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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-06
Canker Among Pigs.

The receipt of several inquiries In
regard to this trouble among pigs
seems to indicate that the disease is
present to considerable extent In
Some localities This Is parasitic
disease and is contagious, spreading
rapidly among pigs. The cause oi the
disease is a small parasite similar In
some respects to that of mango, but is
much more difficult to treat success
fully, says an Oklahoma report.
The disease first shows by contrac-
ton or wrinkling of the skin of the
nose or face. This Is often accom-
panied by slight swelling. The pig
ru5s Its nose, sniffles, and shows in
various ways that the diseased spots
irritate AID burn. Gradually these
diseased spots break out as small sores,
occasionally sloughing out to form ul-
GERS of considerable size. These sores
or ulcers may occur in any part Of the
head, and occasionally they will ex-
tend over the sides and under part
of the body.
Since the disease is contagious and
spreads easily, all pigs showing any
signs of the trouble should be separated
from the healthy ones. The following
preparations should be applied to the
diseased spots: A mixture of carbolic
acid and lard in the proportion of one
of acid to eight of lard may be APP
piled to the diseased spots before
sloughing occurs. For upen sores or
sloughs use iodine one part and vasel-
inc six parts. Apply this ointment
once every two or three days. to-
bacco solution, tobacco one part and
water twenty parts, may be made by
sleeping the tobacco for ten to twenty
hours In warm water. This may be
applied TO the ulcers instead of the
iodine and vaseline. The disease Is
generally stubborn to treat, and sew
eral applications of any Of the above
remedies may be required to effect a
cure
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-06
Ostrich Sale DAYS.

"Sale days for ostriches are held in
Cape Colony, South Africa, the same
as public sales for horses and fine
cattle in this country" Edward G..
Baum, who recently returned from
South Africa, said this morning.
Some specimens of the males sell
for 1880, and from $500 to $1,000
each is the ordinary price. The wild
ones are not so valuable as the tame
ones.
1.-The ostrich likes human company
and either the owner of the flock or
some member of his family is with
them all the time. The owners of the
big flocks have recently discovered
that alfalfa is the best kind of feed
for them, and the alfalfa craze is on
in the Cape. Prickly pears have been
the ostrich feed in the past kansas
City Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-06

for his four daughters and at the sans
time enhancing the value of the broad
acres which they gnlce. That he
stumbled upon this remarkable sys-
TEN quese by accident does not detract
from its worth in the least. and his
experience is recounted that it may
convey profitable hint to other faith
ers OF girls who grace farms and who
are not averse to contracting advan.
tageous matrimonial alliances.
1t seems that the farmer, whose
name was Daniel Kindred, had strug-
gled manfully for many years to rear
his daughters in intelligence and
thrift, but when they had reached the
age which suggests fight from the pa
ternal roof they still lingered-wist-
fully, it is true, but persistently. One
day Kinkaid-whose very name seem
ed a hoodoo-sent an advertisement
to newspaper, stating that he want
ed farm hands, and as an additional
inducement specified that every man
that applied would have a chance to
WOO daughter, provided-and here
was the critical clause-every claim
ant to a daughter should do some
think of a beneficial nature to improve
the farm.
The first man who applied at the
Kindred farm for work and a daught-
er was from the East, and claimed to
be graduate from an agricultural
college. He was retained, and after
he had looked upon the youngest
daughter and found her exceeding fair
he began to speculate on the farm i'm
provement idea Before he had been
on the farm a week he had
installed an irrigation ditch and
stone-inclosed fish pond, which he
stocked with bass and psckerel. Kind
red looked upon this achievement and
saw that it was good The man got
the daughter.
The second applicant piped water
from an artesian we'll into the house
and put II porcelain bathtub. In
addition to this he cured a disease in
some OF the Kindred cattle and won
a prize. The third was dreamy -eyed,
but enthusiastic After choosing one
of the remaining daughters he started
out Zealously to earn her First he
invented some sort of lightning rod to
be fixed to each domestic animal, with
spiles along the back and head and
the ground connection beside the
hoofs. But Kindred was not impress
cd and said it wouldn't do. The in
ventor tried again. This time he was
successful. He built a water wheel at
the artesian well, rugged UP an cleo
sewing and washing machine, lights
the house and barns and furnishes
power for saw mills, ETC. He was re-
warded by Kindred in the promised
way. There is only one daughter re-
naming, which is regretted exceed
ingqy by Kindred, who had formerly
considered girls burden But : is
hanging on to his enc daughter for
something really extraordinary in the
way of inventions. 1t will be an ex-
ceedingly difficult thing to win this
last rose. But If some young man is
really crafty he will first find some
way to secure a wife for the old man,
who is a widower This would be such
an improvement to the latter's wife
as would merit the recognition of
ever SO exacting a father Then the
happy family would be complete
New York Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-06
Electricity in Lighthouse.

