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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

]. Marsden, the agricultural commits
missioner OF Hawaii. viii develop a sea
toad. for the use of certain island dis
tricts where standing fresh water is
scarce. Mr.. MarSden is firm believer
in evolution and win follow lines sug-
gested by Darwin. Already toads have
been produced in brackish waters. This
tells the commissioner that be cannot
fail. For the next culture he win make
the water still more salty. and at about
the fourth or fifth breeding win try
pure- sea water. He is confident that
the plan will work out correctly. In
the undertaking Mr.. Marsden has re-
ce:ved much encouragement from Prof.
Koebele. the government entomologist,
and from other friends.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23
Floor Space in Poultry House.

More room is required in the poultry
house in winter than in summer, be-
cause during the warm season the fowls
can go outside, only requiring sufficient
room for roosting, but in winter they
need room for scratching when the
snow is on the ground. 1t is the space
on the floor that is required and not on
the roost. for when hen fixes herself
on the roost she will be quiet until
morning, but during the day she should
be kept busy. Ten fowls in poultry
house 10 feet square (making LOG square
feeb are sufficient but most persons
endeavor to double or even treble that
number, and the consequence is that
ahey keep too many fowls in proportion
10 the area of floor space. The Poultry
Keeper.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23
Ensilage for Horse.

AS many people have an idea that en-
silage is not good food for horses, we
will call attention to the fact that the
Virginia Experiment Station has been
testinG it, and they report that the trou-
BILE from is use has arisen from too
much having been fed at the beginning.
and 5 the horse likes it he is tempted
to eai too much Of It, as he might Of
green grass or clover. This is more apt
to be the case when it contains a large
amount Of corn. When they began by
feeding small quantities and increased
very gradually in the amount given no
injury resulted. and after they We're
wen accustomed to its use they would
not cat too heartily of il, even when
given opportunity
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

Al Philadelphia man owns a most
unique assortment Of pieces Of blotting
paper, collected by his father. who was
long an official OF the White House,
each Of which bears, reversed. the sig
nature of a President. from General
Harrison, who died month after bis
election In 1871, to Garfield On one
sheet. the most highly priced Of the
lot, the last official letter signed by
President Lincoln was plotted before
he was assassinated By Booth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23
SHIPS CLAIMED BY THE WAVES.
Great Britain's Losses by ShipwrecI
the Smallest in the World.

Great Britain's Losses by ShipwrecI1
the Smallest in the World.
Losses at sea sustained by the mer-
chant service Of the world in the last
year are set forth in 4 report prepared
by the British government, copies of
which have been received here. Great
Britain, with over 100000 tons
afloat, has the lowest percentage OF
losses.
Startling figures are presented as to
the number of steamers and sailing
craft reported missing" and now re-
garded as lost by insurance under
writer's. No less than twenty four
steamers sailed out of various ports
last year and have never been heard
from, and seventy mine sailing vessels
cleared and never reached their destina-
ton. both classes representing a total
tonnage of 72,773. In addition ninety
six ships. representing eighty-tive sail
ing craft and eleven steamers, had to
be abandoned at sea.
AS a result of all the losses the gross
reduction in the mercantile merine of
the world is shown to be 1,141 vessels
of $50, 725 tons. excluding vessels OF
less than 100 tons.
Great Britains rate of loss is 2.23 per
cent. the next on the list being Germa-
ny. with 2.33 per cent. Germany and
the United States are now making a
neck and-neck" race as regards the
total number of vessels owned, the
latter having 2,113.67T tons and the
former 2 1881 tons. Austria Hungary
is third in point of rate of loss. with
SIS per cent. and then come Russia,
with 3.63 per cent. and the United
States. with Ala per cent. The other
nations are in the following order:
italy. 4.34 per cent; France, 4.4S;
Holland. 4.62; Spain. sol: Norway,
$50. and Sweden. 5.66-New York
Herald
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23
one in Misfortune.

