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1T REALLY WAS WARM
Incident Related by Mr.. Blngs Put
an End to the Hot Weather
Stories.

Hot in BRAZIL" said the young
mar who had just returned from a
trip to South America, according to
the Chicago Daily News. We'll,
should say so. Do you know, for days
at time we couldn't take our after
dinner siesta on account of the pc
culiar noises" What noises?" asked
the blonde stenographer, innocently.
why, the coffee popping on the trees.
You see, the sun was so hot the grains
Just roasted before they were picked"
The old traveller yawned. Rather
warm down there, bub," he rejoined,
laconically, but when l was down
there you couldn't sleep at night
Every once n a while there would
sound the most extraordinary crack.
ling noise that ever fell upon the hu.
man ear" What were the sounds
Mr. Bings?" And Mr.. Bings yawned
again and replied: The rubber trees
stretching themselves"
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shlIIaIah stIh Useful.

The shillalah, which showed at
Louth that 1t has not entirely lost It's
old Importance as a factor iii deciding
elections, is no raw limb Of tree.
1t is almost as much a work of art as
we'll balanced cricket bat. Tie old
shillalahs were as carefully looked
after by their loving owners as Is q
rife In the wilds. Cut from the stur-
diest of young blackthorns, anu show
ing as little taper as an ebony ruler.
it was weighted with lead or iron at
the end nearest the grip, so that It's
center OF gravity was about four
fifths of the way from the hitting end.
When properly seasoned by being
kept in the neighborhood of the farm
oven for few months. 1t became a
thing Of supple steel. Ard the proper
pronunciation of the name of this
fearsome weapon is the melodious one
OF "shill-ally," with the accent on the
''an. "-London Chronicle.
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time for the third race and ! men
toned Eppy Grams as being a faEcy
bit of pipe
Just about that tine l found myself
Al front of keys come-on camp, So |
halted and began to dig for some
dough.
How do you do.- | heard Uncle
Peter exciaim as he got flash of
key. You're the young man l met
while gas with Mr.. Lawrence, and
l promised to do some business with
you, didn't II"
key spread out grin and an
swered. Yes, sir, Mr.. Grant"
What is the name of your choice,
Mr.. Dodd?" Uncle Peter inquired
turning to me.
"Eppy Grams" answered;
friend of mine down Swampscott
way hear'n tell as how that colt is
Eastern etreak of homemade
lightnin', so reckon I'm about due to
peel off ten dollars and plant it whar
Eppy Grams can make it grow"
| read the lines for keys benefit
and / certainly had him on the ropes.
The first sentence gave him an attack
of cholera morbus and when Uncle
Peter asked for the odds 1t was all
key could do to get back in time to
answer
Uncle Peter placed hundred on
Eppy Grams at to / and after ex-
pressing a desire to see more OF me
he babe .'Mr. Dodd" good-by and
rolled off to watch the race.
key asked me where Bunch was
and then it suddenly occurred to RE
that / hadn't kept the appointment.
| hustled around to locate my COLI
panion in the life saving business but
not a sign of him anywhere until pres
emily, attracted by a crowd over near
the gate, / rubbered through and
picture!
In the center of the crowd stood the
sullen Bunch surrounded by six or
seven real Dagc boot-doctors, ali ges-
ticulating and giving my friendless
pal the double cross in Italian.
The biggest member and leader OF
the besieging party had worn his ton
sils down coaxing DanIh to hght 1t
out, but the latter STOOD there wild
eyed and silent.
Bunch realized that II it csme to
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SOLONS TO HEAR ROOSEVELT
invitation to Deliver Address Before
Wisconsin Legislature Accepted
by Former President.

Observation-Disclosures Roosevelt, on
April Is, will deliver at least one
and probably two speeches, here.
President Van Hise of the University
of Wisconsin, and Speaker Ingram
of the assembly, by means of tele-
grams, have secured the consent of
the former president to visit Madi-
son on his way to New York from
the Pacific coast.
The present plans include speech
to the legislature in the assembly
chamber, to which only special guests
of the members will be invited. After
the speech in the assembly the for
mer president is expected to be con-
veyed to the university gymnasium
where he will find a thousand stu
dents and townspeople to hear him
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introduced Underwent Initiation Flying

