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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-09
SCALP ITCHED AND BURNED


1873 South Scioto St., Circleville,
Ohio-"My little girls trouble first
started on her head in a bunch of lit
tie pimples full of yellow-looking mat
ter and they would spread in large
places. In a short time they would
open. Her scalp was awfully red and
infamed and the burning and itching
were so intense that she would scratch
and rub till it would leave ugly sores.
The sores also appeared on her body,
and her clothing irritated them so
that I had to pus real soft cloth next
to her body. She would lie awake Of
nights and was very worrisome. AT
times she was tortured with itching
and burning.
81 tried different remedies with no
benefit for months. had given up all
hope of her ever getting rid of 1t, then
concluded to try Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. The second application
gave relief. In a short time she was
entirely cured" (Signed) Mrs. Alice
Kirlin, Nov. 4, 1912.
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.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-09
STRENUOUS IN HIS PLEASURES
British Author Takes Chances With
Life and Limb That Would Not
Appeal TO Many.

Ian Hay, whose carefree "Happy-Go-
Lucky" has soothed an hour for many
a reader, not TO say reviewer. may
have need himself o: the easygoing
traits of his hero. for Mr.. Hay has
lately taken up two dangerous pas
times, motoring and politics He
writes as follows to ali American
friend:
II nearly ended my literary and 9TH
er careers about three weeks ago by
capsizing my motor on the way back
from Oban. / was driving along a
Highland glen and rounding sharp
corner when suddenly l realized that
was going much faster than !
thought Next moment the car skid
dei right across the road, tire burst
and the whole thing rolled over side
ways. l was thrown out on the road.
quite unhurt. with my luggage all
around me. Luckily the car did not
turn right over, az the glass screen
stopped it, or mixht have been penned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-09
CHAPTER x.
The Hunt.
And 81 he fell asleep.

He awoke to a musical twittering
and chirping, to find the sun pouring
into the dusty room in very glory,
He rolled from the blanket and stood
UPRIGHT, filling his lungs with a long
deep breath of satisfaction. lie felt
singularly light-hearted and alive. The
bulldog came bounding through the
window, dirty from the weeds, and
flung himself upon his master in a
canine rapture.
Get out!" quoth the latter, laugh
ing. stop licking my feet! How the
dickens do you suppose I'm to get into
my clothes with your ridiculous antics
going on? Down, say! Hark!" He
broke OF and listened. Who's that
singing?'
The sound drew nearer-a lugu-
brious chant, with the weirdesc minor
reflections, family suggestive of the
rag-time ditties of the music-halls, yet
with a plsintive cadence.
Good morning, Uncle Jefferson"
The singer broke of, set down the
twig-broom tLat he had been welding
and came toward him. "Mawnin, sub.
Mawnin," he said. Hopes yo'-all
slep' good All reck'n dem a. birds
woke yo' up; dey's maxim sch er
'miration."
Thank you Never slept better in
my life Am / laboring under delu-
sion when l imagine / smell coffee?"
Just then there came a voice from
the open door of the Kitchen: Calls
yose'f er man, yo' triflin' recon
structed niggahi Wen marstah gwine-
ter git he brekfus' wild yo' ramshack.
lin eroun wild dat dwag all dis
Gawd s-blessid mawnin'? Go fotch
some mo- lakewood dis minute. Yo
heah?'
A turbaned head poked itself
through the door. with a good-natured
leaf Thrown face beneath It, which
broadened into a wide smile as its
owner bobbed energeticaily at Va
liant's greeting. ~Fo' de Lawd." she
exclaimed. wiping foury hands on q
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-09
AVOID SPREADING OF DISEASE
Precautions That Should Be Observed
by Those Afflicted With
tuberculosis.

