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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
ERUPTION COVERED BODY

Three years ago this winter had
breaking out that covered my whole
body. 1t itched so it seemed as if /
should go crazy. 1t first came out in
little pimples on my back and spread
till it covered my whole body and
limbs down to my knees, also my arms
down TO my elbows. Where
scratched it made sores, and the ter
rible itching and burning kept me
from sleeping. tried several rene
dies all to no purpose. Then l con-
cluded to try the Cuticura Remedies.
used the Cutieura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment, also the Resolvent, for
about four months, and they COM
pletely cured me of eczema. / have
had no return of the disease since.
never had good nights rest after the
skin eruption first broke out till COM
Ointment. l had only used them a
few days before l could see they were
beginning to heal, and the terrible
itching was gone.
"Those ts,at lived in the house at
the time know how / suffered, and
how the Cuticura Soap and Ointment
cured me. | never take bath with
out using the Cuticura Soap, and
do not believe there are better rem
edies for any skin disease than the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment" (Signed)
Miss Sarah Call1ins, Waukegan, H.,
Mar. 16, 1911. Although Cuticura
Soap and Ointmont are sold by drug
gists and dealers everywhere, SAM
pie OF each, with 32-page book, VIII be
mailed free on application to "Cuti-
cura," Dept. l., Boston.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
FERTILITY ElAY BE RESTORED
cording to Prof. Alfred Vivian,
is Organic Matter.

ANY soil which was once rich can
be made rich" is the declaration
made by Prof. Alfred Vivian, acting
dean of the College of Agriculture.
Ohio State University. in a recent ad-
dress. The principal factor concerned
in the restoration of the soil fertility.
according to Prof. W ian. is organic
matter.
THE destruction of organic matter
by cultivation and otherwise, is
largely responsible for the depletion
our our SOILS" said he. This organic
matter must be restored if We expect
our farms to be productive. What
does organic matter do? 1t increases
the power of the soil to absorb and
retain moisture; improves the physi-
ca or mechanical condition of the
soil; helps to control soil tempera-
ture, and is storehouse OF plant
food. How can organic M Ter be re-
stored to the soil?
by saving all ANNA .nanures and
putting them onto the land; by max
ing use of all crop residues, that is,
putting back into the soil everything
not used for feed; by turning under
green manuring and catch crops.
Prof Vivian pointed out the loss sus-
tanned by burning straw stacks and
other crop residues and declared that
the difference between the careful
saving Of this plant food and its wan
ton destruction was ''the difference
between the salvation and damnation
of our soils"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14

that his trusted SION = = -
leader, Gen. Chas. Lee, had dis6beyed
orders and that as a result, the Amer
lean army was retreating.
Washington took in the situation at
a glance. The patriots were falling
back. The British were everywhere
successful. His blue eyes ablaze with
anger, the chief galloped across to
Lee.
IN heavens name, General" he
shout. what means this ill-timed
prudenee?"
Il know of no one" sneered Lee,
who has more of that abominable
virtue than your excellency.
At this retort the last barriers of
Washington's patience gave way. He
hurled at Lee public reprimand that
the latter never forgot nor forgave
1t was case of just mans wrath
at a blackguard's misdeeds.
Charles Lee %as born in England in
1871 He joined the British army as
a mere child. At the age of eleven
he was a commissioned officer. He
lOuSul III AInSIlCd uhi iiS nv H ShOh
and Indian war and rose fast in rank
TO Observation-Disclosures. But he had
a sarcastic tongue and an ungovern
able temper. He criticised his supe
rior officers and made fun of their
weaknesses. This sort of thing does
not help man on in any walk Of life
1t led at last to Lees practical dis
missal from the army. He drifted tc
Poland and Russia, where, serving as
a soldier of fortune, he received the
rank of major general. He also wor
doubtful fame as ferocious duelist.
Leaving Russia, Lee made his way
to America . short time before the
Revolution. Fe hated England and he
loved intrigue. So he plunged into
the stirring politics of the day, sidins
with the patriots. The Revolutionary
army was short of experienced off
GERS and was delighted to accept the
services of so noted a soldier as Lee
! He was offered the rank Of second
major-general under General Wash
! ington He bargained shrewdly witt
congress before accepting this honor
! declaring that King Georges gov
eminent would surely confiscate his
| British estates, and demanding to be
| paid for them. Congress agreed tt
give him $4,000 out of the impover
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14

