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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
PERCYS VALENTINES.
he Sent Only Two, but They Mao
More than Trouble Enough.

he Sent Only Two, but They Made
More than Trouble Enough.
Percy Simmons, or Persimmons, as his
| intimate friends fondly call him, decided
| that this year he would send only two
valentines.
One of these, a really comical picture
| Of an orchestra leader with big feet and
| funny mouth, he would send to Fid-
dleby. Fiddleby played the violin, and
he was such an awfully funny fellow
himself that Percy knew he would be
tickled a whole lot when he received the
valentine.
The other valentine was a sweet little
poem in which thine and mine"
rhymed with valentine. 1t was printed
in gold on pink perfumed silk and had a
beautiful border of white paper lingerie
Percy intended this one for Miss Syr-
uppe-Miss Mabel Syruppe as he made
bold to call her when he was alone.
Percy loved Mabel, and he felt that
Mabel loved him. But somehow he
could never quite bring himself to the
point of definitely finding out. This val
entine, he thought, would be just his
chance.
So Percy carefully directed the two en-
velopes in his own handwriting, so that
Fiddleby would give him credit for the
fine Joke, and that Miss Mabel might
have no fear that the tender poem came
from some one else.
He then placed the valentines, each
in its proper envelope as he thought at
the time. sealed them carefully, and gave
them to James to mail.
Two days later he received two letters.
One of them read this way:
Percy Simmons: Your valentine
reached me yesterday. The delicate
charm of the verses and the refinement
of the whole thing marked you at once
as the sender. With appreciative thanks
l am, F1LE y. FIDDLEB1.
The other said:
Percy Simmons: Luckily l CHANGED
to open the insulting valentine ad-
dressed TO my daughter. She tells me
that from the handwriting on the en-
velope she has no doubt that you are the
perpetrator of the outrage. 1t goes
without saying that you need no longer
consider yourself among my daughters
acquaintance. Very truly.
STICKNEY SYRCPPE.
.Ye godsr exclaimed Percy. when he
had read the letters. Now | have made
mess of it, Nothing would do but that
l must get the wrong valentines in the
wrong envelopes. Oh. dear. Oh, dear!
But Percy was mistaken. lie had not
placed the wrong valentines in the wrong
envelopes, 1t merely happened that Fid-
dleby didn't have the awfuily keen sense
of humor that Percy had given him
credit for; his letter was meant TO be
sarcastic and cutting. While as for the
note that Mr.. Syruppe had written, that
was inspired by the thought that good
for-Rothing little cad like Percy Sim
mons should have had the brazen au-
dacity to send love valentine TO his
daughter Mabel And the thing that
makes this story 3 particularly sad one
is the fact that Mabel Syruppe fully
shared her fathers feelings.-New York
Sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
The Open-Eved Farmer.


Much has been said and written of
the man who goes it blind" He is
called failure, and is generally re-
garded as grumbler, viewing the
future with doleful and pessimistic
eyes. There are farmers as well as
mercantile men who go it blind, and
again there are innrL,erable farmers
who continually move forward with
open eyes. 1t is concerning the latter
that we write.
Everyone is glad when they come
lace TO face with the cheerful. op-
timistic and open-eyed farmer, who is
constantly adding to his income and
who is always so busy planting or
harvesting his crops that he has no
time for anything except to look over
broad acres and fertile fields that are
all his own.
The open-eyed farmer is the indie
pendent farmer. When he rises in
the morning refreshed by Natures
chief ncurisher and goes forth, it is
to his own fields upon which no man
can intrude without his consent.
Looked at from every point of view,
the standing and prestige of the
American farmer is gradually increas-
ing, and, unlike his city brother, he
is not living under even a lowering
cloud to cast upon him gloom and dis
content
The fundamental principles, hard
and constant work and thought, which
mean prosperity, are never lost sight
of by the open-eyed farmer To him
they bring contentment and perfect
peace of mind WHICH permit the full
lest enjoyment of life
The open-eyed farmer is not man
of nerves and excitable brain full of
schemes difficult to execute, which
when proven failures depress all
human beings. He is calm, clear
headed, free and generous, and dwells
in an atmosphere unsuited to the CROP
ing, avaricious man, shut within the
narrow and contracted walls of city
existence. To our mind there is not
another human being under the bright
blue sky of heaven with heart so
cheerful, with mind SO restful. and
with soul so peaceful, and who has so
much satisfaction in the present and
hope for the future, as the open-eyed,
Independent American farmer of to-
day.-Farm Life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
Best Corn for the North.

