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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
Ship-Subsidy Again.

The ship-subsidy organs are taking
advantage of the advertising of the re-
markable run Of the New English At
lantic steamship, the Lusitania, to
bring up the ship-subsidy plundering
scheme again. Has anyone heard of
an American shipyard turning out an
American ship designed to hold her
own with the latest marine creations?'
asks the Philadelphia Inquirer. 1t re-
marks that the United States is appar-
emily willing to permit foreigners to
carry its freight and passengers, "and
reap something like S200,000,00O a year
for doing it" and adds: "And for even
share of this vast trade we are MAX
ing no attempt whatever. Nor will we,
nor can we, make an attempt until
congress comes to the rescue and aids
in building up genuine American lines.
AS the building of this modern ship,
of vast size and speed, has led to re-
duction of the passenger rates for those
who cross the Atlantic, and the deter
mination of other steamship lines, both
German and British. to build other
and greater ships to compete with the
Cunarder, it would seem that the Unit
ed States is receiving the benefit with
put paying subsidy. 1t would be
absurd for the American people to bur
den themselves with an enormous an
nual expenditure 10 try and compete
with tic rival foreign steamship com
panies WIEN they have all the adyan-
tage of reduced transportation charges
and quicker service. Whether these
modern vessels will pay fair interest
on the investment is question. and the
fact that American capital has hereto
fore found other and better paying in
vestments In domestic enterprises
without the risk of loss and compara-
lively small returns, is but poor ex-
cuse for demanding a subsidy. To ask
the government to pay a subsidy on
shy business that is not of itself prof
liable enough TO stand alone is sheer
robbery of the taxpayers for the bene-
at OF the interest that would receive
il Because Mr.. Pierpont Morgan's
steamship trust is Improbable. and I'M
like other trusts. it cannot obtain a
monopoly thank goodness. the
ocean Is still free highway--it would
be the worst OF folly for the American
people TO subsidize ii. As long as we
are willing TO fence IN the United
States with a tariff that so increases
The cost of shipouildips that we can
not compete with England, we ought
TO be thankful that the enterprising
ship owners of that country are willing
TO carry as and our goods at reasona
bic rates When in due time tariff pro-
lection 10 trusts and combines is abol-
ished we VII have free ships and free
men to compete ON the high sees with
any country or. earth, and not before
Any subsidy we could pay to ship own
ers TO overcome present conditions
would only add that much TO the al
ready heavy burden we are loaded
via to protect the tTustss for neither
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
Improvement in sheen.

Ancient Shepherd in the Sheep
Breeder says while our other live stock
are being greatly improved, sheep i'm
provement is also keeping pace:
We rear feeces of 80 pounds weight !;
sometimes our lambs are to be seen
In the market at the early age Of thirty
days, and hundreds of them at twice
that age. And the markets TEEN with
the fat sheep which were invisible
only few years ago. Then there was
a strong prejudice against mutton as
food, but this has been wholly worn
out, and this best of all meats-the
most dlgestible, the most nutritious,
and the most conyenient-is becoming
Fhe most popular. And not this only
on account of its cheapness, but as well
for It's intrinsic value as a nutri-
r,c1lt, and equally for the Invaluable
position the sheep has taken by force
of its profitable character as farm live
stock.
We are. however, very far behind the
English farmers in regard to our
fiocks. We have fewer sheep, and
what we have are far less valuable.
We are not mutton eaters; while the
English people use more mutton than
any other kind Of meat. In the at
tention to all interests Of our people
our scientists have analyzed and in
vestigated the qualities Of mutton IN
every possible way, to the end that
the existing prejudice which is
wholly unwarranted might be remoy-
ed; and various publications 10 this
interest have spread abroad the in
formation these people nave gathered
under the 'unquestionabIe authority of
scientific research. And all the results
reached after many years Of the strict
est possible investigation combine TO
prove, over and over again, that the
meat OF the sheep is the most tconom-
ical, the most nutritious, the most
heslthfui, and the most agreeable Of
all the flesh meats in present usa.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

