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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01


Gov. Harmons investigation into
graft under Republican administration
of the State of Ohio becomes daily
more interesting. Already suits have
been started to recover hundreds OF
thousands of dollars wrongfully pock-
eted by former State officials. Graft
is apparent at every turn.
The Republican leader in the .>ew
York State Senate is under investiga-
ton, charged with accepting brides.
Gov. Shafroth is bringing to light UNI
pleasant facts about public institu-
lions under the recent Republican adj
ministration of Colorado. Republican
grafters are on trial for thefts in the
State capitol scandal in Pennsylvania.
Illinois is the scene of the most stu
pendous Republican graft game in any
State, the scandalous waterway plot.
At Washington we have the sugar
scandal, involving, according to the
New York Sun, the theft of $30,000,-
900, for which no opo has yet been
punished No one denies repeated
charges of nuge graft in navy matters
A member of the Taft cabinet is de-
tending himself by counsel against Sc
rious charges. Behind and over all
looms the shadow of the Panama canal
mystery.
The only hope of getting truth is by
the election of Democratic Congress.
A Democratic Congress is the one
thing Republican grand dukes fear.
That is why there is CONSERVATION
among party leaders at Washington
Chicago Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01

mo more than I did an hoIr ago
AS take 1t. they are depending on me
to show them the way"
Well. then; dead men tell no tales"
NO. said |, firmly These follow
ers of mine must be stopped. as you
say, else there is no need of my going
on But there. must be no butchers
work"
A true patriot should hold himself
ready - give his own life or take an
others"
Truly; and 1 am most willing on
both heads. But we have had enough
and more than enough of midnight
massacre"
Where this argument would have led
us in the end, know not, since we
were both waxing warm upon it. But
IN the midst the little maid came run
ming from the open door. her blue eyes
wide in childish terror.
''InJun mani" was all she could say:
but that was enough. At bound l
reached the door. An Indian was at
my horses head. loosing the halter. as
l thought Before he could twist to
face me the point of the Ferara was at
his back.
Luckily. he had the wit not to move.
No kill Uncanoola." he muttered, this
without the stirring OF muscle. Then.
as II he were talking to the horse:
White squaw. she send 'um word; say
'good-by.'"
My point dropped as If another blade
had parted the thrust
Mistress Margery, you mean? Do
you come from her?"
She send 'um word: say good-by,'"
he repeated.
What else did she say?" 1 demand
ed.
mo say anything else: say good
by" He turned upon me at that and
l saw why he had kept his face avert
ed. He had on the war paint of a
Cherokee chief.
'Uncanoola good Chelakee now" he
grinned. Help redcoat soldier find
Captain Long-knife. Wah!"
Ito be continued.)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01
Valuable Old Documents

The chance discovery of a secret
drawer in an old writing desk which
has been in the family of Charles
Beckel Of Bethlehem, Pa, for genera
tions as treasured heirloom, reveal
ed that the drawer contained an In
teresting and valuable collection of
historical letters and documents. The
papers, score or more, are war de-
partment letters, letters of General
Anthony Wayne and others, and proc
lamations that date back TO the revo-
lutionary war and early days of the
Federal Government. Prof. Allison of
the historical department OF Carnegie
Institute states that taken together the
letters form a valuable source Of first
hand information Of an important
period in the nations history.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01
A TEST of Reets.

A comparative test was recently
made by the government officials at
Washington on the beets which were
grown in Germany for sugar purposes
and those which have been raised in
the United States. The results have
been tiatteringly in favor of the prod
uct of Utah and Washington The
beets from homegrown seed have bet
ter quality and higher vitality, and
seem better adapted to American con-
ditions Owing to the difficulty of pro-
duction. however, beet-seed growing
in Washington and Utah has not
spread very rapidly Nearly 100000
pounde = sugar-beet seed are used in
the emitted States every year. At
present the bulk of this supply comes
from Germany, and costs the Ameri-
can grower about 10 cents a pound.
The German method of producing
When the beets are dug in the fall
number of the best specimens, aver
aging in size from 20 to "a ounces,
are selected for mothers" A sam
pie taken from each of these mothers
is analysed for sugar content. In the
spring these mother beets are set out
and cultivated carefully. From them
the seed of commerce is produced. BY
these painstaking methods the sugar
producing ability of the beets is kept
up to its present high standard, and
even increased from year to year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01
MAULED BY A LION.


