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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
FIRST TO LOOK TO IMPROVEMENT
IN WORKERS CONDITIONS.
How Scheme Originated and Has Been
Evolved-Employers' Associa-
tons the Unit.

Just quarter of a century ago lead
ing employers and manufacturers OF
Germany reached the same Conclu-
sions which have just been reached
by the employers of the United States
At that time the German manufactur-
ers passed more or less parallel reso-
lutions, expressing their dissatisfac-
ton with the working Of employers
liability laws, because, like our at
tempted legislation at the present
time, they were demonstrated waste
full, slow in operation, and antagonist
lc to harmonious relations between
employers and wage workers. 1t was
Prince Bismarck who took up this
great reform and placed it on basis
of practical operation.
According to the reasoning of this
statesman, the German government
constitutionally has the power to en-
force arbitrary laws upon the en-
ployers of the nation, but in his esti-
nation it would not be the part Of wis
dom to make autocratic use of these
prerogatives. Instead Of opposing
employers in their associations, an
tagonizing them, and fOisting upon
them a system with which they might
be in disagreement. Bismarck con-
ceived the MaChiayellian scheme OF
making the employers the very instru-
ments for carrying out a novel scheme
of compensation on scientific, efficient
lines. BY this scheme the whole &C
cideut prevention and compensation
system of Germany rests upon the
shoulders OF employers associations,
and these have succeeded, under the
supervising control of the government,
In making the German plan perhaps
the greatest example of what can be
accomplished by a nation through
proper public spirited and patriotic
cooperation and systematizatiOn be-
tween government, employers and
workers. Since the inauguration of
this scheme, one billion, nine hundred
and twenty-five million dollars have
been paid to more than ninetyfour
million sick, injured and invalidated
workers and their dependents. That
the administration of these vast sums
of money to the benefit Of these mil
lions of men and women has been car
ried out without undue hardships with
the minimum of waste is striking
proof of the efficiency and effective
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
JAPANESE KITE FLIGHTS

In Japan there is en- annual feast
day for boys, when each house having
male children hangs out strings Of pa
per carp, which inflated by the breeze
become ltelike monster fish.
1T was on this feast day." says q
writer In the Wide World, that we
left Yokohama for Kamakurs, once
the eastern capital Of Japan, now
merely quiet little seaside village
AS it was such an important occa-
sion the whole world made holiday,
some families hurried to the seashore
to fly their enormous humming kites,
from which the parents appeared to
derive quite as much enjoyment as
the children. The loud hum emitted
by the soaring kite as caused by a
piece Of thin bamboo, which is
stretched tightly across from shoulder
to shoulder
This taut bamboo filament not
only acts as a aeolian harp but bends
the whole Kite, so that it's surface is
concave instead of being, as in our
kites, plane. The noise when some
threescore or so of these monsters are
in the air at the same time is deafen-
ing.
'The Japanese kite has no tail, but
is furnished with numerous long
streamers. Great competitions are
/ held by the owners of the kites, and
occasionally a mimic battle will DE
fought in the air, the rival factions en-.
deavoring by means of powdered
glass, which has been previously
worked into a definite length Of the
kite strings, to saw through a rivals
string, and so bring the vanQuished
kite tumbling ANONYMOUSLY to the
ground"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
Philosophers Teachings Well Worth
Heedlns-Who Is the Truly eff
cient and Valuable Man.

II you would avoid unclesnness and
all the sins, work earnestly though 1t
be at cleaning a stable.
Drive nail home and clinch it so
faithfully that you can wake up in
the night and think of your work with
satisfaction-a work with which you
would not be ashamed to invoke the
muse.
Work would make impertinent idle
and musty virtues.
Is It not imperative on us that we
do something, If We only work in s
treadmill?
What exercise Is TO the body, en-
ployment is to the mind and morals.
How admirably the artist is made
to accomplish his self-culture by de-
votion TO his art The wood sawyer,
through his effort to do his work well,
becomes not merely better wood
sawyer but measureably better
man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
Thoreau's Views On Labor

