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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09
Goyernment Mhiteuash.

Take half a bushel of unslacked lime
slake it with boiling water cover dur
ing the process to keep In steam, strain
the liquid through fine sieve or strain
er, and add to 1t peck of salt, pre-
viously dissolved in warm water, three
pounds of ground rice boiled to thin
paste and stirred in while hot, half a
pound of Spanish whiting, and one
pound of clean glue, previously dis
solved by soaking in cold water, and
then hanging over a slow fire in a small
pot hung in a larger one filled with
water. Add five gallons of hot water
to the mixture, stir well, and let II
stand few days, covered from dirt
1t should be applied hot, for which
purpose it can be kept in a kettle or
portable furnace. The east end of the
presidents house at Washington is en-
bellished by this brilliant whitewash.
1t is used by the government to white
wash lighthouses.
A pint of this wash mixture, If prop
erly applied, will cover one square
yard, and will be almost as serviceable
as paint for wood, brick. or stone, and
is much cheaper than the cheapest
paint
Coloring matter may be added as de-
sired. For cream color add yellow
OGRE; pearl or lead, add lampblack or
ivory black; fawn, add proportionate-
~ four pounds of umber to one pound
Of Indian red and one pound of com.
mon lampblack; common stone color,
add proportionately four pounds raw
rTnf TO two ro110dS Ia
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09

"Oh, James. how lovely! You don't
know how terrible it has been lying
here. I've been horrid at times, James
but that's all over now, isn't it? Kiss
me, and then go and have your supper.
Why, you're crying!"
"I-I-the sudden change has upset
me, dear. There. I'm all right now,
and I'll see you off at the station to-
morrow. They won't care-I mean,
they'll excuse me being late at the Of
fee"
Emmett stood on the platform and
watched the train glide out of the sta
ton. He had bought his wife a maya.
zine and a basket Of fruit, and saw her
comfortably Installed. He watched her
90 with dim eyes and an aching lump
in his throat-she had called him by q
pet name long fallen into disuse-as
the train moved off.
Then he turned resolutely away. He
was feeling cold and nervous, and he
feared at the last moment his courage
might fail him. He entered the station
bar and drank brandy and soda Then
ne stopped at pawnbroker's shop and
cot a cheap German revolver.
CIutchfng mis- parcel, he made his
way home to the little house, let him
self In, and locked the door. The girl
bad gone on a holiday, and the place
was deserted.
Emmett went to the drawer and pull
ed out the life insurance policy On
the envelope he wrote, In his neat
'lerkly hand For my wife-private,
md propped it up against candlesticll
IN the mantelpiece. Then he went
slowly up the narrow staircase to her
bedroom.
The blinds We're drawn, but there
was ample light for his purpose. The
stale, verdigris-covered cartridges
damned in the chambers: his hands
we're shaking, and he was naturally
,lrmsy and unaccustomed. At length,
however, he managed to fl four cham
bers and snap the breech TO- 1t was a
wretchedly made single action thing,
and he shuddered as the lock action
gave a double click.
Lord. have mercy-have niercyi" he
muttereC, dry-lipred, and pulled the
trigger.
1t fell with sharp snap. Dazed and
confused but with q courage few would
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09

under administration. He may take what timber be
needs for domestic without asking.
In the sale of timber there chance for monopoly
for the Secretary of Agriculture sell much
little he peases to whomever he pleases and for what
price he deems fair the interests Of all tbs
people The government gets fair return for its
timber whereas before IT practically it away, and
1t away in such that it monopollzed
in vast tracts by corporate interests And after it
cut off the land burned and became non-pro
ductve waste.
The range is used for the grazing Of live stock. On
those national forests created after March l. 1907 there
will be interference with the grazing industry 1t
will just IL the national forests had not been
established during the entire grazing Of 1907
without fee and without any interference.
The land within national forests is freely open to
sites for hotels stores mills residences and all other
legitimate purposes The greatest possible Of the
land is desired The people, settlement and indus
try the better Is the protection which results All kinds
of Improvements not only permitted but decided
ly welcomed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09
Very Lucid.

