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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
ASK BIG APPROPRIATIONS
Almost a Billion Dollars Needed t
Carry ON Government.

Almost a Billion Dollars Needed to
Carry on Government.
A statement has been issued by the
appropriations committees of the Senate
and House summarizing the estimates
for appropriations to be made at the
present session of Congress for the fiscal
year 1907. The total for all purposes ag-
gregates $S04,296,415.
These estimates are greater than the
appropriations for the current year by
SIC, HOLES.
The War Department asks 1868. 1853
less than was appropriated last year
and the river and harbors item which
last year amounted to $1S,1S1 ,S75, is
omitted entirely this year. With these
exceptions every department of the gov
eminent has asked for more money than
the current appropriation.
The two largest increases are asked
by the navy, $21, 229, OBS, and the Post
office Department, $12 1877, 976
The estimates of the appropriations
committees exceed those of Secretary
Shaw by nearly $2O0,O00OO0, which is
accounted for by the fact that the Sec
rotary of the Treasury estimates for the
Postofiice Department only that sum
which will have to come from the treas
ury for its maintenance, not including
postal revenues applied to the support
of that department His estimate for
the Postoflice Department is $7,626,000,
while that of the appropriations commit
tees is $193210,070
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

other prisons, from what We shou,5
have gathered from the relations with
him of Aramis and the rest. Beniens
d'Auvergne-St. Mars, like that OF
Athos and the rest, being ealy nom
de guerre-was obsequious even tn
cruelty to the commands of Louyois or
other minister for the time bepp
and was in consequence looked unon
by his master as a model taller who
would stick at nothing.
His principal characteristics vara
avarice. which enabled him TO amass
a large fortune out of the sums al
lowed for the prisoners beef" and a
desire for rank, which was skillfullv
played upon by Louis. Originally q
corporal in the Mosquetalres. the Roi
Soleil, though according him the rank
oil a lesser noble, steadily refused TO
promote him to a commission until
quite late in his career. when he nrob-
ably knew too much to be denied any
thing. And then there are those who
think that an absolute king is neces-
sarily an aristocrat.- Pail Mall Ga
Zette
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
WfnterinE Old Hens.

The hen more than year old is not
a winter producer of eggs. Why this
is so it is doubtful if any one can tell.
The pullet produces the winter eggs,
but as she gets older, her season of
egg production is later. The question
then is whether it is profitable to win
ter the hen two years or more old. The
answer is yes, if one has a good mar
ket for eggs in the spring and summer,
even though you buy the food, and de-
cidedly yes, if one grows the food for
the fowls. If the market in the spring
and summer is not good then it will
not pay to winter the old hens, so that,
sitter all. it is not a question of man
agement but one of being governed by
conditions. In feeding the old hens
during the winter, economy must be
practiced, and the best way of doing
this is to Lave all these hens by them
selves and feed them light ration.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Trapping the Parson

AS William Morris was an English
man, it may not seem remarkable to
Americans that he did not always get
his jokes right end first. In a biogra-
ply of her husband, Mrs. Edward
Burne-Jones tells of the ease with
which he reversed them.
They had all been asking conun-
drums.
"Who killed his brother Cain?" ask
ed Burne-JOneS.
Morris fell into the trap at once.
"Abelr' he shouted.
Later in the day he came in laugh
ing.
Il trap ID the parson, by Jover'
he exclaimed. Il asked him, Who
killed his brother Abel?
Cain he said at once.
"'Har l said. L knew you'd say
that. Every one does l came away
and left him puzzled enough-and l
doubt if he's found out yet what the
matter was"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Wis Lasrt HarnnEuP.

