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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
ovERSTRAINED YOUTH.
Experts Say that Germary's CONNER
ciaI Rise Has Been at Great Cost.

Experts Say that Germary's CONNER
cial Rise Has Been at Great Cost.
Prussian military authorities are be-
coming alarmed at what they term the
degeneration of the German youth. In
countries like Germany, where term
of military service is required of every
able man, the examinations for army
fitness are pretty apt to indicate the
true state of the nations health. and
when seventeen out of every thousand
applicants have weak hearts, it is no
wonder that the authorities decide
there is something wrong.
Between the years 1881 and 1886 the
annual average of persons with heart
trouble was low, only 1.5 per thou
sand, and high-water mark was reach
ed in 1898, when the average was
found to be ia.
Perhaps the best opinion on the
cause of this state of affairs is that
offered by DR.. Stricken, an army sur
geon. who has given the matter care
full study. He declares that overwork,
irregular exercise, and immoderate
and too early use of tobacco and intox-
icants are responsible for much of the
trouble. Another point to which the
Doctor calls attention is the practice
of putting children at work too early.
AS they often are required TO toll be-
yond their strength, the strain, with
irregular hours Of rest, results in prem
allure breakdowns, which, the Doctor
is positive. have much to do with the
general standard of health Washing
ton Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Annles for Export.

Growers of high-grade apples should
look into the prospects of the foreign
markets. Correspondents in the large
cities who ship apples TO Europe adj
wise us that the demand is promising
and that prices will rule quite high.
They say, however, that only the fin
est fruit should be sent, then it must
be properly wrapped in white or
manila tissue paper, and advocate the
use of the box, rather than the bar
rel. Prices are such on the other side
that more fruit will be sold if packed
in boxes than if packed in barrels.
Crisp apples are those preferred, and
such varieties as Wealthy, Snow
Gravenstein and Alexander are al
ways salable. Growers are advised
to communicate with some reliable
commission man and get in touch with
those who export apples, but only if
the quality is high, for it will not pay
to export poor fruit.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
chicann Trafiic Snffers.

According to Milwaukee car ferry
managers Chicago is suffering from a
congestion of railway traffic which is
not generally known, and Milwaukee
Michigan ear ferry and freight lines are
reaping the benefit Within the past few
weeks shippers have fairly crushed the
cross-lake lines with shipments which
ordinarily 20 by way of Chicago. 1T
took one car of my stuff seven days to
get twenty miles through Chicago" said
a caustic soda shipper, land | am going
to send it by ear ferry hereafter. 1T
means an immense addition to the traffic
through Milwaukee, said Crosby line
man. 'as much of such traffic used to go
through Chicago and not touch here at
all -
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Handling Bees.


Where there are many bees flying,
it is always best to be on the safe side,
and wear a veil, but gloves are I'M
necessary and cumbersome. A bee
hive should not be pulled apart every
few days for mere curiosity, but may
be examined occasionally to ascertain
the needs of the bees and their condi-
ton. Bees should always be handled
very gently; they dislike quick, jerky
movements. In early spring or au-
tumn, when the days are cool, it is
prudent not to open the hives until
near midday, when the field bees will
then be out gathering honey. On
cloudy or rainy days, it is best not to
open hives, for the field bees are then
at home, and are cross, being deprived
OF the privilege of gathering the honey.
Massachusetts Ploughman.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

