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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
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forest flres are not periodic visitations,
as 1t has been argued by many sensible
persons this year who have brought out
statistical almanacs to prove their con-
tentlon. Forest fires are dependent upon
two things; one is the weather and the
other is the white mans carelessness.
When the Indians roamed about at will
they always saw that every spark was
out before they moved their camps. They
guarded the woods against the chance
blaze as a city man now guards his in
vestments. But the white man, whether
i'll his own timber, or that of the govern
ment, gives little thought to the dangers
of fire. He does not compel railroads to
take steps to prevent sparks from locomo-
tives falling in dry grass. He let's the
logs of his camp shoulder away though
knowing that a breeze might scatter the
embers. He strikes matches and throws
the lighted ends away without a glance
as to where they drop. When a long
dry spell has taken the moisture from
leaves and bark, when the grass is shriv-
eled to whisps of finder, then the white
mans carelessness becomes a threat to
PAoP0AIJ anu MT II 10 d mehdCe W every
noble tree which has taken a century or
two in growing, to the farmer whose fields
border the forests, to the towns built in
the woods and dependent upon hem for
their living.
The forest fires cease when rains come
But behind them they have left monu-
ments to the criminal carelessness of men
who cannot be taught ANYTHING who will
not try to learn. The Indians had much
the advantage of them in intelligence
Toledo Blade
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
King Edward as a Farmer

The rich crop Of prizes which the
kings cattle and sheep have won at
the Bingley Hall show, Birmingham. is
the latest demonstration of his success
as farmer, of which he is 50 deserved
~ proud.
When the king began breeding nearly
forty years ago the Sandringham farm
lands were in an almost hopeless con-
dition, barren and barely capable Of
cultivation. To-day, according to Rider
Haggard, sit is a wonderful farm, for
nowhere is so much high-bred stock to
be seen on the same area"
But probably nowhere will you find
such an array of plates and cups won
at shows as that which Sandringham
boasts. At single exhibition the king
once won no fewer than fourteen first
prizes. In 1903 he captured FIVE first
prizes and cups, In addition to numer.
Gus seconds and thirds; in 1904 his
prizes numbered twenty, In 1905 he won
champion plate, challenge cup and
eighteen other prizes, including four
frsts, while last year be took at the
Smithfield show ten firsts, nine breed"
cups and plates, six other prizes and
several highly commendeds," and ey.
cry prize winner he has bred himself
Westminster Gazette.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
EHF GREAT AMERICAN HEN |

permitted to range over garbage dumps
or manure heaps. Her eggs should re-
celve the most careful attention, and t.
possible should be placed in sanitary
cases Immediately after they are gath
cred. 1t should not be forgotten that
contamination is likely to come any
where, and for that reason constant
care should be exercised. And if posi-
bic, don't eat an egg that is over thirty
days old. 1t is not fit.
Aside from the professional poultry
men, the amateurs and the farmers,
there is still another class interested IN
poultry work. They are the thousands,
or perhaps hundreds of thousands, who
have no desire to go into poultry as a
money making matter who have not
the room for extensive breeding pens
and who are proftably engaged in 9th
er work, and who have not time to de
vote to any considerable number OF
fowls. They are the people who have
homes in the small cities, towns and vii
lagos, with ground rightly regarded as
going to waste, or at least not earning
anything. These people would like to
go into the chicken business more for
a diversion or hobby than anything
else, and supply their own table with
eggs and an occasional fowl. There Ia
surely no good reason why they should
not. Let a man who has the ground
take up the matter just as he would
were he going into the business as a
means Of livelihood That is. he should
use the same precautions in the selec-
ton of his stock, and the same judg
ment in its care. Yith little attention
given to small flock Of chickens, many
families would find the income from
other sources would so much farther.
The numerous poultry associations
throughout the country are II great SER
vice to their members. A their meet
ings they discuss intelligently the diff
ferent matters Of interest, and protect
each other from those who would i'm
pose upon or act unfairly with them.
OF great use and interest are the an
nual poultry shows in various localities
Not only are these exhibitions Of prod
ucts of interest to the professional and
amateur, but to the general public.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
The Beam and the Mote.

Little Dick, the village bad boy"
was wading through a shallow swamp
catching frogs with a small landing net.
twas slowwork, for the frogs were MIN.
bic and exceedingly shy, but whenever
he succeeded in capturing one he made
sure that 1t did not get away by put.
ting it in a tin bucket that had a per.
forated lid. He had just caught fine
specimen and transferred it to his buck,
ct, when young lady. who was out for
Il walk, happened along.
Little boy" she said, don't you
know it's cruel TO catch those poor little
froggies?"
Dick Strengthened up and looked al
her. She wore gorgeous creation" on
her head. and something in its trim
mings attracted his attention.
Il want 'em to wear on my hat" he
said
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
Social Reconstruction.

