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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
doctors orders, while you're kickin' up

doctors orders, while you're a kickin' up
that racket"
Now this seemed to me as naive rea-
son as my grandfather himself might
have offered-coming from the lips of a
man who all his life had observed a
Spartan Indifference to the sufferings of
others. However. it was sufficient to
know that the noise was Objectionable,
and therefore a possible means of OBJ
tanning relief.
You're got to stop it; do you under
stand that, there?' he shouted, his wick
ed old voice breaking from 4 hoarse bass
to a squeaking treble. You're got to
stop it."
Il shall make just as much noise as
| please, and go on just as long as
choose" / replied
mo you won't, blame you. About three
days starvation would 10 you. Half
a dozen would do me, so I know. In
three days you'd be quiet enough. But
| amt goin' to have my boy. Ben. tor
mented on his bed O. sickness, | amt If
it warn't for leaving of him all alone
I'd come down and knock your head off (;
do you understand that there? I'm no
more afeared of you than | am of a blow
fy on bunch o. lights. But to please
my boy Ben, and just for the sake of
peace and quietness I'm going to send
you down a loaf of bread and mebbe a
lump o pork, an preaps a tater or Two.
But it's all perwising you take your
dyin' oath you won't kick up no more
racket, you understand that there"
AS | had resolved not TO work upon
the cliff again. it was no great hardship
to agree to these terms-though | did
so without appearing to jump at mis-
offer, and rather as if to obige MY
grandfather than myself In fact, we
wasted some minutes in mutual bullying
before he withdrew, during Xhich time
| trembled with fear lest he should 90
from his offer. When he came again into
sight he had a basket in his nand.
Here's whites a-comin' down, aud
they'll come down pretty regular if you
behave yourself as a grandson oughter !;
but mark my words, if there's any more
hammerin' | shall not only stop the viz
ties, but I'll come down hand over hand,
and knock your head off your shoulders,
so syou understand that there"
We waited to hear no more when the
basket reached us, but selling the con-
tents ran back to the great cave, and
there we devoured the food with such
laughing gladness and fervent gratitude
as very rarely attends the richest of re-
pasts. And to crown Psyche's delight,
while there was still bread and meat to
spare, we were hailed by lusty cav"
and the jackdaw futtered down in the
very midst of our good things.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29
Fat and Jolly Carlos of Portugal Is
Busy Man.

Fat and Jolly Carlos of Portugal Is
a Busy Man.
King Carlos of Portugal conveys by
his appearance the impression of q
Joyial, pleasure-loving gourmand, en-
tirely given over to the pleasures of
the table, all the time from which he
can spare being devoted to that particu-
larry luxurious form of sport known as
battue shooting where the game is driv-
en- to the muZzle Of the gun. Yet no
impression is more incorrect. and the
TACT that Dom Carlos has healthy APP
petite. huge avoirdpois and is content
with nothing less than 80 to 40 strong
cigars day, does not prevent his be-
Ing one of the most useful sovereigns
in Christendom. Passionately fond of
the sea and of everything pertaining
thereto, he has applied himself to the
study of oceanography with much more
thorc ,.ghneSs and sine, -ity than Prince
Albert of Monaco. For, whereas tho
latter contents himself with employing
scientists and with exploiting their lore
for his personal glory, King Carlos is his
own scientist, and pursues his research
es himself, not with any idea of fame,
but mainly for the purpose of promot-
ing the welfare of the large population
along the storm-bound coast of Portu-
gal that derives It's livelihood from fish
ing.
No one in the kingdom possesses
more extensive acquaintance of the mi
gratory habits of the various fish that
figure in the fishing industry of Portu-
gal. Indeed, the Kings knowledge Of
everything pertaining to fishes and
their habits, not only along the Portu-
guese coast, but also the eastern portion
of the Atlantic ocean, is something
phenomenal, and, besides inventing
number of new and most useful appli-
ances for the fishing industry, he like
wise spends each year large sums of
money in placing them at the disposal
of the various communities of fisher
men along the coast.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