1t has repeatedly been noticed that
electric light as employed for light
house illumination is less satisfactory
during the prevalence of foggy wealth
err than either gas or oil. This was
recalled by the evidence given at the
Board of Trade inquiry dnto the cir
oumstances attending the wreck OF
the Suevic on March IT. 1t was stat
ed that the light of the Lizard, which
is an electrical one, led to miscalcu-
lation Of the distance, with the result
that the vessel ran on the rocks. BY
q coincidence a fog occurred during
the work of salving the Suevic, and
several witnesses bore testimony to
the obscuri7g of the Lizard light while
engaged on the salvage, whereas
lights could be seen at a farmhouse at
about the same distance and level
from the wreck.-Engineer
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Worshippers Carry Fires.

While seeing many people leaving
the cathedral | entered to look around
the interior of the fine chancel. In
side saw numbers of men carrying
huge wicker baskets filled with tri-
angular earthenware dishes in each
of which still smouldered some glow
ing embers in a bed of white ash.
These they carried into the cloisters
and emptied solemnly into great met
al bins
On re-entering the building the Sc
cret stood revealed. Owing to the ex-
IRENE cold each member of the con-
gregation hires for droppeltjer, or
the sum of I'd, an earthen dish with
a block of glowing peat to put under
the little wooden perforated foot
stools with which each chair is pro-
vided.-Tt-Bits
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PosToFEIcE CUTS PAY.
Government Orders Reduction In
Charge for Hauling Mails


Charge for Hauling Mails
a general order has been issued by the
Postefiee Department which will result
IN reducing the compensation enioyed
by the railroads for carrying the mails
by at least Sl,000o00 annually. In con.
nection with the order it is limited that
there may be scandal if all the facts.
which made the issuance of the order a
necessity become known.
The order in question affects several
hundred mail routes in the country and
is to the effecg that on these routes the
mail can be carried in smaller cars than
the railroads are using. It is therefore
ordered that reduction either be made
in the size of the cars or II the railroads
choose to continue their use they will get
paid for the size of cars actually needed.
On the other hand, the railroads insist
that it is the province of the Postoffice
Department to designate the cars which
shall be used on the mail routes aud that
the roads are now using such cars as
were actually ordered by the department.
Department officials admit that this is
true, but insist that more space is being
paid for by the department than is actu-
ally needed in the transportation of the
mails, but it is not stated whether this
condition is tie result of poor judgment
or otherwise. The new order is the re-
suit of the work of 125 private detectives
which the Postofice Department placed
on the work about six months ago. Their
reports show that in hundreds of cases
the government was paying for more
space than is necessary and the Postmas-
ter General therefore ordered reduction.
Besides the regular compensation based
upon tonnage which the railroads receive
for transporting the mails they also re-
ceive car mileage for cars over thirty
feet in length.
The Postofice Department has decided
to begin weighing the mail on all routes
in the country early in October with a
view of furnishing Congress with data
asked for. In order to do so the govern
ment will have to provide thousands of
additional scales.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-06


