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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
LATE INVENTIONS.

A miniature safety razor has been
invented by Frenchman for trim
ming finger nails.
Perforated iron wheelbarrows have
been invented for washing gravel to
be used II concrete.
An automatic electrical recording
target for indoor shooting with minia-
ture rifles has been invented in Eng
land.
To leave persons hands free while
telephoning Canadian has invented
jointed arm to hold a receiver at
any desired angle.
A window refrigerator that Wash.
ington man has patented, fitr into
the place of the lower sash, but can
be lowered out of the way If 1t OBJ.
structs the light.
A stiff spring has been invented by
a woman to replace the familiar cur
tain rod, with the advantage that it
adjusts itself to any width window
frame.
Attacking the air at the center in.
stead of at the ends of the blades, a
new aeroplane propeller invented in
France is said to require less power
to obtain a given result than the old
style propeller.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
Somewhat Remarkable Edifice a Mon
ument to Man Who Believed
in Concrete.

Near the well-known seaport of
Southampton, England, there is a re-
markable edifice known as Petersen's
tower. The erection is all the more
singular because it marks the burying
place of a certain John Petersen, a
wealthy tea planter. The man ap-
pears to have been rather an eccen-
trio individual, and in order to prove
TO the world his belief in concrete as
a building material set about the con-
struction of this great tower. The
building took many years to complete,
but is entirely of concrete, and by the
time the final layers had been placed
had reached an altitude of more than
three hundred feet. 1t is about forty
years since the tower was erected,
and its present condition is certainly
q justification Of the faith of the
builder. As has been indicated, Pc
tsrsen left instructions that his body
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
THE KIND CLASSED BY Mr.. CAR
NEGiE AS EXCEPTIONAL"
Fruitful Bargain for the Employer Is
That Glass of Help-What 1t
Really Means.

Mr.. Carnegie says: "The most val
liable acquisition to his business which
an employer can obtain is an excep-
tional young man. There is no bar
gain SO fruitful"
BY the exceptional young man, Mr..
Carnegie means-the one who is always
looking out for his employers inter-
ests, the young man who keeps his
eyes open, who is always trying to
make suggestions for Improvements in
the business, who is always studying
for some better, simpler, more efficient
way of doing things.
The exceptional boy or young man
is the one whose main ambition Is to
help along the business, to further his
employers interests in every possible
way; the one who stays after hours
during the busy season to help out
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29

VIRGINIA IN THE CITY
By PHILIP KEAN
Copyright. 1911. Oy Associated Literary Press,

For hours the girl had walked
through the city streets, hot, dusty,
tired, hungry. She sought work, but
could not find it.
Everywhere she was turned away.
They wanted only those who had held
similar positions, and Virginia, fresh
from the country, could claim nc
knowledge which would be of use to
her in town.
1t seemed to her that the tall build
ings on each side of the street frowned
ominously. AS evening came on she
grew afraid She hated to go back
to the tall tenement where she had
paid weeks rent for room. Din.
ner was out of the question, and she
had had no breakfast or lunch.
1t was with gasp of relief, there
fore, that she spoke to a boy who
stood on the corner under a street
lamp.
why. Billy Locke" she said, sis IL
really you?"
1T sure is" he said heartily and
grasped her hands. "But what on earth
are you doing in town, Virginia."
She told him her little story. The
aunt with whom she had lived had
died, and Virginia was unwilling to be
a burden in the homes of outsiders.
But l can't find work, Billy" she
said.
He was only twenty-one but he had
mans discernment of woman's
need of protection.
"You oughtn't to be running around
these streets alone" he said gravely;
you'd better let me take you back to
your boarding house right now"
1T Is not boarding house." she in.
formed him. 81 just have room there
and take my meals out"
Have you had your dinner?" he de-
manded.
She flushed. NO." she STAN,
mered.
you come right in and have some
thing to eat" he commanded.
She would let Billy order nothing
for her but glass OF milk and some
crusty rolls. He urged upon her a
more elaborate feast, but her indie.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
Workers of the World.

