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Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-06
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A Eeninine Reason

"But," asked the first coed. "whv
did you elect to take up the study N
{ erman instead of F'rench?"
"Oh," replied the other, "the German
professor was so awfully handsome
you know. ."-Catholic Standard and
Times
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-06
San Francisco Shipping

SAN FRANCISCO, July ARRIVED
Steamers Centralia and Yosemite from San
Pedro.
Sailed-Steamers Coos Bay and Coronado
for San Pedro; Governor for San Diego
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-06
A Test Question

Newed-I tell you, old chap, I'm an
other man since l was married.
Singleton-So? Does your wife love
you as much as the man she married
Exchange.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22

The American farmer Of to-day needs
no government assistance to be thrifty
and prosperous or shiftless and poor
Every farming district offers the Illus
tration-two farms side by side with
land of the same fertility, the same
accessibility 10 market, the same wa
ter. precisely the same conditions. On
the one are well.kept buildings, we'll
oiled machinery, well-fed stock, clean
looking fields and tidy fences. On the
other are dilapidated barns, broken
fences, and wagons and mowers rot
ting In the elements. One needs no
government assistance, the other would
be better for 1t. One will be indus
trious. ambitious and provident. The
other will be lazy and poor. The
American farmer is the most iDdepend-
ent Of American citizens Prevailing
political, social or economic conditions
make little difference on the farm. he
doesn't need bongses. police protection
paternalism nor much law. He not
only supplies bat creates HIS own needs
He doesn't look beyond his own ecoDonl-
Ic circle, because he doesn't have TO-
All the American farmer wants is TO
be left alone He doesn't even whine
fsr square deal" because when he
conceives the necessity he has the
mind and the means to get II himself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
NOTABLE ENGINEERING FEAT.

NOrway's New Railway Is One of
Which 1t May BE Proud.
The new railway which crosses the
great mountain chain of South Nor
way, linking Bergen with Christians
and the rest OF Europe. is an achieve
ment of which Norwegian engineers
have every reason to be proud. MOI
that 1t is the highest mountain line in
Europe There are three tunnels In
Switzerland all higher than the high
est part of the Bergen railway, but
the difficulties to be surmounted IN
Norway were infinitely greater than
those in Switzerland, by reason of the
latitude of the district to be traversed
The Norwegian line is between the
Goth and 61st degrees of north lati
tude, with the snow line a little below
5000 feet. and, in carrying the track
through the magnificent Hallingsdal
an uninhabited and uninhabitable re
gion had to be crossed.
Finse is the highest point reached
by the line, and for some distance, al
though the view is constantly inter
copied by tunnels, there are openings
amongst the snowy mountain tops,
with their livid glaciers. through
Norway are momentarily visible. For
five years a gang Of LOO men has
been working night and day on this
part of the line. These men are
housed in small wooden cabins dotted
about amongst the rocks, and the ma.
terial for them and for the station
house at Finse had to be carried up
on the backs of men and horses from
Flaam, $500 feet below. Elsewhere,
station houses and hotels are built OF
wood. Finse stands in so exposed a
position that its station walls, inner
and outer, are of stone, over three
feet thick. For eight months of the
year Finse is showed up and inacces-
sible. The plateau is swept by storms
of such violence that the snow is piled
in huge drifts, with which the snow
plows are wholly unable to cope, and
before October the greater part OF
this section of the line will, for this
reason, have to be covered in.
The snow plows in use on the Ber-
gen line are made in Christiania and
are of 900 horse power, driven by 10.
comotives of 700 horse power, but
cannot be employed if the snow is
more than three yards deep. To reg.
ulate the drifting snow, therefore, an
ingenious system of nova BILE wooden
screens will be In operation during
the coming winter, but by October Ii
the little station houses ana hotels
will all have laid in supplies OF every
kind sufficient for eight months con-
sumption, and thus be independent OF
| the train service.
Even amongst the ice and snow OF
| places like Gjeilo and Finse, cups OF
hot soup, or hot coffee, with sand.
witches of Norwegian pattern made OF
excellent bread. butter and cheese,
may be had at very low prices Each
| famished passenger seizes what he
can reach, helps himself with ladle
| from the bowl of cream near the door
! and eats and drinks on the graveled
| patch outside the station house.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22

