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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25
SUGGESTIONS 1LLusrRArrn.


Farm and Fireside. The fifth cut repre-
sents new method OF protecting half
hardy or tender trees in winter By
bending them over a log rolled close to
the tree. and firmly fastened there by
bundles of cornstalks thrown over the
tree. A barrel or hogshead can be used
in place of log, with much saving of
labor Picture No 6 shows peculiar
way Of making strong bushel crate.
These bushel crates are used now ex-
tensively by farmers who gather from
the fields potatoes. onions, carrots.
apples, etc, placing them into these
crates, then placing the crates directly
into the wagon. from whence they are
carried to cellar. without dumping
them into wagon boxes, and shoveling
them out again, as was done in old
times. This cut is from American Agrl
culturist. The last cut is from Farm
and Home and represents an easily con-
structed sawbuck.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25

The first illustrat inn is a Georgia
peach carrier. holding six small baskets
of peaches. which we re-engrave rom
a cut in Country Gentleman. The next.
No. .. is a bushel box from the New
York Tribune. Notice that the end
pieces of this box arc notched ut the
bottom and pointed at'the top, so that
a lot of crates may be stacked one over
the other for sorting apples, potatoes,
etc. in the cellar or for carrying TO
market. The third illustration is a
wagonload of bushel crates, illustga-
tons copied from American Agriculture
list. Notice the lower tier of crates.
then the retaining board, which holds
in position the second Tier of crates
placed over the first. The fourth Mus
tration represents an opening in the
fence through which people on foot can
readily pass. but which COWS ANA
horses cannot get through. copied from
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25
oLEo BILL is DRASTIC.
Imposes Stringent Regulations ON the
Sale of Butter Substitutes,

The National House passed the oleo-
margarine bill without division on the
final passage, the real test Of strength
having been made on motion to recon-
nit, which was defeated by majority
of thirty-four. The provision to require
the inspection and branding of renovated
butter, which was adopted in committee
Of the whole. was retained on an ave and
nay vote. As finally passed the bin is
somewhat modified from the form in
which it was reported from the commit
tee ON agriculture. 1t makes oleomarga-
rine. or imitation butter, or cheese, trans
ported into any State or territory for use,
sale or consumption therein, subject to
the laws of such State or territory-not
withstanding that ii may be introduced
in original packages-and imposes a tax
of 10 cents per pound on oleomargarine
made in imitation Of butter Of any shade
of yellow"
When not made in such imitlt ion, the
tax is reduced to one-fourth of cent per
pound The second section is intended
to prevent dealers, hotel proprietors and
restaurant and boarding house keepers
from coloring the uncolored article by
making any person who eolors th,, pro-
duct and then sells or furnishes it to 9TH
ers a manufacturer within the meaning
of the act. Penalties for violation of the
act are a fine of not less than 500 nor
more than $500, and Imprisonment for
not less than thirty days nor more than
six months.
The new section relating TO the inspec-
ton and branding OF renovated butter is
as follows: THAT the Secretary of Ag
riculture is hereby authorized and re-
quired to cause a rigid sanitary inspec-
ton to be made from time to time, and
at such times as he may deem necessary,
of all factories and st0rehouses where
butter is renovated; and all butter reno
waited at such places shall be carefully in
spected in the same manner and to the
same extent and purpose that meat pro-
ducts are now inspected. The quantity
and quality of butter renovated shall be
reported monthly. All renovated butter
shall be designated as such by marks
brands and labels. and the words reno
waited butter shall be printed on all pack
ages thereof Il such manner as may be
prescribed by the Secretary of Agricui-
ture, and shall be sold only as renovat-
ed butter. No renovated butter shall be
shipped or transported from one State
to another, or to foreign countries, I'M
less inspected as provided in this sec
ton
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25
CAUSES OF SUN SPOTS.
Investigation Indicates They Are Not
Due to Planetary Influence.

