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wetting Of the previous day. and ag-
gravated possibly into active illness by
the shock of Lady Garland's letter.
She was i'll for nine days. and all
through those long days and nights
when Irene watched constantly by her
bedside. the poor lady continued to be-
moan herself over her daughters UNI
happy love affair. In her sensible
hours she would weep and pity her
child-but in her delirium she would
start up in bed and revile the man who
had deserted her daughter and had
even denied all knowledge of her.
After few days, these frenzied par
oxysms wore themselves out. and
The fever left Mrs. Garland spent with
weakness and absolutely reduced to
the lowest ebb.
IF we could have kept her mind
quiet" the doctor said to her heart
broken daughter. It might have pulled
her through. but this distressing trou-
BILE. my dear Miss Garland. has no
doubt aggravated the fever and Sc.
left her with no strength to fight her
battle for her life. Now, I must hon
estly own to you that have but little
hope"
The poor lad sank rapidly. The
ravages of the disease added to the
ravages of fever had left her PROSTATE.
On the evening of the ninth day she
died.
Just before the last moment came.
little flicker of life awoke in her. She
beckoned to her child to stoop her face
towards her so that she might hear her
feeble words. Choking with sobs Irene
obeyed her.
You must go to Aunt Anna" said
the voicele5s write to her
your home must be W / her-promise
me-there is no one else"
Irene promised-she kissed her
mother passionately, her hot tears
rained down upcl the dying woman's
pallid face. Irene was alone in the
world. Then came the nightmare that
follows upon the death of our dear
ones. ITO De continued)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
THE NEWEST SEA FOOD.
California Abalones said to BE More
Delicate than Oysters.

California Abalones Said to BE More
Delicate than Oysters.
The abalone of the California coast,
famous for its brilliant shell, Is the
latest addition to the list of sea foods.
According to the Wide World Maya
zine the abalone is clean feeder, so
that It's flesh is superior in soundness
and wholesomeness to that of the oys-
tiers and other marine creatures con-
taminated by many impurities.
The weight of fairly large fresh
abalone is two pounds, Of which all
but half pound is good meat, the
shell being very light. The meat is
nutritious, being highly albuminous,
like that of clans, oysters, Holsters
and shell fish generally. Albumen is
one of the chief elements Of nutrition
in milk, cheese, eggs, etc.
The flesh as 1t comes from the shell
Is too tough to be eaten, whether I'M
cooked, boiled, stewed or fried The
toughness used to be partly eliminat-
ed by pounding and hammering 1t, but
this did not render the meat really
tender. No matter how long 1t may
be boiled the fish remains hard.
After many experiments a San
Franciscan named J. w. Gayetty dis
covered that If the abalone is killed
by electricity its flesh is rendered soft
and succulent like that of an oyster.
A company used his method at an
abalone canning factory in San Luis
Obispo County.
This company owns several roomy,
seaworthy boats, each carrying two
Japanese divers one of whom goes
down for three or four hours and Is
then relieved by the other. The diver
tears the abalones, with moss and sea-
weed attached to them, from the rocks
and sends up the shells as rapidly as
possible. Under ordinary conditions
he can send up a ton of abalones in
an hour. AS soon as the boat comes to
shore the abalones, if not wanted at
once in the cannery, are thrown into
a tank of salt water, the bottom of
which is strewn with rocks, so as to
resemble the floor of the ocean, and
are kept there till they are wanted
The flesh and juice Of the abalone
are treated together and the product
acquires a flavor more delicate than
that OF the oyster. This abalone food
may be stewed or fried, while the juice
makes a good broth, soup or appetite
err 1t is relished by invalids. The
leading hotels of San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Oakland and other California
cities have "a5alone chowder' on their
bills of fare and there are many deli
cious ways of cooking the prepared
flesh.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
ROMANCE OF THE PEARL.
American story Which Dates Back
TO Prehistoric Times.

