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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29
WATER FOR LOCOMOTIVES
Roads Crossing Plains Guard Against
Boiler Destroyers.

Roads Crossing Plains Guard Against
Boiler Destroyers.
The annual expenditures of railroad
companies for purposes. concerning
which the public takes little thought,
are enormous. according to the Wash
ington Star. One of the items of large
expense is the softening OF water used
In locomotives, experience having dem
onstrated that 1t is cheaper to install
water softeners than supply these To-
eomotives with raw water.
On the middle division OF the Atchi-
son. Topeka and Santa Fe railway
system the sum of S2T,315 is expended
annually for this purpose, the softener
being used st - water stations where
the water has been found unsuitable
for boiler purposes, The locomotives
passing these stations use. on an aver
age, about $4,000 gallons of water
daily. The water from nearly all these
sources contains incrusting constitu-
ents; that is, the sulphates and carbon
ates OF lime and magnesium, and, in
many cases. corrosive substances, such
Al chloride of calcium and magnesium,
are present in troublesome amounts.
The incrusting solids contained in
eoe GOO gallons of water used each day
in the year amount TO over $500
pounds. or, in the course Of year,
nearly 500 tons. This amount OF In
crusting material deposited In the boil
er would, in the first place. damage
the boiler plates and cause an enor-
nous increase in the consumption OF
coal. The removal of this scaAe would
cost probably from 6 to 10 cents per
mile Of distance run.
At these % water stations water
softeners have been erected at great
initial expense The maintenance OF
these softeners requires the expendi-
ture OF about SIT per day for chemi-
Gals and an additional charge OF about
SIS per day for services OF attendants,
making total of SIS per day, or ST..
S75 per yesr. The cost Of construction
OF these water softeners was not made
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29
HANDLING an Unruly HOG,

Any one who has tried it viii testify
that it is not an easy task TO handle a
stubborn hog. and most hogs are stub
born. If one has occasion to do this
work the device. shown in the cut is
simple and effective Take strong
rope about the diameter of clothes
Ene ana about ten or twelve feet long.
From this cut off three feet and tie a
loop in each end, then tie the remain
ing piece in the center of the looped
piece and bring the loop over the snout
OF the hog after slipping the loops in
the first piece over his hind feet.
Have ring in the long looped piece,
and through this slip another rope, also
looped, so as TO come over his neck.
as shown in the cut. This rope may be
heavier than the first one. and if the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29

seed. oats, thirteen kinds or green
beans and peas. three kinds Of pop
corn, two kinds of cucumbers. enc red
pig, turkey. two chickens. two
Guinea fowls. hedge balls, straw Merry
vines, one cabbage weighing fift~o
pounds, celery, summer and winter let
tuce. peanuts, two kinds of beets,
horseradish. asparagus. bluestem grass,
slough grass, clover hay, prairie hay,
carrots. green mustard. six kinds %
pickles. seven kinds of jelly. jam. cher
ries three kinds Of parsnips. three
gourds. two kinds of sunfiower seed,
sweet corn, can Of honey. castor bean,
one sunfower. the flower of which
measured forty -six inches in circumfer-
ence; sugar cane. two kinds of millet
in stalk, an oyster plant, four kinds of
radishes, turnips. four kinds of Irish
potatoes. two kinds of sweet potatoes,
cabbage, cauliflower, two kinds of
squash, green lettuce and onions
Baltimore American.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29
RUSSIAN OFFICERS CROSSING LAKE BAIKAL.

There are 10 tunnels in the proposed
route, the longest two miles in length.
Many marshes, ravines and gorges viii
need to be bridged
Until this work can be done, in all
probability, Russia must depend on
her ferry across Lake Baikal to take
care of the trans-Siberian traffic when
the lake is not frozen.
Further than this, the Trans-Siberian
railway for most of its way is rudely
constructed and not suited for heavy
transportation. 1t was knowledge of
this condition that rendered Russia so
anxious to delay the struggle with
Japan. Every month of delay meant a
lettering of the road, little advance
in tunnels and on permanent bridges,
a little more ballasting of track, addi-
tons to rolling stock and further steps
toward closing the gap at Lake Baikal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29

thickness. When the Ermack thrusts
her nose forward onto thick ice she
can bring to bear a downward pres
sure of 100 tons which cracks the
wintry barrier into huge fragments,
these in turn being forced aside by
the 10000 horsepower with which the
throbbing engines urge the vessel for
ward.
So efficient has the Ermack proven
to be that Admiral Makaroff has ex-
pressed the belief that it would be pos
sible for two such vessels to crush
their way through the ice-packs Of the
polar sea, even to the long-sought pole
itself.
Admiral Makaroff has been in active
service as an officer of the Russian
navy for about 30 years. He. with his
boat, was sent to Vladivostock to free
the Russian squadron embarrassed by
the ice in that wintry harbor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29

