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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
Kent Cash i'm His Pocket

The developments in the postoffice
department, said Senator Cullom
few days ago, reminds me of the
early times in Illinois when Lincoln
was the postmaster of the town of Sa-
lem.
THE cash drawer of the postoffice
there was Lincoln's vest pocket, but
it was a cash drawer that was sacred
to him. 1 remember on one occasion
when a pOstoftice inspector came
around and made careful survey of
everything in the postoffice lie took
account of stock and figured out just
how much Lincoln ought to have il
cash belonging to the government.
Some of Lincoln's friends were afraid
that he might be little short and
went to him with offers of money il he
needed it. He replied that he guessed
he had it all. When the inspector fig
ured out the amount that should be
there he went to Lincoln and told him
how much cash there should be in the
postoffice.
We'll, 1 guess I have it, said Lin
coin. as he drew forth bundle of
money.
HE counted it out and it tailed to
a cent TO the amount the inspector had
found due the government Lincoln
had kept the governments money sep
arate at all times. Although he car
ried it around with him, as the best
method of caring for it, he had never
allowed it to become mixed up with
his own money. That incident was
characteristic of Lincoln. He was scru-
pulously honest ''-Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
VENEZUELAN DECISION.
Three Warlike Powers Given Prefer
euce in Collection.

Three Warli1e Powers Given Prefer
ence in Collection.
The Hague arbitration tribunal, which
has been considering the claims of the
blockading powers for preferential treat
ment of their claims against Venezuela,
has decided unanimously that the three
blockadng powers-Great Britain, Ger
many and Italy-haye the right to
preference CT 20 per cent of the customs
duties at La Guayra and Porto Cabello,
the litigants to pay their own costs in
the procedure and divide equally the
costs of the tribunal. The United States
is commissioned to carry out the decision
of the tribunal within three months.
In giving Judgment the tribunal points
out that it has been guided b. interna-
tional law and the equity of the case and
that the protocols signed at Washington
since Feb. -, 1908, and particularly the
protocol of May Z. the obligatory nature
of which cannot be doubted, form the
legal basis of its sentence; that the til
bunar is not competent to question the
Jurisdiction of the mixed commissions
at Caracas or to judge their action or
the character of the warlike operations
of the blockading powers, or to decide if
the three blockading powers exhausted
all pacific means to prevent the neces-
sity for employing force
The tribunal decides that It is in
position only to certify that since 1901
Venezuela refused arbitration, proposed
on several occasions by Germany and
Great Britain that after the war no
formal treaty of peace was concluded;
that the operations of the blockaders
were stopped before they had received
satisfaction for all their claims, and, fur
ther, that the question of preferential
treatment was submitted to arbitration.
The tribunal declares that it found and
recognized in these facts evidence in
favor of the great principle of arbitra
ton in all phases of international con-
fiict.
The decision of The Hague tribunal in
the Venezuelan case granting preference
to the blockading powers, Great Britain,
Germany and Italy, was received at the
State Department with marked signs of
disapproval. 1t was held that such an
award favoring the nations that resorted
to war at the expense of peaceful cred
itors was calculated to put premium on
war.
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CANAL TREATY WINS.
SENATE RATlFlES THE PACT
WITH PANAMA.
Vote Il Taken After Long Debate and
Great Isthmiau Channel IL Made
PossibIe-AII Amendments Are Re-
jeeted in Executive Session.

