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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-24
TWO BIG TRIALS
Murder Cases at Rising SUN and Bed
ford, Indiana, of Mide Interest.

Murder Cases at Rising SUN and Bete
ford, Indiana, of Midc Interest.
A census OF the shotguns in Rising
Sun, Ind. was feature of tuesdays
hearing in the Gillespie murder trial.
The result was believed to count against
Defendants Janes Gillespie and Myron
Barbour
Deputy Sheriff Overly testified that
there was only one gun in the village
that carried the size shell with which
Elizabeth Gillespie was killed, and that
was owned by James Gillespie. This
testimony was not quite consistent with
that of Benjamin Harris. a hardware
dealer, who said he had heard there were
two other such guns owned in the vil-
lage, but had seen only Gillespie's.
Everett Downey and Otto Woodburn
testified that the night before Thanks
giving Myron Barbour entered the shop
at which both were employed and placed
box of shells upon the table Downey
said they were sixteen gauge shells. the
kind used in Gillespie's gun and the kind
with which Elizabeth was shot.
Theodore w Franklin, a detective.
told of conversation with Myron Bar
bour, in which Barbour showed him in
lAH udhh a tioN gun WHICH lie Sdlu TIC WIS
going to use on some man who had slam
dered him and Mrs. Barbour. Barbour
told hin, he could not have said to Earl
Seward, "He ought not 10 have shot for
poor grandma's sake" because he was
out of breath. The witness said he asked
Barbour who shot Miss Gillespie. You
don't think ! did. was the reply.
At the opening of the morning ses
sion Sheriff Rumh reported to Judge
Downey of James Gillespie's attempt
TO assault him on the previous evening
and the court warned the defendant that
any repetition OF such conduct would re-
suit in n court order placing him in irons.
AT Bedford, Ind, Tuesday Jury was
secured for the trial of James McDonald,
charged with the murder of Sarah Sha-
fer. and is composed Of eleven farmers
twelve men were taken over the scene
of the murder. and then Prosecuting At
torney Miller of Bloomington opened the
case
The witnesses examined on the first
day were DR. and Mrs. r. ID. Nicholson.
at whose home Miss Schafer roomed
until Christmas; Clinton S. Norton, mem
Der. and Supt Alexander of the school
board Miss Lillian Stout, teacher and
Miss Arda Knox. principal of the high
school,, and William Owen. an electro
clan, who testified to the light on the
street on the night Of the marder; Mrs
Mary +. Cook, Euphemis Cook, and
Sutor Harrison.
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eyeglass. his superciliousness, his afrec-
tations. his manifest contempt for the lit
tie box which had but lately given SO
much pleasure to the wealthy heiress; ey-
erything, in short. which had given Of
Tense 10 the C-uchots and the Grassin-
istes pleased Eugene so much that she
lay awake for long that night thinking
about this phenix OF cousin.
Then there was a general stir and
wheeling movement in the direction Of
the fire. Eugene left the room to help
her mother and Nanon, seized with a
restless and urgent desire to see that all
was right in her cousins room, to busy
herself on her Cousins account, to see
that nothing was forgotten to think of
everything he might require, and to make
sure that it was there. to make certain
that everything was as neat and pretty
as might be- She alone. Eugene thoaght.
could enter into her cousins ideas and
understand his tastes.
Her mother and Nanon were about 10
leave the room in the belief that it was
all in readiness; Eugene convinced them
IN moment that everything was yet to
do. She filled Nanon's head with these
ideas, the sheets had not been aired.
Nanon must bring the warming pan,
there were ashes there was a fire down
stairs. She herself covered the old table
with a clean white cloth. and told Nanon
to mind and be sure to change it every
morning. There must be good fire in
the room She ran downstairs into the
parlor. sought in one of the sideboards
for an old japanned tray. and ON the
same source procured hexagonal crystal
glass, little gilt spoon with almost all
the gliding rubbed off. and an old slen-
der-necked glass bottle with Cupids en-
graved upon it; these she deposited in tri-
umph on corner of the chimney piece.
More ideas had crowded up in her mind
during that one quarter of an hour than
in all the years since she had come into
the world.
ITO be continued)
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cuAPTER III

