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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05
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We have never been very enthusiastic
I'm regard to the profit of growing sugar
beets in those sections where other
crops can be grown profitably and sold
readily. We know nothing but what
we read about the conditions in the
Northwestern States or on the Pacific
coast, and they may not be able to do
better In some places than to grow su
gar beets, even as farmers in some
places find potatoes good crop even
when they have to sell them at % cents
a bushel. We see that the Michigan
Sugar Beet Growers Association have
adopted a resolution stating that the
business has been conducted at a loss;
that the price of beets has been too
low, and that they could not raise them
for less than So per ton for beets show
ing a u per cent sugar content. 10
grow beets showing that analysis they
cannot grow many tons to the acre, as
large, rank-growing beets are low in
the percentage of sugar contents
American Cultivator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05
A DANGEROUS DRINK.
Philippine Beverage that Is Playing
Havoc with Our Soldiers.

Philippine Beverage that Is Playing
Havoc with Our Soldiers.
"Beno" is the stuff that is knocking
the American soldiers out in the Philip
pines, says George Hobart. regular,
who has returned TO his home in Gin
cinnati. II is not heat that is driving
them crazy Ii is just simply ''beno."
1t looks like water and tastes like leo
rice he says, and ii takes pint of it ia
make a drinking man drunk. The third
or fourth consecutive drunk makes
blooming idiot out of the victim The sol
diers crave it after they have once tast-
ed it,
Hobart reports that in the southern
isles of the Philippine group ''beno'' is
known as tuba, and ii is made out of
cocoanut palm sap. The cocoanut tree Is
tapped near the top and the natives put
an empty coeoanut shell near the hole to
catch the drippings The natives drink
it only in moderation. and as a rule let it
alone. He also says that when the Gov
ernment discovered the nature OF the
drink its sale was prohibited, and there
after the soldiers were compelled to buy
il secretly, as it was subject to coIfisca-
ton.
In the southern islands. where the de-
mand is not so great, the natives sell it
for cents a canteenful, bur around Ma
Mia the demand is so great that the price
has been raised to 80 cents. After man
drinks about pint of the stuff he begins
TO get silly, but he RECEIVERS in a day or
two. Then he will want more of it, and
if he can't get it he will go mad. Then
the officers have to shackle him, and ne il
seat to the hospital for the insane at
XEashin0ton
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05
Care Of Milk aud Churning.

As soon as drawn from the cow, put
the milk where no bad odorS can reach
ii. or better. as soon as a pail is tilled
strain it into the can and place in a
tank of cold water or run through the
separator. If one is used, Ii ice is plen-
tiful reduce the temperature OF the wa
yer 10 50 degrees and practically all the
cream viii be obtained. DO not mix
the nights and mornings milk il the
hest grade of butter is expected.
Change the water In the tank often
CROUCH TO prevent its becoming foul.
III the water IS kept AT about - degrees,
practically all the cream viii rise In
rwenty-four hours. Skim. anu when
enough is obtained for ehurning. raise
To n temperature of so to Is degrees to
rlpen. Hasten the ripening by using
sour skim milk as a starter. In winter
charn AT to degrees; in summer - TO 60
IS preferable. As soon rs the granules
are the size OF wheat grains, draw OF
and wash until all the huttermilk is
removed Work, salt and market as
soon as possible. Ii you are 50 unfor-
Vunate as 10 get 4 poor grade Of butter
81 must be consumed at once or il VIII
soon be unfit for use.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05

large picture. and lawn was used for its
foundation also. but not a few such
dresses are made over taffeta. Its ap-
pliqHe trimming was fine black lace.
What taiiors now classify as field
gowns will receive 4 deal Of attention
this summer Indeed, the summer girl
who must economic somewhere viii be
wise 70 accomplish the necessary schem
ing in her dress-ups il order that the out
door rigs may be up 70 date in every small
particular. Elaborateness IS not fea-
ture Of these suits. but because OF its
cut and hang there is no possibility thar
last years skiEt viii pass as new and
in the bodices the lines between old and
new ara drawn with equal sharpness
Since the bodice must be ineiaboTate, the
chances for attaining downright newne-s
that Is tasteful are slim. and 50 attain
iag i is al the erest<r triumph. For
this last reason the fell suits shown
herewith should be of especial interest.
The first consisted Of gray AID white
checked cloth skirt finished with black
silk corling a black cheviot jacket with
white psqae collar and revers, and
shirt waist Next this is a tan serge silt
srTmu.ed with banding and stitching, and
worn with red duck waistcoat and tacks1
white lawn cheInisette Last Is suit q
oxford gray chevi0t. This is a goods and
color that Is worn great deaE-indeea.
this gray IS the popular color for oniing
suits Its box jacket was its distinctive
feature Nothing more striking than this
Is permitted By good taste. A reaction
begun u the days OF bteycsists attired
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05