A group of Cyrusville's citizens had
gathered as usual round the stove in
the corner store, and, as often hap
pened, James Corning was holding
forth on the trials Of his kipd.
What do women-folks know Of care
and trouble?" he demanded OF his .lu-
dience. sheltered in their homes with
Jest a few little household duties to
make the time pass, and when night
comes the privilege of sitting down
to the evening lamp, while the man
of the house puts on his hat and goes
ont into the darkness and often into
the storm, and walks. maybe half a
mile. to fetch home the paper. SOS his
family can have the news next day.
No need for them to think of earning
mOney-no-"
Mr.. Corning's mouth dropped wide
omen as stern-visaCed woman step
ped in at the door and up to him.
i've heard you'd been giving these
little talks" she said, clearly, "and
I've come down to wait for the mail,
SOS YOU can go home and take my
place sitting by the evening lamp.
You'll find a basket of your socks
there with holes in 'em large as hens
eggs. and your overalls and Sammy s
trousers.
IF you get those DONE" she added
relentlessly, as her husband tried to
look at ease and as if it were all a
good joke. when you get 'em done
you can finish up splitting the kin
dlings I've been at the last two even
| ings. I'm willing to come out int
the darkness till you get the whole
thing finished up. Ncw. you step righ
along. "-Youth's Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
ASKS MILLIONS FOR DOCKS.
Rear Admiral EndicOtt Estimates
Expense at $9,995,197.

Rear Admiral EndicOtt Estimates
Expense at $9,995,197.
Three new dry docks practically CON-
pleted, number of new buildings con-
structed, extensions of the railroads in
the yards and of the sewer systems,
lighting system and pavement and other
miscellaneous improvements are features
of the work accomplished during the
past year under the bureau of yards and
docks, as recorded III the annual report
of the chief of that bureau, Rear AID
miral Endicott.
For the next fiscal year the estimates
of this bureau aggregate 1895, 1871. OF
this amount almost 100000 is recon-
mended for improvement of public works.
Regarding this item Admiral Endicott
says; THE estimates for central heat,
light and power plants at various yards
are necessary for the execution of the
expressed will of Congress and the in
structions of the department touching
the consolidation Of power plants. Ad-
ditional docking facilities are most ur-
gently needed and estimates are submit
ted for beginning docks at Boston, Pen
sacola aud Puget sound and for steel
floating dock for home waters"
1t is pointed out that it takes a con-
siderable time to construct a dry dock
of large capacity and that by the time
these docks now asked for could be com
pleted the vessels of the navy will have
increased in number very materially and
the demand for docks will be CORE
spondingly greater than at present
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
BENEFITS of Ranking.

A simple, easy and very effective
method of preventing winter killing Of
each trees was observed in the or
chard of one grower Just before win
ter set IN this grower hauled manure
to the orchard, but instead of scatter
ing it beneath the trees in the usual
way he banked very few forkfuls
Immediately around the stem of the
tree. When the supply of manure ran
out peat or earth was hauled into the
orchard and banked around the stem
of the tree in the same manner. The
results from the use of these materials
were uniform, and, surprising as it
may seem, every tree that received
this simple treatment survived the Win
ter without the least injury from cold,
while the few trees and sections of
rows left here and there unbanked
and serving as checks" in the eX-
pertinent died almost to a tree. On
the same farm trees on a piece of
ground which was so stony that it
could not be cultivated and which was
kept in blue grass sod, with a heavy
mulch of coarse material, such as
cornstalks, barnyafd manure, ETC.,
about the stems, according to the true
sod and mulch method, came through
the winter without injury.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

Poverty is no handicap. in the beginning Rather it is
help for too many advantages for the young are apt
to kill his ambition and without ambition impos
sibe Anyone. if he Will work hard faithfully and be
honest in all his life, will find that possible for
the boys chances to-day just good they
The sckenng doctrine of the pessmst who bewas
the lack of opportunity to-day should find respon-
echo in the breast of any American boy with strong
and level head and who is perseverng
in his efforts.
A young man starting out in the world to-day should
Danish the diseased idea that there is no room for him
There is and plenty of it every young man. and
the only trouble is that there enough capable
in the world to fill the places that offered
believe that every young starting out in life will
later meet his opportunity and his
failure will depend upon his ability grasp this
opportunity when it comes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

