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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18


Professor F. B. Linheld, director of
the Montana Experiment Station, has
recently discussed entertairingly the
size Of irrigated farms. He says, in
part.
''What area Of land under irrigation
VII. support man and his family In
comfort and also provide means for
using educational opportunities for bis
family: The first part OF this question
can be answered only by asking
another What is the average yearly
income cf the average workIngmanl
While wages are good In Montana,
probably $500 to 5000 per year will be
an outside wage obtained by an aver
age laborer in the country towns From
this house rent and all living expenses
have to be paid. Now, what Will forty
acres OF irrigated land return under
careful, thorough and Intelligent man
agement! To be equal TO the wage
proposition it should provide equal or
better wages, interest on the invest
ment, and keep or maintenance Of farm
machinery and horses Something on
Interest and wages will be returned by
the homo being provided on the farm.
and besides much Of the fruit. all the
vegetables and the wheat for -four may
be grown on the farm and obtained
without any cash outlay. The same Is
true of the poultry and the eggs. and
Of the milk. cream and butter needed
II alfalfa hay Is fed to stock. par
ticuIarly to dairy cows. the returns
could be nearly doubled
The write. has pastured two mich
COWS OF one acre OF ground and OBJ
tained zoo pounds Of butter fat At
20 cents per pound, thiS returns $40
per acre. or $1,000 from forty acres.
The above crops can be produced for a
minimum outlay OF labor. A man AMI
a tenn could do practically all the
work. In the above Illustration the
returns from but one crop were consid-
cred. but combination OF many Of the
crops mentioned would be the ideal
farm practice. II live stock were han
died. this would spread the work over
the yea-. ard the returns on these VA.
rsety crops win be in proportion TO the
acreage return OF from $500 to 81. 800
per year from the forty acres. IN add
ton &c providing q home and many 81
the living expenses.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

piled earnestly, that is all that could
be desired-perfect. Her eyes," he
scrutlnized her with surreptitious anx-
iety, "her eyes are splendidly, wond-
rously brown" He paused. Viola
listened movelessly. "Her hair is
brown. -and-most beautiful"
A queer silence followed his words.
When Viola looked up she was pale,
but valiant, and she seemed all at once
thousands of miles away
"She must be very, very lovely
this girl" she said, dreamily. "Do 1
know herr"
The minister looked somewhat In
scrutable as he made reply:
II am not sure perhaps you do not"
She returned his gaze with absent
eyes.
"Tell?s he prompted with an enig-
matte smile.
well, really don't see what I'm to
tell you except that I'm delighted to
know you are $3.50 happy and that
that" she bit her lips, Ito congratu-
late you and"
"Rut it is not time for congratula-
tiens,' he interposed thoughtfully, you
don't understand"
NO" said she, shaking her head.
mo, I'm afraid 1 do not
Its this way" he pursued eagerly,
bending near to her, 'I've been called
to Cloverdale. don't want to go with
out first finding out whether she will
go with me- He Redeemed and brok e
off. keeping his hands locked to the
limbs on which they were resting.
THE only thing" remarked Viola
with sage eyes and sinking heart, sis
to tell her that truth and get it over
quick" She caught her breath. "May-
be you have told herr" she suggested
tentatively.
Not just as l should like to-"
'sThen you will, at once? Put your
fate to the test, as they say in tire
some love stories"
do you consider them tiresome?r
"Other peoples"
'Then Wen not waste any more time
discussing other peoples" He bent
farther, till his warm breath famed
the loose gold about her temples.
'viola," he said. II love you VIII you
be my wife?"
"Oh," she said, 81 don't-~
"You don't love mel" with swiftly
clouding eyes.
Viola met his look with wonderful
little smile breaking through the shad-
ows Of her face, "But-but my hair
isn't brown at ALL" she said bewilder-
ingly, ''and my eyes are Enthusiastically
blue"
And NINE" laughed he, with his
arms about her, ARE color-blind. Shall
go to Cloverdale?"
I'VE mustn't think of it" she said
New Orleans Times Democrat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