In a test of 135 varieties of corn
grown for fodder or silage at the On
tario experiment farm, New Delaware
Dent and Pedrick Perfected Golden
Beauty gave the greatest total yields,
being twenty-four and 23.S tons per
acre, respectively. The greatest yields
of husked ears were produced by
Golden Leneway Dent. Snow White
Dent and Black Mexican sweet corn,
the yields being 4.3, As and Al tons
per acre, respectively. Salzer North
Dakota, Compton Early and King
Phillip, Flint varieties, and North Star
Yellow Dent, Dent variety, are rec
commended for central and southern
Ontario. An average of four years
tests from planting at different depths
gave the following total yields: Two
inches, 1872 tons; IL and three inches
each, lis tons; no inch, III tons; one
half inch, 1915 tons, and four inches.
9.S tons.-American Cultiyator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
that Lincoln paid by working for three

that Lincoln paid by working for three
days pulling fodder.
The local history is that he never for
gave Josiah Crawford, and the name
blue Nose" that it is said he gave
him, is part of the legends of Spencer
County to his day.
OF the enemies that Lincoln made,
none were greater than some members
of the Grigsby family, many of whose
descendants still live in this neighbor-
hood. Sarah Lincoln, sister of Abraham,
married Aaron Grigsby, and two years
later died.
Abraham, it is said, always declared
that his sister was not properly treated
by the Grigsbys. This brought about a
social feud.-Gentryville Qnd) Core
spondent ST. Louis Republic
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
Thirty Years Ago.

Cuban citizens and foreign merchants
resident there were compelled by the
Spanish government to pay forced loan
of $30,000000 to suppress an insurrec-
ton.
Morrison r. Waite of Ohio was con-
frmed by the Senate as chief justice OF
the United States Supreme Court, to sue
coed Salmon 2. Chase, deceased.
Gen. Benjamin f. Butler, then mem
Der Of Congress from Massachusetts, was
accused of charging $4,000 for granite
from his Cape Ann quarry, used for the
pedestal Of the statute Of Gen. Scott in
Washington.
News reached London that DIR. David
Livingstone, the famous explorer, had
died in the interior Of Africa.
A band of Cuban negroes burned three
plantations in the Trinidad valley and
carried off all the slaves.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
Forty Years Ago.

Charges in the Chicago Times that
Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas
were being starved were disproved by
the sutler, who submitted bills showing
large quantities of beef and pork, sugar,
fish, dried apples. chickens, butter and
dried peaches were being fed to them
daily.
Charles A. Dana, later famous as the
editor of the New York Sun, was nomi-
mated by President Lincoln as assistant
Secretary of War.
A packet line of FIVE ships was organ
lied to carry passengers and freight be-
tween Chicago and Liverpool, England,
line between Chicago and Norway al
ready being in successful operation.
London newspapers warned the Ger
man states that Denmark would be com
PEELED to declare war if the formers
troops crossed the Elder River.
The National Association of Locomo-
tive Engineers ordered a strike on the
only railroad then connecting Chicago
and Pittsburg, because its members had
been refused 81 daily wages
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
Home-Made Barrel Brooder.

For our readers who are Interested
in breeders we give the plan of Mr..
Normandin, who gives a description
and illustration of cheap brooder
he has constructed, in the Farm-Poul-
try. He says: Get a sound sugar bar
rel, and pinch galvanized pipe enough
to go through the barrel, with an ell
bow to fit on a cheap lamp; also a
tomato can. Cut a hole in side of
can to put pipe through, and a hole
in the barrel to put can in snug. as
most OF the heat is right above the
lamp. That is the reason | put the
can over the pipe. The floor can be
put about 6 inches below the pipe.
With a piece of carpet around the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
Butcherirg Ontit.