A lady left her home for her annual
visit to her mother. Before her depart
ure she told her husband that IL he
wanted anything that he could not cas-
lily find he was to write to her for d.
rections. Don't turn the house upside
down, as you generally do" she said.
u will answer at once and tell you
just where it is Soon after his wife's
departure neighbor came in to borrow
a pattern of a dress. The husband
wrote, as he had been requested to do.
This was the answer by return-"You
will find 1t hanging on the wall By the
garnet stairs, or in the box on top of
the sewing machine in Ellen's room
the green box, or the red one, | forgot
which. Perhaps, though. it is on the
top shelf in the cupboard in our room
-left-hand side, IL l remember cor
rectly, but look on the other side. too
If not there ii Is in the bottom drawer
of the bureau in the hall. That is where
l keep my patterns. and don't unite all
the bundles. 1t is among them some
where. Perhaps it is in the second
drawer. 1t is somewhere upstairs. anv
way, so don't rummage downstairs
P. Snow / come to think OF II. 7
may have lent it to my sister Ami"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09
The Last Failure


Emmett was born In 1865, yet one
would have put him down as a man
bordering on 90; even his fellow clerks
always referred to him as "Old En-
nett" He was one of life's derelicts
worn by hopes deferred, illusions
shattered and early ambitions nipped
1t was natural enough that three
days after his wife fell i'll the head OF
the firm should summarily dismiss him
with a months salary, and hint that
his work was getting slovenly.
How he got out of the office he never
quite knew. He remembered nothing
until he found himself on the front
steps. numbed with sickening appreheu.
slons for the future.
From his long connection with the
firm he knew, and was known, at many
offices. He went the round of these and
of many other strange ones. At every
one he received the same answer, some
times bluntly, sometimes with a show
OF eonsideratlon-"Tim were bad
cutting expenses-not enough work for
their own staff, let alone extra hands. y
With a shiver, he turned TO face the
five-mile trudge home. Homel lie
shivered again as he thought OF it,
the stuffy house in the little street; the
slatternly girl who slept out; the peevlsl
woman who lay Ill upstairs, crying be-
cause they could not do as their neigh
bors did-constantly nagging, constant
ly blaming.
He still loved her with dog-iske
fdelity vet he Shrank from tie shrill
voice and the constant upbraidiag. She
accused him Of want of proper pride. OF
helpleSsnesS. Why didn't he gat his
uncle TO do something for them-he had
money. When he demonstrated that he
had only seen his uncle twice in his life
and that years ago-she relaned INTO
sullen tears.
He was faint with hunger. but there
was something to do first. before touch
ing the unappetizing meal laid Cor him.
lie went TO drawer in the writing Ia
BILE and drew out long envelope in
which was life Insurance policy for
f2o0. He had taken Ii out at the time
Of his marriage and had contrived 10
keep the premiums paid up.
Having read it again, he gave a sigh
of relief; he had been right all along.
but he wished to make certain. He re-.
placed the envelope. and counted ont
the money in his pocket-there were
twelve sovereigns. One he kept for
purposes OF his oSn; the others he took
upstairs to the ailing wife. with a fore
ed smile and brazen lie of rise in
salary and an important post In the
office.
"And--and SO you see. dear" he Goa.
Guided with little choke in his voice
1--WE shall be able to do as the doctor
said, after all. You shall go down to-
10 Margate: thy say the air Is very
good there. and you can get strong and
we'll again"
Mrs. Emmett's face frightened. and
abe slipped an arm round bis neck
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09
WISCONSIN SOLOAS.


When the Miller anti-treating bill came
up in the Assembly Tuesday Mr.. Hebron
wanted it put over till April 10. The bill
limits the amount of campaign expenses
and specifies for what purposes the
money shall be spent. Mr.. Hebron
thought the members ought to have a
chance to try the bill ON their constitu-
ents, but the House voted him down. Mr..
Ledyina believed the bill unconstitutional
and also set the sum of money too low.
A man could not make canvass for
sheriff in county of 5000 voters on only
500. He wanted the bin sent to the
judiciary committee Or. Miller believed
the bill would stand the test. A similar
one had stood for two years in New
York. The bin aims at purity in poll
tics and to give the poor man an equal
chance in a political race with the rich
man. The bill was finally re-referred TO
the committee on judiciary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09

