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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
RIVERS IN A RAGE.

Lives and Property Lost When
Mountain Streams Break Banks.
The loss of several lives and great
property damage have resulted from
heavy rains throughout Western Penn
sylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Vir-
ginia. The rivers and mountain streams
are out of their banks, live stock has
been drowned, bridges and buildings
have been washed away, railroad tracks
have been swept off or undermined,
trolley systems demoraliZed, electric
light plants put out of commission and
hundreds of families compelled to
abandon their homes and seek refuge
on higher ground. In Pittsburg the
rivers have risen five feet in ten hours
Reports from above the city say that
recurring storms during the last forty
eight hours have resulted in a precipi-
tation of from three to four inches,
which, being at the headwaters when
then reach this city, may cause some
damage not expected at present.
Parts of West Virginia have sustain
ed heavy loss Miles of track of the
Western Maryland and the coal and
iron railroads in Tucker and Barber
counties have been washed away. The
service on these roads is said to be at a
standstill. The Dry Fork and Balti-
more and Ohio Railroads are under
water for many miles. In the Tygart
Valley the towns of Grafton, Rowles-
burg and Tunnelton are almost sub
merged, the damage amounting to near
Iy $250,000 At Elkins the rainfall was
five inches.
At McCornb, w. Va, the home of
Mrs. Mary Ballard was wrecked by
the high water, and three young chill
dren were drowned. The bodies were
washed away.
While hundreds of persons watched
the raging Tygart River church float
ed down past Rowlesburg. Fifteen
bridges were counted passing Grafton
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
Newa of Miunr Note.

J. Arthur Kemp, chief clerk of the DO
lice department in Washington, is missing
and shortage of $1,000 has been dis
covered in his books.
Probably the oldest dog in the State
of Maine is Jack, owned by G. e. Free
man of Norway. Mr.. Freeman claims
that the dog is 80 years old.
American statistics show that the wall
of a British scientist about the decrease
in the size of the heads of the men of
bis nation does not hit Americans.
Consul General L. NJ Iddirgs reports
from Cairo that the contract Tor raising
the Assouan dam in the Nile of Upper
Egypt has recently been awarded to the
firm who built the dam. The structure
will be raised % feet and will cost ST.
100000.
The "Tenderloin" police r-ecinct in
New York. known from the Battery to
the Golden Gate, has been cut in two by
Police Commissioner Bingham. A new
station house has been erected in the
lower half of the precinct and this was
opened. No reason has been given for
the change.
Owen r. Loyejoy, IN an address before
the American Institute of instruction at
Montreal, says that premature labor puts
on the child a handicap from which he
can never free himself
The school authorities of the city of
Plainfeld y. j., have raised the pay of
the teachers from % to 40 per cent with
out the least solicitation by the teachers
or the superintendent.
Leaving their baby sleeping in a Ho-
boken hotel. Mr.. and Mrs. Hendrick Van
Sloeck Of Paola, Iowa, board liner for
Europe. Mother, remembering the child
as che ship is about to derart, delays it
until she gets the infant.
Tie clock for the public building in
Philadelphia is the second largest In the
world. The dials are % feet each in d.
ameter, which gives distance Of about
a foot to be traversed by the end of the
minute hand every minute. It's place is
800 feet above the street.
as il our severe, disagreeasle climate
which remodels the buxom Conan Of
Scandinavian mad of one generation into
a tail. slender American girl Of the fol-
lowing enc? Whatever the cause may
be- writes Sadakichi Hartman. in the |
Cosmopolitan, 1T is a fact that the |
Ameritan-born children Of immigrants |
show certain traits of refinement that !
sne would seek in vain in their parents"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
Telegraphic BrevitieS