TO Prehistoric Times.
The story of the American pearl
dates back to prehistoric times. says
Harper's Weekly. The moundbuilders
of the Ohio, Tennessee and Cumber-
land valleys long ago worked the gem
growing beds of mussels, for food
chiefly, without doubt, but not ignor-
ing the "trinkets' by any means. A
bushel of slug" pearls of irregular
shape-has been discovered in a sacri-
fetal mound in the Ohio Valley The
pearls were all pierced and burnt, and
therefore intrinsically valueless Still
more remarkable are the discoveries
in mounds of gorgets which must have
been very beautiful when the red
chiefs wore them. All the gorgets found
have thirteen scallops, and In each
scallop was founded a pearl To-day.
undrilled, each would be worth 5000
or more. Unfortunately, pearls decay
in the ground, else searching for
pearls around Indian camps and
mounds along Southern rivers might
be a profitable industry.
There Is no way Of knowing how
many pearls children have played with
and men have tossed away, unaware OF
their value. But the number must be
considerable. A pearl fisher whom |
met in the swamps of Arkansas told
me Of his taking pretty little trick"
out of a she'll on an Alabama river
when he was boy. He and his sister
played with it for while. and finally
lost It,
Hit war big as marble" the man
said, an | bet it was worth thou
sand dollars, yassuh! If I'd on'y know
ed what l do now"
The field market of the pearls
changes from place to place. At first
it was at Caney Fork. Since then 1t
has shifted through half a dozen local..
ties In 10000 1t was at Newport.
Ark. Now it may be In Alabama or
Texas. The market to which the
pearls at last drift is Maiden Lane,
New York City, from which place they
go to their wearers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
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me Revolt Against Cannonis,

The Revolt Against Cannonism.
Among the insurgents against the
autocracy of the Speaker Of the House
there. of course, are men with griev-
ances. men who have shared in the
spoils of the autocracy. who now rebel
because it does not give them all they
want. Representative Charles N. Fow-
Ter of New Jersey, who at the moment
Is the most clamorous of Speaker Can
mons enemies, is of this class.
Others who do not object, on prin-
ciple, to the exercise of unlimited
power By the Speaker have been hurt
by the tyranny of the system of which
Mr. Cannon Is the central figure. Still
others are angry because the Speakers
gag has prevented them from giving
to tho Congressional Record favorite
speeches for circulation at home. and
because the Reed rules, which were
originally intended only for suppress
sion of the Democratic minority in
the Fifty-first Congress. are now used
to muzzle Republicans whose purposes
have not the o. X. of the combine
whose Will the Speaker executes.
But this discomfort is not the only
source of opposition Some members
are animated by principle and among
the constituents of all members oppo-
sition to the power the Speaker has
been permitted to usurp is steadily
growing. The people still believe the
Speaker should be the servant and not
the master of the House. The cynical
popularity with which Mr.. Cannon ex-
ercises the functions of a Car has so
offended the popular sense as to the
dignity which should characterize the
occupant of the Speakers chair that
objection is growing to the point of
Indignation. The result is a constant
ly increasing moral sentiment that is
bound in time to compel a reform.
The rules alone would not avail to
maintain the despotic domination Of
the Speaker. To exercise full power
he must have the effective backing of
the White House. Mckinley and Mark
Hanna drove Reed out of the Speaker
ship and out of Congress by giving
him curt notice that he must conduct
the affairs of the House with closer
attention to the wishes of the admin
istration. Reed knew that he could
not be reelected to the Speakership
against administration opposition, and
he made way for Hannas chosen boss
Hondnrcnr Of Touyo
Speaker Cannon can't be Indifferent.
therefore, to the reports beginning to
appear in the newspapers that Presi-
dent Taft is inclined to help that band
of insurgents who demand limitation
of the Speakers power. These insur-
gents should not be confused with the
tariff insurgents There are some
members who are insurgents at all
times and on all issues, but otherwise
the personnel differs. If Mr.. Taft is
with the insurgents who kick against
the rules, Mr.. Cannon would do well
to grow interested-St Louis Repub-
lie.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
Proof Positive

A writer tells of the sister Of Lord
Houghton who was frequently annoy
ed at the guests whom her brother
brought to the house.
do you remember, my dear" he
asked her at dinner one day, whether
that famous scoundrel x. was hanged
or acquitted"
HE must have been hanged" she
replied, cor you would have had him
here to dinner long ago."-Tit-Bits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
Our NeighhorIr Interest.

