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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07
Lake Michigah's Sand Dunes.

Shifting sand dunes are causing
trouble on the borders of Lake Michi-
gan. The dunes are formed by the on
shore winds, which sweep the beach
sand beyond the reach of the waves.
The sand accumulates in low mounds
about any distractions, such as stones
or bushes; thus started the dune is
sufficient cause for its own growth.
The wind keeps piling the sand UP
from behind, the dune grows and the
sand on its crest is blown over to the
leeward side of the mound, so that the
dunes gradually march inland. On
the east side of Lake Michigan the
dry west winds have heaped up num-
bers of dunes, ranging in height up to
200 feet. In Indiana the dunes have
moved inland across a forested area,
burying and killing trees, leaving the
dead trunks as skeletons behind them
in their march onward. A famous in
stance of dune migration is that of
the Kurische Nehrung, long sand
bar off the coast of Germany, where
dune ridge marched over a church,
burying it for thirty years, at the end
of which time it was gradually uneov-
cred by the progress of the dune
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07
The West Betrayed

There us much truth u he asser-
ton of Secretary Nagel, that the West
neither obtains it's fair share of posi-
lions in the government service nor
exercises the influence in national ad
administration to which it is entitled
This condition can be traced largely to
the dominant influence of the same
coterie of Eastern Senators that seeks
to obtain tariff that will most enrich
Eastern interests with the least posi-
BILE concession to honest demands Of
the West. Every session of Congress
emphasizes more clearly the influence
that is welded by these conspirators.
But the fact remains that they would
be powerless without the aid and sup
port of certain Western allies.
However reprehensible may be the
conduct of Aldrich, Hale and others in
seeking to promote the interests of a
section at the expense of the whole
country, they are at least loyal to the
districts that they represent. AS much
can not be said of those men who
have been sent to Washington to rep
resent the West and who become trail
tors to their employers in order that
they may sit within the golden circle
that surrounds the tariff protected in
terests of the East.-Chicago Journal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07

Having some 100000 acres of IN
used Indian reservations TO open to
settlement in Idaho. Montana and
Washington, the government has found
no better way of ascertaining who
shall set the land than by conducting
a lottery. The result proves that the
appeal to the gambling spirit, the hu-
man desire to get something for moth
ing. or al a great bargain. is alluring.
In the drawing for the Fiathead
lands in Montana, for instance, there
were more than $4,000 entries for only
$500 quarter sections of land, so that
each applicant had the chance OF one
in thirty OF getting farm Probably
not one in thirty of them had any in
tention of making his home on the
and longer than might be necessary to
lerfect q title which he could sell at a
ipeculative profit
If all the applicants were homeseek-
rs. intending in good faith 10 cult
ate the land. the lottery plan might
OF be so bad for the policy of our
salthy government in increasing the
lumber OF American farms should be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07
Corn Cultivation.

In many sections this summer the
weather has been so wet that the corn
fields are beginning TO look weedy.
and 1t viii require active work 10
keep the weeds from choking out the
corn, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
When corn is small and the soil dry
young weeds are easily killed with
the harrow and narrowing Is one Of
the best ways OF cultivating young
corn when the soil is real dry and
likely to stay dry for some time. So
long as the soil remains dry keep the
harrow going Just as long as ii can
be used without tearing out the corn.
However, when the soil becomes filed
with water and packed by heavy rains
the shovel cultivator Is the best tool
to use for young corn. as It will cover
up more weeds and loosen up the soil
for the air to reach the roots OF the
growing plants.
Where corn Is planted one way cad
no cross cultivation can be done weeds
can be taken out between the hills
OF corn by making the team walk slow
and moving the handles of the culti-
vator in and out between the hills.
! With a little practice at manipulating
the shovel by means Of the handles a
good man can literally hoe the corn
and do It better than by hand. since
the cultiyator tears the weeds out by
the roots. while the hoe only cuts
them off, TO quickly sprout up again.
When there are no weeds 20 kill In
the corn we aim to let the shoyels
run only two or three inches deep
and let the team walk as fast as Il
will When the corn is small we let
the tenders down so that the eioAs
but only the finest soil reaches them.
As the corn grows larger at suisse
quent civilizations the tenders are
gradually raised and more dirt put to
the corn.
Many men In cultivatiue corn.
either with the cultiyator or harrow.
are extremely afraid that all Of the
corn will either be pulled up or Gov
cred up. Get this worry out OF your
mind. Small corn covered IN. n not
with too big clod, viii almost invari-
ably push It's way out and grow with
out harm In narrowing corn we
never pay any attention as 70 whether
It Is piled up or covered up Two
days after narrowing the neld WIN
look just as thick With plants az !,
ala before the barroving. II is SINH
Iarly true where the two-horse cult.
vator Is used.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07
IN CAB SO YEARS; KILLED.