There is no garden vegetable that
will respond more markedly to rich
land and good cultivation than toma-
toes. A tomato plant will grow ON
manure pile and flourish all season
there, and in planting them 1t pays to
on very rich spot Make the plot
where the tomatoes are TO stand very
rich with manure, and then dig hole
and dump two or three shovelfuls OF
fine manure in the bottom of it, and
set the plants above this.
Drive a stake by each plant as soon
as 1t is transpianted, and keep fhe
plant tied to 1t with strips of cloth, and
the fruits win not rot when they be-
gin to ripen. The tomato is one OF
the plants that does better for trans
planting, and. If they are transplanted
two or three times, they only grow
more stocky and produce better. There
Is not bit of danger of losing tomnto
plants by transplanting. as they will
grow from slip almost as well as
from a rooted plant.
Keep them well cultivated, and, II
the weather comes off dry, give them
plenty of water, and the crop is GER
tain and large. In giving tomatoes
water, sprinkling pot is not of much
use. The water should be poured around
the plant In liberal fashion, two or
three gallons at time, and about twics
week. Water in the evening, and
early the next morning stir soil about
the plants with steel rake to keep
it from getting too compact. Tomatoes
are about the most satisfactory garden
vegetable we have; 1t appreciates at
tention so Observation-Disclosures Voice.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-06
WAITING FOR HIM.


