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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
GUARDS RUINS OF PoMPEII.
Aged Sentry Keeps Sightseers Ont of
Area of Excava tions.

Area of Excavations
Old Luigi has occupied week by
week for twenty-five years his little
sentry box on the topmost point of the
highest heap of ashes and scoriae that
the excavators have cast up out OF
Pompeii TO the nortbward, says cor.
respondent Of the New York Evening
Post. There he sits, and smokes in
peace his diminutive pipe of execrable
but not cheap tobacco. While the other
guards are hurrying through the gap
ing ruins below him successive groups
of dropping travellers, apparently Just
come from the building of Babel. old
Luigfs only duty is to keep a weather
eye open for the unduly inquisitiye
stranger who may want to make his
way into the forbidden area of the ex-
cavations still in progress, or for the
more pertinaoious native who advances
hundred plausible reasons for similar
transgression from the beaten paths of
the adjacent vineyards and orchards
For the troublesome native Luigi has
short words and but scant courtesy.
Toward the ignorant foreigner he is
more affably disposed and a pipeful OF
imported tobacco and a few friendly
words open both his heart and his lips.
Lsigi has a magnificent view from
his high perch. Behind him is the lord
of the landscape, Vesuyius. He has
been wrapped for an hour in a private
mantle of cloud and that has Just lift
cd to show his great gray shoulders
white with unaccustomed snc2t. Luigi
says it will be hard afternoon for the
travellers at the summit Immediately
in front are the roofless, ashen walls
of the ruins of the ancient city, slop-
Ing down to the very edge of that pre-
historic lava stream that marks the
earlier and greater rage of the monarch
who visited sudden destruction upon
the people that ventured to build upon
the skirts of his trailing robe. Beyond
stretches the almost level plain of the
Sarno, laid out in rectangular garden
patches all the way across toward the
rugged, towering heights of Monte
SAINT Angelo, now capped with the late
SHOWS of departing winter
In a sheltered nook, halfway up the
steep, nestle behind the frowning out
posts of ruined castle the pink and
yellow and white houses of the little
village, Of Lettere, whence Just 1850
years ago. the last king of the Goths
marched down TO meet defeat at the
hands of Narses in the plain below
Farther TO the left one can just make
out the castle of Noeera, where Helena,
Manfred's widow, wept her life away
in captivity after the lamentabla
slaughter at Beneventum. At the right
beyond the clustered buildings of
Castellamare, the blue Mediterranean
glitters out to the twin heights of Capri
and the massive dome of Ischia.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
Life Size.

An interesting incident Is connected
with John S. Sargent's portrait of Pres
ident Roosevelt. The Brooklyn Eagle
says that the artist had tried several
times to pose the President, but the
light never suited him.
Finally some one suggested that the
lower corridor of the White House
might do, and the party moved down
the new marble stairway. Just as they
reached the foot, President Roosevelt
placed a hand on the newell post
Sargent turned suddenly and noted
the position of his model under an eff
fective light shining down the stair
way from the north.
'Stop just where you are, Mr.. Presi-
dent" said he. That's what l want.
The pose is perfect and the light is
good"
Then and there he began to work up
on the remarkable portrait. 1t proved
to be so good that there is no doubt
it would stand the test which was in
voluntarily applied to the portrait Of
Secretary Hay.
A lady who was staying in Washing
ton one day returned to her hotel, and
said to her husband. who was a friend
of the Secretary:
81 have just seen Secretary Hay
walking up Pennsylvania avenue"
"Why did you think it was heY'
asked her husband, knowing that she
had never met the gentleman.
Because 1 saw John Sargent's por'
trait come to life"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11

