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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
Iithncrnnhic STONE in Greece.

One of the rarities of the earth is
making photographic plates. The quar-
rles at Solenhofen, Germany, are cell
ebrated not only for the excellence Of
their photographic stone, but also be-
cause remarkable specimens of the ex-
tinct flying reptile called the archae-
opterix have been found embedded in
the stone. News now comes from
Athens that large deposits of this
stone have been discovered in Ties
sally, not far from Pharsalia, where
Pompey the Great was defeated by
julius Caesar Some experts say this
Greek stone is superior to the best
heretofore known In Europe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
TWENTY YEARs AGO.

The national civil service lag took
effect.
the Missouri national bank Of Kansas
City failed for S100O,000 estimated La
bilities. six State and private banks fail
ed in Kansas, and thtee Denver savings
banks and four manufacturing concerns
elsewhere.
Thirsy-nine deaths from yellow fever
were reported at Havana, Cuba, for the
week. and PSI persons died Of cholera AZ
Cairo, Egypt, IN twenty-four hours.
Il general strike Of telegraphers was
begun in the United States, railroads and
ot.s.er Offices being tied ~ in Chicago be-
cause the companies failed to grant Is
per cent wage increase.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04

enlist: MY name shall live in the
memory of man when the titles Of the
Northumberland and Percys are ex-
t1nct and forgotten" He spoke the
truth when he said that The titles of
the Northumberland and Percys are
not yet extinct, but they are Of exceed
ingly little consequence now to either
Britain or the world and have not the
slightest ground to hope for such i'm
mortality as the founder of the great
scientific institution connected with the
United States government at Wash
ington has already bestowed on the
first Duke of Northumberlands illegit-
innate son.
James Smithson-or, as he was at
first and properly called. James Macie
had no right to the name or title Of
the first Duke of Northumb erland,
which descended TO the Dukes lawful
son. Nevertheless, James Macie was
of the best blood of England ON both
sides His character was excellent,
his aspect noble. lie was singularly
proud of the blood which ran in his
veins, though it came to him by no
lawful inheritance, and his position be-
came to him one OF such bitterness
that he resolved to establish his name,
In a manner as useful as it was bril-
liant, in the free land beyond the seas.
The fact that he had never seen Amer
lea and had no tie whatever with this
country did not deter him from send
ing hither all his wealth-though in
the main it had come from the British
nobility to whom by blood he was al
lied.
His bequest of his fortune after the
death of a nephew, who died in Wash
ington without an heir, to establish
at Washington an institution for the
increase and diffusion of knowledge
among men was an astonishment to
the world, and particularly to the
! Americans, who took several years to
accustom themselves to the notion and
provide for the foundation Of the insti-
tuition he had decreed There was
nothing, however, really astonishing in
the bequest Smithson cared more for
science than he did for anything else.
He was a passionate investigator and
really great collector. He knew that
the terms of his bequsst, which had in
view nothing less than universal en-
lightment, could be carried out in this
country in manner more sincere and
untrammeled than in Europe. SO he
sent his money here. and good use has
surely been made Of 1t.
BY all means let Smithson's body be
sent to Washington and inferred on the
grounds of this great and benefcent in
stitution. Nothing could be more fit
ting-New York Mail and EXPRESS.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
vAeAsoND BOB.


IAN incident of the Kansas City food)
Bob was vagabond. If you had seen
The limp Of his legs and the lay Of his
fur,
His gaunt, yellow body, disgracefully
You had vowed he was only vaga-
bond eur.
The torrent swept down on world un-
aware;
And women and children and men
were his prey;
And Death was his brother, who walked
everywhere,
And the faces of mortals were white
with dismay.
A babe in cradle was rocked to and
fro,
Tossed hither and thither mid fotsam
and wreck,
With only grim Death and the angels to
know,
A mariner wee on pitiful deck
With only grim Death and the angels?
On mound over yonder vagabond
cur
Heard the wall of the babe, like the sum
mons of woe,
And the spirit of heroes in linn was
astir.
Now, vagabond Bob, now, outcast-what
now?
The chasm is wide by the mad current
torn,
And rescue's a bark with Death at the
PROV
Still over the waters that wailing IS
borne.
4 think that he shivered one moment in
dread
think that he doubted ere outward he
sprung
See now in the current the vagabond
head,
The debris, the hOtsam, the wreckage
among.
He reached her! He saved her! No
mortal had known
How long was the struggle, how cruel
ly hard;
But the rescuers found them. the two
waits alone,
And the babe was asleep, and Bob was
on guard.
New York Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
Dog Is KiIled; Girl Dies.

