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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14
AL ADAMS MAKING pooRMArs AT SING SING.

Al policy
the Of a n
manipulation and finally
City
playersthe o. population.
had been fairly
sold Then 1t arranged that should those that
required the smallest prizes.
Adams
his family police
good society them with
His
fashionable schools
to
friends that would
fine hotel under the belief that there
interfere with social child
disappointed
in weighted sorrow wearing out his
be he prison
s making doormats-Boyces Weekly
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14
GROWING the Re,t Anples.


As time goes ON the consumers of
fruit inlarge quantities, which are main
~ found in large cities, are becoming ed
ucated to quality The time has gone
when they are deceived by appear
aRce. The writer has seen many con-
sumers go to stores for apples and
taste several varieties before buying.
In this way they learn to fight shy
of such fine-looking fruit as the Ben
Davis apple. which is so devoid Of
quality. Then there is a decided in
crease in the consumption of baked
apples in restaurants and hotels, hence
the owners of these places have
learned TO buy those varieties that
have good quality rather than good
appearance, and, as a rule, are quite
willing TO pay for what they want.
Growers of fruit should take this les
son home and make up their minds
that in future the consumer must be
catered to if fruit is to be sold at a
fair margin of profit. The question Of
grades must also have attention. for
these city consumers who are willing
to pay for quality want that quality
In size and perfection of fruit as well
as in the flavor. There is market
for second and third grades as well as
the first grade, but they must be dis
tinctly separated to bring the best re-
turns for each.-Indianapoli News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14
Variations in Wood Ashes.

There Is no commercial fertilizer
that is more variable in composition
than wood ashes, and willie such ash
are valuable under certain conditions
1t is unsafe to buy them without first
having the percentage of potash ascer-
tanned by analysis. Experiments have
shown that there is a vast range in
the percentage of potash in different
samples of wood ashes, hence, without
the analysis, as suggested, one may
easily be led into paying double the
value Of the ashes. There is not so
much variation in the phosphoric acid
content, but as the chief need Of the
wood ashes is for the potash content,
one easily sees the Importance Of being
reasonably sure the ARIES contain the
desired proportion of potash. The
value of this suggestion would be
readily seen if the crop to be grown
was potatoes, where If the ashes were
used as a fertilizer at all they would
be used almost wholly for the potash
they contained.
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short Neua Notes.

1t is estimated that the food destroy
ed 1000 acres of potatoes in the KaW
valley valued at 100000.
The Rock Islands Denver flyer left
the track two miles west of Belleyille
Kan. The cars remained upright
The directors have decided to hold the
next horse show in Kansas City Get. Is
to "a, and to offer $4,000 in prizes.
Reports of assessors for seventeen
counties of Oklahoma show an increase
of wealts of about 100000 over last
year.
F. W. Alexander, well-known driver
and horseman. was killed in Parsons,
Kan. by the overturning of twelve sacks
of cement. which caught him as the pile
fell over.
Gov Heard of Louisiana has signed
the death warrant Of A. E. Batson st
Missouri, convicted of the murder OF
seven members of the Earl family, and
fixed Aug. Il as the date Of the execu.
ton.
Thomas Bay. aged % years, a hack
driver, committed suicide in Leaven-
worth. Kan. by cutting his throat He
had been on 8 drunk for several days
and was respondent. He was unmar-
RED
Joseph La Won't. n clerk in the Office Of
the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad al Boston, shot and fa-
tally wounded Georgianna Goddu. aged
80. Of Winchester, Mass. and less seri-
ously wounded Adelaide Psyette. aged IS
years. Of Lowell. Mass, at the latter
city, and escaped
Leonard Lamb, prominent OklaRo-
man. was found dead on the railro ID
tracks st Washiti Junction. II is assetr 4
ed that he was murdered and his s,oly
placed on the track. Five person aars
Teen t-resfed. In the Soyernmerf lottery
at E Rene two years ago Lamb drew
one Of the most valuable tracts II the
1etritprx
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14
Plan of Cattle Barn.

