davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
"SOUL" IN BUSINESS
AIN JUSTICE ALONE is MANS
MIGHT"
Not Yet Have the Workers Of the
World All Been Consecrated to
the Service Of Mammon.

Is there a soul IN Businessr
Up@er the din of the strife
Cruel and keen. sordid and mean)
Lives there spirit of LIE?
Are we n truth at warfare.
Answering blow with blow?
Watchful to slay, crafty to prey.
Hot on the track OF foe?
Are these but toys for the childish
Honesty" ''Righttulness," ''Wrongr'
God" but word, sneered at when heard
Scorned by the pride OF the strong?
Are these but gauds for the foolish
Virtue" Integrity" Truth?
Fashioned in play for the sport of day
The harmless pretension OF youth?
Answer, We Lords of the Market,
Rulers and Princes of Trade.
Is there no part for the plying heart
Where Fortunes high ventures ars
made?
Answer. We crowds of the toilers.
Busy with type-key and pen,
Is there no hope for the minds larger
scope?
Are figures the masters of men.
While one clear voice cleaves the tunlGlt
Holding to Truth and to Right,
Fraud and Deceit shall go down to da
feat
In Justice alone is Mans might.
While one bold heart follows Duty,
(Tho 1t may Drudgery seem),
lowering there over dull office chair
Shineth the glow and the CLEAN!
Yes. there is answer sufficient.
Ringing. and hopeful. and bravei
Spite of the rush of the forces that crush
Man is not yet Mammon's slave.
Yes, there's a soul still in Business,
How splendid its triumph and worth,
When men shall arise 10 the light of thu
prize,
The Service of God upon earth.
Frederick MoXon in The Independent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
Radtum TO Be Cheaper.

After a while radium will net be
worth "a million dollars a look" Sir
William Rumsey, the English scient-
list. has reduced the time for extract
ing the costly stuff from a year to
two months. This Is being done In
the British radium factory erected on
his recommendation in Thomas street,
Lfmehouse London. The pitchblende
ore comes from the Trenwith mine OF
the st. Ives Consolidated mines. In
Cornwall. The ore is delivered in a
concentrated form AT the factory the
uranium and iron are dissolved and
the radium is then precipitated out OF
the clear liquid 1t is then converted
into radium bromide, and by repeated
crystallization the bromide is separat-
ed into various grades of commercial
radium. More than half a gram was
produced in two months. but Sir Will
lam announces that from now on the
factory will be able to produce one
gram every meath
Until this new supply was made the
total amount of radium in the world
did not exceed FIVE grams About one
half gram Of radium is extracted from
a ton of pitchblende from the Corn
wall mines. Sir William says the
Cornwall pitchblende is much richer
in radium than any which could be
found in Austria.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
LIVED LONG WITHOUT EATING
Men and Animals hsve Made Some
Remarkable Fasts Matter
of Record.

The record for fasting. so far as hu-
manity is concerned. is held by
Granie. French murderer. who de-
termineG to starve himself to death,
and from the day OF his arrest refused
to eat. In spite Of every effort on the
part of his warders, who first tried
tempting him to eat by placing the
most dainty meals In his cell. and
when that failed. attempted feeding
him by force, he held out for So days,
at the end of which time he died. Up
to then the longest authenticated fast
on record was that accomplished by
Giovanni Succi, who tasted at the
Royal Aquarium, London, for As days
But these records sink into insignifi-
canoe when compared with the fat
pig of Dover. enshrined in DR.. w. B.
Carpenters Manual of Physiology"
This pig weighed $50 pounds and was
entombed for $50 days by the fall of
a portion of the chalk cliffs. When
dug out 1t weighed only 40 pounds,
but to the surprise of its owner was
alive.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
WOULD LIE AWAKE ALL NIGHT
WITH ITCHING ECZEMA

