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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-07-23

Some time ago we declared that it
was our intention to make an applica.
ton Of salt to some burdocks the
next time they were cut. l am in
formed Iby one subscriber that sab
will do no good, but that a little kero-
sene put on each plant will absolutely
kill it. Another says that cutting the
plants off below the crown will abso-
lutely bring about their destruction.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-07-23

iisslsood 'idnishsr v Il villppat' ]
= finish on the hardes, feeder that he
patch contains in almost less time
then it takes to tell about it. "
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02

Pinkham'S Vegetable Compound made
me well woman and / have no more
backache. / hope / can help others by
telling them what Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done for
me. Mrs. EMMA IMsE, 633 First ST.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The above is only one of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are
constantly being received by the
Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn,
Mass, which prove beyond doubt that
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases of women after all other means
have failed, and that every such suf-
ering woman owes it to herself to at
least give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound trial before submit
ting to an operation, or giving up
hope of recovery.
Mrs. PinkhaTn, of Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health and her
advice is free.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02

1t will be remembered that during
the last days of the recent tariff con-
ference The Republic gave warning
that in addition to several ''jokers"
then visible in the bill, numerous 9TH
ers would jump up like jack out O. the
box as the friends of the tariff pro-
ceeded with their administration of
the new law.
The first one came promptly in a
ruling by the Treasury Department
clapping retaliatory tax of 81 ton
on print paper imported from the Ca
madam Provinces OF Ontario and Que
bee. This, In ad -ition to the Payne
Aldrich rate of 1915 ton, raised the
import tax on print paper to 1915 a
ton, which is only % cents less than
the Dingley rate of IS. When the %
per cent maximum is applied in April
the rate will be. SO cents a ton higher
than the Dingley rate. Does anybody
wonder that this sort of revision
downward" threatens trade war be-
tween the United States and Canada.
certain to prove exceedingly costly to
the people of both countries?
Another tariff trick has Just been
turn In a treasury ruling by which
the tariff on trinkets consisting main
" of silver or cheaper metals is raised
from the Dingley rate or so per cent
to So per cent--an increase of more
than one-third. BY the same ruling,
watch cases of the same metals are
to be admitted at 40 per cent ad
valorem, because they are not to be
worn upon the person" until they
have been filed with works by the
highly protected watch manufacturers
OF this country.
The Payne-Aldrich tariff is full of
tricks of this sort which can be count
ed on 10 develop one after another. as
the tariff maebias is gradually brought
into good working order under the
new law. in the meantime the lemon
growers OF California. who got them
selves protected in the Payne-Aldrich
shuttle. have had their eyes opened by
the advance of Is cents on the hun
dred pounds in the freight rate on
lemons to points in the middle West.
The railroads get the bounty and the
lemon growers get the lemon
So does everybody except the pro-
tected interests. The fraud Is so palpa-
Die that President Taft deludes him
self II he imagines that the Payne
Aldrich act has taken the tariff out
OF politics for three years. or even
| for three weeks. Already the cost OF
] protected articles has advanced some
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02

JOSEPH G. CANNON. party. pc e
Cannon defended himself against the
charges of car rule and branded as
false the report that six of the Ill
nois representatives will join the re-
volt against him Vigorous denial was
made of the assertion that his cleo
ton as Speaker was brought about
through a deal with Tammany. W. }.
Bryan was dealt with in blistering
terms and was declared to be two
faced in his attitude on the House
rules.
Representative Fowler of New Jer-
sey, who recently attacked the Speak
e1, came in for incidental mention
Mr.. Fowler's refusal to report TO the
House the emergency currency meas
ure was given by intimation as the
reason for dropping him as chairman
of the currency and banking commit
tee. The new tariff act was character
lied as the best ever passed in the his
tory of the country. Speaker Cannon
spoke for nearly two hours, devoting
his entire time to subjects relating to
Congress. More than 1900 people were
in the audience.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02
A Broken Pledge.


