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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
nE Has SAID EAREMELl
Joe Jefferson, Best Loved Figure OF
Our Stage.


Our Stage.
The retirement OF Joseph jefferson
takes from the stage its bestowed
figure and most remarkable character
His life and the pleasures of the pub
lie have been closely interviewer, and
1t has also been crammed with inter-
esting experiences. The great actor
has long been comfortably perching
upon the top rung of the ladder of
fame, but he didn't scale up there like
a fireman Mt an exhibition drill. On the
contrary, it was a remarkable example
of 1.-THE longest way round is the short
est way there for the circuitous
route took him transforming all over
the country for many years.
His parents were actors and his first
playhouses were behind the scenes.
He went on the stage as a child in
white tunic beautifully striped with
gold bands-when he was years old.
In 1889, when Jefferson was 13, the
family moved from Philadelphia, his
birthplace, to Chicago, then village
of 1900 inhabitants. Lake Huron
was dotted with Indian villages and
Indians lolled on the banks smoking
their pipes and making baskets. The
Jeffersons paid their passage on the
boat by playing in the different cities
along the line. They afterward jour
neyed about the West and the father
was finally compelled to give up the
stage and become a sign painter.
Later the family moved to Mobile,
where the father died of yellow fever.
Mrs. Jefferson opened a boarding
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
VALUE or GOOD MAPS.
Especially During a Great War Do
Maps Become of Interest.

Especially During a Great War Do
Maps Become of Interest.
Robert Louis Stevenson, one of the
most notable English writers known to
the present generation, was won't to say
that nothing interested him more than
the perusal of 4 good map; and without
doubt, a map thar is well made and
accurate catches the eye and arrests the
attention of many people as few other
things can do, especially during a great
war when the maps of the world are like
ly to be changed does the public become
interested in maps in general.
The men in charge of railway traffic
possess a most positive appreciation of
good maps and a large expenditure OF
time and skillful thought is made ON this
feature of railway publicity, so that sucn
portions of the country as the mystic
and interesting region of the Black Hills
III South Dakota, the wonderful noun
tain ranges compactly rising tier upon
tier throughout the central and western
portion of Colorado, the rich valleys and
hillsides of California, covered with vine
yards, orchards and grain fields Yellow
stone Park, the Yosemite Alaska, and
those regions of interlacing lakes and
water courses which mark that portion Of
the great northwest located in upper
Wisconsin, southern Minnesota and that
part of Michigan known as the Upper
Peninsula, have been mapped in detail
and given to the public gratis, far and
wide.
Said an official of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway recently, while
talking on this subject: '"Dhere is no
doubt that the American railway map
engraver has carried his art we'll nigh
to the borders of perfection. / do not
know of any road maps or other detailed
data for the State of Wisconsin, for in
stance, that equal those published by
i our passenger department. They are on
| file in public libraries as part of their
reference records. Other portions of the
western country have been similarly TAX
Ell up by our people and maps OF most
complete character made for Them in
| fact, the western lines are fully alive to
the value of a good map in the hands OF
| the traveller"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01

City Attorney Runge was appealed to
in Milwaukee to grant a woman a d.
vorce that she might marry another man.
The two interested men appeared with
the woman TO further her petition. All
were greatly disappointed when told that
the courts would have to make the trans
fers. Paul Reiser and his wife, Magde
lena, lived in Pennsylvania. Because
Magdalena transferred her affections to
Elias Keil boarder, Paul chased Keil
out of the house with a butcher knife.
Then Magdalena and Keil came to Mil
waukee Paul soon followed and became
a boarder On the house presided over by
his wife and Keil. Learning that the
law would not sanction such pronliscu-
Gus living, the three came to the city
attorney, each thinking that all that was
necessary for Paul to do was to sign
a quitclaim and get the city attorney to
verify II
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
Seventy-fve Years AGO.

