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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
MANY BANKS ROBBEp.
Illinois and Nebraska Head the List
with Seven BurgIarIes.


with Seven BurgIarIes.
Fifty-six bank robberies in the United
States in less than four months is the
record which is worrying the country
bankers.
Illinois and Nebraska lead the list
with seven robberies each, Indiana has
nee, Missouri and Texas four each. New
York, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Wis
consin and Tennessee have three each
as their share. Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota
end South Carolina each have two. The
singles are Kentucky, Montana, New
Mexico and Utah.
In the bank burgling industry there
are, so to speak, captains, lieutenants and
privates. There is the plant hunter"
who goes about as a beggar or peddler
and finds out where there are safes to
be robbed. He seldom takes part in the
actual robbery Then there are the men,
usually two in each gang, who under
stand the use of explosives and perform
the real operation of blowing the safe.
And finally there are the stick up men,
the men who stand outside and snoot at
you if you venture on the street or pop
your head out of window.
There was a question not long ago as
to whether the common use of powerful
currents of electricity by street railway
and lightning companies would not pro-
vide the intelligent bank burglar with
means of resuming operations on a larg-
er scale by attaching temporary wires to
trolley wires and melting out the locks
of bank safes, but this feat can be ac-
ccmplished only when all the conditions
are prearranged for it, and it is not re-
garded as feasible method for thieves.
There are few. if any, Improvements
on the oA-fashioned jummies, pullers,
braces. spreaders and wedges of bygone
days, but they are no longer used. In
stead of seventy-fve pounds of steel tools
the modern bank thief carries a rubber
bottle of nitroglycerin, a cake of brown
soap, fuse and a handful of decorating
caps. The door of the safe is blown off
not pried off-and the man who does it
is not the well-dressed, high-living crook
Of old, but a tramp, a hobo, an outcaSt
even in the society of crime.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
Former Wife shares Estate.

Several weeks ago Attorney II. II.
Hayden of Eau Claire died suddenly. aud
when it was learned that his viii coald
not be found Il local sensation resulted.
as Mr.. Hayden had grown wealthy with
IN the last few years. His widow dis
covered the missing document and it was
filed in the Probate Court. Its peculiar
feature is that the widow and Mr.. Hay
den's former wife share in the estate.
The present Mrs. Hayden is given prop
erty and cash aggregating $4,000, par
value. 1t is partly in stocks worth five
times par. The divorced wife is given
$4,000 cash and $4,000 in stocks at
market value. = daughter by the first
Mrs. Hayden receives $3.50 and dauyh-
ter by the second wife gets 1000 worth
of stock
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
10000 Are STARVING.
People of Northern Sweden Are Eatins
par.n Iln-Ir Z, al IcnIn NJ AInna

People OF northern sweden Are Eating
Pine Bark and Iceland NOSE
kilograms from Stockholm confirm
the distressing accounts of famine in
northern Sweden. About 10000 people
are affected by this famine, which ex-
tends from the G1st to the 9th degree
north latitude and from the Gulf OF
Bothnia and the Russian border far into
the interior. The starving people are
eating pine bark, which is dried, ground
to powder, mixed with stewed iceland
moss, and made into kind of famine
bread. Coincident with the failure of
the crop Il the extreme scarcity Of fish.
1t Is estimated that the expenditure
of about SG,300,O00 viii be necessary 10
save tie population from defamation.
Thus far about 100000 has been sub
scribcd ol which sum over $4,000 was
sent b. Swedes in the United States.
This anolnt does not include the money
necessary, to save the breed of cattle.
which alone can 1--we through an Arctic
winter or supply seed for the sp-irg
sowings. The peasants are making pa
thetic sacrifices tc avert the extermila-
zion Of tte hardy Northern cattle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
NEWS Or WISCONSIN.
a WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
Farmers Wife Routs. Tramps = Eau
Claire Attorney Leaves Portion of
Estate to Divorced Wife-Desponden

Mrs. Frank c. Jensen of Caledonia
frightened away two strangers, evidently
tramps. The men, finding Mrs. Jensen
alone, became abusive, demanded some
thing TO eat, 81 in money and threatened
her with personal violence. One of the
men had a revolver. IAN right, gentle
men" said Mrs. Jensen, come in and
sit down and l will do the best | can to
cook a meal" Mrs. Jensen slipped into
the kitchen, then to her bedroom, took
down shotgun, stepped into the room
where the ruffians We're, raised the gun
and yelled. Now you loafers. duck. or
off go your heads" One of the fellows
leaped out of a window and cut himself
on the glass, and the other broke the
door in his hurry 70 get out
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
Rsw to Grow Peanuts.