Investigation Indicates They Are Not
Due to Planetary Influence.
1t frequently happens that theory
which would satisfactorily explain GER
tain facts of momentous scientific in
terest is unable to find acceptance for
the reason that the more closely it is
investigated the less probable it ap-
pears. Fol example. the attraction ex-
erted by the planets on the surface lay
ers of the sun should account for sun
spots. and great many astronomers
have insisted it did.
But Kirkland has examined this the
ory with reference to the attraction ex-
erted by the planets Venus, Mercury,
Jupiter and Saturn on the suns atmos-
phere, and comes to the conclusion,
which he has reported to the Paris
Academy of Sciences. that the varii-
tions of the eleven-yearperiod cannot
be traced to pls aetary Influences. 1t
is certain, he says that planets must
have n tidal influence on the solar en-
yelope. but how Tar. if at all. that in
luenee goes toward the creation of the
spots is at present mere conjecture. So,
exactly. is it with the lunar attraction
on the earth's atmosphere. 1t assured
~ exists. but how far it interferes with
the readings of the barometer eludes all
research
Even the late DR.. Croll'S seductive
idea that the changes in the earth's
orbit round the sun would account for
the glacial epoch. brilliant conception
and one that captivated astronomers.
physicists and biologists alike. is now
very generally given up or in allegiance.
In each case, says the New York Times.
the causation is real not imaginary,
hut whether ii is the vera causaH Of
the effect TO be explained is doubtful.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25

DO not allow any person or dogs to
worry the rlilk COWS.
Never stop nor let the work be inter-
rupted when milk Is coming"
The neglected COW neither ellis the
pail nor the farmers pocketbook.
MIX dry: Milking dry develops the
udder and consequently the power of
giving milk.
II there Is any one thing that needs
a dairyman's personal attention more
than any other. IL Is milking.
/. II there Is little milk left in the
ud6er each time It will cause any cow
IN decrease in Der milk flow and finally
cease giving milk at all.
Knowing how means much In butter
making. This is why one persons but
ter Is quoted AZ 20 cents pound. while
another's from just as good milk. viii
bring only cents.
A COW Should be MIXED three or four
times a day X she Is suffering from
any disease of the udder.
There should be no loud, bolsterous
language permitted while doing the
milking, for the COW Is nervous crea-
ture, and any unca.led for excitement
Affects the quantity and quality Of
milk upfavorably-
Ii Ills the little attentions that go to
make up the successful management
OF daIrylng. and he who does not study
tie needs OF the common Cow and her
environment need expect no success
with Der blooded sister
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25
INDIAN SUPERSTITION.
Fear They Will Become Dogs if They
Have Their Hair Cut.

n ear 1nGy w HI DCCOihC pOeS AZ AhCy
Have Their Hair Cut.
The recent order of Commissioner of
Indian Affairs William A. Jones in which
he directs all Indian bucks to wear their
hair short and refrain from painting their
faces and limbs many colors will meet
with strong objections among the Osages,
writes a Wichita, Kan, correspondent.
In fact, this tribe, long and truly pro-
claimed the richest redskins on earth,
have already called their braves in ses-
sion to disapprove of such thing as cut
ting off their long, sacred locks.
Bigheart, one of the chiefs of the tribe,
an astute politician and rich full-blood,
objects to the cutting off of their long
hair for fear the redskins win turn into
dogs. He is a wise old leader, this Big
heart. man who has made almost half a
million dollars while chief of the Osages,
and his voice against anything is almost
sure to meet with the approval of the
entire full-blood element.
Dog meat is a favorite dish with the
tribe, and Bigheart says that the first
full-blood to cut off his hair will surely
turn into a fat dog and he l'voured by
his fellow tribesmen. 1t is tie wonder,
then, that the Osages are -ef Using to lose
their locks
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25

with the hope of securing the presiden-
tial nomination
''That reminds me-" said Mr.. Lincoln,
that my brother and | were once
blowing field with lazy horse. but
but at times he rushed across the field
with him. AT last | found an enormous
chin-fy on him. and knocked it off.
Now l am not going to make that mis-
take a second time. If the Secretary
has a chin-fy on him l am not going
to knock it off, if it will only make
his department go"
When it was complained that In TAX
ing possession of Ship Island General
Phelps had issued a bombastic procla-
nation freeing the slaves. Mr. Lincoln
said:
Il feel about that a good deal as a
man I once knew felt about his wife.
He was a meek man, ana had the gen-
eral reputation of being henpecked.
One day, when his wife was switching
him out of the house, a friend came
to him and demonstrated with him
concerning his lacEs:of dignity and
spirit.
Now don'tY said the man. 1t didn't
hurt me any, and you don't know what
a power of good it did Sarah Ann"
What to do with jefferson Davis,
should he be captured. was a problem
that was puzzling the government. In
speaking of it to General Grant one
day, the President remarked:
There was once an Irishman who
had signed the Father Mathew tenn
perance pledge. Going into saloon
to get glass of lemonade to quench
his thirst, he leaned over and whis-
pered to the barkeeper:
"'And couldn't you put little bran
dy in it unbeSnownst to meself?
49," continued Mr.. Lincoln. ''let Da-
Wis escape all unbeknown 70 yourself
if you can"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25

