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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24
Depew has an exciting expert
ence in a Zeppelin raid, as told
in next instaIlment.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
CARE FOR SOLDIERS FEET
Army Authorities Particular That
There Shall Be Little Trouble
in That Respect.

'eHow is Uncle Sam able to raise suf-
ficient funds to shoe his children"
we might ask just now, when the
prices of shoes are soaring almost
above the average purse.
This question was, however, an
swered at recent meeting in Allan
tic City of the American Leather Chem
lists association, which was also at
tended by several members of the
American Chemical society. Their dis
cussion on this subject proved most
conclusively that the boys in service
are being provided with the finest quail
ity leather in their army shoes and
that 1t is surpassed by none.
Another interesting fact developed
in their discussion-that the army
shoes are made with the flesh side OF
the hide outside. In this way grease
may be readily applied to the leath-
er from time to time in order to keep
it waterproof.
1t was most gratifying to learn that
in every first-aid kit the soldier carries
tube of paste to apply to the feet in
order to prevent trench sores, which
were so common in the early days Of
the war. These sores are caused by
the alkaline water in the trenches. but
if the feet are promptly protected by
an inert grease no such bad effects
result.
Thus we see that Uncle Sam is deal
ing with the question of the army shoe
from the soldiers viewpoint of COM
fort and protection, as well as from his
own standpoint of the wearing quail
ties. The government recognizes that
the soldiers feet are his best friend
and it is doing everything to help TO
keep them so.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24
JUST THE OLD HUN TRICK
London Press Asserts Austria's Peace
Conference Is Cynical and
lnsincere.

LondOn.-The Daily Mail, under the
heading 1.-THE Word of Austria, but
the Kaiser's Voice" says the Austrian
invitation to the allies to open "a con-
fidential, nonbinding discussion" Of
peace terms is another form of the old
German trick.
The Daily Telegraph says: "NegO-
tiations at the present moment even
though they brought temporary peace
would only postpone the final struggle
between might and right. So long as
the kaiser and his pan-Germans direct
with Irresistible authority the destinies
of Germany so long can there be no
question of an armistice or purely
academic negotiations. The note is dis
ingenious, cynical, and insincere-an
attempt to divert the entente powers
from a resolute prosecution of the
war"
The Austrian note is regarded in
this country as a maneuver to obtain
needed breathing space for the sorely
tried central empires and to impress
their own people with the desires of
their rulers for a cessation of the
struggle which Is wearing them to a
shadow.
Undoubtedly 1t Is a part of COM
bined peace offensive which has been
expected for some time, and which has
taken definite form within the last
few days. 1t is one of three moves
which have been made almost stimuli
taneously by enemy states.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24
Provide Grit for Poultry.

Grit is essential to the health Of
takes the place of teeth In preparing
the feed for further digestion. and is
required for the proper preparation of
feed in the gizzard. When the feed Is
not properly taken care of In this
the fowls system, often resulting in
disease, and also allowing much of the
nutriment to pass through the birds
body without being absorbed. In every
pen or yard box of grit should be
kept. Investigators have asserted that
grit is part of the necessary feed,
giving the fowls strong bones and a
bright plummage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24
The Bombers Were Fishing In Their
Bag and Throwing.

you were In dugout you kept expect
went outside you thought the Boches
were aiming at you direct-and there
was no place at all where you felt
safe.
But the fire bay looked better than
the other places to me. had not been
there more than a few minutes when
big one dropped in and that bay was
just one mess. Out of the "a men in
the bay only eight escaped.
When the stretcher bearers got there
they did not have much to do in the
way of rescue-it was more pallbear-
ers work.
A stretcher bearer was picking up
one of the boys, when a grenade land
ed alongside of him and you could not
find fragment of either of them.
That made two that landed within
twelve feet of me; yet 1 was not even
scratched.
When / got so that l could move 1
went over to where the captain was
standing looking through a periscope
over the parapet. 1 was very nervous
and excited and was afraid to speak
to him, but somehow l thought /
ought to ask for orders. But
could not say word. Finally a
shell whizZed over our heads-just
missed us, it seemed like, and | broke
out: "What did you see? What's all
of the news?" and so on. I guess
chartered like monkey.
Then he yelled: you're the gunner
officer. You're just in time-Tve To-
Gated their mortar batteries"
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the other side, his pal would pct YOU