Late Tuesday afternoon the Senate of
with the Republic of Panama for the
construction of a ship canal acress the
isthmus. The vote was taken before the
Senate opened its doors after the execu-
tive session.
The Senate met at II o'clock-an hour
earlier than usual. Teller. of Colorado.
and Simmons. Of North Carolina, voiced
the last protests of the opponents of the
convention with Panama. Simmons,
however. declared his intention of voting
for ratification. In the executive ses-
sion Senator Morgan spoke at length in
denunciation of the treaty. and was an
swered by Senators Cullom and Lodge.
The opponents admitted defeat and de-
sertion ef their comrades TO the treaty's
banner.
When the Senate went into executive
session TO bring the treaty TO a vote the
amendments offered by the committee on
foreign relations and aftsrwsrd with
drawn were offered again and voted
5Swn. TIE Bacon amendment, providing
for a treaty with Colombia, with view
to satisfying any future demands of that
country on account of the secession OF
Panama, also was rejected.
Just three months and twenty days
had elapsed between the declaration of
independence of the Republic of Panama
and ratification OF the treaty with that
republic by the Senate. 1t was Nov, 3,
1903, that the people of the isthmus
threw off their allegiance TO Colombia.
Three days later the government of the
United States recognized the independ-
ence of Panama. Twelve days later the
terms of treaty between the United
States and Panama We're signed in Wash
ington by representatives of both gov
ernments.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
Feeding ApnIes to stock.

A correspondent asks for an opin-
ion as to the ACCESSIBILITY of feeding
apples to farm stock of various kinds.
There can be no possible objection to
it, provided the feeding is done in con-
nection with the other rations. A large
orchardist living near the writer stores
all his cider apples for feeding TO his
stock, as long as they last In feed
ing to horses and cows his plan is to
cut up several quarts of the apple into
small pieces and mix grain with them.
In feeding to hogs, sweet apples only
are used for this purpose. They are
fed whole or, if large, cut in half. For
poultry they are chopped fine and well
mixed with bran, and sometimes with
wheat, the feeding being done in
trough, so that there will be little
waste. AS matter of fact, unless
there is silO on the farm, our animals
get too little green food and oftentimes
the surplus apples and potatoes, as
well as other vegetables, can be used to
better advantage in feeding stock than
in any other way.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01

silks are very confident that the time is
not very far away when silks will resume
again the first place in dress goods. This
may not seem far from the truth. since
between smooth-faced cloths and the
rough ones cloths seem almost to have
exhausted their possibilities for novelty
for the present. Mention of the new
silks would be incomplete, indeed, that
omitted reference to dotted sorts. These
are very numerous and in considerable
variety. They're listed for especial
stylishness next summer, and are likely
TO fulfill the program.
Gold trimmings are making steady
Roadway. They are appearing every
where, and nowhere do they take forms
that could offend anyone. Directors
prophesy that they soon will be massed
in quantities suggestive of barbaric splen-
dor. and this may be true before the
fashion for them is exhausted, but as yet
the criticism isn't warranted, so why
shouldn't women wear them? Traces of
this CLINT are found in millinery. as well
as on gowns. but these are mostly in fine
lines or feckS put on color that is far
from outshone hy the gold. For dresses
the chief mediums for displaying gold
are braids, passementerics and buttons.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
The Future of PouItrv.

That the poultry industry of the
country is vet in its infancy is clearly
shown in the constantly-incre de-
mand of both eggs and dressed fowls.
The general trend of the markets
for the past two years has shown
shortage of supply, and consequent
advance in price. until to-day the pro-
ducts of the poultry yard are at high
tide. with no prospects Of any early
change.
More poultry has been raised this
season. than ever before. ard vet the
people want more, and the demand
will continue to grow.
The wise poultry man win, as the
buying goes, get in on the ground
floor" and be prepared to furnish his
part of the supplies which the markets
are sure 10 demand.
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fair means or by foul, prevent the deiivs
cry of that paper into the hands of old
Bernikof."
Of Peter I'LL; and by whom are you Of
fered this, friend PodatchkineY'
II can trust you; well, by the Lieuten-
ant Apollo Usakoff."
The grandson of the Hetman Ma
zeppaT'
The same; and By Basil Mierowitz-"
We'll, and what have to do with all
this? growied the half breed.
Much; Fifty roubles will be yours,
Daulovitch, IL you will assist me-" said
Podatchkine in husky whisper.
LET us talk over this; dismount and
come in"
Nay, there is Olga Paulowna; then
have other work TO do. Ny next in
struetions are that the dispatch, which
is from the Empress herself, and which
bears the imperial seal, shall never be
delivered: Dut must be obtained by me
for Basil Mierowitz and the Lieutenant
Usakoff. now detached upon the 1.-Two
MAN frontier, and who both know as lit
tie ash care, that its bearer is actually
their own dearest and most valued friend
| misled the Hospodeen Balgonie, lured
him to the rivers brink, and left him
there, in the hope that he and his horse
might become frozen on the steppe or in
the forest, where could rob him at ease:
but the man seems made of iron, and. to
my astonislment, | saw him swim the
Louga 1 thought all gone, he, the dis
patch and my two hundred roubles, when
he plunged his horse into the river; but
he stoutly won the opposite bank, and
has made his way straight to the dwell
ing of Ivan Mierowitz, where now, l
doubt not, he is safely housed"
1T seems to me. friend Podatchkine,
that you took a great deal of useless
trouble when you had your dagger and
pistols" said the other. suspiciously.
(ro be continued)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
Homes in the Country.

