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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
TO FIX ALASKA LINES.
Boundary Commission Holds Opening
Meeting in London.


The Alaskan boundary commissioners
held their first meeting Thursday in
London. An abstract of the arguments
of the United States, given out, sets
forth that serious collision with Can
ada was threatened if Canada had press
ed boundary claims.
1t is declared that the British commits
sioner's contention that "Canada's claim
to the territories at the head of the Lynn
canal was at the time well known to the
United States government" is false.
Continuing, the document says: This Is
a gratuitous assertion. There is no proof
to sustain it. Canada never put forward
any such claim to the United States. The
claim was first made in 1898 by Great
Britain before the joint high commits
sion. 1t has been said that if the Cana
dian government had instructed British
vessels TO disregard these regulations
there would have been grave danger of
serious collision There undoubtedly
would have been a collision, just as GER
tainly as if they had been instructed to
disregard the regulations of the port of
New York"
Considerable space is devoted to the
part played by the Klondike gold dis
coveries in arousing Great BIitain's in
terest in the controversy, and in this
connection notice is taken of an assertion
made by the British commissioners that
the towns of Dyea and Skaguay owed
their existence to the migration to the
Klondike. They assert on the contrary
that Dyea was founded in 1886 and Ska
quay in 1883
The documents covering the American
presentation of the case are comprised
in three volumes, making a total of about
eleven hundred pages. In addition there
are also two volumes of maps
Prior to the formal assembling the
commissioners met in their private con-
ference room and selected Reginald L.
Tower of the British diplomatic service,
formerly attached to the legation at
Washington, and recently minister to
Siam, to be secretary of the commits
sion. J. r. Garter, second secretary of
the United States embassy, and Mr..
Pope, a representative of the Canadian
government, were appointed assistant
secretaries. Lord Chief Justice Aver
stone was subsequently chosen chairman
of the commission.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Craving Potatoes.

The quantity Of seed potatoes re
quired for an acre will depend a great
deal upon the size of the potatoes and
the size of the pieces each seed potato
is cut into at planting time. AS a gent
eral rule it requires from ten to twelve
bushels planted in rows three feet
apart and eighteen inches apart in the
row. This is supposing that the pota-
toes are of medium size and are cut
so that each piece will have two or
three eyes The land should be rich.
Loan, well fortified with stable
manure, is as good as any soil that can
be had. If the potatoes can be planted
ON clover sod, so much the better. Prai-
RE sod will grow good potatoes, pro-
vided the sod can be well cut up into
a mellow seed bed Ordinarily the
second year after breaking the prairie
is better than the first. Ground which
had no crop last year and was covered
with weeds will contain a great num-
Der of weed seeds. and much labor will
be required to keep the potatoes clean.
Orange Judd Farmer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
No "New-Fangled" Farming.


No New tangled" Farming.
Now the farmer dons his go-to-meetin
suit
And he HES him to grangers' institute,
There to hear, in learned lectures,
Agricultural conjectures
And to bark to PROFESSIONAL dispute.
On the platform sit the experts, wise,
sedate,
Each with boards of useful knowledge
meath his pate,
And they tell the farmer how
He should milk the speckled cow
In the fashion most approved and up to
date.
There are papers on Rotation of the
Crops"
Dissertations on "The Proper Poles for
Hops
And long, intense debate
On the question, grave and great,
SHOULD the Barn Be Cieansed with
Pitchforks or with Mops"
How to Trace the Willy Weasels to
Their Sources"
Helpful Hints on Painless Dentistry for
Horses
How to Build Stack of Oats"
As Winter Shed for Goats
There are many more such edifying
courses.
Now the farmer sagely mods at all they
say,
And at shutdown, having spent pleasant
day,
Homeward hastens to his toll
And proceeds to till the soil
In the very good old-fashioned Jersey
way.
Newark News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15