Did you ever know person who
woes? If you did, she never saw you
If you saw her first. Our stock CT
sympathy is limited and soon dries
up with excessive demands upon 1t.
What is the good OF parading troubles,
anyway? Does it make the burden
lighter to be constantly holding it be-
fore our own eyes, or to pour it into
uninterested ears? There are times
when, If we can discuss our woes with
the right person, the sting may be
eased. To brood in silence is neither
healthy nor wise. What we need is
to learn the difference between hiding
our troubles from the world and keep
ing them hidden only to corrode our
learn to keep unpleasant things to our
selves. Try just for day leaving un-
said the word of complaint or repining.
When ones attention Is called to It,
1t is surprising how many of our pin
pricks we needlessly shift to the shout
ders of others.
Covering up our troubles is like
burying tubers in the sand-bringing
them to the light causes shriveling
and uselessness. Keep them well hid
den and they keep sweet and whole
some. Parading trouble is not only a
bore to the listener, but males for
selflshness in US. Wren we have our
vision trained on our own woes our
horizon is soon too narrowed to see
the worse Ill of our neighbors Thus
do we deprive ourselves of the help
of contrasts to Tighten our bitterness.
If you seize each opportunity to tell
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
CHAPTER VIII.

While busy in her room. Mathilde was
interrupted by knock at the door. and
the delivery of large box addressed to
Mrs. Stewart"
She was on the point Of saying that
there must be some mistake, when. with
a start. she remembered.
With an uncomfortable anticipation.
she opened the parcel. and. alone as she
was a vivid flush dyed her face as she
lifted out a long cloak Of hrocaded yel-
vet. varying In tint from pearly white 10
deepest dove-coler. 1t was edged with
soft. gray ostrich feathers. and lined with
white fur. in exchange for soul, "
she muttered TO herself, and then. as
though ashamed of the Inverness OF the
thought, she forced herself Il acknowledge
the well-simed thoughtfulness OF the gift
II was in words of gentle dignity that
she thanked Stewart for his gift as she
stood BY the si;,ing-room FIRE. dressed for
the evening.
He stood beside her. looking down. The
crisp waves of her tawny hair were
drawn back from her low, square fore
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22

could come to-day?" to the maid. IN
French.
.Perfaitemeat, Madame"
Speak in English" Stewart said
The woman looked puzzled.
But Madame said that she would con-
verse with me in French, which she
speaks like vraine Parisienne''
But l want to hear your English" he
insisted.
''Oh, do beg million pardons, sir. 1
know | do speak bad, but bad But
Madame was so kind" She was evident
ly in fears for her place, but Stewart re-
assured her with a nod.
That's all right. Then she'll come
tonight" with look at Mathilde, who
dismissed the woman k;ndly.
Ms:hilie was seated in big armchair
pulling on her gloves. The room was
bright with sunshine and fragrant with
roses and mignonette.
How cozy it seems here." he said
looking round appreciatively. Are you
in a great hurry to go out, or may l chat
bit?"
"Oh. there's no hurry" she agreed pls-
cidly. She no longer felt nervous with
him, and had a sense of conjunction fol
her Qualms of the day before.
That's right" and he settled himself
with an air of satisfaction in the arm-
chair opposite.
I've had a wire from Orkwell just
now, which must have been sent OF on
getting my letter." he began.
Your father wishes you to come at
once. Welcome home.-Elora."
THAT efusion. counting the address,
must have cost the dear soul shilling
Now, what do you think of wiring that
we will go down tomorrow
He watched her closely, but If he ex-
pected to see any signs of shrinking from
the crisis, he was mistaken.
(To De continued.l
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
Wa< ana WncIe<
I'D CHsI
~~o@0OoooO~

New gowns from Paris have corsets
made in them.
Ribbon watch chains are quite the
thing just HOW.
Coats for girls suits are plain and
almost straight.
When you cannot afford to buy
jewels use beads.
Some of the new parasols have long
directoire handles.
Jet chains are popular with lockeis
of the same material.
Many corduroy walking suits are
seen in the new shades.
In spite of the increasing popularity
of the stock, the white turnover collar
is still in good style.
All the high class models and gowns
of this season show a small amount of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
SQUASH Culture