All persons who are intimately as
ISOLATED with cases Of active pulmo-
nary tuberculosis cannot be too eau
tious about the proper disposition Of
tuberculosis sputum. Such sputum
should always be received in cups
containing a five per cent solution of
lysol or carbolic acid, or in the abb
sence of these, milk of lime. Paper
cups, made especially for this purpose,
may be used and subsequently burned.
soiled handkerchiefs and cloths
should be immersed for one hour in
lysol or carbolic acid Give per cent?
and then boiled before they are han
died. The patient should be provided
with a set of dishes for his exclusive
use, and these should be kept by
themselves and boiled thoroughly aft
er each meal. Remember that tuber-
culosis is preventable disease, but
that it's control can be accomplished
only by the strictess observance of
sanitary precautions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-09
Worth Knowing.

suppose a man leaves New York at
noon on a given date and travels west
ward at such rate of speed that the
sun will always be directly overhead
After making a circle Of the globe he
VIII reach the starting point in New
York just "a hours after he left it.
TIE question presenting itself is, at
which one of his different stopping
places while making the circuit of
the globe III "a hours, carrying noon
with him to every station, was he
first informed that it was noon of the
following day. AS he crossed the me-
ri6ian of $50 degrees east, or west, of
Greenwich the day would change. His
tirst stop after crossing the meridian
would be Yokohama, perhaps; there
he would learn that it was the next
day
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-09
SHOWED INSTINCT OF SWANS
Birds Had Learned the Trick of Ring
ina Bell TO Get Their Supply
OF Food.

During a recent visit to the cathed-
raj city Of Wells, in Somersetshire. a
Scotsman correspondent was witness
of curious incident. The Episcopal
palace Is surrounded, just as in olden
times, by wall and a moat, the haunt
of swans, ducks, and other aquatic
birds. The moat is crossed at the en-
trance to the palace grounds by a
drawbridge with battlemented gate
way with towers, in one of which is
the gatekeepers lodge. From a
bracket fixed in the wall of one OF
these towers overlooking the moat a
bell is suspended. with cord at
tached.
One afternoon about five o'clock,
while watching the movements OF the
various birds In the water, tie CORE
spondent heard the ringing of bell.
and on looking to see whence the
sound came, he observed that one OF
the swans was vigorously pulling the
cord evidently to attract attention. AS
no immediate notice was taken OF its
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-09

With final effort. it gained the porch
anil crouched down in its corner, an
alb. ect, sweated. hunted morsel. at
HOPELESS bay.
Like a fash, Valiant stopped, caught
the shiyering thing by the scruff, and
as its swapping jaws grazed his thumb.
dropped it through the open window
behind him: Sanctuary" quoth he.
ami banged the shutter to.
at the same instant, as the plac,s
overflowed with pandemonium of
nosing leaping hounds, he saw the
golden chestnut reined sharply down
among the ragged box-rows. with .
SHIN efaced though 9razen knowledge
that the girl who rode it had seen.
She sat moveless. her head high,
ono hand on the hunters foam-hecked
neck, and their glances met like
crossed swords. The look stirred
something vague and deep within him.
Fo.' an rnforgettable instant their
eyes held each other, in gaze rigid,
challenging, almost defiant; then it
broke and she turned to the rest OF
the party squirting In galloping zig
zas': gerial-faced man Of middle age
in khaki who sat his horse like a
ca,airyman, a younger one with a
reel less dark face and straight black
hair, and following these half-dozen
Youthful riders of both sexes, one OF
the lads heavily plastered with mud
from a wet cropper, and the girls
chiefly gasps and CYCLES.
The elder of the tSo men pulled up
beside the leader, MS astonished eyes
sweeping the touse-front. with It's
open blinds. the wisp cf smoke curling
from the kitchen chimney He said
Something to her, and she nodded.
The younger man, meanwhile, had
flung himself from his horse, Wild
eyed roam, and with his arm thrust
through its bride, strobe forward
among the welter of hounds, where
they scurried at fault, hither and
thi.her, yelping and eager.
What rotten uck!" he exclaimed.
Gone to ground after twelve miles!
After him, Tawny! You mongrels!
Do you imagine he's up tree After
him, Bulgeri Bring him herel"
He glanced up, and for the first time
saw the figure in tweeds looking on.
Valiant was attracted by his face, its
dash and generosity everything its in
heient profigacy and weakness. Dark
as the girl was light, his features had
the same delicate chiseling, the In
breeding, nobility and indulgence of
generations. He stared a moment,
and the somewhat supercilious look
travelled over the gazer, from dusty
boots to waving brown hair.
'iOh!" he said. His view slowly
took In the evidences of occupation.
"The house Is open, see. Going to
get it fit for occupancy. presume?
Yes"
The other turned well, Judge
Chalmers, what do you think of that
The unexpected has happened at last"
He looked at the porch. Who's to
occupy it?"
1.-THE owner"
mo PE C0NTTNTTFD
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-09
MUST CHANGE TO MEET TIMES
certainty VIII Ever Remain
Portion of the Law.

