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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
ERasiipp HOES for Bacon.


The demand for bacon hogs, a streak
of lean and a streak of fat, is increas-
ing yearly Consumers are less in
clined than ever to eat fat bacon and
their demands must be met if one de
sires to make the maximum of profit
in hog raising. True, the Aemand for
heavy hogs is great and will continue,
but such animals do not bring the
good prices that are had for the bacon
hog. Little has been heard of the
Tamworth the ideal bacon hog, of
late and mainly because breeders have
found that the bacon hog is more a
matter of proper feeding than of breed
The Tamworths seem peculiarly suit
ed to feeding for bacon at the lowest
cost, though any breed can be properly
fed and at comparatively small cost.
For the growing pigs a ration of
two-thirds oats and one-third corn
gives good results. Bran combined
with skim milk or whey with ground
peas is good ration for older hogs,
the milk to be increased as the fat
tening period is begun. Probably the
ideal ration for the bacon hog after
it is half grown is corn-meal, oats, and
barley mixed with skim milk This
furnishes the desired streak of lean
and streak of fat in the bacon and
gives us an animal of medium weight,
which will bring good price on the
market
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01

white yacht bearing down upon them,
TO the fishpole. There were three i'm
paled beauties to his string when the
White Ladye slipped gently alongside
the pier, and when he caught the rope
that Creston threw, he was smiling al
most cheerfully, and Sally took heart
Nina was cool and sweet in white duck
barred in blue, and she smiled back
at him as he helped her to the pier.
Coming, CreSton?" he asked.
Creston shook his head, and he rails
ed his cap to her. Sally saw that his
face wore the same look that had been
had finished with them; but the hand
that held the white duck skirt from
contact with the wet sides Of the pier
wore a single diamond ring, and Sally
wondered.
Il am going back to the clubhouse"
said Creston. I'VE sail South to-mor-
row."
When he had gone Sally looked anx-
iously at Nina. She was smiling at
the retreating yacht.
"Nina"-Sallys tone was low and
regretful-''is he really going?"
Really and tely. 1 think he is
heading for the lighthouse pier this
minute"
Sally reached for the fishpole, which
Sheldon had cast aside, and threw out
the line carefully.
well, I'm sorry for the last one,
then" she said.
Sheldon raised q parasol over Nina
with proprietary interest, and shut off
the view of the yacht as he kissed
her.
'Pity me, Sally" he said. I'm the
last NE. We were engaged last
nis
lily turned her back tactfully, and
the white sunbonnet was mirrored in
the wafer.
do it again If you want to-" she
said gently. Il won't peek. Only go
away. or you'll scare the fishes.''-
Woman's Home Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01

men Tor the benefits of our civilizing
process If they cannot grasp the ele-
melltary principle of the Republican
party-graft. After five years with
thousands of school teachers. to say
nothing of the army, VINO must or
should be well posted On Sho most inn
portant demands OF the Republican
party, these Filipinos have learned
nothing. Instead of sending petitions
for what is impossible, they should
win favor with the Republican pow
erS, Legislative and executive, by send
ing through their Chamber of Com
merce, congratulatory telegram to
President Roosevelt on his strenuous
Panama performance, which will add
to the United States valuable terri
tory which is admirably situated for
exploiting
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Macaroni Wheat. q

The product of macaroni wheat has
increased in three years from seventy
five thousand to ten millions bushels.
The important feature of the grain
is that it is all made in the dry re-
gions of the country where other
wheats do not thrive. Macaroni wheat
has a hard kernel and is difficult to
grind, but when properly handled
makes excellent bread -four. 1t sells
in some foreign markets for about the
price OF other wheat. Its popularity
in the arid districts will enormously
increase the wheat crop there, and its
introduction is regarded as triumph
for the Department of Agriculture
which brought the seed from Algeria
a few years ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
RICHES OF CONFINEMENT.

