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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
Elder Blossom Wine

Nine pounds of white sugar, three
gallons water, one yeast cake, one-half
cup lemon juice, one quart fresh elder
blossoms picked from the stems), two
pounds raisins and one pound dates.
Put sugar and cold water over the fire
to dissolve sugar and let come to a
boil without stirring. Boil five min
utes, skim and add elder blossoms.
Stir well, take from the fire and cool.
When lukewarm add the yeast dis
solved in warm water and lemon juice.
Put in earthen Jar and let stand for
six days, stirring the blossoms from
the bottom of the jar several times
daily. On the seventh day strain
through cloth and add raisins and
dates. Cover tightly and bottle.
Looks and tastes like best champagne.
The elder blossoms give it cham.
payne flavor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
WORD OF REMARKABLE ORIGIN
"Quiz," Which Is in Such Common
Use, Has No Root Nor Etymo-
logical Meaning.

The word quiz is one of the few
English words which has no root nor
genealogical meaning to give hint
of what it signifies.
1t is said, in fact, that the manu-
facturer of the word himself did not
know what it meant. He made it
up jokingly, according to the follow
ing story of the words origin:
Many years ago there lived in Dub
lin person whose name was DAILY.
According to custom he and a party
of friends were gathered together one
evening, when he made wager that
by the end of the following day every
man in Dublin would be speaking
word having no meaning and being
derived from no language known.
The wager was eagerly taken up by
Days associates, who were sure that
he had no chance of winning under
the circumstances.
DAILY owned among other things a
theater and after the party had brok
en- up he called up all the men con-
nected with the theater, assigned to
each a certain portion of the city, sup
piled them with chalk and instructed
them to write the letters QUIZ" on
every door and shop window in town
before daylight. His orders were car
ried out SO effectually that before the
morning of the following day was over
everybody was asking of his neighbor
the meaning Of the mysterious word
quiz" The ignorance of its meaning
and its sudden appearance all over
the city created talk and conjecture
for many day.
When the truth that it was all a
joke came out the word was adopted
as a synonym for a jest and express
sive also of puzzle because of the
questions and general perplexity it
had aroused
To quiz means, therefore, in one
sense, to ask questions, and in other
to quiz a person means to jest with
or poke fun at him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
She Eninus Cinars

Miss Dillwyn, whose father repre-
sented Swansea in parliament, and
who herself has done excellent serv-
ice on the old Swansea school board
and board of guardians, is one of the
few Englishwomen who enjoy a cigar
She even smokes cigars at public din
ners.
81 smoke them because like them"
she told a newspaper representative.
II can't remember how many years
have smoked-all over the world
and wherever go. Some people
smoke for asthma and kindred COM
plants, but I smoke simply and sole
ly for pleasure. l smoked my first
cigar when l was eleven years old
and later my father used to give me
cigars. / do not like cigarettes. Some
one once said, Do l drink beer out
of a thimble?' and that is my opinion
of cigarettes Personally, have never
suffered any ill-effevts from cigars"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04

Harry, l viii come with YOU she
said, raising her Sead. "Anywhere,"
She stepped out through the wir
dow and they faced each other in the
garden outside. Nobody was stirring
In the street. She looked back at the
house. fearful, and still uncertain.
Why couldn't you come before ?"
she whispered.
Harry Goddard threw back his head
and laughed.
Because" he answered, Senator
Pryce gave me esse hundred dollars
to stay away un;1 his wedding gay"
What! He paid you money"
Yes. And the joke is that the old
man outwitted himself This is his
Wedding day, because it is past mid
night. He thought the joke was on
me, but that's where he fell down"
Esther laid her baud on his arm.
Harry, you did this dastardly
thing?' she asked.
Well, hasn't he money to spare?
And wasn't he just as bad, with all
his money, bribing poor man."
1t wasn't the bribe,' she muttered
1t was the making her the subject
OF the bride. She knew that the link
which bound her to Harry was broken
forever. Quietly she stepped back
through the window.
Il win" said low voice in her
ear. Senator Pryce was standing be-
fore her, in her room, smiling.
What does this mean?" asked Es-
ther.
1T means" answered the senator,
that l have tested you and found
you true, just as l found him false.
0, Esther, forgive me, but | couldn't
marry you until l had given you the
chance to see what you have es-
capped"
No, what 1 have found" she an
swered softly.
Copyright, 1918. by w. G. CAapman.)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
LAST WORD ON PRESERVES
Suggestions for the Final Putting Up
of Pickles and Spices for the
Winter Months.

