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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06

of more humus in most of our soils
Every effort should be made to secure
all of the manure that may be outside
or the stable, so that nothing shall be
lost. This fine manure, properly APP
piled on the meadows, should be worth
81 per two-horse load in the extra
amount OF hay that will thus be Sc
cured from its use.
Occasionally we meet a man who
knows it ALL" You can speak of
nothing with which be has n0t had ex-
perience. This man usually has no
use for farm paper and he has no
time to devote to farmers institutes.
He says he is so busy making liv-
ing" that he can't take time to devote
to such interests. 1t requires all his
time TO make a living and he even
makes poor one at that, He works
hard 10 pay the interest on the mort
gage He keeps the children home
from school because they are so close
run, His wife does much of the farm
work for the same reason. There is
room for improvement In some farm
ers as well as some farms. If any
farmer should fit this measurement
there is yet time for him to improve.
A Washington man who holds gov
eminent position has fine little flock
of poultry, and sells from two to six
dozen eggs a week besides what his
family consumes. He asks from two
to four cents more for his eggs than
the store price, according to the sea-
son. He gets it, and he could sell
twice as many eggs right among his
fellow clerks. Why? Because they
all know that these eggs are abso-
lutely fresh, and only the city dweller.
who has to eat stale and lined eggs,
knows how to appreciate fresh ones.
II this can be done on a small scale
by personal contact between the pro-
ducer and the consumer, 1t can be done
on a commercial basis by any farmer
or poultry grower, providing he takes
the same care which the Washington
government clerk does,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06

One Of New York's big department
stores has gone into the hen business.
Nearly a whole floor is devoted to
poultry and poultry appliances. Elk
>perts are to teach those interested how
to care for chickens, and if you wish,
chicks will be Matched for you while
you wait Fifty broods are to be
Matched every day, so the proprietors
claim. The idea is to increase the in
terest in poultry raising and thus make
sales for appliances, eggs, etc.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06

In comparing farm with cYty life
II is well to state that where enc can
be successful and obtain enjoyment,
there is where he ought - reside.
Some enjoy the farm aid others the
city. Many people have never known
tie joys Of farm life. and many
farmers are just IN the same condition.
City and county have their respective
advantages. Wages are possibly better
In the city. but there are a great many
opportunities for spending them.
There are better educational advan-
tages IN the city which are obtained
at the expense Of good health.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06

II your soil needs humus, pillow un-
der all the coarse manure you can get
this fall. Every farmer realizes the
necessity Of having more manure, and
one way TO secure It is by providing an
abundant supply Of absorbing material.
Even II there appears to be a large
proportion OF this material In the ma
nure, making IT strawy and coarse, It
can be plowed under and viii answer
I.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06

Handles off old dish pans will make
good door pulls on screen doors aud
places where needed. These should be
put away and saved until they can be
brought into use.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06

NlIUNtAA SstIt4IIe aII4 " OI nItIss 1-I<tAAes
streaky butter.
Keep the farm separator clean, in-
side and outside.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06

If some farmers would only talk
clover instead Of politics they'd be
much better off. Some farmers pro
fess to know all about politics who
have not learned the first principles Of
the beneficial element of clover. A
politician is always looking after his
fences-his political fences. Quit pol
itics and grow clover.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06

One advantage in using smooth plan
ed boards for the poultry house, is
that it is a much easier task to keep
down lice and in keeping clean, While
the cost is very little more.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06

AS great as the financial successes of
agriculture were in 1908, hitherto with
out equal, those of 1904 advanced some
what beyond them While some products
have fallen behind in value others have
more than filed the deficit, and the gem
eral result is that the farmers have pro-
duced in value much more wealth than
they ever did before in one year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06

Just at this time, while some of the
old stock is still on hand. and the sur
plus of the young stock not yet dis
posed of, with capons, pullets and old
hens all ready for their daily mash, or
mashes, we need plenty of feed
troughs, if we wish to protect the birds
from unduly crowding one another and
possibly preventing the weaker ones
from getting their share.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-06

