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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14
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A VALENTINE COLT.
BY MARY cARoLINE HYDE.
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H7 LEAST three times had Jas
/AA per Crane caught sight Of pretty,
49, light bay colt, running at it's moth
er's side, with drove of wild horses,
and just as many times had he determin-
ed to capture it aud have it for his own.
The winter had been unusually severe on
the peninsula, and the bitter cold and
snow-covered ground had driven the poor
creatures to the edges of the farm in
search of browsing.
When spring should come, however,
and the ice-bound creek would surge
madly on its way to the Chesapeake,
there would be splendid force of water
to wash the logs down stream. So day
after day had Jasper joined his father
in telling the best on their timber lands
for the spring freshet which they knew
must come.
II do wish l could get that colt, faith
err" said the boy. II believe l could if
/ tried. -
"P'r'aps l could lasso it like CIV
boy"
His father went on chopping; he had
no time for such useless conversation and
no faith in colt catching.
when he went some that noon. he got
piece of rope, q I'd it into a slip-noose
ard flung it over TIE currant bushes, the
front gate, the dog, the goat and at last
his little sister. who scolded loudly at
such ignominious treatment.
''Neyer mind, SIS" he cried, forgive
me this time, and we'll be taking ride
together some day.
So he kept on practicing till the 18th
of February, when he was to have a
whole holiday from tree telling.
The cold had lessened that day and
Jasper took his lasso, determine to
catch the colt. 1t was past high noon,
when he came upon the foot prints of the
wild horses. They showed him that the
hungry creatures had gone toward the
creek, mile away.
Il hope they haven't crossed it to the
mountains" he said, striding after the
drove with fresh courage, and / hope
that the sun has weakened the ice
trifie, if they haven't yet gone over the
creek. There'd be fun!'
He flung himself down on a rock, won
dering if his hard tramp were all for
nothing, when from very near there came
a cautious whinneying and one after an
tiously cross the creek on the ice, till at
last several had reached the other side,
and the colt was following the last in the
line. Whatever was done must be done
quickly. In an instant Jasper had made
a snow ball and flung it among the herd,
and while they scattered in wild alarm
he flung his lasso at tie colt, but it failed
to even touch it, as the young creature
tossed its heels and sped after its moth
er. Suddenly there was an ominous
cracking of the ice. but every horse had
reached the other side except the colt,
who broke through near the bank and
was held as in an ice vice, neither sink
ing nor able to founder free.
Now, indeed, was Jasper's time. He
recoiled his lasso, flung it out again to
see it descend neatly over the colts neck,
holding him taut. The next second he
was at the frightened creatures side,
talking coaxingly, patting it and pulling
with might and main to free it from the
ice. When this was at last accomplish
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14
Bills Introduced-senate.

Stevens-Amending laws relating to
notice and fire commissioners and limiting
their terms.
Notwithstanding telephone COM
panies. and providing that rates shall
not exceed 81 per month for one tele-
phone in cities Of 10000 or more. In
cities Of less inhabitants the rate shall
NOT exceed 81 per month down to 10000
people; and 81 per month in small COM
munities. Also providing that mutual
insurance companies shall distribute their
surplus annually.
Sanborn-Relating to service by publi-
cation.
Wylie-To appropriate 5000 to the
Wisconsin Agricultural experiment sta
ton, to be used in experimenting in to-
haceo.
Morris Regulating the issuance Of
warehouse certificates By fanneries.
Rummel-Relating TO the reservation
of mineral rights, oil rights aud natural
gas rights on lands and farms sold to
actual settlers. making it a misdeIneanor
10 sign a contract or deed making such
reservations
Permitting taking Of whitefish
Only IN DIG DfNf i"hF ~ y dSlahNAAi tohA-
IS By sci nets from June % October.
Froenming- iiat the fees
collected by the commissioner II health
of Milwaukee for the registration OF
births aud deaths shall be turned over 70
the rSeiSter Of deeds Of the county.
neutrality-suspicious. $4,000 for in
suranes and Improvements at TIE Wis
cousin Industrial School for Girls
stevens Relating to the terms Of
court il Winnebago county; providing
thar judges and clerks shall not charge
for drawing papers; prohibiting judges
from taking fees fixing punishment
for violation thereof.
Frear-Amending registration laws
and providing three years Imprisonment
for illegal voting.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14
LITTLE ALeERT.s VALENTINE


