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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
FLOlyER-PICKING MACHINE.

An apparatus for plucking flowers
and collecting seed consists of a tube
connected with a pair of shears. At
the forward end of the tube is fork
which is slipped under the flowers.
The blossoms imprisoned between the
prongs are severed by a blade travel
ing upon the fork, and are dropped
through the tube into a receptacle at
the rear of the apparatus.
The device not only collects flowers
very quickly but also without injury.
When the flowers are plucked by hand
It is almost impossible to break a twig
without leaving behind a long silver
of bark Sometimes even a whole
plant must be torn up by the roots.
The apparatus can also be employed
for collecting seed capsules which are
often crushed when picked by hand.
so that the seed is lost. The entire
capsule drops uninjured into the re-
ceptacle at the rear, so that the seed
is preserved.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
AGAIN the Poor Fat Man.

Among the passengers on a down
town car the other evening We're rat
man, lean man. who proved to he
deaf, and a couple of giggly girls. On
one of the side streets a German band
was engaged in making life miserable
for the residents of the neighborhood.
The fat man shifted uneasily in bis
seat and remarked sarcastically to the
lean man in low tone, "Music!"
The lean man put his hand to his
ear and said, "Eh?"
Music" repeated the man in loud,
er tones.
Beg pardon, / am not able to hear"
said the lean man.
Music" yelled the fat man. so loud
that the passengers all Uttered and
the little giggly girls all grew red in
the face.
Oh" said the lean man as he
turned around and looked about bin.
The little German band was out OF
sight by this time, and the passengers
laughed immoderately at the vain at
tempts of the unfortunate man to ind
the object of the fat mans comments.
Fat men are proverbially good ma
tured, and by that time the oddity of
the situation had dawned upon this
particular fat man.
Hum" he said. you folks needn't
laugh. Our friend saw fully as much
music as you and | heard"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
OUTOFThEORpINARY |
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MAKING ARTIFICIAL LACE

Mechanism and chemistry combined
have furnished France with new
product artificial lace The general
public has heard little about it. but
the lace manufacturers of Lyons. Ca
lais and Caudry have for some time
past been much perturbed over this
unexpected competition. to which they
viii have to submit
Artificial lace is in effect a manu-
facture of a very simple nature.
There is no weaving employed in its
production. The machine consists in
its essential parts of receptacle con-
tain.1s a cupro-ammoniacal solution
Of cellulose, metallic cylinder upon
which is engraved the negative OF
the design and coagulation vat.
A rotary motion is given to the cyl
inder over which flows the solution,
which, entering the interstices OF the
engraved pattern, fixes itself immedi-
tely in the coagulative liquid. out OF
which energies the texture ready to
be dyed and dressed.
pearance. 1t is homogeneous and un-
alterable; will wear better and is less
combustible than ordinary lace. Wa
ter does not affect it. Any desired
pattern can be obtained by engraving
a new cylinder.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
SIR WALTER RALEIeHs PIPE GREATEST OF CANAL LOCKS

1t will be interesting enough from
topical point of view for the average
reader who may have occasion to ex-
press himself upon the Panama canal
to read up on canal locks, says the
Chicago Tribune Don't make the mis-
take of committing yourself to canal
greatness as wholly within the Canal
Zone for the longest canal lock in
the world has just been built by the
federal government at St Mary's falls
at Sault Ste Marie, Mich. This longest
lock in the world measures 1850 by
so feet, with low water clearance of
% feet
This new canal, which parallels the
old 800" canal from Lake Superior.
lies to the north of the old ST. Mary's
falls canal, which had its origin when
the state of Michigan dug the first
500" canal in 1855. In the early 70's
traffic through the Michigan built
canal had increased to such an extent
that the federal government took it
over and in 1881 had completed it's en-
Ae1l SSAAShI W lou lSeL Nlulu anu COli-
structing the Wenzell lock-still in
use-515 feet long and 80 feet wide,
with depth of 16 feet at low water On
the Canadian side are the Dominion
governments canal and lock, but by
far the greater tonnage has been us
ing the American side. where the
later Poe lock has had 2 length of
500 feet, width of 100 feet, and depth
of 20 feet
Now the greatest lock on the globe
has been completed in the United
States new canal Above the lock the
new canal basin is 260 feet neal' the
lock gates, widening away to a maxi
mum of 500 feet. with uniform depth
of 25 feet The lock gates are 108
feet wide. The freight tonnage an
nually for the great lakes is 9C,000,-
900. and is about one-sixth of the
freight movement of the country The
significance of the canal lies in the
statement that almost 70 per cent. of
this great lake commerce passes
through the several 800" canals, eff
fecting a saving estimated at $3.50 ,000.-
600 over rail traffic
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09