The death of Miss Nellie Youngs of
heart disease when she saw her favorite
poodle ground under the wheels of a fest
Northwestern passenger train at Oshkosh
may be followed by a formal funeral for
the dog as well as the girl The animal
was a pet of the Youngs family. Miss
Youngs was on Prospect boulevard as a
train passed. The gates across the street
were lowered, but the poodle, which was
her companion in the stroll, rushed past
the gates, and under the train. Five
passenger cars tore his body to an I'M
recognizable mass, and as the train pass
ed and Miss Youngs saw the body of her
pet on the track, she tainted, dying be-
fore Il doctor could reach her side.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
A Coed whiteUash.

Two kinds Of ordinary whitewash
may be used 10 advantage, prepared in
the following manner: For inside weak
to bEcketfui of ready limewash add
one pint of soft-boiled rice and quar-
ter of a pound of white glue. dissolved
thoroughly and mixed through the
mess. For outside substitute in place
of rice and glue Ito each pail of white
wash a pound of common rock salt,
dissolved in boiling water Thus mix
ed and applied upon a bright, sunny
day, the whitening will remain perma-
nent in color and will not rub off read
lily, while the application to the inte-
rior will destroy the lice that may be
secreted in the rough wall and crevices
of the inside of the poultry house and
stables, if the wash be generously dis
tributed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04

Ludwig Larson, president of the de-
funct Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Bangor made an assignment of all his
personal property, amounting to over
$4,000, in order to protect creditors of
the bank The liabilities of the bank
exceed assets about $4,000 Mr.. Lar
son was not a heavy stakeholder in the
concern.
Simeon Hesse was arrested, charged
with abducting Edna Bateman, a feeble
minded woman. from the Crawford Coun-
ty poor farm at Seneca. He was placed
in the Jail at Lynxyille and after being
confined a short time, escaped. Officers
Immediately gave chase and surrounded
the couple on a small island, where Hesse
is well fortified. and defes arrest. Hesse
is said 10 be a desperate criminal, hav-
ing served two years in the penitentiary.
Vicar General A. f. Schinner was
named by Archbishop Katzer in papers
which he left as administrator of the
Milwaukee diocese until new arch
bishop is chosen.
A bad freight wreck occurred on the
Northwestern road near Twin Lakes sta
ton. A freight train ran into a herd
of cattle and eight cars were telescoped.
Half a dozen cattle We're killed.
J. A. yermily. 26 years of age. drown
ed in Rock river a: Janesville He was
in the company Of II. Bennet Neither Of
the young men couid swim. Vermilya
waded beyond has depth and went under
The Standard oil Company purchased
Racine property. intending to erect oil
tanks Protests were made By owners
of buildings and residences in the vicin-
itv and at a meeting of council commits
tees it was decided not to allow ehe com
pany 10 build.
The largest fresh water pearl on record
was found at Genoa by 17-year-old
son IF Willis Hastings and brought TO
Prairie du CHEN. Il weighs 80 grains
AMI i pure white. Ii measures 1916 Of
an incb IN diameter Frank Hastings
the boy. found il in mussel shell while
In boat fishing John I'll. Peacock, a
local dealer. bought il rs il came from
the saen for S2,675.
After fighting six months TO have the
International Lady Garment Workers
union recognised by tie Schoen Manu-
featuring Company Of Racine, the thirty
people who went on strike and were sued
by Mrs. Rosa Schoea Of the company Tor
$1,000 damage 70 her business because
Of the strike won the case and al the
strikers are - be taken back and ire
snit against thea dismissed without
costs The empfoy~s are TO he given
their old positions, and Al agreement
signed. TO continue fer = year. gives the
employees a larger wage scale
Thieves broke & window il a Afilwau-
kee jewetry store ard took 5000 woyth
Of iewelry from the stock "a display
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