What is a squash? In parts OF the
West and South, where the fall and
winter squashes are rarely cultivated,
the term pumpkin" is used for all
The running varieties of the squash
or pumpkin family, with the excep-
ton of the "cushaw' class, which in.
cludes varieties that are closely allied
to the crookneck To clearly define
what Is meant by the word squash In
ooGtradistinction from the word
pumpkin. as used among marketmen,
Is no very easy matter, as all the va
rieties, with the exception of the
crooknecks, easily interiors; with
each other
Gregory says that grouping all the
running varieties together, we ex-
press the marketman's idea Of a
squash, as distinguished from a
pumpkin, when we say that all varie-
ties having soft or feshy stems, eth
er with or without a SHELF and all
varieties having a hard woody stem,
and without a shell. are squashes,
while all having a hard stdtn and
shell, the flesh of which is not bitter,
are pumpkins; and all OF this. class,
the flesh of which contains a Abitter
principle, are gourds.
To grow squash a first requisite
is a good seed bed sandy loan with
a gravelly subsoil being one of the
best. The ground should be warm
when the bed is prepared. 1t should
be plowed or inches deep after
being covered with well-rotted ma
nure in ample quantity.
The size of the squash may be in
creased by later manurlng each hill.
In preparing the hills for seed the
ground should be worked over into
little mounds about as large as a half
bushel measure, and the hills should
be to feet apart in each direction,
according to the variety planted, some
growing more vigorously than others
Five or six seed should be planted in
the center Of each prepared hill and
covered with / inch OF soil After
the plants are well started they should
be thinned to two or three in each
hill. The vines are often troubled
with what is known as the squash
bug. but II chickens are allowed to
run among. them they Will keep the
insects in check
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
To Render Suet

Many housekeepers are deferred
from the economical practice of rem
dering the suet which the butcher
gives with meat on account of the
disagreeable odor which is likely to
result through the house. Yet beef
suet is the best of animal fats for fry
ing and cannot be obtained in any
other way than by rendering 1t at
home. To melt 1t without smell, keep
for the purpose small pot with a
tightly fitting cover, and reduce the
suet over a simmering burner or a
fame turned as low as possible. Melted
slowly in this way in a covered pan
no odor will result.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
His Mother knew.

l dried my hair and WASN'T the dirt
An huckleberry off my shirt;
l lei my feet get dusty brown
Before | came back home to town;
l waited till my hands had lost
That wivvered-up look; tost
Ny hat in air and tried to be
As inherent ez | could be-
But, don't you know, my muvver knew
I'd been in swimmin'; certain true.
Baltimore Sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
En,ergency Call.

At a diapers shop in Leeds they
employed small boy to run errands.
The other day while he was waiting
il the shop lady came m and asked
the shop assistant for yard of silk.
When it was placed in front of her
she exclaimed:
"Oh, really, l must be mad. l want
muslin"
On hearing this the boy rushed out
OF the shop, and seeing a policeman
across the way ran up to him shout
ing:
Come over quick, there's girl in
our shop gone mad. She wants muz
Zling. "-Tit-Bits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22

of fashion in Paris. has opened a curl,
osity shop in Florence, hoping thereby
to retrieve her fortunes.
Nine. Curie. who helped her husband
TO discover radium, has just been elect
ed a corresponding member of the st.
Petersburg Academy of Science.
The Belgian government has passed
law which bestows a decoration on
house servant who has been In the
employ of one family for twenty-five
successive years.
The record for cotton picking in this
country is probably held by Miss Mar
garet Montgomery of Saltwater, Okla.
One day last fall Miss Montgomery
picked 700 pounds of cotton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
PrnfitahIe Age of Poultry.

