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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-14

The A. J. Hughes team defeated the
C. D. Kennys by the score Of Is to 2.
The feature Of the game was the pitch
ing of Hughes, who struck out ten men.
He struck out six men IN each of two
successive innings. A return game will
be played today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-14

Yesterday afternoon the Fountain
Stars defeated the Golden Rods by the
score of II to l. The features of he
game were the pitching OF II. Jones.
who struck out seventeen batsmen, the
fielding of E. Jones. and the batting Of
Magarvey, all OF the winning team
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Two Historic Relics.

The Site and Relic Society of Ger
mantown is rejoicing over the gift it
received recently of a chair and a
rock. The chair, which is over 200
years old, belonged to William Penn,
and the rock. which is much older
than the chair, is the one on which
George Washington stood while he
directed the battle of Germantown.
Two maiden ladies were the donors
of these relics, two sisters, whose old
and picturesque house is crowded from
drawing room to attic with other relics
no less interesting and rare. Where
the sisters live is not to be told, says
the Philadelphia Record, for they are
daily worried by strangers as it is. and
if the fame of their really invaluable
collection were to be any further
spread abroad-if the brass knocker of
theier door We're to be struck oftener
than it is by sightseers-the> vexatiop
of these ladies would be inconceivably
great
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Grain Foods. Good and Bad.

oT1ln OOuSs NrO0Q and BAD.
Among the hundreds of feeds inge-
niously combined from the ground
grains. or containing portions of these
grains left as byproducts in the man
ufacture of malt and spirituous lia-
uors, of starch. sugar and glucose, of
breakfast foods or of vegetable oils,
the feeder finds a wide range of puz-
cling compounds. Led only by his
eye. touch or taste (helpful as these
are to the purchaser who is guided by
good understanding of principles he
would find it exceedingly difficult to
make a sure selection of the feeds best
suited to his needs. Oat hulIs, corn
cobs. coffee hulls, cottonseed bulls and
other materials are very skillfully used
as adulterants, so that in some feeds
now for sale the percentage of fiber is
so great that nearly all the energy rep
resented in the food must be used to
masticate the material and pass It
through the animals body. OF corn
and oat feeds on the market at least
ten brands examined by the New York
station contained from ten to nearly
sixteen per cent Of fiber; while a mix
ture of equal parts of corn and oats
should contain less than six per cent.
Good oats normally contain less than
ten per cent of fiber, while several oat
feeds examined contained from TWEEN
ty-two to twenty-nine per cent and
sold for from $50 to $50 or more a ton.
Prices of feeds of equal value also
vary remarkably in markets lying side
by side. One dealer in New York sells
a certain brand for $50 a ton, another
dealer in the same city asks $40. Good
bulletins for those who feel the need
of studying the subject are Nos. PIT
of the station at Geneva. N. Y, and SIS
of the station at Amherst. Mass Some
of the new feeds are desirable, and
some are decided frauds. Fortunately
the States are investigating so closely
and testing so many samples that it is
possible to size up the various products
at pretty nearly theft true feeding val
ue.-American Cultiyator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Ggosams

The bill introduced by Speaker Len
root providing for the submission of
franchises granted by cities to vote of
the people passed the Assembly Thurs
day without a dissenting vote. The bill
provides that "no ordinance for granting
either street railroad, electric lighting.
gas, water or telephone franchise, or for
the extension of the life of any such
existing franchise shall be operative in
any city in this State until after sixty
days from the date of its passage. If
during the period of sixty days a number
of qualified voters equal to 10 per cent of
the total number of votes cast at the last
preceding election shall demand that the
ordinance be submitted to a direct vote
Of the citizens, such ordinance shall not
be valid or operative Until it shall have
been so submitted and approved by a
majority of those having voted upon it.
The provisions of this section shall not
apply to any line or system upon any
street, not exceeding one-half mile in
length if the term of such extension ex-
pires at the same time as the franchise
covering the street of which it is a part.
BY a vote of 81 to At the Assembly
killed the bill providing for the examina-
ton and licensing of BARRIERS.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
@9rggaau