Ever since I can remember | was
a terrible sufferer OF eczema and
other irritating skin diseases. 1 would
lie awake all night, and my suffering
was intolerable. A scaly humor set
tied on my back, and being but a
child, I naturally scratched It. 1t
was a burning. itching sensation, and
utterly intolerable, in fact, it was so
that could not possibly forget about
1t. 1t did not take long before II
spread to my shoulders and arms, and
l was almost covered with mass of
raw flesh on account of my scratching
1t. l was In such a condition that my
hands were tied.
"a number of physicians were call.
ed, but it seemed beyond their med.
ical power and knowledge to cure
me. Having tried numerous treat
ments without deriving any benefit
from them, had given myself up to
the mercy Of my dreadful malady, but
l thought / would take the Cuticura
treatment as a last resort. Words
cannot express my gratitude to the
one who created The Cuticura Mira
cles,' as / have named them, for now
feel as II l never suffered from even
a pimple. My disease was routed by
Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and
shall never cease praising the wonder
Sul merits they contain. l will never
be without them, in fact, / can almost
dare any skin diseases to attack me
so long as l have Cuticura Remedies
in the house. l hope that this letter
will give other sufferers an idea of
how 1 suffered, and also hope that
they will not pass the 'Cuticura Life
Saving Station" (Signed) G. Louis
Green, 929 Chestnut ST., Philadelphia.
Pa, Aug. 20, 1910.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
SCIENCE NOTES.

Beeswax and tLrpentine form an
effective combination to clean bronze.
Municipal tramways of the united
kingdom employ more than $4,000 per-
sons
Eight years are required to bring
the average cccoanut tree into bear
ing.
The population of Japan Is increas-
ing at rate of about half million
year.
The Chinese army advisory board
is planning a complete survey of the
entire empire for general as well as
military purposes.
Russia planted 240,419,396 acres In
grain last year, the largest acreage In
its history.
California furnishes about three
fourths of the quicksilver produced
in the United States.
A simple test for the purity of
sugar is to burn 1t. II pure fire will
entirely consume It; II adulterated 1t
will leave an ash.
The odor of onions will disappear II
affected cutlery be inserted in fresh
earth for few minutes.
So-called burglar proof glass. made
in France, withstands revolver bullets
and blows from a mallet.
The famous Hoosac railroad tunnel
at cost of about 100000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
PLAN

for collecting apartment houses. He
owns the largest assortment of people
coops In the city. All the modern
improvements, too. Hot and cold
windows, running gas and noiseless
janitors. Mr.. Schwartz is the inyen-
tor of the Idea of having two baths in
every apartment so that the lessee
will have less excuse for not being
water broke"
key never cracked smile.
In Mr.. Schwartz's apartment
houses / continued, while Bunch
kicked my shins under the table: you
will find self-freezing refrigerators
and self-leaving servants. All the
rooms are light rooms, when you
light the gas. Two of his houses
overlook the park and all of them
overlook the building laws. The floors
are made Of concrete so that If you
want to bring a horse in the parlor
you can do so without kicking off the
plaster in the fiat below. Every room
has folding doors, and when the wa
ter pipes burst the janitor has folding
arms"
Quit your joshing, john you'll
embarrass Mr. Schwartz" laughed
Bunch somewhat nervously, but keys
grin never fiickered
IS Mr. Schwartz deaf and dumb"
Clara ]. whispered.
Internationally So" I whispered
back; sometimes for hours at time
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
FOR OLD WORKERS

II, before reaching the age of so an
employee is incapacitated by i'll health
he Is permitted to retire and secure
the benefits provided In the pension
fund"
The basis on which the pension Is
allowed to officers and employees is
one-t1ftieth of their salary at the date
OF approximation for each year of
service, but the maximum pension is
subject to the following regulations:
In no event is the pension allowed to
exceed thirty -fve-fiftieths of the sal
airy. On salary not exceeding s10,-
900 the pension. will not exceed $1,000.
On salary not exceeding SIS, 900 the
PEI sion will not exceed $1O,5o0. On
salary not exceeding $4,000 the
pension shall not exceed $4,000
1t is understood that those who en-
ter the employ Of the bank under the
age Of Is years viii not contribute to
nor participate in this fund, but on
reaching that age they will be re-
CURED to contribute to 1t, and SO far
as this iTnG is concerned an en-
ployee's term Of service is understood
to commence al the date Of his first
contribution to It,
The plan provides that an employee
whose term of service in the bank has
been under 25 years is not entitled to
a pension for longer period than his
term Of service. If an employee has
hnar nit
will be entitled only to pension for
Is years. But In case the term of
service is 25 years or more the en-
ployee is entitled to a pension for
life
1t Is necessary that every clerk en-
tering the service must pass a med
ical examination, and no clerk is al
lowed to marry on a salary of less
than 81. 1000 year without the consent
of the bank, under the penalty of dis
missal and forfeiture of all rights to
this fund
After an employee has been retired
1t Is required that he live as faultless
life as when directly employed by
the bank. If the employee receiving
a pension resorts to and takes the
benefit of any insolVent law, or is con-
victed of felony or misdemeanor the
pension shall cease. Also any unwar-
rantable losses, for which an en-
ployee may be responsible may, IL
they do not result in his dismissal
from service, be punished by forfeit
ure of his interest in this fund beyond
what he himself has contributed to it,
without interest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
To Incline Toward Mercy

