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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-08

That's funny" SAID Ciavt ,nss..-,-..
fully. I'VE saw them kissing easiI other
like mad in the back yard last night
and this morning he has gone to return
no more. They are crazy"
kissing! In the back yard What
are you talking aboutY
Carol explained, and Fairy looked
still more thoughtful and perturbed.
She opened the door, and called out
to them in q loud and breezy voice:
Hurry, girls, for breakfast is ready,
and there's no time TO waste in par
sonage on Sunday morning" Then she
added IL q whisper, "And don't You
mention Jerry. and don't ask Prudence
what makes her so pale. or you'll catch
it,"
Then she went to her fathers door.
breakfast is ready, p pa" she called
clearly. She turned the knob softly,
and peeped in. MAY come in min
ute?" Standing close beside him, she
told him all she knew of what had hap
pened.
Prudence is CHASTITY, father, just
CHASTITY. And she can't talk about it
yet, so be careful what you say, will
you"
And 1t was due to Fairy's kindly adj
monitiOns that the parsonage family
took the departure of Jerry so calmly.
That was the beginning of Prudences
bitter winter, when the brightest sun
shine was cherries and dreary, and
when even the laughter of her sisters
smote harshly upon her ears. She tried
to be as always, but in her eyes the
wounded look fingered, and her face
grew SO pale and thin that her father
and Fairy, anxiously watching, were
| filled with grave concern. She re-
manned almost constantly in the par
sonage, reading very little, sitting most
of her leisure time staring out the Will
dows.
Fairy had tried to win her conf
dence, and had failed.
You are q airing. Fairy, but | real
| ly do not want to talk about it. Oh
no, indeed, it is all my own fault. L
told him 10 go, and not come again.
No, you are wrong, Fairy, | do not re-
greet it. / do not want him to come any
more"
| Mr.. Starr, too, had tried. prudence"
he said gently, you know very often
men do things that to women seem
wrong and wicked. And maybe they
areI But men and women are differ
ent by nature, my dear, and we must
remember that. have satisfied myself
that Jerry is good, and clean, and man
ly. 1 do not think you should let any
foolishness of his In the past come be-
tween you now"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-08

leveland-Lakeside base hospital
unit has received orders to mobilize
within ten days preparatory for serv-
ice abroad. The unit is composed of
500 beds and 1876 surgeons, specialists,
nurses and others.
Syracuse-Further dances and rife
drills among women were put under
The ban by Chancellor Day of Syracuse
university. He also demanded that
smoking by the goods shall cease.
Houston-While making his first
flight in an airplane, unaccompanied by
an instructor. Ralph Kelly, student
aviator, fell to his death.
Ws5hington-The so-called Anthra-
cite coal railroads have petitioned
the Interstate commerce commission
for an increase in freight rates on
anthracite ranging from 5 cents to %
cents per ton, from the mines to all
points of consumption.
shington-President Wilson has
signed an executive order providing
for the censorship of cables out of the
United States and Of telegraph lines
into Mexico.
Kiev-War prisoners employed on
municipal work here have gone on
strike, demanding an eight-hour day
and better working conditions.
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START FIGHT
ON FLIES
TODAY

An ounce of prevention is worth q
pound Of cure, it has often been said,
and its truth has been demonstrated
in more cases than one. Many q house
wife has found to her sorrow that this
saying is particularly true with regard
to flies, for a fly left undisturbed in
May means million alive and healthy
In June.
This is the season of the year when
flies begin to swarm. With the first
warm days come the first flies. First
one appears, then another, and before
the housewife realizes it whole brood
fills her house.
Housewives, begin your fight against
flies now. Do not let even one stay in
your home undisturbed. Don't think
to yourself, as so many women do,
ooh, well, one fly doesn't matter. 1t
is time enough to get after them when
half dozen appear" Begin at once
with the very first fly that appears.
Have no mercy on them at all.
Every year hundreds of women read
dozens of just such warnings as this
| against the fly, and pay no more atten-
ton to them than if they had never
read a word. Just so long as such
silly, headstrOng women exist will that
dangerous menace, the house fly, con-
tinue to thrive.
If these women only could be made
to realize that no more serious danger
exists than the house fly perhaps they
would do their part to eliminate the
peril. Statistics tell US that for every
man killed in battle ten are killed by
the house fly. If each and every one
| of you women would only lend your as
sistance in making this a nationwide
crusade against the fly there might be
some hope of wiping out the trail of
disease which always follows in its
| wake.
You have all seen, at some time or
other, enlarged photographs of the fly,
with it's tentacles. Beneath the feet
are soft pads, which catch and carry
thousands of disease germs. Every
time they settle on food they leave a
| few of these germs behind to endanger
| the u0aILn ana even the lives, Oh CQOSe
who eat the germ-laden food.
There is really no excuse for the
woman who reads of the definite dam
ger lurking in flies feet and yet is too
careless or too lazy to kill them when
they are flying about food.
Start at once, for If you let even one
escape it will be a thousand times null
tiplied in another month. Your first
step toward protecting yourself and
your family from the deadly 0nslaughts
of the fly should be having the house
thoroughly screened. Every window
should have a screen, and you should
see to 1t that no one leaves window
| open without first putting the screen
| in.
| Then you must be very careful not
to leave any dishes standing around
with bits of food on them. Wash the
dishes right up at once, and see that
| scrupulous cleanliness is maintained
about the kitchen. Be sure that your
| garbage can is kept covered, for flies
will gather there more quickly than
anywhere else.
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CHAPTER XII.
She Comes TO Grief.

