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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
BUTCHER BIRDS DIET
Eastern Variety Consumes Moth
ing But Anima! Matter.
Consumption of crasshoppers Far Out
weighs Harm Done to Other Birds
and 6eetles-CapabIe of
Doing Much Good.
DIV 7. e. l. REAI

The southern butcher bird in some
of its numerous forms, is found over
much of the United States, and il
especially common on the Pacific
coast. All the forms retire southwark
at the approach of winter and in
many localities are replaced during
the cold season by the northern
butcher bird, which comes down from
the north and winters in the United
States.
The butcher bird resembles a bird
of prey in form of beak and to GER
tain extent in food habits, but it
has no talons such as enable the true
birds of prey to seize their victim
and hold it while tearing it to pieces.
For the investigation of the food of
the southern butcher bird 124 stom-
achs of the western sub-species were
examined and IS of the eastern. The
western bird showed rs per cent. of
/ vegetable substances in their stomachs
but the eastern ones contained moth
ing but animal matter The animal
portion of the food of western butcher
birds consists OF IS per cent spiders
and few snails, 2 per cent and vers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
CHANGED POINT OF REFORM
Uncle Rastus at Least Was Honest in
His Acknowledgment of Prev
ious Lapses From Grace.

The colonel had demonstrated Wig
orously with Uncle Rastus about the
old darky's persistent excursions into
the state of inebriaticn.
Uncle Rastus, though he promised
faithfully to refrain frol frequent dips
into the flowing bowl, failed to live up
to the colonel's expectations.
On numerous occasions the colonel
saw Rastus under the influence of liq-
uor, but the darkey when taken to task
stoutly denied the accusation, affirm.
ing emphatically that he did not drink
One evening the colonel met Uncle
Rastus in condition which made il
plainly evident that the darkey was
caught with the goods on"
'Rastus," began the colonel, serious
ly, Il thought you told me that YOU
had given up drink"
'Ah sho did, Massa Ke'nol; ali sho
did" replied Rastus, But lately al
dun took up drinkin' an glib up lynn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
DAILY DAD

A COW has peculiarly sensitive
and delicate organization.
Regularity should be the keynote
of every successful dairy system.
Make a study of foods, and feed a
balanced ration. This will save waste.
When cut in the milk and cured. the
oat and pea hay is most palatable and
nutritious.
A good dairy COW should have all
the feed she viii eat and digest. and
keep in good health.
Successful dairying depends entire
ly on right methods in breeding. feed
ing and management.
The dairymen who are mot success
full do not apply ordinary business
principles to their calling.
Success in dairy farming depends
not only on good stock. but also on
good common sense work
Stir the cream twice a day, using
a long-handled spoon which viii reach
70 the bottom OF the cream jar.
With good cows, good food, good
stables. all profits can be wiped out by
an ignorant or cruel stable man.
There may be occasional bad luck
in the dairy business, but il almost in
yariably follows bad management.
An exposed or an abused COW will
give less milk, and that milk of
poorer quality. than one well cared
for.
1t is wen known fact that the
COW that makes the largest profit is
given the best care and most com
Portable shelter,
Heifers require q larger amount OF
feed for the production of a certain
amount OF milk than do older COWS.
They have TO grow,
The man with the hammer really
Is engaged In process OF slow sui
eide. And IL isn't happy death be
Is treatiag himself to. either.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
FEEDING AND CARE OF GEESE
one CT the Cheapest and Easiest CT
All Domestic Fowls 70 Raise
Method of Management

