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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
IMMENSE QUANTITY
Of WHEAT TIED UP
There win Still, However, Be a
Heavy Deficit of the Worlds
Normal Crop.

A grain expert who has been watch.
ing the grain markets and the worlds
grain fields for a number OF years,
says
There is at the present time about
two billion bushels OF wheat, the pro-
duction of the countries at war, tied
up. This is about one-half the worlds
total production of wheat, which Is
four billion bushels. One writer ar
CUES that, granting that the warning
nations proddce a onehalf crop in
the coming year, 2 deficit Of one bill
lion bushels will still Ne shown. The
three countries upon which the filling
of this deficit &c one billion bushels
will rest are the United States, Can
ada, end Argentina. The combined
output of these three countries Is only
$4,000, 900, their exportable surplus
would of course be much less, so IL
can easily be seen that the question
is not one to be easily solved and 1t
behooves all the above countries to
increase their respective produc lions
as much as they possibly can, for
when the war Is over and trade begins
to re-establish itself and the nations
undergo a process of rehabilitation.
the demand for all breadstuffs will DO
enormous.
During the three years following
the declaration of peace the farmers
of all neutral wheat-producing coun.
tries will have ample opportunity to
market their wheat at good prices,
and 1t may safely be assumed that the
demand will be heavy. Canada has
an unusual opportunity in that she
has the natural environment for wheat
production; she is under the protec-
ton of the British flag, and she will
not be molested upon the water TO
any great extent; she can increase
her acreage and greatly enhance her
production. In other words, she can
become a far greater wheat-producing
country than she Is at the present
time"
If the summing-up as made by this ex.
pert be correct, is there not the very
best reason for the continued effort
that is being made by the Government
Of the Dominion OF Canada to secure
settlers on the productive vacant
lands Of the country? Not only are
these lands capable of producing high
class wheat in large quantities, but
cattle, pigs, sheep and horses also do
well. The climate is admirably suited.
--Advertisement
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
CHAPTER XII.
"rhe Misfortunes of My House,

Schooled as most of them were to
face with minds secure and tempers
quite unruffled the countless surprises
of a courtroom, the persons within
hearing paled at the insinuation con-
veyed i'll these two sentences, and with
scarcely the interchange of glance or
word, drew aside in a silence which no
man seemed inclined to break.
AS for the people still hud1led in the
doorway, they rushed away helter-skel-
ter into the street, there to proclaim
the judges condition and its probable
cause-an event which to many quite
eclipsed in interest the more ordinary
one which had just released to free
dom a man seemingly doomed
Few persons were now left in the
great room, and Debo ah, embarrassed
to find that she was, the only woman
present, was on the point CT escaping
from her corner when she perceived
movement take place ia the rigid form
from which she had not yet withdrawn
her eyes, and. regarding Judge Os-
trander more attentively, Dhe caught
the CLEAN Of his suspicious eyes as
he glanced this way and that to see if
lis lapse of consciousness had been
noticed by those about him.
Wherever the judge looked he saw
distracted faces and busy hands, and,
taking heart at not finding himself
watched, he started to rise Then
memory came-blasting, overwhelm-
ing memory of the letter he had been
reading; and, rousing with a start, he
looked down at his hand, then at the
floor before him, and, seeing the letter
lying there, picked 1t up with : secret,
sidelong glance to right and left,
still watchful Deborah
If those about him saw, they made
no motion. Not an eye looked round
and not head turned as he straight
ened himself and proceeded to leave
the room Only Deborah noted how
his steps faltered and how little he
was to be trusted to find his way I'm.
guided to the door. 1t lay to the right
and he was going left Nov he stun
bles-isnt there any one to-yes, she
is not the sole one on watch. The
same man who had read aloud the
note and then dropped it within reach,
had stepped after him, and kindly. If
artfully, turned him towards the
proper place Of exit. AS the two dis
appear, Deborah wakes from her
trance, and. finding herself alone
among the seats, hurries to quit her
corner and leave the building.
The glare-the noise of the square,
as she dashes down into 1t seems for
the moment uncomfortable. The push.
ing. painting mass of men and women
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
New Teleoranb Code.

