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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20
To Probe Both Charges Fully.

At a Wisconsin Methodist Episcopal
conference the charges of Rev. Daniel
Woodward against Rev. S. H. Ander-
son, superintendent of the Oshkosh
district. for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., were
formally presented. In the main
charges are unscriptural and unchris-
tan conduct. the making of false
statements against both F. e. Meow
ern and Daniel Woodward, and the
making of the Methodist church an
organization that takes form its min
listers the right to citizenship. These
main points were followed by large
number of minor ones, all bearing
upon the general charge of maladmin-
istration. Following the reading Of
the charges Rev. F. A. Pease of Osh-
kosh tried to put through a motion
that the charges be not entertained
by the conference, but the motion was
overwhelmingly voted down. This
placed the whole matter before the
conference for trial which must now
proceed according to the disciplinary
rules of the order
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20
To Prepare Manual Teachers.

A new department of manual arts,
devoted to the training of manual
training teachers for high school and
the grades, will be opened at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin this fall Prof.
Fred d. Crawshaw, formerly assistant
director of manual arts at the Bradley
polytechnic institute and recent as
sistant dean Of the college Of engineer
ing of the University of Illinois, will
be in charge of the new department
Courses in woodworking and design
ing, pattern-making, foundry and forge
work, mechanical drawing and con-
struction design, and machine shop
work will be offered A special man
ual training shop has been provided
adjoining the shops OF the college of
engineering.
The new manual arts department
has been established in response to
the increasing demand of public
schools for we'll prepared teachers of
manual training With the rapid de-
velopment of manual training courses
In high schools, exceptional opportuni-
ties are opening to those prepared to
give instruction in this work. Already
a number of advanced students have
Indicated their intention of entering
the new department. A special bulle-
tin Is now in press describing the
character and scope of the work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20
SEND POTATOES TO MARKET
Crop Should Be Graded and Packed
in Barrels as Soon as Possible
After Dug.

Potatoes. although one of the most
important of cur truck crops, are
usually badly handled by the average
grower. Instead of being sent to
market in bulk by the wagon load, po-
tatoes should be graded and packed In
barrels. The packing should be done
as soon as possible after they are dug.
Tor If exposed too much to the sun
hey will become soft and the skin viii
turn green.
1t is a very good plan to grade and
pack potatoes in the field as they are
lifted, although when very large crops
are grown and it is desirable 10 grade
hem more carefully, this can be done
better by first sending them TO the
packing shed, where they can be run
through graders and the work done
more rapidly. 1t is just as important
TO grade potatoes as fruit or any other
vegetables.
Early potatoes should be shipped in
barrels with holes cut in them for
ventilation. and covered with burlap
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20
The Busy Money Changers of New York

the next morning Each bank has a
big drawer in the general post Office.
Messengers Clear this of its letters
every hour all night long. Three thou.
sand letters day is the average mail
of one of these large banks. Two
thirds of it comes in during the night.
These letters, in the case of one of
the biggest of these banks, contain
from $4,000 to 40,0cJ checks and
drafts. At times these Enclosures rep.
resent as much as $4,000, 600. Rare
ly does the total fall below $50 600 600
The letters are opened as fast as
they are received, the checks are
counted. and the totals verified with
the footings OF the lists. The letters
are then stamped. which shows that
they have been proven In" as the
banks call it. After that they are
turned over to the clerks who send
out the formal Acknowledgements OF
the remittances they contain. The
various checks are assorted accord,
ing to the numbers OF the books in
which they are to be entered and
otherwise; the sight drafts are
grouped according to the routes of
the banks messengers, and all is made
ready for turning the nights accumu-
lation over to the day force. so II
NAV be handled by it as expeditiously
as possible.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20
Aged Ice Regarded Safe for Health

