de,iri-
Gus. For several days she was unable
10 leave her bed. She had grown very
white and thin after the fever left. and
her vitality seemed dwindIing away.
One morning her sister came into the
room and SAT- down on the bed beside
her. Doris" she began, Il want you
to tell me the truth; you are unhappy.
are You not: 1t doesn't look as though
a mere physical hurt could produce
this condition"
The hot blood famed over the girls
smell face aud he1 lips trembled. She
was too weak to control her emotions
at all. Then. for answer. she covered
her face with her hands and shook
eonvulsively. Lefty Balfour went on !:
They are making plan TO send you
to the Adirondacks-the doctor seems
to think you need a change. But 1
have a different theory. l believe |
have something that viii cure you a
whole lot quicker. Shall tell your
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sacturers the free raw materials they
need, even if other people were not i'm
mediately relieved from excessive tariff
taxes If such reductions were at once
put into effect 1t would put new life
into the depressed business of manu-
featuring and allow them to seek for
eign markets for their products that
cannot be sold in tie home market,
and thus induce them to run their fac
tories on full time. instead of the pres
ent reduced production. Workmen
would then be employed and from tbs
expenditures of their wages all busi-
ness would be benefited.
But the managing Republican politi-
clans in Congress are in blue funk,
and are afraid that any discussion of
tie tariff would add to their misery.
Even President Roosevelt fears to rec
ommend tariff reform, for it is said he
has entered into an unholy alliance
with the standpatters, who have made
him believe that tariff discussion
would further depress business and
lead to the defeat of the Republican
party.
So the Republican politicians stand
pat and allow the people to continue to
be plundered, and not Republican
Congressman rebels against the pro-
gram. Is it not time to turn the ras-
Gals out?'
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FROM FAR AND NEAR.

Robert Caldwell. sent to a New York
hospital for the insane as a hopeless
paranoiac. was preparing statement
with which to startle the world. according
to his daughter.
In a raid on alleged members of the
Black Hand in Pittsburg eight Italians
were arrested. They are charged with
Matchmaking prominent families of Sc
wickley. A number of weapons and
threatening letters were found in their
rooms.
The American ship Emily Reed went
ashore at the mouth of the Nehalem river
on the Oregon coast and broke in two.
Ten sailors persisted.
A movement has been begun by masters,
mates ard pilots to petition President
Roosevelt to pardon Capt. W. ii. Van
Schaick of the burned steamer SIocum,
sentenced to ten years in prison.
On Colorado Indictment charging en-
bezzlement and forgery. Arthur ID. Hay,
superintendent of the Pomery and Mid
dleport company cs Callipolis. Ohio. was
arrested by Offices Of surety company
He is said TO hSre eluded capture for
two years.
The Rhode Island Supre ne Court de-
eided against Chief Yeoman Fred Buenzle
who sued the proprietors OF Newport
dancing pavilion fer refusing him adnis-
sion because he wore the Uniform of the
United States navy. President Roosevelt
and prominent officers of the navy sub
scribed funds TO carry on the suit.
More than one hundred Americans have
been arrested in various parts of Mexico
because they were without employment.
and it was stated that many more would
be arrested. The influx Of railroad men
from the United States. where the roads
are said TO be retrenching. has been COM
planned of TO the authorities ut ChIhna-
hua and Mexico City.
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E-:S :: 5 :: &c
Her Sacrifice


