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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
FLOOD AT HONOLULU.
Heavy Rainfall SuDmerges a Large
Portion of the Town.

The heaviest rainstorm which has oc-
Cured in Honolulu within two years
broke Tuesday night. For half an hour
the rain fell in torrents, and within a
short while the streets were impossible.
The rainfall in Nuuanu valley, about two
miles from Honolulu, was S.13 inches,
and it varied slightly near the city. The
Nuuanu stream was soon swollen beyond
its boundaries, and came sweeping down
with increasing speed. 1t broke its banks
and washed every movable object away.
Acres OF the town on both sides Of the
river were submerged TO a depth Of three
feet, and some Of the houses near the
bank were almost washed away, the Chi
nese being driven away in wild haste.
The water covered the floors two feet
deep in some cases.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Sowing Ti.aothy.

There is no better way Of getting
good stand OF timothy than 10 put the
ground in good order and SOW the
seed about the last week In Septem-
Der or first OF October. one bushel to
six acres. 4 correspondent Of the Ma
tionaI StockRan has sown in corn the
last time he worked the corn and
got the best kind OF a stand OF timothy
and clover.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
EI,plish Wheat Deteriorating


English millers say that they are
obliged to mix large quantities of i'm
ported wheat with the homegrown
wheat to obtain a sample Of flour that
will rank as first class and command
good price They say that the quality
of the English wheat has degenerated
for milling purposes, and charge that
this is in part the result of a lack or
care in selecting seed. There is no doubt
that inferior seed, small or shrunken,
will result in poorer grain, especially
if the practice is continued. The large,
plump grain is the cheapest seed to use.
A change of seed from one locality TO
another may have some effect in inn
proving it, and experiments in regard
to cross fertilization are in progress,
which are hoped will unite the good
qualities of some, of the most hardy
prolific and best milling varieties S3me
of them have been very successful tlus
far.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

winter season these hurdles are great
convenience for inclosing feeding yards.
lots for exercise and small plats for
subdivisions of the flock. In the figure is
shown a view of the hurdle in place,
with a pair of supports. In use each
Of the supports serves to hold up as
well as to join together the ends of
two succeeding panels. To prevent
the fence from being blown over, a
stake should be driven about every so
feet. to which the hurdle should be
wired down.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Pign and savings Banks.

1t is rather surprising fact, consid-
ering how enormously they have grown,
that at the beginning of the ninetee nth
century there was not savings bank
in the world. The Rev. Henry Duncan,
rector of a very poor English parish.
noticed that when the people wished to
lay by a little money they would buy
a pig or COW with 1t. having no other
way to find Investment for small sums.
He founded the first real savings bank
in 1910. Two or three which had ex-
listed before that time were practically
charitable foundations.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Reef and Dairying.

Not all the farmers in the West viii
care TO go into the producing bust
ness. There are some sections where
dairying has become established and
successful. and where this is the case
II win doubtless be the most successful
TO pursue it. as frequent changes from
one branch of farming TO another are
generally demoralizing and unprofita.
ble.-American Cuitivatnr.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
DASH TO ESCAPE PRISON.
Keeper Shot Dead and One of Three
Burglars Loses His Life.


Burglars Loses His Life.
Hugh McGovern, keeper of the prison
at the West Fifty-fourth street police
court in New York, was killed Monday
by three escaping burglars, one Of whom
was killed and one fatally injured, while
the third managed to get away. Me-
Govern discovered the men, Joseph En-
erson, Arthur Flanagan and George VIII
son, saving through the iron bars OF a
window of the second tier of cells in the
third floor of the prison. Seeing they
were detected the men turned on Meow
ern and after fierce struggle beat him
to death.
Flanagan then slid down q rope impro-
vised out of bedding. He succeeded in
getting safely away. Wilson followed,
but, when he was half way down, the
rope broke and he fell into the court yard
and probably was fatally injured. EN-
erson jumped from the third story win
dow and was instantly killed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

A lieutenant OF engineers at Tien- tsin,
with three sappers, crept up in the dark
and placed charge of guneotton at
the huge gate. There was TO be an
electric wire To fire the gun cotton. but
it failed somehow: and, as daylight was
dawning already. the four japanese felt
that their maneuver was in danger OF
failing. so one of them fired the charge
with a match, blowing himself TO death
and glory and giving entry to the allied
ARMY.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
BUY RAW MATERIALS ABROAD.
American Manufacturers Increase
Their imports and Exports.