one hand. she locked them and dropped
the key into her pocket
Fearing she scarcely knew what, she
put the package of papers her aunt had
given her, with her purse. also in her
pocket, that she might be certain of their
safety Then hastily putting comb.
brushes and night apparel in a hand
satchel, she paused to rest.
Advancing to her window, she found
that a heavy rain was still falling. and
that darkness was even then over the
earth. Throwing her waterproof over
her shoulders, with its hood drawn over
her hat, she opened her door and glided
through the hall, down the stairs and out
of the front entrance. fortunately with
out being seen by any of the family.
AS she had passed the sick mans room
she knew by the sound of many excited
voices within that they had gone to his
| assistance, and she judged he must have
injured his hip by his passionate frenzy.
While she pitied the man, she feared
him, and never breathed freely until out
side the door. Then with hurried step
she passed down the ramble.
Once away from the house and beyond
the reach of Sir Reginald's wrath. she
paused TO consider whittier she should
GO and what she should do.
AS she paused one thing seemed plain.
She could do nothing until a physician
attended to her wounded arm. In order
to have this accomplished. it was evil
dent that she must seek DIR. Efenstein
at his home.
She shrank from doing this. Still it
could not be helped. Her arm could
not be raised. and on that arm she de-
pended now for her daily bread.
Once in the road beyond she could see
lights in windows of dwelling houses
far down the road. The first of them
she knew was where DIR. Elfenstein lived,
and hope revived once more, and she
pressed on. thinking soon to be there.
(To be continuedl
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
New Bridge Opened to Traffic

The second TRACK on the new bridge of
the Milwaukee road at kilbourn has
been opened for traffic. This is the larg
est and highest double track bridge in
Wisconsin, 1t stands so feet above the
Wisconsin river, and is 450 feet in
length 1t. was built on the site of the
old single .track bridge during the past
summer without the least delay to traffic.
At the start, the old bridge was skid
ded' twelve feet south and the new
structure went up around it. The new
bridge, like the old, practically rests up
on four counties, as its four corners
touch Sank, Adams, Juneau and Adams
counties. A wagon road passage way
is directly under the railway portion of
the bridge for the free use of the pub
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

able Of utilizing generous quantities
OF food, and her udder should be of
good size and well balanced as re-
CARDS to size and portion of quarters
Ii should extend well forward on the
abdomen. The teats should set well
apart and be of such size as to be
conveniently grasped by the mixer.
The milk veins should be large, crook
ed and branching. and the holes. or
milk wells. where the veins pass into
the body, should be large. Yhe udder
itself should be free from coarseness
and not appear to be full of meaty
tissue when handled after milking.
Her skin should be soft and yellow,
and the hair should be soft and silky.
She should have a mild eye. a pointed
head and a dishing forehead Win.
chester Qnd.) Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
A Novel Insurance Case.

A friend in Mobile, Alabama, writes
that recently young man in that sec
tion bought large quantity Of fancy,
high-prieed smoking tobacco. had it
insured for its full value. smoked ii
up and then put claim in for the in
surance. stating that it had been de-
stroyed by tire. The case was taken
TO court, the judge deciding in favor
of the young smoker Next, the in
surance company had the young man
arrested for setting ire to his own
property. and the same judge ordered
him TO pay a fat 1ne and also go TO
fail
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Wheat ChnH

No better use can be made of wheat
chaff than to use it as litter, in which
the hens can scratch and exercise 1t
should be stored away in dry place
for winter. If a sill of millet seed
be scattered in the chaff the hens
will work and hunt for the small
seeds industriously until every one is
found, and as the seeds are so very
small the hens will be more earnest
and diligent, the seeds also being
somewhat of luxury. The chaff will
also assist in keeping the floor dry,
thus adding to the warmth and COM
fort of the poultry house during
periods of cold or damp weather.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Modern Conveniences in the


The monks of st. Bernard have
taken advantage of modern inventions
in their work of saving lives. 4 short
time ago two Swiss alpenists started
out to go to the hospice. Half way up
they were overtaken by a snowstorm
and lost their way. After wandering
around the summit for several hours
they came across. one of the new shell
tiers built by the monks. In it they
found bread. cheese, wine. a spirit
lamp and telephone. With the lat
ter they called UP the hospice and
asked for help. BY the time they had
finished good meal a monk and q
dog arrived to show them the way.
The telephone at these shelters has
saved many lives during the winter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
A Vast OkIahoma Farm,

The Oklahomans claim to have the
largest farm in The southwest. 1t is
the 101 ranch in the Ponca reserva-
ton, and is SO big that it is necessary
to plant several varieties of wheat
in it. one of which ripens several days
later than the other, in order that all
of them may be harvested at their
prime. On this farm the wheat fields
are of 1000 acres each, the cattle
pastures are 1000 to 1900 acres each
and pasture 6,000 head annually, the
corn rows are one and a half miles
long, requiring 500 mules and 300 men
to handle the crop, and it takes 80
self-binders three weeks to cut the
wheat crop and a dozen or more steam
threshers 40 days TO thresh it. There
are $4,000 acres in the ranch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Farm Notes.

