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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-01
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doors in the roos or in the south side
to be opened in sunny weather 1t is
easier to care for sows in these
houses than in the A-shaped cots. All
cots should be built on skids.
The hog house fiocr is an unsettled
question. The ground with woven
wire stretched on top to prevent the
hogs from :, oting makes good floor.
Electrically welded corncrib wire is
very satisfactory. This makes floor
which IS easy on the hogs. almost
free from rats, and, if properly bedded,
it is warm and dry. 1t is, however,
more difficult to keep free from dust
than some other floors. Many con
crete floors are used, but they are
cold, liable to be wet, and are hard
on the hogs feet. Often almost an eI.
tire pig crop and many sows are lost
by taking cold ON concrete floors.
Concrete floors are, however, very sat
isfactory when covered with plank
overlays, or false floors, which should
be raised from the concrete about an
inch by mailing eleats on the under
side. The wood portion of this floor
consists of two by four inch timbers
laid about one-fourth inch apart to
allow drainage. Cork brick on con-
crete makes an i3esl floor from the
standpoints of warmth and sanitation,
but is very expensive and the brick
are sometimes eaten out by the pigs.
Board floors are expensive, short
lived, cold, if up off the ground and
make the worst kind of rat harbors.
An old hog house with wood floor was
visited in which the owner said the
rats had gotten over half the pigs.
Several men report that rats may tie
kept out by packing sand or cinders TO
the top of the joists before laying the
floor, but these materials are often too
expensive to be used for this pur-
pose.
In making the inside partitions, care
should always be taken to have them
perfectly tight at the floor and for
about ten or twelve inches above, so
that young pigs cannot crawl through,
and SO sows in the adjoining pens can
not get hold of them and pull them
through. A SOW VIII often pull new
" born pig through under partition
and eat It, whereas If the pig was in
the pen with her, it would be perfect
~ safe Above the first ten or twelve
inches it is better to have the parti
tons open enough so the hogs can
see out, otherwise at every sound the
sows VIII be up on the partitions to
see what is going on.
Pig rails or guard rails should be
placed ON the inside of the pen, from
six to ten inches from the floor, ac-
cording to the size of the SOW, and
should stand out six or eight inches
to prevent the SOW from MASKING the
pigs against the wall
1t will be found convenient to have
the alley gates removable by lifting
out.
Six by eight feet is generally found
to be very satisfactory size for pens,
but if feeding is to be done inside,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-01
He FOLLOWED THE CROWD
Uncle 6illy's Idea Was All Right. But
as 1t Turned Out II Spoiled His
Visit to Fair.

Uncle Billy walked into the village
store about the middle of tto after
noon, and the storekeeper, waking
from his nap, said: Thought you'd
gone to the state fair"
Il did," was the brief reply, as
Uncle Billy helped himself to a chair.
Didn't you like it?"
Uncle Billy looked round cautiously.
The other village loafers were hav-
ing game of horseshoe" in front of
the blacksmith shop; so lowering his
voice, he said, confidentially, 'Tll tell
you how 1t happened. / hadn't been
to the state fair for 20 years, so l
wasn't on to 1t very we'll. l decided
I'd keep an eye on the crowds. and
foller where they seemed the thick
est Well, It worked pretty well. I
went around to good many fine dis
plays and shows and things. About
noon, saw lot of fine-dressed folks
goin' all in one direction, so | took
after EN-. They all pushed and
TANNED to get through an archway,
and pushed, too. Well, what d'you
guess II WASP"
Give it up" the storekeeper said,
eager for the climax.
We'll, they were all city folks, goin'
home to dinner, and there l stood on
the outside. wasn't goin' to pay no
so cents to get back in. so l lit out
for home. l thought I'd stop in here
for spell, to keep the family from
askin' questions about my gettin'
home so early. "-Youth's Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-01
Statesman of the SOS,

