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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

The first thing TO do in building
strong woven wire fence is TO set all
the posts deep lamp the earth firmly
around and strongly brace the end sup
por,ing posts. The best stay for an
eud post is the anchor guy. This Is
made By digging a hole four or five
feet away from the post in straight
line with the fence, two or three feet
deep. and placing in this hole rock,
old iron wheel or piece Of durable
wood. To the stone, iron or wood
anchor, ard TO the top OF the post or
near the top is fastened double No.
q wire. The anchor Is then solidly
covered with earth and the wire twist
ed with a lever until il IL tight and
slightly pulling on the post The far
thar out from the base Of the post the
anchor Is buried the greater pulling
power il viii have. Also No 9 wire
viii he stronger and last longer than
So. D wire. II the anchor guy wire will
he In the way when fastened to the end
post- it can be fastened to next to the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
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NUBBINs OF NEWS.

Two strong shocks of -thquake were
felt in Guayaqlil Ecuador.
The mill of the Westport Lumber Com
pany, Westport. Oregon, was destroyed by
FIRE. Loss 100000.
Edward v Hallock. a grain dealer of
Queens, l.. L.. died from apoplexy while
riding on a subway express train in New
York.
One thousand houses are to be built at
Messina. Sicily. and 1000 at Reggie to
care for the survivors of the Italian
ea rthquake.
Henry HUT. the artist who attracted
attention by the creation in his drawings
of a type of American women. was strick-
en- while on his way from his studio in
New York and was taken TO the New
York hospital He was graduated from
the Chicago Art Institute.
The steamer Austria which has arrived
at Algiers. reports having seen drifting
boat containing FIVE bodies of the Alger-
ian coast. The boat bore the name Con
dor. London" believed to have been the
sailing vessel which was rammed by the
steamer Australia on Feb. l. near Al
boran island. in the Mediterranean
COT Charles c. Rivers. who returned
from she Civil War in commapf of he
Eleventh Massachusetts VOLUNTEER nan
fry. after having taken part in tSIrty-
four battles. died suddenly in Boston.
After twelve years Of public life Charles
Warren Fairbanks has returned 10 his
nome in Indianapolis After few
months vacation Mr. Fairbanks will re-
sumo the practice Of Law at Indianapolis.
Figures show that. while the population
IN New York City has increased at the
rate Of per cent year. the increase in
tie number Of indict,aents for crime in
4aoS over 1897 vas E0re than 10 per
cent
Ex-Presiaent Roosevelt i quoted as
Swing regarding politics i am not out
az the game. nor d, expect to be ont for
5 long time.
Dr. Alexander ChesSin Of the Washing
tan University at ST. Louis. demonstrated
I'm. nrinciralr OF the Brennan monoraii
car IN the phrSical laboratory of Colum-
81, University. DR.. CheSsin suggests a
taSf II rasr car in the Nav York subway
4. A. yilSack. former cashier Of the
German National Bank in Plttsburg. tes-
lied in lie bribery cases in that city
hat ". ii. Ramsey. former president OF
Ne Gerr4aa baak had ordered him 70 ger
sls..a0 out at tie walks for CoS1cilnan
John T. Klein
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