The advantages of country life over
crowded quarters in our large cities
was discussed in sermon by DIR. John
Merrith Driver delivered recently in
one of the Chicago theaters. DIR.
Driver said in part:
With the almost illimitable EN-
pires in the West and Southwest. rich
with opportunities for the poor man
to acquire home and competence, yet
thousapls beg in Chicago; other thous-
ands live by crime alone: other multi
tudes exc out a pitiful livelihood al
ways within easy reach of the tooth
and claw of abject nakedness and star
Walton; others. by close and often hui
initiating economy, get along fairly
we'll until the first strike or shutdown.
or sickness, or accident. and then go
to the wall.
And vet out in Gods country the
green fields and blue skies and rip
ping brooks are fairly riotous with
invitations. saying: Come hither from
race course and dance hall; come out
of slum and back alley and dingy tene-
ment and find for yourselves and for
your children acres Of your own, so
ciety at once simple and inexpensive
and yet self-respecting and ennobling,
and religion pure and undefiled.'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01

embroidery in these shades is the latest
touch in trimming.
Crewel lace and embroidery holds it's
own on the dressy coat.
Yellow in all shades is a fad of the
season for home dresses.
Princess gowns are pretty and stately
enough to remain in fashion forever.
Powered ribbons joined by fagoting
or insertion are an approved trimming.
1t is always the things we are for
hidden to eat that are the cheapest.
Threading of ribbon is very popular
and is used now on skirts as well as
blouses.
Many velvet coats and gowns have the
sleeves set in with caps of shirring, as
in softer fabrics.
On the plain designs for travelling and
outing gowns very small buttons play q
conspicuous part.
Horizontal trimming for the sheer
frocks, and long lines for wool skirts,
seem to be the rule.
Some women now vary the buttons of
their coats as often as they change their
hats. BY simple arrangement the but
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
Farm Notes.

NONtbs
A WILLIAMSON (MiCh) farmer hired
four women to husk corn, being unable
to get men, and in seven days they
husked ], 100 bushels.
If we could only do our own work
as easily as we sometimes think we
could do the other fellows work what
happy life we would lead.
An Illinois farmer is said to dry out
bins or cribs of damp grain by putting
layers of drain tile through the mass.
We should like to hear from any read
er who has tried this.
Eggs are sold by the dozen regard
less of size Should potatoes be sold
in the same manner a gigantic kick
would be made by potato consumers.
A dozen potatoes may weigh one or
ten pounds.
The State of Wisconsin, says Rural
New Yorker, is trying to get rid Of the
German carp in its southern lakes.
which are destroying the bass and
spelling the wild celery beds that fur
nish a feeding ground for canvasback
ducks.
Planting potatoes with long sprouts
on them is a bad practice When this
Is done the long sprout will rot and
decay and another has to be started,
which weakens II and retards the
growth. This may not be known by
some, but it Is a fact.
1t is very essential that each farm.
er should know the nature of his own
soil. 1t may differ materially from that
of q nelghbor. in which case It would
be folly to initiate him. Many failures
are made by not knowing the nature
of the soil When a crop is grown on
soil untitled TO it 1t is very much like
fitting a square plug in a round hole.
One should study to adapt crops to his
soil
Here is good suggestion from
reader Of long standing. says the Ru-
raj New Yorker: For several winters
I have surrounded my house on It's
north and west sides with rough
board fence 20 feet high, and find II
most largely conducive 10 comfort and
saving Of fuel. The needs Of the farm
utilize the boards during the summer
The one nail In each end that tacks up
the board in no manner INJURIES
A correspondent takes the Farm edi-
tor 10 task for advocating the growing
of root crops for stock saying that he
did not find IT profitable. Inquiry
showed that the seed had been sown on
poor soil. and with bat little fertilizer.
and quite Indifferent care. Under such
conditions fl is 10 wonder that the
crop was not a success TO grow root
crops for stock prohtably, the SOIL
must be put in good condition, and
must be made fairly rich, especially IN
nitrogen and potash. and during the
growing season the weeds must be
kept in subsection and the soil cult.
waited In short, grow root crops on the
same plan as any vegetable would b4
grown. and the results will be salts
factory.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
Small stock Barn.