the other side, his pal would pet Won
with a revolver when yoL started 70
pick him up. thinking he was wounded.
Then we stood aside at the entrance
to dugOut and some BocheS came
out in single file. shouting "Kamerad'
for all they were worth. One of them
had his mask and face blown off YET
he was trying to talk, with the tears
rolling down over the raw flesh. He
died five minutes later.
One night, while was lying back in
the trench trying not to think of any
thing and go to sleep the bombs began
to get pretty thick around there, and
when / could not stand it any longer
! rushed out into the bay of the fire
trench and right up against the para
pet. where it was safer.
Hundreds of star shells were being
sent up by both sides and the field
and the trenches were as bright IS
day. All up and down the trenches
our men were lodging about, keeping
out of the way of the bombs that
were being thrown in our faces. 1t
did not seem as If there was any place
where it was possible to get cover.
Most of the time was picking dirt out
of my eyes that explosions had driven
into them.
If you went into dugout the men
already in there would shout. 'Dont
stick in a bunch-spread outr' While
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The peanut is one of the more i'm
rortant crops grown in the South for
feeding to hogs. thousands of acres
being grown for that purpose. Few,
II any. crops will produce more pounds
of pork on an acre of land or produce
it at lower cost per pound. A good
crop of peanuts will produce at least
400 pounds of pork per acre, and If
the hay is harvested before turning the
hogs into the patch it viii practically
pay the cost of growing. In addition
to the profit on the pork. the crop
materially increased, due to the addi-
ton of humus and nitrogen. This is
very important, as much of the land
in the peanut growing sections is de-
ficient in both. BY making successive
paintings of peanuts at intervals of 10
to 80 days it is possible in most Sec
tions of the South to have peanuts
available for the hogs from midSum-
mer until the end of November. In
pasturing hogs on peanuts it is best to
confine them to small areas by using
portable fences, rather than to let
them have the run OF the whole field.
Plant Between Corn Rows.
In some sections of the Southern
states the peanut is planted between
the rows of corn, either at the time
the corn is planted or at the last Gull
tivation. After the corn is harvested
cattle are turned in to eat the fodder
and peanut tops. Hogs are then turn
ed in to eat the peanuts. In this way
the stubble and roots Of the peanuts
supply humus, and most of the nitro
gen stored In the nodules on the roots
S left in the soil.
Hogs fattened exclusively on peanuts
do not yield very desirable grade of
meat and lard, as the meat is soft and
the lard oily. This can be remedied
to a large extent, however, by feeding
corn and other feeds along with the
peanuts.
In addition to growing peanuts to be
fed in the field, the crop can be cured
and stored in barns or sheds for win
Ter feeding. The entire plant is very
valuable feed for nearly all classes of
live stock. Peanut hay, consisting of
the entire plant after the nuts are re-
moved, has much higher feeding
value than the grass hays and about
the same value as clover hay. The
average yield of peanut hay is about
two-thirds of a ton per acre. With
100000 acres of peanuts, the esti-
mated acreage for 1917, there would
be produced about i $4,000 tons of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24
ANGLING FOR RICH PATRONS
How a New York MilIiner Catches the
Unwary Western Woman
With Money.

In Woman's Home Companion.
Corinne Lowe tells of the wiles used
by Fifth avenue milliner in MAX
ing the Fern Piper" hat famous:
''Those for whom the spider spread
its web were not the wealthy and
questionable women of New York,
but wealthy and prompt customers
from the middle West. These are the
people who make money for every
Fifth avenue speciality shop. And
the only difficulty which now lay in
our path was that this profitable Gus
tom always has TO be secured through
q reputation for serving the most
fashionable members of New York so
ciety, those notorious faShionables
who are so sensitive TO a second bin
and who never think of paying their
first one until st least six months have
elapsed.
AT first we did not have a single
member of this sorority. What we
did was TO fake them. This was
achieved by several ingenious meth
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24