NJ. des GraSsins csered his snuff box
to Grandet. took a pinch himself. brush
ed off a few stray specks from his blue
coat aud from the ribbon of the Legion
OF Honor at his buttonhole, and looked
az the Cruchots, as who should say,
Parry that thrust il you can" Nine.
des Grassins' eyes fell on the blue glass
Jars in which the CruchotS' bouquets had
been set. She looked at their gifts wit,
she innocent air OF pretended interest
which a satirieal woman knows how to
assume upon occasion. 1t was delicate
crisis. The Able got up and left the
Others, SSho were forming a circle round
the FIRE. and joined Grandet in his prom
enade up and down the room. When
the two elders had reached the emoras-
ure OF the window the priest said in the
miserss ear. Those people yonder are
throwing their money out of the win
dows."
What does that matter TO me. so long
as il comes my way?' the old vine grow
er answered.
If you had a mind to give ycur daugk-
ter golden scissors, you cOu6 very well
sford It." said the Able.
II shall give her something better than
scissors, Grandet answered.
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Kinds of Corn to Raise.

The Iowa Agricultural College at
Ames gives the following list of varie-
ties of corn for the State:
Reds Yellow Dent. average length
0 to 10 inches. average circumference
Z to ~ inches, average time to ma
ture 120 days; Leaning, average
length 8 TO 10 inches, average circum-
ference TO ~ inches, average time
TO mature 125 TO 12S days: Iowa God
Mine, average length ~ to So inches,
average circumference So to III
inches, average time to mature 125
days; Legal Tender, average length
9l5 to 101a inches, average circum-
ference to inches. average time 70
mature 125 days; Boone County White,
average length 9 to 10 inches, average
circumference ~ inches, average
time to mature $50 days; Silver Mine,
average length So to 91a inches. aver
age circumference to ia inches,
average time to mature 40 days,
Calico corn, average length 8 TO 10
inches, average circumference Z to ~
inches. average time to mature 115
days.
These are the varieties that are gen
orally grown in the State, although
there are several other varieties in
different localities in the State receiv-
ing favorable mention. Among the
earliest of these are Longfellow's Vel
low Dent, Farmers Reliance, Pride Of
the North, and Minnesota No. 10; and
among the later varieties, Mills County
Prize. ST. Charles White. Browns
Choice. Iowa Chopper, Iowa King etc.
In our judgment the Boone County
White Legal Tender Leaning, and
Mills County Prize are better adapted
TO the southern part of the State, say
as far north as the Rock Island Rail
road Here again elevation must de-
termine The higher divides south OF
the Rock Island will not grow as early
a corn as some of the river bottoms
north Of the Rock Island. The Gold
Mine, Reid's Yellow Dent, Silver Mine,
and Browns Choice will do well in
the territory between the Rock Island
main line and the main line of the
Illinois Central while the earlier va
rieties are to be preferred north of that
line and in the corresponding latitude
east and west.
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Latest returns from the 'Florida pri-
maries indicate the choice of Senator
Taliaferro to succeed himself.
Pennsylvania Republican leaders have
received notice that Senator Quay wants
his son Richard to succeed him in the
Senate.
The Kentucky Democratic State con
yention to select delegates to the st.
Louis convention will be held at Louis
vile June 8.
ExMayor James A. Reed Of Kansas
City has announced his withdrawal from
the race for the Democratic nomination
for Governor of Missouri
West Virginia Democrats are planning
to spring Henry $. Wilson Of Parkers-
burg as a candidate for Vice President
at the st. Louis convention.
Patrick Mcdonnell, pugilist and poll
tician of Duluth, Mimi. will rule over
the Democratic national convention at
st. Louis as sergeant-at-arms.
Afier bitter fight on the aoor of the
California state Democratic convention,
The delegation to the national convention
was instructed 10 vote for Congressman
W. X. Hearst as presidential nominee.
The vote stood 800 for Instructions to.
B4S against.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw in
an address before the Republican Club
az Des Moines made strong plea S,r
the continuation Of the protective tariff
The Indiana Socialist Labor party cen
vention al indianapolis nominated +. ].
Dillon OF Marion for Governor and Err
nest Niewegh Of Bridgeport for Leulen-
ant Governor.
Inquiry at Washington has brought
out the fact that Assistant Secretary Of
the TREASURY Taylor OF Wisconsin was
the original propeser Of Congressman
Hit for the nomination for the vice
presidency.
Socialists at their convention in Chi
cago nominated Eugene V. Debs for
President and Benjamin Hanford for
Vice President 10 addition to adopting
platform.
Senator Bailey Of Texas. who has
heretofore been for German. according
to a Houston dispatch. has declared for
Judge Parker for the Democratic nOmi-
nation for President.
Walter WeIlman, the Washington cor
respondent. says the Republican leaders
plan 10 bring early revision OF the tariff
10 the fore and keep il there during the
coming campaign as an effective battle
cry. but that the real issue will be Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt has p,cked the
man who will manage his campaign next
fall. and George 3. CorteiyOu, Secre-
tsry Of Commerce and Labor. is the
choice. corneliEs \. Bliss Of New York
consented TO continue a. treasurer He
viii nn6crfske the raising of the cam
paign fund. Postmaster General Payne
vice chairman. will retire after the ma.
tionai convention. as his health viii not
permit hinS 10 continue.
President Henry VI. Whitney Of thu
Boston Chamber Of Commerce was en-
powereG Dy a mass meeting in Faneusf
Hall 10 appoint a committee OF 1O0 to
lead fight for reciprocity with Canada
and Newfoundland
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AN EPIDEMIC IN NEW YORK.
Thousands of Cases of Measles in AL
Parts of the Metropolis.