In the leading article for the current
Atlantic Monthly, John Martin reviews
the abandonment of the laissez-faire pol
icy in America in recent years and the
new feeling of public responsibility. The
idea which prevailed not long ago was
that everything American was about per-
feet. Now every one is finding some fault
and the necessity for social reconstruction
is apparent. Various associations like the
Civic Federation, associations for health
against child labor, immigration, etc, and
executive interference in industrial wars
are mentioned to show the trend. While
not accepting any particular brand of So
cialism, Mr.. Martin thinks that the agta-
ton of these social questions is healthy.
1t means that order and peace must take
the place of the fierce commercial warfare.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29

For men or women who would give
to poultry raising the intelligent atlen-
ton that any business requires to make
it go there are undoubtedly golden op-
portunities AS everybody knows, poul
try raising has grown to be one of the
most important Industries in the United
States There are people who are not
only making snug incomes, but are get
ing rich at poultry raising. A quarter
OF century ago the poultry business
as money making proposition cut a
comparatively small figure; not alone
because the products then were away
down In value, but because then there
were not the facilities to aid in incuba-
ton and in safe brooding. Now it is
said by person who pretends to knoy
that II the eggs eaten every year In the
United States could be gathered be-
forehand and placed end to end, they
would reach thirty times around the
earth. In addition enough eggs are ex-
ported every year to reach from Den
yer to New York. Valued at an aver
age of 20 cents a dozen the annual egg
crop Of the United States reaches a to-
tai of $300.0O000O.
All eggs look alike to the average
consumer until they have been broken.
But they are not alike In looks to the
initiated, or in wholesomeness, or In
flavor; and the general public is be-
coming gradually aware of that fact.
Viewed externally, it seems as If moth
Ing could get inside an egg Apparent
ly 1t is sealed Theoretically. Developed
inside the body of the hen, away from
communicating influences, it appears to
be safe. But it is not. at is posi-
Bile" says high official in the Agricul-
tural Department of the United States.
which is making an extended study of
poultry products, for an egg to become
infected with heterogeneous, either
before it is laid or after. The shell is
porous and offers no greater resistance
to micro-organiSms which cause disease
than 1t does to those which cause the
egg to spoil"
The food Of the hen should be abso-
lutely clean, her surroundings should
be sanitary. and she should never he
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
GAMES, TURN THE HOUSE"

William Reiman, New York City, has
had plans drawn for a revolving house
which he will build at Bayside, n. Y.
Mr.. Remnants Bayside home will be
the result of many years of thought
over the matter Of genuine home COM
fort, for he has often declared that,
with the advantages Of modern appli-
ances and electricity, there seemed lit
tie reason for the sunny side of a
house being in the sun all summer and
the shady side being in the shade all
winter.
Mr.. Reiman would have a home the
windows of which may follow the sun
shine in winter or avoid it in summer.
An architect has studied the problem
and has completed plans for such a
home, which will be built at cost Of
$4,000, exclusive of the real estate
AS proposed, the house will be con-
structed on turntable, which will be
operated by electric power. The owner,
In his library or bedroom, may press
a button; and on the piazzas will sound
a tinkling Of bells to those who are
about to enter or leave the house, warn
ing them that the Reiman home is
about to maneuver by either the right
or left flank. Allowing family, servants
or guests time to get either in or out
of the house, Mr.. Reiman will then
press another button, and the house
% lob Lee ~
desire.
Sitting in his library window and
wearying Of the view, he may turn the
house round and get another vista
without leaving his chair, or If the
breeze shifts and the owner Of the
house finds himself cut off from it he
gives the alarm and moves his home
around and around until he gets the
breeze where he wants it. OF course
sunshine and shade will be his to COM
and the light Is In his window he
presses the button near his bed and
swings away from the east.
The house was designed by Mr.. Rel
man himself. and the plans as drawn
show that his scheme is eminently prac-
teal. Mr.. Reiman will have neither
front nor back yard to his house. The
lawns will be so laid out that the front
entrance will fit at any point OF the
compass. The revolution Of the house
will be practically noiseless. and part
Of the turntable will be visible.
Mr.. Reiman believes that his house
will have a lot Of hygienic advantages
81 have had this house in my mind
for a number Of years." he said. prior
to the actual decision to build l made
some experiments TO test the feasibility
Of the plan. 1 do not look on the mat
ter as a fad, for 1t is question of com
non sense There is no more reason why
one should be roasted o. chilled in GER
tain rooms Of house year after year
than there is that one should live on
the outside Of II / am satisfied with
the plans provided me. and 1 believe
that others win build revolving houses,
following my plans"
Mr.. Reiman viii begin building the
house this summer and will have II
ready In the late fall
81 win use the colonial style Of archi-
lecture for the house." he said THE
kitchen will be built away from 1t.
There viii be i've bedrooms and baths
on the second floor and on the first q
barge reception ball, dining-room. den,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
BARBERRIES.

