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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
The Wonders of Modern Farming.

ne wonders OF MOderu n arm ing
All the great crops are now planted.
and all except cotton are gathered by
machinery. Let us follow a crop
throughout a seasons work and see
the changes that have come in its
treatment.
The plowman no longer trudges slow
~ and YEARLY back and forth across
his field. He rides sulky pillow with
a spring seat. There are special plows
for every need-turf plows, stubbie
plows, subsoil plows. plows for heavy
work, plows for light work. and gang
plows turning three furrows at once.
So simple are many of them that boy
may drive one. Flowing by steam is
not commonly practiced in the Middle
West, but out on the great wheet
ranches of the Pacific coast it is COM
mon. On the tule lands of California
sixty-horse-power traction engine
drawing twenty-one feet of disk plows
will break the ground to depth of
ten inches at the rate Of forty-fve to
sixty acres day. With mold-board
plows designed especially for this
work strip twenty feet wide
can be broken. This means that man
and pair of horses with a single
mold-board pillow would have to cross
field twenty times to do the
same work that the traction engine
does by one trip of its plows. A farm
er in the Central West who uses
small traction engine and a gang of
four fourteen-inch plows says that it
costs him from so to GO cents per acre
to break his ground. He considers
steam economical.
The land made ready for the recep-
ton of the seed, machinery still does
the work that muscle used to do. The
sower goes forth to SOW, but not as he
once did, dropping his seed into the
soil, trudging backward and forward
from dawn until twilight. His grass
or his grain is broadcasted or drilled
In with mechanical evenness, and the
machine automatically registers the
acreage sown. In like manner his corn
| Is drilled in, listed or planted in hills,
his potatoes are planted, and even his
cabbage, his cauliflower and his tobac-
| co plants from the seed beds. are set
out by machinery, and the work is
| done better than it could possibly be
by hand-this, besides the saving of
time and toll. Even in the vegetable
garden seeders for all kinds of seeds
are now extensively used. The ma
chimes are pushed in front of the op-
orator. and they automatically drop
and cover the seeds at the desired dis
tances and depth, and at the same time
mark off the next ROW.. B. Thorn
| ton, in Worlds Work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
TEN YEARS AGO.

Tie British House Of Lords rejected
the Irish home rule bill By 40 to Al.
The Brazilian feet blockaded the har-
bor of Rio de Janeiro and demanded
President PeixotO's resignation.
senator PETER Of Kansas introduced
ct washington bill appropriating $500
400 IN aluminium coin" for the endOw-
ment Of a scientific college" IN the Dis
trlct Of Columbia.
Gov. Horace Boies Of Iowa, ia a cam
paign address. declared both the Demo
cratic and Republican parties solemnly
bound not to discriminate between gold
and silver as money standards.
The Irish home rule bill was taken up
By the British House Of Lords, Earl
Spencer declaring II the only solution %
the Irish questioH.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
CHAPTER Y.


As an elegant clock, with old cathedral
chimes. struck the hour of ten, Ethel,
With a pale face and trembling hand,
lighted a candle. possessed herself of the
strange looking knife, then opening the
wardrobe. and drawing back the bolt
stenped into the passage and from thence
through the small door in the opposite
wall.
She found herself in a long. straight,
dark corridor. that led directly TO what
Sir Reginald assured ner was the Haunt
ed Tower. At the end where she stood,
however, on the left hand side, was a
door. fastened with an old-fashioned
iron hook. This led TO the ruin, and
with a beating heart she opened II
Close by the door she found small
covered basket that she knew must CON
tain what she sought. Grasping 1t quick
". she again fastened the door, as Sir
Reginald had instructed her to do, and
passed down the corridor.
There she found the entrance 10 the
tower. and resolving to take some bright
sunshiny day 10 visit this spot. she turn
ed, as she had been directed, to count out
the number of panels on the left hand
wall, and Immediately discovered tie
faint crack, that she knew must be what
she sought Inserting the point of the
knife, she turned three times, when the
panels parted and there lay the shelves
Opening then the basket. she found
food in small pieces. Consisting of broken
biscuits, bits of chicken, potatoes, and
quite a quantity of meat, cut in mouth
fuls. This she placed on TIE shelves
upon the wooden plate on which it was
heaped. Then gently showing the shelves.
they slowly whirled around, aud when
the same side returned to her. the plate
stood upon il empty, ready TO be placed
ar.in in the basket.
THAT ape must hsve been trained, =
she thought, TO empty the plate and re-
turn it,
She listened for moment. out all was
still. Showing TO the panels, she found
that they relocked themselves, SO taking
mn candlestick, knife and basket, she
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Fifteen million dollars was paid by
Great Britain TO the United States, I'M
der the Geneva award, for damages 70
American shipping by the rebel cruiser
Alabama.
John Bigelow, who originated the cen
tennial celebration of 1876, protested
against the Philadelphia exposition as
concentrating that event. because of
its commercial character.
Paris police refused to allow the dis
play of the American flag by American
citizens in celebration of the proclaim
ing Of the French republic.
Nelson Dingley, afterwards Congress
man and Republican leader of the House,
was elected Governor of Maine.
A bad slump in the New York stock
market was blamed to the shipment of
funds for moving the crops and TO Jay
Gould
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