One of the greatest problems of Rus
STA in her war with Japan Is that of
transportation. In sending men and
supplies to the far east she must rely
largely upon the railway. The dis
lance between St Petersburg and
Vladevostock is 5.T37 miles, and be-
tween st. Petersburg and Port Arthur
1854 miles. and for more than 1000
miles OF this distance the only rail-
way is the Trans-Slberian, which, al
though it cost $500, 1000 900 in construc-
ton, is only a single-track road.
The weakest part of the system is
gap 40 miles wide at Lake BaikaI.
peerly 1000 miles from ST. Petersburg
and 1000 from Port Arthur. Commu-
nicaton is carried on over the lake in
a haphazaTd manner. In summer a
steamer conveys the trains across the
giretch OF water. In winter If the ice
permits, rails are laid on 1t and the
trains glide over them from one to the
other side. Siedges are also extensively
used, and sometimes when the ice will
not permit the laying of rails an ice
breaking steamer Is used and a pas
sageway is kept open for the regular
steam ferries. For the guidance of
sledges trees are stuck in the ice at
intervals across the 40 mile stretch
from shore to shore.
In considering the gordlan knot in
Kussia's main line Of military trans
portation from her base, the casual OBJ
server asks, why did Russia Law ont
the road to this lake?"
The answer to this query is told bv
the map. 1t was the shortest and only
practicable route in the trans-Asian
survey.
Lake Baikal lies in a generally north
and south direction. 1t is 400 miles
long, and surrounded by tall noun
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29
fifty Years AGO.

A triple alliance was originated by the
signature of a treaty at Constantinople
between England, France and Turkey
against Russia.
The boiler Of a steamboat at Camel
ton, Ind, blew up and fifty passengers
were killed.
As the result of n great strike at Cres-
ton, England, over $4,000 persons were
thrown out of employment and many
were reported starving to death.
There were found to be 14,065 on the
rolls of the department in Washington
as receiving money for military service.
The Mexican government accepted the
Gadsden treaty transferring a section of
territory on the southern border of Ari-
IONA and New Mexico to the United
States.
Gen. Walkers filibustering expedition
TO Lower California came to an end, and
with 40 men he started for San Tomas.
The allied powers of England, France
and Turkey unsuccessfully attempted to
bring Sweden to join in declaration of
war against Russia.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29
One Hundred Years AGO,

Both houses of CONGRESS- were at work
TO provide Republican form of gov
ernment for the new territory of Louis
isna, the temporary appointments all be-
ing given to the President.
In consequence OF disturbances in the
dancing assembly at New Orleans it was
ordered that no one but the Governor
and general officers should enter the room
armed with swords or other weapons.
1t was admitted by the British au-
thorities that they had greatly extended
their territory in India by actual con-
quest.
A Tammany society was formed at
Alexandria, Va, for the purpose of con-
trolling the national elections.
The President and members of Con-
gress united in eating mammoth loaf
of bread furnished in one of the commit
tee rooms at the capitol by the baker
who supplied bread for the nasy.
Congress established land offices at
Kaskaskia, H.. Vincennes, Ind, and
Detroit, Mich.
A runaway negro was committed to
jail at Baltimore and notice given that
she would be sold according to law for
the Jail fees il not claimed by her owner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29
CHARMS OF AMERICAN WOMEN.
Possess Beyond All Others the Gift of
Expression.

