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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16
WONDERS OF WONDERLAND.

When I was, oh, so much smaller
And so much nearer the ground,
The dear thinks could hear and see!
The wonderful things l found!
l mined on the mole-hill mountains,
toiled in the valleys Of sand;
And the gems untold and the pebble gold
| shut away in my hand.
When l was, oh, so much smaller
Whenever l CHANGED to pass,
I saw the ants and the little brown bugs
Climb Hp on the blades of grass.
| Travelled, ] and the little brown bugs,
Through forest vast and sweet,
Whose shadowy glades l know no more,
Because it is under my feet.
When / was, oh, so much smaller
And so much nearer the floor
The leagues of the carpet prairie!
The flowers that scattered it DER!
The house-what a boundless kingdom,
What mysteries came and went!
Each chair was a wayside bowlder,
Each table q spreading tent!
The lamps were moons hung In heaven,
And the big folks giant high;
Away up on fathers shoulder,
could reach clear into the sky!
am glad am coming up taller
We can't stay close to the ground
Yet l think-oh! often and often
OF the wonderful things l found;
OF the hills and the pleasant valleys;
OF the byways, memory sweet
The land that l left behind me,
When l grew away from my feet.
Youths Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

as merely the everyday usage of good
lures. They liked each other! So she
settled down to earnest work to throw
them together more and more.
After a couple of weeks of unusual
and tlattering attentions on the part of
the young mans mother, and many
condolences from her as to the young
mans prospects, amazingly good dispo-
sluon, marvelously deep and tender
affections and general surpassingness,
any girl not entirely deaf, blind and
imbecile might be pardoned for becom-
ing suspicious Miss Widen suddenly
began to dodge the miserable Clarence,
who came at his mothers bidding, po-
litely mutinous, but helpless.
After having succeeded in landing
her son on the eWilden's front porch
and claiming Grace down to entertain
ing him, Mrs. Falworth was always in
the seventh heaven. They were so ex-
actly suited to each other in her esti-
nation that she could not conceive it
BOSolOlC AOA lhSlII AOS W oSG IL IACIll-
selves and fall in love. 1t was simply
one of the things that were going to
be, and she did not worry. The fact
that they sat and glared at each other
and relapsed into sulky monosyllables
as soon as she was out of sight. talk
ing to Graces mother, was, of course,
mercifully spared Mrs. Falworth. She
was one of those people whom it is
necessary to knock down and chloro-
form before it is possible to instill any
unwelcome idea into her brains.
According to her lights, everything
was going beautifully if she only could
bring Clarence and Grace within the
radiance of each others presence. She
felt that Grace might show trife
more enthusiasm and excitement over
the prospect of marrying such man
as her son, but on the other hand, it
was rare TO find a modest, shy girl
nowadays, and so she excused her.
Clarence" reported Grace in omin-
ously calm tones TO her family one
evening after the gentleman in ques-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

''And you took the cigar in prefer
enceW one of the mothers asked, her
countenance dimpling with amusement
well, that was where you made your
first serious mistake. You should have
insisted on his smoking the pipe Mind
you, not "a pipe, but that very one that
the negro janitor had used. That would
have cured him n less than week, es-
pecially if you had pretended to like it."
'Well, 1 am thankful to say there is
no duplicity in me. If l don't like a
thing, l am honest enough to say so,
and in no uncertain language" the lady
replied, and she seemed to gather her
robes of righteousness about her lank
form. II put up with the cigars simply
because my husband is too selfish to re-
spect my wishes; but l never, for one
instant, gave him to understand that |
approved"
You should have done as 1 did" an
other lean lady suggested. II told my
husband that if he insisted upon smok-
ing, he would have to go to the barn
to do it, and I made things so warm
for him that now there is no question
about it. He picks himself up after
dinner anu cues W lAe DoIn IOI LIS
smoke"
Did you ever so out to the barn and
find him in the society of some more
humane lady?" the dimpled one asked.
Find some other woman smoking
with him in the barn. the austere wife
screamed. 'I'd fix them both if 1 ever
caught them. Who is she? Did you
ever see herr"
81 never saw any such person; but l
should think a man who was not allowed
to smoke, or do any other reasonable
thing in his own house, in the presence
Of his own wife, would find some other
woman to help him enjoy his after-din-
ner cigar"
That was a bomb hurled squarely into
the enemy's camp. In an instant the
Mothers Club was divided into smoke
phobes and smokophiles. After that they
did not mince words.
81 am going to write a tract on the
Rights of Husbands. ;" one of the latter
said emphaticJlly. Il don't wonder that
the divorce docket is so crowded. When
a man goes out and works hard to sup
port his wife and children in comfort
think it is as little as a woman can do
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