In the population of New York City
there are $4,000 persons of German par
entage, T35,0oo of Irish, 100000 of Rus
sian and 223.0oo of Italian.
The Catholic Educational Association
of the United States chooses Cardinal
Gibbons for honosry president ana urges
greater effort in building up colleges
Working women in the fruit fields of
California viii henceforward work only
eight hours day instead of working
from sunrise TO sunset, rs they have hith-
erto done.
The board of managers Of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union. in session in
Spokane. Wash, selected Cleveland. Ohio.
as the place for holding the seventeenth
annual convention next July.
Announcement is made that the famous
likeness Of George Washington by Gilbert
Stuart. known as .he Gibbs-C Claiming
Avery portrait, has asea acquired by the
New York Metropolitan Museum OF Art.
The house in Liteh6eld. Conn. in which
Judge Tappan Reeve started the first
law school in this country in 1774. has
just been sold at auction 10 parties who
will see that il is preserved for its his
torical value.
dispatch to the London Daily Mall
from Berlin, says that Major von Grossi's
dirigible balloon for the German army has
made some highly successful trials at
night recently for the purposes OF secrecy.
The balloon. it IS stated, easily maintain
ed a speed of thirty miles an hour
Prof. Berg, in Buenos Ayres. reports
that he has dis ,vered a spider which
practices fishing At times. In shallow
places 1t spins etween stones two
winged. conical &. on which it runs on
the water and ptures small fish, tad
poses. etc. Tha. { understands its wcrk
well Is shown b the numerous shriveled
skins OF little satures that lie about
In she web net
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
ARMY LACKS FIGHTING MEN.


Soldiers Won't Re-enIist; Recruiting
Officers in Despair.
There is something wrong with the
army" said General Bell, chief of staff,
in Western speech.
The weight of opinion at the War
Department in Washington is that Sec
rotary Taft summed Up the case when
he remarked that the trouble with the
army was there was not enough of it.
Men can't be lured to enlist. The gen.
era! staff has been compiling tables
that bear out this statement. They will
be made the basis for a strong presen-
tation Of the needs of the army to
Congress
There is a company of coast artillery
by regulations required to number los
men, which musters just eight enlisted
priyates in its ranks OF course COM
pany drill with such a skeleton organi.
cation is impossible. This is only one
of a number of such organizations,
mainly in the coast artillery it is true !;
but every branch of the service feels
the same decline.
Men will not re-enlist at the expira-
ton of their first terms of service. Pay
outside the army is so much higher it
attracts the NEST energetic soldiers in
to private life. Never before have re-
cruiting officers found their work so
hard and Improbable. The demands
upon likely young adventurous men for
the rapidly growing navy has also de-
veloped new competitor for the re
cruiting sergeant.
A special reason for the refusal Of
the coast artillery men to re-enlist is
that they are obliged to do large
amount of mechanical work In caring
for the complicated Notifications, dress
ed only in working overalls or jumpers
and getting few opportunities to wear
their soldiers uniforms.
AS to the other branches Of the SER
vice, the men are being called on to do
too much hard work which they regard
as unnecessary. Particularly do they
object to the long, hard, periodical prac-
Tue luil uS0Ny
field kit Many assertions are trace
able to this dissatisfaction. The staff
is trying TO find corrective measures,
but some measures will require legisla-
ton to make them effective.
The "hikes" are made by direct or
der of the President, so the same au-
thority can dispense with them or re-
duce the requirements. But it is GER
tain that Congress must provide for
general and large increase of the pay
Of the soldier if the regular army IS
to be maintained at its authorized
strength. Officers may be had, even
though Gen. Funston has reported that
captains pay is less than the wage
of plumber or house mechanic in Cal
ifornia, but the War Department con-
tends that the private soldier can not
longer be kept in the ranks for $13
month while wages in civil life remain
at their present standard.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
@ I Gy
Sentiment in Spelling.
Hich Finance

High finance is not confined entire
~ to Wall Stree" said John E. VIII
kie, Chief of the Secret Service. i
saw an example Of X the other day
that made me dizzy.
"One OF the clerks In the Treasury
wanted 10 go to the ball game. h
had but twenty-five cents, mis- exacs
admission. and noeh;ng for car fare.
HE announced that he would raj
De his twenty five cents for two cents
share. Eaaseen clrks took chan
ees. One won the. quarter for two
cents, but the thrifty promoter had
twenty -aye cents for his ticket, ten
cents for car fare and cent over
for an afternoon paper. Saturday
Evening Post
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
News OF WISCONSIN
RUNAWAY GIRL FOUND.
Iron River, Mich, student Working
in ONhkOah.

