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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
ENGLISH HOME OF 1872

In fold of the Kentish hills, surrounded by
apple orchards and hop gardens. there stands
humble building whose walls eloquent of the
past writer in the London Globe says. 1t is
almost the only one of its kind left standirg-so
far as the exterior is concerned-in its entirety.
The adjoining land was granted to one of his
knights by Edward l. in 1872, and the most reli-
able antiquarian opinion is in favor Of the house
having been built shortly after. Our knight, in
the matter of building, did not despise the record
of the past for he adopted the Norman method,
then dying out of placing his living rooms on the
second floor. This made for safety and the ground
foor apartments were simply windowless dun
geOns and storerooms.
In those days they built for strength, and the
walls of Kentsh rag are of great thickness, cal
culated to withstand the assaults of any quarrel
some neighbors, while the turret which gives ad-
mittance by stone spiral staircase to the living
rooms above is guarded top and bottom by mas
sive oaken doors, and is lighted by oylets through
which rain of arrows could be poured upon in.
truders below. The main style of the building is
that of the transition from early English to dec
GRATED. Oblong in FORM it has gables north and
south, and at either end of the long east wall Is
a square projection.
Ascending the stairs we find ourselves in a
room of truly noble proportions occupying the
length and breadth of the building, % feet by
1872 and lighted by windows east, west north
and south. 1t Is open to the roof which contains
nearly II not quite. its original form, and has
fireplace and an "aInbrey' cupboard In which
cooking and table requisites and aims for tia
poor were kept. IL this "aire" or attire" the fam
lily lived and worked and here visitors and better
class retainers slept. Here, perhaps from the
beams supporting the roof hung the store of dried
provisions for winter use, and the herbs collected
by the squires dame.
It was here In the "aire" that at even, the
family gathered round the freight candles were
expensive luxuries III those days. to listen to
story of battle or chase. The windows were
glazed but glass might be fixed In the shutters,
the iron hook for which still remains. Oaken
ties did duty as seats by day and resting places
at night and meals were served a board placed
on trestleg-hence perhaps, the phrase "the fes-
tive board"
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Extra Lrdinarv dishes.

Mrs Dan Crawford, whose book
Thinking Black" has created consid-
cradle controversy, mentioned some
extraordinary Central African dishes"
in the course of a recent lecture.
These included stewed elephants
trunk, roast rhinoceros foot, boiled
hippo tongue (stewed As hours to
make it tender), roast wild donkey,
stewed monkey, roast water rat, head,
tail, and all, and the luscious morsel,
which q chief provided as a state
delicacy, of a mess of thousands of
white ants, frizzled in their own fat,
like a sort of Central African white
bait. Also there was a special dish,
much favored, of starchy boiled grass,
green and glutinous."
Mrs. Crawford also told of the Gen.
trail African "knuts" The young
bridegroom wore a necklace Of teeth
and hairs of the elephants tail, and a
fur boa, which any West End lady
would envy, Of squirrel skins, gray
and white, the toilet being completed
possibly--for all European garments
were fashionable-by one of Mrs. Dan
Crauford's skirts specially lent for the
occasion.
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OLD STYLE. OF P0TTED BEEF
Nothing Better Has Been Devised
Than This Method That Was Used
by Our Grandmothers.

Take good piece of round of beef
and cut off all the fat Rub the lean
well with salt and let it lie two days.
Then put it into jar and add to it a
little water in the proportion Of half
a pint TO three pounds of meat. Cover
the jar as closely as possible (the best
cover will be coarse paste or dough-
and set it in a slow oven or in a vessel
of boiling water for about four hours
Then drain off all the gravy and set
the meat before the fire that all the
moisture may be drawn out. Pull or
cut it to pieces and pound it for a
long time in mortar with pepper, all
spice. cloves, mace, nutmeg and melt
ed fresh butter, adding these ingredi-
ents gradually and moistening it with
little of the gravy. You must pound
1t to fine paste, or till it becomes of
the consistency of cream cheese.
Put it into the potting cans and cover
It an inch thick with fresh butter that
has been melted, skinned ard
strained. Tie leather over each pot
and keep them closely covered. Set
them In dry place.
Game and poultry may be potted in
this manner
From the use of melted fresh butter
instead of paraff1n in sealing, and 9th
er points in this recipe, it will be sim
ply suggestive and a good study for
adaptation to modern conditions by
those who desire to put up some Of
this delicacy for special occasion or
emergencies.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
ECZEMA SPREAD OVER BODY

