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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-07-30
PROF PARSONS ACQUITTED.
Barre Times.

The instructor in the summer school of
Middlebury College who was reported to
have ridden on a motorcycle from Mid
dlebury to Lake Dunmore and return, a
distance of Is miles, in p minutes and
II seconds, now asserts that he never did
it. Moreover, the man declares fiat foot
eddy that he never rode a motorcycle
from Middlebury to Lake Dunmore and
he insists that he has been made the
victim of practical joke. " In view of
hi assertion, he should be given the
benefit of the doubt and excupated from
the charge of trying to Guido fleet footed
Mercury himself. Conclusive proof is
given, too, by the Rutland Herald, which
investigated the reported feat as com
municated by its correspondent and is
convinced that the story was made out
of whole cloth, so convinced, in fact,
that the correspondent has been re-
lieved of further service for that news
paper.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-07-30
VERMONT OPINION
AUTOMOBILE THIEVES.

The holiness with which automobile
thieves are operating on the western
side of the State, notably their act in
stealing two machines from garage in
Middlebury is bound to bring them under
the hand of the law Meanwhile it would
be a rather good policy for automobile
owners to lock their garage doors and
windows before their automobiles are
stolen.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-07-30
A WORD FOR MOTHERS

1t is grave mistake for mothers to neg
lect their aches and pains and suffer in
ness and often shortens life.
If your work is tirin& if your nerves are
excitable; if you feel languid, weary or
depressed, you should know that Scott 8
Emulsion overcomes just such conditions.
1t possesses in concentrated form the
very elements to invgorate the blood,
strengthen the tissues, nourish the nerves
and build strength.
SCOTS is strengthening thousands Of
mothers-and will help you. No alcohol.
Scott s. Bovine. Bloomfield. NJ,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-07-30
Middlebury, VT, July "a, 1915.
THE KINDLY DEEDS SOCIETY
By James NJ. Hubbard.

by james M t1uDDaru.
Harold Pollard was the brightest boy
in school, but the teacher was disap-
pointed in him because he didn't seem
to take any interest in the things she
felt that he ought to. His father had
one of the best farms in the town, on
which he raised a good many things for
which he had often taken prizes at the
county fair Harold helped him faith
fully, when he was not at school, but he
worked mechanically, not showing the
slightest interest in what he did The
teacher noticed this because she boarded
at his house and his father had spok en-
to her about it and how sorry he was
that Harold didn't like farming. So
she often asked herself, can | do any,
thing to awaken n.the boy an interest
in it. Was there something which she
could bring into the school course of
teaching which would help. She had
for sometime felt that the teaching in
the country schools tended to draw the
children away from the farm to the
town or city, when it ought to do Just
the contrary. Born and brought up on
the farm the work on it would come
easy and natural to them, and their
State being largely agricultural, they
would become its most useful citizens if
they were properly taught
One morning when walking to school
there suddenly came into her mind the
question, would not school garden be
good thing to have. All the scholars
could take part in it, the older ones
caring for separate beds, the youngest
for one large bed. That evening she
mentioned her idea to Harold's father,
and she was much pleased to have him
say that he thought it was a first rate
plan. 'I've got piece of ground over
by the school house." said he (Which
will be just the thing. III pillow and
manure it tomorrow, and the children
can lay out the beds and do the rest of
the work" That very night the teacher
wrote to the school superintendent ask
ing his permission to make the garden
work part of the school course and to
be done during school hours. He wrote
back Immediately congratulating her on
her plan and saying that he was glad
to give her his permission and was sure
that it would be success. When she
told the children of what she meant to
do, she was disappointed that they
showed so little interest in it. But
when she said that money prizes would
be given for the best work done in the
garden some interest was awakened.
To arouse still more she gave out as the
subject for English composition to the
older children, "How can | help nv
State of Vermont best when | am
grown up?" But not one single COM
position of the boys showed what she
had hoped at least one would have done,
that the best way he could help his
State would be to make two blades of
grass and two ears of corn grow where
only one had grown before. One boy
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16
PLAN NEW ELECTRIC LINE
Farmers Hold Meeting and Urge Con-
struction of Road Between
Sheboygan and Manitowoc.