One of the most curious of all ma
rine creatures that have been brought
TO light in recent times is the fish
head here shown, possessing start
lingly human-like appearance The
'old man of the sea-" as the fish has
been dubbed, was picked up in the
waters around Cape Town. Africa. The
photograph shown was made in Africa,
the head not being manipulated in any
way. The ragged outline at the back
of the head shows where it was sew
cred from the body. The outlines on
the lower part Of the face are natural,
and are the outlines of the maxillary
and other bones of the jaws. The
nose has shrunk somewhat in drying.
In life. the resemblance to the human
face was even more striking. The
conical front teeth are shown. The
lateral teeth are very strong and mol
ar like, evidently for the purpose OF
crushing shells. Photographs of the
head have been sent to a number Of
well known authorities on ichthyolo-
gy in Europe and Africa for the iden-
LITIGATION of the species.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
CANDLE NUT NUTRITIOUS

The Queensland nut is closely al
lied to, if not identical with the can
die nut (Macadamia ternifolia), and
is one of the most nutritive nuts in
the world The inhabitants of the So
ciety islands, where the candle nut
flourishes. after slightly baking the
nuts in an oven. and removing the
shell, bore holes through the kernels
and string them on rushes, hanging
them up in their houses to be used as
torches, which are made by enclosing
four or five strings in a leaf of the
screw-pine (Pandanus). These torches
are often used in fishing by night and
burn with much brilliancy. The lamp
black used in tattooing was obtained
from the shell Of the candle nut. A
gummy substance exudes from the
candle-nut tree, which the Tahitians
chew
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
POUITPYNOTES
(NVStHs, 81 Ia2sz2

Do not neglect the laying hens exer-
else.
The best partner on an egg farm is
a good laying hen.
Finely bred birds are often badly
bred egg producers.
Judge not hen by her beauty, but
by the way she does her duty.
You can keep breeding brakes as
long as seven or eight years.
To be continually changing the bill
of fare hurts rather than benefits egg
production.
The goose, unlike the duck, does not
scatter her eggs wherever she hap
pens to be.
The poultry man who grades up and
not down. is the one that meets with
progress. Improvement will never
cease.
No matter what sort OF floor one
has in the poultry house, the great
problem is to keep It clean and free
from filth
You may feed all the food your
hens can possibly use, but If you are
short Of grit. the results viii not be
satisfactory.
The best prices for breeding birds
are obtained at the poultry shows
Beginners generally get the fever
about that tine
neatly dressed fowl, even If IT be
small. viii always sell more readily
than large one with half of the
feathers on. bruises here and there.
etc
The largest ingredients In eggs are
lime. nitrogen and phosphogic acid.
in spite Of the great reputation OF
the smaller breeds for egg produc-
ton a Brahma hen is said to hold the
record for yearly egg production.
The common practice In poultry
packing houses is to feed each lot
seventeen days or less. Most OF the
mIlk-fed chickens are fed fourteen
days.
The conclusions reached by the I'm
yestigation show that general purpose
fowls make more economical gains
in fattening than the Mediterranean
class.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
Natural Timepiece.

There is no need for clocks on tire
Aegean sea any day when the sun Is
shining. There nature has arranged
her only timepiece, one that does not
vary though the centuries pass. This
natural time marker is the largest sum-
dial in the world. Projecting into the
blue waters of the sea is a large pro-
montory which lifts its head 5000 feet
above the waves. As the sun swings
round, the pointed shadow of the
mountain just touches one after the
other a number of small islands,
which are at exact distances apart
and act as hour marks on the great
dial
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
KEEP THE LAYING HENS BUSY
Fowls Need Exercise, and Activity
and Proficiency Go Hand in
Handmade Them Scratch.

