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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
LIVE STOCK IMPROVES SOIL
Farmers Who Save All Manure Pro.
duced on Farm Know Its Value
in Providing Humus.

Not all farmers have learned the
great value of manure in increasing
the yield of crops. Those who save
all the manure produced on their
farms know the value of it and feel
that they cannot afford to lose it.
Those who have not been in the habit
of saving manure do not know it's
value.
While the commercial value of the
constituents in manure is not high,
there is another and a very import
ant value, that of providing organic
matter, called humus. A few loads of
manure on thin soil, low in organic
matter will increase the yield sur
prisingly. And the yield is likely to
be greater for several years.
If every farmer could understand
the possibilities of building up his soil
by raising live stock, saving and ap-
plying every farm would have all the
live stock it would maintain, and the
number it could maintain would be
gradually increased because of larger
crops.
Here is a thought: Live stock to eat
the feed and save marketing cost.
More manure, richer land, larger crops,
better profits, more independent farm
ers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
improved Camera.

The convenience of the camera has
been further increased by the addition
Of means for accurately judging the
acJinic value Of the light at the time
Of making a picture, and thereby ar
irving at the correct length of expo
sure to be given the sensitive film, says
the Scientific American. The improve
ment relates particularly to those
cameras which carry a roll film. AS
these films are now made they are
backed with Il sheet of black or red
paper for the purpose of protecting
them from the light, and they have
imprinted on them numbers which APP
pear under a tiny opening in the back
OF the camera and serve as a guide to
the operator III properly spacing the
exposures on the film. The new
scheme, in addition, cOntemplateS at
taching to the backing paper, pieces
Of sensitized paper at regular inter-
walls which pass along under another
opening, and by observing the change
which takes place in the color of these
pieces us they are exposed under the
opening, the operator is enabled to ar
rive at the length of time the shutter
is to be opened in making'the exposure
for the desired picture.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
"ScaI5WaQ,"

The origin of the word "Scalawag"
is unknown. though it can be traced
back to a period long antedating our
Civil War. Sam Slick" pseudonym for
Thomas Chandler Halliburton. Il Cana
dian humorist (1797-1S65), used it. A
dictionary of AmericaniSms published
in 1913 defined it as "a favorite epithet
in western New York" The New
York Tribune in 1854 applied it to
scrub cattle and said the number of
scalawags is so great that they tend
TO drag down all above themselves TO
their own level" The Knickerbocker
Magazine in 1854 referred to IAN old
chap who might be cassed as one of
the genus Scalawag." After the Civil
war the term came into general use in
the South as synonym of carpet
baggers" or northern settlers in the
South. No authority attempts to fix
the origin of the word definitely, but
it always has had Il cOntemptuous or
diSTeputahle significance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21

lion Oil iCA PtlA u
If she has a brother and happens
TO consult him in regard to it she
need not be surprised if he enters a
vigorous protest. He does not mince
words with his pretty sister or save
her ears from ugly truths that he in
tends as eye-openerS.
He tells her that all attractive
young men may not be what they
seem; that where one young man may
hold a young girls portrait as sa-
cred possession, there are many 9th
erS who might not If he were a
jovial fellow, light O. heart, light o
laugh, and as light O. tongue, he might
without one qualm of conscience ex-
hibit it to the rOllicking, reckless
crowd of young men he chums with.
While one might respectfully, even
reverently, admire, the balance OF the
number would criticize, and even &c
as far as to make impertinent re-
marks about the girl to get a laugh
from the others.
If the poor, innocent photograph
could speak, it might have many very
unpleasant experiences to cry out
againSt-fOr instance, of being tackled
upon the wall in company of other
women, those of the underWOrld-a
flower among thistles. The indigni.
ties such a reckless thrOng might sub
ject the portrait to are many, all for
the one purpose of amusement-such
as drawing with a lead pencil Il pair
of spectacles. around the sweet, seri-
Gus eyes, or sticking a pipe in the
smiling lips, caricaturing dress, hat or
position.
Brothers are obliged to speak out
plainly that their sisters may cOmpre-
bend in a measure that it is not best
to exchange photos with any young
man except the one they expect to
wed. Even those given to the best
of young men often come TO grief in
Unexpected ways.
If the lovers agree to part and later
on the one-time lover marries another
girl who is cursed with an uncOn.
trollable, Jealous disposition, she may
mar the beauty of hubby's former
ideal of girlish loveliness quite as
cruelty, even if more subtly, by touch
ing up the hair to an impossible yellow
cheeks and lips mauve and eyes more
green than blue, although she be
an adept with crayon pencils.
Photos are always exchanged with
the best possible intentions on WON
ans part. 1t is the proof of her good
will, friendship and appreciation OF
her friend. 1t carries with it the
hope that when his eyes rest on her
pictured face it will arouse pleasant
thoughts in his mind, and. being Il
constant reminder of her, he will not
be able readily to forget her. 1t will
be seen by the incidents brothers re-
late that their sisters judgment in
exchanging photos with a certain class
of young men is straying fur afield
from good sense, to say the least.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
Invisible" Pipe, for Use in
Trenches, New Invention