In the United States and all the
principal countries Of Europe agricul-
ture leads all other occupations in the
percentage of industrial population by
those employed. In the United States
the percentage is 1854. In Hungary
the percentage is nearly double, 70.15,
While this nation is exceeded in It's
proportion of farming population by
Austria, $3.50; Italy, 59.06, and France,
4142. Others are Germany, with 35.11
per cent, Belgium 21.90, and Great
Britain IL. the lowest per cent.
Commercial occupations occupy
second place in Belgium, the Uuited
States and Great Britain; dress In
France, Austria and Italy; machines,
ETC., and constructive work, 500 each,
in Germany; the average percentage,
In all the countries named, of those
engaged in agriculture. is 1925 pei
cent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
WHERE MARL0WE is BURIED
Famous Old Church in London Has
InnumerabIe Other Historic
Associations.

Mr.. G. A. Montague Barlow, M. P;
Mr. E. G. B. Bergman, mayor of Dept,
ford, and Rev. Arthur Hart, vicar OF
Deptford, write: May we earnestly
commend to your readers the serious
condition Of the great historic Church
of ST. Nicholas, Deptford. The church
has been condemned as unsafe by the
London county council under the dan
gerous structures act. In consequence
the poor have been deprived of their
church. We appeal to your readers to
help us in the work of restoration,
which will cost $4,000
''The history of the church is unique.
1t is bound up and identified with the
Spanish Armada and its defeat. 1t
was in this parish that Sir John Haw-
kins lived and devoted his energies to
fitting out the ships for war. In this
church the admirals of the fleet met
to worship before setting out to meet
the foe. Here Evelyn and Pepys (the
diarists) and Sir Francis Drake were
constant worshippers. In this parish
EVELYN discovered Grinling Gibbons
1.-THE world renowned wood carver),
and some of his greatest work is to
be seen in the old church, including
his magnificent representation of
Ezekie's vision. The Valley of Dry
Bones The church is rich with as
sociations in the making of the British
empire. 1t is the Westminster Abbey
of the British navy. Within its walls
Peter PETIT (the inventor of the frigate,
the precursor of the modern cruiser)
lies buried.
Many of the greatest naval heroes
find their resting place here. William
Hawkins, brother to Sir John Haw'
kins; Edward Fenton, the notable
Enzabethan explorer, who commanded
the admiraPs flagship in the fight with
Spain; Frobisher, Sir Francis Hozier,
Captain Shelvocke, and many of De-
yon's naval notabilities, are buried
here. Also within It's churchyard rests
Kit Marlowe, the celebrated dramatist
and contemporary Of Shakespeare. I'm
der its shadow Peter the Great, the
emperor of Russia, learned the art OF
shipbuilding. The Duke Of Wellington
often visited the church with the Trim
ity brethren. London Daily Tele-
graph.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
Man That Is Wanted

wherever he can. The exceptional
young man is one who, when any
emergency arises in the concern, has
a valuable suggestion for it's solution.
The exceptional young man is the one
who settles difficulties among the 9th
er employees without rupture, who is
always trying to avoid friction, to
keep peace and harmony in the firm.
He encourages the dull boy or the boy
who cannot seem to get hold of the
business; he is always ready to give
a lift whenever needed, gives a word
of cheer to the discouraged. The ex-
ceptional young man is the one who is
always on the alert for business, who
is so polite and attentive and obliging
to his customers that everybody wants
to deal with him; who makes friends
for the firm. who adds dignity to the
house.-Orison SWEET Marden, In Sue
cess Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
"oid Man Cheney" Sold Land for a
Song, but Does Not Seem
to Regret 1t.

One of the reasons that the old New
England farmers were forced to aban-
don their homesteads is that they did
not conserve their resources. Through
lack Of foresight, they sold for small
sums property which was afterward
immensely valuable.
But we have one citizen whose I'M
fortunate lack of foresight even we
can appreciate. He is close to ninety
years old now, and last Fourth Of
July We got out the great ugly yell
low landau in which General Grant
was hauled by eight pairs OF horses
from Franconia to the Prolific house
on his famous tour of the country,
we decorated it with streamers, and
we rode "Old Man Cheney" through
tbs town, as tribute to one whose
luck was SO colossaily bad.
Old Man Cheney once owned the
Profile notch, and he sold it al for
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
SCIENCE NOTES.