There are those who say that there
is only one side to the stacking ques-
ton, namely, that under all circum-
fore it is threshed. In support of this
it is pointed out that entirely too much
risk is run when grain is left in the
shock after it is dry, this risk involv-
ing, in some cases, the loss of the en-
tire crop by having it wetted and re
wetted
Iii the main, we believe in stacking
grain. Necessarily, there are not
enough threshing machines in any
community to get the grain out of the
way without endangerfng a consider
able portion of it while it is in the
shock; and so long as this state Of af-
fairs exists the average man had bet
ter lay his plans to stack his grain
rather than thresh out Of the shock.
In spite of the many disadvantages
OF leaving grain in the shock for any
considerable length of time, the ma
jority of persons prefer to run the risk,
their idea being to simply cut down the
labor involved in hauling grain to the
stack and again throwing it to the
threshing machine. A few of these
are solving the problem by purchasing
what might be called farm outfits"
These often solve the difficulty very
satisfactorily where a farm is reason
ably large, and where the acreage Of
cereals is small it is often practicable
for two or three to go in together on
the one outfit
One advantage of this system is that
you can thresh just when you want to,
ara are not Inconvenience by being
put off from time to time by the man
" no owns the large outfit. 1t would
not be surprising If this system be-
came quite generally introduced in the
future. It is generally conceded that
there is but little money in the owner
shin of large threshing outfit, and.
although there are usually plenty of
melt who will make the investment,
vet this cannot be expected to last in
definitely. 1t cannot be denied that
there are certain advantages connect
ed with threshing grain as compared
with threshing it directly from the
shock. Grain shrinks less when it
Goes through the sweat while it Is still
in the straw. and the sample, because
of this. is always plumper. 1t is an
omen question whether or not this i'm
provement of the sample on account
of sweating in the straw offsets the
labor of putting it in the stack. No
doubt the ideal system is to thresh
and be done with it just as soon as
tie grain is dry. When this cannot he
done stacking is decidedly preferable
to that of leaving it stand indefinitely
In tae feld.-Home Monthly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
GOOD that Makes Eggs

Milk albumen, which is a byproduct
of the milk sugar factories, was com
pared with fresh meat and meat scraps
at the Utah station, with the results
greatly favoring the meat As the al
bumen is very rich in protein, it APP
pears that the trouble is owing to its
lack Of fat the fatty material in the
meat helping to increase egg produc-
ton. It has been found that lean meat
produces better results fed With corn
than with wheat, indicating that the
fatty material must be obtained some
how, and that wnen it is lacking in
the meat it can be obtained from
grain which contains oil, like corn
Pens at the Utah station having the
most fat produced most eggs. The
same general results were produced in
two successive years. Hens fed fresh
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

the marriage of her daughter. Margaret,
to the Duke of Roehefoucauld. Death
has saved the Senator from the peni-
Tertiary. He was under sentence OF
two years for his connection with con-
spiracy to defraud the government of
100000 acres of public lands in the
Northwest
Senator Mitchell was born in Wash
ington county, Pa, in June, 1885. He
was graduated at Butler academy and
practieed law in Pennsylvania until
1860, when he removed to California.
After few months in San Francisco he
located at Portland, Ore. There he en-
tered politics, was elected to the State
Senate in 1862, and to the United States
Senate in 1873. When the Democrats
controlled the Legislature Mitchell re-
turned to his law practice, but in 1901
was again sent to the United States SEN
ate. His political prestige had been on
the wane since the conspiracy charge
was brought against him. His health
declined rapidly after he was convicted
last summer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
PRoFlT-sHARING ON FARMS.
DeDopulat. of English Villages
Prove. ted by This Means.

DeDopuIat. n of English Villages
Preve. ted by This Means.
With view to placing a cheek
upon the population of Kentish viz
lagos, which is reaching alarming pro
portions, several large land owners
have decided upon a system of profit
sharing with their agricultural labor
ers, hoping by this means to stimulate
Hodge" Q take a greater interest in
his mplol ent.
The system Of sharing farm profits
was initiated by E. W Hussny, a
large estate owner, of Scotney Castle.
Every year the hands are called to-
gether and each receives a snare OF
the profits made on the years work
ing OF the farms. On the last occasion
of the profit-sharing each man re-
ceived $13.13, while a youths share
amounted to $S.1JJ. In cases where
several members Of a family are ell
gagged on 4 farm sums approaching
S4S.G6 have been taken home.
The system has had such success
full results that Mr.. Hussey has re-
ceived numerous inquiries asking for
details as to the working OF the
scheme, with the consequence that
other farmers in the county have ex-
pressed their intention of working on
similar lines
All the employees of Mr.. Husscy. $
Lamberhurst estate now take such a
keen interest in their work that they
exhibit no inclination whatever to nj
CRATE to the towns. Lam5ec1urst,
though a very small place, has long
been looked upon as a model village.
everything being done to encourage
the inhabitants to remain within its
boundaries. The wealthy residents in
the neighbOrhood have established a
number of up-to-date recreative insti-
tutions and the village is unaffected
b. the problem of the unemployed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