The number of persons to the square
mile in India in 1901 (the last CEN
susl was 1890 OF the total of o94,-
cG1,c56 who constituted the population
at the last census. more than 100000
coo were Hindus. The Christians
number 2,923.241. There was an
amazing preponderance of widows
over widowers in that country OF
Hindus there We're 100000 widowers
and 100000 widows, and of Mo-
hammedans there were 100000
widowers and 100000 widows. and
so on with other races. The taxation
per head in India has grown from 70
cents in 1895 to 81 cents in 1905. and
the debt has grown in that time from
SaS5. 100000 TO S1.155,000, coo. The
imports rose from S225, 100000 in 1898
TO nearly S32o,000.o00 in 1905. while
the exports in the same period in
creased from S365.0oo,000 to nearly
s5l5, 100000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

Indian corn or maize is the basis Of
more than any other one crop grown
in the United States. The grain is rich
in digestible carbohydrates and fats
and for that reason is used quite extern
siyely In fattening rations. 1t is the
easiest crop to grow and the heaviest
yielder among our grains. There is
practically no difference in digestibility
and nutritlve value between flint and
dent corn. Sweet corn is considered
to be somewhat richer in protein and
to contain larger percentage of di-
gestible matter than flint or dent, but
is not so heavy yielder, says Penn
sylvania bulletin. Dent corn being
softer is more easily masticated by
farm animals than flint. No difference
has been discovered between varieties
Of different colors. Corn is rather de-
ficient In protein and for that reason
should always be fed In connection
with some heterogeneous food, especially
when fed to growing animals or mich
cows.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

Employees in salt works never get
cholera, scarlet fever, influenza or
colds.
Girls among the Bedouins are often
pretty, although their beauty soon
fades.
The production of copper in the Unit
ed States in 1905 exceeded 9O1 100000
pounds.
French theaters give 10 per cent of
their incomes to the poor. This gift av-
erages $150O0,O0o year.
The turbine, it is said, will as surely
displace the reciprocating engine as the
screw has displaced the paddle.
The ideal child of G weighs forty-fve
pounds, is A inches high, and has
chest measurement of thirty-three and
half inches
The Magyars rule Austria-Hungary,
although they number but 100000 or
100000 in a total Of 100000.
1t has been discovered that the
streets of Dawson. Alaska, are lined
with gold that it will pay to work.
The amount of gold in the United
States Treasury exceeds that in the
BANKS of Russia, Germany, Belgium and
the Netherlands combined.
Since 1852 more than 10000 convicts
have been sent to French Guiana, of
whom S41a per cent die of disease,
hardship and insufficient food
The United States has $4,000 post
Offices: Germany is next with 1863,
and Great Britain third with 22,400.
No circle can be squared, because
31416. which is the ratio of the cir
conference to the diameter, is not
square.
The tenement inspectors of New York
City have found over 325.0O0 occupied
rooms, which have neither light nor
ventilation.
Bank deposits and savings in ireland
have more than trebled In twenty
years They now amount to nearly
s275, 100000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

81 was walking on Pennsylvania
noon when a niger doomed up on my
horizon coming rapidly toward me-"
said a well-known negro comedian.
He was wearing the most outlandish
outfit ever saw on human being,
on or off the stage. His trousers were
frayed and torn above his shoetops.
He wore a musk-colored wooden shirt,
a celluloid collar and n tattered sack
coat. On his head was Il sombrero
which looked as If several dogs had
been trying to pull it to pieces. But
the browning effort was a new and i'm
maculate full dress vest He had pull
ed back his coat and showed his
thumbs into the armholes of that vest.
AS he came sailing before the wind
he certainly was the most comical fig
ure l ever saw. | couldn't resist the
temptation to stop him.
Look here l said, what do you
mean by appearing at this time of day
in such dress? Don't you know that
you're de tropT
"'De what-what's thatT
Don't you know that you're de
trop% l repeated. that it isn't permits
sible to appear in full dress before
O'Clock in the EVENING"
The darby drew himself up very
proudly.
look heah,' he said. IN have you
to know that don't low nobody to
make time tables for my cloas.' -
Kansas City Tines.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29
Loss Mans Fault, Not Hogs.