A story Of another addition to the
long list of hunters injured by lions
comes from British East Africa, and
Is printed in Forest and Stream The
account of the injury to Harry Will
liams, the African explorer. is given
by the victim as follows:
On June 9Th I was out alone, hav-
ing only my two gun bearers with me,
when l saw lion on the right, about
three hundred yards away.
1 put up my hand as a signal to
my head gun bearer to come up with
a spare rifle. and together we worked
closer and closer to the lion. The
beast seemed to have no intention of
stopping, so I struck one hand on the
back Of the other. The lion seemed
to, decide upon retreat, for he turned
and trotted away.
/ fired both barrels of my four hun
bred and fifty at him. One shot
reached him in the flank 1t was only
a slight flesh wound, but 1t paralyzed
him for the moment, and he sat down
on his launches like dog. After a
few minutes he got up and went into
bit of open BUSH
Not knowing what state the brute
might be In, l made for a big open
patch on my left front, hoping to get
better sight of him. The lion, how
ever, had been watching me, and now
came straight at me at terrifying
pace.
1 thought myself dead man, but
with the courage born of despair 1
raised my rifle in both hands and
struck him across the side of the
head. Almost simultaneously he
ducked and seized me by the right
leg, shaking me from side to side as
If l had been a rat
At that moment my gun bearer came
up while the lion was actually maui
ing me. showed the rife he carried
down to me, and asked me how to
turn the Sc 'ety catch I had suffi-
cient presence of mind to be able to
explain In a second, and the gun bear
er fired.
The lion left me and rushed into a
bush five yards away, giving me time
to put two cartridges In my rife while
still lay on the ground.
Raising myself to fire, / saw that
the lion was in the act of spring
ing l fired both barrels from my hip
at his head, the boy" firing at the
same time. and the brute rolled over
dead
fell back again. and for few mo-
ments half swooned; but as soon as
the second gun bearer came up l sent
him off to find camp and bring back
some men TO carry me in. For an
hour l lay there, and then half the
camp turned up and l was carried
in on bed. l shall never forget the
agony of that journey.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01

16sO-Scheneetady n. Y. attacked and
burned by the French and Indiana
176S-Treaty of Paris signed. by which
France ceded to England in full
right Canada with all its depend
encies."
1776-The Gadsden flag presented to
the American Congress.
l7ss-Salary of President of the United
States fixed at $4,000 year.
I7s5-France and Tuscany concluded
treaty of peace
1S06--Joseph Bonaparte entered Naples
and soon afterward was chosen
king
1sO7-United States coast and geodetio
survey organized,
1S1s-Spanish Cortes abolished the In
QUESTION.
1SS5-Henry Clay introduced the COM
promise tariff in the Senate.
1SSS-Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood,
famous British commander, born.
1S41-Sir George Arthur. last lieuten-
and governor of Upper Canada,
retired from office. Union of up
per and lower Canada.
1s61-Abraham Lincoln left Springfield
for Washington to be inaugurated.
1852 Bowling Green, Kentucky. evacu-
ated by the Confederares.
1S7O-Prinee Arthur attended the open
ing of the third session of the first
Parliament of Canada :. The pro-
visional government of the North
west Territories formally organized
with Riel as president
lS76-First telephone patent granted to
Alexander Graham Bell
1S79-Dominion Parliament opened by
the Marquis of Lorne, the Princess
Louise being present.
1SSO-Robert Duncan Wilmot appoint
ed lieutenant governor of New
Brunswick.
iSS3-Toronto opera house destroyed
by fire.
lSS6-A mob expelled 400 Chinese from
Seattle,
1SS7-Sir Alexander Campbell appoint
ed lieutenant governor of Ontario
1SSs-Treaty respecting Canadian and
American fisheries signed at Wash
ington.
1SS9-United States department OF ag-
riculture established as separate
department by act of Congress.
1S9O-The President proclaimed the
Sioux reservation, in South Dako-
ia, open.
1S92-The Behring Sea commission met
at Washington.
1S93-Treaty for reciprocal trade rela-
tions between France and Canada
signed at Paris. Gov. Lewelling
of Kansas called out the militia to
retake the legislative hall for the
Populist members.
1S94-W. w Sullivan became lieuten-
ant governor of Prince Edward
island.
1S9S-United States battleship Maine
destroyed in Havana harbor.
19O1-Strathcona's Horse reviewed by
King Edward in London.
19O2-Large part of the business dis
trict of Paterson, n j., destroyed
by fire.
19O3-United States Senate ratified tho
Alaska boundary treaty
1904-The car of Russia proclaimed
war with Japan.
190S-Labor unions in New Orleans In
dlcted for violating the anti-ir trust
laws,
190s-Centenary Of the birth of Abra-
ham Lincoln celebrated throughout
the United States. Germany and
France concluded an agreement ON
Moroccan affairs =. Electoral col
lege made official announcement OF
the election of Taft and Sherman.
49,. Several hundred lives lost In a
theater fire In Acapulco, Mexico.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01