Their Imports and Exports.
The manufacturers of the United States
are rapidly increasing their share in the
foreign commerce of the country. Their
importations of raw materials during the
nine months ended with September. 1900,
amounted to $2S1 100000, while their ex-
ports of finished manufactures in the
same time amounted to 1898, 600 900,
eclipsing all records. In the correspond
ing months of last year the importations
of manufacturers materials amounted to
$242, 100000, and the exports to $2I7,-
100000. In the same nine months Of
1896 the importations Of manufacturers
materials amounted to $1S3, 100000, and
the exports to S1S4,000000.
Manufacturers materials a decade ago
formed but 33 per cent of the total inn
ports of the country; now they form over
45 per cent of the Total Imports Finish
ed manufactures, which a decade ago
formed but Is per cent of the exports
now form over 33 per cent of the ex-
ports.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
scouRog SWEEPS oVeR ALAskA
Disease and Famine Threaten to Ex-
terminate the Indians.

The Rev. Father John b Dene, in
charge Of the Roman Catholic missions
on the Yukon. has arrived al Dawson
with a terrible story o. the suferings 81
the natives IN that valley from as cpl
demic 81 mysterious disease resembling
a combination u pneumonia. measles and
typhoid feyer.
At Holy GTns mission % one ~ 100
Indians died n iss than two months.
Fausinc now threatens. TITO ansss Of
SELVES have died. and mauy more vii
die from lie disease itse.f D. atsrvagicn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

dipped out. The top jar must have a
hole drilled or broken in the bottom,
and a small flower pot saucer inverted
over the hole. On this is spread layer
of clean, sharp sand, rather coarse,
then layer of finer sand next layer
of pulverized charcoal with the dust
blown out, and finally another layer of
sand, the whole occupying one-third of
the jar. Fig. 2 represents filter
made out of a barrel, as follows: Pro
cure a piece of fine brass wire cloth of
sufficient size to make a partition
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Total, Alaska
NEWS FROM
OUR COLONIES.

The inefIiciency Of the mail service in
the Philippines continues a source OF
great irritation to the soldiers on duty in
the interior. A letter from an Omaha
volunteer contains the assertion that the
writer has not received scrap Of mail
since the Odd Of February. Fight or ter
letters have been mailed to him since taat
time and a bundle Of newspapers pvs;y
week This is not an isolated Instance
Manila Freedom tells how mali, precious
to the troops, is diverted from It's proper
destination. For whole dreary
month";" says Freedom, 800 sacks Of
mail. destined for these islands, have
been rotting in the holds Of the trans
port Hancock lying in an Asiatic port.
We are not concerned as TO whether the
Hancock has gone off on fishing excur-
sion or whether the commission held the
ship at Nagasaki in order to run up TO
Toxic that they might see the keisha
girls dance What Manila wants is those
500 sacks Of mail
-:-.- 4
The civilian clerks in some Of the sup
ply departments at Manila are beginning
to kick because they are not getting
enough pay. They work side by side
with enlisted men detailed as clerks, who
only get S16.50 month instead OF 500
or more, which is the pay OF the clerks.
The curious thing about IL is that the
soldiers would 60 out in the field and
hike about in constant danger OF being
shot, with never kick about their pay,
but as soon as they are settled down in
comfortable billet in town, with no dan
ger OF any sort to furnish them excite
ment. they want just as much pay as
the civilian who does the same work no
better than they. \
-:-:-
The authorities at Washington are Sc
rlously considering the adoption Of some
measures designed to break up the con
bines said TO be responsible for the great
ly increased cost OF living in Manila.
Practically all necessaries Of life have
been doubled since the American occupa-
ton, ertailing great hardships on the ma
lives and seriously retarding American
progress in the city. Any relief the gov
eminent can afford will be heartily well
coined. for the exactions Of merchants
have become almost unbearable.
-:--.-
The recent mutiny on the Escano and
the massacre Of the officers Of the ship,
coupled with the similar occurrence ON
the Campania de Filipinas in 1898, have
stirred up the ship owners. and several
firms have decided TO send no more ships
TO sea without sufficient Europeans on
board TO be able to handle any outbreak
among the crews.
American occupation il showing one ~
It's favorite characteristics in Negroes.
where capital fight is slowly but surely
developing between Baeoiod and some
town as yet unnamed The Island Coun-
ell is finding that there arc not sufficient
public buildings in Bacoiga 10 accommO-
date the department offices, and besides
il is too far from the sea. and too din
cult OF access The council has voted
$1,000 for the repair Of bridges. and
has appointed committee " three TO
inspect all schools. public and private.
in the island Also the council has v0t-
ed $1,000 annually for the purchase OF
material OF instruction
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
NEW MINT IN PHILADELPHIA.
Will Not Be Ready for Occupation Be
foe Nav Nawf