fields Tor cane and in other branches
of the industry as must be shown on
Northern farms in beet growing, the
canea crop would win in the race every
time. We believe this to be true, and
therefore we are unable to understand
why be and others so earnestly urge
the growing OF sugar beets here. 1t
cannot be that the best crop has proven
profitable one TO those who have been
engaged in 1t. Few of the crops that
we have seen reported have shown a
yield of over 500 worth TO the acre, and
the majority fall below $40. while the
manure and labor required is about
half as great as that required to grow
900 bushels of potatoes. and either OF
these is more certain crop on good
land well cared for than are the sugar
heets.-M Massachusetts Ploughman.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25

pointed to one in corner, land walked
straight up to the mirror; the light
from the night lamp fell upon her face;
she seemed to catch my eye in the glass
each time, and smiled at me rs she did
so. She wore a short. quilted skirt,
little black bodice. and full white
sleeves. She had a gold cross tied
about her neck 10y a black ribbon, and
wore little cap on her black braids-
young girl with French face,
Thomas DO you kno herF'
Thomas made no answer, He looked
at the gentleman steadily and grew
pale, At last he spoke:
''If have the honor of understand
ing you. sir, the young person came
through the door,
Yes said the American.
More than once, sir?'
About once an hour from midnight
until dawn"
And smiled at you in the glass,
where you saw her face? l understand
she did not look toward you as she
passed. STRIP
Right. Thomas"
May beg you to do me the favor of
looking into this room, STRIP
The gentleman followed Thomas to
the door through which he asserted
shat the young person passed. and saw
nothing but a closet about twelve feet
square, with no door save the one thar
opened into the large room. and high
In the ceiling little window through
which a bird could scarcely have
aown. 1t contained no furniture what
ever.
There must be a secret doOr-or--or
-sOmethingr cried the American. II
am not mad. and was wide awake"
''Yes. sir" said Thomas. stlll more
Salemnly. An ordinary young person
could not have contrlved to disappear.
but the young person you have seen has
Been au apparition, sir. FOR more than
two hundred years"
An apparition," cried the American
gentleman.
Yes. sir" replied Thomas. IAN ap-
partition. sir | think you have seen
Lady 'S gentlewoman Rosette.
sir. II is ten years since she was seen
before to my knowledge. but she has
been seen often"
Il should like to hear more about
ROSette." said the gentleman.
Yes. sir" said the valet. This is an
ED family. and about two hundred
years ago there was a Lord Herbert
who was gay. Wild young nohleman.
and was a great admir- of the ladies.
sir. However, by the time he was so
he was married and settled down, and
Began TO be much thought Of and re-
spected. So was his lady. too. sir.
slough she was not handsome and was
naughty.
One thing. however, the English
servants did not hke-she brought a
foreign maid with Ter from Franee--a
girl named RoSette and as pretty as a
picture.
~one day. sitting before her glass.
Rosette combing her hair for her. she
beard her husband come into the room.
Her back was toward him and RoSeite
was behind her. and they forgot the
mirror. and so. sir. she saw IN it. with
cut stirring. both their faces. and she
saw the girl smile at her husband and
she saw him smile back at her. She
understood everything. but she never
stirred. and she never said anything
20 him. no, nor 10 the maid. sir.
This was her room, SIR. In that little
closet RoSette had her bed. 10 be ready
If she called her. But one morning my
lady's bell rang furiously. and the maid
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25
An Unfortunate Example.

