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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-10
TIME GIVEN LANGUAGE STUDY
ENGLISH and French Is Thoroughly
Taught In the Lower Public
Schools of Germany.

The Germans are famous for their
thorough mastery of languages. The
university graduates are expected to
converse in Latin and to read Greek
authors at sight Even tie pupils
whose education has been confined to
the public schools can generally use
French and English in common con-
versation without difficulty. The Sc
cret of this mastery, which is so I'M
usual in this country, is the thorough
ness of the siNNdy required.
An American delegate to an educa-
tional conference abroad last summer
found a class of girls nine years old
busy with tive French verbs, and US
ias them in all varieties of form in
trs.nslating from German into French.
In a class ten years old they were
using all the regular verbs and the
common parts OF speech in the same
way. analyzing, constructing and Civ
ing the rules in French.
AT eleven years they were using the
irregular verbs. memorizing French
poems. writing compositions in
French. and all the conversation OF
the classroom was in French. From
this they pass TO the higher French
literature, thinking and talking wholly
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CHAPTER xIv.-contInued.


You are Just little nasty in your
judgment, Mr.. Wright" Judge Gilbert
said, when he saw that the publisher
seemed to regard his answer as final.
"h you'll consider the matter care
fully l think it'll appear to you in
this light: Here's a paper that isn't
making expenses. A good offer is
made you which If you are wise
enough to accept will permit you to
leave Belmont far richer than when
you came. There are other lances to
be broken elsewhere. Why tilt here
against a stone wall?'
''If it were a stone wall there'd have
been no offer" Wright was shrewG
enough to know that they must be il
desperate straits.
See here. young man." Kerr blazed.
you won't be able to make a go of it.
II you don't sell now I'll see to it
that some day the sheriff will"
This direct threat was more than
he could bear. Rising from his chair
and leaning across the table the pub
Usher shook his fist in Kerr's face and
situation. Remembering who was on
the other side of the door he was fac
ing, he did not raise his voice, but into
his low tones he put all the fire of his
honest Indignation
You may put me down and out, as
you boast you can, but you can't buy
me out. You've scared advertisers so
they're afraid to use my paper, you've
had me sued for libel. you've raised
my taxes, you've made the railroads
hold up my white paper, you've an
noyed me in a thousand petty ways,
but I'm getting out paper every day.
and I'm telling the truth. That's what
hurts" he hurled across the table. I'm
telling the truth. You can't stand it."
God knows Belmont needs some
body to tell the truth! If you took
my paper today. who'd stand between
the people of Belmont and the wolves?
The towns being robbed blind. I'm
telling about It, and / believe there
are enough honest people to see me
through and set the town right But
they need a leader-a newspaper-and
/ won't sell EN- out.
For what's coming" he announced
sternly, hold yourself responsible,
not me. You forced me to come out
with the bald truth of the matter.
Maybe you know and maybe you don't
know that you of all men are the one
l would least care to hold up for the
public to see. Today-for the first
time-I printed my name at the head
of my editorial page. l want people
to know that back of the papers a
mana man that won't sell out, and
back of the man I'm going to have the
people. Do you hear? Belmont's go
ing to be a clean city"
He leaned across the table and
looked the boss straight In the eye,
emphasizing his last words by bring
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"take-down" feature, and by securely
mailing it will not need the guy wire.
Some dirt may be thrown up at the
front of the house to the level Of the
floor so that young pigs may enter
without trouble. The material neces-
sary to build this house is as follows:
Thirteen pieces / by 12-inch by 16
feet for sides, back and floor of house.
Nine pieces 16-feet batten.
Three pieces by 4-inch by IL feet
for framework.
Two pieces by S-inch by II feet for
pig rail o. guard
One piece 1 by 6-inch by 16 feet for
saddle board.
Three poles for skids.
Nails.
Total, 272 board feet of lumber, 144
linear feet of batten, three poles and
the nails. AS rough lumber suitable
for the construction of such a house
can usually be secured for about sl2
per 1000 in the south the material
will cost about five dollars. This type
of house is suitable for practically ali
parts of the south, as no extremely
cold weather is experienced and the
open front permits sunshine to enter
the house for several hours each day.
In case 8. boy cannot obtain material
to build such house as has Just been
described, he should get whatever ma
terial is available on the farm AMI
build a shelter for his hogs. 1t caa
be made out of waste planks, for any
shelter that viii protect the hogs
from colo winds and rain and give
them a dry bed, at the same time per
hitting the sun to shine in during a
portion OF the day, viii be quite an in
provemert over conditions existing On
so many farms &C present.
A shelter to be used during the sum
mer months may be made By settln g
four poles or posts into the ground ard
securely mailing by 6-inch materi Il
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prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture.)
The accompany cut, showing a port
able A-shaped hog house, with chain
and singletree for hauling, can be
built veIJ easily and cheaply, states
farmers bulletin 566. 1t is construct
ed Of 1 by IL inch plank, with cracks
covered with batten. 1t is open in
front and should be placed facing the
south. The floor is feet wide and
feet from front to back, and is nailed
to three runners or skids. The skids
may be made of lumber or poles about
9 inches in diameter and fiattened on
ono side, to which the floor is nailed.
A large hole can be bored through the
front end of the outer skids so that a
chain can be fastened to them to IA
cilitate moving the house by the use
of a team. A piece of by 4 inch
material is nailed on the outer edges
of the top of floor to prevent the
house from spreading at the bottom.
Each side of the house is made of
six pieces of 1 by II inch plank feet
long, nailed to a piece of by lying
fat about inches from the top of the
plank, another about 31a feet from
the top, and a piece of by nailed
edgewise about IL inches from the
bottom. This should be braced at each
end of the underside by right-angle
block Of by inch material nailed to
the rail and to the side of the house.
The long piece of by will act as a
guard under which the young pigs
may take shelter when the SOW lies
down. This will save many pigs from
being crushed to death.
The back Of the house fits between
the two sides in a groove made by
mailing two pieces of by u inch ma
terial lengthwise on the inner side of
each side Of the house. The house is
then set up on the floor and the
sides held together by mailing a short
piece of by 6-inch plank across the
front and back of the house about
one and one-half feet below the top
This will prevent it from being blown
down by the wind or storm. a sad
die board made by mailing two pieces
of l by 6-inch plank together can then
be put over the ridge Of the house to
keep out rain.
A house built thus can be moved on
the skids or can be taken down by re-
moving the 1 by 6-inch brace from the
front and the back of the house. If
fho 1nuca 10 located in on Onpn fold
where there is danger Of heavy winds
a guy wire should be securely fast
ened to stake driven deep into the
ground. This is a precaution which
viii justify the trouble required, as ii
may save a litter of pigs from being
crushed in case of storm. Such a
house can be constructed without the
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SYNOPSIS.