The old-fashioned "razor-back" hog,
which ran wild and fed chiefly on
acorns, made the sweetest of all pork
and the most toothsome of breakfast
bacon. The trouble was the leanness
os the carcass generally and the waste
in bone. The thoroughbred hog rene
dies these defects and, of course, by
greater bulk and fattening qualities is
far more valuable for market purposes
than his uncivilized ancestor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-05
MEET TONAME TICKET
PROHIBITION NATIONAL cONvEN-
TON IN INDIANAPOLIS.
Tomiinson Hall Filied-The Convention
characterized by Enthusiasm and
Earncsrness-Cha Chairman Terms Roose-
welt "Hero of BIoodIess San Juan.p
indianapolis correspondence:

indianapolis correspondence:
Enthusiasm and earnestness charac-
terized the opening of the Prohibition
national convention, which was called
TO order in Tomlinson Hall, this city.
at 10:l5 o'clock Wednesday. More
than 1,000 delegates vigorously ap-
piauded prohibitions sentiments. The
galleries We're packed to their capacity.
The hall was decorated profusely with
flags and bunting, while over the chair
mans stand hung pictures of Abraham
Lincoln and Frances Willard quota
tons from Lincolns Speeches also
were prominent. Most of the delegates
carried small flags, which they waved
at slight provocation At noon the con-
vention took a recess until > O'Clock.
The Rev. George H Pealie, of San
dusky. Ohio was introduced by Chair
man Stewart and opened the conven-
ton with an Invocation. The Pontiac
Qll) bard furnished the music for the
convention.
W $. Doan. an attorney of Indian
apolis. delivered an address of well
come. in which he predicted that In
dianapolis would soon have a prohibit
ton Mayor \ part of the address was
devoted to an attack on the Republican
party for backsliding from its platform
of 1867, which declared III favor of
prohibition
Men.iSl of the name Of General
Miles as a possible leader oAApe ma
tional Prohibition party brought APP
plause. At the close of the address
the delegates arose ON their chairs and
cheered for more than minute.
Chairman Stewart Speaks.
Oliver W. Stewart, the national
chairman, replied to the address of
welcome. He said the Prohibition par
ty was the only party with real issue
and party identity. He said the mem
bers of the party were the most indie
pendent because they thought into the
ballot box" He declared the purpose
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-05
SLOcUM JURY NAMED.
President Chooses Commission to Look
Into the Steamer Horror.


President Roosevelt has appointed, as
a commission to investigate the General
Slocum disaster. Lawrence o. Murray.
Labor; Gen john = Wilson. T. S. A..
retired, Conman Ger @. N. Winslow, L..
5. ~; Herbert *. Smith of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, and
George Uhler. inspector general of the
steamboat inspection service. The COM
mission viii Investigate independently OF
the New York board. but Mayor Nc
Clellan has arranged TO aid the body
in every way
AT the coroner's inquest Henry Lund-
berg. a United States steamboat inspec-
tor, refused to answer questions on the
ground that he might incriminate him
self. He acted on the advice ofshis at
torney. He was placed under $500 bail.
Testimony brought out showed that
there was. no equipment for turning
steam into cabin in which oils, paints
and other dangerous combustibles were
stored; no fire drill; no testing of fire
hose; no licensed mate; no new life pre-
servers since 1895, and fire hose bought
at l6 cents a foot, against a price of
~A-oV AoOt pdIu DS tue CITY AtS uS
partment Many of these omissions are
said to be violations OF the federal laws.
A bookkeeper testified that she had al
tered, many times the name Grand Re
public" on the bills for life presewers
so as to make it appear that the belts
had been bought for the Slocum. This
she did by means of acid
Dynamite and field guns were used in
the search for bodies. and many more
dead We're raised. In all $40 bodies have
been recovered, and 706 have been identi-
fed. The missing number 30S
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-05
BEAR BEATEN AGAIN.
Russians Lose Many Men in another
Bio Rattle

