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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Put His Foot in 1t.

He came in late. stepped in without
ringing, and, striding softly into the
parlor, dropped into an armchair with
the easy grace of young men who
is accustomed to the program.
~By Joye!" he said to the figure sit
ting in the dim obscUritt on the sofa.
by Jove, l thought I was never go
ing to see you alone again. The
maternal kangaroo never goes away
from the menagerie nowadays, does
she, Minnie?"
well, not amazingly frequent"
cheerfully replied the old lady from
the sofa. -Minnie's away flirting so
much of the time now, have to stay
in"
Under the lines at the end Of the
old garden the moping cats complain
ed to the moon much in their usual
style. the watch dogs never sang more
clearly. and the plaintiye cry Of the
locomotive filed the night with poe
try: but the young man didn't hear it
all the same.
"And. by George" he said to a
friend fifteen minutes later, "if l
didn't leave mF hat and cane in the
han. Think of 'em? Forgot 'em!
Bless me if 1 knew anything What l
wanted was fresh air, and | wanted
about thirty acres Of it. and mighty
quick. TOO. wi"-Waverle Maya
zine
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Float a Big Fleet.

According to a report of the geo.
logical survey of the United States
government, now nearly ready for
publication, petroleum was first dis
covered by Colonel Drake less than
half a century ago in Pennsylvania
near Titusville. Men in those days
had no notion that petroleum was
among the necessities of existence.
A tallow dip or a wax candle ilIumin-
ated sufficiently the nights activities,
and a blazing log wood fire left no
room for desire for another kind of
heater. Petroleum might have been
counted a superfuity, but instead it
sprang into immediate favor, and now
is list Of popular byproducts grows
longer every year.
The total production of crude petrol.
cum from 1859 to the end of 1902 has
been no less than 1,165, $50, 727 barrels.
That means that If two and one-half
feet were allowed for the height OF
barrel. and If these barrels filed with
all the domestic oil that has been pro-
duced were laid so that their heads
touched they would encircle the earth
two and one-quarter times.
Of this total Pennsylvania and New
York produced $50 per cent; Ohio, Dab
per cent; West Virginia, 11.3 per cent;
Indiana, SO per cent; California sc
per cent; Texas. 81 per cent, leaving
9 per cent TO be supplied by the States
OF Kansas, Colorado. Louisiana, I'LL
nois, Missouri, Indian Territory,
wyoming. Michigan and Oklahoma.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
low soldiers Were Transported.

Russian freight cars, like those of
other continental countries, are all
labelled with the number of men or
horses which may be put in them in
military seryice-usually forty men
or ten horses. But what is possible
for a Journey Of two or three hundred
miles in weather not much below
freezing may be quite impossible for
one lasting two weeks or more, with
thethermometer 40 to so degrees be-
low zero. The men must eat and sleep
en- route.
To provide for this, the cars used
for carrying soldiers were lined with
felt or felt paper; little glass windows
were set in the sides, and an iron
stove set up in each. The benches
were made so that they could be
transformed into hunks at night At
every alternate station hot water was
provided for making tea In nearly
every train one car was fitted as a
kitchen, and supplied the men with
hot rations Of meat and porridge.
Shovels were carried, so that IN case
OF a snow blockade the men could dig
the train out A surgeon and hospital
steward accompanied each train. At
several stations on the line camps
were established. where the men rest
ed a day. with facilities for washing.
etc. while the cars were inspected
and cleaned Railroad Gazette
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Use the Harrow on Corn.