els, attentions He loves me, In thou
sand ways he has shown it"
"But you have a husbandl' cried
Amy, aghast.
"Ha, hap laughed Cleo. "Hear the
little innocent! That is what you will
never have If you continue to accept
Lynn Rush's favors."
A step on the threshold.
II beg your pardon interposed Mr..
Rush, entering. "Your prediction Is
fated not to come true, Malam. I
offer Miss Ames a husband here and
now. She not only possesses my adj
miration, but my respect and love"
He drew Amy away, leaving Madam
undecided whether to resort to hys-
terics or to faint.
In Amy's dressing room the manager
of the company slipped an arm around
her.
You have not said II you win &C
cept the husband 1 offer, sweetheart"
A blare of instruments, the call boys
cry of Overture" drowned her whis-
pered reply, but love understands
though lips remain mute.-Waverley
Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
No Third Term

Son-in-Law Longworth. upon being
interviewed at Cincinnati, declared
that the Hawaii interview in which
he was made to say that President
Roosevelt might accept another nomi-
nation if there was a unanimous de-
mand of the people, was "a raw fake"
Il will reiterate," said Mr. Longworth,
what | have already said, that I dc
not believe there is any possible stu
alton or combination of circumstances
that could lead the President to
change his mind and become a candi-
date. His decision is absolute and ire
vocable." But perhaps the President
has changed his mind since he stated
his position to his son-in-law, for it is
some time since the I4ongworth's have
been at Oyster Bay. As the old Indian
said, white man mighty uncertain"
Still it seems but fair to accept Mr..
Roosevelt's declaration on election
night in 1904, that under no circum-
stances would he accept a third term,
and he considered he had just been
elected to second term. Yet, accord
ing to information from Oyster Bay,
there are now two conditions under
which President Roosevelt would ac-
cept the nomination for a third term.
The first is a unanimous demand. The
other Is opposition to his nomination.
Now, either there will be a unanimous
emand for his denomination, or else
there will be some opposition to 1t.
But, in either case he will be candl-
date. This is also Mr.. Bryan's posi-
ton. VIII we ever get rid Of these ac-
cidental products of sad catastrophes?
Is there still hope at the bottom of
Pandora's box?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

HEREIcK freely along the lines mat nave Deem
80 prolific of good In the past
Just at present the oucry is loudest against the cor
ratons doing an interstate the
railroads Abuses In railroad management there have
been and doubtless many still obtain. Generally speak
Ing rebates private lines discrimination against GER
tain localities and securities for improper
prposes are evils OF magnitude and should be prohibited
y stringent legislation Discrimination in railroad rates
mas not always been unmixed evil
marvellous growth and prosperity of the West are
due in degree, the fact that wheat has been
transported at a relatively low rate. Many fourshng
centers of and industry have been developed by
the udicious discrimination of railroads Unfortunately
our lawmakers being driven by thoughess agitation
of much hasty and ladvised legisa
tion--inlmical to the free development Of railroads
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
Rich nnd Poor soil.

1t Is well known fact that plants
grow largest in rich soil, but it is not
so well understood that the largest
roots may be found in very poor soil.
This has been made subject of late
experiment by a French botanist- Lots
Of COLA seeds were planted, respective
ly, in washed sand, in soil exhausted
by many crops and In good soil; and
after seven weeks, with like watering,
the roots in the sand had grown four
teen to sixteen inches; those in the
poor soil ten to twelve inches, and
those in the good soil had grown only
six inches.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
THE ANGELS IN THE HOUSE.