The first daily newspaper in the
State of Maine. the Daily Courier. was
issued.
Large quantities OF American prod
uce were shipped to Havana, there
being a famine on the island of Cuba
Of vegetables and fruits.
Numerous outrages were committed
on American ships at st. Michaers,
Madeira, by Don Miguers sailors.
The Choetaw Indians claimed land
in the States of Alabama and Arkan-
sas of 27,S30,536 acres, which they
were unwilling to give up.
A British steamer put in at Charles
ton, S. c., for the purpose of obtaining
vaccine, which was carried to Nassau,
N. p, where the smallpox was raging
among the blacks.
The separation of Venezuela from
Colombia occurred.
The Chesapeake and Delaware canal
was opened with elaborate ceremonies.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
hes from Vesuvius fell over south

Ashes from Vesuvius fell over south
ern Italy.
A Greek minister has been appointed
at Mexico City.
A massacre by Kurds is reported at
Ramsa, Armenia.
Russia claims to have traced the Won
Plehve plot to Geneva.
Emperor Williams suite say he is not
suffering from his throat.
Mount Vesnvius is more calm and peo-
pie are allowed to ascend.
Alderman John Pound has been elect
ed Lord Mayor of London.
An uprising in China against foreign
ers is threatened in October.
The Irish Reform Association Sug-
gests a council to consider Irish finances.
The British steamer Loyalist was
wrecked off Cape Race. The crew was
saved.
Russian newspapers say that there
will not be room for Russia, England and
Japan in Asia.
European countries consider the pres
ent inopportune for a meeting Of The
Hague conference.
Russia notified China through NJ. Les
sar that she protested against the Anglo
Thibetan treaty. China therefore said
she was unwilling to lose suzerainty over
Thibet.
The Chinese apologized and offered
full PREPARATION for the attack upon Cap
tain Laribe al the French legation in
Pekin.
Russian papers are greatly disturbed
over the Buddhist pilgrimage to Thibet,
where Great Britain has just achieved
a diplomatic triumph in a treaty which is
virtually a protectorate.
When King Edward met the Emperor
Francis Joseph at Marienbad recently,
he wore the uniform OF an Austro-Hun-
garian field marshal, which includes
green plumes on the headpiece. a tur-
quoise blue tunic and imson trousers.
DIR. ]. D. Gomez has been appointed
arbitrator for the Nicaragua-Honduras
boundary settlement.
Pence George Of Schaumberg-Lsppe
is making a vigorous fight against the
succession Of Count Leopold.
Demonstrations at the review at
Odessa indicate that an outbreak against
war is likely IN South Russia.
Archbishop Farley's handling Of the
Frerch question at the Eucharisdc con-
grsss is approved in England.
Arthur Doane Plat OF the American
consulate at Dublin was fined for fast
riding on motor-bicycle and paid il ike
man.
Superstitious negroes IN ST. lucia muir
dered white child To get It's heart and
hands for charms to work spells.
Ministers at Berlin have refused per-
mission 70 build skyscrapers. Buildings
rnay now only be 70 fets high.
Low churchmen jeered at the eere-
monies OF the Church OF England at Iiv-
erpoOl. and made great scene.
A ship NARROWED 2,264 persons On 81
island in the Pacific with but ten dars'
provisions. owing 10 her leaky condition.
A Jew doctor going 10 the front in
Russia was reissed PERMISSION to bid
his friends adieu in tie waiting room.
The Medical Society :as pxoS>sted.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
Shocking Corn.