In his Ortaha speech on the flag of
the United States, Mr.. Bryan brought
the poetic eloquence of his tribute to
it to the most practical of all conclu-
sions in practical politics.
The paramount issue In this cam
paign and in every other made for
Democracy in the United States is that
a great republic cannot be based on
any combination of dependent states
and communities, while there is al
ways room for the Increase in the num-
Der of states and communities, indie
pendent in their domestic aTairs and
united for their common welfare.
There is no area too large for a re-
public Ike that" Mr. Bryan said. Pre-
serve the idea of the state taking care
Of its domestic affairs, and of the Tn
ION representing the states acting to-
gether. and you can spread the idea In
definitely; but without these two ideas
both preserved great republic Is I'M
possible"
Nothing Is of more practical impor-
lance among pressing issues of the year
than TO get rid Of the worst results Of
the idea opposing this. that one state OF
group Of states must control the Union
and dictate to the rest Part OF the
weeks discussion of current events Is
the alleged attempt of Brazil to begin
A career Of this kind by assuming the
hegemony Of South America. Against
this the United States are warned that
they mkt finally interfere At the
same time IL Is assumed that In snis
campaign the hesemony OF one Amssss-
can state or another Is at stake Under
the principles Mr.. Bryan has defined
with the constitution under the flag,
both mean the equal chance Of progress
for all the states.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

despair she took her portfolio under
the shade Of the orchard beyond entic-
ed her and she ran down the steps and
past the flower beds to the gate on the
other side. Entering. she sought her
favorite retreat in the fork of gnarl-
ed old apple tree. A lazy breeze was
blowing. stirring the leaves about her
with q vague, musical rustic, and
cooling the hot blood in her cheeks
She took up her pen and selected a
sheet of note paper. A twig cracked
sharply, and she sat up alert. The
paper slipped from her fingers.
did l startle you?" inquired deep
voice under the apple tree.
"Not the least" said she, disposing
herself with studied primness against
the knotted limb at her back.
The minister vaulted the lower limb
easily and picked out a comfortable
seat opposite. tossing his hat ON net
work Of branches.
Viola regarded him first with cold
ness. then with assumed Indifference,
finally with friendly smile that was
the hardest thing she had ever &C
complished In her twenty-one years
But he mus never, never guess-unless
he had already done so. And If he
had she must set to work to prove to
him that he was altogether wrong
Viola" he began In his straightfor-
ward way, '1've come to you with
confession. hope you are not going
toto disapprove?"
For a second the girl said nothing.
He looked rather young for his age.
she thought. He must be at least 50,
but his black hair was full Of waves,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
Political Corruption.

The Republican politicians are evil
IDENTIFY quiet anxious that tariff reform
shall not be a paramount issue in this
campaign. Unfortunately there are so
many issues that both sides are press
ing that the allied issue of the tariff
and the protected trusts is liable to
be overlooked In a great measure The
the money of the tariff protected
trusts and other corporations is and
should be a paramount question. be-
cause upon the purity of the ballot
and honest elections rest the whole
political fabric under our Democratic
Republican form of government For
tunately the political corruption Is
nearly all on one side and with the
promise of publicity before election by
the Democrs is, the Republican party is
placed on the defensive and very poor
defense Ii can make. The Republican
managers are opposed to publicity and
many of them openly scott at it and
even the best that Candidate Taft can
promise is publicity after election"
If there were no tariff protected
trusts and favored corporations there
would be but little corruption at ma
tional elections. for it is fact that
but few large contributions to political
campaign funds are rarely made I'M
less the contributor is promised some
personal advantage or important posi-
ton.
Men will spend large sums to be
elected themselves to Office, hut are not
very free in contributing for the cleo
ton of others and the patriots that
contribute from real patriotic motives
are few and far between. 1t Is 50
easy TO evade publicity of contributions
TO political parties. that even the
most stringent law can be fofled and
made worthless Corporations. how
ever. are more easily bled by the polIt-
zeal collector, as we have seen in the
case of the large sums paid for Re
publican campaign funds by the life
insurance managers ana what Harri-
man collected in 1904 from the rail-
roads and other sources at the request
OF President Roosevelt.
Ii is more important to know how
the campaign funds are expended than
who furnished the money. and even
that fact would not expose corruption
unless the money was followed TO its
ultimate destination IT is very diff
cult to prove bribery OF the voters even
II the money 10 bride them has been
traced to the hands Of 3 notorious
briher.
II there were no protected monopo-
lists and corporation managers. who
are interested in perpetuatIng some
STsenial privilege or the secretion OF
their way u ulundering TIE people.
through c0nniyaBce with officials. there
would be but little political corruption.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
Taft,s Analogy.

