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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
RESULT WAS CUTTING ONE
Fitting Retort of "Mad Poet" to al
UnReutIemanIy Remark.

Many stories are told of Mcdonald
Clarke, known fifty years ago in New
York as the mad poet" which show
that he had a vein of great shrewd-
ness, such as is often possessed by
people who are counted insane.
One day he was seated at table
in a New York hotel quietly eating
his simple dinner when two young
men took their seats at the same table.
Mcdonald Clarke was a well-known
figure. and the young men at once
recognized him, though he did not
know them.
They were not gentlemen in the best
sense of the word. and it occurred
to them that they might have some
sport with the poor poet. Conse-
duently one of them said in an I'M
necessarily clear tone:
II have seen Almost everything and
everybody in New York except Nc
Donald Clarke / have a great adj
vibrations for his poems, and would
give a great deal TO see the man."
When he passed the mad poet
leaned forward and said with evident
qualification:
"Slr, am Mcdonald Clarke, whom
you say you wish to see"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Farm Notes.

Good farming is impossible without
good teams.
The secret of success in stock raising
Is superiority FL quality.
Superior roadsters are gifted with
both speed ana bottom.
Feed the pigs refuse fruit and veg
etabIes from the garden.
The best sheep is the most profit
able one under all circumstances.
Breed the horse first for strength
and endurance and then style.
Medium-sized sheep usually have the
best and heaviest feeces.
1t pays TO have horses perform work
that are naturally good walkers.
A horse with an unruly disposition
in very many cases Is Of little or no
account.
Clover is one of the best ~ gpeen
manurial crops. great restorer Of
worn-out lands.
The pigs will do well In the apple
orchards, especially If there are r.any
sweet apples.
Colts require plenty Of exercise IN
order to develop their lungs when ther
are growing rapidly.
One acre OF clover and one acre OF
corn are worth three acres Of corn
for making healthy porkas.
A fast walk and prompt-telIing road
gait are. to a great extent. matters Of
education.
In shipping stock It Is poor eeono-
lay 70 crowd too many ia cur. espe-
cialIy IL they are to go considerable
distance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Canadian Farm Lands.

Lord StrathcOna, High Commission
en- for Canada, has received from Mr..
W. Elliott. Commissioner OF Agricul-
ture for the Northwest Territories. a
bulletin relating to the grain crops Of
the Territories for 1908. The estimat-
ed crop area for the current year Is
/, 10000 acres, as compared with l.
3s3, 434 acres this time last year. The
bulletin also contains a teble show
ing the extent OF the crops gathered in
Western Canada (lianitoba and the
Northwest Territories) in 1903: Wheat,
90. 229. 437 bushels; oats, 4T.2l3,4I9
bushels; barley. 1O,44s, 461 bushels. and
fax, S5T .292 bushels.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
JOYS OF COMFY ISLAND.
How the Wearied New-Yorker Recre.
ates by the Seashore.


ates by the Seashore.
In no place is the search for pleas
ure marked by more strange eccentri-
cities than at Coney Island On the
very hottest Saturday afternoons in
August thousands Of the city t0ilers,
exhausted with the heat and worn out
with the weeks labor. pack themselves
into steamboats, and trolley cars and
come hurrying down to enjoy breath
of the cool sea air. Arrived at the
world-famous ocean beach. one would
naturally expect TO see them plunge
without delay into the refreshing salt
waves. But tile habitual Coney Island
visitor pays scant heed to the ocean
breeze or the refreshing salt waves
He hurries from railroad depot and
steamboat landing to the heart of the
densely populated region of chowder
pots, photograph galleries, variety
shows, fortune teliers and other char
acteristic Coney Island attractions.
Once within the limits of this en-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31