Engineer Loses Life and Ten Are
Injured i'm Wreck.
Engineer Walter d. White, with a
record of fifty years service in the EN-
ploy of the Northern Pacific Railroad,
was instantly killed and ten or more
persons were injured, six OF them seri-
ously, when the east-bound North
Coast Limited train ran into work
train while rounding curve half
mile east of Detroit Mimi, the other
evening The seriously injured are +.
P. Brown, baggageman; L. c. Roberts,
mail clerk; H. L. Upton. electrician;
f. w Gaffney, mail clerk; Oscar Lar
son. mail clerk, and Fireman Voor-
hees. The limited was two hours .ate
and was running about fifty miles an
hour The passengers were thrown
about by the shock and more or less
bruised, but none was badly injured
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07
A Tarim Tax ON the Farmer

1arin Tax ON the Farmer.
Every day throws additional light
on the increases under the Payne tar
ifi This morning the local govern
ment organ deals with subject espe-
cially interesting to the farmer.
Legislators from grain States made
a strong stand for lower duties on
bags. The crafty Aldrich, after os-
tensible opposition, made a conces-
sion. Evidently this was another of
his little jokes on President Taft and
the American public, because the tar
if on fibers, which covers hemp, jute,
fax and everything from thread and
gunny sacks to ship hawsers, will in
crease the tax automatically on bags
Under the Dingley law undressed
hemp paid $40 ton and dressed hemp
$40 Under the Payne law these al
ready high prices are increased to
$3.50 and $45 a ton. A very large
part of the rden of increase must
be carried by the farmers. who used
last year 191, 796, 900 pounds of binder
Irvine, and fully one-half the rope out
put OF 201 900 pounds, besides mil
lions of bags.
The factories engaged in fiber indus
tries have a combined capital of $54,-
500, 900. Their annual wage outlay is
$4,000 600 Their annual material
bill is $45, 100000. Their products are
valued at 100000 Yet, although
earnplg sS,0oOOOO on their capital of
S54,5e1 900. Aldrich decided to aid, at
the expense of the farmer, this infant
Industry, which already earns almost
Is per cent on its inflated capital.
Al interesting instance Of how the
new tariff taxes the working West for
the benefit of the tariff barons of the
idle East.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07

for Bessy. two newspapers. then at
last, one letter for her.
She clutched at 1t eagerly. letting all
the others tumble down together on
the grass at her feet 1t was from her
cousin. Mrs. Furvisl The postman
trudgea onwarts along lie Lane. Bes-
ay picked ur the fallen letters and pa
pors that lay at her young mistress
feet and carried them into the house.
and atili Irene stood there. motionless,
pale. frozen into stone. gazing blindly
al the letter In her hand.
Presently she turned and went back
slowly Into the house. and upstairs in
60 her own room. She did not weep or
bemosn herself: only she sat quite
still gol' very long time upon the
edge OF her bed, ST ring biankly and
hlinaiy before her. he mind almost as
ter unopened and UNDECIDED, lay upon
the floor at her feet. She reused her.
aef after time and went about her
dutiea and daily occupations as usual.
until night brought a CLEAN of hope
once more. and she began to long
again for the next mornings post
Rut the days went by. one after the
other. and the old postman came along
the lane mornin- after morning, and
brought her no letter from Rupert
carroll. Neither word, nor sign. nor
token came from him to whom she
had given her heart; sometimes she
asked herself whether it was all a
dream. whether Carroll had ever ex-
listed, ever told her of his love, ever
asked her TO be his life? AT night she
wept bitterly. and was often unable to
close her eyes until the grey daylight
crept through her shutters. Yet ever
a sense of loyalty to her promise made
her do her utmost to conceal her an
guish of mind from her mothers
knowledge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07
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apple at any season of its growth.
The eggs produce the most insignia.
cant worms in size, but they tunnel
the apple until the whole contents are
blackened pulp. You will sometimes
know nothing at all of the mischief
going on until customer charges you
with selling rotten apples. Some eggs
hatch in midsummer, as soon as laid.
but others lie dormant until midwin-
ter. when they will hatch ont in your
cellar, and go on with their ruinous
work.
A practiced eye can generally tell
Of the presence of larvae by dark lines
on the skin of the apple. The only
remedy is to keep all dropped apples
picked up and destroyed If possible,
make a sheep pasture OF your or
chard
The fly likes shade, and for that
reason raspberry or current bushes I'm
der your trees will encourage its
work Spraying will do little or no
good, for We can not reach the fly at
Its work, nor the egg that is thrust
through the skin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07

