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The evening times., 1901-12-16
ALONG THE SKIRMISH LINE.

Somebody ought to tell that Texas man
that he should wear real cuffs instead of
ceIIuIoid."
Wen. go and do tt"
Thirty minutes later.
Good gracious. what is the matter with
your face?"
4 told him. and he handed out some
cuffs that weren't ca1uIoid at all I think
they came under the category Of concealed
weapons"
do you know, Mary said Aunt Lydia,
severely. where you VIII go if you be-
have so badiy?"
Il reckon I'll 90 into vaudeville" re-
sponded the unabashed infant.
The evening times., 1901-12-16

Genius. said the wise uncle. lis an
infinite capacity for taking pains"
John Henry must he a genius. ;hen,
replied the mother, YEARLY. Hes caught
every kind of pain there was as soon as it
come around"
The evening times., 1901-12-16

The Agricultural Department is fuH OF
4 B--s- N. DIS. B. SIS, c. E.s, and other
titled people. Mr. Hickman is one Of
them. His title is Ph. G., and his Official
capacity is chief OF the miscellaneous
division Of the Bureau OF Animal In
dustry Richard W Hickman understands
his business. title or no title. He has the
general supervision Of the accounts Of
the bureau. His division also prepares
an itemized report for Congress each year
showing expenditures in detail; makes
<ut all appointments. transfers, promo
tions, furloughs, designations, and dig
missals: makes acquisitions and naakas
formal bids for all materials and supplies
used by the Bureau; supervises the work
OF the division OF Quarantines, and attends
to the correspondence relative to ali these
lines Of work, as we'll as to the mlseel-
Ianeous correspondence OF the bureau
The evening times., 1901-12-16

Mrs Il. King jr-. announces the en-
gagemeGt of her daughter Grace 10 Mr..
Henry L Kaufman. At homo Sunday De
cember -, from to TO-
The evening times., 1901-12-16

Yes said the author, sadly, 4 feel
that I have fallen short os the fame I
hoped to attain. They have allowed NY
book to go into the Boston Public Ii
hrar
The evening times., 1901-12-16

after three years absence in the Orient,
and are located at the Ebb.tt House.
The evening times., 1901-12-16

Miss Mary Hadger a clerk in the ae-
counts division of the Indian Bureau, has
been confined TO her home with an attack
OF the grip for fortnight She was re-
ported at the end Of last week as being
to1vaIescent, and will soon report at the
ofrce for duty.
The evening times., 1901-12-16

The editorial Office Of the Bureau of
Animal Industry y the Agricultural De-
partrnent is presided over by George Fay
ette Thompson. The annual report Of the;
bureau is compiled IN this office; aH
manuscripts for bulletins and circulars
are edited and such as require IT are IN
dexed; the proofreading for the bureau
is done there: special articles are pre-
pared for the report; correspondence ia
prepared with reference to goats and g
statistics of animals and animal produc-
tion.
The evening times., 1901-12-16

Mrs William Carey Sanger. wife OF the
assistant Secretary Of War, Is making a
shert visit to New York
The evening times., 1901-12-16

Mr. and Mrs Simon Opyenbeimer and
family are occupying their new residence
I4o5 Twelfth Street northwest.
The evening times., 1901-12-16

dian Office Several years ago he secured
a transfer TO the Department Of State,
where he is now employed in the office
OF the Secretary. Dir. Cow is an expert
steaographer, very rapid typewriter,
ana ms knowledge Of the law makes him
very valuable assistant IN the Office to
which he is attached. He has had an ex-
tenstve training along various lines Of
endeavor- And bsing conservative man.
with many OF his best years before him it
viii surprise those who know him best
If he does rot pave the way to honors for
himself in the high class of departmental
service to which he has been fortunate
enough To he called
The evening times., 1901-12-16

-Fhe Misses Ella and Kate Harvey.
daughters of Mr.-and Mrs Gradisan Har-
vey. viii leave today for a months visit
10 relatives il Richmond
The evening times., 1901-12-16

Mrs. T. Haas. SEQ G Street northwest,
viii De at home Saturday during he sea
son.
The evening times., 1901-12-16

Mr. ard Mrs John Harris Bailey have
taken house on the Columbia Road
Their sons, who are at college, will be
home tonorroySfsr the Christmas hoIi-
days
The evening times., 1901-12-16

Mr. Frank Cannon Miles has returned
from Vicksburg. MISS, where ne mas been
engaged IN business for the past two
wears -
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
TIE IIses of the Weeder.