The traveller was well schooled In the
current literature concerning the ma
tives Of the Southern mountains in
which he was travelling. Consequent
ly when, about noon, he rode out Of
lonely woods into sight of a small cab
in, he approached it with certain air
of jaunty confidence. The owner Of
the cabin was sitting on bench by the
door, summing himself, with legs out
stretched and hands elasped behind his
head. He was the picture of ease.
The traveller refined in his horse and
cosely:
waiting for the potatoes to dig
themselves by outgrowing their land?"
The mountaineer smiled a bland,
mild smile. The joker went on, en-
courGged.
Perhaps you're expecting the sun
to get hot enough to fry your bacon
right on the hogs
Not just that grinned the native.
"Or maybe you're looking for some
traveller to come along and stub his
toes on those stumps and grub 'em out
for you. Or even to talk fast enough
to keep your windmill going?"
The mountaineer rose. He lowered
almost above the mounted tourist.
Fact is" he said, II been waiting
for you while l digested my dinner.
After getting out at 4, milking a COW
an goat, feeding ten pigs an killing
two, chopping heap o. wood, riding
five miles an back, an blowing that
field there, felt right hungry. l ate
a big dinner SO l reckoned I'd sit here
few minutes till somebody like you
come along an asked me them ques-
tons / digest my dinner on 'em every
day. Glad you didn't-Oh, so long,
stranger, so long!''
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cause Of my gravity is different from
what you suppose; / have bad news to
tell you"
bad newsr' repeated his wife in an
alarmed tone. What is it? Do not
keep me In suspense
Something has happened to-day
which have dreaded for some time
for the last three months have been
unable 10 meet my business engage
ments. The morning paper will an
nounce my failure"
"Is IT possibleY' asked his wife in
tone Of great surprise. II have al
ways supposed you were very nch."
II have never been what could be
called rich, but l have made a large
Income, and / suppose that l ought to
have been more careful about my ex-
| penses."
"And you have been anticipating this
for the last three months?"
''Yes, Mable."
And you never told me anything Of
It."
1t was now the mans turn to look
surprised. The thought OF telling his
wife Of his business affairs had never
occurred to him.
what good would 1t have doneY
he inquired. 1T would have troubled
YOU"
And have not right as your wife
| e. yhov ~ 7
hope you regard me as something more
| than one who Is to preside at your
table and Is entitled to a support"
IF l had thought you would have
cared to know, Mable, certainly
would have told you," said her hus-
band.
I'm that case could have seen that
our expenses were reduced. We could
and economical in every way.
Would I? OF course I should.
Lewis, l believe a wife ought to be
helpmate and not a burden to her hus-
band, and If have been the latter
hitherto it is because knowing moth
ing Of your affairs thought there was
no need of interesting myself. When
do we move, Lewis?"
Mr.. Peabody looked surprised
Novel,
"Of course II you have failed we
can't live in this style. How much
rent do you paw for this house?"
Eight hundred dollars a year. We
can't afford more than a quarter Of
that now. / think 1t would be cheaper
to go out Of the city, don't you?"
81 should not like to board. as that
would take away the home feeling. I
believe we can keep house IL we only
think so. and it will be more or less
expense"
What! Mable, would you consent
| to live in a small house out of rown,
after living here?"
yes, Lewis, 1 should enjoy 1t. To
tell the truth, believe shall be hap
pier for the activity which would then
be required of me.
Here 1t Is different. I have not felt
the pressure of necessity, and half the
time been out shopping merely for the
| excitement of it"
A few days afterwards Mr.. Pea
body's creditors had a meeting and
allowed him to retain furniture and
salary, fifteen hundred dollars a year.
"Sir," said Mr.. Peabody, II thank
you for your offer, and 1 shall accept
it with pleasure"
do you think we can live on fifteen
hundred year?" he asked his wife.
do think so? 1t is aboue my hope
l had been making arrangements to
live on two-thirds that sum-"
II suppose we will have to sell the
| furniture and"
"Sell itT''
Yes. it will be unsuited 30 our pres
ent circumstances. Besides 1t will give
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-upon him. He was no longer young
E1an. He had passed the age of forty
efre and had a wife and four children
dependent upon him. He could scarcely
expect any help from them, since they
Gad been educated to extravagant
tastes, end scarcely day passed that
ne was not importuned for money to
sratify some new within. In fact, aside
from this, he knew very little of them.
like most business men, his MIND had
Seen so engrossed by his business that
he only met his family at meals, and
G0t always then.
The tendency In substance Is to
change the position Of the husband and
father to the treasurer of the family,
To whom all look for the means OF
gratifying their tastes
Vet 1t is not to be supposed that
there was no tie Of affection between
Mr.. Peabody and his family. On the
contrary, being a very good-natured
rnSn, affections through circumstances
tad stood In the way of that full and
entire sympathy that should have
existed.
IL tremble to think how Mable and
the children will take it." he said to
himself. despondently. They have
never learned to econom!ze. don't
know what will become of US I aIn
sure"
SIR. Peabody had himself TO blame
sn mart for this state of things. He
mad never made a confidant of his wife
IN business matters, and the most she
knew Of It was that her husband most
al of the time gave her plenty OF
money. She believed he was rich. and
never thought of a time that 1t would
b. necessary to economize-
when Mr.. Peabody entered the
house and glanced at the costly furnl
u,re and many evidences OF wealth
ah.ont him he could not help heavins
a SIGH when he thought all this mus
he given up, and henceforth they mus
live In a style much more humble.
This he did not so much regret To-
his own sake. Indeed he spent 5,
snail portion Of his time at HON,
fnst Il would not make much differ
.an,,e 60 his comfort, out again tn,
xhousht rose in his mind OF his family
Entering the parlor he saw his wifi,
at work upon some embroidery.
I'm glad you come home, Lewis,
she said gaily, "for have favor I,
ask you"
well. Maole. what is it," said he
husband with a gravity which she di,
not first perceive.
~You know it will be Ellens birth
day two weeks from to-day"
WELT"
sShe will be sixteen. you know
Well. the child has set her heart on
birthday party; not common one
but brilliant affair. Viola Sanders
one of her friends. has one montl
hence. and OF course II would be yer,
gratifying for her 10 have one. too"
Mrs Peabody knew his disposition
so well, and she took 1t for granite,
rhat he would comply. But when sh
locked into his face at the close of he
question she suddenly noticed tn
gloom which overspread it
why. what's the matter. Lewis?
she asked In a startled tone. Are yo
sick. or don't you approve OF this plan
II YOU don't. why, OF course. Ellen vii
give 1t up But we supposed 20
ssoGid not object"
-zabls.- said Mr.. Peabody. tn
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| Lewis PeabOdy's
| ReverSeS.