Eastman Eros, of Illinois, in the
Breeders Gazette, describe the plan
of a cattle barn which they have
used for several years.
The barn is SO feet by 4S feet. 1t
is pole barn with posts 20 feet high,
and a corncrib so by u feet runs
through the center of the barn. The
lower boards of the crib are hinged
and feed boxes built on level with the
crib bottom so as TO make practically
self-feesler, especially when feeding
shelled corn. Hogs sleep under the
corncrib.
Hayracks on the sides are eighty feet
long. Hay is put in at the ends Of
the barn. Sliding doors, controlled by
weights, are used at the ends Of the
NOW. They are closed when the hay
is In the NOW. There are doors along
side of the haymow. When filing the
NOW we leave a space OF four feet
between the hay and the sides of the
barn, which enables us to throw hay
into the racks when feeding. The
south end is open. The north end has
doors which we close in bad weather.
We have lots on the north. south and
east of the barn and scales east of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14
HEAT WAVE GENERAL.
Eastern, Southern and Central States
Suffer from Hot Weather.

Eastern, Southern and Central States
Suffer from Hot Weather.
The terrific heat wave has been gen.
eral over the Middle and Eastern States.
Deaths and prostrations are reported
from Chicago, New York, Boston, ST.
Louis and Cleveland. A snowstorm was
reported in the vicinity of Butte, Mont.
The temperature in Helena and Butte
was well down in the forties.
The suffering in Chicago Friday was
much greater than on any of the other
days of the hot spell. The reason of
this was tie increased humidity that
made the heat deadlier and the danger
from sunstrokes and proStration greater.
The whole city sweltered and gasped
Places where summer drinks are sold
did tremendous business. All manner
Of connections supposed TO have cooling
effects were in demand In the parks
hundreds of persons congregated under
the trees and around the fountains.
The bathing places were crowded from
early morning. Many persons carried
leaves and wet handkerchiefs under their
hats. The blistering heat was felt most
in the downtown district. On account Of
the recent cold weather many persons
were wearing heavy clothes and some
from force Of habit carried wraps with
them.
There was great suffering among
horses. Animals attached to heavily
loaded drays moaned piteously and in
many cases fell to the ground.
In all the Eastern, Southern and Cen
trail States hot weather prevailed. At 7
o'clock Friday morning the following tenn
peratures were reported:
New York, "A; Chicago. II; Pittsburg,
so; Lynchburg, Va, 81; Washington, ID.
O., 80; Indianapolis. rs; st. Louis, 20;
New Orleans, 80; Galveston, So Omaha,
&c
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14
RUSSIA HINTS AT sNuB.
Foreign Office Tells Roosevelt Not to
Send the Petition.

The Russian foreign office has issued a
statement that has been received in
Washington in which the Gar in so
many words says to resident Roosevelt:
Hands OFF, The statement in full is
as follows and may be regarded as the
Cars official utterance:
THE Gar alone can decide whether
the petition will he received, but Alexan-
der III. would never have received such
a petition. The petition from the Guild
hall meeting, called by tie Lord Mayor
of London il 1891, was returned through
the foreign office as being inconvenient.
The foreign office hopes the Americans
will not invite such a slight. They would
resent an anti-lynching petition. The for
eign office has no special interest in the
question, except a desire that interna-
tional relations remain unframed, since
the matter is purely domestic and belongs
to another ministerial department"
President Roosevelt dictated with his
own hand the statement issued by the
State Department, and those who have
talked with the President declare his
position is unalterable.
He Is quoted as saying to government
officials:
ut is our duty TO register n protest
against the massacre. The Car must
hear us. Such crimes ought to be stop
ned"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14
HAD ENOUGH OF ARTILLERY.
Rustic Gentleman Creates Amusement
at Band Perfor msnce.

