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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
LEIGH TO KEEP HIS JOB.
Change in Title Does Not LegisIate
Man Out OF His Position.

Change in Title Does Not Legislate
Man Out OF His Position.
The Attorney General has rendered an
opinion to the civil service commission in
which he holds that the Legislature was
unsuccessful to legislate Clerk Leigh of
Milwaukee out of his position. The Leg
islature changed the title of the position
in the Office from corresponding clerk to
general clerk. "A mere change by law
in the title or designation of a civil SER
vice employee with no change in salary
and duties does not legislate the employee
out of the State service" said Mr.. Gil
bert in his opinion. Mr.. Leigh has been
receiving $1,000 year and on Oct. ] he
was notified by State Treasurer Dahl
that his position was vacant. At that
time Mr.. Dahl appointed William Pugh
of Fond du Lac to the position, but Mr..
Leigh called the matter to the attention
of the civil service commissioner, which
resulted in the decision.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
Return of
the Prodigal
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Gilbert Summers was prosperous as
far as worldly goods goes; he owned
a drug store with all modern improve
ments; a snug little balance in the
bank, with more added to it each week
and the people of the village called
him well-to-do.
His most valued possession was his
little Sunbeam his 7-year-old daugh-
ter, who was the only child, and al
though the world called him cynical
and morose, the child was able to call
forth the best there was in him.
The world also called him queer
When his wife ran away Summers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
How to Exterminate Hen Mite

Some years ago our henhouse was
badly infested with red lice | will
give my way of getting rid of them,
for think it is a good one; at least,
it proved successful. We began by pull
ing out the old roost, which was
nailed against the wall, ard then
whitewashed the walls and nests. We
poured some kerosene on the cracks
around the nests. The kerosene will
run along the cracks and kill all the
lice 1t gets on. The floor was covered
with sand. We then put up 81 hang
ing roost by taking some lath and nail
ing one end to the ceiling and fastened
another lath that is to be used as the
roost to the other end with a wire.
After you have the roost up, dust the
chickens with powder to destroy the
lice that are on them. This hanging
roost is very important. Have it far
enough away from the walls so that
the chickens, when on it, will not touch
the walls, and do not let any chickens
roost on the nest or anywhere else.
The red lice do not breed on the chick
ems, as the large gray or white lice do.
They lay their eggs in the cracks
around the roost and nests. Most Of
them leave the chickens In the morn
ing and go on them again at night. In
this way you can quickly get rid of all
the red lice. Even if you only make
the roost you can get rid Of the lice,
for they cannot get on the chickens at
night But it will take two or three
months before they will all starve,
for they live on one another If the
coop is full of red lice the chickens
look sickly. Dc not set any hens in
places where there are red lice. Move
them after dark to a nest where you
wish them to set They generally set
well this way If you keep the nest
dark for day or two. The large gray
or white lice never leave the hens.
busting with powder is about as good
as anything to kill them.-Miss Ma
tilda NJ. Sharbaugh.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

kernels, or the entire head. Thest
spores are very minute. and are easily
blown about, often adherirs to the
kernel before it is planted, and when
such kernels sprout the spores also
terminate and send delicate threads
mo She young seedlings. These threads
follow the growth of the plant. ill the
head as soon Us formed. and there de-
veiop mass of spores instead of kerr
nelS. This black mass Is so we'll known
as to be recognized by every farmer
who has grown grain, but many farm
ers may not be aware of the fact that
every ear of corn containing smut is
a menace to the grain crop of next
year. All such stalks should be cut
out and burned on the first sign Of
smut, and where oats, barley, wheat
or any small grain is affected seriously
it will sometimes pay to NOW the crop
and burn it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
FOWLS ARE PLENTIFUL.
Good supply of Turkeys for Thanks
giving Is PrOphesied.

The report that a mysterious disease
has attacked turkeys and that as a result
the supply of them will be small and the
quality poor is denied by commission
merchants. While turkeys in Wisconsin
are only fair, those on hand are of good
quality. but on account of the high price
will not be as plump as usual. The
good housewife, however, need have no
fear for her Thanksgiving dinner, for it
is said that by the time the demand for
fowls commences there will doubtless be
as many turkeys in the market as in the
past. As nearly all poultry now is cheap
or than other meats and more toothsome
to many, heavy demand is expected.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

