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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14
somewhat roughly executed inscrip-

somewhat roughly executed inscrip-
ton.
It's a mans thumb" replied Hard
wick. Il found it amongst a lot of
odds and ends when | succeeded my
old uncle at Hardwick. You know he
would not have left the place to me
only | happen to be the last Hardwick
left. and he went and chucked whole
lot of money-all he could, in fact-to
impossible charities and things, and |
thought | was up tree with the death
duties and that Well, was roofing
about, and as l say found that grizzly
relic and a long rigmarole written on
parchment wrapped round it. which
being interpreted and condensed in
formed the reader that the owner Of
the thumb had been a disreputable
Hardwick who had tried to betray
some fortress for the safety of which
he was responsible He was caught
red-handed sneaking off with the KEYS
of the front gate. and somebody lopped
off his thumb during the resulting I'M
pleasantness The gentleman was sub
seouently boiled in oil or hanged-I
forget which-and the thumb was
picked, and sent to he's sorrowing rela-
tives as a little reminder not to fol-
low his distressing example AS for
that chaste and elegant mounting.
don't know who put that on.
Il felt pretty desperate when | found
what a trick old Uncle Guy had play
ed on me, and as l stood one day with
that thing in my hand an idea flashed
into my head.
Goodsluck you bring. do you? 1
said to myself. Well, Mr.. Traitor, we
will try your luck
Il did. | went OF with my last hun
dred pounds and a single ticket to
Monte Carlo and made that bank sit
up there. The traitor certainly was
all on for roulette. Then | tried the
stock exchange and paid of the death
duties and all little worries like that
Apparently, all is fish that comes 20
my lamented ancestors net; we scoop
the dollars gaily in. even when we
play bridge for penny points or beggar
by neighbor with somebody's children
Well, goodnight, you fellows"
He lounged out laughingly, putting
the silver cigar case carefully back In
to an inner pocket as he did so.
I wish" said Willie Stamford, rs
they parted on the club steps. some
kind ancestor had left me a mascot"
Get Hardwick to lend you his, sug-
gested White. the man who had been
his partner: and he and Mason hailed
a belated taxicab. leaving Willie alone
in the murky night. for Hardwick was
already out of sight
Five hundred and fifty pounds"
groaned the young man to himself as
ne walked along the deserted street
Heavens, Why, | can't raise fifty.
let alone Eve hundred. Briefess bar
risters shouldn't play bridge" Sud
denly something lying in the mud by
the curb caught his eye as the hazy
light from q street lamp fell upon II
He picked il up II was a silver cigar
case with a crest engraved upon it
Hardwick's. He opened II. his hands
shaking with excitement as he did So
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14

There was no mistake. Inside-sinis-
ter, crooked, loathsome-lay the gold
mounted traitors thumb.
"Hardwick's luck" he exclaimed.
by George! He must have dropped
1t out of his pocket and not noticed.
I'll take it round to him in the morn
ing. 1t is too late now"
He slipped the silver case into his
pocket, and suddenly Whites words
as he climbed into the taxi after Ma
son flashed into his brain. Get Hard
wick to lend you his" hammered and
churned seething in his head. He
pulled out the case again. why not
borrow the thing for bit?" he told
himself Not keep it, just borrow it
for a week or two to pull things round
a bit and set me on my feet. Hard
wick might refuse If | asked him, so |
will say nothing about it. If 1t doesn I
bring me luck I'll return it at once.
At any rate, it is too good chance TO
be thrown away"
He closed the case and again put it
in his pocket as he reached the front
door of the old house where he lived
and pulled out latch key.
After he had drawn the bolts he felt
in his pocket the last editioRpof an
evening paper at which he had not yet
troubled to look. He unfolded it and
glanced absently through its columns.
d., hn 4
has won the Grand National. A so to
l outsider, and | have flyer on the
beast. Hardwick's luck has started
me off with $780,"
Three months later Willie Stamford,
poor briefless, obscure no longer, en-
gagged to be married to girl whom ne
had loved for several years, but whom
he had not dared to ask before to
share the fortunes of younger son,
stood waiting for the door of Hard
wick's fiat to be opened for him. In
his pocket he carried the silver cigar
case and its withered, crooked con-
tents which at last he was returning
to their owner. He was going to make
a clean breast of what he had done.
Hardwick, he knew, was never a fell
low to bear malice Even as boy az
school he had been a generous-hearted
lad Willie felt certain that when ne
explained to him how very tight cor
ner he had been in when the traitors
thumb came into his possession he
would understand and overlook what
Willie acknowledged to himself had
been a breach of honor, though the
lapse had made him rich man rising
fast in his profession.
AS he thought over these things.
growing nervous and uncomfortable,
the door opened. and Hardwick's man
appeared.
Stamford screwed up his courage
and made the plunge.
rs Mr.. Hardwick in?" he asked. Il
want to see him on important bust
ness"
The mans mask-like face twitched
with a sudden gust of feeling.
Haven't you heard, sir?" he said
in a voice that only rigid afford kept
steady. Mr.. Hardwick was run over
and killed by a motor bus just before
lunch time today, sir. It's terrible bad
business. New Orleans Times Demo.
GRAFT
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14
A FireIess Cooker.