in response to his sleepy inquiry as to
what was wanted responded: let me
In, Billy | want you to decide bet"
Once in, Mccullough told Crane that he
and the man who accompanied him had
bet twenty-dollar gold piece as to
who could stand the longer on one foot,
and that Crane must referee the con-
test. The preliminaries being arranged
and the stakes deposited, time was call
ed. and each contestant, lifting a foot
from the floor, stood like crane, while
the real Crane lay back in recumbent
position with a drowsy eye on the con
testants. The seconds dragged into
minutes. which again threatened to ex-
tend into the hour without either dis
putant giving up. Suspecting something
was wrong, Crane walked himself up
and examined his men more closely.
The other man was wavering a bit, but
Mccullough was standing like rock.
Another five minutes went by, and then
Crane, hopping out of bed, discovered
that Mccullough had one foot resting
against an adjacent sofa, and could
have stood there a week, if necessary.
The other man won the bet, but the
joke was on the referee.-New York
Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05
Growing Corn.

Prepare your ground with fine pull
verified surface Mark rows 5 feet g
Inches to 3 feet inches apart Plant
either in hills or drill rows. When your
corn is large enough to pillow, commence
by blowing the first row on the side of
the field. skip every other row. When
you have gone over the entire field in
this way commence blowing the rows
which have been missed. | find that
by this method it is much easier to turn
without breaking down corn at the
ends, especially so after corn is knee
high or higher. In dry hot weather this
method of blowing keeps down the
weeds better, and is less injurious to
the roots of the corn. This method re-
tains the moisture much better than
blowing the rows as they come We
are able also to kill weeds in the cen
ter of rows much more readily because
those that have not died as the result
of the first blowing may be killed on
the seconds. A. Holman.
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Few-Line Interviews.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


Rear Admiral Ahmed Pasha OF Turkey
said Of Russia: Let me tell you, if Rus
sia suffered one great, overwhelming bat
tie she would so to pieces, because OF her
own decentralizing forcesforces which
are kept within Bounds only by fear and
the dread of punishment and exile"
Rev. DIR. Hills The State will go to
the devil very soon If men continue to
postpone marriage until they are 40 and
women only marry when they find hus-
bands able to buy them five donkey-loads
of dresses Young man, marry the girl
of your choice, even if you only have one
room to live in. The State win be rich
er for L i YOU 10 Ia
Dr. Oscar Chrisman, professor in the
Kansas State Normal School, said to the,
National Congress Of Mothers at Des
Moiues: Everything we do for our girls
is to make them manageable and then
we put them on the market. Why not
educate them for marriage? Let IL be
understood that girl will study for four
years for no other purpose than wifehood
and motherhood. Wives and mothers we
would have. Man never loves; he only
reasons"
Prof. Nelson of the Agricultural De-
partment says the horseless age is not
here yet Further: ut IN likely that
there will be continued demand for the
right kind Of horses a great deal has
been written about the probable displaee-
ment Of the horse by the automobile, but
it hardly seems probable that il will pro-
duce any more serious effect than have
the electric street cars and bicycles. Each
has its sphere Of usefulness, aud each
viii continue TO have"
Col JOHN l. Martin, sergeant-at-arms
Of the Democratic national convention,
said There will be from sixty to one
hundred doorkeepers, and ! shall make
it my business 10 see they are all men
who cannot be licked intimdated, bull
d0zed or bribed We hope to avoid some
OF the mistakes Of the past The names
Of these appointees will not be known
until the convention opens. for reasons
which viii readily suggest themselves.
No one need be appTehensive about the
convention hall not being in readiness.
The work is OF least ten days ahead OF
time nov
Secretary Wilson. speaking Of new
problems in tropical agriculture. in CON
nection with "Our island possessions"
said: Careful inquiry will b. made into
profitable agriculture in these islands, NO
that the people may be Instructed re-
garding the cultivation OF the most profit
able crops. such as vanilla. coffee. India
rubber, etc. and so that the people OF
those islands may be taught the sciences
that relate 10 the productions most prof
liable to them. and the Emitted States
may purchase from those people 10 as
great an extent as possible the S200.000.-
BOO worth Of tropical products annually
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05

