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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-09-10

Sold by X. H. TRIMBLE, Monterey, Va.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
WEST NEEDS $4,000 MEN.
Appeals for Harvest Help Heard at
National Capital

Appeals for Harvest Help Heard at
National Capital.
A cry for help to harvest the sea-
sons crops comes from the West to
officials of the Department of Com
merce and Labor in Washington, one
of whose duties is to find employment
wherever possible for the throngs of
aliens who come 10 this country. FIT
ty thousand able-bodied men are want
ed badly by the farmers, says Repre-
sentative Stevens of Minnesota. who
has been in conference with Assistant
Secretary McHarg ard other officials
OF the department Mr. Stevens says
the West is literally begging for help
to gather the large wheat and other
crops
Although the officials are more than
willing to assist, they are not able to
do much because of the almost pelEi-
less conditions OF nany immigrants.
Mr.. McHarg is heartily in favor of
the suggestion of Commissioner VIII
Jams at the Ellis Island station that
immigrants should possess at least $25
on lanaing to prevent their becoming
public charges. He believes that the
problem of relieving the congested
cer ters could be solved by the rail-
roads If they offered to transport pas
sengers at actual cost to sections
where profitable employment could be
found. The railroads would profit in
the end, he declares, because they
would carry back the product of the
aliens labor
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
FRIGID REMEMBRANCEs.
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The contrast between the life of the
young in the twentieth and in the
early part of the nineteenth century
is most striking. and one wonders
how the Scotch children OF former
times survived their early training.
Lady Richie gives In "Blaekstick Pa
pers" a description of home life In
Scotland in 1906, which she took from
the Memoirs of a Highland Lady
Although seldom ailing. we Inherit
ed a delicacy of constitution, demand
ing great care during our infancy. In
those days it was the fashion to take
no care of It. All children alike were
plunged into the coolest water, sent
abroad In the worst weather, fed on
the same food; our life was one long
misery.
In town a large, long tub stood in
the kitchen court, the ice on the top
of which had often to be broken be-
fore our horrid plunge into 1t. We
were brought down from the very top
of the house, four pairs of stairs, with
only q cotton cloak over our night
gowns, just to chill US completely be-
fore the dreadful shock. How l
screamed. begged. prayed. entreated to
., saved! All no use!
Nearly senseless, 1 have been TAX
en- TO the housekeeper's room, which
was always warm. TO be dried. Re-
vived by the fire. we were enabled to
endure the next bit of martyrdom. an
hour upon the low sofa. our books in
our hands. while our cold breakfast
was preparing My stomach rejecting
milk. bread and tears generally did
for me-"
Six years later In the Highland
home austerities seem still part OF
the education.
in winter we rose without candle
or fire or warm water and really in
the Highland winters, when the breath
froze on the sheets and the water in
the jugs became cakes of Ice, wash
ing was very cruel necessity.
AS we could play our scales In the
dark. the two pianofortes and the harp
began the days work How very near
crying was the one whose turn set her
at the harp, The strings cut the poor.
cold fingers. Martyr the fist sat in
the dining-room at the harp; martyr
the second put her blue fingers on the
keys of the grand piano-forte In the
drawing-room."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

Is rremediate treach she naturally takes her daugh
ters side of the she Is apt do her best to
heal It, Besides, In time of trouble who Is ready
to help and to comfort the wifes mother?
The prejudice against mothersinlaw is modern one.
for which Thackeray is largely responsible The moth
ersin-aw whom he portrays drawn with lampblack
and acid. and II Is difficult to how any man. though
endowed with the patience Of job could dwell in
and harmony with such those whom he In
ficted upon Give Newcome and Philip But Mrs Mac
ienze and Mrs. Baynes unusual let US hops as
improbable. as any of the villains of fiction and 1t is
grossly unfair to accept them normal types. Just
why Thackeray, whose written cynicism in the main
was kindly and who in social intercourse among
the most genial of men, should have
towards mothers nlaw Is hard to guess Certainly it
was not from personal experience, since his wife had
long been an orphan when he married her
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

The loss of employment through the
contraction in industrial output as an
incident of the dull times of the past
two years has led thousands of ~~r,
men to listen to the call Of the soil.