Ethel Sensiba, the 17-year-old daugh-
ter of G II. Sensiba of Iron River, Mich,
who disappeared from the home of her
uncle, James Tiernan, in Green Bay. on
Thursday, June 81. has been located at
Oshkosh She came to Oshkosh the day
after her reported disappearance and reg
iste~ed at the Fowler hotel as Miss Ethel
Schuldes. The following morning she
asked the proprietor of the hotel, William
Cook, for a position which she received.
The proprietor and the other girls with
whom Ethel worked were unaware of her
identity until Mr.. Cook found out who
she was Her identity was discovered
when she lost a letter containing 50
bill, and was forced to tell the police Off
GERS Miss Sensiba was determined TO
attend the Oshkosh Normal school and
had arranged to wait on tables at the
hotel for her board during the fall term.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE TWICE.
ManitowOc Woman, Convicted of
ShopIifting, Tries to End Life.

ManitovOc Woman, Convicted of
Shoplifting, Tries to End Life.
The disgrace of arrest on a charge of
shoplifting prompted Mrs. Carolina Sin
gleman of Manitowoc, aged 90, to make
two attempts at suicide. She will re-
cover and will be examined as to her
sanity. Fooled in an attempt to use car
bolic acid which was taken from her by
relatives, the woman soaked the sulphur
from matches and drank the liquid. Mrs.
Singleman was lately arrested for theft
of flowers from graves at Evergreen, TAX
ing the floral offerings to place on the
grave of her dead son who was the only
Manitowoc boy killed in the Philippines
during the war. Later she was detected
in the act of taking a bolt of goods at
the Schuette Brothers Company's store
and paid a fine of $40. The attemp. at
suicide will not prove successful.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
SHE SAVES BOYS LIFE.
kenOsha Woman Jumps Into Lake
After Lad,

Mrs. John De Young was the heroine
of an exciting incident in Kenosha when
she threw herself into Lake Michigan to
save the life of Vernon Armstrong,
boy whom she had never seen before.
Young Armstrong and a party of compan-
ions had been fishing from the pier when
he fell into ten feet of water. The boy
was sinking for the third time when Mrs.
De Young leaped into the lake and caught
him. The woman, who was unable to
swim, managed to keep afoat until aid ar
rived and, still clinging to the rescued
boy, she was carried to the breakwater.
A great crowd had gathered to watch the
rescue and the heroine was greeted with
continued cheering. Mrs. De Young her
riedly jumped into carriage and went
to her home
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
Forest Planting i'm Nebra.t,a.

a study was made by the United
states Department of Agriculture OF
the forest plantations in Eastern Ne
braska to ascertain the species of trees
best suited for planting Throughout,
the region The plantations already
In existence were studied with ref.
erence to their silvicultural require
ments, the amount and value of wood
products grown, and the effect of diff.
ferent methods of planting.
The planting of forests has decreased
in Eastern Nebraska in recent wears.
and some Of the earlier planted forests
are being cut off. Tables are given.
showing the height and diameter
growth of the principal species of trees
planted in Eastern Nebraska OYER a
period OF fifty years. the amount of
heart wood in trees of various Diane
tiers, and the yield of cottonwood on
bottom land and on upland, Usage or.
ange. white willow, silver maple, hoy
elder, Russian mulberry, white elm,
Lomhardy poplar, black locust and va
rious other species of broad-leaf trees
ana OF pines
The data obtained show that hardy
catalpa, Usage grange black walnut
cottonwood, white willow, green ash
and honey locust can be grown with
profit In Eastern Nebraska Hardy
catalpa. Usage orange and green ash
should be planted chiefly for fence
posts white willow for fuel, black wal
nut for lumber and cottonwood for fuel
and lumber. Ali attain their best de-
velopment in rich, well-drained valleys
Cottonwood. white willow and black
walnut are essentially bottonl-land
trees Usage orange should be planted
on upland only in fertile soils in south
eastern counties. The range Of hardy
catalpa in upland planting is consid-
erabfy wider. but IL must have good
soil. Green ash and honey locust are
especially adapted for dry upland
planting in the more western and
southwestern counties In the
sand hills some OF the conifers. such
as Western yellow pine and jack pine
undoubtedly may be planted with
profit, since land values are certain ts
| remain low"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
Lonn Cane.

A traveller, among other variations
OF wonders Of foreign parts, declared
he knew cane a mile long. The
company looked iBcrsdulous, aHd 1t
was evident they we're not prepared
TO swallow it, even II it should have
been a sugar cane. Pray what kind
OF cane was t?s asked a gentleman,
sneeringly II ives a hurricane" re
piled the traveller.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
POWER PLANT AT MARINETTE.
PerIey Lowe of Chicago Offers to
Use Peshtigo River.

