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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

best yield is obtained from mines, but
supplies are also still obtained from
the sea.
The methods OF working are primi-
tive and no attempt is made to secure
immunity from accidents, although
these occur from time to time. Batches
of from three to fifteen workmen are
set to sink a well about one meter in
diameter and no propping up is effected
until they strike at depth of twenty,
forty or even sixty meters bed of red
clay. in which is found meerschaum
mixed with serpentine in pieces rang
ing from the size of hazel nut to that
of an apple. The extraction of these
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10
ANCIENT WATER VILLAGES.
Relic of Old Customs Prevailing In
the "SpreewaId."

Relic of old Customs Prevailing In
the "SpreewaId.'
One OF the most interesting regions
In the "old fatherland' is the so called
"Spreewald," the forest OF the Spree.
situated not far from the German cap
ital. In the province of BrandenburS,
Each village is a little Venice. every
house little island. and these isletS
are connected by bridges sufficiently
raised 10 allow boats To pass under
them. Most of the houses, with their
barns and stables. rest on piles. ana
there Is generally 4 strip OF artificial
terra firTna either in front or at the
rear or every building BY means of
these land strips and OF the bridges the
slender land communication is kept
throughout the district. but most of the
business and amusement are carried
ON through the canals, which not only
form the main highways, but penetrate
and cross and recross the whole regiOa.
1t is on these lagoons that all traffic
Is conducted IN boats during the period
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

pieces IS often attended with great diff
iculties, but work Is carried on day
and night.
When purchased by the wholesale
merchants the meerschaum Is humid,
heavy and of yellowish tinge. 1t has,
therefore, to be dried. either in the sun
or in a kiln, according to the season
of the year. This causes two-thirds to
waste away, but turns it a snow wi bite
color. 1t is afterward rubbed with hot
water and sand and finally polished
with wax and is then ready to be
placed on the market.-London TeIe-
rraDh
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10
AIeohoI for Torpedo Bo,t.

The International Power Company has
purchased the Herreshoff patents and will
begin 10 manufacture torpedo boats to be
operated by alcohol motors. The boats
will be of the type new to naval warfare.
President Hoadley of the International
Power Company says that by the use of
these motors they viii make torpedo boats
OF the same length and tonnage as any
steam power boat. with the saving of half
the weight and half the draught. This
will increase the radius of action for tor
pedo-boat service, and the alcohol motor
boat viii be able TO make the trans-At-
lantic VOYAGE.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

government contracts in Colorado and
Kansas and then drifted TO Arizona
and prospected around Prescott with
some bits of success and not a few fail
ures. The young adventurer acquired
land In the San Pedro valley and went
farming. He became an expert COW
puncher and in a few years was known
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

The usual famine in harvest help has
SET in in the wheat belt, and so far about
5000 Of the $4,000 men needed are on
the scene. Farmers in Kansas have be-
gun calling on the jails for hands and
are paying the fines Of criminals in order
TO get men TO save the crops
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10
In ,he Meerschnnrn ,rine.

Few OF the smokers TO whose hearts
a meerschaum pipe is dear know any
thing Of the history Of the material.
Some interesting particulars of its
source and treatment are given in the
Board of Trade Journal. The district
Of ESkiSchehir. Asia Minor. supplies
the whole Of the meerschaum used
throughout the world and the INDUSTRY
gives employment 10 about 4.O00 per
sons, mainly hurds and PerslanS The
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

merely get concessions presents, any immediate
advantage but make her husband the sort Of ard
husband he would like himself afterwards to be.
Prominent among doctrines in this era Of strange
gospels that which holds that the IS bound to
contribute to the support Of the family by earning money
Which Is, the Of it, contrary
nature. 1t is the province of the to make the
home of the to furnish the materials wherewith
it is made The wife who does her whole duty within
the walls of her home is true helpmeet and while
her loving service be repaid only in love- she is also
financially well worthy of her hire A physician, who
the health congress Europe declared
that "A home pursuit for would work miracles
in thousands of of disease"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10
WILLIAM G. GREENE.