Geese are one Of the cheapest anc
easiest Of all domestic fowls TO raise
says the Farm and Fireside. They re
qulre little shelter at any time, anc
II given plenty of pasture, viii gather
TIE largest portion Of their food from
the. neids. They are very easily ane
quickly fattened fer market and bring
very good prices. This is the meth
% for managing breeding and market
geese: Never mate over two females
to each gander. Never use females
less tnan two or ganders over + u
years of age. They are alloweL &C
run in a pasture where they have
plenty OF grass to eat and water te
swim In. In winter and during the
laying season feed them lightly the
following ration: Bran. four parts;
shorts, two parts; cornmeal, one part
and in winter cut clover, steamed
four parts, is added A goose will tay
so to 40 eggs in a season. if she is
allowed to sit The eggs require 81
days for incubation, and invariably
match well.
GOslings are removed from the in
cubators as soon as dry, and placed
in breeders where the heat for the
first "a hours is 80 degrees. After the
first "A hours the heat is reduced
daily until the goslings are ten to IF
teen days old Beginning the third
morning after Matching the goslings
are FED as follows, four times daily
by measure; Bran, one part; rolled
cats, one part; cornmeal shorts, one
part. This mixture is dampened with
skim milk until it Will clumble. Gro IS
grit, and drinking water are always
before them.
Water is given in fountains, so they
cannot get into it. They are fed as
mentioned until they are eight weeks
old, when those for market are
closely confined to be fattened, and
fed as follows, three times daily, all
they will eat Bran, two parts
shorts. one part; oil meal and beef
scraps, one part; cornmeaI, one part
dampened until it will crumble
Whole corn is frequently given
Green food, grit and water are always
before them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
ADMITS ATROCITIES IN PERU
Official of Company Involved, How
ever. 5lames 1t All on Subor-
dinate Employees.

London, England.-Julius Caesar Ar
ana, the rubber king" appeared be-
fore the committee investigating the
atrocities in the Putamayo rubber
fields in Peru
Arana has been held responsible for
the system by which many Indians
were killed or cruelty maltreated. He
admitted in his testimony that the
forced labor of the Indians revealed in
a book written by an American civil
engineer and in consular reports was
true. but declared that the cruelties
had been exaggerated. He asserted
that he and the British directors of
the company were ignorant of the con-
ditions in the rubber fields until they
learned of them through consular re-
ports. Arana said the guilty persons
were employees of the company.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
TWO HAVE PERFECT FEET

described as being one of the two
most beautiful women in America.
this was the verdict of the well-known
New York author, c. w. de Lion
Nicholl.
The other woman who approached
the ideal of beauty is Miss Kathleyne
Elliott of Racine, Wis, who is spend
ing her first season in Washington as
the guest of Mrs. Henry A. Cooper,
the wife Of the Wisconsin congress,
man.
1t was during the recent southern
relief ball that the author discovered
Miss Elliott and pronounced her the
most beautiful woman in the country
save one. She is perfect type of 8
blonde. and is the daughter of Mrs.
Lucius J. Elliott of Racine
In making the statement regarding
the feet of the Washington women
the dealer remarked that his custom
ers had, as a general thing very
small feet and that the average size
shoe worn by the bellies of the capital
was d 3, and that very seldom was
anything over a 5 asked for.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
NEWS FROM STEAD
Daughter of Dead Journalist Re-
CeNes Another Message
"some Are Quiet Spirits, Some Are
Impetuous Like Myself" Say Vic
tim of Titanic Disaster-Com-
munication Is Not Easy.

London.-"Those are together who
think together. Some are quiet spirits,
some are impetuous like myself.
This was one of the messages
from the late w. T. Stead, which his
daughter, Miss Estelle w. Stead, de-
livered TO a crowded gathering of tho
London Spiritualistic alliance in the
salon of the Royal Society of British
America
Miss Stead, who explained that she
was neither a lecturer nor a public
speaker. made q very promising debut
in both capacities. In proclaiming
what spiritualism means to me"
she said the one fact that stood out
clearly was individual responsibility
and the unlimited power of self-de-
velopment in this life, while away
ahead lay long road of development
for the soul AS to the possibility of
communion with those who had passed
over she was as certain of it as she
was of anything.
For some the veil between was very
thin, and she herself had had some
of the most splendid proofs of anthem
tic messages.
1t was sometimes very difficult, how
ever, to get into communication with
those beyond Her father, in recent
message, said:
Would that you could see how rare
it is for clear direct spiritual inter
course to take place, l see people
sitting in circles who are the victims
Of the lower spirits"
Her father, said Miss Stead, found it
difficult to communicate through her,
because her mind was apt to jump to
conclusions, but many messages had
come through others. In one of them
he spoke of the horrors of the battle
field and of all those hurried over
here untitled for the spiritual life.
They come in great bands and even
the archangels are powerless to raise
the spirit-it must grow of itself"
In another message he spoke of
the narrowing scenes witnessed by
him during the war. Some Of the
victims" he said, were higher than
others in the spiritual plane, but most
gravitated to the prison houses and
the darkness of the Spheres
Il think" Miss Stead remarked,
THAT my father has found it more diff
! ficult to get absolutely correct state
ments through than he had any idea
was the case when he was on this
side Many things that we may have
! taken to be correct then, | feel now,
with the greater knowledge, he wishes
me to be careful about. He has since
/ told me that some OF the earlier mes
sages were distorted because his emo
ton in getting back to earth condi-
! tons made it impossible for him to
| hold the MEDIUMS brain, and his mes
sages were colored by the thoughts OF
the sitter. Just now l am very in
| terested in some messages l have re-
| ceived from America, for my father
has corroborated them in a very won
! derful manner. which l did not think
/ possible"
These messages Miss Stead hopes to
| make public later.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
YES, HE WANTED A SHAMPOO
Under the Circumstances Most Men
Would Have Felt That They Did
Really Need the Attention.