Every poultry writer in the land has
told his readers day in and day out
that exercise is necessary for the well
being and we'll doing of laying hens.
There is good sense and sound rea-
son in this advice While all work and
no play makes Jack a dull boy, no
work and idleness makes a good hen
non-prodl.cing loafer. Fowls need
plenty of exercise. When given their
liberty they will wander for mile over
the fields and hunt and dig Sof bugs
and seeds and that is the time they
lay the most eggs. The lazy hen is
never the laying hen. Activity and
proficiency go hand in hand II is.
however, a sore trial TO the poultry
keeper to keep his hens active in win
ter The tendencies are entirely to-
ward sluggishness upon the part OF
the fowls. Inactivity brings its own
penalties, No animal organism can
maintain health and virility without
exercise. Such is not in the line OF
creations manifest intent Neither
man nor the lower animals can expect
a healthy digestion, normal liver or
good general tone of the system with
out some hustling. The practical
question arises, What is the surest
way to induce poultry to hustle and
exercise? We must not feed too
heavily or make 1t too easy Cor the
birds to get their food. They will not
work unless obliged to, and in this
particular are not unlike many hui
man beings that We know We must
make them scratch for their living.
One of the main points OF the Philo
system is to bury the wheat or oats in
the ground several inches deep and
let the hens dig it up, either in a
sprouted condition or otherwise We
must make them scratch in foot of
straw or leaves for their grain all
winter Also throw some large sized
beef scraps among the litter They
will hunt and dig all day long for such
delicacies and get the much-needed ex.
ercise at the same time And this
parts the vigor and health that pro-
mote the egg production and vitality
that gives us the greater amount OF
fertile eggs. Make them work for ali
that they get; only feed mash feed.
table scraps and vegetables in the
troughs; throw all the grain into
deep litter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
SYNTHETIC INDIGO.

During the past several years when
natural indigo has come into active
competition with the synthetic pro-
duct there has been great falling
off in the production of the natural
ARTICLE.
So rapid has been this Decline that
It is not hard to prophesy that in the
course of a few more years the cult
walton of indigo will have given place
to the production of a more profitable
crop.
In 1897 the production amounted to
16s,525 hundredweight, so at the pres
ent time it may be said that the
amount of natural indigo grown is
only about one-tentlI of that which
was normally produced before the
manufacture of the synthetic article
became a commercial success.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09

20-Rev. c. " T. Richeson arrested
in Boston as slayer of Avis Linnell
21-Rey. Frand W. Sanford. leader
of the Holy Ghosters. arrives in Port
land Me-. aboard the Corcnet. on
which he starved the fanatical mem
bers of the party He is arrested
Chinese national assembly convenes
23-Winston Churchill is made Eng
lands first lord of the admiralty, be
ing succeeded as home secretary by
Reginald McKenna
worlds baseball championship from
New York
29-Joseph Pulitzer. noted publisher.
dies.
Names of IS new cardinalsdssignate
announced.
NOVEMBER
President Taft reviews great bat
tleship feet at New York
2-Kyrie Bellew. famous actor. dies
4-Chinese rebels capture Shanghai,
controlling mouth of Yangtse-Kiang
river
Seal p. Rodgers arrives at Pasa-
dena. Cal, concluding his epochal
flight from New York to Pacific coast.
Ambassador Guild at st. Petersburg
protests to Russia against alleged in
suits TO American Jews
persia refuses Russias demand
to remove w Morgan Shuster. young
American In charge of Persian
finances.
New Mexico's first election as
state results in Democratic governor.
Italian advance in Tripoli begins
8-United States circuit court at
New York approves tobacco trust disso-
luton plan
16-Chinese republic appeals for rec
ignition by the world.
Russia starts troops for Persian from
tier.
19-President Caceres of Santo Do
mingo assassinated
24-Henry Clay Besttie executed
25-Miss Mildred Sherman marries
Lord Camoys of England In New
York.
30-Public consistory creating 10
cardinals at Rome
DECEMBER.
1-McNamara brothers change pleas
in dynamite case to guilty"
liking George arrives in India for
the Dunbar
4-First regular session of Sixty
second congress convenes.
81 b. Mcnamara sentenced for
life, John J. to Is years. President
Taft sends congress message devoted
entirely to trust problems
6-Beef trust suit begun at Chi
cago.
S-Investigation board reports bat
tleship Maine was destroyed by out
side explosion
9-207 miners entomber at Brice,
vile. Tenn, by explosion
Constitution of Chinese republic
framed
12-Durbar at India held by King
George emperor of India.
Republican national committee
names Chicago, June IS, for 1872 ma
tional convention
IL OuiHSi DlIl dOlOSdIiuS passport
treaty with Russia passed by house.
17-Alfred G. Vanderbilt weds Mrs.
Margaret McKim in London.
Ambassador Curtiss Guild at instruc-
ton OF President Taft, notifies Russia
of intention to abrogate treaty of 1882.
19-Senate approves President Tafts
abrogation of Russian treaty Presi-
dent sends congress special message
on wool tariff
John Bigelow, Americas grand old
man." dies.
21-Russian forces open hostilities
with Persia, bombarding the govern
or's palace at Tabriz.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
STUMBLE RESTORES SIGHT

