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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
URGES SHIP SUBSIDY.
President Says Federal Aid of
Steamers Is, Needed.

President Says Federal Aid of
Steamers Is Needed.
ut would surely be discreditable for
us to surrender to our commercial rivals
the great commerce of the Orient, the
great commerce we should have with
South America, and even our own com
munication with Hawaii and the Philip
pines" declared President Roosevelt in
a special message sent to Congress urg-
ing the passage of a ship subsidy bill. In
his message the President says:
THE urgent need of our country MAX
ing an effort to do something like its
share of its own carrying trade on the
ocean has been called to our attention in
striking fashion by the experiences of Sec
rotary Root on his recent South American
tour. The great continent to the south
of us, which should be knit to us by the
closest commercial ties, is hardly in di-
rect commercial communication with us
at all, it's commercial relations being al
most exclusively with Europe. In the
year ending June 80, 1905, there entered
the port of Rio de Janeiro over 5000
steamers and sailing vessels from Eu
rope, but from the United States no
steamers and only seven sailing vessels,
two of which were in distress"
One prime reason for this condition,
the President says is that business on the
sea is done not in a world of natural com
petition but of subsidized competition.
State aid to steamship lines, he says is as
much a part of the commercial system of
the country as State employment of con.
s.t,l, 70 h11cinocc and ndH
Our commercial competitors in Europe
pay in the aggregate some twenty-five
millions a year to their steamship lines
Great Britain paying nearly seven mill
ions. Japan pays between three and
four millions. BY the proposed legisla-
ton the United States will pay relatively
less than any one of our competitors
pays.
Three years ago the trans-M Mississippi
congress formally set forth as automatic
the statement that every ship is a mis-
sionary of trade. that steamship lines
work for their own countries just as rail
road lines work for their terminal joints,
end that it is as absurd for the United
States 10 depend upon foreign ships to
distribute its product as it would be for
a department store to depend upon wag-
ons of ii competing house to deliver it's
goods.
Moreover it must be remembered that
American ships do not have to contend
merely against the subsidization of their
for eign competitors. The higher wages
and the greater cost of maintenance of
American officers and crews make it al
most impossible for our people who do
business on the ocean to compete on
equal terms with foreign ships"
The President says the proposed law is
not experimental. but is based on the
experiences OF other countries. and in
conclusion expresses a hope for the en-
actment of some law like the bill at pres
ent pending in Congress.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

sound of horses hoofs and a gentle
man in a red coat came riding up to
the house.
Did you see a hunting party go by
here?" he asked.
Haven't had time to notice I've
got a hunting party Of my own"
He looked surprised and then for
the first time noticed my gun. told
him my story. and When he le.trned
that had a man cornered in the chin
ney he burst Into a laugh. l. relieved
from the terrible strain had been en-
during, burst into tears.
Then the gentleman took my rifle
and stood guard, while took his horse
and rode away for assistance. The
game / had bagged alive was kept af-
ter that in the penltentlary.-Fiel and
Farm
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Pumpkin Sugar in Iowa.

Sugar from pumpkins will be the
next source of wealth which will be
developed in Iowa, for the authorities
at the agricultural college declare high
grade sugar will be made from them by
a process even more simple than that
required to make it from beets. Exper-
iments have resulted in the production
of a species of pumpkin which contains
per cent of sugar, and it is the pre-
diction that in three years the sugar
element will be increased to II per
cent. This is equal to the quantity of
sugar found in the best variety of
sugar beet. Because pumpkins are
easily raised and tonnage may be pro-
duced to the acre which will exceed
that of beets, the new sugar pumpkin
will open up a valuable field for the
Iowa farmers. The pumpkins may be
planted in the corn fields, and the same
soil which will produce corn may be
made to produce a crop of pumpkins
at the same time-American Cultiva-
for
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
SENATOR ALoER DEAD.
Former Secretary of War Succumb,
Suddenly in Washfnxt0n