Some one has said that the Weeder
was an excellent tool to use when there
We're no weeds to kill. Ii so. it is just
what every farmer needs. There is no
time when the crop is so much bene-
flied by stirring of the soil as when
there are no weeds in the field, and no
time when so many weeds can be Kill
ed with so little labor as when the
weeds are scarcely visible to the eye,
and if they will go over fifteen to TWEEN
ty acres in a day, one can afford to use
it several times, instead of going once
when there were so many weeds thaC
an acre would require days work TO
destroy the weeds. An old farmer USED
to say that field which was so weedy
as to very much need hOeing was not
worth hoeing. But destroying weeds is
not the whole work of the weeder. 10
break up and pulveriZe the crust after
a rain that it may be more absorbent
of the dews and rainfall, and the nitro
gen that is in the atmosphere; to make
an earth mulch which will absorb the
heat of the sun and attract moisture
from below, are as important as to de-
stroy weeds and weed seeds that are
ready to terminate, and on large farms
this implement will save many hard
days work with horse. hoe and hand
Oe.-Massachusetts Ploughman.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
Farm Senarafnrs-

Butter-makers kick on farm separa-
tors, says the Northwest Farmer. Some
of the butter-makers are making a live
ly kick against the introduction of the
farm separator They might as well
kick against a stone wall, for kicking
will not stop its coming. There is only
one thing that will check its rapid in
PRODUCTION, and that is better skimmilk
from the creamery. Farmers are get
ting more and more determined to
raise good calves, and they propose to
do this with separator skimmilk. If
the butter-makers don't clean up their
pumps, pipes and tanks and give the
skimmilk u thorough pasteurizing, the
farmer is certain to lend an attentive
ear to the farm separator agent. a sep
arator will be installed on trial, and
you can count on its staying. 1t will
then be too late to protest, for after a
farmer pays 500 for a separator he is
quite apt to find a factory that will
take his cream. Dairymen OF expert
ence have found that the best of calves
can be raised on good separator milk.
and every intelligent butter-maker
knows how to return it in good condi-
ton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
Reardless Farley.

Barley is often said to be a much
better grain than oats for feeding
hogs, sheep or poultry, as it fattens
better, nearly equal to corn, but max
ing more growth or lean meat The
best Canadian and English bacon is
made largely upon barley or barley
meal, yet many will not grow it be-
cause the boards are poisonous, or very
irritating to some people, and even to
animals when the straw is used as bed
ding. But Western farmers are now
saying much in praise of beardless
barley. 1t grows well on good soil,
standing about four feet high, and
producing thirty to forty bushels of
grain to the acre.-American Cultiva-
tor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
Rrau for Feed.

European dairymen buy large quan-
titles of American feeding stuffS. Ex-
periments are now being made in COM
pressing bran into bricks for more con-
venient expectation. While the sue
cess of this line of work might lead to
a still greater expectation of American
raw farm products, the failure of the
experiment would be Americas gain.
Bran is one OF the most valuable feeds
for the dairy. 1t is recommended by
many feeders as especially useful for
feeding in conjunction with cornmeal,
which is concentrated and tends to
pack" in the stomach. Bran Is cool
ing and can be used in almost any rea-
sonable quantity. II is a food rich in
protein and contains large amount of
the nitrogenou~> element of fertility in
soils. Wheat -nown TO be extremely
hard on soil, and the chemist has found
that most of the soil strength goes into
the bran. Broadly speaking. therefore.
the extreme folly can be seen of export
ing bran and letting that much fertility
go out of the country to enrich foreign
lands. necessitating the purchase. in
lieu thereof. &C artificial fertilizers OF
all kinds 10 keep up our own fertility
OF soil
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
Growing Potatoes,