James Dixon, who for a number of
years was a member of the United
States senate, was born 100 years
ago in Enfield, Conn. He graduated
from Williams college at the age of
twenty and then took Up the study of
law in his fathers office. After being
admitted to the bar he took up the
practice of his profession in Hartford.
He began his public career as a
member OF the Connecticut legisla-
ture. In 1916 he was elected to con-
gress on the Wing ticket and served
two terms. His service in the United
States senate continued from 1857 to
1869 and covered the entire period of
the Civil war. Senator Dixon sup
ported the administrations of Presi-
dent Lincoln and Johnson with equal
loyalty, and refused to join the ma
jority in the movement to impeach
President Johnson. He withdrew from
public life in 1869, having refused the
mission to Russia offered him by
President Johnson. Mr.. Dixon de
voted the remaining years of his life
to extensive travel and to literary
work and study. His death occurred
in Hartford in 1873.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-01
FACE FULL OF PIMPLEs

4240 So. California Ave, Chicago, Ill.
About a year ago my face was full
of pimples and red spots. To sleep
one night without itching was almost
impossible. Some of the pimples
would get big and red and if l touched
them they would pain, while others
would get white heads on them and
when they broke open some matter
came out. They would burn and itch
and l scratched them so that some
times they would break and bleed
That always caused them to be worse
Il bought all kinds of salves and
creams and found out that they did
me no good / noticed the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment advertisement and
/ sent for free sample. l went to
the drug store and bought cake OF
Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura
Ointment and | found the pimples
were drying out. In two months
was we'll" (Signed) Chas. ]. Peck,
May 7, 1914
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, 1914-09-01
GOOD TUB MATERIALS
VICE VARIETY OF SUMNER WASH
FABRICS DISPLAYED.
Some Wonderfully Effective combina-
tons Are Possible-Description Of
Cne Model That viii Be Found
Exceedingly Serviceable.

There isn't doubt in my mind that
our own shops at hone are making
quite as splendid display of summer
wash fabrics as are the ones here in
Paris. writes a correspondent, and if
so, YOU will be familiar with such new
tub materials as cotton velour, wash
able &c bardines and whipcords,
eponge, beach cloth, tango crepe and a
number of others.
Wonderfully effective are combina-
tons OF one of these rather heavy
weaYes with any Of he sheer voiles
or marquisettes, with possibly a
touch of hemstitching at the seams
or bit of hand embroidery to lend
color and contrast. Interesting as all
these newer materials are, our oL
standbys, the Irish and French linens,
hold just the same place al the top
of the list that they always have; and
now that the color card has expanded
considerably they seem to te even
more satisfactory than before for good
looking and serviceable frocks.
saw recently an example OF one of
the seasons novel designs which can
be nicely developed in linen or any
of the materials mentioned above. 1t
is shown in the Avenue de IOpera as
a tennis frock, although there seems
no specific reason why it should be
consigned exclusively to that use. 1t
will make a most attractive afternoon
frock, for instance, in turquoise blue,
with touches of black embroidery and
white ball buttons.
Because the tunic is the real novelty
In this design we will consld der it first.
The front corners are trfned back to
form a little pocket and finished with
triangular tab, simply embroidered
in black and white. The lower edge
rounds down little longer across the
back and the gathers about the waist
lend ample fullness.
The blouse is cut by a long-sleeved
kimono pattern. made comfortable and
roomy through the width at the arm
sides and the half-buttoned front clos
ing. A small white vest is set between
and there is a broad rolling collar of
white as well. The sleeve ends are
made to unbutton and turn back, in &C
cordance with the original sporting
purpose of the design, and a girdle of
black satin embroidered in white is a
consistently pretty finish for the
waist
The skirt is quite straight and plain,
gathered slightly at the belt and given
an inverted fold at the center front to
allow extra width at the hem.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-01
All outdoor Sports.

The real estate dealer had gone into
the details of the summer cottage at
great length and Mr.. Steiner had be-
come bored
1.-The cottage is stones throw from
the trolley said the agent
Indeed That's good" said Steiner
1T will give us something to do sum-
mer evenings"
81 beg your pardon" said the agent.
rather mystified
Il said it would give us something TO
dc evenings repeated Steiner. I'VE
can sit in the cottage and throw stones
at the trolley"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-01
PARTING FROM HER SWEET
HEART.