as a wealthy rancher and cattle raiser.
All the time he was buying up here
and there bits of mining property. He
heard OF the La Cananea mines, was
told they were rich, and decided to take
a flyer. The mines. not long before be-
ing rejected and ridlculed by promot-
Us. proved 70 be bonanzas, and within
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

Pa, said little Willie Skulebaeger
teacher told US to be prepared to-paor
row to tell what meter the Charge Of
the Light Brigade Is In
sEh:" replied old William Skulebag
ger, that's easy. Gas meter. OF course :
The Catholic Standard and Times
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10
No Harm Done

Judge-Here are three witnesses who
heard you call this man a liar Have
you any excuse to offer?
Prisoner Why. your honor. they
we're all good friends OF his; they knew
it already for Tales from
Familie-Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10
MODEM HAYMAKING.

Work I'm the HayHeId Not the La
boriOus i'rOcess OF the Past.
HaymakinE is not the laborious pro-
cess that 1t was fifty years ago, or
even ten ye"rs ago. Every step can
now be accomplished by machinery,
from the cutting to the final storing
In the NOW or stack, except the ar
ranging of the hay on the wagons.
These conveniences permit rapid hand
ling and enable the farmer TO make the
best use of every dry day or half day.
The side delivery rake combines the
work of the dump rake and tedder,
leaving continuous windrows that can
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

blood to the organ, and It's nutrition is kept up ana
It's healthy state is retained AS result Of this II may
be said that rule. professional men, or judges OF
legislators whose minds continually active live longer
than those who retire from business at early age ana
have occupation to employ their leisure Occupation
may therefore be considered Of the necessities OF
long life
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10
Another big Air BRAKE prant

The American Air Brake Company is
to erect a S1.ooe,oo0 plant at Pittsburs
for the manufacture Of air brakes under
the Mann patents. The company is cap
talized al $1.50O.0O0. and Is owned by
Philadelphia and Washington capitalists.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

The reason a good many Of US do
not show bad taste in dressing. or do
ridiculous things, Is because we have
not the money TO spend
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10
Vegetable Growing.

A soil that is warm, and which does
not readily bake, excellent for produc-
ing garden vegetables; in fact, all veg
etables prefer light, sandy loan, and
melons, sweet potatoes and root crops
can be grown on soils that are extreme
~ sandy but such crops, while not par
tial to an excess Of moisture, do not
thrive in Iong-continued droughts, I'M
less assisted by light mulch. A scat
tering Of straw around the trunks Of
tomatoes will materially assist In pro-
noting growth, while the more cabbage
is worked the better. It is not advisa-
BILE to put in the seeds of squash. GU
cumbers and peppers till warm wealth
er IS well In, and lima beans and string
beans will not terminate il the ground
is too cold. Small fruits may be grown
In the garden without requiring too
much space. Raspberries. currants
and grapes can be placed along the
fence, and the edges Of walks can be
ornamented with sage. marjoram.
thyme and savory A small plot may
be used for a strawberry bed, and even
a few fruit trees may be allowed. If
advantage be taken of following the
early crops with crops that come In
late. two crops may be grown on the
same location during the season. For
instance, potatoes may follow peas and
turnips need not be sown for a late
crop until kale and radlsh are re-
moved. BY carefully selecting seeds OF
early varieties, and using jrdgment in
the arrangement OF tb4 crops the gar
den can be made to provide a variety
of vegetables from spring until quite
late in the year.-St. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10
The Rest Nfethod.

Medical Professor Ito suddenly Give
me the best method for re-establIshlng
the circulation.
Student-Call a cop.--Translated for
Tales from lie Rire.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

count of its nearneSs TO the English
college. At the last conclave Cardinal
Merry Del Val was considered likely
candidate for the pontihcate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10
MARRIAGE MISERY IF WIFE HOLDS PURSE.