he intended 60 be JUDGE JEFFRETo
a judge. Young as he was, the
lad-George Jeffreys-was already
accustomed to have his way. He
bullied or cajoled his parents in
to giving him a costly school ed
ucation ard a. law course that they
could i'll afford. Thus started a ca
reer that was to cost England many
hundred innocent lives.
From the very first young Jeffreys
was man of mark lie was brilliant,
strikingly handsome, and had an al
most supernatural power of reading
other mems minds and purposes. He
took scant pains to study and never
had much real knowledge of law. But
his cleverness supplied what his
learning lacked.
He took up criminal practice and
handled cases no decent lawyer would
touch. He had a. genius for making
influential friends Through these
friends and his own cunning he rose
fast in his profession At last he at
tracted the notice of the easy-going,
INSCRIPTIONS King Charles II. Charles
despised Jeffreys as a man, but was
not above using the young lawyer to
do his dirty work A strong faction
of the people were the kings political
opponents. Jeffreys publicly declared
himself the peoples friend-and Sc
cretly worked for the king From
both factions he received high re-
wards.
BY the time he was thirty he was
baronet and Chief Justice of Eng
land. Then he threw off all pretense
of decency. His drunkenness, his In
sane temper, his insolence made him
generally loathed. He could cry at
will Often in court he would brow
beat witnesses with volley Of filthy,
bitter, blasphemous sarcasm, make
the jury tremble by a maniac glare
of his black eyes, foam at the mouth
with rage, then break into a spasm of
loud laughter or into a flood of tears.
When Charles II. died without d.
rect heir the dead monarch's younger
brother took the throne as James
II. Jeffreys had already curried favor
with James and now rose to higher
power than ever. Lames made him
baron and showered favors on him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
GARDEN and
FARM NOTES

Ensilage costs about two dollars per
ton, the lack of 1t about six.
Some fax and some potatoes is bet
ter than all fax o. all potatoes.
When the gophers first show them
selves is the time to poison them.
Ensilage will furnish a this years
substitute for the clover crop that
failed.
Don't let the rush Of springs work
take the attention from the breeding
stock.
Paint in time saves weather-checks
and ensures larger chec'is in the event
of sale.
A little paint goes a long way to-
ward making home out of a group
of buildings.
Road dust will serve to hold the nj
trogen in manure. using it in the
stable gutter.
The two-horse. low-gear wagon is
largely used by farmers of the New
England States.
Sowing uncleaned seed is quite as
sensible as to knowingly spread dis
ease among ones stock.
The cost of clover and timothy seed
must not be reckoned; their value is
too great to let them go unsown.
While planting your garden give
due attention to the color of the flow
ers, so that they may harmonic
Ashes are best applied in the spring,
separately or in connection win phos-
plate fertilizers as top dressing.
A field Of rape will make excellent
summer pasture for the shoats.
Tobacco dust worked into the sur
face OF the soil Just before setting the
lettuce will help to keep the aphis
away
Keep an eye on the hot bed when
the sun shines brightly. Too much
heat will make the plants weak and
spindly.
In setting out rhubarb secure large
clumps. dig deep holes. and manure
heavily with web decomposed manure
from the COW stable. Some cuttings
may be made in the first Jason By
this method.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
EARLIEST OF SWEET PEPPERS
Plants Require Rather Light, Well
Drained Soil, and They Must Be
Kept Growing From Start.

Perhaps the earliest variety is the
Neapolitan If we'll grown plants are
set out early they will produce fine
fruit in June The fruit first turns to
a light yellow and then to brilliant
scarlet
The Ruby King, the Bull Nose, or
Sweet Bell are fine peppers. They are
blunt nosed, round and about two or
three inches long The Ruby King is
a little larger than the Bull Nose and
its flesh is very mild and sweet.
These plants grow about three feet
high and are not easily blown down.
The largest variety is the Chinese
Giant The flesh is thick and sweet
and can be eaten raw.
Peppers require rather light, well
drained soil, and they must be kept
growing from the start. If the growth
is checked by cold weather or lack of
moisture they will not mature we'll.
When the plants show two or three
leaves in seed bed transplant in small
cans or flower pots, and again trans
plant when all danger of frost is
passed and, in fact, not until the
weather becomes quite warm. Place
a shovelful of well watered manure in
each hill
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
Keeping Goats on the Farm,


