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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17
Federation Defends Boycott.

Argument before Judge Gould in the
Supreme Court of the District of Column
bia has been mace in the case brought by
the Buck Stove aud Range Company Of
st. Louis for an injunction to restrain the
American Federation of Labor from boy
cotting the firms products. The tenure
of the argument for the defense was to
ask the court to judge the acts of trades
unions on the principles Of common law,
whereas the plaintiff has invoked the
Sherman antitrust law, holding that the
boycott is conspiracy and combination
in restraint Of trade Counsel held that
the fedora ton had right to do in
bination what Individual might do,
namely, urge Others not to buy a partiCu-
lar product
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

Mrs. Spencer Waert, prominent MEM
Der of the New Jersey Federation of
Women's Clubs, whose country home adj
JOINS the property recently bought to be
used by scientists in the employ of John
ID. Rockefeller as a viviseetion farm, has
begun a war upon the whole undertake
ing. She will enlist the various State and
national societies to protect animals. In
an interview she said: Stretch John ID.
Rockefeller out on table with his hands
and feet tied. Somebody take off the skin
of his head in order to find for the COED
of science why his hair doesn't grow.
Then he may decide to give his money
for better purpose than a vivisecting
farm, where poor animals are tortured
In a most agonizing manner"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

1120-Prince William, son of Henry /. Of
England, drowned in the White Ship.
12S7-Frederick III. defeated the Milan
csc at Corte Nuova.
1SS2-French defeated the Flemings at
Rosbecque.
1499-Edward Plantagenet, Earl of wa
wick, beheaded.
1520-Magellan enter the Pacific ocean.
l62S-John FELTON,, assassin of the Duke
of Buckingham, executed.
16o1-The French retook Acadia.
1703-England visited by one of the
worst storms ever recorded.
lT06-Colonial assembly of North Caro-
lima repealed acts of intolerance.
1765-The landing of revenue stamps at
Brunswick, n. c., resisted.
1T76-Washington's army occupied Tren-
ton.
Washington went into winter quar-
tiers at Middlebrook, n. j.
17S2-Franklir and his colleagues signed
preliminary treaty of peace with
Great Britain.
1SO2-Ohio admitted to the Union by
authority of Congress.
1S04-Impeachment trial began of JUS
tice Samuel Chase of the United
States Supreme Court.
1S0S-Sir Francis Nathaniel Burton
took Office as Lieutenant Governor Of
upper Canada.
1S14-Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated
the Greek Indians at Autosse, Ala. :.
The London Times used the first
rotary steam press.
1S24EEenrc Fauntleroy, banker, exc
cuted in london for forgery.
1S30-Beginning of the Polish revolu-
ton.
1S32-First street railway car exhibited
and operated.
1S45-British Parliament passed the
Aberdeen act, to enforce the observ-
ance of convention made with Bra
I'll in 1926 to suppress the slave
trade. Famous Fleet prison, Lon
don, demolished, after nearly eight
hundred centuries existence.
1851 Railway communication establish
ed between Montreal and Point Lewis,
Quebec.
1S5J-Kars surrendered to the Russians
under Mouravef.
1S62-Gen. Grant started on his expedi-
ton into Mississippi.
1S63-Gen. Burnside defeated Gen.
Longstreet in an action south Of the
Holston river. Gen. Longstreet
made gallant but unsuccessful at
tack on Fort Sanders.
1SGS-Gen. Custer defeated the rebellous
Indians on the Wichita river.
1S73-The Hoosac tunnel completed
1SIS-Gov. Jackson sent troops into
Breathitt county. Kentucky, to sup
press feud troubles.
iSS5-Hostilities ceased between Servia
and Bulgaria.
1SS9-Welland canal opened.
lS9S-Marshal Blanco resigned the Of
fee of captain general of Cuba
1S99-Battle of Modder river.
1906-Samuel Spencer, president of the
Southern railway, killed in a wreck.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17
Returns from Cottonwood Trees.