There is still time for a few last
jars of pickle or spice to be put up
before winter Red cabbage, white
cabbage, tomatoes and onions, are all
in their glory. Peppers and dill" all
the end of the season herbs, are. just
right for seasoning. Take advantage
of these last pleasant days to put up
few more things to bottle and
SEAL
Vegetable Soup-Scald, peel and
mash one peck ripe tobatoes; run
two heads cabbage, one dozen medium
carrots, one bunch parsley and half
pack onions through the food chop
per; mince three stalks celery, and
boil one dozen ears corn on cob and
cut off. Mix all together and add two
tablespoons salt to every gallon. If
mixture seems dry add water. Boil
until carrots are tender Seal while
hot in glass Jars. In winter add con-
tents to soup stock, and rich veget.
able soup may be had at short notice.
Tomato Ginger Preserves-Nine
pounds of green tomatoes and half
pound green ginger stewed together
Boil four lemons until soft and take
cut seeds. Chop lemons and mix with
tomato, adding nine pounds of sugar
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
Handy Way to save Seed Ears.

The amount of freezing seed corn will
stand depends entirely upon its dry
ness. If thoroughly dry and sur
rounded by dry atmosphere it will
stand very cold weather.
If you have ever found yourself
compelled to plant corn that was not
fit for seed, do not be caught that way
again. 1t is too discouraging to begin
the season with poor prospects of a
good crop. Get your seed at ripening
time when the best quality is most
plentiful. Get an abundance, enough
for planting again what the high
water may destroy and a supply
for some farmer who may move
into your community or for neighbor
who could not select his seed corn at
the proper time. Save seed only from
the most profitable individuals with
the same care you use in propagating
your animals.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
BEEF SERVED WITH taACARoN
Appetizing Dish fer the Cola Cay
That VIII Be Appreoi7ble Por-
ton of Ire kicnu.

Two pounds Of shank tor any pre-
TERED cut). Have saucepan very hot
fry-out a piece of fat or grease BOZ
tom with butter. cut up meat anc
place in pan. allowing to fry unit
scared on every side. Salt and pep
per. dredge with flour. pour on boil
ing water to just cover meat, cove
closely and simmer slowly until near
ly done. Do not add more water UT
less there is danger of going dry. for
you only want enough for gravy and
not a stew. Twenty minutes before
serving pare potatoes and add whole
with small piece of onion. At the
same time put macaroni to cook in
rapidly boiling water and allow to
boil Is minutes, stirring often with a
fork SO as not to break. then drain
and add to meat. Cook all together
until potatoes are done. take out
thick part on deep platter, thicker
gravy with tablespoon of -four dis
solved with little cold water, beat
very smooth, then pour contents in
platter and serve very hot Dump
lings can be added. but we never eat
them. We like it made of round
steak, but cheaper cuts are just as
good, and really it is delicious sup
per Exchange
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04