A workmans ingenious application
of the laws OF chemistry to his cwn
purposes is reported by writer In
Tit-Bits. A few minutes before noon
the other day a big laborer on one of
the buildings now being constructed
in Chelsea said, We'll, / think I'll
heat my coffee for dinner" He pro-
ceeded to do so without the aid Of a
fire or even the use of match
He took his bottle from his hand
bag. and with II went over TO the
wooden contrivanee in which mortar
was mixed. He put about half a show
elful of sand in corner Of the NOR
tar-bed. having previously scraped that
part of the bed dry and clean.
Then he took a piece Of lime about
as large as his two fists. He pushed
the lump OF lime down into the yield
ing sand. put his bottle upright on
the lime. banked up the bottle with
sand to hold it in position. and was
ready for the important part Of the
work.
Dippfng about a pint of water from
a cask near by. he poured it on the
nodded sand easily. allowing 1t TO per
colate through the coarse grains. Put.
ting on a little more sand to hold the
bottle in position. he went back to his
work.
In ten minutes the noon whistl
blew. and the laberer went TO his FIRE
less heater, took from it his coffee.
boiling hot. in bottle that had at no
time been In danger of breaking in
the heat. and proceeded TO enjoy his
homely but hearty neal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14

Of all the physical acts of the hui
man being, walking is one of the most
common. And yet no accomplishment
Is more rare than the ability to walk
correctly. Not one person in 500
walks properly. They stagger. they
totter. they swagger, they zigzag; with
resonant heels they kick the unoffend-
ing sidewalk as if it were their dead
Hest enemy. And then at the end of
short walk they wonder why they
are so tired out.
Now as matter of fact to walk
correctly, which means easily, grace
fully and without fatigue-to walk in
such way is not difficult If one will
pay little attention to the matter
To walk properly only two things are
necessary: First. an erect carriage OF
the body; second, flexibility of the
joints and muscles. The erectness OF
carriage and the bodily flexibility OF
the joints can be gained by any one
through persistent practice.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14

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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14
Barred Plymouth Rocks.

The breed of chickens one keeps is
matter of personal choice, for any
of the standard breeds well cared for
will return good profits. Among the
American breeds, usually termed gen
eral purpose fowls, the barred Ply
mouth rocks are very popular.
The barred Plymouth rock chicken
has many good qualities for making
it an ideal farm fowl 1t is a fairly
good layer and the eggs are large and
of a beautiful light brown color. In
dividual members OF this breed, under
expert care at the Maine experiment
station, have beat the worlds record
for egg laying. The hens are excellen:
settlers and good mothers. Young
barred Plymouth rock chicks develop
rapidly, mature early, are OF beautiful
appearance; their meat is Of the finest
texture and flavor and they command
the highest price on the market for
broilers and roasters Capons OF the
breed are unexcelled and are preferred
on some markets to all other breeds.
Cockerels from 10 to II months old
are Of the fine favor and make ex-
cellent roasters. Both sexes weigh
heavy for their size. hence the breed
is one of the best market fowls. The
breed is popular among fanciers and
eggs and stock of high scoring birds
bring high prices for breeding pur-
poses
All of the rocks take on fat readily
when given fat forming feeds, which
makes them ideal for market purposes.
but hens for laying should be given
plenty Of range and their grain feed
should be scattered in litter TO induce
them to exercise for the promotion Of
egg laying
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14
SONG.
Forgive me If when Iilles blow