Many farmers read with surprise
tae statement that a harrow can be
run across young corn without dam
age to the crop. Try it and see. II is
better to use the iron-toothed harrow
with teeth slanting backward at an
angle of 40 degrees. 1t is remarkable
how much work thxee-section harrow
will do in cornfield in one day dur
ing the early spring season. Harrow
corn just as it comes thrC Ugh the
ground. Harrow crosswise again with
in a week. In some cases it is neces-
sary to weight the harrow, A seventy
five or ninety-tooth harrow will cover
fifteen acres of corn with slow team
and twenty acres if the team Is quick
stopper. If doubtful about the use OF
the harrow on your particular corn
crop, take it out and run 1t for twenty
five feet and test the work done by
pulling at every stalk passed over to
find whether or not the roots still hold.
Narrowing will lay the crop down for
day or two, but it soon straightens
narrowing kills weeds and destroys
young grass, lets the air into the
ground and is the best possible method
of cultivating young corn until the
crop reaches eight or ten inches in
height Use the harrow on corn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
HOTTEST SPOT ON EARTH.
Temperature of Bahrin II Degrees
Higher Than That of Death Valley.

E1i9DCi iudu tIldk VI GCdhH di@Js
Death Valley in Southern Califor-
MIA is usually referred to as the hot
test spot on earth but it isn't quite
that Mr. Ralph Erling tells me. This
to a portion of the shore of the Per
sian Gulf at and in the vicinity of
Bahrin.
statistics prove thai the mean an
nual etmperature of the Persian Gulf
furnace is II degrees higher than
that of Deaf Valley, and the aridness
of both places is about one a par,
/ though | am inclined to believe, il
my recollection of the records is not
blunted, that a little brackish water
has been found in few isolated
springs on the alkalS surface of Death
Valley, whereas there is no water at
al to be found on the shore of the
Gulf anywhere within a radius of
nearly 200 miles
"Yet, while Death Valley is inhab-
tied by practically none and perma-
nent life there is deemed well nigh
impossible, Bahrin has population
of several thousand people and has
had an existence as village for many
centuries, OF course the people are
stunted mentally and to a slightly
less extent physically, fact due to
the fearful conditions under which
they live; but they DO live there and
are probably the nearest approach to
salamanders in the human family.
What do they do for water and food?
Why, the latter is brought to them in
boats and sold in exchange for the
fertilizer they dig from the desert,
and the latter they have in fairly
thought | said there was no water
within several hundred miles Of the
place. Well, sou did-on the land
but there are number of fresh water
springs on the bed of the saline gulf
within a few hundred yards from the
shore.
1T is probably the only place on
earth where fresh drinking water is
secured from salty sea. The water
gushes up in considerable volume
from these springs and is secured by
divers. The gulf is only ABOUT 30 feet
deep at this point. The divers plunge
to the bottom with empty goatskins
and place the orifce of the skin bag
directly over the mouth of the spring;
it fills in few seconds, and the diver
closes the orifce and is pulled back
to the boat by rope. That is the
way the water supply for the commu-
nifty on shore is procured. The springs
are supposed TO be due to underground
streams which have their origin IN
the green hills of Osman, over 500
miles inland. st Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31

seen to-day IN the great fighting ships
possessed by all the navies of the
world. Progress was exceedingly rap
Id, though our own part in advancing
naval construction did not begin until
a number of years after the close Of
the war. When at last we did enter
upon period of naval activity, there
were few navies which were not SUI
perior 20 ours. We had net seen the
need of an extended naval program,
and, besides. we were too much en-
gagged in reconstruction of the nation
to be able to so to any great expense.
So it was that all the nations of Eu-
rope took our ideas and developed
them. 1t was in 1888 that we began
modern construction, in building the
cruisers Chicago. Boston and Atlanta
and the dispatch boat Dolphin. In
1895 the United States took fifth rank
among naval nations. We are now
third (some claim we are stronger than
France, which has held second place.
for good many years. and England is
first. England may always hold the
lead. for the naval program of Great
Britain is so extensive that to keep
pace with it would be useless ex-
pense.
Late history of naval development is
familiar to every person who reads.
The Spanish-American war gave an
impetus to naval construction which
has resulted in the addition of large
in the world to our navy, including
all the approved types of vessels from
the monster battleship of the States
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31