Jim had been far from a good boy
during the day and toward nightfall
he realized the fact fully. Being we'll
acquainted with the workings of fam
lily discipline. he essayed little d.
plomacy.
Shall you tell father about me?"
he inquired of his mother.
Certainly shall tell him." respond
ed his mother, with sorrowful firm
ness.
Shall you tell him before dinner or
after dinner?" asked the culprit.
After dinner" was the announce
ment
Mother" and Jim gave a wiggle
of anticipation, couldn't you have a
BURBERRY pudding for his dessert?
Couldn't you do that much for me.
mother?" -Youths Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
Pension System Now In Opera
ton in Chicago.
FOUNDED ON COOPERATION
Employer and Employee Both Con-
tribute to Fund Which Assures
Faithful Laborer Comfortable
Competence In His
Closing Years.

An employee of one of the large
Chicago banks was recently retired on
a pension for life. This man had
served the institution faithfully for
33 years, and as fitting reward he
was given the largest pension provid-
ed for In this bank.
The Chicago banking institution
which pensioned the employee men
toned has plan which is known as
the pension fund.-" which is for the
exclusive use of the members Of the
organization. To become a member
of the bank pension fund" it is neces-
sary that the officers and employees
OF the bank contribute to 1t 8 per
cent annually Of the amount of their
salaries, payable in equal monthly In
stallments Each installment is de-
Quoted from the monthly pay of the
officers and employees. Another pro-
vision is that the period any employee
will receive a pension is in all cases
decided by the bank officials. AS
general rule no pension Is given to an
employee unless he has completed not
less than Is years of service in the
bank and has reached the age of so
years. Where the employee is men
toned officials are included as we'll.
There is no chance of the employee
losing the amount he has paid in. In
case of the resignation or the disnlis-
sal of an employee all payments made
by him to the pension fund" are re-
turned to him without interest. In
the instance of the decease of an en-
ploye who has not completed Is years
of service in the bank and who leaves
a widow or children, If the bank does
not see its way clear to grant a pen
sion on account of the brief term Of
service, or for other reasons, 1t is a
rule that all payments made by the
deceased will be returned to his heir
or legal representatives with interest
at per cent per annum.
When the employee reaches the age
of 60 he is permitted to retire and is
entitled to a pension II he has been
Is years In the service.
Another excellent thing about this
pension scheme is the health feature.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
Really Valuable Cow.

A wonderful COW is that possessed
by Isaac r. Locates. a farmer Of
Georgetown, Del. He claims It gives
milk from which butter is produced
IN a few minutes. Skeptical neigh
bors smiled indulgently. and shook
their heads. when Locates first stated
the fact. but the other morning the
farmer invited them 70 investigate
what he had said One of the neigh
bors volunteered to take care of the
milk In order to see that no decep-
ton was practiced BY the time he
reached the house. 100 yards distant
the jolting OF the milk In the pail had
caused solid butter TO form. The
quantity weighed nearly one pound
Locates has now refused $500 for th<
animal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21

on. Il think when a man has lost q
whole lot of money in that manner
and then wins 1t back by accident he
should be satisfied and not tempt
Fortune again, don't you. Mr. Bunch?'
Il certainly do" replied Bunch Wig.
orously.
"Oh. I'm all through / ADDED. q
wouldn't bet another dollar on skate,
not if they promised to hurry II
around the track in an automobile
not for minei"
Clara ]. patted me lovingly on the
back and Aunt Martha beamed over
her glasses.
Bunch was fixing his throat for an
other choke when suddenly my youth
full sbrother-in-law. Tacks, came to the
surface with a letter IL his hand
Tacks had spotted the uissive ly-
ing on the floor near keys chair, SO
young Mr.. 6attinski had 70 get busy
and pick 1t up.
Here's a letter / found on the
foor." he chirped, and then TO show
the profound depths of his learning
the little imp read the address In
slow, deliberate tones, Mr.. l.
Schwartz, Bookmaker, Brighton Beach
Race Track, New York"
Clara ]. went into the Ice business
right away quick.
key never whimpered
Then Bunch took the letter from
the open-eyed Tacks and leaped to
the rescue while / came out OF the
trance slowly.
IT'S too bad Mr. Schwartz forgot
his ear trumpet" Bunch said quickly,
and key was wise to the tip in min
ute.
Clara ]. smiled susplciously and
knew she had the gloves on.
Mr.. Schwartz's affliction is terri
ble," she said with a chill In every
word How did you converse. with
him before our arrival?"
"Ohl he understands the lip Ian
guage and can talk back on his fin
gers" l fastened to explain, looking
hard at key, whose mask-like face
gave no token that he understood
what was going on.
81 thought l understood you to say
Mr. Schwartz is real estate dealer!'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21