in return to make his home perfectly
| comfortable"
| Il think the men have the best Of che
| bargain III every respect" one OF the
others grumbled. ''They can G. when
| they please and do as they please"
mot when their wives compel them to
smoke in the barn." the, big, benignant
president of the club remarked. The
dimpled lady, striving to avert the storm
| that her own words had raised, began:
Il had myself set to right on that sub
! ject when l was a mere slip of girl,
and got my experience as Mrs. l.. does
her cigar by proxy. l once went to
visit my cousins in New York and they
! took me into all their social affairs be-
! cause l was an amusing child. In their
crowd was one girl, call her a girl II
| you want to be kind, but she wasn't Tar
| from 80 She was immensely rich and
very handsome. of the imperious type.
"She was afraid every man who look
| ed at her was after her money, until one
man began to pay her some attention.
He had more than she and was consid-
cred a great catch. She thought she had
him, and have no doubt he thought
so, too, until the evening l have in mind.
We were all in my uncle's library, hav-
ing a cozy time, when this very subject
of smoking came up. The man said
rather positively, I expect to settle the
cigar question the first thing. l shall
smoke a cigar in the carriage right at
ter the wedding breakfast The girls
eyes blazed and she snapped out, Yes,
and | shall knock it out of your mouth!
He gave her a long, straight look for
about three paralyzing minutes and then
he said, very quietly, But you won't be
there. 1t took her some time to realize
that by that one rude speech she had
lost him, and my cousin said she went
to the most humiliating lengths to try to
get him back"
81 hope she wasn't soft enough to go
and offer to let him smoke if lie wanted
to-" one of the smokophobes exploded.
''She couldn't very well do that, for he
had not actually proposed, although he
had come dangerously near it, and he
said To my cousin that it was only that
| speech that saved him. He married my
cousin, and he smokes whenever and
wherever he wants to."-St. Louis
| Globe-Democrat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

Il was at a meeting of st. Louis
mothers club" that the question Of
smoking came up. The mothers were
taking time by the forelock, if it was the
interest Of their sons they had in mind.
As rule they discussed the best types
of nursing bottle and creeping apron.
They were taking time by the 'fetlock,"
If it was their husbqudS they desired to
influence. At that time of life, when
man is the husband Of woman who be-
longs to a mothers club" fellows
habits with respect to the weed that
cheers but not inebriates are likely to be
pretty we'll established
81 think it is a disgraceful habit that
ought not to be tolerated in decent so
ciety," one very prim little mother an
nounced
'For my part" the lady on her left
rejOined, Il would take a good cigar
in preference to a box of candy any
day"
"Shocking!' all the mothers CALCULATED
In one breath. They had heard of swell
ladies in Spain-and New Yorl. for that
matter-who enjoyed their after-dinner
cigarette; but the suggestion of a big
black cigar in the mouth of a dainty lit
tie st. Louis woman was altogether alb
horrent.
Don't get excited" she said, her
bright face one mass of little wrinkles of
amusement. "The idea is this: eat the
candy and suffer from toothache or indi-
Eestion. The cigar, well, that puts my
John in TIE most heavenly humor OF
course, you understand, l enjoy it only
by proxy"
Il really don't re how you can enjoy
1t even that way" her neighbor returned
with a vinegar frown. ut makes me
positively every time l am reminded
that my hu ,band insists on smoking.
began, soon after we were married, by
telling him how filthy the habit was ev-
cry time he got out his cigar, and as
soon as the honeymoon was over he told
me that l might have my choice between
q cigar and q filthy black old pipe. 1
know he hunted up the worst one in
town. l am almost sure it was the one
the darby janitor down ut their building
had smoked for twenty years. Flank
would be willing to put that vile thing
In his mouth for the sake of making me
feel bad. That's just the way with a
man."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16
Manufacture of horseshoe Nh,