Other arms may Press thee,
Bearer ones caress thee
All the joys that bless thee
Sweeter far may be;
But Wien those you love are nearest,
A-u when your joys are dearest
oh then remember me.
There are young women who de-
clare that they would not care snap
of their fingers if their sweethearts
took it in their heads to take French
leave of them after a lovers quarrel
A girl is sure to declare she would
not give him thought, If he would not
cause her an extra heart throb.
If anything of that kind happens,
cold indeed must be the affections OF
the girl If her outlook on the world is
as bright and rosy as when he was
by her side. 1t takes time for those
who are the deepest in iove to get
used to each others ways. They meet
many, but some one man is always
more congenial than all the others
II they parted in anger, the girl de-
ponds upon his love for her to cause
him to be anxious for reconciliation
Having had some one at her beck and
call to take her hither and thither,
she feels most keenly her isolation.
She cannot go to the theater in the
evening, no matter how anxious she is
to see the play, because she has no
escort. For the same reason, she can
not accept the invitation of a girl
ri ha III
home alone if the hour was late.
When the twilight hour draws near,
she is bound to think of him. 1t was
then she was wont to look for his
coming. Lovers never know how dear
they are to each other until they are
parted especially if it may be for
years and it may be forever"
A girl should think twice ere she
parts with her sweetheart, saying, Il
don't care if l never see you again"
She knows well that she does care.
Life would not be the same to her if
not shared with him. No matter what
provocation she may have to make
their parting an angry one, she should
recollect that a gentle answer turneth
away wrath.
1t takes two to quarrel. 1t may be
her lovers secret intention to return
to her. But much may happen to
thwart his plans. II he is q lover
whose services belong to army or
navy, he may be called away sudden
ly. If they have parted in bitter
ness, he takes that memory with him.
In every engagement with the foe
there are those who will survive; some
will fall If her lover was destined
never to return, she would have the
realization that his last moments may
have been darkened by thinking of
her.
Sweethearts should not let few
idle words cloud the present and OBJ
scure the future. All lovers should
make a compact in their hours Of glad
ness never to part from each other
with an angry leavetaking, no matter
how great the provocation
When life and love go wrong, it is
sometimes lovers own fault. They
should remember that united they
stand, divided they fall.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-01

the pen will need to be longer in order
to give room to feed and water with
out getting the bed befouled. Very
large sows, such as are sometimes
kept for breeders, may need more
room, but the producer of pork will
not need larger pen. Small sows do
not need this much room, and it might
be good economy to make half of the
pens five feet wide. FIfye by eight
feet will accommodate a small sow
very we'll
Hog doors should be % to % inches
wide and 80 to 81 inches nigh in the
clear. In cold weather piece of
hurlap or ducking hung at the top of
the hog dor, with stick a little
shorter thu the width of the door
pailed across the bottom to prevent
the wind from blowing it back, will
help materially to keep the pigs warm
The pigs will soon learn to lift the
curtain when they want to go through.
The board doors in cots would not
then need to be closed except in very
bad weather, or while the pigs are
very small
In most cases, either ventilation is
lacking 1r tne house is drafty. IN
well-ventilated dogble-walled build
ing, little moisture will gather on the
walls even in cold weather, while in
poorly ventilated one thick coats
OF frost will often gather, and the
whole house will be damp when the
frost rnelts. II is not easy to Sc
cure 6. good supply of fresh air and
prevent all drafts from striking the
pigs. There are, however, several
quite satisfactors methods of ventila-
ton in use The commonest one Is
to make some of tue windows sc they
viii either slide OF swing or hinges
withdrawing the inside Of the
house is an excellent practice. Be
sides going long way toward disin-
fecting, it increases the light mate
rally. When re sunshine strikes a
whitewashed vail, much of it is re-
fec.ed 10 the floor and does a greet
deal of good Derk houses which rnlst
be USED viii be much improved by
withdrawing
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-01

