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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
ST. VALENTINES DAY.

St. Valentines day! And midst old recol-
That rush to my heart with an echoIng
Joy.
I remember once more the old hopes and
When you were girl. dear. and was
boy.
When / sent you rose on that f, bruary
morning,
And with it a passionate. rhyme-halting
lay,
And met your reproaches and well-acted
BY whispering Sweet, It's ST. Nalen-
tines day !"
And the sky was so blue. and the sunshine
so yellow.
And the soft southern wind blew so shril-
ly and sweet
And each tiny bird sung so loud to its fell
low,
While the snowdrops and cro uses bloom
ed Mt your feet,
Small wonder our hearts broke 10 tremulous
beating
AS we learned In the wonderful. old fash
Toned way
What the earth and the sky and the air
were repeating
In mystical cadence OF Valentines day.
And now that the crazy sweet babble and
laughter
or golden haired children have runs In
ears.
And brought us the hope of tender here
after
To link to the thought OF those far-away
Years
Once more in the words OF the happy by
lover.
veil deeper meaning I'm whimsical way :
A meaning your heart VIII be quick TO dis
cover
By whispering: Sweet, tits st. valen-
The Housekeeper
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
WOMEN sHUN HooDoo BRIDGE.

Travel Over Court Street Span in
JaneSyiIle Is Reduced.
Chief Of Police Appleby of GAINESVILLE
has issued a proclamation Directing TO the
many published articles by certain Chi
cago and Milwaukee papers regarding the
death of Mrs. Madelyn Clayton and Miss
Josephine Malone. claiming that the re-
ports have given the city bad name and
have frightened women so that they dare
not appear on the streets after dark with
out an escort. Traffic over the ill-famed
Court street bridge, near which the two
bodies were found, has practically been
abandoned at night and but few women
pass there during the day. Business in
that locality has been injured. Chief -Ap-
pleby, District Attorney Fisher and Sher-
if Fisher are firm in their opinions that
the two women either took their own
lives or met death by accident. No effort
will be made to unravel the mystery I'M
less strong unexpected developments APP
pear.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
sbrinknwe of Indian Corr.

The experiment to determine the
shrinkage of corn in the crib has been
carried on three seasons at the Kansas
experiment station. A summary OF tie
results shows a shrinkage Of 3.26 per
cent for the first four months after the
corn was placed In the crib, $40 per
cent for the first six months, $50 per
cent for the first eight months, IA per
cent for the first ten months and S62
per cent for the first twelve months
Yellow corn has given the greatest av-
erage shrinkage- namely, 11.21 per cent
in twelve months the next greatest
shrlnkage occurring In the cribs OF
wEite corn, S.4S per cent In twelve
months. while the mixed corn samples
OF many varleties) decreased In weight
only 6.1S per cent during the first
twelve months after being placed In
the crib
The average result OF all shrinkage
| trials Indicates that when corn is crib
bed fairly dry and in good condition
the shrinkage during the winter
months should not be over per cent.
1t should be observed, however, that
in these experiments great care was
exercised to prevent loss OF corn by
other than natural means.
Corn breeding by the car row method
was begun in 1909. Nine different va
rietles were grown and bred in 1909
as follows: Reid Yellow Dent, Silver
mine, Boone County White. Legal Ten
der. Hogue yellow Dent, Hildreth. Nc
Auley, Kansas Sunfower and whits
Injun.
Some eighty acres were used for
breeding corn and growing corn for
seed production In 1906. and 40 breed
ing ears were planted in separate rows
in the several breeding plots. During
the last two years the agronomy de-
among the farmers Of the State sew
eral hundred bushels Of selected, wen
bred seed corn.
The difference In the yields from,
Different ear rows has been very mark
ed. varying In some sests more than
400 per cent. Comparisons made in
1906 between the high yielding rows
seed and first grade seed selected from
the general field gave results as fol-
lows. The SiIyermlne high ylslding
rows seed p;vs yielded 81 per cent
more corn and 24.s per cent more first
grade seed ears than the plot planted
with first grade seed. The Hiidrefh
nigh yielding rows seed plot yielded
1896 per cent more corn and 10 per
cent more first grade seed ears than
the plot planted with first grade seed
OF this variety. There has been simi-
lar improvement in the grade and
quality Of the corr.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

