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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
Exac, Copy of Wrapper.
Chinese Football.

Our football-whether Association
or Rugby is played according to rule,
Not so the football of China. There
the contest is curiously primitive, and
free and easy.
The first game saw" says Eu-
ropean in letter to the Weekly Tele-
graph Il mistook for a serious riot.
To begin with, each side was so
strong, and as it was in the northern
China, most of the players We're six
feet tall, and heavy in proportion.
They had no goals, sice lines or
halves. Hhe game was not finished
until one side defeated the other, and
sometimes lasted several days. The
idea of the game is to carry a small
basket, which serves as a ball, into
the opponents territory. The game is
fought out in the streets, and every
player has a whistle with which to
call assistance when he is too hard
pressed. Stealth, as well as force, is
permitted know of one man who got
the ball across the enemy's line by
climbing over the roofs CT houses. AS
you may imagine, a hundred gigantic
men yelling and fighting all over the
public streets are pretty certain to
cause excitement"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
PRETTY LEGEND IS AMERICAS
Diamond, Accounted So Precious, Said
to Have Origin in Tears of
Indian Mother.

Once upon time there lived an In.
dian chief with a wife and two sons
1t happened that one night one Of the
little boys disappeared A foe of an.
other tribe had stolen the little fellow
in the stiffness of the night. Many a
weary search did the father and his
followers make to find the lost child.
boy had disappeared and no traces OF
him could be found
And so the years passed on and the
chief grew old and feeble, until death
finally claimed him. But ere he died he
intrusted the care and ruling of his
tribe to his wife, Moneta, till such
time as his lost son should be found.
Send our older son out into the
world and let him search and let him
not return till he has found our son, :"
said the chief to Moneta. And when
he is brought back let him be the
ruler of our people"
The Indian mother followed out the
dying request of her husband. Each
day she waited for the return of her
boys. and each night she lighted a fire
on the mountain top that they might
see it upon their return home Days
came and went, and still her sons did
not come back Finally the mother.
who was growing more weak and
feeble each day, was unable to reach
the mountain top herself to light the
fire. A voice had told her in the
night that her boys were coming back.
So, with the help of several young
men of the tribe, she reached the sum
nit of the mountain for the last time.
She begged the Indian youths to leave
her alone AND there that night her
sons came back to her, the younger
dead in the arms of his brother
When her Indian people came the
next morning Moneta and her sons had
vanished. But, scattered over the rocky
top. were bright, glistening diamonds,
the tears of the bereaved mother.
From that day on the diamond was
the brightest and most precious stone
on earth, the tear that springs from
mother love.-Kansas City Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01

only the most vigorous, and these al
ways produced good crop, writes
Clinton Vannah in the Orange Judd
Farmer.
An excellent old-fashioned way to
raise cucumbers and melons in the
kitchen garden is to dig circular
hole in the ground from six to ten
inches deep and three feet across. In
the center of the excavation place on
end a nail cask with both ends
knocked out. Then ill the space
around the outside Of the cask with
a compost of good loam and rotted
stable manure, or droppings from the
hennery we'll pulverized and thorough
ly mixed with the earth. Cover the
compost with two or three inches Of
loan, and plant the seed near the
cask. Z
manure from the horse stable, that
will hold moisture like a sponge. In
case of drouth, water may be poured
into the cask freely, it will not evap-
crate readily, and gives gradual
supply to the plants as they require.
Small holes should be bored through
the slaves of the cask 10 allow out
ward seepage of water.
If the ground is naturally inclined
to dampness no excavation below the
level should be made. Place the cask
on the surface and build mound of
compost around it. To give the vines
freedom of growth the casks should
be set eight or nine feet apart eacn
way.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
DESSERTS OF FRUIT
THEY ARE EASILY PREPARED
AND CONSIDERED HEALTHFuL.
Tendency to Eat Meats and Other
Heavy Foodstuffs During the Sum-
rner Months is Rapidly Pass
ing, Says Writer.