was aware of it, And, six months
before, when he asked her, she told
him about Harry.
Il won't hide the fact that we
cared for each other" she said. I'm
fact, If he came back"
You would care for him more than
for me?" asked the senator quietly.
YES. But 1 do care for you" she
| answered.
Il am satisfied with that" Pryce
| answered. Goddard shall have his
| chance. If be does not return when
the two years are up, l shall claim
you. And I shall test you BOTH" he
| added smiling in his enigmatic way.
Goddard did not come back. Esther
| learned that he had been living just
| the same life as of old. He had
been just as dissipated, just as inn
! proVident and reckless. She knew
! that life with him would have been
| an impossibility.
Now she sat beside her window,
| thinking over the past. Life had
never given her much First it had
| offered her the love of a worthless
| scapegrace, then the measured af-
| lection of a mature man, and neither
| fulfilled the demand that her nature
made.
But Harry loved me" she thought,
and felt that that atoned for all.
The future looked black and dismal.
Her heart felt very tender toward
Harry at that moment.
She murmrred his name as she
! sat by the window And, even as
she invoked it man stepped through
! the shadows of the naples He came
toward her and stood beneath her
window, resting his arms upon the
| sill. Esther clutched at the window
frame. 1t was Harry! He had come
back on her wedding eve.
Esther, it is r." he whispered. 81
have come back to you
She stared at him incredulously and
then recoiled.
you are too late" she muttered.
Don't you know what evening this
is?" Then, with rising passion,
why did you not come before?" she
cried
Il couldn't come before - an
swered. You made the lions.
1 must have five hundred dollars
What did 1 care for five hundred
dollars, except as a proof that you
were able to make some sacrifice
for mel" she cried.
But l have it now, and in my
pocket he answered. Come, dear
We can start housekeeping on that"
Housekeeping she repeated the
commonplace word with something
of mockery. You are mad, Harry
Do you think l would break my en-
gagement with Senator Pryce at this
eleventh hour and steal away like a
thief? Why''-she laughed hysteric-
ally-''the wedding arrangements are
all made; the dinner is ordered; the
guests have received their invita-
tons"
She burst into historical sobs and
when he took her in his arms she
felt that she had not the strength to
resist longer His love had meant
more TO her than she had let even
her own soul know
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
GOOD PLACE FOR SEED EARS
Room and Not Touch Each Other
Great Many Methods.
By R. G. wEATHERsToNE.,

CBy r. G. WEATHERSTONE.)
The seed corn ears should be stored
at once in q dry, well-ventilated place,
and in such a way that there may be
free circulation of air around each ear
Do not allow one ear to touch another.
If there is not sufficient air circulation
the vitality of the corn is almost GER
tain to be injured, either by molding,
fermenting, growing or freezing. There
are great many methods of storing
the seed corn, but in all cases the place
of storing must be dry. Seed corn
should never he put into boxes, barrels
or sacks. Few cellars are dry enough
to store seed corn in. The attic, or
an empty room upstairs in the house
is a good place If it is not too warm
and close while the corn is still moist.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
Horse and Mare Poser.

Every trade has certain methods of
procedure which to a lookeron are
incomprehensible. and, therefore, alb
surd. We farmers have some little
secrets and are ready to chuckle Up
our sleeves when our city visitor
asks, What do you do that fcT?"
He catches on pretty readily as 10
why We change our bull calves into
embryo steers, neutralize our male
lambs or caponize our cockrels, but,
writes Herbert Quick in Farm Maya
zine when he asks. why on earth
do you keep geldings TO do your farm
work when mares would do as well,
and raise colts that / would give you
$3.50 TO $500 for to Go my dray work."
we can only scratch our heads, while
he does the chuckling.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
CAUSE OF FOUNDER
Not the Result of Eating More
Food Than Good for Him.
Animal Driven Hard for Long Way
and Allowed to Stand Long Enough
to Chill VIII Show All the
Characteristic Symptoms.

Most of US are apt to think that
foundzr Is always caused by the
horse eating more than is good for
him. / thought the same thing until
few weeks ago.
know now that an animal hard
driven for long way, and allowed
to stand in the open air long enough
to chill. has all the characteristic
symptoms of typical case of foun-
der.
Laminitis is the name given the dis
ease in the books, and the soreness
and lameness comes from the violent
Inflammation that is set up in the
sensitive folds of tissue that are in
terlaced with nonsensitive layers Of
the hoof says a writer in the Farm
Progress. These two kinds of layers
are sandwiched between each other,
and when the disturbance caused
by overeating in a heated condition,
or from a chill when the blood is hot,
sets up, it is communicated to the
very sensitive tissue of the foot.
The slight swelling that takes place
causes the circulation of the blood
through this tissue to result in con-
siderable fever. The familiar tissue be-
comes very hot and painful.
Driving a horse very swiftly over a
hard road, and allowing him to chill
very quickly, is fairly certain to
create some such disturbance, and
when this is marked, it is a good plan
to start treating the horse at once.
AS soon as the horse shows signs of
founder, get him into a stable and
place the afflicted feet in tub of
water that is just about as hot as the
animal can bear. This tends to re-
duce the Inflammation that is al
ready present, and will prevent any
increase in the lambeness.
Keep up this treatment for an hour
and a half or twG hours, then remove
the tub and rub the feet as dry as you
can. Put the horse in a warm, deeply
bedded stall, and drench with a mix
ture of about a pint of raw linseed
oil, about 80 grains OF calomel and
an ounce of pulverized ginger
FOLLOW the not water loot. pain
treatment for three or four days in
order to make certain that the swell
ing does not come back. If the ami
NAL does not respond to the treat
ment get veterinary to look him
over at once.
If the hot water treatment is used
quickly enough and strong enough it
will prevent many of the worst symp-
toms.
The sensitive tissue of the interior
of the hoof is quite closely connected
as to nature with the membrane of
the intestinal tract. The sympathy be-
tween the two sets of nervous centers
is very close and any disturbance in
the intestinal membrane is apt to be
reflected in the lamilar tissue of the
foot.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
ECZEMA ON BACK AND CHEST