The field pipe is a German invention
"a pipe which smokers can use at
The front without fear of attracting
the enemy's fire with tell-tale clouds of
sEsoke or the glow of burning tobacco.
The glow in this pipe Is entirely con-
cealed and the smoke is turned into a
thin vapor. The article has a rubber
bit, from which an applewood bowl is
suspended by flexible stem. The bowl
resembles a ehisel handle; its lower
end unscrews and is perforated with
several holes. After this cap has
been removed the position of the pipe
is reversed for filing; a slide, also
perforated. is moved TO one side and
the tobacco deposited in the bowl. The
slide is then replaced. the bowl al
lowed TO drop down 10 its normal
position. and then II Is ready TO be
lighted. after which the cap is re-
placed. Between the bowl and the
stem is a cup to collect the nicotine
md moisture. which otherwise would
xtinguish the fire. The pipe can be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
Saved the DoU,

POnderOuS governmental machinery
at Washington stood stock still recent
ly while thirteen-year-old girl ap-
peared before a group of dignified gen.
erals and tearfully pleaded for the life
of a little yellow dog. She was Els
Their Smiley of Maryland, sister of Pri-
waite Peter Smiley, a recruit in the
United States Marine Corps, and the
dog she held in her arms had been
Peters playmate since youth. Rover
will surely die of grief unless you
send him to my brother" the little girl
Sobbed. And wonders of wonders, the
dignitied generals understood the lit
tie girls plea, and acting instanter to
preclude the embalming of Rover in
the red tape of OfficialdOm, gave the
necessary instructions, and within an
hour the faithful playmate of Private
Peter Smiley was Grated up ready for
shipment to the marine corps recruit
depot, Port Royal, S c., where Peter
is training for the land and sea du-
ties of marines.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
rust even an honest love of being in

trust even an honest love of being in
sincere.
The first step which should be
taken to protect girl is for her moth
er or woman guardian to secure her
utmost confidence, encourage her to
tell of her day dreams, whom she
meets and all about the acquaintance !;
how it is progressing, etc, advising her
so adroitly that the girl win scarcely
realize that fact 1t is a very delicate
matter, but the best way of making a
girl understand that she is on danger
Gus ground is for the mother to tell
her the story of sthis pretty maiden
and that one who lost good beau
simply by allowing him the privilege
of kissing her before he had uttered
word of marriage proposal.
Ii the girl who listens has a lover
OF that kind, the story of the other
girls folly will sink deep in her heart
She will wisely say him nay when he
would take sine kiss too long and the
after sad sight" The unprotected girl
cannot be too careful of the acquaint-
ance she makes and how far one is to
be trusted. No matter how suave, po-
lite sad apparently interested in her
he may appear to be, the girl who is
away from every member of her fam
lily, unprotected. among strangers can
not he 700 circumspect in her beha-
vior when she meets a gay young man
who does not suggest introducing her
to his mother and sisters.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
WEN WERE DEGEIVERS EVER
Mean Ruse Employed by Mr.. Mulliger
TaWny Proves That Poets Asser-
ton Was True.

