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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04

My aunt rose and went into the
but'ry while l sat staring at the
ragged old woman. Her hair was
white now and partly covered by e
worn and faded bonnet. Forbidding
as she was 1 did not miss the sweet
ness in her smile and her blue eyes
when she looked at me. Aunt Deel
came with a plate Of doughnuts and
bread and butter and head cheese
and said in a voice full of pity:
Poor OF Kate-ayes! Here's some
thin for ye-ayes!"
She turned to my uncle and said:
Peabody Baynes, what'll we do
Fd like to know-ayes! She can't
rove all night"
"I'll git some blankets an make
a bed for her. good 'nough for any
body, out in the hired mans room
over the she'd" said my uncle.
He brought the lantern-a little
tower of perforated finland put a
lighted candle inside of it. Then he
beckoned to the stranger, who fol-
lowed him out of the front door with
the plate of food in her hands.
swell I declare! It's a long time
since she went up this road-ayes! ="
said Aunt Deel, yawning as she re-
sumed her chair.
"Who is OF Kater I asked.
"Oh, just poor OF crazy woman
waOdnrS all 'rOund-avoS ~
"What made her crazy?"
"Oh, l guess somebody misused and
deceived her when she was young
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Weekly Health Talks
A Word About the
Kidneys
BY DOCTOR WATSON.

People are easily frightened when they
think something is the matter with their
lungs or heart, and well they may be; but
few people understand the dangers of dis
eased kidneys. These organs have a duty
of vital importance to perform, and if they
are diseased, there is no telling how or
where the symptoms may appear. The
kidneys are filters, and when they are
healthy they remove the poisons from the
blood and purify it. When the kidneys
are diseased, the poisons are spread every
where, and one Of these poisons is uric
acid. The uric acid is carried all through
the system and deposited in various places,
in the form CT urate salts-in the feet,
ankles, wrists and back-often forming
bags under the eyes. Sometimes the result
ing trouble is called rheumatism, lumbago,
sciatica and baekache. Finally, come stone
in the bladder, diabetes and Bright's dis
e-se.
DR.. Pierce, of Buffalo, n. Y, in recent
years, discovered that a certain combina-
ton Of remedies would dissolve uric acid
(urate salts) in the system. BE found this
combination to be harmless, so that he
made it up in tablets, Of double strength
and called them Anuric Tablets. They
dissolve uric acid IN the human system AZ
hot coffee dissolves sugar. If you have
uric acid troubles. don't delay IN taking
Anuric Tablets, which can be secured in
the drug stores. You can write DR. Pierce,
too, and be win tell you what to ca. and
how to live 50 that ,aore uric acid win not
form in your system DR.. Pierce viii nos
charge for this advice.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04

ayes! It's an awful wicked thing to
do. Come, Bart-go right up to bed
now. It's high time-ayes %
81 want to wait It'll Uncle Peabody
comes back" said I.
"Why?"
"I-Tm afraid she'll do somethin'
to him.
Nonsense! OF Kate is just as harm
less as a kitten. You take your can
die and go right up to bed-this min
ute-ayes I"
l went upstairs with the candle
and undressed very slowly and
thoughtfully while 1 listened for the
footsteps of my uncle. l did not get
into bed until I heard him come in
and blow out his lantern and start
up the stairway. AS he undressed
he told me how for many years the
strange woman had been rowing in
the roads sup hill and down dale,
thousands an thousands o. miles, ="
and never reaching the end of her
journey.
In q moment we heard q low wall
above the sounds of the breeze that
shook the leaves of the old ''pOpple"
tree above our roof.
whats that?" 1 whispered.
ST guess it's OF Kate ravin'," said
Uncle Peabody.
1t touched my heart and l lay lis
tening for a time, but heard only the
In,a whisper of the popple leaves.
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|. MDCNS[y[NM'
AIQY TALE
| 81 dAN MAIAl1bJsfR
THE RIVERS CHANGE.