A new form of code chart for sim
plifying the teaching of the Cont
mental telegraph code has been
evolved by a Chicago inventor. In
place of the usual method of repre-
senting the different telegraphic equiv
alents for letters and figures in the
form of dots and dashes, the charac-
tiers are indicated by small and large
letters or figures; the former repre-
senting the dots and the latter the
dashes. For instance, the letter "A"
is represented as "a A." meaning dot
dash. The letter "B" is shown as b
bib" or dash dot dot dot. Thus, by
this simple method, the inventor has
eliminated the great confusion arising
from the dash-dot representations OF
the various characters. The letters
and figures are fixed in the memory
of the student as large and small
characters instead of in the form of
complicated mass of letters, figures
and combinations of dots and dashes.
Il is stated that this chart has greatly
simplified the learning of the code.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06

OF which she has now become part.
closes about her, and for the moment
she can see nothing but faces--faces
with working mouths and blazing eyes
Thick as the crowd was In front, 1t
was even thicker here. Ind fer more
tumultuous. Word had gone about
that the father of Oliver Ostrander
had been given his lesson at last, and
the curiosity of the populace had risen
to fever-heat In their anxiety to soc
how the proud Ostrander would bear
himself In his precipitate downfall
They had crowded there to see and
they would see.
He was evidently not prepared to
see his path quite so heavily marked
out for him by the gaping throng: but
after one look. he assumed some show
of his old commanding presence and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
FINALLY GOT HIS INTERVIEW
Death of James Creelnan Recalls Re-
markable Exploit of News
paper Man.

James Creelman's death liz Germany
while still in the prime of life recalls
an exploit of which any newspaper
reporter might be proud, observes the
Wall Street Journal He was in LoR-
don at the time of the Barring crisis in
1890. and performed the unheard-of
feat of securing for the New York Her
aid an exclusive interview with the
governor OF the Bank of England.
It is a matter of history how the gov
ernor, the right Hon. William II. Lid
derdale, handled that crisis. He lived
to see the Barings successfully liquid
ated and stronger than ever, with the
financial situation in Argentina re-
stored, the 100000 gold which he
borrowed by means of acceptances
from the Bank of France returned in
due course with the seals of the pack
ages unbroken. The London market
was tided over a desperate emergency
with the minimum of disturbance, al
though there were some forty failures
in the stock exchange.
Lidderdale died not long ago, leav-
ing an estate valued at only $4,000.
He was strong man and an honest
one. But the idea of interviewing him
was so remote that only an irreverent
American would have thought of it.
Creelman had no pass key or letters
of introduction He simply went to
the Bank of England, and starting
with the astonishing ''beadle." worked
his way up. He was sent from depart
ment to department, to the secret
amusement of various heads, until he
actually found himself in the pres
ence of the governor.
But the joke failed to explode. Lid
derdale was long-headed Scotchman,
much too intelligent not to see the
value of publicity at such time. He
was no slave to precedent. He gave
Creelman an excellent interview of a
frank and reassuring character, which
was published in the following Sun
days New York Herald. 1t was a
great scoop; and the London papers
spent money frantically on cable toll
getting facts on their own situation
from New York for their Monday
morning issue.
A precedent was set, and since that
time English financiers have been
more approachable. 1t may be said
also that publicity there, as in Wall
rtreet, has done much to clean up adj
nitted evils, and to set honest finance
right with public opinion. The story
is we'll worth recalling, for it has an
obvious moral which should never be
| forgotten.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06