The present King OF Italy has a sharp
tongue which be is not slow to use IL
he thinks the occasion demands it. Not
long ago he was bewailing the fact that
it was almost impossible for him to
know the real sentiments of his peo-
pie toward him.
That" said one of the courtiers, OBJ
sequiously, would be easy If your ma
jesty would disguise himself as stu.
dent. and visit the cafes and gathering
places of the populace. That is what
Peter the Great did"
Il know" replied the king. but ap.
parently you forget that Peter the
Great used to hang all those whom he
overheard speaking i'll of him. Don't
You think you'd better choose another
exampleT'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25

Results obtained at the Wisconsin
experiment station show that there is
practically no difference in the quanti-
ty of pork produced from the same
weight of wheat or corn. In four trials
AN average of 400 pounds of ground
wheat were required TO produce loo
pounds of gain in live weight. In two
trials with cornmeal 49S pounds were
required to produce 100 pounds of gain.
When a mixture of equal parts OF
wheat and corn was fed. better results
were obtained than when either wheat
)or corn was fed alone. 1t required
ass pounds of mixed wheat and corn.
half and half, by weight to produce 100
pounds OF gain in live weight.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25
HIDDEN IN THE CLOSET
.-..-s-...-..s-..::--:t:..

Il z was early morning. ana Thomas,
Lord 's valet, had waited on
his masters American guest to see
what be desired him to do for him.
There certainly was something odd in
the gentleman's manner, and he had
not the look of one who had enjoyed
refreshing slumbers. At last. just as
the rfaa turned to leave the rom, he
spoke:
Thomas, / have been awake all
night"
by Lord will regret to hear it, said
Thomas.
Something odd disturbed me-" con-
tinued the gentleman. "0ne of the
maids kept me awake all night."
One of the maids. sirT" cried
Thomas.
Yes. Thomas. She kept running into
my room at least every hals hour to
look ia the glass and admire herself.
She came out of that door," and he
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25
Tomato Catsup.

One peck of tomatoes, half a dozen
onions chopped fine. One tablespoon
full of cayenne pepper, two tablespoon
fuls of allspice, two tablespoonfuls OF
cloves or mace, two ounces of celery
seed, a quarter of pound of salt one
round of brown sugar, and one quart
Of strong vinegar. The proportions
Used in this recipe are particularly rec
commended. and il may be relied upon
as being generally palatable.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25

TEN, and when he had bankrupted
Monte Carlo he was to turn to the re-
sorts at Nice and Ostend, and do the
same for them. He failed, as others
had failed before him. And just as he
had lost his last penny another man
was playing the bank and winning.
This latter was Charles NJ. Schwab,
the president of the billion dollar steel
trUCt He had gone to Monte Carlo for
recreation and had tried his luck in the
gambling room merely as a diversion.
While it might be too much to say that
he did not care whether he lost or won,
it certainly is true that he had no great
hopes of winning. and yet he stood
$4,000 to the good on the same day
that the Earl of Rosslyn had lost his
last sou and had quilted Monaco in dis
gust.
The scheme Of Lord Rosslyn was we'll
advertised. He had, he claimed. learned
the secret of breaking the bank from
a man who had made life study of
trente-et-quarante the game to be
played. The reason the SCHEME was
not tried before was because no one
person could manage it and beside it
required a good deal of capital. When
Lord Rosslyn acquired the secret he
formed a company and invited the pub
lie to buy shares. He then secured SIX
expert players who were initiated into
the secret under the eyes of Lord Ross
lyn himself. Six players were selected
because of the great strain entailed
owing to intricate mental calculations
and the plan of operation was that
when one player became exhausted an
other was to take his place. And yet,
the much advertised scheme failed mis-
erably.
Lord Rosslyn has led varied career.
He has been a rancher in Australia, a
sugar planter in the United States, a
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25

and a Pair of Moccasins." These
stories contain remarkably accurate
descriptions of civilized Indian life.
which is little known In the outside
world.
The Twin Territories is a thirty-two
page magazine. illustrated by Indian
artists and scenes from Indlan.' and
Oklahoma Territories. Miss Eddie
man goes among the Indians and en-
cages the cultured to write for her
columns.
She has on her staff all the various
chieftains. says the New York Times,
and they contribute with a thorough
knowledge of the people. To the
stranger it is more difficult 10 secure
an audience with an Indian chief than
with the President Of the United
States. They are wary Of the white
man
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25
clover in the Rotation Crops.

