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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
Top-Dressing Fall Grain.

We think a fertilizer of 300 pounds Of
acid phosphate and 100 pounds of muri-
ate of potash to the acre is better for
fall grain than a dressing of stable or
barnyard manure, first because it costs
less than the manure is worth for other
crops, and because while it may not
grow as much straw it will grow a
sitter straw that will not lodge, and it
viii make heavier and plumper grain.
When the seed is drilled in it may be
drilled in with it without extra labor.
but when seed is sown broadcast we
would harrow in the seed first and then
SOW the fertilizer above it to be carried
down by the fall rains. In many sec
tions the amount we advise for one acre
would be thought enough for two acres,
but we think the larger amount would
prove most profitable on land which
had been long used for growing hay or
for pasturage If the land was very
light we would top dress with from 70
to 100 pounds per acre of nitrate of
soda after wheat came up, in prefer
ence to sowing it when wheat was
sown, and in any case unless wheat
was very rank in the spring, as it may
be where clover or other manurial crop
was plowed IN, we would SOW about
early in the spring TO stimulate a good
growth and early maturity American
Cultiyator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
A Dangerous innovation.

In the eighth section of the first arti-
Gle of the Constitution it is provided
that Congress shall have power to raise
and support armies, but no appropria-
ton of iaeney to that use shall be for
a longer term than two years. 1t is
evident that the intent of the trainers
of the Constitution was to put curb
on militarism by clothing Congress
with authority to establish the army
and by imposing limit upon Congress
itself in making appropriations for
troops. The proposition to transfer
these powers to the President is most
dangerous innovation. 1t constitutes
not only a departure from the spirit of
the Constitution, but it is positively un-
republican Philadelphia Ledger
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18


from the walk in front the front edge
projecting in front of the hay crib to
make IL more accessible. Here the grain
ration can be placed, or a grain bag
can be set into this space.
Fig. 3 shows how the COWS are fast
ened at this dairy farm. They are not
fastened at the neck at all. The stalls
are 3I2 feet wide, with chain or rope
stretched across the stall behind the
COW. The sides of the stall must be
high enough and extend back faf
enough SO that the COW cannot turn
around in the stall. she can only back
out, and this the chain prevents. This
seems the most humane cattle fasten-
tng Imaginable and Il works very sat
dsfactory in the barn referred to. OF
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

That a ton Of good wheat bran con-
tains more protein than a ton of corn
meal. and is therefore. more valuable
as a milk producing feod, or for build
ing up the bone and muscle on growing
stock. is well known 10 many farmers.
But there is q considerable difference
in the quality OF bran. Some samples
have been found which analysed over
Is per cent Of protein. and others not
much over u per cent. O. about two
thirds the amount Of this most valu-
able element Spring wheat bran aver
ages better than the winter wheat
bran. or nearly l6 per cent protein
with 4.S5 per cent fat and 1856 per
cent Of starchy matter. This bran
should always be sold on guaranteed
analysis. aud az a value very nearly
represented by the protein found IN it.
IL that having the least protein is sold
at So. il may be more profitable 70 pay
$I6Ror the best that can be found.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
The Kind Father Used 70 wake

Said a young and tactless husband
To his inexperienced wife:
If you should give up leading
Such q fashionable life.
And devote more time 10 cooking
How to mix and when 70 bake
Then perhaps ron might make pastry
Such as mother used to make
And the wife, resensing. answered
For the worm will turn, ron knows
II you would give up horses
And = score Of clubs or so,
To devote more time to business
When % bay and what TO STAKE
Then pevhaps you Nigh. make money
Such o. father used 10 make
Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18


given herewith. Fig shows the dairy
nan's plan for keeping the COW from
sOiling her TANKS when she lies down.
"A strip Of jolst ? by inches is nailed
across the floor of the stall just behind
the hind feet of the COW, when she is
standing as far up in the stall as she
possible can. This crosspiece is shown
at A. The COW cannot lie down upon
ehis piece Of wood so she steps ahead
and lies down. all of the droppings
thereafter falling behind A. Only a
shallow trench is found at d.
Fig. shows an excellent plan for a
crib. The hay comes down from the
second floor into slotted receptacle,
under which Is place where corn fod-
der or other material can be placed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18