metrod. 1t is no more expensive in
the long run, for all the buildings can
be kept in use the year round. In 81 d
cases the larger houses are used -or
narrowing quarters, and as so0n as
the pigs are a week or two old or as
soon as the weather permits, the sows
and .itters are removed to the indiyid-
ual cots. During the remainder of the
year the large houses are utilized for
sleeping quarters.
The small cot has the advantage of
keeping each SOW from being dis
turbed by the others, and lessons the
danger from contagious and infectious
diseases. The disturbance in a large
house, however, is usually not seri-
Gus matter, and is often unduly EN-
phasized. After the pigs get lit
tie start there is usually more or less
robbing where many are together.
The indivioua! cot lessons this trou-
BILE. When the surroundings become
insanitary, the cot can easily be moved
to a clean place.
IIOOeiDtS NliE 81 SdlCSt ulod0 " dhNd SO Al
the cot is the large amount of work
required to tend the stock This is a
matter of no small importance, There
are usually no windows, so there is no
sunshine or light when thc roof door
is closed There is, however, NO rea-
son why windows and ventilation
should not be provided. The open
roof which is commonly used places
the pigs In more danger of being
chilled by cold winds and sudden
storms when the attendant is sxay.
Unless the cot IS unusually vel, built.
1t is somewhat difhcalt to keep warm
In vers cold weather than the large
house.
The variety of individual hog houses
is greater. II anything, than that of
large houses. but they are readily sep
arabic into two general classes-the
A-shaped cot. and the various cots
WITT perpendicular sides. The A.
shaped cot is Gaite satisfactory when
well built and provided with a window
and ventiiating door, but generally
these are lacking. Nearly all of the
cots with perpendicular sides have
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-01
How Il Happened.

Mr.. Kellogg was always teasing his
Wife; it was strange that she did not
oftener suspect the pitfalls he pre-
pared for her. This time he came
home to dinner and said, gravely:
Young Whites wife gave it to him
hot and heavy this morning"
The Whites had been married but
few months and Mrs. Kellogg promptly
scented a scandal
Fighting already? How dreadful"
she continued. Tell me about IT,"
oh, she just1gave him one of the
biscuits she made for breakfast" re-
piled her husband.-Youth's Compan-
ion
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-01
ONE FAITHFUL HEART TO PRAISE
HIM.

Oh happy love where love like this is
found,
o heartfelt rapture. bliss beyond COM
pare!
Il Heaven a draft of heavenly pleasure
spare,
In others arms breathe out the tender
tale
Beneath the milkwhite thorn that scents
the evening gale.
When success crowns a mans life
there are plenty to sing his praises.
It's the man who is down and out
who knows the worth of the worlds
homage. If he has been fortunate to
gain the love of one honest heart be
is rich amid all of his poverty. He
may strive only to meet with failures.
which may bow him to earth, but if
there is one faithful heart to praise
him, whose faith in him never falters,
there will be one bright rift showing
through his clouded sky One word
of sympathy in the hour he needs it
most can make this dull, cold world
paradise on earth for him. 1t win
give him courage 70 try once more
for that dear woman sake.
II is those who have one loved one
to whom they are precious who faint
and fall by the wayside. Nobody
knows, nobody cares, is the sob on
their despairing lips. If there was
but one faithful heart to cheer him ON
his struggles might not be in vain
What matters 1t to him though men
and women turn cold shoulder to
him il there's one faithful heart that
beats all for him?
II is the want OF just one faithful
one which causes men TO drift into
the swirling tide OF misfortunes and
make no effort to stem the tile which
sweeps on TO destruction. u may be
mother love. which shines acroes the
beaten path when hope is the dark
est with him. Or. perhaps, 1t is wife
who has linked her fate with his for
better OF for worse, uttering no mean
though fate has been unkind to them.
There is a time in every mans life
when success seems TO elude him At
such 4 time. the love of one faithful
heart can steady him until the crisis
has passed and he has turned defeat
inso victory.
When success attends him, let no
man forget the faithful heart that has
stood by him IN his troubles. II he
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-01