Some eynics affect to believe that
political piatfroms are only made to
be broken. According to this view the
party that can put the most vote-get-
ting platitudes into its platform runs
the best chance of deluding the people
with false promises.
As matter of history, the down
ward" tariff revision pledge was writ
ten into the last years Republican
platform because political success was
impossible without it. Neither the
West, nor the middle West, could have
been carried by the Republicans with
cut this pledge of less tariff burdens
for consumers
In less than a year after his cleo
ton we find the Republican President
touring the West and making apologies
for his party's failure to keep its plat
form pledges of downward" revision.
Mr.. Taft frankly admits that under
the most favorable construction the
new tariff law only sulflls in spots
iio POI y PACQ6Co- III ObACi SPOeos
like the wooden schedule, fer instance,
its pledges were broken.
Western voters are intelligent. They
know the difference between ante-elec-
ton promises and post-election apollo
gies. The one carries hope with it,
and the other nothing but Dead sea
fruit. Average Western voters are
more American than partisan.
That is why Republican campaign
organizers are already scenting trouble
throughout the West. And well they
may. 1t is not the Democrats alone
they will have to fight in the next cam
paign. Their own party has been split
in twain by the failure of Repub-
lican Congress to keep party pledges.
And in the West and middle West
we will have the unique spectacle Of
Republican insurgents helping to elect
Democratic Congressman, not from
choice but from patriotic duty.-Chi-
cago Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02
TELEGRAPH1c BREvITIEs

A Mexican alien was deported by the
Brownsville, Texas. immigration off,
GERS, who found that he was suffering
from leprosy.
Judge C. L. Swarts in the District
Court at Wellington. Kan, decided it Is
not a violation of the State prohibition
law to import liquor from other States.
1t was announced at Nashville. Tenn,
that near beer dealers are liable for a
tax of $500 a year each, the State.
county and city each being entitled to
$500.
T. L. Lewis, president Of the United
Mine Workers of America, has sent out
circular letters to the members show
ing that the average monthly paid
membership is 262,747.
The comptroller of the treasury has
refused to reimburse a Philadelphia
drug company for virus destroyed by
order of the government on the ground
that ii was affected with the foot and
mouth disease.
News Of the probable death by star
walton In the Baffin land of Morrison.
one OF the crew of the wrecked Dundee
whaler Snowdrop. was brought to St
Johns, y. F.. by Wilfred Grenfelrs
missionary schooner Lorna Doone.
The 2s4th anniversary of the landing
of John Fenwick was celebrated at Sa-
lem, n. ]. Fenwick was the founder Of
the town. the first Quaker settlement
in America
Because OF delay IN reaching decis-
ION as to how they viii be mounted and
grouped, there VIII be no exhibition
this year at the new National Museum
Building OF the trophies Of Colonel
Roosevelt's African hunt
W B. Green. until recently imnsisra-
ton commissioner at FL Paso. Texas,
pleaded guilt at FL Paso. Texas, plead
ed guilty at Las Cruces. n. NJ, 10
smuggling Chinese into the country
and was sentenced TO one year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02
A Barren Tour.

There is an old legend about
Sphinx that finally consented to talk,
and was promptly deposed as popu-
lar idol as soon as the lack of wis
dom became manifest in actual speech.
AS a presidential Sphinx, Mr.. Taft
might have had more believers in his
wisdom-not to speak of good faith
than will be counted in his favor at
the end of his Western tour, His
lame apologies for robber tariff have
the Western people. Quite the re-
verse.
There is a vast difference between
the homage and genuine enthusiasm
with which Americans greet a Presi-
dent and the reception that these
same intelligent Americans give to
economic heresies. And it does not
help the latter because they are
uttered by President. Not even Mr..
Taft can paint a robber tariff to hide
its true colors..
Doubtless President Taft was sin
cere in his belief that Swing around
the circle" would help him and his
party politically He began making
political blunders before he had been
twenty-four hours on his way. He
took the role of special pleader for
the Republican party's solidarity"
And to preserve the latter he publicly
admitted that his tariff veto was with
held.
This is not good politics, even If
literally true Mr. Taft is speaking to
audiences that believe in American
ism first and partyism second. He is
voicing futile plea for party loyalty
by telling Western consumers they
should accept a robber tariff to pre-
serve the integrity of the Republican
party.
As White House Sphinx, Mr.. Taft
might have made better political head
way. AS a peripatetic tariff orator,
he is doing great damage in the po-
litical china shop.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02