Florida Man Who Had No Use for Ex-
cessive OpuIence.
The Floridian knows when he is
rich, and so he is happier in his wealth
than a millionaire. King Edward Is a
poor slave beside him. The Flori&
| Times Union says that there is much
philosOphic contentment in Florida,
and tells story to substantiate the
statement.
When the phosphate boom was
young, a speculator paid one of these
contented Florida folk $4,000 for a
tract of land the native had tried TO
sell for $500 The sum conveyed only
vague impression to the mind of the
fortunate man. What he wanted was
the cash in hand.
Don't do that Leave it in the bank
and tell me what you want"
He wanted farm of 60 acres with
house on 1.-THE whole to cost a few
hundred.
what else?"
Can l have horse and saddle and
bridle?"
Certainly"
and a rife?"
yes"
And some provisions"
Yes
His eyes began TO bulge. There was
a pause.
What else do you want?7
ooh, give me $50 for the old woman
to buy things for herself and the chill
dren.'
He started to walk away.
What elseF"
us there more yetY'
Eyes"
well, give me a plug o. tobacco an
set me down where the fish will bite
an day an you can have the rest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
He Knew the Pike Family.

Other people may shoot a stray deer
or hook a passing fish, but an indiana
success in hunting and fishing is sell
dom by chance. He knows where his
quarry is to be found, for he has
learned its habits at all seasons. Nor
is there any reason why civilization
should lessen his hold of natures Sc
crets, as the Maine Sportsman shows
by an anecdote Of Charles A. Eastman
"a full-blooded Sioux who is both au-
thor and physician.
A famous general, fishing in a Min
nesota lake. broiling in the sun, with
plenty of perspiration and no bites,
was once accosted by DR.. Eastman
from the bank. The impatient general
declared there were no fish there. or he
would have caught some during his
mornings labor with the line.
"oh, yes, there are" said Eastman
The general doubted il. so Eastman
joined him in the boat After a few
moments rowing about. Eastman
/. found a spot that pleased him. dropped
his line. and in very few moments
had c whopping big pike banging his
tail against the ribs of the boat.
How was that" asked the general.
oh" returned Or. Eastman, THE
little stream that enters the lake just
here has made plateau of sand at the
bottom. The sun is over there. and
makes a shadow under the side of the
DIafpau where Mrs Pike and the vaf,ns-
Pixies can wait in comfort while Mr..
Pike goes Off TO get food They were
hungry for my bait. as this is about
the time they feed"
When the general and Or. Eastman
returned home they carried on string
the whole Pike family. Mr.. Pike in
Guided.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Hungarian Grass.

Hungarian grass is a good crop to
sow late for fodder Like millet, it
will produce a heavy crop ON good
land, and can be cured and housed so
as to keep with less trouble than fod-
der corn, and many prefer 1t, though
not as much weight can probably be
obtained from an acre as from corn
Hungarian grass grows rapidly and
can be fed green like corn or be dried
for winter use. IF soUn thinly, the
stalks are stout and somewhat woody,
but if sowed very thickly it will be
shorter and will not support its own
weight. There is a medium, however
and one should seek TO strike it, This
crop can be raised on sod land from
which a crop of grass has been taken
if the season is favorable. 1t likes
warm weather. Fine crops have been
raised from seed sown as late as July
1t is better to use some fertilizer if
the seed is sown late or on any land
that is not already in good condition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
BROKEN ORDER KILLS 81.
Big Four Train Collision Near Peori
Costs Death and Injury.

Big Four Train Collision Near Peoria
Costs Death and Injury.
Thiety-one men We're killed and at
least fifteen injured in a head-end COLI
sion between a west-bound freight and a
work train OH the Big Focr Railroad be-
tween Mackinaw and Tre1lont, III. at
2:45 o'clock Thursday Afternoon. The
bodies of twenty-six victims were taken
from the debris, which was piled tei-t. :
feet high on the tracks. Conductcc D. w.
Judge, of the freight, violated rules, Il is
charged, and caused the collision.
All the dead and :ies,t of the injured
were members of the work trains force.
the crews on both engines jumping in
time to save their lives. The collision
occurred in a deep cut at the beginning
of sharp curve, neither train being Wis
lille to the crew of the other until they
were within fifty feet. The engineers
set the brakes, sounded the whistles and
then leaped from their cabs. A second
after the collision the boiler of the work
train exploded, throwing heavy iron bars
and splinters of wood 200 feet.
Conductor Judge. of Indianapolis, who
had charge of the freight train received
OtdCAS at OlOdnd " wait at A1QChl0dM
for the work train, which was due there
at $40 p. m. Instead of doing this he
failed to stop. The engineer of the work
train, George Becker, had received or
ders to pass the freight at Mackinaw and
was on the way to that station. The
work train was perhaps FIVE minutes late
and was running at full speed to make
up time. When about two miles from
Minert the crash came
The collision was witnessed By Russell
Noonan, a farmers boy of IA, who from
a nearby house telephoned to fremont
A special train with four physicians was
made up in a few minutes and in less
than half an hour was on the scene. At
the same time another train arrived from
Pekin bearing Superintendent C. II. Bar
nard. of the Big Four. and three physi-
clans. The second train bore a lot Of
Turkish rugs and these were used to car
ry out the mangled corpses.
One of the last bodies recovered was
that of William Bailey, of Mackinaw,
who had been thrust thirty feet into the
air and held by two steel rails which
had been pushed up between the engine
and the tender of the work train. The
workmen had been laying steel rails
along the track
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Cooperation Management.