little poor girl goes to school,
And she's liz my class there;
Der fathers dead and so she can't
Have pretty clos to wear
And sometimes when the other girls
have parties they are sure
To not remember to invite
The little girl that's poor.
Her mother has to work. and they
:. Live up above a store,
because, you know, she's hasn't got
A father any more
And once when l was tellin her
what Santa brought to me
Sne cried and said she wished some time
Shed have Christmas tree.
ssst week she caught the chicken pox
And has to stay in bed;
had i once all over, too,
And was nearly dead
And Jinksl the bitter stuff you take,
cause nothing ese'l cure
1t makes me kind of sorry for
The little girl that's poor.
I had quarter in the bank,
But it's not there to-day,
Cause yesterday l sent lot
OF valentines away
A nickel one to Grace, and one
To Blanche and Ruth and Dot,
And one to some one that l guess
The others all forgot.
I'D Ike to stand around somewhere
AID see the postman when
lie knocks above 4 store to-day
And hands out something then
I'd like TO kind Of listen there,
For I'd be pretty sure
To hear some happy guessin' by
little girl that's poor.
5 e. kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14
Thirty Years Ago.

News of the death of Tsai Shun,
Emperor of China, reached London.
The constitutional commission OF
Maine turned down a woman's SUI.
frage plank.
Day and night were spent in the
national House Of Representatives in
repeated roll calls In an effort to take
action on the civil rights bill.
A lockout in the coal mines of South
Wales threw 10000 men out Of work.
An attempt to capture the James
brothers at their home in Kearney,
Mo, resulted in the killing of their
young brother and the manning OF
their mother, Mrs. Samuels, by
bomb.
The court declared his evide adj
missible, and Theodore Tilton told
from the witness stand in New York
his charges against Henry Ward
Beecher.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14
Mill, Powder

The manufacture of milk powder is
carried ON as an important business in
various parts of Europe. In the large
Belgian factories the milk is run in
thin sheets over heated cylinders. The
moisture of the milk constantly eyap-
crates and the solids remain in the
shape of thin sheet, which is scraped
off by knife rubbing on the cylinders.
The dry product is then ground into
thin powder, which contains nearly
p per cent of fat and nearly SO per
cent of casein or curd. This material
dissolves readily in water at ordinary
temperature, and is found a practical
substitute for fresh milk.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14
Lincoln and RaiI-splitting.

The Boston Republic printed some
"reminiscences of the Hon. John CONFESS,
United States Senator from California
from 1868 to 1869, and the sole survivor
of the eight pall-bearers at the funeral
of Abraham Lincoln. Mr.. CONFESS, who
is now resident of Boston, attacked
one well-rooted tradition. Lincoln was
not rail-splitter," he said. He once
told me he never split a rail in his life
Il recall distinctly the occasion on
which Lincoln told me about the rail-
splitting. l was at the White House
one morning by appointment, discussing
some official matter, and by degrees our
conversation drifted into other channels.
John Hay, then the assistant Secretary,
came in for second with some papers,
among which was one of the weeklies of
the day with some picture or statement
referring to the Illinois Rail-Splitter'
DO you know, CONFESS, said Mr..
Lincoln to me, there isn't a word of
truth in this rail-splitting business, nor
a word; and yet what am l to do about
it? The day after | was nominated I
was standing on the front porch Of my
house, and the people were coming up
to congratulate me, and parading by,
some of them actually carrying on their
shoulders the rails which l was supposed
to have split.
81 was much confused and troubled,
and did not know exactly what l could
do about it. My impulse was to tell
them, but then, / thought, here were
masses of men taking their own means of
expressing their pleasure at my nomi-
nation, and l asked myself il / should
dampen the ardor of my supporters on
the very threshold of the campaign, or
let it go on and treat it as a means or
incident in our election.
Then all of sudden there occurred
to me little story about an old farmer
who lived up near where | did when
was boy. He was an old bachelor and
didn't have much of farm, and was a
peculiar chap. Farm hands didn't like
to work for him, and he used to have a
lot of trouble getting them.
+" Finally he got one, a good, hard
working fellow, who was a great help to
him, and who stayed longer than any of
the others. This fellow had only one
faue, he used to love to sing. He sang
all the time about the house and when
he was working in the field,
BY and by the old farmer got sd
that the singing disturbed him consid-
cradle. SO he called up the man and
said, "Look here, John, you must stop
this singing. It's really more than 1 can
stand. Don't let me hear you again."
John went out and tried silence for
a couple of days, but one morning the old
farmer found note from him saying,
Have gone to hoe where / can sing"
SO, CONFESS, just thought I'd let EN-
sing
The real value of the tradition lies
in it's clear assertion of the fact that
Lincoln was one of the humble people
who grew to high estate. That is true,
mud because the tradition put the truth
in form that every one could grasp,
it has survived.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14
forty Years AGO.