The Senate on Tuesday passed bill
for the punishment of criminal anarchy.
Imprisonment for ten years is provided
in cases of conviction of talking in favor
of overthrow of the government and as
sassination of officers. In the House
rush action was taken on the proposed
amendment to the constitution providing
that members of the Legislature shall be
paid $500 a year, instead of So day,
as at present. The rules were suspend
ed and the bill was taken up. The pro-
posed amendment cuts off all mileage,
all pay for extra sessions, and omitted
stationery perquisites. The bill was
passed by a vote of &c to 10. The Sen
ate got very busy and passed a lot Of
bills, most of which were unimportant.
One of the measures was the one provid-
ing that attorneys must be 81 years of
age and must be citizens. Favorable ac-
ton was also given the Sovereign bill
providing for greater precaution and ia
vestigation before juvenile offenders are
sent to penal institutions. 1t provides
that courts may designate private persons
to take charge of such children.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24

with heart like lead, bound to plead
my friends cause with tie girl l loved
myself.
What did you wish To tell me, Mr..
SearsY Miss Lorripgton asked. after
l found her a seat under a tall palm
in the deserted conservatory. swal-
lowed lump that had suddenly risen
in my throat. and began:
And who is this fair lady that your
friend loves so devotedly?" she in
quired, when ( had tinished
Your l said, turning away my eyes
lest they betray my own secret.
"Me?' she said. incredulously "Sam-
my Van Alan in love with me? I'm
possible"
why impossible?' l cried, impul-
sively. How car he 90 otherwise?
How can any man? But you are so
far above other women-so unap-
proachably adorable--that all a fellow
can do is to worship-in silence" 1
had forgotten Samuel Peyton Van
I Alan.
Miss Lorrington made 40 reply. She
was looking iltently under a bench of
potted geranlums, a little. far-away
smile on her lips. followed her gaze,
and as l discovered its object hot,
prickly waves began to chase up my
spine to the roots of my hair. 1t was
only an empty wooden box at which
she was looking, but painted on one
end of 1t was a highly colored litho-
graph, advertising Priscilla nasturtium
seeds-and the picture was of John
Alden pleading the cause of Miles
! Standish Something in the droop of
Miss LorringtOn's regal head gave me
sudden courage. bent down until my
eyes met hers. and in them l read, as
plainly as love could say it. the immor-
tai rebuke of Priscilla to her faint
hearted lover: why don't you speak
for yourself. John?"
And Stub? Well, ] may as well con-
fess it. l had been made the victim
of a diabolical ruse. Mr.. Van Alan
had discovered the state of my feel
ings-got the idea from "a chance re-
mark of Helen's that it was only my
cowardice that stood in the way of
making me the happiest man alive. and
forthwith essayed the rcle of match
maker.
He was my best man six months
later-Leslies Weekly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24

tests. If they turn out as 1 expect I'll
make a rich man Of vow
Stranger, he said. after thinking
the matter over for three or four min
utes, ''have you taken look at my old
woman
Eyes, a pretty good look
s. How long would you say she'd hang
onY
How long will she live? Well, she
seems tough and healthy and she may
live twenty years yet
Then yo' come around in about
twenty-one vars from now and see
how things are
But why wait twenty-one years?
"'To give the old woman a chance to
die and let me have all the money
He stuck at that" said the coal man.
according to the Detroit Free Press,
land l couldn't move him, and his coal
mines are still undeveloped. I'm keep
ing tab on his old woman, but at last
reports she was feeling more peart than
ever"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
foE OF euRplck DIES
AR. Penueli. Respondent n Br Gallo
Divorce Case, Is hi led

Divorce Case, Is hi led.
Arthur II. Pennell of Buffalo, N. Y.
who figured In tie Edwin l.. Burdick
murder case as correspondent in tie d.
vorce suit brought By BurdicI against
his wife, was killed Tuesday night by
dashing over steep precipice in an au-
tomobile. His wife, who accompanied
him, was fatally injured and died the
following day.
In police and other circles interested
in the Burdick case it is believed that
Pencil deliberately committed suicide
and intended TO kill both his wife and
himself because he had been suspected
of knowing who murdered Burdjck.
Pennell and his wife at about 6 o'clock
were speeding in the automobile along
kensingto:. avenue when they reared an
old stone quarry thar is close to the
street The quarry is about thirty feet
deep and has bottom of loose, jagged
stone.
The machine was running at remarka-
bly, fast speed and when near tie quarry
suddenly sweryed from the road and
dashed over the precipice. hurting Pen
nell to instant death on the rocks below
and inflicting mortal wounds on Mrs.
Pennell
Mr.. Penneu carried S200.010 .inSur-
anee on his lie. all of which, it is said,
was made over to his wife. who chung
to ham through all his troubles. forgage
him time and again for his alleged +ndis-
cretions with Mrs. Burdick aud other
women, and had promised. even after his
name had been dragged through the scan
dalous mire of the Burdick investigation,
to stick to him.
The devotion of Mrs. Pencil vas the
subject of much comment She il mem
Der of well-known Buffalo family and
recently came into possession Of $780,
600. Mr.. Pennell was lawyer, but had
small practice, TO which he paid Little
attention
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
FARMERS HOLD MUCH GRAIN.
Federal Report Gives Amounts In
Hands of Drawers March