'aThey dent think" said the river
to the Ice which had formed over it,
that river can do things different
ly at different times. And then If a
| river has done the same thing for
years and years and years they get
the idea it can't change its ways"
do you mean people?" asked the
ice.
81 do" said the river II feel so nice
and warm under here" it added. ~
like this for a change"
"Well, if people fell through me
and reached you they wouldn't think
you were so nice and warm" And the
Ice laughed. 1t made very queer
sounds, and if it hadn't been so very
thick and strong, people would have
said the ice was dangerous" at that
part.
They're going to have fine winter
SPORTS" said the river. They're go
ing to go ice-boating and skating, and
all sorts of things. That is. they're
going to do that up on the lake. You
know 1 start from the lake, and, I go
on and on and on"
"Where do you go on to-" asked
the ice
81 go on and on, through valleys and
meadows and under bridges and past
towns, and at last I pass through a
city-not right in the center of the
city, but by one side of the city
| and then l go on little farther; yes,
little farther, until reach the great
ocean,"
"What a wonderful thing it must be
to be a river" said the ice. "You
start in lake and you end off in the
ocean. You know what it is to have
beautiful and quiet lake for friend,
and you also know what it is to have
the big ocean for friend. The ocean
is so tremendous"
"Yes," said the river, "it's a good
size, all right enough, and the other
side of it cannot be seen. Not even
with the big glasses which people look
| through. Now the lake can, he seen
so well, all around it and from the
| head to the foot"
"The lake hasn't a head or foot, "
said the ice.
ut has one end and another end"
said the river, $50 1 speak of it as the
| head and the foot"
81 see," said the ice.
This is what they call my source.
l rise in the lake, and for the first time
in my history I've frozen over"
Indeed" said the ice. well, I'm
hOnOred."
81 thought you had such nice and
cooling ways" said the river. "Usu-
ally folks like creatures and things
who have nice and affectionate, friend
ly ways. but l like a good, cold COW
ering of ice for change"
"And you say that this is the first
time that you have become frozen?'
repeated the ice.
1.-The very first" said the river
again.
Its a cold winter" said the ice.
ITS going to keep on being cold, I'm
told. Take yesterday, for example
it was as cold as a day could be, and
now today it is just as cold.'
ITS glorious change for me-" said
the river. 'I'm warm and nice though,
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A Lonu Walt.

This story is well known in the
camps, but somehow the soldiers have
managed tc keep 1t to themselves On
certain part of the British line-so
the story runs-infOrmation was leak
Ing out, and a special reward was Of
fered for the capture of the spy. The
soldiers took up the hunt keenly, and
one night while member of a patrol
was out In NO Mans land he entered
a shell-shattered ruin and discovered
a wrinkled old man whose clothing
was all rags and tatters. SCOT you at
last!" said the soldier. "Come out
of it, you old Brighter; you're the man
that's been spying on us for Jerry, are
your" The old man vigorously pro-
tested that he was a patriotic French
man. 1--WE been here since 1870" he
said, "and haven't been relieved yet"
Manchester Guardian.
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Early Trench Journals.

There is a very long list of these
early trench journals, the majority Of
which have been collected by AIR.
Charles de la Ronciere, who has de-
posted them at the Bibliotheque Ma
tional in Paris for the benefit of the
future historians of the war. They in
clude lie Petit Echo du Eighteenth
Regiment. d'infanterie territoriale,
which was very artistically edited by
Corporal Huhuet and autographed in
many colors; L'Echo des Tranchees,
the editor of which was the famous
short story writer, Paul Reboux, and
which contained articles and poems by
such writers as Poincare and Rostand.
Theodore Botrel and Henri de Reg
nier; and the Echo du Rayin, the or
gan of the Ffrty-first chasseurs, which
boosted of a private wire connecting
the office with abroad-the barbed
wire reaching right up to the trenches
of the Boches.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04