Three pairs Of dimpled arms, as white as
snow,
Held me In soft embrace;
Three little cheeks, like velvet peaches
soft,
Were placed against my face.
Three pairs of tiny eyes, SO clear, so
deep,
Looked up in mine this even;
Three pairs of lips kissed me a sweet
Good night"
Three little forms from heaven.
All, II is well that little ones" should
love us;
II lights our faith wnen dim.
To know that once our blessed Savior
babe them
Bring little ones" to him.
And said he not, "Of such Is heaven?
and blessed them,
And held them to his breast?
Is 1t not sweet to know that when they
leave us,
IT'S then they go to rest7
And yet, We tiny angels of my house,
Three hearts encased in mine,
How 'twould be shattered if the Lord
should say,
''Tnose angels are not thine"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15


Hardy hydrangea can be propagated
from cuttings
Make the cuttings about 4 inches In
length, remove all the leaves but the
upper pair, and if the leaves are large,
as they will most likely be, cut away
a portion of each leaf from the tip
downward this will leave foliage
enough to sustain proper circulation
and not enough to cause willing by ex-
cessiye Transportation, runs a monthly
suggestion paragraph in House and
Garden. Have the soil mellow and
fully exposed to the sun. Set the cut
tings in the ground and press the
earth closely about the base and the
stem.
Water freely and cover with paper
for two or three days during the hot
test hours of each day. Be sure to re-
move the paper at night and do not
replace it before o'clock in the morn
ing. By the end of the third day this
protection may be discontinued. If the
weather is dull and damp the protec-
ton is not necessary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
RAILROAD WRECKERS.
More strenuous Workers than Fire
Fighters fin Big Cities.

Fighters fin Big Cities.
The career of the wrecker on a big
railroad is like that of a fireman in
the fire department of big city, only
more strenuous. Like the fireman, the
wrecker Is on duty every second day
and night, and, like the fireman, the
wrecxer braves billiards and sleet
storms. often facing hardships and
cruel suffering and even death for the
saving Of life and property. But
whereas even in emergency the fireman
never covers an area greater than the
most populous section of city-the
line traversed by the wrecker covers a
hundred or more miles-and whereas
the fireman is in touch with at least
such comforts as he may snatch while
on his feet, not infrequently the wreck
err is landed in the heart of wilder
ness miles and miles from the nearest
town, and the pangs of hunger are add
ed to priyation.
Sometimes when a big wreck has
happened and cars and engines are
piled high on crushed and mangled
bodies the wrecker is rushed through
darkness and snowdrift to work from
twenty-four to forty-eight hours with
out even chance to take his cap off,
and Just as his sob" is nearly COM
pleted along comes another alarm that
sends him sixty or seventy miles In
an opposite direction. where box cars
and coal cars have heaped themselves
thirty feet high, paralyzing the road
and costing thousands of dollars worth
of loss IN time and prestige almost ev-
cry hour.
Despite these hardships, the danger,
the excitement and the hustle Of the
work endear It to the men.-Appleton'a
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

Charles Field. farmer living four
miles west Of Richards. hauls his faith
er's hay TO town with traction engine
hitched TO five wagons, which are load
ed with over two tons OF baled hay
each. The elder Field is a good road
enthusiast. and It Is over one OF the
roads Of which he has supervised the
construction that these loads are haul
ed The road is known as tie 3rzry
sane. and is considered the best dirt
road in Missouri. The Field farm com
prises 724 acres. 600 OF which Is In
meadow. Over 1000 car loads Of hay
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
NV 1Iammotb stcom.b,,.

The new steamship President Grant Of
che Hamburg-American line arrived In
New York recently from her maiden trip.
This ship is practically mate to the
President Lincoln, which was added to the
same line last June. Her gross tonnage
is 1S,0S9, her length GIG feet and her
beam 68 feet. Accommodation is proyid-
ed for 324 frst-cIass, 125 second-class,
1000 third-class and 1920 fourth-class
passengers. The vessel contains many
novel and uH-to-date features, including
electric baths and gymnasium, and is
finished with the utmost elegance through
out.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
wbite HuckIeberrfe..