signed the apparatus illustrated above.
1t consists of cloth sack suspended
Evom the shoulder and provided Mt its
single lower corner with a funnel lead
ing into the distributing tube. The fun
mel mas an internal gate 10 limit the
amount OF grain passing through. In
the outer end of the tube Is arranged
Il series % detecting fingers. which
aid materially in the distribution of the
grain. which Is accomplished by swing
sEg ire tube from side TO side while
held III Slanting position. the grain
falling toward the outlet as long as the
end Is held downward and the gate left
open. Giving to ehe length OF the tube
the ARA covered az each swing is con
s:dershly greater than could be seeded
by hand.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

WITH even Hawaii going back on
him and her native voters sending as
delegate 10 Congress man counted as
one Of the stanchest adherents OF the
I.Iluokalani regime. the excellent Mr..
Mckinley must begin 10 feel that his
election day doll IS stuffed with saw
dust" Obviously. dangerous ideas Of
local self-government and indepen-
dence are gaining ground in what were
Snce known as the Sandwich Islands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
LIFE AND CHARACTER OF The
GREAT vI7GlNiAN.
Man Who Wrote the Declaration of
Independence and Who Contributed
Largely to the Founding of the
American Republic.

No father of the republic was more
frequently or more extensively quoted
in the remarkable campaign of 1900
than Thomas jefferson, author of she
Declaration of independence. and fcr
this reason we take the opportunity
of reproducing certain extracts from
an article on his life and character con-
tributed by John De Morgan 10 The
Book World:
Jefferson, says the writer, was in
many ways the most remarkable man
of the age. His individuality stood out
prominently and his earnestness and
sincerity made him so conspicuous that
his very name became almost synony-
nous with that of the republic. He
was essentially the man for the time
and throughout all ages, when the
mists Of prejudice and passion, and
Misrepresentation have cleared away,
Jefferson will stand out on the pages
of history as one of the greatest men
the world has produced.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

trust asking Tor tariff protection
and then forcing up the price Of its
products on the people Of this country.
whose government gave the protection.
Is an object thar IS very offensive to
those who are thus oppressed. When
the people see how this state Of affairs
can he ended it will be done, and Mr..
Hewitt is wise beyoRd his fellow miI-
lionaires in seeing that * can best be
done If Che scales fall frcm the eyes OF
the rich before. another French revolu-
ton is provo&ed.-Utica Observer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
Even the Repub1 cans Gao.

If the industry can flourish without
a subsidy-and we believe it can-there
is obviously no more reason for Con-
gress substituting ships than for subsi-
dizing locomotive or bridge works. The
arguments formerly employed in favor
Of the shipping subsidy bin are rem
dered obsolete by present conditions.
Owners of obsolete ships. filled with
obsolete machinery, may need sub
sidy to let them out whole, but the en-
terprising builders of new and modern
craft can get along very well without
Minneapolis Tribune rep.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
Engine Unset an EJenhant.

A freight train was numbering along
a railroad in India when a big elephant
came out of the woods and undertook
to butt the engine off the track The
engineer did not like to charge the
brute, for fear of an upset, and several
times reversed the engine in the vain
hope that the elephant would take that
as a sign Of surrender and retire. Final
II the elephant backed into the engine
and, setting its fore feet firmly between
the rails, endeavored to push the train
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

Some months ago a government pen
sioner died In Ireland. His widow sent
in a bin for funeral expenses amount
ing 70 SS2.6T. The Government auditor
found some flaw In the bin, declined TO
20. X" il and ordered an examination.
The red tape and Incidental expenses
Of the Investigation cost something like
S2o00, bur the widows bin has finally
been thrown ou1 The government IS
out more than $1,000 in the matter. bat.
then. there must be something TO keep
the clerks busy. Savannah News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

