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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
ONE OF EARTH'S QUIET SPOTS
Very Little Movement Noted in the
College Town During the Drowsy
Summer Months.

Only the dead sleep more serenely,
more beautifully than the college town
in summer. When you enter it you feel
that a peace that passeth all under
standing has somehow descended upon
the place. 1t is woman whose lover
is away and who spends the lazy days
dreaming of him and waiting for his
return.
Downtown in the evening, girls
saunter the streets in pairs and are
not too scornful of the wandering COM
mercial salesman. AT the hotel lights
are low and the lobby is quiet; in the
bar are few citizens, a drummer and
maybe two or three students who are
tutoring through the summer.
Mornings on 1.-THE Hip you get stu
more surely the sensation of loneii-
ness. The clock in the library tower
chimes the three-quarters. and like an
echo come the soprano voices OF the
little group of leftover goods, singing
behind the open windows of con-
servatory.
The blue lake below you Is I'M
marred by crew or sail. Even the
bronze image of the friend of the
founder, in the quadrangle, seems TO
relax bit in its chair-and to be
waiting for September and the breath
of ufe.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06

cal timber requirements and prices,
since in many cases local markets pay
better prices than outside markets be-
cause of the saving of transportation
charges
(4) Advertise in the papers and 9TH
erwise secure competition among out
side purchasers. The expense will be
small and outside buyers will thus learn
of chances to bid on timber in compe-
tition with local buyers.
(5) Secure bids whenever practicable
both by the lump and by log-scale
measure. A choice is thus offered and
the more profitable form of bid can be
accepted.
(6) Consider the responsibility of the
prospective purchaser before making
the sale, in order to avoid slow pay
ment, costly collections, and losses.
90 Prior to making sales, secure at
least fairly good estimate of the
amount and value Of the material for
sale. Persons acquainted with the
business of measuring or estimating
timber can usually be found in every
region where timber has been handled
in the past.
(S) Market the higher grades of tim
Der instead of using them on the farm
for purposes for which cheaper mate
rial will prove as serviceable. This
should be done in many cases even if
it makes necessary the purchasing and
hauling of lower priced lumber to the
farm. Markets which pay good prices
usually buy on grade, and inspect
closely.
(9) Remember that standing timber
does not deteriorate rapidly nor do the
uses of wood change greatly within a
few years. The owner, therefore, is
not forced to place his product on the
market regardless of market condi-
tons.
(10) Use written timber-sale agree
ment In selling woodlot timber, par
ticularly where the cutting is done by
the purchaser.
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Grain, Provisions, Etc.

FLOUR-Spring wheat, special brands,
in wood, $3.50 per bbl.; hard spring wheat
patents, So per cent grade. in jute, $500:
straight, in export rags, $3.50; first clears,
$50 in Jute; second clears, $6.2546.75; low
grades, $5.5OQ5.S0; fancy soft winter wheat
patents, in jute, $3.50: standard soft win
ter wheat patents. 10 in jute; fancy hard
winter wheat patents, sS.S5 in jute; stand
ard hard winter wheat patent $685. in
jute; first clears, $7.S0QS.10, In jute; sec
ond clears in jute, S. 25Q6..5; pure alfalfa
rye flour, $3.50. in jute; pure dark rye, $40
In jute.
HAY-Narket steady; choice timothy.
s16.5O917.OO; No. 1 timothy. s15.OO@16.OO; No.
timothy, s140O9145O; No. 3 red top and
grassy mixed timothy, sl2.50Q14.00; light
clover mixed, s13.50914.00; heavy clover
mixed, $125O@13.50: threshed timothy, $500
@10.Oo; Kansas and Oklahoma, choice,
14.5O015.OO; No. I. $135o0141.50; No. 2. $500
G13.OO.
BUTTER extras. sSc: extra
flrsts, S6lzq37c; first. S4qS6c; ladies', 29Q3Oc;
process, SIC.
EGGS-Firsts, 371A@SSc; ordinary flrsts.
S69361ac; miscellaneous lots, cases iaclud-
ed, 3693712c; cases returned, 3515G37c; ex-
tras, 42043c; checks, 92Qp3c; dirties S3Q34c;
refrigerator frsts, 34c.
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys, &c; fowls.
1602O1hc; spring chickens, 1910; roosters,
14c; ducks. 1920: geese, 15916c.
DRESSED POULTRY-Turkeys, 2S@S0c:
fowls, 20021c; springs, 20G21c; roosters,
141k115c; ducks, 10000; geese, 14Q17c.
POTATOES - Minnesota, white, s1.S0@
200; Wisconsin and Michigan. white. $3.50
QS0O; western. s21092.25.
NEW POTATOES = Bbls, BermudaS,
IS. 50aS50; Virginia, $780,
SWEET POTATOES Bbls., Illinois,
s4&q475: hampers. Illinois. $L2591.75.
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What's in a Name2