In recent report of experiments in
feeding chicks. the Rhode Island Ex-
pertinent Station says:
The use of the proper proportion of
animal food Will pay handsome profit
through decreased mortality and in
creased weight of the chicks. In feed
ing, bear In mind that chicks In
state OF nature spend practically all OF
their working hours in search of food,
and that they do not rill their crops in
ten minutes every two hours. Feed
ing should be, as far as the time OF
the attendant renders profitable, a con-
tinuous process, but by no means a
continuous gorge.
The experiment which led up to this
conclusion was with an incubator
hatch Of 219 chicks. These were sep
arated into lots OF about fifty each
and placed in similaN breeders. For
thirty days all conditions were kept
alike except rations Pen A was fed
balance ration of grains, meats and
green food. The chicks grew and
thriTed, and not one chick showed
symptoms Of digestive disorder The
deaths amounted to SO per cent In
Pen R all animal food was withheld;
the deaths were 9.5 per cent, of which
70 per cent had bowel trouble. Pen G
was fed on grain alone, all animal
food and all green food being omitted
from the ration; the deaths were 32.7
per cent, of which 96.5 per cent show
ed digestive trouble. In Pen d all
grain food was omitted; the deaths of
chicks were 63.7 per cent. of which
sos per cent showed bowel trouble
All the living chicks were weighed at
the close of the test, and Pen 4 showed
the greatest average weights for all
breeds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
fungus Growth ON Grains.

Smut Is annoying to farmers, as II
not only causes loss, but compeIs one
to cease using the seed from his crop.
which may be Of some valuable variety.
So damaging has been smut on all
kinds Of grain that the United States
Agricultural Department has Issued
several special bulletins on the subject
The loss OF grain from smut In this
country Is very large. and yet the mat
ter has received but comparatively lit
tie attention Smut Is caused by miH-
ute parasitic fungi. the spores, or seed
like bodies. which form the black,
dusty mass that takes the place Of the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
LIES MUSIC.

There never has been such music since
ever the world began,
No melody like it has echoed in the listen
ing ear of man.
AS soft as the bells Of the fairies, as blithe
as the song of the bird
The laughter, the infinite laughter, on lips
of the childehart heard
oh, If we could echo that laughter, il we
could catch it again,
The old sweet note of the golden throat,
the lit of its glad refrain!
Life would be music forever if one could
laugh like child,
In the golden day of the fairy way, care
lessly free and wild
Baltimore Sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
Little Pleasure I'm Ii.

Mrs. Dawdle-Oh. l don't like TO 60
to that store shopping there is so IN
satisfactory.
Mrs Wise-Why, they have every
thing you could possibly need there.
Mrs Dawdle-That's just it. No
matter what you ask for they can suit
YOU right off.-Philadelphia Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
DEATHS IN HALLOWEEN FRANKS
Old Man Succumbs and Ashland
Boys Are i'm Hospital.

Halloween celebrations throughout TIE
State resulted in one death, four people
wounded and much property destroyed
Halloween marauders at Fox Lake took
the wagon of Jarvis Willett and placed
it on top of wire fence. While Mr.
Willett who was 81 years of age, was
trying to release the wagon the next
morning he dropped dead. At Ashland
Harry Warner. Clarence Dennis and
Frank Huett, all sons of prominent citi-
gems. are in the hospital. while the sur
geons are digging charges of shot from
their bodies Julius Crotzke. an old Ger
man. has been arrested, charged with do
ing the shooting.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
WEEDS Elsin Man at Alma.

Miss Maurita yiles. daughter OF Brad
ford b. yiles, the well-known amberman
Of Chippewa Falls. and DR. George NJ.
Smith of Elgin. H. were married at
Alma, the news Of the wedding being
announced BY the parents of the bride.
The young couple made arrangements by
wire TO meet al Alma and have the cere-
moay performed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
game warden i. Fo,y.

Game Warden f. NJ. Perry confiscated
an innocent locking box shipped from Col
BY to a commission house in Chicago and
labeled roll butter" the seizure was
made at the Wisconsin Central depot in
Marshfield When the box was opened il
was found to contain seventy pounds OF
cartridges.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

Barley as a feed for live stock is
much commoner in European coun-
tries than it is In the United States. In
this country it is confined more large
ly to States of the Pacific slope By
products left from the breweries are
usually used as stock feed Barley is
crop that can be raised in a great
many different climates and is surer
of maturing a crop than some other of
the small grains.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

The barn of Jordan Strommea of the
town of Christiana burned. Twenty-sev-
en- head of cattle and four horses were
lost The fire was of unknown origin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

did you finally sum up enough
courage to ask her to marry your
Yes. and she gave her word"
~Ah. l congratulate you."
You needn't: the word she gave WAS
No Philadelphia Press
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

After living two years with broken
neck, Irving Moss died in Oshkosh. The
young man was 20 years of age and had
been unable to move since Nov. Is. 1905.
as the result of an accident at Fremont.
Neb.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

John, what was that awful nciss In
the bathroom just now?"
Don't worry, my dear, replied
John sleepily. 1T was merely crash
towel falling. Sentinel
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
Took Hold Of Muzrle.