A single grain of indigo will color
ton of water.
The duke Of SAKE Meiningen. at
eighty-four, is the oldest sovereign In
Europe.
The Chinese government is endeav-
oring to simplify and systematic the
Celestial language.
An international manual has been
prepared recently by the Chinese to
facilitate translation.
The deepest part of the Atlantic
ocean is between the West Indies and
Bermuda, 1862 fathoms.
India has a new factory law
which limits adults work to IL hours
and childrens to six hours day.
Investigation following the cham
payne riots of France reveal many
gigantic frauds in the champagne in
dustry. I5z
A French savant has declared that
he is satisfied that smoking however
moderate, has serious effect on the
hearing.
Switzerland had foreign commerce
of $516.O0O,O0O in 1909, consisting of
1904. 100000 imports and $4,000, 900
exports.
The sea contains the most salt, gen
orally speaking, at points where a
strong wind is constantly blowing,
such as the trade winds.
For 1901 fiscal year Canada gave
$2,054 200 in mail subsidies and steam
ship subventions, and estimates for
1911-12 total $2,006,626.
In Oregon a tract of about $500
acres was assembled shortly before
1892 for about $4,000. In 1909 it was
valued above $1;000,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
NOT A BRITISH UNIT IN IT
Irlshman Would Not for Minute
Allow the Possibility of Such
Thing.

George Mockler has just returned
from an investigation of what coal
is costing some of the other cities.
He brought this story from Balti-
more:
An Irishman there inherited coal
mine up in the state. He immedi-
ately entered the lists for one of the
big coal contracts and went around
to say good word for his COAL
The man who was letting the con-
tract heard him a moment, and then
interrupted with:
That's all right, but how about
British thermal units?"
The other, being new TO the coal
business, did not know that coal is
rated now according to the British
thermal units in tests.
"Phat's that" he said.
How many British thermal units
are there in your coal2"
The Irishman blinked his eye and
snorted a bit.
British thermal units is it?" he
said. why there amt wan in it"
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
Avoid Dlsputation.

The disputatious person never makes
a good friend. In friendship. men
look for peace and concord and some
measure of content There are
enough battles to fight outside, enough
Earring and iostling In the street,
enough disputing in the market place,
enough discord in the workaday
world, without having to look for con-
tention in the realm of the inner life
also. There, if anywhere, we ask for
an end Of strife. Friendship is the
sanctuary of the heart, and the peace
of the sanctuary should brood over 1t.
It's chiefest glory is that the dust and
noise of contest are excluded.-Hugh
Black.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
inside the Empty Fire Box.

seen, this device Is placed inside the
empty fire box, having four side
frames which rest on the regular
CRATE, and the auxiliary crate is sus-
pended several inches below the I'M
der side of the stove top. AS the bot
tom is perforated. sufficient draft is
provided. and also ease of access to
the fire with the poker for raking out
the dead ashes from the bottom.
While the fire is necessarily thin AMI
light, 1t provides plenty of heat TO-
cooking a meal, and soon burns itse If
out after accomplishing its purpose.
OF course, the device Is not confined
70 coal for fuel, but will operate
equally as well with wood, charcoal or
coke.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
EVERY ERROR SHOULD BE
TURNED TO ADVANTAGE.
Finding Out What Not to Do About as
important as Knowing
What to Do.

Those mistakes! Those missteps!
AS you look back they stand out like
tall poplars against the horizon, do
they not?
Possibly you think the comparison
is not apt. Tall trees silhouetted
against the low sky are good to look
upon. Mistakes and missteps are not.
That is, unless you view them as you
should.
For what do they stand? Did they
come into existence through what is
sometimes called pure cussedness?'
Did you deliberately plan to make mis-.
takes? Did you purposely step out o,
the path?
OF course noti
So far as you are concerned, most
of them were accidental. Your tongue
slipped, or your hand or foot You
made Up your mind it should not hap
pen again. 1t did happen again, and
then again.
And little by little you grew dis
pleased with yourself Your faith in
yourself was somewhat shaken. Some
thing akin to encouragement began to
nag you.
Do you remember the day when you
sighed and said to yourself, "Oh well
what's the use! We're all human
anyway" Do you remembe- that day.
What is the use of mistakes? Yes
they have a use. but what is It?
Did you ever stop to think that
there are two ways of guiding a per
son? One was is TO tell that person
what to do, what road to take, what
signs to follow. The other way is to
tell what not to do, what roads &c
avoid, what signs to disregard.
The first is positive guidance, the
second negative guidance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
pustIess Carpet Sweeping.