The soldier boy wrote home from the
far Philippines:
"Father-My left leg has been shot
ffsby'a cannon ball. want to buy me
a good. first-eiass cork leg. Please send
me 500 in your next letter.
The father answered. from his home
in the Georgia pines:
"Son-I kin shake hands with you on
yer loss. lost my wooden leg endur-
in of the blizzard. A niger stole it an
split it up fer kindlin' wood. Ef you
git that cork leg, let me know how ii
works. an whaF you got the money to
git it with. Atlanta Constitution. +
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

A Nebraska paper tells of man who
bought farm there, upon which there
was a mortgage of 500. He did not
make much money the first year, bat he
soyed eighty acres of wheat the next
wear. 1t was poor year for wheat
and the stand was so poor that he
thought he would not harvest it, He
returned to his old home, and left the
farm and the mortgage to fight it out
as they pleased. The wheat ripened,
fell to the ground and seeded it well.
There was a fine crop and as some one
was kind enough to write about 1t to
him. he went back, harvested 1t and
sold it for enough to pay the mortgage
and all his other debts. If at first
you don't succeed, try try again. -
American Cultvator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23
Ground stock Feed.

Grinding the corn and cob does net
add much to the ration. but the ground
cob serves to dilute the grain and in
crease the bulk which makes the com
bination better than the ground grain
alone. When used with ground oats
and bran 1t is an excellent food, and II
may be used with cut straw or hay. All
grain foods when ground viii give bet.
ter results If fed with bulky materials.
and the conditions of the animals will
be improved when both kinds are fed
together.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23
FASCINATING CAIRO.
The Most Picturesque and Interesting
of Oriental Cities.

The Most Picturesque and Interesting
of Oriental Cities.
From its founding in 969 by the
Fatimite califs, as an offshoot Of the
tented settlement of Fostat. to the pres
emit rule of Abbas Pasha, seventh Khe-
dive. or yiceroy. of the dynasty OF Me-
hemit ali. Cairo-capital Of Egypt.
metropolis CT the African teaehing-has
had a romantic history. Scene OF IA
nous exploits of great personages,
from Saladin to Napoleon, of sangufn-
airy conflicts between Christianity and
Islam:sm. and the memorable massacre
of the MameIukes: cradle of religion
aud cults: home Of the Arabian
Nights tales; the place where lasting
principles Of philosophy and science
were conceived. and where Bible
scenes were laid. Cairo has become the
meeting-gro OF winter idlers from
every cline.
Cairo looks old. but comparatively Is
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23
Dairy Composition.

The farmer who does not improve his
stock cannot compete in the market
with his progressive neighbor. The
butter from a COW which produces ten
pounds a week can be sold at 20 cents
per pound and give larger" profit than
the butter from a COW giving only five
pounds a week. and sold at 30 cents per
pound. The use Of choice cows reduces
the number in the herd and saves labor.
allowing also more room, while inferior
cows compel the dairyman 10 keep more
cows than he should IN order to make a
profit
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

ing of the merits Of this new INVENTION.
The bag, which is made of canvas, Is
provided with two straps, one suspend
ing it from the horses head behind the
ears, and the other drawing back its
lower half toward the collar. The low
er end of the bag retains the bulk of
the corn, even when the bottom is
raised. as in the illustration, and as the
animal eats so the fodder falls down
gradually until the supply is exhausted
The horse cannot, therefore, breathe In
the same quantity of corn and thus con
taminate it, as when an ordinary bag
is used, hence the spelling Of food
which is common cause why so much
of it is thrown out, does not occur.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

through, while underneath such drive
ways are the haunts Of rats and mice.
The best plan to follow is shown in
the cut. which is from the Orange Judd
Farmer. Lay up two side lines of stone
as high as the sill at the buildings side,
and sloping to the surface of the ground
at the proper distance from the build
ing. If fiat stones are to be had, no
cement is needed. All that remains to
be done is to fill in the space between
the two lines Of stones with earth.
Then one has permanent. inexpensive
and altogether satisfactory entrance
driveway.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