II the work is high and far, you
must not only aim Alright, but draw
the bow with all your might.
The aim Of the laborsr should be
not to get his living to get a good
job" but TO perform we'll a certain
work.
Do not hire q man who does your
work for money, but him who does il
for love OF it.
An efficient and valuable man dcs
what he can, whether the communit,
pay him for it or not
Whether man spends his day in
an ecstasy or dependency. he mus,
do some work to show for 1t, even as
there are flesh and bones to show IN,
him. We are superior to the toy Wa
experience,
To have done anything by which
you earned money merely, is to have
been truly IDLE or worse. If the la
borer gets no more than the wages
which his employer pays him, he Is
cheated; he cheats himself
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
VAST RICEES OF CHINA

An astonishing impression of the
variety and pecuAarity of the natural
riches of China is given by the store
houses and factories Of the Hankow
export firms Whereas the export OF
tea, the monopoly Of few large Rus
sian houses, has for some years re-
NAMED almost stationary, the value
Of the export of oil seeds from Han
kow, to take one example of com
paratively unimportant article. rose
from 3.s million taels in 1907 to los
in 1903
Boats bring wood tar from the up
per Yangtze In big round baskets lined
with paper to be refined and remelted
in the factories; they bring astonish-
ing masses of the greasy product OF
the tallow tree used in European
technical industries, also cotton and
beans, gallnuts, pigs bfistles; also
skins, which are sun dried in the
yards Of the storehouses and packed
by means of hydraulic presses for
sea transport.
Millions OF ducks eggs are, during
the few weeks of the season, manu-
featured by the hand labor Of coolie
women and children into masses OF
pure dried yolk and albumeh, smelling
like biscuits. The albumen is used in
the Photographic industry, the yolk
in the European sweet stuff manufac-
ture. On the same bank of the Yang
tse are the new cold storage houses
and the great tobacco factories of for
eign firms, and near by are ore REIN
cries, in which anthony, lead and
zinc are prepared for export
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
Success is q Curious Thing.

Success is a curious thing, anyhow.
It is elusive; not wholly dependent
upon individual quality, as Mr.. Shep-
ards career shows; and as had to
make q rule for as for the shadows
that fit over the meadow when bits
of cloud drift about the summer sky,
declares writer in the Hartford
Courant. Few men who have won
fair success can sit down and say
that this produced it or that produced
At. Generally lot OF things have pro-
duced 1.-THE library in the boys
home, a father or mother who Is
now dead end gone, good health, q
chance turn here or there which at
the time had no particular signif-
carcs. AS good rule for success as
we know of is to keep pegging away,
with whatever Is in hand, and with
out excessive anxiety about the turn
of the road which is on ahead.
Sometimes one comes out on success
before he knows Il, and sometimes he
does not: but at any rate, this rule
enables him 20 make good on the
road. no matter what the end, OF II
may be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
His Christmas Check.

Al Ryan, the hospitable flint glass
worker of Lockport, N. Y, and former
ly organizer Of the socialist local at
that place, was being congratulated
by the boys at the glass factory.
Yes" said Al, my uncle out in
Tifin is mighty good to me. The Gay
before Christmas he sent me check
for 500 just as a little Christmas
gift"
After the usual congratulatory COM
ments had been duly made all around,
Al added
Yes, he certainly is a fine old fell
low. In the postscript Of his letter
containing the check, he said:
Dear Al, if you manage to get this
check cashed, please send me 81. !
need a pair of shoes THE Coming
Nation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
Center Of American Shoe Industry