Manufacture of Horseshoe Nails.
There's philosophy in horseshoe
nails, and history, too" remarked Doc
Bellengee, travelling salesman. For
instance, you hear that the automo
bile has put the horse down. Well.
listen to the comment. of facts.
I'm 1894 twenty-seven tons of nails
for shoes were turned out daily for
American consumption. That quantity
would shoe 100000 horses a day. In
1904 the quantity had increased to
forty-one tons daily, showing that $780,
600 horses were being shod every TWEEN
ty-four hours. As a matter of fact
mechanical inventions have not de-
creased the use Of horses at all. Rail-
way trains haven't done it, street cars
haven't, automobiles won't. People
travel more, that's all."-Kansas City
Times.
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ton and his mother had departed
Clarence is going to buy an automo-
bile and L see relief ahead for me, be-
cause he doesn't know in the least
how to run one and he'll probably be
in the hospital a couple of months, if
not longer"
Mrs. Falworth began to feel a trifie
anxious at last because of Clarence's
unacceuntable behavior He seemed
to have perpetual engagements when
she wanted to go to the Wildens'; he
erawled into mental shell and refus-
ed either to admire or criticise Grace
Widen, about whom his mother talk
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

she is likely to find moisture enough
on the grass and bring it back to the
nest on her feathers. 1t depends a
eoad deal whether the hen is set In
a dry loft or on the ground floor, and
some judgment is required in this as
well as in all other thugs in connec-
ton with the poultry plant
Wheat Bran Good for Foa1s.
Bran is very suitable as a supple
mentary concentrated food for weaned
foals and young horses. There is moth
ing better than a little bran for mix
ing with the crushed oats when foals
are being brought or to solid food,
bran being easily digested by a foal
when the latter is able to deal with
solid food. In the case of sick horses
and those that are convalescent, the
inclusion Of some bran in their diet
proves very beneficial. On account Of
its palatability, bran tempts the APP
petite of sick horses more easily than
other dry foods.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16
Home In.ttnct An CattIe.

There are 5000 head of cattle run
ming loose In the Pinal basin of Ari-
IONA, and they are owned by twenty
men. Each animal has a brand on his
hip as broad as ham, and crops, bits
and underhaeks galore in his ears. Be-
yond these marks of ownership he is as
free as a deer, and should he so elect
could wander from the Mexican Dor
der to tue Canadian line without run
ming up against a barbed wire fence.
Yet such Is the simple nature of cat
tie that trey use in the country
where they are born, and only the ut
most stress of wind and weather will
suffice to drive them away. They are
home folks" and stick to their barren
canyons and water holes with all the
devotion of untutored rural man. Tho
calf runs with his mother and learns
her ways, which become his ways. 1t
is upon this home instinct that the
practice Of Western cattle raising rests
Dave Coolidge, in Sunset Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

In good many years from now,
life is going to be made so easy for
the women that turkeys and mipce
pies will be served in tablets, and
some fool man will be the one to in
vent the plan.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

in the Department
of Commerce and
Labor since Febru-
airy, 1908, and has
been a member Of
the United States
Civil Service Com
mission for several
years prior to that
time. He is a son
of the late Presi-
dent James A.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16
Charles A. stillings, who was recent.

his education in the
Phillips Grammar
School and the En-
glish high school of
Boston. II e wa )
married atHarper's
f cry, w. Va,
April 20, 1905, to
Miss Anna Marie
Rau. He was man
ager of the Print
ers' Board Of Trade
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

the other day, has
been Superintend-
ent of Insurance
of the State since
Feb. II, 1900, by
appointment of the
then GOV IN or
Theodore Roose-
Welt. Prior to that
time he had served
two terms as May
or of Syracuse, two
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16
Curtains for the Poultry House