EOFMeF SCcFctHfg W ar Succum ID q
Suddenly in Washington.
Gen. Russell A. Alger. Senator from
Michigan and former Secretary of War,
died suddenly in Washington Thursday.
Mr.. Alger was recently defeated for re-
election by William Alden Smith in a
hot fight Mr.. Alger lived in Detroit
Gen Alger was born Feb. %, 1896, in
Lafayette township, Medina county, o.
Since his 18th year he had an active
and eventful career which has brought
to him in abundance both wealth and
public honors. He was an orphan be-
fore he was II, and worked on q farm
for seven years. earning enough money
In this way to enable him to study in
the winters at the Richfield (Ohio)
Academy.
After teaching school 70. two years,
he was admitted to the bar in 1859, be-
ginning to practice law in Cleveland. In
1850 he moved to Michigan, entering
the pine lumber business, which ulti-
mately made him a millionaire. In Sep
TENDER, 1861, he enlisted in tie Union
army and rose rapidly from the ranks,
becoming successfully captain, major,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
DESIRE BLONDE CHILDREN.
Many People Want Light Type When
Adopting Little Ones.


"Strange as it may SEEM" said a
prominent philanthropist the other day,
mot few children Of the thousands
who must be classed as street waits re
ceive a valuable Inheritance of blue
eyes and light hair, which, without too
great stretch of the imagination, may
be called golden. While l do not pre-
tend to understand the psychology Of
the question, facts will nevertheless
bear this out
"Of the great number of requests re-
ceiyed by charitable Institutions of this
city for children for adoption the ma
jority of those who specify ask for the
blue-eyed, golden-haired type. SO, you
see, the Inheritance of such coloring Is
a sort of open sesame to good home.
This curious prediction was much
more marked ten or fifteen years ago
than now, but it still crops up occa-
sionally and is certainly an interesting
trait"
The figures and letters obtainable at
charitable institutions contain infor-
nation corroborative of this statement.
For instance, In the records of the New
| York Juvenile asylum, an institution
which for the last fifty years has given
a real home and useful training to
some 10000 children who would other
wise have grown up in the slums and
has placed COCO of them in outside
homes, mostly in the West, there is a
multitude of letters asking for children
| to be adopted. Some of them show this
curious blue and yellow choice.
Can you send a child out here for
| adoption?" says one letter from West
ern State which every year receives
many children from the institution. IF
so have you little girl with blue eyes
and curly golden hairy
| Eve should be glad TO give a good
home to little boy" saiys another.
We prefer one with light hair and blue
eyes"
OF course. brunette complexion is
40 handicap TO the child for which the
juvenile asylum IS striving to get a
| square deal. But those who wish TO
adopt light-haired children generally
specify on this particular point, since
On other points the Judgment of the
asylum authorities is regarded as sufi-
,ient
One man who has long watched the
work of this and other institutions of
4 similar kind insists that the psychol-
ogy of 4 selection is simple. According
to his theory the West, where a real
chance is found for many of the chill
3reR, has population made up in large
part from Northern European coun-
tries. where blue eyes and light hair
constitute the prevailing type Natur-
ally enough when adopting child one
| of such coloring Is preferred, all of
which, while directly opposed to the
theory of attraction of opposites, serves
to emphasize the value of blue eyes
and light hair to the New York waits.
| New York Tribune
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Protection of Fruit Trees.

A successful fruit grower says: One
Of the most important points in pre-
pairing bearing apple trees for winter,
in my opinion, is to remove all rubbish
that may afford shelter for mice or
other vermin. Be sure there are no
declivities at the immediate base of
the tree. A slight mounding is good.
At all events, leave no hollows that viii
hold water 20 freeze at times of sud
den falls in temperature, thereby
greatly damaging trees. If mice or
rabbits are feared protect with wire
netting into proper sizes, roll around
an old broomstick, or any round OBJ
ject, to give it a circular shape, the
stick removed and the wire will spring
around the trunk and hold itself in
place. See that all drains are in good
order
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Cotton seed Meal.