Russians Lose Many Men in another
Big Battle.
Reports received from Liaoyang and
Newchwang show that a furious battle
has been fought in the vicinity of Kai-
Chou or Hai-Cheng, in which the Rus
SLAMS were defeated with heavy loss and
driven back on Liaoyang. 4 big Japanese
army is said to be marching to the north
west to prevent the Russians retreating
to Mookden, The Japanese attacked Seu-
Chen. sf
While a Russian force of 5000 under
Gen. kondratsvitch was traversing Wa
fungko rayine. nine miles southeast of
Kai-Chou. it was surprised by conceal
ed japanese artillery. The Russians
lost heavily, their casualties being 100
in number. Gen. Kondratsvitch extricat-
ed his men and led them in good order
to an entrenched position. division
of the army under Gen. Oku occupied
Haiung-Yao without opposition.
The reports of the japanese treatment
of prisoners and wounded are marked by
extraordinary contradictions. In some
cases the greatest kindness has been
shown to the Russians but from else
where come reports of brutality and
worse. One case is cited in which the
japanese during the fighting, seeing the
Russian wounded on the field, sent Chi
nese bearers and had them removed to
hospital.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-05
why women's Teeth CrumpIe.

1t is estimated by a surgeon dentist
who caters to the wealthiest families
in the fashionable world that fully 60
per cent Of the women in society who
have reached the age Of Mrs. Hermann
Oelrichs wear false teeth. He says
their teeth begin to ache and crumble
soon after 35, whereas the average
man in the same station in life main
tains his dental integrity until he is
past 60. Sweetmeats are put down as
the principal cause for the early decay
Of the teeth of women-not because
there is any effect on the protecting
enamel by actual contact with the
saccharine substance, but because Of
the creation Of an acid condition in
the stomach, which appears to have
corrosive effect on the outer hard
case of the teeth. Men DO not eat
much candy-smokers especlally-and
they have almost enough tooth strength
to bite a tenpenny nail in half.
This same dentist, in common with
many Of his fellows In the profession,
has discovered 1t is possible to ill cav
tiles In the human tooth with a sub
stance far more enduring than gold.
and absolutely to retard disintegratlon.
Gold has been the favorite filling"
for years because OF its non-corrosive
qualities. A cement came into vogue
about fifteen years ago, bat 1t pos
sessed no lasting qualities, and its use
was only q temporary expedient The
new filing Is Of porcelain hardness.
and can be tinted to the exact color Of
the tooth-so perfect In resemblance
that IL tile operator is skillful pow
erful magnlfying glass is necessary 10
detect its presence. The operation is
an extremely delicate one. The small
er the cavity the more difficult the
filing. The substance is not pro-
1rietary article. but can be manufac-
tured by any dentist who has a bake
oven and who has been taught the
proper proportions OF the ingredients.
once set, it will outlast the natural
enamel itself.-New York Progress.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-05

one thing in my proposal. did not say
that l love you very dearly; that, not
wishing to be a beggar Of love, | have
waited all these years to be in posi-
ton to offer you the things which l
mentioned as rendering me eligible for
your hand. You, who are so cool and
calm. what can you know of love and
passion? Now, 1 know that | have
worked all these years in vain-no,
not altogether in vain-for l am go
ing to kiss you once, here and now,
if it means the loss Of ali the little
that is left me Of your regard"
He gathered her in his strong arms
and kissed her, not once, but many
times, on her forehead, on her eyes and
on her lips, and then released her, with
the full consciousness that he had
done an objectionable thing which he
did not regret.
But the woman held out her arms
to him and said:
'Oh, Jack. dear, why didn't you tell
me that you loved me at first. San
Francisco Call.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-05
Twenty Years Aco.

There was such a scarcity of small
coins in Mexico that coins OF larger
values were cut up to represent those
Of less value
The Republican National Committee
at Augusta. Me-, officially notified
James G. Blaine OF bis nomination for
the presidency.
The New York Democratic State con-
vention put en- end to the Flower presi-
Dental boom by sending an uninstruct-
ID delegation to the national conven-
ton at Chicago Cleveland victory.
A monster ratification meeting for
Blaine and Logan. the Republican ma
aonal nominees, was held at Washing
ton. D. G.
over half a million bushels Of grain
were shipped b,F vessel from Chicago
TO Buffalo and lake ports.
The German Relchstag passed a
measure, the practical effect CT which
was to compel workmen to Join the
guilds or unions Of their crafts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-05
EIGHTY MILLION POPULATION.
More People Than ANY Other Nation
Except China and Russia.