A small flock of goats. on many
farms, would pay as well as other
farm stock. They are kept il large
fiocks in some of the western states.
Goats are healthy animals and free
from disease, and are cheaply kept on
what most of the other farm stock
would refuse TO eat Their fieeces sell
for q good price and their flesh is as
good or better than muttcc. Their
skins are in demand. at good prices,
for making overcoats, robes and furs
for women and children. pasture in
tested with bushes and other undesir-
able plants can soon be cleaned up by
a flock of goats. Goats are great pets
for children. Few are aware of the
gentleness and playfulness OF the fe-
male goat. or how eleanly are its heb-
its and how readily it accommodates
Itself TO any situation II which 1t Is
placed. The milk OF the goat is dis
unguishable from that of the COW only
by its superior richness, approaching.
IN fact, in quality to the thin cream
* the COW. The milk of the goat is
better adapted 10 feeding young chill
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
Excellent Fertilizer Distributor.

ance of nitrogen for the corn crop and
at the proper time during its growth
to insure a maximum yield. The bac-
terra in the manure will hasten the
decomposition of the organic matter
contained in the roots and stubble of
the clover sod and hasten them into
a condition available to nourish the
growing corn crop.
All farmers know that excellent
crops of mixed grass may be grown
on a field that has produced good
crop of corn by the application of
manure alone the previous year but
IL my opinion better economical re-
suits may be obtained if the manure
is applied at the rate Of from 5 to
10 loads to the acre and supplemented
with some form of fertilizer supply
ing an abundance of phosphoric acid
and potash.
The phosphoric acid may be pur-
chased in numerous forms, but in my
opinion the potash mad best come in
the form of a high grade or a low
grade sulphate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
3ettit5 Que Safe G f4ehiSd lIDs
If YOU WaNr To Begin OR ExpAND

business write the Boarc of Trade, Weyburn Saskat
chewun. We want Industries retailers and whole
salers Electric power water, fuel cheap. Builders
with ptal needed. Population doubled this year
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
George Jeffreys The Demon Judge"

1t was during this kings reign, in
1885, that Jeffreys enacted his vilest
crimes. The Duke of Monmouth had
laid claim to the English throne and
had fooled thousands of simple-mind-
ed farmers and shop folk into joining
his rebellion. The uprising was crush
ed. The duke was beheaded. His
captured followers were brought be-
fore Jeffreys for trial. Then came a
horror still known as the Bloody
Assizes."
Jeffreys (first making his work
easier by falsely limiting that those
who pleaded guilty" would be spar
ed condemned to death 800 men ard
boys. (Some historians say 100)
These we're hanged after mere mock
cry Of a trial. during which Jeffreys
alternately raved, cursed, drank, WEI
!phwled with laughter and behaved in
general like a mailman. Even the
Nardest-hearted servants OF the king
were Mortified by such slaughter-the
more so since many OF the condemned
were innocent people who had taken
nc part in the rebellion Jeffreys was
ordered to be more lenient. So he
sent 841 of the remaining prisoners
to he sold into slavery Iii India and
the Barbados and had the rest
scourged or thrown into jail
Throughout the trial he spared any
one who could pay him large enough
bribe. But few of these country folk
and tradesmen could raise such sums
as he demanded For his work at the
Bloody Assizes" Jeffreys was made
Lord Chancellor of England. He
boosted that as chief justice he had
hanged more men and women than
all his predecessors put together.
Three years later the English peo-
pie grew tired of James H. and over
threw him. He fed into exile JEFF
freys, knowing how he himself was
hated by the people. tried to get Sc
cretly out of England. He shaved
off his shaggy eyebrows, dressed as a
sailor and boarded an outgoing ship.
But on the eve of sailing he went
ashore and got drunk in a waterside
tavern. A poor writer whom he had
once unjustly punished recognized
him.
1T is the bloody judgei" shouted
he writer
The mob hurled themselves upon
the disguised Jeffreys and were tear
ing him to pieces when the authorities
rescued him, He was taken to the
Tower Of London and imprisoned
there, until at the age of forty he
drank himself to death Though he
had ten children his family soon died
out. His own name, however, is still
remembered and cursed throughout
England.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14

NO MORE OF THAT MEDICINE
Mary Had Her Mind Made w as to
Further Doses of Unquenchable
Compound.