''Mulliger," whispered Mrs. Tawny,
81 hear someone moving in the next
room. 1t must be a burglar!"
''Heh?' said Mulliger Tawny sleep
lily. NONSENSE There's nothing in
this house to attract burglar"
II know that as well as you do, you
shiftless wretch, but the burglar don't
know itw Kissed Mrs. Tawny. "Oh,
there's a man with dark lanternW
Let me at him ~ cried Mulliger
Tawny. And in one bound he had the
masked intruder by the throat.
II surrender gurgled the house
breaker.
"Take him out to a policeman" cried
Mrs. Tawny from under the bedclothes.
And after holding the burglar by the
power of his eye as he hastily dressed,
Mulliger led him from the room.
Once outside, the burglar tore off his
mask and laughed great, round laughs
ooh! OH Ohr' Then he and Null
Tiger repaired arm in arm to the club
and draw poker. 1t was the first nights
vacation that poor Mulliger Tawny had
had in two morths.-Detroit Free
Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
Matter of Fact,

Great is the power of matter-of-fact,
greater and made up of richer elements
than perhaps we care to remember. 1t
Is part of the power-the eternal power
of the story teller over the mind of
man. There is no great story teller,
from Hunter to Scott and Guy de Maui
PEASANT, who. whatever else he may
have, has not the faculty for matter-of-
factneSS.
1t is the treasury from which the wit
and cynic draw their income. and often
the philosopher his capital.
Stranger still, it is the bed rock upon
which the poets build their palaces !;
glorious views from top windows are
made possible by the hard substance
below the basement, and the men who
build without it, trusting wholly TO
imagination, are not the men who en-
dure.
What reason is TO faith, matter-of-
fact is TO Imagination.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
| WING COST A CENTURY AGO
s,o.r Was 27 Cents Pound and a
Coffin Sold for $3.50, According
to Old Ledger.

Chester Knipe has compiled some in
+aresting data, collected in this sec
tion setting forth what it cost our
forefathers a century ago to live,
writes a North Wales (Pa.) CORE
snondent of the New York World. At
that time potatoes sold at 80 cents a
bushel. a coffin was made for $3.50
and - cents was charged to mail
letters.
Some of the data are obtained from
an old ledger kept by David c. l,ulp,
founder of Kulpsville, near North
Wales. from 1913 to 1884.
Some of the interesting prices shown
follow: In 1913 sugar was 20 cents
a pound in 1915 it was q cents q
pound; coffee was % cents a pound
and molasses S1.25 a gallon. Calico
was SO cents a yard, cotton flannel,
20 cents and a handkerchief cost 55
cents. Shoes for adults cost $1.20 a
pair and for children 80 cents. Trous-
ers sold at SO cents, suspenders 43
cents, stockings 81 cents, writing pa
per cents Il sheet, candles % cents
u pound, tobacco 121A cents a pound.
About 1915 oats sold at 80 cents a
bushel, straw cents a bundle, powder
- cents a pound. Eggs sold from 6
10 u cents a dozen and butter brought
from 10 to II cents a pound Tea at
that time sold at STOP a pound. Meats
were exceedingly cheap. Pork was
+ cents, veal cents, beef 6 cents a
pound. Flour was 4 cents a pound.
Anent labor, it is shown a farm
hand was paid 80 cents a day except
ing in the harvest season, when 60
cents was paid hand. Mr.. Kulp
charged 6 cents for cutting a pair of
trousers. The entire s show that he
made a new frock for Polly Rina-
walt for 81 cents. Snuff was used
extensively then and the price was II
cents Z. pound. The village storekeep-
Ell paid 81 a week to have his mer-
chandise hauled from Philadelphia to
| KulpSvile. The records show Mr.. Kulp
was milliner. and charged 40 cents
! for altering Il bonnet"
/ In 1916 Kulp paid David MeSchter
$50 for making a coffin for his father.
Potatoes sold at 30 cents a bushel
and bricks cost $3.50 per thousand. He
was allowed ) per cent discount ON
banknotes paying 90 cents for dol
lar bill.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21