1677-The Assembly of Connecticut
regulated the prices at which hides
and shoes should be bought or
sold.
1690-An English fleet from Massa
chusetts attacked Quebec.
1705-Scotch Parliament convened for
the last time.
1775-Continental Congress adopted
the Pine Tree flag.
n. Y. burned by the
British.
17S1-Lord CORVALLIS surrendered at
Yorktown. Va. Americans and
British opened battle at Yorktown,
Va.
1S15-Napoleon Bonaparte landed at
st. Helena to begin his exile.
1Sts-Further cessions of land in In
diana and Illinois were made by
the Indians. A constitution for
Connecticut was ratified by the
people.
1S4S-Great festival in Macon, Ca, to
celebrate the completion of the
Central Railroad.
1S4S-Mormon temple at Nauvoo, H.,
destroyed.
1S5S-Tke province OF Buenos Ayres
seeded from the Argentine con-
federation.
1S56-Alexander H. Stephens address
ed a great Democratic mass meet
ing in Atlanta.
1S59-John Browns raid on Harper's
Ferry, Va.
1S63-Gen. Grant appointed to the
command of the Western armies.
1S64-Raid on st. Adams, VT, by
party of Confederates from Can
ada. New constitution of Mary
land adopted at a popular cleo
ton.
1S65-Alexander II. Stephens released
on parole from Fort Warren, in
Boston harbor /. Rt. Rev. John ],
Conroy consecrated second bishop
of the Roman Catholic diocese of
Albany, N. Y.
1S70-President Grant issued a procla-
nation against Fenianism.
1S74-Jesuits ordered to quit their es-
adjustments in Italy.
1SS6-Gales and floods in Texas and
Louisiana destroyed 247 lives and
much property.
1SS9-King Carlos of Portugal ascend
ed the throne.
1S93-Steamer Dean Richmond foun-
dered in Lake Erie, with loss of
eighteen lives.
1S94-Golden jubilee of Johann Strauss
celebrated in Vienna.
1s95-Turkey accepted the plan for re-
form in Armenia submitted by the
Powers.
1S99-Opening of the Dismal Swamp
canal, which was originally sur
veyed by George Washington.
1900-Prince Hohenlohe, imperial Ger
man chancellor, resigned. Count
Won Buelow succeeded Prince Ho-
henlohe as chancellor of Germany.
1901-Joseph F. Smith succeeded to
the presidency of the Mormon
church. -. DR.. Otto Nodrenskjold's
South Polar expedition left Swe-
den.
1SU0--oWeuen recognized the lnue-
pendence of Norway.
1so6-First airship flight in the South
was made at Piedmont Park, At
lanta.
1909-The Servian Assembly voted to
support the government against
Austrian aggression. :. .Pi Yu pro-
claimed Emperor of China on the
death of Emperor Kuang Hsu.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02

An Indiana man tells of the efforts
of an author belonging to the Hoosier
school of historical novelists to put in
his leisure time as a "hen farmer" in
that State. The literary persons ven
ture afforded his agricultural neighbors
no end of amusement.
During his first year the amateur
farmer discovered that all his little
chickens, which were confined in coops,
were languishing at the point Of death
The novelist went over his 'shen litera-
ture'' to locate the cause of the trou-
Bile. but to no avail.
Finally he called upon an old chap
named Rawlins, to whom he put the
question:
What do You suppose is the matter
with those chickens?"
Well, l dunno said Rawlins
What do you feed 'em?'
~ ,ed them," exclaimed the novelist.
farmer. Why, I don't feed them any
thing"
Then, how'd you s'pose they was
agoin' to liver"
Il presumed" replied the literary
person, that the old hens had milk
enough for. them now."-Lippincott'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02
MANY WOMEN SLAIN?
Disclosures Expected as Result of
Arrest in Long Island Case.