Plow your land early IN spring, and
about the 9Th or 10th of May cross
break. harrow, lay your rows off %
inches each way. put two kernels in
place, cover lightly with shovel pillow,
and in four or five days put another
furrow on and drag off Be careful
not TO touch the peanuts; cultivate as
level as possible with small pillow. You
can plow both ways; keep the vines
uncovered and let them grow as fast
as possible. When they go to bloom
ing, never mind the bloom; just let 1t
alone, it doesn't have anything TO do
with the peanut. Don't go 20 the trou-
Bile that l have heard of to cover the
bloom up.
In the fall, before frost when your
peanut vines look matured and you
know the nuts are natured, take a
No. 10 or 20 chilled pillow, take the
wing OF and yor can plow them up
without leaving too much dirt on vine.
Run once or twice to the row; if your
vines are small, once will do. but if
large you will find it best to run
twice. rake four-pronged pitchfork,
raise the vines up and shake the dirt
off, and let it back; shake them up in
the morning and stack in the after
noon. Now comes the particular part.
Get your stack poles about Z feet long.
small poles, sharpen each end, jab
it in the ground good and firm and lay
some chunks, split pieces or anything
else that is handy around. 1t is hard
to stack them without molding or turn
ing black unless you understand it.
Pick the vine up by the root, let the
root pass the pole; every time you put
up vine, or vines. let the roots pass
the pole, and so on until the stack is
finished. Take a nice bunch of grass
and cap your stack. When they have
stayed in stack four or five weeks
they are ready to pick and sack and
will keep in any quantity. ]. w.
Reeves in the Globe-Democrat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
Told in :. rev Lines.

Gold discoveree twenty miles from
Annistonr Ala.
Freshmen and "preps" ST. Johns Col
iege, Annapolis, Nh. FLASHED. Some sore
heads ana ripped clothes.
The admission ~ Argentine cattle into
the United Kingdom is awaiting only
the drawing mp II the regulations and
their Iro.nuleation In the Gazetteer.
John Alexander Dowie. through On
evange4is.. has organized a church u BIS
faith il Sew YORK City.
Att5-ney John .. Palmer. Canton. O.,
sued Oliver Lanhart for 5000 damages,
for an alleged bad Aaircus.
The Hutchinson. Kan. Salt Company
Is to esect box ana barrel mandatory
70 make lll is own boxes.
4 Csr.eIl Clu5 has been organized in
I.ondo8 This IS fha first American
univer.iig club I'd England
In Al fro at Cuer3, Texas. Mrs. Waiter
Legally was fatally burned and her twin
boys psrfshel in the flames. The snothes
made eyery effort to save the children
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
Farm Notes.

When farmers are busy in the
spring they are liable I'd neglect many
matters which deserve eheir attention.
Now is the opportunity for getting the
, implements in order ard sharpening
the tools. The grindstona is valuable
adjunct TO good farming if thorough
work is desired.
Irish potatoes in the cellar should be
covered with carpet ana boards. Light
and air spoil their Gazing qualities.
Sweet potatoes are handy TO have
around during the winter and spring
months. but they will not keep during
the winter in the cellar. They must
be kept in a room where there is fire
enough 20 keep out dampness, and
where there is no danger OF freezing.
The fiee use of lime in the autumn,
especially under fruit trees, will ma
teriaIly assist in destroying fungi Use
air-slaked lime and apply it freely. II
Is not as efficacious as some of the
spraying mixtures, but is beneficial 10
a certain extent at this season. SomT
soils require lime. and i viii prove as
valuable under trees as on land intend
ed for regular crops.
some farmers prefer to save their
seed potatoes, but before DONG 50
there are precautions e he taken. Inc
Sigh sest indications Of disease on po-
tatoes should cause their rejection. as
the crop of next year VIII be diseased
from such seed Every bushel Of seed
I potatoes shonA2 be carefully examined
and examinations of the potatoes Ia the
bins should also be nsS.de during the
+ winter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
BAD 3. & o. WRECK.
Telegraph Messenger Said to Have
TaniDered with Danger Signal.