she side ones are four feet wide and the
middle ones seven. The dark space in
the benches represent. the Srling Of
stones or broken bricks for drainage of
the beds. There are seven distribut-
ing heat pipes, one three inches in diam
eter at the top, which branches into
four inch and a half pipes on the north
side, and three on the south. Whether
steam Jr hot water be used the pipes
must slope sufficiently to cause the
water to flow in steady current. The
depth of soil in the benches Is ten
inches. The best way to heat a house
of this kind is by steam. The steam is
condensed on its passage and the wa
ser is returned to the boiler thus form
ing steady circuit through the pipes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05
THe Rush no CAPE NOME
Nothing Like 1t Has Been Seen in the
Past Half Century.


The greatest rush to a new gold field
for half century is now in progress.
Cape Nome is the destination of the
the largest to any gold mining country
since the excitement in California, but
statistics show that fewer than 10000
went to the Klondike and the Yukon nv
err country during 1898, and there was g.
200 more in 1890. 1t is estimated that
10000 or $4,000 people are preparing to
start for Cape Nome.
The season of navigation in the Arc
tic has just opened. and already 800
men and women have sailed from Seattle,
Vancouver and San Francisco for Cape
Nome. Passage to Cape Nome has been
provided for about 1000 more who will
sail this month. Capt. Hanchett, who
has long been in the Alaska steamship
business, thinks that almost 10000 men
and women will have gone to the Alaska
mining fields when the season of nayiga-
ton closes next October.
The rush to Cape Nome involves the
transportation of an enormous quantity
of mining machinery, portable houses,
tents, beasts of burden, stocks of mer-
chandise and articles of household use.
One steamer started from San Francisco
,sst week for Cape Nome with hydraulic
machinery aboard to the value of $780,
00v, and another steamer similarly laden
left Seattle two days later. For months
the iron founders and mining machinery
builders of the Pacific coGst have been at
work on new devices 10 meet the de-
mands of gold mining on the sandy sea
beach and among the gravel beds of the
creeks of Cape Nome, for, in some re-
spects, the mining conditions in the new
Alaskan field have revolutionized placer
mining methods. A race is now on
among several freight steamers to see
which will reach Cape Nome soonest and
thereby make the profit there viii be in
disposing of newly invented machinery
for washing the golden specks from sand
and gravel. Several machine companies
have each put tens of thousands of dol
lars in gold rockers and mammoth sluices
for use in the Cape Nome placers. A
half-dozen schooners cleared from Seattle
and Vancouver a week ago, laden with
coal and lumber for use in the new min
ing field, where there has been a very Sc
rious fuel famine all winter. A company
Of Denver and FL Paso capitalists have
invested $4,000 in barges and steam
tugs for carrying freight from the ocean
steamers e ths land at Nome.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05
A Vigorous Crusade Started Against
If in ROsfo,,

Vigorous Crusade Started Against
1t in Boston.
Hereafter every physician il Boston
must report every ease of consumption
tls2t comes to his notice to the Board of
Health as he would any other case of
contagious disease. After Il death from
this disease hereafter the premises will
be entered upon by the Board of Health
officers and dsinfection performed and
other means will be taken To guard
against the spread of the disease in Bos-
ton.
These new rules have just been issued
by the Boston Board of Health, and the
plan is to enter a vigorous campaign
against tuberculosis and stamp it out il
such thing is possible. DIR. Durgin of
the Board of Health says:
Boston is one of the worst places on
earth for consumption. The Board of
Health has decided that every precau-
ton must be taken against its spread.
Consumption used to be considered an
hereditary disease. Medical science, how
ever, has proved that it is purely a con-
tagious disease, and one of the worst
there is. We are going TO try the plan
of rigorous disinfection and control"
Deaths in Boston from consumption
have decreased from $40 in 1898 to
1,236 in 1899, and the board hopes to still
further lessen its raYagps
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05