they were d year ago in many Ioca-
tons. and are Tery likely destined 10
advance in price as business grows
more brisk and prices Of other things
are going up. We remember how 1t
was between 1SGI and 1865. With wool
at 81 a pound OF more, -four at SIS a
barrel and wheat in proportion. pork
10 cents a pound. butter 40 10 20 cents
q pound. and hay SO TO $50 ton, II
seemed as If money could be made in
farming. same succeeded IN doing so.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

The HoIianders are perhaps of all the
northern people those who smoke the
~, She humidity of their climate
making it almost necessity. while
the moderate cost of tobacco with them
renders ii accessible TO all To show
how deeply rooted is the halt. = Is
enough to say that the bocsnrn OF
Holland measure distances ny SINK
ing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

equine servants
the features OF
this patent bag
will appeal. The
accompanying IL
lustration repre-
sentS it in use, and
a glance at the de
tails will help TO a
proper understand
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23
Ordinary seed.

Much time is lost in the spring by
waiting for plants and seeds. Orders
for seeds should be sent In before Jan.
uary is over. Make out the list of the
varieties desired and give plain direc
tons. to avoid mistakes. Every spring
there are many who are delayed in their
work by ordering plants and seeds just
at the time they are wanted, and as
.seedmen are then crowded with orders
they are forced to disappoint many who
could have gotten their seeds by order
ing early.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

Diamonds are cut in three different
forms-the rose. the brilliant and the
table. OF which the second Is the pretti-
est II Is a double pyramid or cone.
of which the top Is cut of 10 form a
large plane. and al the bottom directly
onnoslte 70 q small plane.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23
Best Governed City.

The leading and most commendable
feature of the management of public
affairs Is the principle of the sinking
fund, which is applied to every enter
prise or business in which the munici-
pality is interested. Whatever debts #
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

Mrs. Snow-My husband has grown
very fussy Of late years. but he was
easily pleased when we weresmarried. /"
Mrs. Coldeal-EIe must have been
San Francisco Examiner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

He Gin an argumcntD-weli thank
goodness. I'm Lot two-faced. She
You ought TO be thankful One face
IKE yours IL enough.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

OF all virtues magnanlmity IS the
rarest: there are a hundred persons OF
merit for one who willingly acknowl-
edges IL In another Hazlitt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

Contrary to the general rule the
street-car company finds its hangers
en- a source of revenue.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

TSs eloak On which Wolfe breathed
his last, at the capture of Quebec. is
one of the curiosities in the British
Museum
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

A London firm is introducing a new
fodder-bag for horses. To those who
have at heart the comfort of their
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

If you must go 10 law, hire the best
lawyer in town. The law . always on
the side OF the best lawyer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23
yerusaIem's Population Increasing.

JtFuSA8CIEN = @'981 = 2 't Es.a
The population Of Jerusalem has
been rapidly increasing OF late aud Is
nom about 1900: Of these $4,000 are
Hebrews.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23
HORRORSOFU. Us. ARMY
'CRuELTiES FORMERLY INFLiCT.
ED ON SOLDIERS.
'Shouidering Log -Trotting the Bull
Rints-one Man Buried Up to His
Neck in Sand Some Other Inhusnan
Methods.