Pierson, N. Dakota.E"The eczema
started on my scalp. 1t finally went
on to the back Of my neck, then on to
my back, arms and chest. 1t broke
out in pimples first and then seemed
to run together in some places, max
ing a sore about the size of a dime.
At times the itching and burning were
so intense that it seemed unbearable.
The more l scratched it the worse it
became, and there would be a slight
discharge from it, especially on my
scalp, SO as to make my hair matted
and sticky close to the scalp. The
hair was dry, lifeless and thin. My
hair was falling SO terribly that had
begun to despair of ever finding re.
lief. My clothing irritated the erup-
ton on my back. The affected parts
were almost solid scab.
II had been bothered with eczema
for about year and half Then l
began using the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. l used them daily for two
months and / was cured" (Signed)
Miss Mildred Dennis, Apr 80, 1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston. ADV.
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inexpensive son.ln.Law.

The old gentleman showed a good
deal of displeasure. 1T seems to
me-" he exclaimed testify, rather pre-
sumptucus for youth in your posi-
ton to Ssk s3r ny daughters 5Gad!
Can you advance any good reason why
| should give my CONSENT"
Certainly, sir!" promptly replied
the sutton.
WHAT" pressed the old man.
Il am comparatively modest and
economical in my personal expendi-
ture," replied the sutton, land l think,
sir, that, altogether, you will find me
less costly to maintain than almost
any other son-in-law you could select"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04

A piece of mirror that had been
thrown away set fire to some grass
in the yard of J. B. Crow and the fire
crept up and caught in his house The
mirror had been broken in moving
and the glass was all taken out and
dumped with a pile of tin cans, old
shoes and similar junk in a low place
about 20 feet from the house One
piece of the mirror was exposed so
that it caught the rays of the sun
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04

ments, for just as sure as you allow
these matters to wait, something will
come up that will delay your work.
Prime capons sell in the Boston and
New York markets from "a to 2S
cents pound, considerably over the
price paid for roasting stock
Nearly all good eaters in England
and on the Continent relish ducks
eggs even more than hens eggs.
Properly fed on sweet, clean grain,
green stuff with pure water, the duck
produces eggs that are delicious.
The Indian Runner duck lays better
eggs than the Pekin, although the lat
ter is in better favor in the United
States, doubtless because of its pure
white color.
Pastry cooks in hotels and restaur-
ants prefer duck eggs, and some per-
sons who have learned how palatable
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
Baked Youno OnIona

Peel the onions, cook for ten min
utes in boiling sailed water, drain and
place in buttered pudding dish. Sprin.
kle with pepper and salt and
pour over them white sauce
made as directed in recipe for
creamed carrots. Strew fine crumbs
over the top and bake covered
for 20 minutes. Uncover and brown
and serve in the dish in which onions
were cooked.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
Soft Glnnerhrean

One cupful of butter, two cupfuls Of
molasses, one cupful of sugar, four
cupfuls of flour, one cupful of milk,
four eggs, one teaspoonful of baking
powder, one of ginger and half tea
spoonful of cloves. Cream the but
ter and sugar together, stir in milk
and molasses, then beat in the flour,
to which you have added the baking
powder and which you have sifted
well. Last of all, add the eggs, well
beaten, and the spices. Bake in a
moderate oven in one large loaf, for
an hour or in two smaller pans half
an hour each Serve warm for lunch
con.
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1;ohk i, s+vIe