A fall sustained when he rushed to
the aid of his daughter, who had burn
ed herself on & hot stove. brought
back the eyesight of Henry Penniman
OF Paris Valley, California, who had
been blind fc~ seven years as the re-
suit OF a runaway accident Penni-
man was dragged by a runaway over
plowed field on his farm and
when be was picked up he was
blind. The other day he heard
his daughter cry for help. and while
cropping Lis way to the kitchen, fell
over : chair. WAen be arose he could
see almost perfectly. Doctors who ex-
snined him said the shock OF the fail
had restored 10 action a nerve which
had BEEN injured an the runaway acct
dent
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09

AS she passes through each the door
closes behind her, and she cannot go
back. The next hen goes through the
same performance, and her egg rolls
into position just back of that laid by
No l. 1t is easy, therefore, to match
chickens with eggs and find what kind
of food gives the best results. The
trap nest is made vermin proof and
the eggs in it are safe from the vorac-
ity of rats or other animals, or even
the chickens themselves
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09

University of California by Mrs.
Phebe Apperson Hearst. has been
placed in position in front of the az
ficted colleges overlooking Golden
Gate park. TIE Haida totem pole is
40 feet high aid 31k feet through at
the base. 1t is believed that the pole
will last for ages Many who were
present at the ceremony admired the
woodcarver's art as shown on the to-
TEN pole.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
WISE SHOE DEALERS

One may travel the Bowery for
many years but never will he see a
pair of shoes exhibited in any of the
outside showcases. 1t is the belief of
the shoe merchants of this section
that a pair of shoes hanging in a
showcase is too great a temptation
for those who happen to need them.
The mate of each shoe exhibited is
kept in the store.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
WOMAN IS STEEPLEIAck

Women are crowding the men out OF
many trades and professions. and now
they are trying their hand at steepls
climbing. Probably the only woman
Who so far has entered this hazardous
occupation is Miss Estelle Munson OF
Bradford. Pa. She says:
Il have always enjoyed climbing
since / could walk, and / know no
reason why women should be barred
from such calling, more than from
law or medicine. | am in II because
I enjoy the work" She is kept busy
doing repairing on church steeples and
sky-scrapers, painting signs. and other
work which ordinary mortals dare D5t
venture
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09

logical society of England in the six
ties. with the further statement that it
is made of maple wood from Virginia,
the colony which Sir Walter Raleigh
founded The bowl of the pipe has
cap, and a string of beads is attach
ed to the stem, which is also furnish
ed with a whistle. The pipe is carved
with dogs heads and the faces of In
dams
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
GOOD COOP FOP FATTENING
Can Be Made Any Size Desired With
Stats Far Enough Apart to Allow
Chickens to Eat and Drink.

This fattening coop can be made
any size desired. It has Stat front,
with the Stats far enough apart to
allow the chickens to eat and drink
out of the little troughs, writes d. ID.
Lawson in the Farm and Fireside. The
floor is also made of stats, which
makes the coop sanitary The little
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
NEST BOXES MADE MOVABLE
Arrangement is Shown Where De-
vices Are Desired to Be Removed
From One Place to Another.

1t is frequently desirable to have
nest boxes which are readily remov-
able from each other. Such an ar
rangement is shown here. The frame
pieces A and Is are made of one-inch
stuff, firmly nailed together The wires
support the boxes and are firmly at
tached to the two ends and middle
boards. Strips may be used in place
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
AUTOMATIC HEN TRAP NEST
Enables Owner 60 Tell Which Chick
en- Has Laid Egg-Made Vermin
Proof and Cafe From Rats.