To be a high salaried employe when
business is booming is one picture and
to walk the earth seeking employment
and finding none Is quite another side
of a mechanics condition. While min
ing and manufacture have been great
ly reduced in the magnitude of opera
lions, there has been no cessation OF
activities on the farm. Everywhere In
the past two seasons farmers have not
only produced bountiful harvests, but
all the products of the farm have sold
at good prices.
The movement of population to the
farms Is reported to have been Of
extraordinary proportions during tbs
mast twelve months. Several goven-
ment reservations have been opened
for settlement and in some instances
the commemorative have extended pay
ments of land over period Of forty
years. West, south and southwest
there has been an extraordinary move
ment from congested cities to rural
districts In answer to the call Of the
soil. Probably so per cent OF the PEG
Die who are making new homes In the
country are unfamiliar with agricul-
ture. but they possess the courage TO
try to become successful farmers 9th
ers have migrated to the country,
where no man is compelled to stand
idle in the market place because no
one gives him employmnt
Agriculture is now recognized as the
nations leading industry. as the an
nual output Of the farms has attained
a value Of 5000 200. 900. The major
ity OF the exodus from cities TO locali-
ties west OF the Mississippi win devote
their energies TO agriculture. While
the government practically has no
more land to give 10 settlers. there
are plenty Of large unimproved agrk
cultural districts to supply urgent de-
nland for small farms With prices at
their present high level agriculture
has become the most stable and profit
able Of all the professions. The rapid
increase Of the nonagricultural popu.
lation is one Of the primary causes OF
present high prices for farm products
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
A Vegetable Cow.

The Japanese have discovered n
very cheap and good substitute for
the mitch COW in the form of tiny
bean. The Juice extracted by a spe-
cial process from the bean Is said to
be ea excellent vegetable milk, the
properties of which render 1t highly
suitable for use in tropical countries.
The preparation is obtained from
the Sofa bean. member OF the legu-
minous family of plants. and a very
popular article of food among the
poorer classes of Chinese and Jana
nese In making the vegetable milk
the beans are first of all softened bv
soaking and are then pressed and
boiled In water The resultant LIQUID
is exactly similar to cows milk In an
pearance. but is entirely different In
its composition. This Sofa bean milk
contains 92.5 per cent water, 500 per
cent protein. 2.13 per cent fat. o.Os
per cent fibre. 1.SS per cent non
heterogeneous substances and 0.41 per
cent ash. Some sugar and q little
phosphate of potassium are added In
order to prevent the elimination of
the albumen. and then the mixture is
boiled down till substance like con-
densed milk is obtained. This con
densed vegetable milk" is OF yellow.
ish color and has a very pleasant
taste, hardly to be distinguished from
that of real cows milk.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
HUNTING THE SEA ELEPHANT
Some of the Dangers Encountered
from the Bulls Terrible Jaws,

Some of the Dangers Encountered
from the Bulls Terrible Jaws.
The chief danger attending the kill
ing OF the sea elephant is In approach
ing too near his terrible jaws, which
are capable of biting in two an iro,
rod the thickness of ones finger, saw
Capt. Benjamin d. Cleveland in Hamp
tons Magazine. The hunter, how
ever. must get pretty close. as tn,
thick hide and blubber render tn.
animal practically impervious to at
tack, the only vulnerable point bein,
spot about the size of walnut abov,
each eye. Careless hunters have al
times got within reach of the brute,
teeth and have escaped only by dex
terously wriggling from their clothes
had occasion once to shed my coat
with great agility, one of the smaller
beasts having caught me by the sleeve
Our afternoon kill had been about
forty animals, some of which haG
given me and my four hunters con
siderable trouble. This was mainly
due to the treacherous footing ane
the heavy nature of the work. not only
in killing but in stripping the pom
derous brutes. We were anxious t.
make the afternoon kill an even fifty
and night was fast coming on.