Persons travelling between the Tennes-
see river and Natchez, Miss, were so
harassed by Indians that President john
Adams ordered the War Department TO
establish block houses along the route.
Twenty stand of small arms and fifty
pieces of artillery were started for New
Orleans, La. where the Spanish intend
ant was making trouble.
The British House of Commons appro-
priated 100000 for the construction Of
a ship caEh across Scotland.
The Kirg of England, through Lord
HawkesbuIy, ordered a blockade of
Havre de Grace and other ports Of the
Seine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22

Coal oil is sure death 10 every louise
II touches. but it does not always kill
the eggs and must he used with eau
ton to prevent blistering the skin Of
the hog. When large drove is treat
ed, the work can be done very quickly
by using a spray-pump having an at
tachment for mixing the oil and water,
and the pump should be so that It viii
use five parts OF water TO one part of
oil. as recommended in Farmers Bulle-
tin No. 100. When such a mixture is
thrown over the hogs In a fine spray,
only little OF the oil is used TO cover
the whole animal, and If the spraying
is done in the evening, nearly all the
oil will have evaporated before morn
ing. and there viii be no blistering OF
the skin when the hogs are exposed 10
the sun on the following day. So little
oil is used in the spraying that few of
the eggs viii be killed 1ni the WORK
should be repeated a. II end Of the
second week. If the work is thorough
" done. three sprayings win be sum
cienr-America Cultivator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
K.rd.uI. B-;,g Rebui1t.

The Kendall State Bank will be ready
for business in about thirty days. A
building for the bank is now nearly COM
pleted. All the buildings destroyed in
the fire that nearly wiped out the village
three months ago have been replaced by
solid brick structures. The new hotel
building is 60x100 feet and three stories
high. This building when compsted will
be one of the best in this section of the
State and certainly not excelled in any
other village Of 700 inhabitants.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
sEvENrY.FIvE YEARS AGO.

American free traders protested be-
cause the duties on 100 bales of wool
imported at Boston amounted to $2,450.
while the original cost in Smyrna was
only $2,430.
The Jewish race was estimated by the
London Quarterly Review to number
100000 persons.
President John Quincy Adams efforts
to preserve the government forests re-
suited in the seizure at St. Marks, Fla.
of a ship loaded with live oak timber cut
on government land.
Gen. Chilly Mcintosh reported the kill
ing of twenty-seven buffaloes in Arkan-
sas territory, out of herd of over 600.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22

rel. as shown, SO that the water may
be drawn of readily when wanted.
Over the top of the barrel is placed a
frame, covered with the finest mesh
wire obtainable This will keep out
vermin and small animals, and yet
permit sufficient air to circulate over
the water to prevent it from becoming
stagnant. The illustration shows the
plan, which is an excellent one and
very inexpensive.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22

Gus Newman, a bartender in the town
of Sugar Camp, was found in a swamp
in a dying condition. He had been miss
ing for three days. A searching party,
headed by Sheriff Kearns, secured the
country, but he was not seen until the
swamp was reached. Newman was sit
ting in pool of water, feebly muttering
to himself. His pockets were tightly
packed with moss and he had eaten con-
siderable of it in his frenzy. Newman
is about 40 years old and unmarried. He
IS not expected to live.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
A Land of Small Farmers.