Possess Beyond All Others the Gift Of
Expression.
The American woman is delightfully."-
pretty, often extremely lovely, but
rarely classically beautiful. Beyond
all women, perhaps. does she possess
the gifts OF expression and genius for
pose. With her the sense of knowing
what is proper to do under certain con-
ditions seldom falls. She knows her
strong points physically and how to
throw them into most striking relief
An American woman's taste In dress
is as perfect as anything can be in this
imperfect world. OF her genius for
adapating herself to her environment
there can be no question. Such a mere
accident Of birth as the one which
gives her a pork butcher or a patent
pillmaker for her father Is no draw
back to her ultimate career.
One secret of the American woman's
charm is her individuality. She is al
ways original and gay and merry. gen.
orally amiable. and more often than
not good tempered. All American wo-
men are born takers. and they pos
sess the faculty of interesting their
listeners IN subjects no more occult
than a visit to the milliRer's or "mom-
mas" love of 'tomaytoes." To her
husband she may be capricious. incon-
siderate, selfish. exacting. but in her
relation to her children all the nobler
qualities of her character come out
In them she forgets egotism and Ia
ready for self-sacriice. AS years lay
hold upon her she becomes more and
more disciplined by her children and
more and more unquestioningly obedl-
ent. In this phase the American is at
once a pathetic and curious spectacle.
London World
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29

roameth up and down and putteth
tacks where they will attract the at
tention of the seat of war?
Knowest thou who it is that ken
meth the secret thoughts OF kings and
the innermost IL as OF warriors?
1t is the war correspondent, and his
name is Legion.
Yea. Legion is his name-John B.
Legion.
Consider now the war correspond
ent, how he taketh his fountain pen,
and his breechloading lead pencil, and
his submarine kodak, and his maya
zine lunch box.
And whoopeth adown the pike to-
ward the place where the distant fir
ing is heard.
Behold, when there is peace, when
there is nothing doing, then doth the
war correspondent sit about the gates
of the city and in the market place.
Saying that the country is going to
the dogs,
And telling how he gat the news of
the battle of Bosky Dell before 1t had
been fought.
But when one statesman and anoth-
er may not agree as to the ultimate
ness of an ultimatum, then doth the
war correspondent sing merrily and
go about with glad smile,
Looking for an expense account that
he may call his own.
He taketh unto his bosom the maps
of the world and be draweth thereon
many lines,
Showing that If the foe striketl
here, then it is all up;
But that If the foe cometh over
against this valley, then will the de-
fender come upon him like gas bill
and shrivel him with despair
He sniffeth the bottle from afar and
he tosseth his head and cryeth. "Aha!
Let me get at It,"
He hasteneth unto the clothing store
and the place Of them that sell circus
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29
Tweoty Years Ago.

The Comte de Paris and his followers
were indirectly warned by President
Grevy to cease plotting against France.
The Mexican commercial treaty was
ratified by the United States Senate.
Osman Digna's Arab forces began
their retreat before Gen. Graham's Eng
lish army in the Soudan.
The bill for the relief Of Gen. Fitz
John Porter was passed by the United
States Senate.
The Turkish grand vizier announced
that he would demand the recall OF Gen.
Lew Wallace. American minister at Con-
stantinople, because the latter had Of
Tended him.
Sir Evelyn Barring. British minister at
Cairo, warned his home government that
the Arab revolt was still unbroken, and
hat thirty tribes were planning to at
tack KhartouBi.
First fast mail train from New York
to Chicago made trip west in twenty
seven hours and thirty-hve minutes.
Twelve persons were killed in snow
slide at Alta, near Salt Lake City, Utah.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29
Why Is TT

at Is all well enough" said Uncle
Joseph, as he put down the book, but
1t isn't true"
why not?" l asked.
''Beca use the author makes him pro-
pose to the heroine in a crowded thea
ter. Now, a woman doesn't want to
be proposed to in such place. She
wants a quiet spot, where she can
weep a little. Story writer's should
take this into consideration"
''Pshawr' said l.
when a woman accepts q man for
good and all, she fKes TO put her head
on his shoulder and cry" said Uncle
Joseph. 81 do not know why 1t is.
but they all do it,
DO theyY
Didn't your wife when she accepted
your he demanded
well. yes, believe she did"
'Theg all do" said Uncle Joseph.
They Ike 1t; it somehow comforts
EN-"
But ~hy?' said l.
ASK the women" said Uncle
Joseph.-Woman's Home Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29

tains. Those to the south are an i'm
passable range, and on the far side lie
still other ranges, In northern Mongo-
liza. To pass around the north end of
the lake would have heightened the
line about 1000 miles, in a country
composed entirely of mountains.
The original plan for building the
road embraced line around the head
of the lake, or south end. Work ON this
connecting link was left to the last in
the general rush to push the road for
ward to the Pacific, and so little has
been done on it that under the most
efficient engineering direction and with
ample labor it probably could not be
completed within two years from this
date.
The distance around the foot of the
lake is 157 miles and the route to be
taken by the railroad is $50 miles
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29