old, and when the bacteria are frozen
in it, and have been without air, mo-
ton, warmth and food from four to
five months"
A paper recently sent out with the
Endorsement of the national body of
natural ice dealers says:
THE buyer of ice should really be
as anxious to obtain, and the dealer in
natural ice as quick 10 advertise, that
he sells old ice, as the green grocer
Is to seek trade on the strength of the
freshness of his tomatoes or peas, and
the butter and egg man on his new
laid or freshly made products. Old ice
is pure ice, sterile ice, free from bac-
terra harmful or helpful"
DR.. Edwin Jordan, professor of bac.
teriology in the University of Chicago
and at Rush Medical college, says:
Experiments have shown that
when water freezes the great majority
of typhoid bacteria that it contains
are Immediately destroyed. Those that
survive die off progressively. Accord
ing to Park, not one In a thousand
lives in ice longer than one month,
and at the end of six months all are
dead Relatively few epidemics of ty-
phoid fever have been proved to be due
to the use of ice"
DR.. Charles H. laval, chemist for
the Pennsylvania dairy and food com
mission, said that bacteria can live
without air, and that a temperature
of 50 degrees was not fatal for long
time to many kinds of bacteria.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20
Guard Against Lightning.

1t is a mistake to believe that light
ming rods do not protect buildings.
They do when properly put up, and no
farmer can afford to go without them
unless he chooses to carry his OWE
insurance. In any case, the cost OF
lightning rods is so small compared
TO the protection they give that it is
doubtful whether it is good policy to
take any risks without them. OF
course, we cannot put lightning rods
on hay and grain stacks, but we can
put the hay and grain in our barns
and protect the buildings with light
ming rods
Speaking of lightning, all danger of
death to farm animals coming In con-
tact with fence wires heavily charged
may be avoided by attaching wire
to the strands of the fence for 200 OF
300 feet, running one end of it into
the ground about four feet deep This
will afford an outlet for the electricity
and render the wire fences as safe
as any other
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20

KANSAS CITY, Kan.-The home
N founded by Garry Nation, the Kan
sas Joint smasher." in this city as
refuge for drunkards' wives. will prob
ably be closed and the property re-
turned to Mrs. Nation. The reason
is, there are not enough wives of
drunkards in the largest city of Kan
sas to warrant the continued opera
ton of refuge for them. Mrs. Ma
ton has requested of the Associated
Charities. the organization which is
managing the home. that the proper
ty be decided back to her.
The home has Accommodations for
40 women but there are no drunkards'
wives In Il now. The Associated Char
tiles is using 1t as home for unfor-
tunate and homeless women. About
fifteen women now occupy the home.
Peter w. Goebel. president of the
board of directors of the Associated
Charities, admits that the home is a
failure as far as being a place for the
housing of drunkards' wives.
THAT is the distressing condition
that exists" Mr.. Goebel said. There
is no use in denying 1t. We cannot
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20

PHILADELPHIA Natural Ice
L Association of America, including
dealers in natural ice in Philadelphia,
has begun Campaign of education"
to inform the public that aged ice is
free from bacteria.
Bacteria are the little wigglers in
water that get into the insides of PEG
pie and often give them typhoid, diph-
iberia and other diseases. A quart of
water contains a million or two of
these bacteria. Some of them. not all,
are dangerous to health.
But the natural ice men say-and
they produce scientific argument to
support their assertions-that al
though the bacteria are frozen into
the ice when the water congeals, they
are killed off so rapidly that in "a
hour 80 per cent of them are dead,
and within a few weeks the ice Is
sterile-absolutely free from bacterial
life of any kind.
One Philadelphia natural ice dealer
said recently: Natural ice Is cut in
December, January and February.
Seventy per cent. of it is used between
June and September, when 1t is any
where from sixteen to twenty weeks
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20
LIGHTNING RODS ARE CHEAP
It Is Mistaken Idea to Think That
They Do Not Protect Buildings
Wire Fence Danger.

1t is a mistake to believe that
lightning rods do not protect build
ings. They do when properly put up
and no farmer can afford to go with
out them unless he chooses to carry
his own insurance. In any case the
cost of lightning rods is so small com
pared to the protection they give that
it is doubtful whether it is good poll.
cy to take any risks without them.
OF course we cannot put lightning
rods on hay and grain stacks but we
can put the hay and grain in our
barns and protect the buildings with
lightning rods.
Speaking of lightning, all danger
of death to farm animals coming in
contact with fence wires heavily
charged may be avoided Ivy attaching
wire to the strands of the fence for
two or three hundred feet, running
one end of it into the ground about
four feet deep. This will afford an
outlet for the electricity and render
the wire fences as safe as any other
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20
Many Farmers Attend Meetings.