Navigation in the Potomac river was
blockaded by ice twelve inches thick
below Washington.
f. 2. Blair returned to Washington
from his second trip to Richmond, and
all sorts of reports were current as
to the bearing of his visit on the out.
come of the war.
The Illinois and Maryland legisla-
lures ratified the anti-slaveryconstitu.
donal amendment passed by Congress.
The constitutional amendment pro.
hibiting slavery in the United States
was passed by the House OF Repre-
sentatiyes.
The military court at Cincinnati sen.
fenced s. B. Davis to be hanged as a
Confederate spy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14
Twenty Years 400.

The big dry goods house of Garry
Bros. in New York was wrecked by
dynamite, supposedly by striking
clerks.
John C. Spooner was elected United
States Senator by the Wisconsin Legis
lature
The Inauguration of Gov. Oglesby,
Of Illinois, delayed because of the
death Of his son, took place at Spring
field.
The New Haven, Conn, Savings
Bank weathered a run in which $780,,
600 was paid out TO depositors.
Fourteen persons We're killed al
Ivrea, Italy, by snowslidc
Capt Crouch and his associate Okla
homa boomers were arraigned al
Wichita, Kan, and held for trial
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14
Fifty Years AGO.

The French spoliation bill passed
the House by vote of 10 to 76 and
went to the Senate.
The United States surveying steam
er Water Witch. in ascending the Par
aguay, was fired on from the fort and
one man killed.
The British home ministers resigned
and Lord Palmerston later succeeded
in forming new ministry.
The first train passed over the Pan
anna railroad. -
ledge College, South Carolina, was de-
stroyed by fire.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14
setting Anple Trees.

The distance apart at which apple
trees should be set is treated in a re-
cent bulletin of the Pennsylvania
State Experiment Station. The argu-
ment is for planting at wider dis
tances apart than has usually been the
custom. It starts out with the prom
Use that the best soils are none too
good for the apple orchard and that
such will develop much larger trees
than will the poorer hillsides so COM
monty chosen for orchard sites in the
past For the stronger growing kinds,
ike the Rhode Island Greening, Bell
flower and Baldwin, distance of 40
feet is none too much, while those
with less spreading heads, like the
Northern Spy and Ben Davis, should
have 80 feet space each way. This
assumes that the orchards are regu-
larly to be cultivated, a practice that
now prevails in all good orcharding.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14
Ten Years Ago.

After passing the lie. Breckenridge,
Of Kentucky, and Heard, of Missouri
came to blows on the floor Of the
House.
Many persons persisted and much
damage was done to shipping by
storm which swept the New England
coast
The Brooklyn strike ended, ths
troops were withdrawn, and peace
reigned.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Elbe, with ga passengers ard crew,
was sunk by a collision of the Hook
of Holland
Ward MeAllister. society director
and organizer Of the 400. died at his
home In New York
Mexico refused the prefer Of Sec
rotary Gresham 10 mediate in the
Guatemala troubles
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14
Feeding Horses and Mules.

Probably more horses and mules die
from diseases of the digestive organs
than from any other cause. These
diseases are almost entirely the result
OF errors in feeding and work. For
instance, IL harder days work than
usual Is expected of a horse he is given
larger feed, while he should be fed
less, or perhaps the change is made
from farm work to the road, when it
should have been decreased. A large
feed should never be given just before
nor immediately after severe exercise
or hard work, and especially should
large quantities of hay and water be
avoided just before fast work.-Dr.
TAFT Butler, North Carolina State Vet
erinarian.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14
One Hundred Years AGO.