More People Than ANY other Nation
Except China and Russia.
1t is only by association and COM
parison that we can grasp the dimen-
sions represented by the S0,000000
population which the census bureau at
Washington estimated were in the
United States in 1903. This is more
people than are in any other nation
in the world except China with its
400,O000O0 and Russia with its $780,
100000 Computed on the capacity of
its units this SO,0OO,0OO stands for an
UNNECESSARILY greater productive value
than does China's or Russia's total.
according to Leslie's Weekly.
When Alexander, of Macedon. in the
middle of Asia, was weeping because
there were no more earths for him to
conquer he had fewer subjects than
the United States of 1904 has sover-
eigns. Under Caesars eagles, when
Rome ruled the world. were less people
than are under the stars and stripes In
the days of Theodore Roosevelt.
With seven per cent of the worlds
land area and five per cent of its popu-
lation the United States has twenty
FIVE per cent of the worlds wealth.
The value of the United States prop
erty. real and personal, in 1900 was
$94, 900, 000.O 600, as compared with $50,
00OO00,00O for Great Britain and Ire
land, $4S,000000,0o0 for France, $45,-
0o0,00O000 for Germany, So, 100000
600 for Russia, $4,000 100000 for Aus
tria- Hungary. S15,000.00o,000 for Italy
and $12,000.O00,000 for Spain. More
over, the United States lead of all
the other nations In wealth is increas-
ing faster than is her preponderance
over them all, except Russia and China,
in population.
Franklin told the British parliament
just before the revolution that the
population of the thirteen American
colonies was doubling every twenty
FIVE years. The gain is slightly less
than that now, though it is greater
than that of any other nation. Through
natural increase, immigration and an
nexations the population of the Unit
ed States multiplied fifteen times be-
tween 1900 and 1900, while it multi
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-05
REPUBLICS GLOWING FUTURE.
Argentina Gives Promise of Becoming
q Great Country,

Argentina Gives Promise of Becoming
a Great Country.
The trade of Argentina is developing
in a way that promises a bright future
for this South American republic. Last
year the foreign trade of the country
Increased % per cent, while in ten years
the increase was 80 per cent.
Argentina has only 100000 inhabit-
ants. though the country can easily sup
port 75,000O0o The population is 80
per cent of white extraction. The reyo-
lutionary troubles that have arrested
progress in the past appear to be over
and signs of prosperity and progress are
to be seen on every side. Money is
abundant; wages are good for South
America the railroads are prosperous,
and there is an enormous acreage of
good land available for cultivation. Hun
dreds of individual men in every State
or province own each from IS to 800
squaIl -. lies of land, which is not
good feature of the situation, providing
there is a demand for this land. But
apparently there is not. This land will
be divided into small holdings in time
but immigration is slow. This is in part
due to troubles in the past, and to the
unfavorable conditions of taxes and land
purchase in the interior. The govern
ment will have to reform that condition
of things to induce immigration.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-05
NOTHING NEW IN THE ARCH.
Most of the Present-Day knowledge
Was Derived From the Ancienfs.

Most of the Present-Day knowledge
Was Derived From the Ancients.
The old adage, There's nothing new
under the SUM-" applies with as much
aptness to architecture as it does to
many other things. 1t is we'll known
that although the building of great
arches of masonry dates beyond the
ancient Roman civilizat ton the princi-
pie that gives strength to the massive
stone bridges of to-day is the same
that built the bridges Of the Roman
empire.
The history of bridge building is to
large degree the history Of the arch.
whose efficiency lies in the truth of the
old Hindoo saying that 1.-THE arch new
er sleeps" because each separate sec
ton of which it consists, beginning at
the keystone or central section, is con-
stantly pushing against its immediate
neighbors until the pressure finally
reaches the firm foundation upon
which the structure is erected.
To secure a perfectly trustworthy
foundation. therefore, the bridge build
er has often to penetrate far below the
surface OF the earth, and not infre-
quently the part of his structure thus
covered up and concealed is greater
than shat visible above ground.
1t was their inability to solve the
problem of a trustworthy foundation
that led the ancient Hindoos to dis
trust the arch, arguing that the Sleep
| less activity that held it together was
| equally active in tearing it to pieces.
Not only is the modern bridge build
err skilled in setting his structure on a
firm Base, but thoroughly acquainted
/ with the time-honored materials for
| his work, to say nothing of new mate
rails, and an important part of his
student training in such modern
schools as the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology is devoted to methods
of testing materials during construc-
ton that would have surprised and
delighted even the most accomplished
of the ancient Roman engineers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-05
forty Years 400.