China, and having since become merely
national custom. Some Cinnamon in
the United States dispense with the
queue, but let it grow again when they
are about to visit their native land.
When at work the queue is often coiled
on the top of the head.
When a Chinaman dies his body is
dressed in his best clothes and laid on
the coffin; pigs roasted whole and other
viands are spread out to feed the
spirits Of the dead, and in many cases
mourners are hired to chant the praises
of the deceased. When the ceremony
is over the body is placed in the coffin,
and the procession moves out to the
cemetery. Children dressed in white
often walk barefooted behind the coffin
OF their father or mother Strips of
brown paper pierced with holes are
scattered along the road to keep off
any bad spirits that may be lowering
near.
The Chinaman, though hardworking
and frugal in the highest degree, is
rarely free from the vices of gambling
and opium In city there is
an exodus of Chinese house-servants
every night from the suburbs to the
Chinese quarter, and if one happens to
be out late one will certainly see China
men stealing quietly to the employers
homes after a night of gambling and
dissipation. But in the morning the
incrutable oriental will be ready with
breakfast just as usual.
The Chinese are idolators, and have
temples containing the images of noble
characters. whom they ask to present
their petitions to the Great Being
'Shing," who dwells somewhere in the
sky. Roasted pigs, chickens, and
sweetmeats are presented to the Joss"
in whose honor candles are lighted,
incense and joss sticks burned. The
worshipper kneels and touches the
floor with his head as he utters his
prayer.
In every Chinese quarter are under
ground opium dens, to which narrow
flights of lettering stairs lead They
are deathly still, and the atmosphere
reeks with the fumes Of the drug.
Every clearinghouse, restaurant, and
guild-hall supplies facilities for indul-
gence in the drug The Chinaman's
favorite drink is tea, though he has
spirit called "Samshoo," which is dis
TILED from rice, and drunk from small
cups hardly larger than thimbles.
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Mastodons Not Long Gone.

Captain A. Newth Of San Francisco,
whaler recently touched at Banks
Land. discovered in 1919 by Sir Will
lam Edward Parry and named after
Sir Joseph Banks.
Il encountered some aged Eskimos, :
said Captain Newth. who in a per-
fectly candid way and without any
motive fer deception told how their
grandfathers had seen mastodons
alive I talked at length with these
cid natives and nothing could shake
their stories. They said they remem-
bercd when young Of having their
grandfatherS talk about seeing a few
of the big animals. I walked inland
and found iunumerable skeletons OF
the mammoth or mastodon. In many
cases the skeletons seemed to me not
to have lain there for ages. They
were too fresh looking for that
do not see any reason for doubling the
aged ESkimoS' stories"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
VnIne of Dry Earth.

It is well known that fine dry dirt
is one of the best absorbents and dis
infectants known. 1t is also plentiful
and costs nothing but the labor Of
handling. 1t makes excellent bedding
if covered over with a few inches Of
straw, and it really keeps the cows
clean, even when used in the stalls
without straw, as it is easily removed
from the hair with a brush. A stall
bedded with dry earth can be cleaned
out in a much shorter time, and, as it
absorbs the liquids and gases, quite a
saving is effected in that manner. Its
use gees beyond the stall. AS the
stable should be cleaned daily, quite a
large quantity of dry earth will be
used in the course of a year, and will
necessarily be added 10 the manure
heap. Although it adds nothing to the
heap itself, yet its presence therein
viii double the value of the manure
by preventing loss of fertilizing ma
terial Ii is a bel Ter absorbent than
straw or cornstalks, and is easily han
died when the manure is hauled to
the fields.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11

European investors and to all Latin
Americans who long for the blessings
Of peace and good government.
''As long as Diaz is alive and able to
sit in the saddle said one of his
stanchest supporters. there need be no
fear for the future of Mexico. If he
retires, as he wishes to do, the govern
ment may grow weak, and there may
be revolution. Diaz would then come
back to the helm and crush that revo-
luton as easily as you could crush a
fly. He is an old man, but he has all
the fire and energy of youth.
ut is true that he is past 20, but he
is an OaXaca Indian, and time deals
lightly with all that tribe. Some Of
his relatives and fellow tribesmen are
hale, vigorous men at 90 and 90. The
political chief of one Of the mountain
towns of Oaxaca is 102, and he may be
seen riding a broncho about his district
any day. To see the President going
about one would think him so and no
more; he is so strong, quick and keen.
when he stays at his country estate
at La Chapala, he lives the vigorous,
open-air life of the Indian and eats
nothing but the simple Indian dishes
of boyhood. He owes his unimpaired
physique to his love for the open air
and strenuous exercise"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
Concerning School Children.