French troops were ordered into the
Neapolitan provinces.
The French fleet in the West Indies
captured Nevis, the town of Basse-
terre, in st. Kits
England ordered that vessels carry
ing corn should be allowed in the ports
Of Spain, provided they carried no
guns.
The court of Lisbon declared itself
an ally of Spain and not of England.
The French feet sailed from Tou-
lon with 5000 troops, to occupy the
porIs of Sicily and Naples.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

ed, Jthe poor colt had twice been miners
ed 80 its neck in the icy water and had
cut its legs ON the sharp edges in scrim-
bling out, but Jasper rubbed it down,
when il would stand still enough, and
bandaged his jacket across its back with
his rautfier; then, tying the lasso round
its neck. for q halter, he rushed home
with his captive as fast as the rough
way would let him. 1t was i o'clock
wher he entered the front gate with his
prizes
"Iou've done we'll" said his father,
coming out TO meet his son, ''now you
go il. an get something to eat while l
put up your colt for you, and he laid his
hand on the rope.
The colt reared at the touch Of a
stranger, pulling nearer 10 Jasper as II
he were its only protector.
"An right, Ginger" said the boy, pat
ting its neck, Il won't leave you to-
night-a bed of hay viii do as well for
me as for you"
Il thought I'd bring out your supper,
Jasper said the little sister, keeping
a safe distance from the pony's heels
you've caught n real nice valentine for
yourself and mebbe you'll let me ride
sometimes" she suggested.
Two years later it was scarcely posi-
bic to recognize in Ginger the wild colt
of tSat st. Valentines day, but s mis-
fortune had come upon Jasper's family
In Telling trees. one had fallen on to his
father. injuring his back 50 seriously that
for the rest Of his life be must be a Grip
pie. unable 10 earn paouthful OF fooS
for his family. In the emergency Jaspei
ana Ginger did al they could 70 keep Tbs
farm titled and planted and to find exSr;
hauling end outside work. but in scat
tered region, where almost everyone has
his own horse and did his own work
little was found TO do. The Wolf cam
50 near the cripple's door that the siste
went ont 10 service and 9asTeS 10 Gu
timber that needed ten years tnor
growth.
Feb. IA had come again, when lam
her dealer came from Baltimore to ex
anime Jasper's stock of ncw-fellec trees
am sorry enough not to take you
timber he said, after Ginger had haul
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

the orchards of Michigan and other
states have been continued on large
scale. A section 3 miles square in
Michigan was selected for this work
and the orchards We're thoroughly gone
over three times during tie months of
July. August and September, and all
of the affected trees We're destroyed.
TIL object Of this experiment is to
demonstrate what is believed to be d
fact-viz,, that the disease can be en-
tirely eradicated by the extirpation
process"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

One of the most profitable lines of
stock breeding is raising mules, yet
there seems to be decline in this in
dustry; this, too, in the face of the
fact that mules have steadily risen In
value In the past few years. The first
stimulus in recent years to mule
breeding was the Boer War, which
was followed rapidly by the war in
the Philippines. When construction
work on the Panama Canal begins In
earnest there will be big demand
for mules, which are the only animals
which can stand the intense heat of
that section and keep working. Mules
pay the breeder better than horses
because they can be put on the mar
ket year or so quicker, are not as
expensive to raise nor to maintain. AT
tive years old the mule can be put
into the field and kept there until
cid age overtakes it. The mule is
healthier than the horse and is not as
likely to have blemishes which de-
stroy or injure the value of the colt
A mule will stand greater hardships,
has more vitality, and when properly
instructed is steadier and more reli-
able.-Farm and Home.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14
WHEN LINCOLN WEPT.
A Tragic Story of the Early Days of
Our Unhappy Civil Strife

ouT Unhappy (1V1 strife.
There never was a more tender or
sensitive man than Abraham Lincoln"
says an old friend of the martyred
President IAN incident Of the earliest
period of the war will illustrate this
phase of his character. 1t was con-
nected with the murder Of COL Els
worth of the Zouaye regiment at Alex
andria, in the spring of 1861 You know,
Ellsworth was a dashing young man,
lawyer, who had raised a regiment of
Zouaves, chiefly from Chicago. He was
a gallant young fellow, about % years
old. Lincoln thought a great deal of
Ellsworth, whose warm personal friend
he was.
II was in the War Department at that
time, and l was intimately acquainted
with COL Ellsworth. / visited him in
his tent the night of May %, 1861, be-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