A practical farmer. writing TO an
agricultural paper on the advantage Of
a low wagon on the farm, says:
This wagon Is used here a great
deal and gives good service. Procure
The wheels and axIes Of two old now
ing machines; then have blacksmith
cut and leDgthen axle TO the right
length for a wagon axle. On this fas-
ten your wooden axle. which may be
hardwood plank, 3x4 inches Put on
aatwlse and fasten with clips through
this and around the iron ALE On this
fasten your bolster with klngOolts I;
make both axletree and holsters Just
alike. Now make two reaches and let
them cross In the center. and fasten
each end Of each one OF the reaches 10
axletree With pin. 50 they can turn
and not interfere with the holsters
This answers for hounds and greatly
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
"You Might See Me Tnroush.'

Abraham Lincoln during the war fire.
quently visited the hospitals and address
ed cheering words to the wounded SOL
diers.
On one occasion he found a young fell
low whose leg had been amputated, and
who was evidently sinking fast.
us there anything | can do for your"
asked Lincoln.
You might write letter to my moth
err" was the faint reply.
The President wrote at the youths die
tation my dear mother, l have been
shot bad. but am bearing up. l tried to
do my duty. They tell me | cannot re-
cover. God bless you and father Kiss
May and John for me-"
At the end came these words as post
script This letter was written by Abra-
ham Lincoln"
When the boy perused the epistle and
saw these added words, he looked with
astonished gaze at the visitor as he ask
ed Are you our Presidentg"
YES" was the quiet answer: "and now
you know that, is there anything else
can do for you?"
Feebly the lad said. II guess you might
bold my hand and see me through"
London S. s. Times
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
BAD BLAZE AT WAUKESHA.
S1obe Elevator Burns and Muci
Property Is in Peril.

>s1obe Elevator Burns and Much
Property Is in Peril.
The Globe elevator in Waukesha, own
ed by James |. Brimmer, was destroyed
by fire of unknown origin, entailing a loss
of between $4,000 and $4,000 There
was insurance of $4,000 on the building
and $4,000 on the grain, of which there
was between 10000 and $4,000 bushels
The iremen were handicapped by the fact
that the hydrant to which ne first line of
hose was attached was frozen. The
chances Of saving the elegator were hope
less from the first, but by hard work the
firemen managed to save the elevator and
warehouse of the Hoag & Rankin Com
psny and other nearby buildings. Large
oil tanks of the Standard Oil Company,
located but a few rods from the elevator,
were threatened for time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
Alaska.

II was Charles Sumner who pre-
vented Alaska being named "Walrus-
STA" American Siberia" Zero Is.
land" or "Polario" Each Of these
outlandish names had its champions.
but Mr.. Summers advocacy OF Alas
ka prevailed He said that the Pen
insular Islands were thus designated
by Capt. Cook. the word being trans
lated into The Great Land" The orig
inal spelling was "AI-ay-ss-ka" II IS
appropriate, tasteful. chaste. No bet
ter name could have been chosen for
this vast territory OF gold and ice
New York Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
GIRLS SCREAMS BRING RESCUE.

AssaiIant Believed to Have Fright
ened Many Women in GAINESVILLE.
Piercing screams at l o'clock the other
morning from a woman calling out "Oh,
God, save mel" attracted the attention of
two men three blocks away in GAINESVILLE,
who were soon on the scene, where they
were confronted by a man W had both
knees on ii woman's chest ah,3 his right
hand on her mouth, which was bleeding
freely. The two men soon had the man
in the police station, where he proved to
be William Joyce, the 21-year-old son of
Hugh Joyce, shoe dealer. The woman
was 16-year-Old Grace Lempkey, who said
that Joyce had asked to escort her from
a dance. The police are trying to con-
meet Joyce with the frightening of many
other women who have been approached
here recently, although they do not con-
meet him with the murder of Madelin
Clayton or Miss Malone.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