Aarch alluded l am convinced that this
movement does not proceed spontaneous
ly from the population, but is instigated
from abroad. l hope the measures tax
en- will insure tranquility. l call God
70 witness the sincerity of my declara-
ton and that all my aspirations and work
are for the welfare and prosperity of ali
my subjects"
Turning then to the Bulgarian patri-
arch the Sultan babe him communicate
his words TO his flock.
Next addressing the Greek patriarch
the Sultan said he regretted that the
Greek population had also suffered from
the recent troubles and declared he
would be pleased to contribute to the
subscriptions being raised in the patri-
Archaic in behalf of the sufferers.
The Sultan further remarked that he
was very sorry that some of the sol
diers had been guilty of acts contrary to
his orders and desires. The Sultan per-
sonally assured Mgr. Ormanian, the Ar
menian patriarch, that his words applied
to the Armenians as well as to the peo-
lie of other nationalities.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15

rooms, belonging to this singular old
mansion.
Retreating to her own apartment
through the wardrobe. Ethel bathed her
face and hands, smoothed her hair, and
once more turned towards the room Of
the invalid.
At the threshold, however, she met old
Mrs. FREEDOM, the nurse, who had been in
the family for years. who whispered that
the baronet had fallen asleep. therefore.
she might walk around the grounds if
she chose
Feeling that the freth air would revive
her shrinking spirit, Ethel tipped down
the broad staircase aid stepped upon
the piazza. As she did so, she almost
ran against gentleman Just entering.
Raising her eyes % apologize, she
found herself face to face with Dr. Ellen
stein, the kind friend that she had part
ed with few weeks before. He was as
much astounded as herself it seemed. at
her unexpected appearance.
is it possible that this can be Miss
NevergailY'
1T is, indeed; but l can scarcely be-
lieye this my friend. DR.. Elfenstein. How.
is it we meet in this unexpected place
and manner?'
II was about calling on my patient,
Sir Reginald Glendenning, when, instead
of being received by a servant, Miss New
ergail comes flying towards me- How is
it you are here? l see by your black
robes that your aunt must have passed
away! But come out upon the piazza,
as you were about to do, and tell me Of
yourself"
Passing from the door to the shadow of
the trained vines, followed by the ply
stefan, the young girl related the occur
rences Of the last few weeks.
did | understand that you were to re-
main here some timer
.'YesI l am to be Sir Reginald's secre-
tary, amanuensis and reader For this.
and helping to amuse him, l am to re-
ceive good salary, and will have home
for the summer"
ITO be continued.)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
CHAPTER VIII.

HAS she came?" asked Sir Reginald
GleLdeaning of Lady Constance, as he
distinctly heard a carriage stop before
the door. and his own coSchman's voice
speaking to the horses.
"She has; shall she be brought direct
ly to your presenter
Yes: and see TO it that no one enters
this room until they are summoned. as 1
wish to see this girl alone. Do you hear?
Alone! entirely alone replied the baro-
net.
Lady Constance withdrew. and very
soon reopened the door TO usher in and
present TO her sick husband Ethel Never
gail, his sisters adopted niece. then in
stantly retired, closing the door behind
her. Very beautiful looked the young
girl as she stood by the side of the bed,
her heavy Grape veil thrown back. re-
vealing her sad. sweet face and large.
plying eyes.
.'Oh. sir.' said she. after an eager.
yet half naughty greeting. II grieve to
see you so helpless. Have you just been
injursdT
YES: this morning I was thrown from
nv horse, and am TO lie here helpless
for months / sent for you then, In an
swer to a letter received q few moments
before the accident from my sister, writ
ten before her death. In that she asks
me TO give you a home for four months IN
return for any service may wish rem
dered. l sent. because l need assist
ance immediately Of a very peculiar ma
fure. Are you willing to undertake IL,
&C fair sslaryY
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
FORTY YEARS AGO.

Gov. Pierpont, the Union chief execu-
tive of Virginia, fixed his capital at AL
exandria, the rebel Governor and capital
being at Richmond.
Leavenworth, Kan, citizens demanded
the removal of Gen. Schohed from the
military command Of that district and
accused him Of responsibility for the
Lawrence massacre.
Central Illinois was visited by a kill
ing frost, which destroyed the cotton
crop, in which thousands Of dollars had
been invested, and ruined corn and fruits.
The United States government leased
a tract Of land at Grand Rapids, Mich,
for a conacript camp, that city being so
inaccessible at that time II was believed
forced recruits could not get away TO
Canada.
Ten thousand Stephenson County Qll)
loyalists met at Freeport, listened to
addresses by f. B. Washburne and John
V. Eustace, and pledged their allegiance
10 the Union.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Farm Notes,