AelegraDh MesSenEer said to Have
Tanbered with Danger Signal.
Through the alleged Interference Of
messenger boy a wreck was caused on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad east of
Cumberland, Md, in which four EN-
ployes of that road were killed and three
injured
The wreck was due to the displaying
Of a false signal giving a clear track
for east-.bound passenger train No. 10,
when IN she next block ahead there were
standing on the track caboose and two
engines. The passenger train was drawn
by two lengines and these crashed
through the caboose and engines which
obstruefed the track. Luckily the train
had not attained its full speed and was
only moving at the cate of about twenty
miles an hour when che collision came.
1t is charged that messenger boy
was in the block tower when No 10
came along and hearing the engineers
whistle for clear tracks pulled lever,
giving him n clear signal. The operator
had. it is explained, previously set the
signal ut danger and was not aware Of
what was done until the crash came.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27

Il am looking" said the stranger in
the mining camp. FOR a man of the
name OF William Jones. l haze traced
him here, but can get no further record
of him"
THE last time l saw Bill, SPOKE m
Il grIzzled old fellow back OF the stove,
he was taawing out a stick Of dyna-
mite. '-Chalago Tribunt-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27

The oleomargarine people seem to be
between the devil and the deep blue
sea. They have been doing some mix
ing of their product with genuine but
ter for the better class of trade. This
is of course expensive to them. but it
seems to be the only way they can
avoid the law regarding coloring mat
ter-to get it from butter. But even
right here the question comes in for
the revenue officers to consider-an
they are considering it-whether this
is not an evasion of the spirit if not the
letter of the law. If such trade should
grow into any proportions, it is claimed
that the revenue people win decide
that oleo mixed with butter, while it
may not be adulterated or colored cleo,
is adulterated butter. And here you
are. They catch them going and COM
Ing.-Tennessee Farmer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
Cheap Fencing MACHINE.

1t is not every farmer that has a
few rods of picket fence to make that
feels himself able to buy a fencing ma
chine. l designed the following plan,
and while it is not so rapid as a reg
ular machine, L think the work is bet
ter. 1t makes no short twists in the
wires which units them for use if the
pickets should in time rot or one
should want to move the fence.
Cut piece of plank for each pair of
wires, 7x11ax6 inch. as at a. Bore a
12-inch hole in each corner of one end;
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
Drin,s Poisson al sister,s nnorsten.

Mrs. Margaret Van Valkenberg, aged
81 years, attempted to commit suicide at
Racine by taking carbolic acid 1t APP
pears that for some time she has been
rather Respondent and the other night
sent her daughter to a drug store to Sc
cure the poison. At 4:30 o'clock in the
morning she left her home and walked
a mile and half to the home of her
sister where she drank the poison. She
was found lying on the doorstep twenty
minutes later and was removed TO the
hospital.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
Logs Taken in Transit.

There is a great stir among farmers
between Eau Claire and the mouth of the
Chippewa river, as the result of investi-
cations by Kenneth Mcleod, agent of
the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Com
pany showing that many thousand dol
lars worth of logs in transit have been
pulled out of the Chippewa river by
farmers and used to build barns, etc. One
syndicate of farmers was found to have
established a sawmill and lumber yard
run exclusively on company logs
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
Omro Store Destroxcd.