By Helen OIdfeId.

During the first year of married life people
fought to settle the scale Of domestic economy
upon which they propose to live. 1t is better
to set this scale below, rather than above, the
mark, since it can be far more easily raised
than lowered. From the first the wife should
be careful to pay her bills every week. The
first few months Of married life are the hey
dey of a wife's power. Let her use it not
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

In mixed farming there is much stuff
that would otherwise be wasted that, If
sheep were Kept would be converted
into a merchantable product.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

portant moment with this strongly re-
ligious people.-Technical World Mag
aZine
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

them, and they take the govern
ment into their own hands whenever they wish.
We need more respect for existing laws rather than
more laws The only way the people rule is through
the made by their representatives If these laws
are not obeyed them instead Of government by the
people, there is government by those with wealth
influence enough to obtain official notification of the
laws. Had Providence ordained that Adam, the first
man should have life eternal here and the ruler of
his millions descendants had received salary Of
S175 day. his 6000 years savings would not bring bis
fortune up to that of Mr.. Carnegie Yet the wages
the average is S1.75 a day than SITS and
instead of living 5000 the span of his life hardly
reaches 40 years. If to receive salary of
$4,000 and cent Of 1t he would have
to live 5000 years before he could match bis fortune
with the prince oils acquired through the sys
TEN of special privileges How is that
late a few years much normal conditions
1t would take tens Of thousands of years This
could have been done If the doctrine of equal rights
prevailed; it rule of the special
privilege
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

and which shortly afterward killed by accident the
again brought TO England in a Show and
1t then that the long bones still distinct
and separate This accorded supposed age of %
years when 1t sold. According therefore, to the
authority referred to ought live 100 years
old.
There nothing opposed to the possibility of the
age Of having been greater than in the time
of the pariarchs. There is doctrine old Aristotle
that that the function first and then the
organ remind the reader of the large muscles Of
the bIacksmths the dancers leg and that they
therefore proportionatey strong and that this
creased development in consequence their being
put to greater when they of normal size.
Just muscles If We wish to retain their
strength, so likewise must continue to the brain
in order preserve in working order Use brings
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10
How 10 Raise GosIIngs.

After the goslings leave the nest LEI.
| them remain with the mother goose two
or three days, but feed them. When
they appear to be strong enough TO
take care of themselves, separate them
from the mother goose, letting them
run in pen where there is grass.
They should be prevented from wan
dering away. At night they should be
put in a box and covered up, so they
will keep warm, but they must have
some air or they will smother. They
should never be allowed to get wet
with dew or rain; therefore they
should be turned out late in the morn
ing, and after they are strong enough
they may De allowed to run at large.
Give them plenty Of water and feed
them morning and night with corn
bread cooked as you would for your
own eating, but it will be better IL
made very greasy with some cayenne
pepper to produce heat. If properly at
tended to as above stated they will be
easily raised. and will get very fat
The grease in the bread will kill the
poison in the vegetation they eat, and
onions and lettuce are also fine feed
for them. | had thirty-six, and they
began to die. one or two a day, until
1 lost ten and l began to care for them
as | have here stated and none Of them
have died since Chen. / send this for
publication for the benefit Of those who
raise geese-B. l.. White
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10
Weeds for Swine.


One good way to get rid of weeds
on the farm is to cut or pull them UP
and feed them to the hogs. Kept in con-
| finement, these animals will seldom fail
to relish them, it being a part Of their
nature to live on green stuff and roots.
Any kind of weeds, not poisonous, may
be given them, and also garden sauce,
such as waste cabbages, lettuce plants
that have gone to seed, radishes too old
for sale, culls of beets, carrots. turnips
and the like, including unsa liable apples
and potatoes, Even tomato culls Will,
as a rule, be eagerly devoured. And
what lot of good 1t will seem to do
the porkers, They certainly will be
benefited thereby and, If any part of
ones farm Is infested with weeds diff
cult to eradicate, the proper way to
do 1t is to fence the spot off and turn
pigs into the lot. Kept there long
enough, they will clean out the unde
sirable vegetation, and at the same
time thoroughly pulverze and greatly
enrich the ground.--Fred o. Sibley, In
Agricultural Epitomist.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