In scarlet clusters DER the gray stone wall
The barberries lean in thin autumnal
air;
Just when the fields and garden-plots
are bare,
And ere the green leaf takes the tint OF
fall,
They come to make the eye a festival!
Along the road. for miles, their torches
flare,
An, if your deep-sea coral were but rare
(The damask rose might envy 1t witha)
What bards had sung your praises long
ago,
Called you fine names in honey-worded
books
The rosy tramps Of turnpike and OF
lane,
Septembers bushes. Ceres lips aglow,
Little Ridinghoods, for your sweet
looks
But your plebeian beauty is in vain
Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29

Henrik Farman, the French aviator,
who has just arrived at New York with
his prize-winning flying machine for the
purpose of giving an exhibition fight, in
a published interview says that it will
take another decade to perfect the flying
machine for practical and safe use. Half
the solution of the problem rested on the
perfection of motor which would give
greater power without increasing the
weight. The other half lies in developing
machine with an automatic balancing
device. In his opinion machine of the
monoplane type will be the successful
flyer of the future. He does not believe
that any flying machine will ever rival
the railroads for commercial work. Mrs.
Farman, who is with him, expects to. be
a passenger in one of his flights.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
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NOiseleSs Maxim Gun Tested,

That the device for rendering the dis
charge of firearms practically silent, the
invention. of which by Hiram Percy Max
i'm was recently announced, will do what
he claimed for it was demonstrated be-
fore a committee of United States army
officers at Springfield, Mass, recently.
Both in the armory and in the open field
the tests were satisfactory. First, one
of the soldiers fired a regular army rife,
and the report was heard above the din
of the machinery in the factory. Then
Maxim adjusted the device to that same
gun and the firing was not audible 80
feet away, and was only like the snap
ping of the fingers from points nearer
the position of the shooter. What the
officers heard at $50 feet was not the ex-
plosion, but the striking of the hammer.
Neither smoke nor fire was visible at the
muzzle of the gun as shot after shot was
fred straight at a target. From calcula-
tions, it was estimated that the gun is
IA per cent noiseless. Forty grains of
smokeless powder were used in the cart
ridges, a charge capable of hurting bull
let over / 800 yards with fatal results.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
CHOLERA GRIPS ST. PETERSBURG
Great Alarm in Russian Capital
Over Spread of the Disease.

OV6T SDI6dQ OIL LIE OlScdSc.
ST.. Petersburg is in the grasp of the
Asiatic cholera, which already has ex-
ceeded in severity and the numbers Of
victim the visitation of 1898. The
disease is increasing daily at an alarm
ing rate and unless the authorities
show in the future a much greater de-
gree Of ability to cope with the situa-
ton than they have in the past there
is every reason to fear that it will get
out of hand.
The situation, which always has been
serious since the first case was report
ed, has assumed a graver aspect from
the appearance of a virulent type of
the disease, in two cases of which
death followed within fifteen minutes
of the first symptoms.
Germany has become alarmed over
man authorities have taken precau
ton to prevent ifs crossing the from
tier. Austria has done the same thing ;
Sweden and other nearby countries
have declared a quarantine against
Russia and France is ready to meet
any exigencies that may arise.
The civil commission, summoned in
special session by Governor General
Smith in the Philippines to deal with
the epidemic of cholera, decided to or
der 200 members of the constabulary
into Manila to assist the health in
spectors in their campaign against the
plague.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29