A good farmers creamery can lead
the cenualizing plant a strenuous chase
in the race for patronage, and it can do
this in no better way. than to fight the
enemy with their own weapons. 1t is
a fact not to be gainsaid by any one
that the cold storage companies engage
the best butter makers they can secu1e,
buy the best and latest improved ma
chinery and are always ready to take
up with the best methods. Here is
where some of our cooperative cream
cries are lame, but they are realizing
the fact more each year. A co-opera-
tive creamery with trust management
would be about the proper thing
Creamery Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
sharks from the Wires.

Alabama iron producers have made big
| shipments to Europe, where better prices
are obtained.
Samuel Davis, negro. was arrested
at Philadelphia, charged with tearing out
horses tongue.
Judge Cleaveland. at New Haven,
Conn. declined to appoint a Christian
Scientist guardian of the 9-year-old
daughter of Isaac w Stiles because the
man suggested said he would rely on
| Christian Science should the child have
diph.heria.
A S10O00.Oo0 steel plant has been
started at Monte = Mexico. and its
managers expect TO compete with the
American plants for South and Central
American business.
Judge Simonton, at Richmond, Va,
has dismissed the receivers appointed for
the Olympia cotton mills in Columbia,
S. c.. a $500, 900 corporation. and dis
solved the injunction that had been
granted.
Paul Jones was appointed receiver OF
the Young Repeating Arms Company AZ
Columbus, Ohio. a company organized
under the laws of New Jersey. The COM
pany is capitalized at $4,000 Pressing
claims amount to $4,000.
orrin Hickok,. formerly one OF the
best known drivers and trainers Of fast
horses in the country. died al the State
hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Of softening
Of the brain.
Portland. Ore, win try to secure an
appropriation OF S2.500,O0O from Con-
gress for the Lewis and CLARK exposition.
More than 100000 has beer sGbscrib-
ed or appropriated for the venture.
Joseph Stout. the young farmer who
recently pleaded guilty TO tie charge OF
having assaulted Prince zee, second son
OF the Emperor OF Corea, was sentenced
at Delaware, Ohio, TO serve thirty days
In Jail and to pay fine OF So and the
cost OF prosecution
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Republican, Editors crawa.hins.


a good many of the Republican
newspapers are having to eat their
first words on the Panama complica-
tons. For instance the Omaha Bee
before its editor had learned that tho
administration had formally recognize
ed Panama, said:
Before Uncle Sam recognizes n new
government in Panama he viii have to
have some good evidence that sub
stantial government really exists
There have been altogether too many
paper revolutions in South America
and also Central America to justify ac-
ton on a mere telegraphic demand"
A day or two after this the Bee with
out even figuratively winking its eye
endorsed the Presidents hasty action
as entirely proper, in spite of the fact
that recognition was formally given
before a government had been organiz-
ed at Panama, or officials for il had
been chosen.
These Republican organs, if they ex-
pect to keep up with the strenuous and
erratic course of President Roosevelt,
must be ready at all times, to turn
very sharp corners and should not take
sides until given the tip from the
White House.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
A Corbin Roorback.