Perley Lowe of Chicago while in Mari
nette the other day stated that he would
develop Places rapids on the Peshtigo
river and furnish all the electric power
Marinette and Menominee needed if con
tracts were made with him. He stated
that he had over 1000 horse power avail
able and could put it into the twin cities
before next Christmas at a price lower
than any power now offered. Mr.. Lore
stated that he now had contracts to fur
niSh Oconto with factory and lighting
power and also would supply all the mills
at Peshtigo.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30

While tearing down an old haunted
house in the Sixth Ward Of Madison,
Daniel Trainor found an old shoe in
which was hidden $500. The dates
upon the money indicated that it had
been placed there about sixteen years
ago, probably by an old coupe Mr.. and
Mrs Emit Behrend. both of whom died
recently in milwaukee,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
BoY FALLS DOWN SHAFT.
Edward SuIIidan Fractures Collar
Bone mt Fond du Lac.

Edward SuIIidan Fractures Collar
Bone at Fond du Lac.
Edward Sullidan, aged 10, an employee
of the Fond du Lac Church Supply Com
pany, fractured his collar bone and re-
ceiyed serious bruises about the hesl by
falling down the elevator shaft at the
company's plant. Sullidan had taken the
elevator to the second floor to deliver
message. He walked out of the car, de-
livered his message, and came directly
back. Meantime the car, through some
fault of the machinery, had descended to
the first floor. Instead of stepping into
the elevator Sullidan stepped into space
and fell sixteen feet. His injuries are
serious
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
HIS Cisfern ExpIodes.

II. o. Bigelow. Madison grocer, went
down into a eistern to measure the depth
of the water. He did not know that gas
Oline had leaked into the cistern and light
ing a match, created an explosion, burn
ipg his face almost beyond recognition,
his mustache was burned completely off.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
Alfalfa ms a Good Feed.

In the year 1903 read a great deal
about alfalfa, and so bought 100 pounds
of seed and as soon as my oat crop
was sown prepared my land for al
falfa- l chose a very rich piece of
laud which plowed about eight inches
deep, pulverlzed it very fine and then
sowed the seed broadcast. 1 sowed
nurse crop in connection with the al.
falfa-25 pounds of alfalfa and one
bushel of oats, covered with a drag
About the first of June cut and cured
ard put in the barn the alfalfa and
oats, fed this to my horses and they
did well. Twice after this l cut the
alfalfa and let it lie on the land for
mulch. The second year cut the al
falfa three times, making about six
tons to the acre in all for the second
year. The third year l cut 1t four
times, making ten tons to the acre for
tie season of 1906. My hogs eat the
dry alfalfa with relish, In fact every
animal on the place seems to be crazy
to eat alfalfa hay. 1 feed a few cat
tie every year and give them shelled
corn. eal corn and shock corn with all
the alfalfa hay they will eat. They
have good barn to stay in nights and
stormy weather, and l never In all
my feeding saw cattle gain in three
months as these did from the time Y
put them in the feed yard until they
were shipped to market / think al
falfa is one Of the most paying crops
farmer can raise, and l have been
50 well pleased with my experience
that l am mulching the alfalfa with
manure and think it will help it to
winter. l think there is danger OF
freezing. although the land faces to
the south and Is well drained-G. E.
CalkinS Ottawa I'll
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
RaiIroad Rate Man ouits.

John Barnes has resigned as Chairman
of the Wisconsin railroad rate commits
SIGN Action was provoked by the Leg
islature's passing a 2-cent fare bin after
the commission had ordered a 2la-cent
rate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
MAN KILLED AT BURLINGTON.
Body Found I'm Mill Pond Supposed
to BE j. f. EloYd.