AGAINST she BACKGROUND ae hiaeisneaa
az - se 9eFseetiy saNiaihie s4em the
AetA. Two Raeea carried Garrett iust
beSNAd them
New then aews@ whlaperea a
V0{oe,
Then sudden rush from behind "a
cry, struggle hair .a~doaon ringing
blows,
Scoundreis, lee So" gasped a choll-
cd voice that died away into smoth-
cred groan--then. nothing more.
Only lifeless body huddled up
across the path that in the next mo
ment was quickly dragged down into
the darkness of the muddy ditch--and
presently it lay there quite alone in
the silence of the gathering shades of
night.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07
NEW WOMEN IN coREA.
A Movement Which Means "a Great
Change in Lives of GentIer Sex.

A Movement Which Means a Great
Change in Lives of GentIer Sex.
The new-woman movement, which
in the daily life of the Coreans, Is just
at its beginning, writes Frank G. Car
penter l doubt if its members can be
numbered by hundreds. There are
certainly less than a thousand who
have yet attempted to throw off the
shackles of the old customs; and the
remainder, numbering millions, are in
the same condition that the sex has
held for many generations. The Gus
toms vary according to the class to
which the girl belongs. Corea has a
nobility, a middle class, common peo-
pie and slaves. All of the rich fam
lilies own hereditary slaves, and the
daughter of a slave is slave girl
in turn.
This movement means that there are
to come changes in all matters of love
and marriage. Already the Christian
girls, of whom there are many, are de-
handing that they be married in the
church after our ceremony, or as near
that as Corean ideals will permit. To-
day the million-odd marriages which
take place yearly are as barbarous as
those of darkest Africa. Children are
often betrothed at birth, and a 7-year-
old girl may be married to a man of
20, or boy of 9 to a girl of 10. AS
a rule, the marriage takes place before
the children have reached the age of
pupils of the first class in the high
schools, and girl is an old maid at
10 or 20.
Among the queer wedding customs
is the gluing the brides eyes shut, so
that she can see nothing. and keeping
them so for two or three days. An
other is that the bride will not speak
to the groom for at least week after
the wedding, and a third that fight
takes place between her friends and
his on the way to the ceremony, and
the one represented by the party de-
feated is considered unlucky. Neither
bride nor groom sees each other until
they are married. After that the girl
is practically the slave of her husband
and his parents, who may treat her
as they please. AS she grows older,
or when her husband is tired of her,
he brings one or more secondary wives
into the house and she has to submit.
Divorces are easy on the part of the
husband, but they are considered dis
reputable, and domestic troubles usu-
ally result in adding a concubine or so
to the establishment rather than SHOW
ing the old wife out into the cold.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07
PennIe Pny thc Bills.