In a recently published report on
certain aspects of educational progress
issued by the University of Colorado,
several suggestive conclusions are set
forth concerning the mental and phys
ical capacity of school children.
In general. it appears, there is a
distinct relationship between physical
condition and intellectual capacity,
the latter varying directly as the for
mer. The endurance of boys is great
err than that of girls at all ages, and
the difference seems to increase after
the age of nine. There are certain
parts of the school day when pupils.
on the average, have higher storage
of energy than at any other period.
The morning school does not produce
notable mental fatigue. The noon rest
is very useful to the pupil, since 1t
renders him capable of better work
than he is able to give after a pro-
longed rest. as observed when enter
inc oL"-Harper's Weekly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11

smell, which is everywhere perceptible
and often overpowering. The streets
of Chinese quarter swarm with men,
women and children; the shops are
adorned with gaudy gilt signs and
lanterns of various shapes, sizes and
colors. Here and there 4 blank wall
is covered with notices on bright red
paper, with black letters. which are
read with much apparent interest by
the Cinnamon. On the sidewalks in
the front of the stores are stalls, where
fruit, vegetables and edibles OF I'M
familiar and unprepoSsesSing appear
ance are exposed for sale. In the door
ways and corners tailorS and cobblerS
ply their trades. y fortune-teller sits
at a little table. on the wall behind
which large notice sets forth his
powers ard pretensions.
The proprietor of a drug store is
frequently 4 physician wearing large
trimmed Spectacles and assuming a
mysterious air. Among his curative
agents are powdered beetles, cock
roaehes. skins of caterpillarS. snakes
bones. lizards. deer-hornS and the blood
of toads. The drug ginseng is found
in every store, and is believed to be a
preventative OF youth.
The restaurants occupy the upper
floors of three-Storied buildings. and
are distinguished by gaily painted and
gilded balconies, adorned with rows
Of great lanterns. The rooms are
decorated with handsome Chinese fur
niture and deliberately carved screens.
Here the rich Cinnamon give big din
ners with many courses and musical
accomplishments. The eating houses
for poor Cinnamon are chiefly in cell
lars. and are rudeiy furnished. The
merchants have their own kitchens, and
eat their meals at the back of their
shops. helping themselves from large
dish placed in the center of the small
table and using chopstickS.
1t has been said, and with truth,
that the Chinaman in the United States
docs not even change his tailor or his
barber. Through the windows Of the
BARRIERS shops you may see Cinnamon
having their heads and fSreheads shaw
&c heir scanty boards trimmed. their
queues combed and braided with silk
"a increase the length, and other toilet
erations performed, such as pound
the back, cleaning the eye-balls,
nd scraping the ears. The queue is
univers.,45 worn in China, having been
Introduce, by the Tsrtars as badge
Of subjectSu when they conquered
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
Three Lungs

Perhaps our correspondent who pro
tests against the ridiculous incompe-
tence which permits him and the rest
of US to be ehoked with dust would be
more righteously indignant than ever
If he we're to see the three lungs that
lie next one another in the Anatomical
Museum at Edinburgh University
The first is that OF an Eskimo, and is
snow white. Tn life this would. Of
course. be rudy from the presence
of blood. The third is that Of a
coal miner and is coal black. The in
termediate one is that of town dwell
sr and is dirty slate gray. as are the
lungs of all OF us at this moment In
this country it is scarcely possible in
plain words to say what London dust
and that portion OF it brought by wo-
mems skirts into houses, consists OF.
London Chronicle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
Mr. RaIfour,s EorqetfuIness.

81 was told a good story of Mr.. Ar
thur Balfour, which illustrates again
his want of knowledge of those things
with which everybody expects him to
be acquainted. He was, you will re-
collect. the great figure at the annual
meeting of the Primrose League in
the Albert Hall. He came on to the
platform side by side with Mr.. Lane
Fox. the vice-chancellor of tAe League,
and, amid the enthusiastic plaudits OF
the assembled thousands, he turned
to his conductor and asked sweetly,
Where am l to sit?' Mr.. Lane-Fox
looked puzzled. but pointed to the
chairman's seat. Obi exclaimed the
Prime Minister, 4 am in the chair.
am ~ AS he had been billed for some
weeks TO preside at the assembly the
naive question rather sayored OF the
ridiculous. London Correspondence
Newcastle Leader.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11