The farmers demonstration meet
ings and picnics being held this year
at several county and state farms, by
the agonomy department of the Col
lege of Agriculture of the University
of Wisconsin, have been attended by
enthusiastic crowds of farmers of the
various localities. The attendance has
ranged around 300 at each meeting.
and already over 1000 farmers have
been reached by these popular demon
STATIONS of the genefits which the Col
lege of Agriculture can extend to the
farmers who will accept them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20
MANY EXHIBITS
At STATE FAIR
Temporary Housing Arrange
mentS Made.
ADDS TO POULTRY BUILDING
Cattle Breeders to Ask the Legislature
to Authorize Another Building
Large Display of Machinery
Assured.

Madison No state fair ever held in
Wisconsin has opened its gates with
such an overflow of exhibits as the
1910 state fair will.
There is scarcely building on the
grounds capable of holding all of the
exhibits entered, and in several in
stances additions will be necessary,
and temporary housing arrangements
will have tc be provided to take care
of the cattle and manufactured exhib-
its. A temporary addition to the poul-
try building will be completed in time
for the opening.
Another cattle building is required
for the needs of the cattle breeders,
and movement is taking form that
will result in the cattle breeders as
sociations of the state asking the next
legislature to appropriate funds to
build another cattle exposition build
ing of size similar to the present
monster cattle shed, so that one of the
buildings may be used for the exhibit
the other one be turned over to the
breeders and exhibitors of beef cattle
There will be nearly 500 head of cattle
to be cared for.
In the departments of smaller live
stock, sheep, swine and Angora goats,
the same crowded conditions will pre-
vail at this years fair. Tie growth of
exhibits in the sheep, swine and An
CORA goat classes has been phenomenal
and the pens will afford but little COM
fort for the animals during their stay
on the grounds. The erection of
swine judging pavilion during the sum-
mer has greatly added to the convent
ence of interested farmers in this
years swine show, and nearly 100 head
of swine can be on exhibition in the
judging pavilion at a time, and seats
are provided for nearly 1000 persons
David Wedgewood, superintendent of
the machinery department, has plat
ted the old right of way used by the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad, and
also the ten-acre machinery field, and
in addition to these two locations, he
has the new machinery building, 200x
400 feet, crowded to its capacity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20

Anew YORK.-Four big banks In
~ the Wall street district of New
York city resemble the great gold
mines of the west In one striking
feature They have three eight-hour
shifts OF toilers, and the work never
stops One set takes up the routine
where the other leaves of. All night
long. Sundays and holidays, a staff
of men in each of these banks is
busy opening thousands OF letters,
sorting and listing innumerable checks
and drafts that represent fabulous
sums of money. and getting them
ready for the day force, which is the
only one the public comes in contact
with or ever hears about. II this
work we're not carried on necessarily,
the banks would soon be overwhelmed
with a mountainous accumulation of
detail.
Two shifts--the scouting force" as
they call themselves-wo between
five O'Clock in the afternoon and nine
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20
kAR &c
s NOTFS

Let posterity help pay for the roads.
The log drag is the best dirt road
maker.
For successful rotation clover should
be one of the crops.
Careful breeding Is the foundation OF
the best results In bee keeping.
On the farm, the best time to dc
2 thing is just before 1t is needed.
Letting weeds go to seed means that
YOU are laying up trouble for next
year.
II dry weather sets in do not neglect
10 stir the soil and mulch. This is I'm.
portant.
Curing honey simply means
proper evaporation of the water It
contains.
Adjust the knives of the lawn NOW
or to cut within two inches Of the roots
of the grass
Although the watermelon is a sue
culeut fruit, wet is more damaging to
II than drought
Half the plants which refuse to
grow for amateurs are starved to death
or killed by kindness.
Manure will not waste as much
fertility In the field as IT will In the
average farm barnyard.
Cabbage and all other plants of the
cabbage family require very fertile
and cool, moist soil for good growth.
Carrots are splendid for folks who
need iron in their blood. One of the
best ways to get 1t Is to eat these nice
roots.
Sunshine, rainfall and temperature
are three important factors in canta-
loupe culture beyond the control of the
grower.
If your beet rows are too thick. pull
ont some and boil them for greens.
Nothing better in the world for this
purpose
II the potato patch is allowed tc
grow to grass and weeds the potatoes
viii keep better. but the weeds will
seed the patch.
Never save beans for seed from
rusty or diseased pods, and do not sell
them for seed. This same rule applies
m some other seeds.
After the ground is plowed for
wheat ii is a good time to haul out
and scatter all of the manure that II
Is possible to gather up.
Many growers do not attempt to con-
troll the melon aphis. but leave IT to its
natural enemies, of which the lady
beetles are the most important
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20
Meeting Is Largely Attended.