twenty years ago cruel punishments
indeed were melted out to refractory
soldiers of the United States army. In
those days 20 or 30-day trick in the
guard house was not a comparatively
minor matter, as it is now. The SOL
der who nowadays lands in the guard
house for drunkenness. insubordina-
ton, neglect of duty or any other VIC
lation of regulatio is put to work at
some job around the post from fatigue
call IN the morning till recall from IA
ugue late in the afternoon. The work
IS never hard. The only discomfort
connected with the work is that it is
always performed under the watchful
eye OF a sentry with loaded gun. On
the other hand. the guard house pris-
oner gets every night in-that is, he is
permitted to slumber peacefully on the
comfortable bunk in his guard house
cell, While his comrades who have not
committed themselves have to take
their turns standing guard over him
through the watches of the night.
Shouldering Log.
The soldier who worked himself into
the guard house prior to 1879 did not
get any night in, from the day he be-
gan his term until its end. He walk
ed his post, two hours on and four off.
from the beginning to the termination
OF MS sentence. But he did not car
ny gun while on post He shouldered
an Embarked log. from six tc eight feet
Ill length and weighing from 20 to 100
pounds, and man in his rear carried
the rife. The business of the soldier
with the rife was to see that the SOL
der with the log kept on the move, I'D
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

Too many people perform their work
after the style or machine2
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23
Making a Driveway.

Too many entrances to farm build
ings are made of planks laid on wooden
sleepers These soon rot out and break
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

By the time maa IS able 10 supply all
his wants &c doesn't want very much.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

To know how to dissembie is the
knowledge Of kings. Rlchelieu.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-23

he ONO Farmer, IN connection with
an article from the experiment station
upon wheat growing. prints map
showing the dates for sowing wheat in
different sections of the State. There is
a variation of month. or from Sept
10 in the northern counties TO Oct. 10
in few counties in the extreme South
Some vary in certain places because
OF change in the elevation. Both
Northern Maine and Northern New
Hampshire are nearly two months later
in harvest than the southern parts of
those States. the one because of the
distance north and the other because of
the 'snow-coyered mountains. We would
suggest that each experiment station
should publish similar map. so that
when one takes up paper and learns
that they are blowing in the southern
part of the State, or sowing seed, he
may feel that he can wait two or four
weeks longer before he begins without
being behind with his work. Even in
so small a State as Massachusetts the
49, IA0AAtAAe, Tiny " va " III
mate and soil is considerable, and farm
hints for March on Cape Cod would be
In season about in April at Amherst
where is the experiment station, while
II written at the agricultural college
for that latitude they would be two or
three weeks too late for the sandy soils
OF Southeastern Massachusetts Amer
lean Cultivator.
Values of Grain for Making Pork.
The director of the Montana expert
ment station compares the value of
different grain foods for pork as fol-
lows;
BY combination of grain and legu-
minous pastures pigs can be grown to
a weight of $50 pounds at a cost OF .
cents pound. Alfalfa, clover. peas,
wheat and barley make the best of pig
feed. Alfalfa or clover pasture, with a
little grain in summer, affords condi-
tons for the cheapest growth and the
greatest profit.
Pigs fed on barley or barley and
wheat at present market prices will
pay for all food consumed when pork
is 80 cents pound.
The pea. combined with grain. is well
adapted to the wants of the growing
animal, and will give the greatest gains
on the smallest amount of feed
The lot, fed equal parts of barley,
wheat and peas made gain of pound
in weight for 400 pounds of food when
the pigs were between the weights of
ITS and 209.S.
Pigs make the greatest gains and at
a less cost of gain before they reach
200 to 30 pounds. in weight.
The quality of pork produced from
wheat, barley and peas in the various
combinations used is firm and well
adapted for the production of hams and
bacon, the fat'and lean of the meat be-
ing well distributed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-07
DELAGoA BAY TROUBLES.