blows the first crack would change
his complexion and he'd probably
get pinched as suspicious character,
so he had tc stand there aad let those
Guinea shoe-beaters shower verbal
spaghetti all over him.
l knew that if | interfered logged
up in the Reub harness I'd oaly make
matters worse, but | was just going
to take a chance when a track Cop
pushed through the crowd aid in.
CURED for particulars.
"Onea beega slob!" the leading
man in the Dago troupe yelledi che
makea de cheap shine; beega slor!"
mo gotta da Union card!" yelled
another native of Palermo.
OH oh. | could feel the loud laugh
on Bunch creeping to the surface.
Delighted with the ingenuity of his
disguise he had danced into the arena
but no sooner did the regulars in the
boot-shining industry get a peep at
the luckless Bunch than they held
him up as a non-union man and Q
, scab.
OH Oh!
"onea beega slob! makea da pinch!
makea da pinch" the Dagos yelled
In unison and 1t was up to Mr.. Cop
| to get busy
What dye mean by buttin' in
here?" the Cop asked, but Bunch
didn't dare open his mouth and dis.
! play his assortment Of phony Italian.
Get out OF here, We cheap skate. "
the Cop yelled, grabbing Bunch by
| the gate. What dye mean by cut
tin prices and tryin to become a
Pierpint Morgan at the expense of
/ these regular shines?"
The Dagos yelled with delight, and
| | ducked so as not to add to Bunch's
misery by letting him get a peep al
| me.
But, oh. OH what horse on my
college chum!
Now get out of here" commanded
push through the gate, and stay out
We Guinea slob!"
The patentleather Founders OF. the
inside screamed with joy as the inter
loper went bouncing out OF theii
Eden. Bunch turned Sngrily and wss
about to speak, but suddenly changed
/ his mind and rushed of in the direc.
ton of the hotel.
When | got back to key the race
was over. Eppy Grams win and the
delighted Uncle Peter cashed in amid
great applause from himself.
Uncle Peter saw me and wanted to
buy me a box OF cigars but / excused
myself and he rushed OF. flooding the
| earth with joyous chuckles.
Making an appointment with key
for the morning l hurried to join the
| disgruntled Bunch.
OH Oh,
When | found him be consisted OF
one large sore SPOT
Oh!
Copyright by G. w DilmnghAn Coz
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unselfish efforts We had pulled him
out of the clutches OF the Grabheimer
gang. end had saved loyable old Aunt
Martha from the distress of having
TO go to work in cigar factory in
her old age.
Sure thing, We were two good
boys to do this kindly deed.
And so a few minutes later there
issued from Zurberg's hotel a Dagc
bootblack and Long Island Reub-
a catchy pair, believe me,
key had gone on ahead to take
down the shutters. He had full in
structions how to break into Uncle
Peters good grsces and tie up to the
old fellows star. We we're 10 play
soft music around the fringe of so
ciety and try TO push my spendthrift
relative over against the philanthro-
pic brace game. but under no circum-
stances were we TO crony up to Ikey,
unless he yelled for financial help. a
contingency TO be carefully guarded
against by all OF US.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04

Bunch and | had schemed to dis
guise ourselves and lead Uncle Peter
up to our own specially engaged book
maker, key Schwartz, at the race
track, In order to conserve the coin
he was losing by betting OF the
ponies.
Uncle Peter left Ruraldene quite
early on the day of the race and an
hour or two later / met Bunch at
Bunch had engaged a room and was
in there unpacking a trunk when
snSwered roll call
What's the deal with the duds?" l
inquired as he hauled lot of farce
comedy clothes out of the kick and
tossed them on the chairs
These are for the makeup" he
answered. You don't suppose we're
going to pull this play off in straight
face, do you? Bite into the strych-
nine, John, and get nervous get
nervous"
Bunch was General Jackson at the
head of the brigade for sure, and the
busy Uncle Peter was astonishing.
What am I supposed to play in
this production" l asked, as | gave
the laugh-rags the freely look over.
Well" replied Bunch, lin the old
college days you were considered one
of our best little smile-pullers. In
those days you were rated high as a
comical cuss when it came to acting
out, 30 you for the little bunch of
Billallys on the chin, and do a Reub!"
Il DO Reubi" l gasped. Am l
supposed to put on the Keokuk coat
and the Piketown pants and chew hay
around the track all day."
Say, is Uncle Peter your relative
or miner" Bunch came back. Are
you going to back pedal now when
the show is ready tc open? If you
want to save this money-spilling old
GaZiZZum you'll have to roll up the
sleeves and play ball. tell you those.
How are you going to tout him up to
our counter 80 we can get his coin
If you don't wear the binders, huh ?"
And what fat part have you cast
yourself for?" | asked, more than
half way inclined to let Uncle Peter
so the whole distance on the Per
dition pike.
why I'm going to do Dago boot.
black Bunch replied, I've got all the
goods right here Say! this whole
scheme hits me just about right. /
anticipate rolling up large bundle of
laughs. and, besides, doing that fool
ish old man a big favor Say, John,
can you catch me shining old Uncle
Peters shoes and steering him on to
a sure thing, eh, what? It's a pipe,
that's all It is"
Bunch's enthusiasm soon dispelled
all my doubts and in a minute we
were into the details of our makeup.
Presently key schwartz called as per
agreement with Bunch and we went
over the whole plan. Bunch had
enough dough in the overalls to
square things in case anybody caught
key with long shot, but the latter
promised to make the prices so unin-
viting to outsiders that there would
be nothing doing around the bazaar,
except for Uncle Peter.
It looked like cinch trimmed with
pansies.
All we had to do was to coax Uncle
Peter up to the receiving teller and
hold him there till he had headache
In the bank account. Then we'd lead
him out in a vacant lot somewhere,
preach him few lines on the evils
of the betting ring. and give him
sack his faded cush.
In my minds eye | could see CRATE
full Uncle Peter falling upon our
nscks and blessing Us in seven differ
ent languages because through our
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04