The animal of least intelligence in
a circus nenagerie is the beautiful
giraffe; the most intelligent. the mon
key: the most timid. yet the most
dangerous. the elephant; most IN
trustworthy, the cats. including all
those animals belonging to the feline
family: most afiectiouate. the seals;
most ill-tempered. the hippopotanlus.
who is never in q pleasant frame OF
mind from the day OF his birth until
he is ready to be skinned and mounted
in a natural history museum. Spare
Moment
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
The Oldest Rank

There was kind of public record
office attached to the palace and
temple at Nineveh, in which it was
customary to deposit important legal
and other documents. Among these
there were discovered official state
ments as to the transactions of the
eminent banking house OF Egida at
Nineveh. Assyrian chronology proves
that these refer to a date about 1900
years before the Christian era, when
Abraham dwelt at Ur of the Chal-
dees, as is stated in Genesis. We
may, therefore, claim for this firm
the reputation Of being the. oldest
bank in the world.-T. P's Weekly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
Boys Remarkable Fortitude.

Edmund Lohre, a boy who former
ly carried the Post-Intelligencer
here, had his left arm pulled out of
the socket in sawmill. and is in a
precarious condition.
Young Lohre. who is a Norwegian.
seventeen years of age, exhibited
notable fortitude and courage when
the accident took place. With his
arm literally wrenched from his
body, he ran to a telephone and
called up a hospital. No one had
noticed the accident, and the boy
was at the telephone telling a ply
stefan of his trouble before one OF
the workmen noticed his condition
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
Overyyorkea InteIIect,

Stories about Lincoln, if they are gen
uine. are always interesting and generally
amusing. Here is one which viii be i'm
mediately recognized as Characteristic
Mr.. Lincoln was once trying case on
a western circuit, some years before he
had acquired more than a local reputa-
ton. His opponent was a pretentious
man whose argument was voluble and
rhetorical. but devoid of conference or
logic When his pyrotechnic elocuenee
had spent itself Mr.. Lincoln replied some
what as follows
Gentlemen of the jury: havs enjoy
ed as every one in this court room must
have enjoyed the extremely fluent anc
eloquent words to which we have list
ened But while the rhetoric of my
learned opponent is unimpeachable.
confess myself unable to detect anything
in his argument which has any bearing
upon the case in hand, or indeed upon
anything at all.
Il have been driven to the conclusion
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
DYNAMITE BLOWS UP BowIERs.
Mayvflle Bansueters Seriously In
iurcd During ..rYaxh,i~h.,, Pose

MaysfIie Bangueters Seriously In
jurcd During .Fiashli-ht'' Pose.
Seated at banquet board at the home
Of George Cooling. manager OF the May
vile Office of tie Wisconsin Telephone
Company. fifteen guests, members OF the
Honey Boy and Teddy Bear bowling
terms. We're knocked senseless by IiIet ter
rife explosion of a quantity of dynamite.
When the smoke had cleared away and
Consciousness had been recovered by some
OF the victims of the accident, it vas
found that Mr.. Cooling had suffered Sc
we're injuries. two fingers anu the thumb
of his right hand being blown off. Leo
Schwartz had been hit on the breast with
a portion of the explosive and seriously
burned about the head and shoulders. 1t
is not thought. however, that he viii lose
his eyesight. Other guests suffered loss
of hair and eyebrows and serious and
painful burns. The banquet guests were
posing for fashlight photograph OF the
assemblage and the accident was due to
the fact that some one had allowed some
high explosive to became mixed with the
fash light powder.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

Secretary Wilson states In his annu-
al report that blood serum from hogs
which have been proved to be immune
to hog cholera has been used in vac
cinating other hogs. which are thus
protected from cholera for about three
weeks, as shown by experiments. If
blood from diseased hogs, however, Is
infected with the serum me protection
is extended to about three and a Ealf
months
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
HIS Valentine.