When President Taft swings around
his 12.000-mile circle of the West and
South, il will be the first time a ma
tional executive has INDUCED in such
an extensive journey at public ex-
pense. Presidents Harrison and Nc
Kinley both liked to get away occa-
sionally from the atmosphere of Wash
ington and ascertain Afor themselves
what the people thought of their poll
cies In each case, however, they
travelled as guests of the railroads,
which profted sufficiently by transport
tation OF the crowds that flocked to
and from each stopping point Presi-
dent Rooseyelt's great trip of $4,000
miles set a new record for presidential
junkets. In this case the entire ex-
pense. which amounted to more than
$4,000, was paid by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company While it never
has been charged that railroads ex-
tended these courtesies with any reci-
.procal expectations, the practice is at
least in doubtful taste in view of
growing disposition of the government
10 take a hand in their management.
Chicago Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07

liberal. But as the real home-makeIs
will in all probability pay full Walt q
for most of the claims, the government
might as well get the profit as the
spectators.
Our homestead lands have become
so nearly exhausted that no large
bodies Of land can now be opened with
a rush like that which went into Ok
lahoma twenty years ago. But if the
land were divided into quarter Sec
lions and sold at auction the purchas-
er would be very much more apt to
live on the land than is the man who
gets his claim by lottery.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07

BeIden ieoodring. the steeple jack
who ribbed the flag pole on the Singer
building in New York. and who had
passed most of his life working at
dizzy heights. fractured his skull when
he fell two feet from chair to the
floor and died soon afterward Wood
ring was leaning back in the chair
when it toppled over with him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07
CHILDREN PERISH IN FIRE.
Remains of Seven Found in New
York Institution.

That seven little inmates of st. NAL
achy's Home for Children at Rockaway
Park, L. l., were suffocated in a fire
which destroyed part of the hcme
Monday night was discovered the next
day by firemen digging in the ruins of
the burned building. There were $50
children in the institution, which is
conducted by the Sisters of st. Joseph
of Brooklyn. Most of them marched
out of the buildings in good order
when the fire alarm was sounded, and
it was supposed that all had escaped,
until the bodies were found in the
smouldering embers. Nearly all those
burned to death were under . years
old The part of the dormitory in
which they slept was directly over the
laundry, where the fire originated. The
damage to the buildings amounted 10
$4,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07
al ThonghtfuI Git.

Tom went out to buy pair of gloves
for his sweethearts Christmas present
and to make purchase for his father.
OF course. he got things mixed, as they
always do in stories, and the young
lady received a pair of heavy wooden
mems socks with the following note:
Dear Helen-Please accept these in
consideration of my love for you. Oh
that | were 10 be the only one TO ses
them when you wear them. II you
find any difficulty in getting them on.
blow in them. Yours affectionately.
Tom.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07
Potato Cultivation.

Most farmers do not cultivate their
potatoes the most profitable number of
times. 1t must be remembered that
the potato crop suffers readily from
drought and that frequent cultivation
is practically the only means by which
moisture can be conserved. FREQUENT
ly cultivation also sets free much
plant food that would otherwise re-
main locked up in the soil. Potatoes
should be cultivated once week from
the time the rows can be followed un-
til the cuftivator wheels injure the
plants. An ordinary six-shovei corn
cultivator is probably the most prac-
ticable. More and smaller shoveis
would be better in clean, mellow
soil. The wheels must be set closer
together than for corn. so that they
VIII not run on the rows until the
plants become quite large. Level cul-
ture should be the general aim, or
only slight riding for its aid in con-
trolling the weeds in the rows. The
first cultivation may be deep and fair
ly close If there is plenty of moisture
In the soil. 1t cuts off some of the
roots, but at this stage does more good
than harm by loosening the soil up
deeply, and thus leaving 1t In better
condition for the future growth of the
tubers and the roots.
After the first cultivation the shov-
els should always be run shallow.
about two or three inches deep, never
deeper Sometimes 1t is observed aft
er the farmer has cultivated the last
time and hilled up or laid by" the
crop.-Journal of Agriculture.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07
Native PIums.