Fresh fruits play an important part
IN the dietary of people OF hlgnest
culture and refinement, those who at
feet beautiful and harmonious sim
plicity, combined with simple, whole
some and appetizing dishes. They
are delight to the eye, delicious to
taste, and easy to prepare in divers
agreeable ways.
1t is a mistake to regard fruits as
mere accessories to idealize an other
wise too-solid and realistic dietary.
While fruits differ very materially
from such concentrated food as the
flesh of animals. they are akin TO the
cereals and grains. and combined with
them will give every element required
as building material for the body; and
the fact that they are of a lighter.
less condensed form is evidence of
their superiority over the grosser ma
terials, too rich in nitrogen and flesh
forming elements when consumed
alone and in quantities that are in ex-
cess of the requirements of the indi-
vidual.
During the summer especially. 1t is
very necessary to maintain harmony
and healthy performance of the d.
gestive functions in order to become
one of the enviable serene, self-poised
individuals so rarely met but so
soothing and refreshing to the over
fed, over-stimulated. over-heated, ner-
vous American, who goes on eating
the same amount of condensed food,
regardless of the season CT the phys
Illogical effect In land where all
abundance all the year, it is well
that necessity is rapidly increasing
their use and proportionately decreas-
ing the supply of animal food, this
forwarding the mach of civilization
more rapidly.
fruits are no more perishable than
meats, and have the added advantage
of being easily preserved in many
ways, without lessening their dietetic
value, though changing some of their
most active principles, perhaps. Fresh,
knocked fruits should not be eaten
in quantity after hot meal, and for
that reason are better served for
breakfast fruit, or at luncheon. when
they constitute the principal dish.
At present we have the strawberry,
pineapple, grapefruit, banana, Grange,
and lemon in abundance, and at fair
ly reasonable prices. AS all these
fruits have rich and pronounced
flavor, one does not have to go to any
great outlay in making a varied num-
Der of very dainty and appetizing des-
serts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
pIsinfectlna Cow Stables.

Disinfectants cannot destroy germs
If they DO not come into direct contact
with them Disinfectants should be
applied in sufficient quantity to thor
oughly saturate the surfaces, after the
adhering particles of dirt are re-
moved. In the application of the dis
irfectant in COW stables it is well TO
use broom or stiff brush and thor
oughly scrub the floor, feed troughs.
stanchions, and lower parts of the
walls. The solution can be applied
TO the ceilings and upper parts of the
side walls with a spray pump, and
must be carried into any creyice and
recess into which dirt can enter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
a HOMEMADE WORK BENCH.

Every boy INSTRUMENTATION his
hobby be carpentry, mechanics or cleo
trical work requires first Of all a
home work bench. A workshop should
be fitted 90 if possible, but If there
isn't room for a permanent shop prob
ably corner large enough for the
bench and working room can be found.
Even If you live in a fiat building
likely you can obtain permission to
use a corner of the basement Some
times the fat building storeroom is
large enough, and if there is an out
side window opening into 1t and the
stored articles can be piled up to one
side, 1t will serve the purpose excel
lently
This week ! am going to describe
now to construct workbench; then
later on, / shall show those Of you
boys who cannot find a place In which
to Keep bench permanently how you
can make a portable bench that can
be set up on a kitchen or laundry
table and folded up after use into a
compact form that can be stored away
n a closet
For the work bench shown in Fig. l.
2x4's should be used for the legs. A.
inch boards for the braces and rails
Finch stuff s inches or 10 inches in
width for the bench top, and a piece
of 2xS for the jaw of the wise. If you
know carpenter, he will probably be
willing to get the material for you
or, If there is building in course of
construction in your neighborhood you
can generally purchase such sizes OF
material as the above from the car
penter foreman; or, if a building
nearby is being altered or torn down
1t is an easy matter to strike bar
gain in secondhand lumber, which
will serve-the purpose for your bench
provided Y is sound
The bench illustrated is feet
inches long, "a inches wide and 2 feet
s inches high. These dimensions may
be altered to suit your working space
You may find this bench too high, but
it will be simple matter to saw q
little off of the legs after completing
the bench. if this proves to be true
in your case.
The Framework
Cut the four legs GA and F, Fig. q
2 feet inches long, the rails B and c
4 feet 6 inches long, and rails G and H
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
Thankful for Small Favors.

