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The DecenniaI "Enumeration.' .

The Decennial "Enumeratfon.o
BY strict construction of the Consti-
tuition of the United States there is
logic in the contention, advanced in a
recent communication to the Repuh-
lie, that Congress has no right to PISS
such a census law as that now in eff
feet or to require the citizen to answer
such irrelevant questions as were
asked by the ensmerators in taking
the census of 1900
The sole rrfpose of the decennial
census or enumeration required by the
Constitution is to ascertain the popu-
lation of each of the States as basis
upon which to apportion direct taxes
and representation in Congress among
them. In order to give to the United
States a genuinely popular govern
ment the. enumeration of the people
is required in order that political
power may be justly redistributed
among the States every ten years in
proportion to the numbers of their in
habitants.
In recent census acts this funda-
mental aim is partly lost sight of in
| provisions for the collection of all
sorts of vital, industrial. social and
other statistics which have nothing
whatever to do with the apportion-
ment of direct taxes or representation
in Congress- The danger is that the
multiplicity of duties imposed upon
the enumerators hampers them in their
most important work, which is to find
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

love affairs, even If that man be his
own relative. HIS couson was mar
ried, and married, too, to a woman
whose happiness he held dear. Meth
erville had no intention whatever of
giving his cousin away, neither Tor his
own sake nor yet for Agatha's.
In answer, therefore, to the denun-
Citations that were flung at his innocent
head. Lord Netherville only made one
observation, as he assisted the lady in
to hanson cab outside the door of
the Exhibition. but that observation to
Irene's ears was a sufficiently startling
one.
My dear young lady," he said, Il
am extremely sorry for your annoy
ance. but am l the right person to re-
ceive your confidence? Are you quite
sure you are not taking me for some-
body else?''
He lifted his hat politely, and the
cab drove off. Irene uttered a faint
exclamation of surprise, as she sank
back into the hanson. She pressed
her hands to her bewildered brain.
What did he mean? Who was this
man whose words and voice were those
of stranger and yet whose likeness
to Rupert Carroll was so strange and
so startling?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

out how lany people there are in the
districts assigned to them.
Refraining from discussion as to the
authority of Congress to require an
swers to questions that are not neces-
sary to identify as resident the in
diyidual questioned, it may be said
that the real purpose of the enumera-
tion would more certainly be attained
If the count of population was abso-
lutely separated from the gathering of
all other statistics.
The Constitution declares that the
enumeration shall be made in such
manner as Congress may by law di-
rect. 1t is proper, therefore, that an
swers be required to such questions
as relate to the actual residence OF
the individual, his nationality, place
of birth, vocation and so forth. Cues
tons of whether a man owns or rents
the house he lives in. whether he
can read and write and similar ones
which encountered the last enumera-
ton only impede the count-St Louis
Republic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

"Wrongi What do you mean? Do
you suppose that 1 would injure a hair
of her dear head or bring breath of
reproach upon her name for all the
wealth-all the happiness-that the
whole world contains;
"Oh. Rupert. my darIingl don't be so
hard to me, Love me little. Re-
member that I am yerr wife; remem-
Der that / shall be the mother of your
child. Forget this woman, and Iaarn
to love met she sobbed.
Then. indeed. he did pity her. Her
great claim upon him. her grief and
her attitude appealed to his manliness,
if not TO his heart. He raised her from
her lowIy position, and placed her ten
derby back on the sofa.
My dear" he answered. kindly, II
will forgive you, indeed. Have we not
all much to forgive to one another?
And 1 know that the accident that
brought about our marriage has been
terribly hard on you. Louise meant 1t
all for the best, know. but she 1ght
never to have made US live together.
Had we parted on our wedding day.
the world, 1t is true, might have gos-
siped -naturedly-but at least we
should have been spared the daily mis-
cry of embittering each others lives.
l will try and be more considerate to
you, my poor Agatha"
And you will love me little, won't
you, Rupert?' she pleaded. You will
promise me not to go near that girl ?
You will try and forget her. and learn
to love me. won't you?"
Il am afraid you ask of me what is
impossible, Agatha" he answered
coldly. Il could not possible give you
a promise not to see her; because
should certainly break it on the first
opportunity. And as to loving you
Agatha-why, I cannot do that, be-
cause love her. and do not see how
a man is to love two women at once
"Will you never love me then, Ru-
pert? Tell me-tell me the truth? ?" she
persisted.
Il have told YOU" he answered, re-
luctantly, and perhaps a little cruelty
Il love her."
And then he got up. and left the
room.
Ito be continued.l
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
THE FUNNY SIDE OUT.
Old People Enjoyed Joke in Spite
of Their Advanced Yenrs.