Returns from Cottonwood Trees.
At a recent meeting of the South
western Horticultural Society of Iowa,
a gentleman Of good reputation made
an interesting statement with refer
ence to the profits of timber culture on
the Western prairies.A Twenty years
ago he planted row of cottonwood
slips four feet apart and half mile
long along the highway fronting his
farm. The trees grew tall and thrifty,
and as they attained large size drew
upon his farm field adjoining for a
width of three rods, occupying thus
about three acres of land. Last fall
and winter all but one hundred Of the
trees were cut and from them was
made $1,000 feet of serviceable lum-
Der, board measure, and $50 cords of
wood. The lumber sold for SIS per
thousand and the wood was worth
$2.25 per cord, or a cash value for the
lumber grown on these three acres of
$1,042, or $347.50 per acre, making
an annual income of S17.37 per acre for
each Of the twenty years 1t should be
stated in this connection that these
trees grew upon the loose soil Of the
Missouri slope, soil where the cotton
wood tree finds its most perfect de-
velopment, and we do not believe the
above record could be duplicated upon
the average prairie soils of the West.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17
WORLD WATCHES The
Big PACIFIC FLEET.
Greatest Naval Fighting Strength
Under Flag for the Long
Cruise.
FLOWER OF AMERICAN NAVY.
Movement Is Significant, Marking
Transfer of Thcafer of Action
from the Atlantic.

Not since the war with Spain has
there been such a tense feeling in naval
circles as that which marked the pre-
parations for the departure Of the
great feet. under Admiral Evans, for
the Pacific. All the vessels which were
to be part Of this greatest naval dem
oDstration in our history assembled at
Hampton Roads.
The Presidents yacht. the Mayfower,
swung into historic Hampton Roads
bearing President Roosevelt and the
high officials of the Navy Department
Promptly sixteen huge battleships of
the United States navy dressed ship
and began firing the Presidents salute
of twenty-oBe guns each. The May
flower came to anchor in the roadway.
Gigs and cutters put out from each
battleship bearing the flag officers to
the Mayfiower, where they were receiy-
Ell on deck by President Roosevelt and
his official party On their return to
their ships the Mayfiower hoisted an
Choir and proceeded down the roads to-
ward the entrance. Here the little
yacht stood out of the roadway while
the same sixteen battleships passed by
her. decks and fighting tops dressed
and roaring from their guns another
Presidents salute.
Bands aboard ship played the ma
tional airs. This was the farewell to
the commander-in-chief of the army
and navy to the Apierican battleship
squadrons. which then began their
cruise to the Pacific ocean.
The torpedo fiotilla had already
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17
Proof Positive.

Mrs. Perry thoughtfully regarded
the package the maid had just Drought
in, and then remarked to her husband
that she had meant to buy a mauve
broche.
what did you get?" he asked.
Pink louisine."
Her husband could not quite con-
ceal a significant smile, and Mrs.
Perry went on hurriedly: Il know
what you are thinking, Joe-that |
don't know my own mind. But l can
prove that / do.
did you ever know me to go to a
grocery and bring away a can of
peaches instead of a bar of soap?
Certainly noti" she concluded, trium-
phantly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

if not at Magdalena bay, it will be
Joined by the armored cruiser squad
rons under Rear Admiral Stockton and
Sebree, consisting of the cruisers Penn
sylvania. West Virginia, Maryland and
Colorado and the California. South
Dakota, Tennessee and Washington,
the later two ships now nearing their
destination after a trip around the
Horn. In addition the battleship Ne
brasks, which has just been commits
stoned, will join the fleet as well as the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

protected cruisers Charleston, Chicago,
Milwaukee. st. Louis and the gunboat
Yorktown.
Battle drill will occupy the time of
the feet for some days, no complete
fleet of the American navy having been
trained in sea evolutions in recent
years.
In all probability part of the fleet
at least viii visit Puget Sound before
returning to the Atlantic coast again.
No plans have been made for the re-
turn of the fleet beyond the expressed
determination of the President that it
shall return at some future date.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

The furnishings of Mrs Louise Carriers
New York house are to be turned into
Christmas presents. Ezra Prentice, re
cciver in bankruptcy, has obtained an or
der from the court for the immediate sale
of the contents Of the house, on his rep
resentation that the bric-a-brac would sell
to much better advantage before Christ
mas
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17
SIGNIFICANT Advertisements.