White huckleberries, in sharp con-
trast to the usual deep blue color Of the
berries, are being found on the noun
tains in the vicinity Of Schuylkill Ha-
ven, Pa. 1t is believed that the change
In color was caused by the cool wealth
er of the spring. The white berries
are declared TO be as sweet as sugar
and more luscious than the ordinary
kind
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

enter every of life for which their talents fit
Them nevertheless true that the great Of
this will find their surest opportunities upon the
farm. They need to be moralized.
threefod advance the part of the South
tutes of the finest experiments in education which
mankind has seen and should enlist the sympathetic
operation of the whole nation
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
Tarin ON Print Paper.

the price of print paper such as
newspapers are printed on has adj
vanced from $1.75 a hundred pounds to
S2.oO, and may 90 much higher This.
OF course, weighs heavy on the just as
ON the unjust, and proprietors of Dem
ocrafie newspapers have to suffer for
the sins of their Republican brethren
without the compensating return of a
share of the campaign fund graft, or
the advertisement of many of the tariff
protected industries 1t is some con
ISOLATION to Democrats TO see the Re
publicans kicking at the result of their
own doings. The tariff tax on print
paper of from 16 to 20 per cent. and
on wood pulp of 10 per cent on the ay-
erage, protects the print paper trust in
keeping up prices. The Canadian gov
eminent has imposed, or is about to
impose, an export duty on wood pulp,
and under the provisions of paragraph
393 of the Dingley tariff law, the
amount of such export duty shall be
added as an additional duty on pulp
imported from such country Thus is
the protection theory run mad, for we
not only tax ourselves to protect a mo-
nopoly of our own, but add to the burden
a further tax because some other coun-
try seeks to prevent its supply of wood
from being depleted. Our Republican
statesmen have refused reciprocity with
Canada, and when she seeks to defend
herself by increasing her export and
import duties, these trust-protecting
politicians have provided we must tax
ourselves to help Canada protect her
spruce forest. Still the Republican or
gans stand pat and some of them would
rather add to our tariff burdens than
decrease them, and all of them de-
clare for ''the fundamental principle
of protection" And all the trusts say
amen. The only protection for the
newspapers published is to advance
the price at which they sell their pa
pers to the public, and that must fol-
low If the print paper trust is to con-
tinue to be protected. SO in the end
this robber system of protection, on
what ever commodity the tariff tax is
collected, is paid by the public, the gov
eminent collecting about 81 per capita,
and the trusts about $50 per capita, or
500 for each family in the United
State. Do you, as voter, say amen
to that?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
10 II Now.

When fence is down, put 1t up, and
then it will not get any worse. When
a harness is broken, mend it before
you have runaway or before 1t be-
comes worthless. When weeds, hugs
or fungi threaten, get after them be-
fore the damage is done.-Farm Jour
nal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

forth in big type about battle with the MocrA
They picturesque but glad they far away,
those Moorish brethrenl / prefer reading ~Into
Morocco" by the brilliant Pierre Lott taking jour
ney along the southern of the Mediterranean and
into the lands lying southwark good map after al.
tells best to the downright practical mind, who and
what the Moors really are
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
AIenhnI fnr ErnInsire Enrine.

Experiments conducted at Columbia
university and in the Department Of Agri-
culture now demonstrate that alcohol can
be used as a fuel in internal combustion
engines with the same degree of success
as gasoline and kerosene fuels.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH
BY Prot. S. C. Mitchell,

The South Is advancing educationally along
three different lines-in education of the neg
lected white children, In the democratizing Of
the ideals of the higher institutions of learn
ing, and in the training of the negroes The
school is within the reach of every negro child.
Upon these schools the South has expended
since the war perhaps as much as $4,000, 900.
While the negroes should be encouraged to
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

song OF Europe full Of the sounding name. Even
here in comparatively America tradition has lent
us tale or two connected with the romantic Moors;
In the story Of Captain John Smith, whose captivity
anong the Is of the episodes the school chill
dren wonder over But to most of US the Moors mean
that people which southern SPAIN and held the
centuries only to be driven out finally by cruel
and merciess war.
These and Othello '@The Moor Of Venice" make up
the picture to most minds. when the newspaper holds
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
roo MUCH THoUGHTLEss LEGISLATION
By Ex-Goy. Herrick of Ohit

1t is high time that we cease to 1T
ter our law books with measures
that restrict industry and give It a
form SO rigid as TO be unsulted 10
natural development, dwarf1ng
Growth and hampering individual In
itiative, and confne cur attention to
the removal of excrescent growths,
and the passage Of such legislation
as viii keep pace with the quicken
ed evolution Of the times, permitting
and aiding the country to progress
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
$4,000 Now In shoe Strike.