1t is interesting TO know how certain
flowers got their names, observes Lon
don Tit-Bits. Many were named after
individuals. For instance, fuchsias were
so called after Leonard Fuchs. Dahlias
were manned from Andre Dahl, who
brought them from Peru. The camelia
was so called from missionary named
Kamel, who brought some magnificent
specimens of the flower to France from
Japan. He called it the Rose of Japan,
but his friends changed it to camelia.
Magnolias were named in honor of
Professor Magnol de Montpelier, who
first brought the beautiful trees to
France from America and Asia. The
Latin word for ito wash" is "lavare."
and lavender received its name because
the Romans put the flowers into the
water used for washing TO perfume
their hands.
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APPLY LIME AFTER FLOWING
Countless Bacteria Work Only in Dark
and Require Both Air anG Water
for Existence.

While it is better to use lime on
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 of
the bacteria that grow on clover
roots.
These countless bacteria, so helpful
to clover crops, work only in the dark
and require both water and air for
their existence. Also, they can live
only In soils either naturally or artif-
cially supplied with lime.
Lime spread on the surface and not
stirred into the soil can help the bac-
terra but little. They would die there
for lack of moisture, and the lime
would be dissolved and carried into
the soil only after q long time. Lime
plowed under is also out of reach of
the bacteria, which live chiefly in the
upper three or four inches of soil
where air is plentiful. Hence, apply
ing lime after blowing In the spring
and mixing it by cultivation into the
soil during the summer make condi-
tons most favorable for the clover
crop later.
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intellectual Free Rein.

Why should we believe thai in the In
telIectual realm alone the interest OF
the undeveloped child should be of
such paramount and controlling impor-
lance? Why not then in the moral
and physical realms? Yet youth is
proverbially period of Limitation, re-
curing processes, often painful, of
csrbing and restraint. Give the youth.
whether boy or girl, free rein in Yield
ing 10 moraI--or immoraI-interests
and moral ruin VIII generally result.
Give the growing boy the liberty 10 fol
low his physical inciinations, and dis
aster must surely follow. On what fair
assumption. then. may we claim that in
things intellectual the child's interest
should prevail ALFRED E. Stearns, in
Atlantic.
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LITTLE POINTERS ON DUCKS
Do Not Remove Feathers From Last
Joint of Wing in Picking--Flesh
"Turns" Quickly.

When picking ducks do not remove
the feathers from the last joint OF the
wing or from the upper part of the
neck near the head. Also leave the
main tail feathers on.
If dressed ducks are to be kept
after they are dried off when they are
taken from the cooling water, they
should be at once placed in the ice
box. Duck flesh turns" much more
quickly than the flesh of hens or tur-
keys.
A good mash for the young ducks
which are to be kept over for breed
ers is made by mixing one part corn
meal, two parts bran, one part boiled
vegetables, and one-half part beef
scraps. These should be mixed dry
and moistened with milk or water.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06