In cutting out two particularly hart
fighters. a male and female. | hae
overlooked young bull partly bidder
behind an Ice hummock. We hae
stripped both animals and. walking
over to the hummock where our guns
were stacked, l was leaning to pick
mine up when, with below Of rage
the young bull reared and whipped his
fiail-like fiippers at me- Luckily the
guns were stacked so as to form 8
temporary barrier. but unluckily one
thick paw was impaled on bayonet
Rearing in fresh rage, the animal
lunged at me with Incredible speed
snapped the gun between his javelir
teeth as though 1t we're a straw.
leaped backward. but slipped.
Instantly he clutched at my body
but missed in the semi-darkness, lung
ed and clutched again. catching my
right arm in his powerful Jaw. His
awkwardness enabled me to regain my
feet. but, with ripping tug. the
animal fastened on to the sleeve Of my
heavy skin jacket. out OF which j
slipped Just as one of my men drove
harpoon into him Just above the
eye.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
SOME MARRIED MEDITATIoNs
~~~~~~~~~~
BY Clarence L. Cullen.

Many a woman who imagines that
she is the apple of her husbands eye
is really only the crabapple of his Wis
ion.
small boy with his first drum isn't
In 1t as a nuisance with the womali
that develops what she thinks is tai
<nt for sarcasm.
You don't know what being in bad
means until your wife becomes ac-
qualnted with a bunch of women who
can easily afford to pay 500 apiece for
their hats.
When you hear hatchet-faced, vim
egar-mouthed woman exclaim "All
men are devils" don't you wonder
what facilities she ever possessed for
dnuing al at out?
Aft r d.. - comes, a woman real
ICES that the lesson in patience she
had to learn to get along with her hus-
band was only the of what she
had to learn later.
When man Is a nagger he general
ly knows 1t and has his moments OF
self-contempt. But when a woman is
a termagapt she goes to her grave
without ever finding 1t out.
We know a male jellyfish who is i'm
beetle enough to permit his wife to
make him eat onions, although he de-
spises them and they like him not, just
because she herself wants to eat a
mess of them.
Why is Ii that woman will begin.
at the breakfast table, to tell her hus-
band an interminable, intricate, and
meaningless dream that she has had
when she knows that he is already
twenty minutes behind his of1ice-reach-
dng schedule7
The soured old harpies who buzz
around young women and advise them
to take the reins from the start
never by any chance go through with
1t and elucidate how they themselves
made out at that personally conducted
reins-handling Job.
Why Is 1t that when a woman N,
the public eye, whose reputation al.
ways has DcSH COHSlueTeU uDlmpeucl-
able-a certain noted female singer
say-gets her name dragged into d.
vorce case the women who read about
1T generally appear TO be oh-so-gladdy-
glndl
When two or three over-indulged
women who pretend to believe that
their husbands mistreat them get to-
gether at a shopping luncheon, the en-
suing rataplan makes blank cart
ridge skirmish drill sound by compari-
son like the rustling of autumnal
zephyrs among dead leaves.
The self-same woman, whose hus
band always takes off her shoes when
she returns from wholly unnecessary
day of shop-gadding. generally is the
one who says to her woman cronies.
Deed I've got a picture OF myself
pressing my husbands trousers
huh!'
I'D rather die or work In some
0ody's kitchen than take cent ~
your detestable money! is what they
all say while the details of the mn
tual agreement divorce are being ar
ranged. But when the decree Is hand
ed down they line up greedily at the
alimony counter all the same.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
ST. VITUS DANCE CURED.
Have You Child Afflicted With 81
Vitus Dance?
CLARK'S NERVE TONIC
Effects a Positive Cure In all Gases

II is equally effective in relieving ner-
vous prostration, extreme nervousness
and other forms Of nerve arrangement.
Is also an excellent general restorative
in all cases where the system is in a run
down condition. 1t has recently cured
several cases of epilepsy and sciatio
rheumatism. Clark's special will
promptly relieve and effect a perma-
nent cure for bed wetting.
Prepared under the formulate OF the
late DIR. K. g. Clark and for sale by G.
". Clark, 10 Adrian ST., Wausau, Wis,
which is in second block south OF vii.
liams St, to whom all letters and mail
orders should be sent. Is also for sale
at fhilbrick's east and west side drug
stores. i25-tf
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

More than 100000 birds of different
varieties that breed on the islands OF
the Gulf of Mexico were destroyed by
the heavy seas that followed high
winds, according to Frank n. Miller,
president of the Louisiana game COM
mission.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
sweet Corn.