The general executive board of tho
Independent Boot and Shoe Workers
Union of Missouri has extended the strike
begun by the cutters of St Louis 50 as to
include over $1,000 members Of the allied
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

passenger or freight rates on the ocean
would be any cheaper. but be governed
as they are now by international COM
petition
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
THE MooRs AND WHO THEY ARE
BY Ada C. Sweet

touch of romance Is given by the dis
patches relative to the war with the Moors.
Christendom was so many centuries fighting
the Moors-Turks, Saracens, they are all CT
one mingled torrent mixed of Arab and North
African blood, Numidian, Phoenician, etc,
with sprinkling OF European Mohamme-
dans these were known as Moors during all
the long years of warning, and the story and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

medical science and in much larger degree by the In
teigence of the people
We must recognize that the saying that must
peck of dirt before be dies is erroneous, and
that dirt Is undesirable.
Preventive medicine is founded upon hard facts, pru-
dence and common sense The mystery of the ancient
DOCTOR his long and his extraordinary
scriptions passing away.
Muttudes of shelves full of bottles which surround
doctors also passing away and being replaced by
simple living suitable diet, plenty of and plenty of
fresh air.
The fight Of the present day Is against millions OF MI
crobes and the weapons sanitary regulations munich
pal government the sanitary Inspector and the medical
officer Of health
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

Sturdy to do the greatest amount of
work with the least outlay of labor
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

Raising broilers for market is profit
able if one has the time and facilities
for producing them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

A strange dog in bunch of cattle
will run off many pounds of flesh IN
few minutes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
Getting Even.


Former United States Senator VIII
liam E. Chandler has resigned as chair
man and member of the Spanish
Claims Commission He gave as his
reason for this sssep the appointment
by President Roosevelt of man
as member of the confusion who. az
an attorney, had prepared many of the
very cases upon which he win now be
called upon to sit in judgment There
is perhaps an Old grudze ranking in
the breast of VIM. Chandler against the
President, who Ii will be remembered
relegated him to the Ananias class, and
the very questionable action of Presi-
dent Roosevelt in making this appoint
ment gives Chandler a good chance 10
get back at the President By showing
the unitness Of the appoinuo int he has
made.
Civil Service Commissioner MoInhen-
ny has been travelling through Dixie
trying 10 induce more Southern men to
take civil service examinations. The
reason candidates from the South are
50 few is they have discovered that
Although they may pass the civil serv-
ice examination. that the Republican
heads of departments viii not, II posi-
bic. appoint them and the fact that
promotion is denied them because they
are Democrats
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

Be wary of starting a goat farm. 1t
is a bucking proposition with some
men.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

Give the calves the sunniest, warm
est corner in the harm.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
MYSTERY OF THE ANCIENT DOCTOR
By Sir Frederick Treves Surgeon 10 King Edward

I am certain Il is safe to prophesy that the
time will come when hospitals for infectious
diseases will be empty and not wanted | also
look forward to the time when it will be as
anomalous for persons to die Of scarlet fever,
typhoid, cholera, and diphtheria as it will be
for 1s2 to die OF a VOLTS bite in England.
Very little, however, can be done by the leg
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

1t is said that the lawyer carries his
mistakes to the supreme court, while
the doctor buries his, and the editor
lays them onto the printer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

Almost any number Of fowls may be
kept upon the farm If it is large enough
TO accommodate them. But they must
invariably be colonized in small groups
of not over forty or fifty to one house
or lot. Each colony is then Kept sep
arate from the other to he tended and
cared for as If they wsre on separate
farms. Any attempt to keep large
number in one flock Is certain to result
In failure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

While liberal fertilization will in
crease the yield, thorough cultivation
is also necessary to keep up and i'm
prove the quality.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

are shipped from his farm each year
which goes to all parts of the world
Kingston Mercury.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

1t is not the things we can get along
without, but the things we have and
can enjoy that make live worth living
to US