been times when l was serving a gun
behind the front lines when | wished
for rifle and bayonet in my hands
and chance at Fritz man to man.
1t was in this charge that our chap
lain was put out of commission. AS
we were lined up, waiting to climb on
to the fire step and then over the par
apet, this chaplain came down the
line speaking TO each man as he went.
He would not say much, but Just
few words, and then make the sign of
the cross. He was in a black cassock.
He was just one man from me as
we got the word and stood up on the
fire step. He was not armed with as
much as pin, but he jumped up on
the step and stuck his head over the
parapet and got it square, landing
right beside me. thought he was
killed, but when we got back we found
he was only wounded. The men who
saw it were over the parapet before
the order was given and then the
whole bunch after them, because they,
too, thought he was killed and figured
he never would know how they came
out about their vows. All the men in
the company were glad when they
found he was only wounded.
While half of US were on the firing
step throughout the day or night the
other half would be in the dugouts or
sitting around in the bottom of the
trench, playing little games, or mend
ing clothes or sleeping or cooking or
doing thousand and one things. The
men were always in good numor at
such times and 1t seemed to me even
more so when the enemy fire was
heavy.
If a man was slightly wounded down
would come the rifles to order arms,
and some poilu was sure to shout,
Fright this way. One franc" 1t was
standing joke and they always did it.
The poilu who did it most was Swiss
and he was always playing a joke on
somebody or initiating some one of
US or making faces.
We were all sorry when this Swiss
| ''went west" as the Limeys say, and
we tried to keep up his jokes and say
the same things and so forth. But they
did not go very well after he was
dead. He got his in the same charge
in which the chaplain was wounded.
He was one of the bunch that charged
before the order was given, when the
chaplain got it, and was running pretty
near me until we got to the Boche
wire. l had to stop to get through,
though must of it was cut up by artil
lery fire, but he must have jumped it,
for when 1 looked up he was twenty
or thirty PAGES ahead Of me. We got
| to the Germans about that time and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24

with a terrific blow from his rifle butt.
The Huns were pretty thick around
there just as another fellow and N.Y.
self came up. A Boche swung his rifle
at the corporal and when he lodged 1T
the Boche almost got me. The swing
took him off his feet and then the cor
poral did as pretty bit Of work as
ever saw. He jumped for the Boche,
who had fallen, landed on his face
with both feet and gave it to the next
one with his bayonet all at the same
time. He was the quickest man l ever
saw.
There were a couple of well-known
savate men in the next company and
saw one of them get upfer Fritz's
guard with his foot and, believe me,
there ives some force in that kick.
He must lave driven the Germans
chin clear through the back of his
neck.
We thought 1t was pretty tough luck
to lose both the chaplain anu the vii
lage wit in the same charge, along
with half of our officers, and then have
to give up the trench. Every man in
the bunch was sore as boil when we
got back.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24
skepticaI of German Starvation.

The latest ''well-informed" and
anonymous correspondents who oblig-
ingIy give us picture of food con-
ditions in Germany do not add any
thing material to previous stories of
the kind We are not greatly inn
pressed by the reported offer of ham
for I'll; 'well-informed neutrals" have
provided US with much higher quota
tions in the past Judging by the way
in which Berlin has consistently been
reported TO be starving since the au-
tumn of 1914. the Boche must by now
have acquired the art Of living entire
ly on air-or substitutes. London
Globe.
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INCREASE NUMBER OF SILOS.
More Beef Cattle Can Be Produced
and Fed Economically During !,
Winter Season. - :


prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
siio campaign to increase the
number of silos on beef-cattle farms is
being conducted by the bureau of an
imal industry in cooperation with
state authorities and county agents.
With more silos more beef cattle can
be produced and economically fed dur
ing the winter. This campaign, there
fore, has direct bearing on increas-
ing the meat supply of the nation. The
campaign is being given special atten-
ton in the Southern states, particu-
larly in territory which has recently
been freed from cattle-tick quarantine,
where the production of beef cattle is
on the increase.
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was pretty busy for while. But
soon 1 saw him again. He was pulling
his bayonet out of Boche when an
other made jab at him ard stuck him
in the arm. Then the Boche made
swing at him with his rifle. but the,
Swiss dropped on one knee and lodged
it. He kept defending himself with
his rifle, but there was another Ger
man on him by this time and he could
not get up. The corporal of our squad
came up just about that time. but he
was too late, because one of the
Bcches got to the Swiss with his bay
onet. He did not have time to with
draw Il before our corporal stuck him.
The other German made pass at the
corporal. but he was too late. The
corporal beat him to it and felled him
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24