One of the great objections farmers
have TO harvesting corn fodder is that
the grain is seriously damaged by the
operation. In fact, they say oftentimes
1t will not terminate, and is always
more or less chaffy, light in weight,
and otherwise not equal TO corn per-
mitted to remain in the field, or until
after several frosts. A casual exam
ination of the way the shocks are
made on many farms would convince
one that complaints made about get
ting an inferior grain might be expect
ed, for the shock will not turn water,
Will not let water that happens to get
in to the shock oat quickly, and is, in
fact, so much on the ground that it is
practically wet all the time. 1t il not
difficult task so to handle both fod-
der and corn as to have a fire forage
from the fodder and still secure the
grain that is in every way equal to
standing grain.
The corn crop is often cut too green.
Frequently the stalk becomes brown,
the blades turning yellow and the ear
still soft and full of sap. In such in
stances the cutting should be slow,
putting up quarter and half shocks
over the entire area, giving the inside
center of the shock an opportunity to
dry, then later finish the shock. Where
the corn binder is used the harvesting
should be such as to save the fodder
with as little damage to the corn as
POSSIBLE. This requires judgment
len in shocking set four bundles in
the four corners made by the horse,
tie them tightly near the top, remove
horse and place a bundle on each of
the four sides in the center. This
leaves a corner between the four bum
dies so located that it may be made
to contain two bundles each. When
the center bundles are placed around
the first four eight bundles are up and
the shock is one-half finished. Fill
ing between with two bundles makes
the shock, which contains sixteen bun
dies. The shock is small, well bal
anced. and when drawn we'll together
near the top it is tied twice The bun
dies In such shock may be set well
apart at the bottom, permitting good
ventilation. The binder cuts such a
low stub that the ear in the shock is
high from the ground. In cutting by
hand the careless shocker usually cuts
high stubs, then he throws the fodder
together. The high cutting causes the
ear on the stalk to be near the ground
ing serious damage TO the grain. Corn
fodder should be cut as low as posi-
bic, that the grain may stand a good
distance from the ground while in the
shock.-W. B. Anderson, in Indianap-
oils News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
fifty Years AGO.

The British ship Plover arrived ut
San Francisco after a cruise of seven
years in the arctic seas.
The Ostend manifesto, recommend
ing the purchase of Cuba by the Uni
ted States, was issued.
Five allied steamers arrived at Con-
stantinople with soldiers wounded In
repelling the Russian sorties from
Sevastopol.
The grand conference of American
ministers began at Ostend.
Between forty and fifty thousand
dollars was being spent on the exterior
and interior of the White House at
Washington, ID. O..
The trading ship Triton, from Glas-
gov to Boston, was abandoned at sea.
The allied armies began the bonn
bardment both by sea and land of
Sevastopol.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
Poultry PickiuSs.

One breed is enough for the farmer.
Keep the fowls clean and their
houses clean.
Roup is produced by bad cold
being neglected.
IL eggs for Matching are desired, use
2-year-old hens,
formulated is the form In which 10
supply bone TO poultry.
To make poultry business success
il must have attention.
All perches should be on the Sale
level. none higher than the others.
1t is very essential that the poultry
house should be well ventilated
Whole wheat is an excellent food
FOR the hens. but should npt be used
exclusively.
Bone meal contains liyae and also
animal matte-- sshieh Is OF value.
Some green food s Indispensable 70
ducks after they are two weeks old
The use OF food is 10 sustain life
and maintain warmth and good condi-
tioa Of body.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01

out in Colby a remedy for the tramp
nuisance has been found. The city
council had 1000 meal tickets printed
and distributed them among the wo
men. When tramp knocks at a kit
chen door and asks for a -handout'
he is given one OF these tickets. WHICH
is good for a meal when signed b.
the city marshal when the marsha
gets hold Of the tramp he comyeli
him 10 work a couple OF hours in pay
ment for the meal Trannps are get
ting scarce In COLBY.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
The Cabbage Worm.

The worms have begun 10 eat the
leaves OF the late cabbages. Before
they begin 10 head up the best pre-
ventive OF their ravages is TO dissolve
one ounce OF white hellebore in two
gallons of water, or a pound of IL TO
thlrty-two gallons and sprinkle the
leaves well with the solution. After
they begin to head get The common
insect powder or pyrethnm and mix
with about soac times its tul& OF -four.
then. with the bellows usually given
or sold with powder, blow :ais well
down among the leaves on the under
as well as upper side.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
Feeding Condiments.

II there is any value in feeding red
pepper to fowls 1t is mainly in fur
nishing seasoning to the food which
might otherwise be nat. and in this
way stimulating the appetite. Chopped
onions will have the same effect and
are certainly better for the fowls than
too much pepper. The red pepper, in
moderate quantities, is good for the
moulting hens. acting as stimulant
aud strengthening their rather depict.
ed vitality. but the pepper should not
be made a regular part of the ration.
1t is not only unnecessary when the
ration consists of good grains in vari-
ETY.. but is actually harmful II much
Of If is fed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
A WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
Illinois Central Said to Be Behind New
Road-Man Wants to Qnitclaim Wife
to Another-Girl Accidentally Self
ain-Butcher's Fine RENTED.