My Valentine! l seize my pen
10 write to you the yearly verse;
-''shall not tune my Tyre again
To raptures which my soul immerse
| shall not praise your sapphire eyes,
Nor sing the archness of your look
All, no | chant your bread and pies,
My Valentine, for you can cook
My Valentine, love the glow
The ruby glow so softly spread
Upon your tempting velvet cheek
When you have been q baking bread.
Your hair Is golden, thick. and fine,
In cleaning coil, and curl and loop,
And best of all, oh, one divine,
/ never find it In my soup.
My Valentine Let others write
Their lyrics to your hands and brow.
Your biscuits are as feathers light,
Your cakes are tempting, anyhow.
Let others sing your charms SO sweet,
With poetaster's gentle art
For me. the things you make to eat
Have won the highway to my heart.
What to Eat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

A leader OF the Lincoln party told a
story Of the aStnteneSs OF Lincoln as a
lawyer.
when Lincoln was nrscticing law I"
h. said, he had case involving a dis
pntcd viii. The opposition claimed that
the will was genuine. and for several
hoars addueed proof of this, For Lin
coin, who hsd 10 prove the viii for
gerry. things looked black.
Lincoln. however, called only one
witness retired papey manufacturer.
renowned the country otsr for his wealth
and probity.
Mr.. Dash Lincoln said 10 the wit
ness, handing him the disputed viii
please hold that paper up 70 the light
and tell US what the waterTnaFk on
tt
The watermsrk Of ny own hrm
Blank & Co. the witness answered.
when did your frn begin 10 man-
stActurs pApsrr
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
LEAP YEAR BRIDGE is AGED 70.
Romance of Half Century Ends in
Union OF Long Parted SouIa

Romance of Half Century Ends i'm
Union OF Long Parted Souls.
Mrs. 2. NJ. Lefiingwel of Chicago and
S. Z. Carpenter of Superior were mar
ried the other day after leap year Gull
mihation to a fifty-year romance. The
groom is II and the bride 10 years of
age. In 1859, when both were residents
of Palmyra, they became engaged, but
Carpenter soon went to california in
search of gold Finally letters ceased
to come from the young man. and the
sorrowing girl gave him up as dead. After
some years Miss Mckenzie married Lef-
fingwell and moved to Chicago. Two
months ago she accidentally heard that
the lover of her youth was still alive
and, having been widowed in the mean
time, and it being leap year, wrote him a
note telling him of her situation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

counts one for the finder, a blue heart
two, yellow. three. PINK four and red
five. The child who has the greatest
number of points at the end of the game
may be rewarded with box of candy.
Another game quite popular on st.
Valentines day is shat of love, with Dan
Cupid as the chief performer But this
is played in so many ways that it is Idle
to lay down rules here.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
Sugar Beets.

In all cases but one at the Wisconsin
experiment station the largest yields
of beets and of sugar were obtained on
plants receiving a corhplete fertilizer,
with b2rnyard mnrdre standing next as
the cheapest application. Lime applied
at the rate Of 1000 pounds per acre
produced a beneficial effect on num-
Der OF fields, and in one instance a
heavy clay soil required double APP
plication to increase the yield Of beets
and sugar
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

that the intellect of my learned friend
has no control over his organs of speech,
and while he talks his mind ceases entire
ly to act.
''He reminds me forcibly of a little
steamboat l used to see occasionally upon
the Sangamon river, which had five
foot boiler and a seven-fc = whistle.
Whenever the boat whistled the engines
were obliged to stop working!'
The aptness and homely humor of the
illustration set bench, jury and bar in a
roar, and the case was won without fur
Their effort-Youth's Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
COULD NOT EXPLAIN IlBsENCE.
kinie Knutzen Is Adjudged Insane
and Committed to Asylum.

kinie Knufzen Is Adjudged Insane
and Committed to Asylum.
Kinis Knutzen, a Gibson youth, who
was missing from his home for several
weeks and returned few days ago, was
unable to account for his whereabouts
during his absence, has been adjudged a
victim of ambulatory Inconsistencies, a
form of insanity, and was committed to
the Oshkosh asylum. Knutzen has wan
dered from home on no less than four
occasions the past year and it was feared
that he might meet with an accident. The
sheriff also accompanied Mrs. Molly Brey
of Manitov-oc to the asylum, the woman
having been adjudged insane after having
made a vicious attack upon her husband.
decorating his face with her nails and in
fiict.ng painful injuries.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

Sir Walter Scott. in his Fair Maid
of Perth" on St. Valentines day, has
his hero send the heroine small ruby
cut in the shape of heart transixed with
a golden arrow, the gem being inclosed
in tiny purse made of links of finest
steel Around the edge of the purse was
engraved:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

At a meeting of the Marinette City
Council Joseph Fisher was elected to fill
the unexpired term of office of Mayor
Warren ]. Davis. who has left the city
to take up residence in Racine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
Loves darts
Cleave hearts
Through mail shirts"

Surely it was a pretty enough token
to win the affection of any maid These
eighteenth-century valentines were indeed
labors of love, and small wonder that on
that day the bellies heard the fall of the
knocker with eager anticipation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

Herman Schumacher returned to his
home in Milwaukee to find his grand
mother dead, asphyxiated by coal gas,
and his father dying.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
Encnmnment in Lnne.