Barber-Poor Jim has been sent to
a lunatic asylum.
Victim Tin chair)-Who's Jim?
Jim is my twin brother, sir. jim
has long been broodin' over the hard
times, an l suppose he finally got
crazy
rs that SOP"
Yes. he and me has worked side by
side for years, and we were so alike
we couldn't tell each other apart. We
both Drooded a great deal, too. No
money in this business now"
What's the reason?"
Prices too low. Unless a customer
takes a shampoo it doesn't pay to
shave or haircut. Poor Jim, l caught
him trying TO cut a customers throat
because he refused a shampoo, so I
had to have the poor fellow locked up.
Makes me sad. Sometimes l feel sor-
~ / didn't let him slash all he wanted
TO. 1t might have saved his reason.
Shampoo. sir?'
''Yest"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
FEEDING SILAGE IN SUMMER
Missouri Expert Says. II is Cheaper
Than Blue Grass Pasture-Forma-
ton of Good Dairy Cow.

Dean Mumford of the Missouri col
lege of agriculture makes the state.
ment that cows can be maintained
more cheaply on silage than they can
be carried through the summer on
bluegrass pasture where the land
costs about 500 per acre and is suit
able for growing corn.
He says that there is very little
pasture land where a COW and cali
can be pastured On less than one and
one-half acres, but it is entirely pos.
sible to get twelve and one-half tc
twenty tons of silage from one acre.
A COW and her calf can be carried
through the summer on two pounds
of clover hay and thirty-five pounds
of silage per day as well or better
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
BIanchino Celery.

With celery for early use this may
begin as soon as the stalks are a foot
high or even less. The first work is
in getting the stalks in an erect posi-
ton, gathering them together with the
hand and packing a small quantity oil
earth around the base 10 hold then
upright In a few days a little more
earth may be added, always doing the
work while the plants are dry, being
careful to hold the leaves or stalks to
gether so that none of the earth viii
go between the stalks; also being
the growing heart of the plant.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06

until four months ago I began giving
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound a trial and now l am in good
health. Mrs. WILLIAM H. GILL, Is
Pleasant Street, Auburn, New York.
doctors Daughter Took It.''
st. Cloud, Mimi was so run down
by overwork and worry that / could not
stand it to have my children talk aloud
or walk heavy on the floor. One of nv
friends said, TRY Lydia E. Pinkhan's
Vegetable Compound, for know a doc
tors daughter here in town VINO takes
it and she would not take it if it were
not good
sent for the Compound at once and
Kept on taking it until was all right. "
Mrs BERTHA M. QUICKsTADT, 727 9Th
Avenue, S., ST. Cloud, MINI.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound may be relied upon as the most
efficient remedy for female ills. Why
don't you try it?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
Breeding immature Ewes.

A good many sheep owners practice
the plan of breeding eve lambs, which
is a poor practice from any stand
point. These immature ewes cannot
be reasonably expected to produce
strong. vigorous lambs and supply
strong, vigorous lambs and supply
make a good growth and develop into
profitable feeders, and az the same
time reach a desirable degree of de-
velopment and maturity themselves.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
Eaa-Eatlna Habit.

