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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
Stock Raising by Electricitv

According to a recent issue of The
Chicago Tribune, an electrical system
of stock-raising has been developed on
moderate scale at the University of
Michigan. Small anil Is, such as
rabbits, have already been forced into
matured size and plumpness in two
thirds of the period required by nature,
showing the possibility of reducing the
tedious development larger stock.
especially sheep or COWS, by many
months. In several rooms of the cleo
tro-therapeutic laboratory, cheap wood
en- pens, circular in form, have been
wound to the height of two feet with
electric wires. A moderate current of
one-half horse power circles these
electric pens From its influence the
air inside the pens is made electro
magnetic, becoming strong magnetic
field, with sixty-two lines of force to
the square inch. In these pens rabbits
have grown to maturity in two-thirds
Of the time that rabbits near them
have developed in non-electrical pens
These electrically nurtured animals
did not become larger than normal
rabbits: they merely arrived at normal
size quicker. Furthermore, as is the
case with dollhouse flowers, they were
found less hardy than their slower
brothers. But, for the livestock mar
ket, the forced animals had an unex-
celled tenderness and plumpness.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
JUSTICES TO RESIGN.
Fuller, Harlan and Brown Will 500
Ilaavf the Rench

Fuller, Harlan and Brown Will Soon
Leave the Bench.
Important changes in the personnel of
the Supreme bench are now expected be-
fore the meeting of the next Congress.
1t is known in judicial circles that Chief
Justice Fuller, Justice Harlan and JUS
tice Brown plan to retire. No date is
fixed, but it is understood that they will
take such action within the next few
months.
Having passed the age of 20 years,
and having served more than ten years
upon the bench, Chief Justice Fuller is
entitled to retire on full pay. He took
the oath of Office Oct. s, 1888. Despite
his years, he continues in excellent
health and is mentally vigorous, but it is
known that sickness in his family has
caused him much worry during the last
year For this reason he has been tempt
ed TO take advantage OF the law govern
ing retirement and to laave the response
bilities of his position to a younger man.
Justice Harlan will be II years old
June l. He will have been twenty -four
years on the bench on the 10th of next
December He is. therefore, entitled to
retirement with full pay, both on account
of age and account of service. Justice
Harlau's health has been far from good
in the last year, and he is beginning TO
show his age more than any other man
on the bench.
The third justice who is booked for
retirement is Justice Brown. He is only
IS years OF age. having been born on
March ., 1896, but he has been on the
A.~.h a;11o Ton < 1909 and 90 IL an
titled to retirement because OF length of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03

The Kentucky Distillers' Association
has been disrupted by tie withdrawal Of
the recti6ers.
Bishop Spalding Of Illinois urged the
House committee on labor to pass a bill
establishing permanent commission to
arbitrate labor troubles.
The Ohio Supreme Court Fixed July IA
as the date for the execution of Albert
and Benjamin Wade, brothers, convict
ed OF he murder Of Kate Sullivan at
Toledo.
Wreckage evidently from the Scotch
ship La Norma has washed ashore on
the British Columbia coast. and it is
believed the vessel has been lost with the
crew of thirty men.
In freight wreck on the Stony Fork
division OF the Louisville ard Nashville
Railroad George Mccoy wa killed and
Engineer Thornton. Trainnan Edward
Williams and Section Boss Martin seri-
ously injured.
Three hundred feet of the Burlington
bridge spanning the Platte river between
Grand Island and Phillips, Neb., was de-
stroyed BIZ FIRE. The bridge was nearly
mile long and its destruction viii re-
quire the Burlington to detour all its
trains over the Union Pacific bridge at
Central City.
Complaints were issued at New Ha-
ven. Conn, against George A. Maycock
aud George W Lewis, said to control the
National Medicine Company, on the APP
plication cf Celie Tower az Standard
ava-,ue and Pullman street Chica.-~ who
alleges that they have been using the
mails fraudulenuy in promoting pre-
miTim scheme.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
A MARITIME WORLDS FAIR.
New York Planning for a Memorial
to Robert Fulton.