Prominence that is being given to
the movement to develop trade with
the South American republics is
matter not so much of politics as of
finance.
These countries owe enormous debts
which. under present conditions, they
never viii be able to pay Holders Of
these obligations are willing to ex-
change them for ready money on a
generous basis Great financial inter-
ests of the United States are ready
to furnish the money if they can see
their way to reap liberal profit in
the transaction. Hence their benevo-
lent interest in the campaign to ex-
plot the resources of the southern re-
publies.
If this can be successfully accom-
plished, the rewards of the finaneiers
will be enormous. Honduras, for in
stance, owes 100000 900. or 500 for
every man, woman and child of her
population. Costa RIGA has a debt of
$15.000,0O0, and Guatemala of $685.
100000.
In most cases neither principal nor
interest has been paid on these debts
for years. The bondholders would be
glad to compromise for 20 cents on
the dollar.
In view of the undeveloped natural
resources of these countries, bankers
see an opportunity to turn over the
bonds at a handsome profit. With the
aid of the United States government,
investment may be encouraged, gov
eminent made more stable and Gus
toms duties increased.
AS the debts of the three republics
mentioned amount to more than $780,
900 900, it does not require mathe-
NAUTICAL mind to figure out the posi-
bilities.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
Cost of crime 10 the SCUM.

The Southern States have a coast
line of 3,007 miles as against the coast
line of the Northern Atlantic States
Of 1888 miles, and of the Pacific coast
of 1857 miles In the matter of inn
ports-goods coming to America for
distribution-tbe three great ports Of
Boston, Philadelphia and New York
have increased in eight years 20 per
cent. The southern ports have in
creased 102 per cent.
The rivers Of the south navigable
are more than two to one when com
pared with any other portion of the
United States. Within the Southern
States is grown all that men need to
wear or eat that can be grown from
the north temperate to the semi
tropics. The South has the cheapest
land in the country How much OF
our possibilities can be made OF no
effect by reputation for not punish
ing crime?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
Totals $500. ...s5.7O1s sS.5Oss

The fact that it costs more to live
from year to year is the harassing GER
tainty which confronts every family
in city and country Every house
keeper knows that it takes 81 to meet
the needs that 81 easily supplied some
years ago. And those who have not
had the extra dollar have been forced
to put up with smaller loaf of bread,
poorer quality of tea or less of it
and have been obliged to pay more for
meat Bradstreet's table of present
commodity prices shows that the adj
vance in the price of commodities now
over 1896 is tritle more than $3.50,
or an increase of 49.1 per cent. A
glance at the table shows that this
increase is confined almost entirely to
the necessities of life. Breadstuffs
have more than doubled in price. This
means either that scent loaf of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
Exnecfs Ii Now.

Does your automobile ever break
down unexpectedly
1T used to break down unexpected
ly when / first got it. but it doesn't do
so any more
Got it fixed so that it doesn't break
down any more. eh?"
''0h. 1t breaks down as often as ever.
but not unexpectedly. Houston Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

Sparker-I see some up to-date fac
tory is going TO turn out automobiles
especially adapted for fox hunting.
Cogger--By links. this must be one
OF them,
Sparker-This?
Cogger-Yes; 1t tries to jump over
every fence and hedge ii comes to.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