RoxbuTy, Ohio.-"When my little boy
was two weeks old he began breaking
out on his cheeks. The eczema began
just with pimples and they seemed to
itch so badly he would scratch his
face and cause matter to run.
Wherever that matter would touch it
would cause another pimple until it
spread all over his body. 1t caused
Disagreement while it lasted. He had
fifteen places on one arm and his
head had several. The deepest places
on his cheeks were as large as a sill
yer dollar on each side. He was so
restless at night we had to put NIT
tens on him to keep him from scratch
ing them with his finger nails. If he
got a little too warm at night it
seemed to hurt badly.
1--WE tried treatment and he didn't
get any better. He had the eczema
about three weeks when we began
using Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
bathed him at night with The Cuticura
Soap and spread the Cuticura ONT
ment on and the eczema left"
(Signed) Mrs. John White, Mar. 10,
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.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24

the snow, and almost instantly few stray prim
roses and gentians-the forerunners of spring
will burst into flower Even in December, if the
season be mild one they may be found. lit
Tie later, fields of delicate snowfakes are
locally. With the lengrhening days of February
and March, when the SUM- rising higher in the
heavens, disperses the snow, every meadow and
pasture teens with the loveest of flowers. There
seems to be no end to Natures prodgality. Acres
and acres of cowsps, of size and richness not
known to England, bloom uninterruptedly for
more than six weeks Anemones, white and yell
low, large and small thrive in the widest pro-
fusion; while in the woods fragrant daphne is
followed by the wild lily of the valley. In many
places the pheasant eye narcssus grows as thick
as grass, and scents the while neighborhood In
deed. from distance of ten miles, the mountain
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24

dweller may come down to breakfast ana nnu d
couple of feet of snow outside his windows. While
he is breakfasting the sun rushes out from be-
hind a neighboring ridge, and In an hour or two
there is no more snow That same afternoon
roads and meadows will be dry and flowers once
more firm and upright. Soon it becomes too hot
to sit in the sun. That is the end Of the winter
season.
For those who have become weary of the noise
and hurry and dirt of town life, what greater
change could be imagined? 1t may be that there
will come a moment to the chalet dweller when
he will feel mingled with reluctance at leaving
the calm life of the mountains certain antici-
patory JOY at the thought Of returning once more
to the crowded days of city life. But what of
that? 1t only means that the spell has worked
that the cure is complete.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24

From the hall doorway gives admittance to
one of those square chambers already noticed as
built the ends of the east wall. 1t is the
lords chamber the sleeping Of the wom
and children. The walls are thick and lancet
Sits, high above reach, let in dim light by day,
while the shutter hooks, still tightly wedged in
the wall, show how jealousy the retreat was
guarded by night. 1t was the inner sanctum, the
most protected part of the house, where those
dearest to the knight found refuge in troublous
days and children obtained privacy from the
more public life of the hall
The other projecting room throws further light
the dispositions of knight A soldier
domestic man, of TASTE he was also man
of religion. For this room, little larger than
the lords chamber, is the chapel 1t has a long
narrow. early English window, and two smaller
ones, and retains on window arch and piscna
tracery of much architectural beauty
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
SCHOOL TEACHERS.
Also Have Things to Learn.