The hen can put nothing into tne
eSp that she has not eaten
hen that is laying requires more
finds of food than does a COW In pro-
aucing milk
Once YOU get q farmer to see where
,ns nrofit comes in, be becomes inter
ested in poultry
The south African government en-
nlovs a veterinarian TO study the dis
eases Of ostriches.
Tvo-year-old gobblers with puiiets
or yearling gobbler with two-year-oid
hens Is good mating
Do not close the windows until the
wsather gets real cold This advice
,srtains to the hen house and not
mans house.
The incubator VIII hatch chickens
avery three weeks, h1t II takes six
ysaIx before chicks can gel along
xsrv veil without q orooder-
Tna hem seals up her product In
.hsr, and this and the yolk demand
sunnlv of mineral matters
On the firm there is no branch OF
,he work that yields surer pront, or
= readier profit than poultry.
No Farm. today. he's ifs necessary
.o,,s-r.ent until II has one or more
vood ,ncubators and breeders
The best trap nest, and the only
practicable one. Is that In which the
hen shuts the door as she enters
In a natural state the hen is omniv-
erous eating ali kinds OF animal and
vegetable products. and this demand
requires q variety OF supply.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04
CLEAN ELECTIONS
AIM OF NEW BILL
CORRUPT PRACTICES MEASURE
CONTAINS ORIGINAL FEA-
TuRES OF IMPORTANCE.
is ENDORSED BY GOVERNOR
Pamphlet Issued at State Expense,
to Sea Forth Party Platforms and
History and Political Records OF
Candidates Is Among Provisions.

Madison.-A new corrupt practices
bill embodying several new and inn
portant provisions has been given the
final touches by the committee on
elections, and reported to the assem-
bly,. The measure is a substitute for
the corrupt practice bills of Assem-
blymen Clark and Kay and of Sena-
tor Hustfng In the conferences on
the bill the committee has he the
advice of Gov. MeGovern. Lieut.. Gov.
Thomas Morris, Senator Husting and
others, and it may be taken to rep
resent the executives views or the
subject.
The present bills upon The subject
are devoid of several of the features
of the substitute. One provision will
be the publication OF a booklet for
state office candidates only, in the
bills present shape, but which may
be inclusive of senator's, assembly
men and congressman in the final
draft.
This pamphlet, to be published at
state expense. will contain statements
about the candidates life, his per-
sonal Platform, his attitude toward
public interests, etc. Furthermore,
and as marking the effectiveness of
the proposed law, it il to be provided
that such statements must be made
under oath
Limitations as to the amount a
candidate may expend in primary and
election campaigns will be an impor-
tant feature of the act. Weekly re-
ports on expenditures must be made
by the candidate, his committee or
manager
A provision as yet untried any
where makes candidate elected
through corrupt practices. in viola
tior of this act, subject to disquali-
fication. On petition through legal
channels, candidate so violating the
law may be brought before circuit
court to be tried by the judge in
chambers in or out of term, for fail
ure to abide by the law in the above
respect. This disqualification liabil-
ity is in addition to the liability to
criminal prosecution, and makes the
corrupt practices act as nearly abso-
lutely protective of the interests of
justice in elections as can well be con-
ceived.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04