While hunting ON the Wolf river. John
Kramer Of New London. aged IL. was
shot and killed. In attempting to re-
move his gun from a boat it was acct
dentally discharged, killing him Instantly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

Bran is a good deal better feed for
fattening steers that most farmers I'M
derstand When you can buy it at a
low price, try ii.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

James Benton. an inmate Of the corntv
garm. jumped from a twostory building
md broke his neck near GAINESVILLE Ben
son was dying from cancer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

An Usage hedge if trimmed up FIVE
or six feet, may be converted into a
frst-class hog and cattle-tight fence by
adding about six barbed wires. In a
year or two when the branches grow
out again over the wire it makes an
impregnable barrier to live stocks exit
or entrance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

Those who have to buy hay may con-
sole themselves by recalling that in
the spring of 1870 hay sold in New
York at $40 to $4S per ton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

Statistics show that 90 farmers of
100 keep hens. 1t is estimated that TO
per cent of this number raise mongrels
and crossbreeds. Now that the cam
paign for pure-bred cattle, hogs and
even field seeds is on, 1t would seem
wise to reduce the number of mongrel-
bred poultry.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

All animals thrive best when fed at
regular intervals and given each time
no more than they will readily con-
sumo.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

Keep the old SOW as long as she con-
tlnues to give you good litter. Do
not turn her off simply because she is
old.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

More husky young men die from
over-exertion on the football field than
in the harvest field.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

The proportion of profit Is usually
greater where small numbers of stock
are handled than otherwise That's
where the small farmer comes In.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

The udder Of the eve suffering from
garget should BE- well bathed with
very warm water, To which has been
added an ounce of cooking soda, and
after bathing it should be well rubbed
with an embrocation composed of !;
and turpentine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

When you are feeding poultry scat
ter the feed around so the birds will
have to hunt for it, as it will give
them exercise and prevent them from
gorging themselves.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

The Isthmian Canal Commission has
laid before the Secretary OF the Navy
the suggestion that the locks of the
Panama canal be wider THAI now
planned. owing to The larger size OF
merchant vessels and warships now
coming into vogue. 1t is thought pos
sible that this question may revive the
discussion of a sea-leyel waterway.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

The United States is supplying prac-
tically all the -four used Ia Manchuria.
Large eargoes are discharged daily by
tie fifteen or more steamers plying
regularly between Japanese ports and
Dalny. and loaded at once into freight
ears to be transported into the interior
Whole trains, consisting Of dozens OF
freight cars. laden only with -four from.
be Pacific slope Of the United States,
an .e observed here at any time. Re-
entity In one day 10000 Bags Of -four
desrned to Kinglow were landed In
Danny.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

The New York Court Of Appeals has
affirmed the decision of the lower
courts which held that the theater
which excluded Critic Metcalf Of Life
because of his anti-Hebrew criticisms
OF the management, was within its le-
gal rights. The higher court says that
Metcalfs writing showed "race bitter
ness and hatred" and that theaters are
IN no sense under StaTe control.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-02

There is now every prospect that
both the two cent passenger fare bill
and the Speer maximum freight rate
bill will be passed by the present
legislature. The success Of these two
measures, II they succeed, will be
due largely to railroad abuses that
needed curing. 1t is not that railroad
earnings have been to great. They
have not been. The railroads are
finding much difficulty 10 extending
their facilities to take care OF the
growing business Of the country
Great care should be taken to avoid
legislative courses that might strike a
blow at the prosperity Of these
necessary Institutions. Bot they
have been hauling freight 10 many
instances great disUanc IS for less than
the rate for short distances, and they
have been regularly selling transpor-
alton 10 those who travel much at
two cents pr mile. These things
should be done with great caution,
but maximum freight rates should be
es .ablished so close to an average
profitable rate as to pre- vent the dis
elimination and favoridsm Of the
past, and passenger rates either
ought to be treated 10 the same
manner to the exclusion OF the free
pass and the mileage credential or
else better service and more safety
devices required Only demagogueS
Of the most dangerous kind grudge
the prosperity Of any Legitimate
business. Statistics show that the
increase In farm values 10 the past
six years Is equal to the Increase In
the value Of railroad property since
the war between the stats, and /:
more than six times as much as The
capital stock OF all the banks In thu
United States. But the farmers have
not been mainta ming hobbies at TIT
legislatures, nor giving anything Il
public officials for special legislation
nor asking any favors through a pro
tective tariff, except in a few dis
honorable instances. The railroad
should be sternly prohibited from
dlscriminati ting against the prosperit,
Of the public but should be helped =
abundant prosperity Of legitimat
kind
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-02