John Densmore. VIII died recently ri
Pocahontas. Va. hat abstained from
drinking water for thirteen years. 1t
is announced as a fact that he had not
drunk drop OF water during that
period. He was q years old AT TIM
age Of 81 he resolved never to touch
his lips to water again. having become
so thoroughly imbued with the idea
that water was polluted with disease
germs that argument against his notion
was unavailing. AS a substitute he
drank freely Of buttermilk.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01
Particles in Ordinary Soil.

Common soil contains as many as
400 100000 separate particles to the
ounce, and between all these are in
finitely thin layers of what the mod
ern soil doctor calls film water" 1t
is on this film water, not on the soil
itself, that plants feed, for it dissolves
from the earth particles of food
which the plants require to keep them
well. The plants feed, too, on air
not only the air above the surface of
the earth, but that which permeates
the minute cracks between the earth
particles. Ninety per cent of any crop
taken off field comes not from the
soil of that field but from the air
above and in it.
Water, however, is the most impor-
tant medicine which the soil doctor
knows. The amount of water needed
to grow one ton of common hay has
been calculated to be sufficient to cover
one-acre field more than a foot deep.
Fortunately for the farmer, even the
driest soil, when compressed, is dis
covered to contain more than half its
own weight of film water. Too much
water in the soil is as bad as too
little, for if the soil is waterlogged
the crop will get drowned" as surely
as man can be drowned in any body
of water.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01
PhlIaaeIphla waist strike won.

Under an agreement signed by the
shirt waist girls of Philadelphia and
their employers, involving the surrtu
der of the latter on nearly all points
involved in the strike, the girls return
ed to work. The main points of the
agreement were; All strikers to be re.
employed; bosses to supply parts OF
machinery not willfully broken reduce
ton of hours from fifty-six to fifty two
and one-half a week, and the amount
of wages to be submitted to arbitration.
A 10 per cent increase was certain.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01

In trying to harm onize the irrecon-
cilabie factions in Ohio, Mr. Ellis will
have his hands more than full.
Though Senator Foraker has shaken
hands with the President. the irrita-
ton caused by the feud of two years
ago between his followers and those
Of the President is still unallayed. and
the Brownsville incident is not wholly
forgotten. The Ohio Republicans who
voted for Taft on his promise of tariff
revision downwards in 1908 are not in
line WIKI those who approve his dec
lara,ion that the Aldrich tariff is the
best ever
Republican candidates in Ohio this
year will need the united Republican
vote. They cannot win without it.
The Democracy of the State. solidly
united under the leadership of Gov.
Harmon, is going into the campaign
hopefully for an aggressive fight. If
Mr.. Ellis can win against them he
ought to be the Republican candidate
for President next time.-St. Louis Re-
public
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01

Paderewski has his fingers, thumbs
eyes and toes separately and heavily
insured A few months ago he dam
aged a finger nail while playing In
New York. this necessitating his dis
appointing an audience at Philadelphia
the next night, and involving the pay
ment Of $1,000 10 him under an insur-
ance policy. So much depends upon
the perfect fitness Of PaderewskFs
marvellous fingers and thumbs that tho
most scrupulous care is taken that no
injury shall happen 70 them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01
Wnis1cnnfs for Dngs.