Within the next five years
Germany and Japan may be expected
to form an alliance, declared Nine
Catherine Breshkovskaya, the Little
Grandmother of the Russian revolu-
tion," at a meeting here.
New York-The Young Mems Chris
ton Association last month shipped
$2,778,20S worth of supplies overseas
for the use of American troops, ac-
cOrding to an announcement made
here by the organizations war work
council
Washington = Secretary Baker has
directed that enlisted men upon being
discharged from service may retain
the safety razor, comb, shaving brush,
steel mirror and towels issued to each
man.
Washington-Every discharged sol
der and sailor will receive one month
additional pay, mileage home at the
rate of cents mile, a uniform and
overcoat and permission to wear them
under a bill passed by the senate
AANhOAOAu Lava III Tue central IRE
pit of Kilauea, the largest active vol
cano known, is overlooking into the
old crater, submerging several acres.
st. Paul - The Minnesota house of
representatives passed a resolution
endorsing suffrage by constitutional
amendment and then passed a resolu-
ton to provide for state suffrage by
constitutional amendment. The senate
has not acted on the suffrage meas
ures.
Pittsburgh-The widow of Richard
Mansfield has just sent from her home
in New London, Conn. 70 the drama
department, Carnegie Institute of
Technology, a trunkful of costumes
her husband wore in some of his best
known plays.
New York-District Attorney Swami
has announced that with a new gov
ernor in Office in Pennsylvania, he
would resume his efforts to bring
about exradition of Harry K Thaw.
Washington - Live stock on farms
and ranges of the country on Jan
was valued at $500, 204, 600 in an es-
innate made public by TIE department
of agriculture This is an increase of
S46.006,000 over their value a year ago
Sheep are $49.S64.0 900; this is an in
crease Of $I.260.OOO value S579.0I6.-
900: swine are given at SIS, 5S7. OG0:
an increase of s4,609 600; vaiae ST.
Sos, 9S7, 600
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looming over the st. Lawrence and
lhe Dig buildings of Canton on the
distant flats below US. My heart beat
IaSt when l reflected that l should
soon see Mr.. Wright and the Dunkel-
Dergs. L had lost little of my inter-
est IN Sally. Still 1 felt sure that
When she. saw my new breeches she
would conclude that 1 was person
not TO be trifled with.
When we got to Canton people were
hooking to the big stone Presbyterian
chufch. 1t was what they called q
ueacOn'S meeting" I remember that
MI. Wright read from the Scriptures.
ana having explained that there was
no minister in the village. read one
Vi Mr.. Edwards sermons, in the
course OF which 1 went to sleep on
tne arm of my aunt. She awoke me
"hen the service had ended. and
whispered:
Come, we're goin' down to speak
to Mr.. Wright
L remember Mr.. Wright kissed me
and said:
Hello! Here's my boy in a new
pair o trousers !"
Put yer hand in there" Il said
proudly, as l, took my own hand out
OF one OF my pockets, and pointed
the way.
He did not accept the invitation hut
Iaughed heartily and gave me little
| hug. =
when we went out of the church
there stood Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Dun-
| kel0erg, and Sally and some other
chlIdfen. 1t was a tragic moment for
me when Sally laughed and ran be-
mnd her mother. Still worse was. it
when couple of boys ran away cry
ing, Look at the breeches p
L looked down at my breeches and
wondered what was wrong with them.
Ihey seemed very splendid to me and
yet saw at once that they were not
popular. l went close to nv Aunt
Deel and partly hid myself In her
cloak. L heard Mrs. Dunkelberg say
of course you'll come to dinner
with us?"
For second my hopes leaped high.
L was hungry and visions of Jelly
cake and preserves rose before me. OF
course there were the trousers, but
perhaps Sally would get used to the
trousers and ask me TO play with her.
Thank We, but we've got a good
ways to go and we fetched a bite
with us-ayes!" said Aunt Deel.
Eagerly l awaited an invitation from
the great Mrs. DunkeIberg that should
be decisively urgent, but she only
said:
I'm very sorry you can't stay"
My hopes fell like bricks and van
ished like bubbles.
The DunkelbergS left us with pleas
ant words. They had asked me to
shake hands with Sally, but 1 had
chung to my aunts cloak and firmly
refused to make any advances. Slow
| ly and without a word we walked
across the park toward the tavern
| sheds.
We had started away up the South
road when, to my surprise, Aunt Deel
mildly attacked the Dunkelbergs.
"These here village folks like to
be waited on-ayes AN they're aw-
, full anxious you should come to see
'em when We can't-ayes but when
We git to the village they amt nigh
| so anXiOuS-nO they amt"
In the middle of the great cedar
swamp near Little River Aunt Deel
got out the lunch basket and 1 sat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
CHAPTER II-Continued.

coon q horse and buggy came for
md 7 briefly answered Sally's good
- Lafora the man drove away with
remember telling him as we
-, m over the rough road, between
soIIs IF ripened grain, of my water
nolo, and my dog and my little pet
Zen
sbaU not try to describe that home
.f,g We found Aunt Deel in the
-,.d FIVE miles from home. She had
-. calling and travelling from house
=. bou.a most OF the night, and l
,,vo never forgotten her joy at seeing
80 and her tender greeting. She got
INTO the buggy and rode home win
,s holding me in her rap. Uncle yea
,o5y and one of our neighbors had
aaon out in tho woods all night with
.b,o torches. l recall how, although
.,citpd bv my return, he took OIL
AZ bar IT the sight of my new friend
and said:
.Afr Wright. l never wished that
lived in a palace until now.
He didn't notice me until l held up
NTH feet and called: Look a there
yucIe Peabody"
Then he came and took me out OF
,be buggy and | saw the tears in his
gyps when he kissed me.
The man told of finding me on his
little ypranda, and told of my ride
with Dug Draper, after. which Uncle
Peabody said:
SIN goin' to put in your boss and
feed him. Comptroller"
~And I'm goin' to cook the best
Sinner I ever cooked in my life" said
Aunt Deel
When the great man had gone Uncle
Peabody took me in his lap and said
very gently and with a serious look
"You didn't think l meant it, did
ye7-that you would have to go way
ron here|
y don't know" was my answer.
Course | didn't mean that. l just
wanted We to see that il want going
70 do for you to keep on tippin' things
syer So"
That evening as L was about to go
Upstairs to bed, Aunt Deel said to
ny uncle:
so you remember what OF Kate
Srote down about him? This is his
arst peril an he has met his first
great man an I can see that Sile
Wright is kind O. fond o. him."
went to sleep that night thinking
Of the strange, old, ragged, silent
woman
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The Chance.