warmest verbal remonstrance l ever
listened to.
With his first word 1 turned and
recognized my old friend, the Ken
lucky horse trainer, Murf Higginbot-
tom.
"Yo' all cert'nly should know that
my stomach amt no place for yo' ell
bow, subj" he expostulated. Amt
they room enough in this big world,
sub, for yo elbow without decorating
my personal property? l don't know
much about medicine, sub, but | know
enough to tell yo' all that a strangers
elbow amt got any business in my
stomach, subj"
I tried to apologize for bombarding
his Little Mary, but Murf was sore
all over.
'Yo' all can't cut a gully through
my right of way, sub, and then square
yo' self by laying the blame to acct
dent, subj Murf spluttered. Il made
1t rule all my life, sub, to bump
them that bump me, and il 20 all has
any Of the true ge'man in yo', sub,
yo' best follow me to a quiet spot
and get yo' bump, subj"
Then | leaned over and whispered
the pass word in Murfs ear. He
jumped as though shot and looked at
me keenly. Then he cracked open a
! loud laugh and asked for the particu-
lars.
"Yo' all cert'nly did fool yo' obedi-
ent servant" Murf chuekled. And
I'm sholy glad 20 didn't follow me to
quiet spot because yo' all was
cert'nly due to get bumped, John. yo'
| cert'nly wasi"
Well go to the quiet spot anyway,
| Murf," | said, Il must put you wise
to the vaudeville act Pm playing and
get your help to win out"
When | explained the whole situa-
ton to Murf he laughed till thought
his mind would explode
when | fuss met yo' Uncle Peter"
he managed to gasp after a bit: I'VE
| didn't cotton much to each othah, but
when | got to know him bettah, sub
| | felt more kindly disposed. and late-
we got TO be fuss class friends. II |
can do anything to help yo' all save
yo' Uncle Peter from beating his
money to death command me. subj"
"All | want you to do, Murf,"
answered, lis TO introduce me to
Uncle Peter as Hiram Dodd, a friend
of yours from Swampscott. Conn.
and give me the name of likely win
ner In the third race this afternoon. ]
want to firmly establish my friend
ship with Uncle Peter by handing him
a winner. first crack out OF the box
Are you next. Murf9"
Il cert'nly follow 20 all closely. all
the way around" Murf answered
Tell him to lay few dollars on
Eppy Grams in the third race-it
sholy looks like the money. subj,
We strolled around a bit and pres
emily ran across Uncle Peter who
recognized Murf and greeted him eff
fusively
| was introduced and underwent the
initiation with flying colors Uncle
Peter played me for Hiram Dodd tC
the lint, eyen going so fer as 10 tel
me he Snew several members OF tbs
Dodd family in Connecticut
Murf excused himself and by easl
stages | led my esseep1ed Uncle
around TO the horses. Il was abou
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04
Keep Watch on tho TubercuIous.

The Italian government. on account
of the number of tuberculosis cases
among the Italian emigrants sent back
from America, has appointed boards OF
examiners in the seaports. whose duty
it is to report the arrival of tubercu-
lous persons. These are then kept I'M
der observation in those places where
they settle. to prevent further spread
of the disease. The erection OF new
sanitoria and other tuberculosis insti-
tutions is being urged in Italy. and
the number OF beds for consumptives
has been considerably increased in diff.
ferent places.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04
standard Varieties Of Ducks.

There are twelve standard varieties
of ducks raised In this country. as fol-
lows: The White Pektn. White Ayies-
bury, Colored Rouen, Black Cayuga.
Coiored Muscovy, White Muscovy. In
dian Runner. Gray Call. White Call.
Black East India, Crested White, and
Blus Swedish OF these varieties, the
frs, seven are considered profitable to
raise: the two varieties OF Calls and
the Black East India are bantams,
and are bred more for the showroom;
the Crested White may be considered
as almost purely ornamental, while at
present but little is known OF the
Blue Swedish In this country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04
SWINGING TROUGH FOR HENS
Easily Put Together With Few Pieces
of inexpensive Boards and Cow
cred With Netting.

A good plan for making a swinging
feed trough for the poultry is given
below:
Take two pieces one by six inches,
three feet long. two the same width,
one and one-half feet long; nail these
together for the sides and ends. Put
on bottom OF matched boards, make
a frame of laths, cut in one-foot
lengths. Make the frame fit the inside
of the box. Put on cover Of poultry
netting. and attach strong wire to
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04
School Boys Garden.