Native plums are not particular as
to soil, although extremes in sand,
clay and muck should be avoided. A
soil too strong or too rich in nitrog-
enous matter causes a heavy growth
Of foliage at the expense Of produc-
tiveness. There are about $50 varieties
of native plums embraced in five spe-
cies, of which the most important are
Prunus Americana, p hortulana and
p augustifolia. The most valuable of
the native plums are De Solo, Rolling
stone Weaver, Wild Goose, Miner and
Newman, of which Wild Goose, De
Soto and Miner are probably the most
popular The native plums are to be
recommended to those who want
plums for an early market, because of
their immunity from diseases and in
sects, to the general farmer, as well as
to large growers who want a greater
variety of fruits-Denyer Field and
Farm
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07

The apple scab. grape scab and other
forms OF fungous disease show them
selves in midsummer and require the
most prompt and persistent work
with Bordeaux MIXTURE Meanwhile,
through ali this hot meather we have
At work IN our orchard rather re-
cent pest. called the tripeta fly. This
Is the worst enemy that the horticul-
turist has to deal with. says E. p.
Polell in Outing.
This fly works all summer, and It
stings right through the skin of an
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07

r Ire NHNFN
Grand Forks. Idsho. was destroyed
by fire in an hour in the night. The
bvstanders looted the three burning
saloons. Three hundred persons are
reported homeless and without food
supplies. The population is composed
mostly of railroad construction work
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07

Medium latter rapping three times
on the black cabinet) And now. kind
sir. what shade would you like me to
tell you about?
Man In Audience Why. would
like you to tell me the shade my
wife told me to match when l started
downtown to-day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07

Turkeys like secluded nests. A
nook in the brush heap or thickets
is much to their liking. But they will
also take kindly to an overturned bar
rel or to an inverted V-shaped coop.
1t must be of ample size, of course,
to give the turkey easy entrance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07
An Everlasting Cement TANK.

An Everlasting Cement Tank
A cement tank may be built in any
desired form-round, square or oblong
and OF any size to suit the purpose
for which it is intended. Dig a
trench in the soil to eight inches
deep or down to solid earth. making
1t ABOUT twelve inches wide. Fill this
with concrete, using yard of gravel
to barrel of cement Thoroughly
mix the two while dry. When put
in place, moisten and lamp down solid.
For the bottom OF the tank make a
floor six inches thick, and of the same
materials laid on well settled. solid
earth. Then build the walls of the
tank, making them ten inches thick
at the bottom and six inches at the
top. Wooden forms will have to be
used for this purpose. Each layer of
concrete should be well tamped down
to insure making the walls solid.
Just before the concrete hardens put q
coat OF cement-one part of cement
to two OF sifted sand-on the walls,
both inside and outside and on the
floor
While building the walls REINFORCE
them with No. 4 wire placed from
eight to fourteen inches apart. accord
ing to the distance from the bottom
and height of the tank. Old fence wire
Will answer the same purpose if more
strands are used. A pipe provided
with valve should be placed in the
floor of the tank and connect with a
tile drain underground to provide for
cleaning. An overflow pipe should
also be placed near the top and be
connected with the drain tile leading
from the bottom.-Kansas Farmer
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07

Little boy. don't you know that
YOU shouldn't go fishing on Sun
day."
Sure. l know it, but you see the
fish amt been educated up to keeping
the Sabbath yet"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07

1t is good plan to rub the horses
off at night; to wash of the shoulders
under the collars with cold water, and
to let stand for half an hour or so be-
fore giving the grain feed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07
Nat auAe.

"Was it a quiet wedding"
Quiet / should saw not. The
children in the neighborhood almost
bombarded the house. Detroit Free
Press
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07

Melbourne University plans to re-
quire five years of study by person
before granting lin q diploma as a
veterinary surgeon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07

Bulletin No. 22o, issued by the New
Jersey Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton. advises consumers not to pur-
chase any feed unless accompanied by
a guarantee, except such material as
bran, middlings, corn meal, etc. Farm
ers are advised to grow their own al
falfa, and thereby save good many
dollars that are charged for grinding,
and at the same time they will be in
creasing the fertility of their farms.
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ceorre uanviIle Penn nead.

The death is announced in London
Of George Manville Fem. the novelist.
He was born in 1881
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-07

The plant of the McCiary Manufac-
turing Company was DESTROYED by fire
in Winnipeg, with a loss Of half a
million dollars.