superiority of this type over the old.
Europeans took up the idea with the
greatest reluctance. probably because
of the then belief that nothing good
could come out Of the United States.
Nevertheless, II became evident after
a time that the improvement must be
adopted IL pace were to be tept. and Ia
1853 the French built the screw battle
shin Napoleon. The English had OPP
portunity to see that this was the COM
ing method of propulsion and as the
French themselves were so pleased
with the new ship that they fmmedi-
ately began the construction of others
Great Britain realized that a mistake
had been made in not following the
lead of the United States, and at once
began the construction of several YES
sells of the same type. By 1889. when
the first ironclad war vessel ever built
was launched, the renovation OF the
navies of Europe was we'll under way,
and the screw was in almost exclusive
use.
To Admiral Dahlgren Of the United
States navy must be given the credit
of making the she'll what it is. He
carried the application of this new
missile to great, perfection in the
United States frigates of 1884. The
Nerrimac. one of these-the same Mer-
rimac which finally was compelled TO
acknowledge the superiority of the
armored Monitor-was taken TO Eu-
rope in 1854. startling naval admins
trations with the enrmous shell power
of her battery. In the few years in
tervening between this time and the
Civil War. navies were in practical
ly experimental stage. Some means, 1t
was acknowledged, must be devised
for protection against the new and
terrible shells. which could tear ship
10 pieces with ease. but what 1t was
going to be was predetermined. Armor
had been suggested as early as 1872
when John Stevens Of Hoboken \. j..
preached the idea. Nothing came OF
IL, however, perhaps because the ex
IRENE necessity Of II was not appar'
ent. and It was not until 1913 that any
thing definite was accomplished In
that year the Secretary Of War wa;
authorized by Congress TO enter into
ccatract with Robert L. Sevens. sor
q the man who originally proposed
armor. for the construction of wal
steamer for harbor defense. shot and
shell proof, to be built principally o.
iron" The length Of this vessel wa
iron" The length of this vessel was Il
have been AIS feet and its protection
was to have been a belt or armor o
srea ga inches In thickness Work wa
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31

CO HE war between England and
Russia in the early SOS was the
beginning of the development of
the ironclad-or. as we now call it, the
armorclad-though not to either of the
combatants in that passage ct arms
can the credit be given for the intro
duction of the first vessel to carry
armor. Up to the bombardment Of Sc
bastopol, writes John G. Davis, in
Pennsylvania Grit, ships that were
practically those of the previous two
centuries were in use Naval davel
opment was practically unknown, and
1t was not until the shell was invented
that the necessity of a change was
made manifest The English ships at
Sebastopol We're Of the old two and
three-decker broadside variety, the
flagship of the squadron, the Royal
Albert being a vessel of 300 tons
burden carrying 121 guns In those
days the ship with the largest number
of guns was 'the best fellow" prac-
ticaliy regardless of any other consid-
GRAFTON. A few of the Royal Albert's
guns were she'll guns, but nearly all of
them were the long 32-pounders, exact
ly like those with which the Victor,
the flagship of the famous Nelson, was
armed seventy years earlier. In near
ly three-quarters of a century, there
fore, there had been little or no real
progress in the matter of cannon. And
beyond the introduction of steam as a
motive power, there was very little
development in the ships. AS said be-
fore, they were the same old two and
three deekers so familiar in the pre-
ceding century.
The Russians were the first to use
shell in warfare. and it was immedi-
ately owing to the battle of Sinope,
Nov. 30. 1853. in which a Turkish feet
was annihilated by a Russian feet
having shell guns that there came sud-
denly demand for protection for
ships. The change was radical but
1t was necessary, the effectiveness Of
the shell against unarmored vessels
having been demonstrated to the salts
faction and alarm of all governments.
Nevertheless, to the United States,
Great Britain and France the world
owes most of the ideas of naval con-
struction which have to-day apparent
ly come near perfection. The United
States began the change by applying
the screw as a means Of propulsion
in place Of the old side paddle wheel.
The American ship Princeton, 1912
1S43. was the first war vessel in the
world to have the screw. Though our
own naval authorities saw at once the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31

The young man stared at him witA
much rudeness for a moment, and
then drawing a quarter from his
pocket, he laid it on the poets plate.
saying. That's for the sightr'
Clarke looked at the coin for an tn
slant. and then placing it in his pocket,
he took out York shilling" 1914
cents. This he handed to the young
man. saying gravely. children ha,f
nrice"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
sittersto Rent.