Miss Wellington reversed the run
about and they whirled away together
AZ have an engagement at the dress
makers" she explained. IF you don't
mind. I'll stop now, and then we can
take spin out to the park. There are
lots of things l want to talk to you
about"
Doris flushed with pleasure; II was
not often she enjoyed an hours recrea-
ton since their reverses. And the pros
pect of talk with Eujora Wellington
was most alluring to her.
After the visit to the fashionable
modiste had been accomplished they
drove straight to Fifth avenue, head
ed for Central park.
Perhaps you are wondering why I
took so long," Miss Wellington remark
ed with a muslng little smile about her
lips. shall l tell you:"
Doris smiled, too, with responsive
CLEAN in her gentle brown eyes. You
need not say word.' she said. I've
been in love. too" When the words
had left her lips swift shadow fell
over her face and the tears rushed to
her eyes despite the effort she was
making toward cheerfulness.
The other gill turned and looked into
I would. would!' she said impulsive-
ly, and her swn eyes went dim.
Doris shook her head and smiled
again. NO one can-now," she pur-
sued absently. you see. gave him up
myself. That makes 1t out OF the ques-
ton for any one else to say or do any
thing Once we were well off and
pfosperous-my fathers family. you
know. But he specialized and lost
we're as poor as Jobs turkey now. l
was hetrothed to the kindes., best man
In the warld. But he. too. had been
unfortunate. His father. who was a
very hard peculiar old man. died and
(trltely enoughl left his will TO the eff
feet that IL Tom married otherwise
than as he had ,hosen for him. be
should forfeit ali; the girl. on the other
hand. would lose everything if she de
clined TO accept the terms OF her step
fathers arrangement. But Tom de
clared from the start that he did not
love her in that way-as he does-did
me-aad that he would 30 to his grave
u bachelor il l refused him Wha,
could | do? l offered to give him back
his freedom. but he would not take
1t. Finally they had some great trou-
BILE In his family-money was involved
and could only be procured by an al
lance with"
"Yes. yes, see" the other girl In
terrupted breathlessly.
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. The tramp little use the man Of the house
1t Is the roamers delight to find homes in which the
husband is away at business The wife Is ordinarily
charitable or II she be dlsinclned is timorous Rather
than suffer possible intrusion she will hasten to give
the beggar comfortable meal. Whereupon the knight
the road rewards her goodness by drawing
of weight the nearest Tence wall Precisely
what it few loosemouthed tramps tell. 1t is
the symbol which has been adopted and passed among
the craft, and it sufces to notify every fellow
that the LADY of the house" usually home
that the husband during mornings and afternoons
likely to be away.
he got such odd expression of disappointment is
other unexplained feature of his system of herogyphcs
But that oo tells every fresh subsequent hobo that
erection in the neighborhood is the better part
Nothing is dstasteul to the ordinary tramp than
pleasant lecture things religious. OF the ultimate
fate of mankind including himself he dosent
He particularly thoughtful the future anyway
Food and tobacco, with few drinks for company in
terest him far than calculation Of the Scrip
So the devou householder, who believes it her
solemn duty to talk Christianity to mendcants the
highways generally, after two opportunities gets
wide berth. They draw her front gate and
that is red signal of warning all
And the good who wishes the wayfarer join his
family circle at evening instead of letting
go his way in peace with enough pennies In his
pocket to buy nighcap. this householder, too
suffer for his zeal by future immunity the tramp
fraternity. They mar his fence by heavy
The herogyphics of the hobo fraternity If they could
be complied, would puzzle Psychologist But with
doubt the student of things chronological might be
fond using, resemblance symbols of prm-
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Doris glanced up eagerly, her heart
bounding with an excitement that was
more than half pain. Something In
her sisters tone thrilled her strangely.
YES" she said, "tell me-" She
reached up one trembling hand and
laid 1t In Lettyq'sj. The latter went
on:
Ever since the day after you were
taken ill., she said, ''he has been COM
ing here. They never would tell you,
or let you see him. The doctor said
any kind of excitement would be bad.
But this morning the postman left
letter for you--from Tom. l got 1t
myself and I've held on to 1t every
minute since. Here it isl She drew
the envelope from her bosom and
placed it in Doris little hot hands:
my Darling: Something tells me
that you do love me in spite of all
that you gave me up because Of your
own nobility and unselfishness. In my
anger and pride l let you do it then,
and in desperation engaged myself to
the other girl. Afterward, l realized
what wretchedness my life would be
what an utter failure But it was
too late then to draw out. The mar
riage preparations were already under
way, the ceremony to be performed
next month. But on Sunday morning
she wrote to me and said L have
made n mistake, Tom. We can never
be happy together. l do not want the
money, so it is all yours unquestionably
and without feeling on my part. As
you know, l have plenty of my own.
| return your ring and letters. Don't
feel hard toward me, for believe me,
this is best for us ALL
MAY l come back, sweetheart?
shall be in Philadelphia on business
for couple of days, but l shall be
frantic with Impotence. Write me at
my hotel. / sail for Hamburg ON Aug
3. Shall l engage passage for two?
As ever. Tom"
The answer went back without de-
lay. Lefty took 1t down and sent it
herself. 1t was only one word, and
it took but three letters to spell it.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
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RIVER TRADE
GREATEST IN WORLD
The 500 Canal Takes the Second
Place Among All Water
Thoroughfares.
LAKE COMMERCE IS ENORMOUS.
William E. Curtis Tells of Great
Merchandise Traffic on Uncle
Sans Inland Seas.