w. ]. Letcher's shoe store and stock
at Omro were destroyed by fire, caused
by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. The
stock was valued at $4,000. and was in
sured for $4,000. Mr.. Letcher came 1e-
Gently from Dodgeyille. The millinery
stock Of Mrs. B. c. Hoover in an adjoin-
ing store, was removed to place of safe
Il. Mrs. Hoover's loss is small The
building occupied by Mr.. Letcher belongs
to the est lite of the late c. $. Douty and
is a total wreck. 1t was valued at ST.
200. A large plate glass in Leighton's
block across the street, was broken by
the heat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27

put a wire through each hole and fas-
ten the wires in place to the post
where you begin to weave. Then I'M
roll and stretch the bottom wires first,
the full length of the fence if straight,
and staple them in place to the other
end, or corner post, but not so tight as
to not let them slip. Draw them
straight and extend them beyond the
last end post some 10 or 20 feet. Fas
ten them to some kind of heavy weight
that will slip on the ground as the
pickets are being woven in.-Cor. Farm
and Hnmn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
Buro1ars Take Zinc Goods.

Early the other morning burglars en-
tered the store of Nelson & Dahlstrom in
Racine They took bolts Of silk, velvet
and hroadcloth, jewelry and fancy goods,
piled them into sleigh and drove away.
Two bolts of the stolen goods were found
on the street a mile from the store. The
loss is claimed to be $1,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27

coal in your yard. Now, | want to tell
you thar this gun won't be asleep if you
don't write out the order, and write ii
out mighty quick IN this manner the
woman secured fiji Jpn of hard coal for
$3.50. She had a Wagon outside, and as
soon as She received tie order drove into
the yard, secured the coal and drove
home in trumDh
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27

Pinch holes to insert the lever b; G is
a stick between the lever and frame
wnen the load is drawn up; ID is a
A-inch rope and e is a single block.
The legs should be attached by a bolt
running through the frame, and the
holes in the legs be made oblong in
shape so they viii fit over a wagon
The bolt must be at least inches long
err than the frame is wide.-R. e. Clark,
in the EDitomist.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27

knew from their own expert nee what
it was to be seriously sick. They have
been Frustrated by such formidable
diseases as pneumonia and typhoi3
fever. Sometimes the strong and
robust neglect precautions tc preserve
health which those apparently much
weaker have learned to observe Farm
ers are more or less Injured to. exposure
to the elements, but however strong
and hardy, thy should not fbrget that
the laws of Nature apply TO all alike
Exchange.
A Cave for Storing Apples.
For storing fruit ON the farm nothing
can equal a good cave. One of the
leading orchardists in socI hwestern
Iowa built cave seven yeart ago, and
has found it an excellent place in which
to store apples. The cave was dug into
north Kill slope and the dirt removed
with a spade and wheeIbarrow. 1t is
16 feet wide by 80 feet deep and will
hold two carloads of apples. The clay
walls need nothing to hold them in
place.
The roof is mace of bridge plank,
held in place by posts along the sides.
The plank are covered with dirt and
sodded over to tnrn the rain. Two
12-inch tiles at the top provide ventila-
ton. Rats have not bothered much.
A few got in, but were caught with a
wire trap. A fruithouse 16 by 90 feet
/ is built in front of the cave Double
doors oBan on the north, so that two
wagons can be backed in for unload
ing. There is an orchard and timber on
the south, so that hot south Winds have
no chance to enter this cavh. Apples
are stored in barrels, which are kept
off the ground.-American Agricultur-
I list.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
Feedinr of Soft Corn.

There is very little difference in feed
ing value of the dry matter of soft, or
thoroughly ripened corn, pound for
pound, but it requires about 20 per
cent more soft corn to make an even
amount of dry matter. OF course the
same amount of cob is necessary to
grow a soft ear that is required to grow
a good ear. A good deal of soft corn
is musty. This may or may not be in
furious to stock 1t is better to use
caution in feeding soft corn until its
effect on the animals eating it is deter
mined Ordinarily there is very little
trouble from this source, but specific
cases of stomach trouble have been
traced to damaged or moldy corn. As
there is SO much of this class of stock
food in the country this year, it is bet
ter TO go slow.-Henry Payne, in Farm
and Home.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27

of Washington and
incidentally is feed
ing them liberal
quaatities of poison.
The boarders know
that they are taking
powerful poisons.
but so sure are they
that no harm will
corle to them they
willingly eat all that
is placed before
them. The idea is
to ascertain the eff
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
Profit Comes s1ow1r.