Gloria Kerr. a motherless girl, who has
spent most of her life in school, arrives
at her fathers home in Belmont. David
Kerr Is the political boss of the town.
ana Is anxious to prevent his daughter
learning of his real character. Kendall,
representing the Chicago packers, is ne
gonating with Judge Gilbert Kerr's chief
adviser, for a valuable franchise. They
rear the opposition OF Joe Wright. editor
OF the reform paper. Kerr asks the as
sistance OF Judge Gilbert in introducing
Glor1a to Belmont society. and promises
TO help him put through the packers
franchise and let him have all the graft
Gloria meets Joe Wright at the Gilberts.
II appears they are on intimate terms,
having met previously in a touring party
IN Europe. The Gilberts invite Gloria to
stay with them pending the refurnishing
OF the Kerr home. Wright begins his fight
against the proposed franchise in the col
umns OF mis- paper. the Belmont News.
Kerr, through his henchmen, exerts ev-
cry influence to / 3mper Wright in the
publication OF his paper Gloria realizes
she is not being received by the best So
ciety and is unhappy. She takes up set
tIement work. Kerr and his lieutenants
decide to buy Kerr's paper and ask the
editor to meet them at Gilbert's office.
Calling at Gilbert's office to solicit a do
nation Gloria meets Wright He proposes
ana Is accepted while waiting to be called
into the conference. Wright refuses to
sell his paper and declares he will fight to
q finish
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his hose. He had two great big eyes
that stuck out on the sides of his head
as big as rubber balls, and each eye
had hundreds and hundreds of little
eyes all over it, so that he could see
! better. That is why it is so hard for
you to catch fly with your hands. He
can see behind him as we'll as he
can see in front, and he can jump and
fly away quicker than a wink.
Besides the funny tongue and the
funny eyes, this fly had two of the low
Hest wings, that you could see right
! through, and they were colored just
! like the rainbow. When he folded
them up they were right on top of his
back, and that was where he had
them when he crawled out of the pile
Of straw and sat still in the sun to
dry his wings, for they were very new
and wet.
AS soon as they were dry he spread
them out and flew away. Like all
other flies he was very naughty, and
probably you would like to know just
what he was going to do, First he few
over and lighted on the old horses
back and bit him real hard, and then
he went over and bit the poor COW.
| Wasn't that too bad! They chased
him away by switching their tails at
! him, so he hurried over to the
screen door that led into the kitchen
and the very minute the door WIS
opened. IN he slipped, as sly as you
| please.
There on the table was some nice
cake for supper, so lie went over and
! lighted on that and ate some OF IL
without asking permission OF any
/ body.
After this he crept into the garbage
pail where he got his feet very dirty
! and then he few right over to little
baby brother in the high chair and
wiped them on baby's face
The Sandman was angry when he
saw the fly do all these naughty tricks
and he made up his mind that this fly
would have to go to Jail. He slipped
up beside the fly and whispered in his
/ ear that there was some sugar out in
! the barn and he had better hurry up
and getit. The fly jumped up into the
air as soon as he heard about the
sugar and flew out to the barn and
the Twins and the Sandman went right
after him to see the fun. AS soon as
! the spider heard the fly coming he
poked his shining gold head out OF his
| tunnel and the fly saw it and thought
| it was sugar so he few right over and
| lighted on the spiders net
There he stuck fast because when
! he tried to get away the hooks on the
net held him tight, and the great big
red and gold and black spider skipped
across the web and tied the naughty
( fly up with whole lot Of his silver
rope. And that served him just right.
/ lCnnyright 1913. BY Joseph y. BowlesO
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NO" shouted Wright, beside him
self with indignation at the offer; "pll
see you in hell first"
What further might have been said
there is no telling The words were
scarcely out of Wright's mouth when
he saw the door opposite him open
and Gloria appear. Instantly he re-
Taxed from his tense, strained man
ner, and, noting his change, the other
men turned to find that David Kerr's
daughter was the cause She stood in
the doorway hesitatingly, recognizing
that she was interrupting a business
meeting.
Il beg your pardon" she said,
but from the window | saw Mrs.
Hayes on the street, ard thought I'd
go to her."
III join YOU" Wright announced.
He left his place at the table and
walked over to where Gloria was
standing.
Il suppose the meeting is over"
ventured Gilbert.
1T is, as far as I'm concerned" said
the newspaper man. Then, looking
at Kerr, he added, Il think I've made
my position perfectly clear"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-10