Egg-eating is a habit that starts
with hens. generally, that are out OF
condition. In other words, when the
hen gets too fat and also when there
is a scarcity of lime in the bill of fare
the shells OF the eggs become thin
When being laid these soft-shelled
eggs usually break and the hen thus
acquires a taste. 1t is always best tc
gather the eggs several times a day
so that there will be no chance fol
breakage by hens crowding on the
nest or by a newly lsi2 egg striking
those already laid
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06

The same proposition applies to the
young women il they desire TO submit
such proposal to young men, but as
this is not leap year, Mr.. Cameron ac-
knowledged he did not EXPECT to have
any calls from the young women.
This proposition is made for the
reason that there are at least two dozen
young men in the church who should
be married before the end of June,
said Mr. Cameron in ou-iining his
plan. The only conclusion TO be
drawn from the fact that many OF
these have been keeping company for
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
Dealer Says Only Mrs. Knox and Mrs
French Reach Ideal
Size.

MISUNDERSTANDING to state
statement of leading shoe dealer
there are two women in Washington
who possess the perfect foot, The
women who are thus spoken of as
wearing size 1AA, which is described
as the perfect size" are Mrs. Hugh
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
Oil Price Jars Rockefeller.

Sea Breeze, Fla.-William Rockefel
Ter was obliged to pay Is cents a gal
Ion for gasoline at garage here. the
owner and manager seeing no reason
why Rockefeller should not pay the
price he asked. The oil magnate re
marked that he would like to have q
motorboat in Florida, but thought tho
price of gasoline too high.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
WILL ACT AS MATCHMAKER
Pastor in Muskogee, Okla, VIII Pro
pose IN Behalf of Young Men
of the Congregation.

Muskogee. okla.-Rev. Z. D. Cam
eron, pastor OF the Central Baptist
church of Muskogee. has offered TO
take upon himself the duty of propos-
ing marriage TO any young woman Of
the congregation in behalf of any
young man in the church who desires
to marry her.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06

her husband OF seventy-two years in
the smoking room. Half ali hour later
he decided to go to his stateroom. He
was startled to find his bride away.
and after waiting fifteen minutes gave
an alarm
Seven stewards searched the liner
for two hours, and brought the report
that she must have been drowned
Then the husband led a search par
ty himself After awakening the oe-
cupants OF seventy rooms he found his
wife peacefully sleeping III an unoc-
cupied staterocm next TO his own.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
Youthful Diplomat.

Lola, five years old. wanted pair
of skates, but as she was very
naughty in school and always seated
in the last row, father would not get
them fcI ner, He compromised, say
ing that If she were bright enough to
get in the first row she could have
them. A week later she came home
saying she was in the first row
Father said: "Fire How'd you dc
it," Lola said: Il told teacher
couldn't see the blackboard from way
back there, and she put me in the
first row."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
OLD MAN LOSES HIS BRIDE7
Young Wife Makes Mistake in Room
and lie Directs Three Hours
Night Search.

New York.-Passengers on the
kronprinzessin Cecilie, when the yes
sci reached port from Bremen, brought
an amusing story of an elderly bride
groom who lost his neteen-year-oId
bride for three hours one night on the
voyage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
Girl Thief BIames Hvnnotis+

Seattle, Wash.-Asserting that she
was under the hypnotic influence O,
Peter Berharaz when she committed
the crime of which she is accused,
Miss Emma Williams. alias Pearl Tur.
ner, eighteen years old, has confessed
that she committed Il robbers in Van.
couver and seven in Seattle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06

iCSTNO " WIN GiG fGi OGh0S
of Butter in One Year.
than on bluegrass pasture. Thus he
declares that you can carry a COW
and her calf six months on less than
a half-acre of silage.
The good dairy cow has a broad
forehead, indicating intelligence and q
kindly disposition. She has short
thin neck not at all beefy. in which
veins are plainly manifest She is
narrow through the front shoulders
and thick ehested, indicating good
lung capacity.
She has a large, well rounded
stomach. showing capacity for stor
age of food and water, from which
milk is to be manufactured. She has
broad hips and a good width through
the tanks, giving plenty of room OF
tactical organs There is also a gentle
incline from her shoulders to her
rump The udder is large and soft
hanging down well between her hind
legs and extending forward and back
ward in a we'll balanced proportion
Her legs are short and he- hair is g
glossy color.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
Historic Tub in Demand.