Old People Enjoyed Joke i'm Spite
of Their Advanced Yenrs.
Here's little joke for US, father"
said old Mrs. Parmelee, with
twinkle, as she laid down the magnify
ing glass she used for reading, and
spoke very distinctly to her husband.
A man told his wife that he was sure
he didn't know what an octogenarian
might be, but, whatever it was, there
wouldn : be many of EN- left at this
rate; he kept seeing in the paper
every day or so that one of them had
died off"
Grandfather Parmelee refused to
smile
"The fact that am eighty-two years
old is no joking matter to me- he
remarked, solemnly.
well, I'm eighty, too" she told him
with smile of satisfaction at her
pun, 'but l hope to go on turning
things the funny side out if l live to
be hundred You'd feel better If
you'd try to do it, too, father"
A few days after this Grandfather
Parmelee happened to be passing
through the upper hall when the tele-
phone bell rang; so he took down the
receiver and answered. He had some
difficulty in understanding the mes
sage, but finally got it, and humoring
his eighty-two years, attempted to re-
peat 1t over the balustrade to his wife
in the hall below, instead of going
down stairs. 1t was necessary to
pitch his voice high because Mrs.
Parmelee's hearing, of late years, had
been somewhat affected. AS for his
own, why, that was as good as ever,
he was sure, although he had been oc-
casionally annoyed of late by the fact
that his wife and several of his
friends had taken up strange habit
of ''mumbling their words
''The grocer's clerk is on the wire"
he called. "He wants to know If you'd
like to add some fresh beets to your
order"
Il have ordered" Mrs. Parmelee an
swered.
Mr.. Parmelee came down one step.
"You-haven't-ord ered-fresh beets!"
he articulated sharply
Mrs. Parmelee went up step. Ger
tainly, | ordered meat
"But not-these-f resh-beets," he
persisted, coming down little farther.
Il always-get-the-best- meat.'
mounting two steps toward him.
"But they say these have come in
-since-you ordered"
1T was ot-fsh-I-ordered
The two met on the halfway land
ing. such works." cried Mrs. Parre-
lee. good-naturedly. Two deaf peo-
pie trying to make each other heart"
Deaf people!" her husband echoed.
testify. "Tve heard every word you
said
What did I say"
"That you'd ordered fresh beets."
Best meat, you meant"
"Oh!" he answered. blanlxly. Then
the humor of the situation conquered
his dignity; his quizzical grin was
contagious, and the two old people
laughed together like care-free children,
Youths Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