Uncertainty must always be the por-
ton of a large part of the law. 1t
may assist toward certainty to reduce
various branches of the law into the
form of a statutory code. but uncer-
tainty remains. Society does not stay
put: and IL the code lags behind. II is
no longer the governing law. New in
terpretations will be found for consti-
tutions and codes. and new situations
will arise for which no code provides
Napoleon IS said to have remarked
when the first commentary appeared
on the Code Napolscn. Mon code est
perdu." He was right, but he had no
remedy. II the open acknowledgment
of the fact that there are many sources
OF law other than statute and prece-
dent is heresy In the legal professioo.
SO much the worse for the legal pro
fession. Heresy or not. 1t is the fat,
always has been. and always will be-
II 1t tends to induce insignificant
Judges to be law unto themselves and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-09

efforts, the impatient bird continued
to ring the bell violently until there
appeared at the window of the tower
the wife of the gatekeeper, who threw
out quantity of food to the expectant
waterfowl
On making inquiries as to the origin
ct this interesting episode, the CORE
sIondent was told that a number of
years ago daughter of the bishop of
Wells, being much interested in the
birds inhabiting the rnoat, taught the
swans to ring the bell at feeding-time,
al five o'clock in the afternoon. This
practice has been continued by success
sive families Of swans down to the
present day, and it would seem, there
fore, as If the birds transmitted 10
their offspring the knowledge that
when the cord was pulled the bell
would ring and that food would follow.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-09
HER MOTHER-lN-LAW
Proved Wise, Good Friend.