A witty old judge had before the bar
of justice a woman who wept most
bitterly over her misfortune. Her sob
bling shook the courtroom, and her
tears of no mean size coursed in o
great stream down her cheeks to tbs
floor.
While she gept thus profuse'y, Law
yer Finnnigdn CHANGED to come Il,
who, seeing the prisoner and hearing
her cries, anxiously asked OF the
prisoner and hearing her cries, anx.
iously asked of the bench:
What in the name of all the saints
of Heaven is the mattsr with the pooI
gurrul before the bahr Of jJstiee?"
I'm sure / don't knew was the
judges reply. Apparently she's wait
ing to be bailed out"
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Call for the Dominic.

A clergyman's small daughter was
sent to bed supperless just before her
fathers return from a short trip.
Hearing him enter some time later,
the young LAZY called down:
Mamma, ! want TO see daddy"
There was no response from below.
A moment later:
Mamma, please let daddy get me
drink of water"
When that, too, failed, small
white figure came to the head of the
stairs and said sternly:
Mrs Hastings. l am very sick
woman. l must see my pastor at
once"
Needless TO say, her pastor went
up.-Womans Home Companion.
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around these about three feet from
the ground; upon these a few light
poles may be put cross-wise and straw
or coarse hay piled on top. The straw
should be piled higher in the middle
than at the edges and smoothed down
so the rain will run off, This will fur
nish shade during the greater part of
the day. No shelter should be built
where water can run under it from the
surrounding ground.
How to Figure Costs In Feeding Live
Stock.
The grain and other feeds grown on
the farm where they are fed should be
charged to stock at the market value
at the farm, which is the price at the
elevator, minus the cost of hauling
This is the result of seven years ex-
peTience in studying farm cost ac-
counting problems in the section Of
farm economics Of the department Of
agriculture.
The object Of cost accounting is to
show an analysis of the entire farm
business; and the relative profitable
ness of each enterprise, as we'll as the
relative costs, should be made clear.
If the farmer is to learn the truth
about the cost of his corn, oats, hay
and other feedable products, he must
do considerable figuring, and have a
good understanding of farm cost &C
counting methods. On the other hand,
the market values of grains and other
feedable products serve as common
standard from which any farmer may
easily figure the cost Of feeding them
to live stock. The market price at
the farm is the c -ogical as well as
the easiest, method to follow. If live
stock are essential for profitable farm
ing in so many sections, why should
| the live stock enthusiasts figure to
eliminate the profits of crop growing,
so that the live stock may appear
more profitable?
Weed Growth and Corn Yields.
OF the various factors that influence
J corn yields there are some that re-
ceive more than their share Of atten'
| ton, and some to which sufficient en-
phasis has not been given. Important
as is the type of soil the weather, fer
tilizer treatment, variety, condition OF
the seed, insect and fungus troubles,
preparation of the seed bed, and sub.
sequent tillage, it would seem that
under conditions anywhere near nor.
nal there are two other factors that
exert a great deal more influence on
yields than any Of those named above
These are the organic matter content
Of the soil and the amount Of weed
| growth
The significance Of these two fac
tors cannot be emphasized too strong
| ly. AS illustrative of the Importance
of organic matter may be cited the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-10

practices of a Georgia farmer. This
farmer has two-year rotation of cot
ton and corn, rs acres of each every
year. For each crop a stand of bur
clover is turned under. A strip be-
tween the cotton rows is left unbro-
ken until the bur clover seed natures.
The corn crop is planted without
blowing. The rows are run out with a
middle buster, the seed dropped by
hand, and covered with a double
shovel About three weeks later,