No matter how comfortable the poul-
try house is ordinarily, if it has any
glass in it some provision should be
made for covering that glass during
cold nights if the necessity arises. An
excellent and a cheap way of doing
this is to provide curtains of heavy
unbleached muslin, burlap or a strip
Of carpet. Fasten the lower end to a
roller, using an old broom handle If
nothing better offers, and lacking the
upper edge to the window frame.
Then by sewing a loop or lacking it
to the roller and having a nail in the
upper part of the window frame it is
easy to roll the curtain up out of the
way during the day. In the event of
the poultry house having a consider
able eNpanse of glass something of
this kind is absolutely essentiai, even
in the middle sections of tn. country,
if the fowls have large combs and
wattles. An arrangement similar to
this in front of the roosts saves more
than one comb from becoming frost
ed. When a cold night is expected
cover the floor Of the house thickly
with straw that the fowls may have
something warm to walk over and
peck through in the early morning be-
fore breakfast is ready
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

way, has for sew
eral years been
I bird Assistant
Secretary of State
a t w a 5 h IN e ton.
HIS most recent
work that came to
the notice of the
public was, as rep
lesentative of the
State Department
at the Portsmouth
q.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

{. a. sT1LLINGs. of shington
from Sept /, 1903, to May /, 1905. ana
secretary of the Typothetae of Wash
ington. 19O3-1905, He was promoted
to manager of the Printers Board Of
Trade Of New York City May /, 1905,
and appointed by President Roosevelt
to be public printer Nov. /.
-
Col. w. H. Michael, who has just
been appointed consul general at Cal.
cutta, served in both army and navy in
the war of the rebellion with distinction.
-
James n. yill, son of James j. Hill,
the railroad M gnate, is said to be slat-
ed for the presidency of the Northern
Pacific.
w. H. lowering of Lafayette, Ind,
has the largest and most valuable Sum
day school library in the world, and on
his death it will go to the Indiana State
Library Association.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

The season catch of herring by the
boats Of Yarmouth and Lowestoft, on
the east coast of England, was this
wear 610,000,o0O. or $4,000, 900 more
than last year. The value of the catch
was more than $500, 900.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

son, was the ia
m G q S Farmer
Governor" who, in
the years 1S74T6,
compelled the rail
roads Of the State
to obey the law,
for the first time
in their history. He
was born in Con
necticut in 1920,
came to wisconsin
in 1S4S and settled
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

Garfield, was born JAMES R. GARFIELD.
at Hiram, Ohio, in 1865, and was edu-
Gated for the law at Columbia Law
School. AS a partner in the law firm
Of Garfield, Garfield & Howe he has
maintained his offices at Cleveland.
-
DR.. Adolph Fritzen, bishop of Strass-
burg, has again issued an edict forbid
ding priests within his diocese to use
bicycles.
-
Charles A. Stillings, who was recent
ly initiated as public printer, was born
in Boston April 20 1871. He received
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

He Was a Flesh Eater of the Cretace-
GUS Period, SO Feet Long, and Car
ried His Head 10 Feet From the
Ground-Preyed.o the 10 Ton Tri-
ceratops.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16
show Your Horse.

A practical horse salesman advises
farmers who desire to sell horses at
good prices, to cultivate the acquaint-
ance of the town Iverymen and vet
erinarians, by showing them a good
horse from time to time. These town
people will become impressed with
the fact that this farmer has good
stock and knows how to train and
fit them for use. Never drive poorly
shod horse to town, if sales are to be
encouraged. Neat shoes on the fore
feet make a horse snowy. A poorly
groomed horse is the poorest recon-
mendation to the horseman that can
be put before a buying public.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

Keep telling boy he never VIII
amount to anything, and he generally
won't
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The Philosopher OF Folly.

The Phiiosopher or Folly.
A man is known by the insurance
companies he keeps away FROM
Cleveland Leader.
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Herbert II. d. Peirce, who has been
selected by the president to be the
first United States minister to Nor
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Good Results from MoIasses F,

