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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-20
ODE Secret Service v'1e
United States

Secrecy is so closely shadowed By wrongdoing, is so
often allied with acts mankind ahhors that instructive
Iy men shrink from all conceament save Their own Inc
mere fact that thing must be hidden, that 1t must
no kent in twilight zone afraid of sunlight and
tnspecton resapposes that which is evil and shameful
Yet secret service ancient and necessary instit
ton Since Moses twelve men into Canaan to IN
vestgae conditions and bring him report concern
ing the land every government has made use OF the
service Of informers time the necessity is rec
ognized.
EarJy in the history of the American republic Congress
appropriated $4,000 to be expended for secret service
abroad This was drawn from the treasury by the d.
recto of the President without any voucher except
the certificate of the Secretary of State during the
Mexican wa $4,000 appropriated to be spent under
the direction of President Much Of it was expended
for the interpreters spies and guides for the
armv" In suspended account of General Buffers dur
ing the civil item for $50 paid for hand organ
and monkey disaowed until he explained that they
we're purchased to enable young officer. who was
nguis to work his way into Washington dlsgiiseu as
an Italian organ grinder.
When the civil broke out 1t found Washington
filled with Southern sympathzers Among them were
women Of wealth and position who had various avenues
Of access to the plans the government Just before
the first battle OF Bull Run one OF these, Mrs Rose
Creenhow obtained from United States Senator in
formation concerning the strength of the federal troops
which she sent to General Beauregard AS reward she
received the Confederate adjutsnt the message:
"Our President our General direct to thank you
eracy owes you a debt
Women haunted the doors of official departments in
the Capitol stole maps and plans burned signal lights
and when captured begued the officers placed in charge
1t became necessary to organize special detective sys
TEN of espionage at Washington for the protection or
the government against disloyay. The methods OF
these wartime detectives led to bitter criticism Even
so staunch Northerner Senator Sumner wrote
letter to President demonstrating against the treat
nent of one of his friends and constituents Franklin W.
Smith o New York.
Before the employment of these wartime detectives
the had recognized the fact that it must
maintain CORPS of trained investigators to cope with
yiolators Of national lawscounterfeers smuggers
moonshiners In 1860 $4,000 was appropriated for the
suppression of counterfetng to be spent under the d
recton Of the Secretary Of the Treasury The large
issues Of government bills made necessary by the war;
fresh temptation to this especial crime In July
1864 the appropriation increased to 100000 The
Solicitor the Treasury given the supervision and
direction of ferretng out the eounterfeiters
and gathered about him corps OF men experienced
in criminal investigation This led to the establishment
of the a permanent bureau. and though other
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-20
lslnIlea, Science
Al AND
: : Invention

The German military authorities are
experimenting with the application OF
wireless telegraphy to balloons carry
ing self-registering apparatus. One OBJ
ject is to make the balloons descend at
any desired moment. This is effected
by placing In the balloon receiver OF
electric waves connected with mechan-
ism controlling valve. When wire
less message IL received the valve opens
and the balloon descends.
The recent proclamations setting
aside the Ocala National Forest In
Florida and the Dakota National For
est in North Dakota bring the number
of states possessing such forests be-
longing to the United States up TO 20.
II Alaska be included. OF these for
ests, Arkansas has two, but all the
others, except the new ones In Florida
and North Dakota, are In the Rocky
Mountain or Pacific coast states. 1t is
expected that the Ocala Forest area.
which covers POI ,4S0 acres, will be-
come densely covered with the sand
pine. No Tart of the area rises more
than loo feet above sea-level. The
Dakota Forest is in the Bad Lands re-
gion, and much is expected from its
least fofested state In the Union. The
new forest covers 14.0S0 acres.
In many European cities extensive
use is being made OF high-pressure gas
lamps for street-lighting. and to some
extent the lamps are dlsplaclng cleo
trieity They are furnished with in
verted mantle burners, and In Berlin
the gas is supplied through Names
helm steel pipe. In soPIe OF the sys-
tens the air IS compressed. and in one
case pure oxygen is supplied TO the
consumers. In London type of lamp
called "self-intensifying' is employed
the air being compressed by utilizing
the heat CT the products of combustion
to operate heat engine. In Vienna
arc-lights are used to illuminate Il
are employed below. In connection
with these lamps. various automatic
lighting and extinguishing devices are
in use. and much taste is displayed In
the forms and arrangement OF their
supports.
Commenting on the round-the-world
telegraph experiment recently made by
a newspaper In Copenhagen. Ferdi-
nand Wagner says in Berlin paper
There was nothing wonderful in the
result. Two messages were sent by
the editor TO himself at Copenhagen
One went via Shanghai. New York and
London and the other via London
Shanghai and New York. The first &c
arrive at its destination was the one
winch was sent by way of Shanghai
II had to be retransmitted eight times
sas was received at the Copenhager
Office in three hours and twenty three
minutes after 1t had been sent away
The time seems short TO circle The
globe. but |: the various stations ha'
received notice In advance, and IL til,
trial dispatch haG been given the RICH
Of way. the time would have been re
dnced Utmost TO the Shakespeareai
limit 4"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-20