To give my carpets a thorough
sweeping without raising dust, l dip
my broom into gasoline (merely
moistening it, and sweep in the US.
ual way This is superior to the ordi
nary way of using wet salt or corn.
meal. the gasoline frightening the
carpets as well as absorbing the dust
For my stair carpet, l use a small
whisk broom, moistened with gaso
line. and sweep the dirt onto a dust
pan.-Suburban Life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
Let Fortune Escape Him

$780, Today, of course, 1t is one of
the most valuable tracts of land in
summer-resort America
1t must be admitted, however, that
some of US pity the ca gentleman
more than seems necessary. His life
has not been perceptibly shortened by
depression. He allows he had a very
good time with that $1G0!-Americap
Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
The YOUNG Idea.

There are two kinds of joints, the
hinges and the ball-bearing.
Reflex action is the inside eye and
that we do not have to think about,
as talking.
Had we no skin, our clothes would
cause us endless agony.
The stomach is the trunk of our
body. The stomach contains the liver.
The stomach Is south OF the lungs,
west of the liver. 1t has three coats
Without the stomach we should die.
therefore God chose the stomach to
digest our food.-Woman's Home Com
panion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
New peflnltion Of Beauty.

The two sisters, Bessie and Mary,
each owned 3 pet bull pup, and they
frequently had disputes as to which
pup was the pretier-the dogs, by the
way, being As ugly as sin and as at
tractive q, a pestilence.
One day visitor asked the old
negro servant on the place:
Sam, which do you think is the
best-looking dog-Miss Bessie's or
Miss Msry's?"
Now, boss, OATS hard queshun,
answered Sam judicially. Miss Mary's
is de pnrties lookin', but Miss Bessie
seq hern is purifier dan it looks. p
Twice-a-Month Popular.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
GET POWER.
The Supply Comes From Food

II we get power from food why no.
strive to get all the power We can
That is only possible by use Oh skill
fully selected food that exactly fits
the requirements of the body.
Poor iuel makes a poor fire and a
poor fire is not good steam producer
From not knowing how to select
the right food to fit my needs, I suf-
fered grievously for a long time from
stomach troubles" writes lady from
a little town in Missouri.
1T seemed as if l would never be
able to find out the sort of food that
was best for me hardly anything that
1 could eat would stay on my stomach.
Every attempt gave me heartburn and
filled my stomach with gas. I got
thinner and thinner until l literally
became living skeleton, and in time
was compelled to keep to my bed.
A few months ago / was persuaded
TO try Grape-Nuts food, and it had such
good effect from the very beginning
that have kept up its use ever since.
was surprised at the ease with which
l digested it. 1t proved to be just
what needed.
"All my unpleasant symptoms, the
heartburn, the inflated feeling which
gave me so much pain disappeared.
My weight gradually increased from
IS to 116 pounds, my figure rounded
cut, my strength came back, and am
now able to do my Homework and en-
Joy It. Grape-Nuts food did it." Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Greek.
Mich.
A ten days trial will show anyone
some facts about food.
Read the little book, ''The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's reason"
Ever read the above letters A new
enc appears from time to. time. They
are genuine. true, and full of human
inter 1T.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
FALSE BOTTOMS FOR RANGES
Economies Summer Coal cc.sunp
tion In Simple and Effective
Manner.

Here is an invention which will ap-
peal to housewives from two import.
ant standpoints. viz. economy of coal
and reduced temperature for summer
cooking. The woman who thought
out this idea could not see why she
should load her kitchen range up with
coal every time she wished to prepare
a meal. and then have half of the coal
left to burn out as waste and heat
the house to an uncomfortable degree.
Since. however. the live Goals must
be kept In proximity to the griddles,
a thin fire in the deep flrebox would
not accomplish the purpose. There
fore she developed the false bottom
shown in our illustration. AS will be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
Good Work Done in Many States.