l612-Champlain arrived in Canada to
take up his work as Governor OF
the country
l617-The Assembly of Connecticut
regulated the prices at which hides
and shoes should be bought or sold.
17o1-City of Philadelphia chartered
by William Penn.
l775-Continental Congress adopted
the Pine Tree flag.
I795-Spain and the United States
concluded treaty defining the
Louisiana boundary
1S14-The Fulton. the first steam war
vessel. launched at New York
lS2s-Thirteenth amendment to the
Constitution of the United States
ratified by a two-thirds vote.
1S51--A meeting of cotton planters
held at Macon. Ga, to devise ways
and means to prevent fluctuations
in the price of cotton.
1S54-United States ship of war AL
bany left Aspinwall. and was never
again heard of.
1S56-AIeXander II. Stephens addressed
a great Democratic mass meeting
in Atlanta, Opening of railway
communication between Toronto
and Montreal
1S62-The Mexican Congress assem-
bled. and protested against the
French invasion.
1S64-Federals repulsed in battle at
Hatcher's Run, Virginia. Raid
on St Adams. VT, by party Nof
Confederates from Canada.
Maryland proclaimed a free State
by Gov. Bradford.
1S65-The reconstruction of Arkansas
was officially recognized by the
President.
1S79-nedication of Confederate monu-
ment in Macon. Ga.
1SS6-Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty. in
New York harbor dedicated.
1sS9-Cornerstone for Soldiers and
Sailors Memorial Arch in Brook
Ign laid by Gen. Sherman
1S91-Great fire in Minneapolis, in
which seventeen firemen were in
jured by an explosion.
1S92-Fire in Milwaukee destroyed
property valued at S5,0OO,OOO
| 1S93-Mayor Carter H. Harrison, OF
Chicago, assassinated.
1S94-Prince Clovis Won Hohenlohe APP
pointed German chancellor. Six
teen persons persisted in a fire in
Seattle.
1S95-The main building of the Univer-
sty of Virginia was destroyed by
fire.
! 1S97-Tennessee Centennial Exposition
at Nashville closed.
| 1900-Count Won Buelow succeeded
Prince Hohenlohe as chancellor of
Germany
1901-Joseph f. Smith succeeded TO
the presidency of the Mormon
church. :. .Czolgosz executed at
Auburn prison for the murder OF
President Mckinley.
19O4-The New York subway was
opened to traffic. Japanese as
saulted Pert Arthur.
1906-F'irst airship fight in the South
was made at Piedmont Park. At
lanta.
| l9OS-Andrew Carnegie gave s1,250,00O
| to found hero fund in Great
Britain. The American battle
ship feet arrived at Annoy. China
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
work That Counts.

There is always work enough to do
on the farm, but at some seasons
things do not press quite as hard as
they do at others These periods of
relaxation may we'll be employed in
something which will make the farm
better
On our farm for number of years.
after the stress OF having and harvest
ing was over, we turned our attention
to clearing up piece of land which
had grown up to small timber and
brush. When we came on the place,
now some twenty years ago, we found
this piece of land so densely grown
up with briars and small trees that
it was with difficulty that the cattle
could get through it. 1t furnished lit
tie in the way of feed.
This stuff we cut OF slick and clean,
saving the trunks of the little trees
up for wood and piling the brush
nicely. With an old bush scythe We
moved the briars off close to the
ground and heaped them, too. with the
brush piles. Later, after the danger
from fire running was over, re burned
these heaps and drew the wood away
You have no idea what change this
made in that field The white clover
came in everywhere white and nice.
The sheep and cow have had that
part Of the pasture as their favorite
stamping ground ever since
While there may not be such fields
on every farm. nevertheless there is
always some such job that may be
done to improve the place. It may
be some bit Of swamp 10 drain or a
ditch to put down Whatever it is. do
!. WEI, ard IL surely viii add many
dollars to the value OF the farm
Agricultural Epitomist
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

welded in vain effort to bring these
recalcitrants into line The .'insurg.
ents' are not afraid of new party
alignments. They welcome them, il
Necessary. in battle for principles.
Republicanism and Democracy, as
interpreted by the wielders of party
whips, will be swallowed up in the
new alignment of the forces of re-
action and progress. Voters will heed
principles rather than party labels.
And they stand lady, throughout the
West and Middle West, to teach East
ern mill bosses the lesson of their
lives.
Democracy's opportunity lies in pre-
senting clean candidates to the people.
If these candidates number "insurg-
ent" Republicans among their support
ers, it will be one of the fortunes of
war. American consumers must get
a hearing, and it is immaterial which
party may claim the representatives
they choose to get it.
Thus the tariff issue, so far from
being settled" as Speaker Cannon
and others claim. is really in the in
fancy of its true vitality.
1t is the one overshadowing issue
that bids fair to make ducks and
brakes of party organizations. 1t will
sconrge the apostles of special privi-
lege 1t will put them on the defen-
sive, where they belong
There is nothing sacred in party
machinery after it has ceased to be an
agency for the dissemination of party
principles.
And the party that forgets what it
was created for-to represent the peo-
ple-courts inevitable doom.-Chicago
Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
SSSSSS$SSSS
Deer Herd Ruins Crops.