A Yonkers, N. Y, physician had a
negro cook who was a chronic CON-
palmer One day she came in groan-
ing with a misery in her side and the
doctor offered to prescribe for her.
He went to the dining room, poured
out spoonful of game sauce, stirred
in some English mustard and sprin-
kled on some cayenne pepper. and
handed the dose to the sufferer. telling
her to take it down at one swallow.
1t was two weeks or more before
Mary turned up with a new pain. This
time il was in her other side Her
employer offered to mix her another
dose OF his medicine.
mo suh!" said Mary, firmly. I'm
much obliged to you, doctor; but lse
done got my mind made up never agin
to drink nothin' what water won't
squench! Saturday Evening Pest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
Didn't Fully Understand.

A New York judge went over to
Ireland recently and met the brother
of Tom" Costigan, well known dis
trict leader in one wing of the Dernoc-
Tacy. The Judge told Toms" broth
er in Ireland all about what great
man Tom" had become, about his
popularity and influence, devotion to
politics. The brother, instead of shar-
ing the judges enthusiasm. looked
anxious. Before you go, said TON s"
brother, please satisfy me on one
point Isn't all this attention to
politics interfering with my brothers
business?"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
What Every Woman Knows.

A Cleveland school teacher writes
that she asked her class what was the
difference between the expressions, "a
while" and "a time. Nobody seemed
to have any ideas on the subject.
Finally the light of intelligence was
seen to shine in the eyes OF one little
hoy, and the teacher called upon him
to save the intellectual honor OF the
class.
Il know, teacher!" he cried eagerly
When papa says he's going out for a
while, mamma says she knows he's
going out for a time!"
That's one way of looking at it.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
| Historic Blackguards
B. ALBERT PAYsoN TERHUNE
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Copyright by the Publishing he New wOld)
Gen. Charles Lee-The Traitor Who Threatened America

ished patriot treasury as recompense
Tor this possible loss.
Now began Lees american military
career From tne first le seems to
have had two aims. One, to seize
Washington's position as commander
in-chief; the other, to sell tie Amer
lean cause, at he best possible terms,
to the British. After more than once
risking the arrny's welfare by disobey-
ing Washington's orders, Lee was cap
tured at Basking Ridge, N. j., by the
British. Whether or not he consented
to the capture in order to carry out
his treason plot cannot be known.
But during his captivity (most Of
which he spent in a suite of rooms in
New York City HalD he came to
terms of understanding with the Brit
ish general, Howe, and explained to
him his ideas on how best to crush
the Revolution Thinking he would
be of more use to them in the Revolu-
tionary army than in prison. the Brit
ish set him free in 177S and he went
back to his duties. (The complete
draft of Lees plan, by which the col
onies might be overthrown, was found
in 1857 among General Howe's pri-
vate papers.l
Then came the battle of Monmouth.
The English, under Clinton, in June.
177S. eYacuated Philadelphia and re-
treated across New Jersey TO the
British headquarters at New York.
Washington resolved to smash part
of the British army at Monmouth, N.
j., on its march. Lee begged him not
to make the attempt, but Washington
sent him with an advance guard of
, 5000 men to overtake the enemy.
Lee caught up with the British at
Monmouth on June %, 177S, and be-
gan the battle in so strange and in
competent a way that Lafayette, in
alarm, sent a secret message begging
Washington to hurry to the front.
Washington arrived in time to meet
| Lee in full retreat He rebuked the
traitor, rallied the army and saved the
day
No one could understand Lees odd
| behavior, for no one then knew he
was false. In rage at the rebuke, he
wrote two insulting letters to Wash
| ington, who promptly ordered him ar
rested court-martial suspended
him from active service for a year
In rage, he retired to mountain hut,
where, for months, he lived like a her
nit.
AS his year of suspension drew to
an end, Lee wrote an abusive letter to
/ congress, and was at once dismissed
! from the army He went to live on an
estate he had bought in the Shenan-
doah Valley In 1882 he visited Phila-
| delphia, where he fell i'll and died.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
Johns Logic.