A young woman out in Ia. found
wise, good friend In her mother-in-law.
jokes notwithstanding. She writes:
81 was greatly troubled with my
stomach, complexion was blotchy and
yellow. After meals IIoften suffered
sharp pains and would have to lie
down. My mother often told me it
was the coffee I drank at meals. But
when I'd quit coffee I'd have severe
headache.
while visiting my mother-in-law I
remarked that she always made such
good coffee, and asked her to tell me
how. She laughed and told me 1t was
easy to make good coffee when you
use Postum
Il began to use Postum as soon as
got home, and now We have the same
good coffee (Postum) every day, and
Il have no more trouble. Indigestion
is thing of the past, and my COM
plexion has cleared up beautifully.
MY grandmother suffered great
deal with her stomach Her doctor
told her to leave of coffee. She then
took tea aut that was just as bad
she finally was induced to try Post
Urn which she has used for over a
year. She travelled during the winter
over the greater part of Iowa, visiting,
something size had not been able to
do for years. She says she owes her
present good health tt, Postum"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich. Read ''Ttle Road to Well
ville." in pkgs.
Postum now comes In two forms:
Regular l5osturs-lnust be wen
boiled. 15c and Csc packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dlssolves quickly
In a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious beverage
Instantly. 3Oc and SOC tins.
The cost per cup Of both kinds Is
about the same.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold By G-ocerA
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roll and cup Of coffee have been
the most l could ever negotiate for
breakfast, and then it was apt to taste
like chips and whet-stones And now
look at this PLATED" The dog ceased
winnowing his ear with a hind foot
and looked back at his master with
much the same expression. Clearly
his own needs had not been forgot
ten.
"Reck'n All bettah go ter git dat ar
machine thing" said Uncle Jefferson
behind him. "Ol CONAN, heah. she
low ter fix up de kitchen dis mawn-
in en- we begin on de house dis eye-
MIN"
"Right-o," said Valiant. TITS all up
hill so the motor won't run away
with you. Aunt Daphne, can you get
some help with the cleaning?"
"He'p?" that worthy responded with
fine scorn. No, sub. Moughty few,
in de town 'cep'n low-down yaller new
issue trash Diet ain wu'f KILN! All
gwineter go TO dat house mahsef TO
long, hannah en- tongs. en- git Il fix
up"
splendid! My destiny is in your
hands. You might take the dog with
you. Uncle Jefferson; the run will do
| him good
When the latter had disappeared
and truculent sounds from the kitchen
indicated that the era of strenuous
IN. hol bo.y,,p he raoptoro1 tho
library, changed the water in the rose
glass and set ii on the edge of the
! shady frcut porch, where its Haunting
blossom made dash of bright Grim
son against the grayed weather-beaten
brick. This done, he opened the one
large room on the ground-foor that he
| had not visited.
1t was double the size of the library
a parloT hung in striped yellow silk
vaguely and tenderly faded, with a
! tall plate mirror set over a marble
topped console at either side. In one
corner stood a grand piano of Circas
| sian walnut with keys Of tinted
mother-of-pearl and slender music
rack inlaid with morning glories In the
same material From the center OF
the ceiling, above an oval table, de
pended a great chandelier hung with
| glass prisms. The chairs and sofas
were covered with dusty slip-covers OF
muslin. He lifted one of these. The
furnished gold furniture was Louis
XIV. the upholstery of yellow brocade
with a pattern of pink roses. Two
Japanese hawthorn vases sat on teak
wood stands and corner held a glass
cabinet containing collection Of
| small worries ard faience.
He went thoughtfully back TO the
great hall, where sat the big chest or
which lay the volume of lucille" He
pushed down the antique wrought
iron hasp and threw up the lid. II
was filled to the brim with textures:
heavy portieres of rose-daInask, table
covers of faded soft-tonei tapestry
window-hangings Of dull green--al
with tobacco-leaves laid between the
folds and sifted thickly over with the
sparkling white powder At the bot
tom. rolled in tarry-smelling paper. he
found a half-dczen thin, Persian pray
er-rugs.
"Phew," he whistled. II certainly
ought to be grateful to that law firm
that inspected the place. Think o.
the things lying here all these years!
And that powder everywhere. 1t:
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touch of firearms There had been mo
meDts in his youth when this unrea-
soning shrinking had filed hin with a
blind fury. had driven him to Ftrange
self-tests of courage He had never
been able to overcome It, Analyza
ton had told him that his peculiar
adherence was no mere outgrowtn OF
this. 1t lay far deeper. He had rare
ly, of recent years, met the test Now
as he stood in these unaccustomed
surroundings. with the cold touch OF
the metal the old shuddering held
him, and the sweat broke in beads
on his forehead. Setting his teeth
| hard, he crossed the room, slipped the
box with its pistol between the vol
umes of the bookcase, and returned to
his seat.
The bulldog, aroused from nap
thrust warm muzzle between his
knees. IT'S uncanny, Chum!" he said
as his hand caressed the velvety
head. Why should the touch of that
fool thing chill my spine and make
my flesh tiptoe over my bones? Why
should I hate a pistol? Do you sup
pose | was shot in one of my previous
existences?"
For long while he sat there, his
pipe dead, his eyes on the room
lighted out-of-doors. The eery feel
ing that had gripped him had gone as
quickly as it had come At last he
rose, stretching himself with great
boyish yawn, put out all save one of
the candles and taking a bath-rohe,
sandals and huge fuzzy towel from
the steamer-trunk, stripped leisurely.
He donned the bath-robe and sandals
and went out through the window to
the garden and down to where lay the
little lake ruffling silverly under the
moon. On its brink he stopped and
tossing back his head, tried to imi-
tate one Of the bird-calls but was I'M
successful With a rueful laugh he
threw off the bath-ro5e and stood an
instant glistening, poised in the moon
light like a marble faun, before he
dove, straight down out of sight
Five minutes later he pulled him.
self up over the edge. his flesh tin
Cling with the chill of the water and
threw the robe about his cool white
shoulders. Then he thrust his feet
into his sandals and sped quickly
back He rubbed himself to a glow,
and blowing out the remaining can
die, stretched himself luxuriously be-
tween the warm blankets on the
couch. The dog shifted inquiringly at
his hand. then leaped up and snug
gled down close to his feet
John Valiant's thoughts had fed
thousand miles away, to the tall girl
who all his life had seemed to stand
out from his world, aloof and unsur-
passed-Katharine Fargo He tried to
picture her. perfect chatelaine, grace
full and gracious as q tall, white, splen-
did lily. in this dead house that
seemed still to throb with living pas.
sions. But the picture subtly eluded
him and he stirred uneasily under the
blanket
After time his hands stretched out
to the reading-stand and drew the
glass with its vivid blossom nearer,
till, in his nostrils, its musky odor
mingled with the dew-wet scent q
the honeysuckle from the garden At
last his eyes closed. Every man car
ries his fate on a riband
about his neck" he muttered drowsily
and then, Roses red
rosas
And 81 he fell asleep.
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CHAPTER Discontinued.