Federal Report Gives Amounts In
Hands of Growers March j.
The March report of the statistician of
the Department Of Agriculture shows the
amount of wheat remaining in farmers
hands March / was about 164,00O0 900
bushels, or 245 per cent of last years
crop, as compared with 23.2 per cent of
the crop of 1901 on hand March /, 1902,
and 24.5 per cent of the crop of 1900
on hand March !, 1901.17
The corn in farmers hands is esti-
mated at about 1,050,600,000 bushels, or
41.6 per cent of last years crop, against
29.2 per cent of the crop of 1901 on hand
March l. 1902, and $3.50 per cent Of the
crop on hand March /, 1901
OF oats there are reported to be about
S65, 100000 bushels, or 1863 5per cent of
last years crop, still in farmers hands,
as compared with 30.6 per cent of the
crop of 1901 on hand March l, 1902, and
36.2 per cent of the crop of 1900 on
hand March /, 1901.
The following table shows the per-
centages of last years crops of wheat,
corn and oats in farmers hands March /
for each of the principal grain producing
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
A MERRY ROUND.

There's merry sound of music in
the raindrops on the shed,
Like the angels was a-peltin' US with
blossoms overhead.
An the mistletoe is hangin' ne r the
holly berries red.
Hands round the frosty winter morn
ingi
Come in from the weather where the
fire cracks an glows,
An the blue smoke up the chimney in a
windy frolic goes,
An Pleasure, like river with a sunny
ripple, flows
Hands round the frosty winter morn
ing!
Oh, life is worth the living, though the
year is gray an cold,
The song is sweet in singin', an the mer-
ry tale is told.
An take of joy full measure-an the
arms of you can hold
Hands round the frosty winter morn
ing!
Atlanta Constitution.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
A Long-standing Error.

The following story is told by cor
respondent of a contemporary: When
the late Lord Iddesleigh, as Mr.. STAFF
ford Northcote, left Oxford. he was
appointed a magistrate for Devon. He
attended at the Castle of Exeter to be
sworn In, and was handed book
which had been of what the late Mr..
Dickens called the ''underdone pie
crust color. 1t was tied round with
what had been, many years before, red
tape Mr. Northcote did not quite like
the look of it. so he took out his knife
and cut the tape. and on opening the
years the magistrates had been sworn
on a ready reckoneri
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
WANTED ALL OR NOTHING.
Mountaineer Didn't Care Abont Bein
Rich While His Wife Lived.

Mountaineer Didn't Care Abont Being
Rich While His Wife Lived.
81 had bought good many acres of
coal land in Tennessee said we'll
known Detroit coal deal-, land was
after a lot more, when / aped against
an old chap who refused to talk bus
mess. He owned a hundred acres
and felt sure there was coal under
the surface, but he wouldn't hear to
my making any tests nor would he
set a price on his land without After
meeting him two or three times l said
to him:
"'Look here, Uncle Ben, you and your
wife have lived here all your lives and
you haven't had much to live on
THAT'S right he replied.
"'Neither of you has ever been thirty
miles from home and you have never
had $50 all at once
"'Jest so, subj
"'You can now sell your land for
enough to make you comfortable all the
rest of your days. You won't have to
worry about clothes or feed or anything
else
Z" THAT would be nice
al feel sure there is coal here" l
continued, but l want tc make a few
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
stay on the Farm,