The accompanying plan of pase-
ment of barn, 80 by "a feet contains
rooms for eight head of cattle, one SIN
gle horse stall. one box stall. and one
sheep pen. The floor above has drive
way OF u feet. with a NOW of IL feet
one side over the cattle. and one Of
10 feet over the horses and sheep pen.
The stairway goes down from the side
of the barn floor and the feed is put
down through a swinging door in the
side of the NOW beside the stairway.
By using the swinging door it will al
ways be kept shut and prevent
draughts in the stables.
The cost of a cement concrete wall
and concrete stable floor, together
with the frame work above. would be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
PLlPE1A1o
PREACuER
~ONN~~%~~NO

Methodist Episcopal Sunday schools in
this country have membership Of q
$4,000.
Eva elist A. C. Jehries, father of
James ]. Jeffri,s the pugilist, is holding
revival meetings.
The Rev. DR.. Oren b. Cheney, for
nearly forty years president of Bates
College, is dead at Lewiston, Ne.
Three graduates from the Toronto
Training School have recently opened a
deaconness home at Hamilton, Ont.
The Rev. r. j. Campbell recently ex-
claimed God help the man who boasts
of select or intellectual congregation
The bishop of Trinidad, Dr. j. T.
Hayes, died suddenly in Liverpool, Eng
land. He was bishop of Trinidad since
1889.
The factory girls of Fitchburg. Mass,
have assumed the support of a mission
airy in Shanghai of the Worlds J. w.
c. \.
\ monument to Hosea Ballou, the
founder of Universalsm in America. has
recently been dedicated at his birthplace
Richmond, y. II.
A few days ago the Pope took stylo-
graphic pen from Protestant journal
lists hand and pronounced benediction.
He returned the pen, saying: No one
has a nobler mission than journalist in
the world to-day. l bles your symbol of
office"
Methodism in Stockholm, Sweden, has
a suitable place for its activities. A
building has been purchased and is now
undergoing alterations to adapt il for it
new uses 1t viii contain an audience
room, a room for the WorSingmen's in
stitute, and some apartments for rental
purposes.
The favorite niece Of Pope Plus X,
Miss Gilda ParoIin. is about to be mar
ried to a rich landed proprietor Of north
ern Italy.
The Rev DR.. G.. L. Pearson. presiding
elder Of the Hawaii district tAethodistl,
is having good year. He is opening
mission among the Koreans, with pros
poets Of abundant success.
I41rea. which is attracting widespread
attention because Of its part in the con
troversy between Russia and Japan. is
one OF the newer mission fields. The
twentieth anniversary Of the establish
ment Of missionary work there will be
celebrated next September by a special
conference Of missionaries.
The Rev E. Henry Byrons, a CoHgre-
gational minister Of New Smyrna, Fla.
is making an effort 10 arrange for joint
reunion Of Confederate and Federal vet
Grams some time this summer
The Pope has sent magnificent chas-
ed gold chalic 10 the church at QuerO.
q town in the Venetian provinces, to take
the place Of the one which had been
Used there for a century, but which was
recently stolen.
England is taking Gp the drink ques-
ton afresh. Leading men and women in
all departments Of life are ont with
manifesto for q great reduction in the
number OF public houses. for the extern
sion Of the principle Of local option
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stnnted pig.