James Monroe, afterwards President,
arrived at Dover, Englsad, as envoy ex-
traordinary, after having negotiated the
purchase of Louisiana territory from
France.
President Thomas jefferson called a
special session of Congress to consider
retaliation for British depredations on
American commerce.
Gideon Granger, Postmaster General
of the United States, found it necessary
for the first time to issue a reward for
persons caught tampering with the mails.
American -four sold in France at So
barrel, lard at 81 cents a pound, but
ter at % cents, and lumber at S3S a
thousand feet, because the British had
blockaded the coast.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
Bic Fire at Case Works.

For hours the other afternoon the plant
of the mammoth j. |. Case Machine
Company in Racine, valued at $1,000
900, was in danger of total destruction
by fire. Shortly after noon an explosion
was heard and the paint shop, which oc-
cupied part of building covering nearly
q block in the interior of the manufacture
ing district, burst into flames. The com
pany's fire department and the city fire
department were on the scene in few
minutes. There was some talk of asking
for assistance from Milwaukee, but the
FIRE chief did not consider it necessary
AT > p. m. the fire was under control
with the loss estimated at between $780,
600 and $125, 900, fully insured
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
care Of AppIe Treea.

A peck of lime, air-slacked in fine
powder, may be advantageously scat
tered about each apple or pear tree for
a diameter Of ten feet in each direc-
ton. This should be done at once, and
it will soon be carried down by the
rains. Unthrifty fruit trees that are
in grass land should be plowed so as to
break and turn under the sod before
the lime is applied. The grass tends
to exhaust the soil and starve the
trees. But in piowing care musj be
taken not to break the larger roots:
the smaller roots may be broken with
advantage, as 1t is a sort Of root prun-
ing which is beneficial to the tree, but
large roots arc apt to throw up suck
ers when they are torn, and the check
to the tree is too great.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04

The subjoined diagram, taken from
orange Judd Farmer, illustrated how
EASILY water can be warmed in small
way where both house and barn are
furnished with running water and
moderate plumbing arrangements. The
pipe marked e f, running through the
house cellar. furnishes water TO the
house and barn. BY means of two
short pipes, c D, the pipe from the hot
water boiler in the mouse is connected
with the pipe e F, which, as before
stated, supplies the barn with cold
water.
Then all that is necessary TO I'LL the
barn tub with warm water is to open
the valve B and shut valve A, thus let
ting the warm water from the house
boiler into the pipe which goes TO the
barn and shutting off the flow of cold.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04

ed at his majesty's toilet things, just
as you are looking at them now. |
had been combing my masters hair,
and had not had time to set everything
to rights, so there were still a few
hairs left between the teeth of the
comb. Before l could put out my hand
to stop her, she had snatched up the
comb, disengaged the stray hairs from
it, and hidden them away in the Dos pm
Of her dress. And she a princess, too!
'Highness,' said I, that won't do.
Nobody must take my kings hair
without my permission But the
aide-de-camp said:
His majesty will be battered
80" the attendant remarked, what
could l do? And when 1 told his
majesty he only laughed"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
In Fly Time.

4 gallon of kerosene. a quart Of Ash
oil and an ounce Of carboli acid is
one Of the cheapest and best home
made mixtures for keeping flies from
cattle. 1t should be applied every
morning after milking, using a good
sized hand sprayer, paying especial
attention to the head. shoulders and
fore lSgs. Spraying for dies is aDso-
lutely necessary TO keep up the fup
flow Of milk in hot weather.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
Tips for Creamerics.