The country boy signs for city life,
and when he finally reaches the goal
the birds and flowers, says Country
Life. With the coming of old age he
regards himself lucky if he can get
his feet back on mother earth. The
strife is as great to acquire sufficient
wealth to purchase land on which to
spend the declining years as was the
youthful struggle to get foothold in
the city. The smiling sky and the
green earth seem to be the natural
heritage of man, and no one feels this
quite so keenly as the one who has
had a taste in youth of the sweets Of
rural life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24

passes over two pulleys, and is there
fastened 10 weight, c, which is just
heavy enough to raise the free end of
the stairs up to the ceiling. When the
lower end of the steps is released the
whole folds up closely against its up
per floor and is entirely out of the
way. Two or three feet of therope are
allowed to dangle as seen at d, by
which the whole apparatus is again
pulled down into position. The weight
c, should slide up and down close to
the side of the building, so as to be en-
tirely out of the way.-D. E. Smith, in
Farm and Home.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Among the Legislatures.

The Governor of Washington has sign
ed the law making gambling felony in
that State.
Missouri Senate passed bill prohibit
ing the sale of cigarettes to persons I'M
der Is years of age.
The Michigan Legislature passed for
ty bills in one day. only one or two of
them of general Importance.
Representative Mork, Minnesota. in
troduced a bill requiring all railroads 10
give passes to- all State and county Off
! Gals.
In the Missouri House, by vote Of
So to 20, the separate railroad coach for
colored people bill failed of final pas
sage.
The Wisconsin Senate postponed con-
sideration of the Hatton resolution cali
ing for a national convention to consider
the race problem.
The Nebraska Senate took favorable
action on a House resolution memorable
ing Congress in favor of popular cleo
ton of Senators.
Anti-cigarette bills have been passed
by both houses of the Missouri Iegisla-
ture, but neither of the measures have
been accepted by the other house.
Both houses of the Kansas Legislature
passed a bill to remedy so-called defects
in prohibition law as pointed out by the
Supreme Court in a recent decision.
In a special message to the Rhode Isi-
and Legislature Gov. Garvin declared
bribery was common In many towns Of
the State, and that many legislators held
purchased seats. He recommended sn
investigation.
A resolution was adopted by the Mis-
souri House reproving Judge Adams Of
the United States District Court AT St.
Louis for granting the Wabash injunc-
ton.
Henry Lloyd Of counsel for the miners
before the anthracite commission appear
ed before Maine legislative committee
to advocate government ownership Of
anthracite coal mines.
When the chaplain in the Utah Legis-
lature delivered special prayer for the
Democratic party Of the lower house he
provoked the wrath Of the minority and
resolution was introduced to dismiss
him, but it was defeated.
An ausomotile.bill hrs BEEN introduced
in the New York Le-d~lzfure providing
that a speed Of more than eight miles an
hour shall not b. maintained within a
mile Of any postofice Of any city or in
corporated village or when passing over
a culvert less than twenty feet wide.
The Michigan legislative committee on
the Jaekso. prison reported recommend
Ing the abolition Of prison contracts ard
favoring the bill providing for the en-
ployment Of the ~e-victs on State work.
Christian Scientists wol4 sh-i- eight be-
fore the General Assembly Of North Car
DINA Saturday, when the law 10 define
the practice Of medicine and surgery,
which makes illegal the practice Of their
faith IN North Carolina. was amended 10
read: provided that this act does not
apply 70 any person who ministers or
cures the sick or afflicted By spiritual
means only. prayed To Almighty God.
without the use Of drugs or any material
means"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24

