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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-15
Look over the Seed Corn.

LOOK over the seed Corn.
When it is considered that corr is one
of the easiest crops to grow on soil
that is fairly good and that It win re-
spond literally TO good cultivation and
to enrichment Of the soil. one ought to
be wiling TO go to some trouble and
expense to have the seed corn of the
best possible quality. In certain Sec
tons of the corn country there was
considerable smUt last season. and
there is more or less of il on the corn
now being fcss!. nd ON ears that are be-
ing saved for seed This smut corn
ought not to be fed to stock, for the
spores are not destroyed. but are
sowni over the fields In the manure.
IL portion of the seed corn ears are
affected with smu1 they should be
treated By soaking for half hour in
solution of suiphate of copper in the
proportion of half a pound OF the
chemical 10 a gallon of water. Treat
the corn IN this way Just before it is to
be used and let il dry thoroughly be-
fore sowing Avoid this smut corn for
seed, however, if it is possible TO do so.
Select for seed the ears which are best
developed or buy enough of some good
strain to start anew and next summer
select the seed corn while it is on the
stalk, paying due attention TO all of the
good features of both. ears ana stalk.
Keep up this careful selection for two
or three years. and give this selected
seed good soil and good culture and
one win then have corn that Is well
worth planting and which viii bring
good profit
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-15
Dainties f6r Hogs.

A correspondent who has been very
successful in raising hogs of the bacon
variety for market writes that he
makes it a practice to haul in during
the late fall and at any time during
the winter he can cut it, all of the old
sod he can get. This sod is stored in
a shed and twice week it Is placed
in a clean corner of the hog pen in
quantities so that each animal will
have a piece a foot square. This man
also burns corn cobs when he has
them, making charcoal for the benefit
of the hogs. Both of these plans are
good, for something of the kind is re
quired to keep up the tone of the stom-
ach and keep the hogs in good growing
condition and this is especially apple.
able to hogs that are largely corn fed.
II this suggestion was generally fol-
lowed there would be little or no eating
of the young by sows which In some
sections occurs yearly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-15
Buying Small Fruit Plants.

BY the proper selection of the young
plants it is easy and cheap to increase
the acreage of either Strawberries or
red raspberries; IL one is skilled in the
work it is also possible to get good
supply of black cap plants from tips.
il is not so easy, however. to increase
the blackberry plantation. There is
more or less argument over the rela-
tive value of suckers and root cuttings.
If the plants are diseased, and this ap-
plies to any plant, it is not wise to
take young plants from them in any
way for the result will be to spread
the disease. If the parent plants can
not be rid of disease, then 1t is better
to buy the young plants needed to ex-
tend the plantation. Last year it was
noticed in some sections that the San
Jose scale had attacked the raspberry
plants. In such cases the treatment is
to cut the plants back to within few
inches of the ground and spray the
remainder of the canes with solution
of two pounds OF whale oil soap to
each gallon Of hot water.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-15
CUTTING Seed Potatoes.

AS long as different men grow diff
ferent varieties of potatoes on differ
ent soils, just so long will there be diff
ferences of opinion as to the
size proper for cutting the seed
tuber. Success with the sim
gle eye for seed comes oftenest when
the soil is in the best possible condition
for potato growing and when the seed
tubers that are cut are sound, of av-
erage size and Of a strain that is not
run down. BY cutting the single eyes
from the center of a potato of average
size and cutting in block form we get
first-class seed, but the pieces at either
end of the tuber frequently have two
or three eyes. If the soil is not rich
and in good filth or if the seed can not
be planted early, then one had best
not depend upon the single eye plan.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-15

1t was a frequent custom with Lin
coin. that of carrying his children on
his shoulders, says the I.iterary IL
gest He rarely went downstreet that
he did not have one of his younger
boys mounted on his shoulder, while
another hung to the tail of his long
coat. The antics of the boys with their
father, and the species of tyranny they
exercised over him. are still subjects
of talk in Springfield. Sic. Roland
Diller, who was n neighbot' Of Mr. Lin7
coin, tells one of the best of the stories.
He was called to the door one day by
hearing a great noise of children, and
there was Mr. Lincoln striding by with
the boys. both of whom were wailing
aloud. why, Mr.. Lincoln. WHAT'S the
matter with the boys?" he asked. 'Just
what's the matter with the whole
world" Lincoln replied. I've got
three walnuts. and each wants two,'
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(,ro be continued.)
PARAGoNs OF FILIAL plETY.
Japanese Carry This Virtue to the
Point of Absurdity.

