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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20
ABOUT DIVERSIFIED FARMING,
LIT is a Great Mistake to Put All En-
ergfes in Few Crops.

1t LIS IA Great Mistake to Put All En-
ergtes in Few Crops.
Although the leaders in modern sci
,entific agriculture tell us that speciali-
zation must become more and more the
feature of farming in the future, it
must be impressed upon the average
farmer that he has to take this advice
in a modified form, says the Connect
cut Farmer. Some sections Of the
country are learning that specializa-
ton in farming or horticulture is dam
gerous for when disaster comes to that
region everything is ruined. The South
laised nearly all cotton at one time
crop was too large or it failed to pro-
duce fair yield Now farmers raise
other things besides cotton in the South
and they are doing better in their d.
Iersified farming than ever before. By
Linning all their faith to one crop they
are pretty sure of something for the
years outlay of time and labor. Like
wise the farmers of Florida, while still
raising oranges, do not exclude other
| crops, but year by year they are in
creasing the variety of their fruit and
truck vegetables. In other words, the
man who puts all his eggs in one bas-
ket may sooner or later lose all in one
accident.
Specialization in farming is needed
up to the point of knowing all there is
to be known concerning one, two or
three crops. That is the specialism we
want on all farms to day, whether they
are in the North, South, East, or West
The farmer who can raise the best
possible crop of wheat or corn, breed
excellent sheep, cows or pigs, and add
a small fruit or vegetable garden to
the place knows well that he has pro-
Sided against ordinary accidents of
weather, drought and insects. 1t is not
too much to ask any farmer to study
three crops like these so that he can
excel in all He may make on his
special hobby and will carry it to a
degree Of success that will overshadow
all others, but he needs sheet anchor
to windward that may come In to save
him in time of storm. Drifting from
one crop TO another is one of the
worst practices so prevalent in most
parts of the country. We hear of
somebody else striking it exceptionally
rich in some crop We have not cult
waited. and forthwith we abandon crops
which we know something about and
try the new with which we have no ex-
perience. Naturally, we fail to attain
expected results. and the next year an
other report of somebody eise's success
with another crop stimulates us TO imi-
tate him. Thus we may abandon one
crop after another and reach out for
vain things. We cannot succeed in this
way, because the knowledge which we
purchase with experience is lost each
year, and hence we make no advance
ment. We must pin out faith to few
crops and make them our specialties,
studying them in the light Of modern
knowledge and personal experience,
which will enable US to improve lit
tie each year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20
Hasty Marriages.

A popular picture represents mud
despatched coachman sitting in the
tap-room of an English inn, telling to
group of his fellow servants the
| story of the clipping lovers who sit on
the other side of the partition.
The popularity of the picture doubt
less represents the attitude of the gen.
eral public toward the young man
and the .ToCng woman who have deter
mined to marry in spite of opposition.
1t is the old story of all mankind low
ing a lover, ard if any further evil
dence were needed it could be found
In the prominence of news of elope-
ments, and in the depressed editorial
| chuckle with which certain places are
called the Gretna Greens of America.
All this manifestation of sympathy
may spring from a wholesome senti-
ment, but it is i'll considered. The
parents of these young people have
clothed and fed and educated and
| cared for them, only to be made a
laughing stock when they seek to adj
wise their son or their daughter in the
| most serious event of life. Their la
bors and their sacrifices are entitled to
more consideration than this.
Most of the hasty and clandestine
marriages are performed by justices
Of the peace or other civil servants;
but not a few are solemnized by cler-
gymen, who thereby sacrifice their own
dignity and lower the standard which
| the church ought everywhere to main
tain. Is it any wonder that divorces
are common when youth who is
| earning hardly enough to support him.
self can find some one willing with
out question, to marry him to a school
| girl in short dresses?
The young people themselves may
not be deferred by any advice which
could be offered, but if the Companion
might be permitted to address a word
to them it would be this: Consider
first of all whether haste be necessary;
whether anything will be lost by wait
ing. Then think a little of the father
and mother who will have to nurse
their wound in silence
Is it worth the price?-Youth's
| Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20
Te1epraphic Breyitiea.