For many years 1 had used coffee
and refused to be convinced OF its bad
effect upon the human system" writes
a veteran school teacher.
Ten years ago / was obliged to
give up my much-loved work in the
public schools after years of continu-
Gus labor. / had developed we'll de-
fined case OF chronic coffee poisoning.
The troubles were constipation,
fiutterings Of the heart, a humping
in the top of my head, and various
parts of my body, twitching Of my
limbs, shaking OF my head and, at
times after exertion, a general gone
feeling, with a toper's desire for very
strong coffee. / was nervous wreck
for years.
"A short time ago friends came to
visit US and they brought package
of Postum with them, and urged me
to try IL. was prejudiced because
some years back had drunk q cup of
weak. tasteless stuff called Postum
which / did not like at all.
This time, however, my friends
made the Postum according to direc-
tons on the package, and it won me.
Soon l found myself improving IN a
most decided fashion.
The odor OF boiling coffee no long
er tempts me. / am so greatly hene-
flied by Postum that If continue TO
improve as l am now, III begin to
think have found the Fountain Of
Perpetual Youth. This is no fancy
letter but stubborn facts which / am
glad TO make known"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Write for a copy of The
Road to MELVILLE"
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
boiled
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
In a cup of hot water and. with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious bever.
age instantly. Grocers sell both kinds.
There's Reason for Postum.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
SnoeIs on Horseback

In spite of its name, this dish is a
close relative of our older friends pigs
in blankets" To make these tid-bits,
wrap each big plump oyster, drained
and dried and seasoned with salt and
pepper, in nice, thinly sliced blanket
of bacon. Skewer with wooden tooth
pick and stick two cloves in the fat
end of each oyster. Cook in hot fry
ing pan or the chatting dish blazer I'M
til the bacon is crisp and the "angel"
or pig" as you choose to call it, is
ruffled around it's edges. Serve ON
small squares of toast with a garnish
of watercress and an olive or tiny
pickle as an appropriate finish.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
CeIIuIoid Substitute.

German leather workers have re.
Gently been experimenting with a new
process of preparing leather by means
of which it becomes almost transpar-
ent, firm, elastic and waterproof. 1t is
claimed also that it is almost incom-
bustible, 2 Improvement The
process, Wien is a trade secret, con-
sists to some extent in saturating the
leather with hot oil, then kneading
and rolling it.
1t absorbs a large amount of oil, be
comes tenacious and of the consist
ency of tortoiseshell Its value in the
arts is likely to be very great, and es-
pecially in electrical work it is sup
posed that it will be more effective for
certain purposes than rubber. 1t may
be made thicker than the natural
hide.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
Cupid Wafers-

Beat one-half cup of softened butter
10 a cream and gradually beat into it
the following in order given; One
half cup powdered sugar, grated rilld
of one lemon, one cup of strained
honey, and two cups of sifted -four.
Spread thinly on buttered tins in
round forms about two inches in di-
ameter and bake in moderate oven
till Drowned slightly. Let stand for
a minute then lift carefully and roll
over a round stick. Very dainty to
serve at St Valentines party. Tie
each roll or two together with ribbon
and serve with the ice
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
TIME TO EXERCISE CAUTION
Strenuous Exertian Of Any Kind Is
Not for Those Who Have Reached
Middle Age.

The dancing craze has brought up
once more the question of exercise
for middls-aged people. and both sides
have been taken with fervor- pro-
fessional strong man is quoted as say
ing that golf is too severe for men
who come to 1t lare. and recommend
Ing a weekend of complete rest rath-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24

lilies of many kinds and
colors vie with each
other in brilliancy. A
little higher up at the
melting Of the SHOWS
may be found the deli
cate soldanella, most
modest of flowers; but
perhaps more gorgeous
than any other, at least
when seen in masses, Is
the gentiana vern 2,
whose intense azure
blue, spread on the vivid
green of the young
grass-shoots, forms a
natural carpet of unsur-
pa S s a bl e loneliness.
Amid such a Paradise
of flowers the idea of an
artificial garden is IN.
thinkable!
1t will sometimes hap
pen that a late snowfall
will occur even in April
or May. The calet
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
Comforter Sin

Make your comforter In the usual
way. using white chsesecloth next 70
the cotton. Take your silkaliae or
other goods; seam it up In sile usual
way. sewing the edges together 10
form a slip; now slip it on the white
comforter and tie enough to hold in
place When comforter becomes
soiled take the slip OF and launder;
hang the cotton on the line. Beat
lightly with the carpet beater; you
will have a clean comforter without
the usual bard labor of lifting heavy
set comforter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
GENTLEMEN ONE 10 ANOTHER
Some Little Criticism, But the Fact
Remained as 1t Had at First
Seen Stated.