Japanese Carry This Virtue to the
Point of Absurdify.
The Japanese make much of the duty
of children to parents. In some of their
popular stories they exaggerate the
wholesome virtue until it becomes alb
surd. There is group of such tales
called THE Four and Twenty Paragons
of Filial Piety, some of which Basil
Hall Chamberlain collects in Things
Japanese"
One is the story of the paragon whose
cruel step-mother was very fond of fish.
In spite of her harsh treatment, he lay
naked on frozen lake until his body
melted hole in the ice He caught two
fish that came up to breathe, and set
them before his step-mother. Another
paragon lay uncovered at night in order
that the mosquitoes should fasten on
slumber undisturbed.
Still another. who was extremely
poor. determined to sacrifice his own
child in order to have food to support
his aged mother. He was rewarded by
heaven with the discovery of vessel
filled with gold, on which the whole
family lived happily ever after. A
fourth gave her father chance TO es-
cape while she chung to the jaws of the
tiger which was about to deyour him.
The drollest of all is of Royaishi.
This paragon. although seventy years
old, used to dress IN baby's clothes and
sprawl about the floor. His object was
piously to delude his parents, who
were more than ninety years of age,
into the Idea that they could not be
very old, after all. seeing that they had
an infant son.
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A certain lady dreamed frequently
of certain house until Il had become
exceedingly familiar to her; she knew
all its rooms. It's furnitlsre; it was as
well known to her as thas in which she
lived her waking life, and, like good
wife who has no secrets from her bus
band, she often talked oyer all the de-
tails with him-a very pleasant fancy.
One day they husband aad wue--went
into the country 10 view house that
they thought of taking fcir the summer
months. They had not seen it, but the
account in the house agents list had
attracted them. When they arrived
before it they gave a simultaneous ex-
elamation of surprise. why said
the husband. lit is your dream houSer
1t was The coinciGeBce attracted
them. They took the house
In the course of their occupancy they
learned that the house had the reputa-
ton of being haunted; that several peo-
pie before them had taken it for short
terms, but had seen-or fancied they
had seen" something and had left
before their term of tenancy expired.
Had these new tenants not brought
their own old servants wsth them. it is
likely that they would have had some
difficulty in whipping up domestic
staff. 80 uncanny was the reputation
of their apparently reputable house.
The new tenants dwelt in the
house with all satisfaction and peace
through the summer months until their
term of tenancy came I'd all end. On
leaving. husband and wife expressed
their satisfaction to the loeal agent.
The only thing. said tue wife. that
we were disappointed in Is that we new
er saw the ghost"
"Oh. no" said the agent. I'VE knew
you would not see the ghost
What do you mean3'' asked the
wife. rather nettled.
oh" the agent repeated, 1--WE knew
you would not see the ghost You are
the ghost that people have always seen
here"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-15

Two OF the most valuable grasses for
use on the farm in the making of both
permanent pastures and sowing for
hay are meadow fescue and Kentucky
blue grass. the former shown ON the
right side Of the illustration. Both of
these grasses are productive and ex-
ceedingly nutritious. and both quite
tenacious Of life. this being the case
particularly with the Kentucky blue
grass which grows uninjured by the
tramping OF stock. hence is particularly
valuable in the making OF permanent
pastures.
The best grass mixtures put up by
OF these grasses and these mixtures
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At any rate. it is big enough to be high
ly exceptional. 1t is but fifteen years
since he left college, and at first he
worked ten hours a day, carried his
lunch with him. and earned $12 a
week
Step by step he mastered every de-
tail of the business and rose to be
manager Then crisis arose, calling
for the highest executive ability, and
he was equal to the emergency. His
company was in rate-cutting pool and
its profits had disappeared. Upon his
aggressive initiative it withdrew from
the pool, inaugUrated n fight of it's
own and within two years was paying
80 per cent dividends. This triumph
inspired in Mr. MatthiesOn an ambition
to control the entire field, and this was
accomplished under his direction. Most
of the concerns absorbed by his com
pany were losing money, but under the
combine which he organized their
stocks were transmitted into gold. This
young man earns his princely salary
by successfully handling $4O,O00,O 900 of
combined capital and conducting the
glucose business, comprising some 20
departments, in such Il systematic and
prosperous way that the shareholders
are well satisfied. lie says that hard
work is a tonic to him and he keeps at
it early and late. never asking a subor-
dinate to do more than he does him
self. He knows no other secret of sue
cess.
Bank Presidents $4,000 Salary.
Whea Richard Delafield, President of
the National Park Bank of New York,
had his salary raised from $4,000 to
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-15
CHAPTER Xxx.