1t is by reading the advertisements
rather than the news in the paper
that one keeps up with the tenden-
cies of the times. In an English
daily appears this:
TO exchange. motor bicycle, fast,
light, two J. A. P. engine; every
thing of the best and almost new,
for an invalid carriage"
In another paper is this: Wanted,
farmers son. sixteen to eighteen, 70
assist master and help milk few
cows; will be treated as one"
lunch reads in the latter nothing
but brutality toward the hired man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

public is being made. Many West Vir-
ginia towns have already acted and
others are ready to do so.
Less than one-fourth of the total
number of victims have been found.
The others, undoubtedly between 300
and 400 in, number, lie in unknown sec
lions of the vast workings in the great
hills that overlook the town.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

If a tourist from the other side OF
the world should cross the United
States in October he would be pro-
foundly impressed by the corn fields.
The straight rows of shocks on the
immense farms in the west would ex
cite the travellers wonder as much as
the rice fields of Japan. the tea planta-
tons Of Northern India, or the wheat
fields OF the Nile astonish and de
light the American who beholds them
for the first time. Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

Some garden crops make enormous
returns. aad II one Is 50 situated as TO
be able 10 market the stuff, il Is apt
10 be the mos- profitable line Of crop
growing. ABOUT celery growing Tex
as maz says:
"Yrcm one crop Of celery on one
acre Of ground. sets four inches In the
drfIl and rows three feet apart, or IS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

500 sets, cleared over $1,000 net. Il
paid SIG per acre for the land, partial
~ improved, eight years ago. 1t costs
me about 500 for commercial and
barnyard fertilizer to bring an acre
Of celery to fruition in sixty days. II
costs me about $40 per acre to Guilt
vate and market one crop of celery.
.'I calculate that the total cost of
producing an acre Of celery is $3.50. I
sold my celery on an average of cents
a bunch, and on an average of 60 cents
per dozen punches. l have three acres
in celery, produce four crops q year,
and have ready sale for all can
gather; but as it natures very rapidly
there is necessarily great waste. If
could get plenty of labor at the nick
of time, and had storage facilities,
could net much more per acre"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

Recently some one entered Henry Edel-
mans store at Lindenhutst. Long Island.
and stole frem the counter a package of
curivncy and checks. There was no ciew
20 the thief. bu: Edelman. becoming sus-
picious OF the extensive candy purchases
Ct the 10-year-old daughter Of neigh
Dor, questioned her and the child confess
cd. Edelman recovered his money.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17
Apple scab.

Apple Scab.
An ever present and very generally
neglected pest of the orchard Is the fun
gous disease, apple scab, or "black
spot" as it Is sometimes called. The
disease, says Maine bulletin, has been
so frequently described as to be per-
fectly familiar. Spraying Is effective
Pin securing crop of fruit relatively
free from this disease, even in those
seasons when the scab is most preya-
lent.
For several years the conditions have
been such that the fruit has been rel
atiyely free from scab and as a re-
suit many growers who took up the
practice of spraying some years ago
have gradually ceased to spray. 1t
should be said, however, that this neg
lect Is wholly comparable to the neg
lect which permits the lapse Of fire
insurance policy. 1t might be unnec-
essary to spray to secure a crop of fair
fruit one year, or even two or three
years in succession; but when the UNI
favorable season doss come. if spray
ing has been neglected, there is fire.
Iquently a needless loss Of several hun
dred barrels of fruit in orchards of
average size.
The fact has been clearly demonstrate
ed that, in bad season, there was a
difference of so per cent in the amount
of perfect fruit upon sprayed and I'M
sprayed trees, the best results being
iobtained from the use OF Bordeaux mix
ture In other words, trees not spray
ed gave on three successive years /.
o and 3S.2 per cent of the fruit free
from scab while the same years an
equal number of trees sprayed with
eau celeste "copper" sulphate. carbo-
nate OF soda and ammoRia) gave SIS,
30.1 and 72-S per cent. respectively.
The third year Bordeaux mixture
was used and gave still better results
100 per cent of the fruit being free
from scab.
From these and similar results OBJ
tanned all over the country 1t Is evil
dent that spraying has ceased TO be an
experiment as a means of controlling
certain orchard diseases The results
above cited have been repeatedly con-
frmed both at this station and else
where. Reference is made to the sub
ject at this time only to emphasize the
importance. Of using precautionary
measures Even though there be no
crop OF fruit, the increased vigor Of
the trees as result Of clean healthy
foliage, win far more than repay tn.
cost Of spraying This spraying with
Bordeaux mixture should be done frst
before the buds burst, and again i'm
medlateIy after the blossoms fall. IL
but two treatments are to be given. II
the season is very wet. however, at
least four treatments at intervals Of
two or three weeks are found - be adj
vantageouG
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