He trudged away into the shadows,
bet presently as the new master of
Damory Court stood in the gloomy
hall, he heard the stumbling step
again behind him "Ah done neglect
uated ter ak yo' name. sub. All did,
TO err fac"
NY name is Valiant John Val,
liant"
Uncle Jefferson's eyes turned up
ward and rolled out of orbit NAH
Lawd!" he calculated soundlessly.
And with his wide lips still framed
about the last word. he backed out
of the doorway and disappeared.
Alone in the ebbing twilight, John
Valiant found his hamper. spread a
napkin on the broad stone steps and
took out glass, spoon and part of
loaf of bread. The thermos flask
was filed with milk. 1t was not a
splendid banquet, yet he ate 1t with
a great content as the bulldog at his
feet gnawed his share of the crust
He broke his bread into the milk as
and ate the luscious pulp with keen
relish bred of the long outdoor day.
IT. was almost dark when the meal
was done and, depleted hamper in
hand. he reentered the empty echoing
house. He went into the library,
lighted the great brass lamp from the
motor and began to rummage. The
drawers of the dining-room sideboard
yielded nothing; on a shelf of the but
ler's pantry, however, was a tin box
which proved to be half full of wax
candies, perfectly preserved
.'The very thingi" he said triumph
aHtly. Carrying them back, he fixed
several in the glass-candlesticks and
get them. lighted, all about the somber
room till the soft glow flooded its
every corner There" he said,
that is as it should be. No big bla-
rant search-light herei And no glare
of modern electricity would suit that
old xaihscoting, either"
Ee dragged the leather settee to the
porch and by the light of the motor
lamp busted it thoroughly. and wheel
Ing it back, set it under the portrait
which had so attracted him. He
washed the glass from which he had
diaed and filed it at the cup of the
garden fountain, put into it the rose
from his hat and set it on the read
sng-stand The small china dog
caught his eye and he picked it up
casually The head came off in his
hands. 1t had been a bon-bon box and
vas empty save for narrow strip Of
yeIlowed paper, on which were writ
zen some meaningless figures: 1928
$40. He pondered this moment
then thrust il into one of the empty
Oigeonholes of the desk. On the lat
He- stood an old-fashioned leaf-calen-
Oar; the date it exposed was May
14th. Curiously enough the same date
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Dove on Gun Of Death Ship.

While the Montana was steaning
slowly northward through the fog a
white dove, the omen of peace, blown
apparently from the Virginia shore,
alighted on ten-irich gun on the deck
of the cruiser. More than 100 blue
jackets on the Montana, their terms
having expired, are glad to be home,
A little yellow swallow, blown to sea
near CuDa, remained ON ore Of the
cruisers all the way to Vera Cruz and
is still on the deck of the warstIip.-
New York Correspondence Philadel-
phl3 Times.