From recent report on agriculture
in Germany, it appears that of the
total agricultural area of 125,000.O00
acres in Germany three-fourths are ac-
tually under the plow or in cultiva-
ton as meadows, pastures and hop
gardens, and less than 100000 acres
are cultivated for market garden and
vineyard produce. The area is divided
into 100000 holdings, and is princi-
pally in the hands of small peasants
and farmers. These peasant holdings
of from two and half to five acres
form the backbone of German agricul-
ture.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
Record Breaking Trip.

Dr. Edward Under of Chicago, a for
mer Marinette young man, returned re-
Gently after a tour of Europe He Wis
tied almost all of the countries abroad,
and spent four months there. His total
expense was $172, which included pas
sage over and back. He made the trip
with a young college friend. 1t is sup
posed to be the mountaineering European
"trip as far as expense is concerned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
Antn.Cracked.

Alderman Timothy p Sullivan was
standing with party of friends at the
entrance OF the aldermanic chamber
last Wednesday discussing the political
situation and other kindred subjects,
when some one remarked:
IT tell you that the American citl-
zen is an autocrat.'
WELL replied the alderman. 'he
may be born an autocrat, but from all
present signs he is liable TO die an
anfn-cracked New York Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
CTo be continued
FEAR TO EAT sHELLFiSH.


Story That They Are Scavengers of
the Sea scares Britons.
Fishmongers assert that the evil rep
utation lately acquired by oysters as
propagators of typhoid has extended,
more or less, to all sorts of shellflsh,
from the lordly lobster to the humble
whelk. The whole are supposed to
earn their living as scavengers Of the
sea, says the London Globe, and with
equal readiness it is assumed that they
prefer to reside amid noxious abomina
tions, Tor tie convenience of re-supply-
ing der larders. Even the immobile
limpe. and nIussel are credited with a
facility Of detaching themselves from
r1cks to go in eager pursuit of bacili,
while it is roundly denied that salt
water produces any disinfecting eff
feet on disease germs, no matter how
great it's depth or purity.
Aud 50 the lover of shellfish sternly
refuses to crafty his palate, while
their vendors sadly anticipate early
bankruptcy should the scare last much
longer. 1t would be very good thing
therefore, for The trade to have all
doubts set at rest, one way or another,
as to the alleged fundamentally Of
shellfsh in destroying human life.
Some of them, it is true, diet them
selves largely on impure food when
ever it falls in their way. But it re-
mains to be proved that by the time
1t reaches them it has not been freed
from all living organisms by its long
immersion in salt water. 1t may be.
too, that the digestive apparatus of
Holsters, crabs, clans and their con-
geners kills disease germs. Moreover,
it is by no means certain that all crus-
taceans deserve the imputatlon Of be-
ing foul feeders; some are said to be
quite immaculate in the matter of high
living.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
Saves Father from suicide.

Clara, the 16-year-old daughter of
Charles Lee of the North Side, at La
Crosse, saved her father from suicide
three times She cut a rope which was
choking out his life in a woodshed near
their home, assisted in dragging him from
the river, and administered an antidote
when he attempted, a>few hours later, to
poison himself. The alleged infdelity of
his wife is the cause of the attempted
suicide
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
Rrakemar Kil1ed at switch.