General Grant withdrew with con-
siderable loss from his position in the
irst intrenchments around Petersburg,
Va
Twenty persons, mostly girls, were
killed and a score of others were in
jured in an explosion in the arsenal at
Washington, ID. G.
A convention between France and
Japan was signed by Japanese ambas-
sailors at Paris.
The Confederate steamer Alabama
attacked and sunk the United States
corvette Kearsarge near Cherbourg.
France.
Gold in New York went up to $3.50
because of the anti-gold gambling law
which had gone into effect, and a meet
ing of brokers sent a committee to
Washington d. c.. to get the law mod
fled.
The ceremony of driving the last
spike in the Atlantic and Great West
arn Railway occurred at Dayton, Ohio,
completing a through line from New
York TO st. Louis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-05
Religious
News and Notes
3%@$@%~@@@%@@@@%$@@@@

The Rev. Thomas G. Campbell, rector
OF st. Stephens Church, Lynn, Mass,
has accepted a call to become assistant
at Christ Church, Cincinnati.
The general synod of the Reformed
Church in America completed its ses-
sions at Grand Rapids; Mich, and adj
journed to meet next year at Asbury
Park.
Mrs. Eleanor S. Woods has presented
new building to the International Y.
NJ. C. A. Training school Of Springfield,
Mass. to be used as a dining hall aGd
dormitory.
There are four men in Central Penn
sylvania Methodist Episcopal conference
who entered that conference together
City years ago. They are D. $. Monroe
Samuel Creighton. Richard Hinkle and
George Warren.
Negotiations are in progress in Canada
looking to the union OF the Presbyterian.
Methodist and Congregational bodies
Committees appointed by these bodies
have consulted over the matter at vari-
Gus meetings. and now report that the
union is desirable and that they regard
il as practicable
The Rev. JOAN Gardner Murray Of
baltimore HIS been elected bishop OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church for the do
cese Of Kentucky, succeeding the late
t,ishsp Dudley Of Louisville
zoe Congregational Education Society
ha-. reserved $1,000. part payment of a
LEGACY OF $4,000. TO be used for student
aid. The society viii thus be enabled
10 aid young people who are studying
for the Christian ministry.
Bishop Kelley OF the Catholic diocese
o. Georgia has mailed to each Of the
chur.hes in his jurisdictions a letter di-
recttlg that under the recent order OF
the Pope the use OF female voices in
cxtfolic church choirs should cease.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-05
One hundred Years AGO.

famous robber of Europe, known
as the Great Devil" was executed at
Genoa.
Great changes were anticipated in
lower Italy, which were to be of adj
vantage to the French Emperor.
Ths King of England had complete
" recovered from a severe illness, and
the project of regency was aban-
doned
The Dutch governor of the colony at
the Cape of Good Hope ordered all En-
glish TO leave the cape within two
months.
1t was reported that the position of
high admiral of France would lie re-
served for Jerome Bonaparte and his
American marriage cancelled, as ii had
not been approved by his brother. the
Emperor.
Bonaparte, in an address to the CON
dnental sovereigns, called them all
cousins
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-05
CHILDREN STILL.

We seek no more a daily prize,
Nor triumph in our dreams,
So changed the luster of the skies,
So faint and few the CLEANS.
let comes anew, when others play,
That unforgotten thrill,
And are we dull and old to-day,
Or only children still?
We loved the battle once, but now
We are not overbold,
There's wisdom on the weary brow,
And in our-hearts the cold.
Yet in the light of eager eyes
We lose the wintry chill,
And then we are not overwise,
But simple children STILL
The visions of our glorious youth
Have faded long ago;
We hope no more to find the truth,
And should we care to know?
Not ours to scale the viewless height.
But there's a purple hill,
And still we gladden. at the sight
And climb as children still.
How much of all the good we planned
Is perfect or begun2
Who watched the lifting Of Gods hand,
And waits for his well done?
But when the children whom we love
The good we missed fulfill,
Thank God our hearts prevail to prove
The hearts of children still.
EI.ondon Saturday Review.