New York Planning for a Memorial
to Robert Fulton.
A maritime pageant and exposition on
magnificent scale is being taken up
with considerable enthusiasm by the mu-
nicipal authorities of New York as a fit
ting commemoration of the first trip up
the Hudson Of Robert Fulton's steamboat
Clermont. A resolution approving the
suggestion and recommending that steps
be taken to carry it out has been intro
duced at a meeting of the Board of
Aldermen, and it looks as if New York
might see in the summer of 1907 such a
marine pageant as would befit a celebra-
ton of one of the greatest days in
American history.
The expense would be comparatively
small, because the exhibits are easily
available and would be gladly furnished
by the governments of the civilized
world. The Hudson river would be the
scene of the display. The exhibits
would lie at anchor or along line of
bulkhead which could be constructed at
relatively small cost. There would need
be primitive boats of all ages and all
peoples-the RATS of the Swiss lacus-
trians, the coracles of the Welsh, the
canoes of the Pacific islanders the dug
outs of the Siwash. the birehes Of east
ern Indians; and then of small craft
there might be dories, life boats, life
RATS with all their appliances and so
on through the series to the steamship.
There are nearly enough ships at
the navy yards to illustrate the progress
of the sea defense without building or
altering. There is the old Constitution
in Boston, which could be safely brought
over the still water between the day of
the frigate and the number OF interest
ing types extant of the ships that formed
the navy between that port and this.
Monitors. torpedo boats and submarine
destroyers would have to be added to
complete the display.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
sweIIed lee Treatments.

Horses that have run at pasture are
often troubled with swollen or
stocked" legs when first brought 10
the stable in the fall, and others that
do not run to grass are so affected
when suffering from general debll-
ity.'' The following is an excellent
remedy for such cases:
Powdered sulphate of iron (cop-
peras) three ounces, powdered gentian
root three ounces, sulphite mot sui
phate) of soda three ounces Have the
druggist mix these ingredients thor
oughly in his mortar and then divide
the compound into twenty-four pow
ders.
Give one of the powders night and
morning mixed in the grain feed. until
all are used. Moisten the grain slight
ly before putting in the powder.
If this does not effect a cure give
tablespoonful of glauber salts in the
grain feed every night for two or three
months. If necessary. Cases where the
legs have been stocked constantly
and quite badly for some time have
been permanently cured by glauber
salts alone.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
@O-
The Darkened stable

Where animals are kept in the stable
during the summer months, as, for ex-
ample, work horses, or, in some in
stances, the breeding stock, nothing
contributes SO much to their comfort
as that of protecting them from flies.
Animals that are kept busy fighting
dies require more food to keep them
In condition, and, indeed, it is impossi-
pie with an unlimited supply Of food
TO keep them in proper condition.
Advantage should be taken of the
fact that flies constantly tend to seek
the light places. A stable need not
be absolutely dark in order to prevent
annoyance from flies. and. in fact, we
do not believe in keeping stables too
dark, on account of the fact that ami
mails are liable, if kept in such quar-
tiers for any considera bic length of
time, to go wrong in their eyes. Gun
ny sack nailed over the windows of
the stable will greatly reduce the num-
Der of flies that will poster the ami
mails. These should not be nailed
down absolutely tight at the bottom,
or air will be excluded and the stable
will become warm and unhealthful If
the sacks are partly loose at the bottom
they will still shade the stable salts
factorily and at the same time admit
air. Horses placed in the stable for
an hour at noon will eat better, rest
better, and we cannot help but think
they will work better afterward, if
they are afforded some protection dur
ing the time they are in the stall. In
some of our better class of stables reg
Ular window blinds are used, these be
Ing pulled down during the day and
run up at night. thus freely admit
ting the air when no protection from
flies is necessary. 1t is claimed by
those who use such blinds that their
cost is more than offset many times
during single season in the saving of
feed that is effected by the protection
which they afford.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
CANAL is NOW OURS.
FORMAL TRANSFER TO UNITED
STATES MADE IN PARIS.
Clear Title Is Given Uncle Sam to Pana-
ma Franchise and Rights American
Representatives Issue Statement :
Features III the Negotiations.