The steam roller that did such won
derfuf work at Chicago is still in COM
mission. Every observant reader of the
speech delivered at Cincinnati yester-
day by Mr. Taft will discern its tracks.
They symbolic surrender to the ma
chine.
1t Is not to be forgotten that the Re-
publican machine is Theodore Roose-
Welt. His masterful domination put
Tat in the place he would have taken
hinself if he dared risk defeat at the
polls, SO the Taft acknowledgements
yesterday were addressed more to the
Master in the White House than to the
Republican party as an organization
superior to any single individual AS
{ panegyric of Roosevelt is differs
from the familiar style of recent Presi-
Dental messages only in the necessary
elimination of the personal pronoun.
An excusable warmth of personal adj
miration, commendable enthusiasm
of political loyalty will relieve Mr..
Taft from apology for his exaggerated
laudations of Roosevelt. In this spirit
of charitable allowance for the obliga-
tions enforced by his environments we
can concede that it is natural Mr.. Taft
should have fonnd it inappropriate TO
condemn by specific declaration, or
even by any form of scftened implica-
ton, the outrageous insult to the Fed
eral judiciary involved in the offensive
criticism of the Standard Oil reversal
to which President Roosevelt gave ex-
preston last week. And yet 1t remains
a stubborn fact that Mr.. Taft will be
regarded as accepting the Roosevelt
view, however much he disapproves,
unless he finds some way to put him.
self right before the public.
His entire speech of acknowledgment
is couched in the same spirit Para
graph after paragraph unfolds the
story of acceptance as a matter of
political expediency of policies his in
dividnal judgment condemns. SO Mr..
Taft expands with refined distinctions
in his endeayor to explain his party's
rebuff OF the reasonable appeal of the
working classes for legislation TO pre-
Vent misuse of the power of injunc-
ton and its fat refusal to pledge the
enactment of a compulsory publicity
law.
Facing the tariff issue Mr.. Taft bows
to the edict of ''standpatism'' which
even Roosevelt himself must obey
loft the tariff reformer disappears in
Taft the candidate, obedient 70 the
party mandate and willing to defend
even the prohibitory duty that protects
a trust The measure of tariff reform
TO be expected under his administration
would obviously be that meted out by
the tariff barons themselves.
Read discriminatory for the lesson
it carries between the lines. the Taft
speech is a Democratic document. In
very large part it is an ingenious eff
fort to prove that the Republican plat
form means what the Democratic plat
form says The American people must
decide whether they want that party to
rule which says what 1t means or win
trust the welfare Of the country to a
party which dared not say what it pre-
tends to mean.-St. Louis Republic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
Toad. and squash Bugs.

Many people believe that the toad
will eat that humble creature, rhe
squash bug. Prof. Weed Of New Hamp
shire, has found that the odor given of
this bug will actually kill the toad If
confined in a small space. The pungent
fumes threw the toad into a sort of a
stupor, similar to the effect produced
by chloroform. When very hungry the
toad will eat few Of the bugs, but
evidently does not relish the diet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

his eyes bright and clear, his face rud-
dy with health.
I'm considering somewhat impor-
tant STEP" he went on musingly, his
glance sweeping the sky. the ground.
and settling at last upon her slightly
flushed face. land want your-your
advice"
wrinkling the bridge Of hes. nose She
crossed her hands at the back Of her
head and stared past him at the rows
OF apple trees in the distance.
The minister regarded her solemnly
for q moment. opening his lips twice to
speak. then closing them again uncer-
tainly. A shadow drifted across his
good-looking f.ee- Perhaps" he sug-
gested with a downward infection, the
affair does not interest your"
Viola could not suppress smile ut
the luguhrious countenance before her,
and steadying her breath. she gaxed
straight into the minister's eyes But
only for s fash. Something IN them
lkl1l cAlc (O444 Ao< a4>oSS%1CA AAdhc OAt
caused her to turn her head with q
swift heartbeat
sOf course. Il interests me- she said
with a rush Of enthusiasm. recollectins
her role. II thought you were sure Of
that-always>"
BE Strengthened himself then. and
with a gesture Of determination broke
yrecipitately into the subject ats
about some one I lore" he said speak
Ing rapidly. someone. / want 10 be
my wife"
Viola colored furiously; the leaves
all about her quivered gentiy. But she
pulled herself together and said In a
very matter-of-fact tone:
You want my advice about herr
Well. then you win have 10 tell me
something about her; her disposition.
her hair, her eyes-everything You
know"
The minister contemplated her with
fatuopz expression
~W.y--as 10 her disposition he re
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
THE CRICKET.