deer AlSFu Itutns CrOpS.
Farmers living near the Nishna
River. in Western Iowa. a short dis
lance east of Omaha, and between the
towns of Avoca and Western, are con-
fronted with unique condition. says
the Minneapolis Journal Their crops
are being eaten up and trampled into
the ground. and they are powerless
to prevent the wholesale destruction
because the laws of the State do not
permit the killing of deer. A herd
of nearly 400 deer is roaming about
the country eating the young and
tender grain and tramping into the
no open season in Iowa when deer
can be killed and the killing at any
season subjects the killer to fine of
800 and costs
Collection of the herd was a hobby
of William Cuppy, one of the pioneer
residents of Avoca, rich farmer OWN
ing several thousand acres of land,
much of it being along the Nishna
River. Upon the death of Cuppy the
administrator of the estate was at a
loss to know what to do with the
animals. In time the court ordered a
division of the property and the set
Element of the estate. The land was
sold and all the personal property,
except the deer, was disposed of. No
one seemed to want deer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
nrrr Gci snIonn Permits.

A novel way 70 prevent the opening
OF saloons in a town recaptured by
the liquor element was discovered and
put into effect at Fairfield Texas,
where the prohibitionists were the
first 10 make application for licenses
under the law limiting the number Of
saloons. These being granted by the
court. no more being available, the
liquor men were simply crowded out
and the prohibs kept their permits In
their pockets and sat tight.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

Converting the Hog Into Rake.
A new method for eradicating the
worst weeds that trouble the farmer
has been discovered.
The "bindweed" or wild morning
glory" has proved very injurious to
various kinds of cultivated crops, such
as garden truck, small fruits and
commercial seeds. Where this weed
abounds, the filling of the soil has
hitherto been very difficult, because
of the underground roots, but the new
method will entirely remove the plant,
tops and roots as we'll
Based upon the fact that hogs are
very fond of the roots and rootsticks
of this plant which taste very much
like the sweet potato, George Virgins.
a farmer of Lodge, H., conceived the
idea that hog pasturing might be re-
sorted to successfully to eradicate the
weed.
He. accordingly, turned loose about
100 hogs on a field containing thirty
acres which was overrun with bind
weed.
These hogs did not have their noses
rung or slit. and Mr.. Virgins found
that they not only ate the tops of the
weed closely, but also Footed to con-
siderable depth to obtain the under
ground parts. In a comparatively
short time the field was entirely clean
ed up, and after the process had been
repeated for three consecutive years
the farmer was able to raise a large
crop of corn and oats on what had
heretofore been practically useless
soil
To produce the most satisfactory
results from this form of hog pas
turing only small quantity of food
should be given the animals in order
that they be forced to depend upon
the bindweed 1t has been found that
while the hogs do not make quite as
good gains on this diet as on others,
they do very well under the treat
ment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

When pears can be readily and
smoothly parted from the branch by
bending gently to one side, they are
ready TO be gathered Handle them
carefully and do not break the stems.
Sweat pears, and those that become
ally, should be gathered as soon as
tie skin changes from a dark TO a
light green. If the fruit is to be rip
ened quickly and for market, place
them upon the floor OF dry, cool
room in medium-sized piles. In a few
days assert them and place all good
sized, well-shaped ones in boxes. The
fruit should be handled by hand, ana
not poured into the baskets or boxes
Give good measure and mark each box
with the kind of fruit it contains.
Send to market before they are fully
ripe. Unless cold storage facilities can
be had it is doubtful if much will be
gained by holding back the crop. Pears
kept in a cool cellar ripen more slow
ly than in warm upper room 1t is
also true that Bartletts allowed to
hang on the tree until late will be
larger, though inferior in quality. But
the plan is unsatisfactory because so
much fruit will be injured by drop
ping, and because the quality is so
much poorer. Fruit intended for ex-
hibition should be gathered with great
care, wrapped in soft, flexible paper
and stored in cool. dry cellar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