There was a sesdy-looking man sit
ting on the end of the benches in Madi-
son square the other afternoon as a
well-dressed stroller came along smok-
ing a cigar and took The other end He
had been seated about two minutes
when the seedy man rose up and said:
sSir. you appear to be a gentleman"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24

X W. Fieenor. Using your pills, and
resolved to try them. / did, and took
only two boxes, and I am now sound
and We'll regard my cure as remark
able. / can recommend Dodd's Kidney
Pills to any one who is suffering from
Kidney Trouble as was" Write to Mr..
Fleenor about this wonderful remedy.
Dodd's Kidney Pills, soc. per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and reel
pes for dainty dishes. All 8 sent free.
Adv,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24

er than exercise for people Of years
who feel run down. Perhaps that is
the safer side 70 take if one must
ganeTalize. but congratulations upon
such question are very difficult. Age
IS rot properly to be measured in
years, but in the actual conGition of
the individual; SO great are the eff
feets Of heredity. habits. environment.
etc. that a man OF sixty and one OF
forty may be contemporaries. But GER
tainly after middle life is reached it
is the part OF prudence to make sure
that there are nc weak spots before
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
Old English Crisps.

One cup sugar. one-half cup butter.
one and one half cups molasses, three
cups flour. Melt the butter and the
other ingredients. mix well together
and drop by small spoonfuls far apart
on a creased fiat baking tin. Bake IN
q rather slow oven, remove from the
tin with broad bladed knife and place
over the edge of bowl to curl and
cool
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
Poor Mans Sauce

Mince an onion finely. Fry it in a
little dripping until It is tender, then
pour over it glass of vinegar and
glass of water or broth, and little
pepper and salt. Let the sauce SIM
mer gently for a few minutes, then
add q tablespoon of mushroom ketch-
up. This sauce is to be served with
young roast turkey. Sufficient for
three or four persons.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
Painted Flat Irons.

One neat housekeepers fiat irons
were painted with aluminium paint,
such as is used to give a silvery APP
pearance to radiators and stove pipes.
She Gays it keeps them in perfect con-
dition, preventing them from rusting
They were treated to a coat once q
year. or course the fat face of the
iron is not touched with the paint.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24

feet and what / did do was by great
effort. / could not sleep at night and
Of course felt very bad in the morning,
and had steady headache.
CATER taking the second bottle / no
ticed that the headache was not so bad,
rested better, and my nerves were
stronger. / continued its use until it
made a new woman of me, and now /
can hardly realize that am able to do
so much as do. Whenever / know any
woman in need of good medicine /
highly praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound" Mrs. FRANK
CLARK, 3146 N. Tulip St., Richmond, Pa
Women Have Been Telling Women
for forty years how Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has restored their
health when suffering with female ills.
This accounts for the enormous demand
for it from coast to coast. If you are
troubled with any ailment peculiar TO
women why don't you try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound? 1t
will pay you to do so. Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
Briuhtened bv Use.

Yeast-Rave any trouble getting in
the house last night, when you went
home from the club?
Crimsonbeak-Did /? Say, do you re-
member how rusty that night-key was
last night? Well, look how bright it
IS nowi
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
Mhiten scorched Linen.