departments of the federal government employ experts
for the detection specific oenses and though the
eraons Of the special agents of the Post Office Depart
ment, Of the Internal Revenue Bureau and OF the In
spectors Customs conducted in secret the official
designation secret service has been narrowed that
1t is applied only that branch bureau Of the Treas
ury Department charged primarily with the duty of
protecting coed Americans from bad money.
The scope work covered by the secret service OF
the Treasury Department gradually enlarged until,
by Roosevelts last annual message, it
covered every form Of inquiry set foot TO reach
pected wrongdoers Soon after its organization as
bureau service operatives ntrused with the
duty of protecting the person of the President They
have of in exposing land frauds in securing
evidence TO abolish lotteries, in preventing smuggling
in detecting Illicit dsting In exposing the cotton report
leak the Department of Agriculture, in nyestgat
ing naval officers, and, if Dame Rumor be not lying
jade in watching congressman But for the present at
least the obnoxious provision which prohibits detailing
from the secret service restricts the work OF the bu
the apprehension Of counereites and the pro-
lection OF the chief executive
The headquarters of the secret service are in the
Treasury building IN Washington Here the private
offices Of the CHIEF of the division John t. Wikie and
his assistant William Herman Moran. Mr.. Wilke is
Illinois In February, 1898 he appointed chief
Of the secret service by Lyman Gage Almost mmedi-
atey he organized special emergency force Of men to
checkmate Spanish spies during the Spanish American
Through his efforts Spanish emissares driven
from this country and of their spies arrested.
The personnel of the secret service must for obvious
reasons be unknown the public The United States is
divided into twenty secret service districts each
In charge Of operative who has assistants In addi
ton TO the thus detailed to indicated geographical
divisions there number Of trained detectives who
operate from the central office in Washington and who
may sent to any place at any time Others sta
toned IN foreign countries The chief guides and d.
the work. but the Solicitor of the Treasury must
approve his to make them valid. From each oper-
alive daily report covering his work for twenty four
hours required These reports coming from all parts
Of the country keep the chief Informed to the actv
ties only Of his but Of those of the under
world Every large city has branch Office of the secret
service but every important movement Of the work must
be submitted to Mr. Wkie. To his Office in Washington
the exhaustive daily reports which give him
OF the country whole, and all articles taken
by the agents of the bureau such countefeiters out
fits, spurious coins DISCUSSES
tae Of the years large collection Of pho
tographs has developed into complete rogues' gallery
which, used In connection with the measurements Oh
through the Bertillon system simpifes ident
fcation OF the foohardy criminals who continue their
practices after first arrest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-20
DARK DoINGs.
Tho Reason One Woman Is Disguised |
with the voting Proposition.