hington-President Wilson was
put forward by Senator Sheppard of
Texas as the logical candidate for the
$4,000 Nobel peace prize because of
his new peace plan.
Washington Admiral William S.
Benson became ranking officer of the
navy and probably will be designated
to succeed Admiral Dewey as presi-
dent of the general board.
acknowledges Jews pledged
more than $4,000 at the convention
Of the Union of American Hebrew con-
gregations to meet expenses OF syna-
gogue and school extension work.
Petrograd-A Bulgarian detachment
crossing branch of the Danube op-
posite Tultcha was surprised by Rms
sian troops and destroyed. Prisoners
to the number OF 337 and four machine
guns were taken.
Enthusiastically eighteen persons
were killed in the collapse of the Son
oraA hotel in Cannanea, Mexico. The
property belongs to w. a. Julian, the
American vice consul
Oklahoma City-United States Sen
ator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma was
run over and slightly injured By an
automobile The front wheels passed
over his right leg, inficting bruises.
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one has experienced the ecstatic, creepy
sensation of sleeping in brand-new
home, The parsonage girls reveled in
the memory of that first night for many
days. at may be haunted for all we
know" cried Carol deliciously. AUST
think, Connie, there may be seven
ghosts camped on the head of your bed.
waiting
"Carol !"
When the family gathered for wor-
ship on that first Sabbath morning,
Mr.. Starr said, as he turned the leaves
of his well-worn Bible, II think it
would be well for you to help with the
morning worship now. When | finish
reading the chapter. Connie, you will
make the first prayer. Just pray for
whatever you wish as you do at night
for yourself. l will follow YOU"
Comics eyes were wide with respon-
sibility during the reading of the chap
| ter, but when she began TO speak her
voice did not falter. Connie had nine
years of good Methodist experience
back of heri
Our Father, who art in heaven, we
bow ourselves before thy footstool in
humility and reverence. Thou art our
| God, our Creator, our Savior. Bless US
| this day, and cause thy face to shine
upon us. Blot out our transgressions,
pardon our trespasses. Wash us, that
we may be whittier than snow. Hide
not thy face from the eyes of thy
children, turn not upon us in wrath
| Pity us, Lord. as we kneel here pros
trate before thy majesty and glory.
Let the words of our mouths and the
meditations of our hearts be accept
! able in thy sight, o Lord, our strength
and our Redeemer And finally save
US, an unbrOken family around thy
| throne in heaven. for Jesus sake.
| Amen"
This was followed by an electric 81
lence. Prudence was biting her lips
painfully, and counting by tens as fast
as she could. Fairy was mentally go
| ing over the prayer. sentence by SEN
tence, and attributing each petition
| to the individual member in the old
church at Exminster to whom it be-
| longed. The twins were little
amazed, and quite proud. Connie was
an honor to the parsonage-but they
were concerned lest they themselves
should not do quite so well when their
days came.
| But in less than moment the min
ister-father began his prayer. When
he said "Amen," Prudence was on her
feet and halfway upstairs before the
others were fairly risen. Fairy stood
| gazing intently out of the window for
a moment, and then went out TO the
barn to see if the horse was through
eating. Mr.. Starr walked gravely and
| soberly out the front door, and around
| the house. He ran into Fairy coming
out the kitchen door, and they glanced
| quickly at each other.
Hurry, papa" she whispered; you
can't hold in much longerl Neither
can II"
And together, choking with laugh
ter, they hurried into the barn and
gave full vent to their feelings.
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"ouick! They Are comina!n