The most accurate clock jig the world
Is fl tie basement 81 tie Berlin OBJ
seryatory, and has been ffimhng since
1865, wien It was set up bS Professor
Forester. 1t has often run for three
months at a time with daily devia.
ton Of not more than fifteep-thou-
sanafhs Of a second But II is not
accurate enough to suit astronomers,
and the clock Is soon to be put In an
alright underground room.--New
York Tribune
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14
TotaI III. 4. 4ss. 00o. 30 .eIl o.. 90

Referring to the disease little
peaches" Secretary Wilson in his an
nual report says: the efforts made
By the department in the maher OF
demonstrating the feasibility OF eradi-
eating the Iittle-Teach disease from
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

When we are alone, we have our
thoughts to watch; in family, our tenn
pers; and in society, our tongues
Hannah Moore.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

He that may hinder mischief, yet
permits II, is an accessory.-Freeman.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

Milwaukee is now a candidate for the
State capital. Formal announcement
that the metropolis of the State would
ask the removal of the capital to that
city was made in the Senate Wednesday
morning. when Senator RoelIr offered a
measure providing for the removal Of the
capital to Milwaukee between Jan. /,
1906. and Jan. ], 1909. 4 bill to tax
bachelors was introduced in the Assem-
bly by Peter A. Cleary of Elroy He
proposes the rate of s. year for bach
elors over 30 years old, with a penalty
of $40 to $50 for failure to pay.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

The Canadian government is en-
ploying special measures to induce
former Canadians who have settled
in the United States to return to Can
ada and occupy land in the northwest
ern provinces, which are now very
attractive to many farmers inclined
to migrate An agent has been in
structed TO open offices in Boston and
to reach the farmers of New England,
those of former Canadian experience
preferred.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

The corn crop in the seven surplus
States is / .43s.0e0.e00 bushels. or 167.-
c00.OOo bushels more than in 1909
and compared with 1,703. 100000
bushels in 1902 The principal changes
in the official figures from the esti-
mates made in November are an in
crease of s23,0oO.O00 bushels in Iowa.
a decrease of 100000 bushels in Kan
sas. The detailed figures compare as
follows.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

Opportunities are like fish; all the
large ones get away.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

The early laying pullet should be
marked and kept for the breeding pen
next season, provided she is other
wise a good bird. In nearly all cases
the pullet that begins to lay early in
life is the one that will lay the larg
est number Of eggs in a year
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

Buying a patent right or engaging
in ''get rich quick" schemes is very
good way to rob ones self. 1t is not
the only way, however, for one can
do 1t by continually growing and sell
ing crops without putting anything
back on the land.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

To the MAJ who takes great pains
with his seed corn all seed corn school
ing seems silly, but the man
who is careless about it is very much
In need of the best way to increase
the stand. Many farmers have farm
ed for years and yet the yield of corn
they get is about one-half what it
ought to be- This is largely on &C.
count of poor stands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

Eloquence is only CAB with its Sun
day clothes on. Agriculture is plain
farming dressed in store clothes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

ter. faithfully for many years is en-
titled to consideration in his old age
1t is a practice too common to sell
the old horse TO some peddler or other
person that will have no interest in
him beyond the work that can be OBJ
tanned from him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

The best cure for a. farm mortgage
is plenty elbow grease ana little
Of self-denial.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

Winter days can be employed in
many ways. Much work that is usu-
ally put off until spring can be done
Get sone half inch rope and make
a number of rope halters. These are
always useful. On a stock farm it is
difficult to get too many of them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14

The man who has clay or grav-
ely soil need give but little care to
his pillow in winter to keep it bright,
but the man with an alluvial soil will
need to keep a close tab on the bright
ness of the mold-board.