The summer came again, the brilliant
London season had ended. SaXonhurst
was TO be more gay than ever this year.
One of the royal princes had accepted
an invitation for q weeks shooting Sir
Hubert and Lady Estmere We're going,
and TO Irene's great delight, Santon Oar
CIV promised TO spend at least three weeks
there in the autumn. A brilliant party
of guests was invited to meet the royal
prince, and all went merry as a marriage
bell: with this exception. that in the
beautiful face of the mistress of Saxon
hurst there was something no one under
stood. She was brooding always over
one and the same thing-her vengeance,
and the shape it would take.
There came one beautiful day in Sep
TENDER, a day that the Duchess of Bay
ard never forgot. 4 shooting party to
burton Chase had been arranged. and
the gentlemen were both eager and anX-
ious over it. But on the morning Lady
Estmere was not quite well-she had a
faintins fit; not serious or alarming, but
Sir Hubert would not leave her. In
vain she prayed Of him TO go. and not
to dehar himself OF days pleasure for
her trihing indispoSition: Sir Hubert
would not 90 1T would be OF no use,
Lira," he said, II should not enjoy my
self The thought OF your pale face
would never leave re al day long. You
should not have made me love you SO
much"
IL am very glad You do, Hubert. bur.
believe me. | am quite as well as l WAS
Yesterday. You see, Hubert. that cluster
0f trees over there. the silver beeches:''
Yes. l see them. Lirs," he answered.
Il could go now. she continued. in a
zone that was like music. and place my
hard on the very spot l stood, when the
first rush Of love filed my heart for you.
Hubert | remember it SO well: you
stood leaning against birch tree, your
head bare. and tile wind playing among
Your bonny curls. My darling, you know
/ liked YOU when we we're married. but
! did not love YOU; il WAS an open aues-
tioa. as you viii remember, whether
was TO love you OF not.
There We're a few moments OF silence.
aud Irene who sgt listening unavoidably
just outside the window. knew well how
they were filled nn.
Il viii not he interrupted in that faSa-
Jon. Hubert" laughed Lady Estmere;
'.how can speak If you stop my lips
with kisses"
~My darling" ae murmured. Il have
never deserved Sysch love IS yours
why act. Hulaerg:" she asked. wiSt-
fully.
Il cannot tell you. The lives Of men
are not IS the livss Of women, BY yenr
I side feel as black yUlrure must fee
I near 4 SDotleSS dave
But. HUBERT said the sweet, Wis,
ful voice. 'you have never loved anyone
except me-"
In the golden sunlight and fragrant
4 silence. the duchess found herself listen
| ing, with her heart On her lips. Tor h,
answer Ii he had said. Yes. in mas
youth had 4 nad love for girl. ans
I ala her a great wrong. she would have
been inclined 10 mercy, bur tAe answer
| came:
No. | had faEeses. aS | told You be
| fore. vain. foolish fancies. bur haY,
7 never loved any hnmsn being truiy, IN,
wife, until loved yea.
The hlee SKY st-usesi suddenly 70 grow
red. the trees ang flowers. the fountains
aad Tia distant lvsessS. al sremeled be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-15