Forgive me IL when lilies blow
And lanes are all a-trill with song.
And hedges CLEAN with scented snow.
And visions fair on mortals throng-
Forgive me. OF thy gentle grace,
II | can find mid scenes so choice
No fairer vision than thy face.
No dearer music than thy voice.
Forgive me IL when bleak rain drips
And mist obscures the wintry skies.
ind June's roses on thy lips,
Jnne's heaven in thy radiant eyes.
SO craving skies forever blue,
And roses ever at my door,
Forgive me IL l ask of you,
For / love much-and more and
more.
Il. Zangwill.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14
A warming.

warn my countrymen that the
great recent progress made in city life
is not full measure OF our civiliza-
ton; for our civilization rests at bot
tom on the wholesomeness, the attrac-
tiveness and the completeness, as well
as the prosperity, of life in the coun-
try. The men and women on the
farms stand for what Is fundamentally
best and most needed in our American
life.
Upon the development of country life
rests ultimately our ability, by meth
DDS of farming requiring the highest
intelligence, to continue to feed and
clothe the hungry nations; to supply
the city with fresh blood, clean bodies
and clear brains that can endure the
terrific strain of modern life; we need
the development of men in the open
country, who will be in the future,
as in the past, the stay and strength
of the nation in time of war and its
guiding and controlling spirit in time
of peace.-Theodore Roosevelt in Out,
look.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14
CHAPTER XVIII.

It was a lovely morning in the last
week in April; the trees were all OBJ
ing themselves in haste with that fresh
and tender greenery that heralds the
approach of early summer; the Iilacs
and laburnuns were bursting into flow
err; the apple blossoms in the orchards
scented the air with their delicate per-
fumc: the garden borders, were gay
with tulips and hyacinths. and the
birds were singing thanksgivings In
every bush and from every tree top.
The old cottage at Chatswen was
awake and alive betimes this lovely
morning. Billy had been sweeping and
with assiduous diligence for a week
past. Clean white curtains had been
put up in the diamond-paned windows
all over the house. And one little bed
room In particular had been newly
scrubbed and cleaned and furnished up
with special and loving care.
In the garden. as in the house. the
six little pale-faced London children
were working hard; some were helping
the cook: some were gathering rhubarb
and parsley in the kitchen garden, or
picking large lunches of pansies and
of wallfiower TO decorate the house. and
that one little upper bedroom in par
ticular. There was a general air of
happy hustle and excitement over the
whole establishment. For Miss Gar
land, their beloved benefactress, was
expected to-day to come and stay with
them.
Miss Gibbs. the matron. alone was
anxious and preoccupied: for Irene had
given her to understand that her visit
might very likely be prolonged indefin-
itely, In which case she imagined that
Miss Garland would take up the du-
ties OF matron herself In the little
home. and thai her own services might
be no longer required. This thought
made Miss Gibbs very sal. for she was
fond of the place and the children. and
she had no wish to leave L.. Her heart
beat anxiously when Irene alighted at
the gate from the fly which had
brought her from the station.
Irene had never looked more lovely.
Not all the gay. fashionably- made
gowns that she used to wear when she
was reckoned the sulartest as we'll as
the prattiest girl in London society. set
of he, beauty one-half so Well as did
this simple dress OF Quaker grey. guilt
less OF fringes and trimmings. and all
OF those wonderful combinations Of cut
and OF drapery In which town dress
makers are wont TO display their skill
Irene had surely gatled some deeper
experience. some vSiGer sympathfes,
some graver perceptions Of life There
was a tender and serious wonanliness
about her now. that had been lackins
in her OF old. The very way she met
poor Miss Gibbs stremulous questions
showed how mindful she was OF the
feelings OF others.
Turn you out Miss Gibbsg what
an ideal" she exclaimed. In gentle sur
prise. "Oh. indeed. l should not treat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14

Fat is worth enough on market poul-
try that some men ara making busi-
ness OF buying fowls from the farmers
ana fattening them for market 1t
an indisputable fact that the aver
age lot OF fowls marketed from the
farms has received little or no atten-
ton to fattening. The farmer simply
picks them out from the main flock
when the huekster comes around In
his wagon, and the birds are weighed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14
Feeding Rations.