The last Of possible candidates for
the democratic domination for
governor grows. The original list
consisted Of E W. Stephens, W. s.
Cowherd, Walter Williams, Dave
Ball, Congressman Lloyd, Matt Hall,
and Pants Vandiver. Later the list
was increased by prominent mentiln
Of D A DeArmond, Champ Clark,
Q mphell Wells, and James A Reed.
This week the st Louis Republic
makes serious mention Of Senator
Thos Wornall of Clay county,
Senator Frank McDavld OF
Springfield, Murray Carlton Of st
Louis, and Judge Goode Of the vt
Louis Court Of Appeals. There IS
time for several hundred more entries,
the election being eighteen months
off
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-02

1t is accusing that while General
Fred Grant was speaking in Plttsburg
the works which have been construed
as meddlesome interference 10 the
policies OF the president, Mr.
Roosevelt in Cambridge was warning
the Harvard students against the
heresies Of President Eliot General
Grant is reported to have lamented
that the United States army is so
small as TO compel the president tC
appeal to the mayor OF a municipality
to amend local school regulations 10
the interest Of peace. Mr.. Roosevelt
is reported as having denounced
molly coddles" to the Harvard
student body and to have asserted
that the toughest sports are
the most praiseworthY Meanwhile
President Eliot has been teaching
different doctrine and enforcing
decent athletics by appropriate
discipline,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-02

Agitation always leads to unlocked
for consequences. Within the past
few years this country has been
stirred by the revelation Of great
Inequalities In freight rates
grossly unjust Discrimination against
sections of the country, certain cities,
and particular industries; the building
up Of oppressive trusts like the
Standard OIL trust by faVoritism and
rebates. But no state legislature
this winter has thus far enacted a
comprehensive freight rate law, while
a large number OF states have passed
two cent passenger fare bills, The
strange thing about IL all is that this
matter had not been In issue. There
had been no agitstion upon the
subject. No wide complaint has beer
made Of the three cent fare. Neither
the public nor the Legislators ha "
made any investigation OF the
reasonableness or unreasonableness O
the present rates. There seems Il
have been a disire to do something
and this was one OF the nearesl
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-02

By the provisions OF the treaty Of
saRto Domingo $4,000, 900 have been
deposited by the negro republic with
New Yi0TThk banks 10 be distributed to
It's creditors by the president Of this
country upon the adjudication Of that
bankrupt country's differences with
its creditors in the courts Of the
United States, If this country were
looking for some means Of making
enemies Of all the nations at outs
with this troublesome little negro
republic it could hardly find a better
way,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-02

The smallpox epidemic IN Jefferson
City appears to have beea all that
was necessary to lend to the Missouri
Legislature the proper tone Of serious
ness aud earnestness. The legisla ure
has been doing something this week
And by far the most important and
wholesome bill passed thus far is the
nti-bucketshop bill, which passed
the senate Tuesday unanimously
This measure may not stop gambling
On the markets, but it viii 60 a long
way toward curing the coarser fol ms
of this evil.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-02


Wallace, ononts. and stevens have
resigned from the canal work iu
rapid succession, This would seem
to indicate that either there is
something the matter with the
enterprise from an engineering ST nd
point or from a managerial one
Maybe Senator Morgan has been
right al along when he said that the
Panama route is Impractical and that
1t was adopted 10 ~consonance with
public opinion created by the trans
continental railroads, which have all
along been hostile to the enterprise.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-02

things at hand 1t is extremely
probable that puolic reprobation Of
the pass evil in the case OF public
officers had as much co do with this
action In the various states as
anything else Meanwhile maximuG
freight rate bills have hid hard
shedding, and upon this subject the
public and ats officials had become
fairly well informed through several
years Of AGITATION
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-02

The public press and a few
inCorrigibles in congress have failed
TO understand the scruples which
have led the post office department to
divide the weekly tonnage of mail by
six instead Of seven to get the daily
average, The railroads and local
servants Of the postal department
may work seven days II they want TO,
but the Washington. hicialS refuse t
admit that there are more than sll
days ID a week.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-03-02

charge OF the construction OF the
Panama canal. But it is a good
suggestion nevertheless. he is an
energetic man. He learns new things
quickly. He is honest in everything
unless it be political opinion He
would dig the canal il anybody can,
He was largely responsible for the
choice OF this route II be should
make it go, be ought TO have mot OF
the credit, and he ought to be put 10
position where he would have most
Of the blame Il the thing turns out a
national failure and shame.