The Panama canal strip and the Pan
ANA canal franchise are now the prop
erty Of the United States. The formal
signing of documents whereby the title
passes to the United States took place in
Paris Friday.
W.. A. Day and Charles W. Russell.
assistant United States Attorneys Gtu-
eral, lwho have charge. of the negota-
tons. gave out for publication brief
statement Of what had been DONE
The official statement says:
"The papers transferring the rights
and property by the new Panama Canal
Company to the United States have al
ready been executed and delivered They
will be ratified tomorrow afternoon by
the stockholders meeting.
The arrangement includes a general
conveyance and provisions for deeds and
resignation in the republic of Panama
and In the canal zone now under the ;ur-
isdiction of the United States, in which
zone the civil law continues in force by
reason of the cession of the zone from a
civil law sovereignty. All formalities
of the local law on the isthmus have been
arranged for and secured to the United
States.
The property viii shortly be delivered
on the isthmus, and upon being done
the purchase price will be Immediately
paid
The full text of the principal docu-
ments will be made public tomorrow
night
THE United States gets an unincum-
bered title"
The main figures in the transfer have
been Messrs. Bo and Richmond for the
company, Messrs. Day and Russell for
the United States, and Consuls General
John X. Gowdy and Roberto Lewis for
the United States and Panama respec-
lively, the two consular representatives
joining in afixing the seals and attesting
the signatures.
Following are the leading features in
the canal negotiations:
Nov. Is, 19O1-Hay-Paun treaty
permitting construction of canal across
isthmus negotiated.
Dec. 16. 19O1-United States Senate
ratified Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
Jan. 20, 19O2-Great Britain ratified
Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
Jan. 8, 1902-Panama Canal Company
offered its property to the United States
for $40,000,O0O.
Jan. 8, 1902-Bill authorizing the con-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
BIG FIGURES FROM TIE WEST
Marvellous Progress Outlined in Few
Astounding Sentences.


In an interesting article in the Book
lovers Magazine Harold Bolce furnishes
some astounding facts regarding the TIRE
mendous growth OF the great West dur
irg recent years. We append some OF
the most startling paragraphs:
During 1908 $4,000 homeseekers we're
established on free farms in the vast re-
gions OF Manitoba.
Three years ago in one Of the coun-
were but 95 voters. Now the popula-
ton is $4,000 and last year the county
shipped $3.0O0.000 worth of wheat.
The value Of gold and fish from Alaska
last year exceeded $4,000. 900.
During 1908 10000 people were added
to the population Of San Francisco.
The value OF buildings erected in Ia
coma during 1908 exceeded tEat OF any
other year in its history.
South Dakota produced over 500. 000.-
600 worth OF grain and live stock last
year and dug $12.000.000 from the Black
Hills.
Portland, Ore, has greater number
Of milhonaires, population considered,
than any other city in the United States.
The people OF South Dakota are the
wealthiest in the Union. per capita.
San Francisco. Tacoma. Portland and
Seattle shipped during the four months
from July 10 October last year I,201 sS41
barrels Of -four 10 the Orient. an increase
Of 20 per cent over the year before
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
LOCATION OF THE CANAL.

struction of the canal adopted by House
of Representatives
June 10, 1902-Canal bill passed by
Senate.
June o.. 1902--Canal bill signed by
President Roosevelt.
Jan. %, 19O3-Treaty with Colombia
for the construction of canal negotiated.
March II, 1903-Colombia canal
treaty ratified by United States.
Aug. 81. 19O3-Colombia treaty re-
jected by the government of Colombia.
Nov. 3, 1903-Panama revolution oc-
Cured.
Nov. IS, 1903-Canal treaty with Pan
anna negotiated.
Dec. =, 1903-Canal treaty signed by
Panama junta. This was ratification of
it by the provisional government
Feb. %, 1904-Panama canal treaty
ratified by United States Senate.
April %, 1904-Papers transferring
title to canal to United States formally
signed in Paris.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
Stop Eating.