With large attendance of post
masters, their wives and friends from
all over the state, the eighth annual
convention of the Association of Post
masters began at Eau Claire.
President G. G. Cuttings of Racine
presided and delivered an address in
response to Mayor Fleming's we come
The report of Secretary Treasurer E.
S. WEIGH of Eau Claire showed the
membership has made an increase of
forty, three having died during the
year, the present membership being
10 postmasters in the first class, 80
In the second, 151 in the third and
176 in the fourth This includes four
assistant postmasters and two post
Office inspectors.
Distinguished visitors expected here
are o. P. Grandfield, first assistant
postmaster general, and Theodore L.
Weed, chief clerk of the department.
Among those in attendance are: In
spectors j. P. Rietenbach, Green Bay;
e. E. Fraser, La Crosse; H. Ormsby,
Black River Falls; Postmasters o. K.
Anderson, Superior; G. H. Rohr, North
Milwaukee; ]. Cotton, Clintonville;
]. w. Bell, Chetek; E. Marks, Menom-
inee; G. w. Burchard, Fort Atkinson:
c. c. Glass, River Falls, and H. ].
Goddard. Chippewa Falls.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20
SOIL SICKNESS IN GARDENS
Liberal Dressings of Freshly Ground
or SIaked Lime Will Prove an
Excellent Tonic.
(By w. r Gm.RERTN

Complaints are common from COM
paratively small and constantly crop
ped gardens anent the poorness of the
produce. Even such thing as a cab
page is so faint-hearted as to run
away on lanky legs as no well-behaved
cabbage should.
All this is very annoying to those
who take infinite pains with their gar
lens and go to some expense in get
ing reliable seeds All this may
occur, and does occur, wheI7 ample
manure of the barnyard is applied
% keep the soil in fertile condition
It is in fact a kind of soil sickness
which ordinary manure cannot over
come, but actually aggravates.
One sees far less of this in large
gardens for the simple reason that the
larger area gives much wider range
and rotation of cropping, yet even here
comparisons may often be drawn be-
tween the produce of the large areas
and vegetables under field cultivation
TO the distinct advantage of the latter.
There's fortunately an antidote, for
freshly ground or freshly slaked lime
Is an antidote for this. In liberal
dressings 1t will prove a quick and
lasting tonic to the sick soil, and not
only should this be administered when
spring opens, but as far as possible
dressed through crops of cabbage and
similar things during dry day and
lightly hoed in.
When lime can be readily obtained
In the best condition there is really no
excuse for the bad state of things de-
picted, and even if an extra price has
10 be paid it is still the cheapest be-
cause the only satisfactory thing for
the purpose, and whatever may be
spent in ordinary manure, if expended
IN time for several seasons Juld
work wonders.
Doctors differ over the value of
freshly ground lime, and the virtue of
he newly slsked article, the ultra
.austic properties of the former being
by many considered an advantage.
With that I agree, but consider the
advantage is only temporary as with
exposure to the air the shaking Is
thoroughly in evidence.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20
Blanching by Drain Tiles.

drain tile and covering up the top with
a coarse cloth or litter.
Persons contemplating growing Gel
cry for the market should not attempt
to do so Until they have visited one of
the large commercial celery gardens
and learned from observation exactly
how the work of seeding, transplant
ing, cultivating and marketing is done.
But the farmer who simply desires to
grow enough celery for his family
use, may, if he follows instructions,
grow good crops, always providing
that his soil is very rich and well
drained.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20
Official Canvass May Be Delayed.