up on that dreadful bridge for anyone
to see. After twelve years, Mrs. Sco-
Vile! After"
Miss Weeks" All, the oil OF
that golden speech on troubled wa
tiers! What was it's charm? Let me
see those lines or what there is left
of them so that may share your
feelings. They must be dreadful"
"They are more than dreadful. They
are for the kitchen fire. Wait mo-
ment and then we will talk"
But Deborah had no mind to let
these pieces escape her eye. Nor did
she fail. At the end of fifteen min
arranged in their proper position and
was reading these words:
The scene of Olive der's crime.
1.-THE beginning of the end!" was
Deborah's thought. 'If, after Mr..
Blacks efforts, a charge like this is
found posted up in the public ways,
the ruin of the Ostranders is deter
mined upon, and nothing we can do
can stop II"
In five minutes more she had said
good-by to Miss Weeks and was on
her way to the courthouse. AS she
approached it she was still further
alarmed by finding this square full of
people, standing in groups or walk
ing impatiently up and down with
their eyes fixed on the courthouse
doors. Within, there was the uneasy
hum, the anxious look, the subdued
movement which marks an universal
suspense. Announcement had been
made that the jury had reached their
verdict, and counsel were resuming
their places and the judge his seat
Those who had eyes only for the
latter-and these were many-noticed
change in him. He looked older by
years than when he delivered his
charge. Not the prisoner himself
gave greater evidence of the effect
which this hour of waiting had had
upon a heart whose covered griefs
were, consciously or unconsciously, re-
vealing themselves to the public eye
He did not wish this man sentenced.
This was shown by his charge-the
most one-sided one he had given in
all his career.
Silence, that awful precursor of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
COMING DOWN TO LANGUAGE
Congressman Surely Named Conbi-
nation That II Would Be Hard
to Beat.

At a dinner the other evening The
talk topic turned to a bunch of things
difficult to pronounce, whereat an ap-
propriate anecdote was exploded by
Congressman Edwin Y. Webb of North
Carolina.
Down at the cigar store some time
ago, the congressman said. the regu-
lars were talking about the war and
remarking how it gave one something
worse than the faeeache TO pronounce
the Russian names A man named
Benners, who was sitting near. largely
smiled.
Those Russian names are moth
ing" he remarked. you Just ought
to hear what stack up against in
my own home every day OF my life"
Whats that?" demanded one Of the
regulars. with an amazed expression.
DO you mean TO say that you have
somebody in your family who can put
a kink in the cars syllable twists? ?"
We'll. should say that | havel"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06

Kicking, like charity, should begin
at home. 1t ought to be the duty Of
everybody at home to object, per
sistently and effectively, to the spe-
cific overcrowded street car, the badly
paved road, the encroaching doorstep,
the neglected yard, the malodorous
cesspool, the irresponsible motor car
and the reckless railroad-especially
if he have any personal part in the
maintenance of similar abuses. If the
tendency of these evils were rightly
apprehended, if part only OF the eff
fort that is expended, presumably, in
Directing to generalized, foreign and
futile subjects were bestowed on spe-
cific and tangible details, If we would
forego the emotional pleasure of the
impersonal muck rake" to assail the
evil at our very feet-especially if
each one of us were careful to avoid
offense in matters of the same kind
our country would surely be much
fairer one-The Unpopular Review.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
DOOM FOR DEER AND HARE
determination OF Game Animals
Planned to Avert the Annual
Great Forest Fires.

determination of deer and rabbit
in New Jersey is planned by the state
forestry commission as the only ef-
fective means of protecting the state
woodlands against forest fires sucn
as destroyed nearly 100000 worth OF
property during the first two weeks
of the recent cunning season
The commission decided to seek the
cooperation Of the state fish and game
commission in procuring legislation
revoking the closed season for deer
and rabbit In the discussion proceed
ing the adoption Of this resolution Il
was freely admitted that snch A
course would ultimately result In thu
determination of deer and rabbit
which are now 10 be found in consid-
cradle numbers in various parts OF the
state
That the action Of the forestry COM
mission will stir up the opposition OF
most Of the 10000 hunters with which
- l-rssy IS credited seems almost
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
Eirs, ENGLISH iSewspaner-

The first newspaper printed in the
English language. with its old English
type and its quaint account OF events
in foreign countries. vas a pamphlet
issued in 1921 Its title. "Corrc-t or
Nerves From Italic, Germanie, rance
and Other Places Is as curious as
its contents For many years it had
been supposed that no copy of the
Corrant was in existence but recently
copy Of this interesting document
was covered.-Exchange
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
STOMACH VICTIM
PUT BACK ON JOB
Milwaukee Man Finds Quick Way to
Escape Misery Of Dlges-
tive Troubles.