IOlal ....-......... -, f0U OoiUof OJ,o14
This is a total net decrease of the
regular army during the year of 800.
These figures do not include 1929 en-
listed men Of the hospital corps, who,
under the act of March 1. 1887, are not
to be counted as part of the enlisted
strength of the regular army.
There were also in the service % Off
GERS and 552 enlisted men of the Porto
Rico regiment and 115 officers and 5,059
enlisted Philippine scouts. This is a net
increase of in the Porto Rico regi-
ment and of 1,096 in the philippine
scouts.
Secretary Taft urges an increase in
the seacoast artillery by 5000 men, with
the necessary complement of officers. He
says the expenses viii be 100000 per
annum. He does not, however, recon-
mend a reduction in the cavalry force.
He says:
Il am firmly convinced of the wisdom
of providing more men for the coast ar
tillery Our seacoast Notifications, con-
structed at such heavy expense, ought
not to be left as they are now, without
the number of men to properly handle
and operate tine heavy guns, with their
complicated mechanism and extensive ac-
cessories. and to give them the degree of
care that is necessary in order to main
tain these elaborate defensive works in
the proper condition Of preservation and
efficiency"
Secretary Taft reviews tie progress
made in the construction of seacoast for
tifiaatiOnS Tn 70 bn iroa +bora
have been emplaced 101 twelve-inch
guns, 10 ten-inch, "a eight-inch, 367
twelve-inch mortars, and 231 rapid fire
guns. Eighty per cent of the work Of
fertilization planned by the Endicott
board in 1886 has been completed
The system Of government telegraph
and cable lines in Alaska, begun in
1900 and finished in October 1904, con-
sists of a system of land lines in north
western Alaska, extending from Nome
to Valdez, and a cable system connect
ing all the important points in southeast
ern Alaska with the telegraph system Of
the United States.
During the year 134,6 messages were
handled, the receipts from commercial
messages amounting to S104 1901; $780,
1881 pertained to the transmission of
messages over commercial lines-namely,
the Canadian government system, the
White Pass and Yukon railway COM
pany, the Postal Telegraph Cable Com
pany, and the Western Union Telegraph
Company. The remainder, $7S,015.44,
was received for Alaskan kilograms ham
died by the signal corps alone.
The Secretary urges the construction
Of submarine telegraph cable to con-
meet the Panama canal zone with the
United States. He says such line,
from Tampa, via Guantanamo to Pan
ANA, would cost S1,000,O0O If extended
to Porto Rico the line would cost $780,
900 more.
Secretary Taft reviews the work on
the Panama canal at length, the sub
stance of this part of his report al
ready having been made public.
The Secretary asks Congress to appro-
pirate for the expense of the army and
the War Department for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1906, $70,170,719.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