disclosures Expected as Result Oh
Arrest in Long Island Case.
Admissions made under severe cross.
examination by Otto Mueller, an AS
toria, L. l., pianomaker, arrested on
the ground that he may know some
thing of the strange circumstances OF
the death of Anna Latter, the young
German woman whose skeleton was
found at Islip, L. l., are expected by
the police to bring to light tale OF
wholesale marriage and murder sell
dom equaled in criminal records.
Mueller was arraigned under the
name of Frederick Gebhardt on the
formal charge of bigamy, but the po.
lice expect to lodge a more serious
charge against him. Mrs. Gebhardt
informed the authorities that she has
lived in terror of her husband for
many years and that on the occasion he
was overheard while intoxicated to say
that she was his eighth wife and Chat
those who preceded her were in their
graves.
Another point on which stress is laid
by the police is the finding of four
notes scrubbed by Mueller, in which
the writer revealed his intention to
disappear. All are dated Oct. %,
the day of the mans arrest, and con-
tain instructions for the disposal of
his property. One of the notes is adj
dressed to the Long Island City bank
and follows: please pay my account
to my wife, Anna Gebhardt. l am le-
gally dead" Mueller confessed that
he married the Latter girl in Febru-
airy, 1908, but says he deserted her
three months later and does not know
what became Of her.
A box of 32-caliber revolver cart
ridges was found by the police in a
search of the house Mueller occupied
at Astoria A flattered 32-caliber bnl-
let was near the skeleton of the girl.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02
Tariff and Wages.

There was a time when American
wage earners were asked to believe
that employers are forced by an eco
nomic law to divide equitably with
their employees the special profits re
sulting from high tariff.
In this way the Republican party
always claimed to have a mortgage
on a large share of the labor vote.
Workmen were supposed to support,
without question, the party that main
tanned high wages even at the general
expense of American consumers.
Even this wages argument is out
worn and discredited wherever the
tariff is intelligently discussed. The
labor vote, in manufacturing centers,
is no longer deliverable by high tariff
politicians. Wage earners have dis
covered that more often wages go
down under a robber tariff than up.
And the reason is simple The high
tariff overlords merely flood the coun-
try with European pauper labor when
The wage scale goes too high to suit
them. American workmen are given
the alternative of accepting European
standards of living or subjecting their
families to idleness and starvation.
Worse than this, the price of life's
necessities to the American workman
and his family continues to mount un-
der high tariff He is caught between
the upper and neither millstones. This
explains the uncertain character of
the labor vote, as compared with for
mer party alignmenti
And it is as certain as day that
when real friends of the people are
put in nomination for the next Con-
gress, the nations breadwinners win
atone for past errors by scofing at the
old Republican campaign slogans.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02
VALUABLE HOME RECIPE
viii Break Up Sevcrest Cold In a
Day and Curc Any CurnbIe Courh.

VIII Break Up Sevcrest Cold In q
Day and Cure Any Durable CouEh.
Mix one-half ounce of Concentrated
pine compound with two ounces OF
glycerine and half pint of good whis-
key. Shake thoroughly each time and
use in doses of a teaspoonful to a
tablespoonful every four hours.
This formula is given out by a
noted medical authority whose re-
markable cures are we'll known to the
profession. Local druggists say this
mixture will work wonders for the
treatment of all throat and lung dis
eases Any druggist has these ingre-
dents or will get them for you from
his wholesale house.
The Concentrated pine comes only
in half ounce bottles, each enclosed in
an alright case, but be sure to get
only that labeled Concentrated.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02
FAMILY LOST IN DESERT FOUND.
Rescued from Cave Within Two
Hundred Yards of n House.

Rescued from Cave Within Two
Hundred Yards of House.
That the family of five lost on the
Imperial County desert in California
has been saved is the assuring news
brought by Leonard Phelps, who says
the family was rescued last Tuesday
evening. having reached the Robert
Gales homestead, on the edge of the
Imperial desert, in an exhausted con-
dition. Within 200 yards of the Gale
home the lost man and his family took
shelter in a cave. Seeing Gale, the
man waved his hand and then sank
upon the ground, too exhausted to
tramp to the cabin. Gale rushed to
his aid, learned of the woman and
children in the cave and took them to
his home
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02

