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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23
WHITE GRUB A MOST
TANTALIZING PEST
No Way of Preventing Its Depre-
dationS Other Than to ThWart
Its Propagation.
(By M. N. EDGERTON.)

In connection with the work of grow
ing strawberries the white grub is a
most tantalizing opposing force. Be-
cause of the manner in which it works
there is no way of preventing it's dep
relations, other than by preventing its
propagation.
Land in sod is the favorite place of
these grubs, hence it is good policy to
fallow such land two seasons prior to
setting to strawberries. This is the
only way to clean them out effectually.
AS it is not good for land to lie idle
and bare for such a length of time, it
is best to grow some sort of hoed crop.
Corn is preferable to potatoes, because
the grub seems to thrive on a potato
diet, feeding as j. does on the tubers.
The practice of growing corn after
sod and following with peas is a good
one. Thorough cultivation of the corn
row kills the grass roots, and the pea
crop enriches the soil, both in humus
and plant food.
But even when all due precautions
have been taken, the grub often re-
mains, although in greatly reduced
numbers. It's presence may be detect
ed by the behavior of the plant at
tackled. When a plant fails to keep
up with it's fellows in growth and
vigor one may be sure there is trouble
somewhere, and many times one of
these grubs will be found at the base
of the plant, feeding on it's roots.
As this is the only portion of the
plant attacked by the grub the plants
cannot be protected by the use of poi.
sons. 1t is not often that the plant
attacked can be saved, but the killing
of the grub will save other plants, as a
grub goes from one plant to another,
destroying a dozen or more if un-
checked.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23

deserves a short period of rest from
her labors every season.
We aim to give the cow about
three or four months rest out of ev-
cry season, feeding and caring for
her, with view to intensive dairying
the remainder of the year. This not
only enables the cow to do her best
while being MIXED, but yields US
greater returns for the time and labor
expended in handling her, and her
dairy products.
Of course the same rule will not ap-
ply to each individual member of the
herd, as some can be dried up with
very little effort, while some will milk
right up to the time they drop their
calf.
In either case we discontinue feed
ing those rations which are conducive
to a profuse milk flow, for from two
to four months before calving time,
and so far, we have always been sue
cessful in drying up any cow in time
to allow her good rest before it was
necessary to begin milking her again.
Regularity in feeding is important.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23
Steals Bernhardt Painting.

An oil painting by Sarah Bernhardt,
reported to be valued at several thou
sands of dollars, was stolen from the
lobby of the Punch and Judy theater
at New York.
The canvas by the French actress
had been presented to Charles Hop
kins, owner of the theater, when he
was a student at Yale. The picture is
that of a dog viewing city scene. The
artist oddly carried the dogs tail from
the canvas to the frame.
Many of the Punch and Judy pa
irons recall the fluffy dog, looking
very much like muff, which adorned
the wall near the box Office.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23
Why He Went to a Concert.

Josef Holman has story which
illustrates the attitude of many peo-
pie toward recitals of piano music.
A pianist was to give concert, and
as the audience was filing in the ticket
taker stopped man who presented
two tickets.
You can't go in," the official said.
you're not in fit condition"
Didn't pay for my tickets?' ques-
toned the would-be auditor. Aren't
they in order?"
They're perfectly in ORDER" was
the reply, "but the truth is you're
drunk"
Drunk? Drunk" unused the other,
solemnly placing the passports in his
pocket "Of course I'm drunk. II |
weren't drunk would come to a
piano recital?"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23
Important to Feed Acres.

1t is just as important to feed the
acres as it is to feed the stock. You
can hardly expect land to yield a rich
crop unless you give it something
from which to raise the crop, and
you can hardly expect stock to make
milk or eggs unless you give them
something from which to build these
products
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23
State Butter Up to Standard.