1 act on the theory that most people
eat too much. Much is said of the
evils of incorporate drinking and but
little is said about Incorporate eat
ing. yet incorporate eating has killed
hundreds of people where Incorporate
drinking has killed one. l aim to eat
temperately. always leaYing the table
with the ability to eat more, and with
the appetite for more food, yet when
1 feel indisposed stop eating. 1 do
not always stop entirely. If my all
ment is not serious, l eat perhaps one
half or one-third as much as usual
and always find relief. If your horses.
cows. poultry, sheep or swine are all
ing it is safe to take away their feed
for a short time, particularly their
grain. If we or our animals are not
ENJOYING usual health, in addition to
giving them less feed it is well to give
them more exercise. less food, the
drinking of more water and more ex-
srcise in open air, these are my prin-
cipal remedies for ails and aches
Green's Fruit Grower.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
OCEAN
horsepower now in use in all the mills o

horsepower now in use in all the mills Of
the country.
AS to its worth for commercial pur-
poses statistics show that water power
costs in New England from $462 to
S2o.OS per horsepower by the year At
the less than average price of $40, Mag
ara's power would be worth $50, 0OO, 900
year, an income of five per cent upon
700,0OO,000. This enormous sum may
be assumed to be the possible future
value of Niagara as a power
But, remarks the Utica Globe, have
we, as a people, grown so sordid that we
will consent to grant free of cost priv
ileges that will forever ruin this sublime
spectacle, one of the worlds greatest
natural wonders? 1t would seem as
though our commercial supremacy might
be assured Mt far less sacrifice
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03

rant contempt for Japan caused the pres
ent war, but this may be gratuitous no
ton. That he was not equal to his diff
cult and delicate task during the nego-
tiations between Toxic and St Peters
burg is, however, undeniable He not
only misjudged the temper of the Jap
apese. which was perhaps fault COM
mon to all the Russian statesmen, but
he kept the Car in state of blissful
Inconsistencies Of the dangers Of an
early rupture. When the rupture came
he was totally and miserably unprepnred
for defense or resistance at any point
within his jurisdiction.
AleXieff was neither a good diplomat
nor a good commander. The disposition
of the Russian oriental feet at the out
break of the war-part at Shanghai
part at Chemulpo, part at Vladivostok,
and part at Port Arthur-indicated a de-
ticient comprehension of the principles
of naval strategy. Not only was the
fleet as a whole mshandled, but the va
nous ships composing it were also mis-
handled. 1t was owing to the careless
ness of their commanders that the Ret
vizan. Czarevitch and Pallada were tor
pedoed on the first night of the war.
The trouble with Alexieff was that he
did not succeed, He was made viceroy
because he promised to succeed He
was big and bluff and heavily bearded.
He had much animal magnetism. much
acknowledges, much energy He looked
and talked like man who was apt to
succeed. But the appearances OF him
were deceitful He failed and he is pay-
ing the penalty of failure.
Most Of Alexieff's powers had indeed
been shon away before his final "resig-
nation, which merely marked officially
the catastrophe of his career. His down.
fall is alike fortunate for Russia and I'M
fortunate for Japan.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
WEATHER STILL DELAYS CROPS
Farm Work Picks Up in Missou@ Val
ley, Despite the Cold,

The weather bureaus weekly summary
says that in all districts east of the
Rocky Mountains the weather has been
unseasonably cold and very unfavorable
to termination and growth. Farm work
however, in the Missouri valley and the
southern and middle Atlantic States has
made favorable progress, considering the
conditions, but lin the northern district
practically nothing has been done. The
States of the upper lake region were Gov
cred with snow. Severe droughts prevail
lin the South.
In Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska
farm work has picked up, but winter
wheat needs warmer weather Spring
wheat seeding has gone on well in the
southern portion of its district. Corn
gene rally is backward. In the central
Mississippi valley oats seeding has been
carried on actively. Cotton planting has
progressed rapidly. Fruit has suffered
from frosts and freezing temperatures.
but prospects are good ir the majority of
tie fruit sections.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03