Charles Oscar Getzler of Glen View, a
brakeman on the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St Paul Railway, was killed in
stantly by a train at Truesdell station.
He had gone back to release the switch
when he was struck by the engine of
passenger train.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
Loaeing small Animals.

md is obliged to cart them to market
there should be some device for load
ing the animals into the wagon with
out the exercise of too great labor. The
loading crate shown in the illustration
is one of the best appliances of the
strong, yet light so that it can be cas-
fly handled. A frame is made of two
by four material and the floor made
of inch lumber with cleats nailed on
eight inches apart. The upper end
should be well braced and the incline
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22

some method of exterminating this
pest, and agree that the best way CT
combating it is the following:
At the usual time Of sowing wheat
In the fall, sow small portion Of the
field quite early and after the wheat
Is up watch it closely for attacks of
the hessian fly. In case the pest does
not appear it will be safe to finish the
sowing at once. In the event of trou-
BILE with the small strip of wheat, wait
until just before sharp frost may be
expected before sowing the balance of
the field. The idea is that if the wheat
does lot make its appearance until If
ter sharp frost it will he safe, as it
is thought tie frost will kill the hes
sian fly. his method is Wei worth
trying and gseeating each year until
some better plan is discovered.--Ex-
Change.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
Not Fit for Publication.

Gotham-What do you call your
town?
Van Yuser-New York
Gotham thought you had moved
10 a place in the country.
van Yuser-O. I'm back again- l
wouldn't dare tell you what I call that
Observation-Disclosures Press
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22

Table rock fell into the Niagara river.
George Poindexter, second Governor
of Mississippi, died.
A religious liberty bill was adopted by
the upper house of the Dutch parlia-
ment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
Firhtinr Hea.inn Flr.

Whether one grows 10 or 100 acres
Of wheat. the hessian fly Is an enemy
ahat VIII need watching. Scientists
have worked for years trying TO ind
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
faDitalisrs in Paris.

Not more than $500 persons in Paris
have a capital of as much as 100000,
and nearly one-third Of those are for
eigners-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22

An air Of mystery Is about all there
Is to some men.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22

Hudson, a harness from William Smiley
and another robe from Ulrich Boditcher
all farmers living within two miles of
Albany. No trace Of the thieves.
Fremont Avery. a well-to-do farmer Of
the town of West Point, committed sui
eide at Prairie du Sac by cutting his
throat with a RAZOR He was found by
his mother in Mrs A. Fletcher's barn.
balanced at the time. He was about 4J
years ol1.
At New Lisbon lightning struck the
fagpole of the high school, setting the
cupola and roof aire En- several places. II
was half an hour before an alarm was
tlrned in Then the fire engine got stuck
in a mudhole Hard work with pals Of
water and the final assistance Of the
engine saved the building.
Harry Stoker, the Breokiyn ~. "
man captured In the act of burglarizing
the Williams Hotel in Manitowoc, where
lie had formerly been employed as clerk.
was sentenced to three years ii5prison-
ment at the Green Bay reformatcry
stoker pleaded guilty. He claims 10 hlye
been intoxicated at the time Of the rob
berry.
The eighth annual reunion Of the sol
diers and sSilJrs Of Rock County. held
in Beloit, was well attended despite the
rain. The principal speaker was Rev
s. G.. Huey Of Rcck Prairie At the
business meeting it was decided 10 hold
the reunion Of 1904 in Clinton, and ". 4
Mayhem Of Clinton was elected presi-
dent
The entries Of a dozen women school
teachers who formed a combination and
entered government land in Burnett
County have been reported for canceIla-
ion BY government inspector and the
cases are now being tried By the United
States land ofice. The women win make
a lively fight.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-08
QUEEN OF THE HIGHWAY"

In presenting to lovers of .hc start
ling in dramatic art, Mr.. Charles 4. Tay-
lor's latest effort, Queen of tie High
wayp Mr.. James II. walliek thinks he
has found a real novelty and one which
he hopes viii prove a gold mine. The
leading character around whom the plot
revolves. is one Of the strenuous order,
bold. dashing. riding and shooting bet
ter than the men, vet retaining her beau
II and marks of refinement to the last.
In the last act, she Is discovered to be
the robber who, in male attire, has 50
long been the terror Of the highway. In
holding up the mail coach, she is shot
bv her own husband, a government Of
seer, in mistake for the man who ruined
his life. Wounded and dying, in her
man she has 50 deeply wrOngcd. The
daughters arms, she Is forgiven by the
comedy is of the roIliclsing order and Is
furnished in the character OF a jew who
sells whiskcy to the Indians; Dennis,
the Irish stage driver, and Mollie, once
4 variety performer, now mistress of
the Wild Horse Tavern. The play is full
Of realism, excitement, and can scarcely
fail TO entertain. At the Grand opera
house Wednesday evening, April s.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-08

The editor of the Herald, \. F. Ken
dan, ATTEMPTED to vote in the Second
ward at the city election. He had not
been here long enough TO entitle him to
vote, but, If the election officers had
not been familiar with that fact the
Illegal vote would have gone in just the
same. This happened. notwithstanding
the fact that that paper is continually
bowling for pure elections. What do you
think Of it, anyway
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-08
Real Estate for Sale.