The State encampment, G. A. r., will
this year convene on June 10 and II at
Racine. General orders just issued by
Department Commander j. G. Martin
give the dates.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
SUIT LOST BY GOVERNMENT.
Court Dismisses Test Case Brought
Against Wells Estate

WSIEN -SNtHtts
Involving S7,000,000, the suit of the
United States government against the
heirs of Daniel Wells. Jr.. to recover
S432 900 claimed to be due as inheritance
tax under the revenue act, was dismissed
in the United States court in Milwaukee.
The case will probably be carried to the
Superior Court. The court holds that
inasmuch as the estate of Mr.. Wells was
not ready for distribution before the re-
peal of the inheritance tax law became
effective, no assessment could be made on
it. and that. therefore. no tax can be
levied
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
DOCUMENT RECALLS OLD DAYS.

kaukauna Postmaster Has Report of
One of His Predecessors of 1896.
John c. Mitchell, who has just been
appointed postmaster of Kaukauna. has
an old document in his possession. recall
ing territorial Wisconsin and the town
was Grand Cakalin. The age stained pa
per is the second quarterly report of the
trst postmaster. Alexandef Grignon. of
the business transacted there serenity years
ago in 1885 Mr.. Grignon's salary de-
pended on his commissions and for that
quarter his share was S3-2TA.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

Remember to include in the next
shipment of porkers the chicken eater
and the fence buster.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
.C7I7TILE or LTnGOLH IN

"In 1S41.'
"tAnd what's the date of the document
in your hands?'
August IL, 1886
"'That is enough. Gentlemen of the
jury, our case is closed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
An Electric Incubator.

An electric Incubator has been intro
duced in Europe, the operation OF
which is said to be attended by surer
results than other methods, for the rea-
son that it is capable of finer adjust
ment as faS as heating and ventilation
are concerned. One of the most diff
cult features of artificial poultry breed
Ing is a proper supply of fresh air. In
the electrical incubator air Is supplied
from underneath, the entering fresh
air coming in contact with the eggs
after being properly preheated by spe-
cial radiators. This ventilation is COLI
trolled by opening to variable extent
the lateral slides fixed at tie top of the
apparatus. 1t should be remembered
that ventilation plays the role Of main
tanning the life of the germ. While
an ample supply of fresh air, there
fore, is extremely valuable for the de-
velopment of the germ, any excess OF
ventilation viii prove detrimental; In
fact, the surplus air will exert dry
ing action ON the contents of the eggs.
In this incubator the matter of yentil-
alton and heating is looked after auto
matically.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

Labor saving machinery IS doing
away with most of the outdoor and In
door drudgery on the farm, as the up
to-date farmer is supplied with rea-
sonable amount of both kinds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
WISCONSIN MAN MURDERED.
4. w TherneIiy OF La Crosse shot
at Tacoma Wash

A. ". Thornsily. 60 years Of age.
Mexican vice consul in Taconna. who Was
Shos By highwayIaen, died Mr.. Thornelly
came from La Crosse Wis. several ycsrs
ago A reward of $1,000 IS offered BIZ me
State and county for the apprehension OF
the murderer
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
lEa!;g{S2 NT2c sf s
-! Z S06M CcWs

AIDS in turning, as the hind wheels win
follow In tie tracks of the forward ones
in turning, the same as when going
straight ahead. Put in tongue, and you
have very handy farm wagon that
will not cost over So and last for years.
Make one this winter, and have It
ready for hauling corn shocks. etc
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11

II only fence posts were made OF
cement, what a lot of hard work with
the sixteen pound sledge would be
saved.