their fellow-countrymen, and they are
always ready to face danger if there
is good chance of profit. The emf
grants are generally farmers or me-
chanics, who, finding business dull,
borrow money and journey to a foreign
land in the hope of lettering their
lot
OF the Cinnamon In the United
States perhaps one-twentieth are mer-
chants, who deal chiefly in Chinese
products, such as ducks feet, stuffed
with chicken liver, wrapped in en-
trails, dried oysters, shad preserved
In oil, pork cured in sugar, dried cab
bages, sailed turnips, ancient eggs of
ducks and many other things esteemed
dainties by the Chinese palate. These
articles, ON account of the freight and
heavy import duties, are very costly,
but no Chinaman considers a menu
complete without them. The Chinese
merchants export from the United
States wOollen cloth, flannel, cotton
goods, petroleum. ginseng, and many
other articles. Shoes and cigars are
extensively manufactured by the Chin
csc, the number of cigarlnakers being
estimated at several thousands.
Though many Cinnamon are scat
tered about the suburbs of western
towns as cooks, household servants or
laundrymen, and many others live on
ranches or orchards, most of them con-
gregate together as much as possible.
In many western cities there is a quar-
ter called Chinatown" the houses of
which, crowded like rabbit-warrens
with yellow humanity, wear a squalid.
tumble-down, greasy, forlorn air, and
are pervaded by curious, indefnable
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
House for Drying sweet Corn.

l have for several years been rails
ing sweet corn under contract. and the
accompanying illustration will convey
some idea of my drying house. Il is
also my granary, the upper eoor con-
tanning grain bins OF one side. The
lower floor and south side of the up
per floor are arranged for sweet corn.
The most essential part of drying
sweet corn is to have free circulation
of air. Therefore l cut doors through
as shown. These doors are en- both
sides and ON the back. They are hung
on hinges and can be opened and shut
when needed. The sweet corn should
be spread in layers; therefore we use
racks made of / by inch Stats lla 'ed
twenty inches to two feet apart, one
above the other. If the corn is green
and milky when husked 1t should be
put or the racks very thin, not more
than tive or three ears in depth, and
turned frequently. but If it is more
matured and the kernels are glazed it
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
THE CHINAMAN IN
THE UNITED STATES

1t is estimated that there are about
100000 Chinamen In the United States,
and that 10000 of them are in San
Francisco There is a considerable
Chinese colony in New York, and there
are small colonies in Philadelphia, Bos-
ton and Chicago. Though they do not
belong to the educated classes, ninety
five per cent. of them can read and
write. A daily paper in the Chinese
language is published in San Fran
cisco, and another In New York.
Nearly all the Cinnamon liz the Unit
ed States come from the single prov
ince of kwong Tung, the most pop
ulous of the eighteen provinces of the
Chinese empire Its capital is Can
ton. In 1889 an ed icated Chinaman
from the province of Shan Tung said
that beside himself there were only
two Cinnamon in the United States
that came from any province in China
other than .Kwong Tung. The inhabi-
tants of this province have for cen
turtles been more adventurous and
fonder Of travelling than the rest of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
Granting Cows in summer.

While in many sections grain feed
ing must be done this summer the or
binary practice is not to feed grain to
cows that are on pasture. This is ac-
knowledged to be a mistake by those
who have tried both methods, provid-
ed their COWS were grade or thorough
breds. In some sections the belief in
grain has been carried to the extent
that the cows are barn-fed the year
through. That this results in good
milk flow cannot be denied, but there
is some question as to the ACCESSIBILITY
of depriving cows of grass entirely.
On the other hand, there can be no
question about the value of granting
TO a moderate extent in connection
with pasturing. To commence with,
the supply of grain should be small,
say a pint day, increasing the guam
tity as the value of the grass de-
creases. The expense of this plan is
certainly small compared with the re-
suits. and during this month and Au-
gust is a good time to test it.-St.
Paul GiSnatciI.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
Testing for Plant Food.