John returned home at a very ques-
Eonable hour, and among other SOU
venirs of special evening he carried
a considerable cash on his forehead,
His wife demanded an explanation of
the wound.
''Notbin' be Harmed bout. m dear.
Jes' bit m'self"
John Brown! How could you bite
yourself on the forehead?" exclaimed
his irritated helpmate.
This had presented no difficulties to
the versatile John. if it had taxed the
credulity of his spouse.
Il stood on chair, y'knaw," he ex.
claimed glibly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
REASONABLE WORK IN GARDEN
AS Rule for Most Things 1t Is Safe to
Wait Until Around Corn Plant
ing Time fer Start.

We are always eager to get the gar
den started in the spring, but as a
rule for the most things it is safe to
wait until around corn planting time
or little before. No use to put seed
into cold damp ground only to rot.
Better start the plants in the hot
bed and taper off in the cold frame.
and then when set out in the open
they will hump themselves.
It's mighty mean man who will
permit his wife to spade up the gar
den and do all the work on it the
whole season through.
Never drill strong fertilizer, like
sheep or poultry manure, in the rows
next to the seed. Better plan is to
work it into the ground before plant
ing or in the rows just after the plants
appear and close enough so it will
touch.
Everybody grows rhubarb, but few
farmers know that they can grow as
paragus just as easily. 1t is one of the
most delicious vegetables grown and
requires no special care. Start with
one or two year old plants.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
Marketing Vegetables.

The successful marketing of vege-
tables, beyond doubt, is the most seri-
GUS question of all our commercial
growers. In many instances, it is ap-
parently impossible to make ship
ments to the city and realize fair
profit.
This condition is due to high freight
or express charges, INSCRIPTIONS
dealers and too many middlemen.
There is too much difference between
the price received by the producer
and that paid by the consumer. and
cost of living in large cities.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
Removing Fence Posts.

A laborer was sent to remove a
number of fence posts from an old
fence. The fob would have taken a
half day of ordinary work, says a
writer in the Popular Mechanics, but
two hours later we found him asleep
in the shade, and the posts all re-
moved. We let him sleep till noon,
as We thought he had earned his rest.
His method OF removing the posts
was very simple, as he used an ordi-
nary gravel pick, drove the sharp
point into the post close to the
ground, put a hardwood block under
the pick and pulled on the handle.
The operation was repeated as the
post was drawn out of the ground.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
PREPARING THE CORN FIELD
Manure, Supplemented With Some
Form of Fertilizer to Furnish
Phosphoric Acid, Is Best.
Rv w. NJ. KELLEY

On the majority of stock and dairy
farms the corn field is the ideal place
20 apply the farm manure. A corn
crop is able to make profitable use OF
manure for the reason that it makes
its principal growth late in the season
after the fertilizing elements in the
manure have been available to nour.
ish the growing plants, by the action
Of the elements.
The ideal corn field is prepared by
applying manure to clover sod.
A light dressing of stable manure
on the clover sod will make an abund
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
Paradise Lost.

"Blingley, why does Oldboy refuse
to speak to you? You used to be great
friends"
Yes, when we were bachelors; but
he's married now"
And what difference does that
make?"
Wen, the fact is, l made him a
handsome wedding present of a book,
and he hasn't SPOKEN to me since"
What WAS the book?"
paradise Lost"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
Value Of Manure.

Progressive farmers realize the inn
portance OF saving more barnyard
manure and using it literally on the
farm. Manure supplies both plant
food and humus and has tendency
TO revive and reclaim thin and worn
soils. Soils that have been dressed
with manure are easier TO cultivate.
and what is better. they produce
larger crops.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
Seedless Tomatoes

The New Jersey experiment station
announces that professor Halsted has
succeeded in growing a seedleSs To-
mato. Not every fruit grown is seed
less. plenty Of them containing from
10 to 90 seeds. but many others con
tain none at all and all are OF excel
lent favor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-14
HANDY FOR cHoPPING ROOTS
Preparing Feed for Stock-Edges
Should Be Sharp.

1t is a slow and tedious job chop
ping roots in large quantities, and if
they are to be fed to animals, a great
deal of time is required. Your black
smith will make a good root-chopper
by following the suggestions in the
Illustration herewith. Take to him an
old handle of some kind and have it in