= NJ SChNAb. ana the reSp0uSl-
bilities of its executive head had be-
come so great that he well deserved a
salary only $4,000 less than that re
ceived by the chief executive of the
nation. AS the custodian of $4,000. 900.
TO be successfully handled in such
financial operations as are open to ma
tional ranks. his responsibilities are
tremendous. Mr.. Delafield begin his
business career rs clerk In a mercan-
tile house on a salary of 50 week.
There has, been much talk about the
salary of Charles NJ Schwab. President
of the United States Steel Corporation.
1t is pretty well settled now Eat be re-
ceives 100000 as annual salary. and
an additional $4,000 as a contingent
fee.
A littlh more than two years ago.
Ebert lie. Gary. who at that time re-
sided &C Wheaton III, a suburb of
Chicago. was elected President OF the
Fedaraa Steel Company, which is nOE
IN integral part of the steel combina-
tiofA aa1 his salary was fixed al SG0.-
800 q year Having previously been at
torney for the Illinois Steel Company.
hc had mastered the legal side OF the
great industry before he was able to
command such high wages. He spe-
cfalized his knowledge. and thus was
able to attract the attention OF the cap
Mallsts in control OF the vast enter
prises. As chairman ofsfhe Executive
Committee OF the great steel trust. be
probably receives fully as much as he
drew when President.
The two highest paid men in The
American pulpit are Bishop Potter. Of
New York. and RABBI Emil g. Hirseh.
Of Chicago. each Of whom draws SlJ.-
g0l annually.
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The Jap's Kindness 20 animals.

Prof Morse has borne convincing tes-
timony to the free and happy relations
existing between the human and the
brute creation in Japan, where Seci-
ETY. for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Animals would find no raison d'etre.
There he says:
Birds build their nests IN the city
houses. wild fowl. geese aud ducks
alight in the public parks, wild deer
trot about the street. | have actually
been followed by wild deer in the
streets. nibbling melon rind out of my
hand, as tame rs calves and lambs on
farms. A dog goes to sleep in the bust
est streets; men turn aside SO as not
to disturb him. One day beautiful
heron alighted on the limb Of a, tree.
and the busy jostling throng stopped.
Every mans hand went into his pocket,
and out came pencil and slsetGhing pa
nor
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-15

A North China paper il responsible
for the statement that the quality Of
nervelessness distinguishes the China
man from the European. The China
man can write all day. work all day.
stand in one position all day. weave.
beat gold. carve ivory. do Infinitely te-
dious jobs for ever and ever and dis
cover no more WEAKNESS and irritation
than if he were a machine. This DUAL
ity appears in early life. The China
man can do without exercise also.
Sport and play seem 10 him so MUCH
waste labor. lie can sleep anywhere.
amid rafting machinery and deafening
uproaF He can sleep ON the ground.
on the fOor. on chair. Or IN any po-
sitiOn.-New York Ledger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-15

Prof. Syle of tie State University Of
California. who spent the holidays IA
New York. tells this story OF himself.
At the beginning Of the lasr session.
while calling the roll of bis new schol-
ars. he came upon the maine Miss
Greene. He stopped and expressed bis
disapproyal OF the final In ber name
by asking.
~G-r-double-e-n-e does thar spell
Green or greeBie.
Miss Greene responded promptly.
.'S-y-l-e. does that spell Syle or silliesT
Then the ron cali proceeded amid
suppressed laughter New Iofk Times
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CHAPTER XYIH.-tContinued.)

CHAPTER XYIH.-(Continued
Duchess" he said, 4 will thy in ev-
erything to obey and please you. Do you
not think ii would be wiser to be
friends?"
No, l do not" she replied, curtly
DO you not think that, if you tried
If you made a desperate effort-you
could forgive me:''
4 forgive you: Oh, neverI If you lay
dying and asked me TO forgive you
would not"
But, Irene. he said. bent upon max
ing some impression on hen what will
people think Of they see US en- these bad
termsp They will suspect instantly that
there is something between is. / am no
coward. Fighting a duel would NOT dis
tTess me; a blow from an enemy would
rouse me TO give back another. / am not
a coward, for / fear no man. My arm is
strong, and / know how to use it, You
have told me that your father and hus-
band intend to slay me if shey find me
out. Now, could you 90 a surer way to
point me out to them than by showing
them on what evil terms yOl stand with
mer'
The truth OF The words struck her at
once. Naturally enough. if she duke and
her father saw her showing any great re-
sentiment against any one man they
would at once suspect him. If sac wish
ed 10 keep him from the iaost terrible
fate, and keep her vengeance in her own
hand, she must not show what she really
thought OF him.
II see she said. slowly. you are
right. If | show TO you oEtwardly the
hatred, scorn. the contempt thae l feel.
il will draw suspicion upon you. | will
be so far wise that / viii refrain from
that; but remember, betweeh us there is
no peace-between rs there Is war to he
knife"
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oughly worthy of general cultivation.
1t is perfect towering sort, and the
plants are large, strong growing and
healthy. The fruit is large, uniform in
shape. as will be seen from the illusra-
ton, firm and of that high crimson
color so desirable in a strawberry. The
fruit picks large from first to last, Il
strong point in it's favor. 1t is as :, ship
per, however. that the Gibson exceis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-15
Racteria in the pairy.