Evidence was lacking in the state
butter scoring contest. just held in
Madison to prove that Wisconsin's
butter is deteriorating. The exhibit of
April butter sent in by creamerymen
operating in various sections of the
state was the largest and best that has
been assembled during the nine years
In which these contests have been car
ried on. Considerably over 100 ex-
hibits were sent in and scored by rep
resentatives OF the Dairy and Food
commission, and the dairy department
of the college of agriculture.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23
TOUCHES OF ECZEMA
At Once Relieved by Cuticura Quite
Easily. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, thu
Ointment to soothe and heal Nothing
better than these fragrant super
creamy emollients for all troubles af-
fecting the skin, scalp, hair and hands.
They mean clear skin, clean scalp.
good hair and soft, white hands.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23

A smile may hide a mans thoughts.
Just as paint occasionally conceals a
woman's complexion.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23
Which TO Be Decided Later.

She-But If l can't live on my in"
come and you can't live on yours,
where would be the advantage of our
marrying?
He (thoughtfully) DWELL, by put
ting our incomes together, one of us
would be able to live, at any rate.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23
Now You Know.

TELL me, do women dress for the
men or for each other?"
"For both; for the men to admire,
and for each other to envy"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23
NEWS OF THE STATE

Merrill. - Merrill sportsmen and
business men have raised a fund
of $1,000 for purses to be given
at a race meet planned for this city
about July 10.
Racine.-The man killed week ago
at Franksville by train on the Mill
waukee road has been identified as
yasilio Lurdukan of Milwaukee, rail-
road laborer, who was on his way to
Chicago on q visit His body was
shipped to Milwaukee for burial.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-04-23

Marriage is the monotony that re.
lieves the excitement of life
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-19
Rubens' Masterpiece,

Antwerp cathedral's greatest treas
ure is Rubens' Descent From the
Cross" said to have had it's birth in
the desire of the painter to avoid a
lawsuit. At the command of Albert
and Isabella he had consented to make
Antwerp his home, and built himself
a house which unfortunately trenched
on the ground of the Honorable Com
pany of Arquebusiers. Rather than
pay compensation in money Rubens Of
fered to paint the plaintiffs picture
of st. Christopher, bearer of Christ
and patron saint of the guild. The
magnificent work was done and placed
in position IN the cathedral in 1912.
There is a legend that the head and
neck of the Virgin having been dam
aged by riotous students in Rubens
studio. Van Dyck was selected by the
culprits to repair the damage, which
was done so well that the master for
gave the sons of Belial.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-19
SALTS IF BACKACHY or
KIDNEYS TROUBLE YOU
Eat Less Meat If Your Kidneys Aren't
Acting Right or II Back Hurts or
Bladder Bothers You.

When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney region
it generally means you have been eat
ing too much meat, says a wellknown
authority. Meat forms uric acid which
overworks the kidneys in their effort
to filter it from the blood and they be-
come sort of paralyzed and loggy.
When your kidneys get sluggish and
clog you must relieve them like you
relieve your bowels; removing all the
bodys urinous waste, else you have
backache, sick headache, dizzy spells;
your stomach sours. tongue is coated,
and when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy, full of sediment, channels oft
en- get sore, water scalds and you are
Obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night.
Either consult a good, reliable physi-
clan at once or get from your pharma-
cist about four ounces of Jad Salts;
take a tablespoonful in glass of
water before breakfast for few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to clean and stimulate
sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize
acids in the urine so it no longer irri-
tates, thus ending bladder weakness,
Jad Salts is life saver for regular
meat eaters. 1t is inexpensive, cannot
injure and makes a delightful, effer-
vescent Whitewater drink-Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-19
MONEY MADE IN WAR KITES
Ohio Boy Makes Toys Armed With
Glass tc Destroy Enemies--Mate-
rial Is Carefully Selected.