Because people fail in the swine
business is nothing against the bust
ness. People fail liz other lines of en-
deayor and we think nothing Of it we
take il as a matter Of course. Failures
should only make us more careful aud
should be a warning to those who
would enter the field heedlessly. with
out due consideration, simply because
of the fact that they are dissatisfied
with til.:.,' present position or station
In life and have read where some one
has made good money at it. The swine
business is no place for 'get-rich-quick"
people. 1t takes earnest, intelligent
ard persistent endeavor to make swine
pay. the same as it does anything else.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29
Bone Back.

Bone black, sometimes called bone
charcoal" is produced when bones are
subjected to dry distillation out of con-
tact with the air By this process prac-
tically all the water, fat and nitrogen
are removed. leaving a material which
consists chiefly OF insoiuble phosphate
OF lime and charcoal. This product
is extensively used at sugar refineries
for removing the coloring matter from
raw sugars. After being used several
times it becomes useless for refining
purposes and Is then sold as fertilizer,
says Virginia report. 1t contains about
80 per cent of phosphoric acid. AS this
consists chiefly OF insoluble phosphate
Of lime mixed with carbon, it does not
deeompose readily In the soil, and Is,
therefore. of little value when used di-
rectly as a fertilizing material. 1t Is
chiefly used for making dissolved bone
black.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29
The Exneriment Farm

While much of the cutlery against the
free distribution of garden seeds among
the farmers OF the country by the De
partment of Agriculture has been in
temperate and undeserved, the purpose
for which this distribution was insti-
tuted would be better accomplished by
the model farm which the department
proposes to establish in the several con-
gressional districts. OF course. the
only rational object of the seed distri-
button is the propagation of new and
valuable plants in soils and climates
suited to them. In a happy go-lucky
way this is done to a certain extent
nv the present distribution. 1t would
be much better and more certainly done
liz ;,.s pronosrl model farms. on which
agricultural experts could. by syste-
matte experiment. develop the plants
and varieties of plants that will -four
ish hest in each locality. The introduc-
ton by the department OF durum or
macaroni wheat. of which many bushels
sre now grown in the ard regions of
the West. is sample or what may be
accomplished in this way.
The development of a most valuable
long-staple cotton BY several years of
experiment on a Mississippi planta-
tion is another example. With similar
experiments going forward In every
congressional district. and ultimately
in smaller geographical divisions. there
is no telling what possibilities may yet
be- discovered in the crop-producing soil
of The United States. Especially in
the southwest this sort OF investigation
Is almost an unexplored field This
magnificent domain Is richly productive
now. When all Its resources Of soil
and climate are fully known II will -
the garden spot of the world-,-St
Louis Republic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29
CHAPTER vIII.-tcontinued.,

CHAPTER WILL Continued
| relit the candle and. taking Psyche
into the next cave, pointed to her alcove
and babe her lie down. At tie same time
as she had great thickness of the hay
and straw sent down from time to time
for her use. | took an arnful for my
own use and babe her goodnight.
She seemed puzzled and disappointed
for a minute at the separation which
she saw | intended but when | spoke
gravely and pointed again TO the alcove
she accepted my bidding and having Civ
en- my hand one last caress with her
cheek, ran to the alcove and threw her
self down. | made myself comfortable in
the sand in the next cave, and. having
refilled the followed chalk to the brim,
blew out the light. But it was a long
while before could go to sleep for think
ing over the means of escape and trying
to devise some better e1ped:ent than the
labofious one Of cutting through an I'M
known quantity of chalk, and it must
have been nearly daybreak when | at last
fell asleep
1t was broad daylight when / awoke,
as l knew by the faint gimmer in the
small cave which revealed the outline Of
the opening.
There's no need to wake the poor
child" thought /, as my mind turned to
Psyche. Naturally my first thought was
of the water / had to filter, and
should certainly have sprung UP to ex-
anime the rock but for the awful dread
of finding the water impure. While
lay there fearing to put this question to
the touch | became conscious of some
thing warm, and turning my eyes, now
accustomed to the semi-light diffused
through the cave, l perceived Psyche
coiled up beside my litter, her face against
my head. My heart melted with this
testimony Of affection-the more because
1t showed such ignorance of civilization
and was so purely instructive.
She was not asleep, and at the slight
movement of my head she rose on her
knees and, looking down into my open
eyes, sung her little elfish song over me-
It was so sweet and weird and unnat-
ural that a sudden terror seized me, as
imagined it might be the first sign of the
madness that comes with insEfferable
thirst.
l sprang up and, striking a light, held
the match with trembling fingers to the
crock. 1t was full to overlooking, and
the water was bright and transparent.
put my lips to the edge and, finding
1t sweet and good, lifted it with cry
of JOY to my dear little friends mouth.
She drar% eagerly, and yet inere was
enough left to slake my burning thirst
Thank heaven" l cried, IN the full
ness OF my JOY. Nov we shall live, and
live to beat those old rascais. after all"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