Will Not Be Ready for Occupation Be
fore May Next.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
new mint building at 10th and Spring
Garden streets. Philadelphia, but Con-
tractor McCaul does not think it will
be completed before May /, the time
named in his contract. The building
is being constructed of gray granite
from Mount Desert and will be plain in
style except in the numismatic room,
the decorations of which viii be on a
magnificent scale. Many rare kinds of
marble will appear in this room. The
entrance in Spring Garden street will
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Sweet Clover.

A Missouri correspondent of the
Kansas Farmer says of the Bokhara or
sweet clover that he thinks it one of the
best forage plants for the arid regions
of the Western States, and that cattle
eat the nav in preference to any other.
1t will grow on soils where nothing else
grows, and will soon make them fertile
enough to grow other clover. 1t will
kill out all weeds and small bushes and
take complete possession of the land,
yet as it is biennial it cannot become
a pest if mown before it goes to seed,
as it dies out root and branch in two
years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
SEATTLE ASSAYS $40, lee, es7.
Gold Receipts at the Pacific Coast Point

Gold Receipts at the Pacific Coast Point
Since Jan. l Last.
A total of $50, 166,6S7 worth of gold
dust and bullion has been received at the
Seattle assay office during the present
year between Jan / and Oct. "a, 1900.
This gold came from:
Cane Nome ........S2, 40 427. OF
Other Alaskan points ... AGO, S93.3I
Total. Alaska SO. 49, BIG. 81
British Columbia fAtlinl. 493 116.27
Yukon district (Klondikel 1854 ASS. 10
foreign gold coin. 1875, 762 so
Since Oct. "a the Office has received
an additional $4,000 from Nome and
$4,000 from other points. The proba
bilities are that before the season closes
Nome will have furnished $500O,OOO.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
LORD SALISBURY STEPS OUT.
Premier Resigns His Post of Minister
of Eoreicn Affairs.

The London Telegraph makes a spread
on an announcement that Lord Salisbury
has decided TO resign his pest of minister
of foreign affairs, but to retain the pre-
miership Ills health, the paper says,
causes no anxiety, but trusted physicians
urge him to do less work. Lord Lans-
downe, at present secretary OF state for
war, will the Telegraph declares, sue
ceed Lord Salisbury as foreign minister.
The London Times confirms the state
ment of the Daily Telegraph that Lord
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
UNITED STATES WILL OPPOSE.
Not to Permit Germany to Have a
Venezuelan Coaling Station.