There is a limit to the profit earning
of chicken, and it must be sold when
the limit is reached, or before. Unless
a bird is growing into money or laying
eggs or Matching chickens, 1t Is dead
expense. Therefore, sell your hens
after they have quit laying sell your
young cockerels while they are In the
frying stage at about two pounds IN
weight, and sell all the breeding stock
that you do not want for next season
as soon as possible.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22

Every hat sets low on the head.
Giant bows are popular, pinned close
to hats.
Hat ornaments are large and con.
spicuous.
Children's hats turn up or down;
they are rarely straight.
Hats and not hair this season are to
be considered a woman's browning
glory.
In spite of the great flower vogue,
ribbons seem to have usurped a first
place on spring hats.
Many children's hats have embroid-
cred scalloped borders of color on
white, or of white on color, as the
case may be.
Two of the prettiest shades of millin.
cry are argent, demurely soft silver
and alezan, a chestnut brown with a
suspicion of pink In 1t.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
Facts About Bread and Flour.


Four in the United States Is seldom
adulterated.
Yeast Is a minute fungus which
grows in nutritive material when it is
in state of moisture.
Macaroni and spaghetti are made by
mixing hard wheat -four and hot water
into stiff paste. which is then nodded
and dried.
Hari wheat yields a large amount
of gluten, soft wheat yields less gluten
and more starch. Hard wheat flours
hold larger amount of water than
soft wheat fours, and they therefore
make larger loaf.
To test good -four, first note its color
1t should be white, with a faint yellow
tinge. If pressed in the hand, it should
fall loosely apart; if it stays in Jumps
it has too much moisture in it, 1t
should not feel too smooth between the
fingers, but rather rough particles.
Flour should have sweet, nutty
flavor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
no save the Babies.

A systematic, scientific, city-wide
campaign against diseases which kill
the babies during the summer has
been inaugurated In Chicago. Volun-
teer instructors will visit homes OF
children and instruct mothers in feed
ing and caring for infants, The milk
commission will see that certified milk
is properly cared for in homes. Five
outdoor tent stations, each accommo-
dating ten babies, will be provided.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22

There is no place upon the farm
where a system of drainage can be
more proftably installed than In the
feed lots and around the hog pens. In
too many instances large wallows are
formed around the hog house and
these are both unsightly and unsani-
tary. If the hog house is not so sit
uated that drainage is natural, an ar
tificial drainage system will repay its
cost many times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22

for ants consists in mixing a little
tartar emetic with little quantity of
powdered sugar. Put in a saucer,
moisten with water to a cream and
place where ants are troublesome. If
the water dries away add more This
is said to be unfailing. Garden ants
can be driven away by sprinkling
ashes saturated with coal oil about
their haunts. Another good way Is
to locate their nests, place quick lime
at the mouth and wash 1t down with
boiling hot water.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22

One Of the most remarkable develop
ments Of modern agricultural science
is the bringing TO light Of the fact that
hydrocyanic acid Is common In many
OF our economic plants. Hydrocyanic
acid Is better knowp as Prussic acid,
and is one Of the deadiiest poisons.
II used to be supposed that certain
plants were always poisonous and
other plants always safe TO use But
agricultural investigators have shown
that this is not the case. Some Of the
safest OF them. so regarded. may be
come very deadly at times
This is because the poison Is more
abundant al times than at others. Thus
sorghum is a very beautiful plant %
feed 70 cattle Al most times, but there
are times when the amount OF poison
In it is very great This Is when II IL
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22

communication both awkward and diff
ficult to answer The ]. in the busi-
ness signature Of "J. Tomkins," as the
writer does not seem to realize, may
stand equally well for John or Joseph,
Jane or Julia, and the addressee sits
down in embarrassing uncertainty as
to whether to begin the reply with
Dear Sir" Dear Madam" OF My
dear Mrs" or Mr. Tompkins" Here is
a case in which b.evity is not the
soul of wit
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
Then she Got Fired.

who's the pretty girl?"
She's the baby's new nurse"
Il suppose she understands her bush
ness?"
Yes. she's graduate and she'll
take good care OF baby; she says no
one shall kiss the baby while shs il
around"
Il guess she's right; wouldn't want
to kiss the baby while she is around"
Houston Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22