William A. Ernst of 1884 Richards
street. Milwaukee. was victim or
stomach disorders which made him
miserable most of the time. He was
often unable to work and he suffered
severely.
Mr. Ernst finally took Mayr's Won
derful Remedy and was surprised at
the quick results. He wrote:
Your medicine has relieved me of
about three hundred accretions and
have not passed any more since TAX
ing the last dose. l have not lost an
hour of work since. have recon-
mended your wonderful remedy 10 sew
eral OF my friends ard will recommend
1t to az who suffer as l did.
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy gives per-
manent results for stomach, liver and
intestinal ailments. Eat as much and
whatever you like. No more distress
after eating, pressure of gas in the
stomach and around the heart. Get one
bottle of your druggist now and try it
on an absolute guarantee-if not salts
factory money will be returned-Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06

doom, lay in all its weight upon every
ear and heart, as the clerk. advancing
with tie cry. Order in the court" put
his momentous question:
Gentlemen of the jury. are you
ready with your verdict"
A hush!--then. the clear voice Of
the foreman:
I'VE are"
How do you find? Guilty or not
guilty?"
Another hesitation. Did the fore
man feel the threat lurking in the air
about him? If so. he failed to show
1t in his tones as he uttered the words
which released The prisoner:
Not guilty"
A growl from the crowd, almost like
that of a beast stirring in its lair.
then a quick cessation of all hubbub
as every one turned to the Judge to
whose one-sided charge they attrib-
uted this release.
Deborah experienced in her quiet
corner no alienation of the fear which
had brought her into this forbidding
spot and held her breathless through
these formalities.
For the end was not yet Through
all the turmoil of noisy departure and
the drifting out into the square Of a
vast, dissatisfied throng. she had
caught the flash of a bit of paper chow
introduced into this moving mass Of
people no one ever knew passing
from hand to hand, toward the soil
tary figure of the judge, its delay as
it reached the open space between the
last row of seats and the judges
bench and it's final delivery by some
off1cious hand, who thrust it upon his
notice just as he was rising to leave.
Deborah saw his finger tear its way
through the envelope and his eyes fall
frowningly on the paper he drew out.
Then the peoples counsel and the
counsel for the defense and such
clerks and hangers-on as still fingered
in the upper room experienced de-
cided sensation.
The judge, who a moment before
had lowered above them all in mel
ancholy but impressive dignity, shrunk
with one gasp into feebleness and
sank back stricken, if not uncon-
scious, into his chair.
1t happened suddenly and showed
her the same figure she had seen once
before-a man with facilities sds-
pended, but not impaired, facing them
all with open gaze but absolutely dead
| for the moment to his own condition
and to the world about.
But, horrible as this was, what she
saw going on behind him was infinite
| ly worse A man had caught up the
bit Of paper Judge Ostrander had let
| fall from his hand and was opening
his lips to read it to the curious people
surrounding him.
She tried to stop him. She forced
a cry to her lips which should have
rung through the room, but which
| died away on the air unheard. The
terror which had paralyzed her limbs
had choked her voice.
But her ears remained true. Low as
he spoke, no trumpet-call could have
made its meaning clearer to Deborah
Scoville than did these words:
We know why you favor criminals
| Twelve years is long time, but not long
enough to make wise men forget
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
About Knew What II Was.

A certain deacon in a village church
had way of his own OF dealing with
cases of doubtful charity
One Sunday he came round with the
bag to a gentleman of doubtful open
handedness. This worthy, remember
ing, no doubt, that one should not pub
lish ones good deeds too widely. con-
cealed his donation in his close-shut
fist and reached for the bag, where
upon the deacon, deity Withdrawing
it before he could reach it. said. in
stern whisper:
Give 1t to me. sir. One has just
come off my vest"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
Mndern Mercnnarx

You should think Of our illustrious
ancestors who steered this ship Of the
republic through the troubled wa
ters-" I'm kind of losing respect
for my illustriOus ancestors" inter.
rupted Senator Sorghum. Too many
Of them were inclined to boast that
they left politics poorer than they
we're when they accepted Office -
Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06