FeedtnR Rattons.
There are five classes of materials
in feeding stuffs, viz, protein, car
| bohydates, oil or fat, minerals, aud
water. The mission of protein is to
produce lean meats in the body, make
blood, build up new tissues, etc. By
carbohydrates we mean the starchy
materials, which give heat, fat and
energy They represent simply that
part Of hay, corn, potatoes and bread
that go to keep the body warm, pro-
duce energy for work and fat where
the animal enlarges.
Cotton seed has good deal Of fat,
or oil, while corn has moderate
amount. The latter constituent, like
starch. will also furnish heat energy
and fat, and, being more Concentrated
than the starchy materials, will afford
more than twice as much heat, fat
or energy as will an equal amount Of
starch or sugar.
Mineral substances make teeth and
bones, and to certain extent con-
tribute to muscle and flesh. Prof.
Burkett of the Kansas experiment sta
ton says we take the bran from the
wheat and give it TO our cattle an9
pigs, giving only the soft, white part
Of the wheat to our children, which Is
lacking In mineral materials. This is
often the way with good deal of our
food. That explains why our children
often have poor teeth and weak bones.
Plain, common water Is an impor-
tant ingredient in our foodstuffs. We
must have protein for bone. muscle
and blood; we must have the starchy
materials and fat to keep the body
warm, to create energy and to make
fat
In corn alone there would not be
sufficient protein to supply the wants
OF the body. To add timothy hay, for
instance, to corn, as is so often done
in feeding work horses. there would
still be lack Of protein. as there
Is very little protein in timothy. But
Il, instead Of feeding all corn, a few
pounds Of bran. or eotton-seed meal,
or linseed-oil meal would be added,
then we would more correctly balance
the ration, supplying the protein need.
ed
If the farmes will keep himself
booked upon the analysis OF the varl-
Gus feed stufYs land this information
can be secured in bulletin form. free
OF charge, by writing 10 the state ex-
pertinent stationl he viii know exact
" what articles are best suited for his
purpose. and be more successful In the
growth and production Of his farm
animals
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14
ATHLETIC TRAINING.
To Acquire an Excess of Muscle May
Prove Injurious.

To Acquire an Excess of Muscle May
Prove Injurious.
Nothing could be more elusive than
the idea that by a period of athletic
training a man can lay in a stock of
health and strength upon which he
can draw later while engaged in a
sedentary occupation. The truth is
that the big muscles and hypertro-
phied heart of the athlete are peril
Gus possessions for the man who no
longer has the time or the inclination
for using them. When he stops the
exercises by which he gained them,
instead of simply returning to their
original size they suffer one or an
other of the many forms of degenera-
ton and become incapable of per-
forming their original services.
1t is not quite true that all exer-
else for its own sake is harmless, for
it is we'll to be prepared for the meet
ing of lifes little emergencies as well
as its ordinary and daily demands,
but it probably is true that, the emer-
gencies apart, every man does enough
in going about his customary business
and pleasure to keep himself in the
condition which that business and
pleasure. demand and that anything
besides is superfuous or injurious.
That athletics take one into the open
air is less a commentator of ath-
letics than an indictment of our
houses, offices and stores for lack OF
adequate ventilation If all the air
We breathe was pure air we could get
along well enough without any open
air at all. Any man who has the
muscle he needs for doing the things
he wants to do and should do has all
the muscle he ought to have To ac-
quire more is silly waste Of time
and perilous besides New York
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14

An ahsent-minded gentleman, whose
observation-disclosures was always present.
put down a sovereign at the booking
Office at Charing Cross. says a writer
In the London Globe. and demanded a
ticket.
What station asked the clerk
what stations have your" asked the
traveller.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14