iShly, and placing his hands on the
fence post. he vaulted lightly over,
and reached the house with his daugh-
tiers. Then the Misses Avery. school
teachers and elderly, looked at one an
other.
did you everf" gasped the oldest
Miss Avery, and the others slowly
shook their heads.
Now. think! Did you ever see rec
tor jumping a three-wire fence. and
running full speed across his front
yard in pursuit of a flying family? It
may possibly have Noccurred-we have
never seen Ii. Neither had the three
Misses Avery. Nor did they ever ex.
pect TO. And If they had seen it, It
is quite likely they wcald have joined
the baeksliders at that instant.
But without wasting much time on
this gruesome thought. they hurried
to a window commanding the best view
Of the parsonage. and raised il. Then
they clustered behind the curtains. and
watched and listened. There was
plenty 30 hear. From the parsonage
windows came the sound of Scamper-
ing feet and banging doors. Once there
was the unmiStakable CHATTER of chair
overturned. With il all there was a
constant chorus of "0h. look" "0h
ohr' stoh, how sweet" "Oh. papa :"
"Oh. PrudenceI" Look, Larkie, look
at this!''
Then the eldest Miss Avery closed
the window overlooking the parsonage
and confronted her sisters.
"we must just make the best of II. :"
she said quietly.
Bur next door the gray old parson-
age was full TO overlooking with salts
faction and happiness and love. Every
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all their long lives they had never so
much as heard of a widower-rector
with five daughters and no housekeep-
er. There was something blood-cur-
ding in the bare idea.
The Misses Avery considered Pru-
dence herself rather a sweet, silly
little thing.
You have some real nice people In
the Methodist church." Miss Dora had
told her. Il dare say you will find a
few of them very likable."
"Oh, | will like them ALL" said Pru-
dence quickly and seriously.
Like them ALL" echoed Miss Dora.
"Oh, impossiblei"
"NOt for u.s." said Prudence. "We
are used TO it, you know. When we
dislike people at first sight, we visit
them, and talk to them, and invite
them to the parsonage, and entertain
them with our best linen and silver
ware, and keep on getting friendlier
and friendlier, and-frst thing you
know, we like them fine!''
So the Misses Avery concluded that
Prudence was not entirely responsible.
And they wondered, with something
akin to an agony of fear, if the younger
girls "had it, tool" and when Miss
Alice cried excitedly, Quick Quick
They are coming" they trooped to
Miss Alice's window with speed that
would have done credit to the parson-
age girls themselves.
First came the minister, whom they
knew very well by this time, and CON
sidered quite respectable. He was
lively, as was to be expected of q
Methodist minister, and told jokes
and laughed at them! Now, comical
rectOr-Oh, a very different matter
it wasn't done, that's all At any rate
here came the Methodist minister
laughing, and on one side of him
tripped a small, earnest-looking maid
en-, clasping his hand, and gazing alter
nately up into his face and down al
the stylish cement sidewalk beneath
her feet. On the other side was Fairy
| The Misses Avery knew the girls by
name MISUNDERSTANDING talked much
with Prudence.
"Such Fairy" gasped Miss Mill
cent, and the others echoed the gasI
but wordlesSly.
For Fairy was very nearly as tai
as her father, built upon generous
, lines, rather commanding in appear
ance, a little splendid-looking Ever
from their windows they could discern
something distinctly Junolike in thi:
sixteen-year-Old girl, with the easy
elastic stride that matched her fa
theirs, and the graceful head, well car
ried. A young goddess-named Fairy
Behind them, laughing and chatter
ing, like three children, as they were
came the twins with Prudence, eacl
with an arm around her waist. Ant
Prudence was a very little taller thar
they. When they reached the fence
that bordered the parsonage, the scene
for a moment resembled a miniature
riot. The smaller girls jumped ant
exclaimed, and clasped their hands
Fairy leaned over the fence, ant
stared intently at this, their parsonage
home. Then the serious little cir
scrambled under the fence. followed
closely by the lithe-limbed twins.
pause, very short one-and then Pru
dence, too, was wriggling beneath til,
fence.
Hold the wire up for me, papa =
cried Fairy. I'm too fat" And sec
ond later she was running GRACEFUL!
across the lawn toward the parsonage
The Methodist minister laughed boy
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.xR. STARR, a wldOw Ser
M Methodist minister mas
M been assigned to the con-
..oootton at Mount Mark Iowa
T He and his daughter Pru-
5 iiJ is nineteen ana tLe
u l'aast Of five girls-haye come
cum obaad to get the new Darson-
~ ono ready for the younger mem
as9 If the family. OF course
t Ds.' Whole town. especially the
tlo+bodists. is throbbing with
curiosity about the newcomers.
Se-s Adams. a member OF the
1 1a5ies' Aid society, hurried over
- call on Prudence, and nosing
~ found the girl on her
'.naes praying in the barn. 80
Sbs hogan at once to pump
.bo rirJ for all she was worth
- would be great stuff to tell
:. .so neiob6ors-and is still at it.
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shinninn turkeys.

In shipping turkeys TO market do
not overcrowd them. Young turkeys
may be shipped in ordinary market
poultry crates. such as are used for
chickens. Do not place more than
ten 10 the coop. or five on a side.
In dressing turkeys. always dry pick
them. When shipping wrap the heads
with paraftine paper and close To-
gether. in clean. dry box that has
been lined with parchment paper.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06

London-The war Office announces
that all youths from Is years Of age
up have been called to train for home
defense until they reach the age of 19
years. Hitherto youths have not been
called until they reached the age Of Is
years and months.
London-Half million women are
engaged in the production OF. munitions
in Great Britain, and their number Is
increasing daily, said Dr. Christopher
Addison, minister Of munitions.
London-Llyods reports the sinking
Of the Swedish steamship Kamna,
1.5lS tons gross.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
FARM EFFICIENCY

. On great majority of farms
. success is primarily dependent
|. on three important factors.
. These are: "a The size of the
. farm business (2) the yields of
. the crops and the returns per
. animal. representing the quail
: ty of the farm business, and 80
: the diversity of the business.
2 Of course many other things
5 have their influence, but the
|. farmer whose business is eff
|. cient in these three respects is
/. generally successful. Those
; farms that are excellent in none
: of these respects almost univer-
? sally fail. Those deficient In one
: or two may succeed. but their
? chances of success are greatly
: lessened.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TRACTORS HELP OUT HORSES
Latest invention as Applied to Farm
Work Relieves Animal From
Hardest Work of Year.