Farm Notes,
Hard coal ashes make a good mulch
for current bushes.
The ounce can be grown from cut
tings made in the fall or spring.
Potatoes keep better if dug during
dry spell, when they come up dry
, and clean.
Strong I've made of hardwood ashes
will cure ivy poisoning. Better if put
on hot
Keep the colts growing. If the pas
ture gets poor, give them bran and
oats in the field
Those who contemplate putting out
an orchard next spring should manure
the ground this fall.
All wire fences are made visible to
stock by attaching scrap tin to the
top wire. A good use for waste pro
duct
Pack the grapes for keeping in we'll
baked sawdust To keep them a
short time, Fay them on a shelf in a
dry, cool place.
Keep down the raspberry canes; four
or five good canes to every four feet
Of row will give better quality of
fruit than if thicker.
Try dropping powdered caustic
potash in the mole runs and see if
it does not drive the rooters away
to more agreeable forage grounds.
Some townsfolk slur people by cali
ing them 'old farmer" or '.hayseed. !"
This infers ignorance when farmers
are not ignorant nor uniformed. 1t
takes the smartest kind of people now
a-days to become farmers. The farm
er not being accustomed to town WAYS
sometimes appears green when in
town. but the city man is far more
verdant when he is in the country.
In digging potatoes known to be
pure seed and of the same variety fire.
quent variations may often be noticed.
Some of these are due only to differ
enees of soil, but others are true
sports" and viii reproduce their
kind il planted another year. If these
sports are unusually productive and
valuable they should be carefully
saved for planting In this way some
OF the best varieties Of potatoes have
been originated. one or two kinds of
Late Rose being prominent instances.
Better butter can be made on the
farm than at the creamery If the same
care is given The managers of
creameries secure the best assistance
to be had. and they aim to put good
butter on the market The advantages
possessed by the farmer who makes
dsiry butter are that he can feed his
cows on the best foods. use more care
and work with cleaner surroundings.
A large proportion OF creamery butter
is not uniform. as the milk comes
from many sources, but dairy butter
is injured in the churning and mantpu-
lation Of the product by inexperienced
persona
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Attractive BARN Homea

In few other parts of New England
can so large per cent of thrifty look
ing. weIl-kept. cosey farm homes be
found as in Vermont. Business and
professional men in the large cities are
beginning to appreciate this fact, and
are buying country homes and bring
ing their families TO grow up under
the healthfui, invigorating influences
of country life at its best. The value
of farm property has steadily in
creased for several years. and there
are to-day comparatively few unoccu-
pied karm homes in Vermont.-New
england Homestead.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Potato Rot and Time of Digging

The question of how soon blighted
potatoes should be dug has been fire.
quently asked the authors, and a Sc
ries of Investigations has been under
taken at the Vermont station to ascer-
tain the proper tine of digging. The
size of the plats and the extent of the
experiment are considered too limited
to admit of cancellations but it ap-
pears that there was usually a greater
loss from the earlier digging. So far
as the investigations go, they seem TO
show that where there is danger of po-
tato rot it is best to delay the digging
for ten days or more after the tops
have died Exchange
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Don't Buy Patent LING.