Rustic GenLleman OrGatcS Am
at Band Perfor nance.
An amusing incident occurred at a
concert by Thomas Preston Brooke
and his famous band during a recent
tour of the New England States.
Among the early arrivals at the
opera house were an elderly gentleman
and his wife from the country and
they were shown to seats well toward
the front of the house.
When the curtain arose, revealing
the fifty musicians attractively group
ed on the stage, their natty uniforms
and Respondent instruments complet-
ing a picture of dazzling effect, the old
gentleman from the rural district was
all enthusiasm. Gee whilliken, Man
da, be they all goin' to play at onct?"
he calculated, to the amusement of ev-
eryone seated near him.
\ storm of applause greeted the re-
nowned bandmaster when he appeared
on the stage, which seemed to mysti-
fy our old friend. That's a fine-look-
in Teller, but he Amt played nuthin'
yet" said he. What's all this hula
baloo about, anyway? Is he goin' to
play a tune on that huskin' peg?" Just
at this moment Brooke's baton was
raised, there was an instant of eager
expectancy and then the band struck
up a stirring march. When the music
had ceased the old gentleman was in
ecstasles. He applauded and stamped
his feet vigorously, then jumped up
out of his chair. waving his hands in
the air and whistling like gallery
god. When his wife pulled him back
into his seat he shouted: by cricky,
Manda. l never heard such music as
that before. Seth Tibbitts and his old
fiddle don't amount to shucks"
And so it continued throughout the
concert, Uncle Reuben growing more
enthusiastic with each number.
Near the end of the program was
the anvil chorus from I'll Trovatore,"
rendered with spectacular appurtenan-
ces. During this selection six red
shirted blacksmiths occupied the front
of the stage and played the anvil ac-
compartment to the music. while SEN
sational effect was produced by the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14
Note OF Current EVENT..

Cameron, Mo-, has voted to issue $780,
600 in bonds to build water works
Homer T. Fuller president of Drury
College, at Springfield, Mo-, has resigned.
Charles G. Spencer of st. Louis won
the worlds inanimate target champion
ship at Cincinnati.
Captain Frank Gordon, son of Gen.
John B. Gordon, is missing and suppos-
ed to be wandering about the country in
an irresponsible condition.
Two Newark, n. J., banks are to be
consolidated with a capital of $1,000
600 and a surplus Of S4,500.00O The
assets are S15,000,000 and the deposits
$S.OO0.O 900.
NJ. ID. Wood, for thirty-seven years
manager of the Kansas City Office of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, has
resigned and has been succeeded by
George W. Brownson.
The strike of the machinists Of the
Kansas City Southern Railway was off,
cially declared off. The men returned
TO work at old wages with the promise
of a raise in the future
James Dent, a wealthy farmer of Lo-
gan County, o. T.. aged 60 years, was
struck by Santa Fe passenger engine
near Seward, o. T., and instantly killed.
He was walking on the tracks and evil
IDENTIFY did not know Of the trains ap-
proach.
Guy C. Van Aystyne. formerly of Chi
cago, who with Henry NJ. Cr0wther
made the longest automobile trip on rec
ord, walked across the desert twenty
two miles TO get a new supply Of gaso-
line at Salt Lake City for the stranded
machine.
In the United States Court at Ard
more, I. T.. Fred Gay and Herman Mer-
Ger were found guilty of killing Solo
mon Russell in 1901 The defendants as
sassinated Russell one night near his
home because they thought be was
hooioe doctor. Gay and Mercer receiv-
ed life sentences.
Commissioner Of Pensions Ware has
granted pension Of IS 3 month 70 Thos-
B. Howard OF Houston. Texas for ser
vice IN the Seminole Indian war in 1885
and 1856 Howard IS So years old and
claims to be the only survivor Of Charles
Augustus AlIston's company. Second reg.
iment, Florida militia, in which be wai
6 private sixry-Seven years ago.
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there nothing else, however, they have
both been victims OF a similar misun-
Outstanding of a kind which Is pecu-
llarly the product of twentieth century
fame. Every one is familiar with the
story of Henry Irving, arrested in his
walk down the main street of a small
English town by the earnest gaze Of
small girl and of her triumphant an
swer to his pleasant remark, You
seem to recognize my face, my little
maid" Yes, sir, you're one Of Grand
grind's pills!'
Bishop Potter had nearly the same
luck when travelling some years ago
in Minnesota. He noticed a fellow
tourist, while waiting on a railway
platform, cycling him with great Curl
osity. Excuse me, mister" he was
eventually asked, 'but l think I've
seen your picture in the papers" Prob
ably" admitted the bishop. kin l
ask" continued the fellow traveller,
edging nearer, what you was cured
of 2"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14
TO ABOLISH SMALL ROUTES.
Rural Deliveries Serving Fewer Than
100 Families Must Go.