A colored woman was so abused by
a drunken, shiftless husband that a
woman for whom she did washing, had
the man called before the court for
discipline. The Judge tried to get
testimony from the woman to prove
the very obvious facts in the case.
Does your husband abuse your
the court asked.
Well" she admitted hesitatingly,
''he amt always been so kind as ne
might be-"
so l hear" commented his honor
drily is it true that he has threat
ened several times to blow your head
off"
Well, yes sub, he's done said it,
but then you see he amt nevah done
it. yit.'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01

% inches long. Then place the legs
A upon the floor, f1atwise, and connect
them with rails B and C, fastening B
at the tops as shown, and G or
inches above the lower ends. The
frame thus made must be square at
the corners, in order that the COM
pleted bench may be square; so, be-
fore mailing these pieces together, it
is essential to test all four corners
of the frame. The diagonal braces d
and e should then be cut and fastened
to rails B and in the manner shown.
Trim the corners of the pieces so they
The ends of the braces G and H
will fit as in the illustration
should now be nailed to legs F, then
to legs A. When stood upon its feet,
the framework should look like it
does in Fig. g.
Cut the apron, or wide board that ex-
tends across the face of the bench
figs. l and 81, next, and fasten it to
the framework. The board should be
5 feet 6 inches long, with the ends cut
off on the diagonal as shown; it may
be cut from an 8-inch or a 10-inch
board. Fasten it to the face of the
front legs with a projection of 6
inches over the bench ends
Cut the bench top pieces the length
of the apron, and screw or nail them
In place. The front edge of the first
piece should be planned smooth, and
should be placed even with the face OF
the apron so as to make a flush sur
face for the face OF the wise.
The Bench Wise.
An iron bench screw can be pur-
chased at hardware store for so
cents, and with one of these in hand
the construction of a good wise is a
simple matter. The jaw of the wise
should be about inches thick, 6
inches wide and of about tie lengih
of the legs. Nail it, temporarily. to
the bench directly in front of the left
hand leg. with the top about one-half
inch above the bench top. Then locate
the hole for the bench screw, and cut
this hole through the jaw, the apron
and the leg. If your largest bit isn't
large enough to bore this hole, bore a
number Of small holes and then finish
the cutting with a chisel The hole
should be made fully one-fourth inch
larger than the diameter OF the screw,
and it should be enlarged on the back
of the leg. as much as is necessary to
receive the threaded socket Gig. A.
that comes with the bench screw.
Some bench screws are not threaded
their entire length. and when this is
the case it of course becomes neces-
sary to block out the iron socket, in
stead Of setting it into the leg; other
wise il would not be possible to close
the wise entirely After the screw has
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
RlNGWoRM ON CHILD'S FACE


Stratford, Iowa-"Three years ago
this winter my seven-year-old son had
ringworm on the face. First it was in
small red spots which had a rough
crust on the top. When they started
they looked like little red dots and
then they got bigger, about the size
of a birds egg. They had a white
rough ring around them, and grew
continually worse and soon spread
over his face and legs The child sui
fered terrible itching and burning, sc
that he could not sleep nights. He
scratched them and they looked fear.
full. He was cross when he had them
We used several bottles of liniment
but nothing helped.
81 saw where a child had a rash on
the face and was cured by Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and l decided to
use them. / used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment about one month, and they
cured my child completely" (Signed)
Mrs Barbara Pr:m, Jan. 80, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
rec, with 32-p. Skin Book Address
postcard "Cutieura, Dept L, Boston"
Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
LIVE STOCK
1mpsROTES