The profit from farming comes in
slowly. and several years may elapse
before the farmer is aware that his
farm pays. This is due to the fact
that fertility in the soil is cumulative,
the results of the first year being but
little apparently, though every year
thereafter the farm Will increase In
productive capacity. The s.ssem of
farming practiced will also influence
the future of the farm. Where stock is
a speciality the results are nearly al
ways excellent. and rotation of crops
aids in giving profit, but the largest
gain is when the farmer uses fertilizers
literally and gives his attention to the
preservation of the manure produced
on the farm.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
USES REvoLveR TO GET COAL.
Detroit Clerk, Confronted with Cash


and Gun, Writes Out Order.
Here is $3.50. Write me out an or
der on the yard for O ton of coal" 4
clerk for coal firm in Detroit looked up
from his books to gaze into the barrel of
big revolver held IN the hand of a
woman on whose face was a very deter
mined expression. You said that you
would not be asleep If attempted to get
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27

butchering d ay.
The side pieces of
t b e fra IN e are
made of 2x6x14,
the legs are 2x4x
II. and the roll A
is a round block Of
wood IS in c'h e s
long wit h two
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27

The man who IS clever in scheming
to get Invitations II his youth VIII
find his cleverness valuable IN s0hens
ing to get out OF accepting them n kss
old age.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
Coachmen in While-

In Berlin doctors coachmen wee
white hats. so that physicians car
raige may be easily recognized II case
CT necessity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27

Potatoes are the most expensive of
all the staple foods. They contain
from T50 to 500 pounds of water in
every 1000 pounds. the solid matter
being mostly starch. The farmer also
finds the potato crop one of the most
exacting in its requirements of labor,
one of the greatest obstacles being
warfare against beetles and diseases.
At present prices potatoes are more
expensive than beef, considering the
actual proportion of nutritious mat
ter contained. but it is only when
prices are high that the potato crop
is very profitable. owing TO the ex-
penses necessary for its cultivation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
Denths A,nonv Farmers.

1t is sad 10 hear of the recent deaths
or present desperate Illness Of several
young and middle-aged farmers-men
who before the present winter never
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
me orchard 4 Nccessitr.

An orchard is a necessity on the
farm. Il is well known that a farm
containing an orchard will sell at a
fair price, when farms with no or
charis are sacrificed. The buyer al
ways looks for the greatest number of
advantages. and if apples. peaches.
pears. plums and the small fruits can
be found. instead of only an apple or
ehard. the value of the farm viii he
Increased much more than the original
cost OF the orchard. Ii the farm is not
for sale the orchard viii be a source OF
profit 10 the farmer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
A Lifting Frame,

From the accompanying cut You will
be able TO get an idea of handy ar
rangement for lifting, especially so on
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27

Some young men are pre3Gdlced
against work because they imaglue
that being hired lowers Them
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
Quality of Milk.

OF Nlilhs
Which is the richest milk? Expert
ments plainly SHOW that the last milk
from the udder-the stripping" is
much richer in fat than that first
drawn. Several tests in this country
have demonstrated that fact, and in an
experiment a COW was Iailked until
the udder was completely empty, all
milk being weighed. The milk was
divided into three lots ana tested for
butter fat The first milk contained
only 9 per cent of the fat, the second
2.06 per cent and the third lot 4.06
per cent. At the New York station an
experiment was made, tie first milk
containing only three-tenths of | per
cent of fat and the second 6.S5 per
cent, two lots only being used, the
whole milk averaging 300 per cent
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
EAT PolsoNs AT EVERY MEAL.
The Unique Experiment. Being Tried
by Uncle sam

For the sake Of scieirce, the United
States government is giving free board
for six months to twents-four young men
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27

Love may be blind. but the average
mother-in-law isn't
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-27
Canadian Wrinkles with Stag,

The Canadian method of preventing
the souring eff silage is said to be to
ill the bottom of the silo to depth of
three feet with euG wheat straw. There
will be no loss as the straw will be
eaten by stock as readily as is the sill
age. Another method IS to scatter
pieces of marble Carbonate of limel the
size of an egg through the filling. say
five pieces on top of each four feet OF
filing The carbonic acid gas gener-
ated will expel the lighter oxygen and
prevent fermentation.