Cotton seed meal is the cheapest
form of protein for the feeder to pur-
chase, says bulletin by the Louisiana
station. Many of the manufacturers
are introducing considerable guam
tity of lint and bulls in their meals.
They grind these meals so fine that it
is often hard to detect the adultera-
ton. Too great an addition of hulls
and lint lowers the value .of this yalu-
able by-product for feeding purposes.
A good meal should have nutty Odor,
bright yellow color, and should be dry
and finely ground. 1t should run at
least 43 per cent protein, not over 10
per cent fat, and not over per cent
fiber. On account of the Improvements
in the manufacture of cotton seed oil
many meals are showing a lower fat
content than formerly. Too high fat
content is Objectionable. In general
the meals vary from 1888 per cent to
4S 81 per cent protein.
In purchasing meals for feeding pur-
poses avoid the dark-colOred samples.
Do not buy a meal just because it is
cotton seed meal. Purchase from a re-
liable mill or agent, and demand a
guarantee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

colonel and major general of volun-
teers. He was brevetted major gem
eral in June, 1865, and after his re-
tirement went back to his lumber bust
ness in Michigan, founding Alger,
Smith & Co., now one of the leading
lumber firms of the country.
He was elected Governor Of Michi-
gan in 1885 by the greatest majority
that had ever been given in the State
up to that time. In 1888 he was a lead
ing candidate before the Republican
national convention for the nomination
for the Presidency.
He was elected Commander-in-Ch Chief
OF the Grand Army of the Republic in
1889, serving one term. In 1879 Presi-
dent Mckinley selected him for the
portfolio Of war, which he held two
years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Electric Racing Cars Now.

One of the new turns in the automo-
bile trade was shown in the Madison
Square Garden exhibit. when electric We
hicles built on the racing plan attracted
much attention. This rival of the popu-
lar gasoline car is made by the Baker
Electric Company. and one of them was
purchased by G. X. G. Billings, owner of
the champion trotter. Lou Dillon. The
sixty horsepower Thomas flyer has brok-
en- all nonstop records, ard is expected
to continue until Feb. o. after a run to
Chicago, having been in continuous opera
ton 1000 hours, representing a journey
Of 1000 miles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
ways of Marketing sheep.

There are three ways Of d!sposing
Of sheep for profit outside of what
may be obtained for wool. The first
Is breeding for fat lambs and selling
direct from the mothers, feeding as
largely as possible on succuient and
milk-producing food, so that the growth
Of the young animal will be quick and
without check.
The second is the breeding of sneep
to be sold in store condition, either as
lambs or at a more mature age TO men
whose sole business is to fatten; the
third is in feeding of full-grown NUT
tons for the butchers
The third plan has the additional
advantage of adding largely to the fer
filthy of the farm, and is a business
that in a series of years is pretty sure
TO pay.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05


move for the preservation of the an
Client landmark was made four years
ago when John p Reynolds, descend
ant of Paul Revere, bought the prop
erty, to hold until such time as a fund
could be raised to purchase it for pub
lie purposes. Recently Mr.. Reynolds
decided the property to a Board of
Trustees, who will administer its af-
fairs in the public interest for the pres
emf. Some $4,000 are required for the
restoration of the home and of this
$1,000 is available. The balance is to
be raised by subscription. An end is
TO be put to the commercial purposes
for which the building has been used
in recent years and the house is to be
converted into historical museum.
The house has changed considerably
since the days when Paul Revere lived
IN it. Originally it was only one story
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