Who says poultry raising is not
science? A Pennsylvania man Gas
just come forward with an automatic
trap nest, by fneans of which the
,armer can tell which hen laid which
sgg. AS the hen enters the nest her
weight on the floor causes the door
10 close. Wher, she iays an egg 1t
rolls down upon another springoper-
ated mechanism and opens the exit
door. The runway into which this ex-
1t leads has series Of small stalls.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
Daily Thouuht.

Nothing in the world is so hard to
counter as suspicious that cannot in
the nature Of things be dispnoved or
brought - the test-o1 fact. that relate
less 70 the present than TO some in
definite future. and that tend through
infinite repetition and by their yer!
elusiveness to acquire a certain eredi-
bihty sydney Brooks
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
MILLIONS FOR LIGHTS

Although the United States has the
smallest foreign gCing merchant ma
zine in the world. it possesses tha
most perfectly equipped and elaborate
lighthouse service to be found on any
coast line. During the last half cen
trrv this service has cost Sl50,00o.000.
and its maintenance calls foT the APP
preparation of about sa.ooo.oOc an
nualiy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09

Coal dust is wasted unless the mis-
sress sees that 1t is burned. and yet
il makes beautiful fires Have a gal
vanized iron scuttle for the purpose
Add sufficient water TO the coal 10
make il moist When fire is burning
brightly. bank It up with this wet Gust
and you viii have a clean FIRE which
VII last for hours
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09

While Pat worked, Mike and Mrr-
ply painted a picture OF a donkey's
head on the back OF his coat, thinking
that they would have some fun out of
him when he put on his coat to 90
home. Pat. as he reached for his
coat, sew TIE painting and asked:
''Whieh one of you fellows wiped y,,uy
face on the back OF my coat?s
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09

1t is said that this curious pipe be-
ionged to Sir Walter Raleigh, who
first introduced tobacco smoking in
England, and that he smoked it on the
scaffold just before his execution,
handing it as last gift to Bishop
Andrewes. 1t was exhibited, with this
account of it's history, by the Archaeo-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
Movable Nest Boxes.

of the wires If necessary. The nest
boxes are made of half-inch lumber
and are II inches wide, - inches long
end inches deep. The bottom is
made to project six inches. leaving a
step for the hens to light on. A space
of u inches should be left between
the wires so as to give sufficient room
for the hens
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
A Vain Effort.

why don't you take an interest
IN Affairs said the otfhsnd adviser.
why don't you read the newspapers
so that YOU can converse intelligently
with your husbsnd?" Il tried to- re
piled young Mrs. Torkins. but |
made a mistake. read the presi-
dents message INSTEAD of the football
H.ews"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
Fatteninq Coop.

troughs are made with lids, thus pro-
tecting the food and water from dirt
and dust The roof is sloping, to allow
the water to run off of it in rainy
weather. A box of gravel or oyster
shell should be kept in the coop This
is an excellent way to fatten chickens,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
Use Of Corn.

The use Of corn and corn meal as
major parts of the feed Of hens kept
for egg production has been very gen
orally condemned by poultrymen and
farmers, until 1t is now used only as
a -ery minor part of the ration for the
fear that its use will cause oyerfat-
ness and interfere with egg making
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
mvs, q. ei,her Good or Bad.

"A mans mind may be ikened 70
garden. which may be intelligently
cultivated. or allowed 10 run wild;
but whether cultivated or neglected.
it must and viii bring forth. II no
useful seeds are put into it. then an
abundance of useless weed-seeds will
fan therein. and will continue TO pro
duce their sind. James Allen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
Enn Shells and Ashes.

AS egg shells accumulate 10 the
kitchen it is well to crush them and
drop them into the ash pan in the
stove. Throw ashes and all into the
chicken yard and the hens win see
10 the rest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
REAL FAMILY TREE

San Francisco mas complete gen
ealogy of the Haida tribe Of Indians
OF the Charlotte island. of the coast
Of British Columbia. as carved on
huge totem pole b. the Indians them
selves This totem pole gift 70 the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-09
To Make proprinu Boards.

Dropping boards should be made of
matched lumber, and should be 20
inches wide for one roost, and three
feet for two II should be placed from
10 to II inches from the wall. The
roosts should be by 2 inches, with
edges slightly rounded.