Fairy was one of those buoyant,
warm-blooded girls to whom sleep is
indeed the great reStorer Now she
stood in the kitchen door, tall, cheeks
glowing, eyes sparkling. and smiled at
her sisters solemn back.
You are the little mousey, Prue,"
she said, in her full rich voice. al
didn't hear you come to bed last night,
and l didn't hear you getting out this
morning. Why, what is the matter?"
For Prudence had turned her face to-
ward her sister, and it was so white
and so unnatural that Fairy was
shocked.
Prudence You are sick! Go to
bed and let me get breakfast. Here.
get out of this, and 1 will"
There's nothing the matter with me.
I had a headache. and did not sleep,
but am all right now. Are the girls
up yet?"
Fairy eyed her suspiciously. Jerry
is out unusually early. too. isn't he?
His door is open"
Jerry has gone, Fairy" Prudence'S
back was presented to view once more,
and Prudence was stirring the oatmeal
with vicious energy. HE left early
this morning. suppose he is halfway
to DeS Moines by now"
"Ohi" Fairy's voice was noncom-
initial. when is he coming back?"
He isn't coming back. Please
hurry. Fairy, and call the others. The
oatmeal is ready"
Fairy went sQberly up the stairs,
oStensibly TO call her sisters
Girls" she began. carefully closing
the door of their room behind her
Jerry has gone, and isn't coming back
any more. And for goodness sake,
don't keep asking questions about it.
Just eat your breakfast as usual, and
have a little tacts'
"a lovers quarrel" suggested Lark,
her eyes glittered greedily.
Nothing of the sort. And don't keep
staring ST Prue, either. And do not
keep talking about Jerry all the time.
You mind me, or will tell papa"
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Great EnaIish Monarch.

For years King Alfred varied
against the Danes, often defeated, but
never failing in courage, not even
when driven into the marshes or
when he was forced to pay blackmail
10 buy peace. From his first years
upon the throne he worked to build a
navy that should wrest from the Danes
the mastery of the seas. AT last he
succeeded, and the heritage that he
left to his countrymen has time and
again preserved the British isles from
invaders.
The Danes were able to hold pos
session In the middle of England, but
Alfred's victories made the English of
other hostile Kingdoms hail him as
their leader. When he died England
had for the first time grown into a
united land, despite the conQueStS Of
the Vikings.
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Swat the Fly Harder.

Whether the house fly or the stable
fly or any other fly is the carrier OF
the germ of infantile paralysis, there
is enough evidence against the pest TO
urge extra efforts at determination. AT
least, it IS very plain that conditions
which encourage the multiplication OF
flies also promote and spread the para
lysis. If 1t were possible TO indict
communities. those communities which
permit flies to continue the nuisance
70 put it no more strongly-which they
are. would be liable TO criminal care
lessness. The fly can be measuraDiJ
suppressed, and ought to be.
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One way to control the fly is to