A good German farmer was talking
about growing wheat at an Illinois in
stitute. In his odd, pointed way he
said In regard to tillage on wheat land,
I'VE are lazy too much in working land
for wheat" Many are lazy too much"
in making the most out Of the straw,
says Practical Farmer In this corn sec
ton, where there is DO end of corn
stalks, it may not often be advisable to
try and feed straw to stock. 1t can be
fed, however, with proper grain to good
advantage But there is no business
sense in letting great piles Of straw
lie and rot down, almost total loss,
when the land is hungry for the hui
mus this straw would make IL it was
worked into manure or otherwise got
into the soil evenly. There is no sense
In burning straw, and still that Is not
much worse than letting it rot down in
great stacks. 1t may be best sometimes
10 burn stubbles, when insects are tax
ing crops, as the lesser of two evils.
But otherwise do not burn straw or
vegetable matter in any form. Get it
back into your soil. The land it grew
or needs it, And don't sell straw for
a mere song Nearly all this land Is
short Of humus now and getting more
81. Better crops would be the result Of
rotting the straw evenly in the soil
instead Of in huge piles. Lay cement
floors in all stables. Draw In the straw
and use 1t freely for Ledding. Take IT
out saturated with liquid manure
which now goes TO waste, liquid worth.
pound for pound, much more than the
solid manure. Get twice as many loads
OF manure In a winter and worth about
twice as much per load II you want to
attain the highest success and are not
lazy too much"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09
have suspected, he inspected the cham

have Suspecged. he inspected the cham
bers. Only fear were loaded, and in
his fumbling the hammer had fallen on
one of the empty ones
He turned the cylinder carefully. A
second mistake, he knew. would break
his nerve.
At moments OF extreme tension. the
most trivial detail frequently assumes
Pm undeServed Importance. Emmett
was by nature and training an orderly
man. AS he snapped the breech to for
the second time he noticed an envelope
tucked away under the looking glass
stand.
He glanced at II. On it was the
stamp of a firm of solicitors. The name
was unknown TO him-but solicitors
letters had been painfully frequent OF
late. A freak OF curiosity tempted him
10 know he worst. He opened 1t, and
the lines swan before his eyes
Dear sir" he read, I'VE beg to In
form you Of the death of your uncle,
our esteemed client. which took place
en- the 14th ult. We should have ac-
quainted you with the fact before, but
1t has taken US a considerable time to
discover your address, The late John
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09

The Department of Agriculture for
some time has been making expert
ments in feeding prickly pear to stock
in Texas. In some parts of the South
west forage for stock Is scarce, and
cactus is abundant. The cactus makes
a good green feed for cattle, but the
spines have been an obstacle to its use.
In the departments experiments the
prickly pear was singed on the range
and then collected and chopped, so as
to break up the spines. After it was
treated in this way cattle readily ate it
without injury. Although low in nutri-
tive value. it forms an excellent sue
culent feed. When used in experiments
with both dairy COWS and beef steers
the pear gave good results in connec-
ton with other feeds, and the cost
was slight The utilization OF cactus
as stock feed will be of great advantage
IN the Southwest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09

After a spirited debate Wednesday the
Assembly ordered to engrossment the
Cleary bill establishing the Office of State
fire marshal. 1t provides for State fire
marshal at the salary of $1,000 and two
assistants. The law provides that in case
of fire an examination of witnesses shall
be held within two days, in case the loss
exceeds So. The Mayor or clerk of the
city or clerk of the town shall conduct the
investigation and reports of the findings
shall be made to the State fire commits
sion. He may examine witnesses, COM
NIT them for contempt for refusal to an
swer, etc. If the fire warden believes
that the fire may have been the result of
incendiarism he shall cause the arrest of
suspected parties and shall furnish evil
dence to the district attorney, who shall
then prosecute. The provision is made
for the payment for clerks in conducting
examinations of fires.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09