peanut hay with value of at least
$20,000,000.
The peanut is especially valuable as
drier sections of the Southwest. where
it is impossible to grow corn to advan-
tage. Peanuts will withstand drought
better than most farm crops In some
regions where corn will not produce.
five bushels per acre. peanuts have
proved very satisfactory The crop is
of value also on land carrying consid-'
cradle percentage of alkah.
Peanut meal, a by-product from pea-'
nut oil manufacture, is a highly con-
centrated feed. The meal made from
Shelled nuts contains about 40 per cent
protein, 6 to per cent fat, and %
to "a per cent carbohydrates. Meal
made from the unshelled nuts contains
about 80 per cent protein, 6 to 9 per
cent fat, and 81 to 30 per cent carbo-
hydrates. The meal from sbelled nuts
has about the same feeding value as
cottonseed meal and can be used for
the same purpose. With the short4
age of feeds high in protein TIE de-
mand for peanut meal at good price
will probably exceed the supply. It
is especially valuable for dairy cattle
and hogs and has been used to furnish
large percentage of the protein in
a home-mixed horse feed. In fact,
one large farmer has been using pea
nut meal for several years for feeding
al fhoA 4 fSs 6aA
cheapest protein feed he has ever used.
1t can be used in quite large guam
tity in connection with other feeds
without injurious effects. When fed
to hogs peanut meal does not produce
soft pork, and for this reason 1t is
preferable to raw peanuts.
Shells for Feed.
Peanut shells, which accumulate in,
large quantities at cleaning and SHE'LL
ing factories, are sometimes ground
with lowgrade peanuts and sold for
feed. The shells, however, have prac-
tically no feeding value. as they con-
sist largely of crude fiber.
All peanut feeds should be sold on
the basis of their protein, fat, and car
bohydrate content rather than on the
ton basis. For example, 750 pounds
of meal made from shelled peanuts has
practically the same feeding value as
1850 pounds of meal made from I'M
shelled nuts. These amounts represent
the meal left as by-product from pea
nut oil manufactured from a tor of
farmers stock Spanish peanuts. Deal
ers selling peanut meal should show
on the label whether it is made from
shelled or unshelled nuts; in fact, this
is required by law in some states.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24

DDS. One of these was TO paw SO
week each to the chauffeurs of Mrs.
Philip Rhinestewart and of Mrs. Clin-
ton De Sale Rives for driving their
crested limousines up before our
doors when these same ultra-fashion-
able employers were otherwise en-
gagged. The empty limousines were
extremely efficacious. and it was not
long before the women who were try
ing to get into fashionable society
We're impressed. One by one they came
to us.
Meanwhile, we were also paying
the clerks of two of the smartest of
New York's hotels to recommend Fern
Piper to their rich out-of-town pa
irons"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24
LENINE-TR0TzKY
kAISER'S AGENTS
Papers Secured by U. S. Show
i'reachery of BOlsheyik
Chiefs.
BETRAYED RUSSIA FOR GOLD
Documents Given Member of Commit
tee on Public information Also
Reveal How Germany Plotted
Against u. S. in 1914.

Washington.-Proofs removing any
doubts that Nicolai Lenine and Leon
Trotzky, the bolshevik leaders, are
paid German agents-if indeed any
doubts have remained-are laid before
the world by the United States gov
ernment in an amazing series OF OIL
cial documents disclosed through the
committee on public information.
Secured in Russia by Edgar G. Sis
son, representing the committee (who
was in that country during last win
ter, 1917-1S) these documents not only
show how the German government
through its Imperial bank paic its gold
TO Lenine, Trotzky, and their imme-
date associates to betray Russia into
deserving her allies, but give added
proofs that Germany had perfected her
plans for a war of world conquest long
before the assassinations at Sarajevo,
which conveniently furnished her pre-
text
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24
LENGTH OF THE WAR