and seizing his axe, Mr.. Joiner started
for the forest, on the edge or winch
stood his little home, far down IN the
southern part Of Alabama.
Bobby ran after him shouting: Pa
pa. papa, let me go wifi you. I'll be
good boy"
Come along them" answered his IA
Their, "but hurry now, I'm very late"
And of they went, Bobby carrying his
toy Ratchet over his shoulder as his
father carried his axe.
Bobby played about happily for a
long time, now trying to cut down lit
tie trees with his Ratchet, now hunt
ing for Wild grapes. and now peering
into holes after rabbits; but at last,
growing tired-for he was only four
years old-he said:
Papa, I reckon I'll go home now to
see mamma and get somefing to eat
I'll carry her some fat lightwood to
kindle her fire wifi" And filling his
arms with small sticks of pitch pine,
Bobby started OFF.
but. seeing that he was In the right
path to the house, he went on with his
work until the horn called him home
to dinner. Kitty ran to meet him, but
Bobby was nowhere to be seen.
A few questions and answers told
the father that he had not been home,
and. without waiting for his dinner,
he turned back into the forest. He
soon reached the spot where he had
last seen the child as he trudged to-
ward home and he began a search
among the trees on either side. After
time he discovered the tiny armful
of nghtwood which Bobby was carry
ing home to his mother flung on the
ground. evidently by an older hand and
longer arm than Bobby's; but no other
track or trace could he find. The
ground all about was covered thickly
with soft pine needles, which would
not only deaden the sound of footsteps
but would make no impression OF
them. He kept up the search, how
ever, until darkness came upon him,
when he returned home, hastily snatch
ed a little food, and started for the
home of his nearest neighbor TO OBJ
tain help in his search.
Days and weeks passed. Neighbors
and friends for miles around had
hunted for the lost boy. but could find
not even a clue 10 his whereabouts,
and hope of ever seeiAs him again was
well-nigh abandoned. Cold weather was
close at hand, and Mr.. Joiner had gone
30 his wood-chopping.
Mrs. Joiner was busy in the kitchen
one forenoon when a shadow darkened
The window, and she glanced up to see
an Indian sQuaw looking in upon her
she held a pappoose in her arms In
stead of carrying 1t in the customar,
way upon her back, and her eyes wors
uch a troubled look that Mrs. Joiner
vent at once to the door and DECK
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29

and adding thought hand labor; and cannot have
a good American head by taking the child from school
and stunning mental growth by making the child cog
in even finest machinery of what is called cviliza
ton. The American heart is still more important than
the American head, and State ever prosper in
the higher bingsand the lower things always get their
the higher things-which persstenty permits
the incursion of greed the heart of childhood.
No federal interference is so terrible in my eyes
permission upon the part Of the nation that little
children be practically enslaved to money making
The OF the families of the must be relieved
in some way than compelling allowing children
to dispose their childhood, with it's freshness and
dream in order to maintain any system institution
or business whatsoever
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A new union of retail clerks has been
instituted at Melrose, MINI.
Cotton spinners wages are to be re-
duced per cent in Lancashire, England.
The Toronto, Canada, Lodge of Ma
chinists will keep a close watch on civic
contracts affecting the trade.
The Ohio State Federation of Labor
convention is to be held at Dayton in
October
Steps are being taken to close the Pow
ell Duffryn (Wales) collieries in conse-
quence of the strike of 5000 men.
The California State FedesS;ion of La
Dor convention is to meet in San Jose.
The new executive board of the Ma
tional Federation of State, City and Town
Employees has arranged plans for vigor-
Gus organizing campaign.
Primary arrangements are now being
made for the annual convention of the
West Virginia State Federation of Labor,
that is to be held 1T Clarksburg in Dc
tober.
The San Francisco (Cal) Broommak
ers' Union has taken preliminary steps in
starting a campaign against brooms made
by Chinese and those made by convicts
in Eastern States.
The Stereotypers AMI Electrotypers'
Union has been greatly increased during
the last year, in which seven new locals
were formed. The membership is $500 in
ninety-two locals, and the treasury holds
$4,000.
AT the convention of the International
Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen the
bylaws were amended so as to permit the
holding of conventions annually insteal
Of bi-annually. Next years convention
will be held at Yonkers, n. Y.
The Fall River (Mass.) Spinners'
Union, which had decided to withdraw
from the sliding scale agreement between
the unions and manufacturers of that city.
has decided that it will act with the other
unions and continue in the agreement.
The anti-injui~tion committee of the
San Francisco Labor Council has de-
cided to recommend to the 10 unions af-
filiated with the council to give as much
as possible to the fund that is being rails
ed to fight injunctions and to suggest that,
IA duuAllolly COulEin-
ute to the same fund.
James Kier Hardie is the founder of
the labor party, and is the chief figure
in the party in England. He says that
the time is ripe to organize a labor party
in Canada, and that by better union of
their forces the laborers of America can
obtain legislation for their advancement.
Another big international union will
establish headquarters in Washington, d.
G. The general convention of the stone
cutters voted to make the presidents po-
sition salaried one, so that he might de-
vote all his time to the, organization.
and decided upon Washington for the
general headquarters.
The problem of unemployment in Glas-
| Cow, Scotland, has reached an exceeding
| ly acute stage. For twenty-five years
there has been nothing like the present sit
uation, and it is more than probable that
unless some unexpected revival in trade
takes place, the situation will have become
intensified by the arrival Of autumn and
winter.