The opened window sash rests on top
of this frame. Weather strips exclude
the air from the room. The ether
frame rests on the bed. The frames
are held in position by adjustable rods.
A hood, similar to those on cameras,
connects the two frames.
The frames are covered with cur
tains. The one at the window Is on
a spring roller, so as to regulate the
admission of, air. The curtain on the
rear frame has a semi-circular opening
at the bottom, braced by slender rods.
A flap of flexible material snuggles
close to the neck of the sleeper. A
small celluloid window is also placed
in this curtain.
An adjustable pillow rest Is In the
cabinet. 1t is board hinged to the
bottom Of the rear frame and held at
the outer edge by hangers from the
top of the rear frame. The hangers
are slotted and adjustable by means
of threaded studs and thumb screws.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09

steam propelled arshp
The fact that the Wright brothers have been able to
av with machine that weighs 1925 pounds proves
concusyely that the first stage has been passed Their
engine alone weighs than 200 pounds and their
eubodies great many principles which are in the line
Of progress The fexiblity Of the rudders In front
and aar is something that seems auger we'll for the
future success While have not personally IT, yet
can readily see how such rudders may be worked adj
yantageously In controlling the machine
outlook for aerial navigation is growing brighter
svery day. Just what will eventually amount to is
problematical now However the hardest part Of the
difficulty has been overcome, that Of really flying and
proving world that 1t Is reality. The next stage
is the studying out problem of weight that be
carried If the Wright brothers able to navigate the
air. with their bearing nearly ton, it seems
that greater weight be carried.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09
WAIT A WEE, AM DINNA WEARY.

Wait a wee, an dinna weary,
Tho your heart be sad an sair:
An your youthful dreams hae vanish'd,
Leavin' nocht but grief an care;
Tho the clouds be dark an low'rin',
Faded fow'rs lie meath the shaw,
Simmer suns wi BRIGHT hopes burnin',
Sumo the mists will clear ava.
Wait a wee, an dinna weary,
Tho the winters lang an dreary.
Simmer days will come to cheer ye,
Gin yen only wait a wee,
Wait a wee, wait a wee.
Wait a wee
Wait, wait. a wee.
Wait wee, an dinna weary,
There are ithers sad an wac.
Suf'rin' puir wi heavy burdens,
Strugglin' 'gainst adversely;
For while forget your sorrows,
Sune a cank'rin' care will flee,
Gin ye'd soothe the brOken-hearted,
Wipe the tear frae poortith's ee-
r Mclean Calder
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09

A stringent automobile bill was ready
for recommendation to the Assembly by
the committee on State affairs, but was
held out at the urgent request of James
Drought of Milwaukee, representing the
Milwaukee Automobile Clup. The COM
mittee had decided to recommend a meas
ure cutting down the speed limitation of
autos, both on city and country roads.
and TO insist that there be numbers both
in front and on the rear of machines, and
a light shining directly upon the number
in front. Mr., Drought is DESTROYS of hav.
ing action postponed until he can lay
before the committee the uniform bill adj
vocated by the National Automobile As
sociation and already adopted by several
of the Eastern States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09

There very few of who get tired Of being
Very few Of really admire ourselves and
not always do find thoughts good, comforting
angels
That's Just what trying to do when to the
heaters parties read novels the day long o, the Joy
of live novel, story Of love and adventure; Of
hero-handsome, strong manly; Of a herone-pretty
chaste demure. Lost in tine story imagine that
are the heroine and forget all about the person
called me-, who perhaps may be everything that the
hero isn't
The thing do, then, is to endeavor to live hero
isn't it? Find out your ackings and fll in. Be very
careful what you do, be careful what you think.
Build up your character until you get tired Of
yourself until you find pleasant company In your
thoughts.
Daily strive to do right and don't take any Off days
Study good books and good people Mold yourself
If your thoughts bad, Danish them and find good
ones You will get tired Of the company of good
thoughts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09

Senator Brazeau, who introduced the
bill known as BIAS on behalf of the Wis
consin State Board of Medical Exam
liners, says that it was not aimed at Chris
3tian Science or physical culture establish
ments or Turkish bathrooms or anything
of that sort, but only at fake doctors
who assume the title of M. d. or ID. o.
or some other title which would lead the
public to believe that they are qualiiied
by special education to treat physical
ailments. He says that on reading over
the bill he himself has come to the con-
clusion that it is too sweeping and must
be amended so that it will not affect the
Christian Scientists and other legitimate
institutions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09

An English commission which has
been studying the agricultural condi-
tons of England ascrlbes large part
of the falling off in the production of
agricultural products to the failure Of
'.the board Of agriculture 20 aid the
British farmer as his foreign competi-
tor is aided.
Evidently the commission had in
mad the work of the department of
agriculture of this country, which has
become world-famous, and the publlca-
tons OF the several bureaus Of the de-
partment. which are read with great
interest. not alone BY the agriculturist,
but By the layman as wei, as is at
tested by their wide publication In
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09
A Troublesome Insect.