When white linen has been scorc'a-
ed in the ironing, wet ii with soapsuds.
and lay IT in the sun, if the scorch is
a slight one If this does not remove
the scorch. boil the piece in milk
and soap in the proportion of quar-
ter of pound of soap TO a quart Of
milk.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24

ONAipOuilu L Was III q
dreadfully rundown
state of h e alth,
b ad internal trou-
bles, and was so ex-
tremely nervous and
Frustrated that if I
had given in to my
fe elin gs l would
have been in bed.
AS it w 8 / h ad
hardly strength at
times To be on nv
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24

up among tie branches over his head,
while the smoker drew long puffs at
the last half of his cigar. Three min
utes had passed away, when the seedy
man rose to his feet and somewhat in
dignantly said
"Sir. again demand to know if you
are gentleman
I'm sure Of it." calmly replied the
other.
Then give me some evidence Of the
fact"
Here it Isl" as he held out the
stub Of the weed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24

going in for more active life. There
is something in the saying that man
Is as young as he feels, but one Is
apt at times to feel younger than
be is, and in one of these paroxysms
OF youthfulneas. such as the contagion
OF the tango may bring on, he can cas-
lily BY indiscretion do himself an in
jury. No doubt those who stand most
in need Of caution are those who in
youth have been noted for strength,
agility and skill. and who have long
led sedentsIy lfe They are apt 10
be impulsiye and energetic: they have
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24

daily sunshine. This period
gave way in turn to a time
when snow and frost trans
formed the whole countryside
into perfect fairyland.
The snow is crisp but not
wet, the air keen yet not
raw, and everyone comes in
with the glow of health on
his countenance. Though it
is possible to feel pleasantly
tired in such air after long
tramp or a big skiing expe-
dition, there is never a SEN
sation Of WEAKNESS. Here
and there in a sheltered cor
nor tho cI1D will chase awnv
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A HOPELESS MINORITY.

self too seriously"
You mustn't blame Tbble for that. His at
titude is in the nature of protest"
81 don't understand"
Everybody else takes him for a fool"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24

10 quit Work, anu
doctors failed to do
me any good. I kept
getting worse all the
time, and it at last
turned to inflamma-
ton of the Bladder,
and / had given up
all hope, when one
day / received your
Iittia hookIot odvpr-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
Yes. / am" was the reply.
And / am a gentleman also.

Nothing more was said. The smoker
smoked on and the other sat down and
glanced at him from the corner of his
eye. When five minutes had passed he
got up and said:
Sir, am mistaken in supposing you
TO be a gentleman?"
NO, sir
Il am glad to hear you say so. / wish
to again state the fact that l am ?.
gentleman myself"
He sat down with that and looked
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
Butter Toffee.

Very good toffee is made with one
pound of sugar, one-half pound of but
ter, one-quarter pound Of strip, a pinch
of salt, a little water and two table.
spoons of vinegar. which last-named
should be added just before the toffae
is done.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24

a pride in physical accomplishment
and a high standard: what seems %
them mere romp may be really
severe tax upon vital organs long ac-
customed to inactivity. Springfield
Republican.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
1his WIN Interost. MANNERS.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
relieve Feverishness, Headache, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate the
BowcIe and destroy worms. They break up
Colds in 81 hours. They are so pleasant To take
children like them Used by mothers for "a
dress, A. S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y. Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
THE POWER OF MELODY.

DO you think that music exercises an elel At
ing infuence?"
Not always" replied Senator Sorghum, Il
have known some mighty good to be de-
feated because they couldn't afford to hire
enough brass bands "-Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
stoppIno Supply Of Hot Al.

Mrs. Waggles-were you rude tn
that life insurance mani
Mr.. Waggles-Why, no, / just told
him wished be would go down cellar
and talk into our furnace SomeTe
vile Journal
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OF Course Not.

Il have a splendid idea for maya.
zine poem"
you don't need it for a magazine
poem."-Houston Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24

Al! Exactly. thought one gen
usman could not be mistaken IN an
other gentleman. Very good, sir; very
good; but next time be more of a gen
tlemaa and don't smoke the stub so
close New York Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-02-24
MAKING Enamel Paint Work Easily

A few drops Of glycerine to a pot
Of enamel paint viii make the paint
work easier. 4 smaIl quantity OF
grain alcohol is sometimes used to ef-
feet the same purpose. and benzine Ia
also excellent
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Evadinu the Queetion.

Mistress-Are you a good cook?
Applicant-Yes'm. l go to church
every Sunday.-Judge.
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scientific salesrnanship.

PA. what is scientific salesman
ship??"
went into the store to buy celluioid
collar"