Only q few years ago If any one had
talked 10 j dairyman OF bacteria be
would have been laughed at as semi
lunatic. Now every competent dairy
man makes a special study OF these
minute organisms and cultivates some
and Kills others Some families OF
bacteria are necessary. some unneces-
sary and others pernicious. TO dis
tinSuish these and utilize a knowI-
edge of their habits and properties Is
q par of the daily work OF the mod
ern dsirynan. whether his product be
milk. butter or cheese.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-15

A distinctly smart stroke was made
~ bernard Shaw the other night The
sceac was Tie Playgoers Club. aud the
occasion was the reading Of a paper en-
ptled "The Superiority OF shaw 10
Shakespeare" The infeflority OF the
great William having bsen satisfactor-
llv 10 nonstlated. I.9dy Colin Campbell.
,vha presided read the following teIe-
..ram which bad been handed 10 her:
Wire result of discussion tonight 10
StrufOrd-on-Agon Naturally anxious.
Siakspearfi~
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Th,ukAbout This.

The heavy producing COW is what
concerns the dairyman most says an
exchange. Suppose you have a COW
that produces 1873 pounds of butter a
year at IL cents pound. she would
bring $3.50. This is almost the cost
Of the feed. On the other hand. II you
keep a cow that will produce 300
pounds Of butter in a year at II cents
a pound she will net you S51 Think
about this and read, mark and learn.
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~. n. D1-AaAH A1-A-D. dClu1t Z 4 ~ .
commensurate with a salary of $4,000
a year is really beyond the understand
ing Of the average toiler whose stipend
is 81 or So day. Nevertheless, in
this matter-of fact age there are prob
ably very few persons receiving pro-
digious pay who do not earn every dol
lar of it. sSome months ago Secretary
Gage told an assemblage of bank
clerks in Denver that he could place at
least 20 young men. if they had the
ability. in financial institutions of the
country at n salary of $4,000 a year
each. His remark doubtless was in
tended to lay stress upon the fact that
a score of young men worth $4,000
each could not easily be found.
Some High Salaried Men.
Some months ago. when Charles
Counselman was elected President of
the American Fisheries Company, a
concern that has control of many of
the canning factories in the State of
Washington and along the shores of
Alaska, it was announced that his sal
airy was to be $4,000 year. Mr..
Counselman is a Chicagoan, and he has
had long and successful experience
as a grain merchant on the Board of
Trade, an owner of grain elevators, a
builder of skyscrapers, dealer in real
estate and a man of large business in
terests generally. He began with lit
tie or nothing, aud such education as
he possesses he acquired in the school
of experience. He is to-day man OF
large fortune and great commercial ac-
tiyity, still in the prime of life.
There is another Chicago man who is
said to be receiving yearly salary so
big that many would consider it fair
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-15
The Pay of Soldiers.

The soldiers of the United States
army. who receive SIS month. are
the best paid in the world. Those of
the British army. who receive shil-
ling a day. are next. The pay of the
officers of the German army Is very
small. and no one can obtain com
mission unless he has a sufficient pri-
vate fortune 10 yield him an income
Of If least 500 marks $50 a year
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Home-Made Corn Cutter.

Being DESTROYS of cutting some corn
for fodder ON which the grasshoppers
had destroyed the prospects for grain.
1 rugged my slide about two and one
half feet wide and three feet long; run
ners madN of 2x6 inches and two cross
pieces 2x4 inches, the rear one pro-
jecting over about fifteen inches on one
side Of the runner. At the end Of this
piece l fastened one end of common
buck saw. and the other end of saw to
front part Of slide. so the saw would
project over the outside an angle OF
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forty five degrees. fastened single
tree to the front part and made seat
to the slide with a boy to drive. l sat
by the boy and caught the stalks OF
corn as they were sawed off above the
ground. and piled them as we proceed
ed up the rows. We cut five acres day
and piled 1t nicely -eady to be shocked
This is much cheaper than high-price
corn cutter and excei~ handwriting
more than the corn machine excels the
slide.-H. A. .Ialbert. in Agricultural
Epitomist