message stating that fleet of war
ships hath come up over the ocean,
and hath sunk all the warships that
come against it, and that now the war
Is over.
And the first war correspondent,
whose name is Legion. hasteneth also
to the cable ONCE and giveth the CEN
sor a cigar, and sendeth message
statip~ that there hath been no bat
tie.
Yet, again, the war correspondent
getteth news Of a fight, and he run
meth with speed to the telegraph Office,
and sendeth tidings thus:
Behold, / was in the thick of II.
''Yea, the ten ton guns shot muchly
about me, and the bayonets were
thrust against my cheek, the points
thereof being much blunted:
Fourteen horses were shot over me
and l shook of the last horse;
"And it was two hundred miles unto
the town wherefrom l could send the
news, yet 1 walked an hundred miles,
and swan fifty miles through q river.
and skated fifty miles upon thin ice.
And bought q mule with my last
nickel please cable $1,000. and rode it
sixty miles until it fell and died by the
wayside.
And then rode upon a load Of hay
until it was come unto this town. and
then I got or and ran upon my feet
the remaining thirty miles,
And / alone am escaped from all
them that were fighting.
And it is generally conceded that
never before was such a battle"
Whereat the editor sendeth word to
him, asking:
who hcked:"
And he hath gone and cannot be
found
And tie editor teareth out the rest
Of hts Aair and then advanceth the sal
AIRY OF an office boz.
On condition that the Office boy
shall permit his hair TO be pulled out
for the good of the Office
Yea. the war correspondent doth all
this and much more.
He heareth heavy firing OF the coast
In the morning.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29
Aapararu. Cor the Family.

One hund1ed plants will furnish the
average family with supply of this
most delicious early vegetable. They
should not cost over 81, and hence in.
stead of being looked upon as a luxury
il should be common in every family
garden Rich sandy soil is best, but
it will thrive in any soil If given a
reasonable show Palmetto, Conov.
er's, Colossal and Baris Mammoth are
recommended as very satisfactory va
rieties. The plants should be set as
early in the spring as possible, in rows
80 inches apart and 18 in the row.
Plant in holes or trench, six inches
deep, filling it up gradually. and do not
cut the stalks. except sparingly, uRtil
the third season. 1t readily responds
to good care and fertilization and
should be literally top-dressed with
manure each fall.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29
forty Years Auo.

Gen. Rosecrans was exonerated by
United States government commission
for his conduct of the battle of Chicka-
manga.
The Dixie of Edinburg and his bride
entered London in triumphal process
sion to Buckingham palace.
Clement i. Vallandigham, exiled by
President Lincoln for traitorous speeches,
advised Confederate sympathizers in the
North to begin warfare on those who
criticised them.
Worlmen engaged in building Forts
Tompkips and Hamilton at New York
went on strike for higher pay.
Lieut.. Gen. u. S. Grant was made
commander-in-chief Of the United States
army, to succeed Gen. Halleck, relieved.
President Lincoln issued a call for
100000 men to be drafted for the navy
and to supply a reserve army force.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29
Seventy-iive Years AGO.

Four Penobseot Indians made their
@Say 70 bark canoes to Portsmouth, N.
c., to kill porpoises.
A factory near Pittsburg, Pa, succeed
I'd in manufacturing good quality OF
iron wire at the rate of one ton per
Week.
Great alarm was created in Louisiana
by an uprising of slaves on the coast
plantations, which was suppressed and
several Of the ringleaders hanged.
The largest steam vessel in western
waters was launched at Pittsburg, and
was calculated to carry 800 passengers
and $50 tons of freight.
The treaties of commerce and friend
ship between the United States and
Prussia and Brazil were formally rati-
fed.
An anti-dueling association was form
ed at Camden to suppress dueling in the
State of New Jersey.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29
thirty Years Ano.