"Times shore change" philosophical
ly said Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge.
"Just luther day, as it were. nobody
thought anything in pertickler if fell
Ter took a demijohn to church under
the back seat of his wagon, and after
the sermon had grown sorter tiresome
winked a few of his friends outside
to help him lap it up and fool around
and swap horses and mebby fight a
little in general way. But now, by
grit, if he even smells of patent medi-
cine on week day he's got to produce
the omenick and pint out the place
whur it says he's got the deadly dis
ease that he claims to have taken the
medicine for."-Kansas City Star.
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No Wonder

At recent county institute in Indi-
ana one of the teachers made an an
nOuncement. AT the close she said :
IF any one has any objections to this
plan of mine let hhn do as the Bible
says: Either speak now or hold his
peace forever"
A little teacher, whose years in the
schoolroom numbered 81, smiled slight
ly as she turned to the person next her.
"That isn't in the Bible, is it?" she
asked. and then finished: "It does
sound familiar, but not exactly as if it
came from that book"
This person laughed. why, that's
from the wedding ceremony" she re-
piled.
The little teacher was quick to re-
tort: mo wonder none of us here
recognized it them" she laughed.
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CHAPTER Ill.
re Go to Meeting and See Mr.. Wright
Again,

re Go to Meeting and See Mr.. Wright
Again,
mad q chill that night and in the
Eeeks thar followed 1 was nearly
burned up vitE lung fever. Doctor
CLARK came from Canton to see me
every other DAY for time and one
evening Mr.. Wright came with him
and watched all night near my bed
side.
Ia tie morning he said that he
could come the next Tuesday morning
We needed him and set out right
SITE breakfast, in the dim dawn light,
10 walk 10 Canton.
Peabody Baynes," said my Aunt
oeel as She stood looking out of the
window at Mr.. Wright, that is one
u the grandest, splendidest men that
ever see or heard of. He's an awful
smart man, an day o. his time is
worth mOre'n Il month of Our'n, but
Ne comes away off here to set up
Nth sick young one and walks
sack. Does beat all-don't it?-
pes"
u any one needs help Sile Wright
s. always on hand" said Uncle Pea
body.
i was soon out of bed and he came
% mort 10 sit up with me.
Wien l was well again. Aunt Deel
Nld one lay: Peabody Baynes,
am s'ard no preachin' since Mr.
fangoorn died. l guess we better
q down To Canton to meetin' some
SU2uaE. il there amt no minister
ne Wright always reads a sermon,
Z aes home, and the paper says he
''0I SO Tay for a month yit. l
'-~l ,esl The need of a good sermon
-ayes
All right I'll hitch I'D the bosses
@ol Ven 20. We can start at eight
oe'o'h ami lake bite with us an
81 eacE here by three"
! Lal told Aunt Deel what Sally
'aL SAID ~ my personal appearance.
I'OE coat is good enough for any,
-'Ns-ayeS' said she. "rn make
s'- 3 Nalr q breeches an then guess
D0-s.~
s-' Nad spent several evenings MAX
.Atn cut Of an old gray flannel
''''''a' * hers and had put two
..NArS In -hem of which l was very
'-'- They "ame just TO the tops
NY shoes, which pleased me. for
5e'y the glory of my new shoes
-s''S no enCroschment.
- 1-e next Sunday after they were
- s'S' We had preaching in the
-'NAoISe and l was eager to go
"eas NY wonderful trousers. Un-
ea''dy said that he didn't know
~. 80, his leg would hold out or
-. ,1T'lSn = whole meetin'." His
- 70 was lame from a wrench and
s T. A.m if he sat long in one POI
Nil / greatly enjoyed this first
-, tA"-niiion of my new trous-
remember PRAYING in silence.
:, >~s Down, that Uncle Peabody's
g.9s o''0 hold out. Later, when the
~. le'llgn had begun to weary me,
T !. that it would not.
- VAS beautiful summer morning
10 1'"'e down the hills and from
e,nI5 --,l'iii' OF the last high ridge we
see The smoke of a steamer
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(TO BE CONTINUED)
Ukrain.s Region.