Fancy cold weather waistcoats for
pet dogs, made by experienced tail
ors. is the announcement that meets
the eye in a London West End shop
These waistcoats are made in all the
latest colors and of the finest mate
rails. They are braided and beauti-
fully finished. and must tahc hours ~
manufacture. Charms in the shape Of
mirrors, tiny brushes with the dogs
monogram on the back, and silver
beads are other novelties advertised
for dog wear.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01
No Government Moncy-Lending.

The postal savings bank plan would
permit the government to oanodeposits
on such securities as State laws now
specify for savings bank investments.
This means, in some States, mort
cages and any ordinary two-name pa
per.
Imagine the political influence grow
ing out of such power to loan money
to friends and supporters, and picture
the future of the United States with
such means OF perpetual control Of
Office in the hands of Aldrich.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01
CHAPTER XII.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER Continued
There was silence for little space
Following the coloners denunciation OF
me. and then my Lord broke 1t to say:
Il may not be so credulous as you
think. Colonel Rebel spy or true-blue
loyalist, he is safe enough for the pres
ent. In the meantime in this matter
OF reaching Ferguson we may make
good use of him. He has come straight
from Major Ferguson. as l say; and.
loyalist or rebel, he can find his way
back to Gilbert ToAn"
But you'll never be trusting him
with despatches!" said Lord Rawdon.
There is no need to trust him. He
can be given the dispatches with some
hint of their purport, and of how
much the kings cause will profit by
their safe delivery. If he be loyal and
true, the dispatches will go safe
enough II, on the other hand, he be
rebel and a spy, he will doubtless tam
per with them; but in that case he will
none the less ride straight enough to
Major Ferguson's headquarters In the
West. An hour after he sets out we
shall send mounted detail after him
trail. The lieutenant in command will
carry duplicate dispatches. At the
worst. Ireton will guide these follow
ers to Ferguson's rendezvous: and. so
far as we know. he is the only man
who knows exactly where to find the
ma tor"
had heard enough. Under cover of
the chorus of braves raised by Lord
Cornwallis' exploitation of his plot with
In plot, l lifted the trap-door and
made my exit as noiselessly as l had
come
AS you would guess. my instructions
conformed exactly to the plan outlined
by Lord CORVALLIS in the council. 1
vas entrusted with a sealed packet for
delivery TO Major Ferguson, and. for
safety's sake, as my Lord explained. l
was given the meat of the message to
deliver verbally should the need arise.
Ferguson was to be ordered 20 come in
instantly by forced marches, If neces-
sary, and he was on no account to risk
battle with the over mountain men.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01
Charges Against Gro.scun.

The action Of the Chicago Federation
of Labor in sending to President Taft
and the Illinois delegation in Congress
a request for an Investigation Of the
charges recently publ he'd against
Judge Grosscup OF the Federal Circuit
Court by the Appeal to Reason, has
served to force the matter into public
notice. In series OF articles dealing
with the character Of federal judges
the Appeal came out with details OF
alleged misdeeds Of Grosscup.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01
A skiiifuI Aviator.

Are you interested in these avia-
tors?'
Intensely. watched one this morn
ing who was an adept. He rose, dip
ped. circled. turned corners and alight-
ed without trouble and without a mis-
hap"
Well. well! He must have been a
bird,"
He was; of the sparrow variety
Washington Herald
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01

II the belief Of two San Francisco
prospector.a back from Mexico Is sub
staEtiated they have discovered In a
long abandoned silver mine in tho
State Of Durango one Of the most
famed Of the old Spanish bonanzas. he
ancient Nsranjal. which has been lost
to civilization for century aid
quarter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01