Reports from various sections tell OF
men who are offering q so-called high
grade lime which they claim contains
manurial value. usually sulphate of
lime. The product may bear out the
claims made for it. although it should
be remembered that sulphate of lime
is the same as gypsum which may
be bought for about one half the price
asked for the new % product. II
lime is needed on the farm. buy IN
slaked lime and use it properly. If
fertilizers are needed. buy fertilizers,
but don't believe that any process ap-
piled to lime viii make it valuable
fertilizer
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

In Prairie du Sac fire broke cut in the
building occupied by F. S. Eberhart as
a jewelry store AID spread to the adjoin-
ing building occupied by Miss j. NJ. Win
termantel as a millinery store. Both
buildings were considerably damaged
The loss is not known. The fire is sup
posed to be of incendiary origin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Poultry Notes.

Use carbolic acid occasionally to de-
stroy lice.
Give poultry a variety of both dry
and cooked food.
Scatter the food so that the fowls
will not eat too fast
Filth, the accumulate of dropping,
is a prolific cause OF disease.
Glover helps to keep the hens in good
laying condition.
Mix all soft foods given fowls with
milk instead of water.
When hens lay thin shelled eggs it
shows they need lime.
Ground bone is one of the best ways
of supplying lime to poultry.
Secure good ventilation without ex-
posure to drafts Immediately upon the
fowls.
A table fowl should be fat as a
preponderance Of fat indicates excel
lent condition and health.
One advantage with ducks is that
they grow so rapidly that money can
be made quickly.
The object of caponizing is to i'm
prove the quality and increase the
weight of the fowls.
Old newspapers can often be used
to good advantage in making the poul-
try house warm.
Sifted coal ashes and dry wood dust
makes one of the best mixtures for
the dust baths.
Lice do not attack fowls that are in
a good condition as soon as they do
those in an impoverished state.
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=
will deny his right
to be termed the
king Of books
His collection,
which includ G $
many thousands Of
volumes, is un-
doubtedly the most
unique in the
world. embracing
as it does not only
sumptuously bound
and first editions.
but hundreds of
copies signed by
the authors, many
Of whom are dead.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Row KiI1s His Brother.

While hunting squirrels, the 11-year-
old son of Alphonse Haslet of the town
of Red River was killed by the acct
dental discharge of gun i'll the hands
OF his 14-year-old brother The charge
from the gun entered the boys heart
and death was instantaneous.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

Ralmacaan, Scot
land, with her dis
play of jewels. 1t
appears that at re-
ceptions and dinners
Mrs. Martin is in
clined to wear all
the gems in her pos1
session. Her maid
en- name was Cor
nelia Sherman, and
she is the daughter
of the late Isaac
Sherman Of New
Norly Cgtv n man
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

a few years ago at
Manila. He is a
native of New York
and ~ years of age.
T. n I ering West
Point in 1878, he
was graduated in
1879, won the rank
of first lieutenant in
1856, and saw SER
vice in the West.
He was with the
Twentieth infantry
in Cuba, and thence
- IL.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

Fred Voce. aged 10 years an old resi-
dent of the town of Franksyille, has
been sentenced to serve two years III
State prison at Waupun for attempting
to kill his wife at their home Aug. 70,
1902. Voge's attorneys made motion
for a new trial after the jury had rem
dered their verdict, but the motion was
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

YORK CITY, n man
who owned many millions. Bradley Mar
tin is lawyer by profession, but has not
practiced for, II my years. He vas
captain in the United States army for
short time during the Civil War TT
- 80
Secretary of the Navy William Fl.
Moody. who discussed the labor question
before the Massachusetts Republican
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

Der OF q o n : = e $ $
from New York
since 1895. He is
SO years old and
was born in Ger
many, while his par
ents were on a visit
abroad. He was
graduated from
Princeton in 1883,
and after two years
of newspaper work
in New York as re
porter and copy
tsnn1nw ,,~o- arN,~,ta+
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

convention, has long
been recognized as
one of the most
hard-w o rkin 9 Of
public servants. He
assumed his position
as naval secretary
May l, 1902, sue
ceeding John ID.
Long, and is the
seventh citizen Of
the Bay State to oc-
cupy that office. Mr..
Moody was born at
Newhurv Maxv
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

is again coaching
the boys on Morn
ingtide Heights for
the coming cam
paign On the grid
iron. says the New
York World. Nor
ley's football ca
reer was brilliant.
and with Harold
Weekes, ne Is the
idol Of the Coi6yn-
bia undergradu-
ates. He played
halfDack on the
team that beat
VI. Z, 1000 and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Cleanliness, Away. Cleanliness.