An exchange tells the story of farm
err who had been in the habit Of grow
ing potatoes each year, and usually
raised fifty to sixty bushels per acre.
Last year he gave the use of an acre
of ground to his 12-year-old son, to see
what he could do with ia. The boy
read up a little on the potato crop
bought good seed and gave the field
good care, and harvested 225 bushels to
the acre, or about four times as much
as the fathers usual crop. The story
is good enough to be true, even if it is
not but as name and location is not
given, it may be little doubtful. Yet
we think boy or man following this
plan could get better crops than come
from the too often careless method of
taking anything for seed, and then neg
lecting the proper cultivation.-Ex-
change,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
Insects in Stored Grain.


Every year after harvest comes the
time of trouble with insects in stored
grain. Concerning these pests, which
work in the grain bin and often do
great damage before they are discover
ed, Rural New Yorker advises thus:
All grain bins should of course be thor
oughly cleaned before the new grain is
put in. If the weevils appear, there
are two ways of killing them. Raising
the temperature to 40 degrees will de-
stroy them, but that is hardly prac-
ticable in most granaries. The most
effective remedy is found in bisulphide
of carbon. This is n powerful poison.
1t is quite inflammable and must not
be used near an open fire. When put
at the top of the bin it volatilizes, and
the gas, being heavier than air, sinks
through the whole mass of grain with
out injuring it, The usual application
is about a pound and half of bisul-
phide to a ton of grain in a tight bin.
More should be used when the bins are
open. The bisulphide may be put in
shallow pans or saucers, and thus
scattered over the surface of the bin.
Then close the top and throw blan-
ket over to exclude the air, leaving it
alone for twenty-four hours.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
Cheaper than the Grave.

The advance of cremation in Eng
land. shown by the establishment of a
municipal furnace in the north and
the projection of a new crematorium
not far outside the fOur-mile radius in
London. recalls the interesting history
of Japan in the matter. Cremation
followed Buddhism into Japan about
1,200 years ago, but it only partially
superseded the Shinto custom of dis
posing of the dead by interment. In
1873 cremation was totally prohibited
by the Japanese government, whose
members seem to have had some con-
fused notion as to the practice being
un-European and therefore barbarous.
Having discovered that, far from be-
ing un-European. cremation was the
the goal of European reforners insuch
matters, they rescinded their prohibit
ton before two years had elapsed.
Cremation in Japan is carried out in a
somewhat rough and ready manner.
The cheapest process only costs about
SLIP. This is scarcely adapted to
western requirements and is sufficient
" described by the title which the for
eign residents of 4 certain settlement
in Japan gave to the native cremation
ground among the hills-"Roast Meat
valley"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
Goats With Sheep.

In Mexico they keep sheep in focks
of about 1000, and they keep about a
dozen old billy goats with each flock as
leaders and for protection. The goats
fear nothing and are ready to fight dog,
coyote, or anything else. And the sheep
do not seem to be at all scared rs long
as the goat is between them and the
enemy. The goats are also more act
i've or restless than the sheep; thus they
lead them over more ground and the
sheep are better fed without grazing
the field so closely. Perhaps a goat
leader is what is needed in some places
where farmers say they cannot keep
sheep because of the depredations of
the dogs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
not with US give as good a second crop.

not with US give as good a second crop,
being more apt to be injured by the
drought. We were taught to so weight
or ten pounds per acre of clover seed
when other grass seed was sown on
the same land. but we think we would
prefer Eow to increase the amount to
twelve or cfteen pounds per acre. Nor
would we r~w timothy with clover.
preferring o-s,hard grass. which is
ready to cut az the same time. While
we had little difficulty in getting a
catch of clover on our rather light
lands, we seldom succeeded to our
satisfaction on strong and mucky soil.
This is said to be the best adapted to
alfalfa, and if it once gets started
there it will not be easily killed out by
drought. We think where alfalfa is
much grown they put on from three
to five pounds of seed to the acre.-Ex-
change.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
The Maple Orchard.