Although OLD true customs in butch
fring are to some extent passing away,
hog killing IS still an important per
formance on many farms. A simple
outfit for out OF door work is shown in
a cut originally contributed to the Ohio
Farmer. A post eight feet high has
pyoted to its top sweep fifteen feet
long. This sweep has a hook on the
short end and rope on the long end.
The scalding barrel, cleaning bench
and hanging gallows are all on the
circumference of the circle made by
the short end of the sweep. With
this arrangement one man at the long
end of sweep can easily dip a hog
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
Seventy-fNe Years Ago.

A resolution was introduced in the City
Council of New York abolishing all lot
teries in the city limits, because they
had become so numerous as 10 be demon
alizing
An Indian war broke out in Arkansas.
and United States troops were ordered
TO the frontier to protect the settlers.
Burglary was made capital offenss
in Great Britain and Ireland.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
Twenty Years Ago.

Gen. "Chinese" Gordon reached Cairo
on his way TO take command of the
Egyptian forces at Khartum.
During debate in the House at
Washington on the bill for the relief of
Gen. Fitz-John Porter 1t was declared
that 5000 Union army officers were
against him and only Grant, Rosecrana
and Slocum in his favor.
A blockade of Tonquin was declared
by Admiral Courbet, French commander
Queen Victoria was reported to have
set up a statue OF John Brown, hen
Scotch gillie, who recently had died, and
to have placed a brass memorial tablet
on the door Of his room at Windsor.
Matthew Arnold, the famous English
scholar, lectured in Chicago on Mum,
bers," the newspapers next day calling
attention TO his method OF parting his
hair in the centre"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09

area from which the pus was absorbed
by the drain inserted after the opera
ton.
1t was impossible to make this exam
nation without putting the patient under
the influence of an anesthetic on account
of the great pain. Ether was admins
tered, the wound was opened and the
lower part examined. While this was go
ing on three doctors kept the closest
watch of the patients pulse and heart
beats. Before the examination was con-
cluded it was noticed that Mr.. Whitney
was sinking. The administration of ether
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09

ne - ~
the findings. which have been made pub
lie.
Should the Murderer Of Miss Bishop
Be Lynched" was the subject of the
sermon, and the next night a raging mob
took George White. the negro assailant
and murderer OF Miss Bishop, from his
cell and burned him TO death. The spe-
cifcations on which the minister was
held guilty are these:
Guilty Of unministerial and I'M Chris
tian conduct in that he preached an un-
sound and unwise sermon.
Guilty of advocating lypching OF al
legged criminal If his trial BE delayed, or.
if found guilty. through some technicality
he be not given capital punishment"
Guilty Of charging. in the event Of
the Iynching Of the alleged criminal, the
responsibility therefor upon the judges
Of courts Of New Castle County and
State Of Delaware. aud thereby tending
TO lessen reverence and respect for con
stitutional authorities infrusted with the
maintenance Of civil law.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09

and transfer it from one place to an
other, as may be desired. The cut
also shows a good method of heating
water. A bent piece of one and
half inch iron pipe enters the barrel
in two places. A fire built under this
pipe soon heats the water in the bar
rel, as the heat causes a rapid cir
culation of the water in the pipe and
barrel.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
To Make the Cows Go Dry.

Frequently the question Is asked
how to do this. An experienced Dr.. j.
man who manages n herd of cows in
Pennsylvania gives his method rs fol-
lows. He says: To make COW dry
give timothy hay and water. exercise
the COW with the halter and skip teats
in milking. BY this method the ami.
NAL VIII so dry in six days
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
A Good Bacon h.