1nOuSaudS OF lAScS OF MeuSleS III Ala
Parts of the Metropolis.
According to the New York commits
sioner of health the metropolis is now
suffering the worst epidemic OF measles
in its history, From April | to April
25. inclusive. 3, 1876 cases of measles have
been reported to the health department,
while the records OF the preceding
months since the beginning OF winter
were equally high. On the east side and
in other congeSted sections of the ciry
there are undoubtedly many more cases
that have not been reported. How por-
tentous these figures are may be gathered
from the fact that in the corresponding
period of last year there were only Jttf
cases Tie largest daily number then
was As. whereas this year--in April
alone-it was 1875. The lowest daily rec
ord for this month thus far is 105, as
against 10 for April, 1908
While measles is not necessarily fatal,
physicians agree that there is Too much
disposition 10y citizens in general 10 treat
the disease with carclessness. In such
cases, they say other diseases of far
graver nature may easily develop and
cause the death of the patient. pneu-
monia is the altuent most easily CON
tracted by patients suffering from
measles who have been subjected TO ex-
posture or in other ways not given proper
care and treatment but it is not the only
one, and there have been many cases of
death during the present epidemic due to
various diseases directly traceable to
measles in the beginning.
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Rations Cor Horses.

The New York Farmer says tie
United States army feeds its cavalry
and artillery horses u pounds of oats
and ii pounds of hay per day per 1000
pounds of weight, and its mules o
pounds of oats and IA pounds of hay.
The Wyoming station feeds its drIv-
ing horses 21.25 pounds of alfalfa and
So pounds of straw, and its carriage
horses 10 pounds of oats and 10 pounds
Of hay per 1000 pounds of horse per
day.
The Boston fire company feeds its
horses 9.3S pounds of grain and IS
pounds of hay, and the Chicago FIRE
company feeds pounds of oats and
10 pounds of hay, all per 1000 pounds
OF weight, per day.
The Richmond Va.) Express Com
pany feeds its horses ACT pounds of
corn, 5.33 pounds of oats, S pounds of
bran, 4.16 pounds of corn meal, and
IL pounds of hay.
The Jersey City Express Company
feeds pounds of corn, 10 pounds OF
cats, 1.15 pounds of bran and 0.5
pounds of hay
The Boston Express Company feeds
u pounds of corn, 5.25 pounds of oats
and 20 pounds of hay.
The Wyoming station feeds its farm
horses 1875 pounds Of alfalfa and 225
pounds of straw per day.
The Utah station feeds its farm
horses 70 pounds of alfalfa and 10
pounds of bran. or 22.S pounds of tim
othy hay and 10 pounds of bran.
1t will be noticed that at all these
Western stations alfalfa hay is a pre-
ferred feed for farm horses.
At Chicago the daily rations of the
draft horses Of large companies is rs
pounds Of oats and 20 pounds of hay,
and in South Omaha 10 pounds of oats
and u pounds Of hay.
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How to keen NEiIk Cool.