ne cannot speak word and can hear
only the loudest tones"
Aunt Martha heard me and the
good old soul was all sympathy at
once She sat next to our bookmaker
friend so she leaned over in an eff
fort to be pleasant, put her mouth
close to the astonishsd keys ear
and yelled in a shrill treble, Lovely
day, Mr.. Schwartz"
Poor key looked reproachfully at
the old lady second, then with gath
ering establishment he slid silently OF
the chair and struck the floor with q
bump
Aunt Martha weS so ratified over
this unexpected effort on Mr..
Schwartz's part that she upset her
coffee and key got most of 1t IN the
back OF the neck.
When peace was finally restored
Bunch inquired about Uncle Peters
health.
Never better" answered Aunt
Martha. During the last few months
he has gone about more than he used
to. Almost every day be is at the
race track in the interest of the So
ciety he is a member Of
What society is that?" Bunch in.
CURED
The s. P. c. A." replied the old
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
EDITOR BROWNE
OF The Rockford Morning Star.

About seven years ago / ceased
drinking coffee to give your Postum
trial.
Il had suffered acutely from various
forms of indigestion and my stomach
had become so disordered as to repel
almost every sort of substantial food.
My general health was bad. At close
intervals would suffer severe attacks
which confined me in bed for a week
or more. Soon after changing from
coffee to Postum the Indigestion
abated, and in a short time ceased
entirely. have continued the daily
use of your excellent Food Drink and
assure you most cordially that am
Indebted to you for the relief it has
brought me-
Wishing you continued auccess.
am Yours very truly,
]. Stanley Browne.
Managing Editor"
OF course. when a mans health
shows he can stand coffee without
trouble, let him drink It, but most
highly organized brain-workers sim
ply cannot
The drugs natural to the coffee ber-
~ affect the stomach and other organs
and thence to the complex nervous
system, throwing 1t out of balance and
producing disorders in various parts
81 the body. Keep up this daily pois-
oning and serious disease generally
supervenss. SO when man or woman
finds that coffee is a smooth but dead
y enemy and health Is OF any value
at all. there is but one road-quit
1t is easy TO find out II coffee be the
cause OF the troubles. for II left of 10
days and Postum be used in its place
and the sick and diseased conditions
begin to disappear. the proof Is un-
answerable.
Postum Is not good II made BY short
boiling II must be boiled full Is min
utes after boiling begins. when the
crisp favor and the food elements are
brought out Of the grains and the bev-
srage Is ready to fulfill its mission OF
palatable comfort and renewing the
cells and nerve centers broken down
By coffee.
There's Reason"
Get the little book, THE Road TO
'swellville." In pkgs.
Ever read the above ietterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true and fall OF human
interest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21