Sheboygan:-Active steps toward
construction of an electric interur-
ban line from Sheboygan to Mani
towoc, and ultimately to Green Bay,
were taken at mass meeting of
farmers, cheese factory men and citi-
zens of Cleveland, Mosel, Haven, Hi
ka, Centerville, Newton and North
elm. A committee was appointed to
wait upon officials of the Sheboygan
Railway and Electric company and
request that representative of the
company attend another meeting on
March 16.
Charles Schwartz, George Herzog
and Gustav Berger, have made a
careful canvass of the situation and
their report showed the need of bet
ter transportation facilities along
the lake shore, between Manitowoc
and Sheboygan. They spoke of the
many advantages and conveniences
an electric line would bring to every
one in the vicinity, and exressed the
belief that such line would soon be
a paying investment.
The project of constructing an in
terurban line between Sheboygan
and Manitowoc has been agitated sew
eral years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16
MAY ABOLISH FAR PASSES
Board of Agriculture Considers "Pay
as You Enter" Poiicy-Name
Department Heads.

Madison.-A strictly pay as you
enter" policy may be adopted by the
state board of agriculture for the
state fair in Milwaukee. The advisa-
bility of suspending the free list, or
doing away with all passes, was dis
cussed at meeting of the board. De-
spite the fact that the free list was
materially reduced, 5000 passes
were issued for the last state fair.
The state board of agriculture will
not take any chance on importing the
foot and mouth disease through any
outside stock exhibitions at the COM
ing fair. In the event that the dis
ease is wiped out in Wisconsin, but
still exists in sections which annu-
ally send stock to the fair, it is
planned to make this years event
strictly Wisconsin show and
bar all outside stock.
The following additional depart
mental superintendent were named
by the board: Women's department,
Mrs. Mary A James, Eau Claire;
agriculture, ]. c. Campbell, Three
Lakes; automobiles. Joe Smith, Mil
waukee; county exhibits, H. H. Fea-
vey, Washburn; dairy, A. l.. Alder
sold, Madison; fine arts, James J..
Nelson, AmheEts; forage, c. T. Fish
er, Wauwatosa; horses, W. X. Cald-
well, Morrisonyille, and swine, Jas.
Dillon, Mondovi The board adj
journed tonight.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16
DRINK LOTS OF WATER
TO FLUSH THE KlDNE
Eat Less Meat and Take Salts
Backache or Bladder Trouble
Neutralize Acids.

Uric acid in meat excites the
neys, they become overworked;
sluggish, ache, and feel like Jumps
lead. The urine becomes cloudy;
bladder is irritated, and you may
obliged to seek relief two or thu
times during the night. When the
neys clog you must help them flu
off the bodys urinous waste or yor
be a real sick person shortly. At fiji
you feel a dull misery in the kidn
region, you suffer from backache, 81
headache, dizziness, stomach gets sol
tongue coated and you feel rheumat
twinges when the weather is bad
Eat less meat, drink lots of waite
also get from any pharmacist fol
ounces of Jad Salts; take a tabl
spoonful in a glass of water befo
breakfast for a few days and yol
kidneys will then act fine. This
nous salts is made from the acid
grapes and lemon juice, combine
with lithia, and has been used Il
generations to clean clogged hdne.
and stimulate them to normal activit
also to neutralize the acids in URN
so 1t no longer is source of irrit
ton, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive. cannot |
jure; makes a delightful effervescel
Whitewater drink which everyoi
should take now and then to keep Il
kidneys clean and active. Druggis
here say they sell lots of Jad Salts
folks who believe in overcoming XII
ney trouble while it is only troubles
Adv
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16
BLAST KILLS ONE;
TWO NEAR DEATH
PREMATURE EXPLOSION IN ROCK
FIELD QUARRY THROWS VII
LACE INTO PANIC.
COMPANY HEAD is INJURED
Robert kraemer, President of Corr
Germ, Seriously Hurt-Houses in
Vicinity Were Rocked and
Many Windows Broken.