William j. O'Connell, a Middletown,
Ohio, sporting man who was shot by a
private detective in raid on O'Connell's
crap game, is dead.
David Tennyson, a wealthy farmer near
Frankfort, Kan. was shot and killed as
he sat close to his wife in his home. This
murderer fired through the window.
Mrs. Florence Adele Burden and her
father, w. d. Sloane. ask an Injunction
in New York to restrain Andrew Carnegie
from selling certain real estate adjoining
their property.
Efforts will be made by the convention
of the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers in Cincinnati,
May 1, 10 induce eastern manufacturers
to sign a union agreement.
W. j. O'Connor, a Sliddletown. Ohio,
saloonkeeper, was probably fatally shot by
Charles Cav, a Cincinnati private detec-
tive who had been employed to assist the
Middletown police in breaking up gam
bling.
Twenty persons were injured by the
wreck of passenger train on the Coal
and Coke railroad near Elkhurst, w. Va.
Mail Clerk Lewis Milan. Engineer Geo.
Elswick and Conductor Ray McCOnihay
were fatally hurt.
John D. Rockefeller is said to have
evaded process services in New York
by using a secret passage between his
residence and that of his son-in-law.
Bishop Blenk of Porto Rico was decid-
ed on for recomme ndation to the Pope
as the successor of the late Archbishop
Chapelle of New Orleans by the congre-
CATION of the propaganda in Rome.
Eight men were killed by the explosion
in the Little Cahaba Coal Company's
mine at Piper Ala, the victims being
Louis Yanco, Peter Costello, Mathew
Elps, John Stone, Stephen Nemeth, Will
liam Meade, Richard Smith and Ward
Moss. The disaster was caused By q
windy shot"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20

The the fur magnificent
brown chifon
distinguished
Gashed with rufes the picture reveals another fashion that
foune of lace funces
full
sae soft brown coong the
explained simply this
of little
while
is of
precise of olive
mensely copper and also immensely smart
VEIL knotted
which has first of all
Something
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20
Advice to Girls.

Do the little things, and then if
you have the time, dream of the great
things.
Be natural. Remember there are
others as lovely as you are.
Have many friends. A chum usu-
ally is disappointing and leaves a sore
spot which might have been avoided.
Be conservative Your acquaintance
do not want your condolences.
At all times me womanly. A mascu-
line girl does not retain admiration.
Be careful not to grieve over the
wickedness of others; watch yourself,
''lest you grow few sprigs of ungod-
liness."
Be quick to believe good. Believe
the good until the evil is evident.
Be pleasant at all times. A smile
does more good i'm this world than all
the preachings
Think beautiful thoughts. "Beauti-
full thoughts are angels bright
Remember that you are Judged by
your actions do noble things, don't
dream them all day long"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20

Henry Labouchere's beautiful
daughter, the Marchesa di Rudini. will
soon visit this country. As a girl she
vas the toast of London.
Miss Margaret Putnam. of Westfield,
Mass, was the only woman who had
the honor of passing the examination
for admission to the bar of that State
on: of a mixed class of 235.
Mrs Hepburn, wife of Senator Hey
burn of Idaho, is a portrait painter of
ability. One of her works is the por-
trait of the late Thomas F. Bayard,
which adorns the State house at Will
mington, Del.
1t is said that Princess Ena, who is
betrothed TO the king of Spain, writes
daily TO her ruler sweetheart on pic
ture post card in Spanish, and with
similar regularity King Alfonso writes
a few words in English upon a SINH
lar card to the princess.
Nine. Patti believes that the pleas
ures OF the table are not for the sing
or. She follows a severe regimen Of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20
Health and Beauty Hints.


Powdered rice applied on lint will
stop bleeding wound.
Celery is good for nervousness, be-
ing considered a nerve stimulant.
Drink all the water you want be-
tween meals, but none with your
food" is the latest cure for obesity.
Grapes and raisins are nourishing
and fattening and apples eaten daily
insure clear, bright compilations.
Rose water, eight ounces, and tine
ture of benzoin, two drains, make one
Of the best skin tonics and whiteners.
The orange stick is the only nail
cleaner necessary. The stick properly
pointed will not iniure the enamel or
the cuticle around the nail.
Vaseline will darken and increase
the growth of the eyelashes and eye
brows. 1t should be heated a little
and applied with small eamers hair
brush.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20
The Mny To Entertain.

How shall we entertain? asks a
writer Joyously! Pleasure is con
tagious. Remember, hostess, every
house has its climate; some are in the
torrid, some in lie temperate, some in
the frigid zone. Remember, moreover
that you create the climate of your
house More important than the style
Of your dress, the ordering of your
banquet. the setting of your table, is
the mood in which the appointed hour
of entertainment finds you. When the
door bell peals to the ring of the first
arrival put aside all thoughts of how
you look, how your drawing room
looks, how good, bad, or indifferent the
dinner may prove; Danish every care,
meet your guest with nothing ON your
mind save the anticipation of passing
and helping him to pass a delightful
hour. If you can do this the battle is
already half won.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20

Susan B. Anthony died in Rochester,
N. Y, at u 40 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. Her long and eventful life-she
had lived eighty-six years, sixty of
which had been devoted to the cause
of woman suffrage sezenely.
For twenty-four hours she had been
unconscious, and death came as she
slept.
Miss Anthony died of heart failure,
induced by double pneumonia. She
had had serious valvular heart trou-
BILE for the last six or seven years. Her
lungs were practically clear, and the
pneumonia had yielded to treatment,
but the weakness of her heart prevent
ed her recovery.
Miss Anthony's last public appear
ance, which was at the national wom-
an suffrage convention in Baltimore a
few weeks ago, was really the begin
ming of the end of the great suffragist's
career. 1t was at this convention that
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20
Cut Flowers.