The New York Tribune says: Accord
ing to the census or 1890 maple sugar
was made in twenty-seyen States.
The number. of pounds made was g.
952,927. The number of pounds made
was 2.25S376. Vermont led the col
umn in sugar production with 14,12o,-
921 pounds. New York followed with
the production of I0,4S5,623 pounds.
New York followed with the produc-
ton of 1O,4S5, G23 pounds. New York
led in the production of syrup, the
quantity being 45T65S gallons to 21S.-
252 gallons for Vermont A large tree
may yield thirty-two gallons of sap in
a season which should make about
eight pounds of sugar, but it is thought
to be a good orchard that averages six
pounds TO q tree As much sap viii
run from a half-inch hole as from a
larger one, and the wood heals quicker.
1t is better not to tap trees until ten
inches through.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02

lat.on of international comfy and the
law of neutrality than the appointment
of this young person as an ally of the
British under the disguise of the United
States service. If Congress had been
able to think of anything more import
ant th.n river and harbor pork it never
would have suffered such an incident
to pass without investigation.
Mr. Elunky Hay has tried his best to
betray the country to Great Britain in
the Nicaragua Canal matter. to make it
Il British cat's-paw in China. and to en-
roll it as British ally against the Boer
republics. We think he has sacrificed
his country for his social ambitions
about long enough.-Chicago American
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
The Same Everywhere.

The armor plate monopoly in this
country has been extorting about $50
per cent profit ON its product sold to
our Government. The German Govern
ment finds that it is being bled on the
armOr account even worse than we
have been. Krupp charges Germany
$100 a ton more for armor plate than
the United States Government pays
manufacturers who pay royalty to
Krupp. The armor plate monopolies
are tough set on both sides of the sea.
Atlanta Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
Coca Paw for a Long Speech.

When Senator Carter devoted the
last houra of his Senatorial life to talk
ing to death the river and harbor bill,
which had been doomed to that fate in
revenge for the slaughter of the ship
subsidy bill, it was intimated by those
who professed to know that the man
from Montana was carrying out the
wishes of some one who had the pow
err to reward services of that kind. Mr.
Carter earned his pay and next day he
got it. the President appointing him
Commissioner of the United States on
the St. Louis Exposition Commission,
a place worth as much as a Senator
ship as long as it lasts-S5,0OO a year.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02

In the fight for markets centraliza-
ton in government must soon count for
as much as Capitalization in industry,
and when that Capitalization becomes
necessary TO the men that control the
great trusts, have we any reason to
believe that they will not exert them
selves to the utmost to obtain it? 1t is
we'll enough to be optimistic, but it is
foolish to CLOSE our eyes to the fact that
the supreme test of republican form
of government in the United States
must in all probability be made during
the next three or four decades.-De-
troit Free Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02

Although the Empress Frederick or
Germany has chung to English modes
of thought and life. the Germans look
upon her as a model German wife and
mother 1t is claimed that to her the
women OF Prussia owe much for their
improved intellectual and social condi-
ton and the betterment of wage-earn-
ing opportunities She has not only aid
ed in the building and management Of
hospitals. schools and churches, but she
has also been the patron of art and sci
ence. She paints portraits and land
scapes. and there is bust Of the En-
press Augusta, craven by her forty
years ago To her scientific knowledge
OF gardening are due the floral arrange
ments around the New Palace at Wild
park. near PotSdam.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02

Now that Hanra disclaims any in
tention of forcing Mckinley on the
people for a third time. we must wait
in patience until the great syndicate
boss sees fit to announce his choice as
McKinley's successor in the White
House. You may be very sure it will
be some man equally pliable, similarly
inclined to accept the orders of the
trusts as manifest destiny" fully as
Indifferent to the welfare of the COM
mon people. And it is just as certain
that the millions of the combines will
be at Hanna's disposal for the election
of this man-St. Louis Republic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
Protective CoIoring and Form.