Tho Reason One Woman Is DfsEusted
with the voting Proposition.
When any one asked little Mrs.
Pratt her opinion on the question OF
equal suffrage she had her answer
ready. Il don't want to hear anything
about It." she would say pleasantly.
but firmly. "and I'd Just as soon tell
you why. It's because there's got to
be concealment and mystery about
voting. and | like things open ard
abovehoard. It's the way 1 was
brought up and the way shall always
feel if | live to be hundred.
I've had one experience. and that's
all l want. A friend of mine talked
and talked to me about voting on the
educational question till at last l said
I would, because I was brought up to
think great deal Of education, and |
always shall So gave up an engage
ment 10 go to The polls and register
land the dress was almost spoiled on
account Of my missing that irving on,
too. because she didn't walt TO see
whether 1t fitted or not, but stitched
the seams right up. and then took
the greatest pains to so and vote just
as they toif me to, and what do you
suppose Henry Pratt told me after
ward? My vote was thrown out be
cause had the frankness 10 write my
full name and address on it,
II told Henry that nothing would
surprise me after that-nothing"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-20
The Horse VIII stay.

The horse was going to be driven out
Of existence by the locomotive, but in
stead thereof he multiplied exceeding
" and increased in value, although his
iron substitute was tearing all over
the country in every direction Then
he was 10 be reduced to innocuous
desuetude By the trolley car. and after
that by the automobile But the De
partment Of Agriculture reports that in
eleven years the number of horses In
this country has increased from under
fourteen TO more than twenty millions,
the aggregate farm value of them has
advanced from less than half billion
to very nearly two billions. and the
average value Of the anima has adj
vanced nearly fhree-fold. from S34.28 in
1898 to 1864 In 1900 Perhaps some
OF our tInid manufacturers who are
In a panic lest they shonld be crushed
IL they were exposed to a little com
petition may take encouragement from
the prosperity OF the HORSE Exchange
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-20

Of the delicately shaped pieces marked
Dixon & Sons" or "yickers" and doz-
ems of other pieces unmarked and
which are proudly cherished, are not
pewter Neither Dixon nor Vickers
ever made pewter; they we're makes of
white ware" and thousands of pieces
of their ware were sent here from
England.
The composition of pewter in Eng
land. the best quality, which usually
is marked with a double X, WIS ar
ranged by law, and contained 100 parts
tin, eight parts of anthony and four
parts of copper. In America there
was no standard to which the quality
of pewter had to conform, so Shat our
makers took advantage and put in us
much lead as they could, in many hi
stances the proportion being one-fifth
lead to four-fifths English block tin
for their best quality, and more lead
and less tin in their poorer wares.
There are many opinions as to the
best method of cleaning pewter. but
only one as to the perfect folly Of
having 1t "buffed." If you like every
thing to shine, then treat your pewter
as follows:
Take piece of fine wooden cloth,
upon this put as much sweet oil as
will prevent its rubbing dry; with this
rub them well in every part; then
wipe them smartly with a soft, dry
linen rag. and then rub them off with
soft wash leather and whiting. n.
B.-If convenient. wash them in boil
Ing water and soap Just before they
are rubbed with wash leather and
whiting. This would take Off the oil
more effectualIy and make the engrav-
ing look brighter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-20
How to Treat the work ream.


Horses employed for farm work
should moi be pampered but should be
fed generously so as TO sustain vigor
and good spirits. A team III fed and
consequently in poor condition and fee
BILE will not accomplish much real work
and it f. waste of time to hire an
expensive hand to drive such team.
The work horses should be fed early
in the morning and they should have
liberal feeding. The comfort and rest
of the team will be vastly promoted II
the harness Is entirely removed at noon
while they are feeding. Allow them
plenty of time for good meal and par.
tial digestion before they are put to
work for the afternoon. 1t is poor pol
icy to put them TO work right after
eating hearty meal or upon full
stomach
If we would allow the teams more
rest at noon we would accomplish more
work than when they are only allowed
time TO swallow their food. At evening
let them be well groomed and their
legs, bellies and feet relieved from all
mud and filth.
The practice of many farmers OF
driving a team through cold water to
wash the filth off T. cir feet and legs Is
dangerous, as 1t causes many diseases
that they are subject TO.
A warm or overheated team should
not be put in cold, airy place. but
first exercised and then blanleted AMI
put in a warm stable, and after the
blankets are removed they should be
wiped dry with straw or cloths.
When a team has been exposed to
rains they should not be left TO become
dry, but should be rubbed dry, as chile.
fevers and other ailments often result
from allowing them to dry by the
evaporation Of the moisture from their
bodies.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-20
GULF WATERS OF GAY HUE.
Streaks of Blue and Green Half a
Mile Wide Light Up Ship at Night.