The COW that is the best mixer is
the most nervous.
How are you feeding and caring for
your work horses?
Is black water running away from
the barnyard? Then there is a hole in
your pocket.
The milking machine the grain
shocker and the field corn husker are
machines that have not become an un-
qualified success.
Plan to attend your fair. 1t does no
man any harm to see stock little bet
ter than his own, and there are other
things at the fair beside stock, too.
Don't lose sight Of the fact that
weed is any plant out of place. The
plant that IS not wanted in a certain
field is a cumberer of the soil and
should be eradicated.
There is something more than feed
ing in the management of a COW. If
the cows food were turned immediate
ly to GnifA any COW that is maltreated
could be made TO overflow the pail by
simply giving her a balanced ration.
A COW has nerves that have to be
soothed in the business of caring for
her.
One way by which neighbors can be
helpful is to note the working Of GER
tain kind of an implement and. with
out prejudice. give its good points to
another neighbor There is a ten
dency among people to think more Of
"one's own things" than the things OF
others and for that reason they do not
see defects when talking to a neigh
Dor Neighbors should talk freely
about the advantages and disadvant
ages of implements.
Farm help is considered scarce, yet
a call at the office of any large city
agricultural employment agency shows
quite a number of men waiting for a
job on a farm. In fact. there is al
ways help to be had il man and farm
er could be brought together con-
veniently. Fox this purpose adVertis-
ing is one OF the best means. 4 line
or two in papers circulating in the
country districts is cure to bring Re
plies from the best and mos, intel-
ligent class of fern workmen-
Potatoes are ready for digging as
son IS the tops fall down. 1t is best
to die them early in the dag and allow
them TO remain on the g.ound for a
few hours. when they should be taken
to the ..rm and stcEed in cool dark
dry place; but it is not advisable to
place too many in single heap Ali
diseased or injured potatoes should be
removed from the lot, or they viii haze
more or less effect upon the whole. as
they viii be the first 10 decay. Pots-
toes may be stored in mounds during
the winter. bat are not easily utilized
IN that condlSGa.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
nAoooooooon

Two of the best portraits of Leo Kill
were painted by Franz Won Lenbach.
The trustees of Baldwin University
at Berea, Ohio, have elected Prof. G.
+. Collier acting president.
The Rev Wilbert j. Brown of Indiana
has succeeded James b. Unthiank as
president of the Friends College at Will
mington, Ohio.
Mrs. A. p. Camphor the wife of Pres
ident Camphor of the college of wes
Africa, at Monrovia, Liberia. has recov-
cred from serious illness.
If we took as much pains to keep the
tender lambs as we do TO convert the
tough old wolves the latter would soon
die of tarvation.-Ram's Eorn.
The Rev. George c. Lorimer, ID. D.,
has returned from Europe. He drew
great congregations in England, but re-
fused all overtures for call TO London.
DR. E. f. Smiley. who has resigned
as president of the University of Wyow-
ing, has accepted call to the Congre-
gational Church at Ithaca, n. Y, as its
pastor.
The Rev Oscar F. Moore, Jr., assist
art at Grace Church, Newark, n j.,
has accepted an appointment as chaplain
and master at the Episcopal Academy,
Cheshire, Conn.
The Rev. Robert ]. Burdette preach
ed his first sermon last Sunday in his
newly organized Temple Baptist Church
at Los Angeles, Cal. taking as his sub
ject, Assured Prosperity"
Bishop McCabe raised heavy debt
on the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Salt Lake City some years since, and
now the name of First Church is to be
changed to McCabe Memorial
The Rev William James Moody has
resigned st. Thomas Church, Falls City,
Neb., to accept All Saints, Morris,
MINI. with missionary charge of Glen
wood and Breckenridge, missionary dis
triet Of Duluth.
The Rev Mary Stafford of Des Moines,
Iowa is one Of the most successful
prea aers in the country. She was born
In the West, although she is Of New
England ancestry. She entered Iowa
University at the age Of IS.
Pope Plus older brother is a letter
carried in a provincial town with a sal
airy of $50 a year. Another brother sells
pork and tobacco. One sister is married
TO a man who keeps a wine shop; anoth-
er IS a dressmaker Still another mar
ried a peddler.
The census Of church attendance made
by the London Daily News. its repre-
sentatives visiting $500 places Of wor-
ship, shows an attendance at Sunday
morning and evening services In that city
as follows: Church of England, 40. 153 /;
free churches, 4l6.225; Roman Catholic,
81, SD; other services, 81 800
DR.. Thomas March Clark, who has
been the Protestant Episcopal bishop Of
Rhode Island since 1884. and is presidl
ing bishop of that church in the United
States. is coming Gear in length Of years
to me record Of Leo XIII. Bishop Clark
really entered his 92d year
On & tombstone marking the grave Of
the remains Of the Ieee Miss Della A.
Fuller, erected at SiroDc1a, India, there
Is inscribed by native hands the touch
ing epitaph: What wondrous love that
the citizen Of the United States should
come to Sironcha TO die here. Il It not
tina love which IS indicated N II. Cor.
v. il, For the love Of Christ censtratn-
eth u.s.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
News of Minor Note.