1t Is an honest gin VINO tells her
young man that he won't think she's
an angel when he knows her better
Toledo Blade.
But, of course. she knows he won't
believe her.-Boston Globe.
Which. OF course. is why she never
saws it-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14

The Southern Medical Association
unanimously Endorsed President Taft's
proposition that there should be estab-
lished a federal health department The
association also favored the acceptance
OF Mr.. gockefeiler's gift % 100000
for a campaign against the hookworm
disease.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14
SsS@NSSSS

AS from 700 to 500 people are killed,
twice as many injured and an inn
mense amount of property destroyed
by lightning every year, Prof. Henry
of the weather bureau thinks more at
tention should be given to protection
from lightning. The professor has re-
Gently prepared paper on this sub
ject, and 1t has been published as
Farmers Bulletin No. 367 of the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture,
and will be sent free.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14

The charred bodies OF three mem
bers OF the family Of George Hood, an
aged white man. were found In the
ruins Of the Hood home at Harper, w.
va II Is believed the family was muir
dered. robbery being the motive, and
the house set on Ere.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14

Clothes make a great difference in
people" said the thoughtful woman.
Yes" answered Mrs. Flimgilt, Il
have known one of my new gowns to
change my husband into perfect
bear. Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14
Lifting Grapevfnes.

The best time to lift old grapevines
for transplanting Is in the late fall or
early winter while the vines are in
dormant condition. The work must
not be delayed till late winter or early
spring, as the necessary cutting back
of the branches is very likely to cause
the plant to bleed or lose sap at the
fresh cuts.
In lifting and transplanting old
grapevines dig up the plant with a
ball of earth holding the roots together
two or three feet in diameter. Start
to dig well out from the base Of the
vine and pry the root mass up in one
solid piece If the ball of earth hold
ing the roots together has tendency
to fall apart it may be bound together
with canvas or old grain bags. The
more fine roots that can be taken up
and preserved from exposure the bet
ter chances there will be for the vine
living. If the work of lifting can be
done when the soil Is frozen from six
inches to foot deep nearly all of the
small roots can be secured unframed.
Have the new hole for the reception
OF the vine prepared beforehand and
fortified at the bottom with we'll de
composed stable manure. Old shoes or
old leather makes a good fertilizer for
grapevines. Place the roots of the
vine with the adhering soil mass in
the new hole and fill about with as
fine soil as can be secured, pressing
down firmly as in the planting of or
binary vines for the first time. When
old grapevines are lifted and moved
they should be trimmed back severely,
and no fruit need De expected the fol-
lowing season, owing to the shock of
transplanting, but after the vine be-
gins new growth and becomes re-
established good results will follow
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14
The Worlds Wheat Crop.

'oI every Io,OUV pounds OF wheat
that goes to the city there will go
back to the farmer one pound of gold.
says Herbert N. Carson in Harpers
Weekly. For every loaf of bread upon
Londoner's table there will go
cent and half to the man behind the
reaper. And so the sale of every
wheat crop means that the gold will
come throbbing out into the arteries
of business, like the blood from the
heart, and on its way back and forth
nourish the whole body of the nation.
More wheat and a more efficient or
ganization of wheat agencies-that is
the program Of the future Already
one unsuccessful effort has been made
to hold an international wheat cSn-
gress, and the second attempt may end
more happily. Not that the world has
become so small that a cable dispatch
flashes completely around it in twelve
minutes; now that there are forty-four
nations united by The Hague confer
ences and fifty-eight b. the Postal
Union; now that war has grown to be
so expensive that one cannon shot may
cost as much as a college education
and one battle ship as much as first
class university, it Is quite probable
that the march of cooperation will
continue until there is congress, and
a central headquarters and tribunal,
which will represent nothing less than
an international fellowship of the
wheat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14

Archie Mclaughlin. a clerk OF Cx-
bridge, Ont, was arrested charged with
having murdered his wife and two
children with poison.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14

This is the highest learning.
The hardest and the best;
From self to keep still turning.
And honor all the rest
George Macdonald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14

Just before girl gets married, she
is treated with the same consideration
that is shown a turkey before Christ
mas