when the bur clover has entirey Gov
cred the corn row, the first cultivation
is given by blowing under the clover
with turning plow. The next cult
walton Is with five-shovel surface cul-
tivator Just before the third and
last cultivation the land is broadcast
ed to cowpeas and sorghum for hay.
The land is never plowed, or culti-
waited to a greater depth than three
inches. Crude as these tillage prac-
tees may seem, they accomplish the
two-fold purpose Of turning under
large amounts of organic matter and
keeping down weed growth. Under
this system the yield Of cotton has
been increased from one-third of q
bale per acre to one and one and a
half bales, and the yield Of corn has
been built up in Ike proportion.
The second great factor-weed
growth-hardly needs any discussion.
Nearly everybody has seen thousands
OF acres of high weeds and low crops.
1t was at one time preached by cur
best known agriculturists that weeds
were a good thing because they
spurred the lazy husbandman on TO
greater activity in his tillage opera
lions; in other words tillage was the
I desired end, the eradication Of weeds
being merely incidental. In our recent
work on corn cultivation 1t has been
clearly shown that in the main weeds
are the arch enemy that makes inter
cultural tillage necessary.
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ing his fist down on the table with
each telling point he drove home.
You'd better so slow, young man"
cautioned Kerr. Il amt played my
hand, you know. You've put up a good
fight; that's why I'm giving you a
good chance to sit out without admit
ting you've been licked"
Licked, Licked!' echoed Wright
with fine disdain. I've just begun
TO fight. You're nearer a worse de
feat at this minute than you ever were
before in all your life. You're going
down and the people OF Belmont are
going to keep you down ii have any
thing to do with it. Don't insult me
by trying 70 buy my paper. I've the
dearest reason in the world for want
ing money and for leaving Belmont
but il I so without a dollar | can still
hold up my head and look every man
in the eye"
Kerr now looked at him without
visible show of anger, in that cold. cal
culating manner he had taught every
one to fear.
Then you won't SELF" he said
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and edited by Joseph Wright" He
had just sworn that he would be the
champion of the people of Belmont
and here at his first trial he wa!
quailing under the eyes of the woman
he loved. With wrench he tore him
self away from his dear desire to save
her from pain and answered huskily
you don't understand"
You" she cried in an agony Of
despair as she realized he was con
Tossing.
A single movement of his head
showed his assent.
ooh, you coward" Her disgust was
overpowering. The whitening con
tempt she put into her words was
equaled by her look of scorn. He
started to speak, but with gesture
of Impotence she stopped him.
"All your words are lies, lies, lies
And to think that promised within
this hour to be your wife! You make
me hate myself for ever having looked
at you Nuw I understand why you
urged me to leave Belmont" Again
he tried to speak. mot word. II
not listen to you. Father, take me
home"
She shrank from Wright as if tt
look at him were dishonor.
All the great love he had for hel
welled forth in one cry:
"Gloria!"
The girl could not, would not hear
She had but one refuge for her break
ing heart. Turning to her father she
flung herself into his arms with only
single word: "Father!"
With never a word, with never g
look to right or left, the man she had
promised to love and who had prom
ised to love her, walked out of the
room.
Sobbing as if her heart would break
Gloria rested in her fathers arms.
ITO BE CONTINUED
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the week. and on Sundays have their
heads drawn up TO an unnatural posi-
ton and driven miles with their necks
hurting them.
I believe they should yield larger
returns to their owners and also be
lieye God would be well pleased with
kindness 20 all his creatures.
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CUT OUT THE SHORT CHECK
Cruel anc Senseless PRACTICE in Drlv-
ing Horses-Wouid Weld Greater
Feturns With Care.