1904 Conference at Hampton Court
palace, leading to new translation
of the Bible
1661-Seventeen Anabaptist leaders exc
cuted in London.
1670-Claude Duval, the highwayman,
executed.
TAG -Jacobites victorious at Falkirk
Moor
1759-British Museum opened.
1772-Queen Matilda of Denmark con-
demned to Imprisonment for life.
1T93-Louis XYI. of France guillotined.
1S06-John Breckenridge of Kentucky
became Attorney General of United
States.
lS09-Sir John Moore killed at the bat
tie of Corunna.
1912 Ciudad Rodrigo taken by yelling
ton.
1Si5--Lady Hamilton, Nelson's Guard
ian Angel" died in poverty at Ca
iais.
1ei6-General thanksgiving in England
for peace, following end of Napo-
l6Onlc wars.
1S2S--Count Capo d'Istria chosen Presi-
dent of Greece.
1S39-CiU of Alden captured by the
British.
1S52-Trial by jury abolished in Aus
trian empire.
1851 Emigrant ship Tayleur wrecked on
Irish coast near Dublin; 300 lives
lost
1S5S-Attempted assassination of Napo-
leon III. by Orsini.
1S60-Capt Harrison of the Great East
ern drowned at Southampton by cap
sizing of small boat.
1S61-Juarez entered City of Mexico,
and reelected president.
1S62-Two hundred buried alive in Hart
ley colliery disaster
1S64-Society for promoting aerial navi-
CATION formed at Paris
1S65-Capture of Fort Fisher. !. (. EN-
peror Macmillan instituted the CIR
der of the Mexican Eagle.
1S67-Forty-one persons drowned in
Regents Park ice calamity.
1S6S-Gen. Pope assigned to command
of department of the lakes, with
headquarters at Detroit.
Funeral of Napoleon III. at
Chislehurst.
1S7EEng and Chang, the famous
Siamese twins, died.
IS79-E. NJ Ward. member of the Royal
Academy, committed suicide at
Windsor.
1SS5-Messrs. Cameron and Herbert.
war correspondents killed in the
Soudan.
1SS6-Order of presidential succession
determined.
1887 Interstate commerce bill became a
law.
1S91--Sioux submitted, ending Indian
war in the Northwest.
1902 Nineteen lives lost in burning of
surgical institute at Indianapolis.
1S93-Queen Liliuokalaui of Hawaii de-
throned by revolutionists.
1894 Sixteen killed in railroad disaster
in Province of Matanzas, Cuba.
1896 Francois Felix Faure became
President of France.
1S96-Gen. Martinez Campos resigned
the captain generalship of Cuba.
1S97-Spanish gunboat Relampago de-
stroyed by Cuban torpedoes
1900-U. S. Senate ratified Samoan
treaty with Germany.
1901-Uhited States government surren-
dered the defauter. Nelly, to Cuban
authorities. :. Eazing abolished at
United States Military Academy at
West Point.
1903-German gunboat Panther bonn
barded a Venezuelan fort Com
gress suspended coal duties for one
year.
1904-Joseph Chamherlain's tariff COM
mission met in London.
1905-Attempt on the life Of the Gar
at the ceremony of the Blessing of
the Neya. Great Fall River strike
ended.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Po,,e ON Organized Annrcl,y.

An eLcyclical addressed By Pope Plus
to the French clergy and people declares
that the governments action is q declara-
ton Of war against all spiritual ideas. as
well as against the church. The Catho-
lies must be prepared for all sorts of
trials. but they are certain of final vic
tory. From the point of view OF the ex-
ercise of religion, he says, the new law
has organized anarchy. 1t is declared
that the pontif could not have acted
otherwise without breaking oath. The
Paris press takes this encyclical as proof
that the Vatican is determined to contiz1ue
The Mnr
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

A project for Canadian steamer ser
vice from Halifax to Black Sod, Ireland,
is announced at Montreal. The time from
land to land is to be three and one-half
days. 1t viii depend, however. on the
sanction and subsidy Of the Dominion
parliament 1t is claimed that with rail
way connections, the journey could be
made as quickly from London to Chi
cago as it IS now made from London to
New York. Lord Strathcoma is inter-
ssted in this project.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

do not like the pessimis cry chaos" For, after ALL
American and have the great heart, large
sympathy and strength of purpose that make the great
ness of nation. The pursuit of money, within mita
TONS has its good side Our mighty danger Is that this
commerciasm will develop into fever
have hope and my hope for the future Of people
lies not In the cities but in those thousands Of quiet
little and cities scattered the country where
people learn to live. For it is in these places that you
find the ideal of and unseltish American wom
and manhood All the grand simplicity of the
true home lifethe highest type of Americanism-is to
be found there From these places day the
men who to make history, and in them lies
best hope.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Irrigation Profitable.

In Connecticut irrigation increased
The total yield of strawberries in one
ease 1T per cent, and in another case
l55 per cent. The irrigated berries
were larger, but little later than the
non-irrigated ones, but they brought 2
cents more a quart in the open mar
ket. Where irrigation is practiced the
water should be applied to the burrows
about the fruiting time and allowed
slowly to flow down them rather thar
BY flooding.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
A Little Too Thin.