There are few better vegetables
grown for home use or for market
than sugar corn. A succession of plant
ings of 1t should be In every farm gar
den. Our personal preference Is for
medium sized to large varieties. says
the Weekly Inter-Ocean and Farmer.
For rapid growth and early matur-
fly the soil for sweet corn should be
mellow and very rich. 1t Is impossible
to get the soil too rich. and the great
er variety OF fertilizers that can be
used the better To an abundance Of
stable manure should be added lib
eral amount Of poultry droppings.
wood ashes and bone meal. Harrow,
disk and cultivate all of the fertiliz-
ers well into the soil so that the soil
and fertilizers will be in even and fine
mixture. After the sweet corn Is up.
stable manure may be sprinkled on this
surface between the rows and lightly
cultivated for surface mulch. In dry
weather this surface manure will act
as a mulch to hold moisture and In
rainy times its richness Will be dis
solved out and carried to the roots Of
the growing corn as liquid fertilizer.
Make the first planting of sweet
corn in the very warmest Of the gard
en- soil, as the seeds will quickly rot
in cold soil However, If the first
planting rots, replanting can easily be
done Begin cultivation just as soon
as the corn appears above the ground
or give 1t a narrowing before 1t is up.
Let the shovels Of the cultivator run
deep for the frst time until the plants
are about foot high, after which cul-
tivate only two or three inches deep.
Do not be afraid of cultivating too
often, for stirring and mixing the coil
and keeping down weeds are the max
ing of a good crop.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
NEAL. BROWN L. A. PRADT C. S. GILBERT
ABSTRACTS

We have the only abstract Of Marathon
county. We have thoroughly qualified
abStractor, and make abstracts at reason
able prices. We are responsible for all
abstracts made by us and guarantee tina,
they show the condition Of the title proper
ly as it appears on record.
An abstract Of title is useful il you de-
sire to sell or mortgage your property and
is very valuable in ascertaining detects in
your title that can be easily remedied. and
yet might be sufficient to spoil a SALE Y
you desire an abstract Of the title to your
property. call and see us.
Wausau Law & Land Association
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

Many men of national prominence
will attend the convention to be held
in Jacksonville, Fla, next November
and advocate the projects that have re-
ceived the endorsement of the Mis-
sissippi to the Atlantic Inland Water
way Association.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

Fifty quinine pills swallowed by
John Drake, 4-year-old son of Cecil
Drake, of Newton, N. j., caused the
child's death in a few minutes. The
baby found the pills in his fathers
pocket and ran with them into the
yard and ate them before they could
be taken away.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

The Norwegian sloop Gioa. in which
Capt. Raold Amundsen sailed through
the northwest passage several years
ago, will be beached at San Francisco
and will remain there as a monument
to the explorer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

expected she usually is anxious that in the
world 1t should appear satisfactory, and to this end
earnestly and steadfastly she endeavors to show
soninlaw in the most favorable light to outsiders
Therefore, II the mother-in-aw have ordinary
common sense she will for the love which she bears
her daughter her to do her best to please
he husband and to retain his affection
sometimes is pitful to womans efforts to pla
cate cantankerous soninaw. and although when there
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
Oshkosh Has 100000 Fire

A loss of 100000 was caused by a
fire which destroyed the greater part
of the yards Of the Foster Lothman
Lumber Company in Oshkosh. 1t is
estimated that 1925, 900 feet of lumber
was destroyed. The fire is believed to
be of incendiary origin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

Mrs. Sophie Straber, wife of George
Straber. an importer of Duane street,
New York, was shot and instantly kill
ed in her home in Flatbush, L. l.,
while aiding her son in struggle
with burglar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
Farm Hand Is Killed by BuIr

w. T. Drummond, farm hand en-
ployed by S. A. Pinkham, of Santa
Barbara, Cal, was killed by Pink
hams bull Dudley, the winner of many
blue ribbons and the first Ayrshire
bull imported into California from
Canada.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
BALLS 200 Feet. but Lives.