Word from Stoddard has come to the
effect that the La Crosse and Southeast
ern railroad is patrolhng its tracks night
and day to keep the town officers from
tearing them UP. They were laid Sum
day morning before the townspeople were
awake Then the village officials had an
injunction issued. but it was not served
in time. Now night Waterman is kept
on guard and squads of men working
for the road sleep within call 1t as be-
heyed that the Illinois Central is behind
the movement and will use the new route
to enter La Crosse. A stretch of only
about forty miles remains to connect
with the Illinois Central.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
non,t protect PIants EarIy.

If one has lot Of shrubs and
plants that are hardy, no protection
for winter should be given until the
ground freezes. else -sre IS danger
of the twigS making more growth by
reason OF the warmth st the roots af-
forded by the protecting material. II
the plants are not entirely hardy. OF
course protection must be give. ear
Ner. II is rarely necessary TO use more
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
Device for Holding Hogs.
Glazed Butter.

German butter makers have proc
ess Of glazing butter with coat Of
melted sugar. 1t is stated that the
butter so treated keeps fresh for a
much longer time than ordinary but
ter. 1t is carefully worked and
washed and put up in one-pound lots
and placed in a cool room. 1t is then
glazed by painting the surface with
melted sugar, using soft brush and
performing the operation very quickly.
The hot sugar melts the surface of the
butter, and with it forms kind of
varnish. which protects the surface
against the air.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01

the third ON this issue. The verdict in
one trial was set aside because of jury
bribing scandals developed in connection
with it, some of the jurors testifying
that they had been paid money to favor
the company's side. The sum awarded
az the last triaJ-$4O, 000-is said to be
the largest ever given in case of this
kind in an Illinois court.
Another hearing has been asked for
by the company, and if it is granted the
little girl who was MANNED for life nine
years ago will have to wait still longer
before receiving compensation for her in
iurieS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
Girl Killed by Revolver.

Anna Brenning, aged 10 years, of
Kronenwetter, was killed near her home
by a pistol wound in the chest. She
left home to look after some traps set
for skunks and carried revolver. She
was found dead in a field about fifteen
rods from where some of the traps had
been set. The belief is that she attempt
ed to place the weapon in her dress
when it was &C, ider ally discharged.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
Death In a Quarrel.

In a quarrel over a glass of beer art St
Nazianz Frank Birkle, character of the
village, is said TO have shot and killed
Louis Bahrs of Kiel, well digger en-
ployed at ST. Nazianz. Three bullets
were fired. two of them taking effect.
The first struck Bahrs i'll the head and
killed him instantly and the second pierre
ed the heart Birkle was taken into GUS
tody. The two men had been intimate
for Soma fir,1e
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
Three Surgeons Are Sued.

Paul Parkhurst, aged 8 years, is the
plaintiff and Drs. Nuzum, Sutherland
and Richards of Brodhead are the de-
PENDANTS in a suit in the Circuit Court.
The doctors, in operating on the boy,
who had a defective foot, it is alleged,
got the wrong foot and cut the tendons,
leaving him crippled in both feet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
Meat Artificially CoIored,

State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Emery caused the conviction of William
Lilick of Sun Prairie for violation Of
the law against artificial coloring of
meats. The defendant pleaded guilty.
He was fined $50 and costs. The fine
was RENTED, as he did not know that
the meat he was retailing contained the
unlawful ingredients and c0loriDg mat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
New Use for sweet Potatoes.

The low price of sweet potatoes has
directed attention to a new market
for the vegetable. The glucose makers
have discovered, it is claimed, that
their product can be made proftably
from sweet potatoes and are proposing
to contract with farmers in the South
west for their crops at $50 to $25 per
acrn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01

than soil in protecting the roots about
hardy plants and vines, although an
application Of fine manure free from
straw will, of course. benefit the soil
and plant later. as its strength works
down to the roots.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01

table l have buck fastened to the
platform so one can sit or lean upon
it when tired. Below this I had pail
large enough to hold ball of binder
irvine. As soon as 1 have an armful
of corn it is compressed with the de-
vice shown and tied ready for putting
in the shock"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
GETS $40, 1000 DAMAGES.
Little Girls Award in Personal Injury
Case Unusually Large.