Any att mpt on the part OF Germany
to establish coaling station in Nenezue-
la or IN any other country Of the western
hemisphere will be opposed by the United
States. Such action would be in violation
of the PRINCIPLES Of the Monroe doctrine,
which, it said. the administration IS
determined - uphold. Germany is snx-
ious TO acquire sites for coaling stations
in the western hemisphere. At the time
this government commenced negotiations
for the acquisition Of the Danish West
indies it was well understood in Wash
ington Official circles that Germany was
anxious 20 obtain control II them, and
it was only the determined attitude Of the
United States that forced her 10 reliR
uuish the designs she possessed on these
Islands
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

beetle. This insect
measures abont one-
eighth Of an incn III
length and is yellow
ish brown in color.
Down each wing COW
err extends a yellow
stripe. All the severe
injury has been dur
;pr dry Weather This
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

Permanent Farm Improvements.
There are some very desirable i'm
provements that the farmer might Ike
10 make in his buildings or his sur
roundlngs that seem almost out Of his
reach, because they cannot be made
without an expenditure or ready money
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

Roots of all kinds are best preserved
in pits made in this way. The pits are
dug out in some dry and convenient
place safe from water. They should be
three feet deep, four feet wide, and ten
or twelve feet long. The roots are
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
HOW TO MAKE A FILTER.
Here Are Two That Are Services bI
and Easily CnusfrucAed

Here Are Two Ihaf Are services Die
and Easily Constructed.
Two inexpensive filters, which can
easily be made by any handy person,
are shown in the accompanying illus
trations. Fig. l shows a filter made
out of two stonepots or jars. The lower
one has a hole drilled at the side near
the bottom, in which faucet is insert
ed to draw off the filtered water as de-
sired; or, if this cannot be done. the
top jar can be removed and the water
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
London a Good Field for Bakers.

What to do with our boys? Make
them bakers. According to the official
organ of the trade. the way to honor
able competency, not to say wealth, lies
through a sack of -four. There is no
calling. it says, which offers such good
opportunities to the operative as the
bakers. A persevering, steady, saving
lad can in very few years make a
position for himself. 1t does not re-
quire large capital to start in bust
ness. and it Is safe to say that 90 per
cent of the London master bakers have
worked their way up to a comfortable
position. if not one of affiuence. from
the ranks of the journeymen.-Lon
Telegraph.
tho xx-.Nr,.an m Of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Advertise Your Business.

A Kansas farmer has erected a sign
board at his gate at the roadside on
which is painted his name and the
name of his farm, and below it is a
blackboard ON which he writes list
of what he may have to sell. He says
he has sold in short time two cows
and calves to persons who were attract
ed by his sign. and he considers the
plan success. 1t is an excellent idea,
so far as local trade is concerned, and
when one has more to sell than there is
likely to be a demand for at home, let
him put his sign in the columns of a
good newspaper which is likely to reach
the class who will want to buy. If one
wants to buy or sell, there is nothing
gained by keeping it private.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

danger is confined largely to the early
part of the season, while the plants are
young and it is not TOO late to reseed.
1t appears the best course to spray with
paris green, using one pound to 175 gal
Ions of water and adding one pound of
quicklime.
Like several other insects. the blister
beetles were satisfied with the food pro-
vided by nature until the advent of the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

blister beetles were PALE FLEA BEETLE.
provided with another source of food
very much to their taste and one which
they seem to prefer to most others. As
a rule, the blister beetles appear dur
ing the latter half of July and become
numerous during August and Septenl-
Der, devouring the leaves and doing
great damage. When the danger of
real injury becomes apparent, there is
usually little difficulty in Kidding the
plants by spray of paris green and
lime applied at the rate of one pound
of the poison to 175 gallons of water.
Often the beetles will keep coming in
from the outside, and when the first
spray. has lost its effect flom rain or
other cause it may be necessary to re-
peat the treatment
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

SnailS. by means Of an acid which
they exude. contriye to bore holes In
solid limestone.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

the beet. True they
did occasionally levy.
a tax on potatoes. but
they dearly love the
wild vetches and al
most any plant of the
pea or bean family.
With the advent of
the sugar beet the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