With a heavy heart Lewis Peabody
left his counting room at half-past
three. 1t was period of commercial
disaster, and for three months he had
succeeded only by desperate effort in
keeping his head above water.
But to-day the crisis has come. Two
heavy notes have come in which he
lad been unable to lift, and his bust
ness friends had been unable TO help
aim. The result was, he had gone by
the board.
There were other considerations
which made the blow fall more heavily
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planted with seed from resistant plants
obtained from different sources, and
comparisons made with ordinary COM
mercial seed grown under similar con-
ditions. After seeding the plats they
were covered with infected hay in or
der to insure the presence of the dis
ease among the selected plants. To-
ward the close of the season % per
cent of the seedlings from the resist
ant plants were alive. while not more
than 3 per cent from the ncn-selected
plants had survived the disease.
The investigations thus far carried
on indicate that there is a strong re-
sistance on the part of some plants to-
ward this disease. This fact has been
taken advantage of as rapidly as pos
sible, but as yet no seed is available
for distribution.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-06
eli, Of the Tonoue.

The German workingman who has
been sentenced to nine months i'm
prisonment for sticking out his tongue
It the Emperor has reason 70 complain
of so severe sentence for a mere
lapsus linguae.-New York Evening
Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-06
ALL SUNG.

What shah / sing when all Is sung,
And every tale is told,
And in the world is nothing young
That was aot long since oldf
Why should I fret unwilling ears
With old things sung anew,
While voices from the old dead years
Still 60 on singing too2
A dead man singing Of his maid
Makes all my rhymes in vain;
Yet his poor lips must fade and iads
And mine shall kiss again.
Why should strive through many moons
To make my music true?
Only the dead men knew the tunes
The live world dances to.
Richard lie Gallienne.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-06
MATRIMoNY AND FARMING.
How One Ingenious Kansas AqricuI
turist Managed to Combine the

Kansas is State of novelties in
many lines and her farmers are not
the least behind the rest of the pop
ulation in invention and initiative. A
H2nsas paper tells admiringly Of one
of the Sunhower States agricultural
lists who combined ene business OF
contracting advantageous marriages
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-06
One Solution of the Servant Question.

One Solution of the Servant Question.
Los Angeles women. ever confront.
ed with the perplexing servant prob
lem, may find an unexpected solution.
Dusky Indian maidens from Arizona
are to become a new factor, and
unique in the situation
The management of the Fort Yuma
Indian School has planned 70 send to
this city the senior girls Of that insti-
tation to take employment IN families
during vacation. The school au-hori-
ties believe they viii be acceptable
help to many families and hope that
the girls themselves viii derive great
benefit from actual contact with city
home Life
These Indian girls have been taught
to sew, darn. mend, cook and do house
work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-06
Df~ca.e-Re.t.tant GLOVER.

In carrying on their investigations
with clover anthracnose, the authors of
a Tennessee bulletin found that in
some badly infected fields there were
here and there individual plants that
possessed high degree Of resistance.
With this fact in mind, a series of ex-
periments were planned TO develop a
resistant strain OF clover, and a pre-
llminary report Is given of the results
thus far obtained.
In one OF the experiments plat was
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1t is fact that one clod of earth to
the square foot can decrease that mois-
ture content enough to cause loss of
ten bushels of corn per acre.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-06

Clean, dry quarters are necessary
for the calf. Disease soon finds its
way where filth is.
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Allow the animals freedom of the
fields only when the ground Is frozen
or dry enough that they make no per-
ceptible tracks.
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Fitting the word 10 the Act.

John-Maria, what on airth do We
think? That pesky 81 Smith we've been
quarrelin' with SEE he's goin' to take
the matter inter the courts.
Maria-Oh, law Baltimore Ameri-
cau
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Evansville. Ind, board Of education.
after ousting teacher because ne haa
chronic crouch" lays down rule thar
ability to smile must be one Of the esaii-
6cations of every teacher.
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Rape pasture is splendid for 9
change both for sheep and pigs.
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The best tools are the cheapest, the
best stock Is the most profitable and
the highest fertilization and cultivation
will bring the largest crops
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With all classes of stock usually kept
on farm, care should be taken to feed
according to age, condition and time of
marketing.