Washington.-Th big porcelain
lined bathtub, used By Captain Sigs-
bee on the battleship Maine at the
time that vessel was destroyed in
Havana hz-bor, is in great demand
Nearly a dozen cities have asked the
navy department to send it to them
not to promote cleanliness. but a. q
relic
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
Police Raid Opium Joint.

Trenton, ~ AFTER battling
fercely with the police In an effort
to escape, twenty-eight Chinamer.
were arrested in a police raid on 6.
gambling and opium den. The police
were forced TO club many Of the in
mates into submission.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
Remoxinn Old Knives.

To get the old knives off a sickle
just hold the sickle strip on an anvil
or whatever you use for an anvil let
ting the knife stand over the edge,
and one or two blows above the rivets
will take the old knife of. In other
words, let the old knife be it's OVID
chisel to the rivets Off
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
DON'T WE'D ORIENTAL

When he did not he expected me to
efface myself
When we visited Paris he never
allowed me to go about alone. If he
was not with me his slave, Selim, was
always following me, watching me
with the unwinking gaze of the basil
lisk
We quarreled finally, because. tir-
ing of my rooms in the hotel, chose
to dine in the public dining room.
left him"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
One Theory.

'"Why is March such a turbulent
month";"
There's a squabble going on every
year with the March lamb and the
March lion on one side. and the early
robin on the other. The laub and the
lion claim tkat the robin ought to get
out of the limelight occasionally and
let them share the publicity"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
nature Makss Ne MIs.akes.

Nature very seldom makes a mis-.
take. Like is as sure 10 produce like
The weak and poor wiz not produce
good results anywhere. The tend
ency is downward. rather than up
ward
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06

! organic pains that
sometimes / would
lie in bed four days
at q time, could not
eat or sleep and did
not want anyone to
talk to me or bother
me at all. Some
times / would suffer
for seven hours at a
time. Different doc
tors did the best
thav oo11ld fnr ma
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
Valuable Wed E-adicator

Probably no animal is so valuable
as weed eradicator As the sheep.
They not only eat large variety OF
weeds and grasses. but they masticate
so thoroughly that almost all the
seeds are destroyed or digested. and
do not sprout from the manure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
Have Definite burmese

Breed horses to same definite pur-
pose. That is, go In for drafters,
coachers or saddlers. A finished ami
NAL of either of these breeds viii al
ways bring more than a mixture of
all
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06

No flock owner can achieve suo
GERS in the breeding OF sheep. either
he resorts TO constant crossing OF two
different breeds TO improve his flock
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
Harness fa- RankInn-

If your teams are to be used much
IN handling heavy loads where back
ing is necessary use harness with
very wide and heavy breeding II
will add TO the horses confidence and
his hacking power.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06

Roland French, wife of a British army
officer. and Mrs. Philander Knox, the
wife of the former secretary of state
Mrs French, who is the daughter
of the former Consul General to Lon
don, Robert J. Wynne. was recently
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06

! months is that the young men are too
bashful to ask the important ques.
ton"
Utmost secrecy in all negotiations
was promised BY the pastor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06

Johnny Jones, Pupil.
Gee! | wish | had a history that
would repeat itseif."-Judge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, soflens the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton ,allay pain cures wind colo 5c bottleAag
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06

She had made a mistake. she ex.
planned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
Five Words in Dogs Vocabulary

Rangely. Mechanics w. Berry has
a Scotch collie with a vocabulary OF
FIVE words, oh. no, how, papa. and
out" and his words can be distin.
guished plainly. One of the animals
tricks is to answer the telephone with
loud bow" when his name is called.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06
WOMAN SUFFERED
TEN YEARS
From Nervousness Caused by
Female nls-Restored to
Health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound.

Auburn, n. VI suffered from
nervousness for ten years, and had such
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-06

Have you learned lessons only of
der with you. and stood aside for you