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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04

away from him and must sit close.
He can have her all to himself, with
out the annoyance of having third
party about. Her cousins and her
aunts cannot expect an invitation to
accompany him as his cutter holds but
two and, perforce, they must sit snugly
together at that. What delight to
whirl over the country road, with the
air just keen enough to bring the roses
to their cheeks and to exhilarate their
spirits! Even the horse is on his met
tie and fairly flies over the crisp
ground. No young man who has a
sleigh or can rig up anything on run
his sleigh ride with his dearie on a
bright, starry, moonlight night
Of course, the young men are ex-
pected to pay strict attention to their
frisky steeds. If, perchance, they for
get and Cupid slyly steals the reins
from their grasp for moment, there's
pretty apt to be a spill-out. Couples
who race by shout with laughter. They
guess, intuitively, by their own expe-
rience, that Dobbin must have gotten
away while his master was popping
the question to the fair one by his
side. For how could he pay strict at
tention to the maiden and to guiding
reins the same time?
1t is an odd fact that more proposals
of marriage have taken place while
sleiph riding than on apv ofbor .oooo
sion. 1t seems the most natural thing
in the world for the man to whisper
to the girl so near him the secret that
he has held so carefully in his heart,
Il love you!" and in his next words
to breathe the hope that has been the
one thought of his life. win you be
my wife," If the girl really loves him,
he wins from her that timid confession
and with it the promise that she viii
marry him if he can gain the consent
of her loved ones at home.
The girl who goes out sleighing with
a prosy young man, who is Indifferent
as to whether the robe is tucked in
about her or if his conversation is in
teresting or not, treating of the wealth
er or the crops he hopes to harvest in
the spring, his business problems, ETC.,
is not apt to remain out very long with
him. Nor win she be in a hurry to &C
cept another invitation from him to
go sleighing very soon.
Wintry evenings are heeting and
sleighing does not last long. Few girls
want to waste time on the young man
who has no intention of wooing and
wedding. He who lets winter slip by
may fit in summer. Beaux, make
haste in proposing marriage TO the girl
you love best while the chance is yours
in dear old sleighing time. Be not like
the young man who could not be with
his sweetheart at sleighing time to ask
her the all-important question. He had
to content himself by writing her:
Oh, Love, II you were here
This dreary, weary day,
If your lips, warm and dear,
Found some sweet word to say.
Then hardly would seem drear
These skies of wintry gray
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
OWN REGISTERED LIVE STOCK
Practical knowledge of Business
Should be Obtained Before Start
ing With Pure-Breds.

The desire to own registered stock
is praiseworthy, but until man is
well fitted by experience and inclina-
ton to handle registered stock he will
find it better to go cautiously until ne
has gained a practical knowledge of
the business.
There is no mystery regarding the
breeding and management of, pure
bred stock, still they require mate
rally different treatment than is usu-
ally afforded the common scrub stock.
These improved animals do not re-
quire pampering or babying but they
do require good care and enough to
eat and that they cannot obtain when
wintered around straw stacks and
fence corners
The farmer who has made good
success with a grade herd or flock will
not find the transition to pure breds
very difficult. If man knows abso-
lutely nothing about breeding regis
tered stock he will do well to gain
the necessary experience by grading
up his scrub animals before he invests
in pure-bred stock. At least he should
gain the actual experience in some
way before he makes the plunge.
There are many men who buy pure
bred stock who should never be in
the business and the result is that
their stock is byword and de-
rision-a very disgrace to the name
pure-bred. Some men have jumped
suddenly into fame by breeding i'm
proved live stock, but usually we will
find that these men gained a practical
knowledge of the science of breeding
while handling their grade animals,
that made their success possible.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
Hymns and Longevity.