John Brown, Rheems, Pa, while
drunk, perhaps fatally stabbed two of
his companions
A street car In St Paul, Mimi, struck
and upset hook and ladder wagon. No
one injured.
In four days nineteen babies in Den
yer, Colo, died of diseases traced to milk
preserved with formaldehyde.
Engineer Oily and Fireman Conley
were killed in a wreck Little Falls, n.
Y. Engine jumped the track while on
a curve.
Steamer Annie Roberts, carrying 1900
excursionists, sunk at the foot Of Mar
ket street, McKeesport, Pc. No one was
drowned.
AS result of the disastrous hurricane
in the West Indian islands the price of
bananas in New York has advanced from
rs cents to SO bunch.
r. d. Rogers. who was appointed Cir
cult judge to fill the vacancy caused by
the death Of Judge E. NJ Hughes of
the Eleventh Missouri district, has sent
Gov Dockery his resignation.
Hamilton Zoek, the 13-year-old son of
Jess Took, city councilman and mining
editor Of the Joplin, Mo, Daily Globe,
was instantly killed by a runaway team,
attached to an ice wagon. The lads
neck was broken.
During a drunken brawl at the sol
diers' reunion grounds at Jefferson, Q. T.,
Charles Haver, young man travelling
with a woman, was hit over the head
with a neckyoke and then stabbed
through the heart.
The State Department has been using
its good offices through Minister Leish-
man at Constantinople to secure permis-
sen from the Turkish government for
the wives and families of several natur-
allied ArTnenians, who have succeeded In
business in the United States, to Join
their husbands and fathers. Minister
Zeishman cables the department that one
woman left the other day for America to
Join her husband and that permission
has been granted for the families of
number Of other Armenians to come to
this country.
As result OF q trial at Pawhuska.
o. T., Friday, Mrs. James Lenox and
her 14-year-od son were held S::shout
bail for the murder Of her husband, near
Hominy, in the Usage reservation.
Vice Admiral Cervera, who surrender
ed 10 the American feet off Santiago de
Cuba. sss resigned the position Of chief
o<stif Ia the Spanish navy, to which
he wAs appointed in December. 1902.
The 21stmaster General has signed
the protocol to the postal treaty between
the Udted States and Cuba made neces-
aarv nv <ho arnandrnagr4~ rnada nv fhe
Cuban Senate. The treaty becomes ef-
fectfve without ratification By the Senate
Of the United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
sRvENrY.FrvE YEARs Acc.

Ex-President James Monroes claims
against the United States for extraordi-
nary expenses paid by him from his own
pocket while he was minister TO France
were allowed to so unpaid by Congress,
in spite of his well known poverty.
The stone coffin in which King Dun
can, slain by Macbeth at Inverness, was
reputed to have been buried was unearth-
ed in the ruins of Algin church yard.
A Liverpool newspaper predicted An
drew Jackson's election as President over
John Quincy Adams in the campaign
then opening, because Irish interests In
America were favorable to the former
candidate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

The New Orleans Ua.) grand jury re-
ported the city in the possession of hood
lums, the police powerless, and crimes
being committed daily under license from
city officials.
Railroads of the United States were
reported to own 29S,000,000 acres Of
land.
Seventy-hve thousand persons were re-
ported killed by a volcanic eruption and
tidal wave in the island Of Java.
The Russian government forbade the
Jews within fts dominions to engage in
the distilling or sale Of liquors, which
they practically controlled
President Chester A. Arthur reached
Billings, Mont, at the end of his western
tour.
An official warning, inspired by Bis
sparek, was published at Berlin. declar-
Wig the constant attacks on Germany by
the French press would not be tolerated
much longer.
DR.. Norvin Green, president of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, told
a United States Senate commission that
telegraphers' wages in the United States
averaged so monthly, against S2S in
England
The Chinese government refused to
recognize the treaty between the king OF
AMMAN and France, and demanded suzer-
ainty over the former country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
THIRTY YEARS AGO.