The man or woman who drives q
horse with short check rein drawing
his face up and expose his ere to the
s,are Of the sun and the bsating OF
he rain is guilty Of cruel and sease-
ess preetice.
II is nc bad for horses TO work On
- farm or to milk wagons through
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OF Course.

Holding up a globe before a bright
little boy in school, the teacher asked
what country is opposite to US on the
globe.
Il don't know, ma'am," was the re-
ply.
Well, now" pursued the teacher.
IF / were to bore hole through the
earth and you were to go in at this
end. where would you come out?"
"Out Of the hole" replied the pupil,
with an air Of triumph.
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These old-fashioned family retainers
are conscientious beyond belief. 1t is
almost pathetic TO see how deeply at
heart they have the interests Of the
family they work for.
There is a very aristocratic old
New York family living in Washing
ton square. This family's butler is
now nearly seventy. He and his IA
Their before him have served ID the
one house since the revolution-or
almost since the revolution.
The old buffers sense OF res ponsi-
bility extends even to the dehutante
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unweloome information.

Mr. and Mrs. ,Snagg5 had just drop
ped in. and the conversation went
the full range Of the health Of the ba-
bies Of the neighboFhood between the
women, while the men exhausted the
possibilities Of baseball and politics,
when Johnny Squildit; who found the
talk uninteresting. asked Mr.. Snaggs
II he had brought his fiddle with him.
my fiddle" replieIi Snaggs m =str-
prise. why, Johnny. I am not mu-
stefan. | have no idile, ! do play.
But papa says Fo;i play secoad I'D
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orIoIn Of Prssent-pax Canes.

Though we get our games of tennis
from the eastern countries, most OF
our games Of bat and ball come down
TO US from the ancient north. Ring
games and games in which light OBJ
jects are thrown come also from for
est countries. where the spear was a
familiar weapon. But all OF them
alike appear to revert y origin to
early experiences OF the race by which
they worked out their salvation.
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OLD SERVANTS WERE BEST
Kate Douglas Wigslr's Story of the
aged Buffers Great Sense of
Responsibility.

Kate Douglas Wiggin at her recent
authors luncheon in New York. talked
about servants-for this was a lunch
con OF Woman authors, and when did
women ever foregather without tack
ling the servant problem?
The best servants are the old
fashioned ones" Mrs. Wiggin said