Cuban revolutionists fred into a train
containing Spanish volunteers near Neu-
yitas, killing twenty-seven of them.
King Of Ashantee paid 10000 ounces
Of gold to Gen. Wolseley as part OF in
demnity to Great Britain.
United States Senator Charles Sum
ner of Massachusetts, famous as an anti
slavery crusader, died suddenly in Wash
ington.
r The first w. C. T. U. temperance cru
sade formally began in Chicago az
mass meeting addressed by the Rev. DIR.
Thomas, the Rev. Arthur Edwards and
others.
Marshal Serrano and $4,000 Spanish
government troops were drawn up for
battle against $4,000 Carlists near Mad
rid.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29

m ir q | Makaron
was deputed to
make a careful
study Of the sub
Ject and plan a
vessel capable of
breaking ice Of
great thickness, If
possible. This was
of first Importance
because while Rus
sia has the longest
coast line of any
country in the
-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29

brought from Africa to the island of
Jamaica. French contractors stopped
at Kingston while on their way to the
isthmus and by means of extravagant
promises that were never fulfilled they
induced many of them to come here to
work on the canal The French con-
tractors took French leave" abandon
ing many thousands. Those who were
not able to so back to jamaica phil
osophically remained and made for
themselves little homes. When the
canal work begins again 1t will GER
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29
Blowing out woodchuek..

A quarter OF a pound of blasting
powder win usually do the work. It is
done up hl stout paper bag with a
yard OF common blasting fuse tied into
it. Poke the charge as far down as
possible. lamp the hole solid with
stones and earth. light the fuse and
proceed to the next hole 10 reped the
operation
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29

The object of the long runner is TO
keep the sled from bucking to one
side, which is caused by the cutting
being all done on one side. We stand
up to cut in large corn, and put on a
box and sit down in small 1t is a
waste of labor to knock the corn down
on sled and pick it up again. Keep it
up in your arms. The single sled is
now preferred to the double ones here.
l am boy IA years old. My father
has taken the Practical Farmer since
before l was born.-Archie Orange,
Galesburg Kan.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29

And tent that he may have his pic
ture taken in front of.
Yea, he also garnereth in the gun
shops,
Securing horse pistols, COW pistols,
dog watches, and Krupp guns, and
daggers, and swords, and other arti-
cles too numerous to mention,
So that when he goeth aboard the
ship that is to take him unto the field
of war the captain thereof asketh that
he wait until the ship bath another
hold upon it.
Yet the war correspondent whose
name is Legion goeth speedily unto the
place where the war is advertised,
And he saith unto the warriors "Get
busy. For / am here"
He putteth upon his head a khaki
helmet and he strappeth about him
belt, wheFeon he hangeth his gun, and
his sword, and pistol,
And he has his picture taken to send
home to the folks.
And he letteth his whiskers grow.
Then he goeth unto the hotel and
showeth the bartender how to make
the hilarious highball and the ram
pant rickey.
And when night cometh he stitch
down and taketh out his fountain pen
and writeth six pages out of the en-
cyciopedia and sendeth 1t by the ca
BILE (S1.3S each word and punctuation
mark, so that his employer teareth
out much hair and speaketh curdling
words.
Peradventure the next day he meet
eth another war correspondent-and
his name is Legion also.
Now, the other war correspondent
asketh If there is anything doing.
And the first looketh wise and saith
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29

Z ~1'"' 9IAhAhOfE' world the greater
part of it lies so far north that many
Of her finest ports are ice-bound for
from to IL months each year.
The result of Admiral Makaroffs eff.
forts was vessel, launched five years
ago, which received the name of Err
mack, after the Cossack warrior who
conquered Siberia. The odd-shaped
craft was found to be admirably fitted
for the purpose in hand, for it proved
capable of forcing its way in and out
of harbors sealed by ice 80 feet in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29
LIFE OF THE MARINES.
Uncle Sans Boys Having a Good Til

Uncle Sans Boys Having a Good Time
on the Panama Isthmu..
The general commanding the Pan
anna soldiers stationed at Panama and
his stan visited our camp the other
dsy, writes soldier at the marine
camp on the isthmus to the Washing
ton Star. His staff consisted of two
colonies, one major and their interpre-
ter, and they were accompanied by a
newspaper correspondent. The CORE
spondent took pictures of our camp
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-29
Paint tha Warona.

Well-palnted implements are gener-
ally accepted signs OF thrifty farming.
A dollars worth OF raw linseed oil and
color viii answer TO cover the running
part Of farm wagon Have plenty Of
shed room with closed front and raise
the Wheels away from the damp earth
when the wagons are stored for any
great length OF time.