~ sheepish sort OF way. hanging in
shame. as II were. and YET with a sort
" sullen bravado. as though saying
well. what OF itT'
Yes. even thus our hero entered the
parlor and said:
"Hellow
And as his salutation Is subdued
into silence let us look at the lady in
the case and see whether the eye of
circnmspection can come to rest on a
matter so mobile. Plump. eozy and
divinely short was the lady IN ques
ton, with pert. quick manner of
movement and eyes that were alter
uatelv bright with speculation or
brighter vet with conviction. Items !:
She could sit back In chair and
swing one foot over the other with
an insouciance that BODIED harm for
happiuess OF creations lords, and no
.ne could gaze upon her twice without
knowing that her hands lad the gift
or expression. each separate finger be-
ing digit of delight and ringed
with a dimple of JOY. les, even such
SIS this maid of distraction who cast
a bright glance of speculation ut the
emptiness of our hero's hands and
said to him:
How late you are
"Yes.' said he, Il made up my mind
that. beginning with the new year. l
WAS going to work hard. and that's
what kept me-"
"Gracious. - said she. and again she
looked at the emptiness and the sheep
tshness of his hands.
Ell didn't bring any flowers to
night he said. I'D been thinking II
over. and IL seemed such a-sueh "a
such a-such a--that, anyway.
swore off,
NY" said she. and swinging her
foot. she asked. il careless manner
eDId rou swear anything else OF
joint"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
Game for Two
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Now. as he entered the parlor ne
gave the impression of young bentle-
man whose hands were empty. and no
matter how he was viewed the gaze
few back to the emptiness OF his
hands. Oh, Enthusiastically empty were
his hands, and absolutely innocent of
either candy or flowers. Most con-
sciously empty, too, they were, blush
Ing a dull red as they hung by their
thumbs from his waistcoat pockets in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
TAFT ASKS CONGRESS
TO REVISE REVENUES
In Message on the Tariff He
Points to Deficit of
500, 900, 900.
IMMEDIATE ACTION IS URGED.
Says Business Interests of Country
Demand Settlement of Nations
Import Schedules.

President William II. Taft on Tues
day presented to Congress his eagerly
awaited message calling for revision
of the tariff. Both the House and the
Senate were surprised by the brevity
OF the document, which comprises less
than $50 words, they regard it as a
welcome change from the long mes
sages of previous executives The Pres
ident explained in the message that
Congress must change the duties to fit
changed business conditions and sug-
gested that the work be accomplished
at once. As his position ON the subject
was well known he considered it use
less to state it again. Following is the
full text of the message:
To the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives;
| have convened Congress in this ex-
ira session in order to enable it to give
immediate consideration to the revision of
the Dingley tariff act
Conditions affecting production, manu-
facsare and business generally have so
changed in the last twelve years as to re-
-quire a REIMBURSEMENT and revision of the
import duties imposed by that act
More than this. the present tariff act
with the other sources of government rev
enue, do not furnish income enough to
pay the authorized expenditures By July
/ next the excess of expenses over re-
ceipts for the current fiscal year will equal
$100,000000.
The successful party in the late cleo
ton is pledged to a revision of tiny tariff.
The country, and the business commun-
ity especially, expect it.
The prospect of change in che rates
of import duties always causes a suspen-
sion or halt in business because of the
uncertainty as to changes to be made and
their effect 1t is therefore of the highest
Importance that the new bill should be
agreed upon and passed with as much
speed as possible consistent with It's due
and thorough consideration.
In my inaugural address / stated in a
summary way the principles upon which
in my judgment, the revision of the tariff
should proceed, and indicated at least one
new source of revenue that might be
properly resorted to in order to avoid a
future deficit. 1t is not necessary for
me to repeat what / then said.
] venture to suggest that the vital bust
ness interests of the country require that
the attention of he Congress in this SEES
sion be chiefly devoted to the consdera-
ton of the new tariff bill. and that the
less time given to other subjects of legis-
lation in this session. the better for the
country. WILLIAM ii. lar L.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

Thnrlie knows every yUungstes
ard baby in the neighborhood. Put
one on his back, tie up the reins and
start him off to take the little one
home and he goes to the right house.
stops at the door, stands till re-
lieved of his burden and then quietly
trots home unless he sees me coming,
and then he follows me-
The night is never so dark but
that he brings me safely home, often
over roads where a misstep would
land US hundreds of feet below. New
er a stream so swift that he will
hot carry me surely across. Never
storm but that to tine best II his
ability he will shield me vita his
body from its force
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
VILLAGE 2.aoo Years Old.