reason I gave Psyche the ak to loosen
the grcand, while l scooped it up with
a piece of the broken crock and shot IL
out. However. we had every reason to
be content with our days work, for we
had sunk the pit to a depth of seven
feet, and the tide rising again at the
time we struck work showed hat we had
come to the level Of high water, if not
below it.
Ito be continued
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

a Nebraska dairyman once tested the
milk OF a COW after she had been
chased into her stall by large two
legged fool and a small four-legged
dog. The Babcock test showed a per
centage of butter-fat of 2.3
The next morning the same cow test
ed Al, and week later, when the COW
was calm and the dog chained up. the
test ran up to G. per cent of butter
fat Is any moral necessary? You
don't have TO eat all Of an egg to
bEow IL 1t is bad
Does not this dog-and-cow incident
show that. laying aside all h1-naI , mo-
tives, the ..gentling" Of COWS. 70, bor-
row an expression from the ~ 1ge
cowboy. pays the biggest kind OF dtyi-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29
Iu.rafltaslr.

Upson-I've about lost my faith IN
human naturS.
Downs-What's the reason?
Upson-I've just been sued for hug
ging a woman. and l only did it out a.
charity-Toledo Blade
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

The Internal Revenue Commissioner
is overwhelmed with letters from farm
ers asking whether the manufacture of
denatured alcohol on a small scale is
profitable. 1t has been necessary to
print a circular explaining that the
manufacture Of alcohol requires expen-
sive machinery, that a separate bonded
warehouse will be required at each fac
tory, and therefore only those who have
a considerable capital will find it profit
able to 90 into the business.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

President Roosevelt has become a
member of the simplifed spelling
board, and viii continue 10 use the
new forms in his private correspond
ence. At the same time, it is an
nounced, that William Archer, the En-
glish critic, has become member of
the board, and that Professor Jordan.
of Stanford University, would remain
on the board, contrary TO report.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

As a rule ewes do not return maxi
mum profits after they are 6 years old,
but of course there are exceptions TO
all rules.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

Sugar beets are stated to be worth
So per ton for sheep feed when fed in
proper quantities.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29
1 M ~ ga - -.
] Ezks&4EsEzz e! ( (1{tiI1AI z
H. - Ivy e. g.: ~

dends? Treat the COW as though she
were a lady. You don't need TO beat
her to agltate her.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

Fifteen minutes relaxation and rest
every day will help keep away that
worn look.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

More than eleven and a hall million
pieces of mail found their way into the
Dead Letter Office last year, and, as
further mark of our national careless
hess they contained money, checks,
money orders, drafts and other forms
of exchange to the value of nearly 81,
100000. A large proportion of both
mail and money Is eventually restored
to the senders.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

No bath should be taken within two
hours after eating. 1t increases the
comfort and luxury Of all baths II the
heavy Turkish towels are heated slight
". A Turkish bath will often reduce
flesh and as often increase it Once
month is often enough for such lux
ury.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