A poultryman of Montgomery Coun-
ty. Pa. has been doing thriving bust
ness buying hens at low prices and
renting them out as sitters. charging
seventy-fiye cents for the season. At
present he has nearly one hundred to
rent out, and claims he saves the feed,
gets seventy-fiye cents head for the
hens time and has them again to sell
i'm the fall.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Good Flood Gate.

A subscriber to an agricultural
paper sends sketch illustrating a
water gate and writes: "Some flood
gates are built so as to catch and hold
all trash. though swinging freely, and
others will allow obstruction &c be
freely disengaged and pass away. One
of the best l have found is composed
of 2x6 upon which Stats are nailed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Last Days of the Ranches.

The day of large ranches in Texas
is passing away but there are still
four with an area of over one million
acres each and quite a large number
If over five hundred thousand acres.
Much Of this land is bought as low
as twenty cents per acre, and is now
worth 81 to 81 per acre. These ranches
are being continually divided up into
large farms. Last year over one mill
lion of ranch lands were sold to small
settlers for general farming purposes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
onalitr OF Col NIeat.

While it is generally agreed among
those who speak from experience that
the kids OF all breeds Of goats are a
dellcacy. yet among the great mass Of
the American people there is a preju-
dice against anything bearing the
name of goat" Within the environ
ments OF the larger American cities
are found many kids. but as few Of
them grow to maturity the question
arises as TO what becomes Of them
Butchers and meat dealers reply that
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
indicated.

Charley, dear" said young Mrs.
Torkins. Il have done you a great in
justice"
"In what way?"
81 suspected you without reason. Il
asked several of your friends that sou
90 out with of evenings whether you
knew how to play poker, and every
one of them thought minute and said
Won didn't. "-Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Teaching a Carf to Drink.

Pour fresh milk in the pail to the
depth of about one-half inch. Gently
place the calf's nose into the milk
and against the bottom Of the pail.
1t will soon get taste of the milk
and will begin TO sip and suck on the
bottom of the pail. When the milk
is gone replace it with the same
amount as before, and continue till
the calf has enough, If care is taken
not to put enough milk in the pail
so as to cover the nostrils of the
calf it will soon learn to drink When
it has learned to drink. a small guam
tity more can be added each time
until the lesson is fully learned and
then the amount required for a feed
ing may be placed in the pail with
out fear of the calf not drinking it,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31

'hey pass over their blocks as lamb"
Yet no meat dealer has heard CONS
plants of the quality of such lamb"
Numbers of mature common goats are
purchased by the packing firms OF, the
larger cities Bought as goats. they
are sold-either in the carcass or can
ned-as mutton, and it is probable
that many who decry goat meat have
unknowingly eaten it many times.
This does not imply that the meat is
as palatable as good mutton, but it
may be as good as poor mutton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
POTATO PLANTER.

n the illustration. Attach the remain
der of the planter at the back with the
L bolts shown. Fasten a strong board
back of the boxes, but in front of the
wheels for two boys to sit on and do
the dropping. Plant and harrow just
as they are coming up"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Twenty Thousand white pneka.l

The largest duck farm in the United
States is at Riyerton, Va. There are
10000 white Pelcin ducks in the place.
In the laying department 1900 mother
ducks are kept in 10 pens set apart for
them-1J0 to the pen. The Matching Is
done by incubators, which during the
Matching season bring forth 1000 duck
lings each week. At the age Of u
weeks they are slaughtered for the
market. 1t requires a carload Of food
every week to feed the ducks
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
lIII1IlIIjIlI]IIII1I.[]
GATE ron A WATER GAP.

of a proper length to reach the low
water mark. This gate is hung to a
log or beam extending across the
stream, attached by chains or wire. In
this form we find very good gate for
n wafer gan"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31

strated the principles which have made
the battleship the wonderful thing it
is.
The advancement of guns has kept
pace with the development of armor-
In fact, has preceded it. Improve
ments in armament necessitated great
err protection and the steel ships of
to-day are the result.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
The Tall Missourisns.