Milwaukee.-One man was blown
a distance of thirty feet and instant
ly killed and two others probably IA
tally injured by a premature explo-
sion of dynamite in the quarry OBJ
Grated by the Mace Lime company at
Rockfield, Wis.
The dead: Michael Janich, 29
years old, laborer, living in Rock
field.
The injured: Robert Kraemer, %
years old, president Of the company;
right arm fractured, internal injuries
and face badly cut; may die Nick
Dodroga, % years old, a Iaborer:
probable internal injuries and face
badly cut; condition serious.
Houses in the vicinity of the quar-
ry we're rocked by the explosion and
many windows broken Women and
children living in the foreign settle
ment were in panic.
A gang of about fifteen laborers
working about the quarry were
thrown from their feet but escaped
injury. It was at first believed the
death list would reach large proper
lions, and all in the village dropped
their work and rushed to the scene.
The mangled body of Janich was
found lying distance of about thirty
feet from where the explosion occur
red. Kraemer and Dodroga were
rendered unconscious and their
bodies were found several feet from
the explosion.
What caused the explosion is a
mystery. Janich and the two injured
men were setting a charge of dyna-
mite, preparatory to blasting rock for
one of the kilns. 1t is believed that
piece of steel or probably nail be-
came wedged in with the stick of
dynamite and caused premature ex-
plosion.
Janich was showing the charge into
place and received the full force of
the resulting explosion. The other
two men were standing beside him.
Janich had been in the employ of
the company for the last seven years
and since that time has had charge
of placing all dynamite charges.
Rockfield is a small village twelve
miles southeast of West Bend
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16
GET SHARE OF EXHIBIT COST
Congressman Cooper's Bill Reimburs-
ing Breeders for Results of Federal
Quarantine Is Passed.

Waukesha.-W Walter R. Frame re-
ceived word from Congressman
H. A. Cooper of this district saying
the bill introduced by him asking
for the reimbursement of owners of
cattle exhibited at the National
Dairy show, Chicago, in November,
and since then detained in that place
because of the quarantine established
by the United States government,
had been passed.
Although the bill asked for a
100000 appropriation which would
cover all the expenses of the exhib-
itors, including that lost because OF
no income from the herds, the mes
sage said that one-haif of the ex-
penses would be provided. The bare
expenses OF the breeders is estimated
at $250,000, and whether one-half
of that amount, or one-half of the
amount asked for, has been appro-
priated, has not been made clear
Press reports merely say that one
half of the expenses was provided
for.
DR.. M. w. Downing, one of the ex-
hibitors, said there were between
seventy-five and one hundred cattle
from Waukesha county at the show,
and that the expense of keeping the
cattle since the quarantine had run
up to $500 a head
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16
Uncle Sans Name.

Like many other popular customs,
the general acceptance of the name
Uncle Sam" is traceable to a small in
cident. The occurrence is just 100
years old, and is associated with Troy.
n. Y, where, after the war of 1912,
Ebert Anderson, an army contractor,
purchased a quantity of provisions.
One of the official provision inspectors
was Samuel Wilson, who, because of
his popularity, was generally referred
to as Uncle Sam Wilson"
The boxes of provisions were
stamped E. A. U. S., the first two be-
ing the initials of Ebert Anderson
and the last two the usual abbrevia-
ton for United States. When one Of
the men engaged in the work of trans
ferring the boxes was asked one day
what the letters stood for, he replied,
jokingly, that they stood for Ebert
Anderson and Uncle Sam, meaning
Wilson.
The remark caught on" and after
being communicated from point to
point in army circles spread over the
country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16


With regard to the future use of tin,
it may be said that we are dealing
with the one metal whose known ore
reserves are entirely inadequate to
even the present demands and that un-
less some new source of supply is de-
veloped very soon we may expect to
find that tin is a very scarce metal
indeed
OF the present sources of tin ore
supply, says the Engineering Maya
zine, most are either stationarT or re
ceding in output, Bolivia being the only
one which gives promise of perma-
nency and of future growth. Under
these conditions the question OF sub
stitute metals becomes of Importance
and aluminium, zinc and steel all have
some possibility in this direction in
one way or another.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16

when the alternating insects emerge,
although cultivation with an alfalfa
cultivator, at some time late in the
fall or in early winter, will sufficiently
cover such pods and will prevent the
emergence of most of the adults when
the warm weather arrives.
Destroying the Screenings.
After the alfalfa is thrashed the
great mass of screenings which is left
frequently contains large numbers of
seeds infested with alternating larvae.
If the chaff, together with the screen
ings, is placed In a compost pile for
three or four months, so that it will
become heated and decay, most of the
insect life will be destroyed. Unless
it is possible to treat the screenings
in this manner they should be burned
before the growing season opens in
the spring.
Many Of the alfalfa seed pods
along check ridges and fence lines
may be destroyed by burning off the
weeds and alfalfa. This should be
done either in the fall or early spring.
In purchasing alfalfa seed, farmers
should insist upon having seed which
has been well cleaned after thrash
ing and should never plant the I'M
cleared product in new fields.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16