NItdHIiHtSSI AIWayA NICuHIIuCsSs
poorly washed strainer, milk pans
or any utensil used about milk affects
the flavor of butter. Cleanliness is
the most important adjunct to the
dairy business. When everything is
kept clean there is little complaint Of
bacteria or trouble of any other kind.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

lynchlng nm ana
carried the uncon-
scious man into the
Jail. Among his
neighbors ne has
been known as fear
less. but his attitude
in fighting mis- way
through the crowd
and cutting the rope
that was strangling
Spivey gained him
m Il c h popularity
among many of the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Cheese Confiscated.

The Minnesota dairy and food de-
partment recently confscated about
10000 pounds of skim cheese in st.
Paul. This seizure was found in one
of the commission houses. The COM
mission merchant pleaded guilty and
paid fine of $50, losing the cheese as
rvnll
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

Philippines, where he participated in
many battles. In 1900 he was made a
major, was advanced to assistant adju-
tant general in 1901, and a few months
later was promoted to be colonel
-
Deputy Sheriff Luke Brannon of But
Ter County, Ohio, rescued Joseph Spiyey
from a mob of Oxford citizens intent on
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

county. He is 43 years old, widower
and has two children. He is lover of
sports and has been identified with his
home baseball team.
-
Mrs Bradley Martin, whose daughter
is the Countess of Craven, has been sur
prising society at her country seat in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

Vaccination is ncw compulsory in
France during the first year Of life
ana revaccination during the eleventh
and twenty-hrst years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Good Dnirr Coz.

A good dairy COW should have great
depth OF chest and also fair width Of
door of chest She should have a
large. capacioas barrel that is cap
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

Dec 3, 1853, was educated at Philips
Academy and at Harvard, and was adj
mitted TO the Essex County bar in 1878.
He was first elected to Congress in 1895
and always has been prominent in the
political conventions of his party. lie
is considered an effective campaign
speaker.
-
Many bibliophiles will envy the title
accorded James G. Young of Minneapo-
lis hv fhn foreign nress thOngh nome
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George B. Mcclellan, who was nozni-
mated for mayor of New York by the
Tammany Democrats. has been q nom
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Bagle and Gothel Of Chicsgo ana 9TH
or creditors, having fled a petition for
\ receiver for the G. J. Fletcher Candy
Company Of Kansas City, No. bankrupt.
The liabilities are given AZ about $780,
O00. but the assets are said 10 be sufi-
Gent TO pay al debts
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

Jokn Peats. a eolored newsboy Of Cai-
cage. got too enterprisiBg and has been
indicted by the grand jury for defraud
ing the street railway company He had
been giving n transfer with each paper
that re cold. Conductors are charged
with being IN Collision with him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

William Raymond Morley, exsherif Of
Socorro County, New Mexico, former
halfback of the Columbia College eleven,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

Automobiles made for the German
army haul Eve to eight-ton loads
through billy country
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

Col. Henry Alexander Greene, who
has been chosen press censor by the War
Department, occupied similar position
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

cd auditor of the New York and Brook
lyn bridge, continuing in that position
until 1892, when he was elected presi-
dent of the board of aldermen. lie has
been a member of Tammany Hall since
1887, has been delegate to every Dem
ocratic State convention since 1880, and
was a delegate TO the national conyen-
tions of 1896 aGd 1900. In the lastiCon-
gress he was a member of the ways and
means committee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

Bank records show some surprising
things about s.goodr 7sn-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

Harry Stratton has won the frst suit
At Colorado Springs in which witnesses
in bis attempt 10 break his fathers viii
sought to recover payment FOR services
.i.us rendered. Several other cases re-
main 70 be tried.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

was halfback and captain of the eleven
that yanquished Princeton the following
year
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