\ writer for the American Guilt
yator speaks well Of the Jersey red or
duroc as a bacon hog. but thinks that
on account Of the ability to stand ex-
posure and habits il is better suited
10 the Western farmer. who permits
his hogs 10 run wild over an extern
sive range. than 10 the farmers who
have limited ranges and shelter their
stock in bad weather. These hogs are
eoarSer built. thicker hristled and
harder than most of the other i'm
r,.nXed breeds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09

the user. With the ordinary wheel
barrow the sloping floor causes the
fruit to roll out of the baskets or
boxes. and the latter to huddle to-
gether in a heap. The exact pattern
here given need not be followed, the
idea is serviceable. and anyone can
plan the form of the barrow to suit
himself.-Farm and Home.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09

eayoresl Not all the cream should be
put into the churning- That taken
from the pans latest will not be ripen-
ed, and its butter fats will all be vast
ed unless they are saved by churning
the buttermilk. The loss from this
cause is much greater in many small
diaries than those operating them
suppose
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09

at the stake, Rev.
Robert A. Ellwood.
pastor of the Oil
vet Presbyterian
Church of viii
mington, Del, is
counseled to be
more judicious in
his future utter
ances. That is the
only punishment
inflicted after a
painstaking investi-
CATION, and the
minister declares
h. - u;,.Tlsoatad -.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09

Eight pounds of mangels or carrots
and about the same weight or little
less of sugar beets equal in value one
pound of grain. This is the consensus
of opinion Of the Ottawa, Copenhagen,
and several American stations At
Copenhagen the mangels were fed fine
IN cut and raw, and even when one
quarter of the daily feed was given in
the form of roots no injurious effects
were no@eed on the quality Of the
pork.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
fit Years AGO.

John y. Mason, United States min,
lister to France, presented his creden-
tails to Louis Napoleon.
The new clipper ship Tayleur, on its
first voyage from Liverpool to Mel
bourne, struck on a reef. with the loss of
$40 of its passengers and crew.
Prince Albert, consort of Queen Vic
t6ria, was criticised in England for his
interference in the eastern question.
The American ship Oneida left Shang-
hal, China, with $4,000 pounds of tea
consigned to New York.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09

Poultrymen in South Africa should
be doing very well at the prevailing
prices for fresh eggs, which are quot
ed AT eighty-iive cents 10 S1.S2 per
dozen. according TO season This
scarcity of fresh eggs has led TO 4
demand for condensed eggs which are
made by partly drying the contents
of eggs and adding sugar. In this
form they run fifteen to the pound and
are put up in alright boxes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09

A resolution declaring the 'consolida-
ton OF friendship between the United
States and Great Britain and Ireland"
a necessity for the prosperity Of CONNER
cial intercourse and favOring a perma-
nent treaty Of arbitration between the
countries was adopted AT the annual
meeting Of the Massachusetts, State
Board Of Trade
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
DEATH OF W. c. Whitney.
"Father of the American ,Navys Elk
pires Under an Anesthetic.

pires Under an Anesthetic.
William c. Whitney of New York. ex-
Secretary of the Navy, who underwent
an operation for appendicitis Saturday,
died at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The
immediate cause of death was septice-
mia. A semi-official account of his last
hours is to the effect that the toxin
which produced peritonitis following the
operation for appendicitis. gradually
spread through the tissues of the body
until it reached the brain cells, when
there was paralysis and death.
The physicians had concluded to open
the superficial wound and examine the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09

Mr.. James Filter is one OF the oldest
doorkeepers in the War Department. and
has been stationed at the Seyente 4
street entrance 70 the Winder bun 6
for many years occupying a char
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
WARSHIPS PUT TOSEA
RUSSIAN FLEET AT PORT Ar.
THUR LEAVES HAREOR.
Joins the Outside Squadron Land
Forces Are Being Nobiiized Jap
anese Troops Seize Korean Railroad
Start Building Barracks,