Good Results from MOIasses Feeds.
dairyman not far from Boston ex-
presses himself as much pleased with
the new feed made of waste molasses
and mixed grain. He has no ensilage
and finds that the molasses feed is of
a laxative nature, particularly good
with a dry ration. In q feeding ex-
pertinent at Fort Collins molasses
from the sugar mill was utilized as a
complement to corn and shorts. The
molasses was mixed with water and
the grain aided sufficient to make
thin slop. Molasses was also put in
the drinking water, which was rel
ished greatly by the pigs, for after a
time they would not drink water with
out it. The pigs averaged eighty-thre
pounds each at the time the expert
ment began and PIP pounds each at
the close. They were fed 107 days.
1t required 3.3 pounds of grain and
is pounds Of molasses for each pound
Of gain. At local prices for the grain
and molasses, the cost of each pound
Of gain was 1851 cents. Considering
that no pasture was used these re-
suits show a high feeding value for
molasses. The pork from these hogs
was very fine.-American Cultivator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16
Made an Awkward Transportation
excuses 2

Made an Awkward Transportation.
Knicker-So Jones got mixed In his
excuses?
Bocker-Yes. He told his wife that
he had been up all night with the
baby and his employer that he was
detained in the Office on business
Harper's Bazaar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

II. H. d. PIERCE. peace conference.
AS Third Secretary, the consular ser
vice has been under his Immediate
charge, and in 1904 he made a trip
around the world inspecting United
States consulates. The results of this
trip, which are found in the recon-
mendation for the Improvement of the
consular service, are regarded as of
great value. Mr.. Peirce has held sec
retaryships in the diplomatic service,
including that of first secretary at st.
Petersburg, where he was charge
d'affairs. In the absence of the Secre-
tary of State he has frequently been
in charge of the State Department.
-:
DR.. Plehn, who was a speaker at the
recent German colonial conference at
tributes the brutal exercise of certain
German and Belgian officials when sent
to govern black men to "tropencholer,"
or tropical frenzy.
-
Ex-Governor William r. Taylor of
Wisconsin. who has become an inmate
of the Old Peoples Home near Madi-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

IN 1913 ana settled W. II. TAYLOR.
at Cottage Grove, Dane County, where
he has lived on a farm ever since.
Though a Democrat, in a strongly Re
publican district, and in a Republican
State, he has been elected to nearly
every office in his village, county and
State, from school director to Gov
ernor. The pathos of the old nf-n's
retirement to the ''home" comes from
the fact that he lost his parents when
only a child and was reared wholly by
strangers, so he closes his long and
useful life in loneliness and. among
strangers, as he began it.
-
When DR.. hansen goes to London as
Norwegian minister he will take with
him material for a new book he is to
write on antarctic exploration.
-
Francis Hendricks, who took his
turn on the rack before the Insurance
Investigating Committee in New York
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16
Need Moisture to Hatch.

Eggs must not become too dry dur
ing the incubation period. Some poul-
trymen advocate sprinkling them with
warm water; one writer states that
he dips them in warm water. In pre-
pairing the nests for setting hens it is
a good plan to put a freshly cut sod
in the bott3m of the box and build
the nest of hay or straw preferably
hayl on the top of the sod If the
hen is permitted to leave the nest at
VIII and wander about the premises
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

James r. Garfield, the star witness
in the case against the beef packers,
has been commissioner Of corporations
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o=>~

Regularity in feeding and work
makes long-liyed horses.
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FRANCIS HENDRICKS terms in the lower
house of the Legislature, three terms
in the State Senate, and from 1891 I'M
til 1895 was Collector of the Port of
New York He was born at Kingston,
n. Y, in 1884, had meager educa-
ton, because of the early death of his
father, and for many years was en-
gagged in mercantile pursuits at Ro
chester and Syracuse. From the in
ception of the insurance inquiry he has
been under the severest criticism for
alleged laXity.
-
NJ. Rostand is said to have declined
an offer of $4,000 for a single magazine
publication of his new play. "Chanti-
cleer" He believes he can get a larger
amount from the play in book form.
-
James r. Garfield, the star witness
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Perhaps the best way to pick seed
corn would be to go into the field
with sack over the shoulder and
walking between two rows of corn
and watching them both, taking the
best ears from the best stalks as
they appear. This work may be done
when the ears are of medium ma
turity and before corn will do to crib.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

The asparagus bed should be now
ed and the tops burned before the
seeds fall, otherwise the seed will
grow and overstock the bed with fee
BILE plants. The bed should be COW
cred for winter with a heavy coat of
manure for protection, and in spring
rake off the coarse part and work
the rest into the SOIL
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

Irregular feeding makes thin horses,
no matter what quantity is given.