An. excellent method of stacking fod-
der, says the Ohio Farmer, is to con-
struct a long and narrow platform of
rails or anything that will serve TO
keep the bundles off the ground This
platform can be as wide as the length
of two bundles or it can be two or three
times that width, II there is a large
amount of fodder to be stacked, and as
long as necessary The stack should
be quite long in proportion to its width,
as the fodder is to be used from the
ends. Begin by laying bundles closely
lengthwise until the center is from
four TO eight feet depending on the
width of the stack, higher than the
outside. Then begin laying the bun
dies crosswlse, close together, butts
out Keep the center higher as the
stack advances. that the top bundles
may be quite slanting to shed water
we'll. Tie a number of bundles near
the top. divide into two equal parts.
set half on either side of the top the
whole length of the stock. and it will
not take water. In using the fodder.
begin at the ends; pun out the bottom
bundles first, and none need be dam
aged by rain. the end only being ex-
DoSed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

New ideas, says a correspondent of
the New York Tribune, have done away
with some Of the old-fashioned notions
about cattle fastening, and have
brought much relief to stock. But all
sdairymen have not yet reached the most
humane and most convenient results.
A recent visit TO the progressive owner
Of a dairy farm was productive in Sc
curing several points that were new to
the writer. and TO many others doubt
less. They are shown in various cuts
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

For a family Of four persons heat a
cupfnl Of maple syrup without stirring
It. Break the yolks OF four eggs into
bowl and turn the hot syrup ever
them very slowly, beating constantly.
When the eggs and syrup are cool fold
IN carefully a pint OF cream that has
been previously whipped. and freeze.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

"Did you know" said the old house
keeper, that crushed eggsheIls are
good for cleaning discolored or stained
bottles? / used 10 think ! must have a
small amount Of shot ID the house for
cleaning the inside Of bottles. or course.
chopped pieces Of potato are good, but
eggshells are frst-rate. too"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
Grape Juice.

Heat ripe grapes over a slow fire until
the Juice flows readily. DO not allow
them to boil. Crush, squeeze and
strain. To each quart of the juice allow
one pound Of white sugar. Bring this
gradually to boil, ard when It reach
es this point take from the stove. Bot
tie at once. Seal and keep In cool.
dark place
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

Cheap enameled saucepans which
have become Clipped inside should not
be employed for cooking. The glaze
which IS frequently employed is poison
Gus. and fakes CT #. which are liable
TO come off with stirring and heating,
are likely to be absorbed by the food
and become a serious lrritant to the
stomach.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
Breaking ont Roads in Winter

At a Farmers Institute in Kennebec
County, Maine, Mr.. E. C. Buzzel gave
his experience for the past five winters
in breaking out the 100 miles of road
in his town. The average depth of
snowfall during a winter for the last
twenty years has been ninety-six
inches, or eight feet of snow a year
For the past twelve years they have
used rollers, and now have six of them
to cover the 40 niles. They have
roads from eleven to thirteen feet wide
without high ridges at the side, so that
heavily loaded teams can pass each
other safely, even after the heaviest
snowfalls, which usually come in
February and March. The average cost
for the past FIVE years has been 5000
per year, including all expenses of
shoveling when necessary to get the
first rollera through. This is in the
town of Fryeburg, but many towns
near there are now using the same sys-
TEN. But there are still many towns
in the State that have less than 100
miles of road that spend from $l,700 to
s., ZOO a year to break out their snow
drifts, using road scrapers, snow plows
and gangs of shovelers, and yet do not
get as good road as those towns that
use the rollers, so says an Eastern ex-
change.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

Blanch two dozen oysters In their
own liquor, drain and reserve half the
LIQUID. Take half pint of Bechamel
sauce end the saved liquid in which the
oysters were blanched, a little salt a
little pepper and let boil. Remove to
back of range. stir in the yolk of three
eggs, and when 1t is smooth add the
oysters and serve
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
niacolored Tinware.

Coffee and teapots become much dis
colored inside IN a short time To pre-
vent this, every fortnight put into them
teaspoonful Of sodacommon baking
soda-hll them two-thirds full Of wat
er and boil for two hours. Wash and
rinse well before using: they viii thus
be always clean and sweet
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
Cnnniinn seedinr nevice.