The peach borer is wasp-like In
sect, with transparent wings and a
richly striped ornamented body, band
ell and striped with gold, and deposits
its eggs about the base of the trunk of
the tree. The eggs hatch out, the lar
vac bore into the gummy matter, which
appears in masses about the base OF
the tree. The larvae seem partly to
live in this gummy substance and part
ly in the sap wood of the tree. Some
times three or four are found on the
same tree, occasionally girdling and de-
stroying it, but always inducing more
or less of a diseased condition and i'm
pairing its vigor. Altogether 1t is a
very objectionable and destructive in
sect
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09
Ne,v Marriage Lnw In.

A bill for more stringent marriage re-
lations came in from the Assembly COM
mittee on public health the other morning.
Persons to secure license must be of legal
age and neither of them insane feeble
minded or epileptic or have any other
impeachment to marriage. A certificate to
this effect must also be presented to the
Judge issuing the license and signed by
some reputable physician or physicians
Licenses must be taken out five days be-
fore the marriage and shall remain in
force no longer than one month.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09
GOLD LOOKED FOR IN VAIN.
Wisconsin Pioneer Imagined Pre-
ciOus Metal Was Hidden on Farm.

Wisconsin Pioneer Imagined Pre-
ciOus Metal Was Hidden ON Farm.
In the death of Levi ]. Cakes, aged SO
years, who lived ffty-fve years in St.
Croix county. northwestern Wisconsin
lost one of its most unique characters
as wei as one of its earliest pioneers,
Mr.. Oakes came to that section of the
State when it was full of Indians and
started farm on the now historic Paper
Jack creek. He has told many interest
ing stories of the early days of that sec
ton. Mr.. Cakes believed up to his last
conscious moment that rich gold mine
was on the great farm owned by him.
Even when broken BY age he was accus-
toned to take pick and shovel and work
for hours every day in the stone quarry
on his farm, where he believed there were
deposits Of gold. His vigilance and hard
work were never rewarded, however, by
the discovery of any treasure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09
Bedding the stock

To &c out in the morning and find
your hog troughs full of snow and
their drinking fountains frozen up,
your milk COWS bumped up in one cor
ner of the yard and the calves that
never saw snow before bawling, the
chickens and turkeys stuck in the snow
bank. the old pump frozen up, ETC., how
happy it makes you feel! 1t doesn't
take long, however, for the thrifty man
to get things in shape and everything
comfortable. There is nothing that
helps to usher in the winter pleasantly
so much as plenty Of straw for sheds,
pens and stables. l think there Is mon
ey in keeping everything bedded well,
says a writer in Iowa Homestead.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09
TOWN CLERK SHOT DEAD.
Body Is Found I'm Burning Ofhc
and Residence at Haugen.

Body Is Found I'm Burning ONCE
and Residence at Haugen.
Shot dead. the body of Prokop Plecity,
town clerk of the town of Haugen, eight
miles north of Rice Lake. was found in
his burning Office and residence by neigh
bors. Whether it was case of suicide
or murder is not known. Neighbors saw
the house ablaze and went to extinguish
the fire. They found the body of Plecity
in the middle of the floor in his Office.
There was bullet hole through the body.
22-caliber rife had been used. Plecity
was supposed 20 have considerable money
in the house. Many believe he shot HIM
self after setting fire to the building. His
wife and son are visiting in Eau Claire
and Pleeity was alone.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09
Vote for senator APRIL 10.

The senatorial fight is at it's
height The Legislature has decided to
ballot every noon, beginning April 16, for
a successor to Senator Spooner. The can
didates have come out in the open and
are working with all their might The
Senate passed the resolution after sharp
clash in which Lieut.. Gov. Conner led
the opposition, through Senator Brazea1,
and former Senator Hatton, through SEN
ator Sanborn, managed the other side