Peaches continued, while the Their
mometer went lower and lower.
so he is" l replied. mentally ar
ranging pleasant surprises for Tacks
in the near future
Then why does his correspondent
address him as Bookmaker?" my
wife said slowly, and could hear the
around me.
Il think l can explain that" Bunch
put in quietly. Then, with the utmost
elaboration he looked Ikey in the aye
and said. Mr.. Schwartz, it's really
none of my business, but would you
mind telling me why you, real es-
tate dealer, should have a letter in
your possession which is addressed
to you as Bookmaker? Answer me
on your fingers"
key delivered the goods
In minute he had both paws
working overtime and such knuckle
twisting no mortal man ever INDUCED
in before
HE says" Bunch began to inter
pref, that the letter Is not his. 1t is
intended for Isadore Schwartz, a
wicked cousin Of his who follows the
races. Mr.. Sch artz is now complain
ing bitterly with his fingers because
his letters and those intended for
his renegade nephew become mixed
almost every day. These mistakes
are made because the initials are
identical. He also says that-he--
hopes - the-presence-of this
Observation-Disclosures in--his-posses-
sion-does-no offend the-la.
dies-because while--it - is-ad.
dressed-to-a race-track-gam.
bler-the contents-are - quite
harmless - being but --a-small-
bill-from-t
keys fingers kept on working
nervously as though he felt 1t his duty
TO wear them out, and the perspira.
ton rolled off poor Bunch's forehead.
Tell him to cease firing" | said to
Bunch: he'll sprain his fingers and
lose his voice"
key doubled UP all his eight fingers
| ana TWO lEUAlDS III one uudl SQOut
| and subsidized.
I'm afraid well miss the lis train
| If we don't hurry" said Peaches. and
| could see that the storm was over,
although she still glanced suspicious
ly at poor key.
Buy key twp more quarts OF
Green Seal and let him wade around
| in it, | whispered TO Bunch as we
| started for the depot
AS we pulled out of the Mayonnaise
Mansion l looked back at key 10
| thank him with farewell nod
He was half way under the table,
| holding both hands to his sides, and
| making funny faces at the carpet.
Bunch was ahead of us. indulgins
| in another choke.
Copyright BY G. w Dillingham; Cob
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
Warned.

A serious-minded New Yorker, who.
because of his dignified outlook on
life, has sent his son. aged twelve. to
a particularly strict and proper board
ing school In New England, unexpect-
eddy visited the school last week. AS
certaining the location OF his young
hopeful's room, he climbed the four
flights of stairs necessary to reach It
and entered. On mammoth pla-
card suspended from a steel engrav-
ing OF Washington and Generals"
presented to the youth as a Christ
mas gift by his admiring parenD was
the cheerful sentiment:
Don't spit on the ceiling. We have
lost our ladder"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
MILD, GENTLE LAXATIVE

So many of the Ills OF women are due
to ha5ituai constipation. probably be-
cause of their false modesty on the sub
ject. that their attention cannot be too
strongly called to the Importance of keep
ing the bowels open. 1t is always impor-
tant to do that. regardless of the sex. but
1t is especially important in women.
From the time the girl begins to men
struate until meastruation ceases she has
always vastly better prospects of coming
through healthy If she watches her bowel
movements. If you find yourself constt-
pated. with bad breath. pimply complex
Ion, headaches. belching gas and other
symptoms of indigestion and constipation
take g small dose OF DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21

The young molder and the appren-
tice often fail TO realize the response
bility that devolyes upon them, espe-
cially when the holdings which they
turn out are machine parts which
have to be machined and must be
sound. The whole reputation OF q
firm may depend upon the soundness
OF a few holdings. and while the
simple stuff which is to be painted
black and does not stand the test of
the machine shop is not so important.
every precaution should be taken to
use the best boxes, the proper sand.
and to see that 1t is not too wet or
dirty with scraps of iron Careful skim
ming 10 Of the highest Importance TO
prevent waste OF materials.
Rur ner boxes should be OF fair depth
so that the pourer can I'LL them rapidly
ard at the same time avoid the vhirl-
pool formation which sucks in dirt and
Stag and scabs the castings In core
making the runners should be SC
piaced that the iron runs quickly and
smoothly and covers the mold
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
BETTER NOT CRITICIZE

moment tries to make herself superior
before the men In the Office.
She may have all the ability In the
world and IL her own eyes regard men
in the Office as vastly inferior to her
self In doing certain things. But she
makes the big mistake of her career
If she voices such an opinion. Let
her keep tribes to herself and her
true merit will be realized by her en-
ployer and co-workers.
Incidentally. il she should prefer a
married life to business career, she
will find this silence about tribe"
the best training in the world for
keeping peace in home.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
FOR WOMEN GIVEN FREE

Pepsin. 1t is a woman's favorite laxa-
tive. You VIII find chat you can do away
with salts. strong cathartics, etc. which
are entirely unsuited to womsn's REQUIRE
ments.
Mrs. Katherine Haberstroh OF McKees
Rocks. Pa. and Mrs. A. Z. Herrick OF
Wheeler, Mich. who vas almost para
lyzed in her stomach aud bowels, arr, now
erred by the use of this remedy. A free
sample bottle can be obtained by address
ing DR.. Caldwell. and after you are con-
WINGED of its merits buy it of your drug
gist at fifty cents and one dollar bottle
For the free sample address DIR. w B.
Caldwell. 201 Caldwell building. Month
cello, III.