Maulstick viii have to quit drink
ing or get out Of art"
SO 1 thought But the Cubists
came along just in time to save him. "
my barn? a lame horse that wants
TO trotl Lamer than the deuce, you
know. but can do mile in two forty >
Family the little smile quickened
again in the White Linen Nurses
eyes. And the barn will be full of
men in half an hour" she said.
Somehow nobody wants a trotter
that's lame. but almost anybody seems
willing to risk a lame horse that's
plucky enough to trot-"-From The
White Linen Nurse" by Eleanor Hal
lowell Abbott in the Century Maya
zine
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOT A LOVE MATCH
BY VERA STRAIGHT.


Esther Norris was to be married
the next afternoon. She sat at her
window, her chin upon her hand,
looking out into the shadows of the
maple trees. Her nance had just left
her and she had slipped away to her
room, leaving her mother to put the
1nal touches 10 the decorations and
to rehearse the wedding dinner.
Esther was thirty-one. Francis
Pryce, whom she was to marry, was
sorty-seven. 1t was not a love match
out born of mutual respect and con-
ddence. Both had been in love be-
fore and each knew it of the other.
Two years and three months be-
fore Esther had sent away her lover,
Harry Goddard. They had been en-
gagged five years and Harry showed
no prospects of doing anything either
for himself or for her.
ct isn't that you are unfortunate,
Harry" she said. But a man who
thinks of marriage must be prepared
to make home for the woman he
loves. You can't stick to anything;
you squander your money; you drink.
If you had ever saved l might" She
broke off and continued: Harry,
I'm going to put you to the test Do
you think you can get a position,
hold it two years and save five hun
dred dollars? If you can / will mar
ry you when the two years are up.
If not--I don't want you TO come
back"
IF you'll only marry me now!" he
cried, and Esther shook her head in
her obstinate way.
In two years." was all she would
answer; and so Harry went away.
Then Francis Pryce, state senator
and millionaire, had wooed her. So
gently, so persistently did he set
about the winning of her that he had
won her consent almost before she
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
Cruel Method of Tattooinc

The natives of New Zealand have al
ways attached great Importance to the
art of the tattoer. which they call
moko. Instead of needles the New
Zealander uses the bones of fish and
birds and the hard thorns of plants.
We have it on the authority OF trav-
elers that the Folynesian tattooers,
who employ the incision mode, had
often to hold their patients down by
force until the cruel operation was
finished
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
WORK IN THE POULTRY YARD
Growing CockereIs Should Be Sepa-
rated From Puilets-WhiteWash
and Have Cleaning up.
(By !. M. RENNINGToND


Each duck house should have
double run so that while the one is
occupied, the other can be sown TO
rye. This will not only give the ducks
plenty of green food, but this grow
ing OF crop will disinfect the soil.
Inc growing cockerels should be
separated from the pullets, and the
former given a greater allowance OF
1000, as they will need 1T more than
pullets.
Whitewash the interior of the
mousse, and have a general cleaning up.
examine the roofs and the walls OF
the buildings so that they will be in
good condition when winter sets in.
Take advantage of every fine day In
making needed repairs and improve
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
Pole in Closet.

Purchase a curtain pole the length
of your closet. Fasten this at the de-
sired height in the middle of the clos
ct by means of portiere brackets. In
this way you will have the use Of the
sides of the closet, also the middle
pole for coat and skirt hangers. You
will find this a superior way to hang
ing your garments against the wall,
as you have a cover for each one.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
Use of ParsHn

When using parafhn for covering
jellies possibly you have been troubled
by seeing the preserve work up at the
side OF the glass. To prevent this
says the Ladies' Home Journal. be
sure to tip the glass slightly al
around while the paraffin is hot: ther
all air spaces will be filed in and thc
trouble avoided.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
Nal. The Enn Business paw

To assure high quality OF product
and prevent in large measure the
loss now experienced in the value of
the country's egg production. pro-
ducers are urged to observe the fol.
lowing five simple rules:
~. Give the hens clean nests.
ca. Gather eggs at least once daily
60. Keep eggs in cool. dry place.
"a. Market eggs at least twice q
week.
Isl. Kill or sell all mature male
birds as soon as the Matching season
closes