DR.. A. Bulleid, who discovered the
ancient British lake village at Glas-
tonbury in 1892, has now found anoth-
err group of lake dwellings at the
neighboring village of Meare. The
site of the lake village consists of
two fields covering about twelve
acres, and is marked by number
of grassy mounds formed by floors
of dwellings.
DIR. Bulleid has found large guam
titles of relics, including objects in
bronz, bone, horn and pottery. The
village is supposed to be of late Gel
tic date. 1t was probably built be-
tween 800 and 400 B. c. and the Ro-
man Conquest.-Philadelphia Record.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
Home.

In the boarding house parlor they
talked of home.
Home" said the old-niaid schoo'
teacher. "is the best place for mar
ried man after business hours"
Home said the extravagant
clerk. 'is the dearest and yet the
cheapest place for man to live IN"
Rome is the flower of which Heav-
en- is the fruit said the young clergy
man.
Its the only spot" said the old
bachelor, where the baby is appreci-
ated''
It's where you are treated best and
grumble most" said the widow.
Home" said the landlady. is the
antipodes of the beading house. -
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

eracy OF the day the ideals of business and political life
the rise They invite comparison with those Of
other of their predecessors and ancestors Our political
to-day Talleyrands to declare that the
first qualification of successful statesman is the ability
to lie And the merchants Of to-day have far aban
doned the methods of primitive commercialism, the
moving prices and kindred ideas that they find
1t difficult to trade with the nations which have not
adopted their own the modern system
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
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end posr and the end post braced from

it.
freezes TO the depth of several inches
fences can be built to advantage in
midwinter. Set the posts and anchors
and allow them to become sclidly
frozen and the posts in rigid position;
stretch the wire Tending and staple
every wire to every post. Some fence
builders staple only two or three of
the horizontal wires to each post, but
such is poor economy of time and ma
terial. The cost of few pounds of
extra staples and an hour or two of
work in a forty rod fence will save
many dollars and days of work in the
end.
BY stretching the wire fencing when
the posts are immovable in the ground
no portion of the wire can pull a post
out of position. BY the time the
ground thaws out and becomes soft the
wire will have settled in position ana
each post win be bearing an equal
strain.
II the string of fence is very long
more than forty rods-it is well 10
brace one or more intermediate posts.
This viii prevent the fence from Civ
ing and becoming loose when it is put
under heavy strain by persons climb
ing over it or animals pressing against
it. 4 woven wire fence is good il it
can be kept tight all the time; if not,
| it is nearly worthless
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
,.;,., Winter Nest.

II is a rare occurrence for robins
to be found sitting at the end OF
December: vet this can now be seen
al the Vine Kennels. Oyerton, Hamp.
shire. The robins have chosen for
their nesting place disused railway
carriage at the kennels, where the
men usually clean their clothes.
process which seems to interest the
robbins not little
One OF the windows OF the carriage
is broken. and through this the
birds Obtain ingress and egress. Their
nest. In which are three eggs, is in
a crevice IN the roof OF the car
riage-London Standard
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
where TO rlnce the 1ncuhntor.

AS to the location of the incubator.
Do not place it in a room where it
will be between two windows where a
draft is likely to blow across it. The
machine should not be located where
the sun can fall across it or strike the
floor too close TO it.
The effect of the sun upon the ma
chine is rather peculiar, and while the
temperature in the room may not seem
to rise the sun viii cause the egg
chamber to heat more rapidly than
might be supposed, thereby interfer-
ing with the adjustments of the regu-
lator.
Do not locate the machine in a north
or west room, unless it is impossible
to find another place. A south or east
room is far more satisfactory.
The incubator should be where there
Is fire all the time or it should be in
a room where there is no fire at all.
IL the machine is placed in room
where there is no fire it should be
borne in mind that the eggs can not
be cooled in temperature lower than
go degrees for any length of time with
out chilling the eggs. The eggs should
be wrapped between the folds Of a
blanket and carried into an adjoining
room where there is a fire.
The operator should use every poss-
ble care in keeping the lamp bowl and
lamp burner scrupulously clean and
free from oil or any other foreign set
| things. If this is not done the heat OF
! the burner will naturally generate
some gas, and If this be thrown off in
the room it is sure to be gathered back
| into the incubator, and as it flows
through the egg chamber, may cause
a great deal of damage.
The air ia the room must be abso-
| lutely sweet and fresh. Be very care
| full to see that the incubator sets per
fectly level, but do not attempt to level
it by water bottle pan of water or
| anything except carpenters spirit
level
Be sure TO set the machine true in
The front and back and across each
end, as this will insure a perfect cir
culation Of air through the tanks as
well as through the egg chamber,
which will play a good part in produc-
| ing strong. healthy chickens.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