A good milk cooler on the gallery or
under the shade of tree is a pleas
ure during the summer to every house
wife 1t is so hard to keep milk at
low temperature during our hot sum
mer weather 1t is hot from o'clock
in the morning until 6 in the evening.
There is no place about the house
that is cool enough unless we have a
cooler.
Water tends to keep everything cool
so long as it evaporates. Wrapping
milk vessels in porous wet cloths will
temper the hot air. The Mexicans cool
all their drinking water in this way.
A number Of devices have been pat
ented for keeping milk cool and are
sold to people who cannot use ice in
cooling milk while it is Dreaming.
Milk must be kept at GO or 20 degrees
to cream well. Every housewife who
troubles with milk during the sum-
mer and makes butter of any sort
would do well to use one of these milk
cooling devices unless a hand sep
arator is kept which creams the milk
while it is hot and fresh.
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A Dirt Hosting Device.

Mr.. ]. H. Arthur, OF Macon County,
Missouri, writes to the st. Louis Re
public as follows: 81 send you a
sketch of a device with which dirt
can be hauled out of a well while dig
ging or cleaning out The same can
be used for lowering brick or stone in
walling a well. 1t is cheap and is far
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SIMPLE AND NOVEL.
TENDENCY TOWARD PALMER
FINISH IN TAILOR GOWNS.
Current Seems to Be Setting In Direc-
ton of Novelty and Greater Sim
plicity, Though Those Who Desire
Elaborateness Can Find 1t.
New York correspondence;

ANY straws show a
current In the taste
in t all o ring to-
ward palmer finish.
Especially abundant
are these indications
in the suits prepar-
ed and preparing for
summer wear. a
great many Of these,
easily a majority OF
all, are trimmed in
the simple fashion
whose best achieve
ment is a suggestion
of individual taste,
new styles being re-
fected, too, but with
never a hint Of free
e m b 9 | / j shment.
Often, Of course, the
scheme of finish is
not quite individual,
for not everyone can
possess all to herself
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matter. An this viii help out the il

matter. All this will help out the in
vasion of severity. since many women,
after studying the highly wrought offer
ings until she IS half distracted. win de
spairingly 60 in for the plainest tailoring
In which she can find some attractive
ness
As has been indicated in the foregoing.
IL need not be severe. Gowns Ike the
one presented by the artist at the right
Of the first group are still in excellent
standing, and viii be all summer. This
gown was light tan voile- brown fancy
braid and stitching. But endorsers Of
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better than a windlass. Take post
II feet long, set it in the ground IS
inches and fasten the top with guy
wires, each 80 feet long. Make TRAN
gle of pieces of exc and bolt or hinge
to the post. A screw eye is fastened
at one end of the angle on which to
hang pulley and another is fastened
at the foot o. the post. A rope passed
through these pulleys on which is
placed a bucket completes the device,
save singletree to which horse
can be hitched. BY placing the titan
gle high on TIE post the dirt may be
unloaded ia a wagon and drawn Off
ont of the MaYn
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around travelling gown is mohair. which
comes now as sedately plain or as frivol-
ously fancy as any one could desire
IT is predicted that the old-fashioned
three-cornered lace and embroidered
shawls Of our grandmothers' time viii
be revived for summer carriages and
evening wraps.
Wreaths and bands OF tiny towers find
their way into all sorts Of turns and
twists on hats. A high side fare with
deep indenticn having a spray Of roses
imbedded IS not an uncommon form Of
trimming.
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CHApTFR N

1t seemed 20 Eugenie. who had never
in her life heheld such a paragon. that
her cousin was some seraphle vision.
some creature fallen from the skies. The
perfume exhaled by these shinin, locks.
50 gracefully curled. was delightful to
her. She would fain have passed her fin
gers orer the delicate. smooth surface OF
those wonderful gloves. She envied
Charles his little hands. bis complexion.
the youthful refinement of his features
His mariners. his way of adjusting his
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a simple plan of trimming, and those
who can compass such are likely to find
their ideas copied very promptly, and on
scale proportionate to their success.
Yet novelty and simplicity are what are
most sought for Then there are not
lacking the models downright severe of
cut and finish. These are never entirely
missing from the showing of tailor styles.
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Fashions Notes.

The simplest frock is girdled.
Fancy effects in yelling are very prom
inent.
Linen of all weights will be very much
worn.
The old-time leg-of-mutton sleeve, with
new touches, has returned to favor.
Narrow cotton braids, introducing
floral patterns in white. black or color,
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WorId,s wheat crop for 1oOa.