The sea is full of wonders of protec-
tive coloring and form. and there is
one real chameleon in it-namely. the
chameleon shrimp. This, like its land
counterpart, changes color from min
ute TO minute-nOw green out in the
sunlight. now yellow on the sand. and
again dark brown under the shadows
of some projecting rock. There is an
other quaint little fish which haunts
the weeds tracts of the Gulf Stream,
and there builds its nest and lays its
eggs like bird rather than a fish.
This animal-the antennarius-is not
very easy to see owing TO its similarity
TO its surroundings. Ii initiates in
color the weed il lives in, and like the
chameleon. constantly changes its
color
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02

dry picked, as it would be impossible
to scald them and leave part of the
feathers on, and if they are scalded
the same as other chickens they will
not bring any more than the price Of
common fowls, for they are distin-
guished more by the way they are
picked than in any other manner. All
other chickens sell better in the mar
ket scalded while turkeys sell best dry
picked.-P. S Sprague, in Poultry
KeeDer
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
It's of No CONSEQUENCE.

Since it has been demonstrated that
the interest of the Republican party in
an interoceanic canal was for campaign
purposes only, the final failure of the
treaty negotiated with Great Britain
attracts very little attention. The
treaty was ostensibly intended to ia
cilitate the construction of the canal by
the United States. AS those who are
now running the United States have no
immediate intention of undertaking
such a work the attitude of Great
Britain is of no practical Importance
Philadelphia Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
Colonial Sxstem Is Deadly.

The colonial system is not only in
congruous, but deadly. We cannot take
under our rule vassal states and sub
ject people and at the same time pre-
serve for ourselves in full force the
liberties which rest upon the grand
truth that all men are free and equal
in political rights. Senator Hoar, one
of the prophets of evil' denounced by
the President in his recent inaugural,
did not lack inspiration when he de-
clared that the historian of the future
would date the dawnfall of the Amer
lean republic from the administration
of William neutrality-suspicious. Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
Put Flesh on the Amin ais.

One. advantage of the system of fat
tening beef animals and lambs young
er than used to be the custom is that
they have more lean meat, or the fat
and lean well mixed together. which
makes them more desirable to the mar
ketman While fat enough there is
not much fat to trim off when they
come to the block. They are thus more
profitable 10 the growers. because they
make their growth more rapidly, more
profitable to the dealer. and suit the
consumer much better.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02

Many cows do not seem to like bean
straw, but when they will eat it, and
the straw and pods are bright and
clean, it makes a very good food for
them, as it has more digestible protein
than corn slower and timothy hay.
though not as clover hay. Sheep gem
orally eat the bean straw very readily,
and we have no doubt that the straw,
and any beans that may not have been
thrashed out are perhaps as good rough
fodder as they can have. The best cow
for milk production that we ever had
ate them greedily.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
Sowing Clover Seed.

In a heavy soil clover seldom germi-
mates well, Il sowed two inches deep or
deeper, and this is a not infrequent
cause of a failure to get a good catch
when it is sown with grain in the
spring. The soil newly broken early
for the grain is so mellow that the har-
row often buries it too deep. 1t would
be better to go over only with brush
after the clover is sown.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02

Convincing proof that a state of war
does not exist in China is furnished by
the Germans, who report that In re-
cent engagement" near Pao-Ting- Fu
go Chinese were killed and not a Ger
man soldier hurt This is not war: it
is plain murder-Ph Philadelphia North
American
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
Hanna,s Anthnritatire Ltferance.

Speaking of the third-term gges-
ton. Senator Hanna says that nothing
is. further from the Presidents
thoughts. Hesadds: Il do not believe
that the idea, has ever entered his
head" As Senator Hanna is popular
" supposed to decide what ideas shall
enter President McKinley's head, this
is in a certain sense authoritative
Boston Globe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
Promise. that Were Broken.

As the people think about President
McKinley's inaugural address and re-
fleet upon .he economy" of public ex-
penditure, they canot fail to remember
that four years ago AIr. Mckinley said
much about the same subject and then
proceeded to lend his executive ap-
proval to all the jobbery Of his party's
Congressional controL-Buffalo Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02

United States Senators when their
terms expire, if they happen to be in
sympathy with the administration, do
not find it necessary to so forth and
do battle against an unklnd world.
They step from the Senate into places
equally as good. 1t is nice for the Sen
ators to have an amiable President
who forgets neither party nor personal
seryice.-Boston Traveller