In a little attic workshop in Cleve-
land a tvelve-year-old boy spends his
spare hours turning out big, ferocious-
looking war" kites, which he sells
to his playmates, says an exchange.
The boy is Stuart Jenney, seventh
grade pupil. Stuart caught the war
spirit almost from the day he read
that the European powers had de-
clared hostilities.
For several years he has been the
most skillful kite maker of his district
and had sold many kites to his play
mates, but he has abandoned the con-
ventional types for the fighting kind.
Stuart's flyers" soar skyward in
flocks after school hours, pirates of
the air, their long tails armed with
jagged bits of glass designed to cut
the cords of rival kites that are not
Unanswered cleyerly enough to dodge
their foes.
For overparticular strategists Stuart
designs and makes special warriors,
collecting, of course, special prices for
these models He carefully selects
the wood, linen and paper that go into
their construction, and will not let a
kite leave his factory" until he has
personally tested it.
Kite battles mean more orders, for
once a cord is severed while the kite
is sailing high, that particular pirate
reaches the earth mass of broken
sticks and torn paper beyond repair
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-19
SAUSAGES AT THEIR BEST
Popular, They Are Worth Much
Time and Attention.

Take a tablespoonful of seasoned
mashed potato and form into shells;
then press unlocked sausage in each;
brush with the beaten yolk of egg
and set on a creased pan in a hot oven
to cook: by the time the potato is
heated through and Drowned the sau-
sage will be cooked. Garnish the dish
on which the shells are served with
parsley or watercress.
Brown the sausage and drain free
from the fat; then let become cold.
Shred crisp cabbage and season with
celery salt and mayonnaise and ar
range the sausages in circle, placing
a tablespoonful of the mayonnaise in
the center
Brown the sausages and arrange
on a hot dish. Drain off part of the
fat from the pan and add gradually
enough boiling water 10 make a
rich brown gravy, stirring all of the
time to loosen the Drowned sedi-
ment from the bottom of the pan. Be
careful that only enough water is
added to have the gravy rich and not
diluted so as to be watery. Pepper
and salt can be added to suit the In
dividual taste.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-19

him. The children came about me.
With tears in their eyes. asking why |
had borne my burden alone and in ST
lence
That you might have happy
home life.' answered simply and
truthfully. Their gratitude was I'M
speakahle 1t is a lesson which each
has ever since carried out in his or
her domestic life--never to have con.
troversies or aGsrrels before their
children. no matter what the provo
cation was. When our children go out
in the world, they should carry with
them the memory of an unclouded
childhood and a happy home life to
look back upon"
This wife's letter speaks volumes. 1t
would do a world of good If wives
would but heed No wise result can
be obtained 5y quarreling before ones
little ones Boys and girls are sure
to take side with one parent or the
other, right or wrong. They usually
pity the one who is entitled to the
most blame. Even the worst of hus-
bands will appreciate the wife who
treats him well before his sons and
daughters.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-19
Canned Corn chowder.

Cut in small bits and try out a
piece of pork one and a half inches
square; add one sliced onion and cook
for five minutes, stirring often that,
the onion may not burn. Strain the
fat into a stewpan. Parboil for five
minutes, in boiling water to cover,
four cupfuls of pototoes cut in quarter
inch slices; drain, and add two cup
fuls of boiling water. Cook until the
potatoes are soft, than add one can
of corn and four cupfuls OF scalded
milk, and heat to boiling point. Sea-
son with salt and pepper, add three
tablespoonfuls butter, and eight COM
mon crackers soaked in milk enough
to soften them. Remove crackers,
turn chowder into tureen. and put
the crackers on top.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-19