The trend Of hog values is down
ward.
Growing pigs always pay their
board bin.
A little tankage and oil meal makes
excellent feed for young pigs.
A few choice lambs make suitable
farm companions for the children.
In the manager is the place to feed
everything, and not out on the
ground.
Even the law that like produces like
turns "fip-hops" when cross breeding
is practiced.
One of the causes for weak lambs is
the result of compelling the ewes to
live ON coarse foods.
II will be long time before there
will be an oversupply of beef, pork
and mutton in this country.
Packers are still talking lower
prices for hogs. but in spite of this
talk the market continues healthy.
Proper rearing and judieious man
agement will result in few bulls be-
coming vicious after they have grown
old.
If one is obliged % feed timothy hay
s good ration of bran and oats will
help to maintain the ewes in good
condition.
1t is essential in raising beef to
know the characteristics of a prime
beast for in order 10 command the
top price the animal must be in the
pink Of condition.
Much lameness IN horses is due TO
improper shoeing Horses should be
shod by competent blacksmiths. Is
yours one?
Fix lamb creep TO exclude the
ewes. sprinkle little bran in the
troughs and you viii very soon have
the lambs eating.
A feck of sheep VIII get more sub
stance on poor land and at the same
time do il more good than any other
stock on the farm.
There are too few good colts raised
on the farms This should not be.
Don't leave this important Industry TO
the horse breeders alone
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
MILK COOLER OF CONCRETE
AS Water Is Constantly Changing
Milk Can Be Cooled in the
Shortest Possible Time.

The Illustration shows milk cooler
mat is very easily constructed by
anyone and will repay it's cost many
times over in a seasons use A box
form is constructed of the size you
wish the outside of the cooler to be:
the inside is made in the same man.
ner only about eight inches smaller so
as to allow for a four-inch wall to the
tank or cooler on all sides. The con-
crete is mixed, one part cement to five
parts of sand and gravel, and the bot
tom of cooler laid first this may go
three and one-half or four inches
thick, as you desire; the box form for
the inside is then set upon this floor
or bottom at an equal distance from
the outside form on all four sides, and
the concrete for the walls placed and
tamped down At one end the wall is
slightly lower in center to provide for
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
HELEN KELLER is OUTCOME
Wisconsin Girl Born With Only One
Sense, That of Touch, Graduates
From School for Deaf.

Born deaf, blind, and dumb, with
the additional handicap of having but
one leg, Miss Anna Johnson, Wis
consin's Helen Keller. graduated from
the Wisconsin School for the Deaf
Crippled from babyhood and with
only one sense. that of touch, to aid
her, Miss Johnson entered the school
nine years ago "a the age of thir
teen. Up to that time she had re-
ceived practically no education, Dur
ing her stay here she was taught to
hear has won high honors in history
and literature, has become an accom-
lpiished seamstress and wicker basket
maker and has written several pa
Pers of great merit on historical sub
jects.
Her triumph, however, came recent
w. when she delivered her commence
ment essay by word of mouth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01

pound and it made me a strong well wo-
mar. j am very thankful that l fol-
lowed my friends advice and j shall
recommend it as long as live. Before
] took the Compound / was always
sickly and now / have not had medicine
from doctor for years. You may pub
lish my letter. Mrs. EDWARD B. Hu-
BERT, Fleetwood, Pa
Such warning symptoms as sense of
Buffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
Bcbes, dread CT impending evil, timidity,
sounds IN the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and inquietude, and dizziness,
are promptly needed by intelligent wo-
men who are approaching the period in
life when woman2s great change may
be expected.
Ly2ie E. Pipkha-n's Vegetable Com
pound 5nvigorates and strengthens the
female organism and builds up the weak
ened nervous system. II has carried
many women safely through this crisis
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
Clearly Defined.

"Potluck" is defined in such prac-
teal way IN Limoges, France, that the
beholder ever after remembers that
it means, take what you get and say
nothing" In a certain corner Of that
quaint city of jostling roofs there is
still segregated, much as if in ghet-
to, a Saracen population probably a
remnant Of the wave Of SaraceIls that
swept over Europe hundreds of years
ago. Here they live in their crooked,
narrow streets, following old customs
handed down from generation to gen
Grafton. There are many butcher
shops in the quarter and OUTSIDE Of
each steams a great pot of sour over
glowing brazier. In each pot stands
ladle as ancient as the pot. When
customer comes with a penny in
goes the ladle and come3 up full of
savory broth and chunks of meat, odds
and ends that the butcher has had left
over. And what comes up the Gus
omer has to take.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
Rakei Eros.