Center of American Shoe industry.
The little city of Brockton, Is miles
south of Boston, produces more than
10 per cent. and probably ~ per cent.
of all the boots and shoes made in
the United States, with an aggregate
value of about $37,50O,000 a year.
Lynn, which had been the boot and
shoe capital for $50 years, lost it's
coronet in 1900, and has since held
the second place. 1t still makes from
$25,O00O00 to 100000 worth of
shoes, perhaps per cent or more Of
the total for the whole country. Lynn
is being very closely pushed by St.
Louis, and it is a question if the west
ern city will not soon be entitled to
second place. 1t had an annual out
put of more than S25,O0O,0OO at the
last returns, and jumped from the
ninth place In 1890 to the third place
in 1905 among the shoemaking CEN
tiers. st. Louis increased its OUTPUT
from 1900 to 1905 more than 100 per
cent. and Lynn 81 per cent. Unfor.
tunately. the statistics of the census
bureau, says the Chicago Recorder.
aid, were made up on the returns
for 1905, and everybody familiar with
the business knows that the increase
during the six years since that date
has been greater than ever before in
history.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
SOME CURIOUS TREES

Every once in awhile some place or
other claims to possess the banner
freak tree in the world. In a little
Ohio city. for example. a tree seed
once lodged itself in a church spire
and has grown to be tall tree. Again,
IN a planning mill in the midwest,
man cutting a tree let his eye rest on
tia shingles as they fell to one side,
Suddenly he saw one which bore the
nerfect impress OF q monks head. with
the cap extended out over the face.
sumrstitious laborers believed thai a
monk sat near the tree during thln-
der storm. and that the lightning sill
houetted the profile.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
HAS FAN LOST so YEARS AGO

On July II, 1861, an ivory fan was
lost in Portland, and at that time the
owner advertised the loss, Offering
reward for the recovery of the fan.
In the notes Of Fifty Years Ago To
day" published by the Portland Ex-
press, this advertisement was reprint
ed in July, 1911.
The item was read by Mrs. R. N.
Field q Portland. who recalled that
fifty years ago she had found such a
fan. Il is still in her possession in
good state of preservation. It would
give her great satisfaction to be ahla
TO return the fan to it's owner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
Cinnamon Quick Biscuit.

Make an ordinary biscuit dough of a
quart of prepared flour, tablespoon
full of shortening and milk to roll out
to a desired consistency. Roll into
a sheet half inch thick, strew this with
powdered sugar and cinnamon In equal
parts, fold the dough over so that
there is layer of it on top of the
sugar and a spice, and cut through
both layers with a biscuit cutter. Bake
these biscuits in a steady oven and
serve hot. Split open and butter az
you would ordinary biscuit.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
NEEDLE ENDS LONG TRIP

A pair of tweezers were used the
other day by Edmund c. Gaskill, a
lawyer of Atlantic City, to remove a
needle that had ben in his body
twenty-three years. had worked it's
way from his knee to his shoulder.
He found it there when bathing the
shoulder in the belief he had rheuma-
tism. When eight years old, Gaskiu
fell against his mother, who was sew
ing, and the needle was jabbed deep
in his knee. A doctor failed to find it.
1t was forgotten when the puncture
healed. That the needle took so long
in working through his body may be
explained by the fact that he is six
feet eight inches tall.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03

bird passes it's winters in the heart
OF Africa, and in summer it is seen
everywhere In Europe, in Asia and
even in Greenland. 1t has never been
known to travel to North America
from Greenland by way of England,
the Farce islands and Iceland. The
bird does not know any itinerary that
has not been laid out by the birds or
It's species in the past.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
Careful instruction and Training
Must Be Considered as of
First Importance.
MODERN SYSTEM ALL WRONG
Modern Factory Production, With the
Breakdown OF the Apprenticeship
System, Must Be Offset by
Scientific Management of
HIGH Order.

If It can be shown that under scien-
ttfic management the workman is
carefully instructed and trained to
perform his work in such a way as to
help him develop his highest efficien-
cy without undue physical strain, and
at the same time is paid much larger
wages for the more effective work he
is enabled to do by reason of the
training which he receives and the
character of the working conditions
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
GOING TO COLLEGE AT 80

Mrs. A D. Winship of Racine, Wis,
is the oldest university student in the
United States. When Mrs. Winship
was seventy-eight years old she en-
tered the University of Ohio. She is
now eighty years of age, and has COM
pIeted her freshmen and sophomore
years. Her specially was psychology.
AT summer school this year Mrs. Win
ship won a prize for excellence in her
studies.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
FEEDS CHICKENS BY PHONE

Hnrye Myers, superintendent OF the
Waseca (Mo.) telephone system, keeps
chickens ard feeds them by telephone.
he has fixed up box in the chicken
house with drop door In the bottom
Of II. In this he places feed. The
catch that holds the door is placed
In q sensitive affair and is connected
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
The OLD Love Possible.

Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay, at a gar
den party at Hampstead, praised the
working girl.
How much nobler," she said, "to
work than to marry for money. ]
know pretty girl who gave up good
position to marry man of sixty-eight
81 am marrying for love she told
her chUm.
land the old fellow said the
chum, disgustedly, is worth $1,000
OO0!'
eyes was the reply. It's the
$1,000, 900 I'm in love with"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
LLAMAS IN HARNESS

An interesting attraction in ore OF
the European geological gardens is a
pair of tame llamas that draw passen-
gers about the grounds. They are de-
clared to be the only creatures of their
kind in Europe that have been trained
for this purpose. The animals draw
a light carriage AND at a recent test it
was shown that they could easily pull
load of 45O pounds. They are quite
docile and readily answer to the rein.
In their native Andes they are the
beasts of burden.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03

to the telephone system. When pm.
arrives Mr. Myers sticks in plug and
presses a button the same way opera
tors do when they ring up your home
or place of business. Then the catch
an the feed box moves back, the door
drops down, the feed fails to the floor
and the chickens are fed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
POWER OF NIAGARA FALLS

A recent estimate Of the amount OF
energy derived from Niagara Falls
places it at 273,140 horsepower, divid-
ed in its applications as follows: Elec-
tro-chemicsl industries, 10000; rail-
way service, $4,000; lighting. 2s,400;
various industrial purposes. 54,54U. The
total energy Of the falls is estimated
at 100000 horsepower, so that not
much more than FIVE per cent is at
present utilized
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03

A taVorite talisman among the Mo-
hammedans is the Lid ell Fatima"-
the hand Of Fatima. Mahomet must
have reproduced in silver the hand Of
his favorite daughter, of that Fatima
through whom his blood has descended
even to our days, for ever since then
every Mohammedan, and especially
every Mohammedan woman, has al
ways worn a silver hand. The greater
the glory Of the saint who consecrated
1t, the more intense the magic pow
er of the relic over those who put
themselves under its protection.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
Human Eye Sensitive

The human eye is much more sen
sitive to some colors than to others
1t is least responsive to crimson, the1
successfully to red. orange, yellow
blue and green. The sensitiveness Il
green is $50 times greater than t
red-a rather surprising fact.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03

however. What is enough? What II
competency, nowadays? Every mil
lionaire who kicks the ultimate bucket
has more than he and his wife and
daughters need. And the poor bog
has the better chance!-Chicago Trib
ule
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
RuIes for Success.

MUGS iOl Sh%SGSSs
To start in business with a promise
of success young man assumed te
be honest should have:
1. Ability.
2. Some experience IN the proposed
line
8. Economy.
4. Favorable location.
5. Small expenses.
6. Sufic ient capital CAST and least)
To continue successfully he must:
1. Know his business in detail.
q Concentrate his buying with {
few good houses.
g. Buy often.
T. Remember day a. night thai
p pitts lie not in volume of sales, bui
in a rapid turning of stock.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
pouQhnuts.

One-half cup sugar, one-haIf CUP
mashed potatoes (hoO. one table
spoon shortening, two eggs, one Gun
sour milk, one teaspoon soda, -four 10
make a stiff dough, spices and one
teaspoon vanilla
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
Folly of Vain REGRETS.

The late John W. Gates, an incur
able optimist, harped continually on
the futility of pessimism. One of Mr..
Gates's epigrams, still quoted on the
Chicago Stock Exchange, ran:
He who nurses foolish hopes may
be an ass, but he is not such an ass
as he who nurses vain regrets"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03

This is the second tower telescope
constructed at the Mount Wilson OBJ
servatory, in California, from new
design by Professor Hale. The first
was 65 feet high, and it was SO sue
cessful that the larger one here shown
was built, which is $50 feet in height.
while the we'll containing the specto-
graph and spectro-heliograph is rs feet.
By the later instrument photographs
can be taken of the whole face Of the
sun, showing the vapors across its
disk. The coelostat and secondary
mirrors are mounted at its top. and
after rejecting from them the suns
light passes vertically downward on
to lens placed near them on the top
of the tower. A horizontal image of
the sun, II inches in diameter, is
thence obtained in a plane near the
ground.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
Soldering Flux.