The cablegram from General Nc
Arthur to Adjutant General Corbin
dated December, 1900, has but just
been published. It's publication now is
evidently to cast suspicion upon the
friendly attitude of the japanese
toward this country and to indirectly
aid Russia. The dispatch so long pig
eon-holed recites:
THAT he found letters in Cavite
province to Trias, the 'insurgent,
from a deputy japanese consul evil
dencing a plot to trade coaling sta
tons and railroad concessions to ia
pan in r :urn for aid to the Philippines
by furnishing munitions of war"
The japanese minister at Washing
ton promptly denies any japanese con
nivance with the Filipinos and prom
ises an immediate investigation The
peculiar ways of the Corbin regime in
the censorship of the news has been
a stencil in the nostrils of the AlGeri-
can people and from what has been
done in similar matters ii is more pos
sible thai this dispatch was cOncocted
in the War Department for a purpose
than that the japanese We're trying
to make trouble for our government
All their political interests have been
tied up with Great Britain and as our
.'matchless diplomacy" has been run
ming in the same groove there was no
incentive for Japan to oppose US.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Emit from Africn.

One of the interesting exhibits that
may be seen in the horticultural de
partment at the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition at st. Louis next year will
be the fruits from South Africa The
managers of fruit farms Of the late
Cecil Rhodes, at Cape Town. have an
nounced their intention Of placing
fresh fruits on exhibition each week
Even in London tAis feat has never
been undertaken. South African
plums have been on sale in New York,
Boston and other markets the past
winter. and no reason appears why
the proposed exhibition should not be
a success. with the help Of cold stor-
age
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
THE LATEST OF NINA'S LOVERS
NNNNNNNNNN-
IL r-nn't find hnr. fhnf WAY "

0S7 on won't find her that way"
w Sheldon stopped short on the
- path to the cottage, and looked
back. There was an old half-sunk
pier at Dexter's Landing. One side
sloped almost to the water, but the
other was high and safe on its pic
turesque piling, stained green by the
tapping river.
A figure in pink was perched at the
far end of the pier. Nina never wore
pink. She said it was ordinary. Nina's
gowns were all n pastel tints. Also.
the figure wore a large sunbonnet. Nina
said that sunbonnets were ordinary
too and topped her own pretty blonde
curls with an airy creation in chif-
fon and tea roses.
Therefore, taking these points into
consideration, Sheldon waved his cap
in comrade fashion at the figure. and
started for the pier.
Don't whistle rag-time," said Sally,
severely, when he was beside her. 1T
fidgets the fish"
Il don't see any fish," he returned
mildly.
There are lots and lots. If you
keep looking steadily at the water you
can see them. l just saw great big
perch come along. and he chewed my
bait right of, and sailed away with
IL Fish are the meanest, smartest
things YOU ever saw. Want to fish,"
Not to-day, thanks, Sally"
g. n 10 Ind
Nina. If you so down past the boat
house. up the broad walk TO the hotel.
then over TO the beach"
Its too warm to travel" said Shell
don. "I'll fish. Lend me your pole"
Sally watched him thoughtfully, as
he rebaited the hook and cast out with
a broad sweep.
"Fishing's awfully soothing, whenyo
are worried" she said after a time.
You have to keep stin, anyway, and
The water makes you SO sleepy and
rested when you hear il tapping against
the pier
I'm not worried, Sally"
YES. YOU are. OF course you don't
notice it. but everybody else does, And
I'm awfully sorry for you-about Nina.
Won know" The white sUnbonnet
nodded at him sympathetically. "lou
really haven't the sbost of chance.
You know Harry Barton and Wallace
Stevens and old Mr.. Dean? They all
had it. too. Wallace had it worse. He
wanted 10 jump of the lighthouse pier
until l told him that Harry and Mr.
Dean had chosen the same place. and
- changed his mind. They all tell me
about il, you know, because I'm her
sister. l can tell when ones in love
with her before she can. First they
give me candy and lean me their frat
pins. and say I'm a bully chum. Then
after while they say they wish they
had sister like me- Then they want
me to tell them all about Nina ever
since l can remember, and I'LL them
up"
Fiji them up?"
Sally nodded contentedly. Tell them
a lot OF fairy tales about how lovely
she has always been, and how she
saved my life three or four times, and
never told lie, and won't use powder.
or curl her hair on an iron. or any
thing. And they keep on liking me
until Nina lets them fall over and af-
ter that they come and / sympathiEe
with them, and they tell me how they
would like 10 die. It's awfully inter
esting. VIII you take TO the pier when
Nina lets you fall overT'
I'm not In dagger OF taking tum-
ole, thank you. sister Sally"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01

III dSihS a
lie plan of preventing gates from
sagglng, shown in the illustration, is
one OF the best used. 1t has the merit
OF being cheap and decidedly effectual.
As will be noticed from the drawing,
the posts are sunk in the ground two
Feet or more. and the ends set into a
heavy sill. This is best done by norris
ing the sill. Both posts and sill should
De We'll covered with tar to prevent
rapid decay. On this sill is then built
wall of stones to within eight inches
or a foot of the surface of the ground
and on this wall is laid a heavy piece
Of studding which is spiked TO the
osts. In the absence of stones, braces
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
CUBAN BILL ADOPTED.
House Puts Through the Measure by
q Vote Of 326 to O1.