The policy of Great Britain to seize and
search vessels entering Delagoa bay, with
the view of preventing goods which she
calls contraband from reaching the Beers,
promises to make her trouble. The seizure
of two American cargoes of flour and 9TH
err merchandise, consigned TO firms in the
neutral Portuguese port of Lorenzo Mar
quez, has not yet caused a great deal Of
excitement in this country. The people are
waiting to see whether the British gov
ernment will release the cargoes or pay
for them. If it does not do either promptly
there is likely to be some excitement. and
the President may have trouble in en-
forcing such neutrality as the law calls
for Lord Salisbury has promised our am
hassador to give these seizures his imme-
diate attention. II is evident that he real
ICES the importance of keeping on good
terms with this country.
Great Britain has no friends in Europe.
She would be very lonely, therefore. If
she should lose the friendship of the
United States. There is an intensely bitter
feeling in Germany against her on ac-
count of the seizure Of two German
steamers at the entrance of Delagoa bay.
There does not appear TO have been any
reasonable preteXt for the seizure Of the
General, the second of the vessels that
was taken charge Of by British cruisers.
At first the German government was I'M
der the impression that a mistake had
been made by laundering British naval
officers. Now it knows, however. that the
ms % ia Har 81.
policy that had been decided upon by the
British government. The hearts Of the
German people are therefore full OF wrath
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-07
SOCIETY EXPERTS.

The foibles of society,"" and the de-
vices employed by the newly-rich to break
into that charmed circle, have been sub
jecls of discussion and mirth probably
ever since there was such a thing as so
ciety." and they will no doubt continue
to be so until the end. Occasionally the
hand of the law holds aside the door
which screens society" from the masses,
when those in view see that the Jokes
which the funny men make on the
"swells" are really not without founda-
ton in fact. An incident of the sort oc-
CURED in the Supreme Court of New York
the other day. young woman was suing
a matron for several thousand dollars as
panion. and entertainer for the matron's
guests 1t appears that the young wo-
mans family had seen better days" and
that she had been educated in Europe. She
was accomplished in music dancing and
conversation. and hence was charming
company i'm the house that was tempo-
rorily her home Among her duties was
that Of seeing that the social functions
were properly planned. that the station
cry was the correct thing, and that no
Faux pas" occurred to mar the occasions
There are lots OF persons who know how
10 make and save money, but COMPARE
lively few who know how to spend it in pre-
cisely the proper manner, from the point
Of view Of the Upper Ten Thousand. That
this fact is recognized by even the money
makers themselves. and that is RESPONSE
bic for the growing up OF pretty con-
siderable class of society experts" was
emphasized during the trial in the tesu-
mony Of The proprietress OF q Society
Intelligence bureau VINO said she was
"descendent Of the late Alexander stev-
ems" and was related to "the late GOV.
Stuyyesant." She said that she sup
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-07
THE MOLINEIX CASE.

Interest in the Molneux case does not
seem 10 lag, notwiths landing the fact that
it has occupied the attention of the pub
lie in one shape and another for about a
year 1t will be several weeks before it
win be given to the jury, and it is far
from certain that there will be a verdict
The indications point in the direction of a
mistrial
The state will succeed in making out a
very strong case against the accused, but
win it make case sufficiently strong to
remove all doubt about his guilt from the
minds of the jurymen? 1t is too soon to
speculate about that question but 1t must
be admitted that little things are con-
stantly coming up that are calculated TO
confuse the jury. For instance, on Thurs
day the physician who attended Mr. H. c.
Barnett in his last illness, stated on the
witness stand that the cause of his pa
tents death was diphtheria The state
is proceeding on the theory that Moineux
caused the death of both Barnett and Mrs
Adams by having cyanide of mercury ad-
ministered to them.
The state is now trying to show that cy-
anide of mercury win produce symptoms of
diphtheria. Assuming that it will, it is
a question whether the jury wiz come to
the conclusion that Barnett was poisoned
in the face of the testimony of his physi-
clan that he died from diphtheria. And
it will be argued that if Barnett did not
die from che effects of cyanide of mercury
may not the whole theory of Molineuxs
connection with the death of Mrs. Adams
be wrong? We simply cal attention to the
difficulties in the way of making OUT such
a case as would justify a jury in finding
a verdict of guilty against Mollneux. after
giving him the benefit of a reasonable
doubt. Take it all in all the Molineux
case is a very remarkable one