Oh, to be a cricket,
That's the thing
To scurry in the grass
And to have ones fling!
And it's oh, to be a cricket
In the warm thistle-thicket
Where the sun-winds pass,
Winds awning,
Ana the bumble-bees hang humming.
Hum and swing,
And the honey-drops are coming
it's to be summer rover,
That can see a sweet and pick 1t
With the sting!
Never mind the sting!
And it's oh to be cricket
In the clover
A gay summer rover
In the warm thistle-thicket,
Where the honey-drops are coming,
Where the bumble-bees hans humniing-
That's the thing
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

1t would, therefore, seem that the most
important reform is to abolish all spe-
clal privileges and especially the pres
emit tariff protection to the trusts. 1t
is safe to say that with the tariff re-
formed to revenue basis and thus the
trusts left helpless TO charge more for
their products than the reasonable
profit that competition would allow,
there would be very small contribu-
tons from those who now enjoy a
virtual monopoly. Nor would the
transportation corporations be very
eager to contribute to help the Repub-
lican politicians, if the law to control
them was faithfully and impartially ex-
ecuted.
Is 1t not to the interest therefore
of the honest and Independent Re
publican voter who wants to see politi-
cal corruption abolished to join the
Democrats in such reform of the tariff,
a. well as control of corporations as
will take from them their monopoly
that Republican policies have fostered
and by the force of competition pre-
vent it in the future. There will be
little political corporation when spe-
cial privileges are crushed out.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

per acre ard seldom less than half a
busLel
II your land is not rich in humus use
a small amount Of nitrate of soda as a
starter for the beans, Apply at the rate
OF seventy-fve pounds per acre after
the beans are up. Put 1t on when the
leaves are dry. 1t Is very soluble. and
VIII sink into the soil in q surprisingly
short time. Then an application of 10
per cent acid phosphate with City
pounds Of muriate of potash per acre
VIII give you a complete fertilizer that
should be very satisfactory. Bone
meal would not be so good for crop
such as soy beans. as the plant food
elements are not readily available.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
Meeting the Question
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Viola met the p0stman at the front
door He gave her two letters; one
was addressed In Diana Colvert's alb
surdly angular hand. and was bulky,
with a fortright's accumulated effus-
ion; the other bore her name In the
familiar caligraphy of Eustace Van
diver. who had proposed to her quarter
ly for half p dozen years
She went out md sat Gown on the
veranda steps and broke the seal of
the first one with eager fingers; Di-
ana's letters were interesting. If
rather voluminous. She consumed the
first eight pages avidly, then suddenly
the sheets fell from her hands and
fiuttered to the ground. The roses, the
hollyhocks, the snapdragons, the
violets and jessamine, nodding and
dropping in the sun-warmed air, melt
ed swiftly into a hideous rainbow of
impossible color, the matutinal chip
ing OF the birds grew harsh and mock
Ing, the blue Of the sky turned black.
AT last she stopped and gathered the
lGllcI lutO hCA A0uQc ant
went on with her reading.
The minister, their minister. going to
be married and move to CloyerVia lie !,
Billy Colvert, Diana's brother. had had
a letter from him. so there could. be no
mistake about It And she-what a
little simpleton she had been TO waste
her affections on someone who was go
Ing to wed another girl. Surely, in
their intimate relations OF the last
year he must have guessed her morti-
flying secret: probably he was taking
this very step to ger clear of her. Burn
ing tears sprang to Viola's eyes and
dripped over her throbbing cheeks.
But she dashed them away In fierce
self.scorn. and read on to the end. her
lips compressed. the blood scorching
her temples
There were his exact words. quoted
from Billy's letter: Il am seriously
considering making change In my
residence. hope soon TO marry the
dearest girl IN the world and bring
her with RE to Cloverdale. But Of
course. It Will rest with her whether
] shall accept the call or not-that is
a woman's preregative. isn't It! How
ever. let US see you IN Brookwood
whenever II suits your convenience to
come. ETC.
Viola folded up the closely written
sheets and returned them to the envel-
ope Then she opened young yandiv-
er's letter with mechanical fingers aud
glanced YEARLY at his twenty-hfth dec
Iaration OF love. accompanied by an i'm
passioned plea to marry him and sail
FOR Europe in June. whittier he was go
Ing to complete his course at Heidel.
berg. Go abroad-away from 1t all
show him that she had not given her
love unmasked. and that .
She iung bacS her head with quick
accession OF pride. and excitement
a smile to hex lips. glow to her eyes
She would do It: yes. she would &C
cept EuStace vandiver and 90 with hin
10 the ends OF the earth IL need be-
anywhere nv ay from this
IL
She went to her room and sat dow
at her desk, bat something seemed Il
dull her brain and numb her hands
abe could not write syllable II
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