When talk about the German in
vasion of England was going on, a
militiaman, stationed in Carrickfergus.
was heard to remark that Immediately
the enemy landed in England he would
certainly bolt, taking a good stock of
provisions, and hide in a convenient
cave he knew of.
The colonel, hearing of his unpatri-
otto resolve, called him out next day
on parade, and lectured him severely
on his cowardice.
You're a disgrace to the regiment
and the Service-at-large," he cried.
Fancy you threatening to ruiz away;
but I'd be after you in quick time, my
man, never fear
Sure, an you'd be welcome, your
honor; but, bring yer own praties an
things. won't yer, colonel?"-London
Tit-Bits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16
WAR VETERAN PASSES AWAY
James A. Rape of Marinette Walked
Many Miles to Attend G. A. r.
Encampments.

Marinette.-James A. Rape, who
died here aged 80 years, was a not
able character. Besides having served
in an Indian war, the Mexican war
and three years in the civil war,
making good records in all of them,
he was a mechanic who continued
to work at his calling until after he
was 95 years of age. He was an
active member of the Grand army,
attending all of the reunions of his
regiment, the Thirtysecond Wiscon-
sin, up to and including the one held
last fall. For many years he never
missed a state or national encamp-
ment
Mr. Rape was an inyeterate walk
er. He thought nothing of walking
from Marinette to visit friends al
his old home in Fond du Lac, a dis
lance of nearly 100 miles, and on
several occasions rode his bicycle
from his Marinette home to national
encampments, making the trips to
one held at Boston and another al
Washington, and still another at
Philadelphia.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16

shape and usually by the dull brown
color Some of the infested seeds,
however, retain their natural color,
but they always lack the glossy ap-
pearance of normal seeds. The ex-
tent to which alfalfa seed is damaged
by the fly is not generally apparent.
owing to the minuteness of the insect
and because it's destructive work is
accomplished within the growing
seeds. The alfalfa-seed grower can
only estimate the percentage of his
crop destroyed by opening a large
number of the seed pods and observ-
ing the infested seeds.
Harvesting Infested Crops.
An alfalfa field is frequently found
with such a severe infestation by
chalcis-fiies that the grower considers
it of insufficient value to be harvested
and simply drives in a herd of cows
to pasture the crop. With regard to
the control of the chalcis-fy for the
protection of future seed production,
this is a costly mistake. Obervations
show that many OF the pods burst
open, while others are trampled to
the ground. Here great numbers OF
infested seeds offer favorable condi-
tons for the Information of the chal-
cis-fy larvae. These, as mature flies,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16
BOTH ORATORS AND WRITER'S
English Newspaper Comments on Dual
Qualities of Those Who Have
Been Called Great.

An entieing subject for discussion
is the writer as orator. 1t is. of
course. andeniable that the mental
processes belonging to to two orders
of expression are wholly different,
but. says correspondent of the Man
chester Guardian, ] should challenge
very strongly the contention that the
good writer is seldom a good speaker.
Putting aside Burke, Gladstone,
Bright and others who cannot prop
erly be put into classes, l submit that
the number OF modern writer's who
have been fine speakers Is very large.
Canning and Disrael could write and
speak equally well. Macaulay, al
though, as you remark, he memorized
his speeches, was among the great
parliamentary orators of the reform
era. The meInorizing, by the way.
was not his fault. He could not help
moving word for word everything
that he prepared, and he accomplished
the extraordinary feat of writing on.
for publication in his last years, when
he was too Ill for original work, the
orations which he had spoken ten or
twenty years earlier.
Coleridge, his admirers thought,
was a marvellous speaker. Dickens
was almost without a rival after din
ner. Public speaking was torment
to Ruskin as to Carlyle, but those who
heard him never forgot the expert
ence. Matthew Arnold was a poor
speaker. TEackeray on the platform
was pitiful But let me suggest a
few other examples Lord Rosebery
is an orator and an accomplished au-
thor. Mr.. Balfour, when he likes, can
write like an angel, and there are
few more deadly debaters.
Lord Morley will live as writer,
but he has made great speeches. Lord
Curzon writes exactly as he speaks,
and with about equal facility and
force. In their entirely different ways
Lord Haldane and Mr.. Birrell enjoy
the dual faculty. They consider Mr..
Chesterton and Bernard Shaw, IL Ger.
tain respects the greatest master of
public speech as of written English
alive today. And not to extend the
list, there is w. B. Yeats, in whom
are combined poetic genius, a fine
command of prose and a gift of speech
which al its best Is perfect.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16
Mountain Climbing.