A farmer about two years ago, says
a writer in Farm, Stool, ard Home,
concluded TO build an apple cave, and
while there are possibly better caves,
there are few that cost so little. An
excavation was made in the side of
a hill, IS by 80 feet square, and so
arranged that the completed cave was
6 feet in height. The excavating was
done with plows and slips, the walls
were kept plumb by using an 1S-foot
evener with 20-foot chain fastened
to the plow One team was placed in
the pit or cave and one on the bank.
By this method the burrows were
plowed one on top % the other. The
rear end of the cave was cut out for
about Is feet or more to drive the
teams in and out to obyiate turning
in the caye When the excavation
was complete the rear end was filled
in with poles, set close and capped
with a heavy plate. A 2 by II inch
oak timber was placed on the bank
for plates. and the top covered with
heavy poles. The front end of the
cave had been cut away and the house
built over the entrance. The rear end,
two sides and the rear half Of the
roof. was first covered with stock
boards. these stripped with by 2
inch strips: then lath and the lath
with two heavy coats Of Portland ce-
ment. The entire cave. including the
rear end of the house, was then COW
cred with dirt and clover sod The
front end of the roof was covered with
a good grade of building paper, and
the front wall. boarded up and down,
battened. This was found to be a
mistake: the entire structure should
have been covered with cement. Two
salt-glazed tiles were placed in the
roof of the cave for ventilators. Large
double doors we're placed in both the
cave and the house. If necessary, two
wagons may be backed into the house
at the same time. Two car loads Of
apples. a lot OF potatoes. onions, etc,
we're stored in this cave last winter.
Everything was packed In crates,
boxes or barrels. and al kept fine.
The extra price realized on the apples
would build several such caves.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

She-She told me You told her that
secret told you not 10 tell her,
He-The mean thing, I told her
not to tell you ! told her.
She-I promised her I wouldn't tell
Won she told me. so don't tell her told
you.-Boston Transcript
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

At a meeting OF physicians and SCI
entigts at the Standard oil Offices in
New York. II was announced that j.
d. Rockefeller had decided 70 give a
million dollars to be used in an effort
to wipe out the hook worm disease in
the South.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
Air i'm the Soil.

1t is necessary to have air in the
soil. 1t is not only needed to develop
the roots of the most dry-land plants,
but is equally required by water
plants, says the Philadelphia Record.
The air, too, becomes necessary for
plant food development. The agencies
charged with this development include
minute forms of fungoids (called bac-
teria), which require air from which
oxygen as well as nitrogen can be
taken.
If the soils are baked or packed so
hard as to keep out the air-or If
they are so saturated with water that
no air can be secured excepting what
is in the water-these forms of bac-
terra can not live.
Science tells US that the amount of
water in the soil suitable to the
growth of most plants is at it's best
when each particle of soil is covered
with a film of moisture and each film is
connected with every other film so that
there is continuous succession of
films from the top of the soil to the
water table below the surface. The at
traction of the water by the soil par
ticles causes the upward movement
of the water through the medium of
the film, as fast as it is absorbed by
the moisture that goes into the root
hairs or by the evaporation at the
tops OF the series of films. The spaces
between the soil particles are then
filled with air way down to the water
table, and in this way the air and
water are mingled. The air supplies
it's elements to the various things in
the soil, while the water acts as the
carrier of the elaborated plant food
to the rootlets of the plants.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

The Journal OF the British Astro-
nomical Association says that ths ~
Iteration of the usual markings on the
surface Of the planet Mars during the
September observations by a gloomy
yellow veil indicates a gigantic catas-
trophe of some kind. The change may
be connected with the abnormal cleo
trical conditions of the sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

The Telephone Company Of America
has been organized at New York, its
object being the establishment in this
country Of a telephone news service
similar to one which has been Ia OPP
GRAFTON In Buda- Pesth for some time
The idea is to fUfnish digest Of the
news each morning 10 contributors in
their homes By phone. The expert
ment win be tried in q small town
first
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
Doubtful.

Hes the author OF several success
full plays"
is that so? And do You stan think
him a fit person TO associate with -
Detroit Free Press
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

without dissenting voice the Penn
syIvania State Medical Society, repre-
senting $1,000 physicians. recorded its
disapproval Of benzoate Of soda as a
food preservatiye as being 'unneces-
sary and detrimental to public health"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

sheep stealing has long been by
word for low-down meanness. The ef-
fort at Jefferson City to dignity hog
stealing into grand larceny. without
reference 10 the value OF the hog, f.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

China will not in future send am
representatives to other countries who
are not conversant with the language
of the country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16

Young wife-My husband. knows
absolutely nothing about cooking
Whatever dish I prepare ne takes for
something ELSE Iiegende Batter.