There Is only one graft that always
pays and that is grating fruit trees
Many men have tried other kinds and
in the end have found that it did not
nav
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

Some writers have fine how Of 9th
er writer's thoughts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

out undergoing profoundest changes themselves In
the last century there change In the conditions
of human life there had been in the previous thou
sand years.
And now If 1t has been possible for by picking
out number of suggestive and significant looking things
In the present comparing Them crtcising them and
discussing them with perpetual insistence upon why.
without any guiding tradition, and indeed, in the teeth
of established beliefs to construct this amazing search
light inference into the remoter past is really after
ALL such an extravagant and hopeless thing to suggest
by seeking for operating instead of for fos
ss and by crticising them persistently and thor
cghy as the geological record has been criticised II
may not possible throw searchlight of inference
forward of backward, and TO attain knowledge
Of coming things as clear as universally convincing and
infinitely important to mankind than the clear
vision the that geology has opened to US during
the nineteenth century?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10
MAN SHOULD LIVE A CENTURY.
By Sir Samuel WiIks.

1t is remarkable why a dog should be worn.
out and old after his ten revolutions, horse
after twenty, and man when he has bad his
three score and ten. According to one scien-
list an animals age is five times that of the
period taken to reach maturity. In the case of
the elephant which the geological society sold
Ito Barnum, and which was shortly after
Ward killed by accident the skeleton
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10
POSSIBLE TO FoRETEII THE FUTURE.

Why should things cease at man? Why
should not this rising curve rise yet more
steaply and swiftly? There are things 10
suggest that we are now in phase OF rapid
and unprecedented Development The condi.
tons under which men live are changing with
an ever increasing rapidity, and so far as
our knowledge goes no sort Of creatures have
ever lived under changing conditions with
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

The oleo crowd have evidently come
to the conclusion that the dairy inter
ests are keenly alive to the situation
a I'D propose TO keep bogus butter just
where It belongs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

The garden is twofold source of
health. Try it. The home orchard and
the family garden are not mere con-
veniences, but are real necessities. A
years opportunities pass. in this case,
with April
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

II you have never had plat of lima
They are certainly the king beans.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

ANY farmer who would leave several
bushels of oats on the ground at har-
vest time would be considered fool
ish man, and yet he does practically
the same thing when he sOws Inferior
seed that is infested with foul seed,
straws and spoiled grain. He cuts his
yield several bushels which is equiva-
lent to leaving that much on the ground
at harvest time. One Is foolish prac-
tice and so is the other. In recent
years more farmers are cleaning seed
oats and treating them for smut.
Gophers may be destroyed by poison
better than by traps. The latter is a
slow way to get them. In clover mead
ow or elsewhere poison seems TO appeal
to me as the better way. Bisuphide
OF carbon Is effectual, but is more ex-
pensive than poison. A well-known
remedy consists in dissolving one ounce
of strychnia sulphate in one pint Of
boiling water. add one pint Of thick
sugar syrup and stir Preserve in a
close vessel. This quantity is sufficient
to poison a half bushel Of shelled corn.
The best soil for most plants and es-
pecially young flower plants, is a rich,
mellow loan and If not sandy. Put
sand in It, mixing it well, for it is i'm
possible TO grow good plants 10 a stifr,
hard SOL A very important thing is
to procure good seed, which you can
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

When one goes along the roadside
and sees locks of wool attached to the
lower wire OF two wire fence he is
led to believe that man ought to eth.
er have a batter fence or quit the
sheep business.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

If farm hands are too scarce, why
not pasture more and cultivate less?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10
ERA OF EQUAL RIGHTS IS AT HAND.
BY Joseph w. Folk.