One of the simplest methods of as
certaining what plant food is needed in
soil is to test the soil with a grow
ing plant. If the soil is deficient In
nitrogen the leaves of grasses and GER
cal grains will be either blush or vel
lowish, the latter in the case of the
grain, while deep, vivid green indi-
Gates a good supply of nitrogen in the
soil. Any soil in which rape. cab
bages and other members of the turnip
family thrive indicates that such soil
has good supply of phosphoric acid.
Where potash in the soil is abundant
the leaves of the growing plants have
a yellowish green cast, while if potash
is deficient the shade of green is of
blush color. Naturally it requires a
practiced and observant eye 10 deter
mine accurately these things. but the
plan is correct and worth following.
The indication of soITel in 4 meadow
seeded to mixtures such as redtop,
timothy and clovers. is a pretty good
indication that the soil needs lime
However, the litmus paper test for
acid soil is the quickest and is thor
oughly reliable.- indianapolis News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11

am opposed to the too common
practice of trimming trees as high as
a mans head, leaving the long. naked
stem exposed to the rayages of insects
and the damaging influence of the sun
and winds. If the tree is low and
branching near the ground dangers
from these difficulties are lessened. 1t
will grow faster and stronger and bear
more fruit, which is more easily gath
cred. If watched closely when young
and growing it will not be necessary to
take off the young limbs. Occasionally
clipping off the ends of the branches to
give proper shape and removing twigs
that cross or crowd each other is all
that will be required for most trees.
The tree Is easily trained if the work
is accomplished at the right time.
Pruning should not be neglected-E. &.
Jones in American Agriculturist.
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Cultivation of Trees.

If you have old trees that have fail-
ed to give profitable crops of fruit, dig
the soil up thoroughly and then apply
good dressing of well-rotted stable
manure and work thoroughly into the
soil. Then, if you have them, apply a
dressing of wood ashes. If these fail
to revive the tree after giving a good
pruning it is past redemption and
should give way to something better.
Good rich soil for three or four years
can be profitably planted to some crop
while the trees in the orchard are
growing, but after that the best plan
is either to seed down to clover, and
without allowing any crop 10 grow.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
To Reno,Tate Old Farms.

The best mode Of renoyating old
worn-out farms is TO raise sheep on
them. But in raising sheep the land
should be divided into fields and some
thing grown thereon. the crop only
reaching a height sufficient for the use
of the sheep. The animals should new
er be compelled to hunt for their rood.
No profit can be made on sheep, unless
they receive care and assistance. With
tie production Of wool mutton and
lamb. and the gradual enriching OF the
soil, the profit is sure in the end Do
not expect too much IN one year, but
keep on, and good results viii surely
follow.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
Poultry Notes.

Stone drinking vessels are cooler
than tin ones.
4 quart of feed for twelve hens is a
good measurement.
Tincture Of iron is q good tonic to
give during the hot weather.
Air-slaked lime busted over the
yards is a good preventive Of gapes-
When the egg siails are thin it is an
indication that the hens need lime.
Don't forget to chop up dandelions
for the little ducks If Kept where they
cannot get grass.
Boiling the milk fed 10 poultry win
check Iooseness Of the sowels, a com
mon trouble in hot weather.
Market all the early chicks not want
ed for next years breeding. II you
caponize any, let it be the later
matches
II done Matching send the useless
ROSTERS 10 market or to the pot in.
stanter. Overfat and broken-dowL
hens, ditto.
Never give crushed OAKS TO young
chicks without FIRST sitting out the
bulls. The huIls. either on or Of the
kernel, are liable to produce stop
page In the crop.
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= Grnnd on Cherrr Tree.

Sometimes the fruit on a single tree
Is worth more than two or three acres
of wheat. There is a tree in northern
Delaware, seventy or eighty years old.
that has produced an average of $50
worth Of fruit annually for nearly
twenty years. One year the cherries
sold for $50 Six years ago this old
patriarch bore ffUy-four peach baskets
of delicious fruit, or about eleven hun
dred pounds. And all Of this fruit has
been a free gift from nature, as the
old tree has stood in a dooryard all
these years unattended and uncared
for except in cherry time.-Country
Life in America.
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Re. and namnneA

The Supreme Court Of Iowa has
held, IN the case Of Parsons rs Mau-
ser. % Northwestern Reporter. SIS. that
the owner OF bees, whs knows that
they are prone TO attack horses If
near them. is liable TO oDe whose
horses were stung TO death by the
bees WI lie fastened to q hitchIng post