The appearance of another corporation
seeking r. obtain from the New York
Legislature free power privileges at Nj
agara Falls has aroused widespread in
terest. In this connection it is we'll to
note that the commissioners of the State
Park have already given warning that
some of the present companies enjoying
the privileges OF that immense power are
unlimited in the use they may make of
the falls. 1t is claimed that a possible
development Of even the present com
panies would rob Niagara of one-third of
its water, obliterate the American fall,
and leave only the deeper green floor that
curves smoothly over the brink of the
Canadian Horseshoe.
Recent figures show that Niagara de-
yelops 100000 horsepower which no
food or drought disturbs, the Great
Lakes acting as an equalizer of the flow.
Allowing for the brief periods during
which horses can put forth their full
force, unresting Niagara could do about
as much work in year as the 5000, 600
horses of the country combined. 1t could
furnish nearly one-third of the II 300, 900
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
forty Years Ago.

forty Years Ago.
Gold reached 1877 in New York, but
slumped at the close on a rumor that
Secretary of the Treasury Chase was ma
nipulating the sterling exchange market
against the bull clique.
The Chicago Tribune sprung a polit
ical sensation on the eve Of the city cleo
ton by exposing long list of citizens
who secured exemption from the draft
by taking out papers as British sub
jects
The courts of London, Rome, Vienna,
Berlin and st. Petersburg agreed to rec
ognize the Emperor Macmillan when
France should place him on the throne
in Mexico.
A new war tax bill was reported in the
House at Washington, fixing the rate on
whisky at 81 1t gallon, son salt at cents
pound, and on tobacco at 80 cents
pound.
Charles Summer Of Massachusetts, pre-
scented to the United States Senate a
petition signed by 41,218 citizens urging
the adjustment of negro slavery.
Zero weather was experienced in Hi
nois, Wisconsin and the Northwest, and
the winter wheat crop was reported
ruined.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
SECTIONAL VIEW.

wheels run on the axle so the other
end of the frame can be picked up
and the grindstone rolled around easily
wherever 1t is needed. The legs
should be braced as required. The
same idea will hold good in making
bench to stand on to drive fence posts,
only the wheels should be larger, so it
will run over uneven ground easier. A
hole through the top of the bench will
take in the handle of the post driver,
hook and staple on one side would
carry the bar and a drawer in one end
could be used to put in nails, staples,
hammer, pliers and staple puller. In
the illustrations A shows top view of
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thirty Years AGO.

Forty-eight saloon men were indicted
at Rock Island as a part of the great
temperance wave that was sweeping the
country.
Gov. Baxter of Arkansas was forci-
bly, ousted from Office by Joseph Brooke,
whom the Legislature declared TO have
been elected Gov. Baxter then issued
proclamation declaring he would seize
the capitol building by force and Gust
Gov" Brooks, who he claimed had
usurped his office.
At the annual meeting Of the Chicago
Presbytery. Prof. Francis L. Patton fled
charges of heresy against the Rev. David
Swing.
A plebiscite was taken in Switzerland
on the proposal to revise the federal con-
stitutional
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From Fnr and Near.

Fire at Fender. Neb.. caused loss
OF $20.G00 on the opera house.
Col John 6. Butler. just promoted TO
brigadier general. is now in command oc
the arsenal at Watert0wn, near Boston.
Pleasant Porter, chief Of the Creeks,
has the govt. He blames it to civiliza-
ton.
II. Fl. Wibert Of n York. an ardent
admirer OF President Lincoln, owns
walking stick which was the martyr's
constant companion.
Charles l. Beck of South Orange, y.
j.. has a unique collection of postage
stamps. coins, arrow heads and other
curios of historic value.
Martin Lavitski, convicted murderer,
Mauch Chunk. Pa, was given the free
dom OF : corridor One day he grabbed
the keys from Stella Rothermal, the
sherifs daughter, and made his escape.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03

Don't use oil less than $50 test
Don't help the chick out of the shell.
Don't fail to I'LL the lamps every
evening.
Don't set the incubator near the
window.
Don't use the same wick for more
than one hatch.
Don't worry with moisture gauges or
hygrometers.
Don't turn nor cool the eggs after
they are piping
Don't neglect cooling the eggs; it
makes strong, chicks.
Don't try to hatch duck and hen
eggs in the same incubator.
Don't trim the wick with scissors;
serape of the charred part with
match.
Don't think you are smarter than
the manufacturer of the incubator. for
you have a lot to learn.
Don't leave the large ends of the
eggs pointing in different directions;
have them ali pointing one way.