The unanimous vote of the Ways
and Means Committee of the House on
Monday to undertake an investigation
CT the high and increasing cost OF ilv-
ing is a confession on the part of Re-
publican members of the committee
that popular clamor against artlfelal-
ly high prices, including those pro-
duced by the Aldrich tariff, has become
too loud and too widespread to be neg
lected.
1t is presumed that the Republican
members of the Ways and Means Com
mittee will do all that they can to find
other causes than the tariff for prices
that are making it hard for families
of moderate means to make buckle and
tongue meet. They win find other and
contributing causes, but unless they
are willing to confess imbecility they
cannot deny that the Aldrich tariff
does compel the American consumer TO
pay more for the manufactured mer-
chandise he buys than he would pay II
the rates of tariff taxation were lower
Every member of the committee
knows that the Aldrich tariff was
passed for the very purpose of raising
the prices of manufactured goods. Be-
hind the Republican principle of pro-
lection is the ayowed purpose or smut
ting out the American consumer from
markets in which he might buy cheap
in order to make him pay dear In the
monopolized American market.
And now, when the country is rising
in revolt against the imposition, the
Republicans will try to prove that the
Aldrich tariff doesn't do the thing 1t
was planned with diabolical ingenuity
to do. Champ Clark and other mem
bers of the Ways and Means stand on
firm ground in their determination
that the investigation shall be for
blood and that they will go to the
very bottom to get the very truth"
The price of potatoes by the peck or
of pork by the pound may be wholly
uninfluenced by the tariff just now,
though when the potato crop is short
in this country the tariff boosts the
price, as it did year or two ago. But
Champ Clark and his associates ought
to make it tolerably plain that the tar
if does rob the American consumer Of
the little money he has left. after pay
ing high prices for the food he lives
on.-St Louis Republic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01
sure Enourh.

She-I see the woman's ninehour
law has been signed by Gov. Hadley of
Missouri. 1t limits the employment. Of
women and girls in factories. Testaur-
ants and such places to nine hours a
day.
He-Well. what are you going to do
about that statement that womans
work Is never done?-Exchange.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01
Free for the Monopolists.

In face of complaints against the
high rates of the Aldrich tariff, the
Bureau of Statistics in Secretary Ma
gels Department of Commerce and La
Dor issues a 1amboyant statement
showing, historically and statistically,
that since the Aldrich tariff went into
effect the percentage of importations
coming in free of duty is larger than
under any previous tariff except one.
Accepting the statistician's state
ment that 81 per cent of the importa-
lions since early in August have come
in free, we search in vain for any
article of general use, made in this
country, on which the consumer es-
capes the tax. The articles admitted
free are mainly raw materials which
are worked up into highly protected
finished products before the consumer
gets chance at them.
Raw hides and skins are on the free
list, but shoes and all other manu-
features of leather still demand their
tribute of the consumer. Undressed
furs pay no custom house taxes, but
furs ready to wear pay the tax, and
it comes out of the consumers pocket.
India rubber is free, but there is no
leak in the tax on rubber shoes. Block
tin has free entry to be used in coat
ing American terne plates, but the
coated plates are excluded by the tar
if, and the importers of the block tin
make the American housewife pay
dear for the domestic utensils into
which it is converted.
Raw silk is imported in large guam.
titles by the protected silk manufac-
turers of New Jersey and they pay
no custom house tax on it; but every
woman who goes a-shopping finds that
the kind of silk she wants is far re-
moved from the free list
And so it goes. The monopoly in
terests insist that everything they need
in their industries shall be untaxed
while the consumer must pay tribute
on everything they make for sale out
of the untaxed material. What is more,
the monopoly tariff people got in the
Aldrich tariff nearly everything they
wanted that Dingley hadn't already
given them. The Bureau of Statistics
makes a beautiful showing for the
tariff barons.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01

Use very sharp tools in pruning
trees to insure smooth cuts. Where a
heavy branch is to be cut on support
ii with one hand during the cutting
process. so that splitting of the stub
will not result. The branch should al
ways be cut perfectly smooth and close
to the wood from which It grows, so
that it will heal quickly and evenly.
Cut away all water sprouts, both at the
base of the tree and further up
A good way TO keep moderate-sized
orchard in shape is TO keep large.
sharp pocket knife and go through
the orchard every two weeks Of the
year, cutting out useless branches and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01
Incidence,

"Bliggins is the LATEST man / know
Of"
why doesn't he make some New
Year resolutions?"
He does. annually. But In order to
save trouble he merely takes his origi-
nal set and puts ditto marks under
them"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01

crazed BY the refusal OF the parents
Of his 15-year-old sweetheart Ceres
Anderson, to allow him to marry the
girl. John Allen shot and killed Axei
Anderson. her father and the girl and
committed suicide az San Francisco.