The Detroit River is the greatest
water thoroughfare in the world, writes
William L. Curtis, the Washington cor
respondent. During the late season of
navigation 23,721 vessels passed
through it, with a tonnage of 4S,95S.-
32S, as compared with 24,OT7 vessels of
46.0T2,66S tons in 1906, This shows
that the lake vessels are growing larger
as well as the volume of business. The
merchandise traffic of 1907 through the
Detroit River amounted to 1922, 504
net tons, compared with COSTS, loo net
tons for 1906
OF this total 1896, 1913 tons repre-
scented iron ore, lumber and grain from
the Northwest, south-bound to Buffalo
and other Lake Erie ports, of which
35,405.S66 tons were iron ore. The
north-bound traffic represented 2O,326,-
81 net tons. of which 1S,427.121 net
tons was coal from the mines of Ohio,
Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Excepting the Detroit River, the
Sault Ste. Marie Canal is the greatest
water thoroughfare in the world. An
average of one steamer every twelve
minutes passes through day and night
carrying more freight than enters the
harbors of New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, Charleston and Savan-
nah combined; more than enters Lon
don, Southampton and Liverpool COM
OF N 10 nf
Suez, Manchester, Kiel Amsterdam,
Corinth and all the other great canals
of the world combined.
The total lake commerce for the se2-
son of 1907 was 10 per cent larger than
in 1906 and 20 per cent larger than in
1905 The increase is due mainly to
larger ore and coal shipments, although
the movement of grain and miscellane-
Gus merchandise, excepting lumber and
-four, exceeded any previous year
The three neighboring towns at the
western end of Lake Superior Duluth,
Superior and Two Harbors-which are
practically one community and have a
common interest, ship more freight
than any other port in the world, their
combined total for last year exceeding
that of London, New York. Hamburg,
Liverpool, Antwerp, Marseilles or any
other of the worlds greatest CONNER
cial centers.
The shipments of grain included g.
349,5S5 bushels of wheat, compared
with 47,72677S during the season of
1906. The shipments Of corn were A.,
355,9OO bushels, as against 1851 $40,
most of it being from Chicago.
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MEASLES DANGEROUS.
Kill More Children in Pennsylvania
than Scarlet Fever.

The startling mortality among chill
dren from the little regarded ailnent
OF measlrs MS indicated the other day
by statement issued by the Pennsyl-
vania State board of health, showing
that in 1906 there were l 1853 deaths
8 years of age. In December alone
2,307 cases of the disease We're report
ell and search of the records shows
that it kills two and one-half times
more children than scarlet fever.
How to make the public appreciate
the really serious danger of measles
and get them TO observe precautions to
prevent the spread of the disease is
about the hardest problem in educa-
tional sanitary work that | have en-
CONFERRED said State Health Commits
sioner Dixon.
"A scarlet fever case in a neighbor-
hood seems to strike terror 70 every
mothers heart. If quarantine reguIa-
lions are broken by the members of the
infected household our health officers
receive immediate complaints from
other parents in the vicinity vino are
fearful that the disease may be trans
mitted to their own little ones This
is natural and right. for scarlet fever
is a dangerous disease; but If we could
only get mothers to be equally concern
ed in keeping their children from the
infection of measles we might save
many home from the sorrow of an
infant grave.
If the child who has contracted
measles because it has been carelessly
exposed to the disease escapes death,
too often a terrible affection follows,
as, for instance, seriously impaired
hearing, damaged eyesight or chronic
respiratory affections that sadly inter-
fere with the normal, mental and ply
steal development
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80 gave him up in way he could
not elude. 1 wrote and sent him back
his things and told him that did not
love him any more. | knew that then
he would marry the other, and that
that everything would be all right
and that had done my duty-with a
breaking heart. I've never heard from
him or seen him from that day to this.
/ suppose he is already married now
and that 1 will go out of his life as
completely as though / had never in
vaded it." Her voice trailed to whis-
per on the last words. and she stran-
gled sob in her throat.
1t was some time before Miss Well
ington spoke. When she did there was
different note in hel voice, and all
the pretty pink had died cat of her
cheeks
"It was hard on you she said, "ter-
ribly hard. But you were always a
heroine, Doris; knew that years ago.
| know it now, more than ever"
The young girl flushed warmly I'M
der the genuine words of praise, and
her dark eyes cleaned black 70" an in
slant. There are compensations in
everything" she said, even in our
most bitter disappointments."
For several minutes they drove in
| leisurely silence. At last Doris said
she must be getting home. and ten
minutes later Miss Wellington was tell
| inf her goodby in front of her gate
When she entered her room she
flung herself down on the bed and
gave up to the tears that had been
lowering so close to her eyes for a long
time. The encounter with the other
girl, who had everything, her happi-
ness chief of ALL made her own hearts
tragedy and miserable lot the more
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WINDING MOTHER.

Boys, just listen for a moment
To a word / have to say:
Manhood's gates are just before you.
Drawing nearer ev'ry day.
Bear in mind, while you are passing,
Ger that intervening span,
That the boy who minds his mother
Seldom makes a wicked man.
There are many slips and failures
In this world we're living in;
Those who start with prospects faires
Oft are overcome by sin.
But I'm certain that you'll notice,
If the facts you'll closely sean,
That the boy who minds his mother
Seldom makes a wicked man.
Then be guided by her counsel,
1t will never lead astray;
Rest assured she has your welfare
In her thoughts both night and day.
Don't forget that she has loved you
Since the day your life began;
All. the boy who minds his mother
Seldom makes wicked man.
Weekly Bouquet,