ike vaudeville souDrettes ha. brought an
extreme of quietness. This is enforced
in colors, trimmings and cut Not few
modest riders object to the present length
OF skirts, but to wear one shorter is to
announce yourself as an independent Of
possibly an unpleasant kind.
Last summers shirt waist RIG does not
carry over. This years consists of skirt
and jacket to match worn with a con-
trasting waist. Costumes of khaki linen,
duck or pique are thus made. The eton
may be short. like a bolero. or it may be
round jacket touching the belt az the
back and rounding away short at sides
and front. The array of skirt and jacket
get-ups does not. however. stop with the
simplicities just indicated. Lovely ones
are in all-oyer lace and TO be worn over
silk or lawn. Etons that are made collar
less and 10 fasten from under the chin to
the belt are very useful when made of
openwork materials. An oyerdress to
match is worn over an underskirt of the
same material as the under bodice A
plain linen skirt. with a bolero of the
same linen stenciled in an all-over design,
is very pretty, the skirt lined with silk,
the bolero worn over a silk waist to
match the skirt lining.
Copyright, 1900.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05
BIG NEW YORK FAILURE.
Price, Mccormick * Co. Go -Tremen-
dous Sensation ON Change.

Price, Mccormick * Co. Go Up-Tremen-
dous Sensation ON Change.
Inability to effect corner in cotton
brought the New York firm of Price,
Mccormick & Go. 10 the ground with liza
bilities of $13,000,0O0 The reports of
good crops in the South were too strong.
Announcement of the company's suspen-
sion caused tremendous stir through
out Wall street and threw the Cotton ex-
change into spasm of excitement Trad
ers in the pit went wild while cotton
slumped IS points on May, 46 points on
June. Al points on July and - points on
August. Not content with these things
Wall street further excited itself by Civ
ing credence to ugly rumors concerning
the financial soundness of other broker
age houses, all of which were put forth
on the strength Of the failure.
The firm, composed Of w. c. McCor-
mick OF Chicago, Theodo Price Of New
York, Il. NJ. Stuart Worldly of England,
a son-in-law of Rear Admiral Schley. and
George Croker of California, had tried
for months. to corner cotton. Prominent
as one Of the Oldest and most substantial
private-wire firms in the country, it was
represented on the New York cotton ex-
changes, the produce exchange and the
Chicago Board of Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05

Small farms can be made 10 combine
many advantages. Some poultrymen
grow plums in the poultry yards, and
also keep bees. Others grow early veg.
etables under glas Ind also grow two
or three crops in the open ground. one
gardener near Philadelphia makes a
large profit on four acres. on which be
grows only lima beans. Another makes
peas a speciality. following the peas
with late cabbage. To attempt to
farm" four acres in the usual way,
with wheat. corn. oats, etc. would
cause bankruptcy. The crops that pay
best are those that require the most
hand labor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05

New York-ludging from the tone oE
trade reports the last week has Witnessed
fair degree of Improvement. The iron
and steel business is still somewhat un-
settled. and in other lines comparative
dullness prevails so far as new business
is concerned. but in the opinion of close
observers the signs All point to improv-
ing sentiment The scare occasioned
few weeks ago by the sensational devel-
opments in the steel trade has died out,
and there is once more disposition man
ifested in commercial circles to make
preparations for extensive fall business
In spine of the setback in general trade,
the merchandise movement. taking thu
country as whole, is still large. FIX
ports continue on an enormous scale The
crop outlook is good. Trading in stocks
has been quiet, but liquidation seems to
have about run its course, and while the
demand for stocks is light, there is no inn
portant pressure from any quarter.
Money rates have remained on about ths
level of last week
Chicago Speculative grain markets
We're nervous and irregular over a mar
row range of prices and were chiefly
AAtiUNbNCu ny lllt ShilNlltS OliNithS AC-
garding the prospect for the next crop.
Dry weather in the Northwest threaten
ed curtainment Of the spring wheat
yield and HeSsian flies had already spoil
ed the magnificent prospect for great
crop with which winter wheat began the
growing season. The crops of Europe
were in the same uncertain condition as
those of this country, much damage be-
ing announced in several important To-
caities. Despite all that and, in addi-
ton, rapidly diminishing stocks of the
previous crop, speculation in wheat has
been depressed to such an extent, from
one cause or another, that decline in
price was with difficulty avoided. Corn
stocks are ample for present require
ments. and so far the season has been
on the whole propitious for the next crop.
The supply of hogs was quite large
enough to supply Packers With all they
wanted, TO meet the demand for their
products at prevailing prices; Unless hogs
bee2me scaEcer OF the consumption of
lard and meats improves further adj
vance ii provision prices seems some
what improbable
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05