A careful English estimate of the
worlds wheat crops places that OF
1903 above every other Of the last ten
years. The figures are: 3.25S, 6S8.o
for 1903, 3.175, $4,000 for 1902, 2,7s3,-
7s4!OO0 for 1901. 2.6G3, 10000 for 1900,
2.627, 116,O00 for 1880, 2,92S, 616.0Oo for
1898. 2.291, 10000 for 1897, 2,2S7. 49,
coo for 1896. 2,442. 624. 900 fo< 1896 and
2, $3.50, $4,000 for 1884
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Hand;lin0 CostIy Exxs.

A chick hatched from en- egg that
cost 80 cents does not need coddhng
any more than a chick Matched from q
3-cent .egg- In the anxfsty to raise
the costly chicks they are often petted
to death. Give the chick the proper
food, keep 1t comfortably warm and
always dry and the ncagrel hen viii
raise high-grade chick quite as easily
as she viii one Matched from a store
egg. Give the chicks chance. but
don't coddle EN-.
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To String Barb Wire.

To string barb wire take two pieces
2x4, about feet long; bore hole
through ia feet from the end, put the
spcoi in between and run a broom
stick through. Nail some strips across
to hold them together. Start the wire
from the underside Of the spool. Then
tie the rig to the wagon or fasten ii
anywhere and dive on. A man can
also string out wire by hand this way,
bat when the spool gets small It VIII
run heavy unless the rig is lifted up
and let slide on the ends of the 2x4s
back Of the spool II man should
not have 2x4 to make it out Of he
can use the stepladder.-A. s. Olsen,
Surrey. v D.
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Experiments with potntoes.

Ia RGAhhuCut Win l-OkaNOG$.
During the last year test in potato
growing was conducted at the New
Mexico Experiment Station with the
idea of finding out something about
the best time TO plant. best method Of
culture. as well as testing large mum
Der of varieties. Two paintings We're
made, the first one on March 80, and
the second on April so In each case
part of the potatoes We're planted about
four inches deep and the furrow WAS
plowed back on them, while those on
ridges were put in with garden
trowel about the same depth. A few
Of the potatoes planted in burrows
We're covered with straw and then
with dirt. Immediately after planting
all were irrigated to start them sprout-
ing. The potatoes on ridges sprouted
first, and good stand as we'll as q
fair growth was secured. Those
planted in burrows were very I'M
satisfactory, and, ON the whole,
the stand was poor. In fact, the re
suits from these potatoes were very
unsatisfactory; the small-sized mbers
and poor yield were due. to large de
gree, TO the soil packing so much
around the plants after each irriga-
ton. The cultivation given between
the irrigations did not seem TO nelp
very materially TO keep the soil loose
in the middles On the other hand,
the potatoes in the ridges ripened ear
lier, during the first week of July.
and the tubers grew TO a fair size and
the yield was good The early plant
ing did the best. On the whole, the
results of the early planting and ridge
system of culture were very satisfac-
tory and encouraging.
Out of the thirty-nine varieties plant
ed, the Rose Seeding, Triumph, Ear.y
Six Weeks, Early Ohio and New Yer
mont Gold Coin did the best These
are all early varieties.
1t seems from these results that
early planting, ridge culture and
suitable early variety are among the
more important points to be consld.
cred in potato growing, at least in the
Mesilla valley. Fabian Garcia.
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Pov a swampy Place in the Yard.

2 Q
Many yards and lawns have low,
wet or moist places. which it does not
pay to drain, and In which ordinary
plants will not grow. SIch persons
are TO be envied. as they can have
class Of flowers which afe denied in
their best form to others. For the wet
spot use the japanese and German iris,
MontbredaS Heucheria Sanguinea,
Caladiums and Flags. The soil can
be well enriched by working in we'll
rotted manure and leaf-mould- They
can be protected ever winter by put
ding on brush first and covering it WITH
straw.
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II should think the sloppy condition
of the streets would worry the women
particularly
ION. yes, 1t does worry some. but
others have pretty ankles "-PhilaeeI-
Thia Press.
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Damp bedding IS had for pigs an6
yet there are many pig faisers who
neglect providing dry beds for their
porkers. Sunshine is one Of the best
things that pigs can have and it is not
always possible 70 obtain Il Some