7 AIORK or MANY
/ ATATE LEGISLATURES
w.
gInGslGs:ngs

The House Committee on Education
on Thursday appointed a subcommittee
to investigate the Chicago School Board.
This is the first legislative investigating
proposition to reach definite basis. The
enabling resolution recites that, with sew
eral school bills pending, it is necessary
for the committee TO have more Informal
ton in order to deliberate and vote I'M
derstandingly." and then confers upon
a subcommittee full power to demand
and procure all books aud papers that
1t shall deem necessary for its purpose
and 20 tissue subpoeLas and compel the
attendance Of witnesses" The commit
tee cannot, Of cousse. without authority
from the House itself, compel witnesses
TO obey subpoenas to testify. The mem
bers appointed to do this "Lexowing7 are
Chairman Nohe. Stewart. Burke, Mitch
ell and Smejkal The Chicago charter
resolution. minus some of its vitals, is
out of committee in the Senate and be-
fore that body for final action. The same
resolution, slightly disfgured but not
mangled. as in the Senate, is out of COM
mittee in the House, and on that body's
calendar. Representative Corigan's bill
amending the primary law in Cook Coun-
ty by making challengers officers of the
County Court with legal standing and
certain specific rights which judges in a
primary election cannot override was or
dered for favorable report by the House
Election Committee. Speaker Miller has
not given up all hope of a reapportion-
ment of the judicial circuits in central
and southern Illinois at this session of
the Legislatures Thursday hs called the
Republican members of the House Judi
cial Apportionment Committee into his
room and had long conference upon the
question. 1t was agreed that new
measure, changing the present bound
aries of the first six districts. should be
drafted
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24

it is thirty inches long. The litter is
also one and quarter inches thick,
five feet and six inches long and four
inches wide. Twenty inches from the
bottom cut a notch and seven inches
above another notch; six inches farther
up bore hole for three-eighths-inch
bolt and bolt the piece on to the stand
ard, so 1t will swing freely. To use the
appliance, place the notched bar under
the axle of the carriage. lifting the
wheel clear from the ground, and the
standard will swing into place and hold
securely. Easily made and light, such
a jack should be owned by every man
who has a carriage to oil.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Farm Notes.

Sow part of the clover early and part
late. That is. sow the same ground
twice. This makes double work, but
also oftentimes insures a double crop,
and sometimes crop against no crop.
Cold water will absorb about SO per
cent of its own weight of salt, and boil
ing about 40 per cent. This makes what
is known as a saturated brine, which
always means all the salt that the wa
fer will absorb. In sailing butter the
brine is seldom made stronger than 80
or 81 per cent Of salt
The man who attempts to produce
several pure-bred varieties Of corn on
! small farm viii soon find all of his
varieties mixed. Ordinarily ii is very
difficult to keep a single variety on the
ouarter section farm, for the reason
that the breezes will watt pollen across
the road from the neighboF's field.
The cost of weeds TO the farmers in a
community is enormous compared with
certain other expenses. Weeds rob the
soil and entail labor from spring until
fail. III IuE A1EAC IA N<kNAA %EfA~A4@
wauld unite and determinedly fight
weeds for three years. not allowing
single one TO grow if possible. they
would find their expenses greatly re-
duced. owing 10 the cost Of production
Of weeds and their destruction being re-
moved
Sr,bsoiling is a matter which has its
advocates. but many scientific agricul-
turists oppose it 1t is claimed that,
although the subsoil plows break the
son TO a low depth. yet II destroys the
channels which admit the flow OF air
and water below the surface. That IS.
as plant roots penetrate deeply and die
they leave channels. which are numer-
ous and which are increased every year.
Breaking the soil. ii IS claimed. de
stroyS them and lessons the supply Of
moisture
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24

Folding skeleton stairs.

1t is often desirable TO have the stairs
In the wagon house or barn so arranged
that they may be removed quickly. As
this is not often practicable. the next
best plan is to have them so constructed
as to fold up out of the way. A good
method of doing it is shown by the
sketch, in which a shows one side of
the stairs, the dotted lines representing
the various steps. The steps should not
be less than three feet in length and
eight inches wide. The upper end of
the lower portion os each side is hinged
to the side of the building at f. while
the lower end Is hooked TO the floor at
G. A rope, b, is attached to the stairs,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
homemade carriage Iack.

While the heavy jacks used on wag-
ons sl.swer very well for the carriage
as well, a lighter jack, such as is shown
in the illustration, is easier to handle.
1t will take but & little time to make a
jack of this kind by any one who is at
all handy with tools. The standard is
made of acknowledgements stuff, three
inches wide and tapered to two inches;
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24

weeks. Accompan-
led by his brother
in-law, George
Kahn. he will make
a journey through
African jungles and
the Sahara desert
from Algiers to Be
min. Their only es-
cort will be a couple
Of black soldiers.
The route passes
through a dangerous
rr4 - tka 1agarf
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24

Express horses continue in the most
active request in the Chicago and 9TH
err wholesale horse markets. One reason
for this is that the forwarding corpora
lions are doing an immense business.
In the United Kingdom there is short
age of desirable horses of this type.