Butter fatter, or siailar dish,
that will stand the heat. Then break
onto it as many eggs as required.
Around ard between them place a
strip of thick, sweet cream, dust
sparingly with paprika and white pep
per, adding salt after they are baked,
as ii would be apt to curdle the
cream if added first. Bake for two
minutes. (They will cook more after
being removed from the oven.) Are
delicious.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
GETTING BIG SQUASH
Successful Method for Raising
Vegetable for Family Use.
Excellent and Old-Fashioned Way OF
Raising cucumbers and Melons in
Kitchen Garden-Mcisture Sup
piled n Dry Season,

For number of years l success
fully followed this method in raising
squash for family use: Make a com
post cheap In a corner of the garden
with a mixture of rich loan, well
rotted manure from stable and hog
pen, and generous percentage Of
hen manure. There should be sew
eral large wagon loads of the compost,
and it should be raked over and over
until all parts are thoroughly pulver-
lied and blended
Level the heap to circular mound,
say two feet deep and ten or twelve
fet In diameter, the top fat Cover
with two inches of loan, and plant the
seed rather more quickly than in the
ordinary hill or drill. There should
be plenty of space around the bed for
the vines to spread freely
/ never failed to secure a healthy
growth of plants, which, when well
started were thinned so as TO leave
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
WHY Is POULTRY VALUABLE?
'oIessor Gilbert of Canada Gives
Eight Good Reasons In Answer
to Pertinent Question.

why IS poultry valuable to the
farmer? is a question asked by hun
dreds OF tillers of the soil who usu-
any keep but few chickens, and
these mixture of all breeds. i'rofes-
sor Gilbert Of Ottawa, Canada, gives
the following reasons in answer to
this pertinent question:
/. Because he ought, by their means
10 convert great deal Of the waste of
his farm into money in the shape of
eggs and chickens for market.
q. because, with intelligent manage
ment, they ought to be alhyear reve-
nue. producers, with the exception of
POSSIBLY two months during the moult-
ing season
8. because the poultry will yield him
quicker return for the capital in
vested than any OF the other depart
ments of agriculture.
4. Because the manure from the
poultry house will make a valuable
composite for use In either vegetable
garden or orchard The birds them.
selves, If allowed, win destroy all in
furious insect life.
.. Because, while cereals and fruits
can only be successfully grown in Ger.
tain sections, poultry can be raised
for table use or layers of eggs in any
and every part of the country. and
at all seasons.
D. because poultry raising is an EN-.
piOyment in which tho farroer,o 1vife
can engage and leave him free to at.
tend to other departments of farm
work
Z Because it will bring the best re
suits in the shape of new-laid eggs
during the winter season, when the
farmer has the most time on his
hands.
9. Because to start poultry on the
farm requires very little capital.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
Chicken Raviolas.

One pint minced chicken, half green
pepper, half medium sized onion and
three cloves garlic, all chopped fine.
Put three tablespoons butter in a
skillet; add the pepper, onion and
garlic and fry until il begins to turn
yellow, but do not brown. Add one
heaping teaspoon -four, one cup milk
Or meat broth. Boil up, then add the
chicken, season to taste and allow to
cook until thick. Put in pan or
dish until cool, then mold and place
in paste They may be poached or
baked from seven to ten minutes.
Serve with cream sauce with Parma-
san cheese grated and sprinkled over,
or with tomato sauce.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
FINDS NEW USE FOR SALT
Woman Discovers How to Make Gas
Mantle Lights White After They
Have Burned Black.

Il learned a new trick the other
day admitted man who thinks he
knows about all the tricks there are
to be known. II was making a call on
friend whose apartments is fitted
with gas mantle lights. The light in
the reception room was poor because
the mantle had turned black. But my
friends wife knew the secret of turn
ing it back to it's original color, and /
stood amazed to see her throw salt
into the chimney all over the mantle.
The salt caused the flame to blaze
up all around the mantle and gradual
ly the char disappeared. and the light
was as bright and clear as when the
mantle was new. That's a thing
worth knowing"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-01
Use Hatpins WRONGLY.

Australian women enjoy the parlia-
mentary franchise. but they are still
unsatisfied and militant. In the Mel
bourne theater there has of late been
an epidemic of stabbing with hatpins
The ushers and other officials have
been the principal sufferers. Said one
manager: The ushers frequently
come to me bleeding from wounds in
their legs l have seen cases where
the hatpin has been thrust in as far
as it would go. That is not far re
moved from attempted murder"