The board of examiners, consisting
of Secretary of State Frear, State
Treasurer Dahl and Attorney General
Gilbert, will meet to canvass the vote.
This board, while enjoined to do it's
work as expeditiously as possible. may
adjourn for ten days. AS the platform
committee is to meet it is possible
that the filling of the vacancy for at
torney general on the official Repub-
lican ticket.
The general belief here is that the
board of examiners will take advan-
tage of the law giving authority to
adjourn for not to exceed ten days.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20
School Exhibit for State Fair.

John A. Hazelwood. superintend
ene of the educational depart.
ment OF the state fair, began the in
stallation of exhibits in that depart.
ment. Mr.. Hardwood says that the
exhibits are to be superior as to quail
ity and variety.
The interest shown in the depart.
ment by educators has already placed
the building in the inadequate class.
1t is possible that an addition viii
have TO be provided if the educational
features of the fair are to be ex-
panded with the other departments
Mr.. Hardwood has been an indie
fatigable worker in this department
and has had charge of it for the past
five years. He has brought it TO its
high plane as factor in the value
OF the state fair as an educational in
stitution. He is one OF the supporters
of the movement advocating a larger
and better adapted building for the
needs of the present exhibits than
the present one
The regular educational building
will be crowded to the doors with
special and general exhibits of pupils
work in training schools, high schools,
graded and village schools, and the
country schools of the commonwealth.
There will be special displays from
the various counties as a class, as
well as class displays from the normal
schools, country training schools and
city schools.
The rural school building, which is
considered mode for a one depart
ment school, has been more fully and
completely supplied with the essen
tial for the conducting of a country
school. This building will not be
given over for airy exhibits from
schools. The little building nestled in
among the trees, furnishes a pic
turesque and attractive sight.
For several weeks over a score of
carpenters, under the direction of
William Copritz, superintendent of
construction, have been at work put
ting the finishing touches to the big
fireworks spectacle. Pains Last
Days of Pompeii," which is to be the
night attraction at the state fair.
In the construction of this monster
picture, which is more than 80 feet
high and $50 in length, $4,000 feet of
canvas Was used, 80 poles, So feet
high, are necessary to hold it In posi-
ton. Towering in the distance rises
Mount Vesuvius, belching forth smoke
and lava.
Thirty carpenters and painters were
employed nearly three months in build
ing and painting this enormous pic
ture, and 100 men are necessary to
properly erect and handle 1t during
the action Of the spectacle.
Frank Cakes Rose, stage director,
arrived in Milwaukee. Mr.. Rose has
been stage director of Pain enter.
prises for 80 years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-09-20
Many Americans Abroad This Season

Paris to boast of their attractions in
order to lure the American tourist;
Tor itself, it seems content to say:
Here | am, the greatest city in the
world, with unrivaled museums and
picture galleries, not to mention
tailors and dressmakers. Come and
see ne II you want to, but If you don't
want towel, dare say I'll get along
without you"
Berlin and Paris now are in open
competition. Berlin thinks it is a
more fascinating city than Paris and
it intimates that it's night life is far
and away more alluring than Paris.
Paris, despite the moderness of Ber-
lin and its nocturnal brill'ancy con-
tl.,ues to be the Mecca of Americans,
men and women.
The season, both in London and
Paris, this year has been married by
almost constant rain. In London a
cold rain fell daily for almost three
weeks from the middle OF June. The
weather was so chilly that newly ar
rived Americans were compelled to
wear heavy overcoats and wraps
Paris. too, has been rainy and cold
and shopkeepers and restaurant keep
ers complain bitterly of the effects OF
the cold upon their trade.
Thanks to the American invasion
with its train of gold, Parisians have
reason to be fairly glad they are alive.
The cold wet spring AMI early summer
caused immense loss to the dressma
kers, for Parisians didn't by fluffy
slmmer gowns because they couldn't
wear them.
While London has had more than its
share of rain it has not kept Ameri
cans away, because they might be dis
appointed If they found it really wasn't
''rainin' in dear old Lunnon"