One way to control the fly is to
catch it in such a trap as is shown
above. The trap may be placed near
the garbage can, or any other place
where the flies are sure to come. A
simple and effective tray may be made
from a grocery box by substituting
wire netting for the top and two sides,
cutting a round hole in the bottom and
inserting in it a wire netting cone
with an eighth-inch opening at the
bottom and a half-inch opening at the
top. Some article of food, preferably
a fish head, should be placed inside for
bait. The trap must be elevated sever
al inches above the ground, so as to
give the flies q chance to enter. When
the trap is full, it may be eInptied by
shaking its contents through a small
opening, ordinarily closed by a sliding
door. The trap described and shown
in the illustration is a particularly eff
fective one, as it was planned with a
view to the f1y's habits. The odor Of
food leads the fly TO enter the trap
at the bottom. Once inside it is at
tracted to the top by the light. When
it gets out of the wire cone it cannot
escape. The trap has the additional
virtue of being inexpensive. 1t may be
made at a cost of about 20 cents and
about q half hours time.
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Copyright by the Bobbs-Merrin Company

| "Jerry!"
| Then, sweetheart, be reasonable.
Your father loved your mother, and
married her. That is Gods plan for all
of us. You have been a wonderfully
brave and sweet daughter and sister,
l know. But surely Fairy is old enough
to take your place now"
"Fairy's going to be professor, and
the girls do not mind her very well.
And she isn't as much comfort to ia
| Their DO / am. It's just because l am
most like mother, you see. But any
how, l promised. l can't leave them. "
your father expects you to marry,
and to marry me. told him about it
myself, long ago. And he was perfect
ly willing. He didn't say a word
against it."
"Of course he wouldn't. That's just
like father. But still, promised. And
what would the girls say if l should
go back on them? They have trusted
me, always. If / fail them. will they
ever trust anybody else? If you love
me, Jerry, please go, and stay away"
But her arm frightened about his neck.
"I'll wait here until you get your
things, and we can-say goodby. And
don't forget your promise"
"Oh. very well, Prudence" he an
swered, half irritably, ''if you insist
on ordering me away from the house
like this, can only go. But"
Lets not talk any more about 1t,
Jerry. Please. I'll wait until you come
| down."
When he came down a little later,
with his suitcase, his face was white
and strained.
She put her arms around his neck.
Jerry" she whispered. II want to tell
you that love you so much that
could go away with you, and never see
any of them any more, or papa, or the
parsonage, and still feel rich, if 1 just
had you! YOu-everything in me seems
to be all yours. I-love you"
Her tremulOus lips were pressed
against his.
"Oh, sweetheart, this is folly, all
folly. But 1 can't make you see it. II
is wrong, it is wickedly wrong, but
But am all they have, Jerry, and
l promised"
Whenever you want me, Prudence
just send. I'll never change. I'll al
ways be just the same. God intended
you for me, know, and-Ill be wait
ing"
Jerry Jerry! Jerry - she whispered
passionately, sobbing, quivering in his
arms. 1t was he who drew away.
"GOod-by, sweetheart" he said quiet.
! Iy, great pity in his heart for the girl
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Greek Names.

The Greek termination in the six
and seven-syllable patronymics with
which we have been made familiar by
the frequent changes in the cabinet.
is said to indicate descent. Thus, NJ.
Caloyeropoulas may count among his
ancestors a "caloyer," or at least In a
collateral line. A "caloyer" is said TO
be a monk of the order of st. Basil, an
order that exacts four periods of fast
ing each year, the longest of which is
seven weeks. The caloyers have in
the Orient the same reputation for
asceticism as the Benedictines in the
0ccident.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-08

New York-A committee Of repres-
tatives of life insurance companies de-
cided te recommend uniform type Of
policy for insuring men entering the
army and navy. A fat charge Of
$3.50 a year for each $1,000 Of war
risk insurance in addition to the reg
ular premium.
Berlin-The admiralty announces:
German seaplanes successfully bonn
bed the harbor works at Sulina Tin
Roumania on the Black sea near the
Russian border). Large fires broke
cut In the harbor works and on barges
AA our seaplanes returned safely.
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Arc Lamns Disappearing.

With the advent of the gas-filled in
candescent electric lamp the future
of the ordinary inclosed arc lamp as
a commercial product dwindled away.
Ordinary tungsten lamps OF the vac
nm type had been competing
18th the inclosed arc lamp, but not
with the degree of success that had
attended the gas-flled unit. This new
type of lamp has superseded the or
binary inclOSed arc lamp for both
sn eet and factory lighting.-Electrical
World.
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CheWS.