cows are fed on grass (nature's feed
is soft straw yellow; this color is not
so high when the cows are fed on dry
feed, and when grass or other green
feed is not available, harmless vege-
table color is added to the cream as
soon as it is placed in the churn. About
fen drops of coloring matter to every
pound of butter will produce the de-
sired color. Butter-colOr can be OBJ
tanned through local drug stores or
dealers in dairy supplies.
Churning.
After churning has been in progress
two or three minutes, gas forms in the
churn and must be let out by removing
the cork This should be done every
few minutes until gas ceases to form.
After churning has been in progress
10 or 20 minutes, very small mealy
granules begin to form, and the cream
takes on a thick, gummy cOnSiStence,
which is termed breaking" At this
point the cream begins to break off
from the glass in the lid of the churn.
From this on the churning must be
cautiously done. After every four or
five revolutions the lid should be re-
moved and the size of the granuleS OBJ
served. When they have reached the
size of large wheat kernels the
! operation is complete, and the
glass in the churn lid appears
clear, showing that the butter gran
Mos SliJa oomnIatalv off If dI1r-
ing the revolutions of the churn.
From the first revolution of the churn
to this point it should require about
% or 30 minutes revolving of the
churn. If a longer time is required,
the temperature of the next cream
churned should be raised a few de-
grees. Remember that when the
churning is complete the granules of
butter should be about the size of large
wheat kernels, and the temperature of
churning should be such that they will
appear in % or 80 minutes. If the
cream is too warm the butter will be
in a coherent, soft mass like pound
cake batter. Good butter cannot be
made in less than % or 30 minutes. Do
not be misled by arguments for seven
minute churns.
After the stage of granules the size
of large wheat kernels has been
reached, remove the lid from the churn
and drain the buttermilk off through
strainer to catch any small particles
of butter which may run through.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21

The average woman is tlattered
when man whom, she has a secret
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21

| 1t is not always the man who makes
the best appearance who proves to be
the most lovable person. Flowery
| speeches and compliments may keep up
| the attraction for while but in time
| they grow irkSome to the ear, and even
the most blindly romantic woman real
| ICES the vast difference between the
| flatterer and the plain. honest man
| who does not know how to make hon
eyed speeches.
The handsome man cannot help hav-
| ing more than the usual share of van
| ity. The homely man is free from it.
| 1t has been the lot of many a woman
| to attract two SuitOrs-One handsome.
the other so ugly of feature that ne
| seemed to have no chance whatever of
winning in tne love race. The hand
| some lover, sooner or later, cannot re-
sist showing his sweetheart how pOpu-
| lar he IS with the other girls. En-
| cOuraged by the glances of so many
| girlish eyes. he drifts into the habit of
flirting quite whether he will or no,
and he generally will.
His sweetheart has the uncomfOrt-
| able feeling that she has a lover whom
all the girls want and would not mind
taking from her. She knows little
peace. His attention is divided be-
| tween her and looking around to note
how many conquests he might make,
We're he so disposed.
/ In courtship. the heart should know
no worries bred by jealousy. The
green-eyed monster can all too soon
quench the hottest flame. Quarrels
arise and the girl concludes her hand
| some SuitOr is not the lOvable man
she imagined him at first to be. With
a hOmely lover, she has no such heart
qualms. The girls are not falling in
| love with him on sight and doing their
cleverest and best to win him from
her. She has peace and therefore con-
tentment with him. His attentions are
for her and her only. Pretty girls.
thick as huckleberries in June, as to
numbers, might futter around him, but
| he would not even see them.
| Nature has made amends for giving
| nm Such hOmely face by giving him
the most loving Of hearts. His kindli
ness and devotion win in the long run.
and she who is his choice knows past
all doubling that he is the most low
able of men. That makes up for every
defect. Even the plainness of his fea-
lures grows beautiful as time wears on
to the woman who weds him.
1t is honor, kindness and manlines.
in men that make them adorable in
women's estimation. The most beauti
| full of women usually choose the home
| lest of men to wed. They know why.
A lovable man is Gods grandest handi-
work. He is home man and good
provider and makes the life of the
woman he weds one grand. sweet song
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
FIGHT AGAINST HESSIAN FLY
Careful Manuring and Proper Precau-
tons Should Be Taken to Avoid
Short Wheat Crop.

Careful manuring and proper pre-
cautions against the Hessian fly should
be looked after this fall if we are to do
everything possible to avoid another
short wheat crop. Plenty of barnyard
manure, and clover, alfalfa or some
other legume in rotation furnish the
nitrogen that wheat needs most cheap
ly, but lime, phosphorus and potash
must sometimes be added in other
WAYS,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
STIRRING AND TAXING TEMpERAruRE OF CREAM

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agr!cultureD
When the cream is about ready,
scalding water should be added to the
churn to cleanse it thoroughly and also
to swell the pores of the wood and
thus prevent the cream being absorbed.
The lid should be placed on the churn
and the churn given a few turns. The
lid should then be removed and the
water drawn out. Cold water is now
added to cool the churn, to prevent
raising the temperature of the cream
when it is poured into the churn. The
churn is given few revolutions and
the water is drawn off as before. At
this time the printer and paddles or
ladies' should be scalded and placed in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
Natures Greatest Tonics.