Rural Deliveries Serving Fewer Than
100 Families Must Go.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow has issued an order that here
after no rural free delivery routes shall
be established which serve fewer than
100 families AS soon as the pressure Of
more important investigation work will
permit Mr.. Bristow intends to 20 over
the rural routes and weed out those that
serve 600 few families This will affect
a number of routes in the Western
States Already there are more appica-
tons on file for routes serving more than
100 families each this n the appropriation
will cover
Il am told" said Mr.. Bristow, that
there are routes where less than COG
pieces of mail are handled in a month.
This is a waste Of public money, and it
will be stopped. / don't know to what
extent this waste Is going on because I
have been too busy on other matters to
overhaul the routes. AS soon as posi-
BILE we will weed ont all little routes"
The positive statement Is made at the
Postofice Department that political in
1uence will not be tolerated in the rural
route service. Congressman have other
ideas on the subject and there is to be
fight over this question in the next Con-
gress, according to the present outlook.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14
THE woMAN's JOY.

fondly held upon my knee
My newborn baby, frail and wee;
With JOY all mothers understand
l kissed her feet, each little hand.
The little eyes that yet I knew
Not whether would be brown or blue;
Each tiny, dainty, chiseled ear,
The pretty face, so dear, so dear.
I sang an old, old melody,
That oft my mother sang to me,
And to my happy, throbbing breast
Ny darling grille closer pressed.
All, mothers, if ours be the pain,
Ours, too, the bliss, the sacred gain;
A grander, sweeter gift God could
Not give TO US than motherhood.
New Orleans Picayune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14
Use of the currycomb.

If a currycomb must be used, have
the smoothest one that can be found,
and use it but sparingly. IN the hands
of some men the currycomb is a bar
barous instrument Of torture. Applied
with long, sweeping motion, without
regard to the shape OF the body or the
evenness WIKI which 1t Is held, will
make a poor animal shrink and shiver
The skin is often seriously hurt by the
angles Of the comb when careIessly and
heavily handled A short motion, back
and forth, does the work more effec-
lively and humanely than the severe
application Of the comb described. The
horse will learn not to dislike 1t IL be
finds he Is not hurt
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14
THE BLOODY FOURTH.
Forty eight Deaths and 8, 431 Injured
the Record of the Day.

the Record of the Day.
The Chicago Tribune, as has been the
custom for several years. presents statis-
tics on deaths and accidents resulting
from fourth of July celebrations in all
parts of the country.
The figures given are not complete, but
comprise all reported up to the time of
publication. How they compare with
the disasters of last year can be seen at
a glance.
According to the reports on the night
of the fourth last year there were Il
killed and 2,172 injured, the total the
next day being still larger, 81 dead and
ZIP injured.
Following the rule, toy pistols and
cannon crackers did the greatest amount
of harm, but every variety of fireworks
had its share in filing the hospitals.
Nearly 1000 were hurt by crackers, care
less use of firearms caused 400 injuries,
and the deadly toy pistol claimed over
400 victims.
Loose powder and powder packed in
gas pipe and toy cannons, or in other
ways used for noise-making purposes,
claimed an enormous number of victims,
the total running over GOO.
There seemed to be even more inge
nuity displayed in ways of getting hurt
than ever before, persons being reported
injured in most unheard of ways.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14

Another monster cargo carrier is to be
launched at Elizabeth, ~ j., from the
yards of the U. S. Shipbuilding Co. 1t is a
twin sister of the Minnesota, launched a
few weeks ago, and will be christened
Dakota. The Dakota will steam at the
rate of fourteen knots an hour, and ow-
ing to her great size will be steady in
any kind of weather. Her length is ESQ
feet; width, T3 feet inches; height to
upper deck. SO feet; to captains bridge,
IS feet; to top of mast, 1T feet: rugged
as a four-masted schooner with pole
shafts and has FIVE continuous decks and
four short decks. The stem, stern post,
rudder and struts for shafts are of cast
steel. The ship is owned by James J.
Hill, and will be used in his Pacific fleet.
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Attachment for Team Harne.s.


There are but very few of the ar
ticles used by our great-grandfather
which still retain their old form, with
little change or Improvement, but
among this number may be counted
the harness which is used on horses
for hauling purposes. Practically the
same pattern of harness has been used
for many years past, while other
things introduced with it have been
altered beyond recognition or displac-
ed altogether. That there was still ii
chance for Improvement is shown by
the picture here represented, illlusuat-
ing change in the construction of q
heavy team harness, which will at
least add to the comfort of the ami
NAL. The principal advantage Of this
arrangement is that it does away with
the strap passing around the animals
body, which of necessity interfered
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14
STRONG SCOUT.
Carried a Woman on His Back for
Fifty Miles to Save Her.