At the meeting of the National Drain
age Congress at Baltimore Gov. \. B.
Broward of Florida was elected presi-
dent. Among the speakers were Prof E.
A. Ayres, New York: Major j. A. Dap
pray. L. S. A., and c. j. Blanchard, fed
eral statistician
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17
Ban ON Cigarette smoking.

The Pittsburg Railways Company, OPP
Grating all the street car lines in that
city. has served notice on its employees
that it will rigidly enforce the rule
against the use of cigarettes or liquor
while the men are either off or on duty.
There is talk of q strike
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

James Douglas. vice president of the
American Institute of Mining Engineers,
has presented to the government four
acres of land on the palisades of the Hud-
son. near Fort Lee, as = site for monu-
ment TO commemorate the deeds of the
continental soldiers during the Revolu-
tionary war.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17
Thrcad compapy,. Prof,t.,

The report q; the J. & 2. Coats Of Paw
tucket, r. L., thread manufacturers,
shows the most successful year. with
profits of S1J, 2S0,625, or about 80 per
cent
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

Queen Alexandra of England spent her
birthday NJ Sandringham, where the Gus
tcmary celebrations were held. The King
and Queen Of Norway were among the
visitors, Handsome gifts were received
from N 81 of the crowned heads of Eu-
rope.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

Mr.. W. P. Thurston, successful
hog grower and feeder, says that salt
and wood ashes should be given to
hogs frequently In order to keep them
In good healthy condition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

For the cabbage worms, sprinkle
while dew is on the leaves, with air
Stacked lime, salt or fine dust. All are
good and, Of course, no harmful results
can follow. Many dislike using poison
on the cabbage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

A well-fed pig is contented one
and will take only exercise as required
for health. Thrift not hunger should
prompt for exercise.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

If you find 1t hard work to handle
ensilage, use an ensilage fork, made
especially for the purpose.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

A pecan orchard of 1900 trees was
sold recently in Lawrence County, I'LL
nois, for $1,000. The wood will be
made into handles for tools Of various
kinds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

started, as its progress is so much
slower than that of the battleships that
two weeks more will be consumed than
by the latter in the journey toward
their destination-San Francisco.
All the navy yards of the Atlantic
coast have been busy for weeks in fit
ting out the ships. At Brooklyn, New
York, Boston, Norfolk, Philadelphia
and Charleston painters, carpenters
and maehinists have participated in
the great activity. High up on the
smokestacks the paint brushes were
moving back and forth and the sound
of hammers and saws has been cease
less. Nor has there been any chance
for idling by the enlisted men. The
powder magazines have had to be filed
and the quantities which have been
taken aboard have caused some specta-
tors to wonder what it is all about.
The large supply of ammunition is nee
essarv because of the project to have
target practice on the long journey.
Then also there will be many salutes
to hire and these will eat up thousands
OF ADllars' worth Of powder. Further
more, in case an emergency Should
arise while the feet is in distant wat
ers there will be no lack of ammuni-
ton. No such emergency is expected,
bet the fleet will keep its powder dry
while trusting in divine Providence.
Greatest Fighting strength.
The feet which Admiral Evans takes
to the Pacific includes all the new
battleships and the best armored cruis-
ers. 1t is the flower of the American
navy. far superior to that which de-
stroyed the Spanish fleet nine years
ago. The Louisiana carries the largest
crew-950 officers and men. The Con-
l,ecticut, which Is the flagship. is the
t,neSt ship OF the navy, costing S4.60o.-
coo. Among the other battleshipS are
the Alabama. Georgia. Kansas. Vir-
ginia, Minnesota. Ohio, Rhode Island.
Kentucky and Vermont In all there
a~e 80 battleships and armored cruisers
besides the tiotilla of torpedo boat de
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