An admirable scheme to have q
school boys garden next year, has
been planned by the authorities of
Ginning, N Y. Last summer a hum
dred boys made good as farmers Of
vacant lots, and It is now proposed to
place practically all such unused
property In the city under cultivation,
the pupils Of the public schools to be
the gardeners and to reap the profits
from their products.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04
Drilled Grain

Drilled grain will yield from one
ffIA to one-fourth more crop than the
hand-sown. The drill deposits the seed
In the soil at uniform depth. and
this cannot be done by hand sowing
When sown by hand many seed fall
in depressions and are covered toe
deeply By the harrow. while others
are LETT on top Of the ground and are
not covered at all. The roller should
follow the drill,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04
Fine Type Of Laying Hen.

difficulty, and after two or three years
depression down the breast is no
ticed.
When geese become quite old, say
i've or SIX years. they acquire an alb
dominal pouch of large size and this is
an unfailing sign of old age.
Young turkeys usually have black
feet, which, after two years turn gray
and dull, and become paler and more
sickly as age advances.
In squads the flesh is whitish, as
seen through the skin, but In a year
old bird it takes on a light-purple
shade and grows darker with age
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04

which had the force of a Bible amons
the early Norsemen. but have since
lost their force. Here would be q
case OF Bible without people
rather lhan OF people without q b.
BILE. On any method of enumeration,
however. Jews would receive the ben,
eft OF the Mohammedan law with
their Bible. which Is acknowledged a
authoritative, even by the Koran
American Hebrew.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04
snn.r;or w.,,, a-cen, Fare.

Superior Alleging that the prof
its of the Duluth-Superior Traction
company are so great that 3 cent
fare would bring in reasonable in
come, the Superior Commercial clubs
committee on public utilities has fled
petition for a lower fare with the
railroad com mission.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04
PEOPLES THAT HAVE BIBLES
Modern Mohammedan Authorities
Would Have Trouble In Observing
Distinction Made by Prophet

Mohammed in his capacity as legis-
iator for the Arabs made distinction
in treating with the non-fslamie
world between those peoples who had
\ Scripture and those who had not
Among the former he included the
Jews. the Christians. and strangely
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04

Roses succeed best in velldrained,
red clay loan. Rotted manure from
granted cattle Is the best fertilizer.
A medium dressing spread over the
entire border In October and forked
under viii favor healthy growth .-S
nne blooms.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04

enough. the Sabaeans. whose holy
writings have since disappeared,
II should be . curious problem for
modern MohanlInedan authorities TO
decide as 10 which peoples may be
said TO have what corresponds to q
Bible. Would they include the CHI
nese. with their books Of Kings. Shi-
King. Liking. and the rest? Would
the Brahmins. with their vedas. be IN
cludeds Or the Buddhists. with their
Tripitakas
A stIIl further problem would be
raised by a case like the Edcas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04
Hurt bx Fall into open Grave.

Eau Claire.-Just as he was about
to lower a coffin box into grave,
John McGue, sexton of the Catholic
cemetery, was caught by gust of
wind and fell into the open grave,
sustaining serious injuries.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04
Use for Ashes.

What do you do with the ashes
made on the farm? 1t will pay 70
keep them dry and to apply them TO
the small fruit soil, the garden or the
orchard, in the spring. Sow them
broadcast on the surface and harrow
them into the soil. Never mix ashes
with barnyard manure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04
ar..k un aroodInsss.

The most humane way to break up
broodiness In hens Is to pen them
alone In g cage or pen where there
are no nests. Az q rule. after being
thus isolated for q week or ten days
they will change their mind and be-
gin laying again.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04

Many nurserymen now puddle" all
their trees. that Is. dip them into thin
mud. This gives the roots coating
Of thin mud which prevents them be-
Ing 30 readily injured by exposure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04
chippewa Falls gx.Maror pies.

Chippewa Falls.-City Attorney
John A. Anderson, formerly county
Judge and mayor of this city, is dead
of anaemia after an illness of three
weeks
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04
R00ST THAT is INDICATED
Tabular Legs and Cross-Bars Are Fill
ed With WickIng Which Absorbs
Insect Destroying Fluids.

The tubular legs and cross-bars of
The poultry roost shown in the illustra-
ton are filled with wicking, which alb
serbs insect destroying fluid fed to