In years past labor saving inven-
lions shifted hard work from human
hands to horses. This was fine for
man, but not so fine for the horse.
But the latest invention as APP
piled to farm work does not shift
the burden to the horse: the tractor
relieves the horse from the hottest.
hardest grind of the year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
TREATMENT FOR SORE NECKS
Tannic Acid is Recommended as One
of the Best Remedies for Collar
Galls-keep Collar Clean.

Tannic acid Is one of the very best
remedies for collar gals. 1t can be Sc
cured from any drug store and is
easily applied by rubbing lightly over
the collar every morning and evening
If the horse is working.
Collar gals usually appear either
at the top of the neck or at the point
of the shoulder where an improperly
fitted collar rubs. 1t is important that
the collar be kept clean at all times
in order that it may be kept from cut
ting into the neck, but special care in
keeping it clean is necessary after
these gals start. IAN ounce of pre-
vention is worth a pound of cure"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-02-06
BEES OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
No Farm Complete Without Few
Colonies--Honey Is One of Farm
e's Valuable Assets.

No farm is complete in its convent
ences and business methods without a
few colonies of Italian beens comfort
ably housed in most convenient hive.
Honey is one of the farmers most
valuable assets, and in many places a
dozen colonies will gather 70 to 100
gallons of honey during a single sea-
son, worth in many places rs cents a
gallon. All the bee wants is NOV
able frame hive, in which the honey
is stored in a convenient manner for
the farmer to get at any hour he may
wish to have honey and butter.
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COVERING FOR COLD FLOORS
Enough Straw Should Be Provided to
Make Hog comfortabIe-Animal
Is Great Rooter.

Cold floors cannot be covered deep
enough with straw TO make the hog
comfortable He is q great rooteT
and viii get clean down 10 the bot
tom of his straw bed So cement or
stone floors are rot 50 good as plank
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prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The following suggestions taken
from United States Department of Ag-
riculture Farmers Bulletin IT'S,
Measuring and Marketing Woodlot
Products. may be helpful to the farm
er in securing fair price for his trees.
% Find out from as many saw
mills and wood-using industries as pos
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Careful.

Had your vacation yet. old man?'
Not yer. I'm going TO take mine
the same time the boss takes his. Then
he can't see how easily the Office can
get along without me."-New York
World.
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GOOD ORCHARD "lNTER-CRoP"
Among Chief Requirements Is That 1t
Does Not Interfere With Neces-
sary Tree Work.

The chief requirements Of good or
chard inter-crop are:
L. That it be TILED the first half
of the season only.
2. That 1t be an annual
8. That it does not check the growth
Of the trees.
A. That 1t does not interfere with
spraying and other necessary work
upon the trees.
3. That 1t be profitable
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Milwaukee. Jan. 80. 1917.

MILWAUKEE,, Jan. 80, 1911.
Butter - Creamery, extra, sec:
prints. 4Oc; ezsts. 36QS7c; seconds.
3SQ35c; process. 3OQ31c! dairy. fam
cy, 35036c.
Cheese-American, full cream twins,
211zQ 22c; daisies, 23@2S15c; Young
Americas, 2S@23hc; longhorns, 23Q
2312c; limburger, fancy, 2 lbs. 2S1zQ
24c; brick, fancy. 21h@22c.
Eggs-Current, receipts, fresh as to
quality. S6@3S1zc; dirties, 2SQS0c:
checks and cracks, 26c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, fancy, 19c;
roosters. old. 12c; fancy springers.
Ice.
Wheat-No. / northern. 1.S5@IS8:
No. 2 northern, 1.7001.S4; No. 8 nor
thern. 1.50@1.75; No. hard. 1910
1.S4.
Corn-No. yellow. 9s1s@1.Oo.
Oats-No. 8 white, 561a @57Ac;
standard, 57Q571kc; No. white. SEQ
56Ac.
Barley.No. 8. 1.260127; No. 4. 1.12
@1.22; rejected. 1.13.
Rye-No. 2, 1.47@1.4S; No. 3. 1880
LAT.
Hay Choice timothy. 15.50Q16.00;
No. timothy, 15.O0@15.25; No. tim
othy. 13.00Q14.00; rye straw, 5000
925.
Potatoes Homegrown or Michigan,
out of store, 1.75@1.90.
Hogs-Prime, heavy butchers, 11.60
1175: fair to prime light, 11.00@11.40;
pigs, 9.50@10.00.
Cattle-Steers, 6.75@10.50; feeders,
5.00@6.50; COWS, 5.25@7.25; heifers.
5.00@7.25; calves, 12.00@14.00