heads of the house if she attempts to
rule. If the wife is high-spirited, do
nestle clashes are the inevitable re-
suit Would each but try to conciliate
the other, there would be fewer cases
of going back to mother.
There are two sides to matrimonial
grievances. A woman may, and un-
doubteily does, marry for love, but
that does not say that love will con-
tinue to smile if the husband does
his best to checkmate her affection.
It's a good thing for a man to recol-
lect that the woman he has welded
needs attention paid to her wants.
Because she is a wife that is no rea-
son why she should have to sit home
all the time, just to save money, or
because he does not want to go here
and there
The trouble is they do not study
each others moods. 1t should be a
pleasrse for hiln to give her her own
way just as often as he can. Many a
sacrifice a wife makes for her hus-
band and never thinks OF boasting
that he imagines she is in duty bound
to do it,
If her beauty fails through illness,
it is most unkind of him to let her
know that he has discovered ii. Men
who make the most success of welded
life are the ones who continue to COM
pliment their wives Let a wife be-
lieve she is appreciated, and she can
make home life joy to man.
If found fault with, she can nag up
to the queens taste in return-and
keep up the dispute as long as he can.
It's the men who say: It's you I'm
working for, dearie! All l have is
yours; | am contented when | see you
happy" who find home a heaven, and
their wives agreeable companions.
1t takes diplomacy nowadays for a
man to be contented though married.
Wise is he who studies his little book
carefully, not only before he enters
the matrimonial state, but continuous
ly, as he goes along, lest he forget
some of the obligations he has in
Cured By so doing marriage cannot
go aWry.
The wife needs her little book, too.
1t isn't conducive to the joy of living
for her to let her husband know that
she is jealous of him, or thai she fears
this woman or that one might be
more attractive in his eyes; that he
is considered as scarcely more than a
machine to make money. Wherever
there is unhappiness in a household
neither husband nor wife should con-
slider that the other is wholly to
blame. It's a case of each one too
stubborn to jolly the other. That's
the oil that makes the household ma
chinery run smooth. The whole secret
of welded happiness is for each to
constantly make love to the other.
That don't mean getting down on your
knees; wives don't expect that.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-19
SAGE TEA DARKENS GRAY
HAIR TO ANY SHADE. TRY It'll
Keep Your Locks Youthful, Dark,
Glossy and Thick With Garden
Sage and Sulphur.

When you darken your hair with
Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can
tell, because it's done so naturally, so
evenly. Preparing this mixture,
though, at home is mussy and troubla-
some. For so cents you can buy at
any drug store the ready-to-use tonic
called "Wyeth's Sage and sulphur
Hair Remedy" You just dampen a
sponge or soft brush with it and
draw this through your hair. taking
one small strand at time. BY morn
ing all gray hair disappears, and, after
another application or two, your hair
becomes beautifully darkened, glossy
and luxuriant. You will also dis
cover dandruff is gone and hair has
stopped falling.
Gray, faded hair, though no dis
grace, is a sign of old age, and as We
all desire youthful and attractive APP
pearance, get busy at once with Wy
eth's Sage and Sulphur and look years
younger. Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-19

agricultural books, special club IL
brary, series of books of standard lit
erature.
IL. Subscriptions to farm journals,
magazines for special periodicals for
boys.
Every premium offered for contests
and club work should have for it's
main object the promotion and en-
couragement of the work. The pre-
miums should represent the greatest
need and interest of the corn-club
membership; it must teach the broad
viewpoint of the club work and en-
courage both members and leaders to
be progressive and constructive in
their work, and it should serve to in
crease the club members interest and
respect for farm life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-19

20 c/HWlEe
CORN-cLUB WORK OF VALUE.
increasing Interest and Enthusiasm
in This Labor of Boys and Girls
Which Does Much Good.
(Bv O II. RENsoNA