StreakS of blue and Green Half a
Mile Wide Light Up Ship at Night.
A NEST remarkable marine phenome-
ma was observed by the steamship Dc
yer, Capt. Yon A. Carlson, as that YES
sci steamed to Tampa from Mobile.
When at point thirty-five mics tIo1n
Mobile light at Z o'clock on the esArins
of the Oath the ship ran suddenly In a
streak of light coming from the wafer
which alternated blue and green. the
colors being so brilliant that the vessel
was lighted up as If she was covered
with arc lights with colored globes.
says the Tampa Times.
A half mile streak Of dark water,
and blackneSs that settled like l pail
over the lip followed and a secoad
streak of the same brilliant hucd
waters was encountered. The secood
streak was about as wide as the first
one, and when the ship ran out Of 1t
the same black waters and nlgat II
exceptional backness was also encoun-
tered. A. d. Montmollian, travelling
freight agent Of the line, was on board
the vessel, and he and Chief En6i
neer t. j. Cole fully substantiated
Capt. Carlson's statement regarding line
phenomena.
II have sailed the high seas for
twenty-five years" declared Capt CaiI-
son, land have seen interesting ple-
oo1,o,o both MISREPRESENTATION apd Thar
wise, In the waters Of every kno IN
ocean, but I never saw anything that
approached this blue and green light
from the water phenomena. The zig /
was dark, but clear, and we ran into
the streaks without any seeming yarn
ing was In the pilot house when We
struck 1t, and ran on deck, thinking
| that something was on fire.
The crew tumbled out to witness it,
also, and it was magnificent. 1t was
so light that II was remarked b. the
| chief engineer that 1t could be cead by,
and to make sure l grabbed paper
and the finest print that | could fad
was easily discernible. We ran out of
/ the streak into streak Of black
| water. and the darkness of the night
seemed to Increase as we did SO.
From the streak of blackness we
ran into tbs second streak Of lighted
waters. Zach of the streaks and the
intermediate streak of black water vas
about half mile wide. The wind at
the time was a light northwest. TIE
sea was smooth and We were bearfds
southeast by east half east. thirty-h'e
miles from Mobile light"
1t is thought that perhaps phos-
phorescent condition of the waters on
the bottom of the sea at that point sud
denly mingling may have formed a con-
dition which brought about the lights
u
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-20
Hog Lice.

A good preparation for killing hog
lice is made by melting three pints OF
lard and mixing it with one pint of
coal oil. The lard may be rancid.
Even meat frying will do, the salt be
ing no objection.
When the grease has been melted.
mix the coal oil well with 1t and apply
with rag or brush while WARM, but
not hot, TO the backs and behind Che
ears OF the animals. Pub the mixture
well into the hair. Since hogs will not
readily stand while the application IL
being made, give them an appeuzing
slop In a trough and apply while the
animals are drinking. In this way one
person can. by rapid manipulation,
grease twenty to thirty hogs in ABOUT
five minutes.
The benefit Of putting the grease on
the backs and behind the ears is that
1t will spread by gravity and finally
cover all Of the hogs body. There ID
no objection. however. TO greasing the
animal all over. for the more grease
mt on the more lice will be killed. 1t
Il preferable TO make the application
IN the evening. at feeding time, 70 that
one hog viii grease another in rubbing
against each other In the bed. Before
the application Is made, or Immediately
afterward. clean out and remove all
bedding material and disinfect the hog
house with coal OIL and csrbolic acid.
or coal oil alone, for killing all lice
that may be hsrboring there.
RepeSt the hog greasing once or
twice at intervals OF about week
apart, spraying their sleeping quarters
at the same time, and the lice viii
disappear.
In summer we Kill lice on hogs by
digging a wailow hole about two feet
deep In their lot or pasture. dliiag IL
about half full Of water. and pouring
a gallon OF coal oil on the water. When
the weather Is warm the hogs viii wal
low in the water covering Themselves
with mud at the same time. and the
lice are killed through having to fs'l2ch
the animals. Oil and water VIII not
mix. hence the pure coal OIL comes in
col let with the hide Of the hogs With
IS supposed to cause bllsterlng or re-
moving Of hair. but III no case. with
many experiments. have any such re-
suits followed from the use OF pure
coal oil. It Il likely that wallowing
in the muddy water temDers the action
OF the oil.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-20
cHINA's WRESTLING PIGEONS.
Musical Instruments Attached to
Tails of Flying Birds.