Missourians are said to be the tall
est men, on the average. in the world.
They average. it is asserted. feet
9 fnches.-Kansas City Journal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31

Hes built In an awfuily peculiar
way, isn't he:" "Yes. the only thing
be can buy ready made is an umbrel-
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Feats of Submarine Boats.

Two submarine boats made a sham
attack on the French squadron at La
Rochelle recently in the evening. and
50 smartly were they handled that it is
said in actual warfare the whole di-
vision would have been annihiiated.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
Papaao Version of Football.

The boys of the Papago tribe in the
southwest have game which the
fellows in Harvard and Yale would
form rules about, if the played it, I'M
til it became very lively indeed.
These Indian boys make dumbells
of woven buckskin or rawhide. They
weave them tight and stiff, and then
soak them in sort of red mud which
sticks like paint. They dry them, and
then the queer toys are ready for use.
To play the game, they mark off
goals, one for each band or side" of
players. The object of each side is to
send its dumbbells over the goal of
the enemy.
The dumbbells are tossed with sticks
that are thrust under them as they lie
on the ground. The perverse things
will not go straight or far, and rod
is a pretty good throw for one.
The sport quickly grows exciting,
and the players are soon battling in a
heap, almost as if they were playing at
football.-St. Nicholas.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
Told in Her
2 oudoir~

Snake plumes are exquisite in
mauve.
Maline choux are stin important
neck ixings.
Bright green silk hosiery is among
the novelties.
Embroidered net is set into some
silk stockings.
Cuffs are anything from straight
bands to plaitings.
Carnations are coming into promi-
nence in millinery.
Crush belts of gold thread are
charming for the white frock.
A jeweled net for the hair is charm
ing with a picture dress.
To be smartly dressed one cannot
escape this rule Of much lace trim
ming.
Applique flowers cut from colored
taffeta on gown of white voile or
muslin.
A charming summer accessory is
the scarf Of painted mousseline de
sole.
When kid shoes have been wet and
become hardened, clean them at once
and rub with castor oil.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
21Ql2EV7Q07
"a ;KGAMS

Finger marks on vanished furni-
ture are removed by rubbing them
with a piece of rag dipped in sweet
oil. Afterward polish with a dry
cloth.
An ever ready glue pot is q most
useful piece of property. It is pre-
pared by putting naphtha in a wide
mouthed bottle and dissolving shellac
IN it.
When mailing into hardwood, the
calls are apt to bend. To prevent
this dip the point of each nail into oil,
ard or other grease before hammer
ing them in.
1t will be found a good plan to keep
peas, beans, rice, barley, coffee and,
in fact, all "dry groceries" in glass
Jars. BY this means a moments
glance will acquaint the housewife
with the necessity for replenishing
her stores.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
Bringing skirts Up to Date.

The woman who has a good cloth
skirt of light weight, such as voile,
etamine or nuns yelling, left from
last summer can bring it up to the
mark of prevailing fashions by the
dexterous adjustment of taffeta or
peau de sole trimmings.
If she is tall woman and desires a
yoke effect she can build the yoke
from alternate strips of the cloth and
taffeta. If panel effects are desired,
the stitched bands of silk can be so
laid as to simulate panels.
But the great point of divergence
between last seasons skirt and this
years lies in the vent. Last year the
vent was fastened by well-hidden
hooks and eyes. This year it is COM
pletely covered by box-plaited eff
feet.
To secure this effect in the made
over skirt, lay on box pleat of the
same silk used in trimming, narrow
at the waist line and flaring slightly
toward the hem of the skirt. This is
fastened tight to the skirt, and can
not be detected from the same effect
in cloth. Nor does it give a botched
or made-over effect to the garment.
because of the general prevalence of
silk trimmings in every imaginable
form.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
Wedding Gowns.