The practice of hymn writing APP
pears to be conducive to longevity.
Charlotte Elliott, who wrote Just As
l Am" was eighty-two at the time Of
her death; Bishop Bickersteth, who
wrote Peace, Perfect Peace" was
eighty-one, as also was Charles Wes-
ley. Bishop Walsham How. author of
some of the nest poprssr of the
Hymns, Ancient and Modern" John
Keble and Bishop Kerr, the writer of
the famous Evening Hymn, were all
seventy-four And il compiling such
a list as this. one ought not to forget
TIE name of W. E. Gladstone, who mar
rowly escaped being a nonagenarian-
One of Mr. Gladstone's hymns-"G
Lead My Blindness by the Hands
to be found in the English Hymnal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
CHOLERA is GERM DISEASE
Domestic Animals, Such as Dogs and
Cats, and Also Birds Are Free
quent Carriers of Infection.

Hog cholera generally is recognized
as very contagious, infectious, germ
disease. 1t is caused by an organism
described as small enough to pass
through any kind of filter and still re-
tain its disease producing power.
No one has been able to identify the
germ which is the specific cause of
the disease. 1t is contained in the
blood of sick animals, and is given off
In the urine; thus communicating the
yards and pens in which such animals
are kept. II may be carried by
streams. on the shoes of persons who
ener the yards or pens. or by horses
or cattle from one farm to another.
Dogs, cats. rabbits and birds also
are frequent carriers of the infection.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
Useful EarthMorn.

IS Darwin long ago showed, the
earthworn is the farmers friend. Its
burrows drain and aerate the soil,
while the earth which has passed
through it's body is finely divided and
is constantly being brought to the sur
face from lower levels. Their bodies
are adapted to this burrowing habit.
The pointed head-end is devoid of feel
ers and eyes, and the foot stumps are
only represented by rows of bristles.
which can be felt if the finger be
passed along the body from back to
front. There are no jaws, but the mus
cular part of the digestive tube acts
as a kind of pump for taking in food.
This includes plants and animals. 1t
has a small gizzard, which contains
many stones, and these are used ins
stead of teeth to grind the food.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04

by grasshoppers. Beetles are eaten at
all times, except when grasshoppers
are more easily obtained.
So far as it's vegetable food is con-
cerned, the bluebird is positively harm
less. The only trace of any useful
product in the stomachs consisted of
a few blackberry seeds, and even these
probably belonged to wild rather than
cultivated varieties. Following is a
list of the various seeds which were
found: Blackberry, chokeberry, juni-
per berry, partridge berry, greenbrier.
Virginia creeper, bittersweet, holly,
strawberry bush, false spikenard, wild
sarsaparilla, sumac (several species)
rose haws, sorrel, ragweed, grass and
asparagus This list shows how little
the bird depends upon the farm or gar
den to supply its needs and how cas-
lily, by encouraging the growth of
some of these plants, many of which
are highly ornamental, the bird may
be induced to make his home on the
premises.
Two species of bluebirds inhabit the
western states-the mountain bluebird
and the western bluebird. In their food
habits they are even more to be com
mended than their eastern relatives.
Their insect food is obtainable at all
times Of the year, and the general diet
varies only in the fall, when some
fruit, principally elderberries, is eat
en-, though an occasional blackberry
or grape is also relished. Grasshop-
pers, when they can be obtained, are
eaten freely during the whole season.
Beetles are eaten and comprise most
ly harmful species.
The new Farmers Bulletin (No. 500
of the United States department of
agriculture describes this and other
American birds useful to the farmer
it may be had by dropping post card
to the Editor Division of Publications,
United States Department of Agricul
ture, Washington, d. C.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
Insec, Pests and Diseases.

To know the habits of the common
insect pests and diseases and some
useful remedies or preventives is nee
essary for the gardener If he would
have maximum crops. Radishes, tur-
nips and onions are damaged good
deal with small white maggots that
are diffioGlt for the commercial man
to hit, but are easier for the small
gardener. Powdered tobacco at the
time when the seedlings are beginning
to show through the ground is recon-
mended, also kerosene one pint and
sand three gallons, applying small
handful along the rows early in the
season.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
cLINeING TO A BROKEN STICK.