origin, being kept in large focks in that
part of northern Africa known as DON
COLA, a part of the Soudan. where the
British armies recently subdued the
barbarous Dervishes. The skins of
this kind of goat are extensively used
for leather, of which the Dongola kid
shoes for women are made. There is
imported into every civilized country,
and especially into North America,
where women and children do not go
barefoot, and need light shoes. There
is an extensive interest arisen Of late
in the United States in regard to this
goat, and large fiocks of them are be-
ing formed in many localities.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05

yances. The coins. which number
fifty-fiye, are OF silver, varying In value
and dated near the end of the fifteenth
and the beginning Of the sixteenth cen
tury. They were discovered under the
thatch Of a roof, where it was conipc-
tured they We're placed for safety from
plumber by Cr0mwelTs troops. Tfey
are to remarkably good state Of PRES
erFation, and were in curious bag Of
wash leather. London Leader.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05
some Fast Rnnn.

From Los Angeles To Chicago
100 miles ................... 81 80. 90
Average speed per hour. ......... 80 miles
Made by the Atchlson, Topeka and Santa re
special train carrying c. Il. Peacock %
Pittsburg in time to attend meeting Of
Carnegie directors
From Chicago to Omaha 4s99
miles In ................,...... 100000
Average speed per hour. ........ 4s.g miles
Made by the c., b. & Q. fast mail IN CON
test for government business on the night
Of Jan. .. 1890
From Chicago 10 Omaha, J02.2
miles in ....................... II .00s0o
Average speed per hour. ........ 45.6 miles
Made by the Chicago and Northwestern fast
mail In competition on the night Of Jan. 2.
1899
From Grand Central Station.
New York. to East Buffalo. 1865
miles In .......... ....--....... Tei9:3l
Average speed per hour IS miles
Made By the New York Central on sept.
IA. 1891.
From Cheyenne to omaha, 81
miles in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10000
Average speed per hour. ........ 81 81 miles
Made BY the Union Pacific.
The pay Of section men on the Chi
cage division OF the Eastern Illinois has
been advanced from Sl.lO and Sll5 70
Sis. Scarcity Of laborers is the cause
Of the rise.
The United States supreme Court has
rendered an important decision in favor
Of the Central Pacific IN land grant
case between individual settlers and the
company. holding that the validity Of the
railroads claims may not be questioned
by fugitive and uncertain testimony Of
occupation by entry men years after its
title has apparently been fixed
r. +. Nilsson has been appointed gen
eral agent FOR the Burlington road. With
headquarters at Salt Lake City. Utah
Fourteen new Pullman sleepers have |
been turned ont and assigned TO the Rock I
Island road They Will bc put Ia service
between Chicago and Denver The cost |
Of each car was 10000.
The Prussian State Railway admins
tration purposes soon 70 make an exhans |
tive trial Of American engines. The min
ister 81 public works has ordered specific
cations u American locomotives to b.
submitted il order that trials may be |
made Of freight and passenger engines
Similar tests made by the Bayarian Coy
srnmeai were highly satisfactory. |
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-05

The Northwest Agrieulturist says.
Five years ago there was not n cream
cry upon the Minneapolis & St. Louis
Railroad, to-day there is not a station
upon the road which has not At ieas;
one If not several eTeameries. Last
year the road hauled If.o00. 900 pounds
of butter from southern Minnesota.
That means good deal OF cash for
our farmers: il also means forage
crops and fertilization for the farms
and permanent prosperity.
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Grandfather Reuben and Grand
father Benjamin were puttering about
their respective fields, when Grand
father Reuben exclaimed at the slrht
Of length of fence which happened to
be lying on the ground
Those boys have been round here
again
Nay. brother" said the other grand
father. thee knows the wind blew
very fresh last night"
Yes" said Grandfather Reuben, IN
convinced. ''aBd thee sees the fesce has
fallen 10 windward v-Harper's Alaga
zine