The best time to cut flowers to keep
well is in the early morning before the
suns rays have reached them. A
knife or a pair of scissors should al
ways be used to clip them off, as they
should be cut smooth and clean from
the stem, and never broken off. Flow
ers that are not fully developed will
keep the longest, but they should reach
their maturity of color and size before
being cut
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20
X-Rax Used ON Cake.

In the course of preparation for
wedding dinner a woman lost valu-
able finger ring. 1t was assumed the
ring Lad got into the dough prepared
for Il lie wedding cake. To relieve the
anxiety of the woman who lost the
finger ring an X-ray picture of the
wedding cake was made to determine
IL the ring was in Its midst, and the
ring was accurately located In the
middle of the cake.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20

The latest offering of the ultra-smart
tailors In the way of long coats. The
design, which is built of chestnut
brown face cloth, is plated both in the
bodice and below the girdle of chiffon
velvet, and insertions of heavy lace
are let in between the pla.fts front and
back. A fat collar of the velvet vies
with an embroidered vest in the beau
ty impaired to the coat. The sleeves
are quite plain, but are stitched in odd
effect, with narrow bands of soutache
braid and finished with a touch of the
velvet at the wristbands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20
To Darken a Room

Dark green glazed calico, IL cut
slightly narrower and shorter than a
bedroom window blind and pinned be-
hind it, will darken the room, and can
not be seen from outside. Many peo-
pie are unable to sleep well in a room
with light blinds only.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20
Hint to Women

Nowoman is so beautiful as our half
satisfied image Of her, and / look for
ward TO the day when some stage prin-
cess wiser than her sister shall win a
matchless reputation for mysterious
beauty by never allowing herself quite
to be seen
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20
The clnthes Closer.

In q clothes closet place lump of
fresh charcoal, for it will prevent the
unpleasant smell which clothes have
when thy have been stored away,
and this specially applies to wooden
goods
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20

plainly cooked meat and toast. When
she has to sing at night, she dimes off
beef, potatoes and baked apples in the
afternoon, fasting after that until she
has SUNG
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20
MISS ANTHONY DEAD.
LONG CAREER OF NOTED SUI.
FRAGlST ENDED.

Gave Her Life Struggling for the
Rights of Her Sex-End Comes
Peacefully After an Illness of a
Few Weeks.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20

For the first time in the current
fiscal year a month has ended with a
surplus in the United States treasury.
At the close of business Wednesday the
government receipts over expenditures
for the fiscal year were $1,102,002 1t
is now believed that there viii be Il
substantial surplus by June 80 next.
February's balance amounted to 81 ,47J,-
727.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20
MARION'S BRIGADE
BY MAJOR j. H. ROBINSON

Surrender, you rebel - cried a voice,
which Mary recognized as the voice of
Cunningham.
For a reply, Hawthorne touched his
horses tanks with his spurs, and swept
away up the river road like the wind.
As he bounded forward a dozen carbines
were fred ct him, and the terrified and
lIalf-faipting Mary heard the leaden mes
sengers whistle over her head.
Cut him down, men. hew him to
pieces-no quarters to the rascal J" shout
ed Cunningham, as be passed the maiden
Mt furious gallop. He gave signifi-
cant look as he dashed by, in which the
cruelty of his nature was but too evil
IDENTIFY expressed.
1t was some time after the Tories had
passed before Mary could gain courage
10 look after Hawthorne, to see if he had
fallen; when she did so, she beheld him
about the same distance from his pur-
suers rs at the beginning of the race.
His horse appeared a powerful one, and
in good condition, while she observed that
those ridden by the Royalists were al
ready somewhat blown.
Mary Adairs heart beat fast, and ev-
cry pulse was full of racking suspense.
With fearful anticipations of the catas-
| trophe, she beheld a Tory horseman near
ing the object of her solicitude. She saw
within the distance of few yards-of
| half : dozen-of four-of three-of one.
and he bent forward in his saddle and
| lifted his sword to give a fatal blow ;
but at that moment, when Mary consid-
cred all hope lost, Hawthorne turned sud
I IL 4.
gle sweep of his ponderous saber, cut him
down; he fell, and his earthly warfare
was at an end. Hawthorne made no
pause, but waving the saber triumphant
| ~, shot forward at much greater speed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20
In Her Declining Years