onof Providence dodge. But America in this age of
growing thoughessness and analysis is beginning
hbit symptoms of It's necessary evils and
haply in the progress of time this overwhelming de-
strucye and costly Of fire wastage may go the
lee rail into the Of oblivion, together with such
others of its Industrial murder tuberculosis
typhoid and rotten politics-Everybody' Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
THE NATION OF MONEY TO BURN.
By Samuel RI. Adams

Tow long shall we, a nation continue to
make good the vulgar boast that we have
money to burn? Surely have. with
billion dollars given TO flame and smoke in the
past ten years, sufficiently established our pri-
macy in wastefuness. The idea has taken too
firm a hold upon Us that fire is a necessary
evil" A lothsome allocution that! A respon-
sibility-shifting lie. paralleling the "dispensa-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

supply the country will last longer than twenty
five or thirty years.
1t is as though some foreign invader, deadly
pest should suddenly appear shores and rayage
the forest of the country at the rate Of two
States a year. until every tree gone. Do you i'm
agine for instant that the years 60 by your In
terest In this great question will VITAL
less personal, than 1t is to-day Success.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

The country that one passes
through from Athabasca landing down
10 the Arctic Red River is full Of
vegetation. and will one az be set.
tied.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

People always behave themselves q
little better when they get TO thinking
seriously OF Judgment Day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
THE MENACE OF WOOD FAMINE.
By Roland Phillips.

To-day, to supply public needs and to fill
their own pockets, individual exploiters are
sweeping away the forests three times as fast
as they grow. This means that many of the
hard woods are already gone; that the total
supply of hard wood which used to furnish
the better-grade furniture, fittings, and so on,
will be exhausted, for commercial purposes.
within fifteen years; and that the entire wood
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

People often wonder, particularly
those who have Travelled for hundreds
of miles through the corn belt, what
becomes of corn which is grown every
year. In the year 1908, when the total
crop was 2,666,0O0,O00 bushels, 241,-
100000 bushels were consumed in -four
and grist-mill products, 100000
bushels in the manufacture of starch
100000 for malt liquors, 100000
bushels in the production of distilled
liquors, 100000 for glucose, 190,-
100000 for export and 100000 fer
seed, making a total of 51S,000,000
bushels or 1913 per cent of the entire
crop. The remaining S0.7 per cent,
or 2,14S,OO0,000 bcshels, seems to have
been almost entirely for feeding pur
poses. 1t is an interesting fact that
about so per cent of the corn crop,
roughly the above amount, was shipped
out of the counties in which it was
grown.-Corn Reporter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

Be careful about the harness. If it
the team to the best advantage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

No animal on the farm succumbs so
quickly to disease as sheep, but they
are not difficult to keep healthy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

The amateur gardener raises more
blisters than vegetables.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

II there are any young colts running
about in the stable, be sure you hang
the harness out of their reach.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

In breeding, defects are peculiarly
persistent and are more easily stamped
on the next generation than are good
qualities.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
Discovers New Farm Products.