Plans are under way to shorten the
| route of tn Baltimore and Ohio road
between Chicago and Baltimore 100
miles.
According to estimates of operating
officials of the Panhandle road the cost
! of improvements contemplated for next
| year will be about $5000,000.
Preparations are being made by the
! Illinois roads affected by the order of
the State Railroad and Warehouse Com
missioners for horizontal reduction of 20
| per cent in official freight rates now in
| effect, to oppose the order on the groun..
| that it is unfair and unjust to the rail-
roads and an extreme case of discrimina-
ton, which will damage the. railroad
business in the State.
The hearing of the case of tie Pine
Island Farmers Elevator Company of
Pine Island, Mimi, against the Chicago
Great Western railway, involving alleged
discrimination in the matter of freight
rates on grain, is to be held in st. PaEL
4 solid through train from Chicago to
Los Angeles has been placed in service
over the Chicago, Union Pacific and
Northwestern line and the newly opened
Salt Lake route. The train is electric
lighted throughout. The schedule time
of the new train is sixty-eight hours.
The Boston and Maine railroad was
authorized by the Railroad Commission
ers of the State of Massachusetts to is
sue $1O,000,000 twenty-year per cent
bonds. The issue is to refund expiring
bonds which include S7,724,500 8 per
&C. e
debtedness: 100000 per cent Cen
trail Massachusetts bonds and $594,000
6 per cent Eastern railroad mortgage
bonds
Sixty of the most powerful and mod
ern locomotives ever constructed are now
being received by the Illinois Central
railroad for service on the Chicag st.
Paul. Chicago Omaha and Chicago New
Orleans lines. The engines are GO in
number, 30 being about equally divided
between the passenger and freight de-
partments and 10 for the switching SER
vice. The passenger engines are of the
Pacific type and are beauties. They
weigh 225.000 pounds, have a capacity
of 1000 gallons of water and 10 tons
of coal. and their driving wheels are I
feet 3 inches in diameter They are
guaranteed to cover 15 to 90 miles an
hour.
The well-known writer on railroad sub
iccts. Mr.. Frank II. Spearman. in his
book entitled, The Strategy of Great
Railroads." describes the surprise of the
general manager of one Of the eastern
trunk lines, on a hunting trip in the
North Woods, who suddenly found kim
self on the right of way of a splendid,
well-built railway line. apparently Of o
construction and equipment similar to
the New York Central. along which
Numbered in quick succession heavy
trains of iron ore, splendid passenger
equipment and general freight service Of
surprising proportions. This was the
Peninsula division of the Chicago ana
Northwestern railway which covers the
upper peninsula of Michigan including
the hardwood district and Lake Superior
iron and copper region, with a sprpris
ingly efficient network of lines that con
meet the mines and forests with impor
tant lake ports. and with through rail
service to and from the outer world.
Corrected engineering data of the
complete surveys of the Western Pa
ci6c railroad are available.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

SWnds who make their
operated in the United States and European countries with
dous The
grengoods swnde In Greater
plants of wiretapper
Hardly
wire appers brings police
against the
Years there legitimate
with making
the
worked the Francisco
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all the
wrinkle
which
victims In almost pooroom the
the ranks of sheet writers and who
victim winded At the the
card sharp gambler
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Indigestion in Horses.

When the horses have been worked
hard all summer and fed pretty we'll,
this good feeding is quite likely to be
Kept up quite late in the fall, even
though the hard work materially slack
ems and the horses pass the most of
the time in the barn. 1t is during this
period that the heavy feeding Is likely
to make trouble and cause indigestion,
which, If not cured, in time, is likely
to develop into something more seri-
Gus. Exercise must be freely given
horses whose actions indicate stomach
arrangement, for this alone may
quickly remedy the trouble Also see
that they have an abundance of fresh
water and that the stables are well
ventilated.
Feeding should always be done after
the horse has had what water it
wants. All corn should be cut out of
the ration and oats fed in the morn
ing and at noon, with bran mash at
night, in which is mixed a little raw
linseed oil, increasing the amount of
the latter gradually until the bowels
move freely. The hay given should be
fi1st-class and comparatively little
should be fed, and this in the morning
only; preferably it should be well wet
before feeding. The horses should
have no other roughage and the bran
mashes should be kept up until the
tone of the stomach is in normal con-
dition again. A horse inclined to indi-
gestion should have a lump of rock
salt in the manger at all times.-Ex-
change
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

Many a traveller, who has looked
forward to railroad journey as
season when he need not talk, will
sympathize with this just triumph re-
corded in the London Globe.
He wanted TO read, but the man op-
posite would persist in trying to talk
as the train moved swiftly along. At
ter several brief replies the student
began to grow tired. The grass IS
very green. isn't it?' said the woS,i-
be conversadonalist. pleasantly.
Yes" said the student 'sSuch a
change from the blue aid red grass
we've been having latelyr'
In the silence that followed he be-
gan another chapter.