Spray celery with Bordeaux mixture,
and later with an ammoniacal copper
carbonate solution (you can buy them
ready for usel, to prevent rust.
Add resin and fish oil to arsenical
and other poisons TO cause them to
stick to cabbage and caulinower plants
Use powder like slug-shot If seek
Ing an easy way to keep potato bugs
in check.
Spray grapes raspberries and beans
with Bordeaux mixture to prevent an
thracnose.
Use ammoniacal copper carbonate so
luton when You want a substitute for
Bordeaux mixture that will not stain.
To revenge yourself ON the cutworm,
use little poisoned bait around each
plant. Mix teaspoonful of paris green
with a cupful Of bran
Dust the gooseberry and currant
bushes with hellebore as soon az the
leaves appear and while wet with dew,
to keep the currant worms in check. A
second application will be needed few
weeks later. Hellebore may also be
used in solution with a small spray
pump.
DO not use arsenate of lead (another
effective remedy for currant worms)
after the fruit begins to form.
Blame the curculio for the plums
which fall early. which are punctured
and show a spot of gum. Circumvent
the curculio by ramming the trees
early in the morning with stout pole
about one end Of which hurlap has
been wrapped. DO this every few days
for several weeks.
XIII the larvae of the coding moth
(the cause of wormy apples) and pre-
vent injury to the fruits from apple
scab and bitter rot by spraying the
trees with Bordeaux mixture contain
ing three pounds of arsenate of lead.
as soon as the petals fall Spray again
every three or four weeks until the
apples are ripe.-Suburban Life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
To Increase Yield of Eggs.

There is nothing that will increase
the egg yield like fresh-cut green
bone. 1t should. however be fed Ju-
diciously, as it is highly nutritious,
and a little goes a good way, but as
supplement TO the daily grain
ration is sure, of bringing good re
suits. 1t should be fed in about the
proportion of one to one and a half
ounces per head, three times a week
1t is advisable to begin on even
smaller amount than one ounce TO
each fowl on the start, and gradually
increase to the maximum amount.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22

OF your aches and pains, your wrongs,
real Or imaginary, you will steadily
lose friends. Even those who take the
most interest and have our welfare
closest to heart cannot stand the strain
Of chronic grumbling. If only as a
sympathy winner-cover up your
troubles. There is no one who gets
more feeling of compassion from her
friends than the woman who has
griefs which she pluckily hides.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
and utmost elegance of

enumeration and utmost elegance Of
line.
Colored foulards with black dot
in place of the more familiar white dot
have found favor in Paris.
A locket down the center of the back
when wearing a low-cut frock will
make the neck look thinner.
Among the novel Paris hosiery there
are black pure thread silk stockings
with insteps worked in colors.
The most popular of the taupes and
smoke grays and those which are most
becoming have slight reddish cast.
There is fringe effect upon the
newest purses Of leather and suede,
and 1t is {. fad to have them of the
shade of the gown.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
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growing rapidly and while 1t Is young
and tender. Hundreds of farm AMI
mails were killed by the acid before the
Nebraska station finally worked out
the processes by which the poison be-
came a menace.
1t is now believed that hydrocyanic
acid is in most plants and has some
thing to do with the gro IA processes,
disappearing when the growth pro-
cesses have been completed. In these
plants it may be brought out again by
fermentation, as In the case OF fer
mented lima beans, tapioca and other
food products that contain at some
stages large quantities of Prussic acid.
Sorghum silage may possibly contain
this acid sometimes in dangerous
amounts.-AgNicultural Epitomist.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22

A drag which will do good work
firming and leveling the soil can be
made by boring holes eighteen inches
from each end of five or six round
poles six feet in length, then strinEing
them on chains by passing the chains
through the holes and letting item
come together in front where the team
Is hitched. This drag will crush clods
as 1t passes over them, firm the soil
and leave it level and smooth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22

Every piece OF work which Is not as
good as you can make II. which you
have palmed of imperfect. meagerly
thought, niggardly in execution. upon
mankind, who is your paymaster on
parole, and in sense your pupil, every
hasty or slovenry or untrue perform
ance should rise up against you In the
court OF your heart and condemn you
for a THEIR. l.. Stevenson.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22

The loss of fat from hand Swimming
will pay for a separator in surprls-
ingiy short time, through batter saved
from the skim milk and through re-
duction in cost of creamer and pans.
We get one other beneft-milk Is
sweet and warm. This is very import
ant in raising calves on skim milk.