It is a wellestablished fact that
both play and contest interests per-
form very important part in the
processes of education and have much
TO do in creating efficiency for man
in the equation of social and indus
trial life.
The corn-club work is very impor-
tant factor in the economy of the
farm in directing boys who live in ru-
raj districts in the business as a
profitable and notable profession. The
way in which the club work takes hold
of "a boy is quite remarkable, and
from the enthusiasm created by the
club work and contests, greater inter
est in farm life is sure to develop.
We need the boys for the present
efficiency CT the farm, and we must
have their work, their leadership, and
their influence for the future if Amer
lean agricultural and rural interests
are to endure and contribute as they
should to human comfort and pros
perity.
Boys corn-club work should be con-
structive and permanent, and in or
der that it may be so the following
lines OF contest work are suggested
to the club membership These con-
tests should offer some relaxation from
the main line of work and should be
practical and recreative as well as in
structive. The following are few
of the objects OF corn-club contests:
/. To increase members interest
in corn in all of its important phases.
2. To secure better seed corn and
consequently better yields Cali seed
should be returned to the exhibitors.)
3. To give industrial activity and
practice to club members for the en-
tire year.
4. To give members greater in
terest in club work through combined
play and contest methods.
s. To furnish profitable diversion
to the boys during the otherwise idle
hours of play time and vacation pc
RODS. can ounce OF prevention is
better than a pound of cure"
To stimulate interest in the contests
the following premiums would be
most suitable:
1. Free trips and expenses paid to
district and state fairs, educational in
situations and chautauquas, etc.
2. Top buggy, saddle, gold watch,
automobile, etc.
8. Clear title to one or more acres
of land Ito encourage land owner
Ship
4. Farm implements, tool equip
ments, etc.
g. Thoroughbred pigs, cattle, horses,
mules, pens of chickens.
6. Club emblem5, banners and pen
nants.
z. Manual training workbench.
set of tools, camera, trunk, leather
hand bag, writing desk, etc.
8. Poultry equipment, such as in
cubators, watering and feed troughs,
breeders, fences and gates.
8. Free tuition to short courses in
agricultural and mechanical colleges
and regular courses in colleges.
10. Canvas tent, camp outfit canoe,
hunting equipment, baseball suit, suits
of clothes.
IL Dictionary, encyclopedia, set of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-01-19

My true love hath my heart and I have
his
BY just exchange one TO the other given
hold his dear. and mine he cannot miss
There never was a better bargain
driven.
My true love hath my heart and have
his.
The neighborhoods of large cities
and country towns are pretty much
alike after all. If girl catches a
beau, a score or more of Mrs. Grun-
dys. peeping from behind closed
blinds, watch how often he calls. They
begin to speculate forthwith as to
how long it will be ere they make
match Should he call for a year, or
longer, and there's no sign of the en-
gagement being announced, some of
the Mrs. Grundys declare she is I'M
able to land him.
If he goes to her home to board, the
gossips nod to each other, declaring
her when she's not tidivated up and
about her work in the morning will
disenchant him. The know-it,alls will
at last grow holder and ask the girl
outright when she's going to give
them a wedding? If she evades the
question, they settle the matter in
their own minds that it's a case of
wasting her time on a man who is
content to court, but marriage is far
and away from his intentions.
nro af foirc turn ont O1lit O
The opposite from peoples prediction
If he moves his trunk out, they throw
up their hands, wink knowingly to
each other declaring they knew well
how it would end They are surprised
that she still sings as blithely as a
bird about the house. The girl knows
of the gossip of the neighbors, but
holds her peace. 1t is only when the
Mrs. Grundys become too inquisitive
in pryin. into her affairs that the girl
dons her wedding ring and laughs
amusedly in their faces, declaring she
has been wife nearly twelve months
and she did not know it was any
body's business but her own and her
husbands She adds amusedly that
he will give them any information
they desire when he returns from his
business trip.
There's often a good and fficient
reason why secret marriages are not
all to be censured. If the young peo-
pie are quite popular and have dear
five hundred friends. any one of whom
it would not do to slight they think
it wisest to be united while they are
off summering. He may have a
crochety, aged uncle, who forswears
the friendship of women, because he
was Tilted in his youth. He has vowed
that if his favorite nephew weds he
will make a new will, cutting him off
without a dollar
Love laughs at locksmiths, as il
does at threats and wills. The young
man would declare his marriage open
ly and at once. But his bride prevails
upon him to keep their marriage a
secret and give chance to her to win
the uncles heart; then spring the
news upon him. His home folks may
have different plans for him, and he
concludes not to inform them of his
marriage until they find it out for
themselves. AS long as the girls folks
make no objection to the secret mar
riage, no one else need concern him
self. The marriage bell will ring just
as happily for them as though the
whole world were invited to help them
celebrate. "All is well that ends Well"