The Maine station house for laying
hens is fully described in a bulletin
issued by the experiment station at
Orono, and the advantage of the house
20 feet wide over the narrow ones are
shown by experience TO be: Economy in
construction, ease of management and
greater comfort of the birds
Following a description of the port
able brooder-houses is a discussion of
their use in winter, when they would
otherwise have been unoccpied. Two
hundred and seventy pullets were put
into sixteen of these houses and kept
there from November to March, inclu-
sive. They were in good health during
the winter, laid freely, but not as we'll
as their mates in the large houses. The
food they ate cost $175, and they laid
1857 dozen eggs, which sold for $34S,
leaving $173 to pay for taking care
OF them, which wac done in connection
with other work, and did not consume
a great deal Of time.
The desirability of locating the yards
on the north, rather than the south
side of the open-front houses and the
inadequacy of the growth of plants in
ordinary yards as a source of green
summer food, are shown.
The dangers from the too free use Of
succulent food in winter, and the great
value Of good clover bay as part Of the
daily food throughout the year, are
urged as matters of consequence.
Experiences with four different meth.
DDS of feeding young chicks are given.
and the station ration for laying hens
is described.
An experiment, in which whole corn
is compared with cracked corn in the
ration for laying hens, is reported. A
thousand hens were employed in the
test, which so far has extended from
November to May, and the data shows
conclusvely that there are no advant-
ages to be gained by cracking the corn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

on the cabbage.
If the complaining farmer will COM
pare notes with the city fellow who
gets $1,000 year, but has to buy ev-
erything he needs, he may be surprised
to learn the amount of salary he is
actually getting.
When selecting corn for table use,
leave an early ear on a stalk that pro-
duces two ears, for seed; in this way
one can bring the crop on earlier each
succeeding year. If the corn isn't
good variety, don't save seed.
Navy beans do fairly well in soil
only moderately rich, while Limas re-
quire the best. Beets often give 400 to
500 bushels to the acreg parsnips the
same and tomatoes nearly as much,
though often less than 300 bushels.
Ashes will do for the dust bath, but
clean, mellow earth is preferable. An
ash bath may injure the color of the
legs by being too alkali. The legs of
fowls are kept the right color by keep
ing them on grass runs with good food
and plenty of exercise.
In answer TO the question which Is
better, to pillow under green clover or
cut it and feed it to stock, and pillow
under the stubble; by all means feed
the clover, provided the manure is
properly cared for and hauled back
upon the land. That is a case where
you "eat your cake and have it too
One of the strongest points about
the mule is the fact that it costs so
little to keep him. 1t is very seldom
that one finds even large mule that
requires as heavy constant feeding as
a horse. They also require less care,
keep cleaner and are more steady
workers on an average than horses
The coal-tar UPS are about the best
that can be used, as they will not stain
fnjure the fleece; in fact, will add
a ulster to it. One should never use
a dip Of poisonous nature, IL the sheep
have any skin disease cuts them.
and it is on this ground that the non
poisonous coal tar dips are recon-
mended.
AS to onions, with deep moist, rich
soil, which is the only kind that makes
paying crops, anywhere from 200 to
400 bushels may be gathered, owing to
the season, as they seldom bring less
than 80 cents per bushel. They are
usually profitable crop, but they re-
quire a deal of labor, and much of 1t of
the hard, back breaklng kind.
The men who advocate the plan of
ventilating stables with muslin screens
have one mighty argument. 1t doesn't
cost much to try it. All you have to
do is to take out some of the glass and
put frames covered with cloth in its
place. That is simple enough, and at
cost of few cents you can try it.
Add to this the fact that no one re-
ports failure. while all say the cloth
screens keep the stable sweet and com
Portable. Try it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

If the complaining farmer will COM
pare notes with the city fellow who
gets $1,000 a year, but has TO buy ev-
erything he needs, he may be surprised
to learn the amount of salary he is
actually getting.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

When selecting corn for table use,
leave an early ear on stalk that pro-
duces two ears, for seed; in this way
one can bring the crop on earlier each
succeeding year. If the corn isn't a
good variety, don't save seed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-17

Navy beans do fairly well in soil
only moderately rich, while Limas re-
quire the best. Beets often give 400 to
500 bushels to the acreg parsnips the
same and tomatoes nearly as much,
though often less than 300 bushels.