Mistress-What is that old paint pot
doing on the corner shelf, cook?
Cook-It belongs to a man who
worked here four years ago.
Mistress-You can throw 1t out of
the window.
Cook-Please not, mistress; 1t Is all
/ have to remember him by.-Meggen-
'dorfer Blaetter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

to give more attention TO the political
duties expected of them than to the
details of economy AS long as the
sixty-odd thousand postmasters, with
their numerous clerks and other EN-
ployes, are part of the political ma
chine the waste through ineficiency
must be enormous.
But President Taft and his cabinet
officers must economize With the
revenue now raised the burden of sup
porting the government is unnecessar-
lily heavy and. in addition. the people
industries three or four times as much
as they contribute to the Government.
The Government service is crowd
ed with unnecessary and incompetent
political favorites who consume fully
20 per cent of the $20O, 1000. 600 a year
which the Government pays in wages.
The army and navy are costing vast
sums, much of which goes, directly or
indirectly. to the maintenance OF our
imperial establishment in the Philip
pines. and the Congress has lost all
reckoning of the balance that should
exist between appropriations and the
revenue.
1t is well enough for Secretary
Hitchcock to preach economy to the
postmasters. If 1t is not enforced In
every branch Of the Government there
Is trouble ahead for the Taft admins
tration.
The Democratic forecast that Sena-
tor Beveridge will be beaten by Re
publican dissensions in Indiana two
years hence is good enough TO be true.
bis sudden conversion from radical
Republicanism vas too much like
repentance under coercion to be ac-
cepted as entirely sincere by real tariff 4
reformers, while the Aldrich faction
are likely to fight him for voting
against the Payne tariff.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota
need not have travelled all through the
middle West and in some of the far
Western States to find out that every
body is dissatisfied with the new tariff.
The same conclusion is reached by
comparing the Payne act with what
the people voted for last year and
were told they would get.
Indications multiply of collision
next winter between President Taft's
postal savings banks end the report
of Senator Aldrichs Monetary Com.
mission. The monetary system of the
United States is so radically different
from that of any other country that
the development of plans to change it
is watched with keen interest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

Why do you think your baby Is
such a clever child?"
Because answered the sensible
woman. he just laughs and plays and
has a good time instead Of thinking up
smart sayings for US to repeat TO the
neighbors. Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
lie could Nor FORGET.

We have now been married fifteen
years, Archibald, and have never
omitted to bake sake for you on
your birthday
That's true, my dear. and every
one of them was. so to speak. mile
stone on the path OF my life. Life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

4 new tobacco war has been started
ar Covington. KY. by the fling of
suit by CLARK & Scott independent
manufacturers. against the Burley So
ciety. demanding s1s5,520. said TO have
been overcharged on tobacco bought
by them
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
soldiers, Home wireless. station.

Naval experts wish the National Sol
diers Home. at Washington, d. c., as
the high power wireless telegraph sta
tior which the Navy Department is
considering for the purpose of COM
municating with ships 5000 miles at
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