Falling 200 feet down Mount Tim
panogas, in Provo Canyon, Utah, t.
A. Davoud, an electrical engineer, EN-
ployed at the Telluride Power plant,
escaped with two scalp wounds and
minor inJul ies, from which he will
probably recover.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
Rosa Noucbett. Carey Dies.

Rosa Nouchette Carey, novelist, lied
onday. She began as novelist in
1868. Among her many works were
Robert Ords Atonement," Not Like
Other Girls" "Other Peoples Lives
and "The Highway of Fate
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27


safety appliances
their methods than
one
107 their
More than this the English railroads had
accident, of the respectable
All In
the relative
The United States has almost exactly
Britain Our freight mileage which
accidents twice
powerful freight
danger be the
Kingdom least 1.
On calculation of this should have
AS matter of half the number
bad afte
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
Manuel to Arrange wedding.

King Manuel of Portugal is to make
trip abroad in the autumn, and y is
understood his purpose is to arrange
for his marriage with Princess Alex
andra, daughter of the Duke of Fife.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

Train Kills Largest U. $. Soldier.
Private George A. Hedgepath was
killed at Fort Monroe. Va, by falling
beneath a train. Hedgepath weighed
S19 pounds and was the largest man
in the army.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
MoTHERs-N-LAw MOST MAuGKED OF ALL.
BY Helen OIdfeId.

Probably no class Of persons are so much
and so persistently misrepresented and ma
ligned as are mothers-in-law.
AS rule. women are pleased to have their
daughters marry WE'LL the matchmaking
mother ia as common subject for joke as
Is the Objectionable inother-in-law. II after
marriage 1t turns out that the match is not
all that the wifes mother wished for and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
Chino Accent. G. r. Crane,

The Chinece government has accept
ed Charles R. Crane, Chicago business
man, as minister from the United
States. Mr.. Crane, it announces, will
be entirely satisfactory, although he is
not diplomat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
Otsaster I'm m Prussian Mine

Firedamp exploded in a mine at
Mansfield, Prussia. Three dead and
many unconscious miners have been
taken out 1t is not known how many
still are in the mine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

The chamber of commerce of Wash
ington has presented President Taft
with a card of membership, inclosed
in a gold case
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

There is an epidemic of hydropho-
bia among the dogs at Estherwood.
La. Oil gases and hot steam are
blamed for the epidemic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
A Hint TO Incubator Users.

On farms the hen that steals der
nest" usually comes out with a uni
form lot of strong. healthy chicka
The reason lies in the fact that the
eggs are uniform, being all her own.
There Is a little litter between the
eggs apd the ground, furnishing
proper moisture for tie eggs. II the
incubator user would have the same
success he should see that the eggs
are all uniform and the machine is
properly ventilated and the eggs re-
ceive the proper amount of moisture.
The breeding pen should be a good
one. 1t should have a shady run and
a sunny side as well. Preferably 1t
should have some green growing grass
or shrubbery. Hens that are expected
to produce hatchable eggs should be
well cared for. They should be made
comfortable and should be given plen-
ty of healthful exercise In the open
air. An egg that is strongly fortified
will hatch a strong chick that will
be more apt to be raised to maturity.
Good matches begin with proper con-
dition of the hens in the breeding pen
before the eggs are laid-Ex.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

Take an ordinary baking pan and
have the tinsmith rsvet on an ear
on one side for mailing to tree.
Have him also make . hole In the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

Fire which started in l.. H. Miller's
department store in Masontown, w.
Va, destroyed the Fanston and Mad
das blocks, causing loss estimated at
$40 900
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

Occasionally you meet an ugly won
an who decides that she viii be SO
amiable and helpful that people won't
notice her ugliness.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

FORMER mIcntSan WAN hanBeu.
William Hampton, formerly of Ish-
peming, Mich, was hanged at the Jail
in Bodmin, England, for the murder of
his sweetheart, Emily Tredres, at St.
Firth, May 2 last
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

After nearly zoo years the first
statue Of BienvilIe. founder of New
Orleans, is to be placed in one of the
public squares Of that city.