Musical Instruments Attached to
Tails of Flying Birds.
One Of the most curious expressions
Of emotional life is the application Of
whistles to a flock of pigeons. These
whistles, very light, weighing but
few drains, are attached to the tails
of young pigeons soon after their birth
by means of fine copper wire, SO that
when the birds fy the wind blowing
through the whistles sets them vIbrat-
ing and thus produces an open air con-
cert, for the instruments In one and
the same flock are tuned differently.
On a serene day In Pekin, where these
instruments are manufactured with
great cleverness and ingenuity, 1t is
possible to enjoy this aerial music
while sitting In ones room, says the
Scientific American
There are two distinct types Of whis-
tles-those consisting Of bamboo tubes
placed side by side, and a type based
on the principle of tubes attached to q
gourd body or wind chest. They are
lacquered in yellow, brown, red and
black, to protect the material from the
destructive influences of the atmos-
phere. The tube whistles have two,
three or FIVE tubes. In some specimens
the FIVE tubes are made of oxhorn in
stead Of bamboo.
The gourd whistles are furnished
with mouthpiece and small apertures
to the number Of two, three. six, ten
and even thirteen. Certain among
them have, besides. a number Of bam-
mouthpi-ce, some arranged around It.
These varieties are distinguished by
different names Thus whistle with
one mouthpiece and ten tubes is called
"the eleven eyed one"
The explanation OF the practice OF
this quaint custom which the Chinese
OFFER is not very satisfactory. Accord
ing 90 them these whistles are intended
10 keep the flock together and to pro-
tect the pigeons from attacks OF birds
Of prey. There seems. however. little
reason to believe that a hungry hawk
could be induced By this innocent mu-
sic TO keep aloof from satisfying his
appetite, and this doubtless sayors OF
an afterthought which came up long
after ne Introduction OF this usage
through the attempt to give rational
and practical Interpretation Of some
thing that has 10 rational origin what
ever. for it is not the pigeon that prof
it's from this practice. but merely the
human ear, which fessts on the wind
blown tubes and derives aesthetic
Measure from this music.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-20
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pureSt gfains and meat scraps and
green stuff should he fed The eggs
should be gathered one or more times
a day, according to the condition OF
the weather. And no eggs should be
held longer than one week the enter
prising poultryman ships twice week
An egg should never be sent TO mar
ket unless its condition and age are
known to the shipper and can be guar
anteed. Under no circumstances should
eggs found in the hidden nest be FL
lowed to be palmed Off ON the innocent
buyer.
In market language fancy" eggs are
guaranteed fresh-not over three days
old. Prime eggs are those where the
age is not known. they being from
one TO three weeks of age, IN cool
weather "Fresh case" eggs are a class
out of which it is possible at times to
secure six good ones. three fair ones,
and three that are demoralIzcd, out OF
dozen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-20


by their
IDOL others inadequate home force TO defend
which destroy mighty
warshp this giving of the tight little island another
fit
The arshp reckond with at modern naval con-
the exploits of Wright and
the aerial the be In
fair realization possible that in time of
the their
skinned for the first glimpse boat the dmnuye peeope
submarine their attention the
the of hghexposve bombs
their might masheads
listen the first
propels Light
provided with specially
warshps
their sleeping beside them
whether
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off
badly
headong into the