Pure air. bright sunshine and clean
dirt, are natuns's greatest tonics.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
PROFITABLE PIECE OF LAND
Farmer Surprised to Find Little Girls
Tomato Patch Best Paying Spot
on the Farm.

Many farmer has been surprised
to find that the tenth-acre devoted to
the little girls tomato patch has been
the best paying piece of ground on
the farm.
Many of them are getting out of the
notion that the garden business is fool
iShness and the womenS work They
are beginning to take hold and help out
with the planting cultivating and gen.
eral garden work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
Temperature of Trees.

1t is not shade that makes it cooler
under tree in summer. The cool
ness of the tree itself is to be. consld-
cred, since its temperature is about 45
degrees Fahrenheit at all times. as that
Of the human body is a fraction more
than % degrees. So, it will be seen,
a clump Of trees cools the air as
piece Of ice coOls the water in a
pitcher.
1t is for this reason that municipal
experts contend that trees should be
planted in the tenement districts Of
large cities. If, they reason. tie air
can be made cooler and purer by trees.
fewer children will die. Of heat all
ments. As more city children die dur
ing the months of June, July. August
and September than In any other pc
Rod Of the year the importance of the
suggestion has received widespread no.
tice.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21

smoked with safety in powder maya,
zines.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
AGAIN. zone. TWO Three ~

Some comfort for the elderly and
equal confusion of the young is found
in the dictum of the masters that the
violent dance forms of recent date are
TO be discarded for the season now at
hand. The waltz of old is coming back,
and the three-four time of days gone
by again win be heard where the ear
is now outraged by the syncopaied
denominations to the ''ragtime" of which
swings. dips. whirls and other gymnas-
tics Of the modern dance are per-
formed. Johann Strauss will reign
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
Don't Prosecute
Your Bowels
Diet for the Lean.

Dr. Louis Henry Levy, in Pictorial
Review says.
"ThmI-h rhr lean Individual may be
tho more agile and vigorous. leanneSs
is also associated with those of Il
nervous temperament 1t is not al
Ways "a desirable condition, since ii
prrmuturcly ages the face 10y the early
appearance of wrinkles. 1t is also the
accompaniment of chrouically diseased
stouacho. resulting from a disturbed
digestion and poor absorption of the
digc~rcd foods
-Thr foods which are best adapted
for DO, lean are those that have been
denied to the obese perSon-the
>turrhcs. sugars, and fats, but Sufti-
cirut care must be exercised to pre-
vent disturbing an entirely good Stom-
ach. Let the lean one eat we'll of the
rich foods and sever relations with
the sour and spicy ones. Above all,
bet her cultivate n sunny. reStful dis
position. with Il nervous system under
steady control. for these are the trade
marks of the robust and plump per-
son"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
Bodily Housekeeping
(BY V. NJ. PIERCE. NJ. D)

The subject of drinking water with
meals has been misunderstood.
In recent years investigation by
means of X-rays. the observations of
scientists such as Cannon, GrutZner,
Pavlov, Fowler, Hawk, prove that an
abundance of water taken during di-
gestiOn is necessary in good bodily
housekeeping.
If your kidneys are sick, or you suf-
fer with lumbago or rheumatism at
times, pain in the back or back of the
neck, take little Anuric before meals.
This can be found at any good drug
store. Therefore my advice to young
or old is, always drink plenty of pure
water. And for long life, occasionally
take tablets of Anuric three or four
times day.
Anuric acts-much more quickly
than lithia. You will find it diSSolyeS
uric acid SIS water does sugar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-21
USING LIME ON ACID SOILS
Ohio Experiment Station Recommends
Application After Flowing for
Spring Crop.

acid soils at any time of the year than
not to apply any, soil specialists at the
Ohio experiment station recommend
that this material be used after plow-
ing for some cultivated spring crop.
The lime can then perform its full
function IN promoting the growth #
the bacteria that grow on clover
roots