DR. E. Piatt Andrew. OF New York.
the new director OF the United States
mint. has sailed for Europe. accom-
Dauving Senator Aldr'ch, chairman OF
the national monetary commission. The
new director wishes TO inspect the
rnints at London and Paris.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
~~~~~ooo~o-

President Taft has decided that. be-
ginning July next, the enlisted force
of the army shall not be greater than
$4,000 men. This reduction of the army
will enable the President to further de-
crease the cost of the government. At
present there is an aggregate of about
$4,000 men in the army.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

The interstate commerce commission
will soon investigate the charges made
by President Stickney, of the Chicago
Great Western Railroad regarding re-
batting which he claims is increasing
rather than diminishing at railroad
centers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
PRICE OF FOOD HAS DOUBLED
IN U. S. IN LAST IS YEARS.
Old Scent Loaf Costs 10 Cents Now
and Cost of Meat and Vegetables
Has Been Sent Soaring.

This table gives the price per pound
of all commodities on July /, 1896, and
the first of the month OF. August, 1909.
The total shows an increase of $2.S0
per pound over the prices of thirteen
years ago, or 49.1 per cent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

Postmaster General Hitchcock's in
junction TO the pcstmasters that they
must conduct their Offices with econ
omy would be better needed II these
officials we're appointed and kept In
cshce solely upon the test Of fitness
and upon their records for good bust
ness administration.
Under the ypoiIs system, which
President Taft and his advisers are al
ready carrying to an extreme, the
postmasters have always o temptation
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

BY the bursting of a cannon at the
farmers picnic and fair at Escanaba,
Mich. Paul Paulson. aged IS, a pri-
vate in the Escanaba Naval Reserves,
was killed. and Fred Winchester, also
a private. dangerously injured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

Who can tell?" she answered with
shrug of the shoulders; girls take
all kinds of whims into their heads;
they are silly creatures. sometimes
they will cry for the moon, and often
they throw away their best chances
for a mere caprice! oh, 1t is no joke
to look after a modern young lady.
can tell you,"
i hate a girl who behaves heart
lessly to a good chap for nothing at
all" cried Rupert energetically
Il don't think Agatha is heartless,
she is only extremely foolish" replied
Miss Carroll quietly, and the subject
was dropped.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
E1-Mormon ApostIe Is pend.

Moses Thatcher. prominent in bust
ness and political life in Utah. died in
Logan, Utah. recently. He was for
merly Mormon apostle and withdrew
because of his candidacy for the Uni
ted States Senate in 1898.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
The ..BIack-Hand" business.

Mrs. Bart-My husband got letter
to-day saying something dreadful
would happen II he didn't send the
writer sum OF money.
Mrs. Smart--My husband gets
dunned for his bills, too.-Boston
Transcript.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
Evened Tn.

The Dominie-I'm glad to hear you
say you weren't angry with your faith
er for Furnishing you for something
you hadn't done.
Freddie-Oh. got square with him.
all right l did it afterward. "-Yon-
kers Statesman
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

why is Maudie so angry with the
photographer
she found label on the back OF
her picture saying. The original OF
this photograph is carefully pre-
served Boston Transcript
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

The growth Of the agricultural fair
idea is shown by the fact that fairs
will be held this year in forty six
States and Territories Of the United
states and in forty lone OF these States
and Territories State or Interstate
fairs win be h~ld-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
Improving.

The Missionary-An And do you find
any signs Of the natives OF thess
Islands becoming civilized"
The Explorer-Oh, rather. They
don't eat missionaries now. They hold
them Tor ransom-The Sketch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

Mrs. TellItt-It isn't polite to turn
your hack on people.
Tellltt--It isn't wise, either. unless
you are sure that Jour dress 10 but.
toned to the limit Think that overI
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

Three States. New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Wisconsin, have over $4,000
acres in State forest lands. Ten of the
forty-six States have forest reserves.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

IF you want to marry me you
should see my father"
"rve seen him several times. but
want to marry you just the same"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

The government bars are up against
the live stock of Switzerland, on ac-
count of the prevalence of the foot
and mouth disease among domestic
animals in that country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

When anyone has offended me. I try
to raise my soul 50 high that the Of
tense cannot reach it--Descartea
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

Treasury Department officials have
purchased the site for the new sub
treasury at San Francisco. Congress
has not Yet made any provision for
the subtreasury building in that city
to replace the old. which is inadequate
for the business handled
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

The Postoffice Department is issuing
s new two-cent stamp 10 commemorate
the discovery Of the Hudson River and
the introduction of steam navigation on
its waters.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

Internal revenue collectors have been
instructed TO canvass their respective
districts and obtain for the Treasury
Department list of the corporations
which will be subject to the new cor
poration tax embodied in the Payne
tariff law.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

A watch is composed of ninety
eight pieces
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

Secretary Wilson of the Department
of Agriculture will not abate his war
fare against bIeached -four As soon
as the department of justice can at
tend TO the work several cases relat-
ing TO alleged violation of Secretary
-four will be prosecuted.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

The trophies from the Roosevelt AZ
rican hunt which were recently shipped
to this country are now at the Smith
sonian institution and have been safe
~ stored away in the taxidermist's
store room.