Far-seeing men believe that
we have just begun to fight, and
wise men realize that the only
safe policy is for us to assume
that the struggle will be long
and bitter.
1t is vain to ask how long the
war will last, for such ques-
tioning tempts us to guess, and
when we go to guessing our self
interest causes us to guess the
best and so to take some chance
in effort or sacrifice. All that
we know Is that we must VIM
From Address by Clarence Ous-
ley, Assistant Secretary of Ag-
riculture.
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Tracing Use of Linhtshins-

The first lightship, the More, was
established in England in 1872. ut the
mouth of the Thames. The first in
this country was stationed in 1920 in
Chesapeake bay. off Willoughby Spit.
Sandy Hook. now Ambrose, light YES
sci was established in 1923. A light
vessel was placed off Cape Hatteras
in 1924 and was driven ashore in
1927. and a ship was not established
again in this dangerous position I'M
til 1897, after unsuccessful attempts
had been made to build a lighthouse
on Diamond Shoal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24
Good Advice.

The man who doesn't worry when
he ought TO is as bad as the one who
worries when he shouldn't. Worrying
is bad for the health. but probably not
as bad as letting things drift. In case
of rain, run for an umbrella. Instead
Of saying Don't Worry" the best adj
vice TO give man in trouble is Get
Busy."-Thrift Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24
Limit Your B.sires

Put limit TO your desires. That is
better on the whole than to have I'M
bounded means of gratifying them.
Do not let yourself so much as wish
that you were as rich as one acquaint-
ance or as carefree as another. Do not
open your heart TO the uneasy cray
ings whose apperstes increase the more
they are fed. Content comes from
controlling our desires rather than
from gratifying them.-Girl's Com
panion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24
Her Opinion. loo

The man burst out with a string o.
profanity.
''Here," said a gentleman. don't you
realize that there is lady present? 2"
"That's all right, spoke up the lady.
ale was merely expressing his opin-
ion Of the kaiser, and | quite agree
with him"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24
GRAY copper.

The work of Swiss investigator
suggests that absolutely pure copper
may have a light-gray color like that
of most other metals, since it is found
that copper which has been ten times
distilled in vacuo has only pale rose
color, while the yellow color of gold
becomes much lighter under similar
treatment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24
Alaskan Coast Enrests

The coast forests of southern and
southeastern Alaska are included in
the national forests of Tongass and
Chugach, which comprise oy er 96.O0O.-
900 acres, large proportion of which
is covered with trees. OF these Sitka
spruce averages about 20 per cent and
western hemlock about 10 per cent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24
LOOK FOR INSECT TROUBLES
inspect Crops often and Report Out
breaks of Pests With Which You
Are Not Familiar.
prepared by the United States Depart

prepared by the United States Depart
rnent of Agricultural
Watch the grain crops carefully for
the earliest indications of insect out
breaks. Make daily survey of the
fields during the most active growing
season, if possible.
If ar outbreak of any insect foe is
discov cred, apply remedies promptly.
If in doubt as to the identity of the
pest, promptly send a specimen, in
closed in a tight tin box, to your coun-
ty agricultural agent, state experiment
station, or nearest federal entomology
zeal field station, accompanied by a
request for information regarding it.
Keep on hand at least small supply
of the standard insecticide prepare
tons, such as paris green, lime, and
arsenate of lead. Very often the delay
caused by the fact that these prepare
tons are not Immediately available is
fatal to the crop attacked.
Report serious outbreaks of insects
to one of the authorities mentioned
above. Federal chronological field sta
lions charged with the investigation of
cereal and forage insects are located
at the following places:
Arizona-Tempe Oregon-F o
Observation-Disclosures Grove
Indiana-West La Pennsylvania Car
fayette Isle
Iowa-Sioux City South Carolina-Co-
Kansas-Wellington lumbia
Maryland - Hagers- Tennessee - Knox
town vile
Missouri Charles Texas-San Antonio
ton Utah Salt Lake
Ohio-Wakeman City
Virginia h r
lottesvlle
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-24

The tree cannot chase about like
the pig in search of food, and is who'll
ly dependent on the hand of man. Let
US not wait for the signs of failure to
bear good crops Of fruit, but keep up
constant bed Of fertility. Our or
chards will bear better if we feed
them more.