The sowing of grass ana ether fine
grain evenly is a difficult task when
attempted by hand, and most of the
patent seeders offered for sale are too
costly for the average farmer to invest
in. especially when it is taken into con-
sideration that the seeder will only be
Ised once or twice year. With the
idea Of providing a cheap and simple
apparatus. which shall SOW the seed
rapidly and evenly, Nelson Mcpherson
OF Silverdale Station, Canada, has de-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

He predicted that time might come
when there would arise an aristocracy
,f wealth, and he expressed hope that
The country would crush in its birth
The aristocracy of our moneyed corpora
liens, which dare already to challenge
pur government to trial of strength,
and bid defiance to the laws of our
country" He had a genuine contempt
for the aristocracy of birth, and said:
IAN honest farmer occupies more dig
nified place in the scale of beings,
whether moral or political, than a lazy
Iounger, valuing himself on his fam
lily, too proud to work, and drawing
out a miserable existence by eating on
that surplus of other mems labor,
which is the sacred fund of the helpless
poor"
Between 1910 and 1909 Jefferson
was In office either as Governor of Yir-
cinia, Minister TO France, Secretary of
State, Vice President or President; in
every office he served the people faith
fully, but made many enemies by his
honesty and truth.
In Virginia a great struggle was going
en- in favor of religious liberty. The
Established Church had become so mar
row and dogmatic that all who dared
to differ from il IN matters OF faith or
politics were treated as hetetics and
cruelty Prosecuted The church. at
that time. was essentially an English
institution, and many Of its clergy con-
sidered it a sacred duty 10 preach 10y
atty to England; this still further an
tagonized many. The struggle was a
fierce one, and Jefferson, naturally, be-
came one Of the leaders. He argued
and worked 50 diligently for religious
liberty that his enemies branded him an
"infidel, and some called him an 'athe-
iss.e
It is doubtful whether any political
writer wrote 50 strongly in favor OF
true religion than did Jefferson. Some
Of his most eloquent sentences, some Of
the passages from state papers, para
graphs from private ard public letters
were redolent with plsty and full OF
humble reliance on tle Creator
When he passed away July 4. 1926.
the country lost the first and greatest
Of It's political thinkers. a man who,
beyond all >thers. Iabored to create a
commonwealth in which all should be
partners, instead of a republic 81 the
few. nation Of classes. He welded
a mighty power. but. unlike many, his
work was with fhe peH. for he was no
orator. No statesman ever had so
large a correspondence. and IN all the
thousands 81 letters and essays and
treatises he wrote there viii be found
something OF eternal value. for be new
CT wrote without thought. and he never
thought without developing something
original or bright. something which
tended to elevate the people aAd make
tie nation more ace.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
Keeping a Meal Hot.

When necessary to keep a meal hot
Cor a belated conner. 90 not put the
plate into the oven, oiscoloring the
china and drying the food. Instead.
set the plate over basin of hot water,
covering with a second basin that viii
Just fit over the edge of the plate. This
keeps the food hot without drying or
injuring the plate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

Take two cups of chopped veal sea
son with salt and pepper. one-fourth
cup of stock, or spoonful of milk, and
two beaten eggs Pack in individual
molds or old teacups. Bake twenty
minutes. Turn out on hot platter. A,
little cream gravy or any meat sauce
is an addition. Any cold meat may be
treated In this way.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

Soak half a eupful Of rice In one cup
full Of milk half an hour: add a cupful
Of sugar and little salt, and bake IN
q moderate oven tive hours. Stir fire.
quently. When the rice has softened
and slightly thlckened the milk. brown
the pudding. Serve hot with apricot
sauce
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