Sometimes these are caused by an
Inherited disability to make use of
the food given them. but probably
more often by conditions after birth.
If they are watched it will be found
shat the other pigs are driving them
from the teats and later from the
trough. says Farmers Review. Having
once become weakened they are less
able than the other pigs to fight for
their food and have to be satisfied
with short rations. It is evidently a
part of the plan Of nature to eliminate
the weakling as a breeder However,
these same pigs. If given a chance at
the teats and the trough, often devel-
op into good sized hogs and prove
profitable. We would not, however.
advise using such an animal as a
breeder. The hint that nature has
given US should be taken. We agree
with her in wanting for breeders only
the most vigorous.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
CHAPTER II

Captain Balognie, of the Regiment of
Smolensko, soon found himself in a com
Portable bedchamber. where the genial
glow of n Russian wall stove. difrused
warmth through his chilled frame. and
whence every current of the external at
mosphere was carefully excluded by dou-
bic window sashes, adorned with artifi-
cial flowers between.
A valet, after supplying him with hot
coffee. said that his master would re-
joice to have the pleasure of the visitors
society, after he had made a suitable
toilet. and exchanged his wet uniform
for luxurious robe 9e chambre. in the
pocket of which be took special care to
secure his dispatch unseen.
He was ushered into the presence of
Ivan Mierowitz, whose name at once
inspired him with confidence and salts
faction; for. by one of those singular CO.
medicines, he had arrived at mansion
where he was not altogether unknown
II have to apologize for this apparent
intrusion" said he: hut l have beer
misled or abandoned by my guide I am
Captain Balognie. Of the Regiment of
Smolensko, and have the good fortune
TO number among my friends your son.
subaltern of my company"
For BaSils sake, not less than YOUR
own, Captain. you are most welcome"
replied his host, lifting and laying aside
his cap.
He was q man well on in years; his
stature was not great, neither was his
presence diguihed; he stopped little, and
was thickset. with venerable beard. His
eyebrows were white. but his eyes were
dark, keen. quick, and expressed a spirit
of ready impulse. for laughter or for
fer0city-one who by turns could be
suave or irritable.
''Whcn did you last see my son?" he
asked. in tone more Of authority than
of anxious inquiry.
Some three months since: he has been
detached on the Livonian frontier
And you. Captain
Il am proceeding on urgent imperial
service from Noyyorod. where my regi-
ment is stationed IN the old palace of the
Cars.
"To whithery'
'SchluSS elburg."
The host changed countenance and al
most manifested signs of discontinue
IN hearing Of that formidable fortress
ana pfiSOn-tne NSrltaoie haStlle OF 81
Petersburg. and he said:
A name 20 Shudder att
And, but for the feather in the wax
OF my Dispatch resumed Balognie.
showing n red government seal in which
piece OF feather twitched from pen
was inserted. the usual Russian emblem
of speed. Il had not perhaps, tempted
the dangers OF the Iouga. but sought a
billet on the other side. If such could be
found"
You know not. perhaps. that MY
woods are fun Of wolves; but this is not
the way To st. Petersburg"
Yet l was so directed"
"You have been miSled. and are only
some seventy miles or 80 from the place
you have left"
"You amaze me-" exclaimed the per
picked Captain; for in the Russian ser
vice an error becomes a crime.
Captain. you should have gone by
Gori. oustensk, Spask. and so on"
"Podatchkine. an orderly of Gen. Wey-
marn. who sent him specially with me.
has either deladed or abandoned me-"
"Yet we must thank your Podatch-
kline, in so far that he has procured us
the pleasure OF your society in this lone
" place-my daughter and my niece.
Captain Ivanovitch Balognic," continued