After nearly nine years Of litigation
15-year-old Emma Grenell of Chicago
has been given a verdict for $4,000 in
her suit against the West Chicago Street
Railroad Company for terrible personal
injuries. The case is remarkable for
several reasons. The trial just ended is
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01

English Farmers Omit Grain Raising.
The area devoted to the wheat crop
In Great Britain has decreased about
thirteen per cent as compared with
last year. The barley crop also shows
a decrease in acreage. A part of the
land withdrawn from wheat and bar
ley has been devoted to the oat crop,
but the total acreage of all three crops
Is the lowest recorded since the official
returns were first issued thirty six
years ago, and is Ill acres less than
last years total. Some of the land
withdrawn from the grain crops has
been devoted to specialties. such as
fruits, flowers and vegetables. while
other areas have been turned into
parks. p2sturage and moving.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
Make the Cows Comfortable

Most farmers think they know how
TO care for their COWS without the ad-
vice of anyone, and the majority of
them do give them food and shelter,
but there are many more little COM
forts which cost but trifle, but which
go far toward increasing the value of
the milk production. Sunshine, what
little there is in winter, is as welcome
to animals as to the human family,
and the man who will contrive to give
his cows all the sunshine possible will
have Differentiated cows and more
milk. Then see to it that all cracks
and crevices through which drafts of
air can come are closed. 1t is not
meant that ventilation be dispensed
with by any means, but simply that
drafts are shut out Make the beds
heavy with straw and keep the stalls
clean: then with a well-ventilated and
sunny stable and something to chew
on between regular meals, the cow
will be happy and comfortable. and
will surely repay you by a fuller milk
pail.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
knowledge Increases Crops.

During the past twenty-five years
the increase in the yield Of grain crops
in Denmark per acre has been over
IL per cent for barley, II per cent for
oats % per cent for wheat. Potatoes
have increased 50 per cent in yield per
acre. Danish authorities credit the in
crease largely to government instruc-
tons and teaching in the best meth
DDS of agriculture. The Hungarian
government also is coming to the front
in its encouragement of agriculture.
The state institutions include a great
academy for the higher branches of
agriculture, four farm colleges, TWEEN
ty-one village farm schools, and win
ter schools for farmers, great agri-
cultural museum and eighty model
farms. twenty-five state orchards
have zen established, and during the
pas three years 37S,OOO grated
sto IS and over two million seedlings
he fe been distributed. Hungarian
agriculture has grown at a surprising
Yate, the export of poultry and eggs
having increased so per cent in five
years, and dairy products having
gained at an even larger rate.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-01-30
<RlSlA

Mr., Ward H. sawyer has been ap.
pointed Master in thanccry of the Su.
pcrior Court of Cook County. Illinois.
by Judge Elhridg" Iianccy. To succeed
Morris ST. l.. Thomas.
Mr.. sawyer j. the son of former
State senator Lewis NJ. Sawyer, of La
Sale County. and i It bright aud prom.
lslng young lawyer Of the chicago bar
He was raised OF II farm near Strs.ltor.
Ill. and graduated from the Strratur
High School and from the Northwest
"rn University with first hOmors in gen
"rul scholarship and special honors in
mathematics and political economy. lie
graduated from the Chicago College oI
Law, and the same year had mas
t"r'S degree conferred upon him by his
alma mater He ana another young at
t0rncy originated the Chicago c0rrc-
spondrnce School Of Law, which has
grown to be a prominent institution
He was professor of real estate law
In this school until he severed his con
H"ctiOn because of pressure of other
matters. Politically he l. a Rcpub-
licau, and lie Is n member Of several
prominent clubs and 6f the Beta Theta
III College Fraternity. Mr. Sawyer re-
sides on the South Side. at 2iiG Mich
iean avenue. He was attorney for the
Public Administrator Of Cook County
for several years, as well a. being at
torncy for several large corporations,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-01-30
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