Melchior Andregg, the famous Swiss
guide, who has died, at the age OF
eighty-six, could remember the time
when mountaineering as a popular
pastime had not been invented. Such
was evidently the case in 1893, the
year when Murray's first Handbook
to Switzerland was issued. In the
section of this work devoted to Mont
Blanc the author coRte.nptuously
points out that ut is somewhat re
markable fact that large proportion
of those who have made the ascent OF
this mountain have been persons OF
unsound mind"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16
Hanson Asks Probe.

Assemblyman Carl Hanson intro
duced joint resolution calling for
an Investigation of laud purchases in
Dane county by the University of
Wisconsin
The resolution calls for an investi-
cation of all realty acquired in the
last eight years by the university, the
report to carry the description of
lands acquired, the assessed valua-
ton upon each tract, and the price
Maid
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of -agriculture).
The alfalfa-seed destroyer, known as
the chalcis-ly, does its destructive
work in clover or alfalfa seeds, from
the Gulf coast to the northern limits
Of the United States, according to the
United States department of agricul-
lures specialist who has personally
seen the widespread devastation Of
this pest. By harvesting severely In
tested crops, by cleaning fence lines
and ditch banks, and by winter culti-
walton the grower of alfalfa seed may
help to control this insect. A new
Farmers Bulletin, (No. $3.50 entitled
THE Chalcis-Fly in Alfalfa Seed"
gives the details of these methods
of control, and may be had free of
charge on application to the depart
ment
The chalcis-fly under the microscope
is a formidable-looking insect but
when seen in the field it is frequently
confused with the gnat. These pests
may be seen in great numbers flying
over alfalfa-seed shocks and swarm
ing over the sickle bar when the al
falfa is being cut. The eggs are so
small as to be invisible to the naked
eye and are deposited through the
soft, green seed pods directly into
the soft seeds when the pods are about
half-grown. Immediately upon becom-
ing fly, the insect eats it's way out
through the shells of the infested
seeds, then through the green pods.
Large portions of the seeds are hol-
lowed out in this manner, when they
are still green and growing.
The infected seeds which still con-
tain the living larvae of the insect
may be recognized by their abnormal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16

Will infest the seed crops the follow
ing spring. Under such circumstances
the crop should be moved, removed
from the field, and staked. 1t may
then be used as rough fodder; and
If the remaining straw is burned in
early spring the alternating larvae
will be destroyed.
Cleaning Fence Lines and Ditch Banks.
The following facts emphasize the
Importance of cutting the alfalfa along
ditch banks and fence lines, as well
as in the fields:
L. The earliest seed pods are found
to develop on the isolated and vigor'
GUS growing plants found in such
places.
2. The earliest pods have an espec-
tally large percentage of the seeds
infested with chalcis-fly larvae.
8. The chalcis-1y larvae are able
to pass completely through the first
generation in the earliest pods before
the regular seed fields are sufficiently
advanced for oviposition.
This cutting should be done with
the harvesting of each hay crop, be-
fore the seed crop is grown.
1t is sometimes necessary to have
two or more irrigation bitches run
ming parallel, making 1t impracticable
to cut the alfalfa between them. In
such cases it is economy to fence
the bitches and use this land as a
small summer pasture, thus prevent
ing the development of alfalfa seed
pods and the chalcis-flies.
Winter Cultivation.
In the process of harvesting the
seed crop many pods containing in
tested seeds fall to the ground. Here
they remain until the following spring