White satin is no longer inevitable
for bridal gown, but has been ex-
changed for even lovelier materials,
foamy chiffon. silvered gauze or soft
est silk muslin and lace. Wells of the
latter have been superseded by tulle.
while even that favored flower of
many generations, the orange bios
som, is noticeable by its absence, myr-
tie or white heather taking it's place
White heather is looked upon as a
wonderfully lucky flower, but like the
four-leafed shamrock. its scarcity ere
ated its good fortune. Now it is said
to be cunnirgly bleached in order that
the supply may cover the demand
Exchange.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30

A bronze gun sent up by divers was
purchased by the British government
for $1,500. IL is said that one day a
diver brought up a brass box, all
green and moldy, which contain
ed pearls and iewelry of great
value, that it was laid on the deck of
the treasure hunting vessel and mys-
teriously disappeared.
Many pieces of silver table service
were found, the ships bell, scattered
coins. platters, bits of pottery, ETC.,
but the money boxes with the mill
lions still remain to entice others to
blast and dig.
Mr.. Harrington thinks the money
chests have been worn away by
water action, and that the treasure
is buried beneath tons of sand and
mud.
1t is difficult for diver to remain
long under the water because of the
depth and strong current. When Mr..
Harrington went down he had to be
weighted with $50 pounds of lead,
100 pounds around his waist and
eighty pounds fastened to his ankles.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30
SEEKING MILLIONS IN THE SEA
Long Search S4SOOOoo
Near He'll Gate in I7SOH Was
This Country from England to Pay King Georges Troops

that remained OF the wreck was thick
ly yeneered with greenish weed, slip
perry to the touch. Her open ports
gaped like societies. eyes, drift sand
had piled about her, the places of her
masts were marked by Jagged,
spongy stumps, and the gnawing cur
rent had stripped her to a skeleton
appearance.
The first sight of her down in the
murky depths, gave him the creeps.
Her guns, which had done hard and
frequent service against the French,
had slipped down through the decks
to the heap of gold, bones. manacles,
round shot and rubbish below.
Divers Jared her old bones with
blasts, picked over the aroused re-
mains, delved here and there for
many months, but the mighty cur
rents had thrown insurmountable OBJ
stacles in their way.
A short distance from the shore is
steep precipice under the water. 1t
was over this declivity that the ship
slid when her commander tried to
beach her.
Hawsers had been sent to land, but
the trees they were fastened to were
uprooted when her stern dipped over
and shot beloY into the watery val
ley, She lies with her bow directly
against this rocky wall.
In various parts Of this country, in
museums, are numbers of water-worn
relics taken from the wreck. Several
rust-pitted cannon are in the Central
park museum, New York.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30

No material of the season is more
fashionable or more attractive than
net In its many varieties. This very
charming waist is made Of the sort
known as repouse, in cream color
combined with a yoke of white NOUS
seine overlaid by bias bands of silk
and medallions OF lace, the trimming
being little lace RULES. AS Illustrated
the waist is made with long sleeves
that include deep cuffs but those of
the elbow sort, shown in the small
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-08-30

Numberless huge platters Of pew
ter, pots and jars of antiquated
shapes, bits of jewelry, human bones,
cannon balls, several old cannon, and
now and then golden guinea COM
prise the sum total of the treasure
recovered from the British ship HUI
gar which, in 1880, went down near
Hell Gate, New York, with $4,800,OOO
In gold and silver sent to this coun-
try from England for the payment OF
King Georges army.
Many attempts have been made to
recover the millions locked in strong
boxes In the ships hold, the first in
1874 by the British government.
TWO briggs arrived at Port Morris,
where the Huzzar disappeared and at
tempted to raise her by means of
grapples. The expedition labored for
two seasons, and was then ordered
Off BY the American government;
upon whose rights it was encroaching.
Another attempt was made by an
English company in 1919. Work was
prosecuted with the use of the diving
bell, but the powerful currents were
SO strong that the undertaking was
soon abandoned.
Subsequent to this, the vast prom
fsa tempted several other companies
to Undertake the recovery Of the
guineas, one of which employed Mr..
George w. Harrington Of Wakefield,
Mass
Twenty-eight years, ago Mr.. Har-
rington's step-father, Horace Barnes,
entered int a contract for the re-