Shows coIdness, change toward her,
when his sky has cleared, then he
deserves that the wheel of fate shall
revolve again, and he win know what
1t is to battle without the one faith
full heart to upraise him. The love of
a sweetheart who is faithful and true
In adversely is blessing direct from
heaven. AS wife, her love will
prove GROWING blessing, link to
bind him steadfast to courage.
No matter how humble the heart
may be that truly loves him, he should
prize that more than the worlds gold.
which may turn to dross at time he
least expects. Let each cherish one
faithful heart that will praise him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-01
A weII-suilt anG weILArransed Hog i

sue
The variety of hog houses is almost
as great as the variety OF individuals
using them. 1t is rare, indeed, to
find even q semblance Of uniformity
prevailing in community There
are, however, only two or three gen
eral types which commend themselves
to the careful hog man. OF the two
styles of large houses, the larger has
two rows of pens. an alley through the
middle, and a jog in the roof for win
dows to light the north pens, while the
smaller has but one row of pens, with
an alley and row of windows on the
south side. The double house is much
cheaper per pen, and forl that reason
is to be preferred Less work is also
required to care for the hogs than
where a single row of pens is used
says the United States department of
agriculture
Probably the cheapest house posi-
bic is low building with a single
row of pens and no alley, but such
house is much less convenient, espe
NiebIAS III olOl ll1g WEALTH..
A large hog house should always
stand east and west, facing the south,
SO that the maximum amount of sun
shine may be had in each pen. When
double house is used, which is much
the cheapest, the outside pens on the
north are often of little use in early
spring and late fall on account of the
shade and the cold winds. This diff
Guilty can be partially overcome by
changing sows so that those which
have not farrowed and those with the
oldest pigs which have least need Of
warm outside pens, are on the north
side.
In the majority of large hog houses
the upper windows are not so placed
that the sunshine will strike the floor
when it is most needed there. Indeed
hog house with the windows in the
proper position is rarely seen. Direct
sunshine should strike the floor in
every pen for as many hours in the
day as possible at the time when the
pigs are farrowed. Nearly every one
realizes this is a matter of the great
est Importance, but too often the build
er does not take the trouble to find
out whether he is getting it or not
Ordinarily the farmer has no means
of ascertaining where to put the win
dows SO as to get the maximum
amount of sunshine at the time he
wants it, unless he happens to be
building just at that time, which is
very unusual The country is dotted
with hog houses in which the owner
thought he was putting the windows
where he wanted them, but found
later they were in the wrong place
Whether the large house with indi-
vidual pens is better than the indi-
vidual cot is an open question, per-
haps largely a matter of individual
preference. Each has its distinct ad-
vantages which can not be secured in
the other Many of the best hog
raisers are now providing themselves
with both types of houses, and this
seems to be the most satisfactory
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in with an entirely new SCI of COM
parlons of both sexes, but the parent
thinks her child will make friends
with the best Of them, and let's it go
at that
While there are some maidens q
sixteen demure and thoughtful, there's
more truth than poetry in the old say
ing, You can't put an old head on
young shoulders"
1t takes either years which bring
their fullness of knowledge or passing
through tribulations to unfold wisdom
in the mind A girls surroundings,
and companions have everything to do
with choosing the path into which she
will walk.
1t is not always the merry, rollick-
ing companions of either sex that lure
girl from the straight and narrow
clothing which entices the lamb.
| Through her business, she is brought
In contact with married as well as
single men. She does not know how
much to believe and how much to re-
ject of what they tell her. She feels
sorry for the man who confides to her
the secret of his signs, that he is
| welded to woman who Is old enough
to be his mother and discovered their
unsuitability each for the other when
it was too late; that they had lived
apart for years, although bound by
chains which would not break
His doleful tales work upon her
sympathy. She is too young for wis
dom to understand that he is feeding
her on tissue of falsehoods, hoping
to gain her attention and sympathy.
An older girl, who had heard of just
such men, would turn a deaf ear te
his plant.
With the girl too young for wisdom,
if her pity is aroused, she is unsus-
pecting, ard,her tender heart, which
has been 100 easily moved, may cause
her to err in her judgment. Such a
man may vary his story to that of hav-
ing an invalid wife; that he has no
companionship, and is lonely. Unless
a girl is unusually unsuspecting she
realizes that by this talk he is trying
to befool her, that no sympathy should
be extended to the man who is seem
ingly aggravated because his heart
mate has been stricken with illness.
A mother should be the confidant Of
young daughter, and should inform
herself as to a girls associates and
encourage the maid to repeat to her
the drift of their conversation, and
she should oe able to guide the girl
and to ward off evil influences. She
might alter what would otherwise end
In the tragedy of young life.