In response 10 the japanese war meas
ures important naval and military move
ments have been effected ut Fort Ar
thur. The Russian squadron heretofore
inside the harbor. eonsistiaS of the battle
ship Retvizan (of Il. 700 tons): the bat
tleship Peresviet tof 1864 tonsl: the
battleship Vzareyitch (of 1910 tons:
the cruiser Fremiaschek. the battleship
Orel (of 1900 tons1 the cruiser Smiley
and the battleship Sevastopol (of 1880
tonsl have Joined the outside feet.
This feet consists of the battleship
PrObieda (of 1854 tonsl; the battleship
Petropavlovsk (of 10000 tons): the bat
tleship Poltava (of 10.960 tonsl; the
cruiser Diana (of $500 tons); the cruiser
Pallada (of $3.50 tons; the cruiser Ask
old (of 6,lO0 tons; the cruiser Yaryag
(of 6,500 tonsl; the torpedo gunboat Ba-
kan tof $40 tons and the cruiser Boya-
rim (of 5000 tons). The last-named yes
sci has just arrived there from Chemul-
20, Korea. with complete Japanese
charts of the Korean coast
In consequence of the narrow and dan
gerous entrance at low water il took the
warships three days to get out of the
harbor. The accomplishment of this task
is regarded as specially important. ow-
ing to the danger of the ships being dam
aged by an accident in the channel.
The cruiser Digit (of 1856 tonsl. the
the sloop-of-war Zaziyaka (of 1924 tons),
the sloop-of-war Zaziyaka )of ,234 tons),
four gunboats and the torpedo fiotilla re-
main inside.
Land Forces on the Move.
simultaneously the Third brigade of
Siberian rifles and two batteries of artil-
lery started for an unannounced desti-
nation from Laio Yang, south of Muk
den
Altogether about 1900 troops have de-
parted, leaving 10000 men at Port Ar
thur, exclusive of the troops manning
the fortihcations. The arrivals of Jap
anese coal have been stopped. In CON
sequence of the military authorities
monopolizing the use of the railroad, the
railroad officials have declined to trans
port any more commercial freight.
The telegraph company declines to ac-
cept any more press or private messages,
so they will have to be routed via Chefu
Forty eight hours quarantine has been
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
ST. VALENTINES DAY.
Old Customs Which ~arlSed the Cele
bratior of Feb IA

y accord anc &c
with general be-
lief, the saint for
whoa the day was
named was a Ro-
man priest, who
suffered martyr
dom under EN-
p eror Claudius
about go A. D.
He did not come
to a romantic end,
but was beaten
with clubs and
tnen beneaded.
IL so not hl
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
RING Cream.

In the winter season cream rises
slowly. and much OF il fails TO ripen
as il should. The ripening is known
by its turning slightly acid without
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09

The new trans Canadian route from
Liverpool to Yokohama win be 200
miles shorter than that acTvss the
United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
A Handy Rnrrnw.

This barrow is designed for wheel
ing full baskets, or boxes of fruit or
vegetables. The floor of the barrow
is level when the handles are held by
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
WARNS PASTOR AS PUNISHMENT

Presbytery Finds Ei1wood Sermon
Incited Delaware LynchinR.
Found guilty by the New Castle Pros
bytery of having preached sermon that
melted a mob to burn a negro murderer
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09

Seven thousand acres of land in Wash
ington County Alabama. thirty-fve miles
from Mobile on the main line u the
Southern Railway, hare been purchased
for colonization purposes The tract viii
be subdiyided into small farms aad sold
to alien farmers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
THE BARREL BRooDER.

barrel | can get heat up to 100 de-
grees." By looking at the illustrations
rost anyone would be able to make
one in little while. 1t should not
cost you over dollar
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09

James X Head was acquitted Of the
charge Of murder for killing his brother
in-law, Mark ". Hare, az Giasco, kan
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-09-15
Reunion and Union.

The General Assemblies ofthe Cum.
berland Presbyterian, and OF the
Presbyterian church in the q. s. A.,
have sent down an overture to the
presbyteries OF the two churches,
proposing the reunion OF these bodies.
This question Is before the churches
now, and by direction OF the assem-
blies, September 18th, Sabbath next,
has been set aside as day Of special
prayer for guidance and grace. The
following arrangements have been
made for this occasion:
Morning services at the C. P.
church at IL o'clock consisting OF a
brief sermon by the pastor Of First
church, a prayer service and the
sacrament OF the Lords supper.
Night service at the First church,
the sermon by the pastor Of the C.
P. church. We especially urge that
all the members Of both congrega.
tions attend all these services, and
all who desire to unite with US In d.
vine service are cordially invited.
STANLEY D. JEWELL.
j. w. HUDIBURG.