To suffer woes which hope thinks infinite:
To forgive wrongs darker than death or
night;
To love and bear; to hope till hope creates
| From its own wreck the thing it con-
templates
Neither to change. to falter or regent
This alone is victory.
A girl with ordinary good sense
ought to make a very clear guess as
to how the man who has courted her
and asked her hand in marriage
| should turn out. If he is an energetic
young man, making a confidant of
her as to his business plans and his
ambitions, as to the future, if he is
| possessed of that splendid, sterling
| habit of saving a part of each week S
| salary, dresses moderately within his
means, is kind and considerate of her,
anxious to give her the pleasure out
ings that his purse can afford, she
may be sure that she is getting a
| jewel when she marries him.
On the other hand, if he is a good
natured, happy-go-lucky, "come-day.
go-day, the devil-take-care-of-Su
sort of fellow, who wasn't averse to
| Sinking work whenever he could and
didn't trouble himself about accumu-
lating and, as long as he was provided
for today, wouldn't bother his head
over the anticipated troubles of to-
morrow or make any provision to
warding them off, her judgment might
tell her she would have a sorry enough
life of it if he took her to the altar.
The more clever the girl the more
apt she is to take it for granted that
every man is destined to prosper if
he has some ability. There never was
a greater mistake.
A man may have great ability, but
if he hasn't push to start the ball of
success rolling he is a tagging run
ner who Will soon be out of the race
for fortune winning. No woman can
live on mans promises to make good
or that he is going to turn over new
leaf. That won't keep the pot
a-boiling, fill hungry mouths or drive
want from the door. Some men can
save enough from SIS a week to make
their first start in life. Others never
knew how to economic on double
thaG amount. If man has the drink
ing habit and she has not influence
enough to cause him to break from it,
it is a dangerous signal which she
obstinately shuts her eyes against and
will not see. If he has a tendency
toward flirting with pretty girls that's
another danger signal. He might as
well proclaim to the world that he is
not satisfied with her. but is on the
lookout for newer flame to kindle in
his stagnant heart. There is sensible
loving and foolish loving. The girl
who deliberately weds broken stick
should realize it is but little avail to
complain. Girls should do good deal
of thinking while they are single and
allow their head to have some say so
in deciding their future, not leave It
all to their impulsive hearts. If man
will not change his ways for loves
sake before marriage, she can depend
upon it he is not apt to do it after the
knot is tied.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
a Cafasfrnnhe

There was terrible train wreck
in our neighborhood last night"
What Was ftp"
Some boob a. the party stepped on
my wife's fsh-tail party gown"
~s~S~~-~s~-~.~>~~-~.o~.~S~I
plants as they cut them down, they
would be less rascally. But no. They
go on appeasi1g their vorac,ees appe-
tites with merely what they bite out
in cutting down the plants: thus a
dozen plants lie fat and wilted In the
morning sun, sacrificed for one late
dinner.
In this respect the cutworms re
semble dogs which XIII more sheep in
a flock than they can eat"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04

ing picture. DR. j. Ivan Dufur, pro-
fessor Of nervous diseases at the Phil
adephia College Of Osteopathy. is the
originator Of this method Of teaching
which, it e believed. win revolution
lie medical instruction. Doctor Dufur
has, as the result OF q year2 iaGor,
succeeded In preparing q set OF reels,
including demonstrations Of actual
cases of every one OF the principal
nervous diseases. Narrowing expert
ences were necessary In the prepare
ton Of some of these reels. Doctor
Dufur and the photographer we're
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04

heavily MANFRED; in fact, it ought to
be well fortified for at least two years
before being planted to celery.
To prepare the ground for celery,
rows should be made about four feet
apart, and light application of we'll
rotted stable manure and nitrate Of
potash placed in the burrows.
The plants taken from the seed bed
should be set about eight inches apart
in the row and great care should be OBJ
served in placing the roots in their
natural position without crushing and
doubling them up. The soil then must
be drawn firmly about the plants and
all weeds must be kept down.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
TAUGHT BY MOVING PICTURES
Students in Medical Schools Have a
New and Valuable Course
of instruction.