Carried a Woman on His Back for
Fifty Miles to Save Her.
Capt. Francis Marion Schell, scout,
plainsman and intimate friend of "Buf-
falo Bill" is dead. He took the first
wagon train to California in the gold
excitement of 1S49. Capt. Schell had
many escapes from Indians, and prac-
tically every trip he made his wagon
train was attacked by hostiles.
He was a man of great strength. It
was his proudest boast that he once
carried woman fifty miles on his
back to place of safety. Alone he
was making a scout, and incidental lily
prospecting for gold, when he found q
woman lying on the trail. She had
been abandoned there by a wagon
train because of her illness. Capt.
Schell picked the woman up and, fast
ening her on his back with ropes, as
she was too i'll to hold on, he carried
her to the nearest camp, fifty miles
away. There the woman recovered.
At the time of the gold excitement
Of 40 Capt. Schell, who had just been
discharged from the army, after hav-
ing served In the Mexican war, start
ed for California with his young wife.
The start was made from st. Joseph,
Mo-, and, because of his army expert
ence, Capt. Schell was appointed lead
er. Without losing a man he carried
the party to the California gold fields.
He prospected with only Indifferent
success, and then established a hotel.
which he ran for twenty years. He
took a conspicuous part in affairs in
California until he left. He was at one
time assistant doorkeeper of the House
of Representatives and later served as
lieutenant of the capitol police At the
time of his death he was Waterman
In the War Department.-New York
World.
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Some Insect Pesta.

Dust asparagus beetles with lime or
spray with paris green or hellebore.
Stop the apple-tree borer by applying
paris green In whitewash to the trunks
and large limbs. For common fruit
and leaf-eating insects keep the foliage
covered with bordeaux and paris green
mixture. Paris green will kin cur
rant worms, cabbage worms, striped
beetle, celery and tomato worm, etc,
but hellebore is a little safer TO use
tone ounce in two gallons water. For
cabbage and turnip fly dust with
ashes. Tree and plant lice are killed
by tobacco water or insect powder
Exchange.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14
siInre and stover.

Where it is desirable to somewhat
husband the silage and get best re
suits from cut slower the latter is
more relished If mixed with the guam
tity of silage to be fed and allowed to
lie covered with sacks or blankets
from one feeding time until another.
If not to be used In connection with
silage. If mixed with cut hay in guam
tity sufficient for several days feed
ing and well moIstened with water,
and kept covered, or If treated so with
out being mixed with hay or other
material, the COWS will eat more and
with much less waste than IL fed dry.
National Stockman.
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New WAY . Make Butter.

L. Il. Wllliams. vice president OF the
Akron (Ol Cold Distiliing Company.
claims to be the discoverer Of a meth
Cd Of making butter without first re-
moving the cream. He does not go In
r. details. but says:
"The discovery IS not one Of mere
france. but IS the result OF q years
hari- work. I was given tie Insight
from our cold cistiIlIng process and
have spent much time and study on IL
have teseed the machine before sew
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-14
Feeding SOFT Corn.


Feeders who tried finishing cattle on
soft corn reported very unsatisfactory
results. But the Iowa experiment sta
ton recently marketed some cattle fed
on soft earn alongside others fed on
sound corn of the 1901 crop, and the
results were decidedly favorable to the
former feed. At the prices for soft
and sound corn prevailing when the
cattle were put ON feed the advantage
was with the lower priced corn. And
the steers fed on it outdressed by a
small margin those FED on sound corn.
The difference In Killing, however, is
not greater than might occur In any
two lots of cattle. Either the feeders
have been wrong in their estimate Of
the value of soft corn or the Iowa
stations experience is exceptional
Probably difference in the quality of
the corn may account for it, as some
feeders include in their definition of
soft corn the light, chaffy, imma-
ture stuff of comparatively low feed
ing value.-Stockman and Farmer.
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firing of sixteen electric cannon at reg
ular intervals
When the first gun was fired the rus
tic lodged excitedly and began to get
nervous. The next discharge added to
his discomfort, and when the third
cannon went off he grabbed his hat
and started hastily for the door, fol-
lowed by his faithful spouse.
AS they disappeared through the en-
trance the old man shouted back at the
doorkeeper: "B'gosh, got enough O.
that kind o. music at Shilohr'-Chi-
cago Chronicle.