During the rush hour, q middle.
aged woman entered a subway car
accompanied by her eighteen-year-old
daughter. Both mother and daughter
were forced to stand for awhile Oppo-
site a row of men busily intent on
chewing gum.
virginia" said the matron with
cutting emphasis and loud enough for
the men to hear, Judging from appear
ances we have made a mistake This
is presumably the dining car of a
chew-chew train"
No wonder that a fiustered citizen
began reading his evening paper up
side down.-New York Times.
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whenever You Send, | Will Come"

who in her desire to do right was doing
such horrible wrong. "Good-by, sweet
heart. Remember, will be waiting.
Whenever you send, 1 will come"
He stepped outside, and closed the
door. Prudence stood motionless, her
hands clenched, until she could no
longer hear his footsteps. Then she
dropped on the floor, and lay there,
face downward, until she heard Fairy
moving in her room upstairs. Then she
went into the kitchen and built the fire
for breakfast.
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FLY DoN'TS
Don't tolerate flies.

Don't tolerate flies.
Don't allow them in your
house.
Don't allow garbage. rubbish
or manure TO accumulate on
your lot or near it.
Don't allow dirt in your house.
Look in the corners behind the
doors and furniture, under stairs
and beds. Remove the cuspi
doris. In brief, keep the house
clean.
Don't allow flies near food,
especially milk.
Don't buy foodstufs where
flies are allowed.
Don't eat where flies are
found.
Don't forget the screens.
Don't forget TO notify the
health officer if there Is a fly
breeding nuisance in your neigh
borhood-
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Live Stock.

chicago, May l.
CATTLEGood to choice steers. $l2250
1870. yearlings, good to choice, $110OQ
r.. 40; fair to good steers. $9.90611.25; stock
ers and feeders, $7.5OQ940; fair to good
cows. S.0O@1O.10; good to choice heifers.
sS.OOG1O 10; Gamers, $5Oo@6.65 cutters, $500
@7.15; bologna bulls, sS.OO9S75; heavy
calves. $S.OO61O.00; butcher bulls, $500
10 10. good to prime calves, $10.5061225
HOGs-Prime light butchers, s15.50@16.65;
fair to fancy light. $15.25915.5e; medium
weight butchers, 20O0225 lbs, s15.6Od15.S5
heavy butchers. 250@4OO lbs. sl5.65q15.6O;
choice heavy packing. $15.25G15.55; rough
heavy packing, $15O001530; pigs, fair to
good SIS OO6153O; stays. s15.0O@15,75.
/ SHEEP-Yearlings. $13.00@1525; fair to
choice ewes $12OO9136O; wethers. fair to
choice s125O614OO; clipped wethers, 5000
612 Is: clipped ewes, $40. 25010.S5; Colorado
lambs. s160O017.5O; feeding lambs, $15259
10 90; native lambs, s15.75Q1725; shorn
lambs. S1S00%14.25.
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East BuffaIo. N. Y. Nav l.

: CATTL E-Market active; prime steers,
s12. 00612. so; butcher grades, $6.50011.25.
, CALVES-Market active, SOC higher;
Gull to choice, $5.OOG190O.
, SHEEP AND LAMBS-Market active,
15c higher: choice lambs, s14.250l4.40; Gull
to fair, $1OOO014OO; yearlngs. $10.0O912OO:
sheep, S5.O0911.50
; HOGS-Market active, 15c higher; York
ers, $15.OO916.OO; pigs, $13. 25G14O0; mixed.
SIG OO0162 Is; heavy, s16.250T6.40; roughs,
S14. OCd1425; stays, $1175q12.50.
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Edifh,s Portion

$50 the lawyers got about all Of
the estate. Did Edith get anythingl"
"Oh. yes; she got one of the law
yerS. Boston Transcript.
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Grain, Provisions, Etc.