The seat of the sheep shearing in
dustry of the Union has shifted from
the middle west to the plateau region
between the Rockies and the Sierras.
Ohio is still doing very well in the
States New Mexico is at the head, but
she has dropped from first to fourth in
the list of mutton producing States.
New Mexico is at the head with more
than 100000, Montana has nearly as
many, while Wyoming leads Ohio by
few hundred thousand head. Idaho
closely follows Ohio in the rating. Ore
gon, California and Texas each has
about 100000 sheep.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

greater than he has at command. And
there are others that require but little
more than the labor. and are within
the. means of every one. A few fruit
or shade trees or shrubs set about the
house, a space made for a flower gar
den where seeds may be sown in fail
or spring, clearing up of the rubbish
of old wagons and tools and waste
lumber around house and barn, or
.mending gates and fences, will make
the place seem more homelike, and as
if civilized people lived there, and less
like Boer or an Indian camp. Then 1t
will cost but little to set some of the
bush fruits and a grape vine or two,
and in a few years they will add TO the
table luxuries enough to make the farm
more pleasant as well as more profit
able These Improvements can be made
cyen when lumber for new buildings
OF the paint for old ones are unattain-
ablS.-Exchange
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Automobiles on the Farm.

Automobile moving machines pro-
pclbsd by gasoline engines were exhib-
tied at the Paris Exposition, and were
pronounced success. They were
given farm test in the presence of the
officials and many leading agricultur-
lists in a field of second growth lucerne,
and were able to cut about an acre an
hour. There were no accidents or break
downs. One American firm uses gear
ing to transmit the power from the
motor to the knives and another uses
the chain The steering apparatus is
controlled by lever from the drivers
seat. 1t is said that the principle is to
applied to other machinery.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

sugar bttts IHscCt LHcHAISs'
The sugar beet has had its full quota
of insect enemies, and not the least
among them has been the pale flea
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

across the barrel Support this wire
cloth with coarser wire cloth under it,
and also light frame of oak to keep
the wire cloth from sagging. Fill in
upon the wire cloth about three inches
in depth of clear, sharp sand, then two
inches of charcoal pulverized, but free
from dust, then four inches more of
sand. A faucet must be inserted near
the bottom to draw off the clear water.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

When the women can't say of an
other woman that she isn't bad-lookins.
they find lot of other things 10 say.
The age-herald., 1900-07-07
STOCK MARKET
 HAD 4 RELAPSE Professional Operators Unable to Manipulate an Advance. THE REACTION WAS NATURAL Steel Stocks Suffered from Realizing on Reports of the Interests Get ting Together to Maintain
 Prices Sugar Strong
THE REACTION WAS NATURAL

New York, July 6-The professional op- erators in stocks who have been able to manipulate prices for an advance, owing to the small amount of floating stock in the market, found their efforts to maintain the higher level unavailing today There was nothing in the news of the day that exerted any marked influence on the mar ket, and the relapse must De attributed to the natural reaction attending profit-taking On an advance and the renewed selling for short accounts attracted by the higher level of prices and the palpably shaky con- dition of the market as the day progressed. The lower prices for Americans in Lon don had little effect as on previous days, and the professional bulls resumed the tao tics which were so successful yesterday In lifting the level of prices. But 1t became manifest early in the day that yesterdays Sustaining influence in the strength of New Jersey Central and it's allied stocks was lacking today. Nevertheless a considerably higher level of prices was obtained in the Changers, Baltimore and Ohio and Missouri Pacific. Sugar, the local fractions and Peoples Gas were also strong.
 The steel stocks suffered from realizing
 
 ferests were comforting to maintain prices. The London selling was persisted in later than usual and had effect in combina~ tion with the break in the steel stocks.
 The bond market today was dull outside of sales of Reading general As, and the gnarket was irregular Total sales par value $1,020,000. United States bonds un- changed.
 1 New York, July 6.-NIoney on call was easy at 112Q2 per cent; last loan at 11a per cent. Prime mercantile paper 3A@412 per cent. Sterling exchange was firm, with actual business in bankers bills at 4S6a4 for demand and at 4S3B44S4 for sixty days; posted rates 4.S5Q4S714; commercial bills, 4.S3@4.S3A.
 Bar silver 615sc; silver certificates, 62@ 62Ac; Mexican dollars, 4Sc. Government bonds were steady.
 : (By Private Wire to Murphy & Co)