Morning passed and the noon came,
bringing Deborah an increased un-
easiness. When lunch was over and
Reuther sat down to her piano. the
feeling had grown into an obsession,
which had soon resolved itself into a
definite fear. She found herself so
restless that she decided upon going
out Downing her quietest gown and
veil, she slipped out of the front door,
hardly knowing whittier her feet
would carry her.
They did not carry her far-not at
this moment, at least. On the walk
outside she met Miss Weeks hurrying
in her excitement At sight of Debo-
rah's figure she paused and threw up
her hands.
"Oh, Mrs. Scoville, such a dreadful
thing!" she cried. Look here!" And,
opening one of her hands, she showed
few torn scraps of paper whose
familiarity made Deborah's blood run
cold.
"On the bridge" gasped the little
lady, leaning against the fence for
support. Pasted on the railing of
the bridge. / should never have seen
it, nor looked at it, If it hadn't been
that L"
Don't tell me here" urged Debo-
rah. Let's go over to your house.
See. there are people coming"
Once in the house, Deborah allowed
her full apprehension to show itself.
What were the words? What was
on the paper? Anything about"
The little woman's look of horror
stopped her.
Its lie, an awful. abominable lie.
But think of such a lie being pasted
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
Reason for DrIer In Paint.

The linseed oil in paint naturally
resists the drying effect of the atmos-
phere, and because of this it is nee
essary to add something to the paint
mixture to overcome the resistance.
Drier is prepared for this purpose. its
function being to absorb oxygen rap
idly and convert the film into a hard
insoluble product During this proc
ess the linseed oil is changed into
Iinoxyn, and the drier continues fits
oxidation until the paint film is eventu-
ally destroyed.
Drier is made by adding salts to a
certain amount of linseed oil which
Is heated up to about 500 degrees F..
The temperature is allowed to drop
and turpentine or mixture of tur-
pentine and benzine added.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06

advanced bravely down the steps, aw-
ing some and silencing all, until he
had reached his carriage step and the
protection CT the officers on guard.
Then a boot rose from some far-off
quarter of the square. and he turned
short about and the people saw his
face Despair had seized it, and If
any one there desired vengeance, he
had it. The knell OF active life had
been rung for this man. He would
never remount the courthouse steps
or face again respectful jury
(TO BE CONTINUED0
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06

certain. On the other hand, farmers
who say their crops are destroyed by
deer and rabbits may line up on the
other side and make the light inter
esting. 1t is scarcely conceivable that
the fish and game commission. whose
ever, effort has been directed toward
recurring greater restrictions. will
Join with the forestry board--Trenton
IN. j. Dispatch to New York Sun
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06

The swallows OF Europe are about.
the only birds which are holding their
own in numbers. The people love
them and protect them as their an
cestors protected them back into and
probably through the days of savagery,
for there is not much doubt that the
swallow shared the home Of the cave
dweller.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
unkind Comment.

Recently while going through a Gem
etery in a California town the visitor
came upon this on a tombstone: 4
would not live Away" Beneath the
inscription some irreyerent person had
penciled. Sour Grapes"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
Ever Thus.

DO you find that set of books you
bought interesting?"
Not very" confessed the man who
tries to improve himself But I'd
feel better about 1t If the man who
comes around to collect were as good
an entertainer as the one who sold me
the books"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
Domestic Discipline.

I'D like to see you one of those
marching fragettes-"
Would you? Then Just come out
Il, the parade where I'm one of the
ularshals. and object. If you dare"
My. dear. didn't just say Ia nAe
to see your"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
speakinc Of : WAGE

Bill-You say Gin has a good Job?
.Jill-Yes-
What does he get a week."
-Four bones. | believe"
why. my dos gets that
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06
Bound to Ia, pen.

How would you like to give away
lakes to deserving towns"
Il don't think III go in for that torn,
of philanthropy Somebody is sure,
10 accuse me Of squeezing the water
fer TIE same cut Of my stocks Lou.
isytlls Courier-JoDrnaL
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06

was the grinful rejoinder of Benners.
You just ought to hear the baby and
the parrot when they get to talking to
gether "-Philadelp Telegraph.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-04-06

AS soon as a sick shoemaker is able
10 work he's on the mend