First Boarder-There's one thing
hate about boarding houses. and that
is. the partitions are usually so very
thin. Why, at the place put up at
last year l could distinctly hear the
scratch Of the pen on the paper as the
chap in the next room was writing.
Second Boar6er-Well. l guess that's
nothing to be compared with the place
| put up at couple of seasons ago.
Why, the partitions were so thin there
| could distinctly hear the chap next
door changing his mind Tit Bits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
GRAVEYARD ROSES.

Graveyard roses, tell me why
Your pale leaves are ever wet,
When, the messy mounds beside,
Sun and wind of morn have dried
Larkspur, lily, violet,
. Meath the blue and radiant skyT
- From the heavy earth we grow
Cov'ring hearts that died unloved-
Hearts that all loves sweetness missed
Pallid lips that closed unkissed;
Bitter tears for life improved
Still well upward from below"
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
Ahout Mulchlng strawberrie..

The best time to mulch Strawberries
Is when the ground is frozen over so
YOU can drive in on the patch without
hurting the berries. use wheat straw
when / can get it that is free from
wheat seed / got bad dose once
with winter wheat in the berries. 1t
was the worst kind of weed then. Rye
is still worse. Oats straw is eooti. only
it packs down badly. Fine corn fod-
der or cxne hay is good Strsw ma
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

This old saying that bad news trav-
els faster than good news" said the
lyceum lecturer, is all bosh. For In
stance, when | get roast in a local
paper l say nothing AZ ali about IL and
when get a nice notice send II
broadcast among lecture-corrss COM
mittees." Ameri. an
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

When butter gets into bad company
1t has to go the way old dog Tray went.
About ton of butter in Milwaukee
Is said to have gotten in the class
with limberger cheese and was con-
signed to the morgue.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
WE NEED IDEALS. NOT IDEAS
By President Woodrow Wilson.

1t IS only the youngster who catches his
conviction in lump. We older fellows split
hairs and discriminate closely and wear out
our progressive vitality in doing So Your
youngster moves forward. with a rash conf
dence that seems blind to us older men. He
FORCES ahead and overcomes obstacles that
seasoned men, knowing their bigness, would
falter at.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

An apple grower at Hood River, Ore,
claims the medal for thorough and eff
fective spraying. He picked 1913 boxes
OF Gravenstein apples and found only
one wormy apple in the entire lot.
How's that for good spraying?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
DEMAND FOR ABLE YOUNG MEN.
By Charles M. Schwal

The corporations everywhere are
on the alert for men to manage their
affairs-nIen of ability and right
qualities, whether those men come
from Harvard or Yale and are the
sons Of millionaires or whether they
come from the tenements. Never yet
have companies and biz enterprises
been so willing to pay large sums TO
able men, and never yet have the
opportunities been as great for the
i,airidnn1 r,nnn IL ic an 11tfnr mis-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05
More government pubIIcntion..

George w Hill, editor and chief OF the
Agricultural Departm nt's division OF pub
lieations. reports that the number Of new
publications issued in 1906 was LII, as
compared with 1.072 tie previous year.
OF these all bet 414 = d shz rgea5le to the
weather bureau. he = rs 10 reduce
sise and restrict e6t.ioas hs..' borne fruit
Tie number Of ages in the 4if new pub
Il ations IS les; nan ~ie number in 3.J
D .biications Of 1904.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

nure is best Of all if there is no tim
othy seed in it. If you can find a liv-
cry stable where they feed wild hay
place to get your muching. Put on
plenty OF it, and then n the spring go
through and loosen it up and pull some
of it off to the middles.-Correse ond-
ent Fruit Grower.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

Salt, thoroughly rubbed all round on
the inside of the churn, after it has
been rinsed with hot water, is first
rate thing to make it clean and sweet.
Rinse the salt out with water.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

nous midnight ride
in 17T5, is to be
preserved to poster
ity. The house be-
side being the birth
place Of the famous
revolutionary hero
is the most ancient
In Boston and is
believed &c be 225
years old.
Tho FIRST decisive
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&@-1@~@s<-l~SS@

The draft horse is just now the pop
ular horse and is in demand for city
use Mt higher prices than any other
stock.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-05

When skim milk is available give
your birds plenty, as it is rich in flesh
formers. 1t also whitens and gives
succulence to the meat.