In 1896 Miss Anthony was elected
president of the National Woman's
Suffrage Association, a position which
she held continuously until she retired
on her eightieth birthday in 1900. In
that capacity she conducted campaigns
for the adoption of a woman's suffrage
amendment in severa; States notably
in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and New
York. Two years ago she was one of
the American delegates to the Interna-
tional Woman's Suffrage convention at
Berlin and was the central figure in
that gathering in spite of her advanced
age. Since then she has been living
quietly at her home IN Rochester, en-
joying good health up to the time she
was stricken with the Illness which
proved fatal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20

We can never see ourselves as others
zee US by looking la a mirror.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20

President Palma of Cuba has re-
ceived from President Roosevelt let
ter thanking him and the Cuban CON
gress for its touching and generous
mementO of the marriage" of his daugh-
ter. He congratulated President Palma
on the progress of the Cuban republic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20


Since Congress has cut down the APP
preparation to the War Department, it
is interesting to note the comparison IF
our army budget with that of other
countries The regular army in the
United States to-day amounts to about
10000 men, and it costs in round num-
bers about $72,000,0O0. France main
tains an active army of $4,000 men,
and it costs her $133, 100000. Germany
maintains an army which has upon its
active list 640,000 men, and it costs her
$144,000,O00 a year. France has an
army about nine times the size of the
United States and it costs her less than
twice as much to maintain, while Ger
many has an army more than ten times,
as large, costing her about double. The.
greater cost of the army of the United
States is explained by the fact that this
country pays its army men something
like wages While only a small and al
most nominal stipend is allowed the
troops of Germany, France, and other
European countries,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20

Uncle Sam has discovered a real hero
and rewarded him. 1t took the old
fellow a year, but this caution makes
the reward all the more valuable An
act of Congress was approved on Feb
ruary %, 1905, which provided for the
beStowal of a bronze medal c. such per-
sons as risked their lives 20 save otb-
ers in the railway service. The first
hero to get this medal is George Poell.
of Grand Island, Neb. Mr. POell was
locomotive fireman on the ST. Joe q
Grand Island Road, and on a run with
a heavy freight train little boy, Paul
Ussary, was discovered on the track.
The lad two and half years old, did
not realize his danger, and needed not
the whistle. Mr.. Poell made his .ay
to the pilot and reached out for the
youngster. In saving him the fireman
slipped from the pilot and was drag
ged for 125 feet, his left foot being torn
off and his arms broken. The boy had
been dropped in the grass and was u
hurt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20

Since the United States life-saving
service was established, Nov. /, 1871,
there have been 1861 marine disas-
ters on American coasts, involving ILL.,
O56 persons, of whom 1,09S have been
lost, and 1890 succored at the sta
tons. The value of property saved
is estimated at $179,75S,512, and of
that lost at 81, SS4, 047. During the
last fiscal year there were 800 dsas-
tiers, with 4,062 persons saved and 81
lost.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20

President Roosevelt's special message
on the joint resolution authorizing the
Interstate Commerce Commission TO
make an investigation into the subject
of railway Determinations and mo-
nopOlieS in coal and oil contains some
reminders which the members of both
houses need. The resolution makes 10
provision for the necessary expenses
of the suggested inquiry and fails to
give the commission lower to admins
ter oaths and compel the attendance OF
witnesses. While the Precedent has
signed the resolution, he eonfeSses that
he has misgivings as to its utility. he
urges Congress TO note that at least it
must make proper provision for the
prosecution of the inquiry if it is not
to be barren Of results. The difficulties
encountered in the beef-trust inyestiga
ton and IN the effort to secure proper
punishment for railway officials yiolat-
ing the laws against rebates have DEM
Onstrated the unwisdom of beginning
Investigations without thorough prepa-
ration and a full recognition of the nu-
nerous problems to be solved by the
way.
Secretary of State Root, in a letter
to Representative Denly of Michigan,
explains the attitude of the American
government toward the alleged scan
dals in the Congo Free State in Cen
trail Africa. The Congressman had
written regarding the widespread feel
ing that our government ought to do
something 10 bring about an interna-
tional adjudication of the issues in
volved. In reply, the Secretary says
that our country is not in a position to
take the initiative toward such a step,
because it has no possessions or spheres
of influence in Africa. In the general
act for the repression of the slave
trade, to which we are party. it is
expressly stipulated that the regula
ton of FIREARMS and liquor traffic
shall be relegated to the powers having
possessions in Africa Our relation to
the Congo State is that of one sover-
eign to another; consequently we are
without power to even investigate ex-
listing conditions. We do not even have
diplomatic representatives in that coun-
try.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20

Old papers for sale at this otiice
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20

President Roosevelt has addressed to
the Secretary of War a letter suggest
ing that the address made by Admiral
Togo just before the dispersal of the
combined war fleets be issued in a gen
eral order as model for American sol
diers and sailors. The point of the adj
dress is the appeal to fighting men of
Japan to keep themselves in practice
in times of peace, so as to be ready
whenever war may come.