The dead body of man supposed to
be John f. Floyd was found in the mill
pond in Burlington. 1t is supposed that
he was knocked off the bridge by the
Wisconsin Central train. His head is
crushed, and he is bruised about the body.
The man is unknown. lie was identified
by watch which he possessed, with the
inscription on the cover. John f, Floyd.
1S93. From Mamma
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30

A farmer who has grown a 4o3-
pound squash is worth listening to
when hc tells how he did it, for he
says IT is no trick ut all to grow a
3oo-pouader. In explaining how he
does *, he says: For each hill In
tend 10 plant l take two good wheel
barrow loads OF hen manure, and mix
with four barrows Of good soil taken
from some other part of the lot. A
little later, early in May, l add four
barrows OF well-rotted manure and mix
thoroughly. Then about the 18th of
May l make the hills, digging out 4
space seven feet in diameter and IA
inches deep, filling In with my compos.
mixing, and with it some of the best
earth which was thrown out: and when
finished the hill will be about ten feet
In diameter and six inches higher in
the center than the surrounding level;
the seed Is planted at once. Hills
should be about 20 feet apart: work
the ground well until the plants Nou-
mence TO run. When vines are about
three feet long 1 mulch the ground sill
over, for 20 feet In diameter around
each Hill, with horse manure three
inches deep, and stake the vines down
with sticks TO keep the wind from roll
Ing them about, so that they may root
at every joint. II Is OF great advsn-
tage to keep the vine from fruiting as
long as possible. By pruning al fruit
bloom OFF until about the last week In
July; this VIII give time enough to
mature 300-pound squash BY the frst
of October. There must be big vine
to produce a big squash"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
RICH WIDOW WEEDS IN SECRET.
Married Lum5erman on Denthbed-
New Vows in Chicago.

New vows IN Ch1caEO.
Friends Of Mrs. Marie Bradley, widow
of the late "Bilr' Bradley of Tomahawk,
a prominent lumberman in that section,
learn that she was married in Chicago
June 26 to Matthew Kelly of West Ba-
den. She was married to Mr.. Bradley
when he was on what proved to be his
deathbed She was formerly his secre-
tary and stenographer. She and Mr.
Bradley's two brothers divided the estate
each taking one-third.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30

Shelter and comfortable quarters
should be provided for stock, II for
nothing else than simply a question OF
economy In the consumption OF food.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30

The London and Northwestern Rail
read 1as in rs regular emoloy an
artificial limb manufacturer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
Da.a Near Hudson washed out.

Willow River Power Company's dam st
Burkhard was washed out by heavy rains.
The dam furnishes power for the light
for Hudson.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
PAYS $4,000 JUDGMENT
NJ. and NJ. Paper Company Pays Jen-

M Hnu NJ. FHper OOI1DHHy FHyH Jth-
ME Van de Bogart Big Sum.
The NJ. and NJ. Paper Company of Mar
inette paid over TO Miss Jennie Van de
Bogart's attorneys $15,3GO as principal
and interest for a judgment given against
the company for damages to the woman.
The case was tried twice and went to
the Supreme Court twice, the final de-
cision being for $4,000, interest, and
Costs
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
NAMED Assistant Fire Marshal.

Thomas Purtell, State fire marshal.
has appointed james NJ. Sexton Of Madi-
son as his assistant. The saia-y IS 81
-Gn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
Drovns in sbaIIo,v water

George Westberry Of Milwaukee fell
from boat while suffering from an epi-
leptic fit and drowned in four feet of
water in Lake kegansa.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30

The meadows and pastures as well as
the growing wheat are often benefited
by rolling well in the spring after the
frost is through the ground.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30

If there were more square deals IN
the world there would be more square
meals.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30

Three conditions are needed for the
production of sweet cream Cleanli-
ness, low temperature and richness in
the cream.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
LIFE-sAvERs RESCUE TEN.
Launch of Macon, Mo-, Man Disabled
on kenOsha.

on kenosha.
With her engine disabled and drifting
with the waves, the gasoline launch Eliza
beth of Macon, No., with ten people on
board, was picked up by the life-saving
crew three miles off Kenosha, The boat
is owned by Harry Rubey of Macon, Mo-.
who with a party of nine friends, was
making a trip to New York.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
Quail Disease.

A highly contagious and rapidly IA
tai disease has lately prevailed among
quail In this country. New to the
United States, or at least unrecognized
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
SSSSs5=eS,S

Push the lambs from the first if you
would have Dig, fat sheep.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
sIaps wife, jail for Ten Days.
Fortune i'm old Shoe.

Albert Tuebert Of GAINESVILLE was SEN
fenced to ten days in Jail for slapping
his wi fe
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30

Lime is a most active agent In rem
dering the soil mellow and setting the
plant food free to be assimilated by
vegetation, while it is itself a direct
plant food.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30

The Australian talEgaIIa is the .naly
bird which leaves the egg fully feath-
cred