Ukraine is from the Russian and
Polish "Ukraina." meaning the frcn-
tier, which includes the extensive from
tier reg4sn between Poland and Rus
STA. forming the districts of Klef-
Chernigof. Podolsk. Kharkof and Pol
tava. The region is watered by the
Dnieper, which intersects it in wind
ing course from north to south. Black
soil overlies the Ukraine territory,
which produces two-thirds of all the
cereals grown in the whole of Russia.
The Ukraine takes leading rank in
most other natural resources of Rus
sin
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Requisites for CopYriaht.

The main provisions of the copyright
act of June 1. 1909. are that two
copies of the work, as printed-not In
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS with the fee OF
81, shall be sent, as soon as possible
after publication. to the copyright Of
fee. library of congress. Washington,
ID. c. The original term of the copy
right is for IS years. and upon appli-
cation within the year preceding the
date of its expiration. it may be re-
newed by the author or his heirs or
executor for another period of %
years.
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BARTON AGAIN SEES SALLY DUNKELBERG, BUT THE
MEETING IS NOT AN AUSPICIOUS ONE.

Baynes orphan.
prCr aynes and his Aunt Deel farm
Lickityspit
t.5rarg gbOuth of a above the
S fascinated by her pretty face
meets Rowing known in the neghborhood as the silent
Amos of the
49, = visitor Baynes home Rowing Kate tells the bows
predicting bright future for Barton
AMOS Reroved for act of boyish away
home with the
a There he by Slas WRIGHT
prominent public affairs whO knowing Peabody Baynes takes
no I0r1e after buying him clothes.
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down on the buggy bottom between
their legs and leaning against the
dash. So disposed we ate our luncheon
of fried cakes and bread and butter
and maple sugar and cheese. What
an efficient cure for good health We're
the doughnuts and cheese and sugar,
especially If they were mixed with
the idleneSS of a Sunday. / had a
headache also and soon fell asleep.
The sun was low when they awoke
me In our dooryard.
/ soon discovered that the Dunkel-
bergs had fallen from their high es-
tate in our home and that Silas
Wright, Jr.. had taken their place in
the conversation of Aunt Deel.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04

Kansas City, Mo. = Completion of
the Chicago, Kansas City & Gulf
Highway, work on which was stopped
by the war two years ago. is urged by
the National Roads Conference. COM
posed of road boosters from forty
seven states.
Pittsburg Former United States
Senator George T. Oliver died at his
home here after a lingering illness.
New York-Miss Jessie Ashley. for
TWO years president of the Collegiate
Equal Suffrage league and formerly
treasurer of the National Womaa's
Suffrage league, died here.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
The Better World

If I had TO choose between a world
in which millions of people had things
TO believe that they would die for and
run the risk of dying for, and cold,
weak. safety first world lacked up by
lawyers, l should prefer world
could die in.-Gerald Stanley. Lee in
Saturday Evening Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Greatest Of Great Minds.

Shakespeare is of no age. nor
may add, of any religion or party or
nrofession. The body aad substance
of his works come out OF the unfath-
enable depths of his own oceanic
mind: his observation and reading
supplied him with the drapery OF his
figures.-Coleridge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
ITO Such Base Uses

German Frau-Why, Heinie, where
S your Iron Cross?
Returned Hunts no good; 1 threw
it away.
German Frau-Oh, Heinie, it was
just the thing for the baby TO cut his
teeth on.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
Dime for Lame Man.

Tenderfoot-I want a dime to give
to lame man.
MOther-You shall have It'll And
who is the lame man?
TenderfOot-Oh, he's the doorkeeper
at the movies.-Boys' Life
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
ASKING Too Much.

Even the friends of whom we are
fondest disappOint US sometimes. But
stop and think how often we disap-
point ourselves. If we so often fail
to measure up to our own standards,
how can we expect that others will al
ways do it?-Girl's Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04
One House Always Open.

There is one house, children" said
the Sunday school teacher. that is al
ways open 20 rich and poor alike Can
any of you tell me what house it isl"
Il can" replied the little boy. Its
the station house,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-04

Just as soon as you eat tablet Of
Pape's Diapepsin all the dyspepsia, in
digestion and stomach distress ends.
These pleasant, harmless tablets Of
Pape's Diapepsin always make sick, up
set stomachs feel fine at once and they
cost so little at drug st0res.-Adv.