1t is now generally understood that
the rotation of crops Is practiced so
that the plant foods in the soil may be
drawn upon about in equal quantities
instead of using heavily of one and lit
tie of the others. as is the case when
one crop is grown several years In sue
cession. There is another point about
the rotation of crops that; is not so
well understood by farmers, and that
Is the value Of using clover or some
plant of a similar character as n part
of the rotation crops, and simply be-
cause 1t returns more plant food to the
soil than 1t takes ont of 1t. Thus IS
one reason why authorities on legumes
have urged so persistently that farm
ers use them more freely and have
shown where cowpeas, Canada field
peas and the velvet bean c;sn be used
to advantage on farms where ii does
not seem possible to get good stand
of clover.-Indlanapolis News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25
PROTECTING THE SOIL.
Busy Rivers Are Constantly Working
at Carrying Away the Soil.

Busy Rivers Are Constantly Working
at Carrying Away the Soil.
To thoughtful observers who be-
grudge the ocean the tons of rich soil
which the rivers are every year carry
ing to it, contour cultivation as prac-
tieed in many parts of the South, is one
of the hopeful signs of the times. The
TEN, are not planted straight, but are
maintained at a level around the hills
and on the Slopes, At intervals a brake
or "balk" takes the place of a row,
still further to prevent the soil from
washing away. The constructions may
consist simply of dead briers and bush
es, or they may be made of certain stub
born grasses. or of carefully pruned
shrubbery.
Reckless tillage on sloping ground
and careless numbering are responsible
for much of the oceans present har-
vest. The visible load" which the Mis-
sissippi each year carries downstream
would cover a square mile to a height
half that of the Washington monument.
The Pc and the upper Gauges. it is es-
timated. lower the entire area which
they drain oGe eight-hundredth of
foot each year. The Potomac eats away
its photographic basin about oae-third
as fast. The ST Lawrence is remark
ably clear stream because the Great
Lakes which form its principal supply
acts as settling basins.
Although there is no danger that the
land win all run into the sea. because
there are powerful counteracting
forces. ii should not be forgotten that
rivers are Tremendous workers. They
cut down in places and build up in 9TH
ers. Because of them even the ever
lasting hills are everlastingly chang
ing.-Youth's Companion
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AN INDIAN GIRL EDITOR.
Ora V. EddIeman Publishes Success
full Magazine.

full Magazine.
Miss Ora V. Eddleman is perhaps the
only Indian woman who publishes a
magazine In the United States She IS
the editor and publisher of the Twin
Territories, which has for three years
struggled along aud is now on a pay
ing basis
Ii is printed at Muskogee. the metrop-
viis OF the Indian Territory. and no one
but those OF Indian blood are allowed
to contribute 10 its pages There Is
mucS literary excellence in the publica,
tiof.
Miss Ts1dleman is "a sixteenth part
Cherokee Indian" fair and beautiful
She is. like most Of her sisters, a bru-
neste Of striking type
Only 20 years Of age. her success as
a writer has been remarkable. Under
the pen name OF '-AIignat Shrieberr she
is known to many Of the leading maya
kline editors as the author of ~Lizouki
the Greek GIL" Only an Indian Girl
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25
MORE LINCOLN STORIES.

He Always Had an Aneccdote to Illus
trate His Point.
Many of the anecdotes in a recently
published book about Abraham Lincoln
have to do with Mr.. Lincoln's remark
able faculty of telling story to H.
lustrate a point At onc,time a friend
complained to the President that a
certain Cabinet officer was admins
tering his office with unusual energy
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25

DR.. Wiley, who is one ef tbe most
earnest advocates Of sugar beet eul-
ture 10 the United state1 said at
farmers meeting IN Ontato that rhe
sugar cane growers IN the Tropics had
!. decided advantage over tie sugar
49,. vrowers OF the Northern States in
the cost OF production Of Sugar II the
Is ~ ~ the south was az effective as
that OF the North. and as nHufb enter
pr.se was shown In Developing the
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Microbes on Playing cards.

A distinguished specialist of Nantes.
DR.. Rappin. has been investigating the
haunts of the members Of the germ
tribe. He states that microbes are
very fond Of playing cards. and that
any card which has been played with
reasonably often viii be found to be
pretty well impregnated. Working on
cards played by patients tconsumptiyes
and others) AT the hospital at Nantes,
he found no fewer than 6.1G0 bacteria
on a square centimefer Of the card