Political revival is going on all
over the land to-day on the subject
of the rule of the people. The peo-
pie of Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania, and Ohio have
been fighting to regain the govern
ment they had lost. The people are
beginning to awaken to a realization
of the fact that the government Of
the city, State and nation belongs to
them, and they can take the govern
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

depend on coming true to name, which
should be sown with care. There Is a
general rule given to guide those who
are beginners. Cover seed twice the
depth of its own thickness, except very
fine ones, such as portulacrq, petunia,
etc. Just sift very little fine soil on,
then take thin board and press the
soil, so as to keep the air from crying
1t out.
How to Prune to Make Good Fruit.
As rule heavy wood growth is not
conducive to fruitfulness, while slow
wood growth encourages fruit produc-
ton. Light summer pruning is en-
ployed to check the wood growth and
induce the formation of fruit buds. In
order that summer pruning may be ef.
fective, it should be done from June
Is to July Is in our climate. The
young shoots will haze grown to the
length of S to II inches and should be
pinched back to inches. Now pinch
ing back, the operation should be to
grow. The buds below the pinched por
ton will, as a rule, begin to swell and
develop into fruit buds. Should the
secondary leaf buds start after pinch
ing back. the operation should be re-
peated. No heavy pruning OF apples,
pears, cherries and plum trees should
be done during the summer. The result
will generally prove serious. since by
the removal Of the leaves the tree is
unable to elaborate food to supply the
root system.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10
Proper Care of the Horse.

AOPSA Ne~AN 49,
Few persons who own horses ever
seem to think there should be any ma
terial change in their food; even the
dairyman who fully realizes the Inn
portance of variety for his cows, will
keep the horses going indefinitely on
hay and oats. Try the variety and see
how we'll it works; not to such an ex-
tent, perhaps, as with the cows, but in
a moderate way. Let the horses have
an occasional feed of root crops-car-
rots, mangels, small potatoes and the
like then, another day, let them have
bran mash; third time little mix
ture OF corn, oats and bran. Just
enough OF the corn and bran so they
VIII feel they have something new.
Then, in the way of roughage though
you may feed the best timothy as
rule, vary it by some cornstalks instead
Of so much hay, or some clover hay,
for a change
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

1t has been observed several times
that the man who drives skinny, poor
horse usually carries a Zig whip. If
such men would be as free with feed
as they are with their whips they prob
ably would have better horses.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

The owner of one-hundred-dollar
land is to be complimented when he
changes his management from a grain
producer to a stock grower. 1t is all
right to grow grain when it can be pro-
duced at profit. But one cannot af-
ford to haul away by the load the fer
tility of e-hundred-dollar land.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

If you have a board floor In your
poultry house (as you should have) 1t
is a good idea to cover it with sand.
1t is then much easier to citan it off.
Frequently layers Of dry leaves are
preferred by some. which should be
often applied and they answer the same
purpose. In any event, keer the poul-
try house we'll cleaned all the time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

If 1t were so in the days of Poor
Richard" it is so now that three
moves are equal to one fire" There
should be change in tenures and there
would be less moving. Renters ought
to be given a chance to have long terms
on the same place.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

Ducks frequently lay for two or
three months before they take a notion
to set. so if one wishes to hatch a large
number of ducllllngs some Of the first
layed eggs should be set under chicken
hens. Ducks eggs usually batch well.
They require a greater amount of mois-
t1re than hens eggs do. If the nest is
on the ground. sufficient moisture may
be had from the earth; If set In box
the eggs should be sprinkled occasion
ally with tepid water during the later
part of incubation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-10

1t Is not enough to test the seed corn
as a whole. 1t should be thoroughly
tested according to the most approved
methods. The planter should also be
tested Doing these things properly ac-
tually tests the farmer himself, and If
he stands the test the crop usually does.