Allow three sardines for each person,
skin them. cut off the tails and flavor
with cayenne, a little butter and
pinch of salt. Roll each fish up In
very thin slice of bacon, squeeze over IL
a little lemon juice and lay 1t on mar
row strip of buttered toast and bake
in a slow oven until the bacon is cooked.
Scatter over it grated yolk of egg and
serve at once.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
FANCY HOUSE GOWNS
THE NEW ONES ARE VERY ELAB-
CRATE.
Plain skin->s Created Demand for Em-
bellishment Above the Waist, and
skirts Themselves Are Seen in Double
and Triple Patterns Etc.
New York correspondence:

OIlO 80 u pro
noupeei newpcss
are notIeeapsc in
the STYLES for
house d-esses. All
% tnem tend tor
ward elaborate
ness, for the sim
pie house dress
seems TO be entire
ly out Of the fash
ionable woman's
calculations. In
all cases where
the stylish house
dress has a rather
plain skirt there
is much embellish-
ment above the
waist. The gown
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

The Department Of Agriculture has
not been able to find a soil SO sandy and
poor that no vegetation viii grow upon
81. The sandy beaches upon the sea-
shore. and these places where the sand
Erifts almost Ike ssght snow have been
planted with what are known as sand
kfB0lDg grasses and ssdges which have
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
The President,s Impulses.

The Presidents first impulses are
possibly of the best They were in the
matter of Porto Rico tariff legislation
to which we have alluded. But noble
and generous impulses are of s4nall
value unless they are accompanied by
a resolute tenacity of purpose. When
the firm tread of Mr.. Hanna is heard
outside the Presidents door noble i'm
pulses take flight to give place to Mr..
Hannas notions of what party ext
gencies require. Rochester Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

Of the initial is illustrative. lis skirt
was white broadcloth banded with silver
braid, but on the bodice were a vest Of
white chiffon, a bodice belt of black
panne velvet. cream point lace and sill
yer braiding, which together constituted
liberal supply of trimming. Probably
the habit some women have of wearing
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
Sane viii Have to wa;t.

AS there is a limit to the amount of
money in the treasury, it is already evil
dent that some of the jobs waiting for
a congressional appropriation will not
be provided for this winter. Hanna s
o. X was too freely distributed when
he was collecting cash for the cam
aign.-Grand Rapids Democrat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
Has a Big lob on Hand.

The fact of the matter is that the
administration realizes that difficult
task is ahead of it in the Philippines,
for which more soldiers will be needed
than it dares ayow. If, then. some
scheme can be railroaded through Con
gress which win permit of great ar
my obtained under false pretenses all
will be well. This is ingenious. but
scarcely practicable The american
people cannot be fooled all the time
Boston Traveller.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
His Early Manhood.

At the age of 20 Jefferson began the
study of law; he was admitted to the
bar in 1867. Two years before he had
listened to the eloquence of Patrick
Henry when that famous speech was
delivered which set the colonies ablaze
with opposition to the stamp act. In
1863 he was elected a member of the
House Of Burgesses and at once intro
dueed bill giving owners right to
emancipate their slaves. The bill did
not become law until some years
later.
In 1T72 he was married to Martha
Shelton, young and charming widow
who played the spinet to his violin and
delighted to sit at his feet. her head
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

course, the manure is scraped from the
-esr end of the platform several times
a day, thoughwhile eating her hay the
cow stands well back, where the ma
nure VIII fall into the gutter. The shall
COW trench saves the cows from many
a slim and Jar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

backward with its hindquarters The
engineer promptly put on all steam.
topped tie elephan. over a small en-
bankInent and befose II could recover
It's senses the train passed on.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

| Possibly the Filipino junta has been
employing agents in Hawaii And to
think how easily trouble might have
been avoided had system of restrict
ed suffrage been established there
Boston Globe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

.'AsuScadlne1 Is disease to which
silk worms are liable. 1t consists Of a
fungus growth in the body. whleh
breaks through the skin and speeSRy
kills the insect.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

Mr.. Brown Wei. guess III turn OF
this electric fan downstairs
Mrs, Brown-Oh. David. don't: II
some poor burglar got in he would sim
ply Indianapolis Journal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18

walking dresses in rough weather are
made with skirts so long all around, es-
pec-dIly in front, that carriage would
seem absolutely necessary.
Copyright. 1900.