The motion picture has invaded the
realm of medical school instruction.
The specialists ia diagnosis have dis
covered that there is no other way in
which they can so wildly present to
medical students the difference in
diagnosis between similar physical
appearances as by means 81 the NOV
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
Value of Agricultural crons.

According to government reports,
the value of agricultural crops of Iowa
fSx 1914 was $3.50, 100000 Illinois was
secoVd with 1919. O00. 900: Texas had
S2SS, geo; Kansas, S2S7.000,000. and
Nebraska came next. Pretty good for
the Mississippi valley, when three of
the FIVE highest producing states are
in that section. OF course Texas gets
into this class on account of its size.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
Drill In the Seed.

Do not broadcast small grain. II
done a large portion of the seeds are
not covered or are likely to be COW
cred only slightly. More seed will
be required and the chances for a
good stand viii not be good. Drill
in the seed. That is the modern. up
to-date method. You can't afford not
to drin in your seed. for eeonomy's
sake and a larger yield at harvest
time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04

falling snow with
a sigh on his lips?
Instead, it brings
a smile and a
warm glow to his
heart. Before him
are visions of
sleigh rides, with
the girl he loves
best sitting by his
side. To the bash
full young man
such a pleasure
means much. He
would never think
of being SO bold
as to take a seat
by the girl on a
sofa. But in a
sleigh she cannot
be arms length
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
"Cutworms are true burglars.

AS long as the day lasts they re-
main in hiding under sticks, stones or
trash-or even below the surface of
the ground; and as soon as night falls
they come forth to steal the lives Of
tender plants.
1t Is a wise precaution on the part
Of these insect burglars to hide during
The day, for they are smooth and plump
and just the sort OF food titbit birds
are always looking for. II these night
proving rascals would only stop and
satisfy their hunger by eating the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04

Slugs are always more or less of a
nuisance in the home garden. The poi
son bran mash for cutworms is a good
remedy, or cabbage leaves can be
dipped in dripping fat to which is add
ed one teaspOonful Of lead arsenate.
and scatter about the garden. Sacks.
boards. etc, are hiding places for
these slugs. where they may be
trapped and destroyed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
GREED OF THE cUTW0RMS
Most Dreaded Robbers of the Garden
That Work Only in the
Night.

In Farm and Fireside a contributor
writes about cutworms. TIE raYages
of cutworms are fully described and
definite suggestions as to how TO get
rid Of them are reported. Some of the
remarkable facts about cutworms are
included in the following extract taken
from the article:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
MAKE HOME PLEASANT FOR
HUBBY.


Then shun the i'll; and know. my dear,
Kindness and constancy will prove
The only pillars fit to bear
So vast a weight as that of love.
A man may have beautiful wife, an
excellent business, a fine house. and
yet be without heart mate and have
no home. He loved the woman whom
he led to the altar, putting full faith in
her promises then and there that she
would love, honor and obey him for all
time to come. If it transpires that he
has overestimated the depth of wifely
love-that clothes. society and ambi-
ton hold a greater place in her heart
than her affection for him-he feels
that he has not received the full meas
ure of love which makes married life
complete.
If there is a cold atmosphere about
the house, every room is decked out
for company. and there is not so much
as a cubby hole from cellar to garnet
that he can call his own-his house
is no home for him. If he is greeted
by the faces of strangers every time he
enters, and he is Obliged to meet them
at his table every night in the week.
he feels that he might as well be in
the family hotel He has no privacy,
even at his own Preside.
The wife who brings such discom-
forts upon the man who has married
her has not his interest at heart. NO
matter how fond a man may be for
gathering friends about him and Civ
ing them a happy evening, there are
times when he needs the quiet con-
ISOLATION Of a home where no stranger
may intrude. II business blow
strikes him unawares, il is not TO a
group of merrymakers he would go for
cheer and counsel. but to his wife's
side in the home. In such an hour he
would bless and value the companion
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
Thoughtless Explanation.

You say TINS VIII De your farewell
appearance" asked the interviewer.
yes" answered the eminent &C
tress. Il shall retire from the state,
never to return to it."
What is your reason for such a
decision?"
MY manager thinks it better for
business to make every other tour a
farewell engagement"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
oml, Ena YoIk when RIlIous.