A good soldering fux for copper is
a heavy paste of resin. This paste
is made by dissolVing as much resin
in benzine as the benzine will take
up. The paste is easily applied with
a stiff brush-H. D. Chapman il
Scientific American.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
BIRD THAT IS CONSERVATIVE

As indicative Of the conservative ma
ture of birds, a writer calls attention
to the habit of the gray wagtan, which
offers a striking example Of the unde-
Waiting Sight Of certain species This
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
Almond Cake EilIlnn-

Take one-half pound of blanched al
monds, pass through hne-tooth chop
per, mash until pasty; spread be-
tween cake. When this is done
spread over almonds With puIverized
xuro-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03

II thread IS pulled for each turn
one will have little trouble in turning
hens in muslin curtains to keep then
the same width
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03

Have on the stove a pan OF boiling
water. Put ripe tomatoes into a wire
basket and lower them into the water.
Leave them in the water for one min.
ute. Remove the skin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03

glad did, for 1t has cured me.
81 know of so many cases where wo-
men have been cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound that l can
say to every suffering woman if that
medicine does not help her, there is
nothing that will. Mrs. JANETZKI,
1903 Arch St., Chicago, Ill.
This is the age Of substitution. and
women who want a cure should insist
upon Lydia E. Pinkh2m's Vegetable
Compound just as this woman did, and
not accept something else on which the
druggist can make little more profit.
Women who are passing through this
critical period or who are suffering
from any of those distressing ills pc
culiar to their sex should not lose sight
of the fact that for thirty years Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which is made from roots and herbs,
has been the standard remedy for fe-
male ills. In almost every community
you will find women who have been
restored to health by Lydia L. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.
2 ,vith ~ aaE
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
SHE GOT
WHAT SHE
WANTED
This Woman Had to Insist
Strongly, but it Paid
Chicago, Ill.-"I suffered from fe-
male weakness and stomach Crouble,

anu i W61lC TO Inc
store to get = bottle
of Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vege table
Compound, but the
clerk did not want
to let me have it
he said it was no
good and wanted me
to try something
else, but knowing
all about it l in
sisted and finally
got it, and I am so
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
Of Course He Cried.

Jimmy! What on earth are you
crying about nOw?"
Tommy Jones dreamed last night
that he had whole pie to eat an ]
didn't"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03

Some men never reach the top be
cs.use the elevator isn't running.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03

Sergeant Alt! Take Murphy's
name for talkin' in the ranks.
Corporal-W'y, sergeant, e weren't
talkin'
ergeant-Wasn't e? Well, cross
it hout and put i'm in the guard room
for deceivin' me.-The Tattler.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03
THE DECEIVER.

If s sa7's syss Tse ThompsOn's Eye Water
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-11
How's THIsa

We offer one hundred dollars re
ward for any case of catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio
We. the undersigned has known F
J Cheney for the last years. and De
lleve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions. and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by his firm.
wALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price. 75c per
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills Tor con.
allpatlon. dim
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-08-11
TORTURED EoR IS YEARS.

BY a cure-defying stomach trouble that
baffled doctors. and resisted all rem
edies he tried, John w. Modders, of
Moddersville. Mich. seemed doomed.
He had to sell his farm and give up
work. His neighobrs said. "he can't
live much longer" whatever I ate
distressed me-. he wrote. till / tried
Electric Bitters, which worked such
wonders for me that | can now eat
things | could not take for years. Its
surely grand remedy for stomach
trouble" Just as good for the liver
and kidneys. Every bottle guaran-
Iced. Only soc at Brown & Co. d&w