FLOUR-Spring wheat, special brands.
in wood, S1450 per bbl.; hard spring wheat
patents. IS per cent grade. in jute, S140O;
straight, in export bags, $3.50; first clears,
$500 in jute; second clears, $9O0Q100 90:
low grades sSOO@S5O; fancy soft winter
wheat patents, in jute s14.6O; fancy hard
winter wheat, patents, $140o, in jute;
standard wheat, patents, $3.50. in jute;
first clears, 100000, in jute; second
clears, in jute, $950@105O: pure white rye,
81 10: dark rye, SOTO.
HAY-Choice timothy, $20.0o@21.00 No. 1
timothy, $190O620.00; No. 2 timothy, s17.5O@
IS 50: No red top and grassy mixed tim
othy. S16OO6E 90; clover, $1700Q19OO; light
clover mixed, $1750@1900; heavy clover
mixed, s17.OO119. 90; Kansas and Oklahoma.
choice, s19OO92O.0O; No. /, $1SO0q1S5O; No.
2, SIG 5O017.5O
BJJTTER-Creamery, extras, 3S12c; ex-
ira firsts, 3715@3Sc frsts 369S7c; seconds.
S26951kc; packing stock, 299S0c: ladies'. &c;
process, 33G34c.
EGGs-Firsts, s1@S2c; ordinary firsts, 80
oslo; miscellaneous lots, cases included.
9OG31c; cases returned, 290301ac; extras 81
@S4c; checks, 2Sc: dirties, 29c; storage. 34c.
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys, &c; fowls.
22c; broilers, sS0OG9.OO per doz.; ROSTERS.
Tic; ducks, 1S@19e; geese, 13@15c.
ICED POULTRY-Turkeys. 24G25c;
fowls. 22c: ROSTERS, 1701Sc; ducks, 1S92oc;
geese. 14016c.
POTATOES-Bulk, white. Wisconsin,
90 2562 40; Minnesota. s2.25Q2.4o; western.
S25O62.65.
NEW POTATOES-Ha Florida.
red, $17562.75; white, s20oq2.5O;. bbls..
white, sS.O0Q900
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-08

New Jersey factories employ 90, 900
operatives.
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New York, May L

New York, May L
WHFAT-Lower, demand quiet; No. .
red. s295; No. 1 northern, s2.S21a; No. 2
hard. 1921.
CORN-Weaker, trading quiet quota
tons nominal; No 2 yellow. $1.66; No. )
mixed. s1.6415.
OATS-Lower, trade fair; No. white.
roc: standard, 7S1Ac; No. white, 7Sc; NO.
white, 771ac; ungraded. WQS1c.
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Neal Brown LA Pradt c. s. Gilbert
ABSTRACTS

We have the only abstract Of Mara
thon county. We have thoroughly
qualified abstractor, and make abb
stracts at reasonable prices. We are
responsible for all abstracts made by
us and guarantee that they show the
condition of the title properly So 1t
appears on record.
An abstract or title is useful Il you
desire to sell or mortgage your prop
erty, and is very valuable in ascertain
ing defects in your title that can be
easily remedied, and yet might be suf-
fcient to spoil sale. If you desire
an abstract of the title to your prop
erty, call and see us.
Wausau Law & Land Association
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nj AR X Ell S

Milwaukee, May 2, 1917.

Milwaukee, May 2, 1917.
Butter Creamery, extra, $50;
prints, soc; frsts, 95036c; seconds.
32@34c; process, 33Q34c; dairy, fam
cy, 35Q36c
Cheese American, full cream twins.
25Q25Rc; DAISIES, 25@25ac; Young
Americas. 25@251kc: longhorns. 251s
@261ae; limburger, fancy lbs, ESQ
l51ac; brick, fancy, 22Q221ac.
Eggs-Current receipts, fresh as to
quality, 2S@29c; seconds and cracks,
24@27c.
Live Poultry - fowls, fancy, 23c;
ROSTERS. old 14Q15c; fancy springers,
23c.
Wheat-No. l northern, 2.S692.91;
No. 2 northern, 2.7S@2.86; No. 8 nor
thern, 2.SOQ2.7O; No. hard, 2.S69
e90;.
Corn-No. yellow, 1.5S01.59.
Oats-No. 3 white, 71@73c; stand
ard 72@73c; No. 4 white. 7O@72c.
Barley-No. 3 1.5s@1.6O; No. A. 100
@162; rejected 1.5O.
Rye-No. 2. 2.O202.OS; No. 3, 2.oo@
2O2.
Hay-Choice timothy, 19.00@19.50;
No. timothy, 18.00@1S.50; No. tim
othy, 15.O0Q16.00; rye straw. 10000
1880.
Potatoes-Homegrown or Michigan,
out of store, 2.90@315.
Hogs-Prime, heavy butchers, 1915
@15.90; fair to prime light, 1850
1910; pigs, 11.50@12.25.
Cattle-Steers, 7.25@1200; feeders,
7.O008.25; cows, 7.o0@10.00; heifers,
6.00Q10.75; calves, 11.00@11.75.
Minneapolis, May 2, 1917.
Wheat-No. 1 hard, 2.S3@2.87; No.
1 northern, 2.71Q2.77; No. northern.
2.65@2.77.
Corn-No. 8 yellow, 1.50@1.52.
Oats-No. white, 69Q71c.
Rye-2.01@203. -
Flax 3.29@3.35.