/ have one house and lot located in
Stealey addition for sale. Lot 40xl20.
House contains eight rooms, and is a
newly built and comfortable one.
Price reasonable and on easy pay
mentS.
l have also one house and lot, locat-
ed in Alta Vista. Lot size 4Oxl20.
House has eight rooms and is newly
built. Price right and on easy terms.
Also house and lot in the Stealey
addition. Lot T0xs0. House newly
built and has six rooms. Price very
reasonable for cash.
One vacant lot 10 the Stealey addi-
ton, size 40xl2o, suitable for residence
property, for sale also. Lot is very
desirable. Price reasonable, on easy
terms.
Transfers Of property, houses and
lots, and all real estate business trans
acted by
D. L. MITCHLL,
Room Is RoOkery Building, South
Third Street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-08

The only booze that was handed out
election day was by the loud.mouthed
reformers. 1t is a disgrace to the intel
ligencc and good taste Of clarksburg to
suffer these people to keep up such an
agitation all the year round and then
be the only people who really do what
they howl 50 much against. But the PeO-
pie are on to them and they viii find
that it win be to their interest to be
circumspect in the future.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-08

Charley Moore, one of the director.
of the Herald and main advocate OF the
reform talk that sheet contains, wa.
very busy in lis office in the Hornor
building election day. He was not At
tending to business either. The man
who is continually bowling against the
use Of Doodle and booze in elections
ought to practice what he breaches.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-08

Mother Jones was not brought here
by Lee Malone, as the Democrats circu-
lated before the meeting. hoping to keep
as many away as possible, but she did
the Republicans a lot OF good anyway.
The Democrats ought to fit out an arc.
tic expedition and send her to the North
pole just before they have another cleo
ton around here.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-08

The News professed great wisdom and
said with a very knowing look that Howe
had been stabbed in the back. There was
no stabbing about it.sto the contrary, ii
was solar.pexus blow, but Howe was
not the man knocked goggy and out
of the ring.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-08

Even VIII Thompson was not any too
strong in the faith, after the Tall Syca-
more of the Wabash said it must be in
the family, but Thompson and the peo-
pie of ClarEsburg are not ready to make
a family matter out of the city.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-08

They got sick early in the day and
abandoned themselves to chewing the rag
about the wisdom of the people. That
shows that they would not have had
grit enough to conduct the affairs OF an
up-to-date city like CIarksburg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-08

Mother Jones got hot at the Telc-
gram because the Telegram said she had
n right to speak here, while John J. Da-
us said she must not. From this it ap-
pears that she objects to this paper
according her any rights at all. At any
other time She would have been warm
under the collar toward Mr.. Davis.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-08

The Republicans had considerable com
passion for the Democrats. They did not
want it to be too much Of defeat, and
actually got an old man out Of bed,
hauled and carried him to the polls to
vote the straight Democratic ticket.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-08

The News started in early in the Pc
Rod Of idlenes, that was to follow the
election Of the Dcmocratie-Labor ticket
and got out no paper yesterday, but they
win now have to 90 back to work, if
they want to keep up with the process
sion. 1t is an awful blow, but We hope
they will get over it.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-08

Van Hurst has decided to take it into
the Methodist church. Van is a caution
There are a lot of fellows who have
their doubts as to how he voted. a
buekwhcat grain has several faces.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-04-08

The only booze to be had election day
was that up in an upstairs office in the
Horner building. It was peddled out in
behalf of the Democratic ticket But
it was not the right kind. The fellows
who got it voted the straight Republi-
can ticket.