After quest for new varieties of
alfalfa and clover in which he GOV
cred much of Russia, Siberia, Central
Asia, Turkestan and Northern Africa,
\. e. Hanson, the agricultural explor-
err, has returned with more than 300
lots of seeds and plants to be used
by the agricultural department in ex-
detrimental work Prof. Hanson on
previous trips discovered alfalfa and
clover that thriyed amazingly in the
west where before the plants would
not grow at all. He also introduced in
the northwest a Siberian alfalfa that
is believed to be the hardest of the
proteid plants and endures the most
severe cold.
Professor Hanson has found two
more varieties of this northern plant
which grow in section of Siberia
where the mercury freezes and where
there is. no snow The department Of
agriculture viii conduct experiments
with the newest plants that have been
discovered in several of the northwest
ern States, and the results will be
watched with great interest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

Oil meal or ground flax seed makes
a splendid ration to overcome a ten
dency to constipation in the horses.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

Nervous and bad tempered horses
have been tanned by feeding sugar.
Many instances of this are on record.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

pie upon learning something about their times
And then they verify the old that little learning
dangerous thing For they have discovered the Ills
of our own time without relating them the greater ills
of the other times.
For ali the pessimsm abroad regarding the degen
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
WORLD CONSTANTLY GROWING BETTER.
BY Ada May Krecker,

So soon as we look at own times with
the historical perspective they seem different
And they seem better. They are contrasted
with the past, and the favorable changes that
have taken place in the meantime are clearly
exposed. They receive from the past the light
that is needed in order to set into relief the
present. Without this light from the past, the
present is easily misunderstood. Modern peo-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

many. Ii is an expanding barracks for
use in war time. planned in such man
ner that It is said il may be drawn
by two horses. BY means OF lazy
tongs. the affair can be made to length
en- telescope fashion until Ii becomes
a barracks eighty four feet long. In
compartments. an officers cabin. a
sergeants mess. a field kitchen. and an
observation tower. II is claimed for
the affair that IL win be useful not
only as barracks. but as field hos
pital. Tie furniture folds up as the
barracks closeA
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

Pigs will eat ordinary slop with rel
ish. 1t is good for them because it
supplies certain elements which are not
found in the ordinary rations.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

Wood charcoal should always be kept
in the hog pen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

Oats and bran, half and half by
measure, is the best grain ration for
the stallion in season, according to an
experienced horseman
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

but know enough to begin. Our chief obligation in
this life is the of children 1t should be chief
occupation ahead Of any spiritual satisfactons
There is other equal to the enjoyment of the of
children. We must give little children fine con-
cepon of the least of human latonshps If
expect fulfill their obligations the greatest
Therefore they must be trained in citizenship the girls
well the boys
We have often had presented to the contract be
tween the beautiful free lie of the country and the rich
manysded life of the city. Most city people would
dread the isolation of the country and the country people
afraid of the ding of the city There ought
not to be either the one the other The
slider the beautiful positive contributions of rural life
We convinced that they ought be the
possession of the city people, and the the
schools libraries churches newspapers music halls and
all the other opportunities of city life the be-
that they ought to be the possession of
the country people
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
RACE NEEDS IMPROVING.
BY Prof. Charles ZuebIin.

We are Tot witnessing any marked improve
ment in the human race as compared with
four or ten thousand years ago. With our
scientific knowledge of to-day we ought to see
an improvement which is beyond what we
see among favored people, increased stature,
in vigor, in mental endowments, because of
their peculiarly favored circumstances. We do
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

A ration made of corn, shorts and
tankage makes an ideal ration. The
proportion should be five parts of corn,
five parts shorts, and one part tankage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23

A hen can stand considerable cold,
but will quickly succumb to drafts. To
keep her comfortable She must be made
to exercise and this is best done by
keeping the floor of the scratching shed
or the regular pen heartily Uttered and
grain thrown among it.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-14

~ r. came very near r1 her. Her ewes were Stem
ing For ONE glowing second rhey .0oa.. .--'
each Other hearts.
And perhaps "a maiden chained to ross "a. .e
rescued. be- Whispered
Then She drew herself up proudly Du r.. ...-
get that 1 avn Pallas Athcuc she s,lit VS. s-t-.-
ot brass s easel and NV mighty src-- re--.
stick butt Accp to nav role Aco
Tie longed % clasp lc- m hls arms. ou- - --s---
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