The first successful corner in corn was
effected at st. Louis, t. B. Carruther
& Co. and Mason, Bartholow & Co. being
the principal longs"
France abolished the duties on grain
and -four to relieve the high price Of
bread in Paris.
The Secretary of the Treasury an
nounced that he would issue coin certif-
Gates under act of March 3, 1868, if de-
mands for crop moving funds proved ex
cessive.
Pennsylvania coal operators met Mt
Pittsburg and threatened to shut off
barge transportation from mine owners
who paid higher wages than their own
scale.
The Chicago South Side street railway
company announced that it would expert
ment with "freless" locomotive as sub
slitute for horses on its Hyde Park lines,
both cable and electric systems being UNI
known.
Minnesota anti-monopollsts, at a con-
vention in Owatonna presided over by
Ignatius Donnelly, urged the old parties
to dissolve and take up the fight against
the oppressive corporations.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
is OUR PACE TOO FAsT7
Weakness of the Heart Ascribed tc
Too Rapid Living.

Weakness of the Heart Ascribed to
Too Rapid Living.
The New Haven physician who, in
a recent address before the American
Therapeutic Society, ascribed the
weaknesses Of the heart and the cir
culatory system now so common
among certain classes of men and
women, to the high tension of modern
life, was doubtless well within the
truth. We keep up fast pace every
where, in our efforts to keep sin the
swim" Of business and society, gaug-
ing everything by the clock and rush
ing from one appointment to another
at literally electric speed. IF we are
actually SICK" said this physician, "un-
less we are seriously i'll, we fight and
wrestle with the disease, whatever it
may be, instead of calmly giving up
and allowing the disease to be tenn
porarily master of the ceremonies. -
And even our children" declared the
same speaker, ARE early infected with
this feyerish, headlong haste to do
something. They see too much, do too
much, are amused too much, COM
pete in school too much, are taught too
much, are awake too much, for the
welfare of their nervous systems. .,
All this, or something very much like
it, has often been said before, but the
warning needs repetition, and perhaps,
by and by, some win hear, and heed
before 1t is too late. With all our
many and ever-increasing applications
of electricity, we need to remember
that the laws of human organism re-
main the same, and the human ma
chine cannot be run ON the electric
motor plan. A great deal Of the siren
uosity displayed in modern life is
totally unnecessary. Quite as much,
could be effected in the long run by
taking things more moderately-Les-
lies Weekly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
4 Handy Wagon Rack.

The ordinary rack. such as is used
on farm wagon, is very heavy, and
while it may be necessary to have such
weight when carting of large loads is
done, a lighter rack readily handled by
one man would be a convenience for
held loading. In the upper part of the
illustration the rack is shown in the
wagon box, the latter being indicated
by the dotted lines. the lower part Of
the illustration shows the details Of
each section of the rack. These Sec
tons are made of 2x2 material and
held together where they lap with a
bolt. Figures on this section indicate
where the side pieces are to be attach
ed. Each side Of the rack is placed in
position in the wagon, as shown, and
when not in use can be folded up, tax
en- from the wagon and stored in any
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

Indians of southern Georgia refused
to cede their lands between the Okmul-
gee and Oconee rivers, as agreed by
their representatives. saying that The
land is our body, the water our blood,
the trees our limbs, and the grass our
hair, and we will not cut them ssunder."
Astley's royal amphitheater was burn
ed in London with loss of forty lives.
English residents and travellers in Italy
and Switzerland were arrested on orders
issued by Napoleon.
A census of Washington, D. c., show
ed 5000 inhabitants outside of George
town, with 900 dwellings of two stories
and over.
Ships of foreign nations were said to
be flying the United States flag in order
to enter The Hague, where Americans
only were allowed.