The Cuban reciprocity bill, which gives
force and effect to the treaty, making a
reduction of 20 per cent from the Ding
ley tariff schedules on Cuban products
entering the United States, was passed
by the House of Representatives at 4:30
o'clock Thursday afternoon by a stand
ing vote of $50 to 81. The announce
ment of the result. which had never been
in doubt, was the signal for roar of
applause from the floor and galleries.
The dissenting votes were about equally
divided between Republicans and Demo
Gratis, but there was no roll call, because
the minority had too few votes to order
the yeas and nays. Among the dissent
ers were Messrs. Darragh, Smith, Loud,
Fordney, Bishop and McM0rran, of
Michigan: Gillett, Metcalf, Needham,
McLachlan, Daniels of California and
Hogg of Colorado, Republicans; and
Shaforth of Colorado, Bell, Livernash
and Wynn of California and Davey,
Meyer, Broussard, Robertson and Brea-
Zeale of Louisiana.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
: Bnilding Steel Structures.

Many of the great steel structures
that are being built in every city are
planned and modelled in some distant city
like the material for Solomon's temple
of old-hundreds of miles away. 1t is
in some rolling mill town of Pennsylva-
MIA that most of the gigantic frame works
for the modern skyscrapers are built.
Every piece is fitted together and num-
bered before it is taken away from the
steel mill SO exact are the measure
ments that not even the drilling of a
hole is necessary for fitting the rivets
which fasten the plates and Orders to-
rether
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Roosevelt a. Historian and Politician.

Roosevelt as Historian and Politician.
When Mr.. Roosevelt wrote the Life
of Thomas II. Benton" he declared In
that work that, Political economists
have pretty generally agreed that pro.
lection is vicious in theory and harm
full in practice" Yet at that time the
tariff rates We're much less than they
are under the present law and there
fore protection must now be more
vicious and harmful Indeed the facts
prove that deduction, for the trusts
and combinations have grown apaca
and have reached their climax under
the Dingley bill. Yet President Roose-
welt, with the enormous power as chief
executive at his command, not only
refuses to aid in reforming the vicious
protective system, but is standing
pat" with the tariff barons and in
league with the trust magnates to
continue the harmful practice Politi-
cal ambition makes n wonder differ
ence in the way vicious and harmful
legislation is viewed and the eyes OF
President Roosevelt are not the first
that have been blinded by the hunger
for fame and power.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01

hole through the beam will be suffi-
cient. Then have a clamp made, B,
with threads cut on each end so you
can tighten; this clamp 10 be placed
just in front of cross bar between han
dies. BY using iron wedges you can
set to any depth desired. Use a or s
inch shovel on this foot as you would
on common single stock.-W. T. Oliver
in Epitomist.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Good for Women.

Raising poultry and eggs for market
or breeding pure varieties Of chickens
OF birds OF any sort for sale is an out
door industry suitable FOR women. and
many women Their. are who have not
only made a good living by 50 doing.
but secured what Is better than money.
having regained lost health through the
wholesome outdoor exercise required in
managing a large poultry yard.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
The ..Dairr shark,

]. Il. Crockett, dairyman, Utah Agri-
cultural College, has recently sent out
warning to the butter makers OF his
State against a dairy shark" who is
disposing of a process whereby he
claims the yield Of butter is increased
from 80 TO 100 per cent in excess OF
that made in the ordinary manner.
Same old fraud that hobs up now and
again All farmers and dairymen
should leave all such fellows and their
process alone.-Dairy and Cream
cry.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Philippine Gardeaing.

Recent attempts to raise garden veg
etables in the Philippine Islands have
met with brilliant success in the case
of eggplant, tomatoes and peppers,
while beets. turnips. lettuce, endiYes,
spinach. and radishes do fairly well.
Many other kinds were tried without
much success. Grapes and some other
fruits promise well, and there is some
hope for new industries in cotton, jute,
and coffee.