! am sorry to have to tell you so,
boys" said the pleasant looking visitor
WHO was addressing the Sunday school,
but there is not one chance in thou
sand that any one of you ever viii be
President of the United States"
Still he failed to secure their undi-
vidsd attention.
But if YOU live up to your opportu-
mites" he went on. cycling them keen
~. some bright boy in this audience
may become a great baseball pitcher
or the worlds champion batsman."
Instantly every boy sat up straight
and began to lisIen.-Chicag go Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02
PASSENGER vANIsHEs IN LAKE

victim of Strange Disappearance ON
Night Trip TO Holland, Mich.
A passenger on the Graham & Nor
ton line steamer Puritan, supposed, be-
cause of a card found in his stateroom
later, to have been John M. f. Edwin
of Wilmette, H., disappeared in mid
lake Saturday night while the boat
was on its way from Chicago to Hol-
land, Mich. The mans disappearance
was not discovered until the vessel
landed at Holland. Then the state
room was searched. and part of the
mans clothing and his half-emptied
valise were found in the stateroom.
No one saw him disappear.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02
HOw's Thls7

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Caterrh Cure.
f. ]. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned. have known f. ].
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business trans
actions, AID financially able to carry out
any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price, 75c. per hottie. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02
The Professor.

The Doctor-Some creatures. you
know, are exceedingly sensitive to mu-
steal sounds. You may not believe it,
but it's a well authenticated fact that
two song sparrows once flew into a
room where a grand opera singer was
rehearsing an aria, listened a few mo-
ments, and dropped dead.
The Professor don't doubt it. l
have heard before of killing two birds
with ones tone.-Chicago Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02
PICK RESERVATION TOWN SITES

Government Omcial Announces Lo~
cation of Four Prospective Cities.
Four town sites of leo acres each
have been set aside in the Cheyenne
River and Standing Rock reservations
in South Dakota by the Interior De-
partment, and their location was an
nounced by Superintendent Witten.
They will be Eagle Butte. Hump. Du-
pris and White Horse, the first three
on the Cheyenne branch Of the Chi
cago. Milwaukee and Puget Sound
road and the other on the Moreac
branch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02
nfxfeuaDer

In all it's forms, among all ages or
horses and dogs, cured and others in
the same stable prevented from having
the disease with Spohn's Distemper
Cure. Every bottle guaranteed. over
100000 bottles sold last year. $50 ana
S100 Good druggists, or send to man
ufacturers Agents wanted. Write for
free book. Spohn Med Co.. Spec Con-
tagious Diseases. Goshen, Ind.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02

the Illinois Mayors
Association at the
Elgin Opera House.
Senator Cummins
of Iowa and Sena-
for La Toilette Of
Wis con sin AID
their + ollo W { r 5
practically W er e
read out of the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02
AFTER
SUFFERING
ONE YEAR
Cured by lydia E. Pink
ham SVegetable Compound
Milwaukee,, Wis. Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound has made

me a well woman,
and / ~suld like to
tell che whole world
of 1t. / suffered
fromfemaIe trouble
and fearful painsin
my back. HAD the
best doctors and
they all decided
that / had a tumor
in addition to my
female trouble, and
advised an opera
ton. Lydia E.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02

per cent. while advance in wages Is
next to nothing. Western Republicans
are talking tariff more holly than ever.
The tariff viii not slumber in the COM
ing session of Congress. 1t will not
slumber in popular discussion or in
political campaigns until it ceases to
be a scheme of plumber and rapine--
st. Louis Republic
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02

Rumors are current that ". Fallieres
will resign the presidency of the
French republic soon. Naturally, no
oficial confirmation of the report can
be obtained. But the rumors persist.
They have been heard repeatedly and
in widely divergent quarters.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02
Justice and Lucre.

A man presented a check one day
for payment. He was stranger. His
evidence of identification was not sat
isfactory to the cashier.
Why" said the man. I've known
men to be hanged on no better eyi-
dence than this,"
VERY likely" replied the cashier
But when 1t comes TO letting go OF
cold cash we have to be mighty care
full .'-Browning's
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02

Take a hint Do your own mixing
Rough on Rats, being all poison, one
15c box will spread or make so to 100
little cakes that will kill 500 or more
rats and mice. It's the unbeatable ex-
terminator. Don't die in the house
Beware of limitations. substitutes and
catch penny ready-for- use devices.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-02

Three boys whose ages ranged from
to 10 years, we're blown to atoms
by the explosion of 500 giant powder
caps. The boys. whose fathers work
for a mining company in San Jose.
Cal, were playing miner. and were
tamping the caps. which they had
found.