The pay OF the army has not been
changed in thirty years. while the cost
of living has almost doubled in that
tiine. The Capron bill, which is now
before Congress, and which is backed
by the War Department, grants an in
crease of 20 per cent all along the line
1t includes the navy, marine corps, and
revenue marine service.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

Before the end of the present year,
it is expected that all of the negro
troops will be serving in the Philip
pines, as an order by the Secretary OF
War directs that the Twenty-fifth In
fantry and the Ninth and Tenth Caval-
ry, which are the only three negro
regiments now in this country, shall
proceed to the Philippines during 1907.
This is in pursuance Of the recommen-
dation from General Wood
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

A writer in a magazine attributes
the scarcity of hired help on farms to
the fact that competition is confined
alone to single men. If there were
more accommodations for men with
families there would be many men who
do not have means enough to rent who
would make the best of hired help on
farms Some of the best help l ever
had on my farm have been men with
families and for whom 1 furnished a
house to live in.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

Four warships now attached to the
Atlantic squadron, including the battle
ships Kentucky and Kearsarge are to
be sent to join the Pacific squadron
These, with the commissioning of otEr
vessels, will double the strength of ths
Pacific fleet Thus is changed the poll
cy of keeping all the larger warships
on the Atlantic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

1t has just been discovered that En-
erson found his greatest inspiration in
the warm glow of cranberry pie.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

The fGfty-five national banks of New
York City hold from $fO00o0.0OO to
S500,O00,OO0 deposits Of other banks.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock
has finally refused to rescind the order
withdrawing Indian lands from entry
for forest reserve purposes as request
ed by a committee of senator's. The
senator's are exceedingly angry over
this refusal, as they regard the order
as amounting to a suspension of the
federal statute Secretary Hitchcock
says that his action has been sustained
by the Department of Justice and that
it will stand unless modified by Con
gress.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

The proper time to begin to handle
colt Is the first time you see Ii. The
sooner you begi2 to teach it submis-
sion and gain its confidence the better.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

Officers of the geological survey have
lately announced that the coal deposits
in America will not be exhausted for
fouy or five thousand years. Since 1875
the country has produced more than
five billion tons of coal. whereas its
total production up To that date was
only seven hundred million tons.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

1t is estimated that 100000 eggs
are consumed every day in the United
States and yet there are people who
fear the poultry business will be over
dope
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

AS a top dressing for. clover, lime
produces the best results, especially
where the clover has had a heavy
stand for two or more seasons. Land
that is FED heavily every year with
barnyard or green manure will be
helped by a dressing Of lime. Some
times the soil is so rich but congested
with unassimilated food that dressing
of lime for one season without any
fertilizer is the best thing for it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

The several systems of curing and
bsling hay are worthy of our closest
attention and study. Bright hay prop
erly baled brings 81 to 81 per ton more
money than the average of the stuff
sold on the markets of the Southwest.
We must get away from average hay
In this case-avoid average quality
Just as we do average yields.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

The greatest milking record known is
that of New Zealand farmer and mis-
wife, who MIXED seventy-two cows
every night and morning, without any
help. Both the man and his wife were
stout and robust They must have been
inferior cows, or they could not have
gotten through with them all twice in
day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

Mr.. William H. Moody is not the
first Attorney General to be promoted
to the Supreme Court Andrew Jack
son made Roger b. fancy Chief JUS
tice, and William Mckinley put Joseph
McEenira on the bench. Mr. Moody is
peculiar, however, in that he is one of
the few bachelors to sit on the bench
of the highest court, if not the only
one.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

The number of farms in the United
States in 1850 was 100000, with 290,
100000 acres under cultivation, year
ly product of $2,500,0O0,00o, and total
farm property value of S4,000,000,000.
Now the farms number 100000, with
S41 100000 acres cultivated, yearly
product of $6,40000O,000, total farm
property value of $23,000,OoO0o0.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-29

The real Importance of clover is not
as well known by farmers as 1t should
be. The class of farmers who under
stand it form a small percentage of the
whole in central states. Just note how
few clover fields you will pass in go
ing about over the country. This tells
the story.