Milk cans should be washed and ster-
nized with steam at the factory, and
some other receptacle should be used
TO return the skim milk or whey TO the
farm. If the cans are used for this
purpose they should by all means be
smptied as soon as they reach the
farm. thoroughly washed and scalded
and placed on a rock ~ an inverted
position with the covers off.
Dairy markets should be developed
by selling products of known stand
ards put up in such forms that the
consumer VIII get the original package
and know its grade or quality.-Illi-
nois Bulletin No. SO.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

Six hundred persons were killed at
Cumana. Venezuela. by an earthquake.
The Danish parliament was prorogued
and the crown was proclaimed as abso-
lutte ruler.
Thomas P. Moore, famous officer of
the war of 1912, member of Congress,
and minister to Bolivia in 1920, and lieu
tenant colonel IN the Mexican war, died
at Harrods burg, Ky.
Sixty thousand Roman Catholic pill
grims entered the city of AK la Chapelle
TO view the holy relics on exhibition
there.
Cuba and Porto Rico were producing
100000 pounds of coffee annually.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
Barbers, Board IL Onnosea.

The BARRIERS of Milwaukee are con-
cerned in a movement to make con-
certcl fight on the law requiring BARRIERS
to take out a license and creating a
BARRIERS board. William Schailler, who
has shop on Wisconsin street, says the
law is a farce and that the BARRIERS Be
nevolent Association would take action
looking toward making a legal contest.
ut is not at all the law we sent to the
Legislature" he said, land the only peo-
pie who can possibly benefit by it are
a few politicians who have places on the
BARRIERS board. We propose to raise a
fund and test it's constitutionality."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
sFvRNrY.F1vr YrARs Ann.

The United States naval force OFF the
coast of Brazil was increased because
of the continued depredations ON Ameri-
can commerce.
The Emperor of China prohibited the
importation Of tobacco into his domains.
Lebanon, Ohio citizens arranged for
the delivery of Washington newspapers
by stage in five and half days, and New
York papers in six and half days.
Cincinnati was reported as gaining
enormously in population. A piano.
glass, oil cloth, and file factory had To-
Gated there, and its Inhabitants had in
creased from 1920 in 1926 to 10000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
FOUNDED a GREAT MUSEUM

Rcmeuce IN the Life OF James Smith
soc, Americas Benefactor.
II the project TO exhume the remains
OF James SlSithson at Genoa, where
n maSsio quarry has encroached upon
the old Protestant cemetery where
they were INFERRED in 1920, TO transport
rhem 30 wesllin yton and to give them
honorable sepu]lure on the grounds OF
the Smithsonian Institution, is carried
out a ye-y Interesting International TO
nance VIII be provided wteh SIS proper
.climsx Not long before re died Smith
son wrote-s ltogethe. m.ySteriousiy at
that time. &c: he was al OBSCURE sci
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
Beware Of Careless Breeding.

The ready and wholly unexpected ab-
sorption Of coarse South African no
hair by the British spinners ia re-
spouse to the demand for coarse goods
should not encourage careless breed
ing IN this or any other country. A
three pound fleece Of fine hair Is mere
to be desired in a flock than heavy
.aeeces Of low grade. Nothing like quail
irv either In goats or mohair.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
nairr Education.

A. ". Trow, The prominent farmer
creamery man and agricultural writer
Of Chenille, MINI, has recently been
made a member OF the educational
star Of the dairy and food depart
neut in his State His work VIII be
very largely Of an educational nature
and among the farmers and dairymen.
The S30.0e0 annual appropriation re-
eensly voted by the Legislature. to-
gether with the improved and amend
Cd dairy laws just secured. give Min
nesota splendid facilities for aiding ia
the most effective way her great dairy
and cree merry interests.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
King of Angorss.