The electric tramways OF the City OF
Mexico have been chartered By com
pany with 100000 cauital Electric
light plants are being constructed al
JuchItan and Oaxaca- and light and
power plants Oh the Isthmus OF Te
haantepec.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
PEOPLE, NOT THE BOSSES. RULE.
BY Gov. Hughes of New York.


You may say all you please of the
cunning of political maneuvering
and of the resources Of chicanery.
All schemes will prove as child'g
play If the people set out to deal
with a real issue of popular govern
ment and the supremacy Of the con-
stitution of this State over race track
gamblers. 1t is we'll that there
should be organization to advance
party principles. 1t is well that 1t
should be effective; vigorous and
skillful leadership is required But
it is the duty of an elected officer
to serve the people and not any par
fiR11lnr nm nd mo a,r.&xr lond .,r.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

~Afr Heller called you hack writer,
pa" said the editors little son. ~what
does he mean By thatT'
'.He means. my son." replied the
editor, "that I've got hatchet always
ready for such rniserab'e creatures SIS
he isT-PhiladeIphIa Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

ability to command the faculties of mind and Of body
the best results this requirement must insure
harmonious relation between brain and Drawn Advice
to man. You yourself in your work"
about Ineffective to suggest TO him that he grow
four inches taller II he has maturity
without learning concentration he is not likely to
appreciate the need sufficiently undergo the training
necessary to get it.
Concentration the faculties not only Is safeguard
against errors but it is assurance that when
has been considered and determined upon the will
have all effectiveness and accomplish the maximum In
suits There no IN life where this atentiveness
does not the worker and every
interested In that work. This concentration is
visible evidence of dependabeness in the man. 1t is
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

Roosevelt loves a man who has
large family
.sThe man who married the fat wo-
man ii the museum would be Just biz
ksna OF people. wouldn't heT'-i4ouston
Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

might have shown you that the word of the Master
but the vague expression His highly complex emotions
1t Of the attributes of God of the projections
which contemplate In ideas of him, that there
is opposition in His will and His vision between the
impulses of His nature and the His life This
is what commonly designate omnipotence and
alton
In the contemplation of beauty faculties of percep
ton have the perfection it is indeed the
perience Of beauty and happiness from the occasional
harmony between nature and environment that
draw conception of the Divine life. There is,
them real propriety in calling beauty manifestation
of God the senses, SINCE in the region of sense the
perception of beauty exemplies that adequacy per-
lection which in general objecfy In ideal OF God
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

evidence of the quality Of brain which the worker pos
1t reflects the faculties which education and
perience have developed tremendously. Without this
Of concentration every OF these
prove poor instead of lever that might
move a world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
ENJOY BEAUTY WITHOUT ANALYz1NG IT.
By q. Sanfayana.

To feel beauty is better thing than to
derstand how we come to feel it. Te have Inn
agination and taste, to love the best, to be car
ried by the contemplation of nature to vivid
faith in the ideal, all this is more, great Zeal
more, than any science can hope to be
When man tells you that beauty is the
manifestation Of God to the senses you wish
rof1 mill Xaf ro6a ion,