People who suffer from biliousness
viii find that the elimination OF the
egg yolk from the usual breakfast dish
will help relieve this trouble. Have
the eggs cooked medium soft and
have the yolk removed before serving
The whites contain all the essential
tissue-building qualities and are more
easily digested.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04

twenty-one will start out with abso-
Lutte confidence that he IS destined TO
be a leader Of men and at forty viii
regard himself as reasonable success
If he can keep from being a goat
Ohio State Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
Indicates Poor Driver.

Do you know that jerking the bit or
yelling or slashing annoys team and
indicates an Incompetent driver? Good
drivers are quiet, patient and kind and
have little use for the whip. No horse
should ever be struck unless he knows
why and never unless clearly neces-
sary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
ailures.

Failing and being a failure are two
entirely different things. and there are
people who wiring more success out OF
their misfortune than others do out
OF all the advantages showered upon
them. 1t is not falling but staying
down that makes failure
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
Remarkable Watch.

In a costly watch that has been
made for exhibition purposes there
is a wheel that makes revolution
only once in four years. operating
dial that shows the years. moi tbs and
da
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
Reason Rules.

Human reason is too presumptuous.
The moment you have a delightful
impulse to do something deliriously
silly-and therefore deliriousIy pleas
ant-along comes old Human Reason
and tells you not tot Reason thinks
10 knows It all
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
Temnorarx Hon Pasture.

II you are short of hos pasture you
can make a good temporary one by
sowing mixture of oats, barley. wheat
and rye. Sow all of them or few.
DO not be afraid TO put IN plenty of
seed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04

MY boy" said the successful mer-
chant. never let your capital lie idle.
Remember that money talks. but it
doesn't talk In its sleep. Boston
Transcript.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
Daily Thouaht.

An impefturbabIe demeaner comes
from perfect patience. Quiet minds
cannot be perplexed or frightened.
but 90 on In fortune or misfortune at
their own private pace, like clock
during hunderstorm.-R. L. Steven
son.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
PLANTING Tender veuetahles.

Don't plant the tender vegetables
until all the danger of frost is over.
II. however. frost does set the early
planting. don't waste time repining-
reseed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
Uses for Peppers.

The large and hot peppers can be
used for many purposes and are good
10 grind and mix with the chicken
food in winter. One packet each OF
two or three good varieties win suf-
Gee
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
Watch for Rabbits.

Keep watch over the young orchard
for after heavy snow falls the rab-
bits may turn toward the young trees
for food.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
Superior Clover Honey

The quality of sweet clover honey is
so far superior to any other that ii is
worth while to try ii. even if the seed
costs 80 cents a pound.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04

William Barnes, Jr., Republican po-
litical leader of New York state. as
he appeared at Syracuse when his
libel suit against Colonel Roosevelt
was called for trial.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04

This heroic statue of Henry Hud.
son, which will be erected on Spuyten
Duyvil hill when cast in bronze, is the
last completed model by Karl Bitter,
the sculptor who recently was killed
in an automobile accident.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04

locked for four hours at one time in
a room with dozen insane epilepdcs
waiting for a Characteristic 81.
The osteopathic practitioners are
greatly interested IN this method Of
diagnosis and these reels are being
exhibited at state conventions OF that
school of practice and are being used
In their colleges.-Scientinc Ameri.
can
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04

: young man would rather owe
money to his father than te his
'Srsle."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
aanor Goes Ambition.

Another pathetic little feature OF
everyday life is the way s man at
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
LauraJeanLibbeu's
Talks on
Heart Topics
lCspynsha 1915. BY the Mcclure Ne~spapz Syndicate
PROPOSING WHILE SLEIGH RID
ING.

Winter, crown thee king of intimate
delights
Fireside en1oyments. home-born happi-
ness,
And all the comforts that the lowly roof
OF undisturbed retirement and the hours
OF long, uninterrupted evenings know.
What man with the bounding blood
of youth in his veins will look upon the