America has developed an Angora
buck of the highest quality, which is
great victory for those who claim that
we can breed as good stock as can be
found in Turkey cr South Africa. Lag
arus was bred by d. G. Taylor of Lake
Valley, n. NJ, and was the champion
at the recent Kansas City show He
was sold at auction to Col. G. s. Rich
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04

Most farmers are famIllar with the
horse who pufTs and wheezes at its
work. TIE disease Is technically
known as roaring, and Is said to be
similar to asthma in humans There
Is really 70 cure for II, bur the trouble
may be greatly aneyiated by trest-
nent arr esp eciaily By proper feeding.
II the disease IS not 50 deeply seated
that the animal cannot do farm work
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04

This clever little scheme has worked
successfully On an up-to-date farm in
Amherst, Mass, and has furnished
warm water to four cows and two or
three horses for several winters. The
only objection is that the good house
wife sometimes objects to having her
supply of hot water exhausted two or
three times a day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04

DOCK overhead
and the other a
mortise in the
fl or. I h e
strength of a
man is usually
required to take
out the bar, or
put it up. The
j ! | u S t + a ton
shows a more
convenient way
to manage the
Gro s S b a T. A
round iron bolt
holds the bar TO
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04

the middle rail SECURE CROSS BAR LOCK.
of the door, allowing it to turn freely
either way. Two long gains, one in the
floor and one in the beam overhead,
receive the ends of the bar when the
door is closed. In place of a gain in
the beam, strip of scantling may be
nailed firmly to the under side of the
beam. The upper end of the crossbar,
when set erect, comes on the inside OF
the strip.-D. H. Shepard in Farm and
Home
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04

"Are your relations friendly toward
the defendant" asked abe lawyer who
was doing q cross-exaR ination stunt.
.An but my mother in-law." replied
the man in the box -She amt friend
IL toward the defendant or anybody
also
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04

Ashairtee is one continuous forest.
with small clearings. where native vii
lagos have been built.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04

Re-Won't You give me just one kiss
l4fore L gos
She-And If I give you Just one VIII
you be- satisfied
He-Yes, darling
Sb-Then yeu won't ser IL
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
TEN YEARS AGO.

Comptroller Of the Currency James H
Eckels declared that the bank and mer-
camille failures that we're occurring daily
were caused By overspeculation IN certain
cities Of Kansas. Colorado, Missouri,
Washington and California.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
A Desirable Door Lock.

Large barn doors are often fastened
TO a perpendicular bar one end of
which enters mortise in a beam or
block overhead
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
En.iiare fnr Hnr.

Ensilage Of corn. sorghum, pea vines
or alfalfa is an excelent feed for hogs
when pasturiDg is irnpracticabIe. With
three or four pounds Of grain and all
the enxilage they VIII eat brood sOws
win keep in excellent condition.
London has some houses. butt cf
timber, which II Is claimed are as good
as when erected over 900 years ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04
Good Cats.


Good oats are clean, hard, dry,
sweet, heavy, plump, full of flour, and
rattle like shot. They have a clean
and almost metallic luster, Each cat
in a well-grown sample is nearly of
the same size. There are but few small
or imperfect grains. The hard pres
sure of the nail on an oat should leave
little or no mark. The kernel, when
pressed between the teeth. should clip
rather than tear. The skin should be
thin. The size of the kernel Will be
less in proportion than the skin is
thick. The color of the cat is no. very
material, but white oats are generally
thinner In the skin than black. Again.
black oats Will grow ON inferior soil.
Short. plump are preferable to large,
long grains. Bearded oats must have
an excess of husk. Oats are not nee
essarily bad because they are thick
skinned or bearded, but they must con-
tain a less amount of flour per hushel
than the thin-skinned oats not bearded
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04

We believe it is possible these days
to hear of babies being christened with
every old fashioned name except Mel
vina.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04

then the work given it should be light
and the feed should consist of little
hay and this wet each time. Feed
mainly on grains. Take one dram of
iodide of potassium and mix with one
half dram nux vomica. Give this dose
twice day for two or three weeks
during each bad attack and during the
period let the work of the horse be that
which does not require much speed. The
care and treatment indicated will re-
lieve the animal greatly, although it is
doubtful II it viii ever amount TO
much for steady work.-Indianapolii
News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04

city OF 1900 Inhabitants but II
nooety only United
superintendent said he would have
conductors ahead with his d however
do well
OF clear railroad crossings
o putting me their fare of The car
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-04

ardson of Dubuque, Iowa, for 500, the
record price for an American bred An
yora