The American tuberculosis exhibit
ton of the National association is
completing six years of continuous
service, during which. time it has been
under three flags, in the United States,
Mexico and Canada, and has been dis.
played in II states, including every
southern state east Of the Mississippi,
except West Virginia. Maryland and
Delaware. The western tuberculosis
exhibit Of the National association,
just closing its season in Butte, Mont
has been shown in Illinois, Kansas,
Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Okla.
bona, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Mon.
tana
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
Are You Dependable?

Young man, are you dependable i?
Is your employers reliance misplaced.
or his confidence justified? Are you
delivering day by day with all the
might that is in you? In the absence
of supervision, are you Sinking and
soldering" or are you working at
the same high head of pressure and
cheerfulness that greets the fore
mans or employees eye? There is no
trait of character that more surely
makes for genuine success than thor
ough dependability. That implies a
degree of capacity, a full measure of
integrity and a will to do the thing
that lies before you.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
CoIors.


From the cochineal insect we gain
mot only scarlet, but also carmine,
crimson and purple lakes.
Sepia comes from the cuttlefish, be-
ing the fluid it discharges to make the
water around it opaque when it is
attacked.
The camel gives India yellow,
while ivory chips are the source of
ivory black and bone black.
Prussian. blue is made by fusing
horses hoofs with impure potassium
carbonate. Prussic acid is formed In
the process.
Blue-black is the charcoal of the
vine stalk. Turkey red is made from
the madden plant; gamboge from the
yellow sap of tree in Siam; raw 81.
emma Is a natural earth found near
Sienna and burnt umber is an earth
from Umbria.
Ultramarine is made from lapis-
lazuli and the real article is natural
ly very expensive. Chinese white is
zinc, scarlet is iodine of mercury and
vermilion is the quicksilver ore known
as cinnabar
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
Learn By Mistakes

Mistakes are our negative guides.
The warn us against doing what we
should not do, against being what we
should not be- And if we fail to heed
the first warning or the next, mistakes
keep on coming to warn US.
1t is a great mista ke to excuse ones
self on the ground that we're all hui
man, anyway" That is the best of
reasons why we should keep on striv-
ing to do better.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
New Test for BUILDING Materials.

The cutting and wearing power of a
stream of blown sand, long since
utilized for various purposes, has
been employed for testing building
materials at the Gfoss-Lichterfelde
institute in Germany, Granite, pine
wood, linoleum, and other substances
used in the construction and furnish
ing of buildings are subjected for
about two minutes to the action of a
blast of fine quartz sand. under a
pressure of two atmosphsres. The re-
suits show the resisting powers of the
substances tested to the effects OF
wear. This form of test is applicable
to road building materials.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
Tallest Tomb In England

should be placed under the tower. and
this was accordingly carried out. An
other desire that the chamber az che
summit should contain a light was
defeated by the firm stand which
Trinity house, the lighthouse author
ity, took on the matter. Such an II.
Elimination would have been visible
for miles out at sea, and would nat.
urally have proved very misleading
to sailors.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
Preparing Mushrooms.

Fry e. quarter of a pound of mush-
room caps in three tablespoonfuls of
cot better, season with salt, pepper
ana a CRATE of nutmeg; add half a
cupful of milk, cover and let simmer
for eight minutes. Arrange the mush-
rooms on round of bread in mush-
room dish, pour the liquid over them.
cover with a glass bell, and bake
about thirty minutes in moderate
oven. Send to the table without re-
moving the glass. which confines the
delicate flavor and the aroma of ths
mushroom.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
In Strict Obedience.

Master Gregory Graham. aged three,
had been having an ocean bath, and
breaking away from his older sister
he ran all dripping wet to the door Of
the living room, where Mrs. Graham
was entertaining caller from the
fashionable hotel
why, Greg" his mother greeted
him, you mustn't come in here like
that, dear. Go straight upstairs and
take off your bathing suit first"
A few minutes later Mrs. Graham
turned toward the door in curiosity
as to what sight there had sent her
visitors eyebrows up so high, and in
the same moment her sons cheerful
voice rang out:
81 looked 1t off, mother, like yot
told me to. Pm coming in now foI
some cake"