chanted territory. the perspiring citi-
whirlpool of enjoyment that lies be-
fore him. The lung tester claims his in
slant attention; and. placing a filthy
rubber mouthpiece to his lips. he blows
until his face turns purple and his
lungs threaten to split, in an insane
attempt to force the pointer or q dial
to the unattainable number that will
yield him ar unsmokable cigar
Having had all the fun that he can
with the refreshing lung-tester, lie
passes on to the sister device known
as the y-your-strength," and by pay
ment of a nickel secures the privilege
of pounding with an enormous mallet,
in the hope of reaching number
which lies only within the powers of
the proprietor of the machine.
Cheered and invigorated by these
two forms of exercise the amusement
seeker next proceeds to the photo
graph gallery and secures a tintype
of himself that his own mother would
fail to recognize; then on to the for
tune teller, where a soothsayer, who
Is also chiropodist, pictures for him
a future state which he knows he can
never realize. These forms of amuse-
ment exhausted, there still remain the
variety shows in which the worst acts
in the world are performed by the
worst serio-comic and played-out song
and dance men known to the modern
stage; the hot corn spread with rancid
butter; the loop the loop" in which
enjoyment is favored with the pun
gent spice of peril; and the thousand
and one opportunities for stalking and
losing money on reputed games of
chance that are really the surest kind
of sure things.-Leslie's Monthly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
DIAMOND OF 1000 cARATs.
Its Value About SIS, 900, ooo-PhiIoso-
pliers Stone Discovered by Pnta.


Five operations on his eyes within
the last three years have rendered
the retirment of Mr.. Streeter, the vet
eran jeweler and expert in precious
stones, imperative. Mr.. Streeter's es-
adjustment in Bond street is as we'll
known as the Bank, and sometimes
nearly as valuable.
Beneath the shop is capacicus
safe which often contains as much
as million pounds worth of valu-
ables. 1t stands on base of concrete
to prevent tunnelling, and is fitted
with four steel doors, to disturb which
means the ringing of alarm bells in
all parts of the building. A guard OF
men sleep near it every night, and
powerful dog prowls round its iron
walls.
Mr.. Streeter has in his possession
what he considers to be the finest
diamond in the world. 1t was once the
property of the Emperor of Delhi, and
is valued at $4,000 The largest dia-
mond he has ever seen weighed about
one thousand carats, and is owned by
a syndicate of dealers. Its value COM
plete would be about e5,00O,000, but it
is now being cut up.
The son of Henry Russell. who was
originally Mr. Streeter's partner, once
owned the whole of the site of the
present Kimberley diamond mines.
After working it at considerable profit
Russell and his partner sold the
ground for $500. 1t is now worth
probably 9S00,000,000. A small shan
ty which the miners had erected was
sold separately for few pounds. It
was subsequently discovered that mud
with which it's walls were plastered
was literally full of diamonds in the
rough.
81 have probably" said Mr. Street
err, "the finest collection of opals in
the world 1t is in the form of a
necklace and pedant, the latter being
a single stone l IL inches by inch.
the most remarkable point with ref
erence to this unique collection is that
it was cut from one block of solid
opal. 1t is worth G1,790."
1t was Mr. Streeter who was instru-
mental in exposing the notorious Pin
ia, who claimed to have discovered
the philosophers stone. His method
consisted in having a bag of gold dust
concealed up his sleeve, from which,
by an ingenious contrivance, he was
able to squeeze the powdered metal
unnoticed into the crucible. BY this
means he was able to melt sovereign
and produce three or four times its
weight in metal-London Daily Mail.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
When Milking.

No loud talking should be permitted
during milking. Go about this work
promptly and quietly, with as much
regularity in the time Of milking as
is possible Some successful dairy
men milk their cows "by the watch, I"
and are very particular about the
exact time each COW is MIXED They
are also careful to have the same
COW MIXED by the same man in the
same order Experience has taught
them that regularity in milking aids
In developing a tendency to prolong
the period of lactation. Always milk
with dry hands; moistening the hands
with milk or water during milking is
one of the most filthy practices mag
Unable. Wooden pals should not be
used as milking pals, as they easily
get sour and cannot be kept thor
oughly clean when new. The pals
ought to have all seams and cracks
flushed smooth with solder IN order
to make them easy to clean This
soldering should be done when the
milk pals are bought and before they
are taken home.-ProS. f. II. Earring
-,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31

group, like the Kentucky, the Indiana.
the Iowa, the Oregon, the Alabama,
the Maine and the Massachusetts; the
cruisers with the New York, Brook
Ign, and others; second class battle
ships and cruisers, gunboats, torpedo
boats and destroyers; dispatch boats,
fast converted cruisers and transports;
Golfers, repair ships and ammunition
carriers, with all the new things which
have been proved of value or which
may be useful, including submarines.
The iron plates of two or three inches
thickness have long been displaced
with hardened 17-inch steel arnor,
and marvellous turrets, holding Won
derful guns have developed from the
primitive cheese box" from winch
Lieutenant Worden directed the fight
of the Monitor against the Merrimac.
And the barbettes on the center line
of the modern battleship are but
modern adaptation of another princi-
pie of the turret. The step between
the Monitor and the great battleship
of to-day IS long one, but the con-
nection between the two is apparent,
for upon the former were first demon
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Potato Planter.

G. 2. Jones, of Gage County, Nebras-
ka, sends Iowa Homestead his plan of
potato planter: Take an old corn
planter with wide shoes at the rear
part and if there is a division there
knock it out with a cold chisel," he
says. Take ali old boiler or a piece
Of heavy tin, cut and bend to fit the
back of runners large enough to give
plenty of room for pieces Of potatoes
to go through. Take piece of 2x4
three feet SIX inches long and bolt the
back of each runner at the ends. Take
another piece of 2x4 twelve inches
longer for the front leaving six inches
project at each end on which the boxes
are to resc. Make the boxes as shown
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31

when the place was evacuated; how
she bur partly burned, and how she
was repaired by the Confederates. who
cut her down to the waterline and APP
piled a sloping protection of railroad
iron to her battery; how she destroyed
some of the best ships in the Federal
navy and became the terror or the
Atlantic coast and the hope Of the Con-
federates; nor how the Monitor finally
appeared and stopped her in the height
of her career. These things are all IA
miliar to every person who Is at all
versed in American history, the battle
ranking perhaps as the most famous
naval fight in the world = not, OF
course, In damage inflicted. but in uld-
mate results. For had the Merrimac
been successful, the whole north coast
of the United States. with the ports OF
Philadelphia, New York. Boston. and
all other cities of the shore, would
have been at her mercy. 1t may not
be Familiarity known that at the very
beginning of the war. special naval
board was appointed todetermine upon
types of ironclads to be built for i'm
mediate service. the result being the
construction of three broadside YES
sells. the Galena. the New Ironsides
and the Monitor. The Gaiena was
the first to be tested. her armor
proving totally deficient in the very
first test. The Ironsides did better.
She was covered with 41a-inch solid
plates backed with 81 inches of oak.
During a period of six months she was
struck 1873 times and was never once
forced TO go to a port for repairs. The
Monitor, built and designed by Cap
tain Ericsson. was derisively called by
the Confederates "a cheeSebox on
raft" She had a very low freeboard,
! there being but about two feet of her
sides out of water. Her deck ana
sides were plated. and her armament
/ consisted OF but two 150-pounder Dahl
4 green's. But she had one point of su-
periority to anything that had ever
been placed upon the seas In the tur-
ret which protected her guns ana
which could be made TO revolve. thus
permitting the guns to be fred at
whatever angle in which the ship IT
self might be. Nothing else showed
above the deck but her funnel and ar
mored pilot house. The manner In
| which she fought the Merrimac- COM
pelliHg the latter to withdraw and
eventually so out OF service. created
positive CONSERVATION on the other side
OF the water, and there was an imme-
date demand the conversion OF
English vessel 30 turret ships. Work
was at once Jun and the result u
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Have Your Farm Vaccinated.


Have you had your farm yaccin-
ated? If not, you should proceed to
have it done at once.
Science has done great deal for
the farmer 1t has killed the bugs
and worms that prey on his crops; it
has treated his animals when sick and
saved their lives; it has experimental
with seeds and raised the quality and
quantity of their yield; it has done a
great many things to help him achieve
success. The latest service Of spe-
cial interest of which we have heard
is noted in the National Geographic
Magazine where it is shown that the
process of inoculating sterile ground
and making it bring forth the fruit in
abundance is an easy task. Inocula-
ton to prevent smallpox, diphtheria,
rabies, ETC., we know about, but it is
quite as mysterious as the incubation
Of old worn-out soils to make them
fertile
The germs make for fertility of
the soil. They are collected or gener-
ated by the department of agriculture
according to this veracious authority,
and sent by mail in small package
about like yeast cake. The cake is
said to contain millions of dried
germs. 1t is thrown into a barrel of
pure water and turns it a milky white
Seeds of grain and grasses are washed
with this water and when planted are
said to produce wonderful results
even on what is regarded as exhausted
soil. The land is really treated to an
incubation and cured of its disease of
barrenness. Have your farms vacci-
mated and get rich from the big crops
you will raise.-Minneapolis Journal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Farm Labor in Demand.

1t Is estimated that in seven States
out west 5000 men will be needed
this summer to harvest the wheat
crop. Crops are increasing faster than
labor to secure them can be had, and
this. too. in the face of the fact that
nearly 100000 immigrants year are
coming to America. Last year col
Iege students were attracted to the
west by the offer of $3.50 day and
board and lodging, but so many fell
by the wayside in the hot sun that
scarcely enough remained to marry
all the daughters Of the rich farmers.
Harvesters can find employment from
May to nearly October, moving NJ
from Texas to Canada wages are high
ard there is plenty TO eat With a
foreign war now in progress and the
regular demand for foodstuffs in the
countries in Europe which always buy
from Americans. on the increase, the
outlook for a great business in export
ing agricultural products is excellent.
Baltimore Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31

not begun until II years after the con
tract was authorized. and when the
ship was about half completed Con
gress refused further appropriations
Owing to this fact, tie honor of plae-
ing the first armored war ship on the
seas belongs to France, the French
ironclad frigate Gloire taking the ways
in 1859, though previously to this the
French had placed in service several
floating iron batteries which demon
strated their power in the battle of
Kinburn, Russian port on the Black
Sea, in 1854. These batteries We're pc
culiar things, about half ship and half
fort. They had engines and they could
steam four or five knots, but they were
upon fat keels and therefore totally
unseaworthy except in the smoothest
of water Nevertheless, they were ex-
ceedingly effective. and in his reports
of the first battle in which they were
engaged the admiral OF the French
fleet said they had demonstrated them
selves to be everything that was hoped
for them. Anchored some 800 yards
from the Russian forts, they pounded
away until the works were reduced.
and not one of them was injured.
though each was struck 60 or 20 times
by the solid shot hurled from the Rus
sian guns.
This engagement showed that recon
struction of existing fleets was a ne
cessity. and the French led the way
The Gloire was a wooden ship $50
feet in length, plated entirely with
iron As inches In thickness to six feet
below the water line. She had a ram
bow and could steam about Is knots.
Trials alongside the fastest wooden
ships OF the French navy demonstrated
the Gloire to be superior to them ali
in every way. The English then began
to hurry work on ironclads, and in
1861 Launched the Warrior. She was
larger than the Gloire, but she was ar
mored onlv for two-thirds of her
length, bow and stern being unpro-
tected. These vessels were of course
of the broadside type, the turret COM
ing only in our own Monitor, which
revolutionized naval construction, or
perhaps Il would better be said, start
ed il in the right direction.
On March 9. 1862, there was fought
In Hampton Roads the first battle be-
tween armored ships. when the Mont
tor and the Merrimac engaged in their
famous